Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1883, Page 7

A SOUTHERLY RAIN. ions on Dack and Human Nature. Dharies ©. Abbott in The Continent. “What about to-morrow?” { asked Uz, as we stood on the brow of the hill and gazed over the tmeadows at cur feet, Row partially velled in a Gilvery mist. Uz wet his forefinger and held it up, looking tlosely at the movement of the tew fleecy clouds Bbove as he did so. After a brief pause he re- plied, wit! the air of one well convinced of the truth of his opinions: ‘There'll be a southerly Yain, and dicks." A word about weather predictions. (that I have faith in the jud- | of men like old Uz Gaunt, when they pro- | Dounce an opluion as to the morrow or a day or two beyond: but he, {ike all other men, faiia in of fi ¢ Seasons. I terri the winter of 1880-81 he carly wade f what the season proved 4 ied himself, however, with the that he was never before mis- overs three more than fifty commenced solving the riddle | + wil be. at's coming,” he has atur gets ready for winter to cher it’s goin’ to. be.” | on Smpression where it will not stand the ¢ jusks, pigs’ spleens, goose azinea of nuts, ied upon by country is trustworthy. tk and ight portions of that is, of geese pring—is more relied pen” or cold than all the use, if for no Obser 1 am} the matt often Buit the sort of v This is a o I t of many different people, ely 0: yet an open question whetber t tien nd the dark portion of cold, or vice What ofizinally yea to these vari- worth tracing; but it is not to fet us take | to the hill-top, where | an who, without any studied nature a ba Uz is still standin Pretentions t out of doors, prot In corr him tn Thi finding game or in however, never wor- dd to secure a duck Whieh he would surely not have missed. But. Uz kept himself at thes, when Twas with him, Bo busied about the n 8 of the birds he Bouzht, and was so i in determining how nearly corr nin his caleu- lations as to th that he forzot y were flushed. Not long ince he scalled up toa flock of widgeon, which d not see, but which he “knew” were beyond that clump of alders.” my doubts, and Very firm. " T had expressed them, but he was are skulkin’ in there; now Bee if the he p 5 nearer and nearer we ‘drew toward the bushes. His gun, already cocked, lay in his lap, and I was Feady. Up th . sure enough, and I never thought of his h pride, “E told you so; ugh for him to be cor- got in both \» br exe it" gh wind, or it. "By hift from all t “8 | at the wind nu: west possibly, but “souther! rain came down »w and then a very briet river was soon swoll The meadows dis nt ageu ‘out. al He |, the general | win ne time, river, with a ‘ 80." the clouds at th i the | you'll give Perhaps } f the bone is indicative of “open” | i | From the Wall Street News. they'd never go by day, but the whole place would be pes you couldn't get any- where near ‘em. Before your boat was shoved off, ‘queck!" would yawp some spy, and the whole kit and would be I could hear their splash on the water aa they riz up, but couldn't see a feather.” ~T've noticed all thia, too, Uz; but where fs it like ra nature to do as you've described?” T asked. “Just here—just here. The ducks we've left us In these parts know at a glance that it’s dan- gerous ground for ‘em, and so they iearn at the start to be extra careful. None of 'em are hatched about here, and couldn't know before- hand they'd ever see such a place; and yet, so soon as the freshets bring ‘em up the river, the: take it ailin at once, and work accordin’. wile duck is wild anywhere, but around here | he’s wilder than ever; and this bein’ wilder only means that he has to be more careful and cun- nin’, and so he is so, That is why I think a duck has some sort of a mind. It’s a har@- twisted subject, | know; but the more I think of it, the more I’ve a notion that there's a emack of man nature in wild ducks—or t’other way, Just as you choose. ‘ost people would want stronger evidence than you mention, Uz, to make them think so,” I replied, not knowing what to say really. “4 s'pose they would—I s'pose they would; bnt the only way to see things as I do 1s to use | my eyes. Follow up the ducks and other crit- ters about here as I'ye done, and they'll look | very different to you tram what they do when you see ‘em once a yr only, and then in a m'hagerie Pshaw. boy! it takes years to get to knowin" birds and things; but when you do, m more credit for common sense thau the crowd gives ‘em. When you're my age, boy. if you follow it up, you'll think as I do." “Lnave been following up this matter tor some time, Uz, and have written something abont it,” I replied, when he had fairly finished his little speech; and commeneed « vigorous puffing at his pipe. “Written somethin’? Well, that’s no harm. Did you have it printed?” rtainly; why not?” “Well, t 's just this about it,” Uz replied very slowly, evidently thinking as he spoke. “It may be all very well to print what you yw. but I've a notion that you're not old ough yet to know much about it. You don’t know ducks as I do; but then—but then—but then, ff you wait till you ‘re as old as I ain, and see things as Tdo, the world would set’ you down for a crank if you printed what you thought.” Confession of a Dude, I wonder what there fs {1 me ‘That makes folks smnile as I go by, My alr ts good, my clothes ht well; ‘rey cannot think Jam a guy. And yet they smile. How very rudet Imay have faults; but I'ma Dude, ‘They are not Dudes themselves. Ah, there The trouble 1s. We Dudes are bor; We stir the errvy of the throng, To which, think Heav'n, we don’t belong. Not of the vulgar multitude Are we. Who would not be a Dude? It 1s my comfort and my pride To know that what Iam Tam, And what we are—what are we Anyhow? By Jove, I'd have to cram. To learn: and learning’s not my mood. Who learns can never be a Dude. I know I haye no brains— ‘They must be very hard to get— And brains would never, never take In our seiect, exclusive set. We care cor better things, imbued all that glorifies the Dude, e With The german I can lead; I bang y hair: J wear my trousers tight; on Chamnbertin; T hate sido: think; T pass the night 1s; in shori, T love th nobby. swell, Lites a dreadful yore, r self an awful sell. Well-st thing, from our potn de from Man to Dude, When there was a show for a railroad to a certain village in Michigan, the citizens of the town came forward as they were able, and sub- enough, & and teal,? he remarked after n made ‘a move to go to the | how he knew they were instead of black ducks and bore asking; and on we | reached the boat, a light cedar skiff, well trimmed with evergreens, and just to hold us both. It was a pleas- sit still while Uz did the scuiling. appreciable motion of the wrist © boat to move rapidly, yet noise- | ) the water, and. in some way _ ™y comp nsion, he knew just where a! ck of ducks would be if they tarried in the Overilowed meadows. This day it wa petition of the story that May be tuld by anyone who has sculled after ducks. Attlnes we were too much for the i shots, broaght down. n the ducks were too much t of shot. in spite of all Uz's | Iness, There | however. of the shooting. This ur it hand smoke. wid, pri Walle he caused t Tessly. throu; awe ba It met with Ursa and» By tied I drew him It w years to me. ° pile ofa t dozen lying in k of the huma te of the di ning up the | ti as my own, | scribed for stock, and the road was finally byllt. A year or so after, when the man who had | Worked up the boom was settled in a fat po- | sition, and figured prominently in railroad re- Ports, a subseriber called upon hitm and sald: he G. R. X. road.” Yes. = “That made mea stockholder?” “It did.” “But I have never been notified ofany meet, ings, and I understand that my stock has no value.” “Well, you see, we had to mortzave the road for the iron,” “Yes.” ‘Then we changed the name.” Yes.” “Then we pooled with the B. & W. road.” “Then we cleaned out the old board, and new one.” we voted to extend to the present ter- Yes. Well, just where the vote was which can- | celied your stock, or absorbed it, I cannot now remember, but ifyou are laboring under the delusion that you have any financial interest | our he president will request the president to instruct the auditor to order the to consult the minutes of the various | and try and discover which hole th stock went into when the pref = puiled out by the tail ——_«e.___ Vhey their a, ey were ari Jo the same thing. 2 stuff, hay or rub- s © these chances,” «od when there's nothing but ¥e only an even chance.” "Ss very true wh talking about pr some big lake; but I'm talking of these meadows. For something ove forty years I've shot over this tract, and don't know about any other but .by hearsay; but if You want to know what I think of our meadow ducks, ['ll teli yeu.” “* Well, Uz, I won't Interrupt again, and I do to hear ail you've a mind to tell me.” fake ‘em for all in all," Uz continued, “the Spriz-tail ts the shyest duck we have, and I've Deen outwitted more by them than ‘any other duck: but, dear me! there ain't the ducks now ‘there was when I was young man. I've seen & thousand at a glance on the lower meadows. Weill, as to the sprig-tails, the last time Lhad a t a flock of them worth speaking of was om to ten yearsazo. A good fail fresh e d all the meadows except the high knolls, end I went down toward Swan Island flood— gutes. on Crosswick’s creek. Not aduck came Bear the stools for well onto an hour, and Pd & mind to go somewhere else, when I hap- pened to see a bunch of teal making right for me. I crouched down, and they came in easy shot, and I blazed away—fetched two: and then, what the snakes should jump np but a great swad o sprig-tails right back of me! ‘They'd been walking about in the high grass behind me. and I know they calculated their chances, and new I'd be lookin’ for 'em on the water, ‘snd not high aud dry on the knolla. Vda g Botionef sprig-ta cunnin’ before then, but = ie me set ‘em down as the cutest of all ue: aps the ducks dida't see you," I sug- ‘haps they didn’t, only they did, Just the fame. Why, boy,” exclaimed Uz with unnsual fi riz-talls was within ten yards and to think I dido’t even ue quiet manner, continued: ‘Tl tell you another thing about sprig-tails, More than once I've noticed that they make sort of slaves of other ducks. I've seen @ dozen Urtetaite circle ‘round a lot of stools, and walt itil the teal that with ’em of investigated the matter. The would ‘settle down near by, and gil would seem rizht, and then the ig-talls ‘Would settle, but always on the off of the Is; and if they got very near they'd smell a and put off. I've often killed the teal in & flock of -tails, and lost every one of the thers. — ace i oped way they're cun- ‘ ven't owls’ suppose, but 5 pay be by smell; ‘and ‘they'll leave tl after sundown and come in on the meadows 0 feed, when there’s nobody to disturb ’em. 1 learned their dodge, and tried night hunting; ¢ Dut it was no use. They'd feed by night where r Uz was not | ‘The First Census of India. | rst census of all India on a uniform sys- | | tem and at one fixed date for the whole of that continent was taken on February 17th, 1881, and | the report will be published about June goth. | The preliminary volume of statements, which | | has by this time appeared in Calcutta, contains | | statistics for the pepulation of British India, of | the Feudatory states, and, with the exception of the small territories administered by the French and Portugese colonial offices, of the entire continent of India proper, includin, however, the territory. forming the chief com: | missionership of British Burinah, but excluding Cashmere to the northwest, and the small king- | dom of Munnipore on the northeast frontier. | The population of thia great country numbers | 238,891,821 persons, occupies 1,372,588 square | miles, Inbabits over forty-three and a half mil- lions of dwellings varying in kind and magni- tude from the palace of the king to the hut of the savage, is massed together where not acat- tered in jungles or the forests of the plains in ‘714.707 towns or villages, and is 129,941,851 males and 123,949, ‘Treating. From the Mid@ieton Prose, A party of three or four gentlemen who were in a hotel in this village a few days betore elec- tion were Invited to “take something” by one of thelr number. After they had taken it and chat- ted a few minutes another of the party solemnly suggested that ft would be well to “take some- thing.” They accepted the invitation and took something again. They then started out, and in afew minutes, as they passing a dry —_ pacho another of thé party stopped them and sa! “Let's go in and ‘take something." Why, that’s a dry goods store,” sald one of “Well, what of it? Come in.” In they marched, and arranging themselves before the counter, ‘the gentleman who had in- vited them, propounded the question, “What will you take?” One of the party took a box of collars, another took a clean shirt. When the bill had been set- tled and they had walked out, they looked at each other rather sheepishly and began to see for the first time the foolishness of the “treat- ing” business. —$_—_—_ so —___ A CommerctaL TRAVELER from Cincinnati, handling baking powder, while on a southern trip was accosted by an old darkey with: “‘Am you one o’ dem commershal men dey call ‘bummahs?’” “Yes,” replied the C.T. “What am you “What sm We good fur?” 54 am “To raise flour.” . “Now, look heab, boas, ain't you a fren’ ob de Diack man in Misalsalppi?” “ye dee ea toh de good Lowd’s sak: a 5 wd's sake don’t ‘stridute ‘any ‘round heab, — for with a ten foot pola, "Hs pat up yor cartons with a ten foot pole. up yo" boss, an" Til tote "em to do tras for youtur The C.T. explained and sold several good bills.—The Drummer, ee 4 Biank, I subseribed for $100 worth of | t | cess't EXPENSIVE DRESSING. Some of the Triumphs of the Modiste’s arc WHAT THE LAVISH EXPENDITURE OF MONEY AND G@0OD TASTE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN A FEW NOTABLE INSTANCES. From the New York Morning Journal. Expensive dressing in New York has reached @ height only equalled by Paris and perhaps London. Many wealthy women strive to dress as expensively as possible, and every article of their apparel, from the bonnet of duchesse lace, white ostrich tips and pearis, to the satin shoe, is purchased with the conviction that no costlier article can be had for money. Mra. A. T. Stewart in her palmy days had every dress, shoe and bonnet of the best and most expensiye. One dress made in her hus- band’s store cost,{t is said, $5,000, and is among the most expensive costames ever worn in this , country. The dress was made of golden Per- sinn brocade and contained thirty yards, each costing $20. It was lined throughout with gold colored satin, and about the long court train was a rufile of royal guipure lace thirteen Inches deep, It being the only piece of that design in existence. This lace was valued at $2,000, and the two flounces of old round point lace which trimmed the front were valued at $1,000. The buttons fastening the dress were of solid gold, with aruby inthe center. At the reception in Saratoga to which Mrs. Stewart wore this mag- nificent costume she had a special detective to follow her about and protect the elegant dia- mond necklaces, pendants and bracelets which she wore. SHOES. The most costly pair of shoes ever made in this country were made for a young lady some years ago to wear to a fancy dress ball given by Mr. August Belmont. Those who attended the ball will recollect them, as they were the cynosure of all eyes. The girl who wore them had a most beautiful arched foot. They were made of yellow Spanish velvet, with high Louls XV. heels and laced up the side. The eyelets for the golden cord to pass through were rimmed with solid gold, and to the side of each was set a precious stone, first a ruby, then @ sapphire, then an emerald, then an opal, and over again In the same order. Tne top of the shoe was finished in the same fashion, and in front were sixteen tiny golden chains caught by a cluster diamond pin. The girl's mother, two aunts and a grandmother all gave up thelr Jewels and had them taken out of the settings for the whim of this beauty, who married well long since. STOCKINGS. In stockings the most costly are of silk. A pair purchased of Arnold & Constable, to wear at the Vanderbilt ball, are the most expensive we have heard of. They were of dark blue Lyons silk, as fine as a spider's web, and were embroidered in the front in a design of wild roses, the embroidery being done in pink yel- low and green Roman ent beads. The front was padded to simulate. an arched instep, and the fee to the foot as tightly as a glove to the and. WORTH DRESSES. At one of the balls last winter, Miss Lelia W. Whitney, who fs a very pretty girl, wore a Worth dress as expensive as any ever sent to this country. It is sald to have cost £4,000. It was composed of cream white brocaded velvet, made with a train two yards long, the bottom of which was bordered by tour rows of Roman seed pearls, each one as large about as a gold dollar, and’ below this was a quilling of real duchesse Jace, bordered bya heading of white chenille. ‘The front was one mass of pearl em- in large clusters of grapes with the leaves and vines. The bodice was cut square aud finished by a high Medici ruff, which was bi dered by pearis. The sleeves | of duchesse were covered with pearls in the design of the lace, and her Louis XVI. slippers were bor- dered by a row of pearls, the front showing a cluster of grapes, each grape being represented bya pearl. A string of the same jewels twisted In the halrand a large fan of witite ostrich tips completed this most elegant toilet. At the same ball another lady wore one of the most elegant opera wraps that has been geen, at least for years. It was made of opalescent satin merveilleux, and was lined with ermine, the lning alone costing $1,000. The mervell- Jeux was embroidered In Persian passementerie beads in a design of tropical birds, their brilliant plumage being brought out In bold relief against the changing hues of the satin, Each bead In the embroidery cost ten cenfs, and there wera 3,560 used in’ the garment. The clasps were two in number, and were made of precious stones set in silver, there being emeralds, pearls, Sapphire, turquoise, and rubles used. The lady who owned this magnificent wrap ob- tained it, she said, from her father and two brothers, for keeping an Important secret. At Mrs. Aspinwail’s wedding the bridesmalds' dresses were both unique and yery expensive, each drees costing, it is sald, $1,500. They were made of a shrimp-pink Otfoman silk, the plece being especially manufactured for the purpose, and no other like it ever to be made by the firm. ‘The dresses were trimmed with crushed ras ry velvet and finest duchesse lace. The prin- nets of the velvet were trimmed with the Ottoman silk, and from the edge of the front dangled a row of raspberries made of small ru- bies, 15 rubies being in each berry. FOR GLOVES AND BONNET: gant prices can pe paid. Mrs. Wil- liam K.-Vanderbilt recently had a bonnet made by Prince that cost $150. It was of dark blue velyet faced with gold-colored velvet and satin, and was trimmed with three exquisite ich plumes, shading from blue to gold, each e being valued at The long ribbons, # under the chin, were of dark biue velours, ed with gold-colored velvet. Mrs. Jay Gould. Paran Stevens and Mrs John Jay also wear very costly bonnets. One of white satin, round potut with a row of pearls about the brim, inade for Mrs. Stevens, cost $125. In gloves those costing the most money are ce mitts orlong mousquetaire. Lady | andeville, when Miss Yznaga, wore at a wed- in this city a pair of white undressed kid gloves reaching to the elbow and embroidered ju a design of forget-me-nots with tiny tur- | quoises. They were bordered by point applique lace, caught by a cluster of pearls. These gloves were valued at 8500. 3 also extr: ———— Female Hallucinations. The British Medical Journal, after observing that recent circumstances have directed atten- tion to certain remarkable delusions to which females of unstable nervous equilibrium are subject, says: “Dr. Legrand ‘du Saulie, physician to the Salpetriere, Paris, describes in his standard -work, ‘Les Hysteriques,’ some remarkable cases of hallucination, where females labored under the bellef that they have been struck.or stabbed by others, even after having inflicted blows and wounds upon themselves. In one instance a young woman was found by her husband lying on the floor of her room in a fainti fit, her face covered with blood. On reviving from her Swoon she stated that she had been attacked by armed men; the Paris Rewspapers related the case, and within three weeks two similar events occurred in the French metropolis, All these cases proved to be fabricated by the sup- posed victims. A young girl wounded herself elightly with a plstol. She gave the police suthorities the most minute detafls about an imaginary assassin, who, according~ to her ac- count, fired the weapon, «but she was found to be highly hysterical, and it was roved that she ha willfully wounded erself. In third ci in Dr. du Saulle’s experience, @ young “woman was found in arallway carriage stabbed in the left side. The incident caused great excitement, but it was proved, contrary to her assertions, that she had tnflicted the wound herself, and was an hys- terical subject. A housemaid was found lying behind a door, bound, gagged, and covered with bruises. She stated that she had been brutally attacked by two burglars with black- ened faces; but she was a highly hysterical ‘woman, and there apy to have been strong evidence that she had contrived to tle her own. hands and to gag and bruise herself. Perhaps the strangest case of all occurred in M. practice. A young lady living at Courbevoie wished to make herself an cone of pable | pads by a asa im ofa conspiracy, w! pre- tended to have discovered. night she was found in a state of the greatest mental perturb- ation at the door of her apartment. She could not talk; but stated in writ that she had been attacked outside her own house by a man Who had attempted to garrote her, at the same time striking her twice with dagger, Only the lady's clothing was Injured, and the body of her dress and her corset were id to be cut through, but at different levels. She tried to make out that the attempt at strangulation had fone Creer M, Tardieu remarked in her earing is Infirmit; idly disappeared when produced under Ma tlre this. kind. She soon managed to regain her speech; narrative ia been denna oe her ian er Consclousnegs.” ~ TOLD aT THE TABLE, The Story Which Ended “"Well, why on earth don't you Go something for ft? ‘Tt seems to me that so simple « matter es lame beck and Tumbago ought not to be allowed to afflict a man‘for- over.” “Ob, Thateto go about smoux my friends, or even among the dootors, parading my eches and pains. I Just stand up under ites well asIcan, and Jet things take their own odurse.” ‘The two gentiemen who had fallen into this stple of conversation were lunching ina popular up-town res- tanrant, “I beg your pardon,” interrupted a middle-aged, Kindiy-looking man, who was sipping his coffee ats table not three fect distant, and had overheard the talk, “‘but I have been through the Iumbago and backache campaign, met the enemy and driven him off." *‘Is that sof" queried the other in a yoice of quick in- terest, “how did you doit?" T cured him with oneof BENSON'S CAPCINE POR- OUS PLASTERS, “Possibly ; but confound it umn, I've tried plasters— Porous, too; as fullof holesasasieve. I tried almost every other other brand of plaster to be found in the market, but Ionly got covered with gum and stuff, leaving the lumbego twinging away and laughing at me.” “Young man,” said his adviser, draining his coffee cup. ‘Zam not an advertising agent. I havenoin- torést in recommending BENSON'S CAPCINE PLAS- TERS. You say you have lame back, and I tell you what I know will cureit, If you don't want to try the experiment, why don't—that’s all.” “My friend, I will try it—try it to-day.” “You'll live to thank me if you do," said the man of experlence, paying his check. ‘‘But look out for | swindles. Seo that the word CAPCINE is out in the Plaster, and when you're ail right, show your gratitude by passing the word to others, Good day.” Price 25 cents, Seabury & Johnson, Chemists, New York. it A RAILWAY, RAXING STATION. ‘The Sort of Thing That Builds Up Com- muntsm, eee he ‘With all that has been written about the palatial dwellings of Vanderbilts in New York, few have yet seen Gining-room of the house of Corneltus Vanderbilt. To reach it we ascend three steps in the hall and find ourselves in the main hall. Opposite us is the solid oak staircase partially hidaen by a repro- duction of Gobelin tapestty, for which it is said Mr. Vanderbilt paid thirty thousand dollars. In front of this stands an old marriage chest of black oak and brass. A few old oak chairs, covered with old Dutch leather, complete the farnishing of the hall. A portiere which is to hang at the dining-room door is not yet in its lace, but will bear mentioning. Upon an oaken ir with rings of soln is to hang a precious fabric measuring six byfour feet. It is literally a piece of cloth of gold. To prove that it is a cloth of gold, it is only necessary to state that Tiffany & Co., the Jewelers, under the direction of an artist, spun from pure gold a thread which composes this hanging at @ cost of twenty thousand dollars. Worked in silver and delicate blue and sea-green metal threads are the scenes of the neld. Into the late hours of the night were these busy fingers working to accomplish their work at the promised time. If the hours spent upon it were reckoned by the eight-hours-a-day system four years anda half would be the result shown of the time consumed. This ts the wey of the nineteenth century in America. It we haye the | money we must have what we desire at a mo- ment’s notice. To walt a year is such a long time! Passing within the door we find that it isin fact two months over a year since the decorator and the interior finisher began their work. It is a large oblong room with a pacious conserva- tory at the end, which will be filled with rare exotics. At the other end an arch separates the breakfast room from the dining hall. One thing that isthe mé@t noticeable is the absence of windows around the room, There is no light except through the ginss of the conservatory, and that will be peraly, obscured by a screen of stained glass. This portion of the house is but one Lei high, and consequently a jewelled glass skylight of immense size forms a large part of the celling. The room is high studded, and the woodwork, which Is of oak, darkened to give an antique appearance, is pannelled with heavy mouldings of hammered brass, making a dado of about five feet around the room. The heavy beams, a foot in thickness, intercept each other on the ceiling, allowing the stained glass skylight to fill the different genter panels. But the delight of any one looking upon. this room will be centered upon the panels which constitute the “‘style” or that space between the walls and the skylight on the ceiling. Here art has triumphed. Four of these panels repre- sent the seasons in bas-relief figures three- quarters lite size—and others ot classic de- sign. To attempt to describe them will be to fall, Lievoegs. HEADQUARTERS FOR FINE OLD RYE WHTs- Kys, MARYLAND CLUB & but a mere suggestion of autumn may be the bale oe foundation of a dream which the writer will vouch cannot equal the reality. Heres a par- OLD chow, tially nude figure, the flesh parts cut from solid ivory and the drapery chiseled from a greenish stone known as serpentine, standing against vines and leaves carved from the solid oak that constitutes the whole background, with the left hand raised above the head grasp- ing a heavily ‘carved grape branch, from which hang in clusters of varied hues | bunches or grapes carved from mother-of- earl. The right arm is extended, the hand holding a bent circle of inlaid motiier-of-pearl and ebony—the deepening of the flesh tints has ROYAL CABINET, IRISH AND SOOTCH WHISKY, BEDFORD RUM, JAMAICA RUM. PIPER HEIDSIC CHAMPAGNE, BASS ALE ON DRAUGHT AND BOTTLED, GUINNESS’ POR- TER ON DRAUGHT AND BOTTLED, YOUNGER'S SCOTCH ALE, BOL- ALED, HOLLAND GIN wan), front of the ve, in street 1 t no ‘on each &eo., at pr ___AUOTION SALES. THIS 2 pe BROS.. Austionsers, ‘TH, DELAWARE AVENUE, THIRD STREET BAST, ON K STREET NORTHWEST, ON M STREET SOUTH, on ‘On TUESDAY, TENTH APR: pred Lots Nos. 37 to 41 inclusive, aud Low ‘clus the subd: ortheast On WEDNESL in fron square No. 526, SIX O'CLUCK aot d NTH APRIT | ort ered vision’ of square No. 149, on 3d | ame on the aout UCTION SALES. ‘TO-mo! . ‘And immediately thereafter all that nd lyst apd. bes Ct | ofthe property above deneribel, and | Kame on the south line of West street, at vid in wi : c Sar encase a eiciee ay each fect. ia On SATURDAY, SEVENTH API TE. at RIVE P.M... | ortheriy to the fists of Dati ng ee eee 4m front of the preiuises, wo will sali Lots Non. 8, 6, 16, | Eorwuvermente Grnchtige ot o ne 2112, and} She eeguare 748, on M north, Delaware | brick honse and appurt-nanges and on alley in square. ing thence east with DAY tho ELEVENTH APREZ at rive: | pine hence anal with thesouth, Ihe of West trea tho premises, the weat half of lot No. 4 65-100 feet, thence westerly parallel with We Yith the building thereon, on K | street 19 and 25-100 foet, thence nartheriy 88 wed 5-1 FOR ea ate Bk th, streets west: and 8t | Foot to meet aline dcawn from the point of bevinnd SAME DAY, in front of premi through the center of the «aid Aividing wall JP f 2h the improve on M | thence with said live reversed northeriy £0 Jot 23, In equare No. 545, wii - 46 and ad st ‘On THURSDAY, the T sek ET, l we Terms: One-third cash, of which a deposit of $100 aaron! will of De cured by deed of trust on the pate Se ered with within ten days after sal sold ut rik of defaulting purchaser, Conveyaucing, rE mh23-dkds N an \t H APRIL, at FIVER. | ): 289,10 and La, in the | in square S18, with improve- RI TAT ELY THEREAFTER, lot No. 7, with the uuprovemonts, on H and 5th #ts.n. cel of ground, bet « ning for the sam required at time of aaie, balance interest atone and two yeare, to b0 me operty sold, or all cash terms arenot compilird the property will be re- Chas. Wrens. Wess ENTIRE STOCK OF HARDWARE, &c., COMPKIS: ING A GENERAL ASSORTMENT, vis; Fine Pocket Cutlery, Table Cutlery, the Seissors and Shears, Visos, Hend and other Sawa, Cabinet and Builders’ Hardware, Twines, Locks, Agricultural Tools, Large quantity of Shelf Hi, $ & CO., Auctioneers, a i W.W. Bouue. | iho: the south si Ws 7 Louisiana avenne, Opposite City Post Ofce. river, and th 51 feet, and th of ware, me 36-10) for argetown, froutiog on Congress tnning, towether with the improvements, consinting athree-story and attic brick house and the appurte- Deen Sd. And immediately thereafter, el! that piece or 0 In pare ad addition to 4, and bewine also in Boal tre at the northweat corner of lot mume mmnbered. 8, sf of High strect and Water with the south side of Water atroet : mn by a at being improved by # lan Terms of eax ns prescribed by the Aocree: One-thit ot t firt addition to Georgetown, and Hed swith, Went trees 199 1, of Beall’s rat z rar. to the wast It aid Lot, ¥ thereafter, all thet plea wD, iid down, and Arecribed wa ax aad boite parts of lots 13 an an cash, ani the balance ta ax per ceutum per aunum until paid, wid for U And other eo betng th ntire wtock cdntained in | payments of © purchase money the pur: ore No. 718, 7th strect northwest, at suction, 6om- | are to be taken for the almouute ofthe eat cae! O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING, | secured by deed of trust on each pi pre IL, NINTH, and coutinuing in the EVENING at | soid, or tie purchaser tuay pay al owah, at bik oe SEVEN Sud every day thereafter at eaine hours | option. A good and sufficient deed to be sven on tee Until all is disposed of. Dealers and private buyer invited. Sale gvithout reserve to close the business, #p9-3t of ale be not o CHAS. WEEKS, Salesman, Late with Duncanson Bros, W/42E B. WILLIAMS & 00., Auctioncers. mening we in positive’ and ly at the. IMPORTANT ART SALE. Wo will sell, at our aalesroom, corner 10th and D strecta north wést, (facing Penneylvania avenue), on TUESDAY, APKIL TH, at ELE OK, aud continue each afternoon at 3 and evening at 7:30 is disposed vi it AY MORNING. ite attention of the indies spe . ap, hing at 11 o'clock, until the entire xtock ,,® large und complete assortment of Roman Ui ix feet high), Italian April 9th, to ally and me cash th without reserva, con hour named, ELLVLN O These panels must have been a faflure had not the 5 iand of St. Gandens modelted them. DR. CHEEVER'S ELECTRIC BELT, or Regenera- Within this room there are no chandeliers, but | {9% $8 made expressly for the cure of derangements of above tho skylight a row of eas Jets will cast n | {be Precteative organs. Whenever see nagpes deer mellow light through the :statned glass Jewels | Zenemuve organs Occurs. from whateyer cause, the Upon the silver and glass of the table below. | trough the parts must restors ‘Gem tonsaltng soto Zhe heavy beamsot thecellingareiniald with tho | there is po mistake sboct this torte nn Grecian pattern In mother-of-pearl, and the high : bered d ‘use have tested it, and thousands of cures are testified mantel has an exquisite inlaying of pure silver, | to, Weakness from ‘Indiscretion, Incapacity, Lack of ebony, mother-of-pearl and MBE L forming vases, | Vigor, Sterility—in fact, any trouble of these organs is birds and foliage. The breakfast-room is in cured. Donoteontound this with electric bets adver- white and gold, and the. ceiling 1s panelled with | tised to cure all lls from head to tos, Thiele for tho places forten pictures which are now being ONE specified purpose, For circulars giving full finished in Mr. Lafarge’s studio. It {s esti-| information address— mated fiat these rooms will cost €100,000 when. CHEEVER ELECTRIC BELT CO., 103 Washington street, Chicago, ee 3-8 Dress Reform for Men. From Harper's Barar. by to de ccm tee reserves th defaniting purchaser, after some newspaper published tn Washi posit of £11 ap?-d&ds and lying in the ait y of Washingt. u and described s F. Wollard’s subdivision of part o hundred and six (1006), as recor X, L. H., folio 320, &e., Di-trict "of Columbia, th ments. ways, ensements, Tizhta, privileges, and feusnoes to the same Lelonging or in any wise apy Ferme: One-third cash; balance, six, twelve, and eighteen months—notes to bes reat at aale. JAMES F. WOLLARD, Surviving Trustes. a deed of trust one of the land recon ASSOI GOODS. rtain ‘piece or as lot num! in. the surveyor's office of the ther with all the improve- ‘ayyur- cine &_ BENSINGH we AUCTIO! AG! ar interest, and to be #0- the acceptance of the bid. we. SALE OF CONDEMNEI BARRACK SHEETINGS, Ladies will pleare attend this xa) Actermined to sell evury Watlington Horse 983, YA N SALT OF TNORSR: + WAGONS, HA) eed of truston rallcash,at option RE with In seven days, otherwise the In ak - e Fight to Fesell at the risk aud cmt of the | ,,COUstaDL'y on hand any five days’ public notice in 7 ngton, D.C. Ade- | Prose Macon final ratification of the sale by the court. — All convey> Ing and reoording at purchaser's cost.” Tf the tenga, A with in seven days from the ve the right to resell at the £i ting purchaser or purchasers, tequited of each yu upoa a ai epg e r Offten 416 Sth xtrwet, } oy, RANDALL HAGNER, acted a 470 Louisiana avenue, . 12 Auctioneers. . WASHT SC APRIL, we ra nidemmned articlen #1 Bay ets ke, Haverse. Upright teives, ebe,, te of sale, order of the Quartermaster. 4 WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucta. THURSDAY M« P-PAST TEN 0% Jo Tha street, commistiner TARLE LINENS, DER. RUB. Goons, HOSTER been given to the ivory with acids, shading {t Beats provided for Ix 1 Es Acetic, into the browns and eeru coloring. ' Hammered | 7.45 at WAL win brass and cast ipa are also u a in the : Se hair. Although Mr. Lafarge reaps the praise Wil | that now is and ever will be given to these, MA MM RRR NI PPUEXCANSON BROS., anctioncera. BIL | there is one to whom a great deal of the praise | M Mat M ER es ap eae Wo 2 ru | Yelonza. While he is a great colorist, Mr.| SoM MEU N TRUSTER SAINLAND AUENEE Basie 3 1258 Lafarge 1s, alas, a poor draughtsman, especially au LEN f ft rded tn Liber No. ME where the human figure Is concerned. 8 SHIKTS, GOSSAME , CASSIMERES, AND A COMPL! iMENT Ur DesihaBLt DoMesTne as the proprietor, tole to the bighost bidder f A rinwe Bazar, ALSALe aveRNS, ND > ATUKDAY MORNIN NG AT TEN O'CLUCK, KEGAKD- A HER. 2 larwe stock of ral ad vameoee om ‘ral ad vance om WeEs Certain English artists have lately been test- Ing some of the features of men’s dress by the principle of utility, sometimes too narrowly construed. One of the first things they have condemned is the cylinder hat. It would surely be hard to prove any basis of utility for that; it Gamavtr & Co:s MATICO Liguip. Where afl other medicines have failed, this prepara- tien is always effective. Rapid and extraordinary cure of all discharges, recent or of long: Randing. tis used i e Hospitals of Paris by the celebrated Ricorp, seems equally out of the question to claim for It | 1 the Host : — that it Is in itself ornamental. The best thing | Known. “Sold'by'ull Dengrism™ Su! Femedice bitharte to be sald for it 1s that many men’s faces look well under the black cylinder, however absurd it may be in itself. There are several good sub- stitutes. The black felt “deer-stalker” fulfill: the requirement of utility, and isin itself o! graceful lines; a man’s face looks as well under it as under a cylinder hat. The “Tam o’ Shan- ter,” again, as a ne plus ulfra of convenience, has F° F£*1NG Fish AND oysTERS OLIVE BUTTER no objectionable lines in its contour, and sults | Para" end nTreetiorn Wao ea econominal than most faces. The clerical round soft biack felt Is | ine Gils, Cook Hooks contatntne valuable recipes and as conducive to “respectability” of appearance as any possible head-covering; otherwise it would hardly have become clerical. Next after the cylinder hat comes, in the con- demned list, the article we call trousers. These, it is said, sin against utility in that they ignore the knee, whereas men bend their limbs at this point hundreds of times aday. There can be ho question, with any one who has tried them, of the superior convenience of the knicker- bocker, which does not ignore the knee, but inates at it. So, seeing further that the are a garment with no claims to grace, ss refortnrs propose to relinquish trou- sers for the knee-breeches of our grandfathers. Our present coats have not been assailed with any great eftect. The dress coat ts usually sughed at; but we question if it could be fairly ruled inconvenient, or on the whole ungracefui, when cut without curtness, Probally it could be improved by rounding off its sharper angles, and making it Taller. Against the nual coat of morning wear in the present day little lias been alleged as yet, nor de wethink there Is much to | Great speed attained by py be sald to its detriment. It 1s not incohyenient, | oogration: appl robaso aut it ee of foolish arpa oe xe oe a Pai es reckon In that category the slit at the wrist an 5 EA’ the two never-used buttons and button-oles. | Bsllding, Weshington, D.C- The two buttons pak on the walst behind have been condemned as useless, and expluined as survivals of the time when all gentlemen wore a sword, and required these buttons to keep the sword-belt in place; but it Is a question whether the buttons might not fairly pass muster as or- namental detail, and in all probability they have been retained, in spite of the disuse of the sword belt, because they satisfy a desire of the eye for some breaking point at the walst. They may es then, as ornaments having relation to the ines of construction, Neck-tles are another article which dress re- formers would like to see regulated. To con- struct a pasteboard and silk article insham folds of an unnatural smoothness, and fix it under the chin as if it wera really doing honest duty as a tie, is manifestly bad taste; Raone constructions should be eschewed by him who aspires to dress well. A kerchtef wiich can be and ts tied, or passed through a ring, of folded flat, passed round the neck, crosted in front, and fixed with a gold or jewelled pih, is the ellgible substitute. Some men manage this quite faultlessly already. Sticking-up q@llars must be condemned. In 80 far as they stick up they are inconvenient, and necessitate some fastening at the back of the neck to keep tle tie in place, whereas the turned-down coll lar ‘keeps ae tie in place, and foes fe Present a stiff edge to the cheek or at. Men who care to dress with any regard to pee other words, with taste—will easily hink out other details, or see modifications in the views expressed aboye, which we should be sorry to put a8 dogmas, thongh they may serve to set us thinking and discussing. Some ot a reformers call for ass oe in men’s gag This is a thing to be desired, but also to be adopted with es To run {nto colors because a black coat does not look objection frequently mada Tash, The reason given against black is insufficient if black looks well in actual life, ason the wholeit may besaid to do. Still, it ts probable that: with carefutartistic guid- ance, such a8 will not come all at once, men might-use more color than they do. In this we want a guide, such as Morris has been to in carpets and wall papers. But it is not often that s poet will turn his thoughts seriously to such matters. Texture is another matter which will have to the } rincipal the Phil led free upon Philadelphia application. WASHINGTON BUTCHER'S SONS, PHILADELPHIA, Pa. instructions how to use Olive Butt r, by. of Cooking School, mail Jan22-wis (PE PFEFFERLE PATENT FIRE ESCAPE! IS THE MOST WONDERFUL LIFE-SAVING INVENTION OF THE AGE. MADE TO FIT ANY WINDOW, NO MATTER WHAT HLIGHT THE BUILDING MaY BE. Ready for immediate nse, Can pase twenty to thirty persons in safety to the aves in one minute. no mat- ter how excited or timid, or how great their numbers may be. Let them JUMP, FALL. or be thrown into the opening, and their lives can be saved without in- jury, WILL S&LL FIVEOR SIX STATE RIGHTS, ‘NoMachinery required. Send for elrenlar to W. ©. GRAY, Pigua, Ohio, Mantfacturer and Proprietor for the U. 8. RS GIOY STANDARD TYPE WRITER. WAR- KANTED, | Any one: can use it without instruction. ra ape Supplica furnished, ‘DICT, roit mba w&ertene Tro None tne Wen ee Eee ‘G c N1 SCHEME TO BE DRAWN MONTHES. CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000, ‘Troxers ONLY $5. Buazea ty Buororrion, LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. ise the arrange. We that we supercis Baste ind. Serna moved that ments, all the Mc Or The Lowtsiona: Stats Lalery Compan and in per- the Brasotnoe themastoes, d aime are conducted with honesty. fairnces, and fompany eertivicate with fac-eimiles ay our ‘Cominiss!oners. Incorporated in 1868 for twenty-five years bythe Lects- lapire for Educational wad Chesiisble ‘purposes—with 3 c of | $1,000,000—to which a reserve fund Ste $500 000 Kaa wince Deon eat. < ‘an overw Desember id. A. D. 1640 [hg.only Lottery ever voted on and indorsed bythe peo- blade a ae SINGLE NUMBER Daawixas take place FIFTH GRAND DRAWING, CLASS AY. MAY 8, 1883, RAWING, in fifths, in pro- AT NEW ORLEANS. ib6ta MowTHLy ss] SESE SA) Be S8se828es3 8 arpndkiEATiGN PRUE Approximation Prizes of $750. : eB be carefully Considered. ‘There are subtie diffi- | 1967 Prizes, culties connected with this, az all ladies know, | | 4 and subtlesuccesses tobe won. Between velvet | t0,the Oftice of and silic of the same shade there may be suM- | areas. clent difference In effect to make or mar a cos- | money in New Smes Coe tume. eee irene arenes Uaceabold of. tie : DAUPHIN, Aiscreetiy. 2 rte Zitat Roane eee Witte B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, LE _OF NEARLY NEW HOUSEHOLD URNITURE, BEING Tit EC: E ATE HAN: LARGE 84 L CON’ 12, 1885, ture, wardrol washstands, 8 At the close of the ab housekeoning will vell, eguare eve hair cloth covered; chai lowing: One TANO AND 0 TURE. ALL PURCHASED NEW By virtue of a chatiel dead 1883, recorded in the office of the ofthe District of Columbia, in Liber Steen. tbe a Avidi, SEXTHENTH, se at at house No. 1016 Massachusetts a the liet of Forniture annexed to said satisfy the debt in said deed of trust mention Kistini of several 1 bee bed ounce, extension ftublen square tab.e, board, sewing machine, cushioned center table, ince ai ton wainut chumt husk mattresses, chairs, large quantity of b lnantlé omaments, lance quantity of crockery, dining Foom and kitchen furniture, besides numerous other househola articles, CaSCERY nee FFECTS OF 1) .-on the pre ere ed trustee will, vi ne northwest, well | & deed of trust, to ‘con- ween 13, 1) wuluut sets of chamber furni- | 20. marble top bureaus and airs, lounge, d other curtaing, several aot furniture, «everal sets bed. bed“room and dining-roo dding, towels, pictures and J. H. WITAKER, Trustee. falc, a gentieman declining the above premises, the fol- D octave plano, suite parlor extension table, JAMS & CO., i arg WALTEK B. W aD rp. J. FISHER & ~ co., al ¥state Auctioneers, DAY, MAY FIRST, at FOUR O'CLOs mises, we alsail «ll 0, on ‘north E street, between Lot No. 1, sq. No. between Water and i IMMEDIATELY AF fy % As IMMEDIATELY AFT ch il, Sand 14, in wi Aupetively on north C ind 1 MMEDIATELY A and 27, in ayaure south of 64 a rt UNIMPROVED PROPERTY AT AUCTION, Under and by virtue of a decroo of the Supreme HE | , : : onet of th ictof Columbia, yanand in Equity AS Lie Re . wheroia Temple et al. ate ome : Bet Ag irthingto « re dy forsdamtan RAL | BUdersutied, us Truster, will sell, at pubic auctions following described real eatite, at the tines and planes, Dolow noted P, 2 an Sob and Ty cn. the prvamtvnn, #.Tin.'on ued stroot PR, on the promises, LotaNon, BA on We tx Nom ta th wtrorts weet. on the premises, eub-TLote ‘0. 143, on & street northwest, tiere AFTER, on the premises, Lote 1, ‘These ‘ot HALE-PAST ¢ pn . Lt No. 5, hE street, between Delaware te AFTER, om the premises, weet half . on Ivy Pines, between : dig wtrnnt weet, the Pa, Ties | CME TEL . ate Or Ma TELY the premises, Leb 8 it Steer na rae i doe aver agence 42, comer of south G oi : ES struct wen MIME CORSER OF O STREEL IMMEDIATELY AFTER, on the poomisos, Lote 22, |, on south i, be tween Ist and ty wtrects went IMMEDIATELY AFTER, on the premians, all of 9%, tI . neha ler at | fguary Ne.648, Homtsa Uy south Tad K tecta and EOCLOCK P. | Qh 2 LA, MAY THIRD, at FOUR AND A AG es | HALE SE Mon, She tireuninen Tort No hree hundred and’ sixty- oe. 100x115, st the cor. of south © and 10th ne District of | “IMMEDIATLY AFTER, sen, Tok NO, te, BUM | a5, ng. 8TH cm Cth rast ek rd Tate souk, third of pitas. Lot 38 tn the, Suh ve. ‘ate of aie A If terms are of sale the Property at the } z ) eplo-dkas HARLES W. HANDY, Real Estate Agent. USTER'S SALE OF VALUABLE TE USNESS PROPERTY: OM SEVENTH BE WEEN M AND N STREETS NORTHWEST, 2s Nos. 1239 AND 1220 ‘iru of @ deed in trust, Lote 879, and recorded in Liber No. 016, foo 304. ci} he spd cogrged in Liber No, us, fo, oe fed fone. bis,” and by direction of the holder of the ie} Pore, note scoured thereby, the asid note being overdue | 181% Gnd unrald, the. underdened Silloffer, at publioane | 12 Hon, infront of the premiees, on TUESDAY, THE | T2tt SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, 1883, AT HALE east i01 PAST FOUR KB M., thet described Teal estate to wit: Lot rafnctoan (19) and toe Be, south half of Lot numbered twenty (20), in square | of ti numtered four bundred and f voigal D, a8 aub- | Saal divided by act of corporation April «th. 1848, tronting | 1yaly=_¥ about 36 fect on 72h street, and running back ‘with that | abut, fh Consist of two tureo-story bricx dwellings with stores | hurchaser she ‘sttached. ‘ers of sale: One-fourth cash, and reaidue in equal agai snug Gon onan ts Set ete tes ded eae ty | Soot rae peceatecienrt eae tee ‘within ono, Hes ay ot rae tp. Praag neve, Geto na sare MALO D. FORLER, Trosna B ‘Webster La 5 #t. northwest pi ies S din ab (ue saceecee we | THOS. J. FISHEN & O0n, Aucvoncers: aj a. Cres aT COLDWELE Re (CHHORN, r+ ITCH, FOX & BEOWN, Beal Estate Brokers. u PROVED | AUCTION SALE BENJAMIN P. SNYDER, Trustee, fie VALU, aga Mc ad THWeste A LOT ON ‘OR T. TWEEN NINTH AN, See AY, Hac yo . Sd FD el A ps SR ys