Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1883, Page 6

a FLOWERS OF THE FOREST TRECs, From Harper's Bazar. One entering upon the study of the vegetable forms of field and forest is perhaps at first more interested in the humbler, though it may be more conspicuously flowering plants, and dis- posed to put aside the study of the forest trees until he becomes familiar with some of these; but ithe is then led to examine the trees he finds them not less Interesting, and any one “who In the love of nature holds Com:nunton with her visible form3,” will, [think, be impressed, if his attention be turned in this direction, by the beauty of many of the forest trees when decked with their nu- merous flower clusters in spring or early sum- mer, even if he bas not the interest of the bo- tanist In studying the details and classification of the species. A typRal flower, it 1s to be remembered. con- sists of stamens and pistils, the inner essential organs, and calyx and corolla, the outer pro- tecting Srgans. The flowers of the trees it is Proposed to consider are, however, generally simplified by the suppression of one or more of these organs: in which case they are frequently borne in kins. Thus, while the snow stiil Ingers on the ground, and the winds of early March whistle overhead, certain willows, in this, erhaps shrubs rather than trees, may be eloping from their buds numerous eylin- dies covered with down—the “pussy of the children—and if these bodies be Roticed later they will be seen to have taken on @ bright colden hue. On examination we find that they now have numerous stamens protrud- ing from the down, the pollen cells at whose ex- tremities tmpart the characteristic color to the catkin. No calyx, corolla, or plstils will be found, nor shal! we find any of these organs on any part of our willow: but, as there could be Ro seeds produced if there were no pistils, we are led to look farther for the pistils of our willow. In the shrubbery in the vicinity of the willow beari he brilliant golden ~ catkins there will very likely be another resembling the first In aspect. except that in place of the bright catkins there will Le others less conspicuous, and bearing instead of stamens; that is, this willow, like all other willows, is diceciot one individual bearing the stamens and another the pistils. A clump of willows ith thin leafless b ches thickly covered with bright Yellow ea , While the forests are still bare, and hardly yof the herbaceous plants have put forth their flowers, is an exceedingly pleas- ing forerunner of the train of blossoms which the season will bring. The aspens, or poplars, belong to the same family as the willows. Of these there are two species common in our New Epgiand woods—the American aspen (Populus tremulvides), and the large-toothed aspen ( Popu- ntata). The: semble each y be distinguish rir leaves, those of the former haying small regular teeth. while those ofthe latter have teeth that are large and irrezularly sinuate. It is this latter tree that bears the young leaves densely covered with white wool, which at the commencement of summer look like snow upon thehills. The as- pens bear their stamens and pistils on separate individuals, tke the willows; but their catkins, though at first short and thick, the sterile with stamens of a deep red color, become atterward tong and drooping, and being sometimes several Inches in length, are often very conspicuous, as they hang thickly from the branches before or at the appearance of the leaves. At about the commencement of summer the aspens and wil- Jows disehai irseeds. These are furnished which facilitates their We have seen willows to whose catkins, as the seeds were being scat- tered, this down gave the appearance of large white blossoms, so abundant was it. rehes rsare monercious. or, In other words, have their pistilate and staminate flowers on the sameindividual. The white bireh (Betula aiba) isa slender, graceful tree common in the parts of New and near the coast and as far south as Pennsylvania, and baving triansu Yery taper pointed leaves. From its white b it is probably often confounded with the paper or canoe birch (Betula papyracea),a much larger tree, with ovate leaves, ‘bet ns take this tree as an illustration of the flowering of the birches. One who is passing through a growth of white birehes in the early part of winter will very likely see numerous little brown cylinders about aginch in lencth pendant from the branches. If one of these falls to numerous ong-which may be found many fruits. The pendantson the t are, then. the fertile ns with the ripened weeds. Thronzh the winter the scales will fall from the slender axes ins,and the seeds, or more vd fruits ineiosing the seeds, will iby the winds. y storin Which has been followed by a strong wind, one May see the great ¢ ‘0 which the Innu- Merable liht seeds ure carried. Besides the ertile catkins it is probable that the trees during the winter will have many slender bodies at the extreniities of the last season's cfowth. To see what thes we should visit the trees again at about tlre t earance of the leaves. We shout they had developed into lont: catkins strung with Yellow staminate flowers. A birei tree with its numerous golden tassels amid the just developlug bright green leaves is of great beauty. But we must not over- look the minute fertilecatkins just brought forth of very short branches of the Season. ow through the sum- mer, while the sterile catkins soon discharge their petien and fall from the trees, and in the course of the season new ones may be formed, and by winter the birches be as first seen. Be- sides the white-stemmed birches two other trees of this genus are common !n our northern woods, the black or cherry birch (Betula lenia), and the yellow or gray birch (Betula lutea). Ail bear their flowers in a manner similar to that of the white birch, differing somewhat in the size and shape of their catkins. The fertile catkins ot the two species last mentioned, instead ot being cylindrical, resemble small cones, those of the yellow birch being about an inch long. The siders belong to the birch family, but those which grow so abundantly in our swamps and along the water courses (Alnus incana) bear heir stamens and pistils In catkins of which Doth sorts were formed the foregoing summer, and expanded in early spring. Who has not feen the fertile catkins, persisting, woody, and e, on the shrubs moneecious trees are the butternut: blossoming in May or June. These have lar; and lon tile flowers ai not in catkins, but solitary, or a few together, ds ofthe branches. Each consists of a calyx. @ very small petals, &@ pistil that with the adnate calyx may be recog- nized as an embryo butternut, though ith: Row two reddish ‘stigmas at its apex nearly as large as itself. Then there are the hickories and the chestnuts. both of which are also monce- gious, with only the staminate flowers in cat- kins.’ There are few who live inthe country that have not seen the priekly burrs that guard the chestauts; but not so many are familiar with the great cord-like staminate catkins that hang from the trees in summer. On the beech the staminate flowers are in heads,each of which a very slender stalk. Among the first signs of returning spring Is a filling out of the spray on the elms. “See how the leaves are coming out en the elms!” is the remark heard on those first delicious days that succeed the departing winter. But, in truth, no leaves are yet to be seen upon the elms; the trees are blossoming; nor willthe leaves be likely to come for several weeks. So high are most of the flowers, however, that they can not. be distinguished from leaves; but it may be seen that the extremities of the branches and the young trees are bare as fn midwinter. for on no flowers are borne. Such Js generally the abundance of blossoms. however, that the trees appear to be covered with young leaves. About the first of June the ground beneath the trees will very likely be strewn with numerous winged fruits much resembling parsnip seed: though somewhat larger. Theseare the apened frat of he waite maple lg wite Aegon wine fruit of the white maple . sometimes two inches long, and is eee ae that of any other maple. flowers of the Tock or sugar maple (Acer saccharinum) a) with the es. Being of a greenish-yellow | color, they are not noticeable upon the tree, but are remarkable for their long thread-like stems. There are two other species of maple that must not be overlooked, the striped maple (Acer pennsylcanicum), also 2alled moose wood and striped dogwood,and the mountain maple (Acer spicatum.) The first !s a small slender tree not rare In rich woods, and noticeable tor its light green bark striped with dark lines. Though there may be something sncanny about this tree, with Its variegated stem, it is not to be confounded, though called dogwood, with the polsonous sumac (Hhus tenenata) of that name. Its green flowers are borne in June, adozen or so being strung on a long slender drooping axis. The mountain maple fs a tail shrub forming clumps, Particularly abounding in the wildest and most picturesge spots. Its flowers are also greenish, and are borne in dense clusters somewhat resembling a small bunch of lilacs. The flowers of the last two species do hot appear until atter the leaves, and they, as Dhl as the rock maple, retain their fruits until fall. In this connection it is interesting to note the means by which the seeds are dispersed as they fail from the trees. We have seen the great distance to which the winged seeds of the white birch are carried by the iF The elms and also have winged seeds, and the silky | down on those of the peplara and willows serves the same purpose, while nut-bearing trees may have been planted by the squirrels. It [1s not to be supposed that all the forest trees bear an abundance of flowers and fruits every season. any more than an apple tree will blossom and bear fruit in profusion for a succession of years. Thus the past season, though most of the species which we have considered bore many blossoms, on the black and yellow birches, during a somewhat prolonged search, we could find scarcely a sterile catkin, while on the white birches and alders they were much less numerous than they had been the previous season; and the elms, though they bore an abundance of flowers, generally, If we are not mistaken, ripened few seeds. winter, howe were to be seen in great num- bers on the alders and birches the undeveloped catkins, giving promise of a pleasing display in the spring. a BISHOP BOWMAN’S EXPERIENCE. Phenomena Which Are Unexplained by Physical Laws. From the St. Louis Republican. In conversation with a Republican reporter yesterday afternoon, Bishop Bowman said : “Tam not a bellever in modern Spiritualism, and do not believe that spirits upset chairs and move tables, but 1 can say that I have never been able to account for many remarkable experl- ences I have had during my life under different circumstances. We are much nearer the spirit world than we think, perhaps, and the spirits of the departed dead, I believe, have a certain influence over our minds. “When voyazing on the Red sea I made it a practice to pray every night and morning for my wife, from whom I was absent, and who at the time was an Invalid. One evening I knelt down as usual and tried to pray for her, but found f could not do it. This worried me very much, but I attributed my Incapacity to pray for her to nervousness, as I had preached a ser- mon to the passengers on board that afternoon. On the following morning [again tried to pray for Mrs. Bowman, experiencing the same diffi- culty that prevented me from accomplishing my purpose on the evening previous. 1 woudered what had happened. Was I losing my senses? At length the thought occurred to me: “Your wife may be dead.” But this I considered tm- probable, as Lhad received a letter afew days before stating that she was much better than ad been for along time. | However, I was anxious to reach a point where I could expect to receive additional tidings relative to her con- dition. Finally, on my arrival at Rome, I found a letter awaitins me, conveying the news that Mrs. Bowman was dead and buried. She had died on the same evening that I found myself unable to pray for her while voyaging over the Red sea. This experience I was never able to account for, yet never forget it. “About the same time my daughter had another extraordinary experience. but it was not similar to mine. When in Paris she would shut her eyes and could then see her mother’s face distinctly. On the evening ot her mother’s death she attempted to dothis and was so terrified at not seeing the face that she ran out of the room into another apartment. She felt that something had happened, but her friends told her that her fears were all imaginary. Subse- quently she received news that her mother had died about the time she found it impossible to see her face with her eyes closed. In this house (referring to his residence, where the conversa- tion took place) about this time last year, I was lying sick, at the point of death, the physicians being unable to predict whether I would live or die. Then I had some very happy visions, as I stated In a sermon delivered Inthe Music Hall in Boston.” % ee Udilizing the White Folks. From the Detroit Free Preas. Out on Pemberton’s lines I came to a spot on the highway where the road narrowed to about ten feet, and just here was a faded oid mule hitched to a wagon loaded with a quarter ot a cord of wood. The mule was up to his knees in mud, and the wagon was stalled. Relening my horse to the left F took a circuit through the thick woods and suddenly came upon a colored man seated on a log and half asleep. “What are you doing here?” I asked. “Waitin’,” was the prompt reply. “For what 7?” “Say, boss, did you turn in from de road 2” “Yes.” “Saw a big mud hole dar, I reckon 2” “I did.” is w an ole rat-cull’d mewl stuck fast in de “Well, sah, dat ‘stablishment b'longs to dis individual.” “Then why on earth don’t you get the wagon out and move on to town?” “Bekase. de ole mew! won't pull, an’ bekase T’se dun tired of liftin’. But it’s all right, boss; 1 isn’t worried.” st then we heard the sound of wheels com- . and a team. with twe men in the car- ze, had to halt. They called “Nigger!” three or four thes, and the man on the log winked to me t&@eep quiet. Receiving no response, they got down, and while one plyed the whip over the old beast the other lifted on the wheel, and the wagon was rushed out on solid ground, so that the carriage could pass. When it was out of hearing the negro started for the road in a leisurely maauer, and chuckled back over his shoulder: “Dat’s what I was waitin’ fur—yaw! yaw! yaw! Tell you what, boss, dar’s nuffin’ like makin’ de white folks take hol’ an’ help boost dis eend of de kentry upa few feet! Whoa, dar, Napoleon! Now you walk on wid dat wagin!” ————— Life in an Arizona Mining Camp. From a Woman's Private Letter in Chicago Tribune. If you could see me now! What contrasts there are In life; indeed, half the world do not know how the other halt live. Here we are in a little mud hut, the floor of earth and the walla of mud bricks. The roof is of shingles, but spaces between permit the wind to enter and play round the cabin-In guste. A rough bed of wood stands in one corner, with a wire mat- tress; over that are spreada buffalo robe and some blankets. Upon this bed we sleep. There pistils. The elms bear both perfect and sepa- rated flowers. These are small and yellowish or purplish, and are borne in clusters. Speaking of fruits leads us to the maples, all of which bear frults with very conspicuous wings. These fruits are at first united in pairs, ®@ pair to each flower; but afterwards separate into single one-seeded samaras. The maples have both perfect and separated flowers, and when the flowers are Imperfect, one individual bears staminate blossoms and another the pis— Mate. Their flowers have a calyx, and some- times petals, and are quite small. The flowers of the red or swamp maple (iow rubrum) are most conspicuous, being usually scarlet or crim- #on. and are often borne in immense numbers. ‘They are in clusters, and the staminate have loug protruding stamens. It 1s this tree that imparts to our swamps and low lands the warm flush that steals over them just before the for- ests take on their various tints ef green; and im the fall “The maple swamps glow with a sunset Each leaf’ ripple with its separate fash.” At certain seasons it is indeed a red maple. I remember agrowth of these maples, seen one May wnoruing on the opposite shone of a pond, that had almost the brilliancy of autumnal foll- age. Frequently, the flowers are so numerous that they seem to cover the tree with their glowing hue. The flowers of the white or silver maple (Acer dasycarpum),a much tree rowing along river 8, are fae low, and of no great beauty. These 0 Mpecies bear their flowers before the ap- pearance of the leaves, and shed their is a rude fireplace whereon burn brightly mes- quite logs. Two desks and some camp stools complete the list of furniture. The washstand fs unique—a piece of cactus stump,with a broad shingle for the top, on which rests a tin basin. Boxes with shelves nailed in ornament the walls take our meals The cook is _ Chin of course, and very good meals he gerves ue—much better than are obtained at some railway sta- tions. This is a wild, picturesque spot, on a high plateau, surrounded by eaaain peaks, looking down upon either side Lp ge gul- ches. ‘The country about is devoid of verdure, except the “‘scrub” mesquite and chaparal, and @ pecuilar species of cacti, resembling sentinels standing about as they do, solitary with occasional arms. Some of them look. ost eeort of h THE EVENING STAR: THE LONDON BAR-MAID. Her Flirtations Behind the Bar and Mer Hard Life Before It. FINE CLOTHES AND DIAMONDS ON A SMALL SALARY—A SINGULAR SOCIAL STUDY—HOW 8HE TRAPS HER WILLING VICTIMS. Correspondence San Francisco Chronicle. The barkeeper in London is a barkeeperess. She is a fraud; sometimes she is a lady, bat not often. Ifshe has been, she has usually gotten bravely over It. Not but that she is square enough for London, but she Is a bad investment in the matter of the matrimonial market, where there is more of her offering thanis bid for. She usually wears a black dress and short, banged hair. A writer in the Wichita Times says a girl with her hair banged looks like an unruly cow with a board over her face. Well, fortunately the cow Is behind the fence in the London bar and she don't butt It down to increase the danger of the honestly thirsty visitor, who T quails his slowly furnished glass in enjoyment, harshly qualifled with the pertness of the crea- ture who serves it. The bar-mald comes from no- body knows where and conceals her removal from active service in the same description of mystery. She never looks happy and her lot, like the policemen in the “Pirates of Pen- zance,” isnot a happy one. She will not make haste, she will get the wrong drink before the wrong drinker and the wrong change before the man who never treats. She ls assumptive of a dignity that rests upon her uneasily; free of language, which she stabs with ungrammatical sentences aud tortures with mispronunciations; scornful of flattery that does not elevate her to the first place in the gallery of British beauties, resentful of ordinary business courtesy, tardy in service, impertinent in reply and insolent in de- meanor. Well, she has cause. She is the sub- ject of conflicting treatments. One man plaits her hair, another pulls it—metaphorically, I mean. Sheis treated by some shallow-pated youth and bepimpled old men, who deem them- selves regular dogs, as a queen and paid by her employer a pittance that makes death by slow starvation assume the charming prospect of bloated luxury and pampered epicurianism. BARMAIDS WITH DIAMONDS. But she isa human creature, and I want to tell yon about her ina plain fashion. She is an important element in this curiously constituted London society of ours. The maximum salary for a barmaid is twelve shillings a week, and her average time on duty is thirteen hours a day. Spiers & Pond, who employ over 2,000 girls, pay this sum and exact this service, giving them free one meal a day and two black’ alpaca dresses a year. They may not wear colors, but they may wear diamonds. How can they? Don't } ask me; but the other night in the Criterion I sat ata table opposite a bar where there are twelve barmalds, and they all had diamonds, some of them great big solitaires. They don't wear sealskin jackets or ulsters behind the bar, but lots of them have them, and to see some of them inthe stalls in the theater Is imposing. But the Criterion barmatd !s not representative, norare the handsome, supercilious young women you meet in the Grand Hotel or at the principal Tallway stations. Nor is she talrly represented at the Gayety. The Gayety is a great/loafing- place for actors and the sort of well-dressed, impecunious ready-to-drink young man, who feels that not to visit the Gayety every day is to justify him in crying “Diem perdi,” like Cwsar. 4 COMMON DIALOGUE. Sometimes he comes there in an extreme con- dition of contimued, although normal, im- pecuniosity. He leans up against the edge of the bar and says, ‘‘good morning. dear.” The young woman replies according to her charac- ter and her estimate of him. “A glass of bit- ter,” he adds laughingly. At the end of half an hour he has been furnished the glass. At some | time during that interval, having laid down two pence, he questions in ‘the softly uninter- d query of a youth blase: How is baby?" “Nicely, thank you.” replies the any-where- between-sixteen-and-thirty-flve-year-old-intant. ae then the young man ghells out and calls it life. It would be a good thing for the bar-mald ff that were all the kind of youth she had to en- | counter, Sometimes her customer has, in ad- { dition to this nature of adesire to see life, a considerable suin of moi “Yes if there's to be supper.” {Of course there's to be supper.” “But I must have gloves.” “What size?” She wouldn't be a woman It she didn’t say, “Six and a half, eight button, please.” 4 She goes to the theater with that young man, she has supper with that young man, and she Wears gloves, too, but not six and a half size. | Fly young woman—she has traded them or put | them aside for a future sale of accumulated stock of the legitimate tributes, which are an important factor in her income. CATCHING FORTUNES, Now, It would astonish you if you could know what sort of men come about these women. The driveling youth she must endure, but she aims at better game and’ catches it in rich men of business and social position who grow hope- ful over adrink or two and court her aasidu- ously. The record ot her career has been Il- lumed with captives who bore the quartered arma of the loftiest peerage, and there are more bar maids who have been made “my lady” than there have been actresses. This is not strange, considering the opportunities which the young men have. Spiers & Pond have had half a dozen young women who have left their glasses and napkins for the dignity of high life, and I may say with the same frankness and truth that the record of the desertions from theirservice is more frequently marked by the absence of better suc- eess for the poor creatures who leave it. It was @ casual talk with an employer of many bar maids which led to this letter, so in adding fact to impression, he may be quoted as saying that of seventy-four girls that entered his employ, one-fifth went to pieces. “But,” said he, ‘my business is peca- har.” It i in four or five places largely theatrical, Asarule the girl who seeks to be bar-maid has aspirations toward the stage. She falls quickest to the prospect ot a speedy eleva- tion to the estate of actress and finds no end of men who are ready tu give her the promise of that much-desired eminence. The stage that she most frequently attains In such a case is the pave, and the theater of her life is St. John's ood, Pimlico, Leicester Square, Whitechapel and finally Radcliffe Highway. SOME HONEST MAIDS AMONG THEM. But there are honest, respectable girls among. them. Of course there are. Bar drinking is not a social nor a legal offense when practiced by women in London, I believe it is both in San Francisco, or was, and it is not fostered as a recommendation for public respect in any part of the state. It is neither frowned at nor en- couraged in England, and I have seen Church of England clergymen, with their wives and daughters, put their chests against a bar and ask for drinks in the most natural fashion. It is right enough, but not more than that, ———__—_-e-____ A Singular Phenomenon. From the Corning (Io.) Free Press. 7 Our attention has been called to a very sin- gular phenomenon connected with the residence of Mrs. D. 8. Sigler. The house itself is one of WASHINGTON, : ieee * WEDNESDAY, “SUNSET OOX.” The Effort That Gave Him His Sebri- quet—A Great Old Sunset. What ® peculiar sanset was that of last aight! How glorious the storm and how splen- did the setting of the san! We do not remem- ber ever to have seen the like on our round globe. The scene opened in the west with a whole horizon fall of a golden interpenetrating luster which colored the follage and brightened every object into its own dyes. The colors grew deeper and richer, until the golden luster was transfused Into a storm cloud, full of finest lightning, which leaped in dazzling zigzags all over and around the city. The wind arose with fury, the slender shruos and giant trees made obelsance to its majesty. Some even snapped before its force. The strawberry and grass plats ‘turned ep their whites” to see Zephyrus march by. As the rain came and the pools and the gutters hurried away, thunder roared grandly and the fire bells caught the excitement and rangwith héarty chorus. The south and east received the copious showers, and the west all at once brightened up in a long, polished belt of azure, worthy of a Sicilian sky. Presently a cloud appeared in the azure belt in the form of a castellated city. It became more vivid, revea}ing strange forms of peerless fanes and alabaster temples and glories rare and grand in this mundane sphere. It reminded us or Wadsworth’s splendid verse in bis “Excur- slon;” ‘The appearance tnstantancously disclosed Was ofa mighty city, boldly say A wilderness of butidings sinking fer And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor without end. But the clty vanished only to give place to another isle, where the most beautiful torms of foilage appeared, imaging a paradise in the die- tant and purified air. =| The sun, wearied of the elemental commotion, sank behinds the green plains of the west. The “great eye in heaven,” however,'went-not down without a dark brow hanging over its departing light. The rich flush of unearthly light had passed and the rain had ceased, when the solemn church bells pealed, the laughter of children out and joyous after the storm, is heard with the carol ot birds,while the dark and purple weapon of the skies still darted illumination around the starling college, trying to rival its angles and Jeap into its dark windows. ————_~e.____ DRESSING IN BRAZIL, How Caste Is Distinguished by Drees ‘There. In some parts of Brazil the shoe 1s a visible sign ofa man’s rank, only a free negro wearing the sapato, while the slave walks barefoot. With gentlemen of North Brazil the favorite and most stylish mode of dress consists of a black broad- cloth coat, with white linen pants and tall silk hat. The vest is often discarded, and so the showy <watch chain dangles across the breast of the coat. When walking, a gentleman tucks his large handkerchief closely inside his collar, leaving the corners outside the coat, and thus reserves some of the glossy appearance of his linen. The cuffs are also yery conspicuous, as they are made very large and allowed to slip so far below the long coat sleeve that the knuckles of the hand frequently disappear, in spite of the continual act of the wearer stretching out his arm to its full length in the vain endeavor to leave the hand more free for action, and expose jew the enormous seal ring that is so uni- ly worn by the upper classes. Shop- keepers seldom wear coats, and in a great ma- Jority of cases the vest, too, is wanting. Among the commonest out-of-door laborers tie only clothing is a hat and a pair of pants, while the washerwomen ply their trade in nothing but a calico petticoat. The genteel ladies of Brazil tollow Paris fashions in dressing, though but few ot them ever wear bonnets. Many of them have very beautiful hair, which they arrange in becoming styles and decorate with natural flowers, which are more frequently placed by all classes just above the ear, like a busy clerk’s pen. This fashion ig, ofcourse, much more con- venient for those dark-hued ladies whose short wool makes the ear the only safe resting place for a flower, but ladies with beautitul hair choose to place. the flower where the delicate petals will brush the swarthy cheek. In North Brazil there are no prof dressmakers. The finest ladi thelr own wretchedly fitting most of a lady's wardrobe is pureh from the ever-present peddlers walking about the streets of every city in the empire. Sa ES ES A Gentiemanly Dispate. From tue Chicago Herald. On the train between Ala., and Nashville, Tenn., there were a dozen of us chatting away in the smoking car when one of the men drew out a pack of cards and proposed a game of euchre. Hesoon found a partner, and atter a few hands they began playing for ¢1 a point and ten points fora game. Naturally enough we were all interested, and more or less excited. By and by there was a slip somewhere, and the one called Colonel remarked: “Major, hands off the cards!” “Bez your pardon, Colonel, but the trick is mine.” “Major, I hope you will excuse me for calling you a liar.” “Oh, certainly, Colonel, but I take that trick with the king of spades.” “If you do, Major, ['ll take you with this! "said the Colonel, as his shooter came out. “‘Ah, let ne see, Colonel—let us see. You led the nine of spades and I put on the king.” “No, Major; I led the nine of hearts and you refused suit.” “That's so—that’s s0;” said the Major, as he looked over his cards. ‘Colonel, I beg your par- don for having taken you for a blackleg.” “Oh, don’t mention it. Excuse me for having hesitated to shoot you when I believed you to be a Chicago gambler. It’s your play, Major!” Two Other Hearts, Montgomery, A eorrespondent of the Springfield Republican does this: Full tender beamed the light of love down from hi3 Inanly face As he pressed her to his bosom in a fervent, fond embrace; No cost of others’ happiness found place within his thought; ht; The weakness of life’s brittle thread no dim fore- bodings brought. But tenderer than the light of love, more brittle than Ife’s thread, * The shrouds that wrapped two other hearts gave up thetr withered dead; For crumbling in bis waistcoat, their glowing future dashed, Two excelient Havanas were very badly mashed. ————$_-o _____ Wednesday Whatnots. A woman Is never content to say, “He pulled my hair.” Sho particularizes thus: “He pulied me by the hair of my head.” This is necessary in order to distinguish between the hair of her head and the head of hair which she purchased at the store.—Boston Transcript. A little boy astonished his companions the other day by telling them that he had “a spank- ing team at his house.” An excited crowd of boys had walked nearly home with him when ‘one of them asked, ‘“‘What d’ye call em?” “Pa and ma,” was the reply.—Burlington Free Press. There is a young fellow in our nelghborhood the finest ahd most commodious in Southwest Towa, having cost 25,000, and has every mod- ern convenience attached to it. The roof is com- posed of slate, the structure of brick. It is warmed by a Paige heater and lighted by gas. It will be remembered by our ers that Mrs, Sigler has been quite sick for the past six weeks. It was during one of the visits ofthe family pce Dr. Newell, of thiscity, in attempti give his patient medicine from a spoon, th: sparks of fire were emitted. This led to a further examination, and a finger pointed at or near the chandeliers would produce the same re- suit; in short, it was discovered that the entire hot in all ‘was a complete ivanic or electric battery. e effect was felt in all the Tooma, and the same result could be accom- plished upon the person of any one. It is explained Boe no known sclentific prin- ciple as yet, but it is supposed to be caused by the generation of electricity through the heat- Ing apparatus, which extends from the basement toall ofthe house. It is supposed that this electric. condition of affairs has ina great measure contributed to the prostrati Sigler, and measures wiil be taken at havea PORE made of the difi- culty, and if found in the supposed heating ap- the same will be removed 8 Q' ecu gtx aneaeg the man who made the “ ws statue, years ofage. Ifhe avoids ni work and tobacco he may live to see his who has been making a daily practice of sienpte ing to sing, “Let me like a soldier die.” seems to crave death, and they do say that one otthe neighbors who has a musket is preparing ae Pen atS Cincinnati Saturday A novel mode of advertising for a wife has been adopted by an inhabitant of a provincial town. A phot ph of the gentleman is paced in the window of a shop-keeper, and un- lerneath is the following notice: “Wanted, a Basle companion to the above. Apply at this ice.” Paper is now employed for the construction of domes for observatories. It has also for a long manufacture of Fetes is none talk of raising the seaniaee of ican col " says an excl be a bloody henaverehiet with ame crossed on the id of | of Ing glove.—Buriingum Free Presse Ps om ‘The ere the United States, and yet people continue to ask why ise. the the front porch. tie a heavy black beard on a actor whole soul would be ‘churned up if he full-fi he looks about as savage a8 Hint for liars about the weather. member bing Three months without any rain!” Now, in 1846 I remember we have 8 drop of rain for 18 monthal” . area million more females than males in | What Persunded the Stern Cashicr— Good in Itself, yet Grandly Indersed. ‘They tell this story: That one day, several years amo, gentleman, evidently in great mental anxiety as to the result of his application, stood st the cashier's win- dow ata certain New York Bank, earnestly trying to coax that official into discounting s note for s consider- ableamount. The Cashier Hstened, and finally said: “Tt'sno use, Mr. E-—; we can't doit without a better endorser.” “Then I'm a ruined man, for I must have that money to-day or fail,” groaned the poor fellow, looking likea lonely sailor on the deck of a sinking ship. “*Let me see that note,” said a prosperous-looking Person, who had emerged from the private rooms of the bank Justin time to take in thesituation. Having slanced at the paper, he seized a pen and quickly wrote ‘across the back of it the strong name of WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, “There,” he added, handing back the note, “try it again, and see if will go now.” ‘Itdid go, and the money was handed to the happy re- cipient, Although. BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS are able tostand on their own merits and “go alone, they do not lagk abundant and responsible indorse- ments, more than 5,000 Physicians, Pharmacists, Drug- sista and Chemists throughout the country having signed or endoreed the following document: ‘‘Musons, Brancny & JonxEON, ‘Pharmaceutical Chemicts, New York. ““Gentlemen:—For the past few years we have sold various brands of porous plasters, but prefer Benson's Capcine—manufactured by you—before all others. We consider them one of the few perfectly trustworthy household remedies. They are superior to-all other Porous plasters or medicines for ex{frnal use.” © In the center of the genuine is cur the word CAP- CINE, , Please look carefully for it, Price 25 cents, FFFRERT 8883 24 000 00 ™,8S8, Het fon, Soe 8 OS 9 ea 8 & 08.8 EF r 7 & Hertron%sss’ Sef4 E Ag*Se BER baal uot Giatlbact LLLL QQ «UU iiDpe oco 00 FEB EEB ic a a oO cO OF F EK KE ccc 00 F F EKEEEB 18 PURE COFEEE REDUCED TOA LIQUID AND QUICKLY MADE READY FOR THE TABLE BY ADUING BOILING WATER. IT LIKE ROASTED COFFEE, BEING PUT UP IN BOTTLES AND NOr EXPOSED TO THE alk, Made Instaitly— One Cup cr many. No labor, no worry— Always uniform. Always delicious. Your Grocer Seite Iv anp Recommenps Ir. FELS & CO., Proraietors, p23 PHILADELPHIA. A Carp. I would respectful'y announce to my friends and the public generally that, having southwest corner of Lith str nue (formerly The Star ot greater facilities for cor c r ing the auction business has a front of 50 fect on. ia avenue bya depth of 125 feet, thereby giving one grand salesroom of fifty feet front. On the second floor is @ large room, having same frontage as lower floor, which is enecially arranged and planned for the sale of Works of Art and Booka, and is capable of comfortably ecating two hundred peope; in fact, tt i6 the only establishment in tl be condus thout regard to Upper _por:ion of the building contains are used for etorage iia acre for which ithas been specially a and {s naturally a great accommodation to the p . There is also iu the rear of the building a large tor open space which will be used for the sale of Horses and Carriages, the whole i one of the most complete Auction establish- men he country Special attention xiven to the sale of Real Estate. Liberal advances made on consiguments, a " Appraie: ments mzde. Libraries and Works of Art Catulosued and arranged for sale. Having had an experience of twenty-five years in the business, and with the aeKistance of M. B. Latimer, who Will atterid personally to the personal ud five art salen, anda thoronghly competent corps of arsistants, I feck confident cf eiving perfect satietaction in any business that may be intrusted in my hands, ‘barking the public for their past patronage, and askinx a continuance of the same, Lam, very respect- ay, THOMAS DOWLING. MARYLAND CLUB, $6 per gallon. MECNTICELLO "77, $6 per gallon. EOYAL CABINET, $6 per gallon. OLD BAKER, 86 per gallon. OLD CROW, $# per wallon. GOOD OLD RYE, $3 pe gallon, BOTTLE GOOD RYE, 50 cents, BOTTLE GOOD RYE, 75 cents, BOTTLE OLD CROW, $1. HENNESSEY BRANDY, 1865. GALLON SPANISH SHERRY, $3. GALLON OPORTO WINE, 35. GALLON COOKING SHERRY, $2. GALLON MEDFORD RUM, $8. PIPE HEIDSIECK, SOUVERAIN EXTRA DRY CHAMPAGNE, BAss' 4LE, GUINNESS’ STOUT AND YOUNGER'S 8COTCH ALE, BOITLED, $2.50 DOZEN. E. C. KNIGHT, ar20 2782 Pennsylvania avenue. [° GEE, SURREME COURT OF THE Distnior ‘QF,COLUMBIA SISTING IN EQUITY, MAY 3, GERMOND CRANDELL vs. WasHINGTON Crry SAVINGS Banx—8123, Fg. Doc, 12: ‘The vayment by the receiver of dividends to creditors of said Bank having been heretofore decreed in this cause agerezating one hundred yer centum, itis, this third day of May, A. D. 1883, on motion of Wiliam. ¥, Mattingly, Recelver, ordered, adjudyed ana decreed that, all depositors in’ the Washington City Savings Bank, defendant hereiy, and their sssigos, be, and they ‘are hereby, forever debarred from making any claim or demand against said defendant, the recel this cause, or the a-sets in his unless for undrawn dividends be precented to said before the first day of ver An A true copy. mies, GE xan, Anti JTCHING | PILES. ~ are. perspiration, in- ariontaiy" i b ing, parti Cr niet: Loore sas if bin-wortne were crawling in apd about the rectum; the rrivate parts Sometimes affected, If allowed to continue yong, sort ous results may follow. “SWAYNE'S OINTMENT” isa cure. Aleo for Tetter. Itch, Salt Rheum, Scald Barbers? Itoh, all scaly, crusty Skin Diseases, Sent by mail for Swikink © GON! Philadephia Pa sod by Dros wists. m9-w, £1 Ganams & Cox all ‘have tien is always effective. and cure of al achareee, rect rtm aa ‘Br. hoon ‘to all remedi ae 0 ee ere FO? FRYING FISH AND OYSTERS OLIVE BUTTERS hie & eT ee Migs 3 <T3e aa AMES SS "BEE REAIEES =o ys SaaS EN STEA! FREIGHTS RK AXD 0 FASTERN TOW Cay op By fue gteabiens OF FOR FUR’ ‘PARTICULARS INQUIRE a ‘Office, Teh myl4 EDUCED RATES. FORTRESS MONEOE AND NORFOLK. STEAMER LADY OF THELARE- Steamer Lake leaves th street whart, terminus of street cara, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY ERIDAE at $:S0 pum, without stopping: after leaving ‘Tickets and statercoms secured st general office, 613 ‘Boston Freight taken as usual. My5. ALERED WOOD, Secretary and Treasurer. MMER SCHEDULE—STEAMER ARROWSMITH Neures Tin for Potomac River M. HUDGINS, Gen. Supt. aa eee Ey es ain, at andria with 7: from On Mondays f Wash: Linte ‘1 uesd medi diate landfagn, returning lay for. Momon That wha? Weak. Dec. pe ARts {apd} C. We RIDLEY, Man, W. THOMPSON Leaves Sixth Street Whart EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY all the river landings as fer down as Stopping st near}y all the river landings ing Mouday morning. Inquire at General Office, 613 10th street oF at boat, m poromac TRANSPORTATION LINE. ‘The steemer FUF. Capt. W. C. ves suerachege ener, toutes tu tiog away aa aS " ol . m., for More sn y ees oe Baltimore every FRIDAY at So'clock p.m. ‘All accommodations strictly first-class, River (ro i must be prepaid, aud will be received on eee 8 “SREPHENSON & BRO., Agents, m16-6m__Tth street wharf and 12th st. and Pa. ave. NHE STEAMER MATTANO LEAVES WASHING ton on Sendaye, Tuesdays and eda} O'clock a.m. wc Kiser es Grinder’s wiiarf Sundays down and Wednesda ys up; at Brent’s and Chavel Point Thursdays down aud Mon- up; laysin Mattox creck (destination) Sunday and Thursday nights, and Nomini snd Prospect | Hill {ecetination) Tuesday nights. - Packages received and information given at offices of G. L. SHERIFF, $28 and 1114 Penaryivania avenue, G. 1. JONES, it ‘7th street wharf. mbl2 M" VERNON! MT. VERNON! STEAMER W. W. Concon: Leaves 7th street wharf daily (excert Sun‘ Vernon at 10 o'clock a. m. ; returning reaches ton about 3:30 p.m. EK Croren COOK'S GRAND EXCURSIONS leave Xew York April 20th, Joue ist, June 13th and bet gp STOURIST TICKETS for individual travelers in Eu- rope, by all routes, at reduced rates. OOKS EXCURSIONIST. with Maps and full par- ticulars, by mail 10 cents. Address THOS. COOK & SON, 261 Broadway, f21-wkssit As LIKE. SUMMER SERVICE. Sailing from QUEBEC to LIVERPOOL every SATUR- Esiling from BALTIMORE to LIVERPOOL every al- ternate MONDAY, (vis QUEENSTOWN.) SHORTEST OCEAN VOYAGE. ONLY FIVE Da¥Y8 FKOM LAND TO LAND. Extra Weekly Ships from GALWAY, LIMERICK, LONDONDERRY and GLAS- Only DIRECT LINE rom GALWAY ana LIMERICK. ccommodations Un cx A alied. ‘Cabin $70 and $80. Intermediate Prepaid Steerage For information, &c., apply to LEVE & ALDEN, General Agents, 207 Broadway, New York. $F; MOSS, 225 Ponnsyivanta avenue; JAS. BELLEW, 711 7th street: Or, Mns. D. A. BEOSNAN, 612 9th strect, mis Agents in Washington, D.O. FOR TOURS TO ANY PART AND THE ORTENT. S ISSUED and RELIABLE INFORMA- KFULLY GIVEN. Special arrangements fy fuga, went Fave. Addteas rt Pn Addn EXCHANGE TRAVELERS BUREAU. mhi10-s, t, th, C. A. BARATTONTI. Manager. { UxTH Gi RMAN LLOYD— “4 N Ti STEAM Le LONDon. 80 .MPTON aXD BREMEN. e eteamuers of th pany will gall EVERY WED. NESD+Y ANU SA ¥ from Bremen. pier, foot of 3datreet, Hobcken. tes of : From New of pasxage . London, Southampton and first cabin, $106; second eatin, $60; Tage certiticates, § 2 yinly to OELRICHS & CO. 2 Bowling Groen. New York: W. G. METZEROTT & CO., $25 Pennayivania aveude northwest, Agents for Washington. LORK, ROT DAN. AMSTERDAM.— ‘the firet-clasa, full power ‘built Dutch tits Line ANSTENDAM. ROTTRE EDAM, 1 Ev KkDAM. ZAANDAM. P. Ca- LAND. W. A. SCHOLTEN. MAAS, vine the U. Mails to the Netheriande. leave com pan’ Guy, N 5 First cabin, $70: second cabin, $50: steerage, CAZ, nw : I. AUX, General Agent, 27 Sovth Wwilarn eiroet, New York. For parsaxe apply to W. &CO. #25 Penn. ve., Washington. E Steamers marked * do not carry stecraxe passengers. Rates of pateage—$8) and $100, according 10 accom modation. Ftecrage at very low rates. from Liv. pee ger dems es hroush bilis of Tsden f Ei fy ter and otbet Porta om the Continent’ and r P For freight and passage the Cn; ‘office, Ko. 4 Bowling Groen, or beth nd’ cabin 3 Q1IS BIGELOW & VO,, Gos Tin atret, 4 OLEAN BS, Jani 605 7th street, Washington. MEDICAL, &c. RS. BROTHERS AND GRAY GIVE NO FREE prescriptions and send you tosome eide-xhow drug- ict, who divides profits with the doctor. Those disap. itited of a cure of private diseases should consult Drm. BROT nitana GRAY, 906 B street coutswest,. Wall furnish medicines, guarantee @ cure, or no pay. Years’ experience. myi7-1m* R. KOBERTSON, THE MOST RELIABLE AND DyNencest cotabtishea speciaitee is tharetge win is i278 ekherience, will guaranteo a cure Seeazea of bee Onmins, Nervous Weakness cic. Conrulta- days and Cae now. more, aplé ADIES. YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY CONSULT fon paid to ail Discance peculiar tr iadion: serie or on = All rregularities aud Ovarian Troubles treated. Thirty-five years’ experience. myé-im* FINANCIAL. Huar C. Towzns & Co. ’ 1420 F STREET NORTHWEST, i Wasurneton, D.C, » ‘We pay special attention to obtaining CORRECT RELIABLE information regarding eur various eecuritics, and are prepared at all times ries regarding same, HARRY G, TO) wu STREET OPERATIONS. ‘The old-established Ranking House of JOHN A. DODGE & Co., No. 12 Watt Sracer, New Yorn, ‘ Buy and Sell all Active Stocks on three to Sve per cent They send free their “WFEKLY FINANCIAL REPORT,” be in Some hr en re one Sieg pHvate STOCK TELEGRAPH WIRES WASHINGTON, NEW YORK AND RICHMONDY H. H. DODGE, Bonds, Stocks and Investment Aecnritics Bought aa fold on Commission, Ko. £89 16rm STREET, (CORCORAN BUILDINGS Agency for Prince and Whitely, Ftock Brokera, (4 Baoapwar. Kew Youn, York, Boston and Washington. Orders executed cn New York Stock Exchange at one-cighth of one per Stock Exchanges in those cities and repcriea bso promptly. Quotations of Stocks and Bonds and ine formstion regarding the Markets received through wires INSTANTLY airect irom the Dew York Fxchanie. nt KK. HARTLEBEN. GRADUATE OF PENNSY: D vania College, Phiiadelphia, having vurchasad my office and residence, has resumed practice. Leon: dently recommend bin to my patrons and the put meray ara dentist of undoubted ability, MeALCA STAN? Dentist, 1015 lath et, nw. ay-am RTIFICIAL TEETH MADE BEFORE AND INT petted imuiediately after extracting natura tet ¥ a eplendid success.” Modern and akin Tranches of Deutistry. Moderate : ja-ly” DE. DONNALLY, 1991 F street northwest” Db 8. a, BCOTT, DENTIST, Prenervation of the Natural Teeth a Specialty. Tams R. RANDALL PARSONS, Dexrisr, DD ttre horthwon over Balla Borie store. Gold’ filings» apecialty., Gas aivon day. oF night. as loors from corner ite branches. ‘Teeth inserted §7 per set. ware, ranted. dani’ ‘ ONLAND, DENTAL ASSOCIATION, No. ait 46 street, three doors novth of | Pennsylvania avenue, east Bide, Hereafter ‘Nitrous Oxide, without pain, wil: tooth und 60 centa each adalticusl tooth Sitting. Extractions without cents Pest boning — "fl to $5. wi Amalgam Fillings, trou. All work. ve administered Oi warrant Braticlass Ha itrous Oxide to over 000 pat Patients will be furnished free tickets scandirom the often. mt SPECIALTIES. Go ARBRE PROF, NAMING. MEDIUM AND REAL ASTROLOGER, At 715 Ninth strest northwest. tu tilling tos pest promt Spa toma, Sones in tel past, present aud future, nye wD Miatriages, bririeiug separated together, and in vate affairs, whove advice ts invaluable. He tells consul pote Jo Tull, and te the only pereon that can do, #0, Prof. Warring axks no questions and uses no cards. any description in his profession. SATISFACTION GIVEN Fee—Ladics, $1; centiemen, $1. OB NO Pay. eee Di ROBERIEON, SPECIALIST AND CONFIS dential consulting Physician; 20 can be it years e1 100 Werinoniay aud Saturday, ae HE LONG-¥STABLISHED, Ri A liable Clairvoyant and Astrologist. gives bottar tinfacti of life than any One in the pros ‘the past, present anc future destiny ; «veg id assistance on all mutters appertaining to business, love aad matrimony. ALL is TROUBLE Cal Satisfaction given or no pay. “Consultation 2d street, above D etreet northwet. This month sutton foe re Ladics, 60 cents; gentlemen, $l. na ‘RS. M. A. FRENCH, MAGNETIC HEAD and Business Mediym, bas reimoved to 17247 street northwest, where sffe wil! be pleased to meet beg many friends and eu fi-4m~ WqME,_BROOKE TELLS ALL THE EVENTS 0) Miriee RN burinines com srnial ae 4 lemen 50" cents each, 408 L surest. 4th 5th streets northwest. RAILROADS. iE GREA’ cy PENNSYLVANIA ROU’ TO THE NOKTH, WEST, AND BOI DOUBLE TRAC as «END! WE WASHINGTON, FROM STATION, CORNER or Pitsburg aud the, Wea <hcage Limited #3 Palace. Cars at 9:0 a.m.. daily, Hartisburg #9 Ginermasd “Western Caprese 1°30 th Palace Care to Pittsburs aud Cincltie : for Chicas For Willsmeport, Lock Haven and Eimra, at 9:8 : &._m. daily, except Sunda) _ For New ‘York snd the Fast, 8:00 a, m., 10: 280, 4:20. 9:50 and 10:20 p. m. “On Sundi 9:50 and 10. m. Limited Express of Parlor Cars, 9:30 a.m. For Borton without chanwe, 1:30 p. mn; every: week Gay. Bor BRAY, $:20p. ma ae ‘or Brooklyn, N. ¥¢, ail through trains connect Jeruey City with hoata of Broskiyn, Auwon a fford~ ing direct transfer to Fulton street, avoiding double. erriawge weroes Sew York City. fe For Phi phia, 8: i» 10:308. m., 1:90, 4: 9:80 aud 10:20 Ye tro X P. ‘Limit m. Gn Sunday, 4:20, 9°50 ted Express, 9:30 a. m. daily, ex> except Sunday. For Annapolis, 6:40a.m, and 4:40 p.m, dally, excep Sunday.” ” ALFXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RATLe WAL AND ALEXANDMIA AND WASHING ION RAILKOAD For Alexandria, 6:30, 7:00, 9:1 S00 La S00" 6.00, Ob wad Tae pan. at'6:30, 9.20 and 11:25 u.m., 2:00 and 8: Pm, For Richmona end the South, 6:30 and 11:25 a. Sraaily, and 5:00 daily cs Sunday. OF 11:00 and 11:25a.m., Sunday Dd 7 BY USING A BOTTLE Mixteo. Bag Invigueating Cordiat | Degguge to destination fret hotels and Syl cure any cass of Beminal W Rervons De- ‘ aystem. 906 Bet.aw. 2 or apa-Ime CHAS. E. PUGH, General Manager. “ ER. JOHN Ti BLOOD. is ALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. HE MODEL FAST LINE AND THE ONLY LINE THE FAST iD ‘WEST. LA WA! TON. noun Hard tet Cova: take effect SUNDAY, MAY 1988. eteete Peace, MA Jersey avenue and C street— Bt, Re | ‘Teekog arive a, the Weet dally, 6:20, 1:36am SS ao Epieea mais arte oe