Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1884, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON D. C., SATURDAY, FEBR ELIGIO’ OTES. —The four Methodist conferences in Iowa have more than 500 pastors and over 80,000 Members. ~= Denver, Colorado, is to have the most ex- | tensive Jesuits’ college In America. Over 5 as already been subscribed, and much ramised. —The Brooklyn City Bibie society, organized forty-three years ago, distributes Bibles Brovhiyn at the rate of 3,000 a year, at an ave- ge annual cust of as many dollars. Archbishop Carroll died December 3, eighty years, there were oaly ¢ priests in the United States, ix were in the Metropolitan see. ot yet decided what will be the order ings of the Baptists to be . but it Is understood that me mission meeting will be and probably on Monday and 2th of that monta. — The Bedford Avenue Reformed church of Brooklyn has failed in its effort to secure for its pastor, the Rey. Dr. Joseph T. Duryea, of the entral Con, nurch of Boston. Dr. interests of his church in he cannot leave it without 5, more is j in Detroit in M: event the Bosion are such th damaze. —Acchurch ediiice has been erected by St. Matthew's Atrican United Methodist Protest: church, in Baltimore. The co Members, ‘Th ant xty and was organized five \ . ly worshiped in a hall on Preston h. Rey. J. H. Medlay is the —An azed attendant of Anthon Memorial church said to a writerin The Christian at Work, “Dr. Heber Newton wasn't weakening my it we was my boys’, and, I am glad "otter said. “Time to stop!’” It is easy to set eur boys a thinking in the wrong direc- easy to limit their thinking when ted. — At the third annual sale of the pews of the pr. T. DeWitt Talmage, Pastor. the “prem’ for choice of seats az- ly $4.00, against $3,240 last year. fie fixed renta wil the sittingsin the house amount to making the total income from this source, provided all the pews are taken, about $21,500. | — inthe address for 1884 of the London Working Men’s Lord’s-day Rest Association it is stated, as the most important event relating to the observance of Sunday which has occurred during the past year, that there has been an un- exampled opposition to the Sunday opening of the national museums on the part ot working- Class orzanizations throughout the country. — The question of pork-eating 1s disturbing the minds of the Jews in Rochester, N.Y. Rabbi Max Ladsburg, the most prominent Jewish min- ister in western New York, declares that the old dietary laws of the Hebrews have lost their legal Suthority, and that Jews need not hesitate to eat the flesh of swine if they want to. Natur- ally, his views are warmly opposed by conserva- tive Hebrews. — Ina recent sermon the bishop of Manches- ter, Enziand, said that one of the signs of the times isthe steady growth ofthe feeling of Justice between man and man. There fs cer- tainly, he thought, at the present time a wider weep ziven to Christian charity. and people ‘Were beginning to feel that the vital part of Telizion is “to do justice, to love mercy and to waik aumbly before God.” —Two notable conversions to the Catholic faith have recently occured in England. One of them is George Benson Tatum, M. A., of Christ church, Oxford, chaplain of Magdalen and late curate of St. Paul's, Oxford. He was he Birmingham Orat« The other - Richard James Dyne Godley, B. A., of Emmanuel college, Cambridge, and late Curate of St. John’s, Bathwick, Bath. — Mr. Holman, a wealthy wholesale merchant of Terie Haute, Indiana, has made a noble pre- Bent: to the Sist6rs of St. Francis of a hos- pit at city, with the express wish that all, wh er Protestant or Catholic, black or white, should tiud here a hospitable home. Mr. Hul- man aseda large building, formerly a fema’ e. tor $50,000, and spent $25,000 More to convert it into a model hospital. — Bishop J. T. Spalding, of Peoria, speaking of the Catholic colonization societ Would meet in Chicago about March 1 to con- | sider the progress of the work and to consult about the necessary steps to stimulate it. A Catholic priest has been located at Castle Gar- den, who ts to mix with the emigrants as soon as they arrive and try fo induce those of them Who may Le Cathotics to settle in one of the col- | Onies. —The Protestant Episcopal cathedral which is to be built at Albany, New York, will be an imposing structure, if the aspirations of Bishop Doane are carried into effect. The estimated Cost, when completed, is $450,000. Its dimen- sions will be 260 by 95 feet, with spires 203 feet Bich. A “provisional building” is first. to be erected at a cost of 150,000, from which the cathedral proper can be afterwards com- pleted. —The Congrezational Woman's Board of Missions held ita sixteenth annual meeting in Boston in Jannary. The receipts from all Sources inst year were 2108.453.53. There are ed with the board 22 branches, two con- a ns, over 1,5) auxiliaries, . 97 missionaries, $1 Btble- schools, and 123 village at Constantinople, Kioto, gious paper says as to whether It is or Christians to visit on Sundays: “It gether upon what is the object of Xo day is too sacred to visit the ick forthe sake of giving them onsolation. There may be ext! In which visits for other — A Morm ana. and a plot was formed to selze him while he was addressing a public meeting, take him non elder was proselyting in Inde ot. and maltreat him with tar i£ informed of his peril in «he did not run away, but boldly ap- according to appointment, preached oaism in his most eloquent manner. and oratory so Impressed the conspirators that ave up the intention of mobbing him. Rev. Thomas Harrison, the revivalist, “an engagement at a St. Louis church, rm beiug thirteen weeks and the paya dollars a week and expenses. His ons are Very numerous, and some Chris- ed him to extend his influence in an- of the city to the extent of making nute address at the opening of a revival Series of meetings. but he refused unless recom- pensed In cash, and there is a great deal of hot ¢riticism of bim in consequence. — The Maryland Catholics intend to celebrate ‘with appropriate ceremonies the 250th anniver- sary of the landing at St. Mary’s of the Catholle ilurims who founded the state of Maryland, Tite anniversary Is of more than usual interest 01 by his they not only to the Catholics of the United States, } but also to the friends of religious liberty the World over. The record of these eariy colon- ists forms one of the brightest pages in the his- tory of the church, and deserves fo be studied tud cratefully remembered by all her children. — Rev. Dr. Willlam L. Gage, D. D., has re- Gigned the , ustoral charge of the Pearl street Cong ». ichureh, Hartford, Conn., after years .tinuous service. In his resig- Ration be sald “I am conscious that my ap- [semen hackneyed, that my voice is very familiar. that the lines which = thoughts habit- ‘Bally traverse may be assumed to be trite. No Man can utter fora hundred toa hundred and ‘Ofty tines ayearhis meditations on religion without being excessively well known after a term of years.” — The Baptist Weekly, speaking of Cardinal McCloskey's fifty years of priesthood in the church, sasa: “While we believe that long life Of service has been a mistake, yet the activity of it wins admiration. In founding churches, hools and orphanages, and tn other works for is church he hus teen indefatigable and won- flerfully successful. We only wish that, under ‘e constraining influence of the love of Christ, we coe muicaan om tors able to com- Mand as ready help for all evangel! an the cardinal and bis priesta Pisin —To the questions just wherein lies the Srong of gambling in lotteries, «“poliey” dealing, ete? are games of chance—tneluding “prize Packaze “fish-pon “grab. ” eto— bject to the same condemnation? the Baptist Examiner answers: Gambitng ta to game on play for money or some other stake, and 1s ale ays a sin aud 10 many states tg made acrime, but we Gre not prepared to say that all zamos of chante that are merely ers of amusement and ac. yompacied by kes, aro inadiuissible. The ential mea Is the playing of them ser: zizes. and it te just por be strict to an ex- ding ali garnes be- People make them the meaos of ome MISS LIRRIPIP’S LOVERS. Miss Lirripip had a pretty face and five thous- anda year, not to speak of expectations. Pretty faces arecommon enough, even in these days | of agricultural depression and stagnant trade; | but a girl with five thousand a year is a rarity; | and a girl with fivethousand a year and apretty | face Into the bargain Is a positive phenomenon. | and, as such, cannot fail to be greatly admired | by anumber of more or less eligible young men | with ataste for beauty of the most substantial | kind. Even middle-aged bachelors awake from | their habitual indifference when, on being intro- | duced to a lovely damsel of two and twenty, | they are conscious that the possessor of a con- ‘siderable fortune stands before them; for | altho money is the root ofailevil, it isa root which most people very willingly under- | take the risk of cultivating. | Since Lydia Lirripip was thus beautifal and thus rich, it isnot surprising that she had not only admirers—men who dared to wish uncertain things; but lovers, too—men who had the pre- sumption to hope. It is true that Lydia en- raged none of them, for she was quite satis- fied to live at home with her father, Gen. Lir- ripip, in Bruton street, Grosvenor square, and to ride in Rotten Row In the morning, and to | drive in the park in the afternoon. But forta- nately young men do not require encouragement; nay, in certain affairs the less encouragement they receive the greater their persistency be- comes; and considering that healthy constituted pmen seldom, if ever, give any encour- zement to young men, the persistency of these latter in the face of alarming difficulties is a | matter on which allof us may heartily congratu- | late ourselves. Indeed, but for the persistency | Who knows whether the world would go round? | _ It was the height of the London. season, and | Lydia Lirripip went with her father one éven- | ing to a great ball at the Countess of Carnaby’s. | Everbody was there—everybody, that is, of rank jand fashion—and ere she had been’ in the | brightly lighted rooms for five minutes Lydia was engaged for all the dances on the program. | Now, to most of her partners she was only engaged for a single valse or polka, but, for old acquaintance sake, or for some other reason, she allowed two gentlemen to take two dances each. It was po doubt very Indiscreet of her to do so. But in one case at least it was also very good-natured of her, for she per- mitted old Sir Pertinax Popinjay, who, as every one knew, was far too stiff and fouty to move about properly. to put down his name for the only two sets of lanciers. Sir Per- tinax was effusively grateful and smiled his sweetest upon her as he returned her Ss ee | and Lydia, instead of regretting her kindness, | felt thoroughly rewarded by seeing that she | Was giving pleasure to the gray-halred baronet, | who, thirty years before, had been a noted | dandy, but who now struck her as being simply prosy old fellow, whom very few girls would | be likely to dance with. Lydia’s other favored | partners were Mr. Horace Freake—a young | artist who had that year for the firet time ex- | hibited atthe royal academy—and Mr. Merton Murley, a man who had no profession and no occupation, and who, if he hada private in- come, derived it froma source not generally known even to his friends. In this world many strange coincidences hap- pen. Two chemists have been known to make exactly the same discovery on the same day; and two astronomers hayeclalmed to catch sight of a new comet at almost the same moment. It is not, therefore, incredible that, while dancing | these six dances with her three favored part- | ners, Lydia casually mentioned to each of them that upon the following evening her father was going to take the chair at the annual meeting of the Society for the Encouragement of Cold Water Bathing on the Continent; that she ¥ | Was not going, but would alone at |home; that she wished that girls were able ‘like men to amuse themselyes; and }that she envied her partners thelr clubs, their theaters, and their soctable smoking con- certs. Nor is it incredibie that, having heard | this, Sir Pertinax Popinjay, Mr. Horace Freake | and Mr. Merton Mnrley all made up their minds tocallupon Miss Lirriplp upon the following even- ing, and to make to her certain avowals,which, j although they had long meditated them, they now felt impelled to make as soon as possible, | and without any unnecessary delay. What these avowals were may be guessed; but why the same | gentlemen all determined at the same time to make them 1s a question which cannot be ex- plained, although the tact that Lydia that even- Ing looked even prettier than usual may have been one of the causes of the extraordinary co incidence. | ia little dreamed, when In the smail hours morning she dropped off to sleep, of what was hanging over her. Sir Pertinax had made no sign; Mr. Murley had not been more atten- tive than for some time had been his wont; and | Mr. Freake had been actually more dull and ua- | Interesting than Miss Lirripip had ever seen him. She therefore slept soundiy, and was un- isturbed by tears of the coming evening and its visitors. The fol | of the wing day was wet. The general, ed for many years in India, and had a liver which caused him to be somewhat iras- cible, shut himself up in his library, and savage- j ly studied the statistics of cold-water bathing; and Lydla, who could not go out, painted ih {her boudoir. The Lirripips dined at half-past jfive, to enable the general to get to |the meeting at half-past seven; and as he had taken no exercise during the day, and had been quite unable to master all the infor- mation he required relative to the average of Cleanliness upon the continent, Lydia's tather | Was not in the best of tempers. “Sit up for me,” he said; “I shall be in by half-past eleven.” | These were his last words, as the carriage | having been announced, he hurried away from | the table, stopping for an Instant at Sdia’s | side to kiss her hastily on the top of the head. | And Miss Lirripip was left alone in solitary | Krandeur, sitting at one end of the dining-room. She did not stay there long, but went to the drawing-room, whither she bade a servant bring two candles, which but dimly lighted the large | partment. "Then, taking her seat at the piano, | Lydia began to play and to sing alternately. The drawing-room at Bruton street was like Many other London drawing-rooms. It occu- pied the whole of the first floor of the house, save In one corner where the staircase ascended; and it was therefore L-shaped, the longer arm of the L having three windows looking out into | the street, and the shorter arm one window looking out over some mews in the rear. Heavy | curtains of tapestry hung between the back and | front portions of the room, but were usually | looped up; and in the back room was the piano | at which, within the halo of the two candles, Lydia Lirripip played and sang. She had considerable knowledge of music and a fine voice, and, wrapped up In her occupation, she started when the door of the front room opened and a servant, who was to her invisible, annourced Mr. Horace F--ake. Lydia rose and rece! er visitor, meantime ordering the [Se to be lighed. It was Belepest eight. Why had he called at that hour? hy had he not come in the daytime, while she was so dull. rather than Ju. when she was singing? But, upon the whole, she was glad to see Horace, who, no doubt, ey desired to in- quire how she was after the dance of the pre- vious evening, and had not been able to do so earlier. As he betrayed, nevertheless, a certain hesitation in his manner, she led the conversa- tion, and asked him whether he had enjoyed Lady Carnaby's ball. He had, he sald, prett well; and then ensued a pause, during whicl Horace rather awkwardly took a seat at Lydia's side, on an ottoman, and gazed at the Mr. Freake was not altogether rane but even wits often become rather dull when they are meditating an immediate proposal; and the sit- uation is so trying to almost every man who finds himself tn it, that it amply excuses the ex- hibition of a little uneasiness and nervousness. Mr. Freake certainly was nervousness, but he soon recovered himselt. “Your father is at the meeting, I su) . Don't you find tt yery dull all by yourself hore, Miss Lirriptp?” “Oh, no! Ihave been singing; and all day I have been ~ |p pence “But dull, I mean, without roctet-? I know that I do; and I have much more society, I sus- Pect, than you have. Unless I go out, the eve- ings, I find, pass very slowly. I cannot the excitement of work, for of course one can't paint by artificial light; and if I tryto read I generally go to sleep over my book.” cult to please, “{ think that you must be dim: Mr. Freake. You havea lovely studio, and you o always to be able to amuse yourself with bo af things as you pees in your I don't think that I am difficult to please, Miss Lag as for I know exactly what I want. The fact is, that @ bachelor’s existence 4s not suited to a man of my feelingsand sympa- thies. I have lived wrapped up my selfish- ness, and feel my heart gro’ colder and colder every day. Ihave beautl In my house, but they don't sat! beauty—something which do for—something which sball make my life complete. And It was to talk to you about this, Miss Lirripip, that 1 came to see you this evening.” Lydia experienced a curious sensation which she had never felt before. “You know, I suppose, Miss paripipy he con- tinued, “what Imean. You know that since 1 first saw you, three or four years ago, I have loved you." And Horace took Lydia’s unwill- Ing band. “Can you,” be went on, “learn to love me? Will you be my—” hereg ebro yeh There was a zea oe the front door, and was greatly reliev: “Is pobre a) coming up?” asked Horace, me. I want living may really care for, anxiously. “Ob, I so much want to tell you all. Say you are not in. Send tl ‘ay. But let me stay. Promise to let me stay.” A volce, evidently Mr, Merton Murley’s, was now audible from below, the drawing-room win- dows being open and the voice being loud. “It is Mr. Murley,” sald Lydia. I expect that he only wants me to give some mesaage for him to my father. He will not detain me. But it I let you stay, yon must not talk any more as you have been talking, Mr. Freake.” At this moment there were Nappa on the staircase, and Horace, without another word, fied incontinently into the back drawing-room and Tapidly drew the curtains behind him so as to conceal himself from the new-comer, who immediately afterward was announced. Mr. Murley was not so nervous as Mr. Freake had been upon his first appearance. He shook hands with Lydia In an easy and light-heartea manner, paid her an Cy compliment, seated himself comtortably opposite her, and, without any preliminaries, revealed the oe of his visit. “I know your father is out, Mise Lirri- pip,” he said, “ane I may as well contess at once that I have deliberately taken advantage of his absence to come to see yon upon a sub- Ject which nearly concerns iny happiness. I should hare spoken about It laste night but that Tcoulds.° command your attestion ave for a few minutes at atime. N w ‘owerer, we are safe from interruption.” “But, Mr. Muriey,” sald Ly it would be me better if you would call wuen my father in.” “Oh, that {snot Important, my dear Miss Lirripip. It is a subject that may be settled by you alone.” “Please, Mr. Murley, do not tell me about it now,” pleaded Lydia. “The windows are open, you know, and there are servants about the house, and——” Ratatattatattattat! This time Horace, as well as Lydia, was greatly relieved; but Mr, Murley was furious. (et me see you to-morrow,” he said has- iy. “Yes! no! no!” returned Miss Lirripip, thankful ot any opportunity of getting rid of him. ‘Good-bye, Mr. Murley, good-bye!” And the same servant who showed up Sir Pertinax Popinjay showed down Mr. Merton Murley, who glared at the baronet with a look which spoke volumes. ‘My dear Lydia,” sald Sir Pertinax ashe offered both his hands to Miss Lirripip; “you were really charming last night. I never saw such a perfect sylpl in my life, and many people agreed with me. You were the belle of the room. There Is no doubt about it.” “I'm snre tt Is very good of yon, Sir Pertinax, to say so,” returned Lydia. “But I thought that the countess herself—” “Oh, the corntess!_ She and you cannot be mentioned together, my dear. Every one said 80. She has met her fate. Ha, hal” But you— you are still—my cear Miss Lydia. I may be a fool; but, upon my honor, I have come here this evening with the determined intention ofeeking you whether you wiil have me. You know worship the very ground you walk on.” And, to Lydia’s great consternation, the old gentle- man, ere she could prevent him, gallantly kelt. at her feet, and took her hand, with the evident intention of pressing It to his lips. “Do get up, please, Sir Pertinax,” sald Miss Lirripip, torgetting fora moment that Horace Freake was within hearing, but anxious that the baronet should not make himself unnecessarily ridiculous even to her. ‘You can talk Just as well if you sit down; but really you musa’t talk in that way. Idon’t want to be married; in- deed. I don't. You know I like you very much, but I could not possibly marry you.” Sir Pertinax rose with dignity and looked rather disappointed. ‘I had hoped, Lydia, that you liked me well enough even for a husband. What you say, however, may not be final, be- cause nothing can alter my regard for you, and perhaps In the future you may think better of me.” “T could not think better returned Miss Lirripip, feelingly, ‘and you do not know how sorry I am that this has happened. We can never again be the same io each other. Lam sorry.” Sir Pertinax began to feel sorry, too; for,up to that evening,he and Lydia had al: been like uncle and niece, and, in an uneasy way, he turned the conversation into another channel. But he could not for long carry It on, and In less than a quarter of an hour he said good-bye, like a sensibie man that he was In spite of his weakness, and departed. No sooner had he quitted the room than Horace emerged from his hiding place, Lydia | blushed to remember all that he had overheard; | but he did not allude to it. “Lydia,” he con- tinued, almost as if nothing had happened to disturb him, ‘I love you truly with all my heart. Will you, can you, learn to love me; for your love alone will make me completely happy.” “Do not ask me,” replied Lydia, who was once more seated. ‘You know what I have Just gone through. My head is in a whirl.” “But think how happy you can make me, Lydia! You would be everything to me, as in- deed you are already, and I would spend all my days in making you happy.” It Is unnecessary to chronicle the whole of the further conversation that tcok place. -Suffice it to say that at last Miss Lirripip discovered not only that she could, but that she actually did love Horace Freake a little, and on the strength of that she promised to marry him. Horace was in the act of presuming upon this promise by kissing Lydia for the first time, and was enjoying one of the happiest moments of his life, when another of those furious ratattatats shook the house. “Another?” said Mr. Freake, with a smile. “T shall go back to my retreat untll we know who has arrived, for now I must be on the spot to look after you.” And in apite of Lydia’s pro- testations he once more retired to the back drawing-room. Two minutes afterward, the general, very hot and very angry, stamped up stairs and burst intoshe presence of his daughter. “Every- thing has gone wrong!” he exclaimed. “They voted me out of the chair; they flew in my face; they decided that the wretched foreigners don't want cold baths.” And he pounded with his stick, which he had brought up with him, and looked at Lydia, asthough she was the cause of his discomfture. “Well, papa,” said Miss Lirripip, soothingly, “all the better. Now you won't have to go to any more of thelr horrid meetings.” At this Juncture, Horace, who was troubled with aslight cold, gave forth a stifled and Infin- itesimally small sneeze. 4 “Lydia,” said the general, as he threw him- self wearily into an arm chair, “I'm gure thero's acat inthe back drawing-room. Go and turn itout.” And Miss Lirripip, having no alterna- tive, went cautiously behind the heavy cur- tains, and was there received in her lover's arms. “You cannot speak to hi whispered. ‘He would not listen to you. You see how cross he Is. Come againto-morrow.” Horace, therefore, took another kiss; and Lydia, having unlocked the little-used door of the back room, chased him, with many expres- sions of animgsity, down the softly-carpeted staircase, and with a cry of “Shoo, cat!” finally let him out of the front door. When she returned to the drawing-room, Gen- eral Lirripip Line vent to some angry expres- sions of hostility toward the whole teline tribe, and when he had thus delivered himself went off to bed. How the story ended may easily be guessed. When Lydia's father was in a cooler mood Hor- ace found no difficulty in obtaining his consent to the marriage, which took place three months afterwards; and to the end of their days neither Sir Pertinax Poplinjay nor Mr. Merton Murley had any idea that a third person was present when they @roposed to Miss Lirrip!p in Braton street, Grosvenor square.—Chambers’ Journal. of you than I do,” Im to-night,” she It Overcame Him, ‘From the San Francisco Chronicle. Before the Hale and Norcross fight came on— this fs tradition, almost—there arrived in town 8 dissipated miner who had worked in the mine. He was pretty badly down apparently, but he Went into a broker’s office, and, after being told to get out as a tramp, he sald he thought a good deal of Hale and Norcross and wanted to invest a trifling sum init. Two feet, at $175, were bought for him, and he gave the certificate to the broker, saying that he was going down to Mexico prospecting, and he would like to leave it behind to be dealt with as. the broker saw fit. He was not heard of for months. Hale and Norcross was upto $12,000 a foot. One morning the broker found the dilapidated miner on his doorstep when he came downto business. The miner rose and said: “Well, I’ ou. I = a must ‘a sold it out, but I'm down an’ ain't got cent. Maybe ee four bits to get a bit of break- The broker looked at him and gave him @5to go (re get os bath ands breakfast, and pre- Cn Be erp a it down and wd o minute. I'll make y your. account presently.” He lett the dilap!- dated man on the edge ofa chair. He came back with a check and sent hiaclerk downto the bank. The clerk returned with a big bag of gold. The poor devil watched the proceedings with a mis- erable indifference. The gold was stacked upon the counter. “Look here. I've sold your two feet of Hale and Norcross for $25,000,and here’ yur money.” The miner fell on the floor and cried like a baby. He could not read or write and had no idea what the market was. He sent a draft of $3,000 to hismother. The broker bought for him €20,000 worth of bonds, and ve him $2,400 in oe Tn be spent in three on Two bunco men brought in drunk and tried to his | | i SLIDING A MILE A MINUTE. So Sport With the Tobeggnm Such as May be Seen in Canada This Week. ISON. ‘Montreal Letter in the Chicago Herald. The great ice festival will occur during the week of February 5-10,,The most important event of the carnival wilt undoubtedly be the bombardment of the Ice Palace by two thousand snow-shoers and defendgdt by ks many Canadiqn militiamen. The design of the palace resembles Norman castle, with acmain tower 96 feet in height ands frontage of 260 feet. The pearly tints of the walls, iluniipated from within by electric light, already experimented with, 1s in- describably fine, and duging. tlie week it will be made the scene of pyrotechnic dispiays and il- luminated with colored firés. * To an American, howeyer, the attraction excellence of carnival #eek ‘is the tobe ceaal hills. What can be more delightful? On a beautiful moonlight night, almost ns clear as day, away up near the summit of Mount Royal, the ice-bound valley of the St. Lawrence below, the green hills of Vermont standing boldly out inthe distance, anda jolly party of ladies and gentlemen clad in their comfortable blanket seats bent upon having all the fun possible. The slides on each side illuminated with Chinese lanterns, while at the top and bottom huge bon- fires ight up the surrounding pines. The sport grows fast and furious; toboggan after toboggan flies past at lightning speed, fun and mirth reign supreme and far into the night is heard the tinkle of the toboggan bell and the hearty and joyous laughter of the fair occupants. The distance down the slide yaries trom 1,500 to 2,000 feet, the incline for the first quarter being about one in height. The speed is appalling and when steel toboggans are used the distance is traversed at something under a mile a min- ute. To the uninitiated It appears dangerous to adegree, but after one trip with a careful and experienced pilot there are few who do not become fairly enchanted with the sport and wil- ling to get aboard until further orders. Again, we have our snow-shoe tramps and steeplech: over Mount Royal, one evening in each week being set apart to ‘Ladies’ Tramp," and at which hundreds of falr Canadians don the raquete, strike boldly out across the moun- tain, over its pine-clad summit, until the clab house ts reached, and then, after a hearty sup- per has been enjoyed, dancing and singing are indulged in with a gusto and spirit seldom seen under other circumstances. Satie ah ior Susan be What to Do with Our Girls. From the Chicago Tribune, “Good day, gentlemen.” “Good day,” sald the horse reporter, looking up and discovering a young lady in the apart- ment. “T would like to show you a work which I am selling,” she began, ‘and am sure it will prove both interesting and instructive.” “What's it about ?” asked the horse reporter. “The book,” continued the fair canvasser, “Is by one of our best known writers and speakers, and is entitled ‘What Shall We Do With Oot Girls?” The question {8 certainly one of mount Importance, and——” “Are your girls bothering you much this sea- son?” inquired the friend of Maud 9. “Why, no,” sald the young lady, blushin; lently—‘that is—why, of course I haven't daughters.” Ob, you're out on the road telling people what to do with their girls’ betore you're even married, let alone the mother of a few visions of loveliness? Well, that’s.all right. Some of our best cook books have : been ,written by people who don’t know a gridiron from the fifteenth amendment.” “But this question of what dhall be done with the girls Is really an important one,” continued the young lady, “have you ever given it a thought?” y “I can't say that I Have,*replied the horse reporter, I suppose we'might tie ’em up in the back yard when a circus comes to town.” “TI hardly think you comprehend the question In all its bearin What ts the legitimate sphere of woman; in what flela of action can she best display and maké use of the God-given talents, attributes of mental force and physical grace with which she Jsendawed? These are living, burning issues, and must be fairly met. When we see——” “Allright,” eald the horse reporter, ‘‘you can meet them if you want to. Woman's sphere, so tar as I have been able to discéver, 1s to never have breakfast on time. It is‘no doubt a some- what limited one, but stie is gfadually reaching out Intothe great unknown, and will eventually grasp with her lily-white fingers the black demon of injustice that has so long oppressed her, and strangle in the very stronghold of its ower the great wrong which for centurles has Med her efforts at advancement along the great Mghway of progress.” “Why, that’s lovely:” exclaimed the youn, lady. “You believe in lady suffrage, don't you?” “Lady who?” “Lady suffrage—believe that ladies should vote, and have all the political privileges that ger accorded men. That's just what this boot says. That chapter is perfectly sweet. It's Just lovely.” “I preeume so. But how about the chapter that says women should not cramp and distort their bodies with corsets and thelr feet with tight shoes? The gaunt demon of unrest that Jarks in the maternal bunion may, in the child o that mother, become an ever-present monster of pain.” “Ob! those chapters are horrid! What the world is Interested in are the nobler attributes of women—her soul and heart.” “Yes, the soul-and-heart business fs all right, but you must remember that the humble liver, working away unostentatiously, Is also a pretty good scheme, and without health women can never attain success. The deadly clasp of the steel-ribbed corset and the fatal grip of the gleaming garter ate Burana to early graves the women of our land. The beautifal eyes that should sparkle so brightly are dull and luster- less, the cheek whose whiteness should be re- Neved by the rosy blush of health ig eallow and and the fairest temple ever made is ren- a ghastly ruin by the one who should take the greatest pride in its beauty.” ‘‘And will you buy a book?” asked the young lady. ‘I'm sure you talk beautitully.” “No.” replied the horse reporter. “I cannot buy a book, because actions speak louder than words, and I do not wish to disturb the dra- tmatle critic who is In the next room trying to write soul without a large S.” ee Americans Who Ape Englishmen, From the London Saturday Review. There is to be seen just now in America, in what is known as society, a strong tendency to imitate English ways and customs and fashions. This tendency is gaining strength, and spread- ing from New York and Boston to smaller in- land cities. It isa new thing In many ways, for until lately New York has taken its cue rather from Paris than from London. During the sec- ond empire many good Americans made pilgrim- ages to the Tuileries as to a Mecca, and some settled permanently near the shrine. But Paris is no longer more fashionable than London. The American girl continues to get her gowns in the French capital, of course, but she is glad to get her habit and her ulster and her cloaks in the English capital. As there 1s now no court in France, she looks forward to a (sires at court in England, and the lity of marry- ing a title is perhape p to her mind as she crosses the ocean. That she is quite capable of taking care of herself in the presence of inglish noblemen and of thett = Feiailves all readers of Mr. James’ “Intervational Episode” and of Mr. Howells’ “Woman's Reasons” will bear witness. In fact, the American girl no danger of losing her héad before her hand, It is her consort, the American young man, who is most ee be ‘contaminated by contact with the Englishman.’ There 1s no de- nying that a certain or young Americans, more particularly in New York an in Boston, affect the Englishman $nd_ape ail his affecta- lish trick in the tions. They mimio every most snobbish way. They accent, and they through their speech. ms talk of their “ and they call people « ‘thenab " and they abound Tite abetatioon Raa to be takén for an English- vouchsafed to them. It* itifal imitations—a y Boaton! s New York giri ealde “Mr. Blank, I should think you would beso glad to mest Lord So-and-so; you know he isa Teal Englishman!” the most amusing greatest happiness is Mman—s joy not often was to one of these eS UARY 9, 1884-DOUBLE SHEET, GPEAEER CaRLISLES COLD. Not long cinoe Speaker Carlisle was suffering from a severe cold and hoarseness. invited Mr, Oox to the chair. Touching Speaker's course was simple as a motion to hans adjourn. He should have applied a BENSON'S CAPOINE POROUS tween the shoulders. The soothing, ind stimulating effect would have rel enabled consequently, ty-four hours. quieting, healing lieved him—and, him to relieve Mr. Cox—in twen- Unlike the horde of cheap plasters which are issued “for revenue only” (to the manufacturers), without af- fording even “incidental protection” to anybody—Ben- son's are protective and curative through and through. Highly medicinal, they waste no material; active and Positive, they exhaust no patience. Compared with all others they are what strength is to weaknens, what gold is to copper, ‘Whatever the Speaker aid for his cold, it is impossible to believe that he resorted to any of the greasy and dis- agreeable ointments, iniments, salves, oils or embroca- tions 0 vociferously commended to the attention of his fellow-citizens, Heknows—what we all know—how un- Pleasant they are to touch and smell, and how feeble to gure. If necessary, Mr. Randall would have assured him that it isan “unwritten role,” both of the House and country, to let these things altogether alone. ‘The question may thus be reduced to ita lowest term. A plaster is the only desirable external remedy, ana Benson's is the only desirable plaster. The unanimous ‘Yote of more than 5,000 of the leading physicians, chem- ists, pharmaceutists and druggists, together with aclear majority, of the people, has decided the point. At all the leading exhibitions for yeara Messrs, Sea- ‘bury & Johnson, propriefors of BFNSON’S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS, have received the highest awards over all competitors for originality, reliability and gen- eral excellence of manufactures, Imitations abound. Word Capcine cut in the genuine, Price 25 cents. CELEBRATED STOMACH occasionally "the peslthal etinulad tmpariod bys jonally, s Wholesome tonto like Hostetter's Stomach Bittérs. To ot and vio- | physical onermios, mitigates any | hastens convalescence, commend it. 16 cheoks incipient ite and and tH para- | all, its purity and efficiency as aremedy and preventive malarial symptoms, relieves constipation, dfspep- Sinand billiousndes, arrests premature decky of the the infirmities of age and For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. feb? I may boa cies that are liable dangetous , OF not, T 18 WISETO PROVIDE AGAINST EMERGEN arise in every family, A cold upon the means at hand to combat it. In sudden attacks of cold, croup, asthina, etc., Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will prove the quickest and most effective cure,aud your best friend, G{20. ANDREWS, OVERSEER IN THE LOWELL Carpet Corporation, was for over twenty years be- fore his removal to Lowell, afflicted with salt rheum in its woretform, Its ulcerations actually covered more than half the surface of his body and limba. He was entirely cured by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, See certificate in Ayer's Almanac for 1383, ns DDD BI FEB K A Pet fe E & fod BR Eee BA A COTILLON, BALL, RECEPTION AND TEA INVITATIONS IN CORRECT ENGLISH STYLES. 1121 CHESTNUT, feb2-s&kw'm Philadelphia, Pa, Eanes Garrxntes, 616 CHESTNUT STREET, UTUMN," two now and fine decorative Panel Engravings, Bellows’ last work, “THE FERRY,” Bo®hton’s “BURGOMASTER'S DAUGHTER,” and other beautiful ETOH- INGS and ENGRAVINGS, MIRRORS,PAINTINGS, Exquisite PICTURE FRAMES* All the ROGERS' GROUPS; ‘NEIGHBORING PEWS,” Ja24-eosm_ and others, JAMES S. BARLE & SONS, ‘NO. 816 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPALA. Tu Gaece & Bowe Canstace Co ARE OFFERING THEIR LARGE 8TOCK OF FINE CARRIAGES AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Arch and 12th streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Secvnrry Fox Loss Br Bonotany, 217-26t ROBBERY, FIRE OR ACCIDENT. THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, In ttsown Conn: VAULT DOORS GUARDED BY THE SARGENT Pagid ce LY, "EC! building, 16TH Charter, ‘at the Lowest Rates Gas SOL OVER Se Ties 8 00, Vice President STURTEVANT Dmcrons: in P. Snyder, oSeree ean a. a Saf ar ed eel Gauuuir & Co's }UID. Accounting for the Fall of Man. Tue Ia Fince ‘From the Detroit Free Press. A colored individual who went down on the altppery flags at the corner of Woodward avenue and Congress street scrambled up and backed out into the street and took a look toward the roof of the nearest oo “You fell from that third-story window!" re- ® pedestrian who had’ witnessed the jumble. “Boas, I believes yer!” tha “put what puzzles eam de quenet or I got up dar’an’ why I was leanin’ outer winder !' The pope has recently had a Tuck, The Hon Mrs. Stapleton Rainhill, Lancashire, England, Me hetiness €2,000,000. Mr. itcngton I carry th to Rome. -» Wil the news to The fdlanapolia Yoursat says there are a fow “corns” on the tariff law that may require par- Ing; but the democratic doctors to am- putate the foot. 3 bieee4 Plece of therton, of died a few weeks DECORATIVE ART 00. ‘SS uasr rm ereuey, North side Union Square, New York, Contracts taken large or small for And pa: ‘Stained Giass of very Description, ‘Ecclesiastical or domestic Purposes, de Wood Embroideries and every kind of Interior Decoration for Public or ‘Private Buildings. Examples of Mr. La Furge’s Work may be seen. . c AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. a FUTURE Days, RE DAYS, (OMAS DOWLING, Auctioncer. HANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED. EST, i hc — CH PRIQSTOWR, D.C) ERONTING ON MON TRUSTEES OF VALUABLE HOUSE axp| ROE STREET, NEAR BUCHANAN STREET. 1. tS ON HS AGRARSEST, BETWEEN | | Under decree of the Supreme Court of the Dis TLIRD AND FOURTH STREETS trict of Columbia in Equity cause No Ais, By vir-ae of a deed of made July 30th, 1879, etal. ym. Minnis, Twill sell st_puliie auction And reco: led in Liber No. $20. folios 318, et seq In fvnt of the premiiees. on TURLDAY, THE NIN: Tecords of the District of Colum! airec GEENTH [DAY OF FEBRUARY. iste at Fo} on of the srty scared. 7 wall offer at Public sale, on | OCLOCK P. M, Lote nuuibered 12 and 13h, in Duy ix. on WEDNESDAY. the IRTEENTH | addition to Uniontown, C, amore partic DAY OF FESRUARY, bt it FO 'CLOCK PM, ribed in the bill in said sult.” These lots are subdivisions ? and 8, in 28, wing a line Hovune proved by 7 | . Terma: One-thini cash: balance in eqnal enms at one | and two years fr: With ihterest at six por A depomit of #10) op cact Lot, andall conveyaucing at purchaser's feet, re fronton Hstreet of “41d feet. by agepie 80 mt on Hatrect of “S418 fret by adepthot f y Brick Dwell- and tmproved by a well-built. three-story Ing House. ” ‘erms of sale- $2,000 in casb, and the rial Mayments of six and twelve months, with and remainder in r interest bayatght aif yearly. Depowit $250, All conveyancing at cost of pute! JOB BARNARD. Trustee, 42 Sth st Wont, febt-dts 303. C.G. KENNEDY, Trustee, DUNCANSON BROS. An ts . §@- THE ABOVE 8aLE POSTPONED TO SAT- URDAY, MARCH FIFTEENTH, at came hour = it 3G. NEDY. FINANCIAL. JDENCANSON BROS. Auctioneer | —) . peg NTIRE_ SHELVING, COUNTER | Prrvare Sroce Texrox ara Wines YS. CHANDELD ke. OF DALTON &' STRICKLA’ LVANIA AVENUE. BETWE! ‘ENTH STREETS NORTHWES a COELOCR we wil wal Bt tie aooveranNe ‘ CLOCK. sell at the above- GTOK. B sre fixtures contained therein, to which the at. | WASHINGTON, Dal « 2 ___dof buyers is called. fe8-2 f NEW YOR, rpeeascey DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SUPERVIBING pesca g's February 7 on FRIDAY, the FIETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, encing at OCLOC! Office wil pals iot afd lac Een Bee Gone TipecWrougut the PRINCE & WHITELY, Srec. snoxens, 4 Brotway, 2 10 Push Avenue) Sew York. RB. sell a i and Cast Iron, Urinals, Water-closets, 28, In the ‘weet area of the building, articles may now be seen, mis Cash. MF. BELL, foe Supervising Architect. x, ppeomas sa ‘Real Estate Auctioneer. General Partners: James Whitely, Henry H. Dod, T. Cruger Oakley, Harry C. Logan, = W D.C. Maynard . Eyre William R. Travers, Special Partner, BLE IMPROVED PROPERTY, NUMBERED z : VALTOTCEND WOR F SrneEE RoMtae EST. BUY AND SELL ON COMMISSION ALL CLASSES WEDN! Y, FEBRUA! % ersecell TEENTH. at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, Tsun OF RAILWAY SECURITIES, offer for sale in front of the premises Wot. 4 Branch Office—539 15th street (Corcoran Building) THOMAS FE. WAGGAMAN, Auct’r. F[HOMAS DOWLING, Anctioneer. POTOMAC FISHERIES AT AUCTION. INDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FERRU- Ant, Neck ry ELE QCLock, in front of the net cet House, I shall sell the three 4 Suerou the per Potomac known as Cloud's Landing. febs-dts THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, IHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. 4H. H. DODGE, Residont Partner, Quotations of Stocks and Bonds and information re ganling the Markets ggceived through our wites IN STANTLY, direct from the New York Stock All orders executed and reported PROMPTLY, $23 — BERAL RATE OF INTEREST TRUSTEE’s SALE OF IMPROVED gsrate. | 1 By vistue of a dead of tun te me dad dane ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS. 19th, A. D. 1888, and tn iiber No! Joup. fof 405. et seq., one of the land records of the of UNITED STATES BONDS bought and soldat man FEES REA TE ROUTE OA es man ERA ithe AT FOUR OCLOCK PY M,, the fol sii ONG madeeverywhere by ploy iS 3. H. SQUIER & CO., Bawxens, Eid down oe eer mi Fiat of pag of tae er of m9 1416 Pennsylvania avenue, 0. : eu aren, and in- = — Property to hee ea oy a tect ogg The) WT, J. Wasnt & Co. Rigioome, fe. 258 hint ftreet northwest.) h; the balanes in els and fwelve incnibaation the day BANKERS AND BROKERS, Of eale, with, $0 rest at six per cent per annui 7 taliafaction of the No, 603 15th street, opposite U. S, Treasury, Offer special inducements to wt ORUDB FETHOLEUM, either for Cash or ou Mansine Pa90 cots CHARLES H. KNIGHT, Trustee. IN LOTS OF 100 BARRELS OR MORR ny VE SALE 18 POSTPONED UNTIL rEinuany eof ae aig! Salen hourand| wetnvitecorrespondenca Alltnformation cheerfnlly Meee rusiee, 0. H. NIGHT. __ aie 4 rppHomas DOWLING, Auctioneer. J. . Buronau Bissor & Co. IMPORTANT SALE. STOCK AND GRAIN EXCHANGE, ‘THE STOCK OFA BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE HARNESS ae MANUFAOTURER N To Be Sold at 4331 F STREET NORTHWEST, PUBLIC AUCTION, Wasutnotox, Without Limit, to Close the Entire Stock, ‘THURSDAY and FRIDAY, j FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH, AT TEN O'CLOCK SHARP, At Thomas Dowling’s Auction Rooms, corner Pennsyl- BUY, SELL AND CARRY STOCKS, GRATN, PROVE SIONS AND PETROLEUM ON MARGINS AND IN LOTS TO SUIT CUSTOMERS AT REGULAR NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND CHICAGO BOARD vanta avenue and 1th street, OF TRADE PRICES. THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IS ‘Washington, D.C, INVITED TO EXAMINE THE FACILITIES OF Consisting of over THIS OFFICE. CON NT QUOTATIONS AND iT. SPOT CASH SETTLEMENTS. Rozz. J. - 500 HARNESSES. kad Eatest and best style custom-made COACH, CARRYALL, EXPRESS, BUGGY, TRUCK, SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS, Some of them finest goods made. "Hostas, BROKER IN GRAIN, PROVISIONS, COTTON AND STOCKS, No. 613 15th St. (National Metroplitan Bank Building) Orders to buy or sell, on manin or for cash, executed on the Chicago Board of Trade and New York Cott Exchange. Constant quotatious iustautly received direct private wires. F.P. SCHMITT & CO., Chicazo correspondent, GAWKER, WALLACE & CO.,. New York correspondent, jational Met: iten Bank, Beterences Hou dunes B Bock” {Orders by Telephone Promptly Attendedte) n7-6m WUT AMD Shik, DE OOVT kun oa BEARars Ghiir aP2 Se remarkab) tunity for enlace: Livctvaaeas Fenatios aot cetpeee tans secure woods it this line ever offer eaale 1 Dosltive, to the highest bidder. ‘Each Harness will be athe eve lg add tates to first buyer to e balance =) aH contemplating the purchase of oneor more Harness, ‘wil do ‘well to remeuaber the date Of the sule and attend. Great effort will be made to close the entire piock on day aslged. ‘THOMAS DOWLING. feb7-d&ds. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE 01 Auotioneer, Lf ex ar HOUSEHOLD Ww. srt ESS, Fi ING BUGG! AGON, iN ‘ARMI: ates pikes &o, NEAR UNIONTOWN, D. 0. On TUESDAY, Y 1884. at | Deposits reseived subject to check. Fale pokes iy aed Wepay SPECIAL attention to obtaining CORR: from Uniontown, and immediately opposite Con- | end RELIABLE information regarding our various jonal Cemetery, the following effects: securities, and are prepared st all tines to auawer igi \deume wut Plush Parlor Set, Fency Folding | esregarding same. Che Table, Wi it bs ber te eure, Window Haun BARRY C. TOWERS & 00. Be — fioi| | BANKERS BROKERS AND INSURANCR Bal le, Dining 1420 F STREET NORTHWEST. co Ware, “es og - and Heating Stoves, Kitchen tes, &0., & a Mil 1 Alderney Bull Brown ments coe Sidesbat ‘Bugey, Market ago, 0. Terms: ‘All sums of $20 and “user, cash: over that Paper, Geuring interest at eeraa a oeuk pegeaua. Pebi-at THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. EEKS & CO., Auctioneers, ABSIGNEE'S SALE OF BRICK FRONT 'HWEST. New Discovery J Meoicom Ree ATURE qrony PREsaep | MrUbcure tn 45 bourse dransoinents. of GRIMAULT & Co., 5, Kus Vivieune, Paris, ja22-skw, ly IXTH SIREE a8 HOUSE ON ‘Under and by virtue of a deed of snt from Louis Heilbrun, beating date the bth tay ct Saucury a 1881, and duly recorded among the Laud Reo Laud Records of! Sw-CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000 Tickets only 3. Shares in proportion, of and 3 Lovisuxa STATE LOTTERY COMPANY, Go} known de ind plat or plan thervof as Lot Lin W. W. Soper aae eoran mes rundred and forty-six (440), as thi Pressed ‘brick front Hi ee "We do here; A for ipervise the arrange. ia etry th northwest, containing modern, naire all ‘the Monti y and ‘Semt-dnnuat Drawings "kerr of slo made known at tine of sale Son manage and contre! the Prana ther 2s _TSRUN HEREIN, amen | Sali eeu hha, fae id i HOMAB DOWLING, Auctionser pF ceeig lly certilcate ith 7acceaies oF our EEG MPROVED ESTATE ou IN FE ae IN. By virtue of a trast, the 41 Say [iow e's a, one the sae Dis- ‘Columbia, and ‘at the tired thereby. we pablo ayotion cee nace Of equate: ‘one huni took as a Gib) on ‘henorta sido of Pentiayivanin avenue, begin: a for in 1968 fc ane locational t ae ‘Commissioners, Sameera oa < ID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOR- SPOOXD GRAND DRAWING, CLAGS BAT NEW ORLEANS, ‘TUESDAY, FE! ‘i 165rm MoxrKLY Draws. CAPITAL ""IZL, §45,000. 100,000 Tickets at $5each. Fractious ‘r. fifths, in pro- * 2 Pe teenreetn tet M.A. DAUPHIN. CNY.