Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1884, Page 3

ted to preach f Munroe str tor ofthe Fou . E.) preachers? propriate to the tiennial convention of th nis on Mondag, to | ie church at Occoquan, V: were conducted in it tor the fir Isy who has officiated formerly pastor of the | | eve e street, Ba ppointed, an esition who from the several church in Baltimore A committee nes for publ hospitatity. wnd | ine he old man proc It | derstands n of Terror. | niversal peace than of fool sare more gentie and life is my dear master,” said the Jour- reven better than you le savant, “let | needs clipph posterity that I love y, one of my littl ts three years old. nd by whom Another of them, Sears, wrote this m tired of the cot a learned lady of ‘o me the other day: : y. My sister Marie | I like to read. Lbrarian when I grow up. e Stocking. and that vexes me. “Why, my dear si a eung aain by just as that. Moreover, | have always put in practice the old adaze. ‘Seek and you sought and Ihave always | at the domestic fireside as | found somethin Well as in the labor Dr. Pratt. of London, states in a lecture that en between the ages of 24 and | “aths; in the same number of | in! os there are ten deaths; the widuwers Lumber twenty-two. oston Transeript says that, on the whole, be femaie Journal. nt beyond endur- keel | 48 ambition. No sensible mai ASSt no Keen desire for Gives his horse more than he can do. Last week Balt put again. He didn't push her, of on is very kind to And unless she ance. or infected with an ov asses, it never thwarts her repression oF oppression. rai, styled the Anti-Anglais for england, has been started in an of habitual profanity hasbeen as he writes out the aceount, Friday me particularly blasphemous words | another in 2544 and a third in 214%. ctory horse. He thinks | Grove up he said that down as a punishment, and te to again speak. ‘inadrunken sleep, and dreamed ain was turaed by It, bis in- 4 A ee eS tes. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY, SE CHINA OF TO-DAY. Recent Observations by a Frenchman. )EIUM SMOKING FROM TWO POINTS OF VIEW—TRADE WITH WESTERN NATIONS. Prom the N. ¥. Tribune, Leger B. Orme, representing the Parts house of Vieloux L'Evenaud & Cie., in China, arrived in this ity from San Francisco a few days ago. He has spent the past eighteen, months in the Celestial apire, and having been a former attache of the Tal staff of Les Temps, has had a journalistic e to current events there, and returns well in- orined about the country and its people. Toa Tri- er who met him he was interestingly hing new about China!” he ex- yining 1s new there, 1s fresh, 15 life here or in Europe! 1 went your minister, Mr. Young, one en Twas in Pekin, and T sald to the min- ime the newst’’ He laughed and sald: In China except the tax- thing that 18 is that?? T asked. wort ve found that 40 of people who pay thelr poll-rates pro Thit was Lews, and I boll it down (o mean t their taxes promptly, and that te p taken the nev iy here and in ing the entire em- out over Uwo-thirds of the 300,000,000 of tue yellows, I are they up to? Imprim| well ve eating oplum. San Inside ¥ [that sub- jgating interest in opiui- Teailed on Dr. Joun G. Kerr, in, who for thir dd 700K Pationts, rybody suicies Opium or sly, morally, ahd pecuniar- ana th Lor: the Chine The ‘doctor is preparing i ct. Dr. Ayres, Eoonial pik d this” He drag to pro- cep. deny, but, na loss of © Lwo of the late it Lhave seen me hLirty or tory and you will tind be abused. IC Lut ne more.” ONE LIN] built in uavd the imported. ix round trips are 1 pusseuge es. The daliy ly of coal. cond Keiuen are’ all Cilnese. The si ad. Yes, there fs a telegraph Ine on the and tt : lephones, wile ACOs, aS Weil a3 the a tere Is to and wire, “But there fs one :noderp thi eyed do not like. Shatis p is aimond- oppose The torial of and its GON PINES. “Ah, no fore get ried in Chin kets. Th tue empire. J quaniitics, but AVY. HING ANOUT THE CHIN e Chinese navy—* no navy if we cou Franee. ‘There gy ie the navy of rileet, a dozen eS teh iron-cliads let me One -th Lor navy. -ofts ‘Twelve were. You serew, stnall by in, by 40 iiake, Wl Admiral Corbet’ bo: A Gut, [OF Ho: boats ot no Dat, 25" well, Uh only halt saw an e thit there dt American officers ¢ It the army?” 1 not more hey are in Hers, ager th an Interviewer K Mir. Bergh un- when he states that ety setess practice— tae e of lazy groom here ts nota herse- | mon does not know direcily to the con- fessor William Willis, a professor Edinburgh veterinary cot! the best known authorities on th cates clipping man. ssary 0 a horse with if he has been kept to work a mer and autur has been well If, howe he en allowed to 11 ass | a few weeks and has notieft the he for bis coat » heavy. Let | Some hot ave such fine lght coats that, they never need clipping. Old Dexter never was. clipped, neither was Edwin Forrest. They did not ne i” “Mr. Bergh begs horse-owners not tontck the tails of their horses,” sald the Interviewer. “Do You object to nicking?” “I know very little about it. It was seldom done to road horses, being nostiy confined to sad- dle hacks and cabs. It has grown entirely out of fashion. No man with a valuxble horse would | nick him. But | know so little about it that I can’t venture an epinion. You may rest assured of oue thing, however, and {tis this: No mun owning a valuable horse ly. golng to risk him through abuse or poor care. Here, for instance, I have. pald $40,000 for Maud S., the most. valuable horse tn the World, $36,000 for urns, $35.00 tor Dexter, $35,000 for Pocationtas, $16,000 for Edwin Forrest’ and so on. Do you think I would have any one of these horses clipped It | was not perfectiy sure that clip- ping was good for btm? “tis a question of ‘money am. “You have noticed, doubtless,” said the reporter, “that Mr, Bergh declares that’ speeding horses 13 cruel and inbumane, He aenies that horses enter ‘the spirit of the sport.” “All bosh. A herse, if he is not a lazy beast, takes much interest In his own you are driving a three minute animal comes up alon; notice your hi hhis neck out in ide to pass you prick up his ears an ou will horseman, Take Maud S., for instance, her tm tral course. ‘That would be dangerous for any anithal, sho rst da ine! another In 2:25, and on fast mile with Maud Mr. Hub! Was with me and witnessed her performance. 2 Was not distressed after her trot. She can do her sus with these | | From the Boston Tr A STORY OF TWO SLAVES. ‘The Reunion in Wedlock of an Ancient wees ‘Tom and His Heloved A joc. From the Leavenworth Times. Probate Judze Hawn issued a marriage license yesterday to James and Eliza Kelley. There is nothing remarkable about the issuing of the license, were it not from the fact that the old couple were not fully convinced that they had ever been married, although they have lived to- gether many years, It is one of the old stories of how a young couple, as slaves, were made man and wife after the custom prevalent in the sunny south at that date. Children were bornto them, but the slave dealer came that way and their master being pushed for money disposed oftheir children. Times grew harder, and it was not long ere the husband and mother were separated, one going to Lonisiana and the other to Tennessee. Then came the war and the exodus of slaves to Kansas and other States, and unbeknown to each other they both came | to Leavenworth. 2 While attending chureh in this city one Sun- day the old man became convinced that he saw his long-lost "Liza in the congregation and at | the close of the service approached her, called her by name and in a moment the two peop who hed be were locked in each other's embrace. dsaved some little money during their ionand purchased atarmabout six miles west ofthe city, and as they passed along towether one mistake they concluded that would be to secure a license and finite settled. js they did, and there were no happier couple world than James and Eliza when tie ceremony was done yesterday. The record shows that he is ninety-four and she sixty-six. Elopement Scandals in Newspapers. rit It should be remembered in extenuation of the habit of some newspapers to.make much of anelopement scandal, that when newspapers were first started in land the only news they contained was about elopements. A cer- | tain class of Journals on this side of the water a bonanza when lar” proceedings act as though they had struc put in possession of the “irr of somed cay, with more mo! of a high re Is uo opposition to | y than brains who elopes with somebody else about a8 brain- le: s. Tn orderto “story complete, there must be a dispar sitions of the eloping par It would not be in good form for a runaway fligiit to take pla a young lady of consi : ce between 3 coachinan. Common mechanics are barred out of such little Social arranzements. The demands of societ, must be maintained. Ifa young lady who h brilliant prospects financially is bound to run she will be voted e: rely vulear uniess, some jnsinnating coachman Is intrusted with her jove. A Taxpayer's Visit to the Weather Bureau. From the Pittsburg Chronicle, . “Is this the United States weather bureau?” exclaimed an excited ind.vidual in a melted col larand hot-as-blazes frame of mind, rv into the United States signal service oti the corner of Wood street and 5th avenue, last Wednesday, sir; this is an office of the bureau,” re- lied the gentleman in charze. 0. it is, is it?” exclaimed the dual. “It isa part of the in- ll, sir, it's a swindle! 4 the taxpaying citizens, titis. sir!’ And the hot m: Ww so terribly hot th is face looked like a uloom just ready for the squeezers Ton perspiring indi it? stitution, is replied the | preherid m | surance office a | being sent to Denmark. rmnances. If and a 2:40 stretch endeavor to keep ahead. ‘That Every one Knows that neither man Mor beast be put to exertion suddenly. Well, the You don't com- kot. Ce ly, youdon't. TI nt our money nd th ther would Of course you did. eu cant deny it. > not know,” returned We do not ari state of the weather,” do you think t-fare as to be shovel: » knows it’s hot? payers support this bureau to teil. us thermometer is when our shirt running into our boots? If you ean‘t recu- ie tl ther, what are you for? A’ blind il broke off knows w elt without your telling us. What are we our mor and the wild ut on the sidewalk, a red, wrath. He Wanted lis Life In From the New York Mail and Express, Anold darky struguled painfully intoan in- hot. his ed. in dis de he wa e, sah, Wha dey ’sure lifes?” s told. twenty years. old, unele.” n very feeble health Boss, T'se pnrty tar cone. De ole ’ooman | sez I can’t las’ much long we can’t Insure @ man in your condi- say we can't insure a man like you. We ; rishs on men in good health; and who apparently have # long life before them.” A T’se an ole man, but If I war young, wid good I'd_ask yersto ‘sure my life. ady to drap off is de time ter git LT doan’ b'lieve in dis } Wen de gud * ter reach Lb'heves yer him. Gude mawnin’, ud steal chickens, ‘deed 1 From the Lend ndard, September 6. The D gunboat Fylla, which returned from the Arctic regions to Orkney yosterday, having been sent out by the Danish government onan exploring and surveying expedition, has has a most satisfactory voyage. It oceuy the whole coast of Greenland to 70 degrees north fatitude, and included a scientifle exploration of the inlaid glaciers in that country, and dredving, trawling and meteorological observations there and in Davies’ straits, Bamin's bay and Disco bay. Many brought up by the dredging. The greatest depth reached was 900 fathoms. The scientitic sections were under the charge of Prof. Warming; bot- ¥, Dr. Topsie; mineralogy, Dr. Holmin, and a was artist to the expedition. The collections include an Iron meteoric stone which was discovered in Diseo bay. It is. esti- maied to weigh about 2,000 pounds, and it is It was found In the game district. where Baron Nordenskjold made his discovery. The vessel was instructed to render any assistance to the Greely expedition in its power, but It was found that the survi- Fylla arrived at North Greeniand. The ship lett Copenhagen on the 24thof May. Fine Weatiier was experienced throughout, but a great quantity of ice was met. The’ Fylla, which has a crew of eighty-four men and car- ries six guns, left last nizht for Copenhagen, where detaiis of the expedition will shortly be published. 0 The Return of the Kennebec Terror. From the Bath (Me.) Independent Broad smiles were ‘erywhere noticeable yesterday morning as citizens gathered on the street and wharves watching the grand old rep- sentative of the Bath commercial fleet, the schooner James S. Lowell, slowly moving up the river on her arrival trom Portland, where she discharged her cargo, after sinking the United States junketing gondola and official leasure yacht, the Tallapoosa. There was a xe hole forward bearing a striking resem- blance to a smashed nose after a pugilistic dis- pute. This hole, which was covered with can- vas and various white patches, detracted from the usual neat and handsome appearance of the schooner. Her scars, however, are considered u ee ee eee ROA RRO | Ee ttle of the coasting Sullivan of the Kenne- a mile in 2:31 and When Bair the could easily have made a | ciass condition at the railw of the Hartiord Courant, badges of honor. as with them she has gained She will at once be repaired and put in first-| Seeing the display of bunting all over the town go forth | where she lived, asked her mother why the flags It is rumore@ | were fying. nd then gain npon the briny warpath that the Navy department intend to keep a close watch upon the Lowell's future movements, and | her mother, 209% In comparative coaayort and iv Is not cruek to | Wlien she leaves the river United States ships of pat Ler vo it war wil! be ordered of this coast. n separated for over thirty-five | ion as to whether they were ever _legaily | married was frequently discussed and for fear there might be in all the | nd anybody | teat Ru: 1 | 8 t | es meteorolozical | co | t ay | not be: ars | between the tru en it’s hot | 1, T want ter git my life ‘sured dis verry | Dsunga ! ried on in winter, because the hunter must live Snnybedy can ‘sure er man’s life wen | Lord wan’s er man | Pr y now in the nu three months and a half, and extended along | hitherto unknown specimens were | ttimming up his shade-trees. While he was at vors had been rescued xbout a week before the | & minute with his hands in his pockets, and then NERVOUS CRATORS. Men Who Always Shake and Tremble | How the Electric Wire Spoils lis Nicest Before Making a Great Speech. Plans, The most feared enemy of the burglar, whose unknown and unsuspected presence makes it the more dangerous, is the electric wire. The mere suspicion sometimes of a “crib” being thoroughly wired is sufficient to deter the burg- lar from carrying out a long cherished and well laid plan, A few years ago, says the New York Great orators are almost Invariably nervous with apprehension when dbout fo make an i portant speech. Luther, to His last years, trembled when he entered the pulpit; the same is true of Robert Hall, Mr. Gough confesses that he is always Ina tremor when coming be- fore an audience. Many of the leaders of the House of Commons have given similar testimony. Canning said he could aljways teil in advance when he was about to make one of the best speeches by a chill running through him, caused by a fear of failure. Lord'Derby, father of the present Earl, when a youngman, wasone of the best speakers in Parliament. He was known as the “Prince Rupert of debate,” and seemed so self-possessed as to be incapable of embarrass- ment. But he said: “When [ amgoing tospeak, my throat and lips are as dry as those of man who Is going to be hanged.” He also told the late Sir A. Allison that “he never rose to speak, even In anatternoon dinnerassembly, without ex- neing a certain degree of nervous tremor, ae ch did not go off till he warmed to the sub- ject.” It is recorded of Cicero that “he shuddered visibly over his whole body when he first be: tospeak.” In the “Lite of Lord Lyndhurst,” bj Sir Theodore Martin, we are told that he’ did | not prepare his speeches. ‘Though, like all | great orators, he never rose to speak without vous emotion, this in no way interfered with Saturday night and late into Sunday, digging through a brick wall to get at a safe containing some ten thousand dollars, and they had almost succeeded In reaching the objective point when the Light of their lautern disclosed a fine wire no than a film of silk. Angrily and hastily the operators packed up their tools and de- parted, for they recognized in the little piece of copper threed a watchman who could neither be whom would Inevitably send them to prison. Various and many have been the attempts of the burzlars to beat this watchman. but as yet they have not succeeded in hitting on any plan to throw the electric sentinel off his guard. Quite a number or the banks are now |connected with police headquarters and the station bouses by wires. and once the bank would be followed Inside of five ininutes by the presence of a platoon of police at the door. Often the police are hoaxed by the electricalarm s emotion, t ringing by accident or disarrangement, and not his power of thinking as he spoke, and calling : code) Lethe | into play the fittest ianguaze to express what he | MY Mwnths azo a score of sleepy policemen were roused from their rest and started at adouble quick to a bank building becausea wan- dering cat had crossed one of the wires and thereby given an alarm. Soon after the close of inking hours a score of instruments ring in the different station houses, and keep on ring- ing until the sergeant or operator sends back the signal “2-3” (all right): and again in the morning, when the cashier opens his yault the same formula is repeated. Should the bell ring between those times someting is wrong, and ascore of biue coats are started out as a com- mittee of investigation. So, as improvements go, the burglar of to-day is a much-persecuted his intellect thought. The intensity with whi worked became contagious. He got his hearers’ minds within his grasp, he made them think with him, see things with the same clearness as | he himself saw them, and so led them insensibiy up to-his own conclusions.” Tierney, whort Lord Macaulay calls one of the most fiuent de- bators ever known, said he never rose in Par- liament without feeiing his knees knock to- gether. Itisone of the compensations of nature that the nervous temperament which occasions the trembling is also one of the causes of orator— ical success. In tact, ib may almost be said that no one can be a great orator, or areally effective speaker, who does not experience the feeling. pee aes = Przevalnky’s Wild Horse. From Nature, Au-ust 21. Great interest is attached to the question of the origin ot our domestic animals, and espe- cially to that of the horse—which is general supposed not now to exist in an al wild state. Every fact bearing upon this sub- Ject 1s of importance, and the discovery by the an traveler, Przevaisky, ofa new wild horse, more nearly allied to the domescie horse than any previously known species, is cer- tainly weil worthy of attention. The harses, which constitutethe cenera Equus of Linn and are the sole recent representa- tives ot the family £yuida, fall naturally into two sub-genera, as was first shown vy Gray in 1825 (Zool. Journ. 1., p.241)—Equus and Asinu: Th pical horses ( us) ure distingzuish- able trom the asses (Asinus) by the presence of upen the hind-legs as well as upon the fore-legs, by their broad rounded hoofs and by their tails beginning to throw off long hairs from the base instead of having these hairs co fined, as a sort of pencil, to the extremity of tie | JY tail.’ Up toa recent period all the wild species Hey ae rea of Equus known to sc were referable to the | having i : Ag x » sub. | obliged to make it, however disgusted he may second of the Fist leyitoithio sub ie Nigey ite leanyiine babaitedareoess the one. Worth and the Women. - Kate Fields says: “My first visit in Paris is always to Worth, not only because he is a great artist, but because he is an entertaining man. He has a large establishment in the Rue de la Paix, where 400 young women stitch, stitch, stitch, not at all in poverty, hunger and rags. His employes number 1,200 in ail, and during the commune, when nobody ordered dresses or anything else, Worth provided for seventy of his work women, though he, too, suffered for want of decent food. It is queer that the leaders of fashion should come from the country that is accused of having no taste. Worth is English, born about sixty years ago in Lincotnshire. Once upon a time he was a clerk in Marshall & Snelgroye's shop. in London, and at 25 years of age set out for Paris with a few pounds in his pocket. Brains were his only capital. That the man is a genius in his pro- fession Is as evident as the multiplication table. He inherited his ability from his mother, who possessed exquisite taste. You must not Judze Worth by all the dresses made by Teluad sauce Equus’ by the ab- Ay Hie ta nnsthing bat seuce of warts or callosities on the hind. Bul ones chy. 7 Wiat Li bave to neuron by the contracted hoofs and by the long hi some womeniss simply incredible, when tt i5ire= the tail being restricted to the extr that organ. Of this group the best known species, commonly called wild asses and zebras, are (1) the wild ass of Upper Nubia (Equus tanioyns), probably the orizin of the domestic membered that they call themselver ‘ladies. A person sailed in one day and eave sav- ing, ‘I don’t like your taste, Mr. Werth; [ want 50 and so.” Jam,’ Treplied, ‘you can have what you wa nity of ut, but I'm quite sure if L had your She I shouidn’t have any customers.’ Ghar iy Coen piae ie ane putes O n't mind the sarcasm. She didn't un Sprian Desert UE. hemtpaus): (4) the Klang or | #40 it, What do women come to ine for if wild ass ot Tibet CK. henmionus): (5) the quasrza | they don’t like my style? That's what they pay . a), of South Africa: (3) the Burchells | for Why dou’t t e their own dresses if z » Burcheili), of Southern and Eastern | Mey know so much ab Another lady | said, ‘You make my cou approve of them, Mr. Worth miidam,’ T answered. ‘If your cousin likes colors mixed up, Lean’t help it. Ifyou have a more cultivated eye tian you cousia, 1 cong! ulate you." and I don’t ither dot ) the zebra (2. Zebra), of South udy stated, these seven anii character es the |. N, Langley in Pop I will which show you the method of mesmerizing, manifested whe ‘i perh: hole, inost effective; on his r St. Jitis very nearly se I Sees a tn camer pheetss cf wild | nave not time to attempt a mesmeric experl- fe to true Zynais. This new anigal was | ment to-night; itisthe method only duns imal w | wish to show you. With one hand a Ject, such as this facete thus, eight to twelve incl na Russ by discove M wit. wild horse has from the subje on its iT ason tect | so that there is a considerable convergence of ce thelar le the eye ather above the leyel of the eyes, tail, instead of con at the bi The about wn the tail In the piece of this rr us i is Intermediate attention fh d. the asses, It uiso | nus in haying a short, nt up for five to te ifers from typic he pupils will probal y erect 1 and inh uming a slight rhy no bunel s in front ation; when this is the ease, down 0 ehead. the free hand is moyed Slowly from the ot horse stripe, wh toward the ¢ If the subject Is sensitiv ves Will usally cl Th some al is often found in the typical and is almost always present tn the i eral color is of a whitish n Unable toopen at tesmeri¢ phenomena can be obiained. If, when the operator brings his hand neer the eyes of the subject. the subject, Instead of closing them, follows the movements ot the finger: hole proceeding is repeated, but the subject is told to close his eves when the fingers are broutht near thei, but to keep them fixed in. the same direction as before, and to eontinue to think of the object and that only. The operator then for some minutes makes “passe; ng his warm hands over and close to the face of the subject in one direction. When the clined to pass into the aateleptic s ion of his condition y be obtained by gently raising his ‘arm; if he is bezinning to be mesmerized the arm remains in the position in which it is placed. If the arm falls the mesmerie state may not infrequentiy be hastened on by telling the subject to keep his arin extended while he is still gazing at the ob- ject, or while the passes are being made. And that 1s th ie of the process. ‘The man thas mesmerized sinks from manhood to a highly ‘The | are red. thence blackish down to the hoofs, small stature, but the legs are very th strong, and the head is large and heavy. maller than those of the asses. sky’s wild horse inhabits the great desert between the Altai and Ti us. where it is called by the Tar- the Mongols “sta! a of from flve to fi individuals, led by an ofd stallion. Appar: the rest of these troops consists of mare all velong to the sinute stallion. They are lively animals, very shy, and with highly developed organs of sight, hearing, and smelling. ‘The keep to the widest parts of the desert, and very hard to approach. They seem to pre the saline distriets, and to be able to do long without water. The pursuit of this y 1a horse can only be car- in waterless districts, and must depend upon a | Complicated piece of machinery. He isa ma- supply of water trom melted snow. As may | chine which for a time is conseidus, and in which lieved, such an expedition during can be excited by appropriate stimulation; erest cold of winter into the most remote y one acquainted with the machinery can set e assert inust take at least . ee it In action. During the whole time of his stay in the Dsun- " Saas il | ty Isky met h only two The Divided Skirt. From the Philadeiph wer. The dress-reform Ladies were among thesmall- er sensations of tlie week. thouzh eourtesy for- bade the outspoken criticism they should, per- sof this wild horse. In vain he panion fired at these animals. With ont- ched head and uplifted tail the stailion Dy ed like lightning, n the rest of the and his herd after him, Przey and his compan- | haps, have h of the Thee eae Once mar tliem andiscon lost | saivided aktre” had come. over hens to exhibit anon them (fomione Hae wetone acthe ny its convenience and uses, criticism was chal: lenged, aeverthel ot wome: s. Some of the most gentle become most violent in expressing ation of eccentric costumes, so long 5 and not fashion, invents tiem: but the Householl does not believe in throwing names or abusive epithets at well-meaning though unattractive efforts. The divided skirt does not seem to havea single advantage for either health or comfort in walking that is not more easily gained by the ordinary “mountain and it is besides an ugly and trouble- affair. It Is intended to wive freedom of lind and unshackled movement to tie pwearer; and yet the main and modest efforts of Ns wear- ers appear to be to conceal that it is a divided skirt. Lite is too short to spend timeand thonght in arranging sectional folds so as to join and present an unbroken appearance, and no wearer of the divided skirt can be unconscious of her clothes. She must stand, and especially sit, with due remembrance of tie cut of her costume. To all appearance the doublet and hose of Miss Cary’s Siebel or Frederic, and Miss Neilson’s well-remembered dress in. ‘Rosalind, were more modest, if more frank; and the much derided Bloomer’ (which is only a briefer “mountain dress”) is simplicity itself in the discovered their pr gone inan in 8 hoi ence, and they wer The’ single specim ubsequently procured is um of tie Academy of Science of St. Petersburg, and is the only example of his species in Europe. They Drove Elim Wa Frem the Detroit Froe Presa, The owner of a place onSibley treet appeared in front of the house yesterday morning with a step-ladder and a saw, and began the work of the first limb a pedestrian halted and queried: “Going to trim your trees, eh?” “Yes.” “Um. Isee. First-rate time to trim trees. Um. Exactl; He hadn't got two blocks away before No. 2 came along and called out: Zoing to trim your trees, eh?” “Ah! Ieee. Ought to haye waited a month later.” The limb was off when No. & halted, stood for comparison. For the divided skirt, in order to qakeds aid un El al Se mbinane, appears to be “Going : i ung about with considerable weight ot trim- et to trim your trees, eh?” minga to keep it from flying on the brorse ‘and 8. ¥ revealing itself. Undoubtedly some women <Qught to have done that Inst month. need a new dispensation to deliver them from Co. 8 eal tein eras tne proper month. | tie encumbrance of over-welahted and closcie: No. 5 wouldn't trima tree except inMay. No.6 clinging dress skirts, that prevent them from thought November the best time of year; and | fizns ress skirts, that prevent them from fo it went until every mouth in the ‘year | ment ie oe Hee aie to hepa gil vines pee ate ets aud there were Give of six | oountatd dress from the Getsbille of ar tase dividuals to spare. Hefore the firat tree was | wowuatn, dress from the Catskills or Bar Har- finished the seventeenth pedestrian halted, ning” against the aivitea Ate Taping back threw away the stub of his cigar, and loudly de- | 1%, Ibreese, Tan aneitne ta oun eaauee maine to trim your trees, eh?” tionai short costume, such as many women The man Lung his saw to a limb, got down off er R eS ute BAL ee ab ein Seeun ae cu hishands, he walked | aivided skirt might be outwalked and out close up ¢ Inquirer and said: “Supposing I am! What are you going to do shopped. But it is posstbleto have euch a about it?” Sonbtet — pee in the dispostion as oe “0, nothing,” answered the other, as he | Yiclently forgetful of womanly courtesles. dodged around pile of bricks. “I was simply so—rememberiug that even the Mother Hub- bard gown is considered too expressive in some parts of the western count women to view and weigh all forms and reforms ot their dress. Sullivan, a London cigarette manufacturer, as ae es aes smoke in poeta than ee. world wotsof. The cigaretteisbecoming popular vith those who are not in the least dto ask for what they want. There is no ges brand forthem, but they prefer the one the most delicate flavor. A 8aa Franciaco girl’s claim to distinction rests ‘upon the fact that, at a church fair, she stood on her head in the guige of a gypsy ‘boy acrobat. She had a tent to herself, and each spectator of the feat was compelied to pay a dollar, going to ask you if you used tar or porous plas- ters to cover the scars.” The citizen got his saw and ladder and dis- appeared in the house, and the remainder of the work will be done at night, —————+o+____ Eager to Attend the Party. From Harper's Bazar. It was the 28d of February last, and Alice, —it is well for the suggested “It is Washington's birthday, dear,” replied ‘There was a very brief pause, and Aliceasked, “amma, am I invited?” ii Star, a gang worked industriously through a | | Salted past us upon the beach bribed nor done away with, and to tamper with | aults are closed an attempt to open them | | paink individual and his lot is decidedly not a nappy | EF A Gorgeous American Abroad. THE PERSON OF PAST NOTORIETY WHOM A VITID RUNETTE PROVED TO BE Paris Letter in the Chicago Herald. Every day while at Trouville saw a showy lady ‘of most voluminous proportions and gorgeously ar- Tayed a l'Americane, driving out ina dashing vic- toria or slowly gliding along like a frigate under full sail through the narrow streets. Everybody looked after ber, for she Was a most look-after-abie person. Tcould not tell why I believed her to be an American unless becauss of ber elaborate cot tor 2 td brunette, such as one 8 Uncusaud Umes oftenerin France than tn the United States, and powdered compiex- fon told no tales of anywhere between nid Tiabuctoo, Upon inquiring T was ie Was a Caban wii rich ving atthe Koches Noires One day she Ss sat there in com- criminal iawyer. 1 owy Cuban widow. and s Wh a certain New Yor 5 ried astonishment. | “Why, thot is the Ed Stokes and Jim Fisk wituw, | Josie San : oe = Hard Lines in a Virginia Printing Office. From the Richmond Whig. “Pert when we wrote “perfidy,” “servile” for “sentle;” “course for “source,” are only a few of the recent type-biunders over which we have to | pray for patience. Three-fourths of the English AnguAe SeeMS tO be to most compositors and proof-readers. — Dr. G. L. Beardsiey reiterates the belief of many scientific men that death is usually quite 8, 80 far'as pliysical sensation is concerned, he isalso of the opinion that mental numb- hess, or a feeling of sinking tuto rest, frees the ) Inind | fe mubsequently living in poverty tor twenty years on his pension. a Nashville man hit npon | the idea of making a side-show curiosity of him- | self by attaching deceptive wax feet to his stumps and figuring as a freak of nature. He is now prosperou: FYE A L L EF AA L L re ae 3 Fo a7! TLL Cun PDP FRE RRR RR RE WoW Were A RRR wwww & AA RR WWWW KE AA RRR WWwYww E AAA KR R w W ERE A AK K ‘Most people begin to think about FALL UNDE!- Ir 9 woman insists upon | elowed costume Worth 4 TL RGS ESE GREEN ed rac | contami (nna an” iene Sat ts aaa ls | only with Ladies’ and Children’s Goods. We carry a fut | 4:9 Pieces Oneutal Laces, 6 inches wide, at 17 | line of the American Hoeiery Company’ | LADILS' NEAVY MERINO VESTS WEAR, in fect euch days as these force one toconsider that question at once. We have full lines of Underwear Sgods, in all | sizesand weights, These goods are becoming more pop- ular every season, being peculiarly adapted to this climate. We have them with Finished Seams and Full Regular Made. The prices range from T5e. up, We also carry a full stock of all the leading makes. As specially cheap goods, we mention-the following items: LADIES’ HEAVY MERINO VE3TS AND PANTS each, or 3 for 81, ND PANTS, with Finished Seams, Wehave about | A special line of FINE MEDICATED GOOD:, from the best manufacturers, in fast colors—all wool Boods—xt prices :anging from 9c. to $2 Only 2 few dozen left of those SILK TOF in combina- tion colors—black feet and ankle, with crea tops, light and dark slate, uavy and black—at 98¢. 100 dozen Sclia Color INGRAIN HOSE, with White Feet, at 480, DRY GooDs. me mense the balan Washinton has there ber ting coud goods for a very smnall amount of nach can ¢ Blue and Jet Black, at 3. per yard, worsh z lost the whole of both legs in the war | Offer two ease woods can be bougist tor frv Furniture Cret ‘WSeents on $3 worth sia. with Italian ¢ Lot 4 “Twelve Pi shade 13 leading stiadex, at 5). year's price ®: ent shades, at 75 cents a pair. (sol and muny other bercuins, stock for years at these prices, S84-inch vory fine Eng! To arrive Fridar, 9 pircre 80 dozen Four Thresd LISLE HOSE, in Black and Colors—really worth 75c.—only 49c. % dozen Solid Color INGRAIN HOSE, with Improved Bhape Hecis and Toes, 5c. PP ALAIS ae ‘oval, RR RE ge13 | 1117-19 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Srrcrar, Norice. We respectfully call the attention of Architects, Builders and others in went of first-class Heating Ap- | psratus to our lange and superiorassortment. Of FUR- NACES, made by FULLER & WARREN COMPAN Troy, we name THE RUBY HOT-AIR, all east iron; THE CRYSTAL HOT-AIR, wrought iron, BY SMITH & ANTHONY, of Boston, THEIR WROUGHT-IRON FURNACE, the best ever mad BY LOYNTON, THE CLIMAX, all cast iron. THEIR WROUGHT IRON, with steel dome, THEIR DUPLEX, a new feature in furnace construc- tion, THE PALACE, THE FQUATOR and other makes. We propose to offer taese as low as similar goods are furnished in the United States and guarantee entire satisfaction. . We also.call attention to that superior Fire-place Heater, THE SPLENDID, manufactured by Fuller & Warren Company, Troy, N. ¥., the sales of which have steadily increased since we first introduced them in this, market. ‘This Heater surpasses anything ever offered for econ- omy, durability, power and freedom from gas, and we | confidently refer to hundreds of them now in use as testimonials of their superiority. We have again re- duced the price of this Heater, so as to place them within the of all who want a really first-class Latrobe. WE also call special attention te our stock of SLATE MANTELS, Brick-set and Portable RANGES, among them the celebrated “DIAMOND” RANGE, Brick-set and Portable GRATES, and-a full line of HEATING STOVES. We invite a ¢all from those in want of first-class Of and very attractive bc = a GREAT BANKKUPT SALE or DRY Goops From the auction of HAUSTEAD, MAINES & CO. Their loss has been our gain, for we anccented tn gets fines lance portion of their stuck at about m4 ent dclar. This purchase las been so +normo hat we cannot beein to get all of it into our time building, We had to rent a lance wareroom fi caf the goods, ever before in 1 Tatory of aa a oS few of the many bergains which: K Silks at 880. 6Sc., T5c., #1, fully worth cw fall shades Drews Goods at &.. worth uel BR OPPOTL a aly by tas, wool French Cashmere, im 54 nieces 42 inches wide al # pisces 49 thehes wide, cxira fine, at Sde., worth 7Oc, We bought every piece of Samuel Courtenld’s rape: im the male, snd ner es them as the best end n a; sli-lien Loow Table Damask at 200, at. 10, 1239 and Isc, every one a genuine bar Knott 4, fringed Barnsley Damask ‘ retail price Se. and Doyit: cna Varicty. ¥ fuest table Damark, by yard or in pat lous as five yards, every ope from this NKETS. BLANKETS. t nestly all the Blankets ia wl suuuple lots, which were too m: heavy Def ‘sele, and ‘wotled Asplendid 10-4 White Blanket, ver before Rani of, We next offera $1.50, worth £2.50 At €2.00, worth, aise At $2.00) wort $5.00. And many finer grades in the sane proportion, 50 palis each, German Blankets, in @ 5 caren, Meht shade of Drab, at $200 por pair. Cost of importa ton 84 3 bales Gray Blankets at (5c. per pair. Merchants and Lousekeryers busiug by the qaatities will uever have such s chance aang on in. CANTON FLANNELS. {Scary mont all of the ccicirated Amouk-ae Mille We saved’ aout 15 per cent in the purchase at which is quite an item on ench staple gooda. We: low as 5 ard Pieces of Ginwlam for - Witte and columd wool Fh the arc RNOLTINGHAM CURTAL 3.005 pairs, in 40 different styles, all from the Greaf Auct offered by any house, ine Machenter (cray finte) and. We have then i IN SHAWLS, 0 pioces yard S Wool Sha: Thiet Shawis, Cashmere Shawls. All at less than half price, hrve lots Austrian Plush Cloaks at sbout dollar, full-sized Ladies’ Plush Cloaks at Tot 2— twenty all sizes Ladies’ Plush © at $4, worth $13. Jush Dolmans, trimmed with » lieht Astrachan, at $3, These would retail when the il weather comes at $20. Secure one before it is too ieces double width fine Ladies’ Cloth in all the cents per yard. ‘This is the same ‘hants sell at 75 cents per yard. Wo bong! Lot 1— Tw. other m 30 pieces venue full 54 inches wie iniported Tricot ith, in ail the new fall shades, at $1.25 per yard; las® 100 pieces O1 tal Laces, 10¢. ; worth 25e, Ee 40 pieces Oriental Lacs. § inches wide, at 2%. 86. dozen Oriental Lace Fi hus at 4 115 dozen Oriental Lace dozen finest Linen 3p St gone Tadice’ Sik Hose, drup stitch, in six differ— cls where for $1.40) it will pay you to luy ine LANSBURGH & BRO, sel3 420, 422 and 424 SEVENTH STREET. Bacws Maasiorm Es:asuisowest, 416 SEVENTH STREET NORIUWEST, AS WL DO A STRICT CAST BUSINESS ONLY! OUR PRICES ARE GUARANDEED THE LOWEST’ OPENING OF FALL PRESS GooDs. SPECIAL BANG. ‘S IN DRI Goons. Corbmeres (in all shades) a per yard. ool French Cashmerea, in all shades, ot S74c. a yard, This ie a special bargain and would ndvin ony patrons to call carly to avail themselves of this he menee offer. ‘%-inch very fine French Cashmeres (in all shades) af fic. a yur A handsome line of 22-inch bright Plaid Dress Geoda, specially adapted for childcen's Wear, at 25c. a yard, 2% pieces English Csshmere Pisids, very Landsome styles, yard, 60-inch all-wool Habit Cloths, in all shades, former dice 81, at Téc. a yard. 2% pieces Striped Jersey Flannels, in new and handsome effects, We also show » complete nseortment of fine French Dress Goods cin Moniie Crepes, Cut Cashmeres. Otto- mans, Black Silks, &c., &c, gusrantecd ai the lowes? prices, BLANKETS! BLANKETS! 100 pairs 10-4 Dlenkets nt $1.2 100" air. 11-4 Rosssxore Blankets at $2.8 par, SPECIAL BARGAINS IN TOWFLS! 800 dozen all-tinen Damask Towels, 18x3¢, at 10c. each, soo a "19x40, at ie, each, es = “ Imotted fringes, Bat Qe. each. ‘This last lot of Towels is worthy the inspection of our ratrons. BBR OA UMM MM ™ ss BB AA U Mua § 8 BBR AA Uo Maat Ss. a4 uo Mim 4Bss5T @6 TTR STREET NORTHWEST. sell E. G. DAVIS, 719 MAREET SPACE OUR NEW DEPARTMENT, CSTABLISHED LASE SPRING, HAS PROVEN QUITE AN ATTRACTION, goods, as we propose to compete with the lowest for | AND THE LADIES OF WASHINGTON AND VICIN- Like quality and work. j SIMPSON & GUY, | 1005 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, sel7-2w if ‘Wasuixeros, D. C. WyAserxarox, D. ©, SEPTEMBER 15, 1884. UNTIL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘TWENTIETH, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK 3, FOR THE PURCHASE, IN BULK, OF | 1, TOBRINER, Ammignes, ale 21 7th street northwest, ‘to pus on, for $1. ITY WILL ALWAYS FIND A CHOICE STOCK OF BLACK DRESS FABRICS TO SELECT FROM, BLACK SILK, ALL GRADES; PLUSNES IN BLACK AND COLORS, SATINS, AND ALARGE STOCK OF BLACK WOOLENS, ALL THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON, TO WHICH WR CORDIALLY INVITE 1BEIR ATTENTION. VELVETS AND NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODE E G@ Davis, eS COR. MARKET SPACE AND @ru ST. ‘HIRTS RETAILED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. Drees Shirts, in solid bosoms, ready to oréer for Fo