Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1885, Page 6

HOME MATTERS. 2 BATCH OF Goop OLD AFFAIRS PES FOR THE KITCHEN — HEALTH SUGGESTIONS— German Curstxet Caxes.—Boil some nice fair chestnuts. caretully picking out all"wormy, und six ounces of them in a mortar, ar, the same paste, roll out brush with beaten egg and bake on battered tins. Fratiay Rice.— Boi! y some rice, and when done mix with it enouzh rich. seasoned stock to thorouzhly moistentherice. In stirring the two together do not break the grains of the ish. Serve with accompanying fresh butter to cupful of powdered sugar, beating thor- ply all the while. When all is reduced light, ereamy substance, add grtduail beating, a quarter of a cupful of ri & teaspoonful of vanilla looks inviting and taste det Steer Jewerry (ro creay.)—First rub them With the finest glass paper. then with oil and putty powder, rubbed through muslin; rub ally with leather; this is when the ornaments and stilt ream and This sauce ents are not very bad. n paper will clean them, rubbing afterwards with a leather. To prevent rust, keep them In pow- dered starch. Bremamet Saves.—It doesn't need a cook at $200 a month to make this sauce, which adds so ch dainty dishes. Simply simmer ther a pint of cream and some rice, rich stock, until reduced to the consist prefer. Do this in a dout! not burn. Si n to taste, Sroox Cases —Take a strip of the heaviest anel, wis enouzh so that after laying s and forks to the upper p: Ing the spaces or loops silver. | How To Crean Watset Fersitere.—When piled walnut furniture begins to crow it can be made to loo! Lins ad. bat pu Kook kero: oilis much the best. Rubin well | with a soft woolen rag, and polish with clean, | dry flannel. vem Marxs.—Dust and marks of children’s moved from windows by rubbing e which has been dipped in ammonia and water. To remove finger marks from and restore luster to the keys of a piano, wash off with a chamois skin wet with cold Water: then rub the surface with sweet oil, | mixed with half its quaatity of tury | THAT Have FotLowel Baxps.—The girl of sixt sew nor do housewe decked out in fine search of fun and rich. and in that even! direction of a good motiver nc on to fun, but it ehosen and well tim will not work ha . who will neither no business to be | and rambling about in| unless her parents are she it < in the uct 4 tre in for a looks upon re is nt recipe for | gether wi an enion st th di S a broti wine, PI How the ducks te uld be eat up ely brows nm until tende witiy i.—Grate three-fourths of a three-fourths of a pound of suet. three-fourths of a pound of applies, three- | fourths of a pound of currants, four egys ant ti a@ lemon grat Put into a mould and boil three ho: F with sance. Piek-ce Kyirrix y knitting work that Tequires little attention or eyesight ean be pat to use in two ways. With ordinary soft laimp- wick you can knit most little squares for “dish towels.” “wash Face,” the favorite s- ily mate from coarse white piece braid, linen or Take narrow or wide braid as you pre- n fat iADES are sup-| planting the colored paper shade: These come in changeable opal tints, some corrugated and some plain. The design frequently attemptsto | imitate the graceful cup orbell of ditferent flow- es. Wixter Wixpows.—A very thin coat of glye rine applied on both sides will prevent a wir dew-pane from becoming obscured by steam or hoar-frost—in fact. givcerine may be used in | tn of condensed moisture | articles of farniture | Bs Sesuir Roows.—No should be put in a room that will not stand sun- light m in a dwelling should have e during i of sunligit will force itself into The importance of admitting t of the sua freely to all parts r seannot be tos une walks should A sun-bath | table to the taken in bri be shine. and that is a misfortune, for people d with the idea that those things only can ad or useful which cost money. But rs and give you sey ean procure. established fact that the people who ve much ia the sun are usualiy stronver and More healiiy than those whose Prive them of sunlight: and cert Rothing strange in the = with equal fore mate thing In nature. It is quite easy to ar- an isolated dwelling so that every room filled with sunlight some time in the it is possible that many tov bailt as to admit more light could be they now re <— The Paynes, father a ton. | in the old Pay ~ # r who married W her not lon old and | wise at alt gad little r the roof. Next door to it nury B. Payne. in a big stone house, sur- | ro by larze grounds, aud worth very near $100.00. “Henry B. “s father sold ‘brick, | andthers is a tradition that Henry, when he | Was a boy, worked in a briekyard somewhere in New York, He was given a good education, however, and shortly after he came to Cleveland he marr His wife, I think, inherited this old Payne homestead, and the advance in prop- erty made him wealthy. He had a good law Factice also, and he bought more lands, all of hich increased in value, and have at last made him a millionaire. He bas been in Congress, was a candidate for the Senate when Ben Wade Was elected, and stands a chance of going into Clevelana’s cabinet, if he does not hold off in of his son-lu-law, William C. Whitney. | other well-known professional man in the city is an ordi- | 2¢ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C “SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1885—DOUBLE SHEET. THE DYNAMITE SUSPECT. Cunningham's Operations in St. Louis. IMPROVED INFERNAI. MACHINES—HOW LONDON WaS TO BE DESTROYED. A telegram to the N.Y. Tritune from St. Lonis. January 29, says: Well-known Irishmen | here recognized in Jaines Gilbert Cuaningham, | arrested in London for alleged complicity in the | Tower outrages, a man named Michael J. Byrne, who lived in st. Louis until about six months } ago. Just before his departure an article was published in a St. Louis newspaper which al- | leged that Byrne, or Cunningham, was the head of aschool of young dynamiters, whose head- quarters were at Thirteenth and Biadle streets, ia this city. In tne article, the publication of Byrne from the city, he spoke quite treely of his avocation. Of the school he said: “* We have fourteen pupils. The course of in- struction consists of an exposition of the manu- facture of machines and the mode of handling them. The process of manufuctaring dynamite is also taught. There are three men connected with the school who are constantly employed in building machines, w are sent to New York. These men are practical mechan The clock- work, which may be set to do the work in from one minute to it days, is obtained right here in town, and the ingredients of our explosives are also obtained here. Is there an oath? Well, I should say there was Ve work on the same principles as the Invinetbies, and nobody can obtain admission to our circle until properly re- | ported upon and pledged as to his sincerity in and loyalty to the cameee .We wear no daggers and have no bloody solemnities, but our oath is fall of meaning, and ail who take it stand ready to ny suinmons that comes from our untry. : have improved several of George Holgate’s inveations, and e originator of a new idea | in infernal machines, which prevents danger or detection, by carrying them in sections, & moment's ni they eau aad neither ts the presence or the mean- inz of the other. The explosion is brought about by acid carried ina small vial. The acid eats away the brass head of the cap or cartridge in a certain time, and the detonation tollows. The acid runs into a chlorate of potash combi- nation, whieh b abo deadly result ” ~ Have an Hines been tested ? “Yes. e went 01 Nante, and in the n quarry set one of the machines off. It was fixed to explode in five minutes, and we witnessed the scene from a distance of 400 yards. There wasn't more tha: a handful ot the explosive in the box, but it made a violent noise, shook the earth I wid tore a hol the ground large enough to atwenty-five-foot dwellin house into. Dynamite, you know, expends its force in a downward direction, shaking the foundation of a building and eansing it to tum- bie in. The experiment was most satisfactory. Two dozen of the Louis machines haye been sent to New Yor! A triend of Byri eame to this . or Cunningham, said: “He untry beeause he had to. of a landlord, ana United States. He was f Irishmen who haveth nortawestern part of the wie their way to tl one of a sel i ty. These mea are r all enjoy the « at home They have shot 3. 1 by which Byrne, or Gilbert, or aun, ¢ was variousiy known, was not that circle. He talked dy ely as O'Donovan Rossa do e, aud not only meant what as loag as L kuew him, did everyti too. He made a constant study spent all his e: and was possessed Wiiat his apy the 1 f fon, in tw indicated, vf study did he pi stint les are sue 7 Md country, He g where f secretly with the: ry and filled pro Byrne took h vireles that Wh HerOUs, he feil in with id to have 8 the manufacture of in with Rossa. and was “Brom St. Louis Byrn has not been s his old as he was ti went to Deny of since by . y English detectiy tiy possible in th that is k face of the fact that he ope ed here and in Chicazo, New York and Denver with the | most notorious "3 of violence as the me: of accom: lett Denver in he went dir jand’s treedom. He and it is probable that to Dublin or Paris, the latter so Irishmen state. whence i ire given t fend, Byr ag men bes the science . to be procured and When proficient in their work, r separate duties would be allotted to them. and their mission explained to them, which was the simultaneous destruc- tion of all of the public buildings of London. He had it all planaed out aud had a map of London in which was marked, with red all orders that ink, the location of the buildings he wanted to destroy. The 100 young men were to get into London and ‘carry their material with them. designated for the destruction. The signal was to be the mid-air e josion of a dynamite bom to be dropped from a balloon over the Eng! capital. ‘The mid-air explosion was to be of sufficient force to startle all London, and while the city was in a st: timed for three or tour ininutes, were to be placed under the walls of all the public build- Ings. Several young Irishmen in this city fa- vored the scheme. Ameieur Photography. From the Boston Globe. “You've no idea how this business is increas- ling,” said a well-known dealer in photographie materials the other day. You see there are lots of thein that take a fancy to the art. Many of them at first send to New York and buy cheap outtits, such as they see advertised as low Weil, of course, those are not satis! ‘nd then they come hereand select. tirst-c terials, costing from $100 upwards. Some invest $200, and some even go as high as $500.” “T suppose « take It up for their own amusement ?” “Oh, yes, @ good many; and they buy the best an d most expensivematerials, Why, a prominent ph: deal 6f his i time in the summer in the practice of the I suppose we have s not less than 21,500 worth of photograph paratus and materials during the got an order from him yeRterday for about #200 worth He's at oue of the seashore resorts for rest and recreation, and amuses himself by tak- ing pictures. He purchased one of our large lenses, costing $450, and can take as large and fine a picture as any artist. Then there is an- ure who has bought at least $500 worth of ma! of us, and ta 4 great laterest iu the art “Are ladies affected by the mania, too “Certainly; a dozen or more ladies from Beacon street and other aristocratic portions of the city have purchased materials of us. of them have bought onttits costing $200 or $300, and even more. They take these outfits with them whea they go to tie seashore or the inoun- tains for the summer, and are able to spend their lefsure in a very pleasant and satisfactory man- Is “How long does it take them to learn the art ? I suppose they have to acquire some knowledge of the chemicais, dou’t they?” “Bless you, it's easy enongh to learn. feals? Catch ladies meddiing with chemicals! No; they don't have to use them atail. The dry plates are used now almost entirely. You see, It Is not necessary to develop these plates atonce. A plate can be exposed and then put ferred to be developed at the person's conve- lenge,” “How do the ladies succeed ?” ‘Finely; some of them sake a3 fine pictures as yOu can find anywhere.” ———-+—____ ‘There are said to be 25,000 people in vu out of employment. ane aoe, of fright Chem- Achild recently died in caused by a boy Wearing a Two of the daught of the king and queen of ters Sweden have been dangerously ill from the effects Of polsonvus wail papers. He | T | try every y i dynamiters and each and | 0 their own | thinks worth | bailifts or | ineurred the Queen's | nite as rue was | f attaininents far beyoud | A certain hour was to be | sh | ate of excitement, machines, | We are selling thousands of dollars’ worth of | | materials to ameteur photographers now. ‘ite a number of wealthy people | ician in this city spends a great | past year. We | Some | THE EYE-GLASS DUDE. How he iv Deceived and Attem to eee Others—Affectation ‘ana Re ality. From the New York Mail. “Do the jeunesse doree affect the single eye- glass asa matter of style?” said a Broadway optician. “ Yes they do to a considerable ex- tent. Look here.” The optician reached to a shelf, and taking down a box displayed a large collection of cir- cular pieces of glass. “These,” said he, taking up several neat ex- amples, resplendently polished and pierced with holes in each case—* these are nothing more nor less than ordinary window glass. Of course they are well finished and the holes are drilled with a diamond drill, but they affect the sight no more than the interposition of a window would. I sold thirty of them the otherday to a young lady who intended to perpetrate a bit of satire by having them distributed as favors in the German. I sell them at leach. Yes, it entire windows were sold at a pred rtional price, most of us would have to go to isin- glass. Using useless eyeglasses 1s another illus- tration of the Anglomania which ig now so ram- pant. I do not know that this is any more silly than a dozen othermanifestations. There isone thing to be noticed which is curious. Those who are really near-sighted are contented to have people believe that their wearing of eye-glasses is simply affectation. Those who really affect them are anxious to haye people believe them nearly blind.” ———_+s.__ How a Drunkard Reformed. From the San Francisco Call. “Thad noticed that men who made a business of buying and selling wines in large quantities sampled them and ascertained their quality and bonquet by taking two or three mouthfuls in succession, rolling it around their tongues, as one might say, bathing their palate in it—in short, subjecting it to the severest tests by the organs of taste—and then ejecting it from the mouth without swallowing any. The remem- brance of this came upon me one day when 1 was perfectly sober but terribly despondent. I resolved to try it. I did, and have met with the most yratifying suceess.” You may laugh, but it is the solemn truth, I took a large drink of liquor, but instead of letting it pass into my stomach I checked it in my throat and gargled it for a ninute and then spat it out. To my joy I found my thirst for it almost as much appeased as though I had swallowed the liquor. 1 tried it agai: and again with the same effect. I was | not made drunk, I have followed this plan ever | Since, and have not been drunk since, aithough | Lhave gargled the liquor, never swallowing a | drop, as many as a dozen or more times a day the same number of drinks | used to take. The plan is a very simple one, and is, I believe, the only one for'a slave to the cup.” Has your appetite increased ?” “On the contrary, it has decreased. By the means I adopted my brain has become clear and strong again, and my will power Is as good as It ever was before I became a hard drinker. In ng the liquor I get all the benefit of the | flavor and all the satisfaction to my appetite, | without losing my senses.” : aes: Un-American Americans. From the Philadelphia Times, “Millions of doliars are taken out of the coun- y ear by the American colony in Paris,” said a gentleman yesterday discussing the prob- lem of taxation of real property. ‘ Perhaps I | could give no better illustration,” said he, “than the Ridzway family of this city, who have made | their home in Paris for at least thirty years. It said that their income from rents in this city 80,000 a year, all, of which Is spent the profits of Parisian tradesmen. t in the polities and material uutry, except in so far as mn hildren are born, ied abroad. Miss nay, ascion of His brother French Lega- It is probable that this their property in repair , Will never contribute to ional wealth. It Is singular are willing to cut advitt e land. No foreigner of the sding in his native country could be “2 to forsake his home. ter by Wholesale. From the American Archiiect. The most efficient machine for killing our fel- yet inverted appears to be the Maxim a utensil whien any person can | carry without difficulty into battle, and having leveled it at his enemies and supplied it with a quantity of ammunition, he need do nothing more than turn acrank once, and retire to a place of safety. The gun then begins shooting by itself, and continues to fire bullets fat any rate desired, from two a minute to six hundred, until its cartride-belt, which contains three hun |dred and thirty-three charges, is exhausted. | The advant to a warlike person, of being Fable to kill hundred and thirty.three per- | sons at a single effort, without expesing his own valuable person to injury, are so obvious that there is likely to be an ex! ve demand tor the new instrument among Christian nations, and no one should fail to acquaint himself with the principles on which it acts, Every one knows something of the machine guns heretofore used, the Gatling gun, with its six barrels tied toxether by bands, and the crank at its rear, being perhaps the most familiar, but all those hithereto used differ from the Maxim gun in employing acontinued force from the out- | side, generally applied to a crank or lever, to fire the charzes, while the Maxim weapon loads | and fires itself, after the first shot has been dis- | charged, by utilizing the recoil of each discharge to effect the necessary movements: an ingenlus system of springs and levers, operated by the barrel, which slides back about half an inch at each explosion, extracting and throwing away | the shell of the cartridge just used, putting an- other in its place, pushing the barrel forward again, cocking the hammer and pulling the trig- ger, and repeating the whole series of moye- ments as the barrelslides back again by the re- coll ofthe new discharge. With all its inge- nuity and apparent complication the new gun geems from the teststo be substantial enough for active service, and itis much to be hoped that the occasion for employing it will be ren- dered rarer by the very fact that its efficiency will make it dreaded. egg His Languages. From the San Francisco Post. The local heathen Chinese rather more than holds his own in some respects, and many of the children of the better classs of Mongolians have attended school to some purpose, despite the social-restriction law under which they labor. The other day a California street matron, just re turned from a three years’ tour abroad, adyer- tised for a first-class cook, whereupon an intelli- t-looking pig-tail applied for the position. Whatee your ramee, John?” asked the lady peculiar baby-talk supposed to be adapted nts and other foreigners. “Wan Lee.” ou sabe loast tlurklee, Wan?” lisped the lady. | The Chinaman knit his brow and shook his head. “O, dear me!” said the tourist to her imported | maid, in what is known here as Mills Seminary— and abroad as_restaurant—French, “what ain I todo? I can't make him understand.” “itis very untortuaate,” said the Chinaman refleetively. ‘I see you don't speak French very well, and, besides that, Cainess aud Eug- lish are the oaly languages | know.” He was not A King’s Grandsoa as a F arm Mand, A grandson of King Stanislaus, of Poland, un- der the name of Thaddeus Louis Ponatowski, has fortwo years been workingas acattle tender |on the farm of Dr. Patterson, in Baltimore county. He came to this country six years ago. After the Russian-Polish war his father was ban- ished to Siberia, The son was then an Infant, but was carried into exile by his mother, who soon died. The boy grew up until father and son made their Cred and reached Paris in poy- erty. The father died. The son came to America, and, after wandering around, reached Dr. Pat- terson’s farm and begged for work. He proved a good hand and worked faithfully for two years. i i ‘New Orleans has a larger proportion of women to men than apy other ‘American elty. That propor— Uon is, whites five to four and blacks four to three, ‘The widow of Tom Thumb fs soon to be married OF ee ner eae mae is “Count Rosebud, 3. tractions. The wi Ll be of 4 | a BRIC-A-! AC FROM, CANONCHET. Auction Sale of Ex-Gevérner Spragae’s Houwschold Goods, a From the Providence Journal, Jum. 22 Yesterday Auctioneer F. J. Sheldon opened the sale of the Canonchet house-furnishings in Infantry Hall. The actioneer.and his assistants stood on the stage in the midst of an interesting and varied collection of goeds that included nearly everything in the'way of the amall ware of a household from a porcelain matchbox to a 50-pound brass candelabrum. A big heap of torn lace curtains stood on one side, and a pile of more or Jess moth-eaten Iambrequins lay on the other. A long table was covered with crock- bk glass-ware, toilet articles, vases, and no end of bric-a-brac, some of it in good condition and some showing evidence of hard service. There were delicate little relics—a lady's bouquet holder that was once unique and precious, little ornaments of doubtful value at any period, tid- bits from the mantels, bureau, or sideboard, and & general collection desirable only as souvenirs. Around the hall the large furniture was arranged. There were sideboards, buokcases, cabinets, wardrobes, and tables in mahogany, oak, biack walnut, and rosewood, plain, carved, decorated, and inlaid. There were half a dozen chamber sets, complete and in pleces, and chairs and sofas of no remarkable beauty, with several writing desks—the handsomest pieces in the collection they were—and stools, stands, and what-nots. On the floor were laid carpets, mats, and rugs, some of which could have once laid claim to beauty and yalue. The bidders appeared to be private purchasers, and the bidding was lively, although [the arti- cles sold were of small value. The average sale amounted to about 310, until a handsome cut glass table set of 28 pieces—‘ruit, nut, and ice- cream dishes, with saucers and plates—was put up. It was knocked down for $54, but the con- test was epened again between William M. Baily and Major Arnold, and up the bids ran till the latter got it for 8127. By 12:30 the table was emptied and sold, and the stage was swept clean. Some 200 articles had been disposed of and upward of #3,000 realized. It seemed to be the impression that every article brought all it was worth, and may be more. The crowd had thinned out considerably, but becan to gather again when the auctioneer turned to the heavier articles. Auctioneer Draper went to work with a will and knocked down furniture of all sorts of values in all sortsof lots. The plctures, mainly steel engravings, that hung about the walls, were disposed of at a fair value ; but with the exception of one of the cheaper chamber sets and some odd pieces of the furnitare, the larger articlos did not sell to such good advantage as the collection on thestage. Some of those pres- ent had known Canonchet in its best days, and groups discuss old reminiscences lingered about the familiar furnishings. Zachariah Chaffee was on hand all day, and Mrs. Sprague accompanied Lawyer Patton in his rounds atter the auc- tioneer.- Mr. Patton bought up a great deal of the furnishings, noticeably the entire oak din- ing-room set, sideboard, tables, and chairs. A handsome Dresden china bow! brought #40; the handsome lounge with the Sprague court-of- arms carved on the back sold for $80. The old hall clock, a handsome piece. went for $110, and asmall carved oak table for #82. A large and very handsome old oak carved table went for 105, and a magnificent mantel of the same material tor $160 to Lucius B. Darling. of Paw- tucket. An old oak bookcase, with handsome carvings and figures in relief, sold to Robert Pettis tor $205; this is a suberb piece. Two black chamber sets went for 3135 and $117. The bird's-eye maple chainber set that Is con- nected with Horace Greely’s visit to the Sprague mansion went for $180 te Mr. Hazard, of New- port. A magnificent parlor table went to James Eddy tor $102.50. Two sevres ware plates, valued at $100 a piece, went to ex-Councilman Arnold for #20. One of the handsomest and the most valuable in the entire lot, was a cabinet of unique d m, covered with inlaid work, and said to have been purchased at the Deacon sale in Boston, and also said to date back to the time of Marie Antoinette. Its alleged value was $4,000. It sold for = to Mr. Robinson, ot Wakeficld. A beautiful Sorrento writing cabinet. a wonderful manutacture of inlaid work, valuedat $500, and said to be the personal property of Kate Chase Sprazue, was bouzht for 385 for a Boston dealer—one of the few ar- bought in by dealers. The sale was closed at 5 o’clock, after seven hours’ steady labor by the auctioneers. The lots disposed of number 468, and the work of the auctioneers was a surprising one. A fair esti- ation will give about #6,000 realized by the sale, and, when the condition of the goods is considered, and the fact that so many of them were made to order and were of unusual design and extraordinary cost, it would seem that a very fair yaluation was reached. aturday Smiles. Had the Kentucky goose-bone said this would be an open and shut winter it would have struck it about right, so far.—Kentucky State Journa. Mrs. Nip. why is it I always see more women on the street on muddy and rainy days than at any other time?” “I suppose, Mr, Tuck, it is because you keep closer watch for them.”— Chicago News. Senator Vest is evidently of the opinion that the proper way to prevent depredations upon the Indian reservations is to buy the land and pre- sent it to the inarauders. It is to be hoped that this plan will not be extended to cases of private burgarly.—Prov idence Journal. \ A little fou -old, while coming down stairs this morning, was cautioned by his fond Mmanima not to lose his balance. ‘And where would my balance go to,” he queried, “if I should lose it?” “No, George,” she said, in response to his question, “it is not true that a string of new belt buckles in a shop window would make any woman lose a train; but,” she added musingly, “sometimes she might have to run just a littl in order to catch on, or not get ieft.” Mme. Patti’s clothes fill twenty-six huge trunks and this is only what she takes with her when she ts traveling. A traveling editor but tons his clothes over the outside of his trunk puts a sandwich and a beer in side and sticks cigar in the keyhole. If you think he isn’t a bigger man than Patti you're left; he is.—Zowe Courier. “Charlie, you seem downcast, “Just lost a hundred.” “How?” “I bet $100 with Simpson that Jenkins would say, ‘It’s cold, ain’t it?’ when we met him.” “Well, what did Jenkins say?” “Why, the infernal ass sai enough for you?” Chicago News. The owl is & very small bird for its eyes.” Ofticers only throw up their commissions when they are thoroughly sick of the service. Every dog has his day, the cat takes the nights, the iceman and the milkman the early morning hours, and the scissors grinder with his bell and the fruitman with his yawp take the rest of a lifetime that is worth living.—Detroit Free Press. What's up?” ‘Well, is this cold I just lost by a hair, you.see.” A Boston girl never speaks of the “naked trath.” She refers to it as “truth divested of apparel." —Eixchange. The New York doctor who announced that fee cream was safe and wholesome has mysteriously disappeared. Some impecunious young men are suspected.—Louisvilie Couris:- Journal “Waist makes want,” said the young husband when his wife asked him to buy lier a $15 pair of corsets.— The Judge. The long and the short of it: “When I’m walt- ing for James a minute seems an hour; when he is with me an hour seems but a minute.”- ton Courier. : Mrs. Bascom’s pun: “Here is an ‘The Land of the Midnight Sun,’” sai Bascom. “It can’t meay this country, becanse this is the land of the midnight Lusband.— Burlington Free Press. It is no slur on a grocer to say that he has no sand.—New York Dial. “What do you do down here atthe shore when it is so awfully damp all the time?” was the in- quiry of a young visiting miss. “Do? Why, we just mildew.”—Boston Transcript. sasslidnd Nese A The Use of Revelvers in Paris. From the London ‘Times, Men and women in Paris walk about, go to cafes, and write newspaper articles armed with revolvers, as In the early days of Arkansas. Moreover, the practice of carrying a revolver is commoner than is supposed. “A triend belong- ing to one of the most eg eoties clabs said to me yesterday: ‘I left the club’ at 1 o'clock. ‘There was no porter in the hall, and I did not know where my great coat was, but I thought Ishould recognize it because I had left a revol- ver in one pocket. Well, I touched twenty great coats, and in all 1 felt revolvers, gnd I was still searching when the porter enter and gave me mine, which he had forgotten to hang up.” editor has his own peculiar trials. is thus described in the Ijchmond one of them Soa A LIVELY FLORIDA CONVENTION. Negror “leet to Nominate a Mayor—One -silled and an Indiscriminate Lavilla is a populous suburb of Jacksonville, Fia,, with scarcely a dividing line between the two. The suburb has a very large negro popu- lation, and the whites are in a hopeless minority. For ten years Lavilla has been noted for theturbu- lence of its local politics and the riotious demon- onstrations attending its corporate conventions. On Tuesday night the citizens met to nominate & municipal ticket for the ensuing year. A negro presided over the convention, and the large majority of those present were negroes. The meeting was a stormy one. When the time for nominations came twenty sable statesmen were on their feet at once demanding the chair- man’s attention. Two hundred voices called “Order!” and “sit down!” Pandemonium reigned. Friends of the rival candidates grew furious. Epithets were hissed through set teeth. Hot words and an indiscriminate free fight ensued. For twenty minutes the hall be- came a den of struggling wild beasts. At last pistols and knives were drawn and a pistol fired. ‘This temporarily quieted the crowd and atter a time business was resumed. Ona given motion several members again sprang to their feet and vociferated for the chairman's recognitjon. Among them was John Legrant, colored. George Richardson angrily commanded him to sitdown. Legrant refused, and the two ad- vanced upon each other. Richardson had come to the meeting armed with a heavy pine fence picket, and, raising this terrible weapon, he struck Legrant a feartul blow on the head, splitting it wide open and felling the latter to the floor. Legrant was carried out of the house and never spoke again. He died next morning. In the melee that followed three men were dangerously cut and half a dozen hurt more or less. Notwithstanding these terrible interruptions a considerable portion of the crowd remained in the hall and nominated a young white man, named Lengle, for mayor. A second meeting has since been held, and an 0] position ticket nominated, and there is talk of a third convention. es My Mother’s Wrinkles. ‘The ange!s folded them down, I know, ‘Tenderly down whe none inigut see, With a sweet thought’s welght to keep them 80, Maybe a thought of me, A thought of me, and a throbbing thought Crosses the daises’ snowy sea To the silent temples, flower fraught, Under the cypress tree. For often the solemn feet have trod Notsele 1d cl Bearing a inessage down from God, ring a Soul irom earth. In the long still nights while others slept, Weeping has kept her lids apart,: Til the tender, happy pain has crept ‘Out of her weary heart, Into her forehead’s white, and ther> The loving fingers that always walt On grief, enfoided tt soft and fair, Into these wrinkles straight. The saints who stand in a holy place Meekly joyous have felt, I know, Over the page of an earthborn face ‘The sorrowful record grow ; And, looking back to the dim earth days, *Haply the righteous ones can see In the grief-fraught lines, the hallowed rays Of the aureole to be. O saintly mother, I sit apart And, reverent, every feature trace, Reading the story of the heart In the wrinkles on thy face. ‘The angels folded them softly down With fingers of love, when hone might see, Fold by fold with another crown In the world of bliss, for thee. —Ida Whipple Benham. o> a S PRETTY PISTOL, It Perforates a Tramp’s Hatand Makes him Drop a Silver Butter Di: From the New York Sun, Mrs. Archibald Gordon lives in Castleton Cor- ners, 8. I. On Thursday a tramp knocked at her door and begged for a meal. He got plenty to eat inthe kitchen. Mrs. Gordon and her maid were alone in the house. After the tramp | had finished eating he pulled his chair close to the fire and stuck his feet up near the grate. Mrs. Gordon then told him to go. He picked upasilver butter dish from the table, put it into the pocket of his ragged coat, and seated himself again at the grate, remarking. with an oath, that he would get out when he got ready. Mrs. Gordon happened to haye a pretty pearl- handled revolver in the pantry. The tramp did not sce her as she took the weapon from a shelf. She stepped up behind him and sent a bullet | through both sides of the crown of his hat. The | bullet flattened itself against the fireplace and | dropped at the feet ot the astounded intruder. His hat was knocked off by the force of the pow- der and fell besidethe bullet. The tramp jumped to his feet. He found Mrs. Gordon standing near him, and ‘the inuzzle of her tiny weapon directly on aline with his eyes. Mrs. Gordon quietly said: “The next shot will go right through youreye. It might Kill you, unless you put back that but- ter dish and get out, as I told you.” The tramp did not stay long enough to pick up his perforated hat. Hethrewthe butter dish on the table and fled. The hat now hangs out- side of Mrs. Gordon's back door, where the tramp can get it if he wants a Rallroads in the Florida Assembly. Legislative lieport of the Jacksonville Herald. There was much wrangling on the railroad bill. Mr. Palmer asks, “Why are our railroads charg- ing twice as much for fare as are charged for other roads, where the construction through the mountains costs fifty times as wuch as in Florida: is Mr. Forest, holding up exclaims: ‘This is wh andfal of free passes, v7” [Applause.] oo Curing a Cold in the Head, The Family Doctor in Household Words, The commonest type of cold is that called “cold inthe head” to distinguish it from “cold on the chest.” This “colin the head” has certain well-marked symfioms—a feeling of general malaise is experienced, often accompa- nied by a slight feverish sickness. Then comes a sensation of fullness in the head, there is sneezing. a profuse flow of tears, an Irritating and copious discharge from the nose. This means that the mucuous membrane of the nose is inflamed, and if this spreads down the back, of the throat the sufferer becomes hoarse. The best way to treat this troublesome complaint is to take a “hot drink.” An orange sliced and put into a large cup with alittle sugar sprinkied over it, and boiling water (yaa upon it, and then drunk as hot as possible, is both pleasant and beneficial. The feet should be put into hot water, with or without a little mustard. ‘This foot bath should be taken at the bedside; the patient should be well wrapped up. and a blanket placed across his knees should be drawn outside the bath, soasto confine the steam. After keeping the feet in the water for from five to ten minutes, the patient should lose no time in getting into bed, where he will probably derive great benefit from the general feeling of warmth, and from the flow of perspI- ration which has been induced. If possible, at this stage, the patient should remain in bed for two days, witha firein his room, which should be weil made up at night, so as to keep alight till morning. But keeping in bed will do little good if the patient persists in holding a news- paper or a book to read, for thereby he is more dangerously exposed to cold than if he were up, dressed and going about as usual. The main point is to keep thoroughly wrapped wu and constantly warm. Even an uncomfortable degree of heat may be beneficial. A small piece of camphor chewed and sucked is very good. Su is the inhalation of sulphurous acid gas—a remedy which was found to be in constant use by tie weavers of Kircaldy, who had it amony the materials of their work. Buy two ounces of sulphurous acid (dilute) from a chemist, and then take out the cork, and inhale through the nostrils only, of course—the pul gent gas which Isgiven off. Some use Ferrier’ snuff, and find benefit therefrom; but it must be used cautiously, asit contains a powerful drug— to wit, morphia. Ten or twelve rains of Dover's powder taken in gruel at bedtime, is good for an adult, but should not be administered to children, as it contains opium, which should never be given to them without a doctor's scription. To avoid a pleasant excoriation of the nose and upper lip during the course of a cold in the head, they should be often washed thoroughly with eee lukewarm water, and a La eret shoul Ve apphed, Ifthe throat feels gore, a chlo potash lozenge be sucked ‘Scosalonally. ol arcing. Gal tae ss EER 83 Pe x ERe Sap Pl Sc g SR Bf Sss8 Eee coo “oo Kk kee FOR GENERATING STEAM. IT MAKES A QUICK HOT FIRE FOR COOKING PURPOSES, IT IS EASILY IGNITED. FOR HEATING BY FURNACE. FOR HEATING BY LATROBES. FOR OPEN GRATES. IT IS ECONOMICAL, IT WILL PAY TO TRY IT. BY THE GASLIGHT co. FOR SALE WASHINGTON 40 Bushels Cgushed, $4.70. 2% Bushels Crushed, $2.50. 40 Busheis Not $2.90, 25 Bushels Not Crushed, §2.00, DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF | WASHINGTON oR GEORGETOWN. DRY GooDs. LADIES GOODs. 719 “719 Mas. A. Auxsrnoxe, GREAT SALE oO pele EDGES LADIES’ COTTON UNDERWEAR, At AVIS", 719 MARKET SPACE. QPHonite the Mine svening, Dini q &e. on alter Thuisday, January 2d We have just placed upon our counters a large and complete assortment of HAMBURG EDGES, INSERTINGS and ALL-OVER EMBROIDERY, ai rices much lower than the same have éver ‘n offered at retail. The larger portion of these goods are our own importation, and ag well as being very cheap are First-Class in every respect. We invite an examination. One Lot of SOILED HAMBURGS, MAGIC TRIMMINGS, &c., at Half Price to Close, at = EG. DAVIS. We have made great reductions in our UNDER- WEAR DEPARTMENT, many li down to less than c Every ¢ Partment is of the most rellable make, and we fee! assured that the reductions will be appreciated. | Stock Complete in every department. Secure gen- ulne bargains at E.G. DAVIS, 719 MARKET SPACE. _ Jaz Ove Axscaz Jaxvany COTTON UNDERWEAR CLEARING SALE. Mavawe Ena Sovre. Of 305 Sth Avenue, New York, Is located for the season at 13% F Steerer Noernwasr, ‘With imported ball and evening dresses; also _ Street costumes and wraps. jam ME. VON RB prs, Formerly wit « MODISTE, Taylor, New York: William & Co. St, Louis, Mo. ¢ shortest Mac. J.P. Pawn No. 1107 F street northwest, Will offer this wock her entire stock of Imported Bon- nets ard Hats, and those of pwn desien, at from 25 to 33°; percent less than tormer prices, in order to close out. as _ Particular attention civen to orders, 026 COTTON UNDERWEAR AT PRICES SURPASSING THE CLOSEST AND KEENEST COMPETITION. A F sTox Bisners Che: I Dry f rmccery “ THIRTY YEAT lies™ and Gentle h Cloaks, Crap Fatablishment, ‘XPERIENCE. u's Garments; also, Velvet an@ piv =, Laces, Gloves, ete., are per or ea ny Ce bal b ES A SPECIALTY. THE VERY BEST MUSLINS! Gentiene: then cheated alah Jove their orucinal shape, and. gevaer sbote can et THE VERY BEST CAMBRICS! - THE VERY BEST EMBROIDERIES! THE VERY BEST STYES! tobe removed effectually. Price it, 1309 F street northwest, WILL EXQIBIT DURING THE COMING WEEK NEW STYLES IN EV G@ AND RECEPTION BONNETS. COMMENCES TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), JAN'Y 20TH, 1885. Our Entire Second Floor Devoted to the Sale of Ladies Underwear. ee _ 2 M c. P. Everynhing in;Readiness for an Immense Rush. ADAME Lie e White, 18 EAST 28TH ST, NEW YORK, ‘NIGHT DRESSES. eo 9 Congress Hall Block, Sarstoxca Springs. | ‘Will open on THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 0 Branch ag itit. well-made Gowns, good Cotton, superior | meeeonete at nish, 63c. a bargain at $l. STREET, W SG Find Muslin, deep yoke, three rows insertion be- | yy, cas halcseeng Nalureeigndstes tween clusters of tucks,’ front, neck and sieeves , With fine assortment of Imported Costumes, Weapa, trimuied with fine Hamburg Edge, 200. “Dhis gowe Millinery and Novelties in Dress Garnitures, would be cheap at $1. | _onders filled at #hort notice, a6 Im* Mother Hubbard Yoxe, five rows Hamburg Inser= | = —=- tion between clusters of tuck: front, neck and se owe Ec "YPHEPY Sleeves (rimmed with Ruitles of Embroidery, 9c; [58 ANNIE K. HUMPHERY, @ most declided bargain. m SKIRTS. PlainSacque Gowns, finished with Cambric Ruf- 29c., worth 5c. y with 7 inch Cambric ruMes, with five ‘and hem with wideand ant gece ra 81 Corset (Minn HL own c = STU onece = Bmbroidered Spanish spoken, marl¢ ard deop, Me, Worth $1.50. CHEMISE, Good Muslin, plain band, neok and sleeves, well Mnished, 19c., rezular 2e. Chemise, Yoke of iseruion between fou flne Weks, embroidered front, Uimined with fine Hamburg Edge for less than Powpadour ery, f ) FINE HATR WORK a ned Heir Deessine. nel in a first-class muunner, clusters of five ‘K and sleev 4 ; never soid | Ke, Of all over Hamburg Embroid- square neck, With fine embroidery edge at and sleeves, 8c. ; would sell readily at $1.25. DRAW {teenth street northwest. n thy nl i m Velvet on G6c. ; Were Se. Fine Muslin, fine open-work Hamburg Insertion | Detween French tucks, edged with wide open-work Gse.j very cheap at $1.50. LIPS. Kk and sleeves trimmed with Je costs more, er Hubbard Yoke, fine tuck- fine rutile, 23¢ Cambric, with ing and enibrolde SHECTAL Startling Redu mestic CORS:! than regular prices, ‘Good Corsets at 2 Better Corsets at 50 We must reduce stoci prices exceptionally low. ‘anticipated rush. LADI JAIL DRESSER. FROM alps treated at their resi. vat hair toute. 1831 F street Jal7-Init PPERT, 608 9h Htrvet, opponite Patent Offic Large assortment of Art Embroideries and Fancy | Needlework, Sateen, Mush and Felt in all leading shades. Complete line of Pearsali’s English Filoselle and Filo- Floss, Decea Silks, Arrascne, Chenille, Grewel and Hamburg Wool, and al! material for ®rt Needlework. Full stock of Berlin Zephyrs, Columbia, Germantown | and Saxony Wool and Kuitting Yarns, Stamping promy! AL to 33 percent. lower — i Mus, Sean Re special offering. ‘worth from $1 to $1.50. and therefore have made Call early to avold the NSBURGH & BRO., 420, 422, 424 AND 426 SVEN srrerr. Jad Ar Cosr: We are still selling our stoc’ at cost prior to consolidating it with the stock of Geo. J. John- Son, 713 Market Spa e still have on hand a large stock of COMFORTS, which we are selling at and below cont. All the best brands of black and colored Silks, Diack and colored Cashmere. Large aud com: plete stock of Tuble Damask, Towsls, Napldus, BOOKS, &e. Vacestises, Vaventes Es. We have just opened the finest line of Valentines tm the city, including all of the novelties in this Une; also the latest of fine stati Engraved copper plate Our stock of boo! All the best makes of Sheetings and Cottons, both in brown and bleached. You will find it to your advantage to examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere, J. A. LUTIRELLE co, sl fifty cards, only 8) conte, Jos all of the standard pabll- cations in Histor; Poetry and general Litera- ture. We keep on hand the works of the most popnlarauthors, namely: Emerson, Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Darwin, Huxley, Spencer, and others too humerous to mention All of the latest publications received as soon as possi- ble, which we sed at reduced Orders for books promptly filled. mr stock; also our Prices, which we :usranter to be the lowest, BAUM'S BOOK DEPARTMENT, 416 Seventh street north: 3a27 Aw Opportesiry For Aut TO BUY RELIABLE AND FIRSI-CLASS CLOTH- ING AT MANUFACTURER'S PRICES, eat. None should delay, but call at once, and see our stock of MEN'S, BOYS’ AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, AT OUR SPECIAL is Department at GEEAT REDUCTIONS. 10 AN 20 PER CENT REDUCTION: Overstock of Scrap Books aud Portable Writing Deeks T RE st Keanarksbly Low Fr Jato - | Winraxews Booxsrone, 1105 Penusylvauia Avenug, | Special sale this week of 200 PLUSH CABINETS OF FINU NOTE PAPER, CORRESPONDE NC! CARDS AND ENVELOPES TO MATCH. All colors of Piash, tis NO MISREPRES: We guarantee every buyer shall have the full worth Of his money, atid that every garment we sell shall do good service to tie Wearer to the full amount of itscost, and bring the purchaser back to usagain. <D CLOTHIERS, Jat enusylvania Avenue. $1.35 Per Box. a) G E: AUGETER 7 HINGTON IRCULATING LIPRAXY, wat Stay Wittens artiveest. | New Books and Vieiediale pon ‘blisiied,. Sino fine Stationery at low Trloes, > “nO Me G. WASHBURN & 00, New Booxs Life and Letters of Bayard Taylor. Three visits to America, (Eimily Faithful), The Wane of an Idea (Co- Jombi.) Histori-al Reference Book. Egypt and Baby= Jon, (Rawlinson.) Oat of the Wreck, (Douglass ) Women Plumting and Doctors, Kitherins, (Vance) Custom and Myth (Lang.) Men of Investion and Industry, (smi:es.) Wild Kock, (The Wendsrr.) The Mentor, (Ayres) Deldee, or the iron Hand, W. H. MORRISON, 475 Pennsylvaria avenue. OVERCOATS AND SUITS. ar THE LONDON AND LIVERPUOL CLOTHING CO., Corner 7th and G streets, We are determined not to cerry an Overcoat ti Inext season; therefore, weare eel ing them at agreat sacri- fice, sald Fon Taz Mooor Meerses: Gospel Hymns Consoli iated—in paper at 5c, in cloth af ‘Hoc. with tunes =t 7 BOOKS BY D. L, MOODY. The Way to God, aud How to Find It, ‘othe Work! ‘Lo the Work ! Secret Yowersor, The Secret of Success ix; Chistian “pecvaling Power: What Hinders It? sale by ‘WM. BALLANTYNE & 80%, jal6 428 Tth atrost, J ECANPANE ax HOREHOUND. ELECAMPANE AND HOREHOUND. ELECAMPANE AND HOREHOUND. ELECAMPANE AND HORKEHOUND. ELECAMPANE AND HOREHOUND. Overcoats we 801d at $25, we sell now at $12.50. Overcoate we sold at $22, we sell now at #11. Overcoats we sold at $20, we sell now at $10, Overcoats we 8.14 at $16, we sell now at $8. Ove coats we sold at $12, we sell now at $6, And sj others in proportionate low prices, svITS. SUITS. A fine Chevoit Suit at $6, worth $12. A fine Cassimere Suit at $8, worth $16. A4-button Cutaway Corkscrew Suit at 11, worth #18. A fine Black All-wool Frock Suit at $13, worth $20. A fine All-wool Prince Albert Suit at $15, worth $25. Boys’ and Children's Overcoats and Suite at 50 cents on he dollar. 2,00) pair of Men's and Boys’ Pants, from $125 up- wird, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO., go CORNER SEVENTH AXD G STREETS. i ARTHUR NATTANS, Pharinactst, and J, and 2d and D sts, aw.