Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1885, Page 6

THE EVENING ARNEY. GENERAL t= The Canws Which Led to the Appo! ment of a Receiver. A St. Louis dispatch of Saturday announced that the receiver applied for some time ago by the children of General Harney tor the latter's estate has been appointed by the cireuit court. The unexpected mar ot the old veteran the 12th of November, to his former housekeeper and private etary, Mrs, Marie St. Cyr, far- ed the gossips with a rare morsel, which have been ind: atic: a property valued at 160,000 and one-half income from the property in whieh the a life interest, making the bride’ 1.000 a year, ty's di ized, and the trouble comes as sudden as the wedding. On J: 5 the children of General Harney filed a petition in the circuit court pray- ing lor a receiver for the vast estate, valued at 0.000, in which they are mutually interested. were John M. | at thirty-five years | te de Thary and his wife, born Annie Comte de Noue and his wife, born A portion of the estate is mort- gaged to the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Sompany to secure a loan of £380,000. It was agreed when the mortgaze was made that the property should be placed In the hands of an agent, whose orders were heel) aed the revenue the interest and to a sinking fund on the prin- cipal of the del Since his recent marriage it is alleged that General Hart has withdrawn the property from the agent's hands and diverted me to aaother channel. Then his chil- vk uy $ against him, and the result was a bitter q . Which will probably occupy the courts tor the next d le. The insipnation prmer priva etary used undue nee with the old warrior. A grand character is the old general, who was born with the century and is now eigthy-four years old. He was a gallant and popular mem- er of the soci old St. Louis fifty years ago, and his gallantry and popularity won him | the richest prize in the matrimonial market, and In October, 1833, he married Miss Mary Mul- louphy, daughter ot a millionaire. His bride by it him a fortune of $200,000, which has pased to $1,500,000. His two daughters pas of the French nobility, and his son married a prominent St. Louis belle. More than twenty years azo the wife of his youth passed away, and he was left almost alone. He Was then an old man with a history that is a part of the republic. His record as an Indian fighter had been made in the Everglades, and subsequently his courage had stood the test of Palo Alto and Buena Vista. About this time he made the acquaintance of a Mrs. Marie St. Cyr, relict of 2 prominent resi- dent of St. Louis county. The lady was then but a littie past thirty years. and in the matter of blood traced her tamily in a direct line trom Oliver Cromwell. The death of her husband left her penniless, and General Harney engaged her as an amanuensis. She was kind, patient, sympatiizing and industrious and gradually won the veteran's affections. From the humble Position to which she was first assigned she slowly arose until she managed nearly all the old hero’s business, The horrors of old age ad- vanced on the general. His eyes grew dim. but there was always a pair of bright ones by his side to see for him. His hearing became im- paired. His step tottered, but not far away was @ vigorous one anxious to do little errands that would redound te his comfort. Then after rs of such service the general decided to reward the lady with hishand in mar- riage. done, and the 12th of Novem- ber the decrepit old soldier repeated the words that made therm one. SLEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON. A telezram from Cheyenne, Wy., February 3, rrived from the E boy named ran away from New York several weeks ago. Ur. 5 rd isa New York banker, and has of- fered a reward of $10,000 for the safe return of his son. The detectives will separate here, one Going to Texas among the cowboys, and the other, after traveling through Wyoming, will go to Arizona. The officers state that Fred, the hoy. accumulated a library of sensational on his desk at boy and @ young cow is father’s durde: hand. the line, be a cowboy detectiv sbank, which must have contained tw f and quarters, rely despo! m make made in the old ro departure, but it w: way of going to sleep eariy on the plea eadache, and then cliunb- Ing out of awindow. The detectives are urged tivity by the large reward offered, and will THE MISSING DOCUMENT FOUND APTER HAVING BEEN IN THE GRAVE EIGHT YEARS. A telegram from Buffalo, January 31, says: Robert A. Wallace, formerly a member of the Well-known carriage manufucturers, Harvey & Wallace, died about eizht years ago, and, although he had repeatedly told his children and friends that he had provided for his chil- Gren, four in number, by a former wife, at his death no will i be found. After futile ef- forts to find the will the estate was settled ac- cording to law, and the children each received & portion, the widow her third, and she was also appointed administratrix of the estate. At her death, which occurred about a year later, she left a wili disposing of the property that Temained to her own children and the daughter by her first husband. but leaving vut the elder branch of the Wallace family. The proceed- ings passed throuxt the usual course in the surrogate’s court, and the matter was regarded Bs settled. In April last it was determined to exhume the remains of Mr. Wal! to see if the will could Rot be found. The casket was opened, and the search proved successful. Mr. had been buried Ina dress suit, and between the | yest aud shirt a document was found which | to be tl It was, of The mem. eto make the contents t present. but say that they to its contents, and that their ‘d out in it his oft-repeated in- vide for the children of his first wife and fi nt remaining to warrant case to the courts. Himsett. T am not ambitious—untess negative! Sow and then feel stirred up t & fook, because I hate to let a f that Beyond this I feel nothing of My life has been whim— impulse—passion—a lonzing for solitude—a scorn of ail things present. in an earnest desire for the futare. J am profoundly exc ed by music. and by some it whom, jon ght and expre Musi or idea, | r m at in pe is thus no t try. nish. not to preserve | poems, nor was T think my best “The Conqueror Worm,” Lenore.” “1 ack Cat.” “Will Descent into the Mael- ¢ Purloined Letter,” forthcoming | is perhaps the best of my tales of | y wr.tten for Godey | on Art the Man"— With th sbiong Box lished. I mail you *: The which ts the only one of my tales [ have on hand. —From a@ letier to J. R. Lowell in Mr. @. Woeedbury’s “Life of Edgar Allan 5 fe of Eagan a The ery of Chinese lepers is not of very Fare occurrence in San Francisco now, One was discovered in a shoe factory a fev weeks ago. The richest Chinaman in America is Ah Ti, of La Porte, Cal., who is worth $2,000,000. He made money mining. and will repair to the Flowery Kingdom to enjoy it as soon as his bus- ness cau be settled up. | Stage to show how something STAR: WASHINGTON D. C., WEDNESDAY oo eae? tS * FEBRUARY 4, 1885—DOUBLE SHEET. ra % SCHOOL OF ACTING. y, Bapture, Defiance, etc., ar? Taught. A correspondent of ti*@ Hartford Times says: A few days ago I passed a pst interesting after- noon in going through the Lyeeunt school of acting in New York, while the claases were in session,and i talking w‘** some of the teachers after school was out. ‘The first clas’ visited was that of Mr. Sargent, who was explaining to his class the rudiments of the art. of expres- sing by gesture different emotions. Mr.Sargent How A; | believed in Delsarte’s theory up to a certain point. Delsarte, by the way, was a Frenchman who achieved fame, but not fortane, by teach- ing that all emotions, even of the most complex character, can be expressed by gesture alone. He was for a time a professor in the Paris Con- servatoire aud wrote several books upon ‘THE ART OF GESTURE. He pushed his theory so far that it has been much ridiculed, and with a good deal of reason. For instance, he contended that there are three thonsand movements or positions of the eye, each expressing some difference or shade of dif- lerence—that is to say, that the eye, taken in connection with the eyelids and eyebrowe, may be made to express three thousand different emotions, and in one of his books there are cuts showing the whole three thousand. For in- stance, if aman is suddenly informed that his wife has ran away, the expression of his eye, or what makes up the expression—the position of the eyeball, the eyelids, the eyebrows—will cer- tainly be different trom its expreasion when told that DINNER IS READY. But Delsarte goes further than this, and, say bis ridicuiers, pretends that if the runaway wife Was young and pretty the expression would be quite different from that which would hold good if the wi had been old and ugly. Delsarte takes the whole body and the limbs, the hands and the feet. and treats every muscle with almost the same care. I believe that there are some fifteen hundred positions for the thumb. Del- sarte died about fifteen years ago, Just as he was about to issue a new volume giving a few more thousand hints as to the proper muscular posi- tion under diffefent circumstances. Mr. Sargent believes that while there are certain generally accepted and typical positions of the body and muscles of the fice, which almost invariably ac- company emotions, uo part should be. PLAYED BY RULE. He makes his pupils go through a variety of exercises in the way of expressing various emo- tions by gesture, but he does so only in order to exercise muscles which may not have been brought into play in that particular fashion be- fore. We all of us have the physical means of expressing by gesture a very wide range of emo- tion, but we are so seldom called upon to ex- press certain phases of emotion that the mechan- ical means at our disposal naturally become rusty. We may be able, with great ease and naturalness, to indicate to a servant by gesture that we wish him to put coal on the fire, but if we wish hiin to cut off somebody's head the ges- ture may not SEEM SO NATURAL. because we do not give such orders very often, and the particular muscular machinery brought into play when such an order is givea, is not in working condition. So Mr. Sargent requests his class to express a variety of emotions, one after the other, and watches them as they go through the whole gamut. For instance, he calls out: “axony;” then “rapture; then ‘de- fliance:” command;” ete. He watches the transitions and criticises the efforts of the pupils. One of the particular exercises hap- pened to be the position of the fingers and nand when Iwas there. Mr. Sargent showed very plainly that the hand has an expression of its own quite as much as the face has; it is not the ame in grief as in joy ras in fear. EARNEST. 3 ed, which happened to be that of Mr. Williams. there was a rehearaal of i. however, chiefly of stage business and om, and had no reference to the reading of the lines, which were merely rattled off. It was merely to show when a character should come in and go out, how tu Wilk, and Where to stand. Mr. Belasco’s class, which I next visited, was at work upon the stage, while Belasco sat in front and criticised, now and then jutaping up on the OUGHT TO BE DONE. It took hifh ten minutes, while I was there, to make a certain young woman sit down in a chair according to his notion of what waseright. In another class the students were at work hay- ing their voices brought out so that they could be heard in large houses, one great defect of American amateurs being their want ot distinct- ness in enunciation, and, in the case of the girls, the unnaturatiy high and nasal pitch or the yoice. In all uf these classes the earnestness of the pupils, as weil as of the teachers, was marked to an extraordinary degree. A Merchant's Views of the Situation. The New York Commercial Bulletin quotes a prominent merchant of that city as saying: “I do not feel yet that we have come to the end of the business depression, but I am confident that it can go no lower. There isa great quantity of money in the country seeking investment; our crops last year were larze, and the rates charged for the use ot money are low. Labor is not high-priced. Let any little thing occur to set the ball in motion and to give coafidence to the public, and a large demand is sure to set in everywhere, and ali milis will be put into actiy- ity. Each man is now waiting for the others. There are a dozen lines of commodities in which the prices are lower than was ever known be- fore. I cannot teil whether the slight move- ment this week will be continued or not. Suzars are now worth more than they were, tea is firm, while business has lately m reviving in} coffee. I take it for granted that we shall supply Eurove with its grain this spring in larger quantities than ever before. India will not meet our competition in wheat, and what is now inthe country must be sacriticed. Farmers can afford this for once. A rapid movement of grain and other tood products from Chicago, Toledo. Milwaukee and Minneapolis, or other western collecting centers, would Improve the condition of the railroads very much, while the money that would thus come into the hands of country storekeepers from their customers would be spent for groceries and dry goods. Many small traders have fated throughout the country because they have not received their dues froin their customers—something that would have eee impossible if the farmers had let go their grain.” nee New York’s Hotels, The New York Tritune says: Last year was was anything but a prosperous one for the hotels of that city. The hotels that have suffered most are those on the upper part of Broadway, above Thirty-fifth strect. They have added something per cent. to the first-class hotel accom- modation ot the city in a year in which the de- mand for such accommodation has not in- creased. They have hurt the old hotels by re- ving them of a simall proportion of their per- It was not so lie Manent boar¢ ago that every tirs rely upon a very c ers who rema large Increase | y years ty could of bo: son. The rst-class flats ng this number, and with better accom- iests has taken away houses have been | t concessions in fed house, and modation tor pe @ great wi ~ These [compelled to make importa: m order to secure in their turn. hew hotels the a third below those ruled @ year ago, and another, which has been open for many montis. has not yet had as many guests at one time as it had people on the ay-roll. Anothor was sola out by auction the other day. and still another ig managed by the assicnee of the builders, who lost nearly ail the money they had In putting up a house which has not yet vezun te meet expenses, er = Sallivan Won't Fizht Ryan. Johu L. Suliivan says in response to Paddy Ryan's challenge to fight him at any time for any amoun' Thave no response to make to Mr. Ryan, as I have retired from the ring and box- Ingexhibitions till after I return from England.” pues Leeds The wife and eleven-year-old boy of the Rev. C. H. Snell were murdered on day last six mites from Inkster, Dak... for money, by Miller, a bired an, while the Rev. Mr. holdjng a meeting at Mayville. was The murderer E OF CORPULENCE, ‘The Ebstein System. To many people corpulence is so serious an inconvenience that the appearance of Dr. Eb- stein’s much-talked-ot-treatise on the cause and cure of obesity may revive hopes which the practical fallure of other systems had almost quenched. He knows he is right, and isnot afraid to say so. Mr. Banting’s dietary, though irksome, was ~*t ascetic, but to many patients it was so weakening tint {ar one who has been relieved by it @ dozen have o~érienced actual snjury- It is easy to become thin by no. ‘aking sufficient food to eupply the waste which is ¢“atinually going on, though in this case the cure is .°T8€ than the disease. Professor Ebstein scorns all such treatment. He wili haye nothing in the shape of starvation-remedies, because while we are starving we sacrifice albumen as well as fat, and the loss of fat during tamine causes anemia, which demands compensation in the shape of more plentiful diet, in itself likely to lead to a still greater accumulation of the very substance of which it is desired to get rid. Equally use- less and inadequate in his opinion are the ya- rious drink cures, be they hot or cold. Professor Ebstein agrees with Mr. Banting in advocating regimen alone as the only safe curetor an incon- venience which most frequently Tesults trom too much food. But he adopts a dietary widely different from that prescribed by Mr. Banting, or rather by Dr. Harvey, the practitioner, whose Maxims that gentlemen enlarged and made his own. The crucial difference is on the question ot eating fat. Fat is the sheet-anchor of Dr. Eb- stein. So far from making one fatter, It 1s able, by “combining with the albuminous materials and the caabo-hydrates,” each in due propor- tion, to operate effectively against obesity, the removal of which resolves itself rather into a question of a permanent change of habits based on physiological principles than of mere cure in the ordinary acceptation of the term. No one need expect to become thin In a few weeks, nor willa permanent improvement in figure be guaranteed it the regimen is not adhered to for the remainder of the patient's lite. Inanition must be avoided, and the tattaken to eatisfy the cravings of appetite must be of unceptionable quality, No dyspetic, we are assured, need fear fat so long as he does not take too much; and, indeed, so admirable is that substance, long dreaded by delicate stomachs, that, by checking nitrogenous waste, it appeases tnirst as well as hunger—a fact, in part at least, known even by Hippocrates, Mr. Banting permitted any fish. except. sal- mon; but Dr. Ebstein encourages his patients to enjoy “in moderation, of course,” not only this dish, but pate de foie gras and similar deli- cles, which go far to reconcile the corpulent gourmet to the exclusion of corbo-hydrates. “Carbo-hydrates” are indeed his sole detesta- tion. Sugar is tabooed, as well as sweets of all kinds, and potatoes in every form he forbids un- conditionally. Three to three and a half ounces ot bread per day are permitted; and of vegeta- bles, asparagus, spinach, cabbage, and the va- rious legumes rich in albumen are allowed. Of meats he excludes none, and. it is needless to add that, so far from wishing the fat people to avold the fat in the flesh, he begs them to pick out all that they can get. “I permit,” writes this liberal-minded opponent of the ‘‘starving doctors.” “bacon fat, fat roast pork and mutton, kidney fat, and when no other fat is at hand, I recommend marrow be added to the soups. I allow the sauces as well as the vegetables to be made juicy, as did Hipprocrates, only for his sesam ‘oil I substitute butter.” Fat is his stronghold. On this he depends not as a medicament, but as ‘a food ; it has, in his opinion, been a much ma- ligned article of diet, and, though he by no means recommends the men of tull body to con- sume a third of what the German soldier is al- lowed in war time, he is convinced that even with two to three and a half ounces the patient need not eat more than three-tifths of the meat which is requisite under Mr. Banting’s 5: His dietary. it may be remembered, is calcu- lated for the meridian of Hanover, and hence three meals—breakfast. dinner and supper—are allowed. On no condition must there be an “afternoon tea” or other “smacks between meals.” Alcoliolic drinks are permitted to the extent of two or three glasses of light wine at dinner, but beer is barred, unless, indeed, “the permitted carbo-hydrates be correspondingly re- stricted,” though even the ale, accepted as an equivalent. must be extremely moderate in amount. The diet of acured patient was some- thing like the following :—For breakfast a large cup uf Ulack tea, without milk or sugar, and two ounces of bread, with plenty of butter, at half-past seven in winter, or at six or half-past six in summer. For dinner, between two and three o'clock, soup, four to si anda half ounces of roast or boiled meat, veye- tables in moderation, but no patotoes, and :.1- most no saccharine turnips. After dinner a lit- tle fresh fruit, or a salad. or stewed frait, with- out sugar. with two or three glasses of light wine. followed by a large cup ot black tea, with- out milk Supper ot black tea, fat roast meat, or egzs, or some ham with fat bo- logna sausage. smoked or fresh fish, and a little bread well buttered, with cheese and fresh fruit, formed the concluding mealat the hour of seven or eight. —__—_+e-_____ Killed in Her Hut. DEATH OF AN AGED WOMAN, WHO HAD BEEN A HERMIT FORTY-FIGHT YEans, Special from Reading, Pa., Feb. 2. Undoubtedly the strangest character in east- ern Pennsylvania died to-day in the mountains back of Bernvilie, this county. This was Sallie Ketner, who was known as “The Woman Her- mit of the Mountains.” She lived alone in a rude log hut, away from all society and neigh- bors. Thetumble-down hovel fell of its own weight. Somme of the falling timbers struck the old woman and she was so badly injured that she died shortly after being taken from the wreck. Four of her favorite dogs were also killed. The old woman was 8f years old and lived in voluntary exile in the same old diiapi- dated hut exactly forty-eight years. The story of her eccentric life would fill a book. When she took up her solitary abude she was thirty-six years old. People remember her as a stout. healthy and comely woman. The stort goes that in her youthful days she fell in tove wit! @ prepossessing youn man, who followed the sea for aliving. He left with the promise that in five years he would make her his bride. He never returned, having been Impressed into the service of another country. He died in a French prison sixty years ago, but the old woman kept his memory ever green, would never have anything to do with men, and in her bosom when dead was found the last letter from her lover, faded with age, written just before he ted. The woman grew melancholy, forsook her family and friends, received a small inherit- ance from ker father, and in 1837 took up the life ot a hermit. She fled at the approach of strangers, was a good shot, and during the winter season her hat hang fullof game orought down by her unerring rifle. She abhered men, never spoke to them if she could heip it, and lived in the society of her cats and dogs. of which she had nineteen of the former and twelve of the tatter. Frequentiy she was not seen for months. The rumor in the neighborhood was that she was a miser and had considerable money hid away, but nore has yet been found in the debris of her hut. The Rev. D. D. Trexler will officiate at her funeral on Thursday. Her rude life made her healthy and strong, and when she died she Was as well preserved as a woman of fifty. eee a3 A Deadwood Husband. From the Deadwood Star. A Deadwooder published the following: “My wife, Sarah, has Shot my ranch. When I didn’t Do a thing to her, au’ I want it distinctiy Un- derstood that any men That takes hurin and keers for hur On my account will get himself pumped so Full of lead that some tenderfoot will locate him for a Mineral clame. A word to the wise is sufficient and orter work on fools.” eee nes DyNawire IN MoNTREAT.—Some excitement was caused in Montreal yesterday by the arrest two men having dynamite in their possession, Taken in connection with threats that hay- been made recently concerning public buildings there, N_ OF THE CO. PEOPLE. —* Mr. Reecher‘s Lecture at Marini’s Hall— Education and Develepment Greater Powers than Socialism or Leagues— 4 Rlea for the Eqnatity of Woman, rama A large number of members of Congress and Senators were among the audience at the Beecher lecture at Marini’s hall last night. Mr. Beecher’s' appearance upon the stage was greeted with hearty applause. His long, white hair, thrown back from his high forehead, and his intellectual countenance, renders ils appea?ance Impressive, and he retains enough physical force to make hig presence commanding. His happy delivery and pleasing yoice made the long lect"re appear ehort, and gave pecultar force to all hé sald. The key-note of subject— “The Reign of the Common People”—was found In the idea of mental training and.de- velopment as a solution of the social problem. He began by showing that man was the only ani- mal that advanced and became more perfect, unfolding more powers generation after gencra- tion. He said that the insect, a few moments after its birth was as perfect an insect as any other of its kind acentary afterwards. The lion a hundred years ago was as fect as now, and the ox and the ass did not develop by evolution. But man developed and unfolded. He then paid a great tribute to women, de- claring that the nearer their approachto perfect equality with men in all things, gll ita, du- ties and privileges, the nearer oame the approach to a most perfect state of society and condition ot political economy, It has been, he said, the policy of kings and rulers in Europe to discourage intellectual de- velopment in the common people. To restrict learning to but the few who were to rule, and to keep the common people in ignorance, believing they could be more easily governed If they fol- lowed only their ignorant impulses instead of reasoning. Upon this theory they held that women should be kept ignorant, so they could be the more readily ruled by their husbands. But they have learned differentiy now. They have learned that intelligent, thinking people are the most easily governed. A nation to be great and powertul must educate its common people—they must be made a part of the gov- ernment; and it has been said that the man who marries an ignorant woman upon the theory that he can govern her easier, will have all the bal- ance of his life to regret it. Instead of making it a crime to steal learning, they were now mak- ing education compulsory.” The strength of the European nations lay in their armies, and the strength of the armies depended upon the edu- cation and intelligence of the soldiers. The solid phalanx of big, rough-boned, muscular men, who fought like brutes, melted away before the in- telligent armies, where the men know as much as their commanders about what every move- ment meant. He traced out the growth of the ‘mportance of the common people. He said there would always be a low and an upper class, and no hysical force could elevate any man. The lower classes, the common people, could not force their way upwards by socialism, com- munism, unions and leagues; Congress’ could not legislate them up. These all might be a good sign—be an effort at development that would awake the intellect—but their elevation could come through intellectual development. only. It was nerve and brain that placed men on top. This country, Mr. Beecher thought, reached the highest: state of pertection in politi- caleconomy. The air was better; the develop- ment was of the nerves and braia in America, rather than of the digestion or of the blood. This nervous energy was creative and adyancing. The political campaigns every four years edu- cated the people. Religion, too, free as it is here, he thought. excited the mind to thought and worked out the untolding of the mind. The fact that the great mass of the people are born poor and have to think for themselves brings about an advancement. In several points throuzhout the lecture Mr. Beecher declared in favor of perfect equality tor women, and said that the time must soon come when they shall have a yote. All personsshould vote, he thinks, and take part in public af fairs. eee Indignant Boomers, MEETING OF OKLAHOMA COLONISTS TO DENOUNCE THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTION. In Topeka, Kan., yesterday afternoon a large and enthusiastic meeting of delegates from six- teen Oklahoma colonics, representing 20,000 boomers, was held. W.¥, Couch, the leader of the Stillwater colony, chairman. Sidney Clark, ex-representative from K: . made a short in which he severely denounced the ad- tion and the congressional delezation from Kansas tor the course they had pursued in the matter. He was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic cheers. In the evening the delegates assembled in the senate chamber of the state capitol, and the committee on resolutions made a report‘ That the action of the President of the United States in ordering Colonel Hatch to shoot down men, women, and children, whose only crime was a desire to occupy goverument lands, is an outrage that would disgrace the worst mon- archy in the Oid World; that we have a right, under the laws of the United States, to settle and occupy any government land, and by the Eternal we are going to do so.” Several prominent men made speeches de- noucing the action of the Preeident in the sever- est terms. The principal business of the aseem- bly, tomake arrangements for a national organ- ization, was postponed until to-day. Captain Couch stated to the Herald representative that the Payne colony would move into the territory on the 5th of March, and in very large numbers. There was an organized membership of one colony of 10,000, and before they made another move he would concentrate the men on one locality. 2o-—___ Dynamiter Mezzeroft Half Dead. New York Special to the Philudelphia Press, There seems to be no doubt that the man whose head was beaten and whose features were disfigured by an unknown assailant last Friday night, in Brooklyn, is the notorious dynamiter, Professor Mezzeroff. His large Siberian blood hound, his companion in distress and prosperity, betrayed him. His wife also contributed to this result, for the fame of her beauty and the fierce- ness of the doz had long since been known to the professor's friends. vertheless, Mezzeroff still lies halfdead on his miserable cot in the top 52 First street, Brooklyn, Rogers. HOW SHE GULLS THE CREDULOUS FOLKS IN VIR- Gr From the Portsmouth, Va... Times, A gypsy Woman stopping near Deep Creek is causing some trouble among superstitious persons in that neignborhood. She informed a farmer, who lost 1,000 on his crops last year, that “it was no wonder; he had been tricked; that bottles containing articles which brought about the troubles were buried on the farm.” She directed a darkey to a certain point on the place, where, sure enough, he dug up a bottle containing pins, rusty nails, ete. This, added to her prediction that the farmer would never have good health on his farm, is said to have gotten him into a very unenvlable frame of mind. It is presumd, of course. by less cred- ulous persons that the woman had buried the bottle there on @ previous visit to the neighbor- hood. ——— Tue DanceRous Si puANNA ICE GORGES,— The several ice gorges in the Susquehanna river at Port Deposit and above remain intact and a fearful time is expected when the break takes place. The telegraph and railroad have removed their offices to higher ground to be out of the way of danger. At Columbia, Pa., the gorge is so large that it is expected both the dam and railroad bridge will go'‘when the ice breaks up. a ee Doixes or Kentucky Ku-Kuux.—a band of ka-klux or regulators in Grafton county, Ky., have of late been going the rounds at night whipping and otherwise outraging persons who fell under their bans. About seventy of them surrounded the house of a fainily named Forbes, but the Forbes brothers fired upon them an led in running them away, killing James the dynamite discovery created much consterna- tion at police headquarters. A full set of bur- glar’s tools was found with one of the men, and this set the detectives on another scent.’ The latter uow believe that the parties are members of a gang of thieves who on Monday night en- tered a hotel at Longue Point, a few miles from Montreal, carried the fron safe a distance af three miles, and then forced it opea, tak! eral hundred dollars, with which they bs The safe weighed between seven and eight hun- dred pounce, The hotel keeper, bis family and lers were asleep in the upper stories at th: time the safe wag tak ay. i . Wille fing during a recent 's the Natchez wold Kaus Eire: whe has been blind for Spek Years, sieht uddeniy now ‘gee as well as when a child,” -— oe Sally, one of the regulators. It is said that the ators have whipped helpless women, and have by threats run ies out of the county, and not long since w! ipped an old man nam Tom Green nearly to death because he did not get along with his family. a was also whipped so that it is thought he will not re- cover, te Ricuxonp's Mayor's Paver Wricnt.—Daring the brief stay in Richmond Va. of the Mary Commandery, Knights Tem of Phitaderphia, yorterday, Mager mith, of Philadelphia, who is & member of the Commandery, presented to or W. C. Carrington. who is a member of ichinond Commandery, No. 2, a beautiful aou- venir in the sh: Ors ele mans rerrerny tng the old independence Di on @ silver base, upon wi is the following inscri; 2 “To the Mayor of Richmond, Va., from William B.guulth, Mages of Philadelpbia.® Harx: T heard thousands of voices saying unto me 60 ‘TO TRE TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE, 927 abd 929 7th street northwest. I WENT And t0 did a host of people. ‘They acted wisely, They did well : 80 DID L. found there somethinz good; 80 did they. I stumbled upon something better: so did they. T finally found the best; no did they. ‘The good, the better. the Best Ready-made Clothing for Men's, Youths’, * and We fen's, Yonths’, Boys’ and Children's Wear in the TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE. RED LETTER SALE Rea Prince Albert Red Letter Suits, Letter Sale. $15.53 and upwards. Sale. Rea Four-button Cutaway ted Letter Sul Letter Sale. $9.68 and upwards. Sale. Red 4 Sack Red Letter Suits, Letter Sale, $8.51 and upwards, Sale, Red ¥ Red Letter Suits, Letter Sale. 4.05 and upwards. Sale. Red Children’s Red Letter Suits, Letter Sale. $2.48 and upwards. Sate. Rea Men's Red Letter Overcoats, Letter Sale. $5.15 and upwards. Sale, Red : Rea Letter Overcoats, Letter Sale. $1.69 and upwards. Bale. Red Cnfdren’s Rea Letter Overcoats, Letter Sale. 90c. and upwards, Sale. 400 pair of MEN‘S PANTS, strictly all wool, $2.78. Mioahall positively decline to eell any of our goods to dealers, and are determined that consumers only shall have the benefit of our reduced prices. 10 PER CENT 10 CLOTHING HOUSE, STRICTLY ONE PRICE, 927 and 929 Seventh strect northwest. 27 Open evenings until 9; Saturdays until 11, te? Sraurree IN OVERCOATS AND SUITS. Overcoate at $5, formerly $10. Overcoate at $6, formerly 812. Overcoats at $7.50, formerly $16. Overcoate at $10, formerly $20, Overcoats at $19.50, formerly $27, Suits at $6.50, formerly $13, Buits at $7.50, formerly $15. Suits at 10, formerly $20. Buits at 912, formerly 824. Buite at #15, formerly $30. Pants at half price. Bose’ Suite and Over-oats at half price, at the MISFIT STORE, 3830 CORNER 10ra AND F STREETS. Gaeat Sravenrer ~ OVERCOATS AND SUITS aT THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO., Corner 7th and G streets, We are determined not to carry an Overcoat till next season; therefore, weare selling them at agreat sacri- fice, Overcoats we sold at $25, we sell now at $12.50, Overcoats we sold at $22, we sell now at $11, Overcoats we sold at $20, we sell now at #10. Overcoats we sold at $16, we sell now at $8. Ove:coats we sold at #12, we sell now at 86. And all others in proportionate Jow prices, SUITS. SUITS. A fine Chevoit Suit at $6, worth $12, A fine Cassimere Suit at 88, worth $16. A 4-button Cutaway Corkscrew Suit at 11, worth g18, A fine Black All-wool Frock Suit at $13, worth #20, A fine All- wool Prince Albert Suit at 815, worth $36, Boys’ and Children's Overcoats and Suits at 50 cents on <he dollar, 2,000 pair of Mon's aud Boys’ Pants. from $125 up- yard, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO., gro CORNER SEVENTH AND G STREETS. Pore Asp Isviconatrye. ‘Those who may wish to purchase, either as a deli- cious beverage or for medicinal purposes, an UNADUL- TERATED WHISKY, are invited to make a trial of the celebrated brand. ss BER cu 8ssS EER FOK GENERATING STEAM. FOR COOKING PURPOSES. FOR HEATING BY FURNACE. FOR HEATING BY*LATROBES. FOR OPEN GRATES, FOR SALE WASHINGTON 40 Bushels Crushed, $3.70. 40 Busheis Not Crushed, $2.90, DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF cog 00 K KKB . FS MS Ext & oo SSE coo 00 K kK IT MAKES A QUICK HOT FIRE. IT IS EASILY IGNITED. NOT BURN OUT THE GRATE: |OMICAL. IT WILL PAY TO TRY IT. BY THE GASLIGHT co. 25 Bushels Crushed, $2.50. 2 Bushels Not Crushed, $2.00, WASHINGTON OR ETOWN. ORG __DRY GOODS. __ BA UU MM MM ™ 988. Bop a4 U U MMMM © § Bp Asa UU Baa | SSs BBE A A UU MMM Sgg8 PPP, FEE cco om pp EEE Coon LE § Pe gop AE Ss° Po Ee Goo TAMA Eno BRU UE o£ EER ITIT MN NNN BUUL cL EF T WNNN eee Be L EE T HNNN BU OU Lin Ere 2b HR RS BB UU OLLIL LLL EER TN XN 000 00 RRR gS8y FEE TTT ecooRrkR 8.9 8.8 BE aad cog “oo B 8ss5 Exe D ERE PPP) A RRR Tr — BD EP Be ak s as : DDD EFE P MM MM MMMM MMM Fy MMM EEE NNN T = ‘We we re obliged to move our Corset Department into our New Annex, and are now prepared to show a well assorted stock of handmade and woven Corsets at at- tractive prices. To-day we will start with 50 doz of the Celebrated J. R. Freuch handmade Corsets, of five Jean, lace top, silk stitched, elegant fit, at i which s 75c, below the regular selling price, BBR A OOM MM g8Sq B AA U U MMMM” of fA Ln Be pe AA “oo BME 8598 416 7TH STREET NORTHWEST. Jast 719 719 GREAT SALE HAMBURG EDGES LADIES’ COTTON UNDERWEAR, AU AVIS', 719 MARKET SPACE. ‘We have just placed upon our counters a lange jana See ssortment Of HAMBURG EDGES, INSERTINGS and ALL-OVER EMBROIDERY, ices much lower than the same goods have éver n offered at retail. The larger portion of these goods are our own importation, and as well as being very cheap are First-Class in every resnect. We invite an examination. One Lot of SOILED HAMBUS AGIC TRIMMINGS, &c., at Half M Price to Close, at EG. DAVIS. We have made great reductions in our UNDER- WEAR DEPARTMENT, many lines being marked down to less than cost." Every garment in this de- Partment is of the most reliable make, and we feel assured that the reductions will be appreciated. Stock Coiupiete in every department. Secure gen- uine bargains at E.G. DAVI Jazi 719 MARKET SP Orn Asnvat SJ axvany COTTON UNDERWEAR CLEARING SALE. COTTON UNDERWEAR AT PRICES SURPASSING THE CLOSEST AND KEENEST COMPETITION. THE VERY BEST Mi : THE VERY BEST CAMBRICS! THE VERY BEST EMBROIDERIES! THE VERY BEST STYES! COMMENCES TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), JAN'Y 20TH, 1885. Our Entire Second Floor Devoved to the Sale of Ladies Underwear. Everynhing in {Readiness for an Immense Rush. NIGHT DRESSES. owns, good Cotton, superior ‘eal 1. fini hat $1. Fine Muslin, deep yoke, three rows insertion be- tween clusters of ticks,” front, neck and siveves trimmed with fine Hamburg Ede, 79. ‘This gown Would be cheap at $1.25, Mother Hubbard Yoke, five rows Hamburg Inser- tion between clusters of tucks, front, cl id sleeves trimmed with Rutes of’ Embroider; @ most deciided bargain. SKIRTS. Extra good quality Muslin, with ruMes and tuck- ing, 29¢.; 50c, quality Fine Muslin,with 7 inch Cambric ruffles, with five French tucks, and hem with wideand narrow tucks forming in all a trim- ming 3, yard deep, $4c, worth $1.50. CHEMISE. Good Muslin, plain band, neck and sleeves, well ‘Tintshed, 19¢., reguiar 2c. Chemise. Yoke of Insertion between four clusters of five fine tucks, embroidered front, neck and sleevi trimmed with fine Hamburg Edge, 47¢.; never sold for less tha Pompadour Yoke, of all over Hamburg Embrold- ery, Square neck, with fine embroidery edge and heck and sleeves, 88e.; would sell readily at $1.25. DRAWERS. Mi stn, with hem and five tucks, nicely fin- Good ished, 19¢ rain a Muslin, With five tucks and Cambric ruffle and tucking, 36c. ; regular price 48c. Fine Muslin, wide and narrow tucking, deep em- broldered rufife, 66c. ; were Se. Fine Muslin, fine open-work Hamburg Insertion between French tucks, edged with wide open-work embroidery to match, 982.; very cheap at $1.50. x LONG SLIPS. Good Cambric, neck and sleeves trimmed with fine rufie, 23c.; Cambri costs more. Cambric, with Mother Hubbard Yoke, fine tuck- ing and ensbroldery, 49. SHECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Startling Reductions in French Woven and Do- Mestic CORSETS, marked at 25 to 33 per cent lower U UPPP PPP EEE RRR TTTTEEE NN N UP PP PE R R $ E NNN Uprr BPP UP BRE, BOON AN UU P Pp EEER R ? EEEN NN www HR S85 Ywwwh ia s EE yy Www HUET os ey YY wow Hun Sss8 Ek ¥ T ‘This Whisky, upon an analytical examination, has proved to be free from Fusil Oil, and indeed of any of the modern ingredients which are used to give a ficti- tious age and flavor to this popular drink. FOR SALE BY Browning & Midd'eton, Barbour & Hamilton, 3. B Bryan & bro. te eee B.L. Wheeler, Thomas A. Rover, Yun wicrates” = Peale Bakes BR Waters, WHE Cisse, WASHINGTON, D. 0. #. & E. W, CATHERWOOD. Bole Proprietors, nl4-3m PHILADELPHIA. 2 ASK FOR IT. SCHLITZ’S MILWAUKEE LAGER than-regular prices, Good Corsets at 25e.; spectal offering. Better Corsets at 50¢.; Worth from $1 to $1.50. ‘We must reduce stock, and therefore have made prices exceptionally low. Call early to avoid the anticipated rush, LANSBURGH & BRO., 420, 422, 424 AND 426, SEVENTH STREET. Jai9 Ar Cos: We are still selling our stock at cost prior to consolidating it with the stock of Geo. J. John- son, 713 Market Space. We stil have on band a large stock of COMFORTS, which we arc salliug atand below cost. All the best brands of black and colored Silks, Diack and colored Cashmere. Large and com: plete stock of Table Damask, Towcls, Napkins, All the best makes of Sheotings aud Cottons, You will and it to ‘vantage to examine bart in your advant our stock before purchasing cinewhere, J. A. LUTYRELL & CO, 817 Market Space. yt Wasors Faxcovs $300 aa SHOES. ‘The demand in Baltimore fhas been greater than the supply and are still and noe Propore to ive the Washingtonians a chance to bay these Fuznous g Gentlemen. For fale in Bottles by Dealers Genera'ly. and tn | Shoes for Ladies and ‘Oasks and Bottles by the Agent. Ladies we also make to measure a fine Hand- Btitched Shoe at $5.00. For Gentlemen we make to measure our celebrated SAMUEL c. PALMER, ‘Waukenphast at $5.00. P. H. WILSON, Custow SHOEMAKER, SS See 409 Tih Strcet Nort:weat, Washington. Teeghone 44, x20] am Atso202 W, Baltimore st, Baltimery 3d Es. We have Just opened the finest line of Valentines ta the city, including all of the novelties in this line; also the latest of fine stationery. Bngraved copper plate and fifty cards, only 80 cents, Our stock of I includes all of the standard publi- cations in History. Fiction, Peetry and ture, We keep constantly on hand the works of the Fmerson, Hawthorne, most popniar authors, namely: Mark Twain, Darwin, Huxley, Spencer, and others too it numerous t i mn All of the latest ble, which we sell at reduced prices. Orders for books Promptly filled. Call and examine our stock; also our eS Which we guarantee to be the lowest, mn, Vublteations received as soon as possi- BAUM'S BOOK DEPARTMENT, 327 416 Seveuth street northwest, Booxs Fon Cuupnes A Langer Overstock in this Department at VEKY GREAT REDUCTIONS. Overstock of Scrap Bock fe at Remarkably Low Prices, nt voreble Writing Desk ©. C. PURSELL, BooxseLurn, Jao 418 9th Street Northwest. Workers Boc KSTORE, 1105 Pennsylvania Avenue, Special aale this week of 200 PLUSH CABINETS OF FINt NOTE PAPER, CORRESPONDENC? CARDS AND ENVELOPES TO MATCH. All colors of Plush. $1.35 Per Box. ASHINGTON CIRCULATING: iy LIBRARY, poke and Hertodicala G_T. WASHBURN 400" 14th strvst northwest. New Book a8 soon as publined. Also fine Stat at lo 220-3. New Boors Life and ‘Letters of Bayard Taylor. ‘Three visits to America, (Emily Faithful). The Wane of an Idea (Go- Jombi.) Historical Reference Book. Egyptand Baby- Jon, (Rawlinson. ) Out of the Wreck, (Douglass) Women Plumbing and Doctors, Katherine, (Vance.) Custom and Myth (Lane.) Men of Investion and Industry, (Smites.) Wild Kock, (The Wanderer.) The Mentor, (Ayres. Deldec, or the Iron Hand, W. H. MORRISON, gal9 475 Pennsylvapia avenue, Bia ‘Tae Moor Mix ‘GS: Gospel Hymns Consolidated—in paper at Se., in cloth at J0c., with tunes at 75, BOOKS BY D. L, MOODY. ‘The Way to God, and How to Find It. Toth» Worl » the Work ! Wenyret Fowercor, The Secret of Success in Christian ‘or} a Prevailing Power: What Hinders It? For sule by ‘oF WM. BALLANTYNE & SON, 3a16 428 7th ati __ooOoOoOO GOOD: IS. = : <i We Have Jest Recesven ANOTHER LOT OF 100 DOZEN BROWN HALF HOSE, me aK we sold so many are offering at the rumarkably of last year." which we low price of $1 per box ib f 10 dozen colored HALF HOSR, Mill close at 20 cents 9 pair, or three pairs for 50 cuts. ‘These coods aro worth $3 per dozen. At & DB. ELLERY's, yal 1122 F street northwest, Just Recewvep- Alarze Line of NECKWEAR, for 0c. 76e. and Full Line of Fall and Winter UNDERWEAR, at lowest c AR, Large Line of DRESS SHIRTS CHARLES HYATT, Proprictor, ‘THOMPSON'S SHIRT FACTORY, “16 F stroct northwest, Opposite Patent Office. WOOD AND COAL. | ly on hand, 8630 Cost; JOHNSON BROTHERS, WHARVES AND RAILROAD YARD: TWELFTH AND WATE STREETS SOUTHWEST. BRANCH YARDS AND OFFICES CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE: 1202 F Street Northwe t. 1515 7th Street Northwest. 1112 9th Street Northwest, Corner 3d and K Strects Northwest. 221 Pennsylvania Avenue Southwest. a3 LINE OFFICE AND YARD, 1823 14th street; Wharf foot of 14th street—Long Pine $4 per cord: Ouk, $5; Hickory, $7. Sawed Split: Tine, $6 per cond; Oak, $7; Hickory, 8.75, i} Jal3-Am' __ FINANCIAL. = Parare Stock Trrsonarn Wire BETWEEN Washineton, Baltimore, = lelphia, New York, Bow ton, & PRINCE & WHITELY, Stock Brokers, General Partners: James Whitely, Henry H. Dodge, H.Crager Harry C. Logan, Washington, D, C, Maynard ©, Eyre, William K. Travers, Special Partuer, Buy snd sell on com:nission all clanses of railway ee curities. Branch office—699 15tL strest (Corcoran building.) H. H. Dodge, resident partner, Quotations of stocks and Bonds and information re- garding the markets received through our wires ine stavtly, direct from the New York Stock Exchange, All orders execnited end reported promptly. SEWING MACHINES, &c. Hota Presexre THE LATEST, BEST AND OXLY PERFECT SEWING THE LIGHT-RUNNING NEW HO! Acknowledged £0 be thy iichest schievemert of bast a skill . A complet: ‘new set of stfachincnts. performing =o cutire vew and wide range of work. (Call or send for ctrcular and samnpies of work at OPPENHEIMER'S, 628 9th strect vorthwost, St. Cloud Building. All Kinds of ‘Machines for rent, Machines of all kinds. ‘ale eSfacable Top for nttine and draping dresses GREAT “HOUSEHOLD,” WITH OUR 7 of Attacumeuts in @ Velvet-lined finest outhit for family offerst sewing vet, EEE EEE anne ARTHUR NATTANS, Pharmacist, "7 Gorn th pod iso band Dot