Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1885, Page 3

wT THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., WEDNESDAY, eget *. HUNTING THE SEA HORSE. An Interesting Account of the Exeit- ing Sport in Hadson’s Bay. LIECT. SCHWATKA DESCRIRES THE WALRUS AND HIS HAUNTS IN NoRTIERN WATERS— WOW THE ESQUIMAUX HARPOON AND SHQOT THEIR GAME—CUITING UP A WALRUS—OIL FOR ILLUMINATION AND FOOD FoR MAN AND BEAST—DIETARY QUALITIES OF BLUBBER. From the New York Worl “In ye olden tine” nearly everything that Was named within the sea or that erawled out therefrom received its name from some counter part on the land, a fancied resemblance, no doubt, leading thereto, The sea leopard was spotted like the leopard of the land; the sea ele- phant had a proboscis that required ogreat strete: ination tosuggest the trunk of the great qusdruped; the sea serpent’s analogy is at once evident, white sea-anemones and so on, show thateven the vegetable king- dom was called into requisition to help fill out. Just why the walrus was culled the sea horse Was never quite evident, however, and the ms foggy in the extreme, unless the ts tusks look like the bit in ibly the horse was the only familiar e inthe briay deep when the walrus was first brought to the knowledge of the civilized world and similarities did not enter into the consideration. The very first Exquimaux among whom my fortunes and misfortunes were cast had the usual tribal names,abounding in k's, d's, and g’s, that sounded as musical as brogans’ going down rs and one of which translated meant the walrus tribe, or greed a little bit better wariu—eating tribe, that animal being their chiet source of sustéwance. From their narratives of the chase after thelr daily food and the few captures Isaw myself the follow- ing accounts are in greater part written. Early August, saw us landing In North Hud- sous Bay, the ice having disappeared from er on both the lakes and the sea, About ten miles to the eastward of our camp was a small isolated {sland in the center of a circle with a radius of the length given the northern half of whose circumference would about de- fine the shores of the bay on the western bound- ing cape of whieh we were camped in a village aux. It was an insignificant looking wering half an aere, or less, but quite prominent being the only island in such @ conspicuous place. HERE THE WALRUS CONGREGATED 1m large numbers when there were no cakes of fee on which they could crawl, and here the Esquimaux repaired to hunt them, The wal- spread themselves overthe southern slope, bly to cateh the warm sunshine or becatise the incline was not so steep as on the northern half. A walrus hunting party of Junuits, as the Esquimaux call themselves, May be’ anything from two to three to that Many dozen, although six to ten is a fair sam- le. They take their large sealskin scows, cr mniens, holding a score of these people, should the party be large, or a white man’s whaleboat ifhandy, and with three or four small skin canoes—kiaks—weighing about forty or fifty pounds apiece they repair to the northern haif Of the island, their weapons being guns, lances, harpoons, lines and floats. They always try to select a fine, clear day, with but little sea at the time; in fact, if very rough they never attempt one of these hunts and their greatest fear is that astorm may arise while they are engaged in it, for to reach the island, maike a successtul cateh, cut it up and return requires the greater part of day, and the summer day of North Hudson's Bay ts a generous allopathic one of many hours, foliowed by a very homeopathic right. Une: very qulet they never essay the passage In their oomiens, but will risk much ntore in the whale- Doats, a number of which they and manage as well as the white men. ‘The hunting arty hearing the island, all conversation is Stopped or dropped to necessary whispers, the oars are plied as if they were muffled, and all movements are done as silently as possible, for the walrus has an acute ear, although it is very small. Having completed the landing noise- lessly their weapons are made ready. THE FIEST WEAPON USED ON THE ANIMAL 4s the harpoon. It is similar to the harpoon of the whalers, which has been probably bor- rowed from it and adapted to civilized uses, It 4s about six feet long, with a barbed spear point or head whieh, driven beneath the tough skin of the walrus, the barb turns and in doing so becomes detached from the handle, which is thrown or floats away, as itmay happen to be on land or in the water where it is struck. At- tached to this barb or head 1s a strong, supple line of tanned sealskin about twenty or thitty feet long, about the size of rope called ‘clothes’ line” and three or four times as strong. This 4s wound around the native’s neck when he has the wairus spearin his hand. At the other end fs a large inflated sealskin float about the size of a ten-gallon keg, or probably a little larger. This 1s sometimes allowed to hang over the hunter's back—for it welghs little or noth- ing—or a companion, generally a boy, may hold it tor him walking behind him as he’ steals on the animal with careful steps. Every project- ing stone or hillock of sand is taken ad- Vantage of in getting as near as ble to the clumsy monsters, and when the line of hunters, six or seven in’ number, are as close as they can craw! without showing themselves or attracting attention, a signal ts xiven by one, a loud shout of “I-yi-yit” and with three or four nimble bounds forward the hunters are each within striking distance of the selected walrus, and, burying the spear head in the animal's thick hide, they commence paying out the line from around their head with ligtning-like rapidity as the huge brute descends the steep slope, and when its end fs reached they throw the light float high in the air with a merry *Ab-nyah!” equivalentto oar slang “go it!” and possibly it may not strike the ground at all, so swift is the walrus escaping, or if it does it is with a bound thatsends it clear into the sea just as the object at the other end ot the line goes into it too with a splash that can only be nade by a ton of tough meat striking an in- coming breaker. A RUSH OF THE HERD INTO THE SEA 4s something very exciting, as they go rolling and jumping, snorting and blowing to the water. Their gait is a series of spasmodic jamps that would hardly equal the speed of the dol- phin were it not for the assistance of gravity on ° steep incline, which makes these jumps quite effective in reaching their refuge. “Some of the hunters, if there be many, may have taken a shot oF two or a jab with a'sharp lance at those unfortunate so near that they were selected to be hi med. ‘There is but Little use in shooting at any of the others, for unless a shot should be immediately fatal, as through the head or neck, the animals eseape and die in the water, while every shot or wound that materially disables one that ts attached to a float increases the chances of se- curing it after it has gotten in the water, Some times the method of giving the signal where there are many hunters is’ a volley from the guns, and should any drop with a fatal shot they’ are pawed by the harpoon mer and another selected to spear; but if only wounded the spear ix thrust into It. As soon as the herd has gained the water the hunters rush for their kiaks and boats in which to pursue the walrus, especially those that are swimming awa’ with the flouts, their arms being the guns and lances. When aspeared walrus zains the water Ibe at once dives, carrying the float down with ia ourot sight, but aiter two or Taree minutes he float bobs up about a hundred yards away anda second ortwoaiter 1s followed by the animal coming to the surface to breathe, which he does with loud puffs and snort, “blowing” water into the air like asmall whale. Ifagain frizhtened by che near approach of bis enemies he takes two or three gasps ofbreath and goes down again, to reap atrifie sooner than be- fore, for it is a hereulean work to keep the float down with him under water. If severely pressed, that is fired at every time his head ap- ears, Or thrust at with a lance, he gets but Titre breathing time above, and after the float has been down a dozen ora score of times, each interval less, the nearly exhausted wall itunder with him, and when DIVES TO ESCAPE IIS TORMENTORS he simply draws it along the surface like a small fish with a large cork. As soon as the ters have gained their canoes and boats away they scurry after the speared walrus and the second one bobs his head above water a shot from a gun,oralance thrust if he be near, greets his appearance. Oceastoually one of these shots, ifweilaimed, may settle the tragedy at once, and idles to the ‘luatand seizes it to ng his prey. They general: secure them, when nearly exhausted, the float drazzing onthe surtace of the water and the animal goming frequently to the top trying to get a breath or two of air. Sometimes the harpoon barb is not well Inserted under the skin and pulls out before the animal is caught, when he of course eseapes. When the walrus firstrushes from the island, with the line and float flying out behind and dives into the water he at once proceeds to the bottom and tries to rub his rough hide, where the barb is inserted, over the sharp ede of a stone, thus ‘ing it out or cutiing the line. This is’the Eskimaux belief, and they drive them from the shore as soon &¢ possible into deep water, where to reach the bottom they must submerge the float; but [ think their ideas are based on the fact that most of the floats that pull out do so at once, as one would expect if not properly speared, and this being in the shallow water near shore, they Attribute it to the rubbing against the stones. THE MINUTE A WALKUS 18 SLALX he is carefully dragged to the shore and a few places cut in his hide so as to secure more lines, and by means of working at alternate ends he is placed above the water, or far enough at least to ailow them to begin cutting him wp. This ix done into teu or twelve divisions of about 150 ounds each, one side of each huge cube being Ene skin. ‘These pleces are foldedover so that the edzes of the skin come together, when they are sewed with a lashing, und each bundle, therefore, bas only the skin outside, and in this condition can dety the teeth of anything in the World, so tough is the hide. The head, one fore- flipper and one hind one falls to the man who Struck the wairus,and the rest fs divided among the bunters, to be again divided and divided and divided with each new, they may encounter until it {s eaten up. bun- dies of meat are taken to the nearest island— for Walrus island is submerged at the a ze tides—and a bandle covered with stones to prevent the depredations of polar bears, wolves and other arctic carnivore. In the Spring time, when the tce-floe still is along the khore, and humerous cakes of lee are to be seen floating everywhere, the walrus prefers these Feadily accessible places to the smooth granite slope Of the Islands, and at this time his pursuit and capture is pearly the same as before. In the winter time, however, when the intensely oid weather ts upon them and woald not are to launch a Kiak, or boat, as ice would form around it as fast asthe water touched it anywhere, the method of pursuit varies, and on the side of excitement, too, Not less than two hunters are essential fora capture, and when they have succeeded In crawling within afew feet of their victim through the rough, hum- mocky ice—for at these times the walrus’ keeps very near the water, so near that the merest motion is enough to throw him into the water, for he cannot remain away from it long in thé intense cold— THE HARPOON IS BURIED IN THE HIDE, and as the animal rolls in the water, there being no float to throw in after him, the two hunters must keep a firm hold on the ling. As he pulls away they slowly pay out theitne with @ constantly increasing resistance until the walrus gives way to ita littie,when they take in ali the slack with lightning‘ike rapidity, and this playing backwards and forwards, like an angler with a huge game fish on his light line and pole, is kept up until the animal 18. so ex- hausted that he allows himself to be pulled up alongside and killed with a thrast from a lance or a shot through the head or neck. If fire- arms are used, however, he may be shot at any Stage of the ‘proceedings when he is quict enough for an aim. The greatest danger in this chase is from the line being cut over the sharp ec of the kee where the wounded beast may drag it, and to avoid this and to pay out and pullin the line properly is an art in Eskimanx huuting cralt that only reaches perfection tn the most expert and strougest unters ofthe tribe, Alongside of it the method with the float attached, in the summer time, is as mere child's play, and all struck are secured, with very few exceptions, while by the latter way the numbers secured are much less, and worst ofall to the Innuit mind when a walrus is lost so is his line. Much cure and attention is put on this part of the weapon, as upon its run- ning out smoothly without snarls or twists de- pends no little of the safety of the hunter who as it wound around his neck until completely id out. The walrus has about an inch and a ‘alf to two inches of blubber directly under his skin, and this is used by the natives to get oll for their lamps while they DEVOUR LARGE QUANTITIES OF THE BLUBBER, especially during the severe cold of winter. The meat and blubber are eaten both cooked and raw. The tough hide cut into strips about a foot fe | are used as dog food, and is the best material in the Arctic regtons for that purpose, a half dozen toa dozen of these tid-bits given to a dog every other day being sufficient tokeep him in’ fine ‘condition right along whatever kind of work he may be doing. Sometimes the natives cook it fora day or iwo in their sim- mering kettles and_ it becomes friable, but oth- erwise it is as tough as sole leather, and to eat it it must be cut in small bits that can be swal- lowed at once, as chewing it would have no more effect than it would on a trade dollar. In fact, the Russians used to take walrus hide and, cutting It into little bits, coined it into money, and found it as serviceable as metal. As the writer lived on little pieces of walrus hide tor nearly a week, his observations were very prac- tieal, and, combined with those of the man In the West who recently swallowed the trade dol- lar, considerable information might be ob- tained by the congressional commnitte> on mints and coinage as to a future currency. Combined with the sharp bristly hairs walrus hide is about as palatable as a wire hair-brush, FRED'K SCHWATKA. ——__+00 = The New York English Girl. New York Letter to San Francisco Argonaut. I was very much amused by the antics of a would-be English girl aud an unquestionably British bull terrier, on 5th avenue, yester- day afternoon. She came out of the front door of her house with a good deal of a swing— tall, slim, well-formed and composed. Her cos- tume was of black and white material—I have a. dim sort of a suspicion that it was either silk or satin—and she wore small, square-toed boots, a jaunty hat, gloves of tan color, and a rather refined “horsey” look in general. ‘She carried a riding whip in one hand, and clutehed a silver chain in the other. Tothe other end of the chain was reluctantly attached « black-muz- zled and supercilious bull-pup, with a bad eye. His fore-legs were bowed; histail and ears stuck aloft, his chest was broad, and he had almost no nose at all. His under jaw was held forward, and his month had the peculiarly insolent look of a pup of thoroughbred blood. The girl had an indescribable starched appear- ance, was extremely straight, and her manner was haughty. She descended the steps with an admirable affectation of carelessness, consider- ing that at least a score of men were'staring at her, and turned up Fifth avenue. Perhaps it would be more proper tosay that she attempted to turn up Fifth avenue. At all events the ma- neuver was nota success. ‘The dog suddenly shot around in another direction and wound the tall girl upin his chain. Sbe struck him smartly with her whip and he growled: then she struck him again, and the brute started tojum) at her, when aman who was passing shoute: athim sharply. The girl went at him pluckily again,whipped him into perfunctory obedience, said “I am greatly obliged” to the man who had attempted _to rescue her, and started up the avenue. Even during the excitement her ac- cent was irreproachably English, and she was altogether as full-blown and complete a speci- men of an Anglomaniac as I have ever seen. ‘The girls here have a peculiarly English walk, oF ene that passes for English now, and this particular beauty practised it to perfection. Falling Half a Mile With From the Philadelphia Times, ‘The greatest balloon feat I ever witnessed was in September, 1857. Upward of 15,000 peo- ple were at Lemon Hill and along the banks of the Schuylkill to see Monsieur Godard go up in a balloon along with his brother and drop the latter out from among the clouds in a para- chute. Itis said that the feat had never been attempted before in the history of ballooning; it was a startling novelty, and the ‘people crowded to see if. When the balloon sailed fully upward outside of the enclosure fonsieur Godard and two friends were in the basket, while below it Monsieur E. Godard, his brother, was seated upon a small bar of Wood attached to FF Soh bees It looked like an Imniense ui ‘The balloon went over the Schuylkill in a sonthwesterly direction, and after it had reached an altitude of about six thousand feet begun to slowly descend. ‘Then the parachute “began to expand. When within wibout three thousand feet of the earth the cord was cut and the parachute rapidly descended, with Godard hanging on to the bar. The balloon shot upward again, The descent of the parachute was keenly watched by the thousands of spectators, and many expected to see the daring man dashed to the earth in the twinkling of an eye. 1t was observed, however, that the hearer toearth the parachute came the descent was slow and easy. At‘ last the man and his big umbrella faded ont of sizht over the hills, and we learned next morning that he came down all right on his fect, like a cat, about a haifanile west of the old “Bell tavern, on the Darby road. The balloon landed in Delaware county, near the Philadelphia line. Godard and his brother were Frenchmen. They re- turned to their native country, and, I beileve, were valuable to their countrymen during the Franco-Prussian war. Gambetta sailed out of Paris to Tours in one of their balloons.” rachute. Royalty at the Derby. From Olive Lozan’s London Letter. ‘The grand stand, and the others less grands their grandeur graded by the price of their ad~ mission tickets, are full—all crowded from base tosummit. Then the judges’ stand; quite full of judges. Then the princes’ stand; quite full of princes, The heir apparent has come here, like Jock, on his coster cart, along with his “tlssus and the kids.” There is Alexandra, the Dane, and Albert Victor, who, it is under: stood, is called by his third name, Edward, in the family eirele, and George, the navy's bright Voy, and the three young princesses ‘with the iden locks. ‘This is Prince George's twentieth irthday. What ajolly lark to have your natal celebration fallon Derby day! If, a3 Beranger sings, one Is happy in a garret_at twenty, how bright and beamingly beautiful this world must seem to a future king's petted prineeehild at twenty on Epsom Downs! he Fovalties have come hither by special train. ‘They elect to avoid the humors of the road. Therefore is it that these smart person- ages are not in the least fly-blown, dust-sprin- ied, or wind-tumbled. Why should they be? They have just stepped out of the bandbox of thelr dressing rooms at Marlborough house. ‘The Princess of Wales is becomingly appareled ina dress of myrtlegreen poplin, with a plas- tron of Irish ruse-point lace and a bonnet to match the gown. They have with them their uncle, the Duke of Cambridge, and their cousin, the Prince Leiningen, and a blind man, the Duke of Mecklenburg, together with a’ sur- rounding of male and female celebrities of the court. What can a blind man find to amuse him atthe Derby? The maimed, the halt, the lame, the deaf, all may momentarily forget their physical infirmities while gazing on this ant- muted scene. Buta blind man? No, For see- ing is believing at the Derby. i Getting at a Verdiet. HOW THE JURY FIGURED UP DAMAGES IN A DETROIT cass. “The way in which juries many times arrive at the amount of damages sustained by parties sulng corporations would be very amusing were it notfor the sefious consequences entailed upon the corporations,” observed a legal gentle- man toa Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter. “In a case recently tried In Detroit one of the Jurymen states that after wrangling all day upon the question of Mability of the defendant Aprominent manon the jury suggested that they should all mark, their agures and divide the sum by twelve. ‘The amount asked for in the zetition of the pos was Seen ges, The rly who proposed n mai 5,000, Tis other ‘Tarecs ‘marked small sums, but the majority of them marked no damage.’ The ag- gregate divided by twelve made about $3,000. As the result was unsatisfactory to the proposing the plan, he tore it up and pan on 4 hat they try Itagain. This time he marked 100,000, thé ch the petition demanded but 25,000; the others marked as before, and the Tesult was @ verdict of about $10,000, which “Ein the cclebrated ftosen wel 1 “In the eclebrat nwelg case against the Lake Shore und Michigan Southers Railay sompany whlch was tried last month at Erie, Pa, the Erle Evening Herald of May 23 gives the figures voted by met in this case, which by computation you will find to * sam which, divided by twel tisamount of the verdict recorded iu the case.” It has been held in New York and other states that this method of arriving at a conclu: sion by ajury is of itself suffielent misconduct on the part ofa jury to entitle defendant to a new tral, but in other states. it is the rule, une fortunately, that the conduct of the jury in the ing iieccena toe The is revived in London that Miss sisewrt ees eee aerate married to Dr, A Dip in the Milky Way. From the New York Sun, Anybody who goes out of doors after the moon has set on one of these clear June even- ings, upon lifting his eyes to the starry heavens, will be struck with the brilliant appearance of the Milky Way, flung like a light scarf of silver gauze across the bosom of the night, and gemmed at intervals with splendid stars and constellations, In this ling pathway of the gods he must go who would behold the richest star mines of the visible universe, in which astronomers have delved for hundreds of years without exhausting their wonders. To ‘One who has never seen the Milky Way except as its presents itself to the naked eye a glim| of its radiant architecture with the aid of | good telescope is a most surprising an ing revelation. Nol Who. ouice beliolds those clouds, streams and clusters of suns, in- numerable, lighting up the far-away depths ot space with a golden glow, can_never shake off the charm from his mind, Thenceforth the universe bas a new meaning for him; he feels the walls of being moving away and widening out beyond his reach on every side. The sublime spectacle will haunt his memory and inspire is thoughts as long as he Itves. At this season the brilliant star Vega, in the constellation of the Lyre, is almost in the zenith atmidnight. It may be ized by means of two faint stars close by it, which make a little equilateral triangle with’ Vega. This is a good starting point for a telescopic excursion to he Milky Way. Vega itself is worth stopping @ moment to look at. Even the observer with the naked eye will ‘be likely to look back at Vega many times after he bas once recognized Its exceeding beauty and brightness, and will be astonished to find that all the stars do not look alike, ashe had supposed. It requires but @ minute's inspection to perceive that Vega 1s much whiter than most stars. In the telesco} its light has a brilltant blue tint that invariably calls forth exelamations of admiration from those who see it for the first time. A good glass shows that the background of the heavens all around Vega is strewn with minute stars, many of which can only, be seen by glimpses at inter- vals through the bfinding light that surrounds the great star, particularly when the atmosphere 4s unsteady. ‘Phen they come ont for a moment with piercing distinetness, no bigger than needle polnts, but possessing the concentrated brilliancy of'so many living diamonds. The ceaseless flushing and scintillating of Vega, filling the whole fieid of the telescope with the play of light, and the rapid appearance and dis- appearance of these starry bubbles, which seem to be constantly dancing and breaking upon the flood of radiance, make a peculiarly lively and tascinating spectacle. Hanging below Vega to the eastward, and reaching around into the northwest on one hand and down to the southern horizon on the other, is the Miiky Way. Letting the tube of the tele- scope drop downward, with his eye kept con- stantly at the ocular, the observer will become aware of his approach to the Galaxy by the increasing number of stars. Thicker and thicker they throng in the black sky, until their light becomes so mingled that the heavens look as though they were filled with clouds of id dust. ‘Ihe field of view in the telescope ves not cover a patch of sky as large as a cent held at arm’s length, and yet in that little spot the stars ave so numerous that one would as soon think of trying to count the bees ina flying swarm as of attempting to number them. Each 1s perfectly distinct, but their minuteness is astonishing. ‘They’ are_micro- scopic stars. Every tiny twinkler has its little Tays, and Is a complete star in appearance, but seems, with all its twinklings, not. to cover Space as broad as the smallest pin’s head. ‘This multitude of scintillating points, sending tiny nays of light into the eye irom ail parts of the telescopic field, sometimes produces a very curious effect npon the sense of sizht. |The eye seems to be tickled by. the littie beams that, pour into it criss-cross from ali directions. If every glittering particle in a cloud of diamond dust floating in the air could be set to rotating swiftly, so as to flash forth an unceasing stream of light, the appearance would not be unlike that of i telescopic field in the richer parts of the Milky Way. When the telescope Is moved rapidly over these star fields the background of the sky seems to be veined with lines of fire, the motion drawing out the stars into tiny streaks of light, and « large star now and then dashes, streaming like meteor, across the field, startling the beholder with its blaze. Yet the multitudes of starsin the Galaxy do not appear to have been scattered at random. One of the most interesting aud charming fea- tures of the view is the appearance of design in the arrangement of the stars. They seem to go in pairs, triples and sets of other numbers; sometimes long streams of stars will be seen, every member of the set keeping its place like soldiers ina tile. The tendency to the forma- tion of geometrical figures is very apparent, and occasionally the torm and arrangement of these figures are so Leautiiul und striking that the observer instinctively utters an exclama- tion of wonder and admiration. It is as if God's children had been at play in those distant starry ilelds, using suns to mark tho goals and boundaries of their game. The observer is delighted upon close inspec- tion to find that he can detect marked dilfer- ences of color in the stars of the Galaxy. The great majority of them are white or yellow, but Scattered about are red, orange, blue, lilac and other colored stars, which are often so grouped with their white edmpanions as to heighten the effect of the geometrical figures before describ- ed. The difference in size and brilliancy of the stars also udds greatly to the beauty of the scene, and frequently one or more sturs of larger size will be found in the center of a swarm of little ones, or otherwise so distributed among them as to convey the impre: they are the leaders of these starry ho: Even to the naked eye the Milky Way pre- sents a remarkable complexity of structure, being very irregular in outline, and varying in brilliancy in different regions. ‘In that part of the Galaxy lying just east of Vega a singular gap appears in the center of the stream reach- ing northward as far as the great cross in Cyg- bus,and running toward the south until the Milky Way breaks up into a congeries of shin- ing clouds. In the telescope this intricate or- ganization of the galactic universe is seen to be carried out in the utmost detail. From regions where the thickly crowded suns run up toward the center of the groups und clusters into a per- fect blaze, a slight movement of the tube of the telescope’ will carry the eye across compara- tively barren tracts, and now and then over Diack spots like holés in the sky, where not a Star can be seen. That broken portion of the Milky Way lying south of Vega, and streaming through to the horizon between the bright constellations of —‘Sagitta- rus and “Scorpio 13 particularly rich In sun clusters, and in traversing this region the telescope should be swept trom side to side of the Galaxy in order to pick them up. There they will be seen in every variety, from swarms whose in-ividual members can be counted, to condensed ylobular clusters, which, wit small magnifying powers, rescmble balls of frosted silver, whose surfaces scem alive with twinkling light, the mass of stars composing them being separable only by the higher pow- ers of the teleseope. One of these wonderful clusters in the constellation of Antinous resem- bles, when seen in a small telescope, an out- spread fan of silver. With larger glasses it 1s resolved into a cluster of innumerable stars, one much brighter than the others being sit” uated in the pivot of tne fan, One of the most astonishing discoveries of astronomy is that all the stars are in motion in various directions, though their distance is so great that we can perceive this motion only by means of the most delicate measurements. And in many cases groups of stars are found tw be moving together in one direction while neighboring stars are moving in another al- rection. $0 the great procession of suns that com the Galaxy 1s made up of innumera- ble bright compantes, each marching under its own glittering banners, and so moving as. to cause In the course of ages the most complex evolutions in the wonderful pageant of the skies. Our own sun, carrying the earth and his other planets with him, is alsoa wanderer, a Is apparently fying to Join the multitudé cf his fellows in'that splendid quarter of the heavens where Vega, unquestionably a much greater sun than ours, shines supereminent, Patti's Bad Brother, New York Letter in"Albany Evening Journal, A certain wine shop in 3d avenue, near 14th street, is frequented almost exclusively by Italian singers and musicians, I dropped in there the other evening for a glass of chianti, and while sipping it saw a shabbily-dressed man enter. After a glance around the place he dropped into a chair with the familtar alr of one accustomed to this resort. “That chap,” said I fo my companion, “looks like Don Bazilio in ‘The Barber of Seville.” “He ought to,” was the reply, “for that’s the part he used to sing. Don’t you know him? He is Adelini Pattls brother.” “Pattt’s brother! Does she recognize him when she comes to New York?” “Cer- tainly she does; though Iam told that some- times, when he goes to Windsor tocallon her, the servant tells him that she is out when she 1s in, What does he do now? Well, he can’t be said to sing, except when he ts asked to drink. Then he sings out quickly enough. I think it just possible that his illustrious sister gives a small allowance to him, for he manages to live with- out harder work than that in which you see him enguged at this minute—holding down a cane-botiomed chair. I've seen a great deal in print about Patti's castle in Wales, but never anything of the abode of her American brother. e To tell the trath,I don’t know where it is— Probably in some obscure street on the eust side, He used to be a fairly good singer, but in no way fit tobe estimated along with Adelina and Caphbalansas SS A Boy with a Bulge. From the Detroit Free Press, “No, my son,” he replied, as he put on his hat, “you can't go to the circus,” “Bat why, father?” “Well, in the first place, I can’t fool away my money on such things,” bd but I have enough of own.” “And inthe next place it iw rough crowd, the sentiment ts unhealthy, and no respectable Deyzon can countenance such things,” “That's enough, sir. You can’t I want you to enjoy yourself, but you must seek some ble amusement,” in ht more An hour later @ curious thi of seats and sat down beside a man who had sisters, teppened the circus tent. A boy ‘limbed to the fig! just finished a glass of lemonade and was ligh: tiga cient, iis hed bis plog har on the nee ay his bead and seemed enjoying himself hi re It father and son. father hi ey the grounds from aintien cat boy had run away. They looked at'each other for half a minute, and then the boy got in the first blow by whis) ‘say dads tt a won't ek meI won't tell Mile father modded his head to the agroemont, spectacular parade in the ring ——_——+er-__ and the great unloading of the Bartholdi ee ing statue isin Lady Aylmer. ROMANTIC INCIDENTS IN THE LIVE OF AN AMERICAN LADY, From the Utica Observer, June 19. An interesting and romantic story, with a decided local fiavor, has just reached us from England. It will have an especial interest for the friends of that charming companion, Chris- tian gentleman and able telegrapher, James D. Reid, who, in the fitties and sixties, was a resi- dent of Utica and the superintendent of the New York, Albany and Buffilo Telegraph com- pany. He tecently visited Utica, and his friends TAY With Pleasure that age was creeping over him in the kindliest way, and that his honest, genial face kindled as readily as ever at the greetings of friendship. Mr. Reid had two ‘Gaughters, with, one of baron se sto oe in 1862, ites Seiin of age, Anna B, Reid was a sprightly girl in Mise Kelly's seminary. “Prior to tis she had Spent two years in France with her mother, and she spoke French like a native. Her education Was subsequently completed at Miss Bonney’s, in Philadelphia. As she matured she devel- a taste for music, and had a_voice of un- usual expressiveness and power. In 1880 she went to Milan to study under Giovanni, who romised her great success. In 1881 she fell in he streets of Mentone from sunstroke, and had to be carried to Paris for treatment, and for Years she struggled for her life. Last September she had so far recovered as to be able to return to America. Mrs. Reid had crossed the Atlantic to accompany her daugh- ter homeward. In paying a farewell visit in London the daughter met a friend whom she had known for some time—a refined and cor- teous gentleman of her own age and of good family—named Arthur Perey Aylmer, who pro- posed marriage. He had remote expectations, ad a modest home with his mothers who W: an authoress and had noble connections in England, but he had no business and only a small income. However, the regard which was professed by the suitor Was returned and the marriage soon took piace, the mother (Mrs. Reld) returning to New York alone. Then began a struggle to find business. Halt year passed with no result, On the 16th of Mareh, only three months azo, a strange thing happened. Sir Jusiin Aylmer, aged 24, was Aulshing his studies at Cambridge, Endland. On the T2th he had fallen from a Bicycle and onthe 15th he died. ‘The death of Sir Justin Aylmer carried a buronetey and lurge estates, inelnding an old baronial estate, to the herit- ther of Mr, age of an old man of 85, the grand Aylmer, the son-in-law of Mr. Rei mer’s futher was dead, and young sent for to manage the estat 5 ployment, coupled with a generous income, Galy ‘a month later, however, the old baron died, and young Aylmer became a baronet, with a large entailed estate, with a rental of over $50,000 @ year. And the little girl who played on our seminary lawn and was educated y Miss Kelly is now the Baroness Aylmer. Long and happily may she live to enjoy the en- viabie station in which fertune hus placed her. ———+ee I Comets. WANDERERS THAT MAY COME IN VIEW THIS YEAR, From the Scientific American. Several periodical comets may be expected to return to perihelion during the present year. Encke’s comet has already put in an ap- pearance, haying passed its perihelion on the ‘7th of March, It was detected in 1884, but as comets technically belong to the year in which ss perihelion, Encke’s comet finds place cords of 155: This comet is our old- est friend among the class to which it belong: for it was first seen in 1786, though its periodi- ci ot discovered until 1819. Since that time it has led to make us a Visit at in- tervals of about*three and one-third years, Olbers' comet is another celestial whose return is looked for during the present year. It was discovered by Olbers in 1815, and Was found by Bessel to have a period of about 75 years. It will, therefore, probably appear either this year or the next. It will beas warmly welcomed, if it deign to 1 us a second visit, as the comet of 1812, or the Pons-Brooks comet, was last year, for it Will rank as third on the list of comets ofalong period that have made more than one record return, Halley's comet, with a period of about 75 years, stands first on the list. It has been traced back to the Year 1456, and since that time has made five record returns, the last being in 1835. It will be due in 1911. Thecometof 1812, or the Pons- Brooks comet, made its first recorded return during the last year. Ifthe comet of 1815, or Olbers' comet, visits us during this year or the succeeding one the solar system cab rejoice in the possession of three comets of a long period, as they are called, to distinguish them from the larger family of comets of a short period. ‘Tempel's comet of 1867 was expected to guest reach perihelion in April. It has a period of about six yeurs, was first observed In 1867, was seen again in 1 and in April, but has not yet mad Qn the 43th of Mareh, Dr. G discoyed a suspicious celestial that to be the expected visitor. Diligent search was made for itat the principal observatories, but without success, for the object. soon proved to be afaraway nebula, Either some ynforeseen calamity has delayed its advent, or one of the giant planets has turned it intoa new course By its resistioss power ofattractions ‘Tempel also discovered a second comet of a short period in 1869. It was discovered by Swift in 1880, when its periodicity was dete mined, It is consequently Known as Swift comet, and has a period of five and a halt Years.’ IL is expected to return to perihelion at the end of the year. But it is likely to pass un- seen at its present return, as it did in 1875, be- ing, in like manner, in ah unfayorabie positon for observation, One more comet closes the list of members of the cometic family that are expected to return to perihelion in 1885. It 1s Tuttle's comet, and seems to occupy a position of its own, having a perlod of 13% years, and, theretore, ranking neither with comets of a long period’ nor with those of a short period, It was first discovered by Mechain in 1790, and rediscovered by Tuttle in 1858, when its periodicity was recognized. It was observed in 1871, passing its perihelion in November. It 4s, therefore, due in July of the present year. Murdered in the City of Mexico. A NEW YORKER SHOT DOWN BY A JEALOUS MEXICAN COLONEL. From the New York Sun, 21st inst. Among the men sent to Mexico about three years azo by the Bell Telephone company was a bright young fellow named Robert W. Hardie, whose widowed mother and sister lived at 15 Abingdon square, in this city. He was twenty years old, and was their main support. He re- mained if the employ of the telephone com- pany fora year, and was then employed in a bank in the city of Mexico, He made money. He became attached to a young Mexican girl, who had many suitors, Among them was a Mexican colonel named Omana, On Suture May 30, Hardie went toa ball in the uocanil, a public dance hall. About 5 o'clock on the following morn- ing he was sitting in the garden attached to the hail, when he wasapprouched by Col. Omana. A few words passed between the men, and then Omana whipped out a revolver and ’shot Har- die. |. Omana_was arrested and kept in prison afewhours. Then the question as to whether he should be tried by a civil or a military court arose, and, pending its settlement, he was paroled. ‘The question has not been scttled Yet, aud tt looks as if Omana would not be tried y any kind of court. On the Tuesday following the murder Hardie was buried in the American cemetery, near the soldiers’ monument, In the suburbs of’ the city of Mexico. The cost of the funeral was met by subscriptions, $60 having been subscribed by the bank. About fifty Americans followed the body to the grave, and then a deputation called on the American’ consul and asked that steps be taken to bring Omana to justice. Mrs, Hardie said yesterday that the only no- tification she had received of the death of her son was aletter written to her by the Rev. John W. Butler, pastor of Trinity church, in the city of Mexico. She_received this after the body had been buried. She is making an effort to have the murderer punished. All she knows about the young woman is that her first name is Esperanza, ——_—_—+ee___ Appearance of the Princess Beatrice. London Letter to Philadelphia Bulletin. Tobserve in an American journal that the Princess Beatrice is a tall, slender young lady, with fair hair. Iwas not aware of it. Had I been called upon to describe her I should have saidafine woman, of the middle helzht for a woman, and inclined to be stout. Slim! None of the female members of the royal family are that. Or, to be more precise, none of the blood relations of Queen Victoria, ‘The Princess Christian is the stoutest of the queen’s daugh- ters, but after her {should decidedly place Princess Beatrice. Vulgarly fat she is not, but she is blessed with a generous figure. She is built, if [may borrow the least sensation of a nautleal figure of speech, on pleasantiy rounded Unes, ‘There is nothing angular about. her comeliness, as there was, before marriage, about that of the ‘late Princess Alice, and aiso’ about the contour (contour is a correct. word, I hope) Of the Princess Louise, An Ayah’ ‘Terribie Revenge. From the London Daily Telegraph, Junes. The steamship Valetta, which arrived at Ply- mouth last evening, was on the voyage the scene of a deplorable murder and suicide, Among the passengers were Mr. and Mrs. Ab. bott, with two children and a Japanese ayah. Mrs, Abbott had occasion to rebuke the ayah, who became much excited, ees uence ofa remark she let fall, the mand nurse were closely watched. In the sysving. bev: ever, while Mr. Abbott was sitting with in the satoon he turned away for a minute, when the woman seized the eldest child, a beautiful fair-haired girl 6 years old, and thrust her Care one of the ports, then jumping out her- self. th fell intothe sea, and although the steamer was stopped and boats got out, noth could be seen of child, who doubtless ba been sucked down in the vortex caused by the screw. The poor child was a general fayorite on board. ‘The Teachers’ Work. From the Pall Mali Gazette, ‘Headaches and insomnia are at least as fre- Quent among teachers as among the echolars whose overpressure has ¢xeited so much com- miseration. Of all the indus in which Jromen find themselves engaged this of tultio ie"with the exception of = oe. ot = re eas le works Afar steebes S teacher has the most power in shaping the Minds of the generation that isin 9 of decades to do the work of the world. John Toelle’s Horrible Death. HYDROPHOBIA FOLLOWS ONE MONTH AFTER HIS FIGHT WITH A MAD DOG. From the Kansas City Times, June 4. John Toelle, the man who had the desperate struggle with the mad dog May 7th, died last night from hydrophobia. Ever since his battle with the dog Mr. Toelle had been firmly con- vinced that he would die of hydrophobia. His friends attempted to persuade him that there was no danger, but no amount of persuasion or argument could shake him in belief, that his death was only a matter of time. After the battle his wounds were cauterized, and he was given all the whisky that he could stand. A mad stone was also applied tothe bites, but would not adhere, Toelle accepted this us an omen, and told his physicians that it was no use, and that all their efforts could not save him. The wounds all healed nicely, though Toelle complained of pains in his arms, Last Monday nizht he visited his brother-in-law. He talked of the battle with his sister, and was firmly convinced that he would die in a short time. When he returned to his home he said he felt sick, and wanted his bed made dif ferently. He remarked, “I will not stay long, Ifeel itcoming on, and do not want to burt anybody, so you had better strap me inmy ; Tfeel that the first spasm is coming on. That night, as he had predicted, he had his first spasin, which was not, however, violent. “Tuesday afternoon he had another, and the ‘urred Tuesday night. Each spasm Was inore violent than the preceding onc. tween the intervals of the attack on Tuesday he was rational, and_made his will. ‘Till Tues- day night he had been drinking water and Keeping pounded ice in his mouth, ‘Then he refused ts drink further, and the sight of water Would throw him inte convulsions, He also began to froth at the mouth and scream like a Wild beast, all the while making desperate ef- forts to release himself from_ the ropes with which he was tied to his bed. Yesterday after- noon he died in terrible agony. His struggles were frightiul, His eyes glared like a wild ani- mal’s, his mouth was flecked with foam, and Lis screams could be heard tor a mile. Four strong men were required to bold him, to pre- vent him from breaking the rope. He breathed his last about 54g o'clock. Mr. Toelie was & man of 35 years of age. He was in good circumstances. The doz that caused his death was an immense Newfoundland, ove! three feet high, and fora long time had’ been the pet or the family. Mr. Toelle, noticing that the dog was ucting strangely, tied him up, but he chewed the strap and started across a field. fhinking that he might bite some one, Mr. Yoelle followed. When he caught him a des- perate strugele ensued, lasting for over an hour. ir. Toclle Caught the ‘strap, intending to take the dog back to the house.’ As he did so the beast sprang for his throat, Mr, Toelle got out of the way, when the dog again attacked him and seized him by the right hand, which he clung to with bulldog tenacity. With his other hand he managed to choke the dog till he let go his hold, only to renew the attack again. Again and again he was choked off, only to re- new the fight more savagely than before. Finally, with his hands and arnislacerated and Dieeding and his body covered with bites, he got the dog’s head in chancery and threw him to the ground, He threw his weight upon the dog and held him down, screaming all the time loudly for help, with biting and fight- ing viciously. He was fi torn, bleeding, and mangled, by ep vho shot the dog as it was being held down by the untor- tunate victi ——_eee—_____ Sent His Wife the Wrong Letter. A DRUMMERS BUSTAKE RESULTING IN A DI- VORCE SUIT AT BALTIMORE, From the New York World. While in Knoxville, Tenn., {ast March Charles Melson, a traveling salesman of Baltimore, wrote a letter to his wife and alsoone to another woman, who at present can only be identified lay.” Then he mixed the letters, sending his wite’s epistle to “May” and the following to his wife My Dearesr May: Yours recetved here yesterd: Tarrived Saturday and did not finda letter and Jas imagine my disappointment. But L know my 1itth daring would not let me go away without one. Ob, how I would love to see my little blonde: Wont we havea darting cood time when we do meet? Well, dear, I was to have lett Just nizht, but the bag” my trunk, so was left, ver so angry in my life, Dali aletter to Some one you don't like. I wrote along letter, too I have_not written to my fora long time except this. “Suppose she was to et this one I write you! What would she thi hardly think she would qnarrel, as vou and 1 been lovers for «long. long time, and I hope always tobe. Idon’t know when I will get home, but some ume £ hoy don't much care, although f would love to see You and my sister. When [goon m: n I will take you with me, and then we will & jolly good time once more.’ J expect to be in New OFlens real soon, but you will write at once and a real Jong. sweet letter, and burn this when read. Yours ¢ x i. ‘ow don't fail to burn thisor it might get out. When she read the letter, Mrs, Melson, who had only married her husband last December, was taken very ill. Her husband returned in April, and they had # lively scene, which was ended by his leaving home, A few weeks later she received the following from her unfaithful spouse, dated at Grenada, Miss.: y Sfapasc When Ele you on the April, morning and went home sick [told ¥ou that probably you would never see me again. I have tried hard to love you, but Cannot, and consequently I can ever live with ‘you under no consideration, “Tmay never return to Balti more again, but will ellow you so much if you say’ so. Lregret to do this, but 4 wiil not treat you wrong. You will never see me again dead or alive.” 1's useless to write, and Cw.ll not read any lettec get. I will never write'aguin, Forgive me if you can, but I have tried hard to do right and treat you well. ' Good-by forever c have ‘und ever. Mrs. Melson on Saturday entered suit for di- voree. Her husvand is now in the west. ed ED Composite Likenesses. From the Philadelphia Times, Jane 19. The latest craze in the combined mechanical and sunstroke art of photograpliy is said to be composite portraits. One chief trouble with the composite likenesses, however, appears to be the same as with other~and common photo- Sriphe that they are not likenesses at all. Mr. . Curtis Taylor explained in the Franklin In- stitute on Wednesday night thata composite photograph made up trom a dozen single pho- tographs chosen from the Rogues’ Gallery was as likely to be a fair likeness of an_honest gen- tleman‘as a composite portrait made up from a dozen bank cashiers or lawyers or clergymen, showing plainly that something is very wrong somewhere—elther In the composite busiues: or in the learned and other professions. If the composite likeness could only be relied on marvelous developments might be ex- pected from it. Everybody knows that the trouble with a photograph is that it takes only the expression of a human face for one moment of its existence, and, as nothing in the universe changes (us quickly and constantly asthe human face, the single photograph is not of mueh account except as a dull color to flatter and spoil. A composite likeness, which would really be a composition of several other photo- graphs, would in some sense be like a portrait made up of several sittings, It might be more than this, and at once be an evolution of human’ character, an evolution in art, and 2 final proof in ‘a new line of the entire Darwinian scheme. But if the composite like- ness is a lie, {t appears to be another argument to prove that mechanism cannot take the place of art and cannot be used as an advertisement in that line. ‘There are lies enough in would-be art already. ‘ oe Some Swans, From the Alta California, A Fresno man was describing the grape pros- pects in that section. “The vineyards are looking fine,” he said, “but people down there weren't talking much about grapes when I left.” “What was the topic of the hour then?” “Swans, sir; Forsyth’sswans, Ever been to Forsyth's place? No; well, itis @ pretty place, everything as nice as can be, and the snuggest little artificial lake you ever saw. Now, For- oe thought that a pair of swans would set off that lake well, or that lake would set off the swans. Anyhow, he bought a pair of beauties, just imported from Australia, paid $70 for the pair, I think; black swans, and no finer in the country. He put them in the lake, and. thought they would feel at home there, and he would have no trouble with them, Last Wednesday a fellow walked into the Grand Central hotel in Fresno, kept by ‘Fult’ Berry, “Do you want to buy a fine pair of geese?’ says he; ‘they're a variety not often seen here. Ishot ‘em yesterday as they were flying over the road,’ and he pulled _Forsyth’s swans out of his sack, He bad cut off their heads, but, any- how, I don’t think Berry would have known the difference, Well, Berry gave him a dollar aplece for them, and went around the hotel blowing about the fine dinner he was going to pee that evening. He invited Miller, of The epublican, to come over and eat with him, aud | write up the geese. “*You never saw such a big pair in your life, says Berry. ‘I’m baving them stuffed with and onions, I tell you what I don’t know about keeping a hotel ain’t worth knowing. I pick up Gvergening e900 toeatIcan get my hands ‘on, I do.’ “He went on blowing this way, and when the me was put on the table Berry stuck a knife into one, because he decided tocarve them him- self. Itturned the edge, the breast did, and Berry began to feel sort of uncomfortable. guess they're a little tough,’ he said, mak- ing. nen rexer, page aol a “They're too for geese, says Miller. bet they're turkey buzzards, What color were they before they were plucked?" “tBlack,’ says Berry; ‘black as a sloc.’ “ ¢Then, by heaven, th Forsyth’sseventy- dollar swans,’ says There'll be the deuce to pay when Fo hearsof it, and I guess the Jury will bring. Berry ‘ag aiding and abetting the murders,” and the Fresno man started to his hotel to write Forsyth about the fate of his costly pets. ‘ ————+e.-—___ Huge Group of Sun Spots. From the New York Sun, 21st. The huge group of sun spots which was seen coming around the eastern edge of the sun several days ago has now a@vanced nearly to the center of the disk, It is large to be geen without telescopic aid by the eye with e dark glass, Th. the telescope ise mom Mmeasure- Inent shows that lis length Zccodl or eae sand. fhe brilaney of tia bridges flighty te grotesque forms of chasms, strange ap- pearance asof shadows and reflections deep pcan ree abyss,and the singular anges that it u: ee ee ae nee desetbed a words Stk not every the sun presents such a hich mhcaboas 3. Cooley, of the supreme court "re. ler, 24, 1885-DOUBLE SHEET. Do You Pay Casu: ‘Cash Customers will find the Palais Royal the cheap- est store in the city, for all our competitors (without exception) do a credit business. Ladies and gentlemen should know that no merchant can doa credit busi- ness and sell as cheap asthe merchant whose terms are strictly cash, The “Credit” system brings with it “bad debis.” Some one has to make up for such losses; the unfortunate individual is the cash customer. IMPORTANT NOTICE. 08 ss IT NNN Gon ec oo tf NNN GG § 83 oF EME bee G08 tus “oo? S83 HT RSE OS oo U0 UT itr eoutT Suu f oo uw T A L EEE me ss E E ss ey AA EEE SS Sss8 4° A CLL ERE Sss5 ‘We have still a full assortment of summer Noveltios in every department. ‘These goods we will close out ‘at cost price until July 1. We do this, not only because we never carry goods over to another season, but be- cause we have had a five business this summer and can afford to close out at cost, and because we want to catch you defore you leave. The reductions in price May appeor small, but remember we seli for CASH ONLY and ata very small profit, sothat we only have to make a small reduction in price in order to sell at cost price. Weare pot “closing out” Fans becanse our stock is broken. on the contrary, our stock isso larze we are anxious to sell as many as we can before you leave for the seashore, 100. 25 Fans, all styles, tor 1: satin, silk and zauze. Our fine fans, from 9Se. to $35. have all been reduced tocost. PPP, ™ RBR 00. PP” BB OO oo BPP e838 39 P Bes “oo 8. and Card Cases, all styles, for 85c. ‘25ec, Alligator Belts fur 23c. 29c. Wool Canvas Belts for 26c. Our Pocktbooks come in Calf and ANigator, in tan or black; being hand-sewed they will be found to be very durable. SSs A ITT CUCH H FEI SSS, Bes nT SC HEE 8855s SssSa°A T ‘CcOH HERE CULL Ssss8 = 9c. Satchels, all styles, for 450. : tchels, all styles, for Se, $1 95 Satchels, all sty We have above Sutchels in the new “basket” s those at $1.79 have a Pocketbook enclosed in the sutchel by @ new putent safety catch. Any one who has never visited our Jewelry depart- ment should do so, for we claim the larzest and most varied stock wutside of New York. Pins, Parrinzs. Bracelets, Bangles, Fob Chains, Necklaces, Hair Or- naments, Wa:cb Chains, Studs, Buttons, éte., in sil- ver, gvid, Jel, oxidized, ete. Every article at cost up to July Ist. ‘The most perfect imitations of the best Jewelry the world produces. #¥-See the “Repnblican” for “closing out” prices of Gloves, Mitts, Embroideries and Jerseys. In the “Post” we advertise handkerchiefs, Laces and Neck- wear. pe & EF d& Ht gis Pro ga bo SAH SS P a4 Gun a2 a i Assi BPR oo YY & E BROS ¥ MAE . RE oO a a4 LULL. 1117-1119 PENNSYLVANIA AVENU! Je22 Juxe 220, 1885. A DISCOUNT oF DOLLARS PER SUIT WILL FROM THIS DATE BE MADE ON ALL SUITS TO ORDER IN OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT IRRESPECTIVE OF GRADE. TEN THE GOODS ARE ALL MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES, FROM WHICH THERE IS A RE- DUCTION FOR CASH ONLY OF TEN DOLLARS PER SUIT. TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS OFF OF THE PRICE OF ALL TROUSERS TO ORDER, THE ORIGINAL PRICE AND REDUCED PRICE APPEAR IN PLAIN FIGURES ON EVERY TICKET, ONE WEEE’S TIME REQUIRED TO FILL SUIT ORDERS, AND TWO DAYs' TIME REQUIRED TO FILL PANTALOON ORDERS. A. S8AKS & CO, ONE-PRICE CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS, 816 AND 318 SEVENTH STREET. Jvvcz For ‘Younszzr. Judging from the advertisements of some clothing establishments persons are lable to be trampled to death in purchasing, so dense is the crowd. Shouid you wish to purchase good stylish SUMMER CLOTHING (and not the cheap truck thyt is used in closing sales) we ‘will be pleased to show you our stock, and should you make e selection and afterwards your bargain bring it back and we have your money for you, We give you this privi Jege in our “guarantee,” je22 eceun GEORGE SPRANSY, ONE PRICE CLOTHIER, s19 507 SEVENTH STREET. “THE s Wosbee Bas LUBE Aas ss Sea very genuine Concord is stamped with and ares ‘87 Coupe, Carriage Harvest a xpectalty, x Avenue, in, and Betchels in at lowest prises, Surver, Sinver, Surver aS TEs SWELTERING, SWELTERING WEATHER. ‘Not frora malorial causes,bat by exercise of the power ofthe imagination. inorler to produce such au ef fect it is necessary that the surroundings be in con- sopance with the idea, ‘When the thermometer ts way up in the nineties the sight of an icicle, even though it be an imitation, bas a te..dency to reduce temperature several degrees le imagination. Therefore, if one would “Keep Kool” when “Old Sol” Is pouring down his wrath he mast have constantly before the mind's eye that which ea gests Arctic Ideas. ‘The idea materializes in garments composed of FROSTY FIBRES, thousands of Coats and Vests of which areon exhibit tion and sale at ADLER'S TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE, at $1.97 per Cont and Vest. The principle of Protection. as advocated and prac ticed by usis no mere bagatelle, neither ts it a pre tense, Dat astern and sterling fact, which has been s¢ clearly demonstrated and fully established that the People have rushed to oursupport with such unanim ity thatat times we have been compelled to turn them away empty, being unable to fill their orders, We have overdeaped every barrier, brushed away every obstacle and are now fully prepared to ames every demand for MEN'S, YOUTHS’, ROY ‘CLOTHE of every conceivable shade, grade andatyle, at price thi seize the Old Fogies of the trade es we beg you to re ke no bad debts, because we wall for Cash only, there ng all unpleasant com. plications, the most outrageous of which ts requiring the good customers to pay for the bad. ing goods, as we dd, Above the Actual Cost of quire any gre meaning of ADLER ON THE BRAIN. But in order that you may take in the situation in ie entirety cali a. exactly Ten Per Cent ADLER'S TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE, STRICTLY ONE PRICK, 927 and 929 Seventh street northwest, Southeast corner Massachusetts avenue, e that you are in the Right Place. Se over the door. 2° Open evenings until 9 Saturdays until LL. er, on urongbout sand Thursday nights of : eat) Waar Is More Durssy Tras 4 HANDSOME WHITE OR FIGURED DUCK VEST. Trirsdtay. the the entire seas each IS THERE ANY SIN GARMENT IN WHICR OF THESE GOODs, THEM IN PLAIN WHITE JRED GOODS. AN EF- + FORT IS BE! + MADE BY THE MANU- TURERS TO INTRODU THESE GAR- MENTS, MADE WITH NEAT COLLARS, BUT MANY PERSONS STILL PREFER THE “NO COLLAR” VEST, BECAUSE IT IS MORE EASILY “DON WE SHOW THEM OF ROTI STYLES. SOME WITH DOUBLESTITCHED EDGES, AND SOME WITH F! LINEN BINDING. é PARTICULARLY STYLISB AND ARE VERY DURABLE A FEW WHITK FLAD SUITS FOR SMALL BOYS LEFT. ‘THES! ARE TID HANDSOMEST HOT WEATHER GOODS IN THE MARKET. ONE WORD AS TO PRICES: IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT ABOUT OUR GOODS BEING THE CHEAP- EST, GET PRICES FROM OTHER DEALERS AND THEN COME AND SEE OURS, y IN FIG EB. BARNUM & CO, 931 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Tury Sricx: Je20 OUR CUSTOMERS “STICK” BY US BE- CAUSE W “STICK” THEM. IT DOESN'T PAY TOSELL CHEAP ONE SEA- SON AND DEAR THE NE: ALWAYS COUNT ON US FOR BIG MONEY'S WORTH. IN CLOTHING OF ALL SORTS. SUITS FOR MEN from $6 upwards. SUITS FOR BOYS trom $3.75 upwards, SUITS POR CHILDREN from $1.75 upwarde BLUE FLANNEL SUITS from 36.50 upwards, MIDDLESEX FLANNEL SUITS at $10.00, PANTS from $1.25 upwards. GENUINE SEERSUCKER COATS AND VESTS, At $1.75. ALARGE LINE OF ODD COATS AND VESTS VERY CHEAP aT THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING 00, je6 = CORNER Tru AND G STREETS. TO GET CLOTHES TO LOOK WELL IN WIN- TER IS NOT SO DIFFICULT. THICK WOOLENS CAN BE SHAPED AND MADE TO KEEP THE SHAPE, BUT THIN AND COOL FABRICS RE- QUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO FASHION INTO COMELY GARMENTS. TO MEET ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS DEMANDS, 48 YOU CAN READILY JUDGE, BETTER SKILL AND CARE, AND WE CLAIM THAT BOTH HAVE BEEN EXERCISED IN MAKING UPOUR PRESENT SUPERB STOGK OF SEASONABLE AND PROPER CLOTHING. ROBINSON, PARKER & CO, ONE-PRICE CLOTHIERS, $19 SovrmEasT CORNER 77H AND D STREETS, hs 5 487 SEVENTH ST. N. HEADQUARTERS FOR SHIRTS AND MENS FURNISHING GOODS, 2c six for: ‘TBe. Bop E Gee a Bie gt ee cy All fully finest workmanship, perfect {ieers SHIRTS MADE TO ea. Ponch our quality—the Very Best. for $10. Satis: sao BARGAINS IN Ni Ee ea Ne ll BEST 6c. AND 7ic. JEAN DBA’ ‘woi erieaietenee Vv BAGS AT 25 Collars, ‘Styles, Best eer oo Cults, Latest ‘Best d-ply, ‘Buy Keep's Goods und save 26 per cent on your par OLIVER P. BURDETTE. BD Riso RECEIVED AND OPEX YOR INSPECTION : ar ier, (414) Peuusylvenis evenea