Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1886, Page 3

4% f - THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTO D. C., SATURDAY, “APRIL 3, 1886-DOUBLE SHEET. 3 ‘Written for Tax Evextne Star, LITTLE MISS JOYCE. —— BY MEM LINTON. ——— [Copyrighted, 1886. We lived in School District No. 4. It had gained an unenviable reputation for disorderly conduct, and it was difficult to secure and keep @ teacher for any length of time. This state of affairs had been brought about by several half grown boys, well in their teens, who had never had any training at home, and, consequently, ‘Were ungovernable at sehool and a nuisance in the community. The last teacher had resigned and gone away In disgust before the term was out. My father was one of the Board of Direc- tors. The board met with only one application teconsider. When my father came home we besiegea him with questions concerning the new teacher. “I think,” said he, with mock gravity, “we'll have order out of chaos, now; there's a look in her eye that means business.” “Reuben!” said my mother with anxious so- Meltude, “wouldn't it have been better to have hired a man teacher this term: “We nad nochoice, my dear. There was no other applicant. And now, boys,” turning to Maric and me, “when you can’t be gentlemen at school,” putting a good deal of emphasis on the word, insisting that {t covered the whole ground, “I'll put you to work on the farm.” ‘That caution was all we needed. We knew he meant business, too. This was the middle of the week. There was nothing seen or heard of Miss Joyce—that was her name—till the foilowing Monday morn- ing. We were gathered in little knots about the school yard, wondering what she would be Mike anyway, when a carriage drove up; a lady alighted, waiked briskly up the path, throwing @ cheery good morning right and left, unlocked the school house door and went in. The driver followed her with a large basket. I think if a bomb shell had exploded in our midst, we would nothave been more completely amazed. “Pooh!” said Nat Green, the leader of the out- lawry, at last drawing a long breath, “I could pick her up with one hand and put her in my pocket.” “Whar dat muskeeter I seed gwine erlong dis er walk?” cried the mimic Sam Wilder, run- ning a little ways and jumping up and clapping his hands together. “Uncle Sambo! where’s your glasses?” said Pete Dorsey. “Your mosquito is only a harm- Jess little grat.” Thes: sa'lies excited peals of laughter, which had scarcely died away when the bell rang ‘and we marched in and took our places. It ‘would be difficult to say just what the scholars expected to see in the new teacher. hat it was something entirely different from what they had anticipated their faces readily showed. But I can only speak defi- Bitely in regard, to myself. | Remembering what my father had said, “There’s a look in her eye that means business,” and also remem- bering that her predecessors, as far as I knew, had all been of generous proportions, I had framed this portrait in my “mind’s eye:" A tall, raw-boned, muscular woman of at least 35, with steel-blue eyes, to whom the @arkest deception was as the lice of a cobweb. And there she was, not my portrait surely, but the new teacher nevertheless, and not a | whit taller than our Mary Marthy. I never read Kotert Browning’s “Filghtof the Duchess” ‘when he sketched “The smallest woman alive,” Without thinking of her as she stood on the latiorm that Monday morning. A diminutive Torm, batot perfect symmetry: a face all sun- shine and dimples, laughing brown eyes and @n abundanee of fluffy, gold-brown hair rolied into aglistening coil high on the head. This last, I presume, was a device to increase her stature. She did not look a day over 15, but we afterward learned that she had just turned her 25th birthday. When she spoke it was like listening to a chime of beils,so musical | and so perfectly modulated were the tones of her voice. She spoke with simple directness. “My dear pupils! Iam Miss Joyee, your teacher for thisterm. Iam very glad tosee Youall. [have brought a heart full of love for | You and my work, and I know we ane along admirably together and do each other good. It is always my custom to open school each morning by repeating the Lord’s Prayer and asking his guidance and blessing on our efforts for the day. We will repeat it together, ease.” PShe followed the beautiful Prayer to the e but not a voice joined bers. Iknow you coul have heard a pin drop, the silence was so pro- sound. Ihad been accustomed to hear it re- peated in our family circle and in the pulpit as Jar back as I could remember, but never with such power and pathos as that. It was an in- spiration, and deftly brought out such realistic, spiritual meanings as I had never dreamed it pssessed. I felt my heart made so tender that knew I could shed tears if I were not a boy 12 ‘ears old and too big for that sort of thing. on wondertui, magnetic power! “ AndI will raw all men unto me,” said the man of sor- rows. The spirit of the Master was working in our midst. P threw one hurried glance about the room. Mary Marthy was wiping her eyes with the corner of her biue giugham apron; St. Clair’s face—usuaily bis black eyes were dancing with mischiet—wore a solemn, wistful look that I had never seen on it before; Nat Green had his back to the school and was look- ing out of the window across a rolling stretch of prairie, motionless as stone. I knew some other bearts were made tender as well as my own. This knowledge only tended to enhance the effect on myself. I could bear it no longer. My eyes were aiready overtlowing. I leaned my elbows on my desk and dropped my face In my bands, while the big drops teil in a little, pitiful pool at my feet. am 1 was not conscious of the lapse of time till a sott hand was iaid ou my head and her voice— that divinely inspired voice—said with thrill ing earnestness: “*And as He passed by He saw Matthew sit- fing at the receipt of custom, and said unto Him, Follow me." And he arose and followed dim. Be as ready my boy, as thy namesake 0f old, to follow the eail of the Master.” Lf she is living anywhere in the wide world and reads this y, | would like her to know that I date my first call to an evangelistic life © her timely dropping of those words. It was seed sown in good ground, and I am thankful to know that it bas borne some fruit. “Paul may plantand Apolios may water, but it is God ‘that giveth the inerease. She passed so quietly and so gently trom one to another, saying just the right word inthe Fight piace, talking fittle of books, but much of ‘What was, ob! so wonderiully interesting and in- structive that the forenoon slipped away almost betore we knew it. “I see it fs high noon,” she said, looking at her ‘watch—a tiny affair, a5 though inade expressly for her. “Now we'll adjourn to that nobie syc- more yonder and have a picnic wgether. Na- than,” turning on it Green @ face like a sun- beam. She invariably called us by our right names, and it was always a mystery how she knew so much about us from the siart; but I know now that ou that day of the meeting father in a few words expiuined to her where | the difficulty la; Being gifted with wonderful intuitive powers and a strange, but vital mag- netism, she Was mistress of the situation from the moment we came within her presence. Father was keenly observant and must have detected this; for he gave ner to understand also that day that she was to make our house her home as long as ste remained, which she always did. you be good enough to assist “Nathani will me With this basket?” It was a large one and filled to the brim, as We could see from the bulging lids: ‘Nat looked embarrassed, but pleased with the preference shown him, took ‘the basket from Ler band and led the way. Wellt we had ‘@ feast Ht for a queen that noon from the solid Substantials down to the most toothsomeFreneh Garamels. And all the tine she kept up a run ing flow of anecdote and story, both humor. Gus and pathetic. “Isn't she just aplendid?” was the verdict of all when she had withdrawn aad left'us to our- | selves. Even Nat Green was so far drawn out Ot himself as to exclaim with some show. of enthusiasm: “It Isn't in a feller to fight a wee thing like her nohow, an’ ‘specially when she's 0 jolly, too.” ‘in thé afternoon classes were organized and the term's work outlined; the whole was seu: soued with more interesting talk, and when the first school day closed we were all agreed that we had never spent a happier day im our lives. Tue three outlaws skulked home: butthe next morning Us ally on time, and under her wise management they becatné Rot only the best behaved boys, but’ the best scholars in school. Before the term was half out the new teacher was known far and near as liilegMine Joye, aud there was not a boy among us that wouldnt have fought for her as zealously aud died foF ber, if'need be, with as chivalrous a devotion ts Knights of Old in the lists, St Claire sume ming up of the day to mother feog of the whole matter. hemeammesre “She Jes’ looked and talked dn’ we got good an’ gooder an’ didn't want to de notuke: Gok ‘Just before the close of the term an event oc- eurred which lifted Miss Joyec at ouce to tte front rank of heroines and forever canontand her, at least in our family. Father had bee absent several days on business and came heme sbout dark one evening with several thousend dollars in his possession, which he locked upia the sate. He’ Inteuded'to go to town the teat morning and deposit bank. "Between ® and 10 o'clock the same evening mother was Summoned by telegram to the bedside ofa Gying sister in a distant state. It was neces Bary'to leave home by day break to Teach the Station “in. time. for the carly train. Father decided to go with m ‘however, a man to borrow troubie. There been no robbery of any consequence com- mitted in the county for several years. It was Bot likely such @ Visitation would occur now. ‘Wehad @ good girl in the kitchen, and Miss Joyee bad promised to take mother's as far as possible. With the exception of St.Clair, re all up tosce them off. Mother would ‘allow him to be disturbed: she Kissed his face still wray in slumber and quickly down her vel . day was clear and bright till almost noon; air grew turbulent and the sky murky. ening. Laver heavy black masses of piled themselves into a formidable bank, hich came angry rumblings and fitfal flashes, that augured a brewing storm athand. Miss Joyce closed school early ae FE and we reached home just as the big drops bezan to fall. It proved the heaviest rainfall of the season. The flood-gates of Heaven seemed to be opened and the rain fell in torrents all the fore part of the night, while the house (a solid, substantial piece ot masonry) groaned and shook with the violence of the wind. About midnight the fierceness of the spent itself, but the rain still feil in gentle, measured cadences. We children went to bed early. Mark and I were both tired and out of sorts. The morrow would be Saturday and we had planned to have some rare sport. Such weather would spoil all our fun, and we did so hate to be cooped up in the house. After «time I lost consciousness and slept profoundly. ‘The particulars of the wiul tragedy enacted during that terrible night we learned the next morning from Miss Joyce’sown lips, and were eye witnesses to the fearful evi- dences of the crime. Miss Joyce had sat up late writing letters. During father's and mother's absence she was to occupy their apartment, which was a front room on the ground floor and opened into a little room back, where slept Mary Marthy and St. Clair. All the windows of the house, up stairs and down, had strong, massive shutters, which securel fastened inside with heavy iron clamps. As said before, Miss Joyce was writing letters till a@ late hourand did not retire till atter mid- night. It was some time after his before she dozed off into slumber. She was always a light sleeper. ‘The least noise seemed instantly to arouse her, not into that drowsy, semicon- sciousness, which usually precedes tull awaken- ing, but atonce into alert cognizance. And on this particular night, when her nerves were tensely strung by therigor of the storm, all her lily senses seemed preternaturally acute. How long she slept, whether minutes or hours, she did not know, but she was suddenly awakened by the sound of something falling. And the impression received by her in that second of time, as the mind leaped from slum- ber to consciousness, was so distinct and re: that she could have taken oath on the Bible that the sound she heard was that of some me- tallie substance, dropping with a sharp ring upon a bard floor. The sound would have been dulled had it fallen on the thick earpets of the rooms immediately adjacent. In the more remote parts of the house distance would also have deadened the sound. 5 Her thought instantly flew to the wide hall, covered with oil-cloth, into which mother’s room opened. The door of the room had been left purposely ajar that she might the more readily hear if anyone called. What metailic substance would be likely to fall but the hall door-key? And she remembered distinctly, when she locked the door during the evening, to have turned the key to preventthat. It must, therefore, have been returned and pushed inward from the outside. How swiftly the mind leaps from link to link in tue chain of cause and effect. She threw ona woolen wrapper and in her stockinged feet, glided nolselessly into the hall and laid her hand softly on the lock; the key was gone! Atthe same instant akey was in- serted from without. Her heart stood still, Had_ she forgotton the bolt! Swiftly her hand sought it. No. thank God! The bolt was drawn, was both stout and strong. But—Great Heavens! they were not to be foiled. Hist! With brace and_bit they were boring perpen- dicular holes lel with and close to the lock, through which the light irom adark lantern made ghostly lines upon the floor. She took in the meaning of it all at once and realized that tbey were working with the apes and skill ofexperts. Some natures are coolest in moments of greatest peril. By the time the last hole was bored little’ Miss Joyce had decided upon the only course left to her. She wisely judged it best to leave the rest of us undis- turbed. The girl she knew to be an arrant coward, and we boys were too young to ex- ercise the proper caution. At all hazards the burglars (there proved to be three of them) must not know that my father was away. The knowledge of that fact would put us completely at their mercy. She determined to face the danger alone. She knew my tather had firearms, but where he kept them she did not know, and besides there was no time to pro- curethem. Already the holes had grown into an aperture large onough for a man’s hand. And now the hand itself—a white, shapely hand—had slipped through the slit, and was about to reach for the bolt. Lifting a silent prayer for help, she grasped the hand and with @ quick jerk foided the wrist backward upon the of the aperture, then threw her weight upon the hand. There ‘was @ dull, sickening snap followed by a smothered groan and mut- tered curses from outside. Then there was a short, whispered parley, a slight struggle and the sound of water dripping upon the stone steps. Afterward silence reigned, and as tima ‘wore on the hand, that was clutched about hers, grew cold as ice. Good God! Had they—but the thought which flashed upon her was so awful that for the first time in her life she fainted dead away. 1 was awakened by vigorous poundings upon the front door. It was broad daylight. Hastil: slipping on my clothes I descended to the hail and found Miss Joyce on her Knees leanin against the door. I spoke to her, but sne di not answer. Running out and around the house I saw asight that for a moment trans- fixed me with horror. A young strippling of a boy—far too young tor so Vile a trade—was halt reclining agaiust the door with his throat cut from ear toear. He was covered with blood, which yet trickled from the wound and! stood in little pools upon the cer The burglars could not take him away with them, and dared not run therisk of leaving him. Dead men tell no secrets. A neighbor passing by had seen the strange sight and gave the alarm, 1 motioned him to follow me into the house, for I could not Yet find my voice. We lifted ‘Miss Joyee—we ad to pry her hand from out the cluteh of the dead one—and laid her on mothor's bed and rubbed and bathed the poor,crumpled hand. In ashort time she regained consciousness, but Was nervously prostrated for several days. Very unexpectedly and to our inexpressible relief my father came home that forenoon. ‘They had accomplished but a short part of their G nein 8 when the impression came to him that he ought to be at home. It finally grew sostron; upon him that he and mother both decide: it was best for him toreturn. When he learned of the tragic events of the night, he just took Miss Joyce in his arm and kissed her, while his Voice trembled with emotion as he said: “Brave little heroine! Our little, eldest daugh- ter henceforth!” ‘This act of appreciation greatly delighted us children. Well, she stayed with us a year, j ts sweeter and dearer to us all, then she left us. Mother told us confidentially that she Was going on to New York to marry a imission- ary under Spams to South America. God bless her! She had the true mission- ary spirit. School District No. 4 had after- ward many a teacher as capable of imparting knowledge and as good disciplinarlans in their- Way as she, but none, ay! not one, could ever juite take the place in our hearts of little Miss joyce. ———+e+-_____ Saturday Smiles. For a baby there should always be a slip ‘twixt the cup and the hp.—Merchant Traveler. The Boston Base Ball club has four pitchers— as many as a hundred dollar dinner set.—Lowelt Courier. Anxious Reader—No, You are mistaken Burns did not write a poem called the “Boy- cotter's Saturday Night.”— Pittsburg Chronicle, It is common for a man to bring up his niece, but what do you think ofa fellow who raises his ante.—Boston Post. What iS an April fool? An April fool isa man who puts on his sutnmer underelothing in April, under the impression that that golden season is about to burst on us, because we have had two or three salubrious days.—Puck. The Nights of Labor originated in the daily newspaper offices, where they labor all night.— Nashville American, “If that man Jaehne ever gets released, I am not going to nize him at all,” remarked one New York alderman. “Nor I, either,” assented another. “Any alderman who gives himself away in that fashion is not worthy ofnotice.” “That's 80.” —Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph, House cleaning is at_hand, and we shall soon hear of the women who broom in the spring tra-la.—Boston Transcript. Doctor—You need more sleep, my friend. That is the whole trouble with you. What is your business? Patient—I'm a policeman. Doc- tor—Then it must be something else, but I surely thought it was loss of sleep. After all, perhaps you don’t take enough of exercise.—New Haven News. “Make room for the girls!” eries the Woman's Journal, Oh. pshaw, the girls don’t want much room, A chiir that will hold one with a tight squeeze, will hold two very comfortably. Room for the girls, indeed! Sit here, girls. — Burdette, My son, have an object in life. When we were twenty years old we were just as listless and discouraged as you are, bai onc day we made a resolve, that we would live until we ould get @ tailor to make a ‘of pantaloons that" would fit" us, We. have worked bard on tuis lay, and have not yet given up hope, though we'are now 97 years old, have'not yet succeeded.—Boston Post. A young lady friend of mine has @ mission class in an Episcopal Sunday school. She has been trying for several Sundays toexplain to them the meaning of Leut and the solemnity of its observance. Yesterday she asked: “Now, Which of you can tell me what Lent is?? For awhile no one replied; then a little girl in the corner answered, “I know.” “Well, what is it?” “It’s the time when the ladies ask the gentlemen to marry them,”—Louisville Jimmy Tuffboy keeps his eye open and knows what is going on fairly well. Rushing into the kitchen the other day, he shouted. “I say, ma, hurry up and gimme suthin’ eat. I'm goin’ to join the Knights of Idleness.” “You needn’t trouble yourself about that, You are idie enough as it Is, and there's noth- ing in the house for you to eat until supper ime.” “Ail right. I shall boycott you—just as soon a Tous up this rip in my troaserar le was put to bed unt ing was done.—Hartford Poe —_ ree = it was fired ‘a bullet straight Se Beart, kiting ia Instantly. ‘Last. weel Seyton lecturea before the United Service In- ‘stLute on the merits of the Invention. at hinney, areday Beit sane sven mee aati St coreseat Pataca men. The wound is fated. ‘Kane was arrested. Sam Jones will it next fail, in spend eight weeks in Boston CUBA AND THE CUBANS. ‘The People whe Live Within a Few Leagues of Our Shores. THE SPANISH DOMIXATION—THE CAPTAIN GENERAL AND HIS ESTABLISHMENT—THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE AND ITS ‘BESULTS—A LAND WITHOUT INVENTORS, &C. Correspondence of Tae EVENING STAR. Havana, March 1, 1886.—Having given in @ previous letter some pictures of city and country life in Cuba, it may be interesting to your readers to know something of the pecu- Marities of the inhabitants of this tropical land, lying just across the Gulf stream, and only eighty-eight nautical miles distant from our own shores at Key West. The island is about 760 miles long, the width varying from 15 to 130 miles. It is admirably adapted by its pe- euliar coast line of harbors and land-locked ports for ready communication with all mari- time nationalities, Havana, with population of 300,000, is the choicest harbor of the West Indies, and in it may be seen at all times the = of every nation. he pobulation of Cutta is about 1,500,000. Originally none but Spaniards were allowed to settle In the Island, but for some reason the embargo was removed and a general influx of foreiguers from other provinces, intermingled with the large body of aren resuited in a mixed offspring, which, with 75,000 Chinese, noW presents a heterogeneous inass of human- ity of every shade of color and peculiar- ity of manner, but with an absolute and un- dying haired of the proud and domineering Castilians. From time immemorial the government of Cuba has been in the hands of and controlled by Spain. Itis governed by the Spantards for themselves, Cubans having no voice in its councils, nor being deemed entitied to any con- sideration, They are expected to meekly sub- mit t any Spanish decrees and pay without murmuring or complaint the burdensome taxes } imposed by imperious Spaniards, THE CAPTAIN GENERAL'S, The palace is kept upon a grand and extrava- gant scale, his summer and winter gardens being filled with the rarest and most costly tropical plants, and he is surrounded by an army of military satraps and civil attendants, such as gentlemen of the bed cuambers, apoth- ecaries to the court, and so on to the end of the chapter. The military spirit of the Spaniard finds ample opportunity for expression in the stupid ceremonies that are part of the para- phernalia of this sham regal esiablishment. CUBANS AND SPANIAKDS, The Cubans are hated intensely by the Span- iards, and vice versa. An intense disloyalty to Spain ailows the Cuban no place in the Spanish army, although one is sure that every fifth man he meets in Havana is either a soldier or a policeman. The only enemy that menaces Spain is the unhappy tax-ridden Cubans, and to keep them in subjection she ships her un- drilled conscripts to Cuba to fill up her Spanish army, now numbering 30,000 regulars and 75,000. volunteers, entailing an annual tax upon Cuba of $30,000,000, or $20 per capita on each man, woman and child in the island. There is uo society for the prevention of cru- elty to animuls, and an American will be in per- fect torture at every turn by seeing some atrocity perpetrated on poor dumb brutes in the street, in the field and elsewhere. ‘ne yoke that has been used for centuries is not a yoke in any sense, but a piece of heavy timber fastened by ropes across the head of the oxen just below the horns, a large rope being run through the nose, so tied that the heads of the oxen are Kept in a straight line, and immense loads are pushed atone the rough streets, the patient oxen being urged with goads and cursed in miserable Spanish. Galied, spavined, wind-broken pony mules are unm itully beaten in the streets, aud no one molests the wicked brute of a ver. BEHIND THE TIMES, The Cuban has no need of a patent office, for there are absolutely no inventions, and the dull islander has little idea of anything better than his ancestors used generations ago. The tather's plow Was a crotch of a tree, and that patri- archal implement, clumsy as it is, has held its ‘own, as against the modern inventions of the Yankees.//It_was a long struggle between the Seam engine and the originai motive power used by the Creoles in the ancient sugar mills, ‘The wheelbarrow has no place in the industries of the island, it being far more consistent with ancestral notions tu use a box in removing dirt from place to place. The key to your room at the hotel is patterned after one that unlocked a dungeon in some ancient bastile, and tne hinges, locks, latches and household hardware would grace an old curiosity shop as rare speci- mens of a forgotten age. CUBAN SCHOOLS. ‘There is no public school system in Cuba. The education of the children isin the hands of the church, and is closely identified with the feudalsystom of government. ‘The teaching is astrange mixture of arithmetic, doctrines of the church, geography, the ritual, &¢., &, ‘These educational advantages, poor as they are. can only be enjoyed by children whose pa- rents are able to pay the expense of such lux- ury. The school readers are calculated to im- press upon the mind of the young Cuban the doctrines of the chureb, the title page being decorated with @ cross and the schools belng named after some saint, but in spite of all et forts the stupid Cuban boy grows up with a stolid indifference towards the church and an inveterate hatred of the Spaniard. THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE. For years prior to 1870 the Cuban heart had been lacerated and torn by the outrages im- Posed upon them by the Spaniards, and prior to 1874 over 5,000. Cubans had been mercilessly ‘These acts fired the Cuban heart and resulted ina bloody insurrection, whien continued for nine long years, during ‘which the Spaniards, acting only on the defensive, spent over $700,- 000,000 and lost 160,000 lives. ‘The strugyle Was one of simple endurance and nota test of valor. The Cubans poverty, in allies, aris and material, conquered them.’ The results of this rebellion made great changes, but the Cuban is still the under dog in the fight. Slavery, so long @ debasing influence in the civilization of the island, received a severe and fatal blow during this long struggle, and in 1388 the last clank- ing ehain will be broken and every chattel will baw freeman., The price of a slave is now only about 8200, Which simply measures the value of Lworyears’ labor. O.F.P. = me HIS NAME AND PAKNELL'S HISS ANTI-IRISH MASS MEETING, “Mr. Gladstone is riding straight for a fall,” the Pall Mall Gazette declured yesterday after- noon. “He refuses,” says the Gazette, “to mod- ity his Irish scheme, and the result will be that the country will have neither home rule in Ireland nor Gladstone.” ‘The Pal! Mall Gazette announced, in the same way precisely, that Lord Salisbury would “ride for a full,” at the Very time the tory premier was arranging for his own defeat. “rhe declaration at the time was generally hooted by the other English Papers; but the Gazette was entirely accurate then. "It is thought the editor has special knowledge that Mr. Gladstone,being convinced ofthe absolute justice and good policy of his Irish proposals, and the same time convinced that the tory and radical politicians have de- termined to deleat them, means to force the issue and bring about the defeat as soon as pos sible, content to sacrifice power in his fina: etlort at pacification. AT THE ANTI-IRISH MASS MEETING in London yesterday, at every mention of Mr. Parnell’s name the audience hissed. The name of the premier was treated in the same way every time any speaker used it, There was even eries of “Gladstone is a lunatic.” “All. the speeches were intensely patriotic, and the speakers were loudly chgered. Mr. George otter, a liberal, venttired to propose an amend- ment to the Lubbock resolution to the effect that Mr. Gladstone was entitled to the confi- dence of the audience and the British public, but his voice was drowned by groans and erles of “Go home,” “Turn him out.” ‘The meetin, closed. with three, cheers for the queen, an je assemblage left the hall singing, “Rule Britania.” wis! itis believed that the statement in relation to the government of Ireland, which Mr. Glad- stone promised to make on Thursday next will be again postponed, ce. ___ An Ultimatum to Greece. Sir Horace Rumbold, the British minister to Greece, has been ordered to join with the other foreign diplomatic representatives at Athens in sending to the Greek government a final strong Temonstrance against Greece's warlike attl- tude, This remonstrance will be tantamount to an ultimatum, and it Greece ignores it, the foreign fleets will dct forthwith, All the foreign Squadrons in the waters of Greece are being hastily reinforced. The French government has given orders for the immediate dispatch of the third naval division to the Levant. The fron-clads Marengo and Vauban left Toulon last night, ‘The torpedo flotilla is also under orders, ————+e+____ A Remarkable Suit. ASKING ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE ON THE GROUND OF MISCEGENATION. A Louisville, Ky., special, March 30, says: A remarkable case was argued in the common pleas court to-day. It was brought by Mattie iH. Palmer last June, asking that her marriage with Wilham E. Montgomery be annulled, on the ground that he was colored. They eloped to Indiana and were married October 0, 1877, Sad bave two chlitren. ‘By eke dadimba, inv? of a white toa with one- that her grandmother was mulati Bergraadinthor aca meme ‘whitesaud all ths athens were Owners of the mother, and promi: nent people. She was bought by her of his aunt, who owned her mother and raised as imate cousin of his children. The girl married the defendant when she Was 16 years old, Montgomery wi F Serbney mae wae Shot, not as soldiers, but as disloyal subjects. | Still Another Alderman Arrested. There were more interesting developments in the Broadway franchise affair in New York yesterday afternoon. Ex-Alderman Kirk, who ‘was arrested Thursday night, was indicted by the grand Jary for receiving a bribe of $20,000. Kirk pleaded not guilty and was released on $25,000 ball. There are two counts to the indictment. Under the first, if found guilty, he is lable to a fine of $5,000 and ten years’ imprisonment, and under the second the same fine and two years’ imprisonment. Ex-Alder- man Pearson was also indicted on similar charge and. released on $25,000 bail. Alder. man Fullgraff was not arrested, as was reported in. iterday’s dis) es. ‘he Tammany Hall committee om organiza- tion last night accepted the resignation of ex- Aldermen Kirk, L.A. Full ‘and Charles A. Dem: »» and also of “Billy” Moloney. The County Democracy executive comm tiss passed. resolutions calling on the district committees toexpel all persons from the organization in any way connected with the “Broadway Sur- face Railway steal.” Thorns in Love’s Pathway. THE UNHAPPY MATRIMONIAL CAREER OF A ‘YOUNG NEW JERSEY FARMER, James McCormack, a young farm hand from Manalapan, N.J., bas found the matrimonial Path skirted only with thorns since he eloped to Trenton a year ago with his employer's buxom young daughter. The couple were over- taken at Trenton and torn from each other, al- though married. The girl was taken home and McCormack went tojail. Indictments quickly followed in Trenton for illegal marriage and in Monmouth county for abduction, the girl being only 15 years old. McCormack ‘was first tried in Monmouth Court, convicted and sent to jail. Meantime the girl's father had the couple di- voreed, although the girl for a long time re- mained true to her lover. On the expiration of McCormack’s term in Monmouth jail he was brought to Trenton to answer to the Indictment for illegal marriage in that city, and his coun: sel made an earnest appeal that he should not be punished twice for practically the same of- fense. Yesterday, however, Judge Stewart read a Jongthy ‘opinion, holding that the punish- ment in Monmouth county in no way excuses ability in Mercer. McCormack, who is in jail, will be sentenced next week. shetisilet 3s Pekaaes Rowing About Richmond. PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES BY THE FLOOD IN THE JAMES—THE CITY WITHOUT Gas. * A special to the Baltimore American from Richmond, Va., last night says: The rise in the James river reached the highest point to-day. There is a depth of about four feetin Main, Franklin, Cary and Dock streets, four of the principal streets in the city. People can only go from the eastern to the western section of the city by boats. The first police station stands in the midst of water four feet deep, and can only be reached by boats. The night and day reliefs during the past ten hours have been sent out in boats, and prisoners were taken to and from the same place in skitts. Communication between the two sections of the city is entirely cut off, except by skiff navigation, The water is within ten feet of the front of the St. Charles hotel, What is known as Fulton is almost entirely under water—stores, dwellings and work+ shops. One hundred and fifty families are homeless, Many were unable to remove their furniture before the flood came. A large num- ber of poor people camped out on the river banks during the night. The city gas works are submerged, and the city is without gas to-night. ‘The street cars can only run to 15th street, in- stead of 31st street, as heretofore. Despite the experience of former years, many families were tak by surprise, and awoke to find their dwellings surrounded by water. In Fulton and Rocketts, where a large majority of peor people dwell, they nearly everything by the sud- den flood. Great destitution prevails among these people. Large numbers of them are abso- lutely without shelter to-night, and their camp tires can be seen on the hills. Asa rule, all the tobacco was safely reimoved trom the ware- houses on the river front. oe ___ Dr. Bristor at Conference. TO BE TRIED ON IDA DOWNS’ CHARGES BY A COMMITTEE OF HIs BECTHRE:! When the name of George R. Bristor was called by the secretary of the Newark Metho- dist conference at the opening of the annual session in the Lafayette Methodist church at Jersey City Thursday, many ministers were surprised at the loud “Here!” that came from a pew in the rear of the church. Mr. Bristor had ept away from his fellow clergymen, and few Were aware of his presence. Bishop Randoiph 8, Foster, who opened the conference, said that the charges of Ida Downs against Bristor ought to be investigated at ounce, Dr. Bristor suid that he was more inter- ested in the result of a pending trial in a civil court than in any ecclesiastical court betore which his case might come. He asked for a committee to investigate him after the trial in the civil court was over. The names of the ¢lergymen selected for this committee were A. H, Tattle, F.8. Mason, W.S. Gallaway, E. V. King, J. H. Egbert, C.F. Hull, 1. H. Jacobus, G. £. Jackson, L., Thomas, 8. D. Jones, W. Cham: berlain, W. H. Ruth, J. G. Johnson,’ RB. Col- lins and A. M. Harris, proposition was made to lay the hearing over for a year, but there were cries of “No; “No,” trom’ all parts of the room, The bishop decided that the trial must go forward, The court will meet during the conterence in the lecture room of the Lafayette Reformed church, ‘The sessions will be private, HE WITHDRAWS FROM THE MINISTRY. At the session of the conference yesterday a letter was received from Dr. Bristor withdraw- ing from the ministry and membership of the Methodist Episcopai church. ARRESTED For Roppina His Brrpe.—Rev. William Hammond, who became pastor of the Free Will Baptist chureh at Franklin, N, HL, last September, at once began paying Court 13 the rich widow of Dr. Harrison W. Brockway, and abour three weeks ago they were married: ‘Two days after the wedding Hammond induced, his bride to sign ber name on a blank page in @ bank book on the Franklin bank, and on Wed- desday he got a Boston check for $2,000 by pre- senting the book. He also got possession of a thousand dollar bond and some money in his Wife's portinonale, and. sold her furniture, re- ceiving cash down. ‘Then he left for Boston, where he was arrested yesterday at tho house of @ woman at the South End, He was locked up in Concord last night, ——2ee—___ Presmest Diaz REGRETS THE KILLING OF Carr. Ceawrorb.—President Diaz in his mes- Sage to the Mexican congress, yesterday says, ro- garding the killing of Capt. Crawford by Mext- can soldiers, that the Mexican force was com- posed of volunteers from Chihuahua, who nat- wally would not believe that the Indians with Capt. Crawford were friends, for, according to the ‘reaty, which permitted the soldiers of elther republic to cross the frontier, in parsult of hostile indians, only regular troops were allowed to cross, ‘The president expresses re- gret at the occurrence. ‘oo —____ Porson 1N CoLoRED STOCKINGS.—Two weeks ago young daughter of Jacob Niper, at Peters- burg, N. J., walked a distance ot two miles with’ her parents, wearing new shoes and red stockings. The shoes were tight and greatly irritated ‘her feet, Three days afterward her feet began to swell, and three days later still both legs were swollen to nearly twice thelr natural size and thegirl’s mind became affgctea, ‘Thursday she was attacked with spasms, which continued for some time at intervals ot from five to ten minutes. She died in great agony. Blood poisoning, induced by the coloring -mat- ter in the stockings, is supposed to have caused death, ———_+er.. BELGIAN StRikeRs REFUSE To GO T0 WoRK. = About 15,000 strikers refuse to return to work in the Charleroi district, of Belgium. ‘fhe men are no longer riotous, however. There is. more or less agitation among the strikers at Mar- chiennes, Fleurus and Chatelineau, and at these points troops are still needed to preserve order. the miners at Courcelles and Dunord went out on strike yesterday. They are disorderly and many of them have been arrested. BEACH CHALLENGES THE WoRLD—Beach, the sculler, sailed from Melbourne, Australia, Yesterday, for England. He challenges any man in the world to row him on the Thames for the championship of the world, ‘THREE CLERGYMEN TO BE TRIED.—The cases of three clergymen mixed upin the Miss Robert- son assault scandal came up in the conference at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Thursday. Charges were presented against Rev. Robert White by Rev G. W. Gregory, which ‘were referred. for trial and {investigation to @ committee consist- ing of J. 8. Chadwick, president, and Alson Ostrander, secretary, with J. Y. Bates as counsel for White. Charges were also preferred against Rey. W. R, Gorse and Rev. C, H. Travis and re- ferred to committees of the conference for trial, waieh will be held in the ‘avenus ehureh, ————+e+______ THE O'KEErve-Winaxs Divorce Surr— Counsel for Ross Winans, the Baltimore mil- Honaire, who is being éued by Mrs. Alice O'Keeffe for divorce and alimony, tried before Referee Nash in New York yesterday to intro- duce the luw of Maryland respecting the mar Flage contract as evidence to upset Mrs, O'Keeffe’s claim that she was married to Winans. Ex-Judge Curtis argued for Mra, O'Keeffe that the marriage laws of the state of tiny appllcation ig tne case aad tiers Mate ‘any application case an ree Nash Sustalued him,. ‘Mrs. O'Keeffe looked when sne the decision and Millionaire Wi who was provent in a natty, spring suit, aid not to like tat all. The ev! dence is now ali in on both sides ‘and next We afternoon both sides will sum up. —_—V_—— The men coopers of Richmond “two hundred and ‘tre ler es rr were ted from, the Jefferson Modical sol- "Rie ciate nave amanda $1.50 Instead of $1.20 aday. “Al work ia "ant Pettnumber ot the ai aikors in araded yesterday In frontot Stieff's RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE. — On last Sabbath twenty-eight united with the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, twenty-one on profession of their faith. — The Reformed (Dutch) board of foreign mis- sions owes $38,500. —The German ministers of Cincinnati are holding meetings to sustain the Sunday laws. —The Chareh of England has nine mission stations along the Panama canal. —The Presbyterian church gave over $100,- 000 to foreign missions in January. — Rev. J. Addison Whitaker has been elected pastor of the Frostburg (Md.) Presbyterian ehureh, —Atthe recent annual Sunday school festi- yal in Lucknow, India, 2,000 children marched. in the possession. — Christ Protestant Episcopal church, of Bed- ford avenue, Brooklyn, N. ¥., has decided to keep its doors open all day. —Iv has been decided to hold the American Congress of Churches at Clevel ‘Ohio, on May 25,26, and 27. spear — The three evangelists who are laboring in Rochester, N. Y.—Messrs. Morten, Pratt and Davidson—are meeting with great success. — Dean Carmichal, of Montreal, Canada, offi- gated at the Episcopal church of the Ascension Baltimore, last Sunday. —Ex-Chief Justice Cochrane, of Georgia, has eft the piscopal church for immersion into the Baptist fait —Dr. James Eells, president of Lane Theo- logical seminary, Walnut Hill, Ohio, died sud- denly on the 9th’ inst., at his home in Cincin- natl. — The receipts of the American Bible society for February were $35,464.33. Tho total issues from the Bible house during ‘the same month were 60,446 volumes, —The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, will assemble in Rich- mond, Va.,in fay next. The last time it met in Virginia was in 1857. — There are 111 Young Men’s Christian asso- clations in New York state, with a membership of 21,500. Twenty-six associations have been organized in this state within a year. —The Baptist Home Mission Monthly sends out a ringing call for $200,000 required before April 15 to enable that society to close its year free trom debt. —Rev. E. P. Hammond, the well-known American evangelist, has been laboring during February with great success at Clapham, Eng- land. ‘The opening meeting was attended by about 1,500 boys and girls. —Two Texas evangelists, Major Penn and Mr. G. R. Cairns, are reported doing a good work in Scotland. On the pressing invitation of friends they went over there in November, ‘They are now in Nottingham, and their services have resulted in the conversion ot many. —Dr. Hartzell, well-known in connection ‘with the educational interests of Methodism in the south, has undertaken to raise $75,000 of the $100,000 needed tor the new Methodist col lege in New Orleans. Bisnop Mallalieu has prom- ised to raise the remaining $25,000. —One of the most remarkable religious re- vivals seen in the lower section of New Jersey for years is now the sensation in Cape May county. The meetings are held at the court house, and peuple drive from fifteen to twenty miles 'to attend them. Rev. William Mitchell, Who Is known as “tho young Moody of Sout Jersey,” is conducting the meeting. —Steamboat Frank, the Modoc Indian who was captured at the time of the Modoe war, and who Is still a prisoner of the United States, is attending, by permission of the government, the Oak Grove seminary in Maine, He now calls himself Frank Modoc, and is studying for the ministry. He is making good progress in his studies, and is apparently a devout Chris- an, ———— The St. Petersburg correspondent of the New York Herald says @ Russian squadron, bearing @ number of Russian grand dukes, is coming to the United States, with a view to cementing mére closely the ‘old friendship between the two nations. Judge John Baxter, of Knoxville, Tenn. Judge of the sixth judicial etreuit of thé Unite States court, died yesterday at Hot Springs, Ark,, after ab illness of only a few hours. Se xa Axp Scuxwex Ovexre. E.G. DAVIS, ‘719 Market Space. 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ROIDERIES, FLOUNCINGS and VEILINGS cannot be sur- pasged.Must be seen to be appreciated.In BUT- TONS,CLASPS and BUCKLES weshow the newest productions. RIBBONS and Ribbon Vel- vets in all widths and colors. Our Trimming department is replete with all the novelties of the season. FANS, HDKFS,,NECK RUCH- ING, GLOVES, FANCY GOODS and NO- ES, TIONS in endless variety. E G. DAVIS, mh29-6t ‘719 Market Space, corner Sth st. EEE A St TITT KEE RRR Ez AAA Lf Ex RR Kee AA SssS POKER OR OE Cards, Haster Scrap Pictures (for eggs), Novel Satin ns, Unique Easter Bannerets (our own make). Wholesale prices given to churches and teachers. Preity cards at le. ‘each, Satin Cards, 5c. to $1.00; Scrap Book Pictures, ‘French ‘tissue. Papers SUK ‘Transfer Pletures; Jap Goods, Mats, Parasols, Nap- Kins, Fans, Scrolls, Lamp Shades,etc. ‘New Music, 5¢. Nanon, Mikado, Sée Saw. ete. Lustre Pamt, 50° and 10e,; Schoo! Cards, 30c. per 100. Studiesfor Painting. 4 JAY GOULD, 421 9th st, near Penwa. ave. ap2-Ow Acoxure Eczeua. UNABLE TO WALK WITHOUT CRUTCHES, PHYSICIANS FALL, ALL REMEDIES Fall, CURED BY CUTI- CURA REMEDIES, ‘Recognizing the fact that nine tenths of the test! ‘monials or certificates, published by various so-called patent medicines of the day, are not credited by the majority of the people who read them as being genu- Ane, but manufactured by the proprietors thereof, al ‘most persuades me from saying anything in praise of your great Curicuna Rewxpres, Notwithstanding all this, I am constrained, to a.sense of moral duty, to ‘which I owe you for the efficaciousness of your highly valuable remedies, to convey to you my most gratetal acknowledgments and unequivocal testimony in be- half ofthe virtues and healing powers of your reme- dies, For three years I was 90 badly afflicted with that dreadful disease Eczema, on my leg, that Iwas really unable to walk to my place of business without the use of @ crutch. Iwas attended during the past ‘two years by three of the most eminent physicians of this city, who confessed that they could afford me only temporary rellef. Four months ago, in my perplexity ‘Twas induced by a friend to try your Curicura RE pres, although I had but Uttle fafth in any ot the so-called “patent medicines.” I have used four boxes of CoTs0URA, four bottles of CoTIcURA RESOLVENT, and three cakes of Curicura Soar, and can fully testify, and make affidavit if necessary, that my leg is ‘as sound to-day, as it was any day of my life previous tothe use of your remedies, No human being could feel more grateful towards you, and your more than ‘excellent remodies, than Ido; and you may well sup- pose, then, that I have abounding faith in your Ccrr cona REMEDIES, and that I desire to make known their merits asa curative to all who may be afflicted asIwas, Iam ever gratefully yours, J, H. MINNICH, 807 N Sr, N, W., WasHineTos, D.C, Dec. 21, 1885, On the twenty-first day of December, 1885,appeared before me in person, J. H. Minnich, who is personally and favorably known to me, and who freely and vol- untarily averredand madeoath to the truth contained An the foregoing statement by him subscribed. In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix my official seal, the day aud year above first written. SAMUEL C. MILLS, J.P, and U.S, Commissioner, Dist. of Columbia, ‘We, the undersigned, hereby jointly and severally certify that we are personally acquainted with Mr. J. ‘HH. Minnich, maker of the aforesaid affidavit, who has extensively and satisfactorily transacted business for us, and who has our confidence and esteem as@ man of integrity and veracity. We therefore have no hesi- tancy tn saying that we believe his statement to be strictly true in all its details, G. ALEXANDER, Cor. 11th and I Streets, N. W., Washington, D.C. GEO. W. HEROLD, 824 9th Street, N., Washington, D.C. W. H. H. CISSEL, 1014 7th Street, Washington, D.C. G WAGNER, 1129 7th Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. HENRY BERGLING, 1184 7th Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. A CHILD'S SUFFERING FROM ECZEMA. EARS AND SCALP COVERED WITH SCABS AND SORES, CURED BY CUTICURA REMEDIES, ‘My little son, aged eight years, hasbeen afflicted with Eczema of the scalp, and at times great portion of the body, ever since Re was two years old. It began in his ears and extended to his scalp, which became covered with scabs and sores, and from which a sticky fluid poured out, causing intense itching and distress, and leaving his hair matted and lifeless. Un- derneath these scabs the skin was raw, like a piece of beefsteak. Gradually the hair came out and was destroyed, until but a smatl patch was left at the back ofthe head. My friends in Peabody know how my little boy has suffered. At night he would scratch his head until his pillow was covered with blood. I used to tle his hands behind him, and in many ways tried to prevent his scratching, but it was n> use, he would scratch. I took him to the hospital, and to the best Physicians im Peabody without success About this time some friends, who had been cured by the Curr coRA REMEDIES, prevailed upon me to try them. I began to use them on the 15th of January last, In Seven months every particle of the disease was re- moved. Not a spot or scab remains on his scalp to tell the story of his suffering. His hair has returned and Is thick and strong, and his scalp as sweet and clean as any child's in the world. I cannot say enough to express my gratitude for this wonde-ful cure by the Coricura Remepres,and wish all simi- larly afflicted to know that my statement 1s true and without exaggeration, CHARLES McKay, Oct. 6, 1885. copra Thaveseen Mr. McKay's boy when badly affected with the Eczema, He was. pitiful sight to look a: know that he has tried our best physicians, and did alla father could do for a suffering child, bat availed nothing. I know that the statement he had made you as regards the curing of his boy by your Curicuna ‘REMEDIES are true in every particular. WILLIAM J. McCARTHY, 83 Foster street, Peabody, Masa, RAW HANDS, A MASS OF ITCHING, WATERY, FESTERING FLESH CURED BY CUTICURA Norrorx Surrs for Children in Cheviot and Cassimere of all shades and colorings. EISEMAN BROS, MOST POPULAR CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS, aps-sta Cor. 7th and Estreets. Arrewrros: seit Acrexniox Gentlemen who have not been able ‘to get perfect fitting shirts we wish to saya few words to you, We canfityou. 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Such lots will be offered wenne PPP. py geh Eo dak gS’ P a4 4 UL a2 4 OU Bis | ox 3 f Eekoo YY a Ek . me oe YF AE HR 00 ¥ Aa = &#e-READ LIST BELOW CAREFULLY-@8 4a REFER TO “OPENING” aDVW'TS-@B &@- COMPARE WITH SOUVENIR PRICES“@& apl You Mvsr Coz To Ts CONCLUSION THAT THE REMNANTS OF SOUVENIRS ARE BEING OFFERED BELOW “OPENING DAY” PRICES, Ps 7 2 a rs # 12%. Pure Linen Handkerchiefs........... 9c. 8e ‘Sc. “Mascot” Veils. ..... nce 6c 0c. ldc. ‘98c. Lace Scarfs and Fichus.............. 89. ‘W8e. ‘35c. Black Silk Laces. reonseceeeneeee SBC. 25c. $15. “Mikado” Parasols... css-cooo-0 $13.75 $12.50 98e. Gingham Umbrellas. ncenenne «+ 890. THC. $2.25 Twill Silk Umbrellas....... spring of 1884 I contracted, in some manner unknown tome, an eruption on the back of my hands. Iap- piled salt and water and other remedies usually used wheg polsoned by ivy,—as I supposed that that was the character of the disease,—my hands, however, continued to get worse until the fall, when I con- sulted medical advice, and used many salves, etc., but alltono purpose. Instead of getting better, they rap- Adly grew worse, being a mass of watering, festering, Taw flesh, very offensive and annoying. Whenever a Part would heal up it would be subject to the most violent itching, and immediately break open again worse than before. Little watery spots then appeared on my finger joints, and festering, would spread over large surtace, Iwas in this condition on January 1 1885, when I was compelled to leave home on a busi- ness trip to the State of Maine. Iarrived there on Saturday, January 2, and my hands were in a fearful condition, offensive not only to myself, but to others around me. Idid not know what to do in my dis- tress, when looking over the Kennebec Journat I read the advertisement about Coricuna. at once pro- ‘ured a box and applied as directed. Itat once drew ‘great quantity ot watery matter to the surface of my hands, and by Monday I could see @ great improve- EISEMAN BROS, MOST POPULAR ‘TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, apSeta Cor. 7th and E streets, Mouc J. P. Pusen IMPORTER, - 1107 F STREET N. W. = = == Opening of FRENCH BONNETS axp ENGLISH HATS = (First Spring Importation) THIS WEEK. No formal day. No cards ‘ Guoncz 'T. Kus; TAILOR, 414 OTH STREET NORTHWEST, m29-1m Senne 78. ‘Fresh supplies of the Spring Style of SILK AND DERBY HATS, Introduced by DUNLAP ¢ 00., FIFTH AVENUE, ‘NEW YORK. Tustrecel Land ‘WILLETT & RUOFF, - ment in them, in the subsidence of the swelling and absence of the usual fever. In one week's time my bands were almost well. 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SUK Mitts, COTS. ccneennennns 196 170. 25e. Lisle ThreAd G1OVEScecennnnen 210 180. 98c. &-Button Castor Mousquetaires... 73c. 680. $1.50 “Palais Royal” Kid Gloves......$L35 $1.25 250. Fans, All StY108.nemngennene 22-188 ‘98c. Fans, all styles. - 89. Be $6.68 Ostrich Feather Fans.m......95.98 $5.48 25e. TOWELEY, All SY1CS.eereemnrrnnen 19 ATO 48c. Pocketbooks, all $tY1€8.enneonene 390 BTC. 98c. Satchels, All SLES nmennnnen BHC. TDC, ‘79e. Silk Sash Ribbons... 3c. 370. 98c, Bunches French FlOWE?®mm 750 690. 1Sc. Military PompOMS....mmenn 150. 120. 19c. Muminated Note Papefenewem 14c. 120, 49c. Lisle ThYERd HOS eneenenenene 350 290. ‘390. “Schopper's” celebrated Hose... 31. 200. $2.98 Pure SUK 08 nner 268 $219 25e. India Gauze Vests.esesem——s 230, 220, 44c. Gossamer Vests... 35a B38. ‘Te. French Woven CorsetBennmum 59, 510 '85c. Scalloped Aprons. 270 he. 19c. Nurses’ Caps, all styles... 14, 120. $2.68 English Jerse¥8.eaeenmeennnenmnB2.35, $210 $1.98 Imported §Stockinet Jerseys..$1.59 $144 @8c, Lace COrstt [COVEEE wm STC. 490. ‘98c. Night Gowns, Cambric___.. 780.70. ATC “PALI” BUSES nnssnesenonnnn 400. 860, ‘Lie, Genuine “Pear's” Soap,unscented 9. 8c, ‘880. :Lubins’and Atkinson's Extracta Sle. 29c. ‘83c. Florida Water, Large Size... 290. 27¢. BSc. Pocket NECA nme 20. 230 18e. Manicure Sets..__-smmnenee 170, 150, CHILDREN'S ‘25e. Ribbed English Hose... 16,190. 0c, Misses? GOSSAMETS.wnnnseeose 840. 780. $1.25 Boys? Rubber COB SL19 $117 $1.98 “Gretchen” Dremes._...$1.08 §L58 GENTLEMEN'S 980, English Kid GLOVES eenneememe BC. 780. ‘250. Pure Linen Handkerchiefs... 19¢. 16, 25c. Gatin-Lined Scar... 19.170, 48c. Scarf, all S716 nnnnennee 388. STC. 25c. 4-ply LADEN CUfP annem 190. 180, 250. New Style Suspenders._..._. 19. 180. ‘78c. Fancy Night Shirts__.__ @80. @6c. $2.25 Twill Silk Umbrelles.._.__$198 $1.93 THE q PALAIS Tur Fsr Gaaxp ‘Will Take Place THURSDAY, apr, FRIDAY, April 99 SATURDAY, aprus, Tn announcing this,our “First Grand Spring Opening; ‘weido so with a feeling that our efforts in the past seasoa> have been kindly appreciated. Not omitting the com fidence and patronage which you have bestowed upoa us in a large measure, we feel encouraged not only to maintain our reputation, but to eclipse our former efforts by displaying at all times the latest and most desirable articles at the very lowest prices possible throughout our entire establishment, Especial attention is called to our MILLINERY DEPARTMENT, ‘where will be found an elegant dispiay of FRENCH PATTERN HATS AND BONNETS? All Exclusive Styles, our own direct importation. They were desicned and manufactared by the fale lowing Well-known modistes iu Pars: Mmee, anne, Linue Faulkper, Virot and Gussette de Louse: While speaking of these imported Hats aud Bowe nets, we wll: you not to forget Gur OWD InANUMCtUre, Of the same. ‘This department ts under supervision of skilled, aid experienced indies who. wil you any inforkaation regardiug styles, itinmtage We have everything that fs pew and novel in Trime ming, sich ss Crepes, Hrocaded, Gauzes adel the finest and. moc delicate tints (fancy 4 well ‘Ornament petent, i y give lain); Ribbons, “Reads and 2 in gre Narlety. “Our stock of LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN'S UNe TRIMMED HATS comprises only the Intest and most correct ‘The assortment is entirely too lange to be and must be seen to be appreci OPENING OF OUR NEW ADDITION? ewe are ‘completion oPane Sand eae Sour giving us an additonal Boot apace 3.000 Best” oor, giving us at look het which will devoted to a display: sale of ad MUSLIN UNDERWEAR AND INFANTS WEARY ‘We have, at vat Ox] transfo this dition into due of tue Snest and best adapted Fooeas t iis chy for the display of the above lence of ‘having the two Decied will be mppreciatec: By Unis addition we are permitted to devote mu More space ly our department of JERSEYS! Ancmornty ora hae taken, atria fiustreran cea stork te, sare Sie ity ty aed of sites hot be properly displs Our magnificent stock ieapieates oe tint eee selves and the entire sausfaction of the most = vaiad Want of space will not ‘Us to enur ¢raie our mises SPRING WRAPS, SPRING JACKETS, SPRING RAGLANS, &0. ‘Weextend a.cordial invitation to all to visit uset oust FIRST SPRING OPENING THE BOR MARCHE: SS As eee Tx Ove Cunszers Dzrsencore ‘we never showed such a varied and superb steak, MOST POPULAR ‘TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, apssta Cor. 7th and Ketreste, | Joseez Bows, H. A. Haw THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETT. New assurance in 1885 ecmeenreeame ing aswurance.. fos a4 RET SLY ty see ea, “Assurance written by the Society during the: six years ainda half of it history 105,000,000 sate hai auy other company hus written during the wale, ‘The Nop-Forfeiting, Tontine (or _semi-Tontinal Eines cite material advantages of al ouner fortis a isthe most Uberal and prolitable form of policy ems acTUAL RESULTS. POLICY No. 44,193, AMOUNT $10,000; ANNUAL PREMIUM, $324.70, POLICY ISSUED JUNE 8, 1969, AT AGE 41, At the, god, of Tonting term Jape,6,. 1894, tay Policy-holder had the privilege to settle or Fooelve'a roe paid-up policy, vis Second— for bolder ould receive & paid-up policy rn ciel ace eag E, AGE OF OUR SMOOTH SURFACED STREETS TO; INDULGE IN THE HEALTHFUL EXERCISE ROLLER SKATING IS VISIBLY ON THE CREASE, THEREFORE, WE HAVE DETER, ‘MINED TO PRESENT TO EVERY PURCHASER, OF A BOY'S SUIT OOSTING $3.50 AND UPW; AX ELEGANT PAIR OF ROLLER SKATES. WILL, NO DOUBT, BE GLAD NEWS TO LITTLE FRIENDS—4ND WHEN IT 18 BERED THAT OUR BOYS’ CLOTHING I8 SOLD FOR LESS MONEY THAN YOU CAN PROCURR ‘THE 84ME CLASS OF GOODS FOR EIGEWHERR —YOU WILL APPRECIATE OUR EFFORTS TO. PLEASE YOUR BOYS, WHILE GIVING YOUTER ‘BEST VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY YOU Have EVEB RECEIVED IN WASHINGTON. ‘THE GOLDEN EAGLE CLOTHING COMPANY, ‘U.W. CORNER OF 7TH AND D STR