Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1886, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON D.C., SATURDAY, f sprIL 17, 1886—DOUBLE SHEET. a ar EE SRDS MBSE BLES Pte ON RV ae SAS gc PRS a a tT Ra CRE ET SR aR A a ‘Written for Tax Evexrxe Stan MR. CLIPSHAM’S CALENDAR. —_—+—— By EDWARD EVERETT HALE (Copyrighted 1886.) PART I. Mr. Clipsham led a curious life, but, for a man ‘at his age, not an unpleasant one. His profes- sional duties were not oppressive, and he had entered into a career which made it almost Sure that they would never be oppressive. He had & very comfortable suite of rooms in his sister's Louse, and always breakfasted with her family. As will be seen, they did not often ex- pect him at dinner, but nieces and nephews, Sister Prue and her husband Wintergreen were all giad if he did look int that meal. For the Fest, Clipsham ‘@ general favorite in Tam- Worth, where he lived, and if there were nota german every eventing, or a progressive euchre Party on his list, why there was the Thursday Ciub and the Whist Club and the Chess Cab nd the Union and the Association and the Pretty mew rooms of the Harvard Club, “As to that,” said Clipsham truly, if you asked him how he spent bis evenings, “I am never so happy asIam witha novel or with the news- paper at home.” But it was to be observed that he seldom enjoyed this acme of his happiness, at the top-notch of his life’s tide. ‘The one thing of which Clipsham’s friends ‘were sure was this, that he would never go into public tife. True, he always voted, he even voted for the school committee, which most of the people in Tamworth generally forgot to do. But it Was also true that he did not attend primary meetings. And it was by a series of Father curlous elrcumstances that the public was led to place that confidence in him which has now lifted hima so far out of the line of ma- ebine-run polities. It is the business of this story to tell, for the first time, as far as I know, the way those circumstances followed on each other. - Clipsham was a man of fron memory. And ‘this iron was not all pig iron, One might say steel memory, or a memory of wateh-springs, Af we undersiood better than we do the action ofthe mechanisin of memory. By this I mean, that he recollected what are called little things at the right moment, as well as he remembered the big things all along his life. He remembered that the national debt was $2,198,765,432.10 ‘when it was at that precise amount, but he also remembered thathe had told the washwoman’s boy to come round at a quarter-past 8 Friday evening, and be would give him a ticket to the efreus. ‘On such a combination of which I call the pig-iron memory, and what I call the wateh- spring memory, does much of the good cheer snd success of a’happy lite depend. But on a fatal day—atter Clipsham was thir ty-three years old—he thought he forgot some- thing. Ido not myself believe he dia. If he aid, “it was before breakiast—when no one caught to be asked to remember anything—not whether Semiramis fs the name of an empress orot a toadstool. But hs thought he forgot something. And soit was that he went down w Mr. Backup's shop and bought this ealendar of whieh I am to tell you the story. There it is. He gave it to me on the day of bis tmauguration. You see it bas the days ot the ‘week on one scroll and the days of the month on auother. Then you turn this cog at the be- ginning of the month and you are ready for thirty-one more days, if there be so many. The ouly defect ia the machine fs that you might suppose that there were thirty-one days in Feb- ruary. Hat as Judge Marshall said, “fhe court 4s expected to know something.” Now Clipsham is a charming public speaker. He tells a Story well—in particular he telis with great good hiimor a story to his own disadvan- {age. “He remembers well—that has been said. He 6 by a sudden change—what do singers eal It, modulation?—trom grave to gay or rom gay 10 grave. Best of all, he never says one word about himself. Then he never pretends that he does not like to speak. He does like to speak. A man would be an ass who did not like to speaic if he spoke us well as Clipshara oes. He makes no introduction to his speech. When he has done he makes no “conclusion. Just when you are hoping he will say more, he aits down. And be never makes a long speceh. ‘These are all sterling qualities, and they are not often united in one handsome, gracetul, intelli gent yourg ma of 33 years of age. So it is teat Clipshami is much invited to pub- Ue dinners. As tor that, we all are. But gen- lly the invitation is accompanied with are- juest that, in accepting, you will pay jor your lieket—a di a half, or three dollars—o: five—or ten, according as the honored guest of the evening is a coliege professor—a doc:or of divinity—an agent frem Japan, or a traveling English lectures. Now, as inostof us can buy our modest dinner of mock turtle, iried oysters, euarlotte russe az:d coffe at any eating house, even the most fussy, noisy and showy, for less than the lowest of these prices—our invitations are not so attractive. ‘To Clipsham the invita- tion always came, with a ticket. That is quite ® different thing, and Cilpsham, who was in a good many college societies, Was the great- dson of a Cincinnatus, and grandson of @ fero of Luady’s Lanz, son of the man wl stormed Chapultepec, and held the block house af Gannon's ‘Three Cormers—Ciipsbam, I say, ‘who was a member of the United Guild’ot Men of Letters, and of the Consociated Sodality of Lovers of’ Art—Clipshar, whose good humor and good fellowship had related him to pretty muen all the associations in Tamworth, and, indeed, in that whole state, ound that he was bidden to a public dinner almost every day. ‘In- deed, sometimes, the “bids,” as his ciudish nephews called them, overlapped each other. "This was the reason why he dined so seldom ‘with bis sister. On the other band i: was the reason why you Faethiun se seldom at a restaurant or public table. You would generally find him, ff you went ‘upstairs to the great dining-room of which- ever Delmonico, or Wormley, or Parker, or Young of Tamworth happened on that day, to entertain “Ihe Soul of the Soldiery,” or ‘the “Brothers in Adversity,” or the “Nu Kappa Omeza,” or whatever sodality happened to be holding its annual dinuer. And if you looked iu at the right moment, Clipsham would be making aspeech, and a very good mpeech, too. ‘Clipsham’s little niece Gertrude ts the first heroine of this story. And itis on her that the piot turos more than on Elinor May, who is the other heroine. Gertrude hus the run of the house, but never Ought to go into he: uncle's oom unless he asks her. And this Gertrude kuows perfectly well, But on this day of which I speak, some im- pulse of Satan, as the old indictments would Yell you, and br. Watts would confirm them, Jet Gertrude into the “study,” asthe room was called. The sume Manichean divinity, whose haine bexins with S, but shall not be mentioned again, led her to take down the calendar men- tioned beforehand, and to try the serews, She twirled them this way. Sheiwirled them that, Oia sudden she heard Kate Connor, the girl who made ihe beds. Gertrude ieared detection; she hung up the galendar hastily and fled! "But alas, she leit M., which stands tor Monday, and 10, whieh Stands for the tenth day of the month, both one notch too high. T., W., Th. F. and the rest all followed M., and’ thé engagements for the mouth were all set one day wrong. ‘Kate Connor did not, in tact, enter the room, But guilty Gertrude thought she would, and tue result was the same. ‘Gertrude was called by her mother, betore she had any chance to go back again, and was made ready for @ temns party at Mr. Fisher's. And now it is, that strictly speaking, Lis story begins, ‘George Clipshain came home to dress for din- ner. He stopped a moment, and took down the Cyclopedia to look at the aecount of tie Battle of Beoningion. For he had been turning over a speec he was to make at the Graud Army gathering. and he remembered that Plunkett's inother Was a Stark. He wanted to make a F204 allusion to Molly starics and her widow. ood. But as he passed his desk, he took this fatal calendar, guilty Gertrude hud not had time to hang on its peg. Clipsham hung it Up without thought, but did look, to see to his amazement thai the Grand Army dinner was done and gone yesterday. The calendar said he was to dine with the graduates of the West- ern Reserve College to-day. “Lucky Idid not fire the Battle of Benniugton on them,” said Chpsham to himsel:: “but what wil Plunkett ‘The trath was that Clipsham had thts dread- ful cold which you allhad. And Just as you and I declared that we would go to Florida another winter if our lives were spared, Clips: aia had determined. Handkerehiefs? He was Dankraptin buying them. Hearing? He had been stone deat ail the week. He did not cough very badiy, but the “cold” was just on that junctare of the pharynx with the larynx, Where it is so uncomsortable to bave it. He hhad stayed at home the day before and nursed it—giyeerine and whisky, taken With a very smail spoou was his remedy—and be had per- Suaded Limself that he could go out to-day. ‘To tel: the whole truth his sister Prue had had up and salt codiish for dinner yesterday, and the e: had been very noisy. Clips: ined to change the scene. So wned to dine with the Grand Army to-day, and now the calendar said tin Army dinner was “done and gone.” Well,” sald’ Chipsis Syren ipsbam to himself, “I could not have spoken aloud anyway. And Isbould not have heard a word they said. Western Reserve, itis today. Lucky 1 looked?” And he west ‘one with bis dressing, and thought over some gid Harvard stories which would do to tell the ‘Western Keserve graduates, Ashe went oat turred and eve with those horrid Arcties on, which ‘m: limp with pain, Prue met kim atthe dos, “Dear Georze, you are not golug out with @readial b. Why, was sure of youn t ave asked Mrs. Oliphant and the Bryces to Beet you, and I have such # lovely pair of can- ‘was-backs. George intimated that he did not : Prue shouted her fare, physical @phys cui, into bis ear, . ser fe Was sorry. Bat be was all lo eisoni sine su, see n veiled, and apology to Plunkett, to which,almost of course, Pontett im shakiag: mands with hall te soldiers of the state, did not hear. Clipsham is @ bright man, and oneWwould have said that he would have caught the thread of the occasion eariler than he did. But he did not hear one word fu five that auy one said. AS for the uniforms, all the world knows that five- sixths of the college men of the west served in the war. Besides, they had introduced Clip- sham to Prof. Smidgruber, who had just ar rived, as the agent from ‘the government of Hesse-Cassel to study western education, Clipsham was interested in the savant, and they talked vefy earnestly, the savant speak- ing directly into Clipsham’s ear. ‘So it was, that when Clipsham gota card at the dinner table trom Plunkett, who was pre- Siding, Which said, “You next,” he knew that now was hig time’ to speak, without baving known much of what Tiad" been said before im. And a very good speech it was. Not one word about the war, or the bird of freedom, or the American soidier, or Moliy Stark, as there would have been had Clipsham understood the truth, that he was speaking toa Grand Army The New “Pianenette.” A MYSTERIOUS TALKING BOARD AND TABLE OVER WHICH NORTHERN OHIO IS AGITATED. From the New York Tribane. “Planchette is simply nowhere,” sald a west- ern man at the Fifth Avenue hotel, “compared with a new scheme for mysterious communica- tion that is being used'out in Ohio. I know of whole communities that are wild over the ‘talking board,’ as some of them call it. Ihave never heard any name for it. ButI hate seen and heard some of the most remarkable things about its operations—things that seem to pass all buman comprehension or explanation.” rd like?” “What is the “Give mea pencil and I will show you. The first requisite ts the operating board. It may be rectangular about 18 by 20 inches, It is in- serlbed like this. ‘YES, No: Post.’ Instead of this he spoke, with serious feeling, on the work which educated men can render in any community. What he had been saying to 6 German, he now said aloud. There is the secret of a good speech. He spoke to the men before him as if they were all scholars, all men of conscience, and all leaders in the ‘villages or towns where they lived, He told some good stories, he made some good jokes, but his speech was not in the least com- monplace, and it ended with a very serious pledge as to the duty they would all do for the country. a sly. will was received rapturot —yes, ly. Indeed, as the reader will understand, it was better received than it would have been by the §raduates, whom Clipsham thought he was ad- ressing. "Every one of these good fellows was pleased, that one of the most accomplished men of letters in Tamworth spoke to him as an. — with equals. They had only too much of soldier-talk, and were glad to hear something supg orsaid to another tune. Clipsham had gone deeper down than the average and com- imonplace, as he was apt to do. Now you would say that before he left the hotel he would have found his mistake, or that, at all events, he would have understood it from. the newspapers the next morning. But there you are quite wrong. Inthe first piace, he only Stayed “to listen to two more speeches,” as he said. For it did not seem courteous to goaway the moment he had himself spoken. In fact, he did not hear one word of either of them. As for the newspapers, Clipsham generally looked at them, though not always. He never looked, however, at what the reporters called their “sketches” of his a ny, snomla T paske myself miserable?” said CUipsham. | “No- body else reads the things, and why should I: Ife had stayed long at'his office the next morning, or had looked in at the club, he might have found that his calendar was ail wrong, but instead of this _he taok Dr. Smidgruber to examine the High School, so he remained quite sure that he had spoken to the coliege men the night before, and that to-night he was to speak w the carriage builders. In fact, as the reader knows, he would meet the college men, and the carriage builders’ night would not comie till to- morrow. And ail happened just as before, as it says in the Arabian Nights and in Grimm's fairy tales, Only this time Clipsnam sat at the cross table, because he was to respond for Harvard, and was among the more distinguished guests. But little did the poor fellow know what he was to re- spond for. He did know that the Carrlage Builders’ Association of the country brings to- gether aremarkable body of men. He had dined with them a year or two before. Their business requires an interest in design, a knowledge of the physical structure of the world, an acquain- tance with all sorts and conditions of men, all combined with great tact and promptuess. ‘Ob- Serve, that carriage builders, like railroad men, are always trying to annihilate time, or to give us more of it, which is the same thing, “Ye shall become hike gods, transcendent fate. So Clipsham kuew he was to speak to a bright set. In point of fact, hw did speak to the tri- ennial gathering of the graduates of the West- ern Reserve Coilege, one of the oldest and largest of the Western universities. And he told them things which it was very good for them to hear, bat which people did ‘not often tell them ai these meetings. He told them that man is man, Because he can control matter by spirit—that this shows that he is a child of God, He told them that the child of God works with God, and that here is the difference between work and labor, that Work elevates man,while Labor fatigues nan. He charged them to see that the men whom they employed should not be mere laborers, but should become fellow-work- mer with God. He sald they might cease irom their labors, but that their work would always follow them. And he said Very seriously that this was mo matter of book- learning, that they would not find it in Seneca or Aristotle, but that they would find it in pro- portion as they were men of honor and of truth, as they forgot themselves and consecrated thei workshops into temples. Then he sat down, and just as it was the night before, the speech Was recelved with cheers, ‘The truth is, that at any such college gathering in America, the men are only play- ing at being men of letters. Every man of us is a workman, or ought to be ashamed if he is not. As for poor Clipsham, the nervous _ex- eltement of his speaking broughton a fit of coughing and he had to excuse himself and go home. He ‘soaked his eet in hot water with mus- tard, put rous plasteron his chest and went to bed with a lump ofsugar by his side on which he bad droped Ayer’s Cherry Pee- toral. But he slept all night and did not need the sugar. Four days went on in this way with four dit- ferent dinners. Nobody told Clipsham he was ail wrong, because nobody Knew. On the other hand everybody thought he was all right, and said he had never made such good speeches in his life. ‘The next nignt he really went to the carriage builders’ dinner. But he thought be was at the annual meeting of the Chautauquan Literary Circle. That is to say, he thought he Was speaking to a large company of people, ‘who, in the midst of every sort of daily occupa” Hon read regularly in a systematic course, So, in fact, he was. And the carriage builders like his speech alll the better, that he made no pre- tence, as they said any other lawyer would have’ done, to a knowledge of their business. He said nothing about varnish, or the strength ofash, of whieh he knew nothing, and he did not once allude to the hub of the universe, the Wheel of time, the chariot of the sun, or Dr. Holmes’ “One-horse Shay,” which bad ‘worked to death at their celebrations, (Concluded next week.) ———+e-___ “The Dead Alive.” Why dost thou sorrow for the happy dead? For, sf tueir life be lost, thelr toi's are o'er, Aud woe and wast can trouble them no more; Nor ever slept they in an earthly bed. So sound as now they sleep, while dreamless laid in the dark chambers of the unknown snore, Where Night and Sileuce guard each sealed door, Go, turn from such as these thy drooping head, Aud mourn the Dead allve, whose spirit ities When life departs, before his death has come; Who knows no Heaven beneath Life's gloomy skies, Who sees no Hope to lighten up the gloom, °Tis he who {eels the worm that never dies, ‘The real death and darkness of the tomb. —PATRICK BEANWELL BRoTR, Forward! ‘Tired! well, and what of that? Didst fancy life was spent ou beds of ease, Fluttering the rose leaves scattered by the breeze? ‘Come, roase thee! work while it is called to-day. Coward, arise, go forth thy way! Lonely! well, and what of that? ‘Some must be louely; 'tis not given to all ‘To feel a heart responsive rise and fal— ‘Lo biéiid another life into Its ‘Work may be done in loneliness; work on! Dark! well. and what of that? Didst fondly dream the sun would never set? Dost fear wo lose thy way? Tae courage yet, Learn thoa to walle by faith and uot by sight, ‘Thy steps will guided be, and guided Mgnt ‘Hard! well, and what of that? t fancy life one summer holiday, With lessons vone to learn, and naught but play? Gocetthesto thy tanks Conquer oe aie Weinuseds learned. “Learn it, then, patiently. No helpt nay, "tis not so; ‘Tough human help be far, thy God fs nigh, Who feeds tueravens, hears His childrea's cry. He's near thee wheresoe er thy footsteps roain. ‘Aud he will guide thee, light thee, help the home, Sweet and Sacred Scallops. A TRADITION ABOUT THE TOOTHSOME BITS THAT ONLY A VEW PEOPLE KNOW oF. ‘From the New York Mail and Express, Just at present fried scallops form a prom!- nent item on the bill-offare of every well-or- dered restaurant. But even among good livers, who love the scallop for the scallop’s sake, few are aware that it possesses a sacred as well as a secular history. Centuries ago, at and immedi- ately after the time of the Crusaders, pilgrims Jourheying to pay thelr homage at the shrines Otthe Holy Laud, wore asa distinguishing sea shell of the pecten Jacobeus, a scallop found in the Mediterranean, ‘The crusading knights also used it as a badge, and Godfrey de Bouillon is said to have worn one when he stormed the wails ot Jerusalem. So high was the scallop ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ&., 1284567890 “The ‘yes’ and the ‘no’ are to start and sto} the ‘conversation. ‘The ‘good evening’ an ‘good night’ are ‘for courtesy. Now a little table taree or four inches high is prepared with four legs. Any one can make the whole spre ratus in fifteen minutes with a jack-kuife and a marking brush. You take the board in your Jap, another rson sitting down with you, You each grash the little table with the thumb and forefinger at each corner next you. Then the question is asked, ‘Are there any communi- cations?’ Pretty soon you think the other per- son is pushing the table. He thinks you are doing the same. But the table moves around to ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Then you go on asking questions and ‘the answers are spelled out by the legs of the tmble resting on the letters ohe after the other. Sometimes the table will cover two letters with ils feet and then you hang on and ask that the table will bo moved from the wrong letter, which 1s done. Some remarkable conversations have been carried on until men have become in @ measure super- stitious about it. I know of a gentleman whose family became so interested in playing with the witehing thing that he burned itup. The same night he started out of town on a business trip. The members of his tamiiy looked for the board and could not find it. They got a servant to make them a newone. Then two of them sat down and asked what had become of the other table. The answer was spelled out, giving a name, ‘Jack burned it” There are of course, any number of nonsensical an irrelevant’ answers spelled out, but the workers pay little heed to them. If tho auswers are relevant they talk them over with a superstitious awe. Que gentieinan of my acquaintance told me that he got a communi- cation about a title to some property from his dead brother, which was of great vulue to him. It is curfous, according to those who have worked most with the new mystery, that while two persons are holding'the table, a third per- son sitting in the samo room some distance away may ask the questions, without even Speaking them aloud, and tho answers will show they are intended for him, Again, answers will be returned to the inquiries of oné of the persons operating, when the other can get no answers at ull. In Youngstown, Canton, ‘arren, Tiffin, Mansfield, Akron, Elyria and a number of other places in Ohio, I heard that there was a perfect craze over the new Plap- chette. Its use and operation have taken the place ‘of card parties. Attempts aro made to verily statements that are made about living persons, aud in some instances they have suc- ‘ceeeded’ so well as to make the inquiries still more awe stricken.” Se —— Weather Wisdom. From Cassell’s Family Magazine. The man who is out of doors at sunrise can form a pretty accurate opinion of what the day is tobe. Ifjust before sunrise thesky—especially in the west—is suffused with red, rain generally follows in the course of the day. In winter, often snow. If, however, it be frosty weather, the downfall fs sometimes delayed. On the other hand, if the sky be aduligray,and the sun Tises clear, gradually dispersing the vapors, it will be flue.’ Ifhe retires behind the clouds and there are reddish streaks about, it will rain. Should the sun, later in the day, shine through agray watery laze, it will probably be arainy night. The sunset is very unreliable. Often a beau- tiful sunset will be followed by a bad day. After arainy day, suddenly at sunset,in the far west, will appear a magnificent streak of crimson (not copper color)—tnis generally fore- tells a fine day. A tinted baio round the sun at setting occurs in long continued rainy- weather. A halo round the moon, especially if some distance from it, is asure indication of downfail at hand, THE DEMON DEBT. The Safe Rule for Beginners im Life. From the Philadelphia Eecorés ‘One of the most serious and insidious obsta- cles in the way of thrift, of ease of mind and of true household comfort, is the “running ac- count.” Doubtless the credit system originated in @ benevolent intention to do good, and, in its wider application, it is necessary to carry on the great com fhercial, social and financial un- dertakings ot the world, but it is a great enemy to home economy. It is the foundation for debt and all the distressing formula of indebtedness, duns, notes of hand, liens, mortgages and & ae ee of the miseries and incum- rances known to legal phraseok and prac- tice which are the bane oF lie Jack Falstaff, who got all the good out of the fredlt pystom ‘there was in it declared: “It I had @ thousand sons the first haman principle I would teach them should be to forswear thelr potations and addict themselves to sack.” But jack was the prince of graces and only Temembered one-half of the meum et tuum division of property. His debts never bothered him except he had difficulty in m: ‘king them. It the ‘ter had a thousand sons and daugh- ters the first human principle she would teach them would be never to establish a running account, No one can live within his or her income who spends money in advance of earn- ing it. Persons who live in this way, in tact, never have any income; they have an a that eats up income before it gets inside the Fr. The “ranning account,” however, is more dangerous tor ‘the housewife, because she 1s not usually either the wage-earner or the pay- master in the household. She gets what she wants on credit, because there is no particular trouble in getting it and without the apprecia- tion of the trouble of paying for it, which pore outof the necessity for scraping the dol- rs together in whatever way the hisband comes by his nfoney, whether it be in swinging a blacksmith’s umer, in throwing a Weayer’s shuttle, in measuring tape and mo- lasses or in guiding the handles of his plow. She does the multifarious and never-ending work of her household, keeps the ‘able well spread, the house tidy, the beds aired, and the read well-baked and nutritrious, and it {s not at all to be wondered at that she thinks this js enough. The mistake is in the beginning in. having things that are not pald for. The house Keeper who spends only what money she has to spend is not only relieved of the worry of debt—tor what worries the hnsband will worry the good wife—butshe is made a conscious foes in the pay pied pro rendee, department of ler establishment, Instead ot being drag upon her husband’s energies sho ts made to un- derstand for nerself the limitations of the fand Which she draws upon and how much may be pei one and how much lai@ up for emer- neies, Young couples who start out by running in debt should romember that they eannot, inthe lJongrun, get an inch the start of the world in that way. They can only live up f their earn- ings After ail 1s said and done. By running an account With the putcher, the baker and can- dlestickmaker, they give these geveral dealers &n opportunity to charge them high prices for thetr purchases. The storekeeper who sells bis wares on credit is always obliged to make good. the accounts of his bad customers by taking larger profits trom those who get creditand pay. Besides, it is a rule, which acute business men thoroughly understand, that money is worth and will usualiy fetch some rate of interest or an equivalent sum by being frequently turned over. Is itnot fair to suppcse that the shop- keeper looks to his credit cusgomer to make geod the deficit in his bank atcount brought ubout by the system of “running accounts?” On the contrary, the buyer who buys for cash can choose where she will buy, which is a great ad- Yantuge, and she can buy for lower prices. The cash price is always the lowest, and the cash customer is always the preferred customer. It too often happens, that no check 1s kept upon the running account, Settling-day is always a day of surprise for the debtor, and big store bills are a perpetual source of tamily broils and discomiort, People who pay “some other day” pine times outorten carry the iim- providence of their getting into an improvi- lence of use, Those who ure accustomed to get without care use without stint. There is no rule in the world for large affairs or small ones like the rule of “pay as you go.” It is the foundation not only of good financo butof, good temper and good’ fortune as well. And ‘especially the housewife who is wise enough to give the matter a little serious thought and determination enough to stand by her convictions will feed no monitor to warn her of, the folly and danger of “running ac- counts.” ———_+e+_____ Keep Out of Debt. [A Lesson in Morals and Spelling.) From the Detroit Free Press, Aman in debt No rest will gebt ‘Until he's in the tomb, ‘His cares will weigh Rainbows are unreliable, except they occur in the morning, when rain’ may be expected. Sun-dogs and fragments of prismatic colors during the day show continued unsettled weather, A dazzling metallic luster on foliage, during & eloudiess in summer, precedes & chai ‘Huge piled-up masses of white cloud in a blue sky, during winter, indicate snow or hail. If small, dark clouds float below the upper ones, moving faster than they, rain will follow, as 1t will it, in the morning, low-hanging, pale brown, smoke-like clouds are floating about. Red-tihged clouds, high up, at evening, are fol- lowed by wind, occasionally by rain. Mists at evening over low lying sound or near a river, precede fine and warm days. Ita mist inthe morning clears off as the sun gets higher, it will be fine; butif it settles down again after lifting a little, rain is at hand. No dew in the morning is mostly followed by rain; and a heavy dew in the evening by afineday. Rain tollows two or three consecutive hoar frosts. A shower of hail in the daytime is usually fal- lowed by frost at night, li, after rain, @rops of water still hang on the branches and twigs and to window frames, the rain will return; but it they fall, and the woodwork dries, fine Weather is at band, Stones tara damp before wet; at the same time 1t must be observed that the {act of their doing so does not invariably indicate rain, for they will do so occasionally betore heat, Smoke descending heavily to the ground isa sign of very doubtful weather, Ubjects at great distauces which are generally indistinctly seen, or even not seen at all, some- Umes loom out clear and distinct. When this happens bad weather or changes of wind ensues, A Well-known instance of this is the Isle of Wight as seen from Southsea, 1 the opposite shore is clearly seen, there is raka about. Ii, at night, atter being blown out and ex; d to the outer air, the wick of a candle continues to smouider # long time, the next day will be fine. Green colored sky betokens unsettled bad weather, often loug continued, di, on # fne day, the dust suddenly rise ina revolvi; spiral column, rain is near. If tue sts appear unusually numerous, and the “milky way” very cleariy defined, With the surrounding sky dark, or if there be a misty ap- pearance over the stars, rain 1s coming, While 4 there be but few stars, and those very bright oe sparkling, in a pale steely sky, ii will be ine. Swine, before rain, are unusually noisy and restless.’ Swallows, in ne weather, will fly high, and atthe approach of rain, close to tae ground; but the latter does not apply if the day 4s cold, in which case they wk very low. Common sparrows Washing vigorously in a puddle on the road, or at the edge of running water, is a sure sign of rain. A baker who kept @ parrot in the dry atmosphere of the bake- offices, noticed that a iew hours be rain the bird took ao imaginary bath, fluttering, as if splashing water, and pteentng her teathers, ‘oo Justifinbic Homicide. The literary fellow who can write xs well as Howell's in a linsey-woolsey dialect us limp as cotton towels, and who mouths his loud productions, omittiig all the vowels: ‘Kill him off, kill him off. ‘The Amazonian woman with preponderance of muscle, quick to raise the warlike tocsiu for a sanguinary tussle, who can the timid little men intimidate aud muzzle: ‘Kill her off, kill her off, ‘The sentimental languisher, so saccharine aud gract- ‘ous, to whom # healthy, maulike tone 1s rude gud contumacious, who lives on sapless plati- des und old saws Saponacious: (Kul him of, kill lita of spread-easle demazogue who howls in tones ‘of thunder, who declares our constitution is a monstrous kind of bluuder, who lives in private affluence and feeds on pubile plunder: ‘ill him off, kill hin off. The trasctble erratic who fs cursed with indigestion, ‘and who hurls bis loud anathemas of most pro- Mune sugsestion, and is always on the windWard aide of every current question: ‘Kil Bim of, kil! hith off The All adventurers and embryos of manifold deseriptiot Who live in idienessand thus inerease the world aillerion, ob, geatiy hustle them away without ‘supertluous friction: Ml them off, kill them off, kali them off. lynn +o —___— So heavy theigh ‘Will shroud bis life with glomb, ‘He'll practice guile And uever smuile; His head with pain vill ache, ‘He ll grieve and sigh ‘And want to digh And thus his troubles shache, But owing noxe, He'll have more fone; any king that relgus* He'll feet benign; His health is tign And he jong lire attelgos, Without a doubt All can keep oubt Ofdebt if only they Will never buy ‘To please the euy And cash down always pey. From the New Orleans States, An American tourist who is “doing” Mexico in grand style, and who, with that assurance peculiar to the New Englander, imagines that be knows exactly what Mexico needs, writes to an eastern paper to the effect that an indepen- dent press is absolutely necessary to the de- velopment ofthe magniticent resources of the country—a press that will battle against the ex isting political evils of Mexico, and at the same time ‘make known the advantages in soil and climate, He devotes a good deal of space to showing whata lovely tield itis tor energetic and capable journalists, and the chances are some ambitious American newspaper man will be foolish enough to heed what he says, and go there and get shot. The independent jour- Rallst does not flourish in “the Land of the Montezumas.” ‘The government for some reason which it does not care to explain, ls op- posed tohaving itself talked aboutin thenews- upers, aud consequently when an independent editor ‘goes into an exhaustive criticisin of the administration he also goes to jail. Independent editors in Mexico who are not in jail, and there are many of them, are rusti- eating “in the mountains, but owing to the tact that they are kept busy dodging the troops sent to hunt them ivis impossiule for them to. find time tor writing. Mucu of tho financial depres- sion of Mexico is due to the vast army of editors who are in Jali and have to be fed at the ex- pense of the government, ‘The editor, however, who thrives like unto a green bay tree supports the administration. dlis duties are simple and aré confined to de- claring hat the president is a wise, conserva- lve and patriotic ruler, and never has two or three dozen men shot atone time unless the Welfare of the country demands it, If one of the administration editors allows his paper to go to press with an inditferent kind of “puff” about the government 4a file of soldiers call on him aud ask him if he teels sick, and if he does not oiler @ satisactory explaiiation he is sent to doin the independents and some other person 1s presented with lis paper, ‘independent journalism may be a good thin, in Mexico, but au editor wao embarks in tt ufust be equipped with a portable press, fast horses and & small army, aud must keep mov- ing if he wishes to be’ successtul, In other words, he will have to publish his paper while on @ full tun and distribute them at night and get ouvof town uext morning before the authorities find out that he is the editor and proprietor. ‘This style of Journalism is entirely too exciting to be agreeable to an American, and the journe listic Held in Mexico is Hable to remain anoc- cupled and grow up in Weeds. eeoe Dem Wattabmillions. EMOTIONS OF A JOYFUL DARKEY WHEN THE FIRST OF THE SEASON ARRIVED, From the Chicago News. "Mid chilling winds that blow from off the lake and fleecy flakes of snow the citrus fair at Battery D army stands like a hot-house on the north Wole. Wednesday afternoon there am- bled through the door a huge colored man, With gaping mouth and rolling eyes ho roamed. amid the orange trees and past the drooping palms. In the exhibits from the Pasadena set- Uement are two huge watermelons. The col- ored visitor jnanaged to keep himself together until he reached the Pasadena exhibit. Wheh he caught sight of the watermelons his tace turned an ashy hue, his lower jaw dropped and held in esteem that its shell became the badge of several orders of knighthvod and to-day. partot the armorial bearings of some of the greatest English iamilles, The pecten maximus iat prosent iound on the coast of England. It tras a deep shell and is of large size. The pecten opercularis 1s another sj found on the north and west coasts of Ireland In from fliiteen to twenty fathoms of water, and is much es- Nutmeg State Girls. FEMALE OPERATIVSS WHO PLAY POKER AND *_ WHIST on THe TRAIN, From the Hartford Times. Of the 200 girls who areemployed by the Spencer company, which recently’ moved to Wallingford from Hartford, about forty still re- tain thetr effection for Hartford, ‘come down 6n the train that leaves Walunstord at 6-45 im the morning. | They must got up earlier e daybreak {han most girls in order to catch iris aroused from warm i ie F000 nature cannot be expecto forth much before midday. at these forty giris ure the Joiliest crowd imagin- able, and they arnuse themselves In ‘ways on tho train coming down. ‘They read, chat, Knit, sing, laugh und play cards, "Yes, they dé play’ card party is one ofthe ar imes of the girison the train, have Jost as much fan as the most ential among their male friends. ‘They deal late the cards dexterio know bow fom eile eucl being favori and whisky it we do notes tito ass on one of the regular his knees knocked together.’ With si ing e$es be tottered forward until he was within ° tity boos Phe seamnmnerea, shaking with b> ” wi si promed emotion, “aim “dor reat Wattahm ity The bronzed Californian standing near said they were. 1 Jes’ put my han’ on dat wattabmillion 12?” pipaded the i onct, jes’ onct?” tated ithe Og rt a gfe eee “Well, I reckon I can let you touch ft Just once, even if it is inst the rules,” awit Vhe Californian, “What do you want to touvh it for?” he added, in a suspicious tone. “J jes’ want to make suah dat if's dar. I wants bait rrr whether it’s a real, suah ‘nuff wattab- million, “it itam. It’s er real wattahmillion,” he chuckled, as bis long fingers played the Say spies wlan eae Sa cae an’ T's tells dem by de feel.” Wattauanilitons 12 March! Lor’s HOME MATTERS. WIPE A Caner, after sweeping off the dust with tea l¢hves, with a square of coarse flannel that hasbeen dipped in hot water, and kept constantly hot and wrung out. It must not be Wet; only damp. ‘This will brighten an 6d car Pet, and need only be done once a fortnight. It Cleans off the dust that will not come out with the broom, BROILED SWEETSREADS.—Take the heart sweetbread, Which has the finest flavor, boll 16 then split open, senson with salt and pepper, Tub thickly with butter,and sprinkle with flour Broil over a quick fire, turning it constantly. Cook in this way about ten minutes, if youare careful to turn it constantly, and serve with cream sauce, A NovEL Way to make baking powder bis- cuit is to roll them thinner thao usual, then spread them with butter which you have warmed so that it will spread smoothly; dust some fine, white sugar over them, and fold the dough together or make it in a roll, and cut off strips from the end the right size’ for biscuit, making due allowance for rising, GRawAM MuFFrxs made in this way are Wholesome for breakfast: One quart of graham flour, one tablespoonful of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt sifted. To this add two eggs well beaten, two ounces of melted butter and enough milk to form a thin batter, mixing thoroughly. Bake in muffin rings oF Pans halt filled with the batter in a brisk oven. Lima Brans.—These can be had either canned or dried, the latter being quite as good and much cheaper. If dried are used, soak them over night in soft water. Pour itoff and add bolling water salted to the proportion of one teaspoonful to a quart. Boil slowly until they are soft, perhaps an hour or more; drain them; add # cup of milk, a litte butter, pep- Per abd salt according to taste. A pint of dried. ans will Be sufficient for a family of six. Durcu Cezam Toast.—Take the remainder of some cooked ham—the bone with the frag- ments that adhere to it, remové all fat and dry in the oven until it will gratelike cheese. Make sont buttered toust and spread with the grated ham. Make a sauce with the yellow of ‘vo eggs, gill and a halt otcream, or if milk with @ bit of butter added, heat, stir and pour boiling hot over the toast, PRETTY DrrTLz CAKES, to be mixed with others in the basket, are made of three-quarters ot a pound of sweet almonds, blanched and cut fine, one pound of pulverized sugar, andthe whites of five eggs. Beat the oggs toa stiff roth, stir in the sugurand then the almonds. Press on white, buttered paper in small cakes, heal ing them up Ul they are cone-shaped. Auttle practice will enable you to do this suecess- fully. Bick CroquerrEs.—One large cupful of cold rice, half cupful of milk, one egg, one table- spoonful of sugar, one of butter, half a teaspoon- ful of salt, and a little grate of nutmeg. Boil the milk and’add the rice and seasoning, and as Soon as all is stirred stnoothly the beaten egg. Bolla minute, then take off and cool. When cold shape into balls or corks, dip in beaten egg and then in cracker dust and fry in boiling lard, Serve very hot on a napkin laid ona hot dish, See without sugar, a tea- Spoonful of finely cut parsley 1s sometimes added, Nur JuMsies.—They may owe their name to walnuts or Brazil nuts; the chopped kernals of either are very nice. Cocoanut, too, is excel- lent. Almond jumbles are as good as any. Beat “TT Yeo eessz- 0) O51 i 8780-. ag the two last Capital Prize of The subscribers having supervised the Single Num- ber Drawing, Claw “De Louisiana state. Lotters, Rereby certify thatthe above ure tie muinivers wisich wrere fs ay’ drawn ftom the 100.000 placed i ts Wheel with ‘dhe prizes corresponding to Cera. Witiess our hands at New Orieats, La, unis Tues day, apr 13h, 1598 BEAUREGARD, 3A EARLS a a Prizes cashed in full without deduction, No, 25.244 draws Capital Prize, $75,000, sold tn New Orlems, Law and Boston, Nas No. 11.545 draw ‘Captal Prize, $25,000, a Colesbung, KE $6,000, sold fn Ys Pinckneyville aud gton, D.C. Cty, Moz Union city and "Dalias, Tex.: Detrolt, Mich; Toledo, Obl Oak, Iowa,’ Oakland, Vailjo and Salinas, Cal. Ag- CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. “ea ‘Tickets only $5. Shares in proportion, LoUs1a84 sTars LOTTERY COMPANY. mente Jor a tac Moninty. and Gearing, Drawts Of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, gud tm per son manage and contro’ the Drawings themhwelves, and fim g00d saith toward ali parties, and we ‘authorise the Company to use this certificate, with Jacsimiles of Our signatures attached, in its advertisements.” We the undersigned Banks and Bankers witt pay alt Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State Lotteries which ‘may ve presented at our counters. ‘A. BALDWIN, eas Nativnal Bank. together halt a pound each of sugar and butter Incorporated In 1868 for tw: —five years by the and three eggs; add a quarter pound of chopped | Legislature for Educational and Charitable purposes — almonds and a litte lemon juice. Stir the flour SO. | With a capital of $1,000,000—to which a reserve lightly in, from half to three-quarters of a 100/72453.. fund of over $450,000 has Since been added. pound. Rose water or orangeflower water 1s popu ts franchise vena’ often used as @ Navoring for these little cakes, and avery superior kind are flavored with a teaspoontul of vanilla essence. APPLES WiTH RIcE.—Peel and with a scoop take out the cores ot as many apples as are ree quired for your party. Put them ina baking- dish with little lemon, pee sugar and water. Cover with a baking-sheet or Plate and let the apples Bake very slowly uBtil lone; but they must not be the least broken, Placé the applés on a dish, fill up the center of each with boiled rice, and if you wish the dish to look pretty at a small expense place a dried cherry on‘the top, or a little presetve of any kind will do. Put boiled rice also round the apples, and pour over it the sirup in which they were cooke Cream Dares are made in this way: Put the white of an egg into a bowl and add an equal quantity of cold water. Mix with this enough confectioners’ sugar until it is stif enbugh to mold. Remove the seeds from the dates with a shafp knife, and fillthe opening with the cream, which is formed in the shay of the seed, only larger, of course, so that it fills the cavity; then set away for the cream to dry. ‘The cream may be flavored to taste. For nut candy make thé cream as directed for ‘cream dates, only before mixing all the sugar add finely ‘chopped almonds, walnuts and hickory nuts; then mix in the rest of the sugar until itis thick enough then form Into balls or ars. Corn-MEAL PUFFS.—One quart boiling milk, two scant cups white “corn flour,” one-half cup wheat flour, one scant cup powdered sugar, a little salt, four eggs, beaten light; one table- spoonful butter, one-half tablespoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, one teaspoonful cream tartar sifted into flour, one-half teaspoonful mixed cinnamon and nutmeg. Boil the mili and stir into it the meal, fibur and salt. Boil fifteen minutes, stirring well up from the bot- tom. Put in the butter and beat hard in a bowi for thres minutes. “When cold put in the eggs whipped light with the sugat, the season- fag and soda; whip up very faiuifully. Bake in greased cups in a steady oven. Turn out of cups and eat with pudding sauce or with butter alone. How To Cuoosz aN ORANGE.—The very sweetest orange and tie richest {s the black or rusty-coated fruit. Pick out the dingiest oranges in the box and you will get the best. Another way to choose oranges is by weight. ‘The heaviest are the best, because they have the thinnest skin and more weight of juice. ‘Thick-skin oranges are apt to be dry; they either weigh less because of having so muca skin or because of the poverty of the jutce in these particular specimens. A slight freezing on the tre causes this condition in otherwise fine fruit. ‘The “kid-glove” oranges are the two varieties of small fruit grown in Florida from stocks respectively brought from China and ffoin Tangiers. ‘They are called “Mandarin” and “Tangerine.” They may be eaten without soiling a kid glove, because the skin is loose and the little “gores” or pockets of juice come apart very cleauly and without breaking. All the above applies to Florida oranges. The Jamaica and Havana oranges are much paler yellow, and their juice is usually of more acid quality than the home-grown oranges. BoUrLLawaisse is peculiar to Marseilles, and Frenchmen say itis never properly made in anyother place. Thackeray truly calls it“a sort of soup, or broth or brew,” and “a goodly dish.” 1 is made with the fish'we have at com- mand, and is a change in the Lenten bill of fare. ‘Puta gill of pure olive oll in a tin sauce- pan and set itonasharp fire; when itis hot add two onions and two cloves of garlic; stir until the: aurtly fried, and then remove the pan from the fire. Put in the saucepan three pounds of fish, haddock, halibut, turbot and white fish if they can be had, but use at least two sorts of fish, and one dozen mussels removed trom their shells and blanched. ‘The fish should ‘be cut in, pleces two inches in length; add one gill of sauterne or catawba wine, ‘one bay-leaf, two cloves, two slices of leinon, the juice of one tomato, a pinch of saffron, salt ‘and pepper; cover all with cold Water and set the pan on a brisk fire. At the end of thirty minutes add a teaspoonful ot minced. parsley and boil for ten minutes more. Place the pieces of tishona warm dish and keep hot until reddy to serve. Put silees of bread in @ deep dish and pour over them through a fine strainer the fish sauce. Serve the fish and the bread at thesame time. Usually. ‘one slice of bread with sauce and one piece of fish are served to each person. ‘The bread and fish are served on separate dishes in order to avoid breaking the fish.—New York Commercial. Srscran. GRAND EASTER OFFERINGS AT THE “CLOTHING PALACE,” (Beginning April 17th, and continuing until the 24th, inclusive.) OFFERING No. 1.—A peantiful line of Children’ Suits, in six diferent styles and designs: Actual value $4, only $2.70. OFFERING No, 2.—A fine assortment of Children's ee <i caer seed Sent meh ees OFRERING No.4 good tte of l-voo! barlnent sige areata oe ee sucesso zx ean ps aoe M. KAUFMAN'S ‘Palace, Cor, Sth and I sts. 2.0, Sbeepeyenteoomiey, eekZepall eazy, an we clone a Eusree- Novarrres, 7B NOVELTIES, ‘EASTER NOVELTIES, EASTER NOVELTIES 1 “ASTER NOVALTIER, ow ts he time to buy—stock complete Siar Fa ANY Saas POA Z CHRISTIAN apld 403-405 7th street northwest, F° INE TAB MOTH PAPER, Sere a Se er 1 and asirup of Bs | made'a part of the preseut State Coustitulion adagued, Devember 2d. A.D. 187! | tie onty “Zane | peapie of any ‘Sea | Zt newer seates or postpones. | _Tts Grand Single Number Drawings take place | monthly, and the Extraordinary Drawings regularly hfe mouths instoud of Seml-Anually as here Soo. Fractions, in Fifths, List oF PhIZ 1,967 Prizes, amounting to.. Application for rates to clubs should be made only te the oflice of the Company in New Orleans. fot further, information: write clearly. giving full ES, Express Money Orders, or New York Exchange iu ordinary letter, réney by Express (all sums of § und upwards expense) addressed M.A. DAUPHT ‘Make P. 0. Money Orders payable and address Reg fstered Letters to. NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK. ‘New Orleans, 15997 H..50)48 16248. 209)45987.- 503s: iesit uulsbose 100 4045. at Geynmers Has FRESH OPENING. SPRING STYLES. From KNOX and YOUMANS (X. ¥.) LADIES’ RIDING HATS and CAPS, Choice Assortment of UMBRELLAS For Ladies and Gentlemen. BH. STINEMETZ & SON, 1237 Pennsylvania ave. ta, aps Apri. 1S OUR SPRING OVERCOAT MONTH, AND I ALREADY HAVE THATSTOCK ON THE COUNTER FOR YOUR IN- SPECTION, IN VARIETY, FINISH AND FIT THEY EXCEL ANYTHING EVER OFFERED BY ME. GEORGE SPRANSY, ONE-PRICE CLOTHIER AND TAILOR, 607 SEVENTH STREET, ‘Opposite U. 8. Post Office, Bee Beeeubys ee I GUARANTEE IN WRITING PRICE AND QUALITY. apa ods] Traverers To Evnorz : Can receive all information concerning sailing ot stchmers, rates of passage. etc., etc, of the following lines: North German Lloyd, New York, France, Erg- land and Germany; North German Licyd, Baltimore 2\| and Bremen; Hamburg American Packet Company; Red Star Line, Antwerp; American Line, Liverpool: Royal Netherland Line, Rotterdam; Florio Rubattino ‘Line, Mediterranian, by calling upon their agent, EDWARD F. DROOP, 925 Pennsylvania ave. Sole Agent for Steinway & Sons Pianoa _apl4 A Wor To Hovssxssrins uy WASHBURNE'S SUPERLATIVE, Tt is a grand Minnesota Patent Flour made from the most carefully selected hard Dakota and Minnesota wheat, Itwill make beautiful hght, snow whiteand nutritious Bread, Rolis and Biscuits, and never fails to give satisfaction, ‘Wholesale Depot corner 1st st. and Indiana ave. n.w “voy $416: 200 50 84173... DU — iD that the same are conducted with honcety, fairness, aud | Usarrmoacuaste <2 sale or LADIES MUSLIN AND CAMBRIO UNDERWEAR BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING AT 100TLOCK. BELOW COMPETITION. Every Garment tn these lots is guaranteed fo be Thoroughly well made in every particular, Perfect shapes, (ie material first-class in every respect. Every plece i Suished with facings and ciosely felled seatha, a. = “msc. EACH = Ladies’ Night Gowns, trimmed with Inen torchon lace. Ladies’ Walking Skirts, with deep hem and rut fed ounce, Ladies’ Chemises, tucked and trimmea, Ladies’ Drawers, Fruit of the Loom Muslin, wide hem and Hamburg flounce, Miswes and Childreu's Drawers ali sizes Ladies Corset Covers, perfect ft Ling, handsomely trimmed Children's Mother Hat> bard Dresses, ensbro) yokes. Children's Night Gowns, three sizes. Ladies’ and Narses Aprons, Mus Jin aud Lawn,wide tacks and long strings Children's Eubroidered aud Shirred Caps, Lor 1, Ladies Chemises, muslin, trimmed with four Ham burg insertings and cluster of tucks. Ladies’ Chemises, 30 fine tucks, Hamburg inserting and edge center piece. Ladies’ Night Gowns, Mother Mubbard yoke, 12 large tucks, mflin, Ladies’ Drawers, cambfle,7 tucksand three tucked raffle. Ladies" Drawers, cath bric, # smail, 2 large tucksanddecphem. Ladies’ Drawers, muslin, tucked flounce, edgea with em- Droidery. Ladiew Corset Covers, cambrf, square shape, embroidered. Ladies’ Walking Skirta, 6 wide tucks and deep hem. etn ES LOT3, Ya, “gc EACH ba alle Ladies’ Cambric Walking Skirts, deep flounce, Gm ished with 11 fine pin tucks, Ladies’ Chemises, pom- padout shape, deep embroidered ruffle, Ladies’ Nigbt owns, 16 tucks, 3 embroidered intertings and &dge, elegant musfin, ‘Ladies’ Drawers, cambric, 6 woka Mamburg inserting and ruffle. Ladies’ Drawers, cam- bris, 10 finetucks tucked flounce and torchon edge, Ladies’ Corset Covers, cambric, embroidered insert ing aud edge Lada’ Walking Skirts, muslin, 6 tucks and embroidered rule. Ladies Night Gowns, 10 rows of embroidered In- sertingand ruffle, Ladies’ Night Gowns, cambric, Mother Hubbard yoke, 50 fine tacks, embroidered in- serting and edge. Ladies’ Chemises, cambric, square shape, deep medict; also, raised torchon lace Putte, Ladies’ Chemises, cambric, pompadour shape, 2 nainsook embroidered inserting between one lace ln- werting. Ladies’ Walking Skirts, muslin, tucks and deep embroidered ruflle, Ladies’ Drawers, cambric, 26 tucks and deep embroidered ruffle, Ladies Corset Covers, cambric, square shape, double row of em broldery. te at fe 1 wy ae on sg ih = 3 Ladies’ Wiking Skirts, tacked and finished with } Hamburg inserting and ruffle, Ladies’ Walking | Skitig, 8 wicks, 10-inch wide embroidered ruffle. La- | tie Nighi Gowns, cambric, 40 fine Ticks, 2 em- brojdurw@ insartings and ruffle. Ladies’ Night Gowns, muslin, Mother Kiubbard yoke, 32 fine tucks, front | and back, 2 broad insertings Ladies’ Night Gowns, muslin, Hamburg tnsertings and raffle, Imdies’ Chemises, 42 fine tucks, Nainsook inserting and ruf- fie. Ladies’ Drawers, cambric, 12 small and large s, 4 inches wide embroidered raffle, Ladies’ Cor- ‘Set Covers, square, pompadourand V shapes, ine medici lace rudle, WE KEEP NO GOODS THAT WILL NOT BEAR INSPECTION, ‘To prevant the purchase of these goods by com> Petitors each article will be stamped “The Bon Marche.” See the Attractions of Our ONFANTS' WEAR DEPARTMENR, IT PAYS TO TRADE AT TTITH H FEB iB 00 aay A BRR, 900 i oy AiAR CHE! apl4 316-318 SEVENTH STREET. Ove J Pours | Ix Barwon fe made extraordinary efforts for Can resent without cunt ‘dual our Ciothing” EISEMAN BROS, MOST POPULAR ‘TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Cor. 7th and E street. Rostssox, Pazxen & Co apSeta Having made extraordinary efforts to secure the Choicest and most desirable goods that could be found OF purchased, elther in the foreign or home market, adapted to the cultivated tastes of our own people of Washington, and these efforus being crowned with um doubted success. as can readily be defhonstrated by ‘the immense number of “Patrons and Custémers” who datly throng our spacious salesroom in pbrsult of goods, handsome trimmed, made In every respect ‘equal to custom work and perfect in fit for which our well aud favorably-known bouse stands preeminent and unrivaled in display of Fine Ready-made Gar ments for Gentlemen and Boys, we would solicit ‘thorough inspection of our display, with entire comfij dence as to satisfuctiun to our customers in results, ROBINSON, PARKER & 00, | Sco. riMms? CLOTHING READY maDE; i ‘819, Southeast Corner 7th and D Streets. ‘apl2-3m Pasr Your Beoor FOR ONE DOLLAR WITH CARRIAGE BLACK, READY MIXED FOR REPAINTING OLD CAB RIAGES, BUGGIES. SLEIGHS, ETC. THE ONLY SUCGESSFUL READY MIXED CAR RIAGE BLACK IN THE MARKET, ‘One cout gives an old Bugsy or Sleigh the Blackest Diack you ever saw, aud u bundsorse gloss without varnishing. 1tis acombination of Paint and Varnish, and contains no Asphaltum, It is very tough and Avrabie and will not crack. It will outwear the ordi- hary carriage paint twice over. It dries hard in a few hours, Norubbing! No varnishing: Noextra trov- ble! Iteclls like bot cakes! Where known w cuse lasts adealer buts fewdays, Each cau contains more than enough to paint @ carriage. Put up—two dozen cana mb27-Lin WM. M. GALT & CO Sraue Ovancoats ‘We have them from 96 up, TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, apSeta Cor. 7th and B; Jxwerrs Dey Am ae REFRIGERATORS, ‘We have been selling these REFRIGERATORS for ‘the past ten years with entire satisfaction to our Cus- tomers, and with the improvement’ made te them ‘this season, feel assured that they are the BEST RE- FRIGERATORS in the market. We have a variety of styles and finish, to which we Invite an inspection, J. W. BOTELER & SON, Bole Agents for Jewett's Dry Air Refrigerators, PAINTERS’ AND ARTISTS SUPPLIES, 195, 197 and 240 W. Pratt st.,