Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1886, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1886—DO@UBLE SHEET. for Tux EVENING STAR MR. CLIPSHAM’S CALENDAR. —_<s__ By EDWARD EVERETT HALE. cg (Copyrighted 1886.) PART II. The twoother dinners on the calendar that Week were at the joint anniversary of the Chau- sbeen said, and at the trustees of afund left for tion of that sub-tribe of Ojibwas, first settlers had found fishing on the es Tamworth harbor. These Ofibwas had long since gone where other Ojib- was, I fear, are going. But the fund remained, 8 funds will, to curse the descendants of the trustees. Andthe only way which had been devised to use up the annual interest was to have the trustees dine together with such of their friends as wished to meet them, after they had chosen themselves again into office at their At the Chautauquan dinner, Clipsham went, rather carefully, into a discussion of the movements of Ameri- can emigration, and the forces which have contributed to making up American civi- Uzation. This was on Friday, and all through the week, Clipsham had never forgotten the day of the week. although that mischievous Gertrude had thrown him out in the use he Made of the several days as they came. Mean- While his cold grew no better. His deafness point whic grew upon him, and he sent for the doctor. The doctor told him that he must stay at home. Clipsham said he could well do that, that for once there was no evening engagement, and he looked up the serial called “My Friend, the Boss,” which he was reading, which was full of allusions to his Tamworth friends. Little did he think, as he discussed the side bone of the nice turkey his sister Prue had provided, that the trustees’ dinner was cooling at that mo- ment, while they waited for his arrival at the Hotel Jefferson. The truth was that they were entitled to that excuse which he wrote in the beginning of the week to Gen. Plunkett, and which Piunkett still bad, unread, in the little handkerchief pocket of his dress uniform. But all the staying at home over Sunday, and all the glycerine aud whiskey, and all the cher- ry pectoral which could be administered, did Clipsbam no good, and on Monday morning he asked the doctor ifa change of air would not help him. The doctor said of course it would. It was clear it could not harm him, for he was past much harming. He was d a post, his hose and throat and all the passages to them were inflamed and red with the inflammation, his eyes were drooping with watering, and he said he was as stupid as an owl. The doctor gave his permission for a journey to Colorado. Clipsham looked on the calendar, and with his pencil marked off all the dinner parties, and wrote letters of excuse for the next three weeks, But there was one engagement he could not manage so easily, for here bis conscience pricked him. It was the city election. Clipsham knew, in his heart of hearts, that he had not done his duty in this affair. He had not gone toone meeting where his friend Gordon had sum- moned him, to obtain a competent non-parti- San schoul committee. He was afraid there was a job at the alms-house, and he had not looked into that. He distrusted the reigning Mayor, Yet he had not lifted # finger to dethrone him, Now if he went to Colorado he should be away on theelection day, and should not even give one vote against the rascals—and one in tavor of the honest men. But Clipsham did so wish to go to Colorado! He had promised his cousin Lucy that he would visit her there—and she wrote such a retty lette Clipsham compromised with himself. He would go to Colorado because he wanted to; and bis cold was sobad. But he saw on the ealendar that on Monday night there wasa niceting of the Friends of Good Government at the Mechanics’ Hall. He knew who called this meeting, and that it was in the right in- terest. John Fisher and all the rest of the right set hud signed the call. He would go to tuat meeting. ‘That would show which side he was on. He would not start on the noon train. He would stay till the evening train which went at #80. And his presence there would, in prac- Uce, show his colors, as well as it he staid in Tamworth nine whole days, sneezing and coughing, to vote at the end of them. Indeed, he might be in his coffin if he staid and a man cannot vote when he is in bis coffi So whea Mouday came, Clipsham sent. hi trunk to the train, ordered a carriage for him- self an hour before the train started, and went down to the Town Hail. The truth was that the citizens’ meeting was not to take piace till ‘the next night. But Gertrude had changed all that, and Citpsham, to his surprise, found that the large hail was hot lighted. However, the smaller hall was. An ussiddoas gentleman whom he did not know, who had been drinking more than was good for him, asked him in, and Chpsham, regretting that the friends of order made so poor a show, entered. As has been said, he was not used to primary meetings, and he Went in. Once in, it was like all other meetings, though not very large. There were 200 men there, of whom he did not recognize three. ‘The President was a man Who once tried to sell Lim a horse. The mayor was making a speech, and Clipsnaim supposed trom this that that offi: cer bad been frightened and Was tying to “get ood,” as the children say. But whether he new them or not, they knew him. Three or four showily dressed men met him andled him to the front seat, aud expressed their pleasure at his presence. Ina moment ater, the Mayor's motion was caitied, afd a commitiee was sent from @ list’ which had been prepared iu his oifice that afternoon—to sug- est @ Ucket for Aldermen, Then it was that another man, who had been also drinking rather more thah was good for him, arose and suid that they were honored by the ‘presence of a gentieman whom they bad often heard in public, and who was Known to be interested im all public affairs, and that he hoped Mr. Clipsham would address them on the great issues before them, and all the people Suouted: “Clipsham! Ciipsham!” Why he was there the leaders wondered, but, in thelr own low way, they supposea that he had quarreled With Join Fisher and his set, and had come Over to them to see What they Would give hin The truth was, as the reader sees, that he had pome to @ meeting which was one day earlier than the meeting he meant to come to. ‘Clipsham himself did not hear the man who spoke, and did not know what they were shout. ung at. But when another man came to iead aim to atiorm he knew what that meant, and pped up and sailed in. And a capital speech he made. It was that speech whieh put him into what people call putiic life. For my art I think be had been in very public lite be re. He was pleased at being called upon so Was pleased that he was recognized as wrt leader, and he said to himselt, as the steps, that this was what he Uhat if they wanted him to i. He did not quite know what t bout the Mayor. For here Was the Mayor at his side. had repented | o ty Job he had been in, Clipsbam thougut he would let him off, and he did. But he did not let off anybody else in that meeting. He exposed, trom ‘cellar to cupola, the dis- Faceiui jobs about building the new school posite ue Winterzre 4 $ house, and the unkind audience d with delight as a Bob Lyon and Couneil- { up under Clipsaam’s piti- ne of © gentlemen had led hin to his stand, and the other was secretary of the meeting. “But CL mm did not know dam. Clipsham could see that was a low-lived and mad enough was he with Fisher and the rest who Bad signed the eal uch staid comfortably at hone. So, alter dissecting every nasty joo which his hearers had been engaged in, tor five years, to the bottom, he closed with @ Fwally eloquent denunciation ot the indiifer: ence Of the educated men and the holders of property in went ofthe affairs of Tieveny. ‘HW own conscience pricked him, as has beca said, and he spoke allthe better ‘tor that, Tue civsing passage, where he describes the ‘rich manufacturer wno could not sign his baine, if a public school had not taught hin, and could hot squeeze on a pay-roil a public school had not taught him, yet who, when he is rich and prosperous, will hot go toa meeting Wuieh cares for the school, and does not know ® schoolmaster when he’mects him in the ets, bas gone into the speliing books. And will go to the graduation exercises of the Lavinia academy you will hear it spoken. Weil! that fine ieliow held that angry assem- ¥ mer © of audacity and truth, and did not even remember that they could peli bim to death with their private gin bottles nd other “pocket piswis.” When he had Huished bis speech he did not wait to hear what followed. He did not care w hear the hisses nor curses. He did see the scowls, but he had not supposed that everybody would lke his Speech. “He bowed himseir away froin the hall, and in half an hour he was asleep im bis best, us his train started lor the We ‘By great good lucie it happen shorthand man of a newspaper untriendin to this crew had been sent to “do” the meeting. It was supposed that a square or two of “manent Would be ali the result of his probing of suchen uleer. But he caught the position lnan instas He wrote down every word of Clipsianee ch, and the next inorning Tamworth and State had ital. Such beadiinest BILL STUGGS E NLIGHTENED! A LIVELY caucus! A CITIZEN'S PROTEST! LIGHT IN DARK PLACES! And the public of the State soon knew that, for once, the little coterie which had “ran Tame wortu” jor sowe years, had been told the uth by one modest, quiet, gentlemaniy man, who no ax to grind, and no ring bebind niin, ‘That man was Ciipsbam. While he was doing the mountains and canyons of Colorado, with: Out the slightest suspicion of it himselt, events ‘were makiug him the most popular mah in the Slate. So soun as there was achance the friends of good government put him in nomination for Governor—and Governor he was chosen. He Will be Governor till be wishes to go tothe United States Senate. d that the chiet “But who was Elinor May?” asks my kind Feader. Emma—who has followed this little Mory, With the faithfulness which has given a charm vo other stories, in her eyes, and who Temembers something said in the beginning bout the herotne—my dear Emma, can there be no story without # wedding at the end? No; there cannot be, if the story is guite perfect. bo you shail hear who Elinor was, for it belongs to the calendar also, and can be told in a few words. So soon as Ciipsham had determined to go to Colorado, the doctor asked him if he shoald stop in St. Louis, He said he certainly should. Then the doetor told him that he must call on some friend of his named Day, and gave him the address. The doctor took a'card and wrote on it “Mr. George Clipsham, introduced by Dr. Jones.” Clipsham was lying on a long exten- sion chair, carefully wrapped up ina Zunt blanket, and he asked the doctor to put down the namie and street on this fatal calendar, and there the doctor put it, just as Ciipsham bade him. Before Ciipsham started on his Journey, he copied ail the lines from the calendar uj his pocketbook. There was not much and be did not look at the dates. They came thus: MSpeak at caucus. Tu—Stop over at Aunt Lucy's. W_—Day, 999 Olive street (in the doctor's writing). And so on. But Clipsham never noticed that the dates were wrong. He copied the entries into his own notebook; and thus, it happened, as we say, that many pleasant things followed. Eli- nor'and George do not think anything “hap- pened.” They think it was all made in Heaven. This, f know, that they had that mischievous Gertrude for their only bridesm: For so it was, that on the evening when Cllp- sham meant to call on Mrs. Day, in St. Louis, he was in Chicago. He looked at his diary a1 he found this entry. “How queer it is” said he, “1 thought Jones said these people lived in n bad formed this notion, that his memory failing, so he consulted the hotel clerk a3 to how he’should find the strect. The clerk never heard of it, but saw in a moment that It should be Ohio street, and that Clipsham had copied it wrong. Clipsham went to No. 999, as he thought he had been bidden. Here he sent in the card: “MR. GzorGE CLirsHaM, INTRODUCED BY Dr. Jonzs.” iter a moment's delay he was admitted,an avery charming lady came forward to meet him.” Clipsham bowed, and said she was very Kind to be so informal and to permit him to be, bat he was a traveler, and bad but one night in Chicago; and then he'was presented to Elinor, and I think the whole thing was pretty much linished then, as far as he was concerned, and so would you, it you knew Elinor Clipsham as well as ido, "Then there was a litte inquiry about Dr. Jones. But that did not come out very well. In the first place, Clipsham did not hear very well. In the second place, he was a good deal preoccupied with Elinor. In the third place, the Dr. Jones he was talking about was the leading ‘physician. of Tamworth, and the Dr. Jones tue iady_was asking about ‘was the Rev. Dr. Jones, President of the theological seminary in New Berea. But she was well bred; she saw there was some mistake and she let 1t pass, A very pleasant evening Clipsham had. It proved that he heard Miss Elinor much better than he had heard anybody for a fortnight. The Journey had een of use already. Then they Yell to singing duetts, even on this slight ac- quatutanes. | She play a charming uecompant- ment, and he sings admirably, when he has no cold.” She was tolerant that’ evening, though is Voice was all wroug. Then, when her father ame, it proved that they were all going to Colo- rado Springs on the next day but one, and soit was very easy for Clipsham to make up his mind that he had business which would keep him over a day in Chicago. Although he did not tell them so, he made his resolution to stay before he left the house, When he had gone away Elinor’s mother said that she pitied him because he had such a horrid coid. “But, mama,” said Elinor, “did you ever know a cold make a man say ‘Day’ in- Stead of ‘May.’ He kept calling you Mrs. Day.” Mrs. May had not observed this. Butlt was even so. As tor Clipsham, when he met them at the train, and took his scat with them in the same Pullman, he was no such fool but he could see that all their seats in the car were taken for Mrs, May, Mr. May and Miss May. But then he supposed the P. P.C, man had written this wrong. When, however, the names which they had themselves put on the books with which they traveled, proved to be “May,” Clipsham gave up his conviction that he knew their names better than they did. As he went on, indeed, he began to be wondering whether he’ could hot persuade Miss Elinor to change hers. He was very soon on that plane of con- Versation when he called her “Miss Elinor.” Yes, a Pullman is a very nice place when the company is good. They sang in the twilight, for Clipsham’s voice improved very fast, and his hearing gained. so that he could hear Miss Elinor, even when she spoke in very low tones, ‘of experiences of hers which she would not care to have that Russian merchant hear, who was on his way to Alaska. The Pullman people had Rot then advanced so far as to have @ grand Piano in the car between the saloon and the smoking-room. But these two people found that they could sing without any accompani- ment. At the stations Clipsham always man- aged to bring in something—it there were no flowers there were queer crullers, or if there were no crullers there were fossils. Sometimes there was half an hour's detention, and then he and Miss May would have a good, brisk constl- tutional walk together, Now Clipsuam nad mining interests in Colo- rado, and Mr, May had smelting interests. And, while Mr. May attended to the smelting Mr. Clipsham would wait with them. And while Clipsham inquired about the mining, the ‘Mays were not far away. And the “Garden of the God's” was more divine than ever, when they dismissed the carriage one evening, and under the moonlight, walked home together, with those strange old divinities looking down, in still approval ot what these younger people sald or did. Altogether the journey out, and the Journey there, and the journey home were charming. Clipsiam never received one news- paper all the time, and he did not dream that he was growing famous. As for the Mays, they never asked nor cared whether he were @ pub- le man ora private man. It was enough for them that Rev. Dr. Jones had recommended him. Nay, they did not think of that. For, givehim a’ chance, George Clipsham is any Where his own best recommendation. He 1s. modest man, but you cannot be with hima day, without saying that he is a brave, quict, true Christian gentieman, He thinks very little of himself, but ts giad, nay eager, if he can, lo make other people huppy and good, and to Serve the world where he has a chance to serve it. Nothing, indeed, could have been better, or brighter of more happy in its results than this Colorado journey. Cupsham threw off bis cold enurely, and before the journey was over he had unuertaxen to take care of Elinor to the end of her days, if she would let him. She, on ur part, has taken such good care of him from that day to this, ne has uever made the wrong speech in the wrong place—and he bas never Had tuat “horrid inituenza” again, When he came back to Tauiworth, in all the exuberanes of his new life, he did'manage to ask Dr. Jones how he ever wrote “Day” insvead ot“May.” For the calendar still hung thefe, and Ulere was the “D” perfectly plain, in the Doctor's writing. ‘Then it was that a thorough examination and explanation ensued, and then Gertrude, in tears, coulessed to Her mother, for sue, poor child, had never forgotten her sin.” But she had periect absolution. A beautiful doll, open- eyesshuteyes, was given her, and sie bas never been scolded from that day to tals. You would say that Clipshain would have called ov Mrs. Day in St. Louis on his first visit | there. But he has never done so. His wifesays she is utraid to have him. He says he has found out that there are no nice daughters there. Both he and Elinor bless Gertrude every day of their lives for her little experiment on his calendar, (The End.) ——— er After the Battle is Over. ‘The wisest statesmen that framed a bill, ‘And tue bravest soldiers that carried 6 gun, And the best commanders were not born Gi ‘A few years after the war was done. They censure, condemn and pick out flaws, With bindsight keen and judgment rare; And it gives the startied reader pause ‘To think what they'd doue it they been there ‘We can’t help wondering if it was right, ‘And Just what Providence did It for, ‘To seud the buuglers to win the fight, Ad save the generals tll after the war. tes. My Creed. hold all else, named piety, A selfish scheme, as vain pretense, ‘Where center is not—can there be ‘Circumference? ‘That | moreover bold and dare Affirin where'er my rhyme may go— ‘Whatever things be sweet or fair, Love makes them so. "Tis not the wide phylactery, Nor stubborn taste, nor stated prayers, ‘That make us saints we judge the tree By what it bears, fee is dry as dust. —Auice Cary. Royal Style in Australia. Letter In St, Louis Globe-Democrat. This is what they call in England and the English colonies the royal blue button. You get one when you are received by the queen, or, if it §g in Australia, where I got mine, by the governor general, who represents her. It isan ordinary-looking button, having on its ex; surface @ ground-work Of drab, upon which a yellowish rosette with a blue center is worked. A metal shank, with a small metal disk painted black, completes the article. In the manufac- turing they must cost about forty cents @ gross. One of these is given to each person who has audience with the governor, and it is worn in the lapel of the ‘coat as’ a ‘of the I favor. ral fs a great royal favor. The governor genet man in the colonies, and there is more about him than can'be found at Windsor. When he condescends to go to the theater, his Visit costs the local mauager about $200 for car] Louis—as indeed Dr. Jones did. But Clip- geries. The person alleged to havi Of the crookedness is Miss Priscilla M member of one of the best families in this eity and for several years a teacher in the Pine street Presbyterian ¢ ehurch, with which she has long been connected. Members of the 1 ery of forged indorsement on notes,on which she obtained the mone: @ great seusation RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE, — Rev. E. H. Swem, the pastor of the Second Baptist church of this city has baptized more than fifty candidates this winter. — The annual meeting of the Methodist Local Preachers’ and Exhorters’ association of the District will be held at Hamline to-morrow. —Bishop Paret visited Epiphany chur, Forestville, P.@, county, Md., Rev. Mr. Bray- shaw, rector, on Sunday, the 10th inst., and confirmed a class of thirteen candidates. The bishop also visited St. Matthew's church the same day and confirmed a class of eight. —The ladies of the Methodist churches will hold an “Easter thank-offering service” at Foundry chureh next Monday evening. Rev. Julius Soper, missionary to Japan, will speak, and the young ladies will contribute a paper. —The general conference of the Colored Metho- dist Episcopal church in America will convene in Augusta, Ga., the 5th of May. Rev. F. M. Hamilton is the clerical delegate from this cit ‘The church was organized from the M. church South in December, 1870. Since then it has grown until it now numbers over 155,000 members, {thas two institutions of learning, Paine institute, Augusta, Ga, and Lane uni- versity, Jackson, Tenn. — The First Retormed church, Brooklyn, has been sold for $25,000. —The new Baptist Orphanage at Angora, Pa., was formally opened last week. The German Methodists of this country closed the year 1885 with 1,256 schools, 11,- 089 officers and teachers, and’68,153 scholars. —The Religious Telescope recently reported 1,555 conversions and 1,578 accessions in the United Brethren church in one week. —Sam Jones is to be put into German by the Western Methodist Book Concern, Dr. Lieb- hart is preparing a volume in that language. —The Congregationatist recently reported 2,842 additions to the church of its denomina- tion in one week. — Ex-Chief Justice Cochrane, of Georgia, has leftthe Episcopal church fur immersion into the Buptist faitn. —By a recent decision as to the estate of the late Rey. J. A. Warne, of Frankford, the American Baptist Missionary Union will ‘receive during this year about $20,000. —The union of the four Methodist churches in Canada has worked most harmoniously the first year, an Increase of 20,000 to the mem- bership 1s reported. —The new Mount Calvary Lutheran church in Mount Jackson, Va., Rev. W. E. Stabler, Pastor, was consecrated on April 4th, J, Morris, D.D., L.L. D., of Baltimore, Md., pr ing the cons¢cration sermon, —The Young Men's Christian association of Philadelphia is endeavoring to relieve itself from the payment of ten thousand dollars a year now required as interest on the debt, by paying the whole amount, $200,000. —The annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal church of the diocese of Pennsylva- ania will be held in the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, May 4. Bishop Stevens, whoso health bas improved, will preside. — The net increase of the Methodist Episcopal Church South for the past year will not fall below 50,000, This is an unprecedented increase, being an average of about fourteen to each eilective preacher. —The Home Mission board of the southern Baptists in 1882 had thirty-four home missions. The board now has 200 missions under its con- trol, and at the last convention was empowered to expend $100,000. —In New York Rev. Dr. John A. Broadus quietly raised $60,000 for the new buildings of the Louisville Baptist seminary. This sum was given on the condition that the $27,000 due on the grounds should be paid, and this condition was promptly met, —The American Home Misstonary society have received of Mr. Jobn Claflin, son of the late H. B. Ciaflin, of New York, a check for $20,000, which he said that his father, previous Ww bis death, had desired him to place in the treasury of the society —A convention of “Anti-Instrumentalists” of the United Presbyterian church, just held in Pittsburg, Pa., denounced the use of instrumen- tal music in church services, asserting that it was an unlawiul intruder and disturber of the peace. —The Methodist Episcopal Year-Book states that there are in the church 1,659,816 mem- bers in full communion and 196,028 proba- tloners. The increase in the total member- ship for the year Is neariy 62,000, They have 11,676 itinerant preachers and 12,397 locai preachers. — An effort is being made to clear the debt of the American Baptist Home Mission society, which amounts to about $140,000. Mr. John D. Rockefeller, of New York, and Mr. J. B. Hoyt, of Connecticut, have each subscribed 30,000 for this purpose, and a gentleman in ittsburg has given $4,000, Other subscrip- tions bring the amount up to $50,0U0. —The proposed revision of the Prayer Book will come up before the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church next October, and the subject is already exciting considerable discussion. The bishop of wesiern New York, Dr. Coxe, of the committee having the matter in charge, objects to the « -lusious of the com- mittee. oor Forgeries by » Woman. HARRISBURG BANKS SWINDLED BY THE TREA- SURER OF A MISSIONARY SOCIETY. A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Times from Harrisburg, April 21, says: It has just leaked out that two Harrisburg banks have been swindled of $8,500 by well-executed for- been guilty lure, a lurch and until lately treasurer of the missionary society of the She wa’s considered one of the most exempla gr y ton and the discovery from the banks, has caused mong her friends. Miss McClure lett this city a short time after the notes indicated had been discounted and her present location is unknown, but sue is sup- posed tobe in one of the southern states. Que Of the notes, for $1,500, was indorsed with the name of the lady's mother. Recently it came due and notice being sent to tue supposed in dorser she declared that the name wasa forgery She, however, waived the protest to save her daughter. Since then the case has been placed in the hands of an attorney, in the hope of the re- | covery of the amount paid by the bank to Miss McClure. Another note 0: $7,000 was cashed by the Dauphin Deposit bank, of which Sena- tor Cameron fs one of the trustees. ‘This was in- dorsed with the name of Thomas Furst, of Bellefonte, a cousin of the missing lady. 1¢ has | that this name 1s also a | been recently les forgery. The reason which impelled the al- leged forgeries can only be conjectured, Noth- | ing is known as to of the money. rhit dis; ng th sition was made forgeries by her love for a mun in straitened cit- cumstances. ———— Prohibition Lessens Crimeat Rock ville. At the thirteenth annual convention of the | Maryland State Temperance Alliance, held in Baltimore Tuesday, Mr. David H. Bouie, of Rockville, vice president of the Montgomery County Temperance Alliance, spoke of the working of local prohibition in that county, “After five years experience of it,” he said “the Anancial prosperity and sobriety have wonder- fuily increased. I examined the court records and the number of criminal indictments, which used to average twenty to elghty a year, now averages only ten to twenty @ year. Our jail was neverempty until May, 1881; since hen it has been empty several times, once for three months at a time, and to-day at noon the last two prisoners were discharged, so that our jail is again empty. There are violations of the 1 option law, of course, but there is no county where the law is better administered. We used to average 100 arrests a year for drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Rock- ville; I know from the dockets there haven't been more than five in the five years of local option. Our law is the shortest and best. It is a mistake to except anythin, as bad tooffer areward to the Brutal Treatmen SOME OF THE HORRORS OF A KENTUCKY MIN ING CAMP. A Cincinnati special says: A thorough exam!- nation of the practical workings ofthe convict contract system of Kentucky has shown such neglect, cruelty, and starvation as cannot be duplicated this side of Siberia, The investiga- tion Was conducted mainly at Greenwood, a. piace in, Pulaski county, about half way tween here and Chattanooga. Here 218 con- viets are worked in the mines, a company of militia being on the ground ‘to prevent the free miners from overpowering the guards and setting the convicts free, ‘The desperate critni- nals sro Kept at Frankfort penitentiary and ‘only those condemned for little offenses aro sent to the mines. Of these 218 nearly sixty were sick last week from overwork and poor and insufficient food. They are kept in two log houses with big cracks and heated by only one stove. Many men were frostbitten last winter. ‘These houses were built for seventy-five men, but 218 now occupy them. ‘The men see the sun ‘only as they go from the barracks to. the mine in which they work eleven hours. Hard tasks are set them anda failure is met by a whipping with the “strap” which is alwayea, plied to the bare. skin. “Terrible tales asd toh ‘of the horrors arising from its use. One resident of Greenwood frequently hears the helpless vie~ tims cry for mercy. ‘The “strap” as used here 1s fully equal to the Russian knout, From March six to thirteen forty whippings were inflicted with it. ‘Three weeks ago James Andres, a White convict, deliberately killed Joh Davi partner in , foF the sole reason Hor Right be sent $3 Franksos where ‘tho kept, Andres was not even “strapped.” ment ig reserved. for Tighter ‘Ofentost ju strange land. aud died instantly, He was burl Feasons ig one that | she was instigated to the perpetration of the | murderers and like grades of criminals are | tain a Harnessed Horses vs. Saddied. From the Sportsman. In 1830 we organized a Roman chariot racing company, and fulfilled quite a number of engagements; and the following spring, 1881, We gathered together eight horses that could run a half-mile under saddle, with weight up, from 58s. to 1:04, and as the color, size and general appearance, as well as speed, had to be considered, we found that we had taken no small task. However, four bay horses and the same number of gray ones were gotten together and put into condition for a campaign through the eastern country. We expected to be able to do a half-mile in 1:06. We were, happily, surprised to find that we tog ee eotey ae 1.02, are eune meet rogressed our horses ste: improved, thelr official time being 58%, seconds, boul teams passing under the wire at the same. time, head and head, making almost a dead heat. Many thought that the bay team. could have gone faster, and speculation was rife as to how fast that team could run in fourdn-hand har ness. Arrangements were made for @ pubiic trial and poois sold, speculators laying two to one on 57 against the team, and 100 to nothing on 58. ‘The team started, pulling a 350 poun charlot and 150-pound man, and finished the heat, half a mile, in 55% seconds with the greatestease. None of these horses had ever shown their ability to run a half-mile so fast by several seconds under saddle. We next ap- Peared in Michigan, where the teams scored a dead heat in 56 seconds, and no heat was run slower than 58 seconds during the meeting. The following week the intelligent ones dropped a few hundred, backing 56 seconds against the teams, the time being 55 seconds. Aslow track at Cincinnati prevented a reduc- tion of the record, but at Pittsburg the follow- ing week, on the’ occasion of the great “Maud S's" wonderful, and at that time un- equaled 2.101y, these teams. actually ran a halt- mile as officially timed in 54 seconds. At Chicago 544g seconds was the best shown at the meeting. "Passing then over a period of three months, during which time these teams ran 49 heats in 58 seconds or better, and on November 10, at Columbia, 8. C., they actuall: ran three-quarters of a mile in the remarkable time of 1 minute and 21 seconds. When the fast time is taken into consideration, that these horses were only hhalf-bred, and none of them being able to go a half-mile in less than 58 sec- onds, under the saddle, it. must be admitted that the vast amount of speed shown and ob- tained during this long campaign must be at- tributed to the way of going. The weight being entirely removed from the back accounts for the great rate of speed attained by these slow horses, Such has been our experience that there is no doubt in our minds about a horse being able to run faster and stay longer in har- ness than to saddle, We are of the opinion that a first-class horse— Say a race-horse that can go a mile under sad- | dle in 1:43 or 1:44—could as easily go over the same distance with no greater effort in 1:40 or better. We might go still further and argue in Support of this proposition that by breaking roughbreds to harness, giving them a great share of this preparatory work in harness Would not only save the legs of the youngsters and cripples, but would trausfer their handling to the hands of men of mature judgment and experience, In the foregoing articie we have endeavored to show that the speed of the run- ner has not, nor, in our opinion, never will be | fally developed’ until the breeder and trainer | fully recognize the importance of harness-work for thoroughbreds, +00. Ingenuity Rewarded. He had a back load of feather dusters as he rang the door bell on Montcalm street east yes- | terday,and when a woman opened the door about two inches and said that nothing was wanted. he inquired: “Madam, will you kindly inform me who lives next door?” “Next door?” she queried, coming out on the step. “Why, it’s a new family and I don’t re- aember the name, agtdy Puts on a good deal of style, doesn’t she?” “Rather,” (‘I thought so. That's the way with those sort of people; they put it all on their backs. I asked her if she didn’t want a duster to dust olf her upholstered furniture and bric-a-brac, and she siaimmed the door in my face. She didn’t have any to dust, you see.” People who have plush furniture and articles of virtu and taste uiways Want my goods. Pleasant day, What did you say the price was?” ‘Seventy-tive cents, madam, and the woman ext door is peering through the parlor blinds 1sshe? Well, I'll take one, and if there should be any other invention to dust bric a brac and oil paintings you might call around. Xou may also bring me a box of polish tor my silverware.” —Detroit Free Press, The Romance of Gold. FATE OF THE MEN WHO DISCOVERED SOME OF THE GREAT AMERICAN MINES, From a Fort Keogh (Mon.) Letter, The superstitious belief is an old one, that un- less the discoverer of a camp meets an untimely or bloody end his find will never amount to anything; and this seems borne out by facts, since nearly all the discoverers of the great gold mines in the United States, with but few exceptions, have, as the saying goes, “died with their boots on.” Of thirtycight booming towns in the early days, the locators of twelve were Killed by bullet, taree were buried ja thar creations by cave-ins and the rest drifted away with the tide of immigration, have become lost in oblivion or died and were buried in paupers’ raves. George H. Fryer, trom whom the cele- rated “Fryer Hill,” of Leadvilie, derives its name, died at Denver not long azo from. an overdose of morphine administere. by his own hand. Two years previous to his death he was worth a million or so, but he died a pauper and almost without a friend. Old Virginny, after whom the “Consolidated Virginia” was named, and who sold his claim for $25, a pony and a bottle ot whisky, came to his death by an overdose trom a bucking mule near Dayton, Ney Bill Bodie, the discoverer of the great Stand- ard mine in’Mono county, Cal,, slept. his life away In asnowstorm while maiing his way to the mines, Col. Story, who gave his name to the county ada where the Comstock is sitt , was killed in battle by the Pyramid Lal indians. Thomas Page Comstock died a beggar in a ‘Old Pancake,” as he was Known in the miniag camps, committed suicide ut Boze- man, Mon., on Septembe: 27, 1870, by shooting himself, He was the leader of the famous Big Horn expedition that was sent out by Nevada capitalists in search of the Lost Cabin mines, Supposed to be somewhere among the Big Hort mountains. ‘The expedition wasa failure, and Comstock, whether from disappointment oF from some other cause, while encamped neat Bozeman, drove a pistol-ball through ‘his head led ‘there, and his grave is unmarked and unknown, Near the wild spot where twelve years before the hidden treasure of Alder Gulch was first ste. vealed to him, William Fairweather was lald down to rest. "Like poor “Old Pancake,” this Lic soul stranded on the shoals of diss! tion, although each in ms day had ture key—the one silver the other golden—which une locked millions for otaers but nothing for them. Wm. Farrell, who “struck” Meadow Lake, died a victim t remorse in one of tho leading hospitals of San Francisco. “haunted by thespirits of 1,000 deluded pioneers aaa prospectors passing and repassing his dying bed.” ‘The locator of the tamous Homestake in the Black Hills, 1s said to have afterwards turned road agent, Times going hard with im, he attempted to stop a stage loaded “and pret pared for just such emergencies, and he was planted alongside the road by the tehder-hearted ‘express agents whom he had tried. to rob and kill, Homer, of the Homer district, followed tn the suicidal tracks of Comstock. Aner squand- ering a smail fortune he shot his brains cut on San Francisco. Doughnut. Bill, the streets of Su {Qld Eureka,” Kelse Austin, Lioyd Magruder, Henry «-Nine-Mile Clark,” George Hanizinson, Plummer, and scores of others died’ violent deaths in one way or another and reaped not! ing from the rich finds each had. made in his day. Doughnut Bill was planted in the Lone Mountain cemetery in Utah, in 1868; a lone grave under @ white pine tree in a frontier inining town of California tells where poor “Old Eureka” sleeps his last sleep; Kelso Austin was killed and buried in Elcno county, Nev., fifteen yearsago, Auloyd Magruder, while conducting a num! of wagons loaded ‘with treasure fren Vii bes City to the nearest railroad, was murdered and robbed by his teamsters, who were Plummers outlaws in disguise; George Hankinson and Henry Plummer were hauled up by. vigilantes and strung up without the delay and formality ofa trial. “Plummer was a great rascal. In the early days of the mining camps of Montana, Plummer was elected sheriff of the camp about Virginia City, He was the ,first locator of the Hieh ground about Virginia City, but thought he could make more money, and quicker, too, by taking what was already mined than by labos- ing in the gulch day after day aud getting tt by. hard, honest toll. “But he was tipped uy o%, last, and died a cringing, miserabie eo on @ gallows ot his own construction. Maryland Notes, Dorchester peach wers th money ta the crop this year, ‘notwieheee cee the reports that the buds were all killed, About 100 of the 125 students at the tary aoe pl academy. tens! ‘will soot an erdise down ee e bay and up the Poto- Reliable news from prominent Peach-growers of Kent Island report vt the cece port that és e majori1y of buds The Hagerstown Herald and Torch Light says that the spirit of ores is abroad in that town, and under Influence it is making = rapid Lash than any other in that. Rtate, Tge catches are bein; - ‘Carpenter's Point, Messrs, Haverin and Barnes, at one haul, secured about 300,000 herring, and could not naulin the net until some bad been released. ‘The next haul was made for shad anda’ Beats ane ‘77 captured. Gillers average 300 ———+er-_____ Iron Men Opposed to the Tariff Bill. The American Iron and Steel association has adopted resolutions opposing the passage by Congress of the new tariff bill, Among the Teasons given for opposing the bill are that it aids the schemes of foreign producers to ob- than they now i; because of the im- bring a chestnut with ‘home late at night.”—Lowelt ila Rani ga MES Me is ion, Only a y cut.” —He ‘ A Novelist’s Feat. EUGENE FIELD TELLS A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE WAY HAWTHORNE WORKS, From the Chicago News, In the current number of Léppincott’s Magazine Mr. Julian Hawthorne says that he re- members that on one occasion he wrote for twenty-six consecutive hours without pause. We remember to have heard Mr. Hawthorne say that this was during his residence in Lon- don shortly after he had entered upon a literary career. He had agreed to have a story done by certain hour on a certain day, and, as is_very ‘apt to be the way with young men, he had put off the work until the eleventh hour, Then, con- fronted by the uncompromising fact that he must do the work or lose his money, he set himself the task with all his mightand main, He started In at nine o'clock one morning and stuck hard at work until nearly noon the next day. He says he found no difficulty in writing after the first hour; his thoughts came freely and his hand worked mechanically. He remembers that when he finished the story he became aware that his little children were pisvink ‘about the room where he had been writing; he neither saw nor heard them while he was at work, and now they looked more like shadows than ‘real, tangible forms. He did not feel particularly worried; but his brain seemed to be strangely confused; so, instead of going to bed, asa man naturally would think of doing, he puton his hat and overcoat and set out fora long walk. He remained out of doors until dusk; then, upon his return home, he atea light supj ry drank two bottles of ale and went to bed. The bodily exercise had cleared his head, his brain Was as cool and quiet as could be wished and he slept eighteen hours as soundly and peace- rly as a child, ithin the last month Mr, Hawthorne has done a big piece of work in a remarkably short time. On the twenty-third of March he began. and ‘on the twenty-sixtn he finished a story of 35,000 words, doing for four days’ work ave ing 8,500 words per diem, A current paragrap! says ‘that William D, Howells writes each day Just about the amonnt of matter that would be Tequired to fill a page in Harper's Magazine—800 ‘words, What to Believe. ‘He has no toy who has no trust! ‘The greatest faith brings greatest: Andi Belleve'beeause Dust on™ ‘Woulld belleve in periect measure, ‘Therefore I send ars ces oom ied, a key to pen milacs of treasm Whatever elve your hauds restrain” Let faith be free and trust remain. Belleve in summer's sun and shade, Although to-day the snow be falling; Expect glad volces in the siade, =< ough now the winds alone are calling, "= ‘Have eyes to sea How fair things be: Let Hope, not Fear, prove most enthralling; And skies that sine ‘will ofenest be Stretched lovingly o'er thine and theas Have loyal faith in all thy kin, Believe the bes: of one another; One Father's heart takes all men in, ‘Be not suspicious of thy brother. It one deceive Why disbelieve ‘The rest, aud so all kindness smother? ‘Who the most looks for love will ind ‘Most certainly that hearts are kind, Regard the age with hopeful thought ene hope! ought, Bebold woat wonders have been wrought Belleve the world is gettiug betters ee ‘Oh, be thou brave ‘Tolhelp and save, And free men's hunds froma every fetter, Yet know that cheery hopefuluess Is the great factor in Success, Above all things in God believe, tian is love tha ists forevers ‘changetul friend thy heart Is He who will forsaice thee uever. In shine or shower sme somditglesings dower e souls that trust with strong endeavor; Believe, belleve, for faith is bests ‘Betieve, and find unbroken rest. Christian World, ———— A Town Without Wome: From the New York Star, “I know acity in the United States of over 80,000 population where not one vote was cast for Grover Cleveland.” “Where was that?” “In Washington, jd know astranger placo than that. I have been to a town where there have been no births nor marriages in hundreds of years, yet people live there ‘and die.” The capiain of the bark Malte crossed hls legs, opened and shut the blade of a penknife with his thumb and. fore- Snger and complacently chewed tobacco. ‘The Maita arrived at New York from the } lediter- ranean last Friday with figs and Egyptian onions. “Yes,” sald Capt. Baldwin, “we ran up the west shore of the Agean seu'to Haggion Oros, meaning to the Greek’s holymountun. It isa grand pile of rocks, rising 6,200 feet straight out of the water, from the end of a narrow peninsula. What’ Gibraliar is to the Mediter- Tanean Haggion Orosis to the Dardanelles. This peninsula runs back from the Mountain about forty miles—grand coast—and averages six miles wide. itis joined to the larger Chal- | cedonian peninsula by a narrow neck of sand. ‘They told me there that Xerxes, the fellow who Jed “a million of heathen soldiers, cut a canal through the sand at that point for his vessels to sail through. ‘Chere is another mountain on the ; Peninsula—Mount Athos. We had an Ohio | preacher and his daughter, passengers from | Alexandria, on board, and te preacher told us about the peninsula and town of Athos, “‘Betore Christendom,’ sald _he ‘recluses used to live at Mount Athos in holes in the ground. ‘The solemnity inspired by the bare peak of the mountain harmonized well with thelr minds, bent on wild and mystic thoughts. So,’ suid he, ‘after the new religion came the piace got to be @ popular resort for monks who didn’t want. to live with the rest of mankind, and Greek monks have been going to that peninsula ever since, until bow, after 1,600 or 1,800 years, they have formed an_ ecclesiastical self govern meit. Under the Byzantine emperors the | monks were under no secular control what- | ever, but now the Turkish government keeps a caimakam there. He has no power, however. ills duty fs only to observe the monks. The simakam has two zaptieths or soldiers for a body guard, butthey represent the honor of his office “more than the power. The community has its own police in the shape of a squad of Albanians. ‘The monks govern theinselves by 8 council of representatives, over, which the pro- teros, or president, ruies. He is culled the fret man’ of Athos. ‘The proteros can only be boss for three montis ata time. He then resigns to the next eminentcitizen until the honor Is shared by every man in the council. ““They won't let the pregcher’sdaugther land, No woman 1s‘allowed on any pretence what. ever to set foot in the territory. No female creature of any kind—cow, she goat, or mare, or animal capable of giving’ birth to its kind—is found there. Not even hens are permitted in Athos. So there have been no births, no mar- Tlages, no love-making nor scandals there, eee No Cross No Crown. (From a forthcoming volume.] ‘This holy Easter morn A glorious liope doth seem to en franchise My pimped thought, aud bid it upward rise ‘And soar away to realins beyond the skies; For Christ redeemed, new bori In spirit riseth now to dwell in Paradise, On earth, a cross he bore— Unmurmuringly he bowed beneath the load; ‘Tyrants, human, still beside him strode, ‘Yo drive bin on, with tauntand sneer and goad; His anguished heart was sore— Along his pathway tears of blood fast owed, ‘So may a crown be won— To bear across through ail life's weary way: ‘To humbiy bow, yet upward strive, and pray For strength to bear the burden day by day, “Father, ‘Thy will be done” Learning with steafast, child-like faith, to say, ‘Though all the world should frown And gibeand sneer, and hold me up to scorn, AS one two spirit-meek, yet newly-born, 1, wo, shall rise, like Christ on Easter morn, And wear a glorious crown, Of fadeless flowers withcat u single thorn, EMILY THORNTON CHARLES, ‘ Saturday Smiles. Woman's, pltcous appeal tor the exercise of ballot was refused by the house yesterday. Boycott the men.—Hoston Post, ui A news item in an exchange 1s headed: “Eloping with her Father's Best Mule.” ‘This 18 & new departure in the way of elopements; but no doubt she will be happier than if she had runaway with her father's coachman, ‘She cap the Sell_@ mule when she tires of him; and if Worst comes to the worst, both can go on. stage and become “stars”—in an “Uncle Tom's Cabin” company.—Norristown Herald, At the theater: Two young women have sat through the performance, Suddenly one glances at the ‘stage and exclaims: “Why, lle, can it be possible?—the curtain’ fount, How, thelime nes down Didn't Eee was nearly $0. lat e've hi Teal nice chat, haven't we?’—Boston ip “Wha’d I tell yet” sniffed Uncle Abel Bimley ‘ne of the pizenist republicans the Corners ever knew. “Told ye Cleveland an’ his crowd wasn’t fit to run thecountry, didn’t I? I’ve been read. in’ the papers pretty sharp the past year, an’all's T’'ve seen Is tourth-class postmasters appointed. t-class Didn't use tobe so with us. We hed en or nothin’. ye lemocrats ain’t, fit.” And the old man shook his head sagely,— Rotine (Me.) Courier Gazette, ~ ife—“What is a chestnut, my dear?” Ht band—“A chestnut, loves is’ & ‘Story that ‘hes been told over and over again. Why?” Wife— “Nothing. Only it’s fanny that you should ou every tine you come Citizen, Nothing plays out s0 quick as a permanent exposition.—. Gertrude—How cruel! aby sia ther, soi —Why, it’s “Rumitis" ts the latest Eniledelphia coinage ‘came a for fatal dronkenness, It means the 2 Old Boston term, “ramdidit."—springyteld ini Said the lady visitor to the two-j tien tatraed away with an expression or sent of Weari- Gon't be so fresh” Botton Transerien Au General Garland admita that he ‘Kent ‘thus in nt featlemen wus ‘involved iis his larger share of the markets of this coun: | Pa, DRESS GOODS, LINENS AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, tiie FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 96, Remnants of Black GROS GRAIN SILKS, RHADAMES SILK, JERSEY SILKS, Colored GROS GRAIN, SURAH SILK. MERVEILLEUX. CANVAS CLOTH, all colors, CASHMERR, all colors, ETAMINE, all colors, CAMEL'S HAIR SUITINGS, ALBATROS SUITINGS, all colors, and many others. IN OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT ‘We shall display on FRIDAY and the following week ‘smost extensive line of all the desirable novelties of the season, many of which we shall not be able to duplicate, viz: All-wool BYZANTINE CLOTH, 38 in. wide, at 45c. All-wool CANVAS CLOTH, 45 in. wide, 60c, All-wool BOUCLE CLOTH, 45 in. wide, 500, All-wool CAMEL’S HAIR, 40 in, wide, 50c. Afl-wool Mottled NUNS VEILINGS, a bargain, 32 in, wide, at 250. All-wool ALBATROS, 45 in. wide, at 50c, All-wool NUN’S VEILINGS, 45 in. wide, at 50c., ‘and a great many others at reduced figures, See our line of FRENCH SATINES, See our 26 in. CANVAS SUITING, in both plain ‘and stripe to match, at 25c, See our line of all-silk SURAHS, all colors, at 750. See our line of GROS GRAIN SILKS, at 800, See our line of STRIPE VELVETS, See our all-wool ALBATROS, at 37iga, Our all-wool TRICOTS, at 500. In Domestics see what we will sell in 10-4 SHEET. THIS WEEEPGREAT BARGAIN WEEK! ‘New Arrival of Elegant PATTERN HATS AND BONNETS, (All the Latest Styles in ~ LADIES MILAN HATS AND BONNETS, Also, the different qualities and styles of straws in CHILDREN'S, MISSES AND LADIBS HATS AND BONNETS, ‘Thousands of CHILDREN’S TRINMED and UN- TRIMMED HATS, the grandest assortment ever ex- hibited, at 15, 19, 25, 35, 49, 65, 75 cents and $1. New and elegant display of FRENCH FLOWERS at 19, 25, 35, 50, 60, 75 cents and $1 a bunch, ‘Fresh arrival of PICOT EDGE SATIN AND GROS GRAIN RIBBONS, In Linens see onr 190. TOWELS, Our $1.15 DOYLIES are also worthy of attention. ‘To those who visit us this week we also desire to ‘say that we shall sell ‘36 in. FRUIT OF THE LOOM COTTON, at 7a, ‘36 m. LONSDALE COTTON, at 70. ‘Immense slaughter in LACE CAPS, A lovely line of JERSEYS at 75, 99 centa, $1.12, $1.25, $1.50 and $2, it thou thyself art debtor; 5 Closing sale of VISITES and BOUCLE JACKETS ‘Now ts your chance to buy a lovely VISITE st less SUN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS AT MANU- aq FACTURERS' PRICES, > 3 eee cad ‘ci > » GREAT INDUCEMENTS THIS WEEK! 416 7TH STREET. DON'T NEGLECT TO CALL! Svrrosz You Loox: Dr atata] SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN, AND THEREFORE DO NOT KNOW, OF THE HAND- SOME, GOOD FITTING, STYLISH CLOTHING STANCE, OUR D.B. PRINCE ALBERT FROCK SUITS THEY ARE MADE FROM IMPORTED GOODS, HANDSOMELY TRIMMED, ARE BET- TER MADE,AND FIT BETTER THAN MOST “MADE TO ORDER” CLOTHING. THEN, AGAL OUR CHECK AND CHEVIOT SUITS ARE THE MOST FASHIONABLE AND NEWEST THINGS OUT, YET VERY FEW, EVEN AMONG THE MERCHANT TAILORS, HAVE THEM. WE HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES OF THEM, BUT THE BEST WAY I8 TO COME AND TRY ON THE GARMENTS, ap22 814. SEVENTH STREET ¥, W. ROBINSON, PARKER & CO., FINEST CLOTHING READY MADE, * 319, Southeast Corner 7th and D Streets, We Have Esrazuisnep our reputation through our popular §price system. Our rule has been never to charge fancy prices for any Clothing we handle, ‘We sell only reliable Clothing, all of our own manu facture—hence our popularity with the public. ‘We Wish to call general attention to the fact that we are now showing the largest, best and most varied assortment of the EISEMAN BROS, VERY LATEST NOVELTIES IN FINE MILLI- Manufactory—14 8. Howard st., Baltimore, Md. 65 Whitehall st, Atlanta, Ga, Cor. 7th and E st,, Washington, D. C, Ovr Pras Is to sell only the medium and best grades of goods—the lowest grades are not kept at all. Beginning with men's suits, at $10 and $12, we give. better article than can be made up new. tosell at those prices by marking down higher ‘Cost sults that for one reason or another have not sold freely. At $15, $16, $18 and $20 andabove the vari- ety is immense and the quality of our work Jus tifles usin handing toevery purchaser a LE- GAL GUARANTEE ticket, which warrants the prices and goods by agreeing to exchange or refund money for anything returned unin Jured, and to make good losses on whatever Prove unsatisfactory. Store open until 10 o'clock to-night. GEORGE SPRANSY, ONE-PRICE CLOTHIER AND TAILOR, 507 SEVENTH STREET, ‘Opposite U.S. Post Office. NATTANS' CRYSTAL DISCOVERY for restoring gray hair to its natural color and youthfal appearance; to eradicate and preventthe formation of dandruff; to restore its growth and vitality and thus stop ite falling out. It is entirely harmless and free from any polson- os substance, and will therefore take the place of the many dirty and unpleasant preparations now in Use. A trial will convince, Satisfaction guarantesd, ‘The low pricesat which we mark our stock make It an object for every lady to inspect these goods before effecting her purchases- PREPARE FOR EASTER! ADIES TRIMMED HATS, ‘in great variety, at $2.46, $2.97, $3.35, $3.50, $3.97 $4, $4.25, up to $10. These hats are not purchased by the dozen, but trimmed by cur own milliners; there- fore we can assure our customers of the style and qual- ity being corret, All styles and quality, from 2c. a yardend up, ‘Finest Imported Flowers, from 250. to ‘75e. aapray. All shades in season, at 25, 37 and 500. a bunch, ‘Every style and shade, from 85, 40, 50, 750, $1 and ARTHUR NATTANS, Inventor and Proprietor, ‘14th and I and 24 and D oa nw. SGMLITZ MILWAUKER LAGER Big lot of Orientals, from Se. to 50a, Lot inch Lace, Oriental, at 250, _ 2 lot of 40 dosen Lace Caps, only 9e., worth 250. Infante’ Caps, made of Corded French Muslin, hand- somely trimmed with Lace, 370, ‘HOSIERY, INFANTS CLOAKs, PARABOLA, KID GLOVES, SILK GLOVES, CORSETS, ‘EMBROIDERIES, ZEPHYRA THE BEST IN THE DISTRICR ‘For sale by Dealers generally, or by the Agent, 4M'L OG PALMER 1224 29th Strest Northwest CHILDREN’S DRESSES, ‘From 2 to 10 years, all the latest styles, and hundreds of other articles too numerous to mention, FRIDAY 138 OUR RED TICKET DAY, wheat, Itwill' make beautiful hght, snow whiteand ‘utritious Bread, Bolla and Biscuits, and never . Wholesale Depot corner Istst. snd Indiana eve. aw ‘THURSD. FRIDAY 4XD SATURDAY, APRIL 22, APRIL 23, APRIL 24 FEAST OF FASHION, HIGH ART ILLUSTRATED MILLINERY DISPLAY, JAUNTY HATS AND NOBBY BONNETS AWAY AHEAD OF ANYTHING DY THE CITY ‘We can (without egotism) safely lay clatm tothe as sertion that at no house in the city can be found such 4n array of rich, original and exclusive novelties in ‘Hats, Bonnets, Flowers, Feathers, Fancy Ribbons and every conceivable conceit in Millinery Trimmings, TRIMMED HATS In this department we pride ourselvesto show larger quantities and greater varicties of styles and effects than many stores combined. In the matter of Trimmed Hats we have attained, as near as posible, perfection in point of elegance, appearance and artis ‘Ue finish. With our large force of skillful designers and trimmers we are enabled to offer the finest and richest designé and most cretiable work at prices en- tirely out of competition. We await a call from the ladies, and to those who appreciate and wear fine millinery we have an exhibit that has no rival, Our Show Rooms are large and spacious, possessing every pos@ble convenience for the comfort of oar patrons, At this Exposition we will display Shapes and Mate rials in THE BG RIAR CHE; epak STRICTLY ONE PRI, “Coming, ain’t your” “I will if can shut my wife's eye.” “Oh, that’s ail right, ‘Tell ber you were detained at the office. Good time, you know. Champagne sup- pePana—" “Oh, it's a sweet little cherub, and only weighs Give Pounds, Weare going to name It after—" “Say, John, is that you talking about baby?" “No” “Then some one must bechippingin over this wire.” “Ask him if I put @ mustard plaster on my feet ‘whether it will draw the toothache Gown? I've been suffering—" “Oh, bother the flowers that bloom in the spring.” “Yes, [know thepiace. Adier’s'Ten Per Cent Cloth- ing House. Best goods and lowest pricesin the city.” “Say, John, are you talking about Adier's Clothing House?” “No, ain't, But there is where I buy my clothing, ‘nevertheless, If you want anything in the clothing Ane gothere. Adler leads Washington in low prices. ‘He hes » remarkable handsome spring stock. They ‘tell me that he sells clothing at very little above cost, ‘and yet makes money, because his sales are so larga” John is right, ADLEB’S is the place for bargains, — T= oe = 927 AND 929 SEVENTE ST. XW.