Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1886, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ‘Written for Tax Evewiwe Sram MY WIFE'S DIAMOND. pega BY CONRAD NORE, (Copyrighted 1886.) ~My wife's assortment of precious stones is not very great; and of diamonds she has but a single one. How she came by that one will be shown in the present story. Some years ago, while I was still a bachelor, it fell in my path to betriend to a considerable extent an aged Hungarian Jew whom I had un- earthed In extreme poverty in a wretched tene- ment house in one of the most unsavory dis- tricts of New York. He was a wonderfully handsome old man, according to the Jewish type, and wonderfully learned in those sciences which the Rabbins principally affect. It he un- derstood little of the nebular hypothesis, he could at least repeat the entire Pentateuch from memory and expound the mystical sig- nificance of its separate hair-lines and accent marks with comprehensive vagueness. On the morning he sailed away—for part of amy service had been to procure him a ticket-of- leave from American soll, I drove down to the oek tobid him god-speed. Tears clung to his eyelids, and he was voluble in protestations, of ratitude, interspersed with mutterings in fietrew. As the vessel was finally on the point of casting off, he exhibited signs of a violent in- te I struggle, as though there was something he very much wanted, and yet hesitated to say or do, "I assumed as encouraging an aspect as I could manage; but it availed nothing until the plank was actually being manned by the satl- Ors. Then my Israelite guiped down a prodigi ous sigh, and ex imed, “There, take it. It is ali [nave to give you.” Thrusting something Into my hands, he ‘vanished beneath the com- mway. Yhat he bad thrust upon me proved, when Investigated, to be a morsel of ebony, of the shape and dimensions of a hen’s egg, carved with a multitude of mythic beasts. It was really a very clever bit of workmanship and would have figured to excellent advantage in the cabinet of a bric-a-brac amateur. i con- signed it to the pocket of my overcoat and pro- ceeded about my business, When I reached home that evening and was seated by my fireside thinking over the hap- penings of the day, the old Jew's parting gift re- curred to me; and producing it, I subjected it to more careful scrutiny than the previous one had been. Then, a deep seam around its longer cireumference prompted the notion that per- haps it was not a mere solid piece or lump of ebony after all, but mighton the contrary be @ box or casket, in which case I was anxious to view Its contents. SoI wasted much time In ineffectual efforts to pry it open. It resisted hervicaily; and I had about determined to try ne further, when, as my finger-nall accident- ally pressed upon the stomach of a particularly sinister-looking griffin, it yielded; and the egg Hying asunder down the middle, as ff by means of a hidden spring, its interior lay revealed. As singular an object as ever I bad beheld greeted my sight, It appeared to be a perfectly modeled oriental idol, not larger than the tip of your lady’s thumb, with legs ‘drawn up, so that the chin rested upon the knees, it sat in its ebony shrine like a Sultan on his throne. Every feature was complete. Its forehead was mesh of sapient wrinkles; its eyes peered trom their sockets with a sophisticated leer; and the coruers of its mouth were twisted Into a com- placent smirk. There was @ grotesque attrac. Hon, an uncanny charm, about the thing, that retalned my gazo from the moment it alighted. I don’t know how long I remained stupidly Staring at it, before I thought of carrying the inspection farther into detail. At any rate, by-and-by I put forth my hand and picked it up. It was with increasing curi- osity that I pursued the examination. So far as welght and texture were concerned, Ijudged that this extraordinary specimen was oi wood; yet on the other hand, the greenish luster of its surface, and the sound it emitted as I tapped it, pointed to metal. Its head was covered with asuitof what I would have wa- gered was genuine, fleecy hair, in hue the most unmitigated red; but on testing it, It proved to be as substantial as the rest. A voluminous garment enclosed the body, descending in countless folds in front, and wrought on the back with tortuous intertwinil of gold thread; the very grain of the cloth an Iness of the embroidery having been imitated by the con- setentious artist. low the hem of the skirt protruded ten diminutive toes, fashioned with @ realism that was painful. Ugly exerescences afilicted them, and they terminated in un- trimmed ragzed natis. “A girdle of gold encir- cled the waist and was knotted at the hip, Whence its ends fell downward looped together. This wi serpent, holding bis tail In his mouth. Not a scale was omitted. Indeed, I 4 to fetch a magnifying glass to appreciate it its completeness." My manikin exhaled a queer periume, halt like sandal wood, and half like something else, pungent and penetrating, that I had never smelled before and thereiore cannot name Iwill ask ‘the reader to guess the legion of strange fancies with which this tiny imon- strosity filled my brain, I thought of | the ct igned it fn an epoch which ps antedated Curist . I thought of history it might have witnessed, of the the dynasties ithad seen flourish and decay. I t fOr granted that, it was very ancient. ‘ought of the prayers it had heard, of the des- tinies it had swerved—was it not afetich? Had i: not therefore been worshipped as a God? Ail the mystery aud magic of the east seemed to be compressed into this minute compass. I worked myself into quite a state over it. It acted upon my imagination as a spur. It aifected me as opiuin affects its devotees. My the arteries throbbed pulse, wax accelerated; ecceptibly in my temples. Then gradually, as f*nek tein my palin, 1 begun to enjoy the | opium eater’s peculiar privilege. The walls of muy chamber melted into thin air. The nine- tenth century crumbled away. I was in India, Sanctuary of the Brahmins. The place was minated by mouulight, flooding through an © dome above our heads. A cir a chanted a minor rhythmic melody, swaying their bodies with the accent. In the center of the elrele stood the priests clad in magnificent vestments. They were performing some fantastic rite over this identi- 1 efligy fagod. They passed it from one to ther and back again, ever keeping it within tue range of the moun. "The song of the women grew 1 orous, their motions more ani- Listed; at the sumunit of Its cresendo the song napped short off, their motion ceased; there reathless silenee. Then, at that instant, the moon whieh had at. ota spark or globule of itself like an arrow in the jess Fas startled. I ld Jew’s me- d from my grasp he vision collapsed. I was in ‘my m again. I lauzhed at my experience, con. uded that I had been dreaming, and reasoned orrespondingly that it was high time for me to n I bad turned off the gas and was ly established among my pillows, 1 forgotten to shut the ped prison. Why this cir ick me as of importance 1 can't set Is that I immediately climbed able whereon 1 bad lett the idol lying. There indeed it still lay. What, however, was my surprise upon Femarking that, like the brilliant in the Arab- fan Nights, it betrayed itself by its own light! ‘There indeed it lay, shedding a phosphoreseent glare for a distance ot several inches round heathen god had his halo! Of tural explanation was the tess the substance of which it in truth contain phosphoru: xplanation f at on Without more ado, as the breeze in jow was playing with iny night icked the idot up to replace it in its ease. pred itthe second alter. A sharp quics gle darted up my arm to my elbow, as vagh I had touched an electric sponge. Puz- more th astered ain, Whatever its quasi- been, it refused to man! me. ‘The tingle was not re- ck into bed with renewed ma- say; out’ of bed and approached. th at the fest it 4 secou peated. I got terial for we eep and was @ myriad of weird oriental jorning of course ti first thing I und resuui Daylight made in its appearance. J it, also, with entire tmpun: ave forieited its el Serpentine belt to bain, Where it hung like a very pre- inket icuaneed to encounter a friend at ant Where it way my custom to is au erudite gentleman, an inter. of the courts. "Almost as soon as he exelaimed, with & mnantling his physiognomy, st is that?” pointing to the new orm a my buttouhole. n glad you bave noticed It. ely What itis. Perhaps you “why, w curio and au un- he continued, a wy Le . “1 did not know Where?” : tracing with the point of w toolbpick th ‘of gold which Thad be- leved to be embroidery. “This is a device or ie I think it’ is aSanskrit. “It would be trouble of having it translated.” y ans,” I acquiesced. “It may con- Vey some information regarding its origin aed —— Whom do I know who ‘Understands uskrit? “I kuow a man who does—a lawyer whose Office isn't ten minutes distant from’ this ‘spol, Suppose we call upon him?” “Capital! Deat' me, how lucky I was torun across you." We hurried through our lunch and in due = — = 2 were seated in the law- ‘Yer's office. ly friend was an vid ualntance 01 bis, so that Le did not opject wo being Inter. ¥lewed during business hoarse “Ub, yes,” be affirmed, “it is a device in Sans krit, a verse,” and thereupon with the assist- Gne¢ of a dictionary be read us the an —— one squirm, does it not?" he in- quired. “Why, cetaleige” hee rentocded eat “Why, certainly,” ‘he res suiting the Betion to the word. This is what he wroue, ‘Lam the slave of him who bears me, Ber as le ae Not arbi my heart be pisroed ‘Wis my potency be uations ae seripuion, he answered, 1 d rolled upon | It} | | i | | away. horse ear at the Central Park terminus of the route, with the intention of paying a visit in the platforia, I soon became absorbed by the how long I had been seated thus when my revery was my aswitt tngic up my ara. “Una apd result. “Ab,” “now the electrical Ah,” I thought, “now a their cause is apparent.” T glanced down at my watch-chain. There touched it again. In lieu of the ‘tingle, I expe- rienced two fine darts of pain in my finger, as the exceptional symptoms cegsed, and the idol in my clasp was as harmless as a dove. As they swept over the 5; them, they were ae ‘by something which ban- i . A face, directly opposite me,a woman’s face, beautiful beyond any’ words. "A fee that my life, disclosing unconceived altitudes of Joy and anguish. be her? Should I‘at- body would scoff and cry, incredible; save only those who have seen her with their own eyes; Some days later I got aboard a Sixth avenue 17th street. Ensconcing myself in a corner near T.don’t know how | ted by violently interrupt poke § had been toying with the condi- tions Have been restored. hung the idol, as innocent as you please. I though it had been pricked with a pin. Then rably mystified. I raised’ my, eyes, considerably mysti ished all other existences fathoms deep in the burned itself then and there into the tissue of tempt to do so, as she ap) to me, every- and to them my warmest description woul seem pitifully cold and inadequate. R Suttice it that 1 gazed upon. this woman’ face, and was changed in doing so as com- pletely as at the Master's flat the water was changed to wine. She sat there calm and proud in her imperial beauty, unconscious of the spell she was weaving around my heart. Her eyes, aglow beneath their lashes, were fixed upon the talisman that bung from my chain! So I gazed upon her as boldly as I chose Rithout running the risk of giving her of jense. But at last she started and seemed to shake herself tree from a brown study; looked out of the window to learn her whereabout; and sig- naled the conductor to stop the car. No doubt it was an ungentlemanly course, to take, and flavored of the Bowery, but forgetting my engagement in 17th street, 1 got out an followed her, maintaining a judicious distance $0 as to be unobserved. I followed her back up 6th avenue, hoping that she would lead to her dwelling-piace, an that with @ certainty of {ts location to work upon, I might in the future be enabled to find out who she was. She disappointed me, how- ever, by turning into one of the large shops that are situated on ‘the thoroughfare in question, near its junction with 23d street. I followe her into'the shop only to lose her in the cloud of ladies that was dense about the counters. To search for her there would have been as futile as to search for a needle in a stuck of hay. | So 1 posted myself at the door by which we had entered and stayed for an hour and more like a sentinel, getting thoroughly chilled through, and scanning each face that went by, oblivious of the fuct that the shop haa a dozen separate exits out ot anyone of which she might have passed at any moment without any sus- retin it. PAW hen thls tact fall dawned upon me, I quitted my station and departed to atone for iny delin- quency in 17th street. But tue countenance of the unknown beauty haunted me ali day. I dragged perfunctorlly through my accustomed routine of business, and was heartily glad when the hour struck for me to go up town. In order to reach home with the greatest possible dispatch, it was necessary that T should travel by the ih avenue line of and clinging to the strap in one of them, I fell, by a natural as.ociation of ideas, into a condition of sentimental melancholy which was, to say the least, conspicuously at variance with the mundane character of the equipage. swallowed a hasty dinner and mounted to my own apartments to be alone with my fair tormentress, I threw myself upon a sola and wondered whether I should ever set eyes upon her again. z According to its already acquired trick, m: hand played with the idol on my wateh-guard. Rapidly, without warning, an influence crept over me'which I am to this day incompetent to explain. Z Te was as though awill not mine seized sua- denly upon my membets, while I withdrew to @ corner of my brain and watched my own per- formances as if they were those of another per- son. It compelled me to rise from the sofs on which I lay and hurriedly to divest myself of the clothes I had on, substituting for them my evening-dress. It compelled me to elaborate iny tollet with infinite care, and to descend the staircase past the threstiold and out into the street. After a walk of some minutes I hailed a cab that was jogging sleepily along, and muttering to the driver a few syllables which I could not distinguish, was rattled over the cobble-stones whither I could not guess. By-and-by the cab halted; the driver flung wide the door; and out I leapt. Before me stretched a band of carpet up an ordinary stone stoop; and above me was ex- tended such an awning as it is the fashion to erect where festivities are in progress. I ran up the stoop and was admitted by a negro into an ordinary marble-paved hallway. The negro guided me to the gentleman's dressing-rooi and baving repaired the damage wrougut upon my appearance by the commotion of the drive, J joined the stream of guests that flowed into the parlor. ‘The parior was entirely unfamiliar tome. I could have sworn that I had never been received there before. It was brightly lighted, hot, redo- lent with the scent of flowers, uncomiortably crowded, and noisy with the buzz of conversu- tion and the clatter of laughter. 1 made my obelsance to the hostess, who was a total stran- ger to me, and proceeded to circulate among the people. 1 thought I recognized a face here and there, but I was by no means sure, and did not ven- ture to address a mother’s son. I felt dazed and iddy. I had nocontrol over myself, or I should ave gone away. I stalked foriornly to and fro, and speculated upon what the denouement of this adventure was likely to be. Abruptly a hush fell overtheassembiage. La- dies and gentlemen settled themselves in their chairs aud abandoned talk, asif vo listen to a Speech or to music. Somebody whispered to somebody else, “Miss Bertha, the daughter of the house, is about to lay. Let us go into the other room.” es pushed through the throng into the back parlor. There was a man seated at a piano. Out of sight some one was audibly tuning a violin. The pianist struck a few preliminary chords. The violinist emerged from her concealment. For an instant I believed that I should swoon. ‘My heart bounded into my throat. The violin: isi. was no other than my regal beauty of the street car. What fatality had thus brought us together? They played the “Erl King” so that one’s hair rose on end; and afterward, an imprompta by Chopin, the’ mighty, passionate, plaintive melody of which penetrated the iumost mar- row of my soul, and set it quivering with «de light as acute as pain, but better far than the music was the consummate grace of Miss Ber- tha’s movements—now soft and wooing, now swift and flerce as she lashed the strings. I Watched her with infatuated eyes until the last sobbing note had expired into the air, AAs soon as she had done, the stupid audience destroyed the beautiful effect ot her music by clapping their bands so loudly that you would have wished to stuff their ears with cotton. Hand_ clapping after music 1s too boisterous— even for applause it fs incongruous, like a dose of bitter medicine after an exquisite dinner. It effaces the sweet impression that the music should have lett. ‘The audience clapped their handsuntil the skin must have b.istered; and then they trooped around my heroine to proffer their congratula- tious. I appealed toa motherly looking lady who was fanning herself at my elbow, aud say- ing that I hadu’t the honor of Miss Bertha's ac quaintance, begged Ler to present me. She eyed me guizzically, as much as to re- tort, “Nor have I the honor of yours;” but her good nature triumphed, and sie repiied, “Cer- tainly,—only, dear me how awkward, I—I can't “wil Your hame, M: ‘Mr. Morton,” ‘Oh yes, indeed, Mr. Morton, Well, come with me.” The ludy introduced me very prettily, and Bertha greeted me with as much graciousness asI was entitled toexpect. I sat down beside her and told her as weil as I could something of how deeply Thad been affected by her music, but my heart thrilled so keenly at her near presenge that I had no trifling hardship in speaking coherently. I am sure f blushed, and I am afraid I stammered like @ school’ boy. She responded languidly, as was natural in one to whom compliments ike mine were an old story; but in the midst of an indifferent sen- tence her eyes brightened up, and she ex- claimed with vivacity. “Why, what have you there? Lhave seen that before,” designating my ‘Oh, this is a rather unique present I had iven’me the other day,” I answered, detach- ing it from my chain. ’My arm tingled vio- lently as my fingers came in contact with it, “I imagine it 1s exceedingly ancient, and Ifa litte superstition were permissible I should imagine also that it was manufactured under the immediate supervision of no less distin- guished an individual than his satanic ma- Jesty. it certainly behaves very extraordinary at times.” e I seen It before?” mused Bertha, though I had been familiar with it forth her hand; and not without ings I deposited it therein, She e, however, and that perhaps pro- tected her trom its sb . At any rate she grasped it quite fearlessly and scrutinized it untilevery detail of its anatomy must have been stamped upon her retina. “No,” she said; “I eannot remember; and yet Iksow that this is not the only time I have held itin my hand. Its odor seems to awak far-off reminiscences, dim and obscure like those of a former life.’ ‘Tell me all about how > Tyumped at th opportunity to loiter by he jun) atthe ity to iter ir side and recount every eres con- nected with its bist from the embarkation of the old Hungarian Jew down to the English ¥ersion of its legend furnished by my triend’ friend. The marvelous element of the tale not appear to im) her. 10,” retterat “I cannot remember; and yet I'am sure that ‘it I could remember, 1 be avle to tell you much more about’ it than you already know.” She gave it buck to me; and while I was re- it on my wate! somebody else ‘was introduced to her, tiqhette compelled As left the Howse T had the to note its number and the name that wan oor ot Third avenue, Not until I again faced in my own scarcely believe the victim of an hallucination. But the in my heart when I thought of Bertha con ‘Vinced me that something more real and per manent than an hallucination must have been &t the bottom of it, who has never tasted anything bat milk will hardly thirst for wine. ter (@ sleepless night I rose next morning with the sun, and the faith of our house- maid who was washing down the sidewalk, with the announcement that I was bent ona reakfast stroll. I bore rapidly in the of 70th street, and, sauntering past the scene of the night’s exploit, corroborated my yecollections by the sight of a modest brown- stone house with a door-plate, Guedalla, In the coursg of the eee) week I sum- moned my audacity and not, it must be ac- knowledged, without considerable trepidation, id my party call. Unspeakable was my re- Fie when't saw that they aid not kuow me for ‘an interloper. Besides, the discovery of sev- eral mutual friends tended to dissipate any in- ward doubts that they may have entertained. Ot course I lavished most of my attention upon Bertha; and recurring to the topic of our former dialogue, “No,” she sald, “I cannot yet remem- ber. ok 1s the feeling’ of familiarity with It as pronounced it was. Indeed, most likely it Was a mere delusion, Such mistakes are so very common.” low after that I called again; how I slowly You We myself & footing of intimacy, in the Guedalla household; how day by day { became more and more irretrievably in love with Bertha; how as the reward of long waiting, I began to discern sparky of a responsive senti- ment in her own deep eyes; and how finally one summer evening we dared to confess our love, Ihave neither the space nor the disposi- tion'to record. Eventually I presented myself before Mr. Guedalla tn his study asa suitor tor his daughter's hand. He listened atteulively,gncouraging me by numerous nods and confiriffatory interjections, and when I had at length pulled the rein upon my tongue, he shook me warmly by the hand said: “You have spoken nobly, Mr. Morton, and I thank you. I could not wish Bertha a better husband than she will have in you. You have spoken also with a frankness which I will strive to emulate. You have kept nothing back, uor shall L. ‘There is something about Bertha’s history of which even she herself is ignorant, put which I feel that you have a right 16 now.” ‘The exasperating gentieman suspended his discourse just at this trying passage, und con- sumed an eternal interval in rolling a cigarette. Blowing a stream of smoke through his nos- trils, he continued, “You must know, Mr. Mor- ton,'and I confide it to you in the most rigid privacy, that Bertha is not our own daughter, She is adopted.” He leaned back in his chair and regarded re I I hed not ‘ory. Icould been jue as if to reckon the consequence ot his tid- ry ‘Indeed?” I answered. ue “Ab, you take it manfully!” he cried. “Iwas sure it would make nodifference, just as well?” “Better, a thousand times better,” I assured him eagerly. “Now that she has no father or mother, the tie between us will be more bind- ing than before.” Ah, pardon me,” he interposed, “but she has @ father and mother. We are hers as truly as though we bad given her birth, She must never Kuow to the contrary. Remember, I pledged you to secrecy betore 1 spoke.” “For that matter, sir, my desires coincide with your own, It would’only pain her to know the truth.” “Precisely. But to resume. Bertha is now ove und twenty. Sixteen years ago iy wile and I were in Vienna. One day we visited the imperial protectory in the suburbs. There we were impressed by the extreme beauty of one Of the littie girls.” We questioned the guardian You love her ubout her parentage, but he could give us no salsfaction. A few months since, he said, the lice had found her wandering in the streets, ‘Their best efforts hud been fruitless to trace her antecedents. My wife's interest grew so strony that we ended by paying the ransom exucte Austrian law and taking her away. We ed her Bertha for our own’ child, who had We have educated her, and sie is ours every right save tuat of blood.” ‘And does she remember nothing of the life she led before you tound her?” “Nothing definite—only stray scraps and ends —hot enough to piece out « whole fabric. Or the actual fucts she bas not a surmise.” ‘Well und good, Mr. Guedalla. Tam grateful for your contidence, and you may trust me not to abuse it, Now——” “Ceztainly—now you may rejoin Bertha and inform her of my consent.” ‘We were married a few months later. As the reader Is aware, when, in obedience to Bertha’s wish I discreetly wound it up at a juncture prior to my meeting with her ina Sixth avenue horse car. During the term of our courtship I deemed It unwise to broach the sequel. Butatter we were safely wedded, and she was mine beyond any peradventurte or dispute, I decided that the moment had ar- rived for me to tell the rest, So one day in our cosy little sitting-room I”opened my mouth and spoke without reservation. Bertha looked very grave and did not volun- acomment even when I had tinished, Weil,” Lsaid, “what do you think of 1t, Ber- 2 Is it not weird: “Oh, it 1 horrible, horrible,” she exclaimed earnestly, “I wish you had not told me.” “Why, Bertha,” L urged, “you must not take itso seriously. " Nothing is horrible that turns ‘out so happily.” ‘But to think,” she rejoined, “to think we have to thank that hideous fétich for all our happiness. It seems &s though there. were something wrong, something unreal, in our union, if it is duo to the tustrumentality of that thing. Ob, it makes me siudder.”” I pleaded with Bertha, attempting to lay the aifair betore her in amore cheertul light; but w no avail. “At least,” she concluded, “we must mend the evil now by getting rid of the idol—or by destroying it, Suppose we put it into the tire What!” Teried. “Burn it? Byen this mira- cle of microscopic carving? "You dou't know what you are proposing. You don’t realize how Tare, how valuab.e itis, dt woud Le eruninal to burn sueu # piece of workmanship, not to mention the ingratitude of the proceeding, Better than tht, we might present it to some museum.” ‘o, 1 shall never be contented until it {s out ofexistence, I shall never tell secure from its influence. What,” she coutinued, “did you say the tauslation Of that Inseripuon was ou Its ack?” 1 quoted the legend, which I knew by rote, Not until my heart be pierced will in poleney be uudohe,’” repeated Bertha, “How ne to plerce its lew “Bore a hole through it, I suppose,” I answered, trying to treat the sulject. with ty. actly, but how?” “With a gimiet,” od, fetch « gimlet and bore the hole. “On, Berta,” I said deprecatingly, resolved Upon 4 last appeal, “you ure not & on demolishing it} Try ‘to think a erifice it would be. Just lou ut its exquisite modeling.” “No, uo,” she protested. “If you wish to oblige me, you will not discuss the subject. If you love me you won't refuse to graut me such little favor. Perhaps Iam aareasonable, but to beso. {shail never itis a wite’s privilege dealt with that horrid mou, Test until you have ster as he deserves, It was with a load o1 yn my mind that I pro- cured a gimletand set about the task of de struction. The poor fetich lay passive in my hand. It did not seek to defend itselt with its electric weapon. Indeed ever since our wed- ding day it had conducted itseif in this respect in the most unexceptionable manner; us thoug! its mission in this worid had been tulfilied. “1 bestowed one remorseful thought upon the Indian artist who long centuries: ago with in- calculable toll had done whut I now with a single turn of my wrist was fated to undo; and grating my teeth, I applied the point of the gimlet upon a spot w little above the waist, and began the distasteful operation. My wite was behind me, bending over my shoulder. The suriace of the idol had Just broken beneath the gimlet’s pressure when'my. wite startled me with two sharp screains, as tt of pain, ‘Why, darling,” I erled springing to her side, ‘What is the matter? Are you sutfering?” ‘Look, look there,” she gasped, pointing in frontofher. Her face was white’ with terror. She seized my hand as though to. support her- self. Hers wus as cold as ice. J looked in the direction blood curdled at the spectac ‘The window of our room seemed toopen upon a street in some Itallan city—a street that re- called the Toledo at Naples as much as. any other, In the middie of the roadway a man stood. He was extending bis arm as ii to ward off a blow; and his eyes were riveted upon us: with an expression half of intense agony, hait of reproach and appeal. ‘The pallor of death was on his cheek. His fingers clutched con- vulsively at the air. His lips twitched as if he Were trying to speak. He tottered and fell. A stream of blood gushed from his nostrils. One Ly one people began to collect around him; and finally a crowd hemmed bim in and hid’ him from our view. But I had reeognized him. He was the idol'’s donor—the old Hungarian Jew. t “Did you see?” whispered Bertha, as the vision commenced to disappear. “Yes, I saw,” I answered, gazing upon her pals, frightened tace. Her fuce—her tace—could belleve my senses?” How had I never noticed it before? ler fuce was the literal repetition of the venerable Jew’s, allowing only for the dis- ere} ies of youth and sex. Bi ered that in this way the secret of er hay'f cried, “did you know him? Did “Bertha,” I cried, “dic ou know him? recognize the man?” 7 ‘Ab, Ido not know,” she murmured. “I do not kLow. My head is in a whirl, And yet, yes, I seemed to nize him. His tace was hot alt ther strange to me—though where or when I ever seen him before I cannot tell.” She pressed her hands to her temples and kuitted her brows. “It see: she id, “as if sometime that old man had played a part in my life. What can it mean?” tha burst into a flood rsterical and she was prostrated by the terrible effecis our vision for several hours. ‘The next day lost no time in posti a letter the American consuls in fats, de. ‘an toeach of scribing the old Jew, giving his wiring wi any such met wilh an Socldent in streets, At the end of six weeks I n to receive the consular Exactly the I might have anticipated; baci did not relevggzy snlnd tend gt it didnot the tech and ear ton Meoeeineaae not the father ot my wife, I shall suaded that the scene which Bertha and saw was entirely unconnected with More than HH ePEe fit pete: “but ifyou can bear to touch it, I wish you re go now and get 1 nod tart it into the Tmade ition. Unlocking the drawer ofmy writing tables T Tntrodisoad my hand’ to fake the idol out. "Bat there, there where I bad left it, as intact as ever ex: . Sant Gi atthe at RE ne a nish powder. My sui ‘was 80 great thee I called exeltedly to to . ‘She ined to be interested. “Pshaw,” she said, “how can you expect me to be amazed ; any hew deviations on the that creat Lam glad of it,” and she m ‘tobrush the dust away, but in the process of doing s0, she Paused. Th the midst of the debi ‘hoenix among his ashes, we beheld a li glittering diamond. “Do you remember the drop of light that shot down irom the moon in the dream you had?” er on natentay Tenia. “Yes, perfectly,” I sat “Welt, there it is,” WHAT WE EAT. Nutritive Properties and Digestibilty of Various Articies of Food. At a recent meeting of the Massachusetts So- clety of Arts, Prof, W. 0. Atwater, of Wesleyan. university, gave an interesting lecture on “The Chemistry of Foods and Nutrition.” This sub- Ject, said the speaker, has occupied a great deal of attention, and has been investigated partic. culary during the last two or three decades. The subject has occupied great attention the last decade, and avast amount of the energy has been directed to every day life. The sub- Ject has been investigated, both physiologically and pecuniarily. Foods may be classified as follows: Edible substances which are com- Posed of nutrients and water and refuse. Nu- trients are divided into four classes—the pro- teins, fate, carbohydrates and mineral matters, The protein includes a class to which various names are applied. This class contains all the nitrogenous matter. Tho fats include the fat proper, butter, olive oil, the ofl of corn, meal, ete. ‘The carbohydrates ure the starches and sugars. Potatoes come under this class. ‘The mineral class includs the calcium and magne- sium compounds, the phosphates, chlorides,ete, Prof. Atwater todk the common’ foods, and on the basis of 100 parts showed the available nu- tritive quantities in each, In lean beef, such as round, there are 30 parts of protein, fn strloin a little less, about the same quantity In the beet from the néck, and io a leg of mution us in the sirloin. Fat pork contains a large amount of nutriment. Fish is less nutritive than the meats, but five pounds of nutritive miterial being obtained from 100 pounds of material, It usually contains about 5 per cent. Salt mackerel is among the most nutritive, and flounder is one of the poorest. But if we remove the bone und waste, we get more nutri- tive matter in proportion,” In a pint of milic and a pint of oysters there fs the same amount of nutriment, although the oysters contain more proteit, and the milk contains more fat, Cheese contalus a ‘large amount of nutrition, utter has 874 per cent of nutritive matter, @ pseudo buiter, oleomargarine, has about the same value in this matter. The'breads rep- resenting the earbohydrates contain “about 33 or 35 per cent ‘of water, flour from 9 to 18 per cent, corn and maize meal still more water. ‘They have less protein and More fat; oatmeal has, on the contrary, more proteia and less fat. ‘In general, isis class contains most all nutritive material and but little water. A pound of potato, however, contains a large amount. of water an but little protei. Tue figures on whieh | the statements are based are not so satisfac | tory as could be desired, as most of the experl- ments have been carried on in Europe, espec- lally those of the animal foods, foods have been more investigated In. this country than the animal. The digestibility of foods lias been experiinented upon extensively by Prot. Voit, of Munich, who ‘has arrived at some sitistactory results, It depends on te se of digestion, the time of digestion, and, lastly, the relation of tood to the pecu: larity of the individual and the ‘sult- ubleness to the digestive organs. The reater percentiges of food is. digested. fhe metuod of experiment in this line has been fraught with serions diflicuities, and is very complicated at best. ‘The busis of the experimentation is, from the umount of food consumed, to subtract the amount undi- ted, the difference being that digested, These “experiments were tried very success- fully upon the “diner” of the laboratory, who survived, however, under all the experitaents, he being required to eat only fish for so many days, and again meat of the Kind for a eer tain Lime. “As a result of these experiments it Was learned that bot lean meat and fish Were thoroughly and completely digested. Most all of meat, wilk and eggs are digeste Of the fats from 79 tw 92 per centare dic gested. ‘The whole ot the wheat, the speaker said, Should be eaten because’ of the lurge amount of protein in the Lusk; but the eco- nomical difierence is but very little. In shor animal fouds are more completely digeste than the vegetable foods, The amount of experiment fa this direction is not sufli- clent, however, to warraut generalization, ‘The pecuniary economy of toods may be studied In several Ways, We cnn take tie separate ingre- dients and figure the cost of food, or we can take the comparative cost of a pound of pro- tein from beet, fish, ete. ‘The cust of vue pound of protein irom sirloin beef at 25. cents & pound fs $1.06; from mutton at 22 cents, ¥1 cents; “trom “Leer (neck) at 8 cents, cents; from tenderloin beef at 60 cents, $2.35. Henee it will be scen that the heck of beef is by ir the most ecobomical to buy tw get the protein, Soin beer we can get it from .33 to $2.35, according as we buy the cheap or expeusive parts, — iu vesetabie foods the protein costs auch’ less, iu fish the cost runs trom 24 cents ty $5.11, whieh 1s the price paid for it 1 early saunoa; iu exgs at 25 cents per dozeu, $1.01; milk ut 8 cents quart, G1 cents. I’ tue cereals the cost of the protein is far different, custing but 19 cents in wheat at 4 cents per pound; in oat- mnewl, 14 cents; in four ut $6 per barrel, 1 cepts. “A chart was sown showing Lue quane lity of nutrient purchased for 25 eentsot the ‘The vegetable J ordinary foods. seats are v and tie grains, beans, ete., econowical. For e: unple, seven pounds of protein in Indian mi cents per pound, while but a fracti pound is to be ‘obtained from the meats in general, except in fat pork. Thus animal fuodsare much more expensive. ‘fhe protein of the foed is that whic contains tbe nitro- gen and forms the nitrogenous matier in the body, that ts, the blood, tue inuscle, skin and a large’ parc of the principal tissues, A part of the fat of the body comes irom the protein, Whica also coutribuies to tie supply of heatand, energy. Protein thus serves to build the Ussues and supply tne ene ‘The iat of foods serves as fat on the body, and furnishes the heat of the body. It ulso serves us food. The carbohy- draies, sugar and starch, are Uransiormed into ats, — You Came So Near. near that once, and then svkward way of men, “As, With your eyes DELL ON Whe 30, i Watched the chinson sunset grow, ‘And nigiit closed tu on field ana fe I felt your perpose grow and grow; You did nor askecould L say And who shall say what inight have been?— You came s0 near, ‘Yourarm slip 1 but drew back; then eluse again “You drew m Your head bent low— Asudden nulsef You let nie go. Oh, Was it not a pity, when, You came so hear? th, be still my pen! Ruth Haul. ——-ce9e—_____ WHAY SODALITIES ARE. Their Origin in Rome and Their Great Increase in Numbers. From the Boston Herald, ‘The word sodality signifies a society, but it is generally applied to Catholic societies, having for their object the spiritual advancement of their members. The sodality, like many other great institutions of the Catholic church, originated in a young men’s religious gather: ing at Rome, but to-day it embraces, in sepa- rate societies, married men’s sodalities, mar- ried ladies’ sodalities, young ladies’ sodalities and young men’s sodalities. Though existing as separate societies, they are all partakers of the communion of spiritual benefits derived from membership of the entire amalgamated sodalities the world over, but this is subject? to the condition of affiliation with the onginal sodality,or Prima Pumaria,at Rome. The sodal- ity is the largest society under the mgis of the Catholic church, and in every lund is fostered zealously by the clergy,#0 that today hun- dreds of thousands are Bumbered in its ranks, Nearly all the Catholle churehes of Boston have sodn.iuies, which are separated according to age and sex, tho young inen’s sodalities prov- ing by thelr’ vitality that it is the only society which can aftruct the young men permanently. tochureb affairs. ‘The first sodulity in Boston, was organized in St. Mary's parish, North End, and among the first members was'Rev. Father Scanlan, the present director of the St. Mary's Young Men's sodulity. ‘This sodality Is also the largest young men’s sodallty In the city, aud is probably as large as any sodality of the Other seX, as ils members number 500 young mer St. James’ and st. Joseph’s come next, with & membership of about each, The fotmer isat the present time in a very flourishing state, as 10 barely clutmed existence three oF four years ago, when it began to increase. ‘The eS ot unat anoaion not a “benefit” the usual interoretation of the went It pis Ph oh eaigloa intended to keep alive the spirit of religion in the mi: woman after leaving Sunday school mover their sodality a society where individaals mee! are ‘once & week for about one our, when the members are by the Waar 4 Gren W: tate and her breath inert aa quick at very thought of ting to a Verse in the but: wilt ait calmly up in the cholrand flirt with, tie RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE, stig Tae! Metropolitan C. ME. chareh, though embarrassed with debt, is doing better than ever before in iene . —Sinoe Rev. W. T. L, Weech entered on his Grace church the congregs- Boas have increased and. mew members have been received nearly every Sunday. — The revival meetings at 12th Street M. E. church, under the pastor, Rev. Thomas Myers, continue, There have been about a dozen con- Nersions at Hamline in the last two weeks. ‘Thirty conversions are reported at Ryland. The Baptist Home missionery society is $150,000 in debt. — The Mountain Park assembly this year will be held from August 34 to August 13th. —Sam Jones, assisted by Sam Small, will Open thoir revival meetings in Baltimore to- morrow. {4 now Methodist church, costing $80,000, is to be built in Park ayenue 4s to be built in Chicago, on Sout aven' — Rev. J. K. Smith, of N. J., has been admit- ted to the iby tery of Baltimore to accept the call to the Mt. Washington church. z —During the three years’ pastorate of Rev. O. H. Tiffany at the new Madison avenue M. E, chureh, New York, $92,000 was raised. —A gentleman of New York city has given $50,000 to the Methodist university at Evans- ton, IIL, for a hall of natural sclence. —Miss Jennie Smith, the evangelist of the Baltimore and Ohio raitroad, is conducting Very successful mectings in McKeesport, Pa. — Mr. W.S. Ladd, of Portland, Oregon, has ven $50,000 to endow a professorship in the Fresbyferian “ihealogical "sominary ke See Francisco, — The presbytery of the Chesapeake has taken under its care Mr. Schopoff,a Bulganan stu- dent attending Howard university theological — Rev. C. P, Glover, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mount Airy, Carroll county, Md., has been called to the church at Ewings, N. J. —At the Rochester, N. ¥., Theological semi- nary (Baptist) are 156 students, 121 of whom are assisted by the unton for ministerial educa- jon, —A choir of 150 voices is being trained in Baltimore to sing at_the meetings of the Rev. Sam. Jones when he comes to Baltimore in a — The directors of the Presbyterian Theologi- cal seminary of Chicago have de@ded to change {ts name to the McCurmici ‘Thevlogical senii- nary, in honor of its lveral donor, — Bishop Warren states that 100,000 new members have teen udded to the Methodist Episcopal church, north, duriug the last three months, —Rev. E.J. Adams reports that in South Carolina the Preybyterian chureh has now over one hundred colored ministers and two hundred churches, with 11,000 communicants, | —The Young Men's Christian association of Detroit will soon have a handsome and suit- able home, $40,000 having been subscribed toward the building, which is not to exceed $50,000 in cost, —Mrs, Angie F, Newman, of Nebraska, a prominent worker of the women’s foreign inissionary work, Is in this city seeking Con- gressional ald foF the industrial school at Salt ko clly. —The Episcopalians are trying to raise $1,000,000 for missions to celebrate their cen- tennial year, and they expect to raise it by five dollar subscriptions beiore the meeting of tbe general convention in October next, — Rev. H.C, Westwood, tormerly of the Bal- timore M. E. conference, and of late years serv- ing Presbyterian and Congregational churches, hus returued to the MM. euureh, and w: cently appointed to a charge at Providen L, in the New England conierence. —The American congress of churches will meet in Cleveland on the 25th, 26th and 27th of May. Gov. Foraker, a member of the Meth- dist church, will preside, und among the top- Jes of discussion will be “Keligion and the Pab- le Sehoois” and the “Workingian’s Distrust of the Cuurch; its Causes and Remedies,” —Mr. W. V. Tunnel, a graduate of Howard university and a colored student of the Episco- pal Theological seminary of New York, was re- cently awarded the prize,a handsome gold watch, given every secoud year to the student Who récites roi inemory the entire burial ser Vice and preaches the best extemporaneous ser mon on a text assigned an hour pr We Recoexze Tur Facr ‘That It is the better plan to doa great volume of bus!- hess on a sinall protit tun to doa susall business com- paratively on the large prot bas s.so I naturally foliows Uiat We think co dou large business We Must Jead iu low prices tur Lest values. We shall display for a few duys a few specialties, Which Weure sure to sell. Low prices for good Values always have the desired effect, viz: We Show In our Sik Department SE ually at $1, and a better ‘which sells usually avs! numbers. rade SEROEY SILK Met ide JEROEY SILK ues £25." ihese ure ‘two special We show also an unexcelled varlety of BLAC x RITADAMES SILKS, in which we show the followin 5 pes a special bargains: ‘at 90c, worth $1.15 at S100, 1 atsL10, at $1.15, and a better number at $1.25, whieh rivals any in the murket at 1.75. these goods from a forced sale, and their quautities are limited to five pieces ea RLNADINES can now be seen in our ety ty suit the taste of the most fastidious D READMES SILK, fa new shades, at $1 Ik Black Riadame Our line of SURAH SILKS. at 75e., Is an exce; tional good vaine and 1s sold on the sinall profit bases, In our Dress Goods Departinent we have a number of pleces of goods of whien the line has been suid ou. have bat one oriwo colors ofits class. cau be had at much lower pri than wien we had the lines complete, viz: We two pieces of Tan Frizza Cloux: the line sold at 9Se. Xv now have can be bud at 75¢. a yard, We also show a broken line of our 60c. CANVAS TH. of which we have twostyles ‘The styles in h we show tne Drok how ve bought at ‘Whey ate all wool, 45 Inches wide, in our all wool CANVAS CAMEL’ show grays und tans, 33 inches wide, now 48e. At48c. weshow a complete line of 36-inch TRI- COIS, all woo! and desirable shades. i All Wool 45-inch BUUCLE SUITINGS, all shades, atdoc, u yard. All wool 45-inch NUN’S VEILINGS, broken line, at bc. u yard. All wool 6-4 GRAY HOMES?UN at 65c. HAIR we ‘hich sold at OUR MOURNING GOODS DEPARTMENT shows an unusual] large assortment of all the destrabie novelties, of which we call special notice to the fol- lowing summer fabrics: All Wool 45-inch Melrose Suiting at 87¢. S 45-inch Batiste at 75e. inch findoo Cloth at 90¢, 4: angtey Suiting at 65e, 45-inch Gamer's Hair Glace at 85¢. 45-lnch Austra can Crepe at 75e. a yard. ‘S5-inch Cashmere (special) at abe. OUR SATINE DEPARTMENT has well earned the patronage it has received, as well as the distinction it has of being the largest aud best selected now on display. We show FRENCH SATINES in plain colors at 15c a yard. NCI SATINES fn an abut in piains—ofallshades—and figures, large or small. When out secking a Satin Dress give us an wrtu- nity to show our. ‘amortment. = eae ‘BB ry ou MM MM foe fy GP RRS as for S44 UF EE age ap2s 416 7TH STREET. Tanomse Deranruent, ‘We make # speciality of $25 Suite to order, EISEMAN BROS, MOST POPULAR ‘TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Cor. 7th and E streets, Pawr Your Bocex FOR ONE DOLLAR WITH CARRIAGE BLACK, READY MIXED FOR REPAINTING OLD CAR- RIAGES, BUGGIES. SLEIGHS, ETO. THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL READY MIXED CAR- BIAGE BLACK IN THE MARKET, ‘One coat gives.an old Buggy or Sleigh the blackest Diack you ever saw, and a handsome gloss without varnishing. It is acombination of Paint and Varnish, and contains no Asphaltum. It is ‘tough and durable and will not crack. It will outwear the ordi nary carriage paint twice over. It dries hard in a few hours, No rubbing! No varnishing! No extra trou- Diet It sels iike hot cakes! Where known a case lasts ‘dealer but a fewdays, Each can contains morethan enough to paint ® carriage. Put up—twodosen caus imacase, Show cards, spoke and circulars inesch cave, Retalled at one dolisr per can. On this the dealer makes handsome profit, CaS pole @ ca, PAINTERS AND 195, 107 apd 240 W. Pratst.,. * Baltimone, Mas aps-s,ta ‘We are offering for one week our entire Stock of EMBROIDERIES stand below cost to make room for our Millinery Goods. ‘This department is so large that we are compelled to make Room in our Store, HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES, SWISS EMBROIDERIES, at prices that will defy competition. We mean every ‘word when we say that we are selling above goods st and below cost. Now is your time, Ladies, it you want Bargains in HAMBURG AND SWISSES, VERY LATEST NOVELTIES IN FINE MILLI- NERY. ‘The low pricesat which we fark our stock make it ‘an object for every lady to inspect these goods before effecting her purchases, LADIES TRIMMED HATS, in grea tvariety, 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 eur own milliners; there- fore we can assure our customers of the styleand qual- ity being correct. RIBBONS, All styles and quality, from 2c. a yard and up. FLOWERS. ‘Finest Imported Flowers, from 25c. to 75c. a spray. ‘TIPS, All shades in season, at 25, 37 and 50c. a bunch. PLUMES, Every style and shade, from 35, 40, 50, 75c., $1 and upward, LACES, Big lot of Orientals, from Se. to 50c. 1 lot 8-Inch Lace, Oriental, at 25¢. LACE CAPS. 1 lot of 40 dozen Lace Caps, only 9c., worth 25c. Infants’ Caps, made of Corded French Musitn, hand- somely trimmed with Lace, 370. HOSIERY, INFANTS CLOAKs, PARASOLS, KID GLOVES, SILK GLOVES, CORSETS, EMBROIDERIES, ZEPHYRS, CHILDREN’S DRESSES, From 2 to 10 years, all the latest styles, and hundreds of other articles too numerous to mention. RED TICKET DAY EVERY EFF RRR DDD A r Eo eR TBD A YF Yo RRR HOB BR AA ky SRE ete: Me Ei = p23. A Sos TUT FFE RRR Eee £4 SST Exe EOE Tl NNN g58q HSS 3g TON NN Sss3 = RET KK Ir Be Ht eK uU PPP A eee ee a = ee AA $0 Pe 4 A LLLL A A 000 KEE GREAT EASTER SALE, $50,000 WORTH OF MILLINERY TO BE SLAUGHTERED. NO EXCUSE FOR YOU NOT To BUY. STRAW HATS AND BONNETS, TRIMMED and UNTRIMMED, FOR LADIES, MISSES and CHIL- 900 I ca 8 0 asa © © “ a4 CoO - MMMM =A RRR 000 A OH EER MuuM aa Rk OO BOR F ove fA bee ge Gee be MMM SSE E SS GE eet STARTLING LACE SALE! At 16c.,10 patterns BLACK SILK CHANTILLY LACE to select from, 4,5 and 6 inches wide. The narrowest is good value at 25c. At 124yc., 20 patterns HANDMADE TORCHON LACE, 2% to 5 inches wide. Au examination of them will show their real value at 18e. At G5c., 4 beautiful patterns BLACK WOOL FLOUNCINGS, 32 inches wide; really worth $1.25 AtSc., BLACK WOOL LACES, different patterns, 4 inches wide. Examine it closely and you will see its Teal value, At 23c., choice ofthe BLACK, CREAM and ECRU SILK SPANISH LACES, 5 inches wide, different designs, Very large assortment. At $1.98, BLACK SILK GUIPURE FLOUNC- INGS, 38 Inches wide, We have sold the same at $2.69, At 15c., choice of 8 beautiful patterns EGYPTIAN LACE, 8 inches wide. You will consider this good value at 23c, At $1.29, BLACK and CREAM SPANISH GUI- PURE NET, pure silk. Never has been sold less than $1.65. At $1.59, WOOL ESCURIAL FLOUNCINGS, 40 inches wide; Browns, Navy, Cashmere. At 98c.,13 inches wide, BLACK PURE SILK SPANISH GUIPURE FLOUNCINGS. Examine it. Besides the above we would call your attention to the entire stock of LACES, which have been reduced in price for this sale. STARTLING EMBROIDERY SALE. See our SWISS EMBROIDERIES at 12%, 24,38 and 58c, STARTLING HANDKERCHIEF SALE. See our GENTS’ PURE LINEN HEMSTITCHED HANDKEERCHIEFS at 17 and 20c. aT TTITH H FEB BB 8 T HOH E 8 B Pad ENN PRPEEL B83 Pu T B H KER oo 6N AN MM MMA n FER MMMM AA RR c H Ht K Ban AA Py Bo ES ee MMM AA ER GO kee > 316-318 SEVENTH STREET N. W. p28 Over Forks Tx Barrons have made extraordivary efforts for this 8] We «an assert without contradiction that our is simply faultless, EISEMAN BROS, MOST POPULAR :TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, aps-sta Cor. 7th and E streets. Tae Wax Ir Wonxs “THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF PRAISE: THAT WHICH WE YIELD, THAT WHICH WE LEND AND THAT WHICH WE PAY. WE YIELD IT TO THE POWERFUL FROM FEAR, WE LEND IT TO THE WEAK FROM INTEREST, AND WE PAY IT TO THE DESERVING FROM GRATI- TUDE!” DREN, at Your Own Prices, FLOWERS, RIBBONS, TIPS and PLUMES At Remarkably Low Prices, LACE CAPS AND PARASOLS AT MANU- FACTURERS’ PRICES, OUR LARGE ASSORTMENT OF VISITES AT CosT ‘To Close Balance of Stock, Also, the Entire Stock of BOUCLE JACKETS and JERSEYS have togo. SPECIAL SALE OF LACES AND GLOVES, KINGS. * PALA GE. IT IS THE LATTER THAT WE ARE RECEIV- ING FOR OUR EFFORTS AND SUCCESS IN INTRODUCING TO WASHINGTON THE MOST RELIABLE MAKE, THE BEST FITTING AND THE MOST STYLISH READY-MADE CLOTHING EVER SOLD HERE-TO WIT, THAT MADE BY WANAMAKER, OF PHILADELPHIA. ALSO, FOR MAKING TO MEASURE THE NEW- EST STYLES AND BEST GOODS EVER SHOWN HERE AT THE PRICES, IT I8 LESS THAN TWO YEARS SINCE WE INTRODUCED THIS PARTICULAR MAKE OF GOODS TO THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON, AND SUCH IS THE DEMAND THAT WE ARE OBLIGED TO CARRY TWICE AS LARGE A STOCK AS WHEN WE BEGAN, ANDOUE STORE HAS BECOME MUCH TOO SMALL FOkK OUR BUSINESS, BY REPLENISHING TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK OUR STOCK IS KEPT NEW AND FRESH, AND WHAT ISTO OUR DIS- COMFORT FROM BEING CROWDED IS TO OUR CUSTOMERS ADVANTAGE IN GETTING THE VERY LATEST STYLES, % B BARNUM @ 00, a8 931 PENX. AVR Over Loxvox Tor Coats Aresdmired by all, Prices from $10 up, ‘TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Cor. 7th and E stresta, Revorvrros IN THE UNITED STATES TEA TRADE, BLENDED TEAS THE TEAS OF THE FUTURE BARBOUR @ HAMILTON, ‘WHOLESALE GROCERS AND IMPORTEES, 614 Pennyivania avenue northwest, ‘Have secured the Sole Agency for the District of Columbia for the sale of P, RFECTION ‘OCaNDLES FOR PARTIES, BALIS, PARLORS, DINING AND READING ROOMS. ‘THE PERFECTION PERFORATED AND SELF-WASTE CONSUMING CANDLES ARE THE BEST MANUFACTURED, No More Greasy Candelabrams, No More Soiling Table Covers, No More Dripping on Carpets, No Offensive Odor. Have Extra Quality Prepared Wick. ‘Will Stand Heat and Draughs, Are Pure White Color, Give Best Light, ‘ AND ARE 25 PER CENT CHEAPER THAN THE BEST SPERM, ‘Three different sizes Put up tn one-pound pack ‘ages, and packed 25 in a box. ‘Sold in any quantity by all First-class Grocers, BOYCE BROS, PHILADELPHIA, ‘ep27-tu,th.s-6t ‘Sole Agents and Importers “Which we rise to remark, And our language is plain.” op any ee BOYS ANDCHILDREN ‘SCLOTHING SOLD BY US DAILY IS IN [TSELF THE BEST LARITY OF OUR GOODS, OUR PRICES AND OUR METHODS OF DOING BUSI- NES. IN A COMMUNITY as LARGE aS WASHINGTON JUSTLY BOASTS or, it 18 ONLY REASONABLE TO SUPPOSE THERE ARE A GREAT MANY PROPLE TO THOSE WE WOULD SAY-—IT cosTs NOTHING TO INVESTIGATE OUR CLAIM OF KEEPING THE FINEST KINDS OF MEN'S, BOYS’ AND CHILDREN'S CLOTH- ING, AND SELLING THEM AT THE LOW- EST PRICES. MONEY SAVED IS MONEY MADE; THEREFORE IF You ‘WOULD MAKE MONEY DO NOT BE TAKEN IN BY HIGH SOUNDING, LEARNED ESsSays ON THE SUBJECT OF CLOTHING WRIT- TEN BY THOSE WHO WISH 70 AIR THEIR “BOOK LARNIN,” BUT COMB IGHT HERE. ALL WE CAN TALK IS NESSISALL WEKNOW, MEN'S, YourTHS, BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S CLOTHING ALL WE KEEP. THE GOLDEN EAGLE CLOTHING COMPANY, N.W. CORNER OF 7TH AND DST& 3.M. GRADY, Manaczn, (ALL BLUE SIGNS) Ov Gnuear Isrenest, ap26 And if you havea little time to spare, why you mag ‘as well read it, and keep on reading till youoomets the last, A Good Cheviot Suit at $6, A Fine Business Suit at $7.50. An Extra Fine All-Wool Cheviot Suit at $10, A pure Indigo Blue Flannel Suit at $7.50, An All-Wool Black Worsted 4-Button Cutaway a& $10, worth $15. An All-Wool Cassimere 4-Button Cutaway at §12, worth $16. A Fine Prince Albert Sult at $15, An Extra Fine Prince Albert at $18, and all other suite at the same proportionate low price. FOR BOYS FROM 13 TO 18 YEARS We have agood Cheviot Sult at $5; an elegant Cass> mere Sult at $6.30, worth $8; a fine Cassimere Sult at $7.50, worth $10; an extra Fine Cassimere Suft, lk mixed, at $20, worth $13, FOR CHILDREN FROM 4 TO 18 YEARSOLD, A very nice Suit at $2: a better one at $2.75: an ele- aut Cheviot Suit at $3.25, worth $4.25; a very fine Suit at $3.75, worth $5; an extra fine Sult at $4.60, worth $6. We have a very large stock of Children's Suits from $2 upt 0 $10. A full line of Men's, Youths’ and Boys’ Pants from $1.25 up CLOTHING COMPANY, ap29 CORNER 7TH AND G STREETS Scrrose You Loox: SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN, AND THEREFORE DO NOT KNOW, OF THE HAND- SOME, GOOD FITTING, STYLISH CLOTHING WE HAVE READY-MADE. TAKE, FOR IN- 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 IS TO COME AND TRY ON THE GARMENTS. ROBINSON, PARKER & 00., FINEST CLOTHING READY MADE, 319, Southeast Corner 7th and D Stresta _sp123m, Ocr Prax Is to sell only the medium and best gradesof goods—the lowest grades are not kept at all. Beginning with men’s suits, at $10 and $12, we gives better article than can be made up new ‘to sell at those prices by marking down higher Cost suits that for one reason or another have not sold freely. At $15, $16, $15 and $20 and above the var ety fs Immense and the quality of our work Jue tifies us in handing to every purchaser @ 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 lowes on whatever rove unsatistactory. ‘Store open until 7 o'clock to-night GEORGE SPRANSY, ONE-PRICE CLOTHIER AND TAILON, 607 SEVENTH STREET, ap22 Opposite U. 8. Post Often, Waser & Loser, COR 6TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE, HAVE LUMBER OF ALL KINDA ‘MILL WORK OF ALL KINDS AND HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS And as you see our Yard and Warerooms are a han@y place to get anything you wat inthe building line, ‘and you avoid the trouble of running about to make Purchases of various material. ‘We have the reputation of selling low on every. ‘thing, besides fornishing first-class material, and pre ove to keep it ap, WILLET @ LisBEr ‘Lamber, Sash, Door, Blinds and Hartware Mer chants, mb31 «== Cor. Oth strest and Now Yorkave. nm. Nozvorx Sorss RINEMAN BROS, ‘MOST POPULAR (CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS, (Om Then Bowe