Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1886, Page 7

“THE GOLDEN GATE” ‘The Ebb and Flow of Fashion Beyond the Roekies. THE PARIS OF THE PACIFIO SLOPE—CLIMATIC NRCESSITISS IN DRESS—SPRCIALTY SHOPS A DISTINGUISHING FEATURE I SAN PRAM €1SCO—ODDITIES AND COMMODITIES OF cuiNaTowN. ~ ~~ Exom Our Own Correspondent, ‘Saw Frascrsoo, August 30. It would probably have sstonished good many people whoare not only still alive, but have many yearsof life before them, to been told when San Franeisco was still min- ing town, that it would, a this early date, rank asone of the great cities of the world. As it stands—with such shortcomings as the eyes of the regular Inhabitants rather than those of the stranger may dieover—it is a modern mar ‘Yel; agolden city, as rich in promise now as when the first veim of gold was struck in forty-nine. ‘The summer months are not considered the javorable seasons in whieh to judge of elim: or society in the western metropolis. It is the time when it is given over to the fogs aud trade winds; and the fashionable part of the resid tial population betakes itself to the seaside—to the cust, oF to Europe. Sull, there does not seem tobe the wholesale flitting there is with A SEW PARIS. ‘There are many days here when the morni: mist is only @ thin hage which hangs over the city like a veil, idealizing its general character istics and endowing them with a beauty which Perhaps does not belong to thein at close range and in detail. {t wason such a morning that ‘We obtained our first view of San Franeisco, ud the wide streets, the yrey tone of the high balldings seen through the soft baize of one of the most exquisite of days, made it seem more hike Paris tian ang other city upon this or any other continent. This view was subsequently Yery much modified, but it was also cou firmed vy after acquaintance with the leading business uouses aud especially with the tastes io dress of the ladies wao may be supposed to Fepreseut the cultivated ideas of its best socie ‘Tuere is peruaps uotbing more misleading than embroidered to upon white; and still Snother, « bidck ‘eco slew! over biack sili. Fue popular style is the same as at the east. A te basque, not long, with vest full or plain; Waiking skirt in straight, clustered, box plults gt the back, and pouf very well arranged and not too large. Ib was remparked by au intelli gent gentleman whe has traveled much that a great improvement bad taken place Within the past five years; that the street dress, with ite ueat + its good cut and dark, plain colors, was more nearly Parisian than could be tound in any other city upon the continent, the styles being mere unilorm and less mixed. It was stated to the writer, oy ‘San Francisco ladies, that wool costumes are much more frequently seen upon the street than formerly, and ure more erally worn. The qutdoor dress was more “dressy” a few years since, when taste was less cultivated, and it Is the case with many women, both east and that they are unubie to appreciate the re- finement of fine wool, its superiority ere 3 silk, and its advantage over any kind of for street wear. Here, above all other places in the world, should woolen fabrics, so! warm, yet light in weight, be cultivated; tor here they are just what are needed for health and comiort; the differences ia color and texture adapting them- seives to the changes in conditions and tem- perature. | Here, the complete woolen costume, uterior and exterior, of Dr. Joager should find snpportens, for it would certainly prove better ‘Sble Lo resist the attacks of wind and tog than the Incomplete deieuce usually adapted, especi- ally by women, who themselves cuange their temperature from tue tropical heats of iurin the morning sunsbine to the Arctic ice of lace and ry veiling in the raw wind und damp of the evening, Tt ix said that the poppy red, largely dis played, fs @ recent innovation ob the usually severe character oi the colors worn in pubile and on the street, If so, its use in so startling 4 manner is ail the mgre surprising. The most singular combination of red with biue appeared in @ street dregs of seariet, nearly coyered with biue wovien lace. But a costume of gray and scarlet with scarlet toque and gray shaded leaves was really charming. Among the costumes worn at a theater party were several that, without being extravagant, were pretty and cifective. One was wuite, with red crepe de Cuine vest and red gauze bonnet, with gguze butterflies veined with gold, upon the front Anotuer was biack sural with white mull vest aud large, bluck, flexible hat, with twisted scarf of mull and branch of white the fixed ideas obiaiued from first and one- impressions; with no allowauce for growth, progress, change and the rapid devel- opment which is characteristic ot the age. It has been the Labil of the east to speak of the dress of the lauies of the west as prouounced, to the verge of vuigarity, as oufre, a8 exbibitin violent extremes; aud as conveying a geuei impression of crudeness and unformed taste, A GENEKAL VIEW. ‘Whatever may have been true of the past, Such assertions are very far from representing the couditions of today. The faults of the Gress ure = too strict conventionality; a too exuct jollowiug of set copies; # too great fear of Geparting vou authoriged rules and standards; Bo ignorance of whut these rules and standurdy are. Tis will be seen to be quite naturaily the case; ior Suu Brancisco possesses more women Probubly, who are ricy in their own right, or ‘Who share iu the Wealth of their husbands, thao any other cl.y in America; and it is Wiese, who &re ae much at wome in London, Paris or New York as here where they were boru or where they have lived, who set the fashions and €reate the standards which the majority accept. ‘The first ‘hing wnich strikes tie stranger 1s {he conventional exceileuce of the modes; tue gen- erally good cut aud style of even the costumes 1 Ob the street; the fine outlines, the talior ike neathess of the suits and the Purisian beauty und finish of the Wraps. ‘There is an en- he esiuetic element wuieh oue sees in Loudon; of the orginullty whicn leaders 0! fashion dispiay lu Paris; of the cotton gowus aod coarse siraws, wuicu are as promident in Newport as at Hurlingham. Cottons cannot be worn on the sirevts at Sun Francisco—the climate forbids it. There are therefore no while emocuidered “robes” Lo be seen either on the streets oF iu the shops; and the white gowns are either of woul, for the theater, or of mull or Ticher silik or atm labrics Jor indvor entertain— meuls wud evening wear. Au assemblage in San Frauciseo will compare favorably with & gathering anywhere of tue same euaructer for The style aud elegance o1 tts dressing; that is, Wituia the Limits poluted out, which somewhat Tesirict the expressiun of individual Liste, and Prevent departures from accepted modes, the Giffercuces velug almost wholly those inpused by climate. THE HOME OF THE WRAP. ‘The wrap is au important institution where it is unsale to venture out ior any lengthened time without oue; and wuere, more or less, It is needed all the year round. The present dressy style of small Wraps exactly meets the clunatic requirements; but this fact would hardly ac- count for the beauty and variety of these gar- Meuts to be lound in leading evtabiighmenis, if the taste was as uulormed as is frequently asseried. [tis indeed 4 very curious uct tuut ‘one finds in any one of several large dryxoods houses, a very mucb larger and fuer vuriety of imported (wraps than cau be found in any uouse in New York; and quulities jaced im the regular stock which ut ue east would be cousidered quite exceptional in style and quality and only Shown Ww exclusive customers, Some of these are very riculy beaded, otuers eusbroidered in Solid gold thread wud all having the true Parisian style aud foish. We found alvo a line of youtuiul French wrape; deep, fitted capes With sling sleeves; scari manteveis, with oF Without veads aud with louy ends, suinesquare, some gathered, but ail sik lined ‘and fuished With the artisdie brouze bution and Leavy satin looye and euds, which add so much to the Paris wrap. Fursare used, and there isa reason for the existence of tue fur-trimmed suit or Jacket and aise ior collar and ‘uuff, but tue loig seaisxin Coat Is tou Leavy and tie cape Is out of place, for it eaves the arms uncovered. There is ouiy ‘One kind of ioug cloak suited to the needs of the ladies of the Pacific coust, and tuat is tuose ol Higut weight but sod wmatertal, The loug Cloaks of fue civih, lined With “Sarsnet,” word, by tue belies of a century agu, would not be un- Suited Wo the Wauts of a San "Fraucisco laay of today, and itis pot amoug the impossivilides thatidey may be revived, fur a straight, long cioak of camel's bair, with fitted back aud sing, Cape sleeves, IS extubiled am oue of tue incom: Lug styies, ad Is only » woderuized Version of the elouk Of our great grandioiuers, SPECIALTY SHOPS, One of the evidences of the growth of San Francisco in the direction of fwsbionable ais- tiuetiun is the number and imporcance of its shops devoted to speciulties ta styles or gar- ents Que of tuese exuibits ousy corsets aud Wurnures; auotuer, ull Kinds of lovely ander- Wear, aud a third, ludia goods aud fabrics. 1n- cluding a very ‘fue Variety of indie shawis, Bhawishere wre more used aud wore useful than at ueesst ibey cap be worn ail the Year round. Crapes, pongees sud India mull Bre perhaps more used in Soutuern Callioruia Suan in "tue city of San “Francises, whlch poweses a cimate of it own. But {he tue shops display them in’ lovely Wnts aud quali ies ut very moderate prices, nd they ure employed tur draperies and in ovr Wear, Lue suime us at the ews Embroid. ered crape Searis, uandkereniefs aid suoulicr wawis are displayed in pruiusion wud vari ud can be Ulzed Ib muny way) fail vesis aud triminings. The ne so prucurable, us Wei us neiected s Turest Europeau inanuiacturers and needie- Workers. The tustes in lace seem to Le aimust more European that With us at the east. ‘There are more of the rich Uiack guipures and ine Band-run Spauish laces word over black silk Bud swtiu, and tue lusitations of Chantilly tuat Bre dewaided by ladies wo ay preten- a \0 Tashiub are very cluse indeea, for ney ere geuerully perectiy familar with eosuy Speciuens of tue original, Guoves. The length of the glove, its character, tint and knowledge of the suade and kind adapted to different purposes, indicates, as much as any Other oue tuing, the degree of taste and euluivue tou cd Uy tue Ladies of any community; gud, lu (bis utuor matter, sau Francisco Is uot bebind wny modero ely. Tuere are not the Sensational styles ww be found here in lace and emorvidery Wuick are pat un exhibition, but Tareiy worn, iu Paris sud New York; vat every wade, degree and kind of fue dressed und uo remed Kid gluve, silk glove und thread glove ean be ound at’ apy of the lange turuisping houses, aud there is, besides, a glove munufac tory whict Dts to measUre abd Makes to order, exactly us at Parts, Louuon and New York, tae Quality and Mt of certain kinds being, tt 1s dai, Squal to the Lest Paris makers, Tole, percaps, way Le Laken with some grains of aiudwance, us few ure laluiitar wilh the very Dest Puris id gloves, Dut It must be remem- bercd “tbat equailty is a t claimed with tue Bighest exceneuce, OF WILD ull #iuds of gloves, San Fruucisco as two orngimeutal special Wes, oue of Which cousists of jewels made of dusrts: tue ter, of ornaments and jewels Maude of sBells. fhe quarts is sometunes very Originally mounted in rougt —almost virgin— 0:4, aud ts (uen expensive, but very beaulifal Sud well wort baving and preserving. Many Of she shells are aise flue and exquisite im evior, but tue m-uuting, wuen solid, is Wo heavy; ‘When iow priced, coarse and wortuless, A VISIT TO CHINATOWN well repays the uouble; and few persons from the east leave it without investing more or less Of tue silver dollars which abound in tbls land of gold and sliver, iu China cups and Dowis, brouse and lacquered wares: wiabeokder Fics amd the famous cats’ eyer to be Used as acious, oF {OF mouuting ws jewelry. ‘There wre 100, Of Wavy Kinds, ad “Mikado” Kiaterus tke thove winch are sem ha tue feos Boures; aud clair» aud stauds of curved ebony, ic are seem im the fiue Coinese resteuranes Bud iu the “Chinese roms” of private houses, Prices vary, but tuere ure sever wuees letum are LoLably conscientious, an nC or rich Watsume aud other ehaite Sere So low, compared with the east, that women Who love ulus muy be excused tor inding It alown Is, besides, an essentially forei Bese us Hong Kong end as iuscinal wo the shopper a au Oriental bazaur or dle Wiese 1 Carisbad. ‘Oue of the useful articles that can be obtained In Sau Francisco, is common w Ps bat not oblaimavie to New York, and that Teaay- Maue a ry sade skirts, with or with. Out ice trimming. The variety is uot large; Buch models us were displayed were very good and wearavie; But over-rimmed, and such as Would luok well with a jersey or ue, Whiet: is What Whey are heeded for principally: COSTUMES SEEN IN AND OUT OF DOORS It seems odd to see a iady dressed in velvet and far in August, but that was the calling cos fume of one, while another wore gray wool, acacia, The chaperone of the party wore an elegunt dress of Veuetian brocade, with squaré Seventeenth ceatury busque anu large collar o| Venetian point; the sleeves tull, but laid in Glagoual toldy’ aud warrowed dt the wulsts which were finished with cuffs matching the collar, This lady was quite like # picture aud made Ube jost artistic Hyure it Was my jortune to see during my stay, ‘THe WEAKEST POINT here, as elsewhere, in the present mode of dressing is in the millinery department, proba- ‘ably because it is given over to exaggeration and waste and only vibrates between opposite extremes. The quantity of ugliness exnibvited ja trimmed and untrimmed hats and bonnets is us great bere as uby other Wuere ana posie lively sickens one to sve. It ts rure indeed to find @ reauy imade or trimmed nat or bonnet (at a Woulan of intelligent taste would be will- ing Wo Wear, Wide Lue dhdases of rubbish Which must accumulate from the Variety of tinselied siuif prepured tor ornamentation imust present @ problem as dilficuil of solution as that of the Ciimese, Ic is indeed time that tua bonnet Question was put Upon ® more ‘permanent aud reliable busis. Tue ueiguis aud aepihs dnd lengine and breadtus to wuleh at is ex: posed, aud Which It more or less touches, tetape Ueuralgia and Otucr diseases In Ue? several lors, aud are as childish and iunlaslic a9 tavy are dusanitary, ‘Tue west hag it 1 its power lo give us ut tus east a lesson, by munue lacturing und aduptiug styies more elegant, Artistic aud less extreiue, wud relusing to wks Trot Us sueb, lor exuimplc, us we have unpused At preseut—ine higu Dui and siualy, negative bonuet—both of Which ure uxeiess tor protece Hon and us little becoming as 1c 1s possible to huake auy thing to the average Ainerican. ty pe; Which, peruups because it is a mix.ure ‘of Rauiodaities, ‘adapts ite! to tue imauitely Various iu garuenis ud headgear withoul losing its redueiment und individuality. AT THE GREAT RASOKTS. If California has w “season,” it must be that part of the year which is placed between Janu- ary and May. Allugree that this is the must delightful portion of the year; the period when the rains subside and the mountains and val- leys aike appear clothed with infinite varieties of verdure and flowers; a veritavie garden of Eden from one eud of the entire state to the Oluer and “ull the way across.” Tuese are the Monts When ail good and hospitable Califor- blans wish for eastern. visitors; and. this 1s the tune when the pretty resorts along the line of the Soutuera Pacific road—irow Sau Freucisce to Monterey—are doubtiess seen tw tue best advantage. But they are lovely at all seasous, even in the arid one which we fell upon, the ury month of August, when not a drop of Tain, exe-pt a solitary thiuder swrm—a thing une koow bewre in these regions—bad fallen for over two mouths; und browu—except where irrigation bad supplied the place uf suowers— hud become the livery of huvare, iusiead of green, ‘AtSanta Cruez ig.a fine beach,partof the shore of the beautiiul bay of Monterey, and bere in the afvervoun aiscinble & great coucourse of bathers oj both sexes, so that ii jvoks more like Coney Island to a New Yorker than any other Spot upon the western coutiuent, ‘The batulng Gresses do not dispel the iilusion. Tuere is nut the ioust diifereuce between tuem and ours, except thal peruaps tuey ure snorter, and Li is inure cominon for the ladies to wear “tights” oF jong bose than wiih us, tbe bired bathing suils are surmeunied by buge, and of course hideous yeliow straw bats; but tue ladies who re provided with tueir own costumes do uot Wear Luese; they simply bind their bair abuul with @ band&erchie: of soit cream or biue or Ted silk muteuiug the trimtning of the suit oF the suit itsel!, aud sometimes wear the regula- ion shues, sometumes long bose with the Low: sere ‘Fhe one great resort upon this portion of the Pacific coust ia the Hotel, del Moute ut Montes Fey. Iis—take it ior all Im ail—peruaps. the Ginést puvlie resort in the world. We have uotuing compsravie to it in the east Itis ope all the Year round and is alwi largely irequeuted. The temperature is 5 that one Cau wear lace or Woul—li tue latier is nol loo beavy—witb uimost equai comiort, Night and morning 4 light, little wrap way be required; in te dayume und suusuine the lace is @nough. The dressing bere ts equal to tue best al Saratoga and Newport. It is light and tall Of charming color. Eunvroidery isseen a great deal aud of very beautiful convent desigu and execution. Hiculy emuroidered China ‘ctapes Over sulin, emuroidered cuinel’s hair over vel- Vet aud Witu Veivel trimmiiugs; baitisle em- brodered with uote or suai figures aud | spas with velvet to match anu antique ve. ‘The women are handsome and distinguished looking, woe showing traces of the Spau vioud in their veins. They are light ot move- Micut aud very gruceiul, us if in sume Way ue Freueh element wad nixed with tue languor- ous clement of old Spin. They wear cean Mud bisck combined, tue unuerdress Uf Greuin suk or linen, ihe overdress, sic veless, of black laceur silk, cui out around tue neck but uot jow. Inuved the bigu ueck und long, close, cuat siccve gives an aif of stiuost contentional ve: Verity, The luce siceves, or no siceves ut all, aud Very low. budices "sowetumes seen. are pretty sure wo come irom tue east or wo belong to 4 dan Frauciscan—easiern burn, TRAVELING DRESSES. Brown and gray, toucued with velvet, or mounted witu bunds of applique work, are al- ‘most # uniform tor traveliug, just as they are at the east; but there is brigiit color i the morn- ing dresses, such as may ve seen at Newport, gud delicate nts at dinner und in the even: ing—exacuy as seen ut Newport also. The chaperones, lov, Wear Lue staid black a of old. Quce iu a way # middle-aged lady sailing ubout iu rich ature, bulaiways of a suber, dun-colored hue; ner ouly reliel, wer own or uer husband's fortine In diamonds, aud ber “Uits” of fine lace. Quite the most eifecuive of the morniug cos: Cumes are of puppy red or gray-vlue colton cov- ered with cross darts or eresceuts of cream, cream belts and large black hats with creaut MiUil searis and & bow of tue color of tue dress. A preity morning dress, wich wight have been cupied trun Miss Maud Harrison's Jn “Jim, the Penman,” was oi cream woul over a skirt” Dgured with ‘desigus in durk velvel, A Sailor collar and culls were made of the figured stuff, Alugether the dre-sing eontirms the lu- Pression received in Suu Francisco of excelent conventional style; care in following French models, with # Wwuch o1 the Chinese element iu emvroidery and dressing gowns, us well, as ‘siulls in Sun Francisco, and a truce yet of the ‘Old Castilian in the Dounas o1 Monterey, Jexnig Simm, ——_+o+_ _____ The Homestead. Ob, wanderers from aucenirai soil, Leave nuis.me wi ll wou chaficring store, Gied up your volus for wuruier toll ‘Aus build tue bume once more! Come back to bayberry-scented slopes Aud tragruut tera aid ground:iut ving Breathe alrs blown over hull ad copes, ‘Sweet with Diack Dirck aod pine. ‘What matter 1f the gains are small “That Lies ementist wants supply? ‘Your ho:esteud's titie gives you all ‘Vhas idie wenith eau buy. Your own sole masters, ‘With nous to old you so oF stay; ‘Pill the vid tlelds your tatuers ‘As mauly men as they! ‘With stint that your volling Vad chewte ad toot enuce Ute ‘Reciaim ihe waste and outworn lands, ‘And reign thereon as jouw G, WaITtiEn, Snubbing the Reporters. From the Detroit Free Press. “Don't snub the reporter,” said the Boston Heraid, The reporter is not apt to be snubbed. Very few can afford to snub him. Keifers downtall wus said Lo be due to the fot that be ‘snubbed the reporters, and it is claimed that a Union general, whe had a great career before a, chance of tame by insulting ¢ new! map, whereg ever io mention that general's naive is tieir feports, and 90 the umiortumate man out of sigan Pleads tor the 3 The soScuan, who dose tne subbing ts the panon ~ = = ‘What People Talk Ahont at Summer Revere, ‘Prom the Bostop Transcript, There 1s probably no placa under the canopy where so large an smount of edifying conver- sation can be heard within » given space of ‘time than upon the veranda of the summer resort boarding-house. In proof of this propo- sition, Mr. Factaudfancy here jois down the bits of conversation as they fell upon his eare as be sat smoking bis aftersupper cigar one evening this season. He endeavors to repeat thege scraps ag nearly as possible in the order in which he heard them: “What horrid bread that was to-night! I wouldn't give that (a sound ag of the snapping of fingers} for cake and sauce and such stuff; but I must have bread and butter. Dear me! I shall be glad when Iget home. 1 shall have some good then, ir I don't get any- OUTS sever saw the water was = “ alive “with ‘there Items hed ea the right kind of bait we could have caught a boatload in go time. Two boys right alongsidy ulled fonts simon a fart as they could pa boar nes do} had one goad a bustel ofa ‘base carly into the oot oa Byas ‘away from me, confound ik" ‘Isn't he a splendid dancer! What did he say p — Did ue, tell you to Hes him if you were rec that’s what 8. Hes he is never tired. Ob, he Oates levels. 1O- body would ever get tired waltzing with him. I coutd dance all night if I equid have him io) ParThats the fourth dress she’s bed on to lay. ea into the “That's y Lreully belleve some folks come coun: try Just to show thelr clothes.” “Oh, deart we've had such a lovely time. We've had splendid drive, and we've been everywhere’ We climbed up Mount Whatyou- callit—I never can remember names; It makes me so mad!—gnd such a grand view!’ Wecould see for miles and miles—mountains and lakes and vill: and Idon’t know what. Charley was awfilly kind. He pointed out all the places and told us 0 es, but I’m so stupid can’t remember a single one af them; but I think he was real good, and—’ “I held the king, yuu know, and played out {he four spot, go he could put his wee on; I knew he had it. Instead of I ‘ing back, the poem crossed the suit and knocked me bil out. He doesn't know any more about whist than a baby.” No, I don’t care much about driving; alway’ keeps a horse, and { have so much driv- ing when at home that it’s an actual reliei to get @ chanop to walk when I come to the country. 'Whai kind ofa bed have you got? Mine is awiul. WhenIgetup in the morning, every bone (tn my body wehes as though I béd been unded.” Pitves, I got started in it, and I'm kind o curious to know how it comes out. I've read one of hers before, and that came out beautl- ‘ully.”” “i tell you, Cleveland hasn't the ghost of a Jim Blaine is the lougest-neaded, smartest, keenest man In the country, an he'll get tt next time, or you can set me down ay 6 Worn that dress ever since she’s been here— nearly a week—and I’m sick of the sight of it, Ob, yes, louks well enough; but how a woman can Wear the same thing day in and day out, beats me,” ve ik you. I guess I ate some- “Not very well than! thing that’ dido’t agree with me, but what It was ly more than [ can tell. Mary thinks it may have been the clams or the cucumbers, but l guess it was the hot Johnnye.ke or the watermelon or tue pudding sauee or the cab- bage, though it may have been the roust-pork &ravy or tat extra glass of cream, “1 hope it won't rain. I'm always so lonely when tt rains.” “Atchisan’s gone up acouple of points, and ‘., B. & Q.'s louking up. It looks like a squeeze in’ Eusterd, eh? Yes, an awinl bud break. Old Gumbleton, they ‘sin @ tight place. 1 don't kKnuw exactly; something like thirty cenis op the dollar in three, six and nine mcoths.” “Do you like him? I think he’s awfully flat. Ob yes, of course he’s betier than nobody. But one get's awiully tired of him.” Ou, deurt 1 believe I sbull gape my head off I'm so sieepy that I'm nearly dead. Come, le! go and get a lamp und go to bed.” ‘The Bustous’ve gov beaten again, They may as well turow one sponge.” “Kuow her? Bi you, no, I never saw her in my lite before I came’ here. Ob, yes, I talk with her, of course; one must talk With some- body. But ’t is’nt likely I shull ever see her ugain in the city. At ieust,1 hope not, I've ‘otal the acquaintances { care to have.” “Yes; ma intended to cuiny with us, bat pa couldu't get away op account of his business, you kuow, and just as mu made up her inind to come with me, our servant left us, Was n't it provoking?” “Do yuu think so? I know they all say she's pretty, but, tor my part, 1 can’t see where IL is.” “Que more cigarette before I yo Ww bed. Here, give me tuat! Well, I dou’t care; I’ve got another one, Stop it! You didn’t blow it out, did you?” ———+e+ —____ Ideas for Grant's jument. SOME OF THE STRIKING DESIGNS SENT I BY VOLUNTEER ARCHITECTS. Secretary R.T. Greener, of the Grant Monu- ment Association, says the New York Herald, bus received about a dozen designs fur the mon- ument, although the clreular offering prizes has not yet been issued. Some of the designs are striking. Mr. W. G. Steinmets, of New York city, bas offered aplan inthe form of four bases, one upon the other, and all surmounted by a high column, The ‘first base is Intended to repre- sent the revo.utionary struggle, Ly thirteen cul- umus rising from rough stones; the second base fepresents the period of peace, trom 1790 to. 1861, with columns for all the states; the third sepresenits Grant's career between 1861 and 1869 by means of bas reiiefs of battles, and the tourth Is typical of the peaceful last years of the general. “Tue whole structure would be of granite, 200 ieet_ high, und would cost between 800,000 and $900,000, half of which sum Hur, Steinmets, ft is said, would be willing to furnish. Mr. George Leighton Ditson has put in a design for s monument entirely of (glass. Tt would be in the (orm ot three cylindric temples, one within the other, the topmost poiut to be surmounted by a silvery angel. In the center of the iumost cylinder would be @ bronge statue of Gen. Grant, ‘The structure designed by Mr. Caivert Vaux, the architect, would ve aue of the most ponder: Ous buildings in the world and would cost $1,000,000. "It would be literaily a mouumen- tal building. It would embrace a chapel, a memorial ‘hall, a mortuary cbapel, a guard room, a library and readlug rou, a room ior government records and a monumental column 270 ieet high and 50 feet in diameter at the buse. The tower would be bunded with friezes telling the story of the wur aud ol the peuce that followed. The figures ou the friezes would be from eight to ten feet nigh, Bight statues of heroic size around the inausoleum would repre- cent ibe Various branches of the country’s war service. Mr. Max Sebroff hassentina design in the form of a G-vek temple that would cost about Sees ‘fue ground floor would be divided ato 4 muusoleuin and sarcophugus, & ball of trophies, 4 hull of fame, with rovln for 368 busts, aud a ilorary bali capable 0! containing 5u,0U0 volumes. The mausoleum in the frout would tuce the uorth, It would have statues of Liberty sud Peice, aud an equesirian statue of Geveral Grant, ‘A representative of F. Barzaghi, the Italian Sculptor who executed monuments to Victor Emmanuel and Napoleon, has made ingulry to kyow If competition from avroad twouid be ao ceptable, He was told that the best. design wouid be selected without regard to the natlon- ality of the author. ———\+e+-____ Average Sickness. LIMITED TO FOUB DA’ THE YRAB DURING MIDDLE LIFE, From the Nineteenth Century. Now, taking the total pleasures of man’s life, we shall find that the local or ganglionic pleasures, the conveniences, largely predomi. Rate both in volume and intensity, over the ceatral or brain satistuctions; while on the other baud, of the total pains, mental troubles constitute by far the larger share. Perbaps this general statement requires some little support, dake, then the lust purtof it first—that which ‘applies to troubles and p uins. The statistics of iriendly societies show the average annual sickness in middle life to six days, Consider- ing the source trom which this estimate is de- Fived it Ja, no doubt, above tke mark, tor it in- cludes every slight derangement out of which a ciaim on the tunds of wolety could be manufactured, aud @ Dbiistered fuger gis 5 Ha HES : Fad 4 PAWNAHOP OF THE BAFION, Parisians and Their Mont de Piete, the Aunt of the Frenchman—Hew the Business is Managed. ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette. In the center of » buay eommereigi quarter of Paris—in the Rue des Blancs Manteaux—is a large five-story building with its windows securely barred and wired, as if something Precious was con! wi With the ever Prominent words “Liberty, Equality, Frater nity” carved on its walls, over the door way of which, Just under the tricolor, may be Tead in large gold lettering “Mont @e Piete.” Several republican guaras walk abont the two large courts within, and there are. other signs of officialism, and thet the building in ques- tion is national property. It te,igiieed, the headquarters of the national With Us, when an unexpected crisis in one's Rnancial fairs leads him to temporarily get rid of som of his personal property, he eaphonistically tells his friends that he has been to his “anele’s.” A frenehman in similar straits visits his Whose real name throughout France is the’ Mont de Piete. There are no odious associations about this national institu tion such as have become connected with some establishments conducted by pious Israelites, A Frenchman will not slink away sneakingly to his “aunt,” but, when neeessity requires it, ill visit her fearlessly and opgnly ag he would the Escompte de Paris or the Credit Lyonnais, The Mont de Piete is indeed @ bank, without capital und without dividend. ‘rom the budget of the Paris institution for 1877, which the director, M. Edmond Duval has just placed in tue hands of the municipal countil, an idea may be obtained of the amount Of business done at this bank of piety. ‘The es- Umated income is put at 93,319,620 france— about £3,732,384—und as the accounts are sup- Posed to do Iittle more than balance, the expen- diture is piaced at several thousand pounds Joss, A decrease in the business done during the year ie uttribuved to the ‘aah that many people of all protessions baye beou, compel to leave the city owing to the d ion of trade. Connected with the principal Monte da Piete’ there ure twenty auxillury bureaus throughout the town; and itis perhaps about, the ouly institution ip Paris which is open all the year round, fete days inciuded. The director of the concern is appointed by the minister of the iuterlor, and the adminis: tration of the concern is under the prefect Of the Seine. Hight per cent Is charged as interest on the uruicles pledged. Tuis charge 4s unquestionably high, but the expenses It hus to meet are considerable. In Irregular pawn shops the percentaye ‘charged sometimes reuches fifty percent. The administration of the Mont de Piete contemplate reducing thelr rate. The money tus acquired gues to pay ail the expenses of management, the erection and imainienance of buildings, &. At the end ©f yearor fiileen mouths, 11 the pledger does not ‘respond tou communication he Fecelves from tue Mont and renew bis pledge or take aut hjs property, itis sold, Within tue general ad- ministration of the Mont de Piete uere ts an army of olficiuls called the “commissuires priseurs,” who yalue the property pledged. During last year there were 1,063 sales of un- Cisimed property, which reauged 447,987 francs. ‘The counthissuires priseurs look ailer these ‘sules, and weir churge is five per cent, Yhe director complains tnat the charges of these commissutres ure exoessrv reat eus reorm, Suuuld tue property wold bring more tua’ it was origlnaliy valued at, Lue owner gets the difference, but he does not love turouyh depreciation of yaiue, Articles may be renewed ud iuunitum, At the immense swrebouse in the Rue’ des islunes there are articles that buve been renewed for over iorly years. Que antiquated umprelia has been tere since 1828, during which time its Value Las beeu paid lout or five times over io interest, As ditterent colored ucket is given euch time w pledge is renewed, tuy uin- brella has long since exhausted aii tue colors of tue ralnuow, aud on the lust occasion When th Lickel Was presented ior renewal, the alont d Viele made a preseut ol the Venerable parapluie { the proprietor, After ail tue expeuises of Lhe Mout de Fiete have been met, tue valance, if way, goes 1o the public ussistuoe—the relief of tue ‘pour. “There ure between lorty aud filly Monts dé Piete in France, aud all ure managed on Lue same principle, and are under the care of the municipal councils, “The Paris house wish Youve # cuplai fuad, but the govern- ment will Hot ulluw It. ‘The town of Lille ty the has @ fund, (the result of pri- }) for its pawushop, and charges no Inverest ior articles lew than ‘thirty france value, Outside the uatfoual lusutation pawn- broking ts prohivited iu France. A mun was recently caught who carried on @ succesul busiuess by buying up pawn Uckels, aud he will in due course ve punisued, ‘The puwushop is au wucient institution. As ea:ly as 1198 one was eswablisned in Liege. In tue year 1462 several esublishments called ‘Mon di Pieta were started In Italy, under the @ aud protection o1 the church, tu upposition to the usury practices of the Jews, who even at that reuole period seem Ww lave embarked in tue olu clothes and money-iendiug business, Allthe early Mouts de Hieie were connected Wilh churches or hospitals, and were & species Of charitable banks wuieu Charged no interest, Tb 1589 tue Lombards begun to run pawnshy In opposition to the Jews in Lombardy aad to Holland; but froin the presence of the Jew and the threé brass bulls in the sume honse 1t would svein tbat tue tWo bud aiuulguiated at some riod in thelr history. ‘The sunt de Piete was long of being established in France, chietly owing to the opposition of M. de la’Reyuie, eluel of the police in Paris. Nuinerous projects Were put torward durlug the sixteeuth aud sev- enweuth centuries, but they tell through, tough Colbert and otuer prominent salesmen favored them. 10 1702 the council! of fuaace declared tbat it would be w the “gory of God, we service of the stute und the publ.c interest,” were Monts de Piele estavlished, Necker touk the sane view, and protested ayaiust the conduct of avaricious Jews and Others who practiced on the cupidity of tue pub- He und successiaily Heeced tuem,” It was bot until Deceinber, 1777, that Louts XIV. sane Uoued tue Mont de vise. Soon after this the first was opened af Paris. It was under the cuurge of tue chiel of puiice and four adininis- travors of the general hospital, ‘The rate of st charged was Si aud 4% per cou The i Was 4 Lremenduus success. In the year 1788 there were 5vv,000 ditferent articles jawued. At tue Ume vf the revolution the Sichtde Piete was suppressed on the round thut it was a monopoly, und immediately the Jews and the Lombards stepped in and carried ou a fourisuing business. ‘The repuolie cousid- eriug the couuition of things “invwolerabie,” re eslavlished Lue Mout de Piete aiter five years, aud, witu sught changes now and then in the ‘auiiuistrativn,it bas coutupued ever since with iucreasing success, ‘There are, however, oppu- nents lo Lue system, and those ‘Who ullege that {tis mont sans plete, But dl, Edmonu Duval, in a work wuicn be is preparing giving tue whole history aug administration uf the Inst tution, says that the auuual results of the Mont ue Pidte slow tial tue estabusiinent bas be- come indispensable w the population of Paris, who are wv inieiligent to pay any heed to the Feprouches of usury leveled agaiust it, Doubt- Jess, ue adds, soue alieratious ure necessary in the ‘admiuisiradon, Vut no one can deny tat At renders important services, pas pete An Iilinols Wedding. From the Terra Haute Express. A young protessur in un Illinois university was engaged to be married to the daughter of a wealthy farmer living in one of the eastern counties of this state. On the day ot the wed- ding the bridegroam was driven in a buggy through a country road in the direction of his prospective tutheriu-law's house, Not being familiar with the ueighborhood be stopped in front of @ dilapidated log cabin and inquired of Py uk man who was leaning aguinst the rail ‘1s this the way to Mr. Podder’s?””” Tue lank man bitched up his trousers and “Tuuvs where the doin’s ts to-night, His darier's goin’ to be hitewed,” Yeu. “Who she goin’ to git?”” “A mau named Tompkins,” said the blushing bridegroom, 1s ue any good?” “Pretty poor stick, I've been told,” Has he got any style?” “Not much.” ray city sald the old man, with a sigh of relief, “I'm glad he's such a poor shoul, ior hug got un tavite to ‘te weddin? auf licard nobody could go that couldn’t eat with thelr orks, |My gals can't eal with their forks, but Ireckon fillet ‘em go. Podder's is two miles stewight atead,’ iS Weoderaft. fe makes his ', with speed and egse, ‘Parvtgu woods had snow te dovnday star, Sau grow det TilsTewered guidedoardssse. ‘Tho tameless bee be follows home; He marks in air the puth 1 beats. ‘Phe hol.ow oak tha: holds the comb, ‘With all is ericklliig sweets, Phe guarly vine no vinter bi ‘To ulm swings dows ke purple ‘The sluudeent. owomed spring he ‘His drinking cups gourd, He was walking to and fro in the depot, as waiting passengers will, and hig face wore an expression of ‘peace aud contentment. All of a sudden » wave of anxiety and fear swept over it, and he began searching bis Drouchod bina aid tah souusued to tara bie | u=netring te wekels wrong side Out One cH ati “ad be thie tine yoar wile nae got ne" ‘And’ every man 1h the spoke POWDER Absolutely Pure, ‘This powder never vari marvel of purl strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition wath the multitude oC iow teat, short wight alam ot fe POW cane, HOvaL. orb Cosy 18 Wail strest NA To CLOSE OUT OUR ENTIRE STOCK or SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, ann BAVBPRIGRS REDUCED #rom 40 to 50 per cent from our former low prices All-wool CHEVIOP SUITS, at $8.50, All-wool CASSIMERE SUITS, at $8. An All-wool Black 4-button CUTAWAY SUIT, at io. An All-waol Bilk-faced PRINCE ALBERT SUIT, $14. and all others at proportionate low prices. Fine SEERSUCKER COATS and VESTS, ab $1.25, 81.50 and $2, ‘We have a lot of Odd COATS and VESTS at 25 per cent less than manufacturers’ prices, ‘A lot of Odds and Ends of CASSIMERE SUITS at fAafty cents on the dollar, Odd COATS from 35 cents upwards, For Boys from 18 to 18 years old, SUITS at $4, $4.50, 5 and $8. Boys’ Odd PANTS from $1 up. For Children from 4 to 13 years, we have SUITS at $2.50, $3, $3.50 aud $4, that are worth double what ‘Weare asking for. Children's PANTS at 50 cents and up, ‘Men's PANTS from $1.25 and upward. THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING COMPANY, 9020 CORNER 7TH AND G STREETS Eerrasuiomat OR SEIN CANCER For seven years I suffered witha cancer on my face.” Right. months. ago a friend recommended the ge of Bwift's Specific end I determined to make an effort to procul i anita use. The fluence of the medicine at first was somewhat aggravate the sore; but soon the inflam- son Was ullayed, and I began to improve after the rst few botes My generai healtu has greatly im- Proved, 1 um stronger, and able t. do any kind of work. "The cancer ou my face began to decrease and the uicer to heal, until there is not a vestige of it left— only @ Little scur marks tive place. MUS. JUICIE A. McDONALD Atlanta, Ga, Angast 11, 1885, Ihave bad # cancer on my face for some vears, ex tending” from “one clieek ‘bone scrons the nse 10 the cuher It has given mea great deal ol pail ae taes Burning abd ehing to Suck un, oxteut that it wes alpine ‘Somueoced aug Swifts Spee cific in May, 1585, and have used eight bottles, it hes given the greatest relic by removing the lntiaauna? Sow dd reatoriog my geusul heath W. BARNES Knoxville, Iowa, Sept. 8, 1885. ‘Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIO CO, Drawer, Atlante, Ga, 16 Tae Macro oT Ak © 7 “at = 24 EE G8 MADE BY MAGIC STARLH COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. FINEST AND BEST IN THE WORLD. NEEDS NO COOKIN PRODUCING 4 RICH, BEAUTIFUL GLOSS AND STIFFNESS. No STARUH YET INTRODUCED CAN BE COMPARED WITH THE MAGIC. ONE PACKAGE WILL DO THE WORK OF TWO POUNDS OF ORDINARY STARCH. SOLD UNDER GUAKANTEE OF MANUFAC- TUKERS, For sale J.C ERGOUD & “ yene orocert * 7 0 Sa ae OVER 85,000 Now IN USE BIBB'S ORIGINAL BALTIMORE LATROBES. ‘These celebrated FIRE PLACE HEATERS have more improvements, greater eating capacity, con- Sume les fuel, are casier to manage aud more ¥ym- metrical und hgudsome in appearauce than any other Fireplace Heaters iu the market. igo, a full live of Elegant new design MARGLEIZED SLATE MA TELS, PORTABLE and BRICK-SiI RANG! peca, tientign ip “least to the, CALVERT NGE,"of oviginal’ construction. a a. COMBINATION RANGE and HEATER SUst GUTH “Estimates furnisbed on application. Work done by our owa mechanics and satisfaction eoaeatr teed, “Rend for eireusars and prices. brfore busing. oF fepu zgut adem and gn8 of ur eprenentaiven rl "oa will save money by purcliasing direct the manufacturers * ss B.C. BIBB & SON, Inventors, Patentees and Manulacturers, ‘89 and 41 Light su au9-m,wés-1m ‘Baltimore, Esmeusex 1811. 8 bts rh) sis on 3 D»b oS HE Ho Hl S08 ire Soc tess Bos! Wow wo un K KITERES Wee ents eae Hee Sux? We Heat Biel Boe sual MiLv, MELLOW [D DBLICLOUA Te ‘medicinal qualities of whinky distitied from the nest growth of ye in the renowned valley of the Monongahela, have aliracted the attoution of the medical iuculty tn the United States to sucha de EFsC.8 Lo Dlace it law very high pouuion among ihe We beg to invite the attention of connotsseursto our fine OLD WH mich we Cs Sratewtse WHISK, w offer OLD RESERVE WHISEV verse -nseonennseoee $18.00 UNRIVALLED UPPER-TEN WHISK Y.....16.00 BRUNSWICK CLUB WHISKY... 12.00 ig cannot obtain ‘Whiskies from ours then he henin, o Txt Gir pat ed le etarhos Stace dicot Sepa tos acl Mette SHUR ESIaaS eArer cena Excellence, and Evenem of Quality, the we aro uneurpamet ie ‘nar. ‘rhey ‘are antirely froetrou, sdulveration, “nad ‘Poseeas «natural Savor apd fine tonic, Hbepe Whistles guarantee mroworvine to 'bS retuned et our H. @ H. W. CATHERWOOR, 12¢pouth Front st, Philadelphia, aa8m 2B. ¥. Office~16 South William st. REN ONLY ‘Dr. CHEEVER'S ELECTRIO BELT, or Regeners- — AUCTIO: SALES, __ ALTER B WILLIAMS & (CU., Auctioneers, ea AMA gil AS ys DAY, SEPT! 6 FOURTEENTH STREKT NO. men OS TURSDAY a SEVENTH, aT O'CLOCK 4. Bot Tecoraied fotier Gurtaing ‘and Cambrequipe,, Blank eke, Bunk Satireegce Springh” Feather Bobicis, Fancy Tablen ruses, Hal Braveels (urpets througout entire Decorated: French Calum Dinner bers ioe. silver” are “Clery Ciba, Glass and Croakery warm hen Utensils, er alttixe shovemausaa Turnicare of the bast mang: facture and in good condition, Tht sale offers special Santages 1a thoge desirous Of furnishing Waelr Bom rane cash. House ior rent 5:0 WALTER B WILLIAMS @ 00., Avcte ALTER B WILLIAMS & CO, auchoueers TWOSTORY AND ATTIC FRAME PYBLLING AT AUCTION, TO BE REMOVED. On MONDAY, SEPTEMBER SIXTH, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. M., [ shail sell the improve- iments on lot 6, in sqiare 427, consisting of & two-story and atti dwelllag: shrubbery, ete. to be removed in six row day of sale (oeiig Ho, 2} bth sireet, between I and K streets noreiweat). rms cash onday ofsale. 4.8 CA¥ WOOD, sed3t Real Estate Broker, cor, ath and & ste, w' Gj ey THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF BOOK AND STA- TIONERY STOLE, NO. 3073 BRIDGESTREET, GEORGETOWN, D.C. AT AUCTION, Exsractxo BOOKS, LEDGERS, DAY BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FANCY ARTICLES, CUTLERY, GOLD PENS, PENCILS, &c.; SCHOOL MATERIAL, INKSOF ALL THE BEST BRANDS, TOOL CHESTS, SLEDS, LARGE STOCK OF TOYs, TOGETHER WITH MANY OTHER ARTICLES, WHICH CONNOT BE ENUMERATED. Atso, 4LLTHESILVER PLATED SHOW CASES 4ND FIXTURES AT AUCTION. On TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER SEVENTH, 1886, commencing AT TEN O'CLOCK, ‘tthe above mentioned establishment, I shall sell the entire stock, which is very extensive in all {ts branches, The stock will be aff-r-d 4s @ whole, and if ‘ot so disposed ot will then be so.d in detail. THOMAS DOWLING, Anct._ Cinprs Mick: RESIURBCES No. GRP RUODE ISLAND AVE. NW. Ou TUFSDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBE: SEVENTH. at HALEBASE FIVE OCLOCR, We wiil sell, in front ot the premises, LOT 66. IN SQUARE 364, fronting 18 feet on Khode Island avenue, and a depth of 100 feet tau alley: imiproved by a well-bullt Utes Story and ullding Brick Dwelling; nlue roots mi od era nveniences, ‘A sulenaid location for a home for investinel “Terms: Oue-third cash, balance in one and two years notes to bear six per cemt interest and to be secured by deed of trust on the premises, or ail cas St option of purchaser. A deposit of $200 required time ofsale.” Conveyancing. @c., ut purchaser's cost Terms to, be complied in’ ten days, otherwise atrisk and cost of defuultivg purchaser alter five days’ public notice of such resale in some news Paper published in Washi. st a died MESISSON pros. ancte TREET NOicl H.BETWEEN SEVENTEENTH AND KIGHTE..NTH STEETS WEST, BEING 4761 P STREET. By virtue of a deed ot trust, bearing date the 7th ey day of July, A.D. 1884, and’ recorded. in Liber 1uwz, tole 1G, etseq., ofthe Lend lecords of, tie District of Colombia, and at” the request oF tue party wecured thereby, We sull offer for ale. at pub- fic auction, tn front of the premises, on MONDAY,.e TWENTY SEVENTH DAY UF SEPTEMBER, A. D, 1580, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.AL, the foliowing’de- ac. ibed real estate, situate inthe city of Wasbluyton, Distelet of Columbia, to wit: Ail that certain plece of parcel of land kuowi aud designited on the ground plat or plan of said city us Jot numbered one houdred and sixty-ve (15), in Brainard H. Warner's subdi- Vision of certain Lous ip aquare numbered one hundred x (156), as the sald sutAivision is dul :yor's offive uf said District in No. 12, a1 Fol.o 168, Beginning for ireet, at & point distant elybty-srven and fift feet six inches, due east from the southwest coruer of fund runulug thence noth 95 feet 6 Ubeuce eust 18 feet 9 inches; tence south ¥5 feet 6 inches to P strevt, and theuce west along said P street 18 feet ® incuesto the place of be- inning, Linproved by # three-story brick dwelling Dne-third cash, balance in one and . tively, for whicu the promissory ho.es of the p.rchuser must be given, to bear interest atelx percent per annum from day of sale. payable Gnd secured by deed of trust ou the broperty sold, or ail cash, at the option of the pur- 100 Will be required at time of ‘AU purchaser's cost. Terms wit in seven days, otherwise the trustees reserve the right {0 resell. at the tisk and cost of the dewulting purchaser, after five days’ ad- vertsing in some newspaper pubasued in Washing said square Inches to an setui-sonuali Chaser. A deposit of sale. Ali conveyance! of sale to be compl tou, D. JARD H. WARNE! BRALNAR Dt, WanDOR} Trastecs 02-008 DUNUANSON Bis, Avcta, ‘Pamphlets at the Star Ofice Jorden Spflogs P.O, EK G JORDAN. each crete 9 with all modern’ couveniences: 4 satiety and drainage RENEY SPRING MB HOOPES SHENANDOAH ©O. VA St FASHION A BL ik MOUNTAINS OP noroughty overhanied.. ypueiblng we. been’ 4 the rooms, with woven Wire ‘aud most compete rez south. Greatest v at any guramier resort States beautiful wcewery faagel Ja. ‘This resort hasbeen painted, repaired and been placed In springs: wink ‘comhection with the hotel: raph and Express ollice ia "s Nours’ lat on these tally” "Masic: will be furnished by 8a. Williams’ “Bram end Siring Band. of information, cule of moderate.” B.& 0. Tel the buliding. “This is ‘Evbning’ Star “omce and ‘Water depot on F at, rr OARDING = BOA’ Raaat tat Fortress Moproe, Ve SBURY PAREN, Family Louse, d peters Baniear socesent bath lect Sauitar ata, ta "Terms moderate and reduced tor i PROPOSALS. PLASTERING MaTi pr BA 1a FOR Orvick oF ‘Wasnixevon, D. C.,reptemt 18 for furnishing be Lime, Plaster Center Wings of Navy Departments, in this EIGHT. ENT! EM. on SATURI IF) PTEMBER, 18Nb, opened immediately thereafter in presence uf bidders, Specifications, general insiructh blank forms of pro] manufacturers to bidders and ers of ayplication. tor thls A. s Bago PROPOSALS FOR PLASTERING AND 871 Chien of Building for niatc, Wer and Novy Dapare S, D. ¢., September 41 ug lor state, War Fealed Provouis for ibe West and Gener Wings of and Navy. D-partauents tn ths city, con unre yard of tot enrich Sor, to be executed during tae comin Be "rccelvea”at this office unth ‘Tw UESDAY the twenty: Sua and opened tn preaence of biaera. : Te. are requ where the protlie drawings, the snod © Building may be inspected, and awe for Tisdere ana’ INCOLN CASEY, Colonel Corps of Kngineeta, ‘three-comt’ wor! moulded cornice and stucco THIRD DAY OF SEP. immediawiy thereafter 24 to, visit this of jeneral instracti _804,6,7,8,21823 S NAVY PAY OFFICE, Wastimevon, D.C. August 91. 1686, vile of -PYEMBER FIFTEENTH, 1 eat the Yards aid Bick Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., free of any expense to LaeS em oun srticien po the Government, and subject ‘conditions, viz: Requisition jobe valves, nai 4; 15, Sand: and fo De awarded DY Reqi bo'ais must be made Schedu.es giving detal reserved to reject auy oF manulucturers of OF. quired will be considered. guarantee the prom bids, and bide only from 3 only, ua tari execution ‘Staten officer THOS, Director U, &. 2., avy Pay Agent J, THOMPSON BROWN & CO, ‘Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers, 1118 East Main St, Richmond, Va PUBLIC AUCTION SALE oy THE VIRGINIA TOWING COMPANY'S PROPERTY AND ALL ITS FRANCHISES, By virtue of a deed of trust to the undersigned Trus- teen, We will proceed. to seit at public auction, in the city'ot Richmond, at the dock, foot of 25th sirest, on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER SEVENTH, AT 1WELVE O'CLOCK M., all the Rights, Franchises and Property of sald Com- Pavy. ‘The property consists of FOUR EXCELLENT TUG-BOATS, to wits— 1. TUG ARCTIC.—Engine 22 by 22 inches, adjust- able eut-ofl, boiler 8 by 14 feet, Hues two Tz wichesaid two Siachesasd fort) -elgbts- inch retr tabsstwo firnueras by 7 feet: Ligh hall eur. fice coudvuser Oby 9 fe. Loy 4 lect inehes; comuined (ial) ar aud etrediating pump: Karting. injector co feed ‘baler. cypver cunusctuta woguot wal 70 et jOUg, 17a feet Ueuiw, U ect draft; coacbunker 22! fons ‘under decks; Boller and engine by Neaple Levy, Philadelphia 2. TUG VULCAN.—Engine 20 by 20 inches, high pressure; boller 6 feet © iuches by 12 feet 6 incbes, doubie riveted, mude in 1884, has two flues each 20 inches in diam‘ter, and fitty-tour 3 inch return tubes; two furuaces 2 feet 6 lucues by 6 feet; Jenk s Injector to feed boiler; new donkey pump, tor teeding bolier, pumping bull, washing off; and circulating water sUFUUgLOUL the bout. Ail feed pipes of copper: wooden uli 78 leet long, 17 feet beam, 8 feet draft: coal bunker capacity, 14 tons under deck. Fitted with new nade io 1883, har four await aiid upper decks, is iiceaved by the goverunent to take thirty passengers, Would Make Soe yacht. 3. TUG SMITH PETTIT.—Engine 17 by 17 high pressure; boller 11 feet 6 rattle £9 Breed inches. made in 18>4, bas two flues 20 inches and tuirty-sia 3-inch return tubes; two furnaces 2 feet pissed sie saint Soares a 4. TUG OLIVE BRANCH. ine 20 inches high pressure, condensing: buler 13 feet, made in 1870: hus two fussiaces, each 2 hes by 6 feet; two flues, each 16 inches, and ir Z-inch return tubes ail feed pipes of copy wooden hull, 76 teet long, 17 seet beam, and & drat; coai-bunker capacity, 16% tons under deck. pel iese boats are tn gobd Fisning. order, ba n Iutely put in thorough repair. the tug Vulcaa Bas lately bFoken her shai, buciu ‘tier respects i in perfect order. ‘Tue otuer property consists of such articles ag are Recomary foribe running equipage of such Dosis and the ofties fur: maiture. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash; i tn negotiable notes at three and six mouths, wilh interest added, and with endorsers satisfactory to the trustees. For farther information address GEORG) RISTIAN, FRANK W; Gonisrian,}Tetees J. THOMPSON BROWN & CO., Auctioneers, au24-eodt.dét FP HOWAS DOWLING, “Auctioneer. MINISTRATOR’S OF HOUSEHOLD - TOW URNATO RIS MONDAY, 8! EMBER ‘H, st TEN oPtoMO TRAPS OURS muET TES ‘streets, an assortment of Ess -f ze 3 5 a OER me : elds ELIZABETH CARR, Adnuinistratrix. (0S. J, FISHER & O0., Juctionsers, Qn MONDAY APTERN OOK SuETEMRER patter cat gpa | Dorinwest: the eact Bu sect of ion Be EE dey the best locations ‘Terms of sale: Que-third cash; balance In one and Soedaiigrcocurel ty deed of dancer's = Hoa of purchaser. “Conveyancing &1, ‘ook. A deposit of $100 at Gere. ctenss. of sale to be complied with five days, with right to re- tellvas of de ‘ave bars THOS f FISHEE & CO, Aucte, DENTISTRY. ‘J. JONES, D. D. s. Sum 2 {2100 20th st near cor. Pe ave, tagtion guaranteed” Pricws modespia. aa2-Lme WASHINGTON, D. G, August 25, 1806. the Pecion Butldlng: “200 tfue Wall Bearing Piates, 1 inch by 16 inches by 12 Inches: 10 ia this ofics. ISHING CAST TRON SPECIAL CASTINGS, KOPOSALS FOR FU! WATER MAINS, VALVES AND FIRE Ovvice oF THE Uaeraior or Cocos aq Wasmworone, ih di this office “wast TW WerpNispat. iil be recetved at ‘K NUON. on PENTH. ira mee ees por spe ial castings: RAND MADAM WILSON, ‘ment fur ladies: Felable services, Advice free inant ad DODD’s NERVINE, NO. 2—4 PERMANENT ee erty and buen en. Laat cae arty a ‘STAN DIFORD'S, St Gloud Pharmacy, pervinand fsa Pree gi. ers "Beat by iall vealed. 18T, COR 1sT 1d by druggists generally. Bake Tian ELECTRIC VO! q Hi ‘The Uidest Established and Only Reliable Ladies can be consulted dally, 404 C se bet. diy and @xn ANHUOD RESTO! ‘Orwwo of DE. Bi ‘case of Dervous ‘umparts Vigor to the ‘ME. DE FOREST, LONG-ESTABLI. rellable ‘can be: ‘et Bw. Uftice hours from He f ley ee 1to¥ pm, wi Ladies HAS N. BERN T HAS NEVER BEKN CON 3 F sialon you can ‘attention paid to ail diseases peculiat to trenied, EAD AND SE Wi JREAD AND GE WISE_DR BROTHERS 906 B ‘batabuahed eh, 2nd for Une 1A oF G, thle rime UNDERTAKERS. aa OE, ane a ibing trea ‘We: Bole Agents for the sale of the Geamino move Harness pad Ontans ZALTIMORE AND OHIO RadBoan. ip efect SUNDAY, MAY 90th, 1886, untit motion, a. from Station, corner of New. ese ‘Cause, For Guieage £0000 tm ant 10:20 pom dally, The Maoist we rest Limited Raped Rts lure Cinicago, arriving ia Ptzbuseh at 730 pane Ce Senertimoronng of ebb So catte inre 6 charged cM trae iy For Ciocinuatt Louisville pd St Louk daly at 8:90 Std ing Rane wih tervugh com ee nd Pa wirepine Cars ie Sts, wines ‘a Opa. isa: lmbed tala to Uincionad and Se Loalh arriviog in Giucinoad gext moruing at 7:4 Sica adbpin Rostra tare tn chargea'on Ga Gate tor buat ume. Poe mst 10008 m.and 8.85 am. daily. to Pitsvargh, Cleveland and Detroit, «ith Monarch Par Ker thaite-ping Cary vo Pnsuorehs Por Lynel . Natural Skeanton, 10:10 Pua. wilh Sleeping Cars, - Baturday, sleeping car to Natural Bridge station or ly, 7 Lexingwo “and Local Stacions 840 am, daily, bas t Sunday. and $ahe p.m. golly. eter dniaiucesp wong das A Uc, e240, 790,90 PRO wm i Si0 Tay sip; abeoutiate train $330,430, 4G, bao, walk Fon 8s For Haldgore on Sundays tr: 1:25, 130, 830, 4:40, B40, 6:40, 7200, 820, 1:00 pa For Shenandoah Valley Rallroad and potnta South, 20 am. and 5:30 pm. dally; 104.10. Las Sie-per from SAEED to Rew Orlesus 5:30 pom. Sleeper to For Wiimington. Detaware, and intermediate potnte Dyson tt more aod Wilkaingion, 310 pu. aalig, Ki vis @:40am.and 12:10 and4:30 pam on Sunday 5.30 aim. 4:40 ou. For between Washington and Baltte 1230 pine BI0, 4:40. TD bay On Satay 440, shen 11200 pam. an branch 6:40 am duily. except Sunday yeind. beak Pan, daily: 4:4U pun. dally exonyh Sunday Yor peinck con Metropolitan ranch s40) ato dally iope at ail ations. For Gaithersbing acd Interuiediate polite 10000 a... 12-30 aud 11-20 ee dally. except Sunes. hur Piederick S40 wt /ead dally. eucept su raw 10:00 «sh and 531 pm. daly, ex vetrom the West daily, 0:20, 7200.0, 1:16, @:4¢ and 10:30 pin. Little Henk’ Rapreme From Wim ngton and intermediate pokuis north a Baltimore, 1115.8 ‘Frou “Anpapoiis 839 an. and 10 and 9:25 p.ame ‘i Buncay, 10:35 am, 6: From’ Harpers Bercy aid Valley Rallrosd, 7: iy, @xowpt Sunday iutly, and 8:84 ermiediate points, 8:25 amy ; Ee 8 leave Baituore for Werbington et 8:20, eu and 10:80am Lge, 28 wee, Path.” on=tidags, 6 Bak Laid, 2:90, 420, "S00, Gah, “All trains from Washington stop at Relay tat wh a8. Sig and gathy ay “UP M Ray Station F further information apply a the Balkin Ohio Teket Office -Wasiilagton, Stauen iB. as $251 Peniayivania avenue, sre nt wi fan fo tg ‘received at any . posiaa. 7c. LORD, "Gen. Stanager, Baltimore. faust} PV ssNeros, oF AND WisTeay Baur BUXD Go, Sepuie otek Aug 11880, Pete wana ct Se EL Mend =. fall _ ¥ om on i Wasnatan'0 a.m. aly exept ane aud pr dai ceriyte eet TLE Rape cciy wate ssp esau eee sae armel mice he acs ‘connecting Horrisvurg “with Western” Expres, with Srougi Sleepers for. Loulsr’ ‘BL Louis, Pacitic ‘Expres, 10:00 P.M. dally, for Pittsburg sre e ssh Siseyer'tlarcubarg'S “nica. BALTIMORE AND FOTOMAC RAILROAD 1000" BM dailf'sucrpt Saturday’ wilt’ Boies (arn Waaltngton to hocueser, For Wilh Higven and Elmira, at 950 ‘az Galt exeepe Buda. = For New York’ and tue East 7:15, 9:00 and 11:00 A, 2:00, 4:18, 10400 and }1-20'P. das day For rotnout change Sears ay. For Tirookiva, N.Y alf trough traius coungee fereey Cay wn Goat of lraokyn An fox arte dfrect| ty Lob street, avoiding double riage acrows New York Oly. For Phisaeiphia, 7:18, b:00 and, 11:00 a. rt 3 aa Phe °on Banting, dul.y. except Sunday. For Annapolis, 710 A. M.,1205. ‘except Sunday. Sundays, #00 A. ALEXANDRIA AND FREVEMICKSEUKG RAIL WAY, AND ALEXANDELA AKD WASHING For bicanura San 25.025, 10358, end 11.85 z 7:05, 9: A B:. 2300, 632d. 4:35, 601, ould, and 1:57 PM Oe Siinday at 6:00, 02h, 1u:b6 A.M. 600 Pat, For Hicimond and che South, 6300, iu: A AL dally 4:80 FB. daily, except Muriday. ins teave Alexandria for Washington, 65, 8:00, WU-00, 10:10 AS M 1200, 3:05, B28, 6-10, 700, and 10:42 P. Maud 12:10 midolght vex. On Sunday at 5:00 wud 10:10 a. 42 P.M. and 12:10 night. ‘Tickels abd Inlormation at the office, northeast cor wer of 1300 street and Peousyivania aveuve, and ab he ation, where orders cai be leit tor the checking ‘Yo'destination els aod resideuow CHAS. & PUGH. General Mauager: JR WOOD, General Pamcuger Agent 1d eee sees POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. arLyY Line, RFOLE. FORTRESS MONHOR AND THE GTRAMERS GEORGE LEAKY ané LADY OF THE vinetlacs Pala. 62) KOU SD IP, Hoondarip Ticket Good ov hither iow Steamer Leary from ith mrest wharf, MONDAY WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY. Lake trum ei street whail TURSDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY Leary siope st Piney Pu/at and Corailld Harbor Zod revornidg.” Lake stops. at Piney” Poet foing and rewruing” and ‘op Selorday ‘at Cotnmiat Steamer Biiniow Line tor New York and al. railroad ‘ives suoth, Reuure rooms aud tickets ai the Band O. offices 2351 sya G10 Founarivania avenue and icuor's fix pees, oaylvania ave. where baggage may Chreked trom buleis and private residences, For fur: ther Joformation inguire at the Coupauy's offices, ‘Teephone calls 04 aud 745-3. Above schedule of Fates gues into effect Monday. 25th. oud, {OB POTOMAC RIVER LaNDINGS SOHN Hh PALUETT, Agest ©, W. RIDLEY, Mainager. ms Jporomac THaNero: RTATION LINK THE STEAMER SUE, © Cart. W. G Geovnnsax, sores ometermer tert = ae re, ‘s wharl, foul 710 sey SUNDAY, 4 pmvand Halumore every FRIDAY. m. PHENSON @ BRO, BENS remand Pate and ih st wait Me™ Veenox é STEAMER W, W. CORCORAN Les ‘Teh-street wharf daily © sunday) MC Vernon ‘at 10 ‘clock a.m “Hieturning, recs Washington about cls en nO SOP BLAKE, Captain, STEAMERS. A Cuzar Tur To Evnorz GPECIAL ATTRACTIONS FOR EMPLOYES THE GOVERNMEST DErARIMER TSS THE STATE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, omnog patween, New, Fork, Glassow ong Betis, through tickers at rediaoed rates Bouaie Snd the Conus: ne ‘Oiler tre Lowest cabin, ent carn masosodae Hons, aiid substantial ULL of re Average length of ocean voyage trom 10 to dd “iolscnioustasisoom * —} @5toaa, "Sosa et} geste ‘For farther information apply to AUSTIN BALDWIN @ 0., 63 Broadway, New York, or to GEO. W. Moss, sulélm Adame Co., Washington. FINANCIAL ‘Now opes at the Leading Tailoring Msteblishment of 2D aan 21) FEKEA AVE,