Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1886, Page 3

PHOTOGRAPHIC PASTIMES People Who ge Abeut Ready to Take a Moment’s Notice. MERS OP WasurNctox— IN AFPLLANCES—TTIk WONDERS OF TIVE CAMERA—THE PHOTOSRAPUIC FEVER tac? TAR reporter ofan expe: her day. land a five pound trout with a fly ok Your fish, and if he ts well- i worn out, ! jug in the bottom of your box! » and you eail to your comp boat to witnes s. W ‘ring glance at him, you begin easting eatci his mate, if pose Of com: Proudly exhibit your cacch to your iriends at the hotel, and the fish ts enjoyed, perhaps, at supper Ume. That ts all very pieasant, but the keen en- Joyment ior you was while you were catching him—from the first moment he took the fly watit You had successfully landed him. It 1s just so With photographing. Making the exposure ts like getting the strike by the trout, but the principal Pleasure ts to come—when you are closeted with The milk white plate tn thedark room, Deveiop- ing your picture corresponds to playing your trout. When you have closely watched the outline of Your picture gradually appear and take upon Itself the clear outlines of the object photographed, then you have LANDED YOUR FISH; You have secured your negative. You may make Some prints tro: d mount them and exhibit them to your friends, Just 4s you may have bad Your trout cooked, and served up for your friends, But the kee personal pleasure was when you ‘were developing your plate, when you were play ing your trout. You may have jerked your rod too Soon or too late and thus lost your fish, and you may have over exposed your Plate and thus After having ed Ye ay have allowed n slack an itted him to throw Way You may have in the dark room youmay have ing to bring from the sensitive Pleture get by ck Jewving nothing the rout iy’ landed; when the sl tunis over. Print. ph requires some anical, and the amatuer 7 apher y satisiied to let a professional photograph This ts the Teason so many more photographs are taken than are. printed and modnted. "The photographer ts satisfed in having caught his fish, he doesn’t eare to cook tt. ‘TRE IMPROVED APPLIANCES. “Why ts there so much more interest shown in thts amusement now than formerly?” asked the reporter. “Because of the wonderful !mprovements in the appliances, particularly the plates,” was the re- ply, “So that a knowledge of chemistry 1s not and th plate is. nore intensified until it fs now diMeult to nything but an instantaneous photograph o: be over-exposed. A manuaeturer sen plate a few days ago that would ne hear as much (me or near as jure #3a plate furnished by the sam months ago. ‘These improve! Uveness of the dry plates make ft neces only to decreas reure to the Tens, b to have strong » drop the shutter so that the exposure may a fraction of a second. We take } ays in one four-hundi Of the time we «id FS ago; that ts, te ex- posure fs one-tenth as long as formerly, while the allowed is only one-fortieth of What Was formerly necessary ‘Now I took & photograph to-day with this camera,” pointing to er ease that looked like a diamond drummer's satchel, “and you know that 4 yet my exposure lasted but one two-nundredth part of a second, While the aperture through which the light en. tered was only one tWenty-tifth of the size of the Jens.” “Have the improvements tn the camera kept Pace With those of the plates?” asked the reporter. “There hes uot been the same fleld for nnprove- inenis,” was the reply, “but the cameras have beem made inuch more ‘conventent and easy to handie. ‘The instantaneous process has enabled Us to dispense With the tripod and other tncum- Drances, s0 that che coupact detective camera ean now be used.” A DETECTIVE CAMERA. “This 13 called a detective camera,” he con- Unued, picking up the leather case spoken of above, “although it 13 mot the genuine article. Everything ts tu readiness to take a photograph. A screw at the bottom enabies me to place an ob- ject im focus at a distance of from five to one hundred feet, without having to go through the dark curtain process. When I see the object to be photographed appear in the center of this little nani sin the top of the case, 1 press tus bulb attached toa rubber tube, the exposure ts tuade and the shutter dropped In a fraction of a evond, and the plate Is ready for the dark room. eras are particularly suited to amateur Photographers, because they can be carried so easily. Luxe mtue a great dealwhile driving. 1 drop t in the bottom of my bugzy and when I come across ‘Something that would make a pretty orimteresting eture I rest the camera on my kuee and fireaway. traveling about the country with such an outfit 1 is absoluteiy necessary to keep ft securely locked, ‘So that the chambermatd at the hotel or some other curious person can not have an opportunity Of seeing What you have been doing. generally find that when somebody made an investiga- tion of my outfit, I can’t tell afterwards myself what Ihad been doing. What does one of them | cost? Oh, about sixty or seventy dollars. I made ‘Unis one ‘Self and it answers my very Weill. There are but few real detective cameras: made in this country, but they have them down fine in England, and have the photographing ap- paratus concealed in many clever and Ingenious ways. Who would ever suppose that a fellow oe Rey ‘the street with a brown paper par- | cel ‘is arm could take a eee ota i Mah aS he meets him, without stopping? By pull- | ing a string a little piece of the paper at the end of the bundie files up, the exposure is made and the flap sprung bac 80 qufek that the eye cai Rot see It. An English detective succeeded in se curing the photographs of a large Dumber of men Who were suspected to be rogues by disguising Limseif asa bootblack with an outfit. complete. His camera was concealed in iS boot box. The ‘crooks’ Mnally discovered his dodge and steered clear of him. I Rave heard of a German who HIS CAMERA IN BIS HAT. A string passed from bis hat, apparently as a guard, down under his vest and the end was tucked Im his trousers pocket. All he had to do when he ‘Wanted a photograph was to pull the string. ‘Through an opening which was made and loved in the hat so quick that 1t could hot be seen, the exposure was made. The ouly American detective camera I know Of ismadein New York. It is a flat metallic | Dreast plate about the size of a saucer, which is Worn inside the vest. The exposure 1s’ made by Means of « button which protrudes through one of the button holes of the vest. By pulling a string extending down under the vest the photograph Is taken. There ary six plates in the saucer, which Tevolve, So that by pulling the string six Um many photographs can be ‘ed foes AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS, “Does the work of amateurs equal that of pro- fessionals?” asked the reporter. “No, I don’t think it does,” was the reply. “The kinds of work differ matertally, and it is, perhaps, ‘unfair to compare then professional pho- tographer devotes himself mainly to indoor work, Sad hus to make a careful study of light sed Mhadow. Of course he ts limited to a few conven- Monal backzrounds, and there he 1s handicapped, dut the treatment of the light which comes dhrough lis skylight ts his stuay, and he manage itso cleverly that the resuit 15 Clear, smooth pi: tures, The ‘amateur, under like conditio wouldnt notice a intle ight or shadow wii ‘would ruin his picture asa likeness. Now, I tool R photograph of a littie gitt yesterday_\1 thug the light was very favorable, but when I developed the plate one cheek looked a if a bad case of tooth ache bad made a balloon of it. a iittie dash Of light that I hadn't noticed was the cause. Na- ture ‘is the amateur’s field, and his success, and Perhaps apparcn‘ superiority over the protessional im the fact tuat for pleasure he hunts out pie | eo odd views that the professional has | ot Uke time nor inclination to find, and secures | combinations that the professional !s not able to | weeure, AMATEUR VIEWS. “To tMlustrate,” continued the amateur, 4s. photograph that a professional couldn wouldn't take.” It was a view taken at Home. Two little children, a boy and a girl were calmly seated on one of the big cannon tn the grounds. The bright light was soitened by sur- Tounding folfage, and one of the Home buildings formed the back ground. “Now it would pay a professional to spend half a day hunting a view like this,” handing the T another phctogtapa. ‘The subject was one of the typical hegro cabins which used to be go plentiful tn the nelguborivad of the ‘ity, ‘but which are rapidly disappeariug. The old colored man and his “auntie” with a raft of pickaninnies were artistically grouped in front of the tumbie- down shanty. “Is tae photograph fever spreading?” asked the ter. Ron! yes, quite rapidly,” was the reply, “al i Unere "ts no, phousgraphers” sas) bere oa there is in New York aid elsewhere, and the phers are rally known to one sew Yor ei chartered a ves. sel at the Ume of acht race last summer, ‘were two hundred and forty cameras ‘4 portion of the number, “here ‘That was ont hough, that were almed at the yachts that day. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER wt f 24, 1886-TWELVE PAGES. and shoots it off whenever he sees something fancies, His pleasure 15 all over, though, a3, soon as he has developed his plates. "A. A. Adee, Assistant Secretary of State, is anotner enthusiast, and he takes good pictures, too. Clifford Richard- son, of the Agricultural department, takes many Pictures for pleasure, although he does a good deal of work for the department. Max Hansmann, of the light house board, has been very successtal with his camera. He is a bicycler, and carries his camera all about the country int odd nooks with Lim. With a brother bieyclér he rode to the Natu. ral bridge summer before last_on a sociable and took a Series of beautiful views, which were framed all fn one frame and presented to the Capl- tal Bleyele club, ‘The pictures were much admired at the house-warming at the new club house re- cently. ‘The Capital club made an excursion to n last fourth of Fetly return In the al car wus sidetracked At Weverton to Walt for the expres inthe morning Hansinana went throug the car with his camera and cavght a number of the boys sleeping ia a 2 fares and with their mouths open and tw onid almost see the suores, P.T. Dodge, t attorney, takes good pho- tograp he finds time.’ He travels about the ec ‘ood deal and soinetimes takes his era wi 2. Fdgar Richards, nephew of rot husiast. FH. Noyes, broad, has his camer nd is dontbtiess taking some pleturequie ntinent when he finds time. ‘There f enthustastie photographers here. ue! Phillips, 0. D. LaDow, private secretary to the commissioner of agriculture; Prot. . Graham Bell; Chas. J. Bell, the banker; Dr. aard, the rector of St. JO Prof. De- 1t, the District chemist Chillds, Prof. i i ment; Willlam hiet clerk of the wn avis, 1S an udying music ka hin, n the Sof ott 1S. en ‘pal H. Hol Ciay, Depart who recentiy took a series i Interesting northern Canada; Mr. Spin- Hi artist; D. E, MeComb, of the District engineer's omlce; Levi Woodbury, of the St. James hotel; arthar W. Harrison, 6f the Patent office, R. D. O. Sinith, the patent attorney; Paul Draper, Dr. T. M. Bradley, L._Crounse, the newspaper correspondent Ss Wells, J. A. Snyder, the brass founder; Ca ‘Fauth'and athematical 1n- rith, the patent attorney; Dr. Howland, the dentist; Philip Clarke, Benjamin Ames, Dr. C.’\. Crampton, F. E. Leupp, Of Tue Stax: H. L. West of the Post; A. E. Knorr, M correspondent of A. Howe, son Kauffmann’ and ladies who proto- Miss ‘olm Cudilp, Chas. A, Gr. St. Paul Pioneer Press; of Dr. Frank T. Howe; V Frederick R. Parks. gap are ‘Mrs. Nordhoff, daughter of the Journalist; Mrs. Leon rd, wife’of the minister; Mrs. Fisher, wife of the ‘Miss Sampson, Miss Coyle and Miss Hill, of West Washington. nose I have mentioned are not all of the ama- teur photographers here, ‘There are doubtless many more who do good work that I never knew of. A good many young men throughout the de- partments are quite successful, and ‘THE PHOTOGRAPHING FEVER has struck the navy bard. A few young naval officers on their trips abroad have shown the Navy department what good work they can do with ct Among ti Alexander Graham Bell, their cameras, and now ft fs the intention to pro- vide all the naval vessels with photographing out- fits, and a number of young officers are being care- fully instructed. ‘Thats a very good idea. Photo- graphs of pi al things Will be a great aid in ports to the Navy department. v aking oficial r fever has reached the ladies dlso, and they nto enjoy the sport very much. I have fre- quently seen young ladies while out driving stop their horses long enogzit to take a photograph of some View that canghf their fancy. Mrs. Beil, the Wile of Professor . Graham Bell, 1s one of the most prominent. lad phers here, and she ss quite an expert. aphiny aud bieyeling mipulators. ‘Their views are always attractive, for they generally have thelr Wheels or groups of whesimen in the foreground, making a Very pretty feature of the fcture, Get a cainera yourseit and see how you ike tt. Peraaps You cai photograph an item oc casionally,” concluded the reporter's photograph- Re tics - —— CONGRESSIONAL STATIONERY. Strange Things That Come Under That ‘Head at Christmas ‘Time. Christmas times sorely tax the stationery ac— counts of the members of Congress. Christmas 1s slicking out at every point in the little stationery room in the basement of the Capitol. Everything 4s scattered about in wholesale abundance and at wholesale prices. After passing down the narrow hallway, between high piles of business-like pack- ages of official letter-head paper, bill jforms, ac- count books, and whatnot, of an entirely uninter- esting and not picturesque character, there bursts upon the vision of the member's wife who has got control of her husband's stattonery account forthe time being, a perfect wonder of pretty Chrisunas presents. Spread out on temporary shelves are beautiful plush totiet sets, in all the 0 shades, for both gentlemen and Eidies’ use—comb’ and brushes and hand-zlasses, or razors and all the fan pmpaniinents Of a shaving set, all embedded th delicate satin and closed down'in cases of the finest plush and fast- ened with the cutest little locks. All these things strike the vision at one glance, and make the amiable wife of the genial M. C. feel that there 1s some good in a stationery account with Uncle Sam, after all. ‘Then there ts a great big glass case, Where are spread out in gorgeous display all sorts of little fancy trinkets and charms—gold Penclls, gold pens—some for use and some to hang Ou Watch chains or about the neck ag ‘They are of ait shapes and stytes dogs heads that Pull out into penctis; little Chinese gods which de- Yeiop under pressure into the same useful toys; cigars ditto, and ditto a hundred other little forms of gold, siiver and pearl. ‘Then there are opera glasses, some of in beautiful plush bays; Some Of chased silver, and somg of pearl Ot course there are all sorts of fancynkstands and portfolios; and there are also albums and auto- graph books in great varlety; and pocketboo! Teticules, ladies’ glove cases, and penknives of styles for ladles’ or gentlemen's use, - Away down in deep black drawers, hid away so as not to tempt too much extravaganee, and yet not Out of the reach of the lady of experience, are fans— perfect beauties. It 1s when she looks ‘into these drawers that the member's wife mentally takes possession of her husband’s stationery account, and begins to figure out how he taay get his writing Paper and pens cisewhere. They are none of your ordinary tans with little Chinese figures turning double-somersaults over them; they are not even the fans with roses painted on them and cheap in a store window at 50 cents, “reduced.” ‘They are the Hest and best party fansof carvedivory,hand- painted, or something of that exquisite sort. ‘The members’ wives are numerous in the sta- tionery room these days, and very many are the packages sent out each day. The customers are too many for the employes to walt on, and they are permitted to roam through at will’and select what they want out of the stock, provided their husbands have so ordered. ‘The goods here are for ineiabers exclusively; they are not sold to out- siders. ‘They are not intended for Christmas pres. ents, the stationer will teil you. They are merely the Tegular stationery supply that Uncle Sam has provided for the members. “Ii a member should heed an opera glass, a dressing case or a fan, In his offictal correspondence, {t 13 provided for him, at cost price, the governinent to pay the bill, unless his needs shall exceed the value of $125, all above which he would have to pay. Nov only the members’ wives, but the inembers themselves are busy looking over the pretty things before Christmas Ume.’ They are allowed the $125 for stationery. ‘They can spend {t or draw the money. Some do the latter; others let their wives do the former. oo —____ A Maine Pioneer Preacher. From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal, Dec. 14. ‘That the Maine pioneers understood the disad- vantages likely to accrue to a partsh by @ too long search after a perfect minister 1s shown by a sen- tence in a petition for a town meeting in Bluehill in 1795, to consider the question of settling a pas- tor in that place. A copy of the petition 1s given in the last number of the Bangor Historwat Maya- zine, and the principal reason urged for action 1s, as follows: “It must evidently appear to every one that the longer this business Is postponed anil the greater number of different. preachers the town Tiay employ, the greater will be the division ‘among them, until each man may wish to have his particular iniuister, and by that means have no one.” This danger was happliy averted by the or- dination of the Rev. Jonathan Fisher, who agreed tocome for $200 a year, a barn 40 by 30 fect, 15 cords of hard wood, and an agreement of the par- tsh 1o fal! and clear five acres of land on the minis . He Was also to have five weeks’ Juggling with Justice. A HOBOKEN ALDEKMAN ACCUSED OF FRAUDS. ‘The New York Hereld of yesterday says: Hobo- ken people were shocked yesterday when they learned that Thomas Fitzsimmons, chairman of the common council, was in custody to answer a charge of embezzlement. He had been arrested by Detective Gallagher, accompanied by Detective : jaguire and Mangin, of Inspector > ‘The arrest was made on a warrant issued by Police Justice Duffy, of this city, at the instance of Radcliffe Baldwin, agent of the State pigamahip company. It charged ‘the Hoboken legislator with having embezzied $160 between October 4, 1883, and April 20, 1885. The accused had been ‘landing clerk for the State line for sev- | eral years. “His connection ceased in April of last Year during his poiltical canvass, and his dismissal Was attributed to his neglecting his duties at the dock to prosecute his canvass. “He has been una. bie to obtain employment since quitting the ser- Vice of the steamship company, and had the sym- pathy of a lange circle of triends. When arraigned ‘ore Recorder McDonough the accused protested strenuously his innocence and expressed astonish- ment that he suould have been accused $0 loug aiter leaving the employment of his accuser. ‘The recorder released hiin on his oWn recognizance, a8 the Warrant was “Indefinite.” ‘The fact, too, was made known that the allegation was based on in- formation unparted by an exemploye Who Was city. arrested in Mr. Baldwin, the Complainant, and the two New York officers reached Hoboken an hour after Fitz- simmons’ release, were the ac. eof thelr Coming, for the Hobaxes police het aware of their r the H had hot apprised lim that they hua been The lice department and the recorder have Reon’ at Wartance “The complainant Prosecutor Winfleid, but no steps were taken to- ward rearresting Mr. Fitzsimmons, It 1s probable requisition papers Will be obteined. The accused councilman was in Hoboken last evening, and an- Written for Tar Evexne Stan. BRIDGET ON CHRISTMAS. A Monologue. By ROSE TERRY COOKE. “Is it merry Christmas, ye do be wishin’ me, mem? Its Kind, faith, to yez for the same. An’ Td wish it baek to ye av I thought ‘twas to the good; but what does the lotke of you know about, Merry Christmas? Shure ‘tis the Lord an’ the saints themselves sends {t. to poor folks like Patsy an’ me; you're always atin’ the fat in an’ dhrinkin’ out 0” sweet springs, an’ havin’ your wine, an’ your honey, an’ your meat, an’ your milk, an’ all the vegitibles of all the wurruld ready for yez when ye say the word; you can sleep soft, an’ rise late, an’ He on them sattin sofys all day, or do be rollin’ in carriages that’s aisy as a pumpkin blossom to a bumbiy-bee; an’ wearin’ soft clothes, an’ warrm, an’ dl'monds a sparkltn’ on em, an’ fur cloaks that spites the bitter wind 6’ the winter; an’ you go evenin’s to the dancin’— sure I wondher Ye don’t feel the cowld air wid them bare necks and arrms that ud give the death to washerwomen like me!—an’ there's the music to thim opperys where you'd hear ‘em singin’ like cherribs above; why, you have it all times 0° year! "Tis merriment intirely wid ye; what's one day more’n another? An’ what do ye have Christ. mas that yedon’t have ahi days in the round year? An’ why would ye be merry? Ivs heavin to ye here below, with lashins and lavins of all that 0 mortal creatur’ can have, an’ faix I don’t wondher "Us not so great matter to rich folks that the Lord. Was barn at abl! Aren't ye well enouga off widout, *Tis a wondher it I have the bit ay the sup day tn an’ day out, an’ Patsy out o ‘worrk most times, and six hungry’ chfldher always an’ everat me heels, ‘an’ dirty, an’ fightin’ like street, dogs fora crust. 1 git up before "ts light mornin’s, an’ work ull dead dark to keep the life in ‘em; and T've the two rooms, an’ the wan ould ancient straw, an’ Faaged covers, and ia blanket, savin’ mé shawl that goes off _me back anto thé bed! An’ rest, ts itr Where'd T rest av Ihad tolme? I've got ’the tlure for a sofy, an’ signs on it, "tisn’t afsy as down to tired bones, Darrin’ that the childher sleep there their own- selves. But ‘deed I've not the time to rest till Pm sleep, and it’s small time for that, but it’s heaven's own biessin’ to me, av it comes.” “But whin ‘tis Christmas, and some kind heart like yours, mem, fetches me the basket full like you, an’ J imow ihere’s a big dinner in % for Patsy an’ the childher, such as they haven't set their Difssid eyes on fér a year, an’ there's the clothes {n *t besides that wor the young masther's—the avens be his bed this night! an’ don't I know the heart of yez ached to be takin’ ‘em down vin’ ’em to poor Bridgy’s b'ys? ‘The Bussid in keep ye, mem, for that same. Why, thin, Asn't tt ratson Vd be merry? An’ Patsy ‘ll keép ‘ent ‘whilst I go to Mass an” see the flowers an’ the greens an’ the burnin’ candles, an’ hear the music a-goin’ all over, an’ makin’ mé eyes ache an’ me back cold as though I hearn the angelsin Pardis> a-singin’; an’ there's a barr'lo’ coal to home it ‘Warrins ihe to think of, an’ the hot fire an’ the good dinner commin,, an’ the childher laughin’ to the fire, an’ Patsy ‘wid the mouth stretched open a-iiStenin’ to’em. Oh! don’t you think its Merry Christmas to ivery vetn av me heart, thin?” “Deed an’’ts ‘mortial sorry I at, mem, that a kind lady like you'll never Know tlie feel’ av ft! So] won't wish ye the Merry Christmas, but what? next best to ‘t—that yell make it merry to more besides me.” ——_—-+e«______ Written for Tur EvENrNe Star: A Spark from the Yule Log. BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT. When the yule log burns upon the hearth With carol, chime and Christmas cheer, A fire should kindle in each soul To gladden all the coming year; A lame to brighten heart and home, Aud shine as well for other eyes, Fed by good deeds whick: still glow on When dim and cold the yule log lies. No life so poor but it may know A spark of this divinest fire; No life so beautiful and rich But still, flame-like, it may aspire. ‘Then kindle yale logs far and wide To burn on every bappy hearth; Fit syinbols of the faith and love That purify and bless the earth. a An Honest Farmer. A Woman was standing with her arms resting on the front gate when a squint-eyed old fellow wear- ing the conventional habiitments of the pine hills and carrying an enormous ox whip came along and ask “But look at met you seen anything uver little bay steer round "hyar?” sr steer with er white star in his forehead.” “Sorter limps with the left hind foot, but pretty Peart, taken altogether.” “1 tell you no,” the woman snaj “Fotch er load uv wood in this mornin’ an’ ole Darb—that'’s the steer name—got out of the wagin Yard ’an cYared hisse'. Ivs the steer I bought frum Ben Hardin’ last fall—iean Ben. Yer know him, I reckon? “Wall, rest easy erbout it, fur it ain’t your fault, kase Beh gits acquainted With mighty nigh ever’ women he ken. Idon’t know whvar Ben got the steer, but that ain't none uy my bus'ness. Ain't seed him, have yer?” “1 tell you no!” the woman atmost screamed,” “J didn’t know but _he would er come up thiser Way, fur thar ain't no tellin’ whar he'll go when he gits'a chance. Wentover toold Jim MeLauthem’s Place one day an’fell in the well. Don’t know old y. do your” “No, don't; and more than that, I don’t want to know him ‘nor you either. Go on away from “Oh, yer oughtenter talk thater way erbout old Jim. ‘Wy, he’s the man that diskivered the per- Stininon plddin’. “Ain't seed nuthin’ of the steer, “Ifyou don’t go on away trom her I'll call a policeman.” “Oh, don’t put yerse’f ter no trouble on my er- count. 1 may be honerylookin’ but I ain't no fool. I marfied the puttiest ‘oman in all our neighbor- hood, ’an when Tleave home I allus tells my wife that if I tind a putter ‘oman than she is, that— Well, [never expect tosee one, that’s all, but I havé. Madam,” taking off his yellow slouch hat and making a bow, “you air that lady.” “On, what an ‘old fool you are!” the woman Jay gulngly © i “Yes, madam, I am erfool—er fool erbout beauty, but not erbout hothin’ else. Some men air afeerd to tell er ‘omnn that’s she purty, but I ain't, There never wuz nothin’ cowardly erbout me. Ter tell yer the truth, I ain't lost no steer, but when I seed yer I had ter trump up some sort uv er yarn. I've got erco’d an’ er half uv wood round her on er Wagin that I'm going to sell, but sense I've been talkin’ ter you I've forgot all erbout the wood. Yer'll uv cose excuse me fur talkin’ ter you so, fur 1am an ole man, while you air young ernuff ter be my daughter, Yerll pardon me, won't yer!” “on, certainly. What do you ask for your wood: may have the cod an’ er ha’t fur five nye oa right, the delighted “3 ,” the woman replied. Bring tt" around here nd “throw it ove? tis He drove around, threw over a quarter of a cord. gf green, pine poles, collected the five dollars, Dowed to the Womnan'and went away.—Arkansad wweler. ‘Thought It Was aGhost. A TWIN SISTER, MOUKNED AS DEAD. REFORMS A BAD BROTHER, From the Erie Sunday Gazette. Notwithstanding the fact that there fs a law re- quiring the closing of saloons on Sunday, there is @ certain place in South Erie, the proprietor of Which 1s not over-scrupulous about such matters, and in a quiet way allows the back door to open on Sunday night. Last Sunday night the room Was filled with a company who were quietly amus- ing themselves until,| ing somewhat muddled ata late hour they began to disperse, when a strange apparition appeared. A woman, strangely attired in black, came gilding’ 1n and, uninvited, Kk a seat. “What do you want?” courteously inquired the en ea jortality, I want souls,” she repli “Culid of mortality, I want ” im hollow, sepulenral tones. Bisa) ‘The haft-drunken,awe-stricken bystanders could stand no more, and rushed out, leaving the per- er “Are we all alone?” the woman after they had lett. “Weare all aloné,” was the reply. ‘The woman arose and removed her mask, reveal- ing. a face of marvelous beauty. EMy God! Mary, have you risen from the dead?” the eget ‘ered. ae eS story is soon to Years ago a ‘nan lett his country home to seek his fortune. “For a few months he wrote hopefully to his trends, but as the months advanced these letters became more brief, and finally ceased altogether. Rumors came to the quiet farmhouse tuut he had fallen into bad com} ‘and that he was dissipated and going to run as fast as the devil of drink could Send him, Friends wrote kind letters, expostulat- ing with him, but without avail. At last Mary, his twin sister, could endure the strain no longer, and sought him out. She was the strange appari- has promised her oid home, and ‘that be will not buy, sell or use anything that can intoxicate as idng as he ror —_____ ‘The High Tower for London. From the London Paper, Iron, ‘We are informed that it ts Intended to construct ‘ large tower in London in commemoration of the Jubilee year of her majesty’s reign. ‘This tower is to be 440 feet high at the extreme top and 420 feet ‘at the top platform, from which may be seen eight or nine counties, It will overlook every other tow Write 70 tect square and there wilt be & er a f ‘Of some 25 tet.” It is to erect, this structure at the Lop of, where {the ground ites high, and tt 1s, expected the ‘will be commenced in January next, The ironwork (of which there are some hundred’ tons) is placed in ge hands of the ‘Tron: & of Westminster and, fordshire, Will be carried out by Messrs, William King & Sons, of Pimlico. Mr. John Horton is the managing oF rector. We understand that the name of structure has not yet been decided upon. ral i i ; i , > a New Finds at Pompeii. 4A STREET OF TOMDS AND THEIR INTERESTING CON ‘TENTS. ‘Naples Letter to the London Daily News. In the year 1720 the dicging of a well revealed the existence of the ancient city of Hervulaneuin Deneath the modern towns of Resina and Portict. ‘The same operatian on the part of the owner of a vineyard situated some distance to the east of the ‘ampitheatre of Pompeii led to the discovery, about six week, ago, of a street of tombs running ina direct line trom Pompeli to Navera, Taking ad- ‘vantage of the visit of an archzological Iriend of mine, who had just returned from a scientific tour to Pergamon, I ‘accompanied him and Prof. Sagliand, director of the excavations, to visit the newly discovered ruins, ‘The little space at present, dug out has brought toligh Delow the surface of the ground, a tolerably wide and well made ancient road, of a kindof macadam construction, slightiy arched in the center to as to allow the rain water to run off, and with a low earthy bank on efther side, on thé top of which are the seven tombs recently ex- cavated, four on one side and three on the otter. ‘This road runs nearly due east in the direction from Pompel! to Nocera, the portion now exc’ vated lying about 1,000 feet from the Pompeltan amphitheater, and {t 1s supposed that when itis all excavated back to Pompell a city gate will be found at its commencement. It is also not im- probable that near the city it will be found to be paved with lava, lke the, the gelebrated sirset of ‘ombs on the western side. Should the whole be found to be as closely lined with tombs a3 13 the tion laid bare, it will be one of the most important discoveries lately made in this part of the world. Unfortunately money 1s wanting, and the excavation is going on but slowly. ‘The ancient level of the street ‘being here very low, the road 1s first covered to the depth of ten or fifteen feet with pumice stones ejected trom ‘Vesuvius during the great eruption of 1872, ‘Then comes a thin layer of ashes; then again a stratum of putnice about ven Inches thick, another thin one of ashes, and over all earth several fect deep. Just, below this upper earth were found seven large statues, which had evidently surmounted the tombs beneath. On the road itself can be scen the slight depressions or rutscatised by the wheels of passing vehicles. ‘The tombs are erected in a straight line on either side, and where one Is set rather back it has a low stone balustrade, which Keeps the line and extends beyond the tomb, probably inclosing a space purchased for subs: quent tombs, and then the next tomb 1s again Dullt forwardon the original line. Thus this little portion of excavated street has a neat and sym- metrical appearance. Tie four best preserved tombs He on the north side of the road, and are pretty neh of the same general size, thotigh euch a8 a different arrangement of architecture. They are separated from exch other by about a foot and @ half; they are all built of alternate layers of brick and lime, and covered with stucco, while some of the pillars and pilasters are of tuifstone, with Corinthian or Tonic capitals, Some of the tombs have a vault beneath, and all are provided with niches for the reception of the cinerary urns, ‘They very much remind one of the littie chapels 4n a modern Catholte cemetery, such as the Naples Campo Santo. The first tomb excavated, being the one nearest to Pompeil on the north sigé of the Toad, 1s covered with rude inscriptions paluted in red, One of whieh Is notble; tt is an advertisinent appraising the p: has been found of have it b: applying t6 a sunith from Nocera, atzthe bridge over the Sarno, toward the owner mi Stabla, In “fact, such inscriptions ure found on all the tombs, which have evi- dently served as a puns newspaper on the thickly frequented road. There are besides many gTaphites. One person has scratched his name with the word “Remember” beneath. In one the letter V 1s very interesting from the fact that is Marked with a dot in the fork of the V, which isa reminiscence of the Oscan character, Can=ing the v to be pronounced more like 0. Nearly all the rudely traced interipUons (which, of course, have nothing to do with the true inscriptions on marble slabs that denote whe name and qualities of the deceased) relate to Nocera, showing the influence of that netghboring town on Pompeii. One of the marble inscriptions gives to Nocera the surname of Constantia, in relation to its faithfulness—a surname, I believe, seen here in this connegtion for the first time, One of the tombs had been sur- mounted on its four coners with stone pineapples, interesting, as suggestive of this style of decora- ton as noticed in the immense single pineapple said to have crowned Hadrian’s tomb in Rome. It curious that in the niches of one of the tombs nd two small headstones instead of urns. ‘The statues, clnerary urns, loose marble tab- lets, skulls, and bones have been or ‘ited in the room of a country cottage hard by, all except one statue, which les prone on the ground near the excavation, and serves, by a siting passed i its neck, to hold fast the end of aragged canvas stretched on a small tree as a shelter from the sun—a menial office to Which, no doubt, the man who was of sufficient consideration to have a statue never dreamed that his effigy would be degraded. The ult ,ength statues are all portraits, and evidently very good ones, for each of the faces 1s highly characteristic. One elderly male figure has a fine head and the mouth of an orator; another is a handsome young man of Grec- jan type; one is a dignified old woman, grave With years and honors, with deep lines at te cornersor the very peculiar and firmly pressed lips, and a style of dressing the hair which reminds one of the statues of Livia, Then there are, besides, a middle-aged anda young woman, of smoother coun ‘tenances, the latter with small, rather pointed and pinched features On the hair of one of the male statues there are traces of color, and as the fig- ures are sculptured rather roughly in stone, the st st resem! that of Capua, it is vie aoe oars ras ante powered wit paint. i co say eta all. the Sambs found are, ‘Ranged {nthe recess of a wall of the room or ly- ing on the ground were several skulls, one of mag- hificent sizeand breadth, One ad’ still a col thick with verdigrls, stuck between its broken teeth, while in another from sone cause or other the whole jaw and lower part of the skull were de stroyed, and the cavity filled with hardened ashes, in which,about where the throat would have been, stuck a coin, A few clnerary urns and amphors Of terra cotia have been also round, one of the former double, with a lid furnished With a pipe | ‘Ubrough which to pour libations. ‘The exact period of these tombs, the details of the inscripuions, &c., have not yet been scientifically ascertained, but my friend told me that they are probably of the riods of Julius Cesar and Tiberius. It is very ikely that when this street of tombs is excavated back to Pompelt, older and perhaps more stuaptu- ous tombs will be found, it being generally, though hot always, the cage, that the erecting of tombs is ‘begun close to the city and extended further into the country as occasion requires, —-s00- Railroading Under the Sea. ‘THE FIRST TRAIN GOES THROUGH THE SEVERN TUNNEL, 24 MILES UNDER THE OCEAN. From the Cardiff Weekly Mail. ‘The first passenger trains passed through the gigantic tube linking the shores of Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire on Wednesday morning. Be- fore those on board quite knew where they were a shrill whistle, a sudden darkening—for it was now nearly broad daylight—and “We are tn,” told them they were “in” and rushing down a clearly perceptible decline toward a point a hundred feet Velow the bed of the broad estuary, In a trice watches were out and windows down, the first to keep time, the other to test the ventilation. The inrush of the icy-coid air, as clear and pure as the trip across was being made in the old way—over ead of under the channel—showed the latier was all right. The submarine jour- ney —if such it may be called — proved to be more like a run through a pretty deep cutting than through 4 tunnel four and a quarter miles long. For about three minutes and ‘a half after entering there was no mistaking the fact that a sharp gradient \h oe being descended, then a momentary rumble as the train passed over Uhe curve of the are—for the tube dips in the cen- ter—and eee a oat a ote speed, climbed the oj gradient euferge once more into dayligit in 8 ‘ainutes’and 49 seconds. ‘VENTILATION OF THE TUNNEL. As before remarked,the ventilation of the tunnel 4g little short of perfect. During the construction of the work a fan 18 feet in diameter, discharging 60,000 cubic feet of air per minute, was used. ‘This hay now been replaced by a fan 40'feet in diameter and 12 feet wide, made on the same principle as ‘those used at the Mersey and a portion of the Met- ropolitan tunnels. The tunnel {s 26 feet wide and 20 feet high from the doubie line of rails to the Crown of the arch inside the brickwork. ‘The rails are laid on longitudinal sleepers. ‘The tunnel has been iined throughout with vitrified bricks set in cement, and no less than 75,000,000 bricks have ‘been used in this work. ‘This vitrified brick wall has a thickness of 3 feet in the crown of the arch beneath the “shoots,” but as the tunnel rises from. this lowest point on a gradient one in 90 ope way and one in 100 towurd the Gloucestershire side, this thickness 1s gradually reduced to 2 tet 3 OTHER GREAT TUNNBLS. ‘The total length of the Severn tunnel is 4 miles 624 yards. The St. Gothard tunnel is 93 miles, Mont Cents tunnel 73¢ miles, Arlberg tunnel (Aus- tria) 6% miles; there 1s a tunnel in Massachusets $c niles, te Standege tunnel, on the London and Northwestern, ts 3 I and the Box tunnel rather less. Isut the special pk ave been constructed from 45 feet to 100 feet below the bed of a rapidly-flowing tidal estuary, offering engineering difiiculties which make it the most re- markable tunnel in the world,, ‘The Discovery of Anthracite. From the Scientific American. Anthracite was discovored in Pennsylvanié in 1790 by Nicholas Allen. Thf Allen, according to the stories and traditions that have been habded down about him, must have been ‘a kind of Rip Van Winkle. He had com@down from the Lake Champlain lumber region, and opened an inn on 4 g b 4 i i H BE EEE i &3e' ie i a g i 1 A Duke's Hunting Grounds, ‘From the London World. ‘The Duke and Duchess of Westminster, who have been staying at Ctlveden during the last three weeks, intend to reside at Eaton Hall to the end of January, when they contemplate another visit to Cannes. During the past season the Duke and his party (including Lord Chesham, Lords Henry and Arthur Grosvenor and Mr. Grenfell) Killed 95 stags in Reay Forest, Sutherlandshire, the average “clean” weicht being a JOstone. here were twelve deer of Upward, and the heaviest of the year Stone ‘pounds "The ‘est: deer’ are ared, asarule, on Keay ¥orest, dtosk of extoptidna sae and quail, the Duke of Westminster having greatly by importing a number of herd in Windsor Great park. ‘The Duke had ‘Whole forest in his own hands this ye: ‘season he kept only the home portion and let the Fest. Reay belongs to the Duke of Sutherland, but it has been leased by its present tenant for the last-30 years, Tt extends to about 70,000 acres, aud the Duke of Westminster rents adjacent shootings, nearly 60,000 acres more. ‘The scenery 4s magnificent, and there 1s capital grouse shoot ing ad first-rite fishing. ‘There are three lodges, a remote piace, t about 36 miles from Lairg station, —————_+e0—_____ A Homance. From the Atlanta Constitution, Dr. Hardin, as his name shall befor this occasion {mow dead), had but lately arrived in Americus, Ga. from Savannah, Being a gentleman of pol- ished address he soon found admission into the best circies of soctety, and at once became indis- nsable at all social gatherings. With the ladies he Was a prime favorite. With one in particular he formed a close friendship, for it developed that hehad fought in the trenches with her brother, and ik was tuto ifs arms that the wounded mat When he was stage! the bullet which cauised his death, sd One day Miss Julla, with her widowed mother, went out on that most important duty in a Wo- man’s life—the purchase of a bridal trosseau, So- clety had pretty well guessed the course of affairs, Congratulztions poured in upon the young lady, all of which cepted with becoming modesty. ‘The groom expectant, however, acted mysteriously. He never made tothe happy affair with which iis name Was linked. When a friend con- gratulated him he looked puzzled, but offered no invitation to proceed. ‘Thns weeks passed. until the date popularly supposed to have becn set for. the “nuptials had gone by. The doctor moved about the city In his Ustial Uiconcern. ‘The young lady held her griet and disappointinent sacred,and ventured no wordot censure or complaint. Infact, the mystery be- came o great that the question as to whether the couple had ever been engaged or not became one of violent local agitation, ‘The soldier iriehds of the young lady’ brother, feeling that she was without male protection, de- termined that she should not be imposed tipon, ‘They met, to the number of a dozen, late one evening, By the cotton warehouse of Harold & Johnson, and agreed to call on the doctor and get_an explanation. They reached his room, and Were told that he had gone out not. five aninutes berore for a walk, and would not. be back until after midnight. ‘in order to Milin the tme until that hour, the party went to Miss Julla’s house to consult hér about the matter. They were sur- prised to find the doctor there, while near him sat the young lady in tears, ‘One of the inen, maddened at the doctor's icy. indifference, rushed over to him, ary, erasping him by the Shoulders, shook him Violently, ‘The doctor yawned deeply; he arose and rubbed his eyes, and looking around him in the utmost bewil- derment, asked: “How Came There? This isso very strange. I went to bed in my room at 8 o'clock, and. thought ‘Until this moment that I was still there. He Was a. sommambulist! ‘ed the whole matter was made plain. Aiter having visited Miss Julia twice he began coming at 9 o'clock, when he was not ex- 2 $ Somewhat sum and for- 1, but he pressed his suit with perseverence, He Would never make the remotest. reference to any other subject. He never thought of leaving unl a few minutes before 11n the morning. His late hour in coming, his late hour in leaving, al- Ways seemed strange, but as his behavior was’ al. most circumspect, 1t_was not thought of after the first few nights. ‘Thus he proposed, was accepted, had the date appointed, and passed it over. In his waking hours he had no recollection whatever of the events of the night before. After the mateer had thus been made plain, the doctor sald: “Now, Miss Julia, since all this has transpired in iny sicep, I may as well tell you that your Image has been impressed upon my heart all along. Will You consent again to iny proposal?” It Was (00 piain that no opposition existed there. Soon the license was procured, the minister called in, and the happy pair were made one. But one chapter more remains to be told. When the yellow fever broke out in Savannah with such Virulence about ten years ago, Dr. Hardin Was one Of the most zealous “In waiting upon the sick In that city. He never refused the call of duty. At last he, too, suecumbed to the dread destroyer, and he’ now sleeps with the silent majority. ahha ated en A Royal Babe in Foreign Politics, London Dispatch to the Boston Record. Parliament issummoned for the 13th of January and Beatrice’s baby will be six weeks old on the ith, It seems odd, doubtless, to couple these facts and still more curtous to connect both with | the peace of Rurope, amd-yet-tey-miay Tixre a @eep importance. I hear a very strange story from a.court cirele that Alexander of Battenburg will be invited over to England to act as godfatuer to hisintant nephew and that the queen has been Arranging a state ceremonial in connection with this and the openiug of parliament, which will givethe princea chance for a big popular demon- Stration here in London. Slinultaneously 1s to come the Bulgarian demand that he return to re- sume the throne. The idea 1s that the English people, inspired by the fact_of his presence, will give him such enthusiastic backing that the Scheme willgo through with a boom. Mesmerizing a Den of Lions. From the London Telegraph. A frightful scene has just taken place at Di- jon. A mesmerist, M. Torey, accompanied by his subject, a cataleptic young person, named Mile. Lucta, entered a cage of lons in Signor Sal- Ya’s menagerie, ‘The animals seemed at first quite stupetied On seeing strange persons berore them, Dut they soon began to show their molar broad: sides anil to prepare for action. M. Torcy lost no Ue, and having sent Mile. Lucia into a magnetic trance he told her to fix her gazeon the beasts and to place her arms before them, which she did with perfect impunity, She was then plunged into a cataleptic tit, her body was stiffened, atid her feet and legs fastened to two stools. ‘the antinals, goaded by the keepers and by vigorous thrusts from M. Torey’s sticks, were made to jump sev- ¢ral times over the young woman's body. This inhuman exercise was continued until the audi- ence, Wound up to the highest pitch of terror and excitetaent, owing to the ominous growling of the infuriated lions, cried out “Enough!” Tue three actors in this extraordinary scene were loudly acclaimed by the spectators, 7 oe The Miser of the Mound. ASTORY OF A SLAVE WHO HAD THE SQUIRREL'S VICE ‘OF OVERHOARDING. ‘From the Atlanta Constitution. Brown's Mound, in Twigg’s county, was a part of the princely domain of a middle Georgia planter. ‘This planter owned a slave who was a miser. Such instances are not uncommon among the southern negroes. This negro was rather privileged above the ordinary slaves, and his master allowed him to cultivate a little patch on the moud and keep the proceeds for himself. Many a handful of cotton and many a peck of peanuts did it taketo accumu- mUlate a hoard of gold amounting to about $300, But it was done. No one knew the hiding place of this fund. ‘The other n¢ had a natural dis- like for the miser who “wuss mighty cur‘ous in ’e ways.” At dead of night he wouid unearth his treasire and seex a sifer spot for deposit. He loated aver it, and Ustened with delighted ears to e jingle of the precious coin. ‘Then came Wil- son's cavalry, leaving death and desolation in thetr rain, ‘They learned of the poor negro’s hoarded treas- ure and some of the troopers caught him and tried to force him to reveal his secret, In some way he escaped and fled inthe night. After searching for some time after the whirlwind of war had passed they found him wandering aimlessly about tse lit- He pateh on the mound. | He was rendered insane by the fright. When asked where was his money the reply would come sharp and short: “Hid onde moun’.” He had forgotten its hiding place, and others tried in vain to assist him in the spot where it was buried. It is now a neglected place where quail sh would be fine were it Rot for the rattlesuakes that infest the nooks and crannies of the mound. ee Lord Lorne Shy of Colin. ‘London Letter to the Liverpool Post. ‘The Colin Campbell case still continues to be the absorbing topic of attention here. Lady Colin Campbell continues to bear the scrutiny of the trial with extraordinary self-command, and though her face ts rather pale she Deautitul as ever, and there 1s not a Jowed to go into court at eon the most u every airty non in penis. Twas mistaken 23 in stating the other day that the Marquis of Sr ES aes Me RS ft = luring the whole trial. Dress Coats and Vests Combined. ‘From the London Figaro. Gold in the Abstract. ‘From the Indianapolis Journal, Dee. 3. Scientists tell us there 18 mo such thing a8 cold; that heat and cold are relative terns and thatcold is merely the absencé of heat. Mathe- matically expressed, then, heat is a plus quantity and colda minusone, and, metaphysically speak- ing, one Is a positive entity and the other a nega- tiveabstraction All this is very well, but to a man with frosted ears or acute chilbiains ft 1s sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. In lke manner scientists assure us that the terms up and dowp are merely relative, ut the man who sitp3 up and falls down knows better. No more Goes 1t help & man who is stumbitng around in the darkness to assure him that there is no such thing as darkness—that tt is merely the ab- sence of light it he. peels is nose st an ‘open. door oF bruises his shin over a, dislocated chair, it hurts him just as bad as if darkness ‘were’a positive quantity, and in his heart of hearts he believes it ts, ‘Rect to the case Of cold versus heat, which just now is one of cur- Tent interest, we hy submit that the scientific definition of the term cold, or the cald term elther, as Uttie. to do with its practical ap. lication. ft a scientist's ears are nipped one of ese coid gs what matters it to him Whether they are" dephlogisticated or frozen? ‘Whether the result ts reached by the withdrawal of heat or the application oi cold does not make much difference to the man with the frozen ears. ‘They pain bim Just as much as if cold were a posi- tive instead of a negative quality. ‘The pitloso- pher who, with the thermometer below zero, should apply his tongue to a street lamp-post or a water hydrant might get_a great deal of personal satisfaction by explaining that the mutilation of his tongue Was due to asudden abstraction of heat, but every newsboy and street gamin would know that it Was caused by the cold. if any one thinks there fs really no such thing as cold, let him sit on his back lence about midnight to-night and contemplate the milky way for an hor or te By the ime he has resolved afew nebulwe 1 thelr sidereal elements, he will be apt to conclude that cold is quite a8 mhch of a reality as beat. a Danger in Football. A PLAYER DIES IN GLASGOW OP A KICK RECKIVED IN A GAME. From the London Lancet. Scarcely has the football season got into full swing ere our attention ts again directed to the very dangerous nature of the game by a sad fatality. Daniel Houghney, a married man, while playing in the football cup tie match on Saturday last, near Glasgow, between his club, the Mearns Athletics, and the Howood club, was struck in the abdomen’ by the knee of an’ opposing player. Houghney was carried off the fleld and died on the following day. Tt was also stated that three other players of the Mearns club were injured. We are not acquainted with the particulars of this sad case, and do not know whether the play was un- duly rough, but we do not hesitate to say that football nowadays too often degeneraies into a species of free he, number of broken legs and other accidents already sustained this season bears tribute to this, ‘We have no wish to see the game done away with. It 1s popular, and affords recreation and exercise to thousands, many of whom, were feot- bail abolished, might spend their spare time in a much worse ‘manner. But we are strongly of ‘opinion that it must be moditied. Surely regula- Uons could be devised which, while retaining the manly character of the gaine, would reduce. the undue element of danger. It 18 regretuble that at some schools the playing of football by the doys is made a compulsory matter. At schovls the gue fs played under the best conditions, the masters being able to check any unduly rough play, and the players being boys, not ien, But no boy should be compelled to play such a gaine as football. A Pen Picture of Miss Winnie Davis. From the New York Sun. Miss Winnie Davis, the daughter of Jefferson Davis, is a different woman from what would be imagined by reason of the sentimental interest surrounding her. In the first place, she 1s a grown woman, born during the war, at least ‘twenty-four or twenty-tive years ago. Of delicate health all her life, she has naturally become more soberly inclined than most young women, and this tendency has been increased by her long ‘and close companionship with her father. Mr. Davis wasin agreat measure her tutor during her girlhood, and kept her sequestered until she went to Europe to finish her education. She dresses with extreme simplicity, and- seems to concern herself very little about the modes. Her face 13. of the far southern type—dark complextoned, brown eyed and oval, and her hair 1s jet black. She is tai and hoids herseif very erect. Her voice ts soft am musical, and her movements are very graceful: She 1s fhteresting and intellectual rather than pretty, though she becomes pretty when she smiles, study is at once her pastime and voca- Uon, and it is said that she astonishes all who | talk with her by her wide range aud coufident grasp of knowledge. Her friends say that she ex- Pects to adopt Iiwsrature as a protession. Her northern visit has been treated as a semi- tical one, but nothing could be farther from her plan oriniciiuation. Sets simply resting anden- joying a needed change of soene, and has acccpied long-repeated invitations of oid irtendsin order to do so. In this city she 1s the guest of a playinate Of school days, Mrs. J. Harvey Dew, a famous belie in the south, who, before her marriage, was so in- Umate with the Davis’ us to be almost a member Of thelr household. Aliss Davis says tisat since she left Richmond she NAS seen More of northern than southern Tolks, aud that all have treated her. with hearty trendship. +0. Lord Salisbury Unsocial, London Letter to the Liverpool Post. ‘Marquis of Salisbury 1s not very popular, I find, in his county of Hertford. He ts too studious and too reserved a man to bea particular favorite with a race that 1s as breezy as the hills of the county that, according to {ts proud inhabitants, has nothing between it and the north pole. Hes, indeed, a singularly unsocialman. Iwas told by a gentleman who often traveis the line up from Hat- Held, that he never saw him once enter into con versation with anybody in the train. Heis always immersed, or professes to be immersed in some book. His social gifts to the county consist solely of an annual ball, and “that’s a great bore,” said a stanch conservative to me. ‘Tlien Hertfordshire resents Lord Salisbury’s' complete indiffer- ence to ‘and some wicked iberals have spread the story that he out shooting in a black frock coat and a tall hat. is eldest son, who as yet has given no public indica- {Hou of obsessing ihe amoung of rains possessed by his father and attributed to his mother, 1s more agreeable to Hertiordshire as far as sport 1s con- cerned, He 4s an officer of the Yeomanry, and the other day he won a race in which the owners w compelied to ride their own horses. There 1s a whisper that the young gentleman contemplates offering hits hand toa very pretty and also wealthy young lady of the Cowper family, Whose charms have made captive many hearts, and who has al- ready rej more than one suitor. The latest fashion among county ladies, at least in the Home counties, is to ride third class. They will uot travel sécond class, as this 18 the class universally adopted by thelr servants, M. Pasteur’s Ml-Luck. Dr. John H. Clarke writes to the London Specta- tor in alarm concerning M. Pasteur’s operations. He says: Of the patients inoculated by M. Pasteur, fitty- three have already died; and of these, three have died in England. ‘The circumstances attending two of the deaths are of such a suspicious nature that they demang the fullest investigation. On the man Gomi, who died in London, an inquest was very properly held. His illness began ten days after the completion of the Pasteur treat- ment, and in three days he was dead of a disease ‘thought to be a rare form of paralysis. Mr. Hux- ley undertook to inoculate rabbits with his spinal marrow in order to prove whether or not he died of hydrophobia. I understand that the rabbits are dead; but the results have not been published asyet. in the more recent case of Arthur Wilde, @ young man who died on November 3, at fourteen days Pasteur treatment, and he dled ‘The cause of his death was stated to be co1 ‘but the sym did not corre- she blames the Pasteur that all ligne ‘be thrown on his inorder that, sliould her suspicions be true, others may be e same terrible risk. The disease manit by these ‘two men is exceedingly like the ables” of which M. Pasteur says the 3 and 1t 1s Sion that tue ninevoen inoeutations with the spinal ston lmarrows of the diseased ‘were the cause of death in both arid parts of India, and many Hindoos earn great renown by making them where they are much needed, some religious people seek for merit in ‘the construction of large wells in public fares ‘tray for irrigating strong a rai AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. me fee. Solid Gold ene i ‘Sold Gold onde Eanciomnemanens ‘Jewel Gasca. ‘&e. scopes lush Goods, includ- Bene cats “blaukets Cutlery, Valises. Books, Flectrs: Bint: joth and Silk Patterns, Cedies" Couts, Cire ton pel Dain Tisters: Guns vere, rane Shaws, Opera Glasses. ‘Parties bul take notice. az2-3t rpuowas DOWLING, Auctioneer. ite Cote Crculars evalvere Clocks, Bibles, Cone 106 GREAT FIRE SALE. UNRESERVED SALE OF 300,000 FINE CIGARS FOR ACCCUNT OF BARON & CO., BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. Owing tos fire recently occurring at their factory. whereby thetr stock war siehtly dainored by Be, Bave concluded to dispose of tasicemtine eothey? one ISDAY eatalorue. 1¢ Fare bat ‘ad-déas FINE CIGARS AT beginning WEDNESDAY, DE SECOND, at THREE O'CLOCK Hihand Feunsyivauia vey URE at TEN A.M. and THREE P.M. ods sustained no damege whatever and are GUARANTEED STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS in every Resract.| For description, and ehargcter of yous wee UCTION ‘MBER TWENTY. M.. ot my auetion ie, aud conti Th-THTRD. FRIDAY ‘TWE er the day and date and ‘THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ‘pecure Prince George’ and the heirs from the cit: mile from the “This farm in all necessary 01 fruit trees ont the" Red Top property. ‘Term be ps sh tion thereof by sale, and the by the trustee chaser. of sale, Twill eell at en Ty P.M. for the mn niornig this wide of Ne dry goods will orders to close a23-6t LUMBIA, po: TION, fell. in trot FOUR OEL sign of for whic! cured by decd 8500 required complied with fotice of such Wasiuueto, a2z3-dids. TRUSTEES’ DWELLIN EAST. 240 et thereby, ‘the Dax, BER, 1886, the following City of Washi uw subd visi | liber S office of the: 8 two-story bri with interest. oral cash, at will ure wot com chaser. WEST. Warner's undred Purchaser sec ic conling at the By virtue of West day of James Lo ROBEY, Auctioneer. the undersigned Trusice willselt and known as“ cultivation, and is well adapted to the growth of ¥ tables, Benjamin Wheeler, esq., now resides upon installments at the deterred payzm bonds of the purchaser, with sec ROBERTS & STA} MOLEY, Auctioneer. goods contained in store No. MONDAY Mt 8 the building he now cecupios Will fo be rebuilt this spring. Persons Dercssox BROS, Auctioneers. (0-174. OF ‘OR'S OF FIC! SQUME FE ON NEW YORK artic of takes A tesiis of wolee bot purchaser's Cost, Executor of Estate of Ernest Locitier, 1884. the District of Columbia, in seq., and et the ul Tecordize ul the cost of the purchaser Hed with wittin ten ibdivision of lots inwjuare su id aity-alx (156), improved by s in tines equal ingtallmenta, payagle in ones two sn tures see eee ec clinser, HPO) “dir-okds GEORGE E EMMONS § ((omMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE-CLASSIC SHORE FARM. PUBLIC SALE ‘OF. VALUABLE RFAL ESTATE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S ‘COUNTY, NEAR THE DISTRICT LINE. By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court for, county sittneasa court of equity. | puliie auc the TWENTY EIGHTH EMBER, INs6, at the hour of TWELVE ou TUESDAY, tat valiable real estate formerly owned $s composed of part of two tracts of 1: onthe premives, Day OF DECI by ttayuond Hal 2 ‘Thuis turn called - eRetbeth ‘ane Phone oad illum Castle Manor.” situated in Bladensburg dis- trict. Prince George's county, Maryland, lands of Georve Neit adjoining th Robert Brown, Georce Goody of Geneial Carroll. om, the road leading of Washington to Kizes’ mill, about one District tine, and fo niles trom the city, and contains in the aiggrevate 3: acres, more or improved by a fine lange dwelling and at-buildines ‘Therese shine orchard of he property Thi property i known ax House” ‘The land isu’ hich state of = of ale: One-third of the purchase money to ‘on the day of sale or upon the ratifica- y the court: the residue. in two equal nel HO ‘the day of sule i to bear interest from the day of Payment thereot to be secured by. = OF of U pur. ‘Adeposit of $500 will be required at the tue pon payment of the whole puschase inoney. 8 bed wil be cay af the cost of he purchaser. JOSEPH K. 1 EY, Soi RTS, Trustee. ee oo! tors. public auction t ING, S O'CLOCK A.M. and at SE) ‘B. accommodation of persons in office who ‘attend. the Moruine sale, and will continne wg aud renin’ aut all the good are diapered fe stock in large, buyers can find every article Usually to be found. in “auy Aret-class dry goods atore w hork. The reason Mr, Young is selling ‘be torn down a want of firat-claas this sale,as T have without FOLEY, Ai do well Gy artenal out the eoeate Si A UNDRED AND FIFTY. DED IN LIBER No. 10, RECORDS OF THE SUR: FOU THE DISTRICT OF CO- D LOT CONTAINS ABOUT 59.064 1 OF GROUND. AND FRONTING AVENUE, ON TIRST STREET N STREET NORTH, AT AUC- i 8. } _By virtue of the authority vested in me 1 will Of, the |preiives, om WEDS spay Davos JANG, ‘A.D. 1887, i, Lot Leetiers subline re ler’s Garden. ‘Terme’ One-baif cents. balance fu oueana two years, the notes of the purchuser will I be taken se? oftrast'on Uhe property suid, nutes to per cent fer aunts trons the day X deposit of within teu daysafter scle the executor reserves the right to resell it the risk and | Cont of the defaulting puncbuset after Live dae able Dligioedt in, abd reconiiu at Us A. WALTEIe ‘Deceased. resale in some Lewspa}er yt Dc. ci JUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers. SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK iG, NO. 208 ‘STREET NORTH: y virtue of adeed of trust dated Fe an rere ® recorded in the jand recor z $e, {bob rato fueat of sie party wear sgned ‘Mruntees will self af (rub the jrotuines, om WEDNES- SEG PAY Sk Dace O'CLOCK P. St described, real estate, situate in the miton, in the gaid District, to ‘wit: Lot ‘undersi ed twenty-eight (28), in Purtello’s and others ‘of lots in pered eischt hundred Vision $s recorded. in folto 48, of the records ot the Surveyor's ‘sai District; the same: ‘being improved ‘dwelling. aimed ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, and the residue in two equal installments, psyaile six and twelve mouths froin day of sale, tor wiiich the Motes of the vurchaser, said ‘wiil'be ‘taken marchaser's optuoi & deposit of #100 tune of sale, “ail conveyancing’ aud ter sees yw utter Property after Tight to resell t that time at the rise and cost ot the de yar: ue SBRAINAMD WANE: reece, @is-eokds _MAHLON ASHFOKD, excasson BROS, Auctioneers. ; Trustees, STEES' SALE OF VALUABLE THREE-STOR’ ‘BRICK DWELLING, No. 1761 P STREET NOBTH- By virtue of two deeds of trust herein recit dated February’ ®, 1500, and dug recorded oc fite 1,176, folio 301 et sec fori District of Colun fatty secured thereby “of trust dated October 7. 1885, inteaid land records, in hber 1,148, folio 43 et seq. the Underigned Trustees. will wel WnTH, 188? at HALE PAST FOC OULOCE E Se Guat aa Bee i city a to wits buinbered one bundred “in ‘one of the land records ‘and at the ins mud aviy recorded ‘ai public auctiai, in JANUARY fand'nixty-ave (109) in Ba. ‘ons ‘three-story, er cost of the ‘with. wit SERHIOS ASHFORD, Srustes a decree ‘of the Circuit Court of, ‘tmoreland. Virginia, passed Gctober, 1886, in uty cause, ett Albert Clarke and Adelaide, his wi ‘bas on ‘and ¢x- ‘az ‘cent per antium on @3.519, part thereof from the ‘of Ovtober, 1886, ull’ paids aps 59, Grlobr S86, pala a ecmot sit per cent per suum, ts 10 be a8: aie ‘of sale: ‘for the Pani aero purchaser. ‘stinet ae, Comm’, AAXHOS. J. FISHER & CO, Real Estate Brokera USTRES. SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY 0} CONS CHCCT NENT E. BREwhoN SEEREETS KNOWN 34 x0" TASB DESDAY. AFTERNOON, 3 DURE TRS et ROC OCLOCK, te tear Dorie ote deed of trun "and mer 108% He Sand records of the Dist sll wl. 8) tion oth fa etd ree Alst, 1 AWS, et fret of Column tote forth Hkh aneiees feos rth af tot Jets oa ae Be gokes SF tot fet in iY shergerd's eubaivinn) wf tart at 0. Y61, ne Peete ih Hiber Re He fete i the Surveyors ofice of the District at Guttman, torether weowenta, Comeietiog ci House, known os gis tgiory and ina 36 Connecticut aveiue fof sale” One-thini is cash, and the remainder gue an feo yarn and eocured i) deed of rant Seralanmushy, A devoett of $200. wil be required | paumnualls. =e Gertime of tale. 1 terme of sale are wot ed eth within ten days the trustees: teseree the rieht to Toeel! at the risk atrd cost of the defaulting. Pu . Sotveyancing a: Jancis coat EDWALD J. STELLWAGEN, qrustees, FREDERICK B. MoGUIRE, THOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer FT[#0mAs DOWLING, auctioneer. IMPORTED CHAMPAGNES _AND. WELCE MADEIRA ar iverion. Op MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER TWENTY- Sgn roomn nll sl te eltowtg Reet-caws puede ‘Cases PERRINET. ANU FICS fame ps 20.Cases MAKION AND FILS, uate. DENT. MARCEAU, wuarta. Gare GORBOLATION. arta Gases AYALA, quarts JUNCANSON BikOS,, Aucuoneers. CHANCERY SALE OF DESTABLE FIFTH, BETWEEN D AND E EASE, IS WASHINGTON DG eee ree of wat gy Canoe So as, asmed tn adi District of Cohn 906. TEENTH DAV OF DECEMBEIC. PAST FOUROCLCK FM all tha eavtund and prentees ty ‘Wasttington and District of Colum’ ana vround: an wub- ue the nouth 1 OW feet frowt ma mquare feet, proveiente the appurtenances thereto belo inte ak ‘Terns of the sale are as follows One-third of the pare uae money to. be paid in, cash, and the Ualance ‘qual instalimente in one and two yeurstromn the ay ot nile, for Which the notes of the purchaser, bearing i terest at six per ceut from the day of male, aud sec by deed of trast upon the property sold shill be or all cash, at option of purchaser. A tof @3 shall be required at the time of sale. and all couvey- anicing and recording at purchaser's coat. If the terme ‘Of wale be not complied With, the. trustees reserve rucht to resell the property’ at the risk aud cost detauilting purchaser after ten days’ notice in acity: paper, XASON NOBLE RICHARDSON, Trustee. died 460 6st. nw. SALE IS POSTPONED, ON Ac. antl TUESDAY, DECEMBER, ISN. watue hour and place. TRUSTEES SALE OF A LOT, Tt TWO-8] pw TON. rED ON WES! STREET EXTENDED, BOUNDARY SiKEET AND GRANT KNOWN Pi ES BE NINTH STREE! of Washington, District being lot forty-one (#1) ut and, Cox's. ision of part of Pleasant sand Mount P Together with the improve: | ments thereon, cousisting of four” «o-wory irene | deltas Terms of sale: 18 One-half of the purchase in cash, the balance in ciwe and ‘two yearee secured Oy botes of purehumer and derdof trust on the yropert Suajor ail canh at Turrchaner's opti. “A depot of 100 required on the day sale. All conveyaucing at Purchaser's cost. “Terms of gale to be complied with, | Wiuhin teu days ftom day uf sule, otherwise trustees: at Based cost of deft chan @15déds COLEUS K Torrens pe el GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. — =a Exzers HATS AND GENTS FURNISHINGS, In all the Latest Novelties in WINTER UNDELWEAK, NECKWEAR, HOSIERY,28, Shirts to Order, 6 for $12. A perfect Ht guarantesd ELLERY'S, 1337 F street. 008 Opposite the Ebbitt House. ____ WOOD AND COAL. Wee rver ar sunen mares VY. BALDWIN JOHNSON, ‘Wholesale and Ketail Dealer in Wood and Coal. COMPLETE FACILITIES. BOTTOM PRICES, FULL WEIGHT AND MEASURE. Wood and coal direct from the forests and mines by muiland water, aud tree from slug, alate aud other impurities. GIVE ME Hain Yard and Offer, Bratch Ofice: corn All counected’ by COAL AND WOOD. ‘Main Office No 710 Det. nw. Offices and Yarte— Sth and Bsta.s.w.,No. 216 A st. ne. Coal Depot= Cor. Vinginia and Delaware avennes s.w. All Offices are connected with the Telephone Ex- ene. CG Boy Your COAL AND WOOD From JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘The most extensive dealers in the District, Bupriy wore families than any firm south of New York. phone counections, Main Office 1202 F street northwest, Brauch Offices and Yards: 1515 Seventh street northwest. 1740 Penueylvania avenue nortqwest, ‘221 Peunsylvania avenue southeast, 1121 Ninth street northwest, 603 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. (Comer of Third und K streets northwest, ‘Wharves avd Railroad yard: Twelfth and Water streets svuth west.