Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1886, Page 4

WASHINGTON AND ITS ARCHITEC- TURE. Home-Building at the National Cap- ital—-What a Congressman and an Architect Think About It. L John has been elected to Congress. No one knows how ft happened, least of all himself, for he has never aspired to pubile oMice, and, excepting a term or two of service In the state legislature, he has never had poittical greatness thrust upon him. But a bubbling compound of mugwumps, gran- Bers, prohibitionists, knights of indolence, and tariff reformers bore hiin aloft on its surging bli- lows and lauded him safely in port. John ts not a man to go back on his backers. He believes firmly e of every American patti tend a the primarios, voce whenever the law allows ahd aceept without « murmer whatever burdens of Public responsibility his fet may lay Upon bis shoulders. If appointed planet jupiter he cudy of the lan und customs of Minister plenipe would imiedit and of ved the cor having dee Chosen te 1 not afford, ‘and did not know ves;, When be had devotion to treedom's -onstit utiopal Fights of A: regard to age, sex, previous condith conilition of igno itude, or present acy; ‘after he had not Spent a dollar t least not a dollar more th 1 that he never flunked use, ke Jim Biud- ‘soe, he because he didn’ ‘Think it was right—and) finally, after shaking Bands with a few hundre TS of exhuberant hustasms and lively appetites, hi net up Nis d started Ss stteh a od tO Set fe affairs as rapidly he capital for characterist move that he must forth bis theories and conclusions in his own words. My first intimation of his entrance upon anew career came in the letter which, with the reply, ts given below. “My dear architect: If you read the papers as, You ought, you know that I am elected to © gress. “If Fou are as weil acqualnted with me as You pretend to be, You know that when I have any thing to do the grass doesn’t grow under my feet Defore ft is well hun. One reason why our Con- gressmen ma’ .o many blunders «nd accomplish So little else Is because they spend the first half of ‘Their respective terms of service in learning how to take hold, and the last half in trying to make up for the short-comings of the firs:. By the ume hey have passed through a usetiil experience, whichis the only scho which fools, or Wise men efther, ever learn anything thoroughly, the Subifme law of rotation trundies them back to pri- Yate iife and a new set of green hands takes thelr places, In my own ease I propose a slight amend- Inent to the common rule; a year Isnt mutch, to be sure, Dut What there Is of it between now and December, 1887, I shall devote to the study of pverninent—stidy and observation. ter to jo this ft 1s necessary for me to be in Washington at once. “I have another Idea which you will understand ‘without my going into particulars, Pm not obilged to say right out in so many words that Mrs. Joon knows more than I do, because as a matter of fact ‘she doesn't, that is about some things, but I don't wind telling you that even When I eanuot exactiy follow her advice With iny eyes Shut Lean most generally always reach a more sitisfactory con- Glusion after taking counsel with her and then do- a8 I please. You must know low itis 1s your- Sei and fam incined to think, that. history will | Dear meout in thinking that the men who keep Their own private domestic affatrs in the be Funning order, Who act upto the principle that it AS not good ter man to be alone, and that the family is not only the corner-stone ‘of elvilization, Dut the most important ingredient In the main Walls of the superst the men wh count for the most in t 7h rm Deen exceptions, Dut they only prove the rule, At all events J could not think of coming to Wash- ington, of ail places, without Mrs. John ehfidren; for I take it, if aman wanis a re; and a dalance : re in here. I propo=e to tight tt “It will take one more p: Jam dragging you into the ai and other men may do, as AMNOE serve country ic is | this 1b i te and purple add that {OF 3 we should » live, I | asinuch in five or Six years as it would cost to ‘build a new one. ‘There are plenty of c tene- ments to be had, ut they were al re the war was over don't ween Fas, ly, @ strife 3 Uhat proiess ye). ‘They gre inainly m that prevailed in taat dy and with a degree of | er be winked at with | That is still raging to be decidedly Fr planned, tc same unregene: ignorance that dmpunity. As to Dear about the same rel a home ought to be that a me ‘spectable suit of clotiv he chooses tu ‘as Tean |e: Pleare agreed that Of Columbia has not stage that immediat so Tconsider it safe any clean part of ¢ es a fatal collapse, me to buy a bit of land i > and decided y safe to ‘uid a good, sensible noise upon i is no danger of my losing anything it I sh pe obliged, osell before the close of my first term, but LmMly expect to need it myself for the next ten Fears at Jeast. The men Who have sor. me here are not 80 wickedly foolish aS to put some one else in my Place as soon as I thoroughly undersiand the siti ation and begin to be Worth something to my country. nd how you have the whole sto ‘we must live ina hired house this wint a8 possible I must have a home of my easy reach of busiuess headquarters, €an make plans for the house; can you come help me select a lot? Ihave not yet learned which 4s the most aristocratic part of ihe city, but shall seek first a region of healthfulness. You know something of my sentiments In regard to light and air, abd will understand how we disit pie that we are, a house in a block, even on 3 corner. Still it will cost a small fortune wo kee © nds all around usin tue city, and the suburbs strike me as too far away from ‘business, especially in the Winter. Undoubtedly Iean_ buy Plenty of houses, old and new; they are building all over the city, and as Carlyle said of the forty Intilion peopie—inostly fools—I should say sixteen hundred houses every year—mostly failures. It is Bo wonder that city folks are conv Manner, and seem to think a 4 “good form” & more serious offenc the ten commandment. Their houses are lald ouc for them in sueh « straight and narrow, cut and dried, square toed, Mat beaded rectangular fashion that they must adapt theisscives to the mold in Which their delightful 10t Is cast or be forever mis. erable. “I can't stand a1 Kill me in a Year, and tuen What would become of the fond hopes’of my consittueuts? ‘The more Jlook into the matter the tore firmly J am per- Suaded that the Corruptions of te capital, of which we hear so much, aud of all large cities, have thetr origin, mi ess resnocely, in th Of course ut assoon own within I know you thing of that kind. It would 1 perfection of ine aw: SOF the Netti this ap) Ay to those that are a ther Wile and unit for uumman habitation, b grees Of uncleanness, dtscoutort, ‘ug! Vanity. The tues uray be badly out of Joint, bu on begins at’ he ‘Yu Bot mistaken, the ‘Jou. T have always understood that | were the mi L cuple on th fluness of Wash- | eagul, on wilea you | tie and aitogetin be tue corner stone of a | ¥ Angton at p central, safe and propose ty build practical house that 1s t ew domestic dispensat “I understand your aversion toa house in a block, ‘There 1s no doubt that our modern etvilization 3 ‘Very near the foot ui t or im the unatter of ety houses; It Is scarce rect to ell thea ve in general shuply ters of XeS On & Shelf, to hold the audise Im the stuallest | ing” Were all there 1s of livin, er Lael purpose Weil enowzh, m aud prou rooms arranged Kreatest amount « compass. If ‘st they would ans ‘Wey give securtt trom ‘the eleine: possiblities are extremely thing Wrong, however, in Your architect Wasiingiou. Lam ot wholly un.tcqqus the city, and trom tS 1 conclude that your observa. ons have been coutined to the “more ancient and bonorabie parts of the elty that make no ps Tensions to architectural inerit, being the du wrowth of poverty and need, or tothe modern and dishonorable parts that Have fallen into Uke hands of active Dut shortsighted speculators whose chief alm is to crowd as many houses as possible upon a, given area of land, and then to dispose of them in The shortest time and, of course, at the highest prices to whow~ an be cajoled into buying Them. Such persons have no more regard for the Welfare of the city than anarchists aud burglars, Who clam the right to take what they can get from the commuuty, by fair means or foul, with- out a thought of readering a fair and houorable return. As instruments in the handsof an all-w Providence they may be supposed to serve ‘useful purpose in the world, but toordinary human perception, eathquakes aud confagrations, which, with all their devastations do soiuctimes remove obstacles that stand in the Way of desired Improve ments, are scarcely less to be dreaded than are the men Who Mi Che streets of a city with substantial Dut incurably ugly blocks of Wood and stone, con spichous mouuisents of ignorance aud greed’ that srpetually obstruct all wise and Deautitul growth. it is not We dreary Wasie of the Potomac fats ‘Wak will prevent Washington from becou- fog, the “wost beautiful city im the worid—they can and will be reciatmed— but the perversity und ignorance of those Who are responsible for its visibie, enduring architecture; and the warm, molst climate 1s Lar fess dangerous Uan the sabltary sins that are pomunitied by its builders When diseases that have their most frultiui source and rapid develop- ment in uncieanuess, carelessness and Ignorance prevull eveu Lhe “lowest,” most undestrabie parts Sf the city, we know that these dreaded seourges your comme do not walt for special invitations before invauiug ‘the more fa precincts and artstocratic dwell ings. It 18 well, indeed, to guard our own houses as far as possible trom these iuterual foes, but as Jong as we persist in living with but one thickness Of brick wall, or at most the width of a vacant lot between ourselves and our neighbor on elther side, We are bound in seli-defence to be our brothers’ whether they Uke itor not. “but, as I began Uo say, you are Prrong’places. Much of the recent tecture ‘ashington Is altgether cl ‘There are scores of houses alrendy Dullt, not to process of Duliding (whether for ale oF not 1 do not know), tout areendreay national .ia | wee - THE EVENING STAR: ‘the oeeupancy even of so wise and “ink oF station may be, unless S0, y his express invitation. awaiting further instructions trom icked newspapers—may heathens—that fs, the unprineipied port be sh tentic as I n by those whose sole claim to siveup the ship. THE BANANA MAN. Curbsione Fruit Vendors and Their Many Trials, THE MYSTERY OP THE MOVING LIGHTS—PEDDLERS DODGING THE POLICE—A PIRATICAL LOOKING TAN DISCOURSES ON THE FRUIT TRADE TO A REPORTER. “Banan? Banana?” haudle of his push cart. ‘Banan, banan; aj orang-an-bana: ously. “Apple—orang—an—banan!” The smoky oil torch swinging at the front end ot other smoky torches a street signaled and wi fellowship. cart teetering it up and down across {ts two WI and showing his whice teeth every now and as he stalled to himself. On the board with @ spread out about a dozen bu nanas, Sbrivelled up and blac oxen oranges, Occasionally he whistled some snatch of a as he leaned over to put a particularly orange on top or to arrange the him as he lazily swung his ieg over the bar erted: dozen.” ‘THE SMALL BOY. the fliekering lights away Of in the distance asudden jerk and began to move. ‘The other iti lights gave a significant wink an gun to move, and the pirate unswung his leg the bar and’ began pushing his eart lazily d eet, While he whistled an out-law ly & policeman came along, the other I back, and the pirate banana. lamppost again look of conte conscious that bis ght was win! 1 square come t to GO before its Dra mg acai. Me x0 on very prosperously. Evel in the stopped by his eart. ‘THE PIRATE TALKS. had at at “half price,” and wound up by off merely disposed to hav quickly hold of the bi tuntty sald, did not improve trade. trary Was the case. © hi principal castomers, were so taken up, wit ple to buy them so much more from the kept the carts al ‘on the move. tmey the workhouse, always movey. no pay tine.” But there “put they no ah catch me, he added woefully that it was pay a fine. He scarcely made enough to motion until the policeman passed. But } not all belong to one man. Sometimes ‘one wueeled. Some owned only the goods and the wagon. Banaas? No, they never get out of se most Scarce. a dozen. How inuch did he make? Not much. Enon though. NOT IN A HURRY. ‘Oh, the reporter need not hurry. He had plenty distinguished congressinan a8 you—expect to be. Can I say more than that? “Before Your first impressions are which the rest of the world, whatever hts pubiic has’ not the faintest be- sinning of the shadow of a right to intermeddle, I close with this injunction: however much the correspondents of rage and re- a things, however wildly your political opponents may go toand_ howl, however violently your hold upon the confidence of your allies may yubiie at consists in their ability to invent slander- “s | trast you will nail the fag of domestic grit and independence to the mast, and never E. C. GARDNER. Italian John sat with one leg thrown over the * he eried, and all the while looked up and down the street and in all directions nerv- cart flickered and twisted itself into all sorts of shapes, trying to dodge the wind. Halt a dozen regular intervals up the ed at each other, keeping up acommunity of purpose and a sort of secret Jobn swung his leg lazily over the handle of the rail aronnd it laid across the top of the cart was ches of little ba- as many bags of eanuts, half a peck of apples’ and three or four nanas to appear more tempting. ‘There was a Jolly pirate alr al “Appl—orang—an—banan! Banan, ten cents a Presently a little boy stopped to get “a cent’s Worth of bananas,” and stood with open-mouthed Wonder at the pirate as he picked out the fattest of his store of mummy bananas. As the boy de- voured the mummy with juvenile delight, one of aif the ‘backed also. to e the boy Stood WIth. an appellte for another AS he settled his cart back under the eMent passed over is face and he Watched the row of Winking torches, back at ad_out-witted the law and knew the law awhile Lis de” could go undisturbed. But the lit"*e boy who Stood. by admiring the pleturesque hop window, and the poor pirate was becoming down-hearted when a Stak reporter He offered to stil anything and everything he him the whole wagon load for “four dolla.” When. he found that the reporter had no appetite for fruit or peanuts, and did not want to buy out his business with good Will and fixtures, but was a Ute chat,he seized very ness end "of the oppor- ‘was very communicative. He confessed confidentially that there was very little money in the business and that the reporter was wise to keep out of it. ‘There were thirty or forty wagons at it already, and between the constant annoy- ance of the police and the small sales, it was, for them to make a living.“ Even Chi ne Stores that poor John was quite deserted. But the orst feature of the business was the police, r “We pay tive dolia® license,” he said. “but must the time must movey.” If they stopped, , they had to watch out for the police oF ‘ould be arrested and fined $5 or be sent to For five yeah me sel! ah banan and hard to put his younger brother in the business. Every “week or three” he got arrested and had to He was so young that he got to playing and did not notice ‘the other lights. ‘Lights? “On, when one light moved it meant that it was moving out | ofthe way of a policeman, and they all got into oh, the Iittle fellow was too small to'dodge the law'yet, He get older, maybe! The carts? Oh, no; they did owned six or eight and hired men to sell. Some- tunes tne men ‘themselves owned the ones they ‘They are in all winter, only they arecheaper when In season they sold for two dollars anda halfa bunch. Now (vith 2 shrug of the shoulders) they sold for oniy fifty cents, and he could afford, sometimes, to sell them for five cents | live on (another shrug), but no séll much no live much, Family? Notkim; most of the men had, of time to talk, would teil him all about it. a CHRISTMAS AT SEA, question of a Stak news hunter, men, and there is such prevailing good hum freedom is allowed the men as is consistent How Jack Tar Celebrates the Day on handened Into hopeless prejudices, put on Four rose- Shipboard. Moved glasses, take fartberobservationsand tell me pence 1s you do not tihd good reason tochange your mind: | rug ww ORDER OF THINGS INTHE FORECASTLE—A RE- Trnean as to the beauty and excellence of Washing: | "iy Zyrzo% or DIGGIPLIME Om Hue Piorror bate ton architecture—not, I hope, as to your intention of bullding a house Yor yourselt. On that point | HOW THE WARD-ROOM LOST A TUNKEY—THE COM- ‘ou aad ail other good men should fight it out if it ‘MODORE TELLS A CHRISTMAS YARN. akes the oy dare a cee esaree a — i pertectiy in thinking It 1s ¢ ‘and duty | «on, no; we never forget to celebrate Christmas ae every man to have & home of his own with | 7 OM aboard ship,” sald the commodore tn answer to a “Whether in Port or at sea the ship's company always observes the day. The least they do at sea is to have an unusually good mess. ‘The best the ship affords 1s brought out on that day for both officers and or on board that petty Jealoustes and misunderstand- ings, which are so apt to arise during a cruise of any length, are forgotten for the time being at any rate. Rigid discipline is relaxed, and as much with safety. Sometimes the men get up a minstrel en- tertainment and have a jolly good time amon) themselves, and some of thelr shows are worth witnt ala gives, apt Post spared, oul Rhoard There are to funds avaliable clal observance of the festival ITAL- STAR CHRISTMAS PAST AND CHRISTMAS PRESENT. ‘well- sing. If the silp 1s in port the cap- ves liberty to as many of the mén as can ne watch for any spe- but Jacky 1s. al- lowed an advance of pay with which to celebrate. “A good deal more 1s made of Christmas now-a- days,” continued the officer, “than formerly, in the navy. You know that years ago our sailors pple- | Our sailors now come from home. enter the navy as a homes, and bring w! ‘American wpprentices, direct trom jt uttle f nis cers gladly indulge them as much as the: elptine on X-mas da to laugh and sing louder, dance harder, and higher than at other times.” ‘THE QUESTION OF GROG. heels then little look with a cocked eye at alittle inebriety. 8) 0° itin the navy as there used to be, and evel cause we are elevating our men by outside of ‘themselves, spect, and when ti every sense of the Word, as the majority of sailors are if This gives them s tune large ut and } mechanical duties of,2 sallor, he 13 naturatl fish and doesn’t want anythti more tor pl sentiments of life, and and you give him se side ‘the rigid diseipline of the ship. Of © there are a few old soaks in every crew tha come back from liberty in a beastiy state of f gave erew aset of bright youns themselves and are respecte cer if Tellows Wao re: De- from down tune, ights: ‘who would trust them anywhere, ina decent Way at the theater perhaps, a1 turn to the ship at the appointed time ready sume their duttes, “These are the men_ th selves.” SAVING UP FOR CHRISTMAS. When a vessel is da; but- | pites, in orter that they may have an extra on that n the cisco during the winter of a turkey for Christmas dinner, When all the supplies were gone and only Sea grub was. came from other countries, and from the lower orders, too, and Christinas Was nothing to them. boys their them the lasting remem- brance of home associations and Influences, When Christmas comes they want to observe it-as they used to at home as nearly as possible, and the 0 n AS I said, there 1s Somewhat of a relaxation of dis- and the Doys are permitted jump “and drink harder?” asked the reporter. “Well, on X-mas, an oMicer woutfl be strongly tempted to peak- ing of drinking, though,” said the commodore, “do you know that'there isn’t anything like as much, year it ts growing less. The reason? why, simpiy be- broadening their views, teaching them to look upon a world if re- have that they are men in € our When a man is ignorant of everything but the y sel stire than to satify the more degraded appetites. Bring @ man.out of his little world of seif and raise Lis ideas so that he can appreciate the more elevated elf re- spect, and then you can trust him when he 1s out- ourse twill ntOx- ication. Nothing else can be expected of tiem, But you are equally as sure of finding in ever ‘spec by thelr superior of- When they have liberty they yo off and enjoy themselves nd Te to re at at X-mas thine the officers lke to see enjoy them- pected to be at sea on X-mas sald the commodore, “the officers generally make a point of reserving some of thelr land sup- feast ay, ‘The two messes, the wardroom mess, to which ihe watch officers belong, and the steerage mess which 1s composed principally of the youngsters, attempt to surpass each other on our-law, could not stand snore than twa bananas. | suc occasions’ 1 dont Know wig it isin tee er is appetite had fled, or his finances had | age generally comes out ahead at such times, when sank too low to All| advantageots are equal. I remember when the the other child ‘hings | Portsmouth came round the Horn from San Fran- Each mess kept land left, these birds lived on and grew fat, for they were well fed. ‘Thi ty_ailke, and no one fering | Knew which one se. They Were kept to- gether in a co-.p on deck, witere they were watched and fed. Aday or two before door became unfastened, the sa. A lieutenant and a midshipman conversing near by, and as the turke the latter exclaimed as quick as a fish, dence needed to identity ‘the remaining: bird, SUll safe. ‘The youngsters had X-mas dinner too and gloried in their sticcess. THE COMMODORE’S CHRISTMAS STORY. “I remember one particular X-mas di aboard sijp that was more akin to starv. hard h the bright things in the windows and had dther peo- “what did you have?” asked the reporter. a “sussels,” "was the re steady diet for many aday.” We were goti have roast goose to help out with the musse that particular day, but the and we were badly lett.” “Tell me about it “ft was shortiy aiter the war, leaning back in his chair, “tha o ‘who ” urged the reporter al Iw: snd | One of our side wheelers that. was very proved to be a regular buffeter. }oW she did roll and piteh and Wi ity, Sood fines. side the wheel on the other side, clearin pretty’ ticklish condition she was in, bul longer than it should have been.” “We sailed from New York and reached M video all right, although {t was Sage. ‘There We made. the best for the 3,000 mile stretch to Valj had a very limited ¢ man hired When | OWt. We encountered storin compelled to take the inner St that Way, goodness knows.” COAL AND PROVISIONS GONE. nd after storia, ige throug! pass gh to | went on, t we Uhrongh all right, only our trip was Inany months Inas the co.p and before it was se- cured, one of the birds eseaped and flew off 01 er were ‘took wing ‘Sphere goes the wardroom turkey.” ‘That was ail the evi- , and to enforce the clafm that the steerage turkey was him for their inner ration than X-mas cheer,” continued the commodore. py, “which were our ing to els on goose went wrong the officer, assigned to ton a crulse around the Horn as an experiment, to see how the class Lowhilch she beionged could "buffet with the Waves and storms indigenous to that locality, 1eSst Long be- fore we reached Valparaiso the bolts in her wheels had all worked loose, and as she rolled over on one the waves, would rattle its paddies along the rail. A got fonte- a very slow pas- provision pos:ibie paraiso, The vessel acity, but with 100 tons piled on deck and her bunkers bimfull, we started were h the ts of Magellan. | The weather was bad enough “Wehad just passed through the straits,” he ‘when the chief engineer made the un- expected and disheartening report that hardly coal enougit for 24 hours’ steaming remained. We had not recovered from that shock and braced ourselves for a stege, when the caterer brought the distressing intelligence that the provisions were about all gone. good stock of provisions [Bo ot the tetas en tad ny at | ad boon tad ub but the water washant Weesons jee ‘Other lights began te wiak | He Bold had ruthed a great portion of them, No Vioient ces. He had stopped merely to talk wi | gentleman, He had struck a streak of luck. the people would begin to buy! But the reporter had acted as advertising agent All along 7th street aud then down che saw the smoky lights winking at long enough. prosperous, wile others had only the mummitied antnas and little knotty oranges. One man with ‘load of candy said he had eight carts on the eporter ail the con >. Me Was hot aware that One of his carts Was already in the hands of a police- aan, and the reporter did not break the news to a street, and offered to sell tar Tents Of one of thein for: 1 him.’ business. a | Proverbs About Snow. From the Boston Herald. Of these there are many. Some have relat have a foundation In fact. the suow: is. When the first snow remains on the «When in the ditch the snow doth lie, *Tis walling for more by and by.” snow. | follow. the more snow in March and April. “In March much snow, ‘To plants and trees miich woe.” ‘The more snow the more the lowing summer. A snow year, a rich year. g Suow ts the poor man’s fertilizer, for ‘will foliow a winter of heavy snowfall. I Pee crops, and a light fall the reverse. rach sieet ia winter Will be followed by. a From the Journal d’Agriculture ina peculiar manner, Owing tothe severe tition of Amertea and India‘in Respect, ‘Russian farmers and proprietors have ‘el will ¥ aud to move, but John did not budge. He was not afraid of the police under the clreuin- Another man, who said he was not afraid of the poiice, Informed the reporter under his breath That he had seen seven carts taken to the staion | house at one time. ‘The men seein t6 ike the dodging of police. It [adds a littie adventure and excitement to their to signs by which the number of snowstorms dur- ing the season are to be calculated, and others to the number of storms in the following winter, while still others claim a connection between the moon and the snow. Passing by these, it may be interesting at the beyinning of the snow season to have a selection of the proverbs which seem to Show ts generally preceded by a general antma- {ion of man and beast, which continues until after time in places not exposed to the sun, expect a It takes three cloudy days to bring a heavy If the snowflakes increase in size a thaw will If there is no snow before January, there will be healthy the season. Heavy snows in Winter favor the crops of the fo- good crops Af much snow be spread on the mountains in Winter Che season of planting will be made blue fall of snow indicates a good year for pare ee ‘The Electric Light in Farming. Pratique. Electricity has been brought into play in Russia compe- “i i coal; no provistor ind a regular tub withou: Sails to speak of th a Soon then steame CHRISTMAS BAY, for it wanted but a few days of that holiday, ‘The first thing we wanted was provistons, twenty and thirty feet. Work on those rocks with a will, and secured his share and made o with them alone, eating at first, but they don’t wear weil wu you have some variety. Our time was pretty divided between gathering mussels a: wood. We need tions @ variety of food for X-mas dinner. On day before X-mas I thought I saw some have enjoyed some nice Plump breasts | So after all our rations, a good Hi | i ! a 5 : a i th : Er p it any hat sails we had were of Iit- Ue or no account, for there was a continuous gale fn the wrong diréction. Wehad Just enough coal torun to an island about 20 nilles off the coast which Was near us. ‘There we set to work to ¢ wood. ‘The whole ship’s company was drafted into service. We brougiit the wood from shore in our ut way, and | trade, ‘Some carts were well stocked with Malaga | We had a supply enough to last wea while. grapes, Oranges, nuts and candies, seeming quite across to the mainland, where we took shelter in a little bay, which we christened and we knew we wouldn't get away for many days. and the next, wood. Game was very scarce, but the rise and fall of the tide in the bay was between When it receded it leit the rocks literally covered with intissels. At the itrst low tlde after our arrival every aan Went to Hoes, _plcks, shovels, anything We could get hold of, sérved 1 drag the clinging mussels from the rocks. When We had a pile collected on board suMcient to go around, every fellow came up with a pan or kettie to wrestle Now, mussels aren't such bad unless, well gathering the former to help us’ with the latter. We were particularly desirous of securing thé not far off, and acouple of us went after them. They xoe ait We igre both black ene white ones, always pairing off, according to color, one black and one white. "We succesded tn shoot several, and returned to the ship highly ela Goose for X-mas sounded very fine, and we a had large antictpations, for the mussels, as a | hard winter. steady diet, were growing a little ‘dreary. our | “When the snow falls dry 1t means to le; Steward promised to cook them in a style ili for a But flakes light and soft bring rain oft.” King. In honor of the occasion we decorated Our Burning wood in winter pops more before snow. | cabin wi wunting on board, When dry leaves rattle on the trees, expect imude things took wollday noticed they smelt a little when we first them. But when they were and oon great scot! how they did smell. ‘They drove usout 5 € a 206 be aeepega raised enough to live upon. Tt was afterwards learned that he was the mate of a whaler, who had committed some act of cruelty aboad’ ship isskin, Te wasnt long belont we managed with in. It wasn't loi jore We mil the help of a favorable ‘to get inside the bay. ‘The only white men at the set nese riests. One couldnt speak a wot Engi White the ‘vocabulary of tho. other was rathe? Umited, He knew but two English words ‘woman’ and ‘whiskey,’ Suiting the action to the last Word he drew from beneath his gown a long black bottle full of first Tate whiskey. It tasted good, now, I tell you. Well, it’s enough to tell that we Succeeded in making our way. slowly up the coast until we reached a port, where we secured a sup- Ply of coal a8 well as of feal provisions, and had an ‘opportunity of tightening up our loose wheels and making some other slight repairs, ‘Then we were able to make better headway, and finally reached Jalparaiso. We learned a good many things on that cruise, among others, never to go round the Horn experimenting. As long as Ilive I will never forget that disappointing X-mas dinner twenty years ago. I think {t will be turkey to-morrow, concluded the commodore, smacking his “and ft wont sinell, efther.”” a 1 A RAGE FOR CATS. A Demand in the Feminine World for Feline Pets, TABBIES THAT LIVE HIGH AND SLEEP IN SILKEN BEDS A SCARCITY OF THE STYLISH KINDS—THE CAT DOCTOR TELLS SOME PROFESSIONAL SECKETS TO A STAR REPORTER. Mr. George Wooldridge whomakes a specialty of attending cats and dogs needing medical or sur- gical treatment, was asked by Star reporter if the holiday season brought any increased demand for cats and dogs. Mr. Wooldridge replied that there was considera ble inquiry for cats, particularly for Maltese cats and but little for dogs, “The cats, as pets,” he sald “seem just now to be growing in favor, I have had tn the past few weeks nineteen orders for ‘Maltese kittens and have had hard work to fill the orders. Atone time advertized in the Star and never knew that to fail to bring cats before, but at that time I could not get one, “Some of thése cats ordered were doubtless intended for presents. I am expecting every hour a Maltese kitten for a gentleman, Who I belleve, intends to puta silver Collar and bells on it and’ present it toa young Christmas Card.” Young tried ladies seem to take to the felines and they seem to have adopted the occupation of the Four score and four of us poor old maids, nursing cats ia ail we do. It not infrequently happens that Iam stopped by ladies in market Who Want a Kitten which will grow large.” “You niake tow mucha V2" asked the reporter. “1 get more than that,” sald Mr. Woolridge, encrally $20 When J have them fixed up and nicely cleaned. Only the best 18 wanted and the dest 1s hard to get. Here ts a card from a dealer Im eats, dogs, bitds, and pets generally, and hesays he has'bnt ohe Maltese Kitten in stock and that has a blemish, a white spot onthe breast. That indicates a demand elsewhere as well as here. Most people cannot understand it, but_you know that ladies must have pets. You ought to see iow some of these cats are kept. Hundreds of children do not have anytiiing like theattention pald them, ‘There are cats In the West End for which nice bask h cushions are prepared. ‘The covers are silk plush with ornamental needle work. Some feed them from platters and others who have no children have achatr set at the table where the animal Is fed with Ud bits during the meal, ‘They ni kept so well fed that they get fat and Some have fared so well that they will hothing but chicken and oysters, Nothing Short of the very best food Is xood enough for them. As one would jiaturaliy suppose they have no de Sire to cateh rats or mice. You may Judge how the mania Is iuereasing by the assortments of cat collars kept in the stores, Numbers of them are Ups, with his “Mer: Very expensive of silver with gold plate for the name, ‘The Angora 1s very scarce, and could tt be had, would bri y. ‘This is. long-haired ani: groWs quite large. “Phe cat which would e prized, If It could be had, 1s the Persian, for it can be trained as easily as a’doz. ‘The manfa just at Uhts time 1s the black Maivese, but like as not other species of color in style 1n about taking care of people! there will be som ashort time, Tai You ought to see the sorrow of some ladies when. their pets are sick, how tenderly they handle the patients. A tew weeks ago a Boston lady, en route fo Calfornia, came to me for her kitten Was sick. It was in a Small basket, and I found that it was simply nervous from it3 long ride in the cars. I gave it some an, and received im fee. Some days afterwards ‘she wrote me a long Jeter from San Francisco telling me how her pet got along and it was In perfect health, ‘There 1s a lady in Alexandria who has no children, but she has thir ats Which she prizes highly. aS many diseases as Some nange and distem| other animals—worms, ing the principal diseases ineldent to cat fife. -1t Is diMeult to adiniaister medicine to them and it has to be foreed on them. cannot be fooled with medicine, ‘They, however, improve rapidly when the medicine 1s given, ‘The pet cats are so Figtygaken care of that outside of getting bones in the throat or hair in the teeth they need no surgi- cal treatment. It 1s quite a serious matter for a cat to get hair in his teeth for, the animal gets to scratching his Jaws and in a 'ttle tine gets the skin off making’a sore. Wnen people takeso much interest in their pets as to pay for _a professional Visit you can judge how mucii a nice Maltese cat can De prized by a young lady who has the leisure to leach It a few tricks.’ —so0—____ ‘The Career of a Crook. A.80N OF WEALTHY PARENTS WHO BECAME A DARING THIEF. DexterE, Fay was arrested at Cincinnati, Tues- day, and taken to Milwaukee to answer the charge of robbing the jewelry store of Chas. H. Upmeyer, in that city, Several Weeks ago, after blinding the proprietor by throwing pepper in his eyes. Fay’s father, S. W. Fay, was a wealthy merchant of Boston. About a year ago young Fay went to Milwaukee and presented a letter of introduction from an eastern director of the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul road to General Manager Rosswell Miller, and secured employment in the offices of the ‘company. In August last Fay secured checks aggregating $201 from several em. ployes of the road, promising to get them cashed at one of the banks. He secured the money and skipped out. In October last ne “peppered” a Ciicago pawn-broker named Donnelly and away with a $300 diamond, which was recovered ina pawn shop in Milwaukee. It has also been established beyond a doubt that Fay is the nan who grabbed the watches from a Milwaukee Jewelry store some time ago and escaped. He is ‘about thirty years of age. Boe ‘The Moder: Knock-Out. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. ‘The modern prize-tight 18a knock-out. It used to be that men Would fight 100 rounds with bare knuckles, while now it 1s the rule to knock a man out with gloves in afew rounds. It 1s not that men have less endurance than formerly, for it is not now a question of endurance. ‘The secret 1s a blow from the shoulder on the side of the neck. Such a low, fairly planted, knocks a man out, In the modern prize-fight its a question of skili in getting in this neck blow. Occastonally two men are so equally matched as toskill that neither can get in this blow until elther 1s too weak to make iteffective, In such a fight we have the old contest of endurance. In the majority of re- cent fights this neck blow does the business in a. few rounds. It 1s not a new discovery, this blow. In “Kenelm Ciilliagly” Bulwer introdices tt with wonderfal effect. “When the light and trim hero meets a robust thumper he neatly plants this blow on his neck, and the biz one goes down like a struck ox, But "Buiwer warns his readers that it is a very dangerous blow and may Kill @ man. The danger in 1t 1s one reason why it has been seldom resorted to by Oghters, But, since the introduction of glove fights they seein to have concluded that there risk Init, The phi: losophy of the thing 13 simple enough, and has nothing to do with the jugular velns, ds fighters imagine. It forces the ueck vertebre against the spinal cord, producing temporary paralysis, The anger is th dislocating the neck. One of these days a neck-hitter will kill bis man, and then this blow will be discarded. es ‘The Italians Supplanting the Irishmen ‘From the Boston Herald, Mr. Frank K. Foster, who has been on a lectur- ing tour, notes that the Italian is rapidly sup- planting the Hibernian all over New England in contract work of all sorts, In Palmer, some six hundred of them are working on the extension of the Massachusetts Central railroad, and it 1s one of the problemsour labor organizationsare obliged to face. ‘They spend but little for living ex} and when they accuraulate a few hundred dollars go back to Italy to spend and enjoy it. The New ‘ork agencies supply them in any quantity.” “It Would be well” he say's “or our order every where where public entel are to be undertaken, to see to it that, while so much unemployed labor exists in our own ranks, a stipulation be inserted in all awards, requiring the employment of labor ‘that isidentilied with the interests of the country.’ Patri Apoprs Her Perry Nrece.—Carlo Patti, a brother of Adelina Patti, was for years a leader’ of the orchestra in the old 'Varieties theater in New Orleans. He married a Creole lady, Mile. Des- champ. In time he died, Jeaving a baby daughter, in ny ed F i ifs hi E F : i Hd ful fer y & SXUDY OF INSANITY. Examples Given of the Analogy Be-| Senators and Hepresentatives Who SOME ODD INSTANCES NOTD—HOW THE BAXE MIXD AFFROACHES THE INGANE STATE DURING DREAMY SLERP—NOTES TAKEN BY AN ASYLUM EXPRET. From thé Pittsburg Dispatch. ‘The testimony so frequently given by those who have recovered from insanity that the whole per- 1od of their disease now appears tothemasadream would seem to show that thereis a great similar- ity between insanity and the state of dreaming. Some of these people say that thts time appears to them as a happy dream, others that it was painful and gloomy, even frightful as a nightmare, Ibis true that in the insane the principal signs ot sleep are absent, as the closing of the external ‘senses—the loss of consciousness and the influence of the will, all of which are regarded as essential todreaming. Yet,on the other hand, we know that we dream the more readily the less profound our sleep is, and there are certain states of sleep in which an influence is exerted similar to the waking state. This 1s seen in the soldier sleeping while walking or riding. The dreamer accepts the most absurd thoughts and fancied scenes without surprise; So does the Insane man, In dreaming, all bodily sensations are greatly exaggerated hd have a powertul effect upon the fmagination; $0 if isin insanity. Thus in dream- ing @ confined position in bed, pressure upon the arin or breast, causes sensations of being. put In chains, of danger, or of falling over precpices. A draught of air causes ideas of being atsea; warmth Of the feet causes ideas of fatiguing marches, and even a foot that wears a No.1 A shoe will appear A) heavy that it can with difficulty be dragged long. ‘The person whois distressed by bodily and mental trouble often realizes in his dreams what reality has refused him; that 1s, happiness and fortune. THE STARVING MAN Dreams of rich repasts.and tables Indened with the chotest food; the poor man dreams of wealth. So it is in insanity. ‘The person attacked with mania almost invariably is gloomy and depressed preced- ing the burst of mania; and often in insanity these two states are Seen to alternate with one another. ‘Thus the insane man will be transferred from the depths of dark despair to the heights of piness, “Often a person will awake my, fitful sleep and pass into a tran- quil, dreamless sleep, Here again the analogy 1s sometimes seen, as cases occur where the mind re- turns just before death. Thus the man awakens from hijsdreainy, insane state to pass into the tran- quil, dreamiess’ sleep of death. A gardener re- ceived a fright from a man dressed as a bear, and did not speak for fifty-two years, but appeared to Imitate a bear with growls and moving of his body. Just before death his mind returned. and he spoke: rationally to those about bim. 1 remeinber of secing a man, who for three years did not speak a word, suddeniy recover his reason afew days before his death. ‘This man also tor three years did not eat voluntarily, but w: twice a day during that peri tube. Cases also occur in whic dream takes place during ordi ‘Thus a lady suddenly during stop and talk of something ¢1 a few minutes she would 8 fed bythe stomach a sort of waking ary conseloushess. n would, cours e the for rd at WI he was utterly unconscious of the interruption. A lady in New York suddeniy became insane while working at some fine em- broldery. She remained insane for seven years, and as suddenly became sane. She resumed her embrodery as though she had only been absent from It tor an hour, QUEER IDEAS. We frequently read of persons having dreamed of being dead «nd viewing their own remains, and watching with tender Interest the carrying of said remains to the last resting place, So some of the insane think they are dead, and one woman who had thts idea constantly importuned those about her to have her buried. ‘oldier in Germany rer since the battle of seve wounded. thought he had been dead tz, In which he When anyone asked nim how he was hi “You ask how Father Lambert ts, but F bert {sno more. He was carried off by 2 cannon ball at Austeriitz. ‘That which you now see {s not him, but merely a chunsy machine n to resemble him. Pray — make ther.” When he spoke | of jilmself he never said “1,” but always “it.” So one dreams of being trinsformed into a bird ora beast, and the insane man thinks he is a bird or a beast. A man in France thought he was a wolf and killed a number of people. When captured he said, “Iam really a Wolf, and the reason Why my skin 1s hoi hairy lke a Wolt'fs that tt ts reversed and the hairs are inside.” ‘To convince them of this he cut_his body to such an extent that he died from his wounds. ‘The sensation of being sO light 2s to be able to fly 1s quite common in dreams, as 13 also the sen- sation of being so heavy as to be unable to move, or the sensation that our limbs will_not move, nd matter how hard we try. ‘This same thing has been, observed in the Insane. “Thus a man sometimes felt his body of such an extraordinary weight that he couid scarcely stand upright, and at otier times £0 light that it seemed as though he rose from the floor and flew; besides, his body and limbs seemed. of such enormous size ‘that 1¢ was impossible for im to pass through a door. ‘Thus it 1s seen that’ the Sane mind approaches nearest the insane state during dreamy sleep, and we can better understand the workings of an in- sane mind by keeping this fact in view. “Many tnore examples night be given ot the analogy be- tween dreams and insanity. ‘The examples given show us how closely we sil come at times to the insane state, ————~+e+_____ George’s Diploma. ‘BE RECEIVES AT LAST THR REWARD EARNED IN FOUR LONG YEARS. Bob Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle, “Home at last,” said George Gradgrind, joy- ously, “my education flaished and my college days ended. And yet,” he added, “I do not rejoice over that. These years of study have been very pleas- ant.” “The first year was the hardest, wasn't it, George?” asked his fond mother. “No: I can't ex- actly say that it was,” replied George. “1 didn’t take up any studies the first year, because I pulled stroke in the freshman crew and was traintog to et into the football team.” “Oh,” said his sister jane; “the second year you had to work all the harder, then?” “Well, not at. books, because my ‘second year I was president of the Inter-collegiate Athletic league, and that kept me busy traveling from college to college, arranging for the various inter-collegiate games.” “Then you just had to hump yourself the third year,” sald ‘his brother Willian confidently. “Not in the class room I dn't,” replied George; “the boat club fellows took a long yacht voyage that year, winding up ‘with a pedestrian trip through the south. It was grand. Tielt like anew man.” “So you had to crowd four years’ study into one?” sald grand. mama. “I don't know; 1 suppose you might cali it that,” said George. “My fourth year I was a Member of the glee club, and we made a concert tour of all the principal eities in the country, and we didn’t get through in time to get back for'’com- mencement. Haven"t my books and diploma come home yet? I told chum to get them together and send them by express.” George's father sald the books hadn't come, but he thought he had seen the deploma hangiig up in the barn, and he would, go andget it. George looked out Of the window and saw hin’ bringiig It. It was about three or four feet long and ‘two inches wide, witha buckle at one end and @ cross-link at the other, and seemed to have been taken from Iife, from an old plow harness, A stillness of death Settled down, over the family as father came along with tt, bend- ing it in his rough brown hands, and Geonge drew ils breath hard.” Ob, very, very’ hurd. (slow cur- in.) ———+e+ ___ Novelties in Jewelry. From the Jewelers’ Weekly. Single pearl scarfpins are approved by connois- seurs. Bead necklaces of polished ellver are pre- ferred to the gold by many. The lily-of-the-valley pin, with pendant diamond bells, 1s a pretty idea, ‘The catalogue of moonstone flower lace-pins and scarfpins is on the increase. Heavily carved shanks, in scroll or arabesque patterns, are much in favor in rings. A novel scarfpin 1s in the form of a miniature eyeglass, with diamond lenses. Scroll Work ornamentation around ring settings is fre quently seen in latest styles. A small butterny with outspread wingsset in pleasing combinations makes a rich and showy scarfpin, new de- signs inrings and bracelets are the double-cresce! half-crescent, love-knot and triple-crescent, Grecian jug, ornamented with applied work in old and aller, was recently noticed among a 1ot of antique queen pendants. Sickles, picka: umbrellas, Mercurys and bow knots, lerced by pins, are some of forms “which se now take. The opal is rapidly conquering “its enemy-—supersiition. Opal. and diamond is now @ favorite combination in rings and scartpins, ‘The Philosophy of Dancing. ‘From Macmillan’s Msjazine, It seems to me that there subtler, something more real in dancing than these rather CONGRESSMEN IN TOWN, Have Arrived So Far. ‘The following Senators and Representatives have arrived in the city and located at the resi- Gences designated: ‘SENATORS, She 3., Ohio, Pres. pro tem., 1310 K st. m. Aldrich, N. W., RL, 812 Connecticut ave. a Bom con ee ave, Beck, James st. I. We Berry, games i, Ark. National hots, Blackburn, J. C78, Kyi, National hotel Blair, H. W., N. H., 201 East Capitol st, Bowen, M. iggs house. Brown, Joseph E., ‘ational hotel, Butler, M. C., 8. C, 1738 I st. nw. Call, W., Fla, 1017 14th st. n. w. Camden, J. N., W. Va., Willard's hotel Ghase sonaehin, Be, Wisse ewe jonathan, i213 N st. nw. Cheney, P. C., N.H., 1441 R. 1. ave, Cockrell, F. M., Mo.) 1502 Q St. nw. Coke, Richard, Texas, National hovel, Colquitt, A. H., Ga., 820 New York ave, Conger, Omar b., Mich., 1321 M st. n. w. Cullom, 8. M., Ni, 1323 13th st. n, Ww. Dawes, Henry L., Mass, 1632 Rhode Island ave, Doiph, Jos. N., Oregon, 8 Lafayette square. Edmunds, Ges. F., Vt. 2111 Massachusetts ave, Eustis, Jas. B., La., 1761 N Evarts, Wm, M., N-Y,, 151 Falr, J. G., Nev., Wortley Frye, Wm: P., Maine, Hamilton house, George, J. Z., Miss. Metropolitan hotel, Gibson, Randall Lee, La., 1723 R. L ave Gorman, A. P., Md., 1403 K st. n. W. Gray, Géo.; Dé, 814 15th st. n. Ww. Hale, Eugene, Maine, 1505 Hi st. nw, Hampton, Wade, 8. ¢., Metropolitan. Harrig 1. G., ‘Tenn, 200 kast Capitol st Harrison, B., Ind., Rig; Cst. nw. Hawiey, J. B., Conn., 3 Honr, George F.. Mais. 1525 K st. nw, Ingails J. 3., Kan., 1 B'st. n. Ww. Jones, J. Ky ATK, 915 M Stn. W. Jones, John’ P.. Nev., 1320 Conn: ave. Kenna, John &, W.Va., 140 B st. ne. Logan, John A. Ill. 13th and Clitton stam. w. Mediilian, 8. 5.'R., Minn., 340 C st. n. Ww. McPherson, -» N. J.. 1014 Vermont ave, Mahone, Wm., Va., Ariington hotel. ‘Manderso 1. F., N 1435 K st. nw, Maxey, 8. B., Texas, 413 4th st. n.w. Miter, Warner, N. K st. n. Mitchell, John £,, Pa., 13 Ist st. ne. Mitchell, John Hi, Oregon, Richmond Flats, Morgan, J. T., Ald., 113 1st st. ne, Morrill, Vt., No. 1 Thomas circle, Palmer, Thos, W., Mich. Payne, Henry B., Ohio, 1122 Vermont ave, Platt, 0. H., Conh., Arlington hotel, Plumb, P. B., Kan., 612 14th st. nw. Pugh, J. L, Ala., 1513 Rhode Isiand ave. Ransom, Matt. 4 C., Metropolitan hotel, Riddieberger, H. H., Va., Metropolitan. Sabin, Dwight M., Minn., 1 Iowa circle. Sawyer, P., WIS, 1829 T St. n, we Saulstiry, Ell, Del., 610 14th st. nw. Sewell, Win. J. fey aes and H sts, nw, Spooner, J. C., Wis, St. nw. Stantord, L., Cal., 1701 K st. n. W. ‘Teller, Henry M., Col., 1013 M st. n.w. Vance, Z. N. 1627 Massachusetts ave. ‘Ne., t, G. G., 204 P st. n. Ww. Voorhees, D. W., Ind., 1601 Ist, n, Ww. Walthall, E. C., Miss., Welcker'’s, Whitthorne, W. C., Tenn., Ebbitt house, Wiliams P., Cal., Tiamilton house, y Sid., Eopitt, Towa, 623 13th st. n. w. OFFICERS OF THE SENATE. chaplain, 1107 11th st. n. Ww, Cook, Secretary, 1224 17th st. Wilson, E. K. Chas. W. 606 9tii St. n. ¥ ‘Jas, R. Young, Executive Clerk, 1506 Q st. n.w. Isaac Baswett’ Asst, Doorketpel, 18 20 st: ave. J.1.Chrisue, Act’g As Jas. W. Allen, Postmaster, 1119 I st. m.W, MEPERSENTATIVES. Carlisle, J. G. Speaicr, KY» RIES NOUS, Adams, G. E., Ill, Arlington hotel Adams, J. 3., Ne h st, Alken, D. WS. C: Allen, C. H., Mass, Arlington, Allen, J. M., Miss., Andefson, Anderson, J. at 17 Lith st. i. ¥., Arlington. Y¥_, 623 1318 st. nw. ., fenn., Ebbitt house, Va., 144 B Si. ne. 01 Baker, C. S., Ballentine, J. Berbour, J. Barn Ga., Metropolitan hotel, arnes pol 3 Barry. ¥.G., ‘Miss, ‘Metropolitan hotel, T Pa. ‘an, C, C., Ariz, 1420 New York ave. Belmont, Perry, 1701 Rhode Island ave, Bennett, RK. T., N. C., Metropolitan hotel, Bingham, H. H., Pa. Blanchard, N, G. La, Metropolitan hotel, 0., 1132 12th st 1d, Bliss, A. M.,'N. Y., Arlington hotel, Blount, J, i, Ga.’ National hotel. Bound, F., Pa., 272 4th st. se. Boutelle, U. A;, Me., Hamilton house, Boyle, C. E., Pa., Willard’s hotel, Brady, J. D., Va., 403 G st. nw. Bragg, E. 8., Wis, Ebbit house, Breckinridge, C. i., Ark., 218 North Capitol st. Breckinridge, W. C. P., Ky., Rigg’s house, Browne, T. M., Ind. Brown, C. E., O., Hillman house. Brown, W. W., Ba., Hamilton house, Bunnell, F. C.; Pa, National hotel. Brumm, C. N., Pay 808 19th st. Buchanan, J., N. J., Congressional, Buck, J. R., Conn., Arlington hotel, Burleigh, H. G., N. ¥., 1511 L st, nw. Burnes, J. N., o., Willard’s hotel. Burrows, J. G. Mich., National hotel. Butterworth, Bynum, W. D, ind 1108 G st. Capel, G. C. Congressional hotel Caine, Joun'r,, Ceah, 11 Grant Plage. Caldwell, A. J., Tenn., National, Campbell, F., N. ¥., Arlington hotel, Campbell, Jas. E., Ohio, 1013 Connecticut ave, Campbell, J. M., Pa., 612 14th st. n. Ww. Campbell, T. J, N. ¥,, Cor nal, Candler, A. D:, Ga., Metropolitan hovel Cannon, J. G., TIL, Willard’s hotel, Carleton, &. C., Mich., National, Carey, J. M., Wyomlug, 1408 H'st. Gaswel, LB. Wig; 21 Grant Place, Catchings, T.'C., Miss, Metropol Clardy, M. L., Mo., Willard’s. Clements, J. C., Gi, Metropolitan hotel, Cobb, Tim. 307 C st. nw, Collths P. 1. Miss, Riggs, pts Laurel, Ma. Compton, Comstock, €C, Mich, 210 North Capttol st, Conger, E. H., fowa, 35 Iowa Circle, Cooper, W. C., Ohio, 604 12th st. n. w. Cowles, H, N. C,, National hotel, Cox, Samu ¥., itigas annex, Cox’ W. R. annex. Crain, » Texas, 123 B st. & e. Crisp, C. F., Ga., Metropolitan hotel, ‘y Va., Congression Culberson, D. B., Texas, Metropolitan hotel. Curtain, A. G., Pa., 1518 K st. n. W. Cutcheon, B. M., Mich., 1409 Mass. ave, Daniel, J.'W., Va., 1753 M st. nw. Dargan, G. W., 8” Davenport, L, N.Y. Davidson, A. C., Ala., National hotel, Davidson, iH. M., Fia., National hotel Davis, R. T. Mass. 1325 K st. n. W. Dawson, W., MO., 224 3d st. se. Dibbie, 8., South Carolina, Met itan hotel, Dingiey, X, Jf Maine, The Hemlton ery, "3, Dorsey, Geo. W. E., Nebraska, Riggs House, ‘herty, C., Florida, National Hotel, Dunham, B. W., Tilinols, 1325 G st. nw. Dunn, P., Ark., 223 East ees Eitan ta Eldredge, N cl ne, Elisberry, W. W., Ohio, National, Ely, Fred D., Mass., 1009 13th st. n. W., Ermentrout, D., Pa., 215 E. Capitol. Evans, I. N., Penn., National. Everhart, J. St. n. we aryland, iaitinore, Md. 1707 Rhode Island ave, Findlay, J. V.L., 3 Fisher, BO, ich. 1707 Rhode Islan leeger, G. Penn., 227 Dw. Foran, M, ‘Ay Ohio, 708 10th sth. W, Forney Wo Ale, Meropottan Dot , We ay Freaction B '. Towa, Globe hotel. Buller, W: E. rs, . Vary 216 North Cs Dinota, ah ou se a + om tah ,, 1800 Massachusetts ave, Canaday, Sergeant-at-Arms, 302 Dela- e Johnson, Chiet Clerk, Temple Hotel, Doorkeeper,825 15th n.w. ., O., 407 Mapleav., LeDrott park. Lehivach, if, 8. J. Congresmonal. Tiber, H. Var eubice Lindsiey, J. G.."N. Y., Hamilton house, Little, John, Ohio. Long, J. D., Mass, Hamilton house, Cc. By Louttit, J.’A., Cal, 1206 N st. nw. Lovert 1k, ‘Mass, National. 7 . Congressional. J. wee Rst. nw McComas, C.F, Na., Weieker's. MeCreary, J. B., Ky. Riggs’ house, McKenna, J., CAL, 816 isch st. McKinley, Jr., Ohio, Edvitt house, ‘McMillin, B. MeRae, T. C, Mahoney, P. Markham, H. Hi. Martin, J.’M., Aia., Matsor _AMUSEMENTS$ ATIONAL THEATER. TL Rew SEAR! ‘ ok MMENCING MONDAY. DECEMBER 27. W YEARS’ MATINEE SATURDAY. 1013 15th st x: st. nw. ~L., Conn,, 3 Dupont Circle, » Mich., Willan, Miss, Cutler house, 1408 Hist. n. Ww. Willan’ hotel. Hamiiton house, n ‘a, EDDILt house, ¥., Ariington, Benion, Tenn., kiggs. ‘Tenn,, 22234 si. n. Ww. » TIL, 130 Maryland ave. me Pa., Willart’s hotel, Nelson, K., Sinn. National hotel, Norwood, 7. M., Ga., St. James. Oates, W. C., Aia., National hotel, o'Dorineli, J:, Mich., Hamilton house, O'Ferrall, C."T., Va., 810 12th st. ra, J. E., N.C. 1582 15th st. n. w, ONelll, C,, Pa, 1336 New York ave. nw, ONenY, 3.3. ‘Osborn ., EDDII ES, Pi. Outhwaite, J.'H., Oio, S25 Vermont ave, owen, W. i Parker, A. X., N. ¥., 729 15th st, nw, Payne,'S. F., N. ¥., Portland house. Payson, L. E., .. 1115 G st. n. Peel, 8. W., Ark, 222 New Jersey ave. 8.@ Perkins, B. W., Kan., The Hamtiton, Perry, W. it,, & € cal &. HL, Tow: Mahoney. P. MeMilan, Neal, J. K. Presenting the young Fmotional Actress, Mee BORA TARE SEE THE GREAT SCENE n. '» Metropoliian hotel, Peters, 8. R., Kan., EbItt house, Pettibone, A. H.. Teun., 471. € St. nw, Phelps, W. W., X. J., Ariington, Pidcock, J. W., N. J. Willard’s hotel, Pierce, W. A., RB. i., Arlington hotel. Pindat, J. S.'N. Y. 1004 26th st. Plumb, K., Tit, 1380 14th st. Randall, & J.,"Pa., 120 st. &e, Ranney, A. A, Mass, Arlington hotel, Reagan, JH. Texas, 22? 3d st. uw. Reed, T. B., Me., Hamilton house, Reese, S., Ga. Reid, J. W., N. C., 457 C st. new. Rice, W. W., Mass., 1339 L'st. n. w. Richardson, J. D., Tenn., National hove, Riggs J. M Ti, 134 B st. ne. Robertson, 4. a, Ky., 601 13th st. Rockwell, 'F. W., Mass, Kigzs house, Rogers, J. H., ATK., 1509 2 st. b. W, Romels, J., Congressional. Rowell, J.'H., Iil., 910 I st. Rusk, H. W.,’"Md., Baltimore, Ryau, T., Kan., National hotel, Sadler, 7. W., Ala, Sawyer, J. G., N. ¥., 24 Grant Place, Sayers, J.D. Tex., 710 11th st. Scott, W. L., Pa., 1703 K st. gw. Scranton, J. A.. Pa., Hamiitén house, Seney, G. E,, Ohio, ittges house, Sessions, W. L., N.¥., 1316 R. 1. ave. Seymour, E. W., Coun, Arlington hotel, Shaw, F.'1., Md. Natfonal hotel, Singléron, 0. R., Miss, 1620 15th’ st. nw. | Skinner, 7. Metropolitan hovel, Smalls, R., 8. C., 1433 L st. n. w. Snyder, CP. W. Va., National hotel Sowden, W. i, Pa., $45, ‘RE, Ariington hotel, N.Y., 1224 17th st. n. w. W.M., 117, 236 New Jersey ave, se, Stahinecker, W. G.,'N. ¥., Woodmont. Steele, G. W., Ind., Riggs house, Stephenson, 1., Wis. Ebbitt. Stewart, C, Tex. Ailington, Stewart, J-lv., Vi, Arlington hotel, t. Martin, Ly La., Willand’s. tone, E. F., Mass. 1401 1st. mw. tone, W. J., K¥., 1311 1 st. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of strength and wholesomeness. More. eco! with the Phosphate powders. SOLD ONLY IN Cas. KOTAL Bar KiNG PowpER Co, 106 Wall street, N. ¥. Springer, thao tional hotel 305 C st. n. Ww, 20 Grant Place, Hamilton. 4 AStS e .. 825 Vermont ave, Mich. Evbitt, Ky., 1108 22d st. nw. io, 1746 M st. B., Ohio, 1325 G Hecxees Bocswarar. Taylor, E. ‘Taylor, Taylor, ‘Taylor, Thomas, ‘Thomas, Is. ‘Throckmorton, J. W., Tilman, G. D., 8. C; Toole, J. K., Mont., Tow: R. W. IIL, Riggs, ‘Trigg, C. F., Va., Clarendon hotel, Tucker, J. R., Va., Clarendon hovel. <i HECKER'S BUCKWHEAT. HECKER'S BUCKWHEAT. Yan Eaton, H. Miss., 917 16th st. n. Ww. Voor! G8, Washi ‘on Ter., 1001 1 st. 2. W, Conn., Hamilton house, Wakefield, J. istana, ard, 3. H., Til, Willand’s hovel, Warner, A. J.. Ohio, Wiilard’s hotel, Weaver, J. Begowa, 116 C st. ne, West, G.,'N. 2 13th st. White, a Sinn, 412 otn stn. w, ‘Turner, H. G., Ga., 717 14th st. Yan Schaick, 1. Wis., S12 12th st. n. Ww, Viele, E. L., N. ¥., 1828 Jefferson Place, ae [0., 1204 12th st. n, Ww. Wadswort! . H., Ky., Uke ave, Wait, John Minh., 704 14th st. nw. — 5 Welcker's, Ward, Thos. B.,'Ind., 327 East Capitol st. "National, Warner, W., Mo,, Weaver, A. J., Neb., 912 M st. n. w. Weber, J. B., X. 721 11th st. nw. Wellborn, Se ea 1316 130h st. a. Ww. Wheeler, J.; Aia., 122 E. Capitol, White, °C. Petin., National, Wey Mi house. ae RY “Ohio, Wel er's hotel. Ky., Metropolitan hotel, HECKER'S BUCKWHEAT. a, , West Va., 1008 N st. nw. nang, E. B. Mich., 52'°B st. 8 Wise, G. D., Va., 1323 G st. n. Ww. Woltord, F” L., Ky., 1321 G st. n, w, ‘Woodburn, W., Nev., 1321 G st. nw. Georgia’s Prohibition Contest. LEGISLATOR MURPHY MET LEGISLATOR GARDNER OUTSIDE WITH HARD FISTS. ‘A spectal dispatch from Atlanta, dated December | Mfreg Conso 21, says: When Representative Gardner arose to a Souer Sure Question of privilege in the Georgia legislature to. | In an article entitled “Family Living on @500s Year:* ay he had crowded galleries to hear what he had | “Fuel for acooking stove and two other fires, and wo . He had been assaulted a Colleay and Was grieved. Pike county 13 the stronghold ‘of | Uehts, would cost about #8 per mouth, provided Cox prohibition in the state. It is “dry” under a } were used in cities,” a. ‘Special law, which allows of no shy to the pie. In the election of members to present: Ipetaluture, Messrs, Gartner and Madden, two | WE ARE DELIVERING CRUSHED COKE 30 vet” me feats jessrs. a twro “rs inen. "The excitement Fesuited in Mai ANY PART OF WASHINGTON OB GEORGETOWN— Jocal bloody encounters. ‘Last night the legislative committee on ance met to heara ‘ition allowing a new ej ton in Pike, which "wan advocated ‘by Gardner, recpenperebedeceraee ‘Murphy was present as the representative of the 25 Bushels for 2.50. drys. He said the decent people bad voted for him and the scalawags for Gardner, thets: Were passed and Murphy notified Gardner would hear from him outside. As Gardner reached the door Murphy planted a blow on his face and followed it up vigorously. The members of the committee parted the combatants and Wook steps: to keep the matter secret. It leaked out, hoi ever, so that in narrating the story in the législa- ture’ this morning, Gardner Mur phy’s statement as “‘a bese le.” A Chinese Catholic. MISS LEONI ONONTO, FROM THE FLOWERY REALM, IDENTIFIES HERSELF WITH A NEW RELIGIOUS | Issues the COKE NOT CRUSHED— 40 Bushels for $2.90. 25 Bushels for @2.00. WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY. 411 and 413 10th street, ‘i M. Tue Naroxa. Lire axo Marcarrr ASSOCIATION, OF WASHINGTON, D. C., 121 F street North TURITY PULICT sir afternoon. Miss Ononto is @ nurse in the family of J. L. Anderzon, who lived in China a number of ‘and she came to this country with the fam- iy: shies about thirty-three » years old, has Iish quite welt "For some Cine a attendant i He i j i hi ai i ty 7 i i z r) k i i i i p Be if : HE ; i i