Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1887, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY, J. 19, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET 9 tten for Tee EvEsixa Sra 0 ised look. low and plain- | when good haid o° neva 66 LADIES’ GOODS. = pre Rvesoxs Sram ___ | toner surprised took. Something low and hen be Rad», good nado Naor tates we Care Axo Peicercr, Foo N r, J ODS BUSINESS IS BUSINESS. ANGER THAN FICTION. ‘The little form stiffened very slightly, Shy was | the sores,” he'd say. : BE THY SLEEP,” OLD FOGY. Yourr Foo Noraxe Lice Tax v. 2178 ST. X.W._OORSETS MADE s eee Pp in ae aon Gy aD ord et eg ?. =: . r. A perfect mj Wala FrenchGreres A VIRGISIA OHOST STORY. ranted, Given —Tecember, @loaming in a quist | hed been way more sfortait, Part 9 te — ||| EH WaSHENGTON. xoTEING 80 Go0D, NOTHING iu 8 —1— Soudanger of ihterrupelon for at least half a hour | 3 ‘Thy ‘ventfal reigns through, no sound shall awake Me M. H. Brexxax, BY MARION HARLAND. (Copyright 18s “The question quist quickened his walk as he spoke and thrust both hands into his pockets—“the question, to my mind, is does the advantage of seeing three counties at once on a clear day pay for the fight with winds from all four quarters at once on a winter evening?” He had spent most of the December day within doors. In his brisk promenade on the long porch he gianced, when he passed them, into the drawing Toom windows, In the warm area spread about it by the great fire in the chimney, he could see two arm-chairs set sugzestively near together on the rug. He had sat in one all the aiterndom. His fancy now placed fn the other a slight supple figure in a wine colored gown with soft laces at neck and Wrists. She was young and blue-ered and had Tust-colored hair, with bronz*d 3 running through it; in the cheek next to him was a dimple That deepened when she laughed. His palm glowed and pulsated with the remembered warmth of that which had lain upon it while they talked. He would marry her in May, God willing,—by the t the roses would be in Dioom on the bar, brown sticks over there in the garden. His home was in Lynchburg, fitty miles away from the Powhatan plantation pur- chased six months ago by Gervas Miller, his pros- Pective father-in-law, a long Journey by stage or Private carriage in this weather and over the Worst roads in Virscinia, John Speed, the “catch” of his nattve town, and engaged to the sweetest girl in the world, yet found the air raw, the situation of Round Hill, noted for its wide outlook, bieak, the landseapé Greary. Eliza (Shy to her famlly and friends since her baby-tongue bad invented the pretty substl- tute for her prosaic name) had gone up siairs tO dress for supper; Mrs. Miller was busy in her own domain; Mr. Miller and his two sons were at the | county ‘court house, tt being the frst Monday 10 | ‘the month the ctreuit court was in session. ‘The house was roomy, with a long frontage, a Village of out-butldings shrinking out of sizht in | the rear. Lesser hills than that on which it stood | rolled away to the Appomattox in one direction, | tothe James river in another: miles of leailess Horeste faded into tistiness with distance on al | Sides, broken here and there by pine woods, muri; as Ink under the sunless heavens, Nature had ‘Wrapped herself In a sort of second-inourning robe of dull lead-color and rusty black, unbecoming and depressing. Broad sere fields Crossed by zigzag | fences lay near the house, before which a row of pale poplars shivered with presage of coming Storm, clay oad bisected the plantation, sffaaitg the patings of the tront yard and garden: his last boundary was lined with a thick hedge of box-wood, and the same tn miniature bordered the circular sweep of the carriage drive and the aved Walk leading from the gate up to the porch, Phe damp wind drove fu sullen In-tetance against the walls, beni boughs and shrubbery westward | and held them thus. ‘The pedestrian felt his need for the “constitu. tional.” He must have fallen asiewp before the | fire when Shy left biin if he bad not come out tor | a@ breath of fresh air. But ashe walked he re~ to com than to commune through Beethoven. son, alnly!" she replied with alacrity. « uid be ever so nuch pleasanter than talking.” © Evading bis deprecatory caress, and witt heeding the protest tt she tri to the plano and dashe Cracovienne,” the merriest waltz in her tel, an SS Senco grimly the subsidence of the temper flurry. ir “tiffs” were few and slight, Blacable Shy always showing Rerself Feady Uo re- Se eee ricrtanding must Gis anatear ost ‘This misundersta a He goula not cel her that the obtuseated bras oF Ca hed begotten the apparition of &. disaipated fated hed begotten thea 2 Zentieman ti antiquated gar, whose "boots wore Tnuddy, nis linen soled and eyebrows parti- colored. Gradually he ceased to hear the plano; the bound and gilde of the tuneful measures, the swift runs in which the theme returned upon iteelt, fell on deaf ears. Against his will he was going over what he had seen, or imagined he had ‘since. Shy sipped away to exchange the wine-colored cashmere for the blue silk that set off her blonde beauty yet more effectively. Her complexion had never been more transparent, her wil ‘bloom more delicate, but he dwelt instead upon the rt skin and fell glance of the He bad remarked features and eee ith such dispassionate curiosity that the theory of mental excitement seemed untenable. From what dis- ordered closet or turbid deeps of fancy had arisen an apparition a3 realistic as the bricks which he trode, or the frost-bitten box-borders he struck at with Dis whipin striding between them? Why Should an fmagination, hitherto healthy, have Conjured up a gure unlike any he had ever seen or heard described? And Trifle,—whathad thrown him into a panic? “He shook hfmself loose angrily from the recollection, laid like a dead ‘hand on his heart, Of superstitions relative to the faculty of seetng ghosts attributed to dumb creatures. The Gead do. not revisit the earth in broad, raw day- ght nd on no mission in particular. “[ do think,” broke in Shy, maki ments pianissimo that her plaint 1 late, is is the draughtiest corner all her move- fht be articu- in the house! My Mngers are like fcicles, and I can feel a stream ofatron the cheek nearest the fire—a sort of cht breath that makes me shiver all over!” A piteous instrumental tremolo verified the declara- toa. “A windy night always gives methe blues!” ue averred furthermore, with a sigh. John Speed captured the fey. summoned back the pink to the Windward ‘and—but this is a cigresston, Mr. Miller brought: home to a late supper the Judge of the court and three lawyers, one young, two middle-aged. “His wife would have been sUr- prised had he appeared with fewer guests. But the most elastic hosp‘tality, even in ‘ante-bellum Virginia, encountered barriers in the matter of sleeping’ places sometimes. “I say. my dear fellow, you won't mind camping down oa the parlor sofa for one night, will you? said Gervas, Jr. drawing lis prospective brother- in-law aside a3 bed time approached. You see, idge Bolton has rickety nerves—imust have & room to himself, with no clock in it, three pillows of assorted sizes under his head, and brandy and Water Within easy reach in case of nightmare. Motuer looked blank as a new slate when she heard he was here, but I told her we would abdt- e i his favor; "that we could sieep like roach iu the Lottom of a pond or wherever she might put us.” fire saw the pair idnight and the dyin ted to himself, more crossiy than became a ESbpy lover, that While country te might be well enough at Christmas in a houseful of revelers, or | in the summer with plenty of riding horses at the | disposal of nice young people, hibernation here | Was a synonyin for stagnation. ' He marveled how | Shy Kept her beauty and vivacity amid such iu- | fuences. ‘This was the thought in his mind, as turning at the end of the poreh in his twentieth round—ne | counted them to pass the time—hesaw a man | Coming up the brick walk. “An odd gures” medi. | tated the city beau, but one whohad the beariug { of@ gentleman. A "long surtout of drab clot hs open and fying back as he strode forward, showed | 2 blue, close-bodied coat trimmed with brass but- | tons, & ruffled shirt soiled and rumpied, a but Vest and breeches of the same color as the coat. ‘Drawn over them to the knee, a pair of top-boots | stained with red mud compieted bis attire. He carried @ riding whip in bis right hand, and the | Wide brim of his hat caught up rakisily on oue “A queer fossil, even for the Middle counties! commented John Speed, inly, halting to await nearer approach and sallitation. “lie might have come over with Captain John Smith.” ‘The stranger ascended the steps deliberately, paused st the top and wheeled for a look at thé pe, taking of his hat with a gesture of intense Weariness—a despondent slouch of the weibknit figure that was inexpressibly mourn- Tul His_ complexion was as swarthy as a creole’s—Jobn Speed took note of details / while he still hesttated to advance and ‘coost him. The deep eyes shone with red fire, the lower lip was fast in the savage bite of white, sharp tooth. “He was unshaven, haggard, dis. 2, Hate and one eve-braw were trom gray; the other eyebrow was biark ag coal, giv Sainister cast to the corrugated forcasady’ Se When he turned swiftly on ts heel aid, with one vanished at the hall doos, John followed fastaptly.. ‘The eccvutric. Wstor ment | ve a prt nefighbor, or—he reflected uneasily | ~-an escaped lunatic. In any case tt was his place tw shield the ladies trom disagreeable surprise In ‘the absence of the host and his sons. Casting a glance tatothe dra he hurr hem, he saw the une remonions | gest throw biinself into oue of the arm-chatrs be- | ‘the fire. ‘The door of the rooin was shut, and | asthe Lynchburzher opened it, Trif_e, shy's pet | spaniel, ran out between his legs yelping sbrilly in i terror and scampered up tne staircase, | john had a distinct glimpse of the figure crouched | Jogether in the clair, elbows ou kners and head in | hands, before the dog escaped past im. “Wiy, Trifle! Here, Trifle!” he called, reassur- ingly. What ts the matter, old fellow?” the insulted favorite flashed out of sight, the young man pushed the door back aud ¢ “Bxcuse me, sir!” he began laughingly — Both chairs'wereempry. Not a creature was! Present except himseli! | He made sure of it by stirring the fire to a glare | so Vivid that the scene framed by the windows ‘Was swallowed up in Diackness, He opened a cupboard; went down on his knees to lodk under ‘the two massive sofas, and the piano, which was set iM @ far coruer'of tue vast room. He was alone. The flames climbed the chimney-back wit | ‘sonorous roar; the crimson light chased the | shadows to che wainscotted walls and laid a long | silhouette of himself with wavering outer lines | ‘across the carpet as he stood baffled and bewil- dered on the rug. The rattle of china and sliver 4m the adjoining room Tecsived now a rooal ac companiment jouder than the fire-song. A Hich, mellow Voice was murmuring: . GW eare passing away, e are passing away, Dabs 0 Ror winter's day ‘The door of communication was closed fast. The knob rattled and the lock creaked in yielding to | John Speeds hand spocawood. the chict qputier, | was setting a ie spread with damask Which refiected fom shen} folds ‘the gut at candies, ‘The blaze of seasoned Dickory logs laid bare every recess of the apart- | ment. A masuil sat upright at one corner of the hearth, Beedately observant of the Datier's movements, a matronly tabby slept. with two halt-grown kittens between her paws’ inthe | warmest fore-tront of the fire. Speed's nerves re- | laxed, he felt hie wise settle like stirred oregs } under peaceful commonplaceness of the omestio scene. es sh | ‘am You give me agiass of water, Spot?” he asked, advancing as easily as was consistent | ‘With 4 searching glance ail around hia. After drinking half of it, he stopped to pat the Inear Mr. Miller speak to you? Has he omenoner = 0, @ have not. But I'm prespectin? him momentatfously now, a3 You may Sey. sah “Who Was in here with you? Didu't somebody go.through this room or the hali Just now?” “Not a livin’ soul, Mars’ Jolin, sence Miss ‘Liza; | she camed "long tie passage On her way to her chamber, "bout naif i hour ago. 1 reckon she Mill represent herself down "n the parlor pretty Feeently now, sab,"—wo respectful tor signifi- | sane bat so plainly ta sympathy with what he | as loveriy Impatience that the querist' Roath closed 1 a sini. bases le lingered for a minute longer, exchanged a seatance as to the Probabilities of ora with the Beaquipedalian oMcial, fondled the black muzie ‘Une MastifT thrust int his hand, stirred the sleep. Ing Kittens with bis foot, and Saunt-red back to | the drawing room, heartily ashained of his retuc- | tance to leave these. lowly companions He nes More moruified vy the quecr cis gud creep long his mental vertebrae, aud b these | cause of thi cled weakness grmptoms of beretor clined to take hi nergetdcall rt To this end ne marched straight up to the tants mysteriously occupied and jore mysteriously vas | gated by tue surtouted and booed stranger, passed | his band over the back aud sides and sat down in | iq He had a cool bead for his years and a healthy | Rervous system. Keviewing the incident that | had tested both, he dec © had been the Victim of an optical ill K of the brain What might not ive habits who sat over a big fire for six hours love making, with no | interruption except whut was offered oy one of Airs. Miller's faimous dt Shy's voce ia tue ret reminiscence: Sof Wralts and doubles; ith @ red cloak conjured up by the overwrougit brain of oue philosopher, the eifsh figure in green that ptrouetted on the dish ; of Luther's Ingstand and Dunstan's i hallucinations in the opinion of | nt readers and Udnkers. He smiled fool. | perveiving that ue was actually feeling | 2 pulse. As well be superstitious as Ly po- | nariac: sebentine of an oid w you done to Trifle” said Shy, in | ‘ish tones, as he opened the door for was loth tocome dows With me at all “go he seratched at my door, and im ib, rau erying and shaking all the darkest corner of the closet. I a down in iny aries, but the moment It wind ii Waist aud bead bis tall sevel of hers; then, comduet ber to the “withdrawing upport, Still stand- T how the dog had’ rushed past od bds cail. Popped out on him," observed ng her head against the her. “Hie is @ lazy ttle to keep away from the Warts it ts in here {* ‘alned her inoulon toward the et. He migt,—he had forced less gubuin’s lap. Let it aks ¢ nit, OF Lost spirit, Be ‘take the chante that tie thing stretched out on a luxurious superstructure of vs and blankets upborne by broad hair-cloch, Solas, One On each side of the hearth. They had been’ fast friends since their freshinan year at Hampden Slduey. Veteran campaigners at twea- Ty-sis, in the straits and make-shifts of crowded country he they accepted the situation hila- Hodsiy, swoked a lingering elgar aptece after the candies Were exunguished, tie red tf winking across the oom at one another until sleep an slience settled upon the rest of the house. Gervas first gave token of drowsiness, his talk of fine girls | and Dicoded horses running down droily, the pen- duiuia tongue dropping words like lazy second- ueks. “Nota more glorious pair of cyes—this—side— the Blue Ridge!” he drawled. “Finney’s going train’er—t the course next—Fal-L Ches'nt—bay— one white—foot!” ‘The auditor laughed sflently, treasuring up the encomfam for elaboration and repetition at the breakfast table. Raising himself on Lis elbow to see if his comrade’s cigar were out, and that he had not set fire to the sheets, he aimed the stump of his own toward the faint shimmer in the chim- ney, drew the blankets up to his chin, and, with a deep breath of satisfaction, settled into hisdowny nest. ‘The rain was falling with rythmnic ity on the porch-roof, a heavy pour that beat down the wind. Only a inumied grow! at the eastward gable and an intermittent pipe between the window- sashes told that the powers of the air still prowled over the hill-top. ‘These sounds were merging into “La Cline dea Perles,” which Shy had played for the admiring jurists during the evening, the per- former being. Sill herself, but_ wrapped in a biue cloud with white inists, Ike silk “lilusion” wound about her neck and head, and the porch-eaves for board—when a nolse under the window mm. He recollected instantly where he Was and why. “Gervas!” he whispered. “Yes! Iheard it! Hist!” came back in the same key. e rustle of the bed. as they sat up- right was audible in the dark room. Someone was ‘Walking on the porch with steps that is} and quickened oddly. “Sometimes they stopped entire- ly while one might count ten or twenty. The rhythtmatie patter of the falling floods accentu- ated by contrast the unevenness of the tramp! tramp! from end toend of the wet floor. Sudden- ly the dragging feet halted at the front door, locks Fattled, hinges creaked; the footsteps came’stum- Dingiy'to the threshold of the drawing-room; a band fumbled with the knob. ‘The friends heard each the other's breath, sharply held, as the door swung back and some- body entered. There was a brief pause: the throbbing hearts of the themselves un- seen Ia the dense darkness as Was the intruder, outbeat the rain-pour without to their strained senses, each gathering himself up for a spring $0 Soon as the trespasser should strike a ight. Instead of this he walked heavily but steadily, as it nerved by deliberate purpose, across the floor ‘1 the corner, where stood the piano. There—they ‘Were ay sure as if they had seen the actlon—he dropped upon his knees. A long, broken sigh Shuddered through the gloom, an articulated sob burdened with @ word they ‘did not catcn, but which they believed Was a name, followed by a horrid, sickening gurgle—a duil ‘thud—a hollow human groan! ‘The young men bounded from their couches and proved In trencied clumsiness for matches. ‘The ue light snapped, fizzled, grew red, then clear. path? candlet” gasped Gervas, as with aus. As the wick canght they turned for the first time tn the direction from which the horror had lea] | upon them. The cover of the closed plano. was ‘smooth; chairs, afoot stool and a lamp stand Were as they had ieft them ongoing to bed. There Was no prostrate figure or other sign of the noc- turnal visitation. Avoiding one another's eyes as in the abashment of guilt, they explored the room and hall with lights. ‘The polished floor of the latter was dry and clean, the outer door locked and barred. “Yet I could have sworn that his boots were soaked with wet,” whispered Gervas, fearfully. “They had the sodden sound of muddy goles.” With the same queer, cowed dread of they knew not what upon them they stole back en tiptoe to the drawing-room, made up the fire, and, Sitti by it, smoked and’ talked until the dim dayhghi oa Tainy morning slid In at the windows. In all these hours of agitated conference they arrived at but one conclusion. The awful secret should be kept until such time as they couid fur- nish solution with the mystery. To delicate Women and superstitious servants Round Hill Would be intolerable were they to susj who Stalked, visible and Invisible, through the house at his own evil will, Shy had been Mrs. Speea for a year when her husband received a letter from her brother, ad- dressed to his office and marked “Confidential.” “I have found a key that fits the ,” wrote the brave young fellow, “but the darkness on the other side of the open door ts thicker than that in whieh we have groped so long. “As you know, I have frowned or laughed down the hints the negroes have dro] of mysterious noises, lights, shapes, ete., which have made the stoutest hearted of them afraid to move about the house alone after dark. But, privately and as dexterously as possible, [ have juiries tar and near as to former residents of My father bought the fog rng from 140bson, who purchased {t from the executors of Byars Moseley, deceased, in 1815, unmarried. The two plantations immediately ‘ours ‘have changed owners twice in the | years. Nobody bereabouts seems to know ot sles E the tenancy of the house prior kiven. Only several fair damsels have informed Ine with pretty shivers and mouse-like squeaks that the place ‘certainly 1s haunted,’ ‘and that they wouldn't live here for anything?” (I have no | Hamediate Intention of tempting them to for- auger themesives) “Last week—I am coming to it now—business callct me’ to Chesterfield on the frouuler O€ wheat we Powhatanites style ‘The Yellow Jacket coun- try.’ 1 took dinner with my client, and met his father, who tseighty yearsof age. On. ‘where Tlived, the old teilow brightened up amazingly und began to chat of the neigh! as he knew it, When a young man. He was born, it Ohthe Round Mill estat; his father Raviug beck Byars Moscley's overseer, “The reac set down exactly as he told it, fater died Byars Moa a 7 ars y Itaste'n his. best race horse’ wou Drinkin’ 'n cyard-playin’ ’n knows what else was nights ’s well ’sday. He was too, arter a while, Gooshlan: toa g i ‘t i 3 i if il : i H H Ff 4 _ it ‘thar mournful, an’ they all ee eae y tole how much store they sot by him an’ all that, Dut he couldn’ seem to take no comfort in what they sald. Nigh ’pn midnight "twas, when thar come a knockin’ at our outside do,’ an’ my father, he got up thinkin’ somethin’ was mart— ter with the stock or somethin’’n’ other. An’ thar ‘stood Mr. Moseley, wet ’s a drowned rat an’ white’s asheet. I'd ‘up, too, an’ was a listenin’ behind the do,’ an’ 1 heerd him e-gotng over the same sort © fyarwel my 3 he, “Mir, Moseley,” sez «“‘an’ then my father, sez he (father betn’ a Methodis’ class-leader 'xorter), “Mr. Moseley,” sezhe, right straight out 0 the hyme book Eres fees the lamp hol’s out to burn, ‘The vilest sinner mought return,” he, “s Seghe, “Rub out, n’ b’gin ag’In, sub,” sez he, never too late to men’.’” Ab! many’s the time T’'ve thought 0 them ‘ar’ words sence, an’ how s0l- emn my father said ‘em, he bein’ a ’xhorter’s I said. “Never too late to men,’ Mr. Moseley, sez he. in shin’ Kinder cur‘ous-like— left to Mr. Bass, an’ ‘Wuss'n’ nothin’ fur to men’ it with. I don’ know'’s the devil "ll think me worth pickin’ up. But good by! good by” an’ he was off in the rain an’ win. “ “Pwas jes’ arfter sun-up nex’ mornin’, but still a- rainin’ cate "n you monet say, When here come Royal an’ a-bellerin’ down to our house fur to tell us he'd foun’ his master stone- dead an’ cole on the parior-floor under his mother’s Picter, a-lyin’ face down with his throat cut from year to year. Ain’t the staino’ the blood thar ‘SUll, sub? *Tuse’ to be, do what they would to git itout. They say a blood-stain won't never scrub clean?” John glanced furtively over his shoulder, ‘wet his dry lips with a tongue that was stiff an cold, and: on the leaf of his desk the hand that clutched the letter. A horrible sense of un- reality possessed him. Now that explanation had come, there was no fulcrum on which to rest cred. ulity. Then the floating haze of letters subsided into ines, the Ines from curves into levels. He Went on: “When I got back home, I made a clean breast of jthe matter to my father. Mother was luckily away from nome. I really think the good man doubted my sanity and your veracity for at least ten minutes, We went together to the drawing room, locked ourselves in, moved the piano, and pulled up the corner of the carpet. ‘Ihe stiun 13, there—a big, brownish splash, running off in large and smaller streams with the grain of the boards— an ugly, ugly Sight! “We—you; my excellent father and I—don't_be- lieve in ghosts, Jack, nor yet in haunted house, nor in inexplicable sights and sounds, even wien ‘we see and hear them ourselves. But what are we to think of all this? And what use can we make of the key now that it 1s thrust into our hands? Note.—However inartistic bear | be the addenda trance but True".to what would otherwise pass asa bit of imaginative fiction, the author feels constrained. to state that the story given above rests upon the, = ee of eee ‘veracit) apparition on the pore midi ne eHtsceable Mlood-stain: the history “ot tie suicide—all these were real happenings, if the solemn asseveration: of good and sober men is worthy of credence. — or Boulanger’s Early Life. ‘From the London Figaro. Gen. Boulanger’s mother was an Englishwoman, who, when she married M, Boulanger,(tue general's father,) was a beautiful girl scarcely out of her teens. At that period M. Boulanger was an avoue, that fs to say a solicitor, at Rennes, But shertly after his marriage he decided to sell his practice and migrated to Nantes, where he became an in- ‘Spector in the service of the Compagnie d’Assur- ances la Bretagne. It was at Nantes the present War minister of France was born, and those who remember the mother speak of the 8 resemblance which her distinguished | Son bears to her as she then was, Without being actually poor the Boulangers were certainly far from rich. ‘There was in the family, to use antex- pressive French phrase, “more bread than bui ter,” and so when young Boulanger was sent io Saint Cyr his parents could only give him very } little pocket money. Even when he left Saint Cyr earlier than usual, thanks to the need of officersto fill up the gaps caused by the Crimean war, he had no margin for extravagance, and he has since Ta ‘ly admitted that many a time when in- vited out to dine or dance he was obiiged to make Ris déjeuner off un chausson de pommes” in order to pay for the kid gloves (fresh-but- ter coior) which he wore at the evening festivities, He made is military debut in the Taian carne paign of and was both wounded and deco- rated. So severely was he wounded, in fact, that | he was made a professor at Saint Cyr, and, though | severe as a master, the Sunday evening reveptions | he and his wife gave at their little house near the allway station are stilt pleasantly remembered by many of the cadets of those days, His young wife, who had, of course, gained her knowleds from his English mother, Was quite an adept in brewing tea and “ ” &@ lAnglaise, while her two little daughters, Yvonne and Mimi, were favorites Cre the guests. In 1870 Gen. Bou- langer, who had rejoined the active army, was in garrison at Nantes, but was fortunate enough to Teach Paris with his regiment just before the gutes were finally closed. After the war he went to ‘Tunis, and his recent career 1s too well known to need repetition. It is satisfactory to learn, how- ever, that he 1g. firm friend of England. ‘The day Imay come when his father’s Eng‘ish marriage may appreciably affect the course of current events. ————+e+_____ Christianity in China. From the London Tablet, January 15. ‘The Chinese government has issued instructions to the local governors, in pursuance of which ‘these officials have put forth proclamations warn- ing the people against the persecution of mission aries and Christians. “Know all men,” says the governor of Che-Kiang, “that the ole object of establishing chapels 1s to exhort men to do right; those who embrace Christianity do not cease to be Chinese, and both sides should therefore continue to live in ace, and not let mutual jealousies be the cause of strife Detween them.” ise Kung, the governor of the province in which Shanghat ‘issituated, after explaining that under the treaties missionaries have the right to hold land and houses on lease, and to travel about and preach, “their sole afm being the inculcation of the practice of virtue, and having no design of interfering with the business of the apple. goes ontosay: “Such of the subjects of China as wish to become converts may lawfully do so, and us law ‘prescribing inquisition’ tics "oe ya? law presci tion to (Or ro~ hibition of their action.” For the ie struction of ‘ils and houses, in dis- turbances in “py local vagabonds and bad characters,” summary vengeance will be taken, “Bear tn mind,” adds phe poeernor, “that When missionaries live in the dst of your vil- lages you and they are mutually in relationship of host ee Under ordinary circumstances it 1s your foremost duty to act toward them with courtesy and forbearance. Should any misunder- Standing arise, let each submit his side to the local authorities, and on no account give rein to ill-considered resentment, and tf: ofing to the impulse of a moment, into the net of the law.” ‘his is @ just and uhexceptionable policy, and as itis reported that our friend Marquis Tseng is, bbe placed at the head of foreign affairs in china : i i i Ht E bi i i ik eeu or of modern ideas and modern A stranger, of n, Sdene methods is Huger dellgGting” the heats nea ‘upon One He does not ‘but makes sw: cana ears of Thousands of color of which is RED. ‘Sezing, the colors of wad of VICTOR E. ADLER'S ANNUAL RED LETTER SALE, have failed to attend, Permit us to ference of FOUR: BON ONE SUIT OF CLOTHE ADLER'S TEN PER OENT CLO’ HOUSE, this scoring another brilliant VICTOR #, for waEheteere C VICTOR E. ADLER’s, TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE TEN 927 AND 929 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, COR. MASS. AVE. STRICTLY ONE PRICE. Open Saturday until 11 o'clock p.m. 15, Ovexxxe T o-pav. AT 631 PENNA. AVENUE, NEXT TO ST. MARC'S HOTEL, ONk DCOR BELOW 7TH STREET. GREAT £ALE OF TAILOR MADE CLOTH- ING. MANY GARMENTS EQUAL TO THE FINEST CUSTOM WORK, THESE GOODS MUST BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST. FINEST MEN'S BOYS AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING LESS THAN AUCTION PRICES. COME AXD SEE THE STYLE AND MAKE OF GOODS. COME EARLY AND GET THE FIRST CHOICE OF BEST QUALITY AND ‘MAKE OF CLOTHING AT AUCTION PRICES. MEN'S OVERCOATS AND SUITS, BOYS’ OVERCOATS AND SUITS, CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS, SUITS OR PANTS. LOTS OF MEN'S PANTS AT LESS THAN COST OF ‘THE GOODS. ACHANCE SELDOM OFFERED AT THIS GREAT SALE OF BEST TAILOR MADE CLOTHING. CALL AT ONCE AT THIS SALE. 631 PENNA. AVENUE, ONE DOOR BELOW 7TH ST. N. W., ADJOINING ST. MARC'S HOTEL. 7 Burs | SHOE HOUSE,” No. 1211 F street northwest, ‘Will be Opened Soon After MARCH 18ST ‘With a Complete Stock of FINE SHOES, (Of every kind, for every use, for all ages. ‘The Well-known BURT'S SHOES ‘Will be @ Leading Feature, ARTHUR BURT. 10-th&s3m Eisrazuiszep isu. OICE onp SSs K KI ERE <8, gSeke ue § 3 ee Ss08 Nc Ht Eine Ss587 MILD, MELLOW AND DELICIOUS. 4 cI Ww Ww w Ww w Ww w Ww ww ww Ww 4%, H ‘2: e H H H H H Co) SERS The x medicinal trom the finest wrowth of of the Monongahela, have attracted. the attention of the Medical Faculty in the United Stats towuch «do. Geese to place it na very high position among the fe beg to invite the attention of connotsseurs to invite the attention of connoisseurs to our celebrated fine OLD WHISKIES, which we of foligning prices, im canes coutalniug Gue Do: THREE FEATHERS, OLD RYE, 1865..... OLD RESELVE WHISK UNRIVALLED UPPEI-TEN W BRUNSWICK CLUB WHISEY.......... If you cannot obtain these Whiskies from your cer, we will on receipt of Bank Dratt Lropistared te ter, or Post Office Money Order, or C. 0. Dy if asired: deliver them to your address, by Express charges Re jualitics of Whisky distilled ein the renowned Valley H 8 2 4d to all points east of the Miscisnpyy river Treight toany part of the United Sista id) eit NCE, PURITY and EVERNESS OF For EXC QUALITY, the above sre Unsurpauned by any Whiskies "ROM ADUL- inthe Market. They are entirely FREE TERATION, and possess s Natural Flavor and Fine Thos Whisks are sold. und. t20 to gi ne Wiekics are mnder guaran: ve PERFECT SATISFACTION , otherwise wo be retuned atour expense. Correspondénce solicited, 1H. & H. W. OATHERWOOD, 114 South Front st., Philadelphia. ‘New York Office, 16 South William st. ash Professor P. B. Wilson, of the Balti. more University, bas analyzed ZON- ee Hisre- says it contains preciesely the ‘qualities that sbove Dentists says a dentrifice should \contaim.. .ZON- WEISS is of softcreamy consist Jicy, ‘thd is applied to the of an imitation ivory tt cleaning qualities ‘and delightful flavoring of its own. Sold by all Druggista. Qvomem = Prisrana A higher grade of Plaster than the pubiie ‘Das hitherto known. More penetrating and powerful than commen Porous Plasters, Bold by all druguiste. 2s BY MAIL. ings shine wil mah og ote ee. 80 STYLISH, NOTHING 80 DURABLE, FORTHE PRICE, A8 OUR $20 AND $25 SUITS MADE TO MEASURE, OB OUR $5, 96 AND $7.50 TROUSERS, ALSO MADISTO ORDER SOME OF THESE, YES MOST OF THEM, ARE HEAVY GOODS, BUT WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED 4 FEW STYLES OF SPRING WEIGHTS THAT WE ABE MAKING AT SAME PRICES. CONSTANT ADDITIONS WILL BE MADE TO OUR LINES OF ‘THESE GOODS FOR SPRING USE, ‘SUCH CHOICEGOODS AS THESE DOWT USUALLY GET INTO TAILORS’ HANDS AT THESE PRICES. THE GOODS THEMSELVES, THE PATTERNS AND THE, WORKMANSHIP DEFY COMPETITION AT THE PRICES. 80ME OF THEM ARE MIX- TURES, SOME ARE CHECKS, AND SOME ARE STRIPES, ANY MAN WHO WANTS A PAIR OF EARLY SPRING PANTS WILL BE SURE TO LIKE THESE Go0Ds AND THE PRICES. CALL AND LOOK aT THEM. EB BARNUM & Co, ne 931 Pewnervamta Avexcz, Sexo Oasra SEED OATS. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED SIX CARS OF THE HEAVIEST, CLEANEST AND BRIGHTEST FE RE D Db O OAA T Sos, Sesh Eee kke DDD “oo AWS T Sg THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY BUY, AND WHICH WE OFFER FOR SALE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. W. M. GALT & CO, 4 Corner 1st st. and Indiana ave. n. We Have Cor Prices ON ALL HEAVY OVERCOATS AND SUITS. EER If g8Ss RFE MMMM A NNN gong MMMM AA ONN ON re wu “ss, RE MMMM AA NNN EO Wg § EO MMM ASA NNN EEE H Sss8 gee MMM A A N NN BBB ‘ BPH BRR, o% 8°83 + Bp EME 88 see BBB BR 00 %ss3 = T CORNER 7TH AND E STREETS. Tux Hhenrsr Grave Caaursoxe IN THE WORLD, SHIPPED BY CARTE BLANCHE, A Magnificent, Rich Wine. GRAND VIN SEC, The New Dry Wine Price—Quarts, $30.20; Pints, $32.20. Honsile by the lesting Wise Mecchests snd Qrovers, Mus Jour Corson Sars, Inan article entitled “Family Living on $500 8 Year:* “Fuel for s cooking stove and two other fires, and lights, would cost about $8 per month, provided Come ‘were used in cities,” &c. WE ARR’ DELIVERING CRUSHED COKE TO ANY PART OF WASHINGTON OB GEORGETOWN— ‘ 40 Bushels for $3.70. 25 Bushels for $2.50. COKE NOT CRURSED- 40 Bushele for $2.90. 25 Bushels for 82.00, 3 ‘WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, Pr) 412 and 4)3 10th streot, Fo Sorrrzes CONSTANTLY RECKIVED OF THE CELEBRATED MILWAUKEE LAGER, FROM 308. SCHLIT®'S BREWING 00., And for sale by dealers generally in bottles and in . casks and bottles by the agent, SAMUEL ©. PALMER Devote: EPS Se Tolepbonee: {Seccgetowas Ao: LADIES’ DRESS AND COAT MAKER. arrived from its tai Sarna Coats relined and altered, Corner 12th st. and Pennsylvania ave, 5 Over Davis’ Hat Store. 5-1m Ware, Hows & Co, 25 WEST 16TH ST., NEW YORK, ‘WASHINGTON BRANCH, $15 15TH ST. N. W., (Over Hanson Hiss & Co.'s). IMPORTED DRESSES, WRAPS, Bro, LESS THAN PARIS COST. Orders promptly executed, Maz C. Doxovas, 315 FIFTH AVE. X. ¥ ‘Has Just recstved from Paris the earty spring novel- SILKS, FOULARDS, new shades CASHMERE AND COMBINATION SUITINGS, samples of which can be seen at her parlors . 1340 I STREET, for Spring Costumes. Closing out balance of winter bargains. f9-17t NCH DYEING, SCOURING AND DRY CLEAN- ING PERAB. 2005, New York ave. nw. Ladies and Gents’ Work of every deecrip- 2 NANTON S CAROLINE LERCH, 3220-Sm "A. Fischer & Maison Yriese, Paria ‘188 CUNNINGHAM, . 1310 Sth st. n.w., will alter and reline Ladies’ Ph ee month of February only. ADIES ‘Po your own Dyeing at home, with PEERLESS DYES. ‘will dye everything. are sold | , sagant 3a Fastnesr of Color of Nov:teding Qualities They ‘croak Or smut, For sale Oren SOTSCHIFFELY & EVANS, Draggisi 027-00 grist, 47 Pennsylvania ave. ‘'EDORA DRESS SHIELDS Are the bes THEY ARE ABSOLU' n27-et.thom apies, A rrenitoy. Lape -AKISIAN MODES IN FINE FRENCH HAT GOODS. M'LLE M. J. PRANDI, 1309 F ST. NOVELTI BAC! OIF FURKES, HAIR DRE: Hair dressing Placing of Bridal ¥ m4-12m" NTON, FISHER'S 1 Dry Cleaning Estabilshment, We Thirtyefiv ntlemen’s Gannents Plush Closks, Grape Veils, Laces, Glo' fectly cleaued by this superior ing Dresses a specialty. Gentiemen's Clothes cleased by duis process will nol lone tieir original shape ‘and Srease spot cuarunteed to be resioved effectually ‘Goods calied for wud delivered een QUPERFLUOUS HATE OBLITERATED, LEAVIN ho trace. |My Electric Needle Process is. the on! Femedy for” this hideous blemish, Dhuters, powders, acids, ke., only promote more stubborn growth, lec: trie treatments’ tor dadies aud children ML GABIUEL, 1321 G stn. We Sud" Maz J. P. Parure 2107 F STREET NORTHWEST. 0. 906, Ladien? nd IMPORTER ‘Will show the coming week NOVELTIES IN HIGH CLASS BONNETS ETS AND HATS, ann FOR TAILOR-MADE SUITS. Ws ANNIE K. HUMPHREY, 430 10TH ST. 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IF YOU WANT A CARPET BUY IT NOW, As we will make, lay and line all TAPESTRY and BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS sold this week for cash ‘free of charge, in order to make room for Spring Goods Also bargains in FURNITURE. W. H. HOEKE, 801 Market Space. fis Poromac Water ‘May be Clarified and Purified by the useof suitable FILTERS. ‘We offer you at guaranteed lowest prices the two most Popular and efficient Filters in use in ‘this country. THE GATE CITY STONE FILTER and THR JEWETT CHARCOAL PACKED FILTER, all sites, WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, China and Glass Importers, 1205 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. . 18. Sroves. GREAT DISCOUNT. ‘We will offer our remaining stock of Heating Stoves at from 10 to 20 per cent discount from regular prices. Agents for DANFORTH FLUID. W. 8. JENKS & 00, 7 77m Staeer N. W. Hoxwsox Hiss & Co ‘New and Beautiful Line of WALL PAPERS, 15 cents and upwards, FREsto aN. ‘HOUSE PAINTING. cantete ND UPHOLSTERY GOODS. 815 15TH ST. 3.W. FAMILY SUPPLIES. 231 P. 226 Borers Famry Tas 50. PER POUND. (The only “Spring Leaf.") TO BE PROCURED aT NO STORE OTHER THAN 1325 F STREET. TOGUARD AGAINST IMITATIONS THE GENUINE “SPRING LEAF” 18 SOLD ONLY IN PACKAGES, MY NAME ON RACH— &. W. BURCHELL, ae re Taz Leaprsa_[ssrevuesta CHER Pianos ESTEY ORGANS. Moderate prices. Easy monthly f= -g AN, | and Oneans for rent and excl a ety 30.20-3m x GMa Wee & Bos, h and Bach now ine world. Newby & Evans aud Weser Bros., the dinm quality ; also G self-playing instruments. q Sora plan, Special K NNN A EB eeu A be & NN AAA BNA A Puasxoa UNEQUALED IN TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP AND DURABILITY. attention of Purchasers invited to the new ARTISTIC STYLES finished in designs of HIGHEST DECORATIVE ART. SECOND-HAND PIANOS: 4 fine sssortment of prominent makes at all prices. PIANOS FOR RENT. WM. KNABE & 00, _4 Market Space Do Nor Prncmse UNTHL YOU SEE THE EMERSON PrAxo thoroughly first-class instrament at peice cz ‘Over 41,000 now in use eggitet aad Sees a ore, cece Someee ‘ahyest aneorsment of S-cont Mua in the tty. apze O15 F atrest, Enva F. Daoor. 925 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR, nthe market. The Largest Range of Work. The Bast Attachments. Light Running end Quist. Ladies should