Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1887, Page 7

THE 6&- STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, THE HIMALAYAN PRISONER, A Posthumous Story by Mme. George Sand. (Never before published in any language or form.) ‘TRANSLATED BY LEW VANDERPOOLE. [Copyright 1887.) Of course you have heard of my two brothers. Henri, the oldest, was almost at the head of the Royal Geographical Society. Jacques, the young- ‘est, was eminent as a professor of languages. I, the middle brother, was, in every sense, the mid- die brother. I was nothing at all in particular— only a heediess, careless sort of a dog, who took the world as a great foolish thing that I had to make the best of; and ife—well, life was a Joke. ‘This was the state of things before the things Which Iam going to tell you happened. since ‘then things have assumed a more sober gulse, though I still maintain that he who takes the things of the present existence seriously, ts a very great fool, Despite my general indifference and iax views, my two distinguished brothers were exceedingly fond of me. I poked fun at their vast erudition, and laughed at their setentific theories. ‘This they seemed to thoroughly enjoy, and, at last, I came to the conclusion that they regarded me as & sort Of a joke-book. I Was not in the least put_out by this. T was Sure that my nonsense could not i With them so much, and being, also, some- What quick at catching up things, I gained quite smattering of sctentific knowirdge, which, aside from turning it into ridicule, T made no’ use of Until the occurrence of the strange things with Which Fan about dealin ane spring day the doctors suddenly informed usthat unless Jacques Was at once taken from bls Work, his mental enencies would be destroyed. Jacqies, himself, excepted. everybody was alarmed and disturbed. He laughed good natur- edly, turned tome, and said: «Weil, old fellow, we'll have a lark, then: a reg- lar out’ and out lark, You shall plah it and Henri Shall zo along and act as balance wheel. Where will we go, and What will we doz Speak out your first impression, and no matter how reckless it 1s, we will obey I.” “Les go to the Vale of Cashmere, and thence, a8, near as wecan get tothe summit’ of the Hina layas,” I said, and a moment later, I was blushing ‘wish an overpowering consciousness of my OWL absurd audacity. Henrt looked grave and displeased, but Jacques ei Ia proposition with the heartiest laughter. he We will doit,” he said, and that settled st. No one could dissuade him, “1 aim afratd the doctors did not speak 1n time,” said Henri, when we were alone. “flis mind is unsettled.” jed my hands, and then thrusting them §nto my poekets, hurried away in silence. It was one weioved brother eriticizing another beloved brother. What else, but what I did, could I have done? Under any other circumstances I should have thrashed Hear. A few weeks later we were tn the delightful Vale of Cashmere. Already Jacques was improving. ‘The beautiful valley, and, more than that, the sight 0° the eternal Snow on the Himalayas, had ‘the most exhilerating effect on him. A rich color ‘of health came upon his face, and he was continu- ally Ia the most buoyant spirits, “Perhaps you will admit now that I am not such ‘2 fool,” I said to Henri, one day,when the tmprove- ment in Jacques had become marked and striking. “I never thought you in any sense a f00i,” answered, quickly, “but how was I to know ‘that ‘What you proposed would do him so much good?” ‘When, with our guide and our attendants, we had accomplished ‘about half of the dificult oniy proposing plan waich so ianitestiy. was only ‘@ plan which so manitestiy was Jacques, Dut which also enabled bir to carry out some of bis own geographical ambl- ‘Hons, AS wegradually ascended, leaving behind us the languid Cashmerean summer, and advancing into the endless winter of the high summits, we were ail fuli of enthustasm over the novel experience, and enraptured with the tremendous landscape which we were enabied tooveriook. That is, we ‘were all enrapturea, and so forth, but our guides and atiendants who looked upon us as something: ‘Wo De pitied even more than idiots, ‘Higher and higher we went, ail the while, more and more slowly, Uo veing harmed by the constant change of altitude, At last the forma- ‘Won of the mountain, and the awful severity of the ‘Weather, combined against our going farthar in ‘the direction intended. We were forced to turn Dack, with the summit we were so anxious to Teach, sulla long way above us and beyond our efforts. Reluctantly, we gave it up, and once more set our faces toward the Vale of Cashmere. On ow way down the mountain we swerved a Uttle from our course in ascending, and ‘under a jutting point of rock which the winds of eeniuries Nau 51 free of snow. In the extremest potntof this rock Was a niche about two feet Square, and in this was an object which attracted My attention. The object jooked like a vase of autique pattern. Instantly my curiosity was aromsed, und after considerable efforts I secured ‘the mysterious object. It was, unmistakable, so wy learned brother assured me, an ancient Hindoo jase. It was ene with — piece c Metal, upon which was engraved a verse from the ‘oran, and the name of a man, who, thanks alsoto wise brothers,1 found was a great savant, a thousand years before. He was, in fact, the wisest mien of his day, and the strangest his strange history Was that noone knew or when he bad died. cover the bit of informa- under the exceedingly Interesting and ‘umstances, Was sO very startling, Was rely Over the top of the vase with a wholly unknown to tay brothers, and defied our most strenuous efforts at < HH) i Hy Hs ‘way into the vase seemed to be by it and since it might, possibly, contain fellow's ashes, we Were not anxious to penetrate its mysteries in that way. We must ‘Wait until we were once more in the beautiful Cashmerean Valley, and no three women ever awaited the divulgence of a tantalizing secret ‘with more reluctance. We were eventually forced to break open the ‘Vase after all, the sealing of the cover had been so eiectually done. Its contents, some seraps of parchment closely ‘written in Sunskrit, relieved us of the unpleasant fear that we had rifled a tomb. But these same Scraps of parchment contained the most remarka- Die personal history of which I everheard. ‘The writing was not all done at once, but at several different periods, at least half a tentury ‘Spart. Deciphered and translated, it ran thus: “fo the finder, greeting. If he have virtue it wil bea id increased tf he does my & z came, scholars called Great Ferabki. More of knowledge, they suid, was given to me than to any other man. This was because from my birth nti! this time my fe was blameless. ‘The Spirit © Light and the Spirtts of Darkness both caine me, and from both I was offered my will. But I them by, asking nothing until the three enters whom my wite had given me were grown, ‘Thea my wile asked me for them, things ‘Which I, in my poverty, could not give, Then for Night ae roblem, but I “Night por e Pi bat could devise naught whence money would Come to Diackest moment of despair a Woman who asked such service as was never man before. 1 was afraid ana trembled, ‘Dut the luring promise of a pienteous gift of gold, which she made me, led me into listening —and heeding. She and a mau whom she loved were Doth possessed of great riches. They would marry Dut for one thing.” She, with her womanly per- fections of face and person, had the bold, daunt Jess hardy spirit of aman. He, with his fine face Batural vigor of man, had the tender, cling- Ang, shrinking nature Of woman. What Wished of me was to draw forth fruia them both heir souls, and then, in letting them revura, send IRer sou! inte bis body and his soul into hers. He, id be, doth in equipment of soul and Body’, ail man. She, then, would be, both in equip- ment of sou! aad body, all woman.” Each then, in their own beilef, would be Detter fitted for cach we “In my bind, mad struggle for gold for my @aughters, | put aside the awful fact that if I did bts thing'l would break the one great law of the Master of Life. wuiek broken, can Lave no pardon. Be I bade the Womau and maa com to me at once, Swearing to her to full! what sue required. “While she was gone I summoned the shadowy Ones, beseeching them to ald me now. Full of hor- or, the spirits of Light, forbidaing what T ask, persistence, forwok me. But tne Spirits of Darkness promised me ald. = The mab and Woman came. I put them ina Geep and stiriess sleep, and nalcemed my pledge. When they awakend, ‘their souis bad undergone the change. Contentad and happy, they showered me with gold, and departed. I gave the gold to my wie. It Was suMlicient to keep her and her huers a century. “That night, when I sought sleep, the Spirits of Light came. "Because you have done this thin Yor love,” they said, ‘it will be iorgiven you. Ha You kept the smallest portion of what you have ulned by this disobedience, your name would be written in the Book of Eternal Sleep. But never again can you look upon the faces of those for ‘Whom you have broken this great law. You must ge WHG Us now, Dever to return again, wearing “Chey took me with them to the summit of this rest inountain. In its very sumunit isa cave Where, some Wine, some hermit has dwelt. It was Jn this cave UAt the spirits left me, forbidding wy ever golug thence, except by their Will.” “Here the iirst parchment, which had been cut by a knife, abruptly ended. ‘The second one, Piitiem alter a Lapse of tty 3 rs, wag in sill , clearer characters than the first. Jacques Wranstated its follows: ts “It ts now Bfty years since the Spirits of Light Drought me to this high flimalayan cave. 1 am Row permitted to add to the narration of uiy diso- bedience a brief account of what has since befallen, ine. ‘This I ain also to be permitted to seal in a Vase and leave it part way down the side of my Imounsun prison, so that some one may find it, and. give to the world information as to what bas hap- pened ome. ‘The finder of tus vase and parch- iments inust procialim what I have written. OF falling to do this Will gain for hin that which | Rad invoked upon him for the pertorming or “My lice in Ubts pltc? is puralyzed by natural means. ‘Wher I rst came here, iy pears were Bity; since then. a second fifty years have S23 89 age ts now & hundred years, Nor is the come 'y present age may yet doupted. “This Fast height has worked a Itoge fm me, nearly as great as the one wrought by me Qity years ago, which sent me bere. Death is the Wasting aud exhausting of vitai elements. To stop this waste woud be to overcome death. Te retard this waste Is to Keep death at greater distance. At this great height, there 1s so little waste or ex- haustion that my fe may easily run twice or thrice its present length. When I first came here the intense cold I thought would soon prove fatal. But Very soon that part of me which was Uve of ‘the cold ‘out of existence for me. Even the sharp winds, which perpetually sweep this summit, do not inflict upon me any sensation of coldness or discotafort, Strangely enough it 1s, now impossible for me to live except at this ex- treme height. I am now often part way down the mountain, but soon a sense of Suffocation comes upon me abd I am forced to re- trace my steps. “The kind of sustenance which keeps me in life T am not permitted to speak of, “My interest in those I love is still unchanged, and I am permitted to know what comes to them, though they have no knowledge of me since the shadowy ones brought me here. I know nothing of thelr future or mine; that 13 hidden from me. Tonly know the past, and that, sinceithas brought so much of good tomy wife and daughters, would not change if I could.” And here the second parchment ended, The others contained staple, uninteresting notes. | AC- cording to them this remarkable man’s life w: altogether, proionged to about three hun years at least. How much longer we could not Vell. Of course we could only Judge by the records. very Mfty Years a new scrap of parchment Was added to the vase—the last one about seven hun- dred years before we found it. ‘The last scrap contained these words: “My family 18 gradually branching and increasing. Best of all Iny name is being Kept from oblivion. ‘The world’ still remembers me. My vitality is now running low. Old age, which in the lower world I would have felt more’ than two hundred years ago, ts now coming upon me, Itis doubtful it I shail ever add another one to this record. Since two hundred years have passed without this vase being discovered, I doubt if any one will ever fnd it. If at last it 1$ found and my name 1s sUill re membered, J leave it to the finder to judge whether that which I have written merits telling to the world which once knew aud honored me.” “The vase in Which I seal these parehments, and the parchinents themselves, were left here by the hermit who lived in this cave before me, I shall seal this vase and secure it in a niche in @ rock In the mountain below me, where some day it may arrest some human eye.” ‘Jacques, when we had finished reading, was determined to make the ascent of the mountian at all hazards, find the cave of which the parchments told_us, ad see what we could find there. It re- quired All the persuasion there was in Henri and T to dissuade Jacques from this purpose. It dazed me. It was the first time in my whole life that I had regarded anything gravely. But the Vase and the parchments subdued and quieted me, I felt an incomprehensible interest in the whole matter. Henri took Dut one view of the matter; to him tue whole thing was ahoax. He safd that the mysterious disappearance of Ferahki, centuries ago, had Induced some ‘over of srnsation to perpe- trate this thing, a8 an imposition upon Whoever Tulght run across the Vase in Che niche. ‘Yo tls, of course, Jacques would not Hsten. He was thoroughly convinced that the alleged Ferabki parchments Were genuine. Because of the doubts entertained by Henri, Jacques decided that it would not be wise to an- nounee our discovery. A few days afterward we went to Calcutta, tiking our treasures with us. The parchments "were shown privately to some avants, who declared them genuine. Not until then were Henri’s doubts removed, and be then declared that Ferahkt was insane. After a short stay in Calcutta, Henrl and Jacques returned to Parts, leaving me behind, for Teasons of my own. The’ Vase ind parchments Were also leit with me, When they were gone I Went to considerable trouble to obtain all accesst- ble information concerning Ferahkt. Of course there was nothing to be found which had aby bearing on the spiritual contents of the parch~ ments and sclentists could not speak advisediy of the effect of high altitudes in the matter of pro- longing life, but both history and tradition seemed to corroborate the Test of the supposed Ferahkt writings. Every one who saw the parchments commented on one point; that was the pecullarly graceful form of the Sanskrit writing. ‘This was mentioned ud relterated until a most profound impresssol was, by it, made upon me. I thought that I, at least, Would be fully convinced that there was no hoax about the parchments, if I only could find some other plece of FerahXi’s writing. But my every effort in this direction resulted in fatiure. AU last some impulse, more or iess unaccounta- bie, caused me to go ‘back again to the Vale of Casbmnere. One of the little villages so delighted me that I decided to make it my home for a tine Ttwas a delightful and poetic spot, and each hour I spent there increased its fascination for me. Besides the cultured natives, theré were, iso, many Europeans in the pretty Uttle place, whe found it as charming as I did. One thing here pleased me especially well. ‘There was no oue, among them all, who had heard even te merest whisper of the Ferahkt ments, and this Was a great relief to me, for thé last month I had heard nothing else talked of. Late one afternoon as I was passing a beautitul ove, Which bad a3 a central ornainent a deep, Clear,’ lovely pool, I heard a ripple of girlish laughter and a splash in the water. Almost with. out thinking I entered the grove and approached the margin of the pool. ‘The memory of what I then saw will never leave me. It wasa vision so rare and holy that but few are ever favored with it, and none more than once in @ Ifelime. A girl of eighteen or nineteen years, in all the splendor of perfect wo- Manhood when it is first full, complete and ripe, was bathing in the pool. “There was enough Hindu blood in her to accord toher that matchless grace of outline which is never the lot of any Eu- Topean women; but some European blood prepon- derated—English, I thought. For half an hour she gambolled in the pool, and then, throwing her loose garments on carelessly, and with the most perfect air of unconsciousness Tever knew, she walked slowly away. Following closely in her wake I found out her home, {¢ was With an English family which was sald vo have several times Intermarried with high- caste Hindoos. Obtaining an introduction to them was easy enough, and I found that the beau- Uful girl who had so enraptured me had as many of inind as she had of person. As often as possible I was with her, and soon we Decame almost inseparable companions. I was madly in love with her, almost from the first, and took no pains to conceal it. Her family seemed deeply gratified by my attentions, and she, herselt, was far from indifferent. Every hight she used tO figure in my dreams, and one night, with her, the Ferahki parchments were hopelessly contused, "The dream ended by the sudden appearance of old Ferahki himself, who took the girl’s hand, placed it in mine, and then vanished. ‘The next morning Ferahki and the girl filled about equal shares in my thoughts, Iv was the first ime Thad given bim a thought for weeks. ‘That evening, in some way, I scarcely know how, the conversation turned upon Sanskrit writings, and the girl said that she had some rare wens Which she would show me if I was inter- ‘begged ber to do so; and she immediately brought me several ancient parchments, all of Walch hadsome bearing upon her tamily—or the Hindu part of st. Texamined them with a degree of indifference, which did not bear me out in the interest I had exinced,, and ‘she was somewhat disappointed: when all at once, my attention was rivited upon one bit of parchment, which fascinated me as a Snake-charmer fascinates a snake. It was done in that peeullarly graceful form of Sanskrit charac- ‘(ers which had won such comment for the parch- ments I had found in the vase, in the rock-niche, way up in the Himalayas, Ferahki!” Lexclaimed, “Everything,” I answered; and then I told her the whole story. She was ‘very much agitated, and ex the strangest desire to see the vase and its remarkable contents. I went and got it at once, and was intensely surprised to note the ‘rempuing of her hands as she examined the ancient relics, “Now, read this,” she sald, handing me own her bit of the Ferahki parcament. It was a letter to his wife. It told her of the man and woman whose souls had undergone trans- Position through his Lutervention with the occult powers. Audit also informed her that the guld which accompanied the letter was that which he had received for dotng this forbidden deed. ‘There Was also in it an intimation that some awful pun- ishment might befall bim for breaking this fore- most of all laws, “Is It not a corroboration of your parchments?” she demanded, when Thad done reading. “Does hot the one sustain and support the other? ‘S¥es," Lsald, “but how came you by Unis?” “It has bech’ handed down to us, from genera figu {0 generation, ever since Ferahisday- ‘The ly has never Once lost sight of it in all these Uiousand years since then.” “And you are of his tamfly?” I asked. ‘ile Was iny ancestor,” she answered, proudly. She has now been my’ wife for twenty years, and as I look upon our children —hers and miiae—1 ofuen ope that some oue of them may have the hardt. hood to brave the perlis of that aru sutnault and seeif any trace of thelr famous ancestor sul exists in that prison cave, = eee z Look Onward, ery day tsa fresh beginn qe mora i the work nade new, F: faary of sorrow and sinifg, ‘Were ts s beawuful hope foryoue Albope for use anda aope Yo? Soa, ‘All the past are past and ‘The tanks are done aud the teare ave abed. *Festoray wont ehiek avec Sd Bi f ainsi arefesied with the tang which ‘night bas shied. Susan Coonbax. ” A Wise Change. From Harper's Weekly. ‘The proposition to change Inauguration day from the 4th of March to the 30th of April 1s a very sensible one, not so much becauseit ts a return to precedents as because the inauguration 48 an out-of-door ceremony, and the 30th of April falls in pleasant weather. ‘There 1s no sanctity in the date of the 4th of March. ‘The old Congress appointed the first wi in January, 1789, for the appointment of electors under ihe new constitution, the first Wednesday in February. for the voting of the electors, and the frst Wednes- ja March for “commenc! Proceed- mgs” under the constitution. "76 ‘Be ‘The inst Wednesday in Ma thefourth aay of tue mouth But eens eae the 1st of April that the House organized, and it ‘Was on the 6th iat the senate was onganized, and on the same day the votes were counted. But not until the 30th of April was Wash ug Fated. Im A7u2 Congress resolved that the Prest. dential term ot four years should begin “on the 4th ‘day of March next succeeding “tne day on wiiich the votes Of the electors shail have been given.” It was a date arbitrarily fixed for con- ¥entence by -but it is mentioned twetth amendment off Constitution, whic was Ue in the electoral votes Jefferson and Burr in 1800. The: re mouacat ‘he form of Zonstituteg wilt would’ be a great axtsing from the pleasant season of the year, prolong the second session of Congress We bane as yet seen no argument of importance tne permitted to go HOME MATTERS. RECIPES WORTH TRYING—PLAIN DISHES AND DAINTY DESSERTS—HOW TO MAKE PUDDINGS, SOUPS, MABY- ‘LAND BISCUIT, ETC. SHOULD Tnosx Wxo Live in the city buy more fruit and less candies and nuts, their children would be healthier. ae 5 ‘Tux OER Tais Couwrny gets the more fruit we require per capita, as the food now eaten requires {n'ueld fo asst digestion, Srewep Bexr.—Take raw beef, cut up and put in a kettle of cold water. Let simmer gently for sev- eral hours; season with butter, salt and pepper. ‘Tim Rice in a strong cloth loosely, and. boil to ‘salted water one and one-half hours; when cooked it will be firm en to cut with a knife, and should be eaten with meat: Prats Rick Pupping.—One quart of milk, eight eggs and one cup of sugar boiled together; thicken with bolled rice, put in a teacup of butter. Bake lightly. "Eat with lemon sauce. ‘MUsHRooM Satce.—Peel and wash the mush- Tooms, cut them in small pieces and put them in 9 saucepan; cover them with water and let them Doll until softs then stir in butter, mixed tn flour, until it 1s Uhlek enough to form a nice sauce; add pepper and salt, PLAIN CHICKEN SOUP FOR CONVALESCENTS.—COVer one large chicken ina soup kettle with one gal- Jon of water and doll for three hours, Add halt pound of vermicelli, a double handfull of celery Kreeus and two bunches of parsley, Boll for two jours, and season to taste, THICKENED MiLk.—Two quarts of milk, three eggs, one and one-half cups of flour, one cup of sugar, a little salt and flavoring to taste. Mix the flour smooth ina little cold milk. Beat the eges and mix them with sugar and flour, beating all Well. Set the milk on te range in’ a saucepan, and as soon as it bolls pour in the mixture, stir- ring until it thickens, A Dasty LtrTLe Puppixa.—Cut about half a pound of stale sponge cake in slices and soak them. in a ittle scalding milk; then beat up lightly, mixing in the juice and finely grated rind of half a Jemmon or a tablespoonful of orange marmalade, or some preserved fruit, a small plece of butter and an egg, well beaten; "two ounces of sugar, if the lemon'is used; bake half an hour in a quick oven. MARYLAND Bisctrr.—Ten coffee cups of sifted flour, one coffee cup of cold lard, one tablespoonful of salt; rub these ingredients well together with Your hands. Add one coffee cup and a half of ice- Water. ‘This Will make a stiff dough, After tt 15 well mixed beat it with a rolling-pin until it blis- ters and becomes soft enough to make up into small biscuits. Prick them with a fork and bake ina quick oven for fifteen to twenty minutes. ALMoxD OmELET.—Beat four eggs and three tablespoontuls of cream together; put two ounces butter intoan omelet-pan, and when it becomes meited and very hot pour in the eggs, stirrins geutly until they bezin to stiffen; them loosen the Cages of the omelet trom the pan, spread. a dozen Dianehed sweet almonds (pounded) on the top and fold it over neatly, When done place on a bot dish, strew some sifted sugar over it and serve. How ro Roast Brsr.—Select from ten to fifteen pounds of the best sirloin of beef, and wash tt in cold water, wiping dry with a towel. Allow ten minutes for each pound to roast it. Baste 1t tre- quently, but do not add_any water until it has Toasted’ about fifteen or twenty minutes. This makes the gravy a nice brown. Sprinkle a little peoper and salt over the beef; dredge it over with jour half «n hour before tt 1s’ ready for the table, and let it brown handsomely. After the beet 13 taken up thicken the gravy with a ttle wheat flour and serve in a boat, Pavxe Pvpprxo.—Beat half-pint flour with a Uttle milk to a smooth paste; then beat two eggs well and add them, also a pinch of salt and sufil- clent milk to make a thick batter. Stmmer halt- Pound prunes in water, and wien they become Soft drain off the water, Stone them, sprinkle them with alittle Nour and Stir them ta the batier. Now, have a pudding-cloth scalded and wrung out; flour'tt, pour the batter into 1 and Ue it up, leave ing room for the pudding to swell. Have your pot of water boiling hot, put the pudding in ana allow At to boll steadily for two hours. Wien done dish up and serve hot with a sweet sauce. MERINGUE OF ArrLes—Pare ten tart apples, core them, cut them into thin slices, and put them into a stewpan with four ounces of butter and four ounces of pulverized sugar, Set them Over a good. fre ‘and ict. them cook for httecn minutes, Stirring them frequently. ‘Then remove them from the’ fre and when they become cool, stir in two table spoonfuls raspberry jam, and ple the whoie on the center of a souffle dish, covering them with the whites of three eggs beaten toa froth with four ounces more of sugar. Over the Lop of tls sift more of sugar, and bake tn an oven for eight or ten minutes "until tne meringue becomes of a light golden color. A Goop VeaerastSovr.—Wash well and, adding fresh water, soak four ounces of dried beans over night. In the morning drain them, add a quart of cold water, cook gently for two hours in a covered saucepan.” Chop enough celery and onions cut small to fillahalf-pintmeasnre. Boll with the beans until all are pulpy enough to be passed through sieve. Soak a tablespoontul of tine sago for an hour in cold water and add ft to the strained soup, returning it to the fire with some chopped parsley and thyine. ‘This is the ume to put in the salt and pepper that are required for seasonings str well and cook for twenty miautes longer. “if you put the salt in with the beans any earlier it will arden them. Use a wooden spoon for stirring. Murrox Broru.—Take three pounds of neck of mutton. Cut the meat into two-inch dice; break the bones, put both into a saucepan with three quarts of cold water, and bring it slowly to a boll Skimming it carefully unull clear. Meantime, pe over and wash a quarter of a pound of pearl barley and lay {tin hot water. Peel a carrou and a tur. nip, and cut them into half-inch dice; peel an onion and stick it with ten cloves, and inake the usual bouquet. When the soup fs quite clear, sea- son tt with a fablespoontul of salt and a quarter of asaltspoontul of pepper; add the barley and the Yegetables, and boil it ‘slowly and steadily for three hours, or until the barley 18 soft. Take out the bones ahd the bouquet, and serve the meat, Vegetables and barley in the soup tureen. SreweD Potators (FReNcu).—After washing six large potatoes drain them, and, without removing their skins, simmer them in a saucepan with enough water to cover them; when they are about half Cooked, take them out, peel them and allow them to stand until they become nearly cold. Put an ounce of butter into a saucepan on the fire,and when it meits mix it snfoothly with a half ounce of four, and then add gradually three quarters of a pint of stock (whiclt should’ be boil- ing hot), also a tablespoontul of chopped parsley, two onions (minced), and pepper aud salt. Now simmer the sauce gently until the onions become Soft, then putin the potatoes, cut crosswise In slices half an inch thick, and let all sinmer gently for from 10 to 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are done enough. ‘Then serve them at_ouce on a hot dish with ‘the sauce poured over them, Cov Beer Browz, witu PoAcHED Eacs.—Take some cold roast beef (which should be underdone for this purpose) and cut off the number of slices you need, of even thickness; place them 8 double Wwire-brotier and brolf them over g oleae, bright fire until deifeateiy browned on both sides. Lay them on @ hot dish before the fire while you Proceed to poach the eges. Halt Dia stewpau With bolling water and set ivon the fire; break the eggs separately In a cup, and When the water boils remove the pan from tle fire and gently slip the egg in from the cup. Tien let them stand until the white 1s set; then return the pan to the fire and allow it to remain until the water bolls, and then the oggs.are done enough. | Place one of tiese on each of the brolled sitces and serve at once. Goop Corrace Puppinc.—Beat halt cup sugar and quarter cup butter well together, then add the yelks of two eggs well beaten, then a cup of milk; afterwards two and a half cups of flour with two teaspoontuls of baking powder sifted in it, and lastly the whites of the eggs beaten to stiff froth. Now beat the mixture together thoroughly—it can ily be beaten too much—puL it ito a lived an and bake in a moderate oven thirty minutes; when done, turn it out and serve hot with either a lemon Sauce or a sauce made in the following manner: Beat well togetier one cup sugar, quar. ter cup butter, one teaspoonful flour and one weg; put them into a saucepan, adda cup of bollfag water and let simmer for ten ininutes; when ready. to serve Suir In a wineglassrul of sherry or sti jeira, LeMow Savce Fox Puppixcs.—Pecl the rind of a large lemon carefully s0 as not to cut into the under white skin, and put ft into a bowl or tumbler, together with the strained juice, Pour over it’ the mixture of a gill of sherry wine and water, (equal parts of each) and let It Stand for & while’ to draw out the: oll of the peel, Put an ounce of butter and an ounce of tlour intoa saucepan over the fire, and mix them smoothly together stirring them constantly; as soon as they begin to brown pour in very slowly the wine and water, then add two table spoonfuls pulverized sugar'and boll the whole together. As'soon as it becomes smooth, remove the pan to one side of the nire, and whén the contents cool a little, add the yelks of two egg well-beaten, Now, stir the mixttire, (but be, careful not. 10° allow it Uo bolt aguln, oF your sauce will curdle) and as soon titiekéns iv 48 ready to serve,” Be See Some Signs, 1 ‘When winter leaves the lap of » ‘ts all up with to} dings! ring. 1. When early croen: 7 ‘The baseball season's drawiig near. mL When flowing is the tiapl ‘The sparking bock in placed ba tap, ereecee rth in flocks, We're uear the vei caeinae equinox. A When Sol the Deging The clouds of Guat begin to Ay,” ust is fying, then, 1 ween, ‘watering carts are never seen. “The Vil. April wets the ground, ‘Watering carts go round, ‘Young ladies think of Easter bonnets, ‘ Why She Staid, ‘From the Omaha World. First Omaha girl. “Dear me! Soyou'reengaged, ‘I wonder how It feels to be proposed to. Were you ‘When tearful “is then the ‘not scared 2” Second Omaha GirL “Ay “ad “Didn't you reel ike :ronatng aay ” cersaialy should have rus i¢T hada’ Deen 90 OWDER Absolutely Pure. ‘This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strengtiiand wholesomeness., More economieal that fhe ordinary kinds, and cannot besold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum. OF Phosphate powders. Soup owt IN caNe- “HOvaL Bar Kina Powprn Co., 100 Wall street, N.Y. Bold by the leading Wine Merchants and Grocers. dal-s,13t = Gare Axo Cannisren: SYNONYMS OF GREAT AND GRAVE EXECUTION. For speed, give us “the” maid; Asa“trotter” she’s ahead. ‘Siddall’s soap and sugar never bought'er, Somebody's cussing mad, But we are awful glad ‘To sell Camden pants at Two ands Quarter. Even so, and if you have a man ‘round town whocan or will furnish the same grade of goods, made up in the same manner and at the same price, “trot him out” please, that we may doff our hat and make our pro- foundest bow to the beneficent Washington wonder and shout GO AHEAD, STEAMBOAT! “Honest Tom” Benedict’s been elected; ‘It was thought he'd be rejected. ‘That he couldn't boss the G. 0. P.'s beehive, But he “got there” all the same; ‘Now, l ask are we to blamo For selling all-wool suits at Eight and Seventy-five? Nary time once! As we have often said before, we are here for the purpose of PROTECTING the PEOPLE, in the matter of prices, ‘The undertaking was a serious one, the battle over which having waxed hot and is growing hotter; therefore we have become intensely interested, and are more determined than ever that the PEOPLE, the CONSUMERS, if you please, shall have the benefit of our CAPITAL, our LABOR and our EX- PERIENCE. ‘HOW ISH DOT FOR AN ELEFATOR? ‘The Hon, Robt. Ingalls, of Kansas, Should pen a few stanzas ‘To commemorate his chance elevation ‘To the head of the Senate, But he may yet repent it, And wish he had—well— BOUGHT A THREE-NINETY SUIT TO ROUGH IT IN AT VICTOR E. ADLER'S TEN PERCENT CLOTHING HOUSE TEN 927 AND 929 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, COR MASS. AVE STRICTLY ONE PRIOR Open Saturday until 11 p.m J.C. Horcursox, IMPORTER. SPRING MILLINERY GOODS, Correct Styles, NNETS, HAT! cas wees RIBBONS, FLOWERS, TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS, In great variety, of the newest and choicest produc- tions, many styles of which are con- signed to us exclusively, WRAPS, IMPORTED NOVELTIES. JACKETS, 82.37 and upward. The fine grades at proportionately low prices. Examination will be con- vineing of the bargains we are offering in this depart- teed LACES. 42-inch BLACK CHANTILLY FLOUNCES ‘from 81.76 yard to 825.00. MARQUISE AND SPANISH FLOUNCING, DKESS TRIMMINGS, BUTTONS, Ete. 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON JET PASSE- MENTERIES. GLOVES. Spring importation of our CELEBRATED FOSTER GLOVES, with improved lacing. Our sales of this Glove during the past season have been enormous. FOSTER GLOVES have no equal in fit, style or reli- ability. $1.00 per pair upward. mb15 907 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, mbi¢ Exourgg Axe Dy Seno : on senin, watches or jewelry. Card enuraving ana print, ing. Seal engraving in all its branches. Bookbinders’ Re So oe rs “ea Gold or silver buliton embroidering. “itegallas ated Kinds of lodge paraphernalia, anise Orr Dum & Co, BUILDING MATERIAL . ‘SASH, ‘BLINDS, KILN-DRIED N. C. AND borage GEORGIA FLOORING A SPECIATY. We gusrantee to manufacture superior quality of work for less price than any other Mill, and we have the largest facilities and factory in the country. Send Usa postal and we will give prices promptly to prove ‘what we claim, Canton ave., President and Albemarloste., Baltimore, Ma. ‘Telephone 539. P.0. Box 476. 16-3m We Have Cor Paiczs ON ALL HEAVY OVERCOATS AND SUITS. ERE It EEE MMMM A NNN Ker H SS Eee MMM 2°48 RR BR RRR 00 88, box kee 8 9 & ob ££ “oo” Sa® = > fg COPNER 7TH AND E STREETS. Patent ‘Only Patent Liquid Mailing Case spproved by the ‘For transmission of liquids through the mail. ‘For descriptive price list send to SHOES, 1211 F ST. NORTHWEST, WILL OPEN THEIR STORE ABOUT MAECH 30rz. NEW STORE. NEW GOODS. NEW STYLES. GOOD sHOES OF EVERY KIND, FOR EVERY USE, FOR YOUNG AND OLD. BURT'S RELIABLE 8HO ARE THE BEST MADE, AND Gost No More Than Inferior Makes. ‘We Will Keep Them in Every Variety. ARTHUR BURT & CO. mb7-m&s3m 1211 F STREET N.W. Tse Hoomesr Grave Caamrscxe IN THE WORLD, SHIPPED Br pon E SE UH Ss ~E 9 OU UTI Ss, ‘ £ oO ou ung § LLLL 00 UU 1 Sss' 2 RR Fl Se Sy SS aS ea ee R EB 0O KER DDD EER RK E EEER R Reims, CARTE BLANCHE, A Magnificent, Rich Wine. GRAND VIN SEC, ‘The New Dry Wine Price—Quarts, $30.20; Pints, 832.20. For sale by the leading Wine Merchants and Grocers, azo To Sansry FOUR LEADING DENTISTS OF BALTIMORE. Professor P. B. Wilson, of the Balti. more University, has analyzed ZON- WEISS Cream for the Teeth, His re- port says it contains preciesely the qualities that above Dentists says a dentrifice should contan. ZON- WEISS is of softcreamy consistency, and is applied to the brush by means of an imitation ivory spoon. It has Peculiar, refreshing, preserving and cleansing qualities and delightful flavoring of its own. Sold by all Drogsists. Qorsrrors Puusrens ‘A higher grade of Plaster than the public has hitherto known. More penetrating and Powerful thin common Porous Plasters, Bold by all druggists. 221-3 Exczzsioz NERVE FOOD, Buperior to All Other Makes. RETAIL PRICE— ‘Twenty-five (25) Cents per Quart Bottle. For Sale by Druggists and Grocers. Bottled by FAMUEL C. PALMER. . $815 Dat aw Depots: {3332 Siete nw. EDUCATIONAL ‘in: . Siuwing. “For terms, apDly ae EVOLUTION IN SHORT-HAND SLOAN-DU- Hrnction any. jtlon by mail.” Call or send! Operon The School, O21. ‘st. nw. = Lops aa UTM a oR REY words per minute sod improve with: y lee A. H. SHEP: “phiz.o Attorney-at-Law, Warrenton, Va. D*= RTMENT OF STPNOGRAPRY AND TYPE- A pe SPENCERIAN Bank of National Shand Dts aw. Students for Amenuensis work in from turee to ‘fave montha, “Al? branches of type-wrivng Seoret eases, Recto nen Coe Fecuihg sessions, Call or send for cireulars, mbi¥-1in iG SALE at GREAT SLAUGHTERIN OF BOOKS PENNSYLVANIA'S PRIDE! ‘Thies Butter, from the gee eatery acta RCT iar | Sysco eat ERY Feduend price for afew dare loner Yitery warons it, is warranted and needs buts FSENTLES AT SERGTAL enc tron, {ial to captivate the mont fastidious palate fe SPECI REDUCTION, og ot i ous i ASTER CARDS AND EASTER NO} | Bros. Saal 313, enter Mark whe » fell tive FOR SPECIAL PRICE LST CALL AT Sioune se aia CHAS. BAUM'S BOOK DEPARTMENT. NEE, addition to the above SPECIAL SALF. we ty ‘our counters to-day sbout 2.000 MISCELIA- EOUS BOOKS slightly shop worn, to be sold & & sacrifice. pa Hist ot England, Gilmore Simms* ‘Novels, Be., Be, numerous tomention. It will be iy A minl6-4 4i6 7th st. nw, 8S ROSA BAM ther of Elocution gna Voice Oulture, peepetes Lediessea Gentlemen for DRAMATIC STAGE. Particular attention paid to coaching Amateurs and preparing Students for ‘on the platform or in ‘the social and home circ! ‘Can be seen from 11 until 6 on Tuesdays, Wednes- Prdaye at Logted No. 1338 Hst.n.w, _mhI7-eo17t? «Washington, D.C. UARANTEE TO TEACH ANY ONE TO MAKE A mrowisdert Growing, necessary: leans in paaning. + lessons iaine eater! YSTEM OF SOUND,” RE Nowugh course of Prouunelation, $Ajome and bed by MLLE-V-ERUD'- ‘Spring Term now at day an i p.m. -Call those day) lessons a, the French lan- ‘mh4-1m (LASSICAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, FLORESCE, Cc aialy Dee. So ora ae had — : ‘ears of experience in European life, wi secbool In Florence, Italy, the comiag Autumn, Mies isabella G. Taylor, s graduate of smith College, ill bein charge of the nguish, department, and will be assisted by 8 corps of native French, German and Italian teach- ers. The best masters will be procured for vocal music, the piano, mandolin and other instruments. Instruction given in painting from life, copying from leries, also in modeling. Students prepared for mith or any College which receives women. Mothers allowed to join the School with their daughters. A ee ‘will leave America in September to conduct puj to Por furti ary adastas, Mise TOA SELEX ¢'AYLOR, £°0. Box 6083, Boston, Mass. References: Rev. E.E. Hale, D. D., Pres. L. Clarke Seelye, Northampton, Mass," ”"mhO-s6t WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF TRIRGRAPHY has removed from Capitol Hill to 631 F st. n. W., rooms 7, 8and 9. ‘oc18-6in" PENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE IN COM- ‘odious halls, in National Bank of the Republic juilding, southwest corer of 7th and D streets, Services? of its eradutes | always yn demand, Thoroveh Instruction given in Hapa, Writing, the English Laneuage, Correspondence, Rapid Calculac tions, Bookkeeping, Business Practice, Commercial Law, Political Heonomy, Stenography and Type-Writ- 3,3: and 6: san Pupils warranted to acquire in thirt Pnuupelation and a practical use of muase. ‘Books, Stations enten season, at lowest prices. JHE NIND AND WORDS OF T Stone Miss F. R. Haversal's, and many other Docks, Religions Port ‘Notional y, Prayers and Hym- nals, The Holy Bible, for the study, school snd pupal CO PURSE Rooxrater, Paner Sass BE OFFERS HIS ENTIRE STOCK or FANCY GOODS AND STATIONERY, Everything Except Paper and Envelopes. AT Cost. He ts not giving up business; simply makings change, notn 913 PENNSYLVANTA AVE._ EVOTIONAL AND OTHER BOOKS FOR LEN- TEN READING. Easter Music for Sabbath Schools. Books for Sabbath Schoo! Libraries. Prayers and Hyiunala, a fine assortment, Family Pocket and Teachers’ Bibles, Books for Family Devotions. ‘All the New Books recaived as soon as published. ‘WM. BALLANTYNE & SON, 428 Seventh Street. Curae Paren uniform in size, and style, S33 kinds, only 3oc. each paper and 14 Curar Booxs. The Home, twelve moe ently bontnat in clothe Writing paper and euvelopes, 24 sheets of entelopes fo tuateh only 1c. 8 box. The cheapest Albms in the cy. ing. 1 pipe a.m: 6 ie Receiving Koods daily at iiustrat ircular free. 1elep! one call 2 pis 6 vikkebs, Hee Gomes am: | ott Spore ON PIANO AT 50 CENTS A _LES- i a juslined by eduesc 4 ng? Dee by agnniman gua fone to, persone de. _LADIES’ GOODS. Decoming skalltul perforrsers and intellizent Thuneisns Address CONSCIENTIOUS. Star IANO LESSONS— ‘By a gentleman thoroughty competent to teach. Good reterences. Address Box 8, Star office. mhi2-Im* QTAMMERING CURED. Cousuit Mrs. M. STEVENS HART, Principal of ‘ashington School ‘of Elocution and English Lan ee Boe Mat. u.w. System endorsed bj Fauestors and Patrons. INGING AND PIANO CLASSES i. Physicians, yeaa For Elementary and Advanced Pupils For terins, ke. appiy LOW TOU st. nw. mb8.2w* AMILL “BUSINESS COLLEGE, ‘over Columbia National Bank, LeDroit Building, F and Eighth Sts. N. W., ‘Teaches Double-entry pockkeers . Business Arith- metic, Penmanship and English branches when de sired? writing, Frivate Instructions for. Civil Service Examinations. Day and evening seasions. For terms of tuition, &c., call at College rooms. ‘JH, HAMIL. (Six yeare with Eastman Business College and lite principal of Martyn Comme: ere “60 RENC PUPIL “FLU: ently with purest accent ina very short time by new ayatem of Erol H. LARNOQUE'S. 4 native Pa M., of Sorbonne University, Paris, France. ‘mli8-1no* (ONS—MIRS. ADDIE PROSPERI CRID- pupil of the late Prof. George Felix Benkert, is prepared to receive a limnited number of on. the Piao, Residence 407 Sth N COMMERCIAL GOLLEG! st. n. W., near the City Post office, “The hivhest standard business college in America” Book-keeping, Business Arithmetic, “Iheory, Practi- cal and Banking Departments, ‘Law Lectures {ree to students. Day course, life scholarship, three months’ course, 85 per month. HORT-HAND STUDENTS TRAIN N wressional correspondence at the fine halls of the Columbian College ory School. pam. Terme in advance. Particulars at Capitol card stand. mbl-1m* APITOL HILL EVE! iL, 27, STH fic"tirimanar Geouraphsy History, eansnebip. apd ic, Grammar, Geography, 2 Orthography.’ ‘Terms reasonable, ‘C.F. WOOD, Prin- etal hs am £24-2m" Holy Auth et’ n, WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY. OF MUSIC St. Cloud Building, corner 9th and F n.w. Eight- ith year. Piano, Organ, V: Violin. Fh Cornet, Se) Free adrantaxes ‘O:B BOLLARD, Director. gS T= BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 723 14TH 87. ¥. We ‘Andall other principal cities. Recognized as superior to all other mmilar Tnstitn- Pa eee Bog me TION. Best of native ee ext NEW TERM now for Ladies, Gebtiemen and Chil: 40. Evening session, tou rch, “rial lems tee. -Everg battraay LECTURES Sipilaston cards? vom Fear Oe OG gna Daa Panic cal Culture an Priv an raniaiic Classes. ‘Mra ADELINE DUVAL MACK, 104 Nat Prsetig T]\HOROUGH INSTRUCTIONS ON : (Washington, 480. PIANO AND VIOLIN. ‘Telephones: (Georgetown, 454. mh? TT terms and references apply to CHARLES B. DONCH, 926 4th st. nw. 16-3 Miss Jcumr Conrsox Sava, In an article entitled “Family Living on 8500 s Year: “Fuel fora cooking stove and two other fires, and lights, would cost about 88 per month, provided Coxe, ‘were used in cities,” ac. WE ARE DELIVERING CRUSHED COKE TO ANY PART OF WASHINGTON OR GEORGETOWN— 40 Bushels for $3.70. 25 Bushels for 82.50. COKE NOT CRUSHED— 40 Bushels for $2.90. ‘25 Bushels for $2.00! WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY. ap 412 and 413 10th street, TIN, GREEK, MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH. Prof, ¥.A. SPRINGER, late Civil Servi Sr. Couaidates prepared tor Ci Mege, Auna ice Examine! for Ge polis, West Point or Giu Service Euaminations: "AVpIy 309 8th st a, ‘a1s-m ‘QHORTHAND. iS) Cintees formed each month. wate lessons in Type Writing. Experienced teachers. T4iS@ee mw. fa3-3mo WES. KINDERGARTEN, 1 935 Mis: SANS Piturany ScuooLs thot Dupont circle e887. ome nderland Place. one block, ‘Third term begins February = q < (ETTE MU fOCAL LES: TO jaan ears Youve. Kesidence, 735 Uth st. 1.w. ra 3 ACADEMIES—1i 8T, GHELDON'S, Ac! 1004 F Beans vivanta ave. x ‘PRIVATE 3 iS IN ALL GRAl "itudy to adits conBdential: prepares tor college, mapolls, West Potnt all seu8 IVY INSTITUTE, 8. (QCHOOL OF MUSIC, eae 13505 Bat. te or Claas Lessvu austGm THEO. TN eee HOTELS. Bexsows Carorxe Pozovs Prassten HIGHEST AWARDS OF MEDALS: IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, ‘The neatest, quickest, safest and most powerfnl rem- edy known for Rheumatism, Pleurisy, Neuralgia, Lum- bago, Backache, Weakness, Colds in the Chest and all aches and pains. Endorsed by 5,000 physicians and Gruggista of the highest repute. Benson's Plasters promptly relieve and cure where other plasters and. greasy salves, linaments and lotions, are absolutely ‘useless. Beware of imitations under similar sounding names, such as “Capsicum,” “Capucin,” “Capaicine,” as they are utterly worthless and intended to decive, Ask tor BENSON'S and take no others. All druggists, SEABURY & JOHNSON, Pzorsrerons, $a5-wsam,6m SK YOUR RETAILER FOR THE Jans Meaxs $3 Suoz .or10x!—Some dealers recommend inferior pecan makammr prem, tome equal nt fGeir own superiority by attempting to bulld upon jutation of the NONE GENUINE? ‘New York. sun EORGANIZED. am ‘Machine, w] Era ae ‘For particulars address ‘H.8. LELAND, 112 W. Lex- Aa a reed for Washington, mhl0-20Gt_ Pause: Hin Bus popular favorite for dressing the hair, eet Oe. end $1 st druggists, and is suze to Horez Vexvoxe, BROADWAY AND 41ST STREET, NEW YORK. AMERICAN PLAN. Centrally located. All the latest improvements, Cuisine and service wnexcelled. Gal rates to permaneut questa, ning ‘L, STEINFELD, Manager. 5 SEW, V. PWijudauptoiRees, near Old voit Comfort THE MOTEL WARWICK, ‘ tractive, first-class Winter Kesort for familiesan An atimt vinitosa. “Send for Lustrated Pamphlet to O. 'UCUTI: 150 Broadway, New York, or to © __ 3. B, SWINENTON, Manager, a24-akw20t “ Hoist Warwick, Nemport News, Ya ‘as. ome 2 jes! nde. from. Wash eee ett! se ote Sacmors book describing A BK Ba PROPOSALS. D.C, MARCH 12TH, 1887. for furnishing and pu 1 C, MEIGS, mn16:19.20500 THC Netrect aw. pers: FOR, FURNISHING A STEAM Orrice or Hx Exoprees AN: A E507 11TH ST. N.W.—CORSETS MADE ‘fo onder.” A'perfect fit guatunterd. Shoulder Braces, Reform Waists, French and Bustles. Corsets laundried. welt EARLY SPRING MILLINERY. MBS. M. J. HUNT, 1309 F st, nw. 26 J ESHTTAS LADIES Silos BARGAINS! BALGATNS! Being about to retire from the shoe business, T will close out my entire stock of Ladies’ Boots and Shors at very low prices for cash. Any one wishing to continue the business can buy the Stock,Good Willand Fixtures Atabancain, J. VERMILYA, 610 9th st. nw. & ‘Opposite U.S. Patent Ofc, QURING AND DRY CLEAN- AB.” 1205 New York ave. 1.6. First-class Ladies’ and Gents Work of every descrip- tion. ANTON & CAROLINE LERCH, rruerly with i ‘A. Fischer & Maison Yriese, Paria, SIN FINE FRENCH 0S. NDI, 1309 F ST. ‘Do your own Dyeing at home, with PEERLESS DYES. a: ing. They are sold pibey gil axe everrthing, They, are so ere. rac Declore, They have no equal : Brightness, Amount in Packages or for of Color or Non-fading Qualities They do ot croak or smut. “For cals by, ‘TSCRIFFELY & EVANS, 2027-00 Drugxist, 477 Pennsylvania ave, REDON ORES ‘SHIELDS Are the best in the world. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPERVIOUS. n27-8..th6m NTON FISHER'S Chenical Dry Cleaning Establishment, No. 906 ( st. uw. ‘Thirty-five years’ experience, phiitier and Geutlemen's Garments: also, Velvet and jush Cloaks, Cray Laces, Gloves, &e., ure per- ned by this superior procese, Ladies’ Ben. ing Dresses a specialty. Gentlemen's Clothes cleaned by this ee will not, hone hate: me aud Se Seat tarred on 188 ANNIE K. HUMPHREY, 430 10ru ST. N.W., ‘Makes Corsets to order in évery style and mate Tal, and Fuarantees perfect Bt and comfort i SPECIALTIES ARE— French Lisnd-made Underelothing, Merino Underwear and finest imported Patent Shoulder Braces, and all Dress Reform Goods, French Corsets and Bustles, Children's Corsets and a $1 Corset (Miss H.'s own make) that for the price is unsurpassed. 1N.B.—French, German aud Spanish spoken. _mrl4 HOUSEFURNISHINGS. A Cor Ix Wax Paren English Paper, 7c. per piece; Brown and White Back Paper, 9c. per piece; best White Back Paper, 12¢. per Piece; best White Back Paper, 25c. per piece on the wall: a fine Gold Paper, 25c. per piece; a fine Gold Paper, 30c. per piece: best Gold Paper, 40c. per piece; best Gold Embossed Paper, 50c. per piece; # 20-inch Gold Embossed Frieze, $1.25: 8 10-inch Gold Em- bossed Frieze, 75c. All other borders at greatly re- duced rates. Big stock! New goods! No humbug! Compete.it workinen. Prompt attention. JOHN R. MAHONEY, mhi8-1m, 313-315 Pa. ave, se, Capitol Hill, Ove Bazoaw Sues for the past two weeks have been so encouraging, and have brought out such crowds of customers for dull Season, that we are satisiied people will buy us any true of the year. whether i peason or out and Soiree tient tontlipesall former ne we Taveever offered in. oar GREAT DEIVE SALE which We will makeon MONDAY and TUESDAY, 14th and bth insta. when we will astonish the nativesin prices of Carpets, Furniture and Draperies. Remember, this sale is for cash and only lasts two days—Mouday and ‘Puceday—and dou't you mnie it W. H. HOEKE, mbi2 801 Market Space. Wat. Pavers Axo Fresco Parra. AT LOWEST PRICES. Just received, a new line of inexpensive CRETONNES AND LACES, P, HANSON HISS & CO., 815 15th st_ ow mb9 Decorarey Toner Sens. ‘We are opening to-day new shapes and decorations In TOILET SETS. ‘The Best we have Ever Offered for the price, WILMARTH & EDMONSTOX, Chins and Giass Importers, 1205 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. J.B, Levnevs. | M. Dernevx. Vormerly with P. Hanson Hiss & Co., J.B. LEPKEUX & BRO. 508 7th st. sw, Tork ot Papertaniriues. Also to. our prices. Em- Bosseod Gilt Yapes be. Gilt Paper, Soe. Sp. and 40c. White Back Papers, 12ic. Brown Pa pers, 10e “B-ineh Gold Borders. 60e. a0 Sime Embossed Gold Borders, 30e-and 406. All Work Seinen Ena x by postal promptly attended to. tw ». Cu 171 Ie ‘cent discount from regular prices. 4 rat ena as otis enig | mm 20 te 20 Bee THRIVE SOLoeR M,oa MONDAY, MARCH 281K | agents for DANFORTH FLUID. Heda ahnet Chto mentee 6 sexes 2 00. Pedder will submit, with their rae | sas ay ius ie See | ebay ee APE Sep Engineer Commissoner,B...| — GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. a ‘Anall the Latest Novelticsin ‘WINTES UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, HOSTERY, £0. Shirts 10 Order, 6 for $12. A perfect At uarantesd. ELLERY'S, 1337 F streot, Opposite the Ebbitt House. eeieea: Arrexstiox Or Hovsexeerms Is valled to MY SPECIAL FLOUR ‘Which I think Blas vo equal For Making BOLLS and LIGHT BREAD. Pricelow. re 1325 Fst, ATENT. THE PRE. ND THE BEST IN FAMILY USE The value of four depends upon the PS EMENTS OF NUTRITION tt BREAD IT MAKES. May from which “our, PATEN chiefly manufactured, haw eae mat or bass BETTER COM, OF GL ND PHOSPHATES THAN OTHER, This tact ta rocogntged. not only ft country Mut in the United Kingdom as well, where the “PATAPSOO. SUVEMLATIVE® ‘commande est diedly more money than say other ‘Atnerican Sout, thereby clearly demonstrating ite superior qualiGas fortiabiine tue sehtie, eectea! Gnd most nutritious read ASK YOUR GROCER FOR PATAPSCO SUPERLA- If be does not op Hand will noteet tt for yom, write to.usand we wil let-souknow where it can Oo haa GAMBRILL MANUFACTU LING CO. fS-tthsctim. 214 Commerce sts Baltimore, Ma. Norice TO GROCERS AND HOUSEKEEPERS, BEWARE OF ANY IMITATION OF CO FRR RRR FEE x88. cork” tk F $9 fF Beh EB Sas, Coco EEE R R kre “ss* T THE CELEBRATED MINNESOTA PATENT PROCESS FLOUR. Tt Ja without | doubt the most Bravrirer. and the most Nvrnrriovs Flour in the World. The Millers have not only the most perfect mill, containing a8 it does all the most improved Machinery invented up to the present time, but they produce Flour Uxsumrassep by any mill in the world, To prove that, we would simply state that ® lance quan- tity of this magnificent Flour is «hipped annually to Europe aud eaten at the principal Courts of the old world. HOWEVER, Like everything else that has gained renown, some Person oF persous are trying to take advantage of the Teputation it has gained by imitating the Name and Brand, and attempting thereby to palm off au inferior article for the genuine. ‘THEREFORE, ‘Be sure and eee to it that either sacks or barrels read “CERES.” and have the imprint of TWO GOLD MEDALS attached. None genuine without the two gold medals ‘W. M GALT & 00, 21 ‘Wholesale Flour and Grain Desiers, vee Eracax Ouve Ou, Assweet and palatableas: FRESH CREAM. Lange Invoices in Stock. ELPHONZO YOUNGS ‘Company, 428 9th street. How To Be Barret: THIS SECRET HAS BEEN SOLVED, Engénie’s Secret of Beauty or “C. BR" Itnot only fea Dut purifies the complexion. produces Sihnillant tratinparencys itis cudorsed by the leading belies of Europe and America, and is recouunended by pallce of eu Sauisiactlon wusrantecd._ Price, 81.50 per box. Veloutine Face Powder. pcan creeper World. 50c, and @1 per Ttidellibie Liquid Face Rouge, natural tint; don't rub of. Brice. $1.50 per bottle. Indellibie Liguid Lip Rouge, Price, #1 per bottle. Also, our yn ask, which is reno itwcioit te wor eith "accompa ig nest Almonds, for softening and whitening the 50. fe Mariana? Bain, for developing the bust, removing prios, 81 per bottle. ‘Adonine, for dycime instantaneously the hair, beard, eyebrows and eyelashes light. brown, ‘brown, dark png wh a black, without ‘the skin, Price, 81.50 per bottle. the jc Hair Tonic. Price, €1,50 bate. Pultsmonarcac or sboveimay bolo J. ROCHON, ‘Dealer in Hair Goods, 537 15th street n.w., opporite Treasury Buildigg. ‘All Ladies wishing to nee there goods tested aud ap plied free of change are cordially invited to call. fe-wicsl dt Woovrvrrs Txeroven FILE-HOLDERS AND CABINETS and Official of every kind For Filing Business ay Papers In the most convenient manner for reedy reference. THE IMPROVED HOLDERS structed EEL CLAMPING PLATES, ior: Sse fammeriy tend, Tey are red mize, to file Loe eae as to economize the greatest posable ammount of apace. WOODRUFP'S IMPROVED, FILE.HOLDER CABI- ted Shelf or Knol, ‘Wiyieiocketn allot the Holders comeained in ‘the Cabinet without the use of doors, desirable apd comvete. tina in Aualetjorthe purpose, tubers then are in ues Bere ard clacwhere, ving entre satisfaction ‘Ali work done in “dhe test tmanber'ahd st prices, end for e Circular, or call and examine at the Manu factory, Nos. U37 aud O30 Manmachiunetts avenue wort E. W. WOODRUFF, £26-skw,1m Patoutee and Manufacturer, Esrasuszep is. cHOL Lee Tree EHS E rad vey PH Ss F ae we'w HO E Fas yualities of Whisky distilled trum the tinest erowth of lige tu the renewed 4 : f PUKITY and & U1 QUALITY, ve are Uns aed Oe CL ‘They FREE FWOM ADUL- fina TON ‘and Gomes» Nutural Flavor and Fine ‘These are sold under gusrantes to gi F SATISFACTION : otherwise to be ‘stour expense. solicited. XH. & H. W. CATHERWOOD, 114 South Front st. Philadelphia New York Office. 16 South William st, o3k, GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS*S COCOA.