Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1887, Page 3

CITY AND DISTRICT. WASHINGTONS BALL NINE. A Crowd of Critics Watching Them at ‘Their Practice. THR MEN ALL IN FAIR CONDITION—HOW THEY LOK, ACT, AND TALK—THE MEN WHO ARE “HOLDING OFF"— WHAT IS SAID ABOUT KELEASING PLAYERS. The players of the Washington team who have ported for duty took advantage of every oppor- tunity, during. the past week, to limber up. The grounds were not in_good condition, owing to the Violent snow storm, but answered for preliminary Practice. A Stan reporter visited the grounds ¥ Verday afternodn to see how matters looked. 1 ‘the outrieid there were fourteen of the men of th ‘Washington team, practicing throwing and bai tng. A steam-rotler was busily at work on the Springy, but level, sod of the infield, Manager Gaffney kept one eye on the infield work and the ther on the outfield practice. WATCHING THE MEN AT WORK. A hundred or more base ball enthusiasts watched ‘the movements of the ball-tossers with a good eal of interest. Taken altogether the players Were a likely looking set of young fellows, and their active movements showed conclusively’ that ‘hey are in pretty fair condition already. ‘They all Seemed in good spirits. ‘They were Shaw, Farrell, McGlone, Donneliy, Keating, Mack, Gilmore, Shock, Stuart, Baker, Keefe, Kreiz, ODay and Dacly. Big OBrien, who had just come out of the Wes! Was Seated on a saw-horse and critically watche ‘the movements of his new mates. He isa heavy Set, smooth-faced blonde, about 5 feet 10 inches in height. His looks do not belle the reputation Which has preceded him, of being a terrific hitter. Having just arrived, he did not don the practice uniform, sO that ‘it ts only guess-work as to how be handles himself om the field. Of the other mew men Stuart attricted special attention, He 1s built, as the Saying fs, from the ground up, and looks every ineh a ball-player. He ts below, rather than above, iuedium height, and he ts not fat, but he weighs ‘one hundred aud seventy-five pounds, and withal is probably the fastest runner in the team, not excepting Carroll. All he asks is a fair show, something that has hot always been granted him, He frankly says that if he 1s in too fast company, he will move off without a complaint, but he wants to be judged by his work. Not only Man- ager Gailuey, but the players, think well of him. M'GLONE AND DONNELLY, the rival candidates for the position of third bases Were mated to strike alternate balls, and their Dearing towards each other showed that they enter the competitive examination with no hard Teelings. “Shaw kept up a running fire of com- ents ahd gags, as usual, and endeavored to keep everybody in a good humor. ‘The new rules were hot tested, and the twiriers pitched only enough Yo limber their arms a little. . HOLDING OFF. Whitney and Myers have not signed, and are holding off for more salary. ‘They bear the same Telation to the club as if they had been reserved from last year, and can be compelied to play in Washington at the price offered or remain idle. Hines, Carroll and Gilligan are still obdurate, Dut ‘the management ts more determined than ever not to give in to them. ‘They have until the 1st of April to report for duty. Every day after that date that they remain out will be at their own ex- mse. If they should sign ten days late they will docked ten days’ pay. ‘There 1s no reason to Suppose that all of the five valuable men who are holding out for more pay will not be on band When the season opens. Other ciubs encounter the same difficulties, so that Washington 13 not alone in its ficht. THE RELEASING OP PLAYERS. Even at this early day the wiseacres are pre- Micting the players who will be released, but Man- ager Gaffney 1s averse to releasing any one, es- pecially until he has had an opportunity of judging 0 their relative merits. Besides the present 13 Rot the time tor thinking of the release of any- ody. Aiter the season fs well under way players will be in demand. Nearly all the clubs, both big and little, have filled their lists with hew men, Sowe of whom will not prove successful. When ‘they find their weak spots they will bezin to look around for strengthening matertaL ‘The Wash- Iugtons have several men for the same post- tons, and when the team 1s pieked the players hot beeded can be released to advantage. Every- Dody takes it for granted that, having secured 2yers, there is no use for Crane. The latter player can be sold at a profit now, but later, if he is not needed here, will be in greater demand. He 45 not an unknown quantity, and managers may ‘Want just such a man. Keating and Keefe are not ranked high as pitchers, but as they are not ery expensive luxuries they can pay their way by taking tickets and by careful nursing may de- ‘Yelop into something phenomenal, THE APRIL GAMES are intended as simply practice games to show the abllitiesof the mem. During the month O’Brien ‘Will be given an opportunity to show his worth at Birst base, and if he proves satisfactory Krieg will | robabiy be a regular catcher. ‘This much Is set- fied, that Mack will catch Whitney, Gilligan Will attend to Shaw@nnd Dealey to O'Day. Krieg,or one of te other catchers. will play with Gilmore, Its also settled that Mack will head the batting nine Inevery came in which he takes part. Whitney and Mack are expected to equal Shaw and Gilligan | asa battery, while O'Day and Dealey may show | Up With the best of them. ENTHUSIASTIC PLAYERS. ‘The men who have reported are all entan siastic over Washington's prospects, provided the Kiekers are on hand at the beginning of the sea- son. “They put us down as tall-enders,” said one | of them. “That's all right. But then there 18 0 More reason why We should take last place than Second place. That's what we are going to try for. I regard Detroit as cut of the race, but with that exception, We are as strong as any Of them.” HINES’ WAGER. ‘Some of Paul Hines’ friends think that the infer- ence to be drawn from a paragraph in last Satur- | day's Srax, in regard to a wager said to have been | offered by him that five men on the home team | ‘Would make a better batting record than Mack, | Was that he bad been belittling the abulties of ‘Mack as a Dail player. It ts but Just to state that | {he paragraph was published with no such intent, | Dut inereiy a8 an indication to the base ball public that Washington would secure the valuable serv- fees of Hines for the coming season, So far from Wishing to cast discredit upon Mack, It 1s under- Stood that Hines holds a high opinica of Mack's abilities, With Lhe bat as well as bebind It, ‘THE DISTRICT AMATEUR LEAGUE. A meeting of the District Amateur Base Ball ‘League was held at the National Hotel last evening, President W. L. Dennis inthe chair. Mr. W. A. ‘Wilborn acted as secretary. Ths delegates present were: Alert, W. A. Wilborn; Athletic, Geo. W. | Larner; Creighton, E1. kyan; Monumental i. E. Korts; Pallas, W. A. Hickey; Merchants, Thos. J. Shea.” The president read a letter trom Manager Starr, of the Agricultural Department club, re- | Signing its membership In the league, owing to | the restrictions against seml-prorescionals, which | the league has adopted Mr. Ed. Ryan, on behalf | of Mr. Fiaherty, stated that the Creighton elu ‘Was also compelled to resign forthe same reason, Expressions of regret were made by Messrs. Lar her and Hickey, but both resignatians were ac- | cepted. Applications for membership were re. eclved frou the Prnsion Office, District ana Meri. | fan clubs. A decision was re: De required to submit to the contracts With al least nine players by next, Thursday evening at 8 o'lock; otherwise said | clubs lose their membership in the league. Action | wh the applications of the Penston oMice club, istrict club aud Meridian club was deferred until next meeting. “The committee designated to select a ball reported that they were unable to : BASE BALL NOTES, ~The Flea” ts the latest nickname for Shaw. ‘The new club house tn the left Meld of Capitol park is nearly finisued. ‘The league cousiders Washington fifth in draw- wer. Pittsburg club's salaries amount to $29,500 this season. When Morrill frst signed with Boston it was as catcher. Shaw has greatly simplified his delivery, and ‘thinks the new rules will not affect him. MeGione will have no show In Washington, now fst Donnelly has been secured —Sporting "Live. ‘There is to be u competitive examination before ‘tat pont ts settled. ‘The capital stock of the Indtanapolis club 1s to ‘There is not a single native of Baltimore on the Baltimore tean ‘Mutrie, of New York, ts enthustastic over his fedglings, Mattimore, George, Cull and Tiernan, ‘and says that while everybody eise 1s winning the Ghainpionsiip om paper he is keeping a very close mouth. Burdock has signed with Boston. He 1s to get $1,000 for bis season's work and a present of $1,000 if he leaves drink alone for the season. ifanion, of the Detroits, ts willing to bet a suit of clothes 16 a new hat that if “Laay” Baldwin pitches titty gaines in the coming’ championship Series forty-two of them will be won by the Wol- Verines. ‘Thompson, the big sight-flelder of the Detroit club, who Was the fast member of the team to fign's contract for the season, Was the first one of Ue players to report for duty” Irwin says that Philadeipitans sigh for the frst their club and the Bostons with 2. ng isn't quite satisfied yet and 1s nosing alter another pitcher. Sutton says if Boston doesn’t want him he will lay nowhere but in Kochester. He objects to be- “Pry = ft is said that Stemmyer,the big Boston pitcher, has just ss much speed ind command under the Lew rules as he ever had. In the Association this year the pitcher will get the beneiit of all close ‘points. So the umpires Inaye been instructed, lack says Keefe will prove a conundrum to the Dest of them, and would Uke tw be asugned to eaten bun as well as Gilmore. President Stearns, of tue Detrotts, says-that all Of his players would bring about 60,000 if they ‘Were put up at auction. Now that has with and De- Briody has signed Peers little danger of the club being w short, i the Detroits have clearly demon- Kowe will remain at Strated in their southern trip that the team will tory ia tobe aber ako eat coy maa and able wo on sprendid work. “i it ks reported (rou the South that Shindle ts win- Bing the hearts of the members of the Detroits by ched that all clubs livers of the league | GLIMPSES OF NEW YORK. Bits of Life in the Big City Seen Through the Eyes of Cummings and Hall. EARLY MORNING AY TUR WASHINGTON MARKET— THE TRADITIONS OF THE OLD MARKET—DULL ‘THMES IN NEW YORK FOR THE MEN ABOUT TOWN— HOW MORAL HELP THE SALOONS. Special Correspondence of the EvENmxe Stan New Yors, March 24 The Fourth Avenue Elevated trains at 4:30 velock Of a spring morning are sparsely occupied with passengers, more than half of whom carry sreat empty baskets or wear the rough-and-ready aiment of marketmen. They alight at the Park ace station and scurry down through narrow reets that lead toward the North River. are on thelr way to Washington market, which oceuptes a square on the north side of Manhattan Island. Itis always open. A thief unversed in its workings would imagine that he could easily walk off with some of the fresh meat hanging ap- parently unguarded at the stalls, but before he would have time to take down his booty one of the six watchmen on duty in the market would ap- pear from its fleshly precincts and arrest him. Be- fore leaving his stall each meat dealer makes out a list of his wares exposed. The watchmen carry corresponding list, and are held responsible for Uhe loss of any goods by theft. The six watch- men guard the 300 stands so closely that thieves ‘ind the place a barren waste for their trade, At 3 o'clock the stands in the retail market begin to open. ‘TOE EMINENTLY HEALTHY BUTCHERS in the place whistle merrily, and several of them are cutting beef kidneys outof great wasses of fat and tossing the suet over on counters, ‘rom whence it will be taken to the big factory known as the Fat Assoctation, and there made up into the base of “genuine dairy butter.” Beyond the retail market, ind bounded on one side by the North River, 1s the wholesale department of Washington market. It looks like a street-inter- sected community of one-story structures, [e0- pled with carcasses of beef, veal and mutton, and crates of quacking, cackling fowls, A wheezing tug tows up to the wharf a lighter, on which are several refrigerator cars that have been hurrying from Chicago with their loads of beef. The car- casses are passed out of the cars, hung on hooks that move on fron ways, and thus rolied intogreat ice houses, where the retail dealers have already begun tocome for their stock. On Friday and Saturday mornings business begins at two o'clock. Roosters in the crates full of fowl crow as blithely as if they were on their perches at home and not doomed prisoners. Philadelphia 1s the great fowl- ——- center, and many Washington market rns display placards reading, “Philadelphia poultry a specialty.” EARLY MORNING SCENES. Four o'clock comes and the retail department of the market has become quite densely populated. Half of the three thousand persons who do busi- ness in and about the market have already ar- Tived and begun to arrange their wares. A few early purchasers are on hand for choice bargains, Several shivering bummers, who frequent the lace and —e Heaven knows where, are stand- Ing about and looking wistfully in at the windows: of the little restaurantsin the market. They will, later in the day, run the chance of earning an odd dime or so carrying baskets. ‘The poultry dealers have come and are unpack- ing boxes of frozen turkeys, Of the Western States, Iowa is famous for its frozen turkeys, which now sell at 14t015 cents a pound. Ver- mont and Rhode Island turkeys, however sell for 20 to 22 cents, ‘On the bills of fare of recherche restaurants one learns that prairie chicken can be had. They are not in the market, but long rows of guinea hens are hanging there, and the brunette flesh of the guinea hen is palmed off on the pepsin cus tomer for prairie chicken. Rows of adult pigeons that sell at $2.50 a dozen are on sale, and clusters of young pigeons, alias squabs, are worth $5 a dozen, THE OYSTER OPENERS. AtG o'clock the oyster stands are peopled with files of oyster openers who begin their unromantic toll of turning 3,000 oysters a day out of house and home, These oyster openers get $17.50 a Week, and work from 6 in the morning until 7 at night, and on Saturday nights until 10. Skilled oyster openers in other sections of the city work fora dollar a thousand, and make $30 or more a Week. Anglomania has evident!y entered into the game trade, for English snipe are selling at $2.75 3 dozen, and Sand snipe at but $1.50, Spring lamb 4s plentiful, but the concomitant mfnt fs so scarce that the one or two stands that sell tt get 10 cents a bunch for hot-house mint, that a little later will bea drug on the market at 2 cents. Everything eatabie is sold im this great, market. Av one ‘that has a foreign air and odor a cus tomer is buying Uttle, hard, spiced cakes from Germany. Over another stand in the fish commu- nity is a placard announcing that the dealer has ‘worms that can be had there for 12 and 15 cents a dozen. They are sand worms, used by fishermen for bait. Over the fisu-stands hang bottles of cod- Uver oli, and under one of these bottles a big c still alive, i3 gasping In horror, asif at the sight Of the essence of an ancestor's liver, t ‘THR HOTEL STEWARDS. At 7 o'clock the stewards of the big hotels, whom the marketmen treat with great deference, begin toarnve. The steward of the Fifth Avenue Hotel 4s one of the tirst in the fleld. Tne Union Square Hotel steward comes at 9 o'clock, and of Taylor's Hotel, in Brookiyn, half an hour later, At that hour "tue business’ of the market begins to be confusedly brisk. ‘The markeimen cry their wares, but do it with an ar of “I don't care much whether you buy or not.” Everybody seems inde- Pendent. He oWns bis stand privilege, worth from $2,000 upward, and holds It as long as he behaves himseif and pays bis rent of $7 or more a fort- night. Failures in business are rare. The dealers are healthy and contented, and to them Washing- {on market is the universe. One who has not deen in business in the market over forty years 18 considered a bew comer, One bustling old wo! Who was selling Florida strawberries at 35 cents & quart, 1s up at 2 o'clock every morning buying her stock. She ts Mrs. fowler, and a coruial neighbor explains that she bas been on the market torty- one years. She made a fortune once, and owned a brownstone front, but misfortune and the sickness of her children turned tne tide against. her, and now she 1s comparatively poor, but as happy as ever. ‘TRADITIONS OF THE MARKET. ‘The tradesmen are very neighborly, and take Pride in relating the history of the old market. “A Part of it was given to the city by Queen Elizabeth, to be used for market purposes only, and to go to her heirs when it should no longer be a market,” ‘sald one old lady, who was bound to give the place an air of historital antiquity. ‘Trinity church gave the city @ part of the market, and what 13 now known as the Trinity church section 1s a lo alley where the butter dealers are. “Next April will celebrate wy fifty-tirst year in the market,” ‘Said John Shoppe, « descendant of the old New Austerdamers, who began business in tue market when there were only twelve stands there. ‘The tradespeople point out thelr celebrities with pride. Among these fs a Young man named William Pur- cell, Wuo is heir tO # ulilion and works at his meat sland as if lo Keep the wolf of want away; Dan Devere, a brother of Sam Devere, the mntusirel per- ; Whose singing 1s the delight of the com- a butter dealer named Dresch, who. 1s fuwous as a whistler, and a poultry dealer named euze, who 1s in great request asa Vocalist his neighbors, = ae Abriskold man named Alexander Teller, who hasbeen in Dusiness in the market sixty-one Years, ls the father and oracie of the piace, and Mr. Grum, bis neighbor in the butcher business, Fito tas been there, only Sixty Years, reguras ‘ather Teller with the respectful consideration that a dutiful son shows his father. Axos J. Commincs, m. A MORAL AND STUPID cITY. “New York 1s really a third-class town,” a dis- gusted man of letsure announced the other night in the Brunswick, toa circle of congenial friends. “Here are six of us, with plenty of time and money, and anxious for amusement, absolutely stranded, ‘The only way to pass the evening 1s to sit around a table in a cafe and drink and gossip till bed-time, In acity of two million peuple there 13 absolutely Msrhere are the theaters,” yawned one of the “There are eaters,” yay one listeners, wearily. ts “You're right, ‘there are the theaters, and a mighty enlivening meld they offer! A man may wedge himself into the cramped orchestra chalr of a theater for three hours, or he may pass the time in drinking rum. Who ‘cares to go to the New York theaters more than once or twice a season? ‘There ts nothing new that isn't bad, and the good things, like “Erminie” and “Jiu, the Pen- man,” we have geen a dozen Uunes. ‘The goody- goody plays at Wallack’s and the trash that Valls at the Standard cannot be expected to interest a man of tue world, I have knocked about the face of the earth as much as most men, and I tell you that the action of the authorities in closing up all the concert halls, prouiblting drink- ing where there 1s muste and f with an tron hand on every show that isnot of the Sunday- School order has had the effect of making this the dullest town on earth. We are devold of all suca amusing and entertaining places, for instance, as the carts chantants of Paris, dnd tue London music halls, Where @ man may go for an hour's amusement’ and @ quiet smoke at any time, be- cause ‘THE POLICE CLOSE THEM all out, But, worse than this, the boxing and wrestling matchesand all the old time light shows have been driven out, A man can have a much better time in Philadelphia than here. Something 1s going on constantly there. 1 don’t care to sit out ‘Hazel Kirke’ and ‘Only a Farmer's Daughter’ every night, but I'm a man with a fondness for both and in Paliadelphia I can see the ® best box ers in Une country come ar every in ‘well and ‘comforeable theater th Hos. von there are half a dozen amusing shows, and in Chicago and New Orleans there is a constant suc- cession of light entertainments. I'm pertectiy aware that they would not come up to the high moral standard of the purists but then a big city all people. should suit the tastes Owing to the efforts of tne holy the city of New Y. offers nothing in the way of amusement except gin-milis and stupid plays. Foreigners come here and stare at usin amazement. Then they go away and tell the truth about us, and we fush up and feel ag- grteved.” “What truth?” “Why, that Now Yorkers area set of g money-ihakers, 30 intensely in earnest avarice ‘that they have no time for the things of lite, but concentrate all their e1 in ‘tue Manner in Which he ts playing on the infiel and yet, according to. the testitsony OF tae Uonai players, McGione ts head and shoulders alow: le as a ball player. O'Brien will play first base during the spring games and Kreig will practice behind the Witch is his regular position, and which he Sporting Life, the fight for wealth. In such a community the sullen temper of the Jeaves its impress on the town. I'm a native of New York, but Lam Jase at home here than anywhere else in'the world. len Calif of nothing but money, and only care to drink rum,” Goop FOR THE S4Looxs. 4 plaint of this sort 1s not unusual, nor 1s it en- tirely unwarranted. The provincial spirit of pro- priety has got the ee ee aes one are more prosperous than ever. from the papers ‘and the pulpit and no: etforts of tictans ‘anxious scheming to cater Sears ago’ the series of bg, masquerade years ago offered no end of amusement orate ‘the ited. orgies they were represent inundated them, and they were the stupidest and tamest of dances. Formerly the Madison Garden drew 10,000. people a nigitt. to ing matches, sprint races, bicycle | tourna- ments, sparring contests, ’ popular concerts, fairs and many’ other forms of entertainment, The arrests by the police and the abuse of the press have driven them all out. deserv- edly so or not I do not pretend to say; 1 am con- bees php the facts. A Ee ume to establish a music hall where eau in for an hour, smoke’an after- dinner ct listen to good singing. Several psa on ot r few days arrests and fines follor q other in quick succession, and in a short time the owners were ruined and the Duliding tenantless, ‘The law refused to permit the sale of beer where there Bees Se ee resj no women of suspicious character were samt ‘and the music was of a high order, Dut it was raided just the same, BETWEEN THE ACTS. ‘The police also refuse to allow any door to con- nect @ theater lobby with acafe, All the doors are locked, and the theater-goers who wish to smoke a cigarette and take a refreshing drink, after being cooped up in a stuffy theater for two hours, must run out in the rain, snow or blizzard and t2ke a roundabout route through the street to get wabar thatisin the theater building Within a foot or two of the lobby. Many of these theater-goers are clad in thin evening ee and they Tu the sk of taking heavy colds; but the law says the doors must closed, and they are closed. New York is getting too good. The sign ‘ominous. ‘There will be a relapse some day, and ‘then taings @ vengeance, si BLAKELY Hau. g BOOKS OF THE WEEK. STORY OF (CIENT EGYPT. By Gronor THE wLineone RLAS Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford. Author of Ene Pirates Mami Of Ge Ried ass World,” ete., ete, With the collaboration of Arthur rie tlrat he Niating tence? Pine of the Natior Beri) New York: G.2-Putnan's ‘Sous. Washington: W. H. Morrison. BALTIMORE AND THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL, 1861, A Story of the War. By GkoRGE WILLIAM ae Souk of eae ae cs Hopkinis Univers| ty Studies in Historical and Polit: cal Science.) Baltimore: N. Murray. Wi 3 W. H. Lowdermilk & Co. “ E BRIDE OF THE NILE. A Romance. By Gzore THE anmh aushorse Serahey clon From, tae Gee maa by Clara Bell. In two volumes. 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By ebsThm LLMs, author of 8 WOFK 0 4 five Departmenss at Washington, ‘Boston: “Lite, Brown & 0. Washington: “W. i Morrison: BALDINE, and Other Tales, By Kane, Enpwawx Tpise Tanasted Fone tae benans by tated of Lytton. "New York: Harper & Brothers. Wash- fngtou: Robert Beall. A CENTURY OF ELECTRICITY, ByT. 0. Mzxpzx- HALL Boston: Houghton, Muffin & Co. Washing- ton: Brentano's, TWO GENTLEMEN OF GOTHAM. By 0.&0, New York: Cassell & Co. Washington: Brentano's, REST RUNES. By Gronor W. Szans (Nessmuk), POW ow York: Forest sod busca PoblishiGy Car “The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring.” Written for Taz Evenixe Sram, ‘The famous song of the “Mikado” may have had its day, but the subject of the song, the flowers themselves, shall they ever cease to charm the human heart? Not as long as man isman. If Shakespeare bids us beware of him who has no music in his soul, what shall we say of him who is not moved with the melody of those sweet notes which the heavenly lyre lets drop, making the face of the earth one entrancing symphony? We shall not ask you to wander forth in the woods to gather A nosegay; the winds are too chili and the air too cold to alldw them to venture as yes from thelr convents underneath the ground; but the woods of ltverature are full of them, and every poet sits like a bird, rched Mer some shrub or ti warbling praises to all things beautiful. A What more beautiful than flowers? There is the fairy-formed Anemone. Bion says this flower sprang from the tears shed by Venus for the loss of Adonis when slain by the wild boar. Be this as it may, it is one of the fairest of Spring’s flowers. Alfred’Austen calls them “Shella lang far and wide By winter's now last ebbing tide.” while our own Bryant alludes to it as the Uttle wind-flower, “whose jnst opened Ts blue as the sprig besten it paces at” ‘The violet 1s familiar to all. This flower 1s quite fm in one respect;—it cannot speak in scent. “Their eyes Glance up to the cerulean sles, And challenge them to match the glow Of their own bluer heaven below.” Heine calls them the “eyes of Spring,” and Lan- don “april’s loveliest coronets.” ‘Tennyson finds ee the thought that from the ashes of his jen “may be made ‘The violet of his native land.” And in another part ot the same immortal poem he says: Spring wakens, 100, und tay Tepret ens, 100, and iny Becontes an April violet” But what shall we say of that milky Way of ee ‘This flower was the favorite of the late Beaconsfield, and is yet the embiem of the conservative party. But What is this to us? We Would rather commune with if, and fnd, with Bowles, that, “As Just a lesson it 8] As tat which is iu bookee Henry Kirke White has a very bold in his poem on “he Karly Primroses? ns mage “The ‘hen first Sprit stion’d Winter": a ‘And dared the sturdy bluserer to the eke om ‘Thee on this bank hie trew To mark bis victory.”"— ‘Then, there is the trailing arbutus, “the flower whose éarly bridal makes the festival of, Spring:” the blood-root, “A pure flower of simple mold And vouched with soft peculiar bloom, A of the daffodils, fea 1e before the swallow dares, take aintonrsiresteamuar gees and the cowslip, which Tennyson somewhere calls “the faint sweet cuckoo-flower;” the crocus, which Longtellow places in the crown of the of Bethlehem the “For the gem Of His authority.” And last, but not least, the dandelion, A common flower, you say? Be it even so; but as Henry Ward Beecher says, “It 1s all the better for being common.” What is more beautiful than these “golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow?” Lowell considers this “dear common flower” more dear to him than all the prouder summer blooms: “Dearcot flower that grow'st beside the way, ring the dusty Toad with harmnless gold; First of blithesome May, Which children pluck. and full of pride uphold fi High hearted bucrwucuis overjoyed that they n Eldorado in the grass have found, May mah in wealth thowaet ore dest to me ‘Than all the prouder summer blooms may be.” And so say we. These, some of “the flowers that bloom in the’sprin, g.” patnered, as we before said, not in the woods, but on the mountiins and in the valleys of poesy. ‘HaGenstown, 22d March, 1887, ¥. J.B. Saturday Smiles, At Lenten Service, Miss Molly—Come in our pew, Kate. Miss Kate—Oh no, come in ours. We've got such nice comfortable kneeling cushions! ‘They don’t ‘Strain your polonaise a bit.—Tib-bite, + What has become of the “low, rakish pirate schooner” of romance?— Philadelphia Inquirer. It 1s in the beer saloon, dear boy, in the beer saloon, and the pirates rake in anickel for a great deal of froth and romance and very little beer.—Boston Commerciat Bulletin, In talking over the recent cold “snap” a Louts- villian declared very’ earnestly: “We are bound to have some cold weather in March, even if we do not get it till April.”"—Loutsville Democrat, “I wouldn't be @ fool, if I were you,” said the Fusion editor of the Grand Rapids Leader to an Aull-Fusion Greenbacker, “Noyou wouldn't,” re- ‘Sponded the latter, “butJ would be if I were you.”— trois Tribune, Mra Potter denies that she intends to elevate the stage, We trust, however, she will use her Influence to lower the bonnets.—New York World of Italy travels he has a whole to ‘and every time the porter his him a — .his majesty charges quarter. tl Rite say THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, ati MEXICO AND THE MEXICANS. rrr oF Mextco, March 18th, 1887. Correspondence of Tax Evexrvo 8ran. ‘This city, the capital ot the federal dtstrict, lies in a great basin, which, prehistoric evidences fully establish, was once a lake, The federal district embraces only 450 square miles, the city Proper is about 234 miles square, an esti- mated population of 300,000 inhabitants, com- Posed of pure-blood Aztecs, Spaniards and mixed races. Looking out from the tower of the great cathedral, where one gets a bird’s-eye view of the Dustling city, with the domes, towers and turrets of anctent chi Pies a portion of the area of the ancien Of Tenochtitlan, which was founded Strange people in the 13th century. There are evi- dences lusivel lor to this date the Tottecs were in. possession of ‘Unis, territory: that they occupied Chapultepec. tamed asa nota ie spot around wich 18, ‘the history of ‘This fortress ‘ancient city in the lake by a on it Was constructed an aqueduct, near thé RiP now occupted by the modern one Which supplies the city with water. While the literature ast throws little light upon the st civilize lon which evidently dominated this Iand for at least nine centuries prior to the landing of the Spaniards in 1519, yet there 1s left a mysterious legacy in the traces of their civilization, found everywhere in carvings on atone, on the idolsthey ped, and on the eee they Duilt, "But no student of antiquities has yet been able to fabricate a key to unlock or interpret the Taysteries of the hidden la: and history of the strange le who lived and flourished in this Wonder land centuries ago, and who have passed into the oblivion of forgetfulness, Prescott and other histor after great research, have Riven to the World a new Tevelation “as to aracter and history of Aztecs, Montezumas and other tribes and races, their Wars, sieges, and conflicts; but far back, ante- dating the period covered by these interest dis coveries, ids a'tela for rich in antiqua- Flan relics, which may yet be read as an open book elefacs utire ipcadent of the carvings, Bieri: gi and other prehistoric evidences Eiviization wnien ate found is. Such profusion in Mexico, It we look vo, the northward of the city, ye falls upon the raised stone causeway, 1,400 feet long, the Calzada de Guadalupe, which Was built 150 years ago. On its sides are stone Penches and numerous shrines, where the faithful knelt and worshiped on thelr way to the holy sanctuary of Guadalupe, which stands on an emi- The virgin of Guadalupe has recetved @ Virgin of a tion by several po} nd ‘and was finally declared to be. the provectoreas ‘ot New Spain, -Guadalupe” Tas the marsellalse of both rebels and loyalists in \e war for indepen and by a decree the 12th of December was madea NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN HONOR OP THE VIRGIN GUADA- LUPE, and every year thousands make long pil- grimages to be present on that day to worship at the virgin’s shrine, whose miraculous image 4s set in @ frame of silver and gold in the Nuestra Senora ‘de Guadalupe, an edifice built in 1695—184 feet long, 122 feet wide with a vaulted Tool, supported by massive Corinthian columns. ‘The’ finish is white and gold, and the cost of the structure was about $1200 000 ‘The value of the Jewels gold and siiver plate which were taken this structure and contiscated by the govern- ment is variously estimated, one party assuring Us 1 was $5,000,000. It 1s not strange that we found in every cathedral, church and chapel, trom one end of the Republic to the other, the image of the vir- gin Guadalupe, ‘There is no record that gives any clue ‘to the number of inhabitants of the ancient capital when it was de- stroyed by the Spaniards, in 1519, after a long and bloody stege. ‘The present city was laid out by its conquerors with broad avenues and streets, which are now well paved and lighted with gas and electric lights. ‘The buildings in the business Part of the town are substantial stone structures, ‘with flat roofs, The residences of the well-to-do are all patterned ater the old Spaniah castles, here are grated windows.and one wide open door, through which the: 1s driven, and the guests silenter and depart. ‘Ihe scavengers, the mar Tiage guests, and the funeral cortege all find en- ‘trance and exit througn this open gateway. Here every such home 1s the occupanv’s castle, Later We must visit the dwelling-places of some of that far more numerous class around whose one-story, ‘one-room adobe huts clusters all there 1s to them Of that sacred word we call home. Descending from the lofty towers of the cathedral, with 1ts bell 19 feet high, let us pass out of the great struc- ture 387 feet long, with a width of 177 feet, with {ts tnlsh of silver: gold, onyx and precious stones; ‘a building occupying the ground whereon a century ago stood the Aztec temple, a massive pile, which ‘Was 100 years in bt and cost $2 ‘The combination of the dorie and gothfe style 1s in keeping with the Spanish architecture of the sixteenth century. Its dirty plank floor 13 worn in ruts by millions who have come hither to wor- ship. ‘The heavy fluted columns are not in har- mony with the grand conceptions of the architect, On the walls are many fine paintings of the virgin. of Guadelupe and other saints and old-time digni- Cartes, In the chapel stands a monument of Itur- Dide, the first Mexican emperor, on which is in- scribed “The Liberator.” There are sixty-two other Catholic churches in the city, many of which are elaborate and costly structures, and all of them at least two centurlesold. ‘The old convents and monasteries are not now permitted, and many of the confiscated bulidings, occupled ‘tor private purposes, have paintings of priests and cardinals ne cleanly appearance of this capital, as well as all the cltles We have visited, will compare tavor- ably with our own. The city,being onalevel plain, as NO SYSTEM OF GENERAL SEWERAGE, and many plans have been proposed to remedy the difficulty. Nothing short of a long, deep tunnel, constructed at the expense of millions, can drain this basin and carry off the stagnant, fever-breed- ing fluid that stands festering everywhere, and makes the death-rate in the city the most exces- sive of any of its size on the continent. ‘There 1s no record of deaths nor any board of health, but the best authorities put the yearly number at from 12,000 to 15,000. Tne climate 1s a surprise to Americans, who expect the nearness to the tropics Will certaliily make the heat most oppressive, At midday you require an umbrella to shield you from the heat of the sun, but on stepping across the street into the shade you want your overcoat, aud at night you are sure to call the porter for aul extra covering for your bed. The norther that Sweeps up from Vera Cruz ‘sends a chill along the spinal columa, and you sigh in vain for a Hire in the grate, and as 4 Ist resort retire to your hard’ bed with "an earn- est hope that the coming day will watt breezes trom @ balmier region. In street tramways the Mexicans are more shrewd than theirYankee neigh- bors. ‘here are nearly 4 hundred miles of these tracks, rag@laung trom the center of the city in every direction, upon Which cars of first and sec- ond class are ruin ab regular intervals, and the ‘woting of horns by the drivers 1s incessant. The enterprising proprietorsof the street-car lines hav- ing bought up dll the hearses, run draped funeral cars and have @ complete monopoly of the busi- ness, Everybody 1s at Uberty to smoke in street cary, and as the I many of them, are addicted to the same habit, nobody 13 inconvenienced by this novel practice, Lines of tramways extend fifty or more miies into the country,und the mules, under the drivers whip, kept under a sharp gallop, makes It rather a satist means Of transit. Coal ts which 1s proporti Pound by the citizens and the Mexican allroad.” The city is well policed and each “seremios” carries a huge revolver and a lantern, which he sets in the middie of the street. Woe ws the carriage driver who does not carefully avold it, ‘This practice might be adopted in our country JOHN W. GARRETT AND JOHNS HOPKINS, ‘memory of two of the most remarkable men that this country has ever produced. One was John W. Garrett and the other Johns Hopkins. Both are dead, but the good they did lives after them, while the bad seems to have been interred with thelr bones. John W. Garrett, a sturdy, deter- mined, relentless man, with arbitrariness written in every line of his tace, and with aselt-confidence that never backward in any course entered upon, brought the Baltimore and Ohio ton the wi Praise for the assistance he had given them, John W. Garrett's taith in the Baltimore and was enormot tleman who had inherited much Baltimore sa ‘Ohio stock con- cluded that it was unwise to have so much in- ‘ested tn a single security, so he sold out. Garrett, when next they met, “to have sold out everything eise youown than to part with any Baltimore and Ohio stock.” Garrett's: as president was $10,000. The directors offered repeatedly to increase it, but he declined, He had numerous offers as ‘high as $50,000 a year to go toother ‘roads but he never esitated to refuse them. One reason, probably, Yas Decause his salary was a mere Bagatelle to him, He knew all the ins and outs of Baltimore investments, and he made money rapidly ail the time. itis rather curious that never a share of Baltimore and Ohio stock was sold that he did not know who sold it, and if the fellow should happen to be trying to work the market his punishment Would be swift, for pretty soon John W. would Tun down the prices, scare Mr. Speculator, and, after gobbling up all the stock at reduced rates, make & neat little proftt by the transaction, Like all autocrats, John W. Garrett exacted the tribute due his station, ‘TO see him go in the great Baltimore and Ohio butlding was like wit- Bessing the entry of some king. Obsequious at Yendants salaamed profusely, employes removed their hats, and everything was hushed and atten- tion. ‘To all his employes he was the same dicta- torialman. A story thatis related almost daily in Baltiinore ts this: A laborer went to Mr. Gar- Tett, and complained that his wages were not enough to support his family, even in the scantiest «What I get dont even pay for our bread and butter’ sald tne male “Well, what of that?” asked the president, “A man of your station doesn’t need butter.” But Mr. Garrett had many friends. He wasa free giver to charityyand by his will a revenue of | pe RS is set apart for benevolence. The ind for this revenue is the 30,000 shares of Baltl- more and Ohio stock uently referred to in the dispatches about the deal ighty years agoan al w , COU try boy was keeping store tor ils uncle 18 Anus Arundel county, about forty mtles trom Baltimore, He was shrewd and attentive. He made more money out of the store than his uncle had ever done. When ho was twenty-four his uncle asked him if he would like to fx into business for him- self, He replied that he did not have money enough, His uncle offered to start hun. The re- sult was that the young man took a warehouse near that of the uncle and succeeded so well that in a year or so he was able to buy his uncle out. His forgune grew rapidly. de never misapplied $6 much as acent. Every penny was precious in his eyes. Money-1 became his mania; wealth his one desire. On a certain occasion, after much tall, he persuaded a man vo let him Rave a uty cent article for forty cents, “Why is it,” asked a friend, “that a man of your, great Wealth should want to add a few cents like that to his fortune?” “The pleasure of possesston, sir; the pleasure of ” was his reply. ‘This shrewd, stingy man was Johns Hopkins, His business foresight was almost an inspiration. He never lost money in an investment, He saw ‘the future of the Baltimore and Ohio road. He bought largely of its stock, This brought him in close relationship with John W. Garrett. The two became firm friends, They were the money powers of Baltimore, It was more than to anything else due to John W. Garrett that Johns Hopkins used his millions for the establishment of a university and hospital to bear his name, This benefaction is in many, if Rot all, respects greater in amount and restits than any other munificénce in the history of this country. To the university he gave 17,500 shares of the common stock of the Baltimore and Uhio road and his large estate at Clifton, just outside the city limits, an endowment ‘worth over $3,000,000. ‘To the hospital he gave thirteen acres Of magniticently situated ground on Broadway, and bonds and Property ‘Worth $3,400,000 more, It was the intention of Johns Hopkins to locate the university at Clifton, bis country but ain act of the legtsiatare,acuulees peste ae an act of the Lure, Acq jon of a Jot in the ‘center of tue’ city und erected ‘thereon the university buildings, Agamst this John W. Garrett, Who was a trustee, fought wnceasingly, and the antagonism developed was very bitter. Mr. Garrett died. His son Robert, suc- ceeded him in the presidency of the Balumore and Oho road. He expected_to be also elected to the vacant trusteesiip. The Johns Hopkins board ignored him. The youn; Man was not discouraged. He entered into rail- Toad affuirs aggressively, and the bad things pre- dicted did nov happento him. Last fall, after two Years of silence, the trustees held a meets and elected Rovert Garrett unanimously to fil the vacancy caused by his father's death. And the artful Robert has managed things so cleverly Uhat In legs than three months h: 1s able to twist all those stubborn trustees around bis finger and luse the 17,900 shares of stock in the biggest rall- road deal Uhat this country has ever seen. On a Broadway Car. From Tidbits, ‘Three ladies are standing at the corner of Broad- way and Eighteenth street, waiting for a car, Two of them are going up-town; the other has not finished her shopping yet, ‘They have been talk- ing without intermission for three consecutive hours, but have lots of things to say yet before they part, and the car is only a few rods distant. ‘They are blocking the way, so that every one who crosses the street has to walk around them, but they don’t mind that. The car nears them, and all three make frantic gesticulations, which the driver feigns not to see. The following dialogue ensues: No.1: Why, he won't look at ust No, 2: The mean thing! Ho. 3: Well, upon my wordt No. 1: es he is going to stop, Coma, Carrie, No. 2 (Wo No.3, wno {3 not going to take the car): Ob, Fannie, when you are at Grosgrain’s, don't forget to look at that lovely — Se 2, (continuing st reumsh 5! dolman that 1 0. 2 (cont 2 woe 13 Oh yea, do, Fanni Perfectly fo. 1: Oh, ye y vs ni. cont, and’ only “two hundred dollars sate down, because it's go late in the season, you know. Wo. 8 Good (They kisa) 1 shal Ly ro. 35 Ye ey certain! Yook at it, and sci iim gong to make Wil Conductor: Are ‘up-tor ladies? ‘Nos. @ and 3 (it unfsony: Well good-oot Vo. 1: And oh, Fan, do give my love to your m: and tell her unat just as Soon ust can Pie sonata Found to spend an afternoon with her. And tefl ‘Will that—Well, upon my word, the car has 8 a better means of finding the “cop” should Le fall asleep. Let us look into some of THOUSANDS OF LITTLE ADOBE HUTS which the mass of the denizens of this great city call home, ‘There 1s one low room, without yard or grounds, There are pigs, dogs, chickens and numerous half-clad children. You look in vain for a bed, but find a simple mat of palm spread on the dirt floor. On this old and young huddle to- Gay ae a a Sey tra a a! have none of the comforts thee sweets tno cup ot poverty. ‘The: share in the have no as things of this life. Docile, con- appy are the peasantry of México, ites the hope of '@ brighter day eae ey ies @ cont with education and Christian ci We Rever tro, in our Journey through the streets ‘here is sometl net ‘strange at every turn. ‘Women, ‘with neither bonnet of shoo, bear on | their heads great burdens and on theif backs & sleeping baby, while their lazy partners wear their sombrero or reboso and play gentleman, Hun- reds of burros or pack-mules are driven in by the inuleteers, loaded With corn, hay, wood, cl Shing lulnber, paving steady ag over aa funder, nes and every Other com- lexican milk-wagon 18 % Sale pupples, ‘and entrails, and dota apcdaaganis tg co iin tw ngage started! Vo. 2: I wish] had that conductor’s number, Pd have down to the ofice and make a com- plaint against him. Jo. 3: Never mind, here 1s another car, 1 and 2: Good-by. (Car stops.) Say, Carrie, give my love to allthe folks, Gooaby: Nos. No, . ‘Then they get on the car, and the care. worn ‘condudior’ ‘weary’ pails the bet ‘There are no vacant seats, but a gentleman Bp and offers them mis. ‘Then all SS [o. 1: You sit down, Carrie, No, you, Nai nee bit 2. not a bit tired. ther am J, No. 2: N Wo. 1: Now, Carrie, T insist! No. 2: No, Lulu, I want you to take tt. At this polat tne matter is settled by a second gentleman, who rises and offers them his seat. a trigld stare, and ait dais fhe oes comes in for his tare. He ne far-aw: eet ‘this le Knows from long exj ‘that it is U eee cere No.1: Now, Carrie, you really must let me pay this: No. 2: No, indeed, I sha’n'’t, You paid yester- Yo. 1: Yes, but you paid for the luncheon. psy Due, ty singh concise 80 does her tend} we ‘The litle di: —— CH ‘26, 1887-DOUBLE SHEET. FASHION’S VAGARIEs. Fos Steer Dresses SEINTS are still worn very ‘short in Paris, Rost-CoLox, which 18a deep tinge of russet, 18 Drought out in all French fabrics, CoLorup Lack HANDKRRCHIEFS Will be much ‘usell for trimming colored straw bonnets, GET AND Sitvmn are again much used for mil- c in Iinery purposes in laces, cords, raids, and orna Many Srriise BONweTs are made of fatile Fran- aise this spring, to match the carriage or visiting Loxa Ciassic Daarenies in peplum ts, pleats trom batt foot in tonto arapertca, and ul diagonal pl ihe left hip to the right foot, Vox, the thinnest make of woolen stuff, has Deen brought out with large silk checks, which substance. Some of the rettlest fit bag ground, wie nota Cinta pelos ‘PROMIVENT They ‘almost be ribbons, and are thal wists ad se "Sh that dresses can be matched in them “i For Sraixd WEAR aT THE THEATERS are little bonnets without,strings, with pointed crowns and mint Jentlrniytc Diack lace, with no other trim- Ing Or ornaments, The Ince of fine sheer quality and the broad. crisp upright lates apove th face = {0Wded into A SPROIAL Fasric as been brought out for ten- nis—a lama, but with quaint mingling of tones, such as cream, Yellow, electric and red, sky gray cream, coral, blue and forming checks: ‘This. sug 1s” peoullariy rel And effective in coloring” 7S Went as to welg Cortons aND WasHING Gowns are to be much ‘Worn in the coming season, and a great effort has ‘been made to render them durable in coloring, for half of them when washed lose their beauty: but Unis 1s not sosmportant,for they will almost last a summer witif care without recourse to the wash- New Sis made in Tussah, India, have the cream ground of pongee, but are of a lighter, wiry, cool Aber, pleasant to the touch, and prettily dec- orated with green, brown or porcelain blue Gre- fg Al eastside Sah India colors on ecru grounds,» sot Plaids of sort THERE 13 4 Revival of the old-time moire antique, a stately fabric dear to dowagers before ‘the introduction of watered silks with set waves in stripes. ‘The genuine motre antique has irreg- ular lines Ike streaks of lightning all over that ds overiaid with satin stripes. GaERe A Novelty iv Stmmer SiLxs 18 Bengaline, with ‘small reps, and of almost as ight weight as are aa foulards, It comes in plain colors, and in Stripes, checks, and plaids, showing all the new soft quaint tapestry shades "Tt wil be made up with the striped or plaid Bengaline for the plain lower skirt, the vest, collar and cuff, while plain Bengaline, or else’ cashmere of the prevailing color, will be used for the basque and drapery. ‘THE Fasmton Seens declare silk is to again be- come as generally worn as tt was before jute and other adinixture shook our fatth in and preference for this elegant material, ‘The price of silk 1s fast, and it ts officially announceed that it ‘will be many seasons before the prime brands of silk and satin can be purchased at the miracu- lously low rates at’ which they have been sold during the four seasons past, APRONS SEEM to have become an indispensable article of feminine attire, There is the utility apron, now made to look very ehic and pretty, the embroidered apron for demi-tollet, and the Tull- dress tea apron, Which is a mass of lace insertion and satin bows. Many of the tea aprons are made Uke a continuation of the fichu, one-sided effects Ss in folds, and on the other a Jabot of dainty lace forms thé cage. ‘Tae Newest Tazos Surrs have most masculine- looking waistcoats, as their broad vests are called, and these are rounded open in U shape at top, with a shirt front of Tussah or surah silk inserted there, The waistcoat is of faced cloth, as tailors calls light quality of broadcloth, and’ there 1s a standing collar at the back of this waistcoat, with an inside shirt collar of the stlk, while the outside basque has also a round revers collar turned down Widely in the back and passing down the front in Fevers each side of the vest, ARTIsTIO JEWELRY, in delicate silver filigree, set ‘with semi-precious stones, is coming into high favor. Chatelaines of chased silver in the moyen- ge style, are much sought after, and also neck- laces and agrafes of the same dcscription. The fine workinanship of some of thé new sopre the de- enamels is 90 perfect and beautiful that 2 igns can with a magnifying glass, eac! mosaic ertect in colon.” New aes are also shown in solid silver hair and neck orna- ments, with bangles to match, set with Parisian Drilliants, Irish diamonds, and other fancy gem. ‘SPRine PaRasots show handles as long as alpen- stocks. These handles are most fashionable with large silver rings at theend, Full moire bons, to match the parasol in color, are tled at the handle, and one of narrow ribbon at the top just below the ferule. The prevaiiing shape is an improved Mau- resque style, flatter than the canopy tops of last year. Embroldery on crepe lisse, especially brown ‘on ecru, in small flowers, 1s used’as covering over Satin, ahd there is a gathered and scalloped Ince border. Black grenadine parasols are over red and pistache green, with a frill of lace and a light we handle. Applique embroidery on creamy- white muil ts on sy parasols for midsummer, and many of white satteen with a gay border and ‘8 vine or scattered flowers in the center, THE Vrromia Dest QUESTION.—The Virginia house of delegates adopted a resolution for the ap- polntment of a commission to meet a commission from the foreign bondholders. In the senate the Tesolution was referred to the Mnance committee. Chas. will aged Mfteen years, at Ports. ‘mouth, Ohio, fatally shot Benj. Ball, aged seventy. six, fof remonstrating with the boy tor building a fire, ‘The Redwood City, Cal., jury in the breach of Promise case of Airs. Harriet A. Moore against joses Hopkins, the millionaire, returned a verdict for $79,000 in favor of the plalitifl. ‘The suit was for $250,000. Scuurrzs MILWAUKEE LAGER, THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY, 4 NEW LINE OF CHINA SILKS, In Light Biue, Cardinal, Nile, Pistache, Light Olive, ‘Hern and other equally new and desirabls shades, at @1PEB YARD, 27-IN. WIDE. CARDINAL, PISTACHE AND YELLOW PONGEE, et 50c, PER YARD, 19-IN. WIDE. COLORED MOTRES, Im Light Gray, Dark Gray, Light Brown, N. Blue, Heliotrope, Tans, Green and other shades, at @.75 PER YARD, 22-IN. WIDE. ‘Theee are guaranteed all «ilk. A LINE OF PRINTED PONGEE, In Brown, Hetiotrope, Olive, Blueand Garnet figures, $1 PER YARD, 24-IN. WIDE. ‘These are goods of the latest designs. A Full Line of 36-inch, All-Silk Ponges, at $1.10 per yard. ‘These are very handsome goods. ‘The above are all new goods and very, very pretty. -In addition to the above we have received 100 pieces of COLORED SURAHS, at 75c. Per Yard, com- rising the following new shades: Heliotrope, Pistache, Apple Green, Tans, Brown and ail other shades now in ‘vogue, GRAND DISPLAY OF FRENCH SATTEENS. ‘The Most Superb Collection Ever Shown of Choice ‘Designs ever placed on our counters, 1,000 of FINE FIGURED SATTEENS, Most Beauti- fal and Choice Figures ever shown; exact imita- tion of French Patterns: the most phenomenal bargain of the times; goods sold everywhere for 25e.; Our Price, 12%. Per Yard. ‘Never again will you have such an ‘Never again do we expect to approach the juality oF designs at such a figure, Our Satteens, both Domestic and Imported, are kept on the 1st floor, For salein bottles by dealers generally, and in casks and bottles by the agent for District of Columbia, fAMUEL GC PALMER. ; {615 Dstaw. Telephone Denote: {TEP Bute aw Weloheee 454. mh22 ee BALE— LOTS ON MERIDIAN HILL. No, 20 at Mo} No, 13 and pestaf 12 Pe ana’e af 750.8" SK ND} Pave: Der West slot Sat S00. per Block 14. [No. 27 at.....35c. per foot. At Factory Prices, At Factory Prices, From $6.00 up to the finest, Also WAGONS, VELOCIPEDES, BICYCLES, TRI- Lowest Prices, oH BYPPERT, a7 Tthst nw, Bissors Cusenosme , Beaut Boftand Clear. every fee eererce Eo ‘14.0. BISHOP, Draggist, 730 0th at, cor. H st. a. L A L aA eS tus 274 BER U BRR cco aR BB U RR G On D BBB UU CRB OGGG oO OH ak BBB RRR 00 ™, ae Benn RO om SS ace HBB ERK O 0” Ss. ate BBR ROO 6 3.0 oak BBB ER RK 00 SSP ee ONE PRICE, AS ALWAYS, AND, 43 ALWAYS, ‘THE LOWEST, 420, 422, 424, 426 SEVENTH ST. mb25 Suu Comma. SPRING] STYLES FOR “BOYS" AND “SMALL BOYS" WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR STATEMENTS REGARDING OUR BOYS’ STOCK. WE HAVE NEVERGIVEN THIS DE- PARTMENT as MUCH ATTENTION, IT was NEVER BEEN IN 48 GOOD SHAPE, NOB HAVE WE EVER HAD AS MANY OR AS STY- LISH LINES 48 THISSPRING. WHILE OUB SPACE FOR SHOWING THESE GOODS IS NOT AS LARGE AS WE WISH IT WAS, OR AS WE NEED, WE FEEL SAFEIN SAYING THAT NOONEIN WASHINGTON HAS A BETTER VARIETY :OR A LARGER ASSORTMENT OF NEW, FRESH, AND STYLISH GOODS. WE CANNOT CABRY ALL GRADES, AND WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF THE FINEST AND NEWEST GOODS TO BE HAD IN THE NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA MARKETS. WE WANT TO MAKF MENTION, ALSO, OF OUR FINE LINES OF MEN'S SPRING OVER- COATS. THE VERY NEWEST THINGS FROM THE BEST NEW YORK MAKERS, EB BARNUM & 00, mb25 Tx Nar, LAIRD, SCHOBER ‘When stamped in a SHOE is a guarantes of its EX- CELLENCE. Finest materials, best workmanship and bigh art im SHOE MAKING IS WHAT this HOUSE CLAIMS, NONE WEAR BETTER, NONE FIT BETTER, NONE LOOK BETTER NONE ARE BETTER, Our line of the above FINE SHOFS for ladies’ wear is now complete, Those that have worn them and know their high standard will readily concede their excellence; to those that have not we cordially extend ‘an invitation to call, and we will be pleased to sell them. 931 Pexwerivanta AVENUE EDMONSTON & CO, 1339 and 1341 Fst. and 943 Pa Ave, mb2-1m _ Sole Agents in this City.) A Sverarsrrerx Groop Banca. ‘We have just received an invoice of Black Tal- Jor-made All-wool English Walking Jackets, latest shape. perfect fitting, thoroughly made. ‘Would be cheap at 85.50. Only $4 each. WOODWARD & LOTHROP. I. C. Consers. ‘We again call attention to our specialty, the celebrated “LC. Corsets." Paris-made and per- fect fitting. Price $1.50, $1.75, $2.25 and 82.75 per pair. (Second floor; take elevator.) WOODWARD & LOTHROP. Goov Vazves Ix Groves. ‘Ladies’ 8-Button Mousquetaire Suede Gloves, embroidered backs, tan shades, only $1 per pair, ‘Ladies’ 8-Button Suede Gloves, in assorted ‘shades of tan, only 75c. per pair. Ladies’ 6-Button Mousquetatre Chamois-skin Gloves, in assorted shades of gray and tan, only $1 per pair. WOODWARD & LOTHROP. Two Excerroxan Buzaawss ™ LADIES’ SPRING HOSIERY. No, 1.—100 Doz. Ladies’ Unbleached Drop- stitched Balbriggan Hose, full regular made, splendid quality, only 25e. per pair; worth eC. No. 2.—40 Doz. Ladies’ Fancy “Boot-pattern” Hose, colored lisle thread foot, with unbleached Dalbriggan uppers, black and all the colors, Worth 440.; only 3734c. per pair. WOODWARD & LOTHROP. New Errecrs Ix Crerowxes, Our spring stock of Cretonnes is now ready. A greater variety of patterns, shades, and eff: than ever before shown. Light fancy stripes, light flowery effects, and light fantastic designs, We believe we have everything that is desira- dlein the way of Cretonnes. Particular atten- tion fe called to the elegant line at (Third floor: take elevator.) WOODWARD & LOTHROP. Have You A Srrixa Ovencoar AS OUR STOCK OF SPRING OVERCOATS 1S NOW COMPLETE, HAVING BEEN PUB- CHASED BEFORE WE LEASED OUR SEW BUILDING, 434 SEVENTH STREET, AND AS IT WILL BE LATE TO HANDLE THEM IN OUR NEW BUILDING, WE HAVE MARKED THEM 80 LOW THAT WE THINK 12 WILL PAY YOU TO INSPECT THEM GEORGE SFRANSY, ONE PRICE CLOTHTER, 607 SEVENTH STRERT J.C. Heremssox, IMPORTER mb SPRING MILLINERY Goops, Correct Styles. BONNETS, HA’ sie RIBBONS, FLOWERS, TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS, In great variety, of the newest and choicest produe- ‘ons, many styles of which are oon- sigued to us exclusively. WRAPS, IMPORTED NOVELTIES. JACKETS, $2.37 and upward. The fine grafen at proportionately low prices. Examination will be con- Vincing of the bargains we are offering in this depart ent, LACES. 424nch BLACK CHANTILLY FIOUNCES from $1.75 yard to #2500. MARQUISE AND SPANISH FLOUNCING, DRESS TRIMMINGS, BUTTONS, Pte 10 PEK CENT DISCOUNT OM JkT PASSE MENTERIES, GLOVES. Spring importation of our CELEBRATED FOSTER GLOVES, with improved Isemg. Our sales of this Glove during the past seasou Lave been enormous. FOSTER GLOVES have no equal in fit, style or peli ability. $1.00 per pair upward. 3 907 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Laces Mosux Uxorawean Our success with Ladies’ Muslin Underwear is ue solely to the intrinsic value of the goods we carry; that is, the superior quality, the hich style and thorongh workmanship which we offer at such low prices. Considering the present state of our stock, no lady in Washington can afford to make her own Underwear. It is time wasted, We are offering the following extraor- inary bargains: Fine Muslin Corset Covers, finished seams, ‘buttons and button-holes complete, only 1240. each. Fine Cambric-Corset Covers, two clusters of three tucks each down the front, neck trimmed ‘with lace, only 25c. each. Fine Muslin Corset Covers, V-shaped neck, trimmed with Hamburg embroidery, only 39¢. each. Fine Muslin Drawers, wide hem, with three fine tucks above, only 2c. per pair. Fine Muslin Drawers, trimmed with tucked cambric ruffie, headed with cluster of four fine tucks, only 37ic. per patr. Extra fme Muslin Drawers, four most desira— bile styles, excellent quality of cotton; only 50c. per pair. Fine Muslin Chemise, yoke of five clusters of three fine tucks, only 25¢. each. 5 Fine Muslin Corded-band Chemise, excellent value, only 373c. each. Fine Muslin Chemise, yoke of fine tucks and inserting, Hamburg embroidery around the neck and sleeves, only 50c. each. Fine Muslin Walking Skirts, tucked cambric ‘Fuffle on the bottom, headed with two clusters of four tucks each, only 55c. each. Extre-fine Muslin Walking Skirts, trimmed ‘with wide cambric ruffle, two wide clusters of tucks above, only 75c. each, Mother Hubbard Muslin Night Dresses, yoke of sixtsen clusters of eight tucks each, tucked cambric ruffie around neck and sleeves, only ‘T5e. each, Extra fine Muslin Night Dresses, square yoke of four clusters of eight tucks, neck, yoke and sleeves, trimmed around the neck with cambric ruffle, headed with feather stitching, only 940. each. The shove only represents s fractional part of this excellently selected stock. ‘(Gecond floor: take elevator.) mh25 WOODWARD & LOTHROP, ‘Wonow havea Large and Well-Selected Stock tn the ‘leading styles from the best manufacturers FOR LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND CHILDREN. ‘Large line of WIGWAM SLIPPERS. mb15 Facts, Nor Faxcus, BUT PLAIN TRUTH, ‘That we will sell the best $10 STRIOTLY ALL-WOOL SPRING SUT, SACK OR CUTAWAY, TO BE SEEN IN WASHINGTON. A handsome PRINCE ALBERT SUIT, silk-faced, to? 818: cannot be matched elsewhere for $25. Anobby CHEVIOT SUIT for Boys from 13 to 18 years at @5. A very neat CHILD'S SUIT from 6 to 14 years from ‘We also have a few HEAVY WEIGHT GOODS left ‘that we have put the pruning knife inte, We will close outat HALF VALUE THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING COMPANY. mbis Comer 7th and @sta aw. We Have Cor Paces ON ALL HEAVY OVEROOATS AND SUITS. EISERIAN 8 BROS For Ow Ru FIN] ~“Fog ¥¥ HISK Y: See ee ar een eee ‘1éthend len deed Dea isis