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7m, EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. Rag eoaee Ae > a xi fo, D. C., SATURDAYS MAY » 1887-TEN PAGES. CITY AND DISTRICT. novGcH NG IT § 749. Sich ctaemmevon SHE STORY OF THEIR DEPARTURE AS TOLD BY CAPT. BRUFP—LIVELY SCENES ALONG THR ROUTR—THE CAMPS AT ST. JOSEPH—A DIFFICULT PASSAGE OF ‘aE xaSsOURI. ‘whe Mr. J.Goldsborough Bruff, one of the old resi- Gents of the District, in a communication to Tas Stax, gives an interesting account of the adven- ‘ures of the party which he organized and com- ‘Manded tn their trip across the Continent to Calf- fornia in 1849. Among those Argonauts of 1849, as they were well known, were many well-known Fesitents of this District, as was stated In a recen’ article on that subject In Tue Stan. Capt. Bruff Bays that he was fond of travel and adventure trom infancy, and before he was twenty-one years ‘Ofage he had crossed the Atlantic, in various di- rections, nine times, In the year 1849 he was in ‘the employ of the Government, and had been for twenty-five years, and so he felt Uke en- Joying a change of scene, The prospect of enjoying the adventures which such BH expedition promised was not uninviting, and ‘then there was the possibility of a golden reward Which might be his in this new land of promise. He consulted with some friends and suggested the formation of a mounted party. and starting with a ‘train of pack mules from Independence, Mo., for the golden land. This suggestion being commu- Bicated to others, he says that It was like an elec ‘ie spark, and resulted in a public meeting being held in Apoiio Hall, at that time on the south side ‘of Pennsylvania avenue, between 13th and 14th Btreeta. From that time regular meetings were held weekly, and sometimes twice a week at his Fesidence, When the ways and means were dis- ‘Cussed, estimates of the cost were prepared, and a Uniform decided upon. A committee of ‘three -was dispatched to Pittsburg to have fourteen company wagons built, to secure tents, horses, rovisions for six months, and ether sup- ties.” The uniform adopted was a short, single weasted gray coat, belt with holsters and straps: for a brace of revolvers, and a broad brim felt hat. Each man carried « sinall hatchet and a bowie- Knife, knapsack, canteen, flask, a rifle, ce. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY, as given by Capt. Bruff, were as follows: J. Golds- ‘Dorough Bruff, commander; Gideon Brooke, second commander; Columbus McLeod, adjutant and juartermaster; Jno. Cammeron, commissary; Dr. Yeney Austin, surgeon; A. H. Parish, secretary: Benj. B. Edmonston, treasurer; Alex. Garrett, en ‘Sign; Jno. M. Farrar, bugle Chas. G. Alexander, ‘Geo. Byington, Wm! N. Barker, Jas. il. Barker, Jno. Butes, Chas Bishop, B. N. Burehe, Rich’d ‘Guiverwell, Stephen Culverwell, ‘Stephen’ Cassin, Augustus $. Capron, Wm. H. Dietz, Jno. ¥. Dona, H.-C. Dorsey (artist), Jno. ¥. Ennis, Grezory Eants, Jas. A. Eunis, David Notble, Chas. Fen- erick (artist), Wm. H. Floyd, Wm. Franklin, ‘Thos. J. Grimith, W.P. Hillery, Josiati B. Hill, L. A. Jardella, Wm. Jewell, Thos. O. Kin; ‘DUTY, Ss. De Lewis, T. M. Magruder, James Murphy, Chas. ‘Moxley, isaac Owen, Thadeus Provost, 0. B. Queen, J.A. Queen, Chas. Reed, Jas. C. Reily, Henry Edw. D. Siye, Wm. J. Stoops, Kobert Ins epee cary Yesmlioa ane el lenry Vet lot 10 aims Mi Bee Wahi Vv. & Winds or, Dan. K Wail, Jas. Wardell, J. C. Willis, George A. ‘Young, Henry Wright, J. M. Warden. ‘THE DEPARTURE. “On the 24 of April,1849,at 9a.m.,"continues the sMlarrative: “Our argonauts were paraded on the yement of Lafayette square, opposite to the q ‘House, armed and equipped as the law di- Fecta. That splendid volunteer corps, the Wash- ‘Qngton Light Infantry, Capt. Tait, having offerea heir services as an escort, came up and took posi ‘ton on our right; then we crossed the avenue and ormed line under the portico of the Executive ‘Mansion. The officers went up and exchanged cour- ‘Tesies with his excellency, Gen. Taylor. I brietly ‘Stated to him the character and aspirationsof my ‘company, and of the route to be taken over the con- Ainent, via the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains. ‘That many of us might never again have the Pleasure of meeting him, and we deemed it ‘our duty to call with our best wishes for his Jhealth and happiness, and bid him farewell. To “which he replied, holding my hand tn both of his, “Thank you kindly; please to present my compli. ents to the com] ‘under your command, and Say to ther that I certainly wish them every suc- cess that their enterprise merits.’ We parted, as it happened forever. The order was given, ‘Atten- ton! Shoulder arms,’ and I deliver to my com~- Fades the President's good wishes, and then, Pre- Bent arms! three cheers! carry !and column ‘eft? ‘Wo the tune by the band of the ‘The Girl I Left Be- hind Me." Down the avenue, through the Dlind- ‘Ing and suffocating blizzard and densely crowded ‘thoroughfare, we went to the B. & O. depot. ‘The extraordinary character of the ‘parade, with the interest manifested by relations, friends, and acquaintances, had attracted, apparently, the en- Tire population of the District, so that with the crowd, the dust, and the gale, we could, with dim- culty, keep along the center of the avenue. At ch we reached a large restaurant adjacent to the depot, filed in, and enjoyed a Dounteous and fant lunch provided for us by our very kind and it friends, the Light Infantry. Having satis- Ea ‘wile, We pledged ourselves ‘with the viands ‘and ‘THR STIRRUP-CUP nd embarked at 5:30 p.m. on the special train and amid vociferous buzzas and stentorian good- byes, we Dade adieu to our homes, and all of its ‘wealth of love and friendship for some 08 us, for- ever! We reached the Relay House at 8 p.m. and slept in the cars, “At 9:30 the next morning we left for Cumber- Jand, and at noon dined at Harper's Ferry, and at 6:39'p.m. reached Cumberland, We weré trans- ferre 1 to a small and overcrowded steamer, which. Feacied Pittsburg in the evening. Here we found @lacze fine steames, the Robert Fuiton, for St. Louis, awaiting freight, and we chartered her at ‘once as our transport. "On the 7th we lett for ‘St. Louis, Where we arrived on the 15th, when we freight and men in two parties toa Gdiple of alrealy overcrowded steamers for St Joseph, our depo! camp. With a corporal's guard {remained to await the arrival of the tents and Bome other things from Pittsburg, and also to hhave made for us an adometer to’ measure the Jong and devious miles we Were expected to travel across the Continent, “On the 18th the party left St. Louts, and on the 20th the steamer ran on a bar and unshipped the Fudder. ‘The disabled steamer Was pulied in snore at Camden Landing, where the disgusted passen- gers landed and awaited the coming of another Bleamer. SCENES AT ST. 30. “on the 27th St. Joseph wasreached and we land- ed, with the overdue tents, amfdst a busy, restless crowd of folks from all our Western States We to the camp on Black Snake Hill, > miles Er vear of the town, ant found my men mvody and Irritated from their revent experience, exposed to Te inclemency of the weather without. shelter. An arduous and most disagreeable experience for aS was to break some 7-odd mules to harness and @raught; then the Vast amount of freight for the ‘rain, provisions—and stores—had to be prepared for afd apportioned to the several wagons. “The country, in all directions, as Taras. could De discerned frm an eminence, was dotted with camps and tents; the roads thrdaged with passing ‘Wagons, horsemen and pedestrians. A ferry au St Joseph of two scows, cordelled over, Was in. per 1 motion day aid night, so that the trains of wily-freighted waxons were in line from a mi back, horses to Wagons slowly closing snd mo ing by inches down io the scow. A pandemonium of every kind of unscriptural language was heard. For experment, Thad one wagon put inline at Dreak of day at'a cap Some distance inthe rear, Which at sunset was not within 200 yards of the Jerry and returned in it to camp. “AS but two Wagons a day could becrossed af this rate, my ‘train of about eighteen vehicles and a number of Fiding horses might not be able to get over in ight or ten days, and ina broken disconnected Manner. At the ferry quarrels and fights for pre- cedence were frequently occurring, and in several Anstances with faial results, J determined, as the dernier resort, to take the Fiver road and trail on his side, even if compelied lo advance as far as Counett Biusrs, ‘THE SCENE AT THE POST-OFFICE swas another evidence of an anxious pressure. ‘The post-oflice was located ina long, rambling row Of old wooden buildings, and placards in windows Indicated the deliveries "to the expectant angon- auts Of the States, as, forinstance “Kentucky,” “unio,” Tenneser,” “Michigan,” &c.. &c, and ines Of the citizens of each were moving up and Dacking out. ‘The authorities hadn't the least idea of such @ representation from our metropolis, and much delay oecured in obtalning our missivestrom home. I repaired to the post-ofice,and insisted on an interview with the postmuster informed him of the complexion of my company, and that 1 was intimate with Old Zack and Mis cabinot, par- Uieularly with the Postmaster General, Tt Was an Effective shot. He showed me a room filled with Tumber, and sald that it should beat once utilized Jor the Washington delivery. Sure enouzh, next day we saw our card in the wintow: “Washing- ton, D. C.,” and a clerk to-serve us. We were much gratified at the accommodation, but I pitied the poor clerks. “Desiring to lave an oath administered to one of my men, 1 Sought a magistrate. 1 was directed to Some old ricketty houses not far from the post ‘Office, which proved to be an old furniture store and Wheelwright shop.” Passing throug several Fooms and reaching tho shop I found the squize Seated across a timber horse, sleeves rolled up, ‘with chisel and mailet in band, fashioning the hub for a wheel, “How ure your”’ “Well, how dy do? ‘What's to be done now?" “I want this man sworn into. my company.” “Have you a form?” “No, Dut Tean rehearse it.” “Well, mister, bold up Your band and repeat after your captain.” It was oon done. “Your fee?" I inquired. “Oh, 50 cents Willdo.” Igave it and we retreated, while the fudustrious old squire continued his chiselling. {with the drift and safely crossed the stream. On. the next day seven and 12 mules were erred over. Two more. were ja\red before the whole train was taken over, and the party. ‘Somme of the details of the passage are surprising: In order to give the scow a start upstream on thi side the river it was necessary to cut into the Perpendicular clay cliff a towpath about 20 feet above the raging flood. ————.oo_—— CIVIL SERVICE REFORMERS. They Praise President Cleveland but not Mr. Beattie. ‘When President George William Curtis called the New York Civil Service Reform Association to order Thursday night there were nineteen mem- bers present, including Dorman B. Eaton, Everett P. Wheeler, Horace E. Deming, Horace White, Orlando B. Potter, Colonel Silas Burt, George Haven Putnam, George N. Bowker, Jacob F. Miller, and William B, Merrill, The New York Herald says: Mr. Curtis opened the proceedings with his annual address, in which he congratulated civil service réformers upon the Practical progress of their cause, “I am not unaware,” he said, “of the bitter taunts at what is called the reform administration or of the recent violations of the vital principles Of the doctrine of clvil service reform. But, after all fs sald, {t 1s clear from the attitude of the pres- ent national administration that these abuses are not approved, and that the unquestionable popularity of the President ts due to his honest endeavor to enforce the civil service law and to honestly carry out its principles for the best inter- ests of the country. CLEVELAND MUST GO ON. “I am sure that ff the President should frankly Fenounce the principles he has professed and abandon the course he has pursued he would in turn be abandoned and such a body of his fellow citizens would leave him as to render his election @ matter of extreme doubt should he be renomt- nated. Itis by such facts and not_by individual appotntments that we should judge the progress of our cause. This movement to reform the ¢lvil- service and keep it reformed will not grow any faster than pubite opinion, for tt s through public sentiment that success 1s to be achieved. If the Surveyor of this port is engaged in constantly violating every principle of the civil-service law in his appointments, our chief encouragement 13 ‘that he ts Watched by an intelligent public which, through him, measures the administration. ‘MR. LAMAR ON CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. “Another important fact showing what progress | bas been made by the movement is the speech of Secretary of the Intertor Lamar at Charleston. Mr. Lamarts one of the hizhest officers in ademocratic administration, and he is high in the party that glorifies the memory of Andrew Jackson. Speak- ing of Cathoun, Mr. Lamar indorsed that staves- man’s exposition of the spotls system, which Was summed up powerfully in the sentence, ‘You must put that down or it will put you down.’ Nor were Caihoun’s words stronger on this potut than those of Clay and Websier. ‘Those who are now attack- ing the civil service reform movement are oppos- ing the theories of the strongest political leaders in the history of the country. HARD ON BEATTIE. The report of the executive committee contained this whack at Surveyor Beattie: “It is with regret that we have to record the fact that Mr. Hans 8. Beattie still continues to occupy the position of Surveyor at this port. Extensive information con- stantly reaching us Shows that the system of ad- iuinistration pursued by him 1s seriously to the detriment of the public Service, and that no proper conduct of the office 1s to be ‘antlelpated as long as he remains ts Incumbent. Efforts have been heretofore made, and will be continued, to bring this fact clearly to the attention of bis superior officers.” ‘THESE OFFICERS WERE ELECTED: President, Geo. W. Curtis; vice-presidents, Jno. Jay, Carl Schurz, Geo. 8. Fairchild, Orlando B. Potter, Wm. E. Dodge, Ros. D. Hitchcock, Oswald Ottendorfer, Horace E. Deming; secretary, Wm. Potts; treasurer, Ira Bursley; executive couunittee, Everett P. Wheeler, Silas W. Burt, Ed. Cary, Chas. Collins, Geo. W. Green, E. F. Hall, Walter’Howe, A. R. Macdonough, Ban'l Magoné, Geo, H. Put: Bam, Theo Koowevelt, Ed. M. Shephard, Henry 1. Sprague, Wm. H. Thomason, F. W. Whitridge. IRISH VENGEANCE. Dynamite Threatened—Alleged Prepa- rations for the Queen’s Jubilee. There are mony indications to those who can read below the surface of Irish “politics,” says the New York J¥mes, that the extreme national- ists in this country are preparing for another sertes of dynamite outrages in England, and many signs point to the queen’s jubilee as the time fixed upon forthe beginning of the reign of terror. Some time ago a suspicious vessel was hovering Off the coast of Ireland, sald to have dynamite for delivery to the extreme faction in that country. ‘She was so closely watched by the British, how- ever, that she was unable to land her infernal en- gines, Dut it is now said thatthe dynamite was thrown overboard, and, in spite of English vigil. ance, was fished up and deposited safely in the hands of those awaiting ft. Jt ts well known that anumber of Scotland Yard detectives have been tn this city and elsewhere in this country watch- ing the dynamiters, and in all probability the English government ‘is well informed of* tie plots formed against it. With these plots the league has nothing to do, and the peaceful Irish national- ist repudiates the use of dynamite with horror but that the extreme wing of the party is contem- plating another terrible surprise for England there not the least doubt. A well-informed Irishman who has no eas with the objects of the dynamiters said to a Times reporter: “There 13 every reason to believe that the extreme Irish nationalists contemplate another dynamite campaign tn England, and that 1 will begin before many days. The custom-house authorities in Great Britain have all been warned to keep a strict lookout for ‘mysterious package: and this warning was given on account of informa- Uon sent from this side by the Scotland Yard detectives, and the information gained by those gentlemen was in the main correct. Since O'Don- ovan Rossa has been detached from the dynamiters a number of rich Irishmen have contributed lib- erally to the fund for organizing dynamite attacks, ‘Thetr object s, as they express it, to celebrate the queen’s jubilee in a manner becoming the Irish | nationalists, It is proposed to create a reign of terror during the celebration of the jubilee, and answer the coercion bill at the same time. Rossa talked too much, and so long as he was identified ‘with the plots of the extremists the government always knew tn advance What was coming. Since his withdrawal the organization has been con- trolled by men whose first and greatest care has been to keep their operations secret. “Some of the most violent of the members ot the Clan-na-Gael have been Induced to join in the work, and all the noisy and talkative element has deen quietly got rid of Ata meeting up town re- cently, at which a relative of Sheridan, the ‘In. | ible,’ presided, it was announced by ‘a well- Inember that ‘before months had passed the thunder of Irish vengeance would re- sound around the world.’ Unusual activity has | been displayed during the last month many of ‘the leading dynamitters, and it is known that let- have been received from the other side asking assistance to fght the coercion bill, by means of | dynamite expiosives, ‘The regular Clan-na-Gael are opposed to violent measures, but a nutiber of the members are not so couscleuwous, aud Wil be found well to the front when the blow ts ‘struck,’ = es Saturday Smiles. ‘Man wants but little here beiow, and he general- ly Kets tt.—Life. ‘The best Jump of antiquity was 57 feet. ‘The art of bending pins has evidently been lost.—Burling- ton Free Press. ‘There does not seem to be much of anything coming up Uals spring except the earpets.—Bustun Commercial Bulietin, Nine-tenths of the blind men in poor-houses are bachelors. ‘They probably lost their sight trying to thread needles. Omaha World. ‘The Departments at Washington were not closed in honor of baby Whitney's christentug. ‘This was an oversight— Indianapolis Journal. “T have a remarkably story to tell you, Jones,” exclatined Smith. on,” repliedJones. Atter the narration, Stntth asked: “Is that true, or did you see It in a Chicago paper?"—Tid-Bi A Chicago congregational preacher was In some mysterious manuer knocked down the other day, and no one can linagine how it happened. Perh: Henry Ward Beecher’s mantle fellon nim—Omah Worl Some of the tip-top in society say “‘the low- necked dress must go.” They will please say Which way it must go, in time ‘to warn those who wish to take to tae Woods before it goes lower.— Picayune, solgita citizen (to prominent lawyer)—Is it murder ai a man? Lawyer (cuardedly)—Yes, in every instance ex- cept when he Is trying to suppress the liquor traf te.—Burtington Free Press, All New York is ringing with the latest clever remark of Mrs Astor, which ts: “Never appear ‘ouscious of your bustle.” This injunction 1s Worthy to be engrossed’ in the book of fame to- gether with the immortal Wordsof the dying Law- Tence: “Don’t give up the ship!”—Lowelt Citizen, A Denver editor wrote: “The employment of tens of thousands of females in business pursutts will in time ruin us as a business nation.” ‘Then he went bome, threw himself on a lounge and smoked a cigar, while his wife spaded up ten square yards ‘of flower-garden. — Norristown Herata, Canada’s it attitute: Uncle Sam—Ah! Miss Canada. Glad we met. I am thinking of annex- he 14tb, a pioneer-squad of three members Gas forwarded ou the road, armed with shovels and axes, to repair numerous defective places, that Our train might not be inextricably stalled, CROSSING THE MISSOUKL ‘The party then journeyed on through many dim- culties, crossing small streams with great labor. On the 3st two men Were sent ahead to ascertain ‘about the crossings and they reported that in con- Sequence of the June freshet the upper ferry had Deen compelled to suspend operations and that a ‘Veteran riverman said that It Was Impossible to ‘4 Scow over anywhere. Upon this discourag- Tepert some were for returning to St. Joe. But @ ferryman was found whose scow was tled up among the submersed willows and who said he ‘would steer but take no responsibility. At the Fiver brink the sight was anything but assuring— a@raging, swift stream, two iniles wide, filled with rifting trees and iogs ‘The scow was lodged in the submerged willows below, With difficulty the argonauts got hold of the towline and brought the ‘Seow Up toa calm haven. There they set up a made iron thol boarded up the sides ot the scow and put a jade in the steering oar. A Toad was rn the woods down to ‘the scow, which was completed on June Ist. One ‘wagon, six mules, 1% of the company and the ferry- Man aud his two sons, at 3 o'clock, started on ‘what seemed a dubious voyage, but they battled You you bald-headed, Th fgne dest. "t think of annex- ing you.” “Oh, you—you (boo hoo) mean thing you.” Omaha Hera An Old Proverb Knocked Out.—Nephew—I don’t go much on these old proverbs.” Uncle— “Why not?” Nephew—“Because you can’t rely on them. You know there 18 a proverb to fhe effect Uhat silence ts golden.” Uncle—“Yea” Nephew— “Well, you get yourself examined for tion in the custom-house, a8 I did, and keep silent when the examiners ask you questions, and then tell me Where the golden part of it comes. I was Fejected on the first ballot."—Zeras Siftings. ee ‘Tue QueEy’s Trrz.—The colonial eonference in London’ yesterday adopted a resolution favor an extension of the queen's present titles to “Queen of the United Kingdom Irciand and the Colonies, and all Dependencies nents am 5 Moruex Evriemia’s SUccEssox.—Sister Mariana MEXICO AND THE MEXICANS, Mexico as an Outiet for American Man- ufactures. ITS RESOURCES AND RAILWAYS—CLIMATE'AND PRO- DUCTIONS—COFFER AND CATTLE—GOLD, SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES—PROMIING OPENING FOR AMERICAN TRADE—MEXICO'S BRIGHT FUTURE. Correspondence of Tae EVENING Sram. Cry or Mexico, April 21, 1887.—In previous let- tersI have given descriptions of the climate of Mex- ico, the character of the country,and some ofthe pe- cullarities of jts inhabitants, It may be interest- ing to your of goods manufactured annually in the republic. Extending, as this territory does, along our south- ern boundary about 1,000 miles, it 1s of the highest importance that we should become intimately ac- quainted with the capabilities of this country and its resources, that we may,{f possible, secure such a reciprocity of commercial relationsas will be the means of enriching our owa people by opening up ‘@ new market for our products and manufactures. It 18 a well-remembered fact that Gen. Grant, with @ Keen perception of the enlarged growth of our industries, saw immense possfbilities within our grasp by opening up new avenues of communication with Mexico. ‘The tuerease of wealth in the West is fast rendering that vast region self-sup) , Inde~ pendent and & nom purchaser of the manulectures and products of the East. ‘There fs really no other section that presents such an opening for the fruits of our industry as Mexico and the Central and South American states. The ‘products of the different sections of the republic are as various a3 the climate. While the great part of the territory hes within the tropics, the altitude 1s so various that the climate ts terra fria or cold, terra t la or temperate, terra caliente or hot, accor the elevation’above the sea level. ‘The products of the soll are devermined by thése limitations of climate. ‘There are only two seasons in the year. ‘The rainy, in June, July, August and September, and the dry, extending’ through the remaining months Irrigation is necessary in all sections, and immense sums have been expended to utilize the water of the mountain streams and the rivers, In the matter of fruits—apples, pears, peaches, cherries,oranges, ‘pom Ives, mam- mees, mangoes, pawpaws and other fruits are wh in great profusion in the temperate section, fh the bigher altitude the ceresig Of all kinds are successfully cultivated, while in the section lying on the coast level all tropical fruits and trees grow Tuxurlantiy. “With the Mexican Central, the: Na- tional and other railways, all of which have been built within the last dozen years, fruits, cereals, and other products are eastiy distributed to sec Uons furnishing the most remunerative returns to the producer. ‘These railways, so intim ately inter- Unked with Our trunk lines, now furnish us with ‘an open line of comiunteation into every part of this great republic of twenty-seven States, With a total area of 768,500 square miles, peopled with 10,000,000 of inhabitants, who are'emenging trom darkness into the morning dawn of a new elviliza- tion, that now gives glorious promise of a better coming day. Prior to these rallway connections with Mexico its commerce was controlled by Euro- pean nationalities, and the City of Mexico became the grand reservoir for the reception of the pro- ducts of foreign labor, and from the federal capi. {al these Imported goods were distributed by land carriage to all the different States in the republic, Within the last five years enterprising manufac- turers and tradesmen in New Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louls and other localities have sent large quantities of manufactured articles into Mexico, and they have found ready sale at remu- merative prices. If our government 1s wise in ad. dusting a seale ofduties upon a principle of reci- procity with our sister republic, and the Interstate commerce law ts favorably interpreted by the com- inission, this trade, now in its infancy, WILL GROW TO ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS in the very near future. To secure this resulta low rate of freight transportation must be estab- lished on goods shipped over the border, other- wise cheap rates of ocean transit via the Gilt to Vera Cruz, and thence over the English rallway to the City of Mexico, will give European merchants and inanufacturers a complete monopoly of this iumense trade which naturally belongs to us, and the open door through which our manufac: tured products might otlerwise find a remuner- ative market will he effectually closed. It should be remembered also that the 10,000,000 of people in Mexico to-day are to be largely increased us the years roll on, and when the day comes that the land now measured by leagues, held by 5,700 hhaclendas, and 13,800 ranchos, ts taxed, as 1t most certainly ‘will be, then the iron heel Of sertdom and domestic despotism will be lifted from the necks of the laboring poor, and they will slowly become the proprietors of the soll, and serfs and peons will be elevated to a new And noble man- hood, ‘The absence of frequent census returns or other governmental statisties makes {t difficult to secure any definite data of the value of products since 1880. ‘The best data avatlable will be given to show some of the products of this wonderful Jand, which Iles so near to us, and yet, if judged by oir commercial relations, seems a terra incog ulta tous. ‘The value of the wheat grown tn 1880 Was $17,436,345; maize, $112,164,42 $8406211;° Sugar made, “$4,761 cotton, 36,605,831; capsicum (red pepper), $4,198,482; barley, $4,403,742; henequin, or hemp, $3,552, 0005 coffee, $2.000,382; tobacco, ‘$2,006,193; Tce, $1, 006, 1.) 24,244, and ineluding other agricultural products, gresating a grand total in 1880 of $17,451,086. ‘The tollowing tigure represents the value of do- mestic products removed annually from one por- Uon of the republic to another: Flour, $13,463,- ‘S34; pulque, the Mexican tipple, made’ from the mnaguey, Or dentury plant, $4,589,328; rum, $2,052,- 150; majsuey Hquor ana wine, 31,746,646; red wine, $1,308,475; White wine, $1,154,196, other liquors, wilm and ¢oco wine, $1,026,020, ‘and beer, $765,703. We'ts astgnifcant fact that the value of Infucs of all kinds transported in 1880 reached the sumsot $12,900,771, While that of all other agricultural industries "reached the sum of $16,002,000, Tt 4s thus seen that the Mexicans Nave n love for local option, high Ucense or prohibition. Indian corn flourishes on the low coast lands or on the sides of tountains, Wherever moisture cau De secured by irrigation, and for at least ten cen- turies the Indians in Mexico have raised this im- portant cereal, and vast flelds that have been cropped for centuries sill! grow corn with height of stalk and Waving tassels and a redundancy of yield equaling that of the great. cornfields of the prairies of Ilfnols. | When tt 1s stated that maize made into tortilla cakes from meal crushed and ground between two — stones, _consti- tues ‘the chief article of diet of at least six milion of people, it 1s easy to deter. inine What becomes of (ue yearly product, valued AU $112,164,424. Coffee of excellent chafacter 18 grown at an elevation of 4,000 feet above the and the plantations through which we pi Were in a forest where great trees were left st ing to furnish molsture and suade for tne beauti- ful coffee trees with their gi furnisu shade and molsture to pla fields, rows of banana trees are set, and there can be no more enchanting waik than to stroll through ths hid by & iaass of shade, the coffee trees belng joaded with bright red berries, and the air fragrant with odors of snowy blossoms, the mingled aroma of the coffee, orange, and other flowering exotics. ‘Tue value of’ coffee éxported trom Mexico to U United States may be seen from the following tg- nres from the consular report of the port of Cruz, viz: For year ending March 31, 1873 $680,686.82; 1878, $1,320,612 SO: 1830, $1,490,171.87, When it ts remembered th: people of the United State 1. 316,609,765 pounds of coffee, Mexico having vast uncultivated areas that may yet be utliized in its growth be- comes Of GREAT COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE BECAUSE OF ITs ACCESSIBILITY through shore lines of steam navigation and over great trunk lines of railway. The herdsman in Mexico, be he Spanish or Mexican, is an important factor worthy of consideration. ‘The hacienda, toe Vast ib its domain to be cultivated, becomes ‘the ranging ground for vast herds of ‘horses, cattle, sheep aod goats. ‘The herder fs a unique sombre- roed Buffalo Bill cowboy on horse or mule back. Looped on the horn of his saddle he carries his lasso, Which he throws with wonderful dexterity over the head of some refractory flying animal. In the valiey of the Atoyac our party saw a race for miles between a herder and a fleet fleeing horse. Irrigaling ditches were leaped, fences scaled, sharp corners turned, the herder nearing his victith stood. in his bee and Vainly threw his lasso. The frightened victhin, Wheeling, tlew like the wind, far away across the valley, bearing with him the sympathies of sixty excited tourists, ‘There are Inany ranches in the republic which are the feed- ing ground for 10,000 W 20,000 head of cattle, The carcasses of the fattendd antmals eee by anchinen are cut up into strips, sprinkled wit! alt and lemon juice, and Wrapped for a day in the uimal’s hide, after Which the meat is hung up 1p he sun, and when dried is baled ready for market. he tallow 1s run into the maw of the animal and is a merchantable commodity, and tallow dips are on sale everywhere in shops in city and country. Mexico has great Weatth in ts mines of precious stones, ger found in eee Tero, rubles in Durango, topaz in San gs, kammets in Monsias eieralds in the state of exico, agates in uereturo are found the choicest variety of fine opals of any in | the world, and tourists here can purchase precious ‘Stones with an infinite variety of play colors: from fire red to the most delicate violet blue. Quickstiver, Which 18 an essential necessity in fue reduction of ores ts found in various polnts tn the republic, v yuan of product are used in. the districts. An- Clent mines of obsidian are found in many 10- sautes, TBs voleania glass. yas callod by the Aztecs “i "a fe, or me. In of ‘Mfexioo knives, ‘spear heads and other imple- ments are found, ev! the many uses to Which this article was put by the early inhabi- tants, Mexico's great bonanza lies, doubtless, in the mines of gold-and silver. These” are found in a territory 800 miles in extent, running through ais juaba)uato, Oaxaca. poe hee Lerten voleanic Tocks Wi some long-ago period, were lifted up by the force of internal fires, forming a continuous mountain run- ning, in a southeasterly course, entirely through the republic. In the southern portion of the state of Oaxaca, very rich gold posits are found. There "also evidences 5 Flynn, formerly of St. Louis, has been appointed moter superior of the Order of the Sisters of Charity in the United. She succeeds the late the latter's Mother Euphemia, and will also fill Pini otatneriie of 8 Marys academy to son for generations, There isno doubt that ‘VAS? WEALTH IS LYING HIDDEN in these mountain ranges, which will ere long be developed and add immensely to the wealth of the country. At Agua Calientes, Zacatecas and the Ay ok Beezico we mot Americans who $79 — Ba "aes Tbe "Setanta “ae ions along our journey like pulque Commodity. ‘The Meeican Gobs nyt take Kindly 10 Our methods of reducing ores; he believes the ‘Ways of his dead father were made for him to fol- low, and s0 he crushes the ore with @ stone oF fron wheel, which Is worked in a circle by mule a Pentreiacce te toa ee ieee it in an arrastre, and magistral quicksi! ig added to the mnud cake, which 1s about fifteen inches in thickness, Suits of the reduction; yet ci pI an; as is the Beas of reduction, the ousput of gold in ‘th As7O was gou2, Stand, of sliver, $21,405,590. 60- ‘The mint in the city of Mexico was established 1n 1535, and the amount of silver produced during ‘the colonial period, from 1537 to 1821, was $2,- 957, and of gold $68,778,411, and since the independence, in 1821, there has been about $140,- produced, and of gold about $60,000, ing a total coinage to date of about $3,600,039,- 906, These results have been most remarkable con- sidering the crude processes used. There isnosuch prom fleld as Mexico presents for the energetic and educated miner, and many of these os saan roperties are passing into the nants ericans, velns are being opened, doned ones reclaimed, new and approved methods of reduction of ores ’are supplanting time-worn and wastefal ones, and the future output of this great industry will be most marvelouslysncre: extco has yet an immense productive power that has lain dormant for many centuries, which, under intelligent and educated leadership is soon’ to be developed by her cheap labor into most massive proportions. There are thousands of mines yet to ‘opened, ind vast desert wi from artesian wells, are to becom astes fruitful Helds, and ‘these millions whose eyes have been darkened for three hundred and fifty years are ning to catch the inspiration and the impulse of a new and brighter civilization, ‘These prophesies of the future are a final analy- sis of an extended journey ch the entire re- ublic, with its varied climates, a visit to most of ts ledding cities, studying closely through an intelligent interpreter the habits, manners, and customs of this strange people, OF. P. ———- NEW YORK HOTELS. Little or No Profit Miade on the Price of Board and Lodging. THE BAR-ROOMS A SOURCE OF GAIN—THE HOTEL WAITERS’ AND THE HOTEL MEN'S ASSOCLATION— ‘MUTUAL PROTECTION AGAINST HOTEL BEAT3—GUESTS WHO PAY WELL, Special Correspondence of Tar EVENING STAR. New York, May 6.—It seems to a hotel man from a western city that aman who has money enough to start a hotel in New York and pay the big rents that rule here is pretty sure to make a handsome thing out of It. In a measure this is true; but some disastrous failures in the hotel business have occurred in New York, and more are lable to take place in the future unless the supply is kept down to the demand, At present a serious drawback to the business 1s the enforcement of the excise law, which makes a difference of trom $500 to $2,500 a week in the income of certain houses. Such a marvel as a temperance house 1s almost unknown in New York, and landlords admit that they could not make a living profit without their bars. There isn’t agreat margin of profit on the food and lodging furnished the ordinary guest ata hotel in New York. He gets a room and four elaborate meals a day at the prineipal hotels for $. A close buyer could not purchase the food at that figure. ie receives as good board as the guest who pays $50 a day for a room, and the mat Kin of profit on his $5 a day 1s so suiall that if he drinks nothing at the hotel bar he isn’t consid- cred the most desirable guest in the world, Houses which furnish board and room on t American plan at_ $3. day make even less money, for to maintain thelr reputation they h: about, as chotce food as the higher-priced plac and save themselves by furnishing a smaller ¥: Tiety of viands and a less expensive service, THR COLORED WAITER CROWDED OUT. Speaking of service, 11 may be mentioned that the colored waiter 1s now almost unknown at New York hotels, the French, Germans, Alsatians and Irish having taken their places. ‘The white walter Of the metropoils, however, 1s more exacting than his colored brother in demanding fees. ts methods of resentment, if he doesn’t get them, are numerous and Ingenious, especially in the «= o1 houses conducted on the European plan, where the guest is changed for each {tem of food, "A case in point Will illustrate: At one of the leading hotels a guest refused to fee the waiter at eacn meal. The servitor was formerly one of Delmon- fco’s men. ‘The guest ordered a haif-teaspoontul Of milk for his after-dinner coffee, and the waiter added 10 cents tothe bill for it, after which he Went apart and grinned as he’ told his tellow- waiters how he got even with his enemy. ‘The head waiter fs usually In sympathy with the side walter. ‘The landlord do-sn’t court-a fuss with his heip, and a complaint for such an outrage us Uae above mentloned usually brings about little else than a reprimand. ‘The evil, however, is less prevalent since fifty-one of thé hotel proprietors of the metropolis bandgd themselves together In the strongest organization of its Kind in the world. Resistance on the part of the employes means fight against nearly all the leading hotels of over seventy-five rooms capacity. A house must have & transient trade to belong to the organization, and only its owner or active ‘member 1s eligible to inembership. HOW THE ASSOCIATION WORKS. Last week every hotel in the association re- ceived notice that an engineer at one of the houses had been discharged for druakenn' ‘This method of procedure is adopted with cv employe dischansed for gross Irregularities, fhe next inail brought to each house the de- scription of a man who had paylag a board billof $215. He had been very perticular about having a choice room and expen- sve meals and wine in his apartments, but went y leaving tn his quarters a Junp satchel and a uote saying he would pay his bill as soon as he got his remittances from abroad. ‘The great nun ber of these hotel beats was the ‘main matter the existence the association which s¢ cured for New York a law making defrauding a hotel a misdemeanor. In many States it {3 next to impossible to punish a hotel beat, there being no law to reach his case. THE WAGGAGE-CHECK GAME, New York hotels suffer most trom customers known to them, who have been good pay, but Jose all their money in dissipation and go away with- out paying their bills. A comparatively new method of beating hotels 18 this: A well-dressed guest pompously registers, throws down a check, and onters the clerk to seid for his baggage. “He goes fo his room and the clerk reports that the baggaxe cannot be found, ‘The guest gets very in- dignant, and the seareh for his trunks 1s renewed. ‘The uext morning, after having had a dinner, & night’s lodging and br the guest goes away leaves his check, which {t 1s found represents no bagyage, but Was procured for the express pur pose of beating hotels. ‘The New York hotel inen are now so well_ organized, however, that out of the income trom 50,000 guests a day they lose less than one per cent of their profits by reason of beats, ne of without GUESTS WHO PAY WELIL ‘Wealthy people, on wedding tours, who pay $40 to $50 a day fora suite of rooms, are desirable guests, but Sara Bernhardt and Pattl are more choice patrons, ‘They pay from $50 to $75 a day for aparunents, and $25 day or more for meals, Bernhardt has the reputation of being the most caslly pleased of all high-priced guests as to her meal ‘The effusive landlord who slaps_every. male guest on the shoulder and invites him ont, to rink has gone out ot fashion in the metropolis, So has the high-priced, gorgeous hotel clerk at a salary of $5,000 a year. “The Fitth-Avenue Hotel in New York once’paida clerk who was popular with all the statesmen that price, and the Grand Union, at Saratoga, gave a clerk $5,000 for one summers work, But the a Taetropolitan clerk gets about’$150a month and nis board and washing. Amos J. Cummines. = yell AStatuye of the Late President Arthur. At a meeting of the Arthur memorial commit- tee in New York yesterday it was stated that the contributions had exceeded $10,000 for a statue to mark the resting place of the dead President, in the rural cemetery ‘near Albany. Ta Was ac. cordingly decided to apply the surplus to the erec- Uon of a statue of Gen. Arthur in New York city. ‘This Will probably cost about $30,000. Tue Part Frasco m™ Bauriaone.—Mr. Alvin Tal- ‘bot was kept busy in Baltimore yesterday cashing Uckets which had been sold for the Patti opera. The Sun this morning says; It was well under- stood that Patti did not sing {n Baltimore because: there was not enough money in the box-office sales to satisfy the estimate of her manager, Mr. Henry KE, Abbey. ‘The speculators alone were conteni because they were refunded their money, much which they would have lost by being conipelled to. sell af a lower figure than actual cost because of ‘the indifferent demand for admission. Cuarae oF Usina Tak Mails FOR Lorrery Por- PosEs.—The habeas corpus cases of Bruno Gott- Schalk, Wm. A. Miller, and Emil Hirsch, charged with, sing tne inails tor iottery purposes, heard by Judge Butler in Philadelphia yesterday. | Which broke out most violently in a Swiss town | Yop and Philaderpi MR. GARRETT HIs DEAL. ‘Things to Be Done Before the Final An- moumcement is Made. ‘From the Baltimore American, To-day. President Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio, re- turned home on ‘Thursday night from New York and Philadelphia, He had kept a close run of all the important affairs of hts company by receiving ‘his correspondence in those cities and constant Gespatches from the Central Building. One of his early visitors yesterday morning was Mr. Henry Villard, who came on from Washington, without registering at any hotel, and was in conference with Mr. Garrett and Mr. John K. Cowen, discuss- ing the great deal, for about two hours, When thelr talk was ended, Mr. Garrett was asked if he had any statement to make of the deal, and he re- plied that he had no statement to make. It 1s not Such along time ago that Mr. William B, Strong, Atchison Raliroad, was in Ball that visit 1s being used to connect Toad and associates with the deal. Hereafter every movement of the Cincinnatl, Hamilton and Dayton, the Lake Erie and Weste! and the Atchison, and Santa Fe Rall Companies Will possess the greatest, interest to peo le of Baltimore and Maryland, as the State and city taxes largely md upon the earnings Gite Baltimore and Oblo, whose dividends may reased by drs will give i great business ere o Tequire to be done before the more and Ohio people will give out their scheme: all the money req ‘to complete the purchase of the stock secured under the options; second, the stock directors who are to be Mr. Garrett's colleagues will have to be picked out by him for retention, for some of them must cer- tainly retire, and then the new syndicate will have to name their men, which will require con- siderable reflection and’ comparison of views in order to have men who will look after the syn- dicate’s interest; for they know that the city and State have ‘a large minority on the board and will never vote to elect a man as president Who does not belong in this State. . Gregg probably retire from the board, Mr. Cowen, of course, Will remain; so will Mr. Von ingen. on account of his steamship interests, which’ are worth while holding; Mr. James Carey Coale, on account of his world-wide insurance and mer- cantile interests, is likely to be held; ex- $u08G, Geo, WW. Dobbin will very Ukely, resigns ‘T. Harrison Garrett will remain; Mr. caturdf. Miller, the sturdy friend of Join W. Gar- rett, has the large interests of the Consolidation Coal Company and the Merchants and Miners’ ‘Transportation Coal Company to bind in interest with the Baltimore and Onto, Mr. Joshua G. Har- 767 has large banking and freight. concerns with the company. Nearly every stock director gave his stock into the pool that forms the deal, At teast, one of them has become very querulous late- ly; he has received part of hts money on its sales, and the market quotation 1s $10 under that, figui If he is inthe minds of the syndicate to be drop on account of "the sale of his common stoc! ey may change their views, on account of his heavy holding of preferred stock, Mr. Stephen B. Elkins, of the West Virginia Cen- way, had a long talk yesterday with Mr. Garrett, but it is said to have no connection with the deal ses. The Ideal House of the Future. ‘Helen Campbell, in the May Cosmopolitan, There fs no doubt that the ideal house of the fu- ture, whether large or small, will bein the coun- try, and that this massing together of humanity, to be found now in our great cities, will come to be considered simply barbarous, Even for the Tich, who can claim fullest space, the city, with its under-current of crowded, festering, nolsome life, holds unconscious contamination; while for the poor themselves, what word is strong enough to exp ‘ss ‘the degradation of the ward home that Nor is it possible, even under the most favorable circumstances, to Count “flats,” or apartinents, as anything more than the travesty of comfort in its best sense. Ruskin 13 right when he denies to cities any possibility of the best development for human life; and, though they have their uses, and we could {il dispense with inany good things to which they have given birth, they are responsible for such hideous evils that one longs at moments to see them, thelr pride, and their magnificence, and “the bitter ery of outcast” life in their midst, enguifed like those lost cities of old. ‘The home spirit 1s strong in many a city flat, and consecrates many a stately mansion as well asthe narrowest tenement; but the true home must be in tie country, quite accessible, 1t may be, from the city, but always owning certain in- dispensable and inalienable characteristics, The house that has not its own bit of land, its own sibilities in the way of garden or orchard, eyen if that orchard sum up as only one old apple tree, has not full right to the title “comfortable.” se. What a Rain Drop Contains. Prof. Chas. Mayr in the Sanitary Era. It might be supposed that rain-water, coming from the sky, would be perfectly pure. Far from that. While the vapor condenses into rain-drops, small amounts of nitrite and nitrate of ammonia are formed and dissolved in the nascent drop: the drop finds inthe atmosphere oxygen, nitrogen, carboule acld, ozone, amnionia, ready and eager tobe dissolved; they are all taken up, and with the ‘drop begin their journey earthward. While the drop is falling, {t attracts dust floating in the air containing all the anineral elements of the carth’s crust, especially salt, magnesia, stlica, lime, &. ‘They all dissolve init and travel down ward. Nearer the surface coal and tar particles from smoke, sulphur gases, and effluvia are gath- ered ‘and éither dissolved or carried along me chanically, germs of myriads of low organ-} isms constantly floating in the alr are harbored and sheltered,” and by the time the drop dashes into thousands of minute particles against a ston it has become a microscople ocean, containing al the elements of the earth’s surface and the begin- ning of an active life. Occasionally epidemic dis- eases seem to have spread by clouds and the rain from them. ‘The best authenticated case is that of a plague epldemfe in the fifteenth century immediately after acloud coming from an infected Dut distant region discharged its rain upon that town, Where people use cistern water they have abundant opportunity to observe the impurity of rain water. After the rain water has struck the soil it hastens to enter it, but during the short passage through the sod it takes up great cangoes of impurities, “the products of rotten vegetable subst ind, Where man dwells, of human ac- Uvity, shiftiessness and filth, soe From Rome to the Archbishop. THE POPE ON THE KNIGHTS AND HENRY GEORGE'S BOOK. ‘The New York World, May 6, says: The following cable dispatch was recelved from Rome by Arch- bishop Corrigan yesterday: “No decision as been given tn the case of the Knights of Labor. Itis false that Pope Leo said js Nothing worthy of censure in George's: ‘The signature was not revealed by the officials at the palace. This cablegram confirms what was said by Cardinal Taschereau. ‘The Pope has With- Grawn his condemnation of the Knights of Labor, but has not approved them. Henry George saidin relation to the latter part of the cablegram: “I have never urged that the ope as mot con~ emned my theories, I have sald he never exam- ined them, and that he has never condemned Dr. McGlynn.” ‘The rumer that the Rev. Arthur J. Donnelly, of St. Michael's, had been appointed vi- car-general to ‘succeed the late Mgr. Quinn, has been denied at the Archbishop's residence, It 1s, however, asserted on excellent authority that the appointment has been made, but will not be made public until after the funeral of Mgr. Quinn, —— 260 What He Has Seen, German papers call to mind that Kaiser Wilhelm in is ninety years has survived no fewer than Seventy-two reigning sovereigns who were his contemporaries, viz: Fifty-two kings or queei eight emperors, six sultans, and six po these three were kings of Prussia, Frederick Wil- Mam UT, Frederick William Ill, Frederick William IV; two were kings of Hanover, two kings of Wur- temburg, four kings of Bavaria, three kings of Saxony, one king of Westphalta (Jerome Bona- ee one king of Greece, one ‘of the Belgians, ree kings of Holland, three kings of three kings of France, five kit of Sweden, four Kings of Denmark, three (or four) sovereigns of Portugal, five sovereigns of Spatn, five kings of Sardinia, six kings of Naples, two emperors of presen of whom was the of ee former Ine of German emperors), two eriperorsof France, four czars of Russia, has also survived twen- ty-one Presidents of the United States, 29 A Solomon in the Bud. —, Mark Twain's article in the Century 1s Yery g00d reading—almost as good, in fact, a8 the sub- Joined examination paper received at the Lifeomice this morning: eS 1. Why does a te} it York well ann toe ne ver Gprapany more’than twenty-three hours to cover tho TL What {athe greatest diforence in time that two may have? ere 8 about s century's différence between New in What causes the continual fogs on the New- "The Newfoundland coast is Engi know. TV. Where is the Levant? eum 78 Down Bas Nigger VI. Name the principal point of difference between the Goy {he Government of Russia and the Government of the JOTTINGS ON STYLE. (CHARACTERISTICS OF THR LATEST PASHTONS—MILLI- ‘NERY NOTES—PAVORITE COLORS AND SHADES—DEA- PERY—JEWRLBY DESIGNS. ‘Tux Rosy ts in high favor. Sarton Sorms are more popular than ever for Mttle boys. Lace anp Toute Boxxers are having a run of Popular favor. ‘Tonsans remain in favor for city streets and for traveling hats. Ficuvs oF PLamp Sux are worn with plain silk and stuff dresses, Avpacrrr is the most marked characteristic of ‘the season's millinery, FULL SLEEVES, mutton-leg or bishop, are de rig- eur With full waists, ‘Tue PERENNIAL Soorcs tartan plaids have again made their appearance in good society. ‘State DREsses and robes a la grecque are to be much worn in the evening this season. TuE FAVORITE CoLoxs for graduation gowns are Tose, blue, Nile green, and of course, heliotrope. Tax FasmioNAsLs Water, according to a severe cTitic of style, is extray: ae agantly long and idioti- SILK Canvass 1s one of the new departures in sutnmer silk. It ts soft and flexible and of a light- weight standard, tae MILLINERs, It is said, often provide mere rlesques of their lesigns English and American taser emcas x saa corduroy suits are quite fashion- able, especi: in pale terra cotta, golden br andthe many of gray. — a PECULIAR and startling colors of the season ve bad tatse every possible chance to assert it~ self, plain and in combination. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, We are told by @ sharp ¢ynic, never look well in the hair unless that and the complexion are artificial as well. Pink, yellow, blue, cream and heliotrope, crepe- lisse pocket handkerchiefs are among the orna- mental accessories of. evening costumes, Xz Sux Srocknas in all the new shades of absinthe, verdigris, dull iilac, and Gobelin Dlue are Seen on Denning’s noatery counters Lavy Bugs and green beetles are seen upon new bonnets, associated with the rarest of rare flowers, (hich are employed t6 decorate such lovely com TireD Morners will be glad to hear that an in- Tantive genius has brought out a boys’ waist, which tt is le to from which tt 1s impossible to tear off, wash off or ‘Tue Latest Poroxarse introduced almost covers the dress. While tt is stylish in the extreme, and especially , It has not as yet been accorded Sa pan cng haba ane Somm of the new ribbons used by French dress- makers arein lovely shades of dull rose, violet, ‘& green, or verdis Gobelin biue, and carna- Foon, Sith pieot cages piuple inten, THE ALL-WOOL CasHMERE stockinette Jerseys, with French cloth surface and finish, and postilion backs, which are presented in blacks, navy blu and browns, are in considerable demand. 4 e Wuire, HELIoTRorE, MAUVE, or light mode ¢loth, silk or cashmere, will be fashionable for wraps for seaside or country wear. Lace wraps are very recherche made “up over silk or satin the same OrroMan and gros grain silk visites are in good request. ‘The most stylish of these handsome garments have the fashionable, long tab fronts, et e pret collar, and nae ane, Pee aoe, a Bisuor Steves are finished with deep cuffs Teaching half way or all the way to the elbow, and the cuffs are frequently of velvet, while the upper part of the sleeve is of the sof ht mate. Thal of the dress. The collar of she ents ‘then is also of velvet. Som WasuINaron Lapies have introduced the fashion of wearing rings on theirthumbs, The Chinese embassy 1s responsible for this. When the Congo free state sends usa native representative ae probably: be sehen on nose rings,” rad rs put 1.—New York Vor clal-Advertises. o idee ‘Tue New Very Degr Beavep Fatxons, som’ of which are quite a yard in length, are draped act sss the entire fronts of handsome gowns, or are arranged as panels at each side. They are also ‘used to decorate the fronts of the gr: il wisutes made in pe the fringes reaching from the shoulder to the extreme edge of phe long points. SHAWL-SuareD Ficuus fur dressy wear are of Canton or English crape, Lyons crepaline, and silk of every shade of rose, blue, lilac, primrose, and every tint and tone of white. Their garniture 1s lace in such profusion that little of the founda- Uon is visible when they are adjusted to tne: for festoons of fairy webs ‘seem to envelope the wearer from neck to waist. DeaPenigs this and the coming season are to be worn both long and ample, short and pouffant. Horizontal and lengthwise drapings again appear on stylish gowns designed for either house or ‘street wear. Pipings set row upon row on Panels, kilts and other portions of the dress, are also revived, and some new soe sent over show gray serge, dark-biue vigogne, and other Woolen stuffs laid with an extra-wide hem at the foot, with a narrow vine embroidery above, this portion being kilted the entire width of the’skirt, and finished with a short tunic above, with slight drapery at the back. Tug New Rovxp Hats which seem to find greatest favor are those which have medium high tapering crowns, with brims that roll extremely high on one side, or on both. The front of the hat projects over thé eyes, but the sides and back are close and short. Auede, ecru, heliotrope, Japa- hese, red, golden, brown, dark green, and gray are most extensively imported in Milan braids, but this does not complete the color list. Some of the hats have crowns of fancy straw, braided in odd Waves shell patterns, and porcupiie points, or in open canvas: signs, while the is of plain Sen, cari se a SoME OF THE NeW TaiLon-StiTs of dark green nun’s cloth have masculine-looking vest-fronts which are called “continental waistcoats.” These vests are cut out in a rounding si} in the neck, and there is a small shirt-front set beneath made of figured percale, The vest itself Is made either of pale ecru pilot cloth, straw-colored pique, or white corded silk, and ha’ rounded ends instead of points, and deep ket flaps at each side. The dark green coat above turns back with wide re- which are covered with handsome braid- in applique, the exact shade of the vest. ¢ collar and cuffs are trimmed to correspond. A TuIN@ IN Lace, which can be utilized this season with most satisfactory results, is the elegant lace shawl which has been folded away for several seasons because they were deemed passe, Modistes now take these lace mantles Without putting scissors into their exquisitely beautiful messes, they fold, and pleat, and curve them into stylish visiées and pelerines, these deft manipulations completely transforming this old- time shawl (which lew women, except a Parisian could ever adjust well) into a graceful and most coming garment appropriate for elegant wear all summer. ‘The folds are held in place by hand- some Jet ornaments. ‘Navona Fuowsxs are the basis of all the new- est designs in jewelry. Sprays, entirely of diamonds, mounted on silver, are made in the fol- lowing shapes: A single llly-of-the-valley, with- out leaves, the nine ‘lis of the flower rather larger than in nature, an orchid about two inches long, with leaves anda bud; a branch of bind-weed, including flowers, leaves and tendrils; a poppy with the flower turned back to show a prettily jeweled calix, and an ox-cyed daisy and stem with a yellow diamond in the center of the flower. Three Sa exhibited in one store had pearls’ with the diamonds. Carnations, orchids andacacia flowers, composer fim diamonds set in goid, are very lon al Bright’s Disease Increasing. ‘From-the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, So many obituary notices of the day contain the phrase, “Bright's disease,” that the general im- pression is that the malady 1s more common than in former years. Recent statistics would appear to justify this belief. In 1871, according to the ‘New York Bureau of Vital Statistics, Bright's dis- ease was seventh in order of fatality. In 1885 tt ranked firth. Laborers are most subject to the dis- ease; female domestics come next; clerks, sales- men, merchants, and housekeepers follow. "These furnish one-tenth of the victims, The rest are dis- ‘tributed with no special significance among the oter occupations, In sex the males are in excess of the: and three-quarters of all the deaths occur between twenty-five and sixty-five. Thetor- etgn-born population supply ‘twice as many cases as eos . John T. Nagle, deputy rar 0! Statistics, says mess 133, Prominent cause of fe Infections discus ot any. that inflames the kidneys, are causes direct orrenote, It often ant accompanies heart disease, Albuminaria do not always ‘the disease, A New Trick of Coquetry, ‘New York Letter in Chicago Tribune, ‘The newest affectation of the Sth avenue girls 1s called the baby stare. It takes the place of the roguish glance and the shy droop. The operator of a pair of eyes opens them to thelr widest, fixes them directly upon & man or any other object, and calmly keeps them 80 a8 long as circumstances rinit, Neither ogle or wink is recognized Bool orbs thus em) In the infantile act. huey seem aware of ‘beyond the manifestation, It isa curious stare, and puzzled all Observers f0F a -wo Until 1t became comparatively common among the very swell maidens of the —_——or———__ Poisoned Air im a School House. From the Sanitary Era, ‘One of the Philadelphia public schools has been closed by the board of health forits intolerably in- ‘sanitary condition, constantly making some of the ‘teachers and a large number of the children sick. ‘The drain pipes connecting the cesspool, immedi ately in the rear of the building, with the il i L 8 ABRASOLS! VARIETY ENOUGH TO SATISFY EVEEY TURN OF MIND. EXQUISITE NOVELTIES! SUPERB ASSORTMENT! Our assortment of Parasols isnot only the langest, Dut also the finest now on exhibition. Our stock com- prises the Latest Novelties of the best manufacturers. PARASOLS! PARASOLS! Que Cosching Paraacla, 81.39. as A better grade of Cosching Parasols, all Fibs, $1.68. Our very fine satin, in all shades, $2.25. Changeable Silk Parasols, all shades, $2.98. Novelties in Checked Parasols, $3.19. Novelties in Striped Parasols, $3.48. One Entirely New is a Striped Parasol, with cover to match, 83.98. Black Satin Parasol, with Colored Silk Lining, $3.25. Black Satin Parasols, with Changesble and Striped Linings, 84.98. = ‘Parasol, Escurial Lace Cover, Ecru and Black, 98. Lace Trimmed Parasols as cheap as $2.25, Striped Pongee Parasols, Nobby Handles. €3.48. Plain Pongee Parasols, Changeable and Plain Lin- ings, Celluloid Tips, twelve different Styles of Han- dies, $3.98. A GREAT BARGAIN! 200 Satin Striped Parasols, in all shades, with Stylish Handles, very Nobby Parasol and splendid wearing, $1.98; worth $3. UMBRELLAS! UMBRELLAS! Ask to see “Our Stand-by" Umbrella, The material Used in this is Silk and Linen. So sureare we of the wear of these that we guarantee them for twelve months, Gloria Umbrellas, 26-inch, 81.40. Gloria Umbrellas, 24-inch, 81. Gloria Umbrellas, Gold Caps, 28-inch, #2.48. Gloria Umbrellas, Gold Caps, 24-inch, $2.15. ‘Large Assortment of Fancy Handles in Umbrellas, An Elegant Assortment of Children Parasols. Parasol and Umbrella Department, Second Floor, Each Parasol Marked in Plain Figures, L Ib aa BBB U U RI SG. BREE ROO 0 F Be ue EE boo HH BBB ww RR G6G H H aa ‘BB RRR OO 7 ae BP OR 0% f atk BBB) REE © O ab BBB RK OO . ONE PRICE, my6 420-422-424-426 7th street. THE LARGEST AND BEST MADE STOCK EVER OFFERED. BARGAIN NO. 1, LADIES’ HAND-SEWED TURN AND WELTS FINE DONGOLA AND CURASO KID BUTTON go this week at $2.47, $3.47, 83.97. Every pair worth from Si togs. BARGAIN NO. 2 LADIES’ FINEST KID BUTTON AND OXFORD TILES, at $1.97, are good value at $2.50. BARGAIN No. 3. ‘MISSES' AND BOYS' BUTTON, 81.23,worth 81.50. BARGAIN No. 4. GENTS' HAND-SEWED, FAIR STITCHED LOW AND HIGH QUARTER WAUKENPHAST, at 83.97; Tegular price $5. BARGAIN NO. 5. GENTS’ FINE CALF, DONGOLA, AND KANG: BOO OXFORD TIES AND BUTTON, 82.47, worth 8! 1. BEILBEUN, THE LARGEST ONE-PRICE SHOE. HOUSE. 402 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST. "27 See Old Lady in Window. P.8—TICKETS AND LARGE CHROMOS FOR ALL. my J. C. Horemssox, IMPORTER FINE MILLINERY, Leading Styles, BONNETS, nine Inall the new shades and combinations Latest styles in FANCY STRAW BRAIDS that corre- spond with any costume. Many exclusive shapes, MARE DOWN. Beautiful JET WRAPS, to make room for LIGHT WEIGHT STREET COSTUMES, PARASOLS, COACHING UMBRELLAS. LACES, DRESS TRIMMINGS, BRAIDS, BUTTONS, New Patterns in JET GRENADINE, ‘Ten percent off on JET PASSEMENTERIES, Novelties in JERSEYS. FOSTER KID GLOVES, ‘We offer for inspection a GLOVE having no superior in Gt. style, or reliability. $1.00 per pairand upward, apla 907 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Exum 1830. JAMES ¥. DAVIS SONS, 1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, COR. 12TH ST. Spring styles SILK HATS, $5, 96 andes. Spring stylee DERBY HATS at $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, €4, 84.50. ‘LADIES’ RIDING HATS AND CAP, SOFT HATS IN ALL QUALITIES, CLOTH DERBYS.* STEAMER CAPs. (CHILDREN’S, BOYS’and YOUTHS' HATS ana CAPS. ‘uk, Gloria, Mohair, Alpacs and Gingham UMBRELLAS mbes Docroz Lavnies ‘The Liquor to’ scriptive Tse Gear Mar Fesrvat at x 3X5 coo. BSS, K MON NN “C } ‘We reepectfuliy invite our friends and patrons and all in need of millinery to one of the grand- eat exhibitions every produced in Washington, at prices that will lay in the shade all would-be-competi- tion, Our display will represent the latest and most novel shapes and styles of Foreign as well as Domestic Pro- ductions. In onler to make this festive occasion more interest- esting, we shall give SPECIAL REDUCTIONS and would most respectfully solicit a call from all whe are in need of LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S HATS AND BONNETS, trimmed and untrimmed. FLOWERS, RIBBONS, VELVETS, TIPS, PLUMES snd all articles appertaining to Millinery, as well an VISITES, JACKETS, JERSEYS, SUN UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, LACE CAPS AND SILK AND LISLE THREAD GLOVES. ‘We wonld request yon kindly to eall early to svoid the great rnsh, so as to enable us to tender you the proper attention so much desired in your selection. ‘Weare compelled to refrain from quoting prices, as our assortment is too extensive and ourstyles too man- ifold. We conclude with the sincere request not to miss this opportunity of obtaining the most fashions bie goods at REMARKABLY LOW PRICES, K K ll XN N aco * KK H NNN G @* Be HERE bao Kk H OX xy ‘ooo Md Sss® PPP A L A 000 PoP AA L AA co ee pee Aa OE AA 8 EE Po 2“. tus 24 GS fee 2 Eves Riosr Huse: GOOD NEWS 18 THE BEST NEWS. THEREFORE, READ ON, If one-half the attention that is paid to making money ‘Was paid to saving it the world would be much better off, ‘Be thrifty, as well as industrious.and when you want ‘to buy Clothing ¢o where you will yet the benefit oftow - VICTOR E. ADLEWS TEN PEE CENT CLOTHING HOUSE Is the place to save money, + HERE IS THE PROOF OF IT. Our Great Specialty Suit soe 89.75, ‘We have added five new styles this week, making tm all thirteen different styles and textures. These guoda are strictly all wool, and we claim they are the greatest bargain ever produced in the District. freely Buyoa Cassimere Suit, Strictly All Wool, 85.00 For a Good Business Sait, $16.50 : For a PrincezAlbert Suit, Wanscott Worsted, Blue and Black. Strictly All Weak 89.50 Fora Blue Slater'sfPlannel Snit. Strictly All Wook Fadeless Color, with Two Sets of Buttons. BOYS' SUITS, AGE 13 TO 18 YEARS, 04.50, 85.50, 86, $7.75, 88.25 and upward. CHILDEFN’S SUITS, AGE 4 TO 13 YEARS, STRICT. LY ALL WOOL, €2.87,283.50, $3.87. @4, 84.75 and upward, MEN'S PANTS. ‘Neat Mixtures, Hair Lines, and Combination Stripes ‘Strictly Al Wool. 2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $3.75 and upward, ar VICTOR & ADLER'S TEN $FERCENT CLOTHING HOUSR TER 9827 AND 929 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, COR MASS. AVE. STRICTLY ONE PRICR, ‘Open Saturday until 11 p.m. Geer Bancans IN DRESS GOODS ar ° LUTTRELL & WINE'S, 1930 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NORTHWEST. ‘BABY COACHES. BABY COACHES ‘The largest assortment in the city to select from «