Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1887, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C., SATURDAY, ateusr 20, 1887—DOUBLE SHEET. HOME MATTERS, NOTES OF INTEREST TO HOUSEWIVES—HOW TO PRE- PARE 4 VARIETY OF SUMMER DISHES—TOOTHSOMB RELISHES AND DAINTY DESSERTS. Car's Brarys Frrep.—Take the brainsand beat Up with an egg; salt and pepper; fry in hot lard. SALT SPRINKLED OVER ANYTHING that 1s Durn- HiE.oo the stove wil prevent any disagreeable PtcKLEs SuouLD Never Bx Kerr in glazed ware, As the vinegar rt und with The pastes forms a poisonous compoun Meat Batts.—Take cold roast beef and chop Mine, season with salt, pepper and sage, put in ‘One egy, make Into little balls and fry in butter or drippings. ‘To Kezr a Hamwocx Pr.ow from constantly Sitpping down, a broad loop on each one of the Upper corners will serve to fasten it to the ham- Mock stick. Cooks Tuat Writ 1 a YRan.—One cup of Dutéer or salted lard, two cups of sugar, four cups ©f flour, four In a tolrabl: yne teaspoonful of soda, Bake K oven. To Dress Crcvwssns.—Peel and put on ice until inner; then slice as thin as possible and put $ita sliced onions tn a dish; salt and pepper freely, pour a cup of vinegar over them, and lay Ace on’ ALoxa-Haxptep Brest, long enough to reach the celiings, 13 as important to agood housekeeper &S a good drow! the walls and cellings are Lightly brushed before the room tsswept the paper Will keep clean and fresh much longe Manascutxo Ick CReav.—One gill of maraschino, on pints of cream and sx ounces of sugar. First maxe the cream bolling nintx It, with 1 chino and sugar, Well together with’ a whisk, and freeze in the usual Way. Wares INK Is SereteD on a carpet or table-cover the quickest way to take it out 1s by rubbing it with an oniinary paper “blotter.” Wetting the ‘Dlotter helps to make the partly dried ink absorb. ‘The ttle rolls of paper that come off the blotter ‘Will carry away all the tnk stain from the matertal. Buotap Towatoes—After paring and slicing the tomatoes, and seasoning suitably with salt and pepp ces in beaten eggs and in crumba” r coals for about eight minutes, dish with a bit of butter in the cente ‘This dish 13 good for Pixccsmtoy.—Take a piece of brocaded silk show- ing a large detached pattera and cut the silk so ‘hat only part of the pattern will come in one corcer; then border the cushion with thick silk cord looped in rovette fashion in the upper cor- ners. Double cords starting from these corners are used to suspend the cushion. Fioamixe Ist.axp.—Put a pint and a half ot milk Yo boii 1a a thoroughly clean saucepan, sweeten and flavor it to taste. of four eggs until they are qi Put a tablespoonful at a time into the bolling milk, turn- ing them after afew seconds. Arrange in a” pyra- mia in a deep dish. Make a soft custard of the Yeiks and milk for a sauce. SMOKED BREF WITH Savce.—Cut the beef as thin @s possible and pour boiling water over it, let 1t Stand for a few minutes and then drain off the ‘water. Put the beef ina frying pan on the back Of the range amd let it dry a little; then add a Piece of butter and dredge a lttle flour over it and Stir until the flour is well mixed and smooth; add @ little cream and serve hot. AMonp Ick CamaM.—One quart of cream, one- halt pound of pulverized sugar, two ounces of ‘sweet almonds (blanched), and one teaspoonful of QUEER AND CRAZY WAGERs, Big and Eccentric Bets Made by Wealthy Men for Fun and Money. From Chambers’ Journal. : So far as we can go back in the world’s history We find the rage for making wagers prevalent. ‘The Romans had a great taste for making wagers and bets, and they had a conventional form of ratifying these contracts, which consisted in tak- ing from the flager the ring which the higher classes invariably wore and giving it into the keeping of some third party. A wager was made early in‘ the last century by a banker named Bulliot. He was a firm be- Hever in the superstition that if rain falls on St. Swithin’s Day (July 15) {t will also fal!, more or lesa, for forty days after. St. Swithin’s Day in the” year 1725 was very wet; and so Bul- Hot offered to bet any one Who chose to put down his money that the next forty days would De rainy. So many persons showed a desire to take up this wager that {ts terms were reduced to writing, as follows: “If, dating from St. Swithin’s Day, it rains more or little during forty days suc- cessively, Bulllot will be considered to have gained; but if tt censes to rain for only one day jurtug that time Bulllot has lost.” On these terms Bulltot betted against all who’ presented them- selves. He was 80 confident of success that he laced money agatnst articles of value of every leseription. People brought gold-headed canea, snuif-boxes, Jewels, even clothes; and Bulilot Ragered asmuch money against thiem as he con- sidered tuey were worth. When his stock of cash came toan end he tssued notes and bills of ex- change to such an extent that it was said he bad Paper money out to the amount of 100,000 crowns. | this naturally excited a great deal of public curiosity, and the rash man found himself quite fashionable for the time betng. Verses were made tn ls honor, a play was produced which had bmn forthe hero: in a word, he attracted as much at- tention as though he Were a monarch or famous nan, Bul, unfortunately for Bulliot, St Swithin was not’true to his character, For the first twenty-one days of the stipulated time more or less rain fell. ‘The twenty-second day, how- ever, was brigt and cloudiess, and night came on witulout there belng the slightest sign of rain. Bulllot was ruined, and ruined so completely that he was unable to’ meet the notes and bills that Dore his name, ‘The holders of these tried to en- force payment; but the ancient law did not recog- nize debts of this kind any more than does the Jaw of more modern days. ‘Chey were non-suited, and their debts declared irrecoverable, ‘A foreign prince staying tn Paris made a bet with a member of the Imperial Club that he (the rine) Would, in the course of the next two hours, Be arrested by the police without committing any. offense or provoking the authoriues in any fasion. The way he won his wager was by dressing himself 1 a tattered old blouse, a patr of moldy old boots full of holes, and a disreputable burlesque of ahat, Thus attired he walked up to one of the most aristocratic cafes in Parls, and, seating himself at a table, calied for a cup of chocoiate, ‘The walter, a3 was onlynatural, did out serving $0 suspicloulooking x cus ore he Was assured that the payment wouid be forthcoming, 80 he told the priuce he must pay In advance. Upon this his highness pulled a bundle of bank notes out of his pocket, and picking out one of considerable value, told” him to take the price of the coffee out of it and bring back the change. ‘The man tminediately went in search of the pro- prietor of the cafe, who, when he heard the facts of the case, ordered the coffee to be served, and at the samé thine sent to the nearest poll Uon for asergeant de ville. ‘The prince was, of course, arrested and taken before a commissary of police. “He announced his rank, and told Lis Teasons for assuming such an unprincely costume. The authorities were obdurate at first, but they Fosewater. Pound the almonds in a mortar along ‘with the rosewater. Now put the mixture into a Porceiain-lined kettle and add the sugar and ‘cream; boll gently three or four minutes, then set aside, and when cold put into a freezer ahd freeze in the usual way, Scotem Cooxrgs.—Beat two cups of sugar with one of butter and five tablespoonfuls of milk, in which haa been dissolved one tablespoontul of Soda, Beat two eggs quite light and add them. Mix two tablespoontuls of cream of tartar with half a pound of flour and a mful of pow. dered cinnamon, Mix the Whole together, adding more four from time to time to make a’ dough. Roll thin and bake quickly. ‘To Maxe Turarr Gatto or Sorr Soar.—Take sixteen pounds of potash to eighteen pounds of ; lay the potash at the bottom of the barrel; Mi the grease and pour it in; put in two patistul of scalding water and stir it ‘all together; fll up ‘Yhe barrel the next morning with cold water; stir 1t from time to Ume, and 10 three days it will be At for use. ‘The proportion may be varied, as you ‘Want a stronger or weaker soap. ‘Horea-Porcu.—Three or four pounds of] oin chops put into a saucepan with about three quartsof boiling water. Peas, haricot beans, car- ‘Tots, one-half a turnip, parsiey, a little bit of’ cab- bage and some green onions are added. Boll this very slowly for one hour and a quarter. Season With pepper and salt. It should be a thick broth When done, It maybe made of either fresh or Booked meat, and is a favorite Scoteh dish, ‘FLOUR PUpDING.—One quart of sweet milk; wet nd stir smoothly into a little of this cold milk stx tablespoonfuls of flour. When the remainder of the milk bolls stir im this wet flour, boll ten min- Utes more and set away to cool. When cold add the well-beaten yelks of six ezgs, then the whites, ‘Which have been beaten to a foam that will pile Up; Mow beat this into the cold pudding until tt Yookseven and light, Bake another half hour and serve hot. 3ivsmRoous SuovtD Be Usep Wate Fresu, and should be prepared carefully but simply. Put into a bowl two quarts of water and the Juice of a lenion. After cutting tue stalks from the mush- Yocms and throwing them away, pare the cups, AS each ts pared drop it lato tie bowl When Fecdy to cook the mushrooms, drain them as speed- Uy as possible after removing them from the liquid. ‘Wiid mushrooms give an incomparable Havor to Ste ws, ragouts and Sauces for meats. Bimtos Water-Ice.—One good sized, good-fla- Yor ed cantalupe, one and a-half pounds of granu- Jatxd sugar, one quart of water and juice of one Jew.on. Open the melon, take out the seeds and take the inside or “meat” ofthe melon, being care- ful rot to get too close to the rind, Press this through a sieve and to euch pint of it add the Jute of one lemon and sirup, made by Bolling one ‘anc! one-half pounds of sugar with one quart of ‘Wa er Ull the Sugar ts thoroughly dissolved; mix alt well together and freeze, Morrox Pre.—Mutton ple makes a welcome dish for the chtldren’s dinner; coid roast or Dolled mut- Yon should be used for this purpose. ‘Trim off heariy ali the fat, cut the lean meat in small pieces and put them ia a pudding dish; it you ave anY gravy or stock pour that over them; put ta a ttle butter, and season with pepper and salt and a little parsely chopped fine; cover the top ‘With a thick paste made just as you make baking- powder biscults; brown nicely tn the oven, Ric APrtx PUppINe (Baxev.)—Four pounds of good flavored apples, one-quarter pound of good Dutter, one cupful of cream. four sugar to Yaste, Hind of one ‘lemon, some grated uuiter. Hou the appies to a pulp, and wnile hot stir in tue Tandsevaside. When cold add the eggs (veil beaten), the lemon-rind (grated), the grated utineg and sugue to taste and stir ait thoroughly Together. Have a deep pic dish Hned with good Pest, But io the mixture and bake halt an hour In a good oven. Serve with cream sauce or cus- tard. A Sywratmetic Ing for writing on postal cards, 4s stmpiy diluted sulphuric acld—one part, by measure, of acid to seven of water. When the ink the card will at first show roughened the writing, but after drytug these dis- appear and the writing Is as tuvisible as taough w alone. Of course only a gold pen id be uséd with this acid ink. If it A to avoid the su: of sympathetic having been emplo: card: may upon across Ue f Kipseva.—cut sh the long way, Score them, sprinkle a pepper and salt on them and run a wire skewer through to keep them frowa curling on the gridiron so that tyey may be eveaiy broiled. Broil over a clear fire, taking care not io prick the Kidney with the fork, and turn ‘them often Uli they are done, They will take ten es if the fire ts brisk. Another min batter, make @ gravy a (after you have taken out the ting iu @ teaspoonful of flour; as 4s It looks brown put in’ as IAWich Water a3 ake enough gra’ Kidn will take five 5 more w fry thad to br Puickty HgaT.—Mlld and transient forms of Prickly heat need little or notreatment. When is severe and the itching is intolerable ve Well for the patient to take a Saline Lax- stich as epsom salts or rochelle powder; & a Of the cathariies ts desited. Cold agreeable; friction in the id be avoided. Keltef ts afforded by Hg aud tae avoldance of exposure to rinks and excessive drinking and Stimiulauts are forbidden. The diet sould be Diand and” easily ible. “Animal food may roperly be €xcluded, and fruits should be treely aduiged in. Exteruai applications are ‘of little ust. “Tt is advised by sone that toilet oF starch z der be dusted on the skin frequently during ¢ da¥ to absory the perspiration—-Buston Sours mal of Health Lemon Waren-Ice.—Seven gills of water, twelve ounces of granulated sugar, twelve large lumps of rushed sugar, six ounces of puiverized sugar, six Temons and the whites of turee eggs. Hub the Tiua of the Jemon upon the twelve lumps Of sugar Gud place into 4 porcelatn-lined saucepan. Add Ue juice of the lemon, stratned, a pint of water and's pint of sirup (nade by botllng twelve ounces Of granulated sugar with three gills of water until the sugar ls thoroughly dissolved). Let all stand for an hour, When lmIX and strain. Now, add the Whites of ¢ggs, Wlisked to a Sti froth, and Six ounces of pulverized sugar. MIx all well to- Sether. pat in freezer and treeze. MOTUS AND THEIR LakY.@.—No better means of Protection against these destructive pests has ever been found than naptha. It can be freely sprinkled upon the most delicate fabrics without lujury ww them. Have one room taken at a Ume, ut Up, and all the carpets around the edges, the Turniture, &.. weil sprinkled. Let this be done i times a year. By tnis precaution Persian wer line rags can be left im the rooms yagu the summer. Articles laid away in the attic suould be sprinkied before packing. The Sui sven disappears. There ig one precaution to be taken—napta, benzing, &c., Must Dot De Used ‘Where Weir Tuiaes can reach a light or fre. — ‘The Jeste: Sermon, “Take oue with me,” that maudlin phrase Wich shows sites seuss wast BUEN Makes every drink that ereets the lps ‘A sort of drunken partnership: ABd all the use of any friend” ‘Te help a man bis cash to spend, at ule preserves ith wit Sud pa —Teaas Siytings... Mnatly consented to send the prince under escort to the Impertal Club, Where the gentleman with whor the bet had been made proved bis identity and paid his bighness the money. A wager was made in 1806, in’ the Castle yi York, Detween Thomas Hodgson and Samuel Whitehead, a3 to Which should Succeed in assum- ug the wlost original character. | Umpires were selected. whose duty it was to decide upon the comparative absurdity of the costumes in which the two men appeared. On the appointed day Hodgson came Detore the umpires decorated with Dank notes of Various value on his coat and waist coat, a row of five.guinea notes and a long netted yurse of gold round bis bat, while a plece of paper earing the Words “John Bull” was attached to is back. Whitehead was dressed lke a woman on one side, one-half of his face was patnted, and he wore a stik stocking and sipper on one leg. ‘The other half of his face Was blackened to resemble that of @ negro; on the corresponding side of his body he wore a gaudy, long-talled Uuen coat, and his leg Was cased in'half a pair of leather breeches, with a boot and spur. One would fancy that Wultehead must have presented by far the most singular ap- pearance, “The umpires thought differently, how- ever, and awarded Lue stakes to Hodgson, A hotorious gambler of the last cenuury fnally rulued himseli by a very extracrdinary bet. He had been playing with Lord Lorne. ‘Their stakes had been very high, and luck had gone steadily against him. Exasperated at bis losses he jumped up from the card tabie, and, setzing a large punch bowl, sald: “For once Ii have a bet where I have’ a chance of winning! Odd or even for 15,000 guineas?” “da,” repited the peer, calmly. ‘THe bowl Was dashed ‘against the wall, and on the pieces being counted there proved to be an Oddone. ‘The rash gambler paid up his 15,000 guineas, Dut, if tradition be correct, 1t wasonly by Selling the list of his estates that le was enabled todo so. Chinese Peculiarities. KINKS IN THE WAYS OF LIPE IN THE CELESTIAL EM- FIRE, ‘Wong Chin Foo writes in Good Housekeeping: ‘The highest ambition of a Chinese gentleman 1s to have a nice coffin and a fine funeral. Old women instead of young are the idols of so- ctety. Love-making ts only done three days before mar- riage. It is not only considered the safest way to get ahead of a rival, but the surest way to get a wife without losing’much time, ‘A previous acquaintanceship between the male and femaie prevents them from marriage. For this reason aman seldom weds a girl of his own town. Aman could borrow money on the strength of his having a son, but no one would advance alia a cent if he bad a'docen of daughters. ‘The former is responsible for the debts of his father for three erations, ‘The latter ts only responsible for the jebts of her own husband. When a Chinaman meets another he shakes and squeezes is own hands, covers his bead. If great friends had not seen eich other for a long Uline, after tue inutual handshaking they would rub shoulders until they become tired. Instead of asking each other's bealth, they would say, “Have youedten yourrice? Where are yougoing? What Js your business when you get tere?” How old are YoU, and how much did you pay tor your shoes?” Men wear loag petticoats and carry fans, while the women weir snort Jackets and carry canes, Boats are drawn by horses; carriages moved by sal ‘Old men play ball and fly kites, while children fold their arms and look on. If a Chinamen desires the death of an enemy he fogs and hangs bimvelt upon bis neignbor’s door. 1s a sure cure to kill not ouly that particular enemy, but members of Lis entire family wili be i jeopardy of losing their lives, Wea a Chinauan desires a visitor to dine with him he does not ask him to doo, but when he does not Wish bin to stay he puts tue question, “0, Please stay and dine With me?” ‘The visitor Will hen know he ts not wanted. Arich inan’s servant gei3 no salary, yet many are the applicants, while big salaries ate pald (o ue serrauts of th coumon people, but few inake applications. ‘The perquisites of the former, often duore than triple Uke Salaries of the latter, ure the sole reasons of these differences. When « Chinaman expects a present and it does nol come he seuds one or lesser value, To encourage honesty aml sincerity confiden- tual clerks and salesmen tn all branche tries receive an annual net firm's business besides thelr reg North American Destiny. GOLDWIN SMITH OFFEXS ENGLAND SOME SENSIBLE ADVICa. Frem the London Standard. You wili Rave w euiarge your polley with ree and to this continent, to bring wittin its scope not only 5,000,000 of Engitsl-syeasing people, but 65,000,000, and to make tt at once more genial and more conformable to the behests of natur Hope of creating permanent divisions and antag- ontsias among Uke English-speaking peopie of North America there 18 none; and a polley of Walch Unat ls the alm, whether 1s instruments be separatist tarliTs, political rallways, or baron eteles and knigutnoods, can be fruitral only of Waste, mischief aud peri * * * ‘The move- ment in favor of commercial union 1s spreading Tapidiy 12 Canada, one farmers’ council after une otuer declaring 18 adhesion. THE DANGERS OF THE ALPS, Six Amateur Mountaincers, without Guides, Killed on the Jungfrau. From the Pall Mall Gazette, ‘On Wednesday evening, July 20,the party stayed the night at the Staubach Hotel, at Lauterbrun- nen. They were all professional men—doctors, lawyers, &c.; some were geologists, and two at least were mombers of the Swiss Alpine Club. On the following (Thursday) morning they lata in pro- visions for a long excursion, and left at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, taking two fce axes, two bottles of wine, half @ bottleof brandy, two tins of potted tongue, enough omelette for six persons, soup for twelve, twelve eggs, and six portions of meat, ‘They had hired a cart, and when the guides sta- toned at the hotel saw them start in the direc- tion of the Stechelberg they concluded that the party were going up the Jungfrau, and naturally offered their services, which were refused, Lauener {an expertenced guide, who has helped _to discover and mark out the new way up the Jungfrau from the Roththal), hearing that these six tourists in~ tended to make the asceat without guides, became anxious, and with only too reason; he him. self knew well all the difficulties, and begied them to give up thetr intention, offering his services on the way, but they replied: “We have very good maps, and several of us are experienced mountaineers.» ‘The innkeeper of helberg also asked if he might be their guide; they thanked him curtly and retused, ‘The hotel- keeper at Trascheliaumen tried to follow with his telescope the route taken by the party; he caught 4 glimpse of them vers late on the arete, two hours above the hut of the Roththal, but he could only see thei for a very short time; he reported that the party must have climbed very slowly, or else that they had left late their last night's haiting- place at the hut, and elther of these probabili- Ues—the weather not being very settled—might seriously affect the success of their difficult enter- rise, for already early on Friday afternoon a vio- lent storm had Durst upon the mountain. ‘The way taken by the unfortunate men was that first discovered by six guides (September 20, 1885) who climed up the southwest aretein order to avold the fatal couloir where the guides Bis- hoff and Von Almen perished July 24, 1872.) Dodies were discovered by a Search’ party. tro Grindelwald, comprising the guides Kauffmann, Eager, and Brebart, on the moratng of July 21. ‘he guldes think that the uafortunate men probably fell from a spot about 4u meters below the summit, and that all the party fell together. ‘The guides, who had continued their search as far as the Kotial col, found an alpenstock some yards below the Aletch’glacier, and this fact led them Yo the discovery of the bodies. ‘The tourists’ pro- visions and clothes were lying scattered around them. Watches and spectacles were even picked tp, but the Dodies are comparativeiy lttio mutt. lated. Tae unbappy men had probably spent the night on the Jungfrau summit, for a Cloak and a note-book were found there, ‘The Grindelwald guides signalted thelr dis- covery, and the two men of use Lauterbrunnen party Carried the news down, It was then tele- graphed to the Eggischorn, and a fresh exvedi- Uon of guides, twenty-three strong, started then: to carry the’bodies to the Egylschorn Hotel ‘where they have been identified by the relatives, From the London Times. ‘The sequel to the late acetdent on the Jungtrau, in which a party of six Swiss gentlemen, unac- companied by any guide, lost their lives, may be Of interest to your readers, We spent the evening of the 20th inst. at the Persil Club hut with out guides Peter Raumann (the younger) and Uirle Ratfuiann. ‘There was also present a search party of six Grindelwald guides, who had been unavie on account of the Stormy weather to proceed that day toward the Jungfrau. We left the hut at 13 a. m., the morning bein: fine and the snow tir, and reacned the final Bergschrund at 6 a.m. ¢o find the bridge broken and. the ‘Schrund apparently impassable. We Were soon joined by the seetch party, some of Whom commenced bravely cutung a round the western termination of the Schrund, After an hour's work their efforts succeeded, but as a heavy fog had then formed over the ‘suuamit of the mountain, and as the pass, being cut under An 1ce cornice, Was by no means free from danger, we de- cided at 7a. m.to descend. Half way down the long snow siope Peter Baumann saw an alpenstock fixed in a ledge of snow about 500 yards to our left, under the abrupt eastern precipice, and on proceeding to a paten of snow-fleld about 120 feet ‘low we found the half-buried remains of the un- fortunate victims, all lying in an area of about 50 feet square, We cannot close this letter without expressing the earnest hope that the terrible termination of this expedition may not be without warning to those, of whatever nationality they may be, who contemplate the ascent of the higher Alps Wwith- out guides and without expertence, HeRsent NaNKIVELL, J. WILSON. —. se Why the Chinaman is a Heathen. Wong Chin Foo in the North American Review. In the first place, my faith does not teach me predestination, or that my life is what the gods hath long foreordained, but 1s what I make it my- SWORDSMEN OF INDIA. ‘Their Great Skill in Using Their Won- dertal Weapons. ‘Ina dissertation on swordsa writer in the Hnglish Mechanic says: ‘The high-class damascened and exquisitely tem- ered biades, the curved cimeters of extra hard steel, and the keen weapons of highly-finished durability came to India with ‘those mighty conquerros of the East, the Mohamme- dans, whose descendants under the victori- ous and peace-promoting British rule can no longer follow the craft, disarming being the Prevailing regime. The comparatively few sword blades of sterling quality nowadays are only to be found in the palaces of royal princes, most of them heirlooms, in thelr armories. Before the great mutiny every native, even mental ser- vants, carried a sword; the peasant av his plow wore ‘the weapon of defense; 80 did the harmless wanderer in search of employ, and the black sol- ier on short leave. It was a hational appendage, due to the unsettled state of popular feelings and lawless inclinations, The excited Moslem Printed and shouted the text of the false rophet: “The Sword 1s the Key of Heaven and ell" while the quiet Hindoo frequented midnight meetings and brought his teghar or village saber toa razor edge, ‘The quiet dweller in England will scarcely believe the prodigies performed in sword- cutting by these coarse, fil-looking bits of curved Metal, costing no more than two shillings. ‘The Englishman can excel in everything if he chooses to master the object. Not less than half a dozen, Perhaps even adozen, have attained such swords: Inansh{p with the Oriental weapon as to be ack- Rowiedved champions, the tite of “master of the sword” (Sahib tulwar) being bestowed on them by universal consent. Thad shot numerous wild beasts when I was told by an expert that my hunting education was Very deficient, as I could not handle a cimeter to Stop my game. I was told to exercise continually on a pillow of soft clay, and thus acquire th drawing cut at the proper part of the blade; then on a piliow loosely stuffed with cotton; then on newly-killed wildcat or jackal,’ kneaded Previous to the practice by ‘the’ fect of a eavy man till the carcas became a loose, Soft mass; then on a great pond carp, 4 fish clad with heavy, horny scates, like elastic mail, considered an Al feat to test man and sword. My drst trial at this experiment resulted in a triple fracture of, the good binde, sundry scales flying in the alr, uncut, only dislodged; then the artistic tour de force at paper cones placed on a table, and muslin thrown up to a height—all man- ner of strange ana dificut tasks whith, being only ornamental, I eventually forsvok for’ the useful and mora easy decapitation of flerce quadrupeds Deginaing with a wounded wild hog of full frown, and, on essaying the sloping ‘stroke be- ind the ear, sweeping off the head nearly, that important part dropping between the fore feet. Not long before I had seen a bold young Ghoorka princeling dismount from bis elephant, leaving It Standing to await his return, and follow on foot alone an immense boar he had wounded with his rifle. On nearing the powerful brute 1t_champed {ts foamy tusks to charge. He drew his kookree, or nepauise sword, and as it sprang at him the diade Was buried across plggy’s back, ull but sev- ering hita in two parts, Amiony gome miiltary trophies I once saw a very rude, rusty teghar—locally worth a shilling— which had cleanly decapitated a raw recrult, sev ering coat-collaz, brass buckle and necklet of hard enamel beads, ‘T'ne nimble village rebel had spr’ on the sepoy from ambush walle trimming bis Mint-lock after a miss-fire, ‘This and all the low- priced teghars and tulwars are of very soft metal, capable of being bent and straightened across the Diade, while the arch or cutting portion, with razor edge, offers iminense resistance in the hands of an expert, Who, belind his shield, can watch and measure bis opportunity; only the stralght thrust of British bayonets or dragoon Diades can reach them. ‘The metal and finish of cutting arms improve when we enter North India. Hurd steel of fine temper ad high workmanship used tobe com. mon until two Sikh wars and the great mutiny abulished the demand for such deadly wares, The skiliful Mohammedan craftsman had to einigrate for a livelihood, or too often dwindled into a biack- smith of hariiess occupation, I remember in the good old times of the East India Co. tunerant Sword peddiers, Persians aud Afghans of great stature and big’ turbans, "bo you Want any swords?” “Yes, but where are they?” “Here,” and the vender’s hands wore lifted to his lead-cloth, where they groped avhile; out sprang turee or four shining steel snakes, elastic blades, unhandled ala mode, £20 to £50 each In Yalue, Sometime, more, Then the dealer put them through various severe tests to satisiy his customer, packing them away again in their hiding place should there ve“ no sale, and going on the road. But there were many shapes and sizes and sorts of cimeters of great price, harder and less flexible, both plain and damdscened. ‘The biack steel of Khorasan, very. rare in the market, was reputed to have cutoff the neck of an anvii—an eastern anvil, of course; the Persian and Central Astan specimens, eie= gantly watered in ciroular veins, sowe so’ light that a girl could use them, others so heavy that height and length of arms’ with width of chest, self, and, naturally, mich of this depends on the way T live. Unlike Christianity, “our” church ts not eager for converts; but, like Freemasonry, we think our religious dovtriné strong enough to attract the seekers after light and truth to offer themselves without urging, or proselytizing efforts. It pre- eumtnenuy teaches me to mind my own business, to be contented witn what I have, to possess a tuind that is tranquil, aud a body it ease at all Umes—in a word it Say Vhatsoever ye would hot that others should do unto youdo you not even. so unto them.” We believe that if we are not able to do anybody any good, we should do nothing all to harm them. ‘Tis 1s better than the restless Christian doctrine of ceaseless action, Idleness 13 ng Wrong When actions fall to bring forth fruits of merit. Iv 1s these {ruitiess trials of one thing after auogher that produce go inuch trouble and inlsery in Christian society. If my shoe factory employs 500 men and gives me an andual promt of $10,000. why should I sub- stitute maciinery therein ‘by the use of which I need only 100 men, thus not only throwing 400 contented, industrious men into misery, but mak- ing myself inore miserable by heavier résponsibil- Ues, With possibly LESS PROFIT? We heathen belleve in the happiness of a com- mon humanity, wile the Christtan’s only pract- cal belief appears to be Money-making (golden calt Worsuiping), and there is more money to be inade by being “in the swim” as a Chrisilan than by belug 4 heathen, Even a Christian preacher inakes more money in one year than a heathen banker in two, Ido not blame them for their money-making, but for their way of making 1, If we do anyching charitable we do not adver- Use it like the Curistian, nor do we euppress knowledge of meritorious acts of others to. humor our Vanity or gratity our spleen. An instance of thls was conspicuous during the Memphis, yellow fever epidemic atew years ago, and when the Chinese were virulently persecuted all over the United states, Catnese merchants in China donated $40,000 at that time to the rellet of the plague-stricken Memphis, but the Christian Swaliowed the ‘sweet morsel without even a “thank you.” But they did advertise it strongly, all over the World, when they pald $137,000 to the Chinese Government as petty compensation for the massacre of4wenty-three Chinamen by civi- lized American Christians, and for robbing these aud other poor heathen of thelr earthly - posses. stons. China has a national history of at least 4,000 years, and had a printed history 3,500 years before ‘a European discovered the art or type-printing. In the course of nauonal existence our race has passed, like others, through mythology, supersti- Uon, Witchcraft, éstablisied religion, to plilo- sopliical religion. We have been “blest” with at least halt a dozen religions more than any other natiou. None of then: were rational enough to becomé the abiding faith of an intelligent peuple; but when we began to reason we succeeded Ii maklag goclety Vetter and its government more protective, and our great reasoner, Confuctus, re- duced our various social and religious ideas into book form and so perpetuated tein. China, with its teeming population of 400,000,000, fs demonstration enough of the satisfactory results, Of thts religious evolution. Where else can it be paralleled? Cali us heathen, if you will, the Chinese are STILL SUPzEIOR in social administration and social order, Among 400,000,000 of Chinese there are fewer murders and robberies in @ year than there are in New York State. ‘The difference between the heathen and the Christian 1s that tue heathen docs good for the sake of doing good. With the Christian, what Uttle good he does he does it for immediate’ honor and future reward; he lends to the Lord and Wants compound interest. In fact, the Christian 4s the worthy helr of lils religious ancestors, ‘The heathen does much atd says little about tt; were needful gifts of nature to util men like “ob Roy” or “Mahmud Ghuzal, hands hung below thelr knees. The latter notable carried an ‘awful steel mace in preference to a sword, and smashed idols and idolavers with his own arms on ail occasior —— os —____ Horndyke’s Golu-vatching Process. From the Durango Herald. For several months Peter Horndyke, a well- known gold miner of the San Juan country, has been coming to Durango on weekly visits, buying each time all the beet hides he could find. AS he took the hides mountainward many wondered to what purpose they were being put. A reporter met Mr. Horndyke and bluntly asked him what he Was going to do with so many hides, “Well, how that I have proven my theory cor- rect, I have no objection to telling your readers of my doings. You see that all gold hunters know that much gold, known as ‘float,’ 18 washed away continuously. ‘To catch this by any means has always proved impossible, although tried by inany different methods from tle tail of sluices and run- ning streams, Lust spring I luckily thought of a method which 1s raplily making me a rich man.” “How do you do 12” was asked. “Why, with hides. Ivs the simptest thing you ever saw. ‘The Animas-River tributaries come from the Dest gold-bearing sections in the country. ‘This being the case, much fine or flower goid must pass down the stredm. Up above I arranged my Plans by selecting a ‘point where the river cut directly to the Dank. Here I placed a hide on stakes, allowing the water to skim over it; the hair being placed up stream, of course it caught upall the Moat of all Kinds. After leaving the hide in this position for a week I took {t out and examined Jt thoroughly, but 1 could discover no trace of gold. Belug dévermined to give my ex- periment a thorougi test, I cut up several pleces 4nd burned thei in an old pan. In panning the ashes I was rewarded with over $2 in gold. Since that I have devoted my tma to setting every hide I could buy, and now I have fiity in place at Various points. On my clean-ups, which I make on each hide at the end of two weeks, I realize from $60 vo $90 in pure gold, which I secure by re- torting the ashes of the hides.’ eS Drankenness in Summer and Winter. From the Boston Post. T have learned lately to my surprise that there 1s much more drunkenness tn summer than in winter, and I should be glad to hear that seme s0- etal philosopher had undertaken to teli us why. Is it because hot weather produces a lassitude that tempts people toresort to stiinulants? If this be $0, 2 good many sunstrokes might be accounted for, Tobserve that in St. Louls, where the heat has been almost intolerable this summer, people have found out that much beer drinking’ in hot weather 1s dangerous, and that, 1n consequen the venders of soda water have énjoyed a “boom™ at the expense of the sitloon-keepers. A friend of mine, who has a mania for railroad information and Statistics, informed me Uhat tue number of drunken men’ in suburban trains on sumer nights 1s almost double What itis in winter. One cause may be that in summer the craving for amusement increases, In cold weather man has a tendency to hibernate; but in the spring and sum- mer, when nature awakes and rejoices, a restless desire for pleasure and Itberty comes over the human mind; and with some men the pleasure of getting drunk and the itberty of intoxication are Probably more easily got at than any others, ee A Determined Young Woman, ‘New York Letter to the Indianapolis Journal, A daintily clad Little woman—she was one of the est operators as well as the prettiest—whom I had noticed several timos ina down-town type-writ- ing office, was missing from her desk the other the Christian does little good, but when he does, he wants It in the papers and on his tombstone, When the English wanted the Chinamen’s gold If anyching ‘can hasten political changes it 1s the galling pressure of commercial separation on the wiaritine provinces and Manitoba, Whose dis- content Unreatens W break up confederation. Of wresting the new world, or any part of it, from democracy there 1s Just as little hope as there 13 of its permanent division. | Canada, inspite of her monarehical forms, 18 essenttally’ not & Whit less democratic than ‘the United States, To elective government a government not of will oF passion, but of ‘hard taste and one whicu 18 at present far enough from having been accomplished. But it 1s the task of the dwellers on this continent, and to meddle with them in their performance of it, in the sup; interest of old-world conservatism, 13 worse than Yuin. Four varonetcles and knignthoods are a a raws set Up against chiet effect 13 to geue Utles who think it Brockton’s Funny Parrot. From the Brockton Gazette. ‘This parrot 1s the property of City Marshal Bal- ley, and 1s elght years old. She makes life a burden to Rover, the police dog, by whistling at him. She also makes the oMleers laugh whenever prisoner ts brought im by exclaiming, “Here's another drunk!” Polly enjoys perfect freedom and ts never kept cage. | She perches on a stick driven into one an elderly lady, weit the station, having Polly exclaimed, “Shoot the hat!” on a pec the headgear turned around in amazement to fad Out the person who uttered such insulting remarks, Dut she falled to see Polly, ‘The woman had only tid to “Go along, you She walked up as far as the police station door, and there she Polly, who greeted her with a long loud laugh, ‘that woman bates par- , and trade, they said they wanted “to open China. for their missionaries.” And opium was the chief, in fact only, missionary they looked after when. they forced the ports open, And this infamous Christian introduction among Chinamen has done more injury, social and moral, in China, than all the humanitarian agencies of’ Chri: ity could remedy in 290 years. And on you, Christians, and on your greed of gold, we lay the n of crime resulting; of tens of as of honest, useful men and women sent thereby to ture death after a short, miserable iif, besides. the “physical aud moral not rostration it entails even where it does wurely Kill! And this chastise Hi uit len is sacred laws and thelr duty “Do unto others as you wish they would do unto you,” or “Love your neighbor say great Divine law which ‘Christians slike hoic, bus Which the Christians asked to lengthen the school vacation two weeks because go mlany of te pupils are inthe attuned a enetr experience and day. The plump, Prosperous looking ead of the establishment sm jown some rebellious red- dish-brown locks ag she explained, to an acto cl al Whole alphabet. pe “telat expect to keep her her, half apologizin daughter's whim. ‘The "two of thent wore ewes that turned the heads of the whole office, and looked as if they had money enough und to 3} 3 “mamma’ frowned on the whole thing "Se’wine dose may Indy €o but got Peruse, Without any reason for the to Ha a i f ' E SPEED. Rates of Motion of Things Celestial and Terrestrial. “are you in a hurry?” hurry!” “Then wait till the hurry goes ov you.” ‘So says Paddy-go-Aisy, a8 though haste were & fever fit or a furor brevis. And he has plenty to help him in doing as little as can be helped. Che va piano va sano—fair and easy goes tar ina day, the longest way round is the sh®ttest way home, and soon, But the old sense of speed is success, and that 1s clearly 1ts purport in “the more haste ‘the worse speed.” Evil speed was a common middle English expression, meaning 111 success— for success meant the issue, whether good or bad— and probably explains the old curse, “Bad cess to you!” The radical origin of speed, too, seems to be in the direction of extending, increasing, doing well, having room. There could not well be a more striking {llustra- tion of these last phases of the word than 130 Groombridge tearing headiong through space ‘af the rate of 200 miles {na second. Quite a sev- enth-rate star, t00, although the best on record so far. It1s a speed ‘which goes as much beyond the grasp of Imagination as it outstrips the swiftness Of our herve messages, which only doa, trifle ot the twelfth of a mile in the same time. ‘The only way to get some fea of No, 1830's galt of golng 1s to go to Work somewhat thus: The fastest running now made by English raflways 13 perhaps the Great Northern’s 105 tiles from Grantham in 118 minutes; nt trains have been driven 100 miles an hour.’ Double it, and we cover in an hour What this particular but by no means Dright star does in a segond. ‘Then we must muitiply the 200 miles, an hour velocity by sixty, and then again increase that sixty fold more before we come up with 1830 Groom- Dridge, He goes 988 times as fast. as sound, 865, times faster than a poor Martini-Henry bullet, and. he can give the sun (in his journey toward Hercu- les) 195 miles a second andllick easily. One begins to feel sorry for the Sun Worshipers. ‘So far as can. be Judged- whieh ts not far—1s30 ts not moving in any orbit, but going right away to parts un- known. }t is a runaway, in fact, fying on a boundless course through infinite space, with such. a momentum that the attraction of all the steliar universe we can see with the biggest telescope has no effect pon it, Andif it has always been going on like that, 10 must have come from some- where else altogether, and have nothing whatever to do with the mass of stars within our constant ken, It is some Lucifer from another and a worse world, falling, falling from his high estate, never to hope again? It is a relief, after this, to think of somethi slow, such as a French express or the creeping of the blood corpuscies through the capillaries of the retina, where they give those curious specter ‘Uhat at times annoy good sight; it takes them an hour to move a foot. Snails are race-horses to this, doing sfx good, long paces in the same time, Burckhardt’s best camels of the Hedjas took ten hours to ‘cover 111 miles, After ali is said and done, lost or won, the speed of “che boat race” 1s but some 13 miles an hour; a common house fly, in its sauntering flight, goes a third faster, A crop of rain falis at the rate of 12 yards a second, and a tnan can throw a stone at the rate of about 36 miles an hour. As quick as thought 1s a well- worn old saying; butthat may rnean but a jog trot old galt, too- ness Une legendary Scot, Who was told joke in the coach at. Berwick, and’when he got to Nottingham slapped his leg 1 triumph and sald, hae it noo!” At the rate of a hunt” was a plirase of our forefathers, generally used in a bad sense, though, of things that were going wrong. But what can a horse do, after ail?— some 40 miles an hour for short distances; and such names a3 Eclipse and Fiying Childers were given before Uae Scotch Limited or the Wild Irish- map we dreaint © ‘The reputation of tue horse has become barbarian within this Jubilee halt century, aud stuiticr names for him can be traced back li Uue night of Chinese history, when King eats ako, bad a Leam so swift that they Hed Evel Quitter, Wig Flapper, Fog Run- her, because ie coursed in Ube dark mist through everything, ike an Atlantic ner; shadow liner, iG beaier, Wing Manked aud cloud climber, wie give the idea of Pegasus and the Enchanted Horse of the Thousand and One, A grayhound can go at the rate of about fifty. seven miles un hour, Four carrier pigeons of Count Karoly’s flew from Vesth to Paris In 1884 at the rate of 114 intles an hour, kept up for seven hours; but swallows are computed to do 150 and switts a3 much a 200, Ariel, Who rode upon the curled clouds and drank the air before nim, might be mentioned here, and that—perhaps' it Was no more than athreat of putting a girdie round the earth in forty minutes—was dangerously near the later discovered criie of disrespect to ne equator, WI h takes 24 hours, at 1,040 miles an hour, to every turn, Ina very high old astrological Ume the brag might have brought that “irleksy spiriv” Within tue Diasphemy laws, ‘Tides do not give landiubbers, or sailors either, a very high notion of speed, but Whewell has calculated that 1n the North Paeitic the tide commotion travels at the considerabie rate of 1,800 miles an hour, while a Surface tempest Wave moves but fifty. ” But the commotion of a proper earthquake, like that of Granada, tn De beats the tides hollow. wich in Seven ninutes, belng some 8,840 tniles an hour, An American icé Yacht Will skin along at 70 miles an hour, just beating the eagle 3 ages in the post ontice pneumatic tubes. ‘The Connecticut cyclone of 1852 did 260 miles an hour easy. Our present polar star ts by no means as steady’ as tts reputa- Uon, Tor 1 hus avery rapid motion of its own, equal to some 56 miles a minute. Sound, which travels but some 1,106 feet a ‘secoud through temperate alt, is seit along elguteen times is fast as tha out 1our miles a second trough ‘The flue old-fashioned house st Was uot much of a gadabout, being of a lomestic and even mnopish turn, anid we do not Kuow What the usual speed of a brand new spook 1s, but it can scarcely exceed that. Jf we only ide that te butluer of a row of houses, or of & big country house, puts, accidently or of purpose, the Umbers of one room or dwelling end on to ‘hose Of anotiver pasliy ed by the superior ability shown by a deal scantiing for conveying sound from a distance, and wany an Innocent poor spook let off free. Tvis nat qutte wudest to speak about ourselves fn all this Wonderiul company; but modesty, after all, 13 but a secondary quailty, and we are indubl- tably, each one of Us, nulens volens, waltziny round the sun at the rate of 18 miles ‘a secon ‘This leads again to 1830 Groombridge, who, 50 far as the observations of astronomers have ‘yet gone, yields only to comets, Halley's, when near the sun, going 37 inlles further in the'second, But the big’ Com*t of 1843 beat that considerably, reaching & speed of 325 miles_a second. Passing by solar eruptions greater speed “must be sought in far more tenuous essences. The elec Urle current in an overheated Wire travels 22,500 niles in a second of Ume, and stl, ike Speed, ser- vant to Valentine, it 1s “chidden’ for being too slow.” The electric light seems to our Instruments just to beat that of the sun—the drum in the old Song says, “I doubt 1b"—tlashing 188,000 miles in a second, abd the greatest. velocity ever: measured by crawling man is that of the electric discharge of a Leyden bottle through a slender copper wire, which Was commuted Lo be 289,000 iniles a second, eee Now You Sce it and now You Don’t, Frou the Chicaxo Tribune. Inan Iliinols city, within 50 miles of Chicago, there 1s a hotel where the service at table 1s noto- riously bad. It can be improved by the use of tips to walters, and guests of the house know it. A drunuuer Was telling the other night how he got a satisfactory dinner at the hotel. ‘There is some- thing familar about the story, but it 1s good Caougit to tell, ‘The drummer sav down at Ube managed to get a Waiter, sald he, taklng a big silver dollar from and patting it under a goblet turned e that?" m ably, “I sees tt. now, you hurty around and get me Just ny, “do Yi as g994 er as You know how, aud don't keep me wait Better s2-vice than the drummer had could not be desired. ‘The teat was just what he asked for, the vegetables fresh and dainttiy set before hin} the courses followed each otter In rapid succes: sion, and When the guest had tintshed he was sat~ ist | rete,” he sald again, as he lald his napkin be- side his plate, “do you see that doliar?” “Yes, Sub,"sald Pete, with expectation in his eyes. “Well, Pete,” said tho drummer as he removed ‘the goblet, “take a good look at t, for you'll never see it again.” ‘Then the drummer put the coin into his pocket and strolled out of the room, while Pete ed his chair so far under the table that 1t_ took a requisi- ton on the governor of the adjoining State to get it back. ———~+e-. Isolation of Plumbing Fixtures, C. F. Wingate in The Chatauquan. ‘Allsanitary appliances should, as far as possi- ble, be ‘solated from the lving portion of the dwelling. In England it is recommended to locate such fixtures in a tower or extension cut off from the rest of the house by double doors; and where this can be done without risk of freezing it is to be recommended. ‘Ore of the most frequent faults to be found in American houses is the multiplication of plumbing Axtures for the conventence of the inmates, scat- tered without consideration and without sufficteut reason all about the house. It isdificult to render such arrangements safe without a large outlay in ‘and even then an unnecessary risk 18 incurred by lack of simplicity. Basins ‘may be ‘very convenient in sleeping rooms, but they’ are extra hazardous, Better walk a few steps farther to obtain running water than to invite odors into sleeping rooms by pipes connected with the sewer that detects can be quickly noted and removed, ‘As steam pipes are rendered ornamental by gulld- ing or bronzing and are fully exposed to view, there is no réason why other pipes be hid- den, If pipes are enameled or nickle-plated there can be bo objection made to thelr exposure. parlers, or ,drawing-rooms they can be hidden movable panels or cafried within closets, ‘Where this arrany 1b 18 termed unsightly 1t ig best to carry all pipes in ‘walls, which should be inade sufficiently large for convenient caulking of joints, $o'a8_ thoroughly to. exollde any” odors $0 as to exclude any. that source. Col, Waring also advises One Touch much as lab'rer. ceeoinrin grt fsay maillicaaire, *<Baten Courier. tue “uolses” of a haunted house | POWDER Absolutely Pure. powder never varies. 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By heeding what the highest known medical authori- ties emphatically state. Prof. Austin Flint, the lead- ing professor in Bellevue College, in writing on this subject saya: “The judicious use of alcoholic stimulants is one of the striking characteristics in the practice of medicine during the last hal century.” Referring to the same subject Prof. Jos. Parish says: “We know that Alcoho! will steady the heart, slow the Pulse, calra excitement, and we ought to useit.” ‘The sentiment of the medical editors throughont the country is in the same direction, and Dr. J. E. Harper, editor of the Western Medical Reporter, of Chicago, ‘saya: “When an alcoholic stimulent is needed Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey shoud be given. It is meeting with special favor from phyaicians.” In confirmation of this Prof, Henry A. Mott,of New York, saya: “Tne purity of Duffy's Pure Malt Whis- key (as simple analytical tests will readily convince a Physician or expert) should certainly recommend it to the highest public favor. There are no higher authorities than those above- above named, and their names are household wordsin all parts of the land, ‘When the hot and depressing days of summer come the germs of disease grow. They are the first symp- toms of death, and men, women and children now in thetr graves might be alive and well to-day had they heeded the warnings which the early signs of ill-health gave them. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey will absolutely Prevent summer diseases; impure whiskey will not. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey drives out or kills all dis- ease germs; impure whiskey does not. The duty, therefore, of securing thst, and that only, which is ab- solutely pure, is apparent to all, and that this isa duty the most advanced scientific and medical authorities allagree. 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CAPITAL PRIZE $15,000, “We do that we the ay ene aT ny at errs aes st nd te dealt tat Sedguiera ee Ac ae Beeiete coe athens “eat sotleat oc pen bdr ot Foo ae bia acy Regt feed acer ier ‘Commissioners, We, the undersigned Banks and Bankers wilt pay alt Priscadraumin Phe Loutatana Sale Lotteries when nay ve presented at our counters, UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. Ir 868 for twenty-fi the arse Haugan Gutacicnarers Drover $450,000 lube sitive Beek sda By an overwhelming po} te its franchise was [oa past of tas Hieeenk Blake Coastiteton siopte ‘December 2d, A.D. 1879. , - ‘The only Lottery ever voted on and indorsed by the peopled any State. It never scales or postporite. Its Grand Single Number Drawings monthly, aud mings eguleety the Semi-Annual Drat every six months (June and December). SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN_A FOR- TONE NTS Hy CEAND, DRAWING, CLASS LIN TUESDAY, HEMBER 15, 1087-D0sth Monty ws CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000. ‘Notice—Tickets are Ten Dollars only. Halves, efits Fifths, $2. gg = ‘Tentha, LIST OF PRIZES, QATITALPRIZEQP $150,000 ...8150,000 30:80 2,170 Prizes, amounting t0....2....0..+-++e++-8533,000, rates to clubs should be made only to ‘he Uthce of the Company in New Gries er Address Registered Letters to Sv ncn iy Sapa se ee tera jute fairness and integrity, that ‘that noone can’ wa, ‘schemes, Pas ‘early 200,000 in use._New St new ideas. ‘The new ESTEY “PHILHARMONI organ ig@ Wonder. “Moderate prices and easy teri. new effect SANDERS & STAYMAN, SUF at uw, Washington, D.C, N. Charies'st, Balt a, Main st. ichmond, Va, N A BBR EEE NN AA BOB E iN A A BBB KEB UNEQUALLED IN TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP a AND DURABILITY. a SECOND-HAND PIANOS. A find assortment of prominent makes at all price PIANOS FOR RENT. WM. KNABE & CO, 1 ‘S17 Market Space. “ALLET & DAVIS CO.'S PIANOS—NEW AND. Veautifal striesof these Celebrated Upright Pianos ‘ill be sold THis MONTH ONLY AT ALND, to close rooms for the summer. HL. SUMNER Agent, Sil yvthat nw. ays Eowa F. Drove, 925 PENNSYSVANIA AVENUE, 5°85 Sys, 3 Sys8 ¥ & Bons, Gabler, Decker & Son, Marshall & Wendell, Hal- Ie d other ‘Pianos; Sterling O1 Xtc and Aiteical Merchandise Sostramedte ofl ou isgetiettecee: meres red and 1 SRet pas eee an PAT eee makeatear "a _Telephone, ay i 19 yND-HA! PIANOS. GAS ae cere 100 to £315; Kuabe from $75 to $300; SUD ALS irom $25 up. boides ‘W. G. METZEROTT & ol ‘903 Pa. ave.. near: Ly Do Nor Poncnase UNTIL YOU SEE TH! -MERSON PIANO. A thoroughly first-class instrumentat a medium prica 41,000 now in use. Second-hand Pianos and Organs at prices from $10 150.” Sold on small monthly, te. Se NY Tur Suext Aurnicas No. a, (For Foot and Power.) ‘The standard of excellence in mechanism for Sew- ing and Embroidery. THEY ARE NO RISK TO HEALTH. Machines sent on trial free. Telephone 4:22-2. First-class Machines of all the latest improvements for rent by week or month. ‘AUERBACH, cor. 7th ana Hsta, Bole Agency District of Columbia, ext door to Auerbach's Bicycle Shirt Depot. iy23 Tes Voor Latest | “NEW Homes SUPERIORITY IN EVERY RESPECT. ‘The acknowledged peer of all Sewing Machines, ‘Ladies, call st our office and examine it, 8. OPPENHEIMER & BRO, 528 Oth st. n.w., St Cloud Building. MEDMONT AIK LINK, PMN alata eect Zane th. 1887, at hast “Tenn, Mal "Daily for Warrenton, gerdouretic age mine gud aos fren Aleuanivia, ana Hine ates Allegteny Springs, Kratol Koorville, Hovne re Montgomery and New Oricaus. Pullman Bineoge Waghitgion ta Sow Orleans. TY24 A.M Fant Mail Dally for Warrenton, Char. Sibury, Rocky Mower Daavilie and Stations tor: chbuare and: Duiivilie, Gneenabor. Kale, nae end Californte Palmas sieeist_ Now texas and Californt fan leepst_ Ne ‘Atlanta, in Sonnesion with Pullman Sleepers ‘to New Orleans, and Maun Boudolr Sleepers for Birmingham, Vicksburg and Shreveport. Solid i traina Washington to Atlanta, "Does not counect for Cand ©. ronte pointe Sundays 2:85 P.M. wf Manaswns, ly ener, Sunda Strasburg “and interme wh ate nro ‘Stathow a coach to Warrenton for Fauquier White also phar Springs. “Connects at tiverton with S. 8 “8-30. FM. Wemtern Gordonsville, Chariottesv! And Summer resorts on aud Route. “Pullman Sleepers ton to Louisville; also for] pooca. “Memphis. Fonts, | Throuch jempis wi nae » P.M.— Southern Danville, “Raleigh, “Asheville, Aiken, Augusta," AUanta, Moritgot: Texas and California. Pullin: Oo Ata Daily saceve Sat Riad Hail at's Sunday, arriving Wasbiuitou N. the h via. Charlotte, Dan. ang, arrive in Washinatan S10 AME =, Mik East Tenn. Bristol and Lyticn: aud 9°40 P.M via Choe aud teaville at 940 P.M. Sirus: Local at 9-47 Sleeping Oar reservation and information, furnished.and Dagvage checked at oftioe 12100 Dv Venue, atid at Paxwnger Station, oad, Cth aud Batters JAN. L General Passeuaer Agent BALTVoRE anv onto KAILKoaD, Behedwe i effect. SUNDAY. JUNE 100 387, ‘until further notica ~* Leave Washington from Station comerot Ne segaveuue and © street Asagiesst For Chicaso, 10-3 through Past L Five in Atebury at N30 pain. Ch ‘Noextra fare is chins: sagt time. For Cincinnati, Lou a) we ati mext miornig at 7.30; St Louie 40 pan. Noeatra fare is change thin train for faat thine. a a.m. and 8.55 pm. daily t Pitisbung, Cleveland and De ¥ Loca lon, 102080. da For Lexington aud expert Waday For Havre de Grace, Newark, Wilmincton and Plilse eeiphun 7 30 Ane | y an For Wilmnseton, Delaware fate pint Detween Baittuiors and "Wilmtiueton, 0-00 am, daily For Havre ds Grace, Singerly and intermediate pomta, 15 pam, daily,execeyt Sun For Baitin re 1 ‘days. and O85 aim Te 10 on Sundays 6.26, 7 1:30, 3:30, 4:30. 4 tr tapas 6:40 and 830 am. and 19:10 Suunday Ao ai Fo ae Pan fore Pere fen Branen, J except Sunday. 339. © Boy d'saud internetiate stat wureh train leaves Washituton ¥F Pam. daily, except Sunday. stows 10:10 atm. and 5:80 pam. daily.oe vundar. ne from the West daily 6:20, 7:2 a fennsarrive tr 1° Gaily 6:20, 7:20 am, adem Dointa'ou Shenandoah Valley RAR, 1-15 0.20, From Philadelohia, Chester, Wilmington and Havre ag Grace, 1a ate” 3 Opti wud i Rem. dag, From Havre de Grace, Siugerly” and iuterimediate poiuts north of Balth am. ‘From Aunapolis, 8:30 and 10°35 a.in., and 1:50am 20 Pau, Sunday, 10:35 aur. G9 pin From rs Ferry aud Valley Kallrosd, 5:15 p.m daily, except Sun - ¥ intermediate points, 8:25%.m, cept Mundas. Baltimore Qhio Ticket office, 619 aud 13 Pennsylvania avenue, coruer 14th atreot, where order ‘will be taken for baggage to be checked sind received at NTS CK LORD,G PA Baltimore. 1TH. Paws'r Ag’t,Washington 3y2_ ‘Man PERCY GS. HE GREAT PENNSYLVANTA ROUTE THE NORTH, WEST AND Si ermg pate ACE OO DSc EEL RAILS. 3 a TN EFFECT MA} 16. 1887> Traineleave Wastlusion from Station, corner of Sixth For Fittaburg aud the Went’ Chicagy Tinajted Expres or: 8 a nt Chicago Limited Ex gidtlace Slouplie Care 50 A. Me daily. Faat Due, 0:50 4M daily to Cincinnati and se Loum, Natl Slepping Car tfom Harrisbune to Cineinastt Soa Buiter Car wo Ne Lows duly. except. Saturday, $oChicawo, with Sleeping Car At “wea, Western Expresate 10 PMT 4) Care Washhugton to Chicaso ands 20. Cleveland, comurct a Fecine Expresn, 1000 EM ay tor Prctabunt c ERP Mt daily tor Pittabune hd the West, wit thrvuxis Siesper Marrisbune ta STIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. ‘Canau ua, liochester, Buifalo, » Sat 5. 9-00, 11 -00,an8 : Fide a Ms 8-00, 4 1 40 00 a PTO. APO Ltd ince of Vinay Yarioe a re ye di |. daily, except Sunday, aad Salis For Beekiyas No ecall touch rane Connrt Nyersey City with boats of Drovklyn Aunex, afford ing direct | afer to Fulton street, avoiding double: ew ork City. oe BF fe FB Es . eae ar cf i= % cep F< Pe ESE OE ory fond 4:5 8 M. daily, cxcedt Sunday jexaudria. for Wasi eave Alcaanaria for Wasliuyton, (except, 3 i 0, AM 2:00, 2:15 uisti Ticketeaud information at the office, northeadont. per of ith atrect nd Pennsylvania avin, and at cap ation, where onde! Tett for the checking Yo destination from hotels and residences CHAS. E. PUGH, General Manas 4.R_ WOOD, Generat Passenwer Aveut. my _POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. <iEAMER MATTANO LEAVES 7TH-ST. WHARE ‘ou "Tuesdaysand Thursdays, at 7 {0 si ner laudi war o atton Crook eld re-whart, Bundaye dow aud Weduesdaye up. teu Sha Chapel Point Zuuredays dowa ‘sud Mowday rou. at, 7th-at. wharf aeAgent. wub Carrioman aud extends her trip to Piney P Kinsale. Fare to all landings. First-class, 00 25 centa, ay29 \ ORFOLK AND FORTRESS MONKOE. ‘The far, eafe and fast Steamer LARE, ‘clogandly” fhrniswchturvarby are fe BEECGMDAY a S:0 pins atoning at Diney, Poin goine snd return fareealaae meals setved is Sinitig-rovm ou mai secured and bagrage checked at 619, Jja'e bepress “Ofices and oo piste cal. myl5-Ouno fecond: Staterooms 1351 Penn. | | bared TRANSPORTATION LINE Stomper SUE, Cart Miishout and WAS oer tue Potoume bit CLUS agora adi te ts Measliogton Susday 4p. i. Freyrit Cor CR haat ae ae evel we s BON & tu ttect What, qos oon {120 Ee we POTO VER LANDINGS, be) QHSS STeabiEn “Waki tree BA a ‘st. wharf on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS: PERS g tccttar reine "KLDA YS end | "c pad. | Counts with B. anid 0. ik Se htoLs ‘JOMN B. 2 a ¥ aia a Ee RECT FO SON and +3 ‘ ree EW Cahingion, evey THUMSDAL MULNING, at lowest rain rn) VE ‘1 iE ON BE venONT OCEAN STEAMERS. Tours TO LONDON, SiO “ONGaDECtochek LLOYD & 8.00