Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1887, Page 6

ford Hall, in the beautiful neighborhood ot Littieswamp, had long been untenanted. That wetigible residential estate, standing in its own grounds,” as the agents advertised It (as if it could | have stood Im any other), remained in the sole o-- eupation of ghosts ana rodents, who, as they pay | no reat an? Zo incalculable damage, constitute an | more objectionabie class of tenants than | humorousiy recommended to house-owners | “desirable.” ‘This Was, of course, very much deplored in Lit- ‘ieswamp, whieh had itveiy recollections of the sll in palmier days, and a strong sense of social | too wng neglected. The owner, however, Colonel Bowsburough, had no chotce in the matter; for, after many yearw’ success in the fashionabie | irade of backing horses, fickle fortune had de- served him, so that he in his turn liad to desert ifs home and shut up his house, till such time as bance or destiny should favor him with a tenant. | ‘Toe excitement, therefore, tn Littieswamp was | like that in London after the battle of Waterlvo, | when one day it became known that the colon I's friend, Captain Fosse, had not only actually taken a sta had readuiy agreed totake the house on the terms aderstood to be asked for it, without any bag- ging or bargaining. The steadiest heads were {turned by the intelligence, which, of course, read with the rapidity of a praitte fire. The | site of suspense was sometning terrible. Ot | course, thenew neighbor must be rick, but was he | respectable, was he of good family, had he in- Rerited bis fortune, ot committed the disgrace of having In aby Way earned it? These momentous qrestions and a thousand others were canvassed | With something like fury. Mrs. Rossendale, who lived as a sort of setter of fom (0 the utstriet, ‘nad come to look on Beresford | Hallas somehow under her spectal guardiansnip, aud durtug the Yeags of Its unoccupied exprctancy had given as the mot d'ordre to the neighborhood: “On DO account can weaccept & parveny at the Wall” Everybody wondered what the good lady Would do if Colonel Bowsborough Jet the house to | a Lancashire cotton spinner or to any one in any Way tainted with trade, but everybody felt sure the | Were Lord and Lady Frum 8 f to see the house, but that the stranger | excess of yexation. “Why did you not save me trom Uns? You've no more sense than a toad, as ‘ell as no more ambition. Oh! What shall I do, What shalt J doz” bout it, dear mother,” said Fitz wert laughing. “At all events, weshall need no formal tmtroduction to Pure Cerulean. He'll know us al} again, when b> sees ts." “Fitzhubert,” said his mother sternty, “It is no langhing matter; the very thought of It ts agon- ting. John, it’s’ uke you to stand there and let that boy exnilt over the distress of his mother.” Fizhubert retreated, but explosions of laughter, ike a squib going off, inight be heard at intervals aS he receded Into une distance. When once the duke was settled in Berestord Hall bis popularity grew apace. The custom he ave to all sorts of tradespeople was as lavish as eeame his position. No one thought of anything So insulting as sending in their bills. ‘The duke’s custom Was tts own reward. Dukes, of course, are exempt from the horrid modern custom of ready- money payments. That 1s oue of the compensa- tons of the position. Captain Fosse still clung to the duke as in a sense his own jon oF creation. He lost no ‘opportunity of being seen In bis presence, and one day gave a large garden party io introduce the duke generally to the society of the neiguborhood. Who th Littieswamp ever forgot that day? There Sir Tuomas and Lady lduurst, Lady Jezebel Beaucierc, Mr. and Lady Ubelming Scrub, Dr. Knowail, and ‘a host of Other local celebriites. " Or course the captain and his wife, as strong Primrose Leaguers, confined their inVitations to the tory side, ‘The duke was & conservative possession, and not a taint of democracy was to sully the aristocratic favor of his semi-royal presence. The cap- taln’s park-like grounds ‘were on tuat day closed to the public; and when Mr. Rowan- tree, the rich draper and future candidate | for the itberal votes of Littleswamp, applied for admission at the lodge gate, the lodgekeeper, with @ face with less humanity and more stiffaess in it than I have often seen in a piece of itmestone, turned her heel on him with, “Only the alight are admitted to-day, Mr. Rowantree.” Mr. Rowantree, who never scrapled to advocate the abolition of that house of which Lord Frump was a member, more than ever that, if it rested with bim ely, 1t would fare Dadly With one of the estates the'realm. He fervently wished the duke at the of bottom of the sea. ‘that she would do sometiiing. Her husband, poor easy man, whose father had made his fortune out | of wabreiias, and on whom, Iiterally speaking, the cloudsof heaven had dropped their fatness, le was the victim of constant lectures on the neces- | sity of having nobody but a gentleman at the | Hall. “Aa place like that,” she sald, “ought tohave atenant ln seeping With it. A nobleman or a re~ lation toa noblewan 1s the least that will do. It | would be a profanation to the piace It it harbored any one Whose Divod was not of the Dluest. Think ouherwise of the danger to Ophelia or Fiizhubert | of a mesalitance with the family. Ob, John! I do not think I could survive @ mesalliance. Spare me that! Spare me that!” “My dear Maris,” Jolin Would remonstrate, “why anticipate misfortunes that may never ‘come? opbe Fitzhubert will doubtless make very Inarrlages in their oWn station of life.” “But wish them to marry above It,” would re ly the lady, impatiently. “They must marry Bide blood oF ‘not at all.’ “That is another question altogether. But where should I ave beeu had your pareats restricted | ¥our choles to what you are forever calling biue | blood? Depend upon tt, with regard to matri- | mony that Wat wil! be will be, and what will be | Will no doubt De foF the best.” “ob, Joba! you provoking man! you horrid | tatalist! really no patience with you. Ide- clare you've bo more ambition than a toad! This conversatoo took place almost datiy with the regularity of the return of the solar phenome: | us, Long experience had taught. Jonn that when | it reached the potat of coatrasting bis ambition | ‘With that of a toad Che climax Was reachec, and Yhat it was then better for him gracefully and pendently to surrender the fleld. (Of course 1t did not remain a secret for long who | the stranger was, tain Fosse was too proud | of bis new friend not to let 1. be speedily know. | that the gentlemay he bad succeeded In obtalning as tenant for Bere-ford Hall was a Frenchinay of distinguished name and iineage—no less a person, im fact, than M. te Duc de Montanxe How’ splendidly the n: from off fair lips as the news spread from house to | house. They dwelt on tt, and seemed to taste it, | Uke lusetous fruit. The stage of suspense and ex. peetation passed into the stage of beatitude and eestasy. Like a stight shock of earthquake it ex- eretged a positively healing effect. on certain in- Valid, Dut In the case of those who were well It so quickened t art's action us in sore cases to actinjuriowsiy. Among these latter was Mrs. Kos- sendaie, Who for the space of a Whole day kept to her bed. Motives of policy, perhaps, helped to dictate tils course, for it "gave ler’ a prior claim on the attentions of Dr. Kuowall, than whom certainly RO one more dearly loved to gossip or was more Il about the duke or any one else, dear doctor,” she asked, after ali Joty about her heart haa been duly allayed, “uow Captain Fosse caine to make tis Muustrious acquaintance.” “On that point,” replied the doctor, “the captain maintains a certain amount of secrecy. first met him in London by acckdent oa Cor ton BI, and that the acquaintance Fr: i$ all that he will lends. Anyhow, it is mensely to his credit that he should have procured | forusso great an audition and ornament Uo our “Huatix to put 1t mildiz, Dr. Knowall, when one thinks of the dreadful people we might have had for nelghbors. It practically insured hls re- turn at the coming election, but I feel where should bo something in the form of a testimonial,” Dest testimonial, my dear lady, that we to the captain will be the warnith of our welcome to bis distinguished friend, who, I hear, isonly taking the Hall for the summer and au: Yams, With a view to its powsibie purchase next Year, should he find everything to his liking.” “We must see that he “does,” sald tne Lidy ter vently, and her nimble brain ‘traveled In a twiuk- ling over such thoughts as pleaics and” tennis new dresses for herself and OpLella, a new evening clothes for John, a course of for Fitzhubert. In the midst of of thought, she suddenly asked: “Has family? Are his sous and daugniers of Knowall smiled: “My dear lady, the oung—more than that Boon after that <troke the doctor left his patient ‘owa refiectlons. Need I say that these | of the most joyful sort? Brilliant visions tefore her mind, and a kind of second seemed to merge Lhe present with the future as she read in the Court Journal and Morn of a certain approaching marriage 1 Upet of an actual Wedding, With a full account of the dresses of the bride, of the br.desmuids, and Of the bride's mother. The cake, of course, was furnisned by Gunter, and the gifts were jail of a description.” She was already wondering What presents the Duke would give his brides- maids, and how she could contrive tne absence of certala objectionabie relations of her husband, when an 8 — her; other ang) might cherish ‘aspira- tious; ocaer mothers might rival berselt in siabic hon Capt ae her Land wean she ermined to be prompt—to be, if ible first tm the Meld. So that evening she did three | thiags She bad a maternal conversation with pueita, whom by a delicate metho! of thouglit- transference she luspired with certain hopes to which there was bo need to give open utterance. She Wrote to Pooie’s to send a man to take John's Ineasure for sundry new and becoming garments Ske wroteto Kolandi’s to recommend ber a first- rate French master, and to send her some of the newest French literature. great preparations were made at the ptain’s, who was to entertain bis illustrious friend for a brief period till Beresford Halt Dad ‘undergoue certain decorative changes, suitable to Une eXalted rank Of its expected occupant. The he is unmarried.” duke had put this matter almost eutirely in the captain's who Was to order all requisites with @ free purse, and as much as possivle from ‘the local tradesmen. This added immensely to the ieee, and it Was generally felt that his ‘opponent for the next election inight as | well Vacate the fieid at once. The captain dally ed the duke, together with his faithful ackales end compabiou, who rejoiced In the name of Mr. Edwin Vincent. One day the duke telegraphed to the captain, tog Ri tO send aud meet him by a im due at Littleswamp late that after- hoop. But the telegram, unluckliy, Was never delivered, for it fell out of the Dearer's Ss and being found by a small boy, was by (oe —_ eS; A bearer, when be . ty relying clreumspect: sutence. The cons-quence was disastrous: for the duke and Bis suteilive stepped on arriving into a | earrlage, Which they took to be intended for them. | selves, but which had really been Rossendales for the tailor trom Pool Frenct. master from Kolsndi's who happened to be | oming by the same train. When they arrived the | Dutier, Who had uo notion of attempting to an- nouuce the French master by name, uslered the | duke into the drawing-room, first showing bis companion into the study, there to await the pleasure of his master. ‘Ihe duxe seemed rather 4] at Qrst, Dut he imagined that his host and ess were for the moment engaged, and that be stra vests with, fat, ‘Tea was served, and the usua! commonplaces of couver OM exc! after which Mrs. Kossen- | dale ‘the bell, aud bade the butler send Mr. Pitzuabert dowa. “This ts my soo,” she said, as sue totroduced a strapping graceless youth of seventeen, “it is my wish that he should have the Denefit of conversations with you i your ative tongue. (Fitzhubert, don’t gigzie.) “With the greatest of pleasure,” suid the duke fraciousiy, ‘You Wit! also read French with myself and my daughter "added Ube lady. ise oddly like ab imperative, but the uke Wok i€ as 4 request, and replied that that als would give hint much pleasure. “You have doubtless brought with you some of the newest books from Paris Pray, may I ask you 1 potue of Uheir names?” “I regret, eed ent he ote, 20s using to England I nave left my mative iitera- We, as Weil as my native land, behind me.” Jiow vexing,” said the lady. “Then we shall 1 fear, to depend oa Racine. (Fitzhubert, rua ‘h Kacive, instead of grinning there like Excuse me, but 1 should just like to accent from Racine. I assttine that it 18. rest Parisian.” ~ tow Use duke, astontshed beyond cud reply, 1 Pusted Vincent, in a high suave ot sation, “What is the meaning of this in beexclaimed. “Tuey tke me for a tailor us house! They ask me to take a man’s “re! Was tt Foar Intention to subject me to sds iuevit, M. le Duct” Fiuistoer, exploded, and so did hts mother, but for’ she could not su a sul sereain. os Just at thismoment her husbant werd tho the fom tue veritable French mas F and the tatlor, wuo, chancing to get a list, had \ hast reached their Gcatination. ——. Prarathons 20d apologies other, 3 cat express ot frattun ap nay ves twas Joun's turk. He, as the schol Joun,” i her lady and her daughter were fellow- hunselt under the captain's hospitable {Wo describe tac amazement on ope side, § eit. “it's ail Your stupid fault ‘his apouse, wringing her | hes rolled alt that day | ¢ Wii not at | like to! which | rose Ls in {atroduced the duke generally to little set oration, which Was very received: “Ladies and gentlemen, 1 have pleasure tn titroaucing you to my trend, M- ede Montanvert. M.le Dc, though a French- is, I may say, one of us, for he 1s for church ‘a conservative as any one Fe you know, is saying a good deal. ie ts true bine, and no mistake. M. Te Duc decests itberalfsin in ail {ts forms and under all its Pretenses; I have heard him speak of it as the ‘spawn of scorpions.’ He s¥mpathizes cordially with our Primrose League, which we may fairly hope that he will assist in the many ways that le open to his tifiuence. He already talks of insti toting, on his feturn to France, a league in 1mita- Uon of ours, to be called the Peony League.” ue Duke shorty spoke in reply, and the general opinion Was that noone could have looked more atistocratic. Hts black hair, set off by a skin the color of magnoita, his dark eyes and aquaiine nose, Lnparved to his "phystognomy an air of delicacy Which accorded exactiy With all received or pre— conceived notions conceraing blue. blood. One Yonturesome lady declared that he looked te per- Sonitieatton of fa vieille cow . Oh, the Dowings nd scrapings and cringings of that’ afternoon! Was ever tue like, or is It true, as Kowantree Was fond of asserting, that nowheré Was such tluukeyisia to be found ag in the higher classes of Littieswamp society? uope you like the Duke, Mrs. Rossendale,” said Captain Fosse, with the’ air of a man tally conscious of having’ deserved well of his country. “Like him!” was the reply; “I think him adorable! He makes me thiak of Prince E every time 1 look at him. Only t eve, had a double row of upper tee. 0: the dther. Tnever in my lite saw origin Was more vividiy.Impres-* mance, or Whose every takably bespoke his high talking t0 Ophelia, and her, ton.” “Au! You must beware of the duke,” sald the ; laughing; “uo an more susceptible, 1 bis guests ma au: ve amusing 1n Fosse, how can you be s0 foolish?” turned the lady Wit a Utue peal of cratitied laughter. we appealed to ved bin fee.s his superiors that avout him whieh gives. There Is € has on me,” said th rom.” ritualist clergyman, usin, “tue effect of a Swiss Mountain.” i feel orally and physically the better for his presence as I do for the air irom the Jungtrau, It fsas Longtfeilow says And thelr uuappri ta Shall lift thee to the .evel of themsel id Lady *Spelduurst, iS short hauveur and Is the Fistocratic breeding.” pervect yenti2man, of course,” sald Mrs, surest pledze of He's 2 Rossendal-; “there's not at his coupusiiton, nothing vou do our best Co keep “We must, indeed,” sald Captain Fosse; “we must hedge ‘him round. ‘To meet by chance any disseater oF radical would be real physical pain to him.” “f understand,” sald Lady Frump, “chat he has resolved tn fiture not to employ a ‘single Mb. eral tradesinan, That's your doing, I suppose, captain? captain smiled a modest aMrmative, cowantree, I'm alraid, will ve furious,” be said. “Let him be furious,” said Lord Frump, chuck. ling, “It he Wants ’the duke’s custom ‘let him adopt the duke’s polities. Sothe conversation lapsed into politics—those maddy shallows .nto whicu We need not follow it. Fitzhubert, perceiving the marked attentions paid by the duke to his sister, came up at last to his mother and said tn his profane boyish way: sa, Maina, how long are you golng to allow Opneita to entirely monopolize the attentions of Pure Cwrulean?” : “Fitzhubert, you silly boy,” she replied, “Ireally must beg that You Wlil cease to apply tat insuit- Ing expres-siog Co a person of the duxe's distinc- ton,” eof Vulgarity about jut we must Ut right, dear mamma,” Said the boy, but who was It questioned the duke’s accent? Who was it Who Wanted to put him on in B: "And the youth laughed convulsivery at tue recotlection, ‘Then the duke came up escordug Ophelia, Who beamed radiance like @ blushing rose. Wuile she turned to speak with her brotuer tae duke in the politest manner assured her mother of the great pleasure he had derived trom her conversation, und expressed the hope that that meeting migh? he lirst of many. ‘The expression of Lope was reciprocated, aud agata before the mother's active ind Mashed the thought of thos* objectionable relations of her husbaud, and of the excuses that could serve for nut Inviting them to partake of that cake, of the manufacture of wnica Gunter Was 1a- tended to have the honor. “The most hospitable Welcome that you among others have accorded to me,” said the Duke, “1 shall never forget; but I uope' the time may cofue, and that soon, when you wil allow me to repay tay debt to you by your honoring me with a visit in Normandy; whea Iam again resident upon my terres Luope ‘none Of the family will refuse my oF hospiality.” eet ams replied, «that we “I am sure, M. le Duc,” she shall accept your most generous the greatest ‘possible piea-ure, trust that you do not yet contemplate leaving us?” ‘Par from it,” said the duke; “1 shall not leave Litueswamp ull I am obliged by circumstances, ‘Buc there are, you Know, circumstances and Umes, When, as they say, noblease oblige.” “Tuat ts precisely,” she replied, “what I am con- stantly say! to my husband.” ‘The duke suniled and shortly after went and car. Tied on the Same sort of conversations in the same gracious terms With other ladies. This won him — opinions. But it was rather a blow to Mra. ossendale, when she referred with justifiable pride to Mrs Austin to the Normandy invitation, to learn that Mrs. Austin’s family, too, haa been quite as pressingly asked to those mysterious terres Dbeyond the Engiish Channel, ‘it was not long before the hospitalities at Beres- ford Hall becaue the talk of the country. Parties Of ali Kinds succeeded one another with startiti rapidity. People even came from a distance an took houses al Little swamp for the summer. It got bruited about that tue duke was contemplat- ing matrimony, and Vincent expressed himself as Rervous On this score; he said that the duke was forever concluding arguments with him on this subject with “K fla, Vincent, je me range.” This realy kept up @ state of bolling excitement which threw even poifties tato the background, Politics iu fact almost ceased to exist, lor very few of the Liberal Party resisted the social pressure of the Prunrose Party, supplemented as it was by the ducal influence.” Most of them became Conserva- Uyes, of course under the name of Unionists, a con- venient term Which salved their consciences while it fully satistied the Tories. Lowantree remained aeserted and alone, chewing the cud of his r.gnt- eous indignation. But, being a plucky Briton, he resolved to stick to Bis guns and trust to the chances of the chapter of accidents, 1 poe tor a sake, — pomp. all the little arts and mtrigues whe! ‘supposed matrimonial intentions of tue duke called into play. Suilice it to say that the mother of Ophelia Gistanced Other competitors in the stecess with ‘which she improved the totimacy. ‘This 1s not a fe goed there is no need to go But I how absurd you are; asif one could treat Ue duke like an ordinary gentlemen!” “He is certainly @ most extraordinary one, mamma.” “I really think, Marta,” said her husband, “that you carry your infatuation about the duke Woo far. “It he wants an English wite he wil ‘one in the old English aristoc Of Me. For 1ay Part Td quite 28 soon see our ¥ Christ See reas ae eee Se French arisvocrat, of wose noting.” ‘“{ dare say you would, John,” oeee ner invitation with | Of the royal family. “With most people: | pact in have hunted forhim geen efther him or “He has not been here was the reply. “Dr. Knowall told us he was suffering from. rheuinauism, No doubt he has gone off suddenly ath “He would hardly.have I think,” said the captaia, “without letting’ me know. "It ts most mysterious.” Stantly "to Alx-lew Bains, whence, that after a short period he would return pletely convalescent. Then were there searchings of hearts in Littl swamp, After basking solong under the sun ducal glory, the little place seemed plunged into an intolerable state of Cimmerian gloom. De- pression was far and widely felt, but nowhere more keenly than in the Rossendale family. One day a stanger called on, them, a quiet-1ook- ing, elderly gentleman, who began’ to make in- uilles about the dopaited tenants of Berestord all. When he had all they could tell him, and that the duks and his friend had gone to Aix- Jes-Bains, whence they hoped to return in afew ‘weeks, the stranger seemed overcome with unac- countable merriment as he sald: “fhe duke will ever come back.” “Oh! but be has said that he will,” objected Mrs. Rossendale, surprised at Nis manner, and fainwly alarmed. “He'll never come back from Atx-les-Bains,” said the man, “for the Dest of ali possible reasons, that ‘he’s no more in Aix-les-Bains than I am.” at explain yourself, sir,” said Mra Rossen- ‘My dear Madam, this duke you've all been en— 3 tertaluing so graciously 18 one of the greatest rogues and imposters at this moment in England OF ont of It. We've long wanted him at Scotland Yard, but tt appears he has again given us the slip. The buxe de Moutaavere aud Mrekawin Vincent are simply Jonathan Coppin and William, his brother. ‘They were tatlors originally, became bankrupt, and then took to a life of adventure and amusement.” ‘Then occurred a scene, Ophelia burst into tears; her brother whistied; "her father grinned; her mother ell but fainted: “I dare say,” said the detective, “they did not leave without getting some money out of the place, but I should be giad if you wouldexplain to me the manner?” Mr. Rossendale told him about the Peony League, after Which the gentleman left, laughing with bit ter scorn, as he drove away, At the facility with Which the worsuip of rank and blood had rendered this foolish neighborhood the dupe of two clever imposters. at ths neighborhood was not long in awaken- ing, ana bitter that awakening was. Captain Fosse, the Frumps, and che other contributors to the Peony League Yeplored the loss of their mone; but the captain had to deplore tn addition, wie Joss of ‘his reputation. “Where's the duke?” urchins called aiter him, and “duke” was scrawled in chaik all about his black palings. The trades- men, Who had been the dupes of his stupidity and Wwho'had never had a peany of their money from the duke, revenged themselves on the captain, They giggled audibiy as he passed; they were most insulting’ to his sons, But, worse than this, they turew off Unionismi, and many, who had been true-biue Tories ali thelr lives, followed the stream, and deciared their intention of voting tor Kowan- tree. Rowantree became more and tore popular every day, His speeches were spiced with a sar- casmm and invective that exactly sulted the taste of the time, The captain, on the contrary, falied to get @ hearing at _all;’storms of ridicule an shricks of laughter, mingled with otjurgation drove him trom every plattorm, and when the el Uon took place Rowantree headed the poll with an enormous majority. And Ophelia? She married, after ail, Young Christopher Scrub, with the will ing consent of her mother, who no longer attached that importance to considerations of bitte blood, On the Value of Which she revetved so severe d lesson,— Belgravia, > ee Hat-Touching in England. London Letter to the Sau Francisco Argonaut, 1 have sald that hat-touehing 1s an almost uni- versal custom in England, and it is, Every onein- duiges in it, But before I go further, lec me ex- plain that {2 fs only people of different grades of society who Couch their hats toeach other. It has suddenly occurred to me that this qualifying statement fs necessary for the edifleation of those Who might otherwise think that gentlemen touched their nats to each other, tradesmen to tradesmen, servants \9 servants, and so on. If gentlemen do, as occasionally may be possible, it is only a8 a Sort of mere elaborate wave of the and, or raising of the walking-stick handle when Passibg each other tn walking, or elevation of the Whip When riding or driving.’ At all events, it Is not tue kind of hat-touching i mean, or am here alluding to. ‘Tue hat-touching to which [refer 18 Uhat whieh Is mucuaily inaulged In between su- joFS and inferiors. 1 dare say the time was | Wien, almost without exception, the interiors (uched their hats to the superiors, with a sincere and honestly meant feeling of respect. I'm afraid that day has gone past. Ol course, a man’s own men-servants touch their hats to him. If they didn’t they would iose their places. So a gentleman's servants must Uouch their hats to thelr inaster’s friends wise ever they speak to them, or see them, and thls means When they pass'them in the roads. It 1s the sign of a gentieman’s servants, old-fashtoned People will tell you, for them to touch thetr hats to itis friends. It they don’t touch their nats it 1s Presumabie that thelr master and bis friends are hot reai “quality,” no matter how rich he may be or how grandly he may live. He and they will be put down as suobs and nouveau riches, who lack the mellow tone of the true gentry. All ‘the laborers on an estate and the villagers in a country village Uouch their hats to“tue gentry” whenever they meet. ‘The Women and girls of village stop and | courtesy im the roads to gentlemen or ladies, | ‘Uuough Unis Is uot near so common asit used to be. | So the maids and women-servants always courtesy | to the master and mistress When they meet them out. ‘Tradesmen, by which are meant the butckers, bakers, smongers, green-grocers and milktaen wit. whom a gentleman deals, all Couch their hats wo him, ‘Tailors, drapers, upholsterers, hosiers, coniection rs, &c., area cut above hat-ioucaing” and ratse tuelr hats to their customers, there bet a wide range in the matter of serviilty between hat-raising and hat-touching. To all tis hat- touching there is attached an obligation upon tie person to whom the hat 18 touched. He must Uoucu his hat in return. If he doesn’t he 13 nota gentleman. T don’t mean upon the broad ground patent to every one—lack Of good manners—but because Wis the custom. Let me illustrate: 1 Saw the other day a wealthy tr: & dra are his customers, and a man who would ordi- harily pass jor a gentleman with people who dign’t know hin. “I saw this man have a laboring moan touch his hat to him, and he didn’t toucn his hat back. Had he been a gentleman he would have done so.” OF course, ladies can’t touch their hats. ‘Their return saiute is a slight inclination of the head—hardly a bow—to elther hat-touching or courtesy. Nor do ladies or gentlemen return’ the boue with zsharp knife, scraping 10 downward, obelsances of their own servants, either in or out Of doors—except, orig when the servant 13 met in the street or road. But a gentleman isu’t expected to touch his hat tn return to his groom or footman When out with him on horseback or in carriage, though both set hats to bim every five minutes. So, when a cab. man (lo whom you pay more than his fare) touches his hat to you (im consequence) you are not to ‘touch yours back to him. Nor to raliway-guards or porters Who are acknowledging Ups, or hotel- waiters ditto. If, however, you- by aby chance met and saw either cabian, guard, porter or? waiter in the street or road afterward, and they | toucsed their hats to you in (presumed) respectful Tecognition Of you, you must then return the salute, [hope I make myself understood. If you hadn't Upped gr overpaid ‘them the chances ‘are you wouldn’t 6+ called upon to do so, You may also put tt down as a pretty safe rule to goby, that if you particularly care to have the servants of Your frieuds never fail to touch their hats to y You mustn't forget to “remember” them now and then tn some way. Suppose you quarrel with a friend, or have a tiff ‘that siops your speaking for a ume, Don’t you think his servants will give up touching thelr hits to you When they see you, If they can manage It? So'Will yours stop touching thelr hatsto him. You are therefore quits. But itis pitiful in its peti. ne ue whole thing, when one comes to thine ot It. o people who reflect at ail it ts living ina fool's paradise—if one can ft the expression to such a condition of uings—soing on exacting, accepting, aud liking homage that means no mors than the fear of consequences, of the hope of gain tn those who yield it, and imagining that {t means respect. 1 do Not mean to sa that there are not plenty ot cases where hat-touching means what it is suy posed (o mean, and ought to mean, But who wil dare say they are not in the minority? Of course, every man, gentleman or not, should touca his at, If not Actually raise 11, to ‘a Dishop or other clergyman, particulariy tt he be of advanced yeara ‘This ts, of course, cileily out of regard for the call- lng, though the man may be also enutled to special respect. “Every one lists his hat and remains un- covered in the presence of the queen or a member this means only when she, or they, drive the street, She and they, on such occasions, always bow in return. So, When the national ahtnem is played, every eee ery takes off his hat and keeps it off til the band stops. ‘This 1s whether the queen OF members of the royal family be present oF not. But, as when no ro} Save the this comiug New Year's Day. Not because they are careless, Dut too careful, about their toilet. Any young lady knows that it ts entirely against the code of polite society in ether New York or Brook- for @ man to to poche ee ae ee ry opened ne Fon gd We an idea that It suit HOME MATTERS. NOTES OF INTEREST AND ADVICE TO ATTLR THINGS WORTH POR A NUMBEE OP SRASONABLE AND SAVORY DISHES. MosTARD-pnavents spread with sweet oll will ‘ROt blister the skin, even if left on all night. Ir 18 claimed that the juice of a lemon squeezed into a cup of coffee will afford relief from Into a cup of strong Don’r ask a convalescent if he would lke this oF that to eat and drink, but the delicacies And prevent tem in a tompting way. FRIED Sat PoRK.—Slice and let lle a few min- Utes in a few spoonfuls of water sweetened with 2 tablespoontalor molasses? Fou tn meal, and £9. WHOLE Arrit axp Tarroca Prppina.—Soak the tapioca (a smaii cupful) over night, boil until tender and free from lumps. Core six apples, fill ‘with the tapioca and bake, SQUARES OF FRINGED LiNEX appropriately em- broidered are used for serving under whole bolied Potatoes, ‘The napkins are opened and put into dish, the potatoes put in, and then the corners foided over, Froral. Decorations are always desirable on the dining table. If nothing else is possible, simply a growing plant without blossoms from your window ants adds a touch which one alway’s finds want- fag'when there is no green thing on tne table. BERYSTEAK SMOTHERED WITH ONIONS.—Broll a beefsteak over a quick fire and put into the oven to keep hot. Cut four large onions in slices, f Drown in butter and pour Over tae beetsteak With ‘a tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce added. SPICED APPLE Tants.—Rub stewed tart apples through a sieve; sweeten and flavor with mace orcinnamon. Line soup plates with crust, fill with tne apple, and lay bars of a crust quarter of an inch wide’ over the top of the tart. Bake till the crust 13 done. ‘To FResuEs SaLt Cop.—Pick the codfish into ‘small pieces; soak it in cold water for a half hour; drain and pour over enough boiling water to cover it; let it stand on the fire for five minutes; drain and press out all the water. Scald it again for ven minutes; drain and press, and itis ready for use. Wipe TAbLE-Crorus.—Pattern table-cloths for very wide tables can be obtained at but little more expense than that by the yard, and with the man- ifest advantage of having the border across the ends as well as along the sides. The patterns, too, are usually far prettier than those of the linen by the yard. SALMON SALAD.—To a can of salmon take eight or ten staixs of celery; cut the celery into smatl pieces and mix with the salmon, which should also be picked into small bits; sprinkle over a little salt and a very little pepper, and pour on some good vinegar, A small onion may be added, if desired. A Novrisutna Diss.—Take one-half pint thick sweet cream, set on the stove to boil, Put into a | saucer two tablespoons sweet cream, into which stir thoroughly one teaspoon flour, When cream on stove is balling addcream tu which you have stirred flour and fet come to a boll. Set off, Salt and pepper a little if preferred. Annowxoot Foop.—Mix together one-quarter pound of best French chocolate grated, one-half pound of rice flour, two ounces of arrowroot and ‘one-quarter pound of loat sugar grated. Add a tablespoonful of this mixture toa pint of hot. milk, and let 1t doll five minutes. ‘Then remove the Preparation from the stove and serve it hot. It should have the consistency of gruel. BUCKWHEAT CaKes.—Put one quart of cold water tna Jar, add tot a teaspoonful of salt and three and a half cups of buckwheat, best until persectly smooth, then add half a teacup of yeast. and mix well; cover the top of the Jat, lec stand in a mod. Warm place until morning. When ready to bake djssolve a teaspoon of soda in ten table- Spoons of polling water, add this to the batter, Deat and bai Feased griddle, ‘TOAD IN THE HoLs.—Cut cold cooked meat Into | pleces one iach square, and put them Into a greased baking-dish, Beat one egg until light; add to tt one pint of milk, and Into six tabiespoonfuls of flour, beating and Ting ail the while. Strain through a fine siev a half teaspoontul of salt, a dash of pour it over the meat. Bulke tt rate UVen one hour, Serve in the dish In which It was baked. Boxe Terkey.—Remove the flesh from the Sand | being careful not tocut it Into pieces; begin at the wings and do not tear or break the sk Loosen the flesh from the bi thigus. Draw the skeleton by the nec tie fesh, then ‘suum With the same dressing Toast turkey. If there are any broken places sew them up. Bake about three hours, and serve cold. How 70 Ick WaTen.—Ice, 1018 sald, should never be placed tna tumbler of water, but the water should bs cooled by placing the pitcher on tce in a small bucket or champagne cooler. Water thus cooled tastes much betver than ordinary iced wa- ter, which frequently has an unpleasant favor quite apparent to aretined taste. ‘This method 18 also preferred for sanitary reasons. Thousands of dacill! can be found in a pint of melted ice, suow- ing that cold does not destroy all these germs of disease, even after months of Icy limprisouwent. ‘THE Cane oF House PLants.—In the growing of house plants the first afin suould be heaithy plants, and after that early and abundant blos- soms. When the soll becomes dry water should be applied until tv begins to run ‘in the saucer. No Water shouid be given unul the soll again be- comes dry, or nearly so, More plants are injured by over-watering than under-watering, yet plants should not be aliowed to get so dry'as to wilt. Poly should be wasued 2s often as mould or fungus growth appears, Lo allow evaporation and a free access of alr. The true princible should be to kee} Uhe soll as nearly as possible In the same condl- Won as for the best growt in tue outdoor garden, Maximua, race the tarone He gave: as well fulfill ‘The holier office of a slave! T hold him great who, for Love's sake, ‘Can give, with zen ‘rous, earnest will— ‘Yet he who takes for Love's swevt sake, Tthiuk I hold more gracious still. I prize the instinct that can turn, From vain pretense with proad disdain; Yet more I prize a «imple heart ‘Paying credulity with pain. 1 bow before the noble mind ‘That treely some great wrong forgives; Yet uubler is the oue forgiven, Who bears that burden well and lives, Ttmay be hard to gain, and still Torkeep s lowly, atend!ast heart; ‘A hardor and a truer part. Glorious it is to wear the crown Of a deseryed aud pur: success; He who knows how t) fail has won ‘A Crown whove luster is not leas, Great may he be who can command ‘Aud rule with Just and tender sway; ‘Yet ts diviner wisdorm tauzht Better by him who can obey. thoxe who die for Goa Bighe earn ihe Marrs crows of ght: xi hoo von ur and ay bo, ‘a Jonquerer 1 His 9 een rer OA OECAIDE’ A, PROCTOR. ~~ 20 A Tale of Chivalry. ‘MR. BROWN’S EXPERIENCE WITH AN INFURIATED ANIMAL. A tale of chivalry reaches us from that howling, Squatter-ridden wilderness of a colony, West Australia, The Sydney Bulletin says a mem- ber of that respected cosmopolitan family, the Browns, was wending his homeward way to @ Perch suburb, pondering on the probability of Mrs. Brown not having the evening pie nicely done, when wild female ‘screams from an ad- jacent eld pierced his Windward ear and made im Wheel around in astonishment. ‘There he saw asight that made him jump the fence. A large and Turtous ig. ‘was chasing two lovely maidens. Brown faced the savage beast with his walking- stick, under the impression that it- would retreat. Brown had to retreat instead. Then he had to ae the beer Be Leet as ps 4S he was just congratulating biself on his narrow esca| the porker inserced its tecth In that portion of Lis trousers which 1s never mentioned in drawing- and carried off a large square plece of im- tweed. Brown got mad and wailoped the raging beast with his stick—trom the top of the fence. Then he gathered up the remnants of nis tauered garments ‘and walked paincully ome. ward, Taking advantage of a deficlency tn the fence the trate pig charged down again upon poor Brown, who, like @ competitor in a sack tor scooted With considerable difficulty. In the awful Moment, just as be was reviguing himself to a hor- ribie death, the owner of the euraged animal peared and diverted its attention suficiently allow Brown {0 climb a convenient tree. By this UUme the gentle youth of the neighborhood had hered in battle array, armed with borrowed -handied shovels and bass with which eaten RE oie eee gg where it turns snout share, while Brown limped home. Cure for Rheumatiom. Kathleen in Leeds Merenry. T hope people are enjoying the present weather. Everybody I know is either suffering an unbecom- ing martyrdom from cold in the head, or some form of bronchitis or rheumatism, or some kindred misery. It ts rather amusing, however, to notice that there is scarcely @ person whose name Is Austrious enough to figure in the “Almanach de Gotha,” and who fs old enough to appreciate the desirability of being tn the fashion, Who does not declare himself or herself a martyr to rheumatism, Te is at present, par excellence, the fashionable complaint among and queens. Perhaps they sit on damp thrones. ‘The latest royal victim, how- ever, a8 it suddenly occurs to me, hasn't a throne to sit upon. refer tothe ex-Queen Isabella of ‘Spain, who has gone for the benetit of the waters wo ‘as she has, like the rest, become a sufferer from theumatics, These remarks must be considered as prefatory to ac Prescription whieh 1 heard, years ‘ago, from an ‘Trish indy, resident then ‘and now fo Leeds. Her suffer ings trom tism used to be acute, until she ted an old woman's Which | simply consisted of four of sulphur dusted into the soles of her shoes and stockings. ‘This was a perfect preventive. It any one doubts its efficacy, 1t 1s singularly easy and inexpensive to est the matter, and I should be very much obited if those who ‘try it Will let me hear the result. Ail I wish to do is to vouch for the perfect truth of the state- ment as regards my friends’ experience, se Old-Fashioned Propricty. IN THE HALCYON DAYS WHEN WE WERE 60 Sruceune From the American Magazine. ‘Those “society balls” were conducted with great propriety and reserge. The ciaim of every person ‘of both sexes to Ue admitted having been pre- viously determined by the responsible and trusty committee, there was a sort of temporary and conventional equality on the terpsichorean floor; and therefore every gentleman had the privilege to tnvite alady, without the formality of an in- troduction, to figure in the dance as his partner, After it was over, he escorted her back respect- Tully to her seat, without presuming, if unknown and not duly presented, to remain standing before her, or to sit by her side, to continue the conversa- ton or prolong the accidental acquaintance. Dur. ing the intervals of dancing, tne gentlemen walked up and down between thé rows of ladies that densely lined the hall, some merely bowing as they passed, to those Whom they knew, and others stopping to converse, No woman, married or single, Joined in this promenading With a male companion, as 1s the custom in these present days, and the eye of a lynx could not have detected the slightest Mirta~ tion, The word itself was not known, for the thing {t means is for Louislana a modern thvention which had not then been patented and brought Out for public use. In fact, this pecullar pastime wou'd nave been impossible to attempt; 1t would have produced a sociat earthquake. How A Duo Can WAS SAVED! CIcERo, HAMILTON Co., Inp., Sept, 19,1887.— The following is a true account of what your 3. 8. 8. has done for our littiedaushter,Hazel, now four yeary old. When twelve months old a lump. appeared on her heel, whieh slowly grew larger, 1e fainily physician thought it was caused by a ce of broken glass or needle, but failed to anything to light. The child became 1 the time, s-eming to lose the use of and fiuall walkingentiroly, The finger and thumb oz cither hand becazne enlanzed,the flosh becoming bard. The hip joints Vecamo involved, so that when seventeen months ofd she could not stand, having lost the feobler use of legandarm., Partial curvature of thespine also followed. The nervous system was wrecked, muscles contracted, and there was general wast- ing of fle-h and muscle, At eighteen months of axe sale was placed under the treatment of a Prominent physician of Boston, Mass, but at the eu of ten months she had declind to such degree that she was tua dying condition. This wasin April, 1866, We took the child away not knowing what todo. In this dreadful dilemma, we were over-persuaded by friends to try “one bottle” of Swir7's SpEcrFtc, which wedid, and before it all nad been taken we saw a change for the better in her symptoms. We kept it up, and to this day, and will keep it up, if the Lord wilis, for many days to come, for it has brought our dying Hazel to life, to vigor, to The ashen hue of rosy tint. She is Where, her lancuor and melan- ud sie 8 now a blithe, cheerful, happy, romping child. Should you wish to increase your testimonials of proof of the virtne of $.8.8.,our names and what we have said is but a portion of what we owe to you, should you wish to use them. Kindly yours, BEN. F. SWIFT, GERTRUDE E. SWIFT. P.O. Box 66. ptrestiseon Blood and kin Disesses mailed = THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. 3 n09-wks Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, Tas Is Tue Sonr Or Weataer WHEN LARGE MEN AND SMALL MEN, LARGE BOYS AND SMALL BOYS NEED OVERCOATS. NOT TO BE WARMLY CLAD THIS WEATHER IS TO INVITE SICKNESS, WHEN GOOD, WARM OVERCOATS CAN BE BOUGHT AS CHEAPLY AS NOW IT DOES NOT PAY TO RUN ANY RISES, NOTICE.—WARM, GENTEEL OVERCOATS, NEW STYLES, MADE WITH DEEP DETACHABLE CAPES, $4. OF COURSE TEIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT A FINE COAT IS SOLD AT THAT PRICE, BUT WE HAVE ALL GRADES FROM THAT UP TO 815. . LARGE BOYS’ OVERCOATS, FROM 10 TO 17 YEARS, AT 85. THESE ARE ALSO NEW GOODS AND NEW STYLES. ALL GRADES UP TO $20. GOOD WARM AND STYLISH SUITS FOR BOYS' FROM3 TO 13 YEARS, $3.50. ALL GRADES UP TO 815. WE HAVE TAKEN SPECIAL PAINS TO FURNISH ALINE OF EXCELLENT SUITS AT THE POPULAR PRICE OF 85. SOME VERY ELEGANT VELVETEEN AND COR- DUROY SUITS IN A VARIETY OF COLORS. BOYS' LONG-PANTS SUITS FROM $8 UP. VERY HANDSOME SUITS FROM THE BEST NEW YORK MANUFACTURERS AT $10, $12, $15, $18, 820, AND 25. IN MEN'S OVERCOATS OUR SPECIAL BOAST IS OUR SATIN-LINED GOODS AT 815, 820, $25, €30, $35, AND $40, WE THINK OUR 840 ONES ARE THE BEST YOU EVER SAW A‘ THAT PRICE. 12 OR $15 BUYS A GOOD, WARM, HONEST- MADE, AND SERVICEABLE OVERCOAT, ONE THAT NO MAN NEED BE ASHAMED OF. DONT FORGET TO LOOK AT OUR ABERDEEN CHEVIOT TROUSERINGS THAT WE ARE MAK- ING TO ORDER FOR $5. %, B BARNUM & CO, 931 PENN. AVENUE. aze Deconaren Porreny PORCELAIN, RICH CUT-GLASS PARLOR LAMPS AND FOREIGN FANCY GOODS ESPECIALLY ADAPTED YOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. n1v-wke-2m | | <at> pePRICE’s CREAM Ba Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes for more than a qnarter of a century. I? ia taed by tha the Great Univentties 5 most Healthful. Dr. Price's, the only Baking Pow that does not contain Ammonia, Lime, or Alta. fl only ia Capa. ge3-law 1 8t L NON K FER TTTT BRE wy ENR Ex gE Bs EL Ash SEN RK OE OF Bee tua. 2“A NNN KK Eee 7 A L EE Oo A 2 8 at be Sss5 2° A LL EER Z THIS 18 SEASONABLE WEATHER TO TALK ABOUT BLANKETS. We haveon hand a much largorstock of then than 4s usual at this timo, the cause of which we attribute to the extremely mild weather which we have been having earlier in the season. This is the weather for Blankets, and NOW THEY MUST BE SOLD. We intend to close out the entire stock, and to do tliis we have placed such prices on the goods as we know must sell them. Every House, Boarding or Hotel-keeper, should give this sale SPECIAL ATTENTION, as we know that NO SUCH PRICES HAVE EVER BEEN PUT ON THE SAME QUALITY OF GOODS. TO CLOSE OUT BBR L A NN NK K ERE TTTT 88g BBL AANNNKK EO YT § BBB LLLLA AN XNK KRER T Sss5 = 100 Pairs 10-4 WHITE WOOL BLANKETS, 6 Ibs. 10-4 FINE WOOL BLANKETS. Have been. - 5 sie To Close Out 10-4 Genuine SAXONVILLE. BLANKETS. WHITE Were Selling for.. Closing Price... 10-4 Worth fully. Now... 11-4 FINE WOOL BLANKETS. Former Price, 11-4 ALL-WOOL BLANKETS. Real Value... Now to be Sold fo: gcc. G i6G & 3 GGG EEE Sys We have left over from the Holiday stock about 5 SILK UMBRELLAS which did not sell; the price was 83.00. ‘They are in 26 and 28 inches Twill Silk; tue English Sticks; Faragon Frame; 8 riba We are going tooffer them at just Half Price, and we know that it must sell them, Your choiee........ 81.50 AN OTHER OFFER IN WARM UNDERWEAR. ‘We have a lange stock of All-Wool, Cochineal Dye MEDICATED SCARLET UNDERWEAR, in either Shirts or Drawers ‘This is the weather to well them. So the prices must be cut. STRIPED CASH- MERE MUFFLERS, 20 different desigus. Reduced to. § ~-BBe. N. B.—DON'T FAIL TO READ OUR “AD.” UNDER THE LADIES’ COLUMN. . ~ PR A Eg IAUES pts yen AA wap ®ss, peek So RM Sas > 430 7TH, 8TH, AND D STREETS. Tae Gaearesr Banoarss Even OFFERED In this city in fine ready-made Clothing at the LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO. A Fine $25 Chinchilla Overcoat at $15. A Fine 820 Chinchilla Overcoat at $12. A Fine #22 Kersey Overcoat at $13. AFine $18 Kersey Overcost at $11.25. A Very Fine Beaver Overcoat at 88. An All- Wool Mixed Overcoat $6.50. ‘An All-Wool Cheviot Suit at 810. Fine Mixed Business Suits at $6, 87, and $8. A Fine Prince Albert Suit at $18. For Boys, from 13 to 18 years, Overcoate at 64. 83, 85.50 and 86; Suits at $5, $6, and 87. For Children, from 5 to 13, Suits at 82.50, $3, $3.50 | SACK SUITS: SUITS FOR YOUNG MEN. BOYS wherein ete AND CHILDRE! a 4 a 83, $3.50, 4.) PaNcY BUSOM, GLOVES FOR DRESS, STREET | and $5. ‘A full line of odd Pants for Men, Bora, apa Children | OR DRIVING; UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, ALL very cheapat | Plush Frame Mirrors, Bisque Figures, Match Safes, Ovencoars For Mon, in all grades from s good strong Overcoat at £4.50 to ® Geunine Montagnac Chinchilla at $20. Cheaver than ever before at the GREAT CLOSING-OUT SALE at OAK HALL COR 10TH AND F STREETS, SUITS for Men and Youths from a rood Working Suit st @6 toa Satin-lined West of Engiand Cloth Fall Dress Suit at $25 Best assortment and lowest prices by one-third at the GREAT CLOSING-OUT SALE. ar OAK HALL, Cor. 10th and F streets, SUITS AND OVERCOATS. ‘ For Boys from 4 to8 yeacs at just one-half former prices, at the GREAT CLOSING-OUT SALE ar OAK HALL, Cor. 10th and F streets, SUITS AND OVERCOATS For Boys from 9 to 18 years. Immieuse assortment at ‘A sucrifice, at the GREAT CLOSING-OUT SALE ar OAK HALL, Cor. 10th and ‘ODD PAN Tn sizes froma 4-year child toa 48 waist; prices not worth mentioning. at the { GREAT CLOSING-OUT SALE | = oO AEE f ak k Li Ha a ike __ COR TENTH AND F STS. . AFTER CHRISTMAS BARGAINS ar DAVIS, 719 MARKET SPACR, We bavea few HOLIDAY Goops left, such as Cellutoid Dressing Cases, Mantoure Sots Work Baskets, Perfumes put up in fancy baskets, etc., etc., which we will sell this week aT Cost. Those goods were very cheap at ouF regular prices, AtCOST they are great bargains Customers will remember our handsome Japanese Silk In tial Handkerchiefs. We have on banda broken lot, 12 A, 11 B, 2D. 2H.6 3,3 P.8 R12 S8and 3 Ww. We offer them this week st the uulform pricect 65c. Former prica, 75¢, and 85 We have Soiled and Crusied Handkerchiefs at low prices. A few more of those Silk Handkerchiefs, 3 for $1, These are very cheap, and cannot be reduced, Our regular lides are complete; qualities the best and prices correct, x 2G. Davia, 427 ©: 719 MARKET SPACE, cor. 8thet. Panomrm Store | ‘Special Inducementa this week to close out all Fancy Goods left over from Christmas, FURS and MUFFS at discount to close. DRESS GOODS at less than regular prices, A few pairs of LACE CURTAINS at half price. Bargains in UMBRELLAS, Gloria, Lisle Spun, &c. Bargains in CARPETS. Bargains throughout the whole store. CARHART & LEIDY, ‘Buccessors to W. W. Buniette & Co., a7 Dov Be Serisa, | But open your hearts and purses with simultaneous | snap and let your dear ones and friends know that you have not forgotten them. DO BE KIND and spend few dollars ins manner that will bring Joy and pleasure both to the giver and recipient. GIVE FREELY, and let us advise you what to give. Let it be some- | ‘thing gelected from our iminense and perfect stock of | goods for gifts, We haves beautiful line of OVERCOATS, SWALLOW-TAIL AND PRINCE AL- BERT SUITS, FOUR-BUTTON CUTAWAY AND 928 7thand 706 K sts nw. DRESS SHIRTS, PLAIN AND STYLES OF NECK DRESSING, SILK AND LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, SILK UMBRELLAS, GOLD THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING 00, | AND SILVEK MOUNTED; SMOKING JACKETS, _420 Corner 7th and Gsta, Posrrvery No Goons TO BE CARRIED INTO OUR NEW STORE, 514 9th street n.w. ‘You can beautify your homes by adding some of our Novelties at a small expense. Abridged list: Fancy Match Safes aud Ash Receiver, 10 to 250. Hand-painted Plaques, 3c. Grand Army ‘Tripod, 49¢. Grand Army Ash Receiver, 69e. All Fancy Baskets at cost: Art Shades Silk Ponsee, 50c. per yard. Fancy Corda, from Gc. per yard up. 10 per cent off on ail Applique Flowers. ‘Large line of other Fancy Goods at cost. OPPENHEIMER, 528 9th st nw. Sole Agent for the Light-Runing New Home Sew- ing Machines, a most acceptable present for Christman, ‘Hall's Dress Forms, only $3. New Button-Hole Attachments. Fors: Hars: Fors: SEAL SACQUES FROM $1250P. SEAL VISITES AND JACKETS FROM 890 az ‘MUFFLEBS, &. NOAH WALKER & CO, ae 625 Ponnsylvania ave,” Joszrx Bowss. S.A Haw Bowss & Hux ‘Managers of the EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ASSETS, $54,000,000. LARGEST BUSINESS. ‘THE STRONGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD. ‘We issue Investment Policies that will pay better re- turns than a Government Bond and larger dividends than a Savings Bank. RANSOM WHITE, Cashier, 1326 F Street, Washington, D.C. Tse Buoorst praxas LADIES GOODS. Cor Yer. WE HAVE A LINE OF LADIES’ NEWMARKETS, IN BLACK AND BROWN TRIMMED, WITH BEAVER AND PLUSH, ALL WELL-MADE AND STYLISH GARMENTS. ‘Among them are some that sold es high a $15 en@ $20. TO CLOSE THEM OUT. SUR 4 00 oo CHES FOR em ss tb Se - 88 RE: mA EE RES & 7 _A30 ‘7TH, STH AND DSTB. Grasp Orventxa. WHITE HOWARD & 00. 25 WEST 16TH STREET, NEW YORK, SARATOGA AND LONG BRANCH, Bog to announce they will open their Washington House, 815 15TH STREET NORTHWEST, (Noar Wormley's), THURSDAY, DECRMBER 29, 1887, ‘With a Lange and Handsome Stock of IMPORTED COSTUMES, RECEPTION, DINNER, and BALL DRESSES, WRAPS, BONNETS, Bra, Sent pocsvel trem estou tapesteRaptatiiy Serie Washiud™n season 424-60 Ks. BM. ME! Mi teptye ind Colma Saree Orewels Chena, Kasttine and Embroidery Stlkn, de. Purses, Fancy Ba kets, Ew broidered Table ro Cusitiona, aud other articles suitable for Hi "iacpe s Momo c Sescrtment of Stamped Goods in Lipen and oth Tavest Geaieue, 7 SERT. 419 9TH BT. Mux M. J. Praxm 1309 F st. now. OMire, Hunt’a) Hias returned from New York with the latest styles tm FINE FRENCH HAIR GOODS, M's WILLS, MODINT! nearly opposite the Iubitt, where. see them, S. T. Taylor #ywtem., ; EDORA RESS uit F Dass, Sia HE WORLD. epee Rene Be Ge roe Ree ae ae Pe ety Sis Bar te ahaa Sai LOTTIE DAVIS, . tant male Drees, merly with Mra. ¢. ts located at 703 SOLS a cote eats tala Fpescu BAe AND WRAPS, AME A. P LEPRAN -2m> 830 N. Howard st., Baltimore, ‘a V. KANE, U1TH 8T. NW. B. Moneta we ang ith st i By — to order fect Dt euaranterd : Nuoulder Freneh Cor wane NTON AB AXISAMSERND biz hohe DS ae jena Tans Gad sa Fin ct teh ty tm Biolerate? Goods coed Yor a0 Qsitvered. "| ‘sia ‘RENCH DYIN ING AND DRY CLEAN- Fisé TRTADLISHMENT 1200 New York avenue First: Ladies’ and Gent ithe work ANTON AND CAROLL pt Tao LL-WOOL GARMENTS MADE UP OR RIPPED . oer a 's MPHREY, 430 1 sv, Tiiatcn Curseia ‘to onderin coer) styit aid Ran? rial, and tees perfect fit and SPECIALTIES ARE Freuch Hand-made Ly ‘MeringU nder wear Patent Shoulier lreces, and. sil Goods, French Corsets and ‘Children's Corsets and © #1 Corset ( make) that for the price ts uns Hxow PIANOS AND ORGANS. _ ALLET & DAVIS CELEBRA‘ ‘scleo- 585 00 $3 fab nae ot od G.I, Weg fi Bition w and ‘om, ‘Toy Pianos, an Crane, nical Boxee, Syeuphentane, aid, Eines deMuicline ae x x Re Fd % oh UNEQUALED Xaus Guts Now | gear