Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1888, Page 3

Pd aay 5 i THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1888—DOUBLE SHEET, Picturesque Havana and Its Varied Autractions, COMMERCTAL IMPORTANCE AND AGRICULTURAL CON- TRASTS—CHARACTER OF THR BUILDINGS—PLEASING INTERIORS—ORNAMENTAL W.NDOWS AND BULLET. PROOF DOORS—S°ESTA-INVITING BALCONIES. Special Correspondence of Tar EVENING STAR, Copyrighted) Ravana, Cems, January 23, 1888, ‘There ts a subtle, untetiabie charm about scene, city and eitizen in this Spanisi capital of the West Indies which I wish I could fuily convey in words. it has never been done. I fancy that, after all, ‘one must sense and feel it for himself. The very first lance at Cuba's purple, moun- tain-peaked suores impresses you strangely. When old Moro Castie looms above the gulf waters, and the embattled headiind frowns savagely upon all northern approaches, an almost startied feeling of irrevocable distance from American environ- ment possesses you. And ually, when the grest city and its long shore-reaches of villas to the West lie there tn full view, the contemplation of no medieval Mediterranean port could prompt more weird and fanciful conjuring. In reality you are within ten hours" sail of your own land and all {ts chless activities and progress, Not in all the rent could You com Upon scenes more voiceful of the dim mystertes of lost countries and peoples, ‘A COMMERCIAL CAPITAL Havana is the concentrated Spain of Cuba, as Parts is the France of the French, London the England of Great Britain, as well as the eighth commercial capital of the world, Baron Von Hum Dolt, Who, in far remote moments saw men and things as well as rocks and areas, confessed tt to be architecturaliy “the gayest ahd most pictur- esque sight In America.”” He might have added, “or in Europe.” in itself cunnot show a more curious or interesting city. Study It as you ap- Droweh it from the sea, with mighty Moro set bigh Upon the headland, time-dyed in mottled splatcnes of yeilow, gray and black, and the red-and-yellow flags above; with La runta across the narrow aunel, prim and white, save where the ugly en guns flush at you like venomous black ‘and tue city with its towers, domes, mina- noth pullars, vast capit 1s, entablatures og gradually behind to t u nstillo dei Su'del Monte, with their forts, towers ata churches—the Whole’ scene & Mending of the most Urullant colors; and all this backed by Raif mountatus of green, with here and there « lonely palm cutting Into a sky of mar- mus blue; it 1s as Interesting and impressive a sight (when you look at it all with thought of the life within it and bebind it) as human eye ever be- hela. STRUCTCRAL HARMONY. Tam at loss how to convey to another who has not seen it the peculiar impressions arising from its critical contemplation, and particularly the marvelous distinctness and individualization each ediilc seems to possess, while the whole scene is ‘one of perfect structural harmony of sharply-con- trasting color. If truthfully painted, critics would dama the artist. But an artist’ can no more paint this scene in the atmosphere which eiothes it with Its remarkabie s-eming, and un- der the sky whic bestows upon ail beneath a positive reflection of its own depth, briliiancy and transiucence, than he can paint “thought. You here see colors which in any otber place on earth Would excite ridicule and contempt. Here is a caurch chrome yellow; there a posada sky-blue; against It a Dusiness structure snow-wnite with a yellow root side a ruin gray and black or ellow and gray, a Splendid habitation glaring in ‘erimson; Just Oeyond and over this, a tower with Tusset sip portiug pillars, a white dome and a yel- & low cross; and anywhere and everywhere’ ail | furl® 3! ik. Nothing 18 more becoming toa bad com- manner of structures, orange-yellow or royal in | piexio oe a ee eee piexion than Sabie. Women who have passed we VARIED CONTRASTS. But you cannot loox at it all through this glow- Ing ligt and air, and underneath this marvelous ¥ without the consetousness, despite all the odds your conservatism and art notions, that these strange contrasts rest the eye In this fervid clime, aud that it grows upon you from a sense of grotesqueness to oe of fitness and propriety, h toagreeableness and harmony. '¥ may explain (hs, oF ratuer be content with ft, on ds Of reason logical enough from their S is origin; but you never whoily rest in the Fou are only In Cuba, and not 5,000 miles east, and in a time half @ thousand years bebind us. “You may finally, perhaps, account for it ali Decause it is Italy im ‘atmosphere and sky; Granada and Constantinople in arehitecture; the Nileland in landse pe and oriental color, Nor when Set down within the city and determinedly bent on analyzing as fat as may be, through the tenume aids of street scenes of any country’s metropolis, can you escape this comytant sense of funi-ssurable distance from your own inexpress- ibiy different time and conditions. Spain has not so characteristic Spaniards; Egypt no darser olive im faces; Turkey Uas no more picturesque group- ings of inhabitants; the Tyrol seuds to the villages on market-days hu more distinct peasantry; Asia has no more marked human studies than she bas Sent here; the far Malay was never so much a Malay in its own clime; Italy has no more revolt- ing lazzavont; the jungles of Africa herd no Diseker bruise than, balf-nakd, walk these streets, many with the tribal brand still searring the siine on their sable Jaws, and no more justrous, ju or SENSE-RAVISHING EYES ever glowed througla the pages of “Lalla Rookh than burn like Dlack"diamonds in beds of pearl be- neath the witching veils of the incomparable Ha banag Unconsetvusiy to itself here is a life condi- Uoned and environed as weirdly asin Barbara; a5 romantically as in old Spstn; fod omen as with p inces’ paupers; as couchsui an as narcotic a8 in the poppy-lands of the ‘Purks, Often as cruelly repressed us in Russia; as dreawful asin peem-painted Venice; as lustrous a8 ip etnereal Ita y; and as Drain-bewitching apd opically-sensuods’ as where, to perpetual May, the glowing enchantress, Armida, yielded her Sweets to the enthralled Tancred—wnho ought to have been Dack there With Godtrey shying rockd at the heads of Pagans over the walls of old Jerusa- jem, A VENERABLE POSADA. ‘Tue architecture of the city lends much interest to street sights and seeues. There is no quarter in Havana devoved wholly to business; none Wholly to homes. They are delightfully com- uungied, and ofien furnish most entertaining studies.” There ts an old posada on the Plaza de San Francisco that always has a. special tascina- Gon for me,and, in my wanderings ere, 1 nnd yseit visiting’ it repeatedly. The building, hich bas. wil 4 the ravages of centuries with the plaza in front, and Indeed neariy theen- | « re ancient quarter about it, was once held by the ecclesiastics, and this then nobie structure was | the arehbishop’s palace and monastery of the San Francwcan brothers, Then tt was setzed by the overnment; eventually became the most famous jotel ib Cuba, but finally fell into disuse and half FUN; and Dow in its old ag? has become a venera- bie posada, or lodging-house, forgolen by the Spanish etite, but still housing many an ola don, Who clings to it from motives of economy, or the more sentimental habit of companionship. THE INTERIOR. You could tre four coaches abreast through its ground-floor ball, and up {ts broad stone staircase, fanked by pondrous ornaments tn tron, brass, and | bronze. ‘The basbilng 18 but three stories high, but arrived at the second fluor, its ancient nobie inte- Nor Is easily recognized. The court ts peruaps 200 | every?” ieet loa, 100 To. wide, and opeus to the mateh- | “““Auout three miles.” Jess Cuba iperb floors or tessellaced mar- ‘come to bi ‘4 extend to ‘Brough ali the spacious sur- | " “{ can do no business,” said Jones in a tone of aoe ase ant el eros fom Hors to | stern reproof, “until I have frst made a pilgrim mite aod Wut Wit sean Pant D Uling tn | age to the grave of Stonewall Jackson. Come, ue a mite, Wit. a Surface like Fare porce i it ” isso Moats Tae Meme rar oneal, | Cac ti plow dy for usb Priceless statuary and bronze, which once gave the ‘Spot an exalted ecciestastic interest and rich classio Beauty. Ou this second Moor is 3 broad promenade Fugning around the inner sides of the structure, Which uiust have been, in the old times, a lux ous io} -piace for ineditation OF siesta, This 1s broidered On the one side by noble pile Jars and balustrades of curiously-wrought jon and brass, while opposite are en- trances to wWhat'were once grand salons and apartments Above tue huge doors of these still Femain many studies tn colored glass decoration, Which, for brililancy and vuster of crystal, quaint gement of comtrasting and blending colors, and particularly a certain largeness and flowing adth in design and effect, I have never seen surpassed in Burupe. The third story ts in dupli- cate of the second, save that from this Inner por- tco or gallery, over all the imagined and remain- court and belongings, the eye catches in every direction in the highest perspec. to complete the picture, the doors of these Havana houses are also worthseparate inspection and study. ‘It must be first known that the Cuban house embod- les the idea of protection. Itis Or two story castle. a ‘Cuba whic is not bullet proof, and the size and Strength preclude ail successful assault, save with a battering ram. Many are of mati 3 and all are rivited with fron bolts an inch thick. Some are seen where these bolt-heads are immense Knobs of poilshed brass. All locks as Dig as a lobster, as also'with tremendoys Wood or iron bars for fastenings behind. Above many are fine cornice and pediment; at the sides of the wall-embrasures are frequently seen an- while the ancient often of the form and size of a giant's hand. conted, and oriel, window, all in such an antique forma and bewildering variety, that here the poet, or dreamer, architectural grce, all the more enticing for its age and grotesque surroundings, but also every- where a speil of suggested medieval life, prompt ing the imagination in wumost vividness to roman- Uc quest and adventure, alry points of Vantage, which day and night tem with wondrously beautiful occupants, is the cano~ pied balcony; and no city in the world so possesses fantastic forma. You the world over. So 1s 4 toot. B Spanish woman's foot is the prettiest foot in the Morld, so tue Spanish balcony is the most, win- me. roundings, Its delicat to daring utrusion, yet ever a temptation to the same, its suggestiveness aythe siesta-place of beauty, aud the citadel of all devastating-love; 1t and imaginative thought, Nor must you look for these dainty balconies at regular intervals or con- sistent heights, They are fastened along and upon these vast white and pink reaches of wail, like feathery flecks Of sea-foam flung high upon the gray old rocks. ‘They and sheltered nooks like the nests of fearless birds. And they break and flood through the strace tural rigor of the massively-walled homesides of tals brilliant, Gipsy-taced city I cate folds andwaves of lace, ‘austere lady's shoulders; and haif-idden witchings of beauty are ever delight fully near. Woman's World tor February, and on this subject ly understand the merits and good points of fur. ‘The costiiness of the skins 1s often due to the per- fection with which they are matched. A tippet Delonging toa well-known woman of fashion cost no Jess a sum than $2,200, but then It took four years to collect a suificieat number of the exact kind of imperial black for skins, The best furs for mourn- ing are black fox, beaver, black raccoon and lynx, some fashiouabie dinner, court and tea gowns in cream tones are Urimuted with sable for those | Who can afford it, and with skunk and otuer dark Skius by the less opulent. Fur basa royal look about it, and ermine, which for some ¥ Deen seU aside, ts coming to the fore again. A duchess coronation has Just hada white satin tea gown trimmed With the ermine sue Wore on that happy Occasion, All deep, bright colors are set off by dark tur, and coqueli black fur. Dark turs also decrease the apparent size of the wearer's Nguce, be tuken to Select the length of the hair with {uil bust and bi, shoulders look Lest i suort, Mat pelt. ‘There is certainly a great deal in & name, a8 far as furis concerned, and if all the fashiduable skins were truuntuily named would need a new nomenclature altogether. Hares, rabbits, monkeys, stoats, all contribute the demand. “The A.rican monkey's skin 1s gray tous blick, Beigium cont:ibutes @ full quota of rabbit skins, dyed biack or brown, or often gray. ‘The lynx and Wild cat skins are not despised, nor, if the truth were known, the domestic animal's. ‘Yhere are many kinds of astrakan, sme Jet-black and wavy, like Watered slik, and ihe biack curly ariety. naturally black furs undergo some process of dye- ing, as there 1s a brownish hue ih the natural (a SYMPATHY FOR THE LOST CAUSE V8. HIGH LICENSE IN From Texas Siftings. John P. Suith, the theatrical manager, whose recent benefit at the Star Theater was a handsome testimonial to his popularity in New York, tells the foliowing story of two circus advertisers well known in their day, Charley Castle and “Doctor” Jones, These two worthies were advertising a circus In Virginia just after the war. Stonewall Jackson is buried. ‘Their first move was Yo lind the clerk Of tue corporation and ai for a license. Southern ofticials did not look kindiy ‘on show people from the Nortn, and they often charged a license that made a showman turn pale. Jones, who was a ready talker, set out to propi- tate the clerk. carried the scars of nume Jones, grandiloquently, “backed by the purest and most ¢xalted patriotism, couid not have withstood such overwhelming odds as were brought against you. Yet while fearfuliy scourged vy tue demons of War, you have the proud satis:action or knowin that you came out of the sanguinary struggle With honor stili bright and untaruisned.” partially. soutuern portion'of Philadelphia. I may say that I sympathized strongly with the Southern cause.” tally figuring On the amount of reduction they were likely 10 get on the license. 1 am told, repose the earthiy remains | bravest and.inost distinguished defenders of the stars and bars—nobie Svouewall Jackson.” Ue graveyard up the hill yonder.” America has ever prodi enthusiastically, enduring Walls of eternity. recalied by the historian, the orator, aud the are lost in obuvion, How far is 1t Up to that cem- So Castie did not relish the pil but circus licenses came high Jones might have been seen returning from the cemetery on the bill, dusty and tired, each with & Duttonhole bouquet formed of material gathered ‘snip. burst forth: “I have visited the hermitage of An- drew Jackson, I have wandered in the groves of Monticeilo, I have stood by the tomb of the im- mortal Washington as the my Life? roundabout way of us 1o know is, How much do Circus Henge?” Ornament here, not use. The window, then, for better term, in'the common structure ‘is simply jarge square opening. protected by stout iron bars by day, and at ters. "But tn ings—indeed, most—they are grand affaira. Some are in'the form of iron-frame bay windows of elaborate de- sign, with their provecting iron work of the rich- est foliations, of with ornate lattice work In pol- ished brass. ‘If these windows are interesting as Studies, backed, as thay frequently are, by the costliest interiof decorations, with ap occasional night by inner solid wooden shut. jetr finer bulldts in GLIMPSE OF A BEAUTIFUL SENORITA ractically a one It could not be taken without heroic siege. There is probably not a door m provided with gue pateras and garzoyles tn stucco or bronze; ass Knocker ts universal, and FANTASTIC BALCONIES. But upon the upper stories of the structures here is a positive wealth of dormer, latticed, bal- not only delight in art ‘The ruling form of these wany Of these, fasufoned in such beautiful and cony 18 a balcony But as truly a3 the So ts a foot. From its loc jon, 1s design, 13 odd sur- lightness, 1's Inacessiblity A CONSTANT FEAST TO THE ARTISTIC EYE POUL Of queer corners e the most deil- joating about your luke them stili, the Even L, WAKEMAN. ——— -c00 Fashion in F LOVELY WOMAN DECKED OUT IN SKINS OF BEASTS. All trimmings yield the palm to fur, says omen should instruct themselves, and first real~ «bie and seal are only siitable for slight mourn- day Of youth are beginaing to realize tals, and rs, has who’ was present at the queen's oF poppy shade’ of velvet used for many sorvis.du bal, With orderings of In buying, care should igment. Long, thick furs sult slight figures; a they back; the Abyssinian smooth, and of a lu~ Ic ts a5 weil to understand that ail ge ‘The Circus Didn’t Show. ‘VIRGINIA. Ove day they reached Lexington, Va, where range “4 brave figit you made of it,” said Jones, after ing themselves known. “We did the best we could,” said the clerk, who us battles, “But the Valor of Lue guds themselves,” exclaimed re You a Southern man, sir?” asked the clerk. yes—no—well, I was born in the “That's what ailed me,” chimed in Castle, men- “By tue Way,” Joues went on, “near your town, ‘one of thé | “Yes,” replied the clerk, ‘‘he is buried in the it- “The purest man and the reatest soldier that “exciaimed Jdnes, S nue IS engraven on the His ‘deeds will be ‘hen the Baines of Grant, Sherman, und Sue! It Was @ OU uay and Lhe roads deep with dust, rimage very much, the South and he ‘43 disposed U0 try tue uses Of conciliation, ‘Toward the close of the afternoon Castle and rofesied tO wor- rave of the aero they ¥ the clerk Jones ‘hen they again foi ‘himscif, but 1 look upon this §reatest and most éxalted pligrimage of “Tax Reduction ts jecewsll LAST NIGHT. mendations of President Cleveland for revenue re- form,” which was held in Philadelphia last night, 4s pronounced to be one of the most successful demonstrations of the kind ever held in that city. Mr. wm. M. Singerly, editor of the Record, called the meeting ,to order. | Mr. Wilson Welsh was choset lent and. ex-Congressman r secretary. The Academy of Music Was packed to the top gallery. Speecues were made by Represen- tative Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and ex-Repro. sentative Hurd, or Ohio, both of whom commended President Clevéland’s recommendations, Letters of regret were read from on. 8. § Cox, Speaker Carlisle, Representative W. L. Scot retary Fairchild and ex-Secretary “McCulloch, ‘The meeting was called irrespective of politics and was attended by both democrats and republicans. All the letters received heartily approved the object Of the meeting ani declared for revenue reform. Ex.secreiary Moculloch expressed gratification that the call was addressed, not to republicans or democrats, but to aitizens,’ Irrespective of their political Party relations "He adied: “rhe taritt question {3 an economic question, and st Would be ag Immense gain to the people If'it were lifted out Of (poulics And considered, ws such & question ‘ought to be, with regard to lis bearings upon great nacional interests.” cages ‘THE PLATFORM. The following platform was adopted: Tax re- duction 1s a necessity. ‘There can be no successful defense of a fiscal policy which takes more money Out of the pockets of tax-payers than ts necessary for economical administrauion of the Government. ‘The remedy for excessive revenue 13 revised taxa- tion. | President Arthur recommended, to tuts end, the abolition of the tobacco tax, an énlargement Of the free list, and a simplificadon and reduction Of duties on cotton, iron, steel, sugar, wool, and Woolens, President Cleveland recommends free raw materials of manufactures, and such other tariff redueiton on the necessaries of living as shall afford the greatest possible relief of the pub- lic burden, Believing that a substantial reduction of tariff duties ts demanded, not by a tere tndis- criminate popular ciamor, but by the best con Servative opinion of the country, including that which has tn former times been’ most strenuous: for the preservation of our national industrial de~ fenses, and that such reduction should be not only due recognition of pubic sentiment and a measure of Justice to consumers, but one condu- cive to the general industrial prosperity and bene- ficial to the spectal interests affected, it 1s hereby resolved: That the existing duttes upon raw ma- terials Which are to be used in inanufactures Should be removed; that the duties upon the arti eles used or consumed by those who are least able to bear the burden of taxation should be reduced, Mr, Biaine’s Coal Lands, Pittsburg Special to the Philadelphia Presa, Jas. G. Blaine willbe greatly benefited by the Pittsburg and Belle Vernon Ruliroad, which is now being built. The road runs along the north side of the Monongahela River, practically paralleling the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston division of the Pennsyivanta road for 30 iiles, which 1s the length of the road. | The road begins opposite McKeesport and teriinates at Belle Vernon. It rans through Mr. Blaine’s extensive tract of coal lands, and he readily granted the right of way. ‘The advantages Of the new road were first placed before him in the fall of 1886, When be made a tour of this state in the interest of Gov. Beaver. Connections will be made With the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pitts. burg, McKeesport and Youg logheny, which 13 part or the Pittsburg and Lake Erie sysem, Prof. Herkemer’s Tribute to America. Prot, Herkemer’s lecture before the Kdyal In- stitute in London on Thursday was especially interesting to Americans because of its devotion to American art, to which the speaker paid high tribute. Although America had never been pic- turesque in respect of ruins, nor Was her history Shrouded in mystery, he declared she was 80 ra idly assuming the lead of all nations tn art and all otler things of excelience tuat her place as the leader of tie future was aircady beyond dispute. ‘The Coercion Campaign. ANOTHER IKISH MEMBER SENT TO JAIL—NO WARRANT OUr FOR Di. TANNER. The trial of Patrick O'Brien, member of parila- ment, Thomas Byrne, prsident of the Ballinasloe branch of the National League, and John Hayden, editor of the Westmeath Examiner, for offenses under the crimes act, was held at Coolderry, county Monaghan, yesterday. Messrs. O’Brien and Byrne were each sentenced to four montus’ imprisonment, and Mr. Hayden to three months, A bolice of appeal was given in each ¢: Dr. Tanner, M. P., yesterday Visited Scotland Yard and offered to surrender lmseit if a warrant haa been issued for his arrest. no tnstructions for his arrest hi In a speech last evening Postmaster-General Kaikes sald that the governinent should crown its Irish campaign With @ tinal blow at the National League. ‘Yhe mayor of Cork has been summoned under the crimes act for assaulting Policeman Cox. Collieries Shutting Down Again. ‘The William Penn Colliery at Shenandoah, Pa., which started up a few days ago, shut down again yesterday, the men cluiming that they agreed to fill the breaker for the local supply only. The Kebley Run Colliery ts still being worked, but 1 night the joint coromittee issued a circula: manding ihe men vo quit everything but “dead work,” and denouncing as scabs” all themen who are now working at Reading collieries, tis be Heved, from the expressions of the Kehley Rua miners, that they will dis The En- terprise Col in has beea forced to suspend because the Reading Co. refused to haul Pennsylvania Raflroad ears over its line, Prest- dent Corbin, in answer to the letter of Mayor Ken- ney, of Reading, asking in to agree to arbitra Uon, says there’ 1s nothing to arbitrate. ‘toe A Biaamy SvIT AGaIxsr AN EDiTOR.—The suit for bigamy against Mr. Geo, Marti, propricior of the Atalanta Avalanche, his been dismissed. ‘The solicitor-general entered a nolle prosequi because there was no evidence to sustain the charge. ‘Tie woman WhO asserted that she Was Mr. Martin's Wife, and Who caused his arrest, furnished him an afidavit stating toat she was never iarried U0 him. ‘There was no other witness against hii, 80 the case fell through, ————— BerRaYep nY Hts Hoxsk's Hoors—A report reached Corpus Chi xas, Monday night that ‘Santos Salizer, an, Was lynched Sunday night near Coiltas, in Neues County, for the sup- posed murder of dacob Stafford, wuose body Was found ridaied with buliets in a Water-hole Dick of his house on Saturday. ‘The tracks of « horse nat er rode cotresponded With tracks found near the body, and on tuls evidence the Mexican Was hunted down and huuged by ranchien and cow vs. PARALYsis StorreD THE TRAIN.—Engineer John Hayes, of the eastern division, Boston and Maine Railroad, died at his home, in East Boston, on Monday.’ He was stricken with paralysis on Sat- urday night with his band on the throttle during the run into Boston. ‘Tue fireman noticed Hayes sbaking his head pecullarly,but hesaid he thought he could run his train all right. In a few mo- ments Hayes dropped on the floor of hiscab. ‘The tain was stopped, an. the reman took the throt- Ue and continued to Boston with the train. Hayes was taken home and Ungered untli Monday. ‘The tee*doats and hig wind broke up the ice 1n Baitimore harbor ‘Thursday and drove it to the Chesapeake Bay. Navigation 1s now un- obstructed. AU St. Paul, Minn., the gripman on the Selby avenue cable line lost control of the grip yester- day aud it slippea from tue cable, sending the car rushing madiy down the hil, One man was fatally and thirteen other persons seriously in- rt 2 te Ray Pollard, while coasting in Fredericks- burg, Va., yesterday, recelved et to the head ‘that it ts feared will prove fatal. Miss Eva Moon Was badly hurt and cut about thé tace. ‘Thos, S. Gardner, the proprietor of Uie Chicago Farm Journal, arrested last ara by the postal authorities for fraudulent use of the mails in con- ducting a lottery and gift enterprise, was found guilty Saturday, and fiued $500. Tue publisherof the Providence, R. 1, Evening Telegram has sued Hon. C. 8. Bradley for papers lurnished, advertising, and other work incidental to the late congressional campaign, and has at- tached Judge Bradiey’s real estate for $1,200, ‘The Constitutional Defense Associatiod in Phila- “Indeed?” said the clerk. “Yes, sir; and I want to ada”— “add nothin’,” broke in Castle, tired of this joing business; “what I want You charge here for a tive, against a guldea-viue atmosphere and sky, | © + wundred » the ivping toom wach Deads gracefully to tas | eter ne ie omy mene ee Jnuer eige of the court; and, in its chrome tiling, | “From Castle—“WHATI" by age to & Soft russet, It Is as full of sugyestiveness as a sinuous, half-cireied ng Of palms. In the area of the court i.seif, ng broken fountains and countless evidences not ser, know and tura from the place and bispknation!” with, ‘Four hundred and nity dollars.” “Why, blank blank your biankety blank to blank yelled Castle, Without a ech ta his wr heart Of the aenne | eee Northcote During Our Civil tuiserere that Miled the place, Wi old mon! €' ‘Were driven from it fe a =" Lord Coleridge, in Macmillan's RVERYTHING REAL ‘There are many old haif-tuins ke this one tn Havana the tourist shogid know; but few of the city structures exceed four stortesin height. More are two and one story than three. Rugged and solid as they seem, and are, there Is a lofty spa- loUshess about mont interiors that fs truly invit- §, Eva if a house, shop, or apartment be little, Galway high; and with the quaint utensils, Bttings, aud rare old orna ts Which are ceriain Wo be geimine, polished metals always tbat Ang, One's thought cowes quickly to a liking for the Feal ip things, Just as you will occasionally. turn with aeligh: from the tinsel and pretense in your own later American home finery to those dear old New England, and many Southern, homes where solid tron and solid «liver still remain. Every- tulng bere by sold, secure, lasting. All builidi: are of stone, and their walis are “massively thice ‘This stone is secured almost anywhere in the tsiand, ts soft and easily worked and ornamented hen iinet quarried, bap becomes nearly as hard ‘& granite from age ex) 1s perous, there. fore cool, and, altogether, is a sortof kind provi- dence agalast tropical laziness and Uropical heat, WINDOWS AND DOORS. Charles Francis Adams, subjected in society to & treatment which, if by treatment wi 1e had resented tt, tries, aud which ‘nothing evermination to stige vie Stile ail personal feel Sousider hunselt only as the minister ots great had scant Justice and no mercy at their hands, 1 have myself seem that most distinguished man, Tiled the reiations of Ube two coun couutry, enabled lin to treat, as be did, with in this crit.cal state of things in aud out of parilament Mr Disraeli and Sit Stas deiphia has issued a very sharp criticism of the state authorities for thelr action on the petition to declare the charter of the Reading for- ter ‘The Baltimore Sun has information that Arch- bishop Corrigan has resigned as trustee of the Catholic university. ‘Edwin Booth, the actor, has proceedin, in foreclosure of three mottgages amounting £20,000 in New York city property. One Owen nohue and wife Were the mortg In the Kentucky state senate yesterday strong Trsolutions provesting against, the passage of, the Blair bill by Congress were adopted by a vote of 21 ws. pointed for the Excelsior ‘A recelver has been ap) Electric Light Co., of New York, Liabilities, bier lewter ‘he has written an autograph to the him for the expr st converts Were iinmersed in Green's at Jefferson County, N. ¥., last Sun- x fap ee pF ‘is below zero. The clothing froze on the novit ‘as they came from the water. THE BIG TARIFF REFORM MRETING IX PHILADELPHIA | Springville Homance of the Cheese, ‘The meeting “to enforce and endorse the recom-| cious Briton of the gentler sex, just from the mother country, spent the fore part of the week in this village, Hereon hangs @ romance, .Some two years ago & young man, now a stu- dent of our high scoool—a fine young man, by the way, and a dilgent student—was stirring curds tn an Ashford factory. Knowing that the products of the factory went directly and feeling a curiosity to know under what hhis beautiful cheeses ‘were cut and sumers were, he corked up in a message requesting the finder to Ashford, put the bottle in the Were pressed, cured, and in due time sent to in Yoke passed and no return. The tender grass in the pastures grew wi ‘tough, t frosts iad ‘vrowsed the elds, and’ the milk Was sadly waning, when one day in ye answer came. How it gladdened the long-waiting artist in curds and sonnet Tacssage came from York, aoe It was W1 ten by a young lady of that who found the nian bom.” A regular correspoadsnos folowed an bom! TCO nce follo} between the parties, Later on the lady “crossed the seas” to make an American tour, and on Satur- day last in the breezy city of Buffalo she met, ac- cording t appointment, for the first time in her life, the hero of the cheese episode, The lady came vo Springville with her and is the English guest ‘spoken of above. ‘Tne question oa tates the town now, is, what will come of Et - ——_—+e+_____ A Great Poet but Bad Neighbor. LORD TENNYSON BY NO MEANS POPULAR ON THR ISLE OP WIGHT, Correspondence ot St. Louis Republican, My lord, the laureate, was off on a visit to Lon- don when I came down, ani that was one reason I went, forI had heard that he lived the life of a hermit, except to his most intimate friends, and that when he was at home no stranger was allowed within the grounds, His place isa fanci- Tul, picturesque old house, covered with ivy and ciimbing roses, With quaint old Duteh dormer Windows and an odd-looking roof. It would puzzle an architectural expert to devermine the order to which the structure cali and it looks like a conglomerate, originally builc without design, and added to from year to year to meet the necessities of an increasing family, without rhyme or reason, AS a bright young lady in my party remarked: “It looked like his last poem.” I falled to enter his lordship’s castle, The lodge- keeper got very much excited when I asked per- mission to enter the grounds, and said that it was a8 much as nis place Was worth to open the gates to any one, for Lord Tennyson did not like stran- gers prowling around. He used to admit them, the man said, but they cut the shrubbery with their knives, and carried away with them large bunches jot flowers, as souvenirs, till he was afraid they Wwouid tear his house down. He had therefore ap- plied for permission to have his lodge-keeper carry agun, a favor granted by theauthorilies ol England only upon tue payment of a license fee, and had instructed him to shoot all trespassers, according to a notice that Was posted conspicuously at the pe But the silver key that opens everything in England was appited and the gates flew open forme. The lodge-keeper growled a little, and ‘sald that he was afraid of summary discharge if he did not divide wita the housekeeper, so I gave him another coin and started up the fong, beautiful Toad that leads to the residence. ‘The neighbors give his lordshipa bad name. ‘They say he 1s a most disagreeable person—stingy, crusty, and Lhe cause of much annoyance to them. ‘Not lobg ago he had a farmer arrested ror burning Une stubbie in his felds. There was no wo his property from the fire, but the smoke made the laureate cough, The court refused to punish the man, but it cost him almost the entire »rofits on his crop to pay the court fees and the lawyers, The housekeeper let me look about the Cer and I rambled through the rose-covered arbors: among the lilies, of which he is very fond and has a great profustoa, but she would not admit me Within the walls,even for a fee, as she said it would certainly Le found out, as “his ludship was as sharp as a ferret,” so I had to be content with looking at the outside, ‘Tennyson came to live in the Farringford house soon aller his marriage to the daughter of Henry Sneliwood nearly half a century ago, and it has since been his residence. It 1s one of the oldest seats on the island, having been the property of the Farringford family for several centuries, and although he has otuer residences, he likes it the best and spends most of histime here. The neiga- bors told me he Was much away during the fash- lonabie season on the Island, a5 the summer cot- tavers disturb his meditations while he 1s at home and annoy him by driving on the narrow road- Ways and stirring up the dust. When they come he goes, not to return tll they leave, 0 that they see Lttle of him, He entertains few friends and jeads the lite of a nerait, Some say that it 1s his liver and others that it is the gout, He works in the morning in a little room under the roof with an oFlel window, and in the atter- noon drives about or walks alone among the mon- ‘strous trees that decorate his grounds. Digging Up Ancient Syvaris. THE SITE OF THE CITY OF LUXURY TO BE CAREFULLY EXPLORED. From a London Letter. Ail lovers of classic archwology, will be pleased to learn that the Italian governmient has decided upon granting funds for the exploration and ex- amination, by carefully conducted excavations, of the site of the ancient and interesting city of Sy- baris, which, a8 1s commonly believed, owed tts ulumate decay and downfall to the excessive 1ux- ury of Its citizens, ‘They Wereonce a really brave and warlike people, but degenerated into Such ef feminacy that they fall an easy prey to the inhab- {tants of the sister town, Croton, the city of Pyth- agoras, by Whom Uhey were conquered, and the city utterly destroyed (B.C. 510) by turning the Waters of the river Crathis 80 that they flowed ‘over and covered the site. ‘The sive oO. Cae ancival Talla efty having been devermiued by the French archeologist, M. Lenor- uo difficulty will arise on that head, and the excavations wili be commence: shortly. A vast layer of earth, many feet tn thickness, has accu- mulated over the ruins during the space of nearly 2,400 years which have elapsed since its flial de- struction; and it ts belleved the expioration of this mound of eartu Will be rewarded by the discovery Of many objects Of great Interest, Which pernaps way help to give a vivid picture of Hellenic man- TS, customs and hume-life at that far-off period. ‘The Site of the remains 1s situated near the rail Way station of Buffaioria, in the valley tarough which the river Crat! now runs, and close to the town of Cassano, situated on the western side of the Gulf of ‘faranto. —e+____ Volapuk. ORIGIN AND CHARACT“R OF THE “NEW WORLD LANGUAGE.” From the ford Times, ‘This cabalistic word 13 not @ part of an Indian medicine man’s incantation, as we might on first hearing 1t suppose, but the name of a new lan- guage—and, as the word really signifies, a world language. No nation ever spoke Volapak, no one made love or a Fourth-of-July oration in Vol- apiik; it 1s a creation, a homunculus, a sctentif- cally constructed business language, ’ Whether It will ve and make for itself a piace among natural- born competitors remains to be seen. . ‘About ten years ago Johann Martin Schley then a priest of the Catholic Church, now retired and living at Cofstance, Germany, published a scheme of a unfversal language espect adapted for commerce and international comm which was briefly as follows: First, the word-forms should bederived from the simplest and most expressive roots of the different living tai tly regu- ‘Second, in structure tt should be pertect lar—the ‘adjective, adverb, and verb should be Tegularly formed ifom the’ substantive and inva- riably of the same termination. There should be one declension and one conjugation, and there should be noartificial gender. In a word, it should be a perfect lan, ‘selecting the best from each existing Tanguagound ejecting the useless irvogu lar, and dimicult, Th accordance with this plan Schleyer and those associated with him have constructed Volapuk. In order to givea better idea of this “world lan- age” we will take the word “nat” meaning ne- ‘ure, and trace it Larough some of i tical forms. First, its declension—nat, nata, nata, nati, meaning nature, of nature, to nature, hature (ac- cusative). To form the adjective and we have “natik” (natural). To form the ad- verb “o” 1s added to the adjective form—“nauko” (naturally). Every Volapak noun, whose meantt permits, is susceptible of these cl ‘Compa: Son of adjectives 1s effected by the ending “um” for the comparative and “un” for the super lative—Jontk, jonikum, jontkun a caees aire foly Tu mal vel fol zhi, bale (0s kils Gy" ect ‘The personal pronouns keep the same vowel 2, o cenou), om. (ne), men, &c.) itroareate Into Ob tora ie psn pronnaas tae wince cng al - a seaecnseeeke ae rst, the root; second, the tense “love,” we proceed it gels elie Hl Fe i: ‘i : fi 85! i SEEN IN A HALF HOUR, AND THREE AT ONCE. From the New York Herald, January 25. Seven waterspouts within a half hour. ‘That ts What the passengers, officers and sailors of the declared that they never wits non in so much grandeur befol to be licked up by some invisible monster of the ‘The sea seemed air. The water mounted in spiral columns of ‘tremendous thickness, and a sullen roar, like that of @ distant Niagara, earth others ‘wore inclined at very considerable angles. All of fem expanded at the top after the manner of joorish pillars e clouds, which at this point rr yer, dark and threatening. fine, rainy mist filled the air and continued for some time after the water-spouts had ceased. The wind then changed to the east. The remainder of the voyage was extremely pleasant, the cold not Deing seriously felt until Sunday night, when the ‘wind got around to the nortneast, Pronounced Vohiahpeek. ‘300,000 PERSONS ARE PROFICIENTMN THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. ‘The New York Sun Jan. 21 says: Mr. Chas, E. Sprague, secretary of the Union Dime Savings Bank anda professor of the Academy of Volapiik, lec- tured before the Language Club at Columbia Col- lege last evening on Volapiik, the new universal language. The Academy of Volapiik ts an associa- tion of gentlemen living in various of the World who ave interested tn promoting the use ot this new vehicle of thought. Prot. Sprague sald the proper pronunciation of the new 3 name W..s vo-lah-peek, giving the sound of “o" as in old. It did not aspire to displace national ver- naculars, Dut to tacilitate international corre ‘spondence. It would be most useful in commercial correspondence and un excellent auxiliary in sci- ence, Already 1,500,000 persons have studied tt and 300,000 have acquired proficiency. It is a derivative language, rejecting the defects of the tongue from wich ts derived. Tte atical, Tules have no exceptions. ons. ft has 20,000 words. A Tegular army officer al Valla is compiling & dictionary. A Deacon on Dancing. Report of a Lecture in New York Sun. ‘Mr, Sutherland said he had attended an evening Party given by a deacon recently, and when the “mustc arose with its voluptuous swell” even nis converted feet began to itch, He then realized the insidious nature of this fascinating amuse- ment, and he came away to avoid temptation. He knew, he said, @ young woman about eighteen years old who had an insane idea that she would like to goon the stage. Her father was a Bartist preacher, but he had been so eager to convert: nis laughter that he overdid the matter and she be- came an infidel. Mr. Sutherland decided to show the young wonian what the stage was like bebind the footlights. He sent a letter to Ned Harrigan, telling his object, and in due time he and the would-be actress'went behind the scenes. They arrived just in time to see a portion of the scenery accidentally fall and to hear a volley of oaths which caused the girl's face to blanch. They went on, however, and the young Woman was literally sprinkled with dust and decorated with paint. Bo- ides this, she got a Very good idea of what an ac- tress was when she was divested of her finery. ‘The young woman went away from the theater disgusted with the idea which had so recently fas- cinated her, and now she was the happy wife of a Californian, __---+00______ He was Away Twenty-two Years. MR. TAYLOR COMES BACK TO HIS WIER AFTER RX- ‘TRAOKDINARY ADVENTURES. A special to the New York World from Albany Jan. 20, says: Twenty-two years ago John C ‘Taylor lived in Bath-on-the-Hudson, where he did a good business in real estate and insurance. One day, when be had quite an amount of money with him, he visited relatives at West Sandlake, and ‘Was never seen by them or any of his friends until Wednesday of last week, when he called upon his Pile, who resides over suvlif's grocery store, Bath. Knocking at the door he told Mra. Taylor that he understood she was a seamstress and inquired if she would made some shirts for him. His quertes and behavior after awhile caused the Wile wo scan him sharply and she recognized him. He tells a romantic story of being drugged by strangers and carried to a hospital in New Jersey, ‘where he found, upon recovering consciousness, that he had been rovbed and was suffering from severe bruises, He remained there three years, meanwhile Writing a number of letters to his wife and friends, explaining his situation to them. ‘These were ever received, and he was regarded as dead. Atter he left the hospital he was bit on the back of the head with a heavy stick of wood by a ian who mistook him tor another and bis skull fractured. The blow rendered him insane for six years. Upon recovering health he thougut his friends never wanted tosee him agato, as they had not answered his letters, and he went West, ‘Where he made and lost several fortunes, He has lately resided In Cleveland, Onlo, where he has made a comfortable little fortune in the Insurance business. He 1s now residing In Albany, where he will soon engage in business. Mrs. Taylor says she has no doubts as to the truth of his story, and believes his sufferings have been greater than her own. He is in the best of health, though in nis sixty-third year. ‘Women Can’t Run Federal Elevators. From the Alta Califorala, ‘Coliector Hager, upon the recent completion of the elevator in the custom heuse, appointed Mra, Carson to runit, He then forwarded notice of the appointment to Washington and received in reply a letter to the effect that unless some specia reason existed for the employment of a female, males should be engaged to run all elevators un- der the control of ‘the Government. As a reason for this discrimination it was stated that women were Mable to b-come nervous In case of an acci- dent, and therefore the Government could not run the risk of suits by continuing them in such posi- tions, Acting in accordance with these instruc- tons, Mrs. Morse, of the appraiser building eleva- tor, was promptiy notified that her resignation Would be acceptable, and 1t has been She Murmured Her Beloved’s Name ‘From the New York Sun. Very interesting yarns are afloat concerning the engagement of E. Hart Day, a prospective Kansas City millionaire and Cora W. Haynes, the daughter 1 see, says 8 writer in a Philadelphia paper, that the Parisian audiences objected'to one piece of realism in “La Tosca.” Mario, I think, comes on ‘the stage after receiving torture, and his head and ‘neck stream with blood. The women of the audt- ence taigted, and so the tortured person gets ‘washed off now before Sis not duogeehet | i z i & = : al Ht fae i i A ag i E | : E 2 i : He ie i ud i rH : if i Hk i £ g ie A hi my own house With thirteen rooms; here I rent apartment or suite of twelve smaller rooms on the fourth floor. In point of comfort, eee don has the advantage, leaving out of Won all the annoyances that an Englishman resid- ing in New York has to put up with. Comparative expense of living in London and New York for a he eg td twenty-five Rent and taxes. £370 Servants’ wi 82 3 House expenses... wo 310 Children’s education. 160 100 ei 35 Seaside trip. 2 30 met! 1347 OL following will give you some idea of New York prices watch people of moderate means, WHO are not extravagant in anything, have to Family. doctors tees, per visit, 1 guinea; & Px ‘suit, £20; a pair of £2 108,; a pair of gloves, Tos; a tady's bonnet, £3100; a plain wacuns dress, £8; a black silk’ dress, trimmed well, £30; & the city arms; but my comparison is for a man who tries to obtain, as near 4s he cau, the saune here as he had in London. ———_o ‘The Shab’s Wealth, ‘HIS MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF PRICELESS JEWELS. ‘From the Cosmopolitan. ‘What he terms his museum is'a curious place. It contains a profusion of costly articles and ob- Jects of art such as exist nowhere else at the pres- ent day, it being the opinion of well-informed Eu- Fopeans who have viewed these treasures that their méney value is perhaps twenty-fold that of the so-called green vaults at Dresden. It 1s im- possible togive exact fgures, for they could only obtained after a long and minute inspection and valuation by experts; but, roughly estimated, itis probable that there’ is more tuan a hundred Inlllion dollars’ worth of jeweiry, precious stones, Golned and uncoined goid, cosliy objets de vi fine porcelain and sware, old Weapons ai armor, tableware and ornaments of exquisite Per- ‘sian and Hindoo workmanship, &c. ‘The so-called Peacock throne (a part of the plunder Nadir shat carried off from Deli one hundred and ffty years ago) ts alone valued at many millions, even a number of the large, rough, and uncut jewels have been broken out and stolen, ICis an incongruous piace, this museum. There you Will see vases of agate Or gold and lapis lazuli, Said to be worth millions; and along side of them empty perfume bottles’ of European make, with gaudy labels, that can be had at wholesale for about 5 cents apiece, You will see priceless mo- ‘saics and exquisitely painted cups, and cans, and vases, which were presented by some European potentate; and side by side with them you will no- Uce horribie dsubs, veritable 10-cent chroios, Picked up the Lord’ knows how and where. You ‘Will perceive glass cases filled with huge heaps of rubles, diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, turquolses, garnets, topazes, beryls, of ‘al. sizes aud ktads, cut and uncut; and cheek by jowl with thes: your eyes will see cheap music-boxes, Jew's-harps and squeaky hand organs. ‘The shah must also be in a condition to “bull” ‘the market on pears; for here ts, for instance, a big glass case, 24 incies long dy 18 inches wide and higa, thatls more than half filied with beau- Ufui pearls (mostly from the Persian Guif fsher- Jes) of all sizes and degreesof loveliness. In a sep- arate and Jong case tue orders and decorations of the shah, poming from nearly every country in the World, afe kept on exhibition; Dut tue crown Jew. els aré in a little box that is always locked, and for Which the shah himself forever, waking or sleep- ing, carries the keys. The contents of this box and of the several vaults where he keeps his plies on piles of bright shining, unused mouey, he never allows others to view, although the museum may be visited once a year by the Eut diplomat $5t8 and the friends that they vouct for. The Chair of Queen Hatasu. ‘This chair 1s probably the most venerable piece of furniture in the world—viz., a “royal Egyptian Uhrone of the above-named queen, Hatasu, a lady who lived and reigned in the Nile Valley some 1,600 years before Christ and twenty-nine years before Moses.” The throne, or rather the remains of It, as what 1s left Is in a dilapidated condition, and has to be secured with brass bands, 1s made of ‘What appears to be lignum vite, 18 of a dark color like the cocus wood, and 1s inlaid over all the carved portions with gold plates. ‘The two sacred Serpents on the two uprights at the back, how- ever, are not treated so, but with little silver rings sunk all over them,’ probably a conventional rendering of snake skin. This interesting throne- chatr is the upper gallery of the Egyptian court, ud has just been presented to the British Museum by @ gentleman in Ches! Detecting Counterfeits by Feeling. From the Kansas City Star. A bank cashier says that the best way to tell a counterfeit bill 1s by sound and feeling. “Take a bil firmly between the thumb and index finger of your left hand and pull it quickly through your fingers like this, Now listen to the sound it makes. It 1s not Just Mke rubbing silk, and neither does it resemble a paper sound closely. IVs a noise that 1s too peculiar to admit of a description.” aa diderencer™ “Do they make counterfett original that you can’t tell the “You can’t tell by looking at 1, It 1s only by the sound and touch. Now listen to the sound made by this counterfett $20 bill. You see, that’s & slick noise, something like pulling glazed or olled paper through the flagers. A cfld couid tell ‘the difference between that Dili and a genuine one. But lok at it and you will think your eye is on something that Would pass muster for $20 worth Of groceries. ‘Who taught you this business?” “Oh my first lesson was given by an old man been all over this country and teaching the business, He hasin his over a thousand jens Of counterfeits. He obtained them from the authoritiesof the different every expert in the country owes his knowledge to this old inan.” 5 Saturday Smites, Love 1s an old, old story, yet few of the muriur “dhestaut” wen they hear ie Epodk sigh all their lives for wealth never get ft. Other people work hard for 11 their lives and never getit. ‘The best pli invent a suspender button that will stay keep the agency yourself —Somereilte Journal. N hag no babies. The family have de- ‘that they can’t affordit, When they real- ized that 1t would cost the youngster £100 every time he wanted nis mother to sing him to sleep— could band tf without mortgaging te nursery mo! Sd Qtulage--London Tid-oueee = e Gentleman (to Uncle Rastus): “Why, Uncle Ras- tus you meres ‘charged me thirty-five cents before, ~ Ar Uncle Rastus: “Dat’s caze de price hab riz, Mis- tah’ Suit Yor kain't expoc’ torgit’ seven dollah ‘coal carried in at de ole rates, sab."— Epoch. ‘of Afghanistan cepipes ‘and ues ordered of Persia se Ecce is i i 4 Ei: Hts Z EI i fr: i ‘Says a dispatch from Huntingdon, Pa.: A das- taraly outrage was perpetrated in Henderson Tesult in the death of the victim, Heary Mer- Fitts, an old woodsman, About 1 o'clock three masked men entered the hut of Merritts and de manded to be shown where his supposed weaith wastoncealed, For several years Merritts has in the lumbering business, and had about $4,000, which was sécreted in the basement of his dwelling. His assailants him, and failing in thetr efforts: by these feet to the fire and of ner. Finally becoming uncoa- scious, bis assailants ieft him and searched the hut for bis hidden weaith. Beneath the floortn, they found over $1,500 hidden in a flour sack. Bul this was all they secured, as the other money ba. X 1 him Was hidden a short distence trom the house, Merritts Was found this morning still bound and gagged, and owing to his advanced years itis thought the maltreatment be bas re- ‘ceived will resuit tn his death. a ‘The Proposed Negro Exodus, ORGANIZATION COMPLETED—WHAT A FREEND OF THB MOVEMENT SATS. ‘The Central and South American Immigration Association, Which Is the foundation of the new exodus from the Southern states, has completed its organization at Topeka, Kansua The of- ficers are John M. Brown, president; 8. W. Winn, secretary, and Jas, P. Berry, treasurer. The mem- bership extends throughout ail the states. Col. A. A. Jones, of the Indiana state auditor's ice, Who 1s connected with tue proposed exodu: : This exodus will be effectually pused. and ‘May 1 We expect to have our frst party on the headquarters Will be established, prob- York. We shail have three agents in ‘one at St, Louis, and one at Chicago. 1 ‘At this point. We have some of the bast the country interested—men who are go down into their pockets for the reliet brethren. We have some colored ‘this country pretty well fixed, and they comumitied to the work. ‘This is not & question politics at the bottom, although it will, of se, have some political bearing. Why. do you Know that im the last fifteen years 14,000 biack have been killed tn the South for their polit 1 opinions, and nothing bas been done to remedy the matter? "It is life or death wita us ordinarily. We are tired of having representatives in Congress ex. i i ; He gees 5 L 285 a upon a voting population that has no repres-ula~ tion. ‘There is no other remedy, 80 We propose Lo pull out, . The Charleston News and erty Bong er a that there is danger. ir being sol Pe a ¢reated a sensation among the colored people in ate. ¢ and Ohio Canal. Annapolis Special to the Baltimore Sun, January 26. ‘A meeUing of the committee on internal improve- ments and members of the legislature from Wes- ern Maryland was held to-night, at which Mr. John Prentiss Poe was present by invitation, The af- fairs of the canal were discussed for several hours. ‘Mr. Poe presented drafts of three bilis# One di- rects the ayorney-general to institute legal pro- ceedings to foreclose the mortgages held by the state un the canal. The second directs a sale by the board of public works of the state Interest in the canal as stockholder, mortgagees, and other- wise. ‘The third directs the transier by the state treasurer of ity thousand-dollar shares of stock in the canal company held by tne stave vo the rep- Tesentauves of the preferred construction bond- holders under the act of 1844, thus giving them control of the . ‘Tho’ meeting was with- out results. The railroad lease proposition was Rot before the.committee. —————————— Three Snow Shovelers Killed. (OME TRAIN DASHES INTO A GANG OF MEN WHO WERE DIGGING OUT ANOTHER. ‘The mail train from the north on the Connecti- cut River Railroad due at Holyoke, Mass, at 6 o'clock Thursday night, became stalled two miles AUCTION SALES. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ay tae ee Bt N STREET. —s ‘virtue of acdeed of trust the Tetetant duly ie iter Se 1199, folio 57, et seq., one of the land records off the District of Colamit at the writt {ie party eevared thereby, ae wal ob in frome riuidses Nitra bani, fi INTH day of BUUR O'CLOCK P.M. the toll pane fetate, attuate in the city-of Wan > 7 Eice subdivision start cf square numbered we od ot part un Sed and pwaly (31S). an mecca tn the ee of SBO seyret oy ned Dinas Slay Sg 10 211. and also thet pert Soin said eundivinion ef sald mua cine “tes comnear oor sub ft seren iT) and manning thm west rout fhonce orth, twont Eines cod feet sd fous (QP roe C23) jour nitut, torether with al the fnrctsad eprurtensnces to the same belonging Any wise appertal vim. erwe of sale One-thind cash; balance tn two equal Pavareute at one abd two ears afer date, "or Thi purchaser's noien Dearluge intereat at} per coe per annum from the day o. wale, aude dead of trast Lie property mold. will be taken. "A deps Waived at time of sale. All couveyan Riictrs cost “Hf terms of sale are not coms lied wit iu ten days the Trusteos reserve the right to -~-aell th@ Property at the risk aud cmt of the defaulting pare Chier, after five days public notice of euch cecal Am sotoe Tiewspt or abril in Weshetn, DC ROsERT Gis a on JAMES B. WISE mea nee BL te1.2.3,4,0,7 8&9 & WILLIAMS & 00, Auction OCK OF GROCERIES, TEAS, SUGARS, 0¢ SOAP. CAN GOODS, TOBACCO. LARGE 14 SHELF GOODS, COUNTER SCACES CASES, AWNING, AND MANY OTHER ARTI SUCH’ AS ARE FOUND IN AN OLD-ESI LISHED. ERY FEBRUARY SECOND, com. On THURSDA’ mencing at TEN OCLOCK A. A, we shall well, at the stire northeast cormer Ath and above sasortiment of Groceries, ated. which will be sold br wate buyers, Tin cal ‘acta. SUS-dRabs WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO.. At SAAS Sey BRICK woDst THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH AND AND W STRERTS NORTHWEST Qu THURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY SEO-, OND, AT HALE-PAST FOUR UCLOCK, we willl sell sb tront of the p LOTS 108, 107, SQUAKE each fronting 12 feet back 47 feet to a 10-to0 built) 4-room Brick H. be sold separate. with Terms: One-balt cas Qotes to bear Luterest {ote to dant the crade and Sot alley, and alley. arrow Wy 2 =i Sunes water and soweremea, petvtiowe of all Dalanow i one and two yeara, i ‘8 tw cent ter abUnw fromm hay oc sale and too aocured by dl of traat Came voyaucing at purchaser's com. A’ deposit of 8il cach house at tine of sais. ferme to bees bt hd cont nf duiwultine torhamce after Bre \Vertivemvent ip scnte hewecaper in Washing S358 Bros, DUNCAS ‘Auctioneer, Fra gon dav‘ gtherwine right fe neenrved to resell W. STICKNEY, Auctionser, 936 F st. TRUSTEE SALE OF VALUAPLE © PROPERTY ‘ti i Ee BEING HOUSE NUMBERED 20) STREET AND HOUSES NUMBERED &! AND 528 TWENTIETH STREET NOR West. Dy virtue of = Deed of Trust tous, fone 4 ‘Lan TY-THIRD RAY aD LE-PASE POUR O'CLOCK FM the f bed real estate, Iying and bette in the exey cura, Dinte feet Twes square puubered Same is reconded in Liter HD. C., Surveyor’ Ofice for, the Laatrict proved by house, No. And at FORTY-FIVE MINUTES PAST FOUR for sale ail of 6). in square ‘otuak 6101), nmproved by ‘equal instalments, in one (1) apd two ( date of sale, with interest at @ perc annum, payable seni-an "ually, secured by © rust o the property sold, oF ail at theo e purchaser. A deposit of 8100 will be 1: ‘yours, from, Rorthor that city. Agang of men went to work yes- Uhis morning todig it out. ‘The snow was blowing about so thick that nothing could be seen a few feet distant, and the 7:30 train from Greenfield dashed into the gang, Killing Unree men aud injur- ing another fataliy. Ee Heroic Miss Minnie Freeman, HOW SHE SAVED THE LIVES OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN. Miss Minnie Freeman, the heroic teacher at Myra Valley, Neb., Whose presence of mind saved from death her thirteen little pupils during the terribie ‘storm of last week, was in Omaha recently, and told the following story: “The storm came up very suddeniy, and struck the schoolhouse Just about the Umeé for closing. I knew trom indica- Uons that it was going to be a regular bur- zard, and wold the children to ail wrap up wel While I was attending to them the door blew in and then the windows. I put my cloak un and was wondering what 1 was Fong to do. 1 had made up my mind that tac ding Would not last jong. | Then I uappened to Ubink of a ball of twine I had taken away froia « lituie Ieliow. I began tying the children toxet ie and when I had completed Ubis task I fastened one €nd of the string to my arm and awaited develop- ments. Very soon the roof of the tullding biew Off, and I said, *Come on children,’ and westaried. ‘The nearest jiouse was three-quarters of a mile ‘away, and In order to reach 1t we had to face We Storm for about one-third of the distance. I was carrying the smallest child, a uttle girl, and my talking to the children and urging thern to keep up thelr spirits tired me very much. Weil, we got to the house, and beyond a few frost-bitweu Augers, hoses, and ears We Were all In a8 good condition as when we started.” ‘Miss Freeman then spoke of the lange number of letters she nad received since the story of her bravery got into print, Most of them were nat- urally of’ a complimentary nature, but nine cou- ‘alned offers of marriage. . a oe Society in Samoan, From W. B. Churchward’s Book. About an hour before sunset we arrived at Fale- latai and put up ai the house of Anel, ome of tue chiefs of the place, where wehad a bow! of kava, bathed and had dinner. We were, as usual, es- corted to the bathing place by two young ladies carrying our towels and clean things. Arriving there I found to my dismay that I had left my “lavaclava,” the Wearing of winch is imperative in & public bathing piace, in the house. On request ing one of the girls to run back and get it ror me, she, into the bush out of sight, flung me out her chouise instead, which, having put-on, to ths amusement of the ‘other Occupants of Une pool, I Performed my ablution, carefully ‘wrung out the Garment and tossed it back, and tue kind young Woman re-entered upon thé scene as suniling and as attenuive as before. THE MALPORMATIONS WHICH APFLICT THE YOUNG PRINCE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA. From 8 Berlin Letter. It the tnroat trouble of the crown prince of Ger- many causes his death soon the heir to the throne Will be his eldest son, Pmace Wilhelm, of whom the Countess von Krockow writes: “The Ger- mans cannot forgive an heir apparent of the ‘throne having been bora mediocre in figure and tmperteculy formed, Prince Wilhelm has a crip- = arm. The fagers are mere knobs. In the jussar uniform there is a pocket, and he wears it Decause the three fingers of tue helpless member can be hung in the pocket. Otherwise It hangs awkwardly and helpiessiy in its sieeve. His horses are Wy trained, and betore tne 4s vo mount are ridden three-quarters of an to wear them down, ‘He can just manage to hold ns. “We were together in a country house. I looked yrith our nostess at the fork, with which he eats. conspicuously different frou the ‘Une Chere is a sharp, That the prince can not cut with Unis blade BEN, ALONG ISLAND BRINDLE, WINS 4 FIGHT EVEN APIEX HE Is DEAD. ‘The New York World says: A somewhat remark- able story is now going the rounds of Long Island City. Itts about the result of a dog fight at a re- sort near Calvary Cemetery between Ben, a brin- die, owned in Long Island City, and Spot, a white and black bull, weighing 34 pounds, the property of well-known saloon-keeper in Harlem. The brutes fought two hours and minutes, the honors being about even. ‘They were 80 ex- 30 {he spectators. ‘Time was ‘the referee, Foe goes, beia [fit 2 : rE HT f i Hi is i i i E 8. H 4 i i E rT & if hi i i il i i sce ot property sold att tume of sale. terme to i da From “Gay of nie Ow thd cost of defealting mt purclacer’s com, JOUN MCCLELLAND, Jn, Trustee, T 19, SQUARE 103 «2018 Gisiroce orshwest), a postponed to FRIDAY, JANU: AKL TWEST)-SEVENTILINSS, samenour aid place GEO WOHAKKNE BS tn $24-cokds JOMN McCLLLLAND, Jn.j Trustece, $2-THE_ ABOVE THURSDAY, FE place. « as SPLENDID BUILD! $3 ON CON! TAVEND peerhentts 4 1. NEAK wh si. AY AFTE! ARY THIRD, IBSS, at HALP-PAST front of the prem: uA we will sell i ch cucut ave, and ton Zist etcvet. ‘Chews lute are “i having two fronts curth cash: balapes im three bercantiuterest from day 07 eal $e be socured uy dsed of trust Convey purciiser's covt Terma to be complied Riya othere i Teserved to. resell Tn er after five dayw Teale) ain bewspaper pu .D-C. Adepout of 8200 one DUNCANSON BLOS a ie ALUABLE I°NPROVED 7 AND 120 SIXTH 51 HERG LAND ON Nw JER NUEBETWEEN BANDC STREETS Now He St st aa <Y. PEBKUARY TENTH. A. FOUR O'CLOCK PM, ‘Woodward a D. IASS, at QUARTE lots D and 1, 1a Browulog an of lots 1 and’? in square S43 a FEBRUARY ELEVENTH, Aud on SATURDAY, ISSkat SAME HOUK, prt of ing 87 feet 1 anc on New J end ‘C streets northwest, by a dep the improveweuts therect, Terias cf sur’ One-th.rd of the purchase money im cash aid the Valance in two equal tustailments, pare Ble iu ous aud two years wich imterest frum sale, secured by deed of toast Upon the property, Or ail cash, at th oft tiaser If terins of saie are not e. wich im ten days the property wili ue sold at Fisk abd cost of defaulting pure Ti WAL PB. LYONS, 8 Courtland st, Daitinore, Md UNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers. SALE OF PERS ‘COLLATE Je Of tres cortal D.C. reaped 5, fan \ {Sou st TWELVE-THIRTY UCLOCK 2. ML, withie the auction rooms of Duncansoa Bros, 0th and D ate Sige Pia. Bear Pin. lamond ge, 1 Diamond and Say D. at ‘Cluster Diamond DUNCANSON BROS. uc ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED UN NUAKY TWENTIETH, 1588, same howt By order of ihe bolder VE NGS SOR RRO 2 THE ABOVE SALE Is FUR SED UNTIL TURSDAY, JANUARY CHURTES FIRST, SSS. at same hour and piace. ‘onigr of the holder. DUNCANSON BROS. 2t ‘Au toners, Distyond asia’ aby” Kins, einer 1 icine By order of the holder. ja7-d&lba te AX, J: ace. 1 & POS 4 RAND EXHIBITION OF FINE ARTS. A SUPERB COLLECTION OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT MODERN OM. PAINTINGS. ARTISTIC EXAMPLES OF CELEBRATED PAIM+ TERS OF PARIS, LONDON, MUNICH, DRESDEN, AND DUSSELDORF, Including the Important Works: ee Village Chapel,” by Baron Molitor; ‘Bier Founsain by the Rea” ty F. A. Bridgman; 7 Noterman. AND MANY OTHERS OF RQUAL IMPORT: col cetion, ‘Auest tus far; Wasiungton., ‘REE EXHIBITION AT THE ART Rows OF WALILE, B WiLGiAMS & 10TH BT. AND FA. AVE SOLD ED! ‘THE LOW PRICES WE NAME FOR MEN'S: AND YOUTHS CLOTHING. ‘SPECIAL BARGAINS IN MEN'S SUITS AT (810, $15 AND $20. OVEROOATS FROM LOWEST TO FINEST GRADES. EVERY GARMENT GUARANTEED