Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1888, Page 3

WASHINGTON. D. C.. ‘ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1888—SIX PAGES. THLEGRAMS 70 THE STAR A Hig Cave Found in Alabama, IT 1S ACRES IN EXTENT AND CONTAINS THR USUAL LAKE WITH SY Less Pusat. ooGA, Feb. 13.—A special from Hunts. wie, says large cave bes been discovered there ®hich rivals the Mammoth Cave in exteat and bea It was found om the Bowling Pines farm, Walch Was recently bought by H. M. Fu.ler, of Greenville, Mich. It 1s about one mie from Huntsville om the Pulaskt road. Mr, Fuller found the entrance 30 ceet from the main four, A larce lik~ Was found after the discoverers had traveled three ours, The lake contained sliver sh without eves. The water ts 100 feet deep. The cave Da- been christened Shetta Kock, in bonor of Fuller's daughter, The Chicken Thief Lost His Pocket- Book. Axxo, Onto, Feb. 12—H. Hilliard, a resident of own, bear nere, made a very strange dis his chicken enop the other morning. For st_he has noticed that nis chickens were be en, and oo the morning in question the number of fowls were again ¢ erably Fe duced. He, however, found a rich reward in a po ok that 1 ¥in the coop, and that con- tained $85 in cash, besides the name of a well known business man'of Wadsworth, about 5 miles Krom Doytestown, As to huw that pockei-book 1. 13. —The County Court a3 decided th..t billlard playing sh-ll be propib- fed in this county, by refusing to longer grant licenses to keepers of pool and billtard tables, AS member of the court, favoring the refusal said: “The town shut up tie saloous, therefore am in favor of stopping billlard playing.” The ler mers favor iu certain quarters and oppost- ‘Yon from others. a Lew Than Two Years. AN ILLINOIS COUPLE MARRIED, DIVORCED, AND KE- MAKHIaD IN SHORT ORDRK. ature, Int, Feb. 13—On the 20cb of last Sep- tember Mrs. Della Fisher fileg a bill of divorce against ber husband, Charles Fisher, in which she charged him with belng inclined to be pugnacious land somew hat prone to seek the company of other ‘women. Della and Charlie were married on Octo- Der 9, 1886, «nd in less than a year, WIth @ yous Dabe to care for, She applied tor . divorce, whic Was gruned at the last term of the Vermillion Cireuit Court. Although the law Dad separated tiem it did pot totally estrange the young coupie. In a few short weeks they began to yeara for each other aguin, a re onciliation oc- curred, at the homeof a toutual friend, and their was resume@ and tuey decided to remarry and try to live happier next time. A license was red and Saturday night they were reunited by Kev. Henry Funk, of the M. EB Church of this place. REGUEATORS GIVE A PIOUS YOUNG MAN WHO HAD ‘TWO WIVES FIPTY LASHES. Coxewera, &. C., Feb. :k—The Jay Hawk Regu- lators .s tne name of a band of twenty-fve young men who have organized for the purpose of purity- als and regulating conduct in nd about aghbornood of | F shiny wk Factory, ster County. Several monthe agu Louis Bat: a good-looking youn alt Kew kinaghat S derived at the factory. and Cbtaued employment, He appeared to be a young ian of great plety and mantfested a deep 1aterest '¥ school and church work. Me soon be- ‘enamored with Miss Nancy Factory, and e Weeks ago they were married. A few days 0 it Dee nown that Button had @ wife and (arse ehudren living at Rockingham. The Jay Hawes took the matter in band. Saturday they called Batton out of bis house, marched Lia Off to the wouds, siripped him jo the Waist nd bound him to a pioe tree. Baton begged piteousiy for mercy, but bis appeals were un- Keeded by the regulators, who deitberately gave Luin Mfty lashes over the bare back with s rawiide, iuost every stroke Of the lash drawing the blood nd evoking howls of pala trom the victim. Bat- as lett for parts unknown, Wife No. 2 ls al- 4 beart-broken. thier She Got the Hest of the Footpad. Kansas Crry, Mo., Feb. 2—Miss Lalla Crooks, who ls employed at sioupson’s photograph gal- Iery, was “held up” wuile goimg home at 12 age Lovis Bat | WALKING RECORD BROKEN, Jamey Albert the Champion Pedestrian of the World, ELEVEN MILES ABAD OF FITZGERALD'S RECORD AND FRESH AS 4 DAISY—THR LEADER OF THE SIX-DAY TRAMPERS MAKES O21% MILES AND FINISHES OX ‘TRE RUN. ‘The greatest go-as-you-please race ever con- tested ended in New York Saturday night Jim | Albert, the Philadelphia pedestrian, not only won 1t, but he has broken the highest record ever made. | The New York Sun says: Albert has fulfilled all the expectations of his friends, and met the | gloomy expectations of the bookmakers whose | money was on the other side of the question, by | triumphantly Deating the record that Fitzgerald Set up four years ago. He ran up to the last min- ute, b ing fully able to keep it up much longer, not because It was necessary either for the purpose of beating the record or of keeping the lead on his competitors, It was simply to keep up the tater- est, and to sh w iate comers how the thing was done. It was done with the same spring and vigor with which the start was made 140 hours beror though not with the same sveed. ‘The capability of making the same speed was there in legs and Wind and heart, but no occasion called it forch. ON THE LAST MILE OF THE RECORD. Albert started on his 610:h mile at 7:21 o'clock Precisely. AS be started out from the scorers’ Stand he leaped intoa run. The scorers and re- porters could not contain themselves, and, jump- tog up as oue man, waved their hats and gave a big cheer. ‘The people in the seats oppo-tte yelled, too, and the cheer went swiftly around the kardea. After tue first outburst the yells sub- sided, and som thing like @ calm came over the crowd, as if people were holding their breaths in intense excitement. There were fully 7,000 in the garden. Every man apd woman in th: ‘boxes and Teserved seats was standing up. ‘The women in Ube boxes held handkerchiefs in thelr hands, but did not w ve them, and the men took off (heir hats nd peered eageriy down at the waiking fig- ures on the track. “Allof them who had come In since 6:20 o'clock had paid $1 to get In, and not one ot inem seemed to begrudge it.The band sto laying, too, and the players threw do TekPioatng 9A eer a Gee looked uneasy, as if they thought something ter- rible was going to happen, and Inspector Steers moved about with Lis eyes om the lookout for vom! FLEET-FOOTRD AND HAPPY. Round and rows! went Albert ike adeer. It seemed a8 if the you. nan who kept Albert's | dial hardly had Ume to record the lapa He | fairly bounded over the track, hardly seeminy | to toucn it. Most of the people who watch him so Dreathlessiy couldn't see the record of Lis laps upon the dial, and few of them kept count themselves, Suddenly the boy at the big | Dlackbourd started up from hts se.t tremulously | and took down the last two figures ot the big “600” opposite Albert's name. He Was so ex- ed that he dropped the two figures to the garden floor as he took them in his hand, and ue Dear tumbling down himself, ie tumbled in ‘he Dox of figures at its feet, conscious that oO) pairs of eyes were watching him. Hi pat 1s ear to the pneumatic tube at the blackboard for a moment and then reached up to Aiberv’s name with two new figures in his right hand, Before he could puc up the figures the pent-up excitement of the crowd burst out in a mighty shout which shook the garden. Tn an instant the umber 610 appeared after Albe und the | walker shot around the tra ist lap of another mile, The record of int 1 walk ing contests had been broken. SRT WILD BY THRER FIGURES. It seemed as if the crowd in the garden went mad. The handkerchiefs of the women fluttered Out and tue hats of the men waved in the air. Even some of the policemen took off their helmets aud cheered. The band men took up thelr Instru- ments and tooted franticaily at “Huli Columbia” and the “Ked, Witte and Blue,” but the yelling Was so loud (hat their efforts were almost ta vain. | Albert Went around the track for two laps on @ Tun, looking supremely uappy, but not so happy as Sirs. Albert, who stood waif suilling and hait erying in the door of ber husband's cabin, ‘The yelllug and whis ting and howling kept up for five minutes unceasingiy, but simmered dwn as Al bert lessened tus pace to a walk and went around slowly with Refere Donanue. | Albert made his iast 11 minutes 58% sec. onds, ending ft thus at 7:32:58% pam. Flzcerald ended his 610 miles at 8:34 p.un. of the Saturday of his race, | GIPTS FOR THR LEADERS. street and Highland avenue, The highwayman | On the second lap of Albert's 610th mile Herty, nade an attempt to take her satchel, and in the tig of War succeeded in Wrenching ‘the handle way. He then took out a revolver, and, pointing { her, sald: “Give me that satchel.” She re- poled by Catching hold of his arm, and with the hei in one band knocked the revolver aside, ceiling hitn to go aWay OF she would se. eam. She ti sereasn Just aS {WO men came in Sigbt, and the pad took to his heels wituout booty. The cul coutained $5 tn cash. Miss Crooks says she Would Know the highwayman if she should ser Bim agalo. He was avout nineteen years old, and wore a durk Jersey cup abd overcout, ———— Accused of Smuggting Opium. FEDERAL OPFICRNS IN CALIFORNIA CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF THK LAW. The San Francisco papers publish a statement to the effect that the Bark Halcyon was Atted out by partes in that city last spring, ostensibly for a expedition ip the Arctic waters, but that ja reality the vessel Was intended for use in smug- ging oplum, and has simce then been engaged in {oat occupation om am extensive scale. It is «aimed that tue Halcyon obtained large quantities ‘of opm, presumably from ports fn Britis Colum. and broaght i down as far as Drake's Bay, Point Koyes, where It was loaded on smaller \ seis and Laken to San Francisco under cover of ¢ unloaded at obscure points and ved to @ convenient Riding-place. Tt 1s timed the Haleyon made several trips of this bind during the sealing season, and that -everal hundred thousend dollars’ worth of optum was Thus sutiayied into San Pranctsco. The #raminer, b. fis account of the affair, states that evidence re Attorney-General Garland which ‘ral prominent jocal politicians and oMcer in beng connected with an eogant ol effort to defraud the Governuent, ‘The > hot specify any particular persons. Juo. §, Fogarty, deputy surveyor of the san Sranciseo, who, It intimates, was of the alieged smuggling operaiions. urday sent @ coumunication LO sur- demanding an investigation, Col- abd the surveyor informed him that bad already been looked Into and found to be groundless. ‘soo Driven from Trafalgar Square. on and socialists assembled to Trafalgar Sanday afternoon with the inten- a meeting, but being overawed by Uody of potice on the ground, they made tom of were not followed by the police, the omly ob- f whos presence in force im Ule square was prevent «meeting at that place, and no at- Was mode to binder the orgunization of a wm Ux embankment or to interfere with The usual speeches were delivered rs, and a Set of resolutions was passed requesting the government to establish relief Works forthe anemployed. ‘The meeting was very enthusicstic but entrely orderly. zs sod oe ‘The European Situation. HOPELESSLY CONFLICTING VIEWS OF IT FROM LOXDON ‘AND BERLIN. ¢ London correspondent of the New York Sunda, Ties says: There seems to-day a greater bance of the preservation of peace than has been apparent before in many moatha. For the first tame, I suduld say, since autumn tue balance of Probabilities ts distinctly against ap outbreak of Dostilities, Of course any day may bring some. tn Up Lhe scales the other way with a male- eat lureh, butfor the moment the best tn- wed peopie be feel Reg og oe rehe nston. d salsoary’S speech bas served to put the wWuing stupe On Lnts edifice of ope. le, tO all Sand purposes, Fanged England on the side e eateal European ail ce. His words have ' sccomied @B attention on the Continent o y tes than Bismarck’s, In one important r appirments and compleves Bismarck ¥, “aking boldly om the subject which the Ger- ¥ accilor had tO handle with cireumspec- t Periin spectal to the Associated Press says: 7 oa with which Bismarck's speech % ion bas passed away. It is be. Kivains to be realized that there was notbing r ime In the speech beyond leaving the ernative of peace OF War, While potnt- ui tue road alumg whitch Ruswa cam retre: © czar feris binself safe in retreating. St. P rg advices published i to-night’s the eZar eusogizes Within tn league of peace continues to b the eyes Of the czars adv an of nsive bt Kustia, requiring Upabated prep- © inevitable War And ap alliance to *. If Uhe official press ot fo give frank utterance of © situation it would be found to vnCUF in Kctissla's convieliona, soe Axovume PourticaL MURDER IN LoUIstaNa.—The : Tof the present campaign occurred in Play ne, the sweat of of yarian, La, When Thos. Hel the sourer, and the returning or election t supporter of Gov. MeEnery, was thos. Gllday, the ebairmap of the + Campaign Club.’ ‘The quarre: grew out of inte campaign for the governorship, over ich much LAErness has prevailed io Toerville cos mga pars, Guida” ad been charging tat ever: Was guilty of some discrepancy fa regard to tke your of the 2. Tue two men met, the He was passed, when Hebert advanced tpon iday the latier shot him dead, makiog bim the Sin Victim Of am exciting poittical campaign, wuleb ix on w ranks of tLe democracy. prem: geste 3s me Crowe Paince UP AGaly.—San ‘ies say bat tbe crown ince is ee oe Ievoraviy. Me lett bis. bed Bunday antercioe et tweling well, and his The names mentioned by tue Examiner ts | mupt to organize oF deliver speeches, and | 3 ully adjournea vo the Thames embankment. | Guerrero, Hart, and Golden waited for him, and the five men ran around the track together. Then Albert went around carrying a cane which had been given bim. Some one ave Herty and Guer- rero canes, too, and the men carried them aloft with evident ‘satisfaction. The canes were big ones, of the “ranger” variety. Some oue gave Guerrero also a gold wateh, ‘Then some one gave Albert a banjo, aud We champiou went around for lap Lhumming on it, aud uelighting te heart of the giver. STROKEL SAVES HIB CASH. At 8:28 Strokel made his 525th mile, and thus comes in for a share of the gave receipts. The ap- plause which greeted the little German was very hearty. ‘There was another great cheer at 8:45 @clock, when Albert Weut around with two dig Ateri¢an flags iu lis Land. He ran one lap aud then handed the flags to Herty, wno was applauded while he ran aap with the flags almost as much | as Albert was. In this way ail tue me. went around for a 4:0, carrying the flags, and each man Was applauded roundiy. P. Guerrero was the first man at 8:53 to leav. the track of those who were oo When Aivert broke the record. Sieve Brodie bundled nls protege into a cab and took him down Ww bis Bowery saloon. The Mexican was the cen- ter Of an adiuiring crowd there tili late this morn- ing. Steve said’ that he was satistied with juerrero’s performance, and didn't grudge the money he had put up ior bun. ‘aylor went off si o'clock, and the others at Various Umes up to when Parson Tilly came to te scorers’ stand, bade ing Albert alone. Albert’ be.an running galt, contrary to What all expected he would do. Every: body thought he would redre before 10, and leave it indefinite what he was capable of accoupllshing. But he kept on. At 9:50 lie had made 621 miles, and started Drave,y on anotber one. At 9:58, 45 he came to the scorers’ stand, all yelled to lish to go | on, and on he went. | ON THE TRACK TO THE END. | The scorer stopped him just as the dial boy Felled 10 o'clock, und jus as Albert bad made 21 | miles and 6 laps Manager Hall, Lue reporters and scorers shook hands with bim, and he ran around the track for one lap more with Manager Hull and his trainer, ‘THE OFFICIAL SCORE. ‘The subjotned tabie shows what each man did as to distance, Ume, and rest: Distance. Tim Rested. Miles. Yards. HM 145 00 00 141 00 00. 138 5 00 141 & 00 | Gowen. 141 28 00 Moore... 141 30 00 | Strokei: 141 00 00 | Norem: 140 55 00 | Thy... 141 27 00 | Taylor 141 23 00 | Sullival 140 50 00 — Stout, 208 880 141 40 00 — THE FINANCES OF THR WALK. hagemest would give no figures last xcept what was the share due the pe- destrians The first twenty-four hours netted the second, $1,130.50; the third : rth. $1,441; (be “Nich, to Frida; hoon; $1,780.75. ‘The result of the’ balance of the time Was not calculated up to a late hour last night. Mr. Coivin said that an estimate of $12,000 for the pedestrians’ share would come very close to the result. rough estimate of the gate money to be received by the men wo covered the 525 miles is as follows: Aubert, $4,800; Herty, $3,000; | Guerrero, $1,000: Hari, $90; Go.dén, $720; Moore, $480; Strokei, €40; and Noremac, $240. " Besides his share of Cue gate money, Albert yets $1,000 for beating the record. ‘The money wili be divided among the winning Pedestrians at 3 o'clock today at the Clipper Office by their representatives, Colvin and Woods, A dispaten from New York last night says that 24M at the Ashland House, and took a Walk wit is wife. 000 Nota im School, AN DIPORTAXT DECISION BY A CHICAGO JUDGR. Judge Tuthill in Chicago on Saturday gave a decision Which 4s of interest as drawing a lne be- (ween sectarian and non-sectarian charitable'tn- stitutions. The Cuicago Industrial School for | Giris sued Cook County for $19,583 for caring for 106 children sent there in dependent proceedings by the County Court. The claim was opposed ou the grounds that tu commitments were defect %, and that, the school having contract d with the House of the Good Shepuerd and St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum to care for the ehildre, money pala by the county was devoted to a sectarian Purpose, the House of tue Good Shepherd and the | Orphan’ asylum being wader the control of the | Roman Catholic Churen. ‘The court heid that the | school was non-se: tothe ipference that it was was the fact that tue incorporators wer ali active and zealous members of ap rucularchureb. If that were of sec- | tarianism 1 Wou.d seem that an Institution to be | tree trom it must have a board of directors of dit | terent sects, or Of no sects at all, The mere fuct | that the members of a particular church predom- | inated or constituted the eugire membership of | corporation did not make it sectarian, as tue | school bad no house of its own. Judie Tuthili held that it had a right to pi ce the children witu the other institutions. Tae higher courts Will probably be calied upon t F the case. ‘Well Worth the Pain, From the New York Sun. Gus—“What fs that red mark around your neck, Jack; somebody been trying to choke your” Jack— Vassar College girl” eee process,” died in Loutsvilie, Ky., day at the e of seventy. years. Some ‘ciled workmen ‘left his enspioy, i 4 i & JUMPING FROM WINDOWS—MANY PERSOS Uy after Guerrero, Hart at 9 | an unpressive adieu to all, aid went away, leav- | M.S | Albert Was apparently as fresh yesterday as any | ian, “Lue only thing leading | ‘No, I was tobugyaning last night with a NI0K OF BESSEMER Srext.— Sohae er several hours. | He expressed himself ax | William Kelly, inventor of what is known as the demeanor confirmed A FAIR ENGLISH POLITICIAN. She is Coming to the Woman’s Congress im Washington Next Month. ‘London Dispatch to the New York Sun ‘The lady elected to be the delegate of Great Britain at the forthcoming Woman’ gress, UF ve held In Wgshington between March 20 and April 1, 18 Mr& Ashton W. Dilke, She will leave Engiand on March 8, proceed at once to her des- ‘pation, and proposes returning home in May. During her stay in Washington Mra. Dilke will re- main entirely at the disposal of the Woman's Suf- frage Society, but at the close of the Congress she Proposes to deliver a lecture in New York on En- gilsh Women and Engitsh Polttics. Mrs. A. W. Dilke ts no novice in the art of lec- turing. ‘She has achieved a well-deserved reputa- ton in that Mine in her own country, and ranks among the first of English lady lecturers. She esses great pl attractions, her delivery s good, her manner fascinating in no ek degree, and besides these pet qualities, whicl have made her a favorite in society, she has acquired considerable political experience, Her husband was a member of parliament, and a brother of Sir Charles Dilke. During the painful divorce case, Which Was deemed important enough to furnish the subject of Hector Mulot’s novel, 's Vices Francais,” Mrs. Dilke stood bravely by he. unfortunate sister, Mrs. Crawford, and gave her evidence in a fasiion which Won for herself universal sympathy and resj ‘Sue likewise, on every Occasion, betriended Mra. Cunningham Graham, whose husband's political views’ and opinious, 80 uncompromisingly expressed, had somewhat isolated his wife in the Londoa world. Mrs. Dilke 1s connected with Mr. Freveric Har- rison, for another si-ter of vers married Mr. Har- rison’s brother. She comes of a tamtiy whose free- bape ag have been early embraced by all its members, ‘AS virtual of the well-known radical piper, the Weeki ich, Mra, Dilke wields no Smail’ amount of power and influence. It can truly be affirmed that her public action and strong, energetic speeches iu the radical ciubs of London, toall of which she belongs, averted the serious disturbances and imj Tio.8 which threat- ened to follow upon the late Inc.dents in Trafal Square. Mrs. Diuke has been for some ume an in- detatigable Sunday lecturer on woman suffrage, and her mission will undoubtedly appeal warmly to a large number of her Ame. ican eee ‘Tried to Pluck Mr. Carnegic. A BUNCO MAN'S ATTEMPT TO WORK THR OLD GAME. ‘THR IRON KING. . An attempt to bunco Andrew Carnegie in New York recently was related in Pittsburg Saturday by Detective Share, A few days after the great Murdock $10,000 swindle in Pittsburg, as Mr. Car- negie was walking down Broadway, he was over- taken by a handsomely-dressed man about forty, who had a foreign air and accent. The stranger glibly addressed Mr. Carnegie, and said he sup- he had forgotten him. He said his name was S0-and-S0, and asserted that he had been a tele- graph Qperator in the old | Sd-street office in Pittsburg when it was under the care of Joho P. Glass and David Courtney; that he, a8 Mr. Carnegie doubtless remem. bered, had a great talent for drawing, and Coat his uucle hud sent him toItaly to study. He had been abroad and had achieved considerable suc- cess, and upon his return had stored some of his alntings in the Western Union building on roadway. He also said there were one or two Small paintings, scenes on the line of the Penn- sylvanla Raliroad, at the Pack Saddie, near Blairs Ville, where Mr, Carnegie once did good service for the oad in clearing up a freigut Wreck. Incidents of Mr. Scott und Mr, Carnegie at the wreck were recalled and remembered by Mr. Carnegie. ‘The pleture was his if he would only deign to accept it, Mr. Carnegie was pressed for time, but he con- ted to look at the picture, and was chatting with the stranger when one of Inspector Byrnes Broudway detectives stopped them. Mr. Carnvgie,” sald the detective, as he stood quarely In front of the two, “do you know wicn whom you are walkiog? This 18 one of the ost expert confidence inea In the city of New “ork.” ‘The stranger vanished, and Mr. Carnegie looked after him, “The detective also Vantshed, leaving the man Who wad gone around the Worid’aione in ibis astonishment. SERIOUSLY. Fire broke out early yesterday morning in the big turee-story and basement frame boarding- house, Nos. 105 and 107 Clark street, Brooklyn. ‘The boarders, most of whom had not time to dress, endeavored 10 escape with thelr goods as best they might Out into the icy streets. Severul were se. verely injured by jumping frum the windows, and Were carried by the ambulances to the hosp.tuls, ‘The place is known as tbe old Harper Mansion, and was kept a5 a boarding-house by Mrs. Mecomb. ‘Tue flames were discovered about 2 a.m., in the basement, and burued away the stairs, Causing great confusion and panic. Several women leaped Irom the Windows in their night dresses. One I eman, Who Was in the district telegraph office in Montague street, got on the scene early and rescued three women from the flames. Two men and two women Were hurt, one man having his skull vrokeo and another his leg. The wo women injured Jumped from the third-story win- dow and struck feet frst on the pavement, break- Ing ankle bones. The two men were taken’ (0 the Clinton House, 1a Fulton street, and from there to the ho-pital "The name of one was Mr. Gordon, injured D th by Jumping from the tuird-story window tront suriking on the balcony. | He Was daogerously wounded. The damage is esu- mated at $50,000. ARES SS ee Bluffing the Blizzards, HOW THE PEOPLE LIVE THROUGH ONE OF THESE DAKOTA WINTERS. Fargo Correspondence Chicago Times. “Live? Why, they prepare for 1t ‘The early comers generaily put up Sod houses, and there 1s nothing in the World so Warm as a sod house. You can walk around barefoot on the fl or of one, if properly constructed, In the coldest weather, After they bave been there long enough settlers gener ‘ally build log bouses, hauling lugs 30 or 40 miles for Une purpose. These houses are warm and comfortable, So long a8 you don't have to go out you don’t know what winter is. But the sod house 1s not to be treated with disdain, I assure you.” ‘How are they built?” “In the frst place, a frame of boards, the size the house fs to be, 1s put up $0 as to give the house a nice appearance inside; th« roof aiso 1s boarded over. Tuen the sod ts cut with a plow, and a bank 3 or feet thick ts ratsed all around’this fratue. Every sod 19 laid as caretully as a mason lays a brick, the roots up, and all openings are filed In with fine dirt. Openings are made tor the win dows and doors, which have frames extending groin Inside to outside. ‘There will contain somes ‘mes three windows for winter—always two, When the sod rampact 1s raised to the Leight of the roof poles are iaid on and then sod put over those. ‘The roots hoid everything firm. You would be surprised to see the rots. Some of those grass Toots «tre as Ubick aS my Anger and extend down from 10 to 14 feet.” “What?” “v's a fact, Lassure you. I have followed them down myselt when disging wells im that blue-Joint grassland, Why, man in plowing has to stop and sharpen his plow every eighty rods if he cares anything for bis team. ‘The Diacksmith draws out the potnt, : ut that and the edge have to be fled down a8"sharp as posstble, and then, #8 1 say, sharpened every eighty rods, But to return to thé Sod house, After the outside is completed the in- side 1s Dnished up to sult the taste and pocket of the proprietor. Some have only the earthen floor, and others have a board floor, and ure divided up into two or three rooms. And, I tell you, for win ter comtort in Dakota @ sod house beats them all, Beside these, there are dugouts on the side of a Dill, and occasionally you wll meet one on the prairie. ‘The class of settlers that come in there, 28 a rule, have to put up With almost everything the first year or two.” ——_-<$e-——_—_ Medical Ethics in Detroit. ‘THE PROFESSION EXCITED OVER THE CONTRACT SYS- ‘TEM OF DOCTORING. Some time ago several Detroit doctors conceived the idea of adopting the contract system—that 1s of contracting With as many families as possible to look after their health, which meant the applt- cation of the Ounce of prevention as well as the pound of cure. They charged only $10 a year, and Were likely to do @ rushing business, when It’ was discoverad that the American Medical Association code Said not one Word abou: th contract system, From the silence of the code it was ‘that the system was against the etulcs of the jon. A member of the association was complained of. tried and acquitted, A deal of interest therelore attaches to the attitude of the Metical doc which in, its current nuinber approves the policy tn mn ts, and says: ihe profession in Detroit bas outgrown the feeling which prompted the condemnatory resolu- tion under whieu the member reterred to was complained of.” ‘The Age goes into a discussion of social and économie pi hy to show that the prevention of disease is worth more to the public than all the remedies that cau be adduced, and makes a strong argument in tavor of the con: tract system. ‘This ts certain to attract wide at- tention from the profession at large, and 1s likely to work a marked chauge In the systeia in De- trolt. Dexouxcina REPRESENTATIVE ApaMs’ Bruts— About four hundred people met in Chicago yester- day under sociaiistic auspices, and adopted resolu- tions deciaring Congressman Adams’ bi viding for the removal of dangerous aliens from te United States, to be au attempt to toady to the piedudices of “aristocrats and mono} The ill Was likened by the speakers to "5 BO clalist law in Germany. Kite sy a Doo.—Saturday afternoon Mra, Lewis H. Harper, of Mill Run, north of Zanesville, Ohio, weit her twonyea:-Old boy with. Mrs SmMUS, her sister, while she came Lo town, child was Pitz ug ob the floor, when a vicious dog that seized im tore and muitlated his head and exposed the skull in several places. Upon ex. it Was found that one of the dog's tusks {rated the skull belind the ear, and there ts little hope of the child’s recovery. POWDER Absolutely Pure. ‘This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, atrenetiand wholcsomencss,, More economical thee thr ordinary Rindy spd cangot beaoid in competition with the multitude of low test. short. weight Num oF BS powders, SOLD ONLY IN cae" HovaL Bar Erma Pownnn Co., 100 Wall street, NY. ‘a We Are Desrrnare: Itis just at this period of the year that a business ‘man will get desperate. He will gladly exchange his merchandise for money. Profits and oftimes cost of goods not taken into con- sideration. Weare in that mood now. We take our Annual In- ‘Yentory, and there are thousands of dollars' worth of goods we don't want,and yet you need thone very goods; therefore, will offer you a chance to buy sea- sonable wares very, very cheap, NOTICE! * Au we have been prepar- ing for these sales several | STOCK-TAKINGPRIOES weeks, and have now com- ox pleted every arrangement, DRESS GOODS. ‘we do not propose toquote | SILKS, AND SATINS, prices here, as we could} VELVETS AND not begin to tell you of a PLUSHES, fraction of the many bar- | EVENING DRESS MA- gains, but will merely TERIALS, state that each and every BLACK Goons, Department represented! _ BED COVERINGS, in this Advertisement is | HOUSE-FURNISHING replete with all Staple Goons, Goods and Choice Novel- UPHOLSTERY, ties. MERINO UNDERWEAR, ‘These Departments oc- | LADIES' UNDERWEAR, cupy in some cases double CLOAKS, the room formerly used, LACE, and every article bought | AND EMBRODERIES. will prove an HONEST BARGAIN. As our store is constantly crowded with customers, andas this announcement is sureto swell the crowds Very substantially, we advise a call in the morning. AN APOLOGY. We also beg the indulgence of the Public for not be- ing able to furnish the demand made during our An- nual Cotton Underwear sale, but to offset the disap- pointment of some, we have concluded to reduce some of our higher-priced garments and put with these goods, and allow the Sale to run one week longer. So those who waited Will be doubly benefited. OUT-OF-TOWN PEOPLE Can make our store their place of meeting. As our es- tablishment is so centrally located, this will prove » convenience, we are sure. GENTS' FURNISHINGS. “OPPONAX AND BRIDAL BOUQUET.” ‘We are tho sole agents of MANN'’S CELEBRATED PERFUMES. These are the highest-priced goods made, bat their excellence and durability are well known tothe Fashionable Public, In order to intso- duce their new flavors, “Opponax and Bridal Boquet,” ‘we will present each purchaser of a pair of GLOVES wita a amall trial bottle. This wedo for the sole pur- ose of introducing it readily. ONE PRICE. 420, 422, 424, 426 7th at.. 417, 419 Rth at n@ue LARGEST STORE IN WASHINGTON. 5 EXTRAORDINARY CUT SALE. ‘We have an immense assortment of these goods, too large in fact, which is orr sole reason for inaugurating this sale. They are all new and desirable goods, in all the latent patterns and designs, and, as we import them ourselves direct, the prices on them we know arelower than can be found elsewhere; but still on these prices ‘we have made a till deeper cut, e0 you can well imag- ine that the figures to which they are now reduced are such as you have not the opportunity to run acrous very often. These prices will hold good for A FEW DAYS ONLY, Sust long enough to reduce the stock. So please avail yourself of them while you have the chance. S- ALL-SILK CHANTILLY FLOUNCINGS, 40 inches P08 Gates Batecd tg gp Gals ised Sig: ‘50 Qualities Reduced to $3.50 “ SPANI:! UN ALL 40 \SISH GUIPURE FLO! iCINGS, SILK, 25 Qualities Reduced to $1.00 a. Staite: Reduced te 1-33 ra ALL OUR CHANTILLY NETS, 27 INCHES WID's, ‘ALL SILK. All of our $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 qualities ‘To be sold for. 1.00 a ya. SPANISH AND SPANISH GUIPURE NETS, ALL SILK, 27 inches wide. 91.25 togL Saya, $1.00 syd. THREE PIECES OF POLK-DOT NET, ALL SILK, ‘27 inches wide, Remember, these are not permanent prices, but only ‘Until the stock is reduced. XN, B—VALENTINES, Bear in mind that we have the largest and finest col- lection of Valentines in the cliy at all prices, from le. 1043. Handsomer designs for the same money cannot be found anywhere. i BAURTS. B | AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. FAMILY S 3¢ Handacine Dinner ‘Service One fainat Chamber. Suites, Walnut Mantel Mirrors, Pi Framed ‘Parlor Suites, Wire Woven, Ee pres as WALTER'S. WILLIAMS & CO, Ancta, (J HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioncer. ‘The elegant collection of goods mentioned below will be on exhibition TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY FOURTEEN and FIFTEEN, and the sale will take place on THURSDAY at ELEVEN AM and THREE P.M, and following days. FINE MARQUETERIE, CHIPPENDALE, CARVED OAK FURNITURE, SUCH AS HALL CLOCKS WITH SUPERIOR WORKS, BUREAUS, CABI- NETS, SIDEBOARDS, DESKS, CARD TABLES, WINE COOLERS, FLOWER STANDS, SOFAS, SIDE AND ARMCHAIRS, ETC. ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN PORCELAINS AND DELF WARE, SUCH AS SEVRES CLOCKS AND VASES, DISHES, SETS, AND FINELY-DECORATED ORNAMENTS. SPLENDID CUT AND ENGRAVED COLORED AND GILDED GLASS, SUCH AS LIQUEUR BOT- TLES, FLOWER STAND3, SUGAR BOWLS, PRESERVE DISHES, COMPOTIERS, DISHES, DRINKING CUPS, AND GLASSES. MAGNIFICENT OLD DUTCH SOLID REPOUSSE SILVER, SUCH AS APOSTLE TEA AND SUGAR SPOONS, SUGAR BOWLS, CREAMERS, FLOWER HOLDERS, CONFECTION BASKETS, PERFUME BOTTLES, AND A VERY CHOICE COLLECTION OF MINIATURE TOYS, ETC. FINE ORMOLU AND BRONZE CLOCKS AND CANDELABRAS; ALSO, HANDSOME SHEF- FIELD SILVER-PLATED CANDELA- BRAS, CANDLESTICKS, TRAYS, CASTORS, — CHAFFING DISHES, ETO., Being the first direct importation by Measra, A. J. SPYER & SON, of Amsterdam, Holland, of this char- ett of gooke to thiecountry. _____ WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO, Auctiones ‘The undersizned assignees, by virtue of an assign- ment of eawmard Coverioitely stag’ bosineas es 62 Ward Caverly & Co, recorded in liber No. 342, one of the land recurus of the District of Columbia, New Yorr’ avenue porthwest certain” guods, stock in New York avenue northw in trade and. terchandine-that ie to say, NTIETH day of FEBRU- ARY, 1888, conimenci ny IN O'CLOCK AM, wo ‘will pell 8 large line of leand B ick-Set Kaiwes and surnaces and Steam-Heaters, together with a large and desirable stock of Plumbing and Steam-Fittiag ‘Materials and Rubber Hose, &c.. &c. ‘Ou TUESDAY, the T -FIRST, commencti at the samme hou and place; will sell « large assortment Of Chandeliers, Brackets, Globes, and yas fixture sup- Plies, together with all ‘store und office Axtures, con- Sisting of Shelving, Denk, Irom bafe, &c.. kc. All fand merchandise in. wareroom in rear of prem. ines No, 1726 15th street northwest. will be removed to the above premises No, 1425 New York avenue, for \e All purchasers are. juested to remove all purchases: om day of sale to iake tuum for other pods. ‘Terms of sa.e cash. RS. WINDSO! Wittla os MELTER, _111-akds Assignees of EDWARD CAVERLY. escansos BROS., Auctioneers. TEE'S SALE OF HANDSOME A’ KEPT HOUSEHOLD FURNITUKE, ASE,” BOOKS, TABLES, EASELS, LAC SIDEBOARD. WAL: E, DINING CHAIHS, PI CHINA AND GLASS WAKE: HL CARPETS THROUGHOUT FUR MUGS, CONIENTS. OF SEU * ROUM, KITCHEN REQUISITES.&c BE FST NWeat aucrion Vo otNe By virtue of a. ocd of trust, duly. reconied in liber No.'1351, folio 9, etaeq., oue of the lan. records: for the District of Columbia, and at the request of the tall at public auction, on DAY UF FEBRUARY. A. D., 1888, ¢ ihuueuciug at TEN OCLOCK, at the above Uanied dwelling, all the fine Furniture, Carpets, &c-» Coutaiued therein, to whiel attentiou is call "Terms cash. : fiat JOSEPH ROSENBAUM. Trustee. panes DOWLING, Auctioueer. EREMPTORY SALE OF CONTRACTORS" MA- TERIAL. CONSISTING OF FIGHTEEN GREAT LABOL-SAVING. SELF-LOAD\NG. TWO-HORSE EX AVATONS, WITH TWO SCOUPS, HOLDING HALF-YARD EACH. i LEVELERS, ROLLERS. WHEELBARROWS, SHOV- ELS, WiKE ROPE, FURCE PUMPS, TIMBER, BLACKSMITHING TOOLS, &., &. ALSO, HORSES, CARTS, MUL.3. WAGONS, HARNESS, c.. &O. Qu MONDAY, FEBRUARY IWENTIETH. 1888, at TEN OCLO K, at the works of ‘the new Wash neion Reservoir, buck of Howard University. 1 Wil sell with outteserve te above : ferme cash By onuer of G. PETERSON & CO. THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. Frits Dercaxson BROS., Auctioneers. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FINE FURNITURE, PIER AND MANTEL MIRRORS, CARPETS. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, BRONZE AND OTHER FIG- KES, PEDESTALS, | ORNAMENTS, DRA- P_RIES, PAINTINGS, DINNER AND TEA SLT. PLATED WAKE, &¢. &c, BEING CONTENTS OF" DWELL.NG NO. STREET NORTHWES I ‘ By virtue of two deeds of trast civen tous duly re- corded respectively, in Liber No. 11s, folio 452 et seq., und siber 1260, folio 405 et seq.. of the land Tecords for the District of Coumbia, we will gel. on MONVAY, FEBRUAKY TWENT.ETH, 1888, COM- MENCING at TEN O'CLOCK A. M., cn the p.emises, No. 1423 K street northwest, tlie ifoods and’ chattels mentioned iu seheduie “AY aitached to uid trusts, ‘and we name in part: PARLORS. Ax Minister Carpet, Parlor, Suite, crimson and black gatin: M.'T. Gilt Tables, Biack and Gilt Jandiniers, Bronze Ficares with Pedestals, Marble Pedestals. Flower Pots and Flow: rs; Busts, Statuettes, two 1a Gilt’ Mantel: Mirrors, Gilt Coruices, Criuson Satia Draperies, Crystal Chaudeliors, C. ystal side Light Gilt Brackets, Easel, 4 rench Walnut, 1 tegeres, Wain and Brown ‘itep Parlor Suite, M. T. Walnut Centre Jable, Bevnize stand, two. Sinall Tables, Turkish liu Mantel Mirror (Gil), Pier Glass with Marble Top Gut Dtoud, O11 Paintings, Chromos, Water Colors, busrav- ings, Stereoscopic Instruments with views. DINING-ROOM. Carpet, French Walnut Sideboard, Carved Walnut Dining Table, Walnut Etoxere, six’ i cather Dining Chairs and ‘two Arm Chairs, Fruit Pleves, Bronze Birds, pair Medallion Game, Ornaments. Busts, gttes,” Mantel Set, Window Draperies and Cornices, Pier Mirror, Dinner and Breakfast Set, Plated Pitch? ers, Silver Piated Set, ae, : ALL. Wilton Hall and Stair Cacpets, Rods and Fixtures, French Walnut Marble Top Hall Rack, Walnut aud ‘Leather Hail Chairs, Carpets, Walnut Bedmeada: Dreesing Bu Ete. is, Walnut Bedateads, Dressing Bureaus, Ete. geres, Marbie-top Table-, Washstand-. Turkish, Ean fit, Lockie Enairn Side Cuairs, iow wood aa Xes, Commodes, Gilt Fire ns, Wire. SPINK, Hair ‘Mattresses, Pillows. Blanke.s. Spreads, Linen Ottomans. Fancy Rugs, Comics “Draperies, Ori ments, Busts, Statuettes, Decorated Toler Seta, Wa. hut Wardrobes, ‘Secretary, Wilton Kuss, Paintings, Clocks, Sewing’ Machines, ‘Wainut ond Oxk M. T. Set, Ee, Ac, with furniture of SEKVANTS' ROOMS AND KILCHEN UTENSILS AND FURNITURE. Window ‘Shades throuzhout the house. ‘Tue sale will commence with kitchen utensils, &c, in basement, House opened for inspect ou moruibg uf ‘erms, cash. ROBERT C. FO! hoa S2ORGE W. BRowy,} Trasteos (| \HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. NCERY SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY IN ALLEY BOUNDED BY B_AND C AND THIRD AND. FOUIAND-HALP STREETS” SOUTH WEST. . Under aid by virtue of a decree of the Suprehe urtot the. Distict of © ao Ped tof Columbia, dated on the} ‘and passed in cause No. ‘of the Supreme Court of tue bis, the undersigned, as trustee, will ENTIETH Day OF FES: i oF Fecorded PeNcat90n ‘BROS. Auctioneers, NG ATT poke at Sr, HOUSEHOLD FURNITU ETc, COMPRISING PaRSDopaen Hots: Hoeb FomNiyUMa, CAN: LARGE CONSIGN MEN? OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS Bo! KNEE BLANKETS HORSE BLANKETS, at “S"BRIDLES ANB SADDI ETC. }OMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. SALE BY AUCTION OF THE ENTIRE STOCK OF FINE FAMILY GROCERIES AND LIQUORS, contained in Store No. 1000 © street northwest, on TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH 1888, commencing at SEVEN O'CLOCK’ P.M. and continue following evenings at the same hour, I shall ‘sell the entire stock, which consists of first-class woods in every department of the grocery trade. _f111-3t___ THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. EO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 036 F. CHANCERY SALE OF VALU, IMPROVED REAL ESTATE 197 AND ioe MIRTH STREET A EAR B SOUTHEAST. AND ON NEW JERSEY AXENUE.BETWEEN BANDCSTREETS NORIH- ‘virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the, District of Columbia. passed in equity, cause No, 10670, we will sell at puble suction, in front of the ou FRIDAY BEDRCAMY TRATES D. 1888, at QUARTER-PABT FOUR O'CLOCK P’M., dots D afd E. fo Browning and Woodward's subdivision of lote 1 and’ in square B42, with the lunprovements: ‘on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ELEVENTH, iat BAM HOUIe part oplow 7 aquare G34, front: ‘BY feet 1 inch on New Jereey'avenue, between streots northwost, by « depth of 52 feet. with \provements thereon. fernin cf sale: One-third of thepurchase money in the balance in two equal fustaliments, je in one aud two years ‘with interest from “day of sectred by deed of trust upon the property sold. "don of the purchaser, jot complied with fa ten days the property will be aoid at nak and cost of defaulting pure ‘A deposit of 850.0n Jot will be required when propery ia noted domi i ‘alco of veyaucing at purchaser. iG. RIAL fraeey woe Feta Ja28-dkde : Baltimore, Md. THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED AS TO LOTS Deand F Sanare Tae lo FRIOAY FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH. 158: part of Lot 7 Square 634, to SATURDAY, FEBRUAKY EIGHTEENTH, seb, Same hour and place m1 Feat, BUVONS Trustees, 3: ea te Eo: =f! B ; 008 SB. Ck i : Perfect sanitary arrangements. passed UAT SIRS LEWIS EPPS OTEL PEMBROKE, NORTH CARO- rv LINA AVE. NEAK PACIFIC ieeait Ceaat LANTIO CITY,N. J. Cheertul, Honelike, Best Attention. ' Open all the year. WAKREN Tr. JA: COBY, Manager. ‘wZto0-2ino-Jul60-Lin HE WINDSOR, teat 7 A Pros Srarevenr. Atlantic City.N, J. Hiss purchased ihe Berkeley.” Now open. ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST, WE HADA FIRE IN OUR STORE. NOT A GARMENT WAS. BURNED; NOT MORETHAN A DOZEN OR TWO WET; BUT ALL THE STOCK ON OUR FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS WAS SMOKED, NOT ENOUGH TO DISCOLOR THE GOODS, BUT LEAVING THEM WITH AN ODOR OF SMOKE. WE NOW OFFER EVERY GARMENT ON THESE FLOORS AT HALF-PRICE. NET CASH TO ALL. THE PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE THE FIRE. WE LEAVE THE FORMER TICKETS ON THEGOODS, YOU SEE THE ORIGINAL PRICE AND DIVIDE IT BY TWO. THESE GOODS WERE UNTIL THE FIRE 43 FRESH AND CLEAN AND IN AS GOOD ORDER AS ANY GOODS IN WASHINGTON, AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN “CUT” IN PRICES EXCEPT FOR THE DAMAGE BY SMOKE. MANY OF OUR LINES, AS YOU HAVE SEEN BY OUR PREVIOUS “ADS.," HAD ALREADY BEEN REDUCED IN PRICES. THOSE REDUCED PRICES ARE “CUT IN TWO IN THE MIDDLE," SAME 43 ALL THE REST. MANY OF THE GOODS ARE OF MEDIUM WEIGHT, SUITABLE FOR SPRING USE. WE DO NOT WANT TO PUT FRESH SPRING GOODS IN WITH THESF, AND WE MUST, THERE- | FORE, DISPOSEOF THEM AT ONCE TO MAKE ROOM FOR SGRING GOODS. OUR STOCK CONSISTS OF HEAVY AND ME- DIUM-WEIGHT BUSINESS AND DRESS 8UITS, HEAVY, MEDIUM AND LIGHT-WEIGHT OVER- COATS, HEAVY AND MEDIUM-WEIGHT ODD PANTS, BOYS' Gong pants) AND SMALL BOYS’ (short pants), SUITS AND OVERCOATS, SALE BEGINS WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEGRUARY 8. E.B BARNUM & CO, 7 931 PENN. AVENUE. Ovr Stock Taxie will begin 800m, Aunitilation of Valuesin Every De- partment, MEN'S OVERCOATS, SUITS, PANTALOONS AND FURNISHINGS. YOUTHS' BOYS’ AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING. Chinchilla Overcoats, from $10 up. Satin-Lined Overcoats, from $13.50 up, Prince Albert Suits, from $20 up. Four-Button Cutaway Suits, from $12 up, Business Sack Suita, from $8 up, (Children's Overcoata, from $2.50 up. Children's Suits, from $2.50 up. ‘Pantaloons, from $2.50 up. Other Goods not mentioned will be sold at s reduc- tion, no matter what the former pric NOAH WALKER & CO, a2 625 Pennsylvania ave, GRATEFUL—COMFORTING, EPP’s COCOA BREAKFAST. Knowledge of the natural laws ¥! gE, Siosa’ Toll ‘8 properly frame.” —Civil eee revere ae sae JAMES EPPS & CO., Homaopathic Chemists, fll-amatu-St ‘London, England. Poxezs Har Busan (Cleanses and beautifies the hair. Promotes s luxuriant growth. ‘Never fails to Restore Gray Hair to ite ‘Youthful Color. Cures Scalp Diseases and Hair falling. ‘50e. at Drugwiats. ja7-wke.1 Guaes: Gans Gases HOME i! HOME AMUSEMENTS! ‘New Gashes constantly arriving. MAGIC LANTERNS! MAGIC LANTERNS! ‘ew stock from 490. to $16.50. ‘Just received New Steam and M-chanical Toys, BABY COACHES! BABY COACHES! All New Styles, Low Prices, eset 407 Penn. ave, adjoining National Paris and London. GEO. WHITE, 1106 Fst aw, a ~ ba iTH ST. ASHION ABLE ia] attentiob given to art tention. aes! wus SSsmn ef} aon 28 | IN OUR MISSES';MUSLIN UNDERWEAR DEPT. | unsurpassed stock in this department, second to none in the city, it would be well for you | fore purchasing anything in that we have too wing—they must be closed out—and mut on them acconiinely fe % and low neck, fine cambric em: to examine our stock locking over our stack we prtces have been T Lot of Misses’ handsomely trimmed with lace broidery. Ther hae Deen seling for. asst 1 Lot of Misnes’ Cheniisa handsomely trimmed with 1 Lot Children’s Drawer Lecgiis, in brown, red, __7TH,STHAND DSTS_ iGERT, 419 9TH ST N. W. SCOURING AND DRY CLE. 1205 New York ava, work of evary ‘The best is “MILLEKS PRIDE” brand, ‘Biack label on cans (14 Iba each.) 31-03 ‘Mila, DROGHEDA. TRELAND, F YOU DEsine « il Duis o1OUS COFFEE tn POOLE AMERICAN BREAKFAST. Tela, without douvts the Dest Colles ever offered tis market. 330 per Ib. sad as Frovm THE BEST FLOUR IN THE WORLD: e £3 p> OS pe ym BEES ‘900 RE : THE CELEBRATED MINNESOTA PATENT PROCESS, Beware of tmitations of the Name and Prand an@ve sure and see to it that either sacks or barrels cesd tion, ANTON AND CAROLINE LERCI a Fischer and Maison Yriese, Parte, ‘System. C. Cunuingham, Fur Repsirt Mus M. J. Pras: 1309 F st. n.w. (Mrs. Hunt'ay Has returned from N with the latest styles FINE FRENCH HALE ooops we - a selection in “SHELL, AMBER, and DULL SePORNAMENTS. = = nd Bango Shingled, 1S5,LOTTTE DAVIS. y Shanipooer an formeniy with Mra. G. Thoupsot, 3th st. over Thotapsonre Drug NTON FISCHER'S DR} LISHMENT AND DIE WORKS B00 @ oe ‘Gent's Garmente of all kinds € without beta ed. Ladies" Event PRON, in located st. 703 fears’ experience. OOL GARMEN’ 3 MADE UP 01 » ood wouruing black ae \ierino Underwear ch Corsets and Bustles. = Coos Corsets and a $1 Corset (Miss H.'s own for the price is unsurpassed rench, German, aod ‘and ‘finest linpes Patent Shoulder Braces, and all Drews ‘Spanish spoken. mrl4 PROPOSALS. T, SUPPLY DIVISK INGTON, D. C.. FEBRUAKY 8, IsBs.—Sealed ite Will be received at this of PCLOCR NOOK, THURSDAY, y AR DEPARTM. iors dee! TWELVE. ster, more or less, Instructions to ae —_ —. ‘The right to peat seen Carpet and Ruga.” C,H HOYT, Amistant master, U. 8. Army. 3 | Bropoeal sina ing | _fe1-3m Rex x. FELOUZE,, 1416 F Street, Kelloge Washington, D.C. "District Bonds and all and Telepoue, Stoke H. LL, Cussoum & Co. No, 1428 F Street ¥, Banks Ine Bowtie nd ao FOREIGN EXCHANGE. INVESTMENT SECURITIES. Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold or Carried on ‘Marvin, ORDERS executed ou the New York Stock, Produce, Coffee, Cotton, and Petcoleum Exchanges and ‘on the Chicago Board of Trade. Direct Wires to the Offices of HENRY CLEWS & CO., NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, AND BOSTON. Ria & Co Basxzns, SUCCESSORS TO JACOB RICH, 613 15TH STREET. LOANS AND DISCOUNTS A SPECIALTY. INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS, J W. CORSON. 0. Ww. HACARTREY ¢ MACARTNEY, iG, 1419 F ST. N. W., Bankers aud Dealers in Guvernmen: Boude Loans. Collections. made, and all securities stod of New York, Pulladsi riaity made of Luvestunent Securities. District ‘aud ail Local tilroad, Gus, Insurance, ad Tel- bone stork dealt in ee rican Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. jy18 WINTER RESORT: T= ‘OGLE1HOKPE, BRUNSWICK BY THE SEA, GLOVER BUILDI its. Railroad Stoc! on the Exchauy and Baltimore Entirely new, built of brick, with all modern Dow oped, Anccunimoristen SUG. Fos Teeter information or circular sadreas ‘8. E. CRITTENDEN, Manager, House, Cooperstown, X.Y. : Iateof Proprietor of Cé ‘Hygela Hotel, Old Point Comfort, Va. d30-ma,w,f.208 JREAD AND BE WisE_DR BROTHERS, ad iunde oat teat be “CORRES And have the imprintot TWO GOLD MEDALS Attached, Nene gebuine without thetwo gold medals ‘W. M. GALT & 00, Ot ‘Wholesale Flour and Grain Dealers, |_ PIANOS AND ORGANS. SELECTED. WARHANTED, “PIANOS AND On SSGANs at reasonable prices, GUSTAV -M. KUHN, 407 10th st, prectival Hianosnaker and’ Juver. imerly foreman with F.C. Lihte & | Stemway & Sous. Solis the goble” KRAKANEL BOR PIANOS PEASE PIANOS, and BOKDET | [HE ESTEY PIANO Ts A GREAT "G0" IN THIS | EL city. Numerous purchasers are reedi | its beauty of tone and duretilty, It | dase Piao at's moderate pr | new andatrikine!y bandscme, | were 40 sympathetic to me as those of your , Ln Uses the “Weber” ex lumively. | SANDEKS & STAYMAN. Sole Agenig, O54 Fan w os ‘of DECKER BROS. rank as HIGHEST GRAD! Instrumente. Their position on tue “Pedestal | Fame” #8 secure aud ung vestioped. SANDERS & STAYMAN, Ste 4 “ente *. RGAN TON ‘ | etecta the mont arproveds nachauial devicee tens ra oved, nee veo are chitractoristic features of the The new Extey “Puilharmonic” Organ lea wonder ‘terms. Pianos ‘ Fasy ul for reut. ANDES & STAYMAN. $34 F st. n. w., Washington, DC. \. Charles st, Baltimore, Md Satu wt a ve Importer of MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STEINWAY, UABLER, DENK NO. BIGGS, AND oe OTHER PIANOS: STRONG & CLALKE'S STERLING ORGANS Pianos and reais for sale or for rent upou resson- “Tuning. Repairing, and Moving done by competen workine _ widisrts 4 G. L. Wn» & Buos. 700 7th st.n.w. Established 1864 Worid-renowned Kranich & Mach and other Pianos and Organs at low prices and vasy terms. Tianos for Frutat reduced rates ‘nyecial attention to turug asad Fepairing. biauos ith best appliances fai FARE: 8 DAYS CELERRATED UrRiowt Piacios, tuprowed by bw fateuca, Pity tore Abuse Puanos ordered for the New Eiseland Gonssry So ctl fe, story. of supreme excellence, Hla SUMNER, Agent, B11 Yet st nw. “1 Es Bs LS ‘ALED IN b TUUC WOREM. pres ance EABLET. vag wo ow pects nee EAL aaa wo “New Artutic Styles,” finishes in desiems of SECOND-HAND PIANOS. A fine assortment of guendnent malsect al puiow, FEARS. POR KENC KNABE & CO., as S17 Market I lo Nor Prnenasr UNTIL YOU SEE THE EMFRSON PIANO. A thorvughly firet-class iustrument ate medium prion ‘Over 41,000 now in ase. Second-hand Piauos ‘and Oneans st prices from 610 seo ed on etal onal pagar Targest x @z a2 2LLZ4 2, abourtuwent of Unie in the city. BENKY EBEEBAC apt 915 Fat ‘We have the Finest Collection of VALENTINES. SACHETS, and HAND-PAIN 1 ED NOVELTI es in tno ity, Also. a full lipe of CARD apd LACK VALEN- the Lowest, ranging from 2e. to $5: 416 7th stroet 5B. w. Paasos Varextixe Anr Prrsts AND a NOVELTENTINES su LACE VALEATINES CC PUBSELL. ica 418 Oth et PROFESSIONAL __ WME. KE TELLS ALL 1HE EVENTSOF cop nden tal eudeen se. ‘conta cach, "408 1 surcet between ath and ‘be. Fine Gold, Bilver, and Nickel Plating dome, Koti Ae ara Re Se ee ome | maiggemiet acer x CuI Pew —x = 3 m nottaee a