Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1888, Page 7

CHEAP MEN, CHEAP WORK. ) Am Aqueduct Which MORE TESTIMONY BEFORE THE MILITARY COURT INVESTIGATING TRE FRAUDULENT CONSTRUO- ‘TION OF THE WATER WORKS EXTENSION. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the proceed- ings of the tunnel court of inquiry were re- sumed after the recess by the calling of Oscar HL Briggs to the stand. HY stated that he is still employed by the Government as an in- He was employed first in 1886, and continued until September, 1887, as a bricklayer. During this time the packing was fair; over the arch it was good. The witness that he was made an inspector in May, 1888, and then gave a detailed account of his | @uties in this capacity. His daily duty ap- He | was instructed to seo that in the packing | carefully set in transmitted a ‘o| him west of Rock more than a nthg the Rg ra spectors ever reported ansthiig wrong to him. o1 a by him. Witness was paid $90 a month by the Govern- resents from the ‘ownsend in the | el _abont twice a week, and saw Major | peared to be a pretty heavy one. each stone should be place im cement. He order to the snb- tors under the sub-inspector under Creek he gave orders not to key w half bay ata time. Not one o! him. All the bad work found was discovere ment; received no pay or contractors, He saw Lieut. ydecker down there but once. ‘THE WORK As GOOD AS COULD BE EXPECTED Fnow | HE MEN EMPLOYED TO Do IT. Considering the character of the workmen | hired to do the packing it was as good as could | be expected. Such rubble masonry should be | done by experienced masons. Witness thought | that the workmen tried to deceive the idspec- tors, in order to have time to loaf. Whenever he suspected bad work witness reported it to Kirlin, who was his su In reply to Col. Hi was satisfied that with the inepee rior office contract. Witness never ness found bad melaria. were dismissed on account of bad work. In witness’ opinion the bad work done from a want of sufficient inspection. CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY. Briggs’ testimony brought forth nothing far- ther, and he was succeeded by Thos. Lanigan, Royal Carroll and J. W. Collins, stone packers, who testified to about the same condition of things that has already been exposed. court adjourned at about 4 o'clock. perce ae ese Seeing the Country. Will Not Hold on me near Craig-y-Nos Part in the execu dneted Opera. T answer you, Yes. r. es witness said that he ‘tion he gave | the work it was up to the requirements of the | advanced word | as to the coming of the lieutenant. When wit- work he complained to the sub-inspector. Sometimes received foolish ex- euses, such as that the sub-inspector had In such a caso witness always re- the man to Kirlin. One or two sub- | aithard. tion; I want youat once.” | Romeo at the will wait for you." claimed Patti, “but it’s such a delicious To create a role, and such a role, at the opera in Paris before the public which I love so well, The | which has so spoile value so highly! But the prospect you open to | me is too beautiful! id!” “Afraid!” fairly shouted M. Gailhard. “you, PATTI AND GOUNOD. How the Great Artist was Secured to Create the Role of Juliet. The Paris Figaro prints an interesting story of the way in which Mme. Patti was engaged to create the role of Julict in Gounod’s opéra of “Romeo and Juliet,” which is to be presented in Paris under the direction of the composeron the 23th instant, and of the care which was taken to surprise M. Gounod with the good news. On October 23 Messrs. Ritt and Gail- hard, directors of the opera, were consulting Mr. Gounod in reference to the rehearsals, when a telegram was handed to M. Gajlhard. He tore it open hurriedly, glanced rapidly first at the signature and then at the contents, and then excitedly handed it to Gounod. The com- ser wiped his glasses and began Jace lighting up as his eve passed line, and at the close of to read, his from to the reading he Gailhard’s hand an@ shook it warmly, while | toars of joy filled his eyes. Here is the dispatch which so sensibly affected the great composer: M, Guithard, Director of the bly Dear ot Ports: a have been more fuck winkoh you mince Che Or he ou invite ine tates mofan artistic chef @cuvre con- y the inaster himself, to create Sg: When the composer's evidences of joy had ‘Com toucl what moderated, M. Gailhard related to Rey ap under which Patti had consented to sing the part, and explained to him that the negotiations bad been in order that he — not be too severely Di shoul e wey October 20 ‘M Geilhard took the train from Paris, having previously telegraphed Patti that he was coming, and the folowing ae 5 at dinner he appearet -y-Nos, in Wales. pt secret dis artist deelino the at the Castle «-L will wager,” said the diva, as she welcomed the director, ‘that Lknow what brings you here. You have come to make propositions the Exposition.” me for “You have lost your wager,” answered M. ¥ “I don't want you for the \si- “At once! What do you mean? A benefit? A charity concert?” “Better than that. We are paring for -a; will you be the duliet?” «You are serious in proposing me?” “Do I look like — r “TI beg pardon! is is such a surprise. And “When it pleases you to sing.” “But I have engagements to the middle of eep your engagements and we when do you want me?” November.” “You will ke “It seems to me that Iam sown, ex- ‘eam. me, and whose approval I Tam afraid! HOW A PORTLAND MAN GBATIFIES MIs Love For Who have sung Juliet more than a hundred TRAVEL. From the Portiand Advertiser. A Portland boy is taking an odd way to “see the country,” as he terms it. He is a natural | mechanic. He learned the trade of a wood times, the role which you love the best and in which you have won some of your greatest | triumphs!” “Yes; but I have always sung it in Italian.” “And Marguerite, and Valentine; did you sing them in Italian at the old opera? Have you s? turner, incidentally making himself familiar | forgotten those delicious night with all the ordinary wood-working machines. ‘Then he went to work in # machine shop, and is now able to run all the common iron-working machinery. At the age of twenty-one years he “What a tempter you are! Shall we try it?” Patti took the French part which ML. Gail- hard had brought with him, seated herself at the piano, and with her golden voice rendgred the celebrated waltz song of the has become desirous of seeing how business is | Gailhard was in ec ra. M. “will not eave asies. carried on in the principal cities of the United this castle,” he exclaimed, “without your sig- States. His health, too, was not of the best, interfering to some extent with his regular nature to the. engagement.” such a hurry to sign. d bh must have time to examine the entire work in Patti was not in She insisted that she work. He has solved the problem of how to French, and promised to give her answer in two attain his desires without any capital to speak of. He worked in Boston for a year or two pre- vious to sturting out on his travels. Last Janu- or three days. added, “more than for yours, I hope that it will meet your wishes. “And for my own sake,” she Say to M. Gounod that I ary he disposed of all of his personal effects am touced to the bottom of my heart by the and went to New York. He remained there long enough to see the city as much as he cared to. Then he went to Philad later to Baltimore, staying several days in egch city. In Washington he gota job and went to work. He made money enough to pay his ex- enses there and his fare to Richmond, Va. At Richmond he worked fora month or two and then started out fora summer expedition on the Alleghany Mountains. He was always a great walke- and he was | k on his | back he tooted across the mountains, camping | at | ing about 300 miles, and | now in his element. With a kn: out by the way and picking up his food as he could. After walk honor which he has done me, and that if I re- coil before it it is only through mistrust of hia and | myself.” | ‘The great singer sent her answer within the three days, and it was the answer which caused such a joyfa’ surprise for M. Gounod, and which has made all Paris wild with excitement over the coming production of “Romeo and Juliet.” Hugo’s Unpublished Works. OLD MANUSCRIPTS IN THE HANDS OF HIS LITERARY EXECUTOR, I craved the favor of a personal interview having geined 40 pounds since he left Boston, | With M. Jules Teller, the literary executor of he foun himself at Parkersburg,W.Va. There | the poet, writes Lucy Hooper in the Philadel- he stayed a few days and then proceeded down phia Telegraph. This favor was at once ac- the Ohio River. At Huntington, W. Va., he went to work in the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- road shops. At last accounts he was still there. but intended to leave for Cincinnati shortly. ition This boy is apparently simflar in dis as been at work in the com- to the man who ‘ing rooms of different newspapers in Port- | fina th He was in New Hampshire | is summer. this spring, and bethought himself that he had worked in every state in the Union except Maine. Directly he packed his valise and came to Portland. He is a good compositor, and had no difficulty in getting a jobat once. He stayed e summer, making a trip to | When it | there during Canada during the hottest weather. began to grow cold, he lost his liking for the Pine Tree state, and now he is south to spend the winter. Louisville, Ky. - 0 His Intention was Good. BUT BE MADE A MISTAKE IN SELECTING THE INDIVIDUAL. Bob Burdette in the Brooklyn Eagle. One time I felt that I was not doing my duty by the strangers who occasionally came to the church wherein I was a pew-holder. I said that I would keep an eye out for the stranger and take him in with a cordiality that would make his hair curl, so to speak. Sunday morning dawned and my resolution still held good, although three or was the usual limit for for strangers. I was going to show that church how to welcome the sojourner and the stranger I missed two or three good shots on account of my shyness, as I was new nd wasn’t very well within our gate. at the welcoming buine acquainted with the church ple anyhow, hada terrible fear of making a mistake. So I let three or four thoroughbred strangers get past my look off and wander around into wrong places, only to be stared out of the pew when the family came in. But by and by, just about the hour for opening service, I made a base hit. Anold man come in, with a timid, uneertain step, and I had him by the arm be- fore he knew where he was. He whispered, “never mind,” but I told him that was what I was there for. He tried, in his feeble, timid, my: toslide intoaside pew, but I wouldn't iloted him into Ji en I forced an open luctant hand. and refasing to stay and listen to his faltered thanks, I went to my own seat, fol- lowed by a su: man’s face and eyes that made my heart warm all through the service. The people smiled at e Dustinashes’ pew. each other, and looked at me, as I had never been known todo such a thing before, but I didn't care. I had made one humble wor- eo feel at home in that church, I knew he would come back again. didn’t hear much of the sermon, I am afraid; Iwas thinking too pleasantly about myself. Weil, I was ri back’ again. richest and oldest members of that church. He had been baptized into it about the tim: jetting born. No wonder he was io wonder people smiled and everybody Pleased. No wonder I didn’t sho’ church for three weeks. ol im the suspicion that had been haunt- ing me im a vague, shadowy way for some years ed roceeding His home is in Blas, four days old. This and pleased me, as two days my best reso- lutions. Well, I took a back seat and laid low from occupying himself with his in his later years Victor Hugo was very anxious to finish ‘The Twins.’ friends, Messrs. Paul Meurice and Augnsse Vacquerie, to look for the missing manuscript; but it was not tobe found. ‘There before their eyes was the MS. of ‘Count Jean,’ but none of the searchers ima it. I walked him up the center aisle, and ymn-book into his re- rised, pleased look in that old and ht about the old man coming je came back several times, a number of times, in fact, but he found his own seat after that memorable Sunday. I “ learned after service that he was one of the | messages by means of sign: —— — entirely supersed telegraph. tives poet the Second Empire—such as his I was 'y face at h No wonder that I was | force by losing their actuality. corded to me, and on a dreary autumn morn- ing a few days ago I found myself seated before | the writing table of M. Teller in his office on | the Rue de Verneuil. He is quite a young man, with well-cut features, brown, earnest eyes, and a pointed, dark-brown beard. It was his enthusiasm and deep admiration for the genius of Victor Hugo that led to his being selected for the responsible task of editing and arrang- ing for publication the great poet's unpub- lished works. “Tam afraid, Madame,” he began, “ that I can tell you very little more than has already been given to the public. some particulars respecting the lost drama of “The Ir enough, in full view among the cover to the } and nobody imag Jean’ had anything to do with the piece entitled You want to know 3, and its final discovery ? Oddly never was really lost. It was always tor Hugo’s papers, but bore the title ‘Count Jean," ed that the drama of ‘Count “The Twi Victor Hugo commenced the work in 1838, just after he had finished ‘Ruy ‘With his usual impetuosity and energy asa worker, he never stopped writing till he had completed one-half of the play. Just at this point ‘Les Burgraves’ was brought out at the Comedie Francaise, and was hissed from the stage with such tokens of malignity and per sonal enmity that Victor Hugo, deeply wounded, declared that he would never give another drama to the Parisian stage. under the thrown aside, and the greater novelist, and and thoughts to ‘Les Miserables.’ Meantime he incautiously rr a full account of his un- finished play ans ceased painter, M. Gustave Boulanger, who, with singular want of delicacy, repeated the description to Alexandre Dumas, who forthwith shape Bragelonne.’ So ‘The Twins,’ rovisional title of ‘Count Jean,’ was eat dramatist turned jevoted his whole time its plot to the recently de- from it the plot of his ‘Viscount de “This fact still further discouraged the poet ma. it He’ deputed his best ined for a moment that this work was the one for which they were looking. It was not till after Victor Hugo's death, when his literary remains came to be set in order, that the true state of the c: was dis- covered. And so, by the incautious use of a sub-title by the poct himself, the stage is de- prived of another drama from the pen of Vic- tor Hugo. “Nong of his other dramatic works that re- | main unpublished are, I think, suited to the- atrical representation, comedy in four acts, called ‘Five Thoussnd Franes Reward,’ which has | announced as being in one act only and as | bearing the title of ‘One Hundred Francs a Year.’ I should imagine, to the closet than the stage. The one-act comedy called — vroche’s Brother’ has suffered from being ublished when it was first written. Its action been erroneously ousand But even this is better suited, on the old-fashioned method of sending which has long by the electric So, too, some of his finest invec- ms ting the Mexican expedition and mh eaters meen end ——— —eee-— A Poet Lets Out the Tucks. that I hadn't much sense. I haven't any More | prom the Atlanta Constitution. now than I had then. fort: you don't need much in my business. ————— cee ____-_ A Fortune Won and Lost by Betting. Bt Louis Republic's New York Letter. Still, there’s one com- The season of warm rains and thunder show- One of the few men who came ont of the | birds of passage are fleeing at the sound of his racing season ahead - Asse! roar. Pigs squeal in the chill of the ‘Pre bearea erage mamta] FE Bag ome hag Elgato eae fat; the stubble browns and the harvesters hurry the corn crop home; autumn blazes with a vest home. lection of | seasons blend; when the _ Gideon. He is a man who bets on a large scale, owns a stable of horses, and mixes in politics a deal. His winnings on the turf the season amount to sum fellow, ive, ‘ork. a or on the e! round-shouldered sont th one of the most popular men tn Nees April warm bosom and | and cold, sunshine and shadow are lost in enchantment night air and all the land cries har- jow comes the time when all the smiles and tears of the of December, and heat the of Indian summer. EVENING STAR: d | ly and invisibly. There is, indeed, a | jy Pe Ree ey a Tea ee A Itis wrong to lie, now thet the campaign is over. ‘ifive inorcase in the crop this year will corn be welcome news to the None of the recent poets will ever be dto write hymns for the heavenly choir. ¢ brakemen go right on q ‘ardless of the discussion if isa family, and not Chills and Fever, as suppose. A new “safety” will, it is claimed, @iseherer sists oie Sine te, silent A recent publication is a book “to gid poets.” A vell fille pocketbook Pe aoe nen ot e In a doubtful state—the crowds around the telegraph office waiting for the returns from New York and Indiana, it would have saved many men _n great deal of anxiety and labor if Capt. Kidd had laid up his treasures in Heaven, Why is it that a man will continually take an “eye-opener,” when i sisted in they will make him “blind drank? If the campaign just closed had been a con- | and often Gon test Fisk would have won, for me was the handsomest of the presidential can- A man out West was recently tried zor steal- ing mpg but discharged because the evi- dence did not sustain the charge. There was a link wanting. When once the car stove is completely ban- ished, railroad managers as well as travelers will wonder that it wes so long endured. So with the serial wires. ying diy: Tho trath tela ix nacore " aaid recently: » adraw- ing room is like a toon th of pure air in an at- asthma,” nted has sey- left, but there will be that much mosphere of fever and A wealthy Bostonian has recently each of his five children $1,000,000. eral millions Jess for the lawyers to fight over after his | Ath death. The Oriental Society of Baltimore had a very animated discussion recently of “The Quanti- tative Variations in the Calcutta and Bombay Texts of the Mahab-harata.” It had nothing to do with the tariff. Women care little for politics. hey, don’t value the sweets of bossism on the outside, be- cause their predilection for tyranny is satisfied indoors. They believe in home rule, and prove their faith by their works. A California pastor created a sensation the other ry 6 a3 ®@ sermon by giving out a hymn to be sung by the choir to a lively tune, we _ remark: ‘Perhaps = oe Ep to wake the congregation up,” and it The New Yorker who, r witnessing a per- formance by the great French comedian, said, “Well, I've listened to both of Coquelin’s mono- logues, but I can’t tell whether he is for Cleve- jand or Harrison,” probably voted for Fisk. portunities for great usefulness, like thou- sand-dollar notes, seldom come to ordinary mortaly but little kindnesses and benefactions are wanted daily, and, like small change, are =, necessary to carry on the business of life and happiness, The word roorback originated in 1844, when a fictitious story was published for purposes of political intrigue, and which purported to be an extract from the travels of Haron Boor- back. The baron’s name has thus become a synonym for a a lie, although he him- self was innocent of any such guile. Mrs. Alfred Hemenway has carried on the work of education in Boston on a novel plan for the last fifteen years. Her idea is to edu- cate those who are too old to go to school and whose early education was neglected. This school grew out of a mere accident, but now it numbers hundreds of pupils and teachers, Hadji Sulyman Saba, a Mohammedan gentle- man residing in Constantinople, died recently, shaving reached the very respectable age of 132. He had seven wives, sixty sons, and nine daughters, and had survived them all. At the time he married his last wife he was 98, and when she joined the majority he would have married again only he was too poor. sehen Ebert lial fa * Primitive Arithmetic. From London Punch. New Mistress—‘And what wages do you ex- pect?” New Cook—“Well, mum, it depends on the style you live in. If I’m to do the dining-room, entrance, ‘all, and doorstep, as well as the cook- ing, like in a middle-class ‘ouse—£20 a year. But if I'm to have a kitchen-maid to ’elp, and nothing but the cooking to attend to, like ina gentleman's ‘ouse, I shall require forty!” see To London by Rail. HOW*PROGRESS WILL MAKE THE RISKS OF OCEAN TRAVEL UNNECESSARY. From the Portland Oregonian, People will, instead of risking the dangers of an Atlantic trip and the horrors of mal de mer, as well as for the purpose of saving time, leave New York for London via Portland and St. Pe- tersburg, and thus will be exemplified more fully the great speech of Senator Benton, when, in pointing from Washington toward the Paci- fic, he exclaimed: “There lies the East; there lies India!” There are now two lines of railway runnin; eastward trom St. Petersburg toward the Ura Mountains, one terminating at Orenburg and the other at Ekaterinburg, and the czar has lately approved of a plan to build a railway continuing from the Ural Mountains to the Pa- cific Ocean, a distance of about 7,000 miles, in- cluding the 1,500 miles already constructed from St. Petersburg to the Ural. This road will have its eastern terminus at Viadivostock, which is situated at the farthest southern ex- tremity of Russian territory lying on the Paci- fic coast on thatside. This, of itself, will much — the trip from St. Petersburg to Ameri- an Pacific coast ports, superinducing, as it will, a line of steamers from Vladivostock to American ports, across a much narrower por- tion of the Pacific Ocean than that of the course of the steamers now plying between Vancouver and Yokohama. But in a little time, compara- tively, the route will be all-rail from St. Peters- burg to New York. The generation now grow- ing up will make the trip. ————.6e——____ Result of Shopping Without an Inter- preter. From a Private Letter from Germany. Our attempts at shopping without an inter- preter are sometimes provocative of much laughter. Every imaginable article will be offered for our acceptance and cash until we chance to spy the needed wares. One shop- keeper was bound to please. I drew on paper with a pencil whgt I intended for a hair-pin, Imagine my surprise when an hour later the self-same fellow was politely shown into my room and with many bows and a great flurry of wrapping papers a ificent pair of fire- tongs was produced. The look of satisfaction on his face was a study as he held them for me toadmire. When the fraulein (who does my talking) explained it Was not what I desired, ‘is sunny face was an. eclipse, total. He ex. plained that not having what he sup) at was in search of he had gone tothe foundr and bonght the finest tongs there for the “am- able American.” I now hesitate to ask for a lead pencil, fearing a telegraph pole will be sent me. —9e—____ A Young Hopeful’s Recitation. From the New York Telegram. The laugh which played about the mouth of @ passenger on an Indiana avenue car one morn- ing last week, and which occasionally broke into « low, insinuating chuckle, prompted one of the man’s friends who noticed it to ask him ite cause. The man laughed again and then said: "Pact is, my boy, I have a little daughter who will be three years old next month. Yes- terday one of the ‘little girls in the neighbor- wanted to take her toa kindergarten ler : i H & Ye iH WASHINGTON, D. pats ‘The parliamentary committee appointed 40 fousider » revision of the French constitution decided, by a vote of 6 to 4, in favor of re- vision by a specially conyoked ase seml . A dyoamie exploded io a.contetcy office in the Rue Bocher, Paris, uoeday even- Fomee th ich damage th Li Hy 8 ie H i aE BE ry é Se ees aed ci ret neat Seeorted stock of cognac, vermouth bitters ‘oles, is still possible. Senor Castelar thinks the establishment of universal suffrage the most needed reform in in, TS cor William will visit Constanti in the spring, on the occasion of his sojourn to ens, eee eleanor Stranger than Fiction. BLOWN TO ATOMS BY DYNAMITE ABSORBED IN THE SYSTEM. From the Chattanooga Times. . The following most remarkable story is furnished the Huntsville Mercury by one of its reliable correspondents, WERY, BLount County, AxA., Oct. 24, 1884.— A strange occurrence took place near here yes- day which I will not attempt to explain’ but give you the facts as they are. A party of irmingham capitalists, largely interested in the minerals of the region, andsome prominent railroad officials were here on a tour of inspec- tion with the view of opening some beds of iron ore and selecting the most practicable route for the extension of the new railway that leads up this valley. This, indeed, seems to have been the true battle ground of the gods, with “Pelion piled upon Ossa” to the utter confusion of the geologists, who cannot account fer red iron .ore in one side of a mountain, brown on the other, with veins of coal immediately un- derlying the top, on both sides; so it was deter- mined to leave them out of the party and carry along a practical man, familiar with the forma- tions peculiar to this valley, for all geological information necessary in making an approxi- mate estimate of the amount of solid and loose rock to be encountered on the extension. Ac- cordingly an old foreman, Mr. Merts, who had been in the valley on the new road since April, and had also had large experience in railroad- ing in the West, was selected. He was an in- telligent, sober, and industrious man, who regularly once a month sent the greater part of his earnings to his wife and children in Kansas. He gave his opinions only after the most careful examinations, and the gentle- men had implicit confidence as to their accuracy, The party reached a perpen- dicular bluff about 15 feet high when Mr. Merts climbed down to a ledge about 6 feet from the top and with his hammer was investi- wating the character of the stones and its robable thickness. The gentlemen above eard several blows from his hammer, then apparently a quantity of loose rocks falling and immediately a terrific explosion. They were all considerably shocked but not other- wise hurt, and at once went to the edge of the precipice, where they detected the strong odor of dynamite, but to their consternation could see nothing of Mr. Merts. After a careful search some small pieces of his clothing were found hanging in a tree about 30 feet from the ground, but that was all. The question for the scientists to settle is what caused the explosion. A num- ber of people from Birmingham have visited the place, but I have heard only one plausible theory, and that was advanced by Mr. Schultz, a scientist. It is known positiveiy that Mr: Merts had no dynamite with him, and Mr. Schultz says the only possible way to account for the explosion is that he had constantly for a number of years been handling dynamite and nitro-glycerine, and that so much had been taken into his system by absorption that it was only necessary for him to receive a slight jar to set it off, which was done when he struck the ground on falling from the ledge. Whether this story is true or not I can’t say, par the facts as they happened, and they canbe substantiated by a number of citizens in thls vicinty and Birmingham, who will in- form you if there is any more light on the sub- ject. Very respectfully, Powper Jupson. Emperor William’s Digs at France. From a Beplin Letter. Anew development is reported eoncerning the engagement between Princess Marguerite de Chartres and Prince George, the second son of the king of Greece, an engagement that was at one time authoritatively announced and was afterward officially denied. It appears that ne- gotiations for the betrothal had begun favor- ably, when the emperor of Germany interposed and used his all-powerful influence to break off the match. It would not do for one of his sisters to have a French princess for a sister- in-law, and as the duke o: ‘ta is to marry the Princess Sophia of Prussia, Prince George must seek for a wife elsewhere than among the daughters of the detested nation, In the Same Box. From Harper's Bazssr. Mrs. Toosweet—‘I shouldn't have takena bit of comfort all summer if I’dknown you'd taken up smoking again.” Mr. Toosweet (placidly)—“Neither should I, my love.” Pretty Candy Girls. A NOVEL COMBINATION OF SWEETS IN CONFRO- TIONERY SHOPS, From the San Francisco Call. “I would like to be able to give that poor girl a position,” said the proprietor of a well- known candy store toa Callreporter yesterday, as a plain, neatly-dressed young woman passed out of the door, “but she is too homely, We must have a certain type of girl for our busi- ness; in fact, no other kind can sell candy.” “And what type is that?” “Look around and see. They are all of me- dium size, roly-poly figures, with id and complexions. A girl with a wetof teeth isa constant reproach to candy-caters, and a man will not buy from them at all, [tis generally that women buy more cand) ony i realize: that he must a ‘1 the counter to wait npon iressl ombemnte Another thing I have noticed, women, as arule, 8) grap. instinctive! adly-dressed girl.” ————+o+_____ British Manufacturers Alarmed. HARRISON'S ELECTION CAUSES THEM A SCARE. Acablegram from London says: The result of the presidential election has caused alarm in Yorkshire, where the woolen manufacturers claim to have a reliable “tip” that the republi- can goes was to be introduced in Con- gress iter will place a of 45 cent upon all manufac’ aan and Don't write poetry unless you are forced to do so, either by hunger or by the enthusiasm of your muse, Do not be cast down because you receive $2.50 instead of €250 for your first effort. «Uf possible, avoid rayming ee ; rade _ “Ringars™ with « Never that comes your way un- solicited, advertisements is a profita- ble vocation: and than men, but that is not true, I don’t | death. t men consume the candy they ~ 1 doubt if they do. But every can deer fay drive daughter of by his mar- riage with the celebrated Princess Stephanie de Beaubarnais. Her elder sister is the dow- ager princegs of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, the mother of the reigning prince, and of the king of Roumania and the Comtesse de Flandre. The duchess had lived gbroad almost entirely since 1851, when she took an aversion to Scot- land, because during the papal aggression frenzy a mob of furious fanatics attacked her corsinge when abo mae driving from car conepea from being maltreated the coachman suddenly whippi: and off at a ‘gallop. the twenty-four years the duchess had her time between. her villa at on, her a the Lake of Constance, at Paris, and ot resent duke of Hamilton, rich, and it is ex- pected Prince Alexander of Hesse his sons, the Battenbergs (of whom she was véry in fond), will benefit considerably by her will. late duchess was a very great Paris, relates Truth, during the reij of her cousin, Napoleon III. She began Pay 29 pepten when he was prince-president, at the lysee, marchioness of by cme at that time, had three children in the of pace ped governesses, — a ry ey —_— spent his evenings in high play at Cercles and Maison d'Or. His father, a Scotch noble- man of the old school and averse to foreign ways, left him a splendid fortune and a palace ae Gleagow filled with rich and rare furniture and curios, but the duchess refused ,to live in Queen Victoria's dominions. She was left a widow about thirty years ago in consequence of her husband having fallen down stairs after aoypeer sb the Maison d'Or, and broken his . Whe real reason why he and his wife re- sided so much on the continent was the ueen’s refusal to allow her precedence at wwing-rooms of the duchess of Norfolk; as a member of a sovereign ily, from a German point of view she was just as “high and mighty” as no matter what Mecklenburg, Hesse, or Saxe-Coburg. There was no valid excuse for the refusal, which seems inexplica- ble, when it isremembered how the morgan- atic son of a younger Hessian princelet is being foisted as high, royalty on the British people. Her majesty could not have believed the story "7 current at Manheim about the Princess Marie, of Baden (Duchess of Hamilton), being a sup- | D. posititious child, and substituted for a prince with a malformed head, denoting the idiotcy which from time to time appeared in the grand ducal (or before Napoleon's time Margravine) ily. If there had been substitution, a boy would have been slipped into the place of the alleged idiot. The Manheimers, near whose city the Grand Duchess Stephanie used to re- ide, had some plausible explanation to give for the substitution of a girl—or, at any rate, one that satisfied them. The “true heir" was never a complainant. He was, the story went, found one day—full grown, nine, undressed, hairy as an Orson, and le to quit a crouching posture—near the Grand Ducal Park. Altogether he was more like an animal than a human being. How he £% to the place where he was discovered no- ody could ever guess. His vocabulary con- tained but two words, ‘‘Caspar Hauser.” ‘‘Cas- par Hauser” was the unvarying answer to every question. For some time it was supposed that he was the victim of some theorists who wanted to prove Locke’s philosophy by ‘experiment, nd who had kept him without any sort of ex- perience other than that of a hole in which he was brought up in solitude. Those who found hém put him in human training. He brightened up; took, in his Sunday clothes, a distinguished air; was mild, tractable, and showed gleams of memory extending far back toa few oases in his desert life. Speech was coming to him as he was assassinated. This murdercaused a stir along the Rhine. Caspar Hauser had a striking resemblance to past Margraves of Beden. Thie perhaps, was the reason why the tale of the substitution was told and believed. However. the late Duchess of Hamilton's early married | €Test vali life was poisoned by the queen’srefusal to treat her as a Princessof Baden. The terrible mis- fortune of the rest of her life was a terror of in- ternal cancer. She fancied herself liable to this disease, and believed she was preserved from its ravages by an American doctor, who, through her patronage, won a great practice, eee A Sunday-School Trust. From the New York Tribune. The latest thing is said to be aSunday-school trust, tho object of which “is to prevent the children traditg in Sunday-schools.” When a Sunday-school is about to give a festival or ex- cursion it is well known that it always increases very largely in membership just before the event. The trust will try to make this sort of thing impossible. eee New in Men’s Dress. From Table Talk. If pidictions are to be fulfilled, the women of society will have to look to their laurels the season just about to be inaugurated. The fashionable men are showing an alarming ten- dency toward discarding conventional costumes and adopting styles that are picturesque, to say theleast. We had a forecast of the unusual splendor during the past summer, when “gilded youths” sauntered about the ‘summer-hotel porches, their pristine flannel suits relieved with broad Roman sashes or wide metal belts, |, and now it is —— that the midwinter will herald styles yet more gorgeous. Some of the most courageous innovators give credence to the rumors by permitting their enterpris- ing tailors to use their names “en evidence,” as the French say; that our representative society- men, afew of them, will actually wear the Oriental sash, minus the waistcoat, this win- ter. for full dress. Now these same sashes are wide, of superb quality and exquisite color- ings. ‘There are pale grounds, such as pink or blue, with contrasting deeper tints running horizontally, and there are also deep grounds, garnet, stone, marine blue or royal purple, run with pale-colored bars. Yes, they are effective; 80 effective, infact, that the warning is to be repested; the belle of to-day needs tobe war or the beau will eclipse ner splendor. | We from all prospects the belle intends to be ex- traordinarily wary, for charming in the ex- treme are the costumes in course of comple- tion for the various midday and midnight en- tertainments that willsoon make the winter days speed by like so many fleecy clouds. . a eee! * " He Preferred to Look On. From the Atlanta Journal. A few days ago a new hand applied at the Atlanta street-car stables for a job. He was told to practice a day or two and his applica- tion would be considered. The applicant boarded a Mitchell street car, and stating his business, sat upon a stool “Perched and sot and nothing more.” When two or three trips had been made and the hand had not moved from the, stool, the driver said to him: “Look here, my friend, if you intend to learn this business you had better take hold of the brake.and lines and practice a little. “Naw, I won't, neither,” replied the man on ‘the stool as he braced himself back into a more comfortable position. ‘Ican learn just as well by looking on as I can by working myself to And he carried out his program until the demanded his stool. sales genoa sek a cates above preseuts wilh a pure! CARTERS, 7 Pte aes BANDLOME CLOTH, ‘wool, all colors. cash value NRIETTA CASHMERES, pearly one yard anda half wide, ‘very finest quality. ‘pure wool, all uced to Se “eclect one of the MPTORY SALE oF HORSES, $ on bo =. 2 Fons Asp Sealakin Ulsters, Vimtes, Jackets rs, Medeski Jackets Vi a, LOSE BUSINESS. AY MORNING. NOV ad TEN, at OK, we wall seil within the Bazaar ftesty Youne Draught Homes and Harness, Monkey Magis at & a ‘Collars and Stoles to match. ‘Lyn! Black aud Cinmamon Bear Mulls and and chaidren's Ws Bo + low iu price as any house in America, ous Suk Derby and Worsted Mats and ne ‘Suk and Derby Riding Bate,with and with WILLETT & RUOFF, Matters and Furriers, noms DOWLING, Auctioneer, gh 1888, COMME: and in front of my Auction on in the and is of a superior character. Coats and Baby pas, CAST-IRON PLPE, A aT XE O'CLOCK, NEW iP GECOND-HAXD SRR S AD seats AGONS AND \ EORGE W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer. EaenESh TS wee a FOURTRENTH ST! TS NORTHWEST. irtue of a certain Liber No, 1209, folio 847, et Req., Fevords of the District of Column! Buy the celebrated “CORTICELLI® SPOOL SILK AND TWI8T. 17 18 THE BEST. UNDIV DED SIDE T BED PAOE AND FIFTEENTH THE PALAIS iat — « SDAY deh thet _ Corner Pa. ave.and 12th st. at HA P.M.,a one-half undivided interest im and to Fi IN THE WORLD. AH. Brinkmann & Co, Baltimore, T Jot numbered two (2), in yaare two bi and tiv (204), situate in the city of Washington, ‘District of twelve months, i ‘th ood. a st.u.w. Branch, 203 Pa. ‘8 ion: #100 de- eel. ER, , nfaons,s Trustees. THE ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED UNTIL : LADIES—SEAL GARMENTS ALi BER SEVENTH, 1888, sa:uo ; muufis to order Mis a EVANS, m* 1201 Pennaylvani Mos. M. J. Hess, 1309 F STREET NORTHWEST, Invites special attention to her large and select stock, of MILLINERY, complete in all branches and at mod- INESDAY, NOVEM! id pl " BH. WARNER, GEORGE E. EMMON! ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UNTT ~ 4g NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH, |. H. WARN! 2 GEORGE E Fatwons,| Trustees. N W. BOWE, Real Estate Auctioneer. = ITE, GRANITE. Balance of stock of KID GLOVES, in off sizes, at ae i se29-3m_ ILY DRESS SHIELDS ARE ALLEGHANY RATL- NG INEXHAUSTIBLE By virtue of the Lereinafter-mentioned decree sell by auetion, at the office of the auctioneer, north 11th street, in the city of Richmond, Va, on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY, 1888, At ONE O'CLOCK P. M., the Tract of Land and one-half miles west of the Richmond and All it hase very, very acres, and known to be te, on which account t Philadel land, and now that the will | M p_ M, J. Praxos, 1309 F st. uw. (Mrs. Hunt's), FINE FRENCH HAIR GooDs, Also, A special selection in SHELL, AMBER AND DULB JET ORNAMENTS. ‘Hair Dressed and Bangs Shingled. = = ALL STY. FINE FURS OF E ERY DESCRIPTION, MUFFR BOAS, TRIMMINGS, &o. Old garments redyed and altered by the Misses CUNNINGHAM, 923 F st. n.w., second floor. __ 1310 8th st, nw. CURTAINS! LACEaT Doue up equal to new Mar. GENESTE, : 720 17th st. u.w., necond flaor. IRENCH DYFING. SCOURING ING ESTABLISHMENT, 1205 First-class Ladies’ wad Ly work of every oH, formerly with A Fischer ite Je2d-1y Of stone east or ‘west is all it West isa large user of sland is on the only road leading aud ‘the residue at int In the Circuit a the “I, W. 8. Leake, clerk y Con tify tliat duly given the bond in said cause on the 28th da: ‘Given under my hand: 2 Loanty of Henrico—Palmer the said cou hei - mouse gs So berty oe February, 1876. this 2d day of Rovember, 1888. W. 8. LEAKE, Clerk. Thirty-five years’ Goods calied for and LL-WOOL GARMENTS, dyed a good mourning black. WILLIAM McL¥. iD AVE ADE UP OR RIPP! decree in cause No. 10678, in Equity, in > ae ‘ourt of the District of Colum- — n SATURDAY PIANOS AND ORGANS. BER, 1 888, at FO! — ALLET & DAVIS’ PIANOS: SUPERB TON! Perfect in workmanship: price. Fine stock atsi1 oh et aw Saxpens & Sravsas, ‘We conduct the Piano and Organ business ‘ranches, We offer our fine line of Pianos shor » the Holidays now, M Age Qt . 1315, I Si 1s improved byt a Deel west, and subject to sixteen (16) is unim- fuupe day, at HALF-PAST FOUR lot twenty-seven (27), in square venty-eight (278), Fourteenth street norti of the widow. Lot | two hundred and se three-story and basement brick ho THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NO- at FIVE O'CLOCK P. ML, T shall offer nes, part of Jot seveiitoen (17). ip frame dwelling: No. 349 F ‘ellin on the rear of lot will be given at the ‘Terms of ale: One-third in cash, and the remainder Taal justalments at one aud two years fro the da; | for New Ones, rent Pi for sale, on the pres "eal The dimensions ther information will be SANDERS & STAYMAN, id avenue, $500; on Ni Circle, 8200, and on each of the other the terms are not complied sale the y may be hotice at the risk and cost of of square two hundred ree of taxes to June iteen (18) in square: forty wo (242), the toes paid by the Iffe tenant. of it the cost JAM if ROBER: B, MILLS ON THE KRAKAUER PIANOS: S.Sat cites Shatin ee ACE AOS: “S G. H. KUEN, General Agent, Also for “Pease” Pianos and Burdett Organs. - CK No, 13 THIRTY-FOURTH 8 WEL CORO DTENED AN Kart co Res 2 EST. A SMALL BRIC! AND DCRARILEDY ‘T ni ww ART. TH) TH STRKEE XD A TWO-STORY FRA‘ ). 514 TWENTY-FIRST 8° ae SECOND-I14 GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. G. T. Kus. the honor to inform you that his NEW GOOD§ re fits all garments made in big al memes = Gawrs: Scirs Scouren AND PRESSED FOR 61. Coats, 50c.; Pants, 25c.; Vexts, |