Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1888, Page 6

EVERYBODY RIDES Now. It is the Greatest Riding Craze Ever Known in Washington. AND TT PRoMIsEs TO BE STILL oREATER— FAVORITE HOURS AND ROADS OF THE HORSE- MAN AND WORSEWOMEN—WHAT IT costs— SOME OF THE SEST KNOWN RIDERS, ‘Nothing like the present rage for riding bas ever been known in Washington before. Asa Bright woman who was discussing the ques- tion the other evening put it, everybody who is anybody and a great many who aren't ride nowadays. Andariding man who ought to know says the craze has only just begun, and that within the next few years everybody will ride as regularly and as much asa matter of course as they dine or make calls now. New recruits to the ranks of riders are reported daily and, unlike the regular army recruits, ‘once they are in they never desert. Womeu and girls have taken to the saddle as enthus- iastically as their husbands, sweethearts and brothers. Instead of the lone horseman, look- ing as if he had just ridden out of the first page of one of James Payn’s novels, who was eccasionally met with on the suburban roadsa couple of years ago, gay cavalcades now dash along the picturesque highways out- side the city or fly recklessly across the com- mons. Men, women, and children make them up. Indeed. the women and children to be met on horseback any afternoon seem to out- number the men, and they add a new and in- iriting feature to the outdoor life of the city. ‘There are many who ride in the morning, but the great majority seem to find the afternoon more pleasant as well as more convenient. People fortunate enough ‘o be able to choose their own hours take »p about 11 o'clock after a late breakfast. rs go after Innch, but most prefer the hour ore dinner and dusk, when the busi and confinement at e cal exercise salutary as well lightful or close mental a enforces the necesst heavily taxed brain. ‘Then along all the stree andavennes leading to the dirt roads and ope commons the hors: nd horsewomen may beseen riding singly and i parties of two. three and even wore. When the hard and d and the safe phication slippery conerete is leit bebi dirt roads reached the exchanged for a rattling g: steeds amd riders go at « pace Tpon bat s that they usually aren't around. ‘THE FAVORITE ROADS, ‘The good roads to the north and northwest ad one need hardly take the same route twice if he rides every day for amonth. A pleasant road all weathers is that leading out to Brightwood by Airy Castle and across Piney branch. This road's hard bed keeps it compar: from deep mud in the wettest we goes up hill and down dale by easy gre« that make it picturesque. while not at all on the horses. The Soldiers’ Home rou fine, but they are more popular with lazy pe ple ‘who drive. than for the more advent ous spirts «ho love the exhilarating an harder exercise of the saddle. The open commons between Ith street and 9th st known as Columbia Heights, gives a hutie taste of iid cross-country ri fond of it, and the s Nl ridges afford « iced horses, 4 ¢ Columbia rood. cut avenie tired is Sprin away ice frown ad for unpr: stretch for 2 gallop from the head of ¢ ups and dow of the qi very power! that liveiy dashes ar cept for those who and are confident rid: The same thon. both of these rontes al for couples who want to teke a quiet ride where they will not meet too people and can exch: seenety and ¢ or up Nort nd thence to e grounds. street by Glenwood the back gate of th In fact, the: any nu invite the ever-in of hors men and women who enliven the suburbs every | ; afternoon. The White House grounds and the mall | the revers in front, and the w shouid not be fors: kept comparatively after heavy r: fact that heavy and wagons are not allowed on them. © TP who desire a shorttro: or easy gallop in threat- ening weather. or in fine weather, for that matter. find mding roads through mall a great are to be seen on them daily. WANTED, & DIRT ROAD. roads here A subject that has already been discussed a | little in an informal way by riders is the need | brooch just now much in favor with Pa ometin instead of concreted. to within a few blocks of | (i:moud. the other of frosted gold or else of” ck ensmel, Many oF the mew and beautiful brocades are 1 n- | reproduced with great exactnessefrom those Pressed with the ease with which even! y), of having few streets or avenues macadamized the center of the city. No one who has ev ridden a horse over the concreted strects of | Washington but has been unpleasantly ‘trustworthy auimals lose their footing on smooth, hard pavement. In wet weather danger is greatly increased. N. i wet. The nearest point at which a macad- amized roadway can now be struck is on Ver- mont avenue Rearly as smooth as com Iv in wet weathe extended down to Thomas circle every rider in the city, and every one who drives as well. would be gratified.” The avenne would not be | injured for residence purposes. ‘A Braz reporter on ‘a recent fine afternoon | counted no less than thirty-two people on | Dorseback om the suburban roads in the mouse | of an hour. Mr. Brown, of the riding academy. says there are probably 250 people in Wash: ton now who ride with more or less regularity. Nearly all the livery stables are going into the saddle horse business and the horse dealers are bringing into the city from Virginia and Ken- tacky guited horses, for which there is a good WHAT AN ovTrTT costs, Much more can be said for this craze of so- ciety people and others than can usually be | the reason that it is usually taken in the. open air. Even the patrons of the riding school | take to the road on pleasant days, and whem | the weather is such that they have to remain | on the tenbark. the big building is so well ven- | tilated that the air is equal to outdoors. As to Ling office work, could not afford it if they wished to economize in most economy in owning a horse, which. of coarse, is much more satisfactory ‘than ri livery horses, however good they may be. horses may be had at any | iid for £150, and occasionally a may be picked up for $25 are cheaper now than at any the year, as many persons do not to carry them through the winter. A per- desiring « horse, who bas reliable fridnds the country, may, through the latter, be E able to get genuine “bar, t this time of “the year, as farmers are generally anxious to realize on their stock | or foreed sales bargains m also be picked up oveasionally. does not tand horses i i 8 : affairs, but by paying €10 more a saddle that ‘rill outlast tivo of them, look much better and looks well and tires the thi if a person dies are tobe had for £40, all of pigskin or of al skin seats as soft a8 a kid glove, neath, aud the prettiest trimmings and finish: =. Bridies ith curb bi, two reins martingale, nre’t> be had for from €4 t0 $10, | Spécial Correspondence of Tae Evmxre Stan. Lissuex, Inztaxp, Dec. 3, 1883. In six of the thirteen counties in which I is shaped to the sad-| have so far experienced the delights of jour- A neat shaped saddle-cloth costs } neying afoot in Ireland, flax is an important en there are halter, sheet and blan- | agricultural product. The shamrock is an e stable. and these will cost | Irish emblem of the deepest sentiment; and A good is better with mort horses to use a saddle-cloth, and to quality and whether die'or not ket for crops, m: xpe go in f trowsers an expert bottoms of your trowsers to keep t the kee p of th As before remari riding has extended wonderfully within the day is over | physi- | of diversion for the | asy walk or mild trot is | Miss C. Okie, who carried off the honors at Ps jom interfere with, for the reason y often be scen on the ro da good one in | with riders is | ro} led. Woodley | as a hard bed, | was out | g Capitol | int roads | nel, m deep mud even | a evenit nd ever, ence and many horsemen | © Two Isremtacep CracvLaR Rixes n the | impossible to w o careful rider, | Possible to w uuless much pressed for time, cares to let} his a out of a walk when the concrete | A Paerry Errecr 1x Evexrxe Gowss for a debutante is to have the gauze or tulle show stripes of roseb 12th street. This roadway is | was p te, and does not | A horse can | ; on it at all times, and it | is not injurious to horses’ feet. While not as | nice looking as concrete it makes an excellent | road, and if the macadam pavement were tails just reaching to the waist so long in and gives t Is Cotzars « have a dot narrow and encircled with a band of satin- | stitched i colors, Tur Ksors or now accep boa at its crossing, may be made to keep their ent all winter b: small box with tissue paper in the bottom. Tux New Mazanovr Pas ones with designs of bats and storks, cat to the ontline of the pattern are likel sensor New Harzeiss are exceptionally fancifal, Cupid's arrow, Mercury’s wand, St. Peter's crosier, all do duty for them, while the mark ef her laces or dangles a charm at her wrist, For tHe EvENixa, little wreaths of flowers are worn enchaperon; that is to say, very smal, and plated on one side. Some women Sear a thick coronet, called « jardiniere, made of different flowers, and place non at the back, rather low down, so as to form sort of aureole round the face, but much at the back. ‘Tue Srruz of dressing hair has certainly a tendency to be lower than has lately been worn. The way edopted by the most elegant women is to have the hair twisted round like a Tope at the nape of the neck, with one or two curled ends escaping or falling carelessty, In front the fringe is massed together like a thick lock in the middle, Lix-statk Garey is the newest shade of that superlatively fashionable color, of which it is as well to know that the dark tones, ivy, |. box, nettle, olive and mignonette, are held more appropriate to cloth, myrtle and emerald to velvet and millinery generally, and the light nd hades laces es soon gauze net, and her | ways. A person who wants to ride regularly | will tnd avhorse, ‘$100 up. A good, serviceable horse | (or more easy to sit may be had. The ble with the cheap saddle is that while it nd is easy to sit at first, ns on long rides. Of course, + plenty of money, still finer sad- ), or $80, made ator skin, with’ buck- rings under- ought to be got for 86 to $6.50. Tt js will cost from $1.25 to £5, accordi 50. or seven dollars more, Riding whi QU to. be facbionntie | it is difficult for us who are not Irish to bE pooper prices, and with these | the immeasurable tenderness with which the are about at anend. If you | delicate trefoil is regarded. But a“‘stook” of rots and breeches £25 more | field-flax, or better a spray or cluster of the ve to bg sunk: pat fast as much fun and | beautiful flax-bells in bloom, might probably ae ny eee ccc Unes ta aut | have great siguiiicance as 0 national industrial rider you will need straps on the | token. It has been both a pleasing and painful : ben from thing to wander among the big and little farms und your thighs. All your per- | and study the methods of the tenantry in grow- 1 walking 8. nt investments made, the next thing is mth more, and a half dollar be- wn fig Secretary Ba atan sy trot over the was ordered : a couple of as been riding with Mrs, F Mrs. Chamber! iso well know . Bonapare are steady riders, Fiding a¢ ¥ contests a few nights ago, ig, has made a reputation as daring rider. She has three st being a spirited sorrel, | winning jump of 4 feet 6 ng acade hirs. C well. One of the e riders in the necticut, who has a hig! . considered cue of | rides a beautiful on square | saddler is the seid to be aj own rides a sor- | + exch with a record at cross He prefers driving to ridin 4 great pride im a dark bay he drives findem to a natty JAIN tx Voaur. for ladies’ gloves for et inst NG teilor-made gowns | ions, i here are some de- cream and_pale pink flan- ce and ribifon. ¥ oF THE Dinectoie Coa -Siish effect is to hi tri . expec: the cuffs, | ng by watered ribbon | ‘oly rectoire gowns. ‘Tus New Loxe Mirs, just brougistout for wear | m ‘h dinner gowns, have no fingers at all, but | give him; but now that “weeding-time” has double row of silk embroidery around | arrived, comes ti ithe hand and the edge of the thumb. s both ar@@liamond set or else one is of in the o! er to dai ys were handed down from and which it was almost “ar out, \ds or butterflies. a with buti ck, with its fringe of and square ject of a pretty. pretty novel ble collar aud cuff, the upper one broidery. They are sometimes in nk turning over blue and £0 01 ump VeLver VioLers, the proper fastening for the putting them away in a jered orris-root, folded in 4 thin gauze artistically colored, table gifts as the new shape—a true lace. rrogation. either in silver or frosted gold, rely holds up beanty’s hair, but clasps round tho chig- { <oo—_____ What Shall the Harvest Be? ‘Written for Tux Evrae Stan. What shall thy Harvest be, O tiller of barren voil Hope leads thee on Urrough cold and heat, Gives strength to weary hands and feet, And yet no stores, no sheaves of wheat. ‘What for thy toll remains? ‘What shall the Harvest be? Master, I fearfully wait. I thought I had love and earthly bliss, But my fancied store has shriveled to this, ‘My hands are empty, and yet I toll ‘Ora barren spot of thankless soil. ‘When shail the Harvest be?— ‘The harvest of love and trust. ‘When shall my fettored soul be free AFOOT IN IRELAND. How Flax is Grown and Harvested by the Tenants. quickly loses its shape under Use | rue NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL TOKEN—IRISH LASSIES AT WORK IN THE FIELDS—WHAT I8 REQUIRED AT WEEDING TIME—FROM THE FIELD TO THE STEEP POND AND SCUTCH MILL. (Copyrighted, 1888.) we ageribmnss ing and harvesting flax and in preparing it for Norns for Si8'e tenth’ sans | the market; plotting, for the countless inter- ut itis best notto take any | esting experiences among a tender-hearted, your horse isa valuable one, of | lowly folk; painful, to become so bitterly con- ing him poorly fed and groomed. Shoeing | scious that the barbarous landlord system, in proakony- psp its apparently endless contimuance and increas- feansdinns care cf Feet hence will be Randts | iig severities, han forsed die Irish farmer of be an exceiient investment, any product into the condition of a sodden, SOME OF THE DEVOTEES oF THE sappLE. | Starved we, whose highest possibilities are d the craze for horseback | #ll lost through the desperate scourge of grab- bing and grubbing for mere rent-money and and everybody rides now. Probably | €xistence; and that from this cause and the ‘figure on horseback about | Pitiably ignorant methods resultant, there is d. Nearly | lost to Ireland that which, were her people e may be seen on a big bay | land-owners, free and consequently ambitious and emulative, could alone make her ‘ONE OF THE RICHEST SPOTS for her area in the world. A very concise statement of fact will illustrate this, the total production of flax in Ireland amounted to but 16,000 tons, valued at $250 per ton. or $4,000,000. Irish linen manufacturers required, and were compelled te import from the conti- nent 17,000 tons in excess of the supply. was a loss to the Irish farmers in a few coun- .250,000. But this is as nothing. putable scientific agricultural and industrial datz prove that, exclusive of this loss, there is nual loss to Ircland in the matter of flax rom want of development of the flax- 00.000 acres in 21 untlaxed coun- lect and ignorance in flax culture 100,000,000. And this enormous sum is only one of many items ot cost to this deep- ly-wronged land from the coercive ‘govern- ment” it has for centuries endured from that greut power on whose happy possessions “the sun never sets,” TENANTS’ HOLDINGS. Without seeing, it is impossible foran Ameri- can to imagine the diminutiveness of the Irish farmer's holding. or the tiny fields in which all nd’s flax is produced. Tenants’ holdings re oftener less than § acres than more than of 20 is a vast farm indeed, and its peasant’s mind, must bea for those 20 acres prodi ties, and n —of fully | Ir | 10. posse: |v cost an of ich and fortunate mat unual rental of $100. So that instead ding flax-fields of sufficientiy ample area to permit judicious expenditure of material and unusual to see one comprising Indeed out of 100 you might upon, ove fourth of that number would rawhole acre of ground. But little jarmer buys Belgian or Rus- oss about €5 an acre, on store, thus mortgaging his insignificant crop in advance. HOW FLAX IS GROW: The land is plowed in the fall, light or loamy ———— soils being preferred, and is worked in the 3 OF FASHION. | spring toa mold with barrows, usually cross wise and diagonally; but the soil is only pul- verized on top. as, curiously, the flax, which grows as far from the surface into the ground docs out of it, with a moderate soil resist- downward growth, seems to possess a r of increase in length of stock. The #eed is sown in April broadcast, from a pouch made by tying together two corners of a linen is is sking over the right shoulder, iding the seed-pouch open: iy as our own good fathe Wheat, ‘oats, and barley from the striped, o-bnshel bag. The entire skill re- g ix in securing a uniform n of the seed and a sufficiently lib- hip-pocket | eral amount: for those two essentials give even of stalk and least branching at the top, ly increasing the value to both the spin- a record of |}! f-dozen acres, dof Suede. | Be No Prats Trewt-zrr pre brown, t quired ix distrib of black silk watered ribbon. | ength CaarTELarxes ARE IN AGarN and a novelty for | bunches of old sexls | Ber and the farmer, WEEDING TIME. To this point the tenant has required no ore help than perbaps hie own family could In jonal labor must be hired. ping down from the moun tricts in the form of buxom, lasses. Amazons in frame and’ strength, they are beings of a brave and sum: | exist on less food, work harder in the field for hours of every day, md dance longer end with more vigorous evolution than any other women or men that li are these picturesque folk all. girls from near villages also hire to the Irish farmer in summer. shapely Irish twelv ‘The mountaineers from two to three months; the villa; the day or week. Both do men’s lal more, and receive about one shilling Their food is of the meagerest and Oaten bread, made from course ved over itat random | oatmeal, with only salt and water added, oc- casionally a portion of the commonest vege- tables, with a little of the vilest purchasable tea, and, for a great Iuxury,a drop of milk, are all. They scarcely know the taste of butter, And yet these girls have eyes = {2 come near to ‘the knee, | jiquid with light, teeth white and gleaming as y new frost, complexiors that rival tints of the rose, and forms of lovely symmetry. Brave, grand oilers, these Irish ot heed ai ‘a goodness and truth; royal in oad nalngpe 2 $2& crows at | Tobie in deathless virtwe! 0 : true poets should sing, WHAT IS REQUIRED, The weeding of flax in Ircland necessitates great labor and care. The foreign seed used seems to engender a multiplicity of weeds, A 20-acre field would require about 200 days of one hand for thoro single agre. | high, weeding is begun, chose A blue tulle | character. and | meat or fo girls; splendid in endless patience; f such as these work, or ten days e flax is about six inc! damp days being #0 that the weeds may be more easil ted, and the tender shoots of flax bruised as little as possible, In Bel | with coarse cloths around on all-fours, and among the thousan that may be seen in a day’s journey, not one is out of this groveling weeders do their work barefooted and cro 8o that the roadside ¢ of pretty form and jum the weeders, cir knees, cree] But the Irish iB pos passer often gets a glit Face, as well as 0 bit of ue Irish blackguard- ing if he stare too long at some honest moun- A singular fact about this work is that it is all done toward the wind. This is in order that the breezes may assist in lifting the bent or bruised shoots again, and a curious be- lict provails that this unavoidable treading and ing of the flax in its early period of as a stimulating “Knock a well-favore twinkling-eyed Irishman in explanation of this up the heartsomer fur the growth, . man down,” said a theory, tap ye wor giv'n him! 1X THE Xonts, Throughout the northern flax- ties you will universally find the flax-weeders hurrying from their homes at dawn. They the ficlds at six. At eight juarters of an hour is allowed for breakfast; the same time for dinner at ‘and work in the field ceases must be at work in i & » I iE i é if | age 3 erants of all harmless sorts, and, best of all, the fiddler. Wherever a fiddler is in Ireland, music hes come the Irak eg is au. invepress music has come the leg is an ble member. So in the pleasant nights of May there are still to be found near the flax fie the old Trish princkums, or merry-makings; and there are then such frolic and as you of higher degree may never know. THE RIPENING AND PULLING of Irish flax take place between the middle and end of July, in favorable seasons. Almost in- stantly after the loose terminal blue-bell blos- soms have opened the petals drop to the ground and the seed-bolls form with wonderful rapid- ity. Scarcely have these assumed their globu- lar form before the flax begins to ripen and turn with the bolls a golden-brown color. It is just at this tarning stage that it must be gathered to insure the largest and most valu- able yield of fiber. The same help is used as in weeding, save that all available men are also engaged, and daily wages of one shilling to eightse pence are paid. The greatest ex- dition is necessary, for it must be got in he steep-pond at the earhest moment, and every stalk must be pulled. from. the roots. But these flax-pullers are born and bred with the r twist for the work, the girls and women frequently excelling the men in de: terousess, speed and pervect pulling. ‘The right hand, with the lower edge upraised, firmly a small handfal of flax just be neath the bolls, the motion at the same time given straightening the stalks and laying them all parallel with each other; for if in grasping the flax it is twisted or bunched irregularly it will retain its “contrariness” through all the mneceeding processes. As the clutched bunch isheld taut the left hand firmly clasps the roots, and, with what the worker describes as an “aisy jerk,” the bunch is freed from the ground, a gentle shake removing the loose soil. About 20 of these are laid together with great precision, the roots being kept even by gentle “butting,” and then tied or knotted. the same as the American sheaf of wheat. This is called a “beat” of flax. The greatest endeavors are made to get the flax out of the ground and into the steep-pond for “retting” or rotting, usually called “steeping” in Ireland; for undue expos- ure tothe air after pulling has a tendency to harden the glutinous substance which cements together the fibers of the flax. ‘THE IRISH STEEP-POND is the same rude affair that it was centuries ago. Ordinarily a hole or excavation of from 1 to 5 feet in depth, 3 to 10 yards wide, and 10 to 15 yards long, it will be found in some meadow- wail or hillside hollow, where it is allowed to fill with the surface water, or where the water from some tiny stream may be admitted; for the water used in flax-steeping must be soft, or at Ieast free from limeand iron, Flax-ahenves are laid in the Irish steep-pond butt to band, weighed down with sod and stone, and allowed to remain from eight to ten days. Millions of dollars have been wasted in efforts to steep flax artificially in vats; but_neture alone can pro- perly attend to that. The steep-water, invalu- able for enriching soils, but wholly wasted here, can be used butonce. Fromit the sheaves are carted to the “‘spread-ground” of grazing or mown-meadow land, Here the rush bands are removed and dried, and the now sticky, dirty fax, held on the left arm, and spread from left to right, the loaded carts following just outside the rows, When the steeped flax is thus drying, whole flax regions are given the appea e of being laid with mammoth car- peting in gray-brown rows woven upon a ground of emerald green. Wet weather en- ngers a ruinous secondary fermentation; but a “drying wind” gi gives superb fiber, ‘The flax is now “lifted;” with the same rush bands tied again into “beats” or sheaves; and is then Stooked” and “capped” precisely as grain is “shocked” in American ficlds. It is allowed to stand in the “stook” a few days for further “curing” and is finally stored in the cabin loft; stacked with wonderful precision and symme- try; or carted direct to the roaring “scutch mill. THE SCUTCH MILL. ve It is an interesting place around a scutch mill. One will find from 300 to 400 diminutive flax-stacks with prettily thatched roofs, The clatter and rush, with the flying shives, re- mind one of the pleasant old-fashioned Ameri- can “threshing-time;” while here and there, crowding the road, ranged between the stacks, or overflowing into near paddocks, are great numbers of carts. dragged here by ragged don- keys or raggered humans, awaiting their “turn” at the mill, or room for storing or stackin; their loads; the motley crew of attendants fin ing rare occasion for the application of most unique blarneving, appeal and invective, But the mill itself is a veritable devil-fish to the farmer, It is usually owned by a canny, well- to-do, North of Ireland Scoteh-English Irish- man, long of finger and hard of heart; and he lets hone go without “scutching” the owner as well as his flax. The mill removes from the flax the roots, the branchesand withered bolls— as the valuable eced is all lost in Ireland—the woody heart, and the flinty outer sheath. ‘Twenty-four cents per stone (fourteen pounds) of marketable Sber is paid for the milling, which is equally divided between mill-owner and laborers, But the real robbing is in the wasie.” The scutcher deftly manages to transform half of the farmer's crop into “waste.” For this he is paid but 24 cents per 112 pounds. During the rest of the season the scutcher works over the “-waste” into what is commercially called “rescutched tow.” selling the same for about $100 per ton. ‘The fiber comes from the “breakers” of the scutch mill in “strikes” of 13¢ pounds weight: and these are tied with a twist of flax into “stone” bundles; and the flax-farmer with his little crop and big family, all piled upon one groaning cart, trundle off to the market, where after great bullying by the flax-factor, or buyer, he. may receive. six shillings per stone for his trifling product; and when the seed, farm labor, and scutching are paid for, fate has been most kind to him if he has enough remaining to pay his rent and keep the emer- ency-men, the battering-ram, and the horr Cie vactuatity of eviction Trot his everson Epoar L. Wakeman. ——_+o.— ‘What My Lover Said. By the merest chance. in the twilight gloom, In the orchard path he met me; In the tall wet grass, with its faint perfume, ‘And I tried to pass, but he made no room; 50 f- I tried, eet ap not let me. stood and blushed till the grass grew red, With my face bent down above it, While he took my hand, as he whispering sald— How the clover lifted each pink sweet head. To listen to all that my lover said! Oh, the clover in bloom, I love it. In the high wet grass went the path to hide, And the low wet leaves hung over, But I could not pass on either side, For I found myself, when I vainly tried, In the arms of my steadfast lover: And he held me there, and he raised my head, While he closed the path before me, And he looked down into my eyes and sala— How the leaves bent down from the boughs o'er To listen to all that my lover said! Oh, the leaves hanging lowly o'er me. Had he moved aside but a little way T could surely then have passed him, And he knew I never could wish to stay, And would not have heard what he had to say, Could I only aside have cast him. It was almost dark and the moments sped, And the searching night wind found ua; But he drew me nearer and softly sald— How tho leaves bent down from the boughs o'er hy ‘To listen to all that my lover said! ‘Oh, the whispering wind around us. ‘Tknow that the grass and the leat "And I'm sure that the winds presses nage POWDER Absolutely Pure. ver marvel of purity, ‘and wholesomeness. More economical than litiary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short- powder, SOLD OXLY IX CANS, 106 Wall street, N. ¥. Houwar Goons. 4 PRESENT FOR EYERYBODY, ‘We take pleasure in calling attention to our large snd well assorted stock of HOLIDAY GOODS. The dest, we think, we have have ever had the pleasure of placing on our counters. We have devoted the rear portion of our store en- tirely to the display of these goods, Dressing Cases, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Odor and Shaving Cases, Smoking Sets, Work Baskets, Scrap Baskets of every de- scription, Brass and Leather Goods, Um- brellas, Furs, Table Linens, Towels, anda reat variety of Novelties in Fancy Goods. Our stock of Plain and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Initial Handkerchiefs, in ‘Silk and Linen, is unsurpassed. We show a Gentle- men’s Silk Initial Handkerchief at 50c. that cannot ‘be matched at the price; Silk and Lace Scarfs, Furni- ture Scarfs and Headrest, Kid and Fabric Gloves, Jew- elry, Pocketbooks, Card Cases, Satchels, Best made goods at very low prices. Ribbons of every shade and description. Our Cutlery Department is also very attrac- tive. Very fine razor-steel Scissors from 20c. Pocket Knives from 25c. to $4. Great bargains in every department, All ‘goods guaranteed as represented, N. B—Store open Evenings until the Holidays, Masxoracroners Sacnirice Sure THE GOOD NEWS HAS TRAVELED TO EVERY QUARTER. WE SAY THE BEST-MADE CLOTHING YOUEVER TRADED YOUR MONEY FOR. FROCK AND SACK SUITS, ‘Marked down to... a FROCK AND SACK SUITS, ‘Marked down to. FIFTY DIFFERENT STYLES, ‘Marked down to. CHILD'S SUITS, ‘Marked down to... CHILD'S OVERCOATS. ‘Marked down to. EISEMAN BROS., CORNER SEVENTH AND E STREETS, MANUFACTURING CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS We Have Guex Taayss For the many blessings so liber Sateen approved method, tu HURRAH FOR CHRISTMAS. got Christmas in our bones, a acta rally fu exuberanice of wwe sball proceed, by the same spirit, and se ‘season comes but once s. for a $7.25, 67.75. BS oe* 94.50, 85, 03,9350, 82 058 aan, ol PES confined | Sea VICTOR E. ADLER'S CLOTHING LADIES’ GOODS. __GENTLEMEN’S_GOODS. * * TEACHERS Ino pirate Est. n.w.dJ5-6* Berean pest oa ce ILLOCK NOE! a —. (Genuine prtens German: ea cet Normal Deparnncae ee ne gaa OFS ur game iOS—Li1 HALL, GEORGE- ta 3122 Pst. aw, i i! (BUILDING, | 412-wks-4t" AO ae | nes UE. rh i Drat ie Searcy See Jerome AVE | (YEO WHITE. LADIES’ TAILOR. LADIES" OWN “GEO. WHITE, 1110 F st. see acid at the Paisis oval suit St “ aise [DAYS Tr sie aa EVENING AND RECEPTION CosTUMIS ‘MISS J. BOGGESS 1446 Q st..n ©. HAS RETURNED FROM NEW G. T. Kees, ]_ADIES. iF you wis! a H. D. Buse. IMPORTER AND TAILOR, the honor to inform you that his NEW GOODS Ys make -made Suite. 728 13 (GQHORTHAND IN SIXTEEN SIMPLE LESSONG. § daily. Tuition by mail a specialty. Call or nd for pamphlet. Type-writine taught free Sharge, Heed school Acme Phonograph, 21 Fst a. UPERFLUOUS HAIR DESTROYED, LEAVING NO. electric process, endorsed by: by my Mr BAA personally fits all garments made in hip every prominent establsnent, 1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. MMENT PARLE A PARIS LA BONNE 80- WASLEL 2 SFDWELE cieter Prof. H. LARROQUE, A.M. of Sort Thy Paria econ to no thoxt Succemsrul Mhoroiaph native teacher. O03 Ist nw. as Inet "TEE PERESEILL MILITARY ACADEMY, PEEKS: Kill-on-Hudson, New York. Send for Catalogue “SOHN N. TILDEN, M. De MA _n28-eollt Principal | ye ‘W'SHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, ‘Cloud Building, 9th and F det feet RAWING be EAN TION 1X every branch aud for: vate or inc HE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FINE ANTS ROT E sc.Gulland see the wonderful prosress of stadeatx KRREeARES RP Rin Sa 1918 Sunderland Place, south of Dapont Cire _sel-4mn _ Mus. LOUISA MAN: M VERNON SEMINARY, 1100-1104~-1116 M STREET AND 1128 11TH STREET. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUN TUiptis ab Litre sl in all branches in with the best modern methods, Qkimodiewr pee | Scho! balding, Rrated Uy stea and having abundant sunlivht and fresh air. For further information aj | to the Principal, Mrs. ELIZABETH J. SOMERS.4. re 4 OF THE HOLY 1312 MASSA- cugtta ave hcroweh Muna Cours ou Pau, With dail: ay Ae — at Trorvtien Yorn classes; alo td'rocal, © MPN sand HORTHAND.—INSTRI ‘ION ae a tematic, and successful beginning, advanc speed classes for Indies and gentlemen; dictation aspecialty, every evening, under direction-of Mr. E- P. Hanus. For further information apply at YMCA, 1409 New York uve. ‘D22-¢od Washington, DQ. RAILROADS. ALTIMORE AND OHIO Ral Schedule it: effect Dec Vth, 1888 iugton from static avenue and Cat st., Baltimore, Ma, ‘Will open, at Willard's Hotel private parlors, ‘Teesday, Wediesday, Thursday IMPORTED COSTUMES AND WRAPS From the leading houses of Europe. Latest Novelties in Dinner, Reception, and Even- ing Dresses. is (Twentieth Fear. | Orders taken, and ft guaranteed Uetiagao Roloc™ Sete | ye A 1328 Fst’n.w. (Mire, Harrison's FINE FRENCH HAIK GOODS ‘day, and Satur. corner of New Jersey 1 TRAINING Aovetat ete in ps AMBER AND DULL RING CUASS, | JET ORNAMENTS. SHAMPOOING, OL. Hair Dressed aud B ~ pressed and Bangs Siiineled Jax GOULD, 4 EVERYTHING IN ‘Tree es, Brackets, Wall hock: man Cards. Nov ities, Fancy Goods. WON FOR CHRISTMAS. ocl3-im 29, : Gowns, Riding Habite, Evening and Street Costumes, etc.. inade at short Perfe fit and work, one fttiiwe Formerly ‘with Lord Barr & Co., St. Louis. Sea Sx Garwesrs, REDYED and ALTERED. PTH ak ‘The Misses CUNNINGHAM, eat actecoment ae toe » bet. Nand O sta. Douses in the Uusted red © Taylor, New York, and nls the Metropolitan Branch, 162, Prnipal stations only? ite potmta, 19:00 @ fashington on Sunday at 1.1% stopping at all For Prederick, +10.10am., t4- ¥ DRESS SHIFLDS ARE | Xo"otd bp a Jendiug ary voods Sintes. x EMILY E. FRECH, M TEACHER OF ELOCUTION. Lessons, in class oF private, at residence of pupil or her. 514 L st. n.e. nl7-codm* 8 iw [J SIVERSITY-TRAINED TEACHER OF ENGLISH, U Mathematics and Languages now ‘a as cl ine: 83 th. Civil service and college Hs SERGE oS pete oe llegar AINTING, DRAWING IN CRAYON AND CH. coal taught by MISS 1, CANEIELD. Terme Bi" Btudio, #21 11th irw. Send foreirculir’ m0. WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF ELOCUTION ANI Oratory, 904 M st-n.w., Mrs. M-STEVENS HAI Principal. Voice Culture’ and Natural careful lly taught. STAMMERING ‘Thoroughly cured. References to patrons. _n30-1m_ PENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR. 7TH | Sinapeteln, Exablisned Si Cathe loraon Commodious halls and ciass-rooms. Superior methods. Fullcorpsof instructors, ts well-trained graduates are | ne sible business aud official positions. Day and night sessions. Large atteudance Of young men and women. Five courses: The business course; Amanuensis course; Practical English ; Special Pen- manship: Delsarte Course in Expresiion, Tuition Tates: by the year, quarter, or monthly installuents. | ERISEAPY titus,, Call or acid for illustrated circulars. | SPENCER, ‘LL. eka. A. SPENCER, Vice-Principal. mez MSS SCHMITIS KINDERGARTEN AND PRI- F fuary Claes, 401d st uw. Conveyance fram Rorthwestern section, teacher uccom) ARTIC: ULATION aud SPEECH KEADING taught the Deal, IANO LE MISS CLARA HARRISO! vupil of, Win, Mason, N.Y. Kindergarten Syst for Little ‘Children s Specialty. 030-3" 1234 13th st. nw. HE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY._THE CORCO- Fan Scientific School opened October 1. The classes, which meet in the evening are open to both sexes. For Suformation about the courses in Algelira, Geometr ENP EuORG AR uaney tana ING. SCOURING AND DRY CLEAN- Pek ovat akan York ave. Yan Gents work of every descr) Velvet and Evening Dresses. NE LERCH, forwerly with A her | . For Philadelptia and Nleepitg Caron ta® as ity. Ti Past : “-~t jARME ied for aud checked at MCLEMENTS, BOOKS AND STATIONERY. C-, TSC, @1.50(AND UP- | Gordonsville. Charlot WAND) PEA TOU.” Als’ Fite’ Cuvin’asnd Tat | NDS of Pretty Notions en tween Alexandria and Ly jush Boxesof Note Paint, Payer Dol ‘and FHotSa vbolosale 3. AY. GOULD 421 9 st For “Tue Hounays, Our Holiday Stock is now thine in the Book and tatiouery Line. Charlotte, Colun tia, | Pullinan Sleeper | tion with Puilinan » Jeans and Mann Bs and is very complete | ton to Atlanta Booklets, “an immense variety. WM. BALLANTYNE & NYITATIONS AND ORDERS OF DA’ rare a sanuples of” Wedd TProcramin, | | Mentun, Fine Tickets aud Invitation ‘Cards, winch they Toshow. ‘Theassortuent is so con 3 Bovelties that thes feel tts confident of meooting all Exoconiox, Onstony, Acrixe d tho shove statics" getigs Cattlonte fee MAE” ie Catalogue free. Ms TN" COLLEGE OF ELOCETION AND ORATOR! 313 6th et-n.w. (half a block east of City P.O.) Wes ington, D.C. ‘osu sue BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LaNauaGes. ‘Terms begin now. IDWELL, Principal. ‘A. BUSINESS EDUCATION — BOOK-KEEPING Ro vercial Bepaches, ie ‘CoMMEKCHAL HOOL, HOUSEFURNISHINGS Tue re Hasso . MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Furnituré! Upholstery FRESCO PAINTING. ‘Tickets, sleeping ear reservation and informa tagwance Chechen at ot GAS COOKING STOVES L VEST. AND SOUTHWEST, ‘On hand and forsale, a MAGNIFICENT § \£ WASHINGTON FIOM STATION, WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. M Ait anette age aR Hapepaer car Rardds, UR See tio Heciieyet Satatel eooaaa _ {Sveagreete ties Gal Chae Colored students not adunitted. | lication, FhaNdie"Go MaRTYS, Proident G°'KUNiaS A.M. C.E, Principal. ol NEW ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAB F SWITHEN C. SHORTLEDGE'S MEDIA (Pa.)ACADE- BY FOR BOYS sent itee esis COLNEL SISTH AND B STREETS, AS POLt = Lows Cazeers: Canrers:: Canpers::: We are daily receiving our Fall supply of BIGELOW, LOWELE & HARTFORD WILTON BRUSSELS, MOQUETS, THREE-PLYS, INGRAINS, and ART SQUARES, RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS, and DRAPINGS in great variety. Au inspection of our stock is solicited. HOOE, BRO. & CO., 1328 Fst. CARPETS, BODY VELVETS, TAPESTRI comnecting daily Le and Me iyhim . for Sleeper to Pittsbu S6rNHE CEDARS” — A BOARDING AND DAY apiece eta, She taba 1 Address sel-6m ‘Miss EARLE, 1916 35th at. ‘A ,HARVARD GRADUATE DESIRES PUPILS. ingly classes. ph A ciety wae BUENA 2e19-3mo _At Sanders & Stayman’s, 934 Fst, ia.w. ROF. SHELDON'S DANCING ACADEMY Now for the of MONDAYS, WED- pt Et R. JOHN CAULFIELD se19-3m* of 1. 1888. FAMILY SUPPLIES. 6 7 Broa Ven SPRING WHEAT PATENT FLOUR is the Premier Flour of the World. ‘The only Minnesota Patent now made from all old wheat. For sale by the following well-known grocers: JOHN H. MAGRUDER, 1417 New York ave. CHAS. I. KELLOGG, Masonic Temple, 9th st. GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, 1209 F st. W.E, ABBOTT, 1721 Pennsylvania ave, BR. A. WALKER, 1600 7th st. E. M. BURCHARD & BRO., Penn. ave, and 43st. @. W. & H. W. OFFUTT, Georgetown. A. 0. WRIGHT, 1632 14th st. Dry oe RY PROFESSIONAL. _ SD POTOMAC RAILROAD, eudairuns tnd Rochester dais fagrart daily ence) ian witt sleeying Gor W PIANOS AND ORGANS LEASE CALL AND 8 TRE MOST PERVECT PIANOS made,at reasonable prices and ess termm, Gd RUM all sey City vith boats of Brooklyn Ai direct trhnster to Fultou wreet, av ferviage across New York City UNEQUALED IX TONE, Tore |. WORKMANSHIP > attention of “Hol HIGHEST DECORATIVE At SECOND-HAND PIANOS. — A ost every. well Noown make tn ts Sorvagh neiste. will be closed owt at PEMENTS offered chiamerw " fuished in desire of een ceandened Parier Cars 0°40» auily.. with ‘Dining € 12-00, and “11°46 am, Soumtry, in thor .. SPECTAI prices and in terms.w: and 9-00 am. 12-05 and 440 Stiigays, 9°00 a ine ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAT MAM AND ALEXANDICA AND WASHING nESENTS. sexcept Sunday. Tee eve muieurnd suck of UPRIGHT, BABY y the followiiue lead. HECKER BROS. aud ESTEY. Cases of Rosewood, Ebony. Mahorsny., Moderate prices. old on mou meni Chu aod SANDERS & STAYMAN, ‘Sth street and Pounsy vn Begense te dewtination frou bocels aud resiten te destination frout bovels atid residences CHAS. EL PUGH. Central Mauser. T's PIANO AND ORGAN Q' Gen Pax Ageiit aired MAC RIVER BOATS. by. ‘cont PIANO or an ORGAN cheerfully (&DAyis, PIANOS. SUPERB Fine stock p my ne S.GALESKI'S Optical Offices, 925 F st. n.w., | at 811 9th st. STEAMER WW. CORCORAN ven Teh-etreet wharf daily ‘er beetr except Sunday) for Me fernon and Kiver Lawdines as 10 ‘Retarnite, __L. L. BLAKE. Captain POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS NEM JKON STEAMEL “WAREPTEL and SATURDAYS at? Aeapatched for Havans, Matanzas, 4 nd for Havana Prete. wESpAiS'aoa Sal CRDAYS, c