Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1888, Page 7

Written for Tne Evesine Stan OLD GRIZZLY GRUMBLE. — He was a miserly and crue! old man, they said. All his neighbors condemned him for his meanness and were envious of his comfortable Possessions. Close he was. There is no doubt about it, but he had a benevolent measurement thropist, as strangers said. but his neighbors retorted that it was the flesh of a pig. His eyes were small and close together, and his hands were always clinched, all of which looked bad for him and helped along his evil Teputation, A few of the very poorest people in the place were strong in his defense, but they were few, indeed, and very uninfluential. When asked to cite some instance of his are, oo A they were forced to blush and bow their amid the derisive langhter of the gossips the grocery corner, who whittled at the bar- Fels and boxes they sat on and told stories of the meanness of “Old Grizzly Grumble,” as valled him. It was said that he starved his wife and beat his sons, and there were sev- eral who declared they had seen him cheat in weight while selling sugar to an old widow woman who did the tailoring for the town. ‘A strong evidence of the truth of these re- ports was that “Old Grizzly” never dared deny them. He was so mean that he did not care what the gossips said or thought of him. “If had old Grizzly’s money,” one of the gossips said..as he drew close into the inner circle about the tavern fire and squirted s of the belt, He wasas corpulent asa philan- F i R33 Foe kad 2 ane Christmas All the Year. ‘Mr. Curtis in the Easy Chair. Once there was a maid, Marian, who played at forfeits and snap-dragon and watched the morris dancers and hobby horse and heard the waits singing under the cool moon and at last, caught beneath the mistletoe, she paid the sweetest forfeit of all. And in the bottom despite her rosy cheeks, she felt that she paid it willingly and secretly to think that Christmas comes but once a year. But long afterward, when for many a year had been married to the youth who connection between the of of St. Nicholas and that of the nativity, do in letting children labor the schools in England kept the eve of St. Nicholas with a procession which levied from all by on a certain contributions of money in ift of salt, which money was su, | one? (x pedis ser Oil aes of the id when er mode the university. Anoth: saint, although of procedure in honor of the different in form, yet having much the same motif, was to be seen until late in the sixteenth century, in the consecration of a boy bishop in the English cath who, until Innocents’ day, some three weeks later, was allowed to ape and mock the practices of the real bishop, at first in the serious contrast of childhood and innocence, but at last in a burlesque that caused the whole thing to be done away with. To-day St. Nicholas is the saint receiving most honor at the hands of all Twenty-four Persons Drowned in Try- - img to Escape from the Fiames. qj the burning of Mississippi steamer Pi server ll seagate below Memphis, Sunday ‘twenty-four gers. ‘When the fire was discovered about 8 o'clock the passengers were at breakfast, and when the elarm was sounded they rushed for the deck. At the time the Seger Apr lgene head ited from the Mississippi side of the river and her bow was at once headed for the shore. seer $ Best, second clerk, brought all the ladies ani children forward and assisted them ashore. Capt. Mark Ch deck, remained there giving his commands until the lank was safely lowered. He then descen to the cabin, assisted several persons to get on life-preservers, and, when it was no longer possible for him to remain with- out being burned, he too jumped into the river and swam a ‘There were about twenty-five colored cabin passengers, who were saved along with th white passengers. On the lower “kk, stream of tobacco spit into the hot ashes. “If Thad old Grizz! money I wouldn't mind this weathe: A man who was cutting away at the back of a pine chair looked up slowly. “What be you guessin’ you would do with old FT bet if you had it you'd be a hugging it to keep warm, as I cal’late he be a doin’ now, by the sparks of half a stick of beech wood. The: ain't nothing meaner than money—bar'in’ it’s this ‘ef weather.” Then he drew closer to the fire and continued carving a at the back of his chair. ‘ou'll need that "er chair fer fire wood "fore we get through with this 'er snow-up. There ain't a chair mm the place « offén, Han u i keeper, as having cut away Potteville was snow-bound. It was a little Rorthwestern town, settled down between six high hills that failed to protect it from the winter's blast. The snow had been falling for four days before it stopped. and now they were im their seventh day of siege by the silent forces of the north. No horse nor wagon had broken through the drifts, the town was cut off from all its sources of snpplies—fuel was nearly all ont,the school supply being no on—and food, even, was scarce. rizz) Grumble” alone was comfortably mB oy with both, and he declared that he had barely enough for his own use. The snow in the stteets of the town was untracked by horse or man, and with difficulty deep, narrow cuts had been made for foot-paths principal sidewalks to the stores and the inn, which was alsoa store and post-office. Some of the villagers had got that far, and sat close to the public fire to be more comfortable than were their wives and children at home. “It'll be three or four days yet,” said the latest arrival, “before them drifts are broke through, and jus’ as like a’ not there'll be some one dead of siarvin’ ‘fore then. The snow is drifted in thirty feet de for a quarter of a mile at the cut by Swan’s hill. They are try- ing to break through to big beech woods, but there ain't no getting through until a thaw packin’ you can sleigh y was silent fora lle, and Hank Doolittle chipped away at the f his chair. __ “It must be gosh darned hard on ‘em com- in’ from the south.” he broke out directly, shutting his knife with a snap and shoving it down in his pocket. . “Who be you talkin’ of?” asked the inn- r. rebel wider and her young ‘uns. I gtess they aint got neither food nor wood, and no men folks to help 'em.” “Pshaw!” ‘None of us be overstocked, be we?” — a oa. They made it hot for us sometimes. We give it to ‘em cold. Each Iemma to his climate See the p’int?” each of the company passed some remark, and they all laughed at the last sally, and from that got to talking of the war and recounting suffering of that time. They thought no more about the rebel’s widow. Even Hank Doolittle. who had called her to mind, had done so without any especial interest in the subject. There was much suffering in that snow- bound village, and each had enough to do to think of himself. Sevéi @avs snowed in. and on the 24th of December, with scarcely food in the town! The rebel’s widow, to whom Hank had re- ferred, was a middk woman, who had recently come from the south, with two or three very small children. No one knew why she had chosen Pottsville for her home, but she was poor, they knew, and had to sew and wing, though they saw she was frail and were sure she had not been used to self-dependenee. But she was a rebel. Her husband had been shot, fighting against the Union, and there was little sympathy she could expect but five years after the war, from these tneducated people, many of whom had lost dear friends on the other side. and most of whom were fanatics in their loyalty. The small degree of the responsibility that could rest on the shoulders of this frail woman was calculated. She was a rebel, and the widow om the other side. who worked in the fields, chopped wood. and carried planks on her own shoulder to build a shelter for her pigs. might Be excused for not feeling friendly to her. caer y been did not know how much she needed their sympathy. They were rudel; kind at bottom. i #3 Then she was proud and strange. and seemed to shun these people, so different from herself. She was pitied Principally because she rented & cottage from “Old Grizzly Grumble.” It jag a Little exposed frame dwelling, not far from that occupied by Old Grizzly himself, and, as was known, he was too mean to keep it in repair. The snow drifted in the window ehinks and througb the cracks under the door, and ley in little white drifts on the bare floors. It even ventured close up to the stove. A little white drift piled itself up within two feet of the hearth. But the hearth was as cold as the snow. No fire had been there that day. “Santa Claus will find it very cold here to- night,” said the little four-year old boy as his mother hugged him close to her bosom in an ‘nate beneath the sacred bush, as she lum pudding every Christmas and hel to ang the litile stockings by the fireside and hunted the slipper and gayi bluffed the blind man, she remembered that it was not the snap- dragon or the waits, nor even that happy for- feit, which made the old Christmas, but some- thing that did not set with the sun nor die with the carol of the waits. She was caught now under the mistletoe, not by that youth only, but by the little fellows wit \dgy arms, who covered her all over with pat and when she was tired of romping and the little fellows with padey arms were fast asleep hold-.| ing their dolls and horses and elephants and dogs, she said to that youth of other years: “It was not the games and the pudding and the mistletoe that made the old Christmas—it was love;and love makes Christmas all the year.” A Long Courtship Ended. Chattanooga Dispatch to the St. Louis Republic. A courtship of thirty-five years’ duration ended to-day in Knox county by the marriage of Joshua Shipe and Miss Margaret Douglass. In 1853 the couple became engaged, but owing to opposition from a sister of the man and the mother of the girl, the wedding was postponed from time to time. The obstinate sister died a few days since. The mother relented, and an unexainpled love-making ended happily. wabaahincn seins) dbo. Christmas Chimes. From Good Housekeeping. Do not make Christmas a day of balancing accounts of gifts. Santa Claus comes down the chimney when love kindles the fire. Christmas is the day when the children get up without being called. Better is a little gift where love is than a necklace of diamonds for appearance’s sake. The most approved invitation etiquette for a Christmas dinner is that prescribed in Luke xiv, 12-14. Give your wife something for herself—not a picce of furniture or an article for family use. itto as to your husband. How much brighter the fires on our own Christmas hearths will look when we know that we have been the means of brightening a fire that had grown dim on some other hearth- stone. ———-+ee New York’s Centennial Celebration. GEN. HARRISON WILL PARTICIPATE IN IT. Russell Harrison, son of the President-elect, attended the meeting of the committee on plan and scope of the centennial celebration of Washington's inauguratjon in New York Satur- day. Ke said his father desired him to inform the committee that he would lend all aid in his ower to make the celebration successful. At least 7.000 people are expected to participate in the festivities of the great banquet on the night of April 29. ——+e2—_____ Pugilist Kilrain Accepts. HE POSTS A FORFEIT TO FIGHT JOHN L. SULLIVAN. “Jake” Kilrain has accepted the challenge of John L, Sullivan to fight for $10,000 a side and the diamond belt, which is supposed to repre- sent the championship of the world, and his backers deposited at the Clipper office in New York Saturday a certified check for $5,000 to prove that he means business. Kilrain said in the letter accompanying the check that he was willing that the proprietor of the Clipper should be the final stakeholder. The Tribune says: There has been so much talk about this match that perhaps the selection of a final stakeholder may be the next obstacle in the way of the meeting. Two days’ notice is required by Kil- rain before the articles of agreement can be signed. ——~ee—___. Cigars a Recent Addition. From the Pittsburg Times. The use of cigars by civilized people is much more recent than most p8ople supgose. The real cigar, which is a pure roll of tobacco alone, probably originated in Cuba, where the very best cigars are still made. If not there it was undoubtedly in one of the West India islands. Their origin with us, as in Europe, did not be- gin until early in the present century. It is said that of all the various cook books pub- lished between 1900 and 1815. and books which treat of the pleasures and adjuncts of taste be- fore the last named date, not one refers to the after-dinner cigar or to cigars atall. Cigars atall. Cigars are now made all over the civil- ized world. They are produced very exten- sively in Bremen and Hamburg. and at Seville, in Spain. But at Manila, in'the Phillippine islands, the largest factories are to be fot in some of which 10,000 girls are employed. a. an Advantage of Being a Blonde. From the American Hairdresser. A Every year we get the cry from fashion-writ- ers,“Blondes no longer in style; they have been effort to keep the warmth of life in him. Her head bent low over him and something glis- tened like frost upon her pale cheek. “Do you think he will come if it’s so cold? Won't hethink we don’t live here? Oh, mamma, Iso cold: so cold! And hungry, mamma, bun- @ier thancolder™” =! And the child clung closer to his mother and shivered and sobbed, while a tempest of agony passed over the poor woman's face. Close by her side sat an older boy. He might have been tem years old. He was pale, hag- gard, and trembling, but he said nota word, hor moved. except to smooth his hand across bis mother’s brow caressingly. Tears came to his eyes when his little brother spoke of Santa = but ny hg der of the parent lids. He tened himself u; and tried to smile into his mother’s face. x mill to-morrow,” he said, “I know where there are some slabs The mother smiled faintly. She knew that there were many feet of snow between her brave boy and the fuel he would get. She knew he could never face the storm, but she smiled an encouragement, called him a brave boy and said: ‘We shall see what the good Lord hasin = ooh us Aateere ei it the three were freezing to death. and no food had passed their mouths in all that day. Would not the Christmas morning find them far off on their journey to where there shall be rnal, She folded her children to her breast and prayed God to be merciful. God pity him! Bee those hollow eyes, that pale cheek, those Dloodless lips! No food has passed for two days, f ings. If they lived through that night to be orphans in the morning, ood fhe Christ of that y be born tc them as a pro- She folded her children to. her breast, and, taking the clothing from their bed and her's. bundled them as best she could in bed. contributing the little warmth of her own body to keep them alive. And there to- ey the older boy and ii H i f i have to stile vat E a! i i | carries | favor of the superseded by their darker sisters,” &c. Now, that’s all nonsense. You cannot do away with the blonde, nor can you do away with frizzled, banged hair. Pre-eminently, the blonde is the beauty of civilization. She is among us, to stay as such, and she cannot be driven away. A brunette now and then may rise supreme over her by reason of wonderful loveliness, but we are speaking collectively. A woman can dress more effectively with blonde hair than with dark. It lights up better and is more youthful. A well-kept blonde has ten years’ pe Sear ater in point of youthful looks, over the average brunette. Once im a lifetime or so there arises miraculous brunette who completely surpasses her, but for steady, ordii good looks that make my sapere of great besuty, the blonde e _— You cannot expunge her runette even in literat In the novels turned out during the past year there have been 382 blondes to 100 bi ties. $< Remarkable Breach of Promise Suit. Lowell, Mass., Special to the Philadelphia Press, For thirty-five years John H. Buttrick, of this city, had been paying such attentions to Miss Catherine Teressa McEnry that she was led to believe he intended marrying her. In fact, she alleges that John made a propoéal of marriage to her and then refused to carry out his proposition. She has brought a breach of him, “demandin Mi than fifty years Th Buttrick, is a member of the firm of F.H. Buttrick & Co., gists, and was formerly cashier of the England. Miss McEnry is highly educated and in her youth was much sought after by the men of Lowell and ite vicinity. hieniiaer ee were a by relatives of both ei ference in re! jus be! the Russians; and he is not only the patron saint of children, but of young women, of scholars, and of sailors. Legend assigns to him many miraculous and many benevolent deeds in behalf of these young women, and owing to them it early became the custom in conventual schools on the European continent to recognize and acknowledge his benignity, in return for which homage he was suppos deposit in the shoes or the stockings of the young people candies, fruits, and gifts of mo. or less value—an observance which among o selves has been transferred to another and a subsequent day and date. The same good St. Nicholas is often pictured with three golden bails on account of his sup- posed gift of three purses containing dowri for three maidens; and although the three balls have become also the sign of a pawn- broker, yet the oe came from under the reign of Medici, whose symbol it was, and who had taken it for their own in remembrance of the generosity and the wealth of the saints. Nowhere, however, is the festival of St. Nicho- las observed with such splendor and earnest- ness as in a seaport of the south of Italy,where, in a subterranean building of Saracenic archi- tecture, beneath the superb church of St. Nicholas, the saint's bones are treasured—a church where, if the king of Italy himself at- tends, he is rson of less consequence than the prior of the church, who claims to rank with archbishops and cardinals. Pilgrims to the number of many thousands attend the festival, all with staves bound with olive and pine, many of them barefooted; all of them fed, if they will, at the priory gates, all of them clad in their picturesque ancient costumes, devoted, earnest, fiery and observing a rite that has been known from time immemorial. A novel and interesting part of the ceremo- nies is seen when the sailors of the port, in memory possibly of some old rites in honor of Neptune, take the saint's image from the care of the canons, bear it through the streets and far out to sen, only returning with it at night- fall, when, with bonfires and rockets and torches, the whole population intoning chants and lit- anie®, they carry it about from shrine toshrine, and at length restore it to its keepers under the late stars with solemn earnestness, and all the wild but half-suppressed religious excitement possible only to the high-wrought southern temperament. On the whole, St. Nicholas has all his share of honor, and we think he should scrupulously keep his hands off of observances and hemor aiid scererabiias tet Gs cist belong to him. A Curious City. Albany Journal, City of Mexico Letter. Imagine a city with mostof its streets nar- row, muddy and.crowded, where the seller of lottery tickets takes the place of the newsboy, where the pavers of the street, the conductors of the cars, the clerks in the stores, the police- men on their beats, the soldier with his mus- ket, the barefooted men and women who peddle their wares and the very beggars at the doorways all smoke cigareties or cigars. The street cars carry the coifined dead to the cemetery, with the mourners in the cars that foliow. Men, women and children, half-naked and without shoes. bear the burdens that we put upon drays and wagons, water-carriers ddle the limpid fluid from the aqueducts j ep llecnahay per Every other woman has @ baby dangling conteniedly from a sack upon her back. Imagine the picture and you get a glimpse of the street scenes that you look upon about the grand plaza, facing the costly palace and the magnificent cathedral of the City of Mexico. ——_—_—_+e+_______ Matrimony for Nervous Women. From the New York Sun. An amusing story is told by a government officer who was instructed by the Secretary of the Navy to remove the buoy in the bay near the summer cottage of Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, because it made her nervous. Miss Phelps and a lady companion were so nervous that they could not bear the noise of the buoy, though it was impossible for people with good nerves to hear the noise they complained of so piteously. The author of “Gates Ajar” was unable to bear the slightest jar upon her sys- tem until the Rev. Mr. Ward’s yacht anchored near her house. Then she became so much improved that not even the splashing of the water about the yacht or the heavy tread of the young divine over the matting-covered floors affected her unpleasantly. Since her marriage Ward is much better, and the officer who had to remove the buoy has put it back with the assurance that next summer he will have no orders to disturb it. He prescribes matrimony for all maiden ladies who have nerves sore annoyed by buoys, oe Simplicity in Dress. MISS HELEN MATHER’S LITTLE ORATION ON A GREAT SUBJECT. From the London Queen. Dress. an average woman in a close-fitting serge or quite neutral tinted tweed; give her a spotless linen collar, and cuffs to match; take away chains and gewgaws, and tell me if she ever looked better, unless indeed it were in a pink cotton cam on summer's morning, with a rose at her throat instead of Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity—a costly simplicity if you will—but let every dress be one-idea-d, and let no unnecessary or extrane- ous trifles be introduced into it. And after simplicity, or rather as a consequence of it, comes freshness, that most desirable quality, which to a womal uch the same asa fair healthy skin is to her face; so that to say of a woman “She always looks so fresh” is to pay-the highest of all compliments to herself and her milliner. Take your complexion first. Are you fair, with blue eyes? en you can wear every shade of blue, from azure down to viole' if you have gray. green or brown eyes, you will only create a discordancy if you suffer a morsel of blue near you. On the other hand, a perfectly fair, green-eyed women adds weird- ness and charm to her fairness when she arrays herself in all the paler shades of green, and she reigns triumphant in the knowledge’ that not even the clearest skinned brune dares to emulate her. For brunes, scarlet and amber, white and orange, though if there be the smallest tint of yellow in the skin, orange may be only ventured on at night. Some women who might come under the heading of blondes, stand vivid yel- lows and oranges well; etill there must be a certain amount of color in the face, and a skin ory awe fair. But up to the age of forty, and frequently ‘agar it, hehe em tre looki woman is at her ver it white, often (odd ng of enough, i by # contrast) abe is atther'werst ia blake? °F Give her a white morning wra) woman sitting up in her white one white cambric and embroidery one as a in dark clothes tion, d, with only “iy about mde swe! would never aren scene aiten- ‘Newsparer Mex Wao Must » in Philadel, & decree direc! Fee ie if i HH F f Hs 3 ever, a fearful panic seized the crew and deck passengers. ‘hose who were cut off from escape from the bow were compelled to jump overboard. The stern of the b steamer had swung out into the river, and an effort was made to launch the yawl. It was capsized by the crowd which filled it, and many of its occupants drowned. They were mostly col- ored men, but there were three or four women in the crowd. The lost, so far as can be learned, are as follo’ George Corbet, third clerk, aged thirty-nine years, who had launched the yawl, and was ig to save the colored women on the lower deck; Joe Porter, Andrew Rees, Monroe Jackson, Jim Nelson, Senator Coleman and Hilliard Horton, of the colored cabin crew; Lee Finley, Frank Wells, colored rousta- bout. In addition about fifteen deck passen- gers, oy of whom were white men, were also wn The burning steamer drifted away and floated down the river, her hull sinking four miles be- low Commerce. The Kate Adams was owned by the Memphis and Vicksburg Packet company, of which } = John D, Adams, of Little Rock, is presiden Capt. Mark R. Cheek, superintendent, and John M. Peters, secretary and treasurer. She was built in 1882, and cost $102,000. She was the finest and fastest steamer of her type, and her owners this summer spent $20,000 in re- peeing her at Paducah. 6 was insured for 750. The ngers and crew lost all their cloth- ing and effects, and some made their escay the shore from the burning steamer en disha- bille, but were provided with clothes by the kind citizens of Commerce. Three of the col- ored cabin crew, who were rescued from the water, died afterwards. pence decker OP BER ne Mary Anderson’s Brother Joe. From the Louisville Post. A gentleman just from New York city tells me that Joe Anderson, “our” Mary's big and handsome brother, and Miss Barrett, the daughter of Lawrence Barrett, the actor, are to be married January 19. When Joe Ander- son lived in Louisville he was an awkward. bashful youth, and gave but little promise of the great personal beauty he is now gifted with. Many of his old schoolboy friends would hardly recognize in the handsome, dashing fellow “little Josey,” as they used to call him. But then Miss Anderson herself was a very gawky girl between the age of twelve and six- teen when she resided on Gray street, and pos- sibly if it hadn't been for her great determina- tion to go on the stage, and that wonderful, in- spiring voice of hers, she would not be what she is to-day, the most beautiful and bewitch- ing actress +e “Deuced ” Don’t You Know. From the Lewiston Journal. A friend of mine was visited not long ago by an English gentleman, who seemed to take a great interest in whatever was shown to him and to be highly appreciative of American in- stitutions, howbeit, his admiration was rather monotonous in expression, ~ friond piloted him through our cotton mills. “Deuced clever, old boy, deuced clever,” he said, as they came out. Ther hié*host showed him a large Auburn shoe 3 “George, that’s deuced clever!” he ex- claimed, enthusiastically. On the way across the bridge the English gentleman stood still for a few minutes and —— at the foamy falls roaring down over rocks. “By Jove! That's deuced clever!” said he, —_——_~oo—_—____—— There Are Twins and Twins. From the Boston Transcript. The other night the subject of twins was up as a matter of conversation. The resemblance of twins is always interesting, and some stories were told which were new to the listener. One was about a pair of twin sisters, excellent la- dies, who lived near each other in a Massachu- setts town. One of these twins was ailing somewhat, and one day her sister, bonnetless and shawless, ran in to see how she was, and found that the ailing one wanted her to do an important errand. So she put on the ai sister's shawl and bonnet and went to the Arriving there, she saw her own image in a efeitos lass, and exclaimed: “Why, you decided to come yourself, after all. I don’t think you were well enough!” By way of the opposite of this story, a mem- ber of the party told of a country woman who was asked if her twin sister resembled her. “Laws, no!” exclaimed the old lady; in’t no more alike than 'sif *t want ust all. She's just as different as I be t’other way!” “see Dining in London. THE LATE HOUR UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT NOT TO BE CHANGED. From the London Queen. We English stand alone as regards the late- ness ot the hour at which we dine and for- eigners can hardly understand this preference given for so late an hour for eating the chief meal of the day. Her majesty, the queen, sets the example by dining at 9 o'clock, the lead- ing nobility follow it by dining at 8:30; 8 o'clock, however, is a very general hour in London society at which to dine, and very few peor with any claim to be considered fash- jonable dine earlier except those who wish to adhere to the early hours of their younger days and insist upon dining at 7:30, “At con- tinental courts, on the contrary, the fashiona- ble dinner hour is not later than 6, and at some courts earlier in the summer months. Society ines at the same hour, and all things con- sidered, weighing advantages against disad- y, | vantages, foreign society is certainly the gainer by the adoption of an earlier dinner hour than ours. The 6 o'clock dinner hour enables society to take life more quietly, dinner can be eaten leisurely and theaters leisurely attended, and balls and receptions do not make an im- mediate claim upon the after-dinner hour. Plenty of breathing time is allowed. Again, dinner toilette, as we understand it, is not worn, and high dresses are de riguer in everyday life, the exceptions be made in favor of state banquets. An earl; er hour allows of earlier hours being k vf by those who wish to do so without relinquishing society, as entertainments distinctly comm nce early the evening. Health undoubtedly—we might say happiness also, for who is happy without health?—is on the side of these #arly hours. However, as long as it is the fashion to dine late the hour will remain unalterable, for the os reason that if one elected to dine at the continental hour of 6 one would dine alone and lead comparatively an excentric existence, tically putting oneself wut of all that one’s nds are doing. The only alternative to the vor amet on the hurricane | °°! AM Anxiety Regarding Stanley and Emin About at an End. with Emin, returned to Bangala for the pur- pose of obtaining cartridges and other sup- plies needed at Wadelai. Havirlg procured berate ft wert be nga siden wor message simply conveys the intelligence that Stanley relieved Emin. and is now on the Cot Ujiji and Meal: Stanley is peter familiar, as it is the route traversed by Dr. Livingstone, and later by Stanley himself. ADVICES BY WAY OF ZANZIBAR. One of the special messengers sent from Zan- zibar into the interior in October, in the hope of obtaining news of Emin and Stanley from caravans, has sent a dispatch announcing that he met Arab traders from Wadelai who posi- tively affirmed that Stanley met Emin there about January 20, Stanley, the traders said, had 330 men and plenty of stores. He had en- dured great privations, but he and all his party were well. although extremely exhausted. The delay in reaching Wadelai was due to difficul- ties encountered on the route, the expedition having to make along detour toward the north- east in order to avoid swamps and hostile tribes. Emin was then ina fairly good i- tion, although some of his Egyptian officers were grumbling, and many of his soldiers had deserted. ‘The kings of Uganda and Unyoro were hostile to Emin, who was obliged. in No- vember, to repel predatory incursions from the east. His general health was good, but he had been suffering from an affection of the eyes for two months, THE MAHDI SUMMONS EMIN TO SURRENDER. A fortnight after Stanley's arrival, Emin re- ceived via Lado a message from the mahdi, pompously intimating his intention to subdue the whole country as far as the great lakes, and promising good treatment if Emin sub- mitted. Emin replied that before evacuatin, he must wait for the mahdi to prove the legiti- macy of hisclaim to the province. Stanley in meantime applied himself to restoring order among the troops and distributing stores and munitions. Emin told Stanley that he did not desire to leave Wadelai. The entire route to the east coast was most dangerous, on account of the incessant agitation among the tribes and the hostility of Mwanga, Toward the middle of April, hearing thata force of Mahdists was coming, Emin ordered his advanced posts between Dufile and Lado to retire to Wadelai, and Stanley sent messengers tothe kings of Uganda and Unyoro. About the end of April, when the traders left Wadelai, Stanley was anxious, owing to the absence o' news from the rear guard on the Aruwhimi, and was arranging to’ send a strong detachment in search of them along the route which he him- self had followed. Stanley also again urged Emin to leave Wadelai with him and regain the coast. Stanley sent out several couriers with news for Europe. One was the courier who was sent by the foreign consuls at Zanzibar to apprise Emin of the departure of the relief expedition. This courier had remained at Wadelai, and was sent back to the east coast after the arrival of Stanley. Another courier was sent in the di- rection of the Aruwhimi. The copy of the khedive’s letter to Emin Pacha forwarded to Gen. Grenfell by Osman Digna proves to be an exactreproduction of the original? ———-+ee______ The Day of the Violct. From the Louisvilile Courier-Journal. © “Violets, sweet violets,” are the rage of the hour, Any other flower seen.on the street is considered by high authorities, who have re- ceived the latest advice, as in bad taste. If some one were to send a lady a bunch of roses, should she throw them away or decline them with thanks because roses are out of style? My informant. who has just returned from the east, says white violets are succeeding lilies of the valley for bridal bouquets, and in this case the bridesmaids carry dark bine Parma violets. In one case that came under her observation all the flowers used about the house for the wedding decorations were violets. The cost of the display was fabulous. Great bunches of maiden-hair ferns are also used for brides- maids, Fashionable women are using violet perfume and no other, and with good reason, for the odor is delicious. eee Blaming the Female Voters. CONTESTS GROWING OUT OF THE RECENT CITY ELECTION IN BOSTON. Ex-Alderman P. J. MacGuire filed a motion with the city clerk in Boston Saturday of his intention to contest the seat of Alderman Short in the next board of aldermen on the ground that Short secured his election by the vote of women cast in the 9th aldermanic district. A Boston special to the Philadelphia Press says: This is the beginning of what promises to be a long contest in the next board of aldermen, and probably in the courts. It is not wholly the work of MacGuire. Ex-Alderman Lee has served notice of his intention to contest the | seat of Alderman Rogers, and ex-Alderman Fernald will do the same with Alderman Kelly on the same ground as alleged by MacGuire, The scheme originated when the recount of votes was first petitioned for, in the minds of | the mayor's friends. The claim was made be- fore the board of aldermen that women had voted straight party tickets instead of a sepa- rate ticket, containing only the names of can- didates for school boards. The check list ought to quickly settle this point, at least in the precincts where intelligent counting was | lone. placed on the check list, because of the stupid condition of some of the election officers, caused by drink. If women did vote the straight party ticKets the wardens appointed by the present power are to blame. MacGuire, however, was not the regular, and, it is said, that in ward 22 the democrats worked the wo- man vote for all it was worth. Thescheme is a at by the republican members of the oars ——~—-se0e______ The Immigration Investigation. THE REPORT TO BE READY EARLY IN JANUARY CHAIRMAN FORD SAYS. Chairman Ford, of the congressional immi- gration investigating committee, left Pittsburg Saturday for Detroit. While at the Union woes collection of = besa the ‘west, a fine crated Book 14, The lot 1 ‘Terms: One-tl alanine own af tne of a24-tds [fin roved by a cise, containing sores hot and cold water, te basement under whole of house. Sereno at in ¢ Carust subdivision in Square office of the Surveyor 61. rooms, including: gaa, range ‘Lind cash ; balance in one: Purchaser to give his notes oa deariag interest at rate of sale. ‘486 tbe nearly new brick dwelling stove; con- ator a: DWELLIN LoT 20x1 virtue of 1886. and di premises, NT said} Bi co aay of trust on prope! option; conve cost. ‘Terms oi Fisk an a22.3t cost of et seq. cue of the lan of Columbia, andat’ the thereby, we will sell, at m THU! ry jance in ~~, to be secured b; from day of sale, else Embracing in part Coffees and Teas, of every Se, SEVENTH, 1888, coi ‘shall sell the entire stock of Ho. S1¢ Rad st. Bow. EAL AND BASEMENT NG; No 1325 QSTREET NORTHWEST, 06 TO ALLE ‘Wt ‘B. WILLIAMS & 00. Aucts. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE Ri THEEE-STORY me deed of trust dated December 1. fecorded in Liber No 12-0, fo a records of the Distric te Ineton District, to wit: Lot, No. 74, in Chipuaan, xl Richards. <rustees, subdivision of er with the improvement (Que third cash, of which of wi eq trustees, purcbaser in default. M. F. HOLTZMAN, REGINALD FENDALL, DECE! T at HALF-PAST FOUR 0" P. M., the following real estate in Washi and recording st sale 10 be complied ‘with Teserve right tris juest of the secured suction, th trout of te WENT Y- CLOCK city, in e) Teas in ten days ‘to resell at } Trustees. EORGE TRUSTEES" S. WASH: PREMI SUUT! Under and by recorded in ne aT Bt ington, Distric Tout 8 buubered bumbered four ve and one b ~ pov fo for stores abd bi ‘The property ness, secure 5,000, with int froin the 6tu day other del ‘Terms of sale sory note of the = cent interest y deed of trust the purchaye quired at « after a22d&ds REAL ESTAT D STREET! INGTON, D. ©. 4 STOl AND 401,403, 465 AND 407, 7THSTREET SES. HWEST. SEVENTH DAY OF Liber the Land Records the request of the party secured thereby plat or plan of said ci six mouths trom we of ALE OF VALU: E ON THE CORN] of adeed of trust MBER, lio 14" istrict of Ci SEPTE No. 133 for the dated AD., 1888, and et L of VED OF N t the t'sea, foil’ ‘in the said’ city of Wash- t of Columbia, leven (11) and hune ‘and a as parts of 'welve (12) on the original De i 86) thence horth seventy- east to the two. wil by of trust aud terest at 6 per cent, ber, y-two (52) feet three place of brick buildings, suitable i be seid subject to certain indebted- beginn: ioe rable quarteriy, = ot ite A.D. 1888, and to be secured by deed of trust of $1,000, wil be aumounced at time ce the particulars whereof sale. r must be from the day of om the property option. “A de All or. conv ven days the ti three days’ public. ry penit of $100 i {800 in cash, and the in Lye day of sale for which the promis: yitehase to = all cash at will be re- and record- ey ost. If the teruis of sale are not rustee reserves the to resell at the risk and cost of the defaulting i Lewspaper published in Washington. D. in some het pubiishe IZ sap MUEL MA i Me Dc. j2 Lowisiaua ave. CBANCERY By virtue of a District of Col pretuises. the one alley on the noi ‘Terms of sale within tendays at the risk ai Ts 2 city of Was! thereon. (2) and two ¢ the trustee will purchaser, rein Jaiwes T. and Bernard L. A: ant, I shall, st HALF-PAST FO! URDAY AFTERN z NINTH. AD. 1888, sell” at ai real estate in the city he District of Columbia, described four (4) and five (5),’with the imp square asa: at the southwest corner of said square, rd thence east along the north line of O' street sout! ninety (¥0) feet : theuce north thirty (30) feet; thence west Linety (90) feet: thence south along th line of 11th street east cost of the defauiti ENE numbered three hun hington, ALE OF A CORNER TY FEET, WITH AN uibia, made in No OON, DECEMBER id 'and one (100) thirty 30, the Trustee reserves the atv and sixty-eight ‘D.C., with the Te With interest, sec jon of th resell at risk am "L CROSS, 5 oro" 2 LOT. THIRTY ALLEY deoree of tiie Supreme Court of the 11456, im Boisesu and others are uderson is the defend UB O'CLOCK on 8: AT TWEN1X- mut of the ‘Washi as the ington, in part of lots vements, in + becinuing runui \e ‘eastern ) feet to the place of beginning “with the right in common of The purchase money to A deposit of $100 is required at the ‘Siac is bid off. Conveyancing and recordii chaser's cot. If the term of saleare not complied with ‘ht to resell, r. ‘a four-foot be all cash. iy yd ing at pur- rig! urchase! EUGENE F. ARN’ ‘Trustee, 458 Louisiana avenue, DUNCANSON BROS,, Aucts. d19,2¥,26,27a28-5t a) 3, fh Basen: jon of square (388), 1 the provements ‘Terms of sale: One-third (3s) cash and balance in one yea i, at the of at cost of pure] veyune! If terms of sale are not complied with in ten (10) days from da: y of sale cost of defaulting SULLIAM A GORDON, DUNCANSON BROS., Aucta. Trustees. 219-akds_ i There will LOOK A. M. In some precincts no r@iance can be | sho ns k, 800 pou: Tin T. rou, Brass and tonger., MARS 500 poun ypewri Copper Cones and Tanks, 01 he ‘so! , THU! ‘at public auction at TEN RSDAY. DECEMBER UCTION SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. TWEN’ tthe Central Station of the U. 8. ru the x5 In Engin Enon ine Boller, 1 838 Up % Boiler. 1 Pipe Cutter, 1 Baird Dietiil 2 larwe ‘orce Pump, condition, 2" large Boxes, Lawn Mower, 30 Pathes, nds Netting in fair ds ope, i Tabl Lead Junk. THOS Dol run c HALL McDONALD, at MAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. SALE OF VA » SOUTH C8 By virtueof a District of station, speaking of the report that the com- | $atGAny mittee will make, he said: “Our report will be ready not later than January 10. We are now finishing our investigation. It is not likely that we will go to Providence after leaving Detroit, but we will probably take evidence for New York. No, we do not expect to again call up the Castle Garden officials, While the evi- dence goes to show that the employes at Castle Garden are blamable, yet it must be remem- bered that they have too many people to look after. The system of examination there is cer- teinly a poor one. There are five railings at Castle Garden. an examiner being at each one, oes Res na high as ced —— ve rushed ina , making it impossible for -oan bh examination of cach, Four hundred usa migrant pass ‘01 Castle Garden ina year. As the rush to this country each is between May and Ai it can be rea seen that in some days the number is as high as 9,000. We will recommend a consular inspection on the other side of the ocean, I think that this is the Ce fer, Sn m can be solve: gress ubtedly take some decided action about the matter. As the next session is the short one, action may be deferred until the next Congress assembles,” al ; fe Al PITO! LUABLE IMPROVED IL STREET. IN SQUi EDIATEL\ SOUTH OF THE CaP! decree of the Sy UR Teal estate situated in the: and known and distinguished on the, fas Serafx bran of lot numbered jdred and thirty-six (G30), the same at the distance of twenty-one « <6) inches from the. ning thence so ct yeti =" Petes geeceeay betes 1 3-cylinder ‘Opeient $ Engine,1 Incline Engi 1 Double ue.) Dow 3 Herres- ht Boiler, 1 Toe ven, lot Copper, DOWLING, "hue: on there- fifteen (18) iu square uum tor ) feet si LNEY Ins: coe AU SE C MMENT PARLE A PAI cteie? a . LAI modern languages. 905 16th st. n.w. HE PEEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY THES is Pee i ronslindon, S55 3 _R2B-collt T. GEORGE'S HALL FOR BOTS. Waka ence eat 3 K PSBERGAETER 801 NDENGARTEN ASD PRiwan M™ VERNON SEMINARY, 21100-1104-1116 M STREET AND 1128 11TH STREET om SAND 2 POO ADE TOEmE Thorough instruction in all branches in ER w teed i rit Pt st it and freah air. mncipal, Mrs ELIZA BET! ACADEMY OF THE or Wc hls ot ga- chusetts ave —Thurough Musical oe Hutt dally use of Techuicou, Orean, Sea a ‘om ; tou thorough bass classes: sivo te'vocal. ALNTING, DRAWING IN CRAY PSS aE es = Studio, 57] 11th nw. Send for: 2 Wy Senoagh atoot or Faee 7 Wag 2 "J Volce Culture aud Natural Be Carefully taught IAN BUSINESS | COLLEGE, 001 . TT nw, Ep iahed 1 Ceutral k bsieceoners Se aes ae, Pull corys of instructors. I are filling resp Nand tone, ‘ts weil-train Atuanuensis courve, Practical 3 manship; Delsarte Course in Exeryettos. tom Butecesy eine ‘cdl Gr send tor iiuetrat HENTY C SPENCER "LL.B, Principal A SPENCER Vice Pringyal, IANO LESSONS — MISS Ee upil of Wm. Mason, N.Y. h r Little ‘Children ‘Special a Seeded NY 1234 13cnet aw HE COLUMBIAN UN WERSITY —THE RCO. 1 ran Scientific School opened October 1. -~4 which meet in the evening are open to both sexes, For information about the courses in etry, Analytic Geot tol L- HODURINS Professor of Mathemation’ Acrixe tocutiox, Oratory, Tessous in CLASS: crTLAVATE tn au one oF ve etuen, abGE OF EL TON TOK’ uh st. BN (lait a block east of Gy P.O» Wash -.. TZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES ‘Terms begin now. NDS’ SELFCT SCHOOL—A FP icicauste and High Sees for bot eae IsL1T et au29-6m THOS. “W. SIDWELL, Principal. BUSINESS EDUCATION — BOOK-KEEPI A Penmaushi), Commercial ‘Type-wridug Hlcention Lage polar Ou BC) oft 407 E.0 ae ‘ousbeoun ™ COMMEKC! COLLEGE. AND 3 i, w.. bear City Paves URE pane ioe ard Business Colieve in America.” sautp- moe largest and nest commodio: stucents not sdmitted. FraN@is Go. MAKIYN: Proidest, °K Candas A.M. CE, Principal. cS devoted to NEW ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR SWITHEN C. SHORTLEDGE’S MEDIA (Pa )ACADE- MY FOR BOYS seut tree. sels-tjal SermVHE CEDARS” — A BOARDING AND Dak SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES. REOPENS OCTOBER 1. sel-tm MISS EARLE, 1926 35th et HARVARD GRADUATE DESIRES PUPIL& Acta mall SCING ACAD! n for the reception of vils MONDA' AS and SATURDAYS Call or ns ori 5 Apply 8 DANCT: ae" NeSDAYS and SA’ is! fend fur cirea- lars, 1004 F st. now. auzs-Sin FINANCIA: L. BANKER AND BROKER, No. 1405 F st. nw. Orders executed on all the Exchanges. Stocks, Boucs, Grain, Provisions and Petroleum. PRIVATE WIRES TO NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, Interest allowed on deposits. TNO. W. M. Neuer At btoce Re CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F 8T. ¥. W, Bankers and Dealers in * Bonds. 414-3m a W. CORSON. Collections, dal) securities Beted ont Vork, Piiiadelphia, "Bostos Sierra tall ae ty made of investinent secu ponds and al} Loca! Railrosd. Ges, Ineurence ond Tol ephone Stock dealt in, ‘American Bell Teleybone Stock bought and sold 3y18 ——————— ee = = = Gexts Serrs Scovren AND PRESSED FOR #1 ‘Coats, 50e.; Panta, 25c.; Vests, 25e_ R ring done in best Eogesray hig he et auber Gute lee oad K. 1. HAHN, 705 9th stn. w., aud 218 N. Calvert au2-6m at. “AN _ or ‘BG 205 20.2 Veapnod = NOLLNEADEG "JNUA NVIVLWS und cay “NOU! ‘WUVE_NVIANYSd ‘OINOL ONLVAODTAM AV JHOOUV1-VNI