Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1888, Page 6

ANOTHER STEAMER BURNED. Thirty Lives Believed to Have Been Lest—Heartrending Scenes. ‘Fhe steamboat John H. Hanna. from Oua- chita river, with a large number of passengers and a cargo of 2,500 bales of cotton on board, was burned Monday night at Plaquemine, Miss., 112 miles above New Orleans. Many of the crew and passengers were asleep when the fire broke out and spread with indescribable rapid- ity. John Cullen, a stoker, seeing flames bursting from the tiers of cotton vear the boiler, ran to the engine-room and gave the alarm. Clerk Powell ran through the smoke, which filled the cabin, and kicked at the doors, and in a short time almost everybody was awake. Then confusion worse confounded appeared, and frantic people on the boat ran to different exits to make their escape, but the boat was filled high with cotton and the passageways were filied with smoke. Many = before they were able to get to the forward part of the boat and were dead when the steamer went down. % ‘Then, to add to the consternation, a steam pipe burst and filled the boat with scalding steam. Engineer Merriman was forced to abandon his post. As soonas the flames began to shoot up the sides of the boat, Capt. Jolles, the pilot, headed the boat for the shore, and the t was soonrun intothe bank. When the Hanna struck she bounded away again and swung around, drifting down as she burned. Floating cotton, charred timber and other debris filled the river, and many people were struggling desperately in the water for their lives. Some of them were able to swim ashore, but most of them were so badly burned or so thoroughly exhausted that they struggled but a few minutes and sank to rise no more. As the burning boat struck the bank of the river the crew passengers who had been able to reach the forward end of the boat sprang ashore, some of them with scorched faces and bruised limbs and many of them with scarcely any covering. Among those who managed to get off were Capt. Holmes and Bob Smith, the unfortunate pilot of the ill-fated White, who was a pn r. When the captain jumped ashore he was Eoczably burned, and buried his face and hands in the soft mud and begged piteously for some one to help him. Smith was just behind, and was laid out by the side of the dying captain. Nothing could be done for the suffering men, and the two died together on the river bank. ‘The struggling unfortunates who reached shore were taken care of, and doctors and others came to their assistance and tried to alleviate their sufferings. No one saw Clerk Powell, who displayed much heroism in waking up the passengers, after he had rapped at the doors, and it is quite itive that he was burned to death and went down with the steamer. The boat burned rapidly after she reached the bank, and ina very short time she sank, Among those that were lost are: Captain Holmes, master of the boat; Samuel Powell, chief clerk; Bob Smith, a pilot from Smith- land, La.; Mike O’Neil, night watchman; Joe Crane, cabin watchman; Monroe Deck, first cook; Jack Duff, second cook; Joe Harvey, eabin boy; Jim Watson, second baker; John Crafton, carpenter. Among those who were badly burned are: Dan Carroll, steward; Jim O'Neill, deck hand; John Gibbons, sailor-man; Louis Welch, roust- about, and a number of others. Coming down on the boat as passengers were a number of the crew of the steamer Josie W., all of whom were saved. The survivors were all warm in their praise of the humane people of Plaquemine, who spared no pains and no money to furnish them with clothes and shelter after their terrible experienc None of the men could origin of the fir however, is that cigarette among caneed the disaster. It is believed that the total loss of life was about thirty. 5 3 Re Gen. Harrison’s Christmas Gifts. Gen, Harrison had a curious Christmas pres- ent in the shape of asmall iron alarm clock with an automatic fire-lighting attachment. ‘The arm holding the fuse extends nearly a foot from the side of the clock. The inventor writes the general that he has at last solved the great problem as to who shall get up first during the cold winter mornings and light the fire. The clock rests upon the mantel in the general's library, where it will be utilized asa time-piece, as the fire-lighting attachment is not practicable where natural gas is burned, until some one invents an automatic mechan- ism for turning on the gas. Another gift came from Oregon, and consisted of a spider web Woven out of fine brass. Below it hangs a plate having on one side the words *-Waik into my parlor” and on the other “Home, Sweet Home.” what was the The general impression, e careless smoker threw a cotton bales, and thereby pee er eee Advice About Pianos. WHY THEY GET OUT OF TUNE—A GROWING PLANT IN THE ROOM A REMEDY. From the New York Sun. “This is the time of year when we are driven nearly crazy with work,” said a tired-looking Ppiano-tuner to a reporter. ‘Everybody wants his piano tuned for Christmas, and most of them forget about it till the last moment, And besides being the busiest season, we have been having the most trying weather. These cold, dry days throw pianos out of tune every and, besides that, the sounding-boards are be ginning to split. It always surprises me what care most people take of their pianos. aman buy an expensive watch and he'll treat it as though it were a live thing, but people don’t seem to realize what a de piece of mechanism a good piano is, Pianos are not affected so much by heat or cold as they are by dryness or dampness. Of course, if you stick one end of a piano up against a stove, or a heater, or register, and let the other end come near a cold, leaky window, it'll raise Ned with it; but most people are on to that. The trouble is the piano is too dr. “You know the sounding board—t & piano—is forced into the case when it’s made so tightly that it bulges up in the center, or has @ ‘belly,’ as we call it, on the same principle asa violin. The wood is supposed to be as dry as possible, but, of course, it contains some moisture, and gathers a lot more on damp days and in handling. Now, when you puta piano in an overheated, dry room all this moisture is dried out, and the ‘owns thin ‘and tinny, and the felt cloth and leather used in the action dry up, and the whole'machine rattles, and everybody kicks, ~ “How can you prevent it? Easily enough, Keep a growing plant in the room, and so long as your plant thrives your piano ought to, or else there is something wrong with it. Just try it and see how much more water you'll have to pour in the flower-pot in the room where your piano is than in any other room. Some People keep a huge vase or urn with a Sopping-wet sponge in it near or under the iano, and keep it moistened just as a cigar aler keeps his stock. They keep this up all the time the fires are on.” pin a athens SNR Hard Times for Actors. From the New York Tribune. Thirty capable actors, men with families to . Support, were counted in one of the rooms of the Edwin Forrest lodge a night or two ago. Their names have appeared so often on the play-bills of our theaters that New Yorkers must be acquainted with every one, yet not a man among them is earning « dollar to-day by his profession. Ashamed to beg, and unwilling that his wife and two little girls should starve, one worthy member of the profession is earp- ing his and their daily bread at a menial occu- pation in Central park. SiR Tae ADVANCE IN THE Prick oF Coxr.—At Pittsburg the coke operators of the Connells- ville region held another meeting Monday to discuss the advisability of advancing the market price to $1.50 per ton. No decision was reached, and it is expected that another meet- ing will be held this week. All operators, ex- cept those who operate blast furnaces, or who are in any way interested in the iron trade, such as ca . Prick & Co., of which the firm of Andrew Carnegie & Co. is a member, are in favor of an advance. This statement was made by an rator. Itis from bituminous or soft coal that Connellsville coke is made entirely. An advance in the market price will advance the bor of all the coal pe sa and employes about ovens in the Connellsville region. SUPPosED To ———- ee Have Bers Potsoxep.—A spe- from Onancock, Va., to the Baltimore American says that a coroner's jury is investi- gating the mysterious death of Wim. J. . a farmer of Taslor E FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Chamberlain arrived at Birmingham Monday. They drove from the railway station en pote Mr. Chamberlain's residence, in a cl 5 were not expected until Thursday and were not nized, Mr. Chamberlain's son Austin wel comed his father and step-mother at London and accom them home. John Bright had another setback on Monday. Henry A. Blake, whose appointment as gov- ernor of Queensland was opposed by the people of that country, has been sppointed governor of Jamaica. M. Martin, a French Siberian explorer, will soon start on an expedition to Central China and the unexplored regions of Eastern Thibet. He will have a small escort and will c: with him a complete outfit of astronomical an graphical appliances. He will be gone three years. Herr Von Gossler, German minister of eccle- siastical affairs and — instruction, has sanctioned the order of the governor of Schles- wig that the German language alone shall be used in elementary schools after the first of April next. Official notice has been given that the pro- posed loan to the Bulgarian government can- not be issued within German territory. Sixty-five German generals have been placed on the retired list. Herr Bonin, president of the ministry of Gotha, is dying from blood poisoning, caused by dye stuff in his hunting stockings. The Russian consul at Malta has been ar- rested on suspicion of having placed an ex- plosive shell in the theater there while the duchess of Edinburgh was present. The English authorities believe the affair is the outcome of a nihilist conspiracy. M. Deroulede and other members of the chamber of deputies attempted to address a Boulangist meeting at Pentoise last night, but were denied a hearing. Several violent scrimmages took place. The marines in the arsenal at Constantino- ple have revolted because their wages have not been paid. The leaders were arrested. The Argentine Republic has joined the tele- graph convention. The remains of Laurence Oliphant will be interred at Twickenhan on Thursday, Mrs. Oliphant will shortly leave for Suria, The pope has given $2,400 to the Roman poor and $600 to poor priests as Christmas gifts. ~~ see —— Reforming a Husband. A WIFE'S DEVOTION CURED HIM OF HIS CUPS. From the Springfield, Ohio, Republic-Times. William Smith, at one time United States Senator from South Carolina, was, in his youth, a wild fellow—as he himself expressed it, ‘wild, reckless, intemperate, rude, and boisterous,” but had a good wife, who never upbraided hi: and who finally reformed him. The evening’ before the session of the court of common pleas a client called upon him with fifty notes to be put in suit. Mr. Smith was not in his office; he was on what is commonly known as “a spree.” “irs. Smith received the notes, and sat down to the work of issuing the writs and processes. She spent the night at work, while Mr. Smith was spending it in “riotous living.” At daybreak, on his way home from his carousals, he saw a light in his office, and went in. To bis surprise there sat his wife, who had just completed what ought to have been his work. and who had now fallen asleep with her head on the table. His entrance awoke her and she showed him her night's work—tifty writs and processes. This was too much for the strong man. He fell on bis knees, implored her pardon, and promised never to drink another drop. He kept his word, and from that time prosperity attended im. Universal Suffrage in Spain. Madrid Dispatch to the London Standard. This has been an eventfal dayin the house of deputies. The minister of the interior in- troduced a bill for re-establishing universal suffrage. All Spaniards of twenty-five years are to have a vote after furnishing proof of two years’ residence. The bill provides for the representation of minorities in large constitu- encies and for the representation of learned, literary, economical and agricultural societies in special constituencies. All towns of over 20,000 inhabitants are to have one member in the cortes. Senor Moret has exhibited some ingenuity and skill in framing clauses to check the intervention of the authorities and insure the sincerity of the elections. Officers and soldiers upon active service, paupers and criminals are ineligible to be electors. oe — A Doctor on Dyspepties. WHAT TREATMENT THE VICTIMS SHOULD HAVE. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. When a dyspeptic comes to a physician for assistance he wants to be cured at once, but the physician will not say “Ican cure you,” he will only promise to try this or that remedy. The conditions to be fulfilled by the patient and the circumstances causing the complaint are so many that it is diffiult to find the proper relief without experiment. Let a man have dyspepsia, and every friend who has had such a trouble will endeavor to force on him the remedies which may have been efficacious in each par- ticular cas But it does not follow that what was good for A will help B. Dyspepsia is a vicious thing to overcome, because the remedy which lies chiefly in the nce is so frequently re’ unhealthy appetite. I know a man who isa confirmed dyspeptic because he can never summon the will power to refuse what disa- grees with him. He has gone into a restau- rant with a vial of pepsin in his pocket to aid him in digesting a mixture which he knows his health should forbid him to touch. Thus he will eat corned beef and cabbage, pudding and pie, and compromise with his stomach by taking a dose of pepsin. In general, for a person who is liable to dyspe that are fried. and especially pork or veal, must be avoided; but each particular dyspep- tic has his peenliar foods to void. ‘The chiet use of dyspepsia with us is nervousness, We ly the men—in a great hurry, or under excitement and the worries of business. Rich eating, pastry and hot bread, assist many on the road to dyspepsia, Itlooks as if we were becoming a nation of dyspeptics. The number of aatidotes and cures for the disorder now on the market 8 that the demand is great. There is no anacea. No mn should neglect a trouble of thiskind. He should try various means until he finds the proper one for his ow case. Pep- sin and peppermint are both excellent reme- dies, A good way to prevent asevere attack is for the ‘im when he discovers the first in- dication®to drink hot water three times a ¥—upon rising, at noon, and before eating dinner or supper in the evening. - tee lered powerless by his pais, all things Disclosed by a Freshet. INDIAN SKELETONS, BEADS, TOMAMAWKS, POTTERY ON THE UPPER POTOMAC. From the Baltimore Sun, December 25, The south branch of the Potomac river is the Nile of West Virginia, Along the meadow- lands where it flows the soil is rich and produe- tive, but on portions of it the farmers sow but are in doubt ubout the reaping, for the river may overflow and carry off the crops. At times the receding waters are not content to carry the grain. but often take deep soil, too, Afreshet which occurred a year or 60 ago uncarthed an Indian burying-ground. Thecem- etery is near the river, about 8 miles from Romney, in Hampshire’ county. The oldest residents were not aware that the place had been the — of dead braves, squawsand papooses until the river disclosed the skele- tous. Many of the bones are in a good state of reservation, but crumble away when exposed, ‘he Indians were all found in ‘a sort of reclin- ing position resting on the left side. In the lap of each Indian were earthenware pots, and in these pots were found the belongi of the corpse—beads, arrow, spear and tomahawk heads, Indian money, made of bone or ivory. Some of the beads are made of bone andothers of beantiful and curious colored stones. A few are of glass, These, together with some fish- hooks and comper trinkets, seem to have been the extent of their property. All of the trinkets holes in some AND wi to have made from bone are in CS ee even to the idents of gathered hundreds of the lily itis ht, many others not yet Pieces of manufacture which the ttery of are among ‘the other curiosities SEWER GAS AND DIPHTHERIA. ‘Where the Dread Disease Originates and what Can be Done to Prevent It. “Ofcourse diphtheria is contagious,” said Dr. J. J. Tathill to a Chicago Journal reporter, when asked about the epidemic of that disease now raging in some sections of the West Side. “Every one knows that, and its prevails more in the fall and winter than at any other time in the year. It also has a special tendency to attack children. The jer the person the more susceptible they are to the disease. For instance, the largest number of cases taken with diphtheria are children between the ages of one and five years. Then persons between the ages of five and ten years are next in order. You will find about half as many cases between five and ten years as between one and five, and the older le grow their susceptibility to the Gigenss dimtulshes, There is also a special poor A to the disease in certain families. The children in some families are much more pst to the poison than those of others. I think that sewer gas is largely responsible for its prevalence, in spite of the opinion of a it many other men to the contrary. I think the gas prevails in many houses where i presence is but litle sus ected. and that it is be found more on the lower floors and in the basements than any other places. In summer time people are apt to ventilate their base- ments and under their floors, but just as soon as fall comes on they start up all their fires and heat the upper part of the house and shut up their ventilators under the floors and their basements, and of course the sewer gas is there all the same, and is not purified by dissemina- tion through the atmosphere, but is drawn up- ward through the house. I think there is one thing radically wrong in the construction of houses which predisposes their occupants to certain diseases caused by sewer Ps, and that is the common habit of taking air to heat the house from the basement, instead of having a shaft to supply fresh air to the furnace from the outside atmosphere. ‘The present system of heating the_air in the basement and sending it up through the fur- nace is simply giving the sewer gas a special invitation to go right through the house. ‘Then, in many cases, people are away all summer. Their basements remain closed up while they are gone, and when they come home the base- ments are kept closed and the furnace starte and the foul, vitiated air that has remained the basements all summer is heated and sen up through the house to be a menace to every- body in it. In other cities typhoid fever poison has been traced by the progress of the sewers, In Philadelphia it was traced by the sewerage connections in that way. This part of the city is very clean now, and otherwise is very healthy, though we had an unusual number of cases of tonsillitis. This disease is thought by some to be analogous to diphtheria. We always notice that wherever diphtheria prevails tonsillit neighborhood.” Types of Dollar-Getters. From the Lewiston Journal, The Aroostook man, whom our witty Presque Isle correspondent describes as able to make @ living by swapping jack-knives with his wife on rainy days, is but a slight exaggeration of a type well known in New England—a class of men who seem to thrive without any visible bother about it, certainly with less effort than that of their next-door neighbor, who works hard all his life and dies without a roof of his own, while the typical citizen of whom we are speaking becomes a real estate holder and ives a very good team. The writer has in mind an old friend whose death he saw recorded the other day. We will call him Uncle Reuben. He died full of years and honors and good victuals, yet he never hustled. No one would have accused him of bese a brilliant man. He was slow, unlettered, wedded to his old ways and his old pipe: he worked very moderately when he worked at all, was contented and happy, raised a large family, became an alderman, and left his heirs a handsome property. There once lived next door to him a man who was finely educated, pointed out as ‘‘smart” and “promising,” and always onthe jump; he worked hard every minute, shunned all vices, was strong in character and earnest in everything that was ‘ood; but he broke down in middle life and ied insolvent. Now this is not in the way of an argument that laziness gets riches; it is merely to bring into high relief that type of Yankee who scems to be born into the world with a faculty of seizing the main-chance by the hair as it goes by and compelling it to minister*to him. shrewd, calculating habit of mind. united with moderate ambition, small ideas of living, and inexpensive hapits, enables him to become fore-handed without much perspiration and with a good deal of pipe. Still another interesting t: gets his living in a way that nobody clse but that particular fellow or his double would have thought of. We give considerable space to this interesting person to-day, as a result of the in- vestigations of our Maine correspondents. Their fod ig seem to show that there is no way in which a man can’t earn aliving if he tries, and that success is possible in the most bizarre, unheard-of and incredible callings. Read about the corn-sheller geniu: old fellow who carries on a baby-farm, about the man who buys old false tecth, about the artist who paints out black eyes, about “Darby and Joan,” about the walking adverti: about the fellow who disposes of surplus cats and dogs, about the farmer who runs a “horse is the man who heaven,” about the man who buys old iron | and pares apples, about the Yankee who knows the genealogy of all the fox-hounds, about the many queer dollai i nite substantive. tells in this issue of a citizen who maintains his castle at an expense of week or less. You and I know families who live comfortably on #300 a year and others who have $1,500, but are always short. There are as many w: living as there are of getting a livin happy is he who can measure what he wants by what he has, The man who can do that can always get a living; the man who cannot, always gets a little less than a living. more than that, no man thinks he has ¢ petency, A wit has defined this vw financial horizon that recedes as we We never reach it. ‘Jay Gould has not got there yet. He is breaking down his health in a struggle for a few more millions, O mysterious, elusive, paradoxical dollar! Thou art so easy to be got—and yet so hard! What European Women are Doing. From the London ‘Truth. The two hundred and ten ladies, who hold degrees in arts and sciences. are entitled to write the letters B. A. after their names. Of these one hundred and forty-four matriculated at the London University, fifty-five at the Royal University of Ireland, and eleven at the Victoria University, Twenty ladies have ob- tained the degree of B. Sc., while fourteen have obtained that of M. A. Only two are privileged to write B. Mus. after their names, and both of these degrees were conferred at the Royal University of Ireland. Two others en- joy the honor indicated by the letters D. Sc. Nearly one hundred women are now serving on school boards in England and Wales. Boards in four country districts have women asclerks, Fifty-eight women are serving on boards of guardians in England, and seven in Scotland. A few instances are on record of fe- male overseers, church wardens, and parish clerks being appointed. Four ladies are on the Metropolitan asylums board, one is a poor- law inspector, one an inspector of lace manu- facture in Ireland, and at least six women are filling the office of registrars of births and deaths, in each case the women having assisted a husband or father in ie on the work, and at his death succeeded to the it. In France th is a female legate- general for the inspection of infant schools. This is as it should be. The lady lacks one a , however. She is un- married. It is possible that she may rectify this, Three married women are members cf the committee of consultation of primary in- struction in Paris. Another is inspector of schools of design in that city, and a fifth is not of Ecoles Maternelles, but was Sant A ee, Soy Sea dence Mansz re about the | One of our correspondents | THE RICH AND THE POOR. Arp on Bank Accounts in this World and the Next. From the Atlanta Constitation. Riches is a blessing and a comfort when used aright, but a man who hoards his money and is all bottled up with his own selfishness is a fool anda fraud. Nobody cares whether he lives or dies, In fact, they would rather he should die. Neither God nor men are his friends. The nation moaned for Peabody, but who moaned for A. T. Stewart? Now is the time for a man to start a good bank account in the next world, John Brown. To money honestly gained. . Cr.—By charities to the poor. Balance to be accounted for—— But with most of the millionaires it stands: John Brown. Dr. To money gained by sharp practices. .$1,000,000 No credit except the gifts contained in his will. Excuses rendered— “The poor have no gratitude.” “The poor are lazy and might be better off if they would work”... a I never knew a stingy, selfish man who didn’t roll those excuses under his tongue. John Brown was riding —s one cold morning and saw apoor woman picking up scraps at & lum- | ber yard to makg a fire, but it was nothing to him. St. Peter was pon! down and charged him up with wood and clothing for that woman and her children, and he is charging up some- thing to us almost every day. It troubles me and Tam afraid to sec that book. Some r folks are not grateful, I know, but most of them are. That was a trae and beautifal verse that Lady Dufferin wrote in the “Irish Immigrant's Lament :” “Tam very lonely now, Mary, For the po fe ho Hew friends; But oh! they love the better still ‘The few our Father sends.” The trouble with many of our rich Bere is they don’t know the wants of the poor. They never see them. Their daily journey is from their beautiful home to the counting-room and from the counting-room to their home again. ‘They never go about the homes of poverty, nor see the rented cabins with broken windows and cracks in the floor, and the scanty covering on a scanty bed, and, as Tom Hood says: “A wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling three,” London did not know she had poor people until Hood wrote that “Song of the Shirt,” | and all of a sudden London began to weep with pity and was aroused, and did more for j the suffering, starving ' thousands in one rete than bad been done for ten years be- ‘org T hover did believe that human nature was i radically, incorrigibly mean. It is d thoughtless, but just let a tender, touching case come right up square before a ne time I saw id, swollen, rushing river to save a poor from drowning, and he saved him at the | man/and he will surrender. 5 sure to existto a large extent in the wma oe God-forsaken man jump into a R. of his own life, In 1854 I saw a man lodged on the end of a log that had been caught among the rocks just above the brink of Niagara Falls. irty-six hours the people had been trying to rescue him, and thousands had con- greguted there from neighboring cities. All efforts had failed, and ts wife and children were weeping upon the bank. Suddenly a man mounted upon a box and shouted, with upraised arms: “I will give $10,000 to any- body who will save that man, Here, is my check for the money,” ond he handed his check to the mayor. “Who is that man?” I inquired, and the answer was: “He is the meanest man in Buffalo.” There is a tender spot in most every heart, But still these spasmodic charities won't do to relyon. It is a systematic charity that keeps the world alive, “There was an old gen- tleman in Rome, Ga., who was a banker, and laid aside $1 out of every $10 that he made, | That wes the Lord’s money, he said, and he } g it tothe churches. He kept it ina dif- ferent drawer in the iron safe. He would not use it for any other purpose. Outside of that he gave liberally to public and private chari- ties. He sa “Lowe to the Lord one-tenth, but what I give to the poor I lend to the Lord. He pays good interest, and won't plead usury nor take a homestead on me. Down here when Llend money I take security and make them sign iron-clad notes that waive homestead and agree to pay all expenses of collection, and even then they get me sometimes; but I take no note fromthe Li I don’t ‘even charge it up to Hin He keeps the books,” < ee : One of the Saddest of Women. Paris Correspondence N. Y. Tribune. “The Empress Frederick,” writes to me one of her set—a member of the consular service and an artist—“‘is perhaps the saddest woman alive. She loved her husband, she loved power becayse she has ina high degree the political faculty and is endowed with a mind which sees things wholesale rather than in detail, and she is a very proud woman in the best sense of the word. ‘Her husband and the throne, for which she had carefully educated herself. have been aken from her. The misery of worldly great- ness was impressed upon her in the most eruel object lessons with which Providence was ever pleased to teacha human being. Her pride received sore rubs during the zreater part of her married life. But it was buffeted with dur- ing her short and unhappy occupaney of the imperial throne. and was trampled upon in the early days of her widowhood. She only was | esteemed as her husband’s wife. As a woman, she was held of no account, because her sex are despised in Prussia, This was a great affliction to the eldest daughter of Queen Vic- toria, who, when the Empress Frederick was « child, filled perhaps the greatest position that there was in the world, None of her daugh- tera have her mind. They are kindly and well disposed and dutiful toward their mother, but not in touch with her. Being obliged to quit the palace in which she ‘lived at Potsdam with her husband during thirty years was a crnel j blow to her. She has become deeply pious. Religion alone fills her heart. ‘The paint brash and palette have been laid a It is her in- tention to devote herscif a gre: and hospitals, and to addict hersel known as Christian soc her she nor Jher husband 1 lism. They felt that the ave a people of individual hif outward.” j and that salvat effort, working from Brethren of the White Cap. From the € a White ¢ ea history. ninth chapter of his “Middle Ages,” ‘quotes Paul Francois Velly and Gillanme de Nangis to show that, in the reigns of Philip Augustus and Henry I, the mercenary troops, dis- missed from their pay, went through the | south of France committing dll sorts of out- |rages, “One Durand, a carpenter, deluded | by a contrived appearance of “the Virgin, put himself at the head of an army of the popu- | tace in order to destroy thege marauders. His | followers were styled brethren of the Whit from the linen coverings of their heads, Tallam, in the | fell to legislating for the entire country. They | served notice on the lords to take no tribute | from their vassals, whereupon the lords, bedde. 22 the employment of tlfe mercenaries, | brought peace again to the country, and no } man could be found who would admit he had | been a White Cap. i ER | Marriage Revealed by a Bicycle Header. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean, The marriage on Thanksgiving day of Misa Sadie O'Neill, of Lake Forest,to Enoch M. Fredericks, of Waukegan, has just been made public, The couple drove out into the country on Thanksgiving day, ostensibly to spend the day with relatives. At Lake Villa, however, they boarded the cars and were soon in Wis- consin and married, The matter was kept a secret until the husband took a “header” from a bicycle in Chicago a few days since and re- ceived such injuries that he desired his wife to nurse e story was then told, ts 2. Seestnamcrdteae A Trying Moment. From the New York Sun. “How true it is, my dear,” he said, as he tenderly lifted a lock of her hair, “that a thick Enormous Use of ‘Postal Cards. Boston Journal of Commerce. It has been stated that the enormous use of if to what is | e regulators were successial until they | LADIES’ GOODS. WINTER RESORTS. t WILL ft Cst. ne. wie al7-2w* Gal HAS RETURNED M NEW pe fe I ‘Suite, 23th st. nw. 3-36" VOUS HAIR D! YED, LEAVING NO Stresty ny Deedie recean eadarsed ve this ci , didren. 4 treatment tor ‘ock0-Sim* Dit GABRIEL 1531 G st now Muz M, J. Praxor, 1329 F st. n.w. (Mrs. Harrison's), FINE FRENCH HAIR GOODS. Also, A special selection in SHELL, AMBER AND DULL JET ORNAMENTS. SHAMPOOING, Hair Dressed and Bangs Shingled. au31-4m* VON BRANDIS, 1220 PENN, AVE. Pye ‘Costumes, etc., made taeet ts i ‘and work, one notice. Perfect ‘k, one fitting required. Reasonable prices. Fe ly with Lord & ‘lor, N4 ¥« mctSe abd Bitaotrase™ Stes J IL¥ DRESS SHIFLDS ARE THE BEST. MANU- i ¢ Brooklyn Shield Co., Bi N. L ‘Bold by all dry-goods houses in the Gata core AES cokttebl ENCH DYRING. SCOURING AND DRY CLEAN- Bing Estashisitient 190s koe vou ak First-class Ladios" ‘and Gents work of every descri ind. Evening Dresses.” ANTON formerly with ‘A. Fischer 21-Ly RS DRY CLEANING ESTAB- ND DYE WORKS OOO G ate ge Gents’ Garments cf all kinds clean ripped. Ladies’ Evening Dreesos years’ experience. Prices Md delivered. ve ra ld LI-WOOL GARMENTS, MADE UP OR RIPPED A ayea's cood'movrnine biaeke a A. FISCHER, D ‘906 G st. Dow. GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. G. T. Kees, TAILOR oc9-4m_ 414 9TH STREET. H. D. Ban IMPORTER AND TAILOR, ‘Has the honor to inform you that his NEW GOODS mare DAI pervonally fit all ts ude in his BARK personally armen 1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. Washington, D.C. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. Booxs For Au Tor, By the Great Authors, in fine and plain bindings, and Books especially made for this Holiday Season, adapted to every taste, and at very reasonable prices. The Holy Bible, in many bindings, from diamond to great primer type. Fine Stationery, Christmas Booklets and Art Prints, ae . C, PUBSELL, 418 9th st JUEEN & WALLAI MM DOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 1108-1116 E st. n.w., south side, mb17 BRIE! -ECORDS, PETITIONS PR RATELY PRINTED. FINE WORK A SPECIALTY. alg FAMILY SUPPLIES. “Brat Vin» 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 Fst. W. E. ABBOTT, 1721 Pennsylvania ave. B. A. WALKER, 1600 7th st. E. M. BURCHARD & BRO., Penn. ave. and 44 st. G. W. & H.-W. OFFUTT, Georgetown. A. O. WRIGHT, 1632 14th st. P. F. BACON, Pennsylvaniaave. d8-w&s NCY BURBANK POTATOES, 60c.; FANCY Valencia Raisins, Oc.; New Currants, Ze.: Choice Pitrpou. Zoe. New Nuts, Fies, Candies, Grangos, and full supply of Holiday Goods very low’ terms cash, N. A. POOLE, 944 La ave. n. w HOUSEFURNI SHING: TP. Hassox Hiss MANUFACTURING COMPANY. WALL PAPERS. FRESCO PAINTING, Furniture, Upholstery Goods and Curtains, 815 15th st, n.w. Baltimore House, 217 N. Charles st, aii-3m Cooxixa By Gas A full line of GAS COOKING STOVES On hand and forsale. mb31 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. Caners: Canpers:: Campers: We are daily receiving onr Fall supply of BIGELOW, LOWELL & HARTFORD WILTON CARPETS, BODY | BRUSSELS, MOQUETS, VELVETS, TAPESTRIES, THREE-PLYS, INGRA! and ART SQUARES, RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS, and DRAPINGS in great An inspection of our stock is solicited. K K NNN A BBB REE Kk N AA BB OE KK AA BBR EE KK, NN BB K K NNN AA BBB ERR PIANOS. UNEQUALED IX TONE, TOUCH. WORKMANSHIP U ITY. joliday Purcliasers” is invited ic Styles,” finished in de of ART. Pianos for rent. A larze sssortment, own take in the Il be closed out at ver MENTS offered both ired. WM, KNABE & CO, 817 Market Space, ANOS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Xs, haves splendid stock of GRAND and SQUARE PIANOS, by the folowiog hak ND au NOS, by the fo! . {i cry: DECKER HOS. WEE FISCHER an Cases of Walnut: Mahogany. Moderate prices, Sold ‘ou monthly’ pay SANDERS & STAYMAN, ocl-3m 9034 F st. nw, STEY ORGANS FOR HOLIDAY ‘Beautiful rew styles Just received. organ for $75, Sold on eas: amine, BAND! ocl-3m Se STAYMAN, 934 F st. nw, Fetuw. ALLET & DAVIS’ PIANOS; SUPERB IN TONE; perfect in workmanship; it in styles; low in NSir viet awe AL BOMNER Agent ao? eee Se WOOD AND COAL, __ ‘ne Besr JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘Wharves and Rail-yards, 12th & Water sta. Southwest. 1202 Fst nw. 1515 7th st. nw, ‘Sdend K st. nw. 1740 Pa, ave. nw. 2212 Oth et. n.w. 413 ot nw, wo CITY, §. 3. bee eakitiecateda NEW Warree aesonry THE PRINCESS ANNE, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. This new, artistic, and completely house is now open, It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 18 miles east of Norfolk, Va Within easy access of O14 Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe, and on direct line between North and South. A primeval pine forest of abont 1,000 acres, with beautiful drives and walks. As resort it has no ‘or tion, .. address, IW. ¥, a5 pas mast ee Benwvna, ‘The Land of the Lil ily and the Rose, HAMILTON HOTEL, ‘Open from December until May. For circulars, etc., address WALTER AIKEN, Proprietor, nl7-stw2m Hamilton, Bermuda, HE | IN TRAINS LEAVE __RAILROADS. _ GREAT PEN: N Yercr Drcet ECT DUCE) WASHINGTON NSYLVANTA ROUTE, WEST, AN ‘D SOUTHWEST. SCENERY. ROUIPMENT, 16, 1888. . FROM STATION, PETS, AS FOL* COKNER SIXTH AND B STREETS, LOWS For Pittsbu Im connec! ‘ily al Siccpers for Louisvilte Ares 10:00 pam. dai b ‘A Sleep Cars, 9°40'a.m, daily estibuled Cats, vars Harrisburg to St. L 10 Chicag w d the West, Chicago Limited Express « 50-a.m. daily and Memphis. Louis 5 ang with throug Pacific Ex- Pittsburg and the ¥. for per to Pittsburg, and Pitts- » POTOMAC RATLROAD. Mauandaigun, and Rocheste daily; for Buf- 10-00 p. nchester. at 9.508, For tally, with Dintn ‘or Boston without chanse 2-00 For Brookiyn, N. ¥.. all throneh tran boats of Brooklyn . affording er to Fulton street, avoiding double we York City OS 0 pau, mi. week days, and 20 and 9:00 am. 1 ly, except Sunday. 40, 9:50 45, 4:10, 0, and 17:20 p. 50, 11-40, am. fo, 8:10 10:00, "and Aan. end 4:40 pan. daily, nd 4:40 Sundays, 9:00 a.m, ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RATL- WAY, AND RAILROAD. XANDRIA AND WASHINGTON Branca ‘Trains leave 8:00, 9:10, and 1 Tickets and in! ner of 1 stat weis Tet TIMOR! For $10:10 a.m #10loam: m,.t12 ‘for oyd's and $1600 pin. ‘Chare! frou Ci 05 p. m. daily, exe Alexandria to destination from nerai Manager. {d yung and s 30 a, m. 00, 6:40. 8 tutions on ‘the Met t4 ‘train leaves Washi stopping at all si P Hi ¢9 pam. ediate pin for m formation at the office, northeast cor- ‘Sth street and Peunsylvaniaavenue, and at the where orders can be madd C ct = Sores ‘ay Stations between Washi 8:30 & am, p.m. week days, For Richmoud and the South. 4:30, 10-57 a. m. daily, cept Sunday left for thi king of hotels and residences. fi J. R. WOOD, 117} Gen. Pas, Agent. ND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule in effect Dec Leave Washington from ay For Chicazo and N: press, daily, 8:50 a, For Ciucihuati and Bt oth, 188! tation corner of New Jersey buled limited ex- | > pan, ress, daily, 3 and Cleveland. vestibuled limited ex- m., and express, 9:05 p.m, stations, '110 days, 5, 6 incton and Balti- g 1210.4 35. 6-45, - 00, and 11 p 10 and 4:35 ropolitan Brapch, +6:35, principal stations only? 30 pam, ington on Sundayet } 15 iations on Metropolitan rick, 110:10a.m., 14:35, 15:30 p.m. Sun- 10 6 1:15 pa Tor Hagerstown, 110-1 ‘Trains arrive from Chicago daily 8 »P. innati and St. Law + from Pittsburg *5. m... and daily, 8:15a. m,. arlor Cars on the ping Car on we ween Baltimore and 05 and +430 p.m. Trains leave Philadelphia for Wasirnvion, daily, 8:30. 11-00 am., 00 p.m. aud itt. fExcept ¥, *Daily. {Sunday onl Baggage called for and Checked at hotels and rea. dences on orders left at ticket offices, G19 and 1301 jeans. re Lousy gone Knoxville Leeper 3 nm with Pullman M Ga., witho: jt hh train ville and Lynchbu: — 7:30 BS Strasburg Ly Tickets | furnished, sylvania a ee Charlottesvill ndria and 1 ie, B Pullman * ¥ r shreveport. Atlanta. Does not ©: . ile: also for Lynehbu Memphis, and | Through Sleepers | without h Atom joruis, Sleeper at nm Wasl: 0 AM from the ry arrive a a a a oad, Gth and B sts. VERNON! un. Mail Daily for nehibui na Augusta, mn Express Dai at 9:47 A.M. nine slecping car reservation and informati burtence checked at office, 1400 Pete A Passenger SCULL, Pass. Agent CHAS. 0. ‘ovember 18th, 1888. ialeisch, lanta, Birmings pers for, we Pullman Sleeper Greens: Solid trains Washing- omnect tor C. & O. route except Sunday, for Manassas, Traius Washington to urg, Bristol, Chattauooga, ali southwestern points Washington to Memphis Lynch- Colum- ew Or- Sleeper for lotte, Monte ‘y, 3 Pullman Vestivule Orleans via Atlanta and Mont- | Washington to Augusta, South via Charlotte, Dan- in Washington 7:00 A.M. nessee. Bristol aud Lyuch- 0 P.M : via Chesapeake ottesville ‘at 9:40 Pk: Al General Passenger Agent. ‘POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. MT. VERNON! STEAMER W. W. 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