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THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1889 VARIETY THE SPICE OF LIFE. And the Versatile Nebraska Editor’s Ex- istence is Highly Seasoned. From the Lincoln Journal. “As we pen these lines,” wrote the able edi- tor, “our eyes are rivers of tears, and our soul is fraught with poignant woe. A gentle, lu- minous star that shone more lustrous than all the stars about her, has died out. and is dead forever. Gladys Swivelhurst—Gladys,the beau- tiful, the young, is dead.” At this juncture the foreman entered the able editor's room, and informed him thata short item was necessary to fill the last col- umn on the second page, and the editor wrote this: “We must have money to carry on our busi- ness. Several hundreds of dollars are due us, and if they are not forthcoming immediately the accounts will be placed in the hands of a collector.” : Having dashed this off, he continued the arti- ele about the dead one: “Her life and death reminds me of the short but itiful existence of the flower; born un- der smiling skies, nourished by gentle breezes; only to be cut off by the pitiless wind from the north. It seems like an unhallowed dream— that Gladys is dead, but she is doubly dead, in that she died so young.” Here he was called to the telephone, and was by the manager of the Brokeslate coal company, to write and printa short read- ing notice for that corporation, and he at once com this: “Every man’s house should be his palace, and | @ palace would be very uncomfortable without warmth. The prudent man will order his coal from the Brokeslate coal company. This coal is free from dirt, dust and clin It burns i eat heat. Purchasers will all weight, and having used this coal once will buy no other.” Then the death notice was continned: “It was in the morning of the wedding day; | the golden glow of the sunlight, streaming into | her chamber, seemed a promise of a life of jiness to come; but. ere the shadows of the evening had fallen upon fhe brown earth, the deeper and colder shadows of death dimmed those tender eyes, left the damp upon her beautiful brow, and all was over.” Here a messenger boy handed him a note. He read it, and taking another sheet of paper, Won sent the following to the printers: “James Cobbleton tells a good joke on Andy Shellhorn. For several nights the latter had been annoyed by cattle which broke into his ard, causing general havoc. At last, enraged yond endurance, he bought a gun, and, hear- ing the usual racket in the garden about mid- night. he opened the window of his room and | blazed away. Inthe morning he found that he had shot one of his own cows, which had broken from the stable and wandered into the yard. The laugh is on And. He in resumed the obituary: “We have watched this young girl grow from childhood to young and glorious womanhood. We have watched her when she went by like a | sunbeam, and marvelled at her beauty: and to- | day we see the bridal robes substituted by the clinging cerements of death, and our tears seem drops of blood ebbing from a crushed and anguished heart.” When this was written a reporter entered | the room and handed him a marked copy of a | local contemporary, after reading which he rapidly penned the following: “The scurrillous dish rag which is published im an obscure alley of this town by a lop-eared | leper who spends his evenings trying to wash the tar off his body with benzine, says that we received $50 for supporting Ge the office of constable. It is while for us to brand this asa | infamous lie th envy, which would make Ananias green moral and physical wreck making the charge. We do brand it as a lie, therefore, andas a lie will cram it down the craven throat of the merate coward who uttered it.” e obituary was then taken up ag: “In this, the dark hour of our s have the sweet consolation of knowing that the gentle Gladys, too lovely for tie harsh blasts , and tempests of earth. is now where the tear never falls, where the sigh is never heard, where the footfalls of death never echo on the jasper streets. We can only hope in the uncer- tain future, when we too have crossed the waters of the river of death. we can meet her there—there where the chorus swells forever, and snowy pinions fan the perfumed a: Another telephone message. and the editor, taking a fresh slip of paper, scribbled this: “Genial Tom Breighion is going about town to-day with a broad smile. on account of a handsome boy baby who has taken up his abode in the house. Tom has the congratula- tions of ye editor.” Then he wrote the final sentences of the death notice: “This is indeed a sweet thought, yet we are stricken with sorrow that in all the weary years to come we can hear her voice no more. it what avail words? We cannot speak the thoughts that surge through our brain; the tears fall from our eyes on the paper before \us, and the pen drops from our hand. peace. to the ashes of her who is gon The day's work was now done. “James,” said the editor, wearily, to the re- ke , “let us go over to Patsy Cardey’s sa- and shake for the drinks.” ee Gov. Hill’s Inaugural Address. BE ALLUDES TO ELECTION CORRUPTION AND RECOMMENDS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. In his inaugural address at Albany yesterday Gov. Hill touched on national topics, saying among things: “It is believed that the recent presidential election was the most corrupt of any in the history of the country, so far as the } ed in influenc- ing the electors, and public sentiment is natu- rally awakened to the desirability of some re- lief. It is claimed that at least 2100.000 were i expended in the twentieth and twenty-fourth | congressional districts in this state in the ef- | forts made therein to elect congressmen and | tosecure electors believed to be favorable to the are of fostering private interests.” After outlining measures that might have a good effect in securing purer elections if adopted, the governor utters a warning against att — He ig amendments to the Constitution of the United State: term of office of the President and Vice-Presi- dent be six years; that the President shall be ineligible for re-election: that the President shall immediately upon the expiration of his term become a member of the United States Senate for life, and receive an appropriate This amendment shall apply to all living ex-Presidents. The governor also suggested a conference of state representatives, looking to the adoption of uniform marriage and divorce laws through- out the country. senate organized with the election of Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, republican. ax president pro tem. and the house elected Fremont Cole, Fepublican, speaker. A feature of the imaugural parade the mee in line, on foot, of Rev. T. Dewitt Talmadge, who accompanied the thir- teenth regiment, of Brooklyn. eee There is no doubt that an active politician ean be an honest man if he tries. but there is a serious question whether he can be an honest man and still keep on being an active poli- tician.—Journal of Education. “Tve been working like a horse all day.” brome Fogle, as he sat down to the supper- le with a look of gloom. Mrs. F. remarked very quietly, 'm sorry to hear you say so, dear. Horves, you know, mever work unless they are driven.”—Boston Transcri was Jobn Butler, an aged Frenchman, buildings he occupied, killed his colt and goats, stabbed himself slightly four times, took Paris — at into the woods, died Tuesday S- Abner Prugh, born in Frederick county. Md., January 1, 1789, celebrated his one hundredth iy anniversary near Dayton. Ohio, Tues- with four generations of descendants rep- Tesented. At Arcola, Miss., there is a great deal of ex- citement over the developments growing out the burning of the residence of Col. Paxton. fire was incendiary. Seven colored ser- vVants, five men and two women, have been ar- A rattling prize fight between Jimmy Lyddy, of Newark, N. J.. and Sam Walker. of Brook- lyn, ata . Baer ng cer oagp rey ig; was ended yi actur! ft wrist the Sth round. ssi ng main, consisting of nine battles, it m New York and Brooklyn » N.J., To Y morning. i won the main on the nin’ battles were for $100 each, and was staked on the main. FOOTSTEPS OF SCIENCE, What it Has Done During the Past Year. THE HOLE IN THE WALL. What Led to the Origin of the Senate Restaurant. Interview with Capt. Bassett in the Ohio State Journal. “Tell me about that hole in the wall.” “Well, it was one of the famous institutions of our early days. I'll give youa full history of it—something that has never been told in print. Ithad its origin in ham and bread. One of the Senators suggested to John Beall, who was sergeant-at-arms away back in the thirties, that it would be a good thing to have a little luncheon set near by the hall, where hungry Senators could run out and get a bite to eat. So Beall’s wife boiled hams and made WONDERFUL STRIDES IN ELECTRIC SCIENCE—IM- PROVEMENTS IN TELEPHONY, TELEGRAPHY, AND LIGHTING—?HOTOGRAPHY AND ITS ADVANCES— THE LICK OBSERVATORY. From the Boston Advertiser. ‘As year after year takes it round science, in all its branches, is taking greater and greater strides. Within the memory of many children now living, discoveries have been made stu- pendous in their results, So wonderful, in- deed, have been some of these results that, even in later years, they would have been pro- nounced impossible hadsome prophet presaged them. In Puritan days. certainly, an Edison or a Bell would have yicided up his life asa sorcerer. Of the advances which have been made in science during the past year the most notable, as well as those of the greatest practical utility, | to be a bottle of whisky there. and after have been made by those who delve in the | whisky had been procured there came a de- realm of electricity. The most important ad- | mand for gin, rum, brandy, wine and all sorts yance in electrical science or | oan , Should | of things. In a little while the place became be said, in the practical utility, have n made | a regular saloon. There was no bar, of course, by those who delve in the realm of electricity. | not even a sideboard, the bottles and demijohns @ most important advance in electrical | being set in rows on the shelves. For a long science or perhaps, should be said, in the prac- | time the Senators used to go in there and help tical adaptation of discoveries already made. | themselves to whatever they wanted.and the ex- has been with the long-distance telephone. It | pense was run in under the contingent account, has long been known and demonstrated that | as horse hire or something like that. After a two persons, hundreds of miles apart, may con- | time the stock got so large and popular that duct, over a complete circuit of wire, a conyer- | it was no uncommon thing to see a dozen Senators and their friends in there drinking and having good times. The little room, not more than twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, and taking its name from the fact that it was simply a hole in the wall, lighted only by one them up in a little circular roora just north of the rotunda and on the east side of the corridor. Soon he added pickles, nuts, salads and such ‘little delicacies, and the place became ve epopulsr. Then somebody suggested to Beall that there ka e sation perfectly audible to both parties, During the past year this idea has been so thoroughly developed that to-day Boston is within easy speaking distance of New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Portland, and audi- ble conversations with those distant points are carried on every day and hour in the practical business affairs of life. ‘The electrical world has also been moving in the way of new inventions in that subtle sci- isha Gray, of Chicago, of tele- invented what is known as the elautograph.” By means of this ingenious invention the sender of a dispatch may, if he like, have it transmitted and recorded at the other end of the line in an exact fac simile of hischirography. This invention is regarded as valuable by business men as affording a guarantee to the recipient of the authenticity of the message received. Through another ingenious invention the telephone girl at the central station is to be henceforth deprived of one of her most potent weapons. When the recording telephone be- comes an appliance of acti daily use, she can no longer reply, ‘They don't answer,” when you are anxiously endeavoring to “get a connec- tion.” She simply switches you on to your friend's telephone. whether he answers or not, and you talk away. If the man at the other end of the line is absent, the sound waves record your message upon a sensitive plate. When he returns he places his ear to the instrument, opens the switch and listens, while the stored up measage is repeated to him by the skillfully ealed apparatus, ians, in the belief that the telegraph is but in its inf y, are constant! Jeavoring to devise means by whic! the expense of telegraphic communication may be lessened. Dr. J. H. Rogers, of Washington, D. C., has perfected a system by which, for the purposes of telegraphy, the sounds of ‘the En- glish language are compressed into ten ele- haracters. By m n it shall have been put into practical ope- rations, the work now requiring ten wires may erformed by a single wire. he question of multiplex telegraphy, also, 3 been so fer solved that, through the me- deal of confusiot resulted in the arrangement of the stock, so thatthe Senator who had a favorite brand of liquor had much trouble in finding it. Thus it became necessary to put a man in charge, and after a time the expense became so great that it was not easy to work it off in the contingent account. Then the Senators were required to pay for what they got, and after this was done the popularity of the'“Hole in the Wall” fell off very rapidly. But it was kept up till some years after the Senate moved into its present chamber in 1859. It is a good thing, I’m thinking, that the walls of thet dark little Toom are dumb!” Don’t Lean Against Iron Posts. THE DANGER TO LIFE BY THE GENERAL USE OF ELECTRIC WIRES. From the New York Mail and Express, I was talking to Dr. Norvin Green, the presi- dent of the Western Union telegraph company, the other day, about the iron posts erected by the electric light companies, whenever they have to replace one of the wooden poles now inuse. One of the companies in question has that they would constitute, at night, a constant menace to the lives of the men whose business it is to make repairs and adjust breakages in the case of a lamp refusing to give its cus- tomary illumination. Dr. Green confirmed the justness of this position in the mat- ter, ‘and said that if it should happen that the electric light wires were insufficiently insulated and an iron post were used, a man on the street leaning up against the posts would in all probobility receive a shock that would strike him to the ground. Even in the case of wooden poles a workman is very careful not to touch electric light wires, because the current is so strong that it would probably knock him off the post, on the wood furnishes no conductor to complete the cireuit with HS inm of the D 1 messages tc it with the pronase ty over the sume wire at | round. | With an iron post the cireuit would the same time. By this improvement the ex- | be completed and the man would suffer death. The calculation is made that telegraph wires carry a current one hundred times stronger than telephone wires, and that the current of pens! nethod now in of telegraphing by the I! be reduced fully one- rils of sub-marine diving are to be gre lessened by means of an English in-| electric light wires is one hundred times vention. made public during the past year, | Stronger than that of telegraph wires, _ This is nothing less than an arrangement for | , Speaking of insulators Dr. Green said that ion with the diver when | nstrument is ingeniously id he is thus enabied to those in the outer world. merica even is interested in devising »plicances in electricity. It is said that Pidrahial, of Bogota, has inventeda tele- rument, by means of which mes- sages may be sent without the aid of batteries, d even without the usual insulators upon the sts, which have heretofore been regarded as nsable. side these, there have been many improve- ments in the manufacture of dynamos, motors, mulators and secondary generators. thus lifving electric lighting and electric rail- ways and putting into them a commercial and useful sta dison’s phonograph hasalso ved peg promises to be of ct At present scientists in New York are considering the best methods of car- ing into effect the law establishing a death y electricity in place of hanging. It lt to understand, however, why one method of taking human life is regarded as lexs barbarous than another. In photography the past year has seen no great discoveries or improvements, but a rapid advance in methods of detail. Early in the year the public heard much concerning com- posite photography. A popular magazine con- tained a lengtl lustrated article upon the t, and a well-known scientific publica- ontained an interesting account of some successful experiments of G. 8. Notman, the Boston photographer, in his line of work.’ Mr. Notman, however. is convinced that composite photography, from a scientific as well as a point of view, is valueless, While it essible to procure a photograph in ral persons shall unite as the sub- ject, the last impression upon the plate will be the one whose characteristics will the most strongly predominate in the result. There- fore Mr. Notman argues a composite cannot be of value as combining the characteristics of all the subjects. There has been a great advance in the pro- duction of artistic effects iu portrait photog- raphy during the past year. The effects of light and shade and the varied poses of the body are as carefully studied by the photog- rapher as by the portrait painter, and some surprising and gratifying results are attained, The past year, too, has seen considerable ad- vance in rapid photography. The methods. long known, of instantaneous photography have been applied to portrait work, and now the sitter finds the ordeal over when he im- agines that it is but just begun. In this connection should be mentioned the teleph during the war it was quite common to string the wires around the trees without any attempt to insulate outside of such insulation as the wood furnished. When it was wet the current. of course, ran off and telegraphing came toa temporary standstill. The most cnrious insu- lators Dr. Green ever heard of were put up down in Texas. A fellow put up 150 miles of wire, which he had stolen somewhere in Ten- nessee, and he provided the trees or poles with cows’ horns and strung the wires along on these novel affairs, and they served very well. a err la } inc The American Woman. ‘MAX O'RELL’S LATEST COMMENTS ON HER AND HER DRESS. From the Forum, In the large cities of the east the first thing that caught my attention was the thinness of the men and the plumpness of the women. This seemed to hint that the former lived in a furnace of activity and the latter in cotton wool. This impression soon deepened into a conviction, The more I saw of these large cities and the brilliancy, wit, and refinement of society in them, the plainer it became to me that if America had thus early rivaled the older nations of Europe in all the elegancies of fash- ionable life it was because of its treatment of woman. It seemed to me that her lot was as near to being perfection as an earthly lot could be. A respect amounting to reverence is shown for her, and it appears to be the chief aim of her protectors to surround her with luxury and make her path through life a sunny one. So far as adding to her mental and physical grace goes, this plan of making every woman queen has answered completely. Seeing her high position she has set herself xt work to fill it becomingly: and it is the culti- vation of America’s hese, pape it is their charming independence and a consciousness of theiy power that make them so attractive and render American society so delightful to the stranger. In their treatment of woman tne Americans might give more than one lesson to men of the old world, even to the Frenchman who, in the matter of politeness, lives a good deal, Iam afraid, on the reputation of his an- cestors, The respect for woman in America seemed to me to be perfectly disinterested, purely platonic. In France, this respect almost always borders on gallantry. A Frenchman will always stand back to let a woman pass, but he will generally profit by the occasion to take a good look at her. Ifan outsider be competent to form an opinion, I venture to say that the American woman does not render to a man a tithe of the ;an American one too often repays it by breaking into his capital. But Jonathan complains not. To him it is only seemly that “beauty should go beautifully.” If one fortune goes, he sets to work to make another, and the created a "profound sensation among the world of art and proved to the artist not only that hotography is not to be regarded with scorn, at that mi of the theories of motion hereto- bread and Beall brought them down and set | window, was often badly crowded, and a good | refused to put up any such posts, for the reason | experiments and discoveries concerning the | Aovotion she receives from him. The French movements of living beings. by the aid of pho- | % “ " ros tography, made. by "Mrs Muybridge, irhese | Wife repays a husband's devotion by protecting | living near | Foxcroft, Me., who on Monday set fire to the | fore held by them are radically wrong. Amateur photography has taken immense strides within the past year, not only in methods, but in the extent to which the fashion has reached. Some interest has also been ex- cted in the use of the flash light in instantane- ous photography by night, although this method has not yet attained any practical | utility. The semi-centennial of -the photo- | graphic art is to be celebrated next summer. In astronomical science the most important circumstance is the completion and erection of the great Lick telescope on the Pacific coast, Cambridge has the honor of having made the lens for this magnificent instrament, the largest in the world. A large observatory has alsc been completed in Vienna, Yhe annual report of the Harvard observa- tory was published in the Advertiser of Monday, December 17. During the year two solar eclipses occurred, one January 25 and the other July 22. On the first-named dates valuable ob- servations were made, but on the second clouds prevented successrul observations. During the Year nine asteroids and five comets have been discovered. Some valuable observations were | also made by Miss Byrd, teacher of astronomy at Smith college, and Miss Whitney, professor of astronomy at Vassar, in determining the exact difference in longitude between Cam- bridge and Northampton. No great discoveries have been made, however, during the year in astronomic science, Science has met with two great losses durin, the year in the deaths of Prof. 8. F. | director of the Smithsonian Institution, Wash- | ington, D. C., and Prof. Asa Gray, of Harvard university. A Man wits 4 Dovste Heart.—A Trenton, N. J... special to the Philadelphia Press says: The Mercer county Medical society devoted the better part of its session this a to an examination of William King, the colored minstrel who has the reputation of having two hearts. The colored man is about forty-five years of age, and has been an old traveler. The examination —— that he has a divided heart such as is found in the laters er maple tae sweat of his brow is soon crystallizing once more upon the neck and arms of his beloved womankind in the form of diamonds. The dress of American women must be a considerable item in the expenditure of the country. They dress well on all occasions and portent tres bien la toilette; but they have yet to learn the highest effect in dress—a com- mingling of simplicity and elegance. To see the street toilettes one would think that only the looms of Lyons and Genoa were capable of furnishing the material for a woman's gown; and in evening dress there is an apparently deep-rooted tendency to over-elaboration. It must strike Europeans as very droll to see ladies attired in low-necked ball tice was universal, Afternoon teas bein; quently given to introduce a youn; lette being thought necessary in her case (though in France a woman pli not only the “bud,” as she is called, who fall war paint; it is the bud’s mamma, or aunt, or both, in looki often been incline a veil over the past.” strikingly incongruous in white sati: street dress of the callers, —————eee—___ The Mellen-Coolidge Conspiracy. DONARUE, ONE OF THE CONSPIRATORS, WANTS $1,000, WHICH MELLEN WAS TO HAVE PAID HIM. given to John Bull Lao at the Revere House upon the hay : + FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. Peaceful speeches from leading European statesmen were notable features of the New Year receptions abroad. Herr Tisza, the Hun- garian ——, replying to liberal members who offered him congratulations, a tone which increased the belief of Austrian military men that war is still beyond the bounds of the twelvemonth. Austrian and German watchers of Russian preparations concur in de- claring that Russia, in spite of her recent ef- forts, continues in a state of military disorgan- ization. Emperor William made no reference to political affairs at his New Year reception to the diplomats, but in addressing a deputation to whom he gave audience he d that the year 1889 would be peaceful. President Carnot ON sg hopes for a peaceful year. King Humbert, at Rome. declared it his earn- est wish to preserve and said he felt peace was assured for the year. Prince Bismarck’s attack of neuralgic gout is abating, but he is unable to fix a date for coming to Berlin. The emperor and empress sent Prince Bismark costly Christmas gifts, the emperor in a long autograph letter expressing titude for Bismarck’s services and hopes for ‘is early recovery. The ailment of the czarina is said to be be- coming like that from which her sister, the duchess of Cumberland, suffered several months ago, and the family physician has ad- vised the czar to summon Prof. Leidesdorf, who cured the duchess of Cumberland. Deputy La Guerre yesterday entertained Gen. Boulanger and a select party at dinner. Gen. Boulanger expresses himself as being sure that he will win the seat for the depart- ment of the Seine. Mr. Gladstone telegraphs as follows from ples: ‘The Tabief's version of my letter to ¢ Marquis de Riso touching the position of the pope is untrustworthy. The statement t I recommend international arbitration upon the Roman question is incorrect under e present circumstances,” An enormous landslide occurred yesterday at the mouth of the railway tunnel between St. Raphael and Cannes, France, and the line is blocked in consequence, No one is injured by the accident, Offici how that 238,000 strangers visited Vienna in 1888, including 5,500 Ameri- cans, It is reported that Osman Digna has 1,000 men and five guns at Handoub. The public prosecutor has served upon Prof. Geffcken an indictment for high treason for ane extracts from the diary of Emperor frederick. It isa voluminous document indi- cating a long trial and the calling of numerous witnesses, ihe indictment traces the entire working life of Geffcken in trying to prove that he beena persistent enemy of German unity. The meeting of the socialist congress at Hainfeld has been marked by moderation in cco and resolutions. A notable feature of the congress has been the denunciation of violence, open or secret, as a means of attain- ing ends, The Hamburg Nachrichten states that the East Africa company is negotiating with the African plantation company to join in com- mon in the support of a volunteer force re- cruited in India to restore order in East Africa. Great anxiety is felt concerning the safety of the new steamer Gulf of Guayaquil, which sailed from Liverpool December 24 for Valpa- raiso. Two lifeboats, life buoys and a quantity of wreckage belonging to the vessel, have been washed ashore at Fatguacd, Wales, The game of base ball, yesterday, between the All-America and Chicago teams, at Mel- bourne, was won by the latter. Score—All- America, 8; Chicago, 9. The teams will sail on the 7th instant. The council of the Russian empire has re- jected the Tolstoi reform bill. -<oo-——_. FINANCIAL. J. S. Brusxmus, BANKER AND BROKER, ‘No. 1405 Orders executed on all the Exchanges. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Petroleum. PRIVATE WIRES TO NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. Interest allowed on deposits, 414-3m Jy Ww. F st. ow. CORSON. 10. W. MACERIEET, Ss N.Y. Stock CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F 8T. N. Ww, Government Bonds, Bankers and Dealers in ‘hange, t Boston Deposits. Excl Loans. Collections. Railroad Stocks and Bonds, and all securities listed Philadelphia, ‘of New York, A jade of ——s Bonds and ail Local Rail re m: Stock dealt in. Bell securities. District | Insurance and Tel- Telephone bought and sold jy18 LADIES’ GOODS. _ fashington Cutting and basting VORS FOR T! Wi ets, Letter H ERMAN TM. OF LEATHER— Bracks we. i fall ets, de. Jap- Scrolls, Napkins, Fans, ke. Great variety of Sera ‘Book Pictures. Studley for Paintin ‘Cards, in Gold Pai: MS that shi |AY GOULD, 42: 1@ “will toire make_ Direc’ pire Tailor-made Suits. 728 13th st. n.w. st.o13-3a) |AUTIER HAS RETURNED FROM NEW ‘and informs her customers and Gio poe ens a13-36* QUPERFLUOUS HAIR DESTROYED, LEAVING NO Stirce: cede itsed by very, prominent physician, “hy FS en sician. | Te: this city, Electrical 0c10-3m* M Years’ practice in treatment for ladiesand children. MRS. DR. GABRIEL, 1321 G we ‘ON BRANDIS, 1229 PENN. AVE. Tailor-mad Goerae, Riding & New Yor! Co., St. Louis. Buttonholes made. and Wm. x nba SHIELDS ARE TH! Laz DRESS: jufactured ater EST. the Brooklyn Shield Co., Brook! MANU: 1. N. “in tae Castel ocdtfebl FPRENCH DYEING, SCOURT AN] Fisé ESTABLISHMENT, 1205 ies" its’ work of and DRY CLEAN- lew York ave. seen ANTON Plush, Velvet and Evening vet ani CAHOLINE LEKCH, formerly with A. Fischer ison Yriese, Paris. Rely NTON FISCHER'S DRY CLEANING ESTAB- VORKS, 906 G st. nw. LISHMENT jes" BC Dyed without mnoderate,” Goods AND DYE WOR! its’ Garments of being rij “tee rs for and delivered. Aer OoE, GARMENTS, MADE UP OR RIPPED dyed a good mourning A. FISCHER, al4 ‘906 G st. nw. GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. G. T. Kee, TAILOR, oc8-4m 414 9TH STREET. H. D. Bur. IMPORTER AND TAILOR, Has the honor to inform you that his NEW GOODS have just arrived. Mr. BARR establishment fits all garments made in his personally 1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE.. mh17 Washington, D.C. Stones for Each Month. From the Philadelphia Times, If you were ushered into this world at the beginning of the year, in January, then you should wear a garnet, because that will make your husband true to you and will make you a good mother. If you selected February to make your bow then you must have an amethyst, for that makes you truthful, it will protect you from slander, and will make you reverent and God- serving. If the winds of March wafted yon thither take asapphire; then you will be preserved from quarrels and wil! be faithful. For April, changing every hour, put on your finger a diamond and you will be kept free from evil and pure your life long. In May you take an emerald for good health and long life. An agate for June will protect from spooks and keep your husband faithful. July, warm and sunshiny, causes a ruby to glow for you and fills the heart of the man you love with passion and adoration. For August choose the sardonyx and you will be a happy mother, but you will have to look out for your husband. September endows you with a moonstone. HOUSEFURNISHINGS. Tx Pr Huaxsox Hiss MANUFACTURING COMPANY. WALL PAPERS. FRESCO PAINTING, Furniture, Upholstery Goods and Curtains, 815 15th st. nw. Baltimore House, 217 N. Charles st. 411-3m Cooxxa By Gas A full line of GAS COOKING STOVES On band and for sale. mh31 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. DY8is CALESD ALMANACS, NEW YEAR poe BLANK Ds BOOKS, COMMERCIAL All the Helps aud Kequisites ior ‘ational Sunday School Lessons, 428 8. STATIONERY. the 1889 Inter- you will be lucky in games of chance and have many loves. October makes a good housewife, for the car- buncle promotes love of home. November gives aturquoise and many friends; their faithfulness is shown by the stone retain- ing its color. In December to you and to all the world of big and little people I wish the turquoise, be- cause in that month there came to us a friend, a little child. ‘For unto us this day is born a king.” God bless every one of us and give us a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and a thought for the stranger at our gates. eases cea aap To Die by Electricity. THE NEW YORK LAW IN RELATION TO EXECU: TIONS WHICH BECAME OPERATIVE YESTERDAY. From the New York Tribune, Jan. 1. The law providing for the execution of murderers by electricity went into effect at midnight last night. Any person committing murder after 12 o’clock will on conviction be sent to the state prison of the judicial district in which he is convicted and will there, if no appellate court reverses the conviction, be put to death under the direction of the warden of the state prison. The law does not change the method of executing the death penalty in the cases of murderers whose crimes are commit- ted before to-day, but who are convicted after to-day. The judge before whom a person is convicted of murder in the first degree will fix the week within which the sentence is to be executed, but the exact day is to be determined by the warden. The prisoner will be kept in close confinement until the day of the execu- tion arrives. No one except certain privileged persons will be permitted to see him without an order of the court. The death-penalty will be inflicted in the | rari of a justice of the Supreme Court, the istrict-attorney, the sherit rtain other oiticials, and a jury of twelve citizens, or of as many of them as desire to be present. No ac- count of the execution of the sentence may be published, according to the law, except the statement that the sentence of death was car- ried out on a certain day. The body of the esses to re- ceive afternoon callers, but I found the pene re- girl into society, one could understand a little extra toi- ying hostess carefully avoids eclipsing her guests); but itis in at whose bare necks I have to exclaim: ‘Ladies, throw There is something this jostling of the and tulle of the hostess with the A dispatch from Boston January 1 says: It will be remembered in connection with the murderer must be buried within the prison walls, and a sufficient quantity of quicklime must be placed within the coffin to secure the quick dissolution of the body. eee A Subterranean Village. From the Pall Mall Gazette. At Anjou a herd of cattle have made a won- derful discovery. While on a walk across their grazing ground they suddenly vanished from the sight of the cowherds, and were afterward discovered in what seems an ancient subter- ranean village. The ground under the cattle had given way, landing them in a mysterious place of dark dens and winding Teasers Stone seats have since been found in the place, and fi ents of black pottery, hatchets of poate stone and other articles are now being ought to light. —— What the Czar and Czarina Read. From the London World. The emperor of Russia has decorated several French authors and has thereby offended the Germans, some of whose principal writers would also have been decorated, no doubt, but for the fact that neither the emperor nor the em) PRINTERS. M°0PFES, 60K AND JOB PRINT: 108.1118 Est nw south mas, BRIEFS, TESTIMONY. RDS, PETITIONS PROMPT URAT EY PRINTED. ‘LY AND ACCURAT! FINE WORK A SPECIALTY. 419 FAMILY SUPPLIES. 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Every where the pre: ferred organ for Home, Church, Chapel, and Sel Use. Handsome 9-sto) monthly payments. 13 N. Charies st. Estey orgun for $75. Easy and examine. 934 F st. n. w., Washington, D.C. .. Bultiwore, 1217 Main st... Richmond, Va. URCHASING ELSEWH! wer Piznos and Burdett ERE SEE THE Organs at 407 loth H. UHN, Practical Piano Maker, General Agent. SECOND-HAND com} almost country, in thorot Jow figures. SPECIAL He Ee yALLET «& Fine Reit gdh nw WE SOM ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta, Southwest 1202 F st.n. w. ‘Sdand Kst.n w. 1212 Othst. nw. ‘7th st. nw. ‘Pa. ave. n. w. 10th st. a. we RAILROADS, ___ wT Ore ee HE GREAT ; Bh & T a H kee Chicago Limited Express Pollan Cecuibuind Cars at 0-50 aun. ely Fi mr A; ine, 9: Ca Incipuati AA = FR Sss' a 10:00 p.m. daily, for tees Guege ee Om BALTIMORE. io Se A EF ERE Sty Y me Pew >. £2), Be ES = 00 p.m. evergaay paisa. NY =a thrown (Paine congert st Jer. fey City with boats of Brookiyn Auneg a@onting Girect transfer to Fulton street, avi double ew York City s m 2:00, 3:45, 4 0, 8:30, 0:00, 11: ie Tbe “ 4 20 p.m. £10, 6:0 : 20. + a] 5 Pam. 50 11:20 “pan. For Pope's Creck Line, 7:20 a.m. and 4:40 pm. daily, except Sunda: For Annan lis, and 9-00 am., 12.0§and 4:40 pm dails,except Sunday. “Subdays, #00 & m, pan. ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBE BAX AND ALEXANDKIA AND Wa An presenting THE EVENING STAR in its new res and improved form, attention is called to ite Peculiar merits as a news and family paper, ae ‘Well to the extraordinary advantages it affords to Advertisers, leh professional avthority—which in this im Stane only expresses public sentiment—has de claret that “THERE IS NO BETTER EVENING ‘EWSPAPER IN TUE UNITED STATES” than THE Stan. But even more than this may be justly claimed forit. In all “hat relates to the composi- tion ¢e fret-class journal, devoted to news, busie ness, Jamily and focal affairs, it takes rank with the vey best in the world, in the special qual- ities tamed it is not surpassed by any. With alert, telligent and izpartial special corr spond. ents a: all centers of interest, by the free use of the tehgraph, and with the superior mechanical facilites with which ite office is equipped, it covers the “tole eld of news, and is able to presenta reflex ¢ the entire civilized world each day up to the very moment of going to press. In these re spects THE Stak is absolutely without a rival fearless challenges comparison, within range of the terntory it occupies. 1 SURG RAIL. INGTON kes Accommodation for Quantico, week days, the South. 4:30, 10. pr. daily. except Sunday iria for Wash p.m. nation at the office, Pennsylyaniaay. left tor t hotels and rv Jk 17) Gen, AND OHIO RATLROAD. Schedule in effect Dec. 9th. 18 ve Washiuixton from station corner of Jew Jersey avenue and C st. For Chicago and Northwest, vestibuled Bmited ex- press, daily, 8:50 a.m.; express, 9-09 pm 17 GCipcimnats and Bt. Lows, express, dgily, 3 and For more, La 5-0 In iu treatment of public affairs it is impartial ‘8nd aims to be fair and just to all taithsand inter. ests, aud it is absolutely independent, in the high- est and broadest sense of the term. In the pubii- cation of news it records facts without bias or color, and in the expression of editorial opinion it 0 aa. Way Stations between Washiny ore, 5:00, 6:40. 8:30 a. m.. 12-10. 3 phundays, 8:36 a m., p.m, Washington, | week oo Nachinaton Itimgre for 5 20,5) is as steady and firm in advocating and promoting only what it believes to be right, as it is persisteut: in condemning and opposing what it believes to be Wrong. It is, in brief, wholly untrammeled by any other interest or consideration than thatof serving the public, and securing as far as possible the wel- fare of the family circle, and of society as a whole. With tese general objects in view, what Tas STAR specially concerns itself with, and that to Which it gives its best efforts, may be briefty de scribed as THE INTERESTS OF WASHINGTON AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. To these the paper bas been unswervingly devoted since iw present management assumed its direction, 10. 6, 00, 4:10, 5:00, 6 r Annapolis, 6:40 Be 7 a... 4°L0 p. For Stations on the Metropolitan Brau ae: thet: 5 cipal st: r 16:35 8 only: +5 in leaves Washington on Suny at 1:15 me ing at all stations on polite; S For Frederick, t10:10a.m., t4:35, t3. _— 1:15 p.m ‘or Hagerstown. +10-10a.m..and +5, ‘Trains arrive from Chicago daily 8:3 P.m.; from Cincinnati and dd 3 trom PHILADELPHIA DIVISION. ladelphia and Wilmington, daily, $45a, m,. and 11:30 p.m. Bailet Parior Qawon the ud 4:20 pan. trains. Sleeping Gar on tne open at 9 p.m. and thie policy will characterize the future For intermediate points between Balffmore and aioe Philadelphia, “6:30 a.1., 9 anid $4550 of the paper as prominently as it bas marked ite Trains leave Philadelphia for Wasi . 8:30. 11:00 a.m., 4:50, 7:00 p.m. ai - | past listory. tExcept Sanday. “Dail ; ay Bagcare called for and’ ch x d at , resi. — on orders left at ticket ‘Offieca, at — 1351 ave. W. M. CLEMENT! CHAS. 0. St ery, A S.0. SQLS AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 'T AIR LINE. ule in effect November 13th, re, st Tenn. Mail Daily for’ Warrenton, narlottesville, Lynenburs, ezandria aud Lyi rg, Roan Rome, Montwomery, ai er Washington to Daily tor War: fe, Stations Ches. « ant, Danville and burg and Daiiville, Green solu! IEDMON' Se’ ‘The EVENING STAR claims to be, and can com lusively establish that it 18, the beast local advertis- tng median in the world! NO OTHEX PAPER PRINTED CIRCULATES 80 MANY COPIZS IN THE CITY OF ITS PUBLICATION, IN PROPORTION TO POPULATION. It ie hardly too much to say that it is read by the mem- bers of every family in the District of Columbia, It is peculiarly the favorite of the home circle, and 1s no less esteemed in the counting room and the Work shop. It follows, therefore, that as an ageut of publicity within the National Capital and con- tiguous territory it has no rival. An announce: ‘ment in iis columns practically meets alleyes, and, in proportion to the service it gives, its advertising Fates rank with the lowest in the country. Being low, they are rigidiy adhered to. There only re- mains to be added on this head, as an indication Of the esteem in which the paper is held bythe business public, which best understands its own interests in this respect, that, both in the number of subscribers and of new advertisements printed, each year in the history o: the paper shows a large increase over its predecessor. For example, during the first nine months of the present year the average daily circulation of the paper has been 26,651 cuopies, and the whole number of new advartisements printed 39,693, against an average daily circulation of 25,427 Copies and 38,594 new advertisements dur- ing the corresponding period in 1887. In short, THE STAR has never tuken a backward step, and its conductors are determined that it mever shall sake oue. tations between Al Knoxville, —— Pt romery to New ‘aud ML ‘New Orleatin an for Birmingium. Vicksburg. and Sirev. FS nsboro to Columbia and A’ trains Washinzton to Atlanta, Does uot C,& 0. route pints Sundays, 23 . M.. aly, except Sun , for) Manassas, casodiewtetatinns M.—Western Express Daily for lle, ae Daily le, Charl 5 arr 11:30 4. Returning leave Round Hill 6:05 A. P.M. Daily except Sunday, arriving Wash § 0 3:55 P.M. ‘h trains from the South via Ch: yuchburg arrive in Wasi; 35, rasburg Local 7AM. : sleeping car reservation and ec] of 4 ‘Licke hed, aud baggage FPR Potomac niven ban) NEW IRON STEAMF “W Leaves 7th ha THE WEEKLY stan 1s especially commended to that portion of the Teading public who desire to be keptadvised of le staterooms, excellent tabl appuutments, Prices: Ist . wen wovewnegr swing to le xib; steerage at low rates Pean.ave, BEALL, BROW affairs at the seat of government, and are so situe 2ted as pot to need or care for a daily paper. Itis in every respect @ first-class family journal Ite news is carefully collected, and may be depended ‘upon to de fresh and authentic. Its scientific, lite ary, household and agricultural departments are editea with the view of meeting the wautsand tastes of an intelligent and reading public, and (Of affording Assistance t) ibe student and those ia pureuit of general information. Some of the most ‘oted and learned men and women of the county ere conributors to ts columns. Iw ample tele graphic arrangements and fall corps of special correspondents enable it to lay before its readers ‘every week all important happenings, foreign an@ domestic, and especially such political, social, an@ current events as are Worthy of note, in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Caro Lina, and those adjacent thereto. The iow price at which it is published, ____PROFESSIONA :IPSY MEDIUM, ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, brings it within the reach of all. None are so poor that (ey cannot afford 10 take it, and none so rid Sc ‘at wey can allord to do without it os a Al Nat sw, Dome and be SEND FOR A PREMIUM LIST. . AS an extra inducement ‘to new subscribers to ‘Tx ken ‘Bran, » listof valuable, useful and ‘ornamental articles has been prepared, copy of ‘hich will be mailed to any eddrese on applica ‘on. Especially te this lst worthy the attention