Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1889, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON THE ELECTRIC NEEDLE. Interesting Experiences of a Woman ‘Who Has Used it for Years. “The interview with a physician on the use of the electric needle for killing superfluous hair,” said a woman who has practiced electro- therapeutics in Washington for eleven years, “which was printed in Taz Star a few days ago contains some things that I must take ex- ceptions to. I think I ought to be as compe- tent to speak on the subject of the usu of elec- tricity in medicine as any physician, as I have devoted my whole life to the study of electrical science, and of late years have given my time exclusively to the application of the electric current to the cure of disease and the removal of superfluous hair, “The statements I take tions to in the — talk are those regarding the alleged anger to very nervous rsons in the use of the electric needle and injury to the skin that is sometimes said to result. I have treated hundreds of women, children and men, and I have never found a person for whom i could not so regulate the current of electrity as to render the ration of pain-killing practically uninjurious if not entireless pain’ As for injuring the skin I have never seen an instance of it. Fhave had afew female patients who feared before the ration that they would not be able to it, but on trial they did — it nearly as painful as they thought lor. HAD ALL HIS BEARD TAKEN OFF, “The only patient I ever had break down under the operation,” the electrician continued, “wasa man. He was a young actor, about twenty-three years old, and he wanted all his beard killed in order to be able vel ae female . His beard was so strong an ‘ that all the powder and paint he could put on would not conceal the roots of it. So he came to me, and I undertook to kill his beard for him. When I had taken out about five hundred hairs he told me to stop, saying that he couldn't stand the peculiar sensation a by the electric current any longer. He said if I were to stick him with a knife or hit him with aclub over the head he would be able to bear it, but he said the sensation produced by the needle was maddening. So he said he would take a little ee to brace him up. I tried to dissuade him, but he assured me that he was in the habit of taking the drag. When he came back I began on him again, and this time he stood the operation without wincing. “ Did you succeed in iilling off all his beard?” inquired the reporter. “I got his face as smooth and clear of hair as a baby’s, almost,” the electrician said, “ be- fore I lethim go. You could not tell that he ever had any hair on his face.” “Do many men come to you to have their beards killed in that way?” the reporter in- aired. “That was the only case in which I killed alla man’s beard,” was the answer. “A great many men come to me to have portions of the beard which grow high up on the cheeks to- ward the eyes taken out. One man who had been so foolish as toshave his nose had a stro! growth of hair appear on that feature, and removed it for him. A great many men with eyelashes that meet have the hairs above the nose removed. Not long ago I thinned out the hairs in the eyebrows of a prominent man here. His brows were very bushy, and the hairs so long that they fell down almost into his eyes. MAKING A HIGH FOREHEAD. “Another very well-known public man whose hair grew far down on his forehead,” continued the woman, “applied to me a couple of months ago to see ifI could do anything for him. I took off an inch and a half of hair from temple to temple across his forehead, and he now has a noble brow instead of the low one which for- merly gave him a rather forbidding appear- ance. Youcan see no mark to indieete Chere the hair was removed. The skin on his fore- head is all assmooth asyourown. I performed a similar operation on a boy, whose hair grew down almost to the eyebrows.” PUT TO SLEEP BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT. “So far is it from being true that the opera- tion of bair-killing with the electric needle is generally painful of injurious,” the speaker resumed, after a pause, “that I have had chil- dren on whom I was operating go to sleep. It is well known that electricity is almost a cific for nervous di sand is every day coming more and more into use in medicine, taking the place of drugs. There is a lady here from whose face, some months ago, I re- moved a growth of hair. She is very nervous, and since that time she has come back re- eatedly to have me go over her face again, mse she finds the sensation produced by the electric needle Posey and bracing. She says she feels as if she had taken a tonic after the operation.” “I suppose you have some curious experi- ences with patients.” suggested the reporter, ag the conversation flag; i “I do, indeed,” the electrician said, after a thoughtful pause. “I sometimes feel that I have a mission to perform, so terribly do some women take to heart the disfigurement of their faces by growth of hair. Only a few days ago & Woman came to me in great distress, saying that her husband had become estranged from her because of a mustache which had appeared on her lip. She said he shunned her as if he hated to see her. On one occasion he told her he did not believe she was a woman at all. The rwoman was rei in_great distress and ught me to help . I soon had her lip as clean as ever again, and hope her husband's love for her has come back. Another young Woman who came to me had got into such a morbid state of mind from peony. bs the disfigurement of her face by hair that she actually went into hysterics in talking about it with me. WHY ONE WOMAN LIKED MADRID AS A RESIDENCE. “But the most curious case in my experience is that of a well-known society woman of Wash- ington. A heavy mustache appeared on her lip several years ago. It became so con- spicuous that people turned in the street to look at it and she frequently was mortified be- endurance by remarks on her appearance ud that she could plainly overhear them. d in Europe a good desl, but every » went people stared at her mustache. inally she went to Spain, and at Madrid she found that her disfigurement attracted no at- tention, because most of the Spanish ladies were similiarly affected. She remained in Madrid for ten or twelve years, only returning to this country recently. “I removed her mus- tache not long ago and she is now reconciled to America.” A Grand Jury’s Irony. OBJECTIONS TO THE NAMES OF “BOODLERS” AND “SQUEALERS” CARVED IN PUBLIC PLACES. The December grand jury in Chicago sub- mitted its final report to Judge Jamison Satur- day afternoon. It has been the custom to cut the names of the builders, contractors and members of the county board in the corner- stones of public offices when built, and some of these have era cog | been found guilty of malfeasance in office. Referring to this fact, ‘the report of the grand jury says: “The jury also found the names of well-known thieves, boodiers and sauealers staring them in the face at each of the county institutions visited. If it is acredit to the boodler and thief, the names of the men now in states prison and the fellows who save themselves by the betrayal of comrades inecrimes should be permitted to re- main on the marble slabs of the buildings in the county, but not otherwise. We therefore recommend that the names of the boodlers, commissioners. contractors and squealers be erased from all the different institutions of the county and that the word boodler be cut into the marble in the same kind of letters.” ———_48- ain The Oldest Bride Dead. SHE MARRIED AT 89 4ND LiveD To BE 102 YEARS OLD—HER HUSBAND Is 95. A Lexington. Ky., 5} to the Philadelphia Press says: “Mrs. J. G. Chinn died in this city last Wednesday, of pneumonia, at the age of oue hundred and two years. Not only was she remarkable for her age, but also for the fact that she was married at a time of life which but few people attain, Her marriage took place just thirteen years toa day before her death. er husband, Dr. Chinn, was only seven years Younger, their ages being ei “a nine and eighty-two years respectively a time of their nuptials. Dr. Chinn hakcenetebe mayor of this city, and both came of old families. ‘Their health was excellent, and both appeared ‘ounger by many years than their actual age. hire Chinn preserved her mental faculties to a remarkable 5 was fine conversa- tionalist and had an almost unimpaired mem- ory. She was a devoted member of the Chris- tian church, or Campbellites, as the denomina- tion is more termed. Her for- Place on Friday from handled. The took the church in which she was married. Dr. Chinn wife and is still in good survives his health. £ AN AMERICAN BRIDE. Birmingham’s Enthusiastic Welcome to Mrs. Chamberiain—Valuable Presents. Special Cable Dispatch to the N. ¥. World. Before Mr. Joseph Chamberlain returned | here from his honeymoon there was a good | deal of friction among the local society about the | public reception to be tendered to himself and | his American bride, Certain prominent people who know Mr. Chamberlain socially, though | they detest him politically, were cautious | about following the bent of their social inclina- | tions, because the liberal-unionists were doing their best to render the public reception an affair of political significance. But with the tact which invariably characterizes him Mr. Chamberlain has turned all discord into har- mony, and the public reception to Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain on Wednesday night will as- sume the shape of a cordial welcome home from all the best people of Birmingham and of the Midlands, irrespective of political affinities. Mr. Chamberlain has arranged for another meeting of a purely political nature, in which he will address his constituents, The ladies of Birmingham have subscribed for two splendid presents for Mrs. Chamber- lain. One is eho ines necklace of seventy- three selected strung on fine silk with a single diamond clasp. It cost $2,000. Another gift isa diamond six-pointed star composed of fifty-five stones of the finest water. ese are set in silver, with a gold mount, and form either a brooch or a hairpin. The center diamond weighs one and a quarter carats, and between the rays of the star are shorter pro- jections, each bearing a smaller brilliant. For wearing it as a pendant it is provided with an ordinary brooch pin, but for use as an orna- ment in the hair there is a pin with a spiral spring attached, so as to cause the diamonds to sparkle brilliantly with each movement of the head. The star is contained in a case of chocolate-colored velvet and has the monogram M. E. C, in saw-pierced silver. ‘The gifts foo ae Chamberlain’sconstituents to his bride consist of a gold bracelet and brooch, with an address on illumined vellum, which in- cludes this sentence: “You come to us repre- senting a noble family of long descent in a great country connected with us by nearest ties of race, and joining with our own in as- pirations for the highest state of civilization.” In another illumined address the Birming- ham arms are introduced on a shield enfolded by the English and American flags with Mrs. Chamberlain’s monogram. The ladies’ ad- dress to Mrs. Chamberlain says: “In comin among us itis your happy. lot to be dowere with wealth and with the interest, sympathy, and kindly affection which Mr. Chamberlain's fellow-townsmen offer as a marriage portion to his bride. We pray that for many years to come his life and patriotic service may be con- tinued, and that happiness may be granted to you both. We request your acceptance of our gift, which we believe will have for youa value far beyond that which attaches to its intrinsic worth by its being an expression on our part of a warm and | hearty welcome to your new home in the old country.” The requests for invitations to the presenta- tion reception are so numerous that, though many have been refused, over two thousand have been issued, and the reception will be held in the Town hall, which is aboutas large as the hall of the Cooper Union. All that Birming- ham can do in the way of flowers and music has been arranged. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain will be accompanied by Mr. Austen Chamber- lain, Miss Chamberlain, and by Lady Mande- ville, who is a guest at Highbury. ig She Caught the Thief. 4 DETECTIVE’S DAUGHTER PURSUES POCKET AND CAPTURES HIM. Annie Sullivan, a petite young woman, is a daughter of Detective Richard Sullivan of New York, and is employed as cashier ata fancy goods store.. Last Friday evening at 6 o'clock she left the store in company with another Young woman who is also employed there. Crossing Grand street they walked arm in arm through Eldridge street and had just passed Broome, whena man of medinm height and ugly features forced his way between them and hastened on. Annie at once discovered that her pocketbook was gone, and, telling hercom- panion so, gave chase tothe thief. A man, who had overheard her remark, gave chase also, but Annie overtook the thief frst, Her black eyes snapped Saturday as she told how she shook him and compelled him to drop her pocketbook. The thief, however, was about to strike her in the face, when the man who had joined in the chase arrived. The thief fled, but the strange man caught him and a policeman A PICK- took him to the Eldridge-street station. The prisoner said he was Jos. Goldstein, a Russian, twenty-seven years old, and a tailor. At Essex market he pleaded guilty and Justice Patterson held him in 21,500. — ——+e0e Lawrence Barrett Afflicted. THE TRAGEDIAN SAID TO HAVE A VERY TROUBLE- SOME TUMOR. Lawrence Barrett, who closed a long en- gagement in New York Saturday night, in con- junction with Edwin Booth, is in very poor health, and dreads that he may have to be laid of for recuperation even before he gets through the present season. His ailment has caused a swelling of the neck. The nature of the growth is glandular, and beyond much question it isa tumor. It’ was first observed by Mr. Barrett about a year ago, and it has steadily enlarged, until now it is a striking disfigurement. It is understood that he will submit toa surgical operation in the spring, and upon the outcome of that will’ depend his continuance on or retirement from the stage. His stage costumes have been so altered as to reach to his chin, thus covering the chief swelling, but under his cnin are two large lumps that cannot be hidden, and which alter the outlines of his face radically. soe Women’s Figures in France. W. C. Brownell in Scribner. In an assemblage of French women froma ball in the Faubourg St. German to a bal de? opera the number of admirable figures is very striking; the face may be positively common, but the figure is nearly sure to be superb, The wasp-waist so much affected across the channel is apparently confined to fashion-plates designed for exportation. The unwisdom of tight-lacin, is evidently not more perfectly appreciated than its unsightliness, though the relations of hygiene to beauty are thoroughly understood, With this excellence of figure generally goes a corresponding excellence of carriage, In this respect the skill with which the Louis Quinze heel is circumvented is beyond praise, and with regard to the tact and taste displayed in the garb which decorates this figure and carriage the world is, I suppose, as well agreed now as in the time when the empress set its fashions for it in a more inexorable way than the women of the present republic can pretend to. ~~ 200 Making it Pleasant for Mr. Phelps. London Cable in New York Tribune of Sunday. Except by Lord Salisbury in his official ca- pacity as foreign minister, everything is being done by the English to make the last weeks of the American minister's stay pleasant. Mr, Phelps’ friends now believe the date of his de- parture i# very near and invitations pour in. The city of London, which probably has its own opinion of the surliness of the foreign of- fice, is hospitable, as usual. With the city com- panies, as with the lord mayor, the American minister is a favorite guest. He has accepted an invitation from the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, perhaps the most important of these societies, for January 16. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps went to Mentmore on Saturday as guests of Lord and Lady Rosebery till Monday. Mr. Edwardes, first secretary of the British legation at Washington, is not yet allowed to return to his post, and’ is at present staying with Mr. Chamberlain at Highbury. Bishop Keane in Rome. Bome Special to the N. Y. Herald, January 5. Bishop Keane, the rector of the Washington university, has been appointed preacher for the Feast of the Epiphany by the pope in the the English of Rome in perpetuity. The arch- Church of St. Silvestro, which has been ceded to bishops and bishops connected with the uni- versity have presented an address to Leo XIII, proposing to inaugurate the institution next year as a memorial of the centenary of the tholic hierarchy in the United States. The document is signed by the archbis! of Bal- a » New York, Philadelphia, and by the bishops of Peoria, Dayton, and La “Fosse, Focr Coronep Mcnpexens Drownep.—A gens. of South Carolina negroes recently de- ry bad a large sum of money, which he on bis person. was to commit the mur- ger while the e fullest measure of human | FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. A passenger train was blown from the rails Hi Satur vio- a jungary, ee ee Ie, many The Russian thinks little of court etiquet dence of the Prinmo of Wize ite a only An attempt was made Saturday to blow up the building in Madrid occupied by the mitiis- the rear of the building but Doyond anachiing ie rear ut beyon: the windows it did no damage. Saturday Mr. Gladstone visited Pompeii ona vessel lent by the municipal authorities. The Russian expedition to Thibet, inter- rupted by the death of jevalsky, has been rerumed, but meanwhile the Brith Indian government slips 168 y a friendly agree- ment with China, which acknowle‘ ‘the con- trol of the former over Sikkim. e dispute on this subject caused the recent hostilities be- — epee ee flcegcat mg isa Savoet fa perhaps 2, juare miles, with a ation of perhaps 50,000, situated among nh Hima- layas, on the frontier of British India, and un- der the latter's protection, It is reported from Belgrade that Gen. Gracio has consented to form a cabinet, having re- ceived from King Milan, who reserves that right, a hint as to whom he would appoint — of war and minister of foreign af- fairs. Cardinal Manning has prepared an exhaus- tive r on the American public school sys- Wee teied on the statistics of Montgomery. The cardinal strongly favors parental as ore posed to public school control. The paper will soon be published concurrently in England and America, In the department of Somme Sunday General Montaudon (Boulangist) was elected a member of the chamber of deputies by a majority of 7,539, In the department of Charente Inferi- eure M. Duport Gioulangit) was elected by a ay of 9,449 over the republican candi- te. The checker contest in London between Messrs. Barker and Smith was concluded Satur- day, Mr, Barker adding one more victory to his credit. The total score was: Mr. Barker 5 games, Mr. Smith 1; drawn 22, A violent storm has occurred in the eastern Pyrenees, The rivers have overflowed their banks, and the streets of Perpignan and the country round about are flooded. Communi- cation has been stopped, an enormous amount of damage has been done and much distress caused, M. Jacques, president of the council of the Seine, has been nominated by the various | baa of republicans as sole candidate against ulanger for the vacant seat in the chamber of deputies for Paris, Aletter from the pope was read Sunday in the churches of the diocese of Down and Con- nor sympathizing with the Irish people in their resent suffering, and praising their marvelous fortitude. ‘The failure of the prosecution of Prof. Geffc- ken, for eee of the diary of the late Emperor Frederick, has caused another sensation in eter f The imperial tribunal declined to proceed against Prof. Geffcken because it was impossible to prove that he was conscious of the treasonable character of his publication, Rubinstein has finished a new grand opera, “Gorivska,” on a Russian subject, and Edmond Audran has about completed a new comic opera. The author of Madame Angot” also has a new bouffe nearly ready. One of Osman Digna’s lieutenants, who has deserted his leader and has arrived at Suakim, declares that Emin Bey has been captured and is a prisoner at Khartoum, where he is well treated by his captors. The Keichsanzeiger publishes a rescript from Emperor William to Prince Bismarck, bearing date of December 31. It reads: “Dear Prince: The year which has brought us such heavy visitations and such irrevocable losses draws to anend. It is a joy and solace to think that you still stand loyally by my side with fresh strength to enter upon the new year. From my whole heart I invoke upon you happiness and blessings, but, above all, uninterrupted ‘ood health. I trust to God that I may still be long permitted to labor with you for the wel- fare and greatness of our fatherland.” The king of the Netherlands was reported to be in a dying condition on Saturday. He took nourishment with difficulty. It is reliably stated in Paris that the recently executed murderer, Prado, was the illegitimate son of Gen. Prado, formerly of Peru. Excitement was caused in the court at Naas, Ireland, Friday, by Solicitor Hurley, counsel for the prisoners on trial, shouting that Judge Fitzgerald’s conduct on the bench was a scan- dal. Hurley was sentenced to seven days’ im- prisonment for contempt of court. A painful sensation has beencaused at Ber- lin by the emperor attending a private per- formance of ‘The Rheingold” at the opera house. The liberals condemn his action as a fresh insult to the memory of his father, the term of mourning for whom has not yet expired, Prince Bismarck will go to Berlin next Thurs- day. Seven skaters were drowned in the Ludwig canal at Nuremberg Friday, The betrothal is announced of Prince Will- iam of Baden to Princess Marie, niece of the Grand Duke of Baden, The central monarchist committee at Paris has decided not to advance a candidate against Gen. Boulanger. — oo Color Line in the Churches. From the Philadelphia Times. The Northern and Southern Presbyterians, after praying over the matter and talking about it from every point of view, have decided to remain Northern and Southern Presbyterians still. It was the colored brother that perpetu- ated the schism. The Southern Presbyterians insisted that the colored brother should flock by himself, and that there should be no mis- understanding or false pretenses about the matter. The Northern Presbyterians wanted him admitted to churches, presbyteries, synods and assemblies on Professedly equal terms. The southern win, leclined to accept this as the fundamental basis of a reunion, and no reunion is probable. There is little doubt that the negotiations fora reunion df the Meth- odist and Baptist bodies will fall to the ground for the same reason. Race prejudice is a principle so deeply imbedded in human nature that it requires more Christianity than the average human being has yet been able to absorb to eradicate i ~ A Romance in the Haytian War, From the New York Star. The story is that there is a very rich and rather good-looking widow (slightly coffee- colored, to be sure) who is advancing the sinews of war to President Legitime. Whether she is doing this with the view of booming the Haytian securities or of ultimately capturing the —_ and becoming the mistress of the Haytian white house at Port-au-Prince is not stated, but, as Legitime happens to have a wife and family, the latter suggestion is hardly probable. ——__—+e+____ Now is the Time for Pneumonia. From the New York Times. “Got a cold, have you?” began a conversa- tion between a well-known up-town physician and a patient a day or two ago. “Well you are in the fashion. At least 85 per cent of all my patients have colds, and they will have the pneumonia as a sort of wind-up if they are not mighty careful when this warm weather ceases, which it will with an almighty snap within few days, The cause of the colds is that the system, which is far more sensitive than a film of gelatine to the action of heat and cold, has become accustomed to this springlike weather, and the longer it lasts the more accustomed it becomes. ie system appreciates the fact that all this is unseasonab! i or woman’s good sense to “But they don’t do it. warm they abandon their winter wraps and the air, which is still filled with frost, although not manifest because of the directness of the sun, gets in the crevices of the winter armor, and the first thing my patient knows he has to hold on to his hat to keep from sneezing it off, pees have opened to secure some of these lusive advantages of warm weather, and just a8 soon as @ genuine cold snap comes the deaths from pneumonia will be great F day a Mr. it hant ecto pee tion ies came to town, his and MR. PARNELL TALKS FREELY. His Health Restored—Views on the Com- mission, Coercion and Other Topics. nal A FAPAL BARRIER. ‘Why Miss Garpickle Found it Impossi« ble to Wed _Bardolph Kiljordan. Mr. Parnell has been interviewed for the New | From the Chicago Tribune. York World by Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M. P., pres- ident of the land league of Great Britain, and one of the Irish leader's chief lieutenants. Mr. O'Connor notes the great im; it which has taken place in Mr. Parnell’s health, and says: This is the moment to confess what it would have been improper to reveal at an earlier period. The fact is, we thought a couple of years ago that Mr. Parnell had a very bad chance of ever recovering. He used to come down to the house with a face heavily lined and ghastly pale. His walk was feeble and his eye had the glassiness of coming death. Mr. Parnell attributes his bad health to his habits of eating too fast, sometimes eat too much, and sleeping too mg, and his recovery is due to a Hoe regimen S Renae was placed by le ormpson, prety and Fags of rset Aig The only ob ar in which he fails to note improvement is in his weight. Though within half an inch of six feet in height he weighs only 154 pounds. When asked what he thought of the proceed- ings of the commission as far as they had gone, Mr, Parnell said: “You will jadge of that by the fact that I have ceased to attend the court. Up to the present the Times has not got beyond a general de- scription of the disturbed state of Ireland. Every attempt to connect, not us { anienore for there hasn't been even gn attempt to do that, except in the ridiculous story about Har- rington, told by an informer—but every at- tempt to connect our organization with crime has completely broken down.” “Of course, you are not surprised at this?” “Of course not. The Times has not suc- ceeded in finding ahything, for the reason that there was nothing to find.’ THE FORGED LETTERS, “And now about the forged letters?” At this point Mr. Parnell’s face assumed its most sphinx-like expression. He said: “On that point permit me to confine myself strictly to the statement that we shall prove our case to the hilt.” Mr. Parnell talked freely of the financial aspect of the Irish movement. The annual ex- penses are estimated at £45,000 ($225,000), of which £25,000 go to evicted tenants, for whom houses are built and to whom weekly allow- ances of food are made; the Irish-parliamen- tary fund requires £10,000; the Irish press agency, which suppli Irish speakers to Eng- lish meetings and distributes home-rule liter- ature, costs £5,000; registration of voters and miscellaneous expenses call for £5,500 more. Mr. O’Connor asked where the funds neces- sary to meet this enormous expenditure had been received from last year. Mr. Parnell answered: got £10,000 from Mr. Rhodes, a South African merchant, who is in sympathy with the Irish cause, and I got £1,000 from Mr. Mur- rough, an Irishman, a friend and partner of Mr. Rhodes in the Kimberley mines, Some money has alsocome from Australia, and our organization in Ireland brings us in about £10,000 annually.” “How does America stand?” “That is a subject upon which I speak with some hesitation. We have been treated with such extraordinary generosity by America that Iam afraid to say it, though it is true, that the subscriptions from there have rather fallen off for the last year or two, But then they have been very busy with ther own great political | struggles. Besides, they have sent us vast | sums in the past. Where would we have been without the assistance of America?” The defense of the Times’ charges is esti- mated at not less than £50,000, and the Times’ expenses are put down at £150,000. While Mr. Parnell does not believe that the govern- ment is aiding the Times financially, he says it is evident that the whole executive machin- ery in ireland has been placed at their dis osal, u Mr. Parnell was next asked whether he thought coercion had succeeded, and replied: “Tam bound to say that the people have re- sisted coercion with @ firmness beyond all my expectations. To this firmness I attribute the complete breakdown of coercion. You see, the coercion which was at the disposal of Mr. For- ster was much more tent against such a movement as ours than the coercion of Mr. Bal- four, Mr. Balfour's calculation was that he would break down the organizgtion by fear, For this reason he employed the prison bru- talities which have been so often exposed. He imagined that if he made imprisonment severe enough people would hesitate to run the risk of it, and that thus the organization would melt away.” f “And the calculation has completely mis- carried? : “Completely. Indeed, coercion is a miser- able failure. Mr. Balfour began by prosecut- ing editors for publishing reports of the league, He has ceased these prosecutions. He prose- cuted newsvendors for selling the papers that contained the reports. That class of prose- cution has ceased. He suppressed by proclama- tion the league in three counties. The branches of the league continue to meet in these counties as regularly as ever before, and the member- ship has increased rather than diminished. He began by reversing the whole Policy of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach with regard to evictions, clai ig that he had nothing to do with the justice or injustice of these evictions, and that e was obliged to send troops and police to help the worst landlord in carrying out the most cruel evictions. And now Lord Clanri- carde and other landlords are vainly asking for troops and police. Mr. Balfour won't give them. Of course there is still a great deal of of coercion is broken, and Mr. Balfour has failed as ignominiously as any of his prede- cessors,”” Mr. Parnell expressed his complete confi- dence in the easy triumph of home rule at a general election. When that might occur no one could prophesy, but he thought the personal element which contributes greatly to parlia- mentary battles was beginning to work preju- dicially against the government. All the places have been given away and ambitious men have nothing more to hope from the gov- ernment, Lord Randolph Churchill is very dissatisffed, and there's no knowing when he may be able to trip them up, for he is a very clever man, -—___--+e0______ Foreign Taste in Jewelry. From the Jewelers’ Weekly. A clever French lady has prepared the fol- lowing schedule of the world’s taste in jewelry: Oriental—Beautiful stones; poorly cut and poorly mounted. Russian—Faultless stones; mountings which lack style. The jewelry is rich, but without taste or originality, English—Choice stones; mountings beastly and excessively heavy. German—Poverty-stricken and in bad taste. Austrian—Heavier than the English; taste on a par with the German, Ttalian—Has not advanced since the days of Pompeii. Spanish—Nothing but votive bapletin i ‘rench—With mediocre stones, a little gold and much taste, incomparable jewelry is pro- duced. The author has nothing to say of American workmanship, but the readers of “The Weekly” have no doubt decided long ago that their pro- ducts combine all the beauties and none of the defects of all the rest of the word taken to- gether. —————_+e+______ Two Stace Ropnentes 1x Catrroryta.—A dis- patch from Cloverdale, Cal., January 7, saya: A double stage robbery occurred last night, The down stage from’ Mendocino City was stopped near Philo, about 11 o'clock, by a masked highwayman, who demanded ‘the treasure box, and, holding a revolver in one hand, took the box from the driver with the other, He thanked the driver and ordered him to drive on, He then remarked, “Good ight, gentlemen.” ‘The stage had only gone afew hundred yards when it met the up stage from Cloverdale, and the driver remarked he also had been robbed, but gave no details, The expres boxes were all that were taken. card itntcincie yw cadihatantnd loses Lrevr. Smanre’s Gotp MepaL.—A from Bismarck, Dak., January 5, says: Lieut. ACSI , of the twenty-second infantry, Fort Al am Lincoln, is the recipient of the gold medal and life membership of the Mili- tary Service institute, awarded for the best essay on the subject of the organization and training of a national reserve for military service, ——_—_——_+e+_____ yong ‘throtlg and scat the dagh cabin wrong and seni cage down the 600-foot shaft of the mine of the Connellsville Coke and Iron company at West Leisenring, Pa, eowep The blunderer and William McFerran and William Shearer, who were in the cage, were mangled beyond. aay eran on ie Bo Sreckel Begins: itch cruelty and tyranny and wrong, but the back | “Miss Garpickle, you are triffing with me!” Bardolph Kiljordan stood before her as erect, imperious and gloomy as the star actor of & broken and dismembered dramatic combina- tion standing on one side of the track half way between stations and watching a hand-car pro- pelled by section men sweeping rapidly past Mr. Kiljordan burned with the indignation of an abused, insulted man. “For months and months,” he said, “you have encouraged me. You have smiled upon me. You have accepted my attentions. You have listened to me with apparent approval when I have ventured to hint at a feeling stronger than friendship——" “Mr. Kilj ” interposed, the lady, “I will aot aeny your intentions h have been agreeable to me.” “Then why, Vinnie,” he exclaimed implor- ingly, “why do you ‘tell me it can never be? 'y do you look at me coldly and say we were not meant for each other?” “I would have saved you this pain if I could, Mr. Kiljordan. I have waited and waited, hoping that the barrier between us might dis- appear—that you would—would see what it is t interposes so fatally~—”" “Vinnie,” he exclaimed tremulously and ex- citedly, boa it is not too late, even yet! Perhaps I may be able to—” “It is impossible, Mr. Kiljordan,” replied the yo lady, firmly yet kindly. “I shall always entertain the highest esteem for you as a man, acitizen, a friend and an excellent Cpa, eS here her voice faltered—“of post-theatrical refreshments, but any closer relationship Iam now convinced can never be thought of.” “Vinnie Garpickle!” he exclaimed with bitter- ness, “so be it! Ishall not go down on my knees, It would do no good, The carpet, besides”—and the young man looked at it dejectedly— he will excuse me for saying 80, Miss Garpickle, is—is not in that condi- tion—ah—of tidiness that—er——” “ erhaps, Mr. Kiljordan,” suggested the young lady, freezingly, “you will put an end to this painful scene by——” Going? Certainly, Miss Garpickle, cer- jut I think I have the right to ask ‘ou, since this will probably be the last time shall ever have the opportunity, what the nature of the barrier is that separates us, Have I not?” “You have, sir.” “Then why have you refused to be my wife?” _ “Because, Mr. Kiljordan,” she replied, with ineffable sadness, “I can never link iny destiny with that of a young man who wears reversible cuffs. ee ee Oe eae Died in the Faith. Washington Correspondence New York Tribune. Seven or eight democrats were discussing the defeat of their party and their own per- sonal defeat in oneof the hotel lobbies the other night. As each point was talked over, they always wound up by swearing at the tariff as the one and only cause of party and personal defeat, Finally a member from New York said: “We stuck by Cleveland; I think he ought to do with us as old man Saunders, of Maine, did with his seven wives.” “How was that?” asked one of the group. “When the first died,” resumed the mem- ber from New York, “old man Saunders, put up alittle white-washed plank with her name: SARAH ADAMS, WIFE OF GAMALIEL SAUNDERS. in black letters, 0. 2 was treated to the same white board her name and ‘Wife of Gamaliel Saunders’ in black letters, No. 3, No. No. 5, No. 6 were all laid in arow by No. 1 0. 2, and each grave was headed slab with staring black letters, Finally the (0. 7, | the old man, who was going to leave town and | go west with his sons, put on his seventh | wife’s headstone, ELVIRA ANN, WIFE OF GAMALIEL SAUNDERS, and at the top he placed a hand pointing to the row of six tombstones and: indicating the in- scription: THESE ALL DIED IN THE FAITH. “It's nothing but fair that Grover Cleveland should do the same by us, We are buried in a row and he should erect @ suitable monument with the hand pointing to us and saying: “These all died in the true tariff faith.” ‘soe : The Reign of the Mustache. From the Hair Dresser. About ten yearsago a hairless, saturnine, and clever man in the Carlton club, in London, an- nounced that wearing mustaches was bad form. ‘The statement was made with great solemnity |1n the course of aspeech which the club man delivered at @ banquet where Labouchere | rvations in his paper, and announced | solemnly that the mustache would have to go, as it was no longer in good form. Whether the discussion meant anything or not is a prob- & grip compared to which the everlasting ques- tion of whether marriage is a failure or not sinks ont of sight. posring in society circles without a mustache hat the statement readily gained credit that wearing mustaches had to be dropped out of | fashionable life in England. A thorough- paced investigation of the i roved the falsity of all this. London men ave sacrificed the short side whiskers that once adorned their faces, but they cling to the mustache with a tenacity that nothing can cut. The abiding horror of a man’s life that he will be mistaken for a waiter at an evening party is somewhat relieved by the fact that waiters are not allowed to wear mustaches and gentlemen are. The reason that short-clipped side whiskers went was because it was essen- tially Hibernian. Such facial adornments weré spoken of as Galways, and this was too much for the British mind. As far as this country is concerned the im- pression seems to be that if aman can raise a mustache pe pore on earth can persuade him to shave it off. Ifa man cannot have the sort of a mustache he wants he usually takes the sort that comes to him by right of nature. A good deal of coercion is used on the quiet with refractory mustaches, but they are no longer curled, put up in papers over night, greased, waxed or otherwise abused. ‘The era of simplicity has affected the mus- tache as well as the rest of man’s general make- up. Noman who pretends to be at all in the swim wears the flowing side whiskers to which Dundreary gave his name, and beards which were popularized by the Prince of Wales a few years ago have gone out of fashion. No wonder, for the prince himself has abandoned them, and he now wears his beard pointed and clipped close to the face. Boulanger has set the fashion for Europe in this respect, and the crown prince of Great Britain is more or less of an imitator of the French upstart. 00 Buit-Fientixe = Ixtropvcep 1x Texas.— Friday those having charge of the fiestas at Laredo, Tex., took outa license for an acro- batic performance, which was given Saturda evening in a regular bull-pen. A large pom mostly Mexicans, was present, and the acro- batic performance had not progressed far be- fore the cry went = from them of “el toro,” which indicated that the real object of the crowd in gathering was to seea buil-fight, In response to the cry the ring was soon cleared of acrobatic apparatus and the bulls came bounding in, and a regular bull-fight was soon in progress.’ There were four savage fights ana three bulls were killed. The city police stood by and witnessed the sport. saw ecrancctonite. » FrIcHTENED His Wire To Deatu.—A farmer named Clatterbau®h, living near Greenville, Va., while drank, got hold of a false face and took ithome. He thought it would be fun, and took it home to frighten his wife, who was in a critical condition. He put the face an se ‘lub, entered his house ond for his wife, as though to club her. She became frightened so that she went into and died" is reported that te masa boon arrest ————coo—___ Krirarm’s Farenps Wartixe ror SULLIVAN.— A Toronto special to the Baltimore American — the representatives of Kilrain arrived here afternoon to make a match with Sullivan. ‘The big fellow has not yet shown up. A dis- itch he will arrive early Foon moana joined her six predecessors below ground, and | lem, but it caught the fancy of mankin with | So much is said about the correctness of ap- | D. C.. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1889. AUCTION SALES. Way Trupce Aone in old ruts when savers are Pearline saves labor of the hardest i labor- appearing on all sides? James Pyle’s ~ kind, and luces the best and quickest results in the Pics lay , and house-cleani: Thou- Say nde arash think it indispensable. A fair trial will con- vince the most: cal of its merits. universal success of try over, is proof of its wonderful merits. Beware of AUCTION _SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. ‘ALTER B. WILLIAMS & OO., Auctioneers, —______ FUTORE_Dars. FFICE OF WASHINGTON DAN’ QP en Teaate tnd insurance Broker 11 pwd ~~ ASSIGNEER'S SALE STOCK OF Gi Ss, — TORE ee AE AUCHIOR, own Ti | PRREMETOND SAS OF AN ELPOANT LOT OF oTORR PAGER E GEL SRVENTE: AB aLSS2 | PELETIAND FUN ShsvaR i tara geese me | Abate ocak ed MEE TO aw. | ehtnmanesanioae foes fumtne 8g _da3-4t Assignee. | gles: sidealley. A deposit of $100 roquired TO-MORROW. som Saef einem Nocempliel ee wtgte 2G [pexcansox BROS, Auctioneers, cost of ee aaTON DANENE: JANUAR EIGUTI 1k THOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer si ar oui SAGA NOMTAWEST, REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FUR’ CARPETS, F COMPRISIN Parlor Snites, Cabinets, Chairs, M. T. Desks, Card Tables, Mirrors, 3 ings, Window Hangi ‘aluut ‘and Ash ber” Sets, Hair and Other Mattresses. an Bed-stand, Bureau, Washstauds, and Other Sideboards, Extension Tables. Chairs, Refrigerator, Brussels aud pets, kugs, Kitchen juisites, etc. Also, contents of Dri: Store. Sit cc AND DS anos, Organ, ——— Dining | Other © } wen B. WILLIAMS , Lact TAIN 8. MOST EETHAGENINARY, {sare py AUCTION, COMMENCING THURSDAY, ‘Tables, ME HO! ‘ UNTIL ENTIRE STOCK {8 DINPUSED OF, AT OUR 4 SALESKUO! Walnut Car- | it A oy collection of Fen Thaeeent ™ of ‘Curtat: largely’ an Sonne raen Sora rpuomas DOWLING, Auctioneer, AEC RS’ SALE OF VALUABLE AND UNIMPROVED DISTRICT OF COLUMBL By virtue of authority in me vested in od will or testament of W. W. W. W: ber 2 5 59, &e., of of Columbia, the Badersigned WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF ARY. 1889, at THREE O'CLOCK, in front reuives, offer for sale at public auction to the bidder, sub lot 27, in square SS. front Dorthwest, containing 4219 square feet of ON THE SAME Da aT O'CLOCK in front of the pret X147, to a thirty-feot alley, i ory frame dwelling ‘with, back food brick stable on rear of lot, being No. t northwest, ON THE SAME DAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK of the premises, lot No. in Olmstead’s subdivision of square No. 242, feet on the west side of Ver strect and Iowa circle, being northwest, Terms three eq) date of sale, ises sold shall be wud lot 4, ° ven, with interest at six tam per annum from ‘the of sale. All ancing and recording to be at purchaser's oost. | posit of @ sale be not complied, with ulting purcheser after five days’ IMPRO' REAL ESTATE 1 and under the | such as is seldom seen, jood, of record in | teres! the record of wills, in ting on the north side of Water street, between 21st and 22d streets and. H ALE-PAST THREE improved by = usidinue ‘et recon having a front of 23 jont avenue between N ‘No. 1316 Vermont avenue sale: One-third in cash; the residue in yinents, at one, twoand three years after Hor which notes duly secured ow the prea: will be required on the unimproved 50 euch on the improved property, If THOS. N. W SOD, Executor. torily, and we think regret, aside from any crue to us. Such a lange and Gieplayed as the result of the labor. taste of some struly sted should attend this sale: a chance often. especially vious to WALTER B MS & 00, VED N THE does not occur will, on | exhibit two JANU- of the Highest ja2-7t square aud 1307 K in fron} ‘All diseases, cute or chronic 1n all stages C— Wonderfully quick results tn the of drop) yueUicLJa,tualariainflainmatory Fheuistens per cen- co NO ONE NEED GIVE. UP. Paxson BROS, Auctioneers, EXECUTOR’S SALE OF NOTE. By virtue of the power. vested in me I will mablic auction, on THURSDAY, JANU. SS, at TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON of Duneanson Bros., 9th and D | certain Nota payable on demand to | Thomson, dated April 1, 1879, f of s5ugte ie antnroa” hati of 82, 1 Was ne of the District of Columbia. , at auction etree! ‘the order of REAL ESTATE ON 11TH STREET 8S. Equity, wherein Christopher C. complainants, and Iiobert VM fendanta, 1 will offer for sale at of each piece of | ENTERNTH D | at 4 o'clock p. m., the followiug icKenney et al. iblic auction ‘a bed ing, in the city bia, to wit | insguare numbered | 11tl of Washington and District of of 0 9 | square numbered 978 | street east at a point | from the northeast | thence south 16 10-1 | feet, thence north 1610-100 f 66-100 feet to said 11th street an | ning. Also, parts of original lots 1 numbered 978, beginnin east at a point distait 71 | northeast corner of said feet, thence south 20 15-100 feet toa | feet'wide, thence east along the line inning for the same stant 55 75-100 corner of the said \ public | enid 11 15-100 feet to the place of besinniny ‘Also, part of origtnal lot nunbered 8, im square num. | bere ‘1001, beginning for the eamme at the southwest | English capital | sont! 11th street and place of beginning. f original lot numbered 8, in square num- for the same 11 43-100 feet mest, corner of said lot, thence beret" {004. beet red » begin! | north from’ the. south north 14 30-100 feet, thence east 44 Y TENTH, | northwest, o lor 84.4:34.53, —_ fe insurance polic} Endo' LEMON J. PARDESSUS. 4a7-3t_Executor of Estate of Wm. Thomson, d’cd. CEANOFRYE SALE OF YARUABLE IMPROVED ‘Kenney et al are front wroperty, on THURSDAY, the SEV- ¥ OF JANUARY, 1586, commenc Geacril is real estate ahd the improvements thereunto belong- Also, parts of original lots numbered 14 and 15 in feet south 15. and 16 in square for the same on 11th street ‘5-100 feet south from the juare, thence west 92 66-100 said alley 12 | feet, thence south 5 feet, thence east 80 66-100 feet to th street east, thence north along said street 25, feet, thence 43-100 feet, thence west 76 83-100 feet to | Cases abandoned ‘will do well to call sce me, "Tecan guarantee you rel Senet tn ant "Festimoutale on epplicatio in ten days Gon pot . aan et DR. 3. W. HAYW: Ob, Executor.” | ee 28 13TH ST ae Taare j Aiali, Chronic Atections of the ‘Eye, "a HEATS Unice hotrs, 0-12; 2-5, Sunday, from 10to2 210-2m* sell, at ___WOOD AND COAL We Wiz D, G Al AT THE FOLLOWING 1 tye Rytres m rooms ‘William | wment ‘CLEAN GoaL and virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the KENNEDY Didet of Columbia, in cause No. 11224 Office, No. 12 BNE B.R. Yard, Cor. Delaware ave. and K st. ne. _Telephoue Connection. Coat: KE! Woon: JOHNSON BROTHERS, are de- in h street east, 40 feet south from the northeast cor-| 009 Pet nw. 1515 7thet m | of said square, thence south 15.75 feet, thence ~ some - a 7 | wrest oh 00 feet tance nordh 15.76 feet. thence east Sd and K stn w. 1740 Pa eve. nw. | 92.66 fect to sald 11th street aud place of beginning.| 1112 9thst. n.w. 413 10th st. n. w. on 11th | Tetail yard in the United States HONEST MEASURE, FAIR DEALING, ‘made our business a success. S_____E=_=~~_~__se PIANOS AND ORGANS. _ CO., Auctioneers. ARY TEN’ AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK A M. CONTINUING DAILY CORNER TENTH AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Auctioneers. Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta Southwest Exclusive agents in the District for the sale of some of the best coal mined. Supply more families thanany | PROMPT DELIVERIES AND REASONABLE PRICES have io29 | Saxpens & Sravway. DECKER BROS. PIANOS. Sold on ‘Special attention called to our new style ESTEY ORGANS. Two bundred and four made and Everywhe sold. re, ferred organ for Home, Chi Shapel, and Handsot S-8t0] organ 75. | tees tiatdsome atop Emer: or 8 ‘toc, SANDERS & STAYMAN, sccorumodatine ters and for reat (204,000) Estey ce south 2 feet, the it 31 69-100 feet, thence 934 F st a. w., D. bouth 1230-100 fest. thence. West 75-83-10 fect oe 13.8. Charies st, Baltimore, Ma. said 11th street east and place of beginning. sa 1217 Main st. fe. | mnchened $ONis cesta tee teeemenet eens a ‘ boncos * “ ELSEWHERE west commer of said lot, thence south 21.7 feet, thence Be pe Sapwan , thence ni 2 feet Ari a ‘public alley; thenee orth slong sald alley 1o-7 | 220 Practical Piano Maker, General feet, thence west 117-50 feet tovsald 11th street east sie aa es “"Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in RE RRS Aa cash, and the balance thereof in two equal instalments kK NN AA BB Stone and two years froin the day of sale, or all cam, KK NNN AAA a te ‘option of ‘the Purchaser.” The deferred pay- KK NNN AA bpp mente are to be secured by thn Primary notes o he PIANOS. | Tne real estate fold, and shall bear interest from the | CNEQUALED TX AONE, Tovou je at the rate of six ‘cent per aunUuin, .s Yayable went-auaually.” €190 wil'be requited om each | «,Specislattention of “Holiday, Purchasers” is invited ices of ground agjeoon ag the same ie bid of. If the | HiGHEST DECURATIVE ART. “Pianos for purchaser or purchasers! 0 HIGHES IVE A Ucrnas of sale within 10 days. after the day of sale. the | SECOND-HAND PIANOS. — A large property sold to him, her or then will be resold at his, almost every. well-known’ mabe tn ths joror their risk and cost. All conveyancing and re: | Somme thgrong will be Slowed ont at cording at purchaser's cost. low. * AL INDUCEMENTS offered 4 both EDWARD A. NEWMAR: Trartee, | | ippricesnnd ip terme which will be on 2i 44 st nw. INTEL when. Greg WALTER B. WILLTAMS & 00. Aucta._* ja5-dmaa |" Wit, RNABE & 00., USTEES' SALE OF A COMFORTABLE FRAM < a MOWELLING. HOUSE NG.2102 VIRGINIA AVE: PALLET © Davis PIANOS, SUPERS IN NUE OPPosITE THE SMITHSONIAN INSTI- Perfect 18 workmanship ;elorant in atyles By wirtue of s ceriain deed of trust recorded in | ErSil vane HE SCMNER, Agent es’ liber No. 1037, follo 302, etseq, oneof ‘the lana. re- cotda of the of Columbia'and a the ‘requcat part will DBlic suction | front of the to the vidder,” on | _ Grand National Award of 16,600 francs. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY NINTH, 1880, at HALY- ab Rea A Pt nm D. nun tect (10), oF Abrabam FBarker's set corded subdivision of pat of oriinal let seven (7), in juare three Lundred and twenty- “impro bya substantial and comforlable frame dveling AN INVIGORATING TONIO, ‘Terms of of the purchase in ee within from the day of sale: and the UVIA ARK. ON Misc tat paratatt eactetsceseee | PERUVIAN BARK, IRON, AND with interest at 8 ‘per cent of mae. and by adeed of trust on the ‘oral the purchase money may be paid in cash. A deposit of #100 will be required when issold. All| — Fer the PREVENTION and CURE | conveyancing at the purchaser's cost. If the terms of & af sale are not complied with within ten days from the dag Malaria, of sale the trustees reserve the right to resell the prop erty st the gost and risk ‘of the fing purchaser, | appetite, See pd "ads — re agaae Lewspaper 22R pened OO NILETAM W, BOMSIAS? eusterg | E-FOUGERA & 00., for the U. 8, 428-Akds GBO. W. STICKNEY, Auct. 30 NORTH ST.. N. ¥. nO THURS AFTERNOO! 3: ARY 7 ‘NTH, at HALF-PAST FOUR Pp. Hil cell in trout of premises, sil PART OF LOT ort emer ye fron’ 24 feet 74 inches on I street, with a of inches toa 30-foot. . 53 feet ry —_ bys E BLE IMPROVED PROP! a THREE STORY BRICK, No, 916 I’ STREET is convenient toall street-car lines, BEING .