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RESEMBLANCE. This Widow Would Have Given “The Quick or the Dead” Another Ending. From the Kansas City Star. All who have read “The Quick or the Dead”. and who has not?—will be particularly inter- ested im a little Cincinnati romance that has just reached the climax of betrothal. Once again the trite saying that truth is stranger than fiction is made use of as the only words that fittingly apply to the story of J. 5S. Martin, who recently went to Cincinnati from Wayne county, Ohio, and established himself in business. The facts are given as related by himself, and their verity is beyond question. During the best days of the centennial young Martin’s sisters, two handsome girls, came to the city to visit their brother and the big show. Being unable to obtain accommodations for them at his boarding-house, the brother took them to a fashionable boarding-house in Gar- field Place. Here he called of an evening to escort them to places of amusement. One evening a strange face met him at the door—a charming. glowing face that mirrored the soul of a little lady in widow's weeds. 4s she raised her softly veiled eyes until they rested on the face of the young man she started back, covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the sight before her, uttered a little scream of amazement, and seemed about to faint, but rallied quickly and invited her vis-a-vis to enter. Frequently during his stay in the house in glanced at the woman in black, only to find her dark eyes fixed upon him with strange intentness. Later the lady was introduced to him, and the cause of her strong interest in him became apparent, as she explained that upon opening the door in answer to his ring it Bee! that the apparition of her- husband, who had died about a year previous, arose be- fore her, so strong was the resemblance be- tween the dead and the living. Never had she seen so striking—so marvelous—a resemblance, both in form and feature, as the young man who stood in her presence bore to him she had buried a twelve-month before. Even voice, movement, and gestures were identical—noth- ing lacking to complete the picture of the lamented dead. She had been so startled that her stopped beating, and she had all but swooned away. Young Martin was strangely moved as the lady described her feelings and dwelt on the resemblance between “poor Dick” and him- self, and felt a sort of relief when his sisters came in and carried him away. But he had been fascinated and continued his visits to the Garfield Place boarding-house even after the esence of his sisters ceased to be an excuse jor calling. Of course he was encouraged in this by the evident enjoyment the lady found in his society. : One evening she told him her husband's mother was in the house—would he like to meet her? Replying affirmatively he was ushered into the mee of a stately white- haired woman. No sooner did her eyes reston his face than she shrieked: “My God! what is this? Has my poor boy come to life? No, no, it cannot be! Take him away!” and she 1aj from hysterics into a faint. It was a dramatic scene that those who witnessed it will never forget. She soon re- covered her equanimity, and like her daughter- in-law, was strongly attached to her son’s liv- ing double. The sequel is none other than the reader al- ready suspects, She learned to love him for the resemblance he bore to her dead hero. And he—well, what to some men would have seemed like playing second fiddle, was unal- loyed happiness to the impressionable young man, and now they are engaged. When the balmy zephyrs of spring have wafted old Bo- reas back to the land of the northern lights, the license clerk will issue a_ matrimonial per- mit to J. 3. Martin and Mrs. Ellen W—m. pln <oe The Reasons. From thé Boston Courier. First married lady—“When your husband takes you to the theater, does he ever go out between the acts to see a man?” Second married lady—‘No, doesn’t drink.” From the Washington Star. First married man—“Does your wife wear a high hat or one with a broad brim to the theater?” Second married man—‘No. My wife is a lady, and has some consideration for the rights end comfort of others.” my husband soe Preparing for a Hunt. From the Philadelphia Record. Visitor (at the Rose Tree Inn)—“What is that man doing?” Boy—“He is taming a fox.” “What for?” “So it "run slow. There’s goin’ ter be an- other fox hunt here soon.” pheno American Horse Aristocracy. From the San Francisco Alta. Blue blood in horses now is based on a mile- in-2:30 record. There are now about 600 such horses in the country, with sires in great num- ber. Itis rather pleasant to know, however, that the best record in the lot is that of Sena- tor Stanford's Electioneer, who has twelve sons and daughters in the noble 600. Ranking next te him are Nutwood and Onward, with nine each, and then come Red Wilkes with seven, Blue Bull with six, and Harold, Strathmore and Sweepstakes with five apiece. Our handsome Californian is the Grand Duke of the American aristocracy. a ES To Punish the Hate Cutters. 4S IMPORTANT MEETING OF RAILROAD MEN AND BANKERS IN NEW YORK. The fact that yesterday's meeting of rail- road presidents and bankers was held at the house of one of the leading bankers in New York city gave the key note to the object of the conference, which was de- voted almost exclusively to ferreting out the authorship of the recent order for cutting rates on the Missouri Pacific, in violation of the compact entered into in New York city on December 21. The meeting began at the residence of Mr. J. Pierrepont Morgan. on Sth avenue, at 11 o'clock. One of the first to arrive was President Cable, of the Rock Island road, who claims to be sessed of documentary evidence that is ex- pected to create a demand for the retirement of “M. P.” officers. That the bankers are very much in earnest in the investigation was made known by Mr. Magoun, of Kidder, Peabody & Co., following close on the heels of President Cable. Mr. Morgan of course represented the firms of which he is the head. Brown and Shipley were also Tepresented. At 1o’clock an adjournment was taken until Wednesday, when the matter will be further entered upon. Pres- ident Cable stated to a reporter that there was nothing done at yesterday's session beyond a general discussion of the subject in hand, but that judging from the expression of opinion, he thought the final result would be the dis- comfiture of the violators of the agreement of December 29. ——_————_+ee—____ The Fisheries Dispute. THE REPORTED APPOINTMENT OF A NEW COM- MISSIONER DISCREDITED AT UTTAWA, Acable dispatch published at Ottawa, Ont., reporting the appointment of Sir George Baden-Powell as plenipotentiary to Ot- i on behalf of the government in the fisheries qi cccasioned considerable surprise in official altogether discredited there, as the ——— has no advices what- ever of such an appointment having been ——_+ee—______ The Place for Disappearing. From the New York Tribune. During the year 1888 nearly 700 persons dis- — in Philadelphia, a large percentage whom were never heard of. ——eoe. Wittep His Moy; and besides tonephews and nieces on the — to $110,000. Over - THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9. 1889 COMMANDER WARNER’S STORY. The Power of New York aging and Repartce. From the New York Sun. Major William Warner, of Kansas City, the new commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, is a well-built man of medium height, who looks shorter than he is because of his broad, powerful physique. He is straight as an arrow, and suggests great physical strength. His head is unusually large, and he wears a wave of black hair over his ears and forehead. His eyebrows are shaggy, giving kis keen eyes an expression which would be almost fierce were it not for the humor which lurks in every glance. A heavy bristling mous- tache does not conceal the determination of his mouth. A few stray gray hairs add a << nity of maturity to « face otherwise youthful. In his address befc_. Lafayette post ‘and vet- eran officers from this section, on the occasion of his New York reception, he showed that he was an orator as well as a soldier. He also ex- hibited a pathetic or sentimental side which had been effectually concealed by his warlike — He will hold his own as a raconteur also. Incidentally, he discussed foraging in war, humorously contending that it had been reduced to a fine art by our northern soldiers. “You New Yorkers,” said he, with a twinkle in his eye, ‘were adepts at foraging. You could stand before fire or charge a belching battery with any in the country, but it took the foraging expedition to draw out your latent genius, show up your surprising diligence and thoroughness, and give your. philosophy a show. But even here you were sometimes eclipsed by the big west. I wellremember how a detachment from one of Fig regiments Y. tackled a Virginia farm one It wasn’t a large farm, but the New Yorkers exercised their faculty for making everything of con- siderable accourt. Not only were the live stock and farm produce neatly and expeditiously cor- ralled, but the farmer’s house was ransacked with gentlemanly but thorough hands, and the sugar emptied from the bowls and the strings of dried apples brought down from the garret, ““‘Sir,’ said the gray-bearded farmer to the commander of the expedition when he was getting ready to leave, ‘you have left me noth- ing but my hope of salvation, and that you can’t take.” “‘My dear sir,’ said the polite New Yorker, touching his hat. ‘don’t be too confident. The fourth Missouri will arrive to-morrow.’ ” . The fourth Missouri was Major Warner's reg- iment. ————+e+__ ___ The Morier Incident Not Closed. VIENNA REPORTS SAY IT IS A MANIPULATION OF BISMARCE’S HATRED OF ENGLAND. Berlin dispatches say the partial withdrawal of the charges against Sir R. D. Morier by the Post, in accordance with the promise of Count Herbert Bismarck, is far from ending the in- cident. The result of Lord Salisbury’s remon- strances will probebly appear shortly. The government organs evince an uneasy desire to disentangle themselves from the affair. The Reichsanzeiger publishes a letter tending to prove the truth of Morier’s assertions that he sent no news about the Germans crossing the Moselle because he had none to send. While the liberal newspapers are rejoicing over what they call a Bismarckian blunder, they do not fail to censure Morier for his want of decorum in sending a heated letter directly to Count Herbert Bismarck, instead of comm’ nicating in the usual manner through Sir Ed- ward Malet, the British ambassador. Sir Rob- ert doubtless desired, if possible, to avoid en- tangling the English government in the affair, but therein he made a great mistake, retarding the reparation that might otherwise have been readily given. The charge of forgery has col- lapsed utterly. Asa further result of Lord Salisbury’s re- monstrance, the National Zeitung declares that the apparently inspired attack tipon Morier has little import when viewed in connection with the maintenance of good relations with En land, and it expresses the hope that the in dent will be treated like the Mackenzie affair and allowed to drop, adding: “Without further material one must Be satisfied with a verdict of non liquet.” The article concludes with com- plimentary references to England and Lord Salisbury. From Vienna far different news regarding the animus of the Morier incident is sent out. A semi-ofticial correspondent of the Montaas Reeue, said to be a German official oveupring a promi- nent position in Berlin, states that the reason for the attack on Sir R. D. Morier is the latter's sup- osed hostility to the Austro-German alliance. he Tagblatt says that the Bismarcks are at- tacking England, not Morier, and that they are ready to go to the length of seeking an alliance with Russia, if that is necessary, to ruin Eng- land’s world-wide position. A majority of the Vienna papers condemn the attack on Morier. The Pester Lioyd says that from a moral point of view Morier has perfectly vindi- cated his character. pone PEs They Will Charge $5 a Prayer. EVEN THE MEN WHO PRAY FOR HOOSIER LAW- MAKERS MUST LIVE. Says a dispatch from Indianapolis, Jan. 7: There is great danger that the legislature which meets in this city on Thursday next will be a prayerless body, unless it can import men from outside towns to do the praying for it. It has been customary to request the clergy- men of Indianapolis to officiate in turns as chaplains at the opening of the daily sessions, These requests have been considered as honors by the clergymen, and have been cheerfully responded to. At their meetii this morn- ing, however, the matter was discussed by the ministers, and it was tacitly agreed that unless the legislature would pay $5 a prayer the clergymen would refuse to officiate as usual. re were several little speeches on the subject, and it seemed to be agreed that if a prayer was not worth #5 it wasn’t worth any- thing. Dr. McLeod said he had officiated sev- eral times as chaplain of the last legislature, and he would say that he had never seena body of men who seemed to need praying for more, One time he was there they were try- ing to throw the presiding officer out of the chair while he prayed, and he thought prayers under such circumstances were dirt cheap at $5. There is ageneral understanding among the ministers, it is said, that there shall be no rate cutting. They think the legislature ought tosettle the matter by appointing a regular chaplain. ——_—_.o—____ A New Submarine Vessel. Madrid Dispatch to the London Standard. It is reported that a Spanish submarine ves- sel at San Fernando arsenal has been damaged by one of the tubes serving as reservoirs for compressed air bursting. The inventor of this vessel is Lieut. Peral, who was very well re- ceived by the minister of marine and the ing naval and civil engineers of Madr: whom he only partly revealed the plans and secret of his system. Lieut. Peral undertakes to make, in January, at San Fernando, the first trials of his vessel before he attempts to navi- gate it under water for forty-eight hours in the rough seas near the Straits of Gibraltar. He asserts that he can keep the boat ina hori- zontal position and steer and use it as a torpedo vessel under water with acrew of eight men. The government has novet its = —_ vuniary support to the invention, which is casting great interest in Spain, especially among naval officers. Among those who addressed the railroad ticket agent was a young woman whose dress and bearing betokened the average amount of intelligence. “A ticket, please,” she said, handing over some money. “Where to?” in- quired the ticket agent. “Why, you know,” said the woman in a somewhat surprised “But I don’t know, madam,” was the ers The er te pea, cast a look of scorn hy, I've patronized this place e said, ‘and you know me So give mea ticket.” But thi t distin, H i i MANY ROYAL RUSSIANS. Soldiers at For- | There are Twenty-four Princes Who are Grand Dukes. From the London Pall Mall Gazette, There are at present over twenty Russian princes who are entitled to be styled grand duke, says the Pall Mall Gaztle. A few years ago there were still more, but a statute of the imperial family, dated July 14, 1886, limited the titles of grand duke and grand duchess to sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grand- children by the father’s side of the czars. The statute practically deposed a number of mag- nificoes who up to that time had su d themselves and had been generally believed by others to be grand ducal. It gave the inferior title of highness to other grandchildren of the czars and to their first-born male descendants, and to all remaining descendants, by the male line, of czars it gave the minimum princely rank of most serene highness. In addition to the czar himself and his three sons (Nicholas, George, and Michael), his four brothers (Vla- dimir, Alexis, Sergius, and Paul), his three un- cles (Constantite, Nicholas, and Michael), his three nephews (Cy Boris, and Andrew), and his eleven cou: (Nicholas, Constan- tine, Demetrius, Nicholas, Peter, Nicholas, Michael, George, Alexander, Sergius, and Alexia) legitimately enjoy the title of grand duke. There are thus five grand dukes Nicho- las, three grand dukes Michael, and two grand dukes Alexis, Sergius, George, Alexander, and Constantine. Fortunately, every Russian, be- sides his own name end that of his family, has a patronym which materially helps to distin- aa him from other people. The five Nicho- 8, therefore. are not so easily to be mis- taken for one another as at first sight may ap- pear. One is Nicholas Constantinovitch, an- other is Nicholas Alexandrovitch, and a third is Nicholas Michaelovitch. But the system, good though it is, will not stand unlimited strain upon it, and in this matter of Nicholas it has broken down. There are two Russian rand dukes Nicholas Nicholaievitch, and they ave to suffer the humiliation of being num- bered, just as if they were convicts or stalls at the opera. Of the Russian grand dukes, the most im- portant are the three uncles of the czar. The eldest, Constantine Nicholaievitch, is in his sixty-second year, and besides being a general on land is a ‘‘general-admiral” at sea. He used in his brother's reign to be also president of the council of state, but since the accession of his nephew he has fallen into a kind of splen- did disgrace, and at Oriana, in the Crimea, he now keeps court of his own, from which he seldom or never emerges. He married a prin- cess of Saxe-Altenburg, and has five children, one of whom is the queen of the Hellenes, Although he is in disgrace, he is still colonel of seven Russian regiments and honorary colonel of three others, His brother, Nicholas Nicholaie- vitch I, is in his fifty-eighth year, and is phys- ically one of the finest men in Russia. He was commander-in-chief of the Danube army during the Russo-Turkish war, and he is now inspector-general of engineers, field mar- shal, inspector-general of cavalry, and colonel of nine regiments. The czar’s young- est uncle is Michael Nicholaievitch, He suc- ceeded his disgraced brother, Constantine. as resident of the council of state, and he is also eld marshal, general-in-chief of artillery, aide-de-camp-general to the czar, colonel of thirteen regiments, honorary colonel or pro- rietor of two more and otherwise very dis- inguished and influential. In the war of 1877-78 he commanded in Asia Minor, and both before and after it he was governor of the Cau- casus. He is reputed to be immensely rich, and his estates in. the Caucasus are as large as many a principality. After the uncles Alexandrovitch. VI. . called the most in jject in Russia, | He is aide-de-camp-general, military governor | of St. Petersburg, commander of the Imperial guard, confidant of the czar, president of the Russian Imperial acade: f sciences and arts, and colonel of eight regiments. He is in his forty-seeond year, and in the Grand Duchess Marie Pauloyna,a Mecklenburg princess, he has a charming wife. who is, however, in bad odor in St. Petersburg society owing to her no- torious Bismarckian sympathies. Sie has four children—the Grand Dukes Cyril, Boris and Andrew, and the grand Duchess Helena, The eldest boy is only thirteen, but both he and his two brothers are colonels of a regiment. ‘The Grand Duchess Helena, who is but seven, has not yet had this honor conferred upon her, but when she grows up she, too. like her aunt, of Edinburg, will be a colone The second brother of the ezar is the Grand Duke Alexis, a men of thirty-nine, admiral-general-in-chiet of the Russian fleet, aide-de-camp general to the emperor, exceptionally handsome, an ex- cellent seaman, a high liver,a deep drinker, colonel of seven regiments, and the morgan- atic spouse of the daughter of the Russian poet, Jonoffski. To Alexis Alexandrovitch is chiefly due the rapid increase which has of late been made in the strength of the Russian Black sea fleet. Next to him among the brothers comes Sergius, who is now thirty-one. As a bachelor he had the reputation of being the best-dressed and most fashionable man in Russia, but in 1884 he married the princess Elizabeth of Hesse, princess of Great Britain and Ireland, and it is said that he has since very much changed his habits and customs, Hé is popular in his own country, chiefly be- cause he is president of a society which enables Russian religious pilgrims to go from Moscow to Jaffa for £2, but he is much disliked by his German connections. He is colonel of five reg- iments. His youngest brother Paul, now aged twenty-nine, is so much of an invalid that little is known of him. He usually spends the winter at Athens, where he is a great favorite with his i At home he holds no important ofiice, chief of two regiments, Of the ezar's cousins who are grand dukes Nicholas Constantinovitch, who is the eldest, holds absolutely no official position, His brother Constantine, who is one-and-thirty, is colonel of aregiment, and husband of a princess of | Saxe-Altenburg. Another brother, Demetrius, | is also colonel of a regiment. Of the two sons of Nicholas Nicholaievitch I, the elder, Nicho- las, is colonel of three regiments, and the | younger, Peter, colonel of one regiment; while | of the six sons of the Grand Duke Michael, | Nicholas commands two, Michacl two, and | me the ezar’s four brothers George two, and the remainder cot znd one | regiment apiece. Excluding the , there are twenty-four grand dukes, who divide | among them the colonelcies, honorary or otherwise, of no fewer than seventy-four regi- ments. Itis not astonishing that one of the rinces, Michael Nicholaievitch, is obliged to eep over one hundred uniforms in his ward- robe. —— ee The Senorita’s Gricf. Washington Correspondence New York Tribune, There is no city in the United States where mistakes arising from ignorance of the customs of other countries are more likely 40 occur than in Washington. Some evenings ago there was a social gathering at one of the most hospitable houses in the city. Not the least important incident on this occasion was the singing of the daughter of a certain South American minister. The young lady, tall, beautiful, with ‘ge, lustrous dark eyes, at once engaged the sympathy of her audience. She had but lately arrived ‘in Washington and her English was so imperfect that she sang the words of her song only in her own language. “La Paloma” was her selection, and its p' tive strains rendered by her rich contralto voice held her auditors almost spellbound. At its conclusion the enthusiasm she had created broke out in applause. There were several old gentlemen, one a member of Con- ess, who showed their appreciation not only ‘a look of kindly approval on their faces but by patting the floor with their feet; and so loully did they express themselvee in this way that they were heard above all the other mani- festations of enthusiasm in the room. The senorita, who at first received the appreciative applause smilingly, looked down to the floor as her eyes filled with tearsand the muscles of her mouth played tremulously. She was evi- dently labo under a heavy emotion not re- sulting from the praise the ores gave her, A moment more and she drew forth and raised to her eyes a delicate lace handkerchief, then rising slowly she crossed the room to where her father sat. He arose wonderingly to meet her. “Padre,” she said, ellos me burlan. Lle- veme acasa, (Father, they hiss me. Take me home.) i Sunday : i i BSE i £ 2 F g i H ; astick with a gold or silver head. It was a VALUE OF A GOOD MEMORY. Men and Women Who Never Forget a Face or Fact. From the Philadelphia Times. Phil Armour, the great Chicago pork-packer, is said to have remarked that a good memory is necessary to one who wishes to succeed. There is no lack of evidence to support the statement. Armour himself is an example of what a good memory can do. He is as wonderful in his time as Cardinal Mezzofanti was in his. He is said to carry the smallest detail of his immense business in his head. Hecan remember the date as well as of small business transactions, He knows the names of pretty nearly all of his army of em- ployes. After the building of the addition to his great establishment in Chicago he aston- ished a circle of friends by rattling off-hand the number of bricks, car-loads of sand, feet of timber, &c., &c., that were used in the con- struction, Armour’s gift isa natural one. He has never cultivated it, but the demands of his business have unquestionably kept his powers of memory in active training. “Old Hutch,” as the ae Chicago wheat manipulator is called, is another man gifted with an extraordifary memory. He needs no books to carry his transactions in, although, of course, he uses them. With him, too, retentiveness is a natural gift. He remem- bers everything that he wants to remember, butsays frankly he doesn’t know how he does it. He also possesses the gift of not remembering things he does not wish to remember. But, then, that gift is not rare. - The professional memory men say that among public men and speakers for good ail | around retentiveness James G. Blaine ieads all the rest, for he can not only remember dates, figures and authorities when debating, but in addition he has a faculty for remembering names and faces that is little short of the mar- velous, and many are the stories told of his ex- ploits in this line, In the domain of figures Samuel J. Randall, when well, stood almost prominent. His long service on those committees in Congress that controlled the finances of the nation gave him immense knowledge of such matters, which ained without an effort. It was no un- mmon thing for him to make long speeches without using notes. He juggled figures run- ning at one time into millions of dollars and then into fractions of acent without tripping as most men, however able, would have done. It was the same faculty that made Gladston 80 successful a chancellor of the English ex- chequer, Roscoe Conkling was a man of wonderful memory, Whether dealing in figures, in legal argument, or anokng from the early English poets, he called forth, seemingly without effort and without previous thought, the right thing at the right time. Congressman Sam Cox has also a remarkable memory, especially for things literary, and this has stood him in good stead in debate in Con- gress, for his opponents never know when the genial jester is not a’out to double them up with something from Shakespeare, the Koran, Burns, the Bible, or some old hymn-book. It y alone it is due, and of course thet he is able to do this in a running impromptu debate. Among actors a retentive memory, ora “good | stu is of course important. But it is notso necessary now in the time of combination, when the same company plays the same piece j fora season. In the old days of stock compa- nies it was common to present a farce, a com- ed) dy all in one night, and to 2 tly, a good mem absolute necessity. No actor can suc out it, for it was no uncommon thing fora play to be put on at a few hours’ notice. Lester Wallack, in his recollections of the stage. at- tributes much of his success to the fact that he Pos kable memory. ark win Forrest was a wonder in his would read over a page of a book an ecite it off-hand. ‘The elder Booth studied everything and re- membered everything that he studied. The only language that he was unable to conquer was Russian. The great actor did learn French ilenough to play in the French tragedy ‘Oreski”’ in New Orleans some time in 1851,and to do it in Fre: 00. Thos, L, Hamblin, who in his time played anything from faree to tr: Jno. Brougham, happy John Drew, J. W. Wallack, G. L. Fox, who thonght nothing of playing three or four parts in the course of a night, and at short no- | tice, too; Mrs, Shaw, afterward Mrs, Hamblin, anda host of others were also renowned for | their memories. EF. L. Davenport had a mar- | entiveness, and Fanny ed the gift. tors still on the boards. nearly all those who were trained in the old school have carefully-trained memories, capable of obey- ing any reasonable call upon them, Edwin Booth was known as a “great study,” but as he now plays the same parts continuous- ly he has no need to exercise his ability in this irection. His partner, Lawrence Barrett, en- joys the same reputation. So does that old- time tragedienne, Mrs. D. P. Bowers; so does that veteran, J. B. Studley, who has played e ything from Rolla to melodrama; so has M nderson, So have John Gilbert, Milnes Levick, J. H. Stoddard, Mrs. John Drew. Joe Jefferson was in his day called a “great study” by his fellow actors, and Dion Boucicault has a similar reputation. There are any number of the younger actors who possess the sume faculty that was so useful to the older members of their profession, but they are not called upon to exercise it, owing to te long runs of plays, which gives them ample opportunities to prepare for a new play before they are through with the old. soe Some Historic From the Cincinnati Enquirer. H ‘That canes have been put to nobler uses than that of affording nourishment to the abysmal months of dudes is proved by history. In fac the cane is surrounded by historical memories of surpassing interest. The Mexicans first used canes in America, When the Spanish con- | quered the country a queer custom was intro- a@ The chief executive of the town carried rime. He at once kind of scepter. The peopl knew how to read or writ was wanted for a crime one of the mayor's sub- ordinates would take the cane, find the culprit, and place it horizontally upon the latter's The proceeding was equivalent to aj Sisie aud the man ad Ao appear before x pr under the penalty of being cast into prison. The custom was borrowed from Spain, where it still prevails in the more importaut | sections, he cane of early American history, like that of Biblical times, was part of the repertory of , of course, rarely j tucleadersof the church. |It was the principal badge of the deacon, The cane was about five feet long. 01 was embellished with a big knob, the other with feathe: | boy rebelled against the straight-back pew he | gotarap on the head with the uncharitable end | of the cane. Ifthe head of the family got to dreaming about his old English home. and the cozy little nest in one of the shires,the turkey’s pluinage oa the deacon’s cane feathered the ! sleeper into life again, | ‘The Irish have always been associated with a blackthorn stick of short and thick dimensions, They used these queer little sidearms in the invasions of the English kings and in the re- ligious wars. Even in its unpolished state the blackthorn stick is one of the most cherished by cane connoisseurs, . Paonia eid ine Boston Woman. From the Saturday Evening Gazette, There is a crying need for reform in the manners of passengers in our horse-cars, Men long ago became callous, and only too | often allow the weaker sex to stand while they remain seated. This is no worse than the sel- fishness that prevents women from moving up tomake room for another seat. Lither for fear of crusking their gowns or for k maa they almost always demand more tl bree: y a rol the platform of a Beacon-street car, It was absolutely crowded full. Standing just inside the door was a poor, delicate girl, unable to move an inch further. The woman said, catch and when any one | > When the small | ¥. “Come out and let me get in. I shall cold ont here.” With a shove of her shoulder she pushed the girl upon the cold platform, and ensconed her- position. EDUCATIONAL. __GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. ATES. WOODWARD, — M* ‘Pesther of Piano, big 201 D st. 309-1? PorNxz, bace o jHT AND MENDED. — FOR Particulars, apply or address. e49 MRS. 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Holmes, and 5, Jerome UhL ONE TO MAKE is; no knowl- ze Crayon P ede of drawing Decesaary ; call J. W. REYNOLDS, May Building, cor Jad-2w* PUNATE INstRveTT Branches, and } desired. Addross Mrs. SHORTHAND IN SIXTEEN SIMPL SS Chasse ‘Tuition by mail a send for het. 'r ‘hool Acuie charge, Hi we PAINTING, DRAWING coal ta E F AL Presider TH THE atalogues, address 1 H WILL RE- his residence, | yERSITY - TRAINED Clasees forming at r lessons. Encliah br: Day and Ey > st.. Georgetown, LSSES DORSEY, Principals. M® Yeeson seminary, 1100—1104—1116 M STREET AND 1128 11TH STREET. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS. Thorough instracti with the best mo school but sunlight a to the Pri 5 having abundant résh air, For further information ap) ipal, Mrs, ELIZABE LH J, SOMERS.aT Irvan, Harp, Guit, wiven, ‘to harmon: al. methods. crained wraduates are and official positions. Pattendance Of young filling responsible busine Day and men and ¥ Del ‘Tuition nar quarier, or monthly installments, Call or send for illustrated circulars. ER, LL. B, Principal. A Principal. ny: CLARA HARRISON, , Kindergarten Systeut 234 13th st. nw. wD. rps vextirz SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE: ‘Terms begin now. an29 oe Exocevrioy, Tess AS Wasa zs 16-sm oL—A PRIMARY, IN- ol for both sexes! nw. W. SIDWELL, Principal. _ COMMEKCIAL COLLEGE AND A ‘Type- ‘elegraphy and = bh it t-Oflice. “The Eixhest Staud- College in America.” Spleudidiy equip- vest td most commodious bniiding ia ss training. Catalognes tree d students not adinitted, . President. C. K. URNER, 3 plo: MAKEYN DUATE DES! i y ACADE) puyils MONDAYS, W RDAYS, Call or sead nt sal " i WEBER, FISCHER and ESTEY rumodating teruis aud for rent, ied to our new syle ESTEY ORGANS, Two hundred and four thousand (204,000) Estey organs inwve been made and sol ery where the pre- ferred orvan for Home, Church, Chejel, aud Scuool use. 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On FS 4:10, 10°00, and of, Pullman, Parlor xcept Sunday, and 3:49 m. daily, with Dininy * For Boston without change 2:00 p.m. every day. For Brooklyn, N. ¥., all through trans connect at Jer- sey City with boats of Brooklyn Annex, affording ding double 20, 8. a. 10, 4:10, 6:00.38 On Sunday, 9:00, 11:40 « m.. 8:10, 10:00 and 11-2 rlor Cars, 9:40 wit 8:10, 9:00, 9:40, 9:50 05, 2.00, 3:45, 4:10, 10:90, and 11:20 p. 9:05, 9:50, 11-40, aan, 0,6:00. 7:40, 5.10 16506, "and 6. 7:20 and 9-00 am., 12:05 and 4:40 except Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 « m, v DRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL- AND ALE. LROAD. a4 43 ALEXA. W KAL For Ale: m.: XANDKIA AND WASHINGTON . On Sun 10 =. , 6-01, 8:05, and 10:05 p.m, Accommodation for Quantico, 7:25 a. m. and 5-00 P. m, week days. For Richiwond and the South, 4:30, 10:57 a m. daily, Ly — Sunday. for Washington, 6:05, 7:03, i xf - 3:13 00, 1 yy at 9:7 and 10:42 p.m. ‘Tickets and information at the office, northeast cor ner of 133th street and Peunsylvaniaavenue, and at the station, where orders can be left for the checking of Dagwage to destination from hotels and residences. HAS. FE. PUGH. oe WOOD, Generai Manager. (Ja7]__ Gen. Pas. Agent. ALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule in effect Dec. 9t! ; ve wean nettle in effec h, 1888. For Chicago and’ Northwest. vestibuled limited ex- ress, daily, 5:55 a.m SPE ® 05 pan. innati and St.Louis, express, daily, 3 and 8:30am. 4 mm. Lew’ > ‘am, 12:05, 4-10) pa anday 10, pm. Sundays, Yor Stations on the Metropoliten Branch, 6-3 {10:10am {1:15 pm. for principal etatoas’ cle? T1LO:10a.m > and to bp For Ge tel m. 412: 40, *5 35, TL tA Boyd's and intermediate 00 pm. Church train leaves Washington on Sunday at 1-15 stopping at all stations on Metropolitan pyar ETLADELPHIA DIVISION For Philadelphia aud Wilmi daily, 8:15, | 4:20.ad 11-30 p. mi. Mullet Berler Gates ) pan. trains. Sleeping Oar pa. points m,. the on the 1 11:30 p. For intermediate between Baltimore Philadelphia, *6-30 am, *2:05 and $4-30 pam. raius leave Philadelphia for. W: 00 az + :00 pan. and 12 tExcept Sunday, *Daily {Sunday on! Bagrage called for aud checked ut ho’ Geuces cn orders left at ticket offices, 619 WM. CLEMENTS, is Gen. Manager, HEDMONT AIR LINE. Schedule in effect November 18th, 1888, Gordonsville, Chat stieavilie Lynehivarc: ama 10} ville, ©) lot ‘ville, Lynchburg, and Statio | between Alexandria and Lynchburg, Roaioke, Bristol, Knoxville, home, Calera, Montgomery, aud “New Or leans, Pullman Sleeper Vashington to'New Orleans, 11:24 A. 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