Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1889, Page 6

6 : MRS. CHAMBERLAIN AT HOME. She May Soon be the Social Leader of London. London Special to the New York Herald, Jan. 12. American ladies lishing themselves in the very strongholds of English society. Ten years ago they were few and far between. Now they abound. The number of Englishmen who have gone to America for their wives is not to be ascertained by turning over the leaves of the peerage. They are to be seen throughout the comfortable, quiet ranks of English society. It is rare to go to a dinner party without meeting one of them. Lady Randolph Churchill, Lady Mandeville, Mrs. Phipps, Mrs. Leslie—these and their “sets” are known to everybody, but others may be found in scores of unobtrusive English homes all over the country, and all who know them ad- mit that there are no better wives and mothers ——- Now comes Mrs. Chamberlain, and already there are le who are mapping out a future course of Vite for her. maintain that if she is destined to introduce a little puritan element into the fashionable Anglo-American circles it will do no great harm. She will require more scope for her accomplishments than can be found in the city where her husband made so succes a career in the brass trade. It isher advent in London that is so eagerly looked for. There is & great unoccupied space ready for her, a ten- acre lot, as it were, right in the heart of May Fair, awaiting her occupation. A BADLY WANTED WOMAN, What we want is a political salon presided over by a woman at once charming, witty, graceful, and possessing an inexhaustible fand of tact. Since Lady Palmerston died and Cambridge house was turned into a club there has been no recognized meeting place for all sorts and conditions of politicians. What would Palmerston have been without his wife? Probably not prime minister of England. It was his wife who made him so many friends that when the time came for the tussle for first place old Palm’s following was found irre- sistible. Down went all opponents, and Lady Palmerston had the pleasure of seeing her husband at the top of the tree, while John Russell and Gladstone croaked away some- where on the lower branches, With this shrewd old lady died the political salon. Few shoots of it survive. Lady Dorothy Neville has supplied a place of refuge for distressed liticians at her little house in Charles street, rkeley square, but people only drop in when “so disposed.” It was de rigeuer to be seen at Lady Palmerston’s. Mrs. Chamberlain has a ball at her feet and can do anything she likes with it. SOME POPULAR AMERICANS. Lady Mandeville and her sister, Miss Yznaga, are the two best known American ladies in En- glish society, but they prefer the bright and amusing side of life, and eyerybody would be exceedingly astounded to hear that they had taken up seriously with politics, Lady Ran- dolph Churchill is universally popular, and she has shown that she is capable of cutting as dis- tinguished a figure in politics as she has done in society. No lady has presided at more prim- rose league meetings or worked harder for the conservative cause. Tory workingmen under- stand that and give her immense receptions whenever she appears among them. In doing this work she aroused some jealousy. Lady Randolph can well afford to treat these jeal- ousies with indifference, and whenever her husband returns to power her house, no doubt, will be the political center of London. Meanwhile a social political salon of the “judicious mixture” does not exist. That is the great need of the day. Such of the younger liberal members of parliament as are not well connected never get a glimpse of fashionable life. They wander on the outskirts of the promised land. They are asked to a reception now and then. but that counts nothing. Their party is out of office and no “swell” dinners are given any more. NO SOCIETY FOR GLADSTONIANS. People with money belong chiefly to the seceding section of liberals known as unionists. Lord Hartington never did much in a social way, but now he will do nothing. Sir Wm. Harcourt is not anenterthiner. Mr. Gladstone has not the means; Lord Rosebery has the means, but he is inthe house of lords. The new salon must be opened by the wife of a member of the lower house, the depository of all power in these days. Circumstances point to Mrs. Chamberlain as the only lady who com- bines all the necessary requirements. She is young and highly attractive. accomplished, rich, for her husband is rolling in money. If Mrs. Chamberlain wishes to do it, she can eclipse the fame of all her fair companions from Mrs, Washington to Mrs. John Bigelow. Drinking the Health of the Queen. From the Shefield (Eng.) Telegraph. The following is a verbatim report of a speech, in giving the toast of “The Queen” at @ recent agricultural show dinner in Scotland. The chairman said: “Noo, gentlemen, will ye a’ fill your glasses, for I'm aboot to bring forward ‘The Queen.’ [Applause.] Oor queen, gentlemen, is really @ wonderfu’ woman, if I may say it; she’s ane ©’ the guid auld sort. nae whigmaleeries or falderals aboot her, but a douce daecent body. She's respectable beyond a doot. She has brocht up a grand family 0” weelfaur'd lads and lassies—her auldest son being a credit to ony mither—and the’re a’ weel married. Ae daughter is nae less than married to the Duke o Argyil’s son and heir. (Cheers.] Gentlemen, ye'll maybe no believe it, but I ance saw the queen. [Sensation] I did. It was when I took my auld brown coo tae Perth show. I remem- ber her weel!—such color. such hair!” [Inter- ruption and cries of, “Is it the coo or the meen ye are proposing?} “The queen, gen- tlemen. I beg your pardon, but I was talking aboot the coo. However, as tae the queen, somebody — her oot tae me at Perth sta- tion, and there she was. smart and tidy. 5 and says I tae mysel’: ‘Gin my auld woman at hbame slips awa’ ye needna remain a widow anither hour langer.’ [Cheers.] Noo gentle- men, the whuskey’s guid, the nicht is lang. the weather is wet and the roads are saft, and will harm naebody that comes to grief. So. aff wi’ drink tae the bottom. ‘The Queen!” ‘heers.] ——~eo—____ Take Your Marrtace CeRtiricates ALONG. ~The Vienna correspondent of the London Times says: “American couples about to travel in Austria ought to take with them their mar- riage certificates. gave birth toa child here, and the father, ac- companied by witnesses, went to register the birth. Owing to the absence of a marriage certificate the clerk said he must record the birth as illegitimate, and the only concession made, after much expostulation, was the sub- stitution of the word ‘doubtful’ for ‘illegiti- mate.’ Further, on being told that the parents belonged to the Anglican church, the clerk wrote down ‘no religion.’” ee Trovste Between Warr axp Cotorep Stupents.—A disturbance which may cause further trouble ia reported from Berea college, the school founded near Richmond, Ky.. in 1856, the co-education of whites and blacks. On January 1 ten white boys took their seats for year atone table to the exclusion of the colored students. An angry quarrel ensued, which was settied by the faculty ruling that it was contrary to the principles of the school for the white stndents to establish an exclu- sively white studen| le. > ———~+oe Gave His Lire’s Savixos ro 4 Cuvrcn.— Andrew Ferguson, colored, has given to the Presbytery of Louisville. for the use of bis <shurch, property purchased with the savings of a lifetime. Ferguson is a single man, sev- enty years old. He was in younger days the rope y of Andrew Todd, of Flemingsburg. i freedom he began saving. He lives alone, does his own king. washing, &c. In 1878 he had saved £5,080, with which a bought the Knox Presbyterian church property. ‘is he at once gave to his church, rent free, for ten years. and now has deeded it outright. ————+oe-____. Deatu or Mas. Jay Govtp.—Mrs. Jay Gould died at her home, on 5th avenue, New York, at 8:50 last night. The entire family was at the bedside. irs. Gould was too feeble to con- verse, and answered the anxious inquiries of the loved ones about her with a sim) “yes” or “no.” Her death was painless, Gould was the daughter of Daniel 8. Miller, of Brook- hn a wholesale of two generations ago. ler mother is still living, but being feeble and ee ee age, was not notified of the ++ 190+ Woes Vi ‘at _Wrxpsor.—The Pall liste of Windsor,’ ‘how that nearly the widows and dingle whose names age on the tax-roll fe at the recent ously receiv, A Bov's Pecutian Deara.--In Baltimore, Saturday, Herman Schleibaun, aged fourteen, found a signal do, took it into the cellar, placed it upon « chopping block, and pant mbar bo A terrific explosion followed. and the fell dead to the ground. The metal case of strack him in the throat, “ne windpipe. An American lady recently4 A POINTER FOR WASHINGTON. The Art of Extending Business. As New York is the great center of the finan- cial, commercial and manufacturing activities of this country, competition in all lines is naturally the keenest there, and her business men are therefore obliged to carefully study and constantly practice all legitimate methods for establishing, retaining and extending trade. The shrewdest of them have long since seen the folly of relying on posters, dodgers, cireulars, and other offensive dnd perish- able agencies for calling attention to the attractions they have to offer, and do not hesitate to depend wholly upon the adver- tising columns of reputable and well es- tablished papers of large circulation as at once the cheapest, quickest, most certain and most acceptable means of reaching the public. This has long been accepted as a settled axiom, in every department of trade; but lately the more intelligent and enterprising dealers have un- dertaken to see whether they cannot drawa distinction between papers of different classes, and learn whether some cannot be used to greater advantage and profit than others,—in other words, whether an evening, a morning or a Sunday paper is the best advertising medium. Upon this point a representative of the New York Commercial Advertiser recently sought the opinion of some of the largest dealers and most liberal advertisers in that city, with the results noted below: M. Bates. the big dry goods merchant, when asked what his experience in advertising in the dailies had been, age the relative value of morning, evening, and Sunday pa for advertising purposes, said: “By all odds the afternoon papers pay the best. I spend $1,000 a week in newspaper advertising. Sometimes I may use the morning papers, but very rarely. The Sunday papers do not reach the élite. They circulate among the middle classes. Much, however. depends on the weather on Monday. The chief objection to placing advertisements in the morning papers is that, as a rule, they do not reach the homes. When they do the female members of the household can’t find time to read them. They're too busy in the morning with house- hold cares, getting the children off to school, and a thousand and one other things that all take time. When evening comes it brings leisure. Then they glance over the paper, and naturally it’s an evening paper. Women read advertisements more carefully than men, too, I think, and that’s why I'm a great patron of the evening papers as advertising mediums.” Mr. Hugh O'Neill, of H. O'Neill & Co., said: “T have inaugurated a new departure in ad- vertising. I intend hereafter to confine my ad- vertising within the six week days. The Sun- day papers are too crowded to admit of a small card being seen, and I have beenobliged touse large displayed advertisements to attract atten- tion. The paper will get just as much money, so I will spread the cost of a Sunday advertise- ment through the six week-days. It has been a great disappointment to me to see a rainy Monday, as it meant that the money expended in Sunday advertising would not bring the de- sired returns. The afternoon paper is of great help to my business. It is the paper taken home and read by the family. A man bays a morning paper, carries it to his office and there it remains, but does he ever fail to bring home an evening paper? Never. The first thing his wife says when he comes in is: ‘Let me have the Commercial Advertiser,’ or whatever paper happens to be her favo ir. Campbell, who does allof B. Aitman & Co.s advertising, said: ‘For several years we have done our advertising through the evening papers Our reason is simply that it pays petter in our line of business. Of course, there are a hundred reasons why it pa better, but there isno need of going into de- tails when everybody is familiar with them.” Daniell & Son are not so strongly in favor of Sunday advertising as they once were. They believe that the immense amount of paper and ink expended in Sunday advertising is ruining it asa means of catching the public “Morning papers are office papers. papers home papers,” is the way their advertising manager put it. “I mean by that.” he added, “that few men bring a morning | a see home from business nowadays. Per- aps they have a paper left at their door every morning. If so, they pick it up, put it in their pockets and are off for the cars. They read the paper on the way down town, but. do their wives, sisters or daughters see it? Hardly. That's why we prefer to advertise in the even- ing papers.” = ES Of Tipping. From the New York Evening Sun, America is a growing country in every re- spect. Cities grow, literature grows, art is sprouting, but most luxuriant of all are our nuisences, Our great nuisances are being grappled with more or less successfully, but our small ones flourish unduly. Take that of tipping,” for instance. There is no — small nuisance in the whole his- tory of nuisances than this, and if it is not taken care of immediately and energetically it must result in our becoming a nation of bank- ANCIENT ENGLISH CUSTOMS. The Giant of the Chalk Hills—Burying Suicides at Cross Roads. From the Detroit Free Press. Among the almost universal custom of rais- ing tumuli, statues or monuments commemo- rative of persons and events, England, perhaps, stands alone with a peculiar custom of carving objects on the side of chalk hills, The “Cerne Giant,” which is to be seen at a great distance, dug on a hillside at Cerne Abbas, Dorsetshire, is a very interesting specimen of this unique art. Idonot remember the dimensions, but the figure occupies a considerable space, other- wise it would not be easily distinguished at a distance, where only it can be made out. It is that of a man with a club inhis hand, and, al- though it was, I believe, intended to represent one of the early of England, I do not nos om or tae id other kinds, how. of er , how- ever, general boars "in bear a “local reputation,” or otherwise, leeal tradition, which in the present case is, as rather absurd, and is to the effect that the figure represents a giant who the hill and bering gorged hin lay ¢ hill, an y down to eye when the efliagers stole upon and killed him! I should state that to form the figure the surface earth is dug away, revealing the white chalk, and it would seem that con- siderable skill must have been displayed and the rip mignon! from a —- cheese give it oper perspective. jile e “giant” has evidently existed for many cen- turies, there is an excellent modern figure of horse and rider on a hill near the little water- ing place of Weymouth, representing King George III., who visited there. A statue is also erected on the esplanade with an inscription re- cording the event, The hill incisions have to be cleaned up abont once in two years. ‘The singular ancient custom of burying sui- cides at cross country roads has long since be- come obsolete. I believe the persons so “‘hon- ored” had met their fate chiefly, if not entirely, by drowning. It will be remembered that Hood, relating the tragic end of one of these unfortunates, concludes with the witty couplet: And they buried him at four cross roads With a stake in his inside. It is said that on being interred—presumably without a coffin—a green stake was driven through the body of the victim. The somewhat barbarous custom of gibbet- | ing murderers, too, has happily long’ since been abolished. The worst form of gibbeting alive or starving the condemned man to death in an iron cage or some lonely heath, exposed to the elements, was terrible compared with the milder form of exposing the body after death on a post. In many localities the site of a gibbeting post is commemorated, the writer remembering a spot called “Jack White's Gibbet.” Tarning to something a little more pleasant, the reader may not have heard, or, if so, seen what are termed “fairy rings,” which consist of distinct and perfectly formed beaten round tracks, of about one foot; on a green field, down or rabbit warren, “traditionally” said to be formed by a fairy. ‘These rings vary in size and _ distinctness, and while some are quite 50 yards in circumference, others are not more than 10 or 15 and are generally surrounded by the commonest fungi or toadstool. It would be interesting to know how these rings ace really formed, and although there seems some reason to suppose they are produced by the gambols of rabbits, yet it is difficult to understand how they could contrive to form a complete circle. —— eee A Strange Story About Mr. Stanley. From the Pall Mall Gazette. A writer in The Weser Zeitung places Mr. Henry M. Stanley by the side of Ulysses and Eneas, and implies that in the wanderjngs of the modern American, as in those of the ancient Greek and Trojan, there was a woman in the case. Mr. Stanley’s Calypso, or Dido, was a young English lady whom he met in his forty-fourth year, when he was living in New- Bond-street. The hero who has faced such stupendous difficulties was too modest or shy to tell her of his love, but confided it to her brother, requesting him to be his mediator. The English lady refused to take the iniativé she would neither decline nor accept the lov who had not courage to “speak for himself,” but promised to think over the problem. While she was thinking came the call to Stan- ley to march off to Africa for the liberation of Emin, His old love for Africa rev: he left the English C: Ye Goode Resolutions for 1889. From the Jewelers’ Weekly. At ye beginninge of ye new yeare ye gentle goldsmithe braceth himself & hardeneth his hearte against ye cominge xii months, He thenn sharpeneth a new quill & marketh down in his diarie ye following page of goode resolu- tions, to wit: That henceforth he will not leave a tray of diamonds for safe-keeping with ye strange cus- tomer while he goeth back to see if ye safe be securely locked. That he will watch ye pretty damsel with ye sealskin cloake and ye silke gown as sharply as he doth ye crosseyed dame with ye warte on her nose. That he will not make a trusted confidante of ye clerke who liveth at ye rate of $5,000 on a salarie of $1,500. That it is even better to be called a foole for selling ye xii karat ring for what it reallie be than to dissemble and saye that it be truelie xiv karat, and then mourne in secrete when ye next-doore neighbor getteth away his trade. That it is not imperativelie required, when he selleth a bille of goods to ye customer from out of town, to open a sack of wine, for perad- venture ye stranger may —— that ye cost may be made goode irrye bille. That it is wiser to seek a vacation in ye wil- derness than to finde reste from active business by stoppinge ye advertisement. That for yé bosse to be at ye store by viii of Pig clocke and to work until vi of the same af- fecteth ye younge clerks more forciblie than a yard of excelente precepts in letters purple & a frame of gold. That he will not invest his savings in a coun- try seate & handsome equipage for his wife, until, at least, ye space of iii months has elapsed since he settled with his creditors for xx cents on ye %, for it may be that ye tongues of ye gossij will the St. Paul’s W Social Circle. From the St. Paul Pioneer-Press, -An accomplished young lady of this city made a call on somebody the other day, and she avows that she passed a very delightful af- ternoon. Who the person was that she called on she does not know. All she knows is that she started out to call on somebody else, and, by mistake, got into the wrong house, where she met with a very cordial reception from a young lady who evidently knew her well. This oung lady rushed up to her when she entered ine door, and told how awfully glad she was to see her, calling her by name. She also enter- tained her guest so pleasantly, and everything appeared to be so agreeable all scouns, that the latter did not have the heart to break the spell by asking who her unknown friend was, and the unknown friend never knew that she was not known by her guest. When the caller returned home she nid the matter before her family, and since then her big brother has been browsing around trying to find out who lives at a certain number on a certain avenue on St. Anthony Hill. aod 3s NE Ee eats Medieval White Caps. ODD BIT OF INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THE PAGES OF HALLAM. From the Chicago Herald. Hallam, in the ninth ghapter of his “Middle Ages,” quotes Paul Francois Veliy and Gil- laume de Nangis to show that in the reigns of rupts. Just look the tipping evil squarely in the face fora moment. It is an individual attempt to pay wages to the whole community. fou enter a restaurant, call for your lunch, and at its conclusion pay the waiter from 10 to 15 per cent of the amount of your check for doing his work properly or improperly, as the case may be. You hire a cab and ride a few miles, and asa reward, possibly for keeping his horse alive, or to pay him for the wear and tear upon his feel- < induced hi as language he has been com- pelled to use i the course of events, you tip the driver; you = him what the Frenchman calls a “for-drink” in addition to his fare, to which he has, in all probability, added some 20 or 30 per cent for the sake of his family. What a ridiculous custom it is—worse than ridiculous; it is criminal, because it subjects the poor man who cannot afford to throw his money away to bad service at dinner, to vile abuse from his cab driver. Carry the system to its logical conclusion : How you would ridicule a member of Con- gress who dared propose that the President of the United States be handed a check for #10,000 atthe end of his term asa reward for doing what he has been already paid for doing. What a preposterous notion it would be to require members of a church congregation to be the organist, choir, sexton, and rector him- self at the conclusion of divine service, be- cause they had done their duty well. Do you eyer tip the salesman at the collar and cuff store because he has notinsisted upon your wearing linen four sizes too large and a Season or two too late? Do you ever add anythin, your plumber’s bill because »* well? Are you ever tempted to pay your coal a 36 a ton for coal when the market is at ‘coe ide to the total of e has served you Do not shoulder the responsibilities of the restaurant and hotel keeper yourself, and if you have any money to spare save it, devote it to charity or give it to your wife. Have you ever been so far out of your mind as to send a bonus to your tailor? Probably not, but there would be quite as much reason in your doing one and all of these things as there is in giving your cab-driver his “for-drink,” or in bribing the waiter in the restaurant not to drop the butter in your lap and pour your coffee down your neck. If you do not wish to incur financial ruin stop tipping. If you tip waiters because you think they are underpaid start a movement to secure bet- ter wages for them. soo Bismarck’s Hatred of England. AN IDAHO WONDER. Discovery of a Floating Island on the Dome of the Continent. From the San Francisco Examiner. John Tomlinson, of Bannack, Idaho, told » reporter yesterday that there is a real floating island on Henry's Lake, Idaho. The lake is situated on the dome of the continent, at a de- pression in the Rocky Mountains known as Tar- gee’s Pass, in honor of the trepper who dis- covered it. It is oval in shape and has an area of forty square miles. ‘On first appearances,” said Mr. Tomlinson, “the lake, the waters of which are as clear as emeralds, seems to have no outlet. It is surrounded by solid ground, on which are grovesof pine and luxuriant mountain grass. On the western edge lies what appears to be a hollow pool connecting it,and from this, obscured in s growth of shrubs, rises a small creek, the source of the north fork of the Snake river. Now, on this lake, and sometimes seen on the north side and sometimes on the other, is this curious ney) island. It is about 300 feet in diameter, and has for its basis a mat of roots, so dense as to support large trees and a hea’ thicket underneath. Decayed vegetation to the thickness of the mat and forms a mould | several fect in thickness. On the of the floating forest, in summer time, may ween a luxuriant growth of blue-joint grass, the roots of which form so compacta mass as to support the weight of a horse. Any number of men have no difficulty in walking about on it. Fur- ther back among the trees you might build a big house and make a len and do whatever you please. You would be just as solid and safe as though there were not 50 or 100 or 200 feet of water under you. There is a willow thick et near the center of the island, and scat- tere! among these willows and_ contiguous to them are a number of aspens and dwarf pines. These catch the breezes which float over the island. and act like sails on a boat and move the 300-foot body hither and thither over the forty mile square of water. This shows why you may one day see the island on one side and the nextday on the other. It is the queerest thing Teyer saw. You pitch your tent some eres | on one side near the island and are pl with the beautiful prospect, There is the island only a few rods from you, covered with trees and grass, The next morning you wake up and the island is gone. You look far awa to the other side and there it is, its trees ben ing-gracefully inthe wind. Along in the after- noon its returns, or it may take an easy jaunt | off at an oblique angle from you, Henry Lake is exceedingly picturesque. Around it rise snow-capped peaks, among which are some of the highest of the continent's backbone, partly covered with a verdure of forest and an showing here and there formations of granite and unique basaltic columns. During the hunt- ing season the waters of the lake swarm with wild fowl. There are beaver, too, and plenty of big game may be had in the adjoining mountains, —+oe—____ FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. Two interesting announcements came from London Saturday night. One was that the rumor that the government will not appoint a successor to Lord Sackville as minister to the United States until after the ina tion of President Harrison is confirmed. The other was Minister Phelps will sail for the United Stateson the North German Lloyd steamer Lahn, which leaves Southampton on the 3ist inst. Miss Eames, an American pupil of Mme. Marchesi, 1s going to sing Juilette at the Paris grand opera, An officer of the French engineer reserve corps named Dreyfus, who was recently ar- rested at Strasburg without a passport and hay- ne in his possession sketches of the forts there, will be prosecuted for high treason. Prince Krapotkine, in a lecture in London, advised socialists to combine in order to ac- quire railways, factories, &c. By the adoption of such a course, he said, they would have a fair chance to succeed. Carl Rosa’s light opera company produced Planquette’s opera ‘Paul Jones” in London Saturday evening. Agnes Huntington, an American actress, achieved a brilliant success. Members of the national league collected clothing, &c., in Londonderry Sunday for the Falcarragh tenants who were arrested for re- sisting evictors. A party of raiders yesterday visited the house of a nationalist farmer on the Kenmare estate, and, after administering a severe beating, ex- torted from him a promise to abjure the plan of campaign, which is very unpopular among a portion of the people. Prof. Geffcken is sick with cholerine. He re- fuses to be interviewed regarding his connec- tion with the publication of Emperor Freder- ick’s diary. He is still in daily receipt of letters, telegrams and flowers from friends and sympa- thizers. The Paris Figaro announces that M. de Les- seps and the administrative council of the Pan- ama Canal company have signed an ‘eement with the Banque Parisienne for a fresh issue of 60,000,000 shares, to be subscribed in two lots, The first lot will be offered on the 20th inst. The popeand Prime Minister Crispi have both declined to grant interviews to Cardinai Lavigiere on the subject of the anti-slavery crusade. The pope thought the time inoppor- tune to discuss the subject. The vatican has instructed the archbishop of Naples to visit Mr. Gladstone, but first to learn confidentially whether the visit will be agreea- ble to the English statesman. M. Oliivier, a monarchist, was on Saturday ee senator for the department of Goses du Nor The death is announced of the Marquis de Torrearsa, the Italian statesman, in his eighty- first year. In the skating contest at Vienna Sunday, for the championship of the world, Panschin,of St. Petersburg, was first. Donahoe, the represen- tative of America, was second. The emperor of Germany has ordered that the best boys and girls in the Berlin schools, both high and low, shall be treated on the evening of the 26th inst. to a performance at the opera house of Wildenbruch’s patriotic play, “Die Quitzows.” The two eldest sons of the emperor will be present at the performance. Germany will connect her railway system with the new direct route to Constantinople, saving twelve hours. This action is to be taken with a view to competing with the French route to the east. Diplomatic circles in London are agitated concerning the Samoan affair, and the possi- bility of a rupture between Germany and Amer- ica is being canvassed. Four women passengers, the ship's surgeon and four of the crew were drowned by the wrecking of the British steamer Priam olf Co- runna, Spain, The Russian officer who is engaged in train- ing the Persian cavalry has signed a contract with the shah’s government extending his term of service three years. The king of the Netherlands has suffered a relapse and is now considered to be in a dan- gerous condition. The English African missionary societies are unanimous in jaying the blame of the troubk in East Africa upon the invasion of that terri- tory by the Germans, The Royal College of Surgeons, by vote of 21 to 2, have parece, a resolution censuring Dr. Mackenzie for publishing his book on the case of the late Emperor Frederick. Verdi, the composer, has erected and equipped New York Times London cable. Of far more present importance is the state- ment that Prince Bismarck next week will make @ speech in which he will bitterly attack Philip Augustus and Henry II the mercenary troops, dismissed from their pay, went through the south of France committing all sorts of ir Robe: i outrages. “One Durand, a nter. deluded peter) 5 hoses patent, pmgablorst 4 by a contrived ap) ance of the Virgin, put Emperor Frederick's diary Pi € | himself at the head of an army of the populace in order to bi down the chancellor's position Blamacek came to Berlin yesterday, leaning on a stout stick, but looking ‘more’ aturnite than ever, accompanied by two huge bloodhounds instead of his usual one. Within an hour after his arrival everybody got hold of the idea that he was looking for gore, and there is a nervous e tion both in Berlin and London that he will say something which will strain the lo~ German relations seriously. Bismarck’s dislike of England has long been known, and now that he has an emperor at his back shares this dislike ie wit be strangely aes in order to destroy lowers were sty! from the lin These re; fell to le; these marauders. His fol- brethren of the White Cap, coverings of their heads.” tors were successful until they ting for the entire country. They Bismarck served notice on the lords to take no tribute fo free his minds” ny ne 00h #B00d chance ili, were ree = id Wi nine It is now openly said here that the new gen- pray Fpyehie pin pe tad ol eration of German officers are taking their cue had gone into the woods to drive up their cow. from these They talk more of an| They met a colored man who told them he invasion of England than of a war with France. could show them where the cow was. The new kaiser’s excited interest in the navy, | f hima Thort distance, when he turned Teved for “d Srained by ing, and ceey f re that the or to describe mur- ss pent aoe ts etag aes bea eatoees against their . Very another | with bloodhounds. So far Eiusows ere week will raise all toworldewide ime no motive for the brutal crime. — ays ———_~e+—___ order Louis has been awarded to. the U ston bad 866 * a hospital at Villanova, and has also deposited funds sufficient for its maintenance, Prince Bismarck appears to be in good spir- its, being refreshed by his rest. After spend- ing a few weeks at Berlin he will go to Varzin papers assert the chan- early in the spring. Semi-official that in his spe in the reichstag cellor is certain to make a sensation an en- deavor to prove from the Geffcken Morier meidents his theory that di Emperor Frederick’s reign int were’ to over- throw Prof. EDUCATIONAL. St. nee at.n.w. dell-im' Ce crente ww. lw W4SEIN ‘TORY OF ic, St. Ieee oe ATE Li NS STRICTLY CO} Es, ae G. T. Kes TAILOR H. D. Bun IMPORTER AND TAILOR, inform you that his NEW GOODS ‘fits all garments made in his ee 1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. RS. WOODWARD, mhl7 Washington, D.C. M™ ‘Teacher of Piano, Apply 201 Det nw. 29-16* FAMILY SUPPLIES. INT LACE TAUGHT AND MENDED. — POE | ryue BEST GRANULATED SUGAR, 740. THE Pynkuits ‘apply or ress BAKER, T Snes € Duar Steal ‘swan sweet and oe Leen. eae — ees wy head ] 22 16TH ST. N. eg a | te «odd La. ave. nw. KERR'S School for Young Ladies 1] L®S. CARD For @1, 5 DOz. FRESH Be omen Lea hites Sie ‘The Second Term begins FRIDAY, Feb. 1st. ja7-1m fees er gt aoe set tor Ste aN kak a . HART, Principal. Voice culture’and Natural Expres- RAILROADS. (ou carefully’ eee STAMMERING IEDMONT AIR Thoroughly cured. References to patrons. _ja5-1m* P 30 Sohedule Hb eect Jam nary 133th, 1880. RT STUDENTS’ LE: Bi eS ee Alii Day. and Bveving classes” Drewes | Gordonsville, harloties and Stations inting in Oils and Water color from life. Classes ~ ‘mq and "Nt for beginners. Instructors —A. G. Heaton. EC. Mos: | tox an Sleeper Washington tS New Oniesne So folmes, and 8. Jerome UbL | “Tig A. M.—Fast Mail Daily for Warrenton, Char ~ en pneville, Stat: Ches. & Ohio Route, bury, Rocky Mount, Danville and Stations be- UARANTEE TO TEACH ANY ONE TO MAKE life-size Crayon Portrait in 15 lessons; no knowl- of dra\ ne a examine specimens, ee poy May cor. 7th and E sts, IDWARD C. aa, th (deep) breathing Voice Culture, Oratorical and » amatic Action, at 1317 13th st. u.w. a: Si iOHN'S COLLEGE, ANNAPOLIS, MD. ht departments and four courses of va AVAL ACADEMY. Baent “THOMAS FELL, A. M._ |ARTEN AND PRIM- 188 SCHMITT'S K. jorthwestern section, teacher aceompuny ine Arh De nying. Articu- ation and speech reading taught the deat aot 1m VIOLIN, LESSONS “MR. H- DONCH WILL RE- ceive a limited number of pupils at his residence, 608 H st. nw. 424-1m NIVERSITY - TRAINED TEACHERS HAVE G Per, month. ‘Also private lessons, Mathematics. Day and Evening. v4) 5-100 RAWING AND Pal STRUCTION IN every branch and for all te oF in THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FINE ITS, 804 E st. Call and see the wonderful progress of students, n2i-8w? "Reclect school for Gils. 3122 at Georgetown for girls, 312: (i MISSES BONSEY. @13-1m* Principals. YALISTHENICS—LINTHICUM GEORGE- C “owas ou Tucedaya aud’ Pidave st 3-80 GEORGE ‘ec ad Sanviiss MG, DORSEY, 13-1m' 3122 P st. bw, Mr VERNON SEMINARY, 1100-1104—-1116 M STREET AND 1128 11TH STREET. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS. with the best modern — Senate new sehool building, peated Uy steam and having a sun) fresh air, For further informa tothe Principal, Mrs ELIZABETH J SOMES a1 o1u CADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASSA- chusetts ave.—Thorough Musical Course on Pian as ‘thorough PENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR. 7TH 1d D sts. nw. Established 1864. Central location. halls and ciass-rooms. Superior methods. structors, Its well-trained graduates are Prac mauship: Delsarte Course in Ex} rates; by the year, quarter,or monthly installments. Enter any fine.” Call or wend for illustrated circulars. ER, Vice-Principal. oe CLARA HARRISON, Kindergarten Systent DIANO LESSONS — MISS LSet Cusldren » Specialty. 01 4 _8e20-4m* 1234 13¢h'st. n.w. BUSINESS EDUCATION — BOOK-KEEPING fh sees, iano Nee arte u 0, B25: tablished 1588. WOODe come ‘SCHOO! 407 E. Cap. ‘wuz5-6m ([ 88 BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES Terms begin now. an29 723 14th st. nw. oe Exocvriox, Onstory, Actixe» fe ats Ges eR vues eater ee Pea HA? TYN° COLLEGE OF ELOCUTION AND ORATORY, B13 6th st-n.w. (half a block east of City P:0-) Wash” ington, D. ocle termediate, and High School for both sexes! st, nw. au29-6m THOS. W. SIDWELL, Principal. ARTYN’S | COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND School of Te hy and writing, 313 6th st. n. w., near Cit; 7 hest Stand- ard Business jn America.” Splendidly: equip- ‘ity devoted to business training Catalogues free lication. Colored students not admitted. FRaNdig"G.uakryN: President. C. K. URN. A.M. C.E., Principal. cel HARVARD GRADUATE DESIRES PUPILS, A slbeiy ot in amll classes ag ‘WM. ah 8e19-6mo At Sanders & Stayman's, Fst.ow. 1 AYS and SAT GaAs. “Gall or send 4 cireu- 004 F st. n.w. aul3-8im WOOD AND COAL Y RETAIL PRICES FOR COAL AND WOOD, until cl are as follows. ite, Ash Stove, per, t ck Shamgkin Stove, Red Ash Stove,” 8 £8. Pine Woo ‘per,gord.. 51 fc ordei 606 Ws Was Drugs Que Bost 6: 6. AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES FOR CASH: GEORGE'S CREEK CUMBEKLAND CuAL, 3.15 PER TON, LYKEN’S V. Call for prices. RED AS! sod FURNACE. = We guaranice CLEAN OOAL and 2240 to ton. KENNEDY BROS Office, No. 12 H St. NE BE Yard, Cor. Delaware ave. and K st. ue. ‘Telephone Connection. jtoja2t Coat: Coxe: Woon: JOHNSON BROTHERS, Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta. Southwest. 1202 F st. nw. * 1515 7thst.n. w. 3d and K st. n. w. 1740 Pa. ave. n. w. 1112 Sth st. n.w. 413 10th st. n. w. Exclusive agents in the District for the sale of some of the best coal mined. Supply more families than any retail yard in the United States, HONEST MEASURE, FAIR DEALING, PROMPT DELIVERIES AND REASONABLE PRICES have made our business a success. nz _PIANOS AND ORGANS. Two organs ha‘ ferred ag ty4 See Ey Plano Maker, General Age . W. Conveyance from | ‘bl peacdadrouenkan eine aeettnete gees mtcomery, New Ori men teseeand Dallioeae jeeper New York to Atlanta; Pullman Parlor ita to Mont Sh eastern Express Daily for Warrenton, e, Charlottesville, Louisville, Cinciuath Pullman Sleepers and Solid Trains Washington to Louisville; alo for Lynchburg, Bristol, Chattanooga, Memphis, Little Rock, and all’ southwestern points. ‘Through Pullman Sleepers W: m to Memphis without change, 11:00 P. M—Southern Ex; Daily for Lynch- | burg, Danville, Raleigh, Asheville, Charlotte, Colum. bia, Aiken, Aujusta, Atlanta, Montgomery, New Or leans, Texas and California. Pullman Vestibule Sleeper Washington to New Orleans via Atlanta and Mout- Pullman Sleeper Washington to Augusta, mery. ot ms on Weshityston and Obio division leave Wash q ins on an lo dir = m 9:00 AM. Daily except Sunday. and 443 3 ly; arrive Round Hill 11-30 A-Mf wd 4.20 PAL iting leave Round Hill 6.05 A.M. Daily and 1°25 BM. Daily except Sunday, arriving Washington 8:30 Land 33:55 P.M. mash trains fram the South via Charlotte, Dan- d Lynch! arrive in Washi 7:00 AM. 7 ‘ennessee, Bristol and Lywch- burg at 11:13 A.M. and 9:40 PM: via Chesapeake and Ohio route’ aid Charlottesville at 9:40 PAL; cae — at 10:15 A M. 4 4 inf fe jecpiug car reservation and informati septal, tyes Chetretr e, wace ‘ivania avenue, and at Station, Penneylva- na Oth and Bete JAS. L. TAYLO! wld General Passenger Agent. HE GREAT THE NORTE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. NO ¥ N IU" ce DOUBLE TRACK. NDID SCENERY. EL RAL SICENT EQUIPMENT, iN JANUAK SND. IN EFFECT. ¥¢ ‘ TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON FROM STATION, CORNER SIXTH AND B STREETS, AS FOL? SB: For Pitisburgand the West, Chicago Limited E: ot Pullman Vestibuled Cars, at 0-90 a.m daily, Past Line, 9:50 a.m, daily, to’ Cincinnati and St. Louis, with Sleeping Cars Pittsburg to Cincinnati, and isburg to St. Louis: daily, except Satur: day, to Chicaxo, with Sleeping Car Altooua to Chi- cago. Western’ Express, at 7:40 p.m. daily, with jeeping Cars Washington to Chicago and St. Louis, gghnecting daily at) Harrisburg with ‘throweh Sleepers for Louisville and Mewphis. Pace Ex. ress, 10:00 p.m. daily, for Pittsburg and the Hest, with through Sleeper to Pittsburg, and Pitts. purg to Chicago. BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. e, Canandaigua, and Rochester, daily ; for Buf- falo and Niagara, daily, except Saturday, 10-00 p. m,, with Sleeping Car Washington to ochester. For Wilhaisport, Lock Haven, and Elmira, at ¥:50a, rm. daily except Sunday the East, 7 20, 9:00, 11-00, and 0,1 doa PT 0 pon: “Oa mn. 2:00, 4:10, 10:00, 11:20pm. Limited Express of Pullman Parlor 40'a.m, daily, except Sunday, and 3:49 p. m. daily, with Dining Car. For Boston without change 2:00 p.m. every day. For Brooklyn, N. ¥., all through trains connect at Jer- sey City with boats of Brooklyn Annex, affording ‘tiransfer to Fulton street, avoiding double ferriage across New York City. For Philagelpla, 7-20, 8:10, 9-00, 11-00, and 11-40 a.m., 2:00, 4:10, 6:00.8:10, 105 and 11°20 p.m. unday, 9:00, 0, 4:10, Oe $:10, 10:00, Express, wand 7:40, 8:2 an For Pope's breck am, and 4:40 p.m. daily, For Anapolia, 7720 and 9:00 am., 12:05 and 4:40 bm daily, except Sunday. “Bubdays, 9:00 a i :10 pan. 01.8 im. On Sunday at 4:30, 9:4. Oi, 8:03, and 10 05p.m. ‘Quantico, 7:25 a. m. aud 5:00 1. ok For Richmond and the South, 4 and 3:40 p, m. daily, oaek, or Bund: leave Ale: ae! 6 05, 8:00, 9:10, 10:19, 11:07 a.m: 1-20, $00,328, 5:10, 6:30, 7:05, 9 10:42 and 11-05 p.m, On at Tess 7a. mn. ; 2:00, 380, 4 3, Sun at 9:10 anc ‘Tickets and tuforseation at the office, northeast ckets and information at the of cor. ner of 13th street aud Pennsylvaniaavenue, stat wh orders can be left to destination from E. PUGH. ce Tesidences. J. R. WOOD, (Ua7]___ Gen. Pas. Agent. ALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. ve Wa ule in effect Dec. 9th, 1888. from station, corner of New Jersey 9:05 p. and 205 p. sd ial stations, 110 10 atin. ‘aoumiuute train) sme $s 2 ee 5, 8 4: Leave A 05, °4:10, ban. Sundays, 1:15 pa only: 10 1435," iB = cee oF end intermediate points, $4:40, 96:35, 11130 pane ee 1008 peor bogs and interniedinie stations, $700 pam. ma. Church train leaves Washi at 115 Getta, Morping at al Stations “on Metsopoliag remitting invariably the LL Peergamrrran ag beamemeubarsetll re it Hagerstown. 10:10am. 30 pa pam: from Cinciunat! and St ity Shag a5 “8s <9 e sod 2-55 pan: from Pittsburg "8:35 am, 17:20, | sent upon application to any duly constituted PHILADELPHIA DIVISION. For Phil and Wilms daily, 8: 03, avout 1-30 p ta Baller Ot Gare on Sa ‘a.m., and4:20 p.m. trains, Sleeping Oar on the 11:30 pth. open at 9 pin For inte ts between Baltimore 2Oj40am, *2:08 and 14-30 pm. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS FOR 1888-'s. 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