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6 WASHINGTON’S OYSTER TRADE. How Steamed Oysters were First Pre- pared and Served. HARVEY'S ORIGINAL STAND NEAR THE OLD CA- NaL—HOW OYSTERS GREW IN POPULARITY— CHESAPEAKE OYSTER BEDS—HOW THEY ARE DREDGED. Everybody knows, if not, every one will eventually know, that Washington carries the palm for the preparation and service of that most luscious dish, the steamed oyster. Only recently one of the best known of New York's epicures drew on this city for a dinner of oysters and terrapin and spread a table that delighted and fairly paralyzed the fastidious palates of a dozen or more of Gotham’s most noted connoisseurs. The steamed oyster is essentially a Washing- tonian, duly accredited the world over, having been discovered, cultivated, and raised to that sublime degree of excellence for which it is famous right here at the national capital. Like most great men or things he began life under adverse circumstances, but by perse- verance and strict attention to the progressive tastes of an admiring public succeeded in mak- ing « reputation rivaling that of the diamond back terrapin or canvass-back duck. The recent and somewhat humorous warfare between the Maryland navy and the oyster dredgers on the Chesapeake bay, and the fact that Congressman Bourke Cochran, of New York, “recently arranged with Mr. Geo. W. Harvey. of this city to furnish a dinner—steamed oysters especially included—in New York city, led Tae Svar to investigate the oyster and its business in Washington. A reporter dropped into Har- vey's Avenue establishment the other evening and plied its proprietor for information con- cerning the invention of the steamed oyster and the local oyster trade. Mr. Harvey has made not only the oyster, but its cousin, the clam. and its “‘poor relation,” the muscle, a study anatomically as well as gastronomically. In his office hangs a large card-board on which is painted anatomical designs of the oyster from various points of view. the mouth. heart, liver, spinal cord, nervous system, &c., just a8 a physician bas his articulated skeleton diagrams of the haman body. "TRE STORY OF THE STEAMED OYSTER. “My brother,” said he, assisted at times by myself, first carried on the business in what was an old blacksmith shop, in which a well- known old Washington cititen named Buck- ingham did business. It was on the corner of lith and C streets, near the old canal. It was opened in 1858, for the purpose of supplying families and hotels with oysters. The business was small and limited for some time. and as anafterthought the idea of cooking and serving the oysters was conceived. At that time two small sloops. one commanded by Captain Spar- row and the other by old Rueben Pruitt. brought once a week all the oysters that could be used here, and even then they sometimes got ‘stuck’ by a ‘glut’ in the market. These old fellows would go around to the various eat- ing houses and peddle out their cargoes, twenty- five bushels or so at a place. “At first the oysters we served were boiled only. but later on the idea of steaming them originated, and it was done by putting them in small baskets and letting them down into the cauldron. The scheme took at once. and the place soon became a genera! rendezvous of Nenators, Congressmen, and all the dignitaries and leading lights of the day. I can remember, as though it were a month ago,” said he, “when old Mr. Douglas Wailach, then the edi- tor of Tue Sran—if not its first—was a daily visitor. Such was the success that in 1861 it became necessary to increase facilities, and kettles with a twenty-horse steam boiler were ut up with a capacity for steaming fifty bushels at a time. The oyster trade of the city had increased from two sloops a week to five hundred, and our sales ran up from $50 to #100 a day to ) to $3,000 daily. During the first ‘ye: { the war I have seen nearly a whole regiment standing outside waiting to getin. It was in the daysof the “shin-plas- ~ and we had to put them in a sack under counter during the day and then spend nearly all the night assorting and counting them r. “We had to increase our space, and by erect- img one shed after another, 23 occasion re- quired, we came to oceupy one-half the block. In 1866-7 this house was erected, and the busi- ness moved up here on the Avenue, and here I am alone, and doing pretty well. I thank you— my brother having died some years ago.” THE WAY THEY DID THEN. “Tableware and cutlery, did you say? Well, we didn’t have any to speak of down at the canal place. Anything we could get answered in the way of crockery; stamped tin spoons, which could even then be bought for 15 cents a dozen. one small print of butter to one-half peck of oysters, no bread. and condiments in champagne, ale, and pickle bottles, flasks, or jars, whatever could be had. Up to that time oysters were eaten mostly raw, fried. or boiled. The old ‘oyster-roast’ was in vogue, but be- tween the ashes that got onto them and the burnt edges, which had to be teken off, it was not a popular way of cooking them.” THE WASHINGTON OYSTER TRADE. There are now about five or six hundred ves- sels of one kind or another engaged directly in the oyster trade of Washington. These bring them principally from the Chesapeake bay and its tributaries, where they are purchased for the most part from dredgers and tongers, who get them from the public grounds or from private beds owned by Wsidents along the shore or small creeks, or from the pungeys end other small craft that are continually depredating upon the grounds without license. Hence the “navy wars” we read about. The best oysters brought here are from Pocomoke river, Cherrystone and Occohannoc creeks, Tangier’s sound. York and Rappahannock rivers, and Milford Haven. The once much sought-for Lynn Haven has greatly depreciated in consequence of the closeness with which the beds have been depleted year after year without time for recuperation. The famous Saddle Rock, like the Lynn Haven. is possibly a thing of the past, and for precisely the same reason. Their names, however, have not gone with them, but remain to be assigned to other kinds possessing those fine qualities and delicacy of flavor which singled the Lyan Haven and Saddle Rock out for preference. ‘The Cherrystone now. perhaps, holds highest favor, but the natural beds of small extent and their production is limited. The Cherrystone, in fine condition, retains its shape and pump- ness when cooked. which is that of a cherry seed, and cuts as finely as a tender sirloin. The present season has been pretty fair for the Laeger trade notwithstanding the warm weather, which is not considered conducive to the consumption of oysters. About half a million bushels have been brought here so far, not counting the higher grades, which are usually brought in barrels andon steamers, and enerally on contract. In fact these are most- ly purchased for delivery by the “tony” restaurateurs, who engage the output of some specially fine grade for the season, or the ‘op” of a private bed, from which. by the way, some of the very finest tid-bits are obtained. These have to be packed in barrels and treated with great consideration, inasmuch as a good shaking up in a storm would destroy the last one of them. The usual price paid by dealers for these higher grades is about #5 a barrel, but certain rare and unusually fine ones have commanded as much as $7 a barrel. AN OLD RULE GROWING OBSOLETE. ‘The tonging season bas generally been con- fined to the period ranging between the first of September and first of May, under the old be- lief that oysters were good only during the months which have an R in them, but this rule is fast growing obsolete from the fact thatdeep water oysters do not feel the change of season so early, and consequently do not spawn until August or September, by which time those in- babiting shallow water have finished spawning and are ready for the ravages of the Sredges Cultivators of the oyster now include deep water plants, when ible, with a view of meeting the summer demand. This explains why many of our dealers can supply oysters all the year around without violating that unwrit- ten law in regard to the letter ft—though, of course, in warm weather greater care is neces- sary to keep them fresh. THE PROPAGATION OF THE OYSTER. ‘The oyster is planted and cultivated just as other “crops” are either by the owner of the grounds or tenants of a ““farm”—good grounds sometimes renting for as much as €350 to $400 an sere per year. The fecundity of the oyster is astounding. one often depositing several million eggs in a season. Asmal! branch taken from an artificial bed will sometimes show an ad- hesion to it of thousands of small oysters in alt stages of growth ing from the size of a pin head to that of a split garden pea. The most favorable places for planting are in the small bays. creeks, and the mouths of rivers where the tide ebbs and flows in moderate current and where they are she!tcred from tempestuous winds and disturbing seas, The Chesapeake bay and its tributaries afford the finest conditions for the natural growth of the oyster as well as all the desirable facilities for its artificial ‘tion and culture. Taken all in all it is supe: to any other body of water fo- the purpose on this continent if not in the world. THE OYSTERS ENEMIES. Could all the young oysters attain their fall growth the supply, cheapness, and patronage of the bivalve would rival Col. Robert Inger- E-_ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1889, soll's of juleps. should the Missis sippi river flow pure whisky, its banks grow it, and every bush along its shores 4 the oyster- and devouring indiscrimi- nately. The , on the other hand, less demonstrative but — as destructive, saunters ly ig. seemingly out fora pleasant stroll, when, coming upon the unsuspecting and peaceful oyster, with its valves apart, taking its morning or afternoon meal, he seizes the opportunity and suddenly fills th with sand, and with the dex- terity shamelessness of a sneak thief, yanks the victim bodily out of its house and home, and makes a luncheon of it for the trouble. The oyster feeds regular with the ebbing and flowing of the tide, and kmowing this the wily erab makes the most of it, and gets good liv- ing cheaply. The star fish also gets in some fine work after a fashion of his own. A school of them will settle down upon an oyster-bed, and each one will plant himself upon an oyster shell and quietly wait till the inevitable feed- ing time comes. when he, instead of the oyster, will perform the act of eating. Millions of oysters are destroyed annually by these sub- marine gourmands. THE PEARL IN THE OYSTER. Thetinsinuation of a fine particle of sand or grit between the valves of the oyster, when they are separated, is exceedingly irritating. and when, it is impossible to rid himself of it, otherwise the oyster resorts to the sensible ex- pedient of coating it over witha layer of pearly matter. This coating becomes globular and polished by the agitation of the waters and the vermicular motion of the oyster’s tentacles, and this is what is popularly known as the “oyster’s pearl.” THE OYSTER’S BOSOM FRIEND. There is a crabbish-looking little individual often found snugly esconced in the shell that was for a long time regarded as a parasite or ver- minous inhabitant upon the oyster, but this little mollusk, so highly prized as a dainty tid-bit by epicures, is a species of the crab, though dis- tinct from the common crab or cancer 8, They are found in nearly ail the oysters of the Chesapeake bay and slip in and out of the valves of the oyster when opened for feeding and are imprisoned when their departure is too long delayed. From 150 specimens of these crabs taken from oysters in various localities in the Chesapeake bay every one proved to be females and full of eggs. “The males of this species are exetedingly rare—in fact so seldom found it is astonishing how propagation is effected and- maintained. It is an historical fact that George Washington was exceedingly fond of these crabs, and w the occasion of his dining at the house of a lady admirera half Laps of them was secured, with much trouble and expense, for his repast, to his great surprise and delight. ———»—____ THE SAMOAN QUESTION. England Distrustful of Germany—Ger- mans Fire on an American Ship. The National Zeitung, of Berlin, referring to the action of the senatorial committee at Wash- ington on the Somoan affair, says that the measures for the protection of the autonomy of the Samoan islands are superfluous, because it is not threatened by any one. The sole in- terest’of America consists in not allowing good relations with Germany to be jeopardized by a few intriguing adventurers. The Vossische Zeitung, criticising the argu- ment in the Cologne Gazetle of Thursday, holds that it would be a mistake to attach no import- ance to the measures taken by President Cleve- land merely because he is to be shortly suc- ceeded by Mr, Harrison. It points out that the authority for dealing with foreign affairs rests with the committee of the Senate, and warns the semi-officiai press that it would be unwise to try to appease the German public with “fallacious illusions.” A London dispatch says: “Germany's view of the Samoa muddle and the Zanzibar ques- tion causes distrust in admiralty circles. Vive terious silence is maintained regarding her naval reinforcements. It is stdted at the for- eign office that America means business, and that the American naval officers in Samoa ex- press confidence in their ability to hold their own.” Lord Salisbury had a long interview yester- day with Count Von Hatzfeldt, the German ambassador. The former is indisposed. A dispatch to the Paris Temps from Zanzibar says: ‘‘An American sailing vessel, bound from Zanzibar to Madagascar, was fired om by a Ger- man vessel and one of her masts was broken.” The London Standard’s Berlin correspondent says: “Mr. Bayard’s implied attack upon the German policy in Samoa has caused great irri- tation here, but that feeling is suppressed. In the meantime, many think that England and Germany should establish a joint protectorate, to which America would not object.” —_—ee—_—_— Defaulter Moore Tells His Story. REPORTS THAT HIS SHORTAGE WILL REACH THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION. A reporter succeeded in interviewing Joseph A. Moore, the Indianapolis defaulter, yesterday at his home in that city. He talked with free- dom, denying rumors that depositors in his bank would suffer. He stated that he had turned over to the Connecticut Mutual proper- ty worth £200,000, and was waiting to see what course the company would take in dealin; with him. He said: “When I was informe: that Mr. Abbott, the secretary of the company, was coming to investigate ‘my affairs Pied plenty of time to leave the country and save myself completely. I decided to stay right here, and when Mr, Abbott arrived I told him the whole truth about the condition of my busi- ness, Iéaid to him that I proposed to remain here. I told him thathe could always find me if he wanted me, and promised him that I would not commit suicide, either. Moore stated that his troubles dated back to 1880. Said he: ‘A law was passed prohibiting foreign corporations from bringing suit in the federal court. That destroyed my business. For two or three yearsI did nothing at all and became very despondent. Just before that a short time I had gone into bank- ruptey, and an intimate friend, who had in- dorsed my paper, was a heavy loser. I always considered that I was in honor bound to repay him, and it was in an attempt to do this that my present troubles really began. Ihadno business, and yet had heavy running expenses, and at the same time was striving to repay my friend the money he had lost by me. had loaned great sums of money for the company I repre- sented, taking real estate security. After the panic the borrowers were unable to off the mortgages and the property fell back into our hands. It had depreciated greatly in value, and was run down and in very bad repair. I felt myself more or less at fault in havi placed the loans so badly. though in reality did the best Icould. At this point I went to New York and began to speculate in stocks. I had fair success, too, and made some money, but whenever I came back here I lost my head and everything went wrong.” Moore declined to say how much he had lost in stock speculation. It is obvious that his irregularities with ‘the company have existed for years, yet nothing has been done on the part of the company until the Ist of January, this year. It is a current report that Col. Green himself (president of the company) has known for more than a year that Moore was embarrassed, if not a defaulter. Rumor has it that Moore’s defaleation will reach three- quarters of a million, but Secretary Abbott Says it will not be more than half a million. _ Moore owned a fine residence in Indianapo- lis, but his special pride was Tanglewood farm, his country place. There he had a beautiful house, fine cattle, blooded horses, and splendid barns. His family has for many years been intimate with that of Gen. Harrison, and last summer it was Spire te that the general should spend his nights at Tanglewood the hot season. He went out there one night, but con- cluded that it was no cooler than his own house, and did not yo the trip. Mr. Moore is a vestryman in Paul's Episcopal church, to which the Hendricks and other leading fami- lies belong. see Darixo Cate ox THE Bowery.—While a big crowd was watching a street blockade on the Bowery in New York last night two thieves put a on the front door of Taylor’s pawn- shop to keep the proprietor inside. They then mated the window with a brick and grabbed A big crowd and men ed. Later Wm. Corbinson, alias Kid Corbinson,‘» young ex-convict, was caught in a Bowery = house, charged wit one of the thieves. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Some Notable House-Hunters and What They are Doing. ‘EX-MINISTER CURRY PROPOSES TO BUILD A RESI- DENCE IN THIS CITY—THE THRIVING BRICK BUS- INESS—BECENT LARGE INVESTORH—IMPROVE- MENTS ON K STREET, ETC. Mrs. James G. Blaine is looking about the city for a suitable house. She has inspected a number of houses, both finished and unfinished, and if she can find what she wants she will again resume housekeeping in this city. It is understood that in the event the Blaines do not rent a house here that they will build one. As stated several days ago in Tax Stan, the Vice-President-elect, Mr. Morton, has secured the Bell house on Scott Circle. There are sev- eral prominent men who may be connected with the next administration, or who intend to make their home in this city because their friends live here, who are on the look-out for suitable houses to lease or buy. and also for good building sites. There more or less talk about General Harrison _follow- ing the example of President Cleveland in the matter of having a home outside of the White house. The gossips some weeks located him on the farm of the late Mr. Hutch- inson near Silver Springs, and while it is ad- mitted that this would be a pleasant retreat for the new President, yet the owners of the property denied, as stated in Tar Stan at the ‘ime, that there wasany intention on their part to sell or that they ef been approached on the subject in the interest of Gen. Harrison. The flattening out of this story, however, has not discouraged the gossipers, and according to the latest story Gen. Harrison is going to buy the residence at the head of 14th street, now occupied by Chief Justice Fuller. It seems to be the opinion of those best informed that Gen. Harrison has not as yet formed any plans relative to his residence in this city ex- cept that he will occupy the White House, as his pr-uecessors have been in the habit of do- ing. SOME FACTS ABOUT BRICKS. “How many bricks are piled up in the walls of buildings each year in this city,” a veteran builder in this city was asked recently, “T don’t know,” was the reply, “I never made any calculation.” “Well,” persisted the inquirer, who hi the calculation, “how many do you think “I should say alfout forty million,” said the builder after a pause. The questioner smiled and then informed the astonished builder that the output of all the yards in this District amounted to 125,000,- 000." Those who are familiar with building specifications and the number of bricks re- quired in the erection of the average house, can form some idea of the extent of the build- ing operations during the past year. Of course allthe yards did not work’ up to their full capacity last year or sell all they made, and there should be an allowance made on that score. This year the brick men are making their rs for a busy time. They expect to sell all the bricks they can make. This is what a Star man was told who talked with the repre- sentatives of three of the largest brick-makin, concerns in this District. “ dge this will bea Sood yest for our business,” said one, ‘be- cause of the number of inquiries I receive from those who say that they intend to build houses. Probably a fair proportion of these will never carry out their plans, but with this allowance the indications for a prosperous building season are excellent.” “We are selling each year,” said another, “more bricks than during the a year. As you are probably aware, there is no finer brick clay in the country than is found in this locality. Our facilities for makiag them are the best that improved machinery and skill can furnish. The result is we turn out an excep- tionally fine brick. It is conceded that good brick is better and_more durable for founda- tions than stone. People come here from the north, where they have not been accustomed to see anything else but stone used for founda- tions. They rather object to the use of brick at fil but when they come to know our brick they acknowledge its superiority to stone. For ornamentation and variety stone is useda good deal in recent years in honse fronts, but it has by no means replaced brick in domestic and business architecture. and there is no likeli hood that it ever will. Some of the finest re’ dences and buildings recently erected ha been built of brick. Architects recognize its capabilities and seem to Veatger to work out their ideas in brick rather than stone. By the use of this material better results at a smaller outlay of money are obtained than is possible with stone, ade TWO FINE HOUSES, Dr. J. L. M. Curry, of Richmond, Va., who was recently the minister to the court at Madrid, owns a lot on M street, just east of Connecticut avenue, He proposes to build a residence there, and the work will begin early in the wiikey Itis probable that ir. Curr: will occupy the house, when it is completed, for his own residence. The lot adjoining is owned by Mrs. Jas. M. Carlisle, and she intends to improve it by the erection of a fine resi- dence, AN AUCTIONEER’S VIEW. Real estate auctioneers have good opportuni- ties for becoming familiar with the condition of the market. In talking with several recently aSrar reporter was told that there is now very little property in or about the city that may be considered unavailable. “Some years ago,” said an auctioneer. “it frequently hap- pened that property even inside the city limits was offered for sale and there would be abso- Tutely no buyers. No one wanted the prop- erty at any price. It could hardly have been possible to give it away. Of course this was only true of localities then remote from the center of the city. Now it is very different. There is no difficulty about making a sale if the price is at all reasonable. You will always be sure of a purchaser, although owing to pecu- liar circumstances there are exceptions now and then.” A GOOD PLACE TO INVEST MONEY, A wealthy man living in the west has been spending a few days in this city. He has been riding about the city as a sightseer, but he has been so much impressed with its beauty and the promise of its future that he has determined to invest largely in proper te. Before leaving for his home he told a friend that he proposed to return shortly and would bring with him some $100,000, which he wished to place in Washington real estate. A few weeks ago a man who came here as a casual visitor invested almost an equal amount in land before he left the city, . NOTABLE OLD RESIDENCES. Atarecent auction sale Mr. Henry A. Wil- lard purchased @ three-story frame house on K street, between 13th-and 14th streets. He paid $4.52 per foot. As the lot is 147 feet deep, this is considered a good price. This property ad- joins on the east the Holladay house, which ir. Willard purchased some months ago. Since it came into his possession Mr. Willard has made extensive alterations in the interior, and has transformed the rather old fashioned resi- dence into one that is more suitable for the re- quirements of modern life. ‘The large double house a few doors below, which is owned by Senator Sherman, is also to be remodelled. There will be bay-windows added to the front, which will relieve the pres- ent extremely pas exterior, and will also add to the attractiveness of. the interior. This house, which is now occupied as a boarding- house, was built many years ago by Mr. Stan- ton, the great war Secretary. Here he made his home while in this city, and there are many interesting associations connected with the house, which will be recalled by those familiar with the city before and during the war. The Holladay residence was a famous house in former years, Here Mr. Philp, the stationer, who built it, dispensed a generous hospitality, and he was succeeded by Ben. Holl «the e wealthy mail contractor. It was in this house that sions high-joint commission held its ses- PROPERTY IN THE NORTHEAST. “The fact is indisputable that there is no section of the city that offers the same induce- ments, either to those seeking homes or invest- ment, as does the northeast,” said E. J. Hill, the real estate dealer. ‘The law of supply and demand has actually trebled the pi of ground within the period of two or three years, anid there is still ample room for a ater advance without encroaching on what Sioesas northwest figures. For example, there is th on second street, between | and G. Four’ yout FandG. years ago there was there in the shape of improvements, exce; sidewalks, but ry there is a row of dwel- lings, about twenty, I think, which are not pal- aces, yet they are comfortable homes. We can reasonab! for the removal of the Balti- more and Ohio railroad tracks in the near fu- ture, and then we will be fixed.” A BIG BUILDING ENTERPRISE. Mr. T: F. Schneider has begun work on his block of houses on Q street, between 17th street and New Hampshire atc det iret 7 These four in m 2 al- moet the eats, nace ide of Bin qunrea while a few run one above them oriel copper win- from the story. slate and provement will be abou: $350,000, AN ENTIRE SQUARE SUBDIVIDED. subdivision of square 855, which lies at the en- trance to the grounds of the National deaf- mute college. e square is bounded by L, M, 6th, and 7th streets northeast, and is one of the largest.squares ia the city. In order to make the lots of convenient size two streets have been west, place and Orleans place. The subdivision. which is a very careful one, was made under the supervision of Mr. Kellogg, and provides for the frontage of lots on all the streets. Each lot has an alley and there is no lot less than 20 feet wide. The property has been placed in the hands of Thos, J. Fisher & Co. for sale. . <a se0 JURY LAW OF THE DISTRICT. Radical Changes in the Amendatory BI ‘The bill to amend the jury law of the Dis- trict, reported yesterday from the Senate com- mittee on the District, has been radically changed since its introduction last October. All of the old bill after the enacting clause has been stri¢ken out,and the new provisions make important changes in the condition of affairs. Section two-of the amended bill provides that the Supreme Court in general term shall have power, by rule of court, to regulate the period of holding its terms, as also the periods of all the special terms, and to fix the number of such terms, and to alter the same from time to time’as public convenience may require. THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A JUROR are stated plainly. No person shall be compe- tent to act asa juror unless he be a citizen of the United States, a resident of the District of Columbia, a taxpayer, over twenty-one and under sixty-five years of age, anda good and lawful man who has never been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpi- tude. A list of the male taxpayers of the Dis- trict are to be annually furnished to the court by the District Commissioners. THE TERM OF JURORS drawn for service in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia holding a special term as acircuit court, or to serve as petit jurors in the special term as a criminal court, shall begin on the first Tuesday in each and every month in which jury trials shall be had, and (subject to certain provisions) shall terminate on the Monday preceding the first Tuesday of the fol- lowing month, except when the jury shall be discharged by the court at an earlier day. The term of service of grand jurors in the special term as a criminal court shall begin with each term of that court as fixed from time to time by the Supreme Court of the District in general term, and shall end with such term, unless the jury shall sooner be discharged by the court. DRAWING OF JURORS. The bill fixes the manner in which jurors shall be drawn for, and makes it compulsory uponthe marshal of the District to notify a of their selection at least five days be- fore the beginning of the term in which they are toserve. Any person who has served as a furor for twenty days or more is exempted om jury service for one year, although he is not rendered ineligible for service during that year. No person, however, is competent to serve for two consecutive terms. The City Markets. The official price current of the Washington wholesale produce market quotes flour as dull and in buyers’ favor; best at $6.40; standard brands, 85. Supply of milling grades of grain light; best prices—wheat, $1.05; rye, .56; corn, 41; oats, .83 to .35. Hay market is active; best prices—clover, $11 to $13; new timothy, $17a #18; .mixed, @14a%15. Butter market about same as last report; choice Virginia and Mary- land, .20 to .22; good roll butter, .16a.18; com- mon, .108.12; creamery, fair, .21 to fancy, .29, There is a eneral feeling that the butter market touched bottom, occasioned by the fact that the products of most nearby creameries, which have been depended on to quite an extent, heretofore, for fine butter, are nearly all wintery, bitter and off flavor, as to color or both. Low grades still dull and plentiful. Eggs are lower, near- by .14a.15, western same. Poultry market easier, choice drawn turkeys, .12a.13, undrawn, -10, live, .10; chickens, drawn, .10a.11, un- drawn, .09a.10, live, .10a.12; ducks, dressed, -1la.12, live, .09a.10; geese, live, .40a.60 each, dressed, .08’ to .10 per pound. Quail, $288 per dozen; pheasants, €3 to $6; grouse, $5 to 36. rabbits, per dozen, #1.20 to #2. Supply of aes fruits large and prices low, best New ork apples, $1.25 to $1.50 per barrel; Virginia and Maryland, $1a$1.25. Supply of Florida oranges liberal, at $2.50 per box; mesinas, 34.50a$6.50, There is a daily call for dried apples, peaches and cherries, prices, sliced apples, .04a.05!¢, quartered, .03a.04; peaches, choice, .09a.10, unpeeled halves and’ quarters, .04a.05; choice evaporated, .20a.22, unpealed, :10a.11. Irish potatoes in ‘heavy receipt, New York, .40a.45 per bushel; Virginia and Mary- land, .30a.40. Onions steady, at .50 per bushel. Cattle steady, sheep and’ lambs in good demand, good calves are bringing better prices. aoe ee The Germans in Zanzibar. SERIOUS CHARGES OF MALADMINISTRATION FROM AN ENGLISH SOURCE. “A dispatch to the London Times from Zanzi- bar says: “A grave pecuniary embarrassment is reported to be impending for the sultan of Zanzibar, Facts have leaked out which indi- cate that bis treatment at the handsof the Ger- man East Africa company is absolutely unpar- alleled. Since the beginning of its operations it is stated that the sultan’s direct cash loss has been over 450,000 rupees, and his constructive loss ten times that amount. The company ex- acted the payment of every penny to which it would be entitled if in prosperous working order. In addition to the value of the losses it sustained at Kilwa and elsewhere, the sultan is compelled to pay monthly 150,000 rupees to recoup the company for the cost of a theoret- ‘ical Reainisiention which has been practically abandoned since September. The company has thus driven avast body of malcontents into the insurgent ranks, hating the sultan and the cones, alike as responsible for their destruc- tion, und_it has nearly destroyed the sultan’s power. The French mission is soliciting dona- tions to defray the expense of keeping 8,000 refugees from Bagamoyo.” War on West Point Terminal. A PETITION IX RICHMOND COURTS FOR FORFEITURE OF CHARTER. A Richmond special to the Baltimore Ameri- can January 25, says: Mr. Samuel Dickson, of Philadelphia, and Mr. DeCosta, of New York, counsel of complainants, presented to Attorney General Ayers to-day a petition with the re- quest that it be filed-in the circuit court of Richmond, for a writ of quo warranto for the tse ses of gear the franchises of the ichmond and West Point Termina ! company. The request was granted by the attorney gen- La _ February 9 was fixed for anot Major James H. Dooley, a prominent rail- road shareholder and lawyer, said that he did there was much in the reported The Terminal company derived not movement. as probable, terminating at the third | Written for Taz Evexrve Stan. THE COREAN LADIES. ‘HOW THESE FAIR WOMEN FROM AFAR LOOKED AND DRESSED—THEY ARE ASTONISHED AT THE GREAT- | morse, without a blush on my fair round cheek DR. z P. NESS OF THIS COUNTRY AND AT EVERYTHING strange human figures robed inthe has relieved the monotony of occidental loqua- city and funereal garb incidental to the round of social gayeties of the capital, and a tall, young, and handsome American awaited the train as it rumbled into the station. The traveiers were Ye Wan Yun, @ Corean official of wealth and of rank equal to that of a minister. who has no present rela- tion to the legation, but is on a special mission, | and is fluent in English, and Ye Cha Yun, the well-known secretary of legation, who accom- | ied the affable diplomatic head of the em- | , Prince Pak, on account of illness, back to his native land, and who is still the minister and may return. The two oriental officials were accompanied | by.their wives, | THE FIRST OF THEIR SEX to leave their country to mingle among “the people of the western ocean,” and the first wo- men of “‘the land of the morning calm,” who have ever visited the United States, and are novel acquisition to the personnel of the dip- lomatic corps near the court of the republic. They will be known on the diplomatic list as Mrs. Ye Wan and Mrs. Ye Cha. In their own | land the nomenclature of fem- ininity is not for the purpose of ora pang of my good New York conscience, on @ fragrant log and bask in the sun. I do the warning prohibition posted up above the ticket office window; while the flickering flame fills the dismal room with a dim, religious ht, about nine parts dim to one religious; where the operator, perplexed by the ADVERSE INFLUENCE OF THE ELEMENTS and the perplexing questions of the impatient Passengers who are not exactly passengers either, but would like to be if there were any- thing to ride on, mutters wrathful compli- ments about the train dispatcher who is send- ing him orders about trains that be hasn't heard of for five hours; where the nearest tavern 1s @ mile away, and shut up tighter thana nunnery when you get to it; a hen disagree- able boys who ought to be in bed or eyo continually run in and out, and leave the doors — and bring in raw blasts from boreal climes and throw snow balls and shuffle and snuffie and howl; I don’t like this sort of thing. And worse still, when it happens that the station at which you are cast ashore is uot ® night office; where no one comes to help you while web the lonely hours save only a couple of big burly tramps, who COME IN DRUNK AND SWEARING individualizing but for proprietary identifica- tion of paternity, as the daughter of—or of matrimonial possession. as the wife. party were escorted to the legation, the women ing placed in a closed carriage. ‘Upon their axcival they were assigned to their apartments, and have not been out of the house publicly since. Mrs. Allen, the wife of the foreign sec- retary, called immediately. The little women were overjoyed at her —— endanger she spoke to them in their own language. On board the steamer coming over they were very much restricted, and in crossing the American continent they were seven days shut up on the carin a drawing-room compartment, which, for the time being, was converted into A COREAN ANG-PANG, and where their meals were also brought to them. The windows were open so that they could admire the country, a fondness for scen- ery being a national characteristic. They spoke to Mrs. Allen of the wonders of the mountain scenery, the grandeur of the rivers, the mag- nificence of the cities and of the new and terrifying way of traveling in this country. They said they were happy, but were aston- ished at the greatness and size of .this mighty nation. The two types of Corean ladies who may after awhile, when more | boulder or an ingot of steel when you fall on | was told to be | them, but a frozen clod, in the night, standing | accustomed to their permitted to follow amon: ocean” people call society, are short in stature, well formed, very dark, with heavy oriental hair, almond eyes and flat features, the dis- tinctive mark of Mongolian physiognomy. They are very sprightly in manner among themselves. fn their native land, like the women of China and Japan, they are great gos- sips. WHEN THE ALMOND-EYED LADIES ARRIVED their toilette was a hood of. black fur, opened atthe top, and ending at the rear in a point turned up, and had a trailing plume of rare feathers of their country. Their persons were surroundings, their husbands . \ enveloped in loose robes, concealing them entirely. After retiring to the improvised ang-pan; of the legation and arranging tismaslves they descended to the dining-room and ate their first dinner in Washin, Their dinner costume consisted of the richest fabrics of their silk-producing and siJk-weaving coun- try. The skirt was of indigo-hued rich native silk,cut long and en traine, in the style of ladies of rank. The waist was of a lighter shade of blue silk, trimmed with white. Their shoes were light colored Corean cloth sandals, Their thick raven tresses were held down smoothly against the head and fastened in a sort of a long knot at the back and held with a jade hair-pin, Around their waists they wore a belt of heavy material, which not only di- vides the upper and lower portions of the body, and gives the outlines of beauty to the figure, but is also utilized for holding the end of tha train when not in use for display, it being brought gracefully around on the right, and tucked in the belt, the end hanging over in front. The Japanese ladies, who associate only among each other, according to custom, are VERY EXACT IN THEIR TOILETTES, and are more graceful in the use of their train than the majority of their western sisters. An American lady will carry her train, when not in use, over her arm. The Corean lady, bring- ing it gracefully around her person, hangs the an over her belt, her arms being free. The ladies are twenty-two and twenty-three years of age, and are the wives or ruling women of the domestic surroundings of the Corean officials. It is now a question at the a as to how much they will be permitted to mingle among people in the un- restrained manner of this country. They have never been looked upon by men other than their possessions under their customs. It is thought, however, that after awhile they will be taken occasionally into the higher official men and women in what “western | | and kick your valise and ask if it is yours; and The | you wonder whether to start for the distant | | hotel and get knocked down on the way or stay | in the station and get robbed peaceably, and ‘finally settle the matter by getting on the first ) train that comes along, a cattle train ——- ; Wrong way. Or when you are called at 3:30 a. | m., and learn that the only tavern in the town | doesn’t run a "bus to that train; when you dress in the dark because you knock the glass lamp to the floor while you are feeling for it; no por- | ter to help you to the station; when you walk | about three-quarters of a mile through a biting December wind, until you can't tell your numbed fingers from the handle of your grip, and the only reason you don't let it fall is be- cause you can’t unclasp your frozen fingers; when Pty discover, about half way to the sta- tion that you left your arctics at the tavern; when you slip ona glare of ice and fall ona clod of frozen dirt—striking it with such force that the end of your spine lifts the hat off your head. And talking about hard things, there is nothing in all this hard-hearted, pitiless old world 80 HARD AS A FROZEN CLOD. There is some little elasticity about a granite | about two inches higher than its fellow, feels that it has the whole firm earth at its back; it | feels and knows that it is a part of the | globe itself; it stands on its eternal base. | fixed, immovable; and when you go down and | make the external contact, and note the point of primal impingment you have the impression that you have been strack by the great whirling terrestrial globe. Talk about hard lines! When the cars are cold and the brakemen are cross; when the woman whose new furs are such a novelty to her that she keeps them on and opens a window right in your face, and the man behind you opens another on your back; when to the rack: when wind bangs a shutter like mad all night, murdering sleep and driving you frantic with nervousness until at last you get up, n the window, catch your death of cold-while feeling around in the darkness for that shutter only to discover that it is on a window in the next room—do I love a clear, keen, sharp, bracing winter of snow and ice, biting wind, ringing skates, hail and sleet? No, by Saint Lawrence, I do vot. Order me something warm. a ee - A Muscular Blacksmith. From the Pall Mall Gazette. The renowned “Muskelmann” of Dresden ought to have a place in Mr. Oscar Wilde's next excursus upon artists’ models, A few years ago a well-known painter pursuaded this remarka- ble man, on account of the magnificently mus- cular build of his body, to forsake his own trade—that of blacksmith—and take up the pro- fession of “model” His fame has become so t that he is even called into Italy, Belgium, seats and Spain to sit to painters and sculp- tors. Inorder to preserve for future artists an exact duplicate of his extraordinary Michael Angelesque figure while he is in the fullness of kis wers the director of the Royal Saxon Porzellanfabrik at Meissen lately invited him tothat place in order that a cast from life might be taken of the upper part of his body. The muscular development of the Dresden muskelmann is 80 pon ree and detailed that even the least and slightest cord of every mus- clestands forth prominently, and “his whole body looks,” as one critic says, “as if it were woven together, or plaited like basket work.” His muscles have such a hardness that they feel totbe touch as if they were carved in wood. The director of the Meissen factory him a fee of 300 marks for the casting of ‘is “torso.” ——— __ — +00 His Final Farewell. From the Boston Budget. He had been wondering for some time how he could escape from the toils that were gently creeping around him and break the spell of soft converse and witching eyes. An opportunity came at last. As she ended a spirited descrip- tion of her journey through the Alps she said impulsively, “Oh, Mr. Slowpace, I think you ought to travel!” He looked at her rigidly, rose slowly, and grasped his hat. “No woman shall say that twice to me,” he remarked with firm and desperate voice. “I knew it was 11 o'clock, but I thought—that is—I hoped —no matter. Farewell, Miss Phineweb—I will travel!” And he did—with alacrity. —<o0 Unobtrusive Piety. From the Chicago Tribune. “Spotcash, who is that gentleman that went out of the store just now?” “The Rev. Mr. Goodman. I thought you knew him, Oneprice. He is our “Your pastor, Spotcash? Are of a church?” “Of course Iam, I've been a member for twenty years.” Fou e member society of the capital. At the legation Mrs. Allen drops in to see them every day in order to keep them in good spirits and add to their contentment, which they say is very great. They are looking forward to more freedom. A LARGER LEGATION RESIDENCE WANTED. The presence of the wives of the two officials is already manifested in the purpose to secure alarger residence for the accommodation of the legation. The women’s quarters must be more commodious, and the general business and economy of this interest official and domestic household requires tional room. After a short time, perhaps, when Prince Pak or his successor arrives, this will be done, if not sooner. The present intention is to et settled in a larger building before the ies of the legation take their first lessons in mingling among men as well as women in west- ern style. The interesting little feminine are well educated in their feminine ac- complishments and readin the characters of their native land. The advices brought over say that his royal highness, the king, is eminently satisfied with the success of the legation at ———— and is dis] to encourage it and make it we vernment, DeB. R. « McCarthy is a World-Beater. HE DEFEATS HARRY WALTON IN FIVE ROUNDS FOR THE BANTAM-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. The battle between Harry Walton, of Phila- delphia, and Cal. McCarthy, of Jersey City, to decide the American championship in the ban- tam-weight class, was decided at Gloucester, N. J., last night in favor of McCarthy, Seventy- “and I have beenin partnership with you for fifteen years and never suspected you!” A Difficult Problem. From the Boston Transcript. Superstitious Young Man (to Clairvoyant— “Can you reveal the dark secrets of the fu- ture?” Clairvoyant—“With the aid of m: werful horoscope I can, for 50 conte; bal Pomast go into a trance first.” Young Man—‘All right; here’s your 50 cents, and you can get into your trance as s00n as you like. Ionly want to ask you one question. ————- in a trance.) Do Sullivan and rain ever mean to figh' Clairvoyant (arousing from the trance)— “Here's your 50 cents, young man; you me something easier.” The Weather and Divorce. From the New York Tribune. . neas would call me into a divorce case, the par- ties to which [had never seen or heard of. Ele ii i La z E a E E L fi if i xt BE E 8 Cl 3 5 E if { l | the towels in your room at the hotel are frozen | oo {© compromise the matter in some measure by heving the paper that bed Printed and cirvulated the article correct the misstatements that had been Cians in the city, and in every in | that my had re | were armless for blearcumenta T wrote ts Mie Wilson O'Rilieon, th Ir. 5 Presiden tof the Druggists’ Circular Co., the following = mye , EAEW Yous, Dec. 20, 1688, Dean Stn. a ash Ina recent issue of your payer blished an at tack ap. ge ard ui two of y= preparatione, Rec camier Balm and Nuova, signed E'Br: Eocles, of Brooklyn. Such an article must baturally injure my business beltet thee Your cludes the belief false statement or report for the purpose of especially & woraan’s. yo ‘ou from the stan has 4s still having a to maintain herself, still I Going to ask of you any inore than one man. of snother If tl article referred to was in any degree untrue or, what i® equally as damaging. in, I believe you will do me ere eons ia your per aa tly | you jrinted the o determine whether it is or net I ask you to do either one of two things: To visit my manufact and personally to inspect my formulas snd mode o Tienufecture. oF to purchase in the open market « bot~ tle each of et Balm and Vita Nuova, and have Sanine Fs — ra pat by cay chemist of Standing, and then state whether or ot the Teimedies would be safe and beneficial thei | ented or recommended by | Eckles was not correct, an | not wish’ willing t rou, Y oft . a Wotle f formule to be public r dor fall upon au bonest 4 a such chemist as we Inay agree upon, as to | | “trast that sou will bw vest ¥ we this tm your “Crain end wane atany time between j | with y and my choc! and 6 o'clock p. ¥ x, nee: ” Hage HUBBARD AYER. of = y are at your disposition In reply I was informed that if 1 would produce aay oof as to the harmiessness of the Recauher Promeae. Rons.that the 7 would be diajowed to Cirewa: do me full justice and set matters rixht. ‘Mr. Allison was seen and treated iny representative in seemed ® mentioned officers ’ Circular Co., apd finally was spoken of whoce opinion would Beaccepted as satisfactory to. al partion comcerned. The «enti jeroan hi Eesned ag eae a Jased according Be deleterious effect ty tir alter 1 was ir Allison, and I was understand that the wrong done to me would be in a | Rfair statement of tue resultcand usr Rorestetaeee | call’ the next day "at Doon for the printed ‘was consulted and ex- as follows: “I have ex- der Balm’ and “Vite they can have artide. Upon this assurance to do me full I felt | ident that al woud be we I corti 3 4 om paragraph as Feeling that the only way left, after litigation, into FuliGh,L had no desire to rush. was to make s fair and * every ope might appreciate, jore the public and termined to lay all the facts Jeave it to them to aay on srhowe side justice reste, } HARRIET BUBBARD AYER. | The following letters speak for _—— 4 ” ew YORK, January 2d, 1889. To E. P. Fowren, M. D. a Dear Sir: In a recent number of the Drugpiats’ Cireu- | lar an attack was made upon me and my preparations, | condemning their use as barmful. You have, I under- | "iscncher Rain and have upreteed Youre! the mnier ‘a Ve. ei eee Care ‘8s of the opinion “that, used ac- ling to directions, they can bave no deleterious effect whi ad ‘Would it be too correctuess much to ask of you to inf - ‘of this statement? — JET HUBBARD AYER. 38 West 40th Street, = New Yous, le acoording to m 2,4me for your “Recamier dxcimental to beae vindication Bees ith whieh Frat spare rhc gs ante fo, mei bees it Userecenesten Arraactt OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED. LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. BS ted by the Legislature in 1868 for Eau. siee Stee ecseacti ae of the State im 1879, by an overwhelming popular vote. Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS lace Semi-An- Dually, (June and December), its GRAND BIN- GLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take in each of other ten months of the year, all drewn tu public, at the of Music, New la FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS, FOR INTEGRITY OF ITS DRAWINGS, AND PROMPT PAYMENT OF PRIZES, Attested as follows “We that we swperviee the arrange- ppg a gg ose ak beeen Commissioners, We, the Pais ent Gentes, oe pay alt prizes drawn in Lowwiana Lotteries which ‘may be presented a! our counters. National Bank Fitna a State National Bank A. BALD\ } free. ew Cail KORN; Pres. Union National Bauk ‘Bank GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1889.

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