Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1889, Page 7

LAST MONTH’S WEATHER " Ui - THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., a FEBRUARY 6, 1889. CARRIED TO THE TOMB. In Some Respects the Most Remarkable | Funeral of the Late Crown Prince—Ex- of Any January for Years. FACTS PRESENTED BY THE RECORDS OF THE SIG- NAL SERVICE—SURPRISING EQUABILITY OF TEM- PERATURE—COMPARISONS WITH WEATHER OF THE SAME MONTH IN FORMER TEARS. Notwithstanding the fact that winter-lovers find plenty of consolation in the sharp, biting air to-day, the signal service officials have not yet ceased wondering over the marvelous mildness as far as it has progressed. Last month's record in the way of temperature has surpassed anything of recent years, and the following report to Gen. Greely by the weather man shows some interesting facts. It says: “The month of January, 1889, is in some re- Spects the most remarkable of any January since the establishment, in November, 1870, of the signal service. The most noticeable feat- ures being an entire absence of midwinter storms and extremely cold weather; and an equability of temperature which, for this lati- tude, is surprising. If the 17th, 18th and 19th, three days of unusually warm weather, be ex- eluded, the daily change or variability of tem- a will average but 3.4 degrees, which is less than that experienced at Portland and Rosebarg, Oreg.; Red Bluff, Cal.; Prescott, Ariz., and Galveston, Texas, and about equal to that of Olympia, Washington territory. AT NO TIME DURING THE MONTH did the maximum temperature fall below 32 degrees above zero, and the minimum temper- atures fell below 32 degrees above zero, on but eighteen days, a record only exceeded by Jan- uary, 1880, in which there were no days having ® maximum below 82 degrees. and but ten days having a minimum below 32 degrees. The ex- ceptional character of the ‘month Jost din this respect will be better unde: when it is remembered that the average number of days in January having 8 maximum temperature below 32 degrees is seven, and the average number of days having a minimum below 32 degrees is twenty-three. “Another feature of the month was the un- usually high minimum tem; ture observed, viz: 22.6 degrees or 36.6 higher than the lowest temperature recorded in the past eighteen years, and 19.4 degrees above the average. Thi minimum temperature of January, 1876, an un- usually warm month, was 15.5 or 12.3 above the average, and with this exception the minimum temperatures have ranged from 14 degrees above zero in 1890 to 14 degrees below zero in 1881; the average for 18 years being 3.2 above zero. “The maximum temperature for the month, 66 degrees, has been equaled or exceeded in six different ears. viz: 1874, 1876, 1879, 1880. 1885, and 1 Maximum temperatures for January range from 44 degrees in 1881 to 71 degrees in 1874 and 1876 py ee the aver- age being 60 degrees. though the mean temperature of the month, 38.5 degrees, was 6 degrees higher than the average of the past eighteen years, it waa not the warmest month, as might be supposed, January, 1874, 1876, and 1380, being warmer by 1.8, 2.3, and 3.4 degrees respectively. “THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR WASHINGTON for January,according to nineteen years’ signal service observations, is 32.9 degrees, and the same mean deducted from thirty-eight years of temperature records made by the naval observ- atory, Smithsonian institution, and other ob- servers, is 33.0 degrees. Since these results are in such close agreement a comparison of the monthly mean temperatures for a period of fifty-seven years is given below. The warmest January during the fifty-seven years occurred in 1880, although January, 1923, lacked but half of a degree of being equally as warm. The mean temperature has reached 40 degrees just Six times, viz., in 1823, 1958, 1870, 1874, 1876 aud 1880—three occurring in one decade. The lowest monthly mean temperatures recorded | during the same period occurred in 1856 and 1557, being 21.6 degrees and 21.8, respectively, and the monthly mean temperature has fallen to 26 degrees and under but four times, viz., in 1821, 1840, 1356 and 1357. “It is, perkaps, worthy of mention that dur- ing the period covered by the signal-service record the warmest January, 1580. was followed by the coldest January, 1881; the minimum temperature of the latter month being 14 de- grees below zero, which is also the lowest tem- perature recorded for any month. Several other instances of a warm month being fol- lowed by acold one are noted, e. g. January, 1874. with a mean temperature of 40.3 degrees | (7.8 degrees above the normal) was followed by January, 1875, with a mean temperature of 29.5 degrees (3 degrees below the normal), and January, 1876, with a mean temperature of 40.8 degrees (8.3 degrees above normal) was followe My January, 1877, witha mean tem- perature of 29.4 degrees (3.1 degrees below the Bormal). “SUCH SEQUENCES, HOWEVER, seem to be accidental, rather than the exempli- fication of any law of recurrent types of wea- ther, inasmuch as the converse is frequently observed, as, for example, January, 1856, and January, 1857, both being 11 degrees below the normal. January, 1823, 1824, 1825 and 1826, four consecutive Januaries, each on an average 5 above normal: and January, 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1863, four consecutive Januaries, each of which averaged 3.5 degrees below the normal. “A lack of sunshine is perhaps more widely felt and acknowledged than any other phenom- enon of nature. Washingtonians cannot com- plain on this score so faras the new year is concerned, it having given them 15 cloudless days in January, or 9 more than the average of the past 18 years. The possible fluctuation in the number of cloudless days im any month is restricted to rather narrow limits, From 1871 to 1886, inclusive. the average number of cloud- less days in January was 5.8; the extremes were 3 in 1983 ard 9 in 1 The record of the last- named year was surpassed in January, 1887, that month having 11 cloudless days. January; 1888, fell one below the average, with 5 cloud- less days, and January of the present year, with 15 cloudless days, as above stated, éstab- lishes a record that will probably not be over- topped for a number of years.” Gingerbread a Coffin. TRE PECULIAR ORNAMENT THAT STANDS WITH MES, LANGTRY'S PICTURE. From the New York Graphic. There have been many instances of men or- dering their coffins before death, sometimes sleeping in them, sometimes keeping them as articles of furniture, and oftenest stowing them away in a garret until needed. But one of the queerest ornaments for a mantelpiece is in the possession of @ young artist of this city, and cceupies a — Place in his studio. It is about 5 inches by 10, and has the owner's name, birth and death recorded on its face, it havin, been taken from his coffin when he recovere: from a trance during which he came precious near being buried. The circumstances which led to the trance are as curious as the use of the coffin plate for an ornament. He was studying art in f ome’ his landlady was an enthusiastic gingerbread baker. One day returning from his studies ex- tremely tired the artist found in his room a large pan of gingerbread still warm from the oven. It was tempting and he was hungry. Piece after piece disappeared, and in a few moments he sank into comfortable drowsiness. When found the following morning he was to all appearances dead. Doctors were sum- moned, but one and all pronounced him dead, giving as the cause everything from heart dis- ease to Spent. His landlady, possibly feel- ing a little guilty after observing the amount of gingerbread her lodger had eaten, refused to believe him dead. The French custom gen- erally demands burial within forty-eight hours of meq ng Peon Ceenpe or ordered. his rela- tives in this country and all tions for the funeral consummated. ‘the lana- lady. however. was still tween the time the body was placed in its cof-, fin and its removal to the grave she worked over the supposed dead man, chafing his ee and rubbing the region of the ea ‘ Just as the bell sounded that denoted the ar- rival of the hearse she rubbed more idly, the meet a family clad in the deepest mourning for his death. e landlad to say she had cabled, and he thought he'd wait tell the story at home. The cofin plate now rests just below a ture of Langtry, and the artist had a picture on exhibition in this efty @ few months —_ He bear = he can nevér see or smell ginger-bread without experiencing the most violent nervous attacks, citement Over the Succession. SIGNIFICANT DREAMS, The Explanation Offered by Science of | A Vocal Newspaper—Travel Across the | Funniest Freaks *henomena. Atlantic—_The Some Curious P! Immense crowds gathered yesterday in the | From the Argosy. section of Vienna in which the funeral services over the remains of the crown prince were held. i Dreaming is an experience which may be called common to humanity, though it varies ‘The admission of the people into the court | so widely in different individuals that in a few chapel ceased at 10 o'clock, when troops barred | exceptional cases it is absolutely unknown, the streets leading to the Hofburg. The empe- | Certainly dreams are often made of materials ror and empress and the crown princess attended requiem mass in the oratory of the palace. very inadequate to their finished results, Scientific writers admit that there isa type of ‘The service was ended at noon, The coffin lid | dream in which coming physical disease or dis- was fastened at 2 o'clock, and the kéy was con- | aster is shadowed forth—some bodily sensa- fided to Prince Hohenlohe as court marshal. | tion, perhaps too slight to be noticed by the Soon afterward the gates of the chapel were | subject when awake, yet contriving to impress closed and the members of the imperial family itself in some symbolic form on the sleeping —— around the catafalque to take a last mind. The more striking instances of this farewell of the remains. Just before 4 o'clock the members of the imperial house wended their way through the cloisters to the church. The interior of im black. The benches and seats were covere: with sable cloth and the floor was c: ted with black. On the stroke of four, the coffin was lifted from the bier, blessed and carried to the funeral car, The cortege then started from the Hofburg. Upon the Augustine church the priests assembled. there placed themselves at the head of rocession and were followed by ot Baa al #uthorities: When the car bearing the Poay'atttred af the cloister gates Emperor Francis Joseph and the king and queen of the Belgians, followed by the other mourners, en- tered the body of the church. Archbishop Gangibauer, with the cathedral chapter, awaited the coffin at the entrance of the church and preceded it to the interior. Amid a solemn silence he blessed the remains, sprinkling holy water on the coffin, upon which the emperor during the whole ceremony kept a fixed gaze in deep abstraction. Presently the thrilling strains of “Libera Me, Domine,” sung by tie court choir, broke the impressive hush. When the choral was over, and just as the chamber- lains were preparing to carry the coffin to the vault, the emperor, stepping up to the bier, knelt in prayer. On arising he was joined by Arehduke Charles, Prince Francis of Este, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, and Prince Philip of Coburg, andall followed the coffin to the vault, where, after the final blessing, Prince Hohenlohe delivered the remains to the charge of the father guardian. It is announced that Crown Princess Stephanie will return to Brussels. Several papers, including the Wiener Tag- blatl, whose editor was familiar with the late crown prince, publish assertions to the effect that Rudolph was favorable to the triple alli- ance, ANOTHER STORY OF THE PRINCE'S DEATH. Another addition to the remarkable collec- tion of stories to account for the death of Crown Prince Rudolph is at hand. It is related that a beautiful young baroness arrived at the shooting lodge at Meyerling last Tuesday night and stopped at the gamekeeper’s house. At midnight she was visited by the crown prince. Soon afterward a forester, wishing to talk with the gamekeeper, knocked at the door of the lodge, when he saw a man jump out of the window. He immediately raised his gun and shot the man in the shoulder. The baroness, hearing the shot, believed that her companion had been killed. and committed suicide by = ison. Prince Rudolph learning of this shot himself in the head after reaching his te officials and the munici- room. AN IMPENDING STRUGGLE OVER THE SUCCESSION. The question of the succession to the Aus- trian throne is causing increasing excitement in official and diplomatic circles in Berlin. The papers quote an article from the Iatia, the oificial organ of Signor Crispi, the Italian rime minister, declaring that the Salic law Eos been ‘virtually abolished in Anstro-Hur- gary since the pragmatic sanction, therefore Grown Prince Hudciph’s daughter is the heir to the throne. It is certain that Premier Crispi does not relish the prospect that the heir of the duke of Modena, who was dis- possessed by the unification of Italy, should | sort may serve to explain how, in some lesser degree, certain symbols are likely to attach q themselves to certain painful sensations or e church was entirely draped | conditions, until at last they are finally ec. cepted as mysterious presages of evil. Conrad Gesner, the eminent naturalist, dreamed that he was bitten on the left side by @ venomous serpent. In a short time a severe carbuncle appeared on the very spot, terminat- ing his life in the space of three . Another scientific man, who dreamed of being bitten by « black cat, also suffered in the same way. A learned jesuit, author of many ernodite theo- logical works, saw. one night in his sleep, aman laying his hand upon his chest, who announced to him that he would soon die. He was then in perfect health, but was shortly carried off bya pulmorary ‘disorder, A lady who hada dream in which sie saw allobjects dim and ob- scured by a mist, was soon after attacked by a disease of the eye, of which that was a sym, tom. A dream of great fire, in which the sleeper himself seemed to be consumed, was followed soon after by an attack of inflamma- tion of the brain. ‘“Apoplexy, epilepsy, and similar diseases are often preceded by fright- ful dreams, in which the sleeper feels himself scalped by Indians, thrown over precipices, or torn to pieces by wild beasts, Such Miserable nichts So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights! should be treated as “warnings” in the truest sense of that word—as sent by nature to fore- tell impending evils which skill and wisdom may be able to avert. Thus, if science has Gee such old wives’ fables as that to dream of a marriage signified a death, or to dream of a cat meant to meet a foe, she has certainly added mysteries and ter- rors of her own to the subject. One learned man_has actually tried to systematize these subtile premonitions—to make them more available for use and guidance. In his opinion, “Lively dreams are in general sign of the excitement of nervous action. “Soft dreams are a sign of slight irritation of the head; often in nervous fevers announcing the approach of a favorable crisis, “Frightful dreams are a sign of determina- tion of blood to the head. “Dreams about blood and red objects are signs of inflammatory conditions. “Dreams of distorted forms are fr sign of obstructions and diseases of “Dreams in which the ture or injury of any liml that limb. “Dreams about death often plexy, which is connected with of blood to the head.” HER TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. An educated and very sensible lady had been through a rather fatiguing social day. On re- tiring to bed she soon fell asleep and presently dreamed that an old man clothed in black ap- proached her, holding out an iron crown appa- rently of enormous weight. Ashe drew near she recognized the features of her father, who had been dead for many yi He addressed her thus: ‘My daughter, during my lifetime I was forced to wear this crown. Death relieved me of the burden, but it now descends to yo juently a e liver, tient imagines tor- indicate ase in recede ay determination | He placed it on her bead and gradually disap- peared. Immediately she felt a weight and | tightness about her brow, Further, to add to ecome the presumptive heir to the throne of | tria. Furthermore, both Archduke Karl id his son Franz are ultra Catholic foes of the ue of Savoy and enemies of Italian unity, and are ardent allies of the vatican. Apart from e-enmities, even if class interests did not | raise the question of succession, it would be doubtful if official opinion here would main- tain the right of Emperor Francis Joseph in following precedent to declare, through an act of succession, the Princess Elizabeth the heir to the throne. Advices from Pesth say that the question already engages the anxious attention of the ministers, although no official notification re- speeting the succession will be made until the end of the year. The government organ, the Pester Licy/l, vaguely suggested yesterday the right of Princess Elizabeth to succeed to the throne. The Vienna press in the meantime treats the right of Archduke Karl as incontestable. Aus- trian politicians share in the existing derange- ment of the public mind. When the excite- ment abates anda clearer vision comes of the results of Rudolph’s death, it will be seen that it involves a probability of a formidable con- flict over the succession. —— eee. Human Nature Out and Out. From the Detroit Free Press. “George, dear,” she said a night or two be- fore the wedding, “do you think it possible that our love and our married life can become the commonplace, coldly practical love and life of the married people we see around us? Oh, George, my heart would break if I thought so.” “But it will not be so,” said George, pas- sionately. ‘‘ We love each other too tenderly, too fondly for that. Our love is not of the or- dinary kind, my darling, and our lives will not be so. Ah, no, no, my angel; that can never be. ‘And the other day she said: “Say, George, how would you like baked beans for dinner, with —— jie dessert ? You would? All right, then, bake: And don’t you forget that bottle of food for the baby, or I'll send you back after it, and mind that you don’t keep dinner waiting.” ten years ago, says: “All right, Lou; and I wish you'd sew a but- ton on the back part of those striped trousers of mine; you'll find them hanging over a chair inour room. Don’t have the beans as dry as the last were, and you watch the baby’s cold. That watering of the eyes looks like measles to me, There's my car. “eee New Colors and Shades. From the Philadelphia North American. Following is a list of new colors and shades to be used in millinery the coming spring, ac- cording to the Millinery Trade Review. Bianc—White. Ivoire—Ivory or light cream. Sable—A brownish sea sand shade. Mordore—Light brown. Mouserau—On old rose order; three shades. Coleus—Mahogany brownish reds; three shades. Malgache—A murky red, Pavot—A poppy re Japan—Japanese—Dull red; several shades, Oiseaux Sacre—Between a shell and shrimp P Perle—A pear!-giving shade. Platain—Piatina or gray silver. A number 7 ‘ux Blue—Old blue, as seen in tapestry. Vieux Sevres—Old china, or greyish bias, number of shades. I ww yellow shade. Suede—Lemon yellow shade. Vielle or—Old gold shade. Chartreuse—A color of green. Empire—A deep grass green. vende cloudy green, Verdurotle-rVerdure shade of green. Feel eee ent eee ade of young tender shoo, = years of age, who lives with her parents on the Calaveras river, captured a deer one day last week and at once became the heroine of the beans goes. | And he, with a falling off of the passion of | her torture, the rim of the crown was studded on the inside with sharp points, which wounded her forehead so that blood ran down her face. She awoke, agitated and excited, but otherwise quite well, aud found that she had been asleep little more than half an hour. On falling asleep again the dream was repeated, with the addi- tional circumstance that the apparition of her father now reproached her for her unwiiling- ness to wear the crown.. When she awoke again she found she had been asleep for three hours. Again she returned to bed, and the dream was repeated in broad daylight. She now arose and made her toilet. Going over the circumstances of her dream, she recol- lected having heard her father say that during his yeuth, spent in a distant land. he had been subject to epileptic convulsions consequent on an accident, aud that he had been cured by the operation of trephining. On a sister entering her room she proceeded to narrate the picturesque vision which had, naturally, made such an impression on her | memory. While thus engaged she suddenly gave a shriek, became unconscions, and feil upon the floor in true epileptic convulsions, though the attack was buta slight one. A week afterward the dream was repeated, and was followed by another attack. Under suita- ble treatment both dream and attack ceased to recur, ———+oe___—___ Thirteen of Legitime’s “‘Generals” Shot. DISASTROUS ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE THE CITY OF GONAIVES. The agents of Hyppolite in New York claiin to have received news from Hayti that on Jan- uary 26 the steamer Dessalines, accom; ied by the Toussaint Overture, of Legitime’s navy, came to Gonaives and demanded the im- mediate surrender of the town under penalty of bombardment. A portion of Hyppolite’s army, numbering 2,000 men, was in possession of naives, while within 18 miles the main body of his army was camped. No reply was made to the demand to surrender the town, and the man-of-war opened fire. Its markman- ship was poor and its guns too small, and after several hours the bombardment was abandoned and a force was sent on shore to capture the town by assault. Legitime’s men were over- powered, a number were killed, and the re- mainder of several hundred taken prisoners, No mercy was shown the generals, of whom, it is said. there were thirteen in all. They were immediately shot. Minister Preston said that he had heard nothing of the bombardment and added: «I could manufacture news myself if I cared to do so, but I am in better business. I do not be- lieve Gonaives has been bombarded.” False Shame of Young Men. From Macmiilan’s Magazine. Young men who come from the country to the town and who get on in the world are often ashamed of their parents, of the rustic dress they once wore and of the simple but honest and kindly ways of their childhood. And too often when they assume the fashionable clothes and adopt the fashionable ways of their new | friends they le behind them the religion of | their childhood and forget the piety which they learned at a mother’s knee. They have outgrown the priestly dress in which their mothers dedicated them to God and think her religion old-fashioned and worn out. This is false shame. It is a sin against the dearest and most sacred instincts of our nature. So far from being manly, it is mean and dastardly. Depend upon it, the man who will have most of the esteem of his fellow-creatures and of the favor of Heaven will be he who keeps un- changed all through life the mantie of heavenly devotion with which his mother clothed him. He who makes the religion of his youth the habit of his life—his garment and way of act- ing all through—will come to honor and will onion the proud blessing of consistency.. His life will be a gracious verity, like that of Sam- uel; it will have one steadfast purpose running through it all, The outer life will be of one piece with the inner; one part will not reproach the other, and what he seems that he ever is, <= 0ee RicuMonp's Cau To 4 Caxox.—A committee perme St. Paul’s church, Richmond, Va., con- sisti Ado! to of Gen. Joseph R. Anderson, Mr. us Blair and D. George Ross have gone ‘amilton, Ontario, to hear Canon Car- ichael, who they think of calling. St. Paul’s is a noted church, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis both attended it, the latter being there when he received intelligence of the former's surrender. ————+ee-____ Bisnorp Keane witt Prosasty Go.—Prof. H. A. Wise. superintendent of public schools of Baltimore, and School Commissioner John J. Foley called on Cardinal Gibbons yesterday, at the request of President Marble, of the Na- tional Teachers’ association, and invited the cardinal to attend the next convention, to be held at Nashville, Tenn., July 16 and 19, and to deliver an address on parochial schools. The Penge stated beetle — rg gee a ex] jews, and that, most likely, ‘Bohop Beane the ident Cath versity, » presi: , would address AN EDITOR 1,000 YEARS HENCE. Telephote. Jules Verne in the Forum. This morning Mr. Fritz Napoleon Smith, edi- tor of the Earth awoke in very bad humor. His wife having left for France eight:| days ago, he was ten ly to see the distance that se him from her, Mrs. Smith, weary the ball or the visit to the theater the precedin, ee is still abed, though it is near noontide at Paris. She is asleep, her head sunk in the lace-covered pil- lows. And now, at the call of imperative duty, light-hearted he springs from his bed an enters his mechanical dresser. Two minutes later the machine deposited him all dressed at the threshold of his office. The round of jour- nalistic work was now begun. First he enters the hall of novel-writers, In one corner is a telephone, through which a hundred Earth Chronicle litterateurs in turn recount to the ae in daily installments a hundred novels, Addressing one of these authors who was wait- ing his turn, “Keep on, my dear Archibald, keep on!” said he. “Since ‘yesterday, thanks to you, there is a gain of 5,000 subscribers,” ir. Smith continues his round and enters the reporters’ hall. Here 1,500 reporters, in their respective places, facing an equal num- ber of telephones. are communicating to the subscribers the news of the world as gathered during the night. Besides his telephone, each reporter, as the reader is aware, has in front of him a set of commutators, which enable him to communicate with any desired telephotic line. Thus the subscribers not only hear the news but see the occurrences, When an incident is described that is already past, photographs of its main features are transmitted with the nar- native. And there is no confusion withal, The reporters’ items, just like the different stories and all the other component parts of the journal, are classified automatically ac- cording to an ingenious system, and reach the hearer in due succession. Furthermore, the hearers are free to listen only to what specially concerns them, They may at oo ure give attention to one editor and re! to another. ———_-oo———___ A Sedlitz Powder. THE STORY OF HOW A GYPSY SOUGHT TO UTILIZE ONE IN BUSINESS, From Harper's Magazine, What tricks cannot be played on these peo- ple of ours! What are not the devices at hand to frighten them! Our landlady told us once herself how she and her daughter were scared by a passing gypsy. “She got at us and began to <vee us as we were sitting before the house. ‘I can do anything with you,’ says she. ‘Ican meke you either happy or unhappy. I can this very minute call down fire from ven on you. I can make cold water boil at my bid- | ding. Don’t you believe me, now? Well, then, | let me have a glass of water I will show you, saysshe. Well, we gave her a glass of water, and she began blowing at it and mumbling | over it; then, we notice, she takes a pinch of | something with her fingers out of her pocket and throws it into the water, and sure enough that very moment the water gets to boiling aud boiling. Now we have seen it with our own eyes, 80 we tell you the truth. The gypsy or- dered that water thrown away; ‘otherwise’ says she, ‘itmayset the house on fire.’ Well. she asked then if I had not some dress to give her, and so I gave her an old ‘sarafan’ of mine, and Sasha here gave her a kerchief for the head. I gave her 20 kopecks beside. But. would you beliove it? this would not satisfy her. ‘Give me 60 ko- pecks more,’ says she, ‘Otherwise dire misfor- tune will befall you.’ I well-nigh lost my head | then; did not know what to do with her, and so sent Sasha for granny, hoping the other would help us out. Gra came, and sure enough | she straightway set out to drive off the gipsy. | And how mad tha’ Bxpey got then! ‘You will | remember me.’ says she. ‘You would not give me a trifle now, yet there will come a time when you will be ready to give up much, but it will be too late then.’ * Even in telling us of that occurrence our worthy landlady was evidently still under the iniluence of the gypsy's threats, and was dread- | ing revenge at her hands. But when we put some sedlitz powder in water in her presence, causing the water to effervesce, then only, and not betore, she believed our assurance that the | gypsy played a trick on her, and that no dire misfortune is to befall her for refusing the 60 kopecks, —_—__—-se+_____ The Farmer Got Left. From the Baltimore News. It takes a country lawyer for shrewdness and asmall farmer fora love of litigation. This explains why so many talented men are often found practicing at the bar in some county courts, Not very long ago Richard D. Hynson, of Chestertown. one of the best known la on the Eastern Shore, had a Baltimore it - iend Mr. Hynson took his friend over to Queen Anne’s county one Gel intending to give him some gunning on the farm of a gentleman with | whom he was well acquainted. On the way | they saw a flock of partridges on another man’s | place, and the temptation was so great that the Ratitanesen tastes bang away at them. No sooner did he bring one down than the owner of the farm bounced on him and exclaimed: “Here! I can prosecute you for that. It'll | cost you 210 to go to court.” | BP Moers that?” asked the Baltimorean, taken aback. “Just what I say. It'll cost you $10, Won't to the venerable man of law, “Yes,” quietly replied Mr. Hynson. “You had better settle with him now,” he told his friend from the city, ‘Pay him the $10,” The Baltimorean drew, out a $10 note and was about to hand it to the farmer when Mr. Hynson stopped him with the remark: *-By-the-way, you might as well give that note to me.” And when the farmer, having re- covered from his astonishment, wanted to know how that was. Mr. Hynson simply said: “I charge you $10 for my advice.” It is safe to presume that Mr, Hynson’s visi- tor lost nothing in the saction. ~ eee Longitude and Marriage, AN INTERESTING QUESTION RAISED BY A LIBER- | ‘TINE'S WILLFUL act. + From the London Tim@s. Mr. T. Adolphus Trollope puts the following knotty point in this week's Notes and Queries: A. B. goes from London to Naples, leaving his | wife resident in the former city. -But he, | unfortunately, falls in love with a young lady | at Naples, and being a wicked man, with no fear of God and little fear of the'law before his eyes, he determines to deceive her by a biga- mousand invalid marriage. He is, accordingly, | married, to all appearance legally. on board an English man-of-war in the bay. in the presence | of the captain, at 11 o’clock in the morning of February 10—the time being unguestionably ascertained. But the wife left in don died on that same February 10. at half-past 10 in the morning, the time being certified beyond all question. ell! the case is clear and simpte. A. B. had been a widower for half an hour when he married, and could. of course, legally do 80. But, stay! When it was 10:30 in London it was 11:23 in Naples. Had a telegram been dis- patched instantly after the wife’s death it would have reached Naples a few minutes later than 11:28, and would have found A. B. a mar- ried man of over twenty minutes’ standing! it died, in fact, twenty-three minutes subsequent to the Naples a though that was authentically declared to have taken place at 11a, m., and the wife's death was with equal certainty shown to have occurred at 10:30, Was the marriage legal and valid, or bigamous and null? ————o7+—____ With a Tra-la-la to the Sheriff. Crisfield, Md., Special to Baltimore American, Feb. 5. Riley 8. Taylor, the colored dude barber and pension agent of this town, escaped from the jail last night b; the door. “Taylor eft the folloSioay oe? 102 riff Long: Ma. Lone, Dan ers | it, Mr. Hynson?” inquired the farmer, turning | A who is an enthusiastic sportsman visiting him. | W = 1 STABLISHMENT, | First-class Ladies’ and Gents’ work DANDIES IN CORSETS. in Civilization—A Wicked Old Duke. ‘From the Clothier and Furnisher. Bellew has for » small ph an absorbing passion a high-heeled ladies’ gloves, With these fancies One in London last I went with the coon $e a nanteemiae Sop a They were almost straight uj not distinguished by the lit tul which mark the The whalebone of corsets ith white lace, the corner, surmounted by “These,” said the actress, holding the cor- sets up with a keen and radiant smile, ‘“‘are for the Duke of Bufort. He makes no concealment of wearing them, you know.” Ishould think not. I recalled havi a feminine veriety of corsets, TL comune at One was by His wrinkled old face was seamed with smiles, his white wig and fringe of whiskers under his chin were beautifully curled. His seventy-odd eee weighed heavily upon him, and he leaned forward in such a weak fashion on the box seat that the uj line of his corsets w: pany indicated through the back of hi coat The other pair of corsets were small and ex- ceedingly short, I should not think that they were more than four and a-half inches up and down. I asked who they were for. The clerk hesitated fora long time, then the actress blurted out the name of Kyrle Bellew. The only thing that astonished me was that there er) no pink lace on them after the fashion of fort's, Lyxcmsure axp Durwam Rartroap.—Major Peter J. Otey, president of the Lynchburg and Durham railroad, telegraphs from Philadelphia that he has contracted with aconstruction com- pany on favorable terms for the completion of the road to Durham in eighteen months, which news has been received with pleasure by the public generally. Thirty miles of the road ave already been completed, and much of the remainder graded. This gives Lynchburg a direct railroad connection with ali the cotton and “gaa regions of North Carolina and the soutl —————_+ee______ Miss Sophie Preston, aged about thirty years, daughter of the Rev. Charles Preston, was recently killed in China during an uprising of the natives. She had been a missionary there for two years, The uatural gas well recently struck at Sandy creek, near Oswego. N. Y., has proved to be a big one, and there is much excitement over it. james Welch, forty years old, formerly a prominent member of the Jackson, Mich., county bar, dropped dead in court Monday afternoon as he rose to address the court. L. B. Triplett, standing at the head of his class in the law department of the W. Va. State university, is ol gy charged with having rep- resented himself as superintendent of public schools, and induced several eastern and west- ern publishers to send him books ostensibly for examination, In this way he collecteda library worth several hundred dollars free of cost. The Paris Figaro says that two professors connected with the Pasteur institute have suc- ceeded in identifying the generative microbe of diphtheria. The discovery of a preventive of this disease is expected to follow. LADIES’ GOODS.___ Mu M. J. Prasor F st. n.w. (Mrs. Harrison's) FINE FRENCH HALR GOODS, Also, A special selection in SH. JET ORNAMED SH. Hair Dressed and Bangs Miss J. Boscrss MODEL RIDING HABITS EVENING AND RECEPTION COSTUMES _ta5-2m* 1446 Qst._ AMBER AND DULL “___304-2m* AntabY FORMERLY CARRYING ON DRESS. meaking in New York, would like the patronage of Washington ladies rate prices and perfect fit, Cutting and busting tne. d17-8w* GOOD AND STYLISH- ite’s Glove-fitting Ready-cut ure pertect im every respect, They are copyrighted. (None ge: ine without “White's stamp on them.) . Soldat the PALAIS ROYAL and GEO, WHITE'S, ja19-3w* Ladies’ Tailor, 1110 F st. Mes. M. A. Coxvyezzy, OF 331 STH AVENUE, NEW YORK, Has Opened a Branch House at 1504 H STREET N. W. WASHINGTON, She has imported ——s y for this occasi nt Assortment of RECE! ION and STR! NNER and BALL DRESSEs, BONNETS, all of which wil be ion an Fle- ty UMES, DI WRAPS, and very low p1 ILL, ‘harles st., Baltimore, Md., Will open at WILLARD’S HOTEL, Private Parlors, Feb. 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, a large and elegant as- sortment of Imported Ball and Evening Dresses; also the latest novelties in Spring and Summer Costumes for House and Street wear. Special attention given to orders for Ball and Even- ing Dresses, Fit guaranteed. 7 ON BRANDIS, EDW 325 Ja23-16t 5, 1229 PENN. AVE. Tailor-made Gowns, Riding Habits, Evening and Street Costumes, ete., made at short notice, Perfect Btand work, one Attiilg required. Reasonable prices Formerly “with Lord & Taylor, New York, and Win, Barr & Co., St. Louis. Buttowholes made." jal9-lm* ND DRY CLEAN. 05 New York ‘of every di - tion. Flush, Velvet and Evening . ANTON AND CAKOLINE LERCH, tormerly with A. Fischer and Maison Yriese, Paris, jaz FRE asses CUNNINGHAM, “FURRIERS” 923 F street, second Boor, And 1310 8th st. n.w., between Nand O sts, ja4-3m NION FISCHER'S DRY CLEANING ESTAB- LISHMENT AND DYE 906 G st. now. Ladies’ and Gents’ Garments ot all kinds cleaned and Dyed without being ripped, jes’ Evening Dreases experience. Prices a specialty. Thirty-five years’ oderate.” Goods calied for and delive modera joods ¢ cy red. sid AL OOL GARMENTS: MADE UP OB RIPPED dyed u good mourning black. A. FISCHER, sl4 906 G st. Y SUPPLIES. Oxo Pexszoxe Warsxy (PURE RYE). For the Sideboard it is the BEST, As it creates no Headache. “For the Sick-chamber it is without a RIVAL, As it is easily Digested. THOMAS RUSSELL, 1213 Penns, ave, 4 For saleby n EST GRANULATED SUGA. Beat ilo Ooflee, 25c, per jiloche and Java, De . per Perfection Mi: ib. Best Cured jugar Cured Hams, sack: “Old Thhne* ‘bb. suck. c fe per ting Sita card or call and see us if convenient. 3. TD. 1% Sat ae. T]\HAT LOVELY UNFERMENTED Te wey bat (Gronaries fice lower tha aver! 1245 7th stn. w. ae Tea, 3a12-1n* “Bama Ven» SPRING WHEAT PATENT FLOUR is the Premier Flour of the World, ‘The only Minnesota Patent now made from all old wheat, For sale by the following well-known grocers: JOHN H. MAGRUDER, 1417 New York sve, CHAS, I KELLOGG, Masonic Temple, 9th st.’ GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, 1200 Fst W. E. ABBOTT, 1721 Pennsylvania ave. R.A. WALKER, 1600 7tif st. E. M. BURCHARD & BRO. Penn. ave. and 43st. G. W. & H. W. OFFUTT, Georgetown. A. O. WRIGHT, 1632 14th et. RO BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE , absolutely pure. It is un purest and most reliable Baking Powder offered to the public. pENRY A. MOTT, M.D., Ph. D., Late United States Gov’t Chemist. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. = —— 35, in square numbered Record in the plies of the surveyor of the, ‘ oe Columbia‘ and. ibe in the | THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRU- T OCLOCE P.M., of 0. ARY, ADL 1889, ihe hackgronnd’ Jeasant, hav- ath the north 15 lot numbered ON THE SAME , AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Tat stmbared tee, huskeed and ten (210) Roberts’ in Maris subdiyision of lot_ numbered seven’ tour <74) in ¢. ‘Hawes’ | subdivision of Moun’ leasant, 96 improved. by house numbered rant ave- 2251 Rth street, corner nue, a8 same is described in the second paragraph of said supplemental bill. Terms: One-third cash, to be paid on day of ale or on ratification thereof by the court, balance ih one an two years, with interest from day of sale, secured on | property sold, or all cash, at option of posit wired 01 haser. A dep be red on the improved property of $100 on each ; 0b the unimproved property $25 on each lot sold, All con x and recording at | purchaser's cost, “Terms to be complied with in seven | 8 fro1 o he trumtess rese: auy of sale, otherwise the trast rve the right to resell at Tisk and cost of defaulting pur- chaser after five days’ sdvertisemen' RANDALL HAGNIA ANDRESS DUYALL, © $a25-f,a.m,whde 452 Louisiana ave _________ TO-MORROW. EEKS & CO,, Auc-ioneers, W © Oa AEscinaane avenue, ‘Opposite City Post Office. LARGE SALF_OF HOUSEHOLD FEFP EVERY DESCRIPTION, COTTAGE WALNUT SETS, VARIOUS ST" FLNIS! ; PARLOR SUITES, TOILET 8! LOUNGES, BOOK-CASE, WIRE COT! GATT EeEe, ‘CE Do. WITH A LARG! ¥ BRUS- RGE AND | MALL SMYRNA JAPANESE. AND VELVET RUGS, | AT AUCTION, ON, At. cur salesroome, THURSDAY, FEBBUARY 8EV- | fEN O'CLOCK. it SaEESR: Boy TS, AND L. D ENTH, AT TE: ‘NOANSON BK BAY HORSE, 6 COWS ON THURSDAY MO! ‘Auctioneers. ESH AND SPRINGERS) FEBRUARY SEV- ENTH, “at ELEVEN (CLOCK we will sellat the Drover's Rest cattle yard, 12th and Bots. n.w. ZBAL HORSE. FRESH COWS. DUNCANSON BR Auct 08. rpromas DOWLING, Auctioneer. ENTIRE CONTE HAMBER ODD_ BL USSELS CARP! ES AND BE BI ec. EVENTH, 18k9, at \ M-, at residence, 1309 Riggs street ods. Mbove ST HOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer, ne Terms ci fats HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. AHOGANY = CHAIRS, SE, FL AND BO! s NCH LAMPS, BRUSSELS AND ERRPETS, PLATED: WARE, CHINA, OR SRD SLAGEWARS, STOVES, EIZORER SITES, E UI- OCKERY REQ’ STRU MENTS, MARI DOLITES. SURV. DRAUGHTSMAN’ Tg SIDE-SADD! EYOR iit 8, 'S TABLES, LATHE, ETC. ETC., CARRIAGE FURNI- UIPAGE, SEVERAL 1K, MESS CHESTS, JESDAY. FEBRUARY TWELFTH, 1889, AT TER Ocbock A aL, at reaidence ‘No, 3053 U cor west, and knot jontrose Georretown Heights T Will sell theentire contents: hs partly enumer 5s THOMAS DOWLING, sas Midler ETc.. CAMP LARGE TENTS, HAMM! EIC., ETC. NELL & CARU! Boia Evtste Brokers, 1008 F street northwest. OF NEARLY NEW D ING-HOUSE. ON SALT MON STREET. BETWEEN AND R STREETS NORTHWEST, KNOWN AS No. 1603, AT P JCTION. : By, Virtue of & deed of trast, regorded in Liber Ko, 1291 | , folio 28, of the Land Records for ' hi Columbia, we will istrict of mn front of the 3 offer forsale at public ' ises. on MONDAY. T° TRENTH Day OF FEBRUARY, A. D. 1880, at H PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P-M. the parcel of ground sit uste in the city of Washington, D C.. known as Lot ne Carusi and William J. Miller's ir * 8 in Square No. 444, as recorded | in the office of the Surveyor of the District of Colum- | bia in Book 14, pare | The lot is improved by a nearly new brick dwelling house, con! ing seven rooms. including bath room, hot and cold water. as, range and latrobe stove; cou- crete basement under whole of house. rms: One-third cash: balance in one and two years, Purchaser to give his notes for the deferred Touring interest at Tete of six percents ; Ink interest at Tate of # year, payable sen/-annually. and secured bya. deed of rust upon the Broperty. Conveyances at cost of pur- caer. ooo TTGENE CARCSE GEN CA s WILLIAMS MILLER, | Trustees 486 Lonisianaavenue. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auct, f9-d&ds sPPHOMAS DOWLING, Auctions. VERY VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON SOUTH SIDE OF K STREET, NEAR 15TH STREET NORTHWEST, AT AUCTION. On SATURDAY, FEBRUARY NINTH, 1889, AT FOUR O'CLOCE P. M.,in front of the premises, I will sell the east 30 feet of lot 12, in square 218, with adepth of 103 feet 7 inches, with an L-shaped lot of 23 by 30 to a 20-foot wide alley. This property is situated in one of the most valuable sections of the city and should command the attention of buyers and speculators generally. Terms, one-third cash, balance in one and two years with interest, and secured by adeed of truston the property sold, or all cash at the option, A deposit of $250 will be required at timeof sale. All recording and conveyancing at purchaser's cost. THOMAS DOWLING. 1-7 Auctioneer, RI “8 SALE OF A FINE FARM STAP- Tie, oe dacate tate RICHMOND AND ERICKSB! i AD Adore FRU MELE THM EF Retake ty ST: URTHOUSE, CON- anne 355 LAND, MORE OR inden apd by virtne of a feed of trast of the 50, euoat < Ba Si Police 67, 88, BO. ai fer torauient pu Li. Reo- if ie if LF af i farm u i | SAMUEL C. MILLS, » Notary | nc 8 DOWLING, Auctioneer. —— POSITIVE SALE BY CATALOGUE orax EXTENSIVE AND RICH CONSIGNMENT ow TURKISH CARPETS, RUGS, AND HANGINGS, EMBRACING ABOUT TWO HUNDRED PIECES, IN WHICH ARE ABOUT SIXTY LARGE CARPETS AND A NUMBER OF RARE SPECIMENS IN ANTIQUE AND MODERN RUGS, PORTIERES AND EM- BROIDERIES, ‘Mr. Dowling has been instructed by the importers to “huis | Close this consigament out without Limit or reserve prior to their leaving for Turkey. The sale of this SUPERB COLLECTION will take place at my Auction Rooms TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 13, and 14, 1889, At 11 a. m,and 3 p.m. each day, EXHIBITION, MONDAY, FEB. 11, ALL DAY. As there will be only one day exhibition, parties tim terested in this sale should not fail to be on hand. £6-6t THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, \HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ie VERY VALUABLE TAREE 1x0 Non 2H TENTH CTRERT NEAR AM KTHWEST, AT te re Reg ttt GON, Fi } HON. Jor ok % ball sell at abiie me frame aH TEENTH, 1889, at HALF-PAST FO! + broperty ie located ear jou, front of the premises, T sub lot Sz, in square 3 comfortable three-sto 1211 10th st.n.w. Thi street and is a first-class One-thi ‘Terms: ber 1. a for sale at public auction. at the streets north’ yest, Wash DC. ah weet, Washington, D.C. on FEBRUARY NINTH. 1880, at TEN GO) A.M. the following furniture Bi us tands, xteada, mattresnes, sola, extenmon table, refmgerator, stove, kitchen table, small stand, pictures, buckets, rocking-botee, Kitches Peyisites, &c_ GE GEORGE 1. HILL, Trustee, WALTER B, WILLIAMS & CO, Auct, 16-30 D BY Usi a ERS’ Invigorating € Will cure any case of nervous debility and tose ot nerve-power, It re vigor to the whole system, Male or female. 906 B «i da3-2un* R_ LEON, The Uldest Established and Only Reliable Ladieg hysiclan in the City, Can be consulted daily, 464 C st, between 436 and 6th, sts. Dw Prompt treatment. Correspondence and consults: tion strictly confidential, Separate rooms for indies, _ Office always open. fez-lw* RAP AND BE WISE—DR_ BROTHERS, 006 B ST. #.v., appeared before me and made vath that he is the « dest Established Expert Specialist in this city, and will cual dincaend ee @ cure in all cases of private: h medicine, or no charge, consulte- free at any hour of the day. Sub- scribed aid avorn ‘before ae /by “Dr. Riolae Public, in and for the District of Colum this third day of Suly, 188S- jac CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH hed Dian d Bran ho 5 A a. - ¥— ing Chichester’s English Diamoud Brand, in red metal boxes, sealed with blue ribbon. At Drugiste, accept other. All pills in pasteboard boxes, pink wrap- PENNYROYAL PILLS, d. Original, best, only Ask for pers, are @ dangerous counterfeit, Send 4c, RELIEF” FOR LADIES. im 10,000 testimonials “frou veel them, Name paper. CHICHESTER CHEMI C0., 429-s&w Madison Sq.. Phila’ Pa, Mean wonderful success in the treatment ervous diseases. Also full instructions ¢iven in tical Psychology by Prof. Carpenter, office 512 6t n.w. Hours from 10am. to7 pan. 028 DME, DE EQREST. LONG-ESTABLISHED AND p\ Physician, can be ted ESMEKISM USED AS A teat aa Cs reliable Ladies: at her residence, #01 T st. from to 9 p. m. with Ladies Only. 3y18-7m* TDPSRGENER BEEN CONTRADICTED THAT Dr. BROTHERS is the oldest-established advertise ing Ladies’ Physician im this city. ou confidently consult Dr. PROTHESS. U6 Ys — Particular attention paid to all diseases p we ladi ed or single. Forty years’ ])%, MOTES FRENCH POWDERS ARE THe I Standard Kemedy for all blood di Mbreattaealy oF shin troubles; Urinary “iscases Cured ve bOb's SEkvINE SoS permaneety re 's No. 2 permanent natural weakness, loss ot vitality, nervous sod c. at be 1. Sent seeled by uiail. or sale, "S, cor. Sth and F nw. STANDIFO! WOOD AND COAL = SS —— ¥ RETAIL PRICES FOR COAL AND WOOD, M changed, arenafeliows: POF LOH of 2,240 Ibe, 2 u Ash oor “ Lykens Valley Stove, 8. & S. Pine Wool, per cord. “ Oak Wood, = Special orders, JOHN Wf prices for large ite Pa. av.n.w., 1020 14th st.n.w.. 8. Cap. and Ist. ja8-Sua "a W oop! Coa: Coxe: JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta Southwest, 1515 7het nw. 1740 Pa ave. a. w. 413 10th st. a. w, 1202 F st. n.w. 3d and Kst.n. w. 1112 9th st. nw, 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 PRICES have azl DELIVERIES AND KEASONABLE made our business a success. ———— = FU ECTRICITY—15 YEARS A SPECIALTY It 4 curing eG mental disease, epiual o7 tcrine troubles, paralysis, tumors, sciatica and uterine v ore, teria, rheumatism, ie erally. Hairs removed a boat: bet nw. clothing. Dr. eo hrcr y NW, D5 Slee Sak aa Ofdce hours, &12; 2-5. Sunday, from 10t02, jall-lm* Grand National Award of 16,600 francs. QUINA-LARO AN INVIGORATING TONIO, PERUVIAN BARK. IRON, ax (PURE CATALAN WINE, tit acne of Blng Helge & of 22 Ree Dreuct, Paris. E. FOUGERA & 00., for the U. &, 30 NORTH ST., N. Yo