Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1889, Page 7

=[[>><*_[{—*—*—“—_—a—XK—EE=—_—_———— THE HARRISON COTTAGE. Where Summer Will Be § President’s Family. Oe oe ‘MOUNTAIN RETREAT AT DEER PARK—GRANT ONCE OCCUPIED THE SAME HOUSE, AND PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLEVELAND SPENT THEIR HONEYMOON NOT FAR Away. From the Baltimore Sun, to-day. Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President-elect, and her daughter, Mrs, J. R. McKee, of Indian- spolis, will spend the summer at Deer Park, Md. Their husbands will stay only part of the season there. The President-elect, who, in the Course of events, will be a full-fledged Presi- dent by that time, will be whirled to the mountains from Washington every Saturday in ® special car, which President Charles F. Mayer, of the Baltimore and‘Ohio railroad company, has already tendered him. Mr. McKee will travel thither whenever he can spare the time from his business in Indianapolis. Other People will go there because the President and hia family will be among the residents, and so, all in all, Deer Park will be « lively place nexi summer. It will not be the first summer which the Harrison family have passed at Deer Park, but General Harrison was not President then, and their presence did not attract so much atten- tion. first summer they were at the hotel at the park, and it was then they met ex-Sena- tor Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, who is a3 much a part of the place as its oldest resi- dent. The Harrison and Davis families started & friendship which has continued ever since. ‘The other four or five summers the Y ogers Deer Park the; the eee at Deer were the o r. and Mrs. Davis, ~ Mr. J. R. McKee. the son-in-law of the Presi- dent, has rented the cottage where the Harri- sons will live this summer from Mr. Davis, and Mr. McKee’s mother-in-law and _father-in- law will be the guests of himself and wife. Itisa pretty little cottage in a grove of maples. which seem mere pigmies by the side of a towering oak among them, whose branches have been ed to and fro by the breezes of several cen’ 3s A — is stretched around three sides of the building, and is almost reached by the low-jutting roof. Around the house are walks and drives, and back of it is a ‘he Harrisons will not lack for neighbors to im and chat. On the brow of the twin hill of it on which the Harrison cottage stands is the summer home of ex-Senator Davis. Then comes the residence of Hon. Stephen B. Elkins, Mr. Davis’ son-in-law, and a personal as well as political friend of Gen. Harrison. On the other side of the cottage toward the hotel is one of the cottages in which Mayor Latrobe and Mr. Morton Reed and their families spend the summer. The hotel is almost in whistling distance. The cottages stand in a semi-circle, and there is plenty of space for a young Ben- jamin Harrison McKee to romp and for the Youthful Miss McKee’s nurse to wheel her about. President Harrison will not be the first Pres- ident of the United States to occupy this cot- tage. Fifteen years ago President Grant spent the summer in it, and was visited by many notable men, Hon. Hamilton Fish among them. The late President John W. Garrett, of the Baltimore and Ohio, passed his vacations there before he had his own magnificent cottage built. Then Mr. Samuel Spencer, of the Baltimore and Ohio, occupied it. and the picturesque little place was remodeled under Lis supervision to suit bis ideas. A short distance away is the cozy cottage where President and Mrs. Cleve- land passed their honeymoon. Deer Park promises to be a Mecca of politi- cians next sumer. Although Mr. Harrison will have been President nearly four months by the time he reaches the Aliegany resort, and although he may have worked very indus- triously during that time, there will probably be 5.000 democrats in office, and there will be five times as many republleans anxious to suc- ceed them. Some of these will hie themselves to Deer Park, he pe that they will not find red tape stretched across their approach to the President which besets them in Washington. Deer Park for two or three days of each week will be the political, if not the legislative capi- tal. Gov. Jackson, of Maryland, will be in- vited to spend a part of the summer with ex- Senator Davis. soe The Eiffel Tower. ITS FALLING—PRECAUTIONS TAKEN AGAINST SUCH A DISASTER. From the London Globe. Confidence is restored to Paris. It is not considered pleasant in the neighborhood of the Champ de Mars to spend forty-eight hours in donbt whether one isto be buried under the debris of a tower nearly 900 feet high. How- ever, the Eiffel tower can say “I stood,” and the 5° say, on the faith of their theodo- lites, that it is going to stand, unless something goes wrong hereafter. But while congratula- tions must be offered to the people who live about the Champ de Mars, sympathy must be extended to the crowds who came together from less menaced quarters—some of them with plumb lines, just as they would have brought smoked glass to observe an eclipse— to see what the monster was going to do. That it did nothing, after all this anticipation, was unfair, and it is probable that its further rise in height will be accompanied by some dimi- nution of popularity. The Parisians forgot that special Providence watches over ugly 2nd use- Jess things, and that this is better security than even the theodolite of science. Were it other- wise, we dovbt if the explanations of the con- structor of the abomination would carry much comfort to those who have to think, uot of their neighbor's peril, which, of course, is nothing, but of their very own. We are told that when the Eiffel tewer does really show symptoms of emulating the tower of Pisa, a hydraulic press of $00 tous power will move complicated mach:nery concealed in the brick work, which again will remove one or more of the thin plates of steel between the stories, thus throwing the mass back into its perpendicular. Cordially will the neighbor- hood of the Champ de Mars pray that the hydraulic press will be always ready, and that the complicated machinery will never fali out of gear. If soaring ambition should overbuild itself and fall on the other side, the question will have to be faced as to which side that other is to be; and then even trust in Provi- dence may prove as misleading as in cases of people who live under avalanches and yol- canoes. eee eee Marched Out Like Soldiers. ‘THE UTILITY OF THE FIRE DRILL ILLUSTRATED IN A CINCINNATI SCHOOL. Im Cincinnati Miss Finn, a teacher on the ground floor of the Second Intermediate school on %th street, near Main, yesterday morning saw burning coals falling down the hot air shaft from which the register opens. She knew the building was on fire. here are several hundred pupils on the three floors. FEAR OF She gave the fire alarm jin the pre- seribed way, and the teachers —in- stantly marshaled their pupils as if they were soldiers and marched them ont as coolly as veterans down one stairway while the firemen were running up another With their hose. Nota sign of a panic was seen. The fire was in the roof, caused by a defective flue, and was subdued with a loss of $2,000. The teachers have a fire-alarm drill for the purpose of meeting such emergencies, = — Aristocratic Thievery. THE DISAGREEABLE FATE THAT OVERTAKES THE WEDDINGS OF MARQUISES. From the Kansas City Star. Some time ago a very unpleasant incident occurred at the marriage of a marquis, says & Paris correspondent. After the ceremony the costly ornament had disappeared. Search was made high and low. There was a “march it” of the visitors, under scrutinizing eyes, at all in vain. The missing article never was discovered, and to this day its fate remains a mystery. There really appears to be some fatality in weddings with which marquises are connected. Another marquis married his son longing to a fam- society, and after at oe party repaired to a restan- rant near is de Boulogne, where a choice luncheon was served ily. When the ze THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1889. SPIRIT OF AMERICAN POLITICS. the Masses Are Moved. From the Atlantic Monthly. After all, the masses are moved not so much by selfishness as by prejudice. This prejudice is of two kinds, traditional and local. Its tra- ditional force is shown by the fact that com- munities side by side and identical in character and interest remain for decade after decade politically opposed. The sons are expected to follow in the footsteps of the fathers. The permanence of party names undoubtedly helps to prevent the natural division of voters on the line of principle. Principles are forgotten in devotion to the party which once represented them. Loyalty to party becomes a passion, and nof so long as an excuse can be found for re- maining where he is will the ave: ‘isan desert to the other side. Party ‘tions that stood the shock of the civil war tono mere ore juestion. The iple at the root not aad seen. It is the old name, “the of Jefferson,” “the of Union,” not the new cause, that holds. “The multitude,” says Macaulay, “is more easily in- terested for the most unmeaning or the most insignificant name than for the most im- portant principle.” * LOCAL PREJUDICE, Side by side with this traditional prejudice is the local prejudice; by which I do not mean local interest, but an apparent inability in the people to see national, state, and municipal affairs in their true proportions. It is, of course, the spirit of provincialism aj e fact that parties in each state and town are the same as in the nation at large is sufficient evidence of it. This prejudice has a double action. Aided alike & e tyranny and the convenience of party organization, it causes men to divide into ies on the same lines in the local as in the national election. So the second effect follows inevitably from the first: namely, local questions are subordinated to na- tional. or else national questions to local. Com- mon sense occasionally ventures so far as to declare that it matters not whether the ma; of Bigville be a republican or a democrat, but no one yet dares maintain the rash truth that the sulitieathons of a candidate for the gover- norship are not affected by his opinions of pro- tection and free-trade. As a rule, too, in spite of common sense, Jones is elected mayor of Bigville because he is a free-trader, just as Smith is elected governor of the state because he is a protectionist. This state of things is AS MISCHIEVOUS AS IT IS ABSURD. It is impossible to bring local questions to decision at the polls. And again, with reverse action, national questions are obscured. Men join a given national party because they ap- prove of the position of its local representa- tives on some comparatively unimportant ques- tion of city or state. Green votes for protec- tion because he agrees with the republicans of Grand county in favoring high license, and Gray votes for free trade because the Bigville democrats oppose an increase of the municipal debt. Personal arguments abound. “How can you be a democrat when the only saloon in town is kept by a democrat?” “How can you be a republican when the republican city treas- urer has just defaulted?” This is not nonsense, Facts like these influence votes, and must be considered in STUDYING THE SPIRIT OF OUR POLITICS. If we had taken a representative group of Americans, evenly divided as to party, in the late election, we might have found something like this: A is a protectionist because he helped found the party of freedom, and B because he admires the candidate. C is a democrat be- gause he believes in tariff reform, and D be- cause he always has been one. A junior is a republican because his father is, and B junior is a democrat because the political economies teach free trade. E isa protectionist because a democratic ring controls the City Hall, and F because the campaign orator has convinced him that democratic success means low wages. His brother G, again, is a democrat because the campaign orator has failed to convince him, and his cousin H because most of the respeot- able people he knows are. Y is a protectionist because the government did not ae his land for the new post-office, and because Congress has voted to deepen the ditch that drains his cellar. Z is a tariff reformer. Scattered here and there are those who have earnestly tried to solve the problems presented—bave thought, and studied, and prayed; and more numerous than any single class are those who swear by the one newspaper they read. = ae Ss ako Examined as to Moral Character. From the Albany Express. Some amusing incidents happen at the civil service examinations which the laws now re- quire to be passed by candidates for official po- sitions and clerkships. It was at an examina- tion here in Boston that a young woman found herself confronted with this question: “Are you of good moral character?” @She was very much amused at the question, and in doubt how to treat it. Calling the ex- aminer to her desk, she said, about the ques- have the reputation of being of good moral character. But you know ‘reputation’ is what people think of us, while ‘character’ is what God and the angels know of us, and that Ldon’t want to tell.” The examiner said she need not worry. One Consolation. From the Boston Courier. “And now we are made one,” he said; all my anxiety is over and you are my sweet little wife at last.” “Yes, dearest,” she replied, ‘the knot is tied.” “What a thing it would be,” he said, mus- ingly, ‘if we should ever cease to love each other.” “Don’t think of such a thing.” “But oh, Mamie, if we ever should!” “Well, there’s one consolation,” she said, sweetly, “it ain't far to Chicago.” noimeeccmeentnaialinns The Chicago Double Tragedy. JEALOUSY THE CAUSE OF WALTER S. BRADLEY'S CRIME—A SCENE AT THE UNDERTAKER'S. Jealousy and general cussedness seems to have been the cause of the double tragedy im Chicago yesterday. Walter 8. Bradiey, who killed his wife and himself at the Hotel Courtland, was a reporter on the Chicago Globe, and his wife was also con- nected with the paper. Bradley and his wife quarreled several days ago and he left the ho- tel. Yesterday he returned and his wife met him in the parlor. A short time afterward two shots wei ard. The clerk rushed to the room and saw Mrs, Bradley lying on the floor and her husband standing over her. As the clerk entered Bradley ordered bim out, threat- ening him with the pistol. Beiore assistance was obtained two more shots were fired, and when the officers reached the parlor Bradley and his wife were dead. After the bodies were taken to an under- taker’s. young Frederick Mann, of the firm of M. V. Mann & Co., linen importers, visited the andertaker’s and was completely overcome with grief. He threw himself on the dead woman's body, kissing her hands and face. It was some minutes before he could be dragged away. Then he cursed the body of Bradley, and would have thrown it on the floor if he had not been prevented. Mann said he had known Mrs. Bradley since childhood, and had been very fond of her. He had warned her to leave Bradley and she had prom- ised to do so. Bradley, it seems, was of a respectable family, but bad gone to the bad. He was at one time employed by the Pullman company, but was convicted of embezzlement and condemned to a year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary, from which he was released = or five — Co appears.that while Bradley was in prison Mann was in the habit of pos ‘Mra. ley to and from her night assignments. The consequence was that Bradley was insanel: fosous This. together with ‘Bradley's disal- pated habits, led to frequent quarrels and cul- minated in the weagohy. Mrs, Bradley was at one time connecte: with the stage. A War Veteran’s Experience. From the Yonkers Gazette, c “Were you in the war, Mr. Vacuum?” “Yaas, indeed, Mith Twinket.” “And were you wounded?” “Howably!” “Oh, isn’t that delightful? Do tell me about q “Thertainly, mith. It was thith way. Dont- embawked in the theventh weak: nel came an’ wemarked my th on he = Soeties. | hasten LS nevah more ‘Liquor at Hacerstows —At the meeting of the board of managers of the Wash Hagerstown, Tuesday, a committee from The'sale of on the apace at the . After some it was BRADY’S ADVENTURES. The Two Kinds of Prejudice by Which | Thrilling Experiences of a Young Aero- our midst since the days of the civil war who has attained wider fame and been through more perilous adventures in the past five years than Owen Brady—now “Prof. Brady”—the well-known aeronaut, who is spending a week or two at his old home, and meeting with hearty greeting from his boyhood friends. In the summer of ’83 Owen, then a lad of nineteen, started out with a stock of toy switches and cheap “fakir” whips to sell at the fairs in the middle and western states. Being aladtokeep his eyes open, he quickly saw that at most of the fairs the balloon ascension was a chief attraction, and soon he struck uj fer pp ogee! . ho managed & couple o' bags, and hired experience: serensuts 1 make ascensions for’ him, It didn’t take loi to discover that ‘while the man who went up in the balloon got LOTS OF GLORY, the manager pocketed the major share of the shekels; so he got in as sort of corresponding clerk for the manager, and while doing the lat- ter’s letter-writing for a very meager salary, eked out by selling whips and canes and toy switches, he familfarized himself with balloons, the men who went up in them, and how the business was conducted. He formed a partyer- ship during the following winter with ‘Pro- fessor” Vandergrift, who had made his first becag. oye! some en years before at the age Of twelve, and before his last fatal trip, searcely a month ago, had made over 450 as- censions, Together they raised enough money to secure a couple of stanch hot-air loons, and early next season began business, meeting with much success. Vande at first was the member of the firm to do the ascensions, He was A DARING ACROBAT and performed trapeze feats while the balloon was going up. But the time came wher Brady had to take his turn, owing to the breaking of his er’s leg and other injuries received by the colla of his balloon when nearing the earth. He did not at first attempt any acrobatic feats, but sey sat or stood on the trapeze-bar while the balloon was in sight of the multitude. Brady soon became known as “Prof. Brady,” and with his fellow-balloonist for four years made ascensions at princi laces from Canada to Mexico, Last spring e parachute jump was introduced as a new and startling feature of their ascensions, and every ascension made during the season in- cluded the daring “JUMP FROM THE CLOUDS.” Brady and Vandergrit before venturing it made cores of experiments with weights and various styles of parachuted from the tops of high buildings, and finally satisfied themselves that the venture could be made with reasona- ble safety. Vandegrift was the first to try it, and Brady says it was the most anxious moment of his life, not even exceeded by those when he was diving a few weeks since into the river at Columbus, Ga., in hopes of disentangling the | body of his partner and friend from the net- work of rope which prevented his rising to the surface and escaping death. When he saw Vandegriit preparing to detach the parachute from the balloon 6,060 feet in the air'and drop, with it to earth, his heart came into his mouth. The descent was made in safety, and was then adopted by both mronauts as a special feature of their ascensions. Both had several NARROW ESCAPES from serious accident, and Brady's life was once saved by falling through the thick branches of a tree into a swamp, when some of the cords of his parachute loosened, allowing the ears ratus to tip to one side, so that it did not fully | support his weight as he neared the earth. The season of 1883 came suddenly to a tragic end in Georgia last month, and Brady has been so badly broken up over the death of his partner at that time that he has not the heart to make any more ascensions at present, and has come back here for the first time since his departure five years ago to visit his relatives and brace up his nerves. Vandegrift was the one to make the trip on that occasion and both men feared the wind was too strong to allow the balloon to go up without danger, but rather than dissapoint the great crowd of people the attempt was made. As the balloon rose Van- degrift hung from the trapeze which was sus- ended from the parachute, and as he mounted ‘igher into the clouds performed several dar- ing acrobatic feats. Deafening cheers re- warded his efforts, but, to the horror of the multitude when the balloon was about half a mile high it was seen to burst from the base to the top. A FIGHT FOR LIFE. Every one expected to see the aeronaut dashed to atoms. Women fainted and thous- ands of eyes were turned iy. But Vande- grift, with rare presence of mind. cut loose his parachute from the collapsed air-ship, and after a swift fall of about 500 feet it opened, and he began to descend steadily, the wind carrying him toward the Chattahoochee river. Thous- ands ran to the river bank, among them his partner. Two men who were in a it rowed as near as they dared to about where he would strike. They heard the aeronaut call as he approached the water, ‘For God’s sake come mick!” He sank, but immediately came to the surface, and the men tried to draw him into the boat, but he was entangled into the trapeze cords and his body was inside the hoop | of the pecekare. Then the men attempted to pull the parachute into their goat, but it slipped from their hand, and its weight car- ried Vandegrift to the bottom of the river, THE CROWD STOOD AGHAST and paralyzed with horror at the fearful scene, but Brady plunged into the streamfand quick- ly swam to the spot. Again andfagain he dived in hopes to save his —. life, but without success. A reward of 2100 was at once offered by the authorities for the recovery of the bédy, and at nearly midnight it was found some dis- tance down the river fastened in the jetties, the arms, legs and wrists being intricately en- tangled in the cords of the parachute and tra- peze. His neck was broken and everything in- icated a fearful struggle under water to re- lease himself from the ropes and hoop. Brady had the body embalmed and took it to Vande- grift’s home at Clinton, Miss., for burial. THOUGH BADLY BROKEN UP at his friend's death, our young fellow towns- man has no thought of retiring from the perilous business,as he says there is “big money init.” In the four years he has fol- lowed the profession he has managed to lay by a good sum, as well as to build him a home at Cleveland, Ohio, and take there his two younger brothers, one of whom will in fature | act as his business manager. He is strictly temperate in all things, and says that no one ia the business he is engaged in can afford to in- dulge in alcoholic drinks. Brady thinks he was born under a lucky star, for though he has had many narrow escapes in his daring jumps from an altitude of from 2,000 to 6,000 feet he never yet has been seriously hurt. ‘He says the sen- sation is fearful when the parachute is first cut loose from the balloon, for the descent is rapid as shot for four or five'seconds, and then, too, | there is always the awful possibility that the pecachute will not open and that he will be hed to atoms. It is caleulated that the rapidity of the fall is 16 feet in the first second, 45 the next, 80 the third, 112 the fourth, and 144 the fifth, when the parachute opens and makes the rest of the fall easy, The balloon when loosened from the parachute usually floats only a few miles, as the hot air with which it is filied cools and the canvas falls to the earth, and being watched is easily recovered. ——~"~eee Estimating a Diamond’s Value. From the Chicago Herald. A young but rising attorney was improving the noon hour in court yesterday by exhibiting to his associates a new diamond stud he had purchased. One skeptical friend examined it and asked if it was real. A bystander re- marked that this reminded him of a story poor Billy Manning, the minstrel, used to tell. One day the lamented burnt cork artist heard a sim- uestion asked, in his inimitable when I was and owner of the minstrel com} down atthe old Dearborn theatre I ‘used to wear a stone on my shirt front in the first part. I ht it in innati for”— everyone é: fabulous $7. Next to E 33 be Ee i i F i i i Hil ih BE f i Ee THE AMERICAN INFORMER. While in the Union Army He Kept England Supplied with Alexander e of the Irish ments made about him by Dr. LeCaron in the Times-Parnell trial in London, Mr. Sullivan said that he knew the man who went here by the name of Dr. LeCaron only as he knew hundreds of other men who attended league conventions and professed great interest in the Trish cause. LeCaron said his wife was Irish, and he was ready to die for Ireland, and con- stantly declared his Irish sympathy. Mr. Sulli- van said he had never conversed with LeCaron about Mr. Parnell or about any subject which was not perfectly to the world. He be- lieved there was rack a icle of foundation for his statement that Parnell ever ex- pressed sympathy with any method e: open, public agitation to aid the Irish le in securing self-government. The fac at LeCaron had to bolster up his statement with a photograph of Mr. Parnell which the Irish leader | inscribed his autograph on was evi- dence of its weakness. Almost anyone who is muficiently persistent could get the antograph of any public man. The mye Mr. Parnell addressed in Chicago was presided over by Gov. Cullom, now United States Senator. Clergymen of all denominations and citizens from every walk in life were on the platform, The Chicago News says that Beech or Le Caron, is well known in Irish national circles in that city. It declares-that he served in the Union army during the late under the name of Honore Le Caron, and intimates that he played the United States false by keeping the British government informed on the course of events just as he did in his connection witn the Irish movements in this country, He lived at Braidwood, IIL, for a time, and then moved to Chicago. About a year ago he took a flat at 117 La Salle avenue, a fashionable portion of the city, and hung out his professional qm “Dr. Le Caron.” The sign is stili there, but the doctor left the city for Europe shortly be- fore Christmas, and his family departed osten- sibly for New York about three weeks ago. His son Henry, however, is still in Chicago. A London cablegram to the New York Times says that Le Caron’s real name is Thomas Philip Beech, and he is a native of Colchester, Eng- land. He left England for America in 186i, entered the northern army as Honore Le Caron and became a major during the war. Then he joined the Fenians and played a prominent in organizing the raid against Canada, in the meantime informing the Canadian govern- ment daily of all he could learn of the doings of the Fenians. This double policy he has maintained ever since, mixing deeply with the Clan-na-Gael business and keeping the English government informed of every detail. It seems that nobody ever suspected him of double dealing, and when he came to England im 1881 Mr. Parnell and Mr. Eagan were both friendly to him. MORE OF LE CARON’S RECOLLECTIONS, In the proceedings before the Parnell com- mission yesterday afternoon, the attorney-gen- eral quoted from a cable dispatch sent by Par- nell to Mooney on April 26, 1683, In this dis- patch Parnell asks Mooney to present his (Parnell’s) views to the convention, and agvise the delegates to frame a platform that will enable the nationalists to continue to accept | American assistance, while avoiding offering England a pretext for the entire suppression of the nationalist movement, which, he says, is the ovly means for preserving the unity of the Irish movement in Ireland and America, He expresses himself as perfectly confident that the Irish cause will continue to advance by the exercise of prudence, moderation and firm- ness, Dr. Le Caron. or Beech, resuming his testi- mony, said that ou May 28, 1883, he saw Eagan in Milwaukee. Another circular issued by the organization on Sept. 6, 1883, said that the ex- ecutive was unable to see its way to an armed insurrection until England should become in- volved in a war, In the meantime a secret war would be carried on. At the end of 1883 there was a split in the or- ganization, the seceders retaining the old name, while the others, under Sullivan's lead- ership, founded a new secret organization en- titled the “U.S.” The executive was reduced to three members, their badge being a triangle. Witness and a majority of the members of camp A joined the “U.S.” In January, 1884, the Redmonds arrived from Australia and trav- eled through the United States. Prominent members of the “U. attended the reception held in their honor. In August, 1884, a league convention was held in Boston. Between Jan- uary and August witness did not see the Red- monds. The only difference between the two sections was the sign for the executive. ae Sees Would Be Extortion Rebuked. From the Buffalo Courier. The peculiar position in which officers of the engineer corps of the army may sometimes be placed is well illustrated by citing an incident told by a Buffalo resident which occurred while a lieutenant colonel of engineers was stationed ata western city. He was engaged upon some harbor improvements at a lake port some dis- tance from his stationand needed lime. He went to several dealers at the small port and was offered lime at a price double its worth. Upon his saying that they were asking too much they replied: *‘Ah, but the government can afford to pay high prices. The moncy doesn’t come out of your pocket.” The officer immediately sent to his station for lime and got it at its market price. ‘The dealers who had tried to make a bargain with him were rendered very angry by this, but they were still more so when, upon his offering to them at cost price the lime left over and they refused to buy, he sold it by the barrel at cost price to their own customers. ———_—-+ee______ No Discount on the Sealskin Sacque. From the Baltimore News. “Will sealskin sacques ever lose their popu- larity with the fair sex?” This question was asked of a lady furrier recently, and her an- swer was very emphatic. “As an article of dress, sealskin will always be in demand. The genuine article is very expensive and for that reason it finds favor with the rich. The fact of its being very pretty and dressy will also tend to keep it in the foregrounds of fashion. A ees sealskin wrap will cost from $100 to $500. according to its finish and the quality of the fur. Comparatively few people are will- ing to pay this for a coat, and, consequently, a great number of inferior and cheap goods of this kind are sold. “Though the sealskin itself is not subject to the change of fashions,” continued the lady, “the style and cut of the garment are, The sealskin wrap, with a long, heavy boa of light or black fur, is now more used than the long sealskin sacque or cont. Asa matter of dress this style is the prettier, and it has the great advantage of being c! ” ee Habbakuk Wanted to be Sanctified. From the Boston Transcript, Another story that goes back to the same meetin’ ‘house in Wrentham is one of a worthy man named Habbakuk P—, a resident of the town anda faithful attendant upon worship, who had been blessed with four wives, one after another. Habbakuk was rigidly ortho- dox, as his name seemed to demand, and was always in his pew on the Sabbath. He sat there in his conspicuous pew, with No. 4 by his side, on the first Sunday morning after their mar- riage. It was a balmy June day, and the ze] «teat from the open window toyed play- fully with the bride's white satin bonnet ril bons and the groom’s silken locks, There wi astranger in the pulnit, who had exchanged for the day with the venerable Mr. F——, the pastor of the church. After reading a few Seripture pee the stranger proceeded to read a notice which he had found in the Bible, and which was as follow: “Mr. Habbakuk P. desires the prayers of the congregation, that the death of his wife poo De sanctified to him for his spiritual good.” Then, while the congregation was between stupefaction and explosion, the clergyman went on with the services at arapid rate. He was at a loss to know why the congregation seemed to be hgh oe the remainder of the services on the point of laughter, but at ieee ir et to at Hab! -—— sat three rows from the front in the broad aisle with his brand-new wife, and he had read an old notice that Mr. F—— had bably been fc book- probably ey fo 8 mark ever wife, explained LATE FOREIGN NEWS. The report that Juige Lambert Tree, United States minister to Ru acting as the repre- Pendleton, thotghaiice is constant oak A’Berlin dispatch sare he ans orp ola = to at the foreign office for some Sir Chas, Burdett, seventh baronet, has been \ years See ee noe te serving short term at hard lalor for stealing roses. " was formerly an officer in the lish a a The cost of the Paris exposition will be $10,- 000,000. A black man has been overcoming all com- petitors in wrestling in France. A new Buddhist temple, to cost upward of $3,000,000, is to be erected in Kioto, Japan. Apartments have been secured in London for the shah and suite from the third week in May. Rider Haggard has become a vegetarian, upon the idea that he can work longer and bet- ter without meat. Emperor William yesterday received tho spe- cial embassy sent by the sultan of Morocco to congratulate him upon his accession to the throne. The reception took place in the white hall of the schloss, The ambassador from Morocco read a letter from the sultan to the emperor in Arabic, which was translated by a dragoman. e em- peror replied in German. A plebiscite as to whether children shall re- ceive religious instruction in the schools of Milan was taken in that city, and 25,000 out of 27,000 voted yes, The best point of tue evening at the Phelps dinner in London is thought to have been in Sir Frederic Leighton’s speech, when he said: “As an artist he drank to another artist. a gen- tleman who had excelled in one of the most ad- mirable of all arts, the art of ii many friends.” Aspeech by the Athenian orator Hyperides has been discovered in Athens and given to the Louvre. He was the defender of Phryne, and in order to preserve her from the charge of impiety pulled off her garments and ex- hibited her to the judges, as it has been rep- resented by the picture of Gerome. Mr. Henry White, secretary of the American legation in London, whose country residence was recently entered by burglars and robbed of a quantity of valuable jewelry, bas offered a reward of £500 for the recovery of the stolen property. The London Daily News, commenting on the Samoan situation, says: “Prince Bismarck has disregarded his obligetion to Great Britain in | the most flagrant way. and Count Herbert Bis- | marck’s ostentatious jriendliness for Ameri is inadequate to recompense us or our Austral ian colonies, A policy of subsurvience to Ge: many which procures us no appreciable advan- tages is neither a triumph of diplomatic skill nor a solace to national pride,” Miss Wilcox, the handsome young American who created a sensation by eloping from Nice with Dr. Sellon, was restored to her mother Tuesday. The doctor has been arrested and will have a preliminary hearing on Friday. <0 ES SAARI One hundred operators and miners met yes- terday at Indianapolis for the purpose of aggee- ing on a scale of wages for mining coal for the coming year in West Virginia, Western Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, LADIES’ GOODS. ITE, HOWARD & C West 16th'st., New York. Saratoga, Long Branch, and St, Augustine, Have opened their Branch House, 815: 15th st. n. w., Wasihington, (For two weeks only,) With a magnificent stock of DINNER AND BALL GOWNS, Visiting Costumes, Wraps, Millinery, etc., just from Paris. Mu M. J. Praxo, n.w. (Mrs. Harrison's) NCH HAIR GOODS, Also, Aspecial selection in SHELL, AMBER AND DULL JET ORNAMENTS, SHAMPOOING. Hair Dj d Bangs Shjngled. | = wenn | Miss J. Boccrss MODEL RIDING HABITS EVENING AND RECEPTION COSTUMES Ja5-2m* * 1446 Qst. LADY, FORMERLY CARRYING ON DRESS. making in New York, would like the Washington ladies. Moderate prices an: Cutting and basting a specialty. 7 C st. received fi-2w FINE LADIES IF YOU WISH A GOOD AND STYI. fitting Waist buy White's Glove-fitting Ready-cut Waist Linings. They are perfect in every respec sleeves and all. They are copyrighted. (None zeuu- ine without “White's stamp on them.) Price, Soldat the PALAIS ROYALand GEO. WHITE'S, Jal9-3w* Ladies’ Tuilor, 1110 F Mrs. M. A. Coxsexsy, OF 331 STH AVENUE, NEW YORK, Has Opened a Branch Honse at She has imported especially for this occasi ft Assorturent of RECEPTION 1d 1 'UMES, DINNER and BALL DRESSEs. WRAPS, and BONNETS, all of which will very low prices WW AMSLE,. NEDWILL, 325 N. Charles st., Baltimore, Md., Will open at WILLARD’S HOTEL, Private Parlors, Feb. Sth, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, a larce 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. Ja23-16t NHE FEDORA DRESS SHIELDS AKE PRO- nounced by Messrs, WOODWARD & LOTHKUP asthe best in thei everywhere, ‘ON BRANDIS, AVE. ‘Tailor-made Gowns, Riding Habits, Evening and Street Costumes, etc., made at short notice Perfect fitand work, one fitting required. Reasonable prices. Formerly ‘with Lord & ‘Taylor, New York, and Wi, Baur & nai made. " jal9-1m* CLE. New York work of every descrip- stock. They have no = TABLISHM Ladies’ aud Gei ib, Velvet and Evening . ANTON OLINE LEKCH, formerly with A. Fischer riese, Puris. jazi “FU 923 ¥ And 1310 8th st. n. R’S DRY CLEANIN ‘AB- nts’ ed bene ripped. Ladies’ Evening Drease Thirty-five ‘TS, MADE UP OR RIPPED 6 black, — A. FISCHER, 906 G st. nw. ¥ RE’ White, Ash ‘OR ist cha sree nana ee iss Nut, = Broken, Sttamokin Stove, Red Ash Stove,” Lykens Valley Stove, 8. $8. Pine Wood, j ‘ial for las paovan we L020 L4ts Coat: Coxz: Wooo: JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta. Southwest. 1516 7th stn. w. 1740 Pa. ave.n. w. eee 1202 F st. n.w. 3d and K st.n. w. 1112 9th st. nw. HONEST MEASURE, FAIR DEALING, DELIVERIES AND REASONABLE made our business a success, CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F 8ST. N. W., Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds, Se ehoc at a Tawurance and Tat P ears Soap Fair white hands: Brightclear complexion Soft healthful skin. ~ PEARG'—T Get Eg Coma SUG Emo AUCTION SALES. ANCERY SALE 0} Deemoren PROPERTY, CaATOEE AND DW 1G. XQ. 2251, EIGH STREET, COR. GRANT A i ALSO. REAR PART OF LOT NIN! WRIGHT & cox’s, SUBDIVIDE C4 MOUN' WITH SMALL FRAME HOUS! LOTS IN “MONTELLO.” By vietanet o Gosree ant suuetomentel Gocnse by the Supreme Court of the District of Colum! es No. 10271 (Peters v: et. wei jon in frout offer for sale at public auction ises. respective On WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRU- A.D. 1889. st HALF-FART, FOUR O'CLOCK P. ber ‘and numbered EON AN) in dy Columbia and described in the original bil in this canse as cel No. ‘On THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FERRU- e an nom nets, ‘Mount Pleasant, haw the north 15 ting 0% lot numbered by a feet ne; claw the property dratriged the hwt in of the supplemental bill iu the above cause ON THE SAME DAY, AT HALF-PAST FOUR P. M., lot "numbered two hundred O'CLOCK P. and ten (210) in Maria Roberts’ subdivision of lot numbered se: ‘four (74) in J. B. Hawes’ subdivision of Mount Pleasant, as improved by house numbered 2251 8th street, corner brant ave, nue, &s same is described in the second paragraph of “"Ternp? One-third cash, to be paid on day ermer One on on ratification thereof by the court, balance in one and two years, with interest from da; property sold, or all cash, at oj deposit will be $100 on each piece; 6n each lot sold. ng irchaser's cost, complied with ip seven ys from day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell at risk and cost of default pur- chaser after five da) ing at 408 Sth st. ANDREW B. DUVA 25-fsmwkds 452 Louis __T0-MORROW. NSON BROS., NEARLY NEW THREE STORY AND BASEMENT ¥ DWEI NO. 1718 THIRTEENTH EN K AND RIGGS STREETS N vEST. On FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY EIGHTH, AT FIVE O'CLOCK, we will sell, in front of the prem: SQUARE 239, ses, SUB LOT. 2, fronting 18 feet on 13th sirect,and improved bya nearly-new brick dwelling (three stories and base- ment). 11 rooms and modern conveniences. This property is desirably located for a private residence or nvestiuent, convenient to street car lines, schools, and churches. ‘Terms—84,000 can remain on it fora term of years | at percent per annum, the balance in cash. “A de- posit of $200 will be required at sale. Conveyancing, c., at purchaser's cost. ‘Terms to be complied with in ‘lod the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, af Public notice of such resale 1p some new sued in Wasuington, D.C. DUNCA\ NEA KI THWE! By virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded among the laud records of the District of Coltunbia, in Liber L112, |, et seq., 1 will well, at public auetion, ¢ mives, on SATUR. six CARY, 1889, AT’ desctibea in the in said District, and known as Lot ion made by John H. Brewer and > OS. cash residue in two equal payments at one x 6 vg cent interest, pay- DY the notes of the’ pur- of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at option of purcher. Deposit of $1 yuired at time of sale. All conveyancing, &e., at chaser. Terms to be complied with in 10 days, or deposit forfeited, CHARLES H. CRAGIN, Jn, Surviving Trustee. fe6-d THOS. DOWLING, Auctioneer. IHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. EXECUTOR'S SALE OF FINE OLD MAHOGANY URNITURE, CABINET, ARM CH SOFA. TABLES, BOO! cost of pur- MBER FURNITU EINE HAIR MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS, OLD BRASS FIRE SETS. OLD OH LAMPS, BRUSSELS AND INGR: CARPETS, PLATED WAKE, CHINA, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, STOVES, KITCHEN BEQUI- Al SURVEYORS’ AND ENGINEERS’ FINE BRASS IN- LITES SURVEYORS CHAINS ETC, DRAUGHTSMAN'S TABLES, La’ co SADDLES, SIDE-SADD! TURE, ETC.. CAMP CARRIAGE FURNI- r JUIPAGE, SEVERAL AMMOCK, MESS CHESTS, LARGE TE! ETC., ETC On TUESDAY, FEBRUARY TWELFTH, 1889, AT TEN 0% CK" A. M. at residence No. 3053 U (or Road) street northwest, and known as “Montrose,” Georzetown Heights, I will sell the entire contents as partly enumerated above. ‘Term cash. _f5-dts USHN ELL & CARUS! Be erkise Brokers, 1008 F street northwest. > SALE OF NEARLY NEW DWELLING-HOUSE. ON MAR STREET, ‘DOR THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. BE N > 'S NORTHWEST, jOWN AS No. 1603, T LIC AUCTION. 2 virtue of a deed of trust, recorded in Liber No. of ne. — a ye —— a rict of fer for sale st public suction, in ONDAY. THE EIGH- ‘ARY, A. D. i889, at HALE ie ru C: «the of ground si! te in the city of Washington, D.C. known as Lot No. 124, in Ff me Carusi and William J. Mille 4 trustees’, subdivision in Square No. 444, as recorde AS ace re 5? aah ‘the District of Colum- in . page 161. ‘The lot is iuivroved Ly a nearly new brick dwelling house, coutaining seven rooms, including bath room, hot and cold water, gas, range and latrobe stove; cop- crete basement under whole of house. Terms: One-thi cash: balance in one and two years. Purchaser togive his notes for the deferred payments, bearing interest at rate of si ta r, payable semi-annually, and secured by a deed of ixisi Upon the property. Couveyauces at cost of pur Fein SU GENE CARUSE, GENE C. Trustees, WilLiaMs MILLER, } 486 Louisianaayenue, WILLIAMS & CO., Auct. d&de ALI F VALUABI REAL ESTATE IN ALEX- ANDRIA COUNTY. .. NEAR THE NEW FREE BRDGE AND ROSLYN By virtue of the decree of the cireuit court for Al- rendered on the 14th day of January, 1859, chancery case depending in said court, wherein Rosin Mackey. by her next et ., are complainants and Kicl B. Lioyd et als. defendants, the undersigned PLEASANT, | lays, otherwise the right reserved to resell, at | PPHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. — ULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FUR! HORSES. “CARRIAGES, BUacres, et On SATURDAY, FEBRUARY NINTH, 1889, com- menciug at TEN CLOCK: Within and in front of my Rouschold eflegta, vie = ‘One 81 Plate Mounted Mirror in bronae ‘One very valuable Ot Painting, Prenty amell Mtsrors, tty mo Engravings v Twenty paire Lace Curtains, jor, Chamber, and Dining-room Purnitare One very fine Walnut Sideboard E Brussels and Carpets, Ki ck ter press and Stand. Cooking and Heating Stoves. ALSO, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK SHARP, Four Fire-proof Safes, without reserve. ALSO, AT TWELVE O'CLOG Horses, Carriages, Bugiies, Wi Sleibs, rpuonas: DOWLING, Auctioneer. POSITIVE SALE BY CATALOGUE OF AN EXTENSIVE AND RICH CONSIGNMENT or 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 BUGS, PORTIERES AND EM- BROIDERIES. Mr. Dowling has been instructed by the importers to close this consignment out withcut hunit or reserve prior to their leaving for Turkey. The sale of this SUPERB COLLECTION will take place at my Auction Rooms WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY snd PRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 14 and 15, 1889, At 1] «. m.and 3p. m. each day. EXHIBITION, MONDAY and TUESDAY, FEB- RUARY 11 and 12. N. B—In order for parties to examine this superb collection thoroughly, I have given two days exbibi- tion; therefore, parties interested should take advan- tage of the opportunity. 16-6t THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. FT HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. cx VERY VALUABLE THREE-STORY FRAME DELI ING, NO. 121] TENTH STREET. NEAR EET NORTHWEST, AT AUCTION. On MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRU EIGH- TEENTH, 1889, at HALY-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK, in front of the all sell at public wuction, dwell proved by & T2U1 T0th et. uw. This property’ is lotated near 2 Ww. Thi y street and is a firvt-class location. Terms: One-third each, balance in 1 and 2 years with botes bearing interest and secured a deed of ys’ | trust, or all cash at option of purchaser: @100 deposit required at the time of sale. All cou’ and recording at purchaser's cost. rete iat *7e-2kds THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. IRUSTEE'S SALE OF HOUSEHOLD A’ _ eaten FURAN CARPETS ee ET Under and by virtue o ing dat mber 1 e. records of the reign trustee will offer at the corner of 10th and D n, D. C..on SATURDA! at TEN (10) 0" treets northwest, Washingto; FEBKUARY NINTH, 1859, A. M.. the following fiirniture uresus, wushstands, beds! mattresses, chairs, sofa, extension table, refrigerator, stove, kitchen table, real sand. pictures, buckets, rocking-borse, Kitchen, oe GEORGE 1. BILL, Trastee, LLIAMS K COL Ane” ; WAL’ PROPOSALS, —__ FFICE OF THE GEORGETOWN BARGE, DOCK, SoMPANT, WOCaE ELEVATOR AND RAILWAY COMPA, 27, PACIFIC BUILDING, WASHINGTON, 'D. C.— Sedled propomals will be received at this uutil TWELVE . ‘ FEB- t ICK NOON, of WEDNESDAY, a lor the Materials: Con- aA 4 C3 sil track: : ler street, in the city. tor ‘proposals will also be received for souskrostion ‘The right D.C. only, the company to furnish al] materials. is reserved to peject all bids For plans, speci- fications and detailed information. apply t FAMILY SUPPLIES. — Ow Pewsiore Winsxy (PURE RYE). For the Sideboard ft is the BEST, As it creates no Headache. For the Sick-chamber it is without a RIVAL, As it tseasily Digested. THOMAS RUSSELL, 1213 Penna sve, Best CRANTLATED SUGAR. Tipe. PER Best Kio Coffee, per 1b.; Java Coffee, 280, per Ib; Mocha and Java, 32c_ Perlection Mixed Tea, (excelling ali) 50c. per Ib. Best Sugar Cured Harun, 1h, “star of ‘the Baste taney guteat breneas Fie, “Star oi East,” y patent r barrel, S173 pers bul, socks per bbl: #1.50 per Phoice country roll For sale by n ‘url for ts. Hominy for 25c. postal card or call and see us if convenient, mre “ 4. T. D. PYLEs, 3a29-3m 412 4th st. THAT lovey UNFERMENTED GRAPi Sc. per bottle, Groceries = at - T]HE BEST GRANULATED SUGAR, Tio. juicy. fred to ive sa ‘or money refunded. Also a full line « cheap for the cash. NA POOLE, ty A POOLE MEDICAL, &. fe7 ANHOOD RESTORED BY USING | Me twoof Dr. BROTHERS’ In SSL as | REA corner to wi treatment eireu tical, Prt Calpenter 2 Soe mel os pa. aka DE youn OCLOCE , Mim front of the emer soe tn one of the most valuable ey 30 atone ofthe ity and dhould command the attention rey etn one ae ee a