Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1889, Page 11

A CHAPTER ON “FADs.” Something About the Fashionable Crazes of the Day. “Paps” THEORETICALLY DISCUSSED—THE CANINE “FAD” AND THE METHOD OF TINTING DOGS TO MATCH COSTUMES—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF “aps” AND THEIR PATRONS, Some very clever sort of a body—a man of course—who had an eye good humoredly on the whimsicalities of woman-kind, just as he, doubtless, had an irresistible penchant for her charms, scratched upon a window-pane, with a diamond, perhaps, away back in 1621, the fol- lowing sentiment: ‘Mea can no more know woman’: tears ‘Than by her shaflow jules what cloties ate wears.” If he thought there to rest his witticism with the consolation that the daughters of Eve were indifferent to derision. forgetful or forgiving, vainly lail he such flattering unction to his soul, for recently—late ‘tis true, but better so than never—a fair maiden of Columbia, with true Yankee combativeness, fired with a spirit of resentment, has replied that: “Women no more by clothes can man's mind tell ‘Than kuow by looks an ave from howling swell.”” Counting honors easy it is the object of this Paper merely to presenta chapter upon the prevailing “crazes,” the outcome of that love of novelty which has been catered to from time immemorial. And very merrily indeed and swiftly is the stream of novelty speeding along in the realms of fashion in these days. It is hardly the thing now to worship at the shrine of musty antiquity—the newand novel afford the newest charms. How delightfully charm- ing it is to be odd, and to be there’ the ob- served of all observers! Conditions are rapidly assuming the shape of the “late modern” i contra-distinction to the “early ancient.” Un- less checked the rage for the new will have eclipsed the passion for the old. Little absurd- ities are constantly creeping into fashionable emeles, ranging with the utmost abandon from the pinnacle of the quaintly-shaped, strangely- trimmed high hat to the cute canvas slipper, daintily tipped with patent leather. At times these passing crazes are exquisite and capti- Yating, at others the very embodiment of irrationalit A trifling hobby is the ides the: convey—‘fad” is the accepted term by whic! they are known. It isa word that seems to have come to Engiand from Nowhere and was accorded a gushing, rapturous welcome. “Fabs” THEORETICALLY DISCUSSED. Fortunately there are but few ‘-fads” the in- dulgence of which can be shared in by the fashionable of both sexes, otherwise they would Prove too general for rivalry and unprofitable as oddities. The whimsicalities enjoyed by women afford the utmost amusement and in- vite the sharpest satires from men, and vice Versa, at the little peccadilloes of men women level some of their keenest shafts of raillery. There are, however, vantage grounds upon which both sexes may meet and both sides revel in wild but entirely innocuous competi- tion. See the contest between cane and umbrella handles. The long, stout English ar- ticle in the way of a cane, caught amid-ship and carried, or conveyed, to speak more to the point, by a “fellah” from the club, has a rival— and one of the latest arrivals in Washington. too—in the long slender stick, elegantly wrought in gold and silver and hung with twisted tri-colored silken cords and tassels, with the mere intimation of a parasol or umbrella at the lower end. In some instances the umbrella adjunct is noted for its conspicuous absence, leaving a cane pure and simple; the “La T for instance. Like all extreme is latter innovation, if such it may . will move with the timidity and coyness of Mrs. Belva Lockwood's adaptation of the tricycle, but some trifling excuse for its use will be invented, and its general adoption will, in all probability, eventually ensue. Indeed it is already being utilized in a manner to give it practical advantages by an attach- ment of a whistle at one end and whip at the other. for calling and governing the pet poodle or pug. THE CANINE “rap.” Apropos to dogs—whose itimeracy as “fads” is as old as the hills—the strictly fashionable canine must have a strictly original name, in addition to the bow of ribbon sometimes seen tied to the tail close up to the body. Such a tinction is a matter of much importance in the establishment and maintenance of a pedi- gree. The dear _ may love him. and fondle him, and divide kisses between him and the other fellow, but to name him “Carlo” or “Prince” or “Dandy” any more is to stamp him at once and forever as a dog of low de- gree, Any name that may be equally happy in describing his own tone or temperament, or the tastes of the mistress, is the consumma- tion of art and ideality. A young lady living near Dupont circle, who glories in the possession of a pair of large dark brown eyes and a luxuriant growth of rich au- burn hair, owns a brown-bued spaniel which she appropriately calls “Sienna;” an- other lady, in army circles, has a lively, playful, chipper little black-and-tan she as named “Bijou,” and so on. It was once the thing to have my lady's le match my lady's costume. The name then was of minor importance, the craze being to have a perfect companionship of tints between costume and pet, If was mo doubt tough on poodle, nut if blue was to be worn he aast be tinted to correspond. Next day, should pink be the chosen color, Mr. Dog had to undergo a vigor- ous scrubbing with a certain kind of offensive chemical soap, dry-rubbed and decorated a del- ieate conch-shell hue. More estrangements between loving hearts, more wrecks upon courtship's tempestuous sea, more disruptions of contabial bliss can be placed to the credit account of the pet-dog “tad” than to any other known cause. More unholy anathemas have been heaped upon this ap of fondling than can be atoned for by ages of penance and contrition. When an indiscriminating girl selects a poodle for a pet and a dude for-a lover there is sure to be an intense hatred between the tw quently continuous warfar the poor fellow—the dude, not the dog—if he lets his angry passions rise when he puts his. arm about the fragile waist of his angelic iriend only to get his fingers nagged at by the teeth of a jealous and dogmatic rival? ABOUT GLOVES AND GLOVE “FADS.” While Amélie Rives-Chandler is trying to in- duce herself and the other portion of the world to believe that it would bes er thing to insti- tute 4 sort of step-cousin to the old Roman sandal made to fit separately over each toe like the | fingers of @ glove, « new and altogether oppo- | site “fad,” the fingerless glove, is about to | come to grief, This was orginally designed for dinner wear but fasbiou, thirsting for oddities, patronized and introduced it to the | outer world. The fingers were cut off a little | before the knuckles and the edges finished with fancy stitching. Rings could be displayed and | the fingers were at liberty for general use in | handling knives, forks, and spoons, and etting | ehange and car fare from the purse. This, it was discovered, was the very thing the street- | ear conductors had been using—without the | elaborate trimming—for years, so the novelty was destroyed and the “fad” undermined at the outset. A short time ago Mrs. Cleveland came near inaugurating unintentionally a “fad” which would doubtless, from the position of its dis- tinguished but altogether innocent author, have become a veritable idiotism, had not the natural course of events come to the rescue. From a continuous hand shaking at | her receptions her right hand is said to become swollen. necessitating the wearing ot larger and looser glove on that hand. “Fi worshipers seized upon the chance and the one large glove bid fair to be a genuine “craze,” but Mrs. Cleveland’s hand having recovered snd resumed its normal size the large glove was discarded and this particular would-be fashion killed stone dead. Weare told of » reception which was at- tended by three sisters whose gowns were | chaste and irreproachable in taste, while over each shapely arm was drawn a lo: suede differing in color from the other. rister wore a deep tan-colored hand and a plain black on the of see- ond had a delicate pink glove on the right and «un olive-colored one on the left hand, while the third wore respectively pale lemon and silver gray. The novelty. so far as novelties &0, Was startling and for awhile popular, but the funny fellows on the newspapers got in their work with a naivéte that killed the scheme asa “fad.” and it fell with one of their own graphic “dull thuds.” THE RAGE FOR PENDANTS. ‘The merry jingle of sleigh-bellsare as nothing to the rattle of pendants one sometimes hears on the Avenue as a bevy of society girls sweep One gore on one a _ -* =~ ‘Written for Tar Evewme Stam. JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON, The Last Individual Owner of the Mount Vernon Estate. INTERESTING SKETCH OF THE PASSAGE OF WasR- INGTON'’S HOME FROM THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY INTO MIS HANDS, AND THE CIRCUM- STANCES UNDER WHICH HE MET HIS DEATH. As everything associated, even indirectly, with the memory of George Washington ap- pears to command a continually increasing in- terest, the writer hereof having been in early life intimately associated with the subject of this sketch, assumes that the facts herein set forth, and especially those relating to the death of Col. Washington, which, it is believed, have never heretofore been properly presented to the public, may prove of interest as a matter of Fistor . The Mount Vernon estate, the home of Washington, was devised by —— Washington, who died in Stafford county, Va.. April 12, 1743, to Lawrence, the second son by his first wife, Jane Butler. Lawrence Wash- ington, who gave the name of Mount Vernon to the estate, in honor of Admiral Vernon, of the English navy, under whose command he served in the expedition against Carthagena, died in 1752, and under a proviso of his will it be- came the property of his half-brother, George, the oldest child of Augustine and his second Mary Ball. GENERAL WASHINGTON, who died December 14, 1799, left Mt. Vernon to his nephew Bushrod, a son of his brother John Augustine, and an associate justice of the Su- [sae Court, Bushrod Washington died jovember 26, 1829, without issue, leaving it in turn to John Augustine Washington, a son of his brother Corbin. John Augustine Washing- ton. soon after the death of his uncle Bush: removed to Mt. Vernon. where he resided until his death in June, 1832. After the death of his widow Mt. Vernon became the property of his son, John Augustine, whose name appears at the head of this notice, COL, JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON was born May 3, 1820, at “Blakely,” the resi- dence of his father, in Jefferson county, Va., now West Virginia. He married in February, 1842, at “Exeter,” Loudon county, Va., Eleanor Love. daughter of Wilson Carey Selden, esq. He had issue, two sons and five daughters, all of whom are now living, and all married save one daughter. He resided at Mt. Vernon until a short time prior to the late war, and until it ssed into the possession of the ‘Ladics’ Mt. ernon association,” under the control of which it is still,held. On the breaking out of hostilities between the states Col. Washington became a volunteer aide, with the rank of colonel. on the staff of Gen. Rob’t E. Lee, and was killed September 13, 1861, while conducting a reconnaisance on the turnpike along Elk Water river, about 9 miles northwest of Huttonsville, Randolph the other “fellahs” at the club where he and his Bertie Vi in “To be chic in conversation isan attribute much admired,” says Kate Catherwood, “in either the man or the woman in society.” A generous sprinkling of slang is admissable nowadays to enliven the small talk of the hour, and s new phrase that is itive is welcomed with itive delight. But latest, ‘In the soup,” falls upon the ear with somewhat of an odd effect—t agh it is simplyan e a form of the old popular much “left.” political candidate, the hindmost horse in a race, the unfortunate ay og in bank meng < the faro kind especially; in fact, mishaps o! sorts are referred to technically as being ‘in the soup.” Possibly it arises from the fact that most people under trying circumstances are looked upon as being in hot water. The expression for a novelty, but is doubtless the —_ bgt yrg ml a which our grandames et when they flew off at a tangent or our qranisizes fell into occasionally when out on a lark. There is growing tendency toward the introduction of ight French or German accent into common confabulation now. Girls who indulge in this “craze” are called “Amer- ico-foreigners,” sometimes they have to hesitate to recall a word of the poor old mother only trouble in the world with is that the owner is aptto forget — English as she is spoked,” and ely to “think foreign as she is Chestnut” has been frozen completely out, and the word “dusty,” which is almost as meaningless, substituted. If you want to ex- press admiration for anything, from a stylish equipage to a gilded hair-pin, you need only to say: ‘“Ibere is nothing dusty about that.” Just how “chestnut” was significant it is hard tosay. There seems to be something quite “dusty” about this. THE COMPLEXION “PAD.” With the close of the outing season went the brown, healthy complexion those girls acquired who rusticated in the country or lolled about on the sands of the seashore, The stay-at- homes had to have a color, too, and invented the tennis skin.” Nor did the “fad” stop there, the artistic sense of nature had to be out done. If the hue of the hair could be changed by chemical means—a “fad” of long standing and numerous devotees—why not the skin? We read of a Minneapolis artist who 1s doing a thriving business now by ‘touching up skins to order.” He advertises freely, and his ‘‘ads” read simply, “Handy will paint your skin,” and this he does with great artistic skill to match a certain tint or costume. It is no new fact that some women, slaves to variety, chose to be and appear asa brunette one night and a blonde the next. The skill of the hair hairdresser lends itself easily to this vagary, and the art of the skin-colorer puts on the ishing touches to—what might be called—the picture, estimation ell Samvelnen eet et matter that a man or woman is a fore’ That isnoexcuse, i only they arrived, bul gave the lad a new suit of clothes and a bi of articles, Even the pocket Bible she had given to her son Johnnie was included in the bundle. Then with many words of advice to the motherless boy she sent him on his way overcome with gratitude, trary is the case does not know English poets, and by his contention will pPove himself one of the class of persons whom English people would I do not suppose there are a people on of the earth who are so i id Dr. he “John,” Davenant to one of his clerks whom summoned to his private “you've been working all winter d a vacation.” It not the habit of the senior member of the wealthy firm of Davenant, Haviland & Co. to say much to his employes aside from necessary instructions, there was some eerat se some man's look and tone as said: id: hardly think I can afford one.” “Oh, I mean that it shall be in the way of business, so your salary will go on all the same. I've bought a place in’ Milford, Conn., and I want you to see about some repairs that are needed, Are you acquainted in that part of the country?” “I ought to be,” cried the young man, with kling eyes, “Why, I was born in Milford, living there until I was fourteen, and know a and crook in it, In what part of the town did you buy’ “In the southern part, on the river. It is called the old Roberts place, I believe.” “It's the old homestead, where I spent the happiest part of my life. Mother's maiden = was Roberts; property came through er. biped not myer to their wai Bag ‘nglish peop! What th countries do ome in thi pec thy is of no interest or significance to them, The rules of society in England are the only correct ones, and no one has any business to act differently than as they command or direct. There isa vast army of anglomaniacs who come to England every year, who, lam pain- fully aware, imagine that they could not make amistake in English society. Now, it is very well to assert that the characteristics of a a are the same the world over. 80 ey are. No one doubtsit. But the ways of exhibiting these charact Iu no two countries are the ways identical. Perhaps, in diplomatic life, you may find Englishmen id Frenchmen, Russians and Spaniards, Ger- mans and Italians, Americans and Austrians, Japanese and Chinese, all comporting them- selves in obedience to one studied governing code of manners and conduct. But nowhere else will you observe it. It may be that in a general way the usages of polite society in every civil- ized country are, if not identical, very similar. Full at. evening entertainments is one. ‘Taking off your hat in the presence of a lady is another. Returning calis, answering nyitations, being punctual at a dinner party and things of that sort, But for a man to sup- pose that because he knows these general fun- damental principles of good breeding he is a master of all the details which in each country go to make up the social life of each, is simply absurd. His knowledge of these general ruies of allcountries does not inform him of the many subordinate regulations and customs of England any more than it does of those of Portugal or China, The usages and customs of English life are in many particulars ay differ- ent trom those which we obtain in America as usages and customs can be. It has been my iortune to come in contact The speaker's voice trembled with suppressed emotion, but if Mr. Davenant noticed it he did not seem to do go. “It is a beautiful place. I don't see how yor could make up your mind to part with it.” “It was nota matter of choice, sir, It was mortgaged at the time of father’s death. For some time mother kept up the interest, but at last @ series of misfortunes, in the way of sick- ness and bad core, obliged her to le: ere is she living now?” ‘She is living in a little cottage that I hired for her in a town adjoining Milford; so I shall have an opportunity of seeing her if I go.” “I want to shuts et a trusty, competent woman to NUMEROUS OTHER “FADS.” county, W. Va. ;. | With Americans in Bhgland; both gentleman and | take charge of the plese, as Ldon't expect to There are “fads” innumerable--large “fads,’| Col. Washington was a graduate of the uni- | jadies, anglomaniace included, [ can cundidly | be there myself more than two or three weeks versity of Virginia. and was a man of fine natural parts as well as a gentleman of culture, of a warm, impulsive temperament and gener- ous nature. In manners and hospitality a veritable type of the site gentleman. The following facts connected with THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS DEATH were recently related to the writer by Col. J. H. Morrow, late third regiment, Ohio volun- teers, who commanded a brigade of four regi- ments under Gen. George B. McClellan in the West Virginia campaign at the time. and in whose arms Colonel Washington expired and with whose permission I make this statement. small “fads” and “fads” that have grown gray im harness, The wearing of rings on the thumb, which failed to fully materialize—the “fad” of having live pets which domesticate themselves about the house and make life to others a burden; the literary “fad,” which in- volves strolling lazily xbout with a large cloth- bound book clas: in hand, never a word of which is read—the Derby-hat --fad,” which im- parts severity to the face—and the hundred and one others which go to make up a good tion of the ultra society girl's stock in trade. Perhaps, after all, these feminine fancies com- bea the poetry of life. und life would indeed ull did not a scrap of poetical sentiment- ality ereep in between the prose phragraphs here and there, THE MEN ARE GIVEN TO IT, TOO. Not all the fads in the catalogue are the out- come of women’s whims—the men have theirs as well—if not more so. Stroll along Pennsyl- vania avenue afternoons, or up Connecticut avenue Sunday, and watch them closely, or see them standing about the theatcr end hotel fronts, or cast an eye upon them as they leave the play between acts—take them anywhere you find them, and ascertain the proportion upon whose backs you can chalk “Fad—inquire within.” Men with ‘fads” are aa common as trees; and later a chapter will be given on the “fads” of men, Horseshoes Without Nails. From the London Times, The ordinary method of shoeing horses is, under the most favorable circumstances, a tedious operation, and one, moreover, which not unfrequently results in temporary or even permanent injury to the foot. Indeed, it has been asserted by a eminent authority that out of every forty horses shod annually one dies from the resulta of pricking. Moreover, the ordinary shoe attached in the ordinary way is not adapted to horses with cracked or brittle hoofs. For horses employed by an army in the field the hitherto practiced mode of protecting a horse’s hoof is particu- larly unsuitable, owing to the appliances re- quired, and, above all, the time required. A cavalry patrol is surrounded by hostile parties, and can only accomplish its work and escape capture by vigilance and speed. The latter ix necessarily much affected by the occasional casting of @ shoe, which takes time, which cannot be |. for replacing. Again. a train of seus is either accompanying a force on a forced march to the front, or is rapidly retiring to ese capture. ' The loss of a say that { have never met anyone who passed for any length of time as English. ‘Those who did atall were very few in number. While the majority disclosed their nauonality at once, the few I mention, by a studied imitation of English manner,speech and accent,munaged to keep up the decepiion fora short time. But the English eye and ear, doubtless thrown off guard: by Poole-cut coats and Redfern made gowns, and, theretore, for a space not on the alert, soon regained their wonted keenness of | Perception and then the mask fell off. Sooner or later something betrayed the fraud. And it Was not so much in speech or accent, which had apparentiy been studied and tairly ac- quired under a competent coach. as in some decidediy American and decidediy un-English wcuon that the American cat was alowed egress from the frague and counterfeit English bag. T remember some years ago an American lergyman, who, through the introduction of sdiual friends, was received into some of the ighest and best English society. He was very uuch liked, aud was je a good deal of in vue way or another. He did not pose as an Kuglishman, it is true. A seenung.y uncon- querable habit of rattling bis tinai r’s, as well us an apparently invincible inclination to say “Why, yes,” and “Why, no,” on every possible occasion, wouid have precluded the possibility of any success on his purt if he had tried to do so. And his admiration for England and things English was unbounded, and to stand weil with and to be thougut well of by English people, especially with those with whom be was asso- ciating, was his constant aim and desire, He was thought well of and did stand high in the estimation of his English friends. Butiam free to confess thathe would have been thought better of and would have stood higher had he not, when at meals, laid down his knife on his plate and gone on eating with his fork in his righthand. This may seem triiling, aud no doubt it is, but, all the same, it will give away an American every time. At any rate, it will show that the person is not English. Of course, in saying this, I do not refer to the habits of ‘the middle classes, about which I must admit my ignorance. On another occasion another American clergy- man, @ well-known man in New Yorg, had been most hospitably entertained at one of the southern country towns by some ladics of rank and position living there, and, wishing to make some small return, he invited the \e8 to tea with him at his hotel. Upon their arrival within his comfortable fire-lit sitting-room on @ chill autumnal evening, he kindly suggested: » ‘Ladies, won't you remove your sacque: Iwas not present, so did not hear it, but £ in the summer, like to do so?” John's face flushed with surprise and pleas- ure. Perhaps your mother would “She would like nothing so well, sir; nor ey you get any one that would suit you bet- + “Very well; then it is settled that you start to-morrow morning. Here is some money, and youare todrawon me if youneed more. I want you to buy a good horse and a cow and some other things that you will find on this list, It is my intention to start a branch office in Milford for the sale of our manufactures, and put you in charge of it, But I will attend to that myself when I come on in June.” Mr. Davenant was as good as his word, reach- ieee about the middle of that month, John going to the station to meet him. The young man was too animated and excited to notice his companion’s grave, preoccupied alr. “I don’t believe there was ever a happier woman than mother, now she has got back to her old home,” he said, as they came in view of the house, Strangely conflicting feelings filled Mr. Da- venant's heart as he alighted at the gate. Here he had stood a homeless, outcast boy | fifteen years before, The same sunset hues burned brightly in the western sky; on every side were ke same bloom and verdure. And there was the same gentle, meek-browed wo- man—somewhat older, leasant smile upon her face—coming down e path to meet them. “It is your house, bid me welcome,” to her greeting, this paper.” The paper that Mrs. Wilson took into her not mine, to which you id Mr. Davenant, in reply ‘as you will see by examining out in her own name. “I don’t understand it,” she faltered, lifting her eyes to those that were looking at her through grateful tears. “Perhaps this will make you understand it more clearly,” said Mr. Davenant. placing in pocket Bible, on the fiy-leaf o! which was written: “To John Wilson from hi affectionate mother. ‘Remember thy Creator in the = of thy youth,’” Beneath it, in bolder and more recent char- acters, were the following: “Cast thy bread | upon the waters and thou shalt find it after many days.” The accompanying diagram will aid in a better understauding of the topographical features of the vicinity of the occurrence. The old state turnpike road ran from Bra toll-gate, or Brady's gap, as the point was also designated, and, as shown on the diagram, along the val- ley, following the course of Elk Water river, and being on low ground, was subject to over- flow from the river in seasons of high water. On this account a new pike had been constructed on higher ground, and on this new road, at some distance below Brady's gate, General Lee had established his headquarters. The bluffs on the opposite side of the river from the old At Night. From the Argosy. At night, when work is done, ‘mid shadows gray shoe or two by the leading teams | road had been heavily picketed by Federal sol- | 2, wo ladies laughing condescond-| ,.atasrken may produce laméness, and either delay | diers for several miles, extending from Col. ioe becker huioredly, over tae pee kee ee ee the whole train or cause the particular teams | Morrow's camp below, very nearly if not quite | ¢fiow's benighiedness. ‘The flaws were many | Sweet sounds come back again to which we used | among which the accident occurs to fall into | Up to Brady's gate. Owing to the mountain-| i) th short and single sentence, In the tirst to hearken, the bands of the enemy, or, at all events, pre- ite cee country, Gen- | piace, no English geutleman (except ina politi- At night! vent the arriving at the proper time of @ por- | eral Leg was imperfectly informed of the loca- | Ca) oeech at elivery of which Primr tion of the stores. By means of cold shoting | ton of the Federal forces, and in order to | Gay,Prech Mane, gelivety of which Prunrove | ae nignt, tough we are old, and the gray shadows the necessity ofaforge is avoided. Still the | Obtain reliable information in this regard, ing opposite sex as “ladies.” It would be “Mrs. ‘This or That,” or “Lady the other,” or both names repeated; but never ladies” ina bunch, In the next place, the stilted and pedantic “remove” would in an Englisnman’s mouth become “take off;” and lastly, “sacques” would be “jackets.” ‘rifling matters ag: perbaps some people will think. Possibly they are. Yet directed Colonel Washington, with a detach- ment, to proceed up the new road to the forks at or near Brady's gate and thence down the old road, cautioning him not to venture be- yond a certain point. Washington, however, it appears, probably actuated by over zeal and anxiety to be able to report valuable informa- tion, went beyond the poiut indicated. His system of cold shoeing, to be thoroughly ef- fective, requires a certain amount of training on the part of each dragoon or driver, and the shoeing operation involves considerable ex- penditure of time. The difficulties and objec- tions inseparable from any of the existing a are particularly felt by an army in the ie e to us that shore where there is no more ht; Sometimes there come again sweet airs of child- s Dg, At night! At night we two may sit in shadow, open- hearted; Long since the time has passed when hope was all . iti t such little dr id grains of in sight! They are obviated by the system of the Nail- | movements along the entire route on the old | Lug Ant of sociallife cadcustorn cinch ioake tee | SoCUy we sing whe songs of happy days de less horse shoe company. ‘To explain the exact | road were, it seems, fully observed by the | Dighty ocean and pleasant lund of the angle. parted, nature of the system without diagrams is im- | pickets, and immediately after he finally started | MS itY rea ite meslees toe pen kee At night! [yeep epee bore eerie: het emg volley was delivered from the | can to wear Poole-made coats, to carry a tightly | Atmight the cricket's voice sounds through the pier -< jine be wd ego = : ¢ shoe os rolled up silk umbrella on sunny days, to screw shadows dreary; the hoof, well above the coronet, from one ex-| from his horse, which galloped acy with the | ores G7e;stase into one eve, to have his | Our somes, slast like his, have nelther charm 008, » " X- | from jorse, Which galloped away wi 1 | horses’ tails docked and squared, to stick cock- J tremity of the heel to the other, and is kept in rctreating escort, He wasapparently the only | ade# on his servants’ hats, to come over and | W® ouly rest and sing, hushed hopes and voices hie hoof and connecting the toe of the | One stricken by the volley. Colonel Morrow | hire # country house every year in eeesyeres ian At night! shoe with the center of the band. There are | Stites that he was standing but a short distance | 2rive hartge yah — et raeenp ee wo ——eoe. a sleo thres small studs—sitnated one at the too | from where Washington fell, and hurried to |" ostead wot to know what the “Glorious The Modern Newspaper. 4 aiegiahe i the spot and discovered him to be an officer of | ” | ee a = ae reel ioe rank, He knelt by him and raised him so as to | Fourth” means or who was born on February | From the New Haven Register. 22, to affect disdain for people who work and to'have his crest and coat of arms on every- thing that belongs to him, unless he takes the trouble to study and to master these-self-same little drops and little grains of knowledge. eareeeetistorGliigC a China Awakening. From the Scottish American. Although there is no doubt that in early ages China was the most advanced of all nations in art, science and general civilization, for cen- turies it has in this respect been asleep, and has been retrograding while other nations have been rapidly advancing. Now, however, it would appear that China has awakened from its long stupor, and has resolved, if possible, to take its place in the march of progress, It has opened its eyes and perceives the great advan- tages to be derived from European civilization, and has thrown off the lethargy in which it has been so long enwrapped. Instead of the Con- fucian theorizing, which has prevailed among enable him to recline against his breast, and directed one of his men, standing near, and who wore a felt hat, to run and fill it with water from the stream. Col. Morrow bathed | the wounded man’s forehead and endeavored to press water between his lips from a saturated handkerchiet; but he could not swallow, as blood was flowing from his mouth and nose, and in a few moments later he was dead. The dead officer wore a valuable ring, a pin in his shirt bosom, and a gold watch and chain. These Colonel Morrow removed, and also took possession of his swordand rapes and ordered @ new ambulance, under his control, to be brought at once from camp, in'which he had the body placed and taken to his headquarters, near by. _Not (Pe after, Gen. William L. Loring, bear- ing @ flag, and accompanied by a two-horse wagon. arrived from Gen. Lee’s camp in order to obtain possession of and remove the body. It was then that Col. Morrow learned the name of the officer who had fallen, and with whom, In answer to a caustic criticism made from the pulpit by the Rev, Mr. Costa, of New York, upon the policy of the Mail and Express in printing a scriptural quotation in each issue, at the head of its editorial columns, and else- where giving all the sporting news of the day, Col, Shepard, the editor of that paper, says: “TI am at a loss to see how a newspaper, which should be a mirror of the busy worl and all its affairs, could get along without re- porting wey, of these things which it may not approve, and yet which do exercise very great ultitudes of our fellow-beings.” This comment is doubly interesting; first be- cause it isan admirable statement of a fact which every editor recognizes the truth of, and second, because it marks the passage of the reverend colonel by og mile iter oy of news| experience. ne just What" tho events of the day mabe it Lite's mirror it reflects the doings and thoughts of to position. Among the advantages claimed by the inventors are the following: A man after a minimum of instruction can, with the aid of a hammer or even a stone; affix this shoe in about three minutes, as against the fifteen or twenty minutes at present needed; the shoe allows of full expansion of the hoof; it permits the natu- ral growth of the frog, thus providing a remedy against slipping or jarring; it is as durable and as light as, while it is cheaper than, the ordi- nary shoe. The extensive practical trials to which this system has been subjected have given satisf Its, — <a How a Pawubroker Came Out. From the Chicago Tribune. “I would like to see some diamond rings,” said a foppish young man with a dainty man- ner of speech, entering a three-ball emporium on Halsted street, near Taylor. “You would, eh?” said Mark, the proprietor, to himself, as he traveled along his counter mankind, It is called upon each , it happened, he had been personally well ac- | the mandarins from time immemorial, schools | chronicle news which the editor may regret — dep etellee hes ne —— FP quainted when connected with the steamboat | 44 colleges are being established for teaching | the necessity for publishing; it must criticise service between Washington and Aquia creek. Gen. Loring desired to transfer the body from the ambulance to the wagon, but Colonel Morrow kindly insisted upon his taking the ambulance, when Gen. Loring’s driver sprang upon the box, taking the reins, with Col. Mor- row sitting beside him, and in this manner the Seg es en to Gen. Leo's headquarters. The watch and chain, with ring and pin, were turned over to Gen. Loring, ter the , and modern sciences and their application to human industries; and these institutions are overcrowded with young men most anxious to learn. Already the Chinese coast is P aajeranae with what is conceded as best light-house service in the world. it ph wires construc- China thousands of miles of te! tion of vast rail systems has commenced. individ whether it will or not; it must eve the news of the churches and of the po! court; it must attend happy marriages and mournful burials; it must catch the sunlight and contrast it with the shadows of life; it deals necessarily with all conditions of men and their constrasted doi A newspaper man, just like any other paen, Sees more from the deligh than the distresstwh side of the most genial manner, “Anyding you vant, sir, youshall haf.” The yo man quickly chose » with a carat’ single stone of prime nd re- quested that it be kept apart for him, as he had no money at that moment, Marx cleared — the tings, * when the = man, suddenly ning over the counter, in t upon ala be ett are being erected every year, and the shelf where the chosen ring sho railroad shel a resol compels him to face facta and until his return. In the movement his elbow | sword and pistols were delivered to Gen, J, J, | Lt has also resolved to improve and enlarge its | life, but his duty compel ites, But | write about them, his preferences aside, He — ee he fase of th oye Reynolds, La 8. A., now retired, who, at that leaves it to the reader o choose between the time, was also serving in Gen. McClellan’s command. he, “that awkward trick. I do not know what to say. Twornton A. Wasuinaton. mass of news daily served him in You may add the damage to the price of the He asks no one to follow him in aes The Way. aspect waken- a em the nla eae should dis- ” a come Ww! ni i wits sokae DN gene, Vlg daahs mae, MATE, | hece tne nshte truth concncntan Us sg vhieh ent ing of tho Celestial and of their pres qziminate between the faithful newspaper and now?” “ L s oe — L s Wh funds,” I lay within a little dusky wood, to other nations. The Chinese nation ber | the blame for e of Fitts = hast Bory na the dis- |" Widdrawn from men; the ‘noonday sunlight nearly four hundred millions of People. A belongs, “You will egscuse me if I correct you,” the o' hood | #tanding army of one men is constantly blandly replied the broker, and, bending over million maintained. Now it is worthy of considera- the case, he seized the protruding end of a $20 2 by. Asa rule, though. the single pendant is in favor, the tin ‘cil and card-case, a vinai- grette sus] a twisted nickel or corruscated silver chain. a tive watch—over which the dumb-watch erally has the advantage of baving the time certainly correct twice in every twenty-four hours—was for a while to be seen uniquely set in an artfully conceived bracelet worn over the sieeve instead of upon the bare wrist. Lately, however, this same little watch has been trans- ferred from the bracelet to the cane or um- brella handle, into the head of which it is cun- ningly inserted. This portion of the “fad” field is common pri 20 to for not only has the indolent belle, when wishes to tthe time, merely to turn the hand, fitorally® bat the 1 id dude can know within ap hour of be may be expected by tion what an force it would be bill and plucked it from the young man’s vest if that army was only up to the modern stand- r3 ket, The “How shall I find the way?” I said to him; Thus without words my heart o’erfreighted He eneveret: “In the tide Borne by its waves, Into the migury pence Ye shall ‘They Teach People to Do Things. From the Indianapolis News. The advantage of technical schools has been illustrated im Crefeld, Germany, where over $1,000,000 has been spent on its lower schools, and $250,000 on a special weaving school. It has doubled its population nd quadrupled its but with the same | Vaseline Pomad | trembling hand was a deed of the place, made | Wiitinun' Kone Tooth BAKING AL "Bowper ABSOLUTELY PURE It is a scientific fact that the ROYAL BAKING POWDER is absolutely pure. It is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable Baking Powder offered to the public. }ENRY A. MOTT, M.D.,Ph.D., Late United States Gov't Chemis*. _WINTER_RESORTS. : Mr TEAM b cIrr, Maret ‘i. ear the beach. o8-1m y hatornechen Under £21-203m NPE RESORT, NCESS ANNE, miles east of NORFOLK, VA. accessible by NORPOLE AND VIRGINIA BEACH BR. Rand om @irect line between the North aud South. A primeval pine forest of about 1,000 acres, with beautiful drives and walks, Asa bealth resort it bas uo superior. Address 3. W. aLMY, Or 8. E. CRITTENDEN, Gste of Hygeia Hotel, O14 g Comfort, Va.), 44 Brosdway, New York (Reom 4) S)e2O-ettboan hae Fe We LERMAN. isso, TH Per: -_, PRENIER FLOUR OF AMERICA, a. F. S. Waiu1s & Co. DRUGGISTS, UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE, Corner 9th and F st. nw. Are selling at wholesale to their retail customers. We carry the miner. of DRUGS, CHEMICALS, AN] PATENT MEDICINES in the city. You are sure of wetting them pure and tresh. as we deal dis rectly with the manufacturers and retail at actual wholesae prices. | md Pacific and Lilinois avent rca = 1 dozen 1-grain Capeu! fy S [SE OCT SORA FRB A GAVE AE 2-erain Capen! NHE Vii RIA, OCEAN END. & a’ } dozen © in Caj ze tocnen iy 100 Sprain Capsules. ” gh Diet Say Ristorante 1 dozen Cay 2 Tee | “Se: x 100 Finis Quinine, fe Soe | 7p HE aca Hin base Bele Retens — OF kes tUgey ive. && -2u MJ. STODDARD, Allcock's Porous Plasters. 15 r » THE BEACH, German Porous Plaster Fd 1 ASUS OTE F- a Serer vee a oeih tavemnors yer's Hair Vigor. $2 QEASIDE HOUSE, Ayer's Cathartic Pil 8 SUSILANTIC CITY, N. J. Always Boviuine’ sandl size a3 oo Blevator und svar other co esac $3 292 Stawsic cane 7 ROTRIA” BOLESOEE ‘e ruj ric . Brown's Jam. Gi 35 $0 Alicusee, Cottages, Lote and Buth-Hicuses to let Willies” : 8 jorasie br UG. ADAMS & CU. real steal Benson's F3 25 Entateand Law Buildings, Auautic City, Nd. £1 Gaucure’ Soup. |b a ene, Sabicure Renolvent = 299 | ‘Moved to the Beach. umere juet 2 x % 2. ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. Cait jo BB UASURI ARSED OCEAN VIEW, 35 Selt Water bathe in the house. % eens é a fem = ROBERTS & SONS. Cal jiornia big Syrup EL oo 7 ‘EL LURAY, y's Cream Bali ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Beach, Eflervescing brow ab Fellow’ Syrup Hypo Will open February 16,1000. 3 WHTLE, TY1-2mn Hovtetter PET os Hood's Sarss; _ pee ars, Fz... Cee Beate: ore SNES HOOD, Acid Phospiiu Hof's Malt ( lot's Malt (Kisner's hres" Serpe WAVERLY, ATLANTIC CITY, ¥.3. Open all the yea jouse; sun purlors. Airs. J. L. Dee ceneyene. Se kat Sud. Virvinis ave. Atlantic City, ¥. J, jrou Bitters. per Botth Mellin's Food, ween Hong the year. bacelient Cutrine Lear's Soap, per C 4 —" Pond’s Extruet, per buittie 50 ae SS Pieo's Courh — yruy Ro 1 HE ISLESWORTH, ATLANTIC CITY, Lrussian Cough Syrup 25 On the beach, sca end of Virginia sve, Parker's Hair Balan 50 WILL OFEN FEBKUALL 4. TSSD, 300 | _sa14-6m BUCK & McCLELLAN, * 3 y1NIEK AND SPRING RESORT. EATON COT: eet i eS 4 Wie mod old tans Seton: EATON OOF, pele 1 Oo | Per day; $10 per week aud upwai 3.8) 4 75 | om” GLOBGE BOOKER, Proprietor. pant loo — << 100 Tarrant Itzer Aperient. 100 Vaseline, Pure, 3 10 | Vaseline, Pure. lar Os 15 | Vaseline, Pure, the larves: 15 F3 10 is * Pro jor “Enwines, aS at the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, rey partment, Washington, D.C.” until Williams’ Beet OCLOCK AM, MAKCH TWENTY-THD and the Best... 60 slily. ofeued tne Wilbor's Cod Liver Gif aiid Lin oe deliv Williams’ Phosphats Aruaneton & 5: Davidson's Ai: (res) in pint bottles, 70 Pun aud Condenser. Blank proposals, with epeciB- lo cations and description uf the abuve, cau be ilijams' Comp. Sarmuparills. 2) Upon application to the Buresu or to the wder, Fo 4 Storekeeper at Navy-yard, Washington, The * Quinie ane ius Hail 50 cided by lot The Departinent reserves the right to PRESCRIPTIONS. reject any proposal not Ventaweous to the 1 nut Our_prices for prescriytions have been ee Tropertion to r gvods. We use onl! jruge and chemicais trom the mo t rousble turers, We cheertully ‘this department by the pny Dov't mistake the place—1BE B1UKA, Uuder Masoute Lenples jal7 Govermunt. J. U_B_N. £23-lawdw * ‘Carriage Shap Washlugtiou Novy Vand Februney uu Navy = indorsed “J for TEMPLE DRUG corner ¥thand F ete F. 8. WILLIAMS & CO., Proprietors, Coats Park y reaiter, to turn! ver, at the 2 Settine in borivg wodline machiues, Lear cuiter, 3 horizontal boring q fg machives; 2 lathes.) uuiveres! uidling tuschine, ; machine bert aud Usrrecepenten Arrraction OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED, LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. 1 the Legisisture in 1868 for Edu- cational and Charieeble PURPOSES, and ite franchise hunde # part of the present State Constitution in 137% by un overwhelming popular vote. Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Semi- ually. (dupe December), and its GRAND 5 GLE NUMBER DRAWINGS iake (lace i each of the other ten wouths of the year, au all drawn ia public, at the Academy of Music, Orleans, La, FAMED FOR TWENi¥ YEARS, FOR INTEGRITY OF ITS DRAWINGS, AND PROMPT PAYMENT OF PRIZES, Attested as follows: rity thet we aupervise the arrange- ently and Semin nnwal Draweiner tery Company. and in poram manage and contro. the Dr icinon themacives, and that therame arecondurted with homesty. vatrarse, and 1% good faith tows d a! partica, and we authorize the pany t use thy ort jicwe. with fac-miles of our sig- Nacures adiacied, tn tte adver Cave KOPOSALS FOR TAKING DOWN Ofsce of Public Buildiugs and Gi ‘ar Ecperet, Washington, D OC, January 21, bropeaain, iu duf Heate wil, be rece office untal NOON MONDAY, FEBLUARY TW FIFTH, 1859, tor taking down the Latayette and Frankitu van be obtained An- IN- =—=——_—— ——_ STABLISHED 1814. TAL, $300,000. SURPLUS toxp, 255,000. NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK OF WasH- INGTON, 613 15th st., opposite U. 8. Treasury. 4. W. THOMPSON, GBURGE HE. B. WHITE, President, Casier. tug Business, J* W. CORSON. JNO. Ww. MTT. Member B. ¥. CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F 8T. le Bankers and Deslers in Goverument Bonds ‘We. the wn ed Bank: and Bankers will prizes drawn tn The Lowisiana State Lotteri may be presented @ our evunters. BR. M. WALMSLE? PIERRE LANAU: BALDWIN, CARL Koi all chick Deposits. Exchange. Loupe. Collections. Railroad Stocks and ties = A yi of ip madecea eer haiced Ca Tt DS egbone Stock dealt GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING Bell T AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, MARCH 12. 1889 CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000. 100,000 at Twenty Dollars Sa pave $10; Quarters, $5; Tenths, ¢2; Twentieths, @: LIST OF PRIZES. PRIZE OF $300,000 RIZE © e Feige RIZE 4 _~= BR. FAVA, JR, & 00, 4 *By00 = Architects and Civil OF U0 is., PRIZES OF 10,000 are. bois OF &,000 are.. LUZES: 19-1m* Te You Waxr Taz 1420 OF 1, are. 0) are. 8,134 Prises, amounting to.......... ... ullcd'to Zerminal Prizes, “st Ps seer nae om ee Seer ees pid ru ow fork A few of those fine Prince Albert Suits left st §13.75; 40. And Overcoats at €4.65, @5, @6. and 66.50: perfect Deauties; worth from $12 to $20 each. Children's Suits. from 4 to 14 years, at @1.37, $1.62, 91.87, and @2; the finest quality at $2.25, 2.50, @R and 63.50; worth from @6 to $10. ‘Men's Working Pants, 73c. Splendid All-wool Dress Pants st $1.50, 61.75, an@ -81.054.800 are noten-