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6 CITY AND DISTRICT. © Every one who wants to hire help or find a situation, buy or sell real estate, let or hire houses er rooms, find work or workers, borrow or lend money, or offer or find bargains of any kind, should use and consult the second and third pages of Taz Stan. They constitute a perfect daily history and directory of the minor needs and activities of this community, and each new advertisement therein is as well worth reading as any other department of the Paper. . East Washington’s Candidate. ‘THE NORTHEAST ASSOCIATION INDORSES MR. 8. C. CLARKE FOR A COMMISSIONERSHIP. At « meeting of the Northeast Washington association last night, Mr. W. C. Dodge pre- siding, Mr. E. B. Stocking, of the Southeast as- sociation spoke, urging a united effort by East Washington to secure the commissionership and he asked the association to indorse Mr. G. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. F. Dawson, with Mr. S. C. Clarke as a second | Political choice of both associations. After considera- ble discussion a resolution was adopted recom- mending Mr. 8. C. Clarke as a candidate for a commissionership. A committee, com of Messrs, W 8. H. Walker, Dr. Thomas Taylor, T. mith, A. Girouard, L. Chappell, G. Y. Atlee, 8. W. Curriden, W. P. Clark. Jo- iah Millard, Thomas Potee and F. Aldrich was appointed to wait upon the President and pre- sent the name of the candidate. A resolution was carried to permit the committee to confer with the East Washington committee in refer- a consideration of the candidates. . Wi 1) mena the name of Assistant United States Treasurer Whelpley as the nomi- nee of the association, but the vote favored Mr. Clarke. The association discussed also for some time the railroad question, but without result. The Colored Editors Adjourn. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE CLOSING SESSION YESTERDAY. The colored press convention adjourned finally last evening. At the afternoon session it was decided to hold the next convention in Raleigh, N.C. A resolution was adopted de- claring that we ‘feel assured that under the present administration a genuine policy will be inaugurated by both the executive and Con- gress granting protection and recognition to the negro; and, further, that a committee be appomted, whose duty it shall be to urge upon Congress such legislation as may be wise in the interest of a me bape aad a ban ml A resolution was urging e of the Blair shaptlney bill. Fe At the evening session pay y Mr. Menard, of Florida; Mr. L. E. Christy, Mr. John Mitchell, jr., Rev. Dr, Fulton and Miss McEwin. Rev. Dr. Simmons, Wm. Murrell and John Mitchell were appointed a committee to present to the President and Attorney-Gen- eral an address calling for protection for the lives and property of colored citizens in the south. essrs. J. W. Cromwell, J. C. Dancy, J. W. Thompson, P. H. Murray and W. Steward were appointed a committee to con- fer with the executive committee of the Na- tional Republican League. reborn aes Baltimore M. E. Conference. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S PROCEEDINGS, In the Baltimore M. E. Conference, after Tae Sran’s report closed yesterday, a vote of thanks was tendered Messrs. William Henry Baldwin, ir., W. Harry Baldwin, and C. C. Baldwin for their gift of the church at Savage to the con- ference. A resolution was adopted which stated that as the Rev. W. T. D. Clemm will have com- pleted his fiftieth year in the ministry by the meeting of the next conference, that he be | asked to preach a semi-centennial sermon at that conferegce. The resolution passed. Harry D. Mitchell, Henry Mann, Charles E. Guthrie, George R. Sanner, Charles O. Isaac, Jacob Wilhide, Robert W. H. Weech, Leyburn M. Bennett, William C. Brian, and William B. Geoghegan were continued on trial. Revs. L. F. Morgan, Samuel A. Wilson, C. A. Reid, C. H. iptinge E. E. Shipley, G. G. Markham, W. T. D. Clemm, George W. Feele- myer, L. D. Herron, 8. H. Cummings, G. M. Berry, J. J. Sargent, R. W. Black, B. H. Smith, G. W. Cecil. Joseph France, J. B. Hall, J. R. Cadden, and L. en Pearce were continued ia supernumerary relation. John Siebers, 8. Greenwell, William C. Babcock, J. F. Heesse. and William W. Davis were advanced from traveling deacons of the rg he traveling deacons of the second e At the anniversary meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society in the afternoon, the Pfincipal address was made by Bishop Hurst, of ‘ashington. Mrs. Clara L. Roach, correspond- ing secretary for the Baltimore society, also tuade an address, Not in the Line of Succession. From the Providence Journal. It seems that some one at Washington who is a close student of official proprieties has made a horrible discovery concerning the standing of the new Secretary of Agriculture. At Wash- ington, as in a great many other places in the world of less democratic proclivities, rank con- trols society. Anexpert in such matters can easily tell the exact precedence of everyone from the President down toa messenger. But when the experts took up the case of the Secre- tary of Agriculture they found that, —— he received as large a salary as any of the cabi- net officers, he is really inferior in rank to the others. This national insult to the ultural interests comes about in this way. law re- cently passed, fixing the Presidentlal succession im case of a vacancy in the office of both Presi- sent and Vice-President, provides that the suc- eession shall goin such case to the Secretary of State, next to the Secretary of the Treasury, and so on through the various cabinet offices. But the act creating the Secretary of Agricul- ture did not provide that he shouid inherit the Presidency after the death of the Attorney- General. Society has found this out aud de- creed that the Secretary of Agriculture must be discriminated against a little on state occasions, Absurd as the idea seems, it is nevertheless quite capable of making it unpleasant many times for a sensitive man. It would not be strange to find an act in the next Congress affording the necessary social relief to the new seed distributor by making him eligible to the esidency. ——_+e-____—__ The Lady and the Handkerchief. New York Correspondent Hartford Current. A woman got into the car; the very most re- pulsive and pitiful type of woman that probably ever met your gaze. She was old, but it was not age alone that had seared and seamed her face, and reddened her dim eyes, and crippled her tottering limbs. Vice, and hunger, and cold, and suffering were all written there, and for clothes—she wore <n old waterproof for a skirt, man’s hat crushed down on her frowsy, ill- kept hair, man’s shoes on her stockingless feet, while a shawl made of a ed blanket wi queer er ung limp, wet crepe veil, itterly.’ The umber irl, she was tt md + so fitted her like a i sa) like a kid @ smart uml and bag and the violets at her throat ex- perfume whose odor like a key, as m fields to us and air. I could not be! ig EE edits Tanti i i-! nite itil b,Esherite ees E § white wie t from +h nature surrounds us on all sides, Here only common action can be of avail; and this erent task is undertaken by hy- ne, supported by demography. ygiene aie d mp scientific basis Ahtich enables legie- Litera to eltein practical results on the exten- sive field of health administration.” Thus Prince Rudolph clearly proclaimed the neces- sity of state intervention for the application of laws of health. Yet he did not ignore the gigantic nature of this task, and the Ee of government assistance was not given ‘ightly, for the prince ee that sanita1 science comprised “every phase of social life— the dwelling-house and the school, production and war, the city and the vi » trade and in- dustry.” Nor is this all. ince Rudolph went a step further. and this was a v portant advance. He admitted that. just as the individual could not save himself unless with the aid of the state, so was the state dependent upon other states. It was, therefore, not only national but international legislation that was necessary. For this reason it gave him special pleasure to preside at so great and truly international a gathering. I do not a what ye —_ be ex- pected from a prince who then promised to be the future ruler of a great empire, than such declarations and the pledges these sen- tences contain. Our only regret is that he has not lived to carry out these fair promises. All that hygienists can desire is conceded in this speech, When, at the great reception given at e Hofburg or imperial of Vienna, the crown prince entertained all the members of the congress, mingling freely among his guests and conversing with the leading Sissies of the different nationalities, he displayed con- siderable knowledge and interest in natural sciences, What Prince Rudolph said in private went far to confirm his public and official romises. Undoubtedly the cause of hygiene a8 ae a heavy loss in the person of this enlightened and progressive prince. eae = Couldn’t Work a Death Notice. From the Brooklyn Eagle. A very beery-looking gentleman approached an Eagle reporter the other day. His expres- sion was intended to be one of mysterious im- portance, but owing to his condition only reached the grade of serious imbecility. Slip- ping a greasy piece of paper into the unwilling hand of the reporter, with an attempt at confi- dential familiarity that gave the young man an impression that a brewery and @ distillery bad taken a partnership possession of the air, he whispered: “Don't let the other boys get on to that. I kept 't f you—'sclusive—beat on all the other Papers. you know.” The reporter opened the slip of paper and found it the copy for a death notice advertisement of a young man living far up Fulton street. “Is it a murder or ide?” asked the re- —, The beery geutleman, who had, since livering the paper, worn a poorly simulated expression of having done a great favor which merited a high degree of astonishment and pleasure, was grieved at the question. “Murzher, shushide! Why, that’s Jimmie’s brusher.” ‘a 's Jimmie?” “ , you + ‘ou the shporting re- porter of ‘his Jhournal?* . ar “No, I'm not. That's simply an_advertise- ment. Take it to the business office of the Paper. “Then you don’t want the exclusive news shat Jim’s brotherisdead? Shall I give it to anuzer paper?” “Do what you please withit. You're tipsy aa — want — ; to ty with you,” as e fellow istently followed the reporter. This melted the man and he said: + ‘Now, my fren’, lemme explain. Jimmy, y’ know, isa prominent sporting man. You, not bein’ te 3 reporter, didn’t happen to know that. Well, I'm one o’ Jimmy's assistants at his caffy in 6th avenue,’ew York. Jimmy gave me this notice to get published. He gave me huh a dollar, but on my way over her I—this ’s be- tween you ’nme—I blew in ninety cents of it. Nov 'y friend—don't go, I b’seech huh of you'll rush this in so’s it won't cost we'll go out’n divide a bottle huh of h’s shale between us—jusht you and me— or I'll get two firshtrate ci wi’ huh the ten- ner for us. Now, what you shay. You shee wae _— _ being uanys erp at you shay to rushin’ her out and ii the Bash’s ale?” ry. The reporter refused the proposition. ——-—" eee — All Saw the Same Vision. ‘From the Argosy. It is a most singular fact that under certain combined conditions of fatigue, discomfort and malaria whole bodies of men—such as compa- nies of soldiers—have been seized by the same terrific dream, and have been awakened simul- taneously shrieking with terror. Such an i stance is related by Laurant, when, after a forced march, eight hundred French soldiers were packed in aruined Calabrian monastery which could il! accommodate half that number. At midnight frightful cries issued from every corner of the building, as frightened men rushed from it, each declaring that it was the abode of the evil one—that they had seen him in the form of a big black dog, who threw him- self upon their breasts for an instant and then disappeared. The men were persuaded to return to the same shelter on the next night, their officers 7 spree to keep watch beside them. Shor ly atter midnight the same acene was re-enacted. the same cries, the same flight, as the soldiers rushed forth in a body to esca; the suffocating embrace of the black dog. The wakeful officers had seen nothing. soe Poets and Their Dreams. From the Forum. One would like to know how many of the quaint and fantastic creations of the poet that simulate more or less closely the dream-form, are the product of actual dreams, fone aaa is nothing but experience refined and subli- mated, we should naturally expect the finest sro a of dream-like composition to be based on act dream experiences, One might have A ROSE FOR THE MARTYR. The Travels of a Letter to Reach the Person for Whom It Was Intended. of the canceling stamp, I want to testify to the zeal with which the how Icame to have so much money—I may have held up train or sold a poem or some- thing of the sort—anyhow, I had much wealth and decided to pay my debt—I had but one (derisive laughter and cries of “More,” and and sent i to Bepa Slawe, Poy and then get sal sent wr, myself for California, ‘The let Jes, 3,000 miles, on January had left the city of Our ls and drifted into the Yo and after vainly advertising for him, the letter went, on the 19th of January, the letter office in Washington, 2,879 il final obsequies were deferred by the government coroner and the dead letter was sent to Champaign, in search of its father, on the 26th of January, 800 miles. On the 24th of February it winged its w the deaf letter office and aske: burial, But the young lady who reads all the ene that were ever written, anda fre many that can’t possibly be spoken; who has a way of finding where a letter wants to go, when the man who wrote it hasn't the remotest ty | idea where his correspondent lives, sent it to Brooklyn on the 13th of March, if haply it might find me in the tr re nest, But when the blessed old bird (Rah, Rah, Rah! Si: Boom! Ah!") stirred up her lively brood at im-| that eventide, one downy eaglet was missing from the eyrie, and I was the one. ‘Two hun- dred and eo ht miles for nothing; the letter deadheaded back to Washington, same distance both ways, and again knocked at the cometary gate. But the fair prophetess be- lieved there was life in the wanderer yet, and she sent it to Bryn Mawr May 10, 148 miles, —s no rest for the sole of its stamp, which is usually connected with a foot, it re- turned unto the ark of the dead letter office May 11,148 miles My From there it once more sped away to Los Angeles, 2,879 miles; back ain after a while, it went to the etter office for the fifth time. But the a Was satisfied that it could yet call back the de- parted message to life, and sent it to the writer Bryn Mawr, where, after journeying ecross the continent four times and going to the dead- letter oftice and demanding burial five times, traveling in all 14,987 miles, it was finally de- livered into my hands by Postmaster Barrett on the 13th of September. All this, fellow-citi- zens, for 2 cents; 2 cents. “And yet,” said Bar- rett, P. M., “the republican platform demands cheaper postage.” All this, you see. isa mat- ter of record, During the period of the letter’ wanderings, one mail car had been burned, { think, trains had been robbed, and yet for eight months this letter had been chasing after its owner all over the United States, and never thought of getting lost. The postal service isn’t such a wreck after all. toe No Trouble in Identifying Him. From the Chicago Journal. George Bowron, as everybody knows, is the leader of the Columbia orchestra, He is also one of the pleasantest gentlemen to be found within the city limits. A story is told about him which is good enough to be true, whether it is or not. In the course of events during the last summer Mr. Bowron received a draft for money. I think Mr. Bowron’s draft came from his estate in England, and that in view of his recent marriage he had instrneted his steward to quit stacking the estate fund up in the bank, and to send himasmall wad. Anyway he had the draft, and he took it to a bank and handed it through the little brass-bound window to the cashier. This gentleman looked at Mr. Bow- ron, who blushed, as he always does when peo- ple stare at him. “Are you Mr. Bowron?” asked the cashier, “I believe I am.” “Well, you'll have to be identified.” “But I'm Bowron—George Bowron, leader of the orchestra at the Columbia.” “Oh, I know who George Bowron is all right pay but I don’t know that you’re the man. Jugt bring somebody that we know to identify you.” Mr. Bowron was moving away in disgust at the red tape and circumlocution which rascality makes necessary in all professions, when the cashier called him back. “Would you mind turning your back to me and taking off yqur hat?” he asked, Mr. Bowron did so. “Here’s your money, Mr. Bowron. It’s all right. I've known the back of your head for five years.” ——___<g0—_ The True Aims of Science Teaching. From the Popular Science Monthly. Little children came tome with untrained eyes, hands and brains; this I expected, and therefore was not surprised, but boys and girls from fifteen to twenty years of age came ina worse condition, and this was unexpected. Not only were their eyes and hands untrained, but their brains were ina pathological condition, which rendered independent thi: 1g impossi- ble. The number of my pupils increasing and their ages ranging, as Ihave said, from five to twenty years, I an excellent opportunity for comparing the quality of work done by older and younger pupils, also by pupils whose ceptive faculties had been trained in early life, and those who had not received this training. The inferences I wes forced to draw from these comparisons set me to thinking seriously. The imaccuracy of the observational and manual work done by older pupils, the indefiniteness of expression, the lack of ripe and the in- abilty to do comparative and inferential work, were 80 many revelations of the true aims of science teaching. The absolute necessity for accuracy in every study and every department of work made accuracy the first object to be at- tained in every science lesson; the vagueness of the oral and written statement made clear, concise expression the second object, The want of method emphasized the need of a simple, orderly grou ing of the observations, while the painfal and fruitless attempts to make compari- sons and draw inferences showed the necessity of cultivating the power of generalizing from specific facts. ————_+ee_____ The Church Fair Lottery. From the Albany Journal. “Now I tell you this lottery business in the church fairs is all wrong, every bit of it,” said @ business man to-day. “I’m not straight- laced, as the saying goes, but I know it’s bad. It commenced, the rage here did, through the desire of our citizens to help a certain church. Then all the churches and societies held fairs, and it was chances and ‘books’ and ‘grabs’ here, there and allover. What will the man do who ize the other day? Put it in He'll go and have a big blow off, and be x in a month’s time than to-day. ‘I consider it would be a great misfor- fenokiec one of my boys to take a prize ata church fair, I'd far sooner give him $5 and tell him to buy cks with it like a little man than probe ik Eiapeet it away — chances, even if he gest prize o! lot, for that would Tnsottle him completely.” ———~or-—_—__—_. Seward’s Calmness. From the Atlantic Monthly. His equanimity might have been mistaken by Msidi, the most powerful the great lakes since the decline of the Muata Yanvo, they are the only people from whom he has been unable to extor: tribute. They will not aoe unless they are brought to b: upon t their caves, where they can live for months, as noone dares to follow them into the recesses of these vast and intricate passages. Arnot won their hearts by killing two hippopotami and twenty antelopes and inviting them toa feast. He gave 150 of them all they could eat for seven ys, and when his guests left him they took to their caves all the meat they could carry. He hopes to spend a long time with them when he returns in a few months to Garenganze. may be left to wanted for use, TYPES OF PREHISTORIC MAN. Tribes of Cave-Dwellers and Lake- Dwellers Still in Existence. ‘From the New York Sun. Anthropologists peoples that seem to reproduce almost exactly the cave-men and lake-dwellers of prehistoric times, whose remains have caused so much dis- cussion. The tribes which are thought to have best preserved the phases of life that belonged man particularly interest all sta- from Victoria Nyanza, a native, who had trav- elled far, told him that hundreds of miles south- west of the lake, in Katanga, the great copper country, he had seen caves so high that from a camel's back he could not have touched their with a spear. One of them, he said, was 400 yards wide, and he penetrated it from sun- rise till noon, em ‘ig at last on the other side of the mountain. No credence was giv. ni this story until Mr. Arnot, who returned from the country a while ago, said that he had seen these caves and cavlk or le who inhabit them. It is to be regret: other directions prevented him from thoroughly studying these remarkable Sombwe caves and their tenants, but ay ae qy his return se spring to make that his work in em the object of care- researc! The mountain range where these caves are found is about 400 miles northwest of Lake Bangweolo. On the precipitous south face of these mountains Arnot saw, at distance, holes here and there, dotted like rabbit warrens over the front ofthe range. These are the entrances to the caves, and Arnot was astonished by their large number. One cave, he says, has two en- trances, the distance between the openings be- ing 5 miles, In some caves there are streams of running water. ‘The walls have the appearance of pumice stone, and limestone strata were also found. In the caves and around their mouths live thousands of natives, They till their mil- let fields in front of their subterranean homes, and store their food inthem. The explorer found them a wild but peace-loving people. Living in the heart of the great country raled potentate west o: e approach of an enemy they retire to Nowhere in Africa have the cave dwellers been adequately studied. The information concerning them that will yet be obtained will be among the most interesting results of future exploration. Joseph Thomson was able to stay a day or two among the large number of caves at the base of Mount Elgon, northeast of Victoria Nyanza, which he found occupied by whole tribes, These are artificial caves, cut into the compact voleanic rock. and so large that not only the natives but their herds of cattle are sheltered in them. They were exca- vated perhaps centuries ago, and their present occupants have no traditions as to their origin. The imperfectly known Bushmen, the dwarfs of the Kalahari waste in Sonth Africa, find their favorite abode in natural caves and under the shelter of ledges of bl fesicwe “oy Sem {t was not known until recently how great is the number of people whose homes find their prototype in the lake dwellings of pre- historic times. For hundred of miles along the south and east coasts of New Guinea, in many a sheltered inlet and bay, are large villages, numbering sometimes a hundred huts or more, built on piles in the water and accessible from the shore only by canoes, ; Thus like prehistoric man they guard their homes against sudden surprise. Cameron in- troduced us to picturesque Lake Mohrya in Central Africa and the large collection of huts raised high on stilts above its placid surface. The tenants of these lake dwellin till their fields on shore, retiring when night comes or danger threatens to the security of their lake huts. Young discovered hundreds of natives living in the edge of the great Lake Nyassa, and reproducing phases of life that are thought to be identical with those of the an- cient Swiss lake dwellers. But not until long after these discoveries were made was it known that probably hundreds of thousands of Afri- cans moor canoes under their huts and reach the rude floor above by means of ladders. Along many of the Congo southern and north- ern Zambesi tributaries these villages built on bae9 are seen by scores. Not a few tribes build eir houses on marshy and overflowed land, to render their villiages difficult to approach. Many other tribes, particularly along the Congo tributaries, inhabit lands that are subject to periodical inundations, and they sensibly raise their gable-roofed cabins several feet above high-water mark to keep out of the wet. An explorer on the Bussera river recently found some strange hydrographic notions pre- ling among the inhabitants. A tribe which received him in a friendly spirit when he as- cended the river greeted him with arrows upon his return. They told him thathigh water come very unscasonably since they last saw him, and he was undoubtedly the cause of it; and though he invited attention to the fact that it had been raining rerg=3 © nothing could alter their conviction that he ha several feet to the average level of their river. d addes eee A New Food Plant. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE SWEET CASSAVA WHICH FLOURISHES IN FLORIDA. From the Garden and Forest. Of recent additions to the food plant of this country perhaps none deserves as much notice as the sweet cassava (Manihot Aipi). It seems to have been proved beyond, question that on the southern border of the United States there are considerable areas admirably adapted to grow- ing this remarkable plant as a staple article of home consumption, while in Florida, at least, its manufacture into starch, tapioca, and glu- coze ought to become a leading industry. The cassava plant is closely related to the ricinus or castor bean, which it resembles in general appearance. It is a handsomer plant, not having the coarse, rank — of ricinus. It does not bear much seed, and it is not proj agated from seed, but from cuttings of the larger stems, Before it is time for frost the stems that are half aninch or more in thickness should be cut, laid in piles, and covered with earth. Itis said, also, that the stems may be kept where they will’ become quite dry without having their vitality impaired. When ready for plant- ing, in January, February, or March, the stems are cut in pieces about six inches long. 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Lechrima Christi, SPECIAL FINE ART SALE OF ITALIAN, FLORENTINE MARBLE AND ALABASTER STATUARY. ‘We will sell without reserve, at printed, in plain and readable type, and contains besides the vocabulary @ list of Foreign Words ‘and Phrases, Explanation of Abbreviations, Kules for Spelling, and Tabies of Weights and Mea» ures, &c. This handsome and valuable little book, which retails at 40 cents, exclusive of postage, will be Ja2 given and sent, postage free, to every subscriber Macaroni, Spaghetti, Ver-| It will also be given free and post paid t any Tece Bank Fare live Oil, Parmesan, | one sending fo (2) subscribers to Tur Veecur ‘STAR at $1.00 each ($2.00), each subscriber, as well getting @ copy of the dictionary free and GANS SUGAR cor: aie Country Butter per ib.” 25e. | paid. 1 Bottle Unfermented Grape f19-1m At O'HAKE'S Grocery, Mushrooms, G. PASSAGN« B0e'bth ata. w. salesroom, EKNOON, MARCH CLOCK, EVENING at E SOLD, ElGHT O'CLOCE DALY ‘and the” coliection of italian VERDE ANTIQUE TALS, STAIU! AK RN LIBRARIES, DRAW- 3.cans Sugar Corn, 2 Oregon Patent Flour, re Foe, Eu! Cecam Cheese, 180. ‘We have still another premium to be given to 944 Lasve. | Subscribers— GRANULATED SUGAR, Ze, AND YET ANOTHER PREMIUM. per THE WEEKLY STAR'S POCKET ATLAS. HALLS AND GARDENS. oT MLE F FLO! ETS AND FANS, XE doubt the finest Collection of Hand- with chaste, artistic are res] invited to examine aia array Of genius. ys WALTER B. WILLIAMS Cc. A. ROOT & CO., Auctioneers. [REE FRAME DWELLING-HOUSES. On MONDAY. MARCH 2}, at HALE PAST FOUR Nos. 301, 303, and <th street Teserves the ssune to be emoeed e within ten days trom day of possession from the above - ‘Terms of sale cash. t mb31 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPARY. et eeecettciatiteedtenee ence tatet antes ibs Marker ‘space. HOUSEFURNISHINGS. THE POCKET ATLAS is @ handsomely-printed book of 191 pages; 90 are full-page colored and thoroughly reliable maps setting forth the geo Graphical features of the whole world in minute detail; 101 are filled with reading matter, cou- Gensed into a graphic presentation of all the facts in the social, religious, political and industrial his tory and condition of egery State and Territory in the Union, together with 48 colored diagrams showing the relative strength of different industries end of different products in various States, and other items too numerous t© mention These ARTISTS’ SUPPLIES. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, ALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY ON DUNBAR- VEN! ‘THIR FOURTEEN, at FIVE onthe 1 ting 24g feet on the noveh side by an average depth of about 50 ein ais ead twelve bya ‘deed of trust on lot 7, square 73, front of Dunbarton avenue feet, improved by Te mouths, with interest secured y. oF all cash at the opt Manufacturer, fe16-1m* 138 W. Fayette st., Baltimore. —————— ‘purchaser: WLING, Auctioneer. \HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. 'S SALE OF IMPROVED AN REAL ESTALE IN THE conferred will and tostainent of Win, Eusby, de- aged, I will sell at public auction at my store, corner street, on MON- D O'CLOCK P. M., the fol — books sell at $1 each. ILEY'S FINE GOLD LEAF, IN USE EVERY- Bixtere by Gliders, Decorators, Book! — ‘Warranted pure: will not tareiat or ekanes By enclosing 10 cents for pustage;the POCKET color. For sale by all the ATLAS will be sent free, in addition to the say '~ 5 above premium, thus practically giving DENTIS Y. “fe TWO PREMIUMS TO EVERY ee DENTAL INFIRMARY —TEETH 4 WORD TO AGENTS. Wishing to further encourage the work of ex- tending the circulation of TuE WEEKLY Stak, the D2. STABE PARSONS, DENTIST, OTH ST. COR. | commission heretofore allowed agents has been D ty. Teeth extracted ner En. Filling specialty. it ¥ to Take by pain. ee eae SLUR | increased, and hereafter all agents and club raisers will be permitted to PRINTERS. RETAIN A COMMISSION OF 25 PEK CENT, [OQUEEN & WALLAC! Me Ee _ eer # Fe eee aF ‘misses, and children, at the a Temitting invariably the balance with the order “PRORVEEY GND LEcURGPELY FERRO | ee to eeavansing purposes wit be Agent w any postotice address, Thus any agent > can have a number mailed direct from this oilice For ready-made dresses and underwear for ladies, | 10 the one he wishes to canvass, saving the trouble of carrying them from piace to place. Every subscriber sent in by an agent or club raiser is entitled to # premium, which will be Ourepring styles are now ready for inspection, and | mailed to his or her address if askedfor when the “MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT.” ‘we invite the ladies tocall, We have dresses in every | name is sent in—otherwise none will be sent, as grade, from $3 up to 650. From 8 calico wrapper to Sfinesilk dress, We defy any competition, either in style or price, We positively guarantes « save of 60 per cent on every purchase. and a good At Every gar- ‘ment is of our own make, and if you deal with us you will || surely save © retailer's profit, and if alterstions are | W7ISRE © postal or letter to thie office, Decessary it is done while waiting. “ANY GARMENT MADE TO ORDER ON ONE many do not wish them. Subscribers sent in at lub rates can get the Pocket Auas also by en- Closing 10 cents extra for postage. Further particulars can be bad if desired by Events during the next twelve months promise to be highly interesting and exciting. THE EVEN- ING STAR, of course, will be first and foremest in raat «| the collection and prompt publication of aii the ot aoe ‘ews, and the compilation of the latest and most £20-16t 918 7thet uw. w. dernog'sold stand, | important into THE WEEKLY STAR makes thas Jasue, where THE EVENING STAR is unavailabia, with im vast collection of telegraphic, govers- ‘meatal and local news, Mierary and scientific mis. 1237 Pa ave. through to13thet. | susay, ‘egriculmral Gepertmest and market a fete SEAL FLUee | reports, a weekiy journsi unequaled te any ro DAYS NOTICE.”