Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1889, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. HOW PIGOTT CONFESSED. Mr. Saia’s Lively Description of the Labouchere’s Library. CH 12, 1889. EEC THE CITY POST-OFFICE. It is Not Likely to go to the Court of the Pension Building. i the executiones of King Charles | H inf BE 4 nde EFFECTUAL | Scene in Mr. From the London Telegraph. Saturdey is popularly supposed to be the Sabbath ef the daily journalist; and, firmly be- lieving as I do in the wisdom and necessity of resting one clear day out of the seven, I alway do my best to keep the last day of the week as F & 8 é i It does not seem likely now that the city post- office will be removed to the court of the pen- sion building unless Congress takes further action. The appropriation made by Congress for defraying the cost of removal and arrang- ing the new office was $5,000,a sum which d a - + 3 | Eg i a i i FID i - post-office authorities regard as entirely inad- equate. The clause in the appropriation bill providing for the, removal did not direct, but simply authorized the Postmaster-General to Provide for the city post-office in this way. The matter is left to the discretion of the Post- master-General. Postmaster-General Dickin- son decided to use the authority thus granted om to relieve — ambaxieamment saf- @ post-office for e of room. While arrangements were being made the tee committee appealed to Postmas- b al to defer action until after March 4, in order that the Pension court might be avail- able for the inaugural ball. Mr. Dickinson con- sented to this, and the result is that the ques- tion is left to the new Postmaster-General to settle. Meanwhile the city post-office has ob- tained temporary relief by other means. The removal of the mail-bag repair shop from the building, and the additional space gained b: the construction of a shed for the public corr. dor on the parking on the Louisiana avenue side of the office, so increased the facilities of the office that ‘the necessity for seeking new quarters is not felt so urgently as before. Post- master Ross, when spoken to by a Stak re- porter, was of the opinion that the office would not be removed to Pension building. He thought it probable that it would remain in its Present quarters until a new building was pro- vided. The permit given by the District Com- missioners for the erection on the parking of the long shed that now encloses the publie cor- ridor was made revokable at the pleasure of the Commissioners, as it was intended that the structure should be only temporary. THE EXTINCTION OF THE BISON. Dr. Carver Tells How the Great Herds Were Wiped Out. ‘From Interview in Kansas City Times. “As the Indians hunted them, the race of bison would probably have lasted forever, but about 1866 the white men turned their atten- tion to the shaggy monsters of the plains. Large eastern firms organized hunting parties and paid the shooters $2.50 for each bison where he lay dead on the plains. I then went to south- ern Nebraska and became a professional hunter. The bison consisted of two large divisions, the | one living in the south and the other in the north, Their only common feeding ground was along the Republican river and its branches in Nebraska. The Indians were well aware of that fact, and hostile tribes have had many a fight for that territory. It was not until 1873 that the government put an end to this by sending the Pawnees south and the Sioux to their north- ern reservations. Prior to that time we had to do all our hunting at the risk of being scalped at any time. “Our favorite gun was an army model of the Springfielt ritle, 45-caliber and loaded with ninety grains of powder. The whites patterned after the Indians and hunted on horseback. Having wagons to haul our care to ‘circle’ them as the In: aherd was located we would mount our best horses and as quietly as possible approach the herd from the leeward side. As soon as they saw us the fun would begin. Although of alow baild, the bison will make a very interesting ie, we did not press upon the right flank of the herd and ride so close to the animais that our guns would touch the side when fired. The most deadir shot was to fire quartering through the lungs so that the animal woul death. as long as our horses could stand it. Onone of these runs I killed 113 bison, none of which were more than 100 yards apart. In riding back an awful sight resented to the eye. ‘The trail was marked by dead and dying ani- mals, legs, and nothing cou!d look more furious than his shaking head. with coal-black eyes sloring in a death stare from his shaggy front. We re- ceived our pay for the animals dead on the plains, and wagons followed us up, quartered the animals and shipped the saddle and tallow to eastern markets, “About 187i the hide hunting began. Prior to this time little or no attention was paid to the skins, but when the demand for them created a high price the meat was allowed rot upon the plaius, and this magnificent race was extinguished simply that extravagant tastes might be satisfied. With the improvements in Grearms an entirely different mode of hunt- ing was adopted. The Springfield army gun was superceded by a Sharp 50-caliber and loaded with 110 grains of powder. The hunter used his horse only in finding a herd. This done, he would go to the leeward side so that the scent of the powder and report would not reach the animals, and find a suitable shelter about 1.000 yards distant from them. I have killed them at a distance of a mile. Hunting in this way we had to be very rticular, and watch the herd closely. Like » herd of cattle, the bison are always on the go, and are apt Uk out of rifle range in a short time. In mov leader, and the trick was to kill any one that the leaders, we could often shoot for an hour from behind one clump of grass, and when they had moved out of range, the ‘skinners’ would come up, cut the hide in’ the ordinary way for skinning, tie the animal's head to a stak hitch a i it off. im- mense numbers of bison were killed by these hide hunters, but to my certain knowledge 3,000,000 hides were shipped from the banks of the Frenchman river in one winter. The hide-bunters, by a system of fires, kept the bison from the streams until many of them rished and thousands of others were easily Fite. At the close of that winter a man could go along the banks of the Frenchman for fifty muiles by simply jumping from the carcass of one bison to that of another. Considering facts of this kind, it is not surprising that a small tame herd and a few old circus animals represent the great herds which, less than a quarter of a century ago. blackened miles of prairies as a thunder-cloud darkens the sky. — ss A Talk with Kilrain. RE THINKS SULLIVAN IS DRINKING IN ORDER TO AVOID FIGHTING, Jake Kilrain left Baltimore last night for New York, aod sails Wednesday afternoon for England. When asked yesterday regerding his match With Sullivan, he said: “Idon't believe we will figbt. Sullivan is drinking for the purpose of making his backer take down the money now ap, and as July approactes he will come around with the plea of sickness. He will not name a final stukeholder, nor accept any one, suggested by my friends or backers. Fas trip of mine to England will not in- terfere with the match if Sullivan shows any disposition to fight. In England I will meet Smith im a ten round glove fight, providing he beats Mitchell in their coming match. I think Mitchell's chances with Smi are very good. I willbe back to America by jon” —so0-— The Fourth Temperament, From the Boston Courier. A Boston woman remarked the other day, in & conversation which turned upon the peculiar- | ities of an acquaintance: : “Well, you see, the trouble with Eunice is that she’s got the fourth temperament.” “I bave 'd,” one of her hearers remarked, “of the fourth dimension, but never of the fourth temperament. What is it?” “I was instructed by a wise woman,” smiling re “that there are four tempera- tients: the nervous, the physical, the pi: and the worrying. Now Eunice undoubtedly has the worrying; and that explains why it is so hard to live with her. She is a most excel- lent woman, but we wouldn’t one of us be hired to with her.” ‘We respect her, of course,” another ob- served, “but when it comes to living with her —well, all I can say is that I had rather take my chances with the cannibals than with her. woo Dres or Nosxs.erp.— Miss Lalu May meee of New York, died at Vas- sar college morning. she became sli, ef ns did. When | race with a horse for 10 miles. We would | bleed to | In this way we would follow the herd | An occasional big bull would have »| broken back so he could only get up on his fore | g. however, they always have a | started to lead the others off. By thus killing | a whole holiday. It does not matter how much you recreate yourself so long as you abstain from work. I look spon down to Brighton, dusting one’s china, trying to recon- cile the cid volumes in one’s library, and skim~ ming the weekly as so many forms of Saturday amusement; but the most pleas- hard worker, to fall into a gentle slumber in your easy chair between breakfast and lunch- eon. The involuntary dropping into tae arms of Morpheus shows that the machine which has been moving so desperately during the week has run down, and your sleep is natural and deserved, I was enjoying myself in one of the ways just hinted at in my rooms in Victoria street, Westminster, last Saturday, between 1 and 2p.m., when a knock came at my study door, and I was banded a letter which had been brought in hot Laste by a servant who was in- structed to wait for an answer. The missive was of the briefest possible kind, and was from my old friend and near neighbor, Mr. Henry Labouchere, M. P., whose house is at 24 Gros- venor gardens, within pistol shot of my flat, and the note ran thus: ‘Can you leave every- thing and come here at once? “Moat important business.—H. L.” I told the servant that I would be in Grosvenor gardens within a quar- ter of an hour, and ere that time had expired I was ushered into a iarge library on the ground floor, where found the senior member for orthampton smoking his sempiternal cigar- ette, but with en unusual and curious expres- sion of animation in his normally impassable countenance. He was not alone. Ensconced in a roomy favteuil a few paces from Mr. Labouchere’s writing-table there was a somewhat’ burly in- dividual of middie stature and of a more than | middle age. He looked full sixty, although I have been given to understand that his age does not exceed fifty-five; but his elderly as- pect was enhanced by his baldness, which re- vealed a very largé amount of oval of frontis fringed by gray locks. The individual had an eye-glaas ‘screwed into one eye, and he was using this optical aid most assiduously, for he was poring over a copy of that morning's issue of the Times, going right down one column and apparently up it again; then taking column sivec column ta euttoes ion; then harking back as though he had omitted some choice para- graph, and then resuming the sequence of his lecture, ever and anon tapping that ovoid frontal bone of his, as though to evoke mem- ories of the past, with @ little silver pencil- case. When he was not tapping his cranium with the pencil-case he put it between his lips as though he were chewing the cud of sweet and bitter fancies, and then be would twiddle the case between his fingers. 1 noted the shambling carriage of his head, and the oc- casional twitching first of one foot and then of the other; I noted his somewhat shabby-gen- teel attire; and in particular I observed that the hand which held the copy of the Times never ceased to shake. I took careful stock of all these peculiarities, since they enabled me to recogmze the iniiividual as correspondin, precisely with what I had read about him, an with a sketch which I had seen of his features insome evening paper. Thus, when Mr. La- bouchere, in his most courteous manner and | his blandest tone said: “Allow me to introduce ou toa gentleman of whom you must have ard a great deal, I replied, “There is not the slightest necessity for nam- ing him, I know him well enough. That's Mr. | Pigott.” HE WRIGGLES, BUT DELAYS. The individual in the capacious fauteuil wriggled from behind the Times an uneasy ac- knowledgment of my recognition; but, if anything cotld be conducive to putting com- pletely at his ease a gentieman who, from some cause nother, was troubled in his mind, it would have been the dulcet voice in which Mr. Labouchere continued: “The fact is that Mr. Pigott has come here, quite unsolicited, to make a full confession. I told him that I would listen to nothing that he had to say, save | in the presence of a witness, and, remember- ing that you lived close by, I thought that you would not mind coming here and listening to what Mr. Pigott has to confess, which will be taken down, word by word, from his dictation, "in writing.” It has been my lot, during a long and diversified career, to have to listen to a large number of very queer statements from very queer people, and by dint of experience, you reach at last a stage of stoicism, when little, if | anything, that is imparted to you excites sur- prise. Thus, if Mr. Labouchere had told me that Mr. Pigott proposed to avow that he had | discovered the philosopher's stone or found a four-leaved shamro hat he had formulated a | Universal theorem, or that he was the murder- | er of Eliza Grimwood, I should have been fully prepared to hear what he had got to say with- out indniging in any unseemly exhibitions of astonishment. It was one thing, however, to be told t Mr. Pigott intended to confess and quite an et the confession from his | lips. As in ase of the gentleman at Ty- | burn, who “oft fitted the halter, oft traversed the cart. and often took leave, but seemed loth to depart,” so it did appear that Mr. Pigott, although he had screwed his courage to the sticking place of saying that he was going to ci fess. manifested considerable tardiness in oral! m willing to relieve his soul from a | dreadful burden; but conscience, to all seem- ing, had to gnaw a little longer and a little | more sharp!y ere he absolutely gave tongue. So we let him be for about ten minutes. Mr. Labouchere kindled another cigurette. I lighted a cigar, and—excuse the vulgarity of the phrase—continued to take stock of the man in the easy-chair, still poring over “the Times,” still tapping from time to time his forehead with the pencil-case, and still wriggling first one | foot and then the other. Perhaps conscience | Was gnawing, like gout, in his toes, { A COLLECTED AND COHERENT TALE. At length he stood up and came forward into the light by the side of Mr. Labouchere’s writ- ing-table. It was very rude, af course, to stare at ; but I did stare and that persistent): He did not change color; he did not blene! but when at length—out of the fullness of his heart, no doubt--his mouth spake, it was in a , low, ‘half-musing tone, more at first as though } he were talking to self than to an: i. tors. By deg . however, his voice a diction became more fiuent, it was rarely ‘ne ; essary to halt. to reconstruct a phrase; and the ssion which subsequently found its way | con! into the possession of Mr. George Lewi nd a has no doubt been produ be- urable relaxation of «ll is, perhaps, to a real’ a iE ite i H oak i int to business igott with confession, tion that he had mad~ ited and witho: uniary consideration, was read to bape’ de and word by word. He made correction or alteration whatsoever. i declars- uninvi' the bottom of the completed document he signed his name, beneath which I wrote = mame as a witness. My memory is as yet, hope, unimpaired, and I think that I could re- peat at call this remarkable confession from be- ginning to end; and, recalling its substance and its particulars now, it seems to me to bear the impress of truth, if it be read with the postulate that the man who made the confession was a thorough-paced and unscrupulous rascal, hopelessly needy, and who, vexed by the perpetual want of pence, became incited to that which was to him the easy resource of forgery and perjury, in order to fill his deplenished purse. “When he bad signed his confession he bade us farewell, re- marking that he had suffered much, especially from nervousness, during his examination be- fore the special commission. and that his ap- pearance there had been the first that he had ever made in a witness-box. Whether he will eventually make another appearance in another box, the ledge of _ which garnished with spikes, I do not know. As a matter of courtesy, however, as he | crept from te library, I wished him of it,” an inspiration Which was cor- | diatly echoed by r. Labouchere. He and I exchanged but very few words after this re- | markable contessor had relieved us of his pres- ence, Richard Pigott came to Grosvenor Gar- dens unsolicited, and where he will next turn | up is uncertain,’ For myself, I only devoutly hope that he will not make an appearance some morning im Victoriy. street, and insist upon con- fessing that he was privy to the assassination of President Lincoln, and that he was the author of the ‘Letters of Junius.” a Everybody Driving Pigs. SOMETHING ABOUT THE LATEST TOY AND ITS GEN- ERAL EFFECT, From the New York Tribune. Have you driven the pigs in yet? Of course you've seen the new puzzle, “Pigs in Clover.” It is astonishing how quickly that toy has capt- ured the city. Only two things could have done it in less time—a conflagration and the cholera, A wooden disc 6 inches in diameter, with four concentric circles sawed in one side; four rings of pasteboard stuck in the circle and firmly glued there; the outer ring solid; in each of the inner ones a gap three-quarters of an inch in width; the gaps on opposite sides; four small marbles called pigs—that’s all. The center ring is about 2 inches in diameter | and has a wooden cover on which the word | “Pen” is stamped. Into this the pigs are to | be driven. The second ring—call it fence if | you like—is about three-quarters of an inch | from the pen and the third is the same dis- tance from the second. The spaces between the rings are called inclosures, and the pigs | are to be driven from one to the other until all areinthe pen. The directions read: “Place the marbles (pigs) in the outer inclosure, and then so manipulate the table, without touching the marbles, as to get them all in the pen at once, Any one who has ever attempted to drive pigs will appreciate this to: in sup- port of this last statement a chromo is pre- sented, which shows a boy in the act of driving igs. PT month ago the “missing link” agitated the phrenological bump of “stickativeness” with which New Yorkers are gifted, but that toy had | its day and departed. Now comes this pig- driving business to engage the attention of the town, A bank president absorbed in it isa | | sight to moralize over and laugh at. A client called at his lawyer's office yesterday and found two members of the firm amusing themselves with it. A popular preacher was caught in the act of trying it, but he pleaded “amusing the children” as an excuse. In pursuit of it old age and youth meet on the same plane. Those ‘who wet the pigs penned once are not satisfied with the achievement, After the first success the time question comes in. One man says he ean do the penning in fifteen seconds, another | in twenty, a third in twelve, and so on. One| drover contends that it is easier to drive little pigs than big ones; his companion has less trouble with hogs and wants the largest mar- bles that will roli in the inclosure and through the gap: No person has seemed more interested in the toy than a member of the Ohio society, who | once drove real live pigs to market. His | friends jokingly aasert that one of his tricks to | increase the weight of his porkers was to drive | them through all the mud holes on the road. | An amusing toy is a blessing. It keeps chil- | dren out of mischief and causes men to forget | their cares, What a vast amount of fun was got out of the fifteen puzzle! Yet how sud- | denly such things seem to disappear, The re- turn ball still holds its own because it is excla- sively for young folks, and a fresh crop of ung folks comes on every year to play with Out of these simple inventions. which the | public buy for a few cents comfortable for- tunes are made. —s0e What Caused the From the New York Tribune. It is understood that a good many people over in Penusylvania on feeling that earth- quake shock last Friday, and not recognizing what his happening, exclaimed: ‘That's John Wanamaker down at Washington getting to work among the mails.” ——— Some High-Gauge Thermometers. From the San Franeisco Chron Mercury extracted from cinnabar ore mined in California is most highly prized by the man- | ufacturers of thermometers. Making high- register thermometers has become a business of itself, and considerable art and ingenuity | are required to make a success of these valu- | able instruments. With the adjustment of the | thermometer to a high seale of heat and the | perfect uccuracy with which it may be made to | | guage temperatures of Hades-iike intensit hiany new uses have been made of it, For in. | stance, in going about the city one finds the | igh-grade thermometer in the hands of con- | fectioners, brewers, hotel and restaurant cooks, f e the special commission, was from begin- ing to end, literally and verbally, the compo- sition, as well as the utterance, of Mr. Richard Pigott. Iti ry that in this place Bi ) substance that —Pig- | ott confessed that he had forged the letters alleged to have been written ® Mr. Parnell, and he minutely described the manner in which jhe, and he aione, executed the forgeries question. It * to my mind as frank, fre: and fall ¢ ion as that of the notor pe > Frederick Manning, who, after rep edly denying that he had had anything to do with the murder of Patrick O’Comnor, at le sth, i effusive outburst of confidence, re- | : “IL never liked him, so 1 tinished hi | off with a ripping chisel.” "Whether the ms with the bald head and the ‘lass in the brary at Grosvenor gardens was telling the trath ) Or uttering another batch of infernal liea it is | not for me to determine. show, or the lawyers will find out, whether his was the | Statement made to us last Saturday was vera- | “Oliver Downing, Secretary, cious or mendacious; but to my mind he seemed to be confessing facts and nothing but facts, No pressure was put upon him; no leading questions were asked him. and he went on quietly and contunu- ously to the end of a story which I should have thought amazing bad I not had occasion to-hear many more tales even more astounding. Asa rule, when a witness of a cer- tain class is telling lies he breathes hard, and ‘ou may have observed that he is very apt to reak out in perspiration and to mop his fore- head witha ‘ket-handkerchief squeezed into pheroid shape. If he has a hatin his hand it is pretty sure that he will the brim, or smooth the crown, or caress the band while he is lying; and of course I do not jj the ex- istence of the bare-faced liar, who has learnt his wane ord knows it thoroughly, and who ours out his salsehoods with brazen resonance, Time will eventually | ens to as high a | and. restaurant point as 600 d cooks, by computing the n | piece of meat and the oven, can teil exactly ho to allow # joint to cook und kuow precisely wien it is “done to : joners use a therme h as 450 degree: iy has been boiled to ly high degree. A specially made inst is used by brewers, running ax bigh as grees, for taking the temperature of mashtubs, SIC ARCLAS Confederate Soldiers’? Home. ‘The citizens’ committee at New York to aid 1 | the ex-confederate soldiers, home at Austin, | Texas, has received this letter from 8. H. Phe- | lan, a cotton dealer at Atlanta, Ga.: | “Sir: Have consigned to the New York eot- | ton exchange one bale of cotton, contributed by the cotton men here, and one baie of domes- tics, contributed by ex-Gov, Builock, presi- dent of the Atlanta cotton mills, requesting the | | exchange to seil them and turn the proceeds | over to Chauncey M. Depew, treasurer, The | Georgia railroad company ‘transporte’ them . free. The interest shown in this matter by the federal soldiers touches the southern heurt | deeply, and makes us feel like bowing our | in shame at the ranting of such fools as Major-Gen, J. M. Schofield sends @80; P. T. Barnum, $25; August Belmont, #100, and Gen, Sehi ton, $10, oe - Her Mamma Slept Very Soundly. From the New York Sun. | tive plant v. | New York is a marvel of expansive energy, and of a thousand followed shou and yelling. The determined front Pi veasige fo squad of ag! Coetant | the prisoners saved hen i ‘he examination had been adjourned un’ Monday. Fearing trouble, Sheriff Burnham Monday morning took tlie two Chinamen to the city very early, It was well he did. An hour later a mob of 3,000 filled the streets within two blocks of the court-room. They stood patiently waiting hour by hour. They were not allowed to congregate near the city bo but were kept moving by a strong force of police, They were waiting for the time when the two prisonors should be taken to the f ner. Not liking the looks of Burnham, instead of taking the prisoners to the jail, locked them up in the jury-room under strong guard. Cheated of ita prey the crowd gan gradually to disperse. A portion of it, numbering 200, passed up Chestnut street. gut- ting a laundry near 6th, The two inmates fled outa rear door and escaped. The mob then dispersed before the police arrived. The China. men were safely taken mp to the jail from the court-room late this afternoon when the crowd had thinned out. The testimony against the prisoners was of the most hideous descripti Lhe concentration of the police near the ¢ iy hall left the northwest part of the city unpro- tected. This oppoffunity was taken advantage of by mobs to wreck six or eight ndries seattered over that section, There were no collisions with the police, as the mov invaria- bly dispersed as soon as its work was done. It is not safe for a Chinaman to appear on the streets. One was chased into the St. Paul de- ot by a mob of 200 men and boys and pro- ected with difficulty, Nearly every laundry in the city hasone or more stalwart policeman eis: PILLS mee . PILLS, WEAK STOMA te to the Nervous and faTenT MEDICINE IN THE WORLD, “Full Prepared only by THOS. BEECHAM, St. Lancashire, GALLEN A G8. 08 an S67 Canal St, Mow'vorks Sole WILL MAIL BEECHAM’S PILLS ON RECEIPT OF PRICE 25 CENTS A BOX. Moor the i 20. totes: taken as directed, will quickly restore females Sk pero eee eee eae ae caeaes BLOOKER'S DUTCH COCOA. MADE INSTANTLY with boiling water or milk. NO COOKING REQUIRED! Prof. R. OGDEN DOREMUS can be made.” Ib, tin; 55e. per 34 Ib, tin, (Bellevue Hospital Medical College), writes:— “* No choicer, purer or better cocoa | Sold by all leading grocers and druggists at $1 per U. 8. DEPOT, 35 MERCER ST. NEWYORK. m6 RAILROADS. ALTIMOKE AND OHIO RAILROAD, B oy in tect Manche i 1 ve Washington from station corner jew Jersey innati, St. Ay, 35:00 and 11:10. me Por Pittsburg and Cleveland, be daily 8:55 a. m. and ¢: ‘or Lexington and Local Stagione #3 For Giautiuore, weok daya 3:00 8:30, 9:30 (45 Infpates) 45, x 2. 24 g and 2:10.and paper pire Peet standing guard over it. ———— Life at the National Capital. From the New York Tribune, Permanent residents of the national capital, under whose eyes the city is developing daily in symmetry, beauty, and convenience, and who, accordingly, are unable to measure its growth by contrast and comparison, can scarcely realize how rapidly it is becoming one of the most interesting places in the world. But occasional visitors, and notably those who are there not oftener than once in four years, find much to surprise and delight them outside of the festivities and displays of inauguration. In several respects Washingtn is unique. There are comparatively few countries whose capitals are not also their chief cities. London, Py Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Rome, St. Petersburg, Rio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres are seats of civilized government, but each is like- wise a metropolis. The multifarious interests of a great center of trade and commerce divide the attention of all the Preps and monopolize the thoughts of most. In Washington the vis- ible agents, impiements and functions cf ad- ministration are predominant. They exercise that paramount influence over the community which a university established in @ small town exercises. It is impossible to escape from the consciousness that the chief business of Wash- ington is the management of the affairs of a great nation. The only trade is that which supplies the necessities of those whose employ- ments and interests are associated directly or indirectly with objects and purposes which concern the whole country. Though no eee by a daily increasing dis- tance from the center of population, Washing- ton is practically far more accessible to the citizens of a majority of the states than when it was chosen as the seat of the government. A few years ago the question of removing the capital to some point eae. more cen- tral was the subject of a rather languid discus- sion, which soan lapeed, and which is not likely, for along time, it ever, to be renewed. The seatof government is too firmly fixed to be un- seated by anything less than a popular convul- sion, And this consciousness o' rmanence has not failed to find expression in The develop- ment of the city. Not only is the administra- t and constantly augmenting, but around it have sprung up affiliated institutions of educational importance and a maltitnde of de- lightful homes and strong affections, The natural situation of Washington and the artifi- cial configuration of its streets afford archi- tectural possibilities, both on a large and on a small scale, which are reproduced no where else in the world. And there is no obstacle to unlimited growth in nearly every direction, destined to become more marvelous as time goes by. But its location, incomparably adapted for commerce, is peculiarly unfavor- able for residence, involving transportation problems which have scarcely begun to be solved, while its uncompromising rectangles defy every attempt at picturesque construction. The demands of trade are inexorable, and the acquisition of a home has become an achiev: ment—an achievement, moreover, which only wealth can hope to accomplish, In Washington, as elsewhere, wealth has its | natural advantages, It increases whatever capacity its owners may otherwise possess for making companionship and hospitality agreeable and elevating, but nowhere are pop- ular repnte, the acknowledgment of merit and the recognition of social desirableness more completely disconnected from any money stan- dard than at the capital. So large a propo; tion of those whose acquaintance is a Ristine- tion are dependent upon salaries, the precise amount of which is known to everybody, or may be ascertained by glancing at a blue-book, that there is little temptation to make a pre- tence of riches or maintain a deceitful show of fictitious prosperity. And this state of a! fairs has an important and salutary inflnence upon the social lifeof the city. A few rich en make lavish expenditures, but they do not set an example which other people feel any ob- gation or even impulse to imitate. Though Washington is constantly attrecting from all parts of the country, by its ¢ . surround- ings and institutions, and by its diversified ap- peals to different eve minds, permanent residents who consult only their preferences in removing thither, is likely to preserve for generations, a large measure of national and refined simplicit; oor Who Got the Beefsteak? From the Minneapolis Journal. “When you come home to-night, Ferguson.” said Mrs. Montgomery, “I wish you would bring up a pound of steak.” Mr. Ferguson grunted out an inaudible reply, for the servant had slept over and he was half an hour late to his business, But when night ‘ame he felt in better humor, and boughta fine , slice of cow. When he arrived a¥ the louse he laid the | beef, wrapped up in brown paper, on the door- step while he went ont to give the mare her | oats. When he returned from the stable Montgom- ery observed en animal, evidently of bad char- acter from the expression of his face, and of the particular species of dog known as the bull dog, standing over the package with e pression of satisfaction at the Ask Yorr Grocer For B ST CREAM CHI Choi ce Light 8 ay ce sTUp, 1 Gall. That ‘Bougues ¥ 119-1" m.. 4:35 m., 12:05, 4:10 pm. Sundays, the Metropolitan Branch, t6-1 p.m, for principal stations ouly ; an an. y intern 230, 4:4 35, 111:20 p. Re. » Boyd's and intermédiate stations, t7:00 p. m., yt. Chureh tralns leave Washington P.u., stopping at al] stations on M For Frederick, 10:10 a.m., 14:3 rt rive from Chicago rom Cincinnati and 1:55 p.m. ;from Pytteburg, 35 pan, Pom. 8 Bal itimore 30 pan: 411-00a.m . *2:50, “4:45 p.m, night ‘Trains leave Philadelphia, for Washington, o8:15, "1138 ny FLD SIS) BLS a “Daily. {Sunday on! da} A ied for and checked at Goes and resi- rs left at ticket offices, 619 and 1351 200, and and Phil- et “ sack, Perfection ‘tea, to be Best Sugar Cured B40. per, 1b. fominy for 25c. forl5e. Sate. Beans Braporatea Appice for porated Apples for 25c. large bottles, Toe, Tom, Dick, sud ‘cess Flour, $6.75 per Ib. p: Suan OF THE FART” Fs ‘Thne” Flour,’ 85.00 per bbl. ae for 25. 1 ii per Buckwheat for mj ‘kee Breakfast Hominy ‘Prunes Dried Peaches (peeled) for 25, 4 libs. © Ibs. Turkish Rumford Yeast Pow or 2 matic Soap for 25c. O cakes’ Plymouth Rock Soap per 4 bbl. suc 21.5) acknowledged by worth double our price, which Hams, 123 for 25c. 9 cukes 25c. 7 cakes Aro- CHAS. 0. SCULL, Gen. Puss. Ag’t. PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE HE NOKTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST. BLE TEACK” \ SPLESIID CER ERT EL RAILS.” MAGNIFICENT | RAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON FROM SEATIO | SOKNER SIXTH AND B Srkeers, 24 FOL: For ittshurgand the West, Chicago Limited of I estibuled Cars, at 9:50am. iy, Past daily to Cincinnati and St. Louis, vaca om Pittsburg to Cincinnat, Lurg to St, Louis: daily, except Satur: wie ES to Chicago, with Sleeping Car Altooua to _2080-8m_ ___412 4th st. s.¢. coxo., Western’ Express, at 5-40 pans dally, with R CHOICEST IMPORTED WINES, Li Sleeping Cars Washington to Ciuicago apd St. Louis, Geckinis oa uli pant oie syenesting, daily af Harrisbure’ with throug hrima Christi, Maceroni, Spaghetti, Ver-| Sitepers for Louisville and Memphis, Pacitie Ex: Barbera, mecelli, ress, 10:00 p.m. daily, for Pittsburg and the Barolo, Pure Olive Oil, Parmesan, Dee rough Sleeper to Pittsburg, end Pitte- et logue! cheese, 7 J ~~. Marsuise Siateerras. MORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. “all a SAG Nc SON! a jochester, daily ; for Buf- mahechin® ag emmee 3) -y 2. Ww. id Niagare, except Saturday, 10-009. Arrowroot or Saxvens EA! DECKER PIANOS, ani BAKER'S BREAKFAST COCOA. ‘Warranted ABSOLUTELY PURE COCOA, from which the excess of Oil has been removed. K & CO., re PIANOS AND ORGANS. & Sraywax, DING PLANOS: BROS. WEBER, F1S ESTEY ORGANS. Pianos for rent and so! mil Tar on accom DERS & 8’ Screrr Urnicur Paso. It ix the most durable Piano made, It is thoroughly constructed. Itis artistic in design and tinish, It has the most brilliant «i inging quality of tone to be sound in any Upright Piano. ‘Terms—c 122-3m “6 RAI T bly five instruments, Burdett Orcans, suld tor themselves, stay. shor monthly iustallmente, R PIANOS ARE REMAR CONLIFF, SLE st. nm. The Pease Pianos here since 15 years, also sj G. H. KUHN, Sole Agent, 407 Hoth PIA UNEQUALED IN TONE, T ss ‘D DUR. ial attention of “Pu ante Artistic ‘Style Lit os ‘OUCH, WORKMANSHIP BILITY. hasers” i EST DECORATIVE ART. Pianos for reut, 5 ND PIAN comprising almost every country, in the “ low figures. 5] in prices: MONTEL ag HOUSEFUR: a Coomxe Br Gus A fall line of GAS COOKING STOVES On hand and for sale. mb3) 2 'S olfered bot! be arranged on EASY hen desi: red. SISHINGS. | WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPANY. __GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. _ H. D. Bun. IMPORTER AND TAILOR, have jus: arrived Mr. BALK personally fits all garments made in his | nuieuk. 1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. mhl7 Washingion, D. 0. WOOD AND COAL “Here, get out of this!” said 1 ery, gruftly. The dog looked up and changed his expres- sion of pleased surprise for one of resolute hautenr.. He presented an unpleasant picture of indignant inguiry, ‘Get out!” said Mr, Montgomery again, pick- ing up a piece of gang wi ne dog emitted anole like the lower string ith ' of a bass viol, Mr. pe we Ripel hove the followed it up In the melee that followed Mrs. M «ors did not take a bend other than $0 00 ita few pence shee Bod ad Sed seat and a new o' mf . Montgomery’ gy Meat 5 ‘ ov with a red-hot iron that night, and the tele. company charged him 611 50 cable- sm apg Le The meat Temloas ts A New Foru or Ivsvran Ind, tothe New Yore We i until c te, Ash Stove, per tou = Nut eaeeease prices for poeen 1020 Latest Coun: Coxz: Y RETAIL PRICES, FOR © are of | Has the honor to inform you that his NEW GOODS | 88 1 2.240 Ibs, fereneses, Sstw. 3. Cop aad, Woon: JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘tT. VERNOX! ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta. Southwest M ‘1515 7th stn. w. It has more than three times the strengih of Cocoa mixed with Starch, | Sugar, and is theretore far more eco- | nomical, costing tss'than one cent acup. It is deli- cious, nourishing, strengthening, easily digested and sduirebly adapted for invalids ab well as for persons in SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. W. BAKE! ORGANS. i CHEK and ESTEY | mnodating terms, STAYMAN, we 8. ast Tenn. Mail invited to their . Charlottesville, Lynenl wed in designs of HIGH- sy A large sano rtment, 1., with Sle ashington to Ro 4 For Wilbamayo Teck Haven, and Entra, a¢ 9-30 1, daily, except Sunday. ‘aud the East, 7:20, 9-00, 11.00, and , 10. 00,800 17:20pm. On . express of Pullman, Par 40 a.m, daily, except Sunday, and 3:40 p tm. daily, with Dining Ca; For Bostou without change 2:10 p.m. every day. Por Brooklyn, N. ¥., all throneh trams counect at Jer sey City with boats of Brooklyn Annex, affording rT to Fulton street, avoiding doubie direct tran rriage acro w Lork City, For Philadelplia, 00, and 11-40 on U, 3 we r4 on am. 2:10, , Limited’ Ex; al press, mn. Week days, and 3:45 p.m ~ Parlor Cars, 9:40 daily. with ‘Dining | For Auantie city 1 For, Baltimore, 6:35, 12:00, and ‘13 -4¢ 00,"5:40, B50, 08,2. 0, BAR 410, 40 Sos eter 40,82 » 40, 5:10, 10-00, and Evcck Line, 7:20am, and 4:40 p.m. daily, r except Sunda: For Annapolis, 7:20 and 9:00 am., 1: p.m. dails, except Sunday. 4:10 pan. mE 6.00, 7 A WAX, AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RALCROAD, For Alexandria, 4 m.:12:04 noon and i pur ‘a. 6:01, 8:05, and | Accommogatioh for ‘Quantico, 7:29 a, ¥, in. Week days. For tichinond and the South, 4:30, cd $40 p. ba. daily, except Sun as is leave Alexandria for 00, 9:10, Bg 5 30; 10:57 & m. daily, day. { st fi ‘treet and Pet ~~ — per of Lath stree nusylvapiaaycnue, and mat Dy where orders can te deft for the checking J. WOOD, Gen. Pas. Ageut. (125) IEDMONT AIR LINE. Schedule in efiect February 1) 220 A. M.—East 1 Mi Gordonsville Oth, 1889. for’ Warrenton, and between Alexandris and 2 | Knoxville, kume, Calera, Montgomery, jeans, Pullman Sleeper Washington to'New Orleans, 11:24 A. M.—Fast alail Daily for Warrenton, Char Alle, Gordonsville, Stations Ches. & Ohio’ Route, nehDburg, Rocky Mout, Danville abd eu Lyne the | lottes Ly are ta to Montwomery ; Pullman Slee} gomery to New Orleans and Mana Boudoir Sleepers for Birmingham, Vicksburg. an Sleeper Greensboro to Coluiubia and Angusta. = | {rains Washington to Atlanta. “Does not counect for ©. a pers Mont 8 i M.—Mempuis xxpress Dail Bristol and Chattanooga. Puliman V Washington to Meuj Pomts. 30 P. M.—Western Express Daily for Manassas, Culpeper, Orange, Charlottesville, Louisville, Cincin- ati ‘Puiimen “Sleepers and Solid rains Washington jonny 11:00 P. M—Southern Express Dail burg, Danville, Raleigh, Asheville, bia, Aik ‘Au ta, Atlant aliforn } | and Ohio rout and 9:40 P.M ae ha on leave Ws ington 9:00 A. rapt rwhy's EA Bat Serpe aataar keting wage a a » arrays vi Ee AM. and 3:58 FA = | grout from the South via via rm and Lynch- A.M. and 9:40 P.M.; via ite and Charlottesville 5:40 P.M. Trains on W Teave Round i AM Daily’ § ily excey arrive in W. 8 vis East i enucesee, Betccal aba bys Strasburg Local at 10:15 A. M. 10:00, and Parlor AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL. | flatter you. Ui the ' Sets | Meet lice wy Pa Bristol | from 2 to 8 p.tu. Ladies @1,., Gen be- Doxr Tur: Wir a Ee SE For Evexo Wen 1329 F st. pw. at Mrs. Ratio Rs MR ‘Silver, Gold, and Tortoise NEW DESIGNS IX se AND AMBER PINS, FINE FREN: AIR GOODS, ky i SHAMPOOING. Lox AND PARIS STYLES RHOEIVED "OWEN MERCHANT TAILOR, Cor. New York ave. KLEINERT'S SEAMLESS STOCKINETT. KLEINERT'S PORE EUBBER AND Vahious OLRER DRESS EVERY PAIR WARRANTED. E GENUINE WITHOUT OUR TRADE MARK NONE (Gi usmme (KLELNERD on every pair mhi-3m _ BEWARE OF IMITATION. L™. SEAL-SKIN GARMENTS ap The CERNINGHAM, ES nesses Bib st. n.w., bet ESS SHIE. TD menced or Mente WOORMARD & Vorrahge se the best in ‘stock. They have no equal. » everywhere. ald-00" @RENCH DYEING, SCOURLN DRY CLEAN- iratclae baie aad Geyist’ work Seer deere ra BO, zuuehy Velvet snd ‘Evenine Dromen 48 ‘nd Maison Vriese, Paris. a J ADEs WHO REQUIRE. THE SERVIOES OF e rier Py ‘StciaD Ci ne. bet. B Ladies only. Remedy, $5. t25-3w' BEEN CONTRADICTED THAT is the La ag advertis- tute city. you +m. Hig ve ‘orty yours’ experieuce. er : NE! YL HAS NEV Dr. BROTHERS Ladi | Pas Wf ANHOOD RESTORED iho two of Dr. BROT EE nerve-power, It imparts vi we the Whole , trie” are See tw M*5 DE. REST, LONG-ESTABLISHED reliable * Physician, can be consulted | at her resi J aw. Office hours | too p.m. with only. | . MOTT'S FRENCH | PONDERS | a | Serene tee oases, Sd “yr DODD'S ‘NERVINE oS) cures naturel weakness, lomsot vitality, pervous ty, Ro, rs, cor. th and F &e. Price, $1. bent ed by mail. For sale st 3 8 ____ PROFESSIONAL. MME BROKE TELLS ALL THE BV! ae LL All business « dies, att Cat asa tome ahaa +00" ENTS OF ‘and gen. Uemel is, Ww. | PA RCLES aT 713, 40e ST XE EVERY TUESDAY night at 7:50 sharp. Some of the most wond sever given, also private sittings 4 tuiho-8t PX AL MONPERFULLY GIFTED CLAlR- | SyYorint Astroloxer and Spiritual Medium, ‘Bore | With second sight and veil. Every lidden ay) Te | Xitled. | Keoovers kuwt or stole perty. Finds hid- den marriayes. rings separated | im business, | Vince the ivost «i pti Ts from other cities | Will save time and cins Stranwes ppomunent by calling on the only genuine ci yent in this city, as he s where ey ‘and advertises only what he | Goo ittings, 50c. Lite-readiug Ui on Naines lock of baie, Gate of burt Hours 9 tom Sundays trom 1 WS p.m. 421 Oth st. m, | D** | | Sasi erect Ga a ead od Pa. wee where ssbe can be consul! ; i i rf . ty £ a 2 i L i if yoursel clairvoyant. fences trom otber ci i 5 fi a i f £ il Tuagnetic treatment extra. No letter answered. | ate contains @1 and lock uf hair and in a Your Eves Theo, of Charge, and i requties ‘tha evere, ing the care of our eyes treo to any sadreas § | "Tickets, ‘sie | Eulvaute sven Vauia ay | ba Railroad, and at ‘and LYIEBIG COMPARY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. USE IT FOR SOUPS, BREF TRA, SAUCES. AND MADE DISURG. ‘Genuine only with facsimile of Justus von Léebigs SIGRATURE IN BLUR INK Across UBbel. Gold by Btorekeepers, Grocers, and Drugsista,