Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1889, Page 7

CITY AND DISTRICT. “@ EVERYBODY READS THE STAR. 2 THE DISTRICT LIBRARY. An Effort to Increase It and Perfect Its Character. The Commissioners have under considera- tion the advisability of issuing the following letter relative to the strengthening of the li- brary. This letter was framed by the libra- “An effort is being made by the Commission- ers of the District of Columbia for increasing the size and perfecting the character of the city library of the national metropolis. Located as it is at the seat of the general government, in which ail the people of the land have a direct interest, it is proposed to give it the distinct- ive character of a municipal library, and to bave in its keeping all the local publications of an official character connected with the 500 cities in the United States. Many of the leading corporations have already made liberal contri- butions in the way of messa; local laws and ordinances, and reports on all sorts of munici- methods, so that the nt titles in the ibrary number not less 7,000, including manuscript records; but an appeal is hereby made to all those officials who may receive this circular. Pamphlets as well as bound volumes will be thankfully received, which may be sent by mail, free of postage, directed to the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, when their receipt will be promptly acknowedged. “Among the considerations which have 'p this appeal are the following: ist. metropolis of the United States is the most uitabie place in all the land for an en- tirely comprehensive library of the character 2d. When in a perfected state it it be visited and ited with pleasure it by visiting citizens from every part of land. 3d. As the books and pamphiets do not come under the copyright laws, and not matically collected in the national ov this city library would naturally be frequently utilized by our Senators and Repre- sentatives, when discussing the needs of the various sections of the country. By order of the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia.” ——— ee The Death Record. During the three days ending at noon yester- day deaths were reported to the health office as follows: Stanley Matthews, white, 64 years: Te- resa DeVote, white, 9 years; Gilbert Gannon, white, 49 years; Frederick J. Miller, white, 22 years; Sarah B. Berry, white, 70 years; Daniel Pfeil, white, 4 years; Mary Cecilia Davies, white, 47 years; Ralphe Smith, white, 1 year; Grace Conniex, colored. 1 year; William Bowie, col- ored, 8 months; Ernest Hams, colored, 4 years; Albert Williams, colored, 3 months; Marie Parker, colored, 25 years; James Edwards, col- ored. 27 years; Susan Berry, white, 70 years; Sallie C. Funk: white, 87 years; Rachel A. Tay- lor, white, 76 years; James Thompson. white, 5 months; Elizabeth T. B. McCormick. white, 60 years; Phillip Thompson, white. 58 years: Fan- nie 8. Clements, white, 33 years; Francis Camp- bell, white, 3 da; Richard H. Sylvester, white, 5 months; Effie L. Degges, white, 1 year; Henrietta Kummer, white, 37 Jas. illy, colored, 3 years: Lizzie Sedrick, colored, 17 years; George Matthews, colored, 2 years; Elizabeth Wilkerson, colored, 35 years; Wm. Henry Mitchell, colored. 2 ‘months; Fanny Brown, colored, 41 years; Francis K. Petty, white, 49 ye Wm. Albert Rogers, white, 2 months; Mary F. Grimm, white, 23 years. ——— Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: H. B. Moulton to W. Mayse, pt. lots 6 to 8, blk. Pleasant; 3.600. C. McCarter to H. W. Coftin, lot 8, bik. 18, Mt. Pleasant; #2.287.50. R. B. Leathers to Jennie V. Trussell, pt. 8, sq. 816: $400. H. Fetler to R. H. Bontz, vt. 5. $1,500. A. T. Holtzman to J. H. terest in sub lots 45, 49. and pt. 47, sq. 91 Marguret Kline to R. Proctor, pi. 65, H. Pleasant Plains; $165. B. P. Leighton et al. to Mary W. Burg. bik. 28, Brookland; $1,000. C. Early to E. M. Gallaudet, sub lots 158 and 15814, Harriet J. Early to Lula 69, square 96; $1,926.25. to S. W. Curriden, lot’ 13. sq. 835; 1.000. T. J. Flack to Volney Pursell, sub. I, aq. 791; 33.550. A. L. Swartwout to W. A. Kimmel et al., sub 149 to 151, sq. 672; $—. Mar garet Hannon to Daniel P. Hannon, part 15, sq. 1; @—. W. M. Offerly to W. C. Hill, part lot 13, block 8, Meridian Hill: #—. W. M. ‘Thompson to F. R. Cooke, sub 55, sq. 306; $3,800. Mary McAuliffe to Kate Donahue, sub. 13, sq. 131; €—-. Thomas E. Waggaman to Sarah V. Fowler, sub 33, sq. 839; #1.500. Marga- ret Van Biber et al. to Mary P. Goodwin, inter- est in estate of H. P. Van Biber; ¢—. y Goodwin et al. to Genevieve E. Walker. lots 17 and 18, sq. 172and 9, sq. 878; @—. Julian W. Deane to Mary Z. Bolch, lots 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23. 25, 27, 29 and 31, block 3, Grant Park; #500, Christopher J. C. Banks to W.C. Hill, parts 5 and 6, block 17, Meridian Hill; 8—. Frances A. Riddle to-Geo. Lander, sub 140, sq. 546; 2,500. E. D. Hurt to P. H. Coffin, parts 18 and 19, sq. 777;@—. Mary C. Hurt to same, same — erty; @-. J. W. Pilling to’ Mary Freeman, sub 39, sq. 191; @—. G. E. B. French etal. to F. P. B. ids et al. in trust, lot 2, > &. F. P. B. Sands et al. to A. B. ines, same property; $—. =o Our Maryland Neighbors. Correspondeuce of Tut EvENtne Stan. Biapenssure, March 24. The funeral of the wife of Mr. Alexander Mc- Cormick, a prominent citizen of the District of Columbia, and the father of Acting Com. MeCormick, of the navy, took place from the residence near Benning yesterday afternoon. ‘The funeral was one of the largest ever wit- nessed in this neighborhood. A number of prominent people from Washington and An- napolis attended. The remains were interred im the family barying-ground near-by. The services were conducted by Rev. Mesars. Read aad Lowrie, of the Epise: ebureb. A patent roller four mill, tobe owned by a stock compa: representing @ capital =40,600, is to be established in Laurel. wo-thirds of the capital required has been subscribed. The land for the site has already been purchased. ‘The mill will be located near the railroad, and the estimated cost of site, construction, &c., is $30,000. Among the stockholders are the fo! lowing residents of Laurel: E. F. Shaffer, H. C: Frost. Evan Duvall, Phelps J. Shaffer and Geo. W. Waters. The hearing on the writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Dennis, of the circuit court of Baltimore city, against ‘Sheriff Darnall, of this county, in the matter of the arrest and deten- tion of John Blanden, for alleged burglary, has been been postponed till Saturday next, and the prisoner remanded to the county jail. “Pink-eye” is considerably prevalent heres- bout, there being about fc cases among the inmates of the Reform school alone. George's gets $3,100 for white schools and $1.663 for colored under the last distribu- tion of the state school fund. An organization of the gentlemen connected with St. Jerome's Catholic church at Hyatts- ville, was effected to-day with J. 8. McFarland, resident, and Lewis Ford, secretary. The ob- ject of the association is to further the business interests of the church, LL. Bc Mone Tears To New Yorx.—The Baltimore and Obio railroad com; H f a eeelise THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTO The Colonel’s Ruse. WHY HE 18 NO LONGER IN GOOD ODOR WITR THE POLICE. There resides in a thickly-populated section of the citya man who will call in vain for “police” if he should ever have occasion to cry for help. Up to one night last week he was on the best possible terms with the blue-coated guardians of the peace, but now their friend- ship is a thing of the past, For some months the E-street man, who bears the title of “‘colo- nel,” has been in the habit of allowing officers to step into his ee room and there indulge in alittle lunch. The custom grew and the number of beneficiaries multiplied and waxed fat. Then the colonel got tired of furnishing free lunches, and in place of the customary dainties he put in the closet a large and unsub- stantial piece of limburger cheese. Then the colonel waited for the first policeman to come along. While he was waiting a friend called, and assoon ashe entered he made some re- mark about THE SICKLY CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. The cheese meanwhile was working hard; it rolled over several times and breathed vig- orously, The visitor hazarded a guess as to the catse of the fotidity, and was solemn! requested by the colonel to say nothing about i “Two nights ago,” explained the colonel, looking mysterious, “a man came in here and endeavored to assassinate me on account of an old grudge; he failed, and”—here he shud- dered—“T'killed him. Hie is now in that closet, and although I keep a big chunk of ice on his head nearly all the time, he won't keep until I can get him out of the houxe.” Then followed a proposition from the colonel to his friend to assist him in ridding the house of the ghastly remains, but the friend was too timorous. He promised, however, to say nothing about it and then he went away, A POLICEMAN AT THE DOOR. Five minutes later one of the officers came along and he made a good deal more noise in entering than was his custom. The door was closed—locked—and the policeman kicked at it very vigorously. The colonel responded in accents of fear, and after much furniture mov- ing and mysterious shuffling of feet he timidly opened the door. The corpse-seeking officer rushed in and commenced an eager search, in which he was feebly retarded by the guilty colonel. Finally the closet was opened and there on the shelf where sandwiches and sausage and other delicacies had so often reposed while waiting to be devoured lay that piece of cheese, big as a No. 8 Derby hat and as odorific as a 200-horse-power soap factory. The colonel’s house is lonely now, and the police walk by it with tiptilted nostrils, while the colonel’s lunch is undisturbed save by the colonel himself. eae es A Twenty-Eight Story Building. Minneapolis Special to the New York Herald. The twenty-eight story building scheme, which was so laughed at in the east when the architect, L. 8. Buffinton, first made it public, is expected to materialize in this city during the present year. Financial backing has been se- cured and an office opened where plans are ex- hibited, which show the outline of 723 rooms, each of which opens from the interior court and has a window on the outside. The plans are drawn for a building 80 feet square on the level of the sidewalk, and tapering a little toward the top. The court within is to be 40- feet square, in the center of which sixteen senger elevators willbe run. The total area is 149,040 square feet. Mr. Yardell, who is exhibiting the plans, no doubt of success, bh York produce exchange, is 240 feet above the sidewalk and the elevator runs to within fifteen feet of the top. That is but fifty- five feet square. The Washington monument is fifty-five feet square at the base and 520 feet high. Then wiy could we not erect a building joor has | such as we propose? It will be made of iron, | being a skeleton of lattice, riveted iron-work, one fifth of that of a of the same dimen- It will be perfectly fire-proof and will sions. THE PARNELL TRIAL. Graphic Pictures of Court Scenes. ° SIR CHARLES RUSSELL, THE FAMOUS CROSS-EX- AMINER, G. W. Smalley in New York Tribune. Loxpor, March 13, It seems an ill time, now that Pigott is in a suicide’s grave at Madrid, to be making sketches of him as he appeared in the witness- box under cross-examination. It is either too late or too soon. To forget him is impossible. Should he ever again become—as it is more than possible he may—the topic of the hour, those of us who were in court will see as plainly as ever that heavy, flushed face turn- ing green beneath its red, the muscles tying themselves into knots, the eyes injected and turbid, the mouth relaxed, the chin as if dis- jointed; the whole unhappy person of this strange base figure suffering physically some of the mental, or perhaps moral, torture which Sir Charles Russell constrained him to endure. The range of the cross-examination, all in- complete as it had to be left, was not the least astonishing thing about it. Sir Charles was by turns cool and hot, stern and playful, business- like and tragic, now addressing the witness in his most colloquial tone, anon thundering at him as if from the judgment seat, coaxing him one moment, menacing the next, first persuad- ing, then perplexing, then landing his victim in the palpable and visible center of his laby- Tinthine maze of lie: Sir Charles has attitudes of his own as he cross-examines. The stiff uprightness and strictly conventional demeanor of the attorney- general, strictly observed through all moods and phases, is not for him. He stood erect for one minute at the beginning as he put his famous request to Pigott to take a piece of paper, and pen and ink, and write down the words, the fatal words, which he would give him. But he is never erectfor long. If he has a choice of positions, it is with his right foot on the bench—I do not mean the judicial bench—his right elbow leaning either on the knee or the shelf in front, the right hand raised and holding his gold eyeglass toward the witness. This might seem ungainly were it not for the flowing robe of silk which en- velops hia figure and softens the angularities it assumes. Kobeless, he might seem wanting in respectfulness to the judges in this freedom of pose, But the robe ‘redeems whatever needs redeeming. Now and again he takes snuff, and the huge bandana he unfolds at the finish of this operation is like a blood-red banner of war. He drinks early in the morning a large tumbler of some medical mixture for his throat. This, too, is red, unlike Mr. Glad- stone’s, which, whether in the house of com- mons or on the platform, is always yellow. ‘The gold eyeglass is in constant use, sometimes for reading, more often asa help to the per- emptory gesture which is as characteristic of him as anything. One of Sir Charles’ arts is to make a witness retell his story in such a way that the retelling of it shall bring out the absurd or incredible or invented characteristics of it. He delights to convict a witness out of his own mouth. This strategy he practiced upon Pigott, but Pigott, it must be said, went to pieces completely when first confronted with his own letters to Arch- bishop Walsh, which he believed had been re- turned tohim and by him destroyed, From that first shock of guilty surprise he never re- covered. That is one of many mysteries which have never been cleared up, and now, I sup- pose, never will be. Nothing could be more adroit than the use Sir Charles made of the letters, He put the first into Pigott’s hands, telling him to identify but not read it. As I have treated this point by cable I will not go into it again further than fo give one example of the method, and that I abridge. The method was simply to read to Pigott a sentence or part of a sentence of Pigott’s own letter, base a juestion on it, lead him to deny or affirm some- thing, and then read out the next sentence, which directly contradicted that the witness had just sworn to. Thus: cost about #1.000,000. rate of forty feet per week upward.” A Kindly Warning. From the Youth's Companion. A diffident young man, who chanced to be already engaged to be married, taught his first Itean be built at the term of school in a western rural district some years ago and, in accordance with the rural custom, he did a great deal of “visiting around.” ‘He spent one night at the house of an old farmer who had a daughter famous, not for her beauty, but for her laek of it. ‘To enumer- ate her peculiarities of face and figure would be to give a catalogue of imperfections. Those who regard bulk asamark of beauty, who think a head of red hair, cut short and parted at the side, is an attraction ina young lady, would have been charmed with ‘Becky Ann.” When our somewhat fastidious young teacher was introduced to this paragon, ‘her uncomeli- ness was increased by the fact that she was barefooted and wore an inharmonious gown of green and yellow calico, Naturally enough his amazed gaze was fixed often on Miss Becky Ann during the evening. When he retired to his room for the night, he was followed by her father, who almost stupi- fied him by saying, with perfect gravity: “Look here. I'm goin’ to tell you something. I reely think you'd orter know, ez it may save you from raisin’ any false hopes to have ‘em dashed to the ground. I seen yer castin’ sheeps’ eyes atmy Becky Anu all the evenin’, an’ it's my bounden dooty to tell ye that she’s spoke for by Jarvis Sipes. Sorry for ye, young man, but Jarvis hez got ahead of you this time.” sah nae domes Justice Fuller’s Son-in-law. MR. AND MRS. J. MATT AUBERY RETURN TO CHi- CAGo. Chicago Special to the New York Herald. Mrs. J. Matt Aubery, nee Fuller. and her hus- band have returned from Milwaukee. I found Mrs. Aubery sitting in a big armchair in the comfortable parlor of the paternal Aubery resi- dence, on Vincennes avenue, her pretty hair loosely framing a pretty face, in which a pair of large eyes were the most noticeable features, Her husband, a tall, slight, boyish lookin; young fellow sat beside her, and rested his han —— the arm of her chair. There was an air of feasting and merriment about the house. The gas was turned on brightly in all the rooms and members of the family flitted in and out. The elder Aubery’s face was illuminated with smiles. “My son and his bride,” said he, “left Mil- waukee at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.” “And there is really nothing for us to say that has not already been published.” said young Mrs. Aubre We were just overrun with correspondents and reporters in Mil- ukee. but my husband saw them.” said Mr. Aubery, jr., “I saw them all. They came to my room; they met me at places I visited; they stopped me on the street. I uever imagined that I would become so important a personage.” “Touly saw one newspaper man,” eaid the young wife, “although others claimed to have had interviews with me. Of course we couldn't expect the papers to let us alone.” “We have no plans,” said Mr. Aubery. shall simply remain here for the present, “And you, my son,” said his father, “ will probably go right on in business with me, the same as before.” ane - Stabbed His New Son-in-Law. HOW THE BRIDE'S FATHER RESENTED A SOUTH CAROLINA ELOPEMENT. A dispatch to the Philadelphia Press from Columbia, 8. C., March 24, says: A sensational affair occurred in Clifton, Spartanburg county, last night. Yesterday morning Clara Hag eloped with Edward Mathis, a young man whose suit was bitterly opposed by Hagins, The couple were married during the forenoon, and last night Mathis took his bride to his home. J. 8. Hagins, the father of the girl, was “We infuriated when informed of the elopement and swore that he would be revenged. Last night Hagins armed himself with ashoe- maker's knife and went to the house of his son- in-law. Immediately upon entering the house he made a desperate attack upon Mathis. He stabbed him in the neck just below the right ear, inflicting a probably fatal wound. The bride interfered and is reported to have been wounded in the arm. Hagins has been arrested and put in jail. and the community is very much incensed him. “Did you know before the publication of them that grave charges were to be made against Mr. Parnell by the Times’ ou swear that?” ‘I do.” ‘o mistake about that?” None.” ‘is this your letter?” es, he date?” iarch 4, three days, is it not, before the first article speeear Then follows the reading of the first part of the letter in which Pigott writes to Archbishop Walsh that he knows that certain proceedings are im preparation to destroy the Parnellite party in parliament, Then another twist of the rack, “What were these proceedings?” “J do not recollect.” “Turn to my lords and repeat that answer.” “T do not recollect.” “Did you rofer to the forged letter?” “No.” “Listen to this sentence from your own letter to the archbishop: ‘he proceedings referred to consist in the publication of certain state- ments purporting to pore the complicity of Mr. Parnell himself and some of his supporters with murders and outrages in Ireland,’” And so it went on sentence by sentence; each contradiction of Pigott’s oath in the witness- box coming from Pigott’s written statem Archbishop Walsh. Such a method, the young pees iente may say, is obvious when once you ave got your witn the box and his letter before you, Well, let the young practitioner, having had his way made piain for him, try it on the next occasion. It was, and it often is, the distinction of Sir Charles Rus: ell so to make use of a method both simple and familiar as to derive from it the most brilliant results. It was by the variety and ever-changing ingenuity of @ continuing vet never the same procession of questions that he extracted trom Pigott at the end, with the same unfailing certainty as at the beginning, the self-same self-contradictions, f you are in a position to watch Sir Charles Russell's face during these contests, you will perceive that he often wears a mask; sometimes two masks. He has not the one resource which seems sufficient to the attorney-general; the one unvarying manner of cheery contidence: phlegmatie self-confidence which Sir Richard assumes 48 80 much armor. Over his sensitive face expression follows expression; not always, nor perhaps often, answering to the real mood in which he approaches his witness, but repro- ducing to the eye of the individual in the box the mood which he is desired to believe in for the time being. As I sat on Sir Charles’ left, a little behind him, I could see him turn every | now and then to his learned friend, Mr. Lock- wood, or Mr. Reid, or Mr. Asquith, The lett side of his face denoted whut he wished to convey to his coll . while the right side, still in the wits i continued to impress upon his trustful nature the same belief in the same mood at first. The whole countenance is curiously flexible. The emo- tions have a more direct action than usual upon the muscles. The eyes are both sympathetic and searching, the mouth is flexible, the long, straight nose is flexible: what Sir Charles Russell's nose is capable of expressing is past description. Set in his barrister’s wig as ina frame, it looks out upon the world trom large, pale blue, inquiring eyes, like the portrait of some great jurist of the great days of the Eng- lish bar, Tuke away the wig aud bands, strip him of his silk robe—a process to which he | would strongly object—array him in the ordi- nary costume of modern civilization, meet him in society, listen to the fluent and accurate talk, sometimes argumentative, always full, you will think him as modern ‘as anybody, a man of the world as well as of affairs, rather too much used to having his own way, not at all the spoiled child of fortune, but the’ archi- tect of his own fortune. On the whole, one of the most interesting and strenuous personalities now to be met, and within such limits as the law imposes upon those who accept the law as @ mistress, a man of genius also, Sir Charles Russell's fame as a cross-examiner seems in America a little to overshadow that fame as an all-round lawyer which really be- longs to him, His position is perfectly under- stood in England, both by the legal profession and the public. There is no place where mere brillianey is less valued, perhaps less under- stood, than at the English bar; nor is it by brilliancy, whether in cross-examination or otherwise, that Sir Charles has made his repu- -———@e—____ Opening of the Chess Congress. The sixth American chess congress and inter- national tournament began yesterday in the hall of the Union Square bank building, New York. The attendance was very large. The conditions of the tournament are that each layer shall contest two games with every other layer, the prizes of $1,000, $750, #600, #500, $100, $200 ahd #200 to be awarded according to the total number of games won by each player, The pla; begins each day at 1 o’cloc! 4 mi ing until 11, with a recess from 5 to7 p.m. As arule, players are pitted against the visiting champions. —-——eee—_______ Dr. Hans von Bulow, the eminent composer, was the Longs ad on the steamer Se in New York from Bre- men i ve arrested gang of expert silver- counterfeiters. tation. If he is unequaled before a jury, he is as certainly unsurpassed before the judges sit- ting in court of appeal and caring for nothing bat law and the dry light of legal reason. He has been in a many a sensational ise; Causes of libel, of divorce, and the like. But he laid the foundation of his renown in work of a very different kind, in commercial causes and in purely legal arguments, with no witness to dis- sect and no ast fd dazzle or puzzle. In busi- ness of that kind he has two or three rivals at the common law bar-—Sir Richard Webster, Sir He James; I hardly know who else, But — nos @ great case, — or political, in wi uman passions are he stands alone. sais QUEER ANIMALS AND BIRDS. Strange Denizens of Australasian For- ests. Correspondence of the New York Times, THE ORNYTHOREYXCUs. Everybody who has read anything about Aus- tralia has formed the acquaintance of that most extraordinary of animals, the or duck-billed platypus. He varies in size from the American muskrat to the woodchuck, has a brown fur somewhat like a mole, but coarser, and bright, beady eyes, which are almost com- pletely hidden in his diminutive head. Thus much beast, he has the bill of a duck, webbed feet, and (unless my recollection is at fault) the female lays eggs and suckles her young. His fur is the most valuable of that of any of the animals of Australia—which, for the most part, have rather thin coverings—and his race is syn becoming exterminated by hunt- rs for manufactories of cloaks, caps, and rugs. As if the duck-billed platypus did not sufficiently confuse matters by combi ing the forms and natures of mammal and bird, it has pleased him to assume the habits of the fish to the extent of living in rivers and feed- ing on worms and water insetts, His lik@ness to the finny tribes is further increased by the fact that the most approved way of catching him is by means of set lines with baited hooks that are arranged by night across the streams which be most frequents, and upon which he is found drowned in the morning. 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The resplendent birds of paradise also, although found abund- antly in New Guinea, do not occur on the Australian continent, although the straits that separate the two countries are exceedingly harrow, That singularly named creature, THE PREMIER FLOUR OF AMERICA, fe19-tu.th,sat3in i. “Yor Chicagoand Northwest, Vestibuled Limited ex- reas duly 5:55 spress 9: \ THE LAUGHING JACKASS, GALLERIES, PPor it asath B i Louls, and Ladauapolis, express, | er with a sample copy of the paper, free and post- is a species of gigantic kingfisher, which, hav- No. 816 CHESTNUT STREET, 3 ai ela paid to any address, or given to any ove applying ing been placed by one of nature’s freaks in a PHILADELPHIA. — — 8 m. and express 9-05 p.m country where there is almost no water and very few fish, carried the joke a degree further is OWn account and turned his attention to the catching of snakes. The bird derives his name from his note, which is a compound of the ‘-hee-haw” of a are and the laugh of a hopeless maniac, with a few interjected gurgles like the sounds made by a man while strang- ling and the groans of a person afilicted wit! iocal Stations + 5:00, a at the counter of the business office, Asa further inducement to secure @ largeSin« crease to its subscription list, THE WEEKLY Stam as arranged w give MR. LINFORD'S PAINTINGS Now on exhibition for the week only. Works of VON UHDE, PLOCKHORST aud other renowned painters of RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS reproduced in the best PHOTOGRAPHS. “A TRUSTING SAVIOUR,” Ploc! 00, 6:40, B= * 10, 325, tm Sundays, 8:30 a ms i-i8, A PREMIUM TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER 7 " ‘khorst; “COME JESUS, BE OUR GUEST,” Von Uhde: sim| rice scription, $1.00 remorse. - . RISTMAS MORNING.” A’ D. Gola, —_ rr ee si There is an intelligence and evident vein of “MARY MAGDALEN,” Franz Russ; per annum humor in the laughing Jackass, who loves to | ,,“BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS,” ‘Kaille; “THE KAISING OF JAIRUS’ DAUGHTER,” TEES Rauchinger; “THE INFANT CHRIST AND THE DOCTORS.” jofma, and msuy others, in ENGRAVINGS, PHOTO- _GRAVURES, EICHINGS, Ete: NEW WATER COLOR PAINTINGS. Superb iuimense photograph ot “TH ‘3x4 leet LRRO! ") 00," 8:05, 10-25 « v0, 6:30, 7-50, 8:05, am, 12:10 and 4:35 mn, 4:35p.m, Leave An- 0.837 ag 2 03, 4:10 pan, Sundays, m, Metropolitan Branch, t#:35, Pm. for principal statious only; 5 and 5-34 approach you silently, regard you contemptu- ously for a season, and then let off his demonia- cal note as near your ear as possible—after which he makes off expertly, cackling with de- risive laughter as he goes. His disgraceful familiarty with strangers is in part due to his own devil-may-care character, and for the reat to the fact that nobody molests him, and that his services in keeping the country free from supertiuous snakes are encouraged by a fine of £5 imposed upon any oue who kills him. His manner of dealing with snakes is to pounce upon them, seize them by thc back of the neck, fly with them wrigghng to a great height, an: drop them to the earth. The jackass is on the ground as quick ay the snake, and if the latter | still shows fight, repeats the operation until the serpent is ready to give up the ghost peace- ably. This premium isa WORCESTER’S POCKET DICTIONARY, Pm. us on the something needful in every family and useful 4 slike in the oMice, work-shop or at home It is the most complete small dictionary ever offered to the public Its nicely avd substantially bound ia cloth, comprises 208 pages, over 600 ilustrauons And contains more tuan 10.000 words, the spelling pronunciation, and defiuitions of which conform te those of the largest and lavest editions It is weil For Boyd's and intermediate stations, t7:00 p. m., . oer 0:00 =. “ oI train le Washington Sund: t Tel EDUCATION fhe moppineat sfattias So Sete Beale P For Frederi nd t5:30p. an. IAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR. 7TH ci and D sts. n.w. Founded 1864. More than 50,000 young men and women have beeu trained in the Spen- cerian Colleges. Day aid night sessious, Six courses: | Business Course; Shorthand, Typewriting and Graph- ephone; Practical English; ‘Telesr Rapid Writing, Keading and Oratory, Business men ‘furnished ma io daily neiunati and st Louis from Pittsburg “8 with trained NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA DIVISION. ¥ Frincipel HENHY © SPESCER ALE iw New York, Tret Newark and Elizabeth. ene Rplenccmarneecind i is ii nel ; » - a a) 1 es y “4 The bird sounds of an Australian, Tasmanian | Poe + TR-00, ), fA by 230, 1S Wes: | besides the vocabulary @ list of Foreign Words or New Zealand forest are very peculiar, There a ee tibuled Limite 0 p.m. Buflet Parlor Cars 5 el and gentlemen in feucitug and swor tine - For Philadelph Newark, Wil ngtor id Chester, " tones which produce an effect that is. peculiar | HALL. 39 Lat uwe gimnaas P| 00 DSO TT es meee re en and Chester; | for Spelling, and “ables of Weights and Meas and agreeable. One bird has a note like the ‘AL LESSONS—MLLE HENRIETTE L. ERNT, | “10:30 p. tm. pn ures, &c. tolling of a deep bell far away in the depths of ertificated Pupil of Mine. Viardot-Garcia | Philadeiphi pr . the forest; another a -‘glug, glug, glug,” which | gently, teturued fram Europe, with best ‘Trains’ le Sastineton, 8:30, | ‘This handsome and valuable little book, which sounds like liquor running’ out of a bottle; a | piy'to Mestre: Metacroit’ manders & Stapmian {11:00 am. cdininnbeped pe : third gives as) arp, cutting note precisely like mb20-6t* raing leave Philadelphia for Washington, *4-10, | “ils St 40 cents, exclusive of postage, will be the crack of a bullock driver's whip; one sighs, 1:158, m., 11:40, *4:15, *5:1, ald *7:30 | given and sent, postage free, to every subscriber another whistles, a third files a saw, and others a ne ee PiRscopt Sunday, Daily. {Sunday only. rs ” . Sree ee meet eraik, craik, AtSanders & Staynan's 934 Fat h.w, |, Baceue called for and checked st hotels and regi. | Tecelved by THR WREKLY Stan at $1.00 each, c ork,” and indulge in other strange cries which make one think CHAS, 0. SCULL, the whole forest has gone drunk or insane, JONAL ACADEMY OF FINE AKT>, 504 E Gen, Pass. Ast. and, if he be at all of a humorous bent, cause Gs id see the wouderful progress of students. him to laugh outright at the strange jargon.. = Sen BSS Chee sa ees |= i was iiaiatoe anal The multitude of colonial birds show many RSENCH LATIN, GREEK, MATHEMATICS A extraordinary freaks, quite in the line of the | ponte (ily, Profi H. EARROQUE, A. M.. of Sor: others which I have already described. New | and modern languages. 0 Zealand furnishes the greatest number of these, ences ou orders left @t ticket uilices, 61% and 15 AND PAINTING—INSTRUCTION IN| Pusves ne saeaemasen beste 5 It will also be given free and post paid to any uch and tor ull ages private or in classes one sending (reo (2) subscribers to Tuk WERKLT STAB at $1.00 each ($2.00), each subscriber, aswell getting a copy of the dictionary free and post paid. OUTHWEST, ID SCENERY TO THE NokiH, DOUBLE TRACK. RY. NT EQUIPMENT, nA 03 16th st, n.w. STEEL KAILs, » Claemical, mhl4-1m* ASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, ST. Ts EEERCE Friis 1H. nas the bi mt Cloud Bi 9th and Twentieth year. | TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON FROM STATION, SD YE : Be kia aed us coma ree clases fas | UREA SSRNOLSS BOM PEICE | ax ver axorumm PAE advantages. O. B. BULEAKD, Director. mh12-liu* Low OWS: For Pittsburg and the West, Chi Fullman Vestibuled Cars, Line, #:00 a.m, dai with Sie é "| by the natives affording one of the most re- markable. This is a bird of iridescent black plumage and yellow beak, which feeds upon ARENTS DESIRING TO SEND DAUGHTERS TO first-class School in Germany are requested to ad- dress FRAULEIN NEEF, Hixh School, city, tor par- tien Escort for European trip provided in v2" press ot a.m. daily; Fast Si. Louis, ineinnati, We have still aucther premium to be givento subscribers— ly, to From ‘Pittsburg tw Ci grubs that are dug out of trees, both green and | June. | aay ___— 9-2" © PSE a dead. NIVERSITYTEAIKED TEACHERS BHANE aaa | THE WEEKLY STAR'S POCKET ATLAS. ‘The extraordinary circumstance abont these corrae ematicn, Languages and Engiis! connecting daily ut Harrisburg with through | x i ches da; ing. A te lemons. ‘irial e fowls is that it requires two of them to secure | leuon tree, PRANK Eo HALL, Sol Eataree waocias | dsiiy, for Pittsburg sed fis | THE POCKET ATLAS is a handsomely-printed adinner.a male and a female. The male is | ~~~" = i ft furnished with a thick, stout, chisel-like beak, ARTYN'’S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE 313 6TH | book of 191 pages; 0 are full-page colored and with which he chops into the wood, and exposes y st. near City Post-Office, Colored students not POTOMAC RAILROAD. aduitted. Call or send for ca‘ ue. mb ad the hole in which the grub burrows. The shape thoroughly reliable maps setting forth the geo- of his beak, however, prevents him from seiz~ r Ene: Canandaigua, aud Rocemter. daily, for Bat- SHELDON'S DANCING ACADEMY, 1004 F st m. with teins Gat Wakioee eC tebe . _ 5008 4 m., with Sleeping Car Wash: lon to Kochester. hical features of the whole world in minute ing the prey, but the female has a long, slender | Roatis tin eA Pad nine harteayaen Ee ah | For Williamsport, Lock ‘Haven, and Elmira at9-304 |? beak, which she insinuates into the hole all, Sansd for civeaiar. vad tee Sunday detail; 101 are filled with reading matter, con- n23-Sun 00, and TI and 13°20 pan. On 0, 4:10, 10:00, and ress Of Pullman Parlor Care. 4 40'a tu, daily, except Sunday, aud 3:49 p, and draws out the wriggling morsel, She then drops it into the mouth of the male, taking the next grub herself, and in this alternate testing and mutual assistance, the pair of “huias” flit 4 aes the bast, 7:20, 9:00, 11 ESS BALCH'S CIVIL SERV ©, 4:10. 10:00, 10th st. nw. Persons prep filly for all examinations, Elocution tuuxht and com- positions caretully revised ; highest references. 14-3m densed into a graphic preseutation of all the facts in the social, religious, political and industrial bis- — — mn. daily, wit! ue Car. " aw. C. TOWNSEND, For Boston without nee 2:10 pan. every day. tory and condition of every State and Territory ia srapley Ht taay be resarkon, ili ail wed | Poteea rane iterate ie Sar a Gal Beceie aed 4 N ey City with boats Teach re breet! Voice Culture, Oratorical anc Parrot (deen) breathing Voice Culture, Oratoricsland | sey City with | of Brooklyn Auuex, affording Dramatic Action, at 1317 the Uniou, together with 48 colored diagrams pairs, with feathers or without, would do well 13th st. new.’ a3i-sm ulton street, avoiding double to emulate, It is a significant fact that in case STEN COLLEGE, ANNAPOLIS, MD. _ For Pulse Ta6 Seo, 11:00,and 11-49 | “0Wig the relative strength of ciferentindustries the male is shot, the female makes off at once, Eight departments and four courses of study. @.an., 2:10, 4:10,6:00,8.10, 10:00, and 11:20. P20. | aud of different products in ¥. Staves, and secure in the conviction that she can pick SPR ee: 20 On Sunday, 9:00. 11-40 a.m. 2:10, 2:20.8:00 | _— living of vagrant worms by herself, or find |THE PREPARATION. OF CANDIDATES FOR pe mtg a pled aol daya sud S43 pan. | Other items too mumerous to mention, ‘These some other male which would be glad to join THE NAVAL ACADEMY iw . ident, THOMAS FELL, A.M. ci BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. forces. If, however, the female is shot, the male remains and makes no attempt to escape, evidently knowing that without his female assistant bis chances of securing @ living are of the slenderest. Another remarkable bird is THE “‘KEA,” OR FLESH-EATING PARROT, a large green bird which is the especial terror of the sheep herders. Until sheep-raising was begun in New Zealand this bird was a fruit, nut and grain eater, but now has developedinto a carnivorous biped of the most savave character, His practice now is to settle upon | the back ofasheeo or lamb, and, with his sickle-like beak, les ahole in its sides over the kidneys and delve out and devour the rich fat surrounding these organs, books sell at $1 each. By enclosing 10 cents for pustagesthe POCKET ATLAS will be sent free, in addition to the above premium. thus practically giving ‘Terms begin now. an29 723 14th st. nw. beinh 00 nim. 30 xcept Sunday. Sunday! ee TWO PREMIUMS TO EVERY SUBSCKIBER POTOMAC RIVER BOATS POTOMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE r Baltimore and River Landings, Capt, Geoshexun, Sunday at do'ch apply io bam, daily 4:10 pan. *.. | ALLXANDRIA AND FREDEKICKSBURG RAII- ee WAX, AND ALEXANDAIA AND WASHINGTON EAILKOAD, r Al A WORD TO AGENTS. Fo Steamer Sue, leaves Stephenson's Wharf every k ‘or further information STEPHENSON & BRO, Wishing to further encourage the work of ex tending the circulation of THE WEEKLY Stak, the culuinission herewfore allowed agents bas beem increased, aud hereafter ali agents and club 01 or 10:54'a. my 2:50, 6:01, 8:03, ad 10:00 p. b Accomiuodatich for Quantico, 7:29 a mi. ad 5:00 P. wi, week days. For Richmond and the and 3:40 p. tu. da _mh6-6m ME YeRNon: This done they Trains leave Alexand leave the sheep, which for a time wanders STEAMER W. W. CORCORA B00. 8: 10, 2e raisers will be permitted to about in excruciating pain and presently dies | Leaves 7 vatreet whart daily semeee Danaey) tor 3 Sunday E e 3 F miserably. crnon a ings 96 far down se Giymout, 9:5 and 10:42 p.m. vA ISSION OF 25 PER CENT, : pues : 0 ore! Keturning, reaches Washington | qjcicte and information at the office, northeasteor | RETAIN A COMMISSION 23 ¥ Pied peculiar parrot in this country is about 3:30 P. 1. 1, BLAKE, Captain ner of 13th. street ind Petey variate tnd atte ~+ — ation, where orders can le jor the check: “KAKAPO,” NI ty me to Seetination from hotels and residenc sue remitting invariably the balance with the ordeg whose mottled green and yellow plumage is ad- Ce aYs General Manager. 1f25} Gen. Pan ‘agent, | and.subscribers’ names. mirably adapted to screen its wearer from ob- servation while moving about among the un- and FRIDAY Londings as fur as eturning Acat five: | JDIEDMONT AIR LIN: bam, ies for canvassing purposes will Bchedule in tect Febraar _— . ex derbrush, which is his chosen hannts, Al- | gid Leon FE on lot A sent upon application tc any duly constituted though possessing perfectly developed wings, | Sughi between Alesundria and Lynchburg, Rout agent to any postoffice address. Thus any agen’ the “kakapo” never uses them, and confines finexville, Rome, Coleen yigutome d itself to crawling about among the thickets |—————— > a eee ee es te ee ton, Char. | CM Dave @ number mailed direct from this ofie® ple accra g reas amcor le mass under _ OC EAN STEAMER: sa oe scrupnerille, Stations Chea. £ Ohio ‘Route, to the one he wishes to canvass, saving the trouble y Moi ean jous be- a iWegn Lynchburg and Danville, Greensboro, Kaleigh, ; The leading representatives of the breed i ey == a jefie. Col blag Aiken, Aucusta, Atlante, Biruung: | of carrying them fru: place w place. 4 vy? vi NE. ham, Mont ay, New Texas, formulas Pee on nce ee anges eo sare Atlantic Express Service. Pullman Sleeper New York to Atlita: Pullman Parlor | Every subscriber sent iu by an agent cr clup ; aIWwi, LIVERPOOL via QUEENSTOWN. cars Atlanta to Mont yj Fallman Sleepers Mout- who are sometimes kept in the houses of the | _ Steamship “CITY OF ROM , ain, Vicksburg and Bares ee puliRess | Faiser jis entitled to a premium, which will be Muoris to keep them free from rats, which they | JEOSESDAY. May 2. May 20, June 26. J Sheen oe Scania and Auruste. Solid | mailed to his or her address if askedfor when the “nail” most accurately with their long-pointed ‘GLASGOW. SERVICE. Ay ——haptpenaies bills, ‘They are queer lumps of birds, with | Stempers.veiy satuntay fron, BOE, Algal, excert Sunday, for Manama, | DAiNe Is seut in—otherwise none will be sent, a6 Plumage that is half hair, half feathers, lay | Cabin Passege to Glascow, Londonderry or Liverpool, | “atv ‘M.—Memphis bx via Lynchburg | many wish Subscribers sent in Eggs nearly us big as themselves, and have the | £3) and $00." becond Clan 380 Bristol sd Chatiatoogs: Pulte Vestioas Bees, eee wid merest rudimentary wings, which a few Pa ina eb yey, coe mnapdy mae Washington to ‘nd thence to Arkansas | club rates can get the Pocket Atlas also by ems generations more will eventuall; i ickets at Red ues ‘Travelem’ Circular Letter red. y amount issued wi For books of tours, tick see disappexr | altogether. They are the weirdest, ecriest- looking fowls that earth produces, and look like brown grouses as they stalk gravely and undismayed by the presence of the stranger through the dim forest aisles. They are the only survivors of the giant birds that formerly stalked about New Zealand, | the “‘moas,” whose date of extinction is consid- ered to have been not more than a century closing 10 ceuts extra for postage. Further particulars can be had if desired by Writing a postal or letter to this office. ROUTE TO LONDON, NOKDLEUTSCHEE LLOYD 8. 8, CO, Fast pepe Steumera, ‘To Southampton (London, Havre), Bremen, Saale, Wed., March 27, 2p. mu.; Eins, Sat, March 30, 5:40 am.; Trave, Wed, Apru 3, 8 am.; Puida, Sat., rep | eS from New York to ‘DERRY. guort | Events during the next twelve months promise to be highly interesting and exciting. THE EVEX. ago, and whose only remains are now pre-! April ih ry red, April 1u, I p.m.; Elbe, ING STAR, of course, will be first aud foremost ia served in the museuims. Some thirty or forty | 58% <—s en! = complete skeletons are here to be seen, em- | saloou ayointinenea Prices toe eat gos the ececton and peenpt pubtienion of oS GS bracing a dozen species varying from 4 to 15 Warda berth, according to location; yey news, and the compilation of the lates: and mess feet high, all of. which. huve been found in | bbe cree we Abel & RE. DOOR, = = caves or at the depth of 10 or 12 feet below the | sseeaninabale important into THE WEEKLY STAR makes that surface of swamps and bo; Frag- | (UNARD LINE, THE EVENING ments of eggs have also been found, CHS TE Bepors 5 CO.. arente, 005 7th tn. iasue, where THE EV! STAK is unavailable, and, in the caves, feathers enough to show that | nadia soe” — with its vast collection of telegraphic, gover. the plumage of the **moa” was like thatof the emu, long, slender, and hairy, Many other mental and local news, literary and scientific mis species must soon follow the “moas” int PROFESSIONAL, ito _ob- livion, or into the insufficient ntations of the museums. They are so odd and st that every traveler, sportsman, and collector must have one; thousands are killed annuall, in mere_ want » and birds and beasts, like the Maoris themselves, are slowly disap- ceany, agricultural department snd market reports, @ weekly journu! unequaled in any re spect or in any country. The city patrons ot THE EVENING STAR can T=, CIRCLES AT 713 4TH ST. N. E. EVERY TUESDAY nigh :30 sharp. Some wonderful toste ever give; also paivate ite eee Pam. to6 p.m. Reais eee pearing before the all. march of foe find no more appreciable boliday or birthday civilization, Fy present for an absent friend or relative than @ Drep Dunixo Tux Finz.—A Baraboo, Wis., | tuenees’ copy of the THE WEEKLY STAR, wit one of tm special says: A large frame business ~ Cena B, Pratt, was burned 8a i many handsome and useful premiums Loss, }; insurance small, send for sample copy premium cigar dealer, ono of the tenants nosecegagesa - ~ athe ——__—_——— THE WEEKLY sTaR, Washinztea, BR, G A