Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1889, Page 7

THE GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT. Features of the Program for the Re- union at Milwaukee. Manager Chapman has prepared the official program for the G.A.R. encampment at Mil- waukee, Wis, Next Monday evening the Sons of Veterans will hold a camp fire at the West Side Turner hall, Commander-in-Chief Warner of the Grand Army will preside. The parade of the Grand Army and Sons of Veterans will take place on Tuesday forencon. On Tuesday ing the visiting members of the Women’s Relief Corps will be teudereda reception at the high school building. The Grand Army men will hold camp fires on the same evening at the West Side Turner hall and the armory. De- partment Commander Weissert will preside at the camp fire at the West Side Turner hall. Ad- dresses of welcome will be delivered by Gov. Hoard, Mayor Brown and Department Com- mander Weissert. Commander-in-Chief War- ner and Pension Commissioner Tanner will A MASONIC RESIGNATION. Past Grand Commander Peckham Leaves Cerneau Consistory No. 1. ‘Masonic circles were greatly agitated yester- day by the resignation of Past M. G. Com- mander William H. Peckham, 89d degree, from im Cerneau consistory No. 1, 824 degree, New York city, thus severing his con- nection with Scottish Rite Masonry. This action adds new interest to the bitter feud between the adherents of Albert Pike and thove of Ferdinand Gorgas. Every adherent of the latter is, by recent Masonic proclamation, im danger of expulsion from the Blue lodge of Masonry, and the resignation of Mr. Peckham will, it is said by prominent Masons, be fol- lowed by many others, Mr. Peckham was for many years prominent among the Cerneau Rite ‘the ‘ of the "United Btates. Two he respond. Gen. Fairchild will preside at the armor; ae fire. Gen. Sherman. it is ex- Feces, attend both camp fires. ie post wat concert will be given Tuesday evening. A reunion of the Sons of Veterans will be given Tuesday —- at Plymouth church, The business sessions of the Grand Army and the Women’s Relief Corps will begin Wednesday morning, the former at the West Side Turner hall and the latter at Im- manuel church, and continue during the rest of the week. @ reunions of eer brigades and divisions will be inaugurate: Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon Gen, Sherman will visit the Soldier’s home, where be will be formally received by the veterans and a salute fired eee The second party of spe- cially invited guests will be taken out by the entertainment committee for a drive around the city. The party will visit a number of lead- ing manufacturing establishments, and an elaborate lunch will be served to them on the route. The naval battle is appointed for Thurs- a’. pe special to the Pittsburg Dispatch from Salem, Ohio, says that Private Dalzell is in the field for the position of commander in chief of the G. A. R., and his triends will make a rous canvass in his behalf between now and the assembling of the annual encampment at Mil- waukee. ee Brodie to go Over Niagara. Bteve Brodie has decided to float over the American falls at Niagara, He will leave for the scene of his great undertaking on Friday and will doubtless spend several days in select- ing the most advantageous partof the falls over which he will pasa. The hotel men and railroad officials have eollected a purse of $1,500, which will renumerate him, he says, for tempting the Manon the White Horse. The falls are 166 feet high, and no man has ever yet passed over them and survived, ———— ree The Emperor im Alsace-Lorraine. The emperor and empress arrived at Stras- burg yesterday. They were welcomed at the Borden depot by Prince von Hohenlohe, Herr von Puttkammer, the burgomaster and other high officials, who, with the emperor, inspected the guard of honor, and immediately afterward drove to the e, escorted by a detachment of uhlans. The route was lined by enthusiastic crowds Later the emperor received the civil and military officials. oo A Dreadful Possibility. From the Louisville Courier-Journal, Maurice Barrymore had been met by a man who was pushing some special brand of wine. It was urged on him, its virtues commended, and last the man said: “My dear Barrymore, won't you dome a very great favor?” “With all my heart,” said Barrymore. “Won't you, the next time you are in a bar- room. call for that?” “Certainly I will,” said Barrymore. Then a long silence, “But—suppose they should have it? ———_+e+_______ The Argentine Cattle Show. ‘The Argentine Republic, through its charge @affaires at Washington, Ernesto Bosch, has addressed a formal invitation to the United States government to take part in the second international cattle show of the Argentine ag- ricultural society, to be held at Buenos Ayres next April under the auspices of the national government. The Secretary of Agriculture through the Secretary of State, has replied thet any official participation by the United States government must depend upon the ac- tion of Congress, wit show opens April 20 and closes May 11, ee ence He was Armed with Credentials. From the Detroit Free Press. A colored man was going up Brush street the other evening with a watermelon in a wicker baby cart, when he encountered # patrolman me toa standstill, ” queried the officer. negro. “I see you have a melon there. It being #0 early in tite evening I shail not——" ~— Tze all fixed fur dat, sab. Jist look at Brits paper from his pocket which read: “The bearer of this is O.K. He paid me forty cents for the accompanying melon. “J. Buaxx, Grocer.” “Hm,” said the officer as he returned the aper. * : eHa!" echoed the colored man as he picked up his feet and moved on. be 2 | nee Comforting for the Other Fellow. From the Parts Figaro. Voice at Next Table—The same for me. “AN right. Bui . be sure they are fresh. Waiter’s Voice in the Distance—“Four soft- boiled eggs; two must be fresh.” An Eager Collector. From the San Francisco Chronicle. He was a stamp fiend, young and precocious. The plain American stamp had no interest for him. He was making a collection of foreign ones, aud so when they sent him down to the post office for a packet he did not pay much at- tention, but brought it home and handed it over | and end sk out to play tag. Next day they showed him a new sister who had arrived. He looked at her with some curiosity. “Say. where did she come from?” “Oh, from heaven. “From heaven! Iknow; that was the pack- age I brought from the post office yesterday and I never knowed maptlany bout it.” “Yes,” “Golly, why didx"t you save me the stamps?” —— —— cee —__ A Bride of Eight Months. From London Truth. Another announcement which appeared this month in an Iodiam paper throws a most re- markable light upon the child-marriage ques- tion: As Israyt Barpe.—A curious marriage cere- mony took place at Bamundaugab, near Jonai, Booghii district. a few days ago, a baby eight months old of the Brahmin caste married to « Charitri Brabmin twenty-eight years old. ‘The father of the bride gave the bridegroom — of Rs. 200 in cash for maantping Bio ughter. ——_o-____ The New York World’s Fair. The gentlemen selected as members of the financial committee of the proposed world’s fair of 1892 met at the New York city hall yesterday, Mayor Grant presiding. Among those present were Messrs. Gould, Rockefeller, Belmont Inman, Steinway, Mills . G rose to +. J. Pierrepon’ Morgan as chairman, but eae to Mr Belmont, who nominated 8. .;Babcock, ex- — of the chamber of commerce. | Mr. Simmons," ex-precideat of ihe seek sisters jee s ‘p : stock exchange, Mr. Seligman submitted a plan to form a company with ot $15,000,000, Sips oor ses » Peg gh lp — Gerbils, Came a" is because, of the throughout the worl ecause of ie af- filiation of the supreme council of the body with the Grand orient of France, which does not recognize the existence of a personal God; Mr. Peckham states, such recognition corner stone of true Masonry. Mr, been a Mason ae, — The visiting and meeting with the ‘council of order” ofthe Grand orient while on s visit to Paris in 1888, This council, it has been isa distinct body from that of the Gran orient, but Mr. Peckham gives the names of the members of the Grand orient and shows that the council is made up from them. Con- sequently, he says, the council was under the ban of non-Masonic intercourse. In view of these facts be feels constrained to sever his connection with Cerneau Rite Masonry. 00 FLACK CASE TO BE SETTLED. The Sheriff and His Wife Come te an Understanding. A New York special to the Philadelphia In- quirer says: The famous Flack divorge cuse is to be settled out of court. The sheriff and his wife have come to some sort of an understand- ing through the mediation of their son, and the case of Mrs. Flack asking for a legal sepa- ration and a financial settlement is to be with- drawn. This will probably take Civil Justice Monell, Lawyer Wright and several others be- side the sheriff, whose connection with the divorce case appears to have been shady, out of a very unpleasant predicament, although it depends somewhat mpon the temper of the bar association whether matter is fully inves- tigated or not. NOT ALL IDLE SWELLS. How Some Earn the Means to Attend College. From the Boston Transcript. Spending a Sundy recently with a friend ina very delightful summer resort not far away, where a good many pleasant cottages have been built on a cliff commanding a fine view of the summer sea, the Listener happened to be sit- ting on the verands with his friend as a milk- man’s wagon drew up inthe street. The milk- man, a sturdy young fellow of pleasant face, dismovated, rang a bell by way of warning to the maids of the vicinity to get their pitchers ready, and then started around with his cana and with his pint measure, As he passed around to the back door of the cottage the Listener's friend saluted him as one gentleman salutes another. And when the milkman had gone the other said: “That young man is a member of the class of 90 at Harvard college.” “Indeed?” “Yes. He is carrying himself through en- tirely by his own exertions, and he takes this way of helping himself out. I dare say he makes enough money selling milk at a good figure to the people here in the summer timo to pay the greater part of his expenses for the remainder of the year at Cambridge.” “Does he water his milk: ot perceptibly. It is very good milk, and I have no doubt he is as honest as the business allows.” ‘There was a young man in the house who be- longs to the class below the milkman’s in col- lege, and he testified to the excellent standing of the young man at Harvard. Such an incident is oue of the good many which go to prove that Harvard men are by no meansall idle swells. Perhaps there is not nearly so large a proportion of students at Harvard who earn money in the summer time by table waiting at the mountain and seaside resorts as at Dartmouth or Amherst, but there are certainly a good many men there who earn every cent of their college expenses. ABOLISH THE MARRIAGE SYSTEM Unique Ideas of the Order of the Golden Star on Marriage and Divorce. Otto Von Hildren, a young man of thirty-five, arrived in St Paul, Minn. ,lastweek and registered ata leading hotel. He announced himself as the supreme knight of the order of the Golden Star, from Berlin,Germany. To a reporter into whose hands one of his circulars fell, he said: “The first principle of the order is the abolish- ment of the present system of marriage, which I and my brother members believe to be one of the greatest curses resting upon society. By that I do not mean that we intend to maugurate @ loove and vicious system of love, but rather to propagate and perpetuate the doctrine of natural selection and the affinity of soul to soul. We hold in our order, after one has become a member of it, that he or she cannot marry out- side that order, and that their selection must be of some member within its circle, “We do not permit divorce where lack of har- mony is discovered. We inquire closely into the causes of the trouble, and if there is no reusonable or rational probability of the two remaining together, and there is every reason why they should separate, then the bond that has united them is amicably dissolved. They remain members of the order, each goes his or her own way, and if there be children they are cared for by a system we have which raises educates them and starts them in the world with @ trade or profession, “In attacking the marriage system of today our protest is against the unequal mating of men and women; their irrevocable union or their divorcement without inquiry or study of the fault.” Dr. Von Hildren says the order contains 1,000 members in Germany, England, Japan, New York and and thet « branch will be instituted in St. Paul this week. ——_——<eo—___ G.A.R. Excursion to MucwavKex.—The Old Guard and the Department of the Potomac have arranged with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for a special train to Milwankee on the occasion of the twenty-third national encam; ment, for which a low rate of fare for the round trip been ‘The special train will leave Baltimore and Ohio depot 9:30 p.m. August 24, running through to Milwaukee with- out change, arriving on the morning of the 26th. Tickets will also be good going on all regular trains from the 238d to ‘77h incisive. The G.A.R. Cp rpm invite their frien join them on this grand excursion. For ets, slee| j-car space and general information apply to Ji C. 8. Burger, A. H. Van Deusen an ©. Harris, committee, at G.A.R. hall, 1412 Pennsylvania avenue, 7 to 9 p:m., or for information to Baltimore and Ohio ticket offices, 1351 and 619 Pennsylvania avenue, and at Baltimore and Ohio depot. —————_—__ The New York Telegraph Club. At a regular meeting of the New York tele- graph clubjlast night the following honorary members were elected: Thomas A. Edison, James D. Reid, Erastus Wiman, William Henry Smith, Andrew Carne, W. Mackay, Thomas Norvin Green, Alo: HE COULD NOT ESCAPE HER. He Committed a Crime—She Had the Proof and Made Him Marry Her. A Vandalis special to the New York Sun says: ‘The little town of Perry has a seveation, Two months ago a store was robbed and about $200 worth of clothing stolen, Suspicion fell on Henry King, » young man of good character, but no arrest wasmade. Three weeks after the burglary he married a woman fifteen years his senior, Yesterday he attempted suicide by taking poison. While his friends were at work trying to save him he toid them that it was true that he was guilty of the burglary and the fact was known to only the woman he married. guilt, he said, and, calling him up, showed her proofs and told him she would give him his choice of ig her or going to th ier eimones and he ly consented, er After Bard work the eee eee ae, hee now says fers. nm with hie fa en cong and lock me w) open | forthe burglary,” he said to Constable Gol smith. The woman wasa spinster and her rep- utation was without a flaw. ———_——+e+—_____— GALLANT DIRECTORS. How Russian Railway Officials Gave Passes to Fair Friends. ‘From the New York Sun. The gallantry of the directorsof the Traus- Caucasian railway in Russia has involved them in much trouble and expense, and may cause their dismissal from office. The Las- salle opera company, composed almost ex- clusively of French women, recently traveled over the railway from Tiffis to Baku, Several members, who knew several directors, had “pull” enough to secure passes for the sixty other young women of the company and their baggage. Railway fares are high in Russia, and charges for the transportation of baggage are, comparatively, still higher, so all these passes caused the railway company the loss of oa cena eae got hold of the soon as the newspapers old o} facts the railway directors, began to catch it, “If the directors wished to be gallant toward a lot of chorus girls,” was the general opinion, “they should have been so at their own ex- nse and not at the expense of the stock- olders and government subsidies.” The mo- tives which led to the issue of the passes were joel tery, Hc a hly canvassed and more than one director a hard time explaining to his wife just how this, that, or the other pretty French chorus girl happened to get a passfrom him, At last the directors, to stop the grumbling and gossiping, paid out of their own pockets the fares which the five dozen pretty French women had not paid, as well as the freight c! es on 1,260 pounds of baggage! This hel matters very little, however. The Russian newspapers have only quit their gossiping end criticising since this payment to demand the dismi of the di- rectors for overstepping their authority by trying to pass the opera company at all. oe A Shattered Ideal. From the Detroit Free Press. Once in a while there comes over the observ- ing soul realization of the poet's words: “Things are not what they seem.” Two friends were walking down Clifford street, speculating on the probable happiness of homes that had pleasant windows with faces in them, or peace- ful door-yards where a family group made a picture. One such especially commanded itself. An old man sat on alow, wide veranda, enjoying the evening of life and the evening of the day. His little grandchildren playe: beside him. An old house dog curled itself at his feet. The two who were | ppc creed gazed earnestly at the pleasant home picture. “How tranquilly.” remarked one, “the clos- ing hours of his life are passing away under his own vine and fig tree. That is a home; none of your tenement houses where people move in one day and out the next. It would probably kill that old man to tear him up by the roots and transplant him now.” — is that card over the door?” asked the frien “Eb! what? Insurance probably. Ah, I see now. Another ideal gone,” and the two passed sadly on, for the sign above the old man’s silvered head announced: “For Rent.” ————— A Geological Question. From the Detroit Journal. “What furmation is the rock in the well- known compound rock and rye?” asked Knogga, “T should say it was quartz,” said Boggs. “Some think it gneiss,” said Foggs. “It's a trap,” pd Knoggs. ca a A Preacher Shoots a Man. At Neola, Iowa, Rev. D. Helmick, pastor of the Methodist church, Monday night shot and killed Eerl Palmer, a popular young man of Council Bluffs, A month ago,when Palmer was married, the preacher objected to the match and ia his opposition used strong language against Palmer. From that time the theta intensified. Monday evening Helmick returne home from the country and saw Palmer stand- ing in his doorway. He called to him to go away, when he was struck by an He then drew his revolver and fired and Palmer fell, The preacher was placed under arrest, Why the Robin fs Unlucky. From Chambers’ Journal. There is a widely-spread belief among school- boys in many parts of the country that it is un- lucky to kill a robin and it is generally sup- posed that a broken limb would be the probable punishment for so doing. Even the nest of this bird is comparatively safe, though why it should be thus favored is not quite clear, unless, as has been suggested by some writers, it owes its eee ity tothe story of the ‘Babes in the ood,” which ballad, perhaps, may also have given rise to the popular notion that the robin will cover with leaves or moss any dead person whom it may change to find. There certainly, however, seems to be no substantial reason why he should be more favored than the other members of the feathered tribe, for, after all, he is a very pugnacious and impudent little fellow; but aie these are the qualities which have brought him into notice and made him popular. Princess Louise’s Shoes. From the Pall Mall Gazette. The Princess Louise has asmall foot. The size is about 33g. There are a couple of pairs of shoes to match every dress, and a lot of col- ored Russian leather, morocco and black shoes. There is along pair of Russian leather boots with pointed toes and low heels. A slight ornamental stitehing runs around the toecaps, High laced kid boots are made, some with thin soles and some with thick, the upper layer of kid being cut ont in an open pattern as orna- ment. A pair of high bronze ts is finished in the same way. For winter wear waterproof boots reaching quite to the knee are provided, and for country wear among the e pair of field boots in porpoise leather is included in the order. These lace and unlace just in front of the ankle, Red morocco shoes with a fleur- de-lis of the same material reversed upon a — leather toecap are the most ornamental item of the list. Dressing slippers in the finest pigskin are lined with red satin. ——0e—___. Stanford University. From the San Francisco Bulletin. In an interview with Senator Stanfordge- cently concerning the Leland-Stanford univer- sity that gentleman stated that numerous ap- every nit . He pleaded in vain. a arlage oe the jail was | made them tired Absurdities of American Travelers in ring arose and laid out a route for the day, but thes ition Elysees on!; pat he ge hE wi talk over the home. rf oH i steps reading ‘ters inspected the cathedral, ——_—_o————— minutes, hours, days of the and the year. It moon, the rising and setting eclipses of the sunand moon, anda scoro other natural mined by ulation. Like the other, the watch is his own design.” ‘oo -—______ Keeping the Conscience Clear. rom tho New York Leader. Whoever believes that knavery, cruelty, hy- pocrisy or any other vice can, under any cir- cumstances, promote even the temporal hap- piness of him who practices it is but a super- ficial observer and a shallow reasoner. In the world’s parlance men who acquire wealth and influence by unwarrantable are called pi ‘ous. But what is in the true and legitimate sense of Webster tells us: ‘‘Advance or gain in ood,” + No! man-cen be deemed teuk as whose conscience is ill at ease, and whoever en- riches himself at the expense of justice, duty and honor plunges his soul, even here, into state of adversity which no indulgence of the senses, no adulation of time-servers and para- sites, nothing that money can buy or power command, will effectually or permanently re- ieve. ——_—_ +o One Who Understood Browning. From the New York Star, I heard an echo the other day from a Brown- ing club over in the wilds of New Jersey. Browning, it seems, has not become passe as yet in those out-of-the-way places. The poem under discussion was ‘How we brought the good news from Ghent to Aix.” In the midst of the discussion one of the lady members raised the pertinent question as to what the “good news” in question was, The c! looked puzzled and consulted the iteelf without pena any information. Various members gave their opinion without eliciting anything that approached to a solution, so that the gathering was forced to conclude that the “good news” was something of great im ance to the good people of Aix. “Per! ne their base ball team had won a game,” put one of the girls, This explanation was accepted nem. con, ———_+e+—_____ Origin of Black Maria, From the Boston Globe. Way back in the twilight of the settlement of Boston, Maria Lee, a colored woman of gigan- tic stature, possessing the courage of a lion, kept a sailors’ boarding house down at the old north end. One nighta party of drunken tars got intosrowand began throwing the Ama- zon’s chattles out of her house, The “watch” was called in, but was soon overpowered, and dismay spread sbroad through the street. Then Maria stalked out of her habitation and stopped further outrage by collaring two of the leading offenders and carrying them bodily upto the old ‘watch house,” then standing near where Union street now crosses Hanover street, “Black Maria” was known throughout the city for her Fs ious strength, and for years she aided the police in quelling rows, and had been known to take three strong men to the “watch house” at once, or at one time. So, years afterward, when the first police “cart” vas made it was called the “Black "hence the name. ————es______. Holsting Boats by Elevators. From the American Architect. A canal has just been constructed in Belgium, in which, instead of locks, the boats are hoisted by elevators from one level to another. The canal extends from the coal region in the in- terior of Belgium to Bruseels, crossing several other canals at the same grade, so that Belgian coal can be brought directly by boats to Paris as well as to all et are towns in Belgium and Holland. As the line passes over a rather hilly country, various ascents and descents must be made, and to save the long delays incidental to passing locks, the change of grade is made by means of hydraulic elevators. The boat which measure about seventy tons, are towe: at the low level into an immense tank, with gates, which is submerged in the canal. The gates are then closed, and the tank, which rests on the pistons of a huge hydraulic elevator, is raised to the upper level, when connection is made with the next section of the canal by means of double gates, and the boat proceeds on its way. The apparatus is double, so that two boats can be handled at once, end the as- cent and descent, including all the rations of opening and shutting the gates and receiv- ing and discharging the boats, occupy fifteen minutes. The cost of the apparatus, exclusive of earth work and masonry, patent a oa ing and purchase of and was about @1 000, Philadelphia’s Favorite Dish. Letter to the Boston Advertiser. A trip up the Schuylkill on one of the vocif- erous little steamers that run to Wissahickon and back ought surely to be taken by the visi- tor, I took it, and made a very valuable dis- covery. It was finding out what the Philadel- Phian's favorite article of food is, At various the of osdinary ling | been born in f waffles to make them so one and inseparable, I finally ssked an inhabitant about it and he nee me that on no account would the other inbabitants eat either catfish or waffles ere that combined they were their fest table Joy, and every hotel was com- pelled, on strict boycott, to cook and advertise the dish. And now I attribute every unknown smell, of ‘whatever descr tion, to the exhalations from “catfish and ‘wallon: ton's baked beans are outdone. In thi THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1889. glasses and thing han where they could watch visitor, opened a 13¢ carats wit oor Lapel tone wate tons to his eyes and then lowered them a little, as if he wanted damp them. henomens which can be deter- | and mouth. One of the men instructed to behind him and strike him suddenly at the back of his head while he was talking. +o ____ One Too Mach for the Night From the Chicago Herald. A goodstory is told of Ed Kennedy, the night clerk of the Leland. It wassome tim after he was installed in his present position before he could entirely throw off the pro- vincial habits he had acquired while clerking in a hotel in Burlington, Iowa, where he could sleep the greater portion of the night and sel- dom be disturbed. Tho firstnight he was on watch at the Leland a gentleman came in very late and wanted a room. Ed was fast aslee} and it was with some difficulty the man coi arouse him at all. When he had partially suc- ceeded he asked if he could room, and E with a stretch and a terrible yawn, mumble: out “Dumfino” and sank back in his chair. The stranger was tired gnd he wanted to goto bed, 0 he shook Ed once again andasked him where the night porter was, to which Ed re- plied, with a yawn that discounted the one, ‘Dumfino.” The would-be guest became des- Pperate and he resolved to help himself. He ut his name on the register and went to the ey rack, resolved to ke the first key hecould find and run ces. Being so tired he dis- liked the idea of walking oe so he woke Ed up once more and asked if the elevator was running, and Ed replied sleepily, ““Dumfino.” It suddenly occurred to the stranger that he might wander all over the house, climb four or five pairs of stairs, and at last, if he found the room, get bounced just as he se into bed, so he tried once again, this time telling Ed he would ive him a dollar if he would get up and show im sroom. Ed at this bait struggled to his feet, and, with no attempt to suppress the gapes and yawns, led the way upstairs, re- F egece | to tl questions all the ime with his Duméno The room was reached, the gas lighted, and the man began to remove his garments. Ed fussed about for a minute or two, and, seeing the doliar was not forthcoming and now being pretty well awake, said: ‘Say, where is that dollar?” The guest had just Jaid his vest under his pillow, when he turned and, with some horrible contortions, imitating Ed's stretch and yawn to perfection, said in the same mumb! ‘Dumfino.” peadinasmnans 4 Sousa To Artaxrio Crrr on Sunpar Nexr.— This great seaside resort is now brilliant in its summer glory and no better place for a Sun- day's recreation can be found. Special train of day coaches and parlor cars will leave Penv- sylvanie railroad station on Saturday next at 4p.m. Only $3 for round trip.—Adot. di cine aS Tried the Parachute Act. John Somins, a ten-year-old boy of Dubuque, Towa, recently witnessed a parachute descent from a balloon and thought he would imitate it, He procured an umbrella an ing to the of ‘the house, spread prpered ep made bed leap. He landed on the ground with both arms ts en, his head badly cut and otherwise in- ee een A Singing Burglar. A Newark, N.J., dispatch says: Mrs, Cyrus Peck, wife of Vice President Peck, of the Continental insurance company, was at home with her daughter on Friday night. Tho servants had gone out for an outing, and Mr. Peck was away on business, About 9 o'clock they heard some one on the humming @ low tune. The person was evi- dently a man endeavoring to imitate the sing- ofa woman, While he thus amused him- if his confederate climbed to the roof oye pore - Rad lard — by ~ ies and looking out they saw the ofa man crouched under one of the Dedesecs windows. They sounded an alarm and he, with his singing confederate, beat a hasty re- treat. Ex-Prison — Cartwright gave chase, but neither of the unwelcome visitors was secured. a. Who Was To Blame? From the Albany Argus. Think of a young man, eighteen years of age, born in this country, intelligent looking and respectably dressed, who, when requested to sign his name to a paper containing his deposi- LY Vicor, & ty Seep nceti tise. Absols or Besion-Dupre | The Sponge is Mightier end wea keep your aod CLEAN if Wolf sACMEBlacking The women know a good thing and wild have it, and the men ought bo. Itpreserves the leather and gives a bril- liant polish. Water and snow slip off it as surely as off a eS ee ‘women’s once a month, that’s ail. Worth trying, isn’tit? It is also the best dress- ing for harness, on which it lasts THREE MONTHS. ‘WOLFR& RANDOLPH. Philadelphia Grand National Award of 16,600 francs. QUINA LAROCHE AN INVIGORATING TONIO, PERUVIAN BARK. IRON, ax ,PURE CATALAN WINE. B FOUGEBRA & 00., Agents for the U. & 80 NORTH WILLIAM 8T.. N. ¥. PROPOSALS. and HOES BRIGHT t through erent oF may be feguined by the new jes. = te secrecy. Varico= iniQue, 1% Tremont St, Bostons Pipe and Branches in the city of Washi: 8c % mos oa roposats ‘will iS recatved dfice ui FWELY. EO" CK M. on SATURD. AUGUST TWENTY-FOt ASBY, for 1,000 feet in cotta 1 x ° tion before a coroner's jury, asked to be ex- | bran: cused and confessed he could not write! There were over a dozen men about him, old, young | inch terra co and pea pacts bene of the various national- ities and itions in life to be found im the ry coroner's jury. Many of them had countries, but all could Socceeny’ born of Amanieanpervamy set erican, of rican parents, an within half a dozen miles of Albany, was forced to confess that he could not write his own name. And he didn’t aj tobe much dis- tressed over it, either. It was not Se be epon Slee but what can ex- cuse the culpable negligence of the parents or guardians such as he may have had? ——_——_<oo—_____ Do think it is grammatical to “He eommare i in the country?” ‘Lowtone—Wiy not? You can say “He springs in the water. America, holders. in the mud” or “He | OCTOBER DIVIDEND 50 CENTS PER SHARE. THE S4N MIGUEL GOLD PLACERS COMPANY. No Bonded Indebtedness JAMES GILFILLAN, Treasurer. (Ex-Treasurer of the United Statea) experts estimate the gcld values in prop- of the company at ~~ '¢12,000,000, FIVE-SIXTHS of which will be received by stock- holders. - JAMES GILFILLAN, Treasurer, 0ul0-4tu,wew 41 and 43 Wall st., New York. poten ET, FOR FUBNISHING TERKA COTTA DC, August ut this aoe, iene cP THE VICTORIA F. Reduced Rates, Miss s KREMEE _ suf) -2ewln SBURY PARK, N.J. FE IN, 3D AVE, ~y PARI } Serh eaiates frm Deer Park. | RELIEF FROM HAY FEY | , Railroad fares reduced to 86. 1 oom doen September 2for the roundtrip. aul A HOUSE AND ANNEX, ON TOP OF Alleghanies: no fogs, no alee pre aml te pale" ceca e | Siar omic Address 3. i SHAFFER, Aurom, 8 Ve | a _SPRINGS AND BATHS. ORDAN WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Re. of Winchester and 14¢ miles ge. of Tederick county, ‘% Peer 2 ver here. crabbing, Fete as River Springs, Md = del b-3Smm POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. STEAMER JOHN W. THOMPSON FOR POTOMAG ‘Leave 6th-strect whart e ‘ sud UULSDAY at Shs. Danx Noxroux Steamer OLD POINT A! of the Steamers slop at Fibey Loke, Tei. call. 94; Leary, 749-3. JROE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS. | ARS RL Foaigiat ar Tt a Ves ¢ tb -stree: ow MU! 1 saa SATCEDATS at Ys tn Returning TCRSDM me and st . ee Cistoeute Bag und Leonardiown, bd, Connects with Baud Qe Shepherds. bee schedule, JOMN BF TT age ©. W. RIDLEY, Manager. . JPOCTOMAC TRANSPOBTATION LINE For Baltimore and River Lapdings. Stesmer Capt. Geoghegan, jes’ Be; Lenson's Whar! Buuday st Suclock bam bor ay Mie ore ely we " 7 mbe-Om STEPRENSC Sok what To Mase Moxrx Save In WE HAVE 650,000 WOBTH OF LAST YEAR'S STOCK TO SELL AB UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. In this department you will find every class of Pur. niture Covering manufactured, from the cheapest foods to the best. All kinds and styles of Heavy Our tains and Portieres, Fringes and all manner of Trim- mings, Lace Curtains of every mske, from the cheapest Nottingham to the fuest Brussels, Irish Point an@ Russian, All goods that were in stock Japuary 1 im ‘Unis Gepartinent will be sold at 3.5 per cent discount, CARPET DEPARTMENT. 1,050 yards Best Ingrain Carpets, 55¢. per yard. 2,000 yards Tapestry Brussels Carpets, 650. par yard. 3,000 yards Best Tapestry Brussels Carpets, 70a, per yard. 750 yards Body Brussels Carpets, 80c. per yard. 4.500 yards Best Body Brussels Carpets, $1.00 pea yard 900 yards Velvet Carpets, 80c. per yard. 2,500 yards Best Velvet Carpeta, 1.00 per yard. 2,700 yards Best Moquette Carpe, 61.10 pan yard ‘If you want to make a paying investment this is your opportunity. Fine as well ascheap Furniture of every ‘und aud class will be soldat from 25 to 50 per cent lees than regular prices. Why? Becsuse the stylea change twice a year and we are Getermined not to a Libit the same styles two years in succession, MUST BE SOLD THIS MONTE All our Refrigerators, Water Coolers, Water Filters Baby Carriages, Tricycles, Bicycles, Velocipedes, Hame mocks, Mosquito Canopies, bouts, Tents, Wire Wie Gow Screens and Deora, Because we haven't room for them. Though oar sted, 4a epread over nearly three acres of flooring there isn't room for the above enunersted stocks when the goods for Fall arsive, and they are arriving every Gag. ‘We would call particular attention to this brameh of our business, which we have taken up within the lest year with renewed vigor and strength. Our friende an@ customers of fifteen years ago will remember how we once Jed in thie business, and we Dow propose to sur pase all our former efforts, Our aim and study te Produce the best effortsfor the least posible expense, ardwe have been remarkably successful in the past few months. No ope furnishing can afford to leave ow? ideas unnoticed. Our productious are the best and ‘most original, and all work is done with a guasentes of ‘dest worksnansbip. ¥W.B.IVIGSES % SOM OORNER 11TH AXD F STS. ¥.W.