Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1889, Page 6

MONTGOMERY COUNTY MATTERS, Interest in the Result of the Republican Primarics—The Coming Fair. Gorreapondence of Tax EvENixe Stan. Rockvitig, September 1. ‘The political situation in this county at the present time appears to be considerably mixed. Since the nomination of a ticket by the demo- cratic primaries whispers of discord have been Prevalent, which have become louder as the time for republiean nominations draws near. Members of the democratic party now frankly admit that a portion of the ticket is in deuger. tm regard to the nomination of Dr. Ed. Wootton for the state senate they do not appear to have any misgivings, as he bas for several years been placed on the list of oppo- nents to the Gorman wing of the party, and it is stated will Lave the support of all opponents of that orgauization. It is understood, how- ever. that a promiment republican will be pleeed upon the ticket for that office. A full eof delegates will be nomi- nated by the republicans, The question of high license “or prouibition, which it is expected will be brought before the next legisiatare, will have quive an influence in this county at the No- vember election. So far as the democgatic Bominees for county commissioners are ton- cerned there is some dissatisfaction, anda strong effort will be made by the republicans to capture a portion of the board. They will be aided by some democrats who think the Oftice non-political and that it would be of ad- vantage to the taxpayers of the county to have the board composed of skillful financiers with- out regard to their political predilections. The great fight of the campaign, however. will be for the oifice of sheriff, and this forms a topic of daily conversation in all parts of the county. While republicans have been cheer- ing themselves with the belief that Mr.Wm. H. Carr, the democratic nominee. will lose a large rtion of the vote of his party there seems to © uo unanimity of sentiment among them as to who shall be his opponent. Mr. Ber- nard Monday appears to be the choice of @ majority of the repubheans of the county for the nowination, and as he has heretofor» come within seventy votes of an election (the regular democratic majority being 600) against one of the most popular democratic candidates for the same office he is considered the most aveilable person. An effort will be made in thé republican primaries next Saturday to elect delegates favorable to the nomination of Wm. H. Jones of Olney district. ‘he chief opposi- tion to Mr. Monday appears to be in the local option element of his party, as he is known to be au outspoken friend of high license and the strict reguiation of the liquor traffic. ‘Ihe re- sult of the republican primary elections is looked forward to with much interest by both parties. A BEREAVED FAMILY. Miss Annie Moulden, second daughter of Mr. Eli Moulden of Rockville, died at the resi- dence of ber parents this morning at 3 o'clock in the sixteeuth year of her age of typhoid fever. Much sympathy is expressed in the community with the bereaved family. THE AGRICULTUBAL Farr. As an evidence of the interest manifested in the agricultural fair. which commences Wedues- day, it may be stated that every stable on the grounds bas been engazed and mostly by owners of horses from a distance. Yesterd evening BR. C. Bedford of Wuodstock. Va.. brousht to the grounds Shenandouh Belle of | 2.50 cuss. Geo, W. Patchen, a stallion of same chess. and the noted pacer Blue Dick, formerly owned in Washington. These horses are the ty of Dr. G. D. Carter. president of the ‘oxh breeding association. Jobn Sel! th y bas also on the ground three fine ranuiag horses— lsai:. Antietam | and Truro. ail three of which engaged iv races at the Lec-burg. Va., fuir last week. ‘The rule adopted by the managers of the fair | to i no ebecks to persous leaving the grounds during the days of the exhibition does } bot meet with general approval, especiaily among the resideuts of this town, as most of them are obliged to return home during the day for the purpose of entertaining friends and for uther business, and not like the idea of paring wore than once for a day’s exhibition. Wocccs wen dace lak thesaie vie injure their trade. SAM News and Gossip of Frederick County. Correspondence of Tax EvExie Stan. Fuepenicx. Mp., Aug. 81. | ‘The district primary meetings of the demo- cratic party were held in this city and county yesterday, when delegates were selected to the | state couvention to be held in Baltimore Sep- | tember 12. to attend the county convention to be held in Frederick next Saturday, and mem- bers of anew county central committee were chosen. The meeting for this district was held t the court house here and was well attended. Gen. C. C. McSherry was elected chairman and the platform of the party in the coming fight was given im a speech by Hon. Carlton Shafer, who said that a reduction of the tariff would be the key note of the campaign. By a resolution unanimously passed the chairman was author- ized to select the delegates to the convention and the wembers of the central committee. ‘The registration officers have been ordered to hold sittmgs in this county on September 4%, Wand Ii. ‘A delightful dance was given in Junior hall here lus: night by a committee composed of Ed. 8. Tyler, W. A. Markell, Dr. Chas. Magill and Charles W. Bose. with Mrs. Gen. E. C. Me- Sherry and Mr. Dr. R. Bradley Tyler as chape- rones. Among those present were Miss Maud Baggett. Miss Ruth Kerr, Miss Mamie Larman | of Washington. Miss Baggett and Dr. Charles Magill led the grand march. Mesars. George W. Cramer, D.C. Winebrewer, Jobn T. Best and C. N. Hargett of the Fred- erick county agricultural society, have been visiting the fairs in the various parts of the country this week in the itterest of the exhi- bition here im October. ey have secured buudreds of interesting exbibits. An iusune woman from Kent county was found wandering on the streets of Frederick yesterday, and when taken into custody gave an incohereut account of herself. She was final) ona train for Elheott City, where ted she wanted to go. On the same . p L. Roberson of Licksville, this county, was brought here in a violently insane condition. and, upou the finding of a jury | de luuatico inquirendo, was seat to Montevue hospital for treatment. } ir. Eric Dablgren, sou of Mrs. Admiral Dabl- en. met with a severe and painful accident a | jew days ago at their home on South mountain. He was attempting to lower a window when his bared arm slipped through a pane of glass, the a edge cutting him severely. james Crum, whose arrest on the charge of committing an outrage upon Mrs. Grant Stitely at Liberty. this county, hus been reported in ‘Tue Stak, was given a hearing today, when the Case Was dismissed. Col. J. C. Fuller. projector of the proposed Washington branch of the Gettys! urg and Harrisburg railroad. bas nouitied — par- ties here who are interested» thet a second survey for the road will at| euce Le made to pass through the eastera sec- tiou of this county. leaving the line o? the Pennsylvania railroad at Braceville, and run- bing theuce through this county to Moutgom- al - THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON,-D.C.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1889, | RACE TROUBLES IN THE SOUTH. Serious Apprehension Said to be Felt in Several Localities. It is said that the negroes are arming and massing near Shell Mound, Miss., and that » conflict between the whites and blacks is ex- pected. A volunteer company has gone to the scene. Gov. Lowry was advised by the sheriff yesterday that 500 armed negroes had col- lected and that all efforts to disband them were futile, and to send aid at once, The governor | left on a special train, accompanied by the Cap- | ital Light Guards, Companies from Grenada, Winona and Durant are also there. The trouble is said to have been started by Oliver Cromwell, an ex-convict and a desparate negro. TROUBLE IN WEST VIRGINIA. There is « great deal of anxiety over the news of the threatened race war in the New river valley, Fayette county, W. Va. Information from the scene of the threatened uprising is meager, but of such a nature as to give rise to fears that a serious breach of the peace will occur. The trouble seems to have had its origin Friday evening, when a negro went into the store of Beary, Cooper & Co,, at Echo, and, branishing aclub, threatened to “do up” the entire force of employes. All efforts to pacify bim were fatile, and one of the clerks, after re- ceiving a baiblow from the club. drew a re- volver and shot the negro, killing him instantly, Echo is the center of a considerable colored population, and Saturday night information was received at Charleston that a mob of ne- groes had collected on New river and that a concerted ouslaught on the whites was in con- templation. Orders were also received by the Charleston hardware stores for ali the Win- chester rifles available, and a considerable ship- ment of these was made. Citizens of Charles- ton were also gathering arms, and it was appre- hended the military would be ordered out, A NEGRO EXCURSION FINED ON. Asa large excursion party arrived at Golds- boro’, La., yesterday morning the excursionists general, some four or five hundred shots being fired in less than fifteen minutes. A panic en- sued, women and children screaming and running in every direction, ‘The list of casual- ties is as follows: Wm, Miller, white, shot in arm; wife of Eider Fleming, colored. shot through shoulder, serious; Mary Carroll. col- ored, shot through foot: Ben. Watkins, shot in hands and breast. serious. The New Orleans Times-Democrat has state- ments of both whites and blacks. from which the following summary is made: There were about five hundred negroes on the train, about half of the number beiug women and children. shots were tired, causing a panic g the ex- cursionists, who threw themse' from the train pellmell and ran in all directions under a brisk tusilade from rifles, shotguns and revolv- ers. The scene was lighted up by flumes from a burning house on the levee, aud by this light the negroes made their way as rapidly as pos- sible toward the street-car track, down which most of them fled. The light also enabled the firing party to take good aim. The stories as to the origin of the trouble vary widely. The negroes say thata large body of armed men were awaiting the arrival of the train, and that while the negroes were disembarking these men, without provocation, began firing into the crowd. The whites that only half a dozen white men took part in the affray and that the first shots were fired by the negroes before the train hed stopped. They assert that two shots were fired from the train at a white boy named Burmeister just as the train was coming in. Then Wilham Miller was shot in the face by a negro who was getting off the train. Then Mitte “s brother. a policeman, attempted to ar- rest the negro who tired the shec. At this the negroes began firing upon the whites, the shooting became general, and the excursionists fled panic-stricken from the spot. The whites in and around Gouldsboro’ seem disinclined to talk, and, except Oilicer Miller aud a young mon named Ustes, they seem to know nothing of the origin of the trouble, a ELECTRICAL AGONY. Inconceivable Pain Caused by Death From the Lightning Volts. From London Iron. Of course electricity can instantaneously kill a person, but in that infinitesimally small space of time of the trausition from life to death the person will suffer inconceivable pain. Although the speed of electricity is at the rate of 236 00 mileg per second, the killing cannot be so instantaneous as to preclude all pain. Every particle of the nervous tissue is polar- ized; polarization causes each particle of mat- ter to revolve on its axis, which means the stretching of the nerves out of all proportion, and consequently the most intense pain. But the great fault with execution by elec- ticity is that it is almost impossible to ascer- tain just how strong acurrent will kill a man instantaneously and yet not be a barbarous mode of killing. If the current be but a few volts stronger thap that requirea to instanti; would be terribie. It would distigure the body beyond recognition, and would disinte- grate every portion of the corpse. Should the current be just a trifle too weak to execute a erson, it would throw him into a trance so eathlike that it is probable that the body would be buried alive. Cardinal Gibbons at Deer Park. Correspondence of the Philadelphia Press, Ever in walking through the beautiful moun- tain paths Ihave meta man of distinguished beuring. The form, in its tightly-buttoned coat of black, told that he was a priest. ‘The cardinal cravat said that he was not only a priest solitary walker was the famous Cardinal Gib- bons. He never walked with head down, un- seeing the beauties around him, but always with his fine brow bared to the light, his kindly eyes noting a distant tree branch swayed by a bird’s light weight, or the little white flower so like the Alpine ~eidelweiss” that tried to hide itself under the moss-covered rock. ‘The prelate left here never knowing how he subverted and overturned the society's conventional rule. “I would ask, madam,” said he courteously, to a lady whose dinuer was among the first of a se- ries given in his honor, ‘that the hour might be changed from 7 to 2, as I must give the evening to my walk and my devotions,” It is un- necessary to state that all the diuuers after that were given at 2, and the ladies spent many an anxious hour wondering what kind of gown would be the proper thing for a 2 o'clock din- ner. Again the Feathered Pest. From the ludependent. It is to be hoped every one will second the leg- islatures in an attempt to suppress and destroy the English sparrows. The movement is gen- is based on facts, The sparrow seldom eats worms;he will not do it if he can get seeds, and is therefore valueless, But it is not his nega- tive qualities that stamp him as a rogue and mark him for destruction, He is terribly de- structive of our wheat, oats, grapes and almost all seeds and fruits. "Coming in irrepressible crowds he is a8 bad as murrain and distemper. ery and on to Washington, Emanuel Miller, a twenty-three-year-old Zoo8s, man hanged himself yesterday to a ean in his father's baru. near Dubb’s church. He was of exemplary character and quite popu- lar, but hed been disappointed in a love affair. P.M. —— DON’T WANT NOTORIETY. What Mrs. Maybrick’s Alleged Para- mour Has to Say. Albert Brierly, the Liverpool merchant who Bas gained world-wide notoriety through his connection with the Maybrick murder, was a passenger on the Scythia. which arrived in Bostou yesterday. To reporter he said: bave no statement to make. When I left Eng- land I told all that there was tosay. I came to America to escape notoriety and I do not want to figure in the daily journals.” He said he heard of Mrs, Maybrick’s reprieve at Queenstown, “It is true that you paid the costs of the trial, amounting to £6.00," was asked him. “Yes,” he answered, “that was the sum.” “Do you care to say anything regarding your relations with Mrs Maybrick? © is “Nothing more than I have alre: i Tcan say is that I have figured mere oad ently in the case in the print than any real connection with it warranted.” Activity in the B. and O. Shops. Orders bave been issued to put all the men ‘at the Mount Clare shops of the Baltimore and Obio railroad, numbering from 900 to 1,000. on full time of ten hours, begiuning today. The working time of the employes was reduced to eight hours a day some time ago. At Marshalltown, lowa, the clot Johnson. a German = ed iv the Fimenich glucose works, was caught in a shaft of the ma- clynery Saturday and his head was beaten toa palp. He icaves # widow and two children, of John He must be exterminated. At least half a | dozen legislatures have passed laws at their ecent sessious looking to the slaughter of this e In New York it is made a misdemeanor | to feed them and give them shelter. Why they should have been supposed to be destroyers of vermin and therefore imported is hard to un- derstaud, untess it be from the fact that he can | eat anything if he will or is driven to it. A de- fender of this bird states the case, however, #0 correctly on the side of the sparrow that the argument is clearly against him. ‘The only manuer in which the sparrow drives away other j birds is by eating up their food. The busy, | persistent, voracious little fellow makes a clean sweep of the country he traverses. Any other bird must have a sharp eye to find anything to eat where a flock of sparrows has dined.” ‘This is quite enough; for if a bird cannot finda oe after the rascals what shall we human fol we ————+e+—_____ A School Teacher Whipped. A New Orleans dispatch says Rob’t Armstrong, ro school teacher from Ascension pari: that on Wednesday night says masked white men came to his cabin, parish eight took hima out and whipped him severely. He had just been appointed supervisor lof election and the masked men told him, he says, that he would not be allowed = in that parish. He was told to leave parwh and not to return under five days. Armstrong was stripped and bis lashes in the presence of Burrows and Rowell, who denounced in strong bee pti glen meng he had received. ‘. died Saturday it. years old aud hoeen widow were fired upon, and soon the shooting became ( face, serious: Ed. Levy, colored, shot through, About the time the train stopped two or three ' execute a certain person the consequence: | but at the head of his kind inthis country. The | eral throughout the country. The conviction | AN OLD CAPTAIN'S MANIA. He Wants to Be Cremated Alive to Prove the Truth of Spiritualism. William Brown of No. 276 enue, & retired lake captsin, has developed a strange religious mania. After seventy-two years of active life he wishes to be cremated alive to prove the truth of spiritualism. He says that he will then rise from the dead and demon- Strate that a man can live without being tram- meled by a body. To that end he sent the fol- lowing unique type-written letter to the secre- tary of the Buffalo crematory association: “Dear Sir: I desire to be cremated iz the Butf- falo crematory, in order to demonstrate that I can Assume 4 spirit form and appear as mortal man, with power of speech, after my mortal body has been burned away. Ishould expect, after I had made the necessary preliminary arrangements, to be chloroformed and then incinerated in the regular mauner. What would you charge for your services in this matter? Respectfully yours, WIttiam Brown.” Brown is the oldest lake captain known and the first to command side-wheel steam boats on the great lakes. In 1858, he says, he pre- dicted the rebellion, and for that was thrown into a Cincinnati insane asylum. Later he be- came known as the leader of au advanced type of spiritualists of whom he was the seer. “Yes,” said he, upon being questioned, “I wrote that letter, and wrote it in dead earnest, too, I am the sun (not the son) of the world, the immortal offspring of the god and goddess of supreme being. My spirit mother was Lorn to earth January 3, 1870, and my own spiritual birth began July 4, 1876, and continued four days. Till then I had groveled in the filth of all uncleauliness, like the rest of humanity, but from four minutes past 6 o'clock on the after- | noon of July 8, 1876, I have been an etherial being of the third degree. Receutly the spirit mother proclaimed me prince of peace, and it Was necessary for me to assume the fourth and last degree. In order to do this I will be compelled to part with my body, and the crematory will be the easiet and oer: est way of getting rid of this gross flesh. ‘Then will I be emancipated and will begin my course of lectures throughont the world. You see I have one already billed”—and he showed a small dodger, stating that ‘The Invisible, throush the Mediumship of William Brown, | would lecture at Kent's Hall, Tonawanda, Thursd:.y evening, September 9." “That will be my first stand after divesting myself of this useless body.” He explained that after being cremated it was his intention to appear immediately to the assembled hundreds, even as Christ revisited | his apostles, and to reproach them tor their un- beliet. He did not expect to regain his body, but would henceforth be imponderable. Not the slightest doubt of the crematory associa- tion refusing to burn him entered his mind, and his only fear was their asking too high a price for his limited purse. He further ex- plained that he had tried to commit suicide seventeen times—by kuife, poison and builet— but had failed each time. On this account he was somewhat doubtful of the success of his latest experiment. THE IRELAND OF TURKEY. Interesting Facts About the Island of Crete. | From the Pall Mall Gazette. | Crete stands to the Turk as an Irish estate to a non-resident landlord. While rents—that is to say, taxes—ars paid, the porte does not trouble farther with its Cretan tenants; when taxes are in arrears the screw is put on without measure and without remorse; and when the resistance is obstinate, or the people, as the Sphakiotes, more than usually bold and defiant, the pachas make a merit of necessity and “re- mit” the payment due until such time as they teel themselves in a position to enforce it. Of the two hundred thousand inhabitants of the island not more thana quarter are Mussul- mans; but half at least of these are of Greek descent, So that in all matters at issue between the governor and the subject population these “Mussulmans” are as hostile as the Christian rayahs or the Sphakiote shepherds themselves Itis in the fortresses of Canea and Candia that the Turkish power is concentrated. Of | the 8,000 inhabitants of Canea 5,000 are Mos- | and itt Candia the proportion of the Mos- | bi lems, lem to the Christian population is even higher. Within the walls of these ancient strongholds | are quartered the regiments of fierce Arnaouts and Anatolians, who are from time to time dis- atched to crush resistance in the interior and ack up the tax-gathering expeditions which sally out when the need for cash at Constanti- nople isurgent and imperious. It was on the occasion of ore of these desolating raids that | the writer had occasion to visit a property in the interior of the island, near a village of ; Some two hundred houses. The mountain | paths on all sides were guarded by zaptichs, and a force of Arnaouts were encamped by the spring that rushed from the rock near the cen- ter of the village. The women were running to and fro, rending their clothes and throwin; dust upon their heads, and before ths house o! the head man forced sales of cattle, goats, im- plements and clothes were proceeding, at which the main bidders were Jews, who had followed the expedition from Cauea. The villainous Hebrews were thoroughly in their element, buying at a fourth of their value the very lares aud penates of the hamlet. “Who is withia, Arnaout?” ‘Abdul Agha, ef- fendi and his kiateeps,” answered th» Albanian, “and the mukhtars of the vi e also.” he added, with a grin. “We caught them, effendi, as they were making off to the hills!" These mukhiars are the chief men of the village, who are bound to “present” defaulters to the Vali’s officers, The ag! tall and handsome Turk. but with a most sinister expression, received his visitor politely, and after the ‘usual compli- ments signed to his attendants to go on with the provess of revenue collecting by the time- honored methods of the east. “Open your books again,” said the agha, “and read out the names of the defaulters.” The clerks obeyed, and one after another the trembling rayahs were brought in by the | 24] tiehs. The agha sat with his head thrown back, so | that his thick black beard was almost level with | his forehead, and with eyes averted from the offender scowled fixedly at the wall, ‘Why do you not pay your debts to the sultan?” was the first question. Most of the peasants declared they had paid already, but had been refused a receipt. ‘*All lies,” said the agha; ‘now, will vou pay at once?” “May it please your excel- lency—" “Beast and infidel!” the agha would break in, ‘ill you not pay?” and rising from his seat would seize his whip and thrash the defaulter himself or nod te the zaptiehs to do so. The torture inflicted by these men was even worse, for the poor wretches were flung to the ground, their feet twisted in a loop fas- tened to Cie ind then beaten upon the bare soles with the steel cleaning-rods of their per- secutors’ rifles until they promised to Pry. Those in custody outside were so unnerved by | the shrieks and cries of the sufferers within that most of them paid the arrears said to be due, though not without protest. But tly a man of better class was brought in, a Greek farmer, well dressed and respectable looking. “Your name?” “Nicholas, your servant.” “Only Nicholas?” “Nicholas, son of Constap- tine.” “Now, Ismail Effendi, look and see how much his arrears come to.” “Four hun- dred and fifty piastres for general taxes, 350 for the wine excise, 200 for the tithe of sheep, in lieu of work due for the goveru- what do you say? Will you pay “My effendi, my agha, I have joy all this money twice; 500 piastres I last Christmas to that collector there, and then he refused me a receipt.” (To the collector): “Did I not pay you?” “Nota para.” “Do you not believe ” (Agha to collector): “Can you tell me if this man has any property?” “Oh, yes, my ag ha and effendi, e is very rich.” ‘What can we sell today?” “If you command it I can sell many things.’ “I will pay,” said the Greek,‘‘witbout asale;” id with streaming eyes he told down the money and was it from the room. Pres- ently he returned and begged for a receipt. “Don't you believe us?” cried the agha. *‘Don’t you trust me? Put him in jail and teach him not to mistrust the sultan’s officer.” Aud the poor man was locked up all®day and the next night, without food, until released at the vis- itor’s intercession, The agha was much sur- rised at his guest taking his. proceedi: to eart. ‘It is the way of the land.” he said. “It has been so. und so it willbe. They are well enough aud « beating now and then them no harm,” But if are the sentiments of the Turk they are no longer shared by the Cretans and the present rebellion is their practical protest, Outraged by a Negro. Mrs. Lizzie , & highiy respectable white woman, who is in delicate health, was outraged at Bert Payne, Als., last Friday night by a negro ‘who awakened her from threatened to kill her if she FOUND IN ADVERTISEMENTS. One of the Most Amusing and Interest- ing Portions of the Paper. From the London Standard. It is a time-honored practice with the pro- fessional humorist to raise the necessary laugh by twitting women with a preference for the advertisements over the news columns of the daily journals, Give one of the sexa paper, they say, and she will immediately rivet ber attention on the advertisements. Granting, for the sake of argument, that there isa sub- stratum of truth in this quip, it yet remains debatable ground whether or not she does not show a@ superior wisdom to those who give Priority of perusal to the cablegrams, the law reports, the parliamentary debates, the political speeches of the leaders, Advertisements properly prospected pan out richly in all the fenlitications wesséesey for entertaining reading—in instruction, in romance, in pathos. in freshness of ideas and in bumor, which, being frequently uninten- tional, is by no means less amusing on that ac- count. Indeed, many of the comic papers often contain testimony to the fact that their compilers have discovered gold mines in the mass of wants—sometimes curious necessities curiously expressed—which are daily set forth in their apportioned space in the journals of the country. The “agony” column is notoriously worth watching, but the mysterious messages con- veyed through that medium do not by any Means monopolize all the romance of adver- tisements nor all the humor. It ie said if the reader be sentimental or diverting, if he or she be callous to the exqnisite emotions of the tender correspondents to hear from ‘ Blush” that time will not change her love and that the fragrance of it “remains as a sweet odor and as the breath of life;’ or that “Violet” intends to meet her ‘ever-lovin Gaiters at the dear old hauut when the cloc! strikes 10.” But there are sterner romances than these of which glimpses are frequently obtained among the sinall-type announcements, which are so frequently skipped by the reader. -The romance of the fortune hunter 13 there, and many of the misdeeds of daring criminals are exposed to the views of the readers of “ads” vy the police announcements, BENEFIT IN READING ADVERTILEMENTS. The reading of advertisements, more so than the perusal of any other part of the newspaper, draws one into the busy marts of life, josties ‘One against the crowd, touches one with pity, or repels one with greed; brings one into sharp contact with sharp men, who are conspiring in some trusting person. and shows one love, misery, ambition and despair in all their hases, supplying one with the key note to a jundred dramatic situations. If one is inter- ested in the world of inventions it is in the ad- vertising column that the earliest knowledge is obtainable of the most recent device, from the latest improvement of a domestic or culinary utensil to so remarkable an invention as that recently announced for the especial benefit of yachtsmen, namely, ‘aerial yachts, ship-formed, havigable balloons, propalsion and steering perfect, powerful and facile, capable of accom- modating from two to twenty persons.” The column for “houses and apartments” shows a rise and fall of fortune, a change of lo- cation. a bringing together or separation of friends—perhaps famiies—maybe lovers. No end of romance may attach to a lost umbrella, and the steps necessary for its restoration. An auction sale announcement may be significaut of the dissolution of some old family, or the downfall of a great man, The ‘Wanted Situa- tions” column is fuil of pathetic stories curtly | narrated—three-line tales of privation,struggle, despair, beroism and Joug suffering.” ‘The ad- vertisements of silks aud laces, rare flowers and costly jewels, tell of gayety and weaith. ‘The announcements of the toy shops conjure and enjoyment, and the lawyer's welcome no- tices of something to one’s advantage. “If this should meet the eye,” suggests many a pleasant theme of patient waiting and cheerful endur- ance, being at length rewarded by u kindly be- quest, The nature of legacies, too, as disclosed | by tell-tale ‘-ads,” is an interesting field for ob- servation, and one cannot help smiling at the endeavors of a legatee to dispose of such in- heritances as old family heirlooms, precious to eir. THE HUMOR OF ADVERTISEMENTS. | offer many inducements for perusal. How pleasant for them to turn from the police court records of brutality to dumb animals to the distressed prayers of bereaved masters and mistresses who have lost some feline or canine | pet. and to read, for instance: “Two pounds reward, Strayed from No. —, Prince of Wales | terrace, Kensington, a white Pomeranian dog, | old and nearly blind; the hair on the back of | bis neck worn away.” Almost every announce- | ment discloses some view of human nature, or awakens a material interest. It is pretty safe | to say that in thy advertisements of one issue | of a London daily there is more exciting mys- tery than in a novel vy Wilkie Collins. Take the following: “Between September to middle | of November, 1888. Lady about thirty, gentle- man, thirty-six, lunched out nearly every da sare Sunday; food. probably fish and “fowl; drink, red wine or champagne. Real informa: tion rewarded, For interview address,” &c. To people weary of chess problems or business plans, what a fine exercise for the ingenuity is provided by such an announcement, and the motive for which such curious information is desired, ‘To the humor of advertisements, both con- scious and the reverse, there is noend. Dickens or Mark ‘Twain in their happiest moment were not more mirth-compelling than some of the lines hidden away in the obscurity of the an- nouncements of the great public through the medium of the newspxper. ‘Would the lady who wore away in mistake @ square black lace shawl from the Free Masons’ hall, and left in- stead a black cotton ditto, kindly return it,” is getting too frequent type to prove so amusing now, but it is still suggestive and provocative of a smile, except to the lady who has suffered from the unequal exchange. A much fresher phase of amusing adveriisements was the recent naive request of @ young Polish lady, who, be- ing “desirous of cul Lets | her musical talent, | begs the assistance of kind friends to enable her to procure a piano, which her parents can- not afford to purchase.” WHIMSICAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements in which the omission of a comma distorts the meaning and exhibits the potency of that little stop might be numbered in scores. The juxtaposition of advertisements is often very curious, and it was amusing to read recently the announcements of a turf tip- ster whose greatest qualification appeared to be that he was “brother of the celebrated New- market jockey” of his name, and then, either through the irony of circumstance or the de- sign of the printer, imm neal following a disclaimer on the part of “the celebrated New- market jockey” from all connection with the tipster. erhaps the most whimsical advertisement of all was that in which relief of conscience was sought by the penance of publication in the following terms, which appeared in a Bristol paper: * Be ecsled. with gentleman, Bir- mingham to Bristol, February 15, 1889 (Friday afternoon). Lady told an untruth. Whe re- ts it most deeply. She lives in Bristol,” t this rate the advertising columns will soon supersede the confessional. ————~ cee. Pex Man—Pex Man.—Tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad company announce a select ex- cursion on Wednesday next, Bepeasbee 4, to Pen Mar, the same being under the auspices of the Luthersa churches, The train will leave the Baltimore and Ohio station, corner New Jersey avenue and C street, ut 8 a.m. sharp, ar- riving Pen Maratnoon, Forscenery this route is unsurpassed, As the number of tickets by this train are limited, buy early and be sure of your seat. Tra‘n returning, leave Pen Mar 6:20 p.m. Tickets for vale at 609 and 1351 Penn- sylvania avenue and at Baltimore and Ohio station on morning of excursion, > Besides, He Knows So Many Secrets. From the Commercial Traveller. “Muggie, [am in great trouble, I am en- geged to two young men at the same time and | the wedding day is set for both on the same date.” “Well, Lizzie, which is the best?” “Tdon’t know. Henry is a banker's son and sgt eg ter,” “Wel goodness ion and take Arthur, He can his paper.’ i , Lizzie, be sensible describe the wedding some deep plot to betray, deceive or defraud | up @ thousand fancies of childish recollection | | trust on the testator, but despised by the disappointed | To the humane the advertisement columns | ap | sud | such resale in some newspaper . 10) AUCTION SALES. THIS EVENING. AW NBROKER'S AUCTION. eS RORPAN RGRDAY, sh, WEDSESD Ar Tabiall sell at S021 vabiie m all for: Congg te feited to date, incinding Gold and Silv great of loweirs, Revel dlocks, Boska, ions ment of Je ry. ver 3. Clothing, Tm and other Machines, &e- "All parties take notice. GEO. McAULEY, LOWENTHAL, Aucts, au30-st? ‘fFO-MOKROW,. BENSINGER, Auctioneer. 'i11 be sold at the Bazaar, No 940Loutsiana on LUESDAY MOMNING, SEPLEMBEM THI at TEN O'CLOCK— ‘lwenty Head of Horses and Mares, good workers and vers, terested lease eee bere Also, Oue New Dayton Wagon, one New }, two See ove Second-hand = Waxons, Harness, _ At ELEVEN O'CLOCK, one Bay Horse for the District government, [it] ‘Ss. BeNSINGER, Auctioneer. UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, Bugsy’ and several Secoud: Kew, &. oud-hand Dayton Wasous, one second-bai Fhactou | Axp IO ‘Schedule m effect JUNE 2S, 1 N80. and etree, avenue «! Northwest, Vestibuled Limited ex- 220 a... express 9 p.m. and express CE er {45-aninutes) a ta, 3:19 (4o-mam 4 \i 35, 6:90, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, ta, tor Way Stations between Washington and Baiti- Mere, 5.00, 6-40. B:3U w ly 0.3 nO: Ea Sundays, 8:90am, 1:15, iad 600, 11°30 p,m. | , drains leave Bal 15:06 Cw TIRACTIVE REGULAR SALE BY AUCTION OF SEVERAL FINE BIANOPORTES, PARLOR AND CHA, . - ‘ANDS: BRUSSELS. 1) PETS, KUGS, PI YO AND , SEP LEM. % 1889, bevinnine at TEN O'CLOCK, we will sel in trontof and within our sules rooms, ¥tb and Dats. 0 w. Household Goods, ty which CANSON BROS. Auctioneers, VALUABLE TRACT UF REAL ESTATE WILL be otlered for sale at public auction at TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, on 1UESDA}, the THIRD DAY OF SEPLEMBER, 1889. This tract of laud. consisting of B a Geueral Assortiwent of we invite attention. it bU twenty actes, inore oF less, is centrally located in the Village of Palts Ci wed by a stata dwelling aud Lec utd. wy watered bya ucy Abie property is considered one of (ue most des.rable locations in the corperution of ia.ls Church, beiux convenient to rad- road, churches aud scliovls, and aflucds a rare cuauce foray oue Who way Wish to subdivide and sellim ‘suiail lots. 1erius: One-fourth of purchase money to be paid at thue of exe, ution o4 papers, ard balahe iu three equal payments, ove, two aud three years trom tay of sale, Notes to bear legal rate of ipierest, secured Ly deed of trust ou the property. $100 to be paid as a bonus on day of sale. Cost of conveyance to be paid by the purchaser, AL80, commencing at TEN O'CLOCK, on SAME DAY, all the portoual property consisting ot Hourebold aud Kitchen | urniture, Horses, Wayous, muwing Machine, Hay ruke, Farming lispleuwents, jot o: Hay, aud many things not here wen! — . ALMOND BIRCH, auzs-cee Falis Cburch, Va. IHOMAS DOWLING, Auctionee. MUNE FINE YOUNG DKAUGHT HORSES, ONE | GOOD DRIVING HOKSL AND FOUR" FINE | YOUNG MULES, BEING THE PROPERTY O# MES=KS. BECKWITH, QUACKENBUSH & 00: | AT AUCTION, On TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THIRD, 1889, AT O'CLOCK A.M. at the stables of Beckwith, Quackenbush & Co., P street between 28th and 29 Streets uorthwest, i will sell 9 Fine Youug Draught Horses, 4 Fine Young Mules. 1 Fine Young Driving Horse, This stock is ANo. 1, sud will be sold without re- | serve, present owners having no further use for them, % 45 untae UU, 10:03, Band 0. depot, Wash- Leco aud 1: 7 ae or Bay » traius leave IKLOL, Week Ways YoU a LL Buudays 5. i rm Leave Bay 1 v-d0 om. 6-20 and Pee yook daze v Sy ain 0 | mtr} E wat Aiuiapous, 4 aud Bob) am. p Gu Sundays, 8.50 am. Leave AumBj olin, G40, .cs7 at, 10 S13 Pet : i | |) For $2000 yam Chureis train te Pus, stoppmye For Frederick, ™. Sundays.1 For Hagersiow Washingtou on Sunday at 1:15 us ob Metropuital Brack SU Wu, THOU, THOU AND PHILADELPUIA DIVISIO. Aronia Dewar pore J tality DeWaks Ky Wal 200 wa dor interuediate points between Pothinore amd phis 15. am., *2-SU and t4:30 p.m Assis leave, New tye peor Yacvu am, *tsu, a, and “12,00 might. oe Ve Philadelphia for Washingt “4:15, "200, 1U am, T1259, oO p.m, dor Alautic City 4:00 sud 9:30am, 12:00 noou ahd <i yu Mudaye dt: Oa au, aul 12.09 Bovik wl F Lope Brauch aud Uvoan Grove 14:00, 18:00 « eo th 200 son, 88: % tExcept Si 1 SSuuday only, Except Sunday aud Mouday. a wexwuce calied Lor aud cueckea ‘trom hotels aud Temuences Uy Luton. ‘Iral Ob ONE deft ac EDMONT AIR LIN a Schedule ip eect June 30, VERY, 3:30 8 1u.—bast Leuuessce Mail, Guy tor Warren- ton, Gurdousviie, Cuarivitesville, Lj bcuuune, wid Statious between Alexandria aud 4) neLUUn, Woapoke, }retol, Kuoxvilie, Chattauoogs ald Meupbia Pull: Bua Dleeper Wasuizytou to Meuphis, 24 44 m.—Fast aia daily tur Warrenton, Char. Jotienvulle, Stations Chesape i vuio “Koute, ‘Terms cash. HOMAS DOWLING, "| auz7-dts tigneer. UNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers, TKUSTEE'S SALE MENT BRICK OF TnO-STORY AND Base. | MELLING NO. 612 PENNSYL- UE E, in Liber eK, A.D. PAS) FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. int the toliowiny-described "real caty of Washington, District of Columbia, to wit: Lot Luubered forty-one (41) of Marccfou's sutdivision of Jot ¢,in Square uusubered eizht Wundred aud seventy- three (87:5), towether with ail the imp ruvements, Ways, Seemets, | Fights, privileges, appurteusnces und hereditunents ty the same belonving or iu auy wise yhertaining. This Lot is improved by # two-story basement Brick Dwelling, aud has @ front op Peunsylvuma aveuve aud a izout on C street south- ew ‘Lerms: One-third cash; balance in oneand twoyears, notes to bear 6 per cent interest, payable seua-aunu- ally trom day of sale, aud to be secured by deed of preiwises sold, or all cash wt option of pure chaser. poh feo &ec., at cost of purchaser. A deposit of 200 required at sale. Terms to be com- pled with in 10 days: otherwise, the Trustee reserves the right to resell tue proj erty at the risk aud cost of the deiwulting purchaser after 5 days public notice of =o isied ia Washing- ton, BAUEK, Trustee. aU FUTURE DAYs. | HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneor. SALE OF VALUABLE BulCK REST: Kistitet NORTH AT On 310: IS8Y, at FIVE O'CLOCK, in front of the preiises, shall’otfer at public auction the toilowing property, Kuown as lot 11 in George W. Riggs’ subdivision of iots | 2 aud 2, m square 390, improved by a I wo-story Brick Dwelling with irauie back building, containing Ve Toms. ‘Terius of sale: One-third cash, the residue in two equal payments at one aud two years, wich notes bear- in 14 erest at 6 per ceut per auuum and secured by a deed ot trust, or all cash, at opticn of purchaser. All couveyauciug at cost of p = $100 will be re- ured wt the tame of sale. Si-deds THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. rpuomas DOWLING, Auctioneer. THREE ACRES OF VALU BKOOKLAND, BRANCH, BAL AT AUCTI N IDE: AU BLE LAND NEAR D.c., AND 1 HE METROPOLITAN TIMORE AND OHIO KAILKUAD, EPTEMBER SIXTEENTH, 1889, at S £ O'CLOCK P.M, on the premises, I will seil Lhree Acres of Laud, being @ portion of the estate of the lute Elizabeth ‘Lulbert, and opposite Brookland aud the new Catholic University. ‘Terms: One-half cash; balauce in one and two years, with interest, and -ecured by a di of trust on the property; or all cash. Terms to be complied with in fitteen days from day of sule. All recording and con- Yeyubcing at cost of purchaser. A deposit of $100 required at time of sale. au3l-di THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ALTER B. WILLIAMS & OO., Auctioneers, THUSTEE’S SALE OF THREE TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLINGS ON 1H SIDE OF N STREET BE 434 AND GLH STREETS SOUL EST, KNOWN AS NOS. 459. ‘ STREET S5OULHWEST, CLOSED, 50 BY 133 FE’ By virtue of two deeds of trust, dated August 17, 1886, aud April 14, "1888, aud record tively in Liber 1203, folio 19 et seq., aud Liber | No. 1304, folio 496 et seq. of the land records for the | District of Columbia. I, ay’ surviving Tr istee aud us | ‘Trustee, and at the requost of parties secareu thereby. | blic wuction, in front £ 7A Ti “GROUND TO WIDE ALLE! respectively jed will sell at pu yremises, ob SATUKDAY, SEPPEMKER SEV , LS8i, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, the following- cribed realestate in the city trict of Columbia, to wit: Original Lote Nos. 3 and 4, in square No. 502. 4 ‘There houses will be sold separately with the ground attached, and vacant lot 50x60 feet in rear of said houses troutiug the alley derms of yale: Une-third cash, of which $100 on gach piece of property must be ‘paid at timeof sale; ‘balance in ove and two years in equal payments, to be secured by purchaser's notes beariug interest from | day 0 sale,payable semi-annually, and a deed of trust to satisfaction of Trustee on each property sold (or all cash ut option of purchaser.) ‘Terms of sale to be complied within ten day of sale slay Trustee reserves right to Fese and cost of purchaser lefwult Wal. F. HOLTZMAN, Trastecand Surviving Trastes, rpuowas DOWLING TRUSTEE: eras of Wasuiugton, Dis- from at risk lesc: real estate, to wit: The west 25 feet of Lot numbered eight ($), in block numbered six (6), of Hall and Elvun’s subdivision of Meridian a8 same is of record in the surveyor’s office of the District of Columbia, ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in cash, balance in two equal payments in six aud twelve months from date of sale, to Per unum, to be secured by deed of trust on said. Lon, or all cash, at option of the purc! A. deposit 100 af the time of sale. If t ly with the terms of sale wit ite the property will be resold at his risk and after ten days’ notice of such in publisned in said District. E, B. TOWNSEN: WeE ELLEN} Trustees 8u19.23,24,30,31se' HOMAS DOWLL uctioneer. TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE LOT SOW ELLING. HOUSE No. 1600 SIMTERRIN BSIKEET NORTHWEST. an und plat a upon the yas lot numbered one ik Joke 4 ot Lumbered 17%, becinuiug at the southeast commer of wad wis oF plan of the .,‘Purton' and ‘square auc FAMILY SUPPLIES. : returning 4. HEITMULLER & CO. aul7-3m 1333 J ith st. nw. -NOTARIES PUBLIC. Gera s Cee | Danville, “Raleig, Lyucuburg, Kocky Mount, ud. Stabous Letween Lyueubune and 1) bore, sal eugu. Asheville, Charlot Al ha, Ausnta, Birnong! » © Orlewus, ‘texas and Calitornia, ‘Pui w York to Atiauta, parlor cars Atlas. 5, Pullnan Sleepers Montgomery. to % Sleeper Greensboro’ to Colu. as Pail- = Sleepers W. aKtOR W Ciutat Via C. and 0 4 L except Sunday, for Manassas, Suasbury aud intenhedute stations. <0 p, lu Dally Via 4.) uCuvurg, Bristol and Chat- A:sauisus pulnte, 9:40 Pp. i.—Westeru Exjress, daily for Manassas, Cusoer. ruse, Cauriottesville, oteuuton, Louis Ville, Cinciutati. Pullin Vestivuletrau washington t Cineiupati with o Pullman shocges Saf Lamsevilie. 11:00 p,m — )Tess —-, for od ville, Charlotte, Coluuwtia, A eta, Atlant ‘omery, New Urieans, .exas, tod California, “Puilmat Veedbels Gas Waahingtou to Dew Uricabs, Vis AUauta and Mouwomery Pulley Sieeper Washington to Birmingham, Ala., via Atlauts au Georgia duce Kaulway Lrains on Washington and Ohio division leave Wash- tugton 9:90 aim. dail; y except Sunday, aud 4:45 daily; arrive Kound Hull 11:9 au. aud returiing leave Kound Hill 6:05 aia. daily wd poan. daily except Sunday, arriving Washington 8:30 2:53 pln Through trains from the Sout Chai Dan. villeaud Lyncubury arrive tn Wastnone oo3 | aud 7:13 p, burg at 5 arrive in Washington 6:53 a East Tennessee, ch ing-car reservation and information = Geocket et office, poy at Tasecuger Statiot, Peunay Gul nud B streets. oe 1. LAYLOR, Gen, Pass, Avent. eh se , PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE, TO THE NOKIM, WEST AND SOUTHWEST. DOUBLE TKACK. SVLLNDID SCENERY, SILL MAUS, MAGNIFICENT EQUIP, TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTO: CUmNEM O, Lows: Flee} aud FROM 5 SIXTH AND BSTMLETS. AS POL For Fittsburg and the West, Chicago Limited of Pullman Vestvuled Cars at 9:50 am. daily; Fast Line, ¥:00 am. daily to Cinciunatt and st Lows, Wilh dleeping Cars froin Fittevurg tw Cluciuuath abd Harrisourg to St. Louis. except Saturday, fe Chicago, wita Sicepiug Car Altoona. to Western Express, ot 7:40 p.m. daily, with Cars Wasiington Cluicago, to Chicago abd’ bt. Lowe sone c con- hecting daily at Harrisbury with throug! for Louisvilleand Memphis, Pucitic Cxpreas 10000 the mm. daily, tor Pittsburg and A rough ‘Sleeper we iba os \casco. AL LIMOKE AND POTO! Y MAC RAILROAD For Kun wuaigua, Kochester and Niagara Falla wots Sch « puuday. 8710 a. a0. @ rie, Camda and hester 3 he a tuloand Niagara Cd pond it.oon lu, with Sleeping Car Washington to Kocheeter. For Wilhemsport, Lock Haven apd luira at 9.508 m. Ay, ee Heys a ee ers ‘HIA, NEW YORK AND THE EAs’ 16: 1:20 x Soe Eyres or cea, baste except Sunday, and 3: ‘dally, with Dua” FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY, Fast Express 5:10 a. ui. Week da; aud 8: en. bapress 2:10 >a ra acme ae For Boston, without change, 2-50 p. m. For Broosly, N.Y. all through: trainee at dereey City with busts ol brova! EE, ail ord- double terricge across New York city. FOF Uceat City aud and 9:00 am., 12:05, 4:20and ‘acebi Sunday, “Bandages BOS am. 4:10 pan. ALEXANDKIA AND FREDERICKSBURG Wan Aap ALExaNDiiA AND Wisk tus A IN EFFECT MAY 12, 1889. For, Alexandria, 4:50, 0:39, 7:15; 840-9:45, 10:57 B02, 10-09 ang TiST pa Ok weet Ose Vey 4 he Bi ot 45, 9:45, 10:57 a.m, 255, 6:01, 8-02 ead 10:0 anodation for Quautico, 7:45 a.m. and 4:55 p.m week days. 7:45 a.m. Suudays. cumond abd the Suuth, 4:30, 10:57 am daily, B. ws. ually, except Suuday, jexandna for Washingt DOU, U:15, 1107 a. 5:10, 7-09, 8:00, 9:20, ‘10. 3 US, 5:00, Hae 10. 7-00, 8:00, 9:20, and . Tickets aud intoruiation at the office, northeast per of 15th street aud Feuusylvauis sveunes wor. ani at the station, where orders cau be for ta checking ot baggage to destination pa Xm aud Cas. puGH, J.B. WOOD, ‘ e YATSKILL MOUNTAINS, LAKE GroRGES ™ ADIRONDACKS, Ou and alter SUNDAY, June 24, express tralus on West shore Jroud will, Daily, except sunday, to wud irom the Jersey City Station ‘of the Peunayt: vauia aia rg close Coumections with Last POM Wwe trains to and CAL Arriy. Hotel, 1:45 p.m; Hi Mount House Station, 1:20 p.m.: tn. : Palenivi 2s viux-roulm Cats Jerse; x Pe has, Drama pos Ce erat iy te Crate UGA AND CATSKILL MT EXPRESS. . \pbia, am. Arrive im. ; Hotel Pomme, 3 ETH EX1RACT: 7 T ae w er DPA BY eB. gE DUKE 71S vathee aw, aie i 3B TENEYOR HAS is DEN. al Office St Gehan Ube red berics poss eo hens mya RS ARR P f Romietdy oan gation to 1 hry eumws prevents pain in DP ee hoe GENTLEMEN’S GOODs. H. D. ‘AND TAILOR, = +) P| OF TO-DAY, ree ow ow ow wwww n WWW 9 ww ww wow per. a " we a 3 a 6llOUNR Fe Boa Re “ x P aa GON OWS A 900 TIT css, a GS wy ie ee mg r BS tS a a 4 00 T ys ot of YESTERDAY nor AST WEEK, Ut prints ALL THE NEWs, Local, Domestic and Foreign, LONG IN ADVANCE OF THE MORN- ING PAPEKS. This ts conspicuously true of all classes of news, but expecially so in regard to Local New d District Afairs. THE STAR has a very much LARGER and B LE force of LOCAL RP- PORTERS and SPRCIAL WRITERS than any other paper in Washington ever thought of employing, and ITS MECHANICAL EQUIPM A PRINTING FACILITIES ARK M« ‘ As POW FUL AND RAPID AS THOSE OF ANY OTHER WASHINGTON PAPER. It ts ; | therefore able to print each day « full report of every transaction of pubiic in terest occurring in the District up to the very hour of going to press. By the free use of the OCEAN CABLES: for REGULAR AND SPCIAL Dis- PATCHES, and with the difterence of time in fits tavor, it is also abie to give | its readers every afternoon the news of | the WHOLE EASTEKN HEME for the entire day, and up to 12 o'clock midnight, thus leaving Literally notuing | ln the way of news trom hurope, Asia, and Africa for the morning papers. ——-:0: —_ Equally does THE STAR lead all its contemporaries in the publication of the NEWS OF OUR OWN COUNTKY. Receiving the regular dispatches of both News Associations; with alert and enterprising special telegraphic cor- respuudents at all important points; and with wires leading directly trom its owo office to the general network oi telegraph system touching every city, town and hamlet in the United States and Terri- tories, it is enabled to receive and print atonce a full report of every event of consequence occurring during the day anywhere between the Auiantic and Pa- cific Oceans. —o:—— @ NOTE THE RESULT: 29 —0: —— THE STAR HAS MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR SUBSCRIGERS and MORE THAN FIVE TIMES AS MANY KHKGULAR READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY PAPER IN WASHINGTON. It is de- livered regularly by careful carriers at the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, AFTER THE BUSTLE AND WORRY OF THE CAY ARE OVER, and it is thus read leisurely and thoroughly by EVEKY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, They know that it prints all the news, and has only the interests of the people of the District in view, with no partisan measures to advocate, and no private schemes to forward. They koow it,in short, tobe THE PEOPLE’S PAPER, and nothingelse. Asan ADVERTISING MEDIUM it is, therefore, ABSU- LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. It is in fact worth more as a means of reach- ing the public THAN ALL THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN THE CITY TOGETHER. Furthermore, in proportion to the re- turns it gives its patrons, ITS ADVER- TISING RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST iN THE City. In conclusion, the public should bear in mind this one significant fact: THE STAK does not rely upon empty boasts to impress the publ ITs CIRCULA- TION IS SWORN TO; its PRESS- ROOM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; and its BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED by any one having an interest in their examination. These are CRUCIAL TESTS, which tew papers invite, and which those that boust most are least able to stand. —_o— > The esteem in which THE STAR is held by the reading and advertising public is conclusively shown by the fig- ures given below. In the first six months of each of the five years named the average daily cir- culation of the paper was: In 1885.