Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1889, Page 9

—_ [CONTINUED.} | “T don't think this man suffered for want of @ducation,” said my wife; ‘he used very good Isnguage; that was one of the first things that led me to suspect him. It is not likely that fons of boat builders speak so correctly and express themselves so well.” “Of course, I cannot alter your opinions,” said Aunt Martha, “but the story interested me and I very mach wished to hear what that other man has to say for himself.” “Very weil,” said I, ‘you shall hear it, but I must drink my tea and go back to the prison- ers.” “And I,” said Annt Mertha, “will take some tea to them. They may be bad men, but they must not soffer.” I had been in the library but a few moments when Aunt Martha entered, followed by Alice, | who bore a tray containing three very large | cups of tea and some biscuit, { ALICE BORE A TRAY CONTAINING THREE CUPS OF TEA. “Now, then,” said Aunt Martha to me, “if you will untie their hands I wili give them some tea.” At these words each burglar turned his eyes on me with a quick glance. I laughed. “Hardly,” said 1, “I would not be willing to undertake the task of tying them up again, un- less, indeed, they will consent to drink some more of my wine.” | “Which we won't do,” said the middle burg- lar, ‘‘and that’s flat,’ “Then they must drink this tea with their hands tied,” said Aunt Martha in a tone of re- proachful resignation, and, taking a cup from the tray, she approached the stout man and held it to his lips. At this act of extreme kind- ness we were all amused, even the burglar’s companions smiled, and David so far forgot himself as to burst into a laugh, which, ho ever, he quickly checked. The stout burglar, however, saw nothing to laugh at. He drank the tea, and never drew breath until the cup was emptied. “I forgot.” said my aunt, as she removed the cup from his lips, “to ask you whether you took much or little su; . “Don't make no di tea isn't malt liquor; it’s poor stuif any way, and it doesn't matter to me whether gar in it or not, but it’s moistenin’, and that’s witat I want. Now, madam, Ili just say to you, if ever i break into a room where you're sleepin’ I'll see that you don’t come no harm, even if you sit up in bed and holler. “Thank you,” said Anat Martha; “but I hope you will never again be concerned in that sort of business.” “That depends on circum- He grinned. stances,” said he. Aunt Martha now offered the tall man some tea, but he thanked her very respectfully and Geclined. The young man also said that he did not care for tea, but that if the maid— looking at Alice—would give him a glass of water he would be obliged, This was the first time he had spoken. His voice was low and of a pleasing tone. David's face grow dark and we could see that he objected to this service | from Al will give him the water myself,” said | Aunt Martha. This she did, and I noticed that | the man’s thirst was very soon satisfied. When David had been refreshed and biscuits refused | by the burglars, who could not very well eat them with their hands tied, we all sat down | and the stout man began his story, I give it| as he told it, omitting some coarse and rough | expressions and a good deal of slang, which would be unintelligible to the general reade’ “There's no use,” said the burglar, “for me | to try and make any of you believe that I'm a pious gentleman under acloud, for I know I don’t look like it and wouldn't be likely to/ make out a case.” At this the tall man looked at him very se- ve ¥. don't mean to sa! my friend here tried ai ” he continued,” that thing like that, Every word he said was perfectly true, as I could per- sonally testify if I was called upon the stand, eud what I'm going to tell you is Lkewise solid | fact. ly father was a cracksman, and a first-rate one, too: he brought me up to the business, beginning when i was very small. I don't re- member havin’ any mother, so I'll leave her out. My old man was very particular; he liked | to see things done right. One day I was with | bim and we saw a tuner nailing @ new leader or tin water spout to the ‘Look here, young man,’ said dad, ‘you're makin’ a pretty poor job of that. You don’t at in enough nails, and they ain't half drove in. Supposin’ there was a fire in that house some night and the family had to come down by the spout, and your nails would give way and they'd break their necks, What would you think then? And I can tell you what it is, young man, Ican appear ag’in’ you for doing x work.” “The tinner grumbled, but he used more nails and drove ‘em tight, dad and me standin’ by, an’ looking at him. One rainy night not » {ter this dad took me out with him aud ped in front of this house ‘Now, Bob- | bie,’ saidhe, ‘I want you to climb into that open second-story window, and then slip down stairs and open the front door for me; the family’s at dimner.’” w am I to get up. dad? said I, ‘Oh, youcan go up the spout,’ says he; ‘I'll warrant that it will hold you. [ve seen to it that it was put on good and strong.’ “I tried it, andas far as I can remember I ever went up a safer spout.” “And you opened the front door?” asked Aunt Martha. “Indeed I did, ma'am,” said the burglar, “yon wouldn't catch me makin’ no mistakes in tat line. } “After a while I got too heavy to climb | spouts. and I took to the regular business, and | did well at it, too.” “Do you mean to say,” asked Aunt Martha, “that you willingly and premeditatedly became ® thief and miduight robber?" “That's what | am, ma'am,” said he; “I don’t Make no bones about it. I'm a number one, double-extra, back-springed. copper-fastened burglar, with ail the attachments and noiseless eadie, That's what I am,and no mistake. ‘There's all kinds of businesses in this world, and there's got to be people to work at every eof em, and when a fellow takes any partic ‘War line his business i#to do it well, that's my Botto. When I break into a house I make it a —_ to clean it Out first-class, and not tocarry oe, apy mee eae course, I've had my ps eo wos e of le bers @ud doctors and store keepers. named Jerry Ham- Dek ara she a. ow t an} 3 ‘whether he'd ever Sous tt bedern ys to know his times and or other. He'd con- RO matter Or not. it [Copyrighted 1889. Written for the Evextya Stan.) | as I'm concerne nuther, and in our line of business it’s the same thing. It was about the en of October, nigh four years ago. that I found out that Jerry had a lot of money on hand. He'd been colléectin’ it from different parties, and had got home too late in the day to put it in the bank. so, says I to myself, this is your time, old feilow, and you'd betier make hay while the sun shines. Iwasa little afraid tocrack Jerry's house by myself, for he’s a strong old fellow, sol gota man named Putty Henderson to go | Putty wes a big fellow and | along with me. very handy with a jimmy, but he was awful contrary minded and he wouldn't agree to | clean out Jerry until I promised to go halves with him. This wasn’t fair, fob anda quarter would have been lots for n. aut there wasn't no use arguin,’ and along we went. and abont l o'clock we was standia’ alongside Jerry's bed, where he was fast asleep. He was a bachelor and lived pretty mach by himself. I give him » punch to waken him up for we'd made up our minds that that was the . It wouldn't pay us to go Jerry's money He wa ‘low it was six to four we’ in bed with a jump d first at one and around buntin such a sharp old f never find it. He sat a like a hop toad and loo! then at the other of us, and it wasn’t puzzlin’ to guess what we was there fur. THE INTERVIEW WITH JERRY BAMMOND. “ Jerry Hammond, rough and husky, ‘we k 3 lot o° money in this house and we've come far it. We mean business, and there no w foolin’. You can give it to us quiet and and keep a whole head on your shoulders, we'll lay you out ready for a wake and help ourselves to the funds: and now you pays your money and you can take your choice how you doit. There's nothin’ shabby about us; but we mean business. Don’t we pard?’ “That's so,’ says Putty, ***Look here.” says Jerry, jest as coo! as if he had been sittin’ outside on his own'curbstone, ‘I know you two men and no misteke. You're Tommy Randall and you're Putty Henderson, so you might as well take off them masks. ‘Which I am glad to do,” says I, ‘for | hate ’em, pre put mine in my pocketand Patty he took off his.” “Excuse me,” said Aunt Martha, interrupt- ing at this point. “but when Mr. Hammond mentioned the name of Tommy Randall to whom did he refer?” ‘lean explain that, madam,” said the tall burglar, quickly. ‘This man by bis criminal course of lite has got himself into agood many scrapes and is frequentiy obliged to change his name, Since [ accidentally became acquainted with him he has had several aliases and I think ss very often forgets that his real name is "said the stout man, “there never was a more correct person than this industrious and unfortunate man sittin’ by my am dreadful forgetful, and sometimes I disremem- ber what belongs to me and what don't. Names th gs.” ay rather | L t ve got a y r ” says I, you're goin’ to make anythin’ by knowin’ You've got to fork over your cash all the and if you think to make anything by peachin’ on us after we've cleared out and lett you peaceful in your bed. you're mistook so far for I've made the track clear to get out of this town before daybreak, and I don’t know when I'll come back. This place is gettin’ alittle too hot for me, and you're my concludin’ exercise.” Jerry he sat still for a miuute considerin’. He wasn’t no fool, and he knowed that there wasn't no use gettin’ scared, nor cussin’, nor hollerin’. What's more he knowed that we was there to get his money, and if he didu% fork it over he'd get himself Jaid out, and that was worse than loosin’ money any day. w bo; says he, ‘I'll tell you what I'll do. make you an offer, a fair and square offer. What money I've got I'll divide even with you, each of us takin’ a third, and I'll try to make up what I lose out ot my next contract, Now nothin’ could be no squarer than that.’ ‘How much mouey have you got, Jerry? says I; ‘that’s the tirst thing to know.’ ‘I've got $3.100 even,’ says he, ‘and that will be $1.033.43 apiece. I've got bills to pay tomorrow for lumber and bricks, and my third will pay ‘em. If I don't PU go to pieces. You don’t want to to see me break up in business, do you?’ ‘Now, Jerry, says I, ‘that won'tdo. You haven't got enough to divide in three parts. Putty and me agree to go halves with what we get out of you, and when I lay out a piece of business I don't make no changes. Half of that money is for me and half is for Putty. So just band it out, and don’t let’s have no more jabberin’.’ “Jerry he looked at me pretty Hard and then says he: ‘You're about the close-fisted and meanest man I ever met with, Here I offer you @ third part of my money and ail you've got to do is to take it and go away peaceable, I'd be willin’ to bet two to one that it’s more than you expected to get, and yet you are not satisfied; now il be hanged if I'm going to do business for you.’ ‘You can be hanged if you like,’ ‘No, I won't,’ says he, and he turns to Putty Henderson. ' ‘Now, Putty.’ says he, ‘you've got apie more sense thao this pal of youra, and Tm goin’ to see if I can’t do business with you. Now, you aud me together can lick this Tommy Randall just as easy as not, and if you'll hei; me do it I not only divide the money with you, but I'll give you fifty dollars extra, so that u ad of tifteen hundred and fifty dollars— that's all he'd given you, if he didn’t cheat you— youl have sixteen bundred, and I'll’ have fifteen hundred instead of the thousand and thirty-three dollars whieh I would have had left if my first offer had been took. So, Putty, what do you say to that?’ Now, Putty, he must have been a little sore with me on account of the arguments we'd had about dividin’, and he was mighty glad besides to get the chance of makin’ fifty doliars exiry, aud so he said it was ali right and he'd agree. ‘Then I thought it was about time for me to take in some of my sail, and says I: ‘Jerry, that’s a pretty | py joke and you can take my bat as soon as 1 get 4 new one, but of course 1 don’t mean to be hard on you, and if you realiy bave bills to pay tomorrow I'll take third and Putty'll take another, and we'll go away peace- ful.’ ‘No you won't,’ sings out Jerry, and with that he jumps out of bed right at me, and Putty Henderson he comes at me from the other side, and between the two they gave me the worst lickin’ Lever got in my born days, and then they dragged me down stairs and kicked me out the tront door, and i had hardly time to pick myself up before 1 saw man about a block off, and if he hadn't been fat one he’ mesure. It wouldo’t have been pleasant, for l was a good deal wanted about that time. “So you see, ladies and gents, that it’s true what I said—things don't always go right in our line of business no more than auy other {think k you wore served exactly right,” said G “and I wonder such an experi- ence did pot induce ou to reform,” tor it wasn’t his | a) We both had masks on | » 4 “What!” exclaimed my wife and Aunt Martha, Fey lt y own daughter! What do you mean y “That's what it waa,” said the stout burglar, “no more nor less, I was recommended to the gent asa reliable [igs for that sort of thing, and I met him to talk it over and then he told me just how the case stood. He and his wife were separated. and the daughter, about eleven Years old, had been given to her by the court, and she put it into a boarding school. and the gent he was goin’ to Europe, and he wanted to Ret the little gal and take her with him. He tried to get her once and it <i up and so there wasn’t no good in showin’ his~ self at the school any more, which was in the country, and he knowed that if he ex- pected to get the gal he'd have to hire a pro- feesional to attend to it. “Now, when I heard what he had to sa: put on the strictly pious, pretty bad thing you're uskin’ me to do, sir, to carry away @ little gal from its lovin’ mother, and more ‘an that, to take it from a school where it’s gettin’ all the benefits of eddication. ‘Eddication,’ says he; ‘that’s all stuff. What eddication the gal gets at a school like that isn't worth a row of pins, and when they go away they don't know nothin’ useful, nor even any- thing tip-top ornamental. All they've learned is the pianer and higher mathematics, As for anythin’ useful, they're nowhere. There isn’t one of them could bound New Jersey or tell you when Washington crossed the Delaware.’ “That may be, sir, says I, ‘but them higher branches comes useful. If Washington really did cross the Delaware, your little gal could ask somebody when it was, but she couldn't ask ‘em how the piauer was played, nor what the whole multipli- cation table came to added up. Them things she'd have to learn how to do for herself. give you my word, sir, Tcouldn’t take a gal from a school where she was gettin’ a number one eddication. silver forks and towels extry.’ The geut looked pretty glum, for he was tosail the next day, and it I didn’t do the job for him he didn’t know who would. and he said that he was sor see that I was goin’ go back on him after the re mend I'd had, and { said that I wouldn't go back on b wasn't for my conscience. I wna re | any common piece of business, but th away little gals from lovin’ mothers was a leetle too much forme. ‘Well.’ says ‘there ain't | no time to be lost, and how m re will sutiaty your conscience?’ Wen I said a hundred in. 1, we cnt aud dried that business pretty ht. I took « nd went out to the tihe keyof a house that was to let alout three miles from the hool, and he was to stay there and loc empty honse w en he was to Fike to have hr out and see how the land laid, ba: no more time and I had to do the best I could. ‘The gent told me they all went a walkin’ afternoon and th the best time to get her snd must fast fe her along no matter who holiered. ‘I didn’t know exacily how I was going to manage but I took along with mea 5 that was made for the conveyance of an ex tinct millionaire, but which had never been used, owin’ to beforehand arrangements which Sad been made with the party's family. “2 PUT THE LITTLE GAL ON HER FEET AND PULLED OFF THE BAG.” “J left the cab behind a bit of woods, not far from the school, and then I laid low, and pretty soon I seed ‘em all coming out in a double line, with the teacher behind ‘em, for a walk. I had a description of the little gal as was wanted, and as they come nearer I mads her out easy. | She was the only real light-haired one in ‘the lot. I hid behind some bushes in the side of the road and when they come up and the hght- haired little gal was just opposite to me I jumped out of the bushes and made a dash at her. Whoop! what a row there was in one second! Such @ screamin’ and sereechin’ of gals, such a pilin’ on top each other and the teacher on top the whole lot of ’em’ bangiu’ with her umbrella; they pulled at the gal and they pulled at me an’ they yelled and they howled and I never was in such'a row and hopeI never shall be again, and I grabbed that girl by her frock and I tumbled some over one way andsome another, and I got the umbrella over my head, but I didn’t mind it, and I clapped that bag over the little gal and I jerked up her feet and let her slip into it and then [ took her up like a bag of meal and put across the field, with the whole kit and boodie after me. But I guess most of ‘em must have tumbled down in hysterics, judgin’ from the screechin’, and I got up to the cab and away we went. Well, when we got to the house where I was to meet the gent he began straight off to blow at me. ‘What do you mean,’ he yelled, ‘bringin’ my daughter ina bag?’ ‘It's the only way to do it, sir,’ says I; ‘they can’t holler and they can't kick, and people passin’ by don’t know what you've got,’ and, so sayin’, Luntied the strings, put the little gal on her feet and pulled off the bag, and then, I'll be hanged pt ever saw 4 man so ragin’ mad as he was. ‘What do I want with that gal?’ he cried; ‘that’s not my daughter. ‘That girl's hair is as black as a coal and she’s a Jew besides.’ As soon as I sot my eyes on the little varmint it come over me that I had got the thing crooked and in the scrimmage I let go of the right galand grabbed another.” [To Le continued, ] see NOT A NEW IDEA. A Suggestion of the Phonograph in a Seventeenth Century Fable. From the New York Timea. The idea of the magnetic telegraph is said to be certainly three hundred years old. But the phonograph was believed to be a comparatively new notion. Mary Somerville, indeed, pre- dicted that before the end of the present cen- tury we should probably possess a means o recording and reproducing speech; but the like conception turns out to be far older than that, In the middle of the seventeenth century M. de Bergerac, a well-known French writer of his day, and a foreranner of Jules Verne, published a fabulous account of a visit to the moon, which contains an account of two mechanical bocks left in the city of the moon by a visitor from the sun. In opening one of these books the narrator states that he found “somewhat of metal almost like to our clocks, full of I know not what little springs and imperceptible engines. “It was a book, indeed, but a strange and wonderful book that had neither leaves nor letters. In fine, it was a book made wholly for the ears and not the eyes, so that when any- body has mind to read it he winds up that machine with a great many little springs, then he turns the hand to the chapter which he de- sires to hear and straight as from the mouth of aman or @ musical instrument proceed all the distinct and different sounds which the lunar graudees make use of for expressing their thoughts iustead of language. I no longer wondered that the young men of that country were more knowing at sixteen or eighteen years old than the gray beards of our climate, for, knowing how to read as soon as speak, they are never without lectures.” A suggestion of the electric light is also con- tained in the same work, where one of the characters appears with two bowls of fire ‘so sparkling that all wondered he burnt not his fingers.” ee Women Nearly Kill a Murderer. Aman supposed to be ‘Jack the Ripper” was set upon by acrowd of women in the poorer quarters of Madrid Thursday. He was in the custody of officers, who were removing him from the jail to the courtroom to be arraigned onacharge of having recently committed a murder under circumstances resembling those of the Whitechapel butcheries, The crowd in- Written for Tae Evanrne 81am, JEWELS AND MOTTOERS, Fickle Fanctes of Fashion Respecting Precious Stones. DIAMONDS AND PEARLS—THE GREAT POPULARITY OF THE MOONSTONE—BETROTHAL RINGS—BON- NET AND HATR PINS—THE PREVAILING RAGE FoR MOTTORS., It is curious to watch the changes which fashion dictates in precious stones, which are in themselves so unchanging and reliable. From the sapphire we may expect the same blue light whether it is in or out of style, and the emerald has the same brilliant green now as when it was so desirable some years ago. Anemerald surrounded with diamonds used to be something to be longed for as a setting for aring. Diamonds and pearls are both always in favor, the former especially. Pearls vary somewhat in popularity, the seed pearis being sometimes very much sought after, and again entirely by-gone as to use in ornaments, The beautiful white pearis of large size, and espe- cially pear shaped, are always expensive and preferred by many to diamonds. The colored pearls have their variations in public regard. Just now in lace and scarf pins they are much in favor, often two or three cvlors— pink, black, snd yellow for instance— being set in combination. The opal, notwith- standing the superstition with which many people regard it, is agai for rings and lace pins, It is always much prettier when surronuded with diam: apt to be set in that wa: considered to be most unluch set in an engagement ring or bracelet, For tue later trinket. which mapy betrothed maidens preter to the oid an idea is to have a band of single rubies or sapphives, with dia- monds between, These bracelets are made to come off with some diffienity, while those of gold, with a padiock fasteaing, have been pop- pular for some years past, Another fancy 1s to have two large moonstones—which are iucky stones—cut ito heart shapes, surrounded by briliiants and seton a slender gold band, MOONSTONES, The moonstone, while not a precious stone, is in high favor at present. Like opals they are at their best when set with diamouda, though sowetimes other ms are chosen to combine with them. ‘Ibe carving of the stone detracts from reney, which is its greatest char d thus em- beliished, or 4 man in the filigree gold also, An wa « lac y The s edand highly hed. ‘This heart was sarrounded wiih smail pink pearls, cach perfect as to form. Still another it shape, set about with dia- monds, cotly round moonstone is eon sidered more desirable than one of a flutter ch more rare, ‘he heart- device in entting moon- tones, it seems, Here is a bonnet pin, the soundation i is two smail hearts fine pearls, and ve knot of” pear! » has the love knot pove anda tiny dove of pearis on each side AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. ___ RAILROADS. _ Pirie at of said city. the da; until all th $1 Ue At Aud Pureuant Muy 6, isn, seq. of the Dia sec eush deposit of $100 ‘on acu, at th rt e they vunded by KL and mproved by w fin 50.5, EO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 086 F st 2 ‘are public aucbon, im front of the premises, to. the est i ou a RifTH DAs oF NOV Sea, Mat HALIPPAST POUR trom north with the line of said street twent, feet, thence due west one bundred (1UU) inclies; thence due south twency-une (Z1) feet, aud theuce due east one hundred (i te the begining; tue said piece of imud bed yroved by a two-story frame dwelline house, aud be- ing fn the most improved section of te sguun west part ‘Terius of sale as thiru of the purchase money in cash on the day of sale or within teu days ther equa, payments ut twelve and diguteen ioutbe frou y of sale, the purchaser Ving promissory notes for the saine, bearing interest anu irom tie day of sale ali the purchase money 1 within ten deys thereafter. PUrcuMse money ie paid. ill be required whea the property is soi. anciug at the purchaser's cost. not complied with Property at the rink aud cost 0 chioper, after ave days! udvectinen paper printed and published in maid WILLIAM W. Koom 9, 1 WIth 11 8 ye resold at the iauitio purchaser. uv OW a BEAL ESTATE BROKERS. or OF SAIUKDAY, MBER, A.D. O'CLOCK ot; thence ome (21) six) ) feet Bix (G) meles by the snid decree: One- Rer, nd the balance in two Six Per centum per f the purchaser may pay ‘cash on the day of main, or ‘The title wiki be withheld A deposit of AL Ii the terms of Bik IN SQUARE 103, IStH SLKELIS AND i CIETH DAY OF No- FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. b lot 37,10 square 163 vets auld Coutectic ut Stable aud Carriage 7 6 Brick ade known at time of sale anda deposit of uived from purchase: If terms Of sale eb days from date of ik aud cost of re ie the B MPROVED REAL ESTATE WASHINGTON, BE! QOS. 720 AND 718 NNIHSTHELT & recorded in ts ,and if terms are not complied with ee d wala be r eduys! Lolce in Hk EVENING DTAR, ed sey wratel MAHLOS alk LK re he requirements fu decd of trust of 1174, folio 2U8 et Liver ‘ect land Pecords d rly. on Lie prope lot will de re vld ut cost of defauitine De hy. APUPORD. qrastoos Puts st we Trustes, 4 HE DAYS. S$ & CO., Auctioneers, Got Louisiana ave Opp. City Post Office, ODS, &e., INDAY ALLEN AM, AT OUI, KE KV A STOCK OF AND DRAW: NEURWEAL, OMBEELLAS, HO- Slkiy, ALt KRiNUS COLLARS, GEN(S' FUKAISH- INGS, LINEN B. pilin, ALSO, LOT DEY GOOUS, TWO 9. WING MACHINES, ONE WOK, LOY DOLLS, WAGONS, 1045, &e. jis is intended for a bashful lover's gift, and expresses hope. not contidi {two hearts might impl stones having a repucation of being y suitable India i* the source of mostof the moonstones in the market, but they have been found on the seashore in this partof the world. The girls at Narragansett used to hunt for them and the finder was as- sto her future good fortune. A eler in the little town would polish and set them and forth they would go to bea cherished souvenir of @ sumnier’s pleasure. BONNET AND HAIR PINS, Bonnet pins are so fashionable just now and are made so handsome that anything especially new and pretty is sure to be eagerly picked by novelty seckers. An imperial coronet set with pearls or tiny turqnoises is one of the odd de- signs. The pins wora with theater bounets this winter will be handsomer than ever. Combs and fancy hair pins to hold the bon- net on are as important a finish at the back of a bonnet as the small pin for the strings, The are of tortoise shell with fine carving or wi gold and pearls or tiny diamonds as an ad tion to the beauty of the shell. They may be, too, all of gold or silver.but the orname tation must be very fine, whatever it is, and if recious stones are used they must be small. zven the pins that are thrust through the bon- net, skewerlike, have filigree gold heads, often with small jewels scattered over them. Luxury 1s all the time getting a stronger foot- hold with us, and the beautiful ornaments and jewels which are displayed, especially at this season, are certain and sure evidences of it. Birthday stones are in demand as gifts, and the superstition that they bring good luck to the wearer and ward off all manner of evil is an w Rate, vane & co., AUCTIONEERS, (Formerly with Duncanson Bros,), Penns, ave. ave. uw. ANNOUNCEMENT, Weare now occupying our Auction House prepured to receive onsig: uments of Furniture and General Merchandise For Sule and Storage. Our Art Gallery on the Second Floor is the Largest aud Most Complete iu the City. Supplied with Ladies’ Ketiring Rooin, and Especially Adapted to the fort and Convenience of the Public. Our real Estate Sales Department for the sale of roal ‘estate at auction ouly will be given apecial attention, Our saleu rooms for the sale of Books, stocks, Bouds, &c., &e., are particularly adapted to these sales, Bales of Horses, Carriages, &c., at sales roous, Furniture at private residences. Merchandise at stores, &c. ively. nZ9-3t Experience of eighteen and fourteen years respect~ We invite an inspection of our building and facili- ties by the public. ORE AT Ar: 9, Wie 183: PuEMIS! se corner of E and Capitol st Nort reet 24% feet, on RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO. DECEMBER THIRD, vf OF THE 1 treets; fronts on Ni Feet 110 feet, and will divide weil for building purposes; concrete streets, good wide parking a houses. ud bl in the city for rentine ‘Terme easy and made knawn day of DUNCANSON STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 36 F st, PEREMPTORY PLOY LE OF VERY VALUABLE IM- PROPERTY ON THE EAS1 SIDE OF bY henmend E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctioneer, ALE OF VALUABLE Lot im. = Ot Db BY Two BTORS FRAME ihebt: Im 0. js3 P STREEL NORTHWEST, GEv! TOWN, D.C. virtue of two deeda of trust. nconded ely tuiLiber Ne 1213, fouo age Liver No. Tos. fous laud records of tie District of Coltimbiay 08, of the and at the uest of the parties thereby secured, we i sell at yUb.ic Suction, in frunt of the prensiess. on | APO vil. BOSDAY,, DECEMBER AINE, i. at a Cait. — — UCLUCE Y. a, tie toilowing described ‘real Qfticr care Auacta to loutgotery to New « Ville te ICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD 00. ‘Scuedule tn eect NOVEMB-R 94. tee, 30 a.m —Eeat lenvemves Maik daily for © ton, Gordonsville, Charictieeville. Lybcb ure Erect Roope ieee at eet ogville. Coatianos SRS Meal hk 1 <4 a.m —Past Mail dai Warrenton, Char jottessilie, Stations Chee and Ohio yuechburg, Kocky Mount, Ne and “ations be (even Lynchburg and Danvilie, Greensboro, Kal Ob e i, Chas He GCxambea, Aus apn ‘tromery, New Or.cans, al onwromery, Pullman Keepers * wicate. Puliva, Sleeper Pane wlutnbie and Augusta Pullman Sleepers wutuate in WE, Wy an described ax folio ior the same at a pont distant sou f us 73 dewress 10 mun- Mites east Chrous h the pulnt of tutersectio of the south —] and 0, joule line of “West atree: east own line Of George va. pt funday, for town — imterse-thon; tueuce 2 tatione, ? im — Daily burg, Brimol and Chat with said first ime: at wa. Pulluan Vestibule sive} Houed lime north 73degrees 10 Munates east BO fot; thence south 1S aegtees pore Washington t Luumutes fest US fects thence south 13 degrees 1 hie, counscting thrice for gil Atweneas rome MunUles west BU fect. theuce north 15 degrees 30 | Culier trance Chee ee aa ot Mapasena, uituutes weet 69 fect to the place of begiuntug. with ycimnatis Tullman Vestitele mene Wake the Huproveuentaconsiotins of « Frame Dwellltig aud pee sbrile train Washing Oue third cash, balauce in three equal ia | ‘4 'fo9) a olin bta,in 6, 12 aud Isaouths, for whice notes | pit, QO [Souther Fapress daily tor Lrncht Of purchaser, bessing tterest trv ot a Ht Amheville, Charlotte, Calumb secured ty deed of trust on property sold. w a ~ 4 ‘tan: or asi, Stoption of purchaser. A a pe tamer) Pees cham, Als. via Atlaute, and Georgia Pacife railway, and’ Pullman. Stee Pee tun to Asheville und Hot Gprinee Bee oes pert mactit agbington and Ohio division leave Wash- n27-d&de JON 3, "5 Trustees, 4 SS —w ye 1 pm. shu. W. STICKNEY cor, #36 F st Go'am, daily and fy ay, arciving Washington 8: 'S SALE OF \VELY VALUABLE IM- PROPERTY SHOON hE y D SIRE PUCTHWEST BLIWEFN MAN. N Slit IS, BEING HUUSE® NUMBAKED FROM 12iia 10. 2242 AND FLOM 1248, INCLUsIVE, TO 1258 / Si REET SOULLWEST. ceraiu deed ob trast recorded in Liber Jolio 294 et seg..one of the land records for the | Lastrict of Columbia, ab secuced thereby, 1 wili of iu frowt of the me arrive im Washington "6:5 Last Tepnessee, bristol vin Chesme the south vis Charlotte, ej sud 10:40 Bm, oriocteeviily Ot 248 p.m .. Strwebure ioval at 10 and information bin office, 1300 Penne asseiyer station, Penney lvani® i. TAYLOR, Gen. Pas Agent. reservation PENNSYLVANIA NOI, Wiel, AND su Bs BACK. SPLENDID SCENERY ENT EQUIPMENT, 10, LSU. PROM STATION, Db STRERTS, AS POLLOWSE Wont, « 5 baprese TO THE DOUBLE T STERL KAILS. Gl square 7. Solid» “ wa SU0 on each uf Lute Sy & t from April Lb, LNn®, trust to secure the sul Le MAGNLF aud Ss, alo suiject to 5.50 OL i} One-baif cash and the balance iu six Lis irom day of sule, secured by dved of trust ni LoChbe tue property subd, wath thier st, or all coal, at t Harrisbure to Ime Mion 0: ike pureuaser. Ad posit ot GoU will be wuriay, te Chicago, oueach lot of [art of Jotatthne Au St. Lowa, eDCIS and Keck ONE BL PURCUABER’S Cost 3:30 aa. dauly slo Be Complivd with iu 15 days. ieep= FLCLDEX P. HACKNEY, Trustee, COHASCEEN Baise OF VALUABLE VACANE LoT FRUNLTING STANLY PARBL. » Chicawo apd ah By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed ia Equity » No. re Lind, Duc. ti, Botts Vs, Leiry, aduuts tal. ough’ Sleeve: sis WEDNESDAL, the PUCK DAL UF Du au 1s CLOCK P.M. offer 1 MORE AND MAC RAILROAD, Pore! t ; Cananda: vier and Niagere ester daily: for Bue he Stauton park. between Seu depth of 0 fect, of origwual a sg Bare D. a this chy “ maturdas.10000 pam, bove provers oReTs uit Uuusnal inducement to ‘ar Waslacgrton to hochwater.” scFiuK als luves ment in busibens jrepecty ~tock Haven aud Eluite at 20:50 mf sale, F the decree are: Une- day ORK AND Wo. tively day of sale wi Tea paya and x deed of trust ou the proy~ y cab be paid Iu cask, at {9100 will be re- THE RAST, 210, 3-20, Bo day of ¢ Fisk and cost of BLALE LEE, Trustee, ins. LPHIA ONLY. A day aud 5:10 p.m. daily, HLLADE sa. property wi “9 the delwalting purchaser, Pay eudail Butluing, i hte WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., ucts, nel-dis_ Sty witht Isrocdklyn Anuex, TAVHOMAD DOWLING, Auctioneer. Fulton ‘street, avoiding = w dork City SKUSTEES' SALE OF A VALUABLE TWO STORY woek days, 12220 p.m, A.D CE AY WiISDUW SEVEN-hOUM PLLAR B. DWELLING ON SECOND SI RELT NEAK cS > ‘& deed of trust, dated April gud duly recorded in diber h Biub, MGsoa, 00, 4:20, 6:00, opm. am. sod 4.40 p.m. daily, 9200 a.m., 12.05, ang Bunday. Sunday RalL- cunt of the premise TH DAY OF Dre oi FOUR O'CLOCK flowing described read es stua: Columbia, and i MBE, A.D. M., tse fol: he District uf in fi FOUR ALE-P, CO pa ‘daily, eacey 10 jotiie ALEXANDAIA AND Fw EDERICKSBURG WA. AND ALLXANDKIA w@ square No. AND WASHINGTON book 14. fullo 175 of the inad record- in o KALYAN veyor of said Du %, togetuer with ail » LFPEC! NOVEMB! Known as No. 41020 dria 4: iseite thereon, For Alex. cunt. u easy and made known at time of sale. 8100 will be required at time of vale, a veyanchig ree t cost ot If . teris vf sale are not complied with in teu days from Quantico, 7:45 am, and 4:55 day of vale the proverty wall be resold at risk aud 7:45am. Sundays cout of defaulting purchaser. th, 4 WILLIAM W DANENHOWER. WASHINGTON DANENHOWER, -dikds fp HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioncer, TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE DOUBLE JHReE-STORY BRICK DWELLING, NO. 104 I SIKEEL NORTHWEST, By virtue of @ deed of trust, dated the 224 April, 1857, and duly recorded in Liber No. folio 300 et'seq., one of the of Columbia, abd by di: thereby, the budersiyeued x } Trustees, leave Alexandria {i 10, i ‘ashington, 6-05, 7 mm. Lou, 3200 1:05 pin, On 2.00, 6:10, 6-lu, ca fn18) Gon. Pas. Agent. Bar Leave Wants For Chicago express daily 11 110 Ramnoan. ber 10, 1S3U. corner Of New Jersey Vestibuled Limited 2. eXprene 200 P ha lis and Indiavapolis, express rs ‘elund, Vestibuied Limited mi. Ld expreme 8:40 y Stauions 110-30 a.m, * week days, 4-00, 5:00, 6-40, 7:20, 11:00, 12200, 4 salen i with bath and 104 I street nortis Terms; One-third cash: balance in qne and two years, with notes bearing interest at xix per cont and secured by a deed of trust; KO. W, SI/CKNEY, Keal Estate Aucuoneer, SI PF LHIRD STREEL, 4 . ” SYLVANIA AVENUE AND'C sikh ~ SO ee ee ee Bae NOKTHWEST : ; a a, By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Conrt of the District of Columbia passed in bquity No. 11%: agreeable one at least. Even the opal can be worn with full assurance that it has lost its baleful influence if it happens to be one’s birthday stone, Another suggestion fora FOUR-AND-A-H. IMPROVED Bx ALE HOU STKLED NOKIMWES1, SES NUMBERED 113 AND I wali offer for sale in front of the premises,on MO! DAY, tue SECUND DAY POSBEA 1s docket 24, the undersigned will seli at public au in trontod the premises, on WAX, L SECOND, ISS%, at FOUR OC. 9 ib reservalion 1U, iromting souvenir is suitable for a youth to be- stow upon a maiden in this year of 1889, The design is the figures of this date made of gold and interwoven in a graceful way to serve as a In the gold of the figures are sunk a dia- an emerald, an amethyst anda ruby, conveying in # subtle way to the young woman that to the giver she is a The suggestion is also made that when the jewelers bill's presented the youth will also be able to read the same thing, “but that isa mere detail.” Queen Margherita, the “Pearl of Savoy,” and her pearls are inseparably connected.’ The strings of pearls now fall a solid mass from her throat to below her waist. She once appeared as the “Princess of Pearl” at a fancy dress ball, wearing all these jewels she possesses, Her dress was of silver brocaded in pearls, and, in fact, she seemed completely covered with them, THE CRAZE FOR MOTTOES, Just now one of the most pronounced crazes is for mottoes or appropriate rhymes on every- thing imaginable. The ways and means are varied, but everything must have its quotation attached, Among other articles petticoats are adorned about their hems with some pretty sentiment embroidered in dainty lettering, A New York bride lately was married in a white silk petticoat with this quotation from Sir John Suckling worked upon it: “Her fect beneath her petticoat, Like little inice, peeped tu and gut, ‘As tho’ they feared the light.” On the head of an oak bedstead one lady has carved: “Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleeve of care.” Fire places are very susceptible of this treat- mout, and for dining room or library there are many apt quotations not yet appropriated. In ex-President Cleveland’s new bome in New York this Scotch blessing is carved on the din- ing room fire place: Some hae meat and canna eat, But we uae mucat aud we cen eat” ‘And say, “the Lord be thankit."” Girls who paint have a pop hel decorating their own fire places, or of taking a suitable couplet and running it around the frieze of their room in quaint lettering. One young gitl who loves to serve five-o'clock tea in her bou- doir has embroidered on the tea cloth, in white and gold silk, “{ don't care what the daisies say, I know I'll be married some fine day.” And so peed | go. Probably some funny stories might be told of queerly inappropriate quota- tions applied in various ways, Such a one comes up as a relic of the past, when the rage for mottoes took the form of “illuminated texts.” During the reign of this form of ornament there hung in the dining room of a handsome house in a northern city—a home of abundance, however, rather than refinement—the perem| tory command, “Let all things be done cently and in order! Book cases are also good ground for letter- ing, many excellent rhymes and mottoes being written that serve especially well for use on them. Book-case curtains with a couplet either painted or embroidered on frieze band or run- ning almost diagonally across the curtain itself make charming Christmas gifts, and tors small book case especially are very ornamental, aay, OF DECUMBEK, HALF-pas? FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, the nort 11 inches front of lot number 12,10 reservat Lerius of sale cusy aud made kuow: $100 deposit at Ue of sale; all Ghaser’s cost. “Terius to be Ny, L29-dkds \HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TLS, HOKSE, Wo EOF SAL » HOUSEHOLD BUSINESS WAGU! TS OF HARNESS, I D WHITING DESK. GROCERIES AND FIX- FURNITURE, AY & . &O.. KC, By virtue of a deed of trust, daied the 13th day of September, 1859, 141%, folio 2s. W D.C. OEMBEK and nd duly ‘re orded in t ged. one of the land records und by direction of the e undersigued liber No. R arty trustee will seli B.ACUND, 1d5U, wt TE: 204 East Capitol stree aul the Groceries, Fixtures, Horse and Waguu, Harness aud Surrey aud ihe Household Furniture uienuoned le A atiached ast CHAS, H. FICKLING, Trustee. in Seed BZ9-2t to said tri FP HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. VALUABLE UNIMPROVED KEET BLIWEEN 1W. PR PERTY ON F 4IETH AND TWEN {iss STMELTS NOKLHWESL AT PUBLIC above 20th at. DECEMBER THIRD, 1889, at FOUR. .y i front of the premises, 1 will sell Lot % 10 Square 103, froutiug 7. Bide of F st., Just feet j inches on borth and rauuing back 120 feet 836 itches to up alley 16 feet wide. ‘bird ‘ferms: One- ; balance in one and two Years, With interest, aud secured by a deed of trust on ‘the pro Ly, oF Etcost of purchaser, A deyeait of ing at cost ‘at ume of sale, all’cash. Terms to be complied with ‘Conveyancing and e200. required air i ten THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. oe MPROVED PROP! IT NEAM SIXTH AN Wherein Gulverc. masse is corp ‘Le wi iB ver 0. incl complaibent and 7 Bauiiders etal ‘are, deiendaity, we weal well at ube suction, in front of pre! mn TURSDAY, iHE a pEcaliben Ab: ‘1889, at ‘HALE. TeNiH DAY PAST FOUR Teal esta: tn LOUK P. situate in the city of W. Specribedl ict of Columbia, . square nuubered four Luudred and ety-four (404), Lewinning for the same sta pot @even (11) in Ou the south side of V: feet eleven and two- 1 tds (11%) inches ERTY ON SCHOOL STREET DD STREETS SOUTHWEST ‘4ON, By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of pated in hy th an kquity No, LT AM, following descrived vashingtou and Die. ‘a8 part of 1ot numbered ry ue twenty-one (2 from oo the northwest curuer of said lot eieveu«11), ‘said noi owned by. on V thirds (11: artis WALTER B. D 1109) By virtue of corner of the part of Louise Irving, and runing thence WeuUS nineteen 19) feet eleven aud tv - and ther, between and eleven (11) to Unton alley, or schoo! iotelevent ii), easterly rout with said wil ‘the Mprovements thereon. cash, oTRLE BOUTHWES’ decree n! WILLIAMS & O0., Auctioneers. IMPROVED PROPERTY FRONTING ON FOUR- rte “HALE iT PENG NUMBERS 1107 of the ton and runing lack with tat width 400 feet 10 au ey. derms: One-third eas) stelliuents in six, twelve day of sale, for which notes of 1 terest frou: day of sale of trust « property sold, hat option purchaser. ‘Terms to be complied tii fifteen a irow day of Sule or property will be resold tuulting purchaser, A depos: ©, and allcouveysncing and tance in three equal in- euht r appli is, 6-40 and & es est Pm. 3:60 and 6:10pm, ™ politan Branch, 16:43, priveipal staticns only; =. F495 pp, erably wind jutermedinte puluts, 9-00, 3S pau, aud intermediate stations, 17-00 p.m, art recording at purc! [-dkds fpuomas DowLine, ) p.m, urch toain leaves Washington on Sunday st 1:15 Auctioneer, stoppiue nt ull statious on Metropolitad Brauch, TO CLOSE vederic! ‘3 PEREMPTORY SALE IMPROVED ‘4 we ¥ ~ 10:30 a.m., 13:10, 14.30 p. PRO! sis CORNER 10:20am, and +520 p.m. OF E st S| Treat m Chi rr 7 Gkongetow ERALVALC: | 4! pe eS 4 £ ore ia. and Lust and St. Louts daily 3:45 from Pittsburg 7:10 am, 6:50 NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA DIVISION, For New York, Trevton, Newark and Eligabe ee 2:00 au. 420 and 0 p.m Buffet parior cars on all day traine, yin car on the 1030 p i! ia, Newark, W a 320,912 00" ama. 2230, E INPRO ED OF LAND NEAG TENLLATOWN AND OAK MEW AND WITHIN Tike ULES UF THE Ou MUNDA' NOVEMBER EIGHTEENTH, 1889, at FOUR O CLOCK Pi Ei i will seil part of Lot 1, in square 13, Georgeto ts iropung 334 feet ou Bridge wor M) street by adepth of 70 feet ou Frederick (or 34th) street, and improve by @ Stone and brick Store, bebe Nos. S400 aud SUZ street northwest, AND ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBLK NINETEENTH, 1889, on the premises, at THICe O'CLOCK P.M. '1 will ‘eel Four Valuable Tract: of Land near Tenieytown, front iw ob Graut reed and known as tue C diferent tracts containing about 46, 734, Lig and 1 acres of laud, more or less: the larger tract 1s tu proved by @ dwelliug and Lecessary out bouses, all well watered, affords sole beautiful views and build- sug sites, has’ au oak diately on Graut will run directly thi three 1s iles of Je; ‘his property chance for speculators or those in search of ® home. ‘Terms: One-third cash; balance im one and two rears, with interest, aud secured by a deed of trust on e property, or all cash. AM corveyancing aud re- cording at cost of purchasers, A dsposit of €100 wil be req! on jece at time of sale. Terms of sale to be compiic im fifteen days from day of sale; in detault of which the property may be resold at the risk aud cost of the defaulting purchaser. wa ABOVE SALES ARE POSTPONED ON Pay Pegged Mans until MONDAY and 1UkS- DAY, DECLMBEK SEOOND AND THIRD, 159, respective ‘#t ssive hour and place. aived THOMAS DOW LE 3, Auc' VHANCERY SALE OF UBLE LUT ON O EL NORIHWEST BELWELN NORTH Cc SAbitoL AND FLKST STRED’ the Supreme Court of the District Equity cause No, 11,460 Holmes et ree retiieen ob TUESDAY, DECEMBER DENTH, Ibs; at FOCK U'CLUOK P.M sub lot No. 35, in square G16, the same 17 feet ¥ incl js aud 135 feet deep, con! 2,317 9 square of sale: One-third cash; balance in six end MPKOVED TRACT « 4:20, °F and “10:30 p nie For unter cere t 711.00 am, bight. "fraiug leave Phindelphis for Washi “8:1, 42:10 a.m., $1245, 4:40, 6. da. TExcept Sunday cm Sdences cr? 1. nll Gy o 0, SCUl ne aes, SSS eee, FOTOMAC RIVER BOATS, \0 NOKFOLE AND. THE each THE vg SPEEDY Appow! roots large, Prot jtLstreet whart MODAL, REDNESDAYS end FRIDAYS at 5 pm, os teuuer Boston whart, Norfolly, and the oly sive baviuur e with ‘Lhe ouly #i -xclumve 1351 Pennsylvania ‘Knox's be) connection BOslON AND PROVIDENCE STEAM, Tickets and and 1%> front of es the right to resell cost of defaulting purcuaser, alter ‘ingen Post uewspaper, fcougbay Wisk hie tert of wale, U. ‘bOLS, Trustes, 631 F st uw. Lz0-couds OUNT VERNON W. W. Conoco; WEEKS & C0., Auctioncers. 5.9 DENTISTRY. ETH EXTKACIED WITHOUT FAIN By AID local applicau: the used only vy me. {uGTHACHE CURED sud tecth flied “without pais, its) bi, DUKE, 715 14th st. nw. cE DENTAL INFIRMARY—TEETH FILLED PARSONS, DENTIST, vTH sf. Appii- Hours: ays