Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1890, Page 11

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After a long and active life she now hassought this quiet corner of the yard, there to end her days in rest and peace. Her days of usefulness, however, are by no means past, and, though she may not take the same interest in the bustling affairs of outside life and be at hand if necessary to take an active part in some great naval parade or battle, she still has her share of work todo. Nor is itamean and trivial work. She is now used as a receiving ship for the yard here, an important though perbaps not an ambitious task, but one that is worth doing well The Dale is not so much spoken of im naval circles today perhaps as she was a half a century ago. Then she was new and well up with the times as a first- clase sailing vessel. Today the stream of pro- gress in naval matters has left her far astern. | She would have no chance now in a squadron of evolution. Big iron vessels with engineers and grimy stokers in the | mong of natty jack tars with their picturesque blue uniforms have have taken the place of the old siow-going other until their faces lonk as though they had been “hol: ir Above deck is the deck. This, instead of beng open to the ‘drmament above, is boarded over at quite a height, making it like SIGNIX@ ARTICLES. In about the middie of this space is a small deck house which is now used as an office and it is here that the executive officer of the shi reads the articles aloud to the landsman who about entering the navy. Such an event was taking place when the re entered the office. The aspirant had m_ carefully ex- amined by surgeons and decided to be sound in body and mind. He was within the re- quired and ashe was able to read and write ere was nothing to prevent his acceptance, After the lieutenant had read the articles the man signed them, agreeing to serve in the navy for ® period of three years. He was then turned over to the tender mercies of an inferior officer, who inquired into the state of his wardrobe and his requirements in that direction. The new man drew a suit of sailor's uniform on account andanumber of other necessary articles. A sailor does not need an extravagant wardrobe, but sil that he has ww generally of a good quality. He must have a heavy pea jacket for | mustering clothes for Sunda’ and luepection m ing clothes for Sunday an ion use. In summer he dresses all in white. Very few sailors ever draw full suite of clothes from the shop chest. They generally take simply the cloth, which they get at very satisfactory terms, and then cut out and sew their own gar- mente, who are not green are tailors as well, and ere expert with the needle. They make all their own underclothing, too, and when they have leisure, after replenishing their stock of neces- sary clothing, generally occupy their time in doing embroidery and other varieties of fine needlework. In the lower or berth deck of the Dale is a sewing machine which gives evidence of hard usage. It is well handled, however, and Jack turns out as good samples of stitch- ing as many a journeyman tailor. sloops of war, and these are now co! long ways out of date. Yet they all ha’ uses still and try to perform their tasks in whatever position they may be placed in a manner worthy of the record they have made by their many years of service in the navy. THE DALE. A receiving ship is to the navy about what a recruiting office is to the army. At every navy yard throughout the country is stationed a re- eviving ship and there applicants for positions in Uncle Sam’s fleet of boats are examined and if accepted are kept until sent to some seago- ing vessel that is shorthanded and needs more men. Suchare the duties of the Dale. Asshe lies now, firmly moored to the shore, she looks to be nothing but a dismantied hulk cising and fall- ing with the tide. It is no easy matter to see the lines of beauty in her now. She might almost as well be an old overgrown canal boat as the staunch saucy-looking craft history says she once was, and yet she has been at her pres- ent berth only about five years. Previous to that she was used as the practice ship of the middies at Annapolis and many a lively cruise she has probably had with them. In peaking of the Dale asone sees her now one is tempte to regard her as a sailors’ boarding house, for that 1s really what she is. The port holes from which the faces of cannon used to frown so shert s time ago are now supplied with window frames and the most commonplace of window glasa, A FLOATING HOUSE. ‘The upper deck is roofed over and cut with windows, really making it a good large room. The masts are gone, there are ropes around, and uniess a person knew beforehand where he was he would be very excusable if he were not quite sure just what sort of a building he was in, Even the sailors who make up the ship's company seem to have lost something of the salt that generally hangs around men of that class and almost seem to feel that they are only playing at being sailors in a boat that they are only pretending is able to go tosea. A STAR reporter, who is anything but a nautical man, spent an afternoon recently in wandering over the ship and talking with the men in the steer- age and with the ward room officers about their life on a stormy wave where the storms come not and the waves are of the most insignificant character. When he inad- vertently spoke of going up and down stairs and of the different stories instead of | decks, and worst of all called the hold the! cellar, he was not treated with anything like the amount of scorn and contempt the circum- stances called for. Noone called him a land lubber or told him to belay there or made fun of the fresh water to which he was accustomed, for in the company of a receiving ship » man may sign the articles, serve his time and get his honorable discharge without ever getting a whiff of salt water. Imagine sailor, a genu- ine sailor, with anchors and chain cables tat- tooed all over his body, who did not even know whether he would be seasick if he had achance, and with whom “sea legs” would ouly be a matter for conjecture and wonder. BERTHS ON A RECEIVING SHIP. It would not be fair, however, to supp8se for &n instant that all the cowpany on receiving ships are fresh water sailors, In fact very few of them are. It isa pleasant position com- pared with « sea trip, although hkely to be- come monotonous, and is a berth sought after by veteran salts whodo not object to a year’s ore duty, for that is about what it amounts to. Whenever a vacancy occurs the first appli- cant who answers all the physical requirements and sigus articles is the one who gets the place, and a landsman just entering the navy fre- quently arrives at the nick of time. In the general navy the service is three years, but on board receiving ships it is only one. A weer state of things arises just here, ‘0 «be appointed a policeman in this cityone must be able toshow an honorable discharge from either the army or the navy. Now the period of enlistment in the army is five years, in the navy three— time to serve before being eligible toa position along with the other city defenders, tee re- sult it has frequently happened that applicants for positions on the force have waited around, keeping their eyes on the Dale, and whenever @ Vacancy occurs step in and in time to get an easy berth fora year. Then, with » big discharge in their hands, they are in 4 position to ask for the baton and badge. The time that Tue Stak reporterspent on board the Dale was pleasantly occupied. Nothing could be more hospitable than the reception he received from officers and men, and he was granted fall liberty to wander all around the old hulk at er one a long The entrance to the ship is by a wide stair- way, or more properly speaking, gang plank, which leads up to an opening in the side which upon a deck. This Saeed i acd peimetpainn stretch of ing. It for exercises in drilling, marching and the use of small arms. At oneend a ‘ign articles just | Ck? THE BERTH DECK is the living room of the sailors on board the Dale and here they eat and sleep and spend much of their leisure smoking and chat- ting inlittle sociable groups. Along the side of the deck are co ig long tables with benches drawn up beside each, and on these tables the rations of the men are served. Securely fastened in the wood work of the ceil- ing above ere hooks on which the hammocks are hung at night. During the day these are kept snugly stowed away in canvas bags alon; the ship's side, but when they are taken out an: bung yj make comfortable beds for tired men, Dale carries a regular crew of forty e men, Besides these and the men who are waiting to be transferred there are ys a number of apprentices on board and generally a.crew of picked men who are taking, as it were, an advanced course in gunnery and other nav udies, Apprentices are received from the es of fourteen to eighteen and are kept until they are twenty-one, when they become able seamen, They are transferred from here to Newport, where, after six months, they join the training ship New Hampshire, an old-time three-decker, capable of holding 1,000 boys. They are ructed in marching, handling of mall arms and seamanship, They also attend school for three or four hours every day. Thus they get @ thorough education and Lips | that stands them in good stead in after lite an makes them a desirable element in the navy. ‘The Dale, though she does not go to sea, has et a full complement of officers, While they he pleasant positions they have no sinecures, OFFICERS AND CREW. For some time past Commander Sterling Yates has been the commanding officer, but he has recently been succeeded by Commander W. B. Hoff. The other commissioned and war- wet officers are as Lo cat ear C3 c. Dil- ham, ©: cer; Wm. jompson, He aster; Roswell R. Hoes, chaplain; Robert Whiting, past assistant surgeon; F.P. Thompson, pay clerk; J.B, F. Langdon, boatswain; Sam Cross, gunner; J. B. Fletcher, carpenter; 8. F. — A GRAND SECULAR ORATORIO. Arminius to be Presented by the Choral Society Next Week. The Washington choral society have a very well-deserved reputation among the choruses of this country for their energy and enter- prise in bringing oug important novelties, or works that have almost the same interest as novelties. Their announcement for their sev- enth season amply sustains this reputation and promises a season of exceptional enjoyment to Washington lovers of choral music. For the first concert, on Wednesday evening next, the program will consist of Max Bruch’s secular oratorio of “Arminius.” This is very gen- erally recognized both in Europe and in this country as one of the best products of the modern school in choral music, Its subject is drawn from the old northern mythology— from the same source, therefore, that inspired ‘Wagner's trilogy of the “Ring of the Nibelung” and it is not too much to say that it much of the rugged dramatic force of that great music drama, in so as the subject and mode of treatment gave similar opportunities, The oratorio has deservedly fallen into a good deal of disrepute in these days as a form of musical art; but Max Bruch has done much toward rehabilitating it by such works as “Arminius,” in which he has used all the resources of the modern tendency in music to secure an almost pictorial vividness and wer in the musical illustration of his subject, Rie story of ‘‘Arminius” deals with the resist- ance of the Teutonic nation to the approach of the Roman invaders; the summoning of the savage army, the approach of the Romans, the mysterious prophecies of the northern priestess of Wodan, the conflict itself, and the vision of the slain warriors carried off by the Valkyries to an eternity of bliss in Walhalla are the subjects of the principal choruses and solos, and are fo wot with thrilling pow Bruch delights to with great choral mass: and he knows how perhaps better than any other living writer to secure the most over- whelming effects from them. By such means, with a most skillful use of variety and richness in orchestral coloring and with an individualit; and power in the most striking effects of m velopments of harmony, does he secure his effects, rather than by the contrapuntal de- vices and extended fugal choruses that were the main reliances of the old school of oratori writera, The result is an intensity and inpri siveness of dramatic power that makes “+A: minius” seem almost a living picture upon the stage—an almost savage aud very striking pre- sentation of ite wild northern subject, — The enthusiasm and zeal with which the choral society has rehearsed and thoroughly mustered the difficulties of thie work assure a very satisfactory performance of their portion f the task, while the soloists who have been ed leave equally little uncertainty as to cellence of the solu portions of *‘Arm: nius.” Miss Gertrude Edmands of Boston is | One of the most gifted and artistic of contraltos now in this country and she has won a special distinction by her singing of the contralto part |in' “Arminius,” while Mr. George Prehu of New York, the baritone, has likewise had much experi in singing this work, in which he been very Mr.Wm, H. Lawton, tenor, of New York, is also well knownas a musician of jh attainments, and will con } chestra ticipate a id there is. ofall will an re isevery Tendering of “Arminius” ‘equal in ex. cellence toanything that the choral society has ever done. — She Bossed the Chief of Police. Chief of Police Charles Saxton had trouble with Miss Nietz, a school teacher in Bath street public schools, Bristol, Pa, Thursday. He visited the school, as he had heard that the F g E ? E ? H i i 7 é F : i Hy ! A E if Hi a oa WHITE HOUSE EXTENSION. Senator Morrill’s Views—Mrs, Harrison Supplements Her First Ideas, The insufficiency of the accommodations afforded by the executive mansion for the dual occupancy of residence and office for the Presi- dent has long been a matter of comment and partial action. In 1882 Senator Morrill, chair- man of the committee on public buildings and grounds, secured the passage of a bill in the Senate appropriating $300,000 for the exten- sion of the executive mansion, bat the measure went no further, and since that time the project lay dormant exceptasa topic of criticism of the government in official and especially in social circles until Mrs. Harrison revived the subject and has since given it very earnest at- tention. Senator Morrill, in referrin; son’s interest in the matter, to Mrs. Harri- to a represent- ative of Tar Star: “I am cordially in favor of ‘Mrs. Harrison's idea of an enlargement of the executive mansion. That subject has inter- ested me for a long time. I have had @ bill passed twice for purpose, but it never went through the lower house, Iam now in hopes that something will come out of the present agitation. I have no doubt that if the subject were presented formally from the execu- tive mansion there would be no hesitation.” “Ihave the same view as I believe many of my colleagues in the Senate entertain, and that is that no plan should be adopted which would contemplate any change in the present official home of the President. The structure is un- questionably the most attractive architecturally of any of the public buildings in Washington, ‘The bill which I introduced some years ago for an enlargement of the executive mansion was for the of erecting an extension on the south of the present structure of equal and similar exterior character and connected there- with by a corridor. A SEPARATE BUILDING. “This plan would leave the present structure intact with all its approaches and thus pre- serve all its associations and memories, The building south would be a counterpart of the original one. It should stand far enough away from it to admit of a generous circulation of air. The land on the south pete lower than that upon which the present buil stands the basement of the new building would be entirely clear and might be utilized as healthful apart- ments, The two buildings should be connected bya corridor or wing thirty feet wide. This would be as wide as the present east room. The south or private partof the executive home should be placed under such regulations as the President might see fit to adopt. It would be his private residence and closed against the callers on official business, office etiquette or to pay respects. The entrance on the south would be used by the ladies of the household. The present structure on the first floor might remain practically as it is for ordi- nary hospitalities and reception of foreign min- isters or delegations. The connecting corridor should be so arranged that it would afford an imposing means of communication between the two buildings which might be utilized to- (bree upon occasions of great receptions y,the President, There should be a grand hemi ( and the soe onen on the main floor should be arranged for the convenience of the family and to add to the comfort of guests when the numbers are large. It is now im- possible to attend a reception with any pleas- ure. The great throng is restricted to one end of the building, where may always be founda struggling mass of ladies in expensive toilets and their attending gentlemen. “I think this subject of giving more room for the accommodation of the President should be taken tP. and disposed of immediately, The additional building might easily be added by 1892,”" “There are differing views as to how the ad- ditional accommodations should be secured. I favor a duplicate of the present structure on the south as there is more space in that direc- tion than on the east or west. The wings would take up much of the space now devoted to lawns and flower beds and would damage in a measure the imposing granite structure of the State, War and Navy departments. A building south should have the same facade as the pres- ent pontine In that direction the space oc- eupied b: structure would not be missed. The addition of wings would also very ma- terially change the appearance of the present mansion, and that 5 do not think any one favors.” The views expressed by Senator Cameron on 8 former occasion were to let Mrs. Harrison say what are her ideas as to the requirements of the domestic surroundings of the President and to formulate a bill in that line. Senator Ingalls in stating his views was in favor of adding a story to the building, thus completing it in accordance with the arc! tectural design of the structure of which it is 8 reproduction, MRS. HARRISON'S VIEWS. Since the first views expressed by Mrs, Harri- son on the needs of the President's family in household accommodations she has given the subject closer inquiry and study. She still preters the idea of throwing out two-wings. In speaking further on the subject Mrs, Harrison says: “I know there are differeut ideas about how the exccutive mansion should be enlarged but I think better resulta could be reacted more promptly and with the same expenditzre by simply extending the present building. The remodeling of the conservatories and the addi- tion of a hall of paintings and statuary would not occupy any more space than now covered by the former structure, The private apartments of the President might be provided on the east. No more space than that occupied by the present conserva- tories would be required there. All the rooms would in that arrangement have a fine outlook to the south over the sok sweep of park to the Washington monument, with the Potomac river in the distance,and to the north across the parks in that direction with the buildings of the city stretching away toward the hillson the northern boundary. By this arrangement upon occasions of receptions and other state hospitali- ties the entire first floor could be utilized to advantage. The great trouble now is the ab- sence of space to permit any large number of people to remove their wrappings and to pass into the parlors without a crush. FOR DEPARTING GUESTS, “On the exterior of the building an arcaded way extending on either side of the main en- trance in a semicircular form as the walks are now arranged would afford better facilities for rsons leaving or entering their carriages. Vhen any great number are arriving about the same time there is great delay, and in taking their carriagos the departing guests are often compelled to wait for # long time, often ex- posed to the night air. “The interior arrangement could be designed for the convenience of large numbers of per- sons and the upper stories would then afford le room for domestic and official conven- Mrs. Harrison is very much in earnest on this subject and is particularly anxious to have the improvements to be authorized now so that they can be carried out in time at least for the occupancy of hor successor as presiding lady, The Georgetown Amateur Orchestra. It was pleasant to see worthy ambition and earnest effort so well rewarded as they were last evening by the very large attendance, not- withstanding the storm, at the “public re- hearsal” of the Georgetown amateur orchestra in Music hall, The-performance itself was worthy of an ample recognition, for so excel- lent results from amateur effort. im that most difficult and complex departmentof music, orebestral playing, are very rare. Ap excellent | dis quality of tone, clearness and a generally well- preserved balance among the intellige and discretion in following the conductor's in- dications as to shading aud tempo and, above all, a purity and correctness of intonation that were seldom Lenk re by untuneful mo- ments gave an unusual distinction to the work of the Georgetown orchestra, displayed in the “Highlands” overt Gade, the most ambitious attempt upon the program and one which resulted in a performance with many qualities of real musical value, It would, of course, be easy to point out many places where the orchestra ex- posed ite weakness; some of the foolish intri- cacies of the Lumbye ‘Dream visions” fantasie were bad failures, and there were, too, moments of terror from the undue vigor with which the drums and triangle were played in the numbers. But it isthe more grateful taste of criticiam to note that the amateur standard was ee The orchestra was agsisted by Miss Bertha Lincoln, so) 10, whose sweet voice was displayed to better ad- song in the two German lieder & THE WAYS OF NEW YORKERS. A Week’s Happenings Among the Peo- ple of Gotham, THOS, C. PLATT AND THE WORLD'S FAIR BILL— THR RETIREMENT OF CROKER AND THE RECOL- LECTIONS IT AWAKENED—THE GRIP AND THE DOCTORS—BILL NYE AND HIS POET PARTNER. Correapondence of Tae Evexre 8Tan. New Yor«, February 7. The merry cowboys have a way of stringing up an obnoxious person and then cutting him down and letting him regain consciousness only to string him up again, and so on till finally they leave the victim of their humor perma- nently in the air. New York is manipulating ite world’s fair bill in Much the same way. One day it is hung up and the next day resuscitated only to be killed again. And it looks now as if the legislative cowboys were tiring of their sport and were about ready to complete their work and quit the svene with the corpse dang- ling in the air for the crowd to peep at. The ‘‘king of the cowboys” in this instance is Tom Platt. From being ‘‘Me Too” he is now like Louis XV, ‘‘the state.” His power is irre- sistible. Even such aman as Chauncey M. Depew has to stand out of the way and accept the situation as the boss decrees it. But there may be a hereafter. There certainly would be if New York was really in earnest about the fair. As it is there will be a good many quiet mes- sages of thanks from persons who wv feel it their duty to help along the m. The hotel men, for instance, while they have been dragooned into subscribing for the fair would much rather escape it, All the good hotels are full, anyway,and a great exposition would mean a mob and a lot of linen-duster custom which would simply be more bother than it was worth. Then, again, a whole raft of new hotels would spring up to cope with the fair patronage and remain as a disturbing element of rivalry after the fair cloned. If the eer goes away at thie stage it will add another proof to many which might be cited of the curious lack of influence of the metropoli- tan press. The New York papers are never tired of bragging of their omnipotence and yet we constantly have examples of their feeble- ness. Here, for example, they have all been making a great how-dye-do about the falr cif we except the Eveninig Post—and, without dis- tinction of party, have been furious with the obstructions at Albany. And yet one strong Politician turns the whole project down as cooly as he would turn away a beggar from his Office, THE DOCTORS AND THE GRIP. Now that the grip is over the health authori- ties are counting up the killed and wounded with some curious results, Iam told that the homeopathists are very much gratified at the showing they make andI hear similar stories from representatives of the same echool in Washington. Their remedies appear to be very efficacious in cases of pneumonia, bron- chitis and influenza, One homeopathic doctor of my acquaintance says that of two hundred cases in his practice he did not lose one. Ifthe health reports are tabulated, as I understand they are to be in Washington, the public will be Bad some very interesting data, though it is doubtful if any statistics of this sort, es- Peciaily ifex parte, will make many converts, LELAND WHIPPED BACK INTO HARNESS. Very rarely has the city been so stirred bra purely financial sensation as by the adventures of the Sixth national bank and its two state satellites, The final disposition of the matter shows the irresistible authority of public opinion. If Leland had not made full restitu- tion he would have beens ruined man, and this is true, although legally he had a perfect Ske todo as he did The incident shows what people do not often appreciate fully, and that is that there are prisoners of wealth as well as prisoners of poverty. Leland said in his first explanation that he sold out because he was tired of business cares and took the first portunity to rid himself of them. But public opinion steps in here and says, “You had no right to purchase ease at the expense of inno- cent stock holders, and you must make good their loss and resume your burdens or be treated as an outlaw and s public enemy.” As a matter of fact there are thousands of rich men in this city today who would be only too glad to lay down their burdens but who are enmeshed by their very success and cannot be idle if they would. Thisis true of the profes- sions and of business alike. A POLITICAL PACE THAT KILLS, Politics is as hard work as making money. This “Boss” Croker bas found outin the full flush of his power; he has been forced to re- sign on account of the failure of his health, though he has the frame and constitution of a giant, Croker makes the third democratic chief who, within a few years, has succumbed to the drudgery of running a local machine. Only two or three years ago Hubert O. Thomp- son broke down under the strain and before him John Kelly found the burden too great for his broad shoulders to bear. And those the office doesn’t kill it cripples, It about finished up Father Hewitt and a long list of physical and moral shipwrecks could easily be made up of those who have aspired to govern the city’s interests. And it is hard to see where the glorycomesin. A more becursed set of men than our municipal officers it would be hard tofindanywhere. No matter what ther do or leave undone they are scolded and abused on all sides. I believe, for instance, that Street Commissioner Coleman, though he was so rudely pitched out of office as incapable or Worse, really did about as well with our horri- ble streets as any man could, And I see that his successor, Mr, Loomis, who was supposed to be such a lucky find on Mayor Grant's part, is already being roundly denounced by the pa- | tech a harmonious composition of fool and nave, THE UNFORTUNATE NYE-RILEY RUPTURE, A most distressing literary sensation was the split between Nye and Riley. Both have many friends here and the rupture between the part- ners and the harsh accusations which it has bred are much deplored. The general feeling in shear’ t circles is that Nye has been too se- vere. Riley's infirmity is known and mourned by his friends, but he has made of late years a splendid fight against it, and he should find in temptation a strong and wise friend in one so intimate with him as Nye. No doubt it is irri- tating to have an important series of engage- ments interrapted and it would not be strange if some ot the sharp statements were inspired by a disappointed manager. That is one inter- pretation given to them here. But, however ad the break, Riley’s multitude of personal friends and admirers hope he will brace up and start afresh, THE EFFECT OF THE TRACY HORROR, The Tracy tragedy made a great impression here, as the Secretary and his family were well known both in thiscity and in Brooklyn, The peculiarity of the sensation was the nervous- ness it has occasioned in the mansions of the city. We are not unfamiliar with an occasional tenement house holocaust. as last year, I be- lieve, there were at least three fires in crowded flats which resulted in asad loss of life. But well-to-do people have rather taken it for granted that if they slept im their own bed rooms on the second floor of a carefully built private house they could not very well be roasted in their beds, The ‘Tracy fire has interrupted this complacent feeling of security, and if the subject were not so serious a one it would be rather amusing to note the novel precautions which the ingenious American mind has devised to cope with this newly appreciated r. The feeling here is that Gen. Tracy will hardly be posed to continue in public life. Itis also believed that the repeated afflictions in the Blaine family will take away what little relish litical station seems to have had lately for r. Blaine. It would not surprise anybody here if both these Secretaries resigned portfolios at any time. Henry R. Exxiot. oot Eh Written for Tax Evextne STAR: Rondeau—it is Better to Laugh. It ts better to laugh than repine and cry; It is better to keep a cheerful face ‘Than a solemn and sad, and groan and sigh O’er the curious, comical human race, And their singular antics under the sky. As we cannot, howsoever we try, * In the good or the bad, the high or the base, From sight of the ludicrous hope to fy, It is better to laugh. If we look on the world with « scornful eye, And would fain go about Wisdom's mace, And fell the unwise, we sholild vainly ply Our blows till the rivers and seas run dry— Weare all, alas! in a similar case, *. and they to maken tovt case Of toon aa possible, = Fa lei wee age gg Nagel meron tg ion for the the boundary line Maryland and Full Value for the Money. BLOOKER'S = COCOA = ribs. 550. Choicest, Purest, Best. Instantaneous--with Boiling Water or Milk. U. S. DEPOT, 35 MERCER ST., NEW YORK. At retail by all leading grocers and druggists. » 150 cups for Ruz Ovrortenrry. 1520 1 ST. ¥.W. For a few days longer will exhibit the most elegant assortment of Paris Gowns, Wraps, Coats, &c. Re- ception, Dinner, Eveuing and Promenade Toilets. All ‘these will be sold regardiees of cost of importation. 1, BLOOM, Manager, 17-30" Of 287 5th Avenue, New York, 5) Ga POLITAN HOTEL, Broadway and Prince Street, NEW YORK. Under new management, on the EUROPEAN PLA. ‘The house will be thoroughly renovated, recarpeted, Tepainted and put in complete order. RESTAURANT equal to any in the city. hy Pe GAUTIER wits, RETURNED a faien eh sore and is located at 1300 Ihede ROOMS 61 A DAY AND UPWARD. latest style. bi : 16-00" HILDRETH & ALLEN, CCORDION SKIRTS AND CAPES DONE aT ” 5 7 FP D. M. Hildreth, F. 3. Allen, A Simon's Pisiting Retabliehment, 722 E. alimove | oe win, me narett or ek: w E . Rt ya20- cscs tan nl Walter . ildreth. + RS. V. A TRAVI® FINE MODISTE. Mi Satie ial vening Gowns ty. REEITE TOPE jal i-4wks® Par) 1523 Tat nw. WASHINGTOR, B.C {BONTS! FRONTS!! FRONTS Sas EF Always im order by plain combing, TT ERMORE, 523 13TH N. WCENTRAL TO at hotels, theaters aud car lines. "Home comforts MLLE, M. J. PRANDI, SETAE Whe ct, Eieet-clans, “gi to 20 1820 F st. n.w. (Mrs, Harrison's, day; 7 to 610 week. T. M. HALL i Importer of . as 73 ri Fine French Hair Goods, WINTER RESORTS. aioe” Shampooing. TKEN, SOUTH CAROLIN a= = jEALSKIN Sones DYED AND ALTERED . — nto Newes STO ents made to | WINTER RESORT POK HEALTH AND PLEASURE, rder by the MASSES CUNNINGHAM. Practical Fur- Herm L510 Uist nw betwee aad eae” | DRIEST CLIMATE IN THE UNITED STATES, PIBST CLASS MODISTE, 604 11TH BT, ite Bust on House. Kiding Habite and Evening made trom 90 up. _Ferdect At. _ at. ROBE’S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, IN CHARGE of the Sisters oe Charity Gt. ‘bet. 20th and ist. . Millinery and French Cooking. Home-made Cakes alway Fs iCH DYEING, SCOUR! ING ESTABLISHMENT, First-class Ladies, and Gents! work of Ab, GARAGE attr toe apd Maison Yriese, Faris, z re ey vi “us| are i " 55 degs. The place to recover from the effects OF La GRIPPE. HIGHLAND PAKK HOTEL FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Pure Spring Water. Perfect Drainage. Pure bm | from our own Dairy. Uneacelied Cuisine. oom, Ladies’ Billiard Room, Bow! Alley, Tennis Courts, &. Goud Livery. Excellent Socks Fi rose ocl2-str tel «rounds embrace For circular and terme addi 18.00% B. P. CHATFIELD, Proprietor, HE CHALPONTE, ATLANTIC CITY,N.3. On the beach, North Carvliua ave. Unobstructed ANTON A Fischer ANION UEISCHER'S DRY CLEANING EsTAB- LISHMENT AND DYE WORKS, 906 G ST.N.W Ladies’ and Gents’ Garments of all kinds cl ved without being ripped. Ladies’ Evening Dresses pecialty. Thirty-five years’ experience. te. Goods called deiivered. ocean view. Salt water baths in the house, Elevator. Open ob the 1oth instant. i for and deiivere lt rom ___E. ROBERTS & 8OR8. U Ny sat pain GARMENTS, MADE UP OR RIPPED, dyed good mourning black. & FISCHER, slé 906 G st. n.w. = ——_ —— M4ox0n44 SPRINGS, f ROOFING. 28 milewsouth of Jacksonville, ]_THIS AGE OF ADULTERATION AND GEN- On the St. John's River, eral “tricks of the trade,” it is a relief to find that Magnolia, Fla tuere is one thing which can be relied upon. Tin plates MAGNOLIA HOTEL are undoubtedly the most popular of any roofing nie. and COTTAGES. terial, and ‘ame time the moat Liable 10 be de. | One of the most elegant Hows south at New Fork. fective. as a thin coat of tin, like paint, will cover | All moderu appointments, + eteand many defects. The method instituted by Merchant & | Yacht, sail and row. bate: driving bores. Sock Pilladetphis.of stampiny every siieet aud unr | Orchestral miuic, "The Siig Water ie unwtrpaeed: anteeing each box, has given 8 safeguard which. is a 00) preciated by the publicy as is evi by the speci. | 428-akwitt Manager. Gia Method" Merchants’ Rowanes ana leer B in ” nts and “Camare' ‘Thene are it plates, Which are what they acemn.— New | SPERMUDA, Tue Land of the Lily and the Rose. HAMILTON HOTEL, Open from December until May. For Circulars, ete., address WALTEK AIKEN, Proprietor, Hamilton, Bermuda, Until January 1 address at Franklio Falls, MK. nid-skwitn _ sutiad NEW WINTER RESORT, p\ THE PRINCESS ANNE, VILGINIA BEACH, VA, Seasun. On the Atlantic Ocean, 18 iniles east of cessible by Norfolk and Virvinia Kail: coabects at Norfolk with all lines of travel. Lointivents Ubsurpansed, “Yi-skwioe NORM ENDER, PPAE, WAVERLY, ATLANTIC cry, All the dear. cory sea-water ba Ds, gas, electric «. M. EDELES, Man'gr. 3-3ua HE ELKTON, OCEAN Atlautic City, N. ‘Open all the year. Steam beat, Usrrecevesten Arrractios: OVER A MILLION DISTHIBUTER LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. Incorporat Legislature for Educational aud Charitable Vartoeet end tee franc! hise made a artof the present State Constitution in 187% byan dverwhelning popular vote, Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take Semi-An- (June and December), and 1 ORARE ‘SiN a Gr on ear, in public at the Academy of Mimic; New Orleans ia” FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS, FOR INTEGRITY OF ITS DRAWINGS AND PROMPT PAYMENT OF PRIZES. Attested as follows: hes Howl ont Menagee._ 4., OPEN ery, hot abd culd Mrs. J. L. BRYANT, “We do hereby certify that see supervise the arrange. | _Ja:i0-Lmn. $y 1-2ua Fiat sor all ihe monthly and Semi-Annual Drawings — ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., NOW OPEN Michivau avenue near the vcean! steam best, Girne, ‘ ectric be: id other mud r ir aith Lnvard ali partic, and we authorize the Comme introduecd." JAMES HOOD. machine id Samy to wee this certvficate. with facimiies a var ae | rey LORAY CAVERN a Matures attached, tn tle advertisements: en Pe Ee at the Hotel ce. Kates €2 per day. je0-lin 308. Taukinson: ‘Proprietor, a G2 FINANCIAL. ft LurG FIFTY PER CENT, Commissioners, SECURED BY REAL ESTATE Me the undersigned Banks and Bankers. wil pay, al SIX PER CENT srsedicen in Te Lowman - wee which | ON PRINCIPAL IN ADDITION GUARANTEED, MW, Y, Pres, Louisiana National Bank, TEN DOLLARS ERRE Pres, State National Bank. i BADE Ate hes Once eee And Upward Received. CARL KOMN, Pres Uuion Nauoual Bauk. pa oe a = of the 5 GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING Fe eye reread AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS | _7M* tvestmen! sins aaa TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1890, a CAPITAL PRIZE, 830,000. or particulars e@dress 100,000 Tickets at $20 each: Halves, $10; Quarters, wa, W. SMITH, 5, Ts oo a. 25; Tenths, @2; Twentieths ¢. av. 8 : . as ove SSSR rere HE iS ms Duluth Keferences: once BANE OF Wust DULUTH 3,154 Prizes, amountingto.......« 1.054.800 SOTE—Ticketa, ‘Prise ADIES* EXCHANG! Nore drewing Capital are notenti- | FF AD Bihvans. — WANTED. Ae ee See “Sore saped vevuxa mundl Scives? oll remes ead MCh ice ‘Address etter, by ail Express Somspasion New Vork Packecgn, Deatt or Postal Note. Address Registered Letters containing Currency ta NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, mired. Bem & 00., =a BANKERS AND BROKERS, ‘ “RFMFMRER the of prime ts 1411 F Street, Washington, D.C. GUARANTERD BY FOUR NATIONAL BANKSof New GREEN & BATEMAN, New York, BALDWIN & FARNOM, Chicago, 290-2 J cae tao ONE DOLLAB is the price of the smallest part or fraction of a Ticket 18§U“D BY US in any Drew- ing. Anything in our mame ofered ior less than 4 Dollar 1s a swindle, Buasoams Ix Fors Axo Waus. ‘We have made genuine reductions on all FURS AND WRAPa ™ ‘Those desiring bargains cas now obtain them. The finest goods manufactured are on exhibition, con- sisting of SEAL JACKETS, CAPES AND SACQUES, Monkey, Nutria, Mink, Persian and Astrechan CAPES AND MUFFa. ‘The balance of PLUSH WRAPS at primecost, WILLETT & RUORP, ‘Hatters and Furriers, 905 Pa ove, ‘20-3 Ger Tue Bus: 407 Dean, ove, adjoining ational Hotel, ‘Horse Blankets and Lap Robes at low peices. par : eS