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WON FuR THE PEOPL [Continued from Tecifth Pope) ‘works of construction have been completed nd are found valuable beyond expectation. “Even smaller cities than Boston, suchas New in, Bridgeport, Albany, buffalo and Mon- have been provided witb rural parks. “The city of Baltimore paid for Druid Hill Park £693,000, and it has, besides, four other mailer parks. “Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, was secured Bt a cost, in round numbers, of $6,300,000. “Central Park. New York city, was purchased for the sum of @6,258,033.55. The city has, in Addition, thirty-eight other parks. “In Broo! Prospeet Park was acquired at © cost of $3,919,370.70. St. Louis has a number tof which was purchased e sum of $549,058.61. The total acreage fi parks in thie city is 1,788.59 «cres, and, ough much of the land was donated, the cost < same amounts to $1,309,944.06 actually a” PARKS FINANCIALLY CONSIDERED. The history of parks demonstrates that they are the promoters of the growth of cities, im- portant factors in public morals and healtm and the best investment thatcities can make, New York Central Park bas not only repaid all its gost, but paid into the treasury of the city 17,000,000 and left the city the owner in fee free from all cost of its 864 acres, now worth (8200.000.u00. Mr. Harmon, the secretary of the Bouth Park commission of Chicago, says that the immediate eifect of their location was to fouble and quadruple the value of property. Consequently an increased taxation was im- posed on the adjoining lands, to the best inter- ste of the city. The Boston commission, in — meets on parks, say that the Back Bay ark, which was given as an illustration, is not tax upon the city at large, but the increased xes from the surrounding property pays its ost. Mr. John Y. Cuyler, superintendent and chief engineer of the Brooklyn parks, gives evidence till more positive, emphatic and convincing. He says it may be confidently asserted that the establishment of Prospect Park and the wmaller parks has been generally beneticial as ® Guancial venture on the part of the manici- _ and, as a matter of fact, they impose no arden on the taxpayer, but have been and are @n important factor in contributing to the city @n increased revenue.” The evidence from park authorities of Balti- ore, Buffalo and other cities are as direct and @onclusive and all confirm the fact that moi Spent on parks and their improvement is a pa: ing investment, and it is the part of wisdom to increase the valuation of their property by im- proving their streets and by increased park ‘Accommodations. THE PARK COMMISSION. The Men Who Will Map Out and Pur- chase the Ground. COMMISSION of five men will locate the park, purchasing the ground in manner prescribed by law. When this duty is discharged the park will be ander the control of the Commissioners of the District and the chief of engincers of the ermy. The three members of the park com- mission not named by law were nominated by the President last Tuesday and promptly con- firmed by the Senate. The commission is com- posed of Gen. Thomas L. Casey, the chief of engineers, and Lieut. Col Henry M. Robert, the Engineer Commissioner of the District, who are members of the board by Virtue of their offices, and three citizens ap- pointed by the President, Gen. H. V. Boynton, Prof. 8. P. ley and Mr. R. Ross Perry. In &ddition Capt. Rossell, the assistant to the En- gineer Commissioner, in charge of publie high- ways, 18 designated b> law as executive officer comiaission. As stated in Tut Stan, the commission met Thursday in Gen. Casey's of- fice and organized by electing Gen, Casey president, Arrangements were made for trial surveys and the laying out of experimental boundaries, including the required amount of lan |. The commission adjourned until Octo- ber 13. The only member absent from this first meeting ol. Robert, whose prevented his attendance. < GEN. THOMAS L. CASEY. The distinguished officer at the head of the commission, brig. Gen. Thomas Lincoln Casey, the chief of engineers, U.S. A.. has lived so long in this city that he has come to be re- garded as « Washingtonian, and there are few if any other men who have been intimately connected with so many of the great improve- | ments that have been made in the capital of | Gen. Casey was born in New York | ip nd graduated Military Academy at V cadet-at-large at the | Point in the class of and grounds, an office that then included the} charge of the Potomac aqueduct. He b ne widely known for his connection | With the completion of the work on the Wash- | ington mopument, a charge that was intrusted | 1878. He remained in charge | nonument until the time of | the great success he ac! tng the engineering di a F, State and Navy building. years ago he was appointed chief of the tion of Congress in new library building. GEN, HENRY V. BOYNTON. | ‘The appointment of Gen. H. V. Boynton asa Member of the commission was extremely atifying to all citizens, and especially so to ose who for years had the park project at| heart. It was considered additional guar- antee of prompt and wise action. Gen. Boyn- ton has been a citizen of Washington for many Years. As the chief of the Washington burean ef the Ciucianati Gazette, and subsequently of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, be early be- | enme one of the best known and most highly | respected journalists of thecountry. He early | ge the great weight of his personal influence | and of bis powerful pen to the Rock Creek | Park movement and is thoroughly familiar | philosophy and also as assistant with the wants of the city in respect to the | tor x Henry Van Ness Boynton was born in Berk- sbire county, with bis father’s family to Cincinnati im 1846, ‘He graduated at the Kentucky Military Insti- at PROF. SAMURL P. LANGLEY. The appointment of Prof. 8 P. Langley, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, se 9 member of the commission is regarded as an other happy one. Aside from his attain- ments ® scientist and marked ability as an org: , Prof. Langley showed in the work of locating and securing th Park qual- ities that especially fit him for service of » park commissioner. He will be sure to get all that can be got for the money at the ory of the commission. His explorations of 3 Creek valley at the time he was hunting for a site for the Zoological Park have given an intimate knowledge of the region. Prof. Langley has been a resident of this city since January, 1987, when he was called here to fill the position of assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He succeeded to the fall secretarysbip in August of the same year, upon the death of Prof. Baird, and has since filled that position, Born in Roxbury. Boston, Mass., he was gradu- ated at the Boston Latin School and turned his attention first to civil engineering. Afterward he devoted some time to the practice of archi- tecture, but it wasas an astronomer that Prof, Langley earned his great reputation as a scien- tific man. is known the world over as an authority in solar matters, and his experiments and researches on the sun have beenof tre- mendous value. In 1865 Prof. Langley was ap- pointed an assistant in the Harvard Observa- tory and afterward to the chair of mathematics at the Naval Academy at Annapoli, Two years later he was invited to the chair of astronomy in the Western University of Pennsylvania at Pittsburg, with charge of the observatory in Allegheny City. There he re- mained until called to the Smithsonian Institu- tion. In 1886 Prof. Langley received the firet Henry Draper medal, awarded by the National Academy of Sciences, for his work on astro- nomical physics, and in 1887 the Rumford medal from the Ro: Society, London, and also the Rumford medal from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1870 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences; in 1878 he was elected vice ident of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, and in 1886 he was elected president of that body. Last year he was elected president of the National Academy of Sciences. MR, RICHARD ROSS PERRY, Next to securing the park itself the citizens of the District have recently had no greater cause for felicitation than the character of the appointments made in the commission, Tho selection of Mr. R. Ross Perry is considered es- pecially wise. His knowledge of the laws which affect the work of the commission will be espe- cially valuable, but aside from that his well- known energy offers promise that there will be no lagging in the work. He was one of the first to come to the front and work to secure the park. Richard Ross et was born Feb- rnary 20, 1846, in the city of Washington, D.C, His parents both came from Montgomery county, Md., where his father's family Tee sided for more than two hundred years, His grandfather was register of wills of that county for a number of years prior to bis death, and his father and uncle built up in this city the prosperous business conducted under the firm name of Perry & Brother. Mr. Perry was educated at cone town College, from’ which he was graduated in 1864; he married a year after graduation and took his degree of master of arts in course in 1865. He then ——- the study of civil law in Paris for a while and also traveled in Eng- land and upon this continent. Returning to his home he began the study of the common law in the office of Brent & Merrick and continued under the late Richard Merrick. He was ad- mitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the District in May, 1868, upon Mr. Mer- rick’s motion, and in 1876 he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States upon the motion of the late Conway binson, one of the ablest common law "lawyers whom this conntry has produced, and whose fame was as great in England as at home. During the years 1879 and 1831 Mr. Perry conducted all of the United States prosecutions in this District, but with this exception he has. held no office and gives no attention to other than civil cases, He is actively engaged in the practice of his rufession, and is alsoa member of the law faculty of his alma mater, the University of Georgetown. Mr. Perry's only son is this year a junior at Harvard College, where last year he took second year honors in classics in @ Class of over 300 members, COMMISSIONER ROBERT. Lieut. Col. Henry M. Robert, the Engineer Commissioner of the District, like Col. Casey, becomes a member of the commission by direc- tionoflaw. Col. Robert was detailed as En- ineer Commissioner of the District to succeed ajor Raymond on the Ist of February lust and assumed the office February 14. Hisactivity as a Commissioner made him well known to the community in a short time. He is recognized as one of the most efficient oificers of the en- gineer corps, and he was selected on that ac- count for the post he holds. Ccl. Robertis a native of South Carolina, but was app>inted to the Military Academy from the state of Ohio in 1363. He graduated fourth in his class in 1857. His marked talents caused him to be de- tailed for duty at the academy as assist- ant professor of natural and experimental instrac- of practical military engineering. Subse reently he was assigned to engineeri: work in the field He poe faithfully ‘and lass, July 22, 1895. He removed | gallantly during the rebellion, being assistant engineer in the construction of the of Washington from April 29 be fone ames 11, 1861. tute in 1858 at the head of his class and was | In August of the same year a first rofessor of mechanics and astronomy at this | lieutenant of engineers and a captain in March, titution during the years 1459-60, and the degree of A.M. in 1859. Mmissioned major of the thirty-fifth Ohio infan- tey July 29, 1861, and oe to heutenant colonel July 13, 1863. le commanded the regi- ment st Chicamaugs, Mission Ridge and Bus- gard’s Roost, At the —— of Mission Ridge he was severely wounded. He was brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865, “for good ‘@onduct at the battles of Chicamauga ‘and Mis Bion Ridge.” He resigned at Chattai ‘Teaon.. September 8, 1964, on account of diss ag Bo pe ug from wounds, and returned from the field with the first detachment of the tare of Atom He | 1963. In 1865 he was sent back Feoeived the degree of civil engineer in 1960 | as instructor of practical military He was com-| which duty he performed unt stil 1867. Et: also treasurer of the academ: duties, but he is now convalescent. CAPT. WM. 7. ROSSELI. By the law Capt Wm. T. Rossell, the as- sistant to the Engineer Commissioner of the Ment mustered out immediately siter the cap- | District, in charge of public highways, is ex- officer of the commission and will have charge of the surveys of the park. Capt Bos- sell relieved Capt. Dymons os ceilotaat te tho Recess — Se bars @ young and energetic engineer officer who, during hie official service here, made a most favorable impression. He ie # man of commanding presence, about forty years of ege and a mative of Alabama, He was ap- appointed to the Military Academy New Jersey in 1869 and graduated in 1873. He was made a second lieutenant in 1873 and subse- tly served at Willett’s Point, New York bor, and at the Military Academy as assist- ant professor of engineering. He served as first lieutenant in Florida and in 1886 was pat in charge of the third district of the Missis- sippi with headquarters at Vicksburg. Capt Rossell is mar: and bas an interesting family. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. The commission 18 created, as the law says, “to select the land for said park, of the quan- tity and within the limits sforesaid, and to have the same surveyed by the assistant to the said Engineer Commissioner of the District of Oo- lumbia in —< of public highways, which said assistant 6! also act as executive officer to the said commission.” The commission is charged with the arrangement of all the pro- ceedings looking to the Their first duty under of yl ere park prepared, showing eac! parcel of private property to be tal They will file this map on the land records and from the date of the filing the land shall be held as condemned for public uses, subject to the Le fompas of just compensation, to be determined by said commission and ap- _— by the President of the United States. -ovision is made for proceedings in court and an appraisement by a commission of three ap- pointed by the court in cases where both com- mission and owners fail to agree on the price tobe paid. 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In the trial of the nationalists yesterday at Tipperary Mr. Timothy Harrington, of counsel for the accused, while cross-examining a wit- ness referred to a policeman as a shadow. The presiding magistrate called upon him to with- draw the term, and upon Mr. Harrington's re- fusal, ordered him to leave the case, An up- roar ensued in the court room, in which Messrs. O’Brien and Dillon expressed their minds freely in regard to the magistrate's action and the general condnot of the case. The court was adjourned for half an hour to putan end to the aoa wae it reemenne vot jents announc pene defend themselves without - Dillor fas proceeding to the Renae weew ed Past in the urt room ‘sised a cheer for Harrington, trate Sabes pramen the nro censch ena terend acjourned the court while tumult rei among the tators. A force of Were tees outs the bulling = will be sorry you did not Srnmo pay in Weoley LADY'S SADDLE HORSE Some Interesting Points About Se- leoting the Proper Animal. tenga SUITABLE FOR SIDE SADDLE. —_—~——— ‘The Habit of the Present Day—Heow It Should be Made and Hew It Should Fit—Proper Gait fora Lady’s Horse— vantages of Horseback Riding. —_——_————. ‘Written for Taz Evawnre Stam, OOL weather for the past week has re- minded the Washington girl that she must take up her riding again. The horse is probably out at pasture and ‘must be sent for and groomed and fat- tened and made sleek, the riding habit must betaken outfrom its nest of camphor, the boots must be polished, the spur must be brightened, the hat must be ironed or blocked. And what sort of horse will she ride? ‘The lady's saddle horse is an animal that canfiot be chosen with too much care. Aman may ride ® runaway horse or a shying horse ora stumbling horse—s fall more or less is comparatively a small matter with him—Wat to man @ fall froma horse is often a very serious affair. The first thing, therefore, to be avoided is the horsejthat stumbles, The treak- kneed brute that is uncertain on his pins is not fit for anyone to ride, but especially is he peril- ous to the lady who is trussed up in her straps and pummels, with her foot probably thrust up to the instep in the stirrup; and the lazy horse that can’t lift his feet up and is liable to trip is jt down when he trots over a stony road is as bad as the knee-sprung nag— indeed, @ is often worse, for while some knee- sprung are high steppers and may not stumble at all, the lazy horse is pretty sure to go down, sooner or later. THE HABIT OF TODAY. Another question of importance is whether the horse shies, and this involves a considera- tion of the modern riding habit. Occasionally one sees the old-fashioned habit on the road even at this late day, but it is fast becoming extinct. Who does not rememLer it, with its loug skirt, so near to the ground that on an ordinary sized horse its lower folds were always covered with dust or mud? A generous supply of slugs in the bottom seams kept it from flying up in the sir, but whenever the horse went into a trot or canter it filled out like the balloon canvas of a yacht, It wasanabom- ination from every point‘ of view. It fright ened the horse that carried it and the horses that passed it; it was so ample in its folds that it caught in the pommel in case of a fall, and was so long that jumping was a most hagard- ous experiment, The habit of today is safer and more graceful. It should fit like the paper on the wall; there should not be a crease in it, and in place of the yards of lectin cloth that our grandmothers wore the modern girl wears a skirt so scanty that the point of the little boot, reposing securely in the nickel-plated stirrup, is visible. There is comparatively little danger of such a skirt Cores | in any portion of the saddle in case of an accident, anda woman can take a hurdle with almost as much safety as if she were a man. In addition to these advantages the same horse that will accept with equanimity the modern habit would go into fits of terror atthe sight of the old-fashioned dress. All spirited horses, it must be admitted, shy to a certain extent, but it is important that tho lady’s horse should shy as little as possible and it is on this account that a small horse is, gen- erally speaking, to be avoided. He is apt to be quicker and, consequently, a more danger- ous shyer. AS A FASCINATION. Awoman's dress on horseback is important for more reasons than one, Did any body ever notice how often it is introduced upon the stage? The reason is simple enough. Not all the art of Worth exhibited in the ball dress nor all tho superb execution of Redfern exhib- ited in the street costume, can make a pretty girl look half so fascinating as she is w he wears the snug-fitting riding habit. Every line of her figure is brought out in all its simple beauty, and, while it may be no inducement to many of the ladies who read this, nevertheless it is as wollte whisper the fact that there is no sport on earth half soconducive to matrimony as horseback riding. Some men are cold- blooded creatures, They may sit tete-a-tete with a pretty girl and talk about the weather, they may even walk with her when she wears the most stunning of bats, and pursue this same thermometrical conversation, but put her ina well-made riding dress on top of o hand- some, well-groomed nag and the heart ofa masculine iceberg would melt. How man; men have popped the question on_ horseback’ William Black, the novelist, would have a girl make voyage on a peninsular or oriental steamship to find a husband, but there is really no necessity for sending her so far away for that purpose, Just let her take up horseback riding, and if she ever intends to accept any- body she will be sure to have achance of do- ing so, A WOMAN'S SEAT. Returning from these heavenly bridle paths, where the angels wear glove-fitting garments and corduroys and boots and silver spurs to more mundane matters it may. be remarked that a woman’ on horseback is not an in- secure one. Itistrue she cannot cling with her knees asa man can, but she has a safe- guard in her two pommeis, and if her bala: 1s good she can often keep the saddle under circumstances that would cause most men to “take a cropper,” but if she ever does take the cropper the consequences are alarming, tosay the least, THE MOUTH. Having got a horse that doesn’t stumble and that shies but rarely the next question is his mouth, and here a difficulty is met with, for while many women can sit a horse well enough very few can manage his mouth correctly. Un- fortunately, few of the gentler sex are gentle in handling their mouths. The soft, flexible, tender mouth of a young horse, wo sensitive to the pressure of the bit that a mere twist of the wrist guides his motions, is often ruined by the heavy jerking and pulling that a woman in- flicts. She who can take a young horse, full of mettle, and ride him year in and year out with- out hardening bis mouth is the one who has a right to be called an accomplished horse- woman, Women are not apt to be muscular, and it is necessary that their mounts should not be hard pullers and if by ill-usage—for horses’ mouths are seldom hard, except through ill-usage—a horse begins to pull he should be disposed of or a runaway may occur. TRE Garr. Now let us consider the subject of the gait. The ambling palfrey was the lady’s horse of the olden time, and more recently the racking nag was much sought after. At the present time he is still popular with many, but fashion has decreed that the city saddle horse for park riding should trot and canter, This is English, don’t you know, but it is sensible, While there are some good horses that rack or execute the “single foot” cleverly it is nevertheless a fact well known to horsemen that when you teach a horse the gaits that nature did not give him you generally sacrifice some of his cther good qualities. A gnited horse that jumps well or runs swiftly isa rarity. The broed of American horses that are naturally gaited are exceptions, but they are pein fewer every year. Any one who can sit in a chair can ride one of these artificially gaited horees, and it is not unusual to find the woman who is accustomed to them a most atrocious rider of the trotter. Fashion decrees that a woman must rise in the stirrups when she trote, Unfortunately, it is one of the most difficult feats for her to ae form well. She has only one stirrup. The greater part of her exertion is thus thrown upon the left leg, and to rise evenly with the horse's motion and to sit squarely in the saddle require patient {akgy wy It ia, consequent; quite essential that the horse should have a good trot—not the short, uneven trot that ts merally the characteristic of the pony, nor the ponderous thud of the cart horse, coming oe ey upon the heey gen a the ono ut regular swingi it @ traine: saddie horse. pees SHAPE OF Wis BACK, Chief among the minor points to be consid- ered in choosing anag for the side saddle is the shape'of his back. The side saddic isa one affair, the woman's weight is pot s anced evenly, the ust be tight or the saddle will turn the inevitable conse- quence of all this is the sore back. Nothing is The horse is perfectly be bengeliingh preg ata of his shoul- sometimes more freq but with : EL ot i Ra ee mes sure with « bony Norse, "Rae ree with Sereted for the side saddle, ve, and 1a that 80 the glow of hecith toa faded cheek. 0 NEW YORK NOTES, People and Things lieing Talked About 5 in the Metropolis. SOME BEAUTIFUL CHURCH EDIVICES AXD THEIR CONGREGATIONS—A CLERGYMAN WHO NEEDS XO GALAAY—COMMENTS ON POLITIOS AND TRADE, Special Correspondence of Tu Everrxe Stan New Yorx, Oct. 2. ‘The consecration on Monday evening of the new Church of All Angels brings to notice the magnificent strides that the Episcopal Church bas been making in New York of late years. To appreciate this progress one has only to make ® pilgrimage up the West Side and observe the chain of splendid new buildings erected for worship by this church. Christ Church, on the Boulevard and 74th street; All Angels, on West End avenue and 81et; St. Michael's, on Amster- dam avenue near 95th; the chapel of Trinity Church in 93d,the Washington Heights Church and the beautiful Church of the Holy Trinity in Harlem, are all new churches, fine in archi- tecture and furnishing. Two of these, St. Michael's and Trinity Chapel, are not yet finished, All Angels is just completed, and is thought by many to be in its way the most beautiful Episcopal church in the city, West End avenue, on which it is located, is a verita- ble little ossis in the arid wastes of New York, and reminds one of a glim; of Washington. The houses, one of which belongs to and ia oc- cupied by Mrs, U. 8. Grant, are varied in archi- tecture and material, and the bit of green parking along both sides of the street greatly enhances their beauty. The occupants have from their windows a besutiful near view of the broad blue Hudson. The church with ite walls, both outside and in, of white marble, its beautiful woodwork, rare carvings and exquisite jeweled glass is worthy of its fair surroundings, The complete edifice finished to the smallest detail and free of any debt was presented to the parish by its rector, Dr, Hoffman. Although its cost was nearly €200,000 the doctor did not have to deny himself the comforts of life or even put his hand down to the bottom of his pocket to pay for it, for his private fortune of $15,000,000 brings him in a very comfortable income. He enjoys the distinction of being the richest clergyman in this {country, 1f not in the world with the single exception of his brother, Dr. E. A. Hoffman, dean of the General Theological Seminary, who hasan equal fortune. Most of their immense proporty is in real estate left them by their father. One piece of the prop- erty is the noted Hoffman House, which was it and owned by him. The bar of this famous house is ona much larger scale than that much-talked-of bar at the Shoreham and has the added distinction of being owned bya clergyman. The congregation of All Angels bas a rs, easy time pecuniarily. Their rector doesn’t want any salary, though he has the luxury of an assistart, and as most of the church poorls are very solid citizens them- selves the only question is how to distribute the contributions, MB. HARLAN’S RESIGNATION. Apropos of church matters Mr. Harlan’s resignation at the First Presbyterian Church has excited rather more remark than such an event usually does. No young man fresh from the seminary ever had a more difficult position to fillthan Mr, Harlan. The churoh,which bas been rather left behind by fashionable Presby- terians, yet preserves ail the traditions of a rich and aristocratic church without the neces- sary adjunct of a large and prosperous mem- bership. New people hesitate to come in on account of the reputation for exclusiveness, and there bas been for years a gradual dimuni- tion of the old families from the uptown move- ment. Those who are left required in their pastor a combination of gifts and graces difti- cuit to find among the residents of this planet. He must be quslified to mingle and shine in the most conservative society; he must modify the eloquence of Phillips Brooks with the solidity of John Hall; he must strengthen the church and build it up, though they would be scandalized if he resorted to any of the so- called “popular methods,” It will be readily seen what difficulty any young fellow would have to fill the bill, although he might be ee to do a great work in less exacting jelds, A NOTABLE APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR. It was no great surprise that Gov. Hill should appoint Gen. Roger A. Pryor ay judge of the court of common pleas, but the ap- pointment is one that excites considerable in- terest. Gen. Pryor's name and personality have been familiar here for so long and his ublic career has been so long and varied that 't is difficult to believe he is only sixty-two years of age. He only studied law after being editor, politician, Congressman, soldier and editor again, but his brilliant abilities soon made him a conspicuous figure in the legal world, and during his residence hero the talented Virginian’s name has been connected with many a notable suit. He is appointed to the place of Judge Larremore, who bas re- signed, and will hold the position by appoint- ment until the fall of 189i, when he will be a candidate for election by the people. Gen, Pryor is an ardent democrat and a staunch Tammany man. Things, by the way, are look- ing rather equally for the wigwam. ‘Since the days of the terrible disclosures about Tweed and his Tammany confreres, made by the Tim+s, nothing more startling has appeared than the Evening Post's revelations in its Tammany biographies, The Post is an implacable enemy and its stinging accusations are made ina calm and judicial tone. THE BRICK BOYCOTT. The board of walking delegates have agreed to declare the brick boycott off and to let manu- facturers send and dealers receive all the bricks they need. As no concessions have been made to the boycotters, and as the manufacturers were staunch in their determination to hoid out against them, it looks to the unprejudiced eye much like a decided defeat, But the boy- cotters do not view it in that light. “Even though vanquished they can argue still,” and the walking delegate docs not hesitate to char- acterize the ite of affairs as “an amicable settlement.” Their failure and that of the strike on the New York Central seem to prove pretty conclusively that the. strike is a troublesome but not a very eflicacious method of settling difficulties, A GREAT MAN GONE. A notable figure of nearly a generation ago has just passed away in the death of Dr, George B, Cheever. He has for years been living so quietly at bis elegant country home on the Palisades of the Hudson near Engle- wood that many supposed he had long ago ey over to the majority. Butin the stormy jays of twenty-five years ago Dr. Cheever was in the thickest of the tray, and as an abolition- ist was one of the leaders of the van. He was one of a noted group who graduated together at Bowdoin College, where be was e classmate of Hawthorne, Longtellow, John 8. C. Abbott and other famous men. He was one of the “fighting parsons” who could not forbear to talk and preach and write against slavery, in- temperance and other evils, and ne had a prett tempestuous career, having had a taste of jail, been accused of insanity and met with other annoyances incident to the life of the strenuous reformer, PRACTICAL OPERATIONS OF THE TARIFF. To the breadwinner the outlook for the win- ter is rather an appalling one and the question of “What shall we eat and what shall we drink and wherewithal shall we be clothed?” becomes absorbing. Everything in the way of supplies has gone and ll steadily going up in pric The butcuer, the baker, the candle-stick maker, the dry goods man, the grocer and the ice cream dealer have all taken “‘excelsior” for their motto and nobly do they live up to it, All remonstrances are met with the unanswerable reply of “the tariff.” There is, perhaps, some slight excuse for the dry goods dealer, for when he claims that a thing is imported no man can say him nay, but what the tariff has to do with flour and egga and maple sirup, which one would su e it was scarcely necessary to im- port, or why it should raise the price of weather strips and other domestic autumn fixings is s deep and gubtie mystery. The dealers say with cheerful smiles that high prices mean good times, but what is fun for them is death to the ts sends ay R. Ex.ior. GAUR'S ‘The Fall Dress Goods are here—everything thst te new. You know bow we sell dress goods—et leest you should if you don't, Everything sold so that it will save you money, Fancy or staple al the same way. Among the cases upon cases of goods we have selected the items below, which are sold st much less than their value. An inducement to hsve you come in and see the bai 42-inch Striped and Plaid Henriettas, in the newest effects and coloring—62}¢c. you will be asked every- where, You can take your pick of them now for 480. eyard. ‘38-inch Scotch Cheviots—new effects—S0c. a yard for you now. Notthe regular 50c, materials, We Lave yet to see their equals for 62340, a yard. 100 pieces of 18-inch Colored Velveta, latest fall shades. The usual $1.25 Velvet is note mite better ‘than these—and these only O80. ayard, At that price we expect them to go quickly, fore. Thatis saying great things, We have slways had the largest and most varied ae sortment of Trimmings in the city. ‘When we ssy we have even s larger stock it means aleo lower prices than ever before on account of the extra large quantities bought, The novelties ere all here now, and now is your time to buy them. When sold, to duplicate them will be impossible, being sll imported goods, and be tariff will probzbit their sale at the prices we are how asking for them, a consideration you must now take on the entire stock. So vou can see it is polio? for youto bay early. Thereis bound to bean advance in prices among the importers. You now get the bene fit with usof our orders placed last spring. Extra large orders were placed on socount of the tarif. We have looked to our customers’ interest as well as ours, UPHOLSTERY DEPAKTMENT. The extremely low prices on Curtains are being appreciated. When You can save from $1.50 to $5 one pair it's an item— don’t you think? EAU RES POPULAR SHOPPING PLACR 7TH STREET. Trt Por Dotszs Ix Yous pocket to call and see the immense bergains we offer. We guarantee you a sawing of 35 per cent. Ourstock contains the choicest fabrics im Men's, Boys’ and Children's Clothing, We mention a few spectals for today and tomorrow: We start on those Nobby Fall-weight Overcoate that ‘are selling all over town for $10. Our price is 6.50. ‘Then comes those elegant Meltons and Kerseys, | With or without Silk facing. We let them go for $10. Now comes the fine imported Melton, Kerseya, Cheviots and Worsteds—ail shades (#ilk lined), at @15; actually worth 822, ‘This isn’tall Our line of Overcoats range from 85 to 830. We have every known material and style, In Buits you have the same opportunity, Our Men's Suite range from €3.50 to $30. We can give you suitings in Cassimere, Cheviot, Worsted, Tricot, English Wale, Clay Worsteds, Thibet. Tn fact, any material that you may wish, Our Boys’ and Children's Department ts complete, Wecan fit the Stout Man, Lean Man, Tall Man, Short Man, Extra Large and Extra Small Man, NEW YORK ONE-PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, MANUFACIURERS AND RETAILERS. Budsio, N.Y, Byracuse, N.Y. S11 7th st ow, 7.23" Ox Tas aND ON TOR, ON TIME with all things needful for the FALL and WINTER campaign. ON TOP with both feet, putting forth the most strenuous endeavors to crush out whatever of vitality remaipsin the old bulke floating Around ou the soa of trade—manued by piratical crews, In this effort we solicit the aid and sssistance of all good men aud true, tothe eud that an era of confi- dence may be established, when both the wise and the ignorant muy enter ony and all business houses and transact their business without fearof being victim- ized by overcharges or otherwise, We took the in- itiative in this matter by adopting the TEN PER CENT RULE, MARKING OUR GOODS IX PLAIN FIGURES AT AN ADVANCE OF TEN FER CENT ABOVE ACTUAL OST. 4s a result of this method we areenabled to offer MEN'S SUITS—SACK COATS— at $4.62, $5.75, 87.50, $8.75, $9.75, $10.60, 910.75 and upward. ‘Men's Suits (Cutaway Coats) at $7.75, 68.75, 69.75, 10.75, $11.75, $12.25, 61:2 75 and upward. Prince Albert Coats, Vests to match, at $12.75 and upward, PRINCE ALBERT SUITS, $12.25, $15.50, $17.40 and upward. BOYS’ SUITS, Costs, Vests and Long Pants, sizes 12 to 18 years, $3.88, $450, $5.50, $6, 66.50, 87 and upward, BOYS’ SUITS, Jacket and Short Panta, $1.96, $2.50, $2.75, €2.87, $3.25, $3.50, $3.75, $3.87 and up- OVERCOATS, All Weights, Shades, Grades and Styles, for Men, Youths and Boys. AL80, HATS, CAPS and GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS Give us your pstronage, food people, and, “by the eternal,” we'll PROTECT you in the quality end price of every article you may purchase, VICTOR RB ADLER'S ‘Ten Per Cont Clothing Homa =; as or Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, 927 and 920 7th st. n.w., cor. Massachusetts ave, STRICTLY ONE PRICE. Open Saturdey until 11 p.m ol q=t BUITS SCOURED AND PRESSED, 61. Coata, 500, ate ‘Panta 250 Altering and Repairing beatly dome, Goods called fer and delivered. ~ ‘BR 4 REEVES, 81¢ Kot. awe ‘Under the w7-tn Cuanrzs Scuraxzrs PUBLISH TODAT THIRD AND FINAL VOLUME OF TER CYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. RAited by John Dennison Champlin yr. 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Bic it M Des Ladies" and Chiaren's Modiste, Parlors 1410 Penns) ivania: 3 Oppomte NCH ACCORDION PLAITIN Rotice; Reduced Kates: Sk; ieiting, Ze. per yard anc ui re LUCAS, 908 ¥th st FLEGL LADIFS’ TAL Pies wT. ROBE INDUSTRIAL SCHOC Sow Breen 1327 F st. aw. 2B. wnaking, Millinery and Cl idren ruining Kitchen opmied for (ue winter seasou, ‘Home-made Cakes always on band, o2-1m y= MM LA BILLE lite Heturued from New York and Reopens 901-08" SBS ve gee a Mas K. A. Doxovas, 904 F. ST, WILL OPEN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 AND 2%, A CHOICE SELECTION OF IMPORTED HATS, BONNETS AND TOQUES. THE LADIES OF WASHINGTON ARE COR DIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND. NO OaRDs, s20-4w FRONTS!! FRONTSUt ways in order by plain combing “ MLLE M J. Pi Ando Fae new. titre Barn Amyporter of Fine French Lier Goods RONTS: a hapes. New Seal cy Maude to Urder. Ibe Misses Bth st nw., bet Nando. ES WISHING THEIR FINE LACES in first-class Freuch style, White ys} Dresses, Lace Curtains cauity, at prices, callat MADAMA VAL MODI‘ old stand, 713 sie. 06-4: DA GILBERT DENNIS, TE, a8 Fe: m s4-2m 610 to 720. 13th wt Bw KENCH DYEING, SCOURING AND DRY ING ESTABLISEM: NT, 1205 New ¥s 7 , ; N- ave. iret~class Ladies’ aud Geut’s work of e' Bon, Hush Velvet and venue D: ANTS. AND CAROLINE LERCH, formerly with A. Fischer aud m Yriese, eh NTION FISCHER'S DRY CLPANING ESTA ANieaaiy' D Dit WOLKR DONG ST RW, * aud Gent's Garments of ail Kinds cleaned and to Dyed ee wped. Ladies Ly ig spec f. ty -five years’ experience, mu te. Guods celled ‘ 2 era! ied tur and deli vered. ole Aa GAKMENTS, MADE UP OR KIPPER ‘Gyed & good mouruing black. « FISCHER, elt Su0 G st. ow. ATTORNEYS, NDREW A. LIPSCOMB, ATTORNEY AT LAW Ale Assisient U. 5. District A’ ‘), seound f Fendali Building, opposite City Hall, st4-1m B=: ¥. ARNOLD, Attorney aud Coungetior at Law, Opposite City Hali. mamma CAREEELL ‘CARRINGTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Webster Law building, 50S D st.n.w., Wi D.0. Residence, 1701 Q st. nw, DENTISTRY. See cost of mat: at i353 EF Ay if, = ual Upiversity, eee ae ment of tbe Co ° or beeSber 2 Yo Jupe 30. STAKE PARSONS, DENTIST, OTH 81, OOK pee ta Dettisury. At present keaton ton Seara mbt? FAMILY SUPPLIES.