Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1890, Page 3

Gasat Repverrox IN PRICES OF BUSINESS ‘SUITS, BOTH SACK AND CUTAWAY STYLES. ON MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, WE WILL START A SPECIAL SALE AND CONTINUE IT UNTIL ALL SUITS THAT HAVE BEEN RE- DUCED ARESOLD—WHICA WILL NOT BE LONG. ‘THESE ARE NOT GOODS!BOUGHT FOR THE OccaSION, BUT TAKEN FROM OUR REGULAR ‘STOCK. $10 SUITS. CUT PRICE, $7.50. $13.50 SUITS, CUT PRICE, $10. $18 SUITS, CUT PRICE, #14. $22.50 SUITS, CUT PRICE, $18. $12 SUITS, CUT PRICE, 39. $15 SUITS, CUT PRICE, 811. $20 SUITS, CUT PRICE, #15 $2 SUITS, CUT PRICE, 320. $23 SUITS, CUT PRICE, $22. A LARGE LINE OF OVERCOATS, SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE REDUCTIONS. YOU WHO WISH TO GET EXTRA VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY SHOULD NOT LET THIS SALE} END WITHOUT AT LEAST EXAMINING THESE Goons. STORE OPEN FROM NOW UNTIL DECEMBER % TLL 9 PM. EB. B. BARNUM & ©O., ‘S51 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. ain, w ft a Losr Ovrouremrry Fovyo. FROM NOW UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1891, WE WILL ALLOW A DISCOUNT OF TEN PER CENT ON ALL CASH SALES. THIS APPLIES TO EVERY ARTICLE IN THE STORE, IN- CLUDING HOLIDAY NOVELTIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AS WELL a3 CORSETS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, HAND- KERCHIEFS, UNDERWEAR, PER- FUMEBY, ETC., ETC., ETC. DOUGLAS & BRO., 512 NINTH ST., as INTER-OCEAN BUILDING. Osx A Few Days To Cuzisraus. |- STORE OPEN IN THE EVENINGS. and useful holiday gifts at mod Aprons, size amt we in pl and tacked, full Wand 5 Aprons, @1, $1.25, deri and $1.25, $1.50, $2.50and $3. Wy 82.73, 3, $5.50 and Sik Embroidered, im colors, a€ 50c. A Men's Plain White Corded and Hemstitched, tel wets, Art Goods, Ke. Underwear. Bionkets and Comforts at less than usual Frices Smyrna end Moquette and Persian Goat Kuss. Price. ENING. and . IN THE EV! ‘TIES, SLIPPERS AND BOOTS. BEST SELECTIONS IN STYLES AND COLORS. MEN'S SHOES. STOCK COMPLETE. SUPERIOR GOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES. M. STRICKLAND, ‘Successor to Daiton & Strickland, clean $69 PENN. AVE. 2x Boox Srones Mave bare: Look at these: SOME AMERICAN PAINTEES IN WATER, COLOR, folic, 12.50. reduced to 10. FACSIM'LES OF AQUARELLES, § duced to $10.5. 50,30 FROM THE reduced to $11.50. FAVORITE FOLK BALLADS, $4.50, re @ured to £3.40. ‘THE KIVALS, ). Peduced to $11.25. ROBERT F. MILLER, BOOKSELLE STATIONER. fecran balding. gs Ht 00, BER sits S38 HHH OO Er Ss, Ses HoH 00 Eee 4x5 = COMFORT! STYLE! QUALITY! ‘WE HAVE JUST RECEI-ED ANOTHER LARGE INVOICE OF THE CELEIRATED JOHNSTON & MURPHYS MEN'S SHOIS, UNEQUALED IN COMFORT, STYLE AND QAaLiTy, AND SOLD AT PRICES OF SECOND42ADE MANUFAC- TURERS' GOODS. HOOVER & SNYDrg, 2217 Pennsylvania ay, o17am Rex Mo. as they cet $3, Edwin Clapp’s Men's & Shy for $4. Now, Lam Just tryuuc w rum my bUSINES to suit and not dealers. I don't care WOW \ad you wget oF what you say, as my customers tell me\ Lolps me every time. ‘Come eaciy and et the banrains at WILLIS’ SHOE STOZE, 918 7th st. nw. Bg-965 Domestic Sewing Machine to be given awa at Willis’ Sboe Store. creat Frowms Axv Praxts (ten your home as well iy eason. piant. inex! ra saior eee N. STUDER, Florist 2nd Decorstor, ‘ats F st. mW 204 10TH ST. N.W.—PIRE ie Wiue Taniug all since: jal. * ie . WALE! SON! Begs Cay ant Th fer. Hin end Cheval” Call 223m FURS OF ALL KINDS. FUR ROBES, RUGS AND MATS. 8885 F goo Ak SSy Leelee 6 dy Brg! SssseR AAT AA ver ss, ‘SE ‘AL © OAKAP zs REA ALLLL AAP S552 OUR STOCK OF UMBRELLAS AND CANES, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, 18 NOW COMPLETE AND CONTAINS MANY NOVELTIES. WE SHOW THE LAKGEST VARIETY OF CHOICE DESIGNS TO BE FOUND IN WASHINGTON. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, ‘n6-3m 1201 Penna. ave., cor. 12th st. Fon Cunisruas Parsexts ‘You will fina WILSON & CARR HEADQUARTERS FOR FINE GENTLEMEN'S SHOES AND SLIPPERS AND PUMPS. OUR LADIES’ SHOES CANNOT BE E-XCELLED. Te will pay you to visit us. Our goods must be seen to be appreciated. 929 F STREET N.W. Baltimore store: 4and 6 W. Baltimore st. 420-5t Fon Cunisruas Presents. RICH CUT GLASS, DINNEL AND TEA SERVICES, GAME, FISH AND ICE CREAM SETS, BRIC-A-BRAC, PIANO AND BANQUET LAMPS. 3. W. BOTELER & SON, 251m O23 PENNA. AVE. ¥.W. Uservz. Horay Passests. Our Invineible Shirt, an old favorite, made of ‘Wamsutta musiin and fine linen bosoms, im sizes from 1:3%4 to 19, ouly Sie. ; six for $5. ‘These Shirts are cut lengthwise of the cotton, made full to the measure and are dirst-class in every respect. jid-time Shirt, plected bosoms, open - Only SLeach. Sizes 14 to 19. SHIRTS TO ORDER A SPECIALTY. Don't forget the place. BRANCH BALTIMORE SHIRT FACTORY, 31 9th st. n.w., near New York ave. Under the management of two old timers, 8. B. ELLERY and JOS. H. IRELAND. aGzit Brasx Boos, * MEMORANDUMS, INVOICE AND SCRAP BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, PRESSES AND STANDS, PAPER AND ENVELOPES, FINE STATIONERY, ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. EASTON & RUPP, 421 11TH 8T. N.W., OPPOSITE STAR OFFICE. coc ATARRH REMEDY byC C Instantly reheves and ab eminent phy-C ly cures Catarrh. sician. C_ Why do you suffer? Oswi Sold by C. CHRISTIAN, Wholesale and Retail . 5 oo SWI oO 0 Dis QQ Discovered oo: SERVANTS IN JAPAN. ‘When the Master is Well Bred His Domestics ‘Treat Him With Consideration. Japanese servants are excellent, says Edwin Arnold in Scribner's, if you choose them with discretion and treat them with the established consideration of the country. There is a uni- versal social compact in Japan to make life pleasant by politeness. Everybody is more or Jess well bred,and hates the man or woman who is yakaimashu—noisy, uncivil or exigent. People wno lose their temper are always ina hurry, bang doors, swear and “swagger,” find themselves out of place in aland where the lowest coolie learns and practices an ancient courtesy from the time when he wobbles about as a baby upon his mother’s back. Therefore to be treated well in Japan, as perhaps indeed elsewhere, you must treat everybody, including Your domestics, well, and then you will enjoy the most pleasant and willing scrvice. Your evok will doubtless cheat you a little: your jinrickishaman will now and then take too much sake, the musmn and the boy's wife will gossip all over the place abont everything you do, and the gardener and the coachman will fight cocks in the yard when your back is turned; but if conscious of your own, you can forgive the little sins of others. You can hardly fail to become closeiy attached to the quict, reft-voiced, pleasant people, who, a8 soon at they have learned your ways, will take real pleasure in making life agreeable to you. A present, now and then, of a kimouo to the maids, of tors and sweetmeats to the children, aday’s holiday now and then granted to the theater or the wrestling match, are richly re- warded by such bright faces and unmistakable warmth of welcome on arriving and of good speed on going as repay you tenfold. Respect- ful as Japenese servanis aye—and they never speak except on their knees and faces—they luke to be taken into the family conversation, and to sit sometimes in friendly abandon with the master and mistress, admiring dresses, pic- tures of western noveltics and listening some- times to the samisen and koto, as children of the house ——___ +ee _. —— A Pecullarity of Kussian Customs. Our St. Petersburg correspondent, says the London Daily News, sends us a curious story of the operation of the customs laws in Russia, It appears that the British and American Con- gregational Church. to celebrate the jubilee of ‘its foundation, resolved on getting a new or- gan, and at the expense of £200 obtained from London an instrument which duly arrived at Cronstadt. But here the difficulties Thero were forty cases and these happened to come in two ships, thirty-two in one and eight in another. Churel: organs are practically un- known in Russia, where church music is en- tirely vocal. ‘The only instrument known cor- responding to the orgun is one which is found in every trakteer or tea house and is of the na- ture of'a musical box with a few pipes. ‘The custom house officials ¢! the dut: on six organs, saying there were pipes enough for so, any. After loug negotiations the organ was allowed to pass th: under protest and supervision of is wow being erected under the the custom house authorities. Two officials, with swords, are on duty at the door and watch every one going out to see that he does not take an organ away with him. During Divine service the guards take an occasional peep to sce that everything is above board. pe sat eae adebamatad = Garments Taken Home for Trial. In some of the stores, says the Boston Trav- eller, if = customer who is known asks to take a garment home in order to try it on and get the opruion of her friends as to whether it fits her well she is accorded that privilege and the ‘Yosult is sometimes yery funny. When the WITH INCREASED BRILLIANCY. ‘That's the Way “The Star” Will Shine To- morrow Evening. ‘The interesting twelve-page Stam which was Particle from the brilliancy of the mammoth sixteom page to be issued tomorrow. Extra efforts were made to prepare suitable matter row's issue will compare very favorably with its predecessors, which have stood unsurpassed by none and equaled by few papers in the country in the amount of interesting and in- structive reading for the home circle. Tur Star is primarily a local paper and it endeav- ors to prepare a menu which cannot fail to satisfy its most fastidious patrons. ‘TWILL LE A GREAT ZOO. (Ilustrated.) All about the government's constantly in- ‘ercasing coliection of animals, LITTLE FOLKS IN WINTER. (Iilustrated.) | Tow they should be dressed for comfort and | enjoyment. DIGGING FOR WEALTH. (Ilustrated.) Men who are looking for riches in the rocks of Maryland. COOKS AND COOKING. What people of weak digestion should be Riven to eat. THE LAND OF ACADIA. ‘The garden spot which was laid waste by the English. Special correspondence of Taz Evenrxo Stan. AN UNBREAKABLE DOLL. Or Pierre Pujol’s turn of luck. A New Year's story written for Tux Evexnre Stan by Adolphe Belot. ATTRACTIVE HOMES. Some beautiful articles to be made after the anxieties of Christmas are over. A SOCIETY GIRL'S DAY. A glimpse of the life of a belle when off duty. CAPITOL MEMORIES. ‘The three ex-Spcakers of the House of Rep- resentatives now alive. By John F. Coyle. LAST OF THE GREAT AUK. The expedition sent by the Smithsonian Institution to Funk Island for remains. MORE ABOUT LIMA. Some interesting sights about the old Peru- vian capital, By Fannie B. Ward. LIFR IN FAIR SAMOA. ‘The group of lovely islands in the far south Pacific. FLOWERS STRUCK WITH DISEASE. Cultivated violets being destroyed—holly- hocks and carnations threatened. HYPNOTIC FACTS. Interesting instances of this strange con- trolling power. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Something about the future of property on Pennsylvania avenue. NEW YORK NOTES. All about people and things in Gotham. By ‘Tux Stan's special correspondent. a ‘The Hour for Dinner. From the London Spectator. On the whole we are inclined to think, now that unpunctuality has become fashionable, that, like other fashions, it is past praying for, past reconciliation with comfort and only to be put down with the strong hand of force. And with this idea we make the following sugges- tion to all intending hosts, namely, that they should consider that to keep their dinner wait- ing for unpunctual iacste i to doa grievous wrong to those who have already arrived, and that, come who may, and whoever it may be that bas not come, they should make a stern and rigid practice of sitting down to dinner within five minutes of the stipulated bour. Doubtless the practic> would be attended at first with many disag: cable incidente—some ests would, per wot arrive until the very _rpedicings! pap Seepinuats + portent than their decerts—but in the long run, and if steadily persevered in, the practice would, we believe, bear good fruit and common sense and common politeness would once more prevail. It people would only realize how extremel damaging it is to the dinner and how muc! published Christmas eve will not detract one | of for two Christmas Srans this week and tomor- | hi worse than dai aging it is to the cook's temper to be kept waiting for more than half an hour weare sure they would refrain from spoiling | two things which are so essential to our com- fort and well being. What is the proper honr for dinner? The roper hour for dinner is that for which one fins been invited. Apart from that we should not like to give an opinion. Our grandmothers said that it was between 6 and 7 o'clock; our randmothers also asserted that supper was a ngerous and a harmful meal, but they ate it notwithstanding—a want of ‘consistency on their part which also proved a want of consid- eration for their grandchildren’s digestions, which were thereby damaged. Some wise man, whose name we cannot remember, remarked that the best hour for dinner varied according to the diner’s means; for a rich man, it was best to dine when he was hungry; for’ poor man, todine whenever he couid—a very sensible axiom, but one that hardly meets the case of dining together in order to show good fellow- ship. From the point of view of health, it is impossible to come to auy conclusion; for_who ide when doctors disagree? Some rs say it is best to go to bed tasting, and 6 recommend a recent meal. From emptiness there arise cramps, sleeplessness, Testlessness, uneasy tossing, the thoughts of unpaid bills, uncomfortable pillows and cold feet. From faliness there comes many another evil, such as nightmares, bad dreams, the workings of bad consciences, the bad headache of the next morning, and the still worse temper. Let thoxe who will choose between these evils or perhaps bit upon the happy mean that avoids both the Seylla of plenty and the Charybdis of want. We ourselves are preparcd to dine at any hour, provided that the dinner in a good one, and as to supper we are entirely in sympathy with “Greedy Nan” of the nurvery rhyme, who wished to investigate the contents of the cooking pan before she went to bed. But then, of course, we are blessed not only with a good conscience, but with a good digestion also, for those two terms are not, as some peo- le ‘insist. rynonymous. As -for the natural jour of dining, that can only be the hour at ich the natural, wild, uncivilized man | wi tukes his food. But the nutural man dines when he pleases. “What a blessed thing it is,” as Mr. Sqneers said, ‘‘to be in a state of nature!” Some savages, uncivilized men, dine once in three days, spending some thirty hours after their dinner in a comatose state, like boa con- strictors--a custom that is hardly suited to Lom lon society. According to the Leeds Mer- cury, ‘society—always in the exclusive sense of the word—is going to dine at 8 for the future. Well, 8 o'clock is as ‘an hour as any other, and we are quite willing to dine at 8 also if we are not excl from that arrange- ment. Perhaps we have been mistaken in the term, and the society in question is only ex- elusive of unpunctual guests, An excellent sense,a most sensible sense of the word, and one in which we most heartily coneur; in ‘that cave we shall alwars be delighted to dine even with the most exclusive society —e en ‘The Way to Stop is to Stop, Ex-Senator Thurmsn, says the Chicago Her- aid, bas broken himself of the old-fashioned habit of taking snuff, and an ingenious corre- spondent has started the story that the Old Roman dropped the habit because he found that it was injuring his eyes. Mr. Thurman denies ever having given any one authority to make such o statement, and sys that he stopped because he concluded that he had “snuffed about enough.” The o: tion is thoroughly characteristic of the Old Roman. Any one that has ever broken off a pet habit, x people have the siny to quit and say: POET coceledes Thad dan tk etoee ae enough.” The Old Roman's example is com- mended to all persons addicted to foolish or in- jurious habits. The way to stop is to stop. vera aicatie Made sts ‘Witty Jaage Maule. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, SOCIAL MATTERS, A Merry Christmas at the White House— Personal Mention. pet, grmdson will ber the day because brought him « new tricycle. Little Mary McKee was’ most proud of @ dress which had been ‘Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. grat recipien: diamond ornaments, resented bj fi wever, had uninterrupted possession of the Mrs. Sophie Mallory, danghter of Chorles Abert, esq., is critically ill at the residence of Gen. and Mrs. Frank Spinola of New York gpent Christmas day at the Arlington, Hotel her home on Long Island an exquisite collee- tion of brie-a-brac, pictures, china and marbles travel and these render the rooms very attrac tive. Mrs. Spinola will have with her duting ladies from New York city, who will her in receiving callers and in dispensing h Judge and Mrs. J. B. Edmonds will clone their house on K street during the season this 10th of January uyon a western tour that will extend tothe Pacific coust, Judge and Mrs. until the spring. Judge Arthur MacArthur, who has been so convalescing at his home, No. 1201 N street, and in company with Mrs) MacArthur will go next mont to spend the rexuinder of the win- ter. Miss Emma J. Wilson has returned to the Ex-Seerctary and Mrs. McCulloch and Miss Mary McCulloch will receive their friends on street, MePherson square, after 12:30. The ex- Secretary, who is now in excellent health, will 1 Mrs, McCulloch will be at home on Wednes- days after 4 o'clock to callers. cards of invitation for an_ assembly dance and cotillon at the National Pifles’ Armory, on Fri Jon will begin at 11 O'clock. The invitations aro ont in the names of Miss Edie and Mise Dahl- Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Casey of Indianapolis are in the city at the Hotel Arno. Mr. Casey is a Senator and Mrs. Casey spent Christmas day in Baltimore. the guest of Miss Florence Mortimer at No. 1314 13th street northwest. day was the supper given by Mr. J. 8. Duvall at the Franklin to his guests and their friends, progressive eucher. ‘Tho following persons were present: Capt. Thomas M. McDougall, e remem! ae Saas tified ts of the President. The children, mansion all day. her father in Montgomery county, Md. fn this city. “Mra, Spinola has brought from gathored abroad during several years of foreign the congressional season one or more young pitality. Fear, as they intend to leave the city about the Eamonds will probably be absent from the city serioualy ill for many, weeks pest, i now slowly to St. Augustine, Fla., about the middle of city and is ut No. 1827 I stroet for the present. New Yeor’s day at their home, No. 912 15th jensed toseo his friends, After January The Bowling Club have issued handsome day evening, January 2, at9o'clock. The cotil- gren. brother of Senator Casey of North Dakota. Miss Lillian Andom of Cincinnati, Ohio, is One of the pleasantest events of Christmas The evening was spent in social enjoyment and seventh cavalry, U and Mra. MeDongall, Ys Maj. Theodore Baldwin, seventh cavalry, U.S. -and Mrs. Baldwin, ‘Mrs, Lella J. Herron, Mazie B. Herron, Miss Emma Baldwin, ‘Theodore Laldwin, jr., "Mrs. Dr. Weivel, Mise Haitie Weivel, Mr. and Mra, Hancock of Rich- mond, Va., Col. aud Mra. Goubon Geubonky of Richmond, Judge € Michigan, Judge Holderman, Mra. 1. A. Byers and daughter, Miss Weed, Mr. Michel, Mrs. Phillips and ‘daughters, Mz. Phillis,’ Gen. Gonzalis, Mr. and Mrs.’ Williams, : Cook, Maj. and Mrs. Farrar, Ge. Brown of Indiana and many others, Miss Jennie McPhail of Wheeling is again the guest of Miss Lena Stearns at 1425 Kthode Island avenue. Invitations have been issued for a grand ball to be given at the Buckingham New Year's night to the guests of the house and their friends. Miss Caledonia McCall of Florida is visiting her cousin, Col. L. L. Langdon, U. who commands the post at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Be- fore her return she will also visit at Fort Schuyler. Prof. J. A. Sewall of the University of Den- ver and Mrs. Sewall are visiting Dr. and Mrs. Vasey at 1307 Riggs street. Mrs. Dr. Corey, wife of the pastor of the Metropolitan M.E. Church, is spending Christ- ‘mas with her parents at Garrytown-on-the-Hud- son. The Misses Lillie and Carrie Kelley of Balti- more will be with Mrs. A. F. Hilyer, 2352 6th street northwest, during the holidays. Miss Helen P. Hill has just returned from Pottsville, Pa., after_an absence of five months. Miss Eleanor Bigelow of Cambridge, Mass., will be her guest for the holidays. One of the most pleasant and sociable affairs ever given jd the Harmony Circle was held last night at National Rifles’ Hall. The rooms were tastefully decorated, the stage being literally covered by ferns and plants of every variety, and the effect was enhanced by fifty in candescent lights placed around them. Among those present were Miss Eva Cohen of Savan- nab, das Miss Stella Kaufman of Alexandrio, Frank of Toledo, Ohio; Miss Dora Gold- ‘in of Roanoke, Va.; Miss Clara Franc, Miss telle Adler, Miss Esther Grous, Miss Belle Sehneider, Mies Fannie Kanfmar, Miss Mamie Baumgurten, Miss Jose fman, Miss Martha Strauss, Miss Bertha Behrend, Miss Gussie Lebrend, Mias Rove Goodman, Miss Hattie Heilbrun, Miss Lena Hahn, Miss Adeline Som- mers, Miss Ernie Richold, Miss Mamie Grena- baum, Miss Emily Nattans, Miss Minnie Lans- burgh, Miss Sarah Lulley and Miss Josie Michacli The comnmittee of arrangements, to whom the success of the affair is due, were Messrs. Alex. Wolf, M. D. Rosenberg, A. Rich- old, Max Minster and Chas. Heilbrun. Miss Belle Gardner of Hammondsport, N.Y., who is visiting her father, Maj. H. Gardner, and Miss Marietta Kies of South Hadley, Muss., and Mise Julietta Kies of Danielsville, Conn., who are also visiting the city, are at the Lung: am. Mr. and Mrs, Cabell have issued cards for Tuesday evening, December 30, from 4 to6 o'clock, to meet the members of the American Mistorical Society, which meets in this city next week. Miss Daiay Garland has issued invitations for a german at the residence of ex-Attorney Gen- eral Garland January 1. A most enjoyable meeting of the Maltby Euchre Club was held Christinas eve at the res- idence of Miss Grace White, 203 D street north- west. Mr. Johnson and Miss White carried off the first | ems and Prof. Montgomery and Miss Cora Vickery took the booby prize. “After sup- per dancing ‘was indulged in to a late hour. hose present were: The Misses Grace and Blanch White, Wheeler, Ella Vickery, Nantz and Cora Vickery, and Messrs. Johnson, Gard- ner, G. Montgomery, Parson, Blondel and J.P. Montgomery. ——— REMARKABLE MEMORIES. Curious Examples of What This Faculty of ‘Man Hath Accomplished, ‘From Spare Moments. There was a Corsican boy who could rehearse 40,000 words, whether sense or nonsense, as | {°%,"*°, they were dictated, and then repeat them in the reversed order without making a single mis take. A physician, about sixty yoars ago, could repeat the whole of “Paradise Lost’ without making a mistake, although he had not read it for twenty years. Euler, the great mathematician, when he became blind, could repeat’ the whole of Virgil’s “2neid,” and could remember the first line and last line of every page of the particular edition whioh he had been accustomed to read before he became blind. One kind of retentive memory may be con- sidered as the result of sheer work, a deter- mination toward one particular achievement without reference either to cultivation or to - D.C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1890. SHOOTING STARS. ‘These are Shooting Starters. “TUE DAY AFTER.” Come into the garden, Maud, Be yours ever so airy a tread ‘Unless you are careful with your feet You'll be waltzing around on your bead. ‘The black bat, night, has flown And the snow, white snow, has came, And many a man who was on that bat Is feeling dead rocky and lame. THE WEATHER. Forecast until 8 p. m. Friday. For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- ginia, snow underfoot, cloudy or clearing, falling, rising or stationary temperature, clear- ing, rain or snow, northeast winds veering around somehow or other to southwest. More indications tomorrow. ‘The toy stores were overrun this morning with small bovs trying to exchange swords and Popguns for sleds, and bicycles for double run- ners, ‘There seems to bea suspicion gaining ground that the storm was the result of Cupt. Dun- woody's efforts on reaching his Majority in the weather bureau, Tt may be more blessed to give than to re- ceive, but areal good combination of the two with plenty of the iatter beats either one of them when taken by itsolf. It’sashame that Mark Twain should have said that a man never needs a holiday as much as he does the day after one. Wo (editorial We) had it all written out for a Shooting Star when We were apprised of the fact that M.Twain had scored another scoop on Us. Under the mistletoe Christmas morn, Wholly unconscious, Fearing no harm. Now she's not looking, Tust once, for fun, Why not be opportune, Kiss her, and ran. Pahaw you're afraid, Come out from your nook, I would, but dear reader, Its only the cook. “Christmas comes but once year,” She sang as in a vision, Upstairs her Papa hummed the same, But his words would need revision. And mad on Christmas! Well I'll be blowed. Your sweetheart sure You've mistletoed? I did, But, durn it all, I chose To aim quite high And kissed Her nose. If the authors of “Beautiful Snow” will kindly call at this office he or she, it or they will be furnished with the large and elegant job of shaving the hoary whiskers off the front pave- ment. Please stand in line and do not crowd the mourners. DECEMEER 267m. Not all things that glitter are gold, it is true, Yet sume gold does glitter, I know, Else how can my lady love be as fair ‘And as dear as the wind-driven snow. I told her all this ‘neath the mistletoe bough, And her feelings toward me seemed not cold. I bave found my mistake, she’s a sister to me, It was she and not I had the gold. ANew York newspaper recently published tho names of fifty-six prominent men in this country who could probably afford to hire a sleigh from a Washington liveryman today. THis ONE CAME IN WITH THE sxow: “In view of Mr. H. Conquest Clark's adver- tising experiences will not the Chairman of tho Republican Committee engage him to ad- vertise for the Republican Majority lost last November?” “Santy Claus bring you anything?” asked a friend of Jerry Simpson, M.C. “Not a durned thing,” replied Jerry, sorrow- “Oh, I spose he must ha’ heard me say in one o’ my campaign speeches that I didn't wear no stockin’s.” ee A SAD CHRISTMAS, Fire From a Blazing Tree Burns an Old Lady to Death. A fire last evening in the residence of Ed- ward Penrose, 2106 Gratz avenue, Philadel- phia, resulted in the death of his aged mother- in-law, Mrs. Fitzsimmona of Brooklyn, who was spending the holidays with her daughter, and the almost total destruction of the house. To please the little ones a Christmas three had been put up and loaded with presents, tinsel and wax tapers. Before the tapers were ighted last evening Mrs. Fitzsimmons retired toher room. At 5:30 Mr. Penrose turned out all the other lights and lighted the little candles. While the children were admiring the brilliant effect a sheet of flame seemed to leap from the Dottom of the tree to the topmost twigs, and almost before the party knew what had hap- dened the entire tree waa a mass of flame, which spread up and along the wall and ceiling. ‘As Sir. and Mrs, Penrose reached the front door with the children in their arms they were met by the family of J. M. Dickey, who lives in the house next door, and who bad seen the fire from their front window. Not secing Mrs. Fitzsimmons with the party ‘Mrs. Dickey inguired where she was. Mrs. Penrose gave ono look at her husband, and then i ber face with her hands eried: “My in her room." The men made a rush for the third story, inthe back Foam of which Mrs, ‘itzsimmons was supposed ing. The house was by this time full of arena the suffocated by the reseuit ty was nearl Hime they reached the aged lady's room.” Mr- Penrose and two others, however, groped their way to the bed, but Mrs. Kitzsimmons was not there. ‘They feltaround for her until forced to retire by the tlames, which began to creep through the floor, the bed room being nearl: over the sitting Foom, where the fire “started. conclusion that Mrs. ‘Then they came to the Fitzsimmons had by a rear door. After and the firemen the lady had reached aged slept they saw a large roll of charred bed cloth- iug close to the wall, which proved to contain the :nost cremated body of the missing She had evidenly been awakened by the woman. smoke, confess that my sympathies are stronger for the women who work far more hours and get far less, Not long we were asked to sym- ‘with the match makers. Observe what {nte of match-box makers ite Teg SEE feet i THE BEAUTIFUL sSxow. ‘It Looks Pretty While Falling, but It Inter- HOW IT AFFECTED HORSE CARS, RERDICS, Cans AND PEDESTRIANS LAST NIGHT AXD THIS MORN- ING—A BONANZA FOR THE COLORED MEN WHO SHOVEL OFF SIDEWALES. ‘There was many a wet foot in Washington last night, and this morning's showing of colds and interrupted breathings and other signs of the times is a very respectable one. This snow storm is far superior to the other one in depth and vigor, and in the awkward predicament in which it puts people, although it did not come quite so unexpectedly. There was plenty of growling before the bite, as all day long the air was misty with the straggling flakes that man- aged to give a tone of dirty white to the land- scape that was unusually mournful. The de-| termined full of good-sized tlakes, which began soon after dark, was a great relief in many | ways, although it brought a host of discomforts along with it. In the firat place it ended the uncertainty, and then it put the pavements in a better condition for travel. THE SLIPPERY PERIOD. From 407 o'clock walking was a task and driving almost an impossibility. Horses slipped around like mercury over glass, and many a fine animal tumbled. The street cars were not badly hindered, as the cobbles gave the horses 9 foothold, but'the herdies were well nigh usc- less. Gradually the route of the main line was shortened until, at 6 o'clock, the red herdics ran only to Scott Cirele instoad of U street, as us ‘The first hour of snow made little difference in the traffie, as the depth was not suilicient to hinder either horses or men, but by 10 o'clock the matter of transportation became a serious roblem, and the wise ones away from home Dagan to move along. "Dy this ties telephones all over the city were ringing for the livery stable numbers and, it is suxpected, many a small fortune was made last night by the cab- men and hack drivers, STRUGGLING'TO GET HOME. It seemed as though at least balf of Washing- ton were ont and struggling to get back. ‘The cars ran infrequently and in anuncertain man- ner. At 11 o'clock blockades were a matter of course, and passengers ind become reconciled to riding in relays. Two horses were just able 4 full avenue car ona level. By a “full car” is meant a full one on a stormy night.with every seat taken, the aisle a solid mass and both platforms overflowing: and this was the condi- tion of a majority of the cars last night. On a hill the poor animals were stalled every other sel making ——- — two to half a lozen cara in line. ‘Then Passengers in the front car would get out and push. THEATER-OOERS HAD TO WALK. The theater-goers walked home, as a rule, for by the time that they reached the strects all the cars passing the theatera were crowded und the drivers refused to stop. Cabs could not be found for any money, and many a young feliow tucked his girl under his arm and plodded through the snow to ber paternal mansion to make apologies and regrets, ‘The impecuni young man found the mow a biescing, could make a great bluff of it, stand on a curb and whistle and call for a cab with perfect safety, since he might as well have beckoned to a railroad train a mile away. As a sort of aggravation, all of the east-bound cars, which were in little demand at this time, were not only empty, but were provided with double teams. The hill on 15th street was the greatest trouble. There was not five minutes during the early night when there were not | more than two cars stalled, and sometimes | there were half a dozen. An excellent example of the benefits of mod- ern tramway facilities was furnished by the 7th street cara, which hummed along as if snow had no effect whatever on their motive power. The slot between the tracks stretched up and down the street like the dark crack of an earthquake, and the cable rattled merrily on with a Christ mas jingle in ite tune. THE SLEET TODAY. This morning the flakes had given place to n harder sort of snow that came down in straight lines and gave promise of rain later on. Street- | car riding was precarious and pedestrianiam, though preferable, was noluxury. In the resi- dence portion of town the sidewalks were not generally cleared by the hour for the move- ment from the breakfast table to the office desk, and s0 the plodders had to take to the middle of the streets. Car tracks formed the most convenient promenades, and all the morning thi ere like great arteries of humanity, pulsating in one general direction. WOMEN AND MANNERS. ——— To be told that the lily is not the flower of ‘Yestals, but of Venus, could not be more sur- prising than to be assured that the mannerless sex is not that of the troubadour Rudel, but of the Lady of Tripoli to whom be sang. Such a Suggestion is of course but a merry fancy. Could any critic. however, inclined to misogyny, seriously allege ill manners against the sex of Sydney's sister, Pembroke's mother? Yet this is precisely what has been recently done. But our Cato the elder does not permit man truculently to exalt himself by contrast with discourteous woman. He expressly disclaims the declaration of the implitation that man is mannerly, while woman is not. In many men he remarks indifference to rudimentary courte- sis, but in many womena gentle regard for others which even eulogy. The sum of the whole matter. :ewerth average woman is more negl-ctfal of common courtesy then the average man. “And no wonder,” exclaims Cato the you 4 “for the foolish fondness of man teachea her discourtesy.” If man, instead of giving her his eeat in the railway car and slavishly remov- ing his hat in the elevator and acquiescing in her tyrannical bat at the theatre, insisted upon his legal rights in bargain and required the railroad company to furnish without evasion the commodity of seats for which it has been aid and brought the manager to task for al- jowing one of his customers to steal what he has sold to another, namely, a view of the play, the world would tremble on the edge of the millenium of good manners. ‘This terrible arraigument is » com; ve accusation of selfishness against the sex. But it seems to bea generalization founded on a local and restricted observation. It is true of the woman of many artists and critics. The women of Du Maurier, for instance, belong to a “eet,” bat they are hot representatives of « sex. Becky Sharp is no more a typical woman than Amelia, or Scott's Rebecea. Major Dobbin is as much a ty of men as Lord Steyne. Should our social censor sequester himself for & time in any remote raral community, it would bardiy occur to him to signalize the sex of the rural wives and mothers as the selfish sex. And in town, although there area few fleeting hours of fiattered youth in which the beautiful and fortunate Helen may tread on air and breathe adulation until she feels herself a goddesn, yet a newer and younger Helen is always gently pushing ber from the throne. Of all seasons that of blossoms is the briefest and the maturer Helen, of whom the sex is composed, is not wayward and selfish, is no longer “uncertain, coy and hard to please,” but patient, self-sacri- ficing and true. Man was eelf-convicted from the beginning. Could there be more ineffable selfishness than Adams plea in the garden? “The woman whom thou gavest lo be with me, she gave me of the tree and I did eat.” Had ‘Eve been of no finer stuff than that she would have left him there. But his craven answer at once revealed the es- sential weakness that demanded the devoted stay of unselfish constancy. Were women the ever selfish Eve would have abandoned Adam to himself, while she tripped to solitary pas- tares new. ut the same quality that sustains the secluded farmer and his houschold in the hills supported the timid tiller of the first gar- den as the sword flamed behind him over the closing gute of Eden. if Adam plained that ost him Paradise, does not that she has regained it for hina’ hful traveller in city cars o The wherever his fate may guide, is more struck the general courtesy than ‘the occasional ¢ courtesy of the geatler sex. The observable phenonienon in city transit is the resolute, gressive, conscious selfishness of man bi behind ‘a newspaper, with an air of uncon- sciousness designed to decei that is, to lie— or brazening it out with an uneaay aspect of defending his rights. Thisis the spectacle, and not a supercillious assumption on the part of the shop girl. The courteous refasal to take a seat or courteous acceptance of it is more familiar than the courteous proffer. Cato the younger euggested that it isa wrong that seats should not be provided, and holds that the company should be compeiied to furnish the accommodation for which itis paid. Itisa Daniel come to Judgment, ‘a Wise young judge; but how shall it 5 done? Shall men keep their seats until by sheer shame, and in def- erence to indignant protest, the com- pany does its duty? "But would the shame and indignation be due to the consciousness that the accommodation paid for was not provided? Would they not arise zather from the consciousness that it was a peculiar wrong that the gentler sex should be so incom- moded? And, if so, while the incommodation lasts, what but the selfishness of men devolves it upon women? But if men should agree to Government clerks were universally late, the unctual ones being so few and far between t the watchmen at the doors, late them- selves, stared in amazement. A HARVEST FOR THE SNOW SHOVELERS. Snow shovels are in great demand, and the prevailng tendency on the part of the dark third of Weshington’s population scems to be to clean off the sidewalks of the other two- thirds. The market rate for a two-window house is a quarter, a house and side yard half a dollar, a double house and yard seventy-five cents, and a corner house anywhere from a adollar to two dollars, according to the assur- ance of the shoveler. WATCHING THE TELEPHONE LINES. ‘The snow storm had not affected the District telegraph or telephone wires today, but it is feared that, in event of the weather getting colder, ice will form and the weight will cause many wires to cross and thereby interfere with the ‘service. The linemen are watching the wires, especially those connected with the fire alarm vervice, so that the latter wil! be kept in perfect condition to prevent trouble in ease of re. FEW HOTEL ARRIVALS. The weather had a bad effect on hotel busi- ness this morning and there were but few gacsts in the corridors. The hotel clerks, however, were glad that there was not so much business, as it was almost like a holiday to them after the rush before the holidays mak- ing out bills and settling up accounts. TRAINS NOT MUCH DELAYED. The storm his not delayed the trains on the Baltimore and Ohio road to any greatextent. All trains this morning came in on time except the Chicago express, which was about two hours late. While the snow has been quite meral the trafic has not suffered. ‘The christmas travel this year wus unusually heavy, and if the snow keops up it is feared that there may be some trouble. At the Baltimore and Potomac depot the through trains are today over an hour late and the local trains are nearly all on time. EXTENT OF THE STORM. ‘The storm that is now giving Washington a white Chfistmas is prevalent all along the coast. The signal office this morning printed the following general synopsis of the situation The storm that was yesterday morning in Louisiana moved to the Ohio valley during the day and is this morning central on the North Carolina general and heavy mowfalle in Atlantic states, the io A sota, trough with the North Carolina storm, makes the general conditions very unusual. ‘unsettled and will prevail, with heayy = ‘There has been » of 88-100 during the past twenty-four hours, this the amount of mow that has melted. There s 3 % ii Fe iE 3 # 8 i i H surrender their seats that women should be first accommodated, is there any doubt thet the wrong wouid be speedily righted? And to what would this be due but to the fact that the selfishness of men wonld insist upon the com- fort of which, while the incommodation lasts, they deprive women? Indeed, if all men in crowded cars should resolutely keep all women standing the wrong would not be righted, because women would submi: with unselfish patience, and because corporations have no souls. The better plan, therefore, is that all men shall refnse to see a woman stand, because if men are really dis comforted by their own courtesy they will com- pel redress, Ina world turned topsy-turvy, where Cor- delia aud Isabella and Juliet were mannerless, the other sex might be eulogized by distinction as mannerly. Bui in this world is Philip Sidmey as truly the type of the average man as Jeannie Deans of the average woman? ITALY’S FIRST QUEEN, Margherita Held in Affectionate Esteem by the People of the Kingdom, From Leisure Hours. Of the beauty of Queen Margherita of Italy all the worid Las heard, and she is still beauti- ful, thanks to her complexion, the grace of her outlines, the sweetness of her expression. Early in life che was very delicate, and so thin as to be almost transparent, but in the course of years she has grown stouter, and now may be taid to be too stout for beauty. She knows both German and Italian literature well. is fond of music and sings herself with taste and feeling. thought and letters, and at her intimate even- ing teas may be met some of the leading men of the land, who drop in to chat an hour with- out ceremony. Among those whom the queen loved to re- ceive was the late Minister Minghetti. a simple, gentlemanly burgher, who was well versed in questions of art and letters. Another of her well-liked habitues is Benghi, the statesman and man of letters; also Professor Villart, Sen- ator and historian. She haseven known how who fe as a violent republi- can and hater of royalty. Indeed, a sentimental cultus for the queen, their first queen, is widespread among the Italians. Her name, Margherita (Daisy) is symbolized in many ways, and the daisy em- Diem occurs in every form of festive decora- tion. Herown favorite a of which she wears strings upon strings her neck, so that by her rows of pearls the een can always be recognized if by no Andevery year this row richer, for the king, who half-barbarian love for i i if i i | E ii ‘From Scribner's Mogasine. Court tennis is the oldest game of ball that we havos-that is to say, it goes back farther in its present form than any other. Games of ball of some kind go back so far that there isno trace of their beginning. In their thrown ess, is that the | ry son | She is fond of the society of men of ANCIENT KILKENNY. of a Town That Has Had Many History of = = ‘From the New York Sun. ‘The county of Kilkenny, where Parnell waged his great political battle.is one of the most bis- toric spots in all of “Ireland's boly ground.’ Its ancient name was Ossory and it still retains that name as a Catholic bishopric. It wascalled Omory after Angus Osraigh, who flourished in the first century and who distinguished self by defending the homes of the people the valley of the Nore from the incursion wandering tribes, Having conquered tribes and driven them from the country twoen the Barrow and the Suir he established the kingdom of Ossory, which is now the county of Kilkenny. From the Christian era to the English invamon the enccessors of Zngus in ® | direct line were the kings of Omory, suffering but one defeat at the hands of the Danes in 818. Dombnall LV wss the jast king. He succeeded to the throne in 1169. In 1170 Strongbow in Ireland, and among the first places he tured was the kingdom of Ossory, whieh he at his death to bis daughter. advent of Strongbow t was changed to Kilk The city of Kil cient in Ireland. It was twice destroyed by fire in 1085 and 1114 and in 1175 the town was demolished by the Irish themselves as a means of embarrassing Strongbow's forces, which had. then gained possesrion of it. The foundation of the present city was laid by Farl Mereschal, who married daughter. He built the present castle of Kilkenny in 1195 and «ur- rounded himself with «ach a loyal English retinue that henceforth Kilkenny was called the ‘most loval city of the Pale.” The de- scendants of Mareschal were not, however, as Joyal to the English kiags as the founder of the family, for we find the city of Kilkenny to be the scene of the meeting of the Irich parlia- ment in 2641. This was the last Irish parlia- ment ever convened in Ireland—that is, with- out the authority of the English government. It was held in the Irishtown, now the oldest part of the city, in a building’ which ie still standing and which in the last century was oc- ied asa hotel. Delogater were present at this parliament from all parts of I even from towns within the Pale which were garri- soned by English soldiers. The fent @ representative there in the person of Rinneini, who was received in great state by the bishe of Ossory in the cathedral of St. Canice, has since, together with all the other Catholie churches then in existeuce, been confiscated by the Protestants, Every one of the seven Catholic churches now in Kilkenny has been built since the abolition of the penal laws, which offered a re- ward fora priest s head and made it « capital offense to even harbor one. In those days the Catholic schoolmasters shared the same fate as the priests and were compelled to resort to caves and mountains or even the shelter of a high hedge to carry on their profession. Hence caine the Irish terin of bedge-schoolmaster. In the days of the Irish parliament in © Green Kilkenny was represented by Flood, one of the leading men of the time, and who was | the peer and equal of Henry Grattan in bis de He went even further than ry uttan and sought the complete independence sles of hiscountry. ‘The descendants of Flood live in Kilkenny at the present time, but have de~ erated into the most eubservient of English «. While the Irish parliament existed Ailkenny was one of the m ities in ireland. Many factories the woolen mills alone gave employment to over 4,000 weavers. At the presont time there are but four weav- ers in the whole city of Kilkenny, and every other industry has p in a like manner. MAKING DIAMONDS GROW, It’s Not Very Difficult sf You Tarn Them ‘Over Often Enough. From the New York Sun. “Look at this stone,” said a young journey- man jeweler in the street car the other day, re- | moving a tissne paper wrapping from a piece of white wax, in the center of which a beauti- ful diamond blazed. “That is worth at the least £180, “How is it that you can afford to buy such a valuable stone as that?” asked one of his friends, who knew his circumstances. “Iwill put you onto the snap,” said the jeweler. “That stone has been growing for a year and I think it has got its growth.” “What do you mean by « diamond growing?” asked the friend. “I will tell yon. You remember the little rk I had in my scarfpin last Christmas. eil, this is what grown to in loss than a year. That little stone cost me a dollar and the kn cost me 02.90. 1 suid the pin for 68 and ghten eight-carat stone a livde off shape for a trifle over @5. I bought « «tdectting. You know you can get those things quite low now. They are made up by the thousands by firms which do not make finished goods. We I put the stone in the ating eontad ext sold it the sume week for €18. Then I went to the office and bought the best «tone I could get for £15 and mounted that in the same manner. I wore ita month and then sold it for $39 tow bartender, and I pat €25 into another stone, It was little beauty, and I traded it for an- other one of about the same «ize and got $5 to boot. That put the stone down to $20, and I wut it into setting which cost me #3, and sold it a few days later for #35. I got another stone for 30, and had it two months before I made aturn with it; then J cleared €12 and put the money into a beautiful stone, which brought me up to $60, when 1 sold it ina handsome setting. “Then I got a chance to sella ring for #75, and I made it to order, putting in # stone which cost me £42.5 put the whole $75 into another stone, which 1 carried around for awhile, and had fully made up my mind to keep, but a butcher offered me $100 for it st Elizabeth track this fall, and I sold it to him, | Tt was in a crown setting, which cost me €6.25. For the hundred 1 gota daudy stone, and I was sure I could keep that one, but Lhave had four better ones since, aud have got up te $180. Tean't go much higher than that, I guess, for there are few men among my ac- quaixtances who can afford to tempt me with a profitable offer for it. I wouldn't sell it to- night for $200, because I know that 1 have got a bargain. ma pretty good, judge of din- monda, and when I put that stone into @ nice fing I will make it look like €250 worth; ana 5 lon t think that anybody ean persuade me sell it for anything lem.” In. all the changes T don't think that Ihave put in more than 16 cr $18 of my pocket money. The rest has all been profit on the stones and settings.” OLD MALPS AT REST. One Part of Greenwood Cemetery Set Apart for Spinsters, ‘| iff | i i