Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1891, Page 15

Fa a ae aes E. yh Le THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. Talking of patent medicines —you know the old prejudice. And the doctors—some of them are between and us. They would like you to think | that what's cu thousands won’t cure you. You'd be- lieve in patent medicines if they didn’t profess to cure everything —and so, between the experiments of doctors, and the experiments of patent Medicines that are sold only because there’s money in the “ stuff,” you lose faith in every- thing. And, you can’t always tell | the prescription that cures by | what you read in the papers. So, perhaps, there’s no better way to sell a remedy, than to tell the truth about it, and | take the 77sé of its doing just | what it professes to do. That’s what the World's | | Dispensary Medical Associa- tion, of Buffalo, N. Y., does with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, | Favorite Prescription, Pleasant Pellets, and Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. If they don’t do what their | makers say they'll do— you get your money back. (TEENA A a ae Berres ruas rae stiuctats FOR ‘WARMING THE INNER MAN, BUCKWHEAT CAKES. j|ASK YOUR GROCER FOR The Gelehrated CHOCOLAT MENIER Annual Sales Exceed 30 MILLICNS Lbs. 3 Use € the Celebrated Minnesota Patent Process Flour. It is the best ia the world. ©o PEARS’ Isthe PUREST, BEST ond Cleanest SOAP wz. LISH REMEDY, BEECHAM’S PILLS For Bilious and Nervous Disorders. “Werth « Guinea « Box” but sold for 25 Cents, BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Baek or Limbs; also for Liver Complaint, feak Lungs, Cough, abe dnncukey ia te oe ‘which caves they give relict at once.” Sold by| all ists, OF Sent by nail for 25 cents. Hovolty Piaster Works, Lowell, Mase 790 Paxewrrs, Tity REIGN BEHOLD! THE SUN OF "91 18 RISEN OX OCR SHORE. Ww. You Atl A HAPPY NEW YEAR! PEACE, PLENTY AND FOSYEKITY ATTEND D But before we forget it permit us to remind you that is Rian Dats oe pHi i emi nebea ort. Fine Bine Chinchilla Overcoats, Satin vel, worth reduced * Kersey Overvoats, worth $20, reduced to $10.7. Mretured (9 810.7 es pog ly Kersey Overcoata, real value $15, marked wn to $0 ‘Biive Chinchilla Overcoats $12.50, reduced to $7. Brora overcoats go reduced gh aa OT ‘Storm Overcoats $10, reduced $6. 75. Cabldren s Cape Coats $1-M0 ah san A handsome tine of Children's Overconts. eae hee liars and Cais, rerular retail prices Drews Conte, Su Linea shirts, Vests to match, “oat anit vost Biack Cloth Frock Coats, single and double- breasted, $5-00.. oie is Maeria’ Codwimere $1, Sacks and Frocks, MEN'S CASSIMERE SUITS, trie Mie sick at cane aera 31.2 A SUIT OF TWO PI Pat Sanitary Underwear, pure cochineal * ranae MEA PERE SE ens a. Pon gc and $1.25. zaae Fale TS. paced to Te. apiece. Shirts Reduced Se. apiere. Boyst Polo Caper Sie" and Sie Beers to 100. Youths’ ‘SUK embroidered and leather bound. 10r_« pair. ne, ore Hints, $2, $2.25, $2.50. Reduced to ‘SHONT PANTS SUITS. 91.54 UPWARD. KEMEMBE: FiFTEES AND THE FEAST WiLL BE ORK TEx zrnchvt cist. HoURE, Stem TICHLY Ose Phice Be STRICTLY Open Hatuniay until 11 o'clork p. Salim Guars Surrs Scouzs AND PRESSED FOR @1. 4 3 ‘Be: Al eS as Se ESS. ge ates pred THE NATIONAL GUARD | It Enters Upon the New Year With Increased Interest. |LECTURES AND DRILLS. Gen. Ordway’s Order in Regard to the Im. portance of Attendance Upon the Course of Instruction—Rifle Practice Commenced Last Night—Militia Notes. The year 1891 has in it more of promise, so far as the District National Guard is concerned, than any of the years departed; it also has in it more of real, solid fact. Those who thought militia membership was @ synonym for uni- formed idleness are no longer in the organiza- tion, their places having been filled by indus- trious young men who are desirous of securing as much of a military education as can be ex- tracted from their environments. There has also been a marked improvement in the methods of instruction, and these methods are now being so materially improved that no National Guard in the country can hope, a year from now, to have a more intelligent and thor- oughly disciplined brigade than the one com- anded by Gen. Albert Ordway. THE LECTURE COURSE. On Monday night will commence a series of lectures that cannot fail to be most usefully instruetive. The circular in which the lectures were announced says: t ix proposed to convey the instruction by acourse of lectures based on the assumption that the President has called out the militia for three months’ service, to hold the defensive until armies can be raised; and, by following ont their supposed movements from the time the orders of the President are received until | the expiration of their term of service, to em- brace in the lectures every duty of subordinate officers in the field. “It isnot proposed to discuse the art of war,but to confine the lectures to instruction in knowl- edge that a subordinate wilitia officer should possess and in duties that he should be pared to perform in an emergency. The lee- tures, therefore, must omit much that might be looked for in'an ordinary professional text book, but they will be given with the purpose of affording practical instruction to all ofticers and in the hope of interesting a few to seck for such further instruction ax would be essential to them in higher positions or in service be- yond the time that military operations would be entrusted to the militi he lectures will be iven in the officers’ si room of the First Battalion Armory. All offi- cers and all enlisted men who have qualified as ‘candidate for promotion’ will be required, and ail cnlisted men who may desire are cor diaily invited to attend the lecttres. ‘The wear- ing of uniform in attending the Jectures is not Constantine 1 United States artillery, and his uster-in, Embarkation, Travel and gation. JOHNNY AND BIS GUN. Gallery rifle practice for 1891 commenced last night, the seventh battalion facing the tar- the general staff and the field aff officers and non-commissioned staff of their January scores, panies Aand B, second ny C will occupy and compan at the second 2) the fourth with the ttalion inspector, Lieut. Farrabee, will at work on Thursday and on Friday another new inspector wil! probably be at the gallery with company A of the third—Lient. James M. Stewart. On Saturday night company C of the sixth will shoot. ‘A LODGE OF soRROW. The first battalion, or to be more precise for | prevent purposes, the Washington Light In- | fantry Corps, proposes to honor the memory of its dead_ in a ceremonial which promises to be impre eresting--a lodge of sorrow. | Since ‘ps fourteen of its members have been promoted by death, and | on ah ght of Sunday, the 11th instant, Al- | baugh’s Opera House will be the scene of ‘offi- A sermon will be delivered by minister of eminence, addresses will be Si Leach and 2 Carringion, appropriate vocal music le provided bys quartet aud instrumental asic will come from the National Guard Band. e guard will be invited to al es being reserved for the more dix- d ones. AMONG THE BIG GUNS. Capt. Arthur W. Yates, who has commanded the light battery from its organization, has re- signed. His place will not soon be filled, for a good officer in that position is absolutely neces- d the kind of good oflicer wa little h L commander possess qualities which are not requisite in the | character of a successful regular army o must be a gentleman ai al knowledge, t tkind of aman makes his appearance he will be commissioned, but in the meantime the battery will be commanded by Lieut. A. P. Robbins. A PROSPECTIVE COURT-MARTIAL. Trooper John Linney of troop A will prob- ably be the vietim of a court-martial within the coming week. The charges against him would indieate that he has been guilty of properly criticising his commanding officer, apt. H. S. Darbour. It is understood that on w Year day Capt. Barbour told Gen. Ord- that the troop was prepared to start for Bad Landsat ten hour-’ notice, and, re- at rumor, ‘Trooper Linney is al- said that Capt. Barbour was “too fresh, entirely,” or words to that effect. There were other slurs of a like nature, but they have not yet been put in general circ . Linney also wanted to know what kind of « commander it that would propose to take his men out of that nice warm armory on New York avenne and expose them to the chilly Dakota breezes, toxay nothing of the Indians. It is extrem probable that Linney will be severely pun- Ished—forced to enlist in the artillery or suffer some other horrible torment. NoTes. Gen. Ordway was pleasantly remembered by his steff at Christmas time. It is called a Tan- talus and consists of three cut-glass decanters in a wood and metal frame. The decanters and | liquors within them are very plainly visible, | but only he who possesses the combination can secure anything to drink—a realiy distressing condition of affairs to many were the general less willing to open the spring lock. Fighwen hundred and ninety-one was prop- erly ushered in at cavalry headquarters, although some of the neighbors were of opinion that it might have come in a less noisy manner. Carbines and blank cartridges souded out the 1-9-1. Everybody within a half mile radius of the armory knew that something had happened and when morning broke everybody was glad to know that it was nothing worse than the arrival of the new year. A very interesting document is the one just issued from brigade headquarters— General Or- ders No. 22—in which will be found the scores made in competitions during the year 1890. ‘The scores are tabulated and the name and score of each competitor are given. The several tables are des to the Hilton trophy match, ‘Tue Sraz match, the Ordway battalion match, | the Sunday Herald match and the Tappan | inate. which no man can sa} clevated Sergeant James M Stewart to a first lientenancy and mede him in- spector of ritle practice for the third battalion. Lieut. Stewart's commission has not been out yet but wi i but it will be ina little while. ac eee, #28 Pal U i ! i il f é E A YEAR'S SANITARY WORK. Points From the Annual Report of Officer Fraak. POLICE STATION CELLS NOT THE PROPER PLACE FOR DETENTION OF INSANE PERSONS—PRO- POSED MOSPITAL FOR INEBRIATES—DISTRICT TAX PAYERS SUPPORTING PEOPLE FROM THE STATES. Sanitary Officer Frank, in his annual report, calls attention to the necessity for the estab- lishment of a place for the detention of in- sane patients, instead of their having to held in the cells of a police station. CONCERNING THE INSANE the report says: “The number of insane per- sons who were properly tried and committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane dur- an increase of 28 over the preceding year. crease of insanity, in Whatever form, is « matter that may well ex- cite alarm. We cannot undertake here to dis- cuss the various causes. It is within our prov- inee only to properly care for the insane while temporarily in our charge awaiting the neces- sary legal proveedings pending their commit- ment. Accordingly I again repeat the neces sity for the erection of a suitable building, cither on the ground of the Washington asy- Jum or some other District property for the tem- porary care of these most unfortunate people. It requires from three to five days to fully de- termine the condition of a subject and legally | establish the fact of insanity, and in the mean- | time the patient must be confined in a station, which Ido not consider as being humane. { {nist that the cell of a station house is not the roper place for detention, ly for vio- ent casts requiring extraordinary ‘attention, ‘The unwholesome influences that surround them in such a place are decidedly unsuitable, especially when we remember that some are females mnd of respectability. In this connec- tion I wish to state that a proper acknowledg- ment is due to Dr. Godding, superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, for his considerate assistance on several occasions in providing for the insane before final com- mitment. His aid in this matter has been of great benefit to this ofice and the unfortunate patient.” NEED OF A HOSPITAL FOR INEBRIATES. Some attention is also given to the need of 8 hospital for inebriates, as there is at present no such institution of that kind in the District. On that subject the sanitary ofticer say | “In the interest of moral progress and good | government I again urge the establishment of | a hospital for inebriates. A growing evil de- | mands that something of this sort should be | done, and to my mind an institution of such a | character is quite as great a necessity in a civil- | ized and enlightened community as a hospital |for the insane. Many cases have come under Y observation of men possessed of intellect and character who have become overpowered by intemperance, and I believe that it is pos- sible in many cases, by proper treatment and j under personal restriction, to restore these physical and mental wrecks to manhood and Tespectability. A snitabie buil erected on public grounds at press this subject as one of gr andIam quite certain that pul gives support to the proposition. DISTRICT TAXPAYERS SUPPORTING OUTSIDERS. | The report says: ‘The past year has demon- ‘strated mtore than ever the persistency of that | ubiquitous class of impostors and ‘cranks’ who seek through this office the relief intended to be afforded only to the deserving poor, the importance, ic sentiment | sick and the indigent, who might otherwise be- | | come a charge upon the District government. It is of common knowledge that the national | capital, unlike any other city, is the center for pensioners and others who come here to pros- ecute their claims, real or imaginary, and who, by reason of delay and disappointment, find | themselves stranded in our midst without money or friends, perhaps hundreds of miles from their homes, and often ill and in feeble | condition. It is within the legitimate’ field of our work to care for this class, und upon satis- | factorily showing their worthiness and honesty | of purpose, they are provid h transporta- | tion to their homes x thereto ax prac- cable, or they are furnished with hospital ‘tment, and in some cases both benefits have forded. It is only by the most thorough investigation of each individual case that we can satisfactorily and legally establish any sort of a claim upon the police department for | granting thix public charity. Our object ix, perhaps, twofold; first, to benefit the worthy and honest but unfortunate subject thus | thrown upon the community, and second, to | obviaté the probability of becoming | charge upon the District. “Of the nuniber sent to the various hospitals |for treatment during the past yenr 137 were from the state Virginia 119 from the te of Maryland. ‘These people either came » for hoxpital treatment, y of them I found to be in such a de- condition that to refuse them assist inhuman. And yet they were orted at the public expense, was borne directly by the tax- payers of the District.” THE AMBULANCE SERVICE. ranch of the police work,” says the report, “will doubtless be greatly improved by the additional driver afforded by the last ap- pr Promptness and efficiency are the essential requiremer ts of th speedily oud safely r to their homes or * railway stetions, gent and carefu To rvice. and fee ule for 9 the » the hospitels, rompt, intelli- f the prin- cipal drive » themselves to I hao » their dn i | the | my recommendation of last y | of the principal driver be increased to not less | than $60 per month, and that of the assistants | to not less than $50 per month. Certainly just- jice to them demands this increase in their | compensation. Lagain point ont the necessity | of removing the ambulance stable | fourth precinct station to a more convenient | location in the central part of the city. I sug- gest the grounds of the second preciict station asa more suitable and a sible point. This would greatly facilitate matters and vastly im- prove the usefulness of the ambulance sys- tem.” ‘The report says that there were | different hospitals during the fiseal y | June 30 last 2.285 persons, an increase of 174 over the preceding year. During the preceding fiscal year transporta- tion was furnished to 611 persons, at an expen- diture of $1,723.53, and during the year just | closed 651 persous were transported to their homes, or as near as possible thereto. at an ex- penditure of $1,815.34, showing an increase of 40 over the preceding year in the number and 81 in the amount expended for that pur- pose. HELPING RANDS. “In conclusion,” says the sanitary officer, “I desire to express my thanks to yourself and the several lieutenants of the force, as well as to the | officers at headquarters, for co-operation in all | matters relating to the business of this office. I | am aiso under obligations to the police sur- | geons and the physicians to the poor for infor- mation and assistance. ‘The managers of the various charitable homes in the District will please accept my grateful acknowledgments for attention in the way of providing temporarily for | the destitute whi ting transportation. Of | these I mention the National Temperance | Home, Woman’s Christian Association, Hope and Help Mission, Young Woman's Christian Home and Temporary Home for ex-Union Sol- diers and Sailors.” these em- comparatively ompensated, 1 repeat . that the pay as THE COURTS. Pzopate Count—Judoe ‘Estate of John . D. allowance. Estate of Maurice Adler; letters of administra- tion to H. Adler; bond $1,000. Estate of Garrett ; order increasing ‘Wibert; do, to Mary E.Wibert; bond $1,400. Estate of Edi Estate of John J. McElh~ne; order, of 8. Keil jr-; st ar AoW Mat Hart; $1,000. Estate of ward Godey; o-der allowing claim. sale. Estate 'G. Keithley for rale, ted Eben C. ‘bond, E will to i i iY re i i rf cE i a Fy 8 P ; « the sick or injured | intants, all of whom, I | from the | 5 1 AMUSEMENTS. Awnavon’s.—The wonderful A CONVENTION NEXT WEEK. the District for the extertainment of the Fun- eral Benefit Association, Jr.0.U.A.M., which holds its tenth annual conventic. here from February 22 to 25 inclusive. This committee has been holding its meetings quietly for some months past, but busily perfecting plans for the entertainment of the representatives. The regular meetings will be held at the Imperial Hotel on Wednesdays, which hotel will be the permanent headquarters after the Ist of Janu- ary. It is the intention of this committee and the brethren here to make this occasion one 7 Jong to be remembered in the annals of the Jr. Hanais’ Buov.—The popular young actor, 4 George C. Staley, will be at Warne Bijou | 0-U.A.M. of this city and to give, the ‘reps’ Theater next week in ‘A Royal Pass.” Tt is a | the best entertainment which they have ever play strong in its dramatic effects, well con- | had at any of their conventions. A regular structed and consistent as to plot. It is | program has been mapped out, which will bo amusing in its comedy, free also from improb- | substantially as follows: able sensation and does not depend upon clap-| | On the 22d instant the members will attend trapsand mere scenic display. One of the | divine services. On Monday, the 23d, the rep- most noteworthy incidents of the performance | resentatives will convene in annual session and is the arrival of the courier on the beautiful | on Monday night there will bea complimentary horse Czar. Mr. Staley possesses qualities in com- | concert and entertainment at Lincoln Music mon with Emmet, Scanlan and Jos. Murphy Hell, to which the representatives, members of without being in any way an imitator. He sings | the councils here and their friends will receive well, and during his engagement here will! cards of invitation. The program for this present the successes, “My Heart's Delight” | night will include the best local talent obtain- and “The Little Rogue's Asleep,” also his latest, | able and several prominent speakers will de- “Johnny Schmoker.”” | liver addresses on the principles of the order. | Lixcoux Music Matz.—On Monday night | On Tuesday the guests will takea trip to Mount | there will be a special performance at Lincoln | Vernon and on Tuesday night a banquet has Music Hall, tendered by local amateurs for the | been arranged for. Wednesday will be devoted benetit of the Associated Charities. when Mor- | to showing the visitors about the town and in ton’s charming comedy drama, “Speed the | bidding them good-bye. ee ” will be presented. All the characters! The following is the committee: Geo. FE. will be sustained by competent people and an | Howard, chairman; W. L. Denty, vice chair- excellent performance of this attractive. play | man; O.'P. Brown, recording secretary; David may be anticipated. Seats may be obtained at | Grams, assjstant recording secretary; A. W Metzerott's. | Ward, jr., corresponding secretary; C. O. Tav- Kenrnan’s.—The City Club, a vaudeville and | enner, treasurer;J. H. Cunningham, Samuel burlesque company, will hold the boards at | Moore, W. L. Boyden, J. M. Patterson, W. 1. strong as any piece thathas ever here” ‘The scenery and costumes torically correct situations and effective matic company is a st Wilton Lackaye. One features introduced will be who will for the first time e: Oter: neita style of the Spanish which is now the fashionable craze of New Yor! Prof. Darling and his wonderful lions will be not the least attractive feature. : Kernan’s next week. Many lovely women will | Godfrey, J. C. "Boyd, George Recar, Frank | resent attractive “Studies in Black,” Matt | Hall, Fdgar Lyles, Wm. Zimmerman, W. W. | lorgan’s ‘Parisian Art Reproduced” will be a | feature, the East Indian rip-rap dance isa} novelty that will take and. the ‘burlesque on | “The Old Homestead” will furnish a large The company is said to be Sherwood. Thix order is a purely patrioti one and not a labor organization, as its name would seem to indicate. cape MONG THE SIOUX. Their Method Inculcates Patience Among th» Bucks, if Nothing More, From the Chicago Herald. The Sioux method of courtship instills in a lovelorn buck the virtne of patience, if nothing more. When o young Sioux warrior secks a sweetheart he paints his face in many colors, envelops himself so completely in a blanket that nothing of him but hiseyes are visible and lets his breech clout drag along on the ground behind him. This breech clout, by the way, is the most extravagant piece of the young war- rior’s raiment. It is often made of many col- ors and is bespangled with looking glasses, small coins, bells and beads. Arrayed in this attire the young man takes amount of fan. very strong, including some of the best people on the variety stage. ee A Lecture on Aboriginal Pottery. Chevalier Elmer E. Reynolds yesterday at the Catholic University delivered an interesting lecture on “Aboriginal pottery and ite manu- facture.” The Anahuac aboriginal pottery, ac- cording to Mr. Reynolds, was the finest ever made by a purely aboriginal people. The Az- tecs especially ran to grotesque forms and fig- ures. In rogard to the ancients of the Potomac valley Dr. Reynolds said that he was sorry to say but they were at the bottom of the class in imagination and in workmanship. Sadi Recent Army Orders. Capt. John E. Greer, ordnance department, will proceed to Hartford, Conn., and visit the | : . orl of the Colts’ Patent Fire Arms Manu. | i8 position where the young auaidens of his facturing Company on public business. Capt. | Tibe are sure to pass him. He may stand there Robt. Hanna, sixth cavalry, will report in per. | Blt an hour before he receives any encourage- son to Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, president rape Ce nes a Phe army retiring board, af St, Paul, Minn. | gists know why he wears that cloak and why he Second Licut. John L- Schon | peers at them from beneath its folds. Usually is extended two months. 7 he | there are from two to fi squaw hunters to- | aaa e Prank P. ° | If one of them is noticed favorably | copter 5 Becawtary of W ‘Cy | beginis to make the most ardent love. If, after Freche oo 0 The pe n Spent ‘of, — | his story has been told, the girl rejects him. the following namied. “ next young buck leaves the party, with his lets of the fourth class, * i ed States Military Academy, have been ac~ = clout jingling behind him, and tries his | jepted by the Secretary of War, to take effect | a iovers follow one another until ee M:N sand Reu- Paae ae seo: Norman 1. Jones and Rew | sno girl finds a promising buck, who bas either | ich, has been placed on | CON some great deed or who is rich enough in 7 E i cers to reimburve the father for the pt. Geo. 8. Hoyt, assistant | Hpdgeeyinghes | Pel degre sh o a position to earn ou ter, will repair to this ¢i pang | port to the quartermaster general for consialta- : 3 ~— tion, and upon the completion of this duty pill oe eae om es Fatlowpiery Een > Nit station, Sault Ge °Rte Mare a si deanllaae of tie Conk aad Cheyenne Mich. women, it is nevertheless a fact that they are, with rare exceptions, industrious and virtuous, When they have married white men they have proved to be economical wives and” good | | mothers. COURTSHIP A\ | the nt | foss of his ch | Some sort of age Government Receipts and Expenditures. Following is a comparative statement of the ceipts and expenditures of the United States: Receipts—189: December, $81,370,03 since July 1 1889: December, 04.49: since July 1, 192,89 Expenditures—189: December, &: since July 1. 210,670,488.7: | $25,889,978.40; since Ju Election of Officers. Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 5, Kaights of P elected officers as follo €.C.; Robert D. Crappe elected): | re | 200 Are We Losing Our Eyes? Atarecent meeting of the British Medical Association one of the subjects discussed by | some of the most distinguished speci:lists in | Jand was myopia or short-sightednese. For ten engaged in study or minute work {here is some advantage in a slight degree of myopia, which in old age confers the privilege of read- | ing without gl: It has been said that | myopia is the companion of intellectual pro- gress, but it is an unpleasant com a friend. Even stive ; when accorapanied by myopin, does not com- for the inability to see the details nents of | architectural beauties, and | of our irierds. There is | K- While the | 8. panion, | reptesentatives to Gre (re-elected), Jolin M. Wall: Galley J. Gunning ( ial expr ‘ abt that myopia is increasing ected), Me . Orpha: chikiren of short-sighted persons are not often trustees, Williaa Kech, W. D. Henry, John nyopia they very livble to it at} | Feister. Myopia reacts upon itself. The | |, Jasper Couneil, No. 23, Junior Order U a child at echool stoops over Lis book the we following officers: more myopic he becomes, and consequently he COE. Mitchell; stoops still more, until the sbape of the eye- sas Mi Baker; ball” is so changed that 1s impossible 3 rrison: to use both eyes for distinct — vision. ott; Cond., J. It was for come thought that | wood: trustee for ci the large increase ras peculiar | Bureh. t statin nd America dingly this | the hygienic tof space, ——— ‘Transfers of Real Deeds in fee have been fi percentag, I. Drolais of a special s ets in the schools —bad improper desks und stools--are the secret of this lamentable i e ort-sightedness, It cun scarcely be doubted that with onr pres ent school system, the bad light, unsuitable furnitare and Jong hours of study, with no in- telligent supervision over the pupils and school honsex, we must before long become a nation of myope: dus followa: C. 1. BQ, 499, —. Samuel P. Harbin to Sarah Harbvin, pt. 12, sq. 905; Alice § White, sub 31, 9q. 8 izabeth Pierce i . J. E. Miller 10 T. J. Brooks et al., make 108 to 119, sq. 617; H.M. Baker to Merrill, }4 interest lots 12 and 13, res. Shot His Antagonist in the Feet. Richard Johnson and Ernest Snowden, who live in Lincolnville, in the county. got into a spute yesterday about a pair of gloves, exch claiming them. Blows followed angry words until Johnson ended the tight by seizing a shot gun and shooting Snowden in the feet. Jobn- sor made his escape over the Maryland line and Snowden was taken to a hospital. —<—<——___ H Died of Congestion of the Lungs. A post-mortem examination at the morgue yesterday of the body of Tom Tolliver, the colored Capitol guide who was found dead at the Garfield monument, as mentioned in THE Srar last evening, revealed the cause of his death to have been congestion of the Inngs. Wanted to Be Informed. From the New York Me One morning a man came around to the hotel at which [was stopping in a small town in| Ontario and asked if three or four of us| wouldn't step down to a house two squares | away and act as pall bearers ata funeral, as a | large number of the citizens had gone out of town that day on an excursion. We weut down and found the dead to be a woman, and as soon ived her late husband beckoned me er go much obliged to you. We won't de- tain you long. We'il have a very short sermon here and you needn't go to the grave. Everat- tend one before?” “Oh. yes.” He was sent to the work honse some time ago | gatchd want you to post me. Of course I for habitual drunkenness und was discharged beth aie gs ‘And Tl show it more or less.” ee ae Charged With Robbing His Employers. William Fessenden, a colored porter em- ployed in Harris & Shafer's jewelry store, was arrested yesterday by Detectives Horne and Mahon and locked up at the first precinct, charged with robbing his employers of silver ware during the holidays. It is charged that he stole goods on several occasions and that he sent half a dozen silver forks to a woman in Richmond. The forks were recovered from the Richmond post office, as the woman had not called for them. The prisoner will be given a hearing in the Police Court next week. spite: isabel ‘The Alleged Adams Express Robbers. “But would it be in good taste if I chewed tobacco while the sermon was going on? I} could sitand squirt out of that open window | and not hurt anybody, but my daughter is agin | it. She says it would look sort o’ callus, Does the bereaved husband chaw, or doesn’t he?” | “I think not.” | “Well, then, I won't, though I shell be right | alongside the window. It won't be . ver half an hour, anyway, and I can sacrifice that much for Mary. Ycan'slip in a cud as we leave the house and slip it out afore we git to the grave, and on the whole I shan't be much behind hand. Just go right into the parlor and sit down and make yourself to home™ LADY OF THE CLICKER. Daily Roundand Hedged up Dignity of the ‘Woman Who Telegrapha. It occurred to a citizen the other day on ap- proaching the fair telegraph in an uptown hotel, says the New York Herald, that a woman in such # place must often have her temper and her fortitude taxed by thoughtless members of patel ye young woman in question was pos sessed ofa personal make-up that would at- tract attention in a crowd, yet through all the rush of business and hurry of work she never once seemed conscious of herself. Men came and went, their messages were received, the words picked off by the lead pencil measurer, the charges announced and her seat resumed without, as Francis Wilson has it, her “moving a muscle or wincing a wince.” To the inquirer after facts she turned, and for the first time raised her eyelids, that @is- closed a pair of sharp, honest, bh uegray eld — yet ——- fa happy, maghing temperamen only Outside her “cages | SONY Bnew her Oh, no,” she said, “we are too busy for idlers, and always of necessity too deopty inter- ested in our work to allow us to pass the ‘con- versation lozenge.’ “There are those who fancy we are here only to look pretty-and impress the gentlemen guest with the idea that he has delayed for a whole week to send a telegratn of utmost importance.” “This ix not the case, however, and the man most likely to forget himself and bother us is not the fellow who spends.a quarter for an un- necessary telegram as an opener to conversa- tion. We see him, of course, occasionally, but his business generally amounts to an inguiry ax to the location of the perfectly visible hotel desk or of the nearest post oftice or letter box. We make short work of him and in a diserset way cau force the blush on him that sets him on his gentlemanly feet again. “Others there are, and thank goodness they form the great majority that rules, whose bu: ness is transacted promptly, litely and with an evident sense of the fabt they are deal- ing with a lady, These persons it is 2 plea: to serve, for there is no superfluous: dislogu or or suggestion of anything tleman.” “A boor gets loose at us once in a while, to be sure, but we mi him on the plan of “the quietanswer that turneth away wrath.’ He's apt to be old and gouty, and to find fault with us for that his ‘d'arter hasn't telly-graffed’ bia since his arrival. On the suggestion to such a one that perhaps his worthy girl at home has not been informed of his stopping place in the metropolis, he is frequently awakened to his own sense’ of carelessness, and then rises the smile that shows the good heart underneath, and all is serene again. “Yes, we work constantly, and we must work well, for oftentimes much depends on the cor- rectness of our transmission; but we have no cranky overseer, we are well paid, for young en, and our ‘trials ure fewer and hot #6 ‘irit rending as those that fall to the lot of e saleswoman.” —+———_ see ______ ABUSING THE ST MACH. th The Country Men Use Themselves Much Better Than Those of Cities, From the New York Press. One reason why city people are so much more afilicted with illness than country people, said leading physician yesterday, is becanse of the difference in their habite of eating. Your coun- tryman eats a hearty breakfast before 7 in ihe morning. He eats a hearty dinner at noon. At 6 o'clock he takes a light supper, rests for a couple of hours or more and goes to bed to p and recuperate. There is nothing like sleep to give renewed energy to the physical man. Your city man gets his breakfastut 8 to o'clock. It isa heavy breakfast, but he eats light because his head is generally heavy. If he has been late in getting up he bolts his food and rushes off to his office with his stomac!: strnggling to get the best of the chunks of stiff he has flung into it. At 12 or 1 o'clock he bolts a lunch—meats, pastry and fraits and liquor in such conglomeration as to make his poor stom- ach howl with anguish. Then at 6 o'clock he eats an enormous course dinner, waxhes it down with two or three kinds | of wine, coffee and liquors. He has no time to rest afterward, but rushes off to the theater, and when he leaves the theater he sits down to nidnight supper that drives his poor stomach wild again. He rolls into bed at 1 or 2 o'clock and wonders why he cannot sleep. There are few old-fashioned men. in New York who still insist on the country habit of eating dinner in the middle of the day und supper at 6. I know some of them and they haven't an ache or pain. But the other fellows are troubled with head- aches, kidney troubles, liver difficulties and all sorts of disorders. ———+es—_____ As to Announcing Guests. Some New York women will not adopt the custom, now almost universal, of having guests mnounced, says the Times. All first-class caterers send ont “callers” along with the door openers and maids for the cloak rooms, but not all hostesees accept their services. “It's too much like Washington and official crushes,” said one frequent entertainer the other day. “It's English, too, I know,” she went on, “but I like to pay my gnexts the compliment of re- calling them without having my memory stimu- lated by a servant.” “That's all very well,” said her companion, also often a hostess, “but in my case, withou: their aid, I should pay many of my very good friends the poor compliment of inability to say their names at all. I really couldn't get through an ‘at home’ eredii if deprived of this as- sistance. 1 fi dificulty in making mes fit faces, and in the constantly arrivi hrong I should get hc, clesely confused things were not all arrangéd for me.” eee a American Ships. From the New York Sun. We agree with our contemporary,the Tribune, that the ships to be provided for our growing commercial marine within the next few years must be built in’ American shipyards. Our new cruisers give evidence that Ameri- can shipbuilders are able to rival, if not to surpass, the best of European builders. ‘They ought to be the forerunners of a squadron of American merchant vessels, built in Ameri- ‘ds and foundries, built of American steel can | and “iron, built by the ‘industry of America's workmen, built for the service of American commerce, built to be lunched from American wharves, and to sail under the American fing. Our new navy shows what can be done here in constructing werlike cruisers, and the ship builders of New York and other maritime ports will yet show. what they can do in creating a new commercial marine. From fifty toa hundred thousand workmen ought to find steady and remunerative employ- ment in the shipyards and the ship iron works of the United States. ——_——__.oe Destroyed by Fire. ‘The handsome residence of “0. 8 McCor- mick, at Lock Haven, Pa., together with most of its contents, was destroyed by fire resterday morning. Loss is partly covered by insurance. A fire occenrred yesterday in the build- ing No. 92 Franklin street, Boston, occu- jied_by Nelson H. Brown, dealer in clocks; H. Mi" Peyser& Co., kid’ gloves: D. A & Co., publishers; Rufus 8. Fort & Co., dye goods, and ‘the New England Atlantic Store Service Company. All these firms suffered more or less, mostly by smoke and water, the heaviest lovers being Peyver & Co. und Fort & Co., the , $5,000 and $7; aggregate Being. between and $7,000, Detectives Horne and Mahon, after recover- ing a quantity of articles that were stolen from the Adams Express Company (as mentioned in yesterday's Stan), arrested John Healy, auriver, and Joseph McCann and Daniel McInery, two | helpers, who were in the employ of the express company. In addition to the goods mentioned yesterday the officers have recovered some ail- Yer forks and spoons and expect to find more of the stolen property during the next few days, The cases were not ready for trial today, but the defendants will be given hearing ‘next week. 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Pipest vovelties in Slippers: SEMI-ANNUAL REDUCTION SALE IN MEWS pos taptne. FINE UNDERWEAR AND NECKWEAR. Saat qoute @ Saas ee eenereiteeaieenaiiehecainine Leather Pumps for geotienen. Perfect Fitting Bluchers, im Patent leather apd cal: atm ‘Men's Camel's Hair Wool Shirts and Drawers at $1. Regular price $1.50. American Hosiery Company's Fall Fashioned Cash- Pink and Bive. mere, at $1.50. Regular price €2. AS patterte made \ order. All other ¢rades reduced in same proportion. We ave about 20 dozen High—<clase ‘Scarfs which are sana smashed at thane gutets: CUSTOM SHOE MAKERS, 81.75 Scarf, now at $1.25. ore se m= * = Baltimore Store, 4 and 6 West Baltimore st. ee ee Ss —=*e % Soe JOSEPH AUERBACH, @3 PA. AVE., AND 431, ja2, 338 XN. ¥. AVE., COR. 15TH. bhbhbebbbbhbehshabhabihbhbabbe Cisne Suz at F. 8. WILLIAMS & 00.°8 = i iH Ray ad <= , For this week only of all odds and ends let ow ee Sss® over from our Holiday Goods we will clow ROPULAR SHOPPING PLACA, ‘hem out reyardiem of cost, Be sare to come CorenEs Sone and look st what we have tooffer. Youcan AN UNHEARD OF take them home at your own firure, as we open HH be Ene © the things wehave left: A few Pot Pouri ae Jars and Vases, which we will sell sta banain. eo Also a few Decorative ‘Thermometers very cheap. Also s very few Odor Set, Smokers’ Gets and Cigar Holders, a> PLUSH Goops. PORTIERES, In this line of goods we have but two or three, TABLE COVERS, PICTURES, EASELS, &., FOR| pisces each of Toilet Brush and Comb Cases, SATURDAY AND MONDAY Manicure Sets, Infants’ and Shaving Bets and ONLY. ‘Thermometers, which we will sell at a sacrifice, 57 pair of Lace and Striped Algier Curtains; sold for $2.25 t0 $3. Ecru or White. ‘This is an opportunity seldom offered to buy holiday presents. Comeecarly before the best CUT PRICE, $1.98 A PAIR. are pone. 00 pair of Lace Curtains, White or era, sold from $3.25 t0 85.0 pair. — CUT PRICE, $2.98 A PAIR. 56 coe, 18 pair of Fine Chenille Portieres, Fringed top and piece’ Bottom, sold from $12 to #18. pair. ‘The Tewple Drug Store. CUT PRICE, $9.98 A PAIR. Open day and night. e300 128 Chenille, ‘Tapestry and Plush Table Covers, Sold from $1.75 to $2.50. CUT PRICE, $1.18 EACH. 50 Aquarelles in Fine Whiteand Gold Frames; worth | a. Mosr Worrny Booxs Fox Puncaase CHOICE AND POPULAR ALTO SONG. 33 songs—each one s Gem. Price, #2 tn heavy Paper, 1.20 in bas. am $2 in yalt banding. THE SONGS OF IRELAND. A new and carefully revised collection of the best Tuelodice in aiatence, sod bejgit, apacted saslodice tm existence, ard trigtee orga. 60 sours. Pri ‘in heavy Duper, SPD in bas“ ee in eit Uni CHOICE SONG COLLECTIONS SONG CLASSICS. Vol. 1... SONG CLASSICS. Vol. 2 SONG CLASSICN. Low Voices CHOICE SXCKED stile. 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