Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1891, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, ALE—LOT: FOR SALE_LOTS. FOR SALE—LOTS. FOR. s 1t {OR SALe at. bet. Dand Eats. me. ; 15-foot alley fer buildin ie ‘one of the p K i near New Haiupsuire near Connecticut ave., $2.35 buy 4 pretty lots, New Hampshire and near Lith, 81.40 per foot. Lroutawe of Gy feet ; cable cars, ie. Poe rcoran, mdary, SOx146 to alley, by 1a Fst Ticats Ais Seely cd rene rnin oar seat ona eeolm, i SALE— ey purchase ‘Sf. paved with North Ci E_HAST PRONT LOTS, Soe. SLT: tw Peasy ters. C NEW ib ST - for oniy &: sh, nd of Fare quality’ Ri ‘a rare cl a alt years old. NEW Bri STOKE, s 1% FOR SALE A, BE grand wpright pt Lought tor gio cash at 'BARGAINS—3 CABS, 1€ grocery and business Wi hand carriaces und bus “aes in «reat Variety vargains iD the: e ahd harness Fepositury of W. F. GLY EL RSONS: MAVING PROP! FIND QUICK PUKCHS TH Ja31-3t Fee Saree DOUBLE can tor 864. 300 double buswy harness for 848, $ jounted coupe harness, €0U; =40-carriage har- 2. Others in proportion. "TUPHAM'S, 123 ou nw we: HORSE BLANK 0 ssiver. {OR SALE--$1.20 HORS $1.40 horse blankets for for $2 40; $0 horse blankets, €4. D place to get them is 8. D. HOU TI now. Light and henvy street a cheap... Hivenest cash for second-hand harness. 3m, POR SALE_FINE TONED CARVED ROSEWOOD ‘square pi (STD: dougut for sl G.L. WILD & BROS., 70971 FOR SALE-A FIREPROOF SAFE bination lock; good as new; will seil_ cheap to sell ‘Taleks ceah or time. ‘Address Box 111, Star office. JOR SALE—TO STIR THINGS GENERALLY 18 Vusiness and to keep stirring we wil! dispose of a Splendid square piano for $4), worth #140 :eany terius. ing purposes on the west 4] feet S inches by front and rea: 0. this - Frc, $1.50 per foo THos.3. Fisit 1.807 feet : one sit line and three part lot 7: 735x107: $1 per foot. ming the city. $40) per acre. way to cwners CHALLE, 108 3 Bale PM-Im LC. Woo, 367 st nw ~~ Hampshire ai SLLW0 per foot: this is in a very ABRAHAM FISHE Te ‘61S ER Le Pennsylvania freight, Ca. MacGOWAN, Ko es ok POP _A quick buyer wanted at WAGGA jOK SALL— per te Ugo WOKCH &C0., wo 7th. Somer piano agent. a POR SALEA GENTLEMAN HAVING MET WITH misfortune will seli his very handsome road ane tamiy horse, + years old, 1s} hands biz; price Had Tiave sever times beew’ ofered four threes HiaPimount for ims ina prompe natural fos Ken ute per boure ‘wil wunptntes sound and entie and to trot in ¥.30 or no sale; Le is sate for ladies to drive around depots or any piace in the city, as he is not afraid of locomotives: au excel- lent swu'ls horse. bred in Kentucky: wired by Geo. Wilkes, dare Lady Almont, she by Aimont, wil wive Satisfactory tria!; ie must be seen to be appreciated, as he isin every Way as represetted and. described fe sourd and reliable. Also, at reat sacrifice, > top bt_.k¥and se: harness, both nearly new; ‘No gentieman can judge what a this is Until they come and ride alter bim. ‘Call on my GKOOM a. my private stable, ‘BUS St. Pau. sc, bear Saratoxe st Brew: JOR SALI YEAR-OLD BAY, speedy trotter; sound, well bred, fine bone and at power; will stand bard training; very lo KMEK, 211 Lith st. n.w. ‘Olt SALE-SECOND-HAND PIANOS; splendid square pisnos of prominent ew, Will be suid at frou: $100 to #200 ternis. PFEIFEEK & CONLIFF, 516 JO SALE CARIAGES, WAG ses oncaay terias. (Meriiring and ontenst work ‘atiended to. COUK & vALBOL, 2 * prot reat Waestans 3 a feral beW (yanos tur sui and rent ; easy term OMSO. USIC STOKE, 511 Lith st. 3a20- JOR SALE_A HANDSOME AND STYLISH PAIR of Kentucky carriaze horses; blood bays, 16 bands Tull manes and tails; sold tor no fait; private teat, Address P.O. Box 145, Alexand: JOR SALE—FORTY GLAZED HO $100 will be raid for every insect found alive in Coles’ Electritied Bedldin: “Lhas Beckainie 3s ha the price is the sa Insect Breeuing Guods. ‘None: Bol ‘and no insect can live in it, You pay for unhealthy and enuibe without our label, jnanutuctory iu the Uuited States. ALFRED COLI 520 Myrtle ave., Brooklyn, 8.Y. Mair-top Mattresses, siuzle, #6; three-quarters, $8: abie, $10. Good Hair Matt-esses, sinsle, 10; three: ; double, #20. Extra Quatity Mattresses, a ‘Slo: three-quarters, $20; doubi single, $25: three-quarters, $0; double, Terms. 10 per cent discount cash with’ half with order, Ualance sixty day ‘OK SALE—IMPOKT Ts. cheap; bird tood and © et nw. SLEVEN HARTBI iss) OK Sal pual-7 Fok SEs inontb. A su: jacket 1 @ FRONT BY 111 DE SALES sv. Dax 169) te on BET. € NN. AVE. AND 17TH ST. and terms apy Broxer. 1410 + HEAD OF ores, among them fine drivers abd draft anda ‘2 fine young draft muses. “ih Sthe at. thew. TO" GAS E: second hand: any. size. De BALLAUP, axt aten__ roe SALE For your oli BRADBURY UFKIG! FULL VALUE GI¥1 weare piso, ts each att for a NEW [, balauce payable $10 monthly FG. SMITH. 1225 Pa. LOST AND FOUND. > CIRCLE. NALIONAL THEA’ 4 cionday might, mui, child's bid gloves Piease retarn or advise JAMES Ho RIN Western Unicn Telegraph, Corcoran butidiny, a « werd, ets Osh SATURDAY, ASMALL BLACK Puc Look, with silver triwham, L outa about $10 in wousy. land receive liberal reward. OST—A LAQUER (BROW and F 4 handle, bet. 13 A SMALL FOX re rs x - reward will be ive i, Losi-o8 MONDAY, FEBRUARY BOUT 4 o'clock p.t., on Ist. bet. 2uth and Zist sis. Dox Contaning a turquo.se star mounted ¥ 31, A “SIGMA PHI" PIN, ith pearls; inarked on back H.L. Dacuia Pyyarded by Fetarming to VFRICE r E SQUARE HED MOROCCO PONTE: 4 inounsie, sin wt money, ivory tablet intch hey aud rards, i Bothwell Cafey Fat; noon. January 20, Keturn t0 toum 15, floor A, P.O. Deps., and receive rewand. ‘wae 053 8) REWARD AND NOQGESTIONS ASKED for the ret _neraid and slimiuond braceiet WELCKEM'S "HOTEL De agi MARTE YOUR MONEY by purchasing jofs in suixlivisions that are not im ‘Proved, of where no reason exists for sdvancins values. LOCATE YOUR HOME, PLACE YOUR INVESTMENTS, DO YOUR SPECULATING In the new and beautiful subdivision of UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Barton & Walker's addition to Brookland, where you ‘cau got favorableterms and city improvements, VISIT THE HEIGHTS, GO UP THE TOWER AND EXAMINE THE PROP. COMMUTATION TICKETS AT 96 PER QUARTER. METROPOLITAN BRANCH B. & 0. R.R. ELECTRIC CARS EVERY 12 MINUTES, Atcity rates of fare, ‘Unguasifiedly the best for the money of any subdl- sion on the mark ats, information. » &e. : WALSER & SON, 1000 ¥ st., oF of H. BARTON, ERP s Jal6-Ln Fo YOU DID NOT KNOW you COULD BUY LOTS FROM £315 TO S000 And upward in sy CAT WASHINGTON C1i TRE! Extended full width, and ba ALL THE SiKEET IMPROVEMENTS, Including BRICK SIDEWALKS. SIONE CURBS, GRAVEL DRIVES and SHADE TR! Present owners, and conteny lated bp the TREE: . To rors the property in the spring. Located at intersection of MINNESOTA AVE. AND HAKRISON 8T., ANACOSTIA. D.C, Tull partie N& BATCH! ‘OR SALE_ PARTIES WISHING FIV! asuburban home mines, Vs Lat $400; For particulars Coredran nil Jatt" SPECULATORS, AVTENTION-BE 1 15 actes of land wear Catholic U os well for stbti~ ‘ Por partic BUTLER, G00 F stn. ND HOUSES AND LOTS FOR SALE ON MONTHL E -This beauti- the Wash: Balt. pike, rasiroxd will be built.” in nititude pas vou dra ithas a which there 18 a tes Some have already. commenced. Rots, eiectric hzbt pint, walk construcied. Churches, school Nenient. “Prices ‘of lot vst end $10 per jou tand bas bet Yenrenees and vision about War Tess an any oer subdli- ots cats be bo comtortable in double with bi outbuildings, wells, pup , heat, fon lots. that average. 3 sold to desixabie faintiies, as ite Iurcuer Particulars, plats, 1ree tickets, & yto EDWIN A. NEWMAN, owner, 1406 Colum: w. (bet. 9th and 10th and O.and P Ui. OF p.m. , orat Lakeland {ror y Curarer: Curaresr: PRICES WAY DOWN. As we have determined to enlarce our place of busi- tolet them com we will hi third of OUF present room and Move is into the other part of the store: that will ererowd us. ‘To avoid Liat we have determined to Prices more than ever ; the goods l4ust go. See oUF oni a bottle. dren's Yarn Hoods, worth from 25¢. to 35e. Now luc. Meateat nel. worth Ze. .now 25c, Besi ‘urpiesand Colors,only Se- good Calico in rejunants uly jeached and Unb.« wide, 180. the Loo Best 10-4 Bleached Sheeting 20. Best 4 leached Sheeting 2c, All Dress oods at cost or below. Boys’ Windsor Ties Je. “Stocking arn, worth Se. and Je. reduced ode whank. a. Corsets Ge. Good Corsets Drews But <ioz, All Remnants very cheap. ts Curar: DUC DF MONTEBELLO (CHAMPAGNE), As this Superb Winecon- tains only twelve per cent tucatl it i attract oattention” Of Duy O“N: W. BURCHELL, Fort fed and economic cookery use Lend EXTRACT OF BEEF For Beef ‘Tea, Soups, Made Dishes, Sauces (Game, Fish, &c.), Aspic or Meat Jelly. Keeps for any length of time, and i cheaper and of finer flavor than any other stock. GENUINE ONLY WITH J. VON LIEBIG’S SIG- NATURE. One pound of Extract of Beef equal to forty pounds of lean beef. sezeth,tu Biaxx Booxs, MEMORANDUMS, INVOICE AND SCRAP BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, PRESSES AND STANDS, PAPER AND ENVELOPES, FINE STATIONERY, ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. EASTON & RUPP, 4% 11TH ST. N.w., 223m OPPOSITE STAR OFFICE. Goopyzaz Rupsen Compasy. 309 OTH ST., MELVILLE LINDSAY, Manager. POOR RUBBER GOODS ARE DEAR AT ASNYPRICE. BUY OUR “GOLD SEAL” AND YOU WILLGET THE BEST BEST QUALITY LEATHER BELTING A SPECIALTY. nidte TO PROTECT MINERS. Measures Being Taken for the Safety of Employes. One of the results of the Mammoth mine dis- aster near Scottdale, Pa., will be the presen- tation to the legislature of a mine employers and employes liability bill. The principal feature of the now bill will be that superinten- dents of mines, fire bosses and inspectors will be adjudged members of the coal companies, and not as co-employes, assuming equal risks with che miners, as the supreme court has here- fore ad judged them. ‘The commission will probably return to Har- risburg today efter giving a decision of the cause: and responsibility for the accident. its inquiry into the condition of the afificted fami- lies showed that they are being well cared for. The €28,000 donated by the company will be paid on ‘orders from the trustees. ‘The com- pany will reward all the men who worked in the mine removing the bodies. ‘The geueral blame ix placed on the lam which ignited the gas, and the remedy is look for in the light. One of the members of the state legislature is preparing a bill which will compel the mine owners to light their mines with incandescent eiectric light lamps. Superintendent Keighly of the mine where the disaster occurred was vigorously assaulted yesterday by the widow of a man who had perished in the mine. Some of her Hi friends came to her assistance and him with stones. Other miners hastened to his relief and induced his assailants to go away. ————+e~ lest Dersnber ‘AKOLL OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS 4 on tracing jinen, beng am “'exuibit” in tue case of Falmer and Fleudng in tue ‘suprewe Coatt of the Dis- a eke re coker) amc deity or ke be wUsBeYs KK EBYASD. EXGUAVER AND LITHOGHAPHER Auk FENNA. AVE. 7 vented trou plate, 13. per 100. Tacking Ex-Governer Foster. Ex-Governor Cherles Foster of Ohio is being actively urged by the republicans of Ohio for the place in the cabinet made vacant by the | do?” the System replies, “ THE INDIAN SYSTEM. How the Educated Red Man is Forced Back Into Savagery. NOTES FROM PINE RIDGE. ‘The Work Done in the Schools Upset on the Plains—The Horror of the Situation of Ed- ‘ucated Indian Girls—Some of the Sources of ‘Trouble Among the Red Men. ‘Staff Correspondence of The Evening Star. Prxe River, 8. D., January 29. The decree has again gone forth from the Interior Department that the Sioux Indian— the nomad of ages, the American Arab, the national tramp—must work. That same ukase has been promulgated with such frequency that it has lost all the force it originally had and a new reservoir of power is not possible under the present system. The System says work-and when the Indian says “What shall I ‘arm.” Bat, pleads the Indian, “I cannot farm. You have taken away from me the fertile and well-watered val- leyaand have left me these dry and barren plains,on which rain but rarely falls and where there is nothing to soften the intense heat of the sun or temper the force of the eyclon rming is best for you,” replies the System. “We have so decided and’ you must farm.” ‘A CONTRADICTORY THING. That is precisely the situation at Pine Ridge today and it gives me an opportunity to show what @ peculiary contradictory and extrava- ently wasteful thing this System is. At Car- isle, at Hampton and at Forest Grove hundreds of young Indians have been taught various useful occupations ostensibly for the purpose of bettering their condition in life, yet there is not an agency in the United States that 18 not cumbercd with a hostile and good-for-nothing element that costs the nation more than a little to educate at some one of the institutions which I have mentioned. No one doubts tho propricty of giving the Indian all possible educational advantages if those advantages can afterward be utilized for the good of the In- dian and the advancement of © jon, but what an extraordinary and foolish thing it is to spend money like water in an attempt to uplift the young savage and then when he or she hus really learned something allow them to drop back into a condition of which it may truthfully be said that the last state is worse than the first. WHAT THE SCHOOL DOES. In those large and admirably conducted in- stitutions of learning the Indian is taught that there is much that is desirable within the reach of every one whose endeavor is properly di- rected. This places before his or her eyes an ideal existence, in which respectability, honest industry and happiness are the principal at- tractions, all of them novelties to the aborigi- nal mind. ‘Then those estimabl> philanthro- pists, who love todo good to the Indian, pet these children of nature and lead them'in a straight and narrow path, which would lead to a life time of civilization ‘did not the System Blockade the way so effectually that, only a few can succeed in reaching the apex and they largely through personal and, to the nomad, unnatural persistence. By and by the time comes when these young men and young women have com- loted their course of instruction and must per- joree return to the reservation because the System says it is their task to civilize their grandfathers and grandmothers, ‘The educa- tion they have so painfully acquired is not to be used for their own benefit, as many of them had fondly hoped, but must be squandered in a foolish effort to do something which every practical person ought intuitively to know is simply visionary and impossible. GRAVITATING BACK TO SAVAGERY. Not an Indian agent in the country but knows the result that follows in at least 90 per cent of the cases, but the System is inflexible as ever. ‘The young man may have, for instance, learned to bea tinsmith. He returns to the ‘Teserva- tion and would like to be just what his teach- ers intended him for, but there is no employ- ment for him. Either there is no demand for his services because of the plentitude of con- tract tinware or a political tinsmith—a tin- smith with a vote—holds the situation for which this boy has so carefully and expensively been trained. That puts the young fellow back in the tepee. He frequently tries t» do some- thing respectably profitable and in many in- stances hus used his utinost endeavor to secure the least remunerative kind of employment among white people, but fails ninety-nine times out of a hundred. ‘The suit of clothes in which he left school soon wears out and then comes the backward transition—a blanket, a puir of leggings, moccasins, a few feathers and & breechciout, and he is once more an Indian. He is a dangerous Indian. The hopes which once filled his breast have gone and their place has been occupied, by a supply of bitterness which lasts all his lifetime. He believes he has been deceived and he holds the government and the philanthropist responsible. HOW IT 18 WITH THE INDIAN GIRL. And the girl? There cannot possibly be places enongh for her at the agency—the Sys- tem has it so—so she, too, returns to the house of her fathers and falls a victim to the unedu- caied lust of some savage, who is happy in his unrestrained ignorance, “The girl has no pro- tector—none “but the married women are sacred—and then follows humiliation, such as her enlightened intellect only can feel. Five, six or seven years of education and of Ciris- tian training are wiped out in as many weeks. The cultured scholar has reached the lowest level of her race; becomes the squaw of some polygamous old villain; lives a life of dirt and debasement, the only accomplishment remai ing with her being her ability to speak the language of those who tried to prepare her for a reputable existence, but who failed to render assistance when assistance Was more necessary than at any other period. HOW EDUCATION BECOMES HARMFUL. Such educated savages cause more trouble at an agency than all the other members of their tribe. They realize the enormity of the gov- ernment’s offending in the matter of Indjan dealing and they continually scatter the ef sprouting seeds of dimension. They read ‘the newspapers and give local circulation to the wild and anti-Indian rumors and threats which are so frequently tobe found in the weekly publications printed in border towns. They are easily amenable to bribery and generally manage to get their price from one party or the other to any tribal agreement, for they have a great deal of influence. Of course there are educated Indians who have prospered and remained civilized, but they are prosperous in most cases either because private individuals have helped them at eritieal periods when the System failed or because they had greater strength of character and more forceful pur- pose than the average Indian possescs. HOW THE SYSTEM MIGHT DE AMENDED. Now it is possiblo to so amend the System as to make most of these educated boys and girls useful members of society, but such an amend- ment is extremely improbable. Practical politics interferes. ‘There is no good honest reasou why a tannery should not be established at each of the half dozen more important agencies. The hides of beef eatile killed for food could be tanned by Indian labor and an Indian shoe shop could manufacture all the civilized foot-wear required ou the reservation. ‘There would be ample raw material to supply a harness factory as well. ‘in ware and like sup- lies could also be made by Indians who have been taught that trade, If the inany wogons required here—hundreds of them-—were only made in this place there would be e¢onomy in it, for the climate and other caases combine to cuuse frequent and serious disintegration of wheeled vehicles made where there is more moisture in the atmosphere. To make all the clothing needed would only be a question of enough girls and a sufficient supply of sewing mxchines; and I am ware there are plenty of girls here. ARRAYED AGAINST THE PLAX. Solidly arrayed in opposition to this plan will be found every practical politician in the as D.C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1891. poraril estate, as others are now, Pad thls thing continue in all ite wicked- ness until representatives of the Sys- tem shall stand the judgment seat and hear the words ring in their ears: “Inasmuch the t situation gave life to. Perhaps Evtros. Tt bas frequently besa charged that the majority of government farmers pur- osely overestimated the quantity of edible ma- Terial raised by the Indians under their vision, because such overestimates redounded, on paper, to the benefit of the farmer. That this has undoubtedly been done cannot be questioned, but it is also apparent that inno- cent misrepreéentations have frequently been made. According to the regulations—that is, those regulations which are strictly enforced— each salaried farmer is compelled to turn in his annnal report to the agent not later than Au- gust 25 of exch year, although at that time the crops have not matured so as to be beyond the reach of meteorological misadventure. The corn may be killed by frost, and it very fre- quently is; the wheat may'be burned up by ‘ought, as has happened here two years in succession; the potatoes may be ruined at the last moment, inlly in years when the seed was not supplied before June 1. At times the crop of wheat or oats has diminished one-third while waiting for the coming of the threshing machine, the sun, the handling and the black- birds all’ combining to produce a minimum of results from a maximum of labor. If a foolish but iron-clad rule did not require a farmer to report on the quantities of grain and vege- tables raised before the summer is ended or the harvest is passed there would be more justice done both the hard-working Indian and his immediate instructor. CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTER. ‘Those who have officially dealings with In- dians should be a little more careful than they have been in the past with regard to the giving of letters of recommendation. Whenever a commission or a congressional committee or ything of that kind visits an agency it basos iis opinion of the Indians it meets solely upon the brief acquaintance of a few days and upon the stand eack particular Indian takes as to the mutter that happens to be in process of forma- tion. Since Ihave been here scarcely a day has passed that I was not called upon to exum- ine a dozen certificates of good character, most of them emanating from responsible sources, but in very few instances were the recommenda- tions well bestowed. ‘wo days after the hostiles agreed to come into the agency and draw tions (some enthusiasts still refer to it as a sur- render) one of the most thoroughly vicious and degradedly unreliable of the combatants prondiy presented to my weary gaze a certiti- cate from a government commission which at its face value would entitle that Indian to dwell with the angelic host. ‘That fellow hus an_ idea that the paper makes him worthy of confidence as soon aseach successive outbreak on his part is over. Once a good Indian always a good In- dian is his argument, but I deny that he ever was good enough to deserve the commendation which was officially bestowed on him. INDIAN GRATITUDE. ‘The truly grateful Indian is a scarce article. Ever since the battle of Wounded Knee the Episcopal Church at Pine Ridge has been an Indian hospital. Devoted men and women of the white race have done everything that science and common sense and humanity could suggest to relieve suffering and to bring about the recovery of those who had been injured in the fight, and yet the impression left by such continuous and often effectual kindness is almost imper- ceptible. Nearly all the wounded have been from the hospital by their rela- tives and so-called friends and_ the chances are that most of those soremoved from warmth and shelter will die in the tepees, for there are six inches of snow on the ground. When the hos- pital was established the quartermaster issued such of his stores as were needed, and, of course, when the hospital was about to’ be broken up Capt. Humphreys wanted his stores returned or properly accounted for. A wounded woman, who insisted on returning to her tepee, wanted to take away the warm, gray army blanket which had been a portion of her bedding. She was told by Miss Shepherd, one of the nurses, that the blanket belonged to the soldiers and had only been loaned for a while. ‘To this no attention was paid and the woman was abont to take the covering anyhow, when ‘Miss Shepherd took it from her. There was murder in the squaw's eyes as she turned and remarked to one of her relatives: “I would like to stab her.” How is that for gratitude? Another interesting instance has a wounded woman as the central figure® A grea’ deal of attention had been showa her. Yesterday she was asked if the conditions had been reversed would the Indians have been askind to wounded white people as the white people had been to wounded indians. “I do not know that anything has been done for me,” she said. “I have been here three Weeks and they have only given me one poor print dress.” Nursing and food and medicine and shelter went for nothing in her estimation. CLEARING OUT THE SETTLEMENT. When Capt. W. E. Dougherty took charge of Pine Ridge agency (which he did when Capt. Pierce was disabled by sickness) he had in his little kingdom some of the worst characters that could be found in the country—not only Indians, but white men and half-breeds. Horse thieves, gamblers, whisky peddiers and cattle rustlers were very numerous indeed. In the excitement of the past month these fellows es- caped attention on the part of the authorities, but as soon as peace became reasonably certain it was decided to clear things up. ‘There was a good deal of trafic on the Rushville road for it was either that or jail—and now the settlement is quite respectable. Iam afraid Capt. Dougherty will become quite mpopular Pith that class of people which slelights in mak- ing existence burdensome to the civilian Indian agent, but which has no army oliicer. power to worry the Gxo. H. Hannigs. ee The Eight-Hour Mass Meeting. Amass mecting is to be held at Grand Army Hall tonight for the purpose of urging the pas- sage of H.R. bill No. 9791, known as the eight- hour bill, now on the Senate calendar. The mecting is to be held under the au- spices of the Federation of Labor and D. A. 66, K. of L., representing to- gether all the lubor organizations of the city. ‘The purpose is tourge the passage of the bill as originally prepared and offered in the House by Representative Connell of Nebraska without the amendments made by the House, which amendments, the advocates of the original bill claim simply legalizes the present practices of government ofticials respecting hours of labor und gives nothing tothe workingmen. Among the speakers announced are re- sentative Connell, Ralph Besumontand E. W. Oyster. Columbia raphical Union, No. 101, has adopted a resolution setting forth that the law of June 25, 1868, is not enforced in ac- cordance with ite true spirit and intent, and petitioning the Senate to pass the Conneil bill with the ainendments proposed by the Federa- tion of Labor, constituting eight hours a day's work for laborers, workmen and mechanics em- ployed by the government or contractors en- gaged on government work. A committee of feu was appointed to urge the passage of the siesta He Was Not a Preacher. As everybody knows when a visitor aj for admission to Girard College in Philadel- phia the guard in attendance asks him if he is a clergyman, and if so he is turned away; for, by the willof Stephen Gi no clergyman aeinacten there sae A naval oilicer, who visited the city recently, went to the college and asked to be admittex. ‘He was dressed in black clothes, wore a white tie and had his face smoothly shaven, which, ee pet reader te (eerie cond ne puasdveotiae aatar that a seared not enter 2 zi Why not?” he enked indignantiy. ems Bap cergramn ——Iam,” was , and without further exchange of sharp "ply: were thrown open and one of the best fellows in the navy passed in. Wnrat 13 a “Jannwannt?” A “Jobrmarkt is a “Jahrmarkt.”—Adot. ———_—_ Lx Perir Freppy, the child wonder, Elks’ benefit, February 4. Adet. “ SOCIAL MATTERS. ‘The Dumbiane Hunt Meet Indoore--Personal Notes of Interest. There will be no cabinet receptions tomor- row. Among the ladies who are usually found at home on Wednesdays are Mrs. B. H. Warner, 2100 Massachusetts avenue: Mrs. William Van Zandt Cox, 611 H street; Mrs. Thomas Riggs, 26 Iowa circle; Mrs. Robert E. Leursand Mra, E. 8. Cromwell, 1602 Q street; Mrs. E. H. Du- hamel, 1839 16th street; Mra. Frank B. Farns- worth. 1603 16th street; Mrs. James Coleman, 1635 Massachusetts avenue; Mrs. Willard Parker Tisdel, 1323 13th street; Mrs. Albert Carhart, 933 M street; Mrs. James E. White, 911 M street; Miss Mary “Green, 931 M_ street; Mra. S.J. Bentley, 1116 9th ‘street; Mra. RL Fleming, Miss Stocking, 1018 12th street; Mrs. Alonzo Church, 1414 15th street; Mrs. A. S. Worthing- ton, 2015 Massachusetts avenue; Mrs. W. D. Owen, the Ebbitt, and Mrs. William H. Combs, 1131 12th street. One of the prettiest balls that has ever taken Pisce in Wormley's famous ball room, and, in fact, in more than one way the most novel ball that Washington society has ever enjoyed, was that given last night by the members of the Dumblane Hunt. From what was originally in- tended to bea small gathering of the club members themselves with their wives and sweethearts, witha few guests from the New | York and Baltimore hunts, the stewards found | their labors broadening into the management | of the large and brilliant assemblage which re- | sponded to their invitations last night. To exch member fell that part of the preparation for which he was supposed to be particularly fitted, therefore it was that Mr. Harvey Page mede all the 8 for the ball room decora- tions from ideas suggested by that pretty you Irish matron, Mrs. Chas. Briscoe. Worimley's front parlor ‘made the salon and here the re- ceiving party stood. The bow window was arched in an evergreen horseshoe, in which “Dumblane Hunt” blazed under | scarlet and white globes. A lattice of laurel boughs divided this room from the long ball room, and in the center of the green on each side were medallions with D. and H. in scarlet letters on a white ground. In the center, sus- pended over the heads of ail, was a whip, stir- raps garlanded in green, with suggestive designs in | horseshoes, stirrups, &c., anda hurdle of palms | hid the musicians from sight. ‘The german fa- vors made a glittering array by themselves. Among them were sashes and rosettes in tho club colors, Prince of Wales crests in feathers, whips, bits with ribbon reins to throw over the shoulders and bunches of forget-me-nots tied with yellow, green and biue ribbons as senti- mental souvenirs, as well as to carry out the idea of the old couplet which rans this: . “Groen is forsaken, Yellow is fores crn, But biue is the truest color worn.” Leiter, Mrs. Henry May and Mrs. D. P. Morgan were the hoetesses. Mrs. Leiter wore a superb gown of dark keliotrope velvet, with the front of yellow satin and fine lace. © Mrs. Morgan wore +tecl gray satin, with elaborate embroidery and beading in silver. Mrs. Henry May's toilet was of ivory satin and brocade, | the bodice and train ail edged with narrow | bands of rable. ‘The guests commenced to gather in strong force at 10:30 and each arrival added to the | brilliancy of the scene. ‘Thirty the Dumblane appeared in “piu! for those who have not scen a hi tume it may be suggested that “ ing parlance means the most vivid crimson. | These pink coats, made in the regular claw- | hammer style, had white linings and white acings and were adorned with big gilt buttons. | Some of the men wore also black satin or white | satin knee breeches and immense gold buckles | on their low pumps. Such an effective feature | these pink-coated men made that those who came in ordinary evening dress looked abso- lutely somber beside them. It was past midnight when the hunt call an- nounced supper and the promenade out to the banquet hall, the club singing the old g, “Drink, Puppy, Drink,” made a gala ght. Small'tables for four and six guests were cozily arranged and a feast of good | things was enjoyed. After supper a cotillion | of sixty-five couples was danced. Mr. Alan | Johnston led it with Miss Lodge. The figures were novel, and in the case where a two-foot hurdle was used required the agility of which only sportsmen could boast. Mr. Robert Neville, as master of hounds of the Dumblane Hunt,with Mr. Henry May, Mr. Alan Johnston, Mr. John Sanford ‘and Mr. John Ridgel Carter, the stewards of the club, were the hosts of the evening. The lady. ‘patronesses were Mrs. B. H. Warder, Mrs. 8. F.. Emmons, Mrs. Nelson Brown, Mrs. E. F. Riggs, Mrs. J. R. Carter, Mrs. L. Z. Leiter, Mre. Henry May, Mrs. D. P. Morgan and Mrs. J. A. Buchanan. ‘The ladies’ gowns were in many cases chosen with a view fo bein harmony with the clu colors and some few distinctive toilets were the results. Miss Markoe wore « crimson velvet gown, with point Ince; Mrs. John Carter, white tulle,” with a bodice embroidered all over in silver; Mrs. Franklin Steele, white ben- galine embroidered in gold; Miss Farnsworth, white silk and silk muslin; Miss Van Vechten, sea-green brocade, with grasses as garniture; Miss Sherrill, black net, with silver spangles over steel satin; Mrs. Chas. Briscoe, white wa- tered silk and old family lace (her bouquet was a horseshoe of violets tied with red and white ribbons); Miss Stout, black lace: Mrs. Richard ‘Townsend, blue satin, with falis of honiton lace over the shoulders; Sis Stoughton, pale yel- low chiffon; Mrs. Warder, gray brocade and pink satin; Miss Everett, pink tulle; Miss Hud- son, a ‘pink coat over tulle skirts; Mra. E.- F. Riggs, pale blue brocade: Miss Nelson Brown, white tulle, with garniture of moss roses; Miss Condit Smith, white dotted uze garlanded with violets; Miss Josephine Patton, white tulle with violets in sprays over the shoulder: Miss Edith Patton, white tulle; Miss Edie, black net spotted i ‘old; Miss Mae Brown, white chiffon and satin; Frise Brown, black net; Mrs. Delmonte, blue velvet and’ point lace; Mrs. Frank Gordon, white tulle sprayed in silver flowers; Misses Delmonte, white brocade and gauze | with scarlet velvet bows; Miss Cameron, pink crepe de chene and tuile: Mrs, Berney, gray satin brocaded in wisteria blossoms; lise Warder, pink silk and tulle; Miss McMillan, white tulle and satin; Mrs. Dickson, pink chene silk and gauze; Miss’ Davidge, white chiffon; Mrs. Cabot Lodge, white tulle; Miss Lodge, white gauze; Miss Mattie Mitchell, silver dotted white tulle; irs. Bkae, in gray satin and point; Miss Pauncefote, white silk; Lady Pauncefote, black lace embroidered in gold; Mrs. John Baker, black silk and gold lace; Miss Skae, in yellow tulle; Miss Robinson, yellow chiffon and violets; Mme. Guzman, white silk and talle; Miss James, white tulle and hyacinths, and Mrs. Condit Smith, black and white striped silk. Among the a present were Mr. Henry May, Count Bebe Batthyany. Mavroyeni Bey, M. Houstan, Mr. Nelson Brown, Mr. Frank Gordon, Dr. Guzman, Mr. H. L. Washing- ton, Mr. George Hellen, Mr. Swann Latrobe, Mr. Chas. Briscoe, Mr. Addison, Dr. MeClurg, ‘Mr. Montgomery Blair, Mr.Geo. Barclay, Baron Speck, Mr. Geo. Levi, Mr. J. KL Selfridge, Mr. -y Page, Paymaster Sullivan, Senor de ltosa, Representative Lodge, Mr. Clifford Richard son, Mr. Morgan Brown, Mr. A. C. Barney, Mr. James Coleman, Mr. J. H. Bonnell, Ge Vliet, Mr. Franklin Steele, Mr. George Bloomer and ‘Mr. 'M. Routkowsky. Mr. Farley Clark, Mr. Montague, Mr. Watson, Mr. Jacob of the Rockaway Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Bi and Mr. and Mrs. Benedict were on from Xi ‘orl avenue entrance to" the The ushers will be Mr. Swann Latrobe of Baltimore, Mr. Walter Andrews, Mr. Clary ‘Mr. Ray MF. Mfagoon and alr. Burney of H t f fir i by ® fi fr | | ni ‘Mrs. W. E. Curtis has discontinued her Wed- neaday receptions for the season. ‘Owing to illness Mra. Philip F. Larner, 1746 P street, will not be able to receive her friends on Wednesday. Geo. E. Emmons and wife and Charles W. King and wife left the city last week for Florida and to Havana, intending to be absent for several weeks. Mra. George B. Edwards, 1431 Q street, will be at home tomorrow. assisted by her mother, ‘Mrs. Valentine, and Miss Jessie G. Edwards. ‘Mrs. A. E. Merritt, 612 H, will be at home to- morrow. Tomorrow will be the last “‘at home” of Mrs. Henry H. Smith and Miss Smith until after Lent—1513 O street northwest. Miss Decker of Scranton, Pa., is visiting Mrs. 8. H. Kauffmann. Mrs. Frederick C. Stevens will not be able to Teceive again this season or return her visite, owing to the illners of ber children. (ra, William John Littell and Mise Littell Will not be at home tomorrow, but will hold their last reception on Monday, the 9th instant. ‘Miss Mary C. Bennett has just returned to her home on Capitol Hill, after a tour of fif- teen months through Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land. She crossed Europe several times, went ss far north as the North Cape and ac- complished so much in the way of travel that & Swedish new: interviewed ber and called her a second Nellie Bly. ‘Miss Sophie Phillips of Q street entertained a number of friends last Thursday evening with progressive euchre. The prizes were novel and handsome and the first were won by Mr. C. H. Merilet and Miss Hogg of Baltimore. The latter part of the evening was devoted to dancing. About forty were present, among whom were, Miss awards of Baltimore, the isses Hughey, Willoughby, Talmadge, Dorse; Simms, Ford, Weich, arly. Henry’ Beall and Smith, ‘and Messrs. Inga’ Sherman, Mullowney, Beall, B. B. Phillips, Young, Willoughby, Warren ‘and Dr. Engster. Mrs. Henderson Moses, at 1759 T street north- West, will be at home tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. H. A. Hall bas issued cards for a tea Friday, February 6, from 4 to 7, to meet her daughter, Mrs. J. T."D. Blackburn, of Albany, who will arrive Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. 8. R, Colhoun and Miss Talmage will not, beat home tomorrow, as they will take that day to return their Wednesday calls. Mrs. Edward P. Mertz will be at home to- morrow. Mise Mamie Haymond of Clarksburg, W. Va. has joined her aunt, Mrs. Goff, at the Bucking- lam, where she expects to remain for some weeks. After a most delightful sojourn at the capital Mr. and Mrw. Geo. Stanbery will leave on Sat- urday for New York city, their home. Mr. and Mrs, W. B. Hartley, 608 North Caro- lina avenue southeast, celebrated the twenty- filth or silver anniversary of their wedding last night. Quite a large assembly of invited guests Gathered at the house and after spending the evening in social intercourse all repaired to the refresisment room,where a bountiful wan served and enjoyed till after 12 o'clock. A number of hand-ome presents were received by the happy couple. Mrs. Owen will give her last formal reception is, Fors. Ford. Miller, | on tomorrow at the Ebbitt from 3 to 6, assisted by Mra. pinola, Mrs. Representative Co: , Mrs. Kepresentative Wilson of Washing- ton, Mrs. Dr. Power, Miss Raum, Miss Wyard, | Miss Gest, Miss Crawford and Miss Rawlings, « niece of Mrs. Owen. Miss Moore has kindly consented to sing at the reception. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Evans of 918 19th street northwest have issued cards for a recep- tion Friday evening, the 6th instant, from 8 to 11 o'clock. Mount Pleasant was visited by a veritable “ghost dance” last evening in the shape of a antom party given by Miss Mira Chittenden her little friends, the occasion being her twelfth birthday celebration. Among those resent were Misses Pearl Goodman, Sophia ellogg, Bessie and Nellie Somerville,’ Minnie Wall, "Hose Baker, Daisy Danforth, Mamie Wright, Gussie Dillon, Bessie Emery, Lucy Rogers, Ruth Herriott, Gretta Parks, Lizzie Crowell, Cora Bright, Grace and Kittie ‘Monta- ie, Josie Taylor and Margie Chittenden and jasters Ned and Arthur Spear, Tom Somer- ville, Chester Baker, Dudley Farlin, Charles Wright, Harvey Twombley, Ray Hui- bert Young, Horace Chittenden, Reggy Walker, Paul Sleman and Willie Snyder. Four young ladies, Misses Wright, Farlin, Dillon and Good- man helped the hostess to keep the little folks engaged in the various games ands most en- joyable evening was spent by all. ‘The reception given last evening by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Leighton at their residence, 708 Massachusetts avenue, Capitol Hill, was largely attended from 9 till 11 o'clock. The pstlors, aglow with softly shaded lamps. were aandsomely decorated with palms and blos- soming plants, the mantels were banked with maiden-hair ferns and tulips and the chande- liers draped with a vine. Palm decor- ations were used in the long hallway. In the lower end of the entrance hall an orchestra rendered pleasant music during the evening. An elaborate supper was served from a taste- fully appointed table, whose chief decorations Were in green and white. “The center piece, beautifal fern, rested on an oval-shaped mir- ror, with silver scroll edges. Mrs. ton wore a gown of turquoise silk, veiled in ¢: lisse, with a deep border of forget-me-nots in silver about tue lower part. She was assisted by Miss Grosvenor, in blue sik; Miss Foss, in white wool with ‘silver trimmings; Miss C. Grosvenor, black tulle with garniture of vio- lets; Miss Parker, canary-colored tissue; Miss Belle Parker, ciel blue silk; Miss Rankin, in shrimp pink mousseline de'soie. Mrs. Leigh- ton will bold her third and closing card recep- tion directly after Easter. Among the present were: Senator and Mrs. Faulkner, President and Mrs. Rankin, Miss Rankin, Hon. and Mrs. Grosvenorand Miss Grosvenor, Hon. 8. G. Comstock, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Warner, Gov.and Mrs. Perham, the Misses Perham, Mr. Larner, Hon. Wm. Culbertson and the Misses Culbertson, “Mrs. James Culbertson, Mr. and Mrs.’ E. Southard Parker and the Misses Parker, Hon. and Mrs. Townsend, Mise Townsend, ‘Miss Bradley. Mr- and Mrs ury, Mr. Lacey Sites, Mr. Belden, Mr. snd Mrs. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Hough, Jadge and Mrs. McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, Mr. and Miss Thompson, Judge and Mrs. Moulton, Mr.and Mrs. Flint, Dr. and Mra. Ri Mr. and Mrs. Woolard, Judge Caruth and the Misses Caruth, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Johnson, Col. and Mrs. Flint, Dr. and Mrs. Gil Mr. and Mrs. Burris, Dr. Welch, Mr. Wilson, Dr. Belden, Mr. and ile, Mrs. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Hatton. ‘The invitations which had been issued for two receptions by Vice President Morton have been recalled. . Mrs. R. L. Fleming will not receive tomorrow, owing to sickness in the family. in A pleasant reception was given last by Mrs. Robert Boyd and the Misses ne os : was a.constant stream of hours of 8 and 11, atter callers me ft FUEL 88. Pe HH ifs B i £ How the Evidence on Which the Indictment Against Gould Was Obtained. A novel piece of detective work is connected , ag , i : Hi LE i | i i : i 5 Hi i : ia E f ‘The good natured tramp may be said to be of no-madic temperament The ground hog is beginning to get in hie work early. ‘Soon will come the soft spring season, whea the name of the dirt road will be mud. Jno. L. Sullivan is referred toby musical cranks as the Wagner of the prize ring, because he is such a pounder. To some people all labor is harduous labor. In these Americo-foreign marriages the girl always wants to appear in the title-role. “When the swallows homeward fly"—after the cork is pulled. The Supreme Conrt should give the seal skis “sack” to the British lion. THE DIVINE ®ARi ‘They say that Bernhardt has grown fat Rince #he was bere lang syne, But Sarah must deny all that, For fat is not divine. Jokes are not like women—they often grew old enough to have whiskers on them. cacoMT une NarPrNa. He: “Do you believe in long engagements?” She: “Yea. They are ever so much better than none at all.” CHICAGO ORTHODOTT. Sunday School Teacher in Chicago: “Where do wicked people go wher they die?” Small Boy—seriously: “To St. Louis, mum.” THE REASON WHY. “Say, Pop, what do they co for?” asked the policeman s son and heir. “Because,” said Mr. Copper, “there'ssomuch: disturbance in a little of it. it Irigh whisky SME TALKED stor. She was the danghter of an editor and was rejecting an adorer. “Do you want a proof of my affection,” bbe said in farther pleading. “Oh, no,” she responded as she handed him back a pile of love letters, tied with « blue rib- bon, “want no proof; I have it all here im ‘manuscript and that's enough.” ees A CRANK’S LETTER. He Wants the United States Should Enjey the Benefit of His Loventions. Cranks are frequent enough on this earth t be heard from very often, but no one probably gets more intimations of the existence of the great army of cranks than a cabinet officer. They write toan “Honorable Secretary” with the most beautiful indifference for the re lotion that may exist between dheir requests and the character of the work which the Secretary has to do. Following is one of these communications from the great erank- producing state of New Jersey, with due re- gard for the names of both the writer and the recipient: {Fours exeelleney hope, for you to Except and examen ‘this leiter. I suppose you [il be astonished to receive a letter from a un~ owi you never bad any correspond- ent with. I the underwriter is a Millwright, Carpenter & Builder by trade, worked for large firm's, well knowing but, have no Capitol tostart any Invention know, there is nothing impossible for a Human to Invent on this Earth; the World's foi in Chicago is abroach- ing very fast, your excellency, as 80 our Gov. ernment would be very pleased to have thie new Invention to explorate the north which I inform you in this letter, for you to say what the best to do. there a. invent a flying Machine to Explorate the North pole, and pew 4 i Btates to have the first anity and to have sutch » flying Machine or inven- tion which, I am able (with help) to Construct where any one, 2 or 3 can y through ir, frota place direction east, south, west, or n 200, 300, to a 1000 feet up, to 3, the Air to suit; let to suit, if there get vision "can return — to there came from through the Air; can wherever there please. The Motion of the fly- ing Machine ean be regulated fast 10 t0 40 Miles ina hour, or stand Air, time to suit, jet them and rest on Land for the night, and start next morning again without any assistanl’s from Headquarters, this Machine has to be very extra, has to be manufactured out of firet Class Material and by good Workmen. ‘Myself and who ever will be my partner will be the Inventor's. I will end for the with: the hopes of waiting for a further Comwunica- tion with your excellency through Mail and will remain yours Obedient.” —aneneen MES. HINWOOD'S MONEY. N.Y., on a visit; that complainant followed her there and urged her to raise the money and she advised with her father, and the result was Sarah Ann Will, jot satisfy him and ‘he continued his importcaities and she reluctantly yielded. he states that in November, 1582, she n- duced to believe that the mortgage in was not in conformity with laws the District, and went to the office of James Tait. a at the : df Pa ag i FSFE i ‘ $8 Hl: | ij rf iit i A HE Hl i li t 5 i i i if F ¢ | FE j Be if f $ t ze i gs F8 i Hl elf i E L i £ ws #8 9 | FALE FGE Hite te 28? 4 Hite! H j r i iy E ; | E | | Hl z 5 BRE Eval a et t F i | gab