Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1893, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGIO D. C . MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. WOODWARD --. LOTHROP, 1TH, 11TH AND F STS N.W. A Period of Very Absorbing Interests Has Begun. ‘The store is donning its Holiday attire, and a spirit of good cheer pervades the entire business. Newness and neatness at every step. Gift things on every hand. The most appropriate and ele gant of all the new fancies—the sorts suitable and sought after for Holiday Gifts, and all bought to sell—but to sell at figures divested of all unnecessary extravagance—at prices lower than ever possible in the past. Come, look about—the whole air is full of the beautiful expression of the glad season—enjoy it. aay purchase, large or small, will be stored and delivered when it sults you best. We Will Engrave Free of Charge UMBRELLAS—with initials, from $2.00 up; SILVER WARE—with initials. \D ON ALL LEATHER GOODS—from $1.25 up—will mark name or initials in gilt. Christmas Cards and Booklets--Basement. ee Oil Paintings by Paris Art Students. PRETTY LITTLE FRENCH LANDSCAPES, MARINE VIEWS, PHOTO SCENES, ETC. 4 and 1=2x6-inch, 25 and 58c.==7x10-inch, $1.25. llth st. bldg., right of entrance.) — Holiday Dress Patterns In Gift Shape. Perhaps the most serviceable article to be found in the whole range of Holiday Goods is a Dress Pattern. We bave ready a large assortment of nice looking, and at the same time low-priced goods, pat up im proper lengths for a WRAPPER, HOUSE or MARKET DRESS. They are neatly fastened with two lithographed bands, which adds to their gift fitness. For those who wish to buy @ sensible present at a low price this is the opportunity. In the assortment are Prints in navy blue, silver gray and mourning colors—Ginghams in various colors—Half-wool Stuffs, etc. Cotton Goods, 8 to 12 yds., soc. to $1.50 the Pattern. Woolen Goods, 8 to 12 yds., $1.20 to $1.80 the Pattern. mabag tlh descid sacivousdandalandiesss wavered 10th st. bldg.) ———— Crystal Crepe, fhe newest stuff for evening wear. It’s soft, clinging and drapes beautifully. A few steps away ‘and you won't think it’s cotton, All the Proper Tints, 18c. the yd. +-1ith st. bldg.) TOMORROW IN LINEN DEPARTMENT 213 Dozen Huck and Turkish Bath Towels, isc. Each==$1.75 the Dozen. MANY IN THE LOT HAVE SOLD 4S HIGH AS 21c. 2d floor... ...e- eee eeeeee sceseees seeeeeeTIth st. bldg.) New Holiday Books. “Greek Lines, and Other Architectural ed $1.2 Cut Glass Department. As cholce a line of Rich Cut Crystal as can be found. Nothing more beautiful or appropriate for Christmas or wedding gifts. Bon-Bon Dishes. hite -Memories," by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney White binding... . Poems by Thomas William Parsons. Cloth... “The Divine Comedy of Dante," by ars ‘The famous Baccarat Glass Ware in four styles, but only one quality—the best. prices as the ordinary glass. (Sth floor Almost as low in . by Alex. Black. Cloth... "a story for a ebild, by the author Capt. January. Cloth... eet Bells Out of Tune, ++10th st. building.) by Mrs. Burton Har- eee s., Pressed Glass Department. wndred Leaves," by Barr..$1.25 | Neat pattern of Table Tumblers. B5e. doz. for 1993, bound in $3.00. Imported Claret Jugs, cut stopper and neck. .$1. Imported Wine Decanters, cut stopper and 11th st. buildng.) Catsup Bottles. arge Vitchers. t Goblets Women’s Pure Silk Hose AS HOLIDAY GIFTS. A pair or so of these will make a handsome Present. The pretty boxes we give with them will greatly enhance their gift fitness. The stock ts choice, complete—the assortment {s varied—the prices were nevér so low. Plain, fine drop-stiteh, rembrandt ribbed, em- Droidered front and open worked. Black, green, turquoise, nile, old rose, lavender, heliotrope, corn, goldén yellow to match the gilt slippers, five shades of tan, two shades of bronze, foer shades of gray, three shades of pink and two shades of sky blue. Boot Pattern, in plain, fine drop stitch and rembrandt ribbed, black feet, with tops of light bine, re @pink, cardinal, lavender, gold or green, - $2.00 to $7.00 pair. Our Weciaity ts Black Pure Silk Hose, with dou- ble soles and high spliced heels and toes, at...$2 pr. st floor. Thin Blowu Tumblers, engraved with band, 45c. dozen. | Gth floor. 10th st. building.) eee Lamp Department. Porcelain Table Lamps, decorated bowl and shade . The. German Student Lamps, complete, with shade and chimney “Yale” Study Lamps, complete. Brass Banquet Lamps. @th floor.... larg $1 ++-11th st. buflding.) —_-— China Department. Carlsbad China Dinner Sets, 102 pieces, four -$20 styles decoration China ‘Tea Sets, 56 pleces, rich decoration. Square Cuspidores, decorated. China Umbrella Stands, dec A special lot of Doulton’ Sets, with jar. A special lot of Fine den decoration...... Engagement or After- | Saucers, richly decorated. --$1.00 pair | Decorated Oyster Plates at just one-half former jear Silk Dept.) | prices. ated. $3 Decorated Chamber pee tee Glove Department. Another invoice of the Ladies’ Pique Walking Gloves, in dark reds, with four large brass buttons and spear-point embroidery, at. GN Ger... o cece ese. China Dinner Plates, ———— Notion Department. A lot of Fancy Metal and Bone Buttons. Re- duced from 2e., 30c. building.» 10th st. pe aa Housefurnishing Dept. The “Falls” Heater, for heating small rooms means of a reading lamp. 3) Gas Stoves for heating, free from odor and sm and warranted to give entire satisfaction $3. ‘Ol Stoves for heating, attractive in appearance and powerful in heating qualities, will heat 15x20 room to 70 degrees im the coldest weather, | $6.75. and 35e. a doz. +10c. for card of 2 doz +-1th st. bidg.) Stationery Department. Ladies’ Note Paper, azure, rose, Russian blue and royal a ar A new line of Brass Goods Handsome Brass Fenders. Handsome Brass Fire Sets. Handsome Brass Andirons. Chafing Dishes, all styles, made of planished | tin, with nickel, brass or granite iron finish, 50c. to $7.00. Just in. sou, Bedwear Department. a A new lot of 45x36 Hemstitched Linen Pillow Cases, extra fine... cece $1.35 pair) Ash Cans, heavy galvanized fron, tight-fitting 600 Hemstitched ‘Muslin Sheets, double bed size. | cover. Large sles ge mh extra good value <- Cake Griddles, made of soapstone, require no Sreasing, make no smoke Door Mats, all sizes, ki and makes, Tubber and wool bordered. A good one for.. Creole for cleaning anything and everything clothes, carpets, ete. —— Basket Department. Just in—A special lot of Waste Paper Baskets.| Safety Matches, dosen po Usually 35 -<e= See Se | Brass Polish, large box. 50 Clothes Hampers, well made. Stove Polish, large box. $1.00 : Tooth Picks, large box.. 100 Paper Holders. Usually 25c. Wire Tea Strainers. Be. @4 door. Wire Broilers Wire Toasters. Wire Potato Mashers. Wire Soap Racks Wire Sponge Racks Wooden Spoons. . Wooden Rolling Pins. Wooden Potato Mashers. Japanese Department. 200 Bowls. Were 25 and 35c. 80 doz. Ovoid Cups and Saucers. So Satsuma Cracker Jars. Were $1.50. Shelf paper, all colors, ts for, e th floor 11th st. building.) Optical Department. Lorgnettes, with lenses to suit the ey: hand Opera Glasses. $3.75 to $10. aud Forks, stag-born han- Gold. Spectacles 0. -$2.25 set [ending Glasses. ist annex.) (ist floor........ 24 sheet Children’s Sets —white-handled @peon and fork. Best Ce Dinner Kaives ies... {ist floor. kuife, silver V copwarp «& Lorunor, WT 11TH AND F STREETS NORTHWEST -|Regular 18 and 20c. inner Coffee Cups and | Be | Bon fiarche’s Holiday CARD. We are again upon the urist- all its foys, sor- res, disappoint- It is the same story. Which will you Will you wait until the few days before Christ- shov- until threshold of another mas, rows, ments, old do? last with crowded feel that life is a bur- Or will you take time make you den, by your selections while t the fore ek and be indulged tn with pleasure and profit. not only se + but shall do e you Toxes free. kerchief Boxes ancy Hosi Viabrett Silver ¢ Leather &e. Boxes free. neraved fi is engraved . Goods stamped * tr You no doubt the tremendous trade in Handserehiefs last Chris mas. It seemed as though We supplied one-half of the city. Yet we propose to dou- ble last Christmas’ Handker- chief business. For a month or more en scour- r the best ble in Hands kerchiefs, and that we have met with great success is evidenced in the tncompara- ble bargalus enumerated be- low: Ladies’ and Men's White and Colored Rordered Hem- stitched Handi, f regular value 1 oe. Men's All White and Col ored = Bordered Hemstitch- Hanikerehtets, |] . Scalloped 19 landker- ember had . . . we have by . . . . te regular value. . Special—300 doz. Pure Linen Plain Ladle White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. We guarantee that this qual- eee e ee teow oeee ity cannot be @urchased under I2ige. csewhere. QC. = . Silk Hdkfs. Let these two special items stand for the rest of the stock, for they are certain- ly_ representative values: 10 doz, Ladies’ Japanese Silk Initial Handkerchiefs, scalloped edge, embroidered in white and colors, regular zie. values: L4e Ladies’ Fine Japanese Stik Scalloped Embrotdered Hand- kerehtefs, emb. in all four . . . . eee eee cneoee . Seeectooes eeeeee ee eeeee seecee About The 5 & 8 cent Ribbons. Saturday's jam around the 3 and S-cent Ribbons was * greater than that of last Wednesday. "Twas a good thing for you that we bought such a tremendous quantity of them, If we wold you how much We lost on them you would consider us foolish, yet we believe that an occasional loss is profitable, as it acts upon business just as a tonic does upon the human system, and makes us many new cus- tomers. Regular 10 and 12¢. Ribbons = = = = = eee eres ene | | Cc. S* the Sere ey Ribbons = oee< These are in just shades you want for fi work, &¢, Bon Marche, 314 and 316 7th st. Those 50c. & 69c¢. Gloves At R. Nathanson’s, 818 7th St. Notwithstanding the tremen- | dous demand last Wednesdty and Saturday, the assortment of sizes and styles in the 50 and 69¢ Gloves Is still cont- plete. ‘These were recent!s secured at a New York ane n sale and represent the imperfections These im fons are so slight that hardly noticeable. ; 4button, 6-batten sees Mousquetatre and “Foste acing. All” the desirabj shades of tan, brown, navy, red, ecru, lavender, & | Their reguiar prices are $1, $1.25 and $1.50. | : \Choice 50c. pr. ‘Cloaks Half Price, | | Saturday's advertise Infants’ and dren's Long Cloaks at when it should have been Star made | $2.8. These Cloaks are made | of Ladies’ Cloth, Eiderdown aud ‘Novelty’ fabries. Sizes, nd the regular 4.50 and $5. to 4 years, prices are $4, oice $2.98 Each. Ch ; Other Bargains. | 25 Stylish Fan Veils... ...1 2Be. Ribbed Bieyele Hose, izes ... ++ 12 Ladiest Ribbed Vests KR. & G. Vigilant Cor- and $3 Gloria Silk Um- brellas $1.25. 'R. Nathanson, ‘| 818 7th St. N. W. 3 , ‘Novelties Im Silver. | jREA ARRAY OF Nov- b tiful things in Solid d Plated W: abound y Baskets, white metal. ouly Sets, $4. Birthd: Spoons, J Keplating and repairing a spe- re 0, cialt, Kann & Sons’ M’f’g Co., [981 71H ST. N.W. Factory, Baltimore. Craig & Harding’s ‘Furniture TALK. If half of the advertisements and | knowledge that fon, ne to sell below cost. at all goods sold at for there must be some rea it. have nething to sell oe ness for can we Look se the and Furniture int best ¢ e elty urniture can pe Don't » sure to drop spect the k. ated with the sau and attention as buy $57-50 Folding st "court i: Beds, $43.50. i:!: hia Here is a chanee that d mt ¢oce * * occur but once or twis ina life *** oe We ve secured 10 of the just- * * * * aS celebrated “Ox ford’ valid Os bedi aed + iwlit Folding Beds at a he wy 2A 4 6 * © discount from e regular prices, * ¢ ¢ © o°? The ts mstructed © ee © °° Folding y in the mar- * ¢ ¢ © o +. is finished with a large ** ¢ © +? Mirror in * 9 9 © ee tly carved © 9 8 © o¢ ornament us ** ¢ © * * well as a most useful piece of ** © © °° Furniture. Its lowest price bere. * * ¢ © * © tofore has beet OO. sth agli :: Choice $43.50. : $25 Chamber Suites, $18.50. We have bad a wonderful de- mand for this $18.50 Chamber Suite. A nutber of patrons have told us that it Is superior to of the Minch Bevel hand polished, thor- ed, and is un the best value in the teday. Value $25. Only $18.50. :$2.50 Oak Tables,: : $1.50. : We were fortunate enough to securg 100 more of those 24-inch Solid (Oak Parloc Tal heavy finish, lower » value, er ee ers see epe tb 64 Se 8.8 shelf, regul Only $1.50 each. $7.50 Writing Desks, $3.95. You will find no such line of Writing Desks or any such values elsewhere in this city. As a “special” we quote: 25 Ladies’ Solid Oak Writing Desks, drop leaf, carved, polish finish, ¥éry ate Regular value $7.50. Only $3.95. Dozens and dozens of kinds and styles in) Wer Desks —tinest Une in this city. $10 to $100, & A Live Saveo By theuseof AYER’S Sarsaparilla. SYLVESTER BIR, a well-known grocer in new Albany, Ind., writes: ‘*My oldest daughter, wh-n a child, was a kreatsufferer from Scrofula, having three sores on I used RS Sarsaparilla, and so effective was the result oneside of her neck andone on the other. AY) that the sores healed rapidly, leaving only thelr scars behind. She is now a woinan, inxood health. Ihave nodoubt that her life was saved BY THE USE OF AYER’S Sarsaparilla, beneficial with my other children, who were troubled with the same disease.” ‘Scrofula in my blood caused painful sores to break out on my left leg and arm, and but for the use of AYER'S Sarsaparilla would, I think, tm time, have covered me from head to foot. Thanks to the use of this inedicine, Iam now a well man. I believe it hassaved imy life."—W. N. PHILLIPS, P. M. and Merchant, Beaver Kidge, Knox county, Tenn. AYER’S SARSAPARILLA Preparedby Dr. J. ©. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. CURES OTHERS, WILL CURE YOU. tones the uerves, creates: 0 best tonic nd children. for Nursing Mothers, Weak wouwen THE MODEK are “dndisj Pink Pills kbouid Uon by sick peopl NG WHICH Williams’ pertormed Tees le and their friends, Dr. vive the closest Investiga- by nd use that old well-tried remedy, Mrs. “s Soothing Syrup for children’ teetht hes the child, softens the gums, allay ures wind colic and is the best remedy for na. Twenty-five cents a bottle. myl-ly ‘S FACIAL SOAP FOR THE &KIN, npleaic HW draggists. The re- sult of 20 y F ve treating the skin. A _book on” De: every cuke. 1y HHH HH HHH HHWHY - | H WEL EOERE } Winy- ing. It all H iH COR. PE: AVE. AND 8TH ST. It’s Just Like Finding Furniture to get It at the prices we are of- fering now. We cut a clean third, or more, off of the marked price and give it tb you, T you need or desire in Carpets or Drapery can now at prices we would colanlonlon! ee a pi teejestentent _ | be had have laughed at a month ago. We have fully made up our minds to sell the goods. Prices will meen nothing to us, There is some price at which the goods will go, and we are ng find it. We are all competition now. demonstrated. Look and see. If you buy anythi without first getting our pri making take, t cost see a feniens It ask our price an dows _ — Descriptions the papers sound much alike the goods. These items may give you a hint of what we are doing. yuk Music Cabinet.with Pres panel wirror in door, for $5 ¢ in half, see Seat Oak Arm Large Oak Arm Rocker, in tapestry, $1.95, : 1 two small drawers, one plush lined for silver, one large Mne + two cupboards, 22 bevel mirror over shelf, for $8, Brass and Iron Beds. less than 48 dif- kinds, sizes and ass and Iron Beds $6.75 to $100. Curtains. $5 Chenille Cur- tains, $3.30. In order to have the best in Chenille Porti tributed in this eity usual $5 quality, best ¢ fringed aml bottom, special price of $3.30 per pair. $2.25 Lace Cur- oe oe oe oe to at the : tains, $1.48. . * Special purchase of Fine * * “Venice” Curt whit 7 * and ecru, in Marie Antoine and * * few Brussel effects. Regular bed * $2.25 quality. iii: Only $1.48 per cas pair, iuir: Miscellamies. :: **** China blue, mandarin sab elias **** pink. Reduced from 30 to Ie. * ¢ * * | 4 sce carl cyhed sees! **** Double-faced, Figured Cotton * * © * | dha: Reduced from 30 to 18e. * ¢ © 1 HARDING, ‘Cor. 13th & F Sts. 000000000 OVDOOOOGO 9 EDMONSTON. 0 most and for the $4.00. EDMONSTON, a 13384 F Sr N. W. we eS Se ewe eS AAR ARR RRR RR Re S ( O O oO J) “4 ~= 00000000 OOOOLCOOO: |Your € eae " a | a“ . ds ee ee eee [anictae|anienjacienacientenectanianiadecian[as|ecianasiadenian|an[aa|asjanjasjasianiurianianias|saianiadus|aniaaasiae|as[ealas|ve[csiunlarianjanioelaniveiscianiegianianianianiae| $80 Oak China oset.® No. 50, is 34 inches wide, glass ends and front, five shelves, for $19. oak Cl No. 29, has | - cabinet top, five shelves, $65 Oak China Closet, No. 1257, is four feet wide, with round glass ends, French bevel mirror on’ top, French legs and open cabinet below, via $9 Solid Oak Nicely Polished Five- drawer Chiffonter for $6.75. $22.50 Antique Chamber Suite, Well made and polish finish, 24x30 lnircor in dresser, $13.90, Antique Cheval Suite, well nicely polished, 18x40 inirrer, and hat box on dresser, for Curly Birch Suite, 44-inch with two small top’ draw- ers, oval) French bevel mirror, 4x30, bed niecly carved, $39. , © Maple Suite, 46- bevel wuirror, y 34, large wash stand, brass splasher frame and all brass trlumed, $4 se a a eel at 50 Oak Hall Rack, 3 feet wide, H “t-and umbrella stand, Frevch bevel mirror, 14 by 24, for $13.90, | 8 Couch, full size, upholstered H in silk brocateile, blush trimmed and fringed, for $11.90. \H Antique Folding Bed, with H H tant Feench beveled mirror, 18x40. Best Bed ever sold for the price, $37.50. Beautiful Curly Birch Fold- ing Bed, with French bevel anirror front, for $85 Oa Folding Bed, Tront, $40. For Convincers in Parlor Suites Sel _ [aclaniasiacianienianiestesivcieniecieet ubination Wardrobe Freue bevel mirror See Our Large Window. Refeele i be sold to a customer. ly best that H H NH hie H We uArre i ae dll Jit (E FURNITURE, CARPETS, DRAPE ae H I It COR. PAL AVE AND STH ld ed del atenlerdneleclenledlaateel erlaslaslseledanfariselant=ajenieniselret=alenisn|qenl=e Hi WHY HHH HHH “HOLIDAY a ft thing we sell, 606 13th st. Only One Door Above Ito, Akuzaki & Co i. AND NEW YE Without a bettle of Ange Dr. “t's, the renowred appetizer of vuisite Maver. Beware of counterfeits. | 530 It has also proved eqnally THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE | AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. The Section Organized to Look After the Suffering Poor. Company Organized to Furnish Power 1—The Mule in a Bad Way. on the ©; Georgetown is now thoroughly organized for the systematic caring of the poor. Most every church in the place has some charitable society connected with it. Mr. Davis, the secretary of the Georgetown branch of the Associated Charities, has nis hands full receiving calls and investigating cases. At the regular monthly meeting of the first subdivision of Associated Chari ties, held on Friday evening last at the res- idence of President F. L. Moore, seven new and prominent citizens were added to the board of managers. They were Messrs. W. 31, Dougal, Archibald Greenlees, 8. ‘Thomas Brown, John Marbury, Henry F. Blount, ii. ©. Winship and John b. McPherson. ‘The condition of the treasury was shown to be encouraging. Since the last meeting not only a liberal amount of cash had been contributed, but much fuel and clothing. “The only inconvenience the association has had to contend with in the past,” said Mr. Davis, the secretary, “has been the lack of workers, not the lack of funds. By the ap- pointment of these new tnis will be done away with. The association has entered into an ar- rangement with the principal fuel dealers here through which the poor, on the pre- sentation of tickets issued by the society, will be given coal and wood for half price, the association making up the difference monthly, or whenever a settlement is asked 1 | for. “We cannot but believe that many worthy people have been kept from starvation and others helped ‘through temporary difficul- ties by this association,” said a member of the subdivision to the reporter. “It is to be hoped that it will be with us this year as it has been in the past—that when the need for funds comes it will be supplied by this public, which has always shown itself so generous.” Att x the M The movement looking to the introduction of electricity on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal has now begun to take definite shape. Ever since the practicability of the power in canal navigation was demonstrated to the satisfaction of its promoters on the Erie canal about one month ago those interested in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal have been bestirring themselves to secure {ts introduc- tion here. As the first step toward this, articles of incorporation have been asked for and granted to the Chesapeake and Ohio Trans- portation Company of Washington county. Should the system now under consideration by the Erie people be perfected, it is the In- tention of the new company to go to work at once. In the trial trip which was made on the New York waterway in November about three miles per hour were made by @ boat loaded with 175 tons of sand. The amount of the capital stock of the new company !s $250,000, divided into 2,500 shares of $100 each. he charter is a broad and liberal one. The Erie people have plenty of money to back their experiments and will not stop | until their efforts are crowned with the ut- most success. The new Chesapeake and Ohio corpora- tion will endeavor to make arrangements | with the canal company to furnish + the j motive power necessary in transporting cargoes on the canal. , The trolley system is the one under active consideration, the boats to be furnished with two street railroad motors of twenty- five horse power. Those who have been selected to repre- Sent the new company in the capacity of directors are Charles K. Lord, Alex. Shaw, | H. C. Block, Lioyd Lowndes, J. Clarence Lane of Hagerstown. All are said to be largely interested in the coal industry of Maryland. ca Movements, Boats arrived on Saturday as follows: J. Bryan, Capt. Hewitt; No. 119, Capt. Price; J. K. Shaw, Capt. Runkle; Consolidation No. 4, Capt. Lapold; No. 109, Capt: Stride | Little Walter, Capt. Zeigler; Judge Cox, Capt. Shaw; No. 104, Capt. Benner Jutge Hagner, Capt. Hine, and Alcedo; Capt. Ma- | gruder. ‘ A Boats cleared Cumberland for Géorgetown on Saturday as follows: W. T. Calahan, Capt Woodard, 113 tons; No. 129, Capt. Bowers,, 120 tons; No. 120, Capt. Cramer, 115 tons; J. B. MeLair, Capt. Price, 124 tons; A. P. | Beale, Capt. Huff, 115 tons. Boats left yesterday as follows: Ivy City, Capt. Linburg; J. Spencer, Capt. Baker; Consolidation No. 3, Capt. Colbert; Morning Star, Capt. Baker, and Granite No. 2, Capt. | Magruder. | Renal Estate. Charles G. Spaulding on Saturday last | conveyed to L. G. Shepard all right, title and interest in a tract of land west of the Rockville turnpike, containing eleven acres | and th~ee roods; also a tract on the Powder- house lane, near by. Lot 2, block 2, of Cleveland Heights | changed hands on Saturday, Charles Early selling to Sam'l Porter for Much dirsatisfaction is being expressed by Georgetown merchants over the incon- | Veniences they are subjected to by the slow ‘delivery of their goods by the railroads. | They are often sidetracked and kept in out- | of-the-way places for days and sometimes even weeks. So annoying has this become that a delegation of citizens are consider- ing the advisability of calling on the prin- cipal officials of the roads and entering a | formal protest. 1 Tobacco Stolen, A box of tobacco valued at $25 was dump- ed off an express wagon on Saturday in | front of the grocery of Mr. John A. Girvin, corner 30th and M streets. When the owner Went out to bring it in a little later he found it gone. The thief has not yet been | arrested. | —__—. DEATH OF PALLINE CUSHMAN. The Noted Female Scout Passes Away | in San Francisco. A San Francisco dispatch to the New ork Sun says Mrs. Jerry Fryer, better nown as “Pauline Cushman,” the noted | female scout of the rebellion, died there | Saturday from the effects of a dose of mor- | phine which she took some time during Fri- day night, but whether accidentally or with ' suicidal intent has not been determined. Mrs. Fryer was found at 1 o'clock Saturday morning unconsqdous in her bed, in a front | Toom cn the third floor of a Market street ly. { | lodsing house. Medical aid was summoned, | but she died Saturday afternoon. Mrs.E.Tay- | lor, the landlady of the lodging house, said Saturddy afternoon that Mrs. Fryer had | been in her house for three years, and was | her particular friend. She believed the fatal | dese was accidentally taken, as Mrs. Pryer had suffered from sciatic rheumatism, and had been in the habit of taking. morphine to ease her pain. Mrs. Fryer’s only income was a pension | received on account of the services of her | tes Dickinson, whom she Rapids, Mich.’ Her room as neat, but there Was an air of poverty | about it. Shi me to San Francisco last spring, having left Jerry Fryer, the sheriff of Pinal | Ariz., because he failed to provide | | coun * hef® She had been trying for months it | to get a special pension for her services as a scout. Senator Stewart had interested imself in it, but he made very little head- ay. For months she had been in extreme- iy straitened circumstances, though she was too proud to appeal to any of her friend: The fact that she was a terrible sufferer from sciatica leads her friends to think she took morphine to dull the terrible pain and unconsciously took an overdose. They say she Was too courageous to take her life, as | she thought suicide cowardly. 200. —— A Balloonist Badly Hart. Cc. L. Vaughn, a balloonist, met with an accident yesterday at Centerville, Cal., which will probably prove fatal. A large audience assembled to witness a balloon as- cension, When the ropes were cut loose, the balloon was carried with ter-ific force against the town hall. Prof, Vaughn, who was ciinging to the trapeze, was thrown through the window of the town hall, against the ceiling and fell to the floor. Citizens broke open the hall door and found | Vaughn with one leg b> bones protruding; the other leg broken, one ear torn off, and internal injuries which are at present unknown, officers, though, | ‘oken in six places, | In the Days of cod-liver oil its use << was limited to easing SG those far “>= advanced in consumption Science soon discovered in it the prevention and cure of consumption. Scott's Emulsien of cod-liver oil with Hypo» phosphites of lime and soda has rendered the oil more effective, easy of digestion and pleasant to the taste. a Sets Bowne, FFA drension, SMES CIRRSD 97 wasn ne an ALEXANDRIA. | Since the destruction of Hunting Creek | bridge by the flood some time ago there has | been no effort to replace it for travel, and | it is not known how soon the Fairfax coun- ty authorities wiil take up the matter and | renew the bridge. Until the building of that bridge the ford of Cameron run, at what i3 now Pullman's, was the crossing place of all roads going south from Washington and | Alexandria, but in the early part of this century the Hunting Creck bridge w erected as a toll bridge, and it was only made free a few years ago. Fortunately its destruction was in some way rendered less inconvenient by the fact that the ML Vernen Electric Railway Company had made their railway bridge between Old | Alexandria and New Alexandria wide enough for the transit of both cars and wagons, and the coavenience thus afforded is now availed of by many farmers coming into town, but as no street, except Lee and Patrick, has a wagon road connection with Hunting creek the Fairfax wagons which cross the railroad bridge are now forced io pass through the brick yards of Agnew & | harlow and reach Washington street by «a very circuitous rovte. The railway comes in by Royal street, but there is no wagon road on that line. It nas been proposed io open Pitt street, and it has also been pro- - 2° saan, by the consent of the R. and D. road Company, a temporary road to Lee street. Nothing has as yet been determined in regard to the matter. On Saturday afternoon Mr. A. W. Arm- strong, commissioner, sold in the case of Sipple vs. Hammendinger a two-story | dwelling and lot 24x100 feet, on the north | Side of Prince between Fayette and Payne streets, for $1,400. Two small brick houses on an alley running west from Royal street, a short distance south of Wolfe street, Were sold at $150 to W. P. Woolls. The county court of Alexandria county, Judge Chichester, met here this morning at the Columbus street court house for the transaction of civi! business. The funeral of Mr. Walter Walton, whose death was reported in The Star on Satur- day, will take place near Mt. Vernon to- | ome : Orrow. | St. Andrew's Brotherhood had an inter- esting meeting last night at Grace Church. The Potomac Manufacturing Company, | which succeeds the Potomac Novelty Com- | pany, has resumed business at the manu- factory on King and Lee streets. ‘The ferry steamer City of Washington, now sunk near the ship yard, fs to be raised ind her engine taken out for repair. The | old steamer Henry Addison, late of George- town. is engaged in pumping out the sunken steamer. Rev. Carl Grammer conducted services ee at the pastoriess St. Paul's | Chure! ——a THE GRANT COTTAGE SOLD. A New York Woman Now Owns the House at Long Branch, A Long Branch dispatch to the New York Sun says: Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of the ex-President, has sold the old summer home of the family here, The Grant cot- tage has been one of the sights of the El- jberon section of Long Branch ever since jit was presented to Gen. Grant in 1869 by | roy W. Childs, ex-Collector Thomas Mur- phy, Gen. Horace Porter and other warm friends. It stands on the east side of Ocean avenue, a short distance south of Takanas- see lake, between the cottages of George W. Childs and H. C. Fahnestock, the New York banker. The plot is about 200 feet wide and 700 feet deep. The cottage stands in about the center of the plot, leaving a wile lawn between it and the bluff. It is a plain-look- ing structure, three stories in heighy, with — porches on all sides of the two lower joors. The stables stand in a grove of evergreen and pine trees on the Ocean avenue front of the property. This grove was Gen. Grant's pride. He planted all the trees and took | great credit to himself because he was the first cottager to succeed in making trees w So near the sea front. Hundreds of | trees had been set out, but they all died. Gen, Grant conceived the idea of planting a lot of them together instead of singly. The new owner of the cottage is Mrs. E. S. Price of New York,, who hes occupied ; for the past three summers. It ie under- j Stood that the price paid was S33,000., It Is said that the property cost Gen. Grant's friends about $35,000. ————- +02 —_—__ Gov. Waite’s Latest Scheme. Gov. Waite, it is stated in Denver, has in hand a convention of miners who wish to pass resolutions urging a special session of | the legislature to protect the silver mining j industries. Gov. Waite has been in corres- pondence with President Diaz of the repub- lic of Mexico, and has, so the state cabinet avers, arranged for the coinage of a hybrid silver coin, upon which will appear the Mexican mark as well as the Colorado coat of arms. This coin is to be made in the Mexican mints of Colorado silver, the Mex- ican government having the seigniorage as the profit. Gov. Waite declares that the state can purchase the builion, issue cer- tificates, which may be used as a medium of exchange until the return of the hybrids with which the certificates may be re deemed. Mr. Childs’ First Cigar. One of my first recollections of Christ- mas day is having no sled with which to enjoy the frost-covered ground, for we had frost and snow on Christmas when I |was a boy, and I made up my mind that | before the next Christmas arrived I should have one, writes George W. Childs in cm | | December Ladies’ Home Journal, under litle “My Christmas as a Boy.” And I | did, and without ay one giving it to me, either, as I both earned ané saved the | money with which I bought it. | Christmas presents were always abund |ant, though of the simplest kind. The , one which I remember most distinctly wag @ package of frecrackers—more suitable |to Independence day than to Christmas, | Perhaps, but I was not long in carrying it to the street and sharing my present —_ my boy friends. As many of | e spa! rs. When the crackers were exbeusted ie | I Bought and smoked my first and last cigar. Later in the day, as a further Christmas celebration, I went to a mem- agerie, and while there was taken so violently ill that J made up my mind then that if I ever reached home alive I never again touch tobacco, And I neves have. ——_~s0——___ Wings of Flying Birds. From the Hartford Daily ‘Times. A French naturalist has shown that the wing area of flying animals varies from about 49 square feet per pound | in the gnat and 5 square feet in ‘low to half a square foot per quire a pair of wings each of them 14 feet | long by 3 feet broad. or double the area of an room door to carry him, with- /out taking Into account the weight of the | wings themselves. To pick out other aerial |instances, it may not be generally known | that a/frigate bird can travel at the rate of a hundred miles an hour by chronograph and live in the alr a week at a time, day | and night, without touching a roost; that ‘large and’ heavy birds can remain almost motionless in air for hours without flapping (their wings; that birds can exert contin- uously about three times the horse power ‘per pound of weicht that man can. The energy given out by birds is. in fact, weigh® \tor weight, unparalieled in nature,