Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1894, Page 5

[No better coods. W. B. MOSES & SONS. No lower prices. Furniture, Carpets, No equal variety. Upholsteries, ke. 11TH AND F 8TS §,W. Newsy News From the Carpet Department. Everybody knows our Carpet Depart- ment. The satisfaction that can be ob- ‘tained In It Is not to be found anywhere else. The varieties are unlimited, styles the most tasty and prices the most mod- erate. ‘This week will be given to carpets to @ ceriain extent. Remarkably low prices will fight against the unusually dull trad after ¢ . The result will be s great benefit to any one needing carpets. Bordered Carpets. Our famous BORDERED CARPETS are among the most popular productions We use up the carpet remnants in making them and are en- abled to offer values it's impossible to equal. We've improved our time durinz the last week and have made up a lot of about 200 Kordered Carpets. You know Low prices usually range, but we'll quote a few to revive your memory. Tapestry Brussells Carpet Rugs. No compe‘itors. Regvlar Present Value. Price. 10ft. Gin. by 11ft. Gin. JON. Zim. by 12M. IOMt. Gin. by 11K. loft. Gin. by 1341 Sit. Sin. by 12ft. Sft. Zin. by 13tt. wth. ‘Sf. Zin. by tort. Sit. Sim. by 11ft. tin Sft. Sin. by iin. Str. vin. by Sta. 31 loft. Gin. by 1460 Itt. Gin. by 12¢t. din. 10ft. Gin. by 12ft. win. Sit. Sin. by Vt. 10; Stt. Siu. by 12ft. - Bla. by 12. Gin. Sft. Sin. by Sft. 4in.. Gft. by Stt. Sin. Body Brusselis Carpet Rugs. 1Oft. Gin. by 11ft. 10ft. Gin. by Wet. $37.50 ‘Sft. Bin. by Itt. Sft. Sin. by 13ft. din. Sft. Sim. by 14ft. Ste. Sim. by 1et. Wilton Velvet Carpet Rugs. Sit. Sin. by 11¢t. ‘Set, Sim. by 17 ft. rt. 1Oft. Gin. by 138t. Oft. 4m. by Litt. 1Oft. Gin. by 14ft. 10ft. Gin. by I2ft. 9im. by 1 ~ . Carpet Remnants. 500) Remnan ef all kinds of car- pets, in lengths from 1 to HALF PRICE. Hassocks Reduced. A lot of 1,000 Hassocks ordered for the holiday trade have just arrived. We haven't room to keep them new, so will clear them out at a big discount. SO-cent Hassocks for............ 25CTS. ‘Wet. and $1.00 Hassocks for... 50CTS, Carpets as Bargains Are always good, because in carpets we excel and we're able to make our regu- lar prices much lower than any one ' else's. Especially big values from the CAR- PET DEPARTMENT for this week. yards, at regular ea cents yar Specials = tihwer ae" DZ I=2C, 1,000 yds. Extra Heavy In- gaia Carpet, new patterns aud colorings. itegulariy 30 od ce t wees TS ZOC. Sold in quantities from 1 to 50 yards. 2,000 yds. best quality al? Wook Ingrain, Hartford sud Lowell make, _latest patterns “and colorings. egular le cents yard. This ree” “5OC. 1.500 sards of our famous 20,28 Meare Linoleum. iF price 73 cts. yd. ‘This w es 50c. & MOSES éoxs PRREG eee Moqueite Carpet Rugs. $22.50 g2e2e222 Largest Exclusively Retail Furniture, Carpet, Up- bolstery, Drapery and Wall Paper House in America. x Lvs Axo F Srs. N. W. Our January | Ninth And The Avenue. ‘“*Clearance” Sale of Shoes Has Begun. €7Particulars at the store. Hoover& Snyder, NO BRANCH. ; 1217 Pa. Ave. Jal oO (DoD oe oe ee BUY NOW. If you have money use tt to buy every- thing you reed or may need during the Rext six mouths. You suve from 20 to 40 Per cent. The dgures below tell what you ure, wiz: Ladies’ Shoes for $2.65. Worth $3.50. Ladies’ Shoes for $3.30. Worth $5.00. Men's $6 Cordovan Congress for $4.25. Men's $5 Calf Congress for $3.75. Men's $2.75 Congress for $1.63. Men's $6 French Patent Calf for $3.75. THE WARRER SHOE HOUSE 919 F Street N. W. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. Permanent Bargains |e PERRY’S. aoe \ smirTs— 30e. SHIRTS— A SPECIAL SALE OF A SPECIAL VALUE. | ‘Take anybody's into comparison. Put the best you can buy for 9c. beside ours—und give us eredit for the superiority that OURS plainly has. We call it @ semi-annual sale, This is the first—but ft shall be followed by worthy suc- cessors. At the start — tomorrow morning — we shall have 500 dozen—with the factory still mak- ing. We want to give you eleven points to ponder over— Ecos bic plein te a body. 2d. _rnat they are St-inch around the chest. 3d. 4th._m sleeves run from 31 to 34 inches long—as you need them, ‘They are 36 inches long. Sth. mney come in all sizes, from 14 to 18- inch neck measures, 6th. ~The bosoms are 16 inelies long and 7% inches wide. 7th. avery strainable point, froxt and back, is reinforced. 8th. on. facings and gussets are of the patent continuous sort. QEH. _grcn vosom ts inserted—and backed with butcher's Hinen, roth ne TIC. rie rosie are Sply—PURE LINEN— no unions—nor any r trade substitute— Wut tax—pure and simple. along with you—and “The eyelets and holes ty and durably worked. button are Now take @ measure ours—and measure other folks’ 39¢, Shirts. tape line You know the virtue of the proportions we have made ours—and they measure out to the inch. | ‘They are unlaundered—will stand’ on thelr own actual worth. 50e., The. and $1 are our other grades-- as much better than our 3¥c, Shirt as that is better than you can bay for 3c. anywhere else. Night Shirts. With the 30. Dress Shirt we have put 100 dozen NIGHT SHIRTS on sale at 45e. each as a companion leader. cellencies that will bear looking into: Here are a few of thelr ex- ISt._aney are 50 inches long. —They are 54 inches around the chest. 4th. They have pockets and cuffs, —They have patent gussets and seams. Sth. px at G5e. lines when you Want to see their equal. Oth. sree run from 14 to 18 inches. ‘They are neatly trimmed—and couldn't be oetter | made at any price. We keep the same goodness up in our costlier | lines. The 50 dozen that we offer at Tc. are worth at least a dollar~plain white or fancy trimmed. Our $1 grade reads like a $1. New York Mills muslin—62 inc! inches 4 chest—fits for 14 to heck measures. If these are net roomy enongh for you we will make them to order—ai our rea made price—$1. “The Crown.” A purchase we made of some CROWN SUS- PENDERS comes in at most opportune thne, ree Woodward and Lothrop, 10TH, 11TH AND F STREETS NORTHWEST. OF IRISH POINTE LACE CURTAINS, &c., ity to economical buyers. Not old shopworn stay. amount can buy. The sale begins at 8 0’ Made of an elegant muslin, count- ing S4xS4 threads to the square iach—pure linen bosom, shrunk: terlining and backing—tfront shirt cut out and b open back—French pla faced—reinforced front a and double stitehed—ga: ed y ~three-ply collar band bree. Wristbands, Hien faced—well ished—cut straight way of cloth and guaranteed to fit. 14 to 1744, inclusive. 50c. At i50c. of the Sizes Made of drst quality New York Mills Muslin—pare Itnen b interlining At 62 I=2¢. thd backing-—front ind backing —front eut out and three-ply bosom set in—reinforced front six inches of the eloth, to ft. Sizes elusive. and correctly made of the best materials, shirt | aund | ed 62 1=2¢. Night Shirts. Made of good plain and strong. heavy muslin, 50c. de of good muslin, same weight Int four picks coarser At F5C-. iin, estra tine, Made of Wamsutta twilled. mus- EIR icine. cs.0% otheas « There are 100 doz regular Tae. quality — for be t in the tor less than fare better We have some of the 39. Shirts put through the laundry just te show you how they luok “done They are In the window. To be frank, we are “putting our best foot forward’ in the Shirt matter. But we only bid for business on merit—and we shall be better sutis- fied to all y gone and done your best our order after you ba around town. | Here's the special list— | 39c. Day Shirts. To Make Room Today It Women’s Wrappers rant to mix a last season's garment jons cut we've mad interesting: ee At hie Stee rate. tes 48c. Crown Suspenders. | 23 $3-75 tetanic kos PERRY’S, Established 1840. t ‘Telephone 995. ne Are You Does your busband ever look “kinder sickly and pale about the gills” when he picks up that home-made bread of yours? If so, don’t take it to heart— it is probabiy not your fault. More than likely the flour you are using is inferior, and no one can make good bread out of bad flour. Your busband will eat your bread with a great deal more pleasure if you use Ceres Flour in its making. Ceres Flour is half the battle in all kinds of baking. Housekeepers say it makes more bread, lighter bread, whiter bread, Sweeter bread and better bread than any other flour they ever used. Try it. Beware imitations. Every sack and bart of the genuine Ceres contains a circular bearing the of | imprint of two gold medals. Look for it. Ceres at all grocers. We only Wholesale it. W.M.Galt & Co., WHOLESALE FLOUR & FEED DEALERS, | | | | | Reduced’ from $6.75 a oa | Reduced from $15 to $5. Cor.ist & Ind.Ave.N.W. and $8.75 to $3.75. A lot of Irish Lawn Wrappers, made very full, ruffled yoke front and’ back, full sleeves. $2.00 An wizen’ Reduced from $3 to $2. bes Frenelt Chatnbray Wrap) 2. 5O very full sleeves, gathered 3 Reduced from $3.50 and $4.25 to $2.50. At $1.75 Reduced from $2.75 and $3 to $1.75. A lot of Fancy Soft-finished Cambrie Wrappers, plaited and ruftied broide iu’ colors to mateh the At A lot of Trish Tawn and eale Wrappers, fall front, and sleeves, good assert $1.50 patterns | Reduced from $2.50 to | Pr t k of $1.50. i At A small lot of Lace-striped Dimity Suits, trinined with lice $5.00 and all-silk ‘ribbon, At A lot of Best Print Wrappe-s, good colors and neat patterns. 75C. All sizes, Reduced from $1.25 to in the prices. The women’s garments are grounds with colored figures, some very dainty aul attractive patteras. Details are A lot of Figured Dimity aed ke, trimined with em- | —o—_ Our Semi-Annual Sale Manufacturers’ Remnants, UPHOLSTERY ST@¥VS; LACE CURTAINS, CURTAIN ENDS, SAMPLE LINES begun today, presents a rare epportun- remnants, but new, fresh, crisp things, brought direct from the factory to us. We bought them for little, we've marked them accordingly—at half and less than half usual prices. Many cholce bits for chair cov- erings, cushion coverings, scarfs, tidies, splashers, mantel, picture and easel draperies - and the like, Hundreds of these bright, cherry things here pow, but they won't seeeeceecseeccoseececsesTIth st. building.) -——o— Our Twenty-Seventh Semi-Annual Sale Men’s and Boys’ Unlaundered Dress and Night Shirts Begins Tomorrow, January Third. In buying Shirts look carefully after the details. We do—always, for it’s just Such seemingly unimportant things that make one article better than another. For fourteen years we have been selling this same make of Shirts—we control them for Washington—and we are satisfied that they are unsurpassed. Each the they come to us with some —improvem: the bettering process has been going on to a very They are fully “graded"—that fs, euch size of Shirt is collar and sleeves to fit that size, and not, as in many shirts sand collars pat on tue same sized body, At no polat are thy All the parts where ex- tra strain comes have been fuily reinforced by de kknexs of mustin, double stitched. They are perfectly shaped—the lowe:t t highest priced oues--thoreaghily and each price represents the best that *eluck sharp. Dress Shirts. Made of an elegant muslin — 1900 pure Vosou—open back-French placket sleeves, faced—double felled sean—cut straight way of the oth and xuurunteed to at. Sizes 14 to 18, inclusive, 7q5C. quality: At 75¢. Made of New York Mills Muslin—2100 pure linen bosom, i with butehers’ linen. i shrunk—reinforced back and di At $1.00 and long this Shist © nearest approse “rerdy-made’ Line to et tom work,as, In addition to tine workuanship, you get the best of fit, To each size of neck hand Gere are, five le sleeves, 20 to 25 inches, At _ Made of geod muslin, same w t as Wamentta, but four C, Bleks coarser joc collar and 75 ‘cuffs trimmed in six styles. 75c. | - $1.00 +1009 Fst. door.) Wednesday--a January Clearing Sale oF Left-Over WashGarments for New Goods. ‘The adjustment of stocks to modern progressive notions leaves many things out of Is us to let them go—not that intrinsic worth is less, but be- mesns, and one only, brings the desired Wisdom te ause a business policy demands it. One the losing method of the reduced price, Touches and Girls’ and Chil- _dren’s Dresses. They are desirable goods, right in all respects, and so close akin to the new styles ordered for spring that we could sell them were we a mind to, new But we mes—that accounts for the un- all white with th At A lot of Domestic and Swivel Sik Gingham Dresses and a few awn Mocks. Neatly — made, eun- $1.00 fs ‘y trimmed, Sizes 4 to Reduced from $4 to $1. At A lot of Seatch Ging! bine and ine Chambray and Light with hem. Waist made in $1.50 Soke Teele blon: jacket edged with. nainsoak embroidery. Sizes: Reduced from $4.00 to $1.50. At A lot tslish French Gingham Frocks, to with or without Shy ete $2.50 ers ay nae made with Y floaunces ove aiders and trimmed with er.broidery and braid, 4 to 14 years. Reduced from $6 and $7.50 to $2.50. Sizes At A lot of French Percale ang Satin-striped Ginghaim Dresses, only one rntile over 5 or $3.50 ybon trimmings, short puted Empire” sleeves. Sizes 4 to 12 years. Reduced from $8 and $10 to $3.50. A lot, of Superior Quality Swivel Silk Gingham Dresses, handsomely trimmed with em- At $5.00 eg! and vet ribbon. Sizes 4 to 12 years, Also a ‘Two-piece Suit for a miss of sixteen years. made of helio- trope and green striped zing. ham, — elaborately trimmed with’ embroidery and heliotrepe moire rion, Reduced from $8, $10 and $15 to $5.00. ribbon triinmed. Sizes 14 and $7.50 "1y years, Reduced from $20 to Four Stylish Two-piece Suits, in rose and bine effects, handsomely embroldered — and WSC. Gd BOOP... eceeeees $7.50. seseeesIIth st, buflding.) Fae eS Woodward & Lothrop, 10TH, 11TH AND F STREETS NOBTHWEST. A Wife? o2, x PPOQPOSCE FE SPECOL OPPS SSO OSS OSHS SLO SSE PSOE H SES SE POL DGS OO EEODE SCE SOD HO ELH OD FOUSESOHOSOH A EPOHH OS FIGS SOOM OSIOS SOE SOGHS FS ESS OSHS OO DOOD OOOOOS O08 x ce ae From the ‘These MEN'S OVERCOATS are Admirals, Paddocks, Loudon Great Coats and Cape Coats—extremely fashionable and comfort- oo garments —§20, $22.00 and $25 worths $15.00. There are two lots of GENUINE EN- GLISH BEDFORD CORD RID! TROU- SERS —Buglish made—futl length and Kuve le a an the HOUSE” CLEANING SALE”—Si2 and $13.00 are the regular One-Half is the special reduction, We can't afford to do poor tatloring— Our reputation is at stake. —But we ve 130 more suitings than we ought to bave. ‘That's a stock res 35, SW ed RO vi are—and We'll inake “em” up Just as you want ‘em—for ° $25.00 to reduce the stock. Take the ie Boys’ and Children’s SHINT WAISTS—The HOUSE” CLEAN- ure. SUIIN, CAPE COATS, REEFERS, ING VICES are big drops from the actual valuen, Short t3 chaps into the partuient. ‘Vhere SHOKY too, are six or seven Imndred pairs of and LONG PANIS in the sale, ‘LEANING PRICE” jof a 1 FANCY NECKWEAR is The “HOUSE CLEANING PRICE” of the huttiest and nobblest $1.50, $1.75 and §2 NECKWEAR Novelties Is $1.19 each, ‘The “HOUSE CLEA’ PRICE” for a lot of FANCY COLORED SILK HAND- KEKCHIBES is 0c, each, The “MOUSE CLEANING PRICE” for a Jot of duc. and §1 SILK INITLAL HAND- NERCHIBPS Is 39. each, The “HOUSE CLEANING PRICE” for some slightly soiled $1 and $1.50 WHITE KID GLOVES ts 2v¢. The “HOUSE CLEANING PRICE” for the broken lots of HOLIDAY GLOVES—31, $1.25 and $1.50 grades—is 59c. ‘The “HOUSE CLEA) Jot of SILK and SATE Boe. PRICE” for a SUSPENDERS is The “HOUSE CLEANING PRICE” for the balance of the AMASA LYON stock of UNBIELLAS is $3 for the §6, $7 and $8 ones. $4 for the $9 and $10 ones. 5 for the $12 and $15 ones, ‘The “HOUSE CLEANING PRICE” for $2 and $2.50 PULL DRESS SHIRES is ise, “HOUSE CLEANING PRICE” for some PANCY PERCALE SHIRTS is 81,15. The “HOUSE CLEANING PRICE” for some $1.25 Vereale Bosom Shirts, with the The “He fot of $1. We, each plece, 1G PRICE” for a UNDERWEAR is ‘The “HOUSE CLEA) lot of $1 DERBY KIBBE We. each pier ‘The “HOUSE lot of Fast BLAC pairs, NING PRICE” for a 'K HOSE is YSe. for 6 The “HOUSE CLEANING PRICE” for a lot of TAN, GRAY und BROWN HOSIERY is oe. twe pairs, PRICE" for att E and PINK KID #2 a pair, NK KID a pair. There are <G_PRICES™ mort of th FANCY SLIP- EUS Laudies’, Meus and Toys’, PRICES” Departinent the CHEL- Of course there's a choice—and the first to make It will be the forbinate possessors, Pa. Av. and 7th St. SSSSOOSOSSS: ; Saks and Company AGreat Thing In Photography 1s confidence. Our patrons have confidence and we have coniidence In ozselves that nothing im PHOTOGRAPHY can be done bet- ter than we can do it. The results always strengthen that —_ confidence. Our “MANTELLO™ PHOTOGRAPHS— the new Photographs we're making—are attracting attention all over town, They're like stecl engravings, but are mucu cheaper than the ot kinds of Photographs. RICE,The Photographer, 1217-19-25 Pa. Ave. x2 ‘Start Today” with a smac breathed e. You will never auine Cow Butter, fields and sweet- imitations. with genuive Vrompt delivety, ‘I as. F. Oyster. HEADQUARTERS, 9TH & PA. AVE. m * STAND. CENTER MARKET. STAND, STH & SL — A Chafing Dish Should be included in the list of indis- Pensables at this season, So convenient when you wish to pre- Pare one or two dishes for lunch; there Chafing Dish are many times when a € can be put to use. We have them tn various styles and COPPER, NICKEL, S from the elaborate and expensive to the sizes, SILVER-PLATED, GRANITE, TRON 'AN most plainest and cheapest. Pl. W. Beveridge, D TIN: CHINA, GLASS AND HOUSEFURNISHINGS, 1215 t. jaz nd 1214 House Cleaning Sale. SOOSS “PHONE 271. K STS. MARKET. + ( \ PHOPHPOPOPOPODS OOS SHES D OS OOESESOSOS OH OOSHH POLO OIG L OS HOPIDOPHLEDO PSE P OSE SEOEOS ESOS FOOSE SDSS HSHOOOOOOS 000-—1f you eat only pure, 000 “Grease” fs alw: 000 difference betwe ©00 delicious flavor. C7 Let me send yon 000 “sample pound.” Lowest prices, 340 CENTER MARKET. WI \ MARKET. Telephone, 1283. ,Ermine Furs latest fashionable *‘craze,” and continue ao Zor sometime, as their —~Are the destined to RE \ Willett & You'll Live Longer Wholesome food. 8 injurious. ‘There's a vast ‘grease’’ and my MATCH- ©0900 LESS CREAMERY BUTTER—becoming more ©00 and more famong for iis purity, freshness and D. William Oyster, jaz / { BATTERS AND FURRIERS, 905 PA AVE. _ FIGHTING A S RK. This One Was Hungry and Wanted to Eat a Boat. Mr. C. R. Taylor of Norfolk was halted in the lobby of the National last night by a reporter for The Star. “Yes,” said he, “I have had some funny experiences with sharks off the North Carolina coast. They are not so deadly as the shark of the south- ern seas, nor so vicious as the little tiger shark, but then the fish I just now have in mind had somewhat of an appetite, and knew a good piece of man-meat when he saw it. I have had several scares during my residence on this planet, but a shark scare was the most alarming that ever fell to my lot. I was living at Moorhead City, N. C., and had a web-footed w: y of cruis- ing around for my health in a sixteen-foot canoe. The day was as nearly perfect as the weather bureau could have it! The sun was veiled at intervals with masses of flcecy, nebulous clouds, and the heat of noonday was tempered by a gentle breeze | from seaward. The ocean was as quiet as it ever gets. Only the regular roll of the Sround-swell disturbed the peaceful still- ness. The water was so clear that one’s fancy could see the Oceanides strolling through the groves of coral at the bottom. 1 was, perhaps, a mile off land. A in the down er I could see a vague, shadowy form twisting along. The outlines were so certain that 1 thought perhaps it might be the shadow of my boat But no. As it came Nearer the surface it was plain that it was a shark. Although he was deep down, he appeared to be very near the top. 1 had turned the bow of the little canoe landwards, but I could not avoid that big and dangerous fish. I was kept in horrible expectancy for some time, before his dark dorsal fin protruding from the water. He His teeth penetrated the light hull, from the gash in his ship's vitals. I could not withdraw m! fast in the fatal wound. his way. a TRUE, NO DOUBT. Bear Yarn. have all kinds of wild beasts, from was before the state got polluted wear a collar. was prospecting away in the Bull ing out of the east. and bread. of the Yellowstone. So realistic that I awoke. tongue was swabbing me down. fectly still. off, and ‘I sank to rest once more. me was full of bear tracks. Heved, and the reporter left. SERPENT MIGRATION, From the Alton Sentinel-Democrat. tating quarters and make certain sions regularly every lives are just as systematic as those = throat, but he con- tinued to splash and flounder with great fury. I reached for my paddle, and as he turned on his side, once more I jammed the wooden blade into the gaping wound. giving It such a push as to nearly cap- size me, I inserted it deep into his shark- report shivered a few times, and Mr. Taylor wen swam toward the bow of the canoe, lolled half way over as ts the fashion with his kind, and took a deliberate bite at the boat. and he would have dragged me under had I not crawled forward, and, reaching down with a large pocketknife, ripped him across the throat. He let go, but with bad grace. He was infuriated. He attempted to flounder in the canoe, and the swell which he was making around the slight craft added anoth- er A flow! Then, it, and was compelled to let go. After a period of frenzy, the monster died. The soft wind wafted me to the beach, and two days later, and more than three miles down the coast, shark came ashore with the paddle still er t Because Col. Jim Strathers Tells This “Montana is a zoological garden in its native state,” said Col. Jim Struthers to a Star man last night at the Arlington. “We grizzly bears and prairie dogs down. Speaking of bears, reminds me of once upon a time, It by the troliey, and when it wasn’t good form to it was before Montana got to be the greatest state in the Union. I moun- tains. I hadn't seen any dirt that looked as though it had the right ring to it. sun was turning in and shadows were com- I took the pack off one of my horses, picketed the animals and made a supper off hot coffee and bacon Then I coiled up in a blanket and knew no more. The might must have been half spent, when I began to dream that 1 was washing my face in one of the geysers The sensation became A hot breath was | breathing on my visage, and a strange ‘The i was sort of dazed with fear, and remained per- Presently the licking pro2ess ceased and the hot breath was withdrawn. A_big, dark, awkward something shambled When day came | found that my provision box had been raided, and the soft earth around I shivered a little bit, and moved on.” The colonel told this as though he really wanted to be be- Do snakes migrate? Perhaps this ques- tion has never occurred to you, or if it did it Is unlikely that you were interested in it, but there is more, perhaps, than you thought for in the answer to this query. Yes, in a rather loose sense snakes do migrate—that is, they have certain hibir- exeur- summer, and their of any other living thing. Their migrating habits have long been known to naturalists and the bluffs along the river afford a splendid locatity for iustration of what is known as the snake migration. Just at this sea- son of the year, when winter is coming on, all the serpents in the lowlands across the river, on the islands and in the fields, are making for the bluffs, where they find shelter and hibernate in the fissures and crevices during the cold season, and it is a common thing to see a snake swimming the Mississippi in the fall of the year, al- ways going toward the hills. Mr. Louis Stiritz of Clifton Terrace, who has frequented the river along the Piasa bluffs almost all his life, suys he has seen the time in the month of you couldn’t cross the riv ovember when rT at Clifton in the middie of the day without seeing a half dozen snakes — skjmming toward the Illinois bluffs, and tiat he has often killed as many as four or five rattlesnakes with an oar while rowing from his place to Alton. These snakes lie in a comatose con- dition in winter and just as soon as the warm rays of a spring sun creep into the rocks they crawl out, bask in the sun for a few days and then slide down the shales and off to the lowlands. Last fall the writer was hunting along the bluffs above Elsah, when he had an ex- perience that convinced him that snakes really do migrate. He noticed an old man walking along the river’s edge, who seem- ed to be intently watching something on the water with a pair of field glasses. His actions excited curiosity and the hunter climbed down the bluff and joined the stranger at the edge of the water. The man carried a heavy sack, a pair of field gigsses and a queer ‘pair of wooden tongs, and when questioned long replied that he was a snake catcher, all the while scanning the surface of the water with his glass. In the course of ten minutes he sighted game, which proved to be a snake swimming for shore some 200 yards above. The old man immediately picked up his tongs and just as soon as the snake had landed he grabbed him with the wooden claws. The catch proved to be a black snake and he was stowed away in the sack. For another hour he plied his trade, during which time he caught four snakes—two water snakes, one garter snake and a spreading adder. The latter he put in the sack, liberating the others with the remark that they were “no good.” Those other snakes are “good” snakes now, however, for the writer appointed himself a com- mittee to swat every one of them on the soft side of the head with the hard end of an overgrown pebble. The old man had waxed very genial by this time and together with my comrade, who had just come up, we went up to the house to see his collection. Mttle cabin boat, in a back room of He lived in a which he had over fifty live and hissing snakes, which, he said, he sold to a man in St. Louis, who sold them to different parties for different uses. trick?” said the snake hunter. T learned it when a boy. “How did I learn the “Well, sir, We used to live on bluffs above and near the Wisconsin line, and every fall the Indians would come down from the reservation and catch rat- tlesnakes when they crossed the They sold the dead snakes to a man river. at the fort and I learned the trick from the In- dians. Every fall the snakes take to the bluffs, and they only swim the river when the sun is warmest in the middle of the day. I used to catch them with a boat, Mke the Indians, but I've learned a trick the reds didn’t know, and that is that you ean catch more snakes along the shore with one-half the work.” es ‘Wm. H. MePariin Dend. Mr. Wm. H. McParlin died yesterday at Annapolis at the residence of his brother, Dr. Thomas McParlin, U. S. A. The de- ceased had gone over from Washington, where he lived, for a few days’ rest. Mr. MePartlin was formerly teller in the Farm- ers’ Bank Annapolis. 4 He was the son of the late William McParlin of that city. deceased was about sixty years of age. That is Talked About, but Has Nov Yet Come to a Definite Shape. An offer has been made for the Union post building, on G street, where the ‘Office is now located, by capitalists said not to be residents of consideration named ts about owners of the property, it is said, ha’ accepted this offer, as they claim that building cost more than the It is stated that some steps Chief Justice Alvey and Justices Morris and Shepard being present. Beyond the hearing of several motions nothing ot importance was done, the court ad@journ- ing after a short session until tomorrow morning. In case No. 186, Keene against Harsha, dismissed for failure to print, the ing controversy over the matter of the Rochdale Co-operative Society of the Dis- trict, was brought to a close. 110, Thomson against Pickrell; against Bryan, and patent in re Drawbaugh, assignor, were con’ tinued until the February term, and in the latter case a motion was submitted by Mr. Cases No, I8l, Abert appeal No. 10, ville Church that the files in the case be Preserved in secrecy. The | Assignment for Wednesday, January 4, Nos. 9, 22, 45, 9S, 132, 183, 141, 247, 148, and AMP. JOHN H. BRADEKAMP Sundays, December 5 al, at ville, M4. aged forty-four. sete: j Friends and relatives are respectfully invited te So ER wife of Bt at ‘1, i898, services at 3004 Q Borthwest Wed- nesday at o'clock. Anterment private. 24 adic: KELLY. On Sundar, December a. after 4 short and Mahala H., beloved busband fifty-two years, mative of land, formerly first Heutenant As fair a flower that ever Bloomed His Turuge ie with be chiltren ry ae But bis soul Is with his Got, Funeral on Wednesday, residence, corner of 17th st, thence to St. Joseph's mass will be xaid for the ® o'clock. Friends attend. LIPPINCOTT. On December 24, 1888, at Mrs. NAOMI Rt. LIPPINCOTT, her son, W. V. Lippincott, sixty-seventh year of her age. E City, Mo., home of trom the Capitol street, Bast 2p. 31, ea“, 15 ie 2. cad LUTTRELL. On Monday, J: 1, 1804, at 4 MAS J. LUT. p.m. after a short illness, ica Punersal services at the First_ Baptist ror- ad p.m. Interment private. MILLER. On Monday, January 1, 194, at 8:15 a. at the residence of her loved Wife of Prank EL er of Theodore Paneral private . danas }, at Ot a from i NELSON. In_ fils city. on December 81 Isat, JANE HOWARD NI of Hon. J. 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