Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1894, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. To Men. Theword “bargain” may have little charm to most men. The following are hone the less bargains and will be appreciated by wives and mothers. ‘Men's Autuma Shirts, made of Garner's best pereale, two separate collars and pair of cuffs, ‘We instead of $1.50. ‘Men's Summer English Madras Shirts, 69¢ in- Stead of $2.25. Men's 15e Collars for 9c, and Cuffs for 13c pair. ‘QI! the pew shapes. Men's “E. & W." Collars, in many styles, at We per half dozen. Men's and Boys’ Sweaters at only 2ic, Four New Bargain Tables. A change in interior ar- rangement of the Palais Royai makes another very busy corner in this busy store. Enter tomorrow by Eleventh street door and turn sharp to your left. 7 The four new bargain tables are to vontain those goods that for one reason or another can be Dffered at less than prevailing prices. Tomorrow’s Bargains. Table No. 1 so jtaes ot soe sntunn Dress Goods at 30e a yard for cholve. Note that ‘these fabrics are all wool, the very latest styles ‘and colors, and extra good value at S0c yard. MM Ns Bice aia nec ae Table Napkins at Se each, and Towels at each, worth ITe and 19¢, Table No. 3 —-w. B.” corsets st 490 fastead of $1 a pair. The “W. B." received the Bighest awards at the late world’s exposit Table No. 4 : Ie packages that will the ehildrem. Contents:—1 Cloth-bound Slate, Sharpened Slate Pencils, 1 Fair Sized Sponge, Hard Wood Muler and Measure, 1 Lead Pencil, ‘Lead Peneil Suarpener, 1 Superior Rubber Eraser, Penbolder and Pen. All for 1c. ‘Basement Floor. Autumn China, Glassware and Housefurnishing Goods are crowding the shelves from floor to roof. Something has to give away. It shall be the Dulky Trunks. Less than wholesale prices will bring many hurrying here having no present need vf @ trunk. EO sagas vases iki ea taining ten pieces. Best English porcelain, new Shape, artistic decorations, in pink, blue and brown. $2.50 the lowest previous price ere. $2.75 the Prevailing price. SIC or imitation Cut Glass Water Bottien, To appreciate how perfect an imitation compare with our genuine cut giass bottles at $1.98. Both {gre bargains, worth 7c and $3.50 respectively, hat fs, if you Judge by prevailing prices. OU teariins where @rnamented with wide gold bands. 2QC coven toe Extra Thin Flint Glass Table Tumblers, quality usually sold at Se each, GOC 5. tne Gesatne Anpente Alarm Clocks, ‘Warranted four years. Is not @e about the price ‘Usually asked for those without the alarm? 3-48 se tae rencretiecd Tron Anmcaia #-6ny Clocks, cathedral gong, striking hours and half Dour. ‘The quality and size usually sold at $4.50. 2OC poitsnead Tin Tea Pots bolting 5 plate, ‘The bow! copper Gottom assures durability. $1.89 for Sweet Singing Harts Mountain Cana- ries, 3c for large box of gravel, 6c for the seed and 39 for Solid Brass Cage. Fourth Floor. Bargains among the many New Rugs, .Curtains and Furniture. $1.48 toc saperioe sayanese Bags, sive 8:8 feet. Quality never before sold at less than $2.25. $4.98 for Ladies" Writing Desk, sold oak, finely finished, bevel plate mirror, $1.98 ,.. Superior Finish Oak Rocker that cannot be duplicated for less than $3. $4.98 oc xew style Hal Rack and Um brella Stand, with bevel plate mirror, brass trim- mings. $6.50 is % low price for this useful piece of furniture. $3-98 arc tor coenitio Curtaton that are worth $5, even in New York. Any of the young men in the department can inform you why we Know tais to be a fact. pair for Lace Curtains, im Brussels effect, GO inches wide and 3% yards long. $1.25 would be @ bargain price. Lace Curtains that connoisseurs will fudge to be good value at $6.50. ©The above mentioned are what we call the @pecial bargains. ‘This fourth floor fs filled with Drapecies, Furni- Ture Coverings Table Covers, Screens, &c., &c. Palais Royal, G and Eleventh Sts. Two Big Shoe Values ‘That explain why we have such a large portion of the shoe trade of town. They're regular offerings of ours, but we never get tired of- fering them and you never get tired of seeing them—the best you'll find anywhere. For $1.98. Ladies’ Dongola Button Shoes, in all toes, worth $3, for $1.98. For $2.98. Our “Edith” Shoes for ‘adies, viel kid, button, lace or bluchers, or Cloth-top Button Shoes, tipped or plain, in all the new rtyle toes and tips, razor, Piccadilly, opera and square, Worth $4. Our price, hildren’s Shoes, We're headqua:ters for MISSES’ and CHILDIEN'S SCHOOL, SHOES. Carry more than any three stores in town. Lowest possible prices. Shoes for 75 cents, 98 cons, $1, $1.5 and so on up. Family Shoe Stor Washington's Shoe Emporium, 310-312 Seventh Street. at For men to wear —but women to buy— Four Things that we're making special parade of in our Furnishing Depart- ment—because they are better than other folks have at the same price—and as good as they have for more. Underwear. A Medium-weight Camel's Hair—that's full —fashioned—has taped seams—ribbed $1 is all ’tis. Neckwear. It we didn't show another style but those Du Cape waves we'd have a right to the name of having the best 50c. Scarfs, The Du Capes are the latest, too. A Diack and red com- bination. But look at the quality of the silk and the manner of making. As good as the average 75 center. 50 Cents. Percale Shirts ~that_1s the bosoms fare percale—the bod- fes are Homesdale muslin. That's style— and they've got fit— ‘and finlsh to com mend them — and price, too—only_ $1.00 Each. for Me. that aren't as goodas these for asc. a Pair. Mark what we say— these are money savers. AKS AND COMPAN Only Complete Outfitters in Town. ‘ Pa. Av. and 7th St. Absolutely Painless And perfectly harmless, are recommenda- tions seldom given to painless methods bow in use for the extraction of teeth. @BThere ‘s more or less danger and pain “from EXTRACTIONS Made bj our met an anaesthetic. the anaesthetic methods. But does not require the use of No sleep produced. No portion. ‘ANS DENTAL PARLORS, 1217 PENNA. AVE. N.W. “erro Ea i Physical Culture Corset Co.'s seantt Warsts Are the Walsts to be worn for school and exercising. They’ Comfortable cad healtatul‘mede sc tect all the bones can be {, Washing—cut with full ‘hips’ ck igh and low bust. See them. 1. Mrs.Whelan, Mgr... 55% SCHMID the Bird Man The Downtown “‘Zoo.’ A [luseum ts to be seen that's iting Birds, Ani 2. o—__——_——————_0 wesday, 18th Sept., ’94- Pure Food ‘Bulletin —A “MIRROR” WHICH REFLECTS FROM DAY TO DAY SUCH BRANDS OF HOUSEHOLD COMMODITIES AS ATTAIN THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCEL- LENCE. +Walter Baker & Co.’s :Breakfast Cocoa, :No. 1 Chocolate and German Sweet Chocola’ the standard for purity and ex- cellence. Highland Brand Evaporated Cream Is unsweetened cow's milk of the best quality, reduced to creamy conaist- ence by evaporation. Nothing equals it for rich coffee, tea and chocolate. Beardsley’s Acme Sliced Beef Is always moist and tender, Diamond Crystal Salt —best obtainable for table use. Colburn’s Essence Jamaica Ginger: Is sold on its merits. Imperial Baking Powder Is the clieapest high-grade Baking Powder on the market. “Perfect Purity.” “Coal Oil Johnny’s”’ Petroleum Soap Is superior for the laundry, the bath and the toilet. Prevents the hair from falling out. Indurated Fiber Ware Is superior to tin or wooden ware for Buckets, Wash Tubs, Dish Pans, Spit- toons, etc. It's light, durable and seamless, G7If your grocer doesn't handle the goods let us know—we'll see that you are supplied. Jas. L. Barbour: & Son, Wholesale Grocers and Importers, and Dealers in Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars, and Caterers to Hotels, : 614-616 Penna. Ave.N.W. When you Flour: In _com- tition with twenty various rands of Mint cso “Ce- declared, IN EVERY PARTICULAR by dis- interestad experts, (Cereal | | | real" was THE BEST Has | highest satisfaction | cmes” in Washington and elsewhere for nearly twenty | Beane es, not only the best, | UT GOES “FARTHEST—there- ! given in “best he fore THE CHEAFEST flour you can_buy. cy. grocer for ‘“Ce- cept no substitute. le it, drop us i | on | tal. We'll that | A elt Beet sppted. weer. in | | | Wash. Flour & Feed Co., [Wholesale Flour and Feed Dealers, and Manufacturers of White and Yellow ulated Meal, Pearl Grits and Hominy, POR. VA. AVE. AND 4% ST. S.W. ‘It pe. HOSE. We've some exceptionally fine values ig Ladies’ Hose 4 Ladies’ " Celebrated re Fast Black Stainless Hose— lose that always wear well and look well. Have double we're better able than t fe’re er. ever to your Glove needs. NM HIBBERT’S GLOVE EMPORIUM, 606 uth St. zr ° IN 5 AND 10-LB. JARS ONLY. * GUARANTEED THE GENUINI * OR MONEY BACK. Telephone, 192. (7A full line of fresh, new Groceries at pricse that'll eave you a Be. to We. on the re N, 'T. REDMAN, 960 LA. AVE., {Wholesale and itetail Groceries. The First Thing To think about in getting ready for winter is your heaters. latrobe, furnace, stove or heater is in first-class order. Let us repair it now, 80 you'll have no trouble after the fire bas beea butlt. Charges are away down during this season. C7Our PLUMBING 1s good — always |. It's the kind that gives perfect satisfaction and. 4 20d Be sure your joesn't have to be done il send you an estimate upon request. Ss. S. Shedd & Bro., ord sr. <p. Dp.” Imported Corsets, $1.75 ee ee = e Money for © ** Corsets not satisfactory. ° * Whelan’s,1003 ADJOINING BOSTON HOUSB. cs cont, Those In Mournin SiS gate inpaigt eh cay feature of our — is that no is necessary, [7 wagon calls vers. Matcbless Process aT WALKER SONS. 204 10TH ST: N-W, CaR- aby ae Cement; two and three- ply Wrofne Me! acl goods. Anton Fischer, | 906 G St. A Word About Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder Braces, &e, . Are you aware that under ordinary circumstances you usually pay twice or three times as much as these goods can be sold for, and still afford a living profit? Specialists the Ike will ask you $10 for a Truss that we cih sell you for $2.50, and we will guarantee a perfect fit, and what can fit? Why @ specialist do but give you a Truss to pay the difference? Here are Leaders in this department: Our $1 Truss costs usually... Our $1.50 Truss costs usually Our $2.50 Truss costs usually. Womb Supporters of the London pattern, afford- ing ease and comfort to the wearer. Reduced to $1.50. Usual prive, $3.00. Knickerbocker Shoulder Braces, the very best contrivance tn use for round-shouldered people, only 7c. For Men, Women, Boys and Girls. Competent lady in attendance, Swedish Leeches just received, fresh. KOLB PHARMACY, LEADERS OF LOWEST PRICES, TTH AND E STS. N.W, it Name Tag free with each bag. — Baek asnas ee eck gee te e ree =? - Besides That —We Save you money on every travel- ing requisite you bay of us. ‘We Save You 15 to 20c. On a Telescope Case. ‘We Save You 40c. jon a Club Bag. 3 2 $1.50 Grain Leather Club Bags, $1.10, Best $6.50 Trunk in the world. S999 S0060006000000000000 — 425 7th St. OPPO OPO SSO SSS SOS SSOSSSOS' rn a MRL [Men Save 4oc. 1.90 T5O tn ee | 4 Oo Dunlap Hats Willett & Ruoff, —are only obtainable of 05 Pa. Ave. 200, ———— ‘That 40c. is just what 50, as the same is $1.90 a few BES AMERICAN The Germans Pay More ‘aad Get Poorer Quality. 4. -v0 The American Consul Thinks That Germany Offers a Good Market for Goods From This Country. E. W. S. Tingle, the United States con- sul at Brunswick, has made a report to the State Department contrasting Ameri- can and German furniture, greatly to the credit of the former country, and showing what a fine field Germahy-offers for the introduction of American-made products of this kind. “Despite the fact that the Ger- mans are eminently practical and excel in many forms of handicraft,” says the con- sul, “they are very deficient in respect to the manufacture of ordinary furniture. Perhaps this arises from the scarcity of wood, or to the fact that they have not accustomed themselves to as many articles of furniture as is the case in our own coun- try; but, be the reason what it is, the sim- ple’ fact remains, speaking broadly, that there is no good furniture in .Germany. This statement may be qualified with re- gard to art furniture, but even in that re- spect they fall far below the productions of American factories. “A somewhat extended inquiry in this direction leads me to the belief that there is in Germany an excellent field for the ex- tension of trade in American furniture pro- ducts, With the enormous output of Ameri- can factories, an extension of the avenues of trade in this respect is certainly worth the effort. The Germans are conservative, to be sure, but they are not so wedded to conservatism as not to be willing to buy a foreign article if they can get it better than at home, and as cheap. Especial stress must be laid upon cheapness, for thrift is, Perhaps, the most predominating German characteristic, and the average rman, therefore, instead of throwing away his money, carefully scrutinizes the expendi- ture of every mark. Not Cheaper Than in This Country. “American furniture dealers, accordingly, if they wish to do business in this country, must not only make a good article, but must offer it as cheaply as possible in com- petition with the German dealer. I am con- strained to believe that this will not be found to be an obstacle, for the reason that even the commonest articles of German manufacture in furniture are not any cheaper than with us at home. This is ex- plained in two ways: First, the dearness of all kinds of wood, and, second, the lack of as great efficiency in German workmen and of as improved machinery in Germany as obtain in the United States. As to the Ger- man product—speaking now of the ordinary household furniture—it cannot begin to compare with the American article for either beauty, finish, practicability or strength. “It is rare to find a table or desk that sits evenly on its legs, and it is rarer still to find a common chair that will not come apart after very little use. Easy chairs of the comfortable ‘sleepy-hollow’ pattern are almost unknown, and the usual upholstered drawing room chairs, while substantial enough, are far from being things of beauty. The artistic and inexpensive bed room sets—especially dressing cases and bureaus—which are to be seen in even the most humble homes of the United States are never met with here. Instead, there are a very plain black walnut bedstead, a small chest of drawers with a wall mirror hang- ing over it, and an old-fashioned marble- id. These articles, with two ry chairs, furaish the bed room equipment in tne houses of the well to do. In the dining room the furniture is somewhat better, the sideboards or buffets having rather an air of substantial ele- gance; but the tables are not only severely plain, but are exceedingly unreliable, so that when one buys an extension table he must take the chances as to whether it will ‘extend’ or not after some use. How to Develop Trade. “In the parlor or drawing room the fur- niture in the houses of thé rich ts of the ert variety, and answers its purpose very well. In this direction there is probably not much of an opening, but in the drawing rooms or sitting rooms of those who are rot rich, but only moderately well off, the average “parlor” furnjture made in our ‘country should find ajready sale. There are a dozen different ds.of lighter fur- niture that in the United States are almost essential which are but little known here, and which might be introduced. The sub- ject, however, is such an extended one, and embraces so much detail, that reliable infor- mation as to openings in any specific line can only be determined by an expert; but furniture makers at home can be assured that the chance exists if they want to take advantage of it. “Should the trade be established, it could be handled through commission houses in Hamburg. As to the best way of develop- ing it, and upon what lines, the under- signed believes that the best plan would be for the American Furniture Makers’ Asso- ciation to send over here one or more ex- perts to make a thorough study of the ques- tion. It is certain that the money spent in this direction would not be wast: “High as the duties and freights are, the superiority of the American product and the improved methods of workmanship Would practéeally offset them.” MOVEMENT OF TROOPS|IN HOTEL CORRIDORS Official Explanation of Yesterday's Im- portant Army Order. Net More Than Two-Thirds of the Army Remains in the West— Concentrating Regiments. ‘The Secret-ry of War has issued a state- ment in regard to the purpose and effect of the general order for the movement of troops, which was published in full in yes- terday’s Star, He says: The order for the discontinuance of the three recruiting posts: Davids Island, Columbus Barracks and Jef- ferson Barracks, contained the announce- ment that the troops to occupy those sta- tions would soon be designated. The or- ders now issued by the War Department, and which have for some time been under chnsideration by Secretary Lamont and Schofield, provide garrisons for the old recrajting depots, and also contemplate a consi ble concentration of the troops. Several of the smaller stations east of the Mississippi, as well as a few in the western country, are given up as no longer neces- sary. In pursuance of present arrangements, ten of the twenty-five regiments of infantry will be concentrated at single posts. This policy of concentration, instituted several years since, and which has been so strongly urged by the colonels of regiments and the major general commanding the army, will be adhered to, and substantial results will now be seen, for when the orders issued to- day go into effect there will be sixteen gar- risons of strength exceeding a full regiment of infantry, and twenty-two others con- sisting of from four to seven companies. The regiments that are to be brought east in whole or in part are the third and sixth cavalry, the thirteenth and seventeenth in- fantry, and the whole twentieth infantry takes station at Fort Leavenworth. Ali these commands have been serving in the remote west almost continuously since the clese of the civil war, and have, by most faithful and arduous service, earned the consideration now bestowed in assigning them to pleasanter stations. Several other regiments that have been a long time iso- lated also deserve a change, but the trans- portation funds now available will not suf- fice to meet the expense this year of any more extended movements than have been decided upon. Collecting Scattered Companies. The posts of Leavenworth and Myer have, heretofore, been garrisoned by separate companies. At the present time fourteen regiments are represented at these two gar- risons. Secretary Lamont and Gen. Scho- field have been opposed to the continuation of this system, which was instituted many years ago, believing that the regiment should, as far as possible, be kept intact, and the former system of making up the garrisons of these two important stations will be discontinued. The tenth infantry that has heretofor> been scattered between five posts from the Pacific coast to the Mississippi valley will row come together at Sill and Reno, while th2 whole fifth regiment, formerly occupy- ing five stations, will be assembled at Fort McPherson, Ga. AS soon as some changes are made in the quarters at Jefferson Barracks and Colum- bus Barracks, the two troops of cavalry now ordered to the former will be joined by four other troops, ind the remainder of the seventeenth infantry will be sent to Colum- bus Barracks, making the latter a regi- mental post. Davids Island will be occu- pied by the artillery, as the modern fortifi- cation that has been constructed there to command the sound entrance to New York harbor is row receiving its armament, and requires an artillery garrison. Fort Co- lumbus, on Governor's Island, which, under rrodern conditions, cuts no figure in the per- manent defense of New York city, will, hereafter, be an infantry post, to be ulti- mately increased to a full regiment. East and West of the Mississippi. The total number of companies now sery- ing east of the Mississippi is one hundred. In future it will be 119, occupying thirty- one posts. The gain to the east, of course, comes from the west, but the number of posts remaining west of the Mississippi is forty-nine, and these are garrisoned by 245 companies, without counting the Indian companies, of which there are seven. It will, therefore, be seen that not more than two-thirds of the regular army still re- mains in the west. Congress has ordered the building of two new posts, one in Mon- tena and one in Arkansas. When these are completed other points will be given up, and the troops still further concentrated. As respects geographical departments, Gen. Howard's command will be increased by nineteen companies, the department of the Platte loses seven, Colorado four, and Dakota eight. The movements outlined will result in large economies on account of the concentration, and from the discontinuance of the expense incident to the maintenance bandoned; besides, orders heretofore given many reductions of employes have been made, and surplus animals sold, which will result in a large saving. The change from the old system of re- cruiting and holding recruits at depots has already resulted in the strengthening of companies by about 1,500 men, and this without any change in the number of en- Usted men in the army, which is limited by law to 25,000. Reducing Expenses. For many years past a considerable num- ter of Indians have been enlisted as scouts, each receiving $25 per month, besides ra- tions, medical attendance, etc. The aggre- gate cost of 150 Indian scouts is now about $50,000 per annum. It is proposed to dis- tion to the com- bative force, and the expense will be much less than heretofore. Secretary Lamont expects to be able to meet all demands upon the without additional allowance by Congress. The garrisons will be better located than heretofore for respending to calls, should they unfortunately be made. There is no present intention of creating any new geographical department or of discontinu- ing any of the present ones.” —_—_—_+- e+ _____ WHICH IS THE SAFEST CART That Depends on Things Nobody Can Foresee. From the Detrolt Free Press. “Which is the safest car on a railroad train?” repeated an old Detroit railroad man, as he stroked his chin and seemed to reflect on the query. “Well, the best an- swer I can make is that it is the car which doesn’t run off the rails when all others do, and which is left on the bank when the train goes through a bridge.” “You've traveled thousands of miles by rail?” “Yes, tens of thousands.” “And been in half a dozen accidents?” “I've been in exactly seventeen railroad accidents, but some of them were hardly worth mentioning.” “And do you locate yourself in any par- of the train?’ * I drop into a seat wherever I can find one and don't worry about acct- dents. I've known a whole train except the last coach to go through a bridge, and I've known every car but the last to pass safely over. In a head-on collision the forward coach may be smashed to splinters, or it may rear up on end and escape all injury. I was on a train once where a locomotive struck the rear car, rolled it aside without serious injury to anybody, and then killed or wounded every passenger in the next coach. The man who goes hunting for the safest car on a train ls throwing away his time. He may take any car and travel for ten years, and never even be delayed by a hot box; or he may settle down in the car of his choice and be killed in a ride of ten miles. I once saw twenty-two people smashed in a coach, and yet two fellows who were stealing a ride on the trucks un- derneath got off scot-free. Just buy a first- class ticket, get aboard before the train goes, and leave the rest to Providence.” ——_+e+-_____ Gov. Greenhalge of Massachusetts has re- ceived from Washington the battleflags of the fifteenth, nineteenth, twenty-third and fifty-eighth regiments of Massachusetts in- fantry, captured on southern battlefields, which have been retained at the capital for many years. “That's a sensible sign/” said John Laugh- lin, one of the old-time billiard experts, who aspired to championship honors when the carom tables first were introduced in this country and the pockets were relegated to pool purposes only. He was admiring the new billiard room at the Riggs House and referred to the placard hanging over each table: “Players must keep off these tables.” “There is rothing injures the cushions of a billiard or pool table as much as the habit so many players have of climbing over on the table to make a shot where they can't reach cue balls in the proper way,” continued Mr. Laughlin. “The cush- ion of a billiard table is made so that its edge will be struck by a ball exactly in the center of the latter. This condition causes the ball to not only take an exactly per- fect angle when it is shot straight, but to receive a great deal more “English” from being shot on the side. The habit I speak of so general among players of climbing on the tables pushes the cushions down and consequently they strike the balls below their centers and cause them to slide off and change their course. The error is only small, of course, but a first-class billiard player who has been accustomed to good tables and who plays with confidence is all broken up when he gets on a table with sagged cushions, because the departure of a ball from its proper course by even a hair's breadth sometimes ruins a big rum; The bridges are supplied along with every table for use in making shots where a player cannot make a shot by means of the natural bridge formed of his thumb and forefinger, and players should be made to use them. A man should no more think of climbing on a billiard tabie than a musician should think of pounding a piano with a meat ax. The billiard table is a mighty delicate piece of construction and should be carefully and tenderly treated. So I say that’s a sensible sign, and I hope the man who runs this room will insist that its in- junction is obeyed.” “There are lots of dummy telephones coming into vse,” sald R. C. Owens, a New York electrical expéft, at the Ecbbitt yester- day. “What are they? Well, in the first place, they are a necessity to a busy man who does not keep a public telephone and in enother place they present an- excellent means for getting rid of bores who don’t in- tend to be bores, who don’t know that they are bores, and who wculd resent any sup- posed discourtesy in a pretty emphatic way. Since the telephone came into general use and pay stations were established a class has also come into being composed of peo- ple who want to use a ‘phone perpetually and eterncily, but whose messages are not important enovgh to allow the expenditure or dime. ‘hese people always want to use a "phone whenever they see one, and as they are becoming more numerous every day, the dummy ‘phone has been introduc- ed. It looks exactly like a telephone, but is made of papier mache. When a man asks to use your "phone and you have a dummy, you just refer him to it, and then he rings away for ‘central’ untfl he wear- ies of getting a reply. Of course he thinks the instrument is cut of order. He may come in at some other time and ask to use it again, but he never comes the third. ‘Two whacks at a dummy telephone will break the biggest telephone beat in existence of ever trying to use it again.” “I saw a telegram in one of the papers a day or two ago of an old man being pulled overboard into Chautauqua lake by a mus- callonge he had hooked,” said Frank Den- man of Fairfax county at the Metropolitan last night. “I saw something of the same scrt several years ago in the rapids just below Great Falls, and I didn’t have any of the bait that comes in bot! ell ‘ Dick Evans, who used to oe Rie oi who was a powerful fisherman in those days, went up to Great Falls early that spring to try the first run of bass. He had a young man named Smoot with him and they concluded to try their luck beiow the falls. You know in the spring rock are sometimes caught at that place in the Potomac weighing all the way from ten to twenty-five pounds. Well, y: Smoot was fishing from a big stone in the river and one of those fish took his heok. A bat- tle royal ensued and the result was that Smoot was pulled off his perch and into the water. it was a dangerous place, but when Smoot was pulled out the only thing he upbraided in the way of his hard Juck was his loss of the fish.” “Pullman car porters form one great se- eret society whose ritual differs only in a slight degree on separate sysiems,” said Philip Welch, a traveling man, at Willard’s this morning. “You know the professional tramps leave hieroglyphic information for those of their guild who come after them on fences and gate posts along the roads they travel. Pullman porters instruct each other about the traveling public in much the same way. The means taken by the porters are simple but unerring. The fa- vorite place in which they put their ciphers so full of meaning is on the inside edge of travelers’ boot heels. Every patron of a Pullman must, of course, place his foot- gear for a time at the mercy of the porter, and if such a traveler is wise in his genera- there, which, if he can secure the transla- tion of them, will tell him what the porter thinks of him. A nick in one part of the heel will mean that their wearer is a gen- erous, open-hearted man, and the port Es THE HINDOO'S RELIGION. He Will Infitct Torteres on Himself for Penance, but Never Kills a Mos- aaito. From the Spectator. Asia exaggerates all things, and the vir- tue of penance among the rest, but the vir- tue is still believed in, even in western and fatness, crawling, stretched at full length, along a road before the image of Juggernaut, suffering, in fact, torture such as no one would inflict upon a convict. And he has known one of his own clerks, a man of singular ability and bonhomie, who, being suddenly struck, through the death of an only son, with the conviction of sin committed in a past existence, departed at once for Benares to live there on alms, seated as a naked Sunyasee, covered with dust, by the holy river's side. There are thousands of men in India at this moment who, under this impulse, are enduring tor- tures or makirg painful pilgrimages, or living the lives of hermits in the forest. The second aid is ceremonial purity, the living by a rigid rule of life, so rigid that it is almost intolerable, which preserves what a Catholic bishop would call his “sanctity,” the Hindoo believes may be pre- to his law. With the majority the search for that aid degen- erates, as it did among the Hebrews, into a reverence for meaningless ceremonial, chiefly restrictive, which to men who are free of burden seems positively silly, but with a minority, a small minority, it pro- duces Mves of singular refinement, and characters with something of divine grace ness of his daily life. which has for the Hindoo unbounded velue, is exterral, and consists in what to make it intelligible to our readers we must call bf THE WORLD OF SOCIETY The Opening Up of Marble House Oreates Comment. What Newport Society is Talking About—Some Home News, Too. Another report says that Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Van- derbilt have patched up their troubles, and that they are to lve together tn their New~ port home. In either case, the opening of their house will make it an interesting point of observation. Mrs. Vanderbilt is The rumor comes from Paris of the en- gagement of Miss Anna Gould to Prince Francis of Battenberg. As the = pane Sepensee. as ed fore, generally to titled foreigners, the rumor is discredited. Dr. St. George Elliott and family of Lon- don wil! make their home in this cf and have located at 1309 Connecticut Pon Ang Mrs. John T. Power of No. 4 E treet northwest has just returned to this city after an absence of six months,during which time she has visited all the points of in- terest on the coast of Maine. Walter Prescott Smith will take place on Wednesday, the 26th of September, at the home of Miss Williams, 625 St. Paul street. The wedding will be @ very quiet one, and only the families and a few friends will be asked. have returned to the city after an extended visit to Asbury Pork, N. J., and later to the mountains of Virginia. “Miss Mortimer will remain at The Plains, Va, until the Ist proxtmo. Miss Wallie Bieber of Indianapolis is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. Bieber. home after spending the summer pleasantly at Atlantic City and Cape May. Georgie, coun- ty, Va., where they have been spending the summer, Mrs, Irwin, wife of Lieut. Irwin, U. 8. N., has returned from a visit to Berkeley Springs and Fort Monroe, and is located at her Q street residence. Admiral Hughes and family are back Hughes is spending this month with rela- ves near Greenwich. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. McGuire are now at Newport. Mr. Chris Young of 1146 18th street has returned from Colonial Beach, where he has spent the summer. Mr. Frank H. Barnes of Saugatuck,Conn., is visiting at the home of Miss Nellie B, Smith on Capitol Hill. Count and Countess Divonne and chil dren are at Atlantic City for a stay of sev eral weeks. 4 east, ARTHUR L. McOORMICK. , i iy l i ! | i sf “2 fi H 35 37 Lee's fl | ® if E ill i ‘ il ae 5 as 19%h fnstant, at 3 p.m. Relatives and invited to attend. TWEEDALE. At Beverly, N. J., September 35, 1804, Rev, SAMULL TWREDALE, aged sixty- eight: years. Funeral at Frankfort, Pa. Tuesday afternoon, September 1s, at 4 o'clock. ° VAUGHAN. On September 17, 1804, at T:#0 pum. at bie seis Bistrot southeast, SOMES E. vat AN, aged twenty-tive years. Will be aioounced bereafter. ° WELLS. On Monday, September 17, 1804, LiL- LIAN BESTEL, infant donghter of Arthur and Lirate Wells,” aged eleven months and fifteen 38. Funeral from mother's residence, 2801 N street northwest, at 2:30 o'clock p.m. Wednesday. * CLEVELAND'S Baking Powder. “Pore” and “sore.”