Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1894, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. Leading Lines |Wedding Presents. | Ae PERRY’S. ERE are some perfectly natural deduc- sn We wouldn't buy more largely of LADIES’ UNDERWEAR each year if we didn't need on increased stock. ‘The stock wouldn't need to grow if the Gemand for it didn’t. And the demand wouldn't exist if the qual- ities were not superfor—and the price in- fertor to those offered in contemperaneous Mines. ‘This ought to argue you to the conclusion that “here lies your opportunity.” But to the polat—we are exteremely cau- tious of what we select. Of course, Want money makers—but over and above that—we want trade winners—trade holders. ‘This business has thrived for over fifty Fears on just that principle—and we shall Rever weigh anchor and forsake such a safe Barbor. Completeness is a factor in business bring- ing that we recognize. You will find what you want. It won't be a fruitless errand Af you come here. we a SWISS RIBBED, FLEECE-LINED VESTS, eut high im the neck, with long siéeves- : SWISS RIBBED BALPRIGGA) With high neck, long sleeves—S0c. PANTS of the same quality, made ou yoke bands— same price. PLAIN MERINO VESTS and PANTS—ine- Gium and heavy weight—sizes 26 to 40—Se. each. PLAIN HALF-WOOL MERINO VESTS and PANTS—Te. each. RICHELIEU RIBBED MERINO VESTS— high neck and long sleeves—White, Black and Natural Gray—all sizes—$1. SWISS RIBBED MERINO PANTS, made on yoke bands—$1 a pair. RICHELIEU KIBBED WOOL VESTS—nigh Beck and long sleeves—White, Natural and Biack—sizes, 3, 4, 5 and 6—$1.25, $1.33, $1.45 and $1.55. Same quality in WHITE, With short sleeves—sizes 3, 4, 5 and 6— $1,. $1.10, $1.20 and $1.30. RICHELIEU RIBBED SILK and WOOL MIXED VESTS—with high neck and Jong sleeves—$1.85 and up. Short sleeves, from $1.65 up. PLAIN AUSTRALIAN WOOL VESTS and PANTS—$1.25 each. SCARLET WOOL VESTS and PANTS—all sizes —$1.50. WHITE SWISS RIBBED CORSET COv- ERS, high neck and no sleeves—sizes 3 and 4-$1 and $1.10. With sleeves—$1.50 and $1.60. In BLACK, with high neck and no * Sleeves—$1.05 and $1.15. And long sleeves, at $1.55 and $1.65. RICHELIEU RIBBED ALL-WOOL VESTS —hbigh neck and long sleeves—sizes 8, 4 and 5-$1.75, $1.85 and $1.95. WHITE and NATURAL WOOL SWISS — COMBINATION SUITS—all sizes— 95. WHITE SWISS RIBBED COMBINATION SUITS—sizes 3, 4, 5 and 6—$3, $3.25, $3.50 and $3.75. FAST BLACK COTTON EQUESTRIAN TIGHTS—ankle length—S0e. BLACK WOOL 2.3. BLACK and WHITH EQUESTRIAN TIGHTS—ankle and knee length—$2.25. SWISS RIBBED WOOL ABDOMINAL BANDS—White and Natural-sizes 1, 2, 3, 4,5 and 6-S5e., We., We., $1, $1.05 and $1.10. SWISS RIBBED WHITE and BLACK WOOL SLEEVELETS—$1 « pair. HIGH NECK and SLEEVELESS CHAM- OLS VESTS—$3. LONG SLEEVES—$4.50. ‘You, and everybody else, will admit the merit that ts possessed by the AMERICAN BOSTERY CO.'S It comes as near being perfect as UNDERWEAR can be, ‘They itributors to our variety—of both LADIES’ and CHILDREN’S sizes— TWO-THIRDS WOOL VESTS—with high Beck and long sleeves—sizes 26 to 40-$1.40 to $2.10. According to size. ANKLE-LENGTH PANTS, full regular made—two-thirds wool—yoke bands—sizes 23 to 40-$1.60 to $2.20. HALF-WOOL VESTS—high neck and long sleeves—sizes 26 to 40—T5c. to $1.45. With SHORT SLEEVES-same prices for the same sizes, HALF-WOOL PANTS—ankle length, and made on yoke bands—sizes 28 to 40—5c. to $1.55. CHILDREN’S VESTS—all half wool—with igh reck and long sleeves—sizes 16 to 32— Me. to SSe. CHILDREN'S PANTALETS—ankle lergth sizes 18 to 80—B5e. to Bie. BOYS’ ANKLE-LENGTH DRAWERS-—sizes 24 to 82—T0e. bo We. Other Juvenile Lines. PLAIN MERINO VESTS—high neck and Jong sizeves—sizes 18 to 34—27¢.—with Be. rise. PLAIN MERINO PANTS—ankle length— sizes 18 to 80—27c.—rise 3c. BOYS’ ONE-THIRD WOOL MERINO PANTS—sizes 24 to 82—23e.—rise 3c. CHILDREN’S SAXONY WOOL VESTS— high neck and long sleeves—size 18—35«. wise Se. PANTALETS at the same prices. BOYS’ SAXONY WOOL DRAWERS—two- thirds wool—ankle length—sizes 24 to 32— ec. to SOc. CHILDREN’S NATURAL WOOL VESTS— with bigh neck apd long sleeves—PANTS to mateh—size 18—SSc.—rise Se. BOYS’ NATURAL WOOL DRAWERS— sizes 24 to 32—70c. to We. CHILDREN’S SWISS RIBBED WOOL WRAPPERS—sizes 2 to 5—T0c. to Sc. CHILDREN’S PLAIN WOOL WRAPPERS sizes 16 to 2450c. to 9c. CHILDREN’S SWISS RIBBED SILK VESTS, with low neck and no sleeves—sizes 1 to 5—Te. to $1.15. CHILDREN’S SWISS RIBBED SILK VESTS—high neck and long sleeves—sizes 3, & and 5—$1.40, $1.50 and $1.60. And 0 it goes—cheap you will find for the qualities that are offered. Meet them face to face—you can know better then, Perry’s, Ninth And The Avenue. Established 1840. Telephone 995. The [lost Difficult ~~ perations mtistry are the making of Crown are In Det and Bridge Teeth. But after the; made well they're the most sat! tory operations. Crown and Bridge ‘Teeth are perfect substitutes for t natural teeth. See us about this ki of work if you've lost or broken one or more teeth. We'll give you the best of work. Prices moderate. Extracting by our new painless method—50 cents. (Evans Dental! Parlors, Reduced from $3. Are 34 feet by 7 feet. Splendidly constructed. $2.25 E27 WEATHER STRIPS. to keep out winds and rain, from 25¢. to S0c. per window, L. H. Hopkins, 933 FN.W. seltim HANDSOME IN DESIGN. HIGH IN QUALITY. LOW IN PRICE. n Si wx Table All Complete for $12.50. A Tea Set for $is. Speers Dest quadruple plate, open pieces gold A Dresden China Clock, $15. French movement, runs 15 days, strikes hours and halves on gong. 5 ¥, Doz. Sterling Silver Tea- spcons, $4, Including a Satin-tined Velvet, Case. One-half doz. Sterling Silver Ice Creain Spoons, gold ined, 1 Ice Cream Slicer, gold blade, Handsome Kid Case, satin lined. All Complete Tor $12. A Dresden China Clock, trimmed in gold bronze, with two handsome side ornaments to match. Complete for $29. Cut Glass, In rich and new designs. Prices From $2 té $100. R. Harris&Co., Jewelers, wan 2H and DN.W. Mcknew’s OPENING ‘EXHIBIT’ Fine Coats, Capes & Suits Continued. We have received a superb line of Ermine Capes and Collarettes, and more New Fur Caj Notwithstanding that the new Fur Capes are longer than usual this season our prices are lower. Coats & Capes. Coats are considerably longer than last year, and the Covert Cloth Coats, with the “Prince Albert’ effect, are about the most fashionable. '™ the capes the long “Golf” leads. Popular prices prevail, Winter Underwear. A big stock of big values. Here are @ few items which will cost you more elsewhere: Ladies’ Fleece-lined Vests, regular 39c. value. wes 2QCe Ladies’ Swiss Ribbed Vests and Pants, regular Sc. value.. 3DCe Ladies’ Gray Swiss Ribbed Vests and Pants, regular 69c. 50c. 6gc. Sole Washington agents for the world- famed Dr. Jaeger Sanitary Underwear. Something. new—McKnew's “Health’* Underwear—as good as Jacger's, but not 80 high-priced. Velvet Ribbons, Half Price. We closed out a lot of Black Velvet Ribbons at a price which gives you two yards for the usual price of one. 1 tn. No. 5—Reg. price, 20c. Only 9c, « 1 Im. No. TReg. price, 28. Only Ie, ‘0. 9—Reg. price, 35e. Only 14e. 12—Reg. price, 40c. Only 18e. 1p—Reg. price, Bde. Only 25e. 8% in, No. 22—Keg. price, 6c. Only B0c. W.H.?icknew, 933 Pa. Ave. N. W. ‘Engraving ————_ We “speak first" to do your En- ——— egraving this season, and will Well repay you for giving us the preference, by giving you the very best and neatest engraving you can obtain. Cards, Announcements, In- vitations, all engraved in exquisite taste. Ballantyne & Sons, 28a Ladies’ Black Ribbed Union Suits, high neck, long sleeves, ankle length, regular price, §1.. W m. 428 SEVENTH ST. N.W. 24d We proclaim it! of merchandise the ind no house in America or can name lower prices than we do. SAKS AND COMPANY, Come With the Crowd There are talks of bargains—and there are bargains. We’re not doing the talking— but the bargaining. Shrewd buying brought about some of these special prices— sacrificial marking is accountable for the others. But each de= partment is beckoning for you today and to- morrow with extra- ordinary inducements. Men's $10 Suits for. sssseseese. 97250 Men’s $13.50 Suits for......... S10 Men's $3 Pants for...sssesse00. 92025 Men's $3.50 Pants for.. oe $2.50 Men's $2 Derbys fot.cssessesse+. D125 Men's 50c, Underwear for........+ .25¢. Men’s $1 Gloves for 39¢. Men's $4, $5 and $6 Shoes for....92+50 Men's $1, $1.25 and $1.50 Shirts for. §0c. Men's 20c, Half Hose for 2 pairs tor 25C+ Boys’ 98c. Turbans Fe ABC Bore’ Combination Satta for......23°75 Men are not bargain- hunters— but there’s no “hunting” to be done. Theseare found for you. All you’ve got to do is to pick out what you want and pocket the difference between the actual value price and the special selling price. But you must do it to= day—or tomorrow. AKS AND COMPAN Only Complete Outfitters in Town, Pa. Av. and 7th St. We have the largest, most complete Grocery “Store in the city. We want you to make our acquaintance—to see our store—to inspect the variety and quality of our stock—to learn oui and methods of con- find, ducting jness, You'll it's to yur toterest tn every way to deal with us. €F We not only refund money on unsatisfactory purchases, but will thank you for bringlug the matter to our attention. G. G. Cornwell | & Son, El GROCERIES AND TABLE LUXURIES, 1412-1414 Pa. Ave. oe “here Is But 3 There Is But One Gas Lamp worth using, and that burns the EN perfectly “elves a steady white, rilllant light and doesn’t get out of order—that'’s the Siemens-Lungren Gas Lamp. —it burns less gas than the ordinary burner and can be attached to with- the gas pipe. Only at Gas Appliance Exchange, 1428 N. Y. Ave. 28d POPOLOP OSL OO SIO ISSO DO OOOE Physical Culture CORSETS, 107 G St. N.W. hen You Give al Dinner Party, { Consult us about the menu. We can su } Diy all the choicest “dainties” and sul stantials, “If, we shouldn't Rave some- thing you desire we can get it promptly. Everything ‘here can be “relled "upom aa being the freshest, most toothsome ob- tainable. = CF Lowest prices consistent with quality. ‘Cottage Market, 818 14 St. Meo wwe Unpacked Your Overcoat? Af it ts soled send for our wagon. We'll clean it in “first-class style without slightest injury. Finest work. Reasonable prices. Anton Fischer, 906 G St. Matchless Process Dyeing and Cleaning. 5d Misses’| Cloth Hats. ‘The atest style, and some- ‘3 deikty and ex- . .. Boys’ and Youths’ We. to. $2.50. €/Teil your husband we ere the sole agents for YOU MAN'S NEW YORK DERBYS ‘TS—“the cor- thing that’ elusive. ze rect hat for men. . James Y. Davis’ Sons, HATTERS AND FURRIERS, a 1201 PENNA. AVE. N.W. EE Ease and Grace Corset Waist. are the embodiment of grace, case and durability giving, freo action of every, limb. | We Control the “"Raut- poise” Waist, the “Delsarte,” the *Jen- hess Miller,” “Jackson,” &e., for ladies, * misses and children. Whelan’s, 1003 F. CARPETS. ‘The most select and tasty stock of Carpets you can choose from 1s right here. “We've “spread” ourselves in our Carpet Department—made every effort , to make {f something superior to the ordinary, and have succeeded, equally pleasing. The Houghton Co., 1214 F ST. N.W, KIRK'S Elegant Silver Ware. Also Queen Anne, Louts XIV, Empire styles in Gift Pleces and Combination Sets—Spoons, Forks, Dinser, Tea and Dessert Services, MANUFACTURED BY SAMPL KIRK & SOM, 106 E. Baltimore Established 1817. Baltimore, Ma. Also Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry of the highest gradr oc-1m Ay: er’s ¥ AYER'S ay b PECTORAL, oe ‘ a Pectoral |v"! For Colds and Coughs Received Medaland Diploma AYER'S cen | At The mz wa. | W orld’s Fair. If THE BABY 18 CUTTING TEETA BE SURB ‘and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mre. Wiaslow's Soothing Syrup for, children teething: It soothes the chili, softens. the gun, allays. afi pain, cures wind colle and is the best, remedy ‘diarrhoea, 25 cents a bottle. sel0-ly | WORLD'S FAIR. | Ce ee eMC PRESENT PRICES ONLY GOOD 2 DAYS. ranklin 35C- F Baking Powder, :-— Famous for its absolute purity— = —— has p equal for making light bread ——— and_ pastry. — _©7¥or two Ways, 4 packages CORN z —— STARCH, We. ‘Jas. D. Donnelly, jer axot as g Fine Groceries and Table Luxuries. Tel ‘ Sinan Buttercups. Old favorites to have a Special day at Gill's to- morrow—the first of the season. You'll Le sure hot to miss it. Big fresh assortments of all the flavors of Buttercups Will be ready—25 CENTS ‘L, = uth & F. GILL, ie Sugar-Cured Hams, 13c. a Pound!! A “special”? price. Regularly sold at ii 16e, FANCY -BREARFAST Ie. . BACON—12%e, pound—same elsewhere 15e. CFPiisury Flour at $4.50 bbl. ts going quick—best hurry. . REDMAN, 950 LA. AVE. TEL, 192, Wholesale and Retail Groceries, Your should fit just as neatly as your clothing. Some people can secure a good fit ready-made clothing — others cannot. Likewise some*can secure @ good fit in ready-made shdés, and others cannot. We can fit most folks out of our ready-made stock, but not everybody. Some will have as sold eooeee eeoeee eeooee MEASURE SHOES. Any leather—ready in about ten days. WILSON, “Shoemaker for Tender Feet 929:F St. N.W. Sweeping Reduction. We've included every TRIMMING tn our store in a gencrai reduction of 10 er cent for Tuesday and Wednesday, Every kind of TRIMMING, from the cheapest to the most expensive—Jet and silk—black and colors-is offered at nine-tenths its usual price. OHEN’S TRIMMING STORE, 523 ELEVENTH STREET N.W. LS City Bulletin. ‘The weather indications for tomorrow are: tonight; rain Tuesday. One of the sicres has recently re- celved a full line of Banquet Lamps in Gold Gilt, Silver, Koman and Onyx, with latest improved burners. It will pay you to see them. They also offer to sell a Portable Gag Light, complete, with two yards best tubing, reflector shade, double bur- ners, for $1.90. Also Very Fine Lamps, $1.75, reduced from §$4—they are complete. By the way, when You are tn the store, look ‘at the Beacon Drop Light sold complete for 7c. ‘They have Just received a large assortment of Frames for Silk Lamp Shades; prices, 20c. to 45c.; just the for you to ornament your lam; CA. MUDDIMAN’S, 614 12 street, the place. se28-3m Razor=-Toe, Opera-Toe, $3 50) = 0 a Common-Sense, Lace and Button, plain and Cloth Ladies’ Shoes. Pointed=-Toe, For the Elite. Ladies’ Fine Soft French Calf Shoes, lace and button—finest shoe made, and only $5 pair. Hoover & Snyder, 1217 Pa Ave. The Best Tea, ‘The Purest Tea—Tea with stre BI CHELL’S SPRING LEAF TEA. No mat- ter where you go, or how much you pay you can't get its superior, A tri will Cy Only' 50s. pound. 3 ta . pound. My name stam; on the ‘eeanine pound ‘and three} NW. BURCHELL, 1825 F ST. What Price Will You Pay or $47 If 86 the very best bat for Your money,.in the world is a Y Hat— you may know th now anything bad does. “We ~ can RECOMMEND THEM, B Stinemetz.& n, 1237 Ps 200 Clothing Rejuvenators. If your summer suit was little heavy it Will do for fall wear—we will clean it for $1. Dye it for a little more, sorts of re- ng. pairing. q dl r Ss Late of pinale jg Anton Fischer, ONE DOOR ABOVE FST. ON 12TH, oa Cro eee etm cU a COLIC, cited fague and indigestion. ‘The genuine’ mami tured ouly by Dr. J. G. B. Stegert & Sous. All dealers keep them. Ze coos ave. Gun Carriage Board. INETEEN DAYS. YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND » LOOKING AND LONGING The Water Boy Watching for the City Post f Office Stone. ufavorable Comparisons With Build- ings by Private Firms—The Burst of Energy Still Keeps Up. A solitary figure adorns one of the wharves that line the river front of Wash- ington. It is still and sad, and its cyes are strained toward the great sea that rolls so unceasingly in the vicinity of the oyster beds of the lower Chesapeake. It is the figure of a young boy, dark of hue and kinky of hair, with its bared feet hanging listlessly toward the homes of the catfish and the eel. Occasionally a small hand is lifted to the slecpy eyes that keep a vigil over the horizon and scan the surface of the Potomac for the sails of a schooner. But in vain, Schooners come and go, and schooners are otherwise disposed of in the neighboring resorts of the stevedores and the oyster men, but this particular schooner cometh not. The figure on the wharf is the long-missed water boy from the post office site, and the schooner that he is awaiting is the Three Sisters, bearing stone for the new building. The young man has at last been found. He has rot been taken away by the saloon in- terest or succumbed to ennul. He is on duty at the wharf, and is alive and well, though sleepy. Meanwhile the schooner is still overdue, and the work is languishing. The Week's Avernges. Yet there was another appearance of the Burst of Energy this morning, when forty- nine men were put to work at various sorts of labor on the building. This was largely due to the fact that the second section of the trench that ts being dug in the front was started, and so a larger number of diggers than usual could be utilized. This rate would finish the building on or about the 29th of January, 1898, but the hopes thus raised must not be too roseate, for it is likely that under the influence of the seventeen men in the trench today that section of the work will soon be finished, and thus the totals will suffer. This is prob- ably somewheré near the high-water mark for the season. The average of the week just past was thirty-eight and one-sixth men per day. On Monday there were 36, on ‘Tuesday 31, Wednesday 33, Thursday 38, Friday 51 and on Saturday 40. It is to be remembered that these were all excellent days for working and that there was not an hour lost on account of bad weather. This will not always be the case, so that the average of the past week is apt to be es high as any that will follow until spring. A single rainy day will pull down the mean very considerably. Unfavorable Comparisons. The fact that the post office building has now been under way two years, seven months and nineteen days is being com- rented on by all classes of citizens, and not favorably to the government system. Instances of quicker and quite as good con- struction are at hand, and comparisons that being le by the local people are not at all creditable to the rate established at the site of the new post office building. For instance, the Washington and Georgetown power house, on E street between 13 1-2 and 14th streets, was turned over complete to the railroad comprny in just two years, almost to a day, from the date on which the contract for the construction was awarded. This building compares very well with the post office, as it is built upon exactly the same sort of foundation, and occupies as much surface. It is six stories in height, while the post office is eight, and is built of brick instead of stone and ‘iron. ‘The “Mill cnstruction” of the power house is easier to put up, end, therefore, the time occupied by such a building would naturally be less than the great government office now under way. Yet the time required for the two structures is far out of proportion, even under these circumstances. The bids for the power house were opened on the 20th of May, 1891, and one week later, on the 27th of May, the contract was let. This shows a difference in the methods employed. In the case of the government, the bids ave usually under consideration for weeks be- fore an award is made. The ground was broken for the power house on the Ist of June, 1891, and the keys of the completed structure were turned over to the chief en- gineer of the company on the 30th of May, 1883. The building cost, all in all, about $400,000, This record can be duplicated anywhere in this country. The methods of private build- ers and architects are, with few except 80 different from those im vogue in the of- fice of the supervising architect of the treasury that the latter place has come to be a synonym for delay and snail-like con- struction. No Man Living Will See It. My Dear Star—I am grieved and shocked to hear of the big drop in number of work- men on the post office. Please recount— may be you made a mistake. Send out a runner to secure the return of the water boy at once. Unless more is made, no man now living will ever see the build- ing finshed. A.W. OLIVER WENBELL HOLMES. Death of the Venerable Poet and - Writer. - Oliver Wendell Holmes died yesterday afternoon at his Boston town house, 206 Beacon street. He was surrounded by his. children, and visibly conscious of their pres- ence up to within » few minutes of the last, though unable to speak. Then he closed his eyes wearily and seemed to fall asleep, as indeed he did—the sleep of death, at which the whole world will mourn. to find a’ perfect Mt in our $5 MADE-TO-| Dr. Holmes came from his summer home shape—any] at Beverly ten days ago, and while not quite in his accustomed health at that time, did not regard himeelf as ill, nor was he so regarded by his children and friends. For several years he had been a suf- ferer from asthma, and the day after his return to Boston he &@ particularly severe attack of this malady. It was the beginning of the end. Dr. Holmes never left his bef again, for, while the asthma was conquered, it left him in such a weak- ened condition that he never rallied. Charles P. Putnam told the sufferer week ago that the end must soon com: Dr. Putnam had been the Holmes’ fami! physician for years, and knew his patient well. Never robust, Dr. Holmes lived to the great age he did through having taken the best care of himself at all times. Dr. Put- nam knew that when the final illness did come it would not be a long one. His last call upon his patient was made at 9 o'clock yesterday motaing. At that hour he found him little changed, except for the ever rowing weakness. On the strength of this r. Putnam went to Weymouth to attend Swe a patient, first arranging with his brother, Dr. James Putnam, to call upon his patient Oliver Wendall Holmes. during the afternoon. It was not until Holmes’ attendant his condition. This unusual exhaustion, and almost before any stimulating remedies could be administered Dr. Holmes had become partially uncon- scious, his breath came shorter and shorter, and within the brief space of a quarter of an hour the great poet that all the world hag loved was no tore. His Life. Oliver We:deil Holmes was born in Cam- bridge, Mass., August 20, 1809, was grad- uated from Harvard in 1829. He was a contributor to a college periodical and was first brought into prominent notice by his now familiar poem, at the time it was pro- posed to break up the old frigate Constitu- tion, beginning— “Ay, tear her tattered ensign down,” which saved the ship. He studied law for a year and at the same time wrote some of his best known humorous pieces. Leaving the law he studied medicine ani epent three years studying abroad, chiefly in Paris, receiving his degree in 1836, in .which year he published his first vo'ume of poems, the most familiar of which was “The Last Leaf.” In 1839 he was chosen professor of anat- omy and physiology at Dartmouth College. In 1840 he married Amelia and soon afterward resigned his professorship and began to practice in Boston. In 1847 he be- came professor of snatumy and physiology in Harvard Medical Sehool. He published about a dozen medical works and in all —for your fall hat this year—$s, $3.50 | published five volumes of poems, When the Atlantic Monthly was established, in 1857, Dr. Holmes became one of its first con- tributors. His first series of articles was entitled “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,” by which work he was better known thi any other. Afterward followed “The Pro- fessor at the Breakfast Table” and “The oet_at the Breakfast Table.” He pub- lished also three novels, “Elsie Venner,” “The Guardian Angel” and “A Mortal An- tipathy.” He published several volumes of essays and also memoirs of John Lothrop Motley and Ralph Waldo Fimerson. His last work was entitled “One Hundred Days in Europe,”* being a charming description of a visit to Europe in 1887. ————e0 —_—___ .M. C. A. Debt. The following corumittees have been ap- pointed to see the pastors of the different denominations at thelr respective minis- terial meetings to interest them in the movement for paying off the ¥.*M. C. A. An army board, composed of Lieut. Col. | “debts ¥F. H. Parker, ordnance department; Maj. H. C. Hasbrouck, fourth artillery, and Maj. | 5" 4’ McElwee, Lutheran—W. K. Butler, G. F. Muth, G. H. Linking. Presbyterian." H. Lichilter, 'B. Robison, Baptist— E. L. Davis, corps of engineers, has been | #, W. Vaughn, 8. W. Woodward, Geo. C. appointed to meet in New York, October 11, Samson. Congregational—H. W. Olmsted, 2 determine which of the various types of | L. A. Conner, Jas. M. Spear. Christian—A. sap) pearing carriages for sea-coast forti- fications, that have been on trial by the | Swartzell, James EB. ordnance department during the last four years, is best adapted for the service, W. Bowen, E. G. Seen . EG, W. F. ar H. T. A. Lemon. oe Protestant—T. W. Grimes, O. M. ANDREW G. CURTIN DEAD. The War Governor of the Keystone State No More. Andrew G. Curtip, the last of the war governors, is no more. His death occurred at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, at Belle- fonte, Pa. Those who were with him when he died were his wife, Catherine Wilson Curtin, and his devoted children, Mrs. George F. Harris, Mrs. Marcy Breece, Mrs. M. D. Burnet and William W. Curtin. His death was expected. There were no scenes harrowing in any sense attending his death. Dr. George F. Harris, his son-in- Ex.-Gov. Curt! law, was with him to the end. The deceased had been aging rapidly for several years, and though attacks of sickness would come upon him now and then his wonderful con- stitution brought him speedy recovery, but since the time of his fall on the ice last winter he has never been himself. His nervous system received a shock that re- sulted in hastening the end that might soon have been expected anyway by reason of the fact that he had nearly reached the good old age of four score. Chatted With Friends a Week Ago. Last Sunday and Monday the friends of the deceased had the pleasure of chatting with him on his front porch, as they were wont to do in days gone by, but on Tuesday he was taken with a chill and forced to his bed, which proved his death bed. He talked with his family at times about his father, the approaching election and his visit to Ireland and Paris, but after Wednesday his mind wandered considerably, and Saturday he was seized with a delirium that required an opiate to allay. He insisted on rising from his bed, declaring that thei something he had promised to do thal was not yet done, and he must be true to his promise as he had always been through his life. The opiate occasioned a sleep that was his last, and made his death quiet and peaceful. He had a firm belief in Christ, and had no fear of death whatever. He none had the profoundest respect for re- jon. The funeral will be held on Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Gov. Beaver will take charge of the funeral ceremonies. At Gov. Pat- tison’s urgent request, there will be a mili- tary escort of one troop of cavalry, one bat- tery of artillery and one regiment of in- fantry, in charge of a brigade commander. The G. A. R. will conduct the ceremonies. Telegrams of condolence are pouring in from all over the state. His Public Career. Andrew G. Curtin, a description of whose career was recently printed in The Star, was born at Bellefonte, Center county, Pa., April 22, 1817. He began his school life in private institutions in his native town, and after a term of school at Harrisburg ended his academic education at Milton. He was admitted to the bar in 1830, appointed sec- retary of the commonwealth by Gov. Pol- lock in 1854, elected governor of Pennsyl- Vania on the republican ticket in 1860, re- elected in 1863, appointed minister to Russia by President Grant in 1869, supported Hor- ace Greeley for the presidency in 1872, and subsequently joined the democratic party, by which he was elected to Congress for three successive terms, serving from 1881 till 1887. ————-+ e+ -—___ For a Divorce. A petition for divorce has been filed by Carrie E. against George M. Johnston, praying also for the custody of their only Mving child, a daughter of ten years of age. Mrs. Johnston states that they were mar- ried here September 19, 1883, by the Rev. D. W. Faunce. More than nine years ago she charges her husband with having wil- fully abandoned and deserted her and their child, soon after he was discharged from the government printing office. because, as she alleges, of his intemperate habits. Her husband's last address, Mrs. Johnston states, Was Wausau, Wis. vanities oleate Divorce t. Judge Hagner has directed that in the divorce suit of Charles F. L. Franz against Mariette A. Franz, instituted several days ago, in which desertion was alleged after a married life of twenty-five years, the complainant pay the defendant $30 for coun- sel fees and $30 a month during the pend- ency of the euit. Mrs. Franz/has filed a cross-bill, in which she charges, jt is said, cruelty on the nart of her husband, SS WRECKED THE TRAIN. A Bolt Placed on the Track of the Southern Railway Near Bristol, Tenn, The Washington and Cattanooga vestibule train, southbound on the Southern railway, was wrecked three miles below Bristol, Tenn., at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, The engine fell across the track and the express and mail cars jumped over it, fall- ing on their sides. The cars took fire and five coaches, a dining car and a sleeper were consumed. The only coach not burned was the last Pullman, which had not left the track. It was cut loose and backed from the train. All the baggage was burned. Thirteen persons were injured, some seri- ously and one or two perhaps fatally. Sev- en of the injured are railroad men and six passengers. The victims were: Samuel Smith, engineer; leg broken, scala- ed, buried under the wrecked train, taken out with difficulty; will probably die. William Holmes, + head cut badly y. W. Rogers, express messenger; arm broken and head injured. A. J. Tucke: ostag clerk; ankle broken, cut in the head and back. Cc. N. Markwood of Bristol, postal clerk; badly hurt in arms, legs, back and head. W. H. Simpson of Mossy Creek, baggage- master; arm broken and internal injuries. Walter Harman, porter; cut on the head, Thomas McDermott, Michael Coleman, John Coleman, emigrants from Ireland, sus- tained severe injuries on the head, thighs, chest, legs and arms. A foreigner, name unknown, was badly hurt in chest and legs; very serious. Capt. Bell, conductor, escaped with slight bruises. = - Wrecking Train Arrives. A train with physicians from Bristol at- rived about an hour after the wreck and immediately set to work to relieve the In- jured, who were subsequently brought to Bristol for attention. The accident happened in @ eut between two high embankments and was the result of a bolt having been placed on the rail by some unknown person or persons. Great heroism was displayed by the pas- sengers and crew who were unharmed in rescuing the injured. From under a flaming car, which threatened to topple over at any Moment, the engineer was taken from his engine by uninjured passengers. Fell From a Trestle. The passenger train on the Atlanta and West Point railroad, which left Atlanta, Ga., at 6:25 o'clock yesterday morning, tumbled from the high trestle over Osanap- pa creek, a few miles beyond West Point, and seven persons were badly injured. None of the persons on the train were killed outright, but one or two may die. R. J. Vaughan, conductor on a construc- tion train, who was a nger on the wrecked train, was badly cut and bruised, W. B. Kennan, a traveling salesman from Charlotte, N. C., was cut over the left eye and his leg hurt. D. Cunningham of New Orleans had his hip hurt and right hand injured. An unknown white man, who cannot tell his name, was fatally injured. * os Maine State Anniversary. At a meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Maine, Saturday evening, the resigna- tion of Mr, E. M. 8. Marble, as secretary, was accepted, and Miss K. McLaughlin was chosen to fill the vacancy. The first tem- porary president of the society, Mr. Bailey, made an address, and Dr. Howard, Samuel G. Davis, Fred. E. es Capt. Fernald The Cracow Geclare that the czar’s debility and depressed spirits are led as being more serious than a spe= cific disease. $< petrineteeesancemneccemetseananARD rently Regard en- tertained the children for a medi- cine that tastes bad. This explains the popular- ity among little ones of Scott’s Emulsion, a preparation of cod-liver oil almost as palatable as milk. Many mothers have ateful knowledge of its nefits to <a sickly children. Daerah Soot Borne SY see