Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1894, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1894—SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 peecoces: ‘People Make ‘Useful Gifts. There couldn’t be a list of more serviceable gifts than this one below—we haven’t a thing but useful, substantial merchandise— such as would enjoy any boy or man. No lower prices anywhere. suggest to you. Not In stock “toy teols"’—not a one have we but the finest, carefully se- tools. What would © Empty Chests, $2 Up ; A t what tools you wish as you wish, You can sele —and as 1 He'll have use for them many times before the trees begin to bud, perhaps wh» knows? PECK & SNYDBER‘S Gon % * Club = » Soc. _, $1.00 . polished. . Niekel Plated Peck & Snyler’s Celebrated Amert- Skates—the = goc. ... 51.50 me $1.25 Nickel Plated... Raymond's ler Skates Corner G & RO DNIN, Va IRAN TN NIGHT. NIGHT. SO SUCCESSFUL HAS Y OUR SALE E POSITIVELY GOING OUT OF THE SHOE BUSINESS, AND YOU CAN HAVE ANY- THING IN OUR ENTIRE STOCK AT AND BELOW cos. Reductions in Children’s Shoes. agola Kid, spring heels, with pat tips. Children’s sizes 8 to WE AR Were $1.00. Bright or Dull Dongola Kid, spring heels. For children sizes 7 to 11—08e. Wore $1.50. s—sizes 12 to 2— for children, uninses, $1.67. Boys’ Shoes. Shoes for boys. All With spring or Reduced from ns in 15 R eal Calf Shoes for boys and youths, from $2.00. Our finest grade toe Calf Hand- made Shoes for b All styles at $1.05. anced Reducti lee’? S> eo Ladies’ Shoes. At sty Kid Button. id less than we Hand-sewed 2 Shoes, for ladles. y style, now $2.98. $4.50, ouderful bargtins in Ladies’ Slippers and Osfords. Prices up. » Calf Shoes, in all Worth fully $3.50. . in h Calf, Kan- made Rich- tent Leather, Wright & All kinds gain prices. T he Star Shoes Store, ; 1208 F St. ippers for men at bar- Buchanan Bros., SCIENTIVIC OPTICIANS, 1115 F st. Gots siacsee benght fae presents Wil be sited niT-im free after Xmas. BARBER & ROSS, Let it Carvers. Fully Guaranteed Car- vers, with genuine st handles Celebrated “Star susie $2.00. Sof 7 blades, with” $18.00. sharpening strop, at. of Razors, All the ce such Wosterbolm’s, Herbrandt and “Rane Knives—no sorts of Pocket Detter variety in Wasbingtou. All Nut Cracks —plated from 2e. to $1.25. Sets of 6 Picks and Crack from 5Oe. to $1.4 Call Bells, 2c. and up. : : 1th Streets, UISTANA “AV Friday, December 14, ° ekeepers ntion!! inning we ‘Hous at pla the finest aggregation fresh killed poultry Wash- a has ever seen. Comprising alto- her fresh shipments of ‘TURKEYS, | 1,800 CHICKENS, |8o00 UCKS. tt rr? half-past 1 exhibit for toc. a Lb.! We guarantee everyT ur- key, Chicken and Duck bought from us—RETURN- ING MONEY if not satis- factory! F-R-E-E- the buyer to cholce of a BUN CAPE COD CRANBERRIES. Washington Poultry Co., 044 La. Ave. Great Boys’ & Children’s CLOTHING H. Friedlander @ Bro., Cor. oth and E Sts. N.W. tomorrow on sale what good ‘Take your choice of any fowl in the Every purchase of $1 or more entitles 1 OF ERY or a quart of FANCY SlaughterSale Of A CHURCH CONSECRATION Interesting Services to Be Held Next Thurs- day at Ascension. A Sketch of the History of the Parish —Memorial to the Late Bishop Pinkney. Fifty years ago, through the efforts of Protestant Episcoph! clergymen gf Wash- ington, was organized the work of the Church of the Ascension. On Thursday next the churchmen of this city and the nearby territory will unite with the congregation in the consecration of the church, at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and 12th street northwest,’ a most auspicious beginning of the organiza- tion's second half century. Within the past few weeks, as stated in The Star, the final payment of the balance of the debt on the edifice was made. The history of the church is full of inter- est, embracing, as it does, nearly half cf the period of the existence of the capital city. In 1844 three Episcopal rectors of Washington, the Rev. Messrs. Hawley, | French and Stringfellow, were impressed with the necessity for the beginning of work in a part of the town which the Episcopal Church had before that time failed to reach to any great extent; and just as Trinity parish was the outgrowt of a feeling that the territory between St. John's and Christ Church, Navy Yard, was too wide, so the parish of the Ascension Dr. Elliott. was born in the co-operation of three older churches. At the earnest request of the clergy the Rev. Levin I. Gilliss, a native of Maryland, who had been rector of two par- ishes in Prince George's county and.of one in Rockville, Montgomery county, came to labor in the new field. Beginning with afternoon services in a small school house near the corner of H and 9th streets northwest, he soon had such a following that it became necessary to oc- cupy a larger building for the Sunday school and for morning and afternoon serv- ices. Dr. Gilliss was an earnest and im- pressive preacher, patient and persevering as a pastor, and to his zeal was added the self-denial of years. As soon as It had been | determined by the vestry that a church uld be built upon one of the lots on H t between 9th and 10th streets, left by Mrs. Van Ness, he devoted himself assidu- ously to the raising of requisite funds, and the building was so far completed by De- cember, 1845, that It was opened for wor- ship. The Late Bishop Pinkney. The congregation steadily increased in size until, in 1852, the number of commu- ts was 143. In that year the rector suddenly stricken with disease, and months of suffering he felt that he was obliged to quit a field where the hearti- ness of his labor was evidenced not. only, by the great results, but also by the fact that for seven years it had been gratuitous, He retired from the active ministry, which had meant for him much of the patient en- of hardship and discouragement ssociated with any real missionary under- aking. But he had the satisfaction of knowing that his labors had not been In He died in 180, after forty-two 's' ministry in his native diocese. had been succeeded in the rectorship vy the Rev. Henry Stanley, who during four years maintained the’ congregation upon the lines jaid down by his predeces- sor and ad the strength of ish. In 1 > first rector was still alive, the Rev. Dr. William Pinkn to the puipit of the church, and he was really the con- necting Mnk ‘between the earliest: move- ments and the latest. For twenty-four years, with the exception of a brief in- terval between 1870, when he was elected the assistant bishop of the diocese of Mary- land, and 1872, during which time the Rev. Dr. Oriando Riutton was rector, he was at the head of the parish, first as presbyter, then as assistant bishop, and finally as bishop. His earlier years embraced the war period, and were years of hard work for rector and people, but as times bright- ened with the return of peace the ener- gies of the congregation demanded wider scope, and it was decided that the old church on H street, seating 590 persons, was not large enough. Efforts to raise the funds to bulld a larger one upon a new site were begun,and it was at this juncture and within a few months after Dr. Pink- ney had been induced by some of the most able and influential members of the con- gregation to resume the rectorship, in spite of the duties which devolved upon him as assitant bishop, that the Rey. Dr. John H. Elliott, the present rector, became asso- ciate rector. The Present Rector. For four years previously he had been tn a charge in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in that time had become president of the standing committee of the diocese, and had been a deputy to the general convention. Though a newcomer in the diocese of Maryland, he was in 1874 elected a member of the com- mittee of missions, on which he served for many years. Five years later he became ber of the standing committee, of h he is now chairman. Since iss) he has been regularly elected one of the four clerical deputies to the triennial general conventions, in which his skill as a debater and as a parliamentarian and his knowl- edge of canon law have been of great value to the general church. He also took a prominent part in the work of prayer book revision. Upon assuming the ass ciate rectorship, which became the rector- ship in 1883, when Bishop Pinkney died, he entered heartily into the life and aspi- rations of Ascension congregation, and to his energy was largely due the fact that in the spring of 1874 he was able to lift the first spadefull of earth as a token that the raising of the present church had begun, Dr. Elliott has often in public and in private conversation spoken in terms cf the strongest appreciation of the part filled by Bishop Pinkney in building the church and in assisting in the liquidation of the big debt which once rested upon it. The consecrated church, in addition to being called the Church of the Ascension, will be known as the memorial of Bishop Pink- ney. One of the vestrymen, the late W. W. Corcoran, it is believed contributed at least $100,000 toward the church at va- rious times, while his associates were not behind him according to their means. During the ministry of Dr. Elliott the number of communicants has increased from two hundred and eighty to six hun- dred and_ fifty. Since 1880 the work has assumed such proportions that an assistant minister been required, that post being now occ pled by the Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, a faithful and enthusiastic worker, who but a few days ago was admitted to the order f pries Active Workers. The work of the church is largely dl- versified. Under the direction of the rec- tor it is shared by the Woman’s Gutld, which has branches devoted to the Pink- ney scholarship, to missions, to relief and to church repair; the Chancel Society; St. Mark's Friendly League, with its chap- ters of Faith, Hope and Praise; the Chap- ter of the Daughters of the King; the Missionary Society of the Bible class; the Chapter of the Brother@pod of St. Andrew, and the boys’ department of that order; Knights of Temperance ;the Sunday schoo! the sewing school; the mothers’ meetin the mission to colored people and the Chinese Sunday school. Another line of work which has been gratifying in its improvement since its interceptiqn in the the | spring of 1893 is the vested choir, trained by Mr. Francis E. Camp, who, by the way, is a grandson of the late Bishop Hopkins of Vermont. Dr. ees, couraged and sustained in his lal byithe vestry and wardens, who are Gen. S. B. Holafield, Messrs. Chas. King, L. A, Barr, W. D. Cabell, W. W. Burdette, F. H. Mott, R. C. Lewis and Major C. re vestrymen; and Chas. Maury, senipr warden, and pt. B. P. Lamberton, A’. 8S. N., junior warden. ‘These offiers,sit is expected, will on the day of consecration meet the bishop at the entrance to the church. Interest in the services-forythat day will be heighten- ed by the peesefce in or near the chancel of the vlergy belonging to the convocation of Washington, which wiil begin its semi- annual meeting then. Bishop Paret of the diocese of Maryfand will be the consecra- ter, and tl sermon will be preaehed by the Right Rev._A. M. Randolph, bishop of the diocese of southern Virginia. aboard tacaneial BEGGING LETTER WRITERS. Neither ren nor Spi but the Earth i Yields Its Fatness, From the New York Herald. When “my lady's” mail ig brought to hor she finds hobnobbing with the announce- ments of future. dinners, receptions and other social pleasures a circylar, which comes from & professional whose calling will not be found in any directory, although he advertises far and wide. His busincss is thoroughly established, and managed with such a lamentable acuteness that, while he neither toils nor spins, he reaps an income not to be despised. The clergyman, man of business, the successful or prosperous man or woman— everybody of any note or position—has probably at one time or another been per- plexed and annoyed with the chaff from his mill, which grinds on unceasingly. He deserves no title, but 1 will recognize him here and call him the professional beg- ging letter writer. Some one has said, “Beggars specialize nowadays,” and those who have devoted icular branch stand ing list, and are usually accomplished artists in their line. Their letters ure as varied as the colors and positions of the contents of a kaleido- scope. No time nor season is sacred from their intrusion. They find their way to the house of mourning, urging a special donation as a memorial of the precious dead. They follow weddings, births, bal! and other festivities as a perpetual skel ton at the feast—a reminder that Lazarus is at the gate in an attitude of expectant reception. The published notice of rare jewels worn at the opera and other gath- erings is only the key note for the most barefaced appeals imaginable, for “the value ef one jewel,” or the suggestion that a distracted sufferer, a possible sul- cide or starving family could be relieved by a portion of the goods, which, by accl- dent of birth or fortune, belongs to those more favored. Musical Beggars, A daily newspaper chronicied the fact a few years ago that one of New York’s mil- licnaices had bought a magnificent plano, for which he had paid a princely sum. During the following ten days it would have take. a plano warehouse to have sup- plied the demands made upon him. Every pretext under the sun seemed exhausted in the requests for instruments. Some were cringingly pleading, others insolently de- manding, stilt‘others ludicrous in their ab- surdity, and in almost every instance the Almighty was referred to as if His special interest had been evoked for the request. “If you expect God’s blessing,” “As you hope ‘to be remembered by the Lord,” “May God ,bless. you,” “We will pray to God for you'; and similar expressions were lavishly interspersed. One that closed with a remjnde? that the Scripture said the camel c6uld go through a needle’s eye easier tha’ th@ rich man could enter heaven at the same time showed an evi- dent desire) to gist. in the competition, and hintedythat the gift of a “piano, melodeon or parlor organ” would pave the way to future peace and glory. In this branghzf industry, as an example of tenacious Wigilance, a woman of many allages, whg Sill be khown to these pages fs Jane Dd, is‘unsurpassed, and as her letters bid fair to come under the head of “to be continued, with no finis,” it will not be amiss toddevote to her a little space. It is a recorded fact in the retief socle- ties that within ahe last ten years she has sent out upward of 2) letters, and doubt- less that fg \ he al efforts.“ Wit which, exercised jn a portion of the total of @ persistent diplomatic the right di- would long ago have made her in- p . she has for y Her actions are crimin: by obtainiug money under . but until some one of her els willing to press the c the courts against h victims 2 and enter . there seems no way of damming up her welling propensity. In 1sS4 she was arrested for vagrancy and sent to the work house for six months, but by some means, regarding which his- tcry is silent, she was released before she had served her term, and was soon tread- ing her accustomed paths. Profitable Mendicity. The housekeeper of a tenement where she once lived reported that she was in constant receipt of large bundles of cloth- ing, brought to her by messenger boys, express wagons and carriages. These con- tained garments of all grades and sizes for herself, her husband and the mythical children whom she had described as un- able to attend Sunday school, being in the condition of Adain and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The clothing was sorted out and carried in installments to the pawnshops, A woman died a few months ago who was thoroughly educated and capable, mentally and physically, of making for herself a good living, but she used her powers only in writing begging letters. These she sent to well-known merchants, asking eid in memory of her dead hus- band. She was a woman of fine presence, always well dressed and always living in choice rooms in a desirable locality. These were fitted up with luxurious comfort, and she apparently wanted for nothing, yet she never owned rightfully one farthing. She made no small appeals, but usually sent a subseription paper headed by a good round sum, pretending to need the means to en- ter a home fur the aged, and to wish to supply herself with certain aids to com- fort pending her admittance. In this way she collected enough to have founded a ome. —+2e+—____ MUNICIPAL PAWNSHOPS, A Form of Poor Rellef in Latin Coun- tries. From the Contemporary Review. There are records of a pawnshop regu- lated in the interest of the borrowers, in Bavaria, in 1198, and one in the Franche Comte in 1350,before the first Italian monte ai pleta was established by a priest at Perugia in 1440. The movement for state- regulated pawnshops received its great im- petus from the action of that statesman- monk and sogig! democrat, Savonarola, who berated the Florentines from oppression and gave them popular institutions. In no other direction were his services to the people more successful than in founding monti di pigta. ,The law for creating his monti di plega, was passed in 1495, and be- fore many Years they were established in all the printipal ‘towns in Italy and had spread throughout Europe. The first giont,de piete in France was started at Ayignon in 1577, and still exists. Their estabjishment in the Netherlands dates from the stxteenth century. A Span- ish priest, Ben Francisco Piquer, founded the mont de’pfet# of Madrid In 1705, start- ing with t h est capital of 5 pence, which he forind {ff the offertory box he had placed in uf chprch to receive contribu- ticns for thetinstitution. By the end of the seventeenth‘ centiiry there were monts de piete, formeff moge or less after the Italian model, in md$t countries of Europe. The chara@teri8tics of the original insti- tutions remadiit with those of to-day, al- though they have long since ceased to be manaxed by the priests, or to be under the influence of the churches. The main object, which Savonarola and other early found had in view—the protection of the poor from usurers and their relief in periods of distress—is stijl maintained, and the monts de piete in all Latin countries are asso- clagad with charitable ingfitytions and hos- pitis, - Thé United States grand jury of Atlanta yesterday indicted tUnfrty-six prominent men. of Murray county, Ga., for alleged whitecapping. - ¥ Mews 5 The populist leaders of Mississippi have decided to nominate dates for state and county offices. Frank Burkitt is the em, CONGRESSMEN IN TOWN. Where Senators and Representatives May Be Found Here. The following ts a complete directory of the Senators and Representatives In Con- gress, with their residences, in the city, during the prefent session: Senate. President, Adlai E. Stevenson, La Nor- mandie. Aldrich, Nelson W., R. L, the Arlington. Allen, William V., Neb., 101 2d st. n.o Allison, William B., Iowa, 1124 Vt. ave. Bate, William B., Tenn., 218 N. Cap. st. Berry, James H., Ark., Metropolitan. Blackburn, J. C.'8., Ky., La Normandie. Flanchard, Newton C., La., Riggs. Brice, Calvin 8., Ohio, 1611 H st. n.w. Butler, Matthew C., S. C., 1434 N st. nw. Caffery, Donelson, La., 1715 H. n.w. Call, Wilkinson, Fla., 1903 N st. n.w. Camden, Johnson N., W.Va.,1015 Conn.av. Cameron, J. D., Pa., 21 Lafayette square. Carey, Joseph M., Wyo., The Arlington. Chandler, William E., N.H., 1421 I st. n.w. Cockrell, Francis M., Mo., 1518 R st.n.w. Coke, Richard, Tex., The National. Cullom, Shelby M., Ill, 1413 Mass. ave. Daniel, John We Va., The Metropolitan. Davis, Cushman K., Minn., 1428 Mass.ave. Dixon, Nathan G., R. L, The Richmond. Dolph, Joseph N., Ore., 8 Lafayette square Dubois, Fred. T., Idaho, 1222 I st. Faulkner, Charles J., W. Va., Page's. Frye, William P., Me., The Hamilton. Gallinger, Jacob H. H., The Elsmere. George, James Z., Miss., The National. Gibson, Charles H., Md., The Shoreham, Gordon, John B., Ga., The Buckingham. Gorman, Arthur P., Md., 1432 K st. Gray, George, Del., 1421 K st. n.w. Hele, Eugene, Me., 1001 16th n.w. Hansborough, Henry C., N. D., Cochran, Harris, Isham G., Tenn., 13 I8t st. ne. Hawley, Jos. R., Conn., 1741 G st. Higgins, Anthony, Del., 1524 18th st. Hill, David B., N-Y.. La Normandie. Hoar, George i Hunton, Eppa, Irby, J. L. M., S. C., 192} 16th st. Jarvis, T. J., N.C., Ebbitt_House. Jones, James K., Ark., 915 M st. n.w. Jones, John P., Nev. Kyle, James H., S. Dak., 101 2d st. ne. Lindsay, Wililam, Ky., The SI Lodge, Henry Cabot, Mass., . McMillan, James, Mich., 1114 Vt. ave. McLaurin, A. J., Miss., 215 E. Cap. McPherson, J. R., N.J., 1014 Vermont ave. Manderson, C. F., Neb., The Arlington, Martin, J., Kan., 177 ass. ave. Mills, R. Q., Te S n.w. Mitchell, J. H., Chamberlin’s, Mitchell, J. L., Wis., 32 B ne. Morgan, J. T., Ala., 315 41-2 n.w. Morrill, J. S., Vt. 1 Thomas Circle, Murphy, E., N.Y., 1701 K nw. Palmer, J. M., Ill, The Elsmere. Pasco, S., Fla., Metropolitan Hotel. Patton, J., jr., Mich., The Arlington Peffer, W. A., Kan., The Oxford. Perkins, G. C., Cal., La Normandie, Pettigrew, R. F., 8. Dak., Page's. Platt, O, H., Conn., The Arlington. Power, C. T., Mont., La Normandie, Proctor, R., Vt., 1535 L st. Pugh, James L., Ala., 1333 R Quay, Matthew 'S., Pa., Page Ransom, Matt W., N. C., Metropolitan, Roach, Wm. N., N. Dak., 1541 T st. now. Sherman, John, Ohio, 1321 K st. n.w. Shoup, Geo. L., Idaho, The Cochran. Smith, James, jr., N Chamberlain’s. Squire, Watson C.,Wash., La Normandie, Stewart, Wm M., Nev., 1022 Vermont ave. Teller, Henry M., Col., 1537 P st. n.w. Turpie, David, Ind., The Varnum. nw. Vest, Geo. G., Mo., 1204 P st. n.w. Vilas, Wm. F., Wis., The Arno. Voorhees, Dan’l W., Ind., 1323 N. H. ave. Walsh, Patrick, Ga., Metropolitan. Washburn, W. D., Minn., 1519 K n.w. White, Stephen M., Cal. Wilson, James F., Iowa, Oxford Annex, Wolcott, Edw. O., Col, 1221 Conn. ave, Abbott, Jo., Texas, The Anderson, Adams, Silas, Ky., Myer’s Hotel. ich., 107 C s.e. Alderson, J. D. Va., 123 A ne, Aldrich, J. F., Il., The Portland. Alexander, 8. B., N. C., Metropolitar Miss., Page's Hotel. 0., 483 Pa. ave. nw. y, 1752 Q. 'y Mich., National. Beckner, W. M., Shoreham, Babcock, J. W. 11 B nw. Bailey, J. W Vermont aw Baker, Wm., Kans., 210 5th st. ne Baker, H. M., N.H., 1411 F. Baldwin, M. R., Minn., 1616 15th. Bankhead, J. H., Ala., Metropolitan Barnes, L. E. , Randall. Barthold, Rich’d, Mo., Congressional, Barwig, Chas., Wis., National. N. Y., the Arlington, National, Riggs. 41s R. L ave. , Elsmere. ; 213 K. Capitol 421 R st. , Willard’s. » Me., Hamilton. Bowers, W. W., Cal., Bancrof: Branch, W. A. B., N.C. tropolitan, Breckinridge, W. C. P., Ky., Arlington, Bretz. J. L., Ind., 221 E. Capitol. Brickner, G. H., Wis., Elsmere. Broderick, Case, Kan., Elsmere, Brookshire, Ind., Metropolitan. Brosius, Elsmere. Brown, Jason, Bromwell, J Bryan, W. Bunn, 'B. H., N. C., Metropolitan, Burnes, D. D., Ohio, Shi Burroughs, J. C., Mi Bynum, W. D., Ind. Cabannis, T. B., Gi Cadmus, C. &., N. 5 Caminetti, A., Cal, 1 Arlington, 3 Ist nie. Cannon, J. G., Il, Normandie. Cannon, Marion, Cal., 224 A s.e, Caruth, A G., Ky., Riggs. Catchings, T. C., Miss., 1722 Q. Causey, J. W., Dei, Chamberlin’s, Childs, 'R. A.,"T., Willard’s. Chickering, C. A.,'N. Y., Hamilton, Clark, C., Mo., 206 A s.e. Riggs. Normandie. Ist st. ne 1 M. J. N. Y., 1321 M. Cooper, C. M., Fla., Bancroft, Cooper, S. P., ‘Tex., Metropolitas Cornish, Johnson, 'N. J., 1743 F. Cousins, R. G., Iowa, Normandie. J. W., N. Y., Congressional Tenn., Varnum. Crawford, W. T. . C., 901 M, Crain, W. H., Tex., 1416’ 16th. Crisp, C. F., Ga., Metropolitan. +Culberson, D. B!, Tex., Metropolitan, Curtis, C. E., Kansas, Oxford. Curtis, N. M., N. Y., 2113 Pa. ave. nw. Daizell, Jno., Pa., 1605 N. H. ave. Davey, R. C., La., Metropolitan, Davis, Jn 248 Sth n.e. De Armond, D. A., Mo., Varnum. De Forest, R. E., Conn., 221 Ist ne, Denson, W. H., Ala., 1310 19th. Dingley, Nelson, Me., Hamilton, Dinsmore, H. A., Ark., Metropolitan Dockery, + M. Ohio, 120 3d s.e. . Wash., Wormley’s .» 1601 K, Dur Shoreham, Edwards, 230 A se. Fils, W. 'T., Ky., Richmond, Ellis, W. R., Oreg., 815 12th. Enloe, B. A., Tenn., 1344 Vermont ave. Epes, J. F., Va., 230 A s.e. Erdman, C. J., Pa., Randall. Everett, Wm., Mass., The Albany, Fielder, G. B., N. J., Normandie, Fletcher, L., Minn., Shoreham. Flynn, D, T., Okla., National. Forman, W. &., Ill., Randall. Geissenhainer, J. A., N. J., Arlington. Towa, Portlan Cal., 1710 16th. N. Y., Hamilton, Mass., The Albany. Gorman, J. S., Mich., Wormley’s. Grady, B. F., N. C., 422 24 nw. Graham, J. H., N. ¥., Ebbitt. Gresham, W., Texas, 426 6th n.w. Griffin, 1. T., Mich., 49 B st. s.e. Grout, W. W., Vermont, Arlington, Grow, G. A., Pa., Willard’s. Goldzier, J., Dl, 48 C s.e. Hager, A. L., lowa, The Cochran, Donovan, D. Hainer, E. J., Neb., 815 12th st. n.w, Hall, O. M., Minn., 1401 Mass. ave. Hall, U. 8., Mo., 2113 O st. Hare, D. D., Ohio, Varnum. Harmer, A. 'C., Pa., The Cairo, Harris, W. A., Kansas, 1331 @ st. n.w. Harrison, a jouse. Harter, M. D., Ohio, 1610 Biggs place. Hartman C. 8. Montana, 1734 R st, Haugen, N. P., "Wis. Vt. ave, Hayes, W. Iowa, > G. Henderson, D. B., lowa, Normandie, Henderson, Jno. S., N. G., Metropolitan. Henderson, T. J., Ulinois, 213 N. Capitol Hendrix, J. C., N. Y., Elsmere. Hepburn, W. H., lowa, 1124 #. Capitol st. Hermann, B., Oregon, 1017 12th st. Hicks, J.’D.,” Pa., Willard’s. Hitt, R. RK. LIL, 17 K street. Houk, J. C., Tenn., 117 Md. avo. n.o. Holman, W. indiana, 2125 street. Heoker, W. B., New York, Te. Hopkins, A. J., lilinois, Willard’s, Hudson, T. ans., 200 A e. Hub, J. AL jowa, Normandie, Hulick, G, W., Objo, Varnum. Hunter, A. iiinots, Law Hutcheson, J, C., 1017 15th, S. DESIO, Opposite Boston House: A complete line of the newest and most artistic Side and Back Combs in sterling Silver from S0c. a pair up, and in 1i-k, gold from $2 8 pair up. Czarinas. A handsome selection of Czarinas im sterling silver from 75c. up, and in 14K. gold from $4 up. Pocket Books And Card Cases. We can show you a beautiful line of Pocket Books and Card Cases with gold and silver trimmings in seal, snake, lizard skins and various other colors, from $2 to $20, Sterling Silver At Bullion Prices. % dozen Coffee Spoons. % dozen Teaspoons. % dozen Dessert Spoons or Forks. % dozen Tablespoons.....+++++« % dozea Orange Knives. % dozen Breakfast Knives % dozen Table Knives. ‘The above goods are all solid sterling silver. Our line of 14-k. solid gold Jewelry is complete. We can show you a fine selection * of Scarf Pins from $1.25 up to $100. Link Sleeve Buttons from $3.00 up to $75. Chain Bracelets from $4.25 up to $100. Gentlemen's Gold Watch Chains at $1 per pennyweight (pwt.) Ladies’ Lorgnette Chains from $6 up. A fine selection of Geutlemen’s Seal Rings and Lockets, Latest design of Brooches from $2.00 up. Watches. Wf we can show you one watch we cas show you a thousand. We have « selection ‘of any style which you may desire. We make « specialty of a line of 14k. Solid Gold Watches, fuil Jeweled, Elgin or Waltham movement, for $18, which we warrant for three years, We have a sclect line of Clocks. The handsomest French and American Clocks, varying in prices from $3 up to $100; we make a specialty of ove design, an 8-day, ited for five years, for $5.50, Diamonds. At wholesale prices, a very handsome selection of Diamond Cluster and Marquise Rings. Solitaire Diamond Ring. Solitaire, Diamond Ring, Solitaire"Diamond Ring, Yk Solitaire Diamond Ring, 4% Solitaire Diamond Ring, Solitaire Diamond Wing, Mk. $25.00 | All handsomely chased and in solid 14-k.gold” Marquise Rings. 6 diamonds, with emerald, ruby or 16 onds, with 3 emeralds in emeralds in monds, with 5 Blood ruby center... .....0+0++ $85.00 26 fine-cut diamonds, with real tur. quoise center, seen eee $85.00 Clusters. 10 diamonfs, with Spal or turquoise center... +s seeeeee $10.00 14 diamonds, 3 rubles, sapphire, emerald or opal in center. $12.00 24 Gents’ Rings, with a large mond center, with sapphire and ruby on each side; heavily chased; Roman color. seseedienss SUMED 12 Gents’ Rings, with pure white diamond center; heavily chased; Roman color. $45.00 We have @ pair of studs, which are gems, pure white, and perfect in every respect, weight, 34-K....8350.00 A very handsome diamond ring, stone weighs 4- A pair of earrings, a perfect mateh, Weigh T-K......6ceee Aeeeeeenel $1,000.00 The above goods are fully 25 per cent lower than the regular market price. S. DIES J Manufacturing Jeweler, o12 F Street. a14-2t Opposite Boston House. Ialar, J. F., 8. C., Varnum. Johnson, H. U., Ind, 811 10th n.w. Johrson, M. N., North Dakota, Fredonia. Johnson, T. 1, Ohio, 926 15th street. Joseph, A., N. M., 710 10th n.w. Kem, O. M., Nebraska. 1121 10th street. Kilgere, C. Kribbs, G. Kyi B. ‘exas, 453 C northwest. , Pa., 23 B street southeast. Jno. C., Mississippi, Varnum, J., Lowa, 1628 15th street. isdward, Llinois, Normandie. 8. C., 640 East Capitol, Georgia, Metropolitan. ie, * Layton, F. C., Ohio, 223 4 1-2 street, Le Fever, Jacob, N. Y., Arlington, Lester, R. E., Ga., Riggs House, Linton, W. S., Mich., National. Lisle, M. C., Ky., 983 H st. now. Little, J. Ark., 1343 Livingstone, L. F., Ga., 220 N, J. ave. nw. Lucas, W. Bs 8. D., G1 T nw, Lynch, T., Wis., The Anderson, Maddox, J. W., Ga., 340 C nw. Magney, W. N. Y., Metropolitan, Maguire, J. G., Cal., 1710 16th. Mahon, T. M., Pa., 1831 G. Mallory, 8. R., Fla., 214 A s.¢e, Marsh, B, F., IIL, 209 A s.e. Martin, A, N., Ind., 1010 15th st. Marvin, F., N. Y., Ham‘lton. McAleer, Wm., Pa., Randall Hotel. McCall, 8S. W., Mass., Riggs. McCleary, J. T., Minn., Randall. McCreary, J. B., Ky., Shoreham, McCullcch, P. D., Ark., 1321 H n.w. McDearmond, J. C., Tenn., 1319 Q. McDowell, A., Pa., Elsmere. McGann, L. E., lll, Riggs House, McLaurin, J. L., S. C., Varnum. MeMillin, B., Tenn., 1115 G. McRae, T. C., Ark., Metropolitan, Mercer, D, H., Neb., Buckingham, Meyer, A., La., 1700 Q. Milliken, 3. L., Me., 920 14th. Money, H. D., Miss., Metropolitan. Montgomery, A. B., Ky., 006 H nw Moore. H. L., Kans., 203 E. Cap. st. Morgan, C. H., Mo., 1447 Corcoran, Morse, E. A., Mass., the Cochran, Moses, C. L., Ga., 618 H n.w, Murray, G. W., 3. C., 1924 11th st. Mutchler, H., Pa., Chamberlin's. Neil, R., Ark., 912 M. Northway, S. A., Ohio, Bancroft, O'Neill, J. H., Mass., Shoreham. O'Neil, J. J., Mo., 1228 14th. Ogden, H. W., La., Metropolitan. Page, C. H., R. I., 919 New York ave. Paschal, T. M., Tex., 1742 P. Patterson, J., Tenn., Ebbitt House. Payne, S. E., N. Y., Normandie Paynter, T. H., Ky., Varnum. Pearson, A. J., Ohio, 6 Sth st. s.e. Pence, L., Colo., Riggs. Pendleton, G. C., Tex., 909 New York ave. Pendleton, J. O., W.Va. 123 A ne Perkins, G D., Towa, Hamilton. Phillips, T. W., Pa., 1122 Vermont ave. Pickler, J. A., S. Dak., 120 Mass. . 1.8. Pigott, J. P., Conn., 206 N. J. ave. ne. Post, P. S., Ill., Hamilton, Powers, H. H., Vt., Riggs. Price, A., La., Cochran. Quigg, L. B., N.Y., Shoreham. Utah, 1017 15th, Shoreham, . B. Pa., Normandie. Reyburn, J, E, Pa., 1301 Conn. ave. Richards, J. A. D., Ohio, 125 B s.e. Richardson, J. D., Tenn., 1103 6th st. Richardson, G. F., Mi 227 N. J. Turner, H. Ga. Riggs. Turpin, L. W., Ala., National. Tyler, G. D., Virginia, Updegraff, Thos. Van Voorhis, H. ¢ Walker, J. H., 11 East Capitol Towa, 220 A s.e. . Chio, Arlington, Mass., Shoreham. Wanger, I. P., Pa., 228 N. J. ave. se, Wheeler, H. K., IL, Willard’s, Wheeler, Ji Ala., 12 B ne, White, W Ohio, Shoreham. Williams, J. R., IL, 252 Del. ave. ne. Williams, J. S., Miss., Varnum, Wilson, G. W., Ohio, Varnum. Wilson, Jno. L., Wash., 102 H st. Wilson, W. L. -, 1010 N nw, Wise, G. D., Va., 230 A s.e. Wolverton, S. P., Pa., Ward Woodward, F. A., Woomer, E. M. er building. 1H. , Hamilton, Riggs. Dhio, Arlington, ee A NEW FISH sToRY. A Remarkable Undigested Dinner of a Shark. A letter of peculiar interest was received a few days ago by the secretary of the New York and Pacific Steamship Company. It was under date of the 2ist of November, 1894, and was written by the agent of Will- iam R. Grace & Co., at London. The letter stated that “We beg to hand you herewith @ copy of a letter received from the Lon- don board of trade. The bundle of papers therein referred to are simply a number of cargo tally notes which were tied up by the supercargo, and which he supposed were lost overboard. They are dated at differ- ent dates, but all of them in October and November, 1892. We shall be glad if you should try to ascertain from the officer of the Capac thegipproximate date this bundle was lost ovefboard, and we have today written to the board of trade asking them if they can find out the date the shark was killed, as it would be very interesting to know how long the bundle had been in the stomach of the shark. The papers are very slightly discolored, and the writing and printing upon them 1s perfectly legible, The package is about nine inches by three inches, This letter refers to a package of inven- tories, invoices and other documents placed in the hands of the purser of the steamship Capac, which sailed from the South Amer- ican ports in the fall of 1893. In some way they were lost overboard, but as they were duplicates, the loss was not regarded as serious one, and, in fact, no particular tention was patd to it until this letter was received from London. A subsequent let- ter sent by Mr. Cecil Trevor of the harbor department of the board of trade of Lon- don furnished a further explanation. Mr. Trevor said in his letter that he was in- structed by the London board of trade to transmit to the New York and Pacific Steamship Company a bundle of papers bearing the name of the steamship Capac, which was found in the body of a shark caught at Tere de Cas Dessaintes, Gauda- loupe, and which had been forwarded to the London office by the French ambassa- dor at that court. “Investigation by Messrs. William R. Grace & Co. revealed that this bundle of papers had been lost Ritchie, B. F., Ohio, Varnum. Robbins, G. A., Al Arno. Russell, C. A., Mass, Hamilton. Russell, B. E., Ga., 507 T n.w. Ryan, N. Y., 206 N. J. ave. Sayres, J. D., Tex., 110 Md. ave. n.e. Scranton, J. A., Pa., 1914 Sunderland pl Schermerhorn, 8. J., N. ¥., Shoreham, Settle, T.. North Carolina, Ebbitt. Shell, G. W., 8S. C., Varnum. Sherman. J. S., N. Y., Hamilton, Sibley, Pa., Shoreham. Smith, G. Snodgrass, H. Springer, W. Bs. Stallings, J. F., Ala., Metropo Stevenson, S M., Mich., Ebbitt. Stevens, M. T., Mass., Arlington, Strait, T. J., 8. C., 919 G n.w. S cckdale, T. R., Miss., National. Stone, C. W., Pa., 46 B n.e. Stene, W. A., Pa., 1721 Q. Stone, W. J., Ky., 1008 18th, Storer, B., Obio, 1640 R. I. avenue. Strong, L. M., Ohio, Varnum. Swansen, C. A., Va., Metropolitan. Sweet, W., Idaho, 608 14th. rsney, J. Tate, F. C., Ga., Ta overboard nearly a year ago from the steamship Capac on its way from South American ports to New York. The letters show that a shark had swallowed this bun- dle of documents in the south seas, had swam more than a thousand miles when caught, and after being opened these docu- ments were found in its stomach very slightly discolored by the acids of that or- gan. They were taken to London and from that office had been shipped to this coun- try and are now in possesston of Messrs. William R. Grace & Co. They have no other interest than that which is associated with the fact that a shark swimming in the seas of the South Atlantic will find its way to the Greater Antilles, carrying in its stomach practically in a state of perfect preservation something that it has seized and swallowed in the waters of the lower Pacific. e+ One of Them Bit Her, From the Burlington Gazette. Flossie—“I'm afraid te go to sloop all alone in the dark.” Mamma—“You go right to’bed like a good little girl, and remember that God's little angels are with you.” Flossie (ten minutes later)—“T can’t go to sleep, mamma. One of God's little angels ts biting me.” emerge become York on January 1, took the oath of office yesterday, at New