Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1895, Page 12

12 PIANOS AND ORGANS. F DROOP ..:., SPECIAL SALE OF HIGH-GRADE PIANOS. Owing to our eerly removal Into temporary quar- ters (pending the erection of our magnificent new Duilding), we are forced either to carry our large stock along or dispose of it at reduced prices. Whe latter conrse Is preferable, and your attention fs called to the following prices: Bab; Grand “Steinway” $Q00 Pith, ust ery Mette, now... 9750 $675 Upright Rerun Games “Stein- way," rosewood case, pew, ex- ‘ $597 $600 way," elegant condition, but siightiy ane. $375 Upright Boudoir “Stetnway,”” rood ,e interior, pe Square Grand ‘Steinway,’ $150 Payments, A five years’ guarcaatee accompanies E.F. Droop & Sons, 925 Pa. Ave. Btcinway Piano Ware Rooms. cepting four months’ use. Uprizht Cabinet Grand “Stetn- $550 $500 uyed, bat in clegant conditiva. Any of these Pianos will be sold on easy monthly jat9-2t AN UPRIGHT FRENCH PIANO, E¥ GOOD CoN- dition; will sell for $90 cash, or $100 in $10 mo. Payments, with $25 down. Call, after 4:30 p. at HARRISON FLATS, cor. 3d’ and @ n.w., gor. room, 3d floor. : ite UPRIGHT PIANOS FOR RENT, $4.00 PER MONTH HUGO WORCH, SOHMER PIANO AGENT, 924 7TH ST. N.W. Liberty Bell March, 25e.; Girl Wanted, 15¢. Kew York Sun March, 18e. “All musie, half of. nol5-Bm12 FOR SALE goo CONCERT PIANO. Deeds money and will sacritice for $350. eae MEIZEROTT’S MUSIC STORE. sate e Will buy from us a splendid modern square piano as good as new. ‘This is no “catch-penny’” advertise- ment, but a plain statement of fact: We have several Chickering, Kmabe, $60 McCammon, Fischer and other makes, ch we will sacrifice to give us Cash ™ ™"- For a reasonable advance we will sell these planos on monthly payments. D. G. Pfeiffer & Co., 417 LITH ST. N.W. Stieff Piamo Agency. jal8-20d Immense Bargain. Their Loss, Your Gain. A Magnificent Full Size Handsome Mahogany Upright Grand Piano. One of our finest standard high-class instruments. Has a superb tone, very full 2 ch singing qual- My, practice pedal, best, improvements Original price, $400. Will be sold to close the account of y leaving the city for $260, at payments of 10 per month. ndvome stool with it, Your Mcney back if not pleased. The Piano Exchange, 913 Pa. Ave., The Leading Piano House. 18-24 ig SINGING QUALITY [S REMARKABLY ‘ouch excellent. I recommend the Krakauer fours truly, G. W. MOR- N'S TEMPLE OF $50 To with contidene For sale 1209 @ st. PIANO TUNING. Commence the NEW YEAR, with pleasant melo Gee, HOT! tuner, 606 Tih sew. ae Pianos. ‘Unequaled in Tone, Touch, Workmanship snd Durability. geconinr mc Pianos for Rent. Second-hand Pianos at Bargains. pt-tia Wit, ENABE & CO. SIT Pa. ave. mw. PROPOSALS. FRoPosArs FOR HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS— ‘Office of building for Library of Congress, 145 East Capitol street, Washington, D. C., January 15, 1895.—Sealed proposals for manufacturing, furnishing, delivering apd constructing in place complete running order the hydraulic elevators Fequired for the building for Library 0 Congress, in this city, will be received at this \ ) O'CLOCK P.M., on TUESDAY, he NINE EBRUARY, 1895, opened immediatel: ‘of bidders. Specificatio and couditions and bl ene tions LADIES GOODS. ONT WILL MAKE FOR 10 DAYS fitting dresses, all in the Is nw. All orders guaran Jal styles. or money refurded. (Leaky iFixtures —repaired st short notice and —————_ ttle or no expense. ‘Cooking Stoves, $1 It seems the height of folly to J cook by coal, when gas is so much 2 cheaper, easier, more convenient, = ete.! Stoves, $1 up. Every cook- ing, heating and lighting ap- Gas Appliance Exchange, 1428 N. Y. Ave. jn 18-28 . rere PRREREEEEE EES ESE EESEES EES ‘Canned Goods Way Down. today, we will ST TOMATOES.S0e. t sell till CALIFORNIA : 31.60 PE and Re q eee eee eee eee ee ee Re heans oer the gence ia America. . PURSELL, 418 ot! _ini7-sa Don’t Harness Yourself g, casping, rubbing, ill-fitting Shirt ‘@ tucning out lots of the other kind at the same price, 6 for $9, and every Shirt well worth a $2 bill. = mez Harry T. Miller, formerly of Miller's, Spindler Shirt Co., 606 14th JalT-d - $1.50 Ladies’ to Shoes $3.50 For 8oc.! @ ee —MOSTLY ALL NARROW WIDTHS. Not eee an thing with them. ‘They're © © the best quality French Dongola Kid. Our © © © © object—we wish to clear out every shoe in ee ee stor fr what the cost, as we eeee ing goes, and e fraction of its real value. at a bi Tucker’s GELLING OUT TO CLOSE BUSINESS. 1923 Pa. Ave. fa1s-a54 the Library of | 7 chases here. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. SSSR ERE YY ( “Y 4) ae) g % > X Vv r The first symptom of dys- ‘i XX pepsia is usually distress after x ae > XA eating, followed by nausea, loss LY WY 07 £3 of appetite, headache, pain in se + the side, constipation, dizziness, ‘ “SS XX palpitation of the heart, often XX <2 « on XA erroneously supposed to be AX % heart disease. The result is * Re * mental depression and bad \y X health. XY a vy Sp 5 * RIPANS ye oe ex i TABULES i x will cure dyspepsia. Not one ee (J a ss tabule—but a systematic course R > f + XX of them, say one after each meal, xX te o, Xf or if these are too active, use’ iy Vv Soy but two a day. XX y XX 09 ‘x i i i soc: Box At All 5 es OY D C Od ruggists ‘ 3 g g S oe iy X Wholesale Agents, XX Y ‘$F. A. Tschiffely, Washington, D. C., xX % E. S. Leadbeater & Sons, Alexandria, Va. See Qo? <Sose <> SEBS Spa ga mn RR EE eas TOMORROW Will Be A Great Day AT THE Center Market. Tr, dealers of Center Market will offer their patrons an unusual vari- ety of CHOICE EDIBLES tomorrow. HERE, under one roof, will be found ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that’s required for thu table-and at THD LOWEST POSSIBLE FRICES, quality considered. You will save time, annoy- ance and MONEY, by waking your pur- Open till 10 p.m. RED FREB. (7 MARKETING DELIV A LIST OF THE PROMINENT DEALERS. 7 Whatever you buy of them can be depended upon as being reliable and precisely as represented: and Veal. Stands. 527 Beef, Lamb $ CHAS. I TLER. 13-14 M. C. WEAVER... $Bacon, Ham, Sausage, &c iz ET MILLER & KRC NASH. 153 Fruits, Vegetables, etc. Stands. J. BL HERMAN Z 6 to SL B88 0% 3 436-4385 id Cheese. Stands. 325 = reens Stands. 69 MANGUM A. THOMPSO: Eggs an ™ ROBT. BOWD! GARD! ckles, catsu; pickles, pres. t, baker and VINS & RA fi OWN, poultry enter Market, Pa. ave., 7th to 9th Sts. JalS-110d a a a as a a ss Wamsley & Nedwell, 825 N. CHARLES ST., BALTIMORE, MD., Will be at Willard’s Hotel, private parlors, for one week, January 15 to 19, with a large as- sortment of Elegant Imported Gowns, Silk and Chiffon Waists, Capes and Wraps, and the latest novelties in materials for making up Evening and Reception Gowns. Orders taken and ft guaranteed. jat0-9t SUSPENDED THE DETECTIVES. Startling Charges by an Atlanta In- vestigating Committee. ‘The special council committee engaged at Atlanta, Ga., in investigation of charges preferred against the county court clerk, Amos Baker, by Chief Detective Wright has startled the city by its report, exon- erating Baker, but suspending Detectives Wright, Looney and Casson, and calling on the council for a full investigation of the police and detective departments. This report is signed by all six members of the special committee, and is almost | certain to be adopted by the general coun- cil at its next meeting, in which case, startling developments are looked for. Simultaneously with the recommendation for the suspension of the detectives, the board of health removed Sanitary Inspec- tor Ray, for accepting bribes from fruit and meat dealers, and City Councilman Mayson has preferred damaging allega- tions against City Warden Hunter. —__- TROGLODYTES 5N CAMP, Holes in the Ground where Colorado Laborers Lodge. From the New York Sun. “When I left the Colorado mountams, the first week in December,” said a west- ern engineer, “the snows had whitened the valleys and freezing weather had set in. Scme of the mines in the new district had shut down, but others were working. At one place where a considerable amount of rock blasting and grading was going on I was interested to observe the devices of the laborers In the way of making homes for themselves during their stay. Most of the men ate at the boarding house, but it was not large enough to accommodate more than half of their number as lodg- ers. “Some of those who had to provide their new quarters had built camps of small logs chinked with mud and moss and roof- ed with canvas. Others had made their habitations by digging into the side of an almost perpendicular clay bank near the work, excavations large enough for one man ‘to sleep and cook in. A gunnysack or blanket hung at the entrance served as door, and a tiny fireplace of stone or hammered-out sheet iron set in the side of the excavation, with a hole leading perpendicularly up’ to the surface and sur- mounted by a power keg for chimney, abundantly warmed these quéer little cave houses. The smoke curling upward at morning and evening from these invisible dormitories was highly suggestive of mimic volcanoes. ———__+e+- Confidence. From the Indianepolis Journel. “What I admire about you people is the great and abounding confidence you have in your town.” said the distinguished Briton. “That's what,” said the Chicago mag- nate. “We got a heap of confidence in the town in gineral, even {f we ain’t much in one another.”’ How to Have Beautiful Hair. Appreciating fully the MERITS and WONDERFUL QUALITIES of the Imperial Hair Regenerator, And of late having daily calls for tt, we have vrmined to offer extensively for sale this cele. Some brated article; the: have made arrange: ments with the IMPERIAL CHEMICAL MAN ACTURING COMPANY, manufactugers of it, to have at our store for TWO WEEKS, commencing MONDAY, JANUARY 14TH, And ending SATURDAY, JANUARY 26TH, T of thelr most expert DEMO: We st that ladies will avail t of this EAT OPPORTU: while she at our store and discover that the Imperial Hair Regenerator Is ALL that ts ed for it, and we feel confident they will 1 hasers and be CONSTANT USERS IN a. EDWARD P. MERTZ, Cor. F and 1th Sts., WASHINGTON, D. C. Kew York House - - + 202 Sth ave. t OLD ZICK HUMMIDY A PLANTATION LEGEND THAT UNCLE REMUS ei PP NOT GET. —_>__—_ Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. Qld Auzust;~ps back, es I was sure he weuld be, for, besides being old and lame, I had..heard tt he. was not weleome among his merrfed children. So we built him a tiny cabin in a corner of the yard, and here he is, as surely settled for lite as the blossoms come and go on the orange trees in frent of his door. His oddly bent figure, his snow-white wool and plantation dialect, have had from the first a fascination for my little Johnnie. Today Johnnie has :ventured into the old man’s cabin, and is interested in the roast- ing of some sweet*potatoes in the ashes. Johnnie plays in the ashes with a stick for some time before the old man perceives it. “Now, lil’ boy, you dess come “but dem ashes. Look 't dat blue-navy sult you’ mammy done fix up fo’ school. Res’ o’ dem school-schollars ’1l be gallin’ you ‘ash-cat;’ en how you gwine lak dat?” “What's an ash-eat, Uncle August?” “Him's er po’ w’ite trash w’at bin raise up in de h’a’th Mos’ inginerly dey’s no-ac- count. But Ise tell de truf; dey do tu’n out smart sometimes.” “Did you ever know an ash-cat?” asks Johnnie. “Know um? Does I know anybody? I know plenty ash-cats, lil’ marser.”” ‘The child pondered awhile, and then sald: “I reckon the ash-cat boys are in stories. If you know stories, why don’t you tell "em, like Uncle Remus?” The mention of that magic name is to August the touching of a wound to the yery quick. His shriveled lips quiver with jealousy. , “You call dem stories? I done know all un um—Tar-baby, en B’er Fox, en B’er Rabbit, en B’er Tarrypin—fo’ Remus was bawn. Dey is ol’, dey is. My g’andaddy tell um t’ me, en he g’andaddy tell um t’ him, en dataway cl’ar down t’ Adam.” “Did Adam tell ‘em to Cain and Abel?” asks Johenie, opening his eyes very wide. “Well, hit wus dishaway. W’en Cain en Abel wue chilluns dey didJen hab no urrer boys t’ play wi’; so w’en dey got tired fightin’ en scratchin’, dey went in de woods t’ play wi’ Ber Rabbit en B'er B’ar en Brer Coon, Dass de way dey got dey fi: foeties bout de beas’ses. Remus air ere um all. Somer de bes’ ain got in d back part o’ Remus’ haid.” s : Won't you tell me one? About the ash- ” says Johnnie anxiously. Ni hatter, dis time. You mussen come boddrin’ me too much. Dis story's ‘bout Zick Hummidy, dough Jack is in it.” Jack wus de ash-cat. He mammy wus daid, en he g’anmammy raise um in de ashes. Dey wus dreffle po’; dess lak dem po’ crackers in de flatwoods; w’at you all pase by gwineter chu’ch. De ol’ ooman wus er witch, de bigges’ in all dem flats, en she l'arn Jack ebery bitter her cunjur. N° Jack wa'nit noner yer mealy-mouf chaps, w’at dunno nuffin; he wus smart en fashus. Time hg wus growed he know heap mo’ cupjun, en he g'anmammy. One time dg olf, witch come in en say ‘Jack, comy out dem ashes. You is twen- ty-one, en de Ol’ Boy hisse’f cain l’arn you no mo’ cunjyn,” ” ; So Jack come put en put on he newes’ homespun, en my, ef he wa'n’t de pretties’ en dandies’ young feller in dem flats. De 1’ ooman, she walk 'roun’ um en mek heap o’ ‘miration.,. cal “Wey you, gwine, Jeck? T’ Youngblood gals?” neon “Not dis time in de mawnin’. Fuss t’ing, Ise gwine f Zick Hummidy. He ain’ gwine do mu¢h mo’ meanness ‘roun’ vere. “Doan you, be teo, biggity, Jack; ol’ Zick Hummidy eat you up ‘t one mouifle. ‘You neentgr be,skeered. I kin outcunjur ol’ Zick Hummidy, gezee,” en he struck out fo’ Zick Hummidy’s bone yard. He know he fin’ um dare, kase dey’s wey he come t’ eat de people attar,he Ketchum. OI" Zick Hummidy wys 4 -beatines’ rascallion, too- by sho’. Hé wus dess half er man, lak you would cut me down froo my nose en my wais’ en Jeave one laig en one yarm. In co’se, he ha’ de side w'at he heart beat on. Dat wus de kiner man he wus; but nobody ever see um; big-bugs ner witches, ner none. Dey dess know um by de feelin’ en de hearin’. Jack wus de onlies’ one w'at 'arn ez much cunjur ez him, let "lone mo’. W'en Jack git t’ de aldge o’ de op'nin’, he see ol’ Zick Hummidy proguein roun’ in de bones t’ fin’ some wid meat on um. Jack ain’ mek up he min’ yit, how he gwine ‘sass’nate um, en bein’ fat en sassy, he sot out t’ ha’ some fun wi’. um. He tu’n hisse’f inter bumble bee and fly behime Zick Hummidy, en tu’n back t’ Jack dess long ‘nough t’ say: “Ah, you, Zick Hummidy. ergin. Zick Hummidy jump ‘roun’ on he one foot, en look fo’ dat sassy man. He ain’ see nuffin but er big bumble bee w'at tek um—“bip!” on de jaw, en fly erway. After "ile he go proguein ‘roun’ de bones some mo’ en fergit *bout it. Den de bumble bee drap behime um lak de fuss time en— “Ah, you, Zick Hummidy”—en is de bee onct mo’. Zick Hummidy look back, en dat same bumble bee—zip!—right on he half nose, en fi En t’ de bee ly_ off. Dis tim he mek sho dat wus somebody; dat ain’ no bee. He say he ain’ gwine be fooled nurrer time. He mek out he mighty busy wi’ de bones, but he doan’ do nuff'n but watch out de corner o he eye. Jack ain’ mekkin no noise flyin’ up, en he doan’ git too clost w’en he he’s er bee, en say: “Ah, you, Zick Hummidy.” ov ‘Zick’ Hummidy spin’ roun’ en dat pbumble-bee come—pop—on de back 0’ he skull, en fly froo de woods. He know now somebody smarter’n him, en he mad 's dat wet hen w’at you mammy duck yistiddy fo’ sett’n, He say nobody ain’ gwineter see him en live. Dat urrer wizzard gotter die. He cotch er scrootch owl out er grabeyard tree, en done he cun- jerment, en fin’ out hit wus Jack, grow t’ de bigges’ wizzard in dem flats. He study, en study, en study, en he sa: ou, Mr. Ash-cat. You watch me —now.”” He tu'n hisse’f inter pretty young Missy, en sa’nter pass Jack’s do’ up en down, wi de pa’sol, mos’ ez scrumptious ez yo. mammy w’en she gwineter town. Jack ain’ fooled. He kin tell Zick Hum- midy froo all dat lil’ w'ite skin en lady ways. He study, en study, en study, en sezee: “J kin tek keer er Jack. I ain’ ben ash- cat fo’ nuff'n.” So he walk out ez biggity ez B’er Rab- pit eber did, en bow monsous p'lite t’ de young lady. Dey promenade de road, en te he’p ‘er ober de cross-ties lak he t'ought she wus sho’ ‘nough young lady. Dey went t’ co’tin’, en hit's my pinyern dey didden los’ to time ner was'e much bref. Hit wus Shodg one side, en Hon turrer, fo" dey know iti’ Dey rock ‘long dataway fo’ de longes’ kdse bofe ub um wus skeered er turrer. s ‘Atter wiile! Ol Zick Hummidy mek up he min’ he got ‘Jack dess wey he want um; en wile dey out promenadin’ de young lady 4x Jack t’ climb er ’simmon tree w'at wus by 'erse’f in de fel’, en git "er some ‘sinfmons. Jack feel sorter'skittish, but in co'se he cain’ ‘fuse ér Iddy. He say: “You wait yere, Shoog, ‘tel I git my climbin’ shoes; I won't be er Mindte.”” He run hoftte "ttost de fiel’ en tie up he dogs, Dell, DelwWiso, Deldee en Delviro. Den he brun’ tu¥ er water in de house en tell he g’anriamiiy she see dat water all blood, she mus’ *tu’n loose de dogs. She say all right; she lay lown by de tub, en vateh it. : Wien Jack tuck he bow en de las’ free ar- rers he got lef en went back t’ he sweet- heart. She tell! um: P ; “I drap my ring at you’ gate, en I mus’ run en git it fo’ some rogue snatch it up.” Jack say he go ‘long wl’ 'er, but she ‘low she know dess wey she drap it, en Jack kin be climbin’ de tree. She wan’ ‘er ‘simmons fum de ve'y top. She run back t’ de cabin, en w’en she see de fo’ dogs tte up, en de ol’ ooman ‘sleepin’ by de tub er water, Ol’ Zick Hummidy know right dere 't Jack s'picion um, en ef he doan tek keer he'll come out de leetle een’ er de ho'n. He pick up er cow-haid en put it unner de ol’ witch's haid so she couldden’ wake up, en den ke better sartisfy. Jack he clum de tree, en ‘low he git de ‘simmons fo’ he sweet’art come back. He full he pocket wi’ de toppermos’ ’simmons en wus sbinnin’ down w'en de young lady , you don't,” she say, en tu’n t’ Zick Hummidy quick ez wmkin" you’ eye. “Did he. catch Jack?” asks the little boy, who can keep silent no longer. “Wat you tek Jack fo’, honey? Ain’ I Din tellin’ you Jack wus smart? De way he scooted up dat tree wus ’stonishin’. En he cunjure dat water in de tub en mek it tu’n bloody, so he g’anmammy 'd see it en sen’ de dogs. He got mo’ pennance in dem dogs den in all de witches in Baker. Co'se, he didden’ know she wus layin’ on er horse- haid en couldden’ vake up.” Zick Hummidy say: “TI’se got you dis time, Jack Ash-cat, sho’ en cert’in. En dis is de las’ day you gotter live. I done sesso w’en you come atter me a my boneyard, en now I’se gwine prove t.* He tu’n er stick inter er ax, en er light’d knot inter er grin’stun. He grin’ de ax right unner de tree so he kin watch Jack. Jack ain’ much skeered, kase he tink he g’anmammy see de blood terrectly en tu’n loose de dogs. ~ Zick Hummidy went t’ cuttin’ de tree, en w’en it mos’ down Jack shoot er arrer in de groun’ en say: “Grow, arrer, grow, t’ de bigges’, highes’ trce in de fores’.” Fo’ Zick Hummidy kin look up dere wus er tree right by de urrer one, en Jack in it, ez safe ez ef dey wan't no axe in de worl’, ner no Zick Hummidy at one een’ uv it. Fuss, Zick Hummidy dunno w'at t’ do, Den he go cuttin’ on de new tree faster wi’ he one han’ den anybody elst wi’ two. Jack ain’ gwine ter let it fall wi’ um. He shoot down nurrer arrer, en say: “Grow, arrer, grow, t’ de bigges’, highes’ tree in de fores’.” En wen it come up he dess step fum limb t' limb. But he ain’ laughin’ dis time. He stretch he neck en look en lissen fo’ de dogs. Zick Hummidy say: “You ain got but one mo’ arrer. I kin cut froo two trees tereckly.” En de way he mek dem chips fiy wus er caution. Jack shoot down he fas’ arrer, en raise nurrer big tree, en begin t’ call de dogs; kase dey wa’n’t nuff'n elst kin git um out dat scrape. “Oh, Dell, Delwiso, Deldee, Delviro.” Zick Hummidy kiner snicker t’ hisse’f, kase he know de dogs ain comin’. He cut, en Jack call de dogs; he cut, en Jack call de dogs, tel in nurrer minute de tree would ‘a’ topple ober wi’ Jack in it, en den he would ’a’ got um fo’ true. Mr. Ricebud wus settin’ on er Hmb, en he say: “Jack, I eat many grain o’ you’ daddy's rice,” en he flewed inter de holler en close it up. Zick Hummidy wus mad! But he wa’n’t gwineter give it up. He grin’ he ax mo’ sharper, en begin ober. En Jack call de dogs. “Hey, Dell, Delwiso, Deldee, Delviro.” Dogs ain comin’, en dat ax gwine fas’ ez er woodpecker knockin’ on er sweet-gum; tree wus dess ready t’ fall w’en Mr. Crow fly up en say: “Jack, I eat many grain er co’n out you’ daddy‘s fiel’.” En he full up de cut en mek de tree dess lak it wus b’fo’. Zick Hummidy grit he toofs en sharpen he ax, en cut ergin. He ‘low he kin hol’ out ef Jack kin. Jack walk out on de stronges’ limb, en call de dogs. “Come, Dell, Delwiso, Deldee, Delviro.” Dogs ain comin’, en Jack ‘low he come t’ de een uv it tereckly. Soon’s de tree got nurrer big hole in it, Ber Possum lope up en wat er fix Jack done gone in, He sa many one er yer mammy’s chickens,” en he lip in de holler en mek it soun’ tree. Zick Hummidy say: “Dey cain be much mo’ buds en beas’es fat’nin’ on you’ dad- dy’s po’ san’hill, so I’se gwine keep on cutt’n. Jack, he t’ink de same. He dunno w’at kin come dis time en full up de hole. He git on de toppermos’ limb en call, en call, en call, tel yere dey come, all fo’ dogs, lak fo streak er light’nin’s. Dey bin yere Jack call, en Dell pull tel she broke ‘er rope, en jump on de ol’ ooman en roll ‘er off de horse-haid. Co'se, den she kin wake up. She see de blood in de tub, en loosen ae urrer dogs. 5 Jack sic ‘um on Zick Hummidy, en dey to’ um in fo’ pieces. “And Jack came down and ran home,” says Johnnie. Bress de chile. He dunno nuff’n "bout Zick Hummidy, yit. Soon’s dem dogs drap de pieces, dey flewed t’gedder ergin, en dere wus Zick Hummidy, mo’ samer den befo’. Dey had it dataway, nip en tuck, en bimeby de dogs gittin’ tired. B'er Coon, he trot ’long t’ see w’at’s up, en he say: “Jack, I eat many one er you’ daddy's watermillions. Ef you tell de dogs ter tek de fo’ pieces o’ Zick Hummidy t’ de fo’ p'ints o’ de compass en leave um dere, dey won't come t’gedder no mo’,”” So Jack, he tell de dogs, en dey done it. Dell kyar her piece t’ de noff, Delwiso t’ de souf, Deldee t’ de eas’, en Delviro t’ de _wes’.”” En dere de bones is dis minute, ef you kin walk fur ‘nough t’ see um. Remus? You dess ax um ef he know ol’ Zick Hum- midy. Dass all I want. ——__—_ THINGS HEARD AND SEEN The tip that leads to luck may some- times have a long lane to travel, and that without a gingle turn. It may be all the safer and the surer, however, as, for in- stance, was the advice Mr, Leiter gave a young acquaintance of his the other day. They were talking over their pippins and cheese about pictures, travel, books, states- men, horticulture ard some other modern luxuries, “Let me give you a tip,” said Mr. Leiter. “Buy a farm up in Maryland or over in Virginia and plant a pippin orchard—Albemarle pippins. Eh! I mean just that. You could not enter a surer road to a nice little fortune. I was born a farmer, you know, and not so very far from here, either. On our old home place in Maryland the apples in my boyhood were a staple money crop, and we had no such monopoly as the man who owns an Albemarle pippin orchard has nowadays. if you will get a good mountain farm any. where along the Blue Ridge, from Freder- ick, Md., to Lexington or Charlottesville, Va., and plant 500 or 1,000 Albemarle pip- pin trees, and take good care of them for fifteen years, you will have an absolute source of income, as safe and much more profitable than ‘government bonds. You need to go up on the high mountain land, where frosts are slow to come in the fall and do not return after spring opens. The red soil there is especially favorable to tree growth, and particularly to the Albe- marle pippin. It is a slow tree to de- velop, and perhaps a shy bearer; but such an apple is like gold when you once get a crop. I cannot get on without my morning apple. Wherever I am, in New York, Paris or London, 1 look up the first thing @ sup- ply ef apples. They are medicine as well as focd. Bvery fall I send down to Char- lottesville and get a supply of ten or fif- teen barrels of pippins. And what do you think they charge me? All the way from 39 to $1z a barrel; and I’m not sure that I haven't paid $15, And they say they make just as much to ship them to England as to sell them here. Now, you take an old agriculturist’s advice and get that moun- tain farm and plant pippins.” retort Without attempting it here, and only for purposes of suggestion to some one having a genius for the thing, let me say that an analysis should be made of ex-Speaker Reed's. method of locomotion. We have had famous descriptions of the motion of the horse from the pages of Scott’s “Tal- isman” to those of “Ben Hur,” and a le- gion of writers have fixed for all time the poetry of the yacht’s fuoting over the waves, to say nothing of more than a few picturesque realizations of the heavy pro- gress of great four-masters rolling ponder- ously acrcss the deep. These accounts, by their very intensity and numbers, quicken the wish that the way a great man walks should be made something of in literature. We know how Napoleon, Washington, Webster and Clay. walked. Art has told how Cleopatra, King David and Moses got about. Why should an exception be made any longer of Mr. Reed’s unique system of getting there. . so 38; 8 8 One of the most pleasing phases of auto- graph hunting was revealed to me the other night during a call on one of my up- town friends. He is a lover of books, and especially of sets—one of those who leave their names and addresses at their book- store, and have successively appearing vol- umes of their favorite authors sent up to their house. ‘This is the way to enjoy yourself, surely, ff you are fond of books, and one can afford to knock off a good many other things for the sake of good books. ‘Thus, at any rate, thinks my up- town friend, and he has a charming little library looking out to the all-day sun; and I would rather be there by the hickory 2 his andirons, turning over a good novel, than—at work. but my friend 1s not content with books alone, or their fine bindings. He falls in love ‘with personalities and worships his authors. All the glittering gossip of the day, so far as it throws a single golden glint upon any of his particular literary idols, is cherished as the miner does the shining atoms that sparkle in and out of the black sand in his iron pans. He clips and clips and clips newspaper paragraphs and you will find them all neatly folded in his books. In the pages of “Treasure Island" is almost as great a treasure of information about Robert Louis Stevenson. In his “Old Creole Days” you can find all sorts of pictures and descriptions of Mr. Cable. So, too, of Thomas Hardy and Dr. Doyle, of Mrs. Stowe and Harold Frederic, Mr. Howells and scores of others. No author is too well known, none too little known, to escape his saving scissors. But the autograph hunting— That is where my friend is unique. Years ago it occurred happily to his quick wits that a book would be more interesting for the present and more valuable hereafter if it contained the writer's name. He set to work on this idea. Mr. Howells spent a winter in Washington and he took “Their Wedding Journey” to him for his auto- graph on the fly leaf. It was forthcoming without a murmur. Indeed, there was a twinkle of delight around the little fat man’s eyes as he ‘wrote his name. To a friend in Hartford he sent “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” with the request thet Mrs. Stowe be asked to write in it. After many weeks the book, with the autograph returned. In the same way William Black’s name was secured. To a consul at Apia the fly leaf of “Treasure Island” was sent, and Steven- son’s name came back on it. One of the most interesting autographs in my friend’s library is that of Bancroft. With the first volume of the history in bis hand our name seeker called on the venerable schol- ar a few years before his death, and made known his desire for his signature. He also told him that he intended to give his set of Bancroft to his boy when he was old enough to go to college, for he could have no better foundation for a library. ‘The idea pleased the old scholar and he ransacked his library for a good quotation from Goethe and addressed a nice little note to the boy who might some day own the book, and the fly leaf of that particu- lar volume of Bancroft bears as interesting an autograph as was ever written. ———>—_—_ ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Solomon Carr to Julia Wheeler, lots 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 46 and 47, block 10, Blooming- dale; $5. Geo. E. Clements et ux. to Eliza- beth D. Hickman, lot 86, block 2, Trinidad; $2,900. Henry N. Craven to Emily E. and Mary L. Robinson, lot 38, square 858; $2,300. Diller F. Groff to Samuel H. Edmonston, lot 36, block 8, Brightwood Park; $10. Wal- ter F. Hewett et ux to Howard Beall, lots 8, 9 and 10, square 396; $10. James BE. McKahan et ux. to Robert A. Lee, lot 12, block 4, East Deanewood; $100. Nancy Patton to Mary A. McIntire, lot 20, block 20, Brookland; $100. Mary E. Wyn- koop to Robt. H. and Lillian A. H. Harts- horn, lot 40, sq. 733; $10. Jas. H. Roberts et ux. to Wm. W. Wright, jr., part lot 5, sq. 521; $1. Wm. W. Wright, jr., to Chloe A. Roberts, same property, $1. August Donath et ux. to Chas. B. Woodbury, lot 136, in Donath’s sub of Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant Plains; $10. Charles A. McEuen to Bushrod Kobinson, lot 16, block 5, Marshall; $10. Diller B. Groff to James E. Fox, lot 172, square 55; $10. Rob- ert M. Libbey to Mary R. L. Chapin, El- leanor H. Griffin and Marcia M. Libbey, part lots 234 and 235, sq. 4), Georgetown; $10. Cornelia A. Cooke to Annie M. Sharp- less, lot 126, sq. 856; $10. ———— Protecting Children’s Feet. From the New York Times. “My children frequently go through an entire winter without the sign of a cold,” said a mother the other day, “and I at- tribute their immunity largely to my in- sistence that they shall not run about in their bare feet. All children like to do this, both at night after they are ready for bed, and in the morning before they are dressed. Few things are more directly con- ducive to a cold than this chilling of the feet, and to guard against it I provide the crocheted bed room slippers for each child. It took vigilance and constant reiteration to teach them to wear them every time their shoes and stockings were doffed, but they are trained now, and they slip their bare feet into the worsted shoes instinct- ively and invariably. Warm and dry feet in winter are the best preventive of colds that has been yet found. —-—-000 Herote Resolve. From the Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Knervz rang the bell for the do- mestic. “Norah,” she said, when the kitchen lady appeared, “I'll feed the canary myself after this. The doctor says I am to take more exercise.” CUT THIS PICTURE OUT. It contains the faces of a father and three daughters; you see the father, where are the daughters? If your eyes are enough to = find all three rewardtoany one who can make out the three daugh- ters’ faces. These _pic- tures were su- ed in colors by a firmof Art publishers-who were obliged to liquidate their business, their a being too expensive for these hard times. Phe entire stock was purchased by us, and at originaly, cost thousands of dollars will now be given away to attract attention to our EXCELSIOR COLLECTION OF FLOWER SEEDS for the season of 1895. The published price of these pictures was $1.00, but we will send them (a selected series of seventeen. | a3 a reward to every person es an marking the ¢iree daughters’ faces with an “X” and enclosing same with sixteen two- cent stamps for Excelsior Collection No.1, containing an immense variety of the cho est aud most beautiful flower seeds. If you purchase your seeds from us cne season We will atways have your orders. We ran- tee perfect satisfaction or money refunded. $100.00 in CASH PREMIUMS —The per- son sending as above “whose envelope bears earliest postmark will be given $25 in cash; to the second, $20; to third, 15; to fourth, $10; and to next six Will be given $5 in gold. If able to find the three faces you should an- swer promptly, and enclose at once with a. sare anayou eh Se the ay uablé lot of pletures and seeds by ret Mail. ‘adress, Excelsior Seed 325 ‘rand Street, ‘New York. ra 10 Gallon Pure Water ———— can be filtered th —— one of our $6.60 a eS rongh “Pasteur's”” Germ-proof, Water Filters, more than sufficient for the ordinary ‘We will put one of these filters in your house for a week or more for trial. If you don’t like it we will take it out, and refund your money. We have never one come back since we have been in business. ——— , Pee the big window display of 4 ———— them, and the “before” “and “after.' aa er a RMON Wilmarth & Edmonston,; ‘Crockery, &c., 1205 Pa. Av.” NINN ANNO wat Every Drop Of Potomac water Js filled with tm- purities, and fally so in the springtime. To drink impure water is to invite disease; then why not fayold such risk by usitg a FILTER? The celebrated Natural Stone & Jewett Filters Remove all foreign substances and leaye the water clear and sparkling. NATURAL STONE FILTERS, 8. $12; special size for “roomer: JEWETT'S from $4.75 to $13. M. W. Beveridge, IMPORTER OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, JaiS-28d 1215 F AND 1214 G ST. oaaeeSEEOS J. T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. N.W., CAR- t Lining, Felts, Fire Brick and Clay, Asbestos, ints, Brushes, Lime, Cement, two and three- ply loofing Material, sel FACTS STATED Drs. Henion and Frans at Wil lard’s Hotel. Indorsed by Prominent People of Washington and New England. . Read What They Say Over Their Own - Signatures. Weshington, D. C., January 17, 7895. For and in consideration of the enefit that the sick poor of Washingtor aud vicivity may derive, I hereby certify that I have known Drs. Hepion and Evars, now at Wiilazd’s Hotel, for years; I know them to be physicians of the highest order and reliable gentlemen; I bave the greatest confidence in their ability and integrity. Go to Willard Hall any morning, from 10 to 11 o'clock, and you will — not be deceived. Dr. Henlon bad his office at Willard’s Hotel three years ago for seven months, and to my personal knowledge, successfully treated many of the most promiacnt people in Washington and of the nation. This is to certify that I have known Dr. Henion, now at Willard’s Hotel, for twenty-five years; he has treated my sister and her family successfully; him to be a thorougaly educated physician. full confidence tm his ability and integrity. ©. 0. RANDOLPH, | Washington Office, New York Times. Mrs. Tulloch’s statement: Washington, D. ©., January 17, 1895. To the Ind‘es and citizens of Washington and _ ty: This 1s to certify that I have known Dr. ITenion, Bow at Willard’s Hotel, for years; he is a thor- oughly educated physician and a gentleman; he has successfully treated friends of mine, und when their cases seemed hopeless, has restored them to health; his power over disease is wonderful. He cheerfully treats the poor, and deserves the patron- age of all who require treatment for long-standing diseases, Mrs. MIRVANDA TULLOCH, 121 B street southeast. What Gov. Smith's sister, of New Hampshire, says of Dr. Henion: January 10, 1895. Lt Governor's. Mansion, Hilisboro’ Bridge, N. H. This ts to certify that Dz. Henion, now at Wil- lard's Uotel, cured me of neuralgia, nervous pros- tration of a severe type, and that after the most prominent physicians in New England had pronounc- ed my case Lopeless. Dr. Henion also saved the Life of my father ufter six physicians held a council and pronounced Lim beyond help. We telegraphed Dr. Henton (who was in Florida at the time). He came at once, and the fourth day after Dr. Henton's arrival my father was able to sit up; regained bis health, and has been robust ever since. Dr. Henion bas also treated Mrs. Gor. Smith and ber children successfully. Miss FANNIE LAVENDER, Sister of Mrs. Gor. Smith. What the late Justice Lamar says of Dr. Henlon, at Willard's Hotel: Washington, May 18, 1892. After two days’ magnetic treatment and medical applications by Dr. Henion I passed the first day in four years without paroxysms cf sneezing, that caused me to leave the bench. Dr. Henlon bss cured me of catarrh that has been the torment of my life. (Signed) L QC. LAMAR, Hon. H. 8. Greenleat’s statement: Washington, March 16, 1892. I consider Dr. Henion, now at Willand's Hotel, the best, most thoroughly scientific, and successful physician I ever knew; and my experience has been large. I speak in the case of my wife, whom Dr. Heaion cured of a most severe form of spinal irritation and gastralgia, after all other means failed; and what I say about Dr. Henlon is rot to > Drs. Henion and Evans will beal the sick every morning from 10 to 11 o'clock, in Willard Hall, free of charge. Every person is invited to attend. The above statements should convince the most find relief ehould consult them at once. Iccated at Wiilard’s Hotel, and consult 9 am. until 7 p.m. Admission to Willard also frea, “Shoes built on honest principles.” OOD MEN ARE BUILT ON honest principles, and so are good shoes. Patroulze @ shoe man whose shoes ars known to be buflt on honest principles. We stand back of > every pair of shoes we make and sell— ‘we guarantee material, fit and work- manship. Special Stes to order, any suape, auy leather... DS tO $10 Ladies’ “‘Mannish” Shoes (the latest fad), a grand winter shoe, in stock or to order .... ee $5. WILSON, 929 F St. N.W. jai8-364 l1o PER CT Discount on Diamond Earrings. Having too large a stock of them * * for this season of the year, we will allow a discount of 10 per cent om Diamond Earri #10 Diamond Rerrings, $90. }200 Diamond Earrings, $150. Plated TableWa Jacobs Bros., 1229 Pa. Ave. Big Sale of Turkish R=-U-G-S. —a sale of 2 weeks’ duration, with ganged by. the new tariff rates. REM. XX BIG BARGAINS FOR EVERY ON Productions Direct From The Orient Qf rare eauty and exquisite designe, | Rug that you'll not find anywhere else in the I Zp lower than equal qualities ever before sold for. = Our large front room will be entirely de- voted to the display. Mr. Daghestaniian has kindly offered bh Yalaable services for conducting. the sale will e buying interesting by explaining the value of these interesting productions. The Houghton Co., 1214 F Street. prices [ATK a Jais-2t Go tothe ‘Charity Ball?’ After the ball Was over there were lots of silt Gloves and Slippers. If yours are send them here. We'll clean them, making the as whea you frst. entered te ball. No injury to delicate fabrics—no change 18 color. Wagon vals. Anton Fischer, 906 G St. jais-10d Gowns, ,