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12 THE EVENING ' STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER £3 1895—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, MONEY WANTED & TO LOAN BUSINESS CHANCES. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY ‘Su any smnount and at raten justied by the security red. Demand loans on stocks and bonds of more than local repute. n023-2w* EE. WELSH ASHFORD, 1410 G st. FOR SALE-ELEGANT DRUG STORB, LOCATED on 7th st. n.w.; one of the finest stands in the city. Price, $7,000; 1-3 cash. T. 0. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., Real Estate and Business Exchange. it WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING SUMS TO LOAN: $1,000, $2,000, $3,000 and $5,000, and can answer ali applications within twenty-four hours after receipt. DEEBLE, DAVIS & CO., 1819 F st. nw. now-3t 4T FIVE PER CENT INTEREST; ON REAL ES- TATE in ANY section; ANY ‘amodnt to loan FROM $1,000 to $10,000. nov8-3t DIGGES & FAIRFAX, 701 12th st. nw. THREE PEG CENT A MONTH WILL BE PAID for & loan of $100 for five mouths; returnable $29 a month; best indorsement, Address C. A. A., Star office. it ENY SUM OF MONEY WILL BE LOANED YOU —if you own real estate, and your application Will be acted upon at once. 5%4 and 6 per cent interest. Sums as large as $50,000 to loun at 5 per cent. T. O. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st. "Phone 1234. Real Estate and Business Exchange. it MONEY TO LOAN, IN SUMS TO SUIT, AT CUR- rent rates of interest ou real estate in the Dis- trict of Columbia. FITCH, FOX & BROW: no22-tt 1406 G st. D.w. HONEY TO LOAN ON APPROVED CITY REAL eutate. at lowest rates 4f intecast. H. T. LEIPOLD, _Bodt-Im_ S.w. cor. 13th and b sts. D.W. Ba Loa: 1,000, 500, ToD, ‘ $100,000, miata OF at cent on Wasl ton City Per cTteal Estate. CHARLES W. HANDY, ni9-1m 610 18th st. n.w. MONEY TO LOAN LN SUMS TO SUIT AT 5 AND @ per cent; builders’ loans a specialty; no delay. GEV. E. EMMONS '& CO. no15-1m. 5- 1216 F st. BO LAAN. ON REAL ESTATE— $16,500. 10,000. 8,000, 5,000. 2,000. 1.000. THOS, B WAGGAMAN, noll-tf 917 F MONEY TO LOAN On District Property. JOHN L. WEAVER, Real Estate, no7-3m Cor. F and Sth sts. n.w. AND 5 PER CENT MONEY TO LOAN ON ‘ash. real estate, im sums of $2,000 and upward Salty. Address, giving full pa PHIA, Star office. se4-Sm® $25 AND UPWARD ADVANCED ON FURNITURB, pianos in residence or storage; also policies, ware: ouke recelpts, interests In estates, Ist and 2d trust notes or other securities. 1202 N. Cap. st. Jy25-4m0° MONEY IN SUMS TO SUIT AT VERY LOWEST interest on D. ©. real estate recurity. FRANK T. RAWLINGS, Member Washington Stock Exchange, 1605 Pa. ave.( Arlington Fire Ins. Co.'s office. )al-t * improved elty properti applicetions reperted on prompt t loans made. Call on or address 'L. 0. DE LASHMUTT, 1421 G n.w. Baltimore office, U6 St. Paul 6e3-3in MONEY TO LOAN, IN, SUMS FROM $1,000 UpwaRD, 4T LUWEST KATE OF LNTEREST, ‘ON KEAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. T. 0. HOLTZMAN, Pcl COR. 10TH AND F STS. N.W. PLENTY OF MONEY TO LOAN, AT LOWEST Fates of interest, on D. C. real estate, in any sums desired. Loans closed without delay if urlty 1a good. WALTER H. ACKER, 2-tf Tos 14th st. iw. N AT 5 AND 6 PER CENT ON ecurity. All applications recelve ™ 1008 F st. $1,000, $1,500, $2. larger sums, all at 5 per cent; also $760 and sums to sult at 6 per cent: a tions ted reasonably and economically, ocS-tt H. SAUNDERS & CO. Fst. MONFY ON HAND TO LOAN IN SUMS TO SUIT on approved property. Large loans a specialty. octtt THOMAS DOWLING, 612 E st. n.w. MONEY TO LOAN ON APPROVED REAL ESTATE; Jowest rates; charges reasonable; no delay. JOHN SHERMAN, o8-tt Real Estate, 605 14th MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY in sums of $500 and upward at lowest rates for butlding or other purposes. ©. P. BARTO, oom 1, Riggs Fire Insurance Company building, 1931 ¥ at. nw. J725-tt MONEY TO_ LOAN ON APPROVED CITY REAL estate at S per cent Interest. Special privileges with respect to prior ments. Large amounts @ specialty. & RUTHERFORD, dyStt 1307 F st. p.w. MONEY TO LOAN oN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIANOS, ORGANS, HORSES, CARRIAGES, ETC., WITHOUT REMOVAL OR PUBLICITY. You receive the money on a few hours’ notice. Partial payments can be made on the princtpai at any time. We can assure you low rates, easy and desirable terms and courteous treatment. If you will Investigate our plan of making loans you will be pleased with At. Please call CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTE Sy24-16d 2 sociation certificates, old line life policies, syndi- eate certificates or warehouse receipts, YERKES & BAKER, 40 to 46 Metserott bldg., 1110 F at. Syo-tt INGTON MORTGAGE LOAN CO., 610 F_N.W. ii loan you any sum you want, large or emall, rniture, pianos, borses, wagous, etc. withont wal or publicity. Auy business with us strictly confidential, and you ean get the money the day you ask for it. Loans can be paid in part or in full at any time to suit the convenience of the borrower, and any part pald reduces the cost of carrying the loan in propertion to the amount id. WASHINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN Co., Jel-tr _ Glo Fst. MONEY TO LOAN AT 5 AND 6 PER CENT ON ‘approved District real estate; no delays. M M. PARKER, mh9-tf 1418 F st. MONEY TO LOAN, IN ANY SUMS DESIRED, AT LOWEST RATES OF INTEREST, ON WASHING REAL ES No delay in closing transai THOS. J. FISHER & CO., ap25-tf 1324 F st. nw. MONEY TO LOAN AT 6 PER CENT ON AP- wed District real estate; also installment ns made. F. H. SMITE & SONS, aplo-tt 1418 F st. nw. MONEY TO LOAN, IN SUMS TO SUIT, ON REAR estate security in the District of Columbia; no delay; charges moderate. WASH'N DANENHOWER, apis-tt 3th and n. MONBY TO LOAN ON Al lL within the Dixtrict of Columbia, {n amounts to gut applicants, at 5, 544 and 6 per cent. Jald-tf GEO. W. LINKINS, 800 19th st. n.w. WF YOU WANT TO BORROW, LOAN, BUY OR SELL seal estate, let me hear from Fou. 1 can gave you time and money. J. EAKIN GADSBY, 626 13th st. Sy2i-tt = ————— SUBURBAN PROPERTY. FOR SALB_9-ROOM HOUSE; HANDSOMELY FIN- ished; @ large lots; com ; larg barn; everything de: home; 9 tiles trom Washi FOR SALE—BE. uy Highlands, Hyattsville and other pl of elovtrie read? all size Now 13 your cuanee. 635 F rt. BOR RONT—LITTLE FALLS Va., near main dep. stuble; large greuints tenant, by the year. WANTED—A PIECE OF 4 within 8 miles of the cit Wooded hill preferred. Add: and price, J. A. C., Sta FOR RENT new T-room Tenalivtown $13 mo. ANDREW PAYS RB SALE 53 AChES NEAR An 600 acres on B. and P. Clty property for ¢ Money loane ro21-8t* For SsLe—or contuluing 65 acre " tage and outbulldings. This property ts withi 2 miles trom Washington, on B. and O. RR, With station, and on Wasiinzton aud Baltizord Boulevard ard Electric road. ‘This property su: divides to great advantage, and offers the finest ‘Opportunity for speculation: tara no2-tt FOR SALE—ACRE LOTS FOR §7: in Sherman Park, Md.; on th commutation fare, 8" cen churches, post office, ete, 31:59 a.m., Sundays'at 9/a.m. and 2 1 FOR SALE—GENERAL MARKET STORD; MEATS, groceries and provisions; sales over $2,500 per month; horse, wagon, sufe, cash register and store fixtures. Price, $3,000. T. 0. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., Real Estate and Business Exchange. FOR SALE—HOTEL AND KESTAI : Capitol; elegant opportunity for an energetic man. Recelpts from bar will pay all ex- penses, leaving revenue from rooms a clear profit. Price low; easy terms. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., ness Exchange. Ee ERY STORE ON PA.AVE. long lease; low rent, Sales $25 to $30 per day. Price, $500. T. 0. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., Real Estate and Business Exchange. It FOR SALE—-CAFE AND DAIRY LUNCH; BU fest part of the city. Owner obliged to sell on account of sickness. Price, only $500. T. 0. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., Estate and Business DE ing store on 7th st. Over $2,000 stock on hand, which can be bonght at much less than cost. Purchaser can double their money dur- ing the Christmas holiday season. Elegant op- portunity for a lady or gentlemen. Will allow the keenest examination. Price for store fixtures, stock and goodwill, only $1,500. T. O. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., Real Estate and Business Exchange. It BOR SALE—GRUCERY AND MEAT STORE NEAR gov't printing office. Sales $25 to $40 per day. Bread sales over 100 loaves per day. Cheapest rent in the city and one of the best bargains we have to offer. Price, only $600. T. 0. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., Real E nd Business Exchang ite FOR 8A) T. 0. DAIRY LUNCH AND KITCHEN NEAR Pa. ave. and 9th st. Elegant stand. Chance for a large business. Long lease of premises. Price, $300. T. 0. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., 5 Real Estate and Business Exchange. _ It FOR SALE-WE HAVE SOME ELEGANT BAR- gains besides the above in Drug stores from $500 to $5,000. Grocery stores from $150 to $3,000. Cigar stores from $150 to $1,500. Dairy lunches from $250 to $4,000. Dining room and oyster house, $1,000. Saloons from $150 to $10,000. Gents’ furnishing store, finest in the clty and best location, $15,000. If you want @ business place of any kind come and see us. We will show you what we bave on our books and should your fancy not even then be sulted we will find you just what you want and will not charge you one penny for our trouble. All we want is for you to come and see us, for we deal only iu bargains, and can produce scores of testl- monials of how well we have pleased oth ‘The holiday season 1s fast approaching, and the best of our places will soon be sold. Come at once, and you will double your money dur- ing the holidays. 'T. 0. ANDERSON & CO., 907 G st., Real Estate and Business E: HAVE YOU A SALOON TO SELL’ dispose of it quickly for you without any pub- We bave more calls for them than we have places. Let us have yours to sell, no matter how or how small; we can find you a pur- Real Estate 1t_ Wh W BUSINESS PLACES OF ALL KINDS— Have clients always inquiring for barguius. We can find you quick purchasers and cash transactions. No publicity. No ebarge for advertising. ERSON & CO., 907 G st., e and Business Exchang CHEAP—OR WILL EX wood and coal—a driving mare NECESSITY, = iness in An: cords ¥ J per 5 carts and ail necessary par large stable coutaining 5S reason ‘for golug in another business. & RICHARDSON, D. Oo. A nd Tocution; 3 Selilug: vwner of bullding will deal W. L. WILKERSO splendid opportuaity for a live mau selling, own to JORDAN Anacostl: +i of Teasous for Don't wiss this. nw. RS AGO TL @ partner, made and divided $12,000 ‘in months on a business much Inferior to what I offer now. ‘This in W: proof. Address Box 67, § 4.00 NET PROFIT invest of 3100; proportionally; profits disbu ticulars free.’ H. HUDSON, 530 Madison ‘ave., ranted. business enterprise. Cleveland, 0. 25 PER ¢ ‘single loss is being realized week Prospectus und re Ass'n, ©. A. MUL! AMERICAN ¥Y WITHOUT A ly upon our It ce by return WANTED PUSHING AND RESPONSIBLI z h city or town to take exclusive agency for t Address E. 1. ite NEW AND §: deford Hotel; fam- ‘fused. 0. 1 chance. TIRE CONTEN house tty. 4 Box 18, St AL VALUABLE PATENTS PAR- ties desiring safe and remunm ive investments will do well to correspond witi T. 8. Box 501. ii FOR SALE DRUG ST 14th s in one of the best loca dress RHUBARB, % HT MEG. BUSINESS—' y and how to make it; over 100 valuable trades secrets for making soaps, per- ts, &e. Addresse: : lesalers in U START A Lt make CHEMISt, Box 18, Wa i Er FOR SAL ¢; CHEAP FOR eash trade; other business. 445 New York uve. POR A CLIENT meat FOR SAL cable lit pote furni for busine: ture and Avoly to Lire th st. ow. FI YOUR INCOM. You can now nuke big profits in and cotton ¢ sof $10 0: book aud. tu. srain, stocks mote. Our aud pro 500 a month; sickn THIS MAY BB . send for to JUS. ‘Olt $100—TO PROV oe = IE a by firm of large experioive and great success. Wil send you particulars free, showing how a small amount of moi cun be e ly multiplied by successful speculation in t bank Oppertun TTISON & CO,, Bu ers and Bi Omaha building, Chicago, nil-lm Ww) 1k D. FOR CLOCK, NO MATTER HOW com. PLIC THAT CANNOT BE R ALKED) AT 1221 FST. N.W. 8 Le ND NEE two of Dr. ‘There is no Used 50 years in this © vigorating cordial. vordial. Dr. Leatherman, Medical ee and Specialist, St NW), depot, Sth ‘and B sts. nw. Send or cail cular, SHERMAN PARK CC oo26-bet ADDISO! HEIGUTS— FOR building | lots—MAGNIFICE: Dear Arlington; reached by Mt. railroad io 12 m, from U. S. Treasury, or by steam railroad from 61h sivwet depot. Lot fom _ to $250; on weekly payments, $1 to $2. iow ig the time to buy, either for a home or for investinent. A, to JAS. EB. CLEMENTS end AT. Hi i. 182i F ot. nw, 026-1 602 CHRONIC ts, BLOOD y a oT fo ocl-2m* er mi. Tuesday, Thurs- Sundays, 4 to 6 LEGAL NOTICES. Filod Nov. 23, 1895. Sammel HR. Chi LP. BEFORE SAMUEL R. CHURCH, ONE OF THE Justices of the Peace in and for the District of ‘Columbia. Walter B. Waddey, pluintiff, v. James Chambers, Limited, a corporation el ard existing under the laws of the state of New York, def ant.No.598. Order of publication.A summons tn due form having been Issued ont of this court to a lawful constable of this Distriet for the said defendant, and the sathe having been by said comstable ‘returned “not to be found,” {t 1s here- by ordered that said defendant cause his appear- ance to be entered herein on or before the 17th day of December, 1895, otherwise the cause will be preceeded with as in case o: ult. A true copy: Test. SAMUEL it. CHURCH (Seal), Jus- tice of the Peace, 925 F st. aw. SAMUEL CHURCH, J. P. nozs-3t® (Issued November 15, 1895, ESTATE OF ROBERT W. SHUFELDT, LATE OF WASHINGTON CITY, D. 0. No. 6,062. Doc. "2 Application having’ been 1 to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding Orphans’ Court, for probate of a last will, and for letters testamentary on said estate, by The National fe Deposlt, Savings und Trust Company of the Distri: of Columbia, the executor named therein, this is to give notice to all concerned to appear tn sald court on FRIDAY, the 18th day of December, A. D. 1895, at 10 o'clock a.m., to show cause why such application should not be granted. A. B. HAGNER, Justice. Attest: J. NOTA Mc@iLL, Register of Wills, D. ©. R. ROSS PERRY & SON, Proctors for Applicant. nolé-law3t EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL IN WASHINGTON. China Painting. mee SCHOOL: , 1115 17th st. He WEST Hs Class in Flowers, Figures, Landscape and Fruit novsert FRENCH AS A USEFUL RECRFATION. Pronounced wei], spoken, read and understood in 80 lessona!' tegitners ‘and advanced classes now; successful teacher. n23-lm* MLLE. V. pRUD'HOMME, 307 D st. o.w. Piano,. Violin, Voice.: + The Berkeley School, ~_ 1815 Hi street. Students thoroughly fitted for West Point and Annapolis, for all universities and sclentific schools, for direct commissions in the army and Lavy, and for the civil service. Twenty-five young men have succestfully passed examinations during the past two years. Arrangements may be made for private lessons in all branches. CHARLES W. FISHER, B.S., oc22-eott . Head Master. MR. J. B. SCHEEL, TEACHER OF PIANO, OR- Columbia Conservatory of Music, 900 K st. n.w. | gan and singing: particular attention to in- Rapid advancement. EDWIN HAT, Principal. Hers, as well os those further advanced. 1216 G nol2-1m* i * st. nw. Terms moderate. nolé-ec2w Okeley School for Girls, 1769 Madison st., Di it Circle. Private pupils, both sexes; Cvebinge: Btls BV. HETH, AY AL. nol-im* PRIVATE LESSONS—-ELEMENTARY OR AD- vanced studies; especial attention to backward, unwilling and adult pupils. University graduate. . J.;i808 Hopkins place, near 20th and P sts. s,méctu, bin’ MI. HENRY XANDER, PIANO AND THEORY. OF MUSIC New address—1014 12th st. n.w. 1n020-6t FRENCH LESSONS, 1511 16TH ST. N.W., se28-3mo* MADAME A. PELE. DAVID O. BANG Elocutioh and Dramatic Art; deep breathing, ex- Pression, naturalness, Studio, 1329 lurh st. a. after 4 p.ur “Send for circular. ‘ocl-2m Voice Culture and Piano. Weak roices strengthened. Specialty of begin- pers. Low term: ratis. GEO. W. LAW- RENE a Nays © 1n020-6t* IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT Of Columbia. The Sth day of ember, 1895. Julian Wall, Complainant, vs. Helen Wall, Defendant. No. 16305. Hawity docket 89, On motion of the plaintiff, by Mr. B. J. Bern- hard, his solicitor, it is ordered that the defendant, Helen Wall, se her appearance to be entered herein on or before the first rule day occurring forty days after this day; otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in'case of default. ‘The object of this suit is to obtain a ‘ivorce from the bond of marriage, on the ground of willful de- sertion and abandonment for the full uninterrup*ed space of two years. This order to be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Washi on Law Reporter ani The Evening Star prior to said rule day. By the court, E. F. BINGHAM, ‘nlef Justice, ete. J. Rn. ¥¢ N , Assistant Clerk. PIANOS AND ORGANS. A BRADBURY UPRIGHT PIANO; EBONY CASE, claw feet, consols and fine tone. Price, $12; terms, $10 upon delivery and $7 ‘per mouth. A fine-toned square plano, $150. Puld for, $5 first month and $3 per month afterward. Pianos for assortment. Pinnos pack ed men. Pianos HUGO WoRC Jy80-6m3, WE ARE STILL IN IT. And offering unprecedented bargains in new and Second-hand pianos and organs for cash or in- Sohmer Plano Agent. stallmeits. For this week only, a splendid new upright piano, first-class make,’ for $275, at $8 @ month. ‘ything else in the musical'lne at the old reliable G. L. WILD'S BROS. & CO.'S no23-6t* Upiown Music Store, 1315 7th st. o.w. Gildemeester & Kroeger Pianos Are Superior Instruments. ‘Though they have only Just made their debut in the plano world, they have already attracted universal attention by their excel- lent construction and rare quality of tone. Examine one here and judge for yourself. Metzerott Msc Cc. Music Hall, All the Latest Sheet Music, 1110 F St. N. W. no22-244 ANABE IANOS. The recognized standard of modern piano manufacture in musical and mechanical develop- ment and artistic architecture in all styles and woods. SLIGHTLY USED PIANOS OF OUR MAKE REDUCED PRICES POR SALE AND RENT.» Wm. Knabe & Co., 1422 PENNA. AVE. N.W. _ Telephone call & SECOND-HAND . AND SQUARE PIANOS eee AT ES. 0 KENT. Wy pairing by Factory Experts, m. Knabe & Co., 1422 PENNA. AVE, N. W. Telephone call No. 1737. FOR RE: 022. és. FINE UPRIGHT PIANO, about to leave the clty for a tour abroad, will rent plano party who will furnish references at $4 per month, rather tian pay storage. Ad- dress AMEKICAN ABROAD, Star office, n21-3t 100,000 Fischer Pianos. 100,000—That is nearly the number of the Fischer Pianos manufactured up to date. The firm of J. & ©. Fischer has been in existence for over balf a century. Like all great business houses, their ‘commencement was small, but thelr development has been steady and sure. From the start they made the point to give to the public an instrument which was of unexceptionable value; thelr money's worth was assured, The reputation of the Fischer Piano has consequently spread until everywhere it fs known and appreciated. Musical artists ai knowledge that {ts respectivity of touch, tts tone and keepifg-in-tune quality are above all praise. The Fischer Piano has held its own against all competition during the past fifty-five years; it is ‘par excellence’ the plano of the people. A stand- ard everywhere. Sanders & Stayman’s “LEADING PIANO HOUSE,” 934 F ST. N.W. SOLE REPRESENTATIVES, PERCY S$. FOSTER, Manager. Baltimore Store, 18 N. Charles st. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR MARCH. JUST OUT; VERY PRETTY; ONE OF THE BEST. PUBLISHED BY ocS-Bm,10 HENRY WHITB, 985 F ST. 30,000 Stieff Pianos Have been made and sold In the past 83 years, AND YET you seldom find a second-hand Stieff for sale, WHAT IS THE MORAL? D.G. Pfeiffer & Co., 417 Eleventh St. N. W. _nol6-204 STIEFF PIANO WARB ROOMS. Chickering Piano Rooms. Honorable Dealing. Fair Prices. Accommodating Terms. Special Discounts for Cash. John F. Ellis & Co., 937 Pa. Ave. near roth st. no20 28d no2i-tt Special Opportunities TO EXCHANGE YOU? OLD PIANO. all sizes, Rich Easy monthly payments. Beautiful New Stock Up ights, display. Open until 7 o'clock every evening. The Piano Exchange, 913 Pa. Ave. New aul cash or inst: Knabe for for $it tention to tuni other fustrument: Gc kL Ww ocl9-5w* Uptown Musie Store, “KRAKAUE! ND OTHER POPULAR PIAN at G. H. KUHN'S 17 ple of Musi 1209 Gs! Expert” attention to pianos and organs, Pric Feasouable; ters casy. Oc3-3, :® nearly opor tion « and repairic Speciai pianos, organs and 8% CO. ey ith at. n.W. WASIINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL, 1850" Wyoming avi A Thorough School for Gir nol-8in,4 MISS FRANCES MARTIN, Prin. A Business Education. COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, 407 Seventh street northwest. K. URNER, A.M., C.E., Principal. ‘School of business and shorthand. Highest attainable grade of Instruction at mod- uitions for graduates. no18-tf MR. FRANK GEBEST, LATE OF BERLIN, THE newly engaged organist. of Calvary Baptist Chureh, has opened a studio at 934 F st. n.w.,for instruction in piano, organ ard theory. Best timontals and m rough instr WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1225 10th st. n.w.—Plano, organ, volce, violin, guitar and mandolin, flute, cornet, etc. Free advantages fo puplis. 0. B. 'BULLARD, ‘Director. Jel-lawém* MRS. ESTELLE H. DAVIS, ELOCUTION, PHYSE cal culture. 1203’ Rhode Island ave. no2eim* Miss Sherman’s School FOR GIRLS, corner Jefferson place and 19th st, A class now forming in Continental Literature and History of Art. THE MISSES EASTMAN KINDERGARTEN. 0c26-w&sim* MRS. GRACE A. K. STEELH, VOCAL MUSIC. Voice ‘building a specialty. No sore thoat; no tremolo. Hestores misused voices; bad cases in- vited. Studio, 1522 Q st. n2-s&wim* OUT OF WASHINGTON. MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE, CONCORDVILLB, PA. —$198 per year. A successful school; one of the best to infuse with energy und wake up boys to the duties of life. Boys uader 13 years, $177. J. SHORTLIDGE (Yale), A.M., Prin." au20-eo3m* THE VERY BEST CLASS OF YOUNG MEN AND ladies from Washington and the surrounding country attend wur college for our day and night sessions. Nearly all are old enough to reajize the value of time and money, and they come here for hovest and earnest work. Qur students are taught to transact business ard keep zccounts by vsing only the latest ami most approved, short, Practical, labor-maving” forms and Anventions. Il business cours, $25 8 year. The typewt! end shorthand cvirse, $15. IVY INSTITU BUSINWg§ COLLEGE, 8th and K sta, nolS-tf Wood’s Commercial College S11 East CaPri Imparts a thorough Kknowled CIAL STUDIES at the cost of less time anit me t . We make BREAD-V NERS of young people ard then secure positics for them.” Eleventh year. Day and evenin: sions, #end for circulars. nolG-tf Friends’ Select School, 1si1 I ST. N.W. A co-educational school of all grades. Students received at any time. No charge for text books. Catalogues sent on application. ni5-1ad. THOMAS W. SIDWELL, Prinetpal. HOOL OF LANGUAGES. ges taught by Prof. Galllard’s (ficier d’academie) original and colloyitial method. Indorsed by ths minister of public Instruction, doc- other ters in Sorbonue and the leading educators of Franes, England and America Patrons: | The French’ and English embassadors, Ion. McAdou, the Bishops Doane and Newnan, Prof. M. Bell, Fuller, &c. 1023 15th st. p.w. LEAVITT, W121 VERMONT AVE. N.W. PIANO AND HARMONY, av31-(f LESSONS ON THE JANKO KEYBOARD. Chief Justte: nli-tt BUSINESS PENMANSHIP — ONE DOLLAR A month until Jan. Two nights a week, from 8 to a EATON, BURNETT & DURLING, Business College, 12th and F sts. n.w. Ladies" class from 8 to 4 p.m. no8-1m Norwood Institute. A Home and Day School for Girls. Acrdemic Mrs. CABELL, a SCHOOL OF PEININ' SHORTHAND—Hours, 6 to 9 p.m, Best system: No shading, no position, con- nective vowels, no failures; simple, legible, rapld. Success in 6 to 12 weeks. “Tauzht in 500 schools. Received exclusive award of World's Fair medal. Answers all demands, Tuition reasonable. Please call. JOHN Kt, WEATHERS, Prin., 705 K st. n.w. nod-1in® Washington Seminary, 1538-40 lith st. Select boarding and day school. Collegiate und preparatory ‘depts. German-English Kindergarten, Primary. Mr, & Mrs.SMALLWOOD. se4-3in* A Full M.D. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. WASHINGTON STEAMBvAT CO., “LTD, BOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS, From 7th st. Ferry Wharf. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturda; a.m.: Mondays for river landings tq St. Clement’ Bay, Breton’s Bay and Nomini Cre.\; returning, arrives Tuesday afternoon. Widnesdays for river landings to Breton's Bay and Nomini ¢veek; thence to Piney Point, St. George's, Sinith's Creek, Coan and Yeocomicd rivers; returuing, leaves. Nomint Creek Thursday afternoon for river landings, arriv- ing Friday morulug. Saturdays for river landings to Nomini Creek and St. Clement's Bay; returning, arrives Sunday afternoon. In effect Nov. 4, 1805. See schedule. ©. W. RIDLEY, Gen. ‘Man. nol-tt THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT COMPANY. MMER” SCHEDULE. Steamer Potomac will leave Stephenson's wharf, foot Tth st., every Sunday in, und steamer Sue every Monday and ‘Thursday. at 9 -p.m., Baltimore and river landings. ‘This 1s decidediy the most pleasant trip out of Washington, Accomo- dations strictly first-class. Freight for river land- at 7 fugs received ou -Monduys, ‘Tuursdays and Satur- days. Rates given on Baltimore freight. STEPHENSON LOS., Agents, ‘7th ‘st. wharf. Office, 910 Pa. ave. (nol-tf) Telephone 745. E. 8. RANDALL POTOMAC RIVER LINE— Steamer Harry Randall leaves River View Wharf, junday, Tuesday and Thursday, at 7 ing at all wharves as far down ag Mad- including Chapel Point and Colonial Wednesdays and Fridays, 3 p.m. Passenger accommodations first- class. Freight received unzil hour of sailing. Tele- phone 1765, F. A. Say & ig Pr ee ape ‘Agents, Alexandria. Proprietor and Mana; GEO. 0. CARPINTER, Gen Ages dyli-tt Washington, D. O. DENTISTRY. U. S. DENTAL ASSOCIATION, Cor. 7th and D n.w, “The Expert Dentists.” Comparison in- vited. Painless operations guaranteed. Fine eeu crowns, $5; other prices cor- respond. lappy to make your acquaintance, dox ‘creek, Beach, returning on Mondays, ol = FREE DENTAL IN PIRATE, = lass. ave., Homoeopathic Dispensary. bldg. Open dally from 10 tole am, ant 2 t65 pa No charge except for materials’ used. Extracting free Also Free Dispensary, 2 to 5 daily, se26-tf COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS AND NOTARY PU Me for all states and territori-s a SPECIALITY by Ku H. EVANS. - Office (basement), 1821 Fat. Always in office, office hours. myll-tt MES. ESTELLA H. READE, T ing, pupil of Dr. Kimball's, Mond day ‘fternoons at Droop’s Muste Studio, aye. Address 2121 St. Paul st. Baltinore.o: WIMODAUGHSIS CL, ginning November; keeping, typewrltIyg,, French, Dels terms, $1 a month. ADA L. SM oc26-1m CHARLES S$. BUNDY, COMMISSIONER OF “DEEDS, Of allt ates and Terrktories. B17 4% st. uw. (new Equity building). ai7-tt JOHN E. BEALL, JOHN E. MITCHELL ‘Commissioners of Deeds for every state and terri- tory. Notary Public, United States Commission Omice, 1521 (first floor). ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROss, 1812 Mexeachusetts avenue, Washington, D. 0. A day school for young ladies aud Uttle girls, In addition to a thorough course in English, French, German and Latin, special advantages are offered to students in the art and musical departments. A kindergarten bas been opened in connection with the academy. au31-6m S & EMBALMERS, 2d_and Fa! ave. s.c., Washington, D.O. ni9-3m Best of terms. Chapel for funeral services. FRENCH IN SIX MONTHS; BY NATIVE PARI- SIAN (graduate); Mme. ‘Tanner; special induce- ment to American teachers who teach Brench. Depont circle, north side (1502 19th st.). se27-3m MISS HALSTEAD'S PRIVATE SCHOOL For Girls xnd Boys will open Oct. 1 at 1429 20th et., cor. of P nw. Misa Halstead bas made ai Tangements this year for the better accommods- tion of a few older pupils. Application may be made at 3024 Q ST. and at the school oc2-tt W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embalmer 940 F Street Northwest. Everything strictly first-class and on the most pte terms ‘Telephone call 34. jal-tr _ HORSES AND VEHICLES. EDWARD C. TOWNSEND, MISS ADA LOUISE TOWNSEND. Elocution, Voice Culture, Grace. The Mount Yernon, cor. 9th and N. Y.'uve. Flat No. 20. ocl-Sm’ 1438 N STREET. THE MISSES KERR'S SCHOOL WILL REOPEN SEPTEMBER 80. au81-3m Mount Vernon Seminary, CORNER M AND EL WASHINGTON, A SELECT RESIDENCE AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS. Twenty-first year opens TUESDAY, October first. Large and attractive buildings, thoroughly equip- ped with every requisite of a refined home and « progressive school. Applications for admission of pup'ls to the Day School may be made after September fifteenth, be- nween the hours of ten and one o'clock ‘each morning. MRS, ELIZABETH J. SOMERS, se10-3m Principal. SHORTHAND AND TYI'EWRITING. MISS ANNA M. LAISH, 1822 12th st. Bow. Pitman shortiand by a NEW and RAPID meitod. Beginners and dictation. se3-3m. MAS KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL dl the abeth Peabody Kindergarten Normal Training School, 1918 Sunderland place, will in fall and winter sessions October 1, 1895. 0 Chevy Chase French and English School for Young Ladies; half an hcur from Washington, D. G., by eleccric cars. French the language of the house. For circulars address MELLE. LEA M. BOULIGNY, ocl0-3m Chevy Chase, Md. THE STUART SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ay and Boarding). —Tso diploma courses; nine teachers; academic; preparatory; kindergarten; Delsarte; reopened Oct 1, ISTH ST. N.W.. COM. MASS. AVE. MISS CLAUDIA STUART, Principal. Gunston Institute, 1212 AND 1214 14TH ST. N.W. A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Special § wi} be formed in French, Ger- map and Spanish for four pupils or more. Instructors in French—MONSIEUR XAVIER TELL LARD, MME, PRONGUEE AND MISS CLARA L. CHURCH. German- ULELY KOHLE. Spanish—MISS CLARA L. CHURCH. For catalogues address MR. AND MES. BEVERLEY B. MASON, ocl7-tf PRINCIPALS. Learn to be a Draughtsman! Evening lcssous in_all Kinds of draughting and ities begin Sept. 23," 631 Tew he ‘oinot, ‘CH LANGUAGES, ew York ave. MISS SUSA) SERINGIEAD OF EROE: BEL Noi E, st., reopens her scbool and kindergarten Qet. 1, "Thorough instruction, Superior advantages. Best references. sell-Sui4 lpal fon by superlor native teac mst $12 per term to day or even also- private les- ol oF residence. ‘rial lesson free. Seud for circular. oc5-d MR. PUTNAM'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN 23ND Boys will reopen Sept. 16, 1895. Preparation tor colleges, universities and tecbuical schools, for business pursuits. Private tuitivo f He best of references. Apply to WM. H. VU’ M., 163% luth st. OLNEY SCHGOL, FOR GIRLS—1827 I ST. Special advantages for study of suodern lan- guages, music aud art; daily exercise In, calls thentcs, drawing, Latl and French or German included in the recuia~ course, -tf MISS VIRGINIA MASON DORSEY, Prin. Dw. Opening of New Stable. Having leased the well-known stables, 1620 M st. 2D. occupied by Wood Brothers for twelve years T take pleasure In aunounclng to the public’ that I will take possession December 1, a conduct a first-class hotel. for horses, paying special at- tention to boarding horses. “I invite close Inspec- tion of the roomy ané sanitary stalls, all on the ground floor; commodious car ¢ house, fine lock- Grs_and conveniences for accomodation of private teams and coachm T will e iirst-class lan- daus, broughams, coupes, victorias, with compe- tent and courteous drivers, for hire by the mouth, week or day at as reasonable rates as at any other first-class stable in the city. T respectfully solicit your patronage and guar- antee satisfaction. BE. S$, MALONEY, Prop-letor. no20-1w* W. N. WOOD, Manager. he Future. With an Eye to From the Macon Telegraph. Cicero Africanus walked up to Mr. Sid Wiley in the ordinary’s office yesterday, with the question: “Ig dishyer de place fer to git ma’ge lisums?” ‘And as the negro held out a dollar and a half, Mr. Wiley replied: “Yes, if you “have the price, but you will have to bring us $2.” Cicero pulled at the side curls of his au- burn hair for a few moments, as If in deep thought; then, with a joyous expression, remarked: “Wall, boss, ef you'll keep de sums fer me tell I kin go ‘cross de street I'll cum back en git um—now, doan’ let nobody else Fave um, boss, ‘case I mus’ sho’ git dat al.” SGicero returned within a few minutes with his other half dollar. “Boss, yer got_um yit?’ was his query, as he planked down the silver with the pride of a bimetallist. When he had received the neatly printed license, Cicero looked at it several seconds, as if studying the class of lithographing on the border, and then, in a confidential way, he leaned over to Mr. Wiley and asked: “Boss, how much do It cos’ ter git der- voast, ef I doan’ like de gai?” —__+e-+__ Unlucky “Quarter to Six.” From the New York Herald. “Seventy-five per cent of the people we dis- charge every year,” remarked the head ficor walker of a mammoth dry goods es- tablishment, which employs over a thousand people, “lose their places on account of ‘a quarter to six.” “+A quarter to six’ is the hour at which preparations are made for closing the day's besiness. At that hour the male clerks be- gin to cover their stocks and the female clerks commence to arrange themselves to go home Usually a number of ladies come in at this hour, and the clerks, eager to go home, in answer to questions of customers, usually say, ‘We are just out’ of just what the customer happens to want. “Day after day we-discharge girls for this reason, and fifteen times out of twenty you ask a girl why she lost her place and she will Invariably answer on account of ‘a quarter to six.’ "* oe Knocked Out. From Harper's Pazar. “Oh, by the way, can you cook?” said young Mr. Spudds to Miss Gargoyle. “May I inquire If your query is prompted by a matrimonial inclination?” asked the young lady. “Why—er—er—well, yes, young man, “That being the case, I will answer you fully. Yes, [can cook terrapin, canvas-back duck, brook trout and venison, besides ten- derloin steak and other delica Can you provide them in their raw state " stammered the FOREST DESTRUCTION. The Proper Method of Cutting Trees and What Would Be the Effect. From the Brooklyn Eagle. This year a thing has happened in cer- tain parts of New England that seldom happens there, if, indeed, it ever happencd before. It is the drying up of the wells end springs and brooks. It has not been a particularly dry season—much less so than last year at all events—yet many are left without a drop of water, and have to bring it in tubs from rivers, while horses and cattle have to be driver to a distance to get a drink. Some of the mills are suffer- ing from the slightness of the flow in their races, and higher dams are talked of, while in a few instances steam has been brought in to substitute the former power. The cause for this is as plain as daylight; it is the reckless stripping of the forest from the hills. For years the lumbermen have had their own way with the woods, being responsible to no authority, and have chopped away mile on miles of forest. The result has been to dry the springs that were formerly conserved in the shade and the vegetabie mold, to allow the rains to rapidly evaporate, to wash away a good deal of the surface soil in their hasty flow, and to convert the cool, moist hollows into arid clearings. It Is time to call a halt on the present methods of the choppers. This does not imply that the supply of timber is to be- come short. Not at all. It simply means that a sensible system shall be used. At present the lumberman begins at the foot of the hill and cuts his way clean to the top. The springs on that hillside disap- pear because the sponge that held them is gone. Years and years must pass, even after the second growth has become exten- sive, before the vegetable mold is rich enough and deep enough to hold the water of a new system of springs. Now, the cor- rect way to cut trees is to single out the stoutest here and there, and to cut only those, giving to the others time to gain size that will make it vorth one’s while to cut them down. By this means the forest is slightly thinned, to be sure, but it is not destroyed. The shade i. always there, and so is the vegetable mold. The rain does not go away in freshets immediately, and the brooks do not run dry after.a drought. Rains, too, occur with greater frequency. The temperatire is more equable and the climate has more stability. Fierce winds are less frequent, as there is no rapid rise of baked atmosphere to draw in other air to fill the vacuum. It should not take an age to decide the people of the land to pro- tect thelr woods when the unfortunate re- sults of their destruction are so widely and frequently -in evidence. BETTER THAN A DEED. Thought He Conld Settle All Disputes an to Ownership. From the Detroit Free Press. Within a few miles of the North Carolina state line I stopped at a poverty-stricken cabin to smoke a pipe and chat for a few minutes with the tallest and raggedest na- tive I ever saw in the south. It wa’ evident from the looks of things that he was at hard pan and below and, after some general talk, I queried: “Why don’t you go at it and fix up your cabin, so as to make it comfortable?” “It dovs look shacklety and that’s a fact,” he replied, “but I'm tryin’ to sell, ye see.” “Is that the reason you have no crops?” “Yes, that’s the reason.” “And how much land do you own here?” “Wall, sah, I can't 'zactly say how much, but a powerful lot, I reckon.” “But don’t you know where your boundary lines begin and end?” “They might begin down thar by the creek and end up thar by that big tree,” he replied in doubtful tones. “Your deed ought to show,” I said. “Yes, but I hain’t got any deed.” “Didn't you get a deed when you bought this property?” “No, sah; no deed.” ‘hen how can you say you own it?” “How kin I say, sah—how kin I say?” he repeated. “Why, sah, I cum.long yere arter the wah and liked the looks of the place and squatted on it. Since that time three differ- ent critters hev cum from Maisonville to hist me off and I hev killed two and wounded the t'other and held right on. If that hain’t ownin’ the property then I'd like to know! No, sah, I ain't got no deed, but I hev got a dcuble-barreled shotgun, and I reckon thar won't be any disputes about ownership when i find a critter who wants to buy!” ——__—_+e+_____ OBSCURE HANDWRITING . Submitted to a Druggist as an Ex- pert and the Hesalt. From the Evansville News. They were standing on the corner of 7th and Vine streets not many night ago. One of them had just received a telegram, and he was making a great effort to read it. He tried it for several minutes, and then handed it to his friend with an air of disgust. The second individual gave it up after struggling with it a quarter of an hour. “I never saw anything to beat that,” he remarked, as he handed the message back, “and I've seen some pretty bad writing in my time, too.”” “Weil, I can’t read it, and I'd like to know what it says, badly.” “Let me see. Ah, I have it. Drug clerks can read most any kind of writing. Let us go and see. They went to the nearest pharmacy and handed the message to the prescription clerk. Before an explanation could be made he darted to the rear of the shop and disap- peared behind a screen. After an absence of fifteen minutes, during which time both men had grown very rest- less, the clerk appeared, and, as he handed a bottle to one of the men, he said: “Sixty cents, please.” Rather stunned for awhile, the man open- ed the package, and read on the label: “One teaspoonful to be taken three times every hour.” When an explanation was made the clerk set up the soda water. A Truly Miscellaneous Cargo. From the Portland (Me.) Press. The schooner J. B. Coyle, cleared yester- day for Port Spain, Trinidad, off the coast of Venezuela, with a miscellaneous cargo. This is one of several similar cargoes re- cently sent from here to the same place. An inspection of the character of it is very interesting, showing what articles are most in demand by the Trinidad people. ‘There are 500 tons of ice on the schooner, meats, ham, oysters, sausage, lobsters, fresh fish, poultry, game, fifty live sheep, butter, cheese, apples, celery, cabbage and other vegetables; tar, pitch, oakum, pork, pears, grapes, 64 bales of hay, 76,157 feet of lum- ber and 225 kegs of lager beer. The value of all this merchandise is $6,626. When she gets to Trinidad the captain can stock a good-sized general store. An Indlana Man’s Experience. From the San Francisco Argonaut. There is an anecdote told of an Indiana man who was presenting a letter of intro- duction to a merchant in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito. Ecuador is famous for its earthquakes, All the houses there are but one story in height, and the windows and doors of the thick walls are the universal niches for safety. The Indiana man had just finished an elaborate pantomime in an atlempt to convey without words his joy at meeting the Spanish merchant. In the middle of it came an earthquake shock. Like a flash the merchant shot into one of the window niches, yelling to the stranger, “Pronto! Pronto!” (“Quick! Qui ‘The traveler was narrating it subsequent- ly when earthquake stories came up. “I didn't know no Spanish, and I didn’t know what ‘Pronto’ meant, but you bet I prontoed,” said the Indiana man. The Boy Kept Quiet. From an Exchange. There are varlous ways of keeping a boy quiet, but perhaps the most novel was that adopted by a public school teacher of New Castle, Del., one day recently, when she pasted a sticking plaster across a pupil's mouth. The little fellow was laughing, and was so amused about something that he could not stop when commanded to do so. ‘The teacher was prepared for just such a | case of insubordination, and producing a big piece of sticking plaster she held the boy and pasted it across his lips, thus hold- ing them tightly together and compelling him to breathe through his nose. With the | plaster still across his mouth, he was given | a seat in the hall. He then tried to pull it off, but it stuck tightly. After a while | he was brought back into the school room. where the sticker was moistened and pulled off. POKER FLAT TODAY. Its Census Numbers Eight Person: Above Ground and Eighty Beneath It. From the San Francisco Call. Half an hour of slow descent and we reach the head of the canon by a sharp turn in the trail. At last we are in Poker Flat, the wild mining camp of 1852, that turned out $700,000 in gold bullion in a single month and then celebrated the event with a triple hanging. It was Poker Flat, too, that experienced a spasm of virtue soon after the tragic affair, and under its re- generating influence sent forth the outcast wanderers of Bret Harte’s story to die of cold and starvation on the snowbound road to Sandy Bar. There are no Oakhursts at Poker Flat now, and “Uncle Billy” has no counterpart in the present population, for the very simple reason that there are no sluice boxes to rob and no money to win over the gambling table. Of “Mother Ship- tens,” however, there are several. Our greeting was rot cordial. Mr. Ri laid it all to the snow plants which we hai gathered, and, going into mountain lore, tolG of families that had been separated by taking this bulb of evil omen into the sacred precincts of the home. To carry a snow plant is to have bad luck. Conceal it as you will, those with whom you come in con- tect will scmehow divine your secret and shun you accordingly. Your pay streak will peter out, you will never hold more than one small pair, the slickens men from Marysville will catch you napping over a monitor, and most likely your wife will run away with a tin-horn gambler, who will turn out later as a confirmed sluice robber —all this if you carry a snow plant. So runs the folk lore of the hills. On the porch of one of the six houses that now constitute the town of Poker Flat a large, red-faced woman sat in a rocking chair smoking a clay pipe. She wore a short green dress that fell an inch or so below the tops of a pair of strong cowhide boots (to which were attached heavy brass spurs), a paper collar, cravat and faded straw hat. ‘Thickly covered with chaparral, with here and there patches of wild sunflowers and lupine, interspersed with prospect holes, the slope presented a scene of utter ruin. Some of the grayes have wooden he .dboards, others are inarked by stakes, while many have rothing at all. There are eight people in the town and eighty sleeping in th: ruined ground. Nearly all of them were Jaid to rest without religious rites of any kind other than the reading ef a chapter from the Bible by Charles Pond. Pond was a professional gambler, but wa: always selected for this service on account of his fine voice and oratorical effect. “The boys always liked Pond,” said Henry Waggoner, one of the old settiers of Poker Flat. “He could read better than any one else, and so he did the burying, and at times business in this line was exceedingly lively. Twice a year a priest used to come over from Downieville, but we could not always walt for an ordained clergyman. Things went with a rush in those davs, and the climate of Poker Flat seemed to be conducive to sudden death.” Gold was discovered in Poker Flat in 1852, and two years later 2,000 people had gathered in this rich canon. There were fifteen stores, five hotels, three dance halls and seven gambling houses. In 1856 a circus came to town, and sold 1,500 tickets at $20 each. The following year a man named Jeslya picked up a nugget worth $4,000. To celebrate his goed luck he got full and of- fered the whole piece to his partner in ex- change for the latter's wife. The man ace cepted, and, without the formality of di- Yorce proceedings, Joslyn and the woma were married and left town. Two days after he committed suicide at Gibsonvilie, His former partner also left town and bought some land near San Jose. Two years ago, on August 22, he died wealthy and respected, at a good old age, but it doubtful if more than half a dozen people in the world knew how the foundation of his fortune was laid. Henderson's big iron safe, over which the roted faro dealer shed his heart's blood in defending his money in September, stands a ruin by the trail, half buried in the sand, just above the Bittinger house. Poker Flat will not last long, and when the pioneers have all been gathered to their fathers this lively and romantic camp of early days will be forgotten, and given over again to be a safe and sheltered fecde ing spot for wild deer. SAILORMEN AND AN EEL. A Fight That Gave the Tars All They Wanted to Do. From the Chicago Daily Tribune. When the United States steamer Thetis touched at San Diego, Cal., on the way up the coast from her annual cruise off the coast of Lower California, attending the coast survey work of the government, her officers had a tale to tell concerning eels, on rather, concerning one lone but very pugna- cious eel, the main facts of which are worth repeating. The survey party had landed, through the surf, the officers and men wending their way inland, leaving the big surf boat in charge of two sailors. These men, finding it difficult to kill time, began to explore among the rocks in the neighborhood, seeking curious seashells and mosses. On a nicely weed cushioned rock, rolled up ina sleepy coil, one of the men espied a huge eel. The fish was asleep. The sailors thought they had an easy victim before them. For, although the eel was of extraordinary size, its general ap- pearance was that of the ordinary salt water eel. One of the sailors carried a boathook, He carelessly touched the sleeping fish. The instant he did so he caused a commotion which made him jump backward in alarm, The eel uncoiled in an instant, just as a sleeping rattlesnake uncoils when it is sud- denly disturbed. His wicked eyes flashed spitefully. An eel’s eye is probably the most malicious-looking optical organ in any livi fish. The eye of a rattlesnake is an innocent eye when compared with that of a sea eel The disturbed eel assumed the offensive at once. Snake-like, it threw back its head at a half coll, just as a rattler takes its position to strike, and lunged at the intruding tar, its strong teeth flashing in the morning sun- light. The tar jumped backward, slipped on a bunch of seaweed, rolled over in a heap, and scrambled out of the reach of the enemy on all fours. ‘The man’s sailor superstition was aroused, As he afterward remarked, he thought af the moment that he had tackled a genuine sea serpent. The boathook was a short- handled affair, so his companion rushed te the ship's boat, secured one of the long oars, and returned to renew the attack. The eel wasn’t frightened a bit It did not at tempt to run away, but remained in a half coil ready to strike the first enemy that ap- proached. As the fish appeared to be nearly as long as the great oar, the seamen thrust the @shen stick at their enemy rather, gin- gerly. The instant, however, that the broad, thin blade of the oar was within strikin, distance, the eel hit it. The impact caus the long stick to tremble. A second and a third time was the oar struck, and finall; the eel succeeded in embedding its tee! firmly in the wood, and in holding on with q grip that alarmed the men. The creature weighed over ninety pounds, and when this muscular body, combined with a very re« spectable weight, writhed and tugged at ons end of the oar, the men at the other end hay their hands full to retain the weapon and ene deavor to punch the life out of their antago- nist. The fight between men and eel raged for half an hour, At last the eel weakened so that one man could hold the oar. The sec- ond man seized the boathook and struck the fish on the skull, finally fracturing the bone, It was a hard fight. The men were nearly exhausted at the finish. Close examination proved that the eel was an enormous conger, ‘The great skin was carefully removed, and the body taken aboard ship and turned ovey to the cook. The sallors will never forget that fight. —————- ee _____ Gath’s Inscription. From the Boston Herald. George Alfred Townsend has built family tomb on his estate In Maryland, and cver the door Is this inseription: GOOD NIGHT. GATH. Journalistic to the last, ee Object Lesson in Tree Planting. From the London Echo, The region of the Landes, which, fifty years ago, was one of the poorest and most miserable in France, has now been made one of the most prosperous, owing to the planting of pines. The increased value ts estimated at no less than 1,000,000,000 francs. Where there were fifty years ago only a few thousand poor and unhealthy shepherds whose flocks pastured on the scanty herbage, there are now sawmills, charcoal kilns and turpentine works, inter persed with thriving villages and fertile ag- ricultural lands,