Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1895, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1895—-SIXTEEN PAGES. | Closed all day Thanksgiving! That Glorious Millinery Sale! Never before in the annals of | Millinery. We took an importers | holding out a wee’ ‘The stock Includes Birds of all colors and kinds, Mercury Wings, Paradise Alg- thers, bunches of Quills, Rhinestone and Jet ornaments, Felt Hi Chenille Tats, Millinery Rib- bon ik Yrinming Velvets. We have divided them Into lors a them over the first floor to help your seeing and picking witheut crowding. Big lot of Feathers at 5c. -holce. Big lot of Feathers at Ie. Big lot of Feathers at 1¢ Big lot of Feathers at 29¢. cholce. Ornaments worth up to 40c, for 19¢, Orns:ments worth up to for 20¢. Ornaments worth up to Sdc. for 41c. Ornaments worth up to $1.25 for 50e. | absurdly low prices been quoted for a season’s most fashionable || big, but being offered at 33 1-3 cents on the dollar has created such | enthusiasm and tremendous demand there is now danger of its not BON MARCHE, 314 & 316 7th St. the Millinery business have such immense stock and thought it too . Jetted Ostrich Tips for 14. 50c. Ostrich Short Plumes for 75¢. to $1.25 Felt Hats, 16c. This wes the biggest purchase of Felt Hats ever consummated by any one firm in Washington. Te. to $1.25 Felt Hats at 16c. each. $1.48 and $1.98 Felt Hats for 89c. each. $2 and $3 Chenille Hats, 91e. cach. 48e. bunches of Roses, 27c. $1 SIIk Velvets, all colors, 39¢. yd. 39c, All-silk 5-in. Ribbons, 21c. yd. Last of the 4 stock at regular prices. $5 Coats for $3.93. Ladies’ Black Cheviot Box’? Coats, vel- vet collar, mandolin rleeves. Regular price, $5. Tomorrow, $3.93. - $9.98, $10.48 and $10.98 COATS, $9.13. Abcut t-vo dozen different styles, in both smooth and rough cloths, from which to select. Perfect in shape, big sleeves, with and vithout velvet collar, and were grand values at their former prices. Were $9.98, $10.48 and $10.98. ‘Choice, $0.13. 2 $12, $12.50, $13 & $13.50 ‘COATS, $11.63 Rough Cheviots, Boucles and Smooth Ker- seys, Beavers, ete., in the stylish 2 and Of Ladies’ Coats. Tomorrow will be the last day of the four special reduced lots of Coats. The few that remain tomorrow night will be placed back in || No such coat values have ever been offered. lots 8-batton “box” effects, in black, navy, blue and brown. Are positively the most Stylish coats xnd the greatest values ever |= offercd at their regular prices of $12, 12.50, $13 and $13.50. Choice, $11.63. $15, $16.50, $17.50 & $18 COATS $14.59, This lot comprises the fall season's choicest Coats, In Asirakhan, Tatenagres, -Boucles, Rough Cheviots, Diagonals and Smouth “Kerseys, made in the stylish “box" reefer effects and our ‘exclusive’ styles, which are cut high around the neck and button diagonally across the front, with two Immense buttons, These are cheap at their regular prices. Choice, $14.59. In the abcve named lot you will find a few of those Elegant ‘Novelty’ Fancy Silk-lired Rough Cloth Coats, brought out during the recent horse show in New York, which belong at $17.50 and $18.50. $8 Silk Waists, $5.50. A recent fashion article states that the horse show emphastzes one fact, and that was that Slik Walsts were the popular “fad’’ for the winter. We have secured 10 beautiful patterns of Brocaded, Figured and Striped Silk Watsts, usually sold at $8, which we shall offer tomorrow For $5.59. BON MARCHE, Double Stores, 314 & 316 7th Low Prices Are what most people look for now this, a certain class of mer tising all sorts of goods at all ing to induce peopl» to womething extra, If you want to us and get It. We’ sell in MEN’S GLOVES ‘The best quatity re imported Walking Finest Full-dreas Gloves made: G7 We have the most com We have EVERYTHING at prices ran; Be. MEN’S HOSIERY. It would take a column to enumerate and de- scribe all the ditrent kinds of Hosiery we keep, Suffice to say in cotton goods we have the best values offered from 15e. to G0e a patr, and in wool and meyino we have practica verything froia 1.25 a pair. NO ON) S BET to $4.00. W. S. TEEL, MERCHANT TAILOR, MEN’S FURNISHER, 035 Pa. Ave. N.W. Umbrellas. | W.c3tAne ot ie Umbrellas. Aeathe o Umbrellas. | Umbrellas. | Unnbrellas. | OB isc05 rance trom Umbrellas. | $3." °° © © as ES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, latters and Furriers, 1201 Pa. Ave. Storm Coats to your heels, $20 in latest style of good, serv ol cloth-- well lined and ‘trimmed, , ich WALKING COAT, $20.) AML armen’ premises’ by hington tail HASLETT & PISTEL, ee 1345 PA. AVE. N. W. Shop. no2t-20d oe 5 ec aide A few Second-innd Guns mene) or FOU Txsiue, ¢ ton. The game is half “bag- start wits a good gun und good ammunition. Both at TAPPAN’S, 1013 PENNA. AVE. 025-244 Tembers of Congress Who Have Horses * * —should have them boarded ard HERE—where herses have eve that a thoroughly sanitary and equipped establishment affords. red for comfo mode: ereceee CFBesides the protection of a fire-proot © Dutlding watehuwn are on the qui vive day © and night. Reasonable rates, Downey’s Hotel for Hors 16221628 L street. ‘Phone 555. Basses aseeneeeeeenereeereae {$4 aga. for the famous} j“Roxbury”’ Ryel $ —A straight Rye Whisky with the unique distinction of not hav tom of adult ja ny other brand—cither for medic- weverage. Delivered anywhere on receipt of order. No = Davall 1923 Pa. Ave. WELLS MAKES YOUR SHIRTS —— With the distinct understanding that for any it in the fit, quality or Tooks—it isn't satisfactory—it ‘can returned and) the be It 1% ide right to your notion, or morey’s refunded. Sample’ Shirt. on ‘that plan, $1.50. F. Weils, er. 1411 Pa.Ave. n626-16d —Those rich, soft Overcoats we are making up of Lamb’s Wool, Llama or Vicuna Cloth are “the correct thing’—thick and warm—but not hea Nothing else is so stylish this season. Snyder&Wood,1111 Pa. Ave., Fine Tailoring at Reasonable Prices. n26-14d CRETE IIOHTS OH EID OER ECVIVEDD 2 ’ ° = 3Bryce’s American a 2 - o }Commonwealth. 3 3 ea cls: emapa oe P 2 should rea 4 $ $2.75. Some smn g 2° —2 vols.—for $2. e g $4.00. ; 3 9 ;Ballantyne’s,3 = 428 Seventh. @ it SPTPSPOS SOS SS STOSS SOSH FOSS We'll take half price For Men’s Furnishings. ——Anything In our stock that you 4s yours for just half th Ve're golng to miake Men's Shi derwear and Ladies’ Shirt Wais hereafter. All prices like th Ms rs reduced from $1.50 to 75: SHIRTMAKER, P. T. HALL, 908 F St. no26-16d JACK: Many points of superiority about our $1.90 Cardigan Jackets—heavy- weight —thorough warmth — and then, we fit “big nen” without extra charge. ia} HENRY FRANC & SON, S°¥3. £6°0-30,28, |To PLAY TWO GAMES Interest in Foot Ball to Be Divided Thursday. INTERESTING BASKET BALL CONTEST Party of Cyclists Wheel to Annap- olis. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS The devotees of foot ball in this city will have plenty of chance to gratify their de- sires Thanksgiving day with a game at Capitol Park between the Columbian Uni- versity and the Columbia Athletic Club, and one at National Park between the Orient and Potomac athletic clubs. The first game will probably have the largest at- tendance, but the latter will have all the advantages that a good field and two even- ly-matched teams can give. The selections for the university team have narrowed down until there are not more than a couple of contestants for each position, while some of the places have been filled permanently. Taylor will play left guard, Cockrell right half, Beard left half and Weaver full back. Center Hes be- tween Johnson and Harlan, right guard he- tween Hicks and Clapp; Shus- ter or Gambrill; le, D. Fugitt or Doolittle; right end, Brawner or Wagner, quarter back, Mills or McDowell, and left end, Harris or Baker. With the candi- dates on hand that are now on paper, an exceptionally strong team should ke made we that would give the C. A. C. a hard tus- sle. The game at National Park will also be a most interesting one. The Potomacs and Orients are both strong teams, ard as some people think, should have played the C. A. C. itstead of the Columbian University. The two teams played not long ago, and neither side was able to score a point, so that the coming contest bids fair to be ex- ceptionally brilliant in the matter of plays. The recent game between these two teams also deserves a word for its clean playing, which was entirely free from unnecessary roughness and ungeatlemanly conduct. The Potomacs were defeated by the Gal- laudets by a small score, while the Orients played the same team to « standstill. The only defeat of the Orienis was administered by the Baltimore aggregation Saturday. The game will be called promptly at roon. MA GOOD PLAYS CHEERED. An Interesting — Ball. The game of basket ball played last evening in the rifte gallery of the National Guard between the teams of the Y. M. C. A. and the Cycle Corps was one of the cleanest, hardest-fought games that has been played in the series. Althcugh the Cycle Corps came out victorious by a score of 6 to 1, they had to work with all their energies to attain that end, and several times it looked squally for them. It has been claimed by several persons interested in the game of basket ball that the contests were degenerating into wres- tling matches and slugging bouts, with a little foot ball thrown in, but last evening's game demonstrated that basket ball can be played as it should be, if the players will only conform to the rules. A number of persons were present to witness the games, and frequently applauded the good plays made. me of Basket Wheeled to Annnpolis. A party of cyclists, consisting of F. Ga- latzo, G. E. Stratton, H. I. Dodge, S. Moore, M. Taylor and H. P. Stratton, made a run to Annapolis Saturday night, leaving the city at 11 o'clock and arriving in Annapolis at 9:30 the next morning. After leaving Washington a drizzling rain set In. About fourteen miles outside of Annapolis Dodge's pedal crank broke, which made it necessary for him to push one pedal the rest of the way. A little further on Moore's rim was smashed by running into a rut. Upon their arrival at Annapolis they were a tired lot. Owing to the bad condition of Moore’s wheel, he, with Galatzo, returned on the train. The other four left Annapolis at 1:30 Sunday afternoon, and, after stopping over at Landover for the night, arrived here yes- terday at 11 o'clock. Plimmer Knocked Ont. Before the National Sporting Club last night In London “Peddlar* Palmer defeated “Billy” Plimmer in the contest for the 112- pound championship of the world, the battle lasting fourteen rounds. The National Sporting Club was so crowd- ed with members and visitors that some of those in attendance almost fought for seats. Plimmer was a hot favorite in the betting. The weights of the two men were announced as follows: Palmer, 112; Plimmer, 111s. Plimmer looked more tit than his antagonist. During the thirteenth round Plimmer be- Spransy’s “Thanksgiving” Talk. Open late tomorrow night and will close at noon Thanksgiving day. For tke promised blizzard —a new lot of Big Storm Coats, grand qualities, $10 and up. Few left of the $10 and $12 Suits for $7.50. Few left of the $12.50 and $15 Overcoats at Sos : a GEO. SPRANSY, 434 7th st. eR RHR HH It McKnew’s “Talk to Men.” Closed*all day ‘Thanksgiving Day The sales are “a-jumping” in our Men’s Goods Store. The word department does not do it justice, for we know of no more complete stock of Men’s Goods here- abouts. A special offer every day, so watch our talk to men closely. The balance of that lot of Men’s soc. Scarfs (various shapes), which we reduced to 29c., will be sold to- morrow—Wednesday—for ..... .25¢. W. H. McKnew, Men's, Ladies’ and Children's Furnishings, Cloaks, Suits and Furs, 1933 Pa. Ave. it New idea in Printing! A genuine duplication of Engraving! I'll stak my reputation that it’s almost {mpossible to dis- tinguish {t from the real thing! It’s hurting iny Engraving business—but it's a “winner’’ for trade ou Printing. on Elliott, Si"*,,506 roth St. 1026-100 wy Congressmen —and all men of brains wear, “Dunlap” Hats. “Dunlap” is: a synonym of “fine quality” and “stylishness.” Cannot be had elsewhere in the “D. C.” Chas.H.Ruoff, Up-to-date Hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. sell-8m-21d it. ik came very weak. In the fourteenth round he was down twice, and was very groggy when his second claimed a foul, which the referee did not allow. THROUGH ENGLISH EYES. Wherein Foot Ball as Played Here Falls Below the Foreign Stzndard. An Englishman now traveling in Ameri- ca, who has played foot ball in his own country, comments as follows: “Our players pay more attention to kick- ing than you do here, and in the dally prac- tice the men devote the greater part of their time to punting. Every man on the team takes a turn at punting, and, as the season lasts from October to March, the continual practice is responsible for our ex- cellence in kicking. A first-class man can lft the ball with either foot. Our players do not lose any time in getting the ball away, and a quick movement of the leg sends it out of danger for the time being.” oe you, have many blocked kicks?” was “You mean where a forward tries to stop the ball?” “Yes.” “Oh, in a case like that the kicker sizes up the direction in which his opponent is coming, then makes a sudden step er two to one side, and, with a quick movement of the leg, kicks just as accurately as if he had no opposition at all. As a matter of fact, kicking becomes very much of a habit, and our men learn to punt the ball and punt it safely under all sorts of diffi- culties. We have a trick of kicking into touch a great deal, so as to affurd a new line-up. The ball is not carried in, as is the custom here, but both teams are al- lowed an even chance at the ball when It is thrown in by one of the players. I think our game Js much faster than your Ameri- can game, and we do not have any of the tiresome waits that characterize the game ere.” The Cornell-Pennsylvanin Game. ‘The next big college foot ball game will be that Thursday between Cornell and Penn- sylvania at Philadelphia. A large following of students will be in the Cornell section of the fleld to inspire their team. Leaders of cheering will be appointed, and songs are Leing practiced to be sung at the game. The team will leave Ithaca for Philadelphia today in a special car, and will rest and practice signals tomorrow. Plenty of sub- stitutes will be taken, and Cornell will be strong in this respect, as the scrub has been almost as strong as the ‘Varsity this season, and the large number of ‘Varsity men in- jured this year has given the substitutes valuable practice and experience. The Itha- cans expect to make the Quakers play a hard game. Schade to Ride at Portsmouth. Fred Schade, Washington’s crack cyclist, will represent the Columbian University of this city in the tournament of the Ports- mouth Cycle Club at Portsmouth, Va., Thanksgiving day. He has entered three open, one handicap event and the League of American Wheelmen amateur one-mile championship of Virginia. Schade leaves tonight for Norfolk. Is Corbett’s Eye om Washington? A report comes from New York that Cor- bett, the pugilist, is trying to buy the fran- chise of a National League base ball club, and that presumably it is the Washington club he 4s after. Furthermore, the rumor declares that should the purchase be made, it ls Manager Brady's intention thereby to put Corbett and his brother, “Joe,” into professional base ball; that the prize fight- er will play first base and his brother pitch for the nine. Little belief in the report is entertained here. The Chicago Futurity. ST. LOUIS, Mo., November 26,—The Chi- cago futurity, the richest western stake, scheduled for 1807, which was transferred to the St. Lous Falr Association when the Harlem track was closed, has been de- clared of. ‘On October 15, when the lists were closed, only 500 entries had been made. An effort was made by the fair association to extend the time for closing until January 1, but because some of the breeders offered oppo- sition to it it was decided to declare off the stake. It was expected to be worth $50,000. “Peds” Start on a Week's Contest. At midnight Sunday night at Milwaukee a score of pedestrians, including a number of the famous walkers in the country, started on a six days’ go-as-you-please match for prizes aggregating thousands of dollars and a special purse of $500 if the world’s record is broken. Considerable interest is mani- fested in the event. Hamptons Defeated the C. A. C's. The Columbia Athletic Club suffered a de- feat at Hampton, Va., Saturday at the hands of the Hampton Athletic Club, the score being 18 to & The weight of the home team proved to be too much for the Columbias, although the latter's pluck and science made a most favorable impression on the home rooters. Maupin and Clark did some excellent work for Columbia,while Armstrong, an old Yale half back, proved to be Hampton's greatest help. Gallaudet’s Team Dixbands. The Gallaudet College foot ball team has disbanded for the season, giving as their reason for so doing that their manager has failed to contract for sufficient games in the near future. They say that the only team which has fairly defeated them this season Is the Canterbury, and in stepping down they give first place to Columbias and second to the Canterburys. aS DEMONETIZATION OF SILVER. The Director of the Mint Says It Took Place in 1853. According to the annual report of the di- rector of the mint, the estimated product of gold and silver in the United States during the calendar year 1894 was: Gold, $39,500,- 000; slIver, 49,500,000 fine ounces, of the com- mercial value of $0,422,000, and the coinage value of $64,000,000. The estimated produc- ticn of the world for the calendar year was Gold, $150, 00; silver, coining value, $216,- 892,200; commercial value, $106,522,900. The director, in a review of the monetary legislation of the count: states that the real demonetization of silver took place in 1883, when the weight of divisional coin was reduced about 7 per cent, This, he says, was not an accident or oversight. It was ex- pressly declared in the House of Represen- tatives that the Intention was to make gold the sole standard of value in large trans- actions, and silver subservient to it for small ones. The act of 1 he says, was only nominal. The director says that the result of the currency legislation of the United States for over a hundred years has been such as to leave an incoherent monetary system, as inconsistent, illogical and expensive as can well be imagined, that inspires ttle con- fidence at home and is not conducive to our credit abroad, and Its reform is one of the most important and urgent political and financial questions of the hour. The Famous Gaines Case. It is believed that the famous Myra Clark Gaines case was ended in the Supreme Court of the United States Saturday, when Chief Justice Fuller announced that the appeal of the city of New Orleans from the judgment of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, In favor of the United States ex rel W. W. Whitney, had been dismissed for failure to print the record. Myra Clark Gaines instituted the first suit for the recovery of the property bequeathed her by the will of her father, Daniel Clark, In the cir court of the United States for the district of Louisiana in 1836, and five years later it had re. ed the Supreme Court of the United States. From that date (1841) until Saturday, in one form or another, the controversy has had a place on the calendar of the cou —_—_<_<_-o.___ The Western Storm. Snow ts falling hard in Missouri. Specials from Hay’s city, Coffeyville and independ- ence, Kan y the storm has almost reach- ed the dimensions of a blizzard. At Guthrie, Okla., one of the hardest snowstoms ever known there has been py ling. A telegram from Sherman, Tex blinding snowstorm has raged tha early yesterday morning, and inc force. The temperature is falling, a stock in this section is in bad shape. losses are expected. It is snowing 2 south of St. Tai Won Kun, at Ru surrendered his author capital and withdrawn from the palace. [XXX EERE RRERIRR EES MERE REE ERR Closed all day Thanks-* giving day. Shop tomorrow! The assortments of Coats about town are dreadfully picked over, we understand! As big a variety today as shown any time this season, and any num- ber of new styles just received the past few days and now shown for thé first t'me! Opened yesterday—a grand line of stylish Velvet Capes. Not so here. elsewhere. <eRKKEERERERERERMER EERE EREEE EES big sleeves. Stylish Black Boucle and Rough Cheviot Same Capes with Thidet far trimmings, $1 Heavy Plush Capes, fail ripple, at $7.50. Dressy “Velour” or Velvet Capes, Goney Fur Capes at $10. prices. $18.50. lined throughout. But $25. Fancy Mixed Cloth Suits from $18 up. $1.25 GLOVES, 69c. PAIR. | | *| *| le] le {el le | | for we handle no “trash.” Only 6c. per pair. why: forded. CRERERERERAEREREEEER EKER EER EERE RSE EREREREEEES Still all sizes in those five styles of Rough English Box Coats for | $10. We consider these equal to many $12.50 and $15 Coats sold The heavy winter Capes, in cloth, plush, velour and furs, are as warmth-giving as coats, and much more convenient to get over the Cloth Capes at $7.50. 0. from $15 up. Electric Seal Fur Capes, extra long and extra full, 318 A five-dollar bill never secured the pick of a more stylish line of Rough Cloth Coats for misses than is obtainable just now. Children’s and Misses’ Fancy Mixed and Curdinal Rough Cloth Coats at $5. Suits equal to the tailors’ best efforts and at two-thirds their |+| Black Serge Cheviot Suits, box coat and skirt lined throughout, full flaring skirt, and but $25 appears to be the popular price for Women’s Stylish Black Cloth Suits, and it is at this price that we are strongest. Four styles, embracing Boucle, Serge. Stylishly made, with the English box coat and coat and skirt Never had such a “run” on Cloves before. You seem to appre- | ciate the fact, and rightly so, that when we advertise a bargain in |+ Gloves, it means a quality bargain in the broadest sense of the word, |. ° . Tans, grays, White and black, 4 large white pearl buttons, and of good quality Suede. The Hosiery Department deserves a crowd tomorrow. Children’s Warranted Fast Black Onyx Hostery, Women's Fast Black Richelieu Hosiery, 16c. pair, 3 pairs for’ 45c. We know of no other house selling an imported Corset for one dollar. Wanamaker in Philadelphia is also making a specialty of it. Fitting room adjoining and every facility and convenience af- Every proper Ribbon for every possible use—millinery, dress trimmings and art fancy work. As a leader—2}-inch All-silk Satin and Gros Grain Ribbon, in all the art shades for fancy work, at 19¢. yard. You'll pay 25c. for it elsewhere. ~“q5e. quality of 5-inch Exquisite Dresden Ribbon, in new colorings, at 5Sc. yard. “Christmas stock” of Handkerchiefs. come a hundred dozen Ladies’ Hand-embroidered Unlaundered “Ini- | tial” Hemstitched Handkerchiefs of sheer all linen, which would sell | for a quarter if washed. These at 123c. each. Wm. H. McKnew, Ladies’, Men's and Children’s Furnishings, Cloaks, Suits and Furs, 933 Pa. Ave. and 926 D St. ODA ALBERT Q _ SOOO OOOO PARLOR A ARLINGTON MOTEL, A gloomy morning, but neverth less the ladies of Washington flock- 4 to PARLOR A, ARLINGTON HOTEL, To see the magnificent display of Fine Furs BY ALBERT SIGMUND & SON, Baltimore’s Reliable Furriers. An opportunity is here offered to select’ magnificent Seal Jackets, Fur Capes, Collarettes, Tail Scarfs, Coacl in Outfits of the very finest importation of rkins. Regarding prices, we simply say an overproduction necessitates a REDUCTION IN PRICE OF AT LEAST 20 PER CENT. Fars of the caliber shown at this exhibit are seldom se2n in Wasb- “ington. An Inspection is solicited. NOVEMBER 25 TO 28, INCLUSIVE, FOUR DA’ SIGMUND & SON Of Baltimore, MAKERS OF FINE FURS, PARLOR A, HOTEL at Hop-sacking, Cheviot and Here’s }+| all sizes, 17¢., or 3 pairs for 50c. With the new ones have ferty’s Complete Flour.” The color is a_ brilliant white. Nutty flavor—-appe- tizing. It has NO woody fiber (bran) in it. It makes beau- tiful bread. It is very rich (near 300 times the best flour) in the elements that nourish the BRAIN, the DIGES- TIVE FLUIDS, the TEETH and BONES. Con- stipation, brain fatigue, indi- gestion, irritable stomach and dyspepsia, caused by under- fed and starved organisms, are cured by the simple and sensible process of supplying the needed nourishment to BRAIN, NERVE, BILE, BONE. The healthy ought to use it to escape these diseaxes. It line ‘been tested by cffic'a! analys's and by use. We have heaps on leaps af letters cer- tifying Its merits. The THEORY is sus- tained OF ACTUAL FACTS. A lot of “Complete Flour” knowledge mailed on request. “Complete Flour” is sold fn Tage atd barrels, Ask your grocer for & trial Dag. $1. Dr. Hunter McGuire, Richmond, Va.. rays: “Its value would be HAKD TO OVERESTIMA‘TE.” . GC. BRYAD G0. E. KENNEDY Or ress— THE WHITTLE & SYDNOR ©O., RICHM ‘ TITTTCOT STOTT SST SSCS TS SUE TO STOO S OTS \e. [xeeeEEERI 5 * ‘it'll be a shame A MAN WITH A TAIL, He Greatly Regrets That Tails in His Tribe Are Now Becoming Very Rare. From the New York Sun, A man with a tail fs one of the latest dis- coveries reported by an explorer. Mr. Paul a@’Enjoy, an official ef France in French Cochin China, has had the felicity of mak- ing this addition to knowledge. He met the gentleman with the caudal appendage among the wild Moi who live in the north of French Cochin China, and his discovery is reported in the Bulletin of the Paris Geo- graphical Society. Mr. d'Enjoy entered the country of these wild people in the spring of 1800, and the first village he saw in the unbroken forest greatly surprised him. There was only one habitation, and it was in the form of a tun- nel 150 feet long, made of sticks meeting at the top like the sides of the letter A, and covered with leaves. The tunnel was a lit- tle more than three feet high, six or seven feet wide at the base of the triangle, and was oper. at each end. Some children who were playing outside raised a howl as they saw the white man and his party, and at once some wild-look- ing creatures rushed out of the tunnel and scampered away into the woods like so many monkeys. The explorer suggests that these Moi tribes are very likely the monkeys whose battles with the gods are described in the sacred books of India. One man was up in a tree engaged in gathering honey. He was greatly alarmed by the flight of his companions, and down he came as fast as he could, stepping on bits of wood that had been driven into the tree, till he was fifteen feet from the ground, when he sprang down and tried, with lowered head, to break through the circle of men who had surrounded the tree; but he was captured. After a while he was induced to talk. He was a tall, well-made fellow, with vigorous limbs, and looked like a bronze statue. His ankle bones were enormous, like those of his friends, and, wonderful to relate, he had a tail! Here is a faithful translation of what Mr. d’Enjoy says about it: “This discovery stupefied me. I approach- ed him, and to be certain that I was not the plaything of an illusion I felt with my hand his caudal appendage. I satisfied my- self in this y that the vertebral column of the Moi w prolonged beyond the body by three or four vertebrae, so as to form a little tall like that of a fawn.” When the white visitor spoke to the pris- oner about his tail, its fortunate possesso: drew a long sigh as he remarked that once all the Mois had tails. The tail, he said, was a mark of the pure race, and it was becoming rarer with every generation. There was a time when a Moi king had a tail that was three cubits in length, but he had been driven from the rich plains of his fathers, and, in the later degenerate ages, tails had been gradually disappearing. Here was a curiosity that the civilized world is longing to see. There is no telling what light this man and his caudal ap- pendage might have thown upon the theory of evolution if he had been taken to Eu- rope. Apparently it fs not the fault of Mr. d’Enjoy that the native ts not now delight- ing the savants of the old world. At any rate, he put a guard over the man that night, but in the morning the prisoner had disappeared, and his guard was delirious with fever. In an evil moment the guard had been tnduced to drink the juice of a liana, and he was bereft of his faculties and his prisoner at the same time. There are evidently prizes in the wilderness of the Mois that will tempt other explorers into that region. How to Walk From the Pittsburg Telegraph. “There are but very few persons who know how to walk ups said a well-known physician yesterday. ‘“Usual- ly a person will tread on the ball of his foot in taking each step, springing himself up to the next step. This is very tiresome and wearing on the muscles, as it throws the entire suspended weight of the body on the muscles of the legs and feet. You should, in walking or climbing stairs, seek for the most equal distribution of the Lody’s weight possible. In walking upstairs your feet should be placed squarely down on the step, heel and all, and then the work should be performed slowly and de- Mberately. In this way there is no strain upon any particular muscle, but each one 1s doing its duty in a natural manner. The man who goes upstairs with a springing step you may be sure ts no philosopher, or, at least his reasoning has not been direct- ed to that subject.” ERS TOO SHORT. 3 A Maine Man‘s Scheme of Providing Them With Iron Jibbooms. From the Daily Eastern Arzus, There Is a down east fisherman who re- cently evolved a brainy scheme for mak- ing lobsters grow rapidly, and to this man the “almond-eyed celestial” will have to tip his hat In future. Capt. J. R. McDonald of the schooner Mcrning Light arrived at this port Sunday night with 5,300 lobsters. During the recent trip of the schooner the captain put into the little fishing hamlet of South Addison to see if any of the inhabitants had any lobsters to dispose of.. He found a man nemed Crowley who had several hundred for sale, and a trade was immediately agreed upon. Capt. McDonald laid his schooner alongside of Crowley's lobster cars, and the transfer of lobsters began. The purchaser noticed that the lobsters were not any too large, so he thought it might be a good plan to measure one. Possibly many of the Argus readers are not familiar with the methods employed in measuring Tobsters, so a few words of explanation on this point may not be amiss. At one end of a lobster’s body {s a little pointe! projection which the fishermen call a “jibboom.” In measuring a lobster the distance is taken from the end of the “jibboom” to the tip of his tail. If it is ten and one-half inches or over the lob- ster is O. K. If it is even a sixteenth of an inch less than this the lobster is all wrong— in the state of Maine—and it is apt to prove very expensive for any man being found with many of them in his possession. Capt. McDonald picked up one of the wrig- gling crustaceans and applied his measuring stick, when, greatly to his surprise, the lob- LonsT: ededetetetetote LOLOL LL LE LOLOL LEE LOO PEELS S —teally it will—if you let such an op- portunity as our ‘Removal Sale” offers slip by. Prices couldn't possibly be as low as they are under any other circum- stances. It isn’t a bargain sale of a few lots— or a few styles—but of a whole stock. the the Fancy Lamps— the Bric-a-Brac— —all the Office Furniture— These stores of Ours must be emp- tied before it’s time for us to move into our new building— and —- and _ they're going to be—if it costs us a fortune in ster's “jibboom" began to disappear inside losses. of his a ae = making a closer examina- _- tion Capt. McDonald found this particular lobster's: jibboom was made of metal on| & House & Herrmann, pulling it from the shell he discovered that The Leading Hovsefurnishers, it consisted of a piece of a rusty iron nail 917, 919, 921 AND 923 7TH ST. filed down to a point, and, as the lobsters no23 636 MASS. AVE. Were green, the deception would only be Gis- | peedededetedetetetetetetetet covered by a close scrutiny. Of course, the object of the trick was at once apparent, be- For ing simply to make the lobster 10% inches jong. Hospital Sick Watches. On examining forty of the lobsters which ili cepe: had heen placed on board the schooner,Capt. Ailing, Timek is McDonald found ten of them with “iron con. | Disabled, stitutions,” so to speak, and he promptly | Broken-down Treated. threw them overboard. A man with ingenuity enough to make such an alteration on a lobster as just re- lated should never waste his time in a little A Mx Thirty-Two G st. n.w. Patients received from 8 a.m. to $ p.m. _ O. Hutterly, Doctor ot Horolosy, 25-120, down east fishing hamlet. He ought to go to Chicago, where he could find a broader field for his talents. -see A Kentucky Foot Ball Team. From the Russellville Ledger. Russellville can boast of the only ladies’ foot ball team in the state. The young la- dies of Logan College have purchased a Pigskin and gone into training. Their sys- tem of training 1s unknown, but is sup- posed to consist of a mile run and a cold bath before breakfast, and cold potatoes to eat. The line-up of the team could not be learned, but the captain of the team fs said to be low of stature and rather solidly built. The center rush is a large, golden- haired beauty, and the quarter back is a small girl with black hair. One of the half Dainty Laces And Gowns of delicate fabric require the most scrupulous care in t x trust the slightest Anien Fischer, 906 G St. MATCHLESS PROCESS DYEING AND CLEANTD po25-10d ir cleanin. ry to us, knowing there'll Jury done them. 4 can In- he not Wagon calls, your Open Thanksgiving Day. Just the day to sit for a dozen of these superb “Oval” Mezzo- tints at micinjeleto neat $4 W. H. Stalee, 107 F St, cessor to M. B. Brady. backs is a rather slender blond girl, me- dium height, and the other a dark girl of the same height, more stoutly built, Many of the young ladies are said to be bruised from practice. One girl, who has hair ex- actly the color of the ball, in one of the scrimmages was kicked in the face by an- other girl who supposed she was kicking at the ball. For several days her face was Silver, The largest assortment we have ever shown and Toilet Articles. Ivory, Ebony. prices swollen up like she had the mumps. The Never Before Offered. bloomer suits have not yet arrive and it is not known whether or not any games| Those looking for desiralle CHRIS! GIFTS are scheduled to take place outside of Lo-| will find it to thelr advantage to examine this gan College campus. It is presumed that | scuck. the team is re dies’ seminary | y to meet any young la- the land. From the New York Wi Deacon De Good—“It won't do; it won't do. We must not have games of chance at cur church fairs Mrs. De Gooi chance.” Deacon De Good— tickets and give pri Mrs. De Good—“Oh, no; you are mistaken We shall sell the tickets, of cou can’t give any prize, you know, we haven't any to give. There is no chance about it.” “But this is not a game of In ou propos nol-2sa WE WILL MOVE Galt & I Bro., AND SILYERSMITHS, Pennsylvania ave. JE VELL we to our new store, 1203 F street, January iS Until the our patrons will Sod us al present location, 1227 Pa. ave. FRANKLIN & CO. Opticians. Store for ie from January 20. ocl8- 3m