Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1895, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. i— = = B. HARRIS & CO., Seventh and D streets, 10PerCt.Off Diamond PENDANTS. Having an imniense stock of Diamond ‘endants and only five days in which ‘0 reduce the stock, we propose to take idvantage of the present heavy demand dy allowitg a discount oa every Diamond Pewlant sold between now and Christ- mas. We import the Diamonds direct an? manufacture the settings in our own factcry, thus saving you a middle- man's profit of 25 per cent. This 10 per cent discount on our prices means 83 to 35 per cent off others’ prices. Look around, get prices, and then come hers and compare ours. Our name on the box is a guarantee of quality! R.Harris& Co., Jewelers, 7th & D Sts. it a “That Reminds Me.” HURRAY!! “T never saw so many nuts, candies and oth- er ‘good things’ for Xmas as there are at Ma- gruder’s two stores, on New York and Con- necticut avenues. Z Piles and piles 0’ ’em—and the nicest I ever tasted, too. Speaking of nuts and ‘things’ reminds me that there’s a heap 0° difference in these goods—some are old and musty-tasting, and it’s right here that Magruder’s goods cut their biggest figure—they’re so new and fresh.” Whitman's Best Mixed Candies, box. “WHOOP! B5e Fancy“ a Huyler's Peppermint Cardy, “Wintergreen Funes French Conserves, 1 Ib. « « «36 thy Home-made Yiuit Cake, 5 Ib. Kennedy's ** Home-made Cakes, Chocolate, be Crullers, dozen....... ““ Mince Meat, Miss Martin’ Aunt Abbie's “ Curtis Bros.’ * Paper-shell Almond Soft-shell Almonds. Grenoble English Walnut Jumbo Pecans Jumbo Brazil Hazel Nuts.... ve Best Mixed Nut . “7 Ibs for. i: Magruder <<, TWO STORES, 1417 New York Ave. Conn. Ave. & [1 St. Rightly-made To Order SHIRTS. Frank Wells, Stirtmake 420-160 (Caneor Umbrella? —have you bought anybody one yet? Is there anybody you have got to buy for yet? Don't forget ours. Any sort of @ Cane—of Acacia, Irish Oak, Laurel, Congo Wi Olive “Wood, Etched Laurel, T make them on ap- proval! If you are not thoroughly satis- fied—money refunded. All shirts made on the premises. High- est class work guar- anteed. $1.50 ea.; 3 for $4.50; 6—$9. 1411 Pa. Ave. mbrellas for as low as $1, and a splen- Close-rolling Gloria Umbrella indie, equal Splendid jas also. CHAS. H. RUOFF, Up-to-date hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. de20-24d Men’s Gloves For Half Their Value —Like everything else In our stock of Men's Furnishings, the Gloves have had their prices reduced one hulf. It's just in time, too, for the giver of useful gifts. Gloves worth $2 reduced to $1.25; from $2 to $1; $1.50 to 7c. $1 to 5u cents. P. T. HALL, 908 F'st. 420-160 RARE Effects in High=class NECKWEAR, Each Scarf Prettily Boxed, 50C. HENRY FRANC & SON _we0-sm.38 Cardigan Jackets HALF PRICE. 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Boss’ Cape Overcoats, all the $5 ones to be closed out at $3-50- Roys’ Storm Ulsters, in Irish frieze, chinchilla and Scotch mixtures. Were $7 and $8. $4 & $5. Still selling Bors’ §10 Fnglish Serge Cloth Mackintoshes, with Capes, for $6.75. PARKER, - BRIDGET & CO., Clothiers,3157thSt We're looking for men owning Watches ‘That are in need of repair. Our inducement is work of the nest class at a moderate charge. Yon no longer need to send your fine timepiece to out-of-town “eracks""—as I have the ability and the facilities also of performing any kind of Watch and Clock Repairing. 632 G St. Hutterly, Timeplece PI d20-12d A Free Flow of Ink —a smoothly writing pen, and writing fs a plesrure, With a Lancaster Government Foun- tain Pen you can write 40,000 words, without Aipping—without a hitch. Prices, $2 up. Foun- tata Pens exchanged and repaired. Leads fitted grts of pencils. GOVERNMENT PEN CO., 919 F ysiel BRAZIL’S COMING CAPITAL. The Place That Has Been Selected as the Center of Federal Authority. From the New York Sun. The day is coming when Rio de Janeiro will be the New York, and no longer the Washington,of Brazil. The capital of the re- public is to be removed to the very heart of the union, on the lofty central plateau of Goyaz, hundreds of miles from the insalu- brious littoral, and difficult of access for foreign enemies. When the railroad is com- pleted to the proposed capital it will take eighteen hours to reach it from Rio, and all travelers will be delighted with the change from the stifling heat of the seaboard to a region where the air is as balmy as on the Mediterranean coast of France in winter. Many years ago this project was broached, and, if it had been carried out, perhaps Em- peror Dom Pedro would not have been de- throred so easily. On the seaboard he was deposed, and he was sent into exile long be- fore a large part of the country heard the news. If the seat of government had been far in the interior, Dom Pedro’s friends might have regained their wits and come to the rescue before he was a prisoner on the sea. The young republic culled a leaf from our own history, and a clause was inserted in the new constitution authorizing the re- moval of the capital from Rio; so, in 1891, the Brazilian congress voted the funds necessary to send a commission of twenty- two members to look for a favorable site for the federal district on the central plateau of Goyaz. Senhor Luis Cruls, director of the Observatory of Rio de Janeiro, was at the head of the commission, and its studies and surveys occupied avout a year. It is only this year that tne vusuminous report has been issued, althougn the action and recommendations of the cuumission were approved previously. The report is a fine product of the press ana u:ust, and doubt- jess has cost the taxpayers a good round sum, but they can hardly fail to be im- pressed favorably with the sumptuous maps and photogravures which give a clear idea of the topographic features and the pic- turesque aspects of the region, still a virgin waste, which is destined to be the center of Brazilian political life. Almost due northwest of Rio and a little east of the town of Goyaz Is the region that has been selec‘ed for the future “District of Columbia” of Brazil. The work of the com- mission having been approved by congress, the mstter is ended as far as locating the federal district 1s concerned. On the slopes and at the foot of a long, low ridge of mountains Senhor Cruls and his assistants marked out a parallelogram containing 14,409 square kilometers. The district, therefore, will be very much larger than our District of Columbia, and very dif- ferent in shape, for, while it extends many miles along the mountains, the tract is only about seven miles in width. —~+ e+ —___ THE GROCERY PHILOSOPHER. Tells About the Waste of Power and Meets With a Sarenstic Critic. From the Buffalo Express. “Say,” said the philosopher of the Dutch grocery, putting down his Morning Ex- press, “I see there's a fellow invented a machine to generate power with the air that is forced up by the fall ofa stream of water.” “So?” said the lounger. ‘Wonderful,” pursued the philosopher, “what a lot of power has been going to waste all these years! Now, there's that Niagara power. Think of the millions and millions of wealth that has been thrown away by allowing it to be wasted! Why, the money loss represented by the waste of that power must be enough to have made every man in the state of New York independently rich, if it had been saved and fairly divided. And now they tell us that there's a double power in these great waterfalls; that, besides the motion of the water, the motion of the air which the fall- ing water stirs up can generate power worth tntold millions. I tell you its dis- gusting when you think of it, the way this igrorant old world has been’ neglecting to utilize its natural wealth.” “Bill,” interrupted the lounger, “there's another waste of power you haven't thought of.” “Very lik dreamily answered the phitfosopher, “but what is it?” “Why, If twenty years ago somebody had invented a little windmill that would have converted that strong breath of yours into a useful power and set it to running a dy- namo, you'd be getting income enough from the rent of it so your wife wouldn't have to take in washing.” SCHMELZ’S PROGRAM “Colts” and “Regulars” Will Play at National Park. TABY WILL TAKE NO SOUTHERN TRIP Washington's Manager Promises to Beat the '95 Record. WHO WILL BE THE CAPTAIN Manager Schmelz of the Washington Base Ball Club is out with his annual prediction as to the position the Senators will occupy at the close of next season's pennant race. As the roster of players signed by the local club is now complete, Mr. Schmelz is somewhat earlier than usual in placing himself on record. His prediction is along more conservative lines than that of Jack Crooks, who recently bobbed up as an avow- ed candidate for the captaincy of the team. Crooks, who claims to have devoted consid- | erable time lately to consulting the base ball horoscope, can see nothing less for Washington thani a placé among the first six league stars. Manager Schmelz, however, will feel sat- isfied to land the club a notca or :wo cbove tenth place-anything but an easy task considerirg the fact that at least seven ional League clubs will be strong- er than last seaso! The signing by Washingc ville, Lush, McAuley and Rogers—congeded to be the ‘strongest quartet of players in the Eastern League—Nr. Schmelz believes will add untold strengtn to the local club, and so much faith has he in its ability to beat out at least three of. the other teams that he recently exoress21 himself, in a letter to this city, as “being positive that we are going up higher than we finished last season.” Spring Program of the Clab. The program of the spring work of the club has also been decided upon much earlier than in former years. That the club will play another season at National Park is now insured, though the Wagners have all but completed arrangements for another square, which will be converted into a base ball park, equipped with a modern steel grand stand, etc. just as soon as the Progress of street extension drives them from their present quarters. There will be no southern practice trip for the players next spring, consequently there will be almost three weeks of base ball at National Park before the opening of the regular championship season. The players will report in this city March and, beginning about April 1, there will be a series of five games between the “regulars” and the W members of the club, The “regular will have McGuire catcher; Maul, Mercer (if well enough), Anderson and Mullarky, pitchers; Cart- wright, Crooks and Joyce, infielders; Schei- beck, shortstop, and Selbach, Brown and Abbey, outfielders. The ‘colts’ will line up for the first con- test as follows: McAuley, catcher; James, pitcher; Boswell first base; Boyd, second base; Rogers, third base; De Montreville, shertstop; Molesworth, left fielder; Lush, center fielder, and Gilroy, right fielder. Of the half dozen new men all but Mc- Auley and Rogers have been seen here in a Washington uniform. McAuley, who was considered the best catcher in the Eastern League last season, is a tall, well-built athlete, and a strong thrower and hitter. Rogers comes with a reputation of being one of the most brilliant fielding first base- men in the country and a daring base runner. Both men were draftéd from the Providence, R. L, club. What the Games WIIL Show. The games between the older men and the new members of the club are expected to give the management the opportunity of sizing up the new men, and it is proba- ble that several will show themselves fast enough for the regular team, and will thereafter play in all the practice and league games. The former will consist of contests with college, Virginia League and Eastern League clubs, beginning with the weaker teams and finishing up shortly be- fore the opening of the championship sea- son with one of the strong Eastern League clubs. The question of who will be the Senators’ field captain will be decided by vote of the players. Joyce and Crooks, the two St. Louisans, are the leading candidates, though the laiter’s henkering after so responsible @ position is looked upon as a joke. ——— a of Ite Monire- OLD SOLDIERS AT A FEAST. The Louisville Committee Entertains G. A. R. Officers, Last night saw the wind-up of the G. A. R. cucampment of 1895, when the Louis- ville committee had made its final report, and southern hosts and northern guests drank to one another at the banquet table at the Pendennis Club. A large number of members of the G. A. R. arrived in the city Wednesday night, and assisted yes- terday in the presentation of encampment flags to each of the public schools. Among them were: Ex-Commander-in-chief Law- ler, Adjt. Gen. C. C. Jones, Col. George 8. Roper, chief of transportation; Col. J. H. Sherratt, aid-de-camp; ex-Gov. S. B. Buck- ner, Rev. T. H. Haggei Yi; chaplain-in- chief, and Vice Commander’ E. H. Hobson. Last night’s banquet was a memorable affair. The Pendennis Club banquet room was beautifully decorated with flags and flowers and potted plants. Covers were laid for fifty guests, and Col. Thomas H. Sherly presided. One of the features of the evening was the presentation to ex- roman der) Lawler of a handsome silk ra ———-+e0_____ AN OUT-OF-LUCK DRUMMER. Tribulations of a Traveling Man on a Street Car. From the Chicago Times-Herald. Tired, worn out from loss of sleep, a tray- eling man left the Harrison street station and boarded a Blue Island avenue cable car. He had been making small towns, and for more than a week he had been forced to forego his usual eight huurs’ sleep. As he settled himself comfortably in, the warm car visions of snow-white countérpanes and pillows floated before kis mind, and he found himself falling into a doze. Just after the gripman picked up the Blue Island ave- nue cable son:ething broke and the car came to a standstill. The traveling man was still some distance from his home, but the car was comfortabie and he decided to wait a few moments. Those few moments were his undoing. Tired nature asserted itself and he slept. When he awoke he was at the end of the line. He remained in the car, and was soon on his way back toward his home, but again he slept. and when aroused it was by the conductor for the purpose of collect= ing fare for the return trip. He was then on Dearborn street. Determined to reach home and by means of the Blue Island avenue cable, he re- mained in the car and started toward the southwest. An hour later he was seen by a friend sitting resignedly, but wide awake, in the same car at the same spot where the first delay had occurred five hours before. The grip had broken. It is not definitely kypwn whether he has reached home yet or nt. - ———_—+; Presence of Mind. +—_____ From the Boston Trenscript. A college president who is a great gar- dener wears a glass eye. One day this col- lege president—it being summer, and he on his vacation—rushed in from the garden all soiled and spattered, and without his glass eye. His wife was seated with a caller of importance. She perceived the eternal unfitness of ,.her husband's condi- tion and frigidly said to him: “John, go at once to the library and tell your master Mrs. —— wishes to see him.” He went, and soon reappeared, clothed, eyed and in Ads right mind. This coliege president, it is plain, ig him- self a man of presence of mind. There are plenty of men, who, confronted by such a remark of genius as this, would have stared and faltered out, **But, my dear—,” and spoiled it all, BEAUX AND THEIR BRASSIES Society Men Hard at Work in the Golf ‘Tournament. The Winners of Yesterday’s Trials Engaged in Settling the Contest for the,.President’s Cup. The tournamefit of the Washington Goif Club, which bégan yesterday at the links across the rivéfon the Virginia hills, at- tracted a large number of spectators, and the number of entries in the whole match with which the sport was inaugurated proved that golf has come to stay on this side of the water, and to become as popu- lar as it is in Albion. The handicaps were made in a highly satisfactory manner, and the ability shown in this regard was ac- centuated by the closeness of the contests that resulted. The scores were as follows: Mr. Leech beat Mr. Gray 5 up and 4 to play, Mr. Lockhart beat Dr. Jenkins 7 up and 6 to play, Mr. Hellen beat J. A. Tay- lor 5 up and 4 to play, Mr. Wylie beat Mr. Barney 5 up and 4 to play, and put him out; Mr. Keith beat Mr. Bates 2 up, Mr. Keith beat Admiral Franklin 2 up, and Mr. Fraser beat Mr, Keith. The final contests in the match are being Played today, and in the drawing held last night the following gentlemen got sides against each other: Mr. Leech and Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Hellen and Mr. Alberteni, Mr. Fraser and Senator McMillan. Mr. Wylie drew a bye. The medal match will begin tomorrow, and only strokes will count in the scores. There are a number of entries, among wkom are Admiral Franklin, F. W.Barney, Henry May, J. A. Taylor, Arthur Keith, Horace Wylie, George S. Fraser, Max Ai- len, P. M. Prescott, J. W. Bates, J. F. Leech and J. W. Lockett. Omnibuses ‘from the terminus of the cable cars in Georgetown take passengers over to the club house at the links and re- turn for them ‘after the playing is over, and are well patronized by the curious and critical on golf alike. ———_—__ CENTENNIAL OF JAY TREATY. A Distinguished Company Gathers to Celebrate “Commercial Day.” Patriotic decorations and __ patriotic speeches were the order last night at the American commerce banquet, given in New York. It was the centennial celebration. of the Jay commercial treaty with Great Bri- tain, as wel us the inauguration of the an- nual observation of Commercial day by all organized commercial bodies. The six long tables seate¢ over 300 guests. Chauncey M. Depew presided, and with him on either side of the table of honor sat Mayor Strong, Secretary of the Navy Herbert, William Jay, a direct descendant of the statesman who secured the Jay treaty; Gen. Russell J. Alger, Gen. Horace Porter, Bishop Pot- ter, Charles H. Cramp, Don M. Dickinson, William P. Frye, Clement A. Griscom, Charles A. Dana, Andrew _H. Green, Wi jam H. Webb, James T. Kilbreth, collector of the port of New York; Henry B. Hyde and Charles H. Taylor. The banquet was given under the aus- pices of the editor's and contributors of the recently completed history, entitled “One Hundred Years’ of American Commerce,” of which Mr.'Depew is the editor, and to vhich 100 of the most eminent men in the ccuntry have‘ contributed each a chapter. Among those who’have been thus joined in this literary work and who united in com- memorating the ffrst centennial of a com- mercial character ever known were Gov. Levi P. Morton, Carroll D. Wright, Col. William Jay,AlexAnder E. Orr, Gen. Horace Porter, St esant Fish, Senator McMillan, Charles H. Cramp, Gen. Thomas T. Eckert, Gen. Charles’ H.: Taylor, Judge William Lawrence, John Moses, ex-Senator Warner Miller, John W. Harper, Philip D. Armour, Pierre Lorillafd, jf., Col. William P. Thomp- son, S._N. 13%. North, William Steinway, James E. Nichols? Charles L. Tiffany, John McKesson and Charles F. Clark. Addresses were made by Senator Frye, ex-Postmaster General Dickinson and Gen. Porter. e —__-+e+--___ Dinner to McKinley. The Columbus Club of Columbus, Ohio, last night followed a long-established cus- tom of giving a farewell dinner to the re- tiring governor, McKinley being the guest of honor. Invitations were extended on this occa- sion to Governor-elect Bushnell, ex-Govern- ors Charles Foster, George Hoadly, J. B. Foraker, J. D. Cox and James E. Camp- bell, Mark A. Hanna, Myron T. Herrick, James H. Hoyt, Thomas E. Powell and President James H. Canfield of the State University. But few of the ex-governors could be present. The death of his father-in-law, Congressman H. S. Bundy, prevented ex- Governor Foraker’s attending, while illness detained away ex-Governors Hoadly, Fos- ter, Cox and Campbell. Covers were laid for seventy-five persons. William F. Bur- dell was master of ceremonies, and an- nounced ex-Congressman J. H. Outhwaite as master of the feast. There were no set speeches, and the dinner was very private. SPARROWS FOR PIGEONS. Gun Clubs Anxious to Procure the Small Birds for Marks. From the New York Times. At one of the fashionable gun clubs in this vicinity there was a shoot; but, instead of pigeons being used, English sparrows were released from the traps and furnished tar- gets for the marksmen. The gentlemen who took part in the shoot were highly Ppieased with the sport, and were sorry when the small supply of sparrows was ex- hausted. For some time pigeon shooters have paid particular attention to sparrows, and many of them prefer to shoot at these tiny tar- gets rather than at the regulation one, the pigeon, but the trouble is that they cannot secure them In quantities large enough to have a good day’s shooting, and so only a few can participate in the sport. The English sparrow is a much harder bird to hit than a pigeon, and consequently a man has to be an expert at pigeons before he can do much with the sparrow. Seventy- five out of a hundred sparrows would be a good record for a man who under similar weather conditions would kill ninety or ninety-five pigeons out of one hundred. The sparrows are fully 20 per cent harder to hit than the pig2ons. The sparrow is so small and the color of its feathers so much re- sembles the ground that at thirty yards it is almost impossible to see the bird. As soon as the trap is sprung the bird will make a dash for liberty. This is due to its wild nature. 5 The pigeon isa tame bird, bred in cap- tivity, and very often, much to the disgust of the shootér, WAll quietly walk around the ground after'thetrap has tumbled to pieces, and some birds seem to know the danger of their position, and will refuse to rise and be shot. The sparrow is quicker getting on the wing than the pigeon, and is a much stronger fliers «:’ — $ne{Dian’t sail. From the London Weekly Telegraph. A Liverpool lady had an unpleasant ex- perience recently, She was about to sail by one of the Atdantic liners for New York and she left’ one trunk to be packed the mcrning of ‘herstart. They called for it about 6 a.m,. She protested, but the men declared it was Ber last chance to get it on the steamer. The poor little woman was half blind with sleep. She got up and flung the thirgs into the trunk—towels, tidies, tooks, anything that came to hand. Then she sat on the trunk, got it locked, popped into bed and was fast asleep before they got it out of the room. In due time she awoke with just an hour cr so to get her bath and breakfast and get down io the wharf, and then she found that she hadn't a living stitch to her back but tae nightgown she stood in. She went cn her knees to the chambermaid, she of- fered any money for an ulster and a veil, she begged the landlord for his mackintosh and a pair of boots—anything—anything, and she arrived at the wharf in time to see the vessel sail oyt of the dock. Her trunks —oh, they got off right enough, but she herself was left behind. —~ eee At the democratic convention at Shreve- port, La., yesterday, Gov. Murphy J. Foster was renominated for goverror without op- position. THEY REMAIN TIED Pillsbury and Lasker Both Win Games. DETAILS OF THE LATES? CONTESTS Amateur Oarsmen Inspect the Poughkeepsie Course. CLEARWATER AND TALLMAN A special cable dispatch to the New York Herald from St. Petersburg sent yesterday says: The tournament committee, with the con- sent of the players, concluded to start the second round today, and accordingly at 3 o’clock this afternoon play commenced, with the rooms of the St. Petersburg Chess Club most uncomfortably crowded with specta- tors, most of whom were specially interested in seeing what Pillsbury would do with the move, it being his first chance to maneuver the white forces since the tournament be- gan. Curiosity was quickened by reports of his prowess at the queen’s pawn opening—the young American kaving had put upon him the reputation of handling the queen’s gam- bit better than any other chess player in the world. It was expected by all that the order of pairing established in the first round would be preserved, and that consequently Lasker would be the Brooklyn lad’s antagonist. In the allotment, however, Tschigorin became his foe, while Lasker was selected to con- duct the defense against Steinitz. As soon as the clocks were set in motion Pillsbury’s queen's gambit made its appear- ance on the board, which, as expected, was declined by Tschigorin. The opening was conducted on the most familiar lines—the Russian, if anythirg, playing with more than customary care to prevent that mar- velous pushing throygh the center, which makes Pillsbury’s queen’s gambit attack so irresistible. Gradually, and in spite of the most earnest effort, the tug of war became too intense fcr Tschigorin, and with the American's forces not to be diverted from their objective point, the great Russian master declined to fight longer than Pillsbury’s fifty-fifth move. The other battle was also on the lines of the queen’s gambit declined. But it was noticed generally that Lasker was doing much better with the defense against Stein- itz than was Tschigorin against Pillsbury’s attack. The contrast between the strategy on the two boards at the same opening was not only extremely interesting, but also highly instructive, Lasker always having a much freer game than the less fortunate Russian. It was not long before the attack was alto- gether wrested from Steinitz, the veteran beirg compelled to defend himself presently against Lasker's aggressiveness, which be- came positively brilliant, he winning splen- didly in forty moves. The score to date is as follows: Won.Lcst. Won.Lost. Pillsbury .....3 1 Tschigorin . 3 Lasker .......3 1 Steinitz .. al 3 AN AMERICAN HENLEY. The N. A. A. O. Likely to Go to Pough- keepstie. A committee, representing the National Amateur Rowing Association, which gen- erally holds its annual regattas on Sara- toga Lake, visited Poughkeepsie yesterday and Inspected the course with a view to holding the association regatta there next year. The committee was favorably im- pressed with the course, and if the neces- sary funds can be raised by the citizens of Poughkeepsie to build boat houses and de- fray other expenses, the regatta will, in all probability, go there. : Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania have established an annual race at Poughkeep- sie. Harvard and Yale may join them. The prospects of an American Henley seems bright. Turfmen Called to a Convention. A call has been issued by Catesby Wood- ford, president of the Race Horse Owners and Trainers’ Association, for a general mass meeting of turfmen at Lexington, December 28. Radical! reforms will be dis- cussed. The meeting will be one of great importance. Clearwater Easily Beat Tallman. Clearwater defeated Tallman, the pool expert, at Rochester, N. Y., last night, the score being 200 to 49. After Tallman had put down two balls at the opening of the tenth frame, Clearwater cleared the table, and then got the next three frames with- out a miss, making a run of fifty-eight balls. Tallman’s total for the three nights was 200 against Clearwater’s 600 balls. —————__. AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA. Cases in Police Court and Other Local Notes. The police report last night as being cloudy and cool, with cone prisoner and eight lodgers at the station house. Mayor Thompson this mcrning disposed of the fol- lowing cases: A white man, charged with Gisorcerly conduct and using abusive lan- guage toward his wife; continued. Samuel Bundy and Mary Bundy, colored, arrested by Officer Beach; charge, disorderly con- duct and fighting; fined $2 each. John Mil- len, arrested by Capt. Webster, charged with assault and beating his wife; fined $5 or thirty days on the gang. Two young men, arrested by Officer Dean, charged with fighting in a King street saloon; dis- missed for want of evidence. Short in His Accounts. Yesterday morning James M. Owens, postmaster at Waterfall, Prince William county, was taken before United States Commissioner Fowler, in this city, charged with being short in his accounts 3611.88. He waived examination and was released on bail in the sum of $1,000 for his appear- ance at the January term of the United States court. He claims that he can ac- count for his apparent indebtedness. The books of the office have.all been taken from him by a post office inspector, and the office is now in charge of Deputy Post- master W. W. Foley. Believes He Recognizes the Shoes. Mr. Alexander McClintock, the man who was some time ago knocked in the head with a stone and robbed in the county, and who claims that Post and Henry, two Alex- andria boys, did it, was at police headquar- ters yesterday, and said that he believes that a pair of shoes he saw there, which were found by the police in the vestibule of - a house on South Patrick street the morning after he was robbed, belong to him. Notes. In the corporation court yesterday Chas. A. Bowman, colored, was granted a divorce from Anna Bowman. Lieut. Herwig, U. S. N., retired,, arrived in this city yesterday from California, He had‘a slight attack of paralysis. Mr. George F. Kirby, a well-known old resident of Fairfax county, died at his home Monday. He had many friends in this city. ‘The crew of the Plum Gut fishing schooner will be sent down early in January to pre- pare for the winter fishing, if the river does not freeze over. Miss Sillings of Manassas Is the guest of Miss Morgan on upper Prince street. A number of Alexandria Masons will at- tend the turkey and oyster supper given by the Crescent Lodge of Masons at Manassas tonight. An old colored woman named Mary Shep- perd died suddenly on Vinegar Hill yester- day. : ————— _—_ One Was Enough, From the Chicago Post. The politician shook his head, ‘ve heard no argument yet that is stroag enough to make me believe in a third term,” he said. “Nor I,” returned the man in the front bench, with emphasis. ‘The judge gave me one term of five years, and you bet it was enough for yours truly. I don’t want an- other.” 4 OFF Until closing time Tuesday, 24th instant, you can have your choice of any Boys’ Short Pants Suit, Reefer, Box Coat, Cape Coat, and Ulster in our boys’ department, 2d floor, at ONE-FOURTH OFF of present low prices. The $6.75 sale of Men’s $14, $12 and $10 Sack and Cutaway Suits positively ends tomorrow night. Bet- ter not miss this opportunity te secure a suit of our incomparable garments at such a price as this. Robinson, Chery & Co., 12th & F Sts., Clothes, Furnishings, Hats and Shoes. -]-@-A=P-S for Xmas. —If he is a smoker he will appreciate a present of | a box of fine cigars more than anything else you could give him. But you want to give him the best. If you had time to go around and sample every brand on the market your choice would be “White Seal” Cigars. They are mild—of high aroma—do not bite the tongue—and represent the very finest grade of Havana Cigars. The equal of any imported cigar, yet much lower ig price. You could not possibly go astray in sending a box or a package of them to your gentleman friend for Christmas, and whoever he is he will be forced to admit that your taste and judgment in selecting them is the very best. . 3 for 25c. Toc. straight. 2 for 25¢. White Seal “Gladstones” Arlington Hotel, John Chamberlin’s, Hamilton House, Helphenstine’s, (Under Cochran Hotel) H. Hoyle & Co., 4th & E. Cap. sts. E. C. Reed, 611 15th st. A. L. Shultze, 455 Pa. av. —and headquarters, 1235 Pa. Their retail prices are: ~The box prices are: White Seal “Cabinets” (box of 25)............-$5.00 White Seal “Jeffersons” (box of 25)........++++-$4.00 .White Seal “Perfectos” (box of 25)......++++++-$4.00 White Seal “Delmonicos” White Seal “Aristocrats” White Seal “Panetelas” (box of 50)..... ......-$5.50 White Seal “Imperials” (box of 50)........ «+. -$5.50 White Seal “Regalias” (box of 50)... White Seal “Conchas” (box of 50).... White Seal “Pints” and “Quarts.” We have also put these White Seal Cigars up in packages of 5 and 10 in tin foil to keep them fresh. A“Pint” Bundle (5) White Seal Cigars, 6oc. A “Quart”? Bundle (10) White Seal Cigars, $1. “White Seal” Cigars an sale at 15c. straight. 3 for 50c. 20c. and 25¢c. straight. (box of 25)..........$3.50 (box of 25)..........$3.25 (box of 50)....... ....$6.00 -$4.50 -$3-75 Rothschild’s, 14th and I, W. R. Ramsey, 48 Pa. Avi Concordia Club, Columbia Athletic Club, . Whiteside & Walton, 1921 Pa. ave. E. V. Lawrence, 1014 F st. Sam L. Willett, 930 F. Warwicks, 13th, nr. Pa. av. | Ave. High-grade Cigars, 1235 Penna. Ave. Shoe Shining Parlors. From the Women’s Journal. Mrs. M. L. Edson of Chicago one day found herself down town with shamefully muddy boots. There was no placé for her to go to have them cleaned unless she cared to make herself conspicuous by tak- ing a chair at one of the street stands. An idea struck her She made a canvass of the large buildings where many women were employed, and received such assurances of patronage that she rented a vacant store room on Adams street, equipped it with ten stands, hired ten neat, expert boys, and hung out a sign, “Ladies’ and gents’ boot- blacking parlor.” The enterprise was a success from the start, women hailing it as a long felt want. Mrs. Edson has now open- ed a second and larger parlor, and, accord- ing to a local paper, it is not an unusual thing to see a dozen well-dressed women having their shoes ofled, meanwhile reading | the newspapers, which are furnished gratis. A Powerful Frost. From the Chicago Post. The man in the fur coat looked up from his paper at the one in the frayed trousers, | “One wouldn't think that frost was such @ powerful force,” he remarked casually.” “It doesn’t seem as if it could accomplish very much.” “I don't know about that,” replied the man with the frayed trousers, doubtfully. “What has it been doing now?” { “Oh, nothing much, but this article says that it Is one of the most powerful forces of nature.” ; “I shouldn't wonder,” returned the cther, thoughtfully. “You remember I took a run over into Iowa to play Hamlet last week? “Yea.” “Well, it was a frost that made me walk back. I tell you a good heavy frost can ao} complish an awful lot” 1 1