VOLUME IX. WASHINGTON CITY, D. C., NOVEMBER 9,1879. NUMBER 37.

THE CAPITAL, the Republicans for another, the Democrats polled the " stronger Government," we shall never have it. We enough as to Its parts. The peculiarity of the French Champion's orew who were saved were brought to majority. This smashes the slate of the Solid North. must, therefore, Invariably build a new Volunteer schools Is that they Inculcate these punctilio and teach this city about noon. They lett shortly after 1 o'clock PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY Army from the ground up whenever we need one. this system of oourtesy as the beginning of military It Informs stalwart gentlemeD, like Mr. Blaine and for New York on the Bound Brook railroad. THE CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, This requires time, and entails cost utterly out of culture, Instead of reserving them for the finishing Mr. Conkling, that, whatever may be the narrow keeping with the exigencies of mod eta warfare. touob, as do the English and American schools. In I.ateat Election Returns—Potter Sure of 037 D street, Washington, I>. c, prejudices and blind passions that dominate provin- The Item of cost, however, excessive as it is, must this sense Colonel Roberts Is undoubtedly the readiest Ills Election. NEW YonK, November 8.—Clarkson N. Potter, Dem- DONN PIATT, . . . EDITOK. cial communities, like Iowa and Ohio, the cosmopoli- still be rated secondary to the item of rapidity in mo- and most apt, If not tbe profoundest and most learned, bilization. For example, suppose the United States military lawyer In this country. His schooling at St. ocratic candidate for lieutenant governor, has returns TKBMS: Per year, (Including postage,) six tan Stateand metropolitan city of New York do not 83.50; were to full suddenly into complications with some Cyr, with his subsequent servioe In a Hussar regiment, at bis office from all but flitaen towns. He claims that months, $1.50; three months, 75 cents—in advance. recognize in the South an enemy of the country, and fir3t-ratc power, to meet which a force of two hundred and on the staff of one of MacMahon's divisions In he has a majority of over 3,000 over Hoskins. Single copies, 5 cents. do not propose to follow the lead of provincial politi- thousand troops of all arms would be required. Well, Lombard}-, formed a curriculum of martial education, ALBAMY, N. Y., November 8 —The Evening Journal' CLUBS: Ten cople^to one address, (20 in advanoe, under the old conditions of mobilization—that is to during wbat has been elsewhere described as "tho has the following: "The tables to-day embrace such, with one copy free. Twenty copies ts one address, «35 cians in a mythical crusade. say, facilities of communication, transport and sup- period of tho most perfect army of the most warlike full and authentic returns from all doubttVil parts o( in advance, with one copy free. A little cool reasoning would have taught them all ply—we should have at least three months, and maybe nation at the most splendid epoch of its power"— the State there can be little iurther variations from this before. The mercantile community of New York six, in which to prepare our army of volunteers. But that Is to say, the Imperial army of France between them, and they warrant claim of praotlcally complete fl^*Our journal has been founded upon does not favor Mr. Blaine's new war of sections, be- under modern conditions we should not have as many the beginning of the Crimean war and the end of tbe victory on lieutenant governor. The contest is so close the ever-successful ground-work of fair play cause war is not good for commerce. The tax-paying weeks. Now it is well known to military men, as in- Italian campaign. It is sot possible for such attain- the olfiolal canvass may be needed to decide It Our ta- deed it ought to be apparent to any one, that the facil- ments to fail of recognition', even in this country. ble, putting figures at the worst for our side, gives a and decent dealing. That principle has community does not favor John Sherman's scheme made rns the factor of steady and persistent ities for raising, equipping and drilling troops have nominal majority of only 73 to Potter, but differences of absolute centralization, because, as Mr. William If able-bodied lying, well persevered in, could alter antagonism to monopolies, who would Rus- by no means increased in proportion to the facilities In reports from tbree or four counties may wipe out E. Dodge remarked, the wealth of New York does not for mobilizing and handling troops already raised, destiny, Mr. Charles E. Smith, " Editor of the Albany this narrow margin and elect Hoskins. Wo give the sianize America if they could, and in their Evening Journal," would defeat our friend Potter by want to be placed at the mercy of the poverty of Ne- equipped and drilled. It takes as long to teach troops highest Democratic figures In Kings county, though blind folly, born of brief authority, issue the rudiments of their art now as ever it did. But telegrapb, by something like 400,000 majority—only some reports make them thousands better for us. braska In national tax-levying. their ukase at their will and own sour pleas- whereas in former wars we .could find time to do these give him time. My own impression Is that Charles Whatever the result may be on lieutenant governor,, ure. The Radical statesmen have simply overdone the things while our enemy wa.s crossing the ooean in sail E. Smith is trying a cheap dodge to advertise his ob- it is now practically certain that Carr, for secretary of scure lobby organ at the expense of those who are The Associated Press has this week at- " Solid" business. Having nothing else to talk about, vessels, or approaching our frontier by foot-marches, State; Wadswortb, for comptroller; Wendell, for treas- foolish enough to pay good money for his worthless urer, and Ward, for attorney general, are eleoted by tempted this jumping-jack business, and thoy have talked the "Solid" business Into a delir- we should now be able to do Uttle more than set our recruiting machinery at work before tbe for, coming " specials.!' • ' majorities ranging from 2,000 to 7,000. The Republi- informs tas that it has doubted the rates of ium, and conservative minds are beginning to take by steamer or by rail, would be at our doors. cans table puts Cornell's majority at 43,432. telegraphic news and information. This, the alarm. Considering the lights and the landmarks The recommendations of General Benet, so far as 1 LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. without doubt, is due to a petty spite and of our time, there has never been a more atrocious am able to interpret them, look simply to the estab- A False Rumor—Conkllng All Right. NEW YOBK, November 8.—There have been grave monarchical anger, caused by ' our free- crime wreaked against human civilization than the lishment in peace of a national mllltla to answer all [By National Associated Press.] the purposes of United States Volunteers In an emer- rumors regarding the health of Senator Conkllng. It speaking of the monopoly of the telegraph. attempt ot the Radical leaders to set the people of ono Terrible Collision at Sea. They may double with more acutenessthan gency; avoiding the faults of the State militia sys- NEW YOBK, November 8.—A private dlapatoh just was announced, and correctly, that he had been ill at section at the throats of the people of another. It is Utioa. To day It was rumored that he was dead. a fox for all that we care. Their attempt at tem on tbe one hand, and the inordinate costliness of received conveys the shocking Intelligence that the really pitiful—or would be if it were not so hateful— the United States Volunteer system on the other; in Few placed any confidence in the report, but it extortion is lost upon us. We drop them steamship Champion, running between New York to see a group of men who have grown gray in power fact, obtaining all the defensive strength of a regular and Charleston, S. C., has been sunk off the capes, traveled like wild fire. Tne rumors were set at rest and dismiss them. army of 200,000 men without incurring any of the po. this evening by the fact that the Senator and Post- prancing about the land in an unhonored old age, having had a collision with another vessol. It Is re- Other arrangements have been made, and Utlcal dangers of such an organization In the ordinary ported that thirty-two peitons were drowned and master James were seen together down town. At the we promise our readers the fullest and striving to rekindle the civil war from whose wreck form. twenty-five saved. The details are expected momen- Republican headquarters, in tho Fifth Avenue Hotel, there was considerable anger about the rumor. " It's latest national and international telegraphic they first snatched ill-got fortune. The General estimates the cost of such an establish- tarily. an outrageous oanard," exclaimed General Arthur news. Newspapers do not live by the con- To this frantic crusade the Empire State has called ment at about $4,000,000 a year for any considerable The steamship Champion sailed from here late on period, averaging one year with another. The ex Thursday night. She bad on board fifty-eight per- when asked about It. "Conkling Is alive and very well, sent of ome monopoly or another; they live halt. There will not be much halting, however, on perlcnce of the Mexican war and tbe late rebellion de- sons, consisting of ten first-class passengers, seventeen considering tbe severe illness he has had. I've been by the co-action of the people, who believe the part of these Infatuated brawlers. They will go monstrated that a volunteer force of Infantry alone, steerage and thirty one officers and crew. The steamer with him all day, and only left him a half hour ago ; in independence and rebuke coercion, on through another campaign in the same old way. ready for the field, and in tbe crudest possible state of was built in 1859, and was commanded by Captain D. of course he shows traces of his long suffering and. - confinement, but otherwise he is all right." Conkllng. whether it comes from a titled dynasty or Their hoarse jargon will frighten the hide-bound Pu- effectiveness—that is to say, armed, clothed, equipped G. Lockwood. This was tho first serious accident in a vulgar monopoly, that is worse and more and drilled to rudimentary evolutions—stands at a her history. The vessel registered 1,418 tons and rated remained in the hotel during the early part of the ritans of the Western Reserve of Ohio, enthuse the day, but attended to business in Wall street In the grinding than an inherited royalty. first cost of from $300 to $500 per mas, not including 1, 2. Her dimensions were 234 feet In length, 31 feet North Mothodlst fanatics of Iowa, and, in general bounties. Taking the mean figure of $100 per man, In width and 29 feet In depth. She was brlgantlne afternoon, and is as a matter of fact In usual health. terms, re-Radicalize Radicalism wherever it still and we see that the first cost ol a volunteer force of rigged with four bulk-heads. IUTIGA, N. Y., November 8.—Senator Conkllng has squirms and is venomous. But the conservative heart 200,000 men must bo eighty millions of dollars ($80,- LATER. been suffering from malaria chills, resulting from a REVIEW OF THE WEEK. 000,000!) Enough to pay the estimated cost of the es- PHILADELPHIA, November P.—'Tbe tug Pioneer, cold caught while attesdlng at the polls on Tuesday, of the Empire State will not be aliected by It, except, BY A. -C. EUELL. tablishment proposed by Genoral Benet for twenty with the Lady Octavla in tow, arrived oft the oentral but was quite recovered when he left for New York on perhaps, as the tendency may alarm that cool, slug- years. 1 shall endeavor to pursue this subject more In part of Philadelphia about half past 12 o'clock, and Thursday night. lie will remain there several days. It is probably difficult to decide which was the more gish devotion to existing institutions, and that calm, detail next week. proceeded to Cramp's ship yard with the disabled He went In company with Justice Hunt and wife. ridiculous, the panic that seized the Democrats or the cautious repugnance to violent changes In the regime, ship. She has a hole about five feet broad and four He has several cases before the United States Su- My distinguished young friend, the Washington feet high in her port side, about six feet above the preme Court at Washington set down for next week, frantic exultation that turned the heads of the Radi- which Is always characteristic of great commercial correspondent of the New York World, telegraphed water-line; another hole, about two feet by tbree leet, and which, he says, be will attend to in person. All cals three weeks ago, when it appeared that Ohio and centers like New York. the following last Wednesday night to that able Dem- located ten leet from her bow and eight feet from the the statements of his serious illness or death are In- ocratic newspaper: Iowa had gone Republican. At all events, both were But there was never such an opportunity for Dem water-line on her starboard side. On the starboard correct. " A well-known Washington correspondent, Mr. side of the ship there Is also a bole below the water- BUTICA, November 8.—A National Associated Pres3 equally deaf to reason. To hear the Radicals talk ocratlc wisdom as the next twelve months will pre- Buell, in the course of a little difficulty he is having one would have supposed that they had just wrenched with some Germans ot Cincinnati, has, it is said, line, tLe extent ol which cannot be learned until an reporter visited Senator Conkling's residence, Rutger sent. The solid North scheme, that promised so fair struck upon a trail of some possible interest to the examination is made. She will be placed in the dry Place, and inquired ol Mrs. Conkling the true state Iowa from at least half a century of Democratic rule; New York stalwarts. Mr. Buell.lt appears, spoke In for Its authors a month ago, has been sadly set back, a letter of certain Hessians in Ohio 'who bad sold their dock, and repairs will be commenced at osce. of affairs about the Senator's health. Mrs. Conkling. while to bear the Democrats talk one would have Im- and now the only question is whether the work of the ballots as their ancestors sold their bayonets, to be Captain Johnson, of Greenock, the master of the smilingly replied that she had just read the statement agined that they had ¡just lost Ohio for the first time used against American liberty,' or words totbat effect. Lady Octavla, makes the following statement: in yesterday afternoon's New York papers, which she ensuing Congress shall revive It or not. We shall see. For tbi3 he has been lallen upon by sundry Cincinnati u since 1840.! The facts, of course, were that Iowa was, Teutons. * * *..*** * My ship arrived at the Delaware breakwater from said was far wide of the mark. The Senator had been It Is for the Democratic majority in the Senate and As he is of a pugnacious type, Buell proposes to carry Rio Janeiro, for orders, on the 23d of October, and quite 111 several weeks past, and Dr. W. H. Watson, and k and always will be. Radical by any majority House to decide. the war Into Cincinnati, and it is now alleged that he sailed for New York about 10 o'clock-on Thursday has stumbled upon documentary evidence to show that who attended bim, described the trouble as malarial you ptease, so'long as the Radical party maintains the the present conductor of a leading stalwart journal In night last. About a quarter past 2 o'clock yesterday chills. The statement of bis dangerous illness was My able and warlike friend, the editor of the Sun- shadow of an organization.; while in Ohio, a State New York was employed in 1872, during the Greeley morning, when we had sailed about thirty miles, tbe simply absurd. Thursday, she said, his physician day Herald, gave up the bulk of his valuable space campaign, to go out to Cincinnati and negotiate a collision occurred. The night was clear and the moon gave bim permission to attend to bis duties as usual, where all the natural and logical chances run In the last week to an article, or copious extracts from an ar- cash bargain with a conspicuous German newspaper there, by whilh its Support was transferred from Grant was shining brightly. We were moving at the rate of his recovery having justified It. He accordingly set Radical direction, that party had simply succeeded, ticle, in the last number o«4he Atlantic, anent the to Greeley." — three and a halfor four knots an hour.. My chief mate out lor Washington at once, and left Utlca that da; national militia scheme reddinmemV^ by G-eneral after a desperate contest, in electing, by a majority of reported a steamer ahead ten minutes before the acci- for New York In company with Justice Hunt and Benet In his report for the current yea^o That this ar- If I had been aware of the purpose of my esteemed less than 2 per cent, on .a vote of nearly 700,000, dent happened. Thesteamer continued on her course wife. She had no doubt that be was In nearly sound ticle or review was ably and powertully written is not friend to publish these facts 1 should have requested and 1 on ml- iti'd t-ve approached each other, but health. Charley Foster, who is personally the strongest and him not to put himself to the trouble. My design to be gainsaid.. But it bore unmistakable marks of a immediately'^ fore tbe crash came the man on the most popular man in the State, and whose record as a had been to take no notice whatever of tbe demon- certain malice prepense which 1 haver never yet seen lookout of my vessel reported the steamer's starboard government Purchase of Bonds. strations referred to. They are simply the feeble and public servant will bear comparison with that of any successfully disguised in any purely objective writing. light from'our port bow, and then she shifted and her NEW YOBK, November 8.—Bid« were opened at futile bites ol a few alien lice who crawl upon the man, of any party, and ait any period of our history— The writer in the Atlantic antagonized the recommen- port light became visible, ebowlng she bad turned on the sub-Treasury to-day tor the purchase by the Gov- body politic; miserable vermin, by the way, wf.ose dations of our chief of ordnance, and grouped histori- her course. We bad a man on tne lookout con- ernment of $10,000,000 worth of United states six per which, for these times, -Is sayltfg all that could be said. capacity to annoy is due not so much to the pain of cal facts with consummate skill to sustain hiso"*igo- stantly, but there could have been no lookout cent, bonds of 1880 and 1881. Prices brought from In other words, the Radicals bad succeedcd in carry- their operations as to the mere^¿¿^¡¡¿pnj, nism. He showed by an unbroken lil&j. ¡j_tbe Champion. Her captain, Lockwood, sub- $104.50 to $110, and bids aggregated in all $11,110,200:. their presence! ing two Radical States.; whereupon a vast number of demonstration that the American militia, fial"; _ys old me that he h£d altered his course a This afternoon General Hlllhouse received a dis- What 1 said about the Hes^'ARS ol ^Facinnatr Democrats began to talk about terms of capitulation. been a sad failure whenever tried In the criffifiiie of fore the collision, but assigned no reason patch from Secretary Sherman to reject all offers tor ferred simply to the baser individuals ot the race, and war. He then went on to argue, and to sustain his fiSPS -'OK 'so, and said that he did not see my ship; the purchase by the Government of $10,000,000 bends If not unconditional surrender. There was no sense was naturally resented by th'cm. Their attempt to argument by citations of history familiar to every which indicates that my Idea in regard to the lookout of 1880 and 1881, and authorizing him to pay 106 for in these manifestations, and henoe there was no use make it appear that 1 had intended to cast an Impu- well-Informed school boy, that the true military de- was correct. Indeed 1 was Informed that the man $10,000,000 of July bonds for 1881. Upon receipt of this tation on the entire German population of tbe country trying to reason with those who made them. But pendence of the country was upon the Volunteer sys- who should have been on the lookout was aloft loosen- message checks previously handed in were all returned was also natural. But the demand for my removal now the account is closed for this year, and perhaps tem, leavened or tempered as it invariably has been ing sail. The ship sank four minutes after the colli- to the owners, and the brokers at once made fresh ar- for the offense of uttering an opinion based upon bis from the regular army and West Point. All this is sion, and there was a terrible panic. 1 at onco ordered rangements on a new basis, and by 4:30 o'clock offers it will be worth while to discuss the situation calmly. torlcal tacts was undoubtedly tbe most extravagantly logical and true. No student of our history c ires to tbe boats lowored, and, in fact, they were in the water had been made for $3,122,900 on tbe Secretary's terras. impudent performance ever seen in this country. It We observe that the Republicans carried Iowa and get himself laughed at for the pains of as attempt to before the steamer went down; two ot her crew jumped The balance of tho ten millions will probably be ab- defend or apologize for the shortcomings of our State is probably the first of its kind, and serves a good sorbed Monday. Ohio in October, together with Pennsylvania, Minne- on board of my ship at the time she struck. In all militia under the old regime. From Guilford Court purpose in demonstrating the growth of clannish ar- thirty persons were lost. It was a terrible sight. Chicago Named for the Next National Re- sota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Massachusetts and sev- House to the exploits of the Massachusetts train- rogance among the lower classes of our German popu- Among those victims were the first mate and five publican Convention. lation during the last few years. The logic of the eral otber States that nobody else has ever carried in bands in the late rebellion the history of State militia women of the Champion's orew and company. Twelve CHICAGO, November 8 —George Schneider, who thing Is that a man born in the United States is to any important election since there was a Republican has formed an almost unbroken series of retreats, ol the missing were passengers. I mean to say that dined with Senator Chandler before his death, states' surrenders or routs, whenever it could be brought with- be disqualified for holding office because he holds-tbe party. the steamer came at us end on, and there was no possi- that he met Chandler as chairman of the Republican opinion that certain men born -in the Hessian States in range of the enemy, varied only by repeated in- ble means ot avoiding her. It*was impossible to tell National committee, and he expressed himself asde- - But New York, which has always been the nursery are venal! But the space of THE CAPITAL IS too val stances of cowardice too dismal to aftord even the the extent of the Injuries, she went down so quickly, cldedly In favor of Chicago as the place for holding uable te be wasted in even recapitulating such ab- ot national X>emocraoy, has registered its verdict in chance of the one or the other. It is also true, as and there was so much confusion. Four of tbe pas- the National convention for nominating President , surdity. favor of the organization and principles of the Demo- pointed out by the Atlantic essayist, that the United sengers and two ol tbe crew were sent to New York in early In the summer of 1880, on account of its tele- States Volunteers, trom their origin in 1813 to the Nothing was farther from my intention than to cast graphic, railroad and hotel accommodations, and, cratic party,-and this in spite of the most senseless, a bark that came alongside, but I did not get their close of the late struggle, have Invariably done good an imputation upon the German race In this country names or tbe name of the vessel they were on." above all, becausoof tbe cool and pleasant summer insane and even criminal feud of factions that ever service and accomplished the purposes of tbelr em- as a whole.- No respectable German would under- weather. Ohaudler said he would call the committee The following Is a list of the saved from tbe Cbam- disgraced any State or disorganized any party. It is bodiment. stand my comments to reflect upon himself. For ex- soon after New Year to decide upon the time and place plon: K. W. Lockwood, captain; Charles Miller, first ample, there is not a man in the United States of any for the convention. safe to assume '.that a party which, managed with so So far so good. But to the dispassionate critic it mate; Catherine Cross, stewardess; John Thompson! nationality for whom I have a hlghor respect than 1 appears that our wi iter has argued his case too well. Charles Ebler, Frederick Mackman, Frederick Rich- malign a selfishness on the part o-i its leaders as the have for Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer of tbe New York Railroad Iteuis. In his effort to demonstrate the unreliability of the ards, Frank Jackson, seamen; Richard Owens, boy; Democratic party of New York has been since 1874, Staalazeitung. In point of fact, if any slander upon CIKCISNATI, November 8.—Colonel Thomas Scott, old-fashioned State militia, and to exalt the excellence Wesley Reeve, cbiei engineer; Charles E. Buncb, can still bold its own against a party managed with the German race at large has grown out of this affair, president or the Pennsylvania Railroad, spent two of the volunteer system, he has unwittingly, but no first assistant engineer; Edward Jones, Wm. Farrell, it has lain in the pretense, set up by the venal vermin hours In this city to-day. He was with a party of rail- the skill and tact that has distinguished the Republi- less effectively, proven the need sf a national militia, Patrick Flynn, Luke Kelley, firemen; Alex. Rose, t& whom I referred, that they were the representatives road men in his special oar, and went from hereto- can organization there during the same period, muBt as recommended by G-eneral Benet. Now the scheme coal passer; Isaao Hammond, chief clerk; John Foster, of the race at large; not in my comments upon them. Louisville. A reporter interviewed the party. The to organize a national militia is nothing but a plan to porter; and George Holland and Moses Pinckney, be not only indestructible, but unconquerable. We In conclusion, I have to say that while the matter pub- rumor that General Grant Is to become president of create and maintain a permanent volunteer estab- waiters. Besides these were four passengers and two observed that while Mr. Tllden, as the self-appointed lished by tbe able correspondent of the World does not the Pennsylvania Railroad was again denied, and lishment. The volunteer forces ot the country, how- of the crew, put aboard a vessel, supposed to be the violate bis well-earned reputation for truth and accu- also the other one, that Colonel Scott intends giving head of the New York Democracy, was openly bolted ever admirable their services, have invariably proven bark Emily Lowther. slow of mobilization and Inordinately expensive In racy, I still regret that, by taking up the atialr In his up the Texas Pacific. The Texas Pacific is reported, and squarely »flouted on every stump in the State, by The iron ship Lady Octavla, of which J. Johnson is preparation. The questions presented to these who columns, he should have Invested it with an air of doing well, delays being caused by tbe attempts te men who 'bad grown gray in Democratic harness, Mr. master, was built at Warrington in 1854, and belongs are charged with the defense of the country have al- respectability which it could not otherwise have secure Government aid; but these have been aban. to tbe port of Greenock, her owner being George Conkling, as the self-appointed Republican leader, ways been in respect to the character of the force to gained, and wblob alone could have provoked serious doned, and the road will be built without Government Adams. She has a length over all ol 200 feet and 3 was able to wipe the soles of his contemptuous boots be employed. First, economy; second, safety to the comment touohlng It irom me. As to the alleged pur- subsidy. inohes; breadth of beam, 36 feet; depth of held, 22 feet institutions of the country, and third, rapidity of pre- chase of a conspicuous Cincinnati German editor by upon the sLavdsli heads of Evarts and Shermau. We 3 Inches, and is of 1,172 tons burden. She is fashioned A Preacher as a Plagiarist. paration for aetive service. the Greeley managers in 1872, 1 should say that noth saw the strange and sickening spectacle of a Secre- alter a sloop model, and It is not difficult to imagine CHICAGO, November 8.—The Daily News is again The experience of the country with respect to the lng has yet transpired of sufficient importance to how easily, going before a stiff wind, she could after Rev. Dr. George C. Lorlmer of the First Baptist tary of the Treasury urging the voters of New York volunteer system has been that it answers the second make production of the evidence worth while; since out the vessel which crossed her path In twain. church. On Thursday evening be delivered a lecture- to elect as tfeear governor a man whom he bad, less of these requirements, while it fails utterly in respect such action would only have the effect of proving what at the Fourth Baptist church on "What I know NEW YOBK, November 8.—An interesting fact in to the first and third. Perhaps if we had a regular all well-informed men already know, to wit: That the about boys." The News charges that the lecture was- than a year before, denounced Is an official letter to connection with the wreck of the steamer Champion establishment, organized on tbe elastic plan of the aforesaid editor is a venal wretch and purchasable taken almost wholly from the work entitled " Book, the Senate as unfit for the subordinate place of naval ts the story told by an old Bailor just previous to start- British army, so that by simply adding new battalions scoundrel, whose opinions have only a market value, for boys," by Scott R. Hope, published by William ing, and »ho probably went down in the vessel. officer of the port of New York! to old and tried regiments of infantry, and new and even that rapidly depreciating. P. Nemmo, in Edlnburg in 1869; American edition, Among the lost Is a young man named Joseph Mitch- squadrons to old and famous regiments of cavalry, by Roberts ol Boston. The work is out of market, but (rood old Governor Robinson, in a somewhat ex- It Is gratifying to read in tbe reports of the War ell, who went out as correspondent to the bookmakers the volunteering tendencies of our population might an Edlnburg copy was the means of the clergyman's Department that the painstaking and capable work of and poolsellers of this olty. He was accompanied to cited interview; described thisspeotacle as "something be depended on to secure an effective force of suffi- detection. Colonel William H. Roberts, on the new code of Army the vesBel by a person known to the sporting fraternity that ought to shame Mr, Conkling's dog, if he owned cient dimensions In short order whenever required. Regulations, Is appreciated; and this the more partic- and gamblers here as " 'Frisco'' and "Pacific Slope," Under that system, howsoever raw the reeruits, or Eight Hundred Cows Burned. one!" But the aged governor was doubtless blinded ularly In view of the ill-natured criticisms whloh had who relates tbe following episode: He says he got on howsoever untrained the new battalions may be, they UIUCINNATI, OHIO, November 8.—One half of tire- by the violence of Ms feelings. In point of fact the been passed upon his selection in certain newspapers board about an bour before the time for the Champion are provided with a ready-made esprit du corps at the large cattle pens on Eighth street, near the Marietta of prominence. The truth was and is that tbe selec- to sail. In the hurry and bustle previous to departure spectacle was precisely what Mr. Conkling's dog start, and that alone is as good as a year's training and Cincinnati railroad, and eight hundred milk tion of Colonel Roberts for this work was in every the steamer's gang-plank was lost overbpard, and for might be supposed to enjoy. under the system that we have followed. cows, were burned to death. The fire originated in sense the very wisest that could have been made. an extended period all efforts to recover it were futile. the rear part of the building, so that it was impossible In short, every conceivable disadvantage of feud, No man who has ever worn a uniform for any length Apart from an Inherent aptitude for the military art, The plank caught In the wheels of tbe boat, and could to rescue more than one hundred cows, but the lower discord and demoralization wa* against the Democ- of time needs to be told that between a new volunteer and a natural predilection tor the aolence ol army ad- not be extricated, several men falling overboard in half of tbe pen, which was separated by fire-prool battalion, mustering as the 480th Rhode Island for ex- ministration, Colonel Roberts enjoyed the exceptional racy ot New York in this struggle ; while every ad- tbe attempt. The captain was very angry, and when walls, was saved. The pens were owned by J. W. ample, with offioers as raw as the men, and the regi- privilege of special training in the first military school it was finally reoovered proposed to start immediately, Gaff & Co., distillers, and tbe part destroyed was val- vantage of unity, organization and discipline was on ment as destitute of traditions as the troops are of of France during the zenith of the second empire, without waiting tor the visitors to go ashore. Tbey ued at $15,000, on which there was $1,426 Insurance. the side of the Republicans. military knowledge, and one mustering as the 2d or j Military law is, in reality, nothing more than the protested, and for some minutes a general fight was The cows were valued at $24,000, and were insured for Well, after all, New York proves to be a Democratic 3d battalion ot an old regiment, with a contury and a I formulation of disciplinary punctilio; and army regu- Imminent, but finally the guests were allowed to that amount. half of battle embossed on its colors, from Blenheim lations, outside of the mere rudimentary rules of eamp State. It Is not, Indeed, a Tllden State or a Kelly leave. Tbe old sailor said the Incident forebodes evil to Inkermann, there is all the difference In the world. and barrack conduct, are, alter all, only the prescrip for the vessel; and, strange fact, his prediction has The Weather To-Day. State. On the contrary. But where the test was put, But we have no such regular establishment, and, nn- j tion of a system of soldierly oourtesy, complex and come trne. For New England and the Middle States warmeh where all the Democrats voted for one man and all southeast to southwest winds, falling barometer and less the Grant people succeed In their project of a ' intricate Indeed as a whole, but. simple and logical PHILADELPHIA, November 8.—Tbe members of the increasing cloudiness, with rain. ' 2 THE CAPITAL: NOVEMBER 9, 1879.

For THE CAPITAL. Burke, Insisting upon that Edmund Burke was a par- farmer exhibited three samples of butter, all made rendition of Tony Judson, and gave the part a great MEB0HANT TAILORING. from the same churning, but differently stamped. deal of rough, hardy manhood that was highly appre- DROWNED. ticular friend of hfs (Chandler's,) and when commis* sioner of patents he knew his inner sentiments, and He was awarded the first premium on one, the second ciated. Joslah Clench, the old man's part, was well BY MARIE LIS BARON. nothing could make him ^Chandler) believe his friend on apother, while the third was condemned as poor. acted, especially on the pathetic side of the character. —NUsson, the singer, beats the world in prices. She MissBtella Boniface took the character of a young HJndor the waves are ellent graves; Burke could be the author of a book such as the senator will receive eighteen thousand dollars fo^twelve per* girl beautifully, and as usual won the audience with Over them billows break, quoted from. NEW However, his Ignorance was so dense that he proba- formances given during the marriage festivals of Al- the fascination of a peculiarly natural and beautiful "With a mournful moan, and a mocking tono, bly could not know the mischief he was aiding in fonso. Wonder what poor Mercedes, the former wife style pf acting. And sobs, that, soughing, wake; bringing to a head. His last words on earth were an of "the good and great friend " oi Hayes, as Alfonso Mapleson's grand opera Is the only show in New And a voice to me, In a mystery, appeal to the deadly sectional prejudices and passions subscribed himself, thinks of this hasty ending of his York which seems not to be doing well. < Cries: "Love, for thy dear sake! that brought on the late war, and proved the ruin of vpidQwerhood ? There is something pretentious and snobbish about •Adieu to earth, to Its tears, Its mirth, the republic the fathers gave us. —Croquet is a most aggravating game, as well as the whole thing that at times disgusts the general ALL BUSINESS AT MY'ESTABLISHMENT To kisses warm and red ; Looking at it from this point of view, we cannot the most ridiculous. Two students of the Washing- public and leaves the grand opera, " late ot Her WILL HEBEAFTER BE CONDUCTED ON THE • To the hateful morn, to ajwlde world's scorn, help regretting the death of one whose whimsical con- ton and Lee Universities were playing last week, Majesty's," to the cold and doubtful affections of the To black night's doleful dread ; duct afforded us so much amusement. We recall, quarreled over a point, when one of Virginia struck f ashionable people. •Beneath ceaseless tide of the waters wide, with a sense of loss, the blundering earnestness of the the other, a Texan, with his mallet, killing him. The Capoul-Marie opera bouife is excellent in all X pillow weary head. intoxicated senator when, armed to the teeth with a Now let them bang the Virginian and the world respects, the idea being to give opera boutfe with first- CASH BASIS, swivel-headed stick, huge knife and navy revolver, be will be happier ; all croquet players should die. class artists; but the prices will not go with the Franco- •Let the ship sail on, In daylight's sun, went in search of the offender he called " Dion Pott," —Governor Blackburn of Kentuoky is a God-send American population, which element is the life of With white foam at its keel ; avowing his deadly desire to kill him—" Yes, sir; kill for the afflicted. He has been in office but two months, opera boutfe fn this city. Two dollars for an orchestra To my bed below, nor ebb, nrir liow, THUS ENABLING CUSTOMERS TO PBOCUBE him now "—for that said pen-driver had lied about during which time he has pardoned two hundred and seat is as bad as three at the Academy, and such Down wave-walled depths, can'steal; him, in saying that he (Zacharlah) had sat down on a ten convicts. Still no one can blame the governor. prices will not work when so many amusing shows can THE VER? BEST GOODS, MADE IN THEMOST ¡Bloodless and stilled, are the veins that thrilled, baby. He is evidently honest, and alms to put all ol Ken- be seen for fifty or seventy-five cents. PEBFEOT MANNEB, AT in life, with a mad appeal." tuoky on the same footing, and give the criminals The Dramatic News was in court last Thursday, 'X hear no more, as from some far shore hitherto incarcerated equal rights with the rest of that Mrs. Laura Byrne,lately divorced from Charles Byrne, The sad voice dies away; PERSONAL. criminal State. alleging that the paper belonged to her, and that she And snow-white foam, In the twilight's gloam, had been persuaded to sign a bill of sale to Hart with- BOTTOM PRICES, Hath turned to a shroud of gray ; —Xt is feared that the Empress Eugenie will go in- out knowing the character ot the document. jTrom the river's brink X, shuddering, shrink, sane. OUR NEW YORK LETTER. The lady says that her husband conspired with Hart WHICH WILL FOBEVER LET ME OUT OF THE And N ight Intombs the Day. —Zack Chandler is dead and Jeff. Davis is going and Hummell to cheat her out of the paper, which is « Hay Loft and Cheese Press." blind. her property solely and entirely. The hope of all re- CATEGORY OF THE COMPLAINT OF HIGH —Lord Beaconsfield will soon bid the premiership NEW YORK, November 7,1879. spectable people was that Mrs. Laura Byrne did own PRICES. I BUY MY GOODS FOR CASH, AND It appears that the reason why there was so much OBITUARY. "Ajew." the Dramatic Hews, and that after the divorce from doubt In the political mind about the results of the UNDER MY NEW SYSTEM OF DOING BUSI- —King Alfonso will be married again on the first of '•Charlie'' she would at once havo him bounced. Sucb, General Joseph Hooker. late election, was because the wise heads of party NESS 1 AM ENABLED TO MAKE GARMENTS December. however, seems not to be the oase, and the public will In the death of General Hooker the republic lost prophecy could not determine the extent and exaqt —Poet Longfellow's daughters are students at Har- be treated to Byrne's cold plsen hereafter as before, AT PRICES the beau ideal of a soldier. Gallant, genial, refined nature of the country elements, which are technically vard College. with the only dllierence that he does not acknowledge and handsome, he filled his high place In our armies called in confidential pow-wow " hay-loft and cheese- —John Kelly must believe now that he Is a bigger In- any connection with the paper. He will doubtless in during the late war without any of the small Jeal- press" voters. These noble bucolic patriots cannot jun than Sitting Bull. the course of time find his hereafter in a big stick. - ousies that make military men frequently resemble appreciate the true inwardness of party policy as op- —If this is what they call Indian summer, what The hatred of a woman scorned does not seem steady As Low as Any House women in their conduct as In the frippery of their posed to downrigh't honesty, and they presume to must an Indian winter be? enough to cook his goose. BARRY O'BRIEN. • dress. He was indeed 'without fear and without re- —America is discounting Switzerland in watchmak- concoct a ballot or scratoh It, just as if the agriculous proach. Gentle as a girl, he was braver than a lion; ing. We are a fast hatlon. Idea of honesty was to obtain over the decree of party SPE0IAL NOTICES. In the United States. and to the greatness of a broad, generous nature he —Charles DeYoung has been Indicted for attempted leaders. There are two things strongly emphasized added the simplicity in manner of a child. To use a murder of Bev. Mayor ICallooh. in this element, and these are that the day of bosses A CARD. hackneyed phrase, made fresh by the application, he —The most popular housework indulged in by young is gone, if the H. L.'s and C. P.'s have any say in the To all who are suffering from the errors and indis- was one of nature's noblemen, and whether driving a ladles is to dust around for a beau. matter. cretions of youth, nervous weakness, early deoay, loss -dray In California or commanding the Army of the —Schuyler Colfax and Burdette of the Hawkeye are Conkllng's Leadership. of manhood, &c., 1 will send a reolpe that will cure -^Potomac, he was ever the same—a gentleman. running opposition as comic lecturers. Xt is this aforesaid country honesty which will you, FBEE OF CHABGE. This great remedy was Styles will all be the hatest, and His career as a military man was and must be al- —Education is the key-note of the best society.— entirely handicap the Bepubllcans in 1880 by the discovered by a missionary in South America. Send ways so familiar as to make repetition in a journal un- Vindicator. A dancing education you mean. leadership of Bosooe Oonkling. The latter Is the ex- a self-addressed envelope to the BEV. JOSEPH T. IK- necessary, for It was too brilliant to pass readily from —Kentucky taxes masked balls twenty-five dollars, ponent oi that party discipline which the party holds, Cut and Finish the Most Perfect. 11 history or the hearts of the people. That his army as its right as the war party, the " spree doo corps,' MAN, Station D, New York City. which goes to aid in paying the coroner's fees. feb2-lyS suffered under hfs command the terrible defeat at —Even the Bible Is down upon Tllden, for it says, as it has been vulgarly called ; and on the heel of his -Ohancellorsvllle, was but one of a series of disasters "And the woman looked upon Samuel and wept." fiasco at Canonchet, and his ridiculous flight from the AUCTION SALES. that originated more from the faults of our military —The Paris Figaro says that not one American in a shotgun, he appeared In New York armed in his system than from the defects of commanders. The hundred has a handsome chin. They use it too much. panoply of brass, and leading his party like a military '¿Souths possessed naturally of a better material in —The milk dealers in Pittsburg have combined to chief. A Democrat similarity mauled by satire and men, enabled a general to throw the weight of bis en- raise their prices. They should cheese such business. ridicule would have been disowned by his party tire army on one point, while we fought by regiments STOCK OF FOREIGN —Foreign correspondents are now growing more in- brothers, but the Badical fundamental law of discip- DUNCANSON BROS., •or brigades. From this cause Grant lost more men terested over the health of Bismarck than that oi the line respects the leader, though it despises the man. between Washington and Blchmond than Lee had in Pope. Thus far so well for Roscoe, but old women take a the field, while ¡Sherman's campaigns were a series of DOMESTIC PIECE GOODS —As there are more watches worn in America than long time to hear news, and still longer to stir scandal disasters that won in the end, because, through wan- in any other country, the people must have a better in Miss Grundy's witch cau ldron, and evolve oertaln ing force, a victory to the Confederates was in effect time. wise saws to govern husbands and sons withal. When IS UNUSUALLY LABGE AND FINE FBOM the same as a defeat. —Senator Wallace of Pennsylvania is opposed to they have done all this, the hay-loft, cheese-press WHICH TO MAKE SELECTIONS. GIVE ME A While gauging General Hooker's military ability element feel their might, and declares that the man AUCTIONEERS, Tllden as the Democratic candidate for the Presi- CALL, EXAMINE MY GOODS AND MANNEB we must remember that he organized the victory of dency. who does not respect the honor of the home and fireside must be outlawed. This is one of the great American OF DOING BUSINESS, AND BE CONVINCED Gettysburg when he learned of Lee's invasion of —Davy Crockett has a son a farmer in Texas, and, a characteristics; publishers know it when they refuse Penn sylvania, and with masterly activity and fore- grandson who edits a paper. Thus have the mighty THAT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY LEAVING the wittiest novel written on the anti-seventh com- sight put our lorces in position to realize on that stu- risen. YOUB ORDERS WITH ME. pendous blunder. His sensitiveness made him mandment style, and accept the dullest, which prates —Ex-Congressman Wigginton, well known here In abandon the command at the moment when a grand of domestic virtue. Showmen know it when they per- Wash ington, is now district attorney of Merced, Cali- S.E.Corner Ninth andBStreets N.W., success was within his reach. He left his laurels to a form plays, and lawyers when they make speeches to fornia. unan too weak to profit by their wearing. juries; politicians, the worst of them, quote the bible, —Zack Chandler didn't live long enough to see his and newspaper men, all powerful with the giant lever There is nothing so successful as vulgar success. own city, Democratic Detroit, elect a Republican with which the ancient philosopher dreamed of mov- Were we to select the men from the late war on our mayor. ing the world, must keep an eye on this tender and side who have unquestioned olalms to be considered —At any rate wood-cut engravers have made some Attend Promptly to- Sales of Every The ^Patent Strax> delicate sentiment. great captains, we should name Thomas, Hooker, Mc- money out of the election—unless the prices of roosters Dowell and Buell; and one of these only gained in wood are low. That Conkling is a snob, a man cold, tyrannical and «lea rly, from popular approval, the credit for military —John Sherman, believing that both Ohio and Con- without real friends, is admitted; and when his lead- Description, either at Private ^Pantaloons, ^genius we accord the rest. The creature ol accident, gress are sufficiently afllicted, declines to run for the ership Involves an appeal to any element beyond the who floats into greatness on a wave he neither made Senate from that State. party lines, his character must inevitably pull down nor directed,is ever more conspicuous and popular than —Hanlan and Courtney must hurry up. All of our his ablest efiorts and seriously damage his cause. the man self-made, who derives success through his Residences or at tlieir available streams wlllsoon bo frozen, and then they The Greatest Invention ot superior power. There is amore fascinating tint of the Kelly. will have to skate it out. Improbable and romantic In the clown made king The ex-Bo£s is now on that slippery incline called — France has penny-savings banks for school chil- thr ough caprice than in the coronation of the born the descent to Avernus, and it seems unlikely that dren, but the average school boy prefers to invest his Salesrooms. the Age. prl nee. We expect the great captain to kill his giant; his pig-headed egotism and mulish vanity can get him money in the peanut-stand. but when the stripling David, with his sling, aided by out of the hole he has' slid into. Tammany lost the —If there is honor among thieves, It cannot bo won- God, fells Gollah, we forget the intervention In our sheriffalty, county clerkship and; three coroners, thus dered at that so many politicians have the prefix of -wondering admiration.of the lad. barely saving a part of the influence which was once IT GIVES EASE AND COMFORT TO Hon. attached to their names. > >. entirely its own. Xt is in the power of the Republicans Grant and Sherman, who, through their imbecility, —Thanks toJthe\ flight of days, the campaign tom- to crush Kelly whenever they choose, by leaving him Trustee's and Assignee's lost us that terrible day at Shiloh, happened to be in 1 foolery of " bomb-proof ' orators is over.—Phila. Timet. entirely out In the cold, and giving the Democrats the THE WEARER. -command when the Confederacy fell from pure ex- But the boom-proof remain behind. opportunity to kick him out for good and all, squelch haustion. The whale was dying, and the few lashes —George Augustus Sala, the novelist and Paris cor- his personal influence and call back into the fold the of its tail onlytold of its dying agony. This Double Strap is {Superior to Suspenders, resp ondent of the London Telegraph, will visit this Tammanyites who choose to disown him. as it JRests the Pant's on the Sips and Re- To one who persists in being blinded by the blaze of country shortly. He will not lecture. 1 have heard hundreds of people on the streets talk- lieves the Shoulders From the Continual Strain glory that/ilashes, from accldont, about the forms of Sales a Specialty. —Pinafore has finally reached Arizona, and as ti jn. not from any sympathy with the Caused by Suspenders. such common-place men as Grant and Sherman, the Utes rebelled on account of pianos, the Apaj line, but because of the in- proposition can be well put, that if such Imbeciles can While Stooping or Sitting it Does Not Draw probably arouse themselves Into insurreetioi cubus riding New York city in the shape of organized •win renown from this art of killing, what a stupid the Pant's From the Bottom. —The Prince Imperial of Germany visited the foreign adventurers, not born in the country, and ar- ¡ thing must be this military profession. last week. Nihilism has made Germany very friendly rogantly capturing a city for the spoils of office. This growl at fate, this discontent at the Injustice of to the papacy. Wall Street. Cash. Advances on humanity, matters little to the deaf ear and stilled —In one day last week two hundred men were thrown An Illustration of the Patent Strap »heart of this man among men; this dashing soldier out of work by the closing of iron mills in Alleghany, There is a continued stringency In money, despite and genial, generous gentleman, whose purse was Pennsylvania. This was after the election. the large sums that have poured In from abroad, and ever open to the poor, whose sunny smile was ever it seems certain that the pressure Is caused by a ring —Jack Frost Is a better man than Yellow Jack, but Pantaloons. like sunlight, brightening all It fell upon. Life had of stock gamblers, who wish to shake the small fry unfortunately he only puts in an appearance when the Every Description for him no fitful fever, yet he sleeps well by the side out of their holdings and get the grand grab them- latter has had his full swing of deathly enjoyment. - of the beautiful and accomplished lorm of one who selves. —A new book is announced—" Dealings with the loved him living, and dying, lelt him the means to Dead." Do they ask Henry Clay's ghost to tie up its One plan worked out thusly: On Wednesday large secure his crippled body from the stings of poverty sleeves 1—Boston Post. It's mean to poker sneer at a amounts of stocks were borrowed on the Exohange at and the world's neglect. By spring the grass will corpse. 1-16, and on the next day the borrowers notified the of Merchandise. wave pleasantly above his grave, leaving his fame his brokers that they would not carry them any further —Nothing Is worn by ladies now but Bernhardt only monument, his good name his better epitaph. unless allowed one-eighth of the market value. The scarfs.—Harper's Bazaar. • In the words of Horace Let others take the bronze and marble. loaners refused to submit to the shave, and took back Greeley, "You lie, you villain ; you know you do." If you would be successful, my boy," said Corwin the stocks; they returned the money advanced in cer- It is;winter. of O hio, " be solemn—be as solemn as a mule. All tified checks, whloh, in the whole batch, amounted to —D. A. Mahony, a well-known Western editor, died the great monuments of the world have been built nearly $10,000,000. At the clearing-house the checks SALES ACCOUNTS SETTLED PROMPTLY in Dubuque lasti week. He was at one time confined over solemn asses." didn't appear, so they were obliged to hold the money here in the Old Capitol during the v ar, charged with to pay them, not knowing when they might turn up. Zactaarlata Chandler. treasonable utterances. The result of that game was that the rate for call loans "We are having a specimen of American eulogy over —Edward Stokes, the murderer of Jim Fisk, has re- was forced up to 7 per cent. To carry some stocks, , 24 HOURS AFTER SALE. "the remains of Senator Chandler, of whom we felt like turned to New York from San Francisco. He is the therefore, over that day, involved a loss of $20 to $30 saying, in the words of Prince Hal, " We could have ghost of his former self, and his beauty is gone. His on each one hundred shares, and few speculators can better spared a better man." Une could be amused, hair and beard are as white as snow. stand that, except the giant capitalists who put up were not the matter so sad, to noto, when all is summed —President Hayes has appointed the 27th as a day such jobs on the small fry. up and sifted, these praises amount to one thing of thanksgiving. Whether it is for the Ohio election, John Sherman is expected to-morrow to open bids only, and that is that he was considered financially or for the Bepublican prospects, is about as doubtful for the sale to the Treasury of the $10,000,000 of bonds an honest man. They who indulge in this seem not as Hayes' right to designate the day. AND D STREETS N. W. for the sinking fund. to be aware of the assault made on the leaders of his —An English clergyman recently committed suicide party. Xt says, in so many words," Let us mourn over by sliding down a clift six hundred feet high. Now Clarkson Potter. .one honest man; in that was he most remarkable." why did not De Witt Talmage put his acrobatic at- That elegant side-whiskered gentleman, who was Ample Storage for all kinds of Merchan- We cheeriully accord this strange man this amaz. tributes to a similar good purpose while abroad'? the great investigator, smiles as he never did befoie, ing quality In an oliioial agent, and we can add that —Major Beno seems to be the unluoklest man in and shows to even the casual observer that he regards »Jie was good-natured, eharitable and generous. But the army. He is up for court-martial again. This is himself as a possible candidate in 1880. Everybody, dise at Warerooms. ltl this is all. He was a coarse, ignorant man, a dema- the third time in one year, and will probably fetch however, has heard about New York and Indiana's claims, and one more line on that subject would be an BOS. J. FISHER A CO., Auctioneers, gogue, and in politics about as Insincere and dishon- him. The specifications are indeoency, drunkenness T No. 1223 F streets northwest. est as it was possible for a man to be. His use to the and pugilism. hour long. Republican party waB that of a leader of the rabble. —The marriage of David Dixon to Mary Swinton, Dramatic and Musical Gossip. He, like General Jack Logan, was a connecting link of Embarrass, Wisconsin, is indefinitely postponed. " Our Girls," at Wallack's, Is one of the most Inter- EXTENSIVE SALE OF VALUABLE BUILD- esting specimens of drama seen this season. It is a between the aristocracy of the money power and the While the bride was arranging her hair the groom ING LOTS IN SQUABE No. 115, SITUATED ignorant many they seek to control. A man ol great was fooling with a pistol. He didn't know it was companion piece to "Our Boys," the best pure com- -wealth, he was without culture, and found more com- loaded; it went oil, and Mary was a corpse. edy of the genre class of drama put before the public IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE BES1DENCE in twenty years. No one who saw that little gem of fort fn a bottle of whisky over a log, with arough, than —Logue, the famous cracksman, who robbed Pay- OF THE BBITISH EMBASSY. from champagne and sherry at the table of a gentle- master Hanscomb In this city, has been arrested in household and fireside art will ever forget Its genial man. Philadelphia. It Is estimated that in the past ten sunshiny effect. Withal It is muscular and honest, On WEDNESDAY AFTEBNOON, November 12, and as full of moral as of humor. at 4 o'clock, on the premises, we shall sell a number ol' He made one of a group of-leading politicians num- years he and his pals have stolen over a million of dol- choice Building Lots, fronting respectively on Nine- bering such men as Morton, Logan, Frye, Kellogg, lars. They would have made good politicians. " Our Girls " Is much more superficial In construc- teenth, Twentieth and N streets. New Hampshire —The body of Bodie, the discoverer ol the famous tion and characterization; there Is nothing new in It avenue, Sunderland Place and P-Street Circle, being -Cameron and others, who looked on Government as portions of square No. 115, unsold at the sale of last meaning the Republican party, and politics as a game silver mines bearing his name, has just been dis- to the critical eye, but the work Is extremely clever in - of poker, in which every device, from bluil to theft, covered, after a searoh of twenty years. His widow dressing up old situations and old lancies with new superior character of the Improvements now in was allowable. These men gave a practical meaning lives in Poughkeepsie, where she earns a scanty liv- attire in new scenes. process of completion on lots heretofore sold in this Byron, the author, is noted for his fine dialogue, square, together with the number of elegant resi- to the axiom that originated with the Blair and ing as a seamstress. It is not believed that she has dences going up In the immediate vicinity, renders Kendall clique of J ackson's time, that, so far as the any interest in the mines. which is at times diamond-like and olean cut as the this an unusually attractive sale. offioers were concerned," to the victors belong the —The noble red man is becoming too civilized to be pieces of a fine mosaic. Two young men, one rich, Title perfeot. An abstract ot same by M. Ashford, the other poor, marry two ha if sisters, and launch Esq., may be seen on application. spoils." They degraded the civil service to such ex- any longer romantic. He uses field-glasses, wears Terms: One third cash; the remainder in six and tent that It now threatens death to the republic. stove-pipe hats, reads the newspapers, shoots the sol- themselves upon the sea of matrimony, steered twelve months, with interest at seven per cent., pay- Dishonesty is so generally the rule that Senator diers with revolvers or Spencer rifles, sings darkey rather vaguely by the moral theory that love able semi-annually; deferred payments secured by George T. Keen, deed of trust on property sold. Chandler's only eulogy Is that, although an official, songs and imitates Billy Emerson. Another dream In a cottage lays over a palace. As an at- tack on the popular mania for money-grubbing the A deposit of $o0 will be required on each lot sold at he would not steal. of beauty and of fancy gone. time of sale. Senator Chandler was not an ornament to the body —Sing hey, the merry maiden and the tar. A lawyer satire Is good, but it takes more pathos and poetry JOHN BULL, in which for so many years he saw service. Bude, ig- in Bellefontaine, Ohio, Hi-treated his newly-wedded than the play has in it to oarry an audience of practi- Attorney for owner, 414 NINTH STREET. nol-2t2 Boom 29 Corcoran Building. norant and boisterous, his habits were so unfortunate wife—formerly one of the belleS of the city—and seve- cal Americans to a fair conclusion. The presentation that they continually bronght his defects to the front, ral ol her lormer admirers came around to the house, or the play was excellent; Mr. Harry Beckett, as OWABD INSUBANOE COMPANY dragged him to a secluded spot, tarred and feathered Plantagenett Potter, gave a fine pleture of a shoddy H and many and many a time the Senate was forced to OF NEW YOKK CITY. All Pantaloons Made With the Patent adjourn to save its dignity. His ignorance was him, and then returned him home. swell, rich without merit, and holding display and THE OLDEST AND MOST RESPONSIBLE IN- «imply amazing, and it is of record that he once called —In Vermont the decisions at the State fairs are as good company as the pre-eminent necessities of life. SUBANOE COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY. Mr. Maurice Birrymore was very forcible In his GEORGE W. DWENGEB, ' Strap. -8«ator Heojaiatn to order for quoting fiom Edmund mixed as in Washington. In Montpelier a shrewd auM-tf 3 Agent, Washington, D. C. 3 THE CAPITAL: NOVEMBER 9, 1879.

A NEW EDITION of 44 Canterbury Chimes, or Chau- LITERARY NOTES. cer Tales Retold for Children," which we noticed last year, has been issued by Roberts Brothers, Boston. It " MOONDYNK ; A STORY OF THE UNDER WORLD," by repeats very happily in attractive prose, which still John Boyle O'Reilly, recently published by Roberts keeps much of Chaucer's poetry, the vestry, the Can- Brothers, 1É( a novel illustrating new and striking terbury Tales, and is illustrated throughout with the Warranted Long Yara Filler and South American Wrapper--5 Cts, scenes and characters, full of romantic interest and designs from the Ellesmere manuscript. A largo Stock of .MEERSCHAUM PIPES, C1U-AR and CIGARETTE Fresh Imported RE1NA VICTORIAS, lsts, 20c: fresh Imported CONCHA. tine moral inspirations, and written with simplicity HOLDERS, REGALIA. 15c. and power. Mr. O'Reilly, the author, now editor of THE translation of the Roman Breviary, on which Also, the finest assortment of RUSSIA LEATHER CIGAR and CIGARETTE Fresh Imported CONCHAS, 10c; fresh Imported OPERA REIN A, 3 for 25c. the -Boston Pi/of, had personal experience in the Lord Bute has been engaged for nearly nine yearp, CASES In the city. The famous CO. "A" CIGARS, $4 per 100. British penal colony of Western Australia, whence he will be published shortly by Blackwood &. Sons, Edin- N. B.—MEERSCHAUM GOODS REPAIRED. The " FANCHON " CIGARS, Havana filled, 3 for 10c. escaped, and after almost miraculous rescue reached this country about ten years ago. During his resi- burgh. It includes many of Cardinal Newman's and dence in the United States he has published one or Dr. Littledale's hymns, and is Intended to lay open two volumes of poetry, the first apd most notable of to the English reader the whole of the prayer of the these having been " Songs from Southern Seas." Church. Persons who take up Mr. O'Reilly's novel will be more A NEW VOLUME of poetry, by Theodore Tilton, en- Hi^The Trade Supplied at Factory Prices. favorably disposed to go through it careiully when 44 NINTH and F Streets. they read the dedication of the above-mentioned titled Thou and I," will be published shortly by'R. volume of poems, which is as follows : P To Captain Worthington. A new portrait of the author will ap- David R. G-i fiord of the whaling barque Graz si le ot pear as frontispiece. MERCHANT TAIL0ES. HOTELS AÏTD RESTAURANTS. BK0KEES, EEAL ESTATE AG'TS, ETO, New Bediord I dedicate this book. In February, 1819,1 left the coast of Western Australia in a small GUSTAV MONOD says that since Sainte Beuve's boat without a sail. Peculiar circumstances ren- death it seems as if there was nobody left in France dered it impossible that I should return ; my only to indicate to the public the comparative value of path lay across the Indian Ocean. It pleased God books and men. RE-EMBELLISH YOUR HOME, that my boat was seen from the masthead of the Important ! Gazelle, commanded by Captain Giftord, who picked PEN SKETCHES BY A VANISHED HAND" is the me up and treated me with all kindness during a seven title under which a selection from the papers of the WHICH YOU CAN BO WITH LITTLE months' whaling cruise. On parting with him at the late Mortimer Collins, edited by Tom Taylor, will be Cape ol Good Hope he lent me twenty guineas to help published. me on my way to America. One of the greatest TENNYSON'S 44 Harold " has found a German trans- pleasures this little book can ever afford me is the The Best Styles EXPENSE writing of this dedication." lator in Count Albrect Yon Wickenberg, who will publish bis translation this fall in Hamburg. and Finest Quality EDMUND C. STEDMAN, one of the oldest and most A NEW WORK, by Dr. B. W. Richardson, F. R. S., By Exchanging Your intimate friends of Bayard Taylor, contributes to the on the causes and prevention of diseases, will shortly O F November number of Scribner's Monthly a biographical and critical sketch of the poet so recently lost, in which be published by Macmillan & Co. he notes some of his personal traits, as follows : "His A SELECTION from Bayard Taylor's poems has been memory was prodigious. Nothing that he learned was translated into German by Karl Bleibtrue, with very Old Furniture for New* forgotten, and he learned without effort. After a fair success. Imported and single reading he knew a poem by heart, and could LONGFELLOW'S 44 Golden Legend" has been trans- repeat whole pages of his favorite authors; and there BY CALLING ON was little that he did not read or see. His perception lated into German by the Baroness Hohenhausen. of externals was alert and true; but he did noe so A NECKLACE OP STORIES," by M. D. Oonway, is readily catch by intuition the thoughts and feelings announced in London. of those about him. He had a fine sense ol form and American Goods M. II. PRIlsrOE^ color, drew and painted creditably, and seemed a FOR COX. NINTH ST. AND J?JENNA. AVE. sel6-ly3 natural artist. His linguistic powers were well known. KILLED BY WAX FLOWERS. He taught himself something of the classical texts, Suitings, Trouserings and Overcoat- Corner of Ninth and Pennsylvania are., and was more Infused with the antique sentiment The Singular Death of Postmaster Bender's Wife— than many a learned Theban. He quickly caught ings, The First Ward Restaurant, Where you will find a fine assorted stock of every de* Suffering For Two lears From an Unknown «Dis- the passwords and phrases ot any language, Semitic ALL TO BE CAREFULLY OUT BY (UNQUES- scriptlon of furniture suitable for any room In a house, or Aryan, wherever he journeyed. German he mas- ease—Absorbing Arsenic Unwittingly—A Discovery TIONABLY) THE BEST CUTTERS IN THIS and of tered, wrote in, thought in; it became so much like a CITY, TRIMMED AND MADE IN A SUPERB 1908 Penna. Avenue, native tongue with him as to refute the theory that That Was Made Too Late to Save Life. [From tbe New York Mercury.] AND MOST CREDITABLE MANNER, AND is fully supplied with the FINEST L1CAUORS and one gains of a new language only so much as he loses SOLD AT THE of his own. His desire for knowledge was constant, Mrs. A. H. Bender, the wife of the postmaster of tbe BEST CUISINE In the city. Families supplied Hohokus, N. J., died at her residence there after an Material and Wortaiansliiii Epal lo Any and his professional training made him rapidly ac- with OYSTERS in any quantities, and the same quainted with the meaning and scope ot a new work illness of over two years' duration. Mr. Bender, who Popular Low Cash Prices or movement that came within his view." formerly was a salesman in a well-known drug store ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE delivered free ot charge. Tbe public are Invited. in New York, some three or four years ago started a RELIABLE AND IN EVERY WAY FIRST- in tlie City LETTERS and bright sayings of Charles Lamb are wax-flower manufactory at Uohokus, N. J. In this CLASS TAILORING HOUSE OF coming to light every year. Notes and Queries for he was assisted by his wife, who, it is stated, was in J. ~W. Denty, Which on examination you willjbe readily convinced' October 11 has a now letter, which was found among the habit of mixing the coloring wreaths with the of tbe fact. Sep7-ti7 Proprietor. some old papers that belonged to an English gentle- heated wax. Two years ago her wrists began to pain At first sight one may not appreciate the nature of- man who recently died. Of lord Byron, news of her, and immediately thereafter she experienced a whose death had just reached England, Lamb writes sensation of numbness in her arms and limbs; curious John M. Keeler, the^foregoing, but' there are ' many housekeepers who as follows: " So we have lost another poet! I never marks, or rather discolorations, began then to appear would like to alter the.appearance of their rooms, but much relished his Lordship's mind, and shall be very upon her hands and feet, while her faoe also became 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue. THE ST. MARC HOTEL, dread the expense. sorry if the Greeks have cause to miss him. He was somewhat blotched. Nothing at first was thought of to me offensive, and I never can make out his great these marks and blotches, they being set down to im- Corner Pennsylvania Avenue and Now the advertiser means exactly what he states, power, which his admirers talk of—why, a line of purity of the blood, and simple remedies were used by H. D. BARR, Manager, viz: Wordsworth is a lever to lift the Immortal spirit; Mrs. Bender, under the Impression that they would (LATE KELLY & BARR.) Seventh Street. Byron can only move the spleen. He was at best a rapidly disappear. But instead of improving, her (EUROPEAN PLAN.) HE ALLOWS THE HIGHEST OASH VALUE FOB satirist, in any other way he was mean enough. I health became more broken, the numbness and loss of YOUR OLD. FURNITURE AND WILL SELL dare say I do him injustice, but I cannot love him, power in the wrists continued to extend, and affected Reopens, newly lurnished throughout, October . THE NEW, WHIOH HE GUARANTEES IN nor squeeze a tear to his memory. He did not like shortly the elbow joints. The blotches also on the STANTON & BOWERS. the world, and he has left it, as Alderman Curtis ad arms and feet began to assume the appearance of OC26-U5 EVERY PARTIOULAK AND AT THE LOW- 4 vised the radicals— if they don't like their country, SCORCHED, NOT BURNED FLESH, KEEN'S PATENT STRAP ! EST OASH PRICES. •d—m 'em, let him leave it '—they possessing no rood and scaled continually. Up to this time Mrs. Ben- of ground in England, and he 10,000 acres—Byron der's sickness had been considered as a mere passing was bittorer than many Cartises." one, and had been treated as such. Becoming ; M. H. PRIISrCE, alarmed, however, when he saw that the blotches, in- THE EBBITT: "THE Bible for Learners," by Dr. H. Oost, professor stead ot disappearing:, were increasing in number, of Hebrew Antiquities at Leiden; Dr. I. Hooykaas, and had assumed a virulent appearance, Mr. Bender "WASHINGTON, D. C. Marble Bnilding, professor at Rotterdam, and Dr. A. Kuenen, professor resolved to call in medical assistance. One alter of Theology at Leiden, Is now completed in the another three different doctors were summoned, but ARMY ASD NAVY HEADQUARTERS. Corner Xintli street and Pennsylvania avenue. English version, of which the first two volumes, re- all to no avail. The first one sent for diagnosed the ferring to the Old Testament, were published last disease, a rheumatic one, and treated it accordingly. Four Iron Fire Escapes. year, (Roberts Brothers,) by the publication of the Tne second also believed that the primary cause of Terms $4, $3, and $2.50 per day. INTERESTING third arM final volume, comprising the narrative of Mrs. Bender's ailment was rheumatism, as did the the New Testament. This opens with an introduc- third doctor, who, in despair, the husband tried after mar2-tf4 —TO— tion giving an historical ssetch of Jesus and thel his wife nad been under the treatment of the other Apostolic Age, and consists of two books referring re- two physicians for nearly twelve months. He, too, spectively to Jesus and the Apostles, the first occupy failed to discover the true nature of the disease. ing 480 pages and the latter about 240, while a chrono- Meantime Mrs. Bender had been becoming more and The Keystone Cafe, logical survey and general Index take up the remainder mora under tbe influence of the poison. The pains AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN, and numbness which at first had been most felt by Property Owners. of the volume, making in all 700 closely-printed pages. In this work the Bible is treated from the standpoint her in the wrists and arms had extended to her limbs Open from 7 a. m. to 11 p. m., of modern investigation and criticism, and it appeals and feet. Her hip joints, as also those of tbe knees No. 920 FIFTEENTH ST. N. W., to religious readers and students of the radical cl^ss.j and at the ankles, became powerless, while the bones were racked with a ceaseless, aching, dull, dead pain. Facing McPherson Square. 41 Suffering thus intensely, she became perfectly help- SEALED ORDERS," (Houghton, Osgood & Co.,) isl Regular Board $25 per month, Including a bottle of The District Commissioners having determined to less, and was unable either to move or lie down. The Ale or Beer at dinner. Terms $2.50 per Day. Best the title under which Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, medical men called one after another were thoroughly revise and adjust the assessments for Rtreet work com- author of 44 Tbe Gate's Ajar," etc., publishes a new Bill of Fare In the City to select from. menced in 1870 and 1871, under the administration of puzzled. All of them agreed that the primary augl7-ly4* DEAL.E it MAIL,LEK, Prop. volume, comprising seventeen stories which have ap- disease was a rheumatic one, but as for the skin aflec- Mayor Emery, but completed under the Board of peared in various peqlodicals during the last few years. tion, they were entirely at Public Works, I would respectfully NOTIFY ALL A few of the titles of these—besides that of the one PROPERTY OWNERS interested, who have en- 44 WASHINGTON SCHEOTZEN PARK RESTAURANT, trusted the management ot their claims to my care, which t> ives its name to the volume—are : Old Mother A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND IT SEVENTH STREET ROAD. 44 44 Suffering without intermission, unable to get rest that 1 have Instituted claim for the two-thirds of the Goose," The Lady of Shelott," Wrecked in Port,'! NO STRETCHING AT KNEES ! All the dellcaoles of the season always on hand. 44 Since I Died," 44 Cloth of Gold," and 44 Miss Mil for any length of time, worn out in body and in mind, assessment overcharged them, and request that all Mrs. Bender's condition became agonizing, and her Private parties served at short notice. who have paid this class of taxes would lorward to me dred's Friend." Several among them are very pai NO SLIPPING UP AT THE FEET ! their thetic and touohing, as, for example, 44 Old Mother husband watching her hour by hour, so to speak, aug24-tl4 E. LA MOUB, PROPRIETOR. Goose," and whether or not one approves Miss Phelps'l ! dying before his eyes, knew not what to do, and be- —o— came fearful that she would die. As a last resource, T. J. TRODDEN'S peculiar style—which is certainly at times very far he sent for a fourth doctor. Fortunately, Dr. Parker PIACE YOUR ORDERS WITH Receipted Tax Bills for Footway, Carriage- lrom a pleasing one—few can deny the fine and ear- of Ridgewood, who was the last doctor called in, was RESTAURANT, nest qualities ot heart and spirit which she puts in her able, after twenty-four hours' careful watching, to way, Sewerage and for stories, and which win them so many readers. rightly diagnose Mrs. Bender's disease to be that of HfiSr*KEEN S® 305 SEVENTH ST. N. W., THE 44 Poems of George D. Prentice," edited, with blood poisoning. Then the question arose how and "Washington, I>. C. aug3-ti4 Paving Alleys, a biographical sketch, by John James Piatt, and pub when she had been poisoned, as also as to what the 414 NINTH STREET. Jisbed by Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, throe or poison was. Speculation was rife, and first one theory 00l2-tf2 Levied against their property in 1871, to aid in the four years ago, have had unusual sucoess tor a,book of and then another was taken up and abandoned. Va- MEDI0AL. preparation and settlement of their claims. this kind. Four editions have already been exhausted, rious kinds of poison were also mentioned as likely to aff ect the human system in a similar manner to that and a tilfc'i has just been issued by Messrs. Clarke & : in which Mrs. Bender was affected. While these Co. Among those who have expressed admiration oil speculations were in progress amongst the friends and DR. F. A, VON MOSCHZISKER, Mr. Prentice's poems is Mr. Longfellow, who wrote of relations of the lady, Dr. Parker was busily occupied MORIARTY, 44 The well-known European the book to the publisher : The introductory sketch in trying to solve the mystery. First, from the char- WILLIAM DICKSON, of Prentice's life has interested me very mUob, and acter of the blotches, and from the fact that they PHYSICIAN and SPECIALIST, among the poems 1 find many of marked character Merchant Tailor*, constantly " scaled," he decided that the poison must who for many years bis practiced In Philadelphia, has 222 Four-and-a-half Street, and merit " He has also included quite a number of] be a mineral and not a vegatable one, as a/t the first he 612 X> st», near cor. of Seventh, opened an office at Mr. Prentice's best pieces of blank verse in his|ha d toeen inclined to believe. Then a consideration of Where is always on hand the finest goods in the mar- ABOVE COLUMBIA BUILDING.: 44 Poems of Places." the effects was carefully made, and the doctor came to ket, and there is pleasure in tbe manner you can be No, 619 Nineteenth Street Northwest. the conclusion that not only was the poison a mineral fitted, even at nearly the price of common goods, and Dr.VON MOSOHZISKER'S reputation as the most " LETTERS from a Cat, Published by her Mistress for successful practitioner in cases of DEAFNESS and in Office hours—9 o'clock a. m. to 8 o'clock p. m. one, but it must «be of an actively virulent nature. But satisfaction guaranteed. marl 7 ly 8 ociatfB the Benefit of all Cats and the Amusement of Little although tbe condition of Mrs. Bender left no doubt as all diseases of the EYE, EAR and KESPIRATORY Children." is the title of a charming: little juvenile to having been poisoned by a mineral poison, it was ORGANS, such as Throat, Lungs, Chest, Catarrb, volume (Roberts Brothers) by "H. H." Theletters| by no means easy to ascertain how tbe poison had EDUCATIONAL. Asthma and all diseases of tbe Nasal Passages, has which make up this little work, whether printed by been taken. The poison had not been tanen know- long been established. He is well known as the author W. T. HOTCHKISS, Pussy herself, or written by Helen, her mistress' ingly, nor was it possible it could have "been swal- of an extensive work on the EAR, its Diseases and mother (as, in her introduction, tflae latter suggests as lowed i how then had so much of it been taken as to PROF, SHELDOIN'8 Treatment; a GUIDE to the Diseases of the EYE, the possibility,) are very happily done, and will at- so completely have paralyzed Mrs. Bender's system ? and a TREATISE on the Diseases of the Respiratory Banker and Broker, tract and amuse all children who love cats. The il- There was butane conclusion : the poison must have Easliioriie Dancing Academics, Assembly Booms, Organs. Dr. Von M. has had In the course of his prac- lustrations, of which there are many, are by Addie been taken into Mrs. Bender's system by absorption. tice many ol the most distinguished men In this coun- 607 Fifteenth street Northwests Ledyard, and are, with hardly an exception, exquisite. Still there remained the question as to (just published in London,) details the pleasures, the laying - ter which prod-aced the bright shade of green already is very rich, and includes a great variety of articles — FOS — ington, (formerly of Nineteenth street,) has permao* - meeting witn a sympathetic reception." referred to was composed oi' arsenite of cepper. S i tis- ently located at No. 2012 H street, between Twentieth 44 entirely new this season, and designed especially for A HISTORY THE PRECIOUS METAL«,"" by Alex- fied as to what the .nature of the poison was Mrs. Ben- Wedding and Anniversary Gifts. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Gout, and Twenty-first streets, near Pennsylvania avenue* ander Del mar, member of the United States Mone- der had so innoeently absorbed into her system, Dr. where he continues, as heretorore, to make French an<£ • Parker at onee put her under a course of treatment Their stock of sterling SILVERWARE is much Fains in the Head, Face and Limbs. American bread of tbe very best quality. French tary Commission of 1876, is announced for pabllcatioE that for a time proved most beneficial, and she ro larger than ever before, and embraces every article for bread a specialty. Vienna rolls to or ler. in London. In this work the author traces the his- table use and ornament. JN. H.—French Bread Is recommended for persons OS torBPIHHllPPiPPy of the stock of coineid irvesilveyr <,aanda gogolmd «ne wfl in mthee ^oyered sufficiently .toje able to use her hands and Strangers visiting Washington are invited to visit iee fc their store, without thereby incurring the slightest ob- delicate health, especially for those suffering frosa possession of civilized States from the earliest period, , » and h> move a little without suttering-the intense dyspepsia. Beware of imitations. sep8-ly8 and it is claiifced that sinee the publication «of Wil- r,a,lrpaini tto wh,whici*h | ligation to purchase. no3 3m 7 PRICE, $1 PER BOTTLE. liam Jacob's work in JL831 no book covering the same SHE HAD ¡FTOE.-SO LONG BEEN A MARTYR. subject has appeared in England. The effect of the poison, however, had been such as LD WIN E AND OL D FRIENDS ARE KN O WN JOHN R. KELLY, u to entirely weaken and debilitate Mrs. Bender's sys- as the best, se is Justh's Old Stand known foi BRET ¡HARTE'S new volume, The Twins of Table tem, and she sad5k under the trials ot an acoouch- years as the only place where first-class second-hand DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS Mountain," (Houghton, Osgood & Co.,) Includes sev- O SOLE AGENCY: 223 FOUR-AND-A-HALF ment, her deatn being due, practically, to the amount •clothing can be sold at respectable prices. Address or eral Western stories and two (German ones. The lat- ot «copper coloring matter in the wax. At the time of call at Justh's old stand. No. 619 D street, between STREET NORTHWEST, BEEF, Unirmi— LAMB,. ter have a«pectal interest, as illustrating the author's her death the lady was about thirty years of age, of Sixth and Seventh streets northwest, or branclt store, oo!2-t(2 Wathington, JD. C. genius in a new field, while the former recall the ear- medium height and ot a.slight, but wiry build. No. 408 Ninth street, between D and E streets north- Mutton, — Veal, &c. lier California tales which gave him his first reputa- irrii The circumstances ot her .sickness were given to the west. N. B.—Note by mail promptly attended to. Saratoga, Champion, Hawthorn, Congress, CORNED BEEF A SPECIALTY. tion, and repeat, with new incidents and variety of Mercury reporter by Post master Bender and a. personal mar21-tf4 eta acter and picture, the charm of those pathetic or friend oi tbe family, to whom the writer is indebted Buffalo Lithia, Carbonated Buffalo Stalls 628, 629 and 630 Center Market, Ninth-street humorous tales. for the more minute details of the case. Lithia, Oswego Deep Bock wing; and 206 and 208 Northern Liberty Market; or J. L. SMITHMEYER & CO.. address box 713 City Post-offlce. Marketing delivered FROM a work on feudal customs which has just come and Seltzer Waters. free of charge to all parts of the city. Jan28-tlT out In Paris, it appears that since Napoleon 1. came to EvERr- mother-in-law should recommend Dr. Bull's ARCHITECTS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. the French throne 3 319 titles of hereditary nobility B&by Syrup tor her grandchildren, and thug keep C. JB. 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Mr. Burnett is a gentleman in tbe fullest sense of the Now Beady for Beflnisklng 4 THE TRUMPET MAJOR" is the title of Thomas Jeweíty, Watehe«, Piatola, &c., call at word; while Professor Thompson Is the beau ideal of O. GOLDBERG, H. H. HEMPJLEK, Optician, IN ALL THE Hardy's new novel. a modern caterer and superintendent. 69-lyS 816 and »23 D street. sep-28-ly7 463 Fa. are., cor. Four-and-a-half st. FAIJi STYLES, 001»- 4 THE CAPITAL: NOVEMBER 9, 1879.

To those who knew the men, the offer by not be conquered so long a^'that foe could pertinent, and but for the fact that both re- CLARKSON N. POTTER, we are gratified lo fight. , statement and comments are clothed in ob- note, comes up out of the Democratic wreck in New THE CAPITAL. Lincoln and the acceptance by Stanton were York revived, replenished and reinstated in all the matters of much amazement. Stanton was And all this was done under circum- scure religious technicalities, would be ordinarily, to a really pious mind, positive luster and splendor of his original greatness. Clarkson WASHINGTON CITT. not only a pro-slaveTy Democrat of the most stances that might well appall a stouter N. is an exceptional Democrat. He is notonly possessed violent sort, but he had a contempt for Lin- heart. The dread disease of which he blasphemy. of character whose purity no one questions, but to admi- coln. Thin had been expressed in a wk'y eventually died Was, he knew, threaten- There are two sorts of pulpit divines that rable abilities he adds the habits of a student. We SÛ.VDAÏ MOBNINB NOVEMBER 9,1839. that cut Lincoln to the quick, although he ing every moment. Death sat at his board, are found attractive. These are, first, men would call him a statesman, only we read not five mfn was not a man of much sensitiveness. slept in his bed, walked at his side, and who can indulge us in certain mental gym- utes since In a Republican journal a notice of the'late great Mlchigander, in which we were told that "a BST THE CAPITAL has a Larger Stanton bad been employed as leading through the long watches c^, the night^in nastics, such as the Rev. Joseph Cooke, that dim-lit office, where the continuous who, as Bob Ingersoll says wittily, in tinc- nation mourns her lost statesman," and we laughed, Circulation, both Local mid by Mail, counsel in-a railroad case, and a few mo- it was so ludicrous. No more statesmen in ours, if you click of the telegraphs "brought cohtinuous turing German mysticism with New Eng- than all the Other Srniday Papers of ments before the'case was called at Cincin- please. tidings oT disasters to huge armies, the land puritanism, mixes sour-krout with the Washington Combined. nati he learned that Lincoln was to appear But the Hon. Clarkson N. Potter is so far above the as his associate counsel. Stanton threw dread prisoner of death looked with the beans. The other sort are men who break average congressman, lives such a cleanly llie, and over the narrow limit assigned the profes- ¡¡g- Contributors will please itmember down his brief in disgust, and announced to stony eyes of fate in his face. looks so far beyond the ordinary range of the common sion, through long practice, and either ap- politician.' that we are glad he has seoured such recog- that we do not undertake to return rejected his clients that if that " Illinois ape," as he To those who know the parties and facts, and remember how bitterly Stanton de- peal to our every-day humanity, like nition at home, and he is the man of all men to re- manuscripts. And no contribution will be called Mr. Lincoln, was to appear, he place the late Tilden, If a New Yorker is needed to (Stanton) would abandon the case. tested McClellan—impatient with his com- Beecher, or amuse us with monkey-shines, paid for unless on a bargain made in ad- like Talmage. lead the Democracy in the coming presidential con- vance. By bearing these facts in mind much It was extremely awkward; but as Mr. mand and seeking every opportunity to test. annoyance will be saved. Stanton alone was in a position to conduct displace him—the story that the Secretary It is, however, about time to relegate the Politically we have little in common with Clarkson the trial in behalf of his clients, there was ever contemplated making McClellan dic- preaching to that limbo of things that sur- N.; but it is such a comfort to find among the horde nothing left for them but to inform Mr. tator is too silly for contradiction. vived their usefulness. What we need in of politicians a man possessed of brain, high-toned THE liTi: ELECTIONS. integrity and enough self-respect to be a gentleman. Lincoln. Stanton won more through force of char- religion is not knowledge so much as kind It did not call for much prophetic power acter than from superiority of intellect. It feeling. We want less of heaven and more to foretell the result when the Democracy We have heard Secretary Stanton fre- was from his blind faith in West Point of humanity. THE MUCH-OPPRESSED REPUBLICANS of at Washington resolved itself into a condi- quently tell of the affair, and the insult of- fered the man who subsequently beoame that the campaigns under him were fail- The secret of the Catholic success over Louisiana—to judge of the specimens furnished by In- tion of Samrandallism. "We rose into pro- vestigating committees, the most audacious liars and our President was re,ally pitiable. It was a ures and the battles defeats. He had the other sects is to be found in less talk and phecy, as our readers will remember, but superstition, common to our citizens, that more work. While Protestant churches perj urers known to humanity—have held a State con- the coming event was so palpable that we hot summer day, with the thermometer vention and resolved, as such conventions are wont to marking the 90's, and Lincoln appeared in in creating an officer we make ah army ;• as have become mere club-houses for feminine do. It is somewhat amazing, considering the row •claim no superior gifts on that account. if that were possible. In world's war ex- entertainment, the old church of Rome With the people steeped to the lips in mis- a long linen duster, with a carpet sack, made over them at the North, that the " bloody shirt" perience has taught us that from the army moves on, spreading her power wider and does not appoar in any part of their proceedings, nor ery, brought on by unjust legislation, that from which he took books and papers, and proceeded to place them upon the court- comes the officer, and the commission is wider, through charitable institutions that is there any allusion made to their oppressed condi- •created a lazzarom to eat out their substanoe rrt^de out, not by a few pedagogues of a little care for distressed, humanity from the tion. and fatten on their labor, the Democracy room table. Not only did his long, slender, angular figure and awkward motions at- school, but by the Creator. cradle to the grave. The Protestants would Perhaps they were airald to complain, or perhaps, offered nothing but the mockery of a name and the more likely, they had nothing to complain of. tract attention, but his linen duster exhitar Stanton had grave faults of character. lift earth into heaven; the Catholic church •and a disgusting struggle for office. fetches heaven down to earth. As the convention was held in advance of the late itedon the back, in two splotches resem- He was vindictive, overbearing, impulsive elections, it would have been masterly In them to It was JEspp that told of the fugitive urg- bling the map of North and South America, and treacherous. He fairlyriotedinasense ing his ass to fly after the battle, and the provoke an attack and all died bowling, in red blood. where the perspiration'had dampened the of power, and was sometimes brutal and Their demise would have been no great loss to the poor animal queried: coat. sometimes childish in its exhibition. He MINOR NOTES. world, while their martyrdom would have been the " Will the enemy kill me if we are over- commanded the respect of his enemies, but making of many votes to the cause. taken?" When he appeared with his queer old A BOOM IN BUSINESS to-day is like a breeze As it is, the spectacle Is somewhat ludlorous, of carpet-sack, and proceeded to spread his never won that of his'friends. His enemies at sea. It awakens the waves upon the surface, but " No, you fool," responded the frightened alone mourned his death, for he had kept Sherman, Blaine, Garfield & Co. fairly shrieking over authorities upon the table, he was quite beneath remains the dead calm of a bankrupted peo- the dark despotism of the solid South, while the vic- man. them at such a distance they could only see ple. " Will the enemy work me harder or give self-possessed, or, as Stanton said, "peert." tims meet freely and resolve very like the same sort After, however, when taken aside and told his great qualities, without being near of sample-room politicians at the North. me more blows than you ?" enough to feel his mean defects. THEKE is a boom of business in stocks— The whole affair is so thin that a mosquito bar is a 41 of what the leading counsel had said, and Certainly not." iron corporations and money lending—but the com- that he could not appear, he returned for heavy mantle in comparison. *' Then fly yourself, oh! master, for X am mon laborers and the great agricultural class suffer as his papers and books with an abashed air not concerned in the fight." ABOUT PULPITS. of old. that told the insult had struck in. MRS. DUNWAY of the New Northwest, at The moral of the fable is to be found in The world is and has been saturated for SINCE THE FROST has silenced the katy- a literary reunion at Salem, Oregon, wittily "toasted" the name of Sam. Randall. In making him It was after such treatment that President centuries with preaching. Lincoln offered Mr. Stanton the War De- By this we mean the christianized world, dids the Bayard boom can be distinctly beard of a the gentlemen as follows: Speaker of the House they selected a man still night. We tried one of Edison's new ear trum- God bless 'em! They halve our joys, they double to define the policy of the party. It was not partment. which makes up but a small portion of hu- pets, and are ready to swear that we heard it. our sorrow, they treble our expenses, they quadruple manity. our cares, they excite our magnanimity, they increase suited even to the ass Sam. supposed the It is a Spanish proverb which says that a our self-respect, they awake our enthusiasm, they party to be. He has not been startled by wronged man is never forgiven ; and Stan- Of this one-tenth only a'r® church-goers, arouse our affections, they control our property, and ton hated Lincoln to the last, although he and one-tenth of that again true believers. A STONE GOD of the Philistines, of im- out-maneuver us in everything. This would be a very the animal's speech, as in the case of the mense proportions, has been dug up near Gaza. It is dreary world without 'em. In fact 1 may say, with- accepted a place under the man he despised. The christian world is permeated and out prospect of successfuf contradiction, that without Hebrew, prophet and the driver of iEJsop, nothing to the stone jug—we beg pardon—god, the 'em it would not be much of a world anyhow. We but ho -has been buried under its vote. The feeling with which he accepted the fairly water-logged with preaching. The .Republicans have excavated in the person Qf Grant. love 'em, and the dear beings can't help it; we con* In nearly all the Northern States where place was sho\yn in what he said to ns, in commonest thief, incarcerated for the theft trol 'em, and the nr??fovis fellows don't know It. our room at Willard's, a few days before he of an old hat, knows more theology than As iuo'uandB tley are always convenient, elections have been held the Republicans THE Chicago Times says, "Grant out of the not always on band; as beaux they are by to meais are in a minority on the financial issues. In went into office. Referring to the rumors, St. Paul did at his death. How thoroughly "matchless." They are most agreeable visitors; they the spoken gospel of Christ has penetrated way, there Isn't a Republican in the country who, in are handy at State fairs, and Indispensable at oyster all the States North where SamrandalUsm we asked if it was true that he had been the regard of the party, oan hold a candle to Blaine." saloons. They are splendid as esoorts for some otber tendered the Secretaryship. He replied in to the obscurest places one may know on fellow's wife or sister, and as friends they are better has been accepted the Democracy is in a But nobody wants to hold a candle to Blaine. Jim than women. As our fathers they are inexpressibly minority. the affirmative. learning that thè average Congressman himself don't want any candle. It is most unpleas- grand. A man may be a failure In business, a wreck swears in accordance with the orthodox antly suggestive. in constitution, not enough to boast of as a beauty, If all this gathering in meetings and hur- "How strange," we said; "and you de- play of saltation. nothing as a wit, less than nothing as a legislator for rying to the polls, if all the heavy expendi- cline, of course?" woman's rights, and even not very brilliant as a mem- JOHN SHERMAN, the National Wrecker, ber Qf the press; but if he is our own lather we over- " On the contrary, I have accepted." One is amazed at this extent ef pulpit ture of wind and money, is to result only in says the Democratic party is so discouraged that it look his thortoomings, and cover his peccadilloes with "Why, what will you do?", we asked, utterance-when one remembers that all our the divine mantle of charity. Then, as our husbands, turning out the Shermans and patting in will not make a serious light lor the Presidency. how we love to parade them as paragons! In the sub- the Randalls, the people, like the ass, are much amazed, and referring solely to his Savior taught can be said over in an hour. John knows as little about the Democracy as he lime language of the inspired pcet: personal relation to Lincoln. He, talking to the most ignorant of man- " We'll lie for them, indifferent to the result. does of finance, and that ignorance is too profound We'll cry for them, How fatal a financial issue woüld have "Do?" he responded, his eyes gleaming kind, could put all that was necessary to for measurement. And if we could we ily for them, through his spectacles. "I intend first of teach in a few sentences, and closed his We'd anything but die for them." been the Republican leaders testify by giv- COLFAX, late of this world, manifested at all to take Lorenzo Thomas up with a pair brief and beautiful eareer on all that it was ing it as wide a berth as "hard a port" some place the other day, with a certificate to the effect necessary to know. would carry them. They preferred the old of tongs and drop him from the nearest that the late Chandler was a temperance man. The SENATOR CHANDLER was a bluff, out- war issues and sectional differences, for window. Then I will make Abe Lincoln True, the law finds amplitude in the ap- spook said nothing about that mysterious thousand spoken sort of man. He gave President Hayes a these roused the memory of the day when President. Then I intend making this plication, and with the multitudinous dollar note put under his plate when chairman of tlie specimen of this quality shortly after the Administra- the Democratic party turned its back as an fraud, McClellan, fight, or give place to a variety of human weakness and wickedness Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the tion got under way. Chandler was disappointed and man who will." House. Pity! somewhat disgusted at Hayes for not Inviting the man organization upon our Government .in its the application of the moral code is almost who had counted him in to continue as one of the endless. Were it not for this, one sermon a hour of danger, when a foreign flag and Of these three mighty resolved the first SAYS the Cincinnati Commercial: " Gar- Cabinet. an alien enemy—for such the South made alone proved impossible. Old ad interim year, and very brief, at that, would be suffi- field can very easily fill the shoes of Thurman by cot- After his first return to Washington from a term at itself—threatened our very capital. lived to threaten Stanton with expulsion cient. toning the toes, and as to his hat, It can be made home in private life, he visited theExeoutlve Mansion How different would be the result had after Lincoln ceased to live and McClellan Of this latitude, however, the pulpit over and stretched, or slashed on each side with a to pay his respects to the President he had created. the Democracy seized those corporations by to be of any significance. does not avail itself. The preacher's field Jack-knife." Could not he fill those shoes better as " Well,. Chandler," said the President, shaking his the throat and shaken out of them their ill- Stanton went into the War Department is as narrow as the little box in which he Booby Johnson said he filled those of his aged father, hand, under that genial smile that makes the office- when, as a boy, he slipped on the old man's shoes and seeker feel so happy, "your old constituents were glad gotten gains, where, as robber Barons, they none too soon for the good of the Govern- stands. He is limited, in the first place, by stole out one cold, dark night ? to welcome you home again." sit upon the highways of traffic and extort ment. The Government then meant the his creed. Before assuming the role of a " Yes, Mr. President. 1 met with but one man who the hard-earned profits from the producers; war, and resolved itself into two depart- divine he swears before God to teach, not seemed discontented. He is an old Republican, and, or sought to restore the Government to the ments—the Treasury, that supplied the what he believes, but what somebody before GENERAL BEAM, who was deprived of taking my hand on seeing me, he said: * Chandler, 1 political foundations on whichit wasplaced means, and the War office, that furnished him believed, and to avoid dangerous spec- his office of surveyor in California because, as Presi- believe you are an honest man; you never did steal dent Lincoln wittily observed, he was " too much like by the founders, and made that which is the men. Chase, of course, kept the first in ulations. This is narrowed down to a little anything but the Presidency, and that, as It turns out, Alexander Selkirk," is only petty larceny.'" now a heavy oppressor of the many for the working order; but Cameron, a common circle made up of faith and built principally Monarch of all he surveyed," The smile vanished from the face of the Administra- benefit of the few the just protector of all and corrupt Pennsylvania politician,worked on ignorance. is to entertain Grant at his house, when his inebriated tion, and Chandler had for lunch a slice of cold shoul- the oppressed; or had it attempted to re- the last only to fill his pockets and the Then again, he must avoid all that enter- ex-Excellency reaches Washington. It will be ob- der. lieve the money famine by keeping cur- pockets of his friends, and to secure his tains in the way of amusement. The served that he entertained Lincoln in quite a differ- rency in sufficient quantity to do the busi- State to the service of his faction. The genial sunshine of sweet humor is denied ent way. ' THE OHIO RIVER, that seems to have gone ness of the country at par, instead of bonds; chaotic condition of affairs connected with him. The religion of the pulpit is to the In search of the Democratic party, is thus addressed WE ARE GLAD at any time to give our es- by some unknown poet: or had it striven to reform our civil service, the War Department defies description. Be- last extent sombre. God is supposed to be teemed neighbor, the Sunday Herald, information tween defeats and disasters of the most APOSTROPHE TO THE OHIO RIVER. that has come to be such a sham that it is in a continuous state of grief over the im- upon any subject, and most of aff upon the late Abra- Rekooperate thy waters for the delters of the no exaggeration to say that in appointing shameful sort contractors fattened, and perfections of his own work, and does not ham Lincoln. The first fact we tender our e. n. is Mississippi are dryer'n a barren dessert that we made no attack on the late President; and, Of the wiles of Afrieky or Sarah's sandy an official agent we commission a thief. nothing prospered but thieves and political smile even at the antics of Talfnage nor the Oasus. Let the cri be rekooperated! again, we were not commenting on Abraham Lincoln, Had the Democracy made an effort at re- satellites. The President, helpless as his wit of Beecher. Heaven is only lit up by Rekooperate till the d—ms are imbecile of a Secretary, turned the Govern- the lurid flames of hell, and the saved but on a paragraph concerning that eminent man Overfiow'd for purpose of a lettin' out nu stemrs form in any direction; had it even in words that we found in the Saturday: Review ol London. And likewise may cole botes pass over them. expressed a sympathy for a suffering peo- ment over to a general who was called "the ¿herein made happy by the howls of the Like a gush of joy ore a young mad ens heart. Young Napoleon," so called because he was Our e. n. wants to know what we mean by "Lin- Noble Ohio now 1 cum to thee, bein' a cold ple, it would have had something to which damned. coln being noted for his infidel opinions." Water advocait—wy don't you hide your not, but was going to be a Napoleon. He Bars. Wairhouses agroaning with bein it could appeal. But no; there was nothing As this sort of information is not attractive, Nothing; only he wrote and put to print an elabo- was accepted as a great military man on his Filled with projuice and manufacture and but a cry for purity at the polls, and a pro- and the congregation, therefore, rather rate-argument against the authenticity of the chris- So 4th are a weepln' on a count test of bayonets at an election. As for a shape and presumption. Without having small, the poor preacher must avoid all tian faith. And we never heard; that he changed his Of thee I Stemrs stern wheal; stemrs opinions. That Is all. 1st class, stemrs young—yes I purity of the ballot-box, the demand was fought a battle, but having heard one in the that otherwise repels, and so he avoids the May say stemrs of awl kinds air a sor- "What doe» he [we] refer to when he [wej says Lin- Rowfelly moarning on thy shoars. simply ludicrous, coming from a party that distance, he was hailed as a military savior, sins of to-day and confines himself to those by a people who knew so little of war that coln put to record his lack of sympathy with abolition- Rise, streme of buty, aDd wash away their recognized New York and Sam. Tilden as of Jerusalem, nearly two thousand years ism, and why should* he not be regarded as emanci- Teers—wash the hull of them, and they shall they accepted his parades as proof of Smoke their pipes with joi. ¡models; and as for the protest, no man at the old. To make no mistake, he uses the pator when he issued the Emancipation Proclama- North ever saw, heard of or feared a sol- ability. For over a year he kept a huge phraseology of a dead age, so that our peo- tion?" army coiled about Washington, like a tor- flier at the polls; while two thirds, if not all ple, if not Jews in their dealings, arè cer- We refer to eveiiy official act of his life In thiB re- SAMUEL J. TILDEN.—"He is fallen. We the honest voters, would prefer the man-of pid anaconda, devoted to reviews, with but tainly Hebrews in their devotion. gard, as illustrated in his celebrated letter to Horace may now pause before that prodigy, that so lately one order, and that was "to keep all quiet Greeley, In which he said, in substance, that the war the bayonet to the roughs of the sample- A miser, as. extortionist, a corporation towered among us like some ancient ruin whose frown on the Potomac." He had a staff made np was prosecuted to restore the Union, and If for such terrified the glance its magnificence attracted." room and corner grocery.. cracksman, a rich man, an official agent, of princes and rich men's sons, and, sur- restoration it became necessary to retain the negroes faithless to his trust, can sleepy undisturbed in slavery, slavery would be retained. If, on the The Democracy has lost its golden chance, rounded by these, he dashed from side to by the eloquent gentleman of the pulpit, otheshand, to preserve the Union, It became neces- KELLY, like the blind Samson, pulled frittered away its great power, in the face of side of-the Potomac between parades and provided he be respectable. sary to emancipate the slaves, the slaves would be down the Democratic temple In New York. Great a noble opportunity and now we trust the old banquets, while the enemy, possessed of emancipated. The war, that legislated, as mos-t wars was the noise and bad was the smell thereof. decayed-hulk may be got out of the way of only one-fourth of his force, waved its flag The road to heaven, that in Bunyan's day do, freed the negroes; the Emancipation Proetama- was traversed on foot by the pilgrim., is now the new organization of the people, that will on Munson's Hill, in the face of Congress. tlonrthat freed slaves when it had no power oi that make short work of the lazzaroni that now graded, bridged and laid with the smooth- sort, and retained them in their bondage when the Now THAT Zachariah is dead, William The President of the United States and his E. will have a chance to boom—the greater man of iriots in its success. Secretary of War actually hung humbly est steel rails; and we swing on in Pull- Government possessed control,, had no more to do man palace cars to the promised lamd. with the event than had the reading of Aptemus the two, by the bye. Make room for our column, gentleman ; it about the headquarters of this gorgeous Ward's book, which, if we remember rightly, was is coming. creature and begged, as a favor, that he Moses, with his people, in the wilderness, was a case of bad engineering. He spent a read; to the Cabinet at the same, time the proclama- The Arlington. would tell them confidentially of his plan tion was. lifetime in traversing a space lass than our The repairing and refitting of this hotel has been EDWIN H. STANTON. of campaign. We trust that our e. n. feels instructed. completed, from the cellar to the mansard roof, and it Certain letters from the pen of this re- largest State. "Hence we see" that religion, As to its condemnation of our style, we Kill try to presents an extremely attractive and tasteful appear- aided by science, makes progress. Why bear it with philosophical patience. We cannot all ance. All the halls and the offices, billiard-room and markable man, addressed to President Stanton assumed control, and while the other apartments have been refrescoed in the latest write the pure old English '¡rhlch distinguishes our Buchanan during the earlier days of the President was returned to the place he had should we not have a railroad to heaven? styles under Mr. Corcoran's direction; the dining- Lincoln Administration, have lately ap- vacated, "the Young Napoleon" was rele- Narrowed to such limits, one wonders at estimable neighbor. But we manage to be under- room especially is a most beautiful saloon, decorated the iniquity and labor of the divine. Every stood. with light and fanciful designs in fresco, and giving peared in the North American ¡Review. gated to his subordinate position and or- As for,the lerm " peasant President "" being a re- an extremely pleasantetfectinlightand varied tints. As usual, the Arlington is the advanced post of the These letters are not remarkable in them- dered to move at once. Immediately ar- Sunday he. fetches out hds little-theological proach, we bag leave to differ with our e. n. The word sheaf of wheat and threshes it over. He transient society ol the capital. Jim Morrissey, the selves, but they serve to fetch more vividly mies began to advance, the little Confeder- means now,, as in the past, an agricultural laborer, prince of managers, makes his headquarters there for before the public one of the leading actors ate force behind Munson's Hill disappeared, gets, or pretends to get, his few grains of and, as we regard all honest labor honorable, and the two weeks, and tells the latest news of grand opera; supplies were forthcoming, transportations wheat. The women, having carefully ex- agricultural* population the noblest of all, the term is and the first M. C. in the fiefd talks politics to the of the late revolution. latest arrival from Paris. fell into place, and the great war began. amined and mentally eriticised each other's a compliment. In Europe, where labor is regarded as Stanton was a Democrat of strong Southern a shame,, to. be a peasant is to be disgraced. Our clothes, pronounce the sermon "just —Dr. Edwin H. Smith was elected from Dinwiddle sympathies; a warm personal friend of They who speak disparagingly of Stan- Democratic e. n. should take account of these distinc- divine "while tho men, .¡having tested« county on the debt-payers ticket to the Virginia leg- James Buchanan, in whose Cabinet he ton's executive ability speak without tions. islature. He is a gentleman of high character and knowledge. He was not only the brain, but their respectability in, their attendance, say Had our e. n. quote* us in full its thousands of in- served, and was called to that of Mr. Lin- decided ability. If there is to be a compromise on a one unto the othe-Pj "An excellent dis- telligent readers would have seen that we did full coln through the influence of Salmon P, the arm of the Government, and both brain Republican debt-payer for United States senator, he course," and go their ways, to cheat eaeh justiee to the eminent qualities of a remarkable man. Chase, then Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. and arm were impelled by an indomitable may succeed the Hon. R. E. Withers. Chase was stimulated to this by Colonel will that had no superior. He began the other as before. We are not given, hewever, to the American praotioe of uttering over graves euloglstie falsehoods, that do Tom Key, McClellan's confidential friend war and. he ended it. When, although The sermon is made up, as a general Dressmaking;. more harm than geol to the dead. Men are more fre- The latest importations from Parts can be found at and adviser, who believed that if Stanton victorious in the field, the Confederacy thing, in reading a passage from the history quently loved for their weaknesses than for their per- the parlors of Miss L. Burroughs, 409 Twelfth street. -were made Secretary of War he would be showed signs of exhaustion, Stanton of the Jews, or from the Testament, with a fections, and in making great men good we rob them The fashionable world have discovered that this modiste Is the authority on dressmaking, and her suc- the strong friend and supporter of the gen- crowded on men, until, through superior re-statement on the part of the pious orator, of human sympathies. The hero of Homer's epic is oess has been unparalled. She has also a variety of eral Colonel Key so faithfully served. numbers, he stamped out a foe that could accompanied by comments more or less Heotor, and not the invulnerable Aohllles. choice toilet articles. 5 THE CAPITAL: NOVEMBER 9, 1879.

'CHRONICLES OF THE DAY. Bennett case, the court (Judge Benedict) ruling that tlbaian. His death will be greatly regretted by many have It The people refuse to contribute money for the entire pamphlet should not be submitted to the of our readers, to whom he was well known and alfec- his reception and the side-show business of his train- AMUSEMENTS. The Resignation of Captain Phelps. jury. On this ruling there Is a legal controversy" tionately remembered. To his family and his friends ers and managers In this round.the-world maroh. pending, which for the present may be passed.' "VTATIONAL THEATER. Toe announcements in the dally papers thátCaptaln we extend our sincere sympathy induced by the loss Sixty thousand dollars was the original sum to be FUN. MIRTH. S. I* Phelps has resigned his position as a 'Commis- For the purpose of, In. |>art, enabling 'the public to of so pleasant a gentleman. raised for his greeting; this dropped down to fiiteen A Short Laughing Season of Six Nights, pass judgment upon the character ol the book, Í have sioner of the District erroneously state that the date thousand, and has had another lift lower. Inasmuch WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY Matinees. taken two paragraphs, out of several, from the record, Seoretary Sherman left Friday night for New York, MONDAY, November 10. of resignation was fixed by the incumbent lor the first a; the oittzens have only raised four thousand dollars, of the words In parenthesis brobght to the attention whither he went to meet Mrs. Sherman, who arrived "CONTEMPT OF COURT."' • day of December. The words in the letter of Mr. of the jury as "obscene and indeoent." Here they are : and refuse to give more. A large number of promi- Dion BoucicaulVs new Comedy Success, uow in its sixttb. 4 irom her European trip with her little daughter and 1 Phelps are, "to take ellect whenever you may appoint "Since falling In love' is not always ascension nent business men refused to subscribe on the groundB week at Wallaces, N. F., growth, (as it should be,) but of the degradation ; as the rest of her party Saturday morning, well and In Presented by my successor." So that as yet there Is no vacancy In that these "enthusiasms" were merely advertise, persons who meet In convulsive embrace separate in good spirits, having had a pleasant passage. Miss H. J. SARGENT'S NEW YORK COMEDY the office of commissioner, and will not likely be a deadly feuds—Sexual love here carrying Invigorating ments for a third term, to which they were opposed- COMPANY. Dennlson was met by her mother, Mies Reese by her moment's hiatus between the departure of the incum- peace.theredesolatinghavocintodomestic life—intelli- Tile Germans of Chicago especially are antagonlatlc Every Artist Specialty Engaged for their Parts. grandmother, and Miss Florence Hoyt by Mr. Allred Bonelcanlt's Contempt of Court ! bent and the assumption of office by the successor of gent students of sociology will not think the marriage to Grant, and they represent a large portion of the institution a finality, bat rather a device to be amended Hoyt, of New York, at whose house the entire party Bonelcanlt's Contempt of Conrt! ' Captain Phelps. TheTatter informs the President that wealth of that olty and aeotlon. The cries of the fool- Bonelcanlt's Contempt of Court ! or abolished as enlightened moral sense may require." are staying for the present. Mrs. Hoyt 1B a niece of his physician says he must be relieved from all busi- ' "The popular idea of sexual purity, (freedom trom ish enthusiasts greeting Grant in Wisconsin, "Our Brilliantly and Merrily Produced. the Secretary. Two-and-a-half hours' continuous laughter. ness oare, In order that he may recbver from the ner- fornication or adultery, Abstinence from sexual Inter- choice for king!" "The first king of America!" evi. course before marriage, and fidelity to Its exclusive The Period of the Comedy IB the Present. vous depression with which he Is alHicted. The letter vows aturwards,) rests on intrusive laws made and Mr. Mayer of Germany is visiting his cousin, Sec- dently disgusted the Germans. They have had ACT I—Drawing-Room at the House ot Gllcquot. ' Is dated at Hot Springs, Arkansas, October 29,1879. sustained by men either ignorant of what is essentially retary Schurz. He Is a man of much cultivation, and enough ol royalty at home and know how It works. ACT II—Conservatory art the Prefecture, Illuminated, for a Masked Ball. ACT 111—Oflioe of the Prlaon. In a letter of the same date to a friend here Captain virtuous, or whose better judgment bows to custom was a pleasant addition to the party that went last "Forbidden Fruit" In active preparation and will be JPhelps Indicates that for about one year last past his that stifles the cries of allectlon and ignores the reek- week to visit the birthplace of Washington. ThlB The Democrats and Republicans are not produced during the week. ing licentiousness of marriage beds. Is coition pure more thoroughly mixed In New York than ate the MONDAY, Nov. 17—Abbott English Opera Company. nervous system has been shattered, and he hopes to only when sanctioned by priest or magistrate ?" trip, by the way, was a very dellghtiul altair, and regain his former good health by relieving himself of among those who shared its enjoyments were Secre- readjustee and debt payers in Virginia. Neither knows which has won, and the standing case la one JjVJRD'S OPERA HOUSE. • all anxiety of a business character. He says the The Annual message and Department Reperts. tary and MIBS Evarts, Mr. Perkins of Boston, Miss waters at Hot Springs have not had all the effects so Schurz, General and MISB Rachael Sherman, Colonel of wofnl doubt and wonderful braggadoolo. It Is not The management respectfully announce that in con- The President and the members of the Cabinet are sequence ot the great desire of the public to hear the far that he had hoped. It Is now nine months since Bliss and Assistant Secretary Seward. at all Improbable that Virginia Is on the repudiation at work Upon their annual reports to be submitted to down-grade, and the status or the legislature Is suoh new opera, ' he had a severe "attack of mental exhaustion," and Congress in December—a little over three weeks General and Mrs. Sherman gave an elegant dinner that the Republicana—as the foxbetwee n the bear THE MAT AS oar sr. BREITTX, ' it appears that ever since that occurrence Captain i THE MAYOR OF ST. BRE1UX, hence. Until the heads of the departments shall on Thursday, the second of the Thursday dinners and wolf, fighting for the carca88 of the deer—can die Phelps has intended to resign his official position as THE M AY Olí OF ST. BttEIVX, have submitted the main features In their reports to they intend giving during the season. The guests on tate the coming Senator. What fools these Demo- soon as he could get strength to olear up the affairs of THE MAYOR Or ST. BKEITTX, Mr. Hayes, the latter cannot complete his message to the ocoasion were the President, Mr. Justice Clliford, crats be I In Tennessee there is every evidence that THIS MAYO» OF ST. MREIVX, 'the District specially in his charge. The efforts of the Congress, because it Is the custom to Include In that Mr. Justice Strong, General McDowell, General Van the repudiationlsts will win in December. If they It will be repeated on MONDAY and TUESDAY" • would-be commissioner and his friends, therefore, have evenings and WEDNESDAY MATINEE. executive document substantially the condition of Vliet, General Charles Ewing, General Poe, Secre- would but recolleot the terrible disaster that befell •not had anything to do with the letter of resignation each ol the seven departments for the year preceding tary Sherman and Secretary McGrary. Pennsylvania years ago for this evil and dishonest The opera ia made up of gema.—Post. now In the hands of Mn Hayes. the meeting ol Congress. line or action they would hesitate. Thieves and swind The music is original and pleasing.—Republican. And I may say here that 1 have reason to bellevi A pleasing sight for a grandfather and grandmother, The Mayor Is a success.—Star. As to the general features, much of the substanoe lers always get their due, and a State that repudiates that Captain Phelps months ago Informed the Presl- or any one, was the birthday party of the four-year old The opera must prove a success.—Critic. ol the message and department reports may be is a thlet and a swindler or a double character. It • dent of the prooability of his (Phelps') resignation son of Mr. P. F. Llnkins—Daniel Howard. There divined from the perusal of the recent speeches of encourages dishonesty, and is as ill an exemplar to WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 12, -aid that this fact induced Mr. Hayes to seri- were present twenty-five or more children, between Mr. Hayes, Mr. Evarts and Mr. Sherman. The other its citizens as a drunken or debauched parent to tho THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY, ously consider the qualifications of persons named to the ages of three and five years; and with their games With the same great cast and chorus. members have not been beard from In that way very younger ot the family. And It is just such a course succeed the present commissioner. There are no singing, dancing and eating, they made a scene to be [Morning papers copy.} it® recently, it we except the Cincinnati speech of Mr, of action as that essayed to be carried through In charges of oorrupt action or purpose against the lat long and pleasantly remembered. Schurz about two months ago. Virginia and Tennessee that will kill out utterly TJEDESTR1AN CONTEST— ter submitted to the Executive; but whatever of It would, therefore, be no very difficult feat to get and entirely every vestige of State rights. legitimate cause of complaint there may have been Of all of our hotels Wlllard's has been most beauti- up, alter the manner of our enterprising newspaper goes to the alleged mismanagement, lack of judg- fully fashioned. Under the deft handiwork and brainy correspondents, an anticipatory statement of what the design of Mr. Forsberg its beautiful rotunda has been Governor Brown of Tennessee emphati- GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE, ement, &o., ol the whole board of commissioners. cally denies the rable circulated that Grant is to be the Administration will submit and recommend to Con- still more beautified, and the elegance of his work has Between Fred. S. Hodgson, J. M. Salisbury, B. F. •In my communications to THE CAPITAL on this president of the Texas and Pacific railroad. Thia gress, and lend importance to the journalistic effort, fashioned thia house Into a thing ot beauty and a joy Owens, H. P. Childs, Charles Dillon, W. J. Millard. subject I have sought to avoid invidious mention of atatement was first made a lew days ago in the New by giving It an air ol authority, as coming from one in forever. George Dougherty and H. Clay Douglass, for a purse the commissioners in severalty, and especially be- York Sun, in what purported to be an interview with the Immediate confidence of the President and heads of $400, at cause, as matter of law, we hold the commissioners of the departments. Vanity Fair tells us: " The Misses Sherman have the Governor, and in which he is said to have said responsible In their collective capacity for the acts of But without resorting to trick or device to get at the changed their reception day from Thursday to Tues that Grant would be located as president of that ODD FELLOWS' HALL, the board. As matter or fact It Is well known, how- purposes of the members of thè Cabinet, any one to day during the season. Mlsa Rachel will make i road. This gentleman has written a letter to the Sun ever, that the duties of the board are necessarily per- Commencing whom they are accustomed to talk with freedom may formal debut in society, but will have an introduc- utterly denying the interview, and stating In effect ! formed by division of labor between the three com speculate seml-officially, as it were, about the policy tory party alter New Year's." that "no such interview was ever held; he made no FRIDAY," NOVEMBER 14, AT 8:00 P. M., Ct)N- " xnissloners, and In this view we have seemingly, at such statement; that Grant had no Idea of such . " CLUDING SATURDAY AT 10:00 P. M. ol the Administration in the future. Secretary Thomp Cards are out for the marriage in Frederick, Mary- ».times, done Injustice to Individual members, while thing, and in total and detail the interview and state- son is expected to devote much attention to com- land, of Mr. R. K. Evans, the well-known young law- Special accommodations for ladlea. A fine band animadverting upon the conduct of the board as a ment wa8 a falsehood." This relieves the public mercial Interests, which in large measure come di- yer and popular gentleman of Washington, to Miss will be in attendance. 'body. The Engineer Commissioner Twining has mind. The hungry correspondent went back upon reotly within the scope of his duties, and in much Admission, 50 cents. Itt been a sufferer In this way, when in faot his special Fannie Virginia Brown of the city "green-walled by greater degree than the mere casual observer would faots, and the Texas and Pacific is not to be embodied - duties have been performed with great ability, and the hills of Maryland." suppose. Mr. Thompson is deeply concerned in fos into Grant. [HEATER COMIQUE. no complaint has been made that he 1> not fully T tering such measures as may tend to bring us back our Captain Satterlee Plummer of the Sunday Herald English justice is swift as well as severe •qualified to discharge the duties of a commissioner. has accepted a position in the bureau of the New MONDAY, NOV. 10, and DURING THE WEEK. carrying trade upon the eoean, the promotion and re- There la no trifling delay; it is up and at and through Had Captain Phelps been in robust health, possibly York World, under Mr. Eddy, correspondent of that Engagement of the young actor, suscitation of shlp-huilding in the United States, and with the criminals at once. Roaenburg, who dis- we should not have had any serious cause of complaint paper. The Captain also retains his position on the JULIAN KENT, kindred subj ects of vital importance to the commercial pleased the Prince of Wales by his publloation anent -against the board of commissioners during the pres- Herald. IN HIS GREAT DRAMA OF WILD BILL. Interests, and therefore of vast concern to our whole the Langtry divorce case, and Cooper, the American ent year. Many citizens, however, myself Included, Our great specialty corps: people. forger, were tried and sentenced with a whirlwind sort MORTON AND MILES, FIELDS AND HANSON, •were not aware of the Ill-health of the president of the Mr. Morrlssey, the handsome and accomplished In a iuture letter I may present some of the pro- agent of Mlas Emma Abbott, is at the Arlington. of swiftness. In this country they would have been THE WHITNEYS, JOHN AND EMMA; WOOD at board until recently. WEST, JOHN D. GRIFFIN, FRANK MS. WILLS, posed plans for accomplishing the purposes above sug- Mlas Abbott will visit us presently, preluded by na- kept back in abeyance for a year—six months fortrial , Captain Phelps writes: "I shall go to Washington HARRY P. WILLIAMS. NELLIE W1LLA1MS, gested. tional success. another year for a new trial, and by that time all in by the middle of November, whether improved or not, THE NELSONS, CARRIE LEWIS AND OUR terest prejudicial, would have died out, and they have MAMMOTH STOCK COMPANY IN THE to close up the affairs with which 1 am connected In The School Board's Reports on Woman as Trustees. General Vincent, United States army, who has been let olf scot-free. England can be very swift and GRANDEST BILL OF THE SEASON. lte that office." The reports of the special committee of the school been spending a few days In our midst, left on Wed- severe injustice or injustice; and English oourts know The President will likely first make known the board, upon the application of women to be appointed nesday for Texas, taking with him his charming wile a hawk from a heron-shaw when the Prince ef Wales •name of the new commissioner In the form of a nomi- as trustees of the public schools, are to be submitted First Reunion and eon Norris. or a fugitive American is concerned. OF THE nation to the Senate early In December. It would be at the meeting on Tuesday. There are four reports «much easier to name which of the candidates for the prepared—the majority report by Mr. Curtis, and General Bev. H. Robertson and Colonel Benjamin, •Five Thousand Dollars Reward ! Any- R. minority reports by Mr. Lovejoy, et. al. The majority U. S. A., left last night lor Warrenton, Virginia, AT office will not receive the appointment than to suggest body who will produce the oorpse or either John Kelly MASONIC TEMPLE. -.the name of the probable nomination. of the committee are in favor of placing a suitable where they will be the guests of General William or Samuel Jones Tllden, In a sufficient condition of MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17,1878. woman upon the board when there shall be a vacancy, Payne. preservation not to be offensive, will receive the above Musical, Literary and Dancing Exercises. The Use and Abuse of the Pardoning Power. but they do not regard the subject as coming legiti- Tickets, 50 cents, admitting a gentleman and ladies. Mrs. Montgomery has returned to her home on K reward. If both bodies are produoed, ten thousand nov9 2t6 Prom time to time there comes a growl from some mately within the jurisdiction of the board, but hold street. She will be joined shortly by her daughters, dollars will be given. .We understand that both newspaperman about " the readiness of Mr. Hayes that the^uestion should have been originally disposed Mrs. Randall Gibson and Miss Montgomery. slipped up somewhere on the Ice of the winter or dis- to exercise the pardoning power." I have observed •of by the District commissioners, under the advice ol content, and fraotured that portion of their body where GroocL Tilings. that the snarl Is the result ol either ignorance of fact, or Mrs. A. A. Prugh ol London, Ohio, is the guest of their attorney, Mr. Riddle. Mr. Lovejoy's position is their brains werelocated, causinginstantaneous death. TOMATO PRESERVES, i an inclination on the part of the journalist to find well known. He is opposed to the appointment of her sister-in-law, Mrs. James S. Gordon, of 949 T The above reward will remain standing until Thurs- street. ' fault with the Administration. Partaking of both women to office, and from him we may look for a day next. By that time, we presume, decomposition CHERRY PRESERVES, .'these characteristics is an article In the current num. humorous report upon the sphere of woman, etc. PINE APPLE PRESERVES, Mrs. Dahlgren has left her mountain home, and Is will have set in, and the smell will be too bad. Send tier of the International Review, contributed to that them to Potter's field. CURRANT JELLY, magazine by .Russell Gray, entitled " The Use and —One of Tllden's most confidential friends and sup again among us for the season. RASPBERRY JELLY, Abuse ol the Pardoning Power." porters writes to another friend in this city, that the Mr. Cliff. Warden and bride have returned and are True, the article is Intended to apply as well to the Old Man" must be nominated by the Democrats in Washington for tho winter. LOCAL ITEMS. AT 15 CENTS PER POUND. acts of governors of the several States as to the par- again for President, or there will be trouble. Mr. Mince Meat, Apple Butter, Peach Tllden holds that the Democratic party cannot' Secretary Burch has returned from the funeral of dons granted by the President of the United States, Go TO ROMAN & Cox, clothiers, 507 Seventh street, Butter, Buckwheat, Honey, but Mr. G-ray pays especial attention to the latter. fairness nor decency" attempt to elect any other can- Senator Chandler. for fine clothing, very cheap. The particular instance ol complaint Is found In the didate for President, and he will not allow the election &C • ¿be Colonel Ordway has returned to Washington. THEY say that the celebrated P. P. Creamery Is too pardon granted nearly a year ago in the case of E. H. ol any other man. "It must be Tilden, or a Republi 0. R. WIX0M & 00.. Mr. Bright is in Indianapolis. high flavored for oysters. Hey wood, oonvlcted In the United States district court can President at the next election." GROCEBS, in Massachusetts on an indictment for sending by "THE LIQUORS at the St. Marc have been pro- Admiral Ammen loaves here on Monday for New nounced the finest in Washington." 504= Ninth Street N. W. mall an obscene pamphlet, written by the accused, York, where he has an engagement for Tuesday even- POLITICS, POLITICIANS AND THE DEVIL. entitled " Cupid's Yokes." ing to read a paper to the Geograpical and Historical SEVERAL FINE FURNISHED HOUSES In the northwest Mr. Cray evinces utter Ignorance of the procedure section oi the city for rent by J. V. N. Huyck, real NEW PUBLICATIONS. Society, upon the proposed Isthmian lnteroceanlc The National Republican of this city says, eatate agent, No. 1605 Pennaylvanla avenue. -on petitions for Executive pardon, and discloses much canal. under the heading of " Pretty Mean Talk :" " Donn ugly temper in discussing the alleged oonduot of Mr. Piatt can go up to the head. He has certainly suc- Dressmaking. Hayes in pardoning Heywood. The writer Bays: —Attorney General Devens is expected to arrive in ceeded in sounding the loudest blast given on the Our lady patrona wishing dresses, trosseaus, suits, THE POETRY OF CHILDHOOD. " For this use ol the United States malls he (Hey- Washington to-day. Secretary Sherman went over to costumes or evening toilets, should visit the parlors ol stump since the days of John Randolph. If anything the Misses Hamilton, at 1111 F street. This Is strlotly wood) was Indicted, convicted and Sent to jail for two New York, to be present upon the arrival of Mrs. years; and there he would be now, to the great satis- 'meaner' than the following has been spoken of one a first-class dressmaking establishment, and ladles faction of all decent people, had not President Hayes Sherman in the vessel due on Friday. They are ex- speaker by another since the birth of politics it has not dealrlng first-class work should call on the Misses seen fit to grant him a free pardon. * * * What pected here to-day. Hamilton. POEMS IN COMPANY WITH CHILDREN, motive induced him to grant the pardon Is not known; been reported. It is almost sad to reflect that it is BY DIRS. S. M. B. PIATT. and such an act is hard to reconcile with the profes- what a prominent Greenbacker thinks of Sam. Gary, SEVERAL FINE FURNISHED HOUSES in the northwest —Our townsman, Sam. Young, tho excellent bari- seotlon of the city for rent by J. V. N. Huyck, real sions of our Chief Magistrate as a reformer of public himself the late prince et Greenbackers. Donn made and private ovils. * * * Perhaps the public does tone vooalist, commences an engagement on the 1st estate agent, No. 1505 Pennsylvania avenue. a speech recently at Worthlngton, Ohio, and In the not expect of him any active steps In improving the of December with the Strakosch Concert Troupe, which Illustrated l'jj Miss Jj. />- Humphrey, Jessie management, executive or judicial, of public affairs, starts at the time named upon a tour throughout the course of his remarks said: Onbant's. but it would seem a small concession, which might The finest restaurant in the Northern Liberties ia Curtis ami Robert Lewis. Price $1.95• States. " 'The trouble with Samuel Fenton Gary Is that his well have been made to reform, 11 a low criminal who very existence Is a casualty. He never was designed owned and managed by Mr. Ed. Dubant, and is one had got into jail liad been allowed to stay there. And, for any known purpose, and of consequence appears of the most complete In the oity. The finest liquors as a matter ol private morals, it can hardly be less among us a very unnecessary man. 1 was requested always served at Dubant's, as well as all the delioa- sinful to promote the circulation of bad books than SOCIAL GOSSIP. in Columbus to answer a speech that he has been cles or the market [Prof. Venable, In Cincinnati Times.] that ol good wine—which latter iniquity is understood making for flrty years. [Laughter.] Sometimes it is The poems are as warm and vital as the human THE BON-TON STYLE now is, when you want fancy to be severely lrowned upon at the White House. * thrown out in favor of temperance, sometimes in be- heart. They are true, tender and strong. They are * * How and for what reason pardons are in fact From Brown's Young Man. half oi the late war, sometimes in support ol morus butter to say, "Send me one pound of Waterloo defeat." granted it is not easy to ascertain. The law and prac- The marriage ol Mr. (¿ualtroUgh, U. S. N., to Miss multicaulus, sometimes In favor of a monument to playful, pathetic, droll. They are pensive, wise, in- tice vary in the different States. • * * * of the Leila Ray, the beautiful daughter of Mr. A. Ross Ray somebody, sometimes for one thing and sometimes for MR. P. F. GENTY having purchased the business tellectual. They are solemn, spiritual, religions. pardons granted by the President of the United States another, but always the same agonizing howl and lately conduoted by Mr. George Henault, would be no record is published, or kept in any form accessible of this city, was the most Interesting social event of always paid for. I respectfully declined, for that glad to have his friends and the public at large to call at The book conjures up the very genius of domestic life. to the public; at least so the writer was informed by the season. The wedding occurred at St. John's speech cannot be answered. I might as well be asked his establishment, corner Eighth and D streets, and he fires of home glow on the pages. The baby crows . a gentleman lately holding high office in the Depart- to reply to a steam whistle, a Chinese gong or a bad examine his stock of liquors and wines before purchas- from its cradle; little boys and girls prattle and play ; ment of Justice." ohuroh on Thursday last. Among those present were smell. [Loud laughter andenes of 'That'sso '1 1 ing elsewhere. Mr. Genty still retains the agenoy of Mrs. Hayes, accompanied by General Sherman, U. S. think Samuel Fenton Gary might be used to swell a the oelebrated Pilsen beer, and will oontlnue to serve the mother tells wlerd tales, and teaches deep lessons That ia a part ol the stuff Mr. Russell Cray writes A.; Admiral and Mrs. Porter, Lieutenant and Mrs. procession, to act as a fire-alarm or a fog-horn the trade with this oelebrated and popular beverage. with endless meanings. There are bed-time tales, [laughter,] but he always reminds me ot a story told «for a dignified monthly magazine. Every newspaper Logan,General and Mrs. Parks, Mrs. Admiral Powell, and cradle singing. Shadows of gliding time and man In Washington knows that there is a record kept by the late Sidney Smith, who said that a farmer SEVERAL FINE FURNISHED HOUSES in the northwest Mrs. Justice Strong and her two daughters, Mr. and oould always tell the number of the coming litter by section or the oity for rent by J. V. N. Huyck, real- hovering death rail, but not too awfully, upon the of pardons, in form accessible to the public; that the Mrs. Adam, ex-Attorney General and Mrs. Williams, counting the teats provided by a kind nature for thia estate agent, No. 1505 Pennsylvania avenue. tranquil soene." approaching family of swine. The witty Sidney said reasons for granting the clemency can be had for the Captain and Mrs. Oscar Badger, Miss Badger and [Dr. George Ripley, in N. Y. Tribune.] that there was generally a teat for each pig. But WUbenlng. asking—and they are In faot published along with the Lieutenant Elliott, U. S. M. C.; Mrs. and Miss Max- sometimes, through an eccentricity of nature, one pig "The maternal sentiment which forms the Inspira- announcement of pardons granted. more appeared than had been provided for. In this There are rew residents In our city wbo are not ac- well, Dr. and Mrs. MoMeurtrie, Mrs. Walnwright, case the poor little piggy went fighting from teat to quainted with the well-known New York House, tion of this volume Is relieved of its homely household To follow Mr. Cray in detail would be a foolish waste Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. George Douglass, the teat, driven off by the lawful possessor, until, driven 337 Pennsylvania Avenue, and the genial proprietor, flavor In blending with the ideal, grand and impas- of your columns. But it would be unjust to permit his Chinese embassy, Colonel and Mrs. Audenreid, Miss by hunger and desperation, It would at last seize on W. H. Wllkenlng. At this ramous resort all the sioned fancies of its exquisite poems. Not less admi- poison to go to the public without giving its antidote the caudal appendage ol the indilierent mother, and finest liquors can be found, and statesmen, merchants Rachael Sherman, General Michler, U. S. A.; Com- then suck and squeal and squeal and suok until ex- and politicians jostle one another. Every effort is rable for their suggestlveness of thought and original- in the form of a statement of facts, as shown by the modore Temple, U. S. N.; Mrs. and Miss Carpenter, hausted nature found relief in death. In this way made by Wllkenlng to make this resort the finest In ity of expression, than for their deep womanly feeling, accessible public records. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge, Miss Knowlton, Mrs. and Miss Samuel Fenton Gary has come into this cruel world the city, and he has more than succeeded. they appeal to the hearts ot the lovers of poetry, as As stated by Mr. Gray, the man Heywood was con- without design, and of course withoutprovlslon, and he Redfern, Lieutenant Greene, U. S. A.; ex-Secretary has gone fighting lor a teat from party to party, until Large Sale of Buildiug Lots. well as the lovers of children. Mrs. Piatt rarely finds victed, sentenoed and imprisoned. Within the space of Richardson and his daughter, Mrs. Magruder, Mrs. at last he has fastened on the tall end or the old it necessary to adapt her themes or her language to five or six months after he had been imprisoned there Democratic swine, and there he squeals and sucks Attention Is invited to the sale of lots In square No. Albert Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Howe, Mrs. General Foster, and suoks and squeals until Divine Providence shall 115, (immediately west of the residence of the British the supposed capacity of her young listeners, bat were filed with the President a petition for Heywood's Mrs. Franklin Steele, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glover, remove him to another and better world.'" minister,) by Thomas J. Fisher & Co., auctioneers, on takes it for granted that they will enjoy true poetry pardon, accompanied by the written recommenda- Wednesday afternoon, November 12, at 4 o'clook. General Emory, U. S. A.; Mrs. and Miss Phelps, Mr. About enethlrd of the lots in this square were dis- better than the affected baby-talk of so many doting tions for the same, signed by over six thousand citizens George Dunn, Paymaster Rogers, U. S. N.; Lieu- posed of by these gentlemen at a public sale last mothers. Hence the volume will find favor with a of Massachusetts of the highest respectability, includ- tenant Remey, U. S. N.; Mrs. Paulding, Miss Paul- There is another revolution on foot in spring, many of which have already been handsomely large circle of mature readers, as well as with the ing ministers of the gospel, lawyers, doctors, mer- Mexico. As the English and the French In old times improved, while others are to be during the coming ding, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mohun, Mr. and Mrs. season. The great demand for property in this rapidly juvenile audience forwhom it was especially designed, chants et al. These petitioners asked that the Exec- Hugh Allen Goldsborough, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Mc" were never at peace unless they were at war, so the growing seotlon of the oity, together with the superior but who, of oourse, cannot fully enter Into the subtle utive olemenoy be applied In this case mainly upon different tactions of Mexico are civilly and uncivilly character of the buildings recently erected therein Ceney, Mrs. and Miss Potts, Lieutenant Commander make this a sale of great interest. conceptions and dainty imagery of many of the poems. the ground that the so-called obscene pamphlet did and;Mrs. Bainbridge Hofl, Dr. Norris, U. S. A.; Miss settled. Already the government or Diaz is being * The singular merit of the volumelsnodoubt, adjudged as unsatisiactory, and a revolution against not oome within the meaning of the law. Mr. Hayes Coffin, Mrs. Payne and a host of others. Nearly all SEVERAL FINE FURNISHED HOUSES in the northwest derived in the first Instance, from the feminine expe- held these petitions under advisement for some time, the army and navy officers present were in full uni- it is in process ot organization. Soldiers and politi- section ol the city for rent by J. V. N. Huyck, real- rience which it rehearses, but Its maglo ol expression estate agent, No. 1505 Pennsylvania avenue. and finally, upon the certificate of physicians that the form. cians are busily at work, and an outbreak is at any and illuatratlon is the fruit of choice culture and rare prisoner's health was seriously impaired, and his life time Imminent. Money is at the bottom of the Dry Goods. poetic gilts." endangered by thecontinued incarceration, the pardon In Admiral William Reynolds, who died in our city scheme—foreign money—and a national bank shows Our patrons who desire the latest and most select [W. D. Howells, In the Atlantic Monthly.] on Wednesday last, our country loses a brave and was Issued, Such is brlefiy the case as shown by the up its buttresses as a fortification or offensive or de- patterns and styles of foreign and domestic dry goods The dramatic power with which each little scene valuable officer, and, what' 1B rarer still In these de- should call at the well-known eatabll8hment ol W. W. records here. fensive work. Gapitalists are being called Into the and situation is realized Is or rare quality; the mental generate days, a most upright, honorable gentle- Burdette & Go., corner Seventh and K streets, where It was for sending a copy of this pamphlet through field, and the probabilities are that an entire, utter the finest assortment of dry goods in the city can be altitude of ohlldhood Is perfectly caught; and in man. The monument to his heroic brother. Major the mails that Bennett was convicted in New York and foreign revolution will result. It 1B not at all im- found. reading the poems you hear the solemn voices, you General John Fulton Reynolds, towering aloft on the some months ago, and sentenced to imprisonment in probable that the Mexican question will have a heavy see the wide, serious eyes, you feel the clinging, de- historic field of Gettysburg, proudly illustrates the weight In our next Presidential election, and as Polk Change of Schedule. the Albany penitentiary, where he is now. In that We desire to call the attention of those about leav- taining, little hands. The form of very many is like traits they shared in common with their Caledonian case a petition was filed for pardon. More than one was elected on the principle of longitudinal and lati- ing town to the change of sohedule on the Baltimore that of those now somewhat old-fashioned musical ancestory. The deceased Admiral was of gentle and hundred and thirty recommendations have been filed tudinal grounds as to the posseasorshlp of certain por- and Ohio lailroad, which goes into eflect on and after variationsthe mother's answers stray oil into retiring mould, yet "his mien heroic, virtue's own to-day. signed by thousands of people. They come from every tions Qf British America by the United States, the commentand illustration, while the child's questions, native heraldry ! to man genial and pleasant to his State in the Union, and have become so bulky that the gilded gleam of the New Eldorado of Mexico will call DR. M. S. WREN'S absolute cure for rheumatism as the origin and basis oi the poem, drop constantly guardian angel." _W® mourn for him, but out enthusiasm for the man who claims that it should never falls In Its efficacy to drive out of the system the Attorney General has been compelled to obtain a most ohronlo and acute case of this most dreaded of and persistently In like the notes of the original large' box to hold them. Mr. Hayes has thus far re- He the more fortunate, yea, he hath finished !* ~ be annexed. It may be thelt to compel It into our all diseases. Gall at the sole agenoy, 223 Four-and-a- varlatloned' air. Poems In Company with Children fused to pardon Bennett, and for that refusal he has His lile Is bright—bright without spot it was, and can- boundaries, but somehow or other Presidential elec- half street northwest, and see the certificates ol won- derful cures made. not, perhaps, a book for children; we doubt if they been severely berated In some newspapers and by not oease to be." tions are nowadays assimmllated with theft. would understand it, or care for It; but all who care prominent citizens. It Is with sincerest regret that we leoord the death Grant's boom as he comes eastward grows The Best. for them must feel what a beautiful and unique study The intelligent reader very naturally asks, what is We refer to Finch's Golden Wedding rye whisky, ef childhood it is—of childhood unconscious, and is. of Captain John E. Michener, at East Bethlehem, Pa. fainter and more faint until it becomes a mere echo. this book about which we hear so much, and upon which can only be found at the Holmes House, 602 Its truest and most winged moods and poses." The deceased was a gentleman or pniest character In Chicago the grand attempt to trot out Ulysses to a Pennsylvania avenue, which is admitted by all to be which the criminal prosecutions were founded ? Some Sent Post-paid on Receipt of Price. and most thorough Integrity. He dies with the pure gorgeous reception, with admittance fee fixed at six the finest In the market. Lovers of tine steamed oys- extracts from its pages were given to the jury in the record of a man and the oharacte.r of a genuine gen- ters will also find them at the Holmes House, ana of dollars per head has slipped up. The people will not the finest quality. Address D. LOTMOP & CO., Publishers, Best«* 6 THE CAPITAL: NOVEMBER 9, 1879.

top of which Is lythographed an Interesting group, Petersburg, to this day, is preserved the moustache of the luckless comedian. LADIES' GOODS. MEN, WOMEN AND THOUGHTS. consisting ol a justice of the peace Hying his hands The best of our leading actors take great care ol the [> [From THE CAPITAL'S Standpoint.] on the head of a smiling young female, whose hand Is moustache, and In modern society drama it is indis- tenderly laid in that of a correspondingly happy nice pensable to success, though all New York city will re- The Jack Shepherd of Missouri—One of: young man. No groomsmen or bridesmaids, no c member Daly's lamous order against that ornament— Quantrell's Band. preacher, no white chokers or spike-tail coats; only a J U G L A KID G L O V 0 which, by the way, George Clarke refused to obey, The dramatic death of Jesse James, the most noto- simple, simon-pure tableau of happiness, arranged on thereby losing his engagement. rious outlaw of the West, nnfolds some remlnlsoences business principles, for one dollar. Lester Wallack's Is an especially fine moustache, Tlae Finest K.nown, of the terrible guerrilla chief, .(¿.uantrell, who spread A COLORED COURLOS. and Henderson, the manager, is equally gifted, terror over lower Missouri during the civil war. The Last week the aforesaid justlceof thepeace was tell- though the merit Is in the size and expression, rather Only to be liad at Oiendale robbery has for some time been a newspaper ing a St. Louis reporter all about the cheap rates In than the beauty; lor his moustache Is red. sensatlen out West, and the detectives In St. Louie marrying, when a colored gentleman entered. He and Kansas City were extremely ambitious to capture was arrayed In a satin vest, splke-tall coat, white J ease James, the head of the gang who were the choker and spotted trousers. " Whar's de boss ?" FAMOUS WOMEN JOURNALISTS. ¿F. beroeB of that enterprising adventure:; but there was says the colored candidate for matrimonial honors. no one bold enough to tackle the dangerous task of The Wives of Bennett, Greeley, Raymond " I'm him," replied the justice with proper judicial and Dana. panning such a desperado. WASHINGTON, D. C. dignity. [From the Denver Tribune.] In vain were rewards ottered. It was a clear oaseof "I wants to git married. Come up, Liza Jane. Four distinguished editors of the great New York deith to the detective who should undertake the job; Step lively, gal, here's de place; just as good as a fuss- daily newspapers have eDjoyed a worldwide celebrity. and so Jesse and his gang quietly rusticated up In the Three, James Gordon Bennett of the Herald, Horace We have now in stock a full line of the above make. Also the genuine class meetin'-house, and don't cost so much. Save Greeley o! the Tribune and Henry J. Raymond of the brush near Kearney, meditating where they should your nfcney to buy somethln' to put on de shelf." Times became founders of journals that are to-day snake another similar speculation. The ceremony was over in exactly one minute and monuments of their industry and intellectual ability. Marshal Legget had almoBt given up the thing as Of the fourth, Charles A. Dana, it may be said that he Monogram Kid Grlove- twenty-two seconds. A country couple arrived a few hopeless, when suddenly, in the streets of St. Louis, is the founder of the Sun, for the Sim, as a journal of In newest street and opera shades, in 2, 3, 4 and 6 but '.on a popular prices f minutes later In a mule team, and were summarily pith and power, as it is to-day, must certainly be re- he recognized George Shepherd, a former pal of launohed Into matrimonial bliss and departed j ubllant. garded as his creation. It would be interesting to Jesse's, who was a noted desperado, had been twice n know how much of the inspiration of active life they the penitentiary, and was a famous character, as a gathered irom their wives», who were, or are, women of JUGLA KID GLOVES Hell Has No Fury more than average intelligence and culture. Whoever lieutenant of (¿uantrell, during the war. Legget Like a woman scorned, and heaven has no angel to sees the "present James Gordon Bennett, that remem- Will be ordered in single pairs to match any new shade of dress goods, and in ?ny number of buttons desired« looked long at Shepherd before he could fully identify compare with the noble male defender of said woman- bers his mother, must perceive the great likeness ex- at D. Jugla's retail prices. him; for the ex-robber was a quiet, respeotable-look- isting between the two. A tall, iinely-formed woman, hood when his blood is up and surging; and the busi- of commanding presence, with tne same hue of com- ing teamster, driving a wagon with a hogshead of to- ness qualifications of the woman (N. B.—His wife and plexion and hair, and remarkable eyes, that are a J\ P. PALMEin, Importer, bacco in it. As soon, however, as the marshal was an actress) is apt to be damaged by the seorning pro- distinguishing feature in her son. "Watch eyes" they certain of his man he approached and called him by cess. are called, because of a perceptible white ring sur- No. 1107 F Street Northwest. rounding the pupil. name. The teamster started, but upon a friendly ab- N. B —Telephonic Connections. sep28-3m! For a woman the siege of Troy—made famous by Long ago some of the brightest letters that appeared earance from the other he related that he had the epic of a blind man claimed by seven to eight in the columns of tne New" York Herald., over the sig RETIRED FROM BUSINESS ;" cities—was waged, and when Roscoe Conkllng Paris nature B. C. H., the initials of her name—Harriet that Is, he had Btopped thieving, got married and Cream Bennett—transposed, written from abroad by shot Achilles In the heel the world wondered where in her, were read with pleasure and avidity. They were NEWSTORE settled down to an honest life. The marshal ex- the Helen blazes the war would end. A woman as- clever letters, betraying the keen wit and ability of the Great Excitement plained to George that there were still charges against sisted In the downfall of gieat Antony, and It is said, writer. him for oompllolty in the Glendale robbery, but that Mrs. Greeley was a small woman, whose sallow tho ugh universally discredited, that a female stepped complexion and attenuated figure betrayed the deli- he could clear himself forever of his criminal record fro m the brain of .Tove to teach wisdom to the world. cate health from which she suffered for years. An by capturing Jesse James. The ex-desperado pon- Wo men have been ever active in the working depart- original thinker, and one whose mental stores could AT AT AT dered some time between treachery and safety; but always be relied upon to produce something of value me nt of life, and their energies have made them eifec- whenever she could be prevailed upon to open to her th Inking, as he says, at last of his wife and child, he ti ve Instruments. But their beauty has generally friends the doors guarding them. To those who en- concluded to buy his own freedom by betraying his be en the factor of every Impulse or action that they joyed a familiar friendship with her, or who had the old comrade. pleasure of frequenting her Saturday night recep- have engendered. tions, nothing need be said to prove the large mental The King's Palace, The next day the Kansas City Times contained the Since the suit of the husband of the beautiful Mrs. capacity with which she was endowed. One of her following paragraph: Langtry against a journalist of an lsraelltish name, peculiarities was the penetration ot her gaze. This made a friend who knew her well to say, "She just "It is now currently reported that George Shep- En gland has been the subject of a general uprising ot herd, brother oi 01. Shepherd, who was killed several looks at you and knows all about It. You might as years ago, was connected with the Glendale train indignant husbands, and It looks very much as if no well tell her first as last, for you can't keep anything editor dare publish a woman's name, save in a death from her." As Miss Mary Cheyne she was a success- 814 Seventh Street, Between H and robbery. He was with the gang at the robbery of a ful teacher, and, perhaps, while engaged in that voca- bank in Kentucky, was arrested and served a term notice, or as married, without apprehension of arrest, tion, her habits of close observation may have been in* the penitentiary of that State." In dlctment and prison punishment after court apolo- contracted in the discharge of her duties toward her I Streets N. TV. 915 PEjSN. AVE. N. W.9 With a copy of the paper as his credentials, Shep- gies. juvenile charges. herd at once proceeded to the rendezvous of the rob- Mrs. Raymond, nee Emeline Weever, resembled The latest outraged husband we have heard from bers, and after a long pow-wow, at last convinced Mrs. Greeley in stature. Small and slight, the first Is unique in his originality. His wife, too, has been look at her plain face gave little Indication of the Jesse and the gang of the slnoerity of his reform from spoken of in the press, and he objects to it. His wife force and culture which were really hers. A woman Formerly of 35 West Twentv-lhird Street, IÍ honesty to his former business. George Shepherd of mind, who read extensively, she was an accom- is an actress, and he fearB it will hurt business if she was the coolest, shrewdest and bravest of men, and plished and charming conversationalist, who speedily Extraordinary Reduction be criticised. He displays a grand combination of an caused her listener to forget, or never to think at all of, was an Invaluable acquisition to the band. They at Injured and loving husband, a clear-minded business her lack of beauty of feature. In the relations of wife once resolved to oelebrate the reconciliation by and mother she was all that was admirable, and as a Has opened at the above-named atdress with the- man, an analyzing, social surgeon and a boss free irequent contributor to the pages of the New York IN most desirable and finest stools of CRACKING A BANK, advertiser in his movements. He moves in analyltics, Times, the readers Of that paper had ample oppor- and selected the one at the town of Short Creek, near and his branch-work is immense. Nothing can equal tunity to judge of the mental capacity which she pos Kearney, as the object of their enterprise and skill. sessed in no ordinary degree. the bland Chinee style of his letter, unless it be the The plan was arranged, the time fixed and the spy Mrs. Charles A. Dana, the only survivor of those itallclzatlon, and If the pen-scratches used in charac- four brilliant women who were the home inspiration 1ST OYELTTE S at once telegraphed to Marshal Legget, who made terizing the same had been drawn across the throat of of great American editors, is now in the prime of life. MILLINERY GOODS. dispositions to capture the entire gang. Of medium height, slender and graceful, her face, a Heretofore offered in Washington, consisting in part of the editor, the latter would now genuinely under perfect oval, is lit by the large, luminous dark eyes The bank was surrounded by trusty guards, armed stand the pen is mightier than the sword, and almost peculiar, to the brunette, of which she Is a charming with repeating rifles and revolvers, and having strict comes up to the guillotine. He thus flattens out him- type. Intellectual, graceful and beautiful, she is one orders to capture and kill th6 last one or the robbers. of the most pleasing women to be met with to-day in REAL POINT, DUCHESS POINT, GAUZE, self, and, Samson ol Gaza like, drags down the jour- any society. The great Talleyrand, it is said, had THE TRAP. nalist with him: frequent cause to feel ashamed of his wife's igno- Call at the KING'S PALACE before purchasing CHANTILLY THREAD, VALENCIENNES, The snare was well set, and the gang seemed to sus- To the Editor of the Era. rance, although he was proud of her beauty. Surely and note our prices: pect nothing; but the evening before the night agreed SIR : Y our issue of the Era on the 5th Inst, contains the men who may be called the fathers of journalism Wool French felt and beaver Hats from 25 cents to POINT GENA, BRETON AND TOR- upon the wary Jesse rode Into the town In the dis- a False and Most Malicious Libel on My Wife! Miss in America were more fortunate in their choice of companions and helpers than was the Illustrious $1, In the latest and most modern styles. guise of a drover, and prospected around the bank. Sarah Novara. CHON TRIMMING LACE, IN A Li You are made the medium of publishing to the French statesman. Pattern Hats and Bonnets, Silks, Satins, Velvets, The marshal had been green enough to post his posse world that "the Lady's appearance was not much in her Ribbons, Laces, Flowers, Feathers, in all modern WIDTHS AND QUALITIES, In daylight, and the cunning outlaw rode back to his favor," than which a more utter Falsehood was never SCIENCE AND GOD. shades. gang and lntorined them that the job was oQ, and printed! There is not a shadow of a shade of excuse for such a Birds, representing every clime, at half their value. that they must at onoe mount and leave the neighbor- " Physical Considerations Do Not Lead to the Final shameless allegation! Explanation of All that we feel and Know." Also children's, ladies' and gents Hosiery, Gloves, Collarettes, Fichues, Scarfs, Barbes,, hood, as somebody had given them away. The gang On the contrary, 1 (who was sitting in the Stalls) [Professor Tynda.ll In Fortnightly Review.] Hair Goods, Collars, Cuffs, Woolen Goods, Ladles' at once saddled and bridled their horses, and prepared beard the people In the Pit Draw in their Breaths and say, is she not Beautiful 1 and another said, She is If asked to deduce irom the physical interaction ot Underwear, Handkerchiefs, and all other goods in Jabots, Ties, Handkerchiefs, Neck- to depart, while George Shepherd saw at a glance that just like an Angel! the brain-molecules the least of the phenomena ot the fancy line at our new store, the KING'S PAL sensation or thought, we must acknowledge our help- he had failed. No time was to be lost; the marshal To do as you have done is to Injure Miss Novara's ACE, laces, Vests and Eeal Duchess and could not be informed in time to give chase, and but Prospects in her Profession Most Seriously, and entitles her to claim very Heavy Damages from you! The mechanical philosopher, as such, will never one thing remained to be done. He rode up to Jesse, plaoe a state of consciousness and a group of mole- 1 call upon you, therefore, to give up to me the name cules In the relation of mover and moved. In passing Malta Lace Over-Dresses. who was sitting on his horse waiting for his com- of this Most Cowardly and Most Malicious Slanderer, from the one to the other we meet a blank which the panions, Miller and Oummings, and called aloud, or on Wednesday I shall come to London and Instruct logic ol deduction Is unable to fill. my Solicitors, Ambrose, Haynes & Sons, Grecian 814 SEVENTH STREET, My stock of Imitation Laces comprises all the new1 " D—n you, Jesse, you killed my brother, Ol. Shep- Chambers, Temple, to commence an action against Physical considerations do not lead to the final ex- herd, ten years ago, and this Is to pay you." The out- you for libel! planation of all that we feel and know. Styles, Hakes and Designs. We meet a problem which transoends any conceiv- law was quiok with bis weapons, and his revolver was The jury have only to look into the face of Miss No- vara in order to see stamped in every line thereof able expansion of the powers which we now possess. MRS. C. KING. out by the time the fierce challenge was delivered; the Beauty of a Very High Order, and Talent such as has We may think over the subject again and again, other, however, used one of the new self-cooking Smith . . - -. .U. „.•„„„ J.... nf C...A CI/F but it eludes all Intellectual presentation. OC26-4'! not been seen on the stage since the days of Sarah Sii^ Having thus exhausted physics and reached its very SPECIAL ATTENTION & W esson five shooters, and he sent a bullet through dons! rim, a mighty mystery still looms bevond us. We Jesse's skull before he oould fire. Ask Mr. Willis, Dramatic Actor of 6, The Avenue, have, in tact, made no step toward its solution. We Is called to the stock of PARIS BONNETS, BOUND* 76 Fulham Road, what he thinks of her appearance, try to soar in a vacuum wnen we endeavor to pass by 719 NEW STOCK 719 " HE DIED IN BIS BOOTS." and he will tell you that he told us In his studio that logical deduction from the one to the other. HATS, LADIES' BREAKFAST DRKSS and The famous outlaw fell dead from his saddle, and he could get her on at the Koyalty Theater, but that Religious feeling Is as much a verity as any other FOR MOURNING CAPS, HaND-EMBKOlDERED she was TOO BEAUTIFUL for the Manageress (Miss Emily part of human consciousness; and against ,it, on its FRENCH UNDERWEAR, FRENCH FLOWERS Shepherd drove the spurs into his horse's side and iled Fowler) TO PERMIT OF IT. subjective side, the waves of soiehce beat in vain. for Corsage and Dress Garniture, RICH BROCADED at full speed, pursued hotly by Miller and Oummings. As we walk in London, and as we do so here, Men I could see that tils (Carlyle's) contention at bottom A way they flew through the timber, pursuers and pur- AND WOMEN turn round and stare at Miss Novara! always was that the human soul has claims and yearn Sash and Trimming RIBBONS in all the Newest: and a painter here has asked permission to paint her sued, but at the end of three miles Shepherd's horse lngs which physical science cannot satisly. Fall and Winter Shades and Designs, POINT LACE and HAND- portrait gratuitously, as she appeared In the last act of it seemed high time to him (Vlrchow) to enter an PAINTED FANS, LACE MITTS, HEMSTITCH suddenly shied and took down through an open field. Julia! . , , energetic protest against the attempts that are made Miller Immediately made a short out and came up She has eyes just like a Gazelle and a Natural Color to proclaim the problems of research as actual facts, 187 9 and FANCY EMBROIDERED LINEN and CAM- just like that of'a PEACH !—and I (who carried oil the and the opinions of scientists as established science. BRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, RUCHINGS, MADE- w lthin ten paces, and delivered a shot and a curse at the prize for " Anatomy " in the University oi Edinburgh) We ought not, Virchow urges, to represent our con- Now Heady at UP LACE GOODS, CHILDREN'S BONNETS and same moment. Shepherd got a ball in his thigh, but, tell you that I have net er seen so splendidly propor- jecture as a certainty, nor our hypothesis as a doctrine w heeling at once on bis adversary, fired twice, lodging tioned a Figure ! this Is inadmissible. CAPS, BRETON AND VALENCIENNES EVEN- Ask Mr. John Ryder what he thinks! and ask him a bullet In the robber's side, which caused him to The burden of my writing in this connection is as DAVIS', ING DRESSES and PARIS NOVELTIES. also whether he knows any one who will less tamely sub- much a recognition of tlie weakness of science as an drop on his horse's neck just as his companion, Oum- mit to an act of Injustice than will the Grand nephew of assertion of Its strength. mings, came to his assistance. The horses were plung- the late Joseph Hume, M. P., who does himself the honor If asked whether science has solved, or Is likely in 719 Market Space, corner Eighth st. of signing hlmselt yours faithfully, ing wildly, and It seems that neither of the oomba- our day to solve, the problem ot the universe, I must Only the Best Goods on Sale ROBERT MILLAR, M. D., shake my head in doubt. Behind and above and tants did any harm. They both emptied their pistols, Surgeon Major on the Retired List of the Bombay around us the real mystery ol the universe lies un at New York Prices. and the two robbers then galloped oit, leaving Shep- Army. solved, and, as far as we are concerned, is incapable Felt Hats and Bonnets in all the newest sbaDes, at herd master of the field. 18 Cliff Terrace, Margate, 6th Ootober, 1879. of solution. The problem of the connection ol body lowest prices, at DAVIS*. and soul is as insoluble In its modern form as It was Alter this dreadful epistle, we presume that the Era in the pre-sclentlfic ages. All the new sbapes In Derby Hats, at L • The Quickest and Cheapest Way to Get will subside into that painless tranquillity of death There ought to be a clear distinction made between »AVIS'. f Married. called asphyxia. It will pass away in the smoke fol- science in the state of hypothesis and science In the Ostrich Tips and Plumes in all colors; Birds and Let the nice young man first catch the girl, and the 1 owing the pulf of this Niobe of dramatic nations, and And Inasmuch as It Is still in its hypothetical stage Fancy Feathers in great variety, at 915 Penn. ave., Washington, D. C.- way to do that is not by the old methods of courting, evanesoe even as the down upon her peach-blown the ban of exclusion ought to fall upon the theory of DAVIS'. but by the following lately patented schedule: cheek before the biting sarcasm of the first irost of evolution. Fringes, Gimps, Butions and all kinds of Trim- Take a slip ol paper and write the names ol an even fall. After speaking of the theory of evolution applied to No. 10 Kue St. Cecile, Paris. the primitive condition ot matter aB belonging to the mings, at lowest prices, at DAVIS*. dozen ol eligible girls. Court through the list and dim twilight ot conjecture, the certainty of expert Ofi.V6móie8 back again—one of them accepts; then take three The Histrionic Moustache. mental inquiry is here stiut out. Lices, Embroideries", Handkerchieis, Neck Wear, Ruflllngs, Gloves, Extracts and Notions, newest iroods cocktails, and tackle the female whom you ha,ye re- A New york barber tells some pleasant stories about Those who hold the doctrine of evolution are by no OPENING. means Ignorant of the uncertainty of their data, and at lowest prices, at OAVIH'. solved to make the beards of different actors, and establishes from his critical and professional observation that the classic they only yield to It a provisional assent. ON AND AFTER SEPTEMBER 10TH. A MOTHER IN-LAW. In reply to your question, they will frankly admit New Goods received every day. All Goods war- ranted as represented, at MRS. S. J. MESSEK. After arranging matters by promising to obey her rule of smooth faces won't work in luck, whatever it their inability to point to any satisfactory experi- may be In taste. mental proot that lile can be developed, save from de slightest whim, with the mental reservation to choke monstrable antecedent life. Dressmaking From Latest Parisian Styles.- her the first chance, the next thing to do Is to arrange This hirsute artist has models of all the great ac- 1 share Vlrchow's opinion that the theory of evolu DAVIS' S. T. Taylor's Patterns, System of Cutting, and with the father-in-law, which is a mere detail after the tors' moustaches, and especially of those ot the great tlon in its complete form involves the assumption that, Journals, (Le Bon Ton, Le Mode Elegante and Revue at some period or other of the earth's history, there •719 Market Space, de la Mode,) for sale. girl's mother has oonsented ; for a father's business is Italian tenors. John Haverley, present prince of mh23-ly3 1313 Pennsylvania avenne, up stairs. occurred what would be now called spontaneous gene- Corner Eighth street. only to pay the bills for the trousseau and the recep- showmen, has his plaoe in the barber's gallery oi por- ration. I agree with him that the proofs of It are still tion, and his parental authority may be represented traits and anecdotes; and all the other moustached wanting. actors are there, from Sothern to Dan. Harklns, who 1 hold with Vlrchow that the failures have been la by the algebraic x—y, ol so much Ice cream and dry mentable, that the doctrine Is utterly discredited. B. Van Reuth, goods. says that he had bad luck from sacrificing his lip or- THE CEREMONY. nament. Fradent {Stock speculation 1109 THIRTEENTH ST. N. W., Happily the Supreme Court of the United States Among this Figaro's moustache stories is the follow- The stock exchange never presented such an admi- has decided in favor ol what in old time was called ing: rable condition for profitable and rapid stock opera- " Scotch weddings ;" that Is, that a ceremonious There was during the reign of Nicholas an actor in tions. There never beiore have been so many fortunes Premier Modiste. made by quick fluctuations and skilllul manipula- promise of marriage, consummated by the consent of St. Petersburg, named Ivan Layechnlkoti, a comedian in high iavor with the emperor. Ivan was the posses- tions. Careful and reasonable people only operate Best Selections from Early Importation of both parties and the joint housekeeping, is a legal sor ot a superb moustache, of which he was exceed- through the combination system of Messrs. Simpson Fall Styles. marriage, (see case of pioneer and squaw married by ingly proud. In some play which was to be produced & Co., whloh enables those with large or small means Newest Styles in Wedding Trosseaus. Morn- the manager ordered him to remove the hirsute orna- to Invest and realize handsome yroots, whioh are the presentation of a pony.) This being the oase, a ment, ot which he was so careful. divided pro rata among the shareholders every thirty ing Dresses and Walking Suits. couple can be married by a notary or justice of the " 1 will not," was the reply. days. New combinations are constantly forming. r Complete costumes of all descriptions at the shortest peace lor the modest sum of one dollar, instead of one " You must or take the consequences," exclaimed From SI", $5" or *l 0 can be safely invested notice. aug81-ttl. with splendid opportunities for quick profits. An hundred, whloh waB formerly the fee for marrying or the manager. " I shall appeal to the emperor." And he did. Ob- Illinois grain dealer made $la, 120.41 in two invest- being your surgeon in a duel. Preachers and surgeons taining an audience, he appealed to his majesty. The ments. A Miohigan farmer invested $50 which yielded must be dispensed with, and fights and marr-lages ar- Czar smilingly asked him, " Do you prefer retaining $133.14. He made by three investments over $3,0o0. MRS. ranged without so many perquisites to the assistants. your moustache to your position in the theater ?" A Wisconsin country merchant made $1,249.16 in four " Your majesty, 1 do," said the pluoky Ivan. combinations ; and others have done equally as well. 409 Eleventh street. A ST. LOUIS JUSTICE " Ah! What If the choice were your moustache or New explanatory circular, with " unerring rules for says that every day he marries couples with great your life?" sucoess," mailed by Messrs. Simpson'& Co., Bankers, By all means, sire, still the moustache," answered 49 Exchange Place, New York city. rap Idity at low rates; as for instance, says ho: " The Ivan, thinking his majesty was Indulging In a little THE LATEST FRENCH STYLES IN REOKP- other day a couple like that just gone came in here. pleasantry. Coleman. ITION AND WALKING ¿SUITS AT THE SHORT- I knew the young man—knew him a long while. When "Then," said the Czar with sadden sternness, EST NOTICE ON MODERATE TERMS. ocl9.t!5 " Ivan, if you do not obey your manager you will re- There Is a steady stream of distinguished patrons he told me that he wanted to get married I asked him ceive first the knout, then death. It is my order. visiting Coleman's tonsorlal establishment, corner why he didn't get married at home and in style. Go." Eiahth ano Ü streets. Yesterday we saw Secretary Soburz and Senator Thurman having their head get MRS. ROBT. HYATT, KMPT BT ALJj LEADllfO GItOCEIlS, 'Well, I'll tell you,'said he, 'a big wedding costs Crest-fallen, utterly crushed by this sudden and im- removed by one of Coleman's artists. If one wants WHOLESALE : money, and so does everything connected with It. Fve erlous change in bis powerlul patron's temper, poor N. H. SHEA ....J. C. ERGOOD. van bowed and left the presence. bath there Is only one public place; that Is Coleman'] 5O0 Thirteenth street, RETAIL: got a little money, but not a fortune. What Is the use f That night they waited in vain for Ivan. Search $1,435.50 floats In 30 Days, R. B. Young, w. E. D. Franks, of h aving a big wedding and disposing of as much was made in his usual haunts. No one had seen him $10 In legitimate Stock Speculations In Wall street W. R. Brown, Rlggles & Hopkins, money In a night as would keep us in bread and but slnoe me hour after biB departure from the palace. French. Modiste. W. J. Redstrske, Pyels & MeNalley, But next morning the mystery was solved. An officer pais Immense profits. Pamphlets explaining every- J. A. Edgar, thing sent free: HEATH & CO., Brokers, 1227 Broad- F. H. Frldley, ter tor six months ? No, sir. I've thought the matter of the (tzar's household brought to his master u. small Litest styles in Wedding Trosseaus, Morning F. Huhn, R. A. Walker, over, and if you've no objection we'll settle the bust paokage, whidh had been lelt with the guard directed way, N. Y. no2-4t ool2- tl6 Weeden & Morrison, V. E. Bryan, to his majesty. Dre

A PRESIDENT'S WIDOW. constantly, and always with deference, never suggest- ing a measure or action, but he seemed to do it with LOTTEEIES. PROSPEOTUS. TO TBAVELEB8. Bound and youthful at Seventy-six—The Wife of Claj'i the nicest sense that their positions were reversed and General Jackson no longer the Chief Magistrate.'' Opponent - Her Life in Washington in the Olden Time Mrs. Falls said: "We have a letter General Jack- 75 ALTIMORE AND OHIO EAILBOAD. and Her Days in Tennessee—The Honors raid Her son wrote about a week, or a very short time, before he B During the War—Looking on the Battle of Nash- died, Aunt had been quite indulgent in giving away OTTÉRY The great doable traok. her auto&rraph letters ; i Insisted that it should not go, "THE CAPITAL NATIONAL BOUTE AND SHORT UNE -Tillo—Almpst the National Mother. and we have it yet." TO THB [Nashville Letter in Brooklyn Eagle.] 1 asked if Mr. Clay and Mr. Polk were not always H North, Northwest, West and Southwest. Dr. W. M. Clark and 1 had not been seated many friendly, and Mrs. Polk said that they were on respect- TO TAKK ÏÏFFBCT seconds In the parlor ot Mrs. Polk when a graoelul and tul terms. 1 mentioned havlne: been recently at the SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1879, at 4:20 a» m. • beautiful lady came lu and introduoed herselt as Mrs. home and grave of Martin Van Buren, whom Mr. Falls, the nleee of Mrs. Folk. She was dressed in Folk cut out of a second term to the Presidency. THE KENTUCKY STATE LOTTERY, Leave Washington: black, and her eyes were large and dark, and her man- "Ah!" said Mrs,Polk, with Interest, "what was t5:05 a. m.—NEW YOBK, PHILADELPHIA and ners warm and engaging. Something of association M^. Van Buren's mode of life after his retirement? SlMMQip & DICKINSON, Managers, BOSTON EXPRESS. Ellicott City. On Sundays with a lady once the head of her sex in the nation had He was thought to be rich, was he not?" to Baltimore only. Stops at Shipley's, Laurel, An- given Mrs. Falls that perfected White House manner " His neighbors say he retired with about $100,000." napolis Junction, Jessup's, Hanover, Mk Ridge and of talking In general while addressing one—both to " That was handsome forthose times. And his sons, Has during its existence paid more money in prizes Mt. Winans. Breakfast at Belay Station. the point and radiant. do they live In possession ol it?" than any Lottery, pomestic or Foreign, whose tickets 1879. 6:50 a. m.—Baltimore, Annapolis and Way. (Pied- "My aunt, gentlemen," she said, "will be with you "No; the home belongs to Mr. Van Baron's farmer. are sold in this country. No Drawings have ever been mont, Strasbur«, Winchester, Hagerstown,Frederick What kin he, has left about Klnderhook are poor." and Way, via Belay.) in a little while. Let me introduce myself." postponed .even for a single day, and prizes have al- Conversation fell naturally to the lengthened years "I knew Mr. Van Buren quite well." said Mrs. +8:00 a. m.—BALTIMORE AND LAUKEL EX- of Mrs. Polk, when that lady herself appeared, walk- Polk ; "he was noted for his courtesy and pleasing ways been cashed without deduction on presentation. PRESS. ing with the step of one who still had summer in her address. But some of hts critics said that it was al- 8:10 a. m.—Point of Books, Piedmont, Strasburg, lite. Sho came forward with grace and self-posses- ways electioneering. It was a happy manner if he was. Winchester, Hagerstown and Way Stations. sion and shook the doctor's hand, rather chiding him He had one son who married Miss Singleton of South 8:15 a. m.—New Yoik, Philadelphia and Boston for having been many months in Nashville without Carolina. John Van Buren, another son, was a very Express. - calling upon her, and, being introduoed to me, gave dashing young man; he assumed a rather theatrioal |8:35 a. m.—St. Louis, Chleago, Columbus and Pitts- manner. There was another son, 1 forget his nam«, $15,000 JOR $1. burg Express. Frederick, Hagerstown and Valley me her hand and sat on the sola beside me. DONN PIATT Editor. " Madame, it will surprise you to know that you are who was said to be very steady, and it was thought THE NEXT DRAWING Branch, except Sunday. Through car to Staunton. my earliest recollection." would be a help to his father." Pullman oars to Cincinnati dally. Grafton to San- " How la that ?" asked Mrs. Polk, with a little cu- This son was either Martin, buried beside the Presi- TAKES PL AC K dusky, dally, except Saturday. riosity. dent, or Smith, who is said to have lost his mind—a J 9:00 a. m.—On Sunday only. Baltimore, Annapolil u The very first thing 1 can remember was when I fact that 1 recalled to Mrs. Polk—and that he had at- and Way. was about three years old hearing music on the canal tempted to prepare a lite of his lather, now perhaps, 10:00 a. m.—BALTIMORE EXPRESS. Stops at 'barges for Polk and Dallas, Clay and Frellnghuysen." never to be. On this 1 asked: NOVEMBER 15. Bladensburg College, Beltsvllle, Laurel, Annapolia "Ah ! you are still young," said Mrs. Folk. " But " Has the Life ol Mr. Polk ever been attempted be- A WEEKLY PAPEE DEVOTED TO Junction, Jessup's and Hanover. that was thirty-five years ago. Do you live in Wash- yond the short memoirs by Jenkins ?" SCHEME: 12:10 p. m.—Baltimore, Annapolis, Ellicott City ington " Some years ago," said Mrs. Polk, " about the time 1 Piize of $15,000 is $15,000 and Way. " Part of the time. Since you were there it has been our civil war broke out, Mr. Bondell of New York, I Prize of 5,000 is 5,000 1:30 p. m.—New York, Philadelphia and Boston transformed into a very elegant place." who wrote the Life of Jefferson, seemed to meditate 1 Prize ot 2,500 1s 2,500 Express. Stops at Laurel. " All tell me so; my life In Washington was almost taking up Mr. Polk's Administration. I suppose that 1 Prize of 1,500 is 1,500 {1:36 p. m.—On Sunday only, Baltimore and Way. all my married life. I was there fourteen years. They he found that the exciting events that ensued would 3:30 p. m.—Baltimore and Way Stations. not allow him to make It financially successful." 1 Prize of 1,500 Is 1,500 were years of uninterrupted happiness. Had I not 5 Prizes of 1,000 are 6,000 4:30 p. m.—Baltimore, Bladensburg and Laurel Ex- 'been attached to Nashville by Mr. Polk building his Mrs. Falls remarked: "Mr. Polk has left more 5 Prizes of 500 are. 2,600 press. Frederick, via Relay. Stops at Annapolia house here, being burled here and my Intentions for valuable materials. There was a gentleman in this 20 Prizes of 250 are 5,000 Politics, Literature, Societv Junction. life settled here, 1 would have preferred Washington State (name forgotten) who was capable of doing it, +4:36 p. m.—Point of Rooks, Frederiok, Hagerstown, to any other place. Mr. Polk was not in any conten- but he is now old. The same Is true of Mr. Bamsay, 100 Frizes ot 50 are 5,000 200 Prizes of 20 are 4,000 Winchester and Way Stations. On Sunday to Point tions these, and party contests never entered into author of the ' Annals of Tennessee,' who is yet alive, of Rocks and Way Stations only. society at that time. I hope it is still so ! They had but advanced in years." 600 Prizes ot 10 are 5,000 : 1,000 Prizes ot 5 are 6.000 t4:40 p. m.—Baltimore, Annapolis and Way Sta- their debates, and sometimes pressed each other hard, " You knew Mr. Calhoun well ?" tions. but the same evening at supper it would be: ' How " Yes, he was a man of fine mind, quite pure in his 27 Approximation Prizes amounting to 2,790 f5:30 p. m.—Philadelphia, Norfolk and Baltimora are you, Polk V 'How do you do, Clay?'" life, but, it was said, possessed a somewhat unhappy and. News. Express. Norfolk exoept Sunday. Norfolk passen- " Mrs. Madison still lived when you went to Wash- ambUion." 1,862 Prizes amounting to $59,700 gers taken in the oars direct to boat at Canton. Stops ington ?" "Bobert J. Walker has passed away ?" at Bladensburg and Laurel. "Yes.; 1 knew her pretty well. She was still a "He was considered to have made his financialad - TICKETS, SSI. 6:30 p. m.—Point oi Rocks and Way Stations. center ol attraction, but made very poor by the extrav- ministration under Mr. Polk quite suooessful. Mr. f7:00 p. m.—Baltimore and Way Stations. agance of her son." Polk said when he retired from office, looking back Club rates upon application. +8:10 p. m.—BALTIMORE EXPBESS. Ellicott " 1 was at her grave a few months ago." upon It,'1 cannot be mistaken in the belief that the City, via Belay. " Were you ? I believe she was taken to Montpelier main features of my Administration will be indorsed |8:16 p. m.—Chicago, Columbus and Pittsburg and buried beside her husband. Is there a tomb by time. It has extended the country and been hon- Address all orders to Express. SLEEPING CAR to Chicago. (Pittsburg there to Mrs. Madison ?" estly administered, and on correct principles of politi- PUBLISHED BI THE CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMP'T except Sunday.) "A very small one. He has a strong, impressive cal economy!"' WILLIAMSON & CO., 599 Broadway, N. Y., |9:46 p. m.—New York and Philadelphia Express. ^granite Bhaft bearing only the word ' Madison.' She Judge (Clifford of the Supreme Bench was men- Or Stops at Bladensburg and Laurel. lies near by under a cheap, slender shaft of marble tioned as Mr. Polk's commissioner to negotiate the H. J. RICHMOND, Covington, Ky. fll:09 p. m.—St. Louis and Cincinnati Express. marked 1 Dolly Payne Todd.'" Mexican treaty. Mrs. Folk was amused with a de- Pulman cars. " Payne Todd was her son. A perfectly worthless scription of his weight. She said Mr. Polk's library List of drawings published in the New York Herald, fDally. {Sunday only. Other trains daily, except man. But her love for him was so strong that when- was Intact, and that its collection of public documents Sun, Stoats Zeitung, Philadelphia Record, Phlladel Sunday. ever she cotild get any money irom the Government, ought now to be valuable. Mrs. Falls, referring to All trains stop at Belay Station. Tennessee finances, said she hoped the State would phla Sunday Dispatch, Pittsburg Dispatch and Louis- or by the sale of Mr. Madison's papers or other effects, ville Commercial. All out-oi-town ticket-holders are For further information apply at the Baltimore and that son would take it irom her. She derived a con- lilt its name out of the very suspicion of dishonor and Ohio Ticket Offloe, Washington Station, and 603, 619 treat its creditors with honesty. 1 remarked to Mrs. mailed a copy of the official list as soon as received. siderable amount by the sale of her husband's writ- The next following Drawing NOVEMBER 29, 1879. and 1436 Pennsylvania avenue, where orders will be ings. diary, and articles of association or value before Polk: taken for baggage to be checked and received at any Mr. Polk's term. Then she desired another grant of " Madame, did you remasn in Nashville during the point in the city. money. There was considerable opposition to it in Wanted at once, Good, Beliable Agents in every entire civil war?" Town. Address as above. L. M. COLE, W. M. CLEMENTS, the Cabinet and Congress because it was believed to " Ail the time," said Mrs. Polk ; " I never left the Gen'l Tioket Agt, Mast. Trans'n. •toe merely voting the public money to that son, to be city. Here in my house I passed the whole period. GEO. S. KOONTZ. General Agent. gambled and trilled away. Mr. Polk did reoommend Oh, our people ought not to have gone to war with N. B.—As we ran short of tickets in the last two it, however, and it was finally given to her. Is the es- each other. We were not meant to war among our- tate at Montpelier well preserved ?" selves like that!" drawings, and consequently were unable to fill all of T QI70 GREAT our out-of-town orders, we would respectfully request JLÖ f Ü. PENNSYLVANIA " There Is still one body of land there in 1,200 acres; THE BATTLE OT NASHVILLE. ROUTE 1879. •the house is exteriorly good. Nobody lives in it but " Did you hear the battle of Nashville?" our patrons to Bend in their favors at their earliest TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST. -an Irishman, not a citizen, and his negro boy. In- " Yes. I went up to the top of the house and saw possible convenience. ho2-2t* -deed, Mrs. Polk, this is the most human bouse I have the smoke and flame and heard the artillery. But IDEPMDEHT AND AGGRESSIVE Doable Track, Steel Ralla, Splendid -seen of any of those of deceased Presidents. It Is during every day of that war the soldiery, everybody, Scenery, Magnificent Equipment. warm and life is in it." treated me with a kindness which 1 cannot forget. Mrs. Falls said: " My aunt is a daily wonder to me. Every request I made was granted. I never made IN EFFECT 7:23 P. M., NOVEMBER 10, 1879. ;She has passed her seventy-sixth birthday, but she requests," she added, " which 1 knew would not be Trains leave Washington, from Depot, Corner of appears to remember every person and incident of her granted, but they granted me many things others had life in Washington with the clearness of what took been refused." Sixth and B streets, as follows: place yesterday." L.S.L. For Pittsburg and the West, 10:30 a. m. dally, witli Mrs. Falls said: " All the generals called on aunt, THIS JOUBNAL OBITIOISES PUBLIO Parlor Car to Pittsburg, and Sleeping Cars irom "How often have you visited Washington, Mrs. accompanied by their staffs, in full military dress, SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A Pittsburg to Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chleago; 7:40 Polk ?" with epaulets and swords. General Thomas was one. A FOBTUNE. ELEVENTH GBAND DISTRI- MEN, DISSEOTS PUBLIO MEASUBES, PBOBES p. m. dally, with Palace Car to Chloago. "Never, sir, since we left it at the close of Mr. Polk's When General Bueil,'the first Federal commander BUTION, CLASS L, at New Orleans, Tuesday, term of the Presidency. He died in a short time after after the capture, called on aunt with his staff, she re- November 11, 1879—114th Monthly Drawing he came home; his term closed in March, and he ceived him cordially. At this an acquaintance of PBIVATE CLAIMS, EXPOSES' THE LOBBY BALTIMOBE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. breathed his last in this house in June." hers, Mr. Elliott, the superintendent of education For Canandalgua, Bochester, Buffalo, Niagara " You are well remembered in Washington. Among here, took aunt to task. He said she ought not to Louisiana State Lottery Company, ÄND ATTACKS THE BINGS. OBISP, LIVELY, Falls and the North, at 6:16 a. m, dally, except Sun- your friends there is Mr. Corcoran, the banker. 1 have come from her chamber to receive a Federal gen- This Institution was regularly Incorporated by the day; at 7:40 p. m. dally, exoept Saturday, with Pal- have heard that his fortune was made by Mr. Polk." eral. Aunt turned upon him with indignation. 'Sir,' Legislature of the State for Educational and Char- SEABOHING AND SEVEBE, IT GIVES THE ace Car to Watkins. For Williamsport. Lock Haven " I think I have heard that Mr. Corcoran says as she exclaimed, 'I will allow no person to indicate to itable purposes in 1868 fo r tbe term of Twenty- and Elmlra, 10:30 a. m. dally, except Sunday. muoh," said Mrs. Polk. " You refer, I suppose, to his me whom I shall receive. My husband did not pre- five Years, to which contract the inviolable faith FULLEST, LATEST AND FAIBEST For New York and the East, 8:10 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. selling the loans during the Mexican war. Mr. Cor- sume to correct mo upon that subject.' Some time of the State is pledged with a capital of $1,000,000, to dally, exoept Sunday, and 9:46 p. m. daily, with coran has invited me to go to Washington, but I have afterward Mr. Elliott was'put In jail tor speaking or which It has since added a reserve fund of $350 000. Palace Cars attached. Limited Express of Pul- been so kindly treated ever since my husband's death, misbehaving. To pour coals of fire on his head, aunt ITS GBAND SINGLE NUMBER DISTKIBU- man Parlor Cars. 9:30 a. m. dally, except Sunday. by the people of Nashville, that 1 have not felt the dis- went to Andrew Johnson, then military governor, TION will take place monthly on the second Tuesday. For Brooklyn, New York, all through trains connect position for a change." and asked for Mr. Elliott's release. Mr. Johnson It never scales or postpones. Look at the following at Jersey City with boats, Brooklyn Annex, afford- said: 'Mrs. Polk, at your request 1 will release him. Distribution: ing direct transfer to Fulten street, avoiding " Mrs. Folk," exclaimed Dr. Clark, "is the mother But at nobody's request bat yours would I do so.'" -of Nashville. She Is our iirst citizen." Capital prize, $30,000. 100,000 tickets at $2 each. double ferriage and journey across New York city. Half tickets, $1. For Philadelphia, 8:10 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. dally, ex- "Almost the National Mother, madame," 1 added, Mrs. Polk spoke up without any' suggestion: Accounts of Life and Affairs cept Sunday; 6:30 and 9:46 p. m. daily. Limited -" as you are the only surviving President's wife of the " I was for the Union. It ouerht not to have been LIST OF FRIZES. period before the war, except Mrs. Tyler." broken up. My husband contributed to it, and noth- 1 Capital Prize $30,000 Express, 9:30 a. m. dally, except Sunday. " I do wish aunt would go to Washington again," ing was so dear to me. So I felt and spoke until they 1 Capital Prize 10,000 For Baltimore, 6:16, 8:10, 9:30 a. m. and 1:30, 4:10, said Mrs, Falls. " President and Mrs. Hayes were had come to war. What, then, could I do ? Which 1 Capital Prize 6,000 4:20 p. m. daily, except Sunday; 10:80 a. m., 6:30, kind to herj and asked her to visit them in her old side should I wish to see suffer least 1 Here were my 2 Prizes ot $2500 5,000 7:40 and 9:46 p. m. dally. residence at the White House. I have told her that people, those of my blood. I had to feel the most for 5 Prizes of 1000 5,000 For Pope's Creek Line, 6:16 a. m. and 4:20p. m. dally, Washington is delightful; it has been only two years them." 20 Frizes of 600 10,000 at the National Capital, except Sunday. since 1 paid a visit there. President Scott of the We arose to go. Mrs. Polk indicated several por- 100 Prizes of 100 10,000 For Annapolis, 6:16 a. m. and 4:20 p. m. dally, exoept Pennsylvania railroad offered aunt a special car to go traits. Some by Earl, the irlend of Jaokson and ten- 200 Prizes oi 60 10,000 Sunday. to the Centennial Exhibition." ant of the Hermitage ; others by Healey, and others 600 PriZ2S of 20 10,000 MRS. POLK'S WASHINGTON LIFE. by artists unknown to me. There was Aaron V. Brown 1000 Prize3 of 10 10,0«0 ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG " I recall the pleasant spring weather of Washing- In oil, who assisted Polk to the Presidency, and was AFPRi IXIMATION PRIZES: RAILWAY AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASH- ton often," said Mrs. Folk. " My husband was sick, in his Cabinet. All the Presidents down to Polk were 9 Approximation Frizes of $300 2,70« INGTON RAILROAD. however, both there and here. He was subject to bil- produced, except Harrison and Tyler, whioh 1 did not 9 Approximation Prizes of 200 1,800 For Alexandria, 7:20, 9,11 a.m.;4:20, 6:26 and 11:30 p. 9 Approximation Prizes of 100 900 ious attacks which made him very weak and otten see. Mrs. Folk was represented first as a bride, the THE GBEAT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CEN- m. On Sunday at 9 and 11 a. m. and 8:00 p. n. discouraged him. The mental pressure he had on ac- wiie of a congressman, with black, smooth hair and For Richmond and the South, 7:00, a. m. dally, and count ot the Mexican war assisted to reduce him. Be- slender neok. Next as the President's wife, more ma- 1857 Frizes, amounting to $110,400 6:20 p. sa. daily, excepting Sunday. ing responsible for the military success of our armies ture and striking. Finally, as she looks to-day, with Responsible corresponding agents wanted at all TER OF THE COUNTRY. Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, 6,8:00,10, in a distant country, as the war was considered the re- the lace more square as Its fluids have grown drier. points, to whom a liberal compensation will be paid. a. m.,3,6, 7 and 12 p. m. On Sunday at 8:00 and sult of his policy toward Texas, he was apprehensive She bad been talking to me at my elbow fora n hour, Write, clearly stating full address, for farther infor- 10 a. m. and 7:60 p. m. and labored hard. I do not think the term of office but so interesting had been the time that 1 failed to mation, or send orders by express or mail addressed Tickets, information, Sleeping and Parlor Oar ac- was to the benefit of his health. When he gave up make a minute study oi her. only to commodations can be procured at the offices: North- the Presidency to General Taylor and started home to She was born in 1808, while Jeflerson was in his first M. A. DAUPHIN, east corner Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania ave- . Nashville, his receptions and greetings on the route term, and was eight years the junior of her husband. F. O. Box 6*2) New Orleans, Louisiana, nue, northeast eorner Sixth street and Pennsylvania were also latigulng." They never had children, and therefore were children Or same person at No. 319 Broadway, New York. avenue, and at the Depot, where orders can be left for " Was he ambitious of a second term ?" to each other. The particular attention of the Public Is called to the cheeking ot baggage to destination from hotel! " He was spoken of very generally for re-eleotion, the fact that the entire number of the Tlokets for but was really tired of political life. Soon after he Mrs. Polk is now a lady of the medium height, and residences. slight in figure, but round and youthful in limbs and each Monthly Drawing are sold, and consequently all L. P. FARMER. - came home the cholera broke outhere. Nashville was flesh. While speaking to me her hands were encased the prizes in each drawing are sold and drawn and Oen'i Passenger Agent. then considered unhealthy. Mr. Polk said to me: in lace or mittens, but I observed the whiteness of her paid. This is not the case with any other oompany. FRANK THOMPSON, 1We will take the carriage and go to see your sister at wrist, and its swell into a shapely arm. Her face is All our grand extraordinary Drawings are under the Gen'l Manager, Murfreesboro; it isn't good to stay here.' In that day, still handsome, the forehead low and covered with supervision and management of Gens. G. T. BEAU- you know, we had not the railways; it was almost all ringlets only partially gray, the eyes grayish hazel, 1 REGARD and JUBAL A. EABLY. octl9-4t SMOKE THE stage and steamboat. He was taken ill early that think, and the eyebrows well penciled by nature. She . summer and died." has a straight, delicately-cut nose, mouth equally well ITH The people of Nashville say Mr. Polk died of the chiseled and small, the lips red and the teeth at sev- ~W cholera. 1 understood her to say that he died of a bil- enty-six sound. Her ohin is oval, and has signs of ious disorder. 1 asked: spirit and will. Her expression is that of amiable " May not Mr. Polk have given way partly on ac- rank, conscious, yet kind. Her desire to have the re- Brightwood Cigar, spect of these later generations, both from a womanly - count ol snapping the ties of an active political life?" YOU CAN BUT A WHOLE AMONG ITS CONTRIBUTORS ARE: " Do you think so?" asked Mrs. Polk. "There may disposition and for her husband's fame, -s quite ap- Long Yara Filler and South American Wrapper, tbe have been something in that. He was a very earnest parent. Thinking- no evil, afraid of no late, old, but finest Five Cent Cigar in the city. man to fulfill his official duties. Although he had grateful and hearty, and neither rich nor poor, she Imperial Austrian 100-Florins Government those bilious spells in Washington, he rallied under bears herself like the christian widow ol a man who GENUINE KEY WEST CONCHAS, Ten Cents the desire to see some act accomplished on which his once ruled her country. Without manner, there is BOND, BEET HARTE, Each. mind was set. But after his office was laid down he still something of the queen that makes her distin- GENUINE KEY WEST KEG. REIN A, Three for . seemed to be more passive under disease. He never guished. Issued in 1864, which bonds are issued and secured by the Government, and are redeemed in drawings Twenty-tlve Cents, equal to finest Imported. was a robust man, and had to be always considerate She wore a sort of head-dress of black lace which GEO. DOUGLAS (BEAURY,) 1 respectfully ask a trial of tbe above brands, as I of his health." suggested Mrs. Madison. I think this head-dress may FOXJK, TIMES ANNUALLY, am satisfied they are the finest in the market for the " Did he build this dwelling, Mrs. Folk ?" have also fallen into a.sort ol scarf, for she was en- Until each and every bond is drawn, with a larger or money. " No, sir. He remodeled it and put it into its pres- veloped as by a full turn of black lace around the smaller Premium. Every bond must darw a prize, as MARIE LE BARON, ent likeness and form. 1 have changed nothing, be- waist. At her throat, and half concealed by lace, was there are no blanks. oause he left it so. Carpets, of course, have worn out, an odd brooch, large, and seemed like enameled ware. FRANK LOUGHRAN, but in almost every respect you see this house pre- THE THREE HIGHEST PRIZES AMOUNT TO She stands straight, looks into your eyes, enjoys a Proprietor of the I». 0.1). Cigar • -ciseiy as he arranged it thirty yeatf ago. His last oc- jest, and is very kind to her niece and her husband, 200,000 FLORINS, A. C. BUELL, 20,000 FLO KINS, Store, cupation was to set this house in or ter." who attends to her finances. Mr. Falls keeps a hard- H. li. Corner Ninth and F sts. " I suppose that in so oonstant off siai life his papers ware store in Nashville. Mrs. Pclk has about $26,000 15,000 FLORINS, aug31-ly6 and souvenirs accumulated ?" in Tennessee State bonds, paid for with good money, And bonds not drawing one of the above prizes must PAGE MCCARTY, " Yes, he expected, if he lived, t be a student. which have been threatened with repudiation, but are draw a Premium of not less than 200 FLORINS. The He was busy as he could be asserting and putting up paid up In Interest by a special State statute. These next drawing takes place on the 1st of December, 1879, his letters and private papers. You will find them In bonds, it is aaid, pay her abeut $1,500 a year, and are and every bond bought of us on or before the 1st of ELLIS & CO., the offloe overhead, so accurately arranged that one her most reliable source oi income. She has the repu- December is entitled to the whole premium that may ALMONT BARNES, familiar with that kind of work could find any letter tation of keeping her own confidence in her private af- be drawn thereon on that date. Out-of-town orders 937 Pennsylvania Avenue, or paper, under the proper label. This room, where fairs. No doubt her husband was a man of industrious sent in registered letters, and inclosing $5, will secure we sit, he meant for a library and gentlemen's talking thrift and method, and she became like him. Heron e of these bonds for the next drawing. For orders, JOHN JAMES PIATT Sole Agents for room. Everything that is here he put here. You see house is large, roomy and growing rather ancient. circulars or any other information, address on the mantle a number of his addresses—his inau- She said to me that it was too big and expensive for gural address, his proclamation for volunteers, his ad- these times when slaves were tree. and others, dress on being inaugurated governor, and other such INTERNATIONAL BANKIN& COMPANY, THE FAMOUS WEBER, . speeches. He had a good many visitors and much As we passed out of the door and saw her husband's correspondence." grave standing there in his yard like a kind of empty No. 150 BBOADWAT, NEW IOBK CUT. pulpit and canopy, I said to myself: "Some men, in Established 1874. THE BEST IN THE WORLD. " Was it Mr. Polk's desire to be buried in his own the mere carefulness of marriage, leaves wive through In writing to us, state you saw this in the Washing- front yard ?" whom posterity rises up to call them blessed." Nearly all the great singers and artists of the world " Yes. He said that here, where he had made ready ton CAITTAL. give them the preference over all others. Also agent*- to live, was as suitable as any place to be buried." JSPThe above Government Bonds are not to be (Most of the Southern Presidents are burled on their ALWAYS keep the bottle handy, compared with any Lottery whatsoever, and do hot for the celebrated farms: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Har- Do not place it out of sight, conflict with any ot the laws of the United States. rison ; Monroe was buried in New York until trans- For it cured our little Andy, au31-lyl6 planted, alter many years, to a public cemetery at Who was coughing day and night, Smith American Organs. Richmond, Virginia.) Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. " Was Mr. Folk a member of any church, madame?" Who is tbe Next? " He received the saorament in his last illness from H O CKFOUD WA OMPANY, D. C. Wholesale Liquor House. a Methodist minister. His family had been of Pres- Daniel Wright, an invalid soldier, about fifty-six byterian stock, but he said the Methodists were a zeal- years of age, who served two years In Company C, ous people, doing much good lor the poor." 124th regiment New York volunteers—the Army of The largest and most complete stock of This minister I understood to be Dr. McTyler the Potomac—living at No. 76 Oakland street. Green- Bishop of the Methodist Church South, and now point, Brooklyn, L. 1., and a pensioner, has received Terms : 25 cents per month; $2.50 president of the board of trustees ol the Vanderbilt $15,000 for one dollar. William H. Hoogs, for over Liquors, Wines &c., University. twenty years the collector of the Boston Post, sent one per year (including postage,) invariably in In the city, at 406 NINTH STREET. Among the newspaper rumors as to Mrs. Folk, alter dollar, and also received $15,000. The occasion was her husband's death, was one that she was to marry the September drawing, Louisiana State Lottery. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State under President For iurther information apply by mail or express to advance. Clubs : Ten copies to one address, S, B i e n, M. A. Dauphin, P. O. Box 692, New Orleans, La., or Taylor, and Senator from Deleware. 1 therefore ocl2-ti5 Manager. asked : same person at No. 319 Broadway, New York city. $20 in advance, with one copy free. Twenty Were you well acquainted with John M. Clavton Mrs. Polk 3" a ™ The Chesapeake. copies to one address, $35 in advance, with CHEAP FUEL! " Yes, 1 was acquainted with most of the public men The celebrated steamed oysters which have made of that day." the famous Chesapeake celebrated throughout thp one copy free. Had there been a particle of the vanity of girlhood land still continue to attract thouBands, who oome left she would probably have said, " He was a beau of from all quarters oi the city to secure Chesapeake mine." But surrendered to the dignity of a Presi- steams. The method ot trying oysters at this estab- All BUSINESS communications shoirfP dent's widow, Mrs. Folk never hesitated at the name. lishment has never been discovered by its rivals, and, ($2.10 perCOKE Load of 40. Bushels, or Clayton's wile died when he was a young man, and as a consequence, Chesapeake fried are quoted as au- $1.50per Load of 25 Bushels ) De- he never married again. thority. : be addressed to " 1 heard President Hayes speak of the pleasure he livered in any Part of the City. bad in calling upon Mrs. Polk and Mrs. John Tyler Emmet House. the same year." GOLD AND SILVER HUNTING AND OPEN- " Mrs. Tyler," said the hostess, "was a Northern This famous hotel has become more than well known CASE, KEY AND STEM-WINDING among the traveling public, and Is increasing in popu- WATCHES, S. A. HAFFORD, Jr., SECOND UNCLOTHING. lady, irom New York, 1 think." larity every day. Whenever a traveler arrives in The Best Quick-Train Bailway Time-Keeper Hade. " Is Mrs. Lincoln living still ?" asked Mrs. Falls. Washington he immediately asks for the Emmet J. KARB, Disposers of left-otf Clothing, Watches, Guns, Pis- Nobody was clear on that subject. tols, ¡so., can get the best cask prices from tbe original House and engages a room, and when he leaves Dan. 629 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Business Manager, " 1 suppose President Jackson was always a friend O'Brien has an advertisement during the balance of Manufacturer and Dealer in HEKZOG'S, 808 Ninth street, near Pennsylvania Of Mr.T ia?" . that traveler's life. This is allright for Dan., butrough WATCHES, CHBOKOHETEBS AXD FINE JEWELBI. avenue. Branob, 237 Pennsylvania avenne. Bf cal " Yep, he wrote from the Hermitage to Mr. Polk on newspapers. no2-2m3 ling at or addressing the above places prompt atteft. 927 D Street, Washington, D. C. tion will be given t* all orders. apM-tn THE CAPITAL: NOVEMBER 9, 1879. 8 The Death of Mrs. Eaton MARRIED. A. Watson/ TIFFANY — HATCHEB.—At Chariest,>wn. Mis- ABOUT two hundred of the members of By the death yesterday afternoon of this lady the A puzzle is constantly being presented to readers of souri, ou Wednesday, October 29,1879, by Rtv. J. ». the Masonic Mutual Belief Association, known as the Washington newspapers. Who is A. Watson? Every last of the links connecting the present with the past Fraz 1er, Byram C. Tiflany to Miss Archie, Uui ghter THE CAPITAL. "kickers" or disaffected members, met at the Mar publio question that arises calls out lengthy commu- has been broken. Mrs. E it on was the most roman- ot Hon. Robert A. Hatcher. sonic Temple last evening in response to the oall ol nications to the editors, signed "A. Watson." A. tically remarkable woman our eountry ever produced, .. .KOYEMBEB 9, 1879. the committee oi seven, and adopted the following SOlfDAT MOENIXG Watson has a plan for Increasing the water supplv, much more so even than the late Mrs. Patterson-Bona- DIED. ticket, to be voted forjat the election of directors next A. Watson has a new method of nnmbering streets, parte. She was sectlonalized as far as birth and local- PROBEY.—On the evening of the 7th, after »pain- Tuesday night: Andrew Oauldwell, No. 3; Horatio A. Watson has views on the District commissioner- ity were concerned. Born near Bladensburg, and ful Illness, Mary, daughter of James K. and Margaret Mg- Entered at Hie Post Office at Washington, ». C., Browning, No. 11; M. M. Parker, No. 1 ; Edward Probey of Georgetown, aged 7 weeks. ship question, A. Watson presents a grand scheme reared In Washington, the national capital was the M Second-Class Hatter. Fltzkt, No. 17; P. H. Eaton, No. 19; William Merti, for ventilating the Capitol, A. Watson has a patent scene ol her entire life. Her beauty was marvelous, No. 20, and S. Norris Thome, No. 22. artificial automatic bull-dog for getting rid of tramps, yet Insignificant when compared with her wit and LADIES' GOODS. JU-THB CAPITAL has two European offices where Resolutions were adopted setting forth that the A. Watson has found a way of utilizing the Immense keen knowledge of men. When very young she mar- correspondence and business connected with the offloers of the Masonic Mutual Belief Association amount of energy wasted dally by men In trying to ried Mr. Tlmberlake of the navy. He died, and some paper can be attended to. should have no connection with other insurance asso- crush their feet Into tight boots; sometimes A. Wat- years after she was wedded to General Eaton of the London, No. 68 Holborn Viaduct, E. U. ciations, and that the by-laws of the association son's ideas grow expansive, ana he submits a project army, and subsequently minister to Spain. During Fall Importations Paris, No. 90, Kue de la Victoire. should be amended so as to reduce the age at whleh for digging a ship-canal from Cape Horn to the Arctic Jackson's administration Mrs. Eaton did the honors members will be received to forty years, to prevent an of the White House, Mrs. Jackson being an invalid, sea; A. Watson Implores the editor to see that proper —IN—., Increase of the average age of the assessed, to avoid care is taken that the shade trees in the city are not and exercised so eminent an authority that she made RECORD OF THE WEEK. bad risks, to prevent the reserve fund from accumulat- destroyed; A. Watson proposes to build a railroad and unmade Cabinets at her pleasure. She was polit- ing beyond the sum ot $10,000, and if possible to in- through Central- Africa, A. Watson demands to.be ically and socially the most famous woman of Amer- troduce a more rigid economy into the management reicoghized as the Inventor of the weather-bureau ica, and will ever stand alone as such, for the existence THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE of General Bonnets, Hats, of the association. It was agreed that the chairman system, claiming that his plan was stolen by the of any one paralleled is nowadays an impossibility. Thomas, which Is to be placed on the pedestal In the of the meeting, J. M. Vale, present the resolutions at British Admiral Fltzroy, and stolen by " Old Probs." At home and abroad she has been celebrated into fourteenth-street clrole, will arrive In Washington, It the general meeting Tuesday night, and move their from Admiral Fltzroy; A. Watson projeots to build a prominence through the press. Fraser's Magazine is expected, next Tuesday. Arrangements have been Fine Millinery Goods,. adoption, and that 2,000 of the reform tickets should mammoth Intercepting sewer which will swallow up and Blackwood's have had, in the years gone by, the made for unveiling ceremonies of a character that be printed. all the refuse of the city. romanoo of her life; and at home the once famous so- will make the day one long to be remembered. The ciety novel of Washington life, by Mrs. Easselle, Kibbons, Flowers, Feathers, Army oi the Cumberland hold their annual reunion LADIES' GOLD-PILLED JEWELRY of all Upon every conceivable subject A. Watson appears called " Magdalen, the Enchantress," embodied her here on the 19th and 20th Instant; and as the Thomas kinds at a sacrifice, to make room for holiday goods, in print, without the slightest provocation. He is a as the heroine. Silks, Satins, Velvets, Crepes, statue ceremonies will make the occasion one of un- at B. Harris & Co's., 435 Seventh street. type of his class—of the writers of communications to Oddly enough, and romantically too, this novel opens usual interest, it is expected that the reunion will call newspapers. Readers of papers have begun to think Scarfs, Ties and Ficimes,. out an attendance larger than has ever been known at KATZENSTEIN The fall is a double that A. Watson is A. Myth. He Is not. The editors with the deceased a young girl, being crowned as " Q,ueen of the May" in Parrott's woods, by Rock any similar meeting. The Seventh regiment oi New meaning word for Katzenstein, for with the autumn of papers have now In their desks volumes of matter il Valenciennes anil Duclicssc Lace Ms,. York the Fourteenth regiment and the Du Qnesne his goods increase in variety and fall in prices. The on various subjects written by A. Watson, ready to creek. Those woods are now Oak Hill Cemetery, and »rays of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the City Troop of out of clothes has changed since last;;season, espe- fire oil in small sections whenever news Is dull, or the there the dwelling-place of the soul flown will be bur Philadelphia, and several other famous military organ- cially In overcoats, and you should, therefore, be oare- foreman wants a stickful to fill up a column. There led on Tuesday. DRESS TRIMMINGS AND BUTTONS nations, are expected to be present, to add martia' ful to go to the house which can give you the best Is enough ammunition on hand to keep the thing run- IN ELEGANT VARIETY. splendor to the imposing oeresaonles. The music «ill goods and latest styles at the lowest prices. All sorts ning for a year or two, even If A. Watson should die; AMUSEMENTS. FORD'S OPERA HOUSE.—Ford's opera company, be measured by the discharge of cannon. The statue of suits can be found at Katzenstein's, and they look so readers who have learned to look for and love his originally organized on a Plnatore basis, produced The Best Quality Linen Collars and Cuffst, will be first exposed to public view amid the din ot a just as well as ordered suits, which cost twice as much. articles need have no fear of being suddenly deprived Little Duke, The Sorcerer and the new opera entitled score oi brass bands and the shouts of ten thousand The overcoats are of the latest patterns, light, half of their A. Watson. He Is not a myth. He is Tne Mayor last week. The company Is very well trained In every thing performed during the week, The Hemstitched and Embroitered Jlandlzevclnefs, enthusiastic men. Everything has been planned on a ulsters and ulsters of various styles tor various climates, offensive, mild man, who noiselessly slinks Into the Little Duke being especially acceptable to the public. and at the lowest prices that the market offers. editor's sanctum, lays his communication on the desk, large scale. The Mayor is a pretty and racy little work, written Embroidered Vests, At a meeting of the committee on decorations of the and vanishes as silently as he came. He never com- and composed originally for some amateurs, but re- POOLS Society of the Army of the Cumberland, held last even- will be sold on the candidates for plains. If his articles are cut or garbled, or even con- cently Improved and reconstructed especially for John And Orders Taken for them in Every Combination.. Commissioner Phelps' place at Scanlan's. Major T. Ford. The music is sparklintt and iresh, and the ing, the following resolution was adopted: signed to the waste basket, he never murmurs. When Morgan Is the favorite; though the Baptist brethren mounting of the piece picturesque. The duet in the Suits, Cloaks, Fur-Lined Circulars, Be it resolved. That the citizens of Washington llv he oommits to paper the great thoughts that keep second act is a real gem, and was beautifully sung by lnii on the line of the prooession, and In the immediate are staking considerable on Brother Stlckney, and the thumping away in his head his duty Is done. If the Miss Blanche Chapman and Mr. Holf. The former Misses' Cloaks, Flannel Wrap- vicinity of the Fourteenth-street Circle, be requested Caledonian Club are showing up a solid front for editor, in the smallness of his mind, declines to give adds to her laurels with each attempt she makes on the lyrio stage, and In those bright characterizations perSi Fur-Lined Foot- to decorate and illuminate their residences on the 19th braw' Tom Somerville. French has few backers. The them to the public, it is a matter which rests entirely and 20th of this month. she Is extremely fine. i Muffs, friends of H. A. Willard are attempting to create a between the editor and his conscience. A. Watson Is The company uives The Mayor this week, and with The ohorus organized for the unveiling of the diversion in his favor, and t!-e National Fair Associa- not a myth. He lives. His life Is spent In addressing a fioe send-off after the last week of such good perfor- Thomas statue held their first rehearsal last night at mances. Denham, Greensfelder, Miss Bockel, and tion is wading In for Mr. Gait. Mr. Editor. His last proposition Is that the school Wlllard's Hall. The next meeting will be at the especially Miss Annandalo, are all well known In Parisian Hand-Made Undergarmcnfs, board hang up a printed temperance pledge In every Washington, and need no commendation. On same place, on Wednesday afternoon next, at quarter GOOD BEER, good liquors and good cigars sohool-room, to be signed by the boys, by which means Wednesday evening the Chimes of Normandy. Ladies' Embroidered Eose, past four, when all the gentlemen invited to take at the Brighton, 521 Ninth street northwest. A. Watson hopes to make us a nation of temperance THEATER COMIQUE —Tills popular place of amuse- part in the musical features are expected to be present. ment announces an array of talent for the coming men. The school-boys will carry with them always J. Ii. P. and C. P. Corsets,. The music for the grand hymnus is being printed, and THE POSSIBLE ELEVATION of Major Mor- week superior to anything ever given In this city. the name of A. Watson. Some time the pen will drop Julian Kent appears m his great border drama ot will be ready for the next rehearsal. The composer, gan to the seat in the board of District commissioners, from his enfeebled grasp; he will vanish forever from Wild Bill, introducing the great bear fight, &c. Thompson's Glove-Fitting Corsets, Mr. Max Mueller, was present last evening, and on made vacant by the resignation ot Captain Phelps, The variety is unusually strong. Messrs. Morton and the sanctum as silently and mysteriously as he came. being introduced, met with an enthusiastic welcome. has created a ripple of exoitement In police olrcles. It Mills, the great vocalists and dancers; John D. Griffin, The editor will listen in vain for his stealthy tread, the Irish comique; Frank M. Wills, the great German PINE HAIR AND CHATELAINE BBAIDS He will conduct his own piece, which, it is said, is Is understood that in case Major Morgan is made Dis- soarcely stirring the dust in the passage. Eternity comique; the Whltneys, John and Emma; the great Worthy of the occasion. Both wordB and music are by trict commissioner, Captain Brock will be promoted to specialty artists, Fields and Hanson; the greatest IN EVERY COLOR, will close over him, and nothing will be left to tell of members or the Army of the Cumberland, and the major, lieutenant Vernon will bo made captain and musical team in the country, Wood and West; the the good man's life, except it is a simple white slab, great ska tori al song and dance artists; the Nelsons, And a Fall Line of Choice Novelties. committee having charge of the matter are confident Sergeant Arnold will be made lieutenant, vice Ver- inscribed "Mr. Editor," and underneath the ramlllar Carrie Lewis and others, with the great, stock com- that the musical portion ot the programme will be in non, promoted. pany now at this theater, wtiich cannot be equaled by name, f A. Watson." the highest degree creditable to the ceremonies and any in the country. Harry P. Williams makes his ap- 1 have lately added to my stock the celebrated reunion. MIRIAM FLEMING, the young wife who pearance, and resumes the position of stage manager. was stabbed with a pocket-knife by her husband one Jake Badd appears now at every perlormanoo in a fr.c mnrmnirnnn Another Marine Disaster« new laughable negro sketch. On account ol the AT THE FAIR, first premium awarded to week alter their marriage, yesterday applied for a NEW YOS&K, November 8.—The Austrian bark Rebus, great length of the programme the curtain will rise It. Harris & Co., 435 Seventh street, lor their cele- divorce on the ground of cruelty. arriving in this port this afternoon, brings news of the promptly at 8 o'clock. So be early, if you wish to see It all. Guaranteed best French make. Ai o the brated Parisian diamonds, mounted in their new loss of schooner Petrel and fifteen lives, of her passen- Go TO Ju LIUS LANSBURGH'S popular house ST. PETER'S CHURCH FAIR.—The fair and bazaar at patent dust-proof settings. gers and crew,Including the captain. She also brings six for carpets, oil cloths and Interior decorations. St. Peter's school house, on E streot, between Third survivors ot the same vessel, all that are left of the JULIUS LANSBURGH'S carpet house, and Fourth southeast, Capitol Hill, has been attended ' \Y I l.i.l A N " company of twenty-one. Captain Ivanclch of the with muoh success during the past week. The ladles crowded continually with buyers, the only place In the managing the several tables deserve great credit and Rebus reports that when 34 days out from Trieste he District where a complete assortment can be found at END OF THE NATIONAL FAIR. praise for the fine display made of their wares. Their espied the floating hull of a dismantled vessel, full bewitching smiles and pleasing address manage to popular low prices. Closing Scenes en the Grounds Yesterday—Tiro Trots of water and water-logged. The wind at the time capture many chanoes on numerous choioe articles to KID GLOYE be raffled oft. The Sodality ta'-.le is under the man- blew a gale from the north, and a strong sea was run- J. C. EDWARDS and William Smith, two and a Race Between Mounted Policemen. agement of Mrs. J. T. Callaghan ; the Sunday school A flrst-olass 3-button Glove for horse-owners who have been doing the National Fair, The National Fair is over. The managers oan now. ning. The weather was bitter cold. Some persons table under Miss Sarah Harbin ; the grocery table sleep sweetly, with peaceful visions stealing on their were on the hull signaling for help with strips torn under Mrs. Captain Coleman; the confectionery ta- started out ior a jolllfloation yesterday morning, and ble under Mrs. Alice Joyce, and the flower bower 90 Cents. after a round of pleasure, Edwards having parted slumbers ol fat bulls moving In slow procession, all from their garments. Notwithstanding the danger under Miss Mary Ketley, ably assisted by a corps ot happy because they received premiums; long arrays attending the effort, a boat was lowered, and, after other handsome ladies. It Is contemplated that the company with his friend, discovered that |180 had fair will be closed on Tuesday evening next, when all of double-action threshing machines, mowers, reapers battling with the elements, and at great risk of life of been taken from him. He reported his IOBS at the the articles not disposed of will be sold at auction. Having successfully imported goods for the past and binders, thumping, rattling and grinding away, all concerned, six persons on the wreck were saved. Fifth precinct station, and Sergeant Johnson ap- thirty years for cash; enables me to offer the very- making a noisy and happy din beoause each were The schooner Petrel, Captain Fi sher, sailed on the MAGGIE MITCHELL was with us last week. Com- pointed himself an Investigating oommittee. After mendation ot this nationally iWvorite artist is unneces- latest novelties In advance of any other house, and at> awarded the prize for being the very best that is 25th of October ior a whaling voyage In the Atlantlo several hours' search, he ascertained that Smith had sary. It is written—not in ink, but in fact—by»her prices that will be found satisfactory. made; a legion of prize-roosters six teet high, wearing ocean, and carrying Portuguese passengers, and a bouses and the dramatically powerful applause, as gone to a disreputable house on Four-and-a-half well as attendance, tendered her. There is something Madame LeGarvln, who ocouples the parlors abov« premium tags on their necks, each crowing proudly number of pald-offwhalemen returninghometobelau- street, and thither the officer proceeded. He gained so magnetic in her acting that her naine seems a key- my store, since last Juno, has already become a most with a voice like a fog-horn, befcause the committee ded at Fayal in Azores, and on M adelra and Canary Is note to success. admittance and found Smith spending his ill-gotten popular dressmaker, both in styles and prioos. wealth with a lavish hand. He was torn from the pioked him out as the cook of the walk; a regiment lands. They encountered the terrible gales that swept Miss Mitchell is better supported this season than of fat hogs grunting with satisfaction beoause each the North Atlantic ocean In the last days of October ever. She still has that staunch, brainy, carelul arms ot a loving female, and escorted to a oell at the aotor, Mr. Harris, as her leading man, and, In add! Fifth precinct station. One hundred and forty dollars reoeived the award for being the biggest hog In the and early days of November. After being dismasted by tlon Mr McLannin, one of the most thorough suc- 1 lot; swarms of birds, droves of geese, armies of men, the fury of the gale, the schooner became unmanaga- cesses ot the stage. Miss Clifton Is very valuable «f the stolen money was recovered, but Edwards de- and very much of a tavorlte, as was also Mr. Mitchell. 907 Penna. Avenue* clined to prosecute, and the prisoner was oi course re- boys and women, all of them happy, chirping, cack- ble and drifted, a plaything of the gale. On the29th of The week was the greatest, success of the season. At leased. ling and making merry because they each received October she was capsized In a Equal],and fifteen persons yesterday's matinee the theater was most densely 7 Cite Tre vise, Paris. the highest prizes in the particular department In were lost, Including Captain Fisher. From the 29th crowded ; throngs of people wore turned away from mailS-ly thfc doors, and standing room was scarcely a possibility. AN EXPLANATION TO PARENTS—We which they exhibited. These peaceful dreams and of October till the 3d of November six survivors clung general satisfaction were brought about by having to the wreck, exposed to the cold and storm, without EMMA ABBOTT, the American prima donna, will bo have three more salesmen than we ever had, and find In Washington with her company next week. This ourselves unable to properly wait on the Immense, enough premiums to go all around. If anybody has covering, and kept continually wet by frigid seas that artist has achieved a phenomenal success as a great throng that crowds our boys' department. In order to been neglected he can call on the committee on swept over them. They had some food, but little singer, and as a woman of stranirely persistent and in- grievances and order his premium. The National wates to drink, and when reliel came they were al- domitable character in the field of hard work. Her facilitate the business ot this department, we shall to- triumph has been entirely independent of vulgar sen- morrow add two more salesmen, and, with the goods Fair was to have ended Thursday, but the msnagers most frantic withjoy. sation, and carries with It the popular enthusiasm ac- marked at the lowest prioe we will sell them for to determined to add two more days as District days. corded to genuine worth. FINE. FRESH BUTTER TRIUMPHANT! Foot Ball. any one, we trust to be enabled to serve all who may As yesterday was announced as "cheap day." at NATIONAL THEATER—"Contempt of pourt" will NETV HAVES, Conn., November 8.—Harvard and be given this week by Sareent's well-known comedy call on us. We guarantee the price of every garment the Fair, a good many people stayed at home. The company. The play is by Dion Boucicault, and is one Yale played their first foot ball game of the season Four of the Five Premiums Offered by tile we sell to be the lowest, and will refund the money to attendance numbered about 3,000. Exhibitors, fakirs, of his best efforts, and Is hoely acted and brilliantly this afternoon. The game resulted in a tie. There any dissatisfied purchaser. Respeotfully, side-showmen and restaurant-keepers were busy all mounted. The manager is one of tbo ablest in the National Fair Association for Batter A. SAKS & Co. were no goals or touch-downs for either side. The country, and his name guarantees the best eitorts of a day getting ready lor a general exodus, and things master in the business. game was hotly contested, each Bide exhibiting about had the appearance of a general breaking up of THE FASCHON.—The fourth complimentary sociable JULIUS LANSBURGH of Odd Fellows'Hall, equal skill, although Harvard touched down for safety AWARDED TO US! housekeeping. of the Function Club will be held at Old Fellows' the popular carpet furnisher, has all he can personally nine times and Yale only twice. A large number of Hall on Toursday evening next. This dellwhtlul asso- There were two races for District horses on the card, attend to; nevertheless call. persons witnessed the contest. . ciation has loaned more to the social enjoyment ot our of which the following is a summary: city than almost any social organization among us. FRANK GOLDEN, a South Washington First race—3:00 class; best three in five; purse $200: It is composed of, the best of our people, and is most A Card. thoroughly success lui tn all that it essays. Tie P. P. Butter Meets a Waterloo Defeat!' grocer, was burned to death In his store early last Charles W. Huguley 1 Colonel Hey wood...... 3 Having protested against the award of the judges in THE ROWING CHALLENGE ot Messrs. McBlair and Thursday morning, his olothing having caught fire i,ady Golddust 2 olass 50, we deem It but just to the public to give our Coughlan having bemi accepted by Messrs. Rawlins from a coal-oll lamp. Mr. Golden had had the gas Time—2:60, 2:42, 2:44. reasons for so doing. The printed pamphlet of the and Earle, the race will take place on Wednesday Four 'Premiums were Awarded us for the BEST Second race—2:35 class; purse $300: - National Fair Association invited exhibits, and named cut off f rom his house the previous day, and substi- the marshal under whom the award would be made next. Rawlins and Earle have been in aotlvo train- FB ESS B TITTER at the national Gilt Edge. * • 1 10 1 ing under the supervision of Captain .foe Oenty, and tuted coal-oil lamps, on account ot the extortionate and the judges who would conduct tho examination. lair, on the 30th of October, 1879. Sallle Scott o We were perfeotly satisfied with this programme, at * are in condition to pull for a man's life. prices chargdd for gas. If he had lived another day Trump 2 2 0 2 entered the beer of the Rochester Brewing Company be would have learned that the gas company had re- Time—2:40, ¡S4J, 2:41 and 2:40. , In the confidence that we would at least receive lair KEEP'S FINE KID GLOVES made up by skilled French solved to reduce the price of gas, and probably the After the first heat of the first race considerable dis- and Impartial treatment. All vre did we did in good The P. P. Butter, PBINTED FROM TUB BUT- faith, and were content to let our beer stand with labor, of the finest skins and best workmanship, equal TEK, could not stand the test, and meta Waterloo tragedy would never have occurred. satisfaction was expressed with the manner in which others on its own merits. When too late to have any to the' best imported, and every pair warranted, can be t ^K. oourn £ ~ooinDe,Uion with our unrivaled Lady Golddust, the favorite, was driven. It was al- change we were informed that the marshal had been iuuod at Keep's New Yor« shut agenev, 48TSwenth | and OREA.MEKY PK1NT BUI TER from THE FASHIONABLE WORLD congregate at removed, and Mr. George W. Driver, one of the com- street, between D and E; 2-button, $1.25 per pair, Philadelphia. Delaware, Maryland, y<;gima and leged that the driver held back the mare and pur- Also the largest stock ot shtrts, tine neckwear, under- Keen's. When wo say the fashionable world we refer peting exhibitors, had control of this class; and, still Pennsylvania, as evldenoed by the UNANIMOUS posely allowed her to be beaten. further, on our arrival at the scene of action, we found wear, &c. decision in our favor of competent expei ts, such as to the male sex, who desire fine clothing, overcoats, President Gait thereupon mounted to the judges' one of Mr. Driver's employes in charge ot the exhibits, Messrs. .losieph O. Pearson, W. W. Hough, John is. Jtc., made in the latest styles and of the most Im- manipulating them solely in Mr. Driver's interest, Miller II. O. Coburn, George Oompton and Levi stand, and insisted that the judges should declare It and, of course, to our disadvantage. New judges had proved patterns. It Is simply useless tor the merchant BAUM'S •Woodbury. We do not print our Butter. Our dairy- a dead heat or change the drivers, intimating that he beeu substituted without our knowledge. Although men print, it for us iresh from the churn; hence its tailors to endeavor to compete with Keen. What did not Intend to have any "crookedness" on that the public generally had indorsed the beer ot the high flavor, solidity and keeping qualities. Karus is among the American trotters Keen is among " Rochester Brewing Company" as the purest and track. Messrs. Leavltt, Rock and Oyster, the judges, best in America, we knew that any chance for an the merchant tailors, viz.: The best in the country. If refused to change their ruling, giving the heat to official award for it was gone. The jury had been Geo M. Oyster & Co., any one doubts our assertion let him call at 414 Ninth packed and the "thing had been fixed." Notwlth NEW BUILDING, Charles Huguley; and as Mr. Gait still insisted upon street and give him a trial. standing this, on the first vote the beer of the " Roch- no0-2t3 Oenter, Northern and Eastern Markets. revising their action, they resigned their plaoes and ester Brewing Company " was a tie with the beeare- left the stand. Mr. Gait, upon that, selected Messrs. ceivlng the award, but finally, through chicanery, we M AMONG the suits entered at the City Hall were sacrificed. To further complete the programme Jenkins and Clark to act with himself as judges, yesterday was one in which George E. Tolman, an ot Mr Driver and his friends, a resolution was adopted •ÊggOT and the races proceeded under their direction. The by the judges that a mere majority vote should be architect, sued District Commissioner Phelps for false Which is the highest award offered for fino concluding heats of the race being repetitions ol' the made unanimous. So, notwithstanding the votes re- Imprisonment, laying his damages at $10,000. Tol ceived by our beer, the award in this case has been •H first heat, served as a vindication lor the retiring man was formerly employed by Phelps to draw up heralded as being without a dissecting voice. From judges. these factB the public can judge whether or not we are CREAMERY BUTTER, certain building plans and specifications, which he After the trotting race a scrub race, one mile dash, justified In our protest. We think a proper spirit of altcrwards retained. Last June he was arraigned In manly fairness should have prevented an Interested was started among the mounted policemen, lbr apurse WAS A WARDED TO the police court for embezzlement, but no case could exhibitor from playing the part Mr. Driver has in this raised by subscription. There were four entries: SI affair I'lM-EY & KOCH, be made against him, and he was dismissed. Lewis, of the first precinct; Milton Slater, of the sixth Agents for the Rochester Brewing Co. ILLIPS precinct; Peter Ranke, of the eighth precinct, and DETECTIVE BIRDSALL of Jersey City visited by the Judges at our National Eair Association. Some,.» Washington yesterday for the purpose of taking back William H. West, ot the second preclnot. The pool- The King's Palace. | think this a Waterloo defeat. We oan't see it. with him a runaway boy named Charles Magulre, sellers did a very lively business on this race, Slater The first prize has been awarded to the famous We have just received 100 25-lb. Tubs of FIN if who left his parents about two weeks ago. Magulre being the favorite at long odds. Slater took a lead at King's Palace, 814 Seventh street, for the finest dis- CREAMERY, and are having paoked 5 000 pounds? was found In the racing stable of Messrs. Barnes & the start, which he gradually lengthened, winning play of hats and bonnets and millinery goods In gen- eral. This beautiful exhibit was undoubtedly one ot ' in small stoue crockSi weighing 8 and H pounds each West, at the Notional Fair grounds, by Detective the race one hundred yards ahead of all competitors, the greatest attractions of the fair, and has caused a | net. Send in your orders prompily and secure a pack- McElfresb, and when Birdsall arrived bis charge was In 2:15. West dropped out after running his mare ereat rush to the famous King's Palaoe. We are in- age. t i half a mile. Ranke and Lewis divided the second formed that the entire exhibit will be offered for sale waiting for him at police headquarters. on Monday next, with many other and new and at- We have a fine stcoi of D dry and Oooking Buttef» honors. tractive styles of pattern hats, bonnets and all other [ on hand. | JULIUS LANSBURGH is selling carpets at Alter this race a scrub foot race of a quarter ol a novelties of the latest Importation. It is no surprise to us to see the extraordinary suocess this line estab- A. E. PHILLIP.*, his usual low rates. mile, between fifty boys, was started, and was won by lishment has attained, for the ladles are not slow In Charles James. appreciating the effort to gfve Washington citv an ACADEMT OF THE VISITATION, MAY 16,1879. establishment where first-class goods are sold atprloes Commission Merchant, Ma KUHN : We take pleasure Inlacknowledgtng the At the conclusion of this race there was a general that come within reach of all. We cannot refrain, superior merit of the Decker Brothers' pianos. The scramble for the train, and the grounds were soon de- therefore, to commend the King's Palaoe to all who C4'l Louisiana Ave. serted. desire to purchase fashionable and first-olass goods at instrument we purchased from you In 1875 has given the most reasonable prices, and we predict another With BARBOUR & HAMILTON, Wholesale Gro- entire satisfaction, and after four years' use, in tone Found Dead. great rush at the King's Palaoe, 811 Seventh street, I cers. pov9-tl8 and clearness Is equal, if not superior, to when we BUFFALO, N. Y., November 8.—W. J. Brown, a between H and I, this coming week. purchased it. Yours with great respect, prominent business man of lthlca, was found dead In National Fair. ' The Sisters of the Visitation. his bed at the Bouney Hotel to-day. The oause Is MLtiiSP'S iiHliiTS, The verdict ol the judges at the National Fair, con- WINTER UNDERWEAR, supposed to be congestion of the lungs. He leaves a sliting of experts, proves conclusively that Messrs. G. MB. W. H. A. WORMLEY, the proprietor wife andchlldren. The body was taken to lthlca for M Oyster & Co. control the finest brands of butter in FINE S1JLK HANI KERCHIEFS,. of Wormlej's Hotel, was at the City Hall yesterday, Interment. the market. Our patrons should read their advertise- BEST 2-BU'fTON KID GLOVES,.$ .125. and entered suit, lor $ >0,000 damages against Mr. J. ment in another column. THERE'S many a girl called a " daisy " before mar- Keep's-New York Shiri At ency, P. J. A gur for hoisewhipping him oa the 3d inst., THE rush to Tom Trodden's elegant restaurs nt con- riage who, alterafewyears,looksllkeafadedold"but 4SÏ Seventh street northwest, during » dispute about the driving of a coach to the tercup." tinues unabated. And the largest and finest assort- 416 SEVENTH STREET N. W. ment of first-class liquors can always be fiund at •«•MIS nov9-lj8 between D and E.- Nation» F-iir grounds. He thinks it Is worth $10,000 THE game of poker Is very old. Shakspeare says: Trodden's restaurant, opposite the market. - to be horaewitppel. " I'll call thee, Hamlet."