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"USVWOTW "JZ I gw j-ygfawri wuwwg.w'' r r. IS ,i a V wittii ill nil i mw i ii WASHINGTON t'MTIC euerv bubnino. jit tub WAS1I1NHTON (."KIT 10 CUMI'ANV. 1LU.LET KILISOURN. 1'm.sim.NT. 613 D STREET NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, 1). C. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. jy mao, rosrvio: rituwiu Evening edition, ono year ! rattof aycnr, per mouth Eviulug anil Sunday morning, one yuar.. fcunday morning edition, one yur Wall subscriptions lnvnrlably m advance. 10 citv mriwiunnn. (Delivered by ratrhw Evening edition, 'iio month S3, Evening and bundiiy morning, ono mouth 503 Addio THE CRITIC, nil I) street, Washington, 1). C. "WASHINGTON, MAHOII l."i, 1890. iiii: vvoui.ii'.s imik. Tho sub-committee of the special committee of the House, which was in tmsted with thu preparation of a "Woi Id's Fair bill, has tlnlslieil itslabors ami has lepoitcd nnact in nineteen sec tions, which was piinteil exclusively in ycNteulny's Ouitk. Without evincing nny desheto boast of what was merely a timely publication of an impoitant document Tiik Ciiitic feels justified In ditecllng attention to tho clllcicncy of Its new i and Capitol service, and it points with pi ido to the fact that yes tciday it va ablo to givo iufmmatiou to the public at a point whcio it's able and esteemed contempoiniies got badly left. The bill piovldes that a World's Tail shrill be held at Chicago in 1S92, Unit a Columbian Imposition Cotnmis--ion shall bo appointed and that this i ointnlsMon shall accept the site of tho fair fiom the Slate coiporation of Illi nois if an actual snbseilption of $."!, 000,000 is made available iu a satis facloiy manner. The sum of $1,500,030 is nppropiintcd for tho Government exhibit, and it is 'cxpicssly provided that the United States is not lo be linhle for any debts of either theoorp mtion-or the Commission. lfthu bill should pass as it will be lepoited to tho House, it is fail to judge that through its provisions every impoitant public interest will bo -serve 1 and evciy considenitlon of general con sequence will be regaided. Tho condi tions under which Chicago cun opoiato tho fair, of which it has been chosen as the site, arc cleaily laid down. It will beheld in 1802, and the city must show nu'acltial, hona Jitle $5,000,000 guaran tee fund. The bill should have pio vided for a ceremonial celebration to be participated in by all the nations o! tho'Americfm contlncut and to Tie held hero at the seat of Government. Hut probably this will he arranged for through separate legislation. The suggestion that tho Fair need noyH be held in 1S92, but that lljvugy be postponed to some moreJf-'convenieat year is not counlonona&l by thu bill. The gieat Yo.juvge-'or Columbus that tojwJbUli'ifnlquo and supreme historic Interest attaches belongs to tho events of the year 1 192, If the proposed cele bration is to be a tiuadri centennial commemoration It seems manifest that it can only be held with appropriateness in 1802. It is to bo hoped that Chicago will prove worthy of its opportunity; that it Ttll provide for tho celebration of the lending event iii American history in a manner at once generous and proper, and that it will produce an exhibit of Anuuican art and industry worthy of the gieat nation of which, for this oc casion, it has been chosen as the lepre Fenlative. I.NTKICNATIONAL GOl'YKJGHT. A Canadian, writing from Montreal to the New Yoik Nation, cypresses very f oreibly the need which exists In this tountiy for an international copyiight system. IIo shows that opposition to the Chace bill will eventually result in building up a cheap book-publishing business In Canada, through which tho people of thu United States will be iuiiiished, beyoml all power of pieven llon ivn the part of custom-houses, with rlii up, pirated editions of their own nuihoitf, printed by Canadian printers and on Canadian paper. The bus! ifb will be rallied on not only v 1th no thought of compensation to the American nutlior, but in direct and hurtful competition with tho Interests of-the American printer and piper manufacturer. He veiy effectively urges that "tho people of tho United Slates have adopted the policy of protection to home industry. 'Iherefoio the pioposed Copyright bill demands that all books "(be piotccted shall bo manufactured 1 "he United States. You niccateful o he printers, the engravers, the il tho paper-inakcis, hut you, ppose this bill, aie forgetting tho lOjs. I mean your own authors b one of your bono and llesh of your ilesh born and brought up under your own institutions. What have they done that the woikof foiejgneis should bo brought into untaxed competition with their works? "Tho American author has to live, and sometimes, when he Is very lmpru dent, he has a wifo and childien. For that teahon his books are charged with iiipyilght. In short, ho gets paid for hie woik just liku tho pi Inter and binder, and the babes of tho printer and paper-maker and author aro thereby nouilshed into active adult citizens of your gieat llepubllc. Hut, as your law sjamls now, you aio bringing in tho work of foieigu authors to tho detriment "i your homo authors; you aro selling their books loss the cost of authorship, and you nie taking the bread out of the lumitlis of your own literary producers, because you aro undeiselling their pro ductions with free foreign literary labor. "You would not do that with tho Jnnper-inakcrs. You say hooks must be 'cheap the people of tho Unltod States ikiutuid cheap books. If so, be con 'BlUB sittitit mid take the duty off iiapor and pi luting mnuriil- in ! :U Mi' ru nto clunper book; but you pi itn1 ovcry kind of labor in a book except Intellec tual lobor. In books iilnue fieu foreign labor is encouraged to nupplant Amerl- eanlaltoi." , so ah: nmiitiur kills. It is light tQ lvn this Fifty first Con siesanll tho cietllt it deserves for tho inteiost It has nlroady shown In District questions ntul for tho activity which It hns manifested in coming lo their con sideration and solution. Tint Clinic has on ptevious occasions icfcired to the dltlVieiit otpodl'iiK which have been ptnpowd both iu tho House and Si'iinto Iu regard to a settle ment of the railtoad problem. It has also lefei led with appioval to Senator Julmund's hill to establish a hospital fordliwomnuliies In tills city. Senator' r'aiilknei's meiisuio fot tho election of a Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital Is of like ehaiartiii- and will win unlveisal Mippoit. Senator tn gnlls' bill for tho lobulation of tho pinrtico of medicine In tho District, however, suggests a plan about which, in tlte minds of those most concerned, thcio will, beyond ipicstlon, ho much dllferenco of opinion. The vniious bnuiclicsof tho medical piofcssion have not vet leached that degico of mutual complacency which will justify any sanguine expectation of their ngieeing to submit to a common lobulation and management. The stieet railway inteiests of tho city aio lecciving cnioful attention. The J'ckington elcctiic road and the cable system now being introduced on Seventh stieet have elicited warm com mendation. Mr. Ihewcr's bill to amend the incoiporatlon act of the "George town Barge, Dock, Elevator and Hail way Company" would, If successfully can led out, do much to Improve the liver front; while Genoial Leo's plan for constructing a toad in Alcandila County between tho Chain, Aqueduct and Long Hildges ami the National Cemetery at Atllngton will, when ac complished, gieatly benefit and beau tify the country on the other side. Altoeolher It would Mem that the Dlstilct is likely to faie better at the hands of this Congress than It has done for several yeais in the past. T,nr, announcement is made that on Thuisday last forty women graduated as Doctois of Mcdiclno fiom a ieputa bio and leliablo Pennsylvania college. Looked at cloeIy this statement Is not so alarming as those that come unniiilly liom the hundred and one niedic.il col legts of the countiy wheie male stu dents are passed and turned out to e- peiiment on a long suileitng com munity. The Illness of women for the practice of medicine and surgery has lope since been demonstrated, and tlieie nre cases that constitute, as It weie, .i special demand for them In th it line. The Held of the woman physician is wide and is constantly enlarging. Yi:iiy soon iiik Navy of tho United States will cease to bo a mere name and will lake its place among cuirent and contempory institutions nsn'rfolcnt lealltyj Uy'lho end of tho present year slv-'iiow vessels will bo alloat. The f net squadron of evolution to visit Europe will make a showing that will be highly cieditable, and in a measure formidable. The tinuble now is to get sailois. AuAmeiican licet manned by aliens and strangers will always be au anomaly. Things must be so nrranged that tho youth of the country will bo induced to enter tho service with the hope of piomotion and fair treatment. The ITtiiAiu Ediicatioxai. iiili, is said to be so deaily tendeied in the heart of Senator Hoar that that lcverend statesman Is alleged to have been be tiayed into saying that ho would cheer fully cloe his public caieer and retire to piivale life If the bill woie passed and its expected icsultsweie realized. One-half of the comment on this saying is taken up in showing that the Sen ator's oftlcial career Is in no danger of abridgement by reason of the suggested contingency, and the other half implies that his piomised lctircmcnt is the best aigumcntyct offered for the passage of tho bill lefencd to. The DowNfAU. of the Fieuch Min istiyhas not been wholly iinexpected. The fact Is the Tiiaid Cabinet has not been regarded as internally harmonious or externally strong. The piobability Is that Do Freyeinet, the present Minis ter of War, will be the new premier and that he will be able to peisuade somo of Ids old colleagues to remain with him in the government. The constitutional system which the French republic has adopted In imitation of that of England is a mere experiment and may fail, It would not buwondeiful if something like the Constitution of the United States might be attended with gieater success. It look s Tiioi'iui Americans weie abandoning Vermont fauns. A com pensation for this is found, however, in the fact that Swedish colonists are tak ing them up. AVhnt tho hardy sous of Vermont could do In tho way of econ omy and thilft is hard to surpass. Hut the Industry and tluift of tho Swedes are pioveiblal, and the Gieen Mountain Sloto may find in those now settlers a firth impulso of prosperity Tiik woiiKiNci ii:oi'i,H of Chill aro becoming ahiimed at tho Increasing im migration into that country, and 1 threaten the government with a lovolu- lion unless a check be put upon It. I They claim that tho Inllux of tho iminl i gionts keeps down the wages of un skilled labor. Hence the chilly i ecep tlon extended them. Tim Svvros ballot icforin bill has again passed tho Now Yoik Assembly Four Now York olty Democrats voted for it, threo county Dcuioeiats and one Tammany man. The Senate doubtless will pass it again. And Governor Hill's veto message will bo good read ing once moio. The l'liii.uniM'iiiA llecord !, au thority for the statement that I'lesldcnt Hanison piefers good claiet to tho best brand of champagne, and that ho is partial to a glass of Iilali whisky now and then. An JU.ifiTiiATioN of the kind of progress some parts of the ' ountry aro making Is found in the experience of THE WASHINGTON CRITIC, SATURDAY EVENING, MAfiCH 15,1890. the Slate or Mkhicnti. .Twenty yea-s ago "Mfrhiirtin had n population of t.18.1,1'00 abd a moittrnge debt of 172.000,000. To day Mlchljtau has a populali n of 2,500 000 and n mort gage debt or over .500,0a0.000. Why Is this thus ? Flgmos furnish material for very Interesting studies. Titi;oii:iUTOiisof "Napoleon" Ives have agreed to settle for live cents on the dollar. Ills bail bond has been re duced from 9230,000 to -fS.OOO. The question iiiises, is failure a success? Tin: i.atb French ing Tliard, leslgned. Piemier, becom- PERSONAL Ex-Concicssman W. L. Scott has gone to his stock farm at Capo Charles, Vii. "New Yoik," says the Hoston ' itM, "is listening to week iWy sermons by l'hilllps Urooks, while' Hoston has to put up with Joe Cook's Mobility lee tines. The contrast Is awful.'' Mine. Tacon, the governess of little King Alphonso. and of .his father bo fine him, has just received the title of Countess of Peralta for her devotion to her pupil during his lecent Illness. She is 70 years old, and has been in tho loyal family of Spain for half n life time. . Ex-Chief Jusllcu Agncw of Feuusyl vnnln is thicatcncd with the loss of the use of bis eyes. Wilting to a gentle man in Philadelphia lie says: "My oj'es aie-fniling, and I am advised to road as little as possible. Two oculists havo warned mo against cataiaet." Judge Aenow was boin in Januaiy, 1809. Dr. von Dolllnger somo time boforu his death Intrusted tho translation of hk last work, "Academic Studies," to au English lady, Miss Wairc. Her Eng lish version Is now completed and In the printer's hands, and will be published inn few weeks. Tlieso essays include "The Jews in Europe," "Dante," "Madame do Malntenoti," etc. The death ot Count 1'etcr Alexin diovlch Ynlouicff at St. Petersburg re moves one of the last suivivois of tho Liberal statesmen who surrounded the Empeior Alexander II. As Minister of tho Inteilor it was Count Valouicff who put into pinctico the Llbeial reforms, the manumission of the serfs, tho es tablishment of local self-government, of municipal institutions and other im portant innovations. Stanley, in a recent letter to Hrock haus, the German publisher, says: "It is not the entertainments that keep me from work, It Is my vlsllois and letters; they are innumerable. As you know, I went to the Albeit Lake to rescue Emlti Pasha, the valiant defender of his prov ince. Of my own free will I under took to go to his assistance, and I hope you do not belong to those who believe that 1 diagncd away the Pasha against his will. All I nsk'ed from him was a htatenieiit of his intentions, my only do site being to bo ofnseto him, but you will icad all tills in my book." "'Elsmaick's last wall.' forms a very picturesque page," says tho 1'all Mall Gazette, "In Mme. Garotte's new volume of memoirs of life In tho 'fuller ics. It was in 1807. when the King of Pmssin visited the Parts Inhibition, a ball was given in his honor, and while the cotillion was being daueed Prince Hisniarek stood aside add looked on, when Mme. Carette stepped up lo him, offeiing a bunch ot -rosis, the;eby Im plying that in 'the 'ladies' tour' sho in vited him to be her partner. The flpwoirf weie accented, nnd Bismarck walt7cd with his lady through tho ciowd, to the astonishment and amuso merit of all piesent. When tho dance was over tho great man took an artificial losebud from Ills buttonhole, handed It to the lady with tho words: 'Will you keep it in memory of the last waltz I shall over daucc, and which 1 shall not forget?' " WIT IN A SMALL WAY. A man in New York has Invented a slot-machlno which furnishes hot buck wheat cakes. Ho should arrange the apparatus so that a medicine case would go with each cake. Fremont JVeTcs. Tho King of Uriwandi has threo wives, whom ho pounds unmercifully when he gets drunk. Ills course is ap proved by Hoyle, wo believe. A. king full always beats threo queens. Chi cago Times. An itato conespoudent inquires of us, "Is there nothing that will briur. down theso Wall street money kings? Cer tainly there is; a banana skin on the sidewalk has been known to do the business pietly effectually. JJoston Bulletin. Itis.said that an ingenious Yankee has invented a patent sheepskin bill head. It is to bo used to collect printers' bills. It is said that the printer's devil can carry ono around iu his pocket trying to collect it for six mouths before it wcais out. Sing Sin; Beghter. Who does not know Ihc old adage "Deaf as a post?" We don't know if posts are appreciative, but If thoy hear one half the stupid, drunken talk that Is uttered by people holding on to them, thoy may congratulate themselves on that condition. Cartoon. A bllzzaril (low out of the West to'tlie East, Aud nvvoopeil ou Gotham down, And nipped the noses and plncUod the teat And tingled the ears of tho elite Of tliu good old ancient town. And ho laughed as he froie tbe blue, blue blood Of the dudes anil maidens there, And ho cried as he whistled around their ears: "I bring to you from tho West, my dear, The compliments of the fair." Clilcntfu Tiniet. TWO SOVEREIGNS Emperor William takes dally fencing lesBons of an hour each fiom Colonel von Dresk" s stated, and finds the "-iv.. .. i. tlienlng his weak left iic he' 'ent attack of sciatica i " '.una has been obliged to give up wine for whisky and water. It is an Intel esting fact that she thinks Irish whisky in pieferonco to Scotfch. THE BOSTON GIRL NOT IN LUOK. J'i cm the notion Com Itr I natfh brr each night as I sit In the ear While standing she clings to the strap, Anil think that too lushful must young ladles aie blio might as well sit hi my lap. A handled and twenty or so she may be, Wlileli wouldn't he nuiuU ot a strain, And If she would plump herself down oh my l;ueo I certainly shouldn't complain. Hut she glances at me In a strange sort of way And her brow wears the shade of a frown That J think, if uhu spoke, the worth she w ould lay Would be, "lilee, sir, and let me sit down." My teat I'd resign, for I'm quite a hour, Whatever my foes say of roe, hut before I do that I want to be sure That the lady is single, you see. THE SOCIAL WORLD. I Mis. Hairlsou and Mis, Wannmakcr I with their party reached Charleston ' yesterday at 11 o'clock and were met I at tho station by the Mayor of the city, the collector of tho port, tho postmaster ' and n committee of promlncntcltl.ens, who escorted them to tho hotel. From many of tho buildings throughout tho olty floated tho Stars and Strip'es and the State colors. After a visit to Fort Sumter the party went for n drive, and upon their icturii to tho hotel held a leceptlon. At night thu Vandeibllt Hcnevolent Society, of which the Pres ident is an honorary membor, serenaded Mr. HarrUon. At midnight the party returned to their private car, and left at an eaily hour this morning for Florida. Mis. MacalcstcrLauehton and Madam Hurtado aio among the hostesses who will ptcsido at dinner parties this even ing. Mrs. J. Thomson Swann will give a theatre party followed by a din ner. Mrs. and Miss Hispham entertained n laigo company at their lesldonce on Connecticut avenue Thursday evening, upon tho fiist of their series of In fotpial leCepttons in March. Mlss'NclllaH'ayaid has lcturncd to her homo In Wilmington, after spend ing several weeks in this city as tho guest of Mrs. Clymcr. Tho residence of ex Senator and Mrs. Henderson, at tho head of Sixteenth stieet hud the Houndary, was the scene of a largo gathering of "their friends last evening, who drove out, notwithstand ing the uupropitious weather, ami ic malncd for several boms enioying tho Hospitalities of the spacious house Mrs. Hoffman Hunows is an artist of considerable ability and lias recently sent to bomo of her fi lends in this city some beautiful bits of flower painting. The absence of Mrs John Hay from Washington timing' ihc creator vmitof tho season was owing to tho illness in Cleveland of tho lady who for many years past has been governess, to her childien. Mrs. and the Misses Gouvcrnourgavo the first of their two teas yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Miss Van Rensselaer Horry left on Friday for a short visit to friends in Baltimore. Count and Countess Sponncck have invited friends to meet tho French Class at their house this evening. Mr. Charles Tupper, son of Sir Charles Tupper, left the city on Thurs day to meet his wife in New York and returned with her to this city yester day. Mr. and Mrs. Tupper will leave for Ottawa sometime next week. KNGLISH .tIILLIONAIKi:s. Some or llio Grent fortune ltelonK Iiir to Last Year's DcntU T.lst. Fiom Chattel. One ceases to wonder at tho amount of Hiilish capital seeking investment iu the United Slates after looking over a yem's reemd of money left by them with the Unikd Kingdom, thu "per sonalities" of dead Hiitain, or ofdo ceasrd lesulenlsof Great HiitaipSworn to in 18S9 for pupoesof piobatoand of succession duty leaching " Imposing Minis. One diy goods jobber in Man Chester died ,poFe'ssed ot .'.l.oOO 000 of personal piopeity, a Clyde shipbuilder conies noxt with .?5,:500,000, nnd a mem ber of tho gieat banking house of the gi cat Bailucs follows hard upon with $1,500,000. A scion of the House of Oilcans, Count Gieffulhe, died possessed of $3,300,000 in England; and a Scottish peer, the Eail of Levcn and Melville, left for division among his heiis $.2,000,000. What we call millioinircs nobody thcro with less than $5,000, 000 being so denominated were nu merous. Manchester alone had ten of them langing from $2,100,000 of "per sonalty" to $1,000,000. James Jame son, tho great Dublin distiller, left $2,100,000 of hard cash, or what may bo called its portable equivalent, and in England Brewer Dan Thwaites left $2,300,000. A Cork brewer, W. II. Ctawford, had a sworn "personalty" of $1,600, 000, and there were cightother deceased brewers whose estates were liable to succession duty on $0,000,000. It is llguicsHko these that impress on tho English mind tho idea that thcro is in beer, as thcro was In Dr. Johnson's day, "the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dream of avarice," Even the railroad magnatesleft a less impressive aggregate, though one of them Sir Daniel Gooeh, Chairman of the Great Westein died passessed of 3,250,000, and of two railroad engi neers one was worth $800,000 and the other $140,000. The richest lenresciitative of tho iron industry, who died iu 1889, was a manu facturer of ploughs, worth $1,100,000 a sum exceeded by the "personalty' of a London gas fitter, whose heirs divided tho snug little sura of $1,200,000. But even he does not come up to John Nov ill, baker whoever heard of a mill ionaire baker ou this sido of the Atlan tic? whose "personalty" is sworn at $l.-i00,000. It must be remembered that all this Is In personal or movable pioperty, and that real estate does not count in the enumciation, not being liable to .succes sion duly. (Iperii Crltlelriu 111 Denver, From the Chkni" Villi. If apy one says high art is lost on thu broad plains of tho far West, and that tho deniens of tho Rockies cannot ap preciate grand opeia, let him icad tho lecoid of the triumph of tho divine Fattl as exhibited in tho Denver papers. Here aro some of the raptures of the musical ciltics of that city: Tho ballet made a great hit. Tho gills all wanteu to steal tho cute mile uago tenor. Tho diluking scene made all the boys thiisty. The chorus looked liku a galaxy of peanut stand queens. The Salvation At my diesses worn by thu chortiR weie great. Johnny Black thought ho was at a ball game, and yelled when the can tatiico sang "Homo, Sweet Home." A TllOrollEllly liCUlCllllllllH I'Ioh, Fiom the t'hl two TiWum. Some fault has been fouud with the new 2-cent stamp Tho paper on which It Is made, says a grumbler, Is lllmsy and tears almost as readily ncioss the faco as it does through tho perfoiatious. Glvo the new ttanip a chance. It is young and it is natural for It to bo tender. Not Alueli of u Sight, "After All. Fiom Iaijiti'e llnttir. "I saw a goblet to day maduof boue." "Pshaw! I saw a tumbler made of llesh nnd blood last night." "Whcio?" "At tho circus." DjltMv I'OIITMUt'S IlllEU to blllld lip j our Bjstcm, as the spring of the year Is on us. VVluit (J reel j Nemln, " Finn (it Xiw Yuik han "if Greyly bad one he'd be all light." "If ho had what?" "A trustworthy coin and ii little in stinct." - -. Diuvk l'ortnerr beer, V UllUNK UII'd Ill'.KI), linn tlie I'orro oT IC.llilt Mnito Him llrt'rtk Kin Solemn Voith, Vromthe Atlanta. ) out not, "The most terrible story I over henrd," said Rev. 0. Lancjn a sermon preached last Sunday at Trinity Church, "was told mo by a man addicted to dtlnk.and It but serves to illustrate with what terrible fetters tho demon of drink can bind a man. i "The fellow approached mo and said: 1 am ashamed lo tell tho story I am going to, as It reflects on my manhood, but f want you to know to what depths of iufnmy the foicc of habit will draff one. "My family had been begging me lo give up thinking, and utialb 1 prom ised my dear old mother ou her death bed. I swoio to her,lhat I would never dilnk nenln. and to mnke tho oith tho more binding 1 crept Into the pallor lu tho still watches of the nicht, when the watchers weie in another room, anil, kneeling beside her cotlln, I renewed my oath with my hand placed upon that marble brow cold In death. " 'In less than n week I was ns drunk as a hog. " 'Some time afterwaid my llltlo daughter wns taken sick. Shu was sinking rapidly and begged jno to civo up drinking. I promised her that I would, and in order to imtko my promise tho more sacred I took tho wasted little hand iu mine and promised her that no drink should pass my lips unless It Camo through that hand, so dear to mo. With a sweet smile she passed over the liver, and I thought I was saved. " 'She was laid out in tho parlor, tho blinds were darkened and tho doors shut. That night the terrlblo ciaVlng for whisky came over my soul. Scour ing a wine glas3 and a. Mask of whisky, I bom.'ht the death chamber. I poured the glass full of whisky and unlocked the ley fingers. I closed them over the glass,; and, raising it to my lips, I drained it to tho very dices. I re-' clasped the cold hands and silently left theTOoiii, afid'lhay God havo mercy on my soul.' " A MAN WITH AN INVENTION. He Wiin Is a Capital or $1,000,000 unil - nil Aclvnnce of 7 Cents. From the Bttrolt Fiee riets. About six weeks ago a man who claimed to bo in haul luck enteicd a Detroit stovo stoic ami asked for money. The proprietor gave him a dimo and a blowing up at tho same time, and asked him why he did not biaco up and try to do something. "Sayl I'll do it," was the reply". "I'm nlrcady working at a big thing. It is a coal stovo and a lefiigerator com bined one side to cool your provisions in summer and the other lo heat your botlics in winter.' ; lie was encouraged to go on, nnd In about two weeks ho lcfiuned to in quire: "Do you think it vvill make any dif ference which sido is the stovo and which the lefrtgerator?" He was told that it would not, an 1 ho went away to be gone another fort night, and then to return and ask: "Wouldn't it bo a good thing to 1 range to save the heat of thestovjio run a washing machine?" He was w armly complimented on the idea, nnd was not seen nsrain un'tl yesterday, when ho returned with en thusiastic step to ask for a ptivatc in terview and to say: "Got another ideal I'm going to make the cold air which passes off the ice and escapes by the ventilator run at least six fly fans in tho dinlng-rooin. What 1 want just now Is a capital of $1,000,000 to enable mo to experiment, and I shall write to parties in New Yoik to-day. Meanwhile could you ad vance me twenty-seven cents and take a mortgage beai ing twelve per cent. In tel est in gold?" Old Saci.'b Pile Ointment Is a speedy and certain cure for piles, and acts with out pain. Why then should cruel, pain ful, surgical methods bo pursued ? Price of Ointment 25 cents per box. Wasted Argument. Fiom the Philadelphia Inqulitr. A lightning-rod agent spent several hours in endeavoring to persuade Alfred Elliott of Malvern to have rods placed on his farm buildings, but he was unsuccessful. Two hours after he had gono ono of the buildings was struck. The agent heard the news and returned, but the farmer was still im movable. "No," said he, "lightning uever strikes twice in tho same place. ' DlilMv PoilT.NElt'S iieer to build up jour 5) stein, as the spring of the year Is on us. March April May Are the best mouths lu tbe year in, wlnpli to purify your blood. During tho long, cold winter tliu blood becomes thin and Impure, tbo body becomes woakaud tired, the appe tite may be lost nnd Just now the system cr.n es the nid of a i eliablo medicine. Hood's Sar"aparllla Is peculiarly adapted to piulfy and emlcli the. blood, to create a good appe tite and to ovei come that tlrc'd feclincr. It Increases In populaiitv ev ery year, for It Is the Ideal spring medicine. "lly health was very poor last spring, and scplnj? an advertisement of Hood's Sarsapa rllla 1 thought I would try It. It has worked wonders for me as It has built my system up. I hare taken four bottle and am on the fifth. I recommend It to my acquaintances." John JUtjiiews, Oswego N. Y. "I take Hood's Sarsaparllia as a spring tonic and I recommend it to all who havo that tired fooling." C. Takueiee, 319 Bridgost., Brooklyn, N. Y. N, II, Hostile to get only Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all drugisMs Si; six for $5. Prepared only by C, I. IIOOI) A CO., Jewell, Mass. 100 llose.s Ono Hollar IARPLESS. Washington's IS LOCATED AT No. 122U V Stivel, Where Yon VYIII Always t'iud Fresh Pure an4 Delicious Candies ATrOl'UhAltl'HICKS. Butter Cups, Nut Candies, AND Fine Bonbons. uiarl5.dA.S,in A "DON'T 8t;iioi;0i:." A (iuml .Story nT tlm H.ittl" or Snvmi l'lnt. The followlug sketch is furnished by Judgo Whittle: "At the Initio of Seven Fines," said Dr. U , "I was 'a innu under nuthoilty,' being deputy saw-bones for tho Virginia Regi ment. I was n short, stout specimen, and notwithstanding the cares atnl io snonsibilillcs of my position and tho nntl-fat treatment to which tho de pleted condition of tho commissariat subjected mo, lipped tho beam at 220 pounds, was gOod-naturcd and jolly, and the boys of tho legiment, many of whom wore old acquaintances, wero irreverent enough to apply to mo all manner of nicknames "The eveuitic beforo tho battle I had taken up position somewhat in advance of the aimy, being unaware of the proximity of the enemy and of tho fact that n llcico battle was itupeudiii!:, Next morning I was Intently engaged making Coined, coftce nut of toastol crackcrs.when the army began to ad vance. As my regiment passed to tho front, the hoys would pitch knapsieks, haversacks, blankets, etc , toward me with such expressions ns: 'Say, Taurus, tnko caro of that for mo, old fellow,' '"Bull, look out for that, please,' 'Dock, hold on to this for me,' etc., until I was fairly environed by tho baggace. "My pieparations for breakfast were dlstuibed by tho scream of an occa sional shell a3 It passed oveihcad, caus ing mo to quit my coffee nud assume n perpendicular. Nevertheless I stood my giound. Soon, however, tho crack, crack, eiaek; pop. pop, pop, of small arms shotted Hint the infantry were engaged; nnd the mlnies begin ning to bark the saplings nnd cut up the cround round about, I commenced a dlcnilied and orcaubed lclrocrado movement in thu dticctlon of a largo pino tree sonic 200 or 300 yards to tho icar. "As I advanced backwards, tho Oritur increased, and also my speed first u trot, then a canter, then u gallop and finally well, tho verybest I had in tho shop. Tho air was filled with missiles of nil sorts nnd sizes, and I was fairly panicked. But, gieat Cottar's ghost! What a sight met my eye as I ap proached the tree. "Thcio were six warriors sheltered be hind it, arranged ttccording tosle. No. 1 sat with his back against the trunk, his legs apart and extended; No. 2 with his back close up to No. 1, ami thus they weie strung out to thu end. No. 0, a poor, miserable, woun-eaten, at tenuated specimen, had embedded his heels in -tho earth and stuck as closo to No. 5 as tho baik to ft trco; in fact, her rings were never packed closer in a barrel than were these worthies. With tho clancc of genius I took In the situa tion, and recognized tho fact that the authority of might entitled mo to a po sition next to the tree. "Accordingly, without ceremony and without a word, I tlnovv my leg over tho head of No. 1, got astride of him, as It were, let go all lipids and trusted to Providence. My supeiior weight carried mo slowly but suiely to the ground, and I became No. 1. Each man was advanced exactly to tho extent of space occupied by mo, and No. 0. now No. 7, whoso position was mostex--posed, held his ground manfully and cut 5 furrow in Ihc earth with each heel as ho was thrust forward. As I gradu ally settled down I heard him exclaim with great earnestness: 'I say btek theic, don't scrougcl' " One of New York's Most i'ualiiimalili Fifth Avenue modistes completes her toi lettes by a small packet of Atkinson's ex quisite oacuei rowiicr. OFFICE OF WOODWAKD & LOTHItOP, Corner lttli and Fsts. n. w. 'OPENING" OF MIGHT UNDERWEAR. The finest and nnv,t complete lino wo have over shown and better Intrinsic value. Head the Items: Ladles' Swiss Ribbed Vests, low neck and no sleeves. Only S5o. each. Ladios' Gauzo Vests, low neck and short sleeves, bust formed. OnlySoo each. Ladles' Fine Gauze Vest, high neck with long, short and ribbed sleeves, Frcnohiifck, pearl buttons, all bIos. Only3o. eaoh. Ladles' Finer Quality Jcrsoy-fittlnB Gitiio Vests, low ncok and no sleeves. 3"io. each, 3 for 31. Ladies' IlalbriBcan Vests, high nock and short sleeves. Only S3c. each. Ladles' Fine Gossamer Vosts, silk stitched, pearl buttons, high neck and ribbed sleeves. iii to.; nigu uock anu long sleoves, sue eacn. Ladles' Medium-weight Merino Vests, high peclcwitli long and short sleeves, especially for stout ladles. Sizes 31, 33, 33,40 and 4.'. Only 35o. each, 3 for $1. In addition to tliu above we are showing a complete line of Ladles' Underwear from tho American Iloilery Co., Furley A Uut trump, and also superior qualltlos of Fronoii Dalbrlggan Vests ami l'ants. Undoubtedly our nresent fitoek of Entincr at1ri Mnmmnr Underwear Is the largest and finest In the city. Children's Gaure Vests, low nek nnd no slecv es. excellent value. Sizes IU inch to J I Inch, ITices 12 and Ho. for 10 Inch; rls.o two cents per size larger. Children's Fine Gauze Vests, lil'h noik with long and with short ideevos alt alzof, 2"c. each. Cblldien's American Holoiy Co.'s Merino Vests, high neck and long sleovci. Slxo 18,20, SI. !.M,J and 28 Inch. Price 40, 45,50, 53, CO and 05. We have tho Knee Pants in tho name goods at 43, do, 55, CO, 5 uml TOo. per pair. Children' Fine Balbrlggan Undorvvoar Vests and Drawers-priced aeoordlugtosizo, vii: High neck and short tdeevos, 2Mnoh, 45o,; 24-lnoh, B0o.; 2il-lnth, 55o,j Si inch, OOo.i 30-lnch, G5o.; 3J Inch, 70e. Same, high neck nnd long sleeves, 5c. mote pn each sUu. Hoys' rino French Ualbriggan Diavvers, ankle length. Mzh 21 Inch, Mo.; .; ineh,05u.; 28 Inch, TOe-i SO inch, T5c. per pair. NF.W SPUING .JKItSEYS.-The demand for this wonderfully popular gannent con tinues unabated. We aio showing an excel lent lino, embracing the revvest and most stylish sliapei. Hero aio three specials: Hlaok All-wool Jorfeis. Mzes, 32 to 41, 81.50 each. . Hotter iinallty black .ill-wool Jorsoys, handsomuy trimmed with Soittaoho lirald. All sizes. S2.5Ue.uh Thelatest style "I'lgaro" Jeisoys. Oaly $2.50 each. This is without exception tho lluost garment for the money over our pleatine to offer. Third floor- GLOVES. Heie Hie tluoo of tho bot values we havo hi popuUr-pilced Gloves: Ladle-.' fi button length Moutmuetalre Gray t liatnols Skin Glo es, $1 per pair. Ladles' 1 button Heal Kid Gloves, In as sorted shades of tan and brown, Feather Stitth, $1.23 per pair. Cblldien's Mouitiiuetalro Suede Gloves, In tan and brown, Embroidered Hacks, $1 per pair First iloor, centre. HOYS' SIIIItT WAISTS -Hon) uio tinea spiclat values: 40 dozen Hoys' Fancy Percale Waists, ex cellent patterns Only 23o. each 60 dozen Uoys' fancy Flannelette "Outing" Waists. Blz.es 5 to 12 yejrs. 37o. eatb, 3 for $1. A new lino or Hoys' Shirt Waists nulled 'The bun." made of Iioavv weight fanov oer calo, finished with extra neck band, four-ply collarand cutis. AIsolu plain white, Hlos sionyoais. wuiyiiuu. oacu Tfclid lloor WOODWARD & LOTHROP, t'onurlllkuiil F Sts.X. W. JL. card F1IOM MR. T. E. ROESSLE, ritoi'itiKTon or The Arlington. "TllK Alll.INOTON," Washington, I). C, Match 0, 181)0. My Deaji I)n. LiuimiiM.. It gives mo great pleasure to state that you effected aicmarkable cute of deafness and dlscllaiec from the ears lu tho case of my cousin, Marcus C. ltocsslc, and that the cuic has proved as pcimancnt ns it was radical. I feel sin'p that without your skillful aid niycousln would havo been a doaff marlilits life. Knowing of other qasealjnjwhicjij you havo been equally succcssiui,-i cheerfully glvo you -leave; to refer to mo at any time, and hopo that your prac tice in Washington will provo a distin guished SUCCCR3. Yours', truly, T. E. llonssu:. m. LIGIlTIIIIili can bo consulted on Deafness, Catarih, Asthma ami Diseases of the Throat nnd Lungs at his office, No, 1017 Fifteenth Street Northwest. Ilerdlcs pass the.door. Ofllco hours fiom 8 to 12 and 0 to ii. "WATCHES. i. W. GALT BIO. k CO: hot roiiiisjiinni'i Ave. Call attention to their stock of Watches, comprising all the most desirable movements and styles of casing, from the lowest price for which a re liable time-keeper can be bought to the most expensire. These watches bear our firm name and are fully guaranteed. ' American TV a It ham Watches of all grades DR. FERRAUD'S Tonic Wine of Coca IS JUST WnAT YOU NEED If your nerves aro all unstrung if yon'eel Irritable, cross and fretful If you find it lit Ilcultto concentrate your mfnd if yoiu) discouraged and think life Is not wortltlW Ing. It Is much better to uso THIS SPLENDID TONIt than to go off and seek to drown tlieso mis etablo leellugs In "the flowing trawl,' thereby obtaining only TEMPOKAUY HE LI El', when by using Dr. Ferrauil's Toole Wine of Coca von TONE UP YOUR SYSTEM AND GIVE NATUltBA CnANCETOF.FFKCTA I'RHMA KENT CUBE. THE MEDICAL PUOFESSION Indorse It as a pleasant and effootive nervo tonlo.uul stimulant and prescribe it for all Neiv oils Troubles, Thin Blood, Malaria, Loss of Appetite, Weak Stomaoh, Loss of Vigor and all Doubles of this sort "that flesh Is heir to." Propaied by Manufacturing Chemist, ioi t i' sriti:irr koiituwi-st. Washington, D. C. distobitf MGVEn i.oj.n. LOEB i.oms mnsii. & HIRSH, A Most Complete Stock of all tho Newest and Most Desirable GENTS' FUUNISHINGS AND HATS, No. 012 r Street n. w., Washington, D, C. fe2T d&S,tf DUNLAP'S SPRING STYLES. The Fifth Avenue Stylo of bilk and Derby Hats for sluing wear issued to day. Duulan A Co. of New York aio the aokuowleagod Introdiieors of hcadgenr In America, and their styles for tills season aro a maivol of beauty. WILLETT&RUOFF, SOLE AGENTS FOR THIS CITY, marl dA,S,2iv 005 Pennsylvania Ave. TDOWERS .v, DALY, PRACTICAL HORSE SIIOEK3, III the rear ot Twentieth and L streets northwest, Waihlngton, D V W E GUAR NTKK SATISFACTION. HorM's caiefully elioJ, and all dlioasos of the feet of tore or lame horses, In any way, cured, ul,lm AMUSKMENT. TKV NATIONAL TIIKATltn ORAND DOUllL-E Illt.h. To-nlcht at 8, farewell Appcuranco of tho 1'atnou HERRMANN. Tho Lntost and nieat'"t Sensation, ' FLORINE, Child of the Air; New Black Art, And Herrmann's Masterpiece, Cremation. NEXT WEEK, ROSINA YOKES. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday awl Ha'uraay Nlght, A OAMK OF CAltnS, THE ClltCUS ItlOEIl ami THBllOUoII DIVMDJU Thursday and l'rlday Night and Saturd iv Matinee, IN HONOIl BOUND, MY MILLINEIVS lllt.t. and A PANTOMIMK KEIIEAISHAL. TtESKTlVKD SB TS NOW ON S U.E, A LHAUOH'S OKAN1) Ol'EItA HOUSE. TO-NIGHT ATS. LAST Al'l'EAHANtE OK Of tho Grand Original Hlstorlcnl Drama, Josephine, Empress of the French. IU1KA as Josephine: Supported by MH. WM. IIAItniS as NAPOLEOX And a Company of Metropolitan Artists. New, Grand and Itcallstlo . . , Scenic aiU Light Effect"! Next wcek-Klralfy's Production, THE WATER QUEEN. sj, SEAT8 NOW ON SALE. T INCOIjN MUSIC HALL. Thltd Grand Concert, FHIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, BY THE Orchestra. A.NIKISn ...Condnotor Soloist, tho Brilliant Concert Soprano, MISS MARY HOWE. Brilliant Programme, closing with Beethoven's IMMORTAL FIFTH SYMPHONY. Reserved Beats, $1 and $1,60 at .1. F. Ellis & Co., 037 l'a. ave. nUHDITT & NORTH ......Manager marl4,d&S,8t LINCOLN MUSIC HALL. J K. STRASBUHGEIt, Manager. Three Nights Only,,Mon., Tues. and Wed., Commencing March 17, Wednesday Mat. ATHOME, After an absence ot 7 yeais, THE SUPREMELY GREAT GEORGE WILSON (Formerly of Barlow &, Wilson and Wilson & Rankin) And His MAMMOTH MINSTRELS, Composed of tho Premier Artists of Mln- gireisy. jmiuuueiuK All the Latest Songs Composed by Washing-, Ington Authors. ', Kesoivcd scats on salenowat Mctzerot ' Mnslo Store, i Jiu r st n w Prices 23. 50, 75o. and $1 TT ARRIS' niJOU THEATRE. Thlsweek a GoodShowl The Only Fuu in Town' ahoHutton-Burstlng Musical Comedy, DAN SULLY'S CORNER GROCERY- ;Jh STho Bad Boy. Tho Grocery Man iji nauoy jNoian The Policeman. E Tho Dog. MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY. No advance In prices. Nextweok-CHAHLES T. ELLIS. GLOBE TnEATRE-PA. AVE. NEAR 11TH St. Monday, March 10, and during tho week, ELLA FAY'S BUR1ESQUE COMPANY And GIRARD'S SPECIALTY CONGRESS. Matinees Monday, Wednesday. Friday and Saturday. Admission at night, 10, 20, 30 and 50c. Matinees, 10. 20 and 30c. EHNAN'S NEW WASHINGTON THEA TRE. Uth st., south of l'enna. ave. Ladles' Matlnoes Tues., Thurs. and Sat. TnE HOWARD BURLESQUE CO, Next week ValdlsSlstors' Novelty Co. EDCOATJONAt,. mnE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, X 723 I4tn st. n. w. $10 a term. Trial lessons freo. Send for clioular. Branches In New Yoik, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia, Louisville, Pails, France; Berlin and Dresden, Germany. T HE NORWOOD INSTITUTE. Extract from a private letter: "In reply to your request for my advice a to a good school for your daughter, I uac with confidence recommend Mr. and Mrs. Cabell's Norwood Institute, In Washington, D. C. The standard of scholarship there la high, the Instruction thorough and tho Influ ences good. L. Q. C. Lamar, Justice U. 8. Supreme Court." The school opens Sept. 30. au2S-dstt "POULTRY YARD. O. TENNANT, Doalcrand Raiser of -POULTRY, FRESH EGGS, .to, (Can be obtained at any time, either day or night.) HOTLS AND FAMILIES SUPPLIED, Seventeenth and D sheets northwest, Washington, D. C. ml.tm McGILL & CO. Printers, 1107 i: Ntreet Xoi-tliviext. The Oldest Established Pilnttng House lo Washington. FACILITIES FOR GENERAL JOB WORK UNSURPASSED BY ANY noUSE IN THE CITY. A Special Line of the Latest Novelties In Wedding Cards and Invitation Danco Pro giammes, etc, with Envelopes to Match, Just received. 1,11(1 A I. WOltK A srKCIAI.TY, And Every Kind of Book Printing Promptly Executed nnd at Lowest Rates. TELEPHONE CALL, CO,' S. foMsl.tsliu iinui:kt.iu:k. t william lee (Suctossor to Henry Loo's Sous), 3.12 PENN. AVENUE N. W South Side, 111 anoh ofllco. 408 Mar j land av e. . vv llin 1' hi reel. Member or IVuhliluuiou Hindi llc limine. AU local NtocliN uutl HecuritlcH boulil uuil sold. i f si s& ft .-p"" " T?n, tUUUMirtL