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SOMETHING ABOUT OR AMIES. A Glimj sp ;i? Washington's Florida and Foreign Orange Trade. CIC1UMHO DtXtXD FoR THE FI.oniDA FRU7T ? ITS CCLT1V A Tit >5 AND SALE ?THE FR0PDKTI05 OF FcREtON OltMICs HANDLFlt?THE ANTIQriTY OF THE O&ANOE RECIFE* FOR THE LISTEN SEASON. Tlie advent of tfce Lenten season, coming as it does when the variety of table supplies are distressingly limited from natural caus-s. brings with it additional vexations to the housekeeper whose creed demand* observance. A round of social winter festivities following the holidays suddenly transformed into a season of restric tion must of necessity try the wits of the ac knowledged head of the table in her efforts to spread daily before the guests dishes which are permissible, jalatable and yet not liable to #grow monotonous. Fish, vegetables and fruits com pose the syn dicate which caters most largely to the hosts of Lenten observers. Of fish, the shad, appearing Just in the nick of time, as it were, to offer its services early iu the Lenten period, is perhaps the most popular if not the most palatable. >or vegetable*, potatoes, cabbage and lettuce, like the poor, we have always with us. sup plemented by a canned reserve of extensive proportions, which may or may not have a nat ural flavor. In the way of fruits th" most deli cious. though nut so popular or cheap as the apple, if. the orange?the juicy. Inscioua orange. 'I he appb is doubtless the most used, as also the lni>st greatly abused of all truits. being drawn actiyely into the concoction of the menu for ?ny or ev? rv meal from greasy, soppy fried ?li. es for breakfast to the tasteful, foamy float? a truly fitting finale for a sumptuous dinner. But. withal, under the golden rind of the orange lie tastelul possibilities beyond compare. A DELICIOUS CONFECTION. No less a prosaic personage than Thomas Car lyle. in one of his genial glimpses of "domes ticities." tells a story of how his wife was caught by an unannounced guest bringing her kettle of orange marmalade to a perfect finish over the drawing-room lire, and describes the result of her work as a "delicious confection, pure as liquid amber." Orange marmalade is .. pet dainty upon the table of a Scotch bon vivant. Sweet, crumbly biscaits. a cup of tinely-drawn tea. and a tiny, delicate china -aucer of Dundee marmalade, a preserve that has traveled the world over upon its merits and established itself in every nook and corner of every civilized country, is a refreshment which epitomizes the truest hospitality of bonnv Scotland. Washington's oranoe trade. Those who stroll along the avenues of Wash ington. residents or visitors, and note the beau tiful pyramids of the golden fruit upon confec tion* rs stands, or t.;ko advantage of an over Stocked market and buy u dozen at n seemingly low price from the wandering Italian who per ambulates the streets crying his wares, with one eye to 1 iisiir.-ss and the other on the po lice. have liitlc or no conception of the im mensity of the local orange trad:; or the vari ety of tempting, toothsome dishes to which this product from what Milton calls the ? yodliest tree i.uleiied with the fairest fruit," daily lends a he Ipiug hand. The mo?t delicious and desirable orange is that from Florida, of course, and the number con sumed largely increases every year. Formerlv and only a few years ago it bore a very small pro portion of the total receipts of the fruit here, but now it very nearly divides evenly. The estimated receipts of Florida oranges here this season, running to the 1st of Mav. are put at twenty-five to thirty thousand boxes. Heceipts of foreign oranges will be something more than thin. Allowing the boxes to average, aa it ig claimed they do. one hundred and seventy-five each, it i< estimated that the number sold iu this city this season will amount to not less than ten millions. THE FLORIDA ORANOE. The orange trees of Florida bloom in Febru ary and March, the blooms appearing before the fruit of the previous season has been en tirely gathered. In fact, where it is not a matter of purely commercial interest the fruit is sometimes left upon the tree until a follow ing season, which, it is said, adds to it greater perfection and juicy lusciou-^ness. Gathering begins in November and lasts until about the 1st of May. There are generally from one hun dred and twenty-five to three hundred oranges in a box?the average being about one hun dred and seventv-tive. The verv large oranges af?- very thick skinned and command the low est prices, and here is where the strolling ven der shows his fine Italian hand. The large, beautuul specimens are temptingly displayed and worked off at high rates upon unsuspecting victims as the rarest and richest the market affords. A mistake is oft* n made, too. in ignor ing an orange because of a dark, rusty-looking coating upou the peel. I nderueutli this unin viting cover is often hid the plumpest, juiciest pulp, and it is almost a sure indication of a genuine Florida orange?and not all the fruit sold as Florida oranges are such bv anv means. There are three methods in Florida of es tablishing orange groves. The first is to clear np a wild grove of the bitter orange, with which the countrv abounds, removing all the trees Rot needed and budding with sweet fruit those that remain; second, to transplant young wild trees to prepared ground and* then bud them; and third, to raise stocks from seed, bud them iu nursery rows and transplant them wh- n sufficiently grown. Some contend that it is not necessary to bud the stocks from seeds of the sweet orange as the fruit of that class re produces itself from its seed. Washington's trade in foremx oranges. Of the foreign oranges which come to Washington a>id this country, the Messina is the best. Following this are" the Catonia. Pa lermo. Sorrento. Malaga, and Valencia, the last named being rather small. All of these come from southern Europe and pass through Gib ralter. from which point reports of vessels and the composition of each cargo destined to the I nited States are cabled to the American foreign fruit exchange in Sew York, and through them to the dealers litre and else where, hence the supply and future arrivals are known and the trad-- conductedaccordinglv Shipments to th.- I'nited States th. present season, it is estimated, will amount to about 2.OO0.MO boxes. After the Mediterrari>-ftn dis tricts the tie xt in importance is t uba. the fruit from there being called "Havana." It is. per haps, toe sweetest of all varieties, and when fu;4v ripe is too sweet to please the palates of many. A few oranges come from Porto Itico. but too small a number to appear as an article of commerce. Jamaica is more prolific, and were it not for our own i'iorida production it would probably have a monopoly iu our mar kets us the only reliable sweet orange for win ter and spring use. TH* VARIOUS KINDS OF ORANGES. Looking into the show windows along the Streets, or making a choice from the stands or carts, the larger portion of buyers simplv ?elect the best looking specimens "for the least price and otten g-t the worst of the bargain. The common sweet orange, of which the Florida takes the lead, is in greatest demand. Then there is the bitter orange, principally the Seville. ?huli is use d largely for cooking'. The tangerine is a dainty tidlut. sometimes called the kid glove orange from the fact that it can t* handled without soiling a kid glove, but it is unsatisfactory. being drv and insipid, not withstanding it is finely flavored. One of the Bio-l highly est* t med *arieties is the mandarin, a native of ? hina. though it has been intro duced into the West Indies and other southern countries. The rind of this, when the fruit is fully ripe, m parates spontaneously from the P"?'P- which is exceedingly rich and agreeable to the taste. The tangerine is regarded as a enb-variety of this class. The St. Michael's orange ii. <u edit ss and those grown in this couiitr?- flourish mostly in southern California. In eating on.nges one often comes across a specimen w.th a blood red pulp?this is the Maltese variety and only differs from th? ordi nary sweet class in color. A solitary tree of these mav l>e found sometimes in a grove of a thou-and ;ree-. where it has appeared inde pendently and unaccountably. A very common orang. is" the Shaddock, so called from a I'apt. Shaddock who brought it from Asia to the West Indies. It has hereto fore been used merely for cookiug and is not considered very valuable, hilt as it has proven ? Cooling, pleasant fruit it is eaten now more extensively in its natural state, though the teste for it is largely acquired. The orange is one of tue most wholesome of fruita. its juice abounding in citric acid and possessing the same auti-scorbutic properties which so distinguish the lime and the lemon. ANTIQUITY OF THE ORANOE. There are those who affect to believe that to Eve belonged the discovery of the yellow, golden orange?to her sorrow and to that of the unfortunate Adam. The alleged apple of th'ste and even later days had not reached the tasty perfection of the "Ualdwin." "Kussett." "Wine-aap." et id omne geuus. (which the fruit landers of these progrwssive times are wont to rub till tney shine again and place temptingly. With the spec k place down, where all can see*), that they should have proven irresistible to the mother of mankind. It was doubtless this same reputed golden apple, or orange, which caused a little unpleas antness in ancient times known and declaimed ?pun by youthrul collegians as the Trojan war. g fruit that grew upon . . _ "tri* 'air Hesperian tree Laden with biumaiu* if..Id. tli?t needs the ruard or dmruB's l>liu with ui. enchanted rye XWsave tns Uosv'iu. and dalrud the fruit MM tge rash hand ut buhl incontinence." The practical history of the orange ha' been ! traced by Galessio. who asserts that the Arab* found both the sweet and bitter kinds ill great profusion and perfection in the interior of India and introduced the sweet into ancient Persia and Syria, while the bitter found its way into Arabia and Spain. It was not. however, until the fourth century that it made it? appearance ?j Europe and in the fourteenth century in the West Indies. Its introduction into this coun try is due to the Spanish and Portuguese. The trees of the sweet orange are loug lived, reach ing often one hundred years of age. The ; bitter variety have a still greater vitality, flourishing and yielding fruit for centu'ies. The older the tree the better the fruit. The flowers of the orange, on account of | their charming fragrance and pnre whiteness, i : are considered exquisitely appropriate to the I bridal wreath, and trees are cultivated by many florists solely for that purpose. Those of the bitter orange ire preferred as th?y are more fragrant, and there are double and free flower ing kinds especially adapted to this use. TEMPTING PREPARATIONS FOR THE TABLE. One of .the daintiest and prettiest of table dishes to which it contributes is the orange basket. For this choose handsome thin-skinned ornnges; cut them in two. being careful to cut evenly, take out the pulp, and separate each section, removing the seed, but break the in side skin as little as possible. Throw the peel into cold water an hour or two to stiffen. Now take some fine wire and make a handle to each outside half, thus forming the baskets; twist a bit of orange-colored ribbon around each ! handle, and fill the baskets with the orange sec i tions nicely sugared or jellies; arrange on a dish with a few sprigs of orange leaves, or something resembling tliem, which can always be procured at a florist's, and you have a very effective and not a common dish. FILLING ORANGES WITH JELLY is another way of preparing a delicious dish. The method of doing this is to cut a small, | round piece of the skin from the stem end, , then with the finger loosen the pulp from the j skin and gradually work th" finger between the ! skin and pulp until it is entirely loosened. Then | draw the pulp out through the opening without : breaking the skin. Throw the skins into cold | water until wanted. Have ready an orange or i wine iellv. drain the orange skins, fill them ! with tne jelly, and stand away to cool. When I cold cut them into halves and then into quar i ters. and arrange them on a pretty dish, gar ! lushed with smilax. FROZEN ORANGES also conduce to a most delightful dish. It re I quires one dozen oranges, one quart of water, i one pound of sugar and the juice of two lemons. ! 1 Bub the rind of three ornnges well into the i j sugar, then peel all the oranges, open the sec- . tions and tak" out all the pulp; then add to it [ i the sugar and Union juice, stand aside one | | hour, then add the water, stir until the sugar is dissolved, then turn into the freezer and freeze. This will serve eight persons. ORANGE FLOAT, like apple float, is a simple, but exceedingly delightful dessert. To make it take one quart , of water, one cup of sugar, the juice and pulp ? of two lemons, five sweet, juicy oranges and four tablcspoonfvls of corn starch. Put the j , water 011 to boil. Moisten the corn starch with j a little cold water. then stir it into the boiling water, and cook slowly for ten minutes, stir ring constantly. Take from the fire, add the sugar, lemon juice and pulp. Cut the oranges into small pieces, remove the seeds, pour the boiling corn starch over them and stand away to cool. Serve cold, with sugar and cream. DUNDEE MARMALADE may be made by using one and a quarter pounds of sugar to every pound of grated orange (grate onl the colored peel of sour orange); squeeze the oranges themselves over a strainer ami put the seeds into a pitcher, with a pint and a half of water, to stand all night. i Boil the white peel in several waters until clear j and almost tree from bitter taste. Let all ' stand for twenty-four hours, then cut into thin , strips and add it with n half pint of water to | the sugar, the juice and water from the seeds. Boil one hour, taking off the scum as it rises. Put away in jelly tumblers. ORANGE ICINO is not only easily made, but is pretty delightful to the taste. Take one-half pound of powdered sugar, one tablespootiful of boiling water, ; grated rind of one orange and sufficient orange : juice to moisten. Put the sugar in a bowl, add , the rind and then the water and juice. The icing should be very stiff and used immedi ately. ORANGE CAKE WITH YAXILLA SAUCE is one of the cheapest, quickest made desserts known, and is just the thing when a friend drops in to dine and the housekeeper is unpre pared?an every-day occurrence. Take small, stale Bponge cakes (lady fingers), dip them in orange juice, place them in a glass dish, and pour over them vanilla sauce. Servo at once. NOTES ON SPRING STYLES. C'ameos set in gold wire are in favor. Flatter than an inverted soup-plate are some of the newest hats. Mousseline Delainf. with very deep borders will take the place of nun's veiling in this summer's gowns. i Cream wool sparsely dashed and splashed with a bright color will be the favorite *tuff for I summer tennis gowns. Alpaca is likely to be a favorite stuff this spring. It comes plain, in stripes and with flower and lace patterns printed over it. Flame de I'onch is one of the newest Parisian j colors. It is of an amber-violet shade, the ! exact color spirit takes when subject to fire. Etruscan Bed and the shade of terracotta with a tinge of copper in the sheon. are much used in combination gowns of tine wool and silk. Golden Garter Clasps richly chased and set : with diamonds, ruby, or turquois are among the thiugs one may buy for his own women- j folk. i The Pretty New Toreador Vests are made w holly of embroidery to wear beneath the Em pire jackets of velvet, accompanying stylish home toilets. The Pelisse reappears in force in the spring importations, and now has sleeves full forty inches wide nt the top and gathered into enor mous miffs at the arinhole. A Parisian Fancy for ball gowns is to wear ; draperies of gauze either white embroidered | with black or black embroidered with white . above guv light satins, and to hold the thin ! fabric in place with many bons of narrow rib i bou matching the foundation in color. There are at least twenty-five different and distinct shades of green visible "in the great emporia of fashion this year, ranging from the palest water tints to the deep moss and myrtle shades, all the varying tones displayed in nature being perfectly reproduced in art. The So-called Greek Polonaise is a prin \ cep> garment cut full upon the right shoulder and (lraped across slightly below the left hip. The back falls quite straight and at front there are breadths reaching from the belt to the foot under the polonaise. Parasols or I'.ich Brocade have sticks that ! show half a yard when closed. One style has a ribbon so placed about the edge as to form a j cluster of upright loops when the article is not in use. Sun umbrellas are of plain silk, with handles just eight inches longer than their ribs. Draperies are seen upon the skirts of nearly all the spring gowns, but they are soft and clinging, with no suspicion of bouflfancy about 1 the Tups or back. The Greek apron is very ' much used. It falls straight and open at one | side, aud is drawn up in full jabot folds U'ider j a big cabbage bow upon the other. The Jacket is utterly out of place over a j directoire gown. Instead, one must wear I either a mantle with four capes at the back aud long fronts with wide lapels at top, or else | six capes all around made in clotfi of two I colors, simply cut upon the edges and finished at the throat with a high collar and flamboyant bow of ribbon. * Buckles, clasps, slides, and hooka in cut steel, gold, silver, onyx, jet, or pearl are used with a tree hand this spring, both in millinery and in the formation of stvlish empire and directoire costumes. Braids of silk, gold I silver, and sontaciie are still highly popular as dress trimmings; these put on in rows or cross ing each other in Grecian and other designs. Washing Silks, also called silk cheviots, are among the spring importations. These are made into pretty rcdmgote tea-gowns, feather stitched 1 louses, skirts. Ac. They are also used i in the formaiion of night-dresses and under 1 wear for summer use. For tea-gowns they are shown in dull, soft colors, in stripes, pale rose and light willow green, with cream color, or ciel blue, with chamois and pink, olive, with fine touches of cardinal and golden umber, Ac. A Magnificent Toilet sent to America for a wedding reception in Washington from a West End house in London, is made of royale armure brocade.the sumptuous pattern showing a rare blending of the various exquisite tints of violet, mauve, und palest lilac, forming wiste ria and heliotrope sprays, on a ground of pale gold shot with faintest rose. The petticoat is of plain violet amors royale, with gold and lilac arabesques as a bordering at tne hem. The bodice u cut In Pompadour style, and be low this a Kussian half-vest of violet silk, which folds over an inner vest of point lace.?Aetc York Ectning Pott. Written for The Evexixo Stab. AFTER THE CHEYENNES. How General Merritt Outwitted Indian# at Their Own Tactics. THE CHETENNES BREAK FOR THE WAR-PATH? EIGHTY-FIVE MII.K9 OX THE JUMP, AND FIRST AT THE ford?THE CHEYENNES IS FULL FORCE ?ANOTHER FEATHER FOR BUFFALO BILL. (CorjTi?ht 188S) by tlie Author.) The chase after the Sioux on Jnlv 3 hail made our presence west of the Black Hills well known to all the Indians at the reservation. No more could take that route in going to rein force Sitting Bull, and General Merritt was prompt to accept the situation. Early the next morning, the "glorious Fourth." while the as sembled thousands of the nation were having a gorgeous time at the centennial at Philadel phia, we fellows of the fifth cavalry were riding through clouds of alkali dust up the valley of the South Cheyenne, and scouting out the In dian trails southwest of the hills. On the 6th we were camped along the banks of what was then called Sage creek, near a little outpost where a small detatchment of infantry guarded the road, the spring and a stage station, 'llie stages had quit runuing. for it was almost cer tain death to ride the Black Hills road this centennial summer, and only in large parties and with strong escorts did the miners venture to push their way thither. SAD NEWS. A courier had been sent to Fort Laramie with report of the situation, and while await ing Gen. Sheridan's orders we grazed our horses all day of the 6th. and were at it again on the hot morning of the 7th and busily en gaged fighting flies, and a party of us junior officers were just coining up from a refreshing dip in a pool under the willows when Buffalo Bill came toward us, his handsome face clouded with deep trouble, and simply stunned us by the announcement: '"Custer and most of the 17th wiped out of existence. The general has the official dispatch." Then we knew, of course, that we would be ordered forthwith to march to the Big Horn to reinforce Gen. Crook, on whom the Indians would now be able to con centrate their entire force. Very little was said. The whole camp seemed awe-stricken, and there was only one man in the regiment who did not appear eager lor the coming of ttie order. The longing to do something to avenge that disaster to our comrade regiment was uppermost in every heart?except one, mid iftrritt sent that individual about liis business as soon as we got within reaching distance of Fort Laramie, and the muster rolls of the fifth cavalry were relieved of a name which no one mentioned but with contempt. ON THK MARCH. Not until the 11th of July, however, did or ders reach us from Sheridan. On the morning of the 12th we were taking the back track for the Platte river, with instructions to refit at Lar amie, march by the south bank to Fetterman, then push out north ward for Tongue river, where we would find Crook in his intrenched camp. That night we camped around the Cardinal's chair, in Niobrara valley, wet to the skill from a previous rain storm. The next night we wero under the lee of friendly old ltawhide peak, and fully expected at dawn to make a long day's march southward for Laramie. IlENEHADF. CHEYENNES. What was our surprise, however, when, as we mounted and silently moved away, the colonel turned the head of the column eastward, and down the Rawhide we rode until, at noon, we halted and unsaddled at the point where the stream is crossed by the wagon track from Fort Laramie to the great reservation, and the rea son was soon given. Fight hundred Indians of the Southern Cheyenne tribe had been having war dances and loading up with ammunition and supplies, and the infantry commander at the nearest post felt so certain of their inten tion that lie sent couriers to warn Merritt. Of course the Indian agents saw nothing alarming in these preparations, but Major Jordan got news that made him believe they meant to '? jiunp" and rush to join Sitting Bull. They had no grievance. They were well fed, clothed, cared tor by the government. They simply couldn't stand being "lookers on" when their " comrades were having such a revel in scalps and plunder. Major Jordan, with his little force, couldn't stop them, especially as they had two or three ponies apiece, and lie had nothing but foot troops. Merritt was ordered in exactly the opposite direction, but Merritt well knew what Sheridan would require of him if he could but see the situation. He turned toward the danger point, and sure enough just at noon on Saturday, the 10th. there came to him authentic tidings from the reservation. Col. Stanton, who had been sent thither to look into the situation, dashed off in few words the news that on Sunday at dawn the Cheyeunes would leave in a body. xowcame merritt's opportunity. It was 70 miles by road to where these In dians were camped. It would never do to push straight for the reservations. That would only drive them out ahead of lis. Their course would be northwesterlv, and they would cross the Cheyenne near where we were camped on the 1st of July. Merritt determined to move at once, to go back on his own tracks?a round about course?utterly blinding them as to his intentions. To let them get away from the reservations, but to throw himself across their path among the "breaks" of Hat or Indian creek, and thrash them well for their treach ery.# Leaving the wagon train to follow with it*' guard, Merritt had seven companies in sad dle at 1 o'clock. Then away we went?west ward. away from the reservation, away from the Chevennes, and marching easily as though the last thing we thought of was interference with their projects. Fourteen miles out we halt, unsaddle, water our horses in the shad ows of ltawhide peak again, let tlieni graze awhile, perhaps twenty minutes, then mount ag:;in. and, trotting now, move away north westward. By 5 p. m. we have turned square to the north, "and yet are so far to the west of the reservations we feel convinced the Indians have not followed with their spies. IN THE NIOBRARA VALLF-T. At sunset we are descending into the valley of the Niobrara; at 10 p. m. wo silently halt, dismount, unsaddle, lead out our horses to graze and rest again, strongly hobbled and "lariated." We have marchcd only thirty-five miles, but we are saving our horses for the work of th" morrow. We post strong guards and pickets to Becure us against surprise. Capt. Hayes and I are officers in charge of them, and while the rest of the command roll into bankets for a few hours' dose we trudge around from sentry to sentry, blessing the fates that spare us storm and send the soft starlight. At mid night Lieut. Hall arrives with the wagon trafti. At 3 in the morning Merritt noiselessly arouses his officers and men; we breakfast on coffee and bacon; our horses get a capital feed of oats; again we saddle and mount in the pallid gray of the dawn, and at 5 a. m. are climbing out of the valley on our northward way just about the time "the Indians are leaving Bed Cloud. FIRST AT THE FORD. Now we'll see who first will reach the fords. Riding northwestward they have somo 28 miles to go, driving their travois ponies (for the squaws go with them to take caro of the large supply of provisions they have laid in) and will probably camp to-night in some of the breaks east of the crossing of the "war bonuet," the brunch with the steepest banks of all. Riding east-northeast, after once he crosses the high range between the Niobrara and the head waters of Hat creek. Merritt has 50 miles to go before he can reach the point where they will strive to cross at sunrise on the morrow, but he means to be thore first. His swift-stepping gray at the head of column keeps us all at rapid walk or comfortless jog, but no man cares for comfort. "Hides" and mus cles are all tough as whip leather by this time All we want is to "get there," and give these would-be allies of Sitting Bull a lesson. At 10:30 we again reach the palisaded outpost at Sage creek, and our infantry friends give eager welcome. Here we cram our brfts with am munition; give our horses water and feed; then on we go again east-northeast over rolling prairie. The day is hot, and Bill Cody's straw berry roan plays out, and he gets another "mount" from his old friend, the adjutant. On, on, on?sometimes at rapid trot for half a mile or so, but mostly at steady walk we push ahead, aud at sunset mark a winding belt of green far down in the low valley ahead. At S p.m., silentlv we wind in under the bluffs, and at 'J holt and dismount among the cottouwoods along the stream. MfUiturs let Clurytniuu, you are beaten. We are first at the ford. EIGHTY-FIVE MILES IX THIRTY-OXE HOURS? Nothing to speak of by steam, rail, stage or pony express, but something of an exploit when it means that a column of cavalry has made that distance in that time and every horse and man is "fit" and ready for anything that mav turn up on the morrow. No fires are allowed. All except the guard "turn in" for a night's rest. I was officer of the guard last night at the Niobrara, but company "K" is detailed en masse for camp guard and picket duty to-night, and that means me again. Qene^l Merritt directs me to take six men and post myself with them at a ridge a few hundred yards to the southeast and keep vigilant watch for anything and everything that may come from that direction. If anywhere, the Cheyennes must be over in the breaks just beyond the high ridge we had marked something like 2 miles away. "Call me at half-past three" he say*.and roll* himself in hi* blanket by the aide of a fallen Cottonwood. The skie* are cloudless, the star* brilliant, the night still r.s still can be. Once or twice a* I go making the rounds with my old captain we hear the coyotes yelping out on the prairie and the bearer* splashing above their dara in the stream. At 3 the morn begin* to grow chilly, and the coyotes become more noisy and numerous. The ceneral is sleeping like a weasel when I bend over to call him and is np in an instant. "Ally signs of 'em yet?"' he asks. "Not yet. sir. It is just davbreak and I go back to my picket post at the fort." OS THE LOOKOrT. Little by little the dawn spread* over the heavens and a chill, wau light over the rolliug prairie. Two miles awav the ridge becomes sharply defined against "the sky. Off to the southwest we can just discern the trail on which we marched in hist night. At 4:30 our horses, saddled and bridled, are cropping the buffalo grass in the swale behind us and a mist is rising from the winding stream farther to the rear. Four hundred troopers are up and alert under those sheltering bluffs, sipping their morning coffee now and nibbling at the hardtack 111 their saddle-bags. Out to the front a little hillock rises from the prairie, and I move mv party thither and find a better view. Corporal \\ ilkinson and I. lying prone at the summit, while the rest of our party lurk in the hollow behind us, are scouring the distaut ridge with field glasses. The sun is not yet up when he suddenly exclaims: INDIANS. "Look, lieutenant. There are Indians!" And sure enough there they are:six. eight, a dozen of them scurrying to and fro on th? ir nimble po nies and evidently in great excitement. I sent a man to warn the general, and in ten minutes out he comes with Buffalo Bill and hulf a dozen | officers. They remain in saddle down iu the j shadows under the little knoll where they can I not be seen from the front, while he dismounts, joins me at the top. and takes a long look at the warriors darting about on the ridge nearly two ' miles away. These movements are a puzzle. They seem watching some object off to the west. Cody dismounts md joins us: takes a long look and says: "I'm damned if I know what those fellows are fooling about." More and more of them pop into sight and then? just as the sun peeps over the horizon it fi:ishes upon some glistening white objects off to the southwest. "The wagon train, bv all that's wonderful!" "\\ hat s to prevent their attacking it?" is the question asked by one of the staff. "Nothing," aiihwers the general quietlv. "I only hope they will?so does Hall. He has two , companies of infantry hidden under those wagon-covers and wouldn't ask anvthing bet j ter." ) But now* comes a new excitement. Half a j mile out in front of the wagon train, riding i toward us at an easy lope, come two horsemen. I Thov know we are down here under the bluffs, but the Chevennes don keven dream of it. We know the ("heyennes are swaruiing along that ridge, but nobody at the train has the faintest inkling of it. Presently, down a shallow ^vine, hidden from the train and separated from the trail by a long tongue of prairie "point," dowu full tilt, swinging, swaying, bounding along on their mettlesome ponies, a little band of Indians comes darting straight toward us. Cody sees their object at a glance. "By Jove! general. They are coming down trying to surprise those two riders. They ex pect to meet 'em right here iu front of jjs. Let us mount this party and we can get'eni!" '?Up with you. men!" is the order. "Be ready to follow Cody. You stay here," he says tome; "wnt -h untii they are close under you. ? Then give the word." A STIBBINQ PICTTBE. And down he slides to his men below, while J Bill and half a dozen troopers spring into sad ; die. thrust cartridges into their rifles and : crouch eager for a spring. Looking forward j I can see the distant ridge lined with Indians, , hidden from the train yet visible to me. Mid : way to them the shallow ravine is tilled with 1 the rapidly advancing war partv. the sunshine gleaming on their naked, painted bodies, their j gorgeous war bonnets, shields, and glistening | ornaments. Over to the right front come the 1 two couriers, utterly unconscious of the death dealing gang that is nearing them at every jump, and 1?all alone on the little mound, am enjoying one of the most stirring pictures of savage warfare it was ever my lot to see. Nearer they come. I can hear the bounding hoofs of the ponies now. only 500 yards aw.iv. Glancing back I see Bill, foremost of our little I party, his kindling eves watching for my sig nal. "All ready, general?" "All ready, give the word when you like," is the low answer. I Nearer and nearer they come. I wait until their gorgeous leader is not more than 20 yards from the little knoll, then wave mv hand and yell. THE SUBrniSE. "Now, lads!" crash and bang aud hurrah! Wild warring yells of the Chevennes. A vision of darting ponies; of streaming war bonnets: a fusilade of carbines and pistols; a rush of hoofs, a dozen things at once seem crowdiug on my senses as I catch my own horse, bound into saddle and go galloping out to join Bill. The first thing I see is our chief of scouts darting full tilt at a magnificent specimen of tho Indian warrior: flash go both rifles nlmost at the in stant. And after a wild bound or two the warrior's pony plunges headlong, and the rider limps desperately toward the yelling comrades who are dashing down to the" rescue. Whv? the whole ridge seemed suddenly to bristle with red and feathered warriors, whirling, yelling, raging down to annihilate the little band of white men w ho had dared attack their advance. Bill is off his horse in an instant; kneels; takes deliberate aim; tho flame juts from the muzzle of his rifle, and with a wild cry the Cheyenne pitches headforemost upon the sward with a bullet through hiB brain. Then there are shouts of warning. "Look out! Look out!" as the thunder of hoofs and veils of rage and defiance tell the coining of the Cliey ennes sweeping down upon us. but Merritt is ready for them, too, aud glancing over my shoulder I see mv own troop, "H." with Mnnw at its head, iu long extended line come trotting up over the bluffs, with Montgomery's uravs just behind them. "DRIVE 'em, mason!" are the only orders I hear as 1 gallop over and take my place in front of my own platoon and then straight at the Chevennes we go: troop after troop darting up the bluffs and spreading out to the right ana left as they ride in support. It is a brilliant and stirring "sight, but lasts only a few minuteB. for the Chevennes for once in their lives are beaten at their own game and know it. Utterly amazed at the appearance in their front of the regiment they thought to be i 70 or 100 miles away to the so'uth, they leave "Yellow Hand" niid ono of his brethren stretched dead upon the sward, they drop their 1 pots and kettles, pack saddles and blankets and away?away they go scurrying ior the safety of the reservation at a speed that battles pursuit. Sitting Bull never got those fellows as allies at least. Buffalo Bill had one more feather in his cap Hnd Merritt had won th- ncme of outwit ting an Indian at his own tactics. That night how tho old men and sqnav.* crowded around us at Bed Cloud. How they whi-pcred together and pointed at Buffalo Bill. I have had longer and harder rides in forty-eight hours than that one proved to be but none that ever were at tended with such results, Charles Kino, U. 8. A. "Vas Marriage a Failure?" Vas marriage a failure? Veil, now. dot depends Altoge<lder on how you look at it, mine friends. Like clliose double-horse teams dot you see at der races, It depends pooty mooch on d?n pair In der traces; Kef dhey don't pull togedder right off at der sthart, Ten dimes oudt off nine dhey vas beddher apart. Vas marriage a failure? Der vote was in doubt; Dhoee dot s oudt vould be In, dhose dot's in vould be oudt; Der man mil oxberience, goot looks und dash. Gets a vlfe mlt some life hundord dousand In cash; Budt, after der honeymoon, vhere vas der honey? She liaf der oxberience?be haf der money. Vas marriage a failure? Eef dot vas'der case, Vot vas to pecome oS der whole human race? Vot you dink dot der oldt "Pilgrim faders" vould say, Dot came In der Sunflower to oldt Plymouth bay, To see der flue coundtry dis peoples haf got, Und dben hear dhem ask sooch conundrums as dot? Vas marriage a failure? Phust go, ere you tell. To dot Hunker .Mon Hillument, vhere Varren fell: Dink off Vashington, Franklin und "Honest Did Abe"? Dhey vas all been aroundt since dot first Ply mouth babe. 1 vas only a Deutscher, budt 1 dells you vot! 1 pellet, every dime, in sooch "failures" as dot. Va? marriage a failure? 1 ask mine Katrine, Und she look off me so dot 1 feels pooty mean. Dhen she says: "Meester Strauss, shustcome here eef you blease," t'nd she dake me vhere Yawoob und little Low eeze By dhere shnug trundle-bed vas shust saying der prayer, Und she say, rait a smile: "Vas dher some fail ures dhere?" ? ?Charles Follkn Adams. Ntw York World. His Personal Experience. L. T. Harrington, ex-sheriff of Chautauqua county. New York, writes: "I am glad to say, from a long personal experi ence with allcock's Porous Piasters, that 1 am able to>ndorse aU the good things that have ever been said about them, and supplement these by saying that 1 frankly believe their value cannot be estimated. Their breadth of usefulness is un limited, and for prompt and sure relief to almost every ache and pain that flesh is heir to, no other remedy, In my opinion, either external or Internal, equals them In certainty and rapidity. 1 have used them at one time for rheumatism, another tor backache, again for bronchitis, always with the same result?a speedy curs." 'hitting the pipe. Opium Smokers And the Kfleet the Habit hit* on Them. BESIDES THE CHINESE LAUSPBIES THESE ARE PRIVATE BOOMS V HEBE THE PRACTICE MAT BE nrnuuiED i^w-men who oo about with lat | OUTS AND WILI. ACCOMMODATE SMOKERS. "Did you ever hit a pipe?" asked a well-known 1 foxing man about town of a Stab reporter the I other dty. ??What do yon mean by hitiiug a pipe?" asked the reporter. "Why. smoking opium," was the reply. "That's the technical expression among those who are addicted to the habit." The reporter confessed that he had never in dulged in that luxury, and asked the young man if he had. "Oh. yes." he said; "I have done it. but I don't do it any more. I was afraid I would get the habit fastened ou me. and the man who be comes acMicted to the opium habit is the greatest slave in t he world. I would rather be a drunkard a hundred times over than to have the opium passion f astened on me." "W here did you get your experience?" ''Night here in this city. \\ hy. there isn't a Chinese laundry that hasn't an opium joint back of it. Besides, you need not go to a laun dry to find an opportunity to smoke." "Why. are there other joints, as vou call them?' "Not public ones, where anv one can go, but there are two or three men who have all the facilities at their rooms, and those whom they know can go there and indulge. More than that, there are at least five men whom I know who carry a lay-out w:th them and will go to your own room or anywhere that you may sug gest and afford you all the opportunity vou can ask to take a smoke." "IX WHAT DOES A 'LATOUT' COXSI8T?" "Well, a small lamp over which to cook the opium, a glass or steel rod. the opium, and a pipe. You see it doesn't make a very large kit and can easily be carried around." "Does the number of smokers justify these men in carrying a kit with them?" "Indeed it does. You would be surprised to know the number addicted to smoking opium, and new recruits are constantly coming along. Many young men who have no regular employ ment. because their parents are wealthy and furnish tliein with plenty of pocket money, think it their duty to see every phase of life. They begin by drinking, playing billiards and* visiting places not to be named in polite so ciety. Then they hear some one speak of the effects of opium smoking, and as this form of dissipation is u novelty to them, they are anx ious to try it. 1 hey find some one who knows one of these fellows with a lay-out. and they hit their first pipe. Of course tho man who cooks the opium gives it to them weak at first and does not allow theni to smoke very long. In fact they are generally quickly overcome and go off into the stupor, from which they at length awake with the firm conviction that they lmve expe rienced a new sensation, and one that is not so very unpleasant either. Then they try it airain. until finally, unless they have an extraordinary power of will, they are unable to break off tho habit. It doesn't take a great while either for one to feel the craving lor the drug, for its weakening effects, though very insidious, are quite rapid. I know a man iii this city who some years ago made up his mind that he would cure himself of the opium habit, and took a trip out west, thinking that a change of scene, of atmosphere, of habits, occupation and asso ciations would enable him to overcome his de sire to smoke the stuff. He went out to Colo rado. and during the trip of a week didn't use the drug in any shape, but His cbavixo was ho intense, and his nervous system so completely unstrung that when he got to Denver he struck a 'joint' and then he was all right for a few days. He then realized how strong a hold the stuff had upon him. and after he had toned up to his normal condition he came back to Chicago and placed himself in a hospital, then under the treatment of a skilled physician, telling the doctor his story and begging him to do every thing in his power to cure him. He was under treatment for u long time, and was finally pro nounced cured. He has told me himseif that after he came out of the hospital he had no de sire to smoke, and that he felt better in health and spirits than for several years previous. He was gone from Washington about two years, and during that time he was free from the opium habit. Ho came back here and soon met a former companion, one with whom he used to indulge in a pipe, and now he is worse than ever, for I don't believe it is possible for him to break off the habit now. I think if he were deprived of opium for two weeks he would die a raving maniac. He has a room within a stone's throw of where we now are, and I suppose he and a lady friend are in a stupor now." "Are women in this city given to the habit of smoking opium?" "Yes, there are a good many. Of course there is not so large a number of women as of men, and most of the former are of the un fortunate class; still there are respectable women in Washington who will hit a pipe quite frequently. There are more women who use opium in the form of paregoric and laudanum than there are who get its peculiar effects from smoking. I have had some experience as a drug clerk, and I know the large?I mean comparatively large of course?number of women who use these two preparations." "Are there any places in this citv where women can go and gratify their desire for a pipe?" "Yes. two or three?I mean outside of the laundries; and yet I have known women who would enter one of these Chinese laundries, buy their opium of the Chinaman anil go into a back room or upstairs, cook it themselves and get their smoke." "How long does it take for the effects to wear off?that is, I mean how long do they re main in THE STUPOR WHICH FOLLOWS A SMOKE?" "That depends on the strength of the opium and how long they smoke. Some do not smoke long enough to be completely overcome, but only get into a sort of dazed state which wears off when they are once out in the open air. But when a person gets completely under the in fluence of the drug he goes off into a stupor which lasts from two to ten hours." "Is there any consciousness during this stupor?" ?'Sometimes there is a dim and uncertain knowledge of what is going on about the sleeper, but there is no power to resist; that is, a man might have a hazy consciousness that some one was going through his pockets and robbing him, but he would have no power to cry out in protest or to physically interfere with the thief in his work, and the probability is that when ho awoke he would have no mem ory of what had taken place. In a complete stupor, however, a man is. to all intents and purposes, dead for the time being. He has no dreams, either pleasant or terrible, but all is a total blank." "Where do those who run these 'lay-outs' get their opium?" '?Sometimes of the Chinamen, but generally from Now York. You know opium for smoking is specially prepared; it is not the same kind that is used in drug stores in extracts. It is much weaker. Then there is considerable art in cooking it properly. It must not be over done, nor yet must it be cooked too little." "Do they cook it over a spirit lamp?" "No; cheap sweet or olive oil or cotton-Beed oil is generally used in the lamp, so that there will be no smoke." "is there so substitute fob the pi** to those who are addicted to its use?" "There is nothing which gives the complete satisfaction that a pipe does, but then any form of opium will be grateful to the 'fiend' who craves a pipe and can't get it I have known them to chew the gum opium, that is roll it up into little pills and stow one away in the mouth until it is all dissolved. Others will drink pare goric or laudanum; others take the sulphate of morphia in small powders. Still others will use the hypodermic injection and send a solution of morphia nnder the skin. Why, I know a man who has hardly a square inch* of surface on his arms, legs or breast, that does not bear the scar of the needle of a hypodermic svringe which ho has used when* ne couldn't get a pipe of opium. It's a horrible habit wheu it once gets fastened on a man, and. as I have said, the number in this city who are its victims are increasing. I can tell them as soon as I see them. They all have a sallow waxy complexion more like a dead than a live 8erson; their eyes are small and beady, and leir nervous actions are peculiar and unmis takable. The old fellows I haven't any parti cular sympathy for. They will soon die from the practice, for of course it shortens life; but I hate to see young men being overcome by the temptation. I know some as young as eighteen and several between that age and twentv-three who are just beginning to hit the pipe,' and I don't want to see them become slaves of ihis infernal drng. I say I know them, but I am not personally acquainted with them. I know, however, that they are tampering with opium and I know what their fate will be if their steps are not arrested. I had my experience and, fortunately, escaped getting the habit fastened on me, but I know I am an exception and all young men can't be exceptions. You never see in the papers, or but rarefy, accounts of per sons dying from the opinm habit; but I can tell you that many said to be from heart failure, apoplexy kindred -tim mi really result from the opiam habit. T AUCTION SALES. HOMAS DOWLIXG. Aim tloneer. CATALOSUE SALE of an tiumiiM Pfflfflwn of JAPANESE ro*CEI.AfsR. BKONZE8. CURIOS. SCREEN*. ARTICLES OF VERTC. The whole forming one of the most ekn^t and vtried conaupmienta of Japanese Art ever sent to "lit*city. TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION. at my Art Rooms 11th ?t. aud Pa. are. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. APRIL A. 4. a 1SSS>, AT ELEVEN' A. M. AND THREE I M EACH DAY. The Collection will be on view Monday au<l Tuesday. April 1 and '2, from ? a in. to 6 p. m. ?mm THOMAS DOWLlNd. Aiiot._ ?JMIOMAS DOWLISO. Auctioneer WALNTT DWARF BOOK CASE. SFWINO MA CHINE, IN GOOD ORDER. PARLOR HUM TUliF. IN SEPARATE PIECES. P10TUR1 s. M TOP TABLES. LOUNGES, SECRETARY. \ I KY SUPERIOR CABINt l HEDSTEAU, ? VI.M T HALL-SI \N1>, ANTIOUE TABLE, BRUssI 1 ? AND ISOKAIX CARTFTS. WALNUT A\!> OTHER CHAMBER EURXITU RE IN SETS AND SEPARATE PIECES, 8FKV A NTS' EI KNITl HE, MATlRESSiS, 0\K SIDEBOARD. WAINUT PILLAR EXTENSION TABi.E. W ALNl I DIN ING CH AIKS. CHINA AND nHss?ARK. PAK LOR. COOK. KITCHEN REQUISITE*. *< . At Oil TUESDAY MORNING. APllIL SECOND. 1SS9, coinnitncintrat YEN O'CLtM'K, at residence No. -1 4th st *.e? 1 shall sell aiteueral assortment <>l house hold irood?. THOMAS DO" 1.1 N*.. nihl*8-4t Auctioneer T"hVSCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. GOVERNMENT SALE OF STEAM BOILERS AT U. S. CAPITOL AT AUCTION. By direction of the Honorable Architect of the Capi tol. we will sell at public auction, in the B iler-Room of the House Will* of the I" S. Capitol on MONDAY, APRIL 1 1RST. 1 SSI*, at TEN < ' i T.i ICK A M . FIVE STEAM BOILERS, CAPACITY OE EACH (ill HoKSE POWER These boilers are now ill use in the House Win* of the Capitol and can be seen any time prior to the day Terms cash. DVSCANSON BROS., mb~V-d Auctioneer*. I) l/NCANSON BROS., Au. r-. VALUABLE IMPROVED HEAL ESTATE <>N L ST , RETWT.l \ l?tTH AMI 17TH STK N W. On WI.DM.hDAY AFTERNOON", APRIL X at .? O'c'UH'R. we shall ofler for sale the tollowing de scribed improved real estate, situated in the city of Washimrt?'ii, Ihmu* the?a??t 3.~> teet ??inches lrout bjr a depth of 1 32 feet of lot <j, sq. 1 S3, unproved by a two-story Brick Warehouse. This pr<?i*erty is located on the north sideofLst.. between ltith and 17th sts. 11.w. A rare clranee to secure a valuable 1 ieee of proj?erty. Terms V, rash, balance as follows $2..">00 payalile on Sej?teml>er 25. ISSO; payable on s? ; ?tein ber 2,?. 1S00. ana balance in three > ? ars from da> <>t sale. deterred payments to bear inte rest at t? i?er cent. fr<?iu day of safe, payable semi-annually. and to 1** se cured by deed of trust on property sold, or all cash, over $.">,000 at option of purchaser. A deposit of will l?e required at time of sale. ConveyaneiiHr, a;c., at purchaser's cost. Terms ol sale tobe complied with : in ten days, otherwise, the ritf'ht reserv?'d to the property at the risk and cost of the detaultimr rur chaser, after live dajV iinblie notice ot *uch r* sale il jiue newspaper publisned in Westanigton, I>. C. Ul'KLKV BROS., mh?K-dfcds 13 li* I at. V W. 1 THOMAS DOW LING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VAM'ABT.r IMPROVED AM) I" SIM PRO \ I I> PROPERTY <>N TliE hulTHWEST CORNER <>I MARYLAND KM. M E AND TWELFTH STREE1 ?l 111W1>1 By virtue of a deed of trust, duted April 1SS2, and recorded in lil>er N<?. 11V4, folio IttW* et wq., o! the land records ot the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party >?* ured thereby, the unde: signed, a surviving trustee, will wll at public aurti. u m trout I of the premise's on SATl RI)AY. APRIL THIR TEENTH, A. 1) IhMJ. at i IV E ? ( Lo? K P. M , the i following n al estate In the Diatrict ?>i C ? luuJ?ia,to I wit: Ix.'t fifteen ?!"?? and part of lot tourt- ? n <14) in l square two hundr d and ninety-nine (*JS?:o, the said i??ift of lot louneeu 14)t?eii>^ desi nln ?1 as foiloms. ietnnniiikr at a iM.mt oil Maryland avenue distant 4H le. t 1 inch northeastwardly from the northwest corner of said lot and rumiiut? thence aUm^Raid avenue nortli eastwardly 4K teet 1 in? h to the northeast corner of aaid square, thenee south al?-iikr ] ?th street Jeet 1 inch to the southeast cornenrf said lot, thence west ;J4 teet, and thence to the place ol betnimintr. said |art ol lot 14 l>ein^r improved by a large two-atory and attic brick store and dwelling lioiuie. Terms of sale: One-third cash, and the balance in one il> and two <*J) years. f??r which th?* notes of the purchaser must Ik* iriven. bearing interest lr?m day of sale and secured by deed of trust on the property sold er all cash, at the purchaser's option. A dej-osit of it-loo on each parcel must 1m- iriven at the tinie of sale. It the terms are not coiiipli?-d with ill ten ?lays, the poroperty will Ix* r?*bold at the risk and cost ot tue de taultin^r purchasers. Conveyancing aud record;:at the I'Urchaser'scoat. GEokGE L. HAMILloN, mu^T-d&da Surviving trustee. Sun Uuildi.ig. 1) UNCANSON BROS , Auctioneers. SPLENDID PROPERTY FOR BUSINESS OR BUILD INO PURPOSES, CORNER OF M AND F1R>T HIREET.n NORTHEAST. NOW OOCI PIED Art COAL DEPOT. ONL HUNDRED AND FIFT1 NINE FEET BY ONE HUNDRLD AND 1W I N I Y FEa-T. NEAR NEW MAlluN OF li. AND O. RAILROAD. On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL SECOND, 1889t at FIVE O'CLOCK, ue will sell in front of the premises LOTS 49, 50. AND 51, SQUARE 711. These lots front 159 feet on 1st street east and 120 feet on M street north (and now occupied by coal and wood yard), together with office, scales, shedding, lenc ing, and railroad siding This property <*an be utilized f or warehouse purposes or business of a wholesale character, having railroad facilities for shipping and receiving, now in thorough condition to continue the present business, or the two frontage* make the prop erty susceptible of being subdivided for building pur poses. No better location, being easy of access by rail and streets, could be obtained us the railroad sidiug is already in and purchasers will not be troubled to ob tain permits for that purpose. Within one square of the eleetru railway. Terms: One-third cash; balance in equal installments at one and two years, notes to be iriven beaximr per cent interest from date ol sale, payable semi-annually, and to be seemed by deed of trust on premises, or ail cash at purchaser's option. A deposit of $.">00 will be required at time of sale. Conveyancing *lc., at pur chaser's ci>st. Terms to l?e complied with in ten days, otherwise the right reserved to resell at the riak and coat of detail 1 ting purchaser alter five days' public notice of such resaie in some newspaper published in Washington, D. C. DLNCANSON BROS,, Uih'jT-d Auctioneers. UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. MORTGAGEES' SALE OF SCHOONER HENRY B. GIBSON, HER TACKLE, APPAREL AND 1 UR N IT I RE. By virtue of a mortgage, dated June 20, 1SS7, and recorded same day in tnc custom bouse at Baltimore, Md.. in Liber No. 21. folio ?'?4. &c., the unil< rs;gned, as i the mortgagees thertin hhiuwI. v% i 11 oiler lor t-ale, at ! public auction, to the highest b.dder, on SATURDAY, APitlL SIXTH, ISM), at NOON, at Wheatley's whart near the loot of 110th street, Georgetown. District of I Columbia, the whole of the schooner vessel callcd the "HKNK\ B. GIBSON," of Baltimore, Md? ol the burden of eighty-nine 77-100 I (HO 77-100) tons, or thereabouts, together with her .Masts. Yards, riails. Rigg.ug, Anchors, Cables, Boats, I Tack el. Apparel and Appurtenance*. 1 Terms cash. PETER C. STBUVEX.) mh20-dta Jos. L. WHITE, ) Mortgagees J ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctiunecrs. TRCSXEL'S SALE or AXALOSTAN ISLAND. By virtue of a deed of trust irorn the heir* of Will iam A. Bradlev, de*-eaaed, recorded anion^r the land retords ot the District ol Colunibia, I will offer ANALOS1 AN lsi.ANl) for Rale at auction, on the pmnise%oD THl*RSDAV, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF Al'RIL. 1SKH. AT '111REL o'CLUt'K P. M. AiislostanIsland is in the District ot Coluuibin. It couta.ns upwsrd of 87 acres ol frround. It is beautifully situated in the Potomac river, opposite the cities ot o.hluKton and Oeonre to*n, from which it is separated by a narrow and deep chunntl. A short disUnce sbove Uie island is the out let lock of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, oueninir Into the nvi r 1 li. islsi.d is connected with the Vir rinia shore by a solid inaMairjr causeway, and thence y the new tree iron bndve with \Sashin?{tou and Georgetown. Tj-,,MS OF SALE. One-fourth of th? i in.: ase-uiuney in cash, of which tl.OUU shell be p 1 at the tinie ot sale, and the re inaiiider aodays tbereattir. 'ihe n-sl.lue of the pur chase-money to he )?id in three e^ual installments.in, Kspectivelv, one, two and three years alter da\ of sale, with lntereit from day of sale at 5 per cent per annum, paj able s, mi-annually. I'pon compli ance with the terms ot sale the purchaser will re ceive a dee<t for the property, and at the same time execute a ueed of trust, in the nature of a inort (fajfe. to secure the ueterred payments. If the terms of sale are not complied with in ISO days after day uf sale the propertv will be resold at the riak and Coat of the defaulting purchaser. Taxes paid up to day of sale. Conveysuciiuc and recording at purchaser's coal TITLE OOOD OB SO SALE. REGINALD FEXDALL. f.'8-d4ds Trustee. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF A FAftM OF :tij ACRES OF LAND. MOKE OR Ll >?, IX STAFFORD COUNTY, VlhOINIA, ABol T TWO MILES FROM STAFFORD COURT BOUSE. AXD AD JOININO LANDS OF W p. PATTERSON. W. B. KNIOHT. B. B. SIMPSON AND W. S. TOWSON. Under and by virtue of a deed of trust bearing date the "J7th day of May. 1SS0, and duly worded in Liber 1, folio t?7. et seq.. one of the 1-and Records for Staf ford county, Virmria, the underaitmed trustee will offer tor aaie at pubac siu-tion on the premises, on THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF APRIL 1S89, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK A. M . the farm or ttaci ol land which was on the 'J:Id day of AprU. 1870, con veyed by buttle and others, commissioners, to one Asbury Lloyd, by deed recorded in Liber Vitt. folio 7'2tl. of said Tand Records, coutainiUK acres of laud, more or less, and improved by a small farm bouse and ont-bulldinirs. The farm is well watered and adapted to ^ardenmir and farnnuir purposes and has on it a lar. e atone uuarry. the same hem* within one mile of A quia creek. Teruia of sal,: one-third of the purchase money in cash within five day, from the itay of sale, of wLicti 9200 is to be paid as s dei<osit at the time of sale, the balance in two equal payments in six and twelve months from day of sale, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. For further particulars call upon or address the undersigned trustee. BROOKE B. WILLIAMS. It ustee, Room 10 Kellogr bulldinir, Waahintrt. n. D. C. mh,'7.30^p-'.4,<;A10 rjtHOMAS DOWLINU. Auctioneer. CHAXCF.RY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY OH F iURTH STREET, BETWEEN H AND I STREETS NORTHWEST. By nrtue of a decree i>s?-ed by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in equity cause *o. 11B17. wherein Jeremiah Smith is complainant aud Sarsh A. Smith et al. are defendants. I will offer for,sale st Rblic auction, in fmnt of the premises, oni? EDStS lY. APRIL THIRD, A. D. ISrf'. at E Ot LtK A P. M.. the followinir described real estate m the city of Washington, District of ColumUa, to wit: lb, north sixV-en (10) feel front, by the depth thereof efjot numbered twenty (S0i in square ' bered five hundred and sixteen (3l6l with the pnv lletre of the allay, tofwtber with the lmproraujenti "tSSS of sale as prescribed b* tbe >><^ 0??,-thlr(l of th, purchase money to be paldln cash, and thebel ance m equal instalmenta. i^We la aix and tw^T, months from the day of sale, or tha purchaser chaaers may. al hla or their oytlop, PUT amount of purchss, money in caii. 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A h*v tt?n-i coui| nnlm*r aliiewt ev?*r> w^ll-kt?' n 1: thi coobtnr, m ttwnaarii r*f*ir. ^*11 1??* ? l? mm! > t at \**y lorn itran h. ml'lclal im'h! mimj f. , ii. ?!? iu 1 : nt-* mud III t*-"?u-.* i )? / i 1 \ > a MONTHLY inis'l a1.lm1 N 1 > wi?-n .1^. ^1. vvm KNA1 tvro. dG hl 'i Mat k> t s| v-4. _ HOUSEFU UN 1S111N < i S. MnOTAL llgl lD our m1 \i ? i r? i| lliimr! br.>kvn ('Inn*. , mctmla. ti'}?. ku.x"., fi|? ?>. *? i . ? ? ! i*ruir. uii.1 cn* * r* 1 (. *r.<' >< !il i 13 cookiko Bv G\? a full line of OAS cookjn'. STOrm On baud ai. 1 fur nu?. mtai washington GAfiUGHT CO mi A.M. GENTLEMEN'S Ci( >Q1)S. 11. U. It IMI-<jRTI R AND TAII.nr. baa the honor to lufonn > oti tliat hi* nfw coo*)'* haxe jiiat arrived. mr. 1>ak1: iieraoiially ?ta all frarauiita iindiiah.# j cbulltiihiilllcail 1111 pt.N N svi V A xia A . t., mhl7 wj?'u,.lr..ui. :?. fi. PROFESSIONAL. 1)kc>i\ <"lav. wokhf.hh i i.v <.11 1 f.i> (1 m:u voyatit, aetroi?>ver i.iid u ^klth seoooa hlk'tit aud veil. i Ver> lil?i... i. b.) ?.:? i > -?-f veaied li st i?r fftoleti j :?-|*rt> i n. - i?: 1 dfcii treaauren. oi\?n iucky nuir.l?ra. * aw-e* ?]?eeuy niarxiaices. briuinm|?ratMl t?f etlier. <*t s ? i?>-. ?a m bumiiewa. l.tiiio*eaall lau.il; tr ime* and t\ii j i flueiic-ea. cure* aickiu-n* li dina? i*?ji .?^1 b) . i: . ta u otliera, jucure uot ai! klike. as the 1 r??i* h?o. < au?- -n ViBce tile liiokt kk^; ti* al. tltjui ???!.?? .:ucl vill sa\e tiiuf- ami iusai?|f?:m:iiciit i<> <-ailu.#r u.-* cdij fretmiueclairvoyant in tin- city. l e >u tt-u % Lcre all utlirn iailual adortima oul> ?u: li? ? iu i.o. hit liners lif?*-readm^ by nuiil t.n r*c? i|?t ?; ^1. Name. h*-g of imh\ date of urtk ui-urn '' u \ opec suiniiij h troUi 1 to b p.ui. mkil(?-toapl" 4*j1 mb at. n w. Mml lillooee TELL8 AM. tkk E\T.NT?ot LIFE. All baauies?a i-?,titideiitihl lani?aanda -u tleuien .">u ceiiu eactl 4ub L hi., between 4tL a; u itj eta. n.w. HW* MEDICAL. &c. c 'bk hf.STi.k'b I m.li^H 1'i.nnvm' >VA1. mi-l-i. j hedcrwi duuuoud lirkiid kri.' i i. i-- y Siiuiim'and rrli?l>!e i'ul lor u>. N<-?vrtiul *-? ! r ilclmttrrv Eiu.ll.li i'.*: lid hr.i.'i. i:. r.-<l 11. boxm, ariurd ?itb bln? nl'u ii at l>ru.-tri> ??. no otl.r. All (>111. in | *.t?'tio*r'l l-'tm, in.k 1<*tb, ?i* a duwennia <-oi.:ii?r!eit. >?iid iii iiii*) lor l?rticular? and "keeief li'k ladien,' in letter, by return tnoil 1u,C*w t^stnih>i:iid. fn-ui ladxe.8 who Lav. th.'ii ship- . ?i--r cu1u1emek CHEMICAL CO.. _d29-aAw:.2t madlwii nj . l'lula.. Pa ? ADIES WHO reotmr. TU! hermcls i an MU ?-*|*n.!ir?i fen'air tiliykiriati nii lid ??<<!?nit Mr. dr *11 S<in. 110") Park placw n.t?w. bu.dr lltta and 1 iitli m?. n.?. i?di.'? nuly. k.ii:e?l>. ui'.'."?-."?w* IT HAS NEVER BEEN CONTRA KM TED ;I1AT* Dr. broihehs l? uj? oldr.1 -e.l.1 -i ,.l?m1 k-1 v. ru^ lnk ladic' enyon iau in thl? nti. laaiie*. >un can mnfldcntljr n.uhiiil Dr. BROTHERS. !h>?i b ?t >.w. articular attention |?id to ai. itaw. |w?uliar m ladiea, married or auitflo. forty yean' ixi*netica. ?kls-lm* Bead and be wise-db brothers. :io? b ht a.v.. ai i"ear* a l. torr me and n>a ll . ?ili that be i* oldeat eataltliab.-u Expert s|*< i?li.t in till.? it}. [?Ml will iruarantee a < are in all uam-a?1 |'rit ?tecli.t ai.a of men and turni*li uiedm ine, or no < n?v> . ton.u.u turn and advice fret at at.} laour ol uj< day. nub in n bed and ?w.?ru betiwe me by dr liltoi hl1.k sam t. EE c. M11J-S. a Notary l^blit, in and tor um di.tri.-t of Columbia, tkia trnrd day ot July. l?i tnhl2-lin* "\f anh(X)D restok1d BV i BINO A BOl tlk jjlortiroof Dr. bmmliebm' tn*l^or*tlnr Cordial. u ill cure any ? aae of ..ervoua debility aud lurni of mn*-|>iwer. 1? iui|?aru mr* to tbc wt*.o Mule or lemale !h>i h ?t. ".^w. luktl llu* tafml DE FOREST. E'-nt. h-: 'HI -hedand it1 reliable lauiea' fliyan iau. can ba i-ouaolled ..ally at her rwaiden.'e. j?j1 T at. n.w. ouice bour. tru.c I to u p. m mti. l^ilmi only. 11 l?-?ui' B. hotter 1 1 ? v .1 powdkutf ajle thi Standard bfiueuy for all ldn<jd dia?a*ea, mitiia hit uat. naaal. or aAln trv iilile.; itrtnar) diai'aatia culm in forty-eiirbt bonra. l*rl<-e, (:) j?r box Dr. DoDD'h xlikwne No. 2 |?nnaarativ <*utm natural auaAnew, lueaot ntality.nenoiiadebil.ty, ac. At . frtuo. ?1. i?ent aealed by nudl. loraaleat jy31 STANDI 1 pud a. ?-.ir hui and F a ?. DENTISTUY. F'bbk DENTAL 1bhrmakv-tijc1b MIXED and aril filial Mat), inarrted wtuiout rbarre. ? x..*4 <.*t of material, at lo^s H at. u.m.. denud lh..?rt n.?nt of oolubibian i turerrlty. Iron. 1 to & p*. daily, tarept sunoay kxirartiou ina. lnnrtuary o|m? wbettujj o uejto DR. btahb pal^ONS. DENT 1ST. OTH ht . COR ueran.w, kiiliiar m atwruiliy. laetli extracted ?itbout pain by pain killer api.aed to run.a. Artifi cial tactii uatrm ?*'?"f turut aa.ru. uourau too. nibif ________________ INSURANCE^ : MCTL'al. BERERVE el ND LIFE i The mctlai. bererve fi nd lite . I BTt.. baa fumiakeo iuaui?l<? t< ? irtsiy aud tirnn'? durtnc pact ?drtit yaaia. aam and iiiamben dunnc pact aurtit yaaia, aavlavte umc over alxteen million Soilara. b) mlutia* coat ueio*