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IN A JAPANESE HOUSE. YUM YUM AND HER TOILET. XA5II POO'S DINNER AMI BED. Daily Life of His HmwhnM a* Illus trated at the National Museum. TUT. STOVE THAT THE JAP TAKES TO B=D WITn HI*? DBKtKlNO TEA AND SAKI?A JAPANESE DINNER AND THE KITCHEN IN WHICH IT I* PREPARED?CHOPSTICKS, PIPES AND TANS. ,he Stab reporter fonn 1 Prof. Komeyn Hitch i cock, who has recently returned from a two year*' stay in Japan, in bis little laboratory room opening upon one of the balconies of th" National museum. Prof. Hitchcock wait not com pletely de-American, ized by his residence among Yum-Yurn's peo ple. but some of his snr , rounding* gave evidence that he kas not yet * ^S^reacenatomed hiniaelf to all of our American ,^^??'^,habits and institutions. ^ '' ~ For instance, liis feet w. re attired in ? pair of straw slippers, with nothing at the heel to hold them on. and among the j irs. retorts and apparatus of his labora tory a tiny teapot was giving forth a little jet of steam. I'rof. Hitchcock, with true Japanese hospitality, poured out tea for li.s visitor in a little cup that held about a tablespoon fuL This was Japanese tea made in the Japanese sfylc. No Jap would ever think of spoiling tea with sugar and milk, so the Star reporter, in order to get fully in sympathy with the Japan ese, took the ele .r yellowish-colored liquid straight and found it a delightful beverage. And thi n the saki! Prof. Hitchcock produced his bottle ?a long slender Japanese bottli . and tilled two little cups with it. and the professor and the reporter sat at the table facing each ot!;t r. Then they raised the cups to their lips and silently pledged each other. Prof. Hitch cock's two years' residence in Japan has en abled him to swallow his saki without wincing. He even says he likes it. The reporter gulped down his saki and vainly tried as a matter of courtesy to conceal the puckering grimace that the muscles about his mouth insisted upon forming. ??Still." he said, in deference to his host, '?there is some thing in it that one might acquire a liking for." "You niean the alcohol, I presume." said the professor dryly. a;ul the reporter recognized then that he had come across an old acquain tance in this Japanese compound. l'hen tii' professor.ha ving thus smoothed the way. put himself at the reporter's service. What the reporter wanted was to take a little Journey to Japan and go into a Japanese house and see just how the Japanese l.ved. In a long and spacious case in the north hall of the mu seum is arranged a collection which Professor Hitchcock bruught home with him. These are Japanese household articles. One could com pletely furnish a Japanese house front this case. There are all the kitchen utensils, mat tings for the tloor, beds, pillows, warmers, toilet sets, writing cabinets, all the parapher nalia for a Japanese dinner, smoking sets, saki sets, paintings to hang like banners on the wall, night lights and little shrines before which devout sliinto worshipers can kneel in prayer. Everything seemed to the reporter's uuaccnstomcd eye to be on a dainty doll-house scale, but the articles in the collection are jnst what are actually used by the Japanese. The reporter had only to construct iu his imagina tion a Japaiie-?- house.and Prof. Hitchcock took him through the structure and pointed out the objects of interest and explained their uses. The my-terie* of a Japanese lady's toilet are all exposed in the collection. There is a toi let stand or case with its round nnd highly polished metallic mirror. The toilet stand might do for a gooel-sized American doll or baby. The Japanese maiden will get down on her knees or sit upon a mat spread before the ca-e. There are little drnwi rs for her combs an 1 pins. She has a good many wooden combs of different shapes. In one little jar is kept the pigment with which a married woman blackens her teeth, a practice which is going out of fashion. This coloring matter is ap plied with a feather brush. In a little sancer on the stand is a quantity of red aniline dve. with which she heightens the color of her lips. The Japanese belie uses inanv arts, and has a large assortment of cosmetics. They have powder and rouge, and paint and delicate, soft brushes, with whi h to apply them. Some of their powdering and painting is done in a fan tastic way. and not apparently for the purpose of counterfeiting a beautiful natural complex ion. Prof. Hitchcock siid he had s.. n young Japanese women with powder or pai::t laid on in streaks or in the shape of diamond i all around their necks. The toilet outfit aUo includes perfumery, a coil or two of the paper twine or string made so neatly by the Japanese and a stick of pomatum. The string is used in tying the hair, which is rub bed with the pomatum until it is glossy and st;tl. '1 he dr -sing of the hair is not under taken every day. It is something in the nature of a permanent improvement, and the Japanese worn in puts on enough pomatum to make the hair shine and keep in price for some da vs. This is one reason why the little wood-11 pillows or hcad-n sts are used. On a pillow such as one experts to find in an American house, the hair would be come mussed, and it Would be necessary to dress it every day. A Japanese pill' >w is a mere block of wood or a roll that hts under the head at the base of the -kull and keeps it up off the floor. Another toilet article like the stand itself is on such a small scale as to almost escape notice. This is a dainty towel, hardly big enough to cover Ouc's face. A Japanese tx d i- the matting that covt rs the floor. At bed time- several blankets or quilts are produced. One is Tolled out on the mat ting-covered floor ;uid forms the raattr> so. The pillow, as stated above, is either a small block of wood or a wooden structure, like a miniature saw-horse, intended to tit at the nape of the neck. Horn- more luxurious ones are roll* or little rouud cushions made of some soft material. When the Japanese or his visitor stretches him-, if out ou his blanket and lays his head on this executioner's block for a pil low he draws over him one, two, or half a dozen blankets, according to his fancy and the temperature of the air about bim. In cold weather. Japanese houses are anything but comfortable, as no arrangements are made for beating them. The Jap, however, proposes to be comfortable in his bed, and he provides himself with a bed wjrme*r. This is a grated box or case, with a receptacle inside, in which charcoal is burned. He puts this charcoal stove under his blanket, near his feet, and wraps his limbs about it. The Japanese will sleep this way all night. Another simpler form of bed-warmer is merely an earthen jar, with a handle, which is not protected by the grated box. The liva coals ars placcd in this, and sometimes thev set fire to the bed.ling and to the house. It in a somewhat difficult thing to feet warm in a Japanese house when one has pot thoroughly chilled. There are no stoves, and uo heating apparatus intended to warm a whole house. Instead, the Japanese has his kibachi, a kind of brazier made in different f irms. In this there will be a few coals of charcoal. It will be brought into the room and one can put hi* hands close down to the coals and get a little warmth from them. A warmer used in nhop-i i-> an oblong box. one end having a compartment for ashes and charcoal, and the other having a receptacle for a tea-set. Bv the coals in this box one will warm his hands or light his pipe. When a person gets real cold, th ? only thing to do is to call for blankets and a bed-warmer and sit. coddled up in the blank ets. with his legs twined around the bed warmer. f'P'- ? Pipi ? ?*?? Jilt Wlitn he goes to bed at night the Jap must have bis smoking utensils within easy reach and also his night light or little lamp set within a box-like screen of paper. It he wakes up in the night he reach* s out for his pipe, lights it by the live coal buried in the aslies of a little j;ir provided for the purpose, takes n few puffs i:nd goes to r let p again. Neariy all Japanese women as well as men smoke. 'lii>' smoking sets are made in many styles, though the pi]>es are much alike. Many of tin in are prettily ornamented. The straight stems are of reed, tipped with metal, and the bowls, which are ver'v small, about haif the size of a;i ordinary thimble, are of metal. Ihe man's pipe has a shorter stem than that used by a woman. Other wise the pipes nre alike. The man uses a short stem for convenience sake, as he carries his pipe in a ease which he thrusts in his belt. Attached to this case by cords is a pouch for tobacco and generally a S'eUuIce. a charm, or little figure of carved ivory, which hangs down like a watch-charm. The smoking set includes Ihe little jar for charcoal and a cuspidor. This enspidor is merely a joint of bamooo. cut off so as to make a cylindrical box. one end In ing closed, 'lhis the Japanese smoker, when he desires to expectorate, raises to his lips. Though the cn-tom seems odd to an American I'rof. Hitchcock said it was much less disgnst ing than the American habit of discharging saliva at a spittoon at long range. The Japan ese tobacco is tine and stringy, looking some tiling like American line cut or straight cut. It is put up in rolls of different sizes, bound around villi paper, the ends being open, so as to expose tile tobacco. The little pipe bowls hold only a pinch of this tobacco, enough to give three or four good whiffs. Then the Jap knocks the bowl so as to empty the ashes into his hibachi or cuspidor. Ii he is traveling lie probably knocks the bowl against the toe of his wooden shoe. He will till Irts pijn'manv tinus. When ho has emptied his pipe and tilled it lie w ill scoop up the hot ashes again upon the fresh tobacco in the bowl, and thus get a new light. A saki set for ceremonial usage comprises a little stand with a tray-like top and three flat saucer-like cups fitting into one another. Such a set is used in the marriage ceremony, and. in fiict. its use constitutes nearly all there is to the ordinary marriage ceremony. The bride a;ul groom are placed so as to front each other on opposite sides of an apartment. The cups are inverted on the stand. Two attendants bike the first cup off and. standing beside the bride, till it with saki and hand it to the bride, who drinks. Then the cup is filled for the groom and he drinks. The same ceremony is gone through with each of the other cups. The top of the stand is perforated with slits, so that any of the saki that may spill out from the cups is drained off into a receiving basin constructed for the purpose in the interior of the stand. On another stand near this saki set is a package snppost d to have been brought into the house as a present or gift. It is wrapped neatly in paper tied with colored threads, and underneath the threads where they cross is thrust a little I it of fancy paper folded into the shape of a spear head. The paper thus folded indicates that the ]>arcel contains a present. On the paper wrapper is an inscription in Japanese characters. Yvf ' Vau/t1 ?/(, ?-Ay. The common dining set looks like an equip ment for a toy hon?e. The table is about 8 inches high ami its top is a tray about 8 inches square. Everv person has his own table. He sit? on his cushion, and the servant, a neatly dresM d Jupau< se girl, brings lum not his din ner only but his dinner table. There is no common dining room in a Japanese house or hotel. The dinner is served wherever the guest wants it. When he comes into the house he is served with tea. The tea is kept hindy in a metal canister, and a kettle for hot water is placed on the hibachi. The servant uses much ceremony in serving the tea. After pouring the hot water upon the leaves and till ing the oup, she places it upon a little metallic holder, and with a bow pushes it within reach of the guest. Then next she *5^ provides a tobacco set, so the guest can smoke if he wishes. Dinner is then served on the little table or tray. On this tray will be several little covered vessels or dishes. in fact about all that it will hold. In front nearest the guest, in the right-hand corner, is a lacquer bowl filled with miso soup. At the left is a porcelain bowl for rice. (In the other side of the tray is a lacquer bowl in which soup, vege table stew or a fish stew will be served. B-side this is a porcelain plate on which probably fish will be served either broil d or raw. In the middle is a little cup for N?/ "r Slioyu, a dark colored saure, like Worcestershire sauce in up p? . ranee. Salmon, trout and other kinds of fish nri si nrcd raw frequently with little strips of radish. 'Hit diner takes up with his chop sticks a slice of ft-h and radish and dips tin m in the sauce before carrying them to his mouth. Toward the end of his meal he will remove the saucer-shaped top from his nee bowl and pass it to the attendant, who will place on it usually four slices of some kind of preserved or pick led vegetable. Tins he will eat as a rel ish with his rice. The odor is strong and ob jectionable to foreigners, but oiie soon acquires a taste for it. and It becomes an indispensable table article with rice. The chopsticks are usuallv of wood and about ten inches long. Incased in a little paper sheath, they are placed ou the table or tray with the dinner The cheaper and commouer chopsticks given to a guest at a hotel are supposed to be used onlv at one meal. They are merely cedar t ticks. Some of the chopsticks, however, are lacquered, and when the guest has finished entiug with such a pair he wipes them on a napkin. I hopsticks like those, wheu used, are left in the guest's room, to be used by him whenever he has a meal served. The chop sticks are grasped both between the thumb and index finger. The middle finger is thrust be tween them to form a fulcrum, and then the chopsticks are used like a tiny pair of tongs, with which morsels of food are picked up. The Japanese food in all so prepared and nerved that a knife is not needed. Meats are generally hashed. All through the meal the dainty Japanese serving girl sits close at hand to be of service if she is needed. She has with her a rice bowl, from which to replenish the supply of rice in the little lacquer bowl on the table. If the guest passes his bowl to be replenished the girl always takes two dips at the rice with her Hat ladle, even if the guest is satisfied with but one ladleful. The second dip in such case is a cere monial dip and only a few grains of rice may be taken, but the custom of making two dips has been firmly established for ages, and anything less would be a grave violation of table eti quette and hospitality. If the guest orders siiki for his dinner a little saki set is brought, comprising two small bottles and cups, holding about 1; .< ounces each. The Japanese kitchen is an exceedingly prim itive affair. The cooking stove or range is simply a furnace made of plaster, with three separate compartments, in which fires are made with sticks of wood. Over each compartment y a place for setting a kettle or pot. This stove has no draft or chimney. The smoke coraes out of the opening in front and fills the kitchen. When the cook wants the fire to burn faster she blows on it through a hollow reed or bamboo, or else fans it with a little fan made for the purpose. At one end of the range is the pot in which rice is boiled. It has a wooden top, with heavy blocks of wood for h andles. On top of this pot is a flat wooden ladle, used in dishing the rice. Iho rice is boiled so that its grains keep their shape. It is never made into a mush. In the vessel placed in the center of the stove stews are made and at the end next to tl,is. or at the left hand of the stove, is a kettle for hot water, with the wooden dipper used in serving it out. Oil the wall and shelves near by are the knives used in chopping meats, graters for grinding up radishes and other vegetables, sieves, and dif ferent culinary utensils. A basin with a long wooden stick is uh (1 in preparing the miso. or bean soup. The miso is mixed with hot water in the basin and stirred with the stick. This forms the scup stock. The Japanese water bucket has a handle made by inserting a tross pieee between two of the staves which are pro longed above the others. A wooden dipper with a long handle is used in taking the water from the bucket. ? The Japanese housekeeper does not use a market basket, but instead has a box about 10 inches square, with a bale or handle and a lid. In the exhibition case near the stove stands a ??safe." in which food is placed for safe keeping from flies or other insects. It is a diminutive affair with a shelf inside and sides and door covered with line netting. VMTWG Dt.S\" The Jap's writing desk, like the lafly's toilet set. seems to be made for very little people. The Jap does not sit in a chair to write, out kneels before his cabinet or squats on the floor. The cabinet contains a number of dainty little drawers, in which are kept paper, ink. brushes and pencils. On the top of the cabinet is a tray for the ink. One little vessel contains water in which the stick of India ink used in writing is moistened. The stick thus moist ened is rubbed upon, a pad from which it is taken up on a finely pointed brush with which the writing is done. Home of the paper comes in rolls, and as the Japanese writes his charac ters in vertical rows, he unrolls his paper and keeps unrolling until he lius written all he wants to write, and. then, if it is a letter, he tears the paper written upon from the roll, folds it up and sends it i*way. Home paper used by Japanese women is made in fancy styles with figures or flowers painted or printed on it in colors. When the guest in a Japanese house gets up in the morning he perforins his ablutions with cold water, by means of a little tub-shaped wooden basin, set. perhaps, outdoors where the neighbors can take note of his doings. He will have a towel given him so small that he may lose it if he does not keep a careful watch on it. ??? ? Saturday Smiles. If ron r.re out in a driving storm, don't at tempt to hold the rains.?Trias Sifting*. Bv and by comes the strawberry Rhortcake. with one berry to a square yard of cake. It comes high, but we must have it.?llarrixlnirg 1'elegraph. How many men now living will be as famous 100 years hence as George Washington is to day'? A dozen? Half a dozen? Three? Two? One? And who are they?? Water bury lb-pub lican. A little girl in Pennsylvania died from jump ing the rope and several grown people in Okla homa have died from Jumping claims.?Hutch inson ( Kansas) AVrs. The ice mi u now have an organ called "77?> Ice Journal." It is a cold day when its gets left.?AVw York Tribune. A man worth #2,000,000 died in Chicago last week, aud up to date only one wife has come forward with her claim to tlio property. The incident is looked upon as singular, to say the least.? York Dispatch. Gen. Harrison is declared by the Washington Stab to be an expert physiognomist. He has had big opportunities of studying cheek.? I'luladrlphui Jjedjer. He's Been " Shook."?Wickwirc?" Queer, isn't it. that when a man is arrested for wife beating the woman nearly ahvavs tries to save him from punishment? I tell you. Yabby, mv boy. no>>ue knows the depth of woman's love.' Ya'bsley lately jilted;?''Nor the length of it." ? Terra UauU Express. Willie's little sister Bessie was allowed an '?outing" with her mother ono evening, but Willie could not go, and was only reconciled at last bv the permission to "sit up late" with Aunt Hattie. As the evening wore qji. how ever. the l>ttle man grow drowsy, gaping every few minutes. Auntie said, by and by: "I ex pect Willie's sleepy" whereupon he straight ened himself up very briskly and said, with much emphasis: ''Oh, no, I isn't auntie?only my mouth needs stwetchiug!"?Boston louth's Companion. They Would Be So Nice. From Xuusey's Weekly. The ladies of church were packing a box of clothing to send to the wife of a western missionary. Mrs. A.?By dear Mrs. B, what can you be thinking of to send off these lovely stockings of yours? The very newest color, too! Mrs. B.?It doe* break my heart to part with them, and I shouldn't think of it if I hadn't just read something about the dve stuff they use to get this particular shade being liable to poison one frightfully. Mrs. A.?Oh, horrors! Let's get them out of our 1 Lands quick! Here, there's room for them right down in this corner. She Won't be Cheated. Usury persists until Bvery claim's receipted, Thus we know when we are ill, Nature won't be cheated. But don't pay your deL?t? by suffering. If you have drawn exhaustively on nature, balance the ao-ount by supplying b*r with blood lood pure and simple thai is instantly and easily available. '1 hat fs Drs. Starkey <? 1'aleu's Compound oxy gen Treatment precisely. And here are a few of Uioso who indoiso the compound Oxygen Treat meat for the best of reasons?they have been cured by It: Hon. Wm. 8. Kelley, Philadelphia: Kev. Victor L. Conrad, Philadelphia; llev. t'has. VV. Cushlng, ltocnesier. N. Y.; ilon. Wm. Penu Slxon, Chicago, 111.; Judge H. P. Vrooman, t/ue nemo., Ksns.; Mrs. .Mary A. Llvermore, Melrose, Mass.; l>r. o. A. Darby, president of Columbia (ti. C.) Female College; itev. A. A. Johnson, presi dent of Wesley an College, Fort Worth. Texas; Kev. J. F. Spence, president Grant Memorial I ni versity, Athens, lenn., and thousands of others. You may have their names if you will send to Drs. Starkey & Paleu for their brochure of -"OO pages, it will be forwarded free of charge to any one addressing Liks. HTAKCST * 1'i.lXN, Xu. littV Arch street, Fblladelpbia, Pa. RF.AL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Extensive Building Operations in East and South Washington. A onEAT DEMAND FOR BUCKS?PLKSTT OF WORK FOR THOSE ENOAOED IK THE BCIt-DINO TRADES ?IMPROVEMENTS OF VACIOCS KINDS SOW BEISO MADE IX ALL PARTS OF THE CAPITAL CITT. There are but few men connected with the building trades in this city who are idle. The demand for workmen is so great that a number have come from other cities where work is not so plentiful. It is difficult for the brickmakers to till the orders that come pouring in. Some of them exhausted early in the season the sup ply left on hand from last year, and began to , make bricks earlier than usual. The kilus t have been opened as soon as possible after the ' burning was completed and the bricks cartcd ! away while they were still warm. The manager j of the Virginia Brick company, Mr. C. B. Pear- i son. told a Star man the other day that their I stock on hand of over a million of bricks was ! exhausted some time ago. and the first kiln j burned this season is being emptied rapidly. | Othor brickmakers have similar experiences to relate, and all the yards in the city nud in the vicinity which supply exclusively the home trade are working to their fullest capacity. One or two of the largest brickmakers. whose annual output ranged from fifteen to eighteen millions, expect this year to make five or six millions in addition. It is estimated that the consumption of brick in this citv ! amounts to about 400.000 per day. The total ! output of bricks last year is said to have been 1 more than one hundred millions, and this year. [ at the present rate of increase, the figures will j reach still larger proportions. The superior ; quality of the brick made in this city is con- ' ceded, ami it is attributed in part to the char- I actor of tha clay which can be obtained. But it is due also to the superior methods employed in the manufacture. Brick-making is an in- j dustry which has reached a high point of ! perfection here and this fact is all the more commendable because it is supposed that the capital city possesses 110 industries. The ! merits ot Washington brick r.s a fubstantial ; material for building is fully recognized, but its capabilities tor n mient.il and decorated I architecture is rapidly being developed. The late II. H. Kicliardsou. the distinguished archi tect, used Washington brick exclusively in the erection of three of tlie four private residences which he built in this city, and all the orna mentation introduced is of brick made from special designs. This latter feature of brick manufacture lias become very general, and molds are now made from architects' designs aud bricks of nearly every conceivable shape and form can be ordered from the yards. Sev eral o! the large brick-makers have yards in the eastern portion of the city, while a number are located 111 Virginia, near the Long Bridge. THE EAST WASHINGTON BOOM. Bv far the largest proportion of the bricks now being piled up in this city arc east of the capitol. As the active hustlers in that locality | say, "East Washington is having its innings at 1 last." There is no doubt a very lively boom is in progress there. Investment companies ami private individuals are defining the vacant squares with rows of houses. Especially is thi* ' the case in the northeast, which lias hitherto been the most thinly settled portion of the city. It is difficult to look in any dir< ction without seeing a new building in some stage of prog ress. It used to be that if you got out beyond Lincoln park your view 'of the jail and' the architectural beauties of the almshouse on the extreme bounds of the city was not interfered with by houses. But this view is gradually be coming limited. There is a row of houses on (' street, between 13th and 14th streets south east. and also a row in the square be yond. These may be termed the pioneers. Looking over toward the north houses may also be seen on F street, between 14th and 15tii streets northeast, and on 15th street and Ton nessee avenue, in the same locality. One of the veteran pioneer builders in this'locality is John 11. Lewis. He told a Stau man that for the past three years he had built on an average about 100 houses a year. He proposes to com plete another hundred during the present year. He is now building eight houses on the Trinidad property where it fronts on Boundary, I between 12th and 18th streets northeast. It is not generally known how iar c ast the city lias extended within the last year. But Mr. Lewis can give some information on that point, as he has gone ahcud and now occupies the outlying posts, so to speak. He ling just completed It; houses fronting on Boundary, between 11th i and 12th streets, and they are nearly all occu pied. "I don't have any difficulty in selling i houses out here," lie remarked. "It is a good place for a home; it is cheap and people are beginning to find it out, that is all." Mr. Lewis is also building six houses on M street, which is extended through Trinidad, and he proposes soon to begin the erection of tight houses on Boundary. IT HAS COME TO STAY. But these improvements are what may be called the pioneers on the frontiers of.tlie boom which is sweeping over Capitol Hill. In talk- i iiig with Chas. A. Shields, the real estate agent, who lives in this section. The Stab man was | told that the movement in property iu the eastern section of the city was a substantial I one. "One reason for it,"' he said, "is that we ' are enjoying the prosperity which formerly j was confined to one section of the city. Our streets are being improved. This year over : $300,000 wili be expended in street" improve ments. Maryland avenue is to be paved from J titii street to 13th street, and the paving of \ Pennsylvania avenue is to be continued for six or seven squares. A large number of other streets are to be paved, and. as is nearly always the case, the improvements follow. A Star reporter made a tour through the eastern section of the city the other day and noted down some of the improvements which are now in progreiu. Perhaps the largest in dividual builder in the northeast section at present is Mr. Oliver Cox. He has over sixtv houses in course of construction. Some <if these are three-story houses, but the majority are two-stories in height. They are Deiug bnilt in rows as the following list of Mr. Cox s houses will show: Six houses, corner of :>d and F streets: three on 1st street, between L> and E x reets; six at the corner of 6th and L streets; live on 7th street, between K and L streets: j eight on Callau street, between 0th and 7th, K and L streets; seven at the northeast corner of 5th and F streets; seven at the southwest corner of Oth and F streets; five on 0th street, between E and F streets; seven at the corner of tith and O streets, and eight on K street, be tween Oth aud 7th streets. Another extensive builder in this section of | the city is Mr. Charles Uessford. Ho is now completing a row of tweuty-aeveu houses, fronting on 5th street aud on M street. The latter houses are trimmed with brown stone and are finely finished. Mr. Gesaford is also building five houses at the southeast corner of j 5th aud F streets; four houses at the southeast corner of 'Jtii and F streets, and five houses at the corner of 5th and F streets. He is also erecting a tiuuibc r of houses in the southeast ! section as follows: Two houses at the corner of ytli and G streets, aud live at the corner of 3d and <i streets. Washington Oanenhower has for several years past carried on extensive building opera- I tions in this part of the city, and this year he is building as usual a large number of houses. They are all located in the northeast section as follows: Four houses on F street, between 1st J and 2d streets; two houses on 2<1, between E aud F streets; two on 2d, between Massachu setts avenue aud E street; one on E street, be- I tween 2d and 3d streets; six at the northwest corner of Massachusetts aveuue aud 4th street, and nine on the southeast corner of Massachu setts avenue and 3d street. A row of thirty houses is being built by Senator John Sherman at 4th and H streets. Extensive building operations are being car ried on by Mr. L). B. Orotf. He is building nine houses on H street, between 4th aud 5th streets, and eight on 4th street, between 7th and 8th streets. He proposes to begiu soon the erection of seven houses on C street, be tween 6th and 7th streets. Dr. J. E. Carpenter has completed a row of nine houses on 'Jth street, between B and C streets, iu the northeast, and is building live houses on the south side of L street, between Oth and 7th streets southeast. THE INVESTMENT COMPANIES. The iutlnence of the investment companies in the development of property iu the eastern section of the city has been referred to bel'oro in The Stau. These compantes maintain a vigorous existence and buy and sell a great deal of property. The Co-operative Invest ment company is erecting three houses on the east side of Uth street, between East Capitol street and A street southeast. The same com pany is now considering a proposition to build upon its ground on north A street, and also upon 7th street, near A street southeast. The East Washington Investment company is building five houses on Maryland avenue, be tween 13th and 14th northeast. Also three houses on O street, between 12th and 13th streets northeast. Among other improvements in the northeast section were noticed the following: Lot-in Chap pell is building fifteen houses at the northwest comer of 8th and I streets; T. A. Harding is building three houses, and Cowser Bros., two houses at the southwest corner of 7th and I streets. Emmons & King, seven houses on A street, between 2d and 3d streets, and ten houses at Maryland avenue, 3d and B streets Wm. Mayse. four houses on E street, between 3d and 4th street*. E. C. Kennedy, four houses on E street, between 3d and ith streets. W. A. Stewart, nine three-storv houses at 4th and F streets John W. Phillips, seven houses ?t i TOll fonrt! *Ven,U' alJJ 4th street. J. W. and H * ?n ??h street. between C. 2dst??fw^ Jas- {? Farrell. four hou-, s on r!r In '.kVa C,h und :,h w. H b and c hT- a e" WrIchttV',t'tTe, n 9,h nn<110^W?treet?.?UW? D "etween No mention is made in the foregoing review of the single houses that are being erec?T that tSU'^,a mimWro! which show. themselves in thl'Dfi ,nrc locating homes for luimselves in that section of the city. t??>CTREAST WASHIXOTOX. In the southeast section of the city there is a Rood deal of building in progress. As is the case in the northeast section, land is in great demand and the prices obtained are gratifving to the owners of property. The new budding in progress however, is mainly of single houses and not of rows of houses. Some of the new nbr0u^rno"',n of erection in rows of two or more have been referred to above In addition \\m Witthaft is building two h'onsei wi B street, between 3d and 4th streets. Urban Gebhart is building two on (i street, between 13th and 14th stm ts, and W. K. Simneon three houses on B street, between 3d and 4th strict*. A FIXE MARBLE BESIDENCE. A fine house is being built on B street, front ing Capitol park on the north, near 1st street cast. The material used in the construction of the front is white marble from the Marvland quarries The entire lot. which has a frontage of 34 feet w ill be occupied by the house, with the exception of a spacious vard in the rear The owner is Mr. Wm. Stewart, a wealthy gen tleman, who has come here to make his home He is giving 'us personal attention to the conl Rtruction of the house, and tiie exterior appear ance as well as the interior finish will have a pleasing effect and will be done in the moat substantial style. Tins house will present a One architectural appearance even in that lo cality where so many fine residences have been built. It adjoins the residence of Mr. S. ' urrulcn. At the northwest corner of 1st and B street" is the substantial residence of 1 rof. Iiodtish. On the opposite corner are the houses built by Mr. W. C. Dodge, and further filong. on 1} street, is the old-fashioned but spa cious home of Mr. Hodge. One of .Mr. Podge * sons intends to build a home on B street, near 1st street. ^ TUTiF.E NF.W norsEs. Adjoining the comfortable residence of Mr. Geo. M. Oyster, on East Capitol street, between 2d and 3d streets, is a large side yard. Mr. Oyster intends to improve this space by the erection of three houses which will be hand somely built. iMPBovtxENTs in south Washington. Owners of property in the southwest section ot the city find no difficulty in renting houses. A.-! was stated some time ago in The Stab, the demand for houses seems to be in excess of the supply. There is, however, a good deal of building in progress ami the end of the present ?h?8?n T witness quite a large addition to nu.nber ol dwellings. The street improve ments i\re being made with comparative rapid it;.. Muring the present season 4' . street will be paved from II street to the arsenal, and L street from 1st to 4'|j street. Sections of other Streets are being paved and gradually the dusty, muddy streets are dfsappearing. Among e improvements now in progress are the nineteen houses which Emmons and King are building on E street between tttli and 10th s reets. 1 hey are also building twentv-three houses on the street in the rear which divides the block, and ten houses on Cth street, be tvveen M and N streets. \\inisatt A I hler are building six houses on 4, ,J street, between N and O streets, and five houses are being built by J. H. Grant on the same square. A. Richards is building five houses on South Capitol street, between C and i streets. \V. N. Croggan is building two houses on !>th street, between H and 1 streets ' "Pinter A Johnson are building four houses \L> street, between 4}.; and 0th streets. .1 cnael king is building three houses on 2d street, near 15 street. Andrew Archer is build ing two dwellings and stores on 4}street. be tween II and I str. ets. In addition to the rows or bouses mentioned above there are a num ber of single houses going up in different por tiona ot this section of the city. ROWS OF SMALL HOUSES. Recently a large block of land on the cast side of l'Jtli street, between S and T streets northwest,was purchased by Mr. John S. Jenks of Philadelphia. He has had plans prepared ior the erection there of a row of ten houses and building operations will be begun at once. ..A," - Z* * '""tello will build six very artistic u? hVnt I,arK- from designs made by I F. Schneider, architect. Thev will be ol brick, two stories high, and contain" each six rooms and will be nicely finished inside kViLi1. 0lltd wood* Tbey will cost about ?% ZJ.UuU. EXLAUOIXO the soldiebs' HOME BCIIJjISO. Plans are being prepared by Mr. W. M. Poin dexter, architect, for an important improve ment to the building at the Soldiers' Home Some time ago the north wing of the budding nas constructed from plans prepared bv Mr. Poindexter. The mess hall, a low two-storv structure occupies the central space between the two wings and it is now proposed to add two Stories to its height. The new part will contorni m design to the new wine and the same kind of material, white marble, will be used In addition to the needed space which this change will give, the appearance of the entire building will be improved. The niess hall is ijxiGO feet and the contemplated im provements will cost about ?50 (HK). Mr. Poindexter is preparing plans for a build ing at Ashland. \ a., which is to be erected for the u*e of the students of Randolph Macou | college und will be known as science hall. AX F STBEET IMI'KOVEMENT. j The old building 1210 F street northwest, has [ been torn down during the past week. Mr James M. Johnston proposes to erect upon tins site a two-storv business building. The pla'is have been drawn to suit the requirements of the business of Mr. J F. Page, the grocer, who w ill occupy the new IWulding when it is com pleted. A 8CBCIU1AX HOME. A pretty cottage is being built by Sir. L. S. Thomson at Linden, on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio road. The house will be two stories in height with a man sard roof, and will be built in a substantial manner. The interior will be finished in good Style, and when completed the house will be well adapted lor the summer or winter resi dence of the owner. IMPBOVIXQ TWO BES1PEXCES. During the absence of Admiral Upshur in Europe his residence, 1721 Rhode Island avenue, will be in the hands of workmen undergoing im portant alterations. Mr. Chas. A. I,angles", the contractor, who has charge of the work", will change the present entrance, which is now Borne distance above the level of the street 1 he remodeled house will be what is known as the English basement. Mr. Langley will also, during the summer, add another story to the residence of Capt. J. F. Rodgers, 1310 16th street, bringing it up to u level with the ad joining residences. Lawn and Greenhouse. Land-plaster is an excellent fertilizer for nearly all kinds of flowers. Geraniums grow rapidly when plaster is sprinkled around the stems and over the roots. In pruning roses, cutting back closely pro duces, as a rule, fewer blossoms of finer quality, whde from those hot so closely pruned will lie obtained a larger quantity of smaller flowers. _N'trat<i ?f, f*oda, (saltpeter) is excellent for weak and sickly plants. Dissolve a tablespoon rul in a gallon of soft water and sprinkle the plants with th* solution once a day. Nitrate of potash is better, but is more expensive. Vick's Magazine tells of a greenhouse in which twenty thousand young rose plants be came infected with mildew to a woful extent. when they were treated to a solution of sulphide of potash, a quarter of an ounce to a gallon of water, syringed with a fine hose. The mildew was at once destroyed, and the plants were then stringed with pure water. Not long since we called on a farmer whose wife was passionately fond of flowers, and had the finest geraniums we ever saw outside of a greenhouse. When asked the secret of her success she replied: -It is because I grow my plants in tin cans, and in these they do not dry wltot ttCy ,1" poroUB P?u: in 'he tins I onlV water two or three times a week, while in pot's thej must be watered twice a day, and no plant will thrivejf under water half the time." "Well, Ned, I proposed to Miss Jenkins last night, and she has accepted me/' rn OU'kihoUg why'1 never 'or a mo marrying" y?U slightest idea of ??I didn't, bnt Miss Jenkins won me so corn though t" ^ beautiful tect aud delicate fore "In what respect?" "Why, when I called she walked up to the Tnmir1606 "nd ,topped 1110 dock."?MerchaiU A Cwdid Explanation.?Blobson (to attend *t Turkish bath establishment)?-Uow much do these baths reduce a man's weiarhtV** ? ?"That depends hon the bathin' .?bits of the person, sir. Some men lose noth ing; others, like jourself, sir, be qnite hapt to h>se art a dozen pounds."?Burlington frm AUCTION HALES. Till*'* A FT i.ll noon CiHANOFRY SALE OF T^)4T<)RY BRICK FFSI i 1)1 Nl K ANi? M ACHH SOKOI N!MN utvhi.K Tt?VkN, I>. C.. hr.iv; PREMISE* No. ,Ol4 N 8TUEKT NORTH* 1ST. rihler decree vf the supreme C?*urt of the Patriot of Colombia. in Equity hum- luihIit 1l.l ??*, l*amell Tt. Muith el el. 1 will sell. in from ? i t it** K>muw?. et rublic tuctlon, on FK1DAV. APRIL TWENTY->IX I M, 1SKH. M FIVE orun V W., Lot numl*ivd fittjr-eirht .?K>. in 1 . ter It* aXty. i Lrei keid and Deakua'e edditicn to tl?e cit> of ti?\ nreti?wu. in the District ot Colmi.bia, imj roved t?> a brick dwelling. 1 eruie t^e-fonrth cash. and Ok residue in eqv.*] ?n atall&ut lit*, et six. twelvejNKi ei^rnteeu u>outh?. ?ith in terest irom day of wile, or ell cash If .enii^d a J? ? |Hvit oi $lfO required on day <f ?Je. end ell couvey au? .up el purchaser's oosC If aalr n??t with in fifteen day* right to resell et purchaser's risk an J coet is reeervod JOB. BARN \RI>. Tm?tee. .~?00 5th ?t. n.w. DUNCANSON bUG8,Ancuo&een. apl.Vt\?d C^TITE ABOVF SALE Is POSTPONED IX CON sequence of the rein until WFJ)SFSI?\Y, the FIRST DAI Ol MAY, lSSi*. at name hour aud place. JOB BAKNARP. Trustee. ap??-d&ds oOO ."?th et. n. w. tr-THC ABOVE SALE IS FVHTHIK POsT poaed m consequence of the ruin until bAlTHDAY. the FOURTH DAY OF M\Y. IhM*. m Mine h? ur mud piece. JoB BARNAUL*. 1 rust***, iuy.>-\l&da *~>0U .*?th at. u. w. BJXECUTOK'8 AND TRUSTEES SALE OF LOT J M Ml.EKr D M OF B 1>. CARPI N I Kit s SI L< I>I\ 1S1< '\ i'l i I ? DH DFLBiH i . BE1NO 1 HK COl"NTB\ RESlDI NCE oE i ill. l\ll MHS. HAl.RILT MatNKY. TONIAIMV. 44 ACRES. MORE OR LESS, AND !? BY A DUELLING HOI SE, STABLE AND Oil Bl 1LD1NOS By virtue ot the authority in me vented a? executor ar.d truHtt e und? r the pn>\ udou* ot the .a*t * i.i and t.la ment ot the late Harriet McCeney. I will, on MON DAY, the THllt'l F.I'.N 1 11 of MAY. lss??. -u the pr?-iu iaes at FINK O'c LOCK P. >1., < tier et public au< iu<n to the best and highest bidder therefor, all th?t tract of land, contiiirliiK forty-four acres, more or lev*. beiiiK l"t i:uinLered two CJ) anrorditifrr to a survey ;uade by B. D. Cari*enter ??f the trmet ? I land Mtu*!??d in the County ? f \\ a?h?ufa:uiu# lMMnrt of Columbia, km * Cuckold's 1?. liirh* ' Thi? prc>i*erty was the country reeidenfe of the late Mis. llarrn-t MeCetie>, atul i> improved by a wul?s;an ti.*vl d?eliiiifr liouw, stablo, outlii isi-H. k*\ It Ij.s in the amrle toruied by the Bunker Hill and the ?it'* 1 l:ajH*l n> ids. It next adjoins on the east th? t; t eali- d "BnH.kiaiid," at Bn oks* station,? u tl ? politaa branch wllrpod. and is in lltf kMMdieti s i m 11> of Um Cetbollc vnivvreity. An i?pecUoi ?t any country map will show it* exaol l s atiou An < kunlhufi will keic the ow e T. K. AA .i^-om.an at 4 o'clock on the day ot tin -mle. which will couv* y intendii'K *?urchaseia to the pla<-e of sale. Temisoi sale will be one-tli ird <a*li, an Ibalanct- iu Uyea eauel iiejruwte at oec, two^ aid Ihn > ice, wnli interest,secured ?etinfactorily. Allcimreyeuc* inland r? cor?ini4r at pun tiai^ r's eost. Ke??:ii-.- in teu il?> k at purcLaser'a risk and cost it teruieol aaie are not comi lit^d uitli in that time. 1, I.ojs.s i'HRKY, hxecator et.d Trustee. I I WAGOAMAX, Aect. ep*.M.? i.v is C^HANCKRY SALEOi VALl'ABLl Rl VI LKTATE I / S1TI All! ON NINl.ii.i N I a ^ A 111 1 i WLal'. BLTAA Li.N t? AND H STKKI.TH N K I H. By virtue ot a decree ot the Sii|*reuic Caurt ^>f the District ot i ? lumhia. pa.ss?- i in c(,nrt; canst No. i?f Mary M. 1 ollard, et al . a^rainst Vt.n A H ? Wman. et el., the undersigned u.il at j Ubliceu. t,on on th?* SIX ; il 1 AY op MAY, A I? 1 SSl* A 1 UN P O't L K KM..ia front of the premise*, all the entate, rnrht, title, mt< lest and claim ot the parties to said miN , m ai d to ell the north huif ol iot ten ilO> in square No. 141. I Term* of sal^: One-third cash and the )>a!anc*> in one ' and two years with interest from day ot sele, ti?r winch ! the pun-muter ^ill fnve l.is pnum^iry notes. Alien | will be r?*Ker%'ed oil the | n>i>erty until ail purclia**' i mouey and iiiten st siudl be paid. Ami on ratiticati -n of sale and pay ment ol the purrha*?e-uioiiei and iuter es t a det il *ill be pn\en. A depunit of if ltH> ^ dl lie re quired et time ot sale. All coJiveyancimr at eo*?t ?.l i?ur eiiam*r. Tenr:s must complied with in tenders, otherwise parties reserw the rijrht to resell et cost eud ri:>k oi d.'laiiltiuv" purchuser alter live day's notice in "The t\eii!??*r Ster." I CUAS. W AURICF SMITH, I .s I. iMiane eve. n.w , ? Tri.nfraa WILLIAM 4. MIl.I^R. t 4Ht? Louisiana eve. n.w. | THOS. K. WA?.H> \ MAN. Reel Lataie A.:ct:oneer. ep?0-d^ds fJAUOMAS DOVNLINu, Auctioneer. CMANCFBY SALF. OF VALVABLF. ST Bi nBAN I KOPLRTY NKAK TFNALLY 1 oMS, D. , AND i oNTAININo TAVI Nl Y AChl soFLAND, Dl.lNii 1'AKT or "i I I I t'HALl. > i HANCL," AND KN??\> N \8 THE HANFs PK<?l'i.RiY By virtue of a decree ol the suprnne t\;urt of the District of Columbia, ]ass-d :n e juity cause No. Ill oT, the undereivn*''i trustee uiii s. il at puh..? auction, on the premises, on SATURDAY", i Mi. TWi NTY-SKVI N'iil i?.\Y OF Al 'ML. A. D. IHS*.*, at FIVE 0'CI>K"K 1'. M? pert of e truct "t land ? all- d : "Fleti-hall's Chance.*'situated in Weabm*ri??n ? ? uiuy. ) 1)istrict < f Colun.hie. distant elx>ut one-halt mile in e i northeasterly direction lroui Tenallytown. and ad i joining the property oi Cieorve Anics. 'aid part of ? said tract containing about twenty a*-re> of >ri? nnd. ! and l>einv km *uasth'- nenes pn>i?erty. .* m?.r ? i ur;i cular description oi the se^ne oei*'* c. ntaim-d in the | pro?-ee<lin>rs had in the abo\e nut:.1? *re?i equity ? ause Terau ot' the Mle as prescribed by the tt-.:"* One I third cash and I be balMMse Kb oae 11 ? and two t i >. ..r . j tor which the notes of the pttr haser must Ik.* iriveti ; bearing ti per cent int*-rest troiu the day of sab- and J secured i?y dee<t of trust on the pro|*erty sold, or all , cash, at the purchaser's option. Taxes will ije paid to the day of aalt. A4tpnsnof |?00 will be < mired el the time oi sale. It the terms are not compile i ^ ,tii in fit teen < l*>) <lays.ihe pr?>p? rt> will !>? resold at th risk and cost of the defaulting pmvha.ser. Conveyam-iUK and recording at pun hater's coet. OEOROE L. HAMILTON. Trustee, aplGd&ds line fir- THE ABOVE RALE is POSTPONED IN CON eeqr.ence of th" ru.n until MONDAY, MAY sIXili, 1 SSl*, same Lour and place, by order of the tru>t?*e. 1HOMAS DOW Li NO. ?f874Mi Aectioawr. filRUsTLEs' SALK OI ~Biai K~~Hoi sEs AND X LOTS ON COliNLl; FoUR-ANl) A IIA1 i STREET AND N STREET. L??i ON ALi.LY BE I WEEN THIRD AND FOUR AND A II AL1 AND M AND N s 1 UEl.iS, AND lA/1 oN UK>1 KTRF.i T, BLiWLKN F AND g STRLLTft SOLTHAVEST. By virtue of a decree of tlie Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed m equity cause No. II, YA E, as trust*** api?inted in s-idreuse, wdl ott-r for sale on TUESDAY, MAY sl.Vr NTH, A. D. 1SH1?. 1.1 the hours and places nsmed bor*-:i;aft? r. tin lol lovrimr describfiKi peices and pereels of lend and pn-iu i*< s in the city oi AAaslangton, District oi Columbie AT'FINI. O'CLOCK T. M ,in tr->ntof tlie pr^iuihes, th? we t one hundn-1 c:id 111 teen (115> leet by the ( width of the 1< *. twenty-Ave feet?oC Lotone (l^la square live hundred and lort\ -five, nn, rove<l by Bru k ' Deeding r.nd Store, 4H* end N streets southw< st IMMEDIATELY A11LR, the west one hundred andntteen (115) icet by ttie width <?t the Lot twemy 1 liN* feet, ot 1 Ad two. in Mpisr* five hundred and torty j five, improved by lU'ick Dwelling, ou 4^ street, be tween M a N ? t- ?? 't v IMMEDI4 rELY AFiEii, tae north thirty feet in ; depth by the width of the Lot of Lot sixty-seven, in square live humirad end forty-five, situated in alley, between aud 4^e and M and N strceta southwesu unimproved. At SI \ o't LOCK P.S AME AFTERNOON in front of the premis* ft, the noi th half of lot in square num bered -ix hundred ami tinv -mi situated on 1st street between 1* and if rtreets a. w? unimproved. Terms ol rale?One-tidrd-. ?**h,the t>ai: ice in two equal isistailments, payable in one and two y are th< re . ter, reflectively ; notes to Ik* given b anng interest, aud to be secured by d? ed or deeds of trt:st * n tlie pn?|?erty sold or all ce It, at tke option of the purchaser or p :f chasers. A dei?osii ot (>d on each pi we m id at tne time of sale; conveyancing, Ac., at purchaser cost. HENRY VY1SE OARNE1T, 41ti .~?th st. n. w. S. T, THOM AS. 4.M? and Louisi na ave. Tru?tees. DOJCANSOS BROS.. Auctioneers. ap'^O-d&di T UUMAS DOWLXN'G. Aui-tioucer. tXLOrTOR'S SALE Ol VFliV VAI.f \BI.F I'ROP J-li l i OF Fill KTtK> M'lil n Ot LAND ANU I Jtl'IlO V EM L NTS, Al 1 FN ALLY TOW N. II. C. Oc TUESDAY. MAY" FOt RTKFNTH. 1 swi at F1 ^ KO'l'Lt >< K. 1 will *<'11 on tU<- pi' iniM >.froutmr <m tin- Muriioik Aull r.,?.l ui>l till Military ruul aua im lnxiiat. ly op^onit?' tli( lun ts of ?lr? I"attou *ud ki.i>uu u DuiuliliiiK' kin: tlie liurrritsrhs i njK'rty. Tliis property in improved by * Hearty new frame dwrlim*, coi.taiiiitiK ten rooms, witu dairy, ?u?u r^omtf. laiye carruirex. aud corii-Uou-ie. sr. Terms: Out-tliinlI'lik;bilun m two and throe years. Vith liotea tHurilMr interest, and wv ured liy a deed of trust oil U.e i'ro|>erty itul J. or aJ eash. at tlje option uf the PilnliaVer. A dels wit of SMOO will be reipiired at the time of sole. All ouuvcyanciiig' ?ud recor<liiiir at the cost ot purchaser myl-dts <i. W. ItAY', Eiecutor. r|>HuMAS DOWLINO, Auctioneer. TWO-STORY SIX ROOM 1RAME IlOrSE, N"o. 14"M F STIiFFI NOK1HWFST. KNOW X Ah JAKE ISl ULi'S UESXAL'UANT. AT AL'CTION. On TULUsDAY AFTERNOON, MAY NINTH. lhK!?, at Fl\ t. O'CLot'k, .n front of tl.e premise,. 1 ?h^il ml parts of lot* s aud 1U. in wiuare < l.'ntJM fes t 1% inches I, with the luiproveiuents, wUn h consist ot two-stury six room trame. No. 14J E street uor*.n W'est. 'l.inia: One-half cash; balance in six aud twelve months, wltn note, heariint interest and aecured by dc--d ot trust ou l>ro|>erty sold, or all cash, at op lion of purchaser, e 1UO ot pi>sit required at the time ot Mile. All conveyancing aud recording at imrcnaser'acost. mya-dt<U THoMAh DOWLINO. Auct. PAIR FINE SEVI.-HltOWN CARRlAtiE HoRSI S, ELEUANT LANDAl". HANI NOME ltl.ol ?.?f A\'> (VUTH l'OEF AND MlAi IS),El-H.\NT OlFEN'S-HoDk VICTORIA: FINK IXIUULE M.T HARNESS, SILV1.R MOINT1.D AND hand-made, cost *;?so. bi ar^kin cai'fs, FL'K 1UJDL.S, L1YLRY SL I 111, l'l.I SH AMI CLOTH LAI' FORKS, fcc.. Ac., UE1NU THE FRl.PlRTY OF EX-PttESlDEXr tiiiOYEU CLEY LI AND. On MONDAY. MAY SIXTH, commencing ?t TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, we will ,-U at the stables of WOOD bliOrt . M airi'et, between loth aud l.th stte- ts northwest, the entire >taMe Outfit of LX 1'RESlDFN T GROY 1-R CLI.VELAND. It is hardly necessary for us to attempt to describe the articles, as th y are familiar to every one iu our city and consist ol? 1 1 me Uuidi.il, complete. 1 Handsome Hrouirtisiu. Pole and Kliafts. 1 \ ictoria, or Cabriolet tyueen's U dy?. 1 Set Double Silver-Mounted Harness. lout and ltox Cushioits, Rubber suits, Glow, 'J Livery Suit*, Liirht. :i *? " Ureen. Fur Robes, Bearskiu Capea. Plush aud Cloth Lap Rouea. One Pair Fiue ?eul brown Carriage Honca. lanre and stylish. The carriajrea were miule to order for Mr. Cleveland by Flan trail Co., Brooiue street. New York, w ho took extra care to have tirat-cias. workmanship dis played ; the vehicle, show very little wear. T lie harueas Is hand-made and handsome, coatinff The attention of parties desiring private turnouts la particularly called to this sale. ap~U-d DFNCANttON BROS- Auctioneers. CHANTKRY SALE OF VALFABLF lMl'ROYFD B1MNFS8 REAL ESTATE, "N Till. Wl>l SIDE OF FOlRiEENlH STREET, BETWEEN CORCORAN AND R STREETS NORTHWEST. NOS. 10'-'K. ltl tO. 1632. By virtue ol a decree ol the Supreme Cofirt of the District of Columbia. t"a*sed in cause No. 11,484 etiuity, wliereln W illiarn C. Clabauirh et al. are com plainant. and Lillie W. C. Ulabau^n et al. are defend ants. 1 will offer lor sale, at public auction, in fr.mt of the properly, ou WEDNESDAY, tne EIEIEEN'TH DAYOF MAY, A. D. 1SS1I, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. M.. the foliow-lutr-described parcels of real estate aud the improvements tlieraunto lielon?ritur, in the city of Washititrtou. District of Culumbia, to wit: Lota n um - berediuiiety-eurhtilHti and ninety-nine il?Wi,ln OeorK* W. Rhrtts and Oeortfe H. Plant's subdivision of nuuan two huudrrd and elirht C-'OS), aoconUmr to the plat of aaid aulr.livision of record in the office of the surveyor ul the city ot Washington, implored by a three-story and basement brick dwelling and a t wo-siorv bnck building known a. Clabaugh llall. under which I there are two lanre aud oouuuodkiaa storerooms. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money In cash, aud balance at on* and two years, with interest from the day of aaie, the deferred p.> meiits to b. rcpres'-nled by note, of the purchaaer and ats-nrwd by deed of trust npon the prendaas Sold. H'.'OO cash will be required oo each parcel of real estate as soon the same Is bid off. If the purchaaer shall fall to comply with the terms of sale within tea (10) days after the day of sale, the property will be resold at his risk and ousu ^^wr^^irBu?k;',.^sr' 1425 New York svenae. *00. WALTER B. WILLIAMS It CO. Aucta. ap3U-dhda AUCTION SALES. M Tl HI. lUt ?are. t it imrch*MT,it'ufll It w ?* **['' are m?t 'vui'lifd h it ti mi I <1 (U^ tr>>ii4 <k\ ??it- the :ru?t?<e. wm< the rurtat t n-?.:i the irvi. in deUult at the ns* and < o*t . 1 rh* d*-t*ultinr riMil STl KS' SAl.EOFVAil Alil.F KT Al !STATE J. IN 1 HI t t ?| N TA *1 UASlflNoloN. 1?E ISO ^MliH A\I? I U K'i n, 1 hi si ELK SILDIAIMON Ol i H \ 1 Ol IHK > STATE Ol- iHl .LAM t\?L. HENRI NAYl^oK. lit i N<* ON THE 1 AS : IK\ 1*4. A NCH OH A>A OW1U l l\ Eli. IMMEI>IAIHY AWMtNT 1HK NL* MIM.M AM \ ?vum UtD, ACHoSS | HI ANAiOMlV K1A EK AND H\ 1H? l'ENNSYEA AM A AVI.NI E kX I I M l l> kN< >* N A* IU1MMH 111 ' r.j virtu. v?f a tlwnr* cl tIk* Supn me Court of tut District of t < -,n ina. pa**?-d . ? caui* ot Naiior *a. Nailer ctal.. No. ^.7 m rquii). ?f v ill oflrr at imb? lie ^aie ok the j Uvu.:.uu; oti AA E4*N Esl? A TWI VI A -?i? loNU MA\. A. P I hV?, at MALI PAs f Foi K ?' ( l.tH K I Al . ti e l?iti?iii tW subdivision <4 4*Twiinmr City" made b> ?? aa tnwlwt ami nvxtrdnl in B -ok No. t? <Couut> * at |?vrr lilt. In ftlcfiif tit* Dlitni't ol Colttn bia. Tmusot nal.'; OiwMhirdcanh. U lats<c in c^ual In at*ln.ent? at one and ?\c year*, not* *? to t* irivfu l?e*r ili?r ?i percent interest truui da> of -ale. |?uMc *????*? annimd). and to tie we*ured b\ dent o: trust on the j n>i*rt> * >j<t. or all ca di at option ot purrlia ?-r A de h?mt ot *?*.*? on each lot will be reqicnd at time of sale. C'livt \?u, :?.k-. A? ? *t i-ir.'bv. 11 tenna ? ?'1 g * ? ggM da) of pmUf ? . , i aa- uriaiuMlip |*%tl*" chiiir or I'Q^htMctxdtfT live da\V i ul>hc u?-tnv of such resale ill some u< wnnaier | uoliahed iu A\a?hiiuf tvt). l> C. N li 1'lata showing th< suUl:MKi >n cmi lx?- * taiu??d oil application to the trut4rm or the mi tionet ra hit liA!.I? sM 11 M. J ?*?U5 l? st. ? .w .! t HAS a 111 Hot. / rmsww. 4Uti .'itb at ii.w. I DrXCAXSON BROS Auctioneers. my 1.4.7.M. 11.14.1C&<14ds 1> AAA NbliOOKI US SAI.l * AT I.ANklirs. vol PENNSYI A AN IA A A J N I | V tRTHWf ST.OOR M H OF >MMNi? 81 HI I I AAe mill a*11, betru.nim: on SATl'RlVAY, MAY FAH K1H.it HA11-1 AM s* n FN I'M. aodeonttnn ina' MoNl'AA and H LM>A\. the MM 14 ANI) SEVENTH. all |>1 - - ? . *1 1>\ ! ; tiou. N<?. 1 to I.Hik). *%* Ni*.ti:4r - t tn<ld.8.ivt-i a lid Metal AVat?-bi-a. Oiaun i ?! I iiis. 1.ii?h. I ar Un>?ra. Sle?\e 13:i;totiH. 1. ? k? t?*. t'ji.n.s. *ll\er aiul Ml\?T 1 lat?*<i A\ar??s i'U?*ka, t>|em (-!:**-????. MuHioal liiMtm ;neL.ta. lyjie-wriu r*, rtun>. IIkIoAn A? . ivnanw lioiil iiiK tiok? :?? |4?m? take not* ?. <?r*at ltir?riiut(. HKNKY B. I AsKKY. in\ Ii--it C. A HiHil ^ t'O. Au< ta. ?~| VN" KPLEM l,? II ;i 1? N?* lit ITS .'N ^I\ 1 ill N ill s l?il i.l. J. i 1\S KIN g AND U SI lil.l i s N? ?i. i il\\l> I On AS fcl>\ |.sl> \ \ AH I UM^N, MAY l luHI1U at I-1 \ k. O'CLOCK, ?? ^ ill >? 11, iu fruut of Ui? 4 reui iae?, I (ITS 4H \NI> 4*.?. s^l AUK 17!* Th?'?p lots irotit *_t# t. 1 _? 1, 1 t?> a ?!? i?tli of 1 00 feot t*.? an alle>, an<i ari- mtuaunl oti NitUflit W atreet or hxeeutive av? 1114 , nut are niutaNf tor l-rivato tiuell imra, with mliit h this stn-? t 1- ra|??til> lieiiiK baiit ai>. a lid maid liuilitnia" lota m:?' win.-. Term*: *4.,n?t*to r.-iuai:. vti |-roi^-rtx until Jaii ntfy .11. 1S!?1, it 5 pTO'tit j^r annum, one-half of Ictlmi. e r*-nianiJ* r in ot.o > ? ar at tf |?r <vot. uT ail <*a*h >>\ rr $4.~><*0. at ?m t ;.>:i ??! \ un*liar<er. A ?!?? |H?sit ft ^ IOOuufa h ???t at tin ?'?>i ??au* tNiuxcjuiiluir, A:-- . Mt |?UI> ti ia? 1 - ? uat. I ? rum lie 00111 i?Iled mttti III ten ?tu>*. otiieml??e nwlit r? a- r\? ?l tv> r^wllat ri?k and cost ot delaultiiifr i'un lmaer 1 ? \?tn?-' 1 ubltr tiotie?> of ?*Ufli i't -ale 111 aoiii* item-l^tiirr iM.hlianed iu WuKhiu^toii. l>. C. Ul Ni ANnON I*Hi?S , m>:i- Utda An. n? iAMLi.t?H U( AT II IU.lt' Alt lit N Ai IHL li ami <? ?I? 1.?*. BniM-hsill*', Iyiimo v.. iiv'? t ouiitj. Aid., IV ii:i% a lr< in Wu^hiiiwit.n. W l.hNKS. HAY, MAY LlliHili. i sv.?. ?t t>NI t?? i.?H K H. 14., tile tiUT.1 of the latr At .? ? I ? d, .'{til H.-r?Hl. 'I tie dwelliiur it* <?! ar.sto<Talie pri'U .isiotia. IttTiUir twenty uh.h.s, hailts \? iMii?ia\ ?*t?-.. iu ^ ?l "r?t?-r. lawn. *had< and ?n liuid. i-ou ? r? m ..l> iu?lan?-?*. TI* laud I* sj iendid tor larniiti?r and ua>?nm the huild I inir 1? t? ol ut un ?>udkilt, u.akiii^r the |*io|>ert> \ai 1 uahl? a* a sing ulation. Tt rm> aiiLouiu ed on the day of ^ah'. AA Vt M. MARINE. Attorney for owner, **00 N -t . I4altitn? re. or. It. AA I li. A 1. !??? ; I Ml. I. w. MEDICAL, fe IUUKS WHO lil Ol ll;l 1111 M KMC! s < ?F J ? \|vn? 1 ?? <? l?'iii:?ie |'h\Ki< i*ii wh?'Uld ivu-uIt Mr*. 1?: AN li.s< ?N. 1 itf.'i l'ark I'laeo n..-.. U t II a'..?l f. } |th aiiii I Vth ?ta. me. L>die*oii!>. Kem*sly.^.'t n ^.VlOir* MM K 1>K k'\ ?IU .ST. i.t ?Nt? I >1 A hi.1 si 11 I? AND , reliable l^adit H'ph} Kieiaii, ean l?e I'ot '-uitfddaUjf I at licr reauniHf, !?<i| 1 Mt. n.w. OdiOA lioutx I root I 1 to J* |? in. with Ladica only. a|'VO-|ni* K1.AHANHLI \S|s| hk BKOl Hl.KS. !AHiBsT. >.w.. h 1 ? j ? ar?si 1?' l?-r? in? and n m<4* alti that he 1% j th? t Ide*t l->tAl?liHli(Hi l.j|ert S|Hs-ialiat in thia<*it|r, ? and Wili i?uar:int? t a ? ?ir* iu allea*^ ^ol |ifi\Atf itMPtHi ! 41 in? 11 and lutuisti nieduiue, or n?? etianr*- ? t?n?ult.v i tJoU and advice tree at an> hour ol tL< ilas. Sub M-rila-d :.nd awom belur ni? l?> Dr. bliOiHLKS, S.XAit i 1, r MILLS, a NoLur> i'ubln , in and for tU4 , l?;stru*t ol CoiaiiiOiA, tLi> third day ol Jui>, lSba. d *HI( HLSTHK'S I Ntil.Islf rLXN YRoY'AL hll.Ls. j V li' it t'riNM l?ii?:i!?tij.l Mrnnd. Origin:.!. U--1. ?'iilT K'enuine and reii-.'*le ill tor ??aiv N?-\?-rtail. Aak tor ?1iferlieater s Liikrli^ti l?ibi>. n<l lira: d. iti r??l metallic liunis hoiIhI witli I4w ri!?l*.n At Ilrtnv-Sta, a? ?x?i?t l?oother. All |?llla ill 1 :o*t? lK a:d U>i's | .11k ?ra|h 1 erK, Ar?- a dan^r* r?-.m ??. >tn.t? n- it. S* tid -4? . lor 1 Articular** and ? l.r.i.lr l 1<>U LAl?lhs," iu letter. h> return mail. lu,tMMi testnu?mala frotu 1.AI?1LS who liaxe u?m*1 tlieio. Nhiii*- t'?|^*r i Hli lll.sli i; < tir.Aiit Al. Ol., d'^l-s&w ."r*t Ma<!ii-?'ii S.J.. I'hila.. !*a. 11 14AS NtA LIi It! I.N CtlMi;.Al?lt I i I> THAT In-. HKOlHKhS is the* M*-?t-established advertis iuk Luaien' l liyiaciiL :u this ? !:>. L<adioa. you ran ? < iitideutly consult i)r. bhuTHKKS, '.hh; 1J mt, p. w. 1 articular attention |>*id !*.? all iiia? aa? s |?e? uhar W iadi**H, married or sin^lo. 1 011> 3 cars' cxi*eri?nce. qiheln* \* AN HOOD KlSTohKIi liY I A Bo rTLE ^fl'.rtwool L?r. liltoTHLUs' In\.voratinir t ordial. AAill cure any ? ase ??i aeivuui det?ititj an I io".^ ?f n?rve-|?o\ver. it miparis vi^or to tne wh?>i* ay^tein. >iale or leTuaie. 5*tM? h ^t. s.vi. A|'ll -im* l)1 ,li MOTT's FKI.NCH IMHW.KS AKE THE 1 >t;.l. a. 1 ! ? ' ? ! 11 I I1WA?* s, eatlvitlir tLioat, naaal, or * a; 11 truilkf; tuttiary uiMaaes ?ui^d .1 !? ?Itl -? lit horns j . : in>x. L'r. tuhD'8 NLiiAINt No. V j.i nuiix litly ear?t i:Attiriii weakness, i? siroi \itality,n?.: Vut >d? hir.ty, A^c. Imcc.^1. s**ni s?ii]*-d b\ n.ail. I or sal-?t j^ill Si VN1?11-a>LL s. c.?r. Ktb an^l t tk.m. 1M{< IFESSH INALl 1)l;OK CLAV. W{IJ>DIJtl'I'IXV WHKl> CI./HU \oyantv AstrohH.fr and Si-iiitual Medium, ikirn with wcuiiU sii-'iit and \eil l.veiy likkt^n n.y^t^n ra \uaed. Leeoven* loat or ntoh n |?n?|'erty. 1 mda uid i.i n tteaaum. liivea iuck> niunbei-H. tauaesMpoedy 1. arriatc? **. 1 riiiiTs m*| arat? d t t ner. Oi\*-s so<x-eaa in l-tisint bf. 1(? n.oves all tandl) troublna and? vti 10 r.tHins. Cure# sh k:.? KX li <i'sa|a?<>intc^i l<y ettorta 11 t tlii-ra, juok-e not all alike, as the ll\?i? ? ..r <*aii ?x?n Mi c etlu- n.ost skeptical. Stramrera troni < tnercitiei w ill save time and diKin)>oi!itinint by cAllnitr on tha tiii> ?renuint olair\o>Lnt in ilii? city, us lie succeeds w heie all otlu :? lail. and advi. rtis'v* only what in-mn co. Sittina***. ."?c>?. lilc rtaibiiir b) nuul on rec?*ii?t ol t; 1. Name, lock ot liair, ?tate ot birth. lioiira xt to i C j en SUIMia> a tioin 1 io S i-.m. my 1-1 in* 4?1 !*tti at. u w. T iJ EMMA LA KAS<Te. TH? YtH NO. CHFTEBL 1 "and moat reliabh* t'iulrvt'\ant bj 1*1 ui r< ^uest lic? returned t< \i i.shini.n? n i>. C.. for a short t: ..e. ut her 1 arlora. 4ttS Ne? .r?? rs. \ ?\e. n u . wUc^ahe can I?e consulted on all matters ? t lit*4, i all and cutitina yum "*f!l. you will nn l ;? -enume ai.d nstural bom ?-lair\> > ant. * h< ur? lr??ni !? to 1:? m.. '' to s \ ns, l^i<liea. $1 ; pelitleiueli. I . i?et-sa*r?- id prtvatf Bt i?r uetntivttmeuteitra. No 1 tt? r - isA*ered mil. >h it cont.nna ? I. lock ol hair aud photo^rraph. aj V.'i-l Vt* R 1.LI1 F FOti 1 HK FELT. 1 Lc amount of anfferiusr and an:, yanco reeoltinsr from fe?'t troubles, oorna. bun ions, iu'.Town a* to nai'a, etc., is pnibab!> ij r? w-t neral tlumtrono ilierontinan* Ailments, 'lliis hrm-'s un the fact th..t iroi.,i .1. Cieonre*s. 1115 l?a. a\e . the oldest sjw . i; li^t in thin line in the Instnct. i-xtill aj tin-' to t.ie Aell-* ar:e(l reput ition lie nas se. : ? .1 as ., - k lilt til and >u<-ceAAtul o]?trator. Instant reliei isaflord??dfromliiAtr?'atiiieut. 1 rot. Ororyes mau> aj , liancea lor r?*liel and hi nh?r niakinvdepartmei.t a:t the 1 ? >st oonir!"te. Ht^ pat rons are anions' th?- leadingeiti/cna <?f Wanhiuirtou and other cities. One visit uill cou\incc the moat skep thai. No charge* for consultation. A) V9 - tst MME. bKOOKE TELLS A LI. 1HF EVENTS OP LIFE. Ali l-usiiicss c4,iifc?irLtial laun sainL't-u tiimeii oU ci'Lla cacu. *4us L at.. Lotween 4tt hi d .?tlt ata. n.w. aeV4-3Vw* BOOKS AND STATIONERY^ 1MVE LriTI.E PKPFEUH AND HOW THKV GREW. by Muiyaret Sidney, iaa m? at rharniuaf storj of chiloren tor ckxildreu and older folks, and can be bought tor a tune ui Vo cents, nicely bound. C. C. I'L Ksi-LU liookaelier and Stationer, ApVl 41H 9th at n.w. DRY GOODS. N ew Sphixo Goods. Just rw elted Another sluj un lit of New RprinpGo??d? compriainK A\*k>1 and Silk i;< nricttas.F rench featu** nii K-otch Oins'liams. AAool t\>mbinaiion Miitinir* and CI una Silks, alao a full line ol Linen she*tiura. lillow Linena. l?amask Table Clotl.s ami Nai kins to match, 'lable DamaMka all irradea. Hen jut itched Lmen Sheets ami lillow t ases, Dan.asa and Huck 'loweis. .^.ik aud Lisle Inae Hi s'reat v?-tiet> . tVO-;im llooE BKO k CO.. 1328 F At A'lTORN KYS. rjUlOMAS M.1I1XDS. ATiOKNt\-Al LAW; M. n?oiiis .?4, 5."> 1 eudail builduis', < ,>i i.er 4^%AndD stnvtsn w ; elevator; telephone rail lil. r.?.deuce. v At. n.w. AUhtral buaineaa promptly and t*aiw* luliy attended to in |ier?ou. apVV-lm /UUPBliX CAldJN'OTON. ATTOItXEl AT V iAW, AN ( baler 1 aw Luildin^. o05 I) st n.w., VSaati lis'ion. i>. t. kcBivkiicti, l'Jib it at. n. w. aV SPECIALTIES. IJ1LECTEIC1TY-15 YEAKS SPECIAL PRACTICE J in nervous and !unetioual di?^-ith-rs. Mularial and Li\er trouble*, Kheumatism. >? urah. ia. InaomniA. etc.; Ovarian. 1 teriue, and brain Lmsaaea a ?|?ecialts. Hairs removed, stm tures jn rmanenth ciiiwd witn out pain. 1>L. NICHOLSON, Medical Eiactrn tan. t?t?4 1 Vth at. n. w. a|??7dsi# DENTISTRY. BALT1MOKK DEXTA1. ASSOc:iAT10X. ?14 ?t. b.w , ,U. *. BKALl sunrwii-iii-flnef. lertu, |? r net, <Ut, ??"? aud (K- No .-uarire lur ritnu tiu* wiit-re teetli are iiikerteU mud ?Li*i?puu nillmr. 50<. up. .Ni?miist? .21 extrmi'Uiur Nitruu. olid. ?rm*. rUlurutuOu or rtli<r adliiUiirtered. 1'nllu^n. d. Uw tiiiK. "Ac. Ali work warraiiU? umI uwftrtMt Kuvuilccd. ?jU-lm* Da. hTAKK ruion, dektist, vtb bt.. coa [|N L II ?. llilUiir > Ik til utW'M v itLout )?w b)' |?ui-killer m, 11.. <i tu mm. Arul 1 lal u-t 1I1 iiiMrlcu. m Inmr IwUi MVud. WuKIIWii mkS7 CEAT11FUL?COMi'OKTlN<A EfFS'S COCOA BREAEFA8Z. "Br ? tborourh knowl?Vrrof tb* natural law. wtilrb fv^rni ttir oi^t.u jii. oi durM>ti<>u and uulntioD, uid I} a 1-am ill aptillt aUtu of Um- Bar | n>|?TUea at Ml Mlertrd Vt cum, Mr l|'l? ba. p'\ww our brMkfaA UUr. witkaiKlKnUdj iavured Ut\sr*rr wlu.ii iu.jr Hir UMI) IlKI) lior-tur.' Ulla. It u bj ll? Juoi . .1 li. lurof atM'b ?rtn 1? ut dwt that a i*>u?ututKin iik) It Kraduall)' oviit ui> until atixmr nourli tu f feifet fltrj u-uorui > to ilUMM UuMml ot .nbCU b.?iadit? .jv B0.11 an una u. r*?<i> W. .iu.k *Imt r>n tberr la a wrtk |?>1LI. We u.*j ?ur 1UMT a fatal .liait b> keci iuit ouimIvm vail lortittad with 1 urr blood aiwl a iru|*rly uounaLwi Inaa."-CM imm burt^. li ode miu|ily with boilinir water or milk. '"11 oul. laliall-jvautu una by gtvetn. Iali.l?l um. aau un a co. nsMoi?tkic cimmh im*im