WESLEY BEIGH78. II T1 II II II icif h y v NN N V V N N N V ? N N n V V N NN V FEE E FB F 8M8 TTTT MM MM T T T T M M M M M MM M M M M M M M F.F.K K KR R KKE NN K NX If 11 If If N NN K 5H T T T T *ss8 r IfH H T Y N If H V V If N N V V If NN VV N KN V F KR it 8*8 8* T T T T MM MM M MM M M MM M M M M M M M F KR * lflf If Iflf If N N N H NN a Nk T 8?S SOCK VILLI NORTHWEST WASHINGTON. TERMISUH OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENTTB EXTENDED. AND ADJOINING SITE OF GRl'-AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. UFFEI.S A RAJ1F. OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONS DESIROUS OF SAFEEY IN TESTING SMALL SIM& $100 WILL MAKE THE CASH PAYMENT OS A GOOD LOT. STREETS ARE LAID OFF IS CONFORMITY WITH THE PLAN OF THE CITT. AND ARE SOW BEING GRADED TO THEIR FULL WIDTH. SO FEET. FOUR HANDSOME SUBURBAN COTTAGES WILL BE Ul ILT AT ONCE. SEVERAL PARTIES HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR INTENTION OF BJ II DING ALSO. THF. WESLEY HEIGHTS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSO CIATION IS NOW BEING ORGANIZED. ITS OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DtllKCTORS WILL BE COMPOSED OF GENTLEMEN OF WELL KNOWS INTELLIGENCE, AB1I.ITT AND EXPERIENCE. IXSURINO 6ECUR1TT AND GOOD MANAGEMENT. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO IN SPECT THii PROPER!'I BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. CALL FOR FLAT. II II ii Pi ii NIf If NN X N N If N NN N NN 5S5 IN If V V N N N V V N NN V V N NN V RRR new K R F KUK RR R R E K K EKE rr.K K KF K A A ? A 8^ S V ft I r T T T MM MM M M M M M MM M M M M M M U RRR K FR R KKE RRR K C KU rMs *88fi 8^8 Iflf If NN N N N N N NN H n* T T T T T T A AA A A AJ A 8?8 Vs ?8SS TTVt T T T FKK F KR K KK* HOMES. SUBURBAN SUBDIVISIONS. SPECULATIVE PROPERTIES. INIEBEST-f ilUO PROPERTIES. MOW 18 THE TIME TO BUT, BEFORE THE SPRING BOOM AFTER THE PERIOD OF INACTIVITY COMES THE REACTIOM. 371 ACRES LYIS3 ON BOTH SIDES OF THE B. AND O. RAILROAD. ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF ROCKVILLK AND FRONTING ON THE FREDERICK PIKE FOR ABOUT A MUX. UR'ATIo* Is DOJMHTTU COMMANDING CHARMING VIEWS OF THE BURBOTTIDING COUNTRY. THE NEW ADDITION TO WT.BT END P VKK. WHERE U?TB SELL FOH $:vO EACH. IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY. AND THF ELEC TRIC ROAD BEING CONSTRUCTED FROM THIS CITY TO ROCKVIIXB WILL EXTEND TO WITHIN ONE-FOI HTH OF A MILK OF IT. THE WORE OF PLATTING AND PUTTING TH!S PROPERTY IN SH *PF FOR THE MARKET HA8 BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THE ENTIRE TRACT IS AVAIL ABLE FOR BUILDING SITES. THERE BEING NO WASTE GROUND, AN1> IS NOW OFFERED AS A WHOLE AT HIE Lo? PRICE OF $l.*t PER ACRE THIS IS THE BEST CHANCE FOR ISVFST1IXXX TOACAl'lTAUSX OR SYNDICATE ON THE MEi ROIVLITAN BLAXCU. It U a gr*at thing to mtm a Utile bit of tt* LarSt Earth up to the htaoeiu. A man fetlt the better for it WUITTIER. INVESTMENTS GUARANTEED UPON DIVISION OF PROFITS. MONEY DEPOSITED WITH ME WILL DRAW 6 PER CENT INTEREST UNTIL SATISFAC TORILY INVESTED. HANDSOME 3-STORY AND BASEMENT PRESS-BRICK RESIDENCE FRONTING IOWA CIRCLE. CONTAINS20 ROOMS AND ALL THE LATEST CONVENIENCES; FINELY PAPERED AND PRETTILY DECORATED; FIRST STORY FINISHED IN WALNUT. THE LOCATION 18 ONE OF THE F1NE8T IN THE CITY. WILL BE SOLD AT A SACRIFICE. 3-STORY AND BASEMENT BAY-WINDOW BRICK RESIDENCE NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE; CONTAINS 9 ROOMS. BATH. ELECTRIC BELLS, SPEAKING TUBES, Ac.; HANDSOMELY PAPERED THROUGHOUT; HEATED BY FURNACE. PRICE. $8,500 3-STORY BRICK RESIDENCE ON L ST. NEAR CONN. AVE.; CONTAINS ?ROOMS AND BATU; HOT AND COLD WATER, RANGE, LATR0RE8. SPEAKING TUBES; NICELY PAPERED THROUGHOUT. WILL SELL FOR $U,500. 3-STORY 11 -ROOM PRESS-BRICK RESIDENCE ON K 8T. NEAR NORTH CAPITOL; HAS ALL MOD. IMPS. ; THIS PROPERTY RENTS WELL AND lb IN GREAT DEMAND. PRICE. 84,000 200 FEET FRONT ON 7TH STREET, SHORT DISTANCE ABOTB FLORIDA AVENUE. PAVED STREET. SIDEWALK. Ac.. SUITABLE FOB BUSINESS BLOCK OB MANUFACTURING CONCERN. 60c. SQ. FT. 341.000 8Q. FT. OF GROUND ON H 8T. N.E.. WELL LOCATED FOB BUILDING PURPOSES; ON A PROMINENT BUSINESS STREET CON VENIENT TO STREET CARS AND HERDICS; GROUND IN VIC1NITT SELLING FOR 50c. Sq. FT. AT 16c. SQ. FT. THIS IS A BARGAIN. ECONOMICAL BUSINESS LOTS ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. KEN TUCKY AVENUE. 13TH AND 14TH 8T8. S.E. THIS PROPERTY IS ADVANTAGEOUSLY LOCATED AND ON THE LINE OF THE PROPOSED TRACTION RAILWAY. EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE AND PRICES WILL ADVANCE RAPIDLY. PRICES 35c. PER FT. UPWARD. CHOICE AND ECONOMICAL BUILDING SITES WITHIN 2* 8QUARES OF THE CAPITOL AND NEW NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING. ON AN AVENUE WITH WIDE PARKING. SUR ROUNDING IMPROVEMENTS FIRST-CLASS AND CONSTANTLY IN CREASING. A CHANCE FOR A LIVE BUILDER. HOUSES IN THIS LOCALITY RENT READILY. PRICES, $700 TO ?1.200 PER LOT. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW OUR PROPERTY. THR SHOWING SELLS IT. BUY NOW WHILE PUCES ARB LOW. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. NEAR WHICH LOTS SELL FOR 30c. SQUARE FOOT. IS ABOUT ONB AND A HALF MILES WEST OF 100 ACRES OF HIGH AND BEAUTIFULLY LOCATED LAND ON THE BUNKER HILL ROAD. THI3 TRACT IS NOW OFFERED FOR BALE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND FAR BELOW THE PRICE OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY. A TWENTY MINUTES' DRIVE OVER EITHER THE SOLDIERS' HOME. BUNKER HILL OR BRENTWOOD BOADS WILL SUFFICE TO REACH IT. THE NEAREST RAILROAD STATION IS RIVES. WILL SUBDIVIDE PROFITABLY AND IS AN UN USUAL CHANCE FOR A SYNDICATE OR CAPITALIST TO INVEST IN THK NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE DISTRICT. A BARGAIN AT $250 IH DROIT PABK. UXU6UAL OPPORTUNITY FOR BUYING HOME8 IN LE DROIT PARK. WE HAVE THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF HOUSES AND LOTS IN THIS POPULAR SUBDIVISION; SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS IN THE WAY OF LOW PRICES AND EASY TERMS. INTENDING PURCHASERS ABE INVITED TO CALL AND OBTAIN SPECIAL BULLETIN. J J .1 J -I JJJ OO o o o o O O oo H H H II II II H H H H H NN N NN S N N S N N N N NN FFF F FF F F CCO C c c c c CCO oo o o o o o o oo RRR R R RRR R R R R NN N N N N N N N N N N N NN FFE F. KR F. EKE RRR R R RRR R R R R l" *11 ? ? 111 44 TTTT 4 44 WWW A W W W W AA W W W W A A WW WW AAA WW A A ONE OF THE CHOICE LOTS IN WOODLET PARK. CONTAIN ING ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF AN ACRE, OVERLOOKING CON NECTICUT AVENUE, THE ZOO PABK AND THE NEW BRIDGE NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED OVER ROCK CREEK. WILL SELL AT 40 CENTS PER FOOT ON EASY TERMS. THE ATTENTION OF PARTIES OF MEANS INTENDING TO BUILD A FIRST-CLASS RESIDENCE IS ESPECIALLY CALLED TO THIS LOT. FUBTHEB PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION. C.OO r. o G G GO GGG GGG G O G G GG GGG A AA A A AAA A A MM MM M M M M M MM M M M M M M M A AA A A AAA A A 44 H H T H H T HHH T H H T II H A AA A A NN N NN N N N N N NN N NN HDD D D d n n d DDD GGG G G G G GO GGG s^s s SSS8 T T T T NN N NN N N N N N NN N NN RRR R R IIRR R R R K FFR K EE F KER ERE F Hi K KER T SSS8 T 8SSS t a T 8SS8 FBNXSYLVAN1A AVENUE EXTENDED. FIFTY ACRES ON THE HIGH PLATEAU IN LINE OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE EXTENDED. ABOUT 31* MILES FROM THE CAPITOL AND THREE-FOURTHS OF A MILE FROM NEW BRIDGE. THIS VALUABLE TRACT LIES ON BOTH SIDES OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE EXTENDI D AND ABOUNDS IN BEAUTIFUL VILLA SITES. COMMANDING ORAND PANORAMIC VIEWS OF WASHINGTON. SEVERAL ADJACENT PUB DIVISIONS, NOT HO DESIRABLY LOCATED. READILT SELL FROM 5 TO 10 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT. THIS PROPERTY WILL MAKE A SUPERB AND PROFITABLE SUBDIVISION AND ? AN BE PURCHASED AT THE LOW PRICE OF 850.000. ON AND OFF THE STAGE 8ome Interesting Notes on Interest ing Topics From New York. A STRANGE COMBINATION. Booth and Sullivan a* a Dramatic Team? How PoublM Can Hoodwink AutlUmi-, The S|mni?li l> anrlng t'ad?AntlqulU I In Um Ballet Corp*. 8[ ?lal Comapon.lea.s of Thr Evsnine Star. New York, Jan. 23. ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY KNOWN of the current farces in which two gro tesque comedians are coupled in the usual Bunr.t r an stars haJ j'?t finished a week at a theater in the Bowery. One member of the duo wu ill in a h wpiul. but the audiences saw ? ami heard him in the play notwithstanding his absence. He hut for several seasons been u , favorite with tlieui. they had enjoyed his per form .nee before in the same role, and how i could they bo Eii->Uk~n as to hi* identity? Yot i they were. An imitation actor ww the substi tute *ud so clo m -VJM the likoness that nobody doubted thnt it was the origiiul Clever coun ts rfi its of that sort are frequently passed upon theatrical audiences, and perhaps it w is those successes of mimicry that led a manager to i make a queer proposition to Talm :ge. r*? ju?t har who cau look ami speak precisely a* 1 do. The scheme is to have me provide this actor beforehand with the manuscripts of Sunday morning sermons and authorise Kim to deliver them *in charac- i ter simultaneously with my utterance of them | herein Brooklyn. Mv doable would be taken front city to city, hn!!s hired for his iue. ad- i mission fees cU..n;r 1 and half the proceeds ; tamed over to our tabernacle builJint; fand. ! Wasn't that a curiocs idea? It was almost a J,ih to ?ay "no."" it is only with stars of the middling or minor , grade V..*t the fooling of audieuci- by sub- { stitutes can oe accomplished, as a rule; yet it | has of tea beer, done in th?- caae of Nat Good win, wIiom conviviality hos to be insured agairst o;h encountered Billy O'Brien. The actor j was leaning heavily on a cane as he walked, j and his decreptitude was painfully manifest. Billy joined him in the passageway and bluntly | yet politely said: "Mr.Booth. I'm Billy U Brie 11, | the sporting man. I vc handled some of the best men in the prize ring. What yon want to I do is to get to work." It is a fact that Booth, although compelled | by bad health to abandon the stage at the very , time tli^d upon for a long New York city 1 engagement, is better when acting; and so the proposition commanded his attention. He 1 not-bled along beside the impertinent sport | and gave ear to him. "Ive got a scheme, and I'll give it to you | straight." Billy wtnt on earnestly. "You want j to doable up with John L. Sullivan." Here the tragedian ejaculated. "Eh?" en couragingly, for he thought that some plan ' for beneficial exercise was in view. Billv con tinued: "There s big money in it. You'll play (h-lmvlo in 'As You Like It'and Sullivan he ll plnv the wrestler. Sec?" What the great actor saw may have been a vision of himself in a wrestling match witu tile' great slugger, and, a-ide from any purely ar- i tistie damage v.hich he might suffer from a "doubling up" with John L., the probability j 01 more material t.i m may have arisen viv- 1 idly to his mind. lie glanced at Billy per ple.vedlv and parsed on. The demented sport ing man diet! with the scheme of a Booth-Suili \an combination in his muddled mind. T3I CAUincrtA JfAD. The case of this Spanish danccr, Carmencita, is illustrative of the fact that the unexpected is what usually happens in the show business. She was a ballet danccr in the theaters of Spain at wages of never more than *20 a week, that being lair remuneration in that coontry of gar lic and bruneta. During the Paris exposition she tiguied among the Spanish adjuncts as an exhibit of tho peasant dances of her country, and her pay was doubled. American mana gers were on the lookout for novelties to bring across the ocean, and two of them decided that Curuiencita would prove a profitable import. They bi 1 against each other, until one of them offered tlOil a week for a term of four months, in r. spectacular piece here in New York her contortivu dancing did not please the specta tor- much, and she engaged another manager at the hundred dollar salary, having signed a con tn.ct for a year. Then the strange thing hap pened. An artist, desiring to amuse a gathering of friend* m his studio, hired Carmencita to dance before them. Paul Dana of the Not saw the performance and was so struck by its nov elty that he ordered the publication of a long illustrated article about it. That started the < armenciia boom. Other journals followed with depiction. It becameia fad for parties of fashionable ladies to fill the boxes. The Yander bilts and the Astjr- had Carmencita daneing at their receptious. Other Spanish dancers, real and imitation, bnt nearly all of them quite as excellent as Carmencita, were employed in the traveling farces and burleeaues, until now all American cities have had all they want of them. Carmencita is famous, and she can go back to Madrid a rich woman, as Spanish fortunes go. But if she had been a prophetess, able to fore see Ler freakish triumph. she might have se cured to herself at least half of the iylOO,OUO which will be made by the end of her year. ANTIQCITY IS THE BALLET. It seems that the jokes about matronliness in ballets are not unfounded. A troupe now en gaged in a Broadway theater actually contains three nu mbers whose relationship are those of grandmother, mother and daughter. The state ment is more of r. shock, however, than the sight of these three graces. The grandmother is a year or two under fifty, and a graceful, supple woman yet, with a face whose lines of j age can readily be smoothed over with the 1 chalk and rouge of imitation youth. She looks no more than sixty per ccnt of her years. The j mother is thirty r.nd the granddaughter only fourteen. There is a strong family resemblance i in the trio, not only facially, but because they j arc of almost precisely th same size and shape. ; One of tliiir contributions to the entertainment is a skirt dance and in the play-bill they are declared to be sisters. It may fie worth a re cord. Moreover, thnt grandma can kick higher than either of her descendants. Kickero. POLITICS AM) THE t'AIK. Illinois Legislator* Who Want the Election* lllll Tabled. The Illinois senate yesterday passed unani mously the house joint resolution thanking other states for making appropriations in behalf of the world's fair. A resolution was introduced setting forth ' that the legislature of Alabama had laid upon the tabic the proposed appropriation for a j state exhibit at tlie.world's fair on the ground | that if the elections bill pending in Congress | should be passed such nn exhibit would be of no value to the state, uud calling upon tho Illi- I nois delegation in Congress to vote Against tho j passage of the elections bill i n tho interest* of t the fair. Motions to table and refer to a committee j were defeated by the full democratic vote, aided j by the three Fanners' .Mutual Benefit Associa- j tion votes and one republican. In the course of the debate it was pointed out that tho two Senators from Illinois hold the balanco of power in the Senate and can defeat tho passage of the bill. i'ending action on the resolution the hour for the joint session of the House and Senate to ballot for United States Seuator arrived and the matter went over. After the eighth ballot for the day and the twelfth of the contest, without change, the joint assembly adjourned till today. MISSOCIU WILL WAIT. The resolution which was tabled in the Mis souri house Thursday in reference to the world's fair appropriation bill was called up again yes- 1 terdnv and was passed. It declares it the reuse j of the house th.it no appropriation should bo made for world's fair purposes while the elec tions bill is pending in Congress, and, further, not a penny shall be expended by Missouri should the force bill become u law. The Dead l>lglan Prince. The official bulletin issued by the court phy sicians of Belgium states that Prince Baudouiu died of congestion of the lungs, caused by a chill which he contracted while watching at the bedside ol his sister, the Princess Henrietta. The remains of the prince now lay in state on the bed on which he died, surrounded by tall ' wax candies in golden candlesticks. The body of die prince is ut tired in the handsome uni form of a captain of the Koyal Belgian Carabi neers. In one hand the dead priuce grasped his sword and the other hand held a handsome j rosary, from which is pendant a golden cross. | The features of the prince ate calm, pale and | placid and apparently not in the slightest de gree changed by death. Guarding the door of the bed chamber and the palace l* a guard of honor from the Carabi- j neer regiment, to whicu the prince belonged, i Officers of that regiment, in full uniform and I with drawn swords, will guard the prinoe s ? bodv nniil it is tinallv laid to rest in the burial vaults of the royal family of Belgium. Among the additional facts gathered in connection with the prince's death i* the news that King Leo pold visited the dying prince's bedside at mid night and that the ministers hail previously been called to the palace of th* Count of Flanders. False Ecokoxt Is practiced by many people, who bay Inferior articles of food, because cheaper than standard goods. Sorely Infants are entitled to the beat food obtainable. It is a fact that the Hall Borden "Eagle" Brand Condensed Milk to the best Infant food. Your grocer keeps It MADE BY DEFT HANDS. Skill of tlie Native Indian Workers of Nicaragua. ? STAR CORRESPONDENT^ EXPERIENCE AS ? RELIC HUNTER?WOMEN WHO CAP.VE CHOCOLATE CUPS BEAUTIFULLY?FILIOKEE WORK? MAKINO A HAMMOCK?ANTIQUITIES NOT EAST TO OBTAIN. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Okanada, Nicaragua. Dec. 30. 4 MERICAN3 ARE FAR-FAMED RELIC *- buuters. and following a natural instinct wu determined to make the moat of our oppor tunities for ferreting out interesting native work and antique remains of the aborigines of Nicaragua. My companion, Mr. 8. C. Rruida. has traveled in many odd comers of tho earth. A professor of languages at Princeton, speak ing perfectly half a dozen idioms, he gare up the dull routine of a collcge life two years ago and has siuce been iu the active service of the Nicaragnan Canal Construction Company. On tho staff of Chief Engineer Menocal he now accompanies him on a trip to the capital and inspection of the work west of the lake, and while the chief engineer is engaged in official matters we find time to go hunting?hunting for what is odd and curious in Nicaraguan handi work. It is almost impossible for one accustomed to uctive commercial life in the states and un- i tutored in the wnys of people here to compre hend the ways of doing business, the possibil ities of trade here and the mechanical genius 1 of the people that, through the force of eir- I cumsUnces, has been allowed to lie largely dor mant through past generations. The idea that ] is very prevalent that tho peoplo living in these warm climates are indolent beyond reclama tion is shown to be false in many ways. As sturdy laborers the canal company can find no better employes than those it hires here, and one who travels through tho country seed evi dences of induatrv, handicapped by a lack of improved methods, that would be a power if properly guided. After all, in dealing with questions of national character, the immediate incentive to effort and the possibility of finding ; intelligent guidance in work is answerable for j a large part of what is accomplished by a peo- | pie. Here we find, in abundance, the native mxtinct for the execution of artistic work, but on the one hand tho local market is too nmall to bring an industry to any large proportions nnd the work done is not of the kind that can be exported except as curiosities. CUP C'AKYEBS. Of half a dozen cities of the country with pop ulations ranging from 10,000 to 40,000 each has n distinct class of work that is turned out, and what you will find at one place is made nowhere else. " We started our htint for curiosities at Rivas, less than twenty miles from the Pacific anil west of the groat lake, as p.re all the larger settlements of the country. At an outlying town to which we are guided we stop before the liars that form the only gateway to the cac tus hedge, and taking down the top ones, en ter the yard. Our every step is contested by a couple of dogs that bark, but retreat before us. They are useful in bringing out to the doorway of the adobe house a young girl with Indian features, who calls off the canines and salutes us with a "buenos dios." This young girl and her sister are known as the carven of "jiearas," or chocolate cups, in a manner that no others can equal. We enter the living room of tho house, walking on the hard clav floor, and inquire if she has any of her work on hand. Hhe goes to an ad joining room and bring* forth a single sample, a gourd beautifully carved with forms of birds amid a mechanical design encircling it, the piece being cut off at one end to form a cup. We succeed in getting two or three ticaras and if we want more we must order them and wait for weeks. The custom of working by order is so prevalent here that it is almost impossible to find anything ready made of any kind. Later on we vitit another expert carver, but her work is of a different style, her designs being made np of shields of I the various Central American republics, whioh she copies from silver pieces of rnonev. They each do their work with the point of an old table knife, the latter carver being surrounded bv a brood of rather dirty-faced children, who plav on the mud floor of her cane nous*. A third carver of fine work we And here uses only the cocoanat as his material, and this he adorn* with birds and shields, afterward stain ing them black, which gives the whale a rich ebony appearance. The jicara is the drinking cup of the country for the mas* of the people, and at nearly every house it is common to see a tree-shaped stand within doors on which they hang. Every cup is carved in some fashion, butif yoa want fin. carving you will be told tossnd to Rivao. If yon give m order and have pati.no. yoa oaa have any design imi tateil by tho?e carvers, whose work is quite handsome and artistic. There are others who carve ringK and ornaments of the ceyol nut, used in making Jewelry, each workman confin ing himself to a separate branch of the work. MAKING A HAMMOCK. But now we want a hammock. We can find none where the cups are made, though the plant which gives the fiber needed for it a manu facture grows here us readily as anywhere in the country, and we are met by the sight of hedges of it on all sides. We must go to Leon or to Masava and there probably not find a single hammock ready to bo sold. We must order them and wait for a month or so until they are made. The Ind'aus are the manufacturers of these Imnimoekt. the easy chairs and lounges of the country, iu which midday siestas are taken. Visiting the neigh i borhood where they are made our attention is i attracted by a couple of Indian girls and a man ? backing across the road from one of the yards of the houses, each with a bundle of fiber in hand and gradually lengthening, a cord being twisted from the other end. As we approach we notice an old Indian several hundred yards from the others turning a great wooden wheel, which gives to the strands the rotary motion, allowing the makers to feed the fiber to the ! end, thus twisting it into longer and longer j pieces. It is kept from the ground by pronged i sticks oil which It rests. Starting ut the great I wheel those feeding the fiber retreat hundreds j of yards in any direction in Which they can go | iu something like a straight line. When the single threads are so made two of them are I twisted together for greater strength, and with this material in another portion of the yard, I which is well shaded by mango, tamarind, plantain and other varieties of trees, we can | tee men or women weaving a net not unlike a seine, striped blue. red. yellow and white,which forms the body cf the hammock. Two poles ore placed perpendicularly in the ground and the weaving is done with a large wooden needle from bottom to top. On order any variety of design will be worked, a hammock forming an American Hag being a favorite. When the body is knit the cords for suspend ing it, with a fringe of tassels, are added. Wishing to purchase we inquired from house to house where the weaving was in progress, but could find no completed ham mock. The Indians doing this work all live in cane houses .with mud floors and a fire for cooking on the ground, in true wigwam style. The labor is all done in the open air. What do they do when it rains? They rest, but then tho dry season here lust* for six months, and dur ing that time seldom u drop of rain falls and the Indians are never interrupted in their work. THE WEAVING or SHAWLS. If we wish to Bee the weaving of shawls, which are finely embroidered in bright colors, we must go to Granada, where only lately heavy shocks of earthquake drove the people from their homes and where they are now busy re pairing the cracked walls and broken tile roofs. Working with weaving machines, fashioned in the manner we are accustomed to see in pictures of the tools of past centaries, we find them. The spindles ure thrown from tide to side by the weaver's hands and the woof is put in with a treading motion of the feet. A little engine and a few machines of approved pattern would do the work of hundreds of these relics of post generations. Hhawls are made of silk and worsted and ono has only to go to church on Sunday morning to see a display of them of great variety. fiugbib worn*. The most interesting of the industries found here is tl^e filigree work that is turned out chiefly at Leon, Chinandega and Managua. This is done in gold and silver, is of Venetian style and the metal is of the same purity with which it came from the mines. We have en tered the shops of these plateroa, or silver smiths, and we watched the delicate and rapid manipulation of the threads of metal while being formed into jewelry. Brooches weighing from half ounce to an ounce of gold are made with no hidden part of base metaL The coyol nut. inlaid with gold and forming the setting of a brooch or earrings, is used with fine ad vantage and often skillfully carved. This nut has the appearance of ebony and from it ring* are also made, as they are of turtle chell, which is very plentiful here on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The criticism of the work that is at first suggested is the poverty in the variety of designs in the articlee manufact ured. .The capacity for doing fine work is shown, but while the workers are able to copy satisfactorily designs are lacking. It has been suggested that a school of design be started here to encourage such efforts that the results of native labor may be suitable lor exportation, which might be done, for labor is cheap. Fili gree work is turned out in great quantities and one has only to walk through the streets of any of the cities to see who the patrons of this in dustry are Nearly every woman met has or . naments- -many of gold?brooches worn with chains of gold beads. linger ring* and earrings I in abundance. There in evidently a great fond ness for jewelry. Among the maww of the ] people theHe native-made ornaments are very j popular, but, as everywhere clue, that which u j "foreign'' verv often has the preference among the upper classes, tnough it may not l>e so ! tasteful. Parician jewelry is eold on all hands and diamonds are the most popular of the pre cious stones. and they mceet a ready sale. KVV STATUES. Among the curioiu things found in Masaya ! are the mud figures made by the Indians. They i represent familiar scenes here?women engaged I in making tortillas, men and women packing heavy loads, Ac., painted gaudily in red and , yellow. They form quaint records of the life of the people, but in ?kill of elocution do not I equal similar work done by the Mexicans. INDIA* AXTIyUITIER. In our hunt for antiquities we have not been ! rewarded by any especially interesting discov ! erics, though for this purpose we have visited outlying Indian villages, where such things might be found. We have not been able to 1 carry on our searches in this line in the proper way. The only sure way to And remains of the aborigines that collectors would value would : be to dig up the graves of some of the old In dian burying places, time having r.Imost oblit erated the monuments that have marked these localities, though a number of them of great j antiquity are still known. The island of Kopo I tera, in Lake Nicaragua, and the neighborhood | of Granada are especially promising fields. 1 Grana being, it is thought, the oldest settle 1 meut in the country known at the timo of the discovery of tho new world. A curious Spanish map. nearly three centuries old, ' that we have seen here showing tho American discoveries of that time, which marks the region west of the thirteen colonies as un known, yet defines the shore line of Nicaragua 1 and her great lake plainly, and the only city located is that of Granada, thenan Indian village ! of considerable size. Sonic pieces of pottery ! have been secured by us, they being dug up ; north of this place. The paiut on them is well | preserved, though the rpecimens must be of I great antiquity. An idol of stone with hideous features, and a mold, which the Indians used ' in their work, are among these pieces. A pe ' culi&rity of the relics is that all are formed ' hollow and have inclosed pieces of loose clay, shaped as marbles, which causes a rattling noise when moved. All the pieces of bowls found have this peculiarity, the supporting legs being generally in the form of some hideous monster or other fancy, but always with the loose marbles within rolling about. The , hibit of burying household utensils with the dead has preserved great stores of these things, which can be had for the labor of opening the graves. One of the most wonderful of the remains of Indian work is found back of Managua, on the shore of one of the many vol canic lakes of that region. On the flat surface of a large stone, located where the sun strikes it, is painted in bright colors a figure of the > sun, and when the full rays of that luminary | strike the representation the reflection is daz- j zling, so dazzling that the eye cannot long rest upon it. At what time this painting was made is not known, but it was evidently before the discovery of America, yet the paint is as bright and unafrected by the element* as when first applied to the rock. Full of interest is a study of this region and vary satisfactory the rewards : that one will receive who devotes a few months to a saunter through these out-of-the-way place*. C. E. K. A Genuine Novelty. From Manser's Weekly. He?"Will im go with me to the Lyoewm tonight?" She?'T? awfully sorry, bat I ?Mt last evening with a theater party." He?"Oh, I want you to go with m? te to the play." Wriltea for The Eveninir Star. A UVtLV CIlKrSE. An Adventure of Two Anaerteaa Officers In ? Mexieau City. A PBETTT OIBI.R RKKiHT EVER THE CArsE OFTH1 DIHCOVEBT?A ISUlHh CMIC, LI' r FINAL cap tuce?the don's hospitality and the cmgc! SAFE CONDt'CT SOT*. ON A BRIGHT UOKNINO, IMMEDIATELY after the full of Very Cruz, a coluuiu in command of one of the volunteer generals- I have forgotten which?swung out from Gen. Scott's main army and took the road leading to Alvarailo with th1 object of capturing that city. Oil it* arrival at its objective point it wa? ft und ' that Hunter?Alvarado Hunter as he was after ward called?had slipped into the harbor ?ith his man-of-war and bugged the game. Here then was a sourcc of much disappointment to those of the ! intended attacking force, who had visions of brevets and good times generally on getting into the city. Of course maledictions were showered on Hunter's devoted head, still the fact remained that to him belonged the glory of having captured Alvarado and the trooj* could do nothing but accept the situation. The men of both services soon met amicably and proceeded to reconnoiter every nook and corner of the city, as soldiers and sailors will do on such occasions. Among them were two officers as gallant gentlemen as ever drew a blade, old cam ?Hiigners and bosom friends, vho loved a lark Letter than anything in the worlX These worthies, whom I will designate ms K. and T., as usual with them, at once essayed to start up some- fun. Sauntering along, passing bolted and barred doors, thev finally came to a large mansion fronting on tlie grand plaza, the door of which was ajar. A BLACK-ETED MEXICAN OTBL. A canning looking, black eyed little Mexican girl, who could not resist her curiosity to see what was going on outside, peered through the opening. Discovering her bright eyes the troopers stopped short and commenced con versation with her. She plead with them not to enter the house as then- was a corpse within. The conversation was. however, continued, and the party soon found themselves withiu the main door opening to the court. To the right, and n? ar at baud, was another door, which the girl pointed out as the door of the room in which lay the corpse. T., it is very probable, feeling tbe necessity of some support, incautiously leaned against this door, which sprung open, and he was precipitated into the room headlong. Rolling over and over he landed on the pallet on which lay the corpse. The last of T.'s revolutions brought the hilt of his saber in rude contact with the dead man ? short ribs, when, wonderful to relate, he uttered the sound "eouch." With that T. made a grab for him, exclaiming at the same tine, "By heavens, 8., he lives." A LIVELY CO a PS E. The corpae taking in the situation at once made a vigorous bound,landing on his feet,and with his winding sheet and ail fled precipi tately from the room. As be passed 8. shied at him a billet of wood, which only served to in crease his speed. The trooj-ers immediately E' ' ped out their sabers and gave chase. The who had maintained her post at the front , seeing the trio approach, quicklv threw it wide open to allow tliem to pass, and as they flitted by she fairly screamed with laughter and called oat to her unfortunate master: "Ran, ran, Don Pedro, the Americans are after you." There certainly was no need for this admoni tion, for the don at the moment was putting down his beat licks. The pursued and pur suers bounded from the house into the plaza, where this remarkable apparition brought forth uproarious shouts and laughter from the people there assembled, a number of whom joined in I the chase of the now very animated oorpee.who j was soon brought up all rtanding at the farther i side of the square by an adobe wall, which he j boldly leaped, and bowing low his head ran to the corner of an inclosora, where ha ensconced himself and awaited anxiously the arrival of his pursuers. la a few moments the trwpeis ware steading , over his with their drawn sabers. After sur- ' ?eying the frightened don for a tew the ridiculousness of the situation appeared to them and they enjoyed ? hearty Laugh, in wnicn me nptina corpue jomfu. whole affair So when they made their way to the plan. wfai re they were oner more greeted with roara of laufhter. The people by thin time hud lea -ned tlmt the corpse ?? none other than the ali'sMu, Don Pedro Mono*. who I'Uyrtl dead. villi the object of saving birnwlf irorn arrest or M* It station. From toe taa/a the troof* rw mmii r?ou Pedro to his home. on reaching which be cordially invited bis new-made friend* to enter. Fro* the hospitable mansion of Hon- Pedro Muno* it was said tlmt sounds ol revelry were beard that night and continued till the we? i mail bourn of mora, when a clanking of ssber* was again lienrd and our tra; Ik shall force a safeguard shall suffer death. After having aftiKed this aateguard to the door of tbe don's mansion he turned to T. and Bald: 'H ome. T., let's get out ..f thin." W ith that the precious pair went rolling along the sidewalk toward camp, which they reached in time to be rcjxirted present at reveille. h-A Canada Ki?d> tu Kwtpmeate. Hon. Mr. Chapley, secretary of state for Canada, in a recent address delivered, referred to the extended powers of Secretary Maine and said In believed that Mr. ltlauie was. in but innermost h. art, a friend of Canada. He said that thi we who argued that < 'anada must sur render her growing industries to the United States are opposing the wlshe? of the |?ojile at tbe dominion. It is impossible, be declared, t" have free trade with tbe Cnited State* and at tiie same time to discriminate against Eng land Canada was. however, prepared for free trade relations with tbe United Mates. He was in favor of full reciprocity with the United States in natural products. If at any Urn* there was an expression of ill-feeling between the ttro countries it never went from this aid* of tbe line. Canada wants to deal with the Cnited States as nation to nation IMnner to Mrarj M. Mauley. Tbe Arrangements for the dinner to be given next week at Delmonico's by the New York Press Club to Mr. Henry M. Stanley are now complete. Th re will be speaking bv many En>ons outside of those on the regular toast t. The following are tbe invited guests and tbe formal toasts to which thev will respond: "The iireas." Murat Halstead. "Whv we lova Sew iork city," Hon. Cbauncey M DepeW: "What the world owe* to Guttenberg al Faust," Col. Bobert G. Ingersoll, "Tbe press as seen from the pulpit," Bev. T. De Witt M mage; "The old army, Gan. W. T. Sherman; "The new navy," Admiral D. L. Braine; "The future of American literature." Mr. Klehard Vctioii Gilder; "The development of Ameri can art." Mr. J. Q. A. Ward: "The serious side of life?' Bill Nye; "Sew Tor* and its law makers," Speaker Wm. F. Hheehan. George H. F.ngeman. Wm. A. Engeman, J no. J. Engeman, Andrew H. Batteraby and Charts* B. Haas, the Clifton race-track Managers and owners, were arraigned yesterday in l'ateraoa, N.J.. on the charge of keeping a disorderly house at Clifton. They pleaded not guilty. Each was raquired to furnish (A.000 bail aid their trial was set down for next Wednesday. hytoaa Insist sa ramsU's 1 A meeting of the committee of the MoOar thyite section at the Irish members at parlia ment took place in Dublin veeterdav and was largely attended. Mr. Timothy D. Mealy pre sided. During the coarse of 'an address Mr. Healy said that Mr. Jim tin McCarthy and Mr. Thomas Sexton had gone to meet Mr. John Dillon and Mr. Wm. O'Brien at Bon Mer. Mr. Healy added that the object of Iks visit of Messrs. McGarthv and Sexton to Bou logne was to effect a settlement of the trouble existing in the lru* parliamentary party on the basis of Mr. Pnrnell retiring tram the leadership. No othsr condition, said Hsaley, would be sgrsed upon ss