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Near Twenty-first Street FIRST AVENUE Near Twenty-first Street
HIGH SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
What Society Promises for En
tainment in Washington.
EVENTS ATTHE WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Cleveland as Charming a Matron as She
Was When She V/as the Bride of the
White House.
Washington, Dec. 20.—(Special Corre
epondence.)—After the first of January
official society will be in full swing, and,
judging from present signs, the gait this
season will be more rapid than ever.
Society thinks President Cleveland Is
indeed a good fellow, for he sets the so
cial ball rolling by means of his New
Year’s Day reception, when, together
with Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Stevenson
and the ladles of the cabinet, he will
stand from 11 o’clock a. m. until 2 o'clock
p. m., and shake hands with hundreds ot*
people. At 11 o'clock he will receive the
vice-president, the members of the cabi
net end the diplomatic corps. At 11:30,
the chief justice, the associate justices
of the supreme court of the United States
the judges of the United States court of
claims, the judges of the court ot ap
peals and the Judges of the court of the
District of Columbia,
Next in order will come the senators,
representatives and delegates In con
gress, the commissioners of the District
of Columbia and the Judicial officers of
the district, ex-members of the cabinet
and ex-ministers ot the United States.
By 11:40 all of these will have shaken
hands with the receiving party and
passed on out to make room for the offi
cers of the army, navy and the marine
corps, the general and general staff of
the District militia. Next will come the
regents and the secretary of the Smith
sonian Institution, the civil service com
missioners, the assistant secretaries, of
the departments, the assistant postmas
ter-general, the solicitor-general, the as
sistant attorney-general, the commission
er of fisheries, the commissioner of la
bor, the heads of the bureaus of the sev
eral departments and the president ot
the Columbian Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb.
The next division admitted will con
sist of the Associated Veterans of the
■war of 1846, the Grand Army of the Re
public, the Loyal Legion, the United
Veteran Legion and the members of the
Oldest Inhabitant association of ilie Dis
trict of Columbia.
Uy 12:35 all the above named dignita
ries will have gone home. Then the “plain
people" will have a chance. It is a good
plan to close the reception a(f2 o'clock,
since neither the receiving party nor
the callers will be so utterly exhausted
as they were in former years when
the tfhie was extended Indefinitely.
The next Important event of the social
season will be a cabinet dinner on Jan
uary 2, and the third will be a diplomats
reception on the 9th of January, and in
rapid succession are to follow a diplo
matlc dinner, a congressional and judi
cial reception, a supreme court dinner,
Mrs. Cleveland’s reception, an army,
navy and marine corps reception and a
public reception.
These functions, together with all the
affairs given Individually by the differ
ent cabinet officers, senators and others,
will make things interesting for some
time to come. These are ail very enjoy
able for the older people. When It comes
to the younger set and their balls and
teas, the cry still Is “more men."
What an awful thing it Is to see long
lines of beautiful buds posing as wall
flowers because fate is against them!
All sorts of plans have been devised to
supply the deficiency, but as yet none
have been found feasible. At one time
It was thought advisable to invit? some
of the Richmond. V&„ swells to visit
among the bon tons of Washington,
with a view to giving the buds a chance,
but It is said that the Richmond belles
protested so vigorously that the idea
was abandoned.
Mrs. Cleveland has always borne her
share of the receiving duties with re
markable fortitude and cheerfulness. No
matter how fatigued, she would often
stand when it was torture to her. Still
she greeted each comer with a pleasant
smile and a hearty handshake, which Is
a characteristic of hers.
Many persons who have not seen Mrs.
Cleveland for some time wonder how she
looks. That she has changed greatly
no one will deny. It Is only necessary
to put one of her late photographs be
side one taken when she first came here
as "the bride of the white house.” She
Is much stouter than she was. and has a
matured look, which Is so utterly unlike
the girlish expression she formerly had
that it is hard to reconcile the two. She
was beautiful as a girl. Rut she Is beau
tiful as a woman, and she possesses an
air of refinement which at once attracts.
While passing along F street the other
day I walked directly behind two ladles
who commented on the passing equipages
—their style and taste. Finally one said:
“Look at that carriage; that woman Is
what I call a lady. Just see how mod
estly she sits there!”
"Why,” answered her friend, “that is
Mrs. Cleveland!”
Washington is a very quiet and orderly
place, as most visitors will concede. Some
folks from other cities call It a “poky
town.” However, there are some people
living here who do not consider It slow
enough, and there is a movement on foot
to secure a stricter observance of the
Sabbath. This idea has taken firm hold.
Even Senator Sherman has lectured be
fore a Young Men’s Christian associa
tion on the great benefits of a Puritan
Sunday. And now, since the proposition
has been fairly started by well known
people, 300 Christian women have met
at one of our popular churches and dis
cussed ways and means of enlisting oth
ers in the cause. The question has inter
ested some of the fashionables. Secre
tary Morton’s sister is president of the
association, and Mrs. Hoke Smith is one
of the vice-presidents. Mesdames Sena
tors Teller, Gray, Cullom. Roach and the
wives of Justices Harlan, Shiras, Foster
and Mrs. Chief Justice Fuller are also
vice-presidents. A constitution was
adopted, the more important part of
which reads as follows:
renews his warning of a year ago to chn
the American Christian Sabbath as our
rightful Inheritance bequeathed to us by
our forefathers; as the foundation of our
national prosperity; as the safeguard of
our social, civil and religious blessing; as
the conservator of the rights of the
wage-earner, do hereby pledge ourselves
to resist by precept and example what
ever tends to undermine Sunday as a
day of rest and worship; such as the
Sunday secular newspaper, Sunday con
certs, Sunday social entertainments and
Sunday driving and traveling for person
al gain or pleasure; and we further
pledge ourselves to use our influence to
create a right sentiment on all aspects
of the Sunday question, especially In ref
erence to traffic of every kind on that
day.”
The government printing office case
has, ever since the Ford theater disas
ter, been under discussion, but as yet has
not reached a favorable settlement. An
annex building is being erected, but will
not be completed until next summer.
In his annual report for the fiscal year
ending June 30, Public Printer Benedict
pledged to economy will cause him to
gress, in which he says that, in spite of
various precautionary measures, the
printing office is a very dangerous place.
And he considers it his duty to repeat
the warning regarding "the peril that
threatens many fuithful employes of the
government.”
Mr. Benedict suggests that land be
purchased adjoining the present site,
where a new building can be erected
without interfering with the old and
where the transfer can be easily made.
It will be a great relief to "many faith
ful employes of the government”—hun
dreds of them—who are assigned for
work to the disgraceful old dungeon,
when the quibbling over the printing
office shall come to an end. Every con
gressman concedes the justice of the de
mand for a new building as well as the
personal responsibility he assumes in
sending men there to work for whom he
has secured an appointment. Yet the
miserable pretense that his party is
business In the grimy old white brick
vote against the appropriation. Every
department of the government is housed
in large, commodious, palatial buildings,
the great printing office of til • govern
ment nlone excepted. This, the largest
printing office In the world, transacts Its
business in a grimy old white brick
structure in an out-of-the-way part of
the city, looking for all the world like
Libby prison. If that had a coat of white
paint, with the walls rotten and the
floors warped and the shaky old struc
ture buttressed up on all sides to prevent
it from falling together into a heap of
rubbish and powdered mortar. There
are people In Washington who are ac
tually afraid to pass along the street on
the same side as the printing office for
fear of being buried under the debris.
MARIE R. BAILEY-SCHRA PER.
General freight and passen
ger office of Southern Railway
removed to No. 7 North 20th
street. Telephone 846.
11- 5-tf _
LOOK! LOOK!
At our furniture. Fine, dur
able and cheap. Everything
one needs for a cottage or
mansion.
STOWERS FURNITURE CO ,
1816 & 1818 2nd Ave.
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EARLY ELECTRIC CARS.
The first car* In the morning leave as fol
lows: , ...
From Cleveland.6:50
From Twelfth avenue.6:05
From South Highlands.6:30
From North Highlands.6:00
From Avondale.5:30
From Avondale, second car.6:48
From Fountain Heights.5:48
From Fountain Heights, second car.6:00
One hour later on Sundays.
Late Cars.
Leave Second avenue for—
North Highlands.11:30 p m
Fountain Heights.11:00 p m
Avondale.11:00 p m
Cleveland.11:30 p m
Twelfth avenue.11:00 pm
South Highlands.11:00 pm
South Highlands.11:30 p m
South Highlands.12:01 a m
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Don’t fail to buy one of those
three-pound hanging chain or
peacock plume rockets from
the Pain’s fireworks stand,
No. 15 N. 20th street.
12-19-6t _
Office Stationery, Pens, Inks,
Pencils, etc. Robert & Sons,
1809 2d avenue. 12-22-8/
Fresh bread and candy made
daily at C. W. Cody’s, 1820 to
1826 3d avenue. J*s 3P
THE GOLD EXODUS.
Congressman McDearmond Has a Plan to
Ease the Situation.
Washington, Dec. 20.—(Special Corre
spondence.)—The excitement attendant
on the recent message to congress by the
president has overshadowed in a meas
ure the fact that the gold reserve is
growing less and less every day, until
now It is below the $70,000,000 mark. Hut,
overlooked or not, another issue of bonds
must be made if the fallacious theory is
to be maintained of paying out gold at
the option of the holder for coin obliga
tions.
Representative McDearmond of Ten
nessee has introduced a measure in the
house which, if adopted, would at least
relieve the treasury of its present em
barrassment. The bill provides for the
coinage of the Fllver bullion and seignior
age now in the treasury, purchased under
the Sherman act. The dollars then
coined, or the certificates Issued in lieu
thereof, are to be used to replace all
treasury notes Issued under the act of
July 14, 1S90, which are to be canceled
whenever, In the ordinary transaction
of business, they are received in the
treasury. The bill further provides that
should the amount of silver bullion
coined exceed the amount of treasury
notes in the treasury, then a sufficient
amount of United States notes, common
ly called greenbacks, are to be canceled
until all the bullion then coined has been
taken up.
A number of democrats have spoken
very highly of the bill, and while the re
publicans may not allow It t'o become a
law, Its enactment would surely relieve
the treasury. _
Pain’s fireworks stand, No.
15 N. 20th street, will have
the best line of fireworks in
the city. Don’t have any other
than their make. 12-19-51
2020-FIRST AVENUE-2020
Harry Mercer’s Christmas
gifts in watches, jewelry, etc.,
are great. Go and. see them.
O. P. O. J. S. Remember the
number, 2020. Prices to suit
everybody. 41-15-18-22-23
late cars.
Will be held at any point on electric line
until 1 o'clock a. m. for $3 extra. Parties
having receptions or any entertainment
can secure these cars for their guests
by notifying Birmingham Railway and
Electric company, 303 North 20th street.
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Good fishing at East Lake
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TO YOUR INTEREST.
See our stock—three car
loads of suits, one of folding
beds, one of rockers and other
house furnishing goods.
STOWERS FURNITURE CO.
12-21-3t __
RAPHAEL CARA VELLA,
Chop House,
Corner 1st Avenue and 20th
Street, No. 1931.
Oysters received fresh daily
and served in any style.
Maccaroni served Italian
style Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday and to order. Open
day and night. 10-22-tf
.——
General freight and passen
ger office of Southern Railway
removed to No. 7 North 20th
street. Telephone 846.
n-5-tf_
Old papers for sale cheap at
this office.
TWO POSTMASTERS ARRESTED
Charged With Fraud—Negroes of Anniston
to Build a Cotton Mill.
Anniston, Dec. 20.—(Special.)—Mrs. S. E.
Bleed, assistant postmistress at Idaho, Clay
county, was arrested last night by United
States Deputy Marshal John W. Daniels,
on a charge of making false reports of can
cellations, the office being in the fourth
class and salary attached dependent upon
amount of stamps cancelled
II. P. Bynum, postmaster at Coldwatcr.
this county, charged with illegal traffic in
stamps, or using stamps to pay his personal
bills, was arrested this morning by Deputy
Marshals John W. Barker and D. S Jack*
son. Both cases were made by Postofflce
Inspector Bulla.
Bynum and Mrs. Steed were arraigned be
fore Commissioner Randolph today and
bound over to await the United States grand
jury’s action.
A site has been selected in the northwest
ern portion of the city for the cotton mill to
lie erected by the Afro-Alabama Cotton
Mill company, which will be owned and
operated entirely by negroes. The lands
were generously donated by the Woodstock
Iron works and the Anniston City Band
company. A corps of civil engineers is at
work surveying the grounds and making
maps for the use of C. R. Makepeace & Co.,
Boston, cotton mill architects, who are pre
paring plans .and specifications for a 10,000
spihdlo mill. A great deal of stock has al
ready been subscribed. Much of the mate
rial! and machinery has been promised, to be
paid for in stock. The erection of the mill
will probably begin within the next six
weeks.
william Edwards, a 60-year-old negro, em
ployed by the Woodstock Iron works,
slipped and fell upon the screeners at the
ore washers late yesterday afternoon. Both
legs were caught in the cogs and horribly
ground up and mangled. Edwards died last
night as the result of his injuries.
Four daring burglaries wore committed
lure last night, on Noble and Tenth, the
principal business streets of the city. O. E.
Ansley’s shoe store, J. T. Gardner’s whole
sale commission house, Mrs. Blake’s fruit
stand and tho shoe shop of Davidson, color
ed, were the places visited. A negro has
been arrested on suspicion of having per
petrated the Ansley burglary.
General freight and .passen
ger office Alabama Great
Southern Railroad removed to
No. 7 North 20th street. Tele
phone 848._11-5-tf
GO TO
Solomon & Levi’s, the pioneers
in their line, for finest wine.3
and liquors for the holidays
19.on.Kt
CHEAP HOLIDAY RATES,
Two Cents Per Mile Each Way for the Round
Trip.
Tickets will be sold via the Southern
railway December 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31
and January 1, good to return until Jan
uary 3, 1896.
For futher Information apply to
L. A. SHIPMAN, T. P. A.
No. 7 North Twentieth street. Tele
phone [phone]-tl 1-1
Montevallo Coal, $3.50 per
ton.
Montevallo Coal, $1.75 per
half ton.
A C. EDWARDS,
21st St. & 10th Ave., North.
’Phone 435. i3-2i-2m
Cold Weather Is Coming.
Telephone 487 for coal. Ward's coal
yard keeps as good as can be had In this
market. When you need coal call on
them. Can furnish on short notice at
market price. 7-19-tf
We will sell during the
month of December a bottle
of Cognac brandy for one sil
ver dollar. Regular price one
and a half gold dollars.
H. BARNARD,
209 and 21119th Street.
12-13-tf
IReincLOAral I
The Birmingham Undertakers and Funeral Directors
Have moved to the Watts building, corner Twentieth street and Third avenue,
and are fully prepared with a first-class stock of burial cases, robes, etc., and
will give prompt and efficient services to its patrons. It belongs to no combi
nation. The finest funeral car and carriages in the city.
DOC Sage. Embalmer. | H. Ed Warner, Funeral Director
12-1-gu-wd-frl-tf _ _ _
SHI AND 11MERY BOOK Ml STATIONERY COMPANY,
2008 First Avenue.
Beautiful calendars, Booklets and (Ms Bards.
Thousands of volumes of miscellaneous books. Hundreds of volumes of
artistic books for presents. Many little volumes of devotional books. All the
latest and best books for the youths of our land. Board books, color books,
toy books and linen books for the little tots.
Bibles and Prayer Boobs.
A Bagster Bible, divinely circuit, large size, maps, reference helps and con
cordance, only £1.45; with patent index $2. 25.
*9*Toys of all kinds. Dolls, doll carriages, velocfpedes and iron wagons.
THECAUTION.
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Tommy—Don’t be afraid, doggy; I won’t hurt you; I just want to tell you
something—If you hear any noise tonight just keep perfectly still, for It’ll be Santa
Claus, and we don’t want him scared away.
UNDEH THE M JSTIjETOE.
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Miss New Woman—Well?
CHEAP CHRISTMAS GOODS!
Matchless Toys 1 Beautiful Dolls 1 Interesting Games I Hand
some Books!
Birmingham’s Holiday Quarters!
Have just received 520,000 worth of Holiday goods which must be dispos*
ed of before Tan. 1. Lareest assortment of Christmas presents in tha south.
25 dozen large fancy horns.$ 5
17 dozen 10c Jack In boxes. 3
72 dozen 10c painted vases. 5
27 dozen decorated china cups and sau
cers. 15
50 dozen 25c tin toys. 9
36 dozen beautiful china tea sets. 9
92 dozen large china dolls. 9
24 dozen 25c painted carts. 12
12 dozen $1.50 steel axle wood wagons.. 99
10 dozen good size velocipedes. 1 98
100 dozen dolls, long flowing hair.$ 23
13 dozen 10c bellow toys. 3
350 dozen large Christmas candles,
xlozen. 9
24 dozen assorted colored doll babies... 33
36 dozen doll furniture. 10
45 dozen assorted 10c games. 5
72 dozen fancy 10c cap pistols. 5
17 dozen 10c picture books. 5
41 dozen 50c red chairs. 23
12 dozen $2 hobby horses. 1 25
Solid car load of Bicycles, Tricycles, velocipedes, iron wagons. Wheel Barrows,
Handy Wagons, Hobby Horses, Rocking Horses, Chairs, Toy Furniture, Desks, Tool
Chests, Black Boards, Drums, Sewing Tables, Doll Buggies, etc. Mountains or Toys
and Dolls; large assortment Sewing, Manicure, Shaving and Smoking Sets; beautiful
display rich cut glass and Havllano dinner sets; handsome line Dresden, French and
Japanese Cups and Saucers; William Rogers’ 1847 Orange, Salad, Soup, After Dinner,
etc., sets in plush cases at reduced prices. Big stock Japanese and Art Goods. Grand
assortment of Lamps. Come and bring the children to see our astonishing bargains
and Santa Claus.
JOHN W. O’NEILL CO.
‘•THE FAIR”
2020 SECOND AVENUE AND 2021-23 THIRD AVENUE.
J®*Speeial Prices to Merchants.
Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castorla.