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Gov. Tabor and the Parrot.
From he Denver Tribune.

From he Denver Tribune.
NJ. b. Curtis and his wife have pet parrot
which is their constant travelling companion,
and which speaks the Kings English with
amazing fluency. The loquacious bird caused
quite panic at the Windsor hotel last night.
The Curtis family occupy rooms directly ad-
joining Gov. Tab0rb apartments at the hotel,
and last evening, as the governor was entering
his apartments. he heard what he thought
was female voice. saying "Hello. baby" The
governor was trife startled. He is very
gallant man, but he could not for the life Of
him imagine what he had ever done to war;
rant any female in addressing him SO
Familiarity. The salutation appeared to be
intended for him, and came from the tran
som over the door of the room directly across
the hall The governor was nonplussed. "Hello!
baby, pretty baby said the voice again. and
the governor blushed as he strOked his fierce
mOustache and tried to brace up and look dig
nified. "WOn't you come and kiss your baby?"
called the voice again. In delciously seduc-
tive sort Of way Now the governor seldom
takes dare Of any kind. To do him justice, he
Is a brave man, and at this particular moment
he felt big enough to tackle an army. He creptt
softly over to the door and asked: ''Are You
talking to me?" "Nice baby" said the voice.
but no sooner had the voice spoken than
another voice from inside the roomAa big,
burly mans voice-called out: .sGo away from
that door and let the parrot GO tO.sleepl" II
was M. Curtis who spoke.
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Mania for Marking Clothes.
By BILL NYE.

"The most quiet, unobtrusive man | ever
knew" said Buck Bramel to a Boomerang man.
was young fellow who went into North park
in an early day from Salmon river He was al
ways reserved and taciturn among the miners.
and never made any suggestions if he could
avoid it. He was also the most thoughtful
man about other peoples comfort ever knew
" went into the cabin one day where he was
lying on the bed. and told him had decided to
go into Laramie for a couple of weeks to do
some trading. l put my yalise down on the
noor and was going out when he asked me if
my Clothes were marked. ] told him that |
never marked my clothes If the washernSn
wanted to put up my wardrobe with that of a
female seminary, would have to stand it.
suppose.
- He thought ought to mark my clothes be-
fore went away, and SAID he would attend TO
it for me. So he took down his revolver and
put three shots through the valise.
After that GOODNESS sprang up between us
and the warm friendship that had existed so
long was more or less busted. After that he
marked mans clothes over in ,eadvilIe in the
same way, only the man had them on at the
time. He seemed to have mania on that sub
iect. and as they had no insanity experts at
Leadville in those days. they thought the most
economical way to examine his brain would be
to hang him and then send the brain to the
Michigan university in a baking powder can.
so they hung him up one night to the bough
of signing mountain pine.
''The autopsy was, of course crude but they
sawed open his head and scooped out the brain
with lOng-handled spoon and sent it on to the
university By some mistake or other it got
mixed up with some sample specimens of ore
from The Brndle Tom Cat discovery and was
sent to the assayer in New York instead of the
insanity smelter and retiner at Ann Arbor, as
was intended.
1.-The result was that the assayer wrote very
touching and greved letter to the boys saving
that he was an old man anyway and he wished
they would consider his gray hairs and not try
to palm off their old groceries on him. He
might have made errors in his assays, perhaps
all men were more OF less liable to mistakes, but
he fattered himself that he could still distin-
guish between piece of blossom rock and
can of decOmpOsed lobster salad. even if it was
in a baking powder can. He hoped they would
not try to be facetiOus at his expense any more,
but use him as they would like to be treated
themselves when they got old and began to
totter down toward the silent tomb.
THAT is why we never knew to dead moral
certainty whether he was o. X. in the upper
story or not. boomerang.
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EATING AND DRINKING
why Minnie Hank Prefers ssTraviatas'
and Ca.npanini s. Fra Dlnvelo.1

From Music and the Drama
In the written contracts made between Colonel
Mapleson and his artists there are many secret
clauses not generally known to the public.
member of his company who was discharged for
incompetency some two years ago informed me
of this, and quite surprised me BY the following
revelations. 1t appears, according to contract.
that Campanini is allowed a glass of hot rum in
the first act Of "Faust." When he drinks the
fiery cup handed to him by Mephistop'teles
people suppose that it simply contains little
alcohol. l can assure the public now that 1t is
frst-class Santa Cruz rum punch, and the great
tenor enjoys 1t heartily; in fact. without it he
could not do justice to his brilliant song, 40
VOglia Placer" which follows it.
In the kermesse scene, act second, the choris-
tiers have beer on draught, which they ingurgi-
tate while the old mems chorus is being sung
and in don Giovanni every basso who plays
LepOrellO has. In the supper scene (last act) a
bowl OF hot macarOni or gratin and quart bot
tie of Chiant wine.
"The HuguenOts," it appears, was always
favOrite with Col. MaplesOn's artists, on account
of the spread in act first, while Miss Hauk inva-
riably pOlishes off pint of Mumm In the Bran
dist scene 'Traviata."
In ERA DiavOlO" there is free lunch and
drink in act first, tor the tenor before singing
"On yonder rock reclining" and this is the rea-
son why Campanlnl wishes to have the opera
revived.
The tenor, by the way, is partial to "Rigolet-
to" because he gets good glass of vim ordi-
nare in Spardfucites house before singing g La
Donna mobile"
Miss Hauk always wanted Col. Mapleson to
revive "Lucretia BOrgia" because there's LAY
OUT in the last act, and the contralto Miss
Cary wished it to be produced likewise because
in the "Brindisf' there is an opportunity for
drinking some good Italian wine.
In Verdi's Macbeth there is drinking song
and the colonel has been asked repeatedly to re-
viye it, but he refuses.
Martina" is a tayorite with bassi and barvton,
on account of the drinking song for Ptnket
Porter or Dublin stout is the usual beverage
when the opera is given, and as the moroccan is
always encored the singer gets two drinks.
Members of the chorus have a fOndness for
''Ernani' on account of the opening chorus,
when they all drink and shout in the jolliest
manner possible, and it is the fondest wish of
every member of the profession to play some
day in an opera when it will be necessary to eat
soup and lamb chops and drink four bottles of
brandy.
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Amenities of English Railway Travel.
From the Pail Mall Cazat;a

Amenities of English Railway Travel.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
After much struggling (writes a correspond
ent this morning land by dnt OF great eXertiOns,
h.ade my way last night through the noisy
rabble whlCii, was crowding the approaches toPut-
ney station, and eventually reached a first-class
carriage. was lucky enough to get seat, but
in Il moment a rush was made. and the carriage
was soon pretty well filled with fourteen or fif-
teen people Five of them We're of the gentler
sex. one of whom took her stand bv me, calling
attention with fine vvacity and naivete to the
tremendous reek OF preparation, which was. in
TACT, only too plain to the of all observers.
The child of nature presently ''mopped it up"
to use her own expression and solaced herself
with cigarette. We had also three rougish
fellows in greasy coats. which came off very
soon as the atmosphere was found too Oppres-
SlVe. They solaced themselves by smoking rank
tobacco from clay pipes. Some other gents
lighted up some brOwnish rolls Of leaves light
ing them with Iusees. So that altogether we
were pleasant party; rank. acrid fog hung
over us, and the air was like the Black Hole of
Calcutta. The prospect of speedy relief was my
only consolation. but even that disappeared for
couple of minutes from Vauxhall the train
pulled up, and here we stopped for half an hour
or more. The interval was beguiled by a series
of comic songs. varied now and then by hymn,
the refrain being taken up by the occupants OF
the other carriages. Will the railway company
replace for me damaged hat. and coat so i'm
pregnated with tobacco that it can never hope
to see drawing-rOOi1l again?
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Hints for Amateur lsotani.ts.

Specimens should be gathered. when possible,
In fine weather. II taken in wet weather. or If
water plants, the moisture should be shaken
from them, and they should be dried as much as
possible before putting to press. When the
weather is very warm the yasculum Ga tin box
for colecting) may be lined with large leaves,
and its contents occasionally sprinkled with
fresh water. This will generally keep the speci-
mems in good condition. AS a rule, specimens
should not exceed sixteen inches in length, and
the entire plant. with It's root. should be pre-
served. If You will examine plant you will
find that often the lower leaves differ very much
from the upper leaves, and many times only by
means OF the lower leaf or the one or two above
It, Is it possible to tell the kind of plant
Therefore, when the plant is SO large that it is
impossible or inc0nvenient to save 1t entire, you
must preserve the top of some of the branch
leaves ana the lower part OF the stem having
the first or seed leaves. II it is not practicable
20 retain all OF the root, enough should be kept
10 snow the nature of the plant. Specimens
should always be either in flower or fruit In
the herbs both will GfstsGii DE found existing at
.a same time on a plant At least two leaves
OF fern should be preserved otherwise the
specimen is incomplete. Do not hold speci-
mems In the hand any longer than is neces-
sary, as the warmth hastens whiting. Make
note OF locality where collected On slip Of
paper and attach 1t to the specimen before put
ting it into the vascuium Plants should lie
with their roots together at one end of the box.
Aiga (sea-weeds, etc. should be placed In wide
mouthed bottles, containing, If sea-weeds. salt
water otherwise, fresh water. The bottles may
be carried in a small basket. A small scoop-net
attached to telescope handle will often prove
OF service in taking specimens from the water
or from pools between rocks which are other
wise inaccessible. The best time for collecting
aige 10 after storm, but plenty will always
De found on the sea-shore early In the morning.
Drags and fishermen's nets often contain choice
ana rare specimens. Manton's 1Seld RotQnt.
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Girls should no, Sir Cro...lcyg.d

FROM the Cincinnati Enqui
My grandmother maintains that 1t il vulgar
Tor woman to cross her knees. She well re-
members week spent in the same house with
Nine Jerome Bonaparte in Baltimore, than
Whoh she oeheves no more lady-like person ever
lived, and she recalls that madame ALWAYS sat
with her knees two inches apart-no more and
no less. She declares that no girl with preten-
sions to decacy should sit cross-legCed.
| suppose that the sticklers will pretty soon
object to women crossing one foot oyer the
other. Even that feminine habit of sitting ON
one foot, to the peril OF getting 1t caught in
the hustle and making the owner 20 hop-sootch
on rising, will next be assailed.
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PROPOSALS.
DRoPosALs FOR RECoNsTRUCTINu A GUARD
l. HOUSE.

PROPOSALS FOR RECONSTRUCTING A GUARD
Il HOUSE.
OFFICE AA2.M;. wAsHrTeGos PaRRacksl
Sealed Proposals in tripcate. subject TO u e usual
AUGsT = r lssa S at Which %a tine sne
place they viii be opened in the presence Of bidders
labor necessary to the guard house this
Post The government reserves the right to reject any
Blank proposals and full information as to the man.
and terms OF contract and payment viii be furnished
Amount and description Of material on hand ana
plans ana sreslhSstGns can lie seen At the Office Of
EnyeIopes containing proposals should be marked,
dressed to the undersigned - -
au9-4t LIST It.. r. NJ, I'd Art. A.AQ.M.
DRoPosALs FOR FUEL.
Posi- FrcE DErARrMFsr,
OFFICE OF Discussing CLERK SUPSA
WASHINGTON DC, July H. 1857.
Seaied proposals Will be RECEIVED at thi, office unit
AUGUST SIX ZENITH. for furnishing Fuel for the
For the delivery and storage Of Eve hundred $500
ton, NOR or less q go 90 Is 70 the ton of best
vered and st red before ooctober 81 1884, in the
ing party will he paid therefore.
certificates from shippers that coai delivered 10 hi
from the vessel is the kind required by the De-
Also for the delivery and storage Of twenty COD
cords of best Bakers Pine Wood he delivered and
corded at the Department building may be required
within ten CO) days from date of contract. The whole
to be weighed measured by inspector appointed
der the provisions OF section 3 Revised Statutes Of
the United States.
The bids viii be opened I'm the office Of the Superin-
tendent In the presence of such bidders chooao
to attend on Wednesday. August 6, at IL O'Clock noon.
and the awards will be mace before August 10th.
The Department the right reject all or any
part Of the bids received if deemed for the best interest,"
of the Government do.
satisfactory bond viii be required To b
executed and led within five (5) after the award
Is made for the faltf al performance the contract
j. o. II. BURNSIDE.
Disbursng Clerk and Superintendent Post-Offioe De-
partment. Iy22-laWAW
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There a few more of those BLUE FLANNEL SUITS
at SO. 90, worth $500.
Also, few more of those fine NUNS CLOTH COATS
. AND VESTS at ST. 90, worth $1,000.
Also. a few more CHEVIOT aud CASHMERE SUITS
. at $40, worth SIS.
Also. few more fine CASHMERE SUITS at $1,000,
worth 800. 90.
At S15 on you buy Suit sold formerly at SOS co.
81. 50 VIII buy genuine CALCUTTA SEERSUCKER
SUIT, made in frst-class style, equal to any sold
here at $40. 90.
So. so will buy an ALL-LINEN SUIT worth sc. 90.
We have also a few more of those BLUE ALI-IINEN
SUITS, fast coors, at s.. 90. worth So. 90.
Ihe time draws near when we have to make improve
ments in Store. We therefore make REDUCTIONS
in ALL KINDS OF FINE CLOTHING, regard
less Of cost.
We have few more of those BLACK BROADCLOTH
SUITS at Els. 90; would be cheap at $40. 90.
In BOYS SUITS there some splendid patterns left
Will he sold cheap to make room.
In WHITE AND FANCY LINEN DUCK VESTS we
have some of the better grades left. VIII slaughter
them regardless of cost
SIS. 90 will buy fine PONGEE COAT worth S.. co.
A few more of those CASHMERE AND BLUE FLAN-
MEL VETS must go. The prices on them will
make them go.
Some OFFICE COATS left. We sell them at 4Oc.
. They will not be left very long.
Also. some good ALPACA COATS. If you want one,
come soon Low prices viii soon close them out
Our stock of PANTS is geting small. but have still
good assortment and generally suit everybody
who comes for them.
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The Late Mrs. Lincoln.

Mary Clemmer writes from Washington to the
independent: "The intelligence of Mrs. Lincoln
by the country at large has always been greatly
underrated. Physically and mentally she was
strong woman, though her mental forces had
probably never been thoroughly developed and
in later life became deeply warped 1t has been
greatly the habit of people to speak Of Mrs
Lincoln as an illiterate woman. This was as
uni ust as other misudgments No woman who
has since presided over the White House, ex-
ceptng Mrs. Garfield, has been able to write a
personal note that could compare in elegance
with those written habituay by Mrs. Lincoln
Her early education had been entrusted to
French lady. She wrote huently in French and
the mlsSIyes which came from her hands were
in all respects the communications of an accom-
plished and Intelligent woman. When we recall
the fact that her education was what the west
could give her, from the year 1915 this is saying
much, yet it should be said of her in simple JUS
tice.
She had very keen perceptions and when her
fancies did not interfere with them she read
human nature accurately, as she gave ample
proof in her judgment OF Abraham Lincoln,
who, when others deemed him of small account.
She always declared would live to prove himself
to be great man. Her sympathies, strong and
steadfast. running in deep but narrow channels,
dlu not flow over or out to masses or to classes.
''People in general We're not Of large close
account to her. The Outraying kindness of
heart and of speech which bound thousands in
real affection to Mrs Hayes was wholly wanting
in Mrs Lincoln, save to those whom she person.
ally knew and liked. Another trait strongly
developed in her We will not call feminine" as
sne shared it with Napoleon the Great-She
could not bear a rival, and was never known to
invite as continuous guest at the White House
any woman younger or fairer than herself. Her
powers of mimicry would have made her fortune
on the stage, and 1t was pastime not unknown
to the White House in her time, the exact repro
duction in the chamber above, by the mistress
of the mansion. of the airs and graces the tricks
of speech, of movement and of manner of the
guests who had just marched before her. paying
their obeisance to the first lady of the land in
the Red ParlOr below. Her sun set in Abraham
Lincoln's grave. and never rose again. The
world she had not loved before could not console
her now. and sitting in shadow. she lived at
odds with it tn the end She was not altogether
wrong in her belief that it had not always treated
her kindly. and she could never know, poor soul,
that it had not been III her makeup" to lay
under heavy tribute to herself its uncertain
affections.
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BOOKS. &c.

NEW BOOKS.-POIITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
N Spencer 80; Capital and Population (Haw-
ley 81. sos Hopes and Fears for Art morris 81. 26
The Graphic Arts tHamberton, s2 Natural Religion.
Marquis of Carsbas. Mrs. Spoford 81, Bimn (Oui
da, 81 %; In Exile from the German 81. Is; Two
Hard Cases. WV. 9edding, M. ID, > 81 A GentomaA
OF Leisure, (Fawcett, 81. -.,-- - t,,t4
LAW BOOKS. 80, -. a.
Daniels on Negotiable Instruments. new edition. q
vols, S13. ~ :
w. H. MORRISON,
Law Bookseller and Stationer,
Gus AS Pennsyiyania avenue, Washlneton.
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A INVOLVEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.

A ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
KINGS ACE,
No. s14 SEVENTH STREET.
Being compelled to surrender my second and third
noors. my large Showroom and also Stock ROOM by
provements am Obliged to sell the entire stock Of
FLOWERS.
TRIMMED GOODS,
And all other articlesin tho
NJ L L M cry LIN e.
We willing to make s another sacrifice to get rid
store 1t during progress Of building.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE,
Our entire stock must be sold. Price no object CaIl
to bargain. Now is your chance don't mi SIS it,
Call early First come first served
KINGS PALACE,
s14 SEVENTH STREET.
BETWEEN II AND L.
~ Remember, no Branch store and no connection
with any other establishment aus
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The Old Fiddler.

The old fiddler What has become of him |?
The dear old-fashiOned fiddler of our boyhood.
who occupied the one chair in our kitchen
and beat such Heart; time to his music on the
bare oak floor? All! what a whole-soled thing
his foot was No dainty and inaudbe Dulsa-
ton OF the toe, but a genuine fiat-fOOted
stomp whose boisterOus palpitatiOns. heard
high above the rhythmic patter of the dancers
feet Jared and jin@ied the little eight-by-ten
window panes at his back and thrilled the very
china on the ''cubbard" shelves.
There were no Alterations about the old fid-
dier- His instrument was just fiddle; he
fiddler. and for this hOmely reason alone per-
haps. it was the youthful listener felt the Vi
Drant current OF the tune in every vein, with
such ecstatic spurts of inward mirthfulness at
times he felt his very breath sucked up in swirls
OF the lnt0XIcatOn as one may feel it lost and
caught up. swOOping down the breezy atmOs-
phere In long pendulating grapevine swing.
And what quaint old tunes he played. Gould
eroy' was the name of one of them; the "Gray
Earle" was another, and 1.-The FOrked Deer, -"
and the 'Old Fat CAL all favOrites Telling
the names over again, In fancy they all come
Knocked out. and peering through long mael-
strOnic vista.
I'VE see the fiddler, through the dust,
Iwanging the ghost OF Money Musk:'"
We see the dancers skurrying to their places
we feel once more encased in our ''best"
ciothes-and Gil mechanically our hand goes up
again TO stroke the bear-greased roach uDOn our
forehead ere We salute our blushing :'pardner."
who. for all her shining face and chaste and
rustlng toilet has still an odor of dishw'ater
clnging to the mellow hands we love to clasp
no less.
We pause impatiently as the fiddler slowly
''rosums up" again. we hear the long Fremont
tory rasping Of the bow; we see the old man
cross his legs with the od-time abandon, and
with bewdering flourish OF wrist and elbow
the frOlcsome old tune comes cantering over
the strings like gamesome colt down cOrlu-
roy road, and then, Salute your pardners
corners. All hands rOund!" and away we go,
too happy happy. happy, to recall the half OF
the iong-vanished delight from this old hope
less and bald-headed standpoint of to-day. and
the magician-the maestrO--the old fiddler
whose deft touches either lulled or fired our
blood in those old days-ah! where is he We
wander YEARLY in quest of him. We do not find
hiih at the banquet. the crowded concert hail.
the theater They do not want him I'm the opera
The orchestra would blush to have him there
In all the wide, wide world he had nowhere to
lay ms head. and so the Old musician journeyed
on, simply because
Hls Instrument. perhaps was made
dar from classic Italy.
And yet we sadly sadly fear
uch tunes w nevernore may hear.
,nle were so sad. CIV. some so gay-
-au tunes Dan Harrison used to play"