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National Republican., 1885-01-21

WITH two such bright stars of the
English lectsrs fold as Prof Proctor and
Mr.. George Augustus Sala, and such a
distinguished exponent of the art his
trionic as Madame Ristorl in our midst
this week, the citizens of Washington are
certainly favored with a high order of
intellectual recreation. Prof Proctor
and Madame Ristori have been heard
with pleasure aud profit by refined and
cultured audiences, and it is to be hoped
that so distinguished representative of
the English press as Mr.. sala is will have
no reason to complain of tho appreciation
with which he will be received tonight
National Republican., 1885-01-21

THE committees on public buildings
and grounds should not allow this session
of congress to close without taking def.
mite action upon tho question of q now
postoilico building for this city, If the
committee cannot agree upon a site they
should NOT fail to recpmmend an appro-
prlation for the. erection of the building.
Willie the question of site 10 an i'm
portant one the differences over it should
not defeat the whole subject. Congress
can appropriate for the work and leave to
commission, composed of cabinet oili-
GERS or other officials, to determine the
site. We want new postoilice, and un-
less action is taken at this session a delay
of nearly two years must elapso before
anything further can be done.
National Republican., 1885-01-21
Il UCTION SIIES.
limited STATES MARsHALs SALE.

~
Byvlrtue oia writ ofvendltlonl exponas, issued
out of the Clerks Office of the Supreme Court of
the District OF Columbia, and to me directed, |
VIII sell at public sale. for cash, In front of the
court house door OF said District, on MEDNES-
DAY, THE 1lrH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1885,
Al IL o'clock M, all the right, title, claim and
Interest Of the defendant In and to the following
described property, to wit:
Part OF II tract OF land called Fortune En-
largedJ' on the eastern side Of the Eastern
Branch OF the Potomac river, beginning at the
southeast corner shelby p. Scaggss part of said
tract; thence northcrly with a public road on
the east adjoining said Scaggs's part TO inter
section ofthe Marlborough road N. 10 6Oi r..
1ll4 perches. N, b4o W, 13ih perches with the
Marlborough road; thence y. go 80, w. a.
pCrches on said road to n cedar tree; thence =.
ITO w. ~ perChes to a chestnut treej $. 800 w.
40l5 ,perches to a cedar tree; s. 700 55, e. TIA
perchos to the beginning, containing forty. -four
acres, one rood, and afy-two perches ofland, 10.
Rether with all and singular the improvements
thereon seized and levied upon as the property
ofthe defendant. William q. Stelnmctz, to sat.
isiy vendtlOni eNponas No. 25l30. at law, In
favor of James L. X. Campbell aud George
Richards. CLAYTON McMICHAEL,.
United States Marshal.
THOMAS DowrINa, ,Auctloneer. Jn2O-2Ot
National Republican., 1885-01-21
n.y. THE wAsHINGroN GAS LIGHT
NsI7 COMPANY.

Tho stockholders of the Washington Gas
Light Company are hereby notified that the
annual meeting for the election of Directors for
Company on MONDAY, FEB. 2. 1855. Polls
open from II H. until p m.
by order CHAS. B. BAILEY,
IaID.IBl Secretary,
National Republican., 1885-01-21
WASrED-MrscELLAYEouy.

JNyANTED-TRANsIE VISITORS 10
w take rooms; for sale Knabc piano; AT p37
X At NV. b-22
TINTED STATES DEPARTMENT POS
~ tagc stamps In large quantities only; high
est cash prices paid. A.. n. RlDGELY, bar
NUNS Hotel, Baltimore, Nd. 6.29
VIVIAN rED-LADIES OR GENTLEMEN
w to take light, pleasant work at their own
homes distance no oblectlonli work sent by
mail; So to 80 n day can be quietly made; no can
wasting. Please address GLOBE MANUFAC-
TURING CO., Boston, Mass. Box 6,3id,
National Republican., 1885-01-21

Bronzlng on Glass, Metal Leather. Plaster
&C., &c.
New and Beautiful Goods for uso and decorA-
tiOn,
National Republican., 1885-01-21

GB- All property placed In my hands will be
llberally advertised without cost to owners.
National Republican., 1885-01-21
m1Nrrn-EmpLormENr.

IERMAN GIRL WANTS A SITUATION
" as housomaid or cook IN respectable fan-
ily: docs not speak English. Call at l2S + st N.
National Republican., 1885-01-21

GLOBE ART BROWNING COMPANY,
ldo2 Pennsylvania avenue. OPP wIllard's.
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
ORIENTAL BRASS WORK.
The New Made by Men, and the Repair
ing by Damascus Women.

The New Made by Men, and the Repair.
ing by Damascus Women.
The trays usually called Algerine are
always beaten out on thin brass, are not
useful in a domestic sense, being apt to
''wobble'' when a weight is carried on
them, but their color being peculiarly
golden, as decorations they are perfect.
They are ornamented with many pointed
stars or varieties of the double triangle.
They generally present a mosque, often
a ship, a crescent and star, or one oi
the varieties of the conventional sigu
known as the hand of Mahomet They
are never made now in Algiers; the
only brass work known there resembles
that from Tangiers-patternS cut out In
low relief. Some very handsome trays
of this latter sort can be purchased, and
inscriptions of notices made to order:
they are more expensive than the 9TH
ers. Women and children in Damas-
Gus are much employed in restamping
old trays from which patterns have be.
come effaced by long use-this being
probably not thought such important
work as the making new ones, task
reserved for men.
Thus | have seen an old Venetian
platter preserving the familiar twisted
rope and embossed center, but with al
the rest of the surface incised in flat
Damascus work; the conventional loz.
enge could still be seen at the back
This was a most unnecessary waste o.
labor on the part of the Damascu:
workmen, as Venetian pIatters, though
riddled with holes like sieve when hele
up to the light, are still cherished al
priceless bits of color The inscription
on Venetian platters are unfortunatel,
often Qike those on Eastern work. 81
degraded as to be incomprehensibl
even to the experts Of the British Mu
| scum. m.-Lond0n Queen.
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
Opinion of Colonel Casey, the Engineer, a
to Its Stability.

Opinion of Colonel Casey, the Engineer, az
to Its Stability.
Colonel Casey, the engineer, says: u
do not suppose it possible for man te
make anything that will endure forever.
There is no substance in nature thai
will Withstand the ravages of time, and
the marble and granite of which that
shaft is composed are no exception tc
the rule. / believe it will stand as long
as there is anything left of it. How
many hundreds or thousands of years il
will take the frost and storm and sun q
wear away, particle by particle, that
great mass of stone, it would be idle
even to conjecture. It will be so far in
the future that do not think there il
any occasion for us to feel distressing
apprehensions. Yet believe thatif the
world and this nation shall endure SC
long, the memory of Washington will
outlive the monument. That can not
be forgotten while we exist as q
people; but the people must sometime
Weld to decay. The effects of time are
already discernible on the old section
of the shaft, built thirty-five years ago
True, it is only slight, but you can
plainly see it here and there on the ex-
ternaf surface. It only enables us to
imagine what will be the result of the
beating and scorching of the elements
through centuries of time. OF course
no eng gineering skill can provide against
the contingency of earthquakes or other
extraordinary commissions of nature,
but am absolute in the belief that the
broad and deep foundation on which
the column stands will be firm and en-
during, and that years will only make
more perfect its stability.-Cor. CleUe-
| land Herald
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
A Harvest of Switches.

'.Would you like to know very much
what I've got in this bag?" inquired a
bald-headed skater on Prospect Park
lake.
"I'm rather curious" the Journal re
porter admitted. 1--we noticed you
skating around generally in the wake OF
a pretty girl, and once in while you
pick something from the ice and place
it in that bag"
"Well, if you don't repeat what say,
I'll tell you. l might as well, for you
would find out for yourself, suppose.
"Well, to commence with, times are
hard. l am out of a job and must make
living. I've noticed that pretty girls
generally wear nicer hair than plain
ones. Pretty girls like to skate, but be-
cause q girls pretty is no reason why
she should be exempt from collisions or
other little accidents which make her sit
down on the ice when she doesn't want
to-"
''What's that got to do with the bagPn
Everything. When a girl falls she's
liable to lose some of her false hair. II
she does, she's too excited to notice the
fact or ashamed to pick up the switch.
/ glide along, pick up the hair, and ram
it into the bag. There's always mar
ket for good hair. See the pointP''
Eyes, l see; but are you never de-
tected?n ..a~s-eek = .at
Every seldom. only work at night,
and q girl nine times out of ten is never
going to ask for her false hair when hel
best young man is with her. But there,
a collision; I'm off. IN. Y. Journal,
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The cup of life is filed with punch.
Youth furnishes the spirits, middle age
the sugar, and old age the acid. Ice
is furnished by men who indorse notes.
--RhitehaU Times.
-''Let go my ear" yelled a passen-
ger on West Side street car yesterday,
Il beg your pardon" said the other
man, Il thought 1 had hold of the
strap" - Chicago Herald.
-''Worth," says a fashion item, ''is
making his wraps in such a way that
figure This is well. They have long
given slender effect to the pocket
book.-LomisUille CoHrier-,I0wradl.
-''We've got new dollie at om
house." said wee lass to a stranger
who happened to be passing. "a new
dollie? How nicer replied the lady.
rs it pretty dollieP" 30. no, it isn't
prettya bit; but it's aliyem- Colder
Days.
Scene on horse-car: Passenger
Conductor, what are we being de-
layed for?' Conductor Misplaced
switch, SIR" Little boy in the rear
'tWell that is what 1 told mother this
morning when she gave me such a
whaling" Passengers in chorus all
smiling and satisfied. Chicago Journal.
Bridget is evidently more impor.
tant parsonage on the Pacific coast than
at the East, and her services are to be
won only by diplomatic art. In evidence
witness this from the Colusa (Cal.) Sun.
"a good family in ColuSa at the present
time would take much pleasure in enter.
tanning a girl for domestic purposes.
Good wages can be obtained.
The best State for an artist, Colo
rado; for doctor. Md; for pigs, Penn.
for miners. Ore; for dogs, Ky; for 9
poor marksman, Miss; for Arabs, Ala;
for those unable to pay, o.; for flood,
Ark. The State one is apt to like best
Me. The worst State for health-Ill.
A State worth more than nine States
put together-Tenn.
A suitor who lost case in the Law
courts through the ignorance, as he as.
serts, of his solicitor, always alludes to
the latter individual when he speaks oi
him as ''Old Necessity" Asked to ex-
plain this appellation, he answered,
"Well, call him Necessity, you see,
because, as you perhaps may have
heard, Necessity knows no law. Chi.
cago Tribune.
"A Chicago paper tells about young
lady who was drowned in kid shoes.
We suggest that Chicago girls shoes
should be supplied with self-acting
valves, which would LET out any water
which would otherwise accumulate
therein. 1t is sad to think of the girls
lives being sacrificed for want of a SIM
pie appliance like this.-OL City Der.
rick.
-Repented at ease:
The elegant, titled Sir Thomas Haut Ton
Fell in love with the only fair daughter
OF an oleomargarine maker, and won
Her affections by swearing, his honor upon
That he would never have any but her.
Alas! he repented the pun at his ease,
They were wed, and as she had the dollars
He must smile when addressed as my Lard
or "Your Grease"
When daughter came, even, the joke didn't
cease,
But they marked Margarine on her collar
-Hdrper'S BdzGr.
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
FOREST FIRES.
An Astonishing Assertion of Losses by
Forest Fires.

Forest Fires.
The Lumber World makes the aston
ishing assertion that the loss to this
country through forest fires is now not
less than $300,000,0O0 a year, simply
through the destruction Of available tim
loss from the annihilation of the young
growth and the seeds scattered on the
surface, and the scorching of the ground,
which often renders it sterile for q gen
Grafton. This enormous sum, about
equal to the interest on the public debts
Of all the civilized nations of the world
combined, is, according to the report of
experts, annually thrown away forever
by the people of the United States, with.
out the smallest return in the way OF
comfort or satisfaction, but, on the con-
trary, at the cost of many lives every
year, simply through the carelessness of
boys and hunters, and of those more in
telligent persons who ought to know
enough to keep sharp watch over these
destructive animals. Next to human
beings of feeble intellect, railway loco
motives do most injury in forest coun-
tries, and the Lumber World inquiries
seriously whether the owners of such To-
comotives should not be compelled, in
the public interest, to furnish them with
spark -arresters during the dry season.
The idea that railway companies are re-
sponsible for the value of timber de-
stroyed by fires set from their locomo-
tives undoubtedly has some effect in pre-
venting legislative interference with
their management; but it is so difficult
to fix the kindling of forest fire with
certainty upon locomotive sparks, to say
nothing of the obstacles in the way Of
collecting large debts from newly-estab-
lished railway corporations, that the
safer way would be to provide as far as
possible against raising the question OF
responsibility by compelling the use OF
spark-arresters. Against animated in
cendiaries forest patrol might be toll
erably effective. but it would be still
more useful to provide in some way for
the removal of underbrush from the
woodland. Trees by themselves are not
easily kindled, and the mischief is usu.
ally done through the ignition of dry
leaves, ferns or bushes, which burn long
enough to char, and at last to kindle
the branches of the trees above them. -
american Architect
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
just a Family Affair.

''Did you make that, papa?" inquires
Johnny Smithers.
''Yes, my son. replied Mr.. Smithers,
self-satisfaction and paternal pride
heaming from his countenance.
'.And you made it all out of your own
head. papap'' ~
Eyes, my son.
"Really and truly?''
.'Johnny,n interrupted Mrs. Smithers,
in an icy tone of voice, ''you will often
be surprised, as you grow older, to learn
how many curious things can be made
from wood"
And then Smithers felt cold chill run
down his back as he remembered that
he had not stopped at various stores on
his way home, as directed, to get spool
of silk twist, paper Of needles, a box
of matches, a pound of coffee, a paper
of tacks, some sausage, a pound of but
teY and one or two other things which
he could not just then call to mind
OIL City Blizzard.
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
Life in an African Village.

The busiest time in an African village
is when the long laboring wains drawn
by spans of sixteen or twenty oxen are
outspanned on the village commonage,
and the grOuW makes her three months
purchase of tea, sugar, and the ineyita-
BILE coffee. This latter beverage
is the beverage par excellence OF
South Africa. Coffee Uentente die,
coffee decedente die is the rule.
The stores themselves in small South
African village are not the least re-
markable feature about it. Almost
everything that the wit of man can de-
wise for the need of an agricultural pop
ulation is there. There is silk dress
for the newly married wife, an Ameri-
can plow for the young and enterpris-
ing farmer, there is Remington rifle
for the sportsman, and box of pepper
mints for the young kindern. The
amorous swain can purchase bright
saddle cloth to 60 upon his courting
expeditions and German ring for his
inamorata. The village is astir from
one end to another, and the excitement
spreads even to the Civil Commissioner
or resident magistrate. Amid all the
gossip Of the village have rarely heard
political matters discussed. Il the
Civil Commissioner is comforting cheek
by jowl with a worthy burgher it is
generally on the subject of disputed
water ''furrow,' : or about the misde-
meanors of the native servants, or
oftener still about buck and a guinea
fowl expedition MacmitLia1a's Maga-
zine. ~A
The language of letter seals is the
latest. A seal of pink wax means con-
graduation; one of black, coincidence
of blue, love; of purple, friendship; o.
red, business; and an invitation to a
wedding or other festiyity is sealed viii
white WAX nhicn10 fLlter. Ocenn. =
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
A Mustaehe Changes White.


1t may not'be known, generally, that
the hair, in many instances, is as liable
to change back to its original color,
from gray, or vice versa. Acase to the
point is that of Judge Sage, of the
United States Court, ON the occasion of
his daughters death at Lebanon. He
was called up home from Cincinnati
late at night, after the trains had all
left, and had to take the long drive
(thirty miles) in q buggy. The anxiety
and the strain, mental and physical,
were great. When he reached home in
the morning his attention was called to
the fact that his mustache had become
almost white. In the course of few
days, however, il resumed its original
shade. Exchange.
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23

HAS 1T NEVER BEEN kNoWN3 |

Has it never been known
. maiden fair, with her faxen hair.
Eyes tender ana true, as violets blue,
And lover, who is all her own?
Has it never been known?
Has it never been known
A tale that is told, with ring of gold?
Loves spripgtime and kiss. with a dream of
bliss
Like bird that is flown?
Has it never been known?
Has IT never been known
A fair girl in white, as from realm of light !;
Now flushed, now pale, meath bridal veil
And the man no longer alone?
Has it never been known?
Has it never been known
Wife gentle and good in her womanhood
Loves coronal worn, and loves scepter
borne
Like queen on her throne?
Has it never been known?
Rec. j. E, Rankin, in ". Y. Independent
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23
The Almighty has done mn

The Almighty has done much for
us, giving us prolific soil, rich min
erals, temperate climate. and every
advantage at our very doors except
population to develop our resources. and
money to enable it to do so. These two
essentials we need, and we need them
badIy.-Mo6iIe Register.
The Bossier banner., 1885-04-23

"A company in New Jersey is max
ing counterpanes and pillow-shams of
paper. @
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-06
FAIRIES OF THE STAGE.
Ballet Girls Not So Badly OF After ALL
Good Tor Nothing But Theatrical Work.

The admiration of bald-headed men
for ballet girls is so old that it has lost
its SAVIOR, and is only fit to be cast out
and trodden under the feet of men, but
it is, nevertheless certain that large
and gorgeously dressed ballet is one OF
the most beautiful sights seen on mod
ern stages. This is particularly tn
case when the ballet "giris''-some-
times they are old enough to be grand
mothers-arc good looking and well
formed. Their sole purpose is to please
the eye by glittering costumes and cur
iously- arranged marches and poses, ex-
employing the adage that women should
be seen, not heard Ballet girls are
never heard, only seen.
A reporter had conversation last
week with gentleman well versed in
the business of the ballet He argued
that the life of ballet girl is not so
disagreeablc as generally supposed.
''They get from Sc to So week." he
said, land out of that only have to pay
their personal expenses, which is a
great deal better than great many wo-
men are doing who hire themselves out
as saleswomen, clerks, copyists, ETC.,
for from go to $6 q week. They have
to work much harder for their wages,
too, than do the ballet girls, and their
life is nothing but a monotonous drudg-
cry, while to my notion ballet girls live
life of pleasure and diversion. am
speaking of girls that travel with SONG
good reliable spectacle. After they
learn their business there is little for
them to do except to 60 to the thea
ter at night, put on their costumes, and
prance around the stage at intervals of
about three hours. There being good
many of them, they have a nice, socia-
BILE time, and being on the go all the
while they get chance to see the
country"
"But are they not frequently SUBJ
iected to insults OH account of their
7ocationp"
"Not at all. They may be insnlted,
and SO may any lady that walks along
on your streets, but ballet girls are as
respectable as any other class of wo-
men. 1t is q very wrong idea that
most men have that because ballet
girl puts on tights and goes on the
stage she has lost her native modesty.
It Is matter of business which may
seem unpleasant to woman ut first,
but she soon becomes accustomed to it.
People generally have poor opinion
of ballet girls, but it is because they
don't know. any more of them than they
see on the stage. Sometimes men are
charmed by pretty girl and cndeavor
to make her acquaintance without the
usual formalities, and know of lots of
,,etanoo, xyborn tbou frof bobIxy loft
The company / was with last season
had several pretty girls in it, and they
attracted the Washers wherever they
went. In Philadelphia young fellow
determined TO get acquainted with one
of the girls, and finding out where she
was boarding called on her. She was
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-06
CHAMPAGNE.
How the Wines Are Madc-The Demand
for Them in America,

"Can you tell something of the wine
manufacture" asked the reporter.
"All our wines come from the dis
trict of Reims. which are used exclus-
lively for the culture of the grapes from
which champagne is made. In the
whole champagne region throughout
France the yearly product is 100000
gallons. There are about $4,000 grape
growers, and the greater number of
whom cultivate less than an acre, and
sell their grapes to the large wine man.
ufacturers. The choicest grapes for
making the finest champagne are abo1t
as large as currants. The soil on which
these grow is mixture of clay, silica,
chalk, and oxide of iron, found no.
where else in the same proportion. The
grapes, when plucked, require the
most delicate handling. In the press
ing, likewise, the powerful machines
must be regulated to the incest point.
The grapes are carefully heaped on the
floor of the press, and left for time.
Then the first squeeze is applied. The
juice thus obtained is the very best, and
is only used for the finest brands. Adj
ditional pressure is then applied, the
juice resulting being each time inferior
to that previous. The last result is
generally sold to people making cheap
champagnes exported at very low
price. Ten or twelve hours after it is
put into the casks the must begins to
fermeut. After fermentation ceases
some of the manufacturers fix the taste
of the wine by mixing in a preparation
of the finest sugar candy, the best
champagne, and the Oldest and purest
cognac.
"Extreme care must be used to regu-
late the quantity of carbonate acid gas,
as the life of the wine depends on it.
Too much gas causes the bottles to
burst. After this the sugar is intro
duced in varying proportions. Years
ago sweet wine was in great demand,
but taste has changed, and the extra
dry will be purchased. The mosseaux
last much longer. Here, see this long,
hollow-stemmed glass. The mosseauX,
or, as it is commonly called, the bead
will continue for an hour; in common
pop it is gone in moment. The var
ious champagnes stand between these
extremes. English people affect to
foolishness, for the extra dry wine that
tickles the palate as well as the lips is
far superior. The greatest careis taken
with the bottles during fermentation of
the 'muther' AT first the bottles are
placed in horizontal positions; several
times day the position is changed
the corks being lowered each time UNI
ill they arc in vertical position. The