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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
rOOLTyG rae HryGRY CHTCREY&


About a dozen long legged white shanghai chickens
were exhibited IN bulk windJg OF the fancers stOra
ia Eighth ST.. below Locust yesterday arterLOOn.
About o'clock two little urchlns came along ard adj
niIed the chickens and specuated a. 10 whether they
intended for fighting or eating purposes During
the dscuss Ot the urohn pressed his nose against
the window and particularly long -legged rooster
peckel at IT, Tie boy Jumped, then laughed and turn
ing to his companion said
Jimmy I've got scheme"
lie searched In front Of the store until be 70 ana grain
OF and then put his scheme in execution IL was
very simple and consisted D. placing tine gram OF
against the window glass when the whole Hook OF
chickens made scramble FOR IL. They scrambled aud
fought sho that grain o! until their beaks
Iry ont in pecking against tile glass and
the tOvs almost sIfOcatei with laughter. Tne
guileess chickens tumbled % the ruse OF the
wicked boys. but plunged after the corn az the boy
moved it across the window with as much hope and
eagernes after they had been defeated twenty times as
on the first trial. When the boy stood his tiptOes
and held the grain about two feet above tue talese
chicken oue Ooster stood on the shoulders OF another
and dashed lis leak against the glass until no fell
hack a \
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
seldom seem of our coast An old seq captain said

10 seldom seen of our coast An old captain said
"Forfy years ago We were the greatest Sat,sn
on the sea now we are tbs greatest on ne EARN
the oil which contained In the ouooer or oueF
French in the latter part the fourteenth century
These whales were small species, ptoDaoy olacE'
soon driven OF the coast by the unceasng war when
waged on them From this time until toWare tno
Industry. About this time the Dutch founded a small
village on the island Of spitLberSen snd "ha Tb
whales. however were soon driven on a9d oeto9A IN en-
s 10 we e more than ceairy the Dutch oil
nourisned. In 1850 1t reached s height IheIe "erS
then Dutch shps and 1900 saior. engaged IN the
business but from that time il began TO decline and IN
present century been given up sogether oy ha
people Then II was taken up Dy tue Englsn, put tey
never made success Of and now they have almost
abandoned It. IN they had l6l shps In the business
bnt present less than twenty.
THE Industry early taken up by the New-Eng-
land colonies and at fret carried on in small boats
from tue shore In the hrst part OF TINS century tA
whales driven of the coast ana became scarco' ana
principal whaling ports at this time were New BEDFORD
Holiness Hoil Edgartown, sag Haroor, Greeuport,
its height. There then nearly i've hundred
vessels employed the trade and their aggregate ton
aud has regaued its former magnitude
Now there are about 100 whalers mailing from New
large part OF the New England whacrs are what Is
called p.um-paddingers. taat IT, vessels WHEN 20
The san Francisco vessels are mostly, large
They both tho south Pacific and Arctic
and generally ship their men for three years
cruise. or years many sO-caled improvements have
made Ia the appliances used IN the capture OF the
whale. among which the bomb gun and bomO.lance'
but old whalrrs do believe IN those modern nveh-
tons and claim tha5 nothing has yet been invented
which equal to tho Old fashioned harpoOn and lance
Whales getting peutier and plcnuer every year
and II there should be big demand for sperm OH
you'd nui there's plenty OF whales lett But IN AFRAID
tina. time will not come IN my day. whaling trips
exactly pleasure trip but gets attached to the
business. and although I'm over sixty years Old nov ne
leye could throw iron well a. ever could In Inc
oil daya captain would make enough money IA rev
trips keep him the rest Of HIS life. but now ne Uchy
II lie makes enough to keep him year No, whainss
not what 10 used be"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
TO pRrSERYE rHEIR BEA UTY

BdTIl0OFe NfWF. =,
II IA stated that well known society woman Of Balti'
more who preserves her beauty ana freshness remark
ably well despite her many seasons pursuit or excite
the social wLF attributes her good fortune 20
the practice Of drinking small cnI OF Jkewarm water
every day leaving her couch So strong her fath IN
the efficacy OF this remedy that ts omission Ia sure 20
depression and anguO In Speaking OF this rev
days ago a we'll known m1trOn OF Baltimore said;
have known ladies 70 he equally devoted 10 so ne
article which cuut not possibly have bepented tleu
except through their imagination one lady know mas
glass OF water placed beside her bed by her maid
every morning. Another a half tesspO0nful OF
tnCture OF cinchOna in goblet Of water; S another
takes pinch OF table salt into her mouth before leaving
bed. Lots OF ladies' resort % such common articles
oranges and lemons and apoinar water Oh 70 cool
plunge baths bat the singular freak ever heard
o. that OF Philade phia belle. who every morning
regularly gar2ied her thI cat with soapsuds made OF
white CASTLE soap which she believed absolutely
necessary to the preservation OF her health"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
ocHFAr AVID rroGEEss,rE"", co Or

The httle steamer Lucy 2. Miller lsit New
Orean. Oh sunday. 7tn ust ard asi' ed a. So;oA on
The l4th. I. was reasonable % expect mall .! ths
ii rect arrlya FROM great and pFo-l, arNo Ou-ca
States q North America, srenS tA't so UIsh
Las been said uy The Post once b9
uartueut Al Washington about Tie splendid t@eItI
lies f1i quck dispatch f1r Contra! and south America
VIA NoW -Or.-au-. But the public "a uOOmti % dih.P
poutuenL only one sms! bag Of mail matter mostly
lew tIaIels. Wa3 brought Oy the Lucy T. Mi'er tLe
ureyi1ut mail from fLa states came va Jhulsod dhI
Included dates 80 20 about January 20 IL -
diG!cult 20 foretrli. Nth ANY ttsfre OF 'ea o
~ when or from what ~ OF 'he Voua
pass tho he xt NAL may arrive / 70 could ne tAleottI
lat 40 lofty official being - The Iosl nas'.I Hcl.
o, Tho Aforesaid great ana UTOg gessive lulted o
NORTH America could descend 90 low az 10 eohslst 40
requirements Of whole continent lLat 10 .
upon his hlgh and mighty official whm II "osu Sou.
possbs thai Tie pre,en! shameful dl1regaId q mo
aeCeGslies VI liza nnbna ulxAL DO RE0ughI ~ Al eh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
CURRENT ANECDOTES
INV apow,yo P.LD WITH CaREssys

Wdshln1ton DIsp7fcN 70 n" - 49,. 81
There ia a sunny-haired little page IN mo HOUSE ot
Representatives who has become quito pet among tns
members He IA little tot of fellow witb Dri5hs,
Open face large blue and sunny blonde head OK
uar He wears little knee breaches and u as hvey ~
cricket et all times When the members want az efrsDd
done fast end well they always try 70 get this uttls
fellow do It. His very potaness and good manners
have brought many little ramps 70 his feet because tne
run an goes chTpy and as happily on new erfand
rs pOsstbe. He 20 grow weary and always
is polite Bot this IL the art Of bis troubles
IFS very appearance IL pleasing and every time any on?
secures HIM they tap him the head teeir hand
over his hair Now for three four people 10 do this
would not amount to much but TO have 80 members
and a. many mole strangers rub his head only once
day II Is not only tresOme but having serioas effect
When the little boy came here his Lair was long ana
ihicg but THIS continual patng and rubbing Is wearing
his hair a. He begins fear that before the session
ends, II this thing keeps up be will be bald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
EEuoryG rgLrgHcygs PROM SOUTHERN ~
E,er.r,,> lad r,sra,e5 10 ~. Crncna-a hnqarr.

Etersrti< lad rtsFa,ea ~, Ctnelnnst BnrHrsr.
A Visit 70 The Office of tie Cumberland Tels-
phone and TELEGRAPH Company, incorporated andst
TIE laws OF Tennessee, bur contracting Tor tAs
telephone interest ga Southern Indiana as Tar uorth
As NEcern-s, Including that city. developed
lhs fact that the President n2s issued
orders ~ tle manager at ,hs point and other Indiana
towns 20 decline AL orders FOR putas In telephones ana
refuse 10 al contracts as they expire was alss
stated that meeting % TIE directors was held al Nash.
vile today and tEey unanimously decided 70
withdraw Their business from this stats
There are hundred subscribers IN
this clty. and many whose contracts are Gbout
exptru- and II setiled fact th2t they approve OF
their Withdrawing from Indiana Tne following M
uortar cltlos aud ALL shortly be iet without tel
ephouc Communication: Evansville BuOuyl!le. Rock
port Ctrsncy. iuuiiDrhurg Jasper. GyalGview Troy.
Tell Ct;y, Connection, NeY6urg, Nincenues Now liar.
mony. Oweu,vile. Patosa, HaEelton, For. Branch,
Princeton. Mount vernon, and a large number OF
minor places. circular letter has th!s dAf
usea Sent to tAe agents OF all OF hs
telephone Offices 10 Indiana UETty-egEt 10 numOeri
ordering them 70 close their oces and forward all IN.
strun.eEis TO Boston The Exchange al this peint
Mount Vernon and Eooryile, Oil reeve the same
order IN tie course Of few dayA Ne Noel the eom.
paHys PRESIDENT says that duTns Tie pas slight nontbs
the compsny has lost money heavily In Indiana owing
TO the enforcement VI lie teepLoIs lAs passed N ~
ttaie scuae time AgS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
TIE JrDGE'S OPINION.


While judge Walton was aL work IN his chamber AZ
Portland day years ago drawing an opinion Ia
a ku1ty case a certain lawyer came IN. This lawyer
Tue deceased thin, too h -plcklsh dudsh
sort OF man. whom the judge did not Ike We WELL anu
than whom he had rather have Daniel Pratt himself
walking into his chamber. Well. Brother Lightweight,
what can I do for you this morning {" asked Judge
Walton. hoping TO get rid o. the fellow Nothing" ha
Gepled I only came In to make goa call. After a
di-asrecahle silence the Judge looked up again and
asked: Brother Lightweight. Why don't you get
married :" " Because can't afoId it. How much DO
Won sIppOse IL costs me TO live e. The Judge said
he woIln't guess Well it costs me $6 600 year ZOE
lust NY own living" An expression 81 surprise ceme
on TIE mige's face. "Lightweight," said he, ." l
wouldn't nay it. Il isn't worth it."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
WHALING As 1T VAS AND IS.
A CAPTAINS TALE OF ITS RISE AND FALL.

A CAPTAINS TALE OF ITS RISE AND FALL
BRISK DAYS ~ NEw-ENGLANp PORTs-MODERN AP-
PLANCEs.
The decrease in American shipping has been
freely discussed OF late aud various measures lave
been proposed TO bring back 10 tho condition IN which
IN the prosperous days before the war" But It
10 the carrying trade which this discussion has been
layished and which al the proposed measures
are 10 benefit, while the once important
industry Of whaling IS either ignored or forgotten
Forty years ago before gas and mineral oil had come
general use. Inc pursuit and capture OF whales
OF the important industries in the country and
New England was Its home Every spring large fleet
Of whaling vessels sailed out OF vineyard and Block Is
land Sounds, 10 return two or three years
loaded to their decks with oil and bone
Their were composed Of Americans who mad
been born and brought uD in NevEnGilnl, either on
the mainland or on Nantucket. Block Island, Marthas
Vineyard aOme OF the adjacent islunis with and
then a farmers fresh from the haydel, or ti.sl
pated young sent out by their friends In
the hope that the voyage would work reformation in
their characters and tas,es aad foreigner seldom
seen among them The wharyes OF New Bedford sag
arb0r and New London resOGuded with tho songs and
OF the seyedOres they hoscd out the barrels Of
OIL and bales OF bone tho holds OF vessels
rumD.ed down the piers laden with stores OF
provisions and rigging FOX outwlribound ships. and
tho ng sound OF no calkns mlet as IL struck the
Iron the creang blocks the tapping OF sails all
combined in one busy ham which listed from no-nlu
til night
Now all is changed. In the spring a few small
vessels and perhaps or two large ships, a
mere ghost OF tho former net Of the sounds
between the headlanIs OF MontauS and Cape Cod. and
spreading their pa. ched and worn sails to breeze
stand out into the deep ia search Or the lords Of
the ocean," Their crews Jmp15ed OF fOrc uers,
mostly Portuguese from Western Islands, and 70 s
rare to see a American among them as It was forty
years ago to foreigner. The wharvcs deserted
and stiiI, ana In place of the many gal
LIANT ships which IN the good Old
days flied the harboTs ars few small fishermen aud
coasters aud the arrival OF whaling vessel
great commotion IN the town visit from royal
personase In years past the American nag carried
81 whaers to the uttormost parts Of tho gobs nov Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
xEw.roa6EGS " WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

The balance of social power Is still in tho
hands OF Ney-Y0rkers or the southern representatives
Ia the CaU.ust Secretary Lamar mas no family aud AZ.
toruryGenela Garland mother e plain old-fashoned
woman very Ordinary autecedens aud experiences.
socia! attempts AND failures cause mOrtlhcaLou
to te -Outherucrs who tad heretofore crtClset and
rade so many boas;iul prom Oi what their people
would not 40. Socially u Is the Queiest Cabinet
that there has been 10 years None o. them save the
Nlturys 20 10 other peoples entertain
mchs have anything going on az their houses bo-
sides he Wednesday afternoon Eaudshdknss. Secretary
Lamar not having ne ana Attorney General Garand
10. having swalONai coat, neither " those ueD
anything much ;Or The socIa glory Or tho Admins
raOu and secretary Rav arts sat Affections, o. course
excuse him from a. partc patton IA anything outside al
f-- t..ft
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
BFpyU4RDTS WINS


Bat the BeTnhardt. said local theatricat
manager talking OF fractions starts she used 10 drive
up at the back door az rehearsal, and then We had
trouble IL took more work 10 get her into the
than to q team OF horses up stairway she hal
have 10th big doors opened wide. Then We had TO lay
down boards nnd put car[et down from the carrngs
doorway into the stage. Her manager had % dance
around with his elbows crooked and some one else had
TO have umbrella ready we're required 20 rig
canvas ssageway II things didn't GO right she would
Just lay back IN the carriage like mule and say am
seek That meant war an she always had her way.
AT Iehe.rsas Bernhlrlt made work the sets clese
through with everything Just IL the house was packed
IL took from to ana hal chance 70 get supper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
A WV VERSION.

The Boston EuettnD Record
II wasn't IN Maine, not very Ear from Maine
that another big hoy whose tale the Historian we'll
know, and can vOuch for read at school, having been
confronted with the Bible for they shal straia
al a gu1t and swallow a camel" thus labOrlously anu
effectively
FOr-they-sha ll-stran-at-a- -and-swalow
--a-Saw -Inill!'
II ever there school brought down 10 was that
ore and this reading OF o. passage has been O7efDa
i'm all the country round about since. until tho small
boy Oi those parts thinks that the camel version 10
Altogether heterOdOX.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14

From The B5S,OH ErsrtHg R'c0rd.
Having bad good deal OF experience with bad boys,
tie Historian l. delighted at last TO discover truly
good boy This boy dragged from Obscurity Into
fame hy one the speakers 1T fremont Temple last
saturday who told this story 70 the large class OF
Sunday school teachers;
Tomorrow little boy is % Join nv church. In tho
o0I Ori3sHce Of tod he lost uis mother whom lie
vcry yolns and has been brought mp by pous aunt.
IN, religious instruction has been sucn that one u this
Greatest puuslments he have IA % be deprived Of
the privilege o. accompanying his parents to Tue trda7
evening PRAYER meeuny"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14
WHAT POSTAGE STAMPS DID.


The only good use I knew postage stamps put 70
was before the present About 1850 there was q
hog wEO about law Offices selling matches etc he
was a bright, intelligent boy and prOteasei himself
an vOus an education. An old gentleman who stood
hS az the Bar wishing 10 test the boys honesty on this
10 Mt told him Il he would paper good sized closes
adjoining MS office with Old postage stamp. be would
pay his edIcsCn The boy at once set to work and
interested every LAWYER COurst who saved ali their
stamps FOR HIM and IN due time the undertaking was
aocomDshed and the agreement carried cut. What has
become vi the boy do not know.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14

spectacular style Tho chorus will number 100
and scenery will Re painted 10 will run for four
weeks and 1t Is then possible that 10 will replace the
company playing at the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-14

Luckily for Mr. DoubIebass. Sir Boyler Potts had
been one OF the few who had discovered the real
nature Of the Princes symphony. Having a keen
appreciation Of joke. and being struck By the
musical merits Of the composition he had inquired
and learned from SOapley Smart the real facts As TO
the authorship Very shortly after the concert. Sir
Boyler found an opportunity Of making MT. DOu-
blebass5 acquaintance with the result that the lit
lie ecntleman's original symphony was soon after
nearly "a great and quite genuine that Of the
Prince of Gotten Penschen.- The London Truth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-30

the upper basin is about 40 million gallons,
and of the lower about 90 millions. The con-
duit from the Great Falls discharges into the
upper basin and all the pipe mains and the
new tunnel leave the lower basin. Ii is pro-
posed TO close the passage way in the division
wall between the two compartments and 10 use
the upper one as q collecting basin for the I'M
and distribution of the water amer IL has passed
through the filters. Ii is designed to locate the
nlters at the south end of this division wall, TO
take the water by large mains from the upper
basin, subject II TO the publication processes
previously mentioned, collect IL I'm other mains
and discharge II into the lower clear BASIN
from which 1t would be distributed 10 the city.
How TO RESTORE THE Loss OF HKAD.
with the filters as planned, and the full
amount OF forty million gallons I'm daily use, IL
is estimated that the maximum loss OF head
would be 10 feet. To replace this lost head, due
TO filtration, IL is intended to introduce CEN
trffugal pumps into the circuit OF the filters.
water power acting on turbin wheels Is used 10
drive these centrifugal pumps, the water used
Tor the purpose being the waste water expended
in washing the filters and such additional
amount as may be necessary taken from the
upper compartment of the reservoir.
III once these works proposed are built In the
can go on uninterruptedly from one year to
another, at very small expense comparable
with the benefits TO be derived. The water
supply OF the city would be at all times bright,
clear, sparkling, freed from all its unsightly
load OF suspended impurities and OF "A very
large proportion Of its organic matter and bac-
terial germs, and i'm the highest degree whole
some, and a safeguard would be established
against any epdemical pollution in the upper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-30


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
AGHsEk sls s 81 Esfs a6 5srAVh a?0s1
ON AkR MAfAM t4I N AZ
REAKoF 1 STREET BETwEEN Ninth AND
TENTH NoRTHWEsT; ON R STREET,
GA cNA 4NR sheGfR sTFkE
sf mR s SHTWTss SOUTHWEST sE4MS
TWEEN sThEEf AND Il, G Go1 81 AVENH liz.
BY virtue Of the last will Of Clarissa HESS duly -
pr6bated in the Supreme Court of the District Of @
Court OF the bistrci Of Columba holding specis
sell R % n0 Z IS
the following real estate In the City Of Washington
R R1sfE1sf q GoIn%6 te wiz on TIE the
O'CLOCK r NJ, part Of Lots aud X, in square $50.
having q front on street Of 2535-1O0 feet. and
bered 91g L street northwest A-
lmmedlAtely thereafter part of lot X, fronting
79u1OO feet on street. and lot and part of lot l.
22s2i0 and n. a2Si-ioo frontins each 'V on 90
foot alley and having on the y. side 15oOt alley
and on the p Side 3ofoot alley together with the
is%e asy a. and a. i so fIxS
Terms Oh Sale: one-third Of the purchase money in
cash aud the balance In two equal inStalments In one
ana two years with six per cent interest on day of
secured by deeds OF the property sold or all
cash at option Of purchaser Cash deposit OF 800
and $50 on each Of the other lots when Knocked
down All conveyancing at cost OF purchaser. Terms
e. sss sale S 81 iss
right to resell AZ risk and cost OF deaulting pur-
chaser Asf thss Ndss ens Tsu.e
" 40 9th street northwest
THoa r wAdGAAAN. Auct ap7-d26
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]. FISHER q CO., Auctioneers.
CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
AND UNiMPKOVEU PROPERTY

CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
By virtue of decree Of the Supreme Court of 30.
the District Of Columbia, entered on the 18Th day #
Williams ser saay ce sanss MH AMI
TSTH O'clock e' NJ. >A Mo Ss6tss viii Nav 8!
premises part Of Lot numbered tweniy-three (2) in
square numbered one hundred and one (IOl), begin
feet ro sae te
northeast corner OF said Lot and running due
three 49, inches TO the northwest corner Of the Lott
thence due south with the dividing line OF
hundred and sixteen UI6) feet nine nine % inches he's
teen feet thence northeast still with he Ine
of the alley TO point from which line due north
mug and there with that line to the point ' of begn
niny, the same being improved by frame House, No
AND oN THE SAME DAY. AT HALF-pAsr
FOUR O'CLOCK r NJ win sell part Of lot numbered
and one l0ll beginning the line Of north street.
InnnE
cd due south eghty-one !S feet six 90 inches to
north would interssc the line of north street twe.1.
east ,e with a,os the , line Of north street
the same being improved by Brick House. No 2OoS
and ON THE SAME DAY, AT FIVE O'CLOCK
MI viii i sell part Of Lot thirty so in
twenty two t22) feet six 90 inches with
10th street west; thence west twenty-six t2t)
feet: thence north two f2) feet niue (9l inches:
thence west tweny-sx t26) feet nine o. nches thence
north nine 90 feet; thence west eleven Old feet:
thence south fifteen 15) feet thence twenty (2Oj
feet thence south nineteen l9) feet thTee ( inches;
thence east 43I feet nine 9 inches to the
point Of beginning improved by frame house, No.
zoos 10Th street northwest.
Apd3 The SAM DAY. at HALF-pAsr FIVE
O'CLOCK NJ, will sell part Of Lot nine 3d. square
hny-Ax 800. beginning for the same at
q point sixteen (l6) feet nine 19) inches from
the southeast corner of said lot numbered
nine Oh thence west ninetyseven (97) feet two and
onehaf CID Inches thence north sixteen 16) feet
nine thence east ninetyseven {97l feet two
and one-haf tIi7) inches to 22d street: thence with
20 street south sixteen 40 feet nine 90 inches to
me point OF 6eginning improved by q frame house,
And on TUESDAY. NAY ELEVENTH. 1885. at
FIVE O'CLOCK NJ. Will sell ali Of lot s.x (8j in
1O41l '' ~
Terms Of sale as prescribed by decree: Onethird
OF the purchase money 70 be paid In cash. the bal
ance payable In one and two years from day OF sale
WIN interest the deferred ments secured to
the trustees by good aud sufficient deed of trust upon
the property SO sold, all cash option of the
purchaser or purchasers. deposit of $1OO will be
required on the day Of sale each property
compiled with within ten days or property may be
sold at risk and cost of defaung purchaser or pur-
cnasers. All conveyancfng at purchasers cost.
HENRY X. ELLIOTT,
4O6 9th street northwest. r--.....
ANSON s. TAYLOR, ATus'ees.
122l street northwest.
ap26d&ds THOS. ]. FISHER & CO.. Aucta