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VoL 69-No 1915:
SPECIAL NOTICES.

f-s NOTICE-THE MEMBERS OF COLO
requested at the of the Presidn
Mrs. " W. Curtis. No. 14O1 3lst street West Wash
ington, on TUESDAY. November I6. at pm IL is
hoped that all interested in lhe effort 10 erect Union
eHd at m nfns shs yTFd1 RssP
ffs A MEETING OF THk STOCKHOLDERS
80 OF the Glymont Improvement and texcnr-
O'Clock pm, the companys Office, 469 Penn.
NV full statement Of he an'iing OF the company
S' o. THOMPSON Sec. ut. " Vice n Pres Pres dent
r. CAPITAL CITY COUNCIL. r. +. of T..
Miss KATIE Ellis Miss SurER. Miss FLoRESC E
PERRY and her wonderful Poke sisters fron
tanment given November Sd. Its
F-e--sTHE CANTATA "UNDER THE PALMS"
Fin a s when was to be given Esg re eEenns n & Nqs M
tween 10Th and 10th st. by the SUNDAY Schoo! chir
schools from other churches has been Postponed until
MONpAY EVENING. Nov. 18th.
Admission. 25 cts; reserved seats. 35 cts.
Musical Tirector, Prof J. T. LAYTON. Its
(tS-sr GEoRG ETowN, D. G. Nov, l3, lse6.-
holders of the TiIRrEENTH BU LDING ASsO-
year viii Be held at q S5 m Sov
nis-zt = '''NN r. u JOHN LEETCH. sec'y.
[Eo MEDICAL ASSOCIATION "A sPECf
l}>1s ial meeting of the Medical Association o.
the District OF columbia. for the purpose OF n~der
case OF sick cave certfcat employees of the PEN
sion Bureau, will be held in the Georgetown Univer-
W.. TUESDAY EVLNING, the 18th inst, at eight
o'clock By order OF the presiden,. ,o
LACHLAN TYLER. NJ. D.. Sec Mast
TtSS DR. CHAS b GILBERT HAS RE
St NV % and changed his Office %rh hoara ave 10 10 TO ~
phone eso-2. nl37r@
MoNbaY EVENHNs EVEMEMGaf he 18th MEanLSe instant be-
ginning at 80 sharp The vacancies in the Board OF
ance urged. nl3-2t
Ies~ LAIRITZs PINE Wool CURES FOR
- Rheumatism. Sole agen for Blndages, Wad-
phlets mailed 49, N''''e' '''' e'~'' Min In
% p: HANSON HISS : CO, :,
Will continue business as usual.
nl26t CHRISTIAN DEVRIES. Trustee.
[E~ THOSE CELEBRATED HOMEMADE
the most delicious. JOHN H. MAGRUDEK,
n1l-3t l417 New York ave.
COOPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION.
ASSETS OCTOBER, 1885, S7O1 y518.26
Monthly Payments. 81 80 per share.
$1,000 Advanced on Zach Share
The first payment on the 18th ISSUE new stock. is
due in November; 1886 ard can be paid d shares
office of he Association, 9I7 Est
Pamphlets explaining the object and advantages of
the Association furnished upon application.
THOMAS SOM ERVILLE, President
JNO. JOY EDISON. Secretary. nlU-2w
TE~ MRS. FLORA c. DENNI>ON. HAVING
D>11s secured the Hall at No. 1918 18th st. W..
VIII form evening Classes III Dancing for adults
mencing WEDN h DAY, 18th inst. al Z pm. Lauies
and gentlemen desirOus of ioniIg such classes will
please call at my A ademy National! Rifles Hail. any
Tuesday, Thur day saturday afternoon. All the
latest dances taught, including the Octaguu. tie Ga
Vote. the Columbia. &c nlOdtd
tfcS NEW ORATORIO SOCIETY.-LADIES
JHs and gentlemen desirous of forming an Ora
tOrio Society will please leave their and adj
dresses at the music store of JOHN F. ELLIS & co.
ulU-4t<
Es E. C. GARDNER. ARCHITECT,
ONS From Springfield, Mass.
No ~ EVANS BUILDING,
n61m* l424 New York ave.
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Allegheny City PrO.Cashedral Burned.
THE FIRE THOUGHT To HAVE BEEN DEE TO
NATrRAI.

PITTsBuRG, Nov. 13.-Shortly amer mid night
fire broke out In st. Peters Roman Cat holic
pro-cathedral In Allegheny city. The fire had
gained such headway when the fircmen ap-
peared on the scene that all efforts 10
IL proved futile. The entire cdfice was de-
stroyed. Loss estimated at 100000. IL Is
said the fire originated from the natural gas
register.
The edifice is of stone, and cost, when ready
for It's interior furnishings, S125, 900. The cost
OF the finishing and furnishing added TO the
cost OF the building almost $50,oo0 The fres-
Going Was OF the finest, as was the furniture.
On the wallis were fourteen oil paintings de =
scriptive OF the life Of the saviour, VIII ch were
impaired for the church. the organ, whicn WAS
ono of the best In the two cities cost So 500
aud the altar, with its furnishings, about
$a.ODo. The stained glass windows were All
mcnorlals. In The altar were "A number of val :
uabie relies from Rome, and also the archive a
of tho church, wi;c6 were saved. When the
fire burned iis.l 6si 1sthing but the walls wer q
standing aud overs 20. .a0a hsa gone uPin IN 9,
smoke. The fire Wa eaa-r5 nv az - iSier g.
coming o-erieate5 fr,Dni .at.,FG4 "a, @nif,.
Ess only ..it In he bHi,dt"" last .5;.iul,.a,,
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f-s-<-s GOOD HOPE PARK. ALL PA RITES
O-S who were promised building sites 1T present
prizes will ylee Make their selections bef
s.oiid. tie i~t Is,tanI. Oil aud After that date
there will be an advance IN prices. + Z. Silt 4Uz
0tn q. NV. plit3t
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The PRESIDENTS CALLERS.-Solicitor Gen.
era! jerks and Assistant Secretaries Fairchild
and b ,mpson saw the President to-day.
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Wheatley called at my house and stated that
information had been sent to them, in a form
which they were obliged to recognize. that an
order had been issued to the Metropoli, an police
TO follow members of Congress and note their
habits, for the purpose Of obtaining Information
to be used in influencing legislation, and that
when l issnea .nat order Lieut.. Arnold and
told them that IT was o lie out Of whole cloth"
WHAT He DID SAY AT THE MEETING OF LIEu.
TENANTS.
The major was subjected 70 long examination
by counsel to elicit whst had been said at the
meeting OF lientsnants. He said thar on the
morning OF October 1st he had told them that
the Commissioners had treated the department
very kindly in allowing their estimates and he
remarked, Every man who has any influence
among members OF Congress ought to use 1t TO
back up the Cemmissioners.''
The major denied having said anything about
disreputabIe houses or houses south of the
avenue.
.Did ooe Of the iieutenants say" asked Mr..
Garnett. ..Msjor, do yon propose TO blackmail
..No, sir, heard no such remark"
WHAT oSR OF THE LrECrEsAk1s SAID OF THE
al wHITTHoRNE MATTER.
.Did any one refer 10 tho whitthorne mat
ter.'
.Yes, eli. said the the major. zone of the
lieuienaeis.'
aDic that ofieer say" asked Mr.. Garnets,
.1hat one of The members or the old police
board had tried that sort OF thing, and that man
was now waiktng around the streets with his
shirt-taibcut:s
"A rek.ark similar 10 that" said Major
Walker, .but not that exactly" The major
upon being furtncr questioned said that Lieu
tena1 ysrnon said: "You remember Bully
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c~as.s,=s, G~nsS.s,s:

O AIEs;IUR re. III, ~. IT-IJul - te,-
Grafton a poxviliee over over In. m eiec,,oa et t.s
fcsi, us tcrgressnsan from the tenth district,
p cast-iron Cannon, with which a salute was
being fired. burst, instantly killing Henry
Arms, q young merchant VINO was walking ON
the Sidewalk some 200 feet from where the
cannon stood, piece of Iron weighing i've and
haif pounds striking him In the back between
the shoulders. Quite number OF boys and
men standing around the cannon escaped IN.
hurt
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THE ARMY AND THE INDIANS.
Gen. Sher.dan's Annual RepOrt.

THE APACHE CAMPAIGN REvIEwED-ALLor
MENT OF LANDS IN SEvERALrY TO INDIANS
ADVOCATED.
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Al q large meeting of the knights ol Labor in
not to return to work in the knit goods mills
until they all could go together. The manuiac-
turcrs still refuse to treat witt, the Knights or
Labor and are running short OF hands.
The vatican deni that tue pope ilas asked
ior the estt0iishinent Of diplomatic relations
with England.
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STAPLEToN, S. J., Nov. ia fire which
started at 4 O'Clock this morning In the ofiics
OF the Staten Island dyeng establishment nj
West New Brighton destroyed several build.
ings with their contents. The loss is about
$4,000.
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F~ BOIDS DIRECTORY-THE CANVASS
49, for Boyds Directory of the district OF CO.
iumbia tor 1oS. is now finished, and the publisher
req ests all persons who have removed since their
names were taken, or who may conten plate cnaIIge
OF address, 10 al once inform him of the Address
Nm. II. BOYD. lie Droit Building or p o. BOX Ia
n:S-ln -
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

of the eight Congregational pas
tors in Hartford, Conn.,, seven are SOM
Of ministers.
"A school-house built of cobble.
stones is one of the curiosities of Ante
lope Valley, in Tehama County, Cal.
The Government of Austria has
given the American Board the right to
buy or build halls for Bible lectures any
where in Bohemia. This is an impor-
tant concession. and shows the growing
favor of the authorities toward evan
gelical work. Christian Union.
THE Guild of Kindness" is the
name of an institution belonging to the
Methodist New Connection, Great
Britain. 1t has for its object the cult
walton and development of the spirit OF
kindness among the brethren and SIS
tiers of the denomination primarily and
among all Christians generally.
I'm the State of Illinois, fifty-one
years ago, there were 200 Baptist
churches, $500 communicates; now
there are 955 churches, 76,040 commu-
nicants and 685 pastors. Last year
there were fifty-two missionaries doing
service within the precincts of the State,
under the auspices of the State Mission
Board.-Chicago Mail.
In connection with the rumored
project to establish German univers-
ity in Schenectady, N. Y, which the
German Government will be asked to
endow with the modest sum of 1.000.-
600 marks, the Berlin Tagtiche Rand
schau pertinently asks. '.Should Ger
many not take much greater interest
in having the German-Americans come
over to finish their studies at our own
universitiesP"
Mr.. F. w. Maiden, one Of the
busiest and wealthiest contractors and
builders in Baltimore, has become an
evangelist, leasing a centrally located
place of amusement for his own use ON
Sundays, and holding revival meetings
Sunday afternoon and evenings. He
pays all the expenses, takes up the col
1ect;ons, and says the meetings are for
talk and prayer, but not for preaching.
baltimore american.
When Canon Farrar got back to
old st. Margaret's under the shadow of
Westminster Abbey, he took part in a
QuccI CCICiiouy. Atci tuC oCiihoh ~
basket was brought out containing
nineteen loaves of bread and nineteen
old people received loaf and a six
pence each. The loaves were done up
in new handkerchiefs. The quaint ems
tom has been carried on at st. Mar
garet's for more than three hundred
years.
The celebration of the fifth CEN
tenary of the University of Heidelberg
next August will be gigantic affair,
over twenty thousand old students
being expected, as well as many other
guests, Populations, etc. The prepara-
tons have already commenced. Victor
Won Scheffel, himself an old student of
Heidelberg, and the celebrated author
of many songs, has written jubilee
hymn, for which Vincent Lachner has
composed music.
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verses so as to shoot straight back at the
speaker.
what / want, said q pompous orator,
aiming at his antagonist, "is good COM
mon sense"
Exactly" was the whispered reply,
"that's just what you need.''
An instance OF unkind repartee is re-
corded of Charles Lamb:
One day a loving mother brought her
beautiful golden-haired baby into dinner in
her arms. She was very proud OF her sweet
babe, and, holding it up with pride and Joy
in her eyes, she said
"Mr. Lamb, how do you like babies?"
~ like 'em boiled, madam-boiled"
OF course that mother never loved Mr..
Lamb after that.
The finest piece OF repartee in the En-
glish language is the instance where two
Irishmen were walking under the gibbet Of
Newgate. Looking up at the gibbet, one
Of them remarked:
"Ah, Pat, where would you be II the
gibbet had done it's duty?"
Faith, Flanagan" said Pat, land I'd
be walking London--aH alone."-From Eli
Perkins Lecture before Princeton College.
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MY VALENTINE.

NV Valentine has eyes Of blue,
And Oh! his golden hair
Is of the self same sunny hue
The yellow cowslips wear
His mouth Is like the roses red,
His yo ce, sweet rs the tune
The golden robin pipes o,erhead
In the leafy month OF June.
Oh! search you far and search you near,
AND search tho wide world over,
what can you ever lind so dear,
Oh. what can you discover
Upon tn 9 earth so sweet and hne
So fair as is my Valentine?
NV valentine has dmpled hands
Which kneel down to kiss.
What monarch over many lands
More fealty has than this?
He Is king. my sweetheart true,
His subject glad am i.
His to command, and mine to do
His sovereign W II most high.
oh! search you far and search You near,
And search the wide world over,
What can you ever flud so dear,
Oh! what can you discover
Upon this earth so sweet and hue,
30 fair as is my Valentine?
Oh, darling little sweetheart mine,
send my heart to you!
Please take Il for valentine,
Great wondering eyes OF blue.
Dear dimpled hands, and rosebud lips,
And sunny golden hair,
God keep you safe from deaths eclipse,
God bless you everywhere!
For search they far or search they near
And search the w de world over,
what can they ever find so dear,
Oh what can they d sc0ver
Upon this earth so sweet and fine.
So fair as you, my valent mel
Harriet F. Biodgett. In Detroit Free Press.
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FORGOT HIS GLASSES.
Old Mr.. Johnson's Remarks About His
Daughter aud Her Beau.

Old Mr.. JOhnson's Remarks About His
Daughter and Her Beau.
"Good morning, Mr.. Johnson" said a
young man to an elderly and near-sighted
passenger who had come off without his
glasses; "going up to town."
Eyes; got to do lot OF trading at the
stores, an don't know how on airth IN
get along without my glasses"
Getting ready for the wedding, / sup
pose"
Eyes; my darter Emmer is goin' to git
married. She an that good-for-nothin'
Hank Williams hev made a match OF it at
last. I thought that young man would
never get down to business. He's as slow
as sorghum molasses in January, an as
shiftless as an Injun. don't believe he can
earn his salt, an I s'pose I'll have to sup
port him."
"But, Mr.. johnson -'' ~
''Oh, he's good enough for Emmer.
That's the worst girl ever raised. She
hain't bit like her mother, nor like me,
nuther. hev to pull her out of bed every
morning, an she's as lazy rs an old dog.
She can't bake, an hain't wuth cuss on
the sew. A fine poor mans wife she'll make.
Besides, she hez bunions ON her feet as big
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thers is a fise-eseape with sgress through =

there is a fiPe-escape with egress through
window.
at the north end OF this passage there s
an egress through a window and down over
the roof i'm the rear.
'There win be red lights burning through
the night at the main stairway. After GO
ing down one fight, turn to the left and
keep to the left. (The next stairway is un-
der the above.)
"Otherwise turn to the right through the
passageway and keepto the right and down
the other stairs.
"a Waterman will be on duty through
the night, and in case OF fire win sound the
gong"
There, how's that?" exclaimed the drum
mer Now, look here" He threw open .
window. It was just about eight feet to
the sidewalk. -Hartford Times.
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PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

The transformations of nature are
wonderful. Put herring in tin box
with some cottonseed oil and it imme-
diately turns into q sardine. Toledo
Blade.
Two farmers had dispute about
the boundary lines of their farms.
Their dispute is now settled and so are
the lawyers-on their farms.-N T.
Ledger.
-Mother-"You haven't given the
child any prize" Teacher-'Alas! he's
always idle" Mother-.'Then he's de-
serving prize for perseverance. "-Er
change.
The English language consists of
about thirty-eight thousand words, yet
when man is pulling on tight boot
or waiting for his wife to dress he
nearly always invents a few extra
words to express his feelings. Chicago
Tribune.
The latest song is: kiss the Baby
While You Can" Procrastination is
the thief of oscillation and the man who
waits until the baby is sixteen takes
many chances on getting beautifully
left. 49, Omaha Herald.
--"Well. declare, could cry my
eyes out with vexation." whats the
matter, my dear?' II wore my new
bonnet to church, and don't believe
single woman looked at it. ssWell, my
dear, can tell you how to attract at
tention next Sunday" ''HowP' swear
your last years bonnet. "-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Lecturer Ito hackman) Now you
are sure your horses are in good con-
dition." Hackman-'.O, yes, sir. Trust
me for that" Lecturer-"It's only
proper for you to know that when get
through my lecture like to leave the
hall in hurry" Hackman-'sWhat
time shall l expect you, sir?" Lecturer
-.Um; ah-well-that will depend
good deal ON the audience. IN. Y.
Star.
An eminent scientist attributes the
remarkable longevity Of woman who
recently died at the age of 100 to the
fact that she never wore high bonnet
in theater. We also understand that
the vigorous health of Philadelphia
man now in his ninety-ninthyear is due
to the fact that he never went out be-
tween the acts to make astronomical
observations through glass.-Norris-
toson Herald.
"A sympathetic spirit is one of the
chief prerequisites to all good CONVEX
sation. No matter what natural gifts
man may have, what depths of
thought, or breadth of knowledge, or
brilliance of expression, if he do not
interest himself in other people, look
at things from their standpoint, share
in their feelings, and be as ready and
glad to listen cordially as to talk freely,
he will never be good converser.-
Christian Union.
Foreigners say American women
entertain well. They do when they
entertain according to their native GUS
toms, but when they serve roast beef
with Yorkshire pudding to an English.
man and macroni to an Italian they
make mistake. An American meal
should be served in American STYLE,
both as to dishes and ceremony. We
have food fit for the gods among our
native viands, and it needs only the tact
of truly American housewife in serv-
it to make it very enjoyable.-N. y,
Isllependsst,
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Took No Note of Time.

A student at the University of Texas,
whose home is at Brenham, was about
to start home to enjoy the holidays. A
friend remarked:
You haven't got your watch on.
You ought not to go home without
your timepiece.
what do l want watch for at
Brenham? There isn't pawnbroker
shop in town. ~ TEXAS Sitfings.
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BITS OF REPARTEE.

Whore Pat Would lie II the Gibbet Had
Done Its Duty.
Repartee is sudden flash. 1t is turning
q current Of thought in an opposite direc-
ton. It is the upsetting of a train Of
thought. 1t is really deforming thought.
Repartee is a case where's one speaker makes
q plain statement, aimed in a certain d.
rection, which nearer collides with and re-
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A SAFE HOTEL.

How . New England Landlord Protects
His Guests.
Safest town in New England is this
town" remarked drummer the other day
as the Boston train rolled into the gloomy
depot at Salem, Mass Landlord takes
no end OF trouble to save you from being
burned up. Notice posted right upon the
wall" Reaching o room in the hotel q few
minutes later, the drummerpointedt to this:
'Notice-In case OF fire the means Of es-
cape from this room Ia to turn to the right.
IA the southern end OF this passageway
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Look here, doctor, don't want you to
go to my house and brighten my wife again
as you did this morning"
Brighten herr How did brighten
herr"
Didn't she ask you what the symptoms
of hydrophobia are?"
"Yes.f
"And didn't you tell her the patient al.
ways has a strong aversion to water3"
Certainly"
eyes, well, the poor woman is down sich
with fright. She thinks Ivegot the hydro.
phobia. "-Chicago News.
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my DEAR" remarked Mr.. Snaggs, a. h
entered the house the other night. 'Ihave
bought new thermometer"
"Why, isn't that one on the porch all
right?" asked Mrs. Snaggs.
Eyes, but Wen keep this in the sitting
room here, and let the other remain out
side"
At breakfast the next morning Mrs.
Snaggs said:
II don't believe that new thermometer
OF yours is a bit Of good"
"Why not?'
Because it is up to sixty-five, and that
one on the porch, that we can depend on, ia
down to zero. You had better take il
back and get it changed. "-Pittsburgb
Telegraph.
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Mercantile Notes.

Overcoats are increasing in popularity
but vests are being pulled down. Drugs
generally are quiet, with glue sticking at
about the old rates. Highwines are strong,
but sponges are at great discount. Naval
stores are slow and buyers of tar have diff.
Guilty in getting their stocks off their hands.
Tobacco is strong and dealers are appar-
emily up to snuff. Dealers have not the
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frigerator car, 1--WE have daisy up at our
house. She is a new girl. don't know
where my wife got her. l only know that
she got her aud that she is a daisy-green
The girl was told to ring the bell when the
meal was ready. Pretty soon we heard
a lively ringing at the door-bei1, and ON
going out what do you suppose we found?
The new girl shivering on the porch"
Please sir, says she, i ringed the bell
to let you know that dinner is ready -
ChNago Herald.
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Aunt Johanna depending a few days with
her niece)-And SO you belong to a cook
ing club, Matilda. Do you find that you
gain any practical knowledge from your
lessons?
Matilda-Oh, yes, indeed, aunt. You
spoke last night at dinner OF the coquiLie
OF chicken, you know.
Aunt Johanna Yes, it was delicious.
Matilda (triumphantly-Wel, that was
our last lesson. Our teacher made it for
us, and wac SO delighted with it that be-
fore ever came home l drove around to
the caterers and ordered it Of oncs.-M r.
Sun.
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The Roman youth used to grease
their faces with oil from the lamps to
make the mustaobe and beard grow.
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She Rang the Bell.
Talking about hired girls, said a North
Slider a. he tried to look pleasant in . 70