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Matrimony for Nervous Wome n.

From the New York Sun.
An amusing story is told by a government
officer who was instructed by the Secretary Of
the Navy to remove the buoy in the bay near
the summer cottage of Miss Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps, because it made her nervous Miss
Phelps and lady companion were so nervous
that they could not bear the noise of the buoy,
though it was impossible for people with good
nerves to hear the noise they complained Of so
piteously. The author of ''Gates Ajar'' was
unable to bear the slightest jar upon her sys-
tenn until the Rev. Mr.. Wards yacht anchored
near her house. Then she became so much
improved that not even the splashing of the
water about the yacht or the heavy tread of
the young divine over the matting-covered
floors affected her unpleasantly. Since her
marriage Mrs. Ward is much better, and
the officer who had to remove the buoy
has put it back with the assurance that next
summer he will have no orders to disturb it.
He prescribes matrimony for all maiden ladies
who have nerves sore annoyed by buoys.
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New York's Centennial Celebration.

GEN. HARRISON WILL PARTICIPATE IN 1T.
Russell Harrison, son of the President-elect,
attended the meeting of the committee on
plan and scope of the centennial celebration Of
Washingtons Inauguration in New York Satur-
day. He said his father desired him to inform
the committee that he would lend all aid in his
power to make the celebration successful At
least 900 people are expected to participate
in the festivities Of the great banquet on the
night of April %
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A RIVER STEAMER BURNED.
Twsnty-four Persons Drowned in Try.
ing TO Escape from the Flames.


By the burning of the Mississippi steamer
below Memphis, Sunday morning, twenty flour
persons lost their lives. The Adams ran a. .
semi-weekly packet between Memphis and
Arkansas City. She was en- route to Memphis,
and had about two hundred people on board,
including her deck and cabin crew Of eighty,
and twenty-five cabin and sixty deck passen-
gers and twenty-five colored cabin passen-
gers.
When the fire was discovered about O'Clock
the passengers were at breakfast, and when the
alarm was sounded they rushed for the deck.
At the time the steamer was about 800 yards
from the Mississippi side of the river and her
bow was at once headed for the shore. Harry
Best, second clerk, brought all the ladies and
children forward and assisted them ashore.
Capt. Mark Cheek, who was on the hurricane
until the stage-plank was safely lowered. He
then descended to the cabin, assisted several
persons to get on ife-preservers, and when il
was no longer possible for him to remain with
out being burned, he too jumped into the
river and swan ashore.
There were about twenty-five colored cabin
passengers, who were saved along with the
white passengers. On the lower deck, how
ever, fearful panic seized the crew and deck
passengers. Those who were cut off from
escape from the bow were compelled to jump
overheard. The stern Of the burning steamer
had swung out into the river. and an effort
was made to launch the yawl. 1t was capsized
by the crowd which filled it, and many of its
occupants drowned. They were mostly col
ored men, but there were three or four women
in the crowd.
The lost, SO far as can be learned. are as
follows: George Corbet, third clerk, aged
thirty -nine years, who had launched the yawl,
and was trying to save the colored women on
the lower deck; Joe Porter, Andrew Rees,
Monroe Jackson, Jim Nelson, Senator Coleman
and billiard Horton, of the colored cabin
crew; Lee Finley, Frank Wells, colored rousta-
bout. In addition about fifteen deck passen-
gers, four Of whom were white men, were also
drowned
The burning steamer drifted away and floated
down the river, her hull sinking four miles be-
low Commerce.
The Kate Adams was owned by the Memphis
and Vicksburg Packet company, of which Maj.
John d. Adams, Of Little Rock, is president,
Capt. Mark r. Cheek, superintendent, and
John NJ. Peters, secretary and treasurer. She
was built in 1882, and cost 100000. She was
the finest and fastest steamer Of her type, and
her owners this summer spent $4,000 in re-
pairing her at Paducah. She was insured for
S33, $50.
The passengers and crew lost all their cloth
ing and effects, and some made their escape to
the shore from the burning steamer en- disha-
billie, but were provided with clothes by the
kind citizens of Commerce. Three Of the col
ored cabin crew, who were rescued from the
water died afterwards.
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FLED FROM A WIDow's DAUoHTER.-George
NJ. Burrill, q member of the Hoboken, N. j.,
lawn tennis club, the Orion boat club, and
company @, I'd regiment, Of New Jersey, left
Hoboken a week ago and has not been heard Of
since. His disappearance is said to be due to a
suit for breach Of promise of marriage brought
begun Last THURSDAY. when q complaint was
made before Recorder McDonough and war
rant was issued for Burril's arrest. Miss
Brown and Burrill were both employed in the
Office Of the Hoboken Land and improvement
company, he as q confidential clerk and she as q
copyist. When he failed to keep his alleged
promise to marry her, her friends informed
Colonel Edwin A. Stevens, of the Land and Inn
provement company, and an effort was made to
compel him TO keep his promise. he refused,
it II said, and was dismissed from the employ Of
the company. Burrill's parents and his friends
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Dining In London.


THE LATE HOUR UNCOMFORTABLE, But NOT TO BE
From the London Queen.
We English stand alone as regards the late
ness OF the hour at which we dine and for
eigners can hardly understand this preference
given for so late an hour for eating the chief
meal of the day. Her majesty, the queen, sets
the example by dining at 9 o'clock, the lead
ing nobility follow it by dining at $50; 8
O'Clock, however, is q very general hour in
London society at which to dine and very few
people with any claim to be considered fash
ionable dine earlier except those who wish to
adhere to the early hours of their younger
days and insist, upon dining at 1880. At con-
tlnental courts, on the contrary, the fashiona-
BILE dinner hour is not later than 6, and at some
courts earlier in the summer months. Society
dimes at the same hour, and all things con-
sidered, weighing advantages against disad-
vantages, foreign society is certainly the gamer
by the adoption Of an earlier dinner hour than
ours. The 6 o'clock dinner hour enables
society to take life more quietly, dinner can be
eaten leisurely and theaters leisurely attended,
mediate claim upon the after-dinner hour.
Plenty of breathing time is allowed.
Again. dinner toilette, as we understand it.
is not worn, and high dresses are de riguer in
everyday life, the exceptions being made in
favor OF state banquets; An early dinner hour
allows of earlier hours being kept by those who
wish to do SO without relinquishipg society, as
entertainments distinctly comm .nce early in
the evening. Health undoubtedly-we might
say happiness also, for who is happy without
health?-is on the side Of these early hours.
However, as long as it is the fashion to dine
late the hour will remain unalserable, for the
simple reason that il one elected to dine at the
continental hour of 6 one would dine alone
and lead comparatively an eccentric existence
practically putting oneself out of all that ones
frv ia Io..
dinner-giver is to render the dinner as short
as possible by restricting the number of dishes
and Introducing every means to expedite the
service. This is now the rule in what are con-
appreciated by diners-out as il good ventila-
ton in q ballroom By dancers.
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MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY IN BRooKLYx. young
salesman in New York house named Henry D.
schoonmaker sho. his beautiful young wife
some time Saturday night twice In the head
and once In the breast, and then killed himself
instantly with bullet through the brain. She
was taken to the hospital in dying condition.
The two were found In their hat in Brooklyn
sunday noon in bed clasped in each Others
arms covered with blood, she still breathing
and ne dead He was but twenty three years
oio- she year younger, and they had Q four
teen-months-old baby who was away from
nome at the time. He had Just had his salary
raised, they were apparently happy, and in
sanity seems the only explanation az ths deed.
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Simplicity in Dress.

MISS HELEN MATHER's LITTLE GRAFTON ON A
GREAT SUBJECT.
From the London Queen.
Dress. an average woman in a close-ftting
serge or quite neutral tinted tweed; give her
spotless linen collar, and cuffs to match; take
away chains and gewgaws, and tell me if she
ever looked better, unless indeed it were in a
pink cotton cambria. on a summers morning,
with rose at her throat instead Of a brooch.
Simplicity. simplicity, simplicity-a costly
simplicity If you will-but let every dress be
one-idea-d, and let no unnecessary or extrane-
Gus trifes be introduced into it. And after
simplicity, or rather as a consequence of it,
comes freshness, that most desirable quality,
which to a woman's clothes is much the same
as a fair healthy skin is to her face; 80 that to
say OF woman ''She always looks so fresh" is
to pay the highest of all compliments to herself
and her milliner.
Take your complexion first. Are you fair,
with blue eyes! Then you can wear every
shade OF blue, from azure down to violet: but
if you have gray. green or brown ewes. YOU
will only create discOrdancy If you suffer a
morsel OF blue near you. On the other hand,
perfectly fair, green-eyed women adds weird
ness and charm to her fairness when she arrays
herself In all the paler shades of green. and
she reigns triumphant in the knowledge that
not even the clearest skinned bruno dares to
emulate her.
For brunes, scarlet and amber. white and
orange, though if there be the smallest tint of
yellow In the skin, orange may be only ventured
on at night Some women who might come
under the heading of blondes, stand vivid vel
lows and oranges well; still there must be q
certain amount Of color in the face, and a skin
transparently fair. But up to the age of forty,
and frequently beyond it, the healthy, fresh
looking woman is at her very best in white, az
often oddly enough, judging by the law OF
contrasD she is at her worst in black.
Give her white morning wrapper, or a cot
ton dress, or even white muslin bib to her
dark dress, and she looks fairer and more rosy
than in an unrelieved winter gown. MANY q
woman sitting up in her white bed. with ONLY
one white cambria and embroidery about her,
VIII strike one as a sweetly pretty creature. who
ton.
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AUCTION SALES

huNcANsoN BROS. AncuoussrI
fAsf HfSSasEs sk II bsF ASE eEEss
a aTRr9 rHER CHAMBER SKIS, HAIR AND
Nu4 sTpfBsosiIhTpbS eHIHA k3HSsESAk Tkk
sion TABLE LEATHER-covERED DINING
SHAlkS, LARGE REFRIGERATION NOQUET
BODY AND TAPEsTRf BRUSSELS CARfETS
EsTfaE EF hphfSHTssi 81 Yf pfSs 1Sse
sALEsRooMs f0R CONVENIENCE OF SALE
On THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER TWENTY
sE sEMIA. 1883, commencing st TIN O'CLOCK. we
VIII sell :, our sAlesrooms. 9Th and D. streets north
Se9Se e which the attention. Of buye re-
SALE OF NEARLY NEW DwELLIN0-HoUsE, on
- MARION STREET, BEfWETN q ANb II
sTk III SokIHwEsT, KNOWN AS No. l603,
al PUB IC AUCTION.
1871 folio % of the Land Records for the District Of
front Of the premises. on FRiDAf, The -FOUR b
FOUR 20 %c iiANkAPsx A. lsss at HALfPAsT
the City Of Washington, D. g. known ss Lot No. i24
IN Eugene Caiusi and William j. Miller's trustees'
subdivision in Square No, 444. as recorded In the
pe o. the surveyor Of the District Of Columbia in
The lot Is improved by nearly new brick dwelling
house containing seven rooms Including bath room.
hot and cold water and lxtrobe stove
crete basement under whole Of house.
Terms One third cash balance in one and tvo years
TO give his notes for the deferred payments
bearing interest at rate of six payable
selni-annuay and secured deed OF trust upon the
PToperty Conyeyances at cost OF purchaser. Sl0o
EUGENE cARUs1, r
WILLIAM J. MlLLERS irustees
d24-tds 4s6 Louisiana avenue.
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GRATEFUI-CoMFoRTINo.
EPP SIS COCOA
BREAKFAST.

by thorough knowledee of the natural lawn which
govern the operations Of digestion and nutrition and
by careful apps,nen OF the nns ProPerte; Of veil:
tables with delcstely nsvored beverage which may
cious Of such articles Of diet that constitution
may be gradually built up until strong enough 70 re
sist every tendency to disease. Hundred Of subtle
masdies floating around ready attack where
ever there y weak point We may escape many q
fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well for{ifed with
pure blood and properly nourished frams."-Csvsl
6errtcs Gdxens
Made simply with boiling water or milk. sold only
I'm half-pound tins by grocers. labeled thus:
JAMES EPPs CO. Homeopathic chsmists
jy21-m.tu.s London. ENGLAND
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WALTER B. WILLIAMS 4 CO. Aucts.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
THREE.sToRY AND BASEMENT BkICI

THREE.sTORY AND EASEMENT BRICK
GoT aoiio5 70 10 AL Alley AAi NoHi "a " Is l.
By virtue Of deed Of trust dated December 1.
1856 and duly recorded in Liber No 1929, folio 3d.
ct seq, one OF the land records Of the District
Of Columbia and the request Of the party secured
premises, on THURSDAY, DECEMBER TWENTY
sENENTH. 1883, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
said District to wit: Lot No. "a. in ChpInsn Exley
1890 G, 1 Jus supssion ~ seusre 10. ~
sale Onethird cash, Of which also must be paid at
years to be secured by purchasers notes with interest
ilom day Of sale payable semi annually and deed Of
trust on property sold, all cash, purchasers
option; conveyancing and recording at purchs ser's
cost Terms of sale to he complied with in ten days
from day Of sale else trustees right to resell at
risk and cost Of purchaser in defsult
WI. f HOFFMAN, I T-r.+aas
dog st REGINALD FENDALI.S irustees-
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TUNHOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer
SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRovED LOT on
SOUTH CAPITOL STREET, IN SQUARE IN
MEDIATELl SOUTH OF THE CApfrOI

By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia, passed in the cause Of Buleer
ct al VS.. Mcdonald ct al, No 5.35s equity the I'M
dersnged trustee will sell, public auction IN front
OF the PREMISES, on THIkSDAl, the THIRD DAY Of
JANUARY, 1889, at -FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ, the fol-
lowing real estate in the said District
aud known and the ground plan there
Der six hundred and thirtysix t036). beginning for
the at the distance Of tventy-one 2l) feet
running thence south thirty three 33l feet three CD
thence north thrtythree l33 feet three 80 inches
thence east to the place Of beginning.
Terms of sale: One-third cash; balance In six go
and twelve tl2i months the deferred payments to
bear At the rate Of seven SO Per cent from the
All conyeyancne u the cost of the purchaser. de-
posit OF 100 required at the time of sale. II the
Terms of sale not complied with in ten days the
Trustee the right to sell 1T the risk VI the de-
faulting purchaser. -
JOHN r. ENNIS. Trustee
dl5-d&ds 4S6 Louisiana ave.
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A RAID on OLEohARaARINx.-War. has been
declared by the Dairymen's association Of
Press says: One of the most important move
ments ever inaugurated against the bogus but
ter trade, and one that win reach every part Of
the state, eliminated Saturday in three arrests
with the prospect Of prosecutions by the whole
calo
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"Tou are . good little boy to get mp 20 early
in the morning, J" said Mrs. Oldham.
Does your father give JON anything for
getting up ct dayiight2"
No. replied Johnnie; ssths only time he
givee me anything h when he catches me late
n bed "-PhdodslrAis 1Sxnes
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THoMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.
STOCK OF GROCERIES

Embracing in part Conees and Teas, Canned Goods
Of every description, Spices and Condinents Sugar
and Rice Molasses and Vinegar Flour in barrel and
sack, Sfee-min Counter Scales large Ice-box. Meat
Block, Bin and other fixtures, &c.
81 on ,T HI, MORNING, DECEMBER TWENTY.
SEVENTH, 1883, commencing at TEN O'CLOCK.
shall sell the entire stock of Groceries contained in
store No o14 22d q. NV.
d2o-dfs TIIOS nOyXI A,,o4
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A Georgia nurse the other day created ter
rible rumpus by putting the baby ID bureau
drawer and closing the drawer tight. Az soon
rs baby had been shut up" however, it setup
an awful yell, and the nurse, 10 her horror,
found herself unable to open the drawer. At
tracted by the screams, the frightened parents
rushed to the scene, and they, too, we're power
bureau had TO be split open ct the back, the
baby yelling like mad the while. The nurse i
now looking for another position.
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Fred came down to breakfast with bad cold
In his head. "Bofe Of my eyes l. leakin'." he
toid MS mother, '.and one Of my noses don't
go."-P Philadelphia Times. !
skates, lives In Richmond, Ind Hevss 4 poor
woodsawyer, and IL took nearly his last dollar
TO pay Tor its patent but the craze for skatiur
thas spread over the country mads him rich.
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Remarkable Breach OF Prom,.e su,t

II.
Lowell, Mass, pecial to the Philadelphia Press
For thirty-hve years John Fl. Buttrick, of
this city, had been paying such attentions to
Miss Catherine Teresa McEnry that she was
led to believe he intended marrying her. In
fact, she alleges that John made a proposal of
marriage to her and then refused to carry ont
his proposition. She has brought a breach Of
promise suit against him, demanding s75 600
damages, and has retained General Butler as
counsel. Miss McEnry is now more than fifty
years old The defendant. John H. ButtricI.
is a member of the firm Of +. H. Buttrick q Co..
druggists, and was formerly cashier of the
Wamesit national bank. Recently he has been
engaged in the railraad business in Boston. He
Is well connected and wealthy, and is descended
from the early settlers Of New England. Miss
McEnry is highly educated and in her youth
was much sought after by the rising young men
OF Lowell and its vicinity. 1t is said that there
were decided objections by relatives Of both
parties TO their marriage on account Of the DIFF
ference in religious beliefs. 1t is also said that
the refusal of Miss McEnry to give mp Buttrick
caused disagreements with her relatives and
she left home in consequence. II was supposed
by many people years ago that she was secretly
married to Mr.. Buttrick. The fact that SIS
Grove street, her present home, is taxed to
John II. Bnttrick, added to the belief that they
were married.
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Advantage of Being a Blonde.

Prom the American Hairdresser
Every year we get the cry from fashion-writ-
ers, BLONDES no longer in style; they have been
superseded by their darker sisters" &c. Now,
that's all nonsense. You cannot do away with
the blonde, nor can you do away with frizzled.
banged hair. Pre-eminently, the blonde is the
beauty of civilization She is among us, to stay
as such, and she cannot be driven away. A
brunette now and then may rise supreme over
her by reason Of wonderful loneliness, but we
are speaking collectively. A woman can dress
more effectively with blonde hair than with
dark. 1t lights up better and is more youthful.
well-kept blonde has ten years advantage,
IN point Of youthful looks, over the average
brunette. Once in lifetime or 80 there arises
miraculous brunette who completely surpasses
her, but for steady, ordinary good looks that
make nopretensionso OF great beauty, the blonde
carries the palm. You cannot expunge her in
favor of the brunette even in literature. In the
novels turned out during the past wear there
have been 1872 blondes to 100 brunettes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-24

Greedy httls boys must not hang up thar
trousers On Chxistmas Eve.-Thma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-24

NEWSPAPER MEN Who MUST TEsrrY.-Judge
biddie, In Philadelphia, Saturday afternoon,
issued decree directing William M. Bum.
editor and proprietor of the Sunday TranscyipL
and Hugh :Mullin, editor and proprietor OK
sne sunday World, to testify in the select coun-
Gil bribery investigation aud answer the ones
tlon a. to the sources OF information upon
which they based editorials in which thew
charged that attempts had been made to bride
counciimen in the interest Of the Northeastern
E,evated railroad project. The witnesses
wnen before the committee refused to divulee
their sources of information on the ground
tnat II was contrary to newspaper ethics and
the honor Of their profession. ~
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brave boy and the fuel he would get. She knew
he could never face the storm, but she smiled
an announcement, called him a brave boy and
said: We shall see what the good Lord has in
store for US tomorrow"
But the three were freezing to death. and no
food had passed their mouths in all that day.
Would not the Christmas morning find them
far of on their journey TO where there sball he
the resurrection and life eternal.
She folded her children to her breast and
prayed God to be merciful. God pity him.
Bee those hollow eyes, that pale cheek. those
bloodiess lips! No food has passed those lips
Tor two days. The little there was must Be
saved Tor her darlings. II they lived through
mat night TO be orphans in the morning, would
tector?
She folded her children TO- her breast. and.
taking the clothing from their bed and hers
she bundled them as best she could in bed.
contributing the little warmth Of her own BODY
To keep them alive. And they Law there to-
getner, the older boy and the mother praying
UNI, un.A 'ns micnight that gave birth to Christ
The FIRST golden shaft from the sun struck
across tner three pale faces to announce the
coming OF Christmas. So palel Motionle.si
are they-f No. The boy has crswled from
under the covers quietly.
Tn get to the mill. he said to himself Sand
have some nre against mothers waking" He
paused and shivered as he stepped 10 the cola
floor. Then he made boldly for it. He did not
nave 70 dress. de had not undressed. He went
to the window to let the warm sun fan upon his
face. A faint cry Of Joy broke from his Inns
Then be rubbed his eye and looked again. t.
could not rub it out; il was there. There on
the doorstep was an armful Of wood. all Gu,
;, 20 at their stoves and some Of IL in kindlineI
And there was basket and In II was bread and
meat. As he opened the door the wood tum-
bled in upon the floor. There were tracks In the
snow down through the deep cut toward 'aOld
Grizzlys' house-snd yes, there vas "Old
Grizzly himself Just stopping on his own door
stop 10 breathe. He must have been taking q
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-16
NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF.

NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF.
Charles II. Brockman. Home 1342
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON, IDAHo,l
Oct. %, 1898. I
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Judge of district court lst Judicial district of
Idaho, or If he be absent before the Clerk of
said court at Mt. Idaho Idaho, December
l1th, 1888, viz:
CHARLES II. BROCKMAN, Home 1872
For the + 4 Sec 25, TIP 81 n r E, B NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
OF, said land, viz:
Martin L. Butler, Franz Bowman. w. NJ Nc
Lean and Thomas l.. Yandell, all of Cotton
wood, Idaho.
2l26 FRANCIS F. PATTERSON, Register.