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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-23

INDIcrNENTs-The grand jury to-day reported
indictments as follows VIM. Briggs murder OF
VIM Jones by shooting him May 3, 1855; John
Smith, alias Swank, alias swan, and John Morris,
robbery OF j. +. Willett OF SIS May i; Isaac Price
second ofense petit larceny; Anderson Christian,
assault with intent to kill stephen Aorrow May
l3: Chas SnowdeuD Dhousebreakfng In night at the
house OF Michael Downey May II; Sunny, alias
Buck johnson, assault with intent TO Kill George
Hunt May II; Robt. L. Gibson, larceny OF gold
watch and chain belonging 10 Rose Cayce; Je0se
Gray, embezzlement or $40 from x. 1. Tolson April
2; Jas. w. Welch, assault on Police Omcer Pear
son May L.
SUNDAY BEKR.-Heman Edel, the saloon
keeper was placed on trial In the Police Court
this morning charged with violating the Sunday
law witnesses Jesttned that on the sunday
CHARGED they went into the defendantB dining.
room and got beer with their lunch. Later In the
evening they went In and purchased beer without
lunch. Nj. Cahin, In arguing the case for the de-
fendaut referred 20 the decision oe Judge Mont
gomery, IN which lt was held thar beer Was poft
of meal and could be served on sunday without
Violating the law. Mr.. Padgeet said that not
Wtthstand1ng that decision of Judge Montgomery
he would continue 70 prosecute such caseS: taSe
the other judges had held otheeWise, and ko had
no doubt but that lt Wa violation q the laV
the Judge, IN dispoalng OF the matter sai6. ShaS
In thtD case the question Of beer beln9 furISho6
with meal I'D not arise. TIE PROOF ke I'D ~
clear that The law had been violated and he would
therefore give judgment againU thO os0saaSSs n
the sum q 30 and costa Appeal bossa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-05-23

EoR UPPER POTOMAC LANDINGS. : THE
II Steamer "CECILE" leaves her wharf, 1886 Water
St. Georgetown at am. aud hourly thereafter for
Upper River Landings Capacity 200 passengers, and
fully equipped with every convenience. JOS. PAS
SENO Round-trip 15c. myl-lm
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18
THE PANAMA CANAL.
Lieutenant Rogers Predicts the Ultimate
Completion of the Great Work. 90.

Lieutenant Rogers Predicts the Ultimate
Completion of tho Great Work. -.
No exact estimate of the time and
money required to finish the canal can
be made, as much of the data needed
is unknown. M. Charles de Lesseps
said to me: "In two years the canal
will be finished from Colon to kilometer
forty-four, and from La Boca to
Paraiso. AS to the Culebra, | leave
you to form your own conclusions. 1t
is great and difficult work"
1t is evident that the rate of excava-
ton in a work of such magnitude must
be small until the plant is complete; it
is equally true that more work can be
done in given time with complete
installation than with one of less size.
Hence it is false reasoning to conclude
that if 100000 cubic meters arc
excavated in five years, it will require
twelve years to extract the remaining
73,000000. That such reasoning is
absurd is shown by the cube of last
year, which was 11,727,O00 cubic
meters At this rate it would require
about seven years to complete the
canal. 1t is not probable that this
rate will be exceeded materially for a
year or more.
Keeping in mind the sum already cx-
pended, and the purposes to which it
was applied, it is unreasonable to pre-
sumo that the final cost of the canal
will be less than 2,0O0,000.O00 francs,
or about 1915, 100000. These figures
are now acknowledged by the COM
pany; but owing to the great sacrifice
at which the loans are obtained, the
liabilities of the company will be nearly
double this amonnt.
Any views concerning tho compile
ton of tho canal by the present COM
pany must be conjectural; but if tho
present loan be expended with economy
the results will enhance the prospects
Of success.
AT Colon there were many residents
and foreigners not interested in tho
canal. The most bitter opponents of
Tho enterprise were Americans and
Englishmen, or former employees of the
company who had been discharged or
had similar grievance. But from all
sources there was a free admission that
she company has both brains and
Energy, that the canal presents no in
'upcrable obstacles, and that its COM
oletion is question of time and money.
Lieutenant Charles C. Rogers, IN Pop
glQr Science Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18
ANCIENT MOSAICS.
Interesting Historical Specimens Repre-
senting NEUROLOGICAL subjects.

Interesting Historical Specimens Repre-
senting NEUROLOGICAL Subjects.
Mosaic was applied with good effect
by the Romans to portraiture, which
gained in durability what it lost in
finish. Instances are given of Cara
calais gladiators and the friends of the
Emperor Commodus, whose portraits
were erected in a portico Of his gar
den. Early in the first century b. c.,
mosaic had become necessary part of
official furniture, and Mr.. Parry quotes
Suetonius, who tells us how Caesar car
ried mosaic about in his campaigns
that his official pavement" might DO
always ready. The common adoption
of mosaic suggested the use of native
materials Where marbles could not
be obtained stones of various colors
and clay, baked red or black, were en-
ployed. frequently, as has been re-
marked before, the composition is SCI
superior to the execution that it is I'M
possible not to believe that the originals
were the work of able artists. And
thus an additional interest is impaired
to mosaics as preserving some record
of the composition Of ancient pictures
and wall paintings. Interesting as
mosaics are which represent my
theological subjects, those are even
more interesting which Illustrate con-
temporary life. Zone of the best
examples of the kind is the great
mosaic of Italica near Seville" This
represents the interior of Roman cir
Gus, and bears testimony to tho import
ance of a city of which little remains.
though it was founded ky Scipio
Africans, and was the birthplace of the
Emperors Trajan, Hadrian and Theo-
dosius A still finer specimen of
mosaic representing the entire scene
of the circus is at Lyons. This is fully
described, and is an excellent Ilustra-
ton of the lively interest taken by the
Romans in the games of the circus.
Another tavorite subject was taken from
! the kingdom of Neptune. There is good
instance Of this on the coast of Spain,
on the floor of the Church of st. Michael
at Barcelona, "where the whole glory
of the ocean kingdom is portrayed in
mosaic, with fishes, nereids, and tri-
tons sporting among the waves. and
indicating the spot once occupied by a
temple of Neptune" These subjects
were very popular toward the close of
the first century A. D., fact attributed
to the extension of Roman commerce
by sea, OF all such designs the palm
is given by Mr.. Gambler Parry to the
mosaic found at Constantine. described
in glowing language, which should be
studied, as it contains, among other
memorable expressions. fine euphem-
ism for naked viz, relieved of all
impediments of drapery." The marine
deities who enjoy this privilege are
Neptune and Amphitrite. Edjnburgh
ReljP1g
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18
THE WINGS OF BIRDS.
Their Position when in Flight Shown by
instantaneous Photography.

lnsIhntaneOuS ihOLOsrapny.
Our readers have been made aware.
from time to time. of the remarkable
results obtained by NJ. Marcy in his
instantaneous photographs of various
animals when progressing from place
to place. A large number of photo
graphs of men in the acts of walking.
running and jumping have been given,
and also, In Muybridge, of horses in
motion in various kinds of gaits. But
perhaps the most interesting series of
the whole is that relating to the flight
of birds. In La Nature u number of
illustrations taken from NJ Marcy s
negatives are given, and they show q
most remarkable and interesting set of
positions. NJ. Muybridgo'S pictures
were great source Of wondermcnt and
amusement when first introduced, on
account of the very strange shapes into
which the limbs Of his horse seemed to
be contorted; and here, instead of those
beautiful pictures of birds, with their
pinions extended above the body as is
wont to characterize the Western rep
resentatives of bird-motion (the Chinese
and the Japanese draw their flying
birds indinIerently. with wings either
depressed or raised) we see their PIN
ions in as many and as remarkable po-
sitions as those of tho celebrated horses
above alluded to. In some the wing
tips are high in the air, in others quite
low and beneath, and, indeed, in front
of the body; while, again, in still differ
ent views OF the same bird we seem to
see nothing but wings, apparently ex-
tended to initiate an umbrella. Tho
pictures of the pelican are particularly
ludicrous. 1t is desirable, again, to
point out with regard to such photo
graphs that their value is not for
artistic but for physiological uses. -
British JoarRat Of Photographic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18
IN THE POOR-HOUSE.

IA iedyof a weulthy Eastern family, through
some enlargement, left her home ana went to
tho West. Misfortune and ilI-hcalth swept
awag her little all, and in her old age she found
home in the poOr-house. One evening shortly
after, she was found sitting by her bed reading
the psem Rock Me to Sleep Mother" and
weeping That night the death angel came,
and the tired feet rested on 1.-THE echoless
shsre'1
''Rocl5 me to sleep, mother, rock mo to Sleep"
Why does che reader pause: Why does she
weep!
Withercd the quiv ring lips, head bowling low,
Care-wOrn the wrinliled face where the tears
flow;
Far from her childhood home, old and alone,
No one and nothing, to claim as her own;
Fortune and friends all are lost in the past,
FoSnd, in her old age, the puor-house at last.
Crock mc 10 sleep, mother rock me to sleep"
TCcnbles the voice for the mem ries that sweep
Far from the sunny land when she was young,
RusA o ct her heart as harp long unstrung,
Music that once has charmed, chords lost so
long,
Loves sweetest harmonies, joys happy song,
Come from the silence so long and so deep
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep
Crock me to sleep. mother. rock me to sleep"
Just ms when weary of playing ''Bo Peep"
Yearning for love words and kisses and rest.
Turns she to night child now once more;
Mother, come back from the echoess shore! :"
What do her dim eyes see: What does she
heOr2
why does She linger where tear follows tear?
Over and over in sobs low and deen-
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to Sleep
Morn came: the sun, like q fond mothers face,
Wake 4 earth with kiss from nights still en-
brace;
Only the frendlesS who finds it e'cr knows
Mother had come from "the echoless shore"
Clasped her again in her arms as Of yore;
0pea the book lay beside The lone dead.
Tear-Tnarled the lines DER and DER she had
read,
NeVermore here Ger to wake or to weep
Rock me TO sleep, mother, rock me to sleep"
''Roci me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep"
On when the night shadows round the heart
creep,
When all the strife and the toiling are done
Empty and priceless the fame We have Won;
Friends whom we loved passed away from our
sight,
Hopes VIC have cherished all buried in night,
Fondiy We turn to our childhood again,
Longing for love and caresses. as then;
Once more the words from the weary heart
leap
Rock me to sleep, mother, rocl; nc 20 sleep"
In B. Cake, IN YOph'S Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18
A MARVELLOUS MACHINE.
1t Has Ruled High AS Forty Thousand
Lines to the Inch.

Lines to the Inch.
DR.. II. A. Rowland, of the Johns Hop
kins University. has a new engine for
ruling his plates for spectrum analysis
or decomposition of light This en-
CINE was made entirely at the universe
ty under his personal supervision, and
is the result of the most careful, pains
taking effort. The most important
part of 1.-THE screw and its attach
ments for regulating the width of the
lines-was carefully ground under
water kept at a constant temperature.
so as to avoid all error arising from eX-
pansion and contraction. and is guarded
against so small an error as one-hun-
dred- thousandth of an inch. The en-
CINE is run by water power, and is in
closed in a glass case and kept in a
double-walled brick chamber in the
basement, so as to provide as equable
temperature as possible. So delicate
is the machinery that while it is run
ming the case is kept closed, as the heat
from a PERSONS body would affect it.
IlC INV lltiNillllC Nv III ~ w ttS Ilbb SdslS-
factory, but now the worst ruled plates
by it are better than the best ruled by the
old one. The old one hardly ruled
more than 10000 lines to the inch,
while the new one has ruled as high as
10000, and can be graduated to rule
an almost infinite number, but the
metal usually crumbles, and the lines
run into each other above twenty thou
sand to the inch The plates are highly
polished, and are made of whaG is
known as spectrum metal. though glass
is sometimes used for experimental
purposes. The prepared plate is placed
on the machine, and the screw regu-
lated to the required distance, and
when the machine starts it moves tho
plate the distance, say, one-twenty-
thousandth of an inch, and q small
diamond point runs across and draws
the line while the plate is stationary.
1t is a matter of infinite care, and
several days are necessary for ruling
plate three or four inches in dia-
meter The diamond point can be so
arranged as to vary every fifticth or
one-hundredth line, while ut the end Of
the engine is a small counting machine
for recording the number of lines
drawn. In an adjoining room is very
costly instrument for measuring the
width of the lines, and so marvelously
accurate is it that an error of ono hum
dred-thousandth part OF an inch, or
even less, can be detected. The rulings
of this machine are the finest in the
world, and have been sent to different
parts Of the scholarly portion Of it, one
Of the largest and best plates being
presented TO Prof. Helmholtz, the
world-famous physicist of Berlin. If %
perfect machine means one that per-
fectly does the work it was designed
for this is probably tho most perfect
one in the world. baltimore Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18

Sugar Drop Cakes; One pound OF
flour, three fourths pound of sugar,
one-half pound of butter, four eggs and
one gill Of rosewatcr; bake Sn paper.
This will make sixty drops.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

Mons e5c. Wool Shaker Socks, two pair for csc.
Mems l5c. Black-Silk Bows AZ %. each;
Pink aud Blue 25c Satin Dude TIES at SC. each;
Mems l0c. Knit Pulse Warmers at &c. each;
One thousand patterns Mems All-silk Scsrfs. in
four-in-hand shapes. light and dark colors,
satin-liued-regulsr2 p. 20, and 5Or. Scarfs-st
iic your choice:
Mems 81 Castor Gloves at 9jc. pair;
Every shspe Of Pure Linen Collar for Gentle
men-the Celebrated Coon Brand-at iOc.
each;
Linen Guns at 17c a pair;
Mems Union Linen CUFFS in large sizes. four psir
for25.;
One-dollar silk FOur-in-IIand Ties, imported this
season Tor the finest gentemons furnishing
trade, -Oc. your choice;
Mems e5c. Seamless Imported Solid Black Hose
for SC. apar;
Mems Gray Mixed and Striped Half Hose at &c.
apar;
Linen Shirt -Bosoms at &c. apiece-not less than
three sold to any one;
Fiye-cent Homstltched Colored- Bordered Hand
kerchefs at &C. each;
Pure Linen Embrodered-Corner Ladies' Hand
kerchiefs AZ 9c. each;
Colorcd-B Borlered Hemstitched Qi-inch hem)
Handkerchiefs Al &c. each;
Black Silk G.. +. Velvet Ribbons. by the piece
only, Nos. 3, (, and4N, SOC. piece-No. 6, 75c.
apiece Of 10 yards;
Thirty-fye cent Co.ored six Velvet Ribbon,
satin back, az lie;
Twenty-0ye cent Colored GIk Valvet Ribhon
satin back, No. :, l0c.;
Nos. and ,, all colors, Satin Ribbon At 25c piece
OF 10 yards;
Same goods in No - at 5oc. piece Of 10 yards !;
One thousand pieces Fancy Ribbons, all colors
and kinds Of goods, sold from 25c. to Doc. a
ysrd-chOice for lic. a yard
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

! Flny-cent ladies' Leather satches for l9c.;
Twenty-hve-cent Stamped and Fancy Leather
Purses for 1Oc.;
Ten-cent Kid Purses, alligator and kid-llned, at
D. each;
Fifiy-cent real Alligator and Seal Purses and
long. stylish Pocset-Books at lsc choice;
Fifty-ccnt All-Sik Spanish Lace, two to four
inches wide. Ave yards for 95c.
Coored Wool Laces, ton yards for 2Jc.:
Fancy Braids-iu plain, Hercules. and tlnsel-
selling price was DC a single yard, now ten
yards for Csc;
Flfty-ccnt Cream and Beige Oriental Laces,
from ten TO eighteen inches vide, at l2Hc.;
Colored Hamburgs, ten yards for &c;
Twenty-nye.cen Valenciennos Edge at Sc q
dozen yards;
Twenty-nve-cent Colored Hamburgs at Sc. a
dozen;
One-dolar Cream Oriental Flouncings at 25c. a
yard.
THREE SPECIALS ~ LACE CURTAINS.
Five-dollar Real Swiss Applique Lace Curtains,
fun length and width, and perfect in every
respect, for il.j0a pair;
seven-dolar-and-a-half quality at g pair;
Five-dounr a pair three and a half yards long,
Heavy Nottingham Curtains for $3.50 pair; ;
Four-dollar pair naw-silk and Tinsel TurcO-
man-Striped Portieres at s1.99 pair;
Seventy-nye-cent Raw-Silk Turcoman by the
yard in blue and gold at &c;
Observation-Disclosures Satteens, mostly light
colors, at &c. a yard;
Twenty-eight-inch wide Calicoes at &c. yard !;
Twelve ye-Rnd-One-haf-cont Furniture Cretonnes
at6Hc.;
Al colors IN 81 Gros-Gran Dress silks at 47Hc.
Seventy-Gve-cent Light Drab Dress silks at
37Hc.;
One-dollar-and-a-half 27.inch wide Satin Rhaia-
ma I'm shaded bronzes. At 50c.;
One-dollar-ani-a-half 20-inch wide Satin Bro
cade, In blacks, at G6c. yard;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

Five-dollar scalloped-Edgo Felt Embroidered
Piano Scarf for s125;
Three hundred Parasols left from last season
mostly staple styles, for which you will pay
more than double tho money within two
months time;
Twenty-inch Cambria Sun Umbrellas for l0c.
At 50c, your choice Of lot Of Parasols, COM
prising plain Satin Parasols. Lace-Trimmcd
Parasols, Lace-Coyered Parasols, in cream,
white, aud black that sold last season at
81. $3.50, 81, and 1850;
Fiye-dolar Parasols in plain colors and fancy
checks and stripes nt 81;
Seven-dolar-and-a-haf Parasols in pure silk,
changeable plaids and stripes, at 81 your
choice.
Here are the Dress-Goods items:
All-Wool Lupin's Cashmeres in solid colors, 3s
inches wide, for 35c a yard;
Red Twilled Serge, one and one half yards wide,
at 25c. a yard:
One and ono half yards wide Red Boucle Cloth
for infants and children's long cloaks at
2jc.-original price was $3.50;
vast assortment Of 2jc. single width Dress
Goods in checks, stripes, and plains at l2hc.
yard;
Double-wldth 5Oc. Dress Goods in checks and
plaldS Al 2Jc. yard;
All-WOol Brown Jersey Cloths at 25c.
All remnants of single-width Dress Goods. no
matter what price. at .. n yard;
All remnants Of cotton mixed double-width
Dress Goods at lOc. a yard;
All remnants Of double-width all-wool Dress
Goods at 2jc yard
Two hundred Dress Patterns OF 75c. and 81
yard fine solid-colored Cashmeres, Henri
ettas, Sebastopols, Serges, &c, at 35c.
yard;
One dollar and a half doube-wdth Wool Lace
for Overdresses in all colors at 37kc.;
Twenty-Five Leather Cigar-Cases for l0c.;
Twenty-hve-cent Children's Leather Satchels
for i0c;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

Z Fifty-cent Roal Llsle Hose for ladies', IN coors
only, at l7c.;
Thirty-nve cent Seemless, extra size, ladies'
White Hose at lic.
/ Chlldrens To-. striped and Plain-Colored and
Black Hose for B.. a pair;
Twenty-nve-cent Childron's Plain Colored Seam
loss Hose, to ~, at lie. pair;
Children's 25c. All-Wool Black Cashmere Hose,
sizes 8 to SIC, at lic. pair:
Misses %, Seamless Flooce-Llned Hose in
blacks and colors to 81, at iOc. pair;
Misses lOc. Black and Colored Ribbed Hose for
Sc. spalr;
Mems All-WOOl Knit Drawers At J0c.:
Mons 81 Cancels Hair Shirts and Drawers at SOC.
occh-will not break suits;
Mems sOr. Morlno Drawers st 19,. each;
Ladies' 81 Crochcted Zephyr Sleeveless Vests, in
white and colors, for so. each:
Mems zoe. Llght-Tan Imitation Csmers- Hair
Shirts and Drawers at pc. each;
All-Wool 81 Red-Crochet Shaws at soc each:
Shelf Oil-Cloth. colors and white, at Sc. yard.
Mems 81 Unaundered Shirts made Of Wamsut.a
cotton, with No. 2l0O linen bosom, at SOC.
each;
Children's Black Polo Caps NJ g. each.
odd lot Of Crepe Lsse Ruching in colors-blnck,
white, and cream-jOc. goods at l0c. a yard
not less than one yard TO a customer;
Ladies' Pure Linen Collars, in all shapes and
sizes, az D.. apiece;
Two-dollar-and-a. half Fancy Lisle- -Thresd Iosie-
ry tor 1jc. pair;
Twonty -nye-cent All-Wool Jersey Tan Gloves for
Ladies' at s.. q pair;
All sizos Soc French Woven Corsets a. 25c.
each
Mems 25c. Pure Linen Hemsti.ched Hsndker-
chiefs at lie. each;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

one-dollsr 23-lnch wido All-snk Black surah at
57hc yard;
seventy-nve-cent is-inch Black Gros-GraIn SILK
at 2oc.;
EIghty-nye-cent I9-inch wide Black Gros-Grain
silk at 53c. yard;
one-dolar 2O-inch wiIo Black Gros-Graln Dress
silk at G9r. yard;
One-dollar-aud-a-Quarter 2l-inch Black Gros-
Grain Dress SILK at 77c. yard;
One-dollarand-a-haf Black Cachmlre Gros-
Grain silk at Sl.1s yard;
Dress lengths in Satin Rhadamas and Gros-
Grain silks, in blacks and colors. at half
prices;
Eighty-nve-cent Coored silk velvets at Soc.
Black and Colored-Striped silk Vevets-the re-
mainder Of our 81 and $3.50 yard goods for
30. yard.
The best Black Silk Lyons Velvet for dresses
and cloaks at the following reduction:
Five dollar quality at s24s:
Two dollar and n half quality AZ sl.1s;
Two dollar quality at 81;
Ono dollar Black SILK and Beaded Glrfies at 25c.
each
Black Six Fringes at SC. 4 yard;
Coiored Lace Braids Sc. yard
Boys Cotton Scarfs Be- each;
ladies' Hand-Knit Wool Boas lOc each;
Ladies' Black Wool Knit Nubles 1Oc. each;
Ladies' Colored Wool Knit FasclnatOrs lOc. each:
silver Gray Fur Collars iOc. each:
Ladies' $3.50 Black Fur Capes for SOC. each:
seycnty-fye cent 4-buttOn Tan Kid Gloves in all
sizes az 3Sc;
Odd lot Of Kid Gloves, all colors, all kinds, all
sizes, at 37Hc pair;
Twenty-Five cent Ladies' Seamless Colored Hose
at lic. pair;
Twenty-cent French Seamless Ribbed Hose, 10
colors only, sizes to 81 at lie. q pair;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

A THE SOLICITATION OF MANY
IA FRIENDS, I respectfully announce myself
candidate for the ofice Of SHERIPF OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND. subject 10 the nOmlna-
ton OF the Democratic party. promising, II
elected, TO discharge the duties OF the once
faithfully. Respectfully.
te iOF&sust JAMRs T. FERRITER.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12
The Most Extraordinary Sale We Have Ever Advertised

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