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MIR. Gladstone on Divorce.

W. E. Gladstone in North American Review.
While divorce of any kind lmpairs the integ-
rity of the family, divorce with remarriage de-
stroys it root and branch. The parental and
the conjugal relations are ''jointed together"
by the hand of the Almighty no less than the
persons united by the marriage tie to one an
other. Marriage contemplates not only an alb
solute identity of interests and affections, but
also the creation Of new, joint and Independent
obligations, stretching into the future and lin
tied only by the stroke of death. These obli-
cations where divorce proper is in force lose all
community, and the obedience reciprocal to
them is dislocated and destroyed.
have spent nearly sixty years at the center
OF British life. Both before and from the be-
ginning Of that period absolute divorces were
in England abusively obtainable, at very heavy
cost, by private acts of parliament, but they
were SO rare (perhaps about two in year, that
they did not affect the public tone, and for the
English people marriage was virtually con-
tract indissoluble by law. In the year 1857 the
English divorce act was passed, for England
only. PROFESSIONALLY, since that time the
standard of conjugal morality has perceptibly
declined among the higher classes of this
country and scandals in respect to it have be-
come more frequent. The decline, as a fact,
/ know to be recognized by persons Of social
experience and insight, who in no way share
my abstract opinions on divorce. Personally,
believe it to be due in part to this great inno-
walton in our marriage laws; but in part only,
for other disiptegrating causes have been at
work. The mystery Of marriage is, admit
too profound for our comprehension, and it
seems now too exacting for our faith.
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come and call off the old man before he finished
the bargain. Well says l. wen cali it
ei2hty-hVe and expenses. and there I'll stop.
IroppeltacAer. now he sot down aGin and
looked hard at me. L didn't ask you to bring
my daughter back says he. speakin' gruff,
ana very different from the way he spoke be-
lore, and what's more. didn't want her back,
ana what more yet, I'm not goin' to pay you
red cent Now. look a here says l. mighty
sharp, none o that old man; fork over the
money or II lay you out stiff poker and
heIP myself. I'm not fellow to be fooled with
ana there's nobody in this house can stop me.
Ola Groppeitacker. he didn't turn hair, but
Just sot there. and says he: Before you blow
any more suppose you take my little gold
mouse out of your pocket and hand it to me.
l must say was took back at this, but spoke
back as bold as brass, and said never seed his
gold mouse. %. no., says he, what you didn't
see was the electric button under the table
cover which rung bell when the mouse was
picked up. That's what call my mouse trap.
AT this / jist billed over. Now says l..
Just you hand out every cent you've got. and
your watch, too; not another word And l
jumped up and clapped my hand on my pistol
III my hip pocket and just that minute there
was click and the nippers was on me- and
there was a big policeman with his hand on
my shoulder. l couldn't speak | was SO bilin'
and so dumbfounded both at once. Old
Groppeltacker he just leaned back and he
laughed. You came in he said to The cop,
Jest the second l rang and as soft as a cat,
and the first thing that want you to do is to
take that gold mouse out OF his pocket, and III
be on hand whenever you let me know I'm
wanted The cop he took the gold mouse out
OF my pocket, and, says he, Il know this fellow,
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The Ugly London Sailor Hat.

From the New York World.
The London sailor hat, made of tarpaulin or
vanished waterproof cashmere, was introduced
to the Newport set of New York society by Mrs.
Capt. Paget, the daughter of Mrs Paran Ste
vens. When Mrs. Paget came to town in her
trim little REFER jacket and smart tarpaulin
Murray Hill went wild. The hat was borrowed
and tried on and orders were rung over the tele-
phone to be filled at once. But they were not
filled with any such speed and full month
elapsed before the halter to the flour hun
dred' could set the proper block. 1t had to
come from the London designer, and the tarred
canvas was brought from the other side as well.
1t cost about - to import them and they sold
on 9th avenue for So, and it is impossible even
now to meet the demand. On the East Side
and down among the shops of 14th street a
waterproof sailor may be bought for half the
money, but it is not the jaunty tarpaulin with
the jet-like polish that crowns the heads of the
helresses OF swelldom. The shape doesn't begin
to have the London set about it; it isn't smart
so to speak, and there is no hutng of velvet
and no silk head-band to keep the stiff edge
from ridging the fair brow of youth and beauty.
Then, too there is a difference in the blocks,
and If lady is determined to have a tarpaulin
who hasn't the face for it the brim is narrowed
or the crown changed to suit her peculiar style
OF beauty. Children, girls, debutantes, bellies,
young married ladies and mothers with mar
rlageable daughters alike affect the tarpaulin
No trimming is used but the lusterless band of
corded silk. To hold the hair in place and
soften the roses that bloom for art in place of
beauty small wells Of dotted net or gray silk
tissue are worn.
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HERE WAS A CLICK AND THD NIPPERs WAS on ME.

Who's your pop| says l. He's Mr.. Cropped
taeker OF GrOppeltacker 4 MINT. corset find
ings. seven hundred and something or other,
forget the number now, Broadway. o, pop
does a lot of business. tell you. and he's got
lots OF money. He sends corset findings to
South America, and Paris. and Chicago. and
Madagascar, and the uttermOst parts of the
earth. I've heard him say that often. and you
needn't be afraid of his not being able to pay
you lot more than that man would have
paid you for his little gal, if you'd catched the
right one. SO II you take me TO pop, and get
me there safe and sound. it will be an awful
good speck for you.
Now begins to think to myself that per
haps there was somethin' in what that little
gal was sayin', and that / might make
something out Of the gal after all. 1 didn't
count on gettin' a big pile out of old Grapple-
tacker-lt wasn't likely he was that kind of a
man-but whatever | did get would be clean
profit. and l might as well try it on. He
couldn't make no charge agin me fur bringin'
him his daughter, il she asked me to do it, so
says TO her, Now. if take you home to your
pop Will you promise. on your word an honor,
that you won't say nOthin about my carryin'
you of in a bag. and say that YOU seed me walk
in along the road and liked my looks, and told
me you were sufferin'. and asked me to take
You home to your kind parents. where you
might be took proper care of; and that said
wasn't goin' that way. but I'd do il out of pure
Christian charity. and nothin' more nor less,
and here you was! And then, Of course. you
can tell him he ought to do the handsome
thing by me- III do that says she, and I'll
tell how you talked to me awful kind for more
than an hour, tryiu' to keep me TO stay at the
school, and il wasn't till l got down ON my
knees and weeped that you agreed to take me
to my kind father All right says l. i nigh,
as well takes you along, but well have to &c
back by the railroad and foot il at least two
miles to the station, and | don't know about
walkin across the country with little gIrl
dressed as fine Won are. I might get myself
suspicioned.' That's So says she; we might
meet somebody thatd know me- and then she
wriggled up her little forehead and began to
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calculation Of the Force Expended by a
Man Who Climbs Hill.
From Iron,

From Iron.
The physical energy or force sometimes
exerted by the human body under certain con-
dltlons Is known to be astounding but no one
has ever taken the trouble to put before us
that force in figures. DR.. j. Duchhester has
now made most interesting calculation on the
''work DONE by mountaineers in ascending
heights, which will serve az an illustration.
Surprising mountalneer weighing l6S pounds
IS making the ascent of summit 1000 feet
high from the point of starting, he has TO eA-
pend an amount of physical force found by
multiplying his weight by the height to be as
cendcd. In the case assumed weight of 16S
pounds multiplicity height of 1000 feet equals
l.lB,00 fOot-pounds; or. in other words. 1,176,-
COO pounds have to be lifted foot.
This is work performed merely by the
muscles of the legs; but. besides this, the con-
fractions of the muscle of the heart have TO be
taken into account. Its function consists as
Is well known, in propelling the blood collect
Ing In the heart, on the one hand, into the ar
tcrIeS and on the other, into the lungs. This
Is effected at an initial velocity of = feet per
second, which represents in the case of an
adult work of four foot-pounds for each con-
traction of the heart. The pulsations of an
adult are On the average ~ per minute but
i'll ascending heights, owing to the additional
eXertlon, their number is increased TO an ex-
lrdOfulEarN extent.
Assuming, for the sake of simplicity in calcu-
lation. only 100 beats of the pulse per minute,
this would give 400 foot-pounds per minute,
1900 !oot-pounds per hour and l2O0 900 foot
pounds for Tie five hours supposed to be re-
CURED Ill ascending height OF 1000 feet. The
work performed by the muscles in breathing
by the expansion and contraction of the chest.
may also be estimated at four foot pounds. As
Stunning. further, that the number of breath
in6S per minute Is on the average only twenty
hYe although. as matter of fact. it will be
found 20 be higher in mountain ascent last
ing five hours, we have to add further work
of 10000 foot-poundg.
The total work performed during five hours
by mountaineer consequently amounts to
1,326 600 foot pounds. In this estimate are not
included the physical force spent il overcom-
ing the friction on the ground the exertions TO
be made In keeping the body erect at dizzy
heights and IN dragging heavy boots and foot
irons, nor the loss of muscle power in cutting
steps III the ice, not to reckon the work per-
formed in carrying an ice axe. or the physical
force excrtod in crossing fresh, loose snow
Taking all these conditions into account Dir.
Buchheister arrives at the conclusion that the
work done Ill an ascent OF 1000 feet lasting five
hours, cannot be placed at less than 1850, 600
foot-poumds.
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False Hair Again in Fashion.

From the London World.
Know, fair ladies, that false hair is once
more coming into fashion. The charming
Louis XIV couture, raising the hair from the
neck and leaving the lines free, does not suit
the huge hats that are now worn and chignons
and switches are needed to fill up the gaps and
augment the volume of the head on which the
hat rests. Such is the edict of those who ordain
what is chic or not chic, or, rather, what is fin
de steele or the contrary; for Just as Darwin
has replaced Schoepenhauer since Daudet's
Lutta pour la Vie has become the topic of the
saloons, so the phrase fin de steele has replaced
chic, pschutt and vlan in the Specification of
supreme modern elegance. Therefore, Gallo
maniacs will kindly take notice that if they
wish to appear in the movement they must not
employ the antiquated words above; if they
talk about chic hat they will give themselves
away as utterly as those good German simple
tons with whom Icrossed the frontier the other
day, and who, wishing to pass as French, gave
each other the word of order as soon as they ar
rived at Petit Croix: "Bour ramour ii lieu, bas
un mot t'Allemant"
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Donations to Fairs,

From the New York sun.
Talk about high prices" said a well-known
fair manager few evenings ago, 'you will
never know what large estimates business men
can put upon the value of their goods until
you have seen the list of donations to a fair A
contribution of stationery will be valued at $40,
when l can go right to the same mans store
and buy it for "a. A $50 sofa pillow would be
dear at IS, and sets of china marked at S26. so,
or something like that when exhibited in store
windows are put down at 800 when contrib
uted to a fair. I've heard insurance men COM
plain OF the way men figure up the value of q
stock when they come to make up a schedule
OF losses after fire, but that trouble isn't a
circumstance to that of the manager of fair
who is expected to realize $4,000 off of dona-
lions that wouldn't bring $4,000 at sale.''
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The Window Garden In December,

From the ladies' Home Journal.
Plants require all the sunlight it is possible
to give them at this season. The DAYS are
short and many of them are cloudy, and plants
suffer in consequence. But few flowers can be
expected this month. Care must be taken to
see that they do not get too much water
evaporation takes place slowly now, and one
watering too much week is quite sure to in.
jure them by making the soil sodden. The
plants will not be making much growth. there
lore the roots will not be in proper condition
to take up the water. Do not give more water
as long as the soil has not dry look on its sur
face. This advice has been given SO often as
the golden rule to be followed by the grower OF
plants who would be successful in their cnlture
that it seems hardly necessary to repeat it. but
II is one that cannot be wisely ignored. there
fore it cannot be impressed too forcibly on the
mind.
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Some Women Are Sly.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

FrOfN tnt FIttsDIrB DIsIatch
How awfully sly some women are. I was
standing in a notion store on Wednesday after.
noon when young woman of fair countenance
and modest front came up to the counter, and,
after the usual performances asked the sales
man to show her some corkscrews, adding
Il want good strong one to open ink bot
ties"
The salesman returned with a basket con.
tanning corkscrews of all sizes, and picking on,
little one held it up, saying: 1--WE have them
IKE this-Dat heres one, and ne showed a
can get good grip on"
The young woman never smiled as she said
that she'd take the big corkscrew. The ink
bottle was never made with a neck large enough
to admit such a screw.
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Lightning in Medical Cases.
From the New York Sun.

from the New York SUM-
The use of electricity in surgery is extending
daily. 1t is now largely employed in England
genealogical cases. 1t has long been known
to be capable OF relieving neuralgia pain, and
has now been applied to cases Of ovarian neu-
ralsia, the treatment Of which presents pecu-
liar difficulties. DR.. Apostali, in giving the
results OF his practice, states that he has often
had patients whose ovarian region was so pain
full and tender that they could not bear the
slightest pressure, but who, after few min
utes' application of the indicted current, could
submit to firm pressure without any indication
of pain, declaring that both pain and tender
ness had entirely disappeared.
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THoMAs BOWLING. Auctioneer.

CHOICE AND ELEGANT COLLECTION
oFJAPANEsE ART TREASURES IN PoRCE-
LAIN. BRONZE, CURIos AND EMBRoID-
cry. EMBRACING SOME OF THE FINEST
SPECIMENS EVER SENT TO THIS CITY,
COMPRISING
Surerb Satsuma KOros and Vases Of exquisite
workmanship. Kutani ksza, Ariti and Toxic
Vases. suberb Cabinet Specimens of beautiful
designs, elegant Bronzes and Cloisonne, superb
Table Decorations. such Plates and Dishes,
all sizes of beautiful and artistic designs, ele-
CANT Screens and Embroidery. the whole FORM
ing one of the most interesting and valuable
collections ever sent 10 this city
The Sale will take place at my Art Rooms tthe
largest this side of New York;. l tn and Pa ave.
on TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DECEM-
Der TENTH 3nd ELEVENTH. 1850 ut
ELEVEN AN. AND THREE ?. NJ. each day.
On exhibition on Monday. day prior to sale
N.B.-The rooms are well-heated and every
comfort will be extended to parties attending
the sale.
d6-3t THOMAS BOWLING. Auctioneer.
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The Full Dress Undervest.

From the Clothier and Furnsher.
The very latest fad in fixings is the undervesi
to be worn with the dress suit. The shape OF
the undervest is that of q single-breasted waist.
coat without collar, and is buttoned high up
having narrow fat buttons. They are in vari.
Gus fabrics of high and low degree, and range
in price from % to $l2 Buckskin is a com-
ponent essential Of the new garment, and the
undervest is worn over the undershirt and
under the full dress shirt. The fact that it is
worn out of sight, however, has not prevented
some enterprising manufacturers from produc.
ing this new article Of mems wearer in very at
tractive design. A well-known Broadway re-
taller exhibits undervests in blue and white
satin polka dot. The innovation is certainly :
common sense idea.
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Was She Far Wrong

from inc IadIes' HOme JournaL
hope that few ladies are as maladroit as a
debutante who said not long ago to guest at
an afternoon tea: Afternoon teas are horrid.
aren't they? So stupid and tiresome! Don't
feel obliged to stay, just because it's my COM
ing-out partyP' It may seem strange that a
young lady should make such q very thought
less and Inbred speech, but young people who
have not been accustomed to ways Of the
world sometimes make these mistakes from q
desire to be frank.
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WEEKS & CO.. Aucroneer,
DUNCANsoN BROS. Auctioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF LARGE BRICK BUILDINGS
ON Ii STREET BETWEEN SEVENTEENTH
AND EIGHTEENTH STREErS NORTHWEST
NOS; l!2yz1533, AND KNOWN IN PART As
By virtue Of deed of trust recorded in Liber No
1865 folio l50 ct seq of the land records of the
District of Columbia and at the written request of the
party secured will sell in front the premises
TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF DECEAI-
Der, AID. 1889, AT HALF-PAsT FOUR O'CLOCK
NJ all those pieces parcels of land and premises
known and distinguished on the ground plat of
Washington, DC, and being lots numbered ten
(l0) aud eleven Il d. in Samuel Davidsons subdivision
Of lots in square numbered one hundred and twenty
seven Q21I per plat recorded i'll Liber K, folos
s. and of the records Of the surveyors ofce the
District Of Columbian also part Of original lot mum:
bered eight (S) IN SAID square numbered hundred
and twenty-seven Q2O. the same being the west
fifteen Q5l feet front by tn hundred
and nine uQ9 feet OF said lot g. The said premises
ton of which is known "Ihe Milton" apartment
house.
Terms: One-third Of the purchase money cash ,
ing per cent interest payable semi-annually and TO
be secured by deed Of trust the premises sold or
all cash. at option of purchaser; conveyancng &C. al
cost of purchaser A deposit OF $500 will be re-
CURED AZ time VI sale. Terms to be complied with in
fifteen days, otherwise the reserve the right
resell the property the risk and cost OF the de-
fauting purchaser after five days public notice OF
such resale in some newspaper published Washing
ton,sD.C. -
FRANCIS II. SMITH, r,..
d5-d&ds NATHANIEL. WII,SON-k 4rustee&
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81 have often seen the phrase all right-think.
ing people in the papers. What kind of peo-
pie are right-thinking people?' ssThey are the
sort Of people," said the father, who think
% we dc. - loutas Companion.
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FINANCIAL.

TNACoMA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY SMALL
amounts can be PLACED here 10 yield n prOnt
Si from 20 10 90 leg cent inside lhs.
1hefe are 10 surer safer lINcstnents
BETHEL. McMANUs 4 GILLESPIE
se25-3m Uhlman Market Block. Tacoma W.T.
NJ. ". CoksoN. JNo W MACAKTNFN
Member ny. STOCK H.
CoRSoN 4 MCCARTNEY
GLOVER BUILDING. l4lg 4 sr NV
Bankers and Dealers IN Government Bonds
deposits. Exchange. Loans Collections
lallroAd stocks and bonds and all securities listed
on the Exchanges of New Aork. PhAdel pima IBoston
amt baltimore fought and sold
specially iIaae 0f investment securities District
ephoDe Stock dealt IN
American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold WIS
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DoBEKT yosE 4 co.

VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION.
On MONDAY. DECEMBER MIMI Al -FOUR p
NJ, We will oner for sale that valuable estate Elowa
as 10 attn street southeast comprising lot - feet
inches irOnt by g0 feet deep. a sOod pressed brick
mont threestOry House. substantially built having
AL modern lmiruNemelts. and Brick Stable two
horses, with 2O-foot alley the rear Tci ms 81
sale : 100 deposit Can be seen from 10 IN. each
day until sale IA az
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AUCTION SALES.
FlNhOs. 4 WAGGAMAN, Real Estatc Auctioneor

rI'Hos. T. wAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctsoneor.
IkSSSTEES SALE OF yALCABLI LoI I'M
il 10; 10; PASS STREET NORTHWEST.
s rrtSe q ~? deeds q trust recorded rsyectyey
~ iaoer No lsl5. folio 5. and LATER No spA folio
500 ~ tue land records OF the District uf COLUMBIA
anu hne request OF the parties rVby sccurcl
SD Al lnnc auction. IN front the Treiui~es
MoSpAi, bhNEAhLh NlNIH, 1889, Al fNbUR
ONLoNh I'M. the following DESERVED real csfate
situate IN oe0rectOwn ID q. and urscril follows
DetlhniE ior t.c sEiitc a. Iclut distant ,O feet
eastNarull On Lne drawn north % slofr,ss % MIN
gtes cast tnTOgh the pontU intersection Of ths suth
llhe oi west street and the town line Of tc5r.e
town =, from said point interss,-tion. tnel.,e
WITH SAID nrst mentioned line north 3 decrees 10
minutes eSst 80 fevts thence south Is ,i,.reet al
minutes east % feet. thence south 20 ds.rces 10
minutes west - feet. thence north do.r.c. al
minutes west O5 feet 90 the place OF be. ,, Wi
Stable. ~ N'i-AAs -'-~
Terms: one third cash, balance In thr,e canal An
stallnents, IN e. ~ and IL months for uhicf note.
OF purchaser bearing Interest frUn dAy Of sale and
secured by deed OF trust on proPsrty sold viii lie
taA SL or AL cash, AZ option u purchaser dspost "a
SlOO Wall 1e required at time OF sale aud All convey.
Hnciag and recording VIII be At purChaser's Get II
terms are not SoIlied with IN fifteen day. from sale
property viii be resold rsk and n dcfauttns
purchaser after i've dap advertisement
IhOS. = MAOs0AMAN9
n2s-d&ds JOHN ". PlLllNG. 4 ArustceA