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EoR RENT.
UNFURNIsHED HOUSES.

UNFURNISHED HOUSES.
No. 20 Iowa Circle, 3.s.ory bk, 13 rs,
stable in rear. .,........... 80, sle5 90
No. 1fC4 Stoughton 1T, 3'story bk and
stone, RS, a m i.................... 90 90
No. 1iC6 Stoughton st, 3-story bk and
stone, o rs, a m Acknowledgements. 90 90
No. 140S Stoughton vt, 3-story bk and
stone, 0 RS, a IN i..............,....... 10 90
No. 1410 Stoughton st, 3-story bk and
stone, 0 rs, a IN i..................,... 60 90
No. lf12 Stoughton st, 3-story bk and
stone, RS, a IN mi..,,...,.............,. 60 90
No. 1876 B st Sc, 3story blk, 10 rs "A IN t.. i5 90
No 9l0 p st, 5rs, over store water, gas,
etc.,.......,,...,......, ..,,.... IL 10
No. OIL X st, 3story bk, 9rs a m i...... 40 90
FURNISHED ROOMS.
No. 20 Iowa Circle, 3-story bk. IL rs,
heated by furnace, newly papered
with paper to match furniture. .....S Si75 90
STORES.
No. dso Pa aye, 3story bk, rs, e5x9o
each. to ley.,...................... Sl45 90
cor OF Columbia and = Psts.......... a3 90
2i12 NJ IT, store and dwg; new......... 80 90
OFFICES.
No. Go5 + ri n W, 8 rs, Sd foor.........,. $40 90
No. G25 i st n w, B RS, 4th foor.......... 80 90
No. t23 + st n W, 3 RS, 9th floor: :....... 30 90
STABLES.
In rear of No. 1901 X st, or stalls,
large carriage rm, coachmans rm,
n. NJ PARKER
No. 1418 i street northwest.
I,OR RENT-NINE.ROOM BRICK HOUSE,
IL In frst-class order, 719 North Caroina
avenue southeast; large yard and pleasant
home, S30.50. GEO. r. HARBIN,
$40 Pa, ave. 3. e
The Washington critic., 1889-02-19

E'oR RENT-221O, 2212 AND 22t4 18TH
Il St n. W.; mod imps; $3.50. 1905 9th st.
N. W., D. room brick; $40.
THOS. G. uENSEY & CO.,
1900 u ct II, W.
The Washington critic., 1889-02-19

Aluminium is exceedingly cheaper than sill
yer and superior to gold in brlliancy, dura
bility and lustre for fine ornaments jewelry
not Investigate Aluminium is the coming
metal, melts easy, very light and alloys with
any metal
The Washington critic., 1889-02-19
a Political Comlnotl0n.

There was great deal Of commotion AT
Bloomington, H., yesterday, in political
and social circles, over the arrest of lgnatz
Lederer, township collector of Blooming
ton, and his deputy, Harry NJ, Lochr, upon
charges OF grand larceny and forgery. It
is stated that the books of the collector
have leen altered, and that overcharges,
aggregating 81 800, have been found. On
these collections had already been made
about $500. Lederer and Loehr gave bonds
of 81 ,OCO each.
The Washington critic., 1889-02-19
g~S95sTHE WASHINGTON ARCHITECT.
~ URAL IRON AND BRIDGE WORKS,
EDWARD l.. DENT. NJ. H.,

The best facilities In the city for all kinds
OF iron work.
Steel Beams, Angles, etc, always In stock.
Fine Ornamental Casts and Wrought-Iron
Work speciality.
Repairs and general machine work done in
the best manner and at short notice.
Sole licensees In the District Of Columbia
for the "Goctz Mitchell" system of Beam
Anchors and Protectors.
Works: Cor. s3d and Water Streets; Tele.
phone, doS-3.
Office: 1413 @ Street n. W.; Telephone, 42s2.
Washington, u. G..
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a4a5 GRAND REVIEW STAND.


fsg5 OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
s-S DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHING.
TON, Feb. 10. 1SS9--Notice Is hereby given that
ON Thursday, March I, 1889, the lease of the
Fish Wharf and Fish stalls, In the cities of
Washington and Georgetown, will be sold by
public auction for the term of one year from
March 1, 1880. as follows: At 2 2o'clocx y. m.,
upon the premises, Fish stalls in the George.
town Market House to the highest bidder.
Terms, cash In advance. Also at 3 o'clock u.
M. on the same day on street, between eth
and 9Th sts. n. w, In front of the Fish Stalls of
tCentrel Washington Market, all rights and
privileges granted or allowed by the laws of
the Corporation of Washington to establish
wharvcs or docks for the landing cleaning
and sale Of fish In the city of Washington,
and no. wharf or dock shall be deemed eigi-
bic unless situated at some point on the
north side Of the Potomac River, between
1ith ST. @. and 18th st. W.. to the highest bidder.
Terms: one hundred dollars TO he paid on the
day of sale, and the residue to be paid within
five days from the day of sale. BY order OF
the Board of Commissioners, District of Co
lumbia w. Il. WEBB. s. II. wiIEATLEY,
G. W. RAYMOND, Commissioners.
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.nM5e NEW BOOKS.

n,195 CENTRAL NEWS DEPOT, sis 9th st.
- n. W. All magazines fashion books,
weekly and daily papers on our counters.
subscriptions received FOR any publication at
lowest rates latest novels, stationery, etc.
The Washington critic., 1889-02-19
T.fNpED-HELP.

ddrertiSeDents under his head, four lines or
ioss, 20 cents for one insertion. 30 cents for three
The Washington critic., 1889-02-19

H>AsyasTHE NEWPORT ALUMINIUM AND
TX Steel Company of Newport, KY, is
now prepared to grant licenses for the
cheaper production of soft steel and MALE
able Iron castings without annealing In or
dinary cupoa furnaces by. our new Ferro
Aluminium process. A grand success. Roy
atty low. Why not investigator
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-15
And Mind the Little Things.

Springs are little things, but they ard
sources of large streams; helm is
little thing, but it governs the course Of
a ship; bride is a little thing, but w}
know its use and power; nails and peg|
are little things, but they hold the part
Of large building together; a word,
look, a smile, a frown, are little things
but powerful for good or evil. Think d
This, and mind the little things .-Nort1
Carolina Mirror.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-15
Domestic were-wolves in Afghanistar

Afghanlstan shepherds Keep dogs tha|
make their pasture-grounds unapproacH
able to strangers. They are perfec|
beasts of prey, ready to tear man Of
the slightest provocation, but charginl
wolves and leopards with the same recl|
less courage. Game is SO plentiful i
the uplands that the rangers have nj
difficulty in providing food for doze|
of such trained were-wslves.- Chi
cago Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-15
Safe Distribution of Natural Gas.

A patent for the safe distribution d
natural gas throughout the various maidI
has been granted to Pittsburger. |
covers the process of mixing air with Cd
In such proportions that, while til
danger of explosion is taken away, q
the heating qualities still remain. III
patent is expected to revolutionize til
use of natural gas.-Chicago Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-15
Tine Three Tests of Ship Anchors.

Ship anchors are carefully tested bI
fore admitted to use on English vessel
Two of the three tests of the ductibilitj
contraction of area, elongation AM
bending must be satisfactory, or the al
Choir viii be rejected.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-15

There are few if any original sayingI
What we imagine so are often but d
Improvement upon ancient phrases-nd
always that.-Jud Iafagan in Chicad
Ledger.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03
FOR THE LADIES.
A HALF-HoUR CHAT WITH DUN
FAIR DAUGHTERS.

The Latest Fashions Discussed. and sur.
gcstions Mad In Relation to becoming
Toilots-Ever Tickle Fashions Demands
and Requirements.
IEEw YORK coRREsPoNDENcE.l
There is a radical change for the
smaller, N therefore the better, in
winter bonnets to be worn ut church, at
the theater and in other places of as
semblage, where o~utspreading milf
merry has 80 long been q nuisance.
Women who this time last year sought
n head-covering for the genuine pro-
lection it would afford them were in
despair. The folly of fashion was carr
ried to a still more ludicrous and in
artistic extreme by tho brims, which
were out Of all proportion 10 their abb
5urdly high crowns and face trimmings.
This season all the exaggerations are
modified. The bonnets shield the back
OF the head almost entirely, which the
horseshoe style of last winter did not.
The bonnet is now really q bonnet. and
not the toy head-gear that il was. But
1t nus not be imagined that the visual
obstructiveness of millinery is abated,
because, unfortunately, n good %
ton of our women will go into audi
ences wearing hats, instead of bonnets:
and here are pictures of brand-new
hats that are fully as big as their pre-
decessors. These are hats Of bows.
and are something entirely new. A
walk through Broadway and Fifth ave.
nue would not to-day disclose half a
dozen examples of them, for they have
only just been brought over from LON
don, and are barely yet adopted into
vogue by u foremost dressers. 1t
viii be seen in the two models sketched
that they are peculiar in having their
broad brims turned up all around, and
IN being surmounted by wide, loose
bows of cloth, which sway and flap in
December winds like the sails Of a
bark. Feathers and flowers and rib
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03

bons are not to be put on them, and If
there Is any other ornament than the
bows 1T consists, as in the first picture.
az q whole bird.
There are often sharp talks by svm-
pathetic persons upon the fashion of
wearing birds as ornaments, but / do
not suppose 1T will have the slightest
effect upon those who imagine that it is
chic to walk or drive about the streets
with a distorted little mass of feathers.
beak and claws, perched in an impos-
sible position upon a head-dress which
- already several inches too high. The
mother birds are killed, they say, and
the young left to die of starvation be-
cause certain women insist that it shall
be 30. Yet how gentle, and sympa-
thetic, and tender. those very women
pretend to b when il suits their con-
v~enience. That a nineteenth-century
woman Is 50 utterly selfish, so hone.
lessly without brains or feeling, and SO
incapable of learning even the very
element Of humanity, that she must
have birds TO adOrn herself with at any
cost. This terrible indictment against
rich women Is far too sweeping. They
are simply thoughtless, and to put Il
tersely, led by the nose by the mi1liner
She tells them birds are the fashion.
therefore they wear birds, but l be.
lieve honestly hat the majority OF
them have a sort of vague idea that tho
bird IS made somewhere, Just as lucifel
matches, bead trimmings and button,
are made. if they could only be per
suaded that the fashion was ON ugly
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03
Marvellous Longevity.

The most extraordinary British ex-
amples of longevity, saws CassePs
Journal, are those of Thomas Parr.
who died in 1886, at the age of 1872;
Henry Jenkn ms, of York hire, who died
in 1910, aged 169; Mr.. Fairbrother,
who died at Wigan, May, ITO, aged
1873; James Shellie, an Irish farmer +.
who died in June, 1859, eyed 1876, and
Martha Hannah, of C%ulIyback ey, Ire
land, who died in 1908, aged 1876. But
Great Britain and Ireland are not the
only countries that breed centenarians.
In 1909 Elizabeth Haywood, q free
negro, died in Jamaica. aged 100: in
1742, a Portugue @ gentleman, Joa
Homen da Cunha Deca, died, aged 1919.
and in 1890 a Portuguese lady, Joanna
Francisco de Piedade, wGs still living
ut the age of 100. But most writer's on
the subject seem to agree that our own
islands produce an unusual proportion
of long-lived people. They also agree
that more men than women reach OK
treme old age. The Oldest person
whom L p rsonally have known died at
the age If lie. / can not be quite sure
of the year of his death. 1t mu t. /
think, have been 1863 or 1869. He was
n quiet old gentleman, who hal two
weaknesses books and sport. Several
times during his last years he narrowly
escaped burning himself TO death in
bed, where, whenever he wGs wakeful,
he loved TO read at night; and TO with
in "A few weeks of his death he always
drank three or four glasses OF old-fash-
Toned black port after his dinner. He
never smoked nor snuffel, but he
hunted until he was over ninety; he
had q marvellous digestion; his sight,
aided by spectacles, was coed until the
last, and he was sufficiently clear
headed to make a little joke to one of
his reat-granddaughters within an
hour or two of his end. This kind Of
pleasant extreme cd nge is, / fm
afraid, very unusual. I should all
that my old friend in his early days had
an appointment in India. and / have To-
fore me rs 1 write q copy of Horace"
(Tonson's edition of 1715) which no
gave M, and which bears in his hand
writing on the hy-leaf his name and the
dat, Calcutta, is March, 1879" He
gave it TO mo about lightweight years
later.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03

as we'll as peculiar foot. A handsome
low shoe is the bronze sandal slipper,
ornamented with large steel or gilt
buckles on hugo bows of ribbon over
the instep. A novelty in ties for fancy.
dress balls is brilliant red kid as vivid
MS tho most highly polished coral. A
combination of suede kid tops and pat
ent leather tips, or bookings is repre-
sented in the Adonis shoe for dress
purposes.
Shall we have in shoes what is al
ready n freak in gloves-that is, mis-
matched pairs? The fashion of wear
ing gloves of different colors on the
two hands has reached us. However
IL came about, tho Parisians have en-
thusiastically accepted the novel fancy,
and from all appearances odd gloves
will be absolutely de rigueur this win.
ter, not only in Paris bnt on this side
of tho ocean as we'll, for they have
been worn on several swell occasions
already. One can excuse silly fashions
II they produce a good effect, but il is
difficult TO see that we shall gain any.
thing whatever by giving ourselves the
appearance of having one hand and arm
OF our w and one belonging TO some
n else. One has often heard Of the
reluctance of some folks TO permit one
hand to know of the others doings,
but this is the first time that these in.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03

and ~ungraceful one it would quickly
disappear.
10 will b. observed that. with oil The
diversity Of device in the outlines OF
bcdices and skirts, there IFS uniformity
IN the length Of tho latter. which in-
variably clear tho ground We have
- long been exempt from tho onco
fashionable dragging of skir's I'm fho
streets, that 10 i8 TO DE hoped tho enor.
nifty viii never be revived. Thrse
agreeable aud comfortable short skirts
naturally nccessitafC careful .ftarfiou
70 foot gear. and Iadif8 tr.I iho do.
Eirability n neat shoes. IIe vrry
latest caprice i1 tics and eligurrs TO
dainty for outdoor use. but rrrolo5.
Tor balls, are made Of uIdrces "a Bid.
The quality f., Of courro eiouter and
heavior than that used iu olives Of the
same Kid, Dut in app n a1ce they are
me same. These sliITer5 ONE in
drab, black, brown. faun tint. and
blue and will doubtless be tho 0roat
1Jor for full-dress occ. si3ns the com
ing season. Satin slippers 1nd ties in
all the delicate fhadcs which cannot bo
matched IN kid as we'll cs bronze kids
n different styles Of oruamentation.
etli also find their way Upon tho dance
floor ne they have hereto o.o like old
htaud-bys. Tho Adonis shoe. which
Fepresents the time Of classical COS.
TUNES, is an article wl i.h must give
fnec IN dancing o. il looks 10 comfort.
Rlbo onq vol adapted 81 thc ord nary
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03

Zones, and avoid all
H3VXloI Ecauses of harm. Never
N< Tread, write, or work
nv Ewith light from a win
szR21E dow in front of tho
kRCzNuXoEr}3eyes. Artisans injure
their sight past recovery by working at
q bench directly in front of q window.
when they should be placed with the
back to it. The light in front falls into
the eye, which contracts to lessen what
it cannot bear, with the invariable re-
suit of weakened sight. Lamps, gas
jets, and student lamps are often placed
SO near the head as to heat the eyes In
juriously. The simplest shade stops
this by making a current OF air between
itself and the lamp.
The gloss and glitter Of much of the
modern house decoration Injuries the
eye by the broken reflections it Is
forced to meet on all sides. The var
nished paint, the metallic finish Of
walls and fabrics, the breadth of plate
glass and painted glass are simply de-
structiye of good sight. They may
answer for people who never read, like
the Turks and Bulgarians, but eyes
overtaxed, like those Of our professional
and many of our artisan classes are,
quickly find this glitter suicidal. En-
amelled paint, we'll rubbed down,
fattened walls, floors in tile finish and
soft, dull tapestry will soon supersede
the half civilized gauds Of tho casino
style.
Heated rooms weaken the eyes; so
do small bonnets which do not shade
the face; 80 does a glare of light or
light that is too dim. In short, the
eyes need a great deal more care than
they get. Ill health of any sort weak
ems them. Going with cold feet causes
more harm to the eyes than any ono
ever suspects, and many cases of weak
eyes are relieved at once by hot foot
baths and thick stockings. The sight
is often strengthened by applications
just above the eyebrow and on the
temple rather han the eyeball itself.
l like very much DIR. Brinton's pre-
scription for weak eyes where there is
no special disease. Steep n handful of
fresh red peppers or ginger roots in
half q pint of alcohol, and wet tho
temple and brow above tine eye with
this twice daily, letting it dry. Very
strengthening is q lotion of n tea
spoonful of table salt dissolved in n
tumbler of distilled water. A little Of
this is put in any concave glass that
will fit the eyeball, and the eye is
opened in the water for a minute or
two, three times q day. Drs. Brinton
and Napheys say n tablespoonful of
rock-salt in a quart of water, dipping
the face in and opening the eyes in the
water, which is q vigorous and more
convenient form of the same applica-
ton. Probably the best eye-restorer
in nature is eight or nine hours of
sleep at night in n cool, dark room, the
light kept down by dark-green shades
at tho windows, two sets of them if
need be. This is better than shading
the eyes. Plenty of sleep restores the
liquid softness OF the eyes. Notice
how large, oewy, and lovely are q
child's eyes on waking from lcng
slumber.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03
When 10 Cut Timber.

Timber for most purposes is cut in
the winter, not for the reason hat il is
better and will keep longer, but there
is more leisure from other occupations.
And tho woods in midsummer afe
usually too hot for the active work OF
cutting timber. And vet the
superior quality of timber for posts,
ties, carriages, wagons, agricultural
implements, etc, Is sufficient 10 change
the time OF cutting. We are aware
scientists and skilled workmea differ
as 70 the exact condition of G.mber
when it should be cut, and some even
dispute the superiority of summer over
winter cut timber. A civil engineer
who claims TO have verified his state
ments 10y thirty years experience, who
knows his skill and whereof he writes,
gives the time to cut and the reasons
for In the Farmers RerieU.
hen the growth commenced in the
spring is completed there Is o period of
rest before the storage of nutrition in
the roots begins. Between these two
periods if timber Of any deciduous
tres is cut off tho stump the sap will
not ferment and worms will never get
in the wood. 1t will season hard and
the wood if oak will have n horny
t%oughness and great durability. Wood
cut during that period is mature, hay
ing completed it's growth for the year.
Tbs period vari in length, being
short in the North and longer in the
South, and is varied again by the char
acter Of the season, which if wet is
shorter and longer if dry. In the
North, in Northern Illinois or Wiscon-
sin, it may DO four to six weeks: in
Southern Illinois fro SIX to ten weeks,
and one season of prolonged drouth /
have known ii twelve weeks. Timber
cut from the stump in this period need
not be worked mp for a year and will
take no harm lying in the woods. If
railroad tics W. re cut from the stump
and worked out during the balance of
the year they would last from three to
five times as long as those cut in the
winter, and yet 1 have seen specifica-
tions requiring them TO be cut in the
winter from a mistaken idea of improv-
ing their durability. A bent felloe
manufacturer in New Jersey called my
attention 10 this fact thirty years ago,
and sail he had for sixteen years thus
followed the practice of requiring in his
contracts for timber that it be felled
during a period of six weeks from the
LIST of August to the middle of Septem-
Der. Any time in q year afterward they
might cut up the logs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03
Great LUCK.

Papa" said a beautiful girl, az the
bid gentleman came in late, did You
notice the dead body of a young man in
the yard?"
why, no; what's the matter?'
Il refused young Mr.. Paperwate TO
night, and from the hopeless, departing
look upon his face when he staggered
from the house / fear he may have
killed himself"
well, / am glad you refused him, "
said the old man spitefully, she has
irst beaten me five straight games of
billiards. Lite.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03

benjamin King. Of Little Silver, N.
j.. last summer bal a swarm OF bees
take TO the woods, He tracked them
10 a tree. and. after letting them work
there al sufnme-, recently cut 1t down.
The tree, which wss hollow for over
eight feet below the knothole where the
bees went ia aud out, had evidently
been a bee>trec for years, and Il contains
ed over six pals OF excellent honey.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03
Under the Wreckaee.

When death removes q friend or
brother the heart-strings may pull, but
we know that he is resting in his mar
row home. 1t is n comfort in our grief
to know that we q visit where he lies.
But when a father, son or brother goes
into the vast world to be heard of no
more-nevera message-never a line
never a word as to whether he is living
or dead-where or how he died
whether the sea or the sands gave him
burial, it is then that the heart shrivels
up with the weary waiting.
Down on the Jersey coast, with its
miles of marsh, it's miles of inlets, it's
miles of drear sand, its surf roaring
and fretting like a tiger first placed in
it's cage, we found O great heap of
wreckage. it was old and moss grown.
A bark or schooner had been driven
in upon the dreaded Brigantine Shoals
aud pounded to pieces. Here were
planks, beams, braces, knees-a piece
of n topmast-a ewlinks of the anchor
chain, spices and splinters and relics
TO tell you n story to lr.ng tears TO
your eyes. The wrecker5 had passed
it by. Mayhap the sight recalled the
fate OF q father or brother. In an idle
way we pulled the heap apart, Tausing
each moment to wonder and speculate.
We had come to the bottom wien lol
we found a ske Teton. Ayel it was q
| skeleton-nothing better than the gray
white bones of q strong man, over
which the surprised and frightened
crabs wero crawling to find refuge
under the stones.
"a skolo. on grim
A ekolet0n gray"
Every bone in it's place, and the eve
less sockets turned mp TO the sunshine
of heaven. Up or down the stormy
coast-over the vexed ocean-some-
where there were anxious hearts wait
ing for him. Father, mother, brothers
and sisters-theY knew not how he
died. They knew not where he rested.
They were waiting and hoping-they
had waited and hoped until their
hearts we're like lead. Ships came and
went--days and weeks and months
crspt away, bat never q word-nover O
word.
And in the shifting sands, far above
The reach Of the running tides, we
scOoped ont q grave and placed the
bones therein, with uncover, q heads.
We were to know that he lay there.
but the grave was hidden from all
Others. The days viii 90 on ~ be-
fore, and fond hearts viii continue
watching and hoping, aud the tides
will come and 60, but 10 is only when
all stand at the gates Of heaven that
he who is dead viii tell his story, and
they who wait md watch will wait no
more. -Ecch0Hge.