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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08

STRAsBURaER's
DRY GOODS AND CLOAK HOUSE
404 and 400 7th st. nv.
Our Dress Goods and Cloak Departments are keeping
us than busy all day long. We selling twice
the quantity this fall that We did last
1t IL strange but encouraging to us to how quick
advantage to buy their Dress Goods and Cloaks Of
arm whom they can depend upon - to
QUALITY AND PRICES
We guarantee every article We sell
DRESS GOODS
Our q 20 French Broadcloths twilied back al COL.
ors. selling fast at 81 yard
Our sl.2s English ssrges. cloth weight 54in. wide.
Tor next week u YARD
We claim to sell the best 4s-inch Atwood Silk
inish Henrietta. N light and dark shades. for q
yard.
See Cloth and Serge Plaid. and Stripes At 4sc.
Highland piaidA s4-in. wids III wool. at sse. .
ysrd IRE good value.
Black Goods Of al kinds from CSC yard 10 el5O,
ineludine oashmerss. Hsnriettaa ssrzes stri pes.
Moire Brlliantines and many other desirable tex.
lures.
Anew more Embroidered Dress Robes ct s7.a6
go Robes In Green. Garnet and Brown only. SILK
Sesn en0 SIX fri0B0 0eouco0 70
ol4.2b Only one robe Of each color
$B'sssE g +. S =:
We havs IN Immense stock and must sell them now
AMI 70 do this must mara coaks that the prices
alone must sell them
our Pipsh 0erments A. an. mai, s..,u,. In an.
Cloak Department. and make them sch more rspidy
10 win allow you 10 per on lowest marked prices
and more liberal reduction on Cloth Jsckets and
Newmarket.
Remember We keep no ahoddy goods, but win ssli
good ct cheaper rates that the interior ones are
eold fex.
orHAsBuR0Rar
DaY aooDs AND CLOAK sroars,
~ 90 s.a Aos rsAsA NJ.
1I1ND 1AI1nI09AH HALF HOSE FULL ma.
NA1lAe 1sdA Hrsnch hsoi and t0eI psiro II -
Also y heavy ot1ed oolors, geMlss9 49,
nS-2t' bLUN's. 745 and TAT ssA y ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08

OFFICE OF v. h HoKKI.
sTz AID PENNSYLVANIA AVE
GxrAr SAL, q. FU.xrrvas
We WILL GIVE A p1scouxr on
IS 1xl GENT on AL PAR
LOB AND czAnsxR yuzxl
TURF SOLD sos oAsz Duazza
THIS wxRk THE STOCK 10 LARGE
AND COMPLETE. COME EARLY. on
CARPETS VI ALWAYS QUOTE rHs
LOWEST PR1oEa SOME GREAT
BARGAINS IN nRussELs AND MO-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08

Just before election Ife Epoch Of New York
said: mo quarter to Tsmmany Hall next Tues
day. II must be gserre mort" That's what IL
vas, too, Whatever that 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08
II TAxrs TIM
10 LEARN SOMETHING'S.

FOR IT u NOT UNTIL
HI HAS WORN. WORN AND WORN
THE SHOES LONG AFTER HE
HALF FEARED THEY WOULD DISAP-
POINT HIM. AND UNTIL HE HAS
FOUND THAT THE SHAPE OF A
SHOE. Az WELL AS ITS SIZE, HAS TO
DO WITH COnfoRT-IT IS THEN
ONLY THAT HE REALIZES THAT
WHAT We CLAIM FOR THE FAIR
RENOwN OF OUR SHOES Is TRUE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08

WOODWARD 3 LorHRoP.
Dor. llth and y 81 A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08

EVERYTHING In RouoH Errrc1s
That il in the market Cancels Hair in looS
haired. long cur,sd. tufetsd, nappy. rough
serge. in fact . maze Of curious veaves in
these very desirable dress stafYs that would
take space immeasursble TO mention. In widths
from a to "a inches. for o. and ol25 per I'd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08

Fos ST..
Nuns Serge. "a inches vida
French Broadcloth. SO inches vida.
Lnpins Novelty Stripes. A inches vide.
French Cord, an extra good wearing fabric,
a inches vide.
Lupin's CeisbrsssA Drap do Alma a inches
vida
Armure Cloth. A inches vida
Csmeis Hair. rough effect A inches WIDE.
French Serge. extra hne, a inches wids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08

II Mr.. Springer Of Illinois had not always
worn bufton-hoie bouquet he might today be
available - . candidate for Speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08

Ohio locally 10 republican As . national
issue Ohio b not what IL used 10 b except in
The person Of Maj Mckinley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
ILLUSTRATING BOOKS.
The High Prices Realized by Some Artist,
in This Line.

To take an uncut and unbound copy
of an ordinary book. like Grants
Memoirs, for example, and after some
months artistic labor upon its margins
and blank spaces to make it worth
81. 500 or $4,000 would be considered
Il great feat by those who are unfamil
lar with the prices obtained for hand
illustrated books. The public at large
never sees such Volumes says the n.
Y. Star. The artist remains unknown
except to a limited number of wealthy
book lovers and their friends. His
work, incased in fooled Levant and
lustrous satin, is carefully laid away
to be brought forth only on rare occa-
sions. Since such work. however meri-
tOriouS, brings to the artist no fame.
and one life is too short to produce
many deliberately illustrated books. he
must find his sole consolation in money,
regretting doubt esS that he can not
realize the prices his books are sure to
bring hundred years hence.
Many patron of art who would not
hesitate to pay S.. 900 or $40. 900 for a
modern French painting with a famous
name in the corner would stand
aghast if asked to pay as many hun
dreds for an illustrated book which
for safety must be kept out of view.
Indeed. one millionaire who is said to
have paid $4,000 for a spurious Corot,
when offered a hand illustrated book
for $3.50 eXclaimed:
No! not for one book. | want $50
books for that sum-"
The purchaser of books daintilv
embelished with pen and pencil must
be a lover of literature as well as art.
Meissonier's early training as book
illustrator helped to make him one of
the greatest of artists
In hand illustrated books the biblio-
phile demands elaboration. Slight
sketches will not please him, though
for variety powerful and correct
drawing without much finish is often
admissible. However, real fervor is
apt to be repressed by the danger of
spelling a leaf. when perhaps the book
is nearly finished. For this reason the
work of beginners, however good in
other fields, shows signs Of timiditv
and feebleness. Concentration of at
tention and perfect confidence with
every stroke of the pen or brush are
essential to success in this branch of
art. Sometimes in drawing miniature
portraits such delicacy c. touch is
required to secure likeness that the
artist must use magnifying glass and
holds his breath.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
The First Great Ship Railway.

In 1891 we are promised the opening
of the worlds first great ship railway.
The event will be one of vast interest
to the scientific and to the commercial
world, for if it proves a success in
actual practice there seems to be little
doubt but that this method of trans
porting cargoes overland in bulk will
be adopted in many places. The
actual cost of construction and convey
ance is. according to Capt. Eads and
other well-known engineers, far less
than the building of canals. The ship
railway in question is now under con-
struction across the narrow strip of
land which divides the St. Lawrence
river from the Bay of Fundy. At the
Bay of Fundv end the work of build
inc huge dock capable of lifting ii
vessel and cargo some forty feet is
under way. while at the St. Lawrence
end equally extensive preparations are
being made of a slightly modified
character. There are seventeen miles
Of land TO be traverSed between the
TWO, and in year or two we are prom
jsed the spectacle of seeing ships of
1000 tons or more lifted bodily and
carried on trucks with innumerable
wheels across hill and dale. Some 800
miles of travel are thus to be saved.
and the Canadian government has
largely subsidized the undertaking.
Its prosperity and mechanical success
will be watched with peculiar interest.
N. 7. Commercial Advertiser.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
Women i'm Wall Street.

Marie Antoinette Nathalie Pollard,
a Virginia woman who has become
well known in the South and on the
Pacific slope, intends to apply for a
seat in the Consolidated Stock Elk
change. Several brokers have told her
that they can see no reason why she
shall not become Il member, even
though she is woman. If the Board
of Managers act favOrably on Mrs.
Pollard's application she will probably
be the first woman in the world to be-
come Il member of a stock exchange.
She specuated in California mining
stocks Il few years ago and says she
made $50 600
DO you know that there are be-
tween 800 and 400 women who
speculate in Wall street," asked Mrs
Pollard the other day as she sat in her
attractively fitted up Office. at may
surprise you, but it is a fact. They
are successful, too, and make as much
money as the men. We ladies are
quiet about what we do. Many lady
spectators have husbands who object
to their speculating. And it is their own
money that they use; they speculate
on the quiet.
Most lady spectators are bulls.
They buy but do not sell often. | do
not know why this is so. ! know that
when Was specializing was buyer.
One stock had invested in went way
down. | held on to it for long time,
and finally it went up and made on it.
1t is easy to make money in stocks
if one only keeps ones eyes open. OF
course if you buy at random YOU are
in great danger of losing, suppose
there are ladies who fancy that all they
have TO do to oct rich is to throw some
money into Wall street. That is a
great mistake.
Most of the ladies who speculate
are women of means who want to in
crease their wealth, but there are a
good many who only have few dol
lars, say $50 or more, and invest it
here and make. " Y. Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
A Sharp Limb Of the Law.

Young Bitter has recently embarked
upon a career as lawyer SAYS the
Boston Courier, and hung out his
shingle to attract such customers as
may be caught thereby from amid the
throng of passers who 90 up and down
Washington street, seeking to devour
and in the end not infrequently get
ting devoured That there is in him
some of the capacities necessary for
the successful pursuit of the legal pro-
fession is indicated by an incident,
trivial in itself which marked the be-
ginning of his career.
Why is it, he was one day asked
by classmate who put out his sign in
the same block at about the same time,
that people whom you don't in the
least know come into Your Office and
give you Jobs. and nobody ever comes
to me unless it is somebody that has
been sent?'
My dear fellow" was the reply; sit
is the'simplest thing in the world When
| had my sign painted, | let it lie out
on the grass for Il week, squirted
waler over it from the garden hose
and | rubbed it with sod. so that
when it was put up it looked as if it
had been in use for two or three Years.
Your bright new sign advertised to
all the world that YOU were Just start
inc out. but mine gave the impression
that l was an old hand; so | got the
patronage. See?'
Yes. | spe," the other returned
lhOumhtfuilV.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
HENRY ClAY'S POKER PLAYING.
Some Stories That Recall the Old Gam.
bling Days at the Capital.

THAT is the very table at which
Henry Clay used to lose the greater
part of his Congressional salary" said
an old Washington gambler. The
game he used to play was one in which
the blind was 80 cents and 81 to come
in. There was no limit in those DAYS
as there generally is to-day. A man
could, however, demand sight for his
money. Clay's antagonist WAS gener-
ally Il man named Bright, and both
preferred to play a twO-handed game.
The cards were cut one day and Clay
got the first deal. He was a better
card-shufler than lives to-day. He
could hold his hands four feet apart
and fly the cards from one to the other
without single card falling. Gen
orally be dealt with one hand
and without a perceptible move
ment of the arm, throwing each
to its proper place with his long mus
cular fingers. Clay was a poor poker
play, however. He played for excite
ment and not for gain, and as he was
careless about his bets he generally
came out the loser. He almost always
straddled the blind, and whatever
hand he held would raise the bet of his
antagonist. He used to bluff great
deal, and as this would soon be found
out he would come out a loser.
For nearly two hours the night
speak of Clay had been having his own
way with Bright. He held king full
four times running and then had
jack full. Bright did his best to
catch CLAW in a bluff but it was of no
use. Clay had hand that could be
beaten only by tours. The play began
at o'clock and by 1870 Bright had
lost 81, 500 and had borrowed $500
from John Hancock. After that Clay's
luck vanished, and by midnight he had
lost all his winnings and $1,000 be-
sides-all the cash he had with him.
1T was Saturday night and Bright
proposed that they quit so they could
90 to church in the morning, but Clay
wouldn't have it. So he borrowed
$500 from Bright and let the game 90
on. The game was continued, and by
daylight he owed Bright 81, 800. He
liquidated the debt by giving Bright a
deed for 800 acres of Kentucky land
and six shares of stock in a Louisville
bank.
Clay went to church all the same
that morning. While he was talking
to the rector after it was over he put
his hand in his pocket aDd pulled out a
pack of cards along with his handker-
chief. They tluttered to the ground,
but Clay was not abashed, and re-
placing them said that they must have
been placed there as a practical joke. "
- IFUShiUqtOH Letter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11

conduct; keep Cne hands at rest when
there is nothing for them properly to
do. The practice OF necessarily toying
with whatever may be within reach is
one Of the most ANNOYING ina ginablp.
in that class of habits which do not
directly affront other people; and is
not by any means confined to those
who might be classed as ill-bred.
An incident in point will illustrate
the practical phase of this habit. The
writer once noticed IL clergyman. whose
fingers were never at rest. No sooner
was his prayer begun. than they be-
gan their work. While the man OF
God prayed long and earnestly, his
busy fingers explored every portion Of
tie reading-desk. They found each
nail that had been used in the uphol
stering, dwelt upon its head with
gentle emphasis, as though distinctly
to indicate it to the congregation-who
certainly followed the preachers
fingers much more generally than his
prayer-every junction Of the plush
was traced back and forth as though to
find possible entrance for the per-
sistent fingers ends; and when finally
a small rent in the covering was re-
vealed it seemed from the fond per-
sistence with which the aperture was
fondled, coaxed together. drawn apart
and explored, that the object of all the
research was at last realized. OF all
this ridiculous fumbling the perpetra-
tor was, entirely oblivious-and that
was the worse phase of the matter;
the habit had become fixed and is
doubtless lifelong possession-such
as it is.-G00d HouSc beepi1g
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11

est Iurs they possessed. Some saplings
formed the framework of very low roof
which they covered with thick cloth
While these preparations were in pro
gress. Nadege drew from her sack, which
had happily escaped from the disaster, some
blackish -four with which she half-illed
huge wooden porringer. She also poured
in some cold water drawn from the torrent
by Ladislas, and stirred the mixture with
spoon. The -four made of oats. dried in ar
oven and carefully sifted, swelled and over
flowed the porTinger. Nadege offered each
one as:lare; after all, it was quite agreeable
food.
Negor, the Partisan, and Yermac at last
rolled themselves in the remaining furs
The dog Wab commenced to walk around
the tent and the bodies stretched upon the
ground, which the snow began to cover.
Under the animals guard, everybody re-
posed from the multiplied emotions of the
day.
The first to awake-it was the chief OF
police-perceived the companions of his
open air SAUNDERS looking like small mounds
beneath their coverings of snow, which
while imparting to them certain amount OF
heat, gave them the appearance of lying I'm,
der heaps of white feathers.
Yermac, disturbed by their immobnity
shook them.
NJ, Laf1eur had some trouble to free his
head. He appeared under the picturesque
guise of the good man Winter, as seen in
December in the windows of the Paris con-
dictionary shops, with otter-skin wool pull
ed down about his eyes and spotted with
snow, his hair powdered with boar frost, his
nose red and his garments as white as those
of g miller
''Ah!" cried he, giving himself a toss, lit
is plainly to be seen that there are no gen.
darmes in the vicinity-otherwise, a slum-
berer beneath the stars in my vagabon6
condition could not be awakened by a mem.
Der Of the police force without danger OF
passing the succeeding nights in the seclu.
sion of cell"
60 be continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11

Drmltr1'S companions, uneasy at his dis
appearance, ran UP. While some released
the young man from the tree, others bent
over the stifened body Of his father
rs he yet aliyes' - 1ei Dimitri, approach
ing,
No; he is dead-he is entirely cold"
"Ohl father father pardon me !" cried he
beside himself. II have killed you!"
And as if he feared lest the arm of the
corpse might suddenly lift itself to strike
him, he dare not give his father a final EN-.
brace.
One Of the gold-robbers, imposing silence
on the rest and demanding attention, then
spoke. He was a tail and sinewy man,
gifted with an intelligent countenance.
''Dimitri,' said he. taking the. young man
by the arm, you must be our chief. Your
father has killed koskintine."
why should Dimitri be our chief?n asked
another of the men, violent fellow, brute
with red hair and hard and menacing look.
1--WE shall see!" added he, without waiting
for an ans wer.
He must be our chief because it is in ac-
cordance with the custom of our band, Ivan
The oldest is the chief, and, when he fails
to respond, the youngest. Dimitri is the
youngest among u.s."
Il will restore your harmony, D." said Dinit
ri, at last. My friends, l am about to for
sake you Leave me. If my father should
recover consciousness"
''If he should recover consciousness" said
Ivan, ''he would kill you. He is not the
man to pardon you. But re-ssure yourself
he is really dead. Come with u.s."
no; depart without me-leave me here"
said Yermac's son. And strive to quit
your evil ways"
''What sort of a song are you singing
nows" said Ivan. ''Since you are our chief,
follow US; you can think over matters later"
Ivan is right" cried the entire band in
chorus.
Dimitri protested, but the gold-robbers
laid violent hands on him and dragged him
away with them.
a moment afterwards, they had vanished
behind an elevation. and there remained,
upon the spot where the terrible scene had
taken place and in the vicinity of the con-
Migration, only the chief of police, whose
body had been hastily covered with branches
CIT from the trees and, twenty yards away,
the corpse of the brigand Koskintine strip
ped to the waist.
In the distance, the forest had finished
burning, Here and there, arose, from half
eXtinguished clumps. columns of smoke like
broad watered ribbons. The day, slow to
come and very short at this season, at length
dawned. gradually blanching that which yet
remained in the sky of the glare of the con-
fagratiOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
"Old Exception"

In Atlanta, Ga, SAYS Cincinnati
Commercial Gazettc reporter who has
Just come back from a trip through
the south, there is an old business
man. with sncw-white beard and hair,
whom everybody calls odd EXcep-
ton" When Shcrman's army in.
vested Atlanta Sherman issued an
order that all uon-combative confeder-
ates should leave the city within twenty
four hours. This man who was a
founder, called ut Sherman'S head
quarters. II want he said, Ito re-
main in Atlanta. | am a business
man, and had no hand in hostiIities. ="
Didn't You east guns for the rebels in
your foundry?' Ger. Sherman in
quired. Yes, was the reply. Il did,
but l had to do it. | have large in
terests here. general, and | wish you
would make me an exceptions; I'd like
to stay and look after my property"
Yes. said Sherman, grimly. I'm
make an exception in your case The
Atlanta mans face frightened. and he
started to tell a story. Orderly" Gen.
Sherman called, I've concluded to
make an exception in this mans case.
The orders are that all citizens shall
leave Atlanta within twenty-four hours.
This man must leave here within an
hour. If he doesn't shoot him. Ever
since the war this old man has been
called odd ENception.o and the re-
porter said that it was Il perilous thing
to ask him what he thought of Gen.
Sherman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
Our Habits With Our Hands.

What to do with the hands, especially
on important social occasions. is with
many persons, even of cultured habits.
often disturbing problem. No one
likes to appear awkward. and frequent
~ the very dread of doing so precipi-
tates the result that was feared Quiet
self-possession, especially amid I'M
wonted scenes, is the solution of all
perpleXing matters of this sort; but
unfortunately the command to be self
possessed is much easier to give than
to obey. What to do with the hands.
therefore, is best solved by doing
nothing with them. they will naturally
take care of themselves, in manner
that will attract no attention and give
no modification to the possessor. One
thing, however, should be early in
stilled into the practice of children, as
it is then most easily made a rule of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
Climate and Achievement.

But there are other and worthler ways of
measuring life than by numbering its days.
Life, in its fulness and richness and fruit
fulness, is developed and enjoyed only where
the climate is tickle The ambition. energy,
inventiveness, and general capacity which
have made our civilization what it is, and
which are yet to make America a greater
nation than the world has seen, are, to d
large extent. the results of variable
climate. Henry Ward Beecher used to say
that the land where no cellar was dug was
the land of feebleness and insanity. Doubt
less we owe much Of our development tc
tree institutions But we owe more tt
Innate. 1t may even be doubted wbethe,
free institutions or constitutional govern
ment could have birth and growth under
;hangeless skies. Certainly, as we unker
stand and enjoy them, they rever did Sc
originate, for the republic of Greece ant
Rome were far from our ideas and realiza
ions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11

John Brown, son of John Brown,
1arper's Ferry fame lives quietly at Put
n-Bay, Ohio. where he cultivates a small
7ineyard and fruit farm. He is an ole
nan now. having been one of tb,
prominent persons in the stirring perioc
n which his father figured. He is mucl
annoyed by tourists, who insist upon hunt
ng him up and discussing the exciting
vents around Harper's Ferry just prior t.
he war.