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The times., 1897-07-11

combined party of Inerry-makers from
North and South Washington left the city
Monday evening i'll four-horse bus for
Great Fails, where thcy spent the day
among the rocks and wide -spr eadinS
trees, returning at 1890 p. m. Among
those present were: Mrs and Mr.. Tux
lei, chaperones; Misses NJ and B. Davis, Il.
Gibson, Y Stevenson, b. Dodsun, b. Gear
hart, l. Harrison, L. Brookies. Mr.. Hafle
and sister Mr.. Buckley and sister; MessrS
Pool, Nicholson, ]. MaliOy, s Scrivener, w.
Green well, Briukly, II Pneiger, J. Lynn
and S. Tinker, jr., mascot"
The times., 1897-07-11

The fishermen on Senator Bradley's long
ocean pier at A Asbury Park have been play
ing in great luck during the last week,
for the run of bass has been very good.
Tie star angler proved TO be Mr.. l.. w.
Moynan, a summer cottager, whose home
is in Morristuwn, n. j. A few days ago
he landed, after desperate battle. one
of the royal fish, which tipped the scales
at twenty four and nehalf pounds, An.
other big one, weighing about twelve
POUNDS, was taken by stranger.
The times., 1897-07-11
Beerbohtn Trees New Comedy.

London, July 1O.-At Her Majesty S Thea
ter tonight Mr.. Beerbohm Tree gave the first
performance in London of sydney Grundy' S
new comedy, 1.-THE Silver Key, which Is an
adapt alton of Alexander Dumas Mile de
Belle Isle 1t scored one of the greatest
successes of the season, both as play and
in presentation. The'castincluded Lewis
Waller, Mrs. Tree and Mrs. Evelyn AIillard.
The times., 1897-07-11

tile second daughter, Miss Relle Wilson,
is the wife of the Hon. Michael Henry
Herbert, of the English diplomatic service,
ana the youngest daughter, Miss Grace
Wilson, married. last August, Mr. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, jr. Thus, by this marriage,
the Vanderbilt family will be allied to
two dueal houses.
The times., 1897-07-11

Among the Washingtonians who are en-
joying the briny breeZes at Asbury Park
are: a b. Stout, Alden Goldsmith, Mrs.
II. White, Mrs. G. a Lewis, Miss Maud
Williams, Mr.. and Mrs Ross Thompson
and family, l. Rinler, Miss Morton, Miss
May, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Allen Walker, VII
liam Bradford, Mr.. and Mrs. Wash Naylor
and niece, Mrs. Charles Scott.
The times., 1897-07-11

Among the distinguished arrivals OF
the week at Long Branch was +. Duply
de Lone, the Spanish minister of Wash
iIgtop. He is accompanied by his son
and viii remain at the Elberon Hotel dur
in.y the entire season.
The times., 1897-07-11
White goods sacrifices

5o-inch plain white organdie-
the 39c. quality tile world over
VIII he Offered for a day at
25c yard.
1000 yards sheer English
white India linon, which viii
cost you 15c a yard anywhere
you go-will lie Offered for a
single day at
1015c ward.
Twelve-yard pieces OF English
longcloth, which is a baIgain
when sold at 2 1-2C q yard
will be offered Monday for a
day at
CSC piece.
The times., 1897-07-11

ell, of Louisville, Ky, who have been re-
cent guests or Mr. aud Mrs. j. M. Mayne, at
Woodbuin, ID. c., have departed for
Johannesburg, Africa
The times., 1897-07-11

Secretary of War and Mrs. Alger, with
Miss Algcr, Mr.. Fred. Alger, Mrs John
a Logan and Mr. Victor L. Mason, left
yesterday TO spend Sunday at Fort Mon
roe. They viii return tomorrow.
The times., 1897-07-11

Mr. August Peterson, consul OF Sweden
and Norway, returned yesterday from 4 t
lantic City and Cape May. Mrs. Peterson
aud Miss Blanche Peterson will divide
the remainder OF the season between the
Orange Mountains and Adirondacks.
The times., 1897-07-11

The youngest lady OF the Cabinet is
Miss Flora II. Wilson, daughter of the
Secretary OF Agriculture. She is a typi-
cal daughter of the West, and has the
gracious, lively manner OF the Western
gil.
The times., 1897-07-11

Mrs Jane Chamberlain is at the La
Pierre Hotel, Ocean Grove, where she
will make an indefinite stay
The times., 1897-07-11

Mr. and Mrs Harry Bean Powell. OF
Rhode Island avenue, are snmmering In
the Adirondacks.
The times., 1897-07-11

Miss May E. Crowley. chaperoned by
ner aunt. Mrs. n. NJ. Mccartney, OF New
York, has gone to Newport for the sum-
mer.
The times., 1897-07-11

Among those leaving New York for
Europe yesterday were Baron and Baroness
Fava and Mrs. b. Bowler
The times., 1897-07-11

Mrs. w. A. Smith, of Washington, has
gone to Ocean Grove
The times., 1897-07-11

Mrs. a. II. Thomas and, sister sailed
for Europe yesterday, the spend the sum-
mer abroad.
The times., 1897-07-11

Mrs. c. F. De Long is spending July
at the Windsor Hotel, Cape May.
The times., 1897-07-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Walsh are spend
ing July at Bar Harbor, Me
The times., 1897-07-11

Once on time the kingdom of Society
was inhabited by ordinary folks, who We're
content to stroll through Vanity Fair with
never 4 Thought for other concerns than
their OWE and their neighbors.
Suddenly Queen Fashion, the Rhada-
mdntlIiDe despot OF that realm, set every
idle intellect 70 work by organizing clubs,
social, literary and philanthropic, and com
manding every votary TO join. SO they
Joined.
Then the years flashed by and the
ordinary inhabitants grew so wise and
clever that they became the PARENTS OF
the wise and clever people Of today.
1t is nature for this generation TO belong
to guilds, ChautauquaS, corps, chapters, AMI
legions, and We work so hard to keep our
selves members in good standing that we
fag our brains and strain uur nerve It's
sizes, and too many of Us wear glasses
and have queer pains in our heads. 80
again fashion makes a GecIee. She bids
us divert our overwoTked mental forces
with a whina Of some SOFT ana TO cali hat
whim our fad. If fad is harmless, we
ar,s not to mind at all about its heing silly.
When il has rested our brain and ne we
tissues and all the rest sufficiently to
throw it aside, we can afford TO laugh at
our whim. il seems coed idea, and that
reports OF faddiSts and their hobbies
which the reporters from the resorts are
sending in.
The times., 1897-07-11
Goldenber s,
"the dependable store"

In less than three weeks
we shall take stock. In less
than six weeks we shall be
ready to move into our new
addition, and we must have
stocks ready.
We must do som thing
that will make both easier
and so we've decided to in
augurate a clearance sale,
CT rather three weeks of ex-
traordinary barg aill-giving,
which will set the whole city
talking of "the dependable
store" and splendidly fit us
Tor the two moves we've got
to make = counting stock
II d moving the depart
ments.
Just to think-a cutting
of already the very lowest
prices IN town-without the
lowering of quality, which
usually goes with such a
sale.
Surely you cannot resist
such an offering and Mon
day is by far the best day.
Wash goods sacrifices
We have had the most
successful wash goods sea-
son since we have been here.
We have shown you nearly
twice the variety of last sea-
son and as large one as has
been shown in town. We
have shown you tae exclu-
sive effects and brought
them to you at prices that
others were asking for the
Oidiiiui 81 yICS.
The sacrificing we have
done for Monday-the sac
rificing we shall do during
the next three weeks-shall
be unparalleled. The stock
is now at its best, having
been kept intact that 1t
would be until the end the
very largest variety to be
found.
Nearly two thousand yards of
convert applique" and EN-
broidered muslin lawns, in the
very Galntiest navy tlGe stril rs
and figuTes-the q most Gesira ble
wash stuffs OF tlis season IS crea-
tion, which have been selling
for 2 l-2c. all season-will be
offered Monday Tor
5Ac ward.
2,ECO yards wash goods, con-
sisting or oTEautiie la YVES, lace
lawns, jaconat duchesse, lace
jaconats, diqitics, etc, which
readily brought 2 PC. and &c.
carrier In tine Season-WHl lie OF
fered MOnday-and go to make
up one OF the greatest OF value
offerings-at
92c ward.
Full yard-wide union crash
suitipg, wniC h CaunOtEe rad for
less than oc yard about town
Will te Offered by tie depend
hle store" for Monday
at
II %c yard.
Plain black and navy duck, n
quality which costs you Ice.
yard about town, aud is not
often sold for less-will be Of
fercd Monday for
TIC ward,
The times., 1897-07-11

Cape May. always popular with Wash
ingtonians, has attracted an unusually
large Contingent OF our residents during
the past weak. among the number being
ex-senator and Mrs. Millafd Sauls bury,
Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles A. Stone and
Miss Stone, Representative William Elliott,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles a. Shaw. Mr.. and
Mrs. B. A. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
belrnse and Miss Belrose, and Miss Maud
Middleton.
The times., 1897-07-11
HAVE DESERTED The CITY
Most of the Fashionable Set Are at
the Summer Resorts.
Enjoying Themselves by Bathing at
the Seaside or Drinking the Min
eral Waters at the Springs.

If that traditional pin were TO drop IN
the realms OF social Washington IL might
fall with the force and fuss OF u ineyeor
without creating a seEsation-there being
M one 10 hear, The highways aud byways,
that vein the fashionable sections OF the
city are aInlost-not quite-as deserted as
Goldsmth's village. SPIDERS have swung
their harumocks across the porches of
boarded-up mansions and sparrows CHATTER
garrulcusly among their chirlncys and
caves. Tiled walks are tufted with grass,
lawns are Uttered with dead leaves and
the fluff that blows from seed pods, and the
relentless small 10y has left his chalk
marx on the gilt-speared rails.
II is very hot as well as very deserted
when the sun beats down On roof md
terrace, but to pass those big breezy
houses ard shaded grounds in the cool
of the evening and contrast them with
the hotel accommodations Of even the
best resorts, one does not need to be a
cynic to voice Puck's ejaculation, WHAT
fools these mortals bar
But not fools, either, come to think it
cut. for the law of change is as old IS
creation, and it may be what the II
rcverent call the old Adam working in
US, that causes our annual exodus rather
than the seductiveness of the mountains
and the sea. 1t is probable, however, that
neither the landlords nor guests stop 30
cogitate the human nature feature OF
their outings, and it only remains for
the stay-at- honie TO try and ignore his
or her own bad fortune and wish each
lucky sOjourner happy summer and a
safe return.
The times., 1897-07-11

Miss Jessie Purye3 will in the futur,
reside with her aunt n Buffalo, y Y
The times., 1897-07-11
FOR THE STAGE
Rev. Sam Smalfs Daughter to
Be an Actress.
THE EVANGELIST CONSENTS

Mrs. Loretta Small Ford Undouht-
ediy Has Talent, Robert Down-
ing Says, aud He Will Instruct
Her for Tragic Roles-She Is Con-
fident of Winning Divorce Suit.
The times., 1897-07-11

Mr. E. Oliver Belt is spending his va
cation at Asbury Park.
The times., 1897-07-11

Mrs. Rose Yost, Of 500 Thirteenth sire ct,
has returned home from a very pleas ant
visit to Colonial Beach.
The times., 1897-07-11

Mrs. Theodore sheckels is spending the
summer at Radnor Park, Wetherelville.
Nd.
The times., 1897-07-11

Made up in beautiful
patterns of navy blue ana
black batiste lawn, in
stripes and figures, lined
yoke, vatican back. full
front from yoke, with
wide ruffle over shoui-
ders, finished with two
rows of white braid, CIV
ing it a neat and stylish
effect; new style sleeve,
turnover collar, and four
yards wide skirt, fifty
nine inches long, with
deep hem. All sizes in
stock. Re gular price,
Sl.9S.
Now ST. 4S.
CHILDREN'S SUITS
REDUCED
FROM
S3.4S, S2.4S and $l.6S
TO
The times., 1897-07-11

Miss Louise Stevenson, of this city,
sailed for Europe July 9.
The times., 1897-07-11

Miss Theresa Harbaugh, with her aunt,
Miss Fanny Washington, left yesterday v
for an extended tour North.
The times., 1897-07-11
1OHc vard.
Silk sacrifices.

23-inch black brocaded Gren-
adinc, inlarge and small designs
has been our 49c. quality. The
nearnesS Of the seasons end
prompts US to make Tie price for
day 10 disrose of the test Ior-
tion of what remains
The times., 1897-07-11
SOC ward.

Figured japanese silk, in all
the very newest effects, in
Guiding black and white, blue
and white, green and white,
helioti ope and white, China blue
and white, black and heliotrope,
lavender and tan, and Cerese
and black-which sold fora high
as 59c. q yard-will go on sale
for a day at
The times., 1897-07-11
25C ward.

27-inch black Japanese silk,
Lyons dye, very high luster-
and has been soc. yard-for
Monday
The times., 1897-07-11

Senator Murphy and his family are spend
ing the summer at the Bliss Cottage, a;
Monmouth Beach, N. J.
The times., 1897-07-11

Plain black and navy duck, n
quality which costs you Ice. a
yard about town, aud is not
often sold for less-will be Of
fercd Monday for
7Hc ward.
The times., 1897-07-11

Ex-AmbassadoI Thomas F. Bay yard TX
poets to sail for Europe on next Wednes-
day on the American Line steamship st.
Louis.
The times., 1897-07-11
SOC ward.

27-inch Japa nese silk in white
and blue, white and black,
white and heliotrope, white and
green, white and light blue etc,
the very daintiest stuffs for
waists and dres SeS-have been
75c. n vard-will be offered for
q day at
The times., 1897-07-11

2,TC0 yards wash goods, con-
sisting or orr anGie lawns, lace
lawns, jacouat duchesse, lace
Jaconats, GiQIitics, etc, which
readily broughtl2 l2c. and i5c.
earlier in the season-will tie Of
fered MOnday-and 90 to make
up one OF the greatest OF value
f,ffnrIp o,z-af
The times., 1897-07-11

Full yard-wide union crash
suitipg, wniC h cannot lie rad for
less than &C yard aiOut town
Will tie offertd by tie depend
able store" for day-Monday-
at
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-27
CORDOVA AT MIDNIGHT.
Gayety In the Spanish City Is Then at IT
Greatest Height.

Gayety In the Spanish City Is Then at It's
Greatest Height.
In the evening, after dinner, about 8
O'Clock, we drew chairs out upon our
little balcony above the Paseo. Listless
groups had gathered about its cafes.
Two gypsy children, as black as ne
groes, in their scant white shirts, with
persistent hands and voices were carry
ing on Spain's one 1ourishing business,
but it was not a stimulating sight, and,
tired out with the days journey, we
went at once to bed. 1t must have been
two or three hours later when we were
awakened by loud crash Of cymbals
and blast of trumpets. Our first thought
was that soldiers were marching through
the town, and we hurried to the win
dow to see. Below a great mass of peo-
pie were seated under the palms. Open
carriages were passing up and down on
each side, and men on horseback. Very
smart nurses, with great bows of ribbon
on their heads, had brought wide awake
babies out for an airing. Great trucks
and vans of merchandise rumbled by.
Workmen were about. Half way down
the Paseo band had just begun to play.
The cafes were ablaze with light, their
tables crowded to overfowing. Cordova
at midnight had come to life.
The air was hot and close, used up by
that vast multitude, and the dust, STIR
red by their ceaseless march, choked us
where we stood. 1t was hopeless to try
to sleep again, and we waited by the
window. OF sudden bell sounded
loud above the voices of the crowd. At
once the band was hushed, carriages
were stopped, the people on the chairs
under the palms were on their feet, and
not man but stood, hat in hand. We
looked to the end of the Paseo, for ev-
erybody was looking that way. From
out the doors of the Moorish minaret
crowned church came a procession of
men in white surplices, with Pickering
candles and tall lanterns, and priest
carrying the sacrament, under its golden
veil, to the dying. Men who moment
before had been drinking fell upon their
knees, and we could hear nothing but
the tinkling bell and the murmur Of a
low chant, as the priest walked slowly
on between the rows of kneeling people,
praying there in the starlight under the
palms. And so in Spain today, as yes
terday, does life in a moment change
from fooling to prayer, as the shadow
of death passes by, only to return to its
folly as readily when the shadow has
passed. Once the priest had gone back
to the church, and the doors were shut,
the music louder than ever, went on
where it had left off, carriages rolled
on, and horsemen pranced after them.
There was no sleeping any more. We
dressed and packed our bags, and when
in the first dawn the band went away
and the last few stragglers were going
home and few peasants were coming
in with their donkeys and cafes were
being shut we took our places in the
hotel coach and drove off to the station
in time to catch the express from Mad
rid to Seville. .-Elizabeth R. Pennell
in Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-27
ROSA ROSARUM.

Give me, o friend, the secret Of thy heart
Safe in my breast to hide,
So that the leagues which keep our lives apart
May not our souls divide.
Give me the secret of thy life to lay
Asleep within my own
Nor dream that it shall mock thee any day
By any sign or tone.
Nay, as in walking through some convent
close,
Passing beside n well,
Oft have we thrown Il red and scented rose
To watch it as it fell.
Knowing that never more the rose shall rise
To shame us, being dead;
Watching 1t spin and dwindle till it lies
At rest, q speck of red.
Thus, beseech thee, down the silent deep
And darkness Of my heart,
Cast thou n rose. Give mo a rose to keep,
Ny friend. before we part.
For, as thou passest down thy garden ways,
Many q blossom there
Groweth for thee-lilies and laden bays
And rose and lavender.
But down the darkling well one only rose
In all the year is shed.
And DER that chill and secret wave it throws
A sudden dawn Of red.
Mary F. Robinson in Woman's journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-27
NEW HAND UNDERSTOOD.
A WOmnn's Testimony as to the Value of
Knowledge of German.

hAo"leuSe VI UeTLdus
1t was just little informal gathering
of women, and as they slipped tea with
their hats on and gossiped about church
sociables and of the preponderance Of
girls among the babies that had recently
arrived, one of them let fall a German
expression.
'Oh, dear me! Do you speak Ger
man." asked the tall woman from
down east, who plumes herself upon
having married a German broker and
thinks she speaks German herself.
"How delightful!''
Certainly" said the stout woman
who was addressed. 81 should think /
ought to. l lived in Germany for ten
years before l was married. 1t is a very
useful thing too. My husband does not
speak German, but remember one in.
stance when the know ledge Of just one
little German word was Of great help to
him. You see, always made it prac-
tice to begin teaching German to my
children when they were babies, and
just teaching them one word at time
and saying that one word whenever it
was appropriate until it was indelibly
fixed i'll their memory. Now, when my
last baby was beginning to walk, I
wanted to teach her that the fire was
hot, and so whenever she went near to
it would pull her away and point to
the stove and say, 'Heisn said it u
great many times, and by and by she
learned that heis' meant hot. Now, one
day my husband was breaking in new
man at his factory, and he wanted to
warn him about some dangerous place.
The man was German, and my hus-
band was at loss as to how to make
him understand until, all of sudden,
he remembered having heard me in
structing the baby. So he pointed to the
place and called to the man, 'Heisp
'Heis' The mans face lit up, and he
turned to my husband and exclaimed:
"I understand you perfectly. %
New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-27
Japan and Australia,

An Australian gentleman, Mr.. Aud
ley COote, sends to the Melbourne Ar
gus an account of Il recent visit to ia
pan, in which he says: 81 was travelling
with Il friend of mine who speaks jap
anese tluently when he asked me il
could guess what Il number of Japanese
military and naval officers who were in
the Car We're conversing about. 1T is
Australia, he continued, and they are
saying that you have il large country.
fine pas oral lands, great forests, and
in the north excellent land for the cul
tivation of rice, coffee, tea and other
tropical products; that you are like the
dog i'll the IL anger among nations, and
that scme one will have to take a good
part of Australia to develop it My
friend also rold me that the officers
spoke about it being great pity to see
so fine "a country lying waste, and
though they recognized that England
was useful nation to have as an ally,
still, if i'll feeling arose. the policy they
ought to pursue was to send several of
their bat'lcships down south to annex a
large portion of north Australia. These
statements | found We're only one ex-
preston of public opinion in Japan in
regard to Australia, and when you con-
slider the matter 1t is not surprising that
small country, teeming with its
$1,000, 900, should regard Australasia,
with only 100000, with q certain
amount of covetousness
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-27
Hardships of Telegraph Poles,

eyes, SAID Joseph Donner, superin-
tendent of tile graph for the Southern
Pacific railroad, telegraph poles along
the line h.ge Il hard time. Particularly
is this. so oar west, lCre the poles are
costly and - tons ale few and far be-
tween. Now, out i'll the Arizona desert
the poles are ..ycd the deuce with gen
orally TA.Ie Is Il sort of wCuu p4cker
that picks posts absolu;c cly 10 pieces,
thlnk!..s ths Il may be insects inside of
the WOOD. they lear the hummins and
haven't sense enough TO know what
causes it. I nen Near the hliS the black
bears ln.aG lie tnat eacA puIo contains
swarm Cf uccs and ev t!.lIiu u the top
and chew tie sl;,s lls.1l~tUrs 10 pieces;
but tie Sandstone. : "a tie tin rs that
CT, =, D the most havoc. When tbs winds
hi strongly, the ST ID Is drli, q at a
raj. d rate aud the grains cut away the
wood at a fearful rate. 1t was "a common
thing to have an oak pole worn to
shaving i'll days time, while | have
seen poles just ground to the surface of
the earth during IA single storm. Things
got so bad out there that the company
decided to substitute steel poles for the
oak and cedar, but that didn't remedy
the evil at all. The sand just wore away
the metal on each side of the pole until
the center was as sharp as "a razor, and
all the Indians used to shave themselves
ON the edge. We finally managed to fix
things-jnst painted the poles with soft
pltch. The pitch caught the sand, and
now every pole is about two feet thick
aud as solid as rock New Orleans
Times Democrat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-02-27
THE ART OF CONVERSATION.
1t Means Saying Old Things In New
and Charming Way.

1t Means Saying Old Things In New
and Charming Way.
Takers are not those who have news
to tell. Their mission is, as Pope de-
scribed the poets, to put into words
what oft was thought before, but not so
we'll expressed. The mind is unequal to
the strain of taking information as such
all the time. We read just as we dress
in new garments-not because we are
naked, but because we want to vary our
garments. We read poetry for inspira-
tion, science for the laws of life and
nature, newspap pers for general informa-
tion, essays and history for relaxation
and the basis Of knowledge. Any one
we'll read in these must be an entertain
ing companion, If the faculty of impart-
ing the sum of them be given. In other
words, it he or she be a good talker.
Lord Macaulay, one of the best in
formed men of his time, was so ilresist-
lble talker that whole companies sat
for hours to listen. His love of talking
was so inOrdinate that cessation of his
wondrous outflow was jocosely alluded
to as "brlIiant flash of silence. -
They had, 1t is true, more time to talk
i'll other days than we Can set aside now,
and there We're other occult influences
not less conducive to engaging garrulity
In those times the streets were filled
with picturesque shapes and colors-the
n-.meless grace of costumes and equi-
pages now seen only on the stage. No
wonder that, surrounded by birds of
such brilliant plumagt courts and kings,
robes aud piumcs, claShlng swords and
rustling silks, our fathers and moGhers
talked we'll. But III revenge we have "a
vaster field to draw or for sprightly con-
versation. The schoolLoy of today has d
greater fund of know ledge by merely
learning life's needs than the best edu-
Gated Of the anc cents. But he S.,Jud be
encouraged to make use of this J talk
Philadelphia Z mes.