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A MODERN UTOPIA. YHK CHARM OF THE JAPANESE ISLANDS. 1* Ion slug Characteristics of the Peo¬ ple—-A Laud of Many Holl . days—Master and Ser¬ vant—Japanese Art. ne distinction which Japan enjoys is-, that while other countries have lovely *poti she is every where enchanting. chain? The whole length of the island 1,200 miles in extent, hardly presents a spot that would not be a subject for a land aeape painter. The great central moun lain range, with the overtowering cone shaped I 'ujianm, rises almost out of the ocean below to be lost in view in the clouds above. Long transverse spurs of hil’s run out into the sea. Deep, warm, rich valleys have beon everywhere cut through bordering the mountains and hills, and the ocean fertile plains have bocn formed from the weatherings and washings of the great mountain masses. Covering and these plains, v&Uays, hillsides mountains is a verdure that riots in luxuriance. Clear streams, from their elevated sources, dash through narrow gorges, pour in gleaming cataracts down precipitous mountain sides and whirl in crystal eddies at the feet of over branching forest trees. It is a climatic /one where the flora of the cold north nnd that of tha heated sonth meet and intermingle. The pine and palm, the rn.p '0 .,,dratgjoiu tho beech and bam- 1)00, and the oak and the orange inter lace their branches in the same grove. Around all the land are the waters of tho great ocean, from which soft winds temper l the in heat of an almost tropic suu. iving such scenes of enchantment time people in disposition are as light children, of heart and sunny as nnd so polite admiration and pleasure loving as to excite the of even their French nnd Italian visitors. There is no dwelling so humble b it it has a spot for trees and flowers. The rich have gardens iu which )iie faithful reproductions in miniature of their varied landscapes, hidden in tries and flowering shrubbery. Every farmer’s plot of land is beautiful and adorned. The gold of the ripened rice aud wheat is contrasted against a buck ground of green foliage. Whatever namo 1 may be given to the religion of that peo pie, and whatev- r creeds and doctrines may have been engrafted upon their be lit*fs, tho main feature of their worship ,X .. an intense love, amounting almost nn adoration, of nature. Tnis appears in their whole life. They have built 1 heir temples on the sides of the great mountains, embowered them in hanging itlt everything groves, and surrounded them 'v of flowering shrub. The sites of these command beautiful views of the surrounding country, and usually are near fountains and waterfalls. The village shrines arc located m the most aad'nolabor’t^anareil^oadnraandbcuu' SS whose by rows branches of trees, form planted centuries ago, an evergreen arch over the lieu 1 of the traveler. The road of to Nikko, where the temples and tombs the 'Tycoons are situated, Foi has a grand avenue of giant firs. thes'e sixty miles one may ride in the shade of branching Kioto, the trees. old From Yokohama south ;o load is continuously capital, 400 miles, the one shaded avenue, ninding buys along the ocean shore, around narrow and inlets and over high hills and mountain sides. l'ulikc their neighbors, lime the Chinese, iln; Japanese take from their toil b. enjoy all this. Their government may haul been despotic and arbitrary, but it overworked its laboring * never I, then, hulPdaJ.'tliau popula tin gave more • •>• l’« 5 >l»le under the Min ever enjoyed. I hey had what «eic known at the • khi-roku ’days, that is, all the days in the lunar months that were designated tith? by one or six. Thus the 1st, 11th, luth. 21st and 2.1th days of each month were legal holidays. In addition to these, the birthdays of the ruling Em per or an«l Empress, and also o? several of the,greatest of t ieir predecessors of the ruling dynasty, which readies through village his 2,Hoo festivals years, are holidays. Even in honor of its patron sume aud the saints of the famous tern plcs and shrines have festal days, cn .-III these the people, m their holiday dresses, gather at the temples and shrines beauties for thanksgiving of earth and to admire the borhoods and sky. Whole neigh turn out their population, leaving only ......u«li Ic at home to care for the households, and go some times hundreds of miles, on what may anpropriatcly picnics. be called these rdig.ou 'They walk along the shaded avenues, They talking, laugh ug and singing, rest when weary from walking in the shade of the great trees by some clear stream, or some bubbling spring. All these great highways arc lined with tea booths, when*, for’an tea, ric * eggs or cakes can be had incomparably yl0W low P*'- The . and bring spring summer the flower festivals, when city and village streets for miles aro filled with the most beautiful floral exhibitions and crowds • >f admiring-people. There is no more beautiful wide sight than 011 c of thc h-n*' with flowers. streets lighted nt night nnd tilled Thc love oi the beautiful has led thc Japanese to forego thc grower pleasure of c ting the fruit of the cherry tree in order that they may enjoy the beHUty and There frag run* c of the cherry'^blos- V>f sums. double-floweret I a cherry :e large groves the tr**e' in all parts > f the country, which giow to enormous wt. The flower U a- large a, a ro»c. ami whoa In full 1.1 om these grove, are a marvel of beauty, and are visited bv thousand, ol .....ml,., who .pend whole day in them flowery avenues. The chrysanthemum gardens, to be found iu all towns and villages, an* points of great attraction, fn these are to bo seen every of color, variety «ud of that flower, every shade almost every size of bios * loiu. The summer i-ees streams nt people, the poor as well as tin* rich goiug to ewze at Fujiama, the pearl of mountains. No person is so poor and no distance so fcr~ reat but several pilgrimages aro made i a lifetime to t he venerated mountain In thc autumn, vn lien the golden rice and wheat, and the brown millet have been gathered, in thd lmrvc^t festival is held every part of the country There in the groves, ou soft green carpets spread by they nature, under the full harvest moon, make merry, night after night, with festivals song and dance At these harvest all classes from prince to peasant, rejoice together o^cr the ample this winter’s intense “tore*. woixhlp It is ,,uot only in of nature that the beauty of their country has molded and influenced their natural character. It i* seen in their domestic intercourse. In all the conventionalities of polite life they Occident are far in advance of any people in the This refined politeness |*i*rades noticeable every grade of the to (’iety. It is just as among t ■ Imver a* in.the higher < l**.es. To be ittdr in word or act is to becoan a social outcast. The poorest othdr weaker*, when ilu y meet, greet each as politely, pas-i tii# compliment* of th# day as ‘ r freely And feelingly as do those of higher station*. While the vocAbalery long of com¬ pliments And blessings is a one, there Are no words for a curse in their whole UnguAge. There may be hate, jealousy end enry, but they find no yer daI hear expression. pleasant It is a words constant and delight to wishes. only good The relations of masters and servants areas admirable as possible. They are mutual and confidential.. While the Ber¬ vant studies the interest of the master, the latter makes the welfare of the ser va °t and his family his duty. The ser ™ nt to feel that he is a fsotor of Rome importance m his employer’s busi ? ters e ® 8 of *>▼ importance. being consulted upon many mat The master is polite ttnd kind and the servant deferential and respectful on all occasions. The relation of parents and children shows the same refining influences. authority There is no a*sump tlon o f the of the dnllmaster, no exaction fear the of blind obedience, no ruling by on part of the parent. Obedience U induced by patient teaching day after ( lay- The child is lovingly taught why he 8 8<> “°P| u Id d not do do certain certain things, other things. and why The he bond between }>arents and children is one of reason and regard, and the result 18 that the child makes his duty to the parent the foremost object of his life, und hl8 own interests are made entirely *c cotl dary. A foreigner might live in ^ at coun try for years and see less parental tyranny and violence than he would see in most families in some other countries in a month, and he can see ^”*j tnan is ‘otae^nbledMwhere'S, oDscrvnme etsewnere m years. yea" Japanese ideal art is only a repro ductmn of tho beauties of nature. The artist puts mountains, valleys, waterfalls, akes. trees, flowers and birds on porce beyond ] ain » paper, this field silk, of satin decoration and lacquer, he has but no wtics fancy. of These the Island are some Empire of the and character- its P' but be peo c » it must not inferred that fbese finer traits of character mean effeminacy, for they do not. These peo P‘ u arc brave and daring, as all those who were reared among mountains have been in all ages. They have proved their title to bravery on many a bloody bold. In spite of time consumed in pilgrimages and in worshiping nature, they are industrious workers. They have built up manufactures, e-tablished trade ft nd commerce, and developed a system of agriculture that is more thorough and bnngs better results than that of many °Hheirneighbors .—San trtmcisco Chmn ___ |j ow f|, ,,e e Presidents ' aeul8 Looked Okea. Washington, Adams, , Jefferson, Madi- 8 ^ n » Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Nat. J?P[ 1 lllmorc, eu ' Harrison, 1 tcrcc, Buchanan Tyler, Polk and Johnson Taylor, Jj’ore no beards. Lincoln was the first J ™® ,d ® nt W J° ,iad wl { i *5 e ”; Gra j?^ Barfield a, \ d h l illl w ® pil '* lt ^‘ he a ? d nioustacbe, but no whisker.’ n ' Washington wasamanty man majestic in . proportions, and of dignified bearing. Ho was of the blonde type. ; ’ell'er.son sandy was tall and and elegant looking. ' v j^b granddaughter, hair fair Airs, complexion. Randolph Mcikleham, is wonderfully like him in apnearanco. Madison small He looked like was anu plain. a well-to-do farmer. Mrs. Madison bad a majestic and queenly air, nnd he appeared to disadvantage, phys really, in her company. Before she married him she alluded to him to her friends as the “little great Madison.” hi. Monroe was a He good-looking liked man the, in uniform. to wear ««cked hat ol the revolution, and held to it so long that he went by the sobn quet of “the last cocked hat.” “"th John Adams and his son, John ( i’»ncy. were stout, and the son wai thick set and short. Tho latter was quite bald. Jncksou was gaunt thin, and plain. llw eyes "ere Ins best feature. \ an Burca was un insignificant look . little man, the least handsome of the I residents. Harrison fine-looking . soldierly , was a man, even in old age, of noble leatures and genuine dignity. and Tyler was thin tall, and his nose was remarkable for si/e and plainness. I’oik was small and unattractive in per son and manners. Taylor was a large man of rough exterior, but a pleasant genial person. Tillmore had a dignified nppearanee without elegance, but genteel and K'>«d agreeable. address. He l-ierco was a large man .light of was a handsome man of delightful Parley manners aud winning voice. Ben: Poore, in his recent “Reminiscences,” says that ht wa8 occupied most popular the man personally that ever Presidential chair, ‘No other President ever won the affec Mons of the people of Washington so e ; )iupletely lluehannn, us did he. ’ His successor, and nr fine-looking wa- courtly in bearing was a ,enc'*.t man even in old agt*. 1 !e had a Ai.aac)evi< for white neck ,i, r Lincoln, ^l,;,h KY though tall, ! allo»k. gaunt and homely, nevertheless iu h id a pleasing face when engage 1 conversation. Johnson was one of the old time Presidents in the matter variably of personal black appearance Hein wore broadcloth, and was scrupulously neat in dress. lie was under heavy built, but not stout, somewhat six feet, nnd had ahead of beauti outline-his only handsome feature » <,rant had light sandy whiskers and dark j hair, and the was youngest of medium of size the and Presidents. weight. was Hayes and Garfield looked alike—both large and tail, of florid complexions and looking l»oking of the Garfield was the finer two General Arthur is the only President »ho wore aide whiaker.. llcwaaaweU t,ie preserved man of of dress elegant he appearance. ranked his In matter all predecessors. President « leveiand i* the first of the Presidents who has worn a moustache ou ly- He is large and strong, but not good looking, and is fast growing bald. -Nero York Sun. An Elephant in a Parade Ground. A menagerie was recently moving slowly along the road near Portsmouth, the England, wnen the largest elephant ef i caravan, who is known as Madam Jumbo, escaped from her keeper, and charged upon a military barrack that stood bv the road. She seized with her trunk the sentinel who stood at tha gate, and threw him at full length on the ground, without hurting him in the least, and then triumphantly entered the i j parade-ground The within soldiers the barraoka at a grand trot. flUO who were drilling in the enclosure were so much aatonisned and alarmed at tha appear ance of so strange an enemy, that thev broke ranks and took flight in every di¬ rection The elephant proceeded to at¬ tack a tank filled with water, pert of which she drank, and upset the rest. Then she charged upon a bin filled with ]>otstoes for the aolaiere, and ate up the potatoes Having satisfied her hunger and thirst, and put a b« tali on of soldiers to route, Madam -I umbo allowed herself to be oaptured, end contentedly resumed lief her place of the in soldier*. the caravan, to the grant re¬ WOMAFS i rL WORLD. PLEASANT LITE R. aTuIUE FOR FEMININE READIES. Shopplnfc^ToIletn. li “Unfitness in dress a peculiarity American women? asks Clara Belle In one of her New York letters. Are the women of other nations as insensible to the incongruous as are ours? These questions in basement were suggested of by of the the scene large a room one stores in this city. There were hundred s of women passing in and out and strollin S from one counter to the other, an among them were worn some of the handsomest street toilettes I ever saw. Often was the eye almost blinded by tho sparkling of jet in the electric light, and satins, velvets, plushes of all colors formed a moving kaleidoscope. The de¬ partment was one for housekeeping goods, and some of those gorgeously arrayed women were selecting chopping bowls, carving knives, tiu pans, fire shovels, etc. The climax was reached when, I through an opening in the throng, saw a young woman whose toilet was largely made up of white watered silk and lace poising a black-bottomed kettle with a dainty-gloved hand! Her cos tume would have answered for an ele gaot ing reception; perhaps she intended go to one after purchasing a preserving - Thackeray in PraUe of Woman. Thackeray, m one of his novels, says: There are more clever women in tlic world than men think for. Our habit is to think despise them; we believe they do not because they no not contradict us; and are weak because they do not rise know up against us. A man only begins to women as he grows old; and for rises my part my day. opinion of this cleverness every When I say that I know women I mean that I don’t know them. Every siugie woman lever met is a puzzle to me, as I have no doubt she is to herself. Say they are not clever They are constantly exercising cleverness of the finest sort. “You see a demure-looking woman, faithful in house bills and shirt buttons, obedient toiler lord and anxious to please him in all things ; silent on politics or literature, and if referred to, saying with a smile of humanity: ‘Oh, women are leave not learning judges upon such matters; we to men.’ ‘Yes,’ says Jones,‘attend to the house, my dear, and leave the rest to us.’ Benighted idiot! 8he has long ago taken your measure; she knows your weakness and ministers to them in a thousand artful ways. She knows your obstinate points, and marches round them with the most curious art ® nd P at, 'ence, ns you will see an ant on a turn round an obstacle.” . --- The Man MlUlner-a Rci*n. Evcrjwherc uptown cloth jackets that like jerseys and ulsters that aie mold ed to the graceful, rounding figures of the ladies, as men can scarcely hope or wish their overcoats to be, inclose the persons of all well-dressed women. It » ^possible for any man (except a woman’s tailor) to judge whether the new fashion is or is not a good one. And I would not give a fag for the opin ion of a man so dull that he could see a half-dozen Murray Hill girls, who have strained art and poured out money in order to look their best, and then could express any but the one opinion. Amid fa ^ ion 9 Intel ^ 1 among them each al- . teration in their gouns has seemed to make them more and more entrancing. Wh»t brought a ^Jb,s revolution? Well ^^ f’^ ^mon jersey, which made a display of the outline of the fag ure popular tight-titt and then the demand for an equally l\f/^X^Ii mg ^7 overgarment to keep the weather ca led e for Ure0 something Th’'* 0 out- ? «mdl on top of the jersey The men tailors were called upon to con ^ t L cade ,, 1 i These tadors , V‘ s ers Rotex- ‘ !l> tn prices for this new work and liked it (that is, the extra prices) so well that they enlarged their signs to attract more adres. This enc roached ou the held of he men dressmakers w ho th en h,r ^ d “Jors tho and words also ladies dtered tailor , then* .. . appeared signs Ana lc tnus, . ^ rn also, i s ) 0 came it * to o pass ra< that < the original men’s tailors went on from mak gg. men dressmakers became the makers ^ ,he of . tailor-made ga.merits of all sorts It ,s interesting to visit one of these ladies’ tailor shops, as 1 did yesterday. Here 01 1 hi»oke, like beeves before a itall > and across the room were greatglass cases failed with ladies jackets and skirts blazing with embroidery in gold with gaudy ribbons and with buttons big as butterdishes. A young man with his coat off ...d oaa arm oat .tiff, UKc a mailbag catcher on a postal car, was be ing measured for a coat ladies, in thc thick of a bevy of circling one of whom stood on a low platform while a young girl encircled her with a ta;c meant c and thc great woman's tailor talked of whalebones, linings, flounces and I don't Jcnow what not.— Neu> York Letter. _____ Fashion Notes Postilion backs, pointed fronts and short sides are seen on basques. Gold brooches representing a tennis racquet, with ball, are popular. In frocks bMqu „ ond mantles tho ahoolder seams are made very J short. For „ general . , th.a ... ^asonchemot, , . wear . an< ^ caftvM K° 0, ) s tak '-the lead. Among the fashionable combinations black and yellow retains its popularity. With tulle or lace neckwear small brooches of rare workmanship will be worn. For elderly ladies grav -watered silk is combined with black cashmere in gowns. Jet beads, it is said, will give way to balls of feathers as a finish for hat h H m w Th« tape stripe among the yew woolens looks as if it had been sowed on the fahrir Dnc * and English gowns arc plaited gathered and plain, French frocks are and puffed. Fall hats have crowns of cloth, velvet aad satin, and have a seam directly in the back. * • Tiny shells of mother-of-pearl are soet-' tered over a handsome fichu of tulle and old u-Tli.* point lace. —a _;n hriJht ZBSSStX*** hv yeTlowinbnghten ® 1 s ' Pale of pink . veils They are worn with every sort bonnet. are more becom ing than the red ones so long in favor. Link sleeve buttons have a cars head in low relief and a pug’s face in high relief, signs of thc zodiac, or any two objects not alike. ,A11 American frocks for little girls are made short in the waist, full of skirt, and loose and comfortable in fit all over the person this fall. Hand-made underwear is shown in plain steadily and embroidered styles. It grows in favor, and is*among the best of ready-made goods of this class. Silver bead bracelets are much worn and the bead pattern figures conspicu¬ ously in gold and silver trinkets of all 'Icinas. A new bracelet shows alternate beads of gold and platinum. the English tailor styles in dresses remain same in general cut and retain favor at the East for the promenade. French fashions in walking dresses are favor¬ ably regarded in the South and West. There is a revolt against small birds and feathers of the same for millinery ornaments among those ladies who wish to put a stop to the slaughter of the for¬ est birds of America, and the whole world. The hair is no longer massed over tho forehead, but a few light curls or waves fall on each side. It is still piled up at the top of thc head, and well brushed up from the nape of the neck. It is well off the temples, and leaves the ears quite free. Ostrich feathers are in high favor in fashionable millinery. They are seen in all colors, also in ombre ond mottled ef¬ fects, while novelties with tinted tips upon which glisten pearl beads, will be very effective for evening wear in tho hair or on the bonnet. Ashantee and Its People. Ashantee, a new kingdom on the Gold Coast, has given the British no little trouble, and may give them a good deal more jt is mountainous well watered an( j healthful exccnt in the lower dis¬ I tricts and has a population of about j j’ 500 .’ ’000 one-lifth of whom are war¬ r org The beginning of the kingdom is ; obscure; but traditions say that it was occupied several centuries ago by immi grants from a region north of the Kino- 1 .Mountains caused probably by the spread of the Mohammedan Empire to Timbuctoo. The first known of it in i uroD0 was in 1700 when f'oomassie W as made the overoonu/various capital bv Osai Tootoo I who, having separate states was established as a kind of feudal prince over a large district. In their course of conquest over the Fantee 3 th c Asliantees followed them even to the ] arge seaport towns, and butchered them b v thousands. The British sided with t he weaker party, when the savage foe ZSd attacked the slaugh?ered fort of Anamboc fSrrison and have the had not the British Governor displayed a j] arr ”ome D f truce Hostilities lasted interruptions from 1807 to js -20 when the Ashautees were finally four^ driven from the sea coast. Some t e pn vears airo the British were involved in another war with their old enemv Theu an army Ullder Sir ( ; ar „ et Wolseley penetrated to the heart of the Kingdom, burned Coomassic and returned safely to the coast Notwithstanding thoir ro j prosperity as anv are°verv negro nation in W(lg ' t ern \frica They barbar ^ d bloodthirsty-but their abund an extent of territory and success- ^ Ji“i - . Ca cam “^grom^Soc i)aje-ns have yielded them lSw? nres ^Dtai^ c kKXe They ^ brave^v but overwhelming depend upon their 3a va^e and numbe r.s •* mcludii ^ nmnv -laves which ‘ , , * in the field The ® i s j commander-in-chief ^\s and often 1 if d h host j„ 1)0r courage s 0 n an instance their desperate fS bv5^531?* m-invof wSe them m5* ’tided d e ao and so fearful of degradation ft that tl coolI gat (]owil 0I1 k of gun . * and into the* air iJesence d blew The themselves Sstile ^™t of thole oesTSn camp ab.so? The f of Kinjexercising neg de3potism , the Hvcs com ^ c 0 „ trol ovcr the and nronertv ele.y^ 8ub j ect9 He has spies wbere and the slightest act or word of disaffection is at tleath once reported, l ^ he and the reb(ll j 1 t t0 . Uc is great prop^ty | 1 ^ owner; he h vies a tax of twenty >or ccn on all manufactured gold and all gold taken from the mines, so that he i# the ril . he8t individual in Africa, s)avc ^ 1)rcvai | i 8 extensively, the chiefs ofton 0 din , 00() s i avC 8 ea« h- these bei J aro for the most part pagan re¬ „ roc capture d in war interior by Mohamme duns, brought | from the and sold into bonda c . Polygamy ° is a favorite illstitution ; a man * 8 importance being rated by the number of his wives. The i-: n S _ i„ ii m i* P( j noor fellow to 3 rtgoro..^'Llu.I«I w ho occuny two entire streets and arc I«m ..ervbod, «,»« the sovereign and his feminine relatives T , ]ook on ODe of them ’. even acc iden ta „ is ft ca ital ofTenc Adultery is inv j 1 j b .• d retaliation of ‘violent kind on the part of the 1ms bftnd is thought mean ilIld degrading. Thc Ashantecs seem to delight in shed- 1 ding blood, and human sacrifice is a pftrt * Q r their religious 7 ceremony.- Com- ! • » . ; 7 I ! o.nn nm.. For the last two weeks, a lot of sharp, i good-looking the Indians They have been lounging about town. own race horses, : good clothes and the showiest of blank , ets and carry plenty of silver. Old set tiers know them well. They are the gamblers of the Moses tribe, and yearly make their pilgrimages to this point at the time when the Yakima and Klickitat Indians are well provided with money, earned by laboring in the hop fields. They are expert card players—up afraid to all fl ie tricks^—and are not to try their skill and nerve with the sportive fronticrameu to the north, with whom they “draw,” frequently have long their .lege, material of * and oftentimes to proflt . To these exy. erienced gambler. ! t j le , oca , s i was j ie8 arc a9 children, and lose their earnings and ponies m a ) prodigal manner. This reason is just a i repetition of the last and many previous ones, and Moses's men will go home w ell fattened with wealth, while the home In d »“ » nd money-earner will pass a lean and hungry winter .-Yakima (Arizona/ Signal. A Pretty Experiment, . 1 With article red „ cab so simple an as a | ’JjST t ?The i youug „ people, with the result M of amus ! j ing and astonishing those around them. I Tbe effects may be strikingly shown in this manner: Cut threj leaves of the cabbage into small pieces, and after placing them in a basin pour a pint of boiling water over them, letting them stand an hour; then will pour off the liquid into » decanter. It be of a fine blue c°l° r - Then take four wine glasses— into one put six drops of strong vinegar; another six drops of solution of soda; into a third the same Jd quantity of „ troQg sollltion of alum; let the fourth glass remain empty. Fill up.the glasses fiom the decanter, and the liquid poured into thc glass containing the acid w tn quickly change to a beautiful red; that poured with the soda will be a fine green, and that poured into the empty glass will remain unchanged, There are numerous Masonic lodges in France composed exclusively of women. THE WASHINGTON WILLARDS. Brother* Who Hart Grown Klcfc and Famous in tfco Hotel Baetnoeo [From tho Pittsburgh Times.] “The Willards” in Washington are three Vermont brothers, Joseph, Henry and - Caleb, named in the order of their ages. The latter is the pro¬ prietor of the Ebbitt, worth one or two millions. Henry owns much property in bonds. With Joseph, the elder, he is joint owner of the Willard Hotel, which they kept for many years. His es¬ tate is away up in the millions and growing. the * Joseph is the richer, as well as elder of the three, and is said to spend much of his time cutting coupons from bonds. He is in no active business. He is a widower and one son is the only heir. He lives the life of a recluse. If he is not a good lover he is a good hater. He has little to do with mankind in general, albeit he has the appearance of a gentleman mild-mannered, benevolent-minded of 65 years. He and Caleb have not spoken for years. Joseph does the hating and Caleb the grinning and bearing. The latter owns a long row of property on F street, beginning with tho Ebbitt. Only one strip of twelve feet Thirteenth interrupts his continuous ownership from to Fourteenth street. It is next to the Ebbitt. This strip Joseph owns. Caleb has tried every means to buy it. Joseph holds it solely to spite his brother. It is occupied by a tenant less one story structure. Not a great while ago a suave, business-like gentle man called upon Joseph and stated that he was looking for a location to estab¬ lish a candy manufactory. He was im¬ pressed with the F street location and wanted to know if it was in the market. Joseph Willard rep ied that he would sell if he could get his price. Then his visitor asked the terms. Looking up and catching the business man’s eye h« said: “My price is $500,000. You go back to C. C. Willard, who sent you here, and tell him that.” It is said that the Joseph has so fixed it in his will that hands property can never fall into Caleb’s or the hands of his heirs. That he is insane is not suspected. He loves his mother, and makes a daily visit to her in the house of the brother he so hates. He and Henry though not alien¬ ated have little intercourse. There is Caleb. nothing the matter between Henry and The singularity spoken of is lodg¬ ed specially with Joseph. lie dresses neatly, does i ot seek intercourse with his fellows, and only a few persons have dealings has with him. General Boynton his confidence and is sometimes the medium of communication between him and others in business transactions. He appears to be as happy as any one and attends the church of which he is a member, tie is tall and handsome and active. His wife was one of the hand¬ somest women in \Vasliington. Henry and Caleb are enterprising citizens and loving brothers. Both con¬ tribute liberally to benevolent objects, especially to the churches to which they belong. A Driving Business. .Tones "wanted a hansom the other night, it having reached the “Wee, sma’ hours ayont the twal’ ” before the club adjourned, Just then one of the two wheeled conveniences whirled by, and Jones made a frantic endeavor to stop thc vehicle. “Hello, cabby, hold up; here’s a fare.” Jehu, who had an engagement, drove on, shouting back: “Oh, no; I dont stop; my business is driving.” A Valuable Medical Treatise. The edition for 1887 of the sterling Medical Annual, known rb Hosteter’s Almanac is now ready, and may be obtained, free of cost, of druggists and general country dealers in all parts of the civilized Unit portio d States, Mexico, Western and indeed in every t of th© Hem¬ isphere- larly the This Almanac has been issued regu¬ for at commencement of every year over the soundest one-ftfth of a icai century. advice It for combines, the with and prac of preserva¬ tion rest ratio > hea tn, a large amount of interesting astronomical and amusing light reading, and the calendar, calculations, chro¬ nological items, &c., are prepared with great care, and will be found entirely accurate. Ti e issue of Hostetler’s Almanac for 18o7 will probably be the largest edit on of a medical work ever Messrs. published in anyco ntry. Pittsburgh. The pro¬ prietors, Hostetler <fc Co., Pa., on receipt of a two cent stamp, will for¬ ward a c >py oy mail to any person who cannot procure one in his neighborhood. A dog lost in Kansas ma«i« its way back to the home of his master in Michigan. e^iled^" ™ t> , -T— - a singleness of purpose, bcins* a most potent g^!£“'1^"'MerceTS ok mSlSSPeeal tS m tovr£S£ffi rages,sent for ten cents in.stamps Address -------—' thSCUffS r thi dtiSSd. f ... . „ ,, * g * ' ••Con-nmption Canb« cured , „ „ Dr. J. 8. Combs, Owenavilie, Ohio, says. 1 faSUtsiih re meiy All" e e hereditary cases of Lung disease, ml n-lvanced t » that sta • when Oou;he, pain in tho chest, frequentbreathine, frequent pulse, fe ©;• a id Emaciation. All 1^^*® zs.bc.a a « j^Mdfnirnu-r medicine ” -- The book that makes the greatest stir in society is the pl ethoric pocketbook . Kupture, pile tumors, fist ul® and all diseases dress.Worid sDispensaryMedieaiAssooiit- Buffalo, n. Y. tio., tua Main street, u t*k *sa to believe in a goose bone r» prophetic of winter weath«*r i.’ or restorina youthfal freshness and color tormy |,»lr us. HaU’s Hair Ken.wer , .* t.n^rrv zecior y y BROWN'S IRON BITTERS WILL CURE HEADACHE INDIGESTION BILIOUSNESS DYSPEPSIA NERVOUS PROSTRATION MALARIA CHILLS and FEVERS TIRED FEELING GENERAL DEBILITY PAIN in the BACK & SIDES IMPURE BLOOD CONSTIPATION FEMALE INFIRMITIES RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLES FOR SALE B V ALL DRUGGISTS The Genuine ha* Trade Mark aad croM«d Red ? .ii.e* on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHER. Pensions U)SG!iii»r* * Ui-ir*. Send itamp for Oivuier*. COL. L. BING U v U. a u">. Wkiohlntftua. D. Ol vi> eae* jnaa Hafc.lt Cured* Trento. ent*enton trial. lli'Hi.Nt itEUSDYCo.. 1 m Fayette,lud. An Honest Han. The Italian peddler had retired for the night, when there sounded a heavy knock at the door. “Who-a there,” he demanded. ‘ ‘I’m the man you sold a pint of chest* nuts to this afternoon.” “Well, what-a you want 1” I have come to return a sound chestnut to lot, you. and, It was I’m the honest only good one and in the as an man, you probably put it in by mistake, I’ve brought it back to you.” A single fact Is worth a ship load of argu¬ ment This may well be applied to St Jacobs Oil, which is more efficacious than all other liniments. Mr. John Gregg, a well-known citizen of Watsonville, California, found it to be indispensable as a core for rheumatism. Price, fifty cents. In 1884 Miss Gould undertook to provide her father’s tenantry, in Limerick, with means of obtaining remunerative employment and has established a knitting enterprise, a com¬ plete cottage industry, in which the women take the keenest interest. An ouncs of discretion.Is bettor than a pound of knowledge. Why not spend twenty five cents for a bottle of Red Star Cough Cure, and save a large doctor's bill ? A writer says that when a girl is being courted, True she sets a great deal by a young man. enough; but the sentence is not gram¬ matical. It should read, “she ‘sits’ a great deal by a young man.” Anyway the young man sits a great deal by the girl. “I do not like thee. Dr. Fell, The reason why, I cannot tell.” _. It has . often been tins oft-qnoted wondered at, the bad odor because doctor was in. ’Twas probably he, being one of the old-school doctors, sSSI&Sm t heir work. For all derangements of the liver, bowels and stomach they are speclfio. The woman who neglects her husband’s shirt front is no longer the wife of his bosom Ladies ! Those dull, 11red looks and feelings speak volumes! Dr. Kilmer’s Female Remedy corrects all conditions,restores vigor and vitali¬ ty and brings back bottles youthful bloom and beauty. Price $1.00—6 $5.00. tion, Maine, and th»v will send you full informa- make Lee, showing you how you cau made over $50 in a dav. Capital not required; All you are started free. All ages; both sexes. is new. Great incomes sure from the start. Fortunes await all workers who begin at o ce. Daughters, ,, „„ Wlvee nnd , Mother*. Sernl for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free, securely sealed. Dr. J. B. Marcliisi, Utica, N.Y Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is agreeableto ie. It is not a liquid or a snuff. 50c. HKHH [ ■li fSmw " ^r~i A >* a | 1 2 n a v o J 3 SI 3 w PROF'S AWbRAL klLMER. M.D. BINGHAMTON. N.V. THE INVALIDS BENEFACTOR. Discoverer of Dr. Kilmer’s Complete Female Remedy Ladies’ Home 'Treatment ■ Special and Specific treatment for nil Complaints anil Diseases peculiar to Daughters, Ea ch ackage Wives and Mothers. p contains 3 bottles. »w* Each kind is also sold separately: Female Remedy, (Blood and System)$J. A U ti & 1 11 O in Anoln(ment,(External n-Lca f IS x t., (Local Tre'atm’t)# 1. “ ,50 t#“Or the three in one I’ackage$2.00. Recovers the “run-down;” bed-ridden*’ or “abandoned.” It Eliminates Humors nnd Blood Impurities that cause Scrofula, Cancer, 'llio Tumor, pimulcs and blotches. mro for lv.osariesi «ntl KxposuroB is past. tl woman i Health nnd usefulness again restored. H Dr. \ ou Kilmer eau'tnif'ord 1 mi In to neglect internal early 'J unior, symptom*. Cancer. Ij Betters of inquiry promptly answered. Dr.Kil liter’s Vent ale Dispensary, Binghamton, N. Y In ru/iris' a aide In Ih iiVh" (Sent J’rec) SOLD UV ALL DRUGGISTS.' TREATED FREE. Y JDK,. H. II. GKFRN Sc SONS, Specialists for Thirteen Years Past, Have treated Dropsy and its complications with the most wonderful success; use vegetable remedies, en¬ tirely harmless. Remove all symptoms of Dropsy in eight to 1 wenty days. pronounced . . hopeless , , by the ,, , best . ol . 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Thousands of sta uettes of Inferior workmanship, of less height, without base, only have been sold authorized at $1 each. by M. Bartholdi the American Com¬ This Is the statuette publisher lu or the United States mittee, and can be obtained by no other or Canada. We maks the following offers: the ^ Illustrated L To any person sendlbg us anew subscriber to News¬ paper (*4), or to the PopalaV AlontMy (93.00), for one ytar, we will mall, postpaid, 4h,i statuette of Liberty. subscribers the Sunday Magazine IL To any person sending two new to (82.50). for one year, we will send the statuette. III. To any person sending not less than 84, except as stated above, for any of our publications, singly or In comb nation, w# will send the statuette. In each oase the full snbscriptiOB price must be sent directly to this office, and request for the statuette distinct*.* stated with the remittance. Or Tho Statuette will not bsH<>i without subscription, at HARK LESLIES POPULAR MONTHLY lor 1887. This old favorlte. ’The Monarch of th™ftonlhlle" *’ wlfYJTnTISr..coining will 1 year, bo more attractive than ever. Among ita featutM be: Kubjects of the llay. In the Old World the N etsv, alwof ' t •with illustrations bring the whole vividly ojr before mtpd otw r to the V I th Popular Paperson Hdeuce, Oar Natleaal by able and Capital, skillful the writers. Great Seaports aodn Out door Amusements of tho American People on Land Water. _ Material. . • Modern War ‘ . 4 Articles and Stories by General Lew Wallace, Etta W. Pierce.Lucy OdL tL Hooper, Walter K. MeOann. Rllzabeth Taylor, A. V. Abbott, Challlo I»ng, Hon. C: arc nee Pullen. Ausburn Towner, Pay Adams, Amelia A. Bair, and other talented and popn’ar writers. All the other publication* of this house will be kept up to their welldntowa high Specimen standard of merit, and ful’y hiy abreast the duties and demands of the tin copies of each rnon rorwarded, postpaid, for 1ft coot*, the entire llstof weeklies and monthlies for ftf 30 oentt. (Mro.) r RANK. LESLIE, 53. 55 and Park Place. Now YorJ : * ;«ni ■> \ V 1 J- I 1 II 1 l l li 1 1 ’ % 1 i A V (« v Invalids’HotehSurgical Institute BUFFALO, 3ST with a full stair or eight*#* Experienced and Skillful Physicians and Surgeons for Ae treatment off all Chronie Diseases. OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS. Chronic Nn.nl Catarrh, Throat and Diseases, Lung Diseases. Bladder Liver and Kidney of Women, (flood Diseases Diseases, and Diseases Nerv¬ ous Affections, cured hero or at home, with or without seeing the patient. Come ana see us, or send ten cents in stamps for our “Invalids* Guide Boole,** which gives all particulars. I Nervous Debility, Impo¬ Delicate | tent y, Nocturnal Losses, and nil Morbid Conditions 1 Diseases. | caused by Youthful Fol¬ lies and Pernicious Soil* and tarj^Practiccs permanently cured are speedily by our Specialists. Book „, post-paid, 10 cts. in stamps. | I Hu pture, or.Breach, radi¬ Huptuhe. cally without cured without the knife, trusses, without pain, and without danger. Cures Guaranteed. Book sent for ten cents in stamps. PILE T C MO IIS nnd STRICTURES teawr The treatment ■- of - thousands of of many those UllSEASES ___ OF __ I h eases discuses peculiar to Women. WOM33N at the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, has af¬ forded large experience in adapting remedies for their cure, and DR. PIERCE’S I Favorite Prescription I I Is the result of this vast experience. ! 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