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( Hammered Brass Tables
Monday , aniony nit ) ' holiday
yoods , we K'ill sell JIIO Hit mineral
ISrass Tables , with i > ollshed leys , size
t > ftt > ii 12 inches , he.iyht 2H Inehesise-
packed ready for f-hlpmcnt at
Polished Brass Tables ,
$4.
Fifty pollshetl top brass tables
aamc as above rut , with 20 cut ylass
prisms , size of top J2 inches , total
hfiahl US inches ; price ready foi
shipment f cach.
MAIL ORDERS FILLED.
S. P. HORSE & CO.
Niclde & Brass
Safe
Height G inches
Base 3x0 iches.
Like this , $1
FOOT-LIGHT FREE LOVERS.
Another Display of Shattered Wed-Looks on
the Ne\7 York Stage.
PRACTICING WHAT THEY PLAY.
Xlic Grand Opera Too Utterly Sweet
For Crltlcimn Glnva flello'H
Icit Skutchcn or
Swelldom.
NBW Ymtic , Doc. 4. [ Correspondence
of the BEI : . ] A curious complication was
fccon nt one of our most fashionable thea
tres last evening. On the stngo was
Charles Sugden , the actor with whom
Lady Dcsart eloped a few years ngo , and
the singular thing about him was that any
worann , in or out of aristocratic society ,
should full in love with such n personal
ity. He was forty-live or fifty , and utterly
devoid of romantic suggestions so much
so that he failed ludicrously in enacting
the vole of n fervid stage lover. More
over , aud dreadful , he more than once
dropped an II , and his accent was
coeknoyish. So much for him. His ninr-
riiigu to Lad } ' Dosart still exists , but they
are understood to have quarrelled , and
bliu did not come with him to America ,
whl I o
oHi
Hi : IS WO01NO MAY FOUTHSQUn
eagerly , in mimicry and reality. The
rumor Is that Sugden and Forte'squo are
to bo wedded ns boon us n divorce .shall
permit , and It was due to this report that
the actress was snubbed by elaborate so
ciety at Tuxedo , lately not to her
wholly circumspect betrothal to Lord
( jnrmoylo. In the audience , so clo5o to
thu stage that Sugdon and Fortcsquu
could not have foiled to recognize her ,
eiil Solina Dolaro , the actress who
eloped to America something like ton
years ago with Lord Depart , aolina was
a pitiful sight , notwithstanding that
much of her old-time beauty remained
in her half-veiled faceand that her cheap
at tire was neatly Mylish ; for she is [ Hand
poor , aud has said good-bye to the world
in which she ligured lor u time so mer
rily. Tin ) play was "Frou Frou" with its
story of avifit's elopement ; and it struck
niu that a frcti and reminiscent discussion
nl the theme by Sugden , Fortesquu and
Dolaro would bo exceedingly interesting.
'Ono of the acknowledged belles of
swelldom has managed to ccthersnlf con-
sidcnul along with the stage performance
nt thu oporn. A feature of the season
there is an unusually claborato ballot-
not an incident in an oporn , but a sopnr-
ate pantomime nnd dance. The first
tluiiEuuse is an outright charmer , and
greatly admired by both men nnd women.
\Yoll. the society girl , on the nights when
the ballet piece is presented , wears a
drcas whoso bodice is mi exact counter
part of that poitiou of the dnnsouso's
costume ; mid as there Is uclososimilarity
in-the two faces and forms , the rcsoni >
bianco is qui//ically observed through
opera glasses from all parts of the huuso.
Thus the amateur gets a considerable
share of regard fairly above the holt , and
with none of thn professional's * arduous
exercise of the feet. A visit to
THE GUAM ) O1T.1U
in New York this beiibon is like a glimpse
of the fairy land too utterly sweet for
criticism , i nu know , the box owners nre
the swollcst 01' the swells , and pay $3,000
apiece for fifteen weeks of opera , There
are two full tier of boxes , nnd u few more
or. u level with the orchestra. Each box
is nooompnniod witu drawing room , con
necting with lobbies. In these little par
lors the ladies take otV their wraiis aud
dd the lust primping preparatory to ap-
&C.
\Ve have the larsest Mm-lt r
Toy * . , ( iniiiew , iVf. . ever Micnvn In
Omalui. Our
TOY DEPARTMENT ,
Hi/.c : tl\itt : ! feotjlM newly fitted
and a veritable wonderland for
little ones , \vlio are cordially in
vited.
1.25
Monday we AVllloircr O do/.eii
rirhly sill embossed Photograph
Albums nl'.eI2 liu'hi'i , i n ci
Illuminated throughout , eoii-
faitiiiiK M Cabinet I'hotin and
Ti ! Vignette * . I rlc 81. 5 eaeh.
1 A11. oiimnis FELMI > .
Siy.e 10x12 Inches , sold cm *
hotted eovcr , pii us highly Illu
minated throughout ; contains
Npaee for 8S Vignettes and 8 C'alt-
Inet Photos. A bargain at $1.50.
Photograph
Turkey morocco , gilt embossed
covers ; spares for 2-1 Cabinets
and S Vignettes ; patent nickel
spring clasp * . Splendid value at
si.1)0.
Spaces for J12 Cabinets and 1C
Vignettes ; gilded and Iiaml-
paliitcd covers ; si/e of Album 1O
xI2 Inches. $1.25 each.
S.P. MORSE & CO
penring bare headed , low necked and
blccvcless before the nudicnco. The
boxes arc appointed wjth dark
hangings , to make a proper back
ground for the delicate shades of dress
ap&C. inordinate display
of complexions , which arc fashionable at
full dress affairs. Certainly the sex looks
pretty in such a setting nt this. The
house is simply a grand drawing room ,
in which the most beautiful women of the
most giddy society display themselves.
There they view and are viewed , they
gossip and whisper , they do everything
except attend to the opera , which is the
last thing they think of. These reception
rooms attached to the boxes are often
fitted up at considerable expenso. .Some
men have spent two or three thousand
dollars in clothing thu walls of their tiny
room with golden paper , in adding costly
chundchcrs , lounges , rugs , chairs , portieres
tieres , clocks anil i don't know what all.
Think of turning a room isix by eight
into a jewel ease I And yet
that's what Mr. Rhinclandor and
several other Now York , Cincinnati , St.
Louis and San .Francisco millionaires
have done. From one of these oeautiful
looms to another the ladies tlit between
the nets , visiting and interchanging
words of admiration and toothsome
gossip. And all the evening long the
gentlemen inovu from box to box in calls
upon the ladies. Nuycr before in the
history of this prodigal rillasrc was so
much wealth lavished upon any ideal of
fashion : is is displayed .hero m ladles1
dresses , in jewels and in furniture. Wo
talk of millions lightly nowadays , but it
is not a careless assertion to say that
there novel * is a night when a million
dollars' worth of finery is not
gathered in this opera house.
In one matron's eats I saw $1 , OG
worth of diamonds , while on her nock
was a necklace worth ten times that , and
in her hair was a pin that cost f 1,000 , to
say nothing of her bodice brooch , linger
rings and bracelets , all crusted with big
diamonds and she "wasn't anything
wonderful , " as thov say in Now Knglaiul
Her fur sucquo cost i,7. : ) > 0 and her cloak ,
worn from her carriage to her box , cost
3375. The price of her dress could only
Do guessed at , as it came from i'aris , but
it was of satin weighted with gold eni-
brodery as thick as armor. Why , a hus
band in moderate circumstances would
awfully halo to have to pay for her gold
opera glasses , or her point lace shoiildoi
scarf. And yet she was not only com
parable In expensiveness of style to the
Indies in the boxes of thoCreukcrs , Moro-
sinis , Vandorbilts , ( ioclots , Warrens ,
Frcnehs , Droxels , Connors or Mortons ,
8i.iiriNo : : OAK nu sn ,
1 have just come from that painful
luxury , the sleeping car. How incongru
ous and improper it was for instance , to
discover that thu grumbler in an npp'n
berth , whoso mildest remark in the course
of the long night was "It's cursed hot up
hero ! " was none other than a full-Hedged
major general. By day ho was a gor
geous vision of spectacular gallantry by
night a howling demon of profanity.
Hut enough of men , the commonplace
cri'.iturcv their ways are as plain us tin
open book and their characters as easily
read. Let n * rot urn to the inuvhaiintiblo
Hold for psycho-authiopologlcal resourn
Thu first night in a slueuer is nothing
to the lir.si morning , Well do I remem
ber my lirst oxporionco. The toilette is
accomplished under Mich harrowing cir
cumstances , Hut it is surprising how
readily ouo becomes inditlcrcnt to tin
surroundings. Said a stout young
womnii from an adjoining section : "J
have traveled all the way from San Fran
cisco in a sleeper , and 1'vo lost the lasl
slired of modesty. ' ' I believed her when J
saw her .sitting on the end of her bcrtl
in her corset with loosened lacings , draw
lug on her boots with a lavish display o
plumply tilled hosicry.lho curtains iuishei
back aud men and woiuon passing to
'
ami from the toilette room. It wn's a
M onday morninyfor IIir flrst time In our i/r.sf / basement ice trill open
a XX cent counter , consistiny of toys anil fa urn article * , all ofthexe it-ill
lie found excellent quality for the pricnumony them the following at a-
uniform price :
Jk
AT 25 CENTS.
Imported pianos , J'ool's barometer and thermometer , perfumery in
fancy ylass holders , Ilitl's spclllny buildiny Mock. * , clarionet.metal and
bone pocket whittles , trombone , * , parlor yamcs , cut. up objcclsbirds ami
animal * , Japanese oracle , American sportsold maid , name of Dicke.n. * ,
game of unction , celluloid toolh pick holders , scrap book. * , .soldiers' caps ,
helmets , knapsack. * , stcords , muskets and bayonet , leather rubber balls ,
bull's eye lanterns , rubber dull , * , it-hips , devil's rattles , toy tvatc.hr. * , toy
( .lacks , maylclanterns , rubber balls , paint bo.res. clihne bells , stove and
kitchen set , liatidsome n-ax dolls.toy castors , bisque jlyures , comic u-ajf
dolln , china plates , hand painted plates , dressed tvitjts dolls , mustache
cup and eaurcr , shin animals , cradlcsbcds , after dinner cnffec CUTS
AXD SAUCEKN , and
CMldrens' ' Books , Beautifully Illustrated ,
Imported pianos , domlnoesjlill's buildimj and spelling blocks , flshcr-
mdn'-t luck , smashed tip locomotive , American flrc department , Brad-
ley's combination circus , Jfradlcy's sectional railroad puzzle , scrap
books , cornets , Buffalo Hill yttns , feather rubber balls , rubber dolls , toy
clocks , mechanical jl/ures , skin toys , steamboats , viotins\ \ , paint boxes ,
solid iron pony carts , rattles , chariot and chime , willow ware in larae
variety , rallroad tagotelle , u-ax dolls , bisque dolls , mechanical dolls ,
baby and baby carriages , mustache cups , hand painted plates , toy
castors , cradles , beds , etc. , etc.
Mail Orders Filled.
S. P. MORSE
needless exposure. The girl across the
aisle , number three , emerged from her
closet curtains with not a crinkle in her
drapery , booths buttoned and hair as
smooth as satin to the line where it broke
into billows , of crimpincss over her fore
head. How did she do it ? She was in
the toilette room with the lirst streak of
dawn , for I peeped through my curtains
as she passed by in dressing sack : and
skirts , the voluminous drapery on her
arms and the crimping pins held by a
lovely turban. There was adiflbrcncel
She could travel to China and back with
out danger to her modosty.
There was a sixtcen-j-ear-old girl on
that train who will own the road some
day , unless they multiply her , and HO
divide the profits of her peculiarity. She
is rather pretty , in an uncultured style ,
and she looks as ingenious as a babe , but
what she knows of the nature of mascu
line humanity would burst the covers of
an unabridged dictionary. She prospers
by a combination of wit and lemon drops.
She enters the car with a calm smile on
her face , and un open package of her
wares in her hands. As she walks down
the aisle she shakes one drop from the
package into the lap of each passenger ,
and casually remarks : "Nice tresh
lemon drops ; there ain't ' none like 'em
made ; try them before you buy them ;
only 5 cents a package. " The passengers
all glare and nobody tries tu'em , at hrst
not until the shrewd creature is clear
down tit the other end of the car , medi
tatively drumming her lingers or the
glass of the door as she waits for her
silent partner to get in its work. It al
ways does. A lemon drop isn't big , nor
is it pretty , but the neatness and dispatch
with which it can upset the mental
balance of a strong man , when ho has
received it from a witchy sort of girl , is a
caution. Quo by one the scducivo little
samples are transferred from the laps of
thu men to their mouths. And that set
tles it. The bits of sugar and acid aru
lire to the palates. By the time the girl
has finished her serenade on the car glass
slio can face an assemblage whose mouths
are animated by but one watering
thougl.t whoso souls utter but one
cry the longing for more. They
all buy them thu man witli a sud
den tickling in his throat tliat inuslbo as-
snugcd ; the chap who hides the little pa
per under his coat and slyly slips one
into his mouth when ho thinks nobody is
looking ; the aged guy whoso frequent
hand to the mouth that it necessitates , betrays -
trays the entering of another drop ; and
the hold follow .who mulches the yellow
morsels openly and iniblushingly all
contribute their nickel to the turthor
wealth of thu girl , You havu doubtln.ss
seen tram boys working the sample
game , but it takes a pretty girl to de
velop its possibilities ,
THK VANITV Ol1 MHN.
My male cousin came running into my
presence the other day with the exclama
tion , "Look ut mol What doyouthinic
of those togs ? I've made up my mind to
Icnook out the dudes from this iimu on. "
Now , there wab nothing remarkable in
that speech for a man , but 1 never yet
saw the woman who would have ex
pressed such a sentiment. L am all up in
arms now , and I am going to prove by
this text that mun are several shades
vainer than women. And they are vainpr
about thair clothes than women aru. I
know the world thinks dilVorontly. Men
have donu all the spcechmnkliu : and
most ol the writing for centuries , and
they havu all helped on thu vanity of
women , and the importance women ascribe -
cribo tu dress. Now , 1'vo ' got the floor ,
and am going to knock out that notion
to Kiuitheroens. At least , I am going to
knock it n wee , tiny , little bit.
In soelotv I am continually hearinf :
men say , "I've got a dress suit that will
make the girls allswoet on 'no. " or. 'Tvo
ordered a riding coats that will make the
nebs green with envy , " or , "Wait lUl 1
got my satin-lined overcoat , and I'll bo
irresistible. " All chaff , you say. Yet
no one fails to recogni/.o the truthfulness
of the silly and egotistical expression ,
and no one ever heard a woman or a girl
say such a thing in fun or in earnest.
Women are vain about dress. Oh , yes ,
they arc human. But women , that is
good and respectable women , don't
dress for men's eyes. They don't think
of the effect of their gowns on the other
sex. Now , if you didn't know that , or'if
you think I am stretching a
little for argument , let mo
assure you that it is true. The ardor of
women in dress is due to rivalry with her
own sex. Each woman wants to look
better than , or at least as well as , each
otticr woman. Lot mo put it this way
please : On next Easter , when we all
como out with our now things , and enter
the church doors , wo look around at all
the congregation with nervous interest.
What for ? To sco if the men are dazzled
by the beauty of our costumes ? Not for
a single blessed instant. When we've
finished looking we couhl not tell you
whether there was a man in the church.
Wo haven't seen or looked at or thought
of a single male. Now , did
wo look to note the effect of
our new gown and bonnet on the onvous
eyes of other women. No , no , uo ; we
are above that , also Oh , how wo are
misunderstood. We looksimplyandsololy | |
to sec whether any other women is bettor
dressed than we.aro.and what every other
women has on. Upon my word as an ex
port , wo never think of anything else.
Wo do all the thinking of ourselves be
fore wo get there nt homo in the maid's
hands , before the glass and for a week or
month before oven that , when wo uro
planning not to ho beaten by another
women.
On this world's stngo women play to
women in the matter of dress. They'play
to win applunso in complexion , teeth ,
eyes , manners , speech , coquetry and gen
eral lovableness. That's our game before -
fore wo are married , and if it isn't kept
up toward husbands after marriage it is
because wives don't know enough. 1 am
told thnt certain , lla&hy garments , that
are never scon In good society except in
store windows , arc worn by certain
women for the benefit of the other sox
wrappers , sacqucs and hosiery and all
that. But when I write about ladies ,
whether they are poor or rich , and I say ,
once for all , wo do not dress for
men , wo do not care what
men think of our clothes ,
wo know that men know no more
about women's gowns than ilgs know of
Munkaesy's painting , There , now , is
that Hat and plain enough ? Lot mo give
you some more wisdom in nutshell con
ciseness. Among the men. the dandies
dross to attract female attention , to
"knock out the women"as my cousin
says ; but thu dudccs dress to eclipse'each
other. Now , that latter way , the dudu's
way , is the way women dress to eclipse
one another.
I was saying all this to n gentleman
who thought ho had the bnttor of mo t > y
assorting that women tire forever looking
in mirrors , and primping and blinking
out this part and smoothing down thu
ether , and tittivnting their hair , and all
the rest. That is solemn truth. The
women do no end of that sort of thing.
But it isn't from vanity. Did yon ever
see H lady whoso hair has como down
walking along the street witli a tail of it
down the back ? Did you ever see a lady
with her skirt of bustle showing behind
through a disnrrangmont of her overskirt -
skirt ? Did you over see a lady with her
hat tipped over almost on ono ear ? Well ,
it is to prevent such humiliating things
as that that women always glance at n
ulass , ami give u shako hero , and a touch
there , and a smoothing EomowherO el&u.
A woman dressed is a mass of devices
thnt nre liable to get out of place , nml
are only held in place by niiisuuil , clasps ,
SP , HORSE 4 CO
JlciHlit 21 ill.
Diameter Win.
Xexl week
we will sell
B5O Hammer
ed Itriitt I'm-
Itrcllu .Iiirs ,
like till * at
They
arc a hnruttiit.
( nodi Mailed to an ) ' part of the
urn Id. S. I . MOKSU Ar O.
BRASS MATCH BOX , 50c
' 1 1-2 inches liigli ; bane : i\ ,
Indies , niekle and brass swinging
match barrels , SOe.
Christmas Toys !
NEXT WEEK.
OnrNloek Is NO largo that it is
Impossible to accurately or min
utely describe each article. .Suf
fice to say that you can iio\v find
f > n MMIIC of our
FOl'Il FLOORS
A present such as you want for
your loved ones , young or old.
ISASUMliVr I'lLOOSt , .Llxl 3
t'ect Contains Toys , tVc.
MAli\ ' FLOOR , .I4x ii:2 : : i'cet-
C'oiifiiiii * Dry Wood * , &c.
TBIIIID FL009C , ( ittxlOO feet
Contain * Cloaks , Hulls , Jerseys ,
Curtains and Uphofs cry Goods.
FOURTH FLOOR , tiUxlOO feet
Contains Carpets , Rugs .Vc.
All upper doors reached by a
safety passenger elevator.
S.P.
hairpins , straps and laces. Her hair may
aomo down , her hat got out of place , her
stockings may climb down on her shoes ,
her overskirt may perch on her hip or
bustle , her skhts may loosen and drop
Doneath the dress. Is it any wonder she
looks at her reflection whenever she can ?
And yet , "kind gentlemen , " as the old
players used to say , it is none the
less a fact that when u Broadway looking
glass dealer set a boy to count the num
ber of persons who looked at themselves
in the glass ho kept out on the sidewalk ,
it was found that of a given number of
women and men twice at many men ns'
women stopped to look at themselves in
the mirror. Ci.AitA BELLI : .
N/VTIONAIj BANK CIHCUJjATlON
An Answer o Comptroller Ti-cnholin's
JlciiucBt for Plans to Preserve
tbc System.
To the Editor of the BKK : The follow
ing clipping is taken from the Bun's
Washington correspondence of n recent
date :
The forthcoming report of the comptroller
ot the currency will , it is thought , deal milto
extensively with the question ot new basis
for the national bank circulation. Hnaii-
clcrs rcall/o that unless homethliiBis done In
this direction very soon the days of uatinnnl
bunks will soon draw to a close. While It Is
not believed that there will be nuv considera
ble call of : i per rents during the next six
months. It is evident troiii the manner in
which the receipts from customs and tutor-
mil ravcnue pour Into the treasury that the
final naymcnt of the outstanding bonds of
this chnrncter cannot bo nut off very long. A
great many people hold 4 ami 4 per cent
bomls lor Investment ami are not iliMioMMl to
allow thorn to cet Into tholmndsot national
banks. Comptiollcr Trmiholm Is open to sug
gestions liom any one liitcie.stcil nml will
glvoanv that are M-nt to him all the weight
which they tire entitled to. As iar as Is
known no BiiKRcstlon has yet been imuia
which Is likely to mcot with the approval of
f ° ' ' '
l'ro'iii' the above It appears that the
honorable comptroller of the currency
invites suggestions on the subject , ami
admits that no suggestion 1ms as yet been
made to mcot the dilliciiKy he has en
countered in trying to provide a perma
nent basis for the existence of the na
tional bank system.
The result of the recent congressional
elections is construed to bo a condemna
tion of the tnrilV theories of Morrison
Hurd nnd others of the revenue reform
school ot politicians , and the probabili
ties now are , an indefinite continuation
of thu present tarill' ; largo surplus revo-
iiiies ; a corresponding reduction in the
public debt ; a rapid" elimination of na
tional bunk currency , and , unless u
practicable scheme can bo devised and
speedily put in operation , it may soon re
sult In a reduction in number and ulti
mately wipe om of existence , the whole
national bank system.
How can this bo prevented , is the ques
tion the honorable controller wants
answered. It is the object of the writer
very briefly to suggo.it what appears to
bo ono of tno ways In which this can uo
done , atld that this result shall follow
as an Incident to n scheme which would
secure other and perhaps much greater
benefits to our people.
The United Stales owns n largo number
of vnlunblo public buildings , rents u still
larger number , and in its various depart
ments should own u building wherever it
now rents ono ; should own all thu build
ings required for its permanent business
ana cut off the cost of renting , Kven at
the rate paid on the lowest class of bonds ,
tlirco per ccnt.n building for pos
office use in an average countysoat ,
costing for lot and building say $10,000 , ,
would cost the government but $ y > per
month to own , while the rent paid for
such u building would probably average
We have the largest
stock of
to be seen anywhere ;
We will put a lot
on our
S5c and 50c
Counters tie.rt it-rek Unit cannot be
had clctt-crefor double I he price.
s. r. niojt.su vV co.
About 7V inches lony , llisc arms
and hands , lony hair , tt'ith cltcm-
tsrtte and shoes ,
50o Eaoli.
Bisc Dolls ,
.00.
. .
] ' inches tony , u-itli - full Jointed
kid body , iiiorcable head , lony curly
Jla.rcn hair , beautiful erpreslvc
Sl.OO Eacli-
Mail Orders Solicited and Wlled-S.
1' . Morse C Co.
T'nbrrakable body. Jointed limbs ,
trimmed chemisette , mot-able bise
head , and expressive features , lony
hair ,
$1.5O
IT inches tony , full kid Jointed
body , disc arm and hands , wash
able face , with stockini/s and shoes ,
e.rtra tony , thick hair , -j/,7.7 each.
MAIL OJIDKRN SOlJfCrTJiiJT
seventy-live to one hundred dollars per
month.
Much of thn vast amount of money ap
propriated for river nml harbor improve
ments is wasted by reason ol nppropria-
tjons being made in dribblets , intermit-
tingly , from year to year , causing fre
quent stoppage of work , disbanding of
exptiricncod workmen , detcnoitition of
the work and plant , and all this , incident
to the over-recurring want of the neces
sary funds to push such works , in u
prompt manner , to final completion. All
such works , when once decided upon ,
and a Mart made , should bu pushed ns
rapidly as possible to completion , nml
this can 011)3" ) he done by providing the
money as fast as such works may re
quire.
The class of public works above re
ferred to should he of such permanent
construction as to inure to the bcmMit of
future generations. It is unreasonable ,
if not positively nnjiiit , to tax the pres
ent population and business of the coun
try with the entire co-,1 of such public
works.
In addition to the foroffninc it tins been
frequently urged that all tulcgraph linns
nhould belong to the general government
and becomi ) a part of the postal system.
With buildings provided as indicated the
telegraph lines and buninos.s could be
brought under governmental control
without , udding materially to the present
cost of the postal service , while the say
ing of rent , and of messenger service in
our larger cities would greatly reduce the
expenses now paid by the toll-graph com
panies , as well as dispensing with the
the double anil treble cxpimso where
opposition lines have ollices. IJy reason
of such economies the cost of the her-
vice to the people could bo greatly re
duced if the ontirosvsteui were owned by
the government. IChtimating the entire
capital stock of the lines at one hundred
millions , the net income at (1 ( per cent ,
amounting to wi.v millions , admits ot re
duction in clmrgos for telegraphing to
way interest on bomU required to own
tli6mof , four millions.and a ntill liirthor re
duction in the economies possible if under
goveriiiiK'iit control.
Should it bo found practicable to de
vise 'i scheme for the construction of all
the public buildings required ; for all
lighthouncs , all haibnr improvements
and lor the acquisition of all telegraph
lines , and to distribute an equitable ,
sharu of thu burthens , to futiiro genera
tions , who will enjoy , with ihn present ,
equal advantages in the usi < of such pub
lic works and telegraph lines would it
not tin part of wi-'u Htalusiuanahip to
favor such schomaY
rm : .SCIIKMI ; ruoriisr.i ) .
There should bo authorized a depart
ment of publics works , which should be
given the custody of all public buildings
heretofore erected , and Midi department
should bo charged with all river and liar-
bor improvements , the election repair
nml custody of all buildings required for
public UftO. The active agents in such
department should bu u corns of skilled
oiiL'inofrs and architects , with same tenure -
uro of olllco us ofhY rs nf the army and
navy , with presidential power to trans-
tnr , witli their consent , unpuciully skilled
ollicur-s tonidi department from olllcors
of the army and navy.
In future , ami as i.ipidly as they could
bo constructed , the Unitrd Status to own
buildings of a permanent character in
every city , town or villugo whom such
buildings would , under pr < > suat condi
tions , huvo to be rented.
As nu indic.ition of thu character of
ilio buihliiiij , herein rontoinplated , it
may bo aid , gcncr.uly , that thu cost
should bo based on thu population of niich
town , and its reasonable prospects for
growth , and that ij. > or le.ss pur capita
would pay for llui buildings of ample ca
pacity for publicu.o in nearly every
place where buildings urw required. Tim
piob'ablo cost f all such buildings , of
Brass Broom Holders ,
60c.
We olTev2. ) Itroom Jlolilorsaiul Whisfc
Brooms Hkc nbmo til GO cents cadi.
Brass Lute
$1.50.
A novelty hi Brass Hoods , Hotter nml
1'npcv Holder with trumpet Cor stand-
nvil , ut ? I.r > Ofticli.
BRASS CALL BELL , 75c
A novelty in brass and N'hkle QflJl
ioIl..jiHf ! received : very pretty
like ahovc , 7.rc each.
armories in each important city for the
militia , as a part ot the land torcos of
HID United States ; i > cimancnt barracks
and quarters lor troops , military -ami
marine hospitals , light houses on lake
and sea coast , with the river and harbor
Improvements , all completed , to bo care
fully , and as nearly as practicable ascer
tained in advance , ami the aggre
gate for the whole scheme , including
theaciiuiMtion of all telegraph lines , to
be capitalized as rentes , upon which the
United States shall agree to pay a semi
annual interest at the rate of 'J per cent
per year , the principal never payable ,
but to bo evidenced by ccrtilicaieh show
ing ownership , thn .same to bo trans
ferable on the booUs of the treasury de
partment as is now done with registered
bonds , such cerliliciUes or evidences of
the debt to be specifically aiilhori/ as
security to bu accosted from national
hunks for their note issues and public de
posits , and after a ( Kud date in the future
to bo the only obligations of the govern
ment receivable tor such purposes.
If itbo assumed ( hat $5iiJOHOOi)0 ) ) would
bo the extreme limit required for all the
purposes indicated the annual charge
would be bill 10,000,01)0 ) le H
than an average . yearly ap
propriation for river : ind harbor im
provements alone , while the net rcceiptfl
from the telegraph lines at present raten
and with the more economical manage
ment , would nay the entire interest , and
the saving of rents bo a .id gain. Harbor
imrovomcntK , the lleuuepin canal , cto. ,
could bo pushed through with reasonable
expedition and without the losses inci
dent to the present want of system.
The advantages claimed for th'1 pro
posed scheme uro many and obvious
not the least of which would bo thu em
ployment , resulting lo labor all over the
country during the progress of the work ,
it preserves our national hanking *
sy.stom , wlulu drawing from them at a
nominal rate of interest , thn monny tor
all those improvements , anil le.tvoi the
present war debt to hi < paid oil' in full nit
it matures and witli it the laht evidence
of our fratricidal strife.
Pending the maturity of ihc war debt
and ( luring the pnigrn.sot thn public
works contemplated , the surplus revenues
could bo applied t' the payment of their
cot , and the treasury bo ruimburMid
from time lotimo by the issue of entlii-
cates of this permanent improvement ,
debt , as the same might bo wanted by
now banks and by the old ours whoso
basis may havw boun removed by oalls
for bonds' heretofore made such cm till-
catcs in no CIIMJ to bu sold or i.-siied at
loss than par.
, As to the rate ot interest-two per rent
it is the opinion of able hauliers , who
havu been consulted , that if is-m-d with
the especial conditions named herein ,
there would bo no trouble in placing
them at pin1 C. M. TI.ICIII 11. .
Major , I S. A.
'Animals llmt IjrmU l.ll. ' Mm.
bt I'nu ! I'iower-l-iv1. Tljmv'a a big
Newfoundland dog thai frenut nts the
balls of the Pioneer i'ross buihfiiia : who > o
countfiian"c ! so resemble" that of .James
( i. Jljjiino that it startles one. I oncn
knew a Durham cow that looked n > much
like her owner , an l.'i | eopil : minister ,
that it hceaiuo a matter ( if common com
ment. There's now alittlo hlack-nmMm :
dog at the St. iJmui hotel nhich M )
closely icsenibles om of the propnolois
of that hotel tint ever ) guc-.l tops , ga/.ts
and is.una/.ud. Them is ao a big mni > -
tilV in Ihc city wh- > i.taeo ilo : iii.ruscn. . . -
blc- that -.vyll-Liujwii local polH'cinn '
of Irifcli descent.
Am. you r < ! tlt at niuht , and harn-i-ed
ny a bad coiiglii l-'wi Dr. .1. II. Mcl.ean'a
1'ar Wine htiug Halm , it will cHn > 3011
rtonnij sleep , and ull'eit a prompt and rail-
icil : euro.