The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1896 Page: 6 of 8
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
GLIMPSES OF SOCIAL LIFE
THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
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Some Noted Old Residence* on Capital
Hill—The Skating Kinks Are Popnlair
—Three of Society's Pretty Favorites—
The Cliarity Ball.
(Washington Letter.)
CS3 PON A TALL
building located
one block from the
Capitol grounds in
striking black let-
ters a sign has re-
cently been paint-
ed upon its cream-
colored walls that
tells the passersby:
"This house was
built by General
George Washington in 1775." The
'building has long been occupied, and
is now used, as a fashionable board-
ing house; and its exterior and interior
have not been changed except by re-
pairers from time to time since it was
occupied by General Washington.
With the exception of the old Van
Nesse cottage, on the Potomac banks,
southeast of the White House, nearly
all of the oldest residences in the na-
tional capital are to be found on Capi-
tol Hill. Many of these buildings have
recently been restored and furnished
In old mahogany, rare blue china, relics
of the Revolution and other valued
antiques. A number of them were built
in brick brought from England by
Thomas Low, who was then the princi-
pal architect of the new capital city.
Originally they were fashionable board-
ing houses and such men as Thomas
Jefferson, Alexander Dallas and Louis
philipe were entertained beneath their
iroofs. Fully one-third of the repre-
student of the Woman's College, Balti
more, for some time, and is the fortu
nate possessor of a voice of singular
sweetness, that is well trained both in
vocal music and elocution. The latter
Is her favorite study and is a source of
rare enjoyment to her friends. Miss
Stone is one of the few young ladies
who can attempt Watteau effects. She
can wear miniatures, aigrettes, delicate
lace and forget-me-not silks.
The Charity Ball of 1896 has passed
into history a delightful memory, es
pecially so, perhaps, because of the
presence of Mrs. Cleveland, accompan
ied by the President. The proceeds from
this successful and brilliant function
will be devoted to the Children's Hos
pital. This is the most worthy charity
in Washington. The ladies who have
charge of it are all well known and
are of the highest social prominence
One often sees affecting as well as novel
sights at the hospital where the chil-
dren of the rich frequently go and play
and bend over the bedside of the little
patients to entertain them. The con-
trast of rosy cheeks with the pale and
pinched ones in the different wards is
Just as it always is in story books,
Tucked away in their tiny white beds
these frail little patients seem to enjoy
the comforts provided for them.
In the colored ward, the little one3
sing to the visitors quaint camp meet-
ing songs which are very entertaining,
The babies' ward always proves the
center of attraction. The youngest one
there now is a tiny stranger only
few weeks old. Since this department
was established, only a few months
ago, over one hundred babies have boen
cared for.
Washington society is as notable for
the number of clever, handsome and
beautiful matrons this winter, as it is
rich in its array of rosebuds and belles.
Among these clever matrons, who, with
the scholars, statesmen and diplomats,
make up the cosmopolitan society of
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ELIZABETH M. STONE.
Bentatives in Congress this session have
taken up their abodes within a short
distance of the Capitol and of the great
new Congressional Library.
But few of the United States senators,
however, live in that vicinity. Senator
Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee; Senator
Turpie, of Indiana, and Senator Mitchell
of Wisconsin, are the exceptions and
they reside in houses which for modern
elegance will almost bear comparison
with any in Washington. The favorite
location with the senators seems to be
in and around Thomas Circle. One en-
tire row of magnificent houses here is
occupied by United States senators and
their families; in fact, the square is
often spoken of as "Senators' Row."
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, who is
enjoying his forty-first winter in Wash-
ington, resides in the first of this long
row of stately homes. A magnificent
stag's head with tremendous antlers
decorates his entrance hall. This was
presented to the senator thirty-five
years ago by the governor of Wyoming
Territory. One of Senator Morrill's
warmest personal friends was the ar-
chitect who designed the Capitol, and
a fine steel engraving of the famous
master builder is hanging in the library
of Senator Morrill* home.
Among the Congressional families
;who reside on Capitol Hill is that of
Charles W. Stone, of Twenty-seventh
Pennsylvania district. Mrs. Stone is
one of the most attractive ladies of the
Congressional colony. As the wifa of
the popular Congressman her friends
are legion and not wholly confined to
official society. Mr ft Stone is the moth-
er of three daughters, the youngest of
whom, Miss Elizabeth Moorhead Stone,
was introduced into society this week
at a handsome tea given in their pleas-
ant home, situated within one square
of the big white dome. Miss Elizabeth
is rather tall and very fair, with dark
hair and eyas. Her manners are very
attractive and marked by that sim-
plicity which is the chio'est charm of
a young girl. It is quite evident that
Mrs. Stone fo a firm believer in the
doctrine, that in training n daughter
a nother should endeavor to instill
kindness of heart and thoughtfulnes3
of others and to be thoroughly un-
■elstL Miss Elisabeth has been a
Washington, may be mentioned many
Pennsylvania ladies born and bred in
the Keystone state. Mrs. Scott Town-
send, Madame Romero, Madame Pate-
notre, Mrs. Dr. Guzman, Mrs. Senator
Quay, Mrs. Jack Robinson, Mrs. Har-
riet Lane Johnson, Mrs. Justice Peck-
liam are a few of the distinguished
matrons from Pennsylvania who pre-
side over beautifully-appointed estab-
lishments and by their entertainments
add much grace to the social life at
the capital.
Society girls who skate well are es-
pecially numerous and their chic winter
costumes worn with little sealskin or
velvet toques are very becoming. The
young ladles carry their skates in skate
bags, and some very attractive and
quaint one seen this week have been
patterned after the old-fashioned reti-
cules. The skating parties enjoy the
morning best and nearly always these
fair skaters of society take home a
number of friends for little informal
lunch parties.
The members of the Russian legation
are all good skaters, but it remains
for the minister from Denmark, Mr.
Constantin Brun, to carry off the hon-
ors. He is as expert and as graceful
as any professional in his mastery of
the shining steels, yet if there is one
thing more than another he dislikes
it is to seem to "show aft," consequent-
ly his enjoyment of the cross-roll back-
wards and cutting monograms and fan-
cy figures is somewhat marred because
every one enjoys watching his grace
and skill.
The British ambassador, Sir Julian
Pauncefote, is devoted to golf, but does
not skate. His three daughters, how-
ever, are very graceful and expert
skaters. Miss Sybil Pauncefote is no-
ticeable for the ease and strength with
which ghe takes her strokes, while
Lady Lillian Pauncefote is like a fairy
performer, so firm yet dainty does she
appear. The daughters of Chief Justice
Fuller are all graceful girls, and may
be seen almost daily enjoying the de-
lightful sport which is their favorite
recreation. Mies Alice Belknap, Gen-
eral Belknap's daughter, Is one of the
best skaters. She does the Inner and
outer roll, and her initials adorn tho
ice wherever this fair skater has been.
*"ads In Swine Raisin;.
The breeding and distribution of pure-
bred swine is of such vast importance,
and every breeder is put so much upon
his honor, that the utmost care and
honesty of purpose should at all times
be maintained, so that every represent-
ation, pedigree and award is an honor-
able certificate.
The breeding of pure-bred swine, like
most other businesses, is beset with 1 r<
fluences that in many instances not
only cause discouragement and loss,
but also retard improvement. Many
breeders, and especially those of less
experience, realizing the necessity of
getting to the front by the shortest pos-
sible route, become the victims of popu
lar fads.
There are men with an eye to bus!
ness, who understand improving op-
portunities. They recognize the power
of the press, and understand human
nature. They buy an animal with some
reputation and soon give it more. It is
possible to advertise it as the "thous-
and-dollar hog," and that settles it.
The papers are full of it. Breeders talk
about the thousand-dollar hog, and why
not?
A boom is created, and the thing be-
comes a fad. The "gadderenes" are
all stirred up. All want thousand-dol-
lar hogs. The demand becomes intense
and Wild. To get into the swim is the
craze. Build, style, excellence and ped-
igree don't count unless ft is of the
fad—J. M. Welsh.
Raise Good Colts.
Some one is going to make money
out of colts. It will be the one who
raises good colts and who can raise
them economically. To stop raising
horses at this time is to miss a golden
opportunity. Ask any dealer and he
will tell you that the colt crop being
raised is not at all commensurate
with the needs of the future. Don't
hold the old plug horse for a high price.
If you have no use for him, sell him
for what he will bring, give him away
rather than feed him, for it is money
thrown away, and raise colts that will
be wanted by buyers. This is plainly
the correct principle. Feeding $10-
horses is suicidal. Get rid of them and
feed growing colts. Be ready for the
turn of the tide, and as for that mat-
ter, the right kind of horses will sell
fairly well even now. The city is using
up horses all the time, and the parts
of the land where they are not raised
must be supplied. The horses of the
next five years must come from some-
where, and the part of the land that
has them for sale will find the coin of
the realm flowing into that identical
spot, and the farmers in that locality
who have the horses will have their
pockets open to catch the cash. He
that hath ears to hear let him act in
aocord with the conditions. There is
a horse harvest on the way, and it will
catch many a farmer without a crop.—
Waverley Republican.
She Was a Little Off.
A San Antonio gentleman applied to
a life insurance company for a pofiey.
On being- examined tho doctor of the
company asked:
"Has there ever been any iusanity
in your family P"
"I'm not sure about that. One of
my sisters jilted a man worth a half
million."—Texas Sifter.
Must Not Use It,
The Ohio Wesleyan University has
adopted a rule absolutely forbidding- its
students to use tobacco in any form.
It has made a great stir among the
students.
Stop Hap-Hazard Breeding.
16 is the universal voice of the press
and the horse breeders of the United
States that there is now a great short-
age of good horses. The Northwestern
Horseman says:
There is a horse famine in sight.
For the past three years only 40 per
cent of the mares have been bred.
Horses, like machinery, wear out. The
supply must be kept up. Let our breed-
ers look over their stock and see in
what condition they are tp meet a big
demand right at home. Minnesota
breeders sit by with folded arms and
see Iowa and Illinois ship from 8,000
10,000 horses into this state every
year. A prominent buyer in this city
states that he spent three weeks in
traveling over this state in search of
horses and succeeded in purchasing
only one carload, only two of which
were fit for export. He found most of
the horses wholly unfit for market, be-
ing poor, rough and only half fed. Of
course they sold for nothing. Today
good horses are hard to find and bring
good prices when you find them. Prices
are bound to be better. There will be
marked improvement within two years
and a greater improvement after that.
Our advice to breeders, then, is to be-
gin breeding the best mares you can
obtain, and to the best stallions at
hand. Breed for the type you desire
to produce and stop this haphazard way
of doing business."
Don't Be Too Late for the Steamer,
And don't omit when you are packing up
your effects preparatory for the-voyage, to in-
clude among them a supply of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the great remedy for sea
sickness. Travelers for pleasure or business
seeking foreign climes, or who locomote by
steamboat or train, besides yachtmen and
mariners, testify to the remedial and pre-
ventive efficacy of the Bitters, which is incom-
parable for nausea, headache,dyspepsia,bilious-
ness, rheumatism, nervous and kidney trouble.
The Latest.
The latest joke about England claim-
ing the discoveries of Prof. Nansen, if
he has made any, gets an additional
point from a new map of the world, re-
cently published in good faith by the
London Graphic. It makes the British
possessions in Canada include all of
north Greenland and reach to the pole.
Mrs. P. C. Adams.
Thousands of women, -especially In the
spring of the year, are nervous, tired, have
headache, sick stomach, fainting spells,
dizeiness, scanty or profuse menses, weak
back, constipation; their sides, shoulders
and limbs acho constantly—in fact, they
suffer from general debility of the whole
system. The superior tonic qualities of
McElree's Wine of Cardui make it the lead-
ing remedy for this class of troubles.
Mrs. P. C. Adams, Chattoogavilie, Ga.,
writes: "Two years ago I was taken sick
with indigestion, fainting spells, constipa-
tion, falling of the womb, and various
other symptoms, and kept getting worse
and worse. After taking four bottles of
McElree's Wine of Cardui in connection
with Thedford's Black-Draught tea I am
able to do any kind of work that a woman
can do."
D. L. Coker, Calvina, Fla., says: "Mc-
Elree's Wine of Cardui has brought rosy
cheeks bock to oue of my cousins alter she
was given up to die by two of the best
physicians."
Skin Beep Affection.
The enamored swain who swears he
will wear the picture of his adored
lady over his heart has always, here-
tofore, been understood to speak in a
Btrictly figurative manner. It passed
for poetry, and flattered the girl, and
has been of inestimable value in a
matrimonial way in the world. Now,
however, it is said that poetry has
been translated into fact, and the up-
to-date young man, who feels sure of
[lie affection, is having his best girl's
picture tattooed above his heart
Goes Quick.
Mail matter is sent from Paris to
Berlin in thirty-five minutes by pneu-
matic tubes. Some day a package will
break and clog up the tube, and then
the director generals will say the mails
have pneumonia.—New Orleans Pica-
yune.
STJTFERJtRS FROM COUGHS, SORE THROAT etc.,
should be constantly supplied with "J3rown'i
Bronchial Troches." Avoid imitations.
Women of fairness are very rare;
they have been so spoilt by flattery.
People dislike to reach the age when
they are old enough to know better.
CONSUMPTION
CURED AT LAST.
The Generous Offer That is Being Made by T.
A. Slocum, of New York City, Amer-
ica's Most Eminent Chemist.
PROGRESS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.
Confident of the Value of Hli Discoveries,
fle will Send Free, Two Bottles, Upon
Application, to Any Person Suffer-
ing from Chest, Lung, and
Pulmonary Affections.
.FIT8—All Fits stopped tree by Dr. Kline's Great
erve Restorer. N o Fits after the Urst day's use.
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The world, can't help pitying
wife of a man who has long beard.
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With Compound Interest.
A hen is more productive in propor-
tion to her size than any animal on the
farm. The average well-fed hen will
lay from 100 to 150 eggs in a year, each
one of which will weigh two ounces or
more, thus yielding in solid matter
nearly four times her own weight in
twelve months. At the same rate of
product, a cow would yield two tons
of cheese or butter in the year; and
this comparison shows conspicuously
the relative superiority of the modest
hen over the more valued cow. More-
over, in addition to her contribution of
eggs, she will rear a brood of ten or
twelve chicks, and care for them until
they are able to look after themselves,
while the cow yields but one duplicate
of herself yearly. If the hen fails in
doing this it is for want of her owner's
care, and from thorough mismanage-
ment, which diverts success from her
own well-meant and motherly care.—
The Feather.
A single swallow, according to an au-
thority, can devour 6,000 flies in a day.
Hovr's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
tor any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cared by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
3. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WALQING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal-
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price. 75c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Hall's Family Pills. 2Rc.
Couutry people say that town people
can never know what real trouble is.
Best of All
To cleanse the system In a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
Springtime comes, use the true and per-
fect remedy, Syrup of Figs. One bottle
will answer for all the family and costs
only 50 cents; the large size $1. Buy
the genuine. Manufactured by the Cal-
ifornia Fig Syrup Company only, and
for sale by all druggists.
Why is it that we always believe we
can save a little money next month?
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The Millersburg Female College at
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The location of the school is beautiful,
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Texas Monthly, Mexia, Texas.
HE appalling ravages of lung
troubles and consumption in
this country, continued from
year to year, present a showing
before which all lovers of hu-
manity must stand aghast.
Lung troubles load to consumption;
loss of flesh, and wasting conditions.
Of all the diseases which afflict the
human race, consumption is the most
fatal. Its ravages are by no means
confined to the lungs alone. It attacks,
in fact, almost every part of the body.
Last year, as proven by the official
records at Washington, over 263,000
died from consumption in the United
States—representing an average of
5,000 every week, and 700 every day;
a waste of life that seems incredible.
More than four-fifths of this number
might to-day be living, had they but
known wherein restoration lay, and
made timly use of the only infallible*
remedies that have thus far been dis-
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Slocum's remedy is the only one
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Thousands of witnesses could be
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Consumption has, it is now believed,
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For the purpose of bringing these
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