Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1878, Page 3

PHET EVENIN’ AT BLACK PY BRT ARTE i rty wear Bome of the tir believe, was iarnation queer. I mever sre sich » set of boys for rampin’,an'cussin’ an’ hav i that high old gang none ain't n'y One. with our bar, a-talkin’ an * bewan ‘Then Dead Six drawed a ™ Let's nee if th: i make Pete jump, if I tiekle bis a see.” So he rananed it 1 { jump. It happened | F wo thet Pete set next me; Ani when he jnmped his feet hit mine, an’ mine hit them 0: n’ Ned, in” ¥ u Jake, which the same = hit ther Was the xent with the muy id the ei proof head. it kep” a.zoin’ arou was ou the floor; ovge-eye Hvil drawed out his barker, an’ quintnose Tommy jumped up an’ swore. e, till all of our feet imever jert knowed what happened thea: I guess i ‘was lively for a spell: them ae got through toid me arterwar Is they al lowed that f handled my bowie weil. ‘en T come to myself, not a single gent was up on the bar. an’ only four ‘ae settin® aroun’ thet barroom stove; the rest o "em seemed to prefer the floor. fot up, an’ set up feelin’ fust ex “twas mor'n Bvely kine It makes ne sat. as I said afore, wen I think of the retty work the thet’a lett of t ouly i mainin’ one. Pizen Jake took the drink of another gent, and sorter stood with it in his hand i" the ar drink an’ hkewise Jake was spilied ‘abot im the b Gougeeye Bill, he come to grief with swall'rin’ a bowie knife in his throat, 1, YOu Bee; fortuicht since they" hed si:h a aa indoor spr wang is me, thet I'm the pom sand. on ‘for it was thet he set od Tommy”s cot. Ap’ Sqninteved Tommy. one nixlt at Black's, his Te Lhit onto mv only tos: An’, sou ehow, be died; Dut how it was, youl never exacdy know. xy one toe: thet’s all I've got, ers: look a-here An’ this eye's somewhere in fife! what I cail a wore-out ear. tranger, in’ nearly two fin. le Flat: an’ thet s Bob, my pal; ‘This hol: in my head was scooped by x Ho ai ivan" i's sorter di Sime Stl I ain pa in’. Pas often if I stan with the hut on this "ere side. But, mister. the times ain't w'at they was: the fin ain't the same as it used to be, An’ the wane of Thunder an’ Léchtnin’ Guich has pasted in their checks eeptin’ me. ebinae The Monitor and the Merrimac. the lake from Vevay to Geneva wiss gentle- attracted my attention. dze Davis, of Ilinois— as the wax figure of wabert that formerly astonishe’ vis- aruum’s old museum at Broadway and 3 z Hie was larger than quite as large. 1 thin! Daniel 1 HOTS to Abn st ‘Thi and the steamer so little that whenever he approached the rail on either side | trembled with apprehension test he should upset the craft and plunge us all {nto the jake. For a man of his great weight he was uncommonty restless. He moved coatinually about the deck, promenading with nervous tread from bow to stern, picking his yay through and around the various groups of passengers and piles of baggage, exchanging bows with many persons on board, but entering into conversation with nobedy. ‘This resolute taciturnity seemed Apvropriate to the expression of his face, which Wore a look of unvarr'g gloom. In the course of a voyage of several hours’ guration I had cause once or twice to address some commonplace remark to my heavy and melancholy fellow-passenger. In each lastance he responded politely and in excellent English, but with the brevity of a telegraphic dispatch. Iwas a clear afternoon, and when in our | progress westward Mont Blane came out into | tuft view from behind the nearer mountains, the rare opal tnt on the peaks was plainly di cernible. ‘The Genevese recognize it asa pri ciple of etiquette that the appearance or noa- appearanee of Mont Blane, the atmosphe: conaitions surrounding that ‘mountain, and all topies dire-Uy or indirectly relating thereto, constitute a sert of conversational neutral ground pea which people may meet and freely converse without the formality of an tntroduc- ton. Under any circumstances if is permis sible to speak of Mont Blanc. On the rare easions when the opal tint appears, social re serve entirely dis: —. and perfect strangers talk familiarly and almost affectionately of th Phenomenon. Therefore, when I turned to my next neighbor and expressed my satisfaction with the spectacle. I had every reason to expe # hearty response. Catt after 1 had spoken I did not observe tbat it was the large Swiss gentleman who stood beside me. His eyes followed mine to the moun- iain, 1 was surprised at the change that came ever him. His heavy features were sudden! ht with enthusiasm. No longer colaly re- a, his manner became cordial and com- municative. Beaming upon me with the friend- Hest of smiies, and siowly Fagin, Po ponderous arm until it pointed directly at Mont Blane, 1 began to speak, with the deliberate emp) of one who besins an address of considerable he eSfonsieur,” said he, “It 13 now thirteon years since I. accompanied by the guides Jo- Bann, Markli, Francois Pierre Groz, Jean Bap- tiste"—_ All at onee the heavy gentleman's face under- Went another sudden transition. His features. an instant before so animated and expressive, Settled back into the stony calm that had viously distinguished them. His eye fixed on the mountain with a far-away look that seemed to go beyond it and behind it to some memory of appalling portent. A slight shiv shook his elephantine trame. Beneath t doubly and triply thick layers of adipose de- posit, a struggle of same sort was evidently so- ing on. | fancied that J heard a mumied sigh. “Your narrative interests me exceed! I remarked. t ouwere saying But it was*of no us mournfully, avoiding n irreproachable po ss he dismissed the ject. Went over to the other side of the ste. boat, and soon after debarked at one of the village landings near Geneva—at Coppet, I be- Heve. An American gentleman who was sitting on gaze. Witiva bow bench near by. and had witnessed my ture, invited me with a sumil seat beside hin. «+ He paid you.” said the American, nent of going further with ._ He seldom gets deyon mam You know the geat! en “Thave lived in Gen said the American. verybody bereabouts man, ! assure you. merely a wreck of his “Ab, 1! see” said I, significantly. iy new acquaintances - NO," he sald. laughed heartily, “yon misunderstand me. Speckly-Burger is 2 conversational wrecs He was formerly celebrated as the most insatiate talker in Switzerland. 1 happeaed to be present at the erisis that Shattered his reputation. Would you like to hear the story?” “If you will be so good.” “Upto about six years azo,” my informant began, “-Speckly-Burger’s fame rested upon two points. In the first place,as 1 have tntl- snated, he was known far and wide as a con- versationalist. He conversed fluently in three nguages. His command of words was anv His perseverance, wind, and bottom, if T it, put him far ahead of his most 1 in the conversational arena. iker he was in bis prime! Give him but an opening and hts foquactty was invinci- ble. Give him a listener, or better still, a party of listeners, aud his remarks flowed in ‘a switt, Steady torrent, Wke the river Rhone. Once ‘started upon a favorite topic, he was relentless, eee ag, lndetattzad) 2 Tasked ied my Ertend, in pudiic, and, fo € his family were confined to a Mont Bb You will not wonder is When I fell you that Monsieur prided bi-aself eapeetally oa beng the heaviest man, in pounds avoindupois, that climbed the mountain. Ia the year 1565 he tually made the ascent, with the help of s>v teen guides. ven only kni him up, or how Mont Blanc su bus when be was once ontop. By Jov piling Ossa on Petion: But it is a matier cord that he did reach the summit. I. certificate to that effect, sizned and 5 the eure at Chamount, and also bearing the si nature or sign manualof ¢. of als seventer ides, how they got aed the inea- it was a “Yotl can readily imagine to what conven- Uonal uses so tlustrious and waprecedented an achievement would be put by a man of M. Speckly-Burger’s parts of speech. On the street, — @hote, ip railway Spy leg private salons, in generai society, anyw! every- ‘htest allusion to Mont Blane, or even to physical endurance, incl planes, lacial action, snow, clouds, cold, heat, hero- or any other abstract or concrete subject affo a pretext for M. Specky-Burger’s narrative, ent awful uences. His story was invariably told with the most con B thet thar place, you'd better | fur tlie cang. for they was al a | shook his head | ber Of years.” | y | of deaths. } Seientiows attention to details. The tncidents of the ascent and descent, his own sensations at every stage, the preparations beforehand, the personal characteristics and previous and subsequent history of every one of his seven- teen guides, the moral aspects of the achleve- ment, together with a comprehensive account. | of every previous ascension in any b able, from Dr. Paccard’s ascent in 1736 dowa to | the present day, were set forth in their rezutar order by M. Specsly-Burger with extraordinary fullness. Under favorable circumstances, and without interruptions, his narrative consumed from three and a half ‘to four and a half hours. He became @ terror to all Geneva and to the country for miles around.” The “American gentleman paused to take breath, while I surveyed the distant mountain with new interest. The opal tint bad disap- | peared. | _“You may have heard.” he continued, “of the grand ideas entertained by the Amerieta bin's- ing house of Bowies Brothers before that firm came to grief. Bowles Brothers were to have branch houses in every metropolls 02 earth, from Moscow to Yokohama. Their system of finance was to cover and embrace the babitabie , and the head center, the malnspring, the of the whole establishment were to be | located here at Geneva, If I re: mber well, | they published maps of Mereator's projection in which Geneva was in the middie, surrounded by a series of concentric rings, showing how far away Paris, London, Vienna, Berlin, New York, were from the headquarters of Bowles Brothers. Géneva was to be the capital of the world. Here my companion sighed. I did not ven ture to ask him why. “While the dream lasted,” he went on; ‘it | was a splendid dream. Bowles Brothers were as liberal as they were sanguine. Everything they did was done ina brilliantly magniticen yle. The equipment of their counting house hi Isaid, “are you not wandering from M. Speckly-Burger?” “Tam coming to M. Speckly-Burger directly. | In the summer of 1572 society was exceptionally | gay in Geneva. The hotels were crowded with | fashionable people from America and every country of Europe. ‘That was the summer, you | remember, that the Council of Arbitration in the Alabama matter was in session here. In | accordance with its policy, the house of Bowles | Brothers gave a grand banquet and reception to the members of the International Council. I never saw another gathering so brilliant or so cosmopolitan as that. The upper saloon of the banking house was thronged with the most not- able mén and women of Geneva and Europe. The enterprising American financiers on that re entertained scholars, diplom: sop marrors, citizens. and 1p ers ‘of John Calvin jostled disciples of 4 avelli and Metternich. Russian coun- _ tesses promenaded with petroleum priaces from ourown dear native land. Oh! it was a creat E SNC Now lisien. When the enjoyment, was at Its hetzht, returning to the grand saloon trom the supper room J observed a group in the mid- Of the floor surrounding somebody who was discoursing with a zeal and in a haut? vote | | strangely Gut of place then and there. I did not need to lgok. It Maire ea Maaelt By some abominable blunder he had received a card. Those immediately around Speckly-Burzer were for the most pari strangers, unacquainted with hisdiretul reputation. Some unlucky lead hsd_ given him his opportunity, and he had seed {t. The group grew larger every mo- mert. We who knew him, attracted by a horri- ble fascination, hung about the outskirts of the throng. Our hosts, the genial financiers, were in despair. ““l again assure you, messieurs and mes- dames,” Speckly-Burger was saying, ‘that my ascent was very much more remarkable than that of De Saussure, the naturalist, who had nearty as many guides and weighed many Kilo- grammes less than! do. But, monsieur, pray allow me to return to the strict chronological order of the narrative. Where were we? Ah! We had lost sight of the Grands Mulets, and were struggling on over the dreary expanse of the second plateau toward the ers. iwas nearly exhausted by the Immense exertions of the early Leas 8 Strange as it may seem, my great weight became more tn- stead phere. This singular fact has savants, andl myselfam ata count for it. I had passed one dangerous crev- | asse with great difficulty by being dragged on | my back over a frail bridge of crushed snow | which crackled under my weight, while below | me yawned a chasm of unfathomable depth. Up one icy precipice I had climbed by means of | slippery notches cut with a hatchet. Up an- other precipice I had been hoisted by the sheer rength of my seventeen guides. I threw my- If at full length upon the snow, and begged my companions to leave me there to die. Atthat moment J experienced a——" “J amboring you,” said the American, sud- | denly interrupting himself. « By no means,” I replied. 1 was listening reat interest, and at the same time = Mont Blanc. A small cloud had set- | Ued upon the summit, where M. Specily-Bur- | ger stood in is65, | “ * Well,” continued the American, “the inter- le yarn went on. ‘The situation seemed ry black indeed. Speckly-Burger was for'at least three hours more, and now that he had acquired full headway, nothing less than an earthquake or the uprising of the waters of the lake could arrest his narrative. “Do you remember that crisis in our civil war when the great rebel ram steamed up into Hampton Toads and began to sink our noblest ships before the eyes of thousands of loyal men and gallant sailors who were poweriess to block her way? It seemed asif nothing could stop the Merrimac. It seemed as if sie would over ride our whole navy and sink the very ship of state itseif. Then do you remember how an insignificant and ridiculous coneern—a cheese box ona a out from behind some mudscow and all alone gave battle to the vic- | torlous black monster? | “Just as Speckly-Burger had crossed the uzzled many | watebi | sis | sixth crevasse and was drinking a bottle of rin | erdinaive, tendered him by one of the | revive his almost extinct vitality, a thin litte | gentleman, dressed in black, eatered the room, | and quietly made his way into the inner circle | of the great conversationalist’s audience. Tie appearance of the new comer was an’ but | formidable. He had hai one-quarter of Speckly-Burger’s weight. He was a nervous, | lean, little man, in adress coat which did not | it him well. He looked as if the mere concus- | sion of one of Speckly-Burger’s lightest sen- | tences would knock him over. | It was about a hundred and fifty metres | further on,” said Speckly-Hurger, “that 1 most | unfortunately tumbled into a moulin, A mou'in, | ladies. 1s 2 cireular hole eaten in the ice hy | action or the water. They are sometimes of small diameter, but of prodigious depth. The diameter of this moulin was nearly equal to the diameter of myself; therefore I sank to my waist and stuck there immovably. The guides exhausted their strength in vain attempts to ; pullme out. Horrible to relate, before I had been many ininutes in the iow/in I felt myself | stnking deeper—very slowly but very surely sinking deeper. On reilection the cause will Do obvious to all of you. The natural warmth of my person was imperceptibly melting the ice round me, thus allowing My extraordi " pull me steadily downward. What sensations in that time of peril! But- T button of my camirole disappeared be- heath the surface of the ice. I was already ‘uides to | breast deep. I uttered a short, but fervent praye losed ny eyes 10 awalt the frig- oric death that was imminent. You ask, mad. ame, if | actually perished? Thank heaven, no! act The merey of Providence and the presence of tind and ingenuity of Johanna Markl, one of my guides, preserved me from the most terrible Seizing two alpen-stocks, he placed them horizontally upon the surface ice, one on each side of me. To that simple expedient I owe Iny life. [sank tomy armpits, but could sink no further, for I hung there in an uncom- | fortable and precarious position, the two trusty ashen staffs creaking under my weight. How Was I tinally extricated? ‘That involvesa scien- ufc explanation of considerable length. You see that the «iro, or snow ice of the sur- | J object.” said a thiu yet solemn and pene- trating voice, +1 object to the unwarranted a3- | | sumption, or implication —— “Amazement was plainly printed on every face. A hush as of awe fell upon the assem- Dlage. Who was the too rash individual that dared to beard Speckly-Burger in the middle of hls narrative? “The great conversationalist was himself the most thoroughly surprised person in the room. Had the floor opened into a moulin directly un- derneath him and had he sunk therein up to his chin, his astonishment could not have been ater. For once his tongue refused to obey is will, He stammered, hesitated, sto} Short, his eyes rolling about in a piteously help- less fashion, *T also object,” continued the thin, piping voice, ‘to the introduction in testimony of an entirely personal and therefore fallible charac- ter, of statements alleged as scientific [acts but which have not previously — “ Then I saw that it was the lean little gentie- man who was baer . He had been standing between Lord Tenterden and the Count Sclopis. He now came out from his shelter and squarely confronted the gigantic Speckly-Burger. It was the litte Monitor steaming forth to meet the Merrimac. = Specks Barwce had meanwhile recover in a degree, the use of his faculties. He look down contemptuously upon his diminutive tn- pos and made a gesture as if to wave him ‘Pardon me, Monsieur,’ said he, drily, <I was Just explaining how the heat of my person, ees e granular ice, enlarged the hole ; aas— | “*But I beg permission to take issue,’ Screamed the lean little man, shaking his lo! | forefinger directly under M, Speckly-Burze nose—. res 2% loa (0 take issue on the | eiple of physica, universally. conceded be tap of pl ‘Ss, Unive! col u } highest, selentific authority, and set down in extenso in the baeks, that cold contracts bod! | whereon I base the proposition that the nat | effect of the f1 temperature upon your | sateen Yasin om race an | rapid contras- would be to diminish your bulk to an ex- | Cent compatible with speedy and safe extraction less oppressive in the rarefied atmos- | loss how to ac- { erniers Roch- | by the untted stret of your seventeen guides, who, exerting energies in a perpel ular direction, under the opera ion of another wellknown law of physics, would, uadoubted- ly— _“«T know no law,’ said Specxly-Burger, ironi- eally, that—’ - = ae “ Uonorantia legis nenin-m exewsat, rejoined the little man Fite gb not for an fastaa using to take breath, ‘and I submtt that your ‘timony, while perhaps entitled toa certain weight, does not establish a point in direct con- travention of the recorded observations of thousands of naturalists, better qualified to judge of the qualities of the snow Ice, or nivoxe, which you have mentioned, and which leads me to remark, merely as a current suggestion, and not in any Way as pertinent to the question at issue, that possibiy that much-disputed passige in Livy, in which it ts related that Hannibil, while crossing the Alps, made a passage for his army by pouring vinegar upon the rocks to soften them, may be explained by the suppo- sition that the great Carthaginian employel salt to melt the snow, as is still done on the tracks of many tramways in American cities, the historian, by a natural assoctation of ideas, confusing the two condiments, and thus putling on record as an historical fact a statement which (like your own regarding the moulin) is palpably absurd, inasmuch as if vinezar hasany action upon !s so very slow that engineering operations conducted on that basis would have delayed the cis-Alpine progress of Hannibal’s army far more effectually than the Fabian policy adopted by his— “Thus it went on,” satd my Geneva friend rising from his seat, for we were now approach- ing the quai, “not for minutes, but for hours We guests drew back and watched the tremen- dous battle between the two conversationalists, phy: ily so unequal, with the liveliest in terest. “Speckly-Burger had met his conqueror. dle made a few ineffectual attempts to recover the eee he had lost, but the monologue of the ittle man, flowing steadily on without break or breathing’ piace, gave him no opportunity to resume his narrative of the ascension, At one o'clock In the morning, disheartened, huratli- ated, crushed, he abandoned the field and fled from the room, At that hourthe smalistranzer Was still talking, without giving the least indi- cation of fatigue or of an intention to stop. * What, are we already at the pier? Well, from that day to this M. Speckly-Burger has never told the story of his ascent of Mont Blanc. Oceasionally, under some strong temptation, he begins it, as he did just now to you, but before he has said half a dozen words the memory of that overwhelming disaster comes rushing back and he is as dumb as an oyster. Good-by.” «But the little, thin man?” L asked. «Yon must fave conjectured,” sald he, “that the little man, the Monitor of that. territle en- gagement, no other than a distinguished fellow-countryman of yours. a noted juris-con- sult of New York city, and lately not uncon- nected, as the reporters say, with active diplo- | macy ab Washington.” T looked again toward Mont Blane. longer visible, A fleecy cloud hid the seene ot speckly achievement.—[¥. ¥, It was no from view urger’s extraordinary n. Natural Hisiory—The Baby. Vhat animal ts this?” “Thisis a baby. He is now about three ye irs id, and at the wickedest point of his eartuly at countries does the baby most in- Ww habit? “ He can be found in every inhabited country on the globe, the same as mosquitoes and boils.” “Can they be tam . Yes, quite ea After a little judicious cipline they cei io struggle and become servient to the Will of man,” Does the baby eat grass?’ Yes, or anything else. They swallow pocket knives, thimbles, buttons, spools or any other object a little smaller thana teacup. If offered milk they 1 ‘Tuse ft.” “De uze during the day, or only at “They are always grazing, paying not the least heed to the hour. When ‘not actually eating they generally give utterance to a pecu- iar cry. Strong men often jump out of bed at een in the coldest weather when hearing this ery.” “ What meaning is attached to this ery?” “Men of deepest thought have agreed that it signifies to wake up the neighborhood and have some fun. “Ot what beneflt to mankind is a domesti- cated baby?” “They are of no earthly account for the first few years, but by-and-by they can slide down hil on a cellar door and carry articles out of the house and trade them for a wooden sword, or lose them in the grass.” “De you know of any instances where the baby has attacked the household and killed or injured any one?” “Such instances have been related by such eminent naturalists as George Francis Train and Texas Jack, but we don’t put much falth in them. However, if the baby was malictously and persistently provoked there's no knowing what it might do.” “ Are they a healthy animal?” “No. On the contrary, no druggist could make enough profit in a year to buy him a pair of Arctic overshoes but for the presence of the baby in every household. ‘There is hardly an hour in the day that the baby does not demand bee pert regoric, milk, sugar, cordial, cod liver emulsion, ipécac or something else costing money.” “What machinery is made use of to compel the baby to take a dose of castor oil?” “There are several patent machines for the } purpose, but most people follow the old rule of knocking him senseless and getting the dose into his mouth before he recovers.” “Is the bald-headed baby more domestic than others?” “Nota bit. He kicks around after the same fashion, and has even a worse time fighting files and mosquitoes.” “ What music do they seem to prefer?” “A bass drum is their first choice, but they have & heavy leaning towards the sound of the stove-handle knocking the nose off the pitcher with the emptings in it.” This is all about the baby. Take another look at him. for next week we shall write of some other reptile.—{ Detroit Free Press, English Girls. A brisk controversy is going on in England over the question of making girls’ lives happier and more useful. The “independencesf girls” 4s what the London papers call it, when they ae space to long communication’ on the sub- ject. Finally, the Spectator launches out with the following bold defiance to England preju- dice and tradition: Parents are too much in- fluenced by the example of the highest class— which is driven by the conspicuousness of its women tO a sort of conventual discipline—and forget too much that strong intellectual inter- ests and plenty of work are in themselves the best protections against dissipation. We are not fighting for an enfranchisement which we fully recognize to be undesirable for young women under twenty-tive, or for any material alteration in the manners of our society, but only for the modicum of Ilb- erty to move about and see friends, and choose occupations, which Is conceded witht out a word said to every respectable gov- erness in the country. There is no sound reason whatever why a girl living in an English city Should not move about her business like a man, unattended like aman. If a woman must earn money, the useful restrictions continue and the nonsensical restrictions drop off, and why should they not drop off when the money 5 not so important? They will drop off, whether the arents like it or not, if education is to go on at its present pace; and the best course for the.a is to accept the cl kindly, modify it, and sur- round the new situation with new mental guar- antees. Otherwise, they will have ten years of worry to go through, coating in @ more decided emancipation than they will like, or we either. Good girls in Boston are as good as they will be found anywhere, but if they want to cross “the Common” without escort, they cross it; and it ‘will come to that here, even if we have to revo- lutiontze our police system to secure it. Waar Brrps’ Nest Pcpping 18 MADE OF.— Eatable birds’ nests are found for the most part in the islands of Java, Borneo, Sumatra the Celebees. The bird which produces the nest Is called the Salangane swallow. It flies with wonderful speed and precision, and on the Javan coast, where the ‘breaks wildly against the precinitous, cliffs and caverned pong oe may be seen in swarms dart- ing hither and thither. Their nests are fixed to the cliffs or just inside the caverns. What sort ota Coe ape is the eatable bird’s nest that y Chinese are so fond of? It 1s that tion of the fabric which serves as a sort of racket, on which the real nest (made of grass, seaweed fibres, leaves, etc.) is built. It is formally supposed that this gelatine (0) sup} Stance was prepared swel these chiefly suy the material brackets. “tne bird secretes ie quence ae soon dries and is found to the same, even when viewed through the microscope, bracket material, Such is the demand for dainty and so high ts its market value that hun- dreds of men spend their lives in the perilous argc ee oe ak e cl prec! cay and the Chinese nd about a million and a-halt of dollars anni in the purchase of this dainty, Ww! ee eer sn sot = My, ney Q most delicious 0! (Ordyon) West Shore. ate t-Waterproot r boots Japan. TD) pape! arg worn in of eta cha Meese Ta | more ex though the house wasoe fire.—[ Wheeling Lea- tA man was boasting that he had an eleva- tor in his house. “So he has,” chinned in his wife, “and be keeps it in the cupboard in a bJt- 4 WONDERFUL STABLE. ‘The Foremost Collection of Trotting Horses in the Worid. ve d and Farm.} n, has trotted i excentinn is’ Mamie B., by dam St. Lawrence Maid, ¢ several years by Commodore Vand is a diminutive specimen of horseiie: but 14.1. Unquestionably she is the fastest trot- ter in the world of her S wagon a mile on a three. and has bee! She is fairly 1 324) seconds. | She wears a 16-0 Edwin Forrest, the pheno.ne: ers like agiant in size al Nowhere, among first-cla n be found | a contrast so stri re3. The g beautiful bay, as he has been apnrspriat calied, is a fraction over 16 hands; his head de- notes ‘Intelligence, the brain belng promineat. Sranlte. which I doubt, that action | He is wide between the jaws, high in the with- SI ers, fmmense through the chest, at length and powerful quarters, with drooping hips. The forearm ts long, the cannon bone short, and the haunch is unusually broad and strong. The feet are good and sound, and the legs are without blemish Every muscle, every line speaks of power and speed. He is 7 years old, and was got by a son of Joe Downin?, the son of Alexander's Edwin Forrest: his dam was a high-bred mare, said to be a randdaughter of the great Leviathan, lwin Forrest looks like a massive thorourh- bred, and he is full of thorouzh blood. In the spring of 1877 he appeared at Kalamazoo, wear- a 18-02. toe weights. He was then six years old, and his trainer frequently. paca him two miles before attempting to pull him into a trot. He showed terrific speed, but had not had work enough to make him steady. From Michizan he went to Kentucky, where, in the early au- tumn of 1877, he was conspicuous as a bad actor. Later in the fall he contested three races with the great mare Proteine, and beat her in every one of them. He trotied through the Michigan cireult the past spring, and when he reached Cieveland, the last weex in July, was as good an acting and as fast a horse as the orid ever saw. At this time he wore 6-02. toe ights. The field opposed to him was one of wel: the most formidabie ever scen on a trotting course. It, ineiuded 1 Edward, Tram; line, Dick Moore, and-Woodford Mambrino, and yet he vanquished them without only defeat in the tica, where he was not allowed to win. At Hartford Forrest trotted an exhibition mile in 2:14, and in the repeat went to the half-mile ole in 1:05% +, Where no other horse has yet gone Along the backstreteh competen . he trotted a two-minute gait. He left his feet, and Green pulled him up and came home at his ease, having made two breaks, in . Those who have carefuily watched the reer of Edwin Forrest are con‘ident that he is the peer of any horse in the world—that if he meets with no accidents he wili trot a mile next year r Mr. Bonner 1s riving him on the road in one-pound shoes for- ard and in half-pound shoes behind. Dexter, Rysdyk’s Hambietonian, dam by American r, 20 years old. He attracts, if possible, more attention in Mr. Bonner's stable than Edwin Forrest. He was the first horse to trot in 2:172/, his present record, and he was the idol of the public so long that the greatest Gesire is made manifest to look upon hiin in re- tirement. Had he been kept on the track he wou'd have beaten 2:14. In his race against Ethan Alien and running mate he was timed a mile in 2 At Prospect Park Mr. Bonner d: ove Dexter to road wagon, weight 319 pounds, a mile in 2:212/, 9 performance which has never been equaled. The once white-faced king of the turf is as young, to all Appearances, a3 a six-yearold. He is a3 playful, as vigorous, and as full of lifeas when he made his farewell bow to the public at Chicago. Althouzh he looks at the timid in such a way as to frighten them, he is an affectionate horse. He ts fond of his daily attendants, and eyes with tender appreciation the hand which offers him a piece of earrot or a lump of sugar. seen on the road for nearly ar until on last Thanksgiv- ba day, and then he rode out behind Dexter. It is his custom to drive the white-legved geld- ing in the morning, and Edwin Forrest in the afternoon. Music is a very Dloodlike-looking mare, a chestnut, standing full 16 hands. She is eleven years old, and was got by Middletown, by Rys- dyk’s Hambletonian, dam by Roe’s Fiddler, a grandson of Monmouth Eclipse. She is an ex- cellent double-harness performer, and is hard to beat single. We held the watch on her at Mr. Bonner’s track, a mile in 2:18%. She will trot in a 14-02. or even a 12-02, shoe. John Taylor, 9 years old, and pedigree not established, is as fine in all his points as a thoroughbred. He gained a public record of 2:25 his first season on the turf, but has trotted amile on Mr. Bonner’s three-quarter track in 2:184. The first time he and Music were ever speeded together in double harness they pulled ° Ean wagon a mile on the three-quarter track in 2:93, Startle, bred at Stony Ford, 11 years old, and by Rysdyk’s. Hambietonian, dam by American Star, is the biggest horse for his inches in the country. The muscular development of his quarters is simply immense. He 13 15.1 under the standard, is finely coated, and ts docile in temperament asalamb. Four days before his fifth birthday he trotted a public trial at Pros- pect Park (previously announced in the Turf, Field and Farm) in 2:19%%. Prior to the improve- ment of Fleetwood Park, through rendering the soil elastle, he turned the track in 2:19. At that time the best mile ever trotted In a race at Fleetwood was in 2:19:¢, won by American Girl, and defeating Goldsmith Maid and Lucy. Startl> also trotted half a mile in 1:04, in harness, and pulled a road wagon at Fleetwood a quar- ter in 3233 seconds—a 2:10 gait. The stallion was then put into the stud, and his 3-year old colts are promising. The only time he was started up in harness this year he trotted a mile with ease in 2:21%. He wears a 16-02. shoe, but will extend himself better in a shoe weigh- ing tN pounds. 01 7 @ bay mare, by Whiteside’s Black Hawk, tirstdam by Dallas, and second dam by imp. Leviathan, is scant 15.2, She has a speedy form and was quite successful on the turf, where she obtained a record of 2:213;. She has since been timed a mile on the three-quarter track in 9151. Malice, 8 years old, bred at Woodburn, and by Woodford Mambrino, out of Malmaison, by Alexander's Abdallah, the sire of Goldsmith Maid, is a nervy up-headed bay mare, 15.2. She has the courage to trot all day, and is one of your improving kind. As a six-year-old she showed a mile in 2:29 on Mr. Alexander's track, as a. seven-year-old a mile in 2:25, and as an eight-year-old she trotted a mile on Mr. Bonner’s track in 2:20. She goes without toe weights, and wears a 14-0z. shoe. May Bird, by George Wilkes, by Rysdyk’s Marnbletonian, ts a black or brown mare, with three white feet, 15.11; over the withers and 15.1 over the rump. She has proved herseif a won- derful campaign mare, having won close on to seventy heats in 2:30 or better, and gained a rec- ord of 2:19% to saridie, 2:21 in harness, and 2:24%; to wagon. She wears a 14-0z. shoe, which often fines down to 12-0z., and has trotted a mile on Mr. Bonner’s track in 2:182;. Maud Macey, a chestnut mare, seven years old, was bred in Kentucky, and got by Joe Hooker, by Mambrino Chief, first dam by Star Denmark and second dam by Camden. She Stands 15.2, has a splendid form, and wears a 14-02, shoe. She has grown better and better from year to year. As a two-year-old she trotted in 2:49, as a three-year-old in 2:44, ag a four-year-old in 2:31, as a five-year-old in 2:273;, as a six-year-old in 2:231, and as a seven-year- old she pulled a fakes @ driver weighing 180 ds a mile on Mr. Bonner’s tl ar ter track in 2:17, the fastest time ever it. Sheisa Mare, and there 1s no te! where development in her will end. Her fastest mile was trot October 16, and the fractional Ume was 3417, 1:07, 1:4214, 2:17. Maud Macey gces well to the pole. In addition to the ten 2:20 horses above named, Mr. Bonner has, at his farm, Pocahontas, who has trotted in 2:173,; Grafton, who showed a public trial at Cleveland in 2:153<; Joe Efliott, with a —_— trial at Boston in 2:15%s; Wellesley” Boy, who has trotted in 2:19 le, who has trotted in 2:20%,; Manetta, who ‘has been timed in 2:22; Astoria, the sister of Dexter, who has gone a mile in 2:23%;; Centennial, who has trot- ted in 2:253,; and Keene Jim, with a four-year- old record of 2:243: None of these ha’ brought down from the farm, for the reason ean are but eee pee stable. so many star performers to choose from, Mr. Bonner can make several fast teams; and. but for reasons of a private nature that are well undes he would have made some public rformances the past summer and autumn. He tells us that he has ridden faster behind Music and Grafton to pole than he ever rode in his life, This is @ great when we carried him remember that St @ quar- ter to road wagon in og ened Dexter a halt ‘to road wagon in 1:061;, Dexter a mile to road min beast Fie Lady Palmer and Flatbush Ww road wagon in 5:011/. Not one of these performances hes ever been equated) by any other gentleman to road on. ter looking through his wonderful collec- tion we were g ed 40 hear ray Pere aye thousands men in the usiastic of well-to-do road riders, nd Central Clreuit was at | marvellous collection of trotte:s certainty mak him the foremost road rider of this or any otn age. WOLSEY TO CROUWELIL. Cron: well, I did not think to shed a tear In al) my miseries; but th's irferns! Rheumatism has forced me to Thns far, hear me, When Iam fot Inarmuch as I play the woman. rT anal be wae T ehall be, ve nO forinne bebing Holkecy my memory seen fu tue courts— nf am forgotten. I say, ; | And eleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard —see to it, See to it, Cromwell, that my body | Is not snatched for base uses. | Cromwell. I change thee, fling away ambition ; | By that sin fel: the angels. how can man then, © imaze of his Maker, hope to win by’t, ‘Much jess a fellow of your stamp and style? Love thyself last, and a rich man’s er first; cherish to say, cherish a kindred hatred for | And never lone an opportumity to zet even; Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, And in thy hip pocket a seven shooter; Then if thon falist, 0 Cromwels, jall'st & thorour! 4 {ees ~~ (Oil City Deri How Maximilian Died. THE STORY OF THE EXECUTION RETOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS. A correspondent of the St. Louis @lobe-Demo- erat writes as follows concerning the execution of the Emperor Maximilian: ‘The troops, under command of General Es- cobedo, formed a short distance from the city, where ‘the execution of the captive Emperol was tooccur. Thousands poured out of Que- retaro to the scene, all eager to catch a glimpse of the distinguished prisoners. At seven o'clock the beils of the city tolled. It was the signal that the prisoners had left their prison for the last time, and deep silence fell on the expectant multitude as the cortege a the Empe- ror and his late Generals appeared. The car- riages in which they sat were surrounded by a Soong guard. Maximilian came first, Miramon next, lastly Mejia. The carriages stopped and the prisoters alighted, while sobs burst from the crowd, and there was not a dry eye in that vast assemblage. The three doomed men were neither bound nor blindfolded. The Emperor, in an easy and graceful manner, made a regal bow to the multitude, and, with a light step, LED THE WAY-TO THE FATAL sror. ‘The Emperor, like the other prisoners, was attired ina plain manner. He addressed the crowd in a clear voice and firm manner, which partook not of bravado. He stated that: when lirst walted upon at home by a deputation of Mexicans, who came with credentials offering | him the throne of Mexico, he refused. Subse- quently the proposition was renewed. He re- plied that if convinced that a majority thought {to thelr interest to place him at the head of | the government, he mizht consent. | deputation brought him additional testimony and upon advice of the powers of Europe, 1 had accepted the call. Saidthe Emperor: “1 | deny that the court that tried me had the | power todo so. Mine has been a case of good | faith. The nations of the world have pledged their faith to me. I would never have done Dan | that ; hope my blood will stop the effusion of blood in | Mexico.” Miiamon spoke, and when he ceased there Was amurmur anda buzz among the crowd. ‘The guard were drawn up in line. ‘The pris- oners faced them. The Emperor called to him the eas He then drew from his pocket a handful of $20 cold pieces. Handing them to him, he requested that after his death the money be divided among the se: ‘Ss com- panions. In return, the Emperor requested as a favor that the sergeant would aim his bullet neart. A Imoment of deep and dreadful silence ensued. The oflicer was about to give the signal. The military tigures of the prisoners Were erect, motioniess—not a muscle quivering, heir faces calm as though death were still far Maximilian, the central figure, maintained to the last an imperial composure which emi- nently became that unfortunate prince. The sol- diers’ pleces are aimed. The word is given. Bang! ‘The eraperor, Mejia, Miramon have all fallen to the ground, on which each lays stretched. Mi- ramon and Mejia were killed at the first volley. Four balls entered the breastof each. The emperor did not instantly expire, though he had fallen unconscious. Five balls had pierced his bosom. There were some convulsive move- ments of the muscles and quivering of the flesh. Seeing this two soldiers were ordered to step ‘from the ranks, They each aimed their pieces at the fallen emperor, and two more balls were sent into his prostrate body. Then he was still. The physi¢ian who was to embalm his body a) proached and threw a sheet over the face of the dead monarch. The troops returned to their quarters, but the multivud rooted to the spot. WHERE ARE THE MOTHEKS?—“A Teacher” writes to the Providence Journal: Every stormy days forces the abeve question upon the teach- ers, Were it not so common, It would be a matter of astonishment for the teachers to see storms of snow and rain, most shamefully un- protected. They are sent from home when there is no possibility of their reaching the school house without their feet and ankles be- coming thoroughly wet. They are often sent in the storm without umbrellas or proper over- clothing. In most of the school buildings the registers are so located as to afford no otherwise, it is dangerous to dry clothin; the person. Some parents seem to think that the teachers can remedy all this at school. It issimply impossible. Pupils who come in such condition must either be sent home or be in at school, Some mothers—most mothers, pom we may say—see that their children start all right; or, what is better, keep them at home on very stormy days. But from the fact that others do not exercise proper care, a great care and source of anxiety fall upon the conscientious teacher, Rubber overshoes are cheap, and should be provided; for the frail shoes and ‘boots commonly worn are no protection against moist snow or water. For boys, who will con- trive to fill the tallest rubber boots with snow and water, we can only say, “ Put them to bed, Yor reflection, while the clothing dries.” THE MISTAKE OF A NicHT.—Some years ago old Judge -—— of Maine, accompanied by his and much beloved wife, visited New York. e judge “put up” at “the old tavern down by | the Battery.” Before retiring for the night, and while Mrs. -—— was cosily tucked away be- tween the sheets the judge thought he would have a good old-fashio1 scrubbing. Having performed his ablutions to his entire satisfac- \on, and scrubbed himself until his limb3 were the color of a fresh-boiled lobster, the judg looked about for some receptacle into which he might turn the contents of his wash-bowl. ‘There was nothing at hand, and rather than summon a servant the old gentleman conceived the idea of throwing the water out of the win- dow. So mounting a chair the judge opened a little square window which he thought likely opened into a back yard, and deliberately emptied the contents of the bowl. A how! of rage greeted the ears of the good old judge, ac- companied by female cries and loud oaths from a masculine voice. “What the —are you up to?” shouted somebody. hat the — are you prowling around at this time 0” night for?” replied the judge. “You ought to b2 at home with y’r wife and children,” In point of fact, the poor fellow, who had [ee reason to angry, was quietly sleeping in bed with his bet- ter half, and the little window which the jud: had opened was intended as a ventilator for both rooms. The ju so completely drowned out his neighbors that they were vbliged to seek another room.—[Boston Post, THE GIRLS OF SLIGO.—The girls of Sligo were not exactly pretty, and not quite the reverse. They were fresh, wholesome, and hearty-look- ing—brvad-shouldered and ruddy-faced, by no ans to be passed by with coldness or indiffer- ence. It may, ine be said that the heart the traveler of whom we seen far speaking, warmed towards m2, watened them with no little interest and out of the shops thei tor it was Sat @ foot at least, tor a Sail, and bed wit yellow, and other quiet colors. ribbons were white, like a bride’s, and Ie Was the contrast between the covering of the head and the rest of the attire. The the Irish peasant girl does not seem to run much to bonnets as a general rule, but when it does she makes up her mind that there shall be no mistake about it.—[The London Week. CHRISTINE NILsson’s WINTER COSTUME.— Fancy an exact coat oie ene by a tailor, in every respect (except suttabilty to sway tails, of as fs called, i old taanloned ar lance, the shad-bellied coat. It buttons ‘across nD ; collar, plain, starched, linen shirt- tie, with @ ‘norveshoe’pin stuck in it—1 needs the neat littie sde-whiskers to make horsey get-up hee ee Naturally, qi Fon aye but Nilsson | has found her way 7 ‘with white tie, is assumed; for ig and traveling, a rough ket and Ofooarse Letuns—tOtee Logue London Letter, ee + 82" There ts a ery for game protection in Mich- igan, Where deer are slaughtered by whole- §@Seven editors of the Amherst (Mass.) Col- lege Ole, published by the nr are been suspended indefinitely cause the last number of the . the different members of severely, Another | act had it not been for the good of Mexico. I | for some time, and | as if by a supernatural instinct, remained | little children come to school through the j good opportunity for drying the feet, and if it were | upon } great eee of being made sick by remaining | EDUCATIONAL. TION IN SPANISH — Evening Lessons Rapid progress «uaranteed. DRY GOODS. | { (THE LARGES: iT “SS o HANDSOME DRESS GOODS IN THIS CITY. RT ORMAL INSTITUTE, with indenartens and Advanced Olasmea, nave satoee the reer aot gr mnt | ROSTER arte en as OL LOG Sp ato DIESE COODS Beebe ea oe ote beantital nd Evening clare for Ladion.” dect-tmat Dress Goods red! 1. Rik and Wool ced to Goce reduced io 30 Pure Wool Colened Teavved fo 50. Piano Covera, need to $5. GRAVES, (Successor to Miss A.D. nd Miss B.C. Graves), ascsted hers, 400 Ith atreet, comer of H. French CARTER'S, 711 Market Space. ma without ctr aa ‘Tue Normal Bleached Table Daroask, 50. €2, 75,1. Cloth for | rode Oe wr wear, Fre wool 80,45, HL Wake “ —— sprnt Cloth from #5 to $35. Cloaking Ls enue, OF at that Familiar Conversation, Readi 9 form the’ ra his instruction. novi6-2m_ A EADY, wesc TEACHER, HAVING HER + ZA own plano, wishes to ove Teasone ia French ana Muric, im exchsnye for board and room: Address MUSIC, Stat office, eigo6-Lin* ! ADEMOISELLE V. PRUD"HOMME’S FREN' ' M - CLASSES. a BEGINNERS—INTERMEDIATR—ADVANCED. Residence—1014 12th et. n. w. - 5 | Classes for young Ladies and cou- Full ine of Shawls, Flannel, Cioth Cascimere, War | nected with cord Engel schools. as Seiiisg, Colon Seat aa Sheehan | gale yacte, Aeyu aod, ummm Caen for Las ae feeds af SL. Lorne & eee XB. in ‘rood pronunciation (Parisian) an@ the ete 1930 Penna. ave. | use of pratical conversation ‘souuired by SEX FINE DRESS SHIRTS: | | Xhow Tene Wit Ta ey Git, but Pu. Ss ‘Made to order, of Wamsutta Muslin and Extra H pils can enter at any time and will y be fine Linen for uO ready to put on. | from the time they enter. ere Dh this (gade to order in the “Fanix boanb Prancit Srorex a7 Mews ‘manner for ‘2 O'clock, or Mondays Our“ MYSTERY™ SHIT, unfinished, at 78 ota | and Thursdays afer pis rdect tna Pade of Hameutta Mustin and Extra fine Lines | SpENCERIAN BUSINESS OOLLEG! ‘bosom, | — S' Corner 7th and L streets n.w. Esta! 1864. Our, Mystery) Bhirt at 75 cts. unfinished, i | Ti, hundreds of wrad men women, are Sopa ee hay g2 Shirt to th & holding positions of trust and profit. ‘The eourse WHOLPsALE prices, and Six of them is a nice | renee 1 madres ante Cal calationn ingle ‘ened ‘The GREAT SOUTHERN SHIRT, Orax Faows, | Rouble Entry Book keeping, | Business . , | Commercial 7. Polit ‘Economy, Business $190 cta. is made of the same material as the “Mys | sand. Lect Entire coures tay be ir 81 to put on, has been | ending ay or ev sessions. Fo? par- toed cle, and te were done te oat ee | = ‘oF address _novsd HC. SPENCER, Printipal_ INDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL for ehjléren | every advantage of a thorough eflucation. including | Gorman, French and Music. “German a epestaity, is y] r Misses POLLOCK and NO! Prinei HOUSEFURNISHINGS. | _Normal Olase for Teachers, 7h eter north | MISS MAGILL GIVES LESSON: CQTOVES AT COST (For GTOVES AT COST (Fon Casi) to reduce in Eiocation, JNO. 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