Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1880, Page 2

(re HEPATICAS. ‘Ye avant-couriers of the sunny prime; ‘Ye pioneers of the fair race of flowers: ‘Ye hardy heralds of more jocund hours; ‘Ye rising stars that not the heaven sublime Adorn, but the low earth, or e’er the time ‘Has come for birds to sing, or, in the bowers, ‘The ascending sap, with renovating powers, ‘Bids the buds swell and fear no nipping rime! More welcome ye, who greet our sight 80 soon, And worthier to be hailed with songs of praise, ‘Than the rich roses of luxurious June; = For, when ye bloom, her pictures Hope displays ‘With lovelier smile, and chants with cheerier tune Of brighter flowers and more delightful days. February 25th, 1880. W. L. SHOEMAKER. ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON. | ex His Life end Death. SOME INTERESTING DATA. WAS HE BLED TO DEATH? ‘The Literary Society met on Saturday even- ing, February 21, at the spacious residence of Prof. Gellaudet, at Kendall Green, where, in ad- dition toa good attendance of the members, he entertained | a a large number of distinguished guests. ‘The evening, by previous arrangemen! ‘Was to be devoted to id Snibition of selles of ‘Washington, cee a (oer of his life and achievements ics. Senator Sa ee resident of the society. ag led the chair. The exercises were opened E. B. Johnston reading a carefully pre- Baro par paper, preset ting in graphicand eloquent the noblest raits of this greatest of great mn men. The other members who took ae &poke extemporaneously, except Miss Hong, who bad reduced. her well-conecived ‘hts to writing. Mr. Spofford presented an ae lished manuscript journal of Gen. Wa3h- = covering the which met ia Phil lod of the convention lelphia and which dratied ‘the constitution of the Un nited States. Mr. Oe ford, in addition to reading occasional extracts, detailed many beets illustrative of the life os character of W mm. He also alluded 'o his being entrusted with theselection of the site of the federal city. Mr. Dwight, the iibrarian of the State depart- Ment, gave a very interest! account of the manuscript treasures in that department in the hand-writing of “the Father of his Country.” ‘The letters and memoranda of letters and state papers in his own hand-writing fill 122 volumes, which they have been bound for preserva- ton. Bees there are numerous diaries and ops co uals ¢ of pea memoranda in small pocket- ic r period of his life, 4 are ot et pat ei ers Tortne historian and nsastice Drake spoke of the uniform sound judgment and superior wisdom which characterize the public career of General Pb ap i His selection of the site of the vernment was an illustration of this, watch, ‘he experience of a century fully con- Mr. S. H. Kauffmann ot briefly of the monument which ine patrio ism. 0 ot the people was causing to be is city. He directed attention to Thee criticisms that had ——— the W: yn Obelisk, now course of construction, which complained tharit ned nothing original about it; and ad- ventured caging a mene te rue. 3 yet e was ually true, he thoug! noting ity wot of consideration had been ofngred in its si He said that nearly every- that had been pro; as a substitute was ao more or less modified, of something else, and exhibited a number of photographs and drawings of well known structures in dif- —— Of the world in confirmation of his Dr. Toner was also among those who spoke extemporaneoualy, Dut, but we We propose to give the (igor of his er on and more detail The Sresmente Senator Garfield, eloced the exercises of the evening with some happy allusions to the great men Virginta ene to the country, mentioning the names = juite a number who were among the leaders various avocations and professions in life during their day. Dr. Toi by Py ering: that Gen. Ws ee ce courtly manner, hr ptm ely speaking oF wri ‘and were his many and achievements are sae weet e pages that have been written character; but it as were his abilities a8 ‘s leader, he was or greater as a civil ae ae st of the history of ‘Washington’s ents life will, little by little, yet bring together incidents recorded and unre- eee that Serve to embellish his charac- ter, ung in the future it will stand unrivaled the annals of . He was not = ablic apatier, nd Ns mode fs wel repre mnted by aceount of him. seat as a —— of the house of “barges, in int his success aS a commander of the Mipinia troopsin the French and Indian war been concluded, a resolution acknowledg- ing his =— and the obligations of the colony to him was passed. The General was $0 Darrassed by this compliment as to be unable adequately to express his appreciation of the honor, wnt the Speaker of the House ob- ag on rescue, saying: “Sit down Mr. ‘ishington, your modesty equals your valor, and that su: the power of any lan- “guage,” ‘Washington was early recognized by cot iemporaries as.aman of large views anil well-informed on all matters relating to state Policy, and a man of action and unwearyioz assiduity in the discharge of whatever engaged his attention, and althougn always preferring the even tenorof oe planter’s life, he was never- theless constantt, ia ae after and given lead- ing public positions. His being sent to the Con- tinental eae in 1774, and nis election to the command of the continental armies about to eeere in a momentous struggle with Great Bi forftheir rights, which ended in thetr tn- = are matters as familiar as house- THE FIRST COMPLIMENTARY RECOGNITION which the General's services in the continental army received was the resolution of satisfaction by Congress in their own name and the name of the thirteen united colonies, at the capture of Boston. To commemorate the event Congress directed a gold medal to be struck. It 1s inter- esting to note the earliest date at which special honorable notice was given to him by the pub- Uc. His birthday was celebrated in Winches- ter, Va.. Feb. 11th, 1779, a brief account of which, is isgiven by Richard Call, Esq., in a letter to Col. ‘Theodoric Bland. bearing date Winchester, Feb. 14, ane (see Bland Dapers, p-115). | ‘The General had then but reac! his 47th ‘birthday. This occurred about the middle period of the Revolu- tion, and is confirmatory of the high esteem in which he was held by his det DORAL ae the progress of the war, however, Washington and his brave officers and herote army received on many occasions the hearty commendations of Congress, Dut it was reserved for the occasion of the ratification of the peace which secured independence of the colonies, for Congress to express it3 spectal sat- isfaction and the ‘admiration in which he was held by the people of the United States by “Or- dering unanimously, on the 7th of August, 1733, 10 states being present,an Cet statue, in bronze to be erected at the place where Con- = ress shail elect to meet.” It was directed that ‘statue should be made by the best artist in Europe and a bust in plaster of the General Was made by a Mr. A toserve as a model. ‘What has become of tl ust? Itisa matter of history that the execution of this order was neglected until 1553, when fifty thousand dol- Jars was appropriated by Congress for the pur- Mills employed to execute the Statue, which was erected on Pennsylvania avenue in Washington, and dedicated on the 22d of Februazy, 1860. But the statue of Wash- ington was not the only order intended to honor begs merit and daring deeds of patriotism on e Part of officers in the revolution which Temained so long unexecuted as to have been almost forgotten. ‘The monument directed to be erected at Yorktown to commemorate the victory at that _— by the combined armies of the United tates and France, over the British, remains to be erected. The first monument ordered by Congress was on the 25th of January, 1776, to gallant Gen. Montgomery, who feil at Que, Dec, and this was the on! pal one execs ‘Set up in front of St. Paul’s church in tus cy. of New York. MONUMENTS ORDERED BY CONGRESS. ‘It may not be remembered that Congress or- dered monuments to be erected to Gen. Joseph Warren, Gen. Hugh Mercer, g ‘Wooster, of Connecticut; Gen. Nicholas Herk- ermer,of New York; Gen. Francis Nash, of North Carolina; Gen. James Screven,of Georgia; ore Sele acted upon the prin ihe tue sovereigns, and ‘the rulers derive all their right! through —s, and power the consent of Ths was a tional and ae advance, over Ss oar eee ing ot Kings’ evolved It ras ott for the the forced by crafty tyran' equal an id {are mania ang and ‘inalienable ghee, Stee Wi to make this ful Rdamentat, | Bin purthncan ‘work. ofa nation’s faith, faith. It — oo with Wash- appreciate ther mattice a Cy af vali as we asthe Sa and genius suc ; defend them ai secure their Sel intl sl see ny of his country. ‘3 character w: exemplary and Tee in every relation sad through every period of his life. He adorned every position he: peepee what few men CNT heer rT than his office. His pre-eminence over all other men in the country was so marked that by common consent he was elected the first Lege fo the United States, and at the end of his tel hte om Lh) voor eight years. He was during Hell hearts ever since has been spoken 0 of as the pather 6 ot his Country.” pie was on the occasion of- his sudden and death, on the 14th of December, mo in his 68th year, that the hearts of the people of the United States were so deeply pea- etrated with the profoundest t respeat Congress, in reporting resolutions of ory and condolence with bi to erect a monument to him in the city n, and requested that his remains might ‘be laid’ beneath it. His wife’s consent was obtained to this arrangement. MONUMENT BREAKING. The discussion of the subject of a suitable monument developed a sentiment favorable to avery imposing and durable one. It was gen- erally conceded that the equestrian statue could only typify his military character, but siace it had been ordered, Washington had soreiopell the ee traits of statesmanship, deservi mausoleum of the grandest proportions 4 ant ot the most enduring character. Congress ai that statues were too perishable in their cl ee to properly commemorate and a Da tate his virtues, which was enforced by recalling to mind the destruction of statues in this country erected to persons once very popular, by tumults occasioned through loss of confidence and a ange Political views. The reasoning seems to eel Maney oe a8 It was fresh in the minds of the pera nee Congress that four statues had bee rn detaced or destroyed in the colonies during the progress of the evolution, Namely, the equest statue, life size, of George the Third, in New = two of William Pitt, one in Charleston, S. C. and the other in the city of New York; and the other of Gov. Berkley, at Williamsburg, Va. Accordingly, in 1801, $200,000 Was appropriated bye Co! to erect a mau- soleum 100 feet square at the base, and built to a height in suitable proportions, in the city ot Wi ton. You know the history and the ite of the Wasl fon National Monument, which the ae ernment at the begin- ning of this century itself to erect, and which it is at fengih’ peat to complete, to the qmemoty of Washingto1 WAS WASHINGTON THE “vier OF MALPRACTICE? Dr. Toner remarked that before taking his seat he would say one word upon the disease of which General Washington died and the medi- cal treatment he received. This subject has frequently been discussed, and recently revived by one of our own papers. The physicians, Drs. James Craik, Elisha Dick and Gustavus Brown, who attended General W: nn, appreciating the PrODHety, of Ree ioe some account of the character of esS and death, published over their own y aicuatares a circumstantial ac- count of it in the first issue of the Alexandria Hib (ap Ones melancholy event. Col. Lear, the General’s pate secretary, within twenty- four hours atter his cece wrote out an ac- count of the sy reviewers and writers disease. on this subject there mae. ‘been much cheap criti- cism and sentimental declaration. But few have taken the trouble to medical knowledge to give them their due x ht. To Edward Everett we are indebted ving had a thorough and comprehensive study of “ The Last Sickness of General Wash- ington and its Treatment by thes ‘Attending Physicians,” made by Dr. James J: of Boston, conf at ihe head ot his profession in erica, and from whom we derive the follgwing facts:— disease was acute laryngitis, and the se- verity of the attack allowed but brief — for medical treatment. It is a rare disease, and in its = form almost poeanieeped aaa jargur, ‘upper part of the windpipe.) The disease ‘at the time of Wash- death = faye ‘been so ey frreiare to dist! from all other diseases of the throat. Twas about 1910 that Dr. Matchew Baillie, of London, one of the first physicians of that metropolis, published an account of two cases seen by himself, both in medical men, one of whom was bis personal oe ey proved fatal. A third case was reported . Of each in these examina Uons, as it has frequently been since, that the disease consists of an inflammation of the mu- cous raembrane, and subjacent tissue and sot of the whole largus, in cluding the ¢ iglot From the altered form of the glotUls,by the swelling, swallowing becomes dificult or impos- ane and the lessened capacity of the larynxor indpipe by the swellin; ae which takes pl: the inside the passage of air to the lungs Is ef- fectually excluded, and death ensues from suf- focation. In the rapid course such cases run, de- bility plays but a small part. Suffoc1tion easues from the swelling and inflammation of the inner walls of the larynx, and as effectually destroys life as would strangulation from pressure by a cord or other force applied from without. Thus the sudden destruction of life is readily under- stood. The disease it is allowed, was one of acute inflammation, and after eighty years of pr in the science of medicine this disease, le better understood, 1s still a formidable one 8 ‘aod in its severe forms generally fatal. Dr. Ballllerecognizing, the inflammatory and danger ous character of the disease, bled his patients both generally and locally, and applied blisters and other remedies similar to those used by Dr. Oraik. ‘This occurred at a period comparatively near that of the death of General Washington to contrast their treatment. What do the best teachers and ieee of the present day direct in such cases? Keeping the case in potnt before us, we do not hesitate to say in a general way, that in v! tolent ¢ cases Sey mous recom- mena bleeding and bi! mite ation that would nave penal the ‘ane mk mi possibly have given some relief and prolongued ifit had not preserved his Ate. tt not deemed desirable to go farther into the patie and we confess from the knowl we have of the character and professional abilities of Dr. Craik, that he not only fully compre- hended the character and gravity of the disease of which his illustrious friend died, but that he treated it with paemenes and that he and his friends did as well under the eircumstances as would have any of his critics. Historic Bald Heads. A correspondent of the Pull Mall Gazette, descanting on baldness, cites some emtnent ex- amples, as follows: “If one Look judge from the exceptional case of Elisha, baldness seems to have been considered a disgrace ane the Jews in remote still a disgrace with which it was not permitted to roach an honorable man. The punishment icted by Divine inter- position, and at the oo Solicitation of the to perso ‘upon forty unfortunate children, seems rsons in the present day—even, it may be led, to those who have lost their hair—rather povert, Lovers of analogies, coincidences and contrasts may be invited to remark that the grease of the wild beast employed as instru- ments of vel aon inst the little ones who had taunted oid prophet with his bald- ness was in Inter cet centuries to be employed as - capillary restorative. The strength of Samso1 and the beauty of Absalom lay in their hair, and there is pene no doubt, in the fact ‘that jarel through their hair both of them came to kmong the Greeks, the two ost famous bald men were ‘schylus and U baldness of Aischylus is known to have been the cause of his death, an eagle carrying a tor- toise in its claws having dro repped its prey with the view of breaking the shell upon what it took to be a rock, but which was in fact the shining skull of a'great tragic poet. ‘The bald- ness of Ulysses is commemorated in the ‘Odys- sey,’ and the fearful vengeance taken upon the Suitors of Penelope seems to have been ina hen Ulysses ‘outh, stress 1s laid upon the most luxuriant espe Ulysses. The | heaven by singing.—Boston Courier. —There @re eighty-two Mormon churches In England and Ireland. —Elshop get of the Methodist church was licensed to 3 ot and at. seventeen was ves peser ata gS —The English Unitarians have arranged to publish seesoa) Kor ved of Rev. Dr. W. E. Chan- at the nominal price of a shilling ning’s J works —Rev. Sheldon Jackson, mis- sionary to Alaska, says that there are hun- On) of slaves in that territory, ‘and that it ‘uncommon sight in Sitka to see a woman oer her own Ganghter for sale to an any person who would buy hi —The Rev. eer Streeter, who died at Woodstock, Vt., on Sunday last, was the oldest clergyman of the Universalist den mn, and the ion of being one of the fathers of that faith. He was eighty-eight. —The sum of money which the teehee Board of Foreign Missions will lose t! funds dep ested 1s ate iL po whieh ty pert sum ts far been” made’ scriptions, th the report that it had up being untrue. —The only place in the United States where services are held by the Sandemanian Society is Danbury, Conn., the place of burial of Rob- ert Sandeman, the leader who gave his name to the sect. Every week the members have a Meeting at which they greet each other with a kiss and then sit down to a dinner provided by a steward in their employ. —A Vermont church choir met at the house of aMr. Hunt one evel lately for practice, and early in the evening Mr. Hunt went to his room, four shots from a revolver being heard soon after, and it was found that Mr. Hunt was attempting suicide. The choir must be a rip- per.—Boston Post. — One of the brethren in the front rank of the “Holiness” fraternity writes from Charleston to the the paper of which he is editor, and thus re- frains from hiding his light under a bushel: “We have not, in all our former experience, seen a more glorious revival than that which has Loa out in the pees Methodist Epis- copal Church South, Charleston, S. C., where we navel been laboring for come weeks past.” —The ancient jibe against the young lady who was only “Piscopal pious” is now matched by the story of the interesting stranger at camp meeting, who replied to the usual question iy a young epee of the emotional schoo: “My dear qoune e friend, have you fot cela “Oh! no, d, thank you. ['m a Presbyterian” —In Glasgow, which is pre-eminently a church- going, community, the worshipers are moving from the old places of worship into new oe im the suburbs. Most of the old churches of Gi w are now deserted by the rich and fashionable, who prefer worshiping in the tem- ples aid ele built for themselves in the sub- urbs. just. the case of London, on a smal- leracale, on greab po} plan power is needed by the preacher who would one of the large churches in the heart of the city. —A colored brother who was considered too pompous and too voluminous in his prayer- Mheeting exhortations, was remonstrated with on account of his many inconsistencies. The Official who administered the rebuke reminded him of the many sins he had committed, and the disgrace he had brought upon the cause of religion by his frequent lapses into eee els But the e1 brother responded: “Yes, I fjelres squar up; I’se done broke every 6 one ee ents, but, bress de Lord, I’se neb- aes my religion.” — As regards Napoleon’s religion, Madame de Rémusat, in her Memoirs, says: “I cannot say whether he was a deist or an atheist. He was ready to scoff in private at connected with religion, and I think that hegave too much attention to’all that happened in this world to care much about the other. I would venture to say that the immortality of his name seemed to er much more important than that of his soul.” —Dr. Martincan, in his latest book, “Hours of sht on Sacred Thi ngs,” speakinj the fact ta, ae but little can ie earned ot tion of the phystcal uni- a ‘rma, “and that little so PISuvera and ogous to our knowledge of mere so allen to the demand of our affections, force, 8 ' that, though iemight pa the crown upon our unworthy science, it woul dals of our Faligion.” —It seems that butter is allowed to Roman Catholics durin® Lent, but that other animal fatis forbidden. “A rst-class Broadway hotel, to our knowleage,” says the Freeman’s Journal" “has used ‘ol Peeltted ate and le have ad- mired the flavor of the ‘butter!’ Having cer- tain knowledge, at a celebrated down-town res- eras oe ~ pened butter’ was ‘oleomar- he beef fat of beeves—we Gould Dat tte use ‘ton on n Fridaye” —Sunday keeping has been a recent novel topic, for the meridifin of France, discussed in the Chamber of Deputies. It seems that an old law prescribing the method of keeping the day has lin; ‘on the statute book, obsolete jor a half-century or more to be sure, but only tow formally abrogated, so that as a French Journal puts it, “Frenchmen are now free to work or not to work on the seventh day, as they There was quite a stout defense, how- r, for legal Sunday keeping from a number of the deputies. —The Ultramontane party in the German Parilament object to the ringing of church bells by the local civil authorities. They are offended by the ringing of the bellson he an- niversary of the battle of Sedan. Of course they do hot regret that the Germans won that battle, but complain that Protesants boast of it as a triumph over the Roman Church. A Dill has passed the Lower House, providing that it shall not be lawful for the ctvil authorities to use the bells except to give alarm in cases of fire, flood and other pubiic calamities. —No man-expects to go to a good concert or a good lecture, or to see a good exhibition of a1 without paying for it. But when you come religious services a great many people attend- ined the samefe feel x0 responsibility in paying the e singing must be artistic, the Creatine plessing and instructive, the temper- ature of the house of worship dell; ightful, or those who are responsible will be made to feel their neglect of duty. But when the baskets come around eae the offering, the majority of the hearers look insulted, or insult the service by dropping in a Taree eae Piece. We believe im the (seper to the poor, but we do not believe in a religious service for ppt oe peo- ple paid for by a few.—Golden Rt —In & memorial to their tahines fourteen thousand of the cle of the Church of Eng- land make the following statement: “We, the undersigned clergy of England, venture re- spect y to appeal to your lordships, as the only members of our order in Parliament, as such, most earnestly to support measures for the further restriction of the trade in intoxica- ting liquors in this country. We are convinced, most of us, from an intimacy with the ple extending through many years, that their con- dition can never be greatly improved, whether nope physic: or religiously, so long as intemperance exteusively prevails. among them, and that intemperance will prevail 80 Jong as temptations to it abound on every side.” —Some churches gather round a man, and therefore reflect. all the moods and caprices of the man. And when the man 1s separated from them by removal or death they show little cohesive power. Other churches gather round a Principle, a peneiple which finds its incarnation Jesus Christ. The one is Rev. Mr. “Such- an-one’s” church; the other is a church of chiist The latter is stable, Scriptural; men may come a men may go, but it holds well ‘and et etlicient- ly together, for the cohesive wer of the Savior's blodd and the Savior’s love is eternal. Whose church is the ore to which you belong?— Congregational: —The Pope 1s said to be not alarmingly 1ll, but still far from well. He is much aged in ap- ince since his accession and his health ns to tle the san- and react immedi and vehemently on his physique. Then he has a delicate and anxious Scrupulousness of conscience and an ever-pres- ent sense of the responsibilities which weigh upon nies and the result ig a condition of ner- ition tly demanding repose of instead ot which the life he leads ts one labor. —There has been a vast mass of nonsense rinted of ge Mee Lait geen Be building vis | pu “sectarian is based on the as- ‘sum that Te better that youth at the period of their lives. when their bl —N. ¥. M —The “Salvation Army,” queer as itis Inits make-up and method, is now Pre ar presen Tang as an evangelical power, iis ender isnamed Booth, He has been at work for fourteen yeurs, although in a com way until two or three years ee oe, th sfinaxy and ES ierlag il eyenand and bold. tho. gutta or graeee ce the sie of oratory wit which 1s aacuired i refined ctreles; but 18 a. 18 & powerful: speaker in his way he has an audience of working peo} in with him. His followers are man- in ‘fashion. There are one hundred five with a station for i | ana a a i i gt Hegde it ae Bae) eeu THE GAME OF OF FIFTEEN. A Sa Over Which Persons are Said to Have Gone Crazy. INVENTED BY A DEAF MUTE WHO DID NOT KNOW ITS COMMERCIAL VALUE—RAVAGING BOSTON AND INVADING THE METROPOLIS—A CALCULATION. A deaf mute in Hartford, Conn., is sald to have invented the notorious in. the manutscturs wut 3 andafe of oy the puss this story'2 of ee aes current. mute’s name is oer oe unknown to any ‘one here. D. F. oe entity eat man, who introduced the the in this city, knows the most about it, and ie credits the story. Two ladies that knew the inventor were astounded at the sensation the toy created in Boston. They told Mr. Magaire that the deaf mute cut out afew setsof the wooden blocks and pit re them among his friends as gifts). A Mr. Rice, a wood turner, in Wareham street, Boston, himself an invalid, be- gan the manufacture of’ the numbered woolen loaangres On large scale. To the mindsof the Bostonians there was something more than a mere puzzie in the e; it was a mathematical study; and its sol ution @ science. Mr. Rice made an elaborate apparatus. The cardboard box containing the ge bcks Nhe inet with Geo hard wood. ‘The lovenges were squares stained wood and ‘powell “rey 8 sold tor halts : dollar. The inventor did not patent the puzzle; nor did Mr. Rice, Thus it was that Mr. Maguire entered the field. He employed wood turn- ers, printers, and paper-box manufactur- ers. Machines eg designed for making ee were built, and a puzzle was pro- that could be profitably sold for a quarter of adoliar. Boston took up the puzzle greedily, andthe same popularity that has since been accorded it here was speedily developed there. Now there are many manufacturers of it in Boston. In New York and its suburbs the Boston pee le carried the puzzle to the stores, depots, fe! — and ek ‘often leaving samples against ie wishes o! salesmen, who perceived no Inert etal in ie Directly it leaped into favor. the men who sell it make the Cale eet streets noisy with their cries. It is worked uy) and talked about everywhere. It is regard a nuisance in public schools, and as a source ot joy in egg eerie In the k ae halls at Albany, it said, the people’s nta- tives study its mysteries upon the desks. Mathematicians vie with each other in gigantic equations from it, and the Sun receives daily a bushel of inquiries from persons who want to know a cel plan for. arenas Re- porters. ters, in their travels throt neighbor- cities, report a similar con: Hot of the pub- ie. mind wherever they go. As there is less competition outside the Pent cities, the puzzle ig more expensive at a distance from them. ‘There are three large dealers in this toy in es ore que = pe a a ‘street ‘rm say they found a growing demand for a myste- rious puzzle that was variously called the Bos- ton, the Gem, the Larrea the Boss, the Solt- taire, the oa wo the Game of Fifteen, and by other names. ey traced the wants to Bos- ton, procured a sample, and ordered 100 gross. After the were received the dealers were alarmed. called the attention of the street ey peddlers to the thing, and presently their store was _thron| a8 never: before. The sales avers fi gross a day. They began to facture the orame for themselves, and even now the sales keep the workmen busy. These dealers say that they have heard of a German tailor in Troy who purchased the puz- zie, trified with it, became ensnared by Let sat = all’ night over ia threw it away, gather Pieces, and the next morning adorn: fet nis a sho op window with a placard offering a sult of clothes to any man who would teach hima solution. ‘They “also tell of an Albany man who was be- ated at supper time, and who hurried home to find no preparation for supper, the fire out, the children roaming the house, and tis wife locked in an upper room ponde! over one of these puzzles, which she pure! of a peddiler, wae rattled the ages into consecutive order, to show how easy it was. A Broadway firm of dealers in five and ten- cent goods sold 280 gross of this puzzle in one day. A member of the firm invented & Lew form of Sea ae LEBo T TS. B. cwUpe He sentit outto dealers who ordered assort- ments of cheap goods. Nothii Sve heard from it fora ume. 78 Suddenly trom , in holl- time, came a flood of orders, numer!- cal puzzle was not yet known—that {3, not yet in vegue there. The puzzle 1s utilized for ad- vertising. A southern transportation company has ordered boxes of blocks, which, when Prep. ‘will spell'the mame of the company. A se machine company has utilized It in the same manner. It is sald that an up-town firm of jewellers has ordered 1,000 of these puzzles of ivory blocks in fancy boxes. ey are to retail for $4 apiece. An- other firm is having the puzzles made in glass, with the numbers ground upon the faces of the biocks. These are to sell for 25 cents. The puzzle consists of a square box, into which are fitted 15 wooden squares, numbered consecutively from 1 to15. There is room for four rows of four in arow. The absence of the sixteenth block in the box affords room for the movement of the others. The arrange the blocks and then to bers into consecutive order by shifting them into place without lit one off the bottom of the . The intricacies of this apparently simple exercise are startling. A mathematician who reported the result of his calculations in The San wrote that the number of possible movements is 1,307,674,308,000. There are said to be a number of combinations that are elther very difficult of solution, or, as some believe, im} sible. One dealer solemnly assured the Sun reporter that two unfortunate men in Bos- ton who encountered these combinations are now Insane aoa in an erm, He says that a Mr. J. F. Rassen, of 297 1 street, offers $100 to any one who’ will extricate him from the tangle In which he became involved when he found the blocks = this Panic The same dealer says that this is the combi- nation that most frequently causes trouble. He says that he receives great numbers of letters from persons who want to know whether this combination can be surmounted. He says he overcame it, but it was accidental, and he could not recall the previous moves. He was awak- ened at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning by the are of the hotel in which he is living. The clerk he Peek ont ead the problem and could a0. ft ay or four of the boarders sat. ‘up dui ee Of | the night tosee it done, but the clerk disappointed them. A broker who solved the problem ventured a heavy wager that he om repeat the solution. He lost, became pelessly confused, and went to a 1 Banutscturer of the offered him a handsome sum for times’ over if he knew the method. Boston man — tosend the solution tor two three-cents stamps. ‘To those who write to him he replies: “Plek up the 1 ang put ie atter the 14.” It is ow that a conductor on the Bos- ton and Providence railroad was seen to work out this combination, as well as another one in which the 9 follows the 10, with all the other numbers correctly p! n overcoming the first combination he made 260 moves. ‘The members of the Academy of Science, at their annual meeting on Monday, said that the fiiteen blocks can yuzzle. ioe mn blocks can Po7ninced in a trillion of combination, Sup- oslng, ‘ed sald ‘one, “that the blocks be placed on a chess on the alternate white ina black bee ie nundber that should be on a DI juare 1s on a white — solution by pl beg in regular ordet nya we about a so! lution.” By a sixteenth block, the game of four or the of en is produced. of the rer Boeke nae the un OF thelr A be thirty: four’ ‘when added horizo1 Gicularly, or diagonally. The blocks may be taken out and chan whatever manner the player chooses. This is the solution: 115 4 4 Ww 67 9 810 i 5 13 8 2 16 > ‘This is not new. On thelibrary ceiling in what is calledthe ‘‘ Castle” at the Schuetzen ‘wit In the main square,—N. ¥, Sun, - THE Dog Wao Diep wits His Master:—The° cout 3d of INs,—Seeing an inquiry in the home ‘a cure for chilblains, I venture it for a which I have tried, and never ediately, and a second appl ica- tion effects a cure.—Cnicago In‘er-Ocean, To STARCH CLOTHES STICKING WHEN In making ee Starch, I have the water quite warm, as the dissolve sooner and the oil mingle more readily. The clothes need be starched and rolled up but a few minutes in this way. RELIEVING WoUnNDs.—A ick method of re- eving painful flesh-wounds: Throw a handful of wool or woolen rags upon hot embers, and — cry wounded part Tellef is obtained, whi usually be in three or four minutes. This & Sara to be to be equally efficacious for old in- flamed wounds, an rous punctures from fork tines and rusty nails, where lock-jaw 1s reared) only it requires a longer time to give Wuat CAN BE DONE WITH FIFTEEN.—A puzzle is now sold consisting of fifteen blocks of wood, and the problem is to ng out how many po- sitions these blocks can be iplaced in respect to each other so as not to rae yy the same po- sition twice. By using ithms it is very much {felitated, and Sowa to be 1,307,673,- 368,000 times, ‘Thus we find that fifteen blocks may be placed in over one billion positions. The result, shows us that fifteen men may be placed in more positions than there are people on the face of the earth. HIGH HEELS AND WEAK Eyes.—One of Boston’s most “culchawed” young ladies went one day to an oculist with a trouble with her eyes that threatened all manner of frightful results. She was already in a state where ‘was out of the question, and other entertainment was fast. becoming a torment. “I can walk and ride and drive and do anything with my strength; if it wasn’t that my eyes are in such condition I could enjoy 80 Ce and now I can enjoy noth- ing,” was her un complaint. The oculist looked at. her with his) professional ‘wisdom, asked her various questions, and then suddenly amazed her by asking her to put out her foot. This sounded like the most extraordinary request. Had the good doctor lost his pb war) epee something of this kind, t! foot 'S SMart kia boot, with the wicked ¢ tall Tittle heel the Poung Tay ‘Was 80 proud of, was thrust: e r eyed {t a moment with a Stolld face; then—“‘Go home,” he sald, “and take off those heels; keep them off for a month, and then come to me again, ‘and we'll see how the eyes are!” Ina month the eyes were well, and the young lady eee by her experience and little wise talk how near she had come to having no eyes at all. It may not follow that a youl bape So rel devoted to wicked eels wi ina like manner, but-it perves to show that there is the ibility, and always the certainty, that with fostrument of tortue constantly at work in the center of the foot, where all those delicate nerves and tendons Me that are so intimately connected with all the other delicate nerves of the body, te) Must presently come some i and disease revered work fatal migchiet wun the health, and, consequently, hee the enjoyment, and good looks of the weare! VASE CULTURE OF Ivy.—In a late ‘umber of the Garden, J. McNab, of the Royal botanic burg, recommends the vase cul- ture of ivy in moss and water for drawing- room purposes. The directions he gives for its = pe ferrets are as follows: ‘ae ae should > grown in long opaque lass jars and vases, an‘ tis ntial that su vessels should be wide = the oe peas that ee an its after being prop- Sense when. en out, fore the jars mn necessary. the selection of ivy for vase culture, long ees with small leaves are to be recommeneed; those taken from the stemsof the trees, whese the points are inclined to we ee will be ener to answer best, such ivy having. generally stout stalks covered with aerial Each vase, ac- cording to its size, should contain three, four or five pieces, each plece being rolled up se a ately, in ete L portion ot num or sp! num moss, the latter being preferable. tee this, tte all the pieces loosely together in a clump to suit the width of the vase, and place u 80 that the ball of moss does not reach within five or six inches of the bottom. It wi!l be necessary to keep the water in the vase abet half-way up the moss till the cut- tings are properly rooted. From the moss the roots will extend into the water below, fat it will be found that nee Toots produced’ in the moss and water will be quite sufficient to rourish the pleats Cutting plants whose Toots have been produced in soll, if lifted and placed in Vere ties ultimately do well but the Probability ts it the roots will die and the plants fora time sicken until new fibers are formed capable of enduring moss and water culture. After the ivy is properly rooted the glass jars may be kept full of wa and spri; of flowers may also be -inserted in them. rhe water and flowers may be changed when. ‘neces. sary, and even the Ivy, ie Toots ought now to be a solid mass, may also be taken and re- placed at a without injury. Hiow ToSwegp a Room.—To sweep and dust a room properly is an art, and like all fine arts has a right method. Well done it renovates the entire room, and the Cee take feeling that “all is not merely @ performan ance to be done by the hands, but a work into which taste and judg- ment, in other prone: brains, must enter. Are ee closets opening into the yom. eo me it? ‘Arrange the shelves, ato ning p pre phil ing day; then et st to be eee fives the Don vray Bee Gels, as also heavy _ ar- ticles that cannot be Soe first however, having carefully dusted and brushed. them. Remove all the ae that can easily e hall or adjoining room, having first dusted it; then, aking @ step-lad- der, begin to sweep, brush or wipe the cornice and picture cords’ and pictures. Draw the shades to the top of the window, or if there are oe nar dust them carefully. Open the wind All the dust left in the room now is in the: carpet or air, and the current of the windows will soon settle it. Now begin to sweep, not towards a door or corner, but from the outer edges of the room towards the centre, where the dust will be taken up with a small he room once t anew, bright appearance. Replace the articles of furniture as soon as cicair 1s entirely free from dust, uncover the rest and the room isnewand clean. All this seems an easy a todo, but there is not one in a hundred follow out the de' Some will sweep the dust into the hall or from one room to another, dusty again, “Others forget cornice and plc- ers forget cornice and pi tures, and thus leave a seed of future annoy- ance; while a third class will do all but using finishing , Will luce quite as yield of cver, produce qi er Text seasou; not quite as be sure as a8 ten iret inpord rom enough to people of r SAVOY in folds and plaits is removed. Stand by an oj = window and — the dust out of the every little while, To PRODUCE FIGURES oN Woop.—Slack some Ime in stale wine. Dip a brush in tt and form on the wood figures to suit your fancy, When dry, rub weil with a rind of pork. ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS.—Of all the va- Hous mistakes made by parties in ing flowers, the commonest Is that of putting too many into a vase; and next to that is the mis- take of putting too it a variety of colors into one bouquet. Every flower in a grou should be clearly Serag gp oa oe nable without pulling ni Cd eer the calyx of a clove-pink “should never by being plunged into the head of white pales, however well the colors may look. Sweet never look so well in the hands as they do on the boughs over which they climb, because they cannot be carried without crows them; but ut them lightly into a vase with an equal umber of mignonette. or, rather, ornament a vase half fuN of mignonette with a few blooms of sweet peas, and you get a charming effect, because you follow the natural arrangement by avoiding crowding of the blooms, and put- Ung them with ee foliage which they want to set them off. Few people are aware until they try tt how easy it fs to spoll such a pleasing combination as this. A plece of cal- Scolari scarlet geranium, or blue salvia would ruin it effectually. Such decided colors as these require to be grouped in another vase, and should not even be placed on the same table with sweet peas. They also require a much larger preponderance of foliage than is Wanted by flowers of more delicate colors. It is un- questionably difficult te resist the temptation of “just putting in” this or that flower, because “it is such a beauty.” A beauty It, may be— and somay bean apricot, but it would be out of place ina basin of green-pea soup! ‘There is_at least one proper _p! for every flower; then let every flower be in its proper Place.—Zondon Gardener. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. — Edwin Booth’s Boston season begins March 1, and continues three weeks, during which these plays will be presented; First week, “‘Ham- lev” five nights and a matinee, and Haaser (Mr. Booth as Iago), Saturday evening; seco week, “Richelieu” three nights, “The Heol Revel ge two nights, “Richard IIT.” one night, and “Don Cyesar de Bazan” one matinee. —Sardou feels that bad because his new play “Daniel Rochat” is a failure that he vows he will never write more for the stage. A Paris- ian publisber writes that “Daniel Rochat” strikingly resembles a poem by Theodore Vi- bert, entitled ““Martura, on un Mart: Civil,” published by him in August last, and hints that 45 soon as Sardou’s ons play Is is published legal ceedings may possibly be taken to establ lish prior rights, —Maggle Mitchell’s famous play of ‘“Fan- Hele which nit ae oe since alt her compet- ors fafl tn plays, is made out of George Sands ee Sorel rhe Little Fadette.” August Waldauer, of St. Lonis, translated it back from a German version, and Mrs, Pad- eck first presented “Fanchon” February 23, 1861, at the St. Charles theater, New Orleans, with Charles Pope as “Landry Barbeaud.” She has played ““Fanchon” nearly 4,000 times. —Not a thousand years ago, a lady in Cin- cinnati geve a lunch to John Fecepe e During the evening the hostess; whose nTanners aré extremely English, asked Mina “AW, Mr McCullough, do you no’ think that Mr, Shakes- peare, aw, Was Vewy clever? —J. K, Emmet’s new play, “Fritz Among the Mormons,” appears to have made a hit in Bal- timore, where it was produced for the first ume. Mr. Emmet announces his intention of changing the residence of Fritz yearly, taking him to Kussia next year. —Arthur Sullivan has written a drama, “Glenveigh,” which is to be presented at the Adelphia a Also has invented a pa- tent railway —The amusement Professions are notified of the formation of the Soctety for the Suppression of Stale Jokes. It has a membership number- ss brougnt up the old xe tou lopsticks, 21 barre! tiour, 150 pounds a stage snow, 90 pounds of bladders, and other ancient implements used to wind up sketches and acts. — The realistic tendencies of the dramatic art receive an illustration in “Beau Solignac,” now on the Parisian boards. At the close’ of the second act, the train of the embroidered satin dress worn by Mile. Cassothy is seen to be in flames, and the effect is so vivid as to make the audience fear that the actress is in danger. & = alarm, ped is pod baseless, for ‘the steeped in a chemical it ‘noe only yninflamma- be has been pre’ solution which renders ble, but tncombustible, — Mary Anderson this week closed her Bos- ton season with great force, testing the capac- ity of the large Boston theater to the utmost. Lotta has an equal success at the Park in the other range of dramatic favor. Adelaide Netl- son has made her farewell at the Globe. —Mr. Jefferson will return to the stage in April. He is to appear In Boston as Bob Acres in “The Rivals.” — Byrou’s “A Fool and His Money” succeed “Engaged” at the New York Park on Tuesday evening. The Park company was the first to Produce the plece in this country (at Qutcago a year ago last, summer), and James Bewis was ee cusina® “Chawles” on this side of the At- antic. — The new opera “ Petrarque” will cost the “Opera Populaire” of Paris over $20,000 for stage-setting, and there are 1,200 costumes made for it. —The one hundredth consecutive perform- ance of Miss Nellson’s present tour of America was given at Toronto, Canada. The receipts were $1, abr, Miss Miss an has acted in Shak- ‘pearian and in “The Lady of rye yons” and The mA The “Hunchback.” — They are playing the “Hearts of Oak” in Philadelphia, and the “Baby” has scored a Success Un) eled in stage annals. They don't eare so much for the scenery or the act- ing, but they want to see the “* kid.” — There was a characteristic Albanian who, while Mary Anderson was looking and acting her most bewitching, exclaimed to a friend, in the :hight of his enthusi: “T would rather be the accepted lover of that girl than bea cen- sus enumerator.” —“Allthe rage,” the play of Mr. Eaton, the Chicago newspaper man, seems to be really a hit in Boston, and is to be indefinitely continued at the Galety’ theater. —Miss Clara Louise Kellogg 1s still in Paris, where she has been forced to remain on account of the sickness of her mother. — One Mile. Josse made a profound sensation at a Paris theater, the other night, by ente a cage of lions with Bedel, the tion-tamer, ant im the presence of the astonished animals, re- citing some of Victor Hugo’s verses. — The present is the most profitable season the managers of New York have known for years. Everything in the dramatic line seems to “ go” With the Cothamites Just now. — Mrs. Zelda Seguin doesn’t get well, and has been obliged to give up her engagement with 3 Abbott. = mouse will return to this country next fall, under the management of Mr. Sargent. She ee just been playing in Cracow, Poland, to immense houses. — Here is a little squib from the Philadelphia Mirror: I. Il. Ii. hoeve drank Whoever heard we tits ‘A ship's ale? d—a? Yeeeae ems ese fence rail? ‘yhe above stanzas are from advanced sheets ple and touching brevity oi ed tender ballad, and od inal character of the humor, one cannot fail to discover in it the clever handiwork of the author of “The Pirates of Penzance.’ — This is an extract froma parody on Gus, Williams’ recital of the plaintive poem, ‘* Some- Dody’s Mother:” s somebody's mother, the little boy said, RSS Ee eT Fa ion warmed By the mother of Litte dink” —A plant has been discovered in South Amer- fea that will cure bashfulness. This will be a Big thing Yor some of the advance g agents in the yw business to use. Sas peer ana mew comedy luced at the sg ever, of late ‘whole ble phase of Watch manufacture in Swi at nO period has er attention been pald to main- a standard of workmanship than it. The Swiss evidently per- ceived in time the danger o of their wel ional industries, and ful ity Of the situation, control of the precious Industrial Society of the Jura” has done and is doing most effective work in the matter of giving close study to all technical and commer- cial questions affecting: Rae trade, bot home and among com) resenting the Tesults of its investigations en oa ab manner, and suggesting action “ac00 ingly. Exhibitions of specialities have jtaken place ia various localities; one tn Geneva lately wholly devoted to utensils, machinery and appliances used in watch making. More recently, what is called a permanent exposition has been opened in the same place, free to all, but partaking somewhat of @ commercial character, as, upon the payment of a small sum, retail and whole- sale orders for articles made by exhibitors receive attention. No articles of inferior workmanship are admitted. A monthiy paper or bulletin ts published specially devoted to the interest of this exhibition and in its last issue gave the hames of fifty-five firms in various parts of Switzerland participating as exhibitors. An association of Genevese watch manufacturers has been organized which obligates its members to sell no watch without a written and bill giving specialties of the ‘The cantonal observatories of Geneva and Neu- chatel, noted in the sclentific world for their high standard, have for years been issuing cer- icates (nlietins de marche) of the time-kee| ing qualities of chronometer watches sent them for the purpose of and the Bernese watchmakers’ school at Bienne now does the same for all grades of watches entrust- Rejected Addresses, Mr. Emory told me of rather a funny thing at the Grant dinner in Cincinnati. With one or two exceptions the bs ches were dull, and the presence of a great deal of reform at the table Maue even the eating heavy. Finally two or three of the young men began te write notes and send them to different persons around the table, saying: “‘Prepare yourself to respond to the next toast. You will be called on as soon os the next speaker Is through.” ‘The first man t one of eye notes turned pale and blank ihe a ht up and went out. Num- bet two tell to, leep thought and drew out a nell and to make notes for the heads of {is speech; in two or three minutes the perspira- tion stood ay ly on his brow. Number three drew outa comb and began to brush out his moustache and whiskers and look = usually happy. Such were the rejected ad. dresses.—Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer. ‘THE KENT GLass Works at Ravenna, Ohio, ee Reel ee to blow wee their blowers that = from Belgi pon and to a fo an a i lon ones ion men interfering With them, and from’ joining the union. IST OF LETTERS REMAN! IN. 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