Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1881, Page 3

THE “QUEER” FRATERNITY. Countericiters and Counterfeiting. & CHEEKY LOT—BROCKWAY AND OTHERS—TRICKS OF THE GANG—WHEKE AND HOW THEY OPER- ATE—HOW THEY ARE BAFFLED—FALLING OFF IN COUNTERFEITIN THE WORK OF THE BU- REAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. “These counterfeiters are queer people,” said Mr, George W. Casilear, superintendent ofthe en- graving division of the Bureau of Engravingand Printing. the other day to the Star reporter. Mr. Casilear was seated at his desk in a sombre Wing of the new building for the Engraving and Printing Bureau, and his remark was brought out by a leading question from Tue STAR man. “Yes,” continued the superintendent, “these counterfeiters are a queer people. They are a} T have studied them, and pronounce | atudy. cheek to be their leading characteristic. Look here, t picking up an envelope from the table in front of him—*is a letter from E. W. Spencer, alias Brockway. He is a pre-eminent of the ‘queer.’ He, you will remember, was in THE BIG CHIC. 60 BOND BUSINESS of some mouths ago. Now. he writes to me, addi in New York, and asks that assist him in the preparation of a check | banks, which he has in- r gotten up, and whieh he thinks counterfeit, and will, there- safeguard to banks. From his H ptten up ald counterfeit. But ats me to assist him. He says that he would like me. =, to do some lathe werk for He makes: this reqt iy with the full assurance mmply. He offers to put forward fii seenrity that he will pay for tide for him. Of course, 1 will Fequest. But it shows the ounterfeites dof sympathy among ‘TAR man asked. is. There is a Free wre expert © ; not extend, howeve: eraft. The experts when in troubi asonry It does jor men of the shelp one another, Ty extent of theit not think that the expert without infiue He is up When he kes his money free! and is shrewd h to make If the time comes that he is up for his crime he has friends at court. His free use of money has made them. He even has friends inside the court. and sometimes on the beneh. It is owing to this » 0 ONLY ONE € Star: “is coun! race?” “With one exception I believe it is: that is where there is any skill in the counterte The only colored engraver known is Patrick Peasin. With this exception, I believe. coun- terfeiting is strictly confined to the whites.” Srar: “Have you ever had any eases where em- ployés of your bureau have developed into counterfeiters 7” A DEPARTMENT COUNTERFE €.: “Only one. Charley Smith, an employé of this bureau, got up a counterfeit coupon on U.S. bonds. He made his counterfeit while in employ here and was being paid by the goyern- ment. He never did anything w however. He was cai before he could enter upon active operations and reali: He was turned over to the authorities, but [ do not think that anything was r done with him. There was circum- stantial evidence against him, but the deed could not be nailed to his door sufficiently to satisfy the There was at that time entirely too mueh I: iterteiters by the officers of the secret service who had charge of the p ion of evidence against them. Mr. Brooks. chief of the secret service, gi them no quarter whatever. He is down on them. When he gets a case, if there can possibly be a conviction it is certain to follow. to the white DIMINUTION OF COUNTERFEITING. “Tothis policy [attribute much ofthe diminu- tion in the counterfeiting business. although the improvements in engraving by making the work of counterfeiting more difficult have had much to do with the falling off of counterfeits. the and other nployed in United States notes, it n impossibility for a good cownter! be put afloat in sections wh ple are fa- ¢ with all the denominations. The old ted Si legal-tenders were counterfeited in all their denominations. As many as seven counterfeits on one denominatior their appearance. H. pecinens in this book. These couutert qu nod as the genuine. Of the ne of nine denominations on way been successfully Stak: Are all of the two have in any most pre “In the more sparsely settled portions of the countr, ally in the west and tain port f the south. ing less a as T field for the counter- avails himself of it. It is evident ple of such sections are very readily 1 upon, owing to the lack of familiarity with the notes.” eit money ai ton, most certainly. The gov- are paid off by the Treasury oney is of course genuine. — The ecustomed to the genuine note, efore the more capable of juding unterfe ain, when a man in ‘on gets a note that is somewhat worn, to take it to the Treasury semed in a erisp greenback. By that means alone is there a! the best of opportunities for the detection of counterfeit notes. It is one of the tricks of the counter- feiter to put out his work ina worn and e dently much use I crumple a ote, smoke it, and stain it with tobaceo juice er otherwise, to show that it has ‘passed cur- rent’ for some time, and must therefore be a ood note. Soon as one of these notes is to the Treasury for redemption its spu- arac the spot. The only not redeemed, but is stamped counterfeit, and handed back to the owner. snnot be passed again with such a mark open it. it is retired from circulatiot ernment ery here, and the m the ¢ shin: ies where there are sub-treasuries, beea the same method of stamping bad money and handing it back to the man presenting it is pur- ed. But where tl pats in a tad bill. him it is abad ill, and will not take it. The man and passes it upon his neighboi San: “Is there no remedy?” STOP THE CIRCULATION OF COUNTERFEITS. C.: “Not under existing law. I have recom- mended that Congress pass an act requiring all banks, especially national banks, when a bad bill is presented, not to return it before stamp- Ing it as bad. Sueh a law would do much to suppress the circulation of counterfeit mon It is, perhaps, natural for a man upon whom a counterfeit bill has been — to shove it off | ie kuows that it is on somebody else, althoug @ counterfeit.” WHAT NOTES ARE COUNTERFEITE! It is now very difficult to counterfeit U. 3. f the |b Morgan, J. “But why issuch not the case in other | J. 's. 1.W. | North’ Carolina, Metropoiltan, “It is in a more limited measure the ease eee ves on his i plate to make the center of his “ski "he runs off his bogus notes upon peor PLAN FOR CHECKING COUNTERFEITS UPON NA- TIONAL BANK NOTES. Mr. Casilear has worked out a plan by which this apparently interminable counterfeiting can be checked. He has prepared a design for the legend portion of the national bank notes. The letters embraced therein are of a more elaborate design and much more difficult to engrave than those now in use. They are a character of let- ters that cannot be easily counterfeited. He would also place upon the face of the notes the charter number of the bank in figures of very intricate workmanship. ‘This check to counter- feiting national bank notes will be brought to the attention of the Secretary of the Treasury h a view to its adoption. There has not | been of late any great advance in the art of engraving. Improvement is, however, going on all the time. No engraver ever reaches the | point where he has nothing to learn. In the past fifteen years there have been very import- | |ant improvements. One of the greatest of | these is the introduction of the engraved | | alphabet, which was invented in the Bureau of ving and Printing. It works something on the order of the stencil plate. The alphabet being already engraved a plate can be made in three or four days, otherwise the preparation of the plate would take three or fonr weeks. The engraved alphabet has just been introduced into the largest engraving establishment in Eng- land. It is a little singular that while the | march of legitimate engraving has been onward, | there is but little improvement in the handi- | work of the counterfeiter. Most improvements in engraving need complicated machinery to | work them out. The counterfeiter having to | work “low down,” cannot use this machinery for fear of detection, even if he is able to pro- | cure it. amber Music. HOW IT IS RENDERED. About a century ago Vienna was a center of musical power, its instrumental music sur- passed that of Paris and London. The masters Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven were at work there and their genius elevated many a lesser | | talent into a higher sphere and incited them to | fruitful activity. Performers were numerous | and excellent, including princes, nobles, citi- zens and accomplished ladies. The line between mateurs and professionals almost disappeared, | for music, and music of the highest standard had permeated so Princes supported orches- tras, held musical reunions in their salons, | where musician and amateur met and were Joined in the performance by their entertainers. \In their more humble quarters the musicians assembled, and here, too, the prince met the | fiddier and felt flattered to be allowed to take | his eeat at the desk beside him. There was one | “court-councillor and household-treasurer” who ad amon the clerks of his bureau not one who | Was not amusician, and some of them musicians of great distinction. (Civil-service-reformers ill please take the hint. Some day, may be, we shall have the Interior department furnish the music at the inaugural and the State de- | partment that for the reception of the future Rochambeaus and ubens, the respective hon- orables; the es wielding the baton with their chief clerks at the timpani.) The masters had early been convinced that an important sphere for music was the social circle. Their oratorios, operas and symphonies, wh at that time electrified the world, were of too | grand proportions, so they wrote for fewer in- struments and in more simple style, and to do this was evidently a labor of love with them. Everything appertaining to the private life of the court and the princes was designated by the prefix “Kammer” (chamber) as belonging to | the “household.” This music, at first having been written for the private social performances at court, was therefore designated as ‘Kammer ” translated chamber music. As we have done away with courts we might call it, retain- ing the intrinsic meaning of the foreign word, household music, home music. This music, trios, quartets, &c., for different combinations of instruments, contains some of the most happy expressions of musical thouzht, and in it we find many a master piece. The execution of it isthe goal the amateur should strive to attain. If it does not require the dexterity of the virtuoso it | requires more intelligence, the excellence of the performance depending chiefly on the tasteful and intelligent rendition of the sentiments ex- pressed. In the United States the household music is being largely cultivated, and we have had public performances of it by Thomas in New York, the Mendelssohn Quintet €lub, in Boston, and | othe Here in Washington it has flourished in | the privacy of manya home circle. Sometwenty ago a teacher of music here and devoted masician implanted in his young pupils the love of this mu: They have grown up and with ir music, and many an able quar- tet may to-day be heard at their homes, thanks to Carusi, the teacher of their childhood. The ‘ement is now made that we are to have this winter a series of ‘Chamber music” rts. The names of the performers—Ber- oetzner. Hoffmann, Siernan and | lenyi—ought to do justice to the music } offered. Their first program contain gems | of Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann. _— | How to the Reck Creck Valley. | To the Editor of Tur Evestxe Star: Asale of fine stock by the authorities of Druid Hill Park, at Baltimore, suggests the desirability of furnishing the Department of Agriculture with additional space to extend its usefulness. By condemning a few hundred acres of the Rock Creek valley, room for exper- iments in trees, farm crops, stock, landscape gardening, &c., would be had, and intelligently and profitably utilized by our’ progressive and broad-minded Commissioner. That the control | of the water shed of the Rock Creek valley and | the establishment of the long-desired National Park would be secured, would not the less com- mend the project. For the ornamental or not strictly agricultural work, the labor of the various penal or reformatory institutions could be utilized with benefit to the inmates and profit to the government, and this force might be largely reinforced from the vagabonds and the “jedzes, kunuels and majabs” who gather in such numbers here. If this class of labor is objectionable, the boards of charity could doubt- | less furnish able-bodied laborers for whom ap- propriations or contributions are made each winter. The necessary territory could be pro- cured by condemnation, at a less cost than is | John B. Dunning delivered a memoria | the late Di proposed to be paid to extend the Capitol grounds one square, CS 8 ——$_+es—__ SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IN THE Crry. Their Places of Residence Here. SENATORS. | Blatr, H. W., N. H., 205 East Capitol st. | Call, W., Florida, 1123 10th st. nw, Comeron, J. D., Benn., 16th and Mass. ay | Conger, 6. D., Michigan, National Hotel. | Davis, H. G., West V Arlington Hotel. Edgerton, A. J., Minue=ota, N:tional Hotel. | Edinunds, G. 7%, Vermont, 1411 Mass. ave. n.w. \¢ P., Ma., 823 15th st. now. orzia, $18 17th st. nw. veciin, J. A., Mitnots, 812 12th st. nw. Miller, Warner, e. Dw. : . n.W. Vance, Z. B., North Carolina, Metropolitan. | Vest, 6. G., ‘Missouri, 203 East Capitol st. nw. | Burrows, J. C., Michigan, | Beach, Lewis, New York, Arif Cullen, Wmn., Mitnots, National Hotel. Davis, G. R.,'1304 F Deering, N. Dibble, Samm | Dezendorf, J. F., 1105 F s | 1, M. H., Minnesota, Nat! | Gibson, R. 1, Loutstana, 1723 RI | Hammond, John, Net ft | Haskenl, D. C. | Herndon, T. H. ; Hepburn. . | Hiscock, Frank, | Hubbell, Jay A. Horr R. ork, 1529 I st Kansas, 1311 Hl st. n.w. ‘Alabama, Metropolitan Hotel. Towa, 913 I st. n.w. ‘New York, Arlington Hotel, Michigan, 4 Iowa Circle. W. $17 12th st. n. | Jones, Arkansas, 1422 11th st. n.w. Joyce, .. Vermont, 606 13th st. n.w. son, » Jowa, 1512 H st. nw. Ketter, J. W., Ohio, Ebbitt House. R., Pennsylvania, 1115 71 Klotz, te THE XEW ATTRACTIONS. —Next week on ridyp tinea cine Bas at —Willie Edouin’s Sparks Troupe fill the bill atthe National next week. They have had a successful trip in the west and gouth. —Edwin Booth has had iarge audiences this week in Baltimore. It is definitely stated that Mr. Booth will appear in Germany next year, after he has led his pending contracts in England. —Mme. Rossini, said to be a dramatic soprano who has made a success in Havana, sailed from that city on Friday, and expects to join Mr. Ma- pleson’s company. s —Mr. Jefferson repeated tls performance of Rip Van Winkie at the Grand Opera House, N. Y., throughout this week. He-will be succeeded next week by Mr. Lester Wallack in Rosedale. Singers from Mr. Mapleson’s Opera Com- Pany take part in the concert at the New York Casino. They are Mlle. Ferni, Mile. Sacconi, Signor Runcio and Signor Del Puente. —In the Hofopern Theater, at Vienna, on No- vernber 8, a celebration was held of the sixtieth j anniversary of the first performance of Weber's | Der Freischutz. In Berlitt this opera has been | sung over five hundred times. —The Snake Charmer bas been highly suc- cessful at the Bijou Opera, House, w York. es ts This week a new libretto was. use n, of his recent. tur throuh Europe: said, has been written by a New York journalist. quently the pastor and ils bride held an informal | Mr.’ Denham and Miss Chapman, of this city, reception. gt this reception refreshments were | have retired from the company, their places | served. being filled by Mr. Raymond Holmes and Miss Louise Paullin. , — The Lewiston Journal, published in the vi- cinity of Miss Cary’s home, says, in regard to | the report that she has taken a final leave of the | i that it is generally understood will support Adelina Patti in opera after the latter's concert season is con- cluded. —Daly’s New York theater is crowded nightly, and the sign “standing room only” has | been displayed two or three times. It is proba- ble that The Passing Regiment will run a couple of menths at least. Wi Services were held in nearly all the churches in the city. Those congregations which did not hold meetings in their own churches, Joined with others in Union meetings. President accompanied by Mrs. Secre- ta . st Luxe P. 3 cuurch (col. ored), where Rev. Dr. Phillips preached an appro- priate discourse, lamiine M. KE. church there were joint ser- vices, the congregation of Grace church worshtp- ping with that of Hamiine. Rev. 8. M. Hartsock reached the sermon, in which he compared the lessings we enjoy’as a nation with those of Europe, the people being a law-abiding one. He mentioned the fact that te assassin Guiteau was now being tried according to the laws of the coun- try. Tt would be a blank day, indeed, for the cou try if he should go unpunished. fn Europe thi necessity wes land for the people; but here we had jand enough, for which people were_w: and so boundiess 1s our domain that it will be ero it Issettied—in fact, we have resourees for all me. By order of the archbishop of the dtocese, spe- etal prayers, appropriate to the day, were offered at the 7 o'clock services in all’ the Catholic church t M. E. church, Rev. J. W. Smith pastor, iving prayer meeting was held Thursd: ev ening, The 13th street, E street and Calvary churches held a union serv! at the last church, at which Rev. Dr. Faunce, of the church, preached an appropriate sermon, and a Mberai thanksgiving offering was raised tor the Baptist Home. The members of Mt, Vernon Place Methodist Eptscopal church South and their friends listened last evening t ture by the p: At the Foundry Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. J. B. Van Meter, preached to a lenge congre- gation. ‘The music Was very fine. The “Trio irom ‘lla,” was rendered by Miss Annie Haas, Mr. Frank Magutre and Mr. Henry Kaiser, W. K.Cohen at the organ, At the Sixth Presbytertan church, South W: ington, Rey. Mr. Noble pastor, there was the usual | Thanksgiving temperance meeting, which was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Gonzales. Re Mr. Burk’ read selections of scripture. Mr. address on jason Nobile, and others gave tuelr experiences, The First Presbyterian church was well filled yesterday morning, and Dr. Sunderland, the j ed ai propri: discourse, Uubje e * ‘he Marvels of God’s Provides — The seven weeks’ tour of Wellack’s com- | Pitta recta areca Et Geets ROS: | pany has ended at Newark. Hartrord, New verses. E | Haven, Montreal, Toronto, Buffalo, Rochester, Mission, the services, under diree- | svracuse, Ogdensburg and other places have see Neh ae S| been visited in turn, and the success of the | Baer, the pastor, preached an eloquent Thanks- | Performance—artistic and financial—has been giving sermon from Ps. $9, v, 16—llessed are the | eTeat. ‘The honors of the representations were people that know th ul Sound.” At the close | chiefly for Miss Rose Coghlan, but th of the sermon a handsome pleture of tie Lite | excellence of the work was astrong feature of Thomas J. 8. Perry he church | the tour. bres by the pastor | Patience, at Booth's Theater, N. Y., has been much improved since its first. representa- tion. It will. however, be withdrawn after this week. Two companies inthe same city could not succeed in Patience. — Mr. McCullough’s engagement at the Fifth Avenue Theater, N. ¥., has opened brightly. This interesting actor—not less interesting be- j cause he is not a great actor and because his shortcomings are palpable—is still very popular | the isseen with admiration and sympa- th racter of “Virginius.” On Thurs- y afternoon and this afternoon he appeared n Ingomar to the “Parthenia” of Miss Kate Forsyth. — Hermann Merivale, the author of Forget- TEE PTE ee oe : | Me-Not. has written a play for Miss Ada Caven- art In the services and the serinon was delivered | dish, whose reappearance on the London stage y Rev. George V. Leech, who devoted considerable | will be made this month in Plof and Passion at time to reviewing the life of the late Pr the ymarket. Mr. Merivale’s play will be bountiful collection was taken up for the produced at a later time. the Garfleld memorial hospital. % At M. EK churc —At the Park Theater, Boston, Miss Lotta, the: pas ev. X. M- Carrot atten read. | who has%een playing for a fortnight past to au- ered ‘@ very Interesting ond cor H eee ALN: | diences as large aa the auditorium could hold, from the 50th Psalin, 14: “Offer unt» God thai | this week appeared in Bob, the new play written giving.” The choir of the church, under the leader- | for her by Mr. Fred Marsden. The popular little i Fa aE. J: B, Hutchins, rendered music sulteble | actress assumes Hie tte role, (Bob is an abbre- oe He Oe casteat Which tacre Was a tae | Viation of Roberta.) which is said to be admira- Seenaeacn sve feast ati which there:was alarge:| by atte forthe dleplny of lier peculiar talent. She will be supported by the same excellent Co pote eo 1 hed Th 1 eeting of colored le was he] harsda; tf Per i | company that has appeared with her thus tar, and the piece will be handsomely staged with Virvinia-avenue Baptist church, at which | new scenery and accessories. pastor of the church, nade an ad- ing against the alleged tnfustice done Palmer, of the Frecdnaane Neco a oie is | —Next autumn Mr. William Warren, of the Boston Museum, will have been fifty years upon the stage, (the exact date of his debut having ‘ober 27, 1882.) and'a number statement judsing trom the r ports of tha indiitutions, and the ob- ends and admirers in that been casting about for some ap, dott Servations of experte 1s, ore than of celebrating thi 2% per cent. of ali the born tn the 2 d idea of getting up a monster benefit was dis- | District of CG nouncing this st lie, and ld dropped upon a dcor- | cus nissed, as also was a proposition | Whit peopie | to pres i e, for he | ‘there had not been S or tie river, but whose ni aI dd now want to | is in comfo! nd in no need Step, or found in the mother white. hite Ladi iued the § Tf thieves, | of pecunia Undoubtediy, he will receive wanted, all you ‘imonial. = rites, The = Is ving: owns, the pastor, and Rev. Mr, At Wesley chapel, Thursday morning, the pa: tor, Rev. W. I McKenney, preached a practlc: Thanksgiving sermon, and’ in the evening a mu- sical entertainment was given In the lecture room hol Grace ‘church (Wes! ning, Was a success. great credit. nd. ugh M. E. church, Twelith Street ehureh, North Carolina Avenue M. P. church, Chureh of the Reformation (Lutie uth Street M. B. chure terk: hardiy recogn! the eolored trac use it Is dis! 0 Was to go at a would find them. its Identity y hite man, the villains who com ive diszraced robberles on the 8 Toutes were wW! And the trial of these villains would cost the government 1m than the late great national rebellious and sa ‘st. england and America, next i | drat | Ipolite a S peaking of a performance of Virginins m Crinkle remarks that “John MeCutiough | the Roman piebian with a composite con- on that reminds one. of our attempts to and which usually roof of zine on a Corin- ug Services were held in the churches, Washington Thursd: Union services, eM pal, Methodist Pro- | za testan were reet Pri where the Rev. Dr. Soutaerian s cupied the'pulpit. At Christ | » "rector, the Rev, thian colonnade.’ od his also held ut'G PK. chu all well attended, and the ing of a national characte esting. At Mt. Zion church h morning at 11 o'elock, conducted by R dardner, pastor. Prior to the preaching he the proclamation of the Prestdent of the U and remarked that we should respe: ler coming from the head of the nat pening prayer he nplored the Div jon tie President, aud offered thanks for 3 ted Unto Us of a spiritus al, political snd of a domestic chara yh, — A. R. Cazauran has just sold a new five-act Pupieyee S Nore | Comedy to J. S. Clarke, which will be played in artuk- | the Haymarket Theater, Loudon. The price paid inter- 000. Mary Anderson passed this week in Phila- delphia....John S. Clarke 1s in Youngstown, Akron, Columbus. Springfleld and Dayton, | | Ohio,...Genevieve Ward appeared this week in Reading, Paterson, Trenton and New Haven, and will be in Brooklyn on the 28th John T. Raymond is in St. Louis....The Zourists are in Brooklyn this week at Haverley’s Theater. Mile. Rhea remains another week in Brookiyn, and then, on November 28th, goes to Boot Theater....Emma Abbott opens in Cincinnati on Monday night....Barrett closed a week in that city to-night. — The talk about Patti's not being as great in oratorio as opera is all nonsense. She is an artist, and everybody knows that oratorio make higher artistic,demands than opera. Oratorio is the form of musical composition which re- quires genuine singing, without meretricious Patti_is secured for the great English io festivals wheneyer she can be obtained, and at the last London Handel Triennial, sang | the Messiah, in conjunction with Mrs. Oszood. It is linpossible to imagine more inspiring cir- cumstances under which to hear her than in | connection with Cary, Whitney, the Cincinnati | festival chorus and Thomas’ orchestra, all under | the master’s direction. Such an opportunity will be presented in no other city in the country in May next. —A letter from a prominent theatrical manin St. Louis says: “Mary Anderson’s week here was poor. I am afraid she is beginning to tum- ble. All the papers except the Republican gave it to her fearful, Hamilton Gritfen is not an ee Perhaps the people are be- ing to “tumble” to the fact that Mary is not good an actress as scores of leading ladies playing in stock companies. Her business has fallen off in all the large cities this season. Soe tii The Cigarette Smoker. ‘Wherever you turn you surely will mect him, niseyes all agone, his cheeks lke the snow, BI elastic, you shudder to t him, While wondering why he has mate himselt so. And gayly he twirls the foul thing on his finge ‘Then plants ft serenely between his blue tips,” And a smoke on his tongue fora brief moment Then hurriediy down through the esophagus Bt rhureday D took for his te the Lord, for b forever,” recorded in m At the ‘conclusion of the service a coll taken up, as a “Thanksgiving offering,” for th ladies of the Christian Home. THANKSGIVING DAY NOTES. Anumber of Uniformed Knizhts of Pythias of this city went to Baltimore Thursday, and par- Ucipated in the exercises attending the dedication of the new Castle hall on Gay street. About eighty ladies und geutlement who went to Luray Caverns ‘Thursday morning, to spend Thanksgiving day, r turned about 11 o'clock last night, full of entiustasin over the wonders of that tnatural ¢ «nd lou‘ in their praise of L, Lambie, wid managed the excursion and Shenandoah railroads. There ¢ prominent people on the train, Dr. Rice und others connected with the Guite.u trial. An urtist who has been here de- Plcting the scenes im the great murder trial for New York publications, was with the party, and took sketches of some of the most striking views inthe cave. ‘The most beauttiul portions of the Wumtnated with electric Hzhts. Christian Temperance Cn service at Masonte Temple Thurs jay afternoon at 8 o'clock, Mrs. Clara L. Koi residing. Addr: Were’ made by Mrs. Ro. iss Bingham (ot Boston), Miss Gangewer, dirs’ Dr. Rogers, Mrs. Franklin Noble, and ‘Miss Alice Hercus, and Messrs. Sheldon and Moulton. ee Tue LeaDING Strinas FaLLacy.—From the moment a child is born, he is treated on the principle that all his instincts are essentially wrong, that nature must be thwarted and coun- teracted inevery possible way. He is strapped up in acontrivance that he would be glad to exchange for a strait jacket, kept for hours ina position that prevents him from moving any limb of his bod: His first attempts at locomotion he is_put in leading strings, he is carefully guarded fromthe out door world, from the air that would invigorate his lungs, from the sports that would develop his muscles. Hence, the peevishness, awkwardnesé, and sickliness of our young aristocrats. Poor people have no | And braces him up to the work that’s before him, time to imitate the Sees ot enete realty And whatever that ts he yet never has told. neighbors, and thelr children pro! what the a model nurse would undoubtedly call neglect. | Next day his fine form from the sidewalk ts miss- Indian babies are still better off. Tney are fed We aa of his doubl on bulkbeef, and kicked around like young | «What has become of our Hae Re ree tase” He says he inhales it to get at its essen Ay ttrills hin, he says, like the wine that 1s 01d, | palmistry still ext general | th | formerly I—DOU DOMESTIC FOLK LORE. The Popular Superstitions ef All Coun- tries. From Folk Lore by T. F. Dyer. The study of folk lore is a most interesting one, and is year by year receiving greater atten. tion. The task of collecting, classifying and tracing them to their original source is no easy one, as the railroads and public schools are fast sweeping away the old beliefs and custome, which, in days gone by, held such a prominent place in social and domestic life. Of nursery folk lore there is a great stock in all countries. The evil eye is thoroughly be- lieved in in the old countries, and the remedies against the disaster are numerous. In Corn- | wall the believers resort to this plan to arrest i Before sunrise it is brought to a blacksmith the seventh generation and laid on the anvil. The smith raises his hammer as if he were about to strike the hot iron, but brings it gently down on the child's body. This is done three times, after which the child is considered certain to amend. In Scotland the people use “gold and silver water” as a charm to avert the evil ey which is sprinkled over the patient in the nan of the Trinity. Again, inthe Highiands of Scot- land, ash sap is given to new born ci cause, in common with the rowan. supposed to possess the property of resisting the attacks of witches; fairies and other imp: darkness, The In k that not on children but their cattle are they fall suddenty sick. Th Yorkshire it is stated that a new born in- fant should always be placed first in the arms of a maiden before anyone else touches it. Again there is a common idea, that a baby and a ten cannot thrive in'the same house. nurses can be found courageous enough to weigh a young child, from a superstitious con- | vietion that it is unfortunate to do so, the child often dying, or at any rate not thriving after- ward. Equally unlucky, too, is it considered to rock baby’s emipty cradle, it being an omen of its death—a belief which also prevails in Scot- land. A curious Northumberland belief affirms that if the parings of a child’s nails are carefully buried under an ash tree it will turn out in after life a capital singer. It is also a popular fanc in nursery folk lore that the eh rom a species ¢ ensively credited by eve the little specks on its nails, educated persons, in, the infant's’ tiny hands ar uperstition, and here and there there is a’ notion that, ter its birth, the right one should remain unwashed, the reason as- signed for this strange piece of eccentricity be- riches. According to ar “a. children born handed are 3 to be of a bountiful disposition. In Scotlan¢ too, great attention is paid as to which hand a child uses when taking up for the first time a spoon to eat. If itshould happen to be the lett, then, alas, he is doomed to be an unlucky fellow all through his life. Auain. if a baby frets and does. not ve, it Is supposed by su is Su: nurse on ppear to Th . day said to “Baby is so uncommon fretty, Ido bel must be longing for something.” When asked what he could be longing ‘for, she rey “Something that his mother longed for, but did not get, before he was born, and the best way to satisfy him would be, 1 thi : brandied cherry or ‘some hare’s brains.” This piece of superstition, however, is uot confined to Sussex. A popular prayer for children, formerly in use and not yet forgotten, is thi “Matthew, Mark, ke Bless the bed I lie upon; Four corners to my bed, Four angels at its head, One to wateh, two to pr: And one to bear iny soul away; God within and God without, Sweet Jesus Christ all round about; 1 c d, indeed, mplete without them! odd notion universai 1 still received ne is care- ir inserted, nediately to the iol games the nsual_ antipathy s is found, and a child is aded to give away a marble to mak nuinber even.” A of divination, also, siill frequently employed by boys to settle mat- ters of diticul mple, as who shall be the choice of partners, and oth are deemed of equal importance. The mode of proced) this: Along stick is thrown into the ca one of the parties, E grasps it hand over hand, and he who rand one then ceeds: Mr. Henderson ‘ onnected with the lending of a kniie boys for the cutti the borrowers b ek hing,” i. e,, with some of the good things it was used to cut. LOVE AND COURTSHIP SUPERSTITIO No event in human life has, from the earliest times, been associated with a more extensive folklore than marriage, which is, indeed, no among other ¢ tu matter of surprise, considering that this is nat- | oked upon as the happiest epoch—the | eer in this | urally summumn bonun world. Hence each one’s cai to write a detailed account of ens and diyinations, as well as itions and customs. connected nding its early stages of love would require a volame for so varied and widespread is this subject | 1 interest. pter, however, have been in as condensed a form as ible, some of the principal items of folk lore connected with love and courtship, as we find them scattered here and there throughout the country. divinations, these are of every conceivable kind, the anxious maiden apparently having left no stone unturned in her anxiety to ascertain her Jot in the marriage state. Hence, in her natural longings to raise the veil of futurity, the aspi- rant to matrimony, if she be at all of a super- stitious turn of mind, seldom I-ts an opportu- nity pass by without endeavoring to gain from it some sign or token of the kind of husband that is in store for her. The use of plants in love charms is very num- erous. The dandelion, as a plant of omen. is much in demand. As soon as its seeds are ripe they stand above the head of the plant in a glob- collected toethe ular form, with feathery top at the end of each | seed, and then are without difficulty detached. When in this condition the flower stalk must be carefully plucked, so as not to injure the globe of seeds, the charm consisting of blowing off the seeds with the breath. The number of puits that are required to blow every seed clean off indicates the number of years that must elapse before the person is married. Some days are considered specially propitious in practicing love divinations. Foremost among these is St. Valentine’s day, a festival which has been considered higlily appropriate forsuch cere- monies, as there is an old tradition that a this. day birds choose their mates, a notion which is frequently alluded to by the poets, and particn- larly by Ciaucer. to which reference is made also in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream:” “Good morrow, friends, St. Valentine 1s past; Begin the wood birds but to couple now.” Thus, the Devonshire young ladies havea s future | | career in this.world can be easily augured too, not contined to | ure is | Commencing, then, with love | from nuts forming a prominent feature evening feast. MARRIAGE. In selecting the time for the marriage cero- mony precautions of every kind have generally been taken to avoid an unlucky month and day for the knot to be tied old Roman notion that May marri to this day in England, a striking example, as | Mr. Tyler has pointed out in his “Primitive Cul- of how an idea, the meaning of which has perished for may con a night, in the hewspapers, fl in the familiar proverb, * ped up youll ther hand, June is a hy peputar | month for marrying, one attache on which th = On marrias count of its t ing rewarded as an f the commencement of any kind of enterprise, is general vided, few brides being found bold | from being marricd on a day of ill omen. In days zou by, Sunday appears to have been a for marnages, although, as Mr. ing history A fashionable weddin; don the Lord’s day in London, er any part of England.would now a days be dene i by relizious people of all Ch n parties ax an outrageous exhibition of impiety. But in feudal times, and Jong after th y was, of all ¢ fe one f | had bee | the chief day for w | every soci . . the day of rest was idings with London OF THE WEDDING CAK without which no ¥ ed complete, is evit 1 of the symbolieal corn ears orig y the bride, and which in after ti j de into cakes and sprinkled upon the bride's head. In course of time these eak onverted into one large m and that the x cake in the Sevent iter ally fcom_ on: would be con: sury iss it thou but once or t And for the bride cai be spice.” | _ Indeed, corn in one form or another has always entered into the marri | whi | Civilization,” has pointed out | among remote savases or semi-civ | It would be dificult to enumerate the many | Superstitions, beliefs, and usages that have at different times clustered round the wed ome of which ure as popular as ever. | Curious marriage customs are to be found in all parts of the world, and particularly in Eng- land. In some parts of Kent it was formerly custom- ary to strew the pathway to the church o bridal couple, not with flowers, but | blems of the ‘bridegroom's trade. A carpe for instance, walked on shavings, @ paperhanger on slips of paper, a blacksmith on_pieces of old iron, and so on.’ In some parts of Durham the bridal party was, in days gone by scorted to church by men armed | which th fe. 0 be ed people In Seotland there was an Creeling the bride- asket or creel was filled with heavy. to the bridegroom's shoulder, burden he wasobliged to run about ¢ unfastened the creel. DEATH AND BURIAL wm The superstitions associated with the last stage of human life are most numerous;and that this should be so is not surprising when it is | considered how, from the earliest time, a ce | tain dread has been }on account of its awful mysterionsness, but | owing to its being the crisis of an entirely ne’ phase of the soul's existence. Foremost among until his wi | asuperstition which, while not confined to any | one country,appears to have been alinost as weil | known in nt times as at the present day. The howling of the dog is. ascribed by soi its keen sense of the odor of approaching mor- tal dissolution: whereas others agirm that this animal ean se | house of sickness, read tot di y at the moment of death ant home. | said to see zhi | sent day. a dog howling before cither a death or a fire. In Wale t have the gift of seeing spirits. ivis said, have been known to splay ev o1 the utmost terror.although the occupants of the carriage couid see no cause for alarm. Such an occurrence is ¢ Jered highly ominous, and thou: I uneral will sou pi to his resting pl In Aryan inytholozy the dog is i ny. at the pre- nt. f death is the hover- and their tappi Amonz the death = mentioned the rave the croweand the swallow. The crowing of the cock, also, at the dead of night, is regarded as ally ominous, i ath itself there is a widespread of that deaths mostly occur during the ebb- f the tide, a superstition to wh Charles Dickens has so touchingly allud field.” Whi honest hearted Mr. \ ide of poor Bar) | ume gradu | he said to David Coppertiel along the coast | be ept when the tide’s pretty ‘They can't be t until it’s pretty nigh in. Not properly borntill flood. He's going out with the tide—he's h the tide. It’s ebb at half arter three, ‘k water hali an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own. till past the flood, and go out with the n | tide.” And after many hours’ watching, being low water, he went out with the tide. Many have a superstitious feeling that it is a great mnisfortune, nay, even a judgment, not to die in bed. According to another popular fancy a person cannot die comfortably under the cross beam of a house. , the inte: {between death and burial has ¢ associated with various superstitious fears. 1 practices. Thus, as soon as the corpse is lai¢ out there is still a widespread custom of pl: a plate of salt upon the brea no dov@t to prevent the body swell: there is a belief that it acts as a chanin ax: any attempt on the part of evil spirits to turb the body. Pennant tells us that formerly in Scotland, “the corpse being stretched on a board and covered with a coarse o salt and earth, separate and unmixed; the earth an embiem of the corruptible body, the salt as an emblem of the tnunortal spirit.” Mr. Napier, in his *-Folk Lore of the West of Scotland,” poiuts out that we may find another explanation for the plate of salt on the breast in the sin eaters, persons who, in days gone by, when a person died, were sent for to come and eat the sins of he deceased. On their arrival the first act was uspicions and evil day for | | enough to run the risk of incurring bad luck | * of | found | attached to death, not only | opular omens is the howling of a dog at night, | he spirits which hover round the | way the soul of the departed one to its | val | the reason being of | des such it was, no doubt, originally int to compensate the clergymen fer praying for the soul of the departed. Great attention has beem paid to the position of the grave, the dea being from east t prevailed ir earliest and are supposed te have berm borrowed from the Cana yeralis of the Romans. an offering, consisting of milk, honey, wi aloes and strewed flowers, te deceased. In a variety of prevailed among most nati that the spiritsof the set before th ns. the idea being ad feed on the viends In Christian times, how ings have passed inte com under which form t us. “In the north of Engl: the funeral feast is called “an arval,” and the loaves t ethnes distributed among the poor are termed * bre Th or seem to have always been fond of rge nunber of friends to attend © ces are on record of a barrel of 8 of sack, and r gallons of claret being consumed at a funeral, and the cos | of wine has been five times more than that of | the comin. beer, two gall | Needle Work Notes, From the Art Amateur. The new designs for scarftabie covers are novell andpretty, The material most in useis plush, with ends of a differe fashions. For example, a scarf of crimson plush has ¢ of olive plush. This is cut in oblong steps down toward the middle of the scarf, rie ing on the opposite side. Each step is divided in halves by squares i ected with small dia- monds tuade of silver and gold beads, one square being on the crimson, the other on the olive. At the middie and lowest point beging , the decoration on the crimson, which is a spray of clematis done in beads, the foliage in silver, the flowers in gold. Iberries with afew leaves om from each step. This ie i berries are simulated tly raised, and are ilk, which greatly adds mblance to the fruit. ested scarf table cover is of fawn amped plush, whieh is intersected by narrow bars of maroon stampe ish deini the border, and caught down on each side small maroon cords. In the corners are squares of creamy white satin od with, es. Beads are used largely in embroidery. Gold and silver beads pre: use, and esj given beards in old to their re: 1 are plush bag These are made like school satchels, with plas ut with silk. Such ted with a clematis spray in gold and silver beads. Another plush bag is embroidered in arrasene with sprays of golden rod. The peculiar nature of the material admirably represents the fuzzinessof the goldem rod, and it has acharming depth ot color. & PPY example of its use is also seen ina scart table cloth decorated with sumach and golden rod, which stands out almost in relief, Decoration takes a new form in the plush boxes which will be among the handsomest of the gifts which are in px r the comii These boxes are square, mount Christmas. in plush and satin, and are luxuriously lined. ration which 16 The covers receive the dec: y embroidery. A dark red-brown plush cover of light olive box, Zor example, has a plush set like a Maltese cross betw corners: of darker olive brown, the lines being covered with couchings of old gold filoselle. The em- broidery isa design of daffodils and corn flow- ers, the long leaves straying over on to the darker plush.” Another box has a square of blue satin with corners of olive plush, and is | embroidered with calecolarias in shadesof cream b and as accurately rendered as if done with the brush. | A beautiful sofa pillow recently seen was of jdark blue plush, with a heavy spray of leaves | embroidered in shady gray silks. ‘The pillow | Was made up without other ornament than® jcord and heavy siik pompons at the corner, pillow was of a warm light gray plush, mbroidered with a | pray of fine pink foliage. | flowers and equally fine ‘ttier pieces of drawing room There are no | furniture than ‘the gib 1s and hacks of piu ‘One of these lat ith dark green pl leaves embroidered . se accurately represented the brilliancy of the autumn tints and the dei of the shading, having been evidently ‘cued m nature. The embroidery was doi stitch, which this season se soath Ken popu The ordinary Shaker rocking chair of medium size, which has commended itself to everybody by its comfort, is transformed this season by | plush upholstery. The plush is put on sinoothi; and embroi¢ or has an embroidered | cutting it diazonally. A beautiful chair of this description was covered with Damascene plush and cut by a stripe embroidered in aut colors, the design being conventionalized roses. ir, covered with the same hued plush ered with a conventionalized blue lily with deep, long olive leaves. The flower was | made with a ealyx,which was crossed with the tinsel thread which is so extensively used im | embroidery this season and which produces some very good effects. A suggestion fora screen is a mustard yellow lush backeround, on which is embroidered @ | large design of the crimson prince's feather and foliage, The follaze is handsomely done in crewels and the flower in filoscile worked over French knots and tien cut, which leaves the flower in fine reile A novelty in screens is a shape cut out fuliows ing the lines ofaturkey’s outspread tail and covered with blue satin, athered into knots. Om this is fastened a stuffed pheasant or other orma- narmental bird, with his teet adorned with bows of blue satin ribbon A’ hanzing wall pocket is covered with blue satin gathered in knots, with two outside pock- ets of blue satin, whose ornaments are Cupids flying over a wide brook painted on cream white A beautiful narrow table cover of dark green | plush was distinguished among acrowd of holi- day gifts by a lar; f and lines indicating the water on'each end, the lilies occupying alternate corners. A mantel lambrequin soon to be put up in Fifth avenue house, and embroidered by the lady of the house, is of crimson plush witha of clematis running the entire length im graceful bends, and with occasionally ahuinming bird stooping toward the flowers. The lambre- quin is very long and will be hung curtain wise on brass rods. There is no end to the beautifal lanbrequins now exposed, the results of the embroiderers’ summer work. A magnificent red piush lambreqain is embroidered with =. springing feras and stalks of golden rod, flowers being executed in filoselle used as be- fancy that on St. Valentine’s day they can, if they wish, make certain of their future. If so disposed they go into the churchyard at mid- night, with some hempseed in their hand, which, after they have walked round the church a certain number of times, they scatter on either side as they return homeward, repeat. ingacertain charm. It is supposed that the true lover will be seen taking up the hempseed just sown, attired for theceremony in » winding sheet. Another species of love di ‘lon once observed consisted in obtaining five bay leaves, to place a plate of salt, and one of bread on the breast of the corpse, repeating a series of incan- tations, after which they devoured the contents | of the plates. By this ceremony the deceased. person was supposed to be relieved of such sins as would have kept his spirit hovering about his relations to their discomfort and annoyance. it is customary, especially among tle poor, for those who visit a house while the dead body is lying in it to touch the corpse, thereby showing that they owe the departed one no grudge. This ractiee, in all probability, originated in the ief that a corpse would bieed at the touch of fore explained. A second lambrequin, of rich olive gece ey a ane tain band of flowers worked in antique tints of arrusene, each flower being outlined in tinsel. The materials for embroidery are richer this season thauever. Comparatively little felt is used. Plush is the prevailing material, and, failing that, fine satins. Much more work is done In arrasene, whose richness admirably ac- companies the plush, For bolder work flloselle is used. In flowers this is worked and then cut. The effect is to bri into relief. In golden which 1 i Hl & seems to be H., New York, i dogs; but they are swaddled, they are| “He's departed this lite, twas consumpti ‘hich the anxious maiden pinned at the | the murderer. constant allusions to which we | the flower of the season, the effect is very fine. notes. The work is of such a fine quality = i be eve iene ‘ont, tee ime Sales ire Yand not, oned amin say.” ee Pes | oar ecu eh toe Pillow, ana she afta in the | find in old authors. work is the out- same time so elaborate in all its details, | ‘yy Michigai ‘ational Hotel, rie; they crawl around naked, and soon | ,. . middle. If she was fortunate enor dream Lastly, that even the best counterfeiter is put to the | ewe won Meee ge learn to keep out of the way; they are happy, | “4 Yes, ‘twas consumption, consumption of vol of her iover, it was a sure sign that he would | many oft Ist. n. stump. The counterfeiter makes, as far as pos- sible, a fac-simile of the note as it stands. He Isunabie to give to his work the finishing touches and the details of excellence in work- manship that the government is able to bestow yy it. He cannot successfully counterpart. ¢ national bank note is more easily counter- feited than the legal tender. The work on the former is not as intricate as on the legal tender, and of its nature it presents what is called in the present day “greater opportunities.” All national bank hotes are the same except the legend telling what bank the note is upon and the state and city where located. The whole of | Korzaa, this Jezend is right in the centet of the face of | yen, Pennsylvania, 600 13th st. n.w, the note. In coanterfeiting. the bank note. Os | Simonton, C. B., fore ate st. RW. to its comparatively-—the comparison is with | Singleton’ J. W:, Minots, 1 nw. 4 legal tender—simple character the counter- | Sicquens, 5. B. Cooms, National Bote feiter makes what is called a “skeleton” plate, | Saallenberser,W. S., Fennsyivanta, 610 18th st, n.w. : { Steele, G. W., Indiana, 1532 F st. n. eit contains everything except the levend of the Updegraft, Thos, lowa, 1326 Ist. nw. bank whose notes be inten "Nebraska, National Ht MeLane, R.M.,'1607 is, R. Q. they never cry. If we would treat our yonngs-| of the venomous smoke : el in the same way, only substituting kisses | “He’s departed this Tite, he patents ee eh ae and bread vel Ricks And on they would be | The grave has oft opéned on younger ones ye as as kids in a clover-fiel moreover Pas sie afterward be hardier and stronger. | C2 known destriyer the eeae seen ‘Texas, 1115 G st. n.w. pp, 608 13th st. nw, ai to her in the course of the year. | formerly existed in many of our country villages = aes ‘young people. would boil an eg | have peed Now-a-days, the last act, as ™ hard, and, after taking out the contents, fill the | the commit! shell with salt, the charm consisting in eat! termed, has been shorn of much the shell and salt on going to bed at night with- | Thus, in the north of England, it was customary, out either speaking or drinking after it. A | only afew years ago, to carry the dead with the further method of divination was sun a ing with the following way: The lady wrote her lovers’ | the e following ip California, Congressional Hotel . Cullfornia, Congressioum Wee, J.. Indiana, 1318 R st nw, ‘A B., Tern § i = Every week the new! ra tell us about eS | Reaps half of the fumbling ak sera breaking both arms; on mucus TOUne. poyala= boys falling from a fence and fracturing their ‘As the arsente roll with tobagoo between. caer rolling Se Gazette, names nm ieces 5 and, Comanche have to fall to break such bone3—not ————o. them upiin olay, put them lute a tub of water to mention South Sea Island children and young | _ A country paper in Titfno! a, smneng te The first that rose to the. surf monkeys? The bones of an infant are plastic; | local items: “No Sho wer es m | only her valentine, but, in all raham y 1, bony tissue; guarding it like a piece of brit- | With his wife’s red-headed' hited girl, Until his org anak tts aba as HaaniO es ne | eoturnis Gabbaihs school eh ‘elit be tn charge Christain mothers themselves with ne- | of the Rey. Mr. Perkins. not constantly interfere with their movements, among private but, they forget that in point of ph educa- | that a genuine pokes ‘ure herself is such an lent teacher | the ie col nes. From what height would a young letting it tumble and roll about would harden | Ab! Lever, who tWo wecks ago glecting their Hibs shawirh children if they do| Whatever may be the parent neglect is a transfer of i 3 ef Hi ee 2 % i z F i : it e b pee Se, "Peinsyly: —DR. san; of the rings are rks one bank until } we sare sentines 3 L é 5 2 FELix dead rings . He works one until he cannot work + Wise, Me ot xen bs the &@ more efficient Di the the any longer, and then by puttin | Welibarn, Oia, Texas, aa Sas ly for De- Pe a a = il