Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1881, Page 7

& Chat with Mr. Jacob Pincus—His Opinion of English Jockeys and Race Courses—The Fallacy of the Time Test im England. From the N. ¥. Herald. Mr. Jacob Pincus, the trainer of Iroquois and the string of American thoroughbreds at New- market, England, owned by Mr. Pierre Loril- lard, arrived in New York on Friday morning by the Arizona. He is staying at present at the Ashland House, and there last evening, notwith- standing the fact that by reason of his discre- tion he long since earned among his friends the cognomen of “Jacob the Silent,” he chatted for aquarter of an hour with a reporter of the Her- aid on the events of the past English racing sea- on, in which Iroquois and Foxhall have played such important parts. In speaking of the defeat of Iroquois in the Two Thousand Guineas, Mr. Pincus sai colt was hardly himself in the guineas. He had been complaining during the spring and his legs had cansed me some anxiety. After all, it Was no disgrace to go down before Perestine over a mile, as at that distance he might have been the best horse in England at that time.” “Was there much enthusiasm among the English over Iroquois’ Derby and St. Leger vie- tories: “I should say there was. Why, at Doncaster Icould not get near the horse until ever so long after the race, and I thought the people ‘who crowded round him would go wild with de- light. Before the start, when I once parted company with, him, 1 could not get a look at | ur him azain till he got out on the course. stable at Newmarket hasan enormous following among the English race-going public. and the | victories of our horses are received with just as Much enthusiasm as though the winners were native born animals.” at is your opinion of the relative merits of Foxhall and Iroqu “Oh, that is hardly a fair question to ask me. You know what each horse has done, and if they ever meet we shall find out which is the better horse.” “Do you think they will meet duri seaso “Well, the entries for several valuable stakes Next year will shortly be published, and it is, I should say, likely enough that we shall find both horses entered in more than one event. ‘The Goodwood, Ascoteand Doncaster cups are highly prized, and the best horses who may not have met as three-year-olds are generally found competing in these events.” “How many horses have you at present in England?” - “Eight yearlings: they will, of course, shortly be two-year-olds—Iroquois, Sachem, Gerald and Aranza.” “Did you leave them all in good condition ?” “Oh, yes. The stable was going on very sat- isfactorily when I left.” “Do you anticipate a continuance of victories during next season?” “Well it’s rather early to talk about that at | nt. If we have good luck I dare say we shati hoid our own with the rest of them.” “You look: for stronzer opposition perhaps?” ‘Well I am inclined to think so. There is no | doubt the English three-year-olds this season | Were not an extra good lot—nothing like Robert the Devil among them, nor Bend Oreither. Pos- ing next sibly they may next year be as much above the | in. Bruce is one who is greatly | average fancied. If, as they say, he won the Criterion Stakes easily he must be a stayer. For I saw that race and was standing a hundred yards below the chain when Bruce, Nellie and St. Marguerite came along head and head. Ali were beiug ridden, and it was any one’s race, so if Bruce won easily he must have left the others very fast in the last hundred yards, and they had before that proved themselves to be pretty zood | ones. Bruce, if he trains on, will be a good one next year.” “Do you consider the English jockeys more capable th vars?” “Yes. Arche Wood, with better judgment. There is nothing won- |. however, about that. as they undergo a much more lengthy and careful course of train- ing or education in their calling. Then, again. —that is to say, such men as they get a great deal more riding. We have | riders here, too—Hayward and Feakes for stance. The wonder about Archer is that he Fides so light on his horse, and he is so fearless. He has never had an accident, so isn't afraid to take chances others might feel timid about; and no matter where he is in the race, whether start, running or finish, he is the same desper- ately in earnest jockey. He is a great rider be- yond a doubt.” “How do you like the grass courses?” “Why. much better than our tracks. They are better for the horses, and being always free from dust, are much pleasanter to ride over.” id yu atinue to use the watch in trials | d the Newmarket trainers laughed at us for relying upon the time test, and as I now think net without reason. It is all very well here. but in England, where the courses are gels straight or nearly so, the time test be- practically worthless. I am satisfied | from experience that a horse’s time will vary sometimes as much as fifteen seconds over a| straight mile, running first ona calm day and | then with the wind in his face. courses if the wind is against the horse part of | the way it will be in his favor further on, thus | equalizinz matters pretty well.” | first came out there were thousands of people “Mi ke ran very badly inthe Cesarewitch, | great favorite. “Yes, bat inthe race he ran unkindly, yaw- ing all over the course. Was he tried by the he English method of training differ @ssentially from ours ?” ‘Not materially, I think; of course it may In minor details. Some English critics thought I | Fattled Iroquois along too muth at times. The | Test, by the by, that I gave him before the Leger was compulsory. He cauzht an epidemic that | the new arrivals brought with them to New- | market. and under the advice of Mr. Barrow, the well-known veterinary surgeon at New- | market. I stopped him altogether in his work for a day or two.” “That must have been an anxious time.” “Well. yes; but I never lost confidence in his ability to win the St. Leger.” “There was a great desire displayed to bet against Lroquois, then, was there not?” “Yes: you see the touts saw him pull up tired at the end of his gallop when we vot him to work azain, and they telegraphed to the men who employed them, who, of course, thought the colt could not be got fit by the race day. We were obliged to tire him, for he had to do the work to get into condition and make up for lost time.” “Were you afraid of any damage being done to the colt before the St. Leger—being ‘got at,” ‘as they call it?” “Oh, no; but some of the trainers advised me to have a policeman, and I was giad I did, there was alw such a crowd about at Doncaster, as Ihave already said. When he arrived there I should think about three hundred people fol- | lowed him to the stable, and this excited him so that he got restive, and when in the stable he made plenty of room for him: Then in the ay mornings there were fully a thousand le 0 Was afraid of his being put out again. fore told the lad that when he pulled up he was to trot right on througn the crowd and not stop till he had got a good distance from them. The ta at said I trotted him right off to his stable, that was not so.” “After that he was beaten stakes ?” “Yes, as soon as the Leger was over he was let up in his work; he needed a rest, and when he ran next he was not right, was tied up, and couldn't extend himself, so as soon as that race was over I gave him a good iong galiop, which rather astonished the Englishmen; but it had the effect I expected, made him limber, and two days iater he won the Newmarket Derby easily “ His race at Ascot was also a good one?” “A very good one, indeed, with his penalty of fourteen pounds and for pretty nearly three- quarters of a mile up hili—the last quarter mile &@ very steep grade. It was, I think, a great oooee sel ees la good as anything he “From what you have seen of the English joe cre cpap poco en — that the American race , taken altogether, a better animal than the English?” “ Well, I won't say that. tor the Champion We have beaten them this season in the great three- = eventsand two bigzest handicaps. We bach the honey rag in beer and Iro- quois-- ir years, beyond a doubt.” * Has Mr. Lorillard a claim on the se: Archer for next season?” “No. Lord Falmouth is the only owner that has a claim on Archer.” Mr. Pincus said that he did not kaow when he should reiurn to England. Muwicrrat E:xorioxs were held tn some of the Cities of Massachusetts and Connecticut vexterday. ‘The considerable gains In the first “The | Cannon, Goater and others—ride | | his wonderful art, was singing the duet. Any- With our | th He has turneda rozue, | ‘as horses not unfrequently do.” | De A SIMPLE THING AFTER ALL. Ventriloquism Made Easy When Viewed as Polyphony. WHAT AN EXPERT HAS TO SAY ABOUT TIE REQUIRE- MENTS AND ART OF A VENTRILOQUIST—TRICKS OF THE TRADE—USE OF THE TALKING FIGURES— THE STOCK SONG—A TEST OF SKILL. From the New York Sun. Ventriloquists, like poets, are born, not made. The power of throwing the voice, so that it shall appear to come from some distant place, is a peculiar gift possessed by very few. The yen- triloquist speaks, as is indicated by the title of that mysterious mode of speech, from the belly, and not with the mouth. All those foregoing statements used to be, but &@ very little while ago, articles of popular faith, and the exact opposite of each affirmation is the | simple trath. Anybody who thinks it worth his while to practice it can be a ventriloquist more on it and the gift of mimicry which he naturs!ly possesses. Nobody can “throw the voice, bY the art of ventriloquism is simply the trick of | making the voice seem, by its modulations. 1. | come from one or another place .to which the attention of the hearer has previously directed. And, finally, if there is any one par- ticular thing for which a belly is not needfui, it | isis for so-called yentriloquism. In fact, there | |isno such thing as ventriloquism, and that | which people mean when they-use that word | should more properly be called polyphony, or the art of many sounds.” That, at least, is what y Hatton says about It; and ashe is not only-an exceedinuly fine performer of parlor magic, but an excellent ventriloquist as well, opinion in the mater is worth something. he went on: | ‘The best evidence that there is no such thing as throwing the voice is in the fact that no ven- | triloquist, or polyphonist, can make his voice | sound any nearer to you than he is himself— | that it must always be away from you. To pro- duce the deception of seeming to throw the Voice the first requisite is a knowledge of, and | skill in, modulating the tones produced in very | nearly the ordinary way of speech, so as simply | to make them louder or lower, according to the | distance of the hearer from the place whence they are supposed to come, and the obstacies in the way, imaginably, of the sound. 1 said very nearly the ordinary way of speech,@ecause ail | the polyphonistic fraternity practice a peculiarly unnatural sort of head voice. I don't know | why they do it, though Ido it myseif, and am | mot enough of a physiologist to describe how | the organs of speech are used to produce it; but anybody who tries to sing falsetto will readily understand it for himself, That head voice is no doubt used for the reasons that even ina half voice, or less, its sharpness makes it dis- tinct, and that it emphasizes the dialect lan- guage, which is the polyphonist’s chief stock in rade. “There is a person in this city who teaches ventriloquism, and who talks very learnedly about ‘forming a cavity in the side of the mouth.’ But that is ail humbug. What the performer wants is not any extra hollow inside | his cheek, but a good tough cheek—a brazen cheek, 0 to speak—te offer to the public. He must necessarily be a good mimic, apt in imi- tating the voices of others and every sound he hears that comes within the range of the human voice. Without that knack he never can be a good ventriloquist, but having all he lacks is practice in modulating his voice to give false ideas of* distance. Then, before he ap- pears in public, he must have confidence in himself, knowledge how to lead his auditors to form erronecus ideas of where his sounds come from, and, above all, impudence. The motto of the veatrilo as of the | Parlor magician, must be ‘Caudace. toujours Paudace.” My character is better than my Freneh. but {guess I got that about right any- way. wf of the auditors is a most Itis a trick to deceive the hearing,.as I constantly employ in my business other tricksaud sestures to de- he sense of sight. You say to an andi- i ear from Joseph, who is behind that door,’ and if you lower your voice to about what you think the volume of Joseph’s voice would be after penetrating the | closed door. they wili more than meet you half Way in an effort to make themselves believe that it is perfectly Joseph’s voice coming from the place you point out. You say, ‘The old man is up stairs; Teddy is in the cellar,’ and as you look up or down, their imaginations travel away ahead of you, fully prepared to accept as coming from aloft or below tie suppressed head voice which comes from your mouth. Indeed, there is hardly limit to human credulity. Afew years ago Howard Clifton, a very clever polyphonist, when travelling through the | northwest with a well-known magician, origin- ated a very bold trick upona guileless audi- ence. He said to tiem: ‘Iehail do in your Presence a feat never attempted by any other ventriloquist than myself—that of causing these two figures to sing a duet, so that you will hear distinctly the two voices at one and the same time.” And he did it, for a versatile assistant sang the second part with him behind the scenes, and as he worked the jaws of the figures the audience really believed ‘that he alone, by body of ordinary common. sense,-stopping to think for a moment, would have known that the was clearly impossible; but audiences ex- pect to be amused, not to be troubled to think. Why. do you know that when ‘second sizht’ who believed that it was simply a wonderful ex- hibition of ventriioquism. | the groundlessness of which was manifest to any one who knew anything of the laws of sound, as I said before, stopped to think. Speaking of the figures reminds me of | another very simple trap to catch the credulity | of the unsuspecting public, namely, the two lit- tle manikins with working jaws which many yentriloquists now show seated upon their knees, and with which they go through most of their performances. One of these is a darky, | generally, and the other an Irishman; or one may be an old woman and the other a York- shirenian, or any other couple you please. The The heads of the manikins and the head of the performer are so close together that no person in the audience could possibly tell, if all three heads were alive and speaking from which a voice proceeded, except by its dialect or pecu- liar intonation; and that is where the useful- ness of a good command of dialect comes in well. The so-called yentriloquial act, under those conditions, is nothing more than a dia- lect performance, generally so slangy, witless, and poor ‘that if attempted by the performer in his own proper person, instead of under the cloak of his manikins, it would end in his being pelted off the stage, but it goes splendidly under the name of venirilo- quism. E. D. Davies, familiarly known as Teddy | Davies, has laid claim to be the originator of the talking figures, but Macabe in his book says that he, when a boy, used to see travelingabout Lon- don streets a'rough old tramp who had two figures with which he gave ventriloquial per- formances, and good ones, too; and that must have been nearly or quite fifty years ago; go that Davies’ claim is rather diaphanous. The great stock in trade of the general run of ventrilo- quists nowadays is slang of the commonest sort, mixed with seeming personalities. When Da- vies was over here, one of his big hits was mak- ing one of his little figures affect to ize an acquaintance in the gallery and shout up at | him, ‘Hi! Magaffin, ye tough; why don’t ye pay ifty cents like a man and come down stairs? The audience would always shout at that. “The only real novelty introduced in ventril. oquism within a good many years was Jester’s ‘talking hand,’ which was @ very clever per- | formance indeed. He usedto make up one of his bands as an old woman's face, the thumb simulating the movement of a lower jaw, and- the dialogue between it and the figure of an old man, ‘Grandfather Jester,’ was very well con- | ducted and always effective. Some of the fig- ures now used by ventriloquists are very large, and motion Is given to their faces and Hate by Strings pulled by assistants off the stage. “The ventriloquial performer must select his Words with a view to avoiding, as far as possi- bie, the labial and dental consonants. It is this consideration more than anything else, cer- mete more than the beauty of its melody, has made the ‘Miller of Dee’ a stock song for ventril most absurd theory, or less skilifal, recording to the time he spends | nt would effect to bid good to old man gong Pp stairs. His would be replied to by the old man’s instantly that the audience had not eyes quick enough to-catch his mouth moving mation of that gradually diminishing echo, imagined that the only motion was wi Spoke in his own person with ostentatious ab- Sence of concealment of effort. “Most magicians do more or less in the yen- triloquial way, but few practice enough at it to become proficients, and even of those who are ventriloquists alone there are few who do not seek to a their faces from — sacienss to a8 great a degree as possible while forming, and who do not, for the imitation of 801 other than the human voice, empley: adventi- tlous aids. The sawing of wood, of a dog, crow ofa cock, neigh of a horse, bird songs, and many other noises are best imitated by the adroit use of a bit of a leek etalk. That was what the elder Herrmann used, and we have never had his equal in this country, especially in the imitation of birds. Yes. of course I could teach anybody ventriloquism, as there are sey- eral persons in New York who do, but any one possessed of a talent tor mimicry, who will read what I have told you to-day, and who ha3 no conscience about- making himself a nuisance by his practice to the section of the community which he may chance to infest, can become a ventriloguist, without any teacher, in one week. Whether he will ever be a good one or Dot depends upon the attention he pays to de- velopmg skill in it. Two things he must re- member, that ‘patter’ is much, and that ‘throw- ing the voice’ is impossible. If he has a humor- us ect ‘patter,’ and dash enough to carry it off, the imaginations of the audience will sup- ply nine-tenths of his fame as a ventriloquist.” The Milkman. From the Boston Transcript. Who comes at morn wath battered quart, Which holds less ligutd thtan it ought? By whom is milk and water brought? The milkman. ‘Who wears on thumb a mitten thick? Who holds it in his quart so slick? Who measures thumb for milk so quick? ‘The roilkman, Who wakens thoughts of gentle kine? Whose milk comes by the railroad line? Who skims the cream from it so fine? The milkman, Who whitens it with chalk when blue? Who sweetens It with sugar? Who Puts in the agua pura too? The milkman. Who keeps behind the kitchen door His ever lengthening lacteal score? Who chalks you terra alba tor? The milkman. Whose cart goes rumbling through the street? Who rouses you at times unmeet? Who wakenS you from visions sweet? . The milkman, Who gees about from house to house, Apparelied in his affple blouse? Who maketh everywhere a touse? E ‘The milkman. In fixing milk who’s ne’er behind? cn it quite many things you'll find), Vho sells it for the udder kind? ‘The milkman. Wiho pours his milk from can to can, According to a well-known plan? Who is a Tailk-and-water man? ‘The milkman, You have all seen the milkmany children; but he is nevertheless a great curiosity. The milkman, in the first place, is very sharp at abargain. You have to get up early in the morning to get the start of him. Even then he will get the start on you by a long chalk, The milkman resembles the miner. He grows rich by pounding his quarts. A battered quart contains less milk, but the milk is just the thing for a batter pudding. It is said that the milkman puts sheep's stom- ach in his milk. This makes his milk sheep, but who can stomach it? It is said that the milkman waters his milk, but this is not true. He simply milks his water. Whenhe goes to the pond In the winter and Inds it skimmed over, ao much the hetter. kimmed water and skimmed milk are pecu- liarly fitted to each other. Ice water is best for ice cream. Milk is warm when it comes from the cow. Some of it comes a long way from the cow. You would make it warm for the milkman if you knew where it came from, io The milkman who adulterates his milk does an un-kine deed. The milkman is an early riser. When you have to gebasp ofa cold morning to let hiin in, you are an knurly riser, also. The milkman is a man of mark. You will find his mark on the kitchen door. But his mark is not a thing to adore. No wonder he gets rich. When he sells you one quart he marks down a score. The milkman who sells poor milk always turns ont bad. The milkman who puts chalk in his milk should be careful and not get it chalk-fall. The purified curd of milk is called caseine, but this is not a casein pint—not in the pint you generally buy. It just occurred to us, and we mentioned it merely as a matter of curd. It is the basis of cheese. out it. Some persons complain because the milk- man mixes one can of milk with another. They complain without cause. It is a case of six (quarts) in one and a half dozen in the other. The milkman usually rides alone, or witha boy on his wagon. He always, however, has more than one gallon. * Milk is called a lacteal fluid, because some ae when they do not have it, lack tea all ay. - The milkman does not give his milk away. Neither does he travel by the milky way. The milkman makes his coming known by @ rap, thoogh his milk is not always worth a Tap. The milkman is a true blue. is milk. He is usually a quiet fellow, but is sometimes known by his ‘cream. He is not so bad as he is painted. If all were true that has been said of him. one male believe the milk route the route of all evil. Base istheese with- So sometimes is BURGLARS ‘TOOLS. What a New York Detective Know: Late New York News interview. “Tt must take as much capital to start in business as a housebreaker as is required to open a store?” “If the cracksman had to buy his tools it would, indeed,” replied the thief taker, “for any sort of adecent kit cannot be procured under at least $1,000, and the tools fora big job will coat three times as much. But nowadays there are ways of getting them without purchase.” “ What are they?” “ Well, one way is to rent them.” “From whom?” : “Either from the makers or from a capitalist who keeps up a supply for the purpose. There are two very distinct classes of tool-makers for burglars, professional and non-professional, that is. Any mechanic will make tools which are or- dered from him without troubling his conscience asto what use theyare to be put to. Conse- quently a burglar will get akit together some- times by ordering one tool from one honest smith. another from andther, and soon. The same man is never called on to make two ar- ticles for the set, and where tools are required in sections, the different sections are generally ordered to accurate measurements of different artificers, and put together by the operators themselyes. By this means a kit can be made up at half the. usual price, but the method has several serious objectiona to it. It is slow and cumbrous, and there is always the peril of be- trayal by some of the outsiders employed; but, above ail, tools made in this way are never as good as those made by the regular thieves’ smith. “It Is safe to say that the finest smithy work done anywhere is that carried on in the secret work-shops of the burglars’ tool makers. The knowledge of these lawless artificers is vast and thorough. They possess curious secrets of toughening and refining metal, know every scientific fact bearing on their trade, and are quick to conceive and skillful to execute im- provements in their tools. They will temper and harden steel blade till it will cut the plate of a eafe-door as a can-opener willcut into a sar- dine box, and make a tearing-vise or drag that will tear the door from a safe as one will force the lid from a box. The metal and make of their tools are out of the best. No honest work-shop ever turned out more beautjful specimens foran exhibition than these right-hand.men of the cracksmen furnish as ordinary productions. ‘*‘ And they charge for their work, too. The demand being limited, the trouble ‘great, and the inconvenience of working in secret by no means a pleasant necessity, all these items go down inthe bill. The result is that it takes a cracksman with capital to own his own tools, and to lose them on an unsuccessful job is a serious matter. Asarule the fence who backs the burglar in his schemes buys the necessary tools for him, and their cost is made good out of the common pot before the swag is divided. Of course the fence adds a handsome commis- sion to the real cost of the ue planeta There may be honor among thieves, but there is none about the scoundrels who aid, abet, and grow rich off their spoliations. Sometimes a gang will make a pool to pay for their tools. Fre- quently, when half a dozen men make up a party, they will own nearly enough tools, be- tween them todo the work required; but by far the greatest portion of burglars’ implements in use are hired for the purpose. “There are several men here who own splendid collections of tools for all kinds of bur- glary, from simple house-breaking to bank- vault opening. Everything required is forth- coming from them, or often in consideration of a share of the plunder, the cracksman is sup- plied with an outfit. Ifany tools are lost the loser pays for them; but if the game is spoiled and the whole kit sacrificed, the lessor has to stand the loss. It ig not really great in propor- tion to the gains of the business, for the owner is generally a tool-maker himself, and his labor and the first cost of material constitute the ex- tent of his sacrifice. “Not all of the tool-renters are tool-makers, though. There is a bar room on the east side whose proprietor makes a business of supply- ing his best customers with the means of carry- ing on their trades, and a female fence, whohas been frequently written of, but has generally kept out of serious trouble, ownsa couple of chests full of the best and most improved forms ofinstruments. Several old cracksmen are now extensively engaged in fool-renting _ trade. Some of these make their dwn tools. By the bye it may Interest you to know that about 50 per cent of the burglars of note in this country are practical smiths, and can forge a jimmy as well as use one. : ‘Tool-makers for burglars have their special- ties. There are a couple of men here famous for the steel wedges and chiseis they make. An- other has a great reputation for fashioning pon- derous hammers of lead and copper, which do all the work of steel sledges, and make mach less noise. A‘few years ago an ingenious tool- maker experimented in hardening steel. He ended by making a drill that will bore tne hard- est steel ever turned out of a foundry, an in- strument more useful to the burglar and more dangerous to the public than any other in his kit. A tool-maker's wife once asked him to sharpen her can-opener for her. While doing so the idea suggested itself to him to apply the principte upon which that little instrament was constructed te a safe-opener. He made a tool out of a powerful bar, with a sharp steel jaw at- tached to It, pretty much as the can-opener is built, which will cut the front of a saze out like tin once it gets a hold. “I have seen skilled mechanics go into ecstacies over some of the burglars’ tools now in use. There is no more simple yet terrible in- vention than the great safe-drag. It originated in England, but has been extensively improved on here. By judiciously operating it the burglar can tear an ordinary safe literally to pieces. The greatest improvement American ingenuity has made inthe drag isinthe matter of weight. The first drags weighed from three hundred to five hundred pounds. It was almost as serious a job to lug one about as it was to commit a burglary. Now the weight ts reduced to less than one hundred and fifty pounds, and twice the effect secured at that. Indeed, this im- provement is observable in all sorts of burglars’ tools, and an entire kit can now be carried by one man, which will be more effective than a set of tools which twenty years ago required a wagon to move them. In 1860 there were very few cases in which the inferior safes of the day were drilled into. Now there is not a safe Let us bid him good-by, give us a good buy. ——— + PRETTY HOUSEHOLD BITS. Mirror bee yge ranma ‘Tables and What Not Cleverly Covered With Flowers, Fromthe New York Evening Mail. Some of the prettiest articles in hand-paint- ing are the decorated picture frames. One frame Is tinted the color of the blue sky of June, painted with apple blossoms and engraved with the rhyme: Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossoms that hang on the bough. Another frame is painted with tangled cius- ters of pink eglantine against a gold back- ground and another with sprays of pink and blue bachelor buttons and yeilow butterflies. The looking-glasses, framed in maple or ma- hogany, are artistically decorated. A beautiful glass of this kind is framed in gilded wood and Painted on one side with a straying vine of gor- geous nasturtiums, a few of the gay blossoms Spbearing to have wandered over on the beveled. glass. A pretty maple frame is decorated with purple thistles and green leaves. The motto, “I give back smile for smile and also frown for frown,” is sometimes traced on the frame of the mirror. Among new articles in plush there are square mantle valances decorated with clusters of gol- den Marechal Neil roees and bluebirds. Charm- ing little tables in gilt, with plush tops, are painted with apple blossoms an h yellow bit or a leafless branch of a tree with a flock snowbirds. A small pair of decorated bellows, with the words “Blow wind, burn fire” on one side of it and a design in flowers on the other, is a favorite parlor ornament for the fireplace. +e A Precedent Wanted. hopinghe will always in From the Indianapolis Times. The case of Guiteau should be made a lead- Ing one in regard to the plea of insantty. He should. be convicted and hung as a warning to all cranks of his and there should be a made, for all the improvement in materials, which the cracksman cannot makea hole in with his cutters and drills. There is one instra- ment, the invention, it is said, of the burglar Howard, whose body was found up in West- chester county a few years back, having been placed there by the pals who had murdered him, which is known as the double ratchet drill. With this tool it is arseregs te bore a hole through a solid block of steel without making much more noise than you would in gimleting a hole in a plank.” ———_+¢e—_____ A Prophet More Popular Than Vennor. From the Louisville Post. ‘The Weoden Shee. From the London Globe. The wooden shoe, as we all know, is quite a national institution of France, and in Brittany more than in any other part of that country; its “clank” is heard everywhere; people wear it almost habitually there who would fight shy of it elsewhere, save on high days, holidays, and en grande tenue, when “there is nothing like leather.” Hence follows the necessity for a sufficiently large brotherhood of sabotiers, who, as they could not possibly live in towns or large villages by reason of the cost of transport of the rough material exceeding the price of the man- ufactured goods—Mam'selle Marie's well made shoon aforesaid may be bought for a mere trifle—are forced to reside in woods and forests orother places where suitable timber may be available. Of the sabotier’s house, such as it Is, the state takes no notice; the tax-gatherer never comes near it; the owner can shift It to another locality when he likes; the wood he has purchased in this spot worked up and exhausted, away he goes to an- other. He buys a certain number of trees of the requisite kind, sometimes in a forest, sometimes by the sides of fields, which in Brittany are sur- rounded by lofty wood growth, to protect the crops from the violent gales which there prevail. The purchase, or rather the agreement to pur- chase, concluded at some village notary’s bu- reau, and the timber marked, thesabotier comes to the place with his donkey cart loaded with the few poor fittings and furniture of his cabin, the cases of his ancient and much soiled bed- ding, his rough self-made cradles and cots, some well worn culinary utensils, and the tools of his trade—to wit, felling axes and saws, large sized gouges, spokeshaves, and knives. These arehis only movabies; for the rest, the site on which he squats provides him. At dawn he comes,all day he is laboring with the sweat of his brow at his roof tree—by night it is finished, garnished and occupied. He beats even a London contractor of scamped suburban villas in rapidity of con- struction. Then, if the material be abundant, he may remain on the chosen site fora year or two; if otherwise, a tew months’ location. and he seeks another clearing. He isa regular Bedouin, tuis sabotier, and, like that nomad, can say “the rope which holds my tent has seen all cities erish.” e The nevor altering end andaim of a Breton woode: seker’s being isto fabricate sabota, and ou .. groove he and his never run. Such as u.e father is such is the son, and, tor the matter of that, the daughter also. Children, 8o to speak, are to the manner born of making sabots, and at sotender an age as five or six years they may be seen smoothing, blackening, varnishing, stringing together in lots the cover- ings which their parents and other relation, have cut, shapedand hollowed out into chaus- sures for the human foot. When a sufficient load of sabots have been completed at a certain fixing, the sabotier goes with it tothe nearest village or town where his wholesale dealer re- sides and to whom he disposes of the lot. With the money thus obtained, he replaces a tew articles aheotately necessary for his wants, and with the residue pays for titnber already bought, felled, and utilized. Money is put into the purses of tree owner and notary but, little find- ing its place in that of the workman. Haying no association with neighbors, abhorred by farmers, disdained by townsfolk, these Sel- kirks, in the midst of high civilization around, live without further contact or intercourse with society than that which has been told ot, viz., to buy wood, and t Aman doing business on Woodbridge street west took a colored man into his employ a cou- ple of weeks ago, and during the conversation previous to settling terms he remarked: “When you wish to address me you can call me colonel.” s “Was you a kernel in the wah.” “No matter; you can call me colonel, and I will give you an extra quarter per week for so joing.” “Dats all right, kernel—I’ll airn dat quarter suah’s yer bo'n.” At the end of the week the laborer hung around after he was paid off, and was asked if there was any trouble. He scratched his head, hesitated and finally said he would explain him~ self Monday morning. When Monday came the employer remarked: “Now, then, Samuel, what is the matter?” “Nuffin ‘tall, boss—troubie all gone.” “Well, what was it?” “Wail, you see, de driver of a coal tart down yere diskivered dat I was callin’ you kernei fur two shillin’s a week. What does he do but offer me fifty cents a week to take de kernel off of you an’ put it on to him.” “And you wanted to do it?” “Wall, I Kinder felt dat way, kase I'ze work- Ing fur low wages, but I saw him Sunday and fixed it all right.” “How?” “P’ze gwine to keep right on callin’ you ker- nel for two shillin’s a week, and I'ze gwine to call him gineral for seventy-five cents a. month! What shall I begin on dis mawnin’, kernel?” He gets his extra quarter per week right along, but he now addresses his employer as “*boss.” ee A Prayer to the Point, From the Iowa City Republican. In March, 1858, Rey. Moses Shinn made this prayer as chaplain of the Iowa House: “Great God! Bless the young and growing state of Towa; bless her senators and representatives, her governor and state officers; give us sound currency, pure water and undefiled religion. For Christ's sake. Amen!” Mr. Shinn was a character among early Iowa Methodist preachers and will be remembered by many of the pioneers of Iowa. ——— A Stout Man and a Mouse. From the Boston Courier. 5 “*What is that?” said Mrs. Timblethorpe, start- ing up the other night and awaking her hus- band, who was dreaming of waltzing through Floridian orange groves. ‘What is what?” he answered, drowsily, as he pulled all of the clothes over on his side of the bed. “Why, that noise,” she said in a frightened manner. “I think itis a rat.” “Oh, no,” was his re- sponse; ‘there are no rat holes in this house.” “Tt might have got in the front door when you came home,” she suggested. ‘Front door, fid- dlesticks!” was the answer, as he wrapped the blanket like a martial cloak around him. “I never saw such a man,” sobbed she; “do you expect me to get up and look for it?” Timble- thorpe jumped up—a crying woman always melted his sternest resolutions. It was cold for the season and as yet no fire had been made in the furnace, and in his thin night dress he shivered like a telegraph pole in a gale of wind. He looked everywhere, but could see nothing, and, disgusted, put out the light and got into bed once more. A dim sense of warmth bezan to steal through his chilled frame, and just then Mra. Timblethorpe screamed, “There it is again! I shallcertalnly gomad!” “Oh, it’s only a mouse any way,” he coolly rejoined. | ‘A mouse would never make such a noise as that.” she gasped, Thus appealed to he was brougut to his feet the second time, and after a diligent search i The goose-bone has long been an honored weather prophet. In some of the back counties of Kentucky the farmers make all their arrange- ments in accordance with the predictions of the goose-bone. In some localities the goose-pone is laid aside. labeled with the hggle and it is said that one old farmer In Breathitt county has the bones extending back formore than forty years. To read correctly the winter of any year take the breast-bone of a a Boose hatched during the preceting spring. e bone is translucent and it will be found to be colored and spotted. The dark color and heavy spots indicate cold. If the spots are of light shade and transparent wet weather, rain or snow may be looked for. Post reporter has examined three bones, one rom southeastern Kentucky, one from Jeffer- fson county ‘and one from La Porte, Ind. They indicate a motley winter, with a mild December and January and a cold February. ge A Left-Handed Lang Tester. From the Orbisonia Despatch. , night a young man was bragging about the strength of his lungs, and itivited a girl in the company to hit him in the breast. She said she was left-handed, had washing that was tired and didn’t feel ve urgent request, let go at went to pick him up he: would die easier lying dow? new exposition of the law, to the effect that a man sane enot toplot a crime and plan its consequences, is sane enough to be hung, re- mouth body fn thie 3 ‘was the equal of keep his tace smoothly full front to the audience, with bia | and in the strongest t | agp chive 3 pone not ‘was using of di mono- rns eee es A Sweet 5 , mm: Gene cbateted ok bain cae ‘metropolitan politician to his help- , as he awakened.late one morning during f | object of calling upon the Queen was to settle found the cat struggling with the smallest kind of a small mousein the lower entry. He fired them both out of the window and has been in bed ever since. This happened about three weeks ago, and in the meanwhile, being a stout man, he has recast the old adage so that it reads: “And the mountain Jabored and bi forth the rheumatism.” pf ed _____ RATLROADS. 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EORGE MATTINGLY, General Supt. . WELCH, Agent. om at lus office, 496 C -atrest leading phy <iciaus of Baltimore. Futaw street, Baltimore, Ma. ‘ORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS. ‘EAMER LADY OF THE LAKE Nour t rewarded by OT FADAME DE FOREST dies. Ail female complaints M daily ai ¥24 7th strwet: HAS REMEDY FOR quickly cured. Can be ion as FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, COM- iS " northwest. Ufiice hows MENCING QCTOLER 1, re from Tip Socock pea v_yel0-6mn" Socod-clase Fare to Fortress Sontse and Noctis 60 LD MEDAL AWARDED THE AUTHOR! Fire-cises Fare to Piney Point eud Pont Lookout *1:30 | (CLD Anew and great Medical Work, warranted the best and cheapest, indixpenssbie to every man, entitied “THE —__— SCIENCE 01 - Fare to Point and Point Lookont. 75 See ee ° . e ‘oth street wharf.” ‘the. 4 THR NEW YORK STEAMERS eee Calling on Maud 8s. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Yesterday afternoon an Enquirer orter paid a visit to Maud 8. at Chester Park. The arumor that got afloat tothe effect that her majesty was very sick. The beautiful mare was found in the field surrounded by thetrack. She was alone, and was greedily cropping the grass. As the reporter and a friend approached the mare she ceased lunching long enough to walk over to the visitors as though to welcome them. After a short talk she resumed her ‘ronomi- cal exercises, and it was evident that she was a mighty wae nee for a sick mare. She a little darker than she does when on the and, having her winter coat has the trotting season. Mr. Phipps was asked if Maud was sick, and he re. Hed that she Was as Well as she ever waane Tey “Has she any trouble left from her Hartfora accident?” “None in the least.” LANE ROUTE. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED. BETWEEN NEW YORE AND LIVERPOOL. CALLING AT CORK HARBOR ‘RATES OF PASRAGE. sccommodstions, FS and 5200, sonceaene Return