Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1881, Page 7

Mory Halleck Foote’s second illustrated paper | From ¢ January Century, ‘A Provinelal Capital of le of a well-to-do family: a originally built for an ec- . and, as may be imagined, ly of three.- There le sense of unexplored space in < of high, airy rooms, opening one into another, and all opening on the corridors, which snded the front and rear courts. * * * ud of the bedside tray of cotfee and rusks served by the waiter with the impenetrable head | of hair, who never knocked at the door, one awakened to the luxury of a bath, a daintly served eup of chocolate or abumperof hot milk, | fresh fresh fruit, in the flower-scented | dining at whatever hour one chose to ask air of early morning was indescriba- | bly pure and cool,—cool enough to suzgest an opea fire to an English or American constitu- | tion,—but the sunny side of. the corridor was a | «xl substitute. The flowers were freshiy edand fragrant. All the galleries in Mex- feo surrounding t' inner court are lined with flowers. It is one of the prettiest features of their demestic architectur The vi ies- tooned along th ‘hes stirred a little in the | breeze which lifted and let fall the heavy leaves of the banana tree near the dining-reom } door. Clear shadows slanted across the pale- tinted stone facade of the cloistered gallery. There wasa hammock of Panama grass, swing- he little daughter of the by a fluffy white poodle, ed whom she addressed as “Enrique! nd Alma! (Oly seal) A man-servant, of the shade of complexion | , called moreno—chi late with a little milk in | es of chocolate, unmixed; in a white | ase, with a red sash girding the waist, shudled listlessly about the gallery at this hour, watering the plants or sweeping the red-tiled pavement with a broom made of palm splints. ‘There was a parrot, like a great jewel, on his nthe sun. ‘The gray turtle-doves are re- the Mexicon servai as harbingers » the house where their soft gutteral note is heard, but the Casa G——— rejected this superstition of the country, and gave shelter to 3 of the house were very sh voices or footsteps were ever rang. If the young mis- f « servant. stie stepped into the cortidor and slapped her hands. The signal was answered by Leonarda. or Rita, or Michaela, or the disconsolate Ascension, who did every- thing with a fine gloomy air, even to the carry- ing about on his shoulders of the little Jose, the child of Leonar da, the Camarista. Their | s reconciled one to the only the deep.echoing bay of J-hounds chained to the nd the stamping of the horses’ feet on the pavement of their stalis un- der the arches. * * * The first ceremonious meal at which the family assembled was the midday breakfast, almuerzo. There was a suc- cession of courses, chiefly meats, in surprising | quantity and variety in a climate where a little | ani col mal food is sufficient, ending with dulces and | fee. After the soup, Tice, cooked in Mexican | fashion, was invariably served and eaten with | bananas. The game and poultry had the ad- vantaze of a most perfect cooking over a charcoal fire. A spit is used in roasting, and every Mexican kitchen is well provided with a | multitude of pottery vessels, even to pottery griddies.dizht and clean, which seemed to me | far preferable to our heavy, unappetizing metal | ones. From time to time a national dish appeared, Father to humor the guests’ fancy for their nov- | elty than for a preference for them on the part | of th One cailed turco, I was told, is of It is composed of chicken, axte made of the flour of a | : ate dried pea, and served | with a sauce of complex flavor. Raisins and | olives are an incidental feature of it, and the | Whole dish tastes of the Arabian Nights. = Shall Women Practice Medicine? The most serious obstacles to be encountered are not always the most real ones. that women do, the question of capa- outranked by the question of taste. Whether woman, with all her organic imperfec- tions on her head, can be theoreticatly supposed the study and practice of medicine: | whether, which is quitea different question. there actually exist any number of women | whose capacity in this direction has been fairly tested and demonstrated—these are interesting subjects of inquiry. But the most complete ly affirmative answer to such inquiry might still leave unsettled a question of much more importance for that large class of people whose convictions and actions are under the permanent domination of their tastes. These | ask not, “Is she capabl but, “Is this fear- fully capable person ni Will she upset our idea! of womanhood, and maidenhood, and the social relations of the sexes? Can a woinan phy- sician be lovable; can she mi can she have will she take care of them? If she “Quest ce qu'une femme,” ‘ench journalist in this connection, ‘‘qui west ni epeuse ni mere?” “God.” declared a ‘ian well versed in the counsels of ‘never intended women to practice Hence the inference that piety, if nothinz else, demanded the exclusion of women from the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is from the peculiarity of the conditions in- volved that the handful of women now en- gaced in the practice of medicine may | ¢ con: ered im any way to affect or endanger | | | rrangements or sucial ideals. Thou- ¢ women, from manifold causes quite us to medicine, remain celibates all eproaches them for re- fusing the duties of wifeand mother. Thousands of women earn their living by non-domestic la- bor: one profession, that of public teaching, pructically thrown open to women only during the last half century, is already thronzed by t Yet ho one feels that the foundations of are therefore liable to be overthrown. tis it in the profession of medicine which | at present such different feeling and | bitter prejudice? There are several In the tirst place, the profession of | - has always been subjected to popular “prions, and the odiam due to these i: arily shared by the women who aspir hysielana. Again, by a soeial fiction, it at the usual employments now by women are to be filled by them only thing, While waiting for marriage, or a8 a resource _ widewhood or desertion. Even such pro- «! work as teaching Is expected to be - arter a few years, and there is much, st in the primary grades of teaching, to ‘h interruption rather desirable. But -ssion of medicine’ must be chosen de- y. and net at hap-hazarl, from a strone and genuine taste.and not’ from the | here pressure of economic necessity; it must | be secivusly prepared for in youth; must be entered upon at the age at Which at present not yield its best y has’ been reached; if at all, for a life nee is required either an accidental cy or a deliberate renun nof mar- for the sake of me@icine, such as is not rd to any other work; or | ele sueh an adjustment of domestic claims lirender them and the practice of medi- by married women mutually compatible ry P. Jacobi, in North American Re view. aoe = Norwegian Table Manners. - Lapp and Finn, by F. Vincent. vanners are at a low ebb in Norway. does not seem to be regarded as | he same people who bow so yery cere- | ytoeach other and express sympathy est In the veriest trifles of life, and who rimace fully five minutes at an open they can determine which shall enter are exceedingly ill-bred during meat hme Their knives wander so far down their thr “fone must at least admire their Couraxe. though failing to appreciate its object. Ik eats they rival the professional knife. of Bombay. They hold their forks Even a four-tined fork is not consid- iwieldy to use as a toothpick. All promiscuousiy into the butter | “l is never provided with it. Also when spoons are fur- 2 dish a Norwegian generally <hisewn. Eggs are sucked from | The people eat more voraciously, dis- | ~ the appetites of tigers, and making dis- c with their mouths. They rise | tcross the table for something you wily pass them, and sometimes a per- Spand walks to the end of the table he fancies. are changed at the end of a In this, asin } the the reverend rector, Dr. Hallam, explained ° ¥£ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 18SI-DOUBLE SHEET. GARFIELO’s TOMB the Cincinnati Enquirer. The following extract from a letter written by a lady of this city in Cleveland, in reference to ains the following descrip- | the restin, g-place of our martyred President, will be read with interest: “So long a time has elapsed since the obse- quies that many strangers visiting Cleveland are surprised to learn that a detachment of United States infantry are still detailed to watch the vault wherein lie the remains of our honored President. Night and day can: be heard the measured tramp. tramp of the sentry on duty, and it is intended to continue this watchfulness until the body is deposited in the ground. Through the grated door of the vault can be seen the elegant casket given by the Ma- sonic brethren. Covered with beautiful flowers; kept fresh by loving hands, itis still visited daily by ~ hundreds of people, many of whom eagerly seek the ’ cast-off blossoms as —_ mementoes. Near the vault is the shelter-house, and on the other side of the lake the white tents of the soldiers are pitched. At the base of the hill upon which the monument is to be placed, a glass-house is erect- ed, inclosing the funeral-car. still trimmed with immortelles, and the trappings of woe. An aged couple, who had been gazing with tear-dimmed eyes upon the casket, approached the guard and asked if they might not permitted to have a few flowers from off thecoffin. He told them that he could not open the vault. They were much disappointed, and said that they were from the distant south, had aways been rebels, but that the death of Garfield had changed their feelings, and that they had journeyed far for the privilege | of standing by his tomb. Just then the ladies | who were tochange the flowers arrived, and no- | ticing the disappointed look upon the faces of the aged couple, asked if they could do anything for them. They replied: ‘We crave but a few blossoms to carry away with us.’ The ladies picked out a few of the choicest of the flowers. twined together prettily, and presented them to i the pleading pair, who. departed sadly but pleased | with the memento, which will always keep green | in their hearts the memory of the noble and beloved Garfield.” —___+¢-______ Bonaparte and What He Ate. That which probably prevented Bonaparte from becoming a gourmand was the idea which constantly pursued him that toward thirty-five or forty he would become obese. Far from | having ennched the gastronomic repertory, one dish only is due to him among all his victories— the poulet a la Ma: The historic poulet was | first fried in oil. owing to Napoleon’s cook be- | ing forthe moment short of butter. He drank very little wine, always Bordeanx or Burgundy; he however preferred the latter, and Chamber- tin above all other growths. After breakfast, as after dinner, he took a cup of coffee. He was irregular with his meals, ate fast and badly; but therein was perceptible that absolute | will which he brought to everything ; so goon as appetite made itself felt it must be satisfied, and his table service was so appointed that any- where, or at any hour, he could find a fowl, cutlets, and coffee ready for him. He break” fasted in his bedroom at “10 o'clock. invit- ing almost always those who happened to be near him. Bourrienne, his secret: during the four or five years he was with him, never saw him partake of more than two dishes at a meal. One day the Emperor asked why his tabie was never served with crepinetfes decochon (a ragout made of hashed meat mixed with morsels or fringes of pork.) Dunand, the Em- peror’s maitre @hofel, remained for an instant staggered by the question, and replied: “Sire, not gastronomic.” mediately after- ah! bah! idle tales; ¥ shall work for “Sire,” Dunand then said,-“your Majesty shall be obeyed at breakfast to-mor- row.” And next day the head mailre Chotel of the Tuileries served up the required dish, only that the crepinettes were made with slices of partridge. a difference unperceived by the Em- peror, who ate with great relish. ‘Your dish is excellent, and I compliment you upon it.” Na- poleon, when campaigning, frequently mounted on horseback early in the morning and re- mained in the saddle throughout the day. Care was then taken to place in one of his holsters | bread and wine. and in the other a roast fowl. | He generally shared his provisions with one of i his officers still worse provided than himselt.— | Fraser’s Magazin Z Sa ege ae Leve-Miaking in 1891. (When women shall have obtained their Rihts.} From Punch. Edwin: Believe me, dearest — Angelina: Pardon me, Edwin, but is that the best alljective you can use? The word ‘-dearest” implies that I have cost you a great deal—have en very expensive. Now when I prepared our settlements with my solicitor, I— [Explains the Law of Real and Personal Property. Edwin: Thanks, darling, your lecture has been delightful. But see, the moonlight tinges the trees without. Angelina: Moonlight? I am glad you have mentioned the moon. Do you know that our planetary system is— [Exhaustively canvasses the whole system of modern astronomy. Edwin: Wonderful! But the nightingale has begun her sweet singing— Angelina: Really! That reminds me, you told me the other day that youknew little or nothing of natural history. [ have an excellent memory, and will recite a few chapters of White’s “Sel— borne” to you. [Does so. Edwin, (awaking from his slumber:) Ah, in- deed! But come, my own one— Angelina: Beloved one, as accuracy is to be more esteemed than affection, do not call me thine. Until (am married [ama femme sole, aud even when we are united the tendency of modern legislation is to separate the parties. It ‘was not so in the past—— {Gives a history of the world from the earli- est axes. Edwin, (yawning:) Charming! Most interest- ing! Sweet Angelina, you speak so well, that I should like to hear your voice mocking that nightingale. Sing, darling, sing! Angelina: I would rather tell you what I know of thorongh bass. But first let me cor- rect you. I can searcely rival the nightingale. The human frame differs materially from the frames of birds and animals. {Lectures upon anatomy in all its branches. Edwin (in his sleep): Grand! Very good! (Waking.) Ah! I must be off! Farewell, Ange- Ina. The hours will seem years when I am away from you. Angelina: Then they should not. There need be no confusion of time in your case, as you are not about to trave' round the world. Certainly, if you were, you would find your watch losing as you moved southward. In connection with the subject I may say a little about “time.” You must Know, then, that—— [Rapidly sketches the difference of the real and ecclesiastical equinox, the Gregorian reform. etc., ete. Edwin ( i nself away): Farewell, own one, or rather femme . Good-by until see thee again. [Exit to attempt to escape to America, to avoid damages for a breach of promise of ih dearest —I should say Fortunately T have taken my medi- cal degree, and can read bis mind lke an open boo (Exit to her solicitor to restrain him! = —e= “Behind Her Fan.” Frank D. Sherman in The Ceritury. Rehind her fan of downy fluff, Sewed on soft saffron sutin stuff, With peacock feathers, purple-eyed, Caught daintily on etther side, ‘The gay coquette displays a buf: ‘Two blue eyes peep above the buff: Two pinky pouting lips...... enought That Cowen mica ns surely come and hide = - Behind her tan. ‘The barque of Hope ts trim and tough, ‘So out I venture on the rough, Uneertain sea of girlish pride, Abreeze! T tack against the Ude,— Capture a kiss and eatch a cuft,— Behind her fan. ——— oo A Sm Marriage. A correspondent of the Hartford Times, no- ticing the claim that a marriage in smock or chemise, ug in Vermont, was the only one in American history, says: “I know that there has been at least one marriage of the kind in our own state, for I remember whiling away one rainy day in looking over the oid ae records of St. James’ Church in New ndon, one of the oldest parishes in this state, and there read- ing the record of a marriage between parties whose names I have forgotten, but I remember record read, “Married in her Le as Diy wat SBives and forks are apt to be sim- | it was su] to ent the husbands re- fizny Ed by the waiter apon a towel in full | sponsibility for the of the wife. Iam an- dag 21 then complacently returned to you. | der the impression that this marriaze took place frown ¢,,\t Was the Scandinavians who won | in the early part of the present center. was Men of tte the praise of wf the ‘“French- | astonished to find so many quaint Interest- ote yor.’ on account of their punc- | ing bits of information as I gathered that day Meanin, Politeness. Kind-hearted and well- | from those old records embellished as they were man ® but surely somewhat deluded old | by the rich and racy humor of Dr. Hallam, who | pointed out the items. SMALLER HATS BOUGHT. ‘The Beason for which is Not Sativ- factorily Decided by Hatters, From tne N. Y, Sun. «Is the average human head growing smaller? is @ question that hatters are asking. They have come to notice that ‘the same sort of per- sons that bought hats twenty or twenty-five years ago now buy hats much smaller. The difference 1s estimated as at least one whole size, which is equal to $¢ of an inch in circum- ference. Since 1862 the shrinkage appears to be about 0.1 of the technical ecale of the hatter a8 usually employed by the trade, of which 0.125 represents a difference of one size; but in the circumference of the head a difference of 0.3% of an inch. Twenty years ago, the hatters say. hats with a circumference of 2114 to 235¢ inches were popular (size 6 5-16 to 73¢), but now the popular sizes are 21 to 22% inches, mostly 21 to 223g, which in hatters’ sizes are 6% to 74. These are English sizes, which are reckoned about a size smaller than American sizes. Large-sized hats are not made to keep In stock as formerly, and they are only made to order. If a hat of 74 size is called fora block has to be purposely made by most hatters. Hatters are at loggerheads concerning the cause for this contraction in the size of hats. Some of them insist that men have their hair cut shorter than was formerely the fashion, and thus smaller hats are needed ; but other hatters object to that, saying thatit is not a snfficlent explanation, inasmuch as no common shock of hair when cut off will allow the wearer to fit a hat a whole sizesmaller to his head. Besides, it is argued that when a man has his hair cut. to a fighting length he wants his hat looser than before, because if it fits him closely it hurts him. It is suggested that the mode of wearing hats has changed of late, and that the present fash- ion admits of a smaller size. Hats are worn down over the eyebrows and far up on the back of the head, so that they rest on the head, but cannot be said to fit it. “Long ago all hats had acloth patch sewn on the under side ofthe brim at the back that the shirt collar as it rubbed on the hat should not be soiled. Thirty-five years ago, especially in England, that was the universal cus- tom. But this theory, as it is advanced in England, is also denied by many hatters in Lon- don and Bristol. They say that the change from larger to smaller hats has taken place within | twenty-five years, and in that time the fashion in wearing hats has not greatly changed. In some cases the objectors admit the wearing of the hat on the top of the head might aceount for the difference in the size of the hat. but in the majority of wearers, it is claimed, especially in the dolicho cephalic shaped head, it will be tound that it requires quite as large a hat when Selig on the back of the head as when worn on he top. In England, where the discussion is much more active than in this country, it is mooted whether it; is the brain or the cranium which is- diminishing. In support of the theory that it is the brain which is becoming smaller, an in- genious hatter remembers that there haye been within twenty-five years an accession to the | hat wearing community of a large number of | small-headed persdns, such as clerks and shop- keepers, who formerly never wore hats, whereas | | a large namber who formerly wore stiff hats, | | such as clergymen, now wear soft felt hats. It is only very recently that American hatters \ have noticed that the sizes ot fashionable hata, | especially the low-crowned Derby hats, are de- | manded in the smaller sizes. The oldest prac- tical hatter in Dunlap’s manufactory accounts | for the demand tor small sizes by the shape of | | the crown, which is so flat thatat will not allow | the wearer to pull his hat about his ears as he | once did. Knox says that he makes to order now for a clerk in Fulton street the lat hat he has ever built. It is size. For a Quaker in California he makes ev. year a hat number 8J¢. The hat block on which Daniel Webster's hat was made is in the possession of Balch, Price & Co., of Brooklyn. The following table gives the sizes of the hats worn by some emi. nent men in this country and in England. The English “hats are one size smaller than the American, i. e., an American hat, size 73¢, would be called a 734 size hat in Englan \Jonn La on the condi- tion of their absolute subserviency. But he ap- pears to have been almost destitute of real gen- erosity of soul; he took a positive pleasure iu wounding sensitive natures, and he was given to indulging in outbursts of brutality which sometimes passed from rough language into actual violence. As for that match-making ma- nia of his, there are two instances among many which are strikingly suggestive. One was his actually proposing, after the divorce from Jose- phine, that she should bestow her hand on the Prince of Wurtemburg, who, having come to Paris on political business, had been greatly taken by the fascinating Empress. Though the proposal was certainly made, it could scarcely haye been serious; at all events the Prince would have had reason to repent the match, for Napo- leon was in love with Josephine to the last, and proved his capricious love by his irritable jeal- ousy. In the second instance to which we refer, a marriage was really brought off, ina style that reminds us of the eastern seraglio or the guard- room; and one of the victims was no less a per- son than Davoust. Napoleon suddenly au- nounced to his brother-in-law, Gen. Leclerc, that he, Leclere, was appointed to the com- mand of the St. Domingo expedition, and must sail immediately. Leclerc remonstrated against the hasty departure. A sacred tie bound him to France. He had a sister who would be left alone in the world:— “We must have her married directly—to- morrow, for example.” “But [have no fortune to give her.” “Am [ not here? To-morrow your sister shall be married. I don’t know exactly to whom.” Shortly afterward Davoust entered to inform Napoleon that he was about to be married. “To Mademoiselle Leclere? I find the match yery suitable.” “No, general; with Madame—.” “To Mademoiselle Lecterc.” And Davoust was sent off to Madame Cam- pain in quest of his future bride. ee Romance as It Is. The south wind is sighing softly among the sturdy oaks, whose leafy branches shield from the pitiless rays of a July sun the velvety, soft lawn that stretches away to the eastward in front of a lovely DuPage.county villa. On the veranda stands a girl, lovely beyond compare, to whom & man—one whose sunny locks and beard of tawny gold hue tell plainly of the Saxon blood that flows in his veins—is talking in an earnest manner. There is a loving look in his soft, blue eyes, and he speaks with a tender earnestness that shows he is trying to get there. The ae is tapping lightly with a croquet mallet the pretty foot that peeps out half timidly from be- neath the pretty morning dress of soft. blue cloth, with two rows of ruffles up the back- stretch, and @ polonaise that never cost less than $22. eli, Bertrace, have you concluded to shake me?” says the man. The sunt flicker erratically down be- tween the leaves, making little lights and shades on the veranda; the grasshoppers sing among the red clovers; the little foot, which has sus- ended its movements during the delivery of Fitts interrogatory, resumes its occupation. Adelbert’s gaze is still fastened upon the pretty - that looks slyly down, but the smile has No answer comes. A moment longer and the foot-taps cease; one or two irresolute movements of the body; and then the white arms, gleaming out from the loose sleeves, are around his neck, and the brown locks and golden beard are mingled, while the little head goes down on his shoulder amid a storm of sobs. She has hit her bunion.—Chicago Tribune. cape egestas Advantages of a Sen Voyage. We may sum up shortly the great and unde- niable advantages derivable from a double pas- sage across the Atlantic in a good and well-ap- pointed first-class steamer. First—Freedom from care and anxiety, as to details or cost in mani it of your, for the time, pleasure pats ‘Second—The benefits of breathing, 1 at least three weeks. the pure sea air, and all | their weight. : , | Way the aforesaid veteran sums up hia philoso- @ eetuden: prema ce Wal 7 | phy. When the pickerel-fisher tinds signs “Ppa | cag Z,, | and the weather right, he takes his dip-net and | center Boncoe, 7 |Giscetay down to the river after live minnows for FEATHERED SONGSTERS. English and Fereign Song-Birds, Mr. Join Burroughs thus writes in the Jan- uary Century: The English birds are more domestic and familiar than ours; more directly and intimately associated with man; not, asa class, so withdrawn and lost in the great void of the wild and unreclaimed. England is like a continent concentrated—all the waste land, the barren stretches, the wildernesses left out. The birds are brought near together and near to man. Wood birds here are house and garden birds there. They find goo@ pasturage and pro- tection everywhere. A land of parks and gar- dens, and hedge-rows, and game preserves, and a climate free from violent’ extremes, what a stage for the birds and for enhancing the effect of their songs! How prolific they are, how abundant! If our songsters-were hunted and trapped, by bird-fanciers and others, as the lark. and goldfinch, and mavis, etc., are in England. the race would soon become extinct. Then, as arule, it is probably true that the British birds, as a class, have more yoice than ours haye, or certain qualities that make their songs more striking and conspicuous, such as greater vi- vacity and strength. They ‘are less bright in plumage, but more animated in yoice. They are not so recently out of the woods, and their strains have not that elusiveness and plaintive- ness that ours have. They sing with more confi- dence and copiousness, and as if they, too, had been touched by civilization. Then they sing more hours in the day, and more days in the years. This is owing to the milder and more equable climate. I hear the skylark singing above the South Downs in Oc- tober, apparently with full spting fervor and de- light. The wren, the robin and the woodlark sing throughout the winter, and in midsummer there are, perhaps, three times as many vocal throats as Tere, The heat and blaze of our mid- summer sun silence most of our birds, * * * On the other hand, there are certain aspects in which our songsters appear to advantage. That they surpass the European species in sweetness, tenderness and melody, I have no doubt, and that our mocking-bird, in his native haunts in the south, surpasses any bird in the world in compass,’ variety and execution is highly probable. That the total effect of his strain may be less persuasive than the nocturne of the nightingale. is the only question in my mind about the itive merits of the two song- Bring our birds together, as they are ht together England, all our shy wood- birds—like the hermit thrush, the v , the! winter wren, the wood wagtail. the water wa: | tail, the many warblers, the greenlet, the soli- | tary vireo, etc.—become birds of the groves and | eueras; and there would be a burst of song | indeed. Pickerel-F From the Lewiston At this time of year there’s no more exciting sport than pickerel-fishing through the ice. And, taking the whole year around, Maine sportsmen have no pursuit that is more exhil- erating. Pickerel bite well after the ponds have just frozen over, and the fishermen like to get on the ice about as soon as it will bear Talk with an incorrigible angler for half an hour and you will generally find him full of old chimney’ corner superstitions and traditions of the forast and stream. One of the current belies is that the first time a green | hand goes out he is bound to have good Iuek. | Another tradition is that pickerel sometimes | swim or scoot on a down grade and sometiines onan up grade, and that when they liave their noses pointed toward the bottom, you can't ch one, if your pickerel bait were peaches and cream. The piscatorial belief in the influ- ence of the sizns of the almanac is profo And your sly old fisherman generally cons his almanac before he catches his “When the signs are in the belly they'll bite well eve time. I.don't know what the meaning of it but I s'pose they're hungry,” said a vet whom we consulted on the’ zodiacal question. will not bite well when they are spawnins. Their many traits afford a wide Tange for study. “Fish are dreadful contrary critters These foolish little fish are att he fine meshes by meal liberally fed to them. he pickerel doesn’t relish qead food aud must | be caught with live bait. The fun of pickerel- { : ce Ae gausht with live bait.) The fon of piekerel- | work and vaccinated every ehlid in the school Ex-Lieut. Gov. is Phillip] 7 ‘rin : agian =a a | OD the big toe.” ee ae | strings a-going at once. Twenty-five is a fair |! - - heimer.. Arcubishop Ot York 8 | une although two men can ich wit, 10, | ggeABd what was the result?” inquired the fon etaoe eee Haca Marval Cr ee “It ‘broke up the school,” said Uncle Billy. Napoleon could be liberal for his own sake to | Inches thick; but when you have two feet of | Gyn qimeK,a™ ueany every ease. and made the ‘those who could help him, alw solid freeze under you and un old axe ; ’ & which to penetrate it, it's more like busi- ness. Two men generally go tozether, aud one sets the sticks and arranges the lines while the other cuts the holes. The man 10 sets the lines first gets the bottom aud adjusts his bait | about two feet above it—more or less, perhaps, according to his own idea of the correct thing. | The lines are attached to poles set in the ice at an angle of about 45 degrees over the holes. Each line is also looped over a bob screwed looselyon the pole, so that when a pickerel bites and darts off, the bob is turned and forms a cross with the longer stick, thus signalizing the fisherman. One of the ways of the pickerel is to chew his bait a little while, and this is in fa- vor of his catcher. When the pickerel com- mence to bite before the lines are all set, as they frequently do, the excitement is at’ its pitch. “There goes one!” shouts one man, “There's another!” shouts his chum, dropping | his axe and running to pull bim up, and when | the 25 or 40 lines are all in and are pulli sharp, who then wouldn’t be a pickerel fisher ? | SER ‘The English Trade in Opium. It is worthy of notice that two simple plants, the poppy and thecotton, have been associated with some of the most extensive social changes | which have occurred in the history of the world. How the inconsistency which permits a Chris- tian nation like England to force a nation of Pagans to consume a poisonous drug, in face of continued protest, is to be done away with, is | inde&i a puzzling question. Yet it is ene which is now occupying some of the most thoughtfal men in England, and was recently discussed at a public meeting in Exeter Hall. If the financial aspect of the opium question were not so important, the matter would ad- mit of more easy solution, but revenues are necessary to pay national expenses, and one- sixth of the revenue of India is derived from the sale of opium. The vast proportions of this opium trade are shown in the report published at Shanzhai by the inspector-general of cus- toms concerning the relation of the foreign drug supply tothe custom of opium smoking. This | report is based on replies which were received in answer to circulars sent to the commissioners in charge oftwenty Chinese ports. By means of these circulars, information was sought con- | cerning the amount of imported opium and the | revenue on it, the amount of the native-grown | opium. the retail price ef each yariety, the | quantity consumed daily by the smokers andthe length of time necessary to develop the opium habit in those who were addicted tu its use. A suminary of the report shows that the annual importation, most of which comes trom Inda, amounts to 13.000,060 Ibs. avoirdupois, which will yield 9,000,000 lbs. of prepared opium. After payment of duty. this is worth £16,800,000 sterl- ing. To ascertain the number of those Chinese who smoke foreign opium, an estimate is made from the amount an average smoker would be obliged to pay for his daily portion, which would cost about ten pence three farthings, and hence it is believed that there are 1,000,000 smokers of foreign osium in the Chinese empire. But China contains three or four hundred millions of people, and consequently 84 in 1,000 of this Yast popuiation are consumers of foreign opium. In addition to these must be reckoned the smokers of the mative growth, which sells for about half as much as the, imported article. The quantity of this will probably not exceed the entire amount imported; but this is also used and represents an additional number of victims to the drug. The total sum paid by the Chinese yearly for this injurious indulgence is not less than £25,000,000. | The time required for the formation of the opium habit is said to vary'm&ch, and depends to a considerable degree upon the manner in which opium fs used. ‘The period estimated is from three months to ten years. When the smoking Is practiced at regular times inthe day, a few months only are eceasary to develop the habit; but if the Taree is used repaint! a aS as: SSS St. Louls has hundreds..ef people, of both 4 BACK-HANDED SPELLER. The Curious Faculty of a Young New Mexican Compositer. From the Santa Fe New Merican. Santa Fe has a young man witha mind which hasa faculty that is rarely to be found, if, in- deed, it can ever be discovered elsewhere. The gentleman in question is Hugh McKevitt, a printer, working over at Military headquarters. He Is a rapid type setter and a thoroughly good workman, so that he is not dependent on any side business for a good living, and as a conse- quence has never said anything about his spell- ing capacity, which is the subject of this item. McKevitt is a left-handed speller, and defies any one to put at him a word which he cannnot spell backward as rapidly as the best and quickest speller could give it in the usual way. ‘The other day the reporter fell in with him when he was in a mood mere communicative than usual,and had occasion to try him. In- comprehensibility was not a marker for him. As soon as the word was pronounced Mc said “Fif- teen letters,” and went at it backward so fast that his hearers were unable to tell whether he was right or wrong. “You see,” said a fellow- printer, “he can tell the number of letters in any word without a moment's hesitation, as well as he can spell it backward, and not only that, but you can give him a whole sentence, and he will tell you at once how many letters there are in it, and go right on and spell through the whole thing backward faster than most people could spell it the other way.” This thing was tried time and time again, and no word or series of words could be hit upon which were not rendered as indicated above. Of course, there are words in the English lan- guage which MeKevitt has never heard of, just as is the case with almost every other man, but he !s what would be called a fine speller, “rizht-handed,” as he says, and is familiar with the language, and any word which he has heard and can spell at all he can spell backward with astounding rapidity. The strangest part about the whole thing is that Mc- Kevitt has never practiced or studied spelling backward a day in his life. He says he does not know how he ever acquired the ability to do it, but that as soon as he hears or sees a word, even if he has neyer thought of it befo: which, of course, is the case with a large ma- jority ' of words, he knows immediately how many letters there are in it and how to spell it backward or in the rezular way. It is 80, too, with sentences. He knows at once how many words and letters in any sentence that may be suggested, and states the numbers promptly as Soon as the words are uttered. McKevitt can also distribute type backward as fast as for- ward. In the left-handed spelling there is no theory of sound to aid him, and in very many instances the letters spell nothing at all and cannot be pronounced, so that there is no ac- count for his ability to spell in that way except | to conclude that itis the result of a gift—a pe- culiar faculty of a remarkably quick mind. There is no peculiar adyantaze in all this as fay as can liscovered, but it is a curiosity and a rare one, and if anybody thinks it isn't hard to do let him try to acquire it. cist Siete eet Vaccination of Yore—A Leuisville Man’s eminiscence. A Courier-Journal reporter ran onto a squad of gentlemen in Louisville a few days ago who seemed to be engaged in a confab on some im- portant topic of the day. On approaching them he found that Dr. Godshaw, one of the city vac- cinators, was the central figure in the group, and that vaccination was the subject under discussion. The doctor was reciting the ups and downs of the business, and explaining the many subterfuges that were resorted to to es- pperation, when Uncle Billy Cross, r, remarked that public vaccina- omplished with less trouble and x expenes when he was a boy than at the pr * How did ti fi ney ery distinctly nildven in our neighborhood were Myself and my younger brother, ding a country school in Clark and one day Shortly after the school opened in the early fall, the doctor called at our house and vaccinated both of us. Mine didn’t take, but Frank’s took well and a nice sealb formed. Frank was quite a hero among the children, and one ne_coneluded to play doctor. We were all bi and he went to 1a, in re el two or three weeks there wasn't hardly a child in the neighborhood that could walk, and they had the biggest biz toes you ever saw.” Koumiss. From the Saturday Review. There are few more popular themes ‘in folk- lore talea than the resuscitation of dead heroes, or at least the curing of apparently fatal wounds. Such cures as are mentioned in popular stories are stated by Dr. Carrick to have been worked in the circle of his own acquaintance. Persons whose lives were apparently threatened with immediate extinction, men whose constitutions had given way under hardship or distress, women whose frames appeared to be utterly shattered, have left St. Petersburg, or whatever other Russian city they might happen to inhabit, apparently doomed to die in the distant province to which they were sent. A few months later they have returned home sound, healthy, even robust. The cure has been worked by the koumiss in its native land at its fitting time. The Tartar drink has proved for these persons, who were apparently destined to death, a true water of life. 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FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS, BEGIN- | t10:40—PITTSBURG, CHICAGO, CINCINNATI AND NING OCTOBER Isr. 1 SIS EXPRESS. * First-class fare to Norfolk and Fort Mi sumption) to the steppes of Samara, bearing pale gaunt forms, which will return in the au- tumn rendered by robustness unrecognizable to their dearest friends. ° Not far from the town of Samara, on the edge of the wide-stretching steepe, where the wind blows fresh from its limitless journey, where the covil grass blossoms in June, several establish- ments have been founded for the treatment of patients by koumiss. A writer in the Novoe Vremya, who visited these establishments last year, gave an interesting account of what he saw, and had only a few faults to find with the management of the koumiss establishments. The rooms might be more comfortable it seems; the beds might be softer, and sometimes cleaner. The food might decidedly be better; but this does not matter much, for the kou- miss-drinker is endowed with a wonderful ap- petite. Comfort is a word which does not come home to a Russian as it does to an English ear, and comfort at present can scarcely be looked for But there are pther attractions. All day lone what the Russians call “the dear red sun” blazes steadily in the heavens; ali night long the wind of the steppes blows fresh and cool and somniferous. The views, if mountainless, are still grand from their extent, and soothing from their flatness. At night the stars shine as they shine only out of England. But the great charm of the spot is the beverage which the visitor to it consumes. There is koumiss everywhere. it is drunk all day long. It renders days happy and tranquil, producing a sense in the drinker’s mind of its always being afternoon. At night the koumiss drinkers sleep the sleep of the demi-semi-in~ ebriated. Every morning when they rise they feel themselves better and fatter than they were yesterday. Every day their long-famished forms are gradually assuming the proportions of rude health, The establishments are at present filled almost exclusively with Russians. As yet but few foreigners have made their way to this enchanted land. One English traveler has, however, made his impression public. The reader may be referred tothe book on the Volga by Mr. Butler Johnstone, formerly member for Canterbury. Russians, it has mn been re- marked, have a good deal of the childishelement brows together to pen id the day in drinking brought er to 8] ie day inking koumiss, they exhibit the best qualities of children. They are its baa lively, amusing, and always ready to and tell stories. The visitor who is acquainted with the Russian tongue will find ample opportunities for exercis- ing his somewhat rare scocmieheret mae me mee y es but the great thi in] after the day's work is done, the conversation i sexes and all ages, who diving by stealit handle of codon, irom bates and. like smal its associated chemical derivations. Third— | possessi property of the kind the The “‘comtorts of a fimet-class hotel” in Offense. The have become @ serious widest that phrase. Fourth*- | matter to the aggregate, but it is Advantages of sea bathing in a constantly vary- | hardly worth while to make up regular petit Freedom from all worry during your ee cruize. Sixth and lastly—At the cost of a fifty! Sunday-school superintendent—‘When board abd in the *etstes” tothe lowes and | eaten the Wash eee nese S = ‘James’ Mogazine, Gultona without a cut yous 3 koumiss. 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