Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1882, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. SATURDAY, MARCH 1], 1882-DOUBLE SHEET The Zuni ee. EXPERIENCES OF MR PRANK H. CUSHING AMONG A STRANGE PEOPLE—HIS LECTURE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. ‘The lecture hall of the National Museum bufld- fag was filled last night to hear Mr. Frank H- Cushing, of the Smithsonian Institution, relate his ‘experiences amonz the Zuni Indians of New Mex- feo, who, despite their constant contact for 350 Years with European civilization, as represented by the old Spanish expiorers and Franciscan Monks, and the modern settler, have preserved their savage Individuality and their ancient tradt- tions, forms and customs uncorrupted. The six Zunt Indians, with barbarous names, brought by Mr. Cushing from their distant homes to see the “Ocean of the Sunrise,” were introduced to the and red head entire lecture. At its close twoof the Indians mie brief speeches of §reeting, which were interpreted by Mr. Cushing, the whole party united ina low song or chant, and the younzest of the pirty gave a specimen of @ Zan! dance, keeping Wine with a sort of chant humumed by bis brothers The dancer was a Moqu! Who has been adopted into the tribe of Zuni. THE ZUNI PROFLE. Mr. Cushing said the Zunis were low in stature, with well developed limbs, and a great diversity of facial expression. The women are shorter and fairer. The children are, perhaps, the most beau- tiful children in the world, but as they grow old get ugly, like other Indiaus In disposition the Zunts are peaceable and gentle, it being a Tule with them to be always careful and considerate in speech. Intellectually they are the brightest Indians Mr. Cushing ever met, but had an element of conservatism about them that pre- Vented them taking readily to new notions. Until he visited themn two years and six months ago, he Said, no stranger had ever becn admitted to their mysterious orders and sacred temples. Mr. Cush- Ing gave a very luteresting accountof his life with them, and the Way in Which he had gradually gained their contidence and iove. At first he was Fecelved with suspicion, and was constantly Watched while tuking notes and sketches. He made his way to their hearts by making presents their children. ‘The names given hit from me to time during his stay, the first denoting suspi- fon and ridicule, indicated the gradual progress he made into thelr full confidence. ADOPTED INTO THE TRIBE. He was at first adopted by the high priest as his son. Still the members of the tribe eyed him sus- Pictously, and resisted his investigations. He had taken sketches of many of the minor dances and ceremoniais, and 30 offended many members of the tribe that ft was resolved to intimidate him. Soa gtand war dance was arrunged, which was the Inost_ Magnificent ceremony he had at the time witnesse ain moment two warriors usbing with thetr clubs, giv- ton for the first time that he taking a knife wh s book int» his id, laid it at lis feet, and laughed. The warriors hesitated, then rushed back, shouted “Ke-hay,” and disappeared. They soon returned, dragging with them a large yellow dog, which was shin, one of the warriors extracting ‘the heart and liver, and oceeding to e: ‘The meaning of this was at they had discovered that Mr. Cushing was a “Ki ” or spiritual friend. Fvom that time his progress towards full communion with members Ot the tribe was steady. He resisted the proposi- tion to have his ears plerved for seven inonths, but ti viel Having cained some acquaint- ance with the language, he asked to Imve the tra- ditions of the tribe cold to him. THE HOMER OF THE ZUNIS. A council was held in bis room, and an old blind White-haired man, whom he had seen wandering about the pueblo, was led in. This old man. rt of Zuni Homer—ihen began a recital, rhythmical and metrical in proportions, which composed the Genesis of the order. It could not all be st one night. The arrangement of this epic was in books, chapters and paragraphs. It convinced Mr. Cushing that he must devote years to the Zuni Indians. In the course of eicht or nine month she Was able t speak thelr language with tolerable fluency. He then Investigated their esoteric orders, of mich there are 13, one, however, the highest THE ORDER OF THE BOW— being more strictty esoteric than the others. Mr. Cushing almed to become a member of the Order Of the Bow, and after seeuring an Apache scalp— as such a trophy was necessary for adinission to the sacred mysteries of tie order—he was at last admit- ted, having first been adopted into the Clan of the Parrot,the most aristocratic of the fam{lies or clans of the Zunis. The ceremonies of initiation, which were carried jon with great solematt y, lasted many Secount™ of the’ Soca * divittons “ among the interesting people with whom he proposes yet to spend some years of hislife. In reply to ques tions, he said their views of the future life are very much lke those of modern spiritualists. They Delleve that their people are nearer God than any Other people. When one of them was taken upon & locomotive by Mr. Cushing, he said: “Your ple are Gods, ouly they have to eat.” Mr. ‘ing has been elevated to the rank of war chieftain by his adopted brethren, eS The New National Library and the Importance of its Proper Lecation. To the Editor of the Evexte Stan. Now that there seems to be a revival ag to the question of a new library buliding, allow me to meke a few quiet suggestions connected with It, which, if they do not prove acceptable to those engineering the matter, will serve at least to show that people outside of a particular circle feel an abiding interest as to what is doing in that direction. And, In the first place, it will not, I presume, be pretended by any one that the propo- sition, a8 it now stands, has reference to a Con- ressional Library Proper, because {OF purpas of at kind the present Ubrary is more than ampte, While its location 1s the only one that could posst- biy enable it to fuifli its legitimate requirements in that respect. t then of this disguise and the project pre- sented to us is that of a National Library for the free use of all the heople, which, for magnificence as to all its details, external and internal, shall vie with the celebrated Nbraries of Europe.” I do | not Know that I have anything to say against such an establishment, tf the desire it; but what I do want to say, Is that if the pian in quetion fs to be carried out ‘the buildl Mts purposes should not be in an tsolated {tion on Capitol Hill, conventent only to a sin- §3 line of street railways, but it should be nearer the center of the city and” {ts population, present and prospective. And in this respect no locality commends Itself so much to consideration as the one where stands the Smithsonian Institution. In the first place the site at that point belongs to the government, and therefore will not take a cent out Of the public treasury in its purchase, It affords ample room for @ butlding of the most enlarged dimensions, and allowing spice for almost in- definite extension im the future. Secondly: It 15 accessible by stroct cars from the subtrbs of ‘the city in ts, and 1s besides twelve diferent directions or point near the center of a radius around which Funs a strect railroad, (the Capitol, North O and South Washington), touching an indefinite number Of points in its ciretiar course, and {Including with- in the area of its circuit probably three-tittis of the Present population of the city. ‘Thirdly: It is con- Yenient by short and pleasint walks to the most pablic and central parts of Pennsylvania avenue, and will therefore be sought for and frequented by the popular masses who t that great thor- ouchtare. Fourthly: It will bring the Mbrary bullding ‘in close proximity to the National Mu- seum, of which {t ‘naturally forms a counterpa A national and a national ary belong properly _ together. Lastiy, and more important tian all, geneousness between the uses and great public library aud the origina intentions of james Smithson as expressed in his will, whereby he bequeathed all his property to the ‘establish- ment at Washington of an tnstitution “for the in. crease and diffusion of knowledg? simong men.” Doubtless to his mind a ltbrary presented itself 25 the main instrumentality for ‘such “increase and diffusion” and as an evidence of this we find among his bequests tn connection with the munif- centsum he left for the purpose, a small, select Library, the nucleus, as it were, for a larger and more comprehensive one. Such’ also was the ¥ which Congress took of the rin arceptin; the gift: for in the act of Aucust 10, 1846 organiz- Ing the Smithsonian Institution, by Sections 5 an Sdescribing the building to be erected, It 1s pro- Vide thet ft shall include a hall “suitable for the Feeeption and arrangement of # libra and That the books of Smithson shail be de there. By section 8 of the same act the “regents are required to make an annuaf aver- age appropriation of enty-tive thousand dollars | for the formation of a library of works pertaining to all departments of knowledge.” ‘This provision has never as yet been repealed, but fs operative to- day, althouzh the learned savans who. controled the institution Aprit, 1866, then succeeded in secur- of ab act through Congress trans- ferriug the library of the iustitution to the library Of Congrwss, literally consigning it to the “tomb of the Capulets," where its identity seems to be now lost. The day of resurrection, it ts. to be ho} however, is at hand, when the institution will be Temanded to the orietmal purposes of its founder, #8 WATUN bom! by the Congress o€4846 and preced. ing ones; wad when the magnificght site, or rather One of the series of sites, contiguous to’it will be Utilized for & national brary building. Vantages in for the purpose oer bw ‘rior odes other designated, and arably so to the isolated and expensive one east Of the Ca pitol. es SMITHSON. March 10, 1882 —+eo—_—____. ‘THE MINtxo TxoveLEs.—The Cumberland Times, referring to the Curnberland coal troubles, favors &b advance in the rates in the Clearfield region = “Ir a magans of the cost of the Clearfield rerion eaters into wunderselts us,” {t says, “then our Grease and thetrs will’ increase. operat uve endeavored to compete with the “searfield = by economizing in every direc- ton, and the boatmen have been the principal sufferers among the laboring men. The operators taink they wifi ship three million tons of coal if the mint ts but 50 cents a ton; otherwise Shey will hot sip halt that amount, and weir employes will be halt the time idle.” ro ALL O¥ THE DocuMENTS In connection with the Cochet and Landreau clams against the Pern. Viaa government have Leen foun amon the ar- ‘Of the palace at Lins. ‘They are to be pub- and some interestlng revelations are prom. a trade will de- For years the American people | RELIGIOUS NOTES. —Rev. N. L. Beard has resigned the pastorate ‘of the Lutheran church, at Burkettsville, Md. —Rev. Dr. Sutton, formerly of Richmond, Va., has taken charge of the Episcopal church in Owensboro’, Ky. —Gov. Long, of Massachusetts, has issued a proclamation appointing the 6th of April as a day of “fasting. humiliation and prayer,” in that commonwealth. — Seven hundred conversions are the result of seven weeks’ revival work in Cincinnati un- der the leadership of Harrison, the “boy preacher.” — The last six weeks have seen Messrs. Moody and Sankey in Glasgow, Scotland. They have held large meetings and have met with great success in their work. — The propriety of rising when the “hymn before sermon” is sung is suggested by a writer in one of the religious journals, on the ground that “it gives relief to the muscles and fits one the better to listen to the sermon.” — There Is no foundation, Dr. Schaff says, for the report that the demand for the Revised New Testament has almost ceased. On the contrary, the demand at present is greater than it has been for several months past. Thirty editions have been brought out in this country alone. —Treating upon “esthetic clergymen” the Rochester Express states a case of a clergyman at Utica who spoke of “Jonah passing three days and three nights in the whale’s society.” There is a clergyman in New Jersey who has been heard on several public occasions to allude to “ Jonah being in the whale’s stomach.” —Standing sponsor for her own ugly dwarf of an offspring, and at the same time acting as priest, Unbelief names it “Agnosticism ;” thinks the new name makes the prodigy something new in realit; |, like all foolish mothers, re- gards her own infant asthe most pretty, pre- cious :ittle darling the sun ever shone on.—The Moravian. —Bishop Ryle, of England, says that much of the Christianity of to-day is ‘Jelly-fish religion,” of which the basis is, as far as it has any, ‘no dogma, no distinctive tenet, no positive doc- trine.” He holds that, both in the church of England and out of it, there are hundreds of ministers who have not a single bone in their “body of divinity.” —There are said to ve signs of a storm in the Episcopal church. Bishop Whipple of the Min- nesota diocese declares his intention of licensing two women as lay readers,—because no men can be found to fill the places. They do not have the functions of the clerzy; but are simply licensed to read the service and such sermons as the bishop puts in their hands. —The Church Union, in speaking of the ciga- rette nuisance, remarks that it is not confined init. It adds: “We have seen a lady lay down her cigarette onthe piano before playing and nother who held the cup of coffee in one hand and the weed in the other. 0 for freedom here from ‘the smoke that ascendeth for ever and ever!” —The congregation of a Canada church brought an action at law against a man who had rented a pew in which he was in the habit of sleeping and snoring so as to disturb the | people, to compel him either to abate the nuis- ance or to stay away. The court decided that he had aright to remain awake and listen to vhat is going on, or take his ease in slumber. “If that decision is sustained,” The Christian Advocate thinks ‘the result will be a mighty ar- gument for free seats.” — A correspondent of the N. Y. Times, speak- ing of the salary offered Dr. Paxton by the West- ern Presbyterian church, of that city—#12,000 a year—says: ‘These salaries sound large, but when $5,000 to $4,000 a year is deducted fora house, it is not so very great, for pastors can’t move miles away to the suburbs. Our Baptist pastors are not all of them so favored in respect ofremuneration. There is not more tnan one who receives over $10,000, and not more than two who get as much. Several receive $6,000 and perquisites.” ~— Worshiping by telephone has become aprac- tical success in Hartford, Conn. Every Sunday a hundred or more subscribers are put on the South Church circuit, and generally succeed in following the service with only occasional and slight interruptions. The solo singing sometimes Teaches them in a rather iia iante condition, and if the preacher tarns his back on the trans- mitter there is a break in the sermon; but, on the whole, the instrument does fairly well by the choir and clergyman. — Rev. James S. Payne, D.D., who served two terms as President of Liberia, and who had been in the Gospel ministry for forty years, died at Monrovia, January 31. He was born in Rich- mond, Va., December 25, 1819; emigrated to Liberia with his parents in 1829, in the ship Harriet, sent by the American Colonization Society, and received his education in the schools’ of the infant colony. Mr. Payne was ordained in 1840, In New York, by the late Bishop Janes, and in 1848 visited the United States as a commissioner to arrange the terms of separation of the Colony of Liberia from the American Colonization Society. He was elected President of the Republic in 1867, and again in i 18%. He attended the General Conference of the Methodist E. Church, at Cincinnati, in 1890, as a delegate from the Liberia Annual Con- ference. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him Jaauary 3ist last, by Liberia College. Mr. Payne was of pure Atrican descent, of marked ability as a man and a preacher, and | a successful writer on the science of political economy. The influence of his life will be con- tinued for many generations. — To-day there are many so-cailed Christian pulpits in the land where men professing to be ministers of the Gospel, with the Bible before | them, preach infidelity, if not as gross and out- spoken yet as rank as that uttered by Abner Kneeland; and if they do not scoff as he did, or as Ingersoll does, at the Word of God, they teach that it 1s largely made up of myths and fables, that it has no binding authority over us, that its good precepts came from Confucius and Buddha, and have no more authority than the productions of any good men. They outstrip | Theodore Parker, who told us that “four great religious teachers had appeared in the world’s history, all excellent men, and doubtless others would appear who might excel them: Moses, Mahommed, Jesus Christ and Budda.” Thous- | ands of men and women listen to their teachings every Sabbath, and have thus their religious faith undermined, and their prospects for eter- nity ruined. More mischief, vastly more, is done by their preaching to the religious faith and hopes of thousands, than the writings of scores of ‘Yom Paines or Voltaires ever could | accomplish.— The Boston Watchman. — One of the most pleasant little devices ever introduced into a church fair as an aid to money- making was the ‘esthetic concert” given last week at a fair in one of the fashionable churches of Brooklyn. This was radically different from all other musical entertainments, The with- drawal of the curtain revealed a board covered with canyas and pierced with six holes, each | large enough to exhibit a part of a human face. | Around each hole was the outer part of a sun- flower, or other floral decoration. Six well- j trained singers stood behind this board, and if | Presented a most interesting and comical ap- iq » pearance, as only their noses and mouths ap- ed through the openings. They sang lother Goose songs to “Patience” airs, and j did their work with such commendable vivacity | as to make their ‘esthetic concert” the princi- pal side show of the entertainment. The patrons of this concert were pledged not to tell the other persons what it consisted of, but to let them sat- isfy their own curiosity on paying the dime which was charged for admission to each repeti- | tion of it: The show, which lasted for only | about fifteen minutes, was repeated a number of | times in the course of the evening, and yielded | @ handsome return to the treasury of the fair. —In the course of an article on the causes of failures in the ministry, The Baptist Weekly | says: ‘That frequently a man starts with good | promise in the work of the ministry, and after- wards proves a failure, must be conceded. Too often this comes from absolute laziness, a disin- — ere the time — int the ac- quisition o! e knowledge and palpit ration indispensable to acceptability in tab sees Many 8 young man also is in far too much haste to enter into matrimonial relations. Lately we had a sad case of a yor minister of twenty- six years, accidentally killed while in a secular employment. He intended to Lipari his studies, but had married, and was can marry before their j completed. "Many @ young willing, for the sake of a defer marriage, and to class library, and Series tai sod mt i ire ed posed ds % marriages are chargeaple } terial failures. Well | things youog ! to boys, but that men and even ladies indulge | HOME MATTERS. VARIOUS USEFUL HINTS—DEATH IN RARE MEAT— HOW TO TREAT CUT FLOWERS—NEEDLEWORK NOTES. JAPANESE Napkins folded in the shape of fans, and putin glasses at each end of the top shelf on the sideboard, are light and ornamental. CeLery VINEGAR is made by soaking one ounce of celery seed in halfa pint of vinegar (white wine, or good cider vinegar.) This is much used to flavor soups and gravies. Tere Is Notuixe Better to clean window- glass with than a chamofs skin. Wash the skin carefully first; after washing the glass rinse the skin, wring it dry, and wipe the glass with it. No other polishing will be required. Never Foup a Gossamer water-proof inside out; it is the inside which should be kept free from soil of an kind. ae pomnin this is super- fluous advice, please observe the manner in which most of your acquaintances fold them. One May Urinize old matting, which is no longer fresh enough to look well, by putting it under carpets. It can be cleaned perfectly by washing it on both sides with hot salt and water; hang it ona line outdoors to dry. Watering Hovse PLants.—There is but one time for watering plants, that is—when they need it. If the soil In a pot Is already moist, do not give it more water. If the earth is very dry and packed hard, plunge the pot ina pail of water and let it soak. THE DISCUSSION OF THE VALUE OF A SIMPLE SKIM Mux Dret in Bright’s disease has been revived. The Hartford Times is one of the journals which publish testimony concerning the effeets of the treatment, and it says that a banker of | that city who used nothing but thoroughly | skimmed milk has fully recovered. A Lovety Tiny, which will brighten up a dark chair, is made of two strips of shaded scar- let satin ribbon. Paint a little green vine and twe or three daisles on the ribbon: between the two strips put an insertion made of hand-knit linen lace; on the edge put lace made in the same way, pulling it at the corners so that it will lie out flat. Of coursetorchon may be used for this, but the knit lace is a little later style.— NN. ¥. Post. “Mararta,” “malarial fever” and ‘nervous prostration,” have become unpopular terms in Washington, because people have cynically come to believe that they indicate that the patient, if a man, is only suffering from the effects of much wine at dinner. So that when a Washington rson hasan attack of honest chills and fever he prefers that it should be believed that he has pneumonia, small-pox or some other innocent disease; but he shudders at ‘‘malaria.”—¥. Y. Heraid. THe DANGERS OF Rane MEAT.—Many persons like rare, or as our English cousins call it, ‘‘un- | derdone” meat. It has the adv: ze of sreater | digestibility, but the dr that ‘the eges of tapeworms, — tr and such like unwelcome guests may lurk in vigor- ous lifé in it. Even amore serious danger has lately been pointed out by Dr. Toussaint of Paris. He thinks that the poison which pro- duces consumption and scrofula is thus intro- duced into the system. The raw flesh of tuber- culous animals he avers can convey the disease, and as such animals are far from uncommon he recommends that all meat be subjected toa temperature of at least 160 degrees Fah. throughout before being eater. How To Keer Cct Flowers Fresu.—Almost the first thought that follows admiration for a freshly-picked bouquet is how it can be pre- served the greatest length of time. Many ex- periments have been undertaken to prevent flowers from fading—such as placing salt in the water, dipping the stems in hot water, or nip- ping them off and applying sealing-wax. We have tried all methods, and have come to the conclusion that changing the water in which the stems are plunged, frequently, and_sprink- ling the flowers hourly will keep them fresh and fair longer than will other treatment. The wa- ter used should be tepid. The cooler the tem- perature of the apartment the better. Never leave flowers under a gas-jet or they will imme- diately blight. The last thing at night change the water on the stems and sprinkle the flowers thoroughly. Tie oyer the vase or basket tissue- paper which has been soaked in water. Over this tuck newspaper. In the morning the flowers will be found as fair as the night pre- vious. Roses fade quicker than most any flowers. Heliotrope will wilt and blacken with the tenderest care. It should be nipped froma bouquet as soon as it loses freshness. Lilies. tulips, Narcissus, Euphorbias, hyacinths and all flowers with succulent stems can be preserved several days. A “golden crown” was made of yellow tulips for the casket of a dead friend. It was borne in the vault and left on the coffin. One month afterwards on openjng the vault the crown was found perfectly fresh, the cold and damp atmos- phere of the tomb having preserved it. It is a very good plan to place tulips or lilies in wet moss, which keeps their stems damp and aids in preserving them. Baskets can be easily filled with moss which is first soaked in water. It must be tied in with fine cord and trimmed off neatly at the edges. Place the stems of the tu- lips with their toliage in the moss as_ thickly as they will stand. A basket of . lily of the valley made in this way is charming, and will serve as a centerpiece for the table a fortni An old bandbox can be cut down and effectively filled with tulips, lilies or hyacinths, with perhaps two or three spikes of scarlet Euphorbia japonic in the middle. Lycopodium is pretty’ to tuft around and hide the edge of the box.—Our Con- linent. be NEEDLEWORK NOTES. Round straw boxes with covers are trans- formed into handsome collar boxes by lininz them with silk after they have been embroidered outside with a wreath of daisies, cornflowers, forget-me-nots, buttercups, or any other fa- yored flower. The top is ornamented with a bow of satin ribbon of some contrasting color. For pincushions in daily use the hemstitched and fringed doyleys of momiecloth, either white or gray, embroidered in outline stitch in Eng- lish silks, are used. The designs are usually humorous, and, if original, so much the better. The desirability of such covers lies, of course, in the fact that they can be often washed. Children’s bibs are made of the oblong momie cloth towels with borders. Theseare cut out to fit the neck, and the front is ornamented with some of the many prevailing scenes out of child life in outline stitch. Housekeepers fond of dainty napery cannot find anything more pleasing than doyleys of fine linen, fringed on the edge and hemstitched within, describing a central square. The corners of this hemstitching do not intersect, and much trouble is hereby saved to the needlewoman. The inside is divided into diamonds, with brown- ish yellow silk in outlinestitch; and inside of the diamonds are central rings with rays and four- leaved clovers, also in outline stitch. Other doyleys have bunches of cherries, flowers, and conventional designs, but these are all done in brown tints, searcely varied Re other colors, and in the finest of silks. Still others have Chinese and Japanese pottery designs. donein the lighter blues, reds, and olivegreens.—Art Amateur. eo = SuMivan Making More Money Than He Did wy the Fight. Boston interview. “Have your exhibitions been successful, Mr. Sullivan?” “I should say so; I have made more money by them than by the fight.” “It is reported that most of the money that yon received in that way had to be divided among your backers. Is it true?” “Thave no fault to find with the men who backed me; they proved my friends all Eamagh, and I would be the last man to find fault with the terms I made with them. I am not pre- easy to say what those terms were at present; rat I am perfectly satisfied.” “Do you intend to give any exhibitions in Boston?” “T shall give one of the grandest displays of sparring science here in Boston ever witnessed in this country, if possible, in about three weeks, at Music Hall. Of course, there has been @ great deal of prejudice on the part of man‘ people regarding the but] am going to, possible, educate them different! it. A man may be a gentleman, and yet piece Bese luduige in a little ing exercise, is my opinion. 1 madea friends while on the road. I think I shall 8 sparring school in Boston next fall. “Did you make Ca gered at the walk which a been finished?” asked the World. “I did not bet, altho had I done so, I should have put my money towards the last on Noremac; he Is the coming man, I think; he stood the walk better than any of them.” Be you intend to have any fights this spring? “My backers are tn: ite reputition by rept I shall have to cont a for some time tocome, ISall Scep Wiv Him To-night. From the Detroit Chafl___+~— Sometimes I believe the little ones say the best things after all. I know alittle family in De- troit who are heart-broken and sad this Satur- day night. There were three last Saturday, but to-day only two are lest. The tie that bound them more closely than that which the clergy- man drew has lately Deen loosened, and the light of their lives went out with the red winter sun only the other night. The father is a rail- road man, whose duties call him away from | home nearly three-fourths of the time. It was his habit, whenever he was about to start for home, to telegraph his wife apprising her of the fact. In these telegrams he never failed to men- tion the name of the little fottr-year-old, and the dispatches usually ran as follows: “Tell Arthur I shall sleep with him to-night.” The baby-boy was very proud of these tele- grams, which his mottier would read over and over to him, and he considered the ‘‘teledraf” a great institution. The other night, when the fever had done tts work and the mother was sobbing out her ancuish, the little one turned calmly inshis bed and said: “Don’t ky, mamma; I s'all s'eep wiv Dod, ’00 know. Send Dod a teledraf and tell Him I s‘all s'eep wiv Him to-night.” But the message went straight Up There with- out the clicking of wires or the rustle of wings. jets Dt ada Sg AA Efficacy of Oil on Stormy Seas. The value of oil thrown on the billowy sea as asafeguard to tempest-tossed ships has long been asserted by eminently competent observers, but some recent experiments on the other side of the Atlantic so strikingly attest the efficacy of this simple and inexpensive expedient for | quieting the sea or breaking the force of its high-crested waves that they cannot be ignored by seamen, During the late Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the steamship Loch Awe |in the North Sea (owing to the shifting of her cargo and consequent unmanageabieness when struck bya large wave), her captain testified that resort to this expedient after the crew took to their only sound boat saved them. “On | the approach of a w: "he says, “we | poure out a quantity oil, and the | boat drifting trom it the wave us quietly. We poured out about half a pint of oil each time, and it smoothed. the head of the broken sea and prevented it trom breaking over the boat.” The London Shipping and Mercan- tile Gazette of the 13th ult. mentions that within year it received from five of its corre- spondeuts similar testimony to the efficacy of oil in smoothing the sea around vessels or boats in stormy weather. Experiments recently madeat Montrose by the life-boat at that port in very dangerous and rough weather show that on the approach of alarmingly heavy seas the crew were “astonished to find that by the time the sea came to them it had fallen to nothing.” The film of oil with which the.sea is covered of course eannot diminish the volume of the wi But it is generally the crest of the wa hurled against a craft that does the fatal mischief, and the oil, by smoothing the tops of the seas, renders thein comparatively harmless. Although it may seem impracticable to apply this means ona scale large enough to help a vessel of much size in an ugly ocean, there can be no doubt that the measure would often prove available for the boats of a wrecked ship, and in the perilous work of the life-saving service. Mechanically the theory of vil quieting the troubled waters is certainly correct. The only question as respects the practicability of its use ts whether the endangered life-boat or any other craft can earry oil enouzh to accomplish the desired end. Inthe Montrose experiments only six gallons of the complement of dark cod oil sufficed for quite protracted tests, and in the case of the Loch Awe's boat the wrecked crew rode out five hours of storm, occasionally using a very small quantity of’ the tranquilizing agent. As the lowest description of unrefined oil, easily stowed in a few cans, will serve the purpose, this safeguard of life at sea can un- questionably be used to great advantage in hun- dreds of shipwrecks, and should be adopted by every life-saving service. A Sad Tale. From the Chicago Tribune. “Does your father know ?” “He does not. Thank Heaven, that sorrow was spared him.” The crickets climbed under the flagstones, and the warm, south wind came in soft puffs over the meadows, bearing upon {ts bosom the scent of the red-topped clover and the ox-eyed daisies, as Rupert Redingote and Aphrodite McGuire stood by the path that led from the farm to the village of Roussillon, Macoupin county, while the swallows circled around in the fast-coming twilight, giving forth now and then little sleepy twitters, as if anxious for the warmth and com- fort which their nests afforded. They were to be married in the fall, these two—in the merry, hard cider andcornhusking tme—and, although searce three months had passed since Rupert pressed upon her pulsing lips the solemn be- trothal kiss, Aphrodite trusted him with a per- fect faith that was almost sublime in its passion- ate intensity ‘So the old man didn’t hear about my getting full?” said Rupert. 4 “No,” was the girl’s response, as with a little happy take-it-away-for-ten-cents sob, she laid her gum-filled cheek upon Rupert’s breast and wined her dimpled arms about his neck—‘if any one had told him it would have been a cold day for you.” “You are singing on the right key now, Aphrodite,” was Rupert's reply. “If the terei- ble tact had come to his knowledge he would part us forever. His position as deacon in the chureh would not allow him to overlook the fault, even should his stern, Puritan nature relent. No, darling, we must not let him know of this sin of mine.” As Rupert spoke a bugszy was seen coming rapidly up the laue, and as it reached the gate the horse stopped suddenly, and the man inthe vehicle came out over the aniial’s head and fell with a dull, sickening thud into a hotbed. The deacon had been taking a nip himself. Se Sorry Serenaders Who Hit the Wronz Window. ‘of A Denver paper says: The boys had it played fine on them the other night. Several of them had become much mashed, as the saying goes, onthe black eyes and winning smiles of Miss Harris, the soubrette of the McAllister troupe, and they started out to serenade her. They were arrayedin purple and fine linen, and had their songs pat. At a late hour they arrived under her window; that is, they supposed it was her window, but here they madea fatal mistake. The apartment was occupied by Handysides and Hearn, two men of the troupe. “Come where my love lies dreaming,” sung the boss tenor when Hearn woke up. ‘Then he aroused Handysides, and’the two listened for a minute. “Let’s kill’em,” said Hearn. “No,” replied Handysides; ‘maybe it isa’t for us. Let s'mother fellow do it.” The boss tenor tuned his cheerful lay, and commenced with Empty is the Cradle—” when ifearn rambled out in the hall in his night attire and secured a bucket of slop. “I'l kill’em,” he said through his teeth as he crept to the win- dow. The boss tenor was humping himself on a high C when the slop struck him square on the head and shut off the music. “I give it to "em fine, Handy,” he said when he got back to bed. “The squawker with the saw-mill con- tralto is drowned.” The serenaders are not so much in love with Miss Harris as they were. ——__—_--_____ ‘Too Utterly Rich. . A pretty good story is told about Land Agent Milner, of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, who one day had a party of eastern. farmers in tow, trying to sell each of them a farm in the rich Arkansas valley. Milner had taken them into his light wagon, and behind his spanking team of bays had given them a grand ride, lasting all day. He done his best to make them enthusiastic. by. rehearsing the stories, which he had gt, tengue's end, of the marvelous crops of the valley; but to all intents it was “love’s labor lost,” for they would not Phe es revenge ly to.one of tl wi with a sardonic smile, asked: “Well, Mr. Agent, is there anything that. .wen’t we 7 together, “pumpkins wo! ner; “there are men in this country wi give $250 an acre for land that would crop of pumpkins, to crop since I’ve ‘ell, how a ¢ cipal wagers recorded to her name.” Forcign Sporting Intelligence. Mail advices to the 25th ult. show Peregrine and Aranza to be better favorites for the Lincoln Handicap than Hesper, the quotations tor both closing on the 24th at 100 to 7. _Alluding to this | the Sportsman says: “For the Carlhomme race Peregrine was decidedly the favorite at one | time, 500 to 30 and 200 to 12 several times being | followed by the acceptance of 500 to 85. When, however, the gent:eman who has been so busy befriending Aranza eame upon the scene the po- sition of affairs was somewhit altered, and the Aterican filly left off in equal request with Per- egrine, 1,000 to 60 and 500 to 35 being the prin- | The business for the week ending February 25 was very light on the Grand National, City and Suburban, 2,000 Guineas and the Derby. Forthe Grand National the only reai business done was 100 to 8 against Empress and 100 to 7 against Cypress. For the City and Suburban 20 to 1 was taken against Whitechapel, 28 to 1 inst Lucy Glitters and 40 to L against Big Jemima. For the 2,000 Guineas the only transaction re- corded on the 24th wasa “century” at 10 to 1 accepted against Troll, while for the Derby 28. to 1 was accepted against Kingdom and 33 to 1 against Mr. Lorillard’s Sachem. Alluding to the Lincolnshire Handicap the Sportsman's Newmarket commissioner says: “Aranza and Mistake are looking and moving y well indeed. The former, as I have here- tofore stated, is a great, good-looking mare, and the latter moves in an amiable manner since he has been added to the list. In fact, the Ameri- can stable has a fairly good chance with these two animals to win the first great handicap of the season.” Of the work done by the American horses on ! the 24th, the Sporting Life says that on the race course side at Newmarket Pincus “gave Mis- take, Iroquois, Gerald, Sachem and Aranza two y pace mile-galiops the reverse way of the and that at Shipton, with a fine spring morning, “the horses were out in good time. | Foxhall, accompanied by Golden Gate, Romeo, Bookmaker and Cromwell, had a couple of nice canters, after which Golden Gate, Cromwell and Gen. Scott covered a mile at a steady pace. The | two-year olds took trotting and cantering exer- cise, all looking well.” Bruce, the Derby favorite, continues to do good work. Atadinner recently given by the Albert Club, Mr. Rymil, his owner, in reply to a personal toast, said that he believed Bruce would win. The quotations on the 24th ultimo were 6 to 1 against Bruce. and 9 to 1 against Gerald. Alluding to the American, the Sporting | Life on the 25th ult. said of Gerald and Sachem’s chances for the 2,000 Guineas: “The almost ne- cessarily observed, however, are the American colts Gerald and Sachem. The latter is a big, mealy chestnut horse, some- | x after the style and stamp of Barrett, such t failure in this country* last year, and there is just the possibility that the son of War Dance and Siy Boots may cut up much after the same manner. He is somewhat short, too, and bears with him altogether a ‘soft’ appearance. On the other hand. rald is a colt of nice size, lengthy and a rare zoer, showing far more char- acter than is generally the case with our visi- tors. He appears, too, sound enough now, but has developed a nasty irritable temper that nece: es his being exercised in blinkers, thouzh only now in in steady work. What wi be the result when * pitched’ into and his eyes | opened a bit is subject ef conjecture, but still | may be pretty correctly anticipated, and prob- abilities are that he will train himself prett; light before being asked a question by his trainer. Under such circumstances I should hardly think the nome colors will be lowered by his aid in the first three-year-old event of 1882. Alluding to the Oxford-Cambridge crews Field says of Oxford, in connection with the fact that Mr. L. R. West, last year’s stroke. who re- lost his father by death, will not be in the boat this year, that the crew “will be a bad one to beat.” In the. Cambridge crew the resident correspondent of the Field notes considerable individual improvement, and says: ‘That this should be the case we attribute entirely to the advent of Mr. Hockin, who-has taken the crew in hand since last Saturday, and will, we be- lieve, continue to coach them until the race.” The Hanlan-Boyd race over the Tyne course, fixed for April 3, continues to excite much interest. Of Hanlan the Sportsman, of the 25th, notes that owing to sore feet he did not take his morning walk. and in place of his before-dinner practiee he went to Kemp- ton Park and witnessed the ‘coursing” there. Returning, he got afloat shortly before 5 p.m., and when clear of the boats in front of the London Rowing Club he“‘set-to for the down course at a strong 32, and was very quickly through the old bridge and down by Wandsworth pier. There he got round without delay, and commenced the return journey at best pace, striking 35, and putting great power into the strokes. On by the Union brewery the cham- pion sped without change, and shot Putney bridge and the aqueduct without easing. The last part of the trip was performed well, busi- ness afloat for the day ceasing just above the Thames boat-house. The sweat was pouring off Hanlan when he disembarked, showing that the morning's laziness had been fully atoned for.” On the same day Boyd, with the best weather since he began practice on the Tyne, did very ‘atisfactory work. rowing fully eleven miles, in- cluding half @ mile against the steamer Coquet, during which she was unable to gain a yard on him. SS SSS A Brutal Contest, ‘Max Adeler, in Our Continent. The prize fight between Jones and Brown was Just over, and it was fully reported in the even- ing paper. Mr. Smyth was lying on the sofa when Mrs. Smyth picked up the journal for the purpose of glancing over it. I see there has been another disgus fight,” said Mrs. Smyth. “Isn't it hot brutes to pound each other in that way Disgusting,” said Mr. Smyth. * And it is disgraceful for a decent paper to de- vote so much space to describing it. The report is two columns long.” “Outrageous,” said Mr. Smyth. “Til write to the editor to-morrow protesting against his sending such stuff into respectable families.” I would if I were you. I see that the fight took place near New Orleans.” “1 heard it, was to do a0. Does the paper eny » vere fif-een rounds. Both men were jon, and Jones won the toss.’” “ Doesn’t give the names of the trainers?” “I don’t see them.” yonder who they were. I'll look in the New York Herald in the morning. It will tell.” “Jones jumped into the ring at 11:30, and Brown immediately followed him.’” ae Say here relapsed into silence, reading to herself. ell, go on,” said Mr. Smyth, sitting Steel up on the sofa. ‘Who dves it say whipp ” “Bets were freely offered against Jones, with few takers. Just asthe men faced each otheracry was raised that the Sheriff was coming, where- upon the crowd scat’ "— “ Pshaw!” said Mr. Smyth, lying down on the sofa again. ‘No fight afterall. Pity the thing was not brought to some conclusion.” ** But,’” continued Mrs. Sinyth, reading, “St was a false alarm, and the combatants be- gan. Aftersome skirmishing Jones got Brown's head under his arm, and poynded him until the blood came.’ Horrible! I’d better not read any more.” “Oh, well,” said Mr. Smyth, sitting up again, as long as you've gone this far you might as well Keep on. Does it say which of them wou?” “When the second round began Jones came up fresh, but Brown seemed considerably the worse for the wear. After some wild hitting on his part. Jones knocked liim down, and he was hauled into his corner.’ ” Mr. Smyth rose from the sofa and came over and sat on a chair by Mrs. Smyth while she read the description of the succeeding nine rounds. At the conclusion of the eleventh round, Mrs. ene * ‘his i almost sic Is it worth oe , this is almost sick ,. while ta tena every line ot one “Not every line; but I wouldn't skip much of it. Ifthe newspapers will thrust these bratal- ities upon us we are almost forced to take some peels them. And Jones won the victory, « tWhen the cles sound bezan orn es nearly senseless. was his trainer, but was totally lind, so that’— Isn't it awiul, pre “Revolting; and Jones, snd £0 ot let's hear whip if “Jones knocked him down again, and as Brown failed to when time was called Jones was declared the victor.’” | Uly: | to the people. | Stomach. A False Report about General Grant. Among the reports circulated in Wall street yes- terday for the purpose of breaking down the mar- ket, Was one to the effect that General Grant was in financial difficulties; that he had been unabie to advance sufficient money for “margin” on stocks held for him by his brokers, and that these had been sold ont. To sustain this story the fact that Gen. Grant had recently transferred some property 2 ch to his wife was cited. A reporter of Post this morniug visited Gen, Grant's > Broadway, and questioned his son, ysses §. Grant, jr., in Fegard t these rumors. In reply Mr. Grant Said: iS a He from beginning end, and has po more foundation than hundrets tories Which are started in the ‘street’ every of influencing the prices of a » purpose st In the first place, my father could not fail, | for he is not engages in al Dustness. He owns a sinall Une of securities, which he could hold even if they went down to bottom. 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