Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1882, Page 3

DEATH WITHOUT DECAY. Curious Scenes in the Morgue at Nount|'The Women Whe Have Plenty of Se. Bernard. Money, but no Husbands, ‘Frou s Mount St. Bernard Letter. New York Correspondence Hartford Post. - The great curiosity of the Monastery of the| New York at present contains a number of Mount St. Bernard is the morgue. Here Is | rich widows, who, though now out of town, are death without decay: here, in this wondrous | still within our direct Ine of population. One alr, on this pass more than 8,009 feet above the | ofthese is Mrs. Paran Stevens, widow of the sea-level, pu jon Is unknown, and bodies | opulent landiord. The latter was of New Eng- found In snows in winter—or after the white | land birth, and had @ rare faculty for hotel Shroud Las melted away from the bosom of | keeping. He had several establishments ot this nature in the spri preserved entire so | kind In the eastern cities, and made them profit- long as t! ks care to Keep them abie while other landlords failed. In 1856 he be- ae oe hanced by the fact that | cane interested in the erection of a large maui is contorted, twisted, | house, of which Amos R, Eno was pro- yes. | prietor, and which has become widely known as Fifth Avenue hotel. Here he was rkably successful, and at eath his estate was upward of a million. s. in view of her great wealth, was 1 iety, but did not she succeeded in prinee, who was here with xful feat, and occa- ion with’ many old who were annoyed at the rapid ad- ofa parvenue. Mrs. Stevens, like Mrs. Hunter (in Pickwick), teep ts ations th a the highest T | dining the Russia his ‘This w ¥ ‘ory of the wo- |] ed in the wid winter | an andl ange for the veping. Mrs. is now at Newport. and under all th tances Is received into the best circles. MRS. A. T. STEWART. ; ing to grovel s Tee poses {hls woman who is the richest widow In_the identify them, | «found dead in | RUS -ring lives mt an was with b the bottom of some y “monks of St. Bernard” > dend-hor even the | Stey him, or, | circun perhaps je lite. Her brother, ‘the late Caarles ,considered himself fortunate to get a berth custom house, where he graduaily beceme Apert. and was retalned longer than any other ial. She ng a petty retail store. and they began | ing under very humble circumstances. When Stewart got on ‘In the world one of the indications was in the fact that he and his wife ardat the Astor house, which then was st hotel in the city. Mrs. Stewart now es the grandest mansion, with but one tion,*in America, which during her visit to Saratoga is in the care of a family of trusty The Japanese BHeanty in 4 Except: Blue—The dex. nmercial Advertiser. From the Ne servants. The apartments for the latter, po gaiay ine more elezant than anything the << 2 = Jack St s had during the first ten years of their o J long delayed sp his he | “RELIGIOLS Weather has been exactly conducive to | Mrs. Stewart has tor many years been a mem- giving the Jopment to ont-of-door | ber of St. Mark’s church, but she was kept on ai 2 chrysanthemume, |S¥ch short allowance by her husband that she Sevens, sucks ae Gahlinn ‘andl cheypeuthiemrims. | oon uot aselat 10 way of the bauevOlent Ghee: tions of th n impetus in the | s Itis rare soclety. Her parsimony at last be- it is now evident that it » to the hard-hearted bnsband. has shown some liberality, y eans to that extent which e been expected. Mrs. Stewart's erty is estimated at $10,000,000, not in- | cluding the palace she occupies, which cost a milli The taxes on this building were last . and this year may be a trifle less. tewart’s pastor (Rtylance) recently visited nd, of witleh country he is a native. the enti fall months as t he v santhemums is greater than any flower bh winable we know eis no such thing in ue and yellow, in varie- : hence the of som bine rose, ysanthemum is never likely to be awe have had the ing a cathed asa monument for her husband. | Such things have seldom been done, even in the year in has produced an old worl. Imense previding in color y THE COMMODORE’S WIDOW. ehade known in this fl These are Re yond fof all the rich i gracetul, and form an entirely the best clance. e in floral deec somewhat eventful. She is an y throw the ©: a of the Vanderbilts, and was | : ly, but not happily. According to report, she obtained a divorce and then sup- ported herself teaching music. During the war she was in the south, and was aided pecuniarily by the commodore. At its close sh north, and, as the commodore s became a widower, their Ww consequence. Mrs. Vanderbilt Is under 50. She | Ih of =30,000, being at the rate of | i this antuma for f the Gar- se == Taing Insurance Policies. York Times. Acase Ddefore the as recently come up for surts of Hiineis which ind 000 a week. She | can now marry to suit herself. She has lone | been an admirer of Deems, the preacher, and | | this Influence led the commodore to endow the | Nashville college. She attends the Church of Strangers, where Deis preaches, his tenets ny Inuch the same as those held by the Meth- odists. He has the free use of the church for life, and there: Not on! re cannot go Into itinerancy to her Another rich widow is Mrs. M.0. Roberts, but it also ch payment was to be | who, after three years of married life, was left maile i * of an annual premium | with a dower in an estate o .” She still said bs Tn other words, the | Geruples the house built by her husband In 3th EEX oa eat taceoanan = taken | and has a rare gallery of pictures. Ie- Bh ie atte ame ea | e time connected her name with that covered was th "the father. In June he President. but there are at present no he bye poh Me! ions of a matrimonial character. withe » not exhii a $250,000 to double um, but it is hardly proper to attract tune hunters from other places to this city. vrich widow will be sought for as long ny hope may exist. Some time ago one | of this class, whose husband had been a sue- reverted | cessful merchant, was surprised by a call from paid by | @ Well-known lawyer trom the center of the one on | State. His card sent up, but she declined ‘inst the ¢ letters probate | f a part of his de 500 had bee for he hac t be s precisely as he would | 40 interview, being well aware that he have done had they been calle the policy had a considerable present Ki -be an object the these for in his own | @ Matrimonial errand, which she was det not to encourage. But however attractive their ease may be, experience has shown that it isnot always safe to marry these rich widows. Aaron name for his son- | ments sw a yenptne collecting the face | Burr tried it, but the bride (Mme. Jumel) soon Gaie of tes when it matured, | tured him ut of the house. Charles O'Conor @ take a preser yromise with the | 850 married a widow of some property (Mrs. po ‘are to have the | MeCracken), but a separation soon. took place, vuhteh fo all tt 3 | aud the famous lawyer gave his wife a separate | to the hands of | €stablishment as long as she lived. A number all events, he re- | Of similar instances could be given did we have The case was | Sbace for this interesting subject. roms there tr the MATRIMONIAL INSTANCES. nd thence by an-| While speaking on this subject I wish to say nurt of the first | Plainly that it is not iny intention to reflect on instance the de- | Widows after the fashion of the “Pickwick It is now, | Papers.” So many of our best men have mar- court of the | Tied widows and found them the very best rin the | Wives that this point 1s past argument. For in- anee, Washington, Jefferson, and | Franklin p harried a widow, the names being severally ssfon or Curtis, Mrs. Skelton, and Mrs. Read The sin no way a party tothe | lexleographer Johnson, and also the philanthro- nm his daushter or her | Pist Howard, each married widows who were t. ents and purpos to the pre Cook cou the a is, and in eacl able to ¢ the suprem quite likely to coi Judzments of the lowercourts. The point of the | wh r is that Glanz, aith y other appea district of Ilin ante rance company. At the outset | Many years ‘their senior, but they lived very ft would hav ‘a just as easy to have he | happy, and Johnson never ceased to mourn his form re: tly. for it Is nsaaily the | departed “Tetty.” Aaron Burr's wife was a that th It is responsible for the | Widow (Mrs. Provost), and as long as she lived Whether. even in that | his fortune was on the ascendant. Their married rsto have been happy, but, as In the | case of Jefferson, it only lasted ten years — see GILDED YOUTH OF GOTHAM. Masculine Extravagances that Lay ‘Thoxe of Women in the Shade. . direct or derivative,could nsent be deprived of the is not as well settled as out at to his wife in name | sition of the athinghas time, and to arrange for the pay It is, however, always aman to have his New York Letter in the Albany Journal. Men are becoming very luxurious, and their dressing-rooms, sittinz-rooms, wardrobes and repositories for personal belongings display tastes more costly than those of women. » Underwear of the softest, richest knitted silk; dozens of South American pajamas, for night and dressing- room wear of China crepe, soft twilled Chinese silk, cashmere, flannel bound with satin and em- broidered, and all in the daintiest, most delicate tints and colors, suci: as ivory. pale blue. pink, with no provisi n the event of her death. ft Is not always. pos ment to a ne safe. ch ot ate the al! in A Police Court at Cuiro. Corresponds London Standard. The prefect and his deputy were arrayed in Diack coats trousers, white waistcoats and | buff or violet. The pajama consists of drawers patent boots. But they sat, as their predeces-| and loose blouse Jacket with sailor coilar. sors fat a thovsand years azo, cross-legged on | When made in tyory they are often faced with a collar and embroidered with ivory silk ina little vine or in the corners of collars and cuffs. If the pajama is in colors it will perhaps be em- broidered with white or have appliques cut out of white satin cloth or velvet embroidered on. The daintlest of all is an all-white pajama or ivory Chinese erepe or silk enriched with hand embroidery, and these are made for the wed. ding outfits of fashionable men, who will have a dozen of white, a dozen trimmed with color and | a dozen in various delicate colors embroidered in white. These elegant gentlemen have for smoking companions the gute of a country house in nickel and silver, with chain rings instead of bars to hold cigars upright, and side lights representing gate lamps, but holding candles, and post pedestals to form match holders. These cost from 150 to $250, and are some- times ornamented with a bird or a rooster in the act ot crowing. Another recently im- ted piece of masculine extravagance is a lamp, the lower Lay of which forms a tripod set upon a double hoof decorated with natu- ral hair. There are two burners representing wax candies under tinted and deco1 glass, and the cost for & lamp of this kind ts about $250. Another lamp has for its standard a horseshoe, with stirrup and riding whip crossed and twisted. As for the extensive ash trays and liquor sets and pipe racks and dressi the divan. Litigunts came up without formality, kissed their knees or their hands, according to rank or favor, bent. with hands folded in their sleeves, to declare the grievance volubly, an- swered a brief, harsh question and took the verdic? helplessly. Cases lasted on an average two minutes each as nearas I could time it And allthe while men came and went in the little room, talking mostly in high, quarrelsome tones. Coffee passed about. If any one pre- sent was struck with an observation he offered ft casually, and his worship listened. After delivering | judgment, always preceded — by a grunt of general dissatisfaction, he clapped his hands and a soldier rushed in at full gallop, holding up bis sword. Forthwith the parti Fetired to discuss matters warmly outside In full hearing of the court. A matrimonial dim- culty referred to the authorities lasted but four minutes by my watch. A thin, peaking man Jooked the husband, while the wife, so far as one could judge by eyes and nose, was very pretty. The gentleman told his tale, the pur- portof whichI could not gather. The lady turned red to the tip of her little nose and her eyes flashed. She took up her parable yehe- mently, and sternly the prefect asked further explanations of the husband, who turned very =e He found nothing effective to reply; his ‘worship pronounced in a single phrase, the gal- ng loping soldier appeared and off went the pair. | cases and the like space and time would both Tasked of an official who spoke English if the | fail in their enumeration. It may be mentioned man was going to prison. “No,” said he, “he | that among the personal properties of one home.” It must be admitted there is some- | young gentleman in New York city are 370 odd Guw urged for a system which can deal | silk, satin and knitted neckties, and upward of with domestic troubles in this superior way. fifty walking sticks. The inventory did not go jually —__-—_—oe oe any further or it might heve develo) At the frst grand show of the St. Bernard carious reanite in other departments > °* elub, now being held at the Duke of Welling- ton’s riding , 250 St. Bernard's dogs are} At Sebastopol has just been commenced the ea exhibition. construction of a new government dock in The Khedt has engaged an operatic | of the one destro} luring the famous siege SER ene, tet es ak | tent eae Ae e we ‘which was to leave tor Egypt ina Pre cece sn. 008 0aS i “l Stewart while he was! | excess In favor of the former. ‘The High Pressure Life of Americans toe Heavy to Benr. The English philosopher and thinker, Herbert Spencer, was tendered a compl!mentary dinner by over two hundred New York gentlemen at Delmonico’s last Thursday night. William M. Evarts présided. Among the guests were Wm. H. Hurlburt, Charles A. Dana and Henry Ward Beecher. After giving thanks for the cordial reception, Spencer said: It seems to me that in one respect Americans have diverged widely trom savages. 1 do not mean to say they are in general unduly civil- ized. Throughout large parts of the popa- lation, even in long settied regions, there is n esses of those virtues needed for the maintenanee of social harmony, _ especially out in west. The means of dealings | do not yet betray too much of the sweet- ness and light which we are told distinguishes the cultured man _ from the Barbarians. Nevertheless, there 1s a sense in which any assertion is true. You know primitive man lacks the power {of application. Spurred by hunger, by | dan; by revenge, he can exert himself ener | xetically for a time; but his energy is spasmodic. Monotonous daily toil is Impossible to. him. It is otherwise with the more developed man. The stern discipline of solid life has gradually in- creased his aptitude for persistent industry unfil among us, and still more among you, work has become with many a passion. This contrast of nature has another aspect. The savage thinks only of present satisfactions and Jeaves future satisfactions uncared for. Contrarywise the American, eagerly pursuing tuture good, almost ignore, what good the passing day offers him, and when future good is gained, he neglects that. while striving for some still remoter good. What [have seen and heard during my stay | amon; uu has forced on me the belief that this | Slowchange from habitual inertness to persis- tent activity has reached the extreme from which there must begin a counterchange Te- action. Everywhere I haye been struck with the number of faces which told in strony lines of burdens that had to be told. I have been struck, too, with the large proportion of gray- hatred men, and Inquiries haye brought out. the fact that with you the hair commonly begins to turn some ten years earlier than with us. Move- over, in every circle I have met men who had themselyes suffered trom nervous collapses, due to stress of business, or named triends who had either killed themselves of overwork, or had been permanently incapacitated, or had wasted long periods in endeavors to recover health. I do but echo the opinion of all observing persons Thave spoken to, that immense Injury is being done by this high pressure life. The physique is being undermined. see The Businew Outlook. From the Burlington Hawkeye. : The commercial situation of the country may be said to be better than a few weeks ago. The great staples are moving to the seaports and from present indications the next statement comparing exports and tmports will show a large Cottun is begin- ning to fill outgoing vessels, 168,800 bales being sent during jast week. Corn is just beginning to come in, the arrivals in the six principal markets in the west during last week footing up to the surprising total of nearly 1,800,000 bushels, which will be largely surpassed during the pending and coming weeks. It was late in | starting, but the weather has been universally good, and there Is promise of a large total. movement of wheat, too, has grown, the receipts for last week exceeding’ 2.000,000 bushels. We have abundance of what the world wants, and can yet it better from us than elsewhere. A matter of much importance to the provision trade is the bill likely to pass the German parli- ament prohibiting the Importation of American hogs and hog products. Germany raises over a million more hogs this year than last, and the interest has becoine strong enough to demand protection, with a chance of securing it. In other countries of Europe there Is also a large in- crease. In years of abundant corn we can easi- ly lay down our pork on European markets cheaper than the Europeans themselves, but at the present prices of the great staple, it is doubtful whether we will be able to compete with production there. To be shut off from Ger- many, where meats always command a good price and which has been one ot our beat cus- tomers, would be a serious matter. The export of farm products has been some- There have been, during The what on the decli the week ending November 3, exported 4,000,000 pounds less of fresh beet, 1,000,000 less of but- ter and over 3,000,000 less of cheese. It is some- what of a puzzle where the usual foreign buyers procured thelr supply of these products. Later reports show an increase of the export ures. With the crops on the moyeeastward and con- tinued fair weather there is a good prospect of early improvement in fall trade. caine, Salle Tae The Interesting Texas Centipede. From the Texas Siftings. This interesting insect is not so much cele- brated for its amlability of disposition as for its good looks, but, at the same time, we cannot recommend it elther as a parlor ornament or as a toy for a child to play with, unless it isa second-hand child that nobody has any partieu- lar use for. Centipedes are of different sizes, but they are all made pretty much after the same pattern. They are made up of about one- third sting, one-third bite, and one-third gene- ral cussedness. They are casemated witha shell that is as hard as the bark of a boarding-house cranberry ple. The length of the centipede varies very much, but if a centipede wants to get a mention in the local paper he has tostretch himself out to about nine inches in length. We have never read of onethat measured less. His body, which is a succession of flat joints, is not much broader than an ordinary Ian's finger. The centipede is built on the iron-clad system, although {it does not make quite as much nois as the Engiish fleet bombardiug Alexandria. In fact, the centipe is not musical at all. but if it happens to crawl over a man it will make him very musical immediately. Its head or bow, comparing it to an ironclad, is armed with a pair of pincers, which, besides being as yenomous as tle editor of a party or- gan, can bite the end off an iron safe. Each side is armed with about forty short lezs, and each leg is armed with a sting like that of a wasp. The centipede terminates in « pair of | hooks, which, like its pincers, are red-hot, so we have been told by an innocent young man who undertook to pick it up by its stem. When a centipede anchors his head in the fleshy anat- omy of a human being, throws out his two grappling irons from his rear, and then draw: his eighty odd, very odd, claws together, it will bring tears to the heart of an Irish landlord to see how the little pet holds. The bite of the centipede rarely causes death, but It makes the bitten party wish he were dead. for a short time, at least, and leaves an ugly sore. The statement that the bite of the cer pede does not cause death is liable to correc- tion. The centipede is very apt to become a “remains” after it bites a person, as there is quite a prejudice against it. For this reason it is very much secluded in its habits, living in re- tirement among the rocks of old buildings. Its diet is believed to be insects that are not as hea- vily armed and fronclad. Why the centipede was created in the first place, and what good purpose it serves, are profound mysteries to the ordinary intellect. One evening, about dusk, 4 Texas gentleman ofa scientific turn of mind was sitting on his front gallery when his attention was called to an extraordinary meteorological concatenation. as circus men say. A peculiar-shaped clou seemed to reach down from the sky and then draw itself up again, very much after the man- ner of those cyclonic clouds In Towa. The gen- tleman was very muchinterested in this meteor- ological perturbation, which he attributed at first to atmospheric influences, when tt occurred A CHARMING BOMANCE. G. A Sain and Some ef His Imagi: ingy in America. the ludicrous oratory taining. expected. as witness the following which puts into the mouth of a Rhode Islander trav- | “There ain't no This overland journey’s a fraud; nothing but a fraud, a and ts a Where ‘ou'll tell me that Where are your prairie dogs? They ain't dogs to be- ‘Ain't you ashamed to call them mean little cusses dogs? But where There ain't none. Where are your You might have imported a few grizzlies to keep up the name of your railroad. Where are your herds of antelopes, scudding be- fore the advancing train? Nary any antelope have you got fur to scud. Rocky mountains, They're flat as Where are your savage gorges? I Where’ are your wild Injuns? Do you call them loafing tramps in dirty blan- dets Injuns? My belief is that they're greasers, looking out for an engagement as song and "re beats, sir, ‘dead beats;’ and you oughter be told 80.” T didn’t kuow it; nor could J discern why eling on the Pacitie railway bottling up of things about me you ouglter know it. Don’t tell me. fraud. This ring must be busted up. are your buffalers? Perhaps ¥ them cows are buffalers. They ain't. gin with; they're squirrels. are they? grizz sir? ‘They ain't rocky at all. my hand. can’t see none. dance men. The: they're ‘puddocks Tought to be told so. But there was no pac fyl pointing sternly to a page would say: are your coyotes, sir? their howling. Did an sir, except the wind? Where are your and your cougars? Show ’em to me. nothing in it. City to fraud. ——— ——— EXPERT CRITICISM. ‘The Glaring Fault that the Horse Re- Porter Discovered in a Love Story. From the Chicago Tribun “Good day, gentlemei A very nice-looking young man stood in the doorway of the editorial room and gazed in a benign way at the occupants of the apartment. “Would it be possible for me to sell the Tribune a story?” he continued. “What kind of a story have you ground out?” asked the horse reporter. “The story,” said the visitor, “is one in which the triumph of love is depicted, and——” “It isn’t one of those ‘and as Ethel stood there in the soft moonlight, her lithe figure sharp! outlined against the western sky, there was a loud crash in Coastcliff castle, and the girl knew that her mother had dropped the doughnut jar’ Kind of stories, is it—because they won't do,” said the horse reporter. “There is nothing at all about doughnuts in story,” replied the visitor, rather haughti- “but if you like I can read @ portion of it.” “ATL rig “Where shall T begin?” “Anywhere,” replied the horse reporter. “Suppose you give us the last sentence of it.” I should hardly think—” “oh, never mind that. We do all the thinking for young authors that come up here.” The visitor seated hinself and read as follows: ““Roranswer Gladys’ beautiful eyes dropped, but she gave him both her hands, and there, under the heavy fruited trees. the golden bees fying all about them, and the air filled with their dreamy monotone, he drew her upon. his breast, and raisi kissed them revereatly. “That's the last sentence, is it,” asked the horse reporter. “Yes, sir.” “I should hope it was. read about such ducks.” “Why, [don’t see “Of course you don't. the hero It makes me tired to began the author, Probably you were n’s colt visitor admitted his ignorance concern- ing that historical animal. “Well, Thompson's colt,” continued the horse reporter, “was such an ¢ternal idiot that h swam across the river to get adrink. Now, that fellow in your story 1s adead match for him.” “F don’t understand——” “Probably not. Itis not to be expected of literary people. But I will tell you; this young fellow in your story is out under an apple tree holding a girl's hands, isn’t he?” “Yes.” ‘And, aceording to the story, he ‘raised her long ringlets to his lips, and kissed them rever- | ently.’ That right?” “Certainly.” “Now, what do you think of a young man that would go nibbling around a girl’s back hair wheu she had her face with her? Such stories do not possess the fidelity to nature that should ever characterize the work of genius. No, my genlal imbecile; you cannot get the weight of this powerful journal on the side of any such young man as your story depicts. We were once young and ap to the apple-tree racket our- selves. “Good day,” said the author, starting for the door. “So long,” was the response. “Make George act like a white manin your story, and come around again.” ———__—_——_+e._____ The Fading Morning Comet. From the Albany Argus, November 10, It seems that the comet has now ceased to be a popular wonder, though it still claims the at- tention and interest of astronomers the world over, and will continue to do so until it has passed from tie range of their Instruments Into the boundless realms of space. Since the moon has removed from the vicinity of the comet, the latter's appearance has become brighter, and its luminous, lace-like traincan again beseen Inthe early morning shooting across the sky directly from its seeming enemy, the sun. When the tail was last measured at the Dudtey Observatory a tew daysago, it was 18degrees long. This corre- sponds with an actual length of about 69,000,000 miles. Telescopic study of the great object veals an increased elongation of the comet's The bright round nucleus in the end nearest the sun has preserved Its first apparent relation to the less dense material petly sur- rounding it ever since the separation of the compact and oblong head, which occurred sey- eral weeks ago. But the head has been contin- ually increasing in lenght, though diminishing in brightness, and when last measured by Mr. Tucker was over 100.000 miles long. Those having the matter in charge have experienced considerable difficulty in combining the obser- vations of different observers because of the uncertainty as to the precise part of the head taken in each observation as the center of grav- ity and used for the point to be located. The qoeeton of the Identity of the new comet may lepend upon this. The comet will probably re- main in the range of vision until January, when it will rise about midnight. Mueh computation remains to be done to determine whether or not the great object will return : within the lifetime of any person now on earth. ——__+-_____ Roosters Made Quiet and Amusing. to him that the peculiar cloud or water-spout might be nearer than the distant horizon. He took off his hat and found that bis sur- mise was correct. Fastened to the rim ot the hat by Its hind claws was a beautiful cen- tipede about nine inches long. The peculiar meteorological phenomna pect Spring by the insect drawing itself up and letting itself down in its efforts to find a nose or some other fea- ture to hang on to in order to facilitate its de- scent. As the gentleman had_a comparatively short nose the insect was foiled. It dled shortly afterward by the gentleman accidentally ste} Loy! on it abont a dozen consecutive times with he heel of his boot. As we have already stated. centipedes dre comparatively rare in the well-settled portions of Texas, being usually found in a bottle of alco- hol on the show case of some druggist who has a taste for the beautiml. In this particular, centipedes differ from some men. They are much more peaceful and harmless when in liquor thanotherwise. With centipedes as with tr ihe only good ones are t! that are Sa ee ee If it be true that Mile. Patti is to have €200,- 000 for four months in Brazil in this must copes saying ever earned even by a prima lonna. From the New York Sun, eae The family of a well-known physician, whose home is in the annexed district, were recently annoyed by the loud crowing before daylight of four bantam roosters in a neighbor's yard. An idea occurred tothe doctor. The bantams were tame and easily caught. He seized them, one by one, and pulling out the vocal cords, cll them off. The eperauon was painless to abot one rooster, which struggled and was accident- ally killed. The others resumed their place in the yard, but have never since been heard to crow. The doctor now from his window glee- fully watches their going through all the motions of crowing, but without mi a sound, and is thrown Into fits of lat ry witnessing the increasing wonder of thelr owner and the evi- dent amazement of the hens. seers vee ‘Too Much “Love Chastening.” ‘From the Washington Post. “Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth,” quotes a truly good stalwart editor. We have often th it of that consoling text in days of dark defeat and dire disaster, and have 80 the much. It was to be expected that George Augustus Sala’s lively imagination, a facu'ty that many years of journalistic work has not dulled, would give to his new books on Americaa very racy character. Whether is describing minutely the varying facial expressions of the slanghtered hogs that he saw in Chicago; in shuddering through the gloomy approach by railroad to ew Orleans, among ‘‘trees like the Three Witches in ‘Macbeth’ grown to colossal stature, and commanded to stand there in the midst of the Louisianian wilderness, with their skinny arms outspread and their many tazs fluttering in the chill morning alr, to breathe strange curses and prophesy horrible things forever, or in telling of which he heard (or im- agined) in the Louisiana house of representa- tives, the talented Englishman is very enter- Verity is, of course, not to be always he the implacable man. Sometimes he would confront me with an open guide book, and “Where I'll trouble you fora | W3) pack of wolves as makes the night hideous with ing howl last night, unas here's It’s as easy as going from Jersey Philadelphia, and the whole thing ts a ing her long ringlets to his ips, | of the novel. Did you ever hear of , that the Lord would not “love' tions to the Polar Kegions. From the St, Petersburg Golos. and America take part in the task. the total cost will be about 2400,000. investi; will solve many obscure questior The idea of international polar exped belongs to the famous Austrian scientist, Ka Veiprecht. He holds that the po: i this day present the richest fleid for in gation in all branches of natural science, former polar expeditions have not ¢ sefence in proportion to their cost, the | in his opinion, is that their object was to d | reach the pole, while the phys | the polar regions were too little, | studied. He advised that the p polar expeditions be entirely a instead of geographical discover investigation should be kept Inv many simultaneous arranged on a general plan. Veiprecht’s tdea was well re: international polar eonference burg in 1879; the second at Berne in 1880, a the third at St. Petersburg fn 1881. It has be if at all sei ed. 1882, to September Ist. | polar region, Barrow’s Point, In 135° Ww cans; some point in North America, in 115° west longitude and 61° north by the English; Lady Franklin Bay. west longitude and 70° north latitud Americans; Godthaab Bay. in. G west longitude and 64° north latitude, Danes; Hogarth Island, in Davis’ Stra | the ayen Island, | by the “Austrians y des; Bossecap, in by the Norwegians; Sodankulla, in by the Finns; Nova Zemb! of the Lena, by the Russians; Di | at the month of the Yenisei, by the Dutch. the south polar region: Cape Horn, b Freneh; South Georgia Island, 39° w tude and 55° south latitude, by the Germans. At all these stations, during the entire year, by meteorological observations. at allthe stations, tions are to include the temperature of the air, the soil and the sea water; barometric pressure and humidity of the air; evaporation, direction and force ofthe wind: direction of clouds; sediments, storms, hail, fog, rime, dew, the aurora borealis, magne rents of the earth, ocean currents; the thickness. | structure and movement of ice; depth of tin sea: physical and chemical properties of the water; tides, atmosplieric electricity and ret ygllections are to be made of samp! Dotany, mineralogy and geole id that as the Germans have overnmeat a large sum of \ for the undertaking, they intend to est six additional stations in Labrador and th Falkland Islan Our Lena expedition left s Nova Zembla in June last. 45,000 rouble These expe as th they w welcon among the nations ot the w standing and closer brotherhood. see COMMUNISM SPREADING. And What is the Hest Way to Deal With the Trouble in Europe. From the London News.” Russia, as we know, is honeycombed with Ni- hilistic and anarchic co} tural outrages and incendiary fires are bee ing as common In the Baltic provinces of Ru: as ever they were in Russia proper. Patriotic German journaiists are eager to contend that | these doings are fomented for some 1 purpose by the Russian authorities themsely | In Germany itself—edacated, scholastic ( | many, which has to take prematurely to specta- cles because it blinds its eyes with over-stuc the socialistic movement is more rite than i | in the most ignorant parts of Europe. So lo: agoasthe days of Ferdinand Lasalle, Prince Bismarck saw the importance of the movement | and endeavored to become ifs patron and to turn it to his own account. Much more re- cently he has brought forward scheme after scheme of atempered socialis by virtue of which he endeavored to in vernment. the great annuity soc | pany and co-operative | populations. The strat which was started some ago in Cartha- gena, and which had to be suppressed as Cay- ignae suppressed the Paris commune in 1848, w lence enough that so ism had taken hold of the France. Itis quite possible that the present disturbances in Lyons and the alarms spread throughout France nay be easily got rid of, but it fs none the less evident that 2 spirit of revolt | is growing up among the poor classes all over Europe, which, by the very necessities of its | condition, suggests a sort 6f common. brother- | hood with a common watchword. The next | great struzgie of what is called authority will | undoubtedly have to deal with a social rather than a political revolt. The wisest; thing au- thority can do will be to endeavor to make the struggle one against the conditions whieh tend to this revolt rather than against the revolt itself, all the poor istic republic ——— Kind to the Old Man. From tne Virginia City Enterprise. “Traise you three dollars, father,” said a Com- | stock young man who wasina little game of draw with nis paternal progenitor the other evening. “What are you doing that for?” asked the old man, rather peevishly. “Can't help it. Got two pair.” The elderly gentleman threw up his hand, | whereupon the youth showed his cards, disctos- | ing the fact that he did not have even so much as a pair of deuces. The look of diszust on the old man’s face was intense, but it changed suddenly, for the next hand, which was dealt by his accomplished son, contained three aces. ‘Mebbe you won't beso previous in your blufing this time,” chuckled the father, as he drew two cards and shoved a handful of his hard-earned silver into the middle of the table. “I tap you,” was the son's laconic reply, throwing up a $20 piece. In his eagerness the old man did not notice that his boy had not drawn any cards, and so unhesitatingly cailed. He was downed. The boy had a flush. Atter the old gentleman had left the young man sald, in the voice which was almost choked, and which showed plainly how much he was moved by the emotion of filial affection, “I had to do it, boys. You know how it is.’ Father has to ‘work very hard, and it was doing him a favor to break him quick, so he could get home and have his regular sleep. Barkeep, fetch in the drinks.” An Able North Carolina Workman. From the Charlotte Observer. Jim Archie, the dumper” at the compress, isa wonderful darky. He works for both sets of hands, going on at 1 o'clock in the day and coming off at exactly noon the next day, work- ing steadily and without a minute’s rest the twenty-three hours through, From 12 tol he eats his dinner and takes a nap, and this is all the rest he has, He says he once worked that way for nine days at a stretch, and did not feel out of sorts. He has been at it every day this week, and appears to be as lively and fresh as the other hands, who get their regular twelve hours rest. Gold Coin from Stono Mud. ‘From the Charleston News and Courier, Along with the masses of phosphate rock brought up by grapplers on Stono river yester- day were some gold coins of considerable value. Two ofthem are English soverelgns of George TI., coined in 1668 and 1666; two are Portugese Half-Joes of the reign of Joseph I., coined in 178 bea thos and the fifth is a Half-Joe of John |" ‘01 Y. of Portugal, coined in 1742. This last 1s as clean cut and the. is as sharp as when it canes oes tie ie coing are bright and The Pian of the International Expedi- While the attention of the political world has been absorbed by military events in the biissful land of the Pharaohs, the scientific world has been busy with the grand undertaking of a thorough investigation of the unknown and inhospitable polar region. All the civillzed nations of Europe Fourteen international stations have been selected, and Learned men are very confident that observations and tions conducted onsuch a grand scale concerning atmospheric, magnetic and electric phenomena. fons ri t ifthe | cover new lands and new straits, or merely to al phenomena of pzram of future ferent, and that ntific and that expeditions should be ol The first ‘as held at an n decided that the following named stations shall be simultaneously occupied trom August Ist, Tn the north st lon- gitude and 71° north latitude, by the Ameri- bout, latitude, between nd the mouth | In| the t longi- there are to be made hourly magnetic and | On the Ist and 15th of each month magnetic observations are to be made every five minutes simultaneously The meteorological observa- ppearance, quantity and | Petersburg in December of 1831, and that for Our government has appropriated for the ‘Polar expeditions | for niet and value. Latin race outside the limits of = eh M. SHUSTER & SONS HAVE THIS DAY OPENED ANOTSER LARGE STOCK OF LADIES’ SILK WRAPS, IN OTTOMAN SILK, BROCADE;SILK, BROCADE VEL- VET AND SEAL PLUSH, COMPRISING THE NEWEST SHAPES IN DOL- MANS, PELISSES, CIRCULARS and JACKETS. CHOICE WRAPS FOR $25, $80, $35 AND $40. IMPORTED MILITARY JACKETSIN GREAT VA- RIETY, MADE OF SUPERIOR CLOTH AND CUT IN THE VERY LATEST PARIS STYLES. SILK FINISHED JERSEY CLOTH, AT $3.50 PER YARD, ONLY QUIRED FOR A JERSEY. ELEGANT TRICOT CLOTH FOR TATLOR-MADE. SUITS, IN THe NEW SHADES. SILK VELVETS AND PLUSHES IN GREAT VA- RIETY, OTTOMAN SILKS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY IN TEEN COLORS, OTTOMAN SATIN IN TWELVE SHADES, BROCADE VELVETS AND PLUSHES IN SIGNS. STRIPED PLUSH IN CHOICE F! IX- 1e VERY LATEST Y SPREADS. CHOICE BLAN i TS, NNELS, TABLE LINENS aud SHEETINGS. W. M. SHUSTER & SONS, ONE PRICE. 919 P LVANIA AVFENUF, FULL STOCK OF ELE T SILK UMBREL] . N. B.—THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. nis MAtELAsse SILK wraps. FUR-LINED OTTOMAN CIRCULARS. ELEGANT SEAL PLUSH WRAPS. | BLACK sICILI | RICH O 'S, IN ALL COLORS, \D CHILDRE: VELTIES IN FRENCH 7UABIT CLOTHS, FoR FROM 24 TO 27 INCHES SAND ALL THE NEW ‘IN BLACK AND ALL NETS. BLACK KS, fre | EMBOSSED PLU: AND VELVETS. | LYON'S CEL RATED SILK UMBRELLAS, ALI ‘OOL CALIFORNIA BLANKE’ t2~DARK ROOM FOR DISPLAYING EVENING Goops. S?-CHOICE GOODS, PLAIN FIGURES AND COR- S: ATON Perry, oR TO PERRY & BROTHER) nnsylvania ave., corner 9ta siryy* 13 ROB"S, in Bluck rs, reduced to $14 LESS THAN COST, e room for Hoziday Go RILSILK OTTOMANS, in Black, Terra Cotta, Bronze, Myrtl and Garnet. BI SILKS—We are offering SPECIAL INDUC MENTS in the well known brand—OUR MONOPOL! best value in the market for the mouey. 6-4 HABIT CLOTHS, in shad $1 and $1.25. Our LINEN DEPARTMENT is being kept up to its stander Amevican Hi Ladios, Gents aud Company y, DERWEAR Child and caunot be excelled HEMPSTO & PERRY, ni Cro We have just received another handsome line of CLOAKS, FUR-LIN Gesizn our 50c. umber in Table Linen can't be x this side of New York; Napkins aud Doyiies to mateh, 5c. dozen; Towels, knotted tringe, Huckaback, J. A, LUTTRELL & CO., 817 MARKET SPACE. n10 L FINE SHIRTS | Cheaper than any other house in the world, and we Way 1 t6 take our say ro, buteall and rec the ~ Made of fi lin, (not trash, full of pre ; reinforced with fine linen bosom, lined with linen, sleeve bands and linen neck band, (not | Union linen, but pure liven), snd felled seams,’ (not | turned over ‘and stitched throueh with oue stitch); all | finished r ady for th. I round thread, ny curfe sold 101 eckwears $2 Scarfs sold for $1.25, 40c. At MEG ISS'. 1002 F street. JEW FALL DRY GoODs. TRUNNEL 811 MAR large stoc & CLARK, 'T SPACE, Have now a very | Claes ers Celel EROvAD Asplentid We kee onde. ULD'S Veuls: | | leach Canton ‘Kock bottom” the verdict is SrockeD, An Of Prices solicited. ONE Price Oxtx. TRUNNEL & CLARK. ol7 in| #11 MARKET SPACE, GPECIAE ATTRACTIONS. IN FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS AND NOVELTIES aT CARTER'S, 711 MARKET SPACE, IMMENSE ASSORTMENT of Black and Colored SILKS at 50c., T5e., $1, £1.25, $1.50, $2, $2.50 and $3 yard. Plai id Brecade SILKS, SATINS, PLUSHES yEUvEIS CASHMERES, all wool wide double widii JAN SE. SUITING and LADIES’ CLOTH in all ‘the new shades at the lowest prices. aADIES'CLOAKS, SHAWLS, CLOAKING CLOTHS MOURNING DRESS GOODS in all the new and OMSL ACK CASHMERR SHAWLS and COURTAULD! CKAPE and CRAPE VEILS. € A full line of HOUSEFURNISKING GOODS: BLAN- TABLE DAMASK, SADEINS TOWELS ROTTING: HAM LACE, &."~ = At CARTER'S, 08 711 MARKET SPACE. BBB A DD BBR U U Ps R fot tot £4 BREE YE PEE 2 BBB = RA ADDD BBB ‘wo 3 en DRY_GOODS. B) D®* THE 28,000 SQUARE AND All thosa who have seen {t admire it, and jadgingr from the immense business of the last month we must! confess it isa grand success, and we shall strive to maintain the confidence of all, and instead of doubling our business, as we did last m trijde it during the first year. there is a way, and we know howto do it that ie by buying only from first bands by tho original package, eo as to save the middie mau's profit, and self living profit. dom touched by advertisers, but no merchaut can exiet without it, asitcertainly costs something to pay One Goons. . FINEST BUILDING NEW YORK! sovrn of ' FEET 0 BUSINESS: DEVOTED OTIS’ FINEST ELEVATOR VERY MODERN IMPROVEMENT THAT 28 CAN THINK OF ON THE PREMISES! . We shall try and Where there is « will When we say profit it i* son Hundred and Thirty-six Hands, which we now have on our pay~ but not one too many for us, take ten more cler only these for show, and 1uust have work to do it. Come and convince yourself that notwithstanding the | Warm spell our building is like # bee hive, and reminds anybody of the Bonmarche, our import orders for Man With the langest Jobbing houses of New York and second to none IN STANDING. §2~ The memorandum. involoes now on hand. return guarantee to sell at lowest New York retail Prices and in many instances inch low prove by S make our building and basinoss the ital. For bulletins of goods and price and weekly papers, and reme: feelings extended to us during the last twenty years, We are, respectfully, your JINANCIAL. ile. 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