Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1882, Page 3

CITY AND DISTRICT. MR. BLISS OPENING ADDIEss. Government Propeses to the Star Route Trial, After the report of the star route trial in Tue Star closed last evening Mr. Bliss continued his address to the jury, until the adjourament of the court. when he ended until to-day. They Would show, he s 3 of expedition that Brady paid large sums @ matter of fact, the same stock and carriers Performed the services. In some cases they atracter onlythe original amount, subcontractor discovered how were used y were informed by ts sent out to investigate the service this indict Then they contr: e receiving <a year for service supposed hey would show In a great nfracts made at the t for tract with the govern- ‘ors, however, tak- n orders for increase and wd that the thousands of doils to be e to the state ase the amount | al. In anothe In large, owing to th Miner. G: low the in exce him. the limit was amounted to ease it tatements Would not a how many men and hor sel In the service? St nul three miles Sunpose it is ordered an hour. ten men and horses at three mile: 1 twenty at four 1 will be Now suppose it ithful miles a y men and herses at four miles an hour. Then Brady orders that 1.000) be a. THE GOVERNMENT WAS DEFRAUDED by thus understating the number of men and horses required by the original service. Then another way t ywernment was de- franded. by jy’ Smost magnificent th understati be de- find out to the ually nit to the man who was to be 1 and received from him a brief affidavit ers. He took that state- and upon such state- Ments he made orders that took hundreds of thous of dollars from the treasury and put ft all into the pockets of these contractors, ex- cept ment asthe sole THE TOLLS WHICH HE EXACTED for his part of the transaction. If there was nothing else in the but the action of Mr. Brady upon those papers they would feel just!- fied in asking a verdict of guilty, but there was inuch more. Mr. BI allied attention to the provision fn the postal rezuia requiring the con- tractor. whose contract was to be expedited, to s to the number of men and atute spoke of the number of Under the regulation, which the claim would It was proper tement of n and horses required by 1 be. Under that reguia- affidavit and his orders. ts. +t from the ¢ WHEN IT s the affidavit h: else who kn took the afidavit of some one ‘Ww nething about the route. On was Office . he was the only person con- Bected with that route. When, however, they y On the route from Trinidad t to Miner, John W. Dorsey also On the Sioux Fails route Harvey M. Vaile. the sub-contractor, who, how ever. had never been on the route, made the affidavit. id he was going to put before the n who drove the horses, instead of on opinion or conjecture. He thought BO he of fraud on Mr. Bliss referred to the two affi- on the same day by J. W. Dorsey Fezard to the Pueblo and Rosita route, i ent st: mand hi ing this ev one of these affi- videnee upon which he Both of the affidavits were dy when he made the order taking asands from the Treasury of the . John W. Dorsey was written or Dorsey route, dire th the blanks unfilled. was sent to Washing- filled and became Brady. They would of perjury, davits as t baxed his is of an show that th der by y to make TWO INCONSISTENT AFFIDAVITS was not cor route Miner rd to John W. Dorsey. On the ek to Fort Keogh John R. edule of 84 hours 12 re required, and on a ¢ route on which . Mr. orders in th the © Brady ail r scribed how Brady Instance by jackets, th ¢lerk. At another tim that but 37 men and davit was in the js order, yet he ss de first ave his Do this: Brady” on the tien formutated by a had sworn and this affi- f making the had disap- would produce as a witness had endorsed Of the 19 sntioned in the indictment, orders of expedition had made on all but one. The fraud on this one consisted in FAYING TWICE for the same service. There were 18 affidavits used as th asis of orders and 16 of these bore such evidences of erasures and alterations that Ro man would accept them. They should ask the jury on such evidence in connection. of course,with other testimony, to say that the acts of Brady were those of a corrupt official. For ff number of trips there was no Referring to the affidavits ck and Fort Keogh route, Miner's statement as to the h horse was required to 1 number required for the expedited required each horse to travel but 2 miles a day. By such affidavits this route, originally let at was Fun up to over On the Pueblo ysita routw on the original schedule every Was required to run 163¢ miles, while the r required by the expe- mto run but 49-100 ctors as to the number of horses they 1 be required. He examined several = in this way, showing THE ARSURDITIES OF THE APFIDAVITS Upon which the orders were based. Mr. Brady had betore him at the time he made these orders other evidence than the absurdity of the affidavits, showing that he was doing what no honest officer could do. He referred to the sub-contracts on file, showing just what the service rendered actually did cost the contractor. Brady actually put into his orders that onlyafrag- ment of the amounts allowed for service should gotothe contractor who actually performed the service, while the large remainder went to the contractor who remained in Washington and arranged for expedition, But these con- tractors took care in most cases not to have the Sub-contracts on file, so. as to oblige Brady to a - Xpedition, when, as | | dezeri > | from the l his orders were absurdly | sare needed | as hostlers, or ia | men and 150 animals | while his statement as to | state in his order,according to what the sub-contractor shoul The device adopted to accomplish this was for one of these contractors to become sub-contractor for an- other, In name only. These bogus sub-contracts were filed, and the regulations only allowed one sub-contract to be filed; the second, or real con- tract made by the man who perforined the sery- ice could, therefore, not be filed, and Brady was saved from the necessity of making any undue exposure of his own corruption. On all these | routes every dollar of fines and deductions was taken from the pay of the sub-contractors, while | the contractors here got their sum net. He should the conspirators here in Washington, for no one would believe that Brady let the con- | tractors get all this money. At this point the court adjourned. = _ The Woman’s League. | WOMAN'S RIGHTS AT THE CAPIToL—THE CAUSE | we | OF THE | THe coy When the Woman's National League met last | evening, Mrs. Sinith, the president, stated that PEOPLE-—MBS. SMITH AND sailed on all Srar’s report | last wee words referring to some | of the legislators of the nation as old scalawags. She was approached in the room of the s e¢ old man, who asked If any per- sonal refisetions were intended. She told him | that she did not refer to the Senate but to the | House x about the old gentle- 8. Smith, “or about his sending fe Lome early in the season and flirting with a young gir Smith went on to | dezeril visit to the House, when a geath r proached her, said his friends Tizging” him and wanted to know if led any personal reference. She told it sne did not mean the House but the After this escapade she had been taken ha severe sore throat. This having i because little last week, read hh were adopted. RIGHTS AT THE CAPITOL. ited that “we have recently de to know that the ordi clvilities ally extended to we cireum- had been she Senate. down w of the Capitol, e that the room ded. adopted and used for that ea recently and wantonly s ied tor another purpose, and our se excluded from its occupation,” and the resolu- tions set forth “that we he | test co-tqual in all that per- nand that such. That as the room so ni de our useis only in tht ina month, that Hon. J. lit be requested to restore said room to Its original intended use, or others furnis stead. That the ob and unhe: | ment now ties’ waiti | an unfortu insult to those of our | confer with the representati' the Capitol. Re: 1. that we hereby recom- | mend to those w ave these matters in charge, | that a more suitable room be prepared than | those now in use on both sides of the Capitol for | this purpose, as being more in accordance with | the advancement towards a higher civilization now maniiest throughout the world.” THE CAUSE OF THE WORKINGMEN. Mr. Billingsby made an address, urging the importance of organization. | fact that there were some working girls in the city who were not paid more than $1.50 or $a week. Referring toa statement ina religious paper, accounting for distress among the work- | Ing classes on the score ot the vice of drinking, he asked whether it was the mechante or the capitalist drank the most. He spoke of the as- | sociate ities with some contempt as a | charity that cost $4 to give $1 to the poor. He | said if fair wages were paid to the working t e would be no need of charit: He need be afraid of being n organization, because at dis 1a girl for that te and is an oceasion to ot the people at w discharged for joining | the tirst employer t | cause would be boy Mr. Rosenburg gave his views on the question sanization. Mrs. Smith meationed one ekeeper, who she said paid only 50 centa a week to sewing girls. Rosenburg said there was another, who discharged the girls | every or two, telling them that they were hot experienced enough, and employed new ones, keeping it up all the year around. In | that way he got alone without paying anything. | Mr. Edmonston spoke of the great benefits done to the workingmen of the Distriet during the past year by trades’ unions, both in a finan- cial way and in the way of developing and im- proving the men. He thouht the means adopted and to be adopted in America for im- proving the condition of the workingmen would pe fair and open. He did not think the scenes | that attended the French revolution could ever oceur in America. | A LEAGUER WHO TAS “SKIPPE) Mrs. Smith announced that Mr. Beckwith, the gentleman with the ear trumpet, who had at- tended the league meetings and two or three weeks azo made an attack on the league, had left town, or, touse the cemmon term“skippe! on account, perhaps, of the league, as he could not stand it. Mrs. Cole, of Boston, made a few remarks, en- | conraging the league. She thought something would culminate to-morrow or next day for the benefit of the movement. She had been negot!- ating with influential parties who were willing to help the movement. She had hoped to be able to announce the resnit this evening, but would say no more than she had. Mr. Brown addressed the league at some |lenzth upon the relation of capital and labor. Mrs. Smith stated that one woman who had ap- plied to the league for aid, had been eleven years vainly appealing cials for an office. She remarked that if she had spent one-half of that thine in fitting herself for some business she would be vetter off. She inveizhed woman's field by selling garters, needles, manu‘acturing corsets, added Mrs. Smith, “our bangs. pins and “and even,” Serious Jus Robert Ould is desperately mond, Va., witha heart affection, complicated wtth pneumonia. Judge Ould is a native of | Georgetown, D C., and was in his youth an ac- tive whig politictan, and subsequently a promi- nent lawyer in this city. He was the suce as district attorney here to Philip Barton Key, who was. shot by General Sickles. Attorney Ould’s first duty was to prosecute Sickies for the mur One of the counsel for the defeuse, | Mr. Daniel Ratcliffe, died in Baltimore two days | axe Colonel Onld was during the late war je nfederate commissioner for the exchange of tin Rich- prisoners. He isa man of engaging manners and very popular in Richmond, as he was in this District during his residence here. Washington Market—Retail Prices, MEATS.—Beef, sirloin, 15218. per Ib house, 18.20¢.; ‘rib rust, 1021 | Corned Beef, Satze.: Dried Beer, ‘ehippe | do. 2 am). spr 20. Ex 1g 1234 15¢.5 Pork 14 i8e.; Tams, ‘sugar cured, houlders, Halbe., Cut, 18aBWe. part, 16, Favrrs.—Oringes, 40260¢. per doz.: Lemons, 30a 40e. per doz; Bananas, per doz. ; Cocoanuts, o; Apphes, 40a60e. per pk; do. (Cooking), 30. Pe a$1.; do. (cooking), 40<30c. | Be. Perch, g40e. per bunc! Kk, large, 20a, Be. per Ib., 40.0. per bunch; Mackerel, W..35e. | Halibut, 159 er Ib.; Codfish, 1al2-” per il Haddock, 10c. tfish, Wage. per bunch. 2a lack Fish, 12at5e. i 1b.; Lobster, $124818 per doz. BUTTER. — Philadelphia Print, 50e. Western Cre: e.; New York, 40c. Roll, a » Wagder; Ezys, B8asse. per 07. VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, (Irish) 30a40e. per peck; Sweet), Madde. per. p'k; Cabbage, Sal0e. per : mie per pieck: Beets Babs. per per head; Ontons, 40.50. per arrots, BaSc. per bunch; Beans, (Lima,) = Der qu; Oyster Plant, 3a5e. bh.: ‘Turni = per pk.; Cauliflower, $0a30c. each; Squash; dish, 21d, per bunch 3a8. rkeys, 15y ver 1b. cken3 a$l per pair; Geese, Sqhabs, $2.50083 per doz. Gase.—Duck (canvas back), $94.50 por patr; do. Toe. per pair; do. (red head), $1.54 per patr; do. (mallard), 75431 per pair; do. (bar crow), S0c. per palt; ‘Plovers, 7c. per pair: Quail, # to $ per doz; Pheasanis, $2 per pair: Snipe, $4 perdoz; Black Birds, 40.50c. per doz. ———— Venis on 25c. per Ib. : Deatu From Oprvm.—Leland V. Fairbanks, son of a prominent New York lawyer, employed as chemist at the National Tube Works, Mc- Keesport, Pa., was tound dead in bed Wednes- day morning at his boarding house. The young man was addicted to opium habit. and Tuesday night took such a dose that he never woke. He } Was 23 years old. | she went to the Capitol last Monday and was as- | izenship and representation with the | these conveniences | the evening in the yarie He referred to the } Congressmen and off- | OF MESMNERISM. Scenes on a Variety Stage. WHAT A STAR REPORTER SAW FROM THE WINGS— THE SUBJECTS AND HOW THEY WERE DE- LUDED—A SUBJECT THAT ESCAPED FROM THE STAGE—RIDING AN IMAGINARY MULE, &C. “Go up and hear the quartet,” said the stage manager of the Theater Comique to a Stan re- porter who had been invited behind the scenes, into the penetralia of the theater, for the pur- pose of getting a better opportunity of wit- nessiag the operations of the Kennedy brothers, the mesmerists, than could be obtained from a chair in front. Upstairs, standing at the wings, @ scene or flat which was set on the stage, di- vided the field of the reporter's vision into two sections. On the one side, in the dim light. could be seen a semi-circular row of chairs a y for the subjects of the mesmerista, ain shirt sleeves stood ready for the signal to shift the scenes. The other eve was dazzled by the glare of the footlights, ma- king everything confused and indistinct. On this side the view included a section of the stage, the orchestra anda part of tie audito- rium. The quartette were four gentlemen with their faces blacked, who were engaged in cele- brating jn rather doleful song the fortunes of some young gentleman so pleasing in |deportment as to inspire a desire inthe bosoms of his lady friends to smother him with clover. The music stopped, the four | gentlemen in black cork came _helter-skelter into the wings, the audience roared, pounded, | and whistled to express their delight, the mana- | ger’s bell clicked, and, presto! the scenes were | shoved back and the semi-circular row of chairs | beea visible to the audience. Prof. J. E. Kennedy stepped out from the wing on the op- posite side of the stage and mate a little speech, challenging investization into the gel uineness of the demonstrations about to follow. He called for VOLUNTEER SUBJECTS and especially implored the ladies present to come up and be mesmerized, promising to be more gentle with them than with the men. The reporter could not see the audience, but the | sounds of commotion that tollowed the pro- | fessor’s invitation indicated that he would have | no lack of subjects. There came scrambli upon the stage what, by sound, appeared to be | aregiment of hoodlums, but when upon coming | into view they dwindled down to five “gallery | gods.” ‘The ladies present, to whom the pro- fessor had referred, were seated in the boxes en- ing the attentions of gentlemen. Their com- ions were well protectea in most instances against the disenchanting effects of the tierce glare of light by a very liberal outlay of rouge | and powder. Three of these young women who | had appeared beiore the audience before during 'y performance came mincing upon the stage. Finally, the party was ailmade up, there being about a dozen male sub- Jects besides the three accommodating ladies Four of the males were colored. Two or three of the young white men were very tidily dressed and appeared to be accustomed to another atmosphere than that of the Comique gallery. | Most of the subjects having never before “trod the boards” on any stage, were evidently M1 at ease, and sought comfort In giguling. Tlie pro- | fessor, or rather the professors, for Mr. C. M. Kennedy had by this time appeared on the stage, BEGAN OPERATIONS To SLOW MUSIC. First the subjects were required to hold thelr hands in their lap, grasping the left wrist with (the right hand. Then all were instructed to | close their eyes. One of the professors began at each end ot the row, making passes with his hand about the heads of the subjects, One by one the subjects showed evidences of unconsciousness until all except two or three | who would not yield to the influence, had suc- |cumbed. Then the professors roused each one | in turn, and the look of surprise aud sheepish- hess which each subject gave upon being awaked affording much anmsement to the andience and evoking yells of delight from the particular friends or each particular subject In the gallery. By this time the professors had determined | quite well who were the best subjects. A long- legged young man was called from his chair and toldto place his hands to the professor's |shouider. Then he found, that tus and twist, with allhis might he could not puil his hands This experiment was successfully. tried nother big lumbering fellow, and Ladapper little boy about four fect hich, Were set to whirling their hands and found they could |not stop until the professor had snapped his ‘fingers, and pronounced the words that broke | the spell. Then the two subjects felt an intol- | erable itching in the middle of their backs and after vainly trying to relieve themselves with | their hands, rushed against the scenes project- ing from the wings, and there scratched them- | selves as a cow scratches herself against a tree. Several of thesubjects were in turn made to fol- low the professor's hand, keeping their noses always within about six’ inches of the hand, All the subjects except one or two still resisted the influence, were then fastened by invisible hands to their chairs, and could not arise though they seemed to make most genuine efforts to do so. Then the whole line were set clapping their hands and could not stop. Then they all began | to ery, and blubbered away ina most’ mournful fashion. Upon their being brought out of the lerying fit, one of the lady subjects retired from the stage as the real teurs she had shed had somewhat damaged her complexion. After that the whole company were set to laughing, and | some laughed so heartily, that they rolled off their chairs. RIDING AN IMAGINARY MULE. Then the Professor turned a chair over on the stage near the footlights. The subjects, having | their eyes closed, he told them that when they | opened their eyes they would imagine them- | selves In a circus; that there was a mule in the ring, and the man who rode it was to get five | dollars. When the subjects opened their eyes | four or five orthem made a rush for the chair | rainst men who intruded upon | and struggled manfully to ride the kicking beast. As the whole crowd seemed in danger of | going over the footlights in their struggles the Professor snapped his fingers before any one of them had earned the e dollars. Then the crowd were made to believe, apparently, that | they were receiving a company of fine ladies | and gentlemen. The subjects bowed and seemed very polite. One subject, a comical- | looking young colored man with a big collar, bowed and scraped allover the stage, causing | much merriment. Two of the ladies and two of | the male subjects were selected to forma church r, and under the Professor's influence ally did attempt to sing “Shall we gather at the river.” Then two of the boys were trans- formed into runaway boys and two of the ladies into the mothers of the boys, who discovered thei and proceeded to whip them, This scene was carried out in a most active and natural | manner, the young women charging down upon the seapegraces before them In the most ap- (eevee inaternal way, and the boys setting upa how! of anguish that such as none but a boy ex- pecting a walloping could emit. A SUBJECT ESCAPES. After other amusing scenes had been repre- sented in the same manner, one of the subjects: was called up, and the professor ran pins into his cheek without calling forth a twitch of pain. The professor then explained that, under the Influence of the mesmeric spell, surgical opera- tions could be performed without pain. He | desired a physician, if there was one in the au- dience, to come on the stage and attempt to run a needle through the subject's cheek. Upon this the subject, who was behind the professor, turned about, jumped off the stage, and made his way out of the theater as fast as his legs would carry him. The professor thrust his hand out towards the rapldly retreating figure, and threw @ mesmeric’ lasso after him but failed to bring him back. The pro- fessor said afterwards that he failed to stop the fugitive because he could not catch his eye. The reason the boy ran was he said because, while he was standing there the cat-calls and other noises of the audience broke the spell. He heard what was to be done with him, and fled in fright. A WINTER SPORT. For the closing scene, a pan of flour was brought upon the stage. When the subjects opened their eyes this pan of flour was con- verted into a snowbank. Several of the male subjects were seized with and acted upon an impulse to wash one another's faces in the snow. ‘They rushed forward, grabbed up the flour by the handful, i a most reckless manner, and were soon covered with it from head to foot; a sight which caused uproarious laughter among the audience and great consternation on the stage, when the spell was broken by the snap of the professor's finger. The curtain rolled down, the theater was smptied with the suddenness that always chal rizes variety theaters, and soon no one was left on the stage but some of the subjects, who were endeavoring to remove the flour from thelr hair and clothing, | THE SEASON OF SANTA CLAUS. Toys iu Abundance and Variety for the Little Ones. MANY CURIOUS NOVELTIES — THE DECLINE OF THE WAX AND THE RISE OF THE PAPIER MACHE DOLL—HOW TOYS ARE MADE, . irom the New York Herald. Now is the time when a great eruption of toy exhibitions occurs through the city. Every little stationery, candy and @ry goods store from the North to the East river is bound to utilize the juvenile craving for toys that rages with so much virulence at this season of the year. Onsome of the leading thoroughfares the toy display was never so large and imposing, and many of the mechanical devices introduced this year for the first time are marvels of ingen- uity. This, too, is the time when the small boy and girl thrill with anticipations of Christmas presents and when the youthful mind becomeslost in bewilderment at the wonderful variety of good things provided by the toy dealers. For the small boy and girl it is truly an embarras de richesses—in other words, too much of a good thing. Neither the Britisn museum nor the tower of London nor the louvre of Paris has half as much attraction for the eye of the small boy as a toy store on Broadway or Sixth avenue. Yet not the small boy alone, with crude and visionary ideas, but the sage and mature adult will flnd a world of fascination In some of the remarkable and beautitul mechanical con- trivances which have been lately introduced. The ingenuity, neatness, and even the cheapness of some of these Inventions are amazing. When automatic mechanical effects were first brought before the public in toys they were available only by the children of very rich people, but now they are within the range of almost all classes ata moderate price. Still the purchasers of elaborate toys imported from abroad and of quaint and curious construction are limited im number. Noar’s Ark, Juck-In-the-box, a simple tin horse, # woolly dog and the like will always command the patronage of the great mass of children. EVERYTHING FOR THE CHILDREN. The throngs of women to be met with on 14th street and along the west side of,6th avenue, from 28rd street down, these days are less intent upon purchases for themselves than for thelr children, and the toy emporlums, consequently, have the largest share of the patronage. A large plate glass window on 6th avenue, filled from bottom to top with nothing but dolls, attracted a much more numerous crowd of spectatorsthan one near at hand filled with rich silk and satin are: In the doll window were three s of the girl’s favorite geous array and labelled respectively Tolanthe* and “Lady Jane.” Mrs. Langtry's likeness in an adjacent photographer's glass case was nowhere in attractiveness beside the dolls. In another store on the same avenue was ex- hibited a tableau entitled *Dolls’ departure for Europe on the Servia.” A miniature Servia, abont five feet long, floated away from the Cunard pier, her decks covered with dotis appar- eutly ia a high state of animation, while on the pier was an equally large number, dressed in the gayest possible costumes, waving bouquets of flowers and handkerchiefs. Behindthe fringe of figures on the edge of the pier was a row of hansom cabs, several trucks laden with bales ot cotton and merchandise, and a number of laborers, with very black faces and yery white wool on the top of their heads, in the place where the wool ought to grow, carrying sacks of flour on their backs. The whole picture was evidently intended to give a life-like sketch of the depart- ure ofa European steamer and it did not fall very short of accomplishing the purpose. In another window a huge fan of black and gold was every few minutes drawn aside and revealed various scenes in fairyland, the grotto of the sylphs. the abode of the fairy queen and the transformation of the grotto into a bower of. bliss. The costumes of the tableau were tasteful and brilliant. In a third window s a tableau comprising Mother ites, including *BaaBaa, Black and Gill,” “Peter. Peter, Pamkin Old Woman Under the Hill,” ry. Mary, Quite Contrary” and “Ride ‘a White Horse to Banbury Cross.” CURIOUS MECHANICAL TOYS. A further tableau was one consisting of two Ethiopian tures, each standing about two feet andahalf high. One (the maie) plays a flute and the other (the femal#)a harp. Both are gorgeously clad in gold and crimson silk and velvet and wear enormous earrings. When started in the usual way the male performer draws up the flute to his capacious mouth, and with fingers manipulating the keys plays an air from Strauss, accompanied by his companton on the harp. When the music Is finished—and it is distinctly audible outside the big window, where a dense mass of ladies and children is gathered—applause ts given and the performers bow their heads graciously in return, and after a slight pause begin again with another couple of bars of mu: This tableau was undoubtedly the most popular of any, and great seemed the entertainment of the women and children who stood In front of it all day long. The price of figures was $113. Not far from here, at rear of the establishment, was a large and iant collection of both imported and do- ic toys. The mechanical ones among them ngularly unique. One represented a scene in erland, and consisted of a variety of ob- Jects Zrouped together on a box, about thirty inches square on the surface, and about three inches deep, Inthe front and oecupying the main part of the space was a lake ot real water, in the center of which was an island crowned by atiny chateau, and on the lake a boat with a youth and his lady love caimly sailing around. At the turn of a crank a waltz from Strauss began, a mill wheel was set in motion, a bell su nded high ina church steeple rang out a inerry peal, a railroad train flashed across the ie in the background, a monk fell on his s in prayer at a casement which flew open, the gardener set to chopping wood and a flock of sheep, by a shepherdess, moved ross a green lawn. This elaborate contrivance as for sale at $8.98. Another of a similar kind, but not so full of detail, represented a rustie farmhouse beside a flour mill; a tank on top of the farmhouse supplied motive power to the mill wheel and also toa fountain in the yard. before the farmhouse. When the water was turned on the mill wheel reyoiyed and set the hoppers going, while the tountain played vigor- ously and sounds as from a piano came through the open windows ot the dwelling. THE PEACOCK AND DUCK. Few things astonished the women and chil- dren more than the peacock. This, on being duly wound up and placed on the floor, moved forward slowly, but with all the grace and dignity of the natural bird, and asdt moved it calmly raised and expanded its tall until its full dimensions were exhibited, and then as calmly folded it up again, while by way of showing its superiority to the native and actual peacock sounds of lively music came from its tnter‘or. Tke swimming duck was another object of in- terest, but it rather overdid the thing and should have been content to equal without ex- celling nature. It was a much more animated duck than those ordinarily seen on the lakes in Central Park, and it wagged its head and quacked and flapped its wings and kicked its webbed feet In a way to alarm the lookers-on for its health and safety. The rooster was a rare bird. It was about the size of a small bantam, but it crowed loud enough fora full grown fighter. With parlor skates on its feet it went over the boards with ease and comfort,to the great amazement of the children who crowded around it. It had music in its soul, too, and gave forth a spirited French melody. A cow running away from a pretty milkmaid to gobble a bundle of clover she sees ahead of her is al- ways an exciting rural episodé, and this was embodied in one of these wonderful mechanical toys, the cow running around in a circle ina very rapid manner, with the bundle of clover out before her, but which she appears never to be able to reach, while the pretty milkmaid, on the same platform, lays vigorously onto her flanks with a switch. This toy, on cccount of the active whaling operation performed by the pretty milkmaid and the uncommon energy in running betrayed by the cow made more hilarity and excitement among the spectators than any- thing else. One particularly attractive toy was @ young lady in the supreme height of fashion, ith the daintlest of hats, gloves and boots, and with a cataract of the brightest blonde hair flowing down her back, wheeling a baby carriage and a baby init, the tiniest and cutest looking baby that ever was seen. When wound up and set on the floor that young lady and her baby went like a locomotive through the crowd of people in front of her to their very great amazement. The Jumping man was a comical character. After he had jumped till it was thought he was tired out he was put up on top of a glass case among the other toys to take a rest, when he started Uae: again, and great- ly frightened the young lady inside the counter, who thought there might seme mysterious figures in this | Inflnence at work to her unknown. The clerk outside the counter grabbed him by the ears at. once and gave him a knock against the frame of the glass case that knocked the wind and the music out of him instantaneously. MINIATURE TRAVELLING SHOWS. Very pretty, too, were the miniature travel- ling shows, with a man at one corner of the temporary stage pounding on a drum and play- ing a pandean pipe, while inside three or four fixures danced with furious energy. Some of the shows were on a larger scale than usual, with drop curtain and scenes for three acts, pri- vate boxes and full orchestra. Interesting. also, were the automatic singing birds, with notes as clear and sweet as any golden crested canary. For an edifying and instructive toy, the min- Jature kitchen, exhibited in another part of the establishment, appeared to fill the bill. To an intelligent little girl it offered all the teaching of. akindergarten. There was a complete cooking Tange, a crockery cupboard, a set of jelly moulds, a set of reserve jare, il kinds of cooking utensils, and the entire paraphernalia of a perfect kitchen. Every thing was clean and bright as anew pin, and many a housekeeper who looked at the picture, sighed to think how hopeless a thing it Is to get the proper help to keep a real live kitchen in similar good order, The price of this toy was $21.98. The alphabet- ical obclixk is a series of graduated hollow blocks which slide into cach other like the ports of a telescope, and, when compressed, take up oy asmall space, but_ when projected out at fall length, make an obelisk about five feet high, bearing the letters of the alphabet conspicu- ously. and a good deal more matter for primary instruction. NEW PARLOR GAMES. These toys are in the line ot helping the young idea how to shoot. “The Fish Pond” is the title of a new parlor game which may or may not be agreat success. It finds its place among the toys. It consists in a number of small, square blocks of light wood, beveled on the upper edges, and in the center, at the top, is fastened asmallring. These blocks are disposed of on a table, and the players proceed to fish with rod and line and hook for them, skillfully endeayor- ing to put the hook in the ring on each block and bear it away off the table. On the bottom of the block is its number, and the man who fishes off the table the blocks bearing the largest aggregate numbers is declared the winner. “Binaldo” is another new game. in which a wheel with two holes at opposite sides of about two and a halt inches diameter is made to revolve with great rapidity in front of a target, and if a man succeeds in firing a pin with a tufted head on it through one of the holes in the revolving wheel and hitting a bull’s-eye or a place near thereto he wins more or less. A box about twelve inches long and eight Inches deep mounted on wheels was proclaimed as a travel- Ing menagerie and aquarium. By turning a crank on top of the box and sliding back the doors in front a moving panorama is revealed, giving with beautiful distinctness and as if through the water itself pictures of all the fa- mous fishes In the sea. Reversing the crank another panorama is presented of all the known wild animals on the earth. This class of toy may also be classed with the educational series already mentioned. It is sald that a Mississippi river captain once boasted that his steamboat was of such light draught and such versatile powers that he could run her across the prairies in a heavy dew, but in this collection was a steamboat which cculd dispense with eyen the dew and run across the ground like a locomo- tive and then take to the water like a duck. MISCELL. ps TOYS. Besides all the curious toys just enumerated there was an endless profusion of more ordinary ones, and yet of a superior quality. There were ferryboats that never feared to come into col- lision with anything on the East or North rivers and will never be responsible for the loss of any human life. There were gallant looking trot- ters and race horses, fully caparisoned with bridle, saddle and harn who will never in all time win a match, and yet may afford more gen- ulne satisfaction to their owners than if they had been made of flesh and blood. Tiere v drams by the thousand that will never t arnis on the battle field and will neyer know miseries of war; there were Noah's arks by the hundred that must wait a long time before they encounter any deluge, and there was a yast nninber of other objects well calculated to be- guile and captivate the eye and fancy of children. WHERE TOYS ARE MADE. In a crowded region on the east side stands « toy factory, covering nearly a whole block. It is said to be the largest factory of its kind in the world and sends its products everywhere, even into Germany, the ancient home of toy building, but rapidly yielding the paim to America, where toys are turned out wholesale by a comprehensive system of machinery. It employs 275 hands, male and female; makes 3,000 different kinds of toys, and sends out in the year 15,000,000 tin horses and 10,000,000 putty blowers to amuse the rising youth of this and other nations. To the question, “What Kind of toy is most sold?” the superintendent of this concern replied, The tin horse on plat- form.” Vhat next?” “The horse and wagon.” nd next?” Team of horses and wagon.” “Then what follow “Revolving toys, trains of cars and magic lan- erns.”” “After these?” ee toy tea sets and horse reins for yho buys the most toys—boys or girls?” ‘The boys buy most of the larger and more expensive class of toys, but the girls equal them in the average run of toys. A girl will buy a horse and wagon quite as quick as a boy: “What class of toys is in greater demand at Christmas?” “Mechanical toys. The Santa Claus musical sleigh, arecent invention, is a yreat favorite.” “How are these tin toys made:” “A sheet of tin eight feet by two and a half is taken to the cutting sheers and cut up into pieces the size of the horse or other animal in- tended to be made from it. These pieces are equaily divided into rights and lefts. As plain pieces of tin they are then taken to. what are called the drops. where a die is placed between two upright posts and a heavy weigit descends and the plece of tin in- stantaneously assumes the shape of a horse or Whatever other animal is intended to be de- picted. This is, however, but halt of the animal. Areverse die gives the otier half, and both having been put through a machine that cuts away the superfluous tin outside the outline of wzure have their concave surfaces brought exactly together and soldered. When this Is done they are taken to another part of the build- ing, and if horses they are harnessed to wagons or placed on platforms. After this they are thoroughly exaiined to see that they are pro- perly made, and then taken to the top floor, where they are glven to girls to trim and paint. One girl simply paints the horse or the wagon, another does the striping, a third puts on the artistic touches, a fourth varnishes, a fifth does the stencill:ng of the name on the sides of the wagon and a sixth puts on the wheels, so that a simple tin toy, which retails as low as five cents, passes through nearly a dozen hands from first to last.” “Does the business of making toys last through the year?” “Practically it ceases about t&e middle of December and begins about May. The whole- sale houses lay in their supplies from the factory by the beginning of December, and the business of manufacturing then virtually ceases for the winter.” A GREAT ARRAY OF TOYS. The superintendent led the way to the sample room of the factory, and showed the reporter specimens of ail the diffferent toys manufac- tured. On one wall were suspended samples of horses and animals of every kind undera variety of conditions. The smallest horse stood about three inches and the largest eighteen. Dexter, the great ng horse, appeared to be the favorite model aca which the larger specimens were constructed. The figure with two feet in the air and apparently flying threugh space must have a stirring effect on the fancy of a boy. The average sized horse was about eight inches and retails at ten and fifteen cents. Some were mounted by gayly painted riders, male and cabs, dump carts, milk wagons, hotel fire engine, hose carriage, menagerie locomotives, in ail sizes from four 1 thirty. Watering liver water, were of Tor to its housekeeping mother; brewery wagons, laden gery Deer barrels and drawn by end horses, m: a brave display. An imposing toy was a United States artillery wagon, drawn by four horses, with a gun. caisson and mount men. An elevated railroad train, wound up and running around acircular track at full speed, would have caught the attention of any sensi- tive boy. One magnificent toy was a Tally-ho coach and four horses, covering a lineal space of forty-two inches, with two stylish and impres- sive swells sitting bolt upright on the box seat and a dozen others on the seats behind. A stage called George Washington, with adozen sus- = looking characters segted inside and und on a target excursion, was a conspicuous object. AN ODD LOT OF INVENTIONS. Among the mechanical toys was what was called a Santa Claus musical sleigh. Santa Clans, clad in fur, was represented standing up- right in the sleigh beside a Christaas tree and looking out over the heads of a pair of antlered deer, while behind him in a locker was a lot of miscellaneous toys. Thistey when wound up started rapidly over the floor, playing “ Yankee Doodle,” the legs of the deer moving up and down tna natural kind of way. A toy of that sort retails for €6. Of other mechanical toys which are wound up and run from five to ten minutes were a clown dancing on the top of a barrel, two negro lassies dancing a breakdown — @ very comical affair—a girl with a skipping rope, an acrobat on a crossbar, and a coivred washerwoman scrubbing clothes for dear life. One beautiful toy exhibited three couples dancing a waltz on acarpet of crimson velvet, under a canopy of green snd gold, gorgeously clad in the costume of the reign of Louis Quar- torze and moying around with all the grace of expert dancers. Next came a revolving race- course for trotters and velocipedes, a ball and | mallet game, with two flzures of men standing | at one end and a lady seated at the other, who returned to the players the balls they needed to play with. MAGIC LANTERNS. The magic lantern has a peculiar fascina {tion for boys and girls and is a favorite toy | Christmas time. Mazic lanterns retail from twenty-five cents to £10. according to size, but one lately patented and introduced thi the first time selis as high as 350 and $100. This lantern is automatic, the spring running for eight days. In other respects it is t! the old style of lantern, except that in place ot having sliding pictures there Is acirele, or rather aring. containing from twenty to fifty pictures, inside the lantern, which is revolved by the ma- chinery every half minute, showing one picture at each turn of the movement. This lantern can be wound up to show pictures for eight con- supplying the machinery every twelve hours with a little oll. The most remarkable toy in the collection, not alone for its size but its in- genuity, was the race course. A MINIATURE RACE COURSE. horses, much larger than the average toy horse, ing post in an even line, They were saddled suits were painted to correspond exactly with those worn at Jerome Park, The machinery of this toy was down below and hidden out of sight. “It was worked by a crank, and when started the horses broke away and scattered over the course as naturally as ever was seen on an actual race track. They also came unevenly tothe winning post, and the speed at which | they ran was quite equal to that on the averaze |Tace course. st of the toys here mentioned | are monopolized by boys, but there is a wide | fleld, nevertheless, left to the girls, There is the great world of dolidom of wax dolls, bisque dolls, papier-mache dolis, china dolis, rag dolis, wooden dolls, and ali sorts of dolls. Then there is the britannia tea and coffee and dinner sets, and the queensware baby sets, and the baby fur- niture, and the miniature kitchens, so that the | girls are by no means neglected. BRITANNIA TEA SETS AND DOLLS. The britannia tea sets are made outof pewter, which is a mixture of lead and tin. The process of manufacture is quite interesting. A man dips | a ladle into acaldron of metal and pours a cer- | tain quantity into a mould which Is designed for }a teapot or sugar bowl and ina few minutes the metal has solidified and the teapot or sugar bowl is made. It Is then sent to be trimmed and planed, and Ina very short time it comes out of the hands of the workmen with a luster as dazzling as adiamond. A regular tea set | consists of teapot. sugar bowl, cream pitcher, | slop bowl and six caps, six saucers, six spoons jand sugar tongs, all packed ina box and re- tailed at from five cents a box to $1, while atea set along with a tray retails from twenty- five ceuts to $1. From the pewter that makes the | tea sets whole armies of soldiers arecreated. The Seventh regiment in pewter, with Colonel Em- mons Clark in full uniform thrown in, may be had for $1. Here are trays full ot soldiers, rep- resenting all arms of the military service. The cavalry must have a particular charm for the boyish eye, as they are made to weara very dashing and heroic look, the horses pawing the air with their fore feet, and the troopers waving their swords and looking ferocious as savages. The Sixty-ninth regiment, with Colonel Jim Cavanagh thrown in, sells for the same price as the seventh ($1). On the superintendent's at- tention being drawn to the anomaly ot having ‘so pronounced a Celtic regiment as the Sixty- ninth, dressed in red coats and blue pants he said that particular lot of soldiers was iIntendea for the English market, and the uniforms were accordingly made to harmonize with their des- tination. It appears that the day of the wax doll fs over and that it will never again reign supreme in the nursery. This is a . The wax doll was a harmless poor thing, with its pale pink cheeks, indizo eyes and light blonde hair, but this is a utilitarian age, and believes in the doc- trine of the survival of the fittest. The papier- mache doll. which is comparatively tndestructi- ble, has crowded the wax doll to the wali and ruined its prospects forever. The papier-mache doll is of a different type of face from the other, and {fs universally conceded to be much more handsome, It has none of the dull, mane and foolish expression of the wax doll, but a bright, winning, intelligent leok that prepossesses at a first glance. Then if is a hardy, robust doll that can hoid Its own in any kind of nursery, and not submit to having its nose broken or its eye poked out with a bodkin by a reckless and sanguinary baby. There are twelve sizes in the papier-mache doils, the largest having a tace as large as a young woman's. They wear black and blonde wavy hair, have round, rosy cheeks and are very much more healthy looking than the wax dois. Papler-mache is composed prin- cipally of paper mixed with flour and cement. The moulds for the dolls’ heads are made of cast steel. First a head is made froma plaster of Paris mould and then it is cast from a steel mould. The bisque dolis are sold largely, as they are jointed from head to foot and can be placed in any kind of attitude. The material of which they are made is lasting, and this eco- nomic consideration makes them popular. =r Mme. Modjeska’s Strange Visitor. From the New York World, 15th. A young lady, yet in her teens, called upon Mme. Modjeska yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel and urgently requested an audience, saying that she had credentials from Polish friends of the Chlapowski family (the family of Mme. Mod- Jeska’s husband). Mme. Modjeska received her and found this statement to ve untrue. The girl admitted that it was only a subterfuge to procure an audience, but at the same time ad- mitted that she had something important to disclose, and would only do so to Mme. Modjeska who was then with her maids) in private. Mme. lodjeska dismissed her attendants and listened to the young girl's story. She said that she knew that Count Bozenta, Mme. Modjeske’s husband, was connected with a nihilist plot, and that he had accepted a dangerous mission that would lead to almost certain death, and was about to depart to Europe to execute it, and that she being herself heart and soul in the female. Some were Big. between parallel bars within a hoop of tin. Then there were el- ephants, tigers, lions, goats, camels, sheep, & ad libitum, a boy pushing a hoop with an ani mal inside, a boy on a platform with wheels giv- ing a circus performance of animals, sheep with shepherd. boy training horse, boy training ele- phant, cow with calf, tiger with wheip, lon with cub. a girl drawing water froma well, re- volving acrobat on horse, two soldiers on re- volving platform, one playing a drum and the other carrying a rifle, a scissors grinder and so on. Among the novelties was a musical top which on being spun played a melody lastin; fully five minutes. The wagon departmen' offered endiess variety. Tiny wagons five inches long with two wheels and one horse were nu- merous and were said to retail at five cents, and those fancitully decorated at ten cents. There were butcher boy’s wagons, express and ler’a Wagons, gigs, phaetons, barouches, movement, and having no one to regret her death, she had come to offer her services and save Madame’s husband. With tact and &licacy Mme. Modjeska talked to the girl, and at ist sent her away fully convinced that Rus- sian freedom was not suffering on account of her inaction. Count Bozenta is stopping with his wife at the Clarendon. pas veresbescer “cd Snes Scrr Acaisst New ORLEANS FoR 4 MILLION Do..ars.—Henry Shepherd, of West Virginia, holding a million dollars of consolidated New Orleans bonds, sues the city and prays thata mandamus be issued to the city, to at once levy by separate and distinct assessment, and here-~ year for | e same as | secutive days without any attention beyond | This was inclosed within an ornamental board | fence six feet long and six feet wide. Seven | were entered for the race and came to the start- | and bridled and mounted py jockeys, whose , A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Times from Baltimore, December 14, says: A sensation has been created in society circles here by Er- nault Williams, the son of George Hawking Williams, preeident of the Maryland state senate, marrying against his father's wishes, and then to-day filing & motion in the cireuit court to eet aside a deed of trust by which he had conveyed. to his father all of his property in consideration of an annuity of $2,000. In the motion filed to-day the young man simply states that the reasons for the transfer which existed at the time of signing the deed of trust do not new exist and asks to be given control of his own Peas ak spring it became known in high #o- clety here that Ernault Williams was to be married to Miss Lillie Hazelitt, of city. Young Williams ix one of the best known society men tn Baltimore, and the announce- ment attracted considerable attention, which did not wane when it was rumored that the elder Williams was bitterly opposed to the match. The wedding day was fixed for June 1ith last. Cards were issued, the bride's trous- seau was prepared, when a few days before the marriage the groom set sail for Europe, and so- ciety was lost in wonder. Later it transpired that previous to the groom's departure he had been compelled to ‘Make a deed of trast to his father ot his entire fortune, amount to $250,000, Inherited direct from his grat father. the late John 8. Gittings, It ts said that at the time there was a stormy scene between father and son, and that the latter was persuaded into signing the deed by Senator Williams, who had always exerch a strong | control over the young man. When the clect, apparently much against his will, went to New York before sailing for Liverpool, he wrote a long letter to his flancee, assuring her of his continued love and desire to marry her and promising to speedily return. During his ab- | Sence abroad he corresponded with her regu- larly, though his father, it 18 sald, knew nothing of the love letters that were passing between them. About a month ago Ernault returned home, and twenty-four hours aiter his arrival the cards Were again issued for the wedding, and the happy couple were married about three weeks ago in the presence of a fashionable asseimb) jat the residence of the bride's parents | Paul street. The senator was not at the wed- | ding, and from what can be learned he is un- relenting and refuses to recognize his sonor | transfer back to him his property. The trial of the case will be very interesting and is eagerly looked forward to by the legal profession and soclety folks. ————<. A Nevada Man's New Suit. HOW IT FEELS TO WEAR A COAT OF TAR AND FEATHERS NEXT TO THE SKIN. From the Virginia City Chronicle. “Most people,” said a prominent Renoite toa Chronicle reporter to-day, “don't know what @ terrible punishinent tarring and feathering | really is. They euppose that It Isnothing worse than a badge of infamy, rather uncomfortable, perhaps, but not painful unless the tar gets into he eyes, This isa great mistake. I helped to daub Jones. He was a disgrace to humanity | and deserved what he got. But I had no idea until I saw that fellow plastered what a tough deal the process is. We painted him all over pretty thick with a broom and some enthusi- | astic vigilante poured a few gallons of tar on his head. Then the feathers, taken from a big pillow, were dusted on him, und he stood out, white and puffy, in the starlight. like some huge and grotesque-looking bird. He had to -put his clothes on over the whole imbss.and then he was ridden on a rail for fifty yards or so, and we put him on beard the west-bound train at midnight, with instructions not to come back on pain of being hanged. “I saw him on the train. He wassitting with his head on his arms on the back of the seat In front of him. The tar was so thick on his head that it covered the hair out of sight, and his | poll shown in the light of the car lamps like a lack rubber ball just dipped in the water. The poor fellow was zroaning, and I couldu't help feeling mean at having taken a hand in the Job. You see the body is covered with short hair, and when the tar lierdens a iittlethe slight- est movement causes acute pain, as it one’s beard was being pulied out with pincers, hair byhair. Then there is the stoppage of all spiration, which would soon killa man if he didn’t make lively time In getting scrubbed. ides, the smell of the tar turns the stom- ach, and about half an hour after aman has been coated he must feel mighty sorry he wasn't hanged. “Then comes the scrubbing with ofl. It took two Chinamen and a darkey three days in Truckee to reduce Jones to a mild brown. rubbing makes the skin tender, and the must be as sore as a boil for weeks.” soo —__—__—__ A Youxe Winow's Lvck.—George Wiggina, of Port Washington, married November 30, 1881, and two days afterwards committed suicide. Counsel for his widow, who was a minor, alleged that Wiggins’ father was attempting to keep his son's property, and after along suit it was decided yesterday ‘in the Queens Spay 4 surrogate’s court that the girl was entitled to: the property owned by her husband at the time of his death. ¥. World, 14th. 1 AvTHORITY OF DerpcTy MARSHALS aT THE Po.ts.—In the United States circuit court in | Columbia, 8.C., in the case against F. W. Hore | sey, state supervisor of elections for Charleston | county, charged with violation of section 5,522 | of the Revised Statues of the United States, the jury, in obedience to Judge Bond's instrac- tions, rendered a verdict of not guilty. The court thus sustained the decision of Judge Hughes, of Virginia, that United States deputy marshals have no authority to enter polling pre- | cincts naless calied upon by supervisors for the purpose of preventing fraud or suppressing violence. Under this decision the cases pending ainst supervisors of other counties have been discontinued, Judge Bond's ruling bas caused great dissatisfaction among the leading republl- cans of the stat parse Is BUT ONE GENUINE ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER IN THE MARKET, ‘And that is FRED'K BROWN'S PHILADELPHIA. Anothers are Imitations or made to sell on the reputs- tion of the Original, and may do harm, while FREDE- RICK BROWN'S PHILADELPHIA, will always bee Dlessing in SPRING, BUMMER, AUTUMN, ana ban BTOMACH DISORDERS, For SLEEPLESSNESS, For SUDDEN CHILLS, WHEN DRENCHED DURING THE EQUINOX, WHEN COLD IN WINTER, ‘WHEN DISTRESSED IX SUMMER, Buy « bottle of your Druggist or your Grocer for 80 after collect and apply under the provisions of | Cents, dnsist on having the GENUINE given you~ a section 37 of the act No. 71, tax special of BROWN'S PHILADELPHI4,) and you $650,050 for the year 1882, to meet the coupons | FREDERICK erdue and un} as well as a similar tax for secure an article which will serve you well-ALL — 1388 an enc rabaequet ea. Judge =. granted an alternative of