Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1883, Page 3

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. SQUVINTS PAREWEE THEATER IN FASHION WRINKLES, HE SILVER Fr BEASON—A Xe PANINE A FAILED —THE DW YORK— SERGE SOME NOVELTIES*SWALLOW TRIMMINGS—A NEW CHARM—HOSIERY, ETC. Woves Trrusixes of white down are pre- ferred to fur or chenille for trimming opera cloaks. Wurre Brittaxy Lace and pale pink roses ming trimmings for dark green velvet — Romany Rye, the National on Me farde, the tras on Monday. T.Raymond devote: the present week natl. - Lawrence Bar for the present wee — Miss tm the course of the her specialty ent! lodrama, opens tian, begins the week Pirsu Lrsives find greater favor than fur linings that fatigue the wearer by their great | welght. Loxa, Foc-Snarep Berroxs with circles of ack passementerie cord are the trimmings for cloth redingotes. Cres gethe ett was at Galveston, Texas, ‘© appear In England ting in of the Lon- and silk piping cords plaited to- to imitate twizs are fashionable for sonnets. A cluster of pompons in many e a bouquet is the trimming, PashtoNab_y VELVET BONNETS are ffed brim, lined with a ud trimmed with rosettes in sharp notches. A CUNNINGLi-SHsPeD Livtie Poke Boxxet ' ng inj 6, there } remembered | In this coz tour of 1 for breastpins. It is made of Great Br! ‘d gold, and biue or red enamel is arranged — Anew , gatitied | like a ribbon eround the crown, : House,” e London | Tae sev! and be: sats of the newest forms Vatudevilie theater. | are ornainented w are the new sbal — Colonei MeCauil gives ap the Bijou theater | and piush honnets which are very becomby ‘to New Yo: | ladies wit nette or blonde come: Mme. T New York Casi Lace Handkes — A new ex Dake of Tuli tion at Da PAssEMENTERte cords with tasselied ends de- fine the waist and drape the front of Watteau. dresses, ‘The box-pleat of the back is very | Wide and Is nade of brocade on satin dresses, S have almost disappeared from the ening dresses, but the arms are coy- ement at the | The Queen's in conjut n a yard long “Adamiess ;and that reach from shoulders to wrists. The —Daly gloves n the dri tion in i {Tre Laresr porte bo hick is a jittle Pol | gold or silver, and is worn susp bra: ‘nate the s hap othe tin: AN Opp Coat is rm, for good h-baek, in hat this i in this country. —It Is said that W spring to take his EnglanL fi Play his com s, with here roughout Jane, Ju feathers Edward suite. with Sterna in their decora- be produced HOME MATTERS. USEFUL RECIPES AND VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS. A Simpce and easy way to ornament a com- mon pillow-case for the baby’s pillow is to feather-stitch it all around withecarlet marking- cotton. Choose the cotton which is warranted not to fade. Hanxpsome hall chairs are in illuminated leather, ana are framed in heavily carved ma- hogany. The latest fashion has the tall upright back and narrow seat which was characteristic ot the eighteenth century. Taere is DanGer, as many people have found to their sorrow, ot a gossamer water- proof cracking when stiffened by cold; so be- fore putting it on, in severe-weather, warm it before the fire, both outside and in, and this danger is averted. Tue latest style for burean covers and tidies consists in the introduction of colored designs, either inthe borderings or centers. These col- ored designs are elther oval or square, and are surrounded by a pattern to be worked in silks, filoselles, or crewels to match them in colors. ORANGE Icr.—Squeeze the jurce from six large oranges and two lemons; pour about five gills of boiling water over the broken peel and pulp and let it stand until cool; then strain and add the water to the crange and lemon juice. Sweeten to taste with loaf sugar and freeze. Tue favorite style of tile decoration for hearths to-day is in imitation of polished woods. ; Deep browns, reds, and black represent maples, mahogany, cherry and walnut, the th zlaze of the giving the exact effect of the polish is. Minton tiles and Japanese in demand. —Pare three large potatoes ptavie cutter into small balls about the size of a marble; put them in a stew- pan with two tablespoonsial of hot butter or olive butter and a nkling of salt; shake them occasionally until they are quite brown, Gr Coox1es.—Take one cup of butter and three cups of flour; rub them well together. Then add one tablespoontul of ginger and one teaspoonful of sod, exes and one and one half cups of The eges and suzar ther. Roll very thin, with a biscuit cutter. A Lance rosette or bow of velvet ribbon,with | 4. :P iauent stor that “Me: «- the theater . pow ores a LaNcasnire P1s.—Take cold beef or veal o pightly. i ebuare OF Bots sive buckle, of ase pen mutton. Chopand season as for hash; have ‘ Snst —It ts reported in London that \ Play Bernhar: Produced in t —Janausehek pri worn on the Cr ‘let “Fedora” when t eda new play “Zillah i er aND Piven Mantiys- ned with Monday nicht, and it seems v in will be much wern during this and ith. These garments trimmed with ‘or with the various furs used for poses—seal, pointed beaver, silver fox tur and others, LTY tor decorating evening dresses is swallow trimminys. It is made of ed en relief, in flights of swallows, i izes anf can be sewn é and ecuri- e worn on the shoul- —Bartley Campbeil’s new play. to be bronzht in grand st uiagnificent ¢ to order from mod ampbeli. ment has been made th: since she wert south. It may be said at once, ; ness has been s whieh she and eage: to aters In which furnished — The stat: Langtry’s busi fallen off con: on the best a: continuously Real bird id in the hatr. PEP SEEM py son there sh: fectly natural if at the end be at least a brief lull w and charming toil- d fur- she performs. — Anew p) mopolitan Th on Monday ne: built within the w Opera House. the opening ni 2 all articles apper sonal adornment. iNG Dress may be of led with nasturtium blossoms les of red, draped over an underskirt y satin, trimmed at the foot with aruche colored satin. The pointed bodice, cut and round, should be of the brocaded mate- ped with ruby and rose color. In the w Deen writ and Haydn jety ni from Milton and horus and orchest —T { “The Sitver King” at Wal- | hasturtium blossoms should be Iaek’s, New York, is ects the most Deaatiful that has been seen on can | tty, is a youth- staze. Not the larse sets, like the i white satin merveilleux and chene snow se nt garden scene, carefully and | sik. bedice is of the satin, with full artistically a h care has been be- | pomt of chene silk,and further finished stowed on the dro | with deep ince berihe; the paniers are of mer- — Charies looped igh’ up in, the hips with full ; apery. The skirt ts formed of the puesto Cy chene silk. trimmed at the lower edge with a al aa oak < ; deep flounce gauged with a narrow heading and iy ieir return edged with t they will perform in I @pera house, on Monda — Mr. Augustin Daly week. Tue Siver DoG Cou.ars that were worn ¢ the verdict | S¢Veral years ago are revived this winter. They ¢ production, 7@ Worn outside the collar of the dress, and fit from the 8% closely as comfort will permit. The newest re Styles are in seales and chain mail, seen in old rand substitute armor, and are fastened with gadlings; plain vanced of his Silver ‘bands, and those in medizval styles, are n its stead. Itked. These necklaces may serve two pur- as they are nearly all in two parts, which as bracelets. Evestne Dress Is of rich cream- many picturesque and | colored satin, brocaded with nasturtium blos- brilliant pens, but ali nimentators upon her, goms in rich shades or red. This over drapery acting are outdone by a wili Bi be.who | islooped up and gracefully arranged over a declared that Miss Mather ae: in incar- | skirt of rnby satin, trimmed around the lower Rate delirium tossed by a edge, with a raching of rose-colored satin. The —Herr Barnay, the Ge bodice of the satin brocade is cut low and thus far been peculiarly unfortunate in his New | pointed, and is piped in neck and walst portion World experiences. He made ii!s frst appearance Base toneee aac ee ore satin. Lace at the NewYorkTialia on the3d.as‘Coriolanas.” |" "* : decided to withdraw boards of his New York t in its place one ot the es. “The Seu Mather ma on Pa “Romeo and Ju! ‘ance at the Bos: in The next day he was made very ili by eating | THE EXTRAVAGaNcE shown in stockings alone med sweetineats, aud did not appear again 18 something remarkable. No lady considers il the 12th. ‘n he acted for a week: but on | her dress complete without stockings to match, Tiel Acosta” he tried and these must be in silk or the finest lisle Into the synavogue. and thread. Plain solid colors are much tiked, but humbs, and has since been some people must always go to the extreme in everything: so far these are woven stockings, —A.C.Gunter’s new play,“Courage,” was pro- | embruidered in many different designs—a light Gnced at the Boston Park theater Monday | Of swallow pepe: re pene Nt w ee ea a ar | blu white cream color is ornamented with gtee Soe Seems kely ito Wecome ponulat, | J Stcred poppies A bOEne roe, Pee monrning, thouch the st black stockings have violets embroidered in pur- Leama uty tha | ble and lavender shades. pees enc, Leth ig ONE of the most elecant dresses for dinner rescued, , Purposes in the wardrobe of a middle-aged lady ves iter life | is of heliotrope velvet and satin. combined with shot biscuit-colored satin, spotted at wide in- — Edwin Price has come back from Europe to tervals with shaded heliotrope velvet balls, ee veers I ; ised on the satin. The skirt is of the spotted - y trimmed at the bottom with a tine pleat- of the heliotrope satin, and resting on this ered flounce of the biscuit satin, heade n flounce of heliotrope velvet. The tight-tting bodice, avith panters of satin, 18 oue hundred | open in front over a waist-coat of the shot bis- her first enzave~ | cut satin, which is fasten down with small but- tons to maich. The bodice is trimmed with e her remain | revers of velvet and secured over the waistcoat by chenille crossings and. buttons of heliotrope. — “Amadan,” Boucicault’s new play, Is a sue- | The neck slows a small pointed, turned-down fess In Boston. It was produced Monday last. | ou Cee pest Snes ne . oe ‘The motive of the play ralaesit abovethelevel of | Sturt and lost at the Renner ‘exacefully the ordinary melodrama, as much as the charac- | uted dr Two wide bands of the velvet ter ofthe Amadanatiords scope for a greater his- | slant across tik front of the skirt to the right Sonic effort than the loves of Myles-na-Copaleen | side, where they are hidden beneath a large bow the Post. or the escapades of the | and lcop end, which connects the back drapery Elaborate new scenery has been | to it ina novel manner. The coat sleeves’ have Principal subjeet being on the ceast | chenille trimming on the cuffs. cream kid ‘ar Kilkee, Ireland, at the gloves and black or purple shoes, with cream or gcean has done battle biscuit colored silk stockings, With the Shannon. and has beaten the rugged eae dliffs into weird and iantastic shapes. For 4 Yous Lavy, miss or matron a lovely —A Philadelphia paper says: On Tuesday | dress ee elpntns ita ae pink and Salvi j- | broche striped silk, the ipes of cream white nee a cr | rocmlen nth creas Coen more to see hls son as Romeo. Between the | foliage. The petticoat of the striped silk is ‘acts he went behind the scenes. trimmed at the bottom with a pleated flounce Well, Signor Salvinl,” said one ot the per- | beneath a double-box pleating, also of striped how are you pleased with your son's | silk, while the heading consists of a plain rose : pink silk ruching, very wide and full, together jalkials oe of the striped silk. The Prin- cess Victor said; “ho is too conscious that the audience Is | gd. low tiahtAlting peligro eee, lk Watching him. To be an actor one must forget | fronts slant off at the sides and are embroidered that. He needs variety, repose. But he shows | or hand-painted in gcroll designs, in crimson Much more telent than T thought he possessed. | and’ feathery green “esees, completely filings In time he may do something. I hope so, and | the pointed corners. Rich lace forms the strap will help him. for the sleeves and a quilling of the eame —There was a curious incident In Drury Lane, | finishes the top of the bodice, A pink rose, with London. Charles Lauri, the pantomimist,made | Its toliage and buds, is placed on the right side Bpas a poodle, runs entirely around the theater | of bodice near the sleeve. On the train near on a ledze on the dress circle at every perform. | he, lower edze rests a large rose sprig, as care ance. The other night, the Prince and Princess a lessly as if thrown there, which is formed of Wales and their two sons being present, the | sbadines cf {iro eattane pamnted In all, the rich MRotal ites eacerial mind whether | Dink roses, with thelr green leaves, cauirciee tes pgs ben rete gh ha rt of Fics | throat, and sprays of the same ornamentthe hair. consent; whereupon the poodle came | The long creain-colored gloves reach sory to round to the royal box, sat up, held the shoulder. and cream satin boots are worn @ut his paw, which was shaken by the fature | OV? pink silk stockings embroidered in rosea, King of England amid the h laughter and with foliage, en suite with those on thecharming @ieers of the audience, especially the pit and | 275% the gallery crammed with the denizens of dingy Drury Lane ani soapiess Seven Dials. dislocated one of his t laid up. young and sentenced t but who | formers, acting 2” Salvin! shruzced his shoulders and smiled. “He is awkward, stiff; no experience,” he ‘That monster steamer, the Great Eastern, is & it present conducted, by the substitu. idle ut Milford Haven, England. The own- | 3h of teres irda, exe can neither use her profitably nor sell her at | kd then “are hints’ on, forte in ia ‘The business of canning fruits and below 4 | Teady hot mashed potatoes geasoned as if for the table, but ina shallow baking-dish first a layer of meat, then a layer of potatoes, and so on, till dish is heaping full; smooth over top of. potatoe®, and make littie holes in which place bits of butter; bake until a niece brown. —Twelve eggs, the weight of zar, the weight of six eggs in flour, the juice and grated peel of one orange, and half a lemon. Beat it 1 and bake it in jelly-cake pans. of two eggs, halta pound of sugar. the juice and grated peel of one orange and haifa lemon. Beat It and spread it between the layers of the cakes. Try this cake. It is a favorite. —Half an ounce of Russian dissolved in one and a half cupfuls cf ine, the juice and grated peel of a lemon, three-quarters of pound of loaf sugar. Simmer ail the ingredients,together until well mixed, then stra to cool. Then add one anda half pints of cream, and stir until it is quite cold. Pour it into a mould and set it upon ice to become as stiff as blanc-mange. SNow-FLakE Cake.—Take one’cupful of but- ter, and three capfuls of sugar, and béat toa cream; add a cuptul of milk, one table- spoonful of baking powder: three and a half cupfuls of flour well sifted, and the whites of ten egzs. Bake in je aus, and spread icing le with the whites of two eggs, and half a pound of suzar, vetween the cakes. Sprinkle grated cocoanut thickly over each layer. ApPLe Freir Cake.—Soak one and one half cups of dried apples in cold water over night. In the morning chop and stew antil soft in one cup of brown sugar; when cold mix in two cups of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder sifted in with it, one cup of butter, three well- beaten egys, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon and cloves, one cup of raisins tinely chopped, one cup of currants, one orange chopped fine. Bake one hour. Cocoanut Cakes.—Take a small can of desic- cated cocoanut, put it in a porcelain kettle and place over the tire, and stir constantly until it Is nearly as dry as flour; then add one and one half cups of powdered sugar and the whites of two cgus beaten to atroth. Mixweil and make into small cakes; place them on well-buttered sheets of white paper. Bake in a slow oven until they are of a light-brown color. FLOATING IsLaND.—One pint of sweet cream; powdered sugar to taste; the wulte of two eggs; flavor with wine or vanilla; whip to a stifffroth. Pour a pint of thick cream into a gi dis! soak some dry pieces of cake in sherry wine and place ligitly on thecream; then-a layer of quince or apple jelly. Separate with a spoon into ob- long shape the beaten cream: piace on top of the jelly or forma circle around the dish, and pile in the center whatever remains. To Make delicious almond candy take one pound of sugar and about haifa pint of water; put in part of the white of an egg to clarity sugar; let this bolla few minntes and remove any scum that rises. When the sugar begins to candy drop in the dry almonds: rst, however, youshould blanch the nuts by pouring hot water over them, and letting them stand in it a few minutes; then the skin will slip off readily. Spread the candy on buttered plates to cool. CorFee MILK FoR INvattps.—Put a table- spoonful of ground coffee into a pint of new milk; bring it just to the boiling point, andlet it stand on the corner.of the range for fifteen minutes to infu: sprinkle into it a little i it again to the boiling : then a strainer and sweeten it with pulverized rock candy. For persons of weak chest or disposed to affections of the lungs, cof- fee prepared in this manner 1s an invaluable breakfast beverage.— The Caterer. To Use Cop Murron or Beer.—Chop it fine, and put it in a saucepan with a cup of gravy or of soup stock, season with pepper and salt, and scatter over it, stirring all the time, a table- spoonful of flour; let the meat heat gradually, and, when ‘boiling hot,” set the pan on the back part of the stove, and poach some eges to serve with the meat. When the egas are done, put the meat on a platter, and lay the eggs around the edge. This receipt is very good without the eggs. Cold beetsteak tastes like blackbird served in this way. Very ELEGANT LITTLE Tasies are now covered in deep crimson plush, and the border- ing, instead of being equal all round, is in panels, some long, some oval, and others short and square. Upon the surtace of the table a design in flowers is worked in fine ribbons, while leaves and tendrils are in arasene. Each panel Is finished off with tassels of different color, to match the design, and they depend from brass ornaments in the shape of a crescent, These brass crescents are yey much in favor for ornamenting lambrequins, bracket hangings, and the many decorative objects to which needle-work is devoted. They make a very pretty finish to fringes, &c.—N- ¥. Times. AN EXCELLENT Way to cook a duck is to first parboil it; then take a small dripping-pan, or even a saucepan will answer if it is deep enough; line this pan with thin slices of bacon, put Ina little water with which to baste the duck. When the duck is tenderand brown remove itto a hot platter; make a thick gravy, using for foundation the gravy in the pan, just takin, out the bits of bacon; these ma; Dl around the duck on the platter. To the thick gtavy when nearly done you may add canned Mushrooms or m peas. Pour the vy around the duck also. With this should be served mashed eee turnips, ontons, boiled or cut in thin slices, and fried brown in butter andlard, Currant jelly or cranberries cannot be spared.—N. ¥. Post. Caickey Pre wit OvstTeRs.—Boll the chicken—a year old is best—until tender, drain off liquor from a quart of oysters, boll, skim, line the sides of dish with a rich crust, put in a BRIGHT FANCIES OF'THE POETS, Seventy-Six. WRITTEN BY THE LATE CHARLES W. FORREST ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY, Does the taper appear any shorter, Or the hour for retiring seem soon, Since entering into last quarter, The phase of a century’ moon ? I scarcely can think me belated, Or feel Iam “old for new tricks,” Or find the hours have abated ‘My spirits at seventy-six. In my ear it has breathed gentle whispers Of peaceable tidings to me, And Its chime on the belis of my vespers Is sweet as the matin’s could be, It has left me no deeper a debtor In charges of rigorous fate, It has shown me the worse and the better Of man's unassuring estate. It has proved that the “labor and sorrow” ‘That foltow the three score and ten May clou4 not the spirits to-morrow, Nor waste the communion of men, It has left me my dearest and only, My children, my past and my friends, And to years that vay brethren call lonely It seems that the circle extends. They flock to me, old ones and new ones, My footsteps they almost oppress; If this ts relapsing to ruins Who then the.revival can guess ? qusmahad oho A Receipt for Actors. From the Burlington Hawkeye. vant a receipt for that popular mystery, the world as an of great men of th hem over in various ways. The volee of a Rooth with @ sad physiognomy, Legs of McCullongh (the feminine raze), Bratus of a B wrett inventing astronomy, ‘Teeth of a Keene mastieating the stage; 1e-tnen Versed In geography, Morrisey, gentle and sweet, ss-thete in autoblosraphy, | ~ Prices of Patt! (ten dollars a Seat) The “My God 1? of Thorne in a play of society, Morals of Abbott In operas of plety; Judginent of Emmettin brandsor ola Hennessey, Shrieks of Joe Proctor in wild JIbbenainosay ; Davenport, Anderson, Bowers and Rhea, Salvini and Rosst in Hamlet ant Lear- ‘Take of thes? elements all that’s theatrical, Cast out the parts that you fal are humfatical, Ser ’em to stinmer, and take off the scum, And an actor you'll find fg the residuum, ——— Coming Home at Last. BY WILL CARLETON. {On the proposed removaLot the remains of Joun Howard Payie to thls country.) From Harper's Weekly. L ‘The banishment. was overlong, But tf will soon be past: The man who wrote Home's sweetest song Is coming home at lis For years his poor abode was seen Tn foreign lands alone, And waves have thundered loud between ‘This singer and his own: But he will be journeying ‘To friends a the sea; And grander than of any King Ills weleome here snail bel . I. He can not come witli cheerful brow, And step of conscious pride; iN not hear the tributes now hat fall on every side; And when we tell lin how his rich Sud strains our hearts nave sought, He cannot tell the price at which ‘The yearning words were bought! And silently this man must come Unto the waiting throng— Who gave a trumpet voice to Home, And thrilled the world with song? It. He wandered o’er the dreary earth, Forgouten and alone; He who could teach Home’s matchless worth Never had one of his own. z *Neath winter's cloud and summer's sun, Along the hilly road, He bore his great heart, and had none ‘To help him with the load; And wheresoever in his round He went with weary tread, ae found His sweet pathetic son; Had floated on ahe Iv. He heard the melodies it made Come pealing o’er and o'er, From royal music bands that played Betore the palace door; He lteard its gentle tones of love From many a cottage creep, When tender crooning mothers strove ‘vo sing their babes to sleep; And whteresoe’er true love had birth ‘This thrilling song had flown; But he who taught Home’s matchless worth Had no home of his own! v. The banishment was overlong, But tt will soon be past; The m:n who wrote Home’s sweetest song Shall have a home at last And he shall rest where laurels wave And fragrant grasses twine; His sweetly kept and honored grave Shall ve a sacred shrine. And pilgrims with glad eyes grown dim ‘Will fondly bend above The man who sung the triumph hymn Of earth’s divinest love. ee Autumn: Wheezy, sneezy, freezy; vinter: Filppy, drippy, nippy; Spring: Showery, flowery, bowery; Summer: Hoppy, eroppy, poppy. Brady (Clavis Calendaria). Se FLAMES, | BRE! Ni How this Seemingly Diabolical Feat is Performed. Dr. J. E. Clark, professor of chemistry at the Michigan College of Medicine, lectured to his class the other evening on the way in which the feat of setting fire to a handkerchief by breath- ing on It couid be performed. The professor first read some newspaper accounts recently published, and commented thereon ina manner not complimentary to “several prominent phy- sicians” of Chicago. He said their statement that the man might have had phosphorus in his mouth and blown it out on the handkerchief was very improbable, almost impossible, as phosphorus is a deadly poison. The Detroit News adds: The protessor then asked if any one present had a handkerchief which he wished to sacrifice in the cause of science. Owing elther to a dearth of those useful articles among the stu- dents or an unwillingness to make personal offerings on the altar of scientific experiment, there was some astay in securing the desired article, but one a little “off color,” was finally obtained, and Prot. Clark, after first rolling it between his hands, shook it out and then blew gently on it, when it burst into flames in several places. “In order to do this,” said the professor, “something must be put on the handkerchief that will combine with the oxygen in the air Tapidly enough to form combustion.” He then placed a piece of calcium phosphide in a glass of warm water, and a bright flame immediately appeared on the surface of the water. He ex- plained that phosphuretted. gen was set ree, which coming in contact with the atmos- phere produced combustion. ° Water itself, he said, could be separated and combustion pro- duced by the use of sodium, ‘and to illustrate the assertion he exploded a small quantity of gunpowder by means of sodium and a piece of ice. rofessor then showed how, by breakin; small gelatine capsule which he had conceal between his fingers, he had set fire to the hand- kerehlef. The capsuie contained a solution of by-sulphide of carbon and phosphorus in the Faas of 16to1. The carbon evaporating, which process was hastened by the breathing on the handkerchief, brought the finely divided particles of phosphorus in contact with the Ayrerreer Aveassine & Privileged Class. ‘From the Texas Siftings. If the sacredness of human life is the real test of civilization, the American people in general, and those of Texas in particular, are not quite as civilized as they fondly imagine they are. Human life was never before quoted as low in the American markets as now. It is getting to be so cheap that any man of moderate means suppose that similar causes produce similar effects the world over. e cause, or at least the prin- cipal cause, of the daily homicides in Texas is to be found in the fact that murder and homicide are not punished as they should be. In no other civilized country is the petty criminal punished as cruelly and as remorse- lessiy, or is the great criminal punished as lightly asin Texas. For the theft of a miser- abie little pony the lowest term for which man has to serve at hard labor In the peniten- tlary is five years, and that institution is swarming with that class of criminals; but it is next to Impossible to convict and punish the murderer who has money and friends. The col- umns of the daily papers are reeking with blood. The state specials of the daily Galveston News show from two to five nurders, or at- tempts at murders, daily, until the heart grows sick over the daily record of blood. It is not surp great deal of violence in Texas. state, aud is still a place of refi men from other states, but the mizht be mitizated, it the courts and juries did their duty, which they do not by any ner of means. We do not Nesitate to avei that when an assassin has money or influence, in nine cases out of ten, the trial, from beginning purely a farce, and it is so regarded of by the general public. The poy which is fully justified by the resui It . is that there is no law in Texas to punish the wealthy homicide. We have not. space inthis issne to explain at length how it comes that a Jud ging is such 2 mare oceurrence in Texas, and why, when one does take place, the doomed man is always, without exception, a poor devil withont money or friends, but will endeavor to do so in our next Issue. There are several reasons for this ghastly mockery at justice, which has well- nigh destroyed all reverence for the law in the minds of the people. Theease and facility with which our moneyed assassins can obtain con- tinuances and changes of venue has mueh do with the immunity granted this class. system seems to have been devised for cial purpose of defeating the ends of 5 Again, the fact that when a jury does tind a verdict of guilty. it is tampered with or re- versed by either the higher courts or by the governor himsetf, which frequently means turn- ing over the jurymen to be slaughtered by the professional assassin. To this cause feuds and lynching may be attributed. We are aware that the thorough ventilation we propose to give this mogt important of all questions will procure us some very cordial ene- mies, but prefer to do without the money or the good-will of criminals afd their apologists. We know very weli that we will have the moral sup- port of all those whose good opinion is really worth having. Now is the time for the legisla- ture to do what it can to rescue our criminal jurisprudence from the deserved contempt into which it has fallen. It would almost appear that, sooner or later, the assassin would be- come a sacred animal, like a certain breed of monkeys in Indiathat are permitted to do what- ever they please, it being a crime, punishable by death, to any way exasperate or molest, much less destroy them. The American assassin 1s already worshiped in his celt by silly women, and it would almost seem as if, eventually, mur der might become a sacred calling, and the mur- derer receive the honors of a deity ae Smelt-Fishing on Lake Champiain. Correspondence of the Troy Times. The lake at Burlington has Just closed in, and the smelt-tishers have moved their little huts on runners out to the aceustomed grounds. Modern improvements have made this sport one of the most luxurious imaginable. Instead of kneeling in the cold wind beside a constantly freezing hole in the ice, the fisherman now sits at ease in his neat little movable house. warmed by a stove, and keeps watch of two or threelines let down through holes in the floor and corre- sponding holes in the ice. He smokes and reflects, or talks witha companion, aud is as comfortable as the miilionaire before his grate of zlowing sea-coal. Besides being a lazy amusement, smelt-fishing is a pretty profitable employment, as the fish are exceedingly tooth- some and bring a good price in the local markets. An attentive and persistent fisherman will make about as much out of his day's sport as alaborer, who comes home sore and still at night with his hard-earned pittance. The genius who sits on his bench and manipulates the little lines is usually a jolly, hospitable sort of a fellow, and is perfectly willing that the blue-nosed skater should seek refuge occasionally in his cozy little house, and even permits him to handle one of the lines for a while. If he should chance to bring a young lady companion with him, the ancient fisherman becomes a model of gallantry. He lays his black pipe under the stove, resigns his warm seat to the fair one, and places all his piscatorial resources, at her command. It is pleasant to note the immense satistaction with which he resigns to her the line upon which he has just detected a timid nibble, and when, fol- lowing his directions. she hooks the unhappy fish and draws it up through the ice with a little scream of mingled terror and delight. his eyes shine with approbation and pleasure, and he feels as proud as did the Canadian woodsman who initiated thePrincessLouise into the myste- ries of salmon-fishing. But when he remov the struggling victim and coolly bites out i De Nice Girls Smoke? ‘From the Cincinnati Inquirer. It was discussed in my presence last evening. Going from the above instance to a more polite stage instance, somebody reminded us of Miss Rorke, who gracefully puffed a cigarette in “Brighton,” an played by the Wyndham Comedy Company. It was remarked, too, that Lotta burns tobacco in some of her plays. Onewho professed to know said that Lotta’s cigarettes were not tobacco. Thereupon a girl confessed that she smoked habitually, had learned to like it, and could see nothing unladylike in the prac- tice. Did not the Grand Duchesses of Spain smoke? And she would like to know !f their manners were to be condemned? A third girl, who lately returned from a tour in Europe, told us that smoking had become quite fashionable in Germany,Russia and Austria. In each of those countries she saw real ladies beguiling them- selves with cigarettes, and even pipes and cigars. This is not done without causing frowns, of course; but the habit seems to be making headway azainst all opposition. gued that the use of tobacco in any shape was destructive to the charm of women, and that any girl who fell into the vice would necessarily become coarse and masculine in her manners. It was retorted upon me that nothing could be more graceful than a girl reclining tn her easy chair and blowing rings of smoke toward the | ceily or knocking off the ashes from her | Cigarette with a dainty touch of her little finger, and thus, perhaps, soothing away the headache of a night's dancing. “But how wouid you like to have a gentle- man find the odor of tobacco on your lips when he kisses you?” somebody impulsively asked. i “And how many gentlemen have you kissed [in a year without tasting tobacco on their lips?” The demure young woman who asked the last question felt that she had said too much,and the discussion ended in sudtlen silence. <0. Bernhardat’s Domestic Treubles. Paris Leiter to the London Truth, rai Bernhardt’s destiny 1s Nke Sancho Panza’ st in the Island of Barataria. In ap- ‘pearing to favor her, fortune only tantallzes. After her triumphant tours in America she has only debts and increased liabilities, ments have been unlucky. and the worst of all her speculations has been the matrimonial one. ed on a union of feminine grace and masculine beauty exciting universal enthusiasm. | she jian She as to keep a leading po age she would have to ecording epted an engagement at the Vaudeville, a ntered the company which her son Maurice recraited to play “Les Meres | Ennemies.” That youthful manager soon found out that his stepfather would be best em- on on the Paris- | ployed as the porte-cha’e of lis mother—a dis- | 3 , covery which was resented by Damala. Sarai | isan excellent mother, and took her son's part. As her neryes were racked by her theatrival | labors, financial losses, and wardrobe dif! | culties, she did not put up patientiy with hear- ing Maurice found fault with. ‘It unfortu- | nately happens that her villa in the Rue For. tuny is very small, se that when she is out | humor and the husband out of sorts they © | not get out of each other's way so long as t , Temain under th | Fainy, it is for b ‘ conclusions whi in to sertir de la maison, h kind friends draw from his | frequent absence from home are far-fetched. | No doubt, le tor | reasons above s' n brule, but only for the- . and unt of the do- Sarah identifying off with La Princesse Feo one. Its length Not have too much of individuality tress when th expanded ac were not pery the public wh Quinze. Tho: 8ee her once or twice. night. noon, ad mor: some drama handsome youn enjoy such a life 7 er, A strongly marne gdod thing in were to Lours Vaudeville on wo to the ee er eed A Judicious Wife. From the Detroit Free Press. She inquirea of three different persons in the corridor of the post office as to where themoney order department was, and not feeling eatist Then she felt reasonably certain that she would not go down cellar or upstairs in going to the money-order room, and she timidly entered that place and asked: “Gan I send a money-order?” “Yes'm. ‘or $5: “Yes'm.” “To Saginaw?” “Yeem.” “To my husband?” “Yes'm. Please fill ont a Bisnk.” She filled out three different ones before the writing suited her, and tried four different pens pews she found a holder of the right build and color. “This order Is for $5,” she said as she stood at the window. ‘es'm.” ae went there to secure work, but he can’t oo Yes'm.” ‘And he wants to come home.” 0 doubt of it.” “But $5 seems like an awful price to bring eye with his teeth fora tresh bait, the situation becomes embarrassing in the extreme, and the cozy hut no longer possesses any attraction for the young skaters. ——___-e-—______ | Handwriting asa Means of Identifi- cation. A gentleman well known in banking circles in this elty makes some interesting observations and suggestions in the Exeter (N.H.) News Let- ter regarding penmanship as a means of identi- fication. He says: “A good handwriting is get~ ting to be oneof the lost arts. The fathers and grandfathers of the present gencration, as a general thing, wrote ahandsomer and more legi- ble hand than do the children and grandchildren. There is one point in penmanship to which I have just been giving some attention. It relates to the testimony of handwriting. Not long ago a man was henged in New England by hand- writing experts. As aclass, such experts ought not to have influence enough to hang a cat. And now it is claimed that some Brussels mur- derers have been run down by telltale tricks of their penmanship. The readers of this little note may be assured that the writer of it knows Individuals who can write other people’s names 80 cunningly that these other people cannot de- cide whether the signatures are their own or not. Ihave actual cases in mind where this puzzle has been tried. One notable instance 1 must mention. The state of Massachusetts, not many years since, had two of its bonds pre- sented for redemption which seemed precisely alike. One was a forged bond throughout. The officers whose names appeared upon these bonds could not tell “which was which.” “But thisis nothing. I have a man near me who can write your signature and mine, or the signature of any person that may be placed be- fore him as a study, so cunningly that neither you nor Ican tell which is which. It is lucky that he is an honest man, or he might do dan- gerous work with your name on a big check or note. Bankers In the United States place little gangs of Kafirs, superintended by a white over- seer, break the large, dry lumps into powder, | and this in turn is carted away to be Placed in | the washing machine. It is during the process | or first breaking that some of the largest dla- consequence. alty the act of secreting a good find. thefts are very finds its way into Kafr the sharpest *vigilance. During the process of washing, the gravelly substance, which is full of garnets as well as the diamonds, sinks to the bottom of the machine, while the earthen substance disappears in another channel. When it has been thoroughly washed through two or three times this gravel is collected and strewn on tables, where searchers, with steel instru- ments somewhat resembling it is that the precious manner of sizes and asmall tray. on which another overseer keeps his ‘watchful eye I was re. welt gravel to dissect, and in half an hour any one from Saginaw. ‘0 it does.” le might not find work ifhe came home.” No, ma‘am.” = 1d so he might as well be there as here.” om.” “Well, I guess I'll walt a day or two. any- how. If he finds work he won't want it, and if he gets tired and comes home on root he'll be so worn out that he can’t more than half jaw around. Five dollars is quite a sum, I can bay a nice pair of shoes with th ge ‘The Diamond Country in africa. The soil, when brought to the summit, is carted away and strewn on the ground, where it is left for a fortnight or three weeks to pul- verize in the sun. At the expiration of this time monds are discovered, and the overseer has to keep a sharp lookout on the workers in In spite of the terrible pen- incurred by any one detected. in ‘rife, and many a diamond sion in spite of very broad knives, lly turn it over in minute search. Then wel is discovered in all when it is placed in given several little succeeded in discovert Tellance upon signatures as a means of identifi- cation in payment of checks, etc. The person who presents a check to a Boston bank for pay- ment must be positively identified before the money will be paid to him. It is in vain for him to offer, as evidence that he is the right atmospheric oxygen, and the’ phenomenon of spontaneous combustion was produced. ———.4,__ Escaping ® Blizzard on the Plains. From a Miner’s Yarns in the Tribune. I was in Cheyenne after Jim had got rich and persuaded him to give me that dog of his’n, Bose. I was out huntin’ one when one of them hn any handwriting testimony. And it does nol make any difference whether the check is to bearer or order. Identification in bo! is demanded. In England one finds a most marked difference from this way ot doing busi- ness. The paying teller of a London bank tries to assure himeelt that the face of a check is all right, both in point of of drawer and as is the drawer’s and then out the money to whoever the ens t matters not whether the check is payable to or to bearer. He derhands no itifica- tion in either case. He only looks 4) of the order check to see if it has name en- doreed.. eh custom did not ‘t one time the was the z ‘i zB Hae 22328 § Hj sf ii “ i EF i ne the back | population of Brazil is Hal Es Hl if tiie ork Alexander Delmar, once statistician, engineer, told me last week on his return from Brazil to inspect mines there that after Dom Pedro's a country, as his heir, a daughter, was a devotee, crawling on her knees to old relies eee eee cre comp! and while the impe- powers are even now insignificant, and the grossl: archos soot atom teat A qi ine Her invest- | # But she soon found that if | 3 + without Damala. | ame roof. As the season is . Be dange problem is, theretore, on the ~ actress ~ of | Botar Win 80 varying Sarah tha no her admirers shonid . 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