Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1883, Page 3

BOTTA LEAVES THE STAGE. She Retires Rich. Aletter from St. Louis says: Lotta, who is ene of the greatest favorites now before the public, is about to retire from the stage. She promises that the retirement will be only tem- porary, but those wo have seen the little lady act during the past fewseasons and who are able , to appreciate the seriousness of the vocal troubles that she has been oblighed to contend against, have reason to fear that they have looked upon this theatrical sunbeam and heard the ec ‘tim Mrs. M. ¥ Norton, of thts city, announces hter, whose full naine, which is al- If, is Lotta Mignon Crabtree, but will spend that al treatment for ne old ton ta will be brouzht back a: . Lotta will appear on the stage no more. She has a lated a fortane estimated at £400,000. : ip aa SNOW AS GREEN AS GRASS. ‘The Phenomenal Covering of a Noun- From the Helena Independent. We have often heard of red snow in the moun- tains of the northwest, but until yesterday the idea of green snow this far from the pole was a new one tous. Of the various tinges of snow— white, the rarest, the extrem jac mn north. A gentleman who arrived 1y from Meazher courty re- on his way to Helena he made £ over a mountain spur, and Where the snow AY by gi n the ot being able to explain the phenome- to bring some of the green snow pocket, but it melted (without dis- = pocket-lining, however.) He thonght ng Was due to the presence of some "s ch had wi Tby the presence of protoce ning a greenish, oily fluid nowareund it. This, at least, pied theory. Maltapropisms, a1 Jan's Magazine. ‘opisms are com oner than the often mise ” both bei matt y as signitying clreumstance” expression may be ted one thing th: fence bility. aistine dent in it be a ring as a possi- » error lies In a rel or acci- rumstance,” cused or ac- A fire breaks to the ground ora fi But ¢ et. If any- ow, while the be properly 1. if the sup- cock we turn- ” with its 1 yet more pplic evil q requ tions. odors, employ if it belonged who waste their . opera boxes, hi wine, as welt ostly at: is ludiere 1 as grave and often t ‘ing the tenth o: a than tak t pnt persons, for the guilty. t is to say, with nine r each man’ left on the Tiving and ming tones of her voice for the last | A de! the ear and filling the | joy, but if the physicians of the old ail to set the worn chords te new yeliow, red and green—the last is | i is seldom, if ever, seen except in | @ beautiful pate | ies of plant, whleh bears | and “ineldent,” | well be | ! commonly the case where mental e A TROUT FARM IDYL. What the Dainty Fish Do to Amuse ‘Themselves While in Captivity, A JAPANESE AMBASSADOR WHO STUCK IN THE MUD—A FEW FUNNY STORIES. About ten thousand domesticated trout board in three ponds at Trout Valley, about a mile ast of Spring Mill station, on the Norristown railroad, Pa. They range in size from the light speckled fingerling to a two-foot fish who is re- puted to have made his home at the bottom of one of the aquariums. Jerry Comfort, an old | man and a farmer, owns them and he gives them | daily rations of curds, minced beef liver and | lights. They seem to like him. Four or five of most intelligent tront will eat out of his d_and nibble his finger. When they do it isfactorily they get double shares of food. | They know this and fight for the privileze. Jerry Comfort says that a trent’s philosophy of life is to look well and do credit to himself when he makes his debut on the dinner table. Jerry ousht to know, for he has lived with the fish about fifteen years and has rehearsed many ands for the last meal at which they are t. A Times reporter found the old man in his garden yesterday. * he cried, laughing. “i'm not dig- | ging for worms to feed my fish on. The best food is a fly made ot unbiteable material, with a steel hook mixed up with its wings and feathers. HAPPY TROUTLINGS. Arun over the trout farms showed many | thousands of fish, complacently wagging their tails and darting about as if in a perfectly happy tate of mind. They did not seem to have heard that their season had opened. Little rlvulets clattered down the side of the hill over stones and mounds, finally leaping, with great bril- | Haney, into the ponds. The trout, with their | noses to the stream, bobbed under the spouts and stayed until cartied away by the current. Then others took thefr places, and so the “pot was kept boiling.” From information gathered hen and there. it is clear that trout eat each | other. Comfort’s yellow and white dog put his paw Into a trough where some diminutive little unfortanates were disporting themselves, heed- | less of the impending frying pan. and, picking | out a short, fat fellow, swallowed him. As soon as the paw was seen in the trough there was a commotion, and a hungry fish, taking advantage | of the exei t, sneak-thief like, gripped a fellow-ereature by the neck and bit pieces out of Comfort said that this was im until he died. very often done, and pointed out another fish | reaming around, evidently wondering which of his companions boasted the best flavor. FISH STORIES. A pompous Japanese visitor to this country visited the pond not long ago, but accidentally took a header into the water. He was success- y hauled out by the heels and ten trout ed to the surfaee corps He had killed in | five seconds by this violent method more than he had captured with the hook in as many | hours. Two ofthe three ponds are close to- gether and ranning water passes from a. spring through one into the other. In the height of summer the pond nearest to the spring Is ot course the coolest. The ponds are about two feet apart and are connected by a pipe, through which the fish cannot pass. It is said, that so anxious are the trout living in the warm pond to get into the colder one, that they give a skip and clear the intervening two feet of terra | firma. The consequence is that early every morning, in hots weather, the warm pond is found tenantless. It takes some time to replace | the fish. How they discover that, by Jumping Jer. they will be in pleasanter quarters ond Jerry Comfort and he “gives it up.” riter feared that the story “gave him ——— Various Kinds of Drunkards. | From Chambers’ Journal. Some men seem to become drunk suddenly, ‘giving no previous indication by thickness of articulation or unsteadiness of gait; this being citement from other causes—as a heated discussion—pre- vails at the time. The most dreadful and anding cases are aifurded by those unfor- te people who are never sober, How th age to survive 80 long as they do Is a mys- There are men who have been perpetual!y under the Influence of liquor for twenty or \ thirty years. Of course, the brain must have | become permanently injured, so that we may that the drink these persons now take has | little or no real effect on them, and that their state would be just the same without it. Others, ayain, are systematic and punctual drunkards of | Tegular habits, men who take thelr quantum and are put to bed unconscious every night, yet are capable of attending to their daily business In the most extraordinary manner. These, as a rule, never exceed a given amount by 80 mnuch as a glass, and do not suffer so field. might be a rather fortunate than much as intermittent drankards—at any the reverse. We come now to “holocaust,” the | rate not so soon, for the Inevitabio wwe of which noun often b © | consequence Js only a little longer deferred. asgross. Thus the dr | The writer knew an old doctor in Jamatca who eis Ge erie ¢ | used to aver that the climate was the finest in Dy which remark prision of etymology the Thames w deed. The Prince of Wales and Royal Favor. Ollve Logan writes from London as tol- lows: I spoke of the Prince of Wales’ last new fancy. This 1s Miss Chappell, the niece of the well- known music publisher of Bond street. She is, Indeed, a beautiful girl and deserving of a hap- te tate than that of being admired by the ‘ince. Isuppose these preferences shown to yang ladies by His Royal Highness are felt to —and by no one more than the objects of them—a serious sociai mishap. Good girls like Miss Chamberlain and Miss Chappell are !n no actual danger, for these are not the days of the Merry Monarch. Virtue has rights which even Foyalty is bound to respect; nevertheless there Js an odium which will linger when a woman is known to have been admired by the Prince, and Fespectable girls, but particularly their parents, feel this very keenly. I know of a young Scotch girl who recently came to London’ on a Visit to sume relatives, and soon after her arrival Prince of Wales at a ball, where he reat deal of attention, and the next @ magnificent bouquet, with hi compliments. Her relatives were so alarmed at the affair that they sent the girl straight back by the first train to Scotland, out of harm's way. ‘The i of Pigeon Shooting, From the Londou World. There are to be no more tournaments of doves; and the acceptance by the house of com- £ the second reading of the measure em- this decree marks the beginning of a Bovement whici will prove to be what is called epoch-making in English civilization. All the evidence was in one direction; no one seriously attempted to controvert or palliate the facts. What will most surprise those who read the @iscussion some years hence is that such ® sport could have remained so long a Fecognized institution. The whole thing went bythe board. It had but to be investigated and attacked, and it was seen how mean, mon- “Mrous and rotten it was. Pigeon-shooting, whether among the high or low, the west-end or the pot-house marksmen, Is mainly resorted Yo asan opportunity of gambling.and the frauds associated with it result fn the infliction of the most odious atrocities upon the bird. ‘The trap- per treats each pigeon according as he wants it be an easy or a difficuit shot. If the former, be squeezes the fragile framework so that the ean scarcely fly: if the latter, he peppers the wounds, so that It rises wildly in an agony ef pain when the trap Is drawn. hese inhumanities, it must be remembered, fre not the hateful accidents of the sport.but an esvential part of its system. The goring out of es, the torturing of quivering bodies by pins, wulling cut of feathers with the flesh sticking to them, are horrors inseparable trom the pastime. Such was the unanswered or unchallenged @dictment brought against the chosen sport of Burlingham. Even those who opposed the bill -@ondemned plzeon-shooting, and those who did Bot condemn pigen-shooting professed them- selves scandalized with the horrors Imputed t {8 by Mr. Anderson, but never denied their exi: @ice, merely saying that they were not person- ally cognizant of them, or expressing a faint Rope that they were not universal In practice. All the tendencies of legitimate sport in the Wiecent day are maniy. The impulse witch takes eur sportsmen far away to the wild west, to the @accasus.orto Cashmere, which makes them (meressingiy anxious to pit themselves agatnst veritable fere nature, is yorthy of admiration and encouragement on every ground. Pigeon- efore, be regarded not only rd as an anachronism. That ite probibitio: ‘aw indicates a great change fe our attitude toward the brute creation is mbted; but _ - ee the putting of genuine spo: improbable. ‘There isan earnest attempt mak!.g to root @ut the terrible disease of leprosy from the Ha- Wallan Islands. Fifty lepers have recently been emoved from Honolulu to the leper settlement the island of Molokal, to be separated from ~ Wels friends aud families forever. | the world. “Yellow fever, sir?” he would ex- ‘not a bit of it! A vulgar chimera! A ous libel on us! The fact {s, its the us Irrexular drinking habits of the people that kills’em. Look at me! I drink a bottle of brandy every night, and have done so for thirty years. I get tipsy seventimes a week, in an orderly and decent manner; and I've never had yellow fever nor a Ow illness!” And to all ‘appearance he was a fine, healthy man of sixty-five or seventy years, with a beard | as white as snow. Yet he was carried off sud- denly by a trifling indisposition incidental to the | climate; and it was found on examination of | Ms papers after death that his age was only | itty-two. | It does not by any means follow, either, that | because a man Is never intoxicated he may not | be drinking too much. Men employed in the | great breweries in London, especially the dray- men, consume an enormous quantity of beer. The daily allowance which their employers give | them is a very large one, but they rarely confine | themselves to that: and the draymen, in addition, get much gratuitously from the customers to | whom they are always delivering the casks; so that ten or fourteen quarts is no exceptional | consumption for one man; yet they are not drunkards, in the ordinary sense of the term. | The very nature of their work necessitates the | employment of none but steady men, strength | being ‘also a sine non. But if one of these | men should break alimb, or get confined to bed from any other accident, he {s almost sure to get delirium tremens; and a scalp-wound fre- | quently kills him. Brewers’ menare notoriousin hospitals as being the worst cases for apera- | tion, being prone to exhibit all the most dan- gerous complications which fetter the success of surgical treatment. claim. Latest News from the Lime-Kiln Club. Giveadam Jones arose to make a few inqul- ries. Some eight weeks azo Brother Watson | was left in charge of the Museum fora brief haif hour while the regular official went out to | work off a fifty-cent piece with a hole in it. During this Interval a person representing him- | self as the president ot a new medical college | called, and asked for the loan of one of Plato's {skulls to exhibit before his class. The Lime- | Kiln has been at great pains and expense to | secure three of the genuine skulls of this it philosopher, and had the regular Keeper of the | Museum been in his place a bribe of €5,000 | would not have tempted him to let one of the | sacred relics out of his sight. | But Brother Watson allowed the stranger to | take one of the skulls away without a thought ot deceit, and no trace of it has since been found. Brother Watson was fined $7,000, and a reward of $500 was offered tor the skull, and now Brother Jones arose to & compromise. There were only four copies njamin Frank- lin’s favorite spelling-book in existence, and he had one of them. He would turn it in to take | the place of the missing skull, and in case Brother Watson's fine was cancelled he would do his best to secure for the museum the first corset ever worn in America. After some argu- | ment the compromise was effected. and such a | burden was lifted from the derelict brother's shoulders that he cried for joy. General Cameron’s Health. A letter from Harrisburg says: “Gen. Simon Cameron Is not yet able to leave his room. For ®@greater part of the time he lies abed or re- clines in easy chairs, being still too feeble to walk much about the room. The want of open- air exercise gives him a great deal of uneasi- ness. He thinks that if he could enjoy a Sv steps on the porch every day he would soon be able to walk through the town, but his physician in- sists that his desire cannot be gratified at pres- ent. His nervous system is steadily recoverin; from the effects of the shock which it receiv when he stumbled and struck his spine against ent that alounge. He talke ‘about the enjoym the Dana party are having on thelr western trip, and laments the misfo1 e that prevented him from going with them. He was delighted the other ae chatting for more than an hour with an old indy who is a neighbor of the Came- rons, about the fun that she and the had three-score and ten years ago, when they Fer » tag’ and ‘ring-around-the-mgpy’ to- SCARLET FEVER AMONG HORSES. Experiments im Vaccination with Equine Virus. From the New York Journal. For some time past there have been stories incirculation about the prevalence of scarlet fever among horses, and some anxiety is felt lest the disease should be contagious, not only among the animals, but that it may be com- municated from horses to men. Extensive in- quiry among horse-dealers, veterinary sur- geons and stable-keepers fails to substantiate the statement that any such disease Is widely prevalent. Most of the horsemen gay it does not exist at all, while some say that either scarlatina or something like it does exist in some places. The health department knows nothing about it. Yet scarlet fever asa dis- ease among horses has long been recognized by ench, English and German veterinary sur- geons, and is quoted and discussed in standards b In ‘The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Medicine,” it Is stated that ‘horses sick with the searlet fever are covered with blotches on the face, neck, legs; the mucous membrane of the nose fs covered with scarlet spots of variable size, and there is a discharge of mucus from the nose. The legs are generally swollen, and the animal is stiff. Soreness of the throat Is almost a constant sympton, and when the rash disappears there 1s some peeling of the skin as In scarlet fever and measles. Whether the virus from a horse having scarlet fever can be used to vaccinate children as a pre— ventive against the fever has, we learn, been tried by two or three physicians of Orange, N. J., who consider that they have made the most beneficent discovery of the age, one which will take rank with that of Jenner. These physi- cians have made the most careful experiments, and have inoculated twelve children, with the consent of the parents, with the virus ot scarlet fever taken from horses. It produced only slight local effects like vaccination, but the children were made absolutely proof against scarlet fever, as was manifested not only by exposure to the disease, but by the crucial test of inocu- lating blood from scarlet-fever patients into the arms of these protected children without produ- cing scarlet fever or any bad effect. The New York County Medical Soctety is looking into the matter, and a report froma committee imay be expected within a month. The Pathological Society has appointed a com- mittee to find out how much scarlet tever there is in this city among horees,and to test whether a true preventive ot scarlet fever has been dis- covered. The Academy of Medicine has had its attention drawn to it, and probably will select wise and experienced men to test it in the most thorough manner. Dr. Joun C. Peters referred the Journal rep- resentative to an article in a recent number of the Medical Record, and said that he had long known that scarlet fever existed among horses in Europe, and some years ago he made an un- successful attempt to discover it here, but with only partial success. He had learned that cases of the fever had occurred in the city, but they were few in number. As for the disease becom- Ing contagious there need be no alarm. Except in cases of iydrophobla animal diseases are sel- dom communicated to human beings. The virus used by the doctors at Orange for vaccination was procured froma professor in Edinburgh, Scotland. ——_—e.__ Reversed Ways. To remove the covering of the feet and not of the heac 1s the mark of respect in the East. It is easy enough t3 see how the putting off the shoes on entering a house came to be a social observance very early in the East. The Orien- tals sit and recline on carpets placed on the floor or on a dais. This takes the place of our couches and chairs. To a Mohammedan gen- tleman, the dats, covered with its carpet and with its pillows and bolsters, represents house and home. Here he passes the ereater part of his time: here he does his work, and here he receives his friends, This dais is his drawing-room, dining-room, bedroom. To come on to the car- pet with shoes on after walking in the miry and dusty ways of the East would soon soil and dirty it. This 1s the main reason for the ob- servance. But another doubtless is, that it would be very uncomfortable to squat down with your feet under you with hard shoes on; besides, ft would soil your garments. It may be conjectured that one reason for not remov- ing the headcovering is, that most Eastern nations shave the top of the head only, letting the lower hair hang down long. Thus the hair is kept or worn ina manner suitable only to the head being covered. To appear without the covering Is like a bald man appearing without his wi Even in his own home, when a native removes his turban, he puts ona smali light skull-cap, It would be a great mark of disrespect for one of your native servants to come before you without his turban and with only his skull-cap on, and without his cummurbund round his’ walst, It would be like foctman coming in without his coat. This “difference of custom Js no mere trifling matter, but has been a grave political ques- tion in India. The ‘shoe question” is one that has led to trouble between what are called the more enlightened natives and the English for many years past. The tormer claimed that when they wore shoes after the English fashion they should not be called upon to take them off on occasions of ceremonial visits or on publle occa- sions. On the other hand, masters (English) in colleges would not let students enter their rooms. Judges (English) would not let native gentlemen enter their court-houses, without their first taking their shoes off. This was not. from any personal arrogance, but from regard to their oMcial dignity. To enter a place with shoes on isa strong mark of disrespect in tho East, and they did not wish to submit to this. They claimed that one mark of respect on the other should be adhered to—that the men should either take off thelr shoes or uncover the head. Lord Lawrence, when viceroy, had to issue a state injunction on the subject! It Isstrange to see the old Eastern custom still surviving among the Jews. The English Jew, who in ail other places has accepted the English views and prac- tice in the matter, keeps his modern tall hat on in the syn: oh Madhouse, Every year a ballels given in the asylum of the Salpetriere, and long before the date fixed all the poor creatures are occupied in Preparing their costumes, more or less ludicrous. In a large room specially decorated for the occasion was given the ball for the children, with a piano for orchestra, and these poor little beings, deprived of a quarter part of their senses, appeared greatly to amuse themselves, disguised as Pierrettes, Neapolitan fisher- men, milk girls and in many other costumes difficult to describe. In another and larger room, also specially prepared, took place the adults’ ball; here was an orchestra ot twenty-five musicians, who played away with right good will, as if endeav- oring to drown the excessive noise made by the loud talking of the persons in whose honor the ball was given. Round the room, on forms, rat the old and incurable members of this sad con- fraternity, while the younger ones amused themselves in dancing a8 best they could, under the supervision of thelr guardians, to the music given out from the orchestra. The polkaa went very well. The marked measure of the music ‘was apparently saelly understood by the dan- cers; in the quadrilies they were at sea, and could not bring a figure to a successful termina- tion, while in the waltzes they were lost alto- gether. There were amongst the motley mass many who evidently were reminded of times gone by, for one could see a man ap- proach a Hedy, and with a bow ask her, “will you kindly favor me with the next dance, madame?” “Certainly, sir, with pleasure;” and the couple went off. arm in arm, but in a min- ute forgot why they were there together, let go their arms, and recommenced the same ponte forta of invitation and acceptance to lance, About ten o'clock the doctor arrived, together with the hospital students, and was kindly welcomed by his unfortunate patients, for each of whom he had a kind word of greet~ ing. He sald that about the time of these an- nual balls, there is always less epilepsy, as the ene are so preoccupied with the prepara- tons for the ball.” If this be so, would not a continual subject of mental occupation perhaps lead to the entire recovery of some of them? es The Engagement of Miss Edith Fish. ¥rom the American Queen. Miss Edith Fish (daughter of ex-Secretary Fish), whose engagement to Mr. Hugh Oliver Northcote has been recently announced, is con- sidered to have made quite a great match. Mr. Northcote is the fifth son of Sir Stafford North- cote, who was at one time chancellor of the ex- chequer. He {s in his 20th year, and is one of eight children, his eldest brother being heir to the title ot baronetcy. His father is the he: of one of the oldest families in England. The tam- ily estate at Hayne, in Devon, is very valuable, and the hall is one of the finest buildings in Great Britain. Miss Fish is the youngest daugh- ter of ex-Secretary Fish, and is devoted to fox- hunting. She ts one of the most fearless and expért horsewomen in New York society, and attends many of the meets of the gory Essex county and Meadow Brook THE GREAT RER SPOT ON JUPITER. t Recalling the Azvic Age. BY G. D) HISCOX. The phenomenon of the now famous red spot upen the surface of the planet Jupiter has drawn the attention of observers to an appar- ent condition of internal planetary activity not heretofore observed, or only beginning to be seen through the means of the great advance in telescopic power and definition lately acquired. The intensity of this’ spot seems to be now vanishing after a duration of about three and a-half years, during which time observations have been made of its physical appearance and for the purpose of detecting any local or rela- tive change of position. Also for the purpose of ascertaining the period of rotation of the planet, as compared with the period heretorore assigned from observations of its cloud spots. The two periods of rotation are observed to ‘yary about 5!¢ minutes; giving the rotation by the cloud spots as 9h.50m. to9h. 50m. 98., while thé rotation bythe great red epot was found to be 9 h. 55 m. 34 8. The times given for rotation by observations upon different cloud spots also vary enough to give us, together with the varying eontour of the cloud belts, strong evidence that what wo See of the planet Jupiter 1s not the body of the planet itself, but rather a vast sea of cloud, pos- sibly thousands of miles in depth, kept afloat by the intense heat of the body of the planet, . From the well known laws of circulation of gases, vapors and cloud masses, as illustrated by the circulation of the atmosphere, together with the progress and direction of the great storms, cyclones and tornadoes upon the earth, and as are beginning to be elucidated in the cyclonic action of the sun spots, according to Faye’s theory, which best meets the conditlons cannot do otherwise than come to the conclu- sion that the solid body of Jupiter has never been seen—that our observationsare only of the surface of vast envelope of cloud, that by its rapid rotation is constantly creating and keep- ing up an Intercirculation. such as our trade winds and equatorial doldrums, upon a vast | Beale. In this connection we have only to carry our our world, and to Imaginet ing over and still red hot entire oceans hanging as a vast cloud above,and | precipitating its dense vapors as rain upon the hot and hissing surface. It was then that the activity of natural forces were at their height. It was then that the upheaval of the Intensely heated masses from below met the cloud bursts from above, and produced the same class of phenomena that has lately been observed, upon a vastly larger scale, upon the planet Jupiter. If, in view of the low density which has here- tofore been given for Jupiter, we can reasonably accept an atmospheric or cloud depth ot eight or ten thousand miles, the apparent great diam- eter of the red spot may be assumed as only the irradiation to, and illumination of, the deep | cloud stratum by an igneous mass, much smaller than the apparent size of the red spot, as we see it trom the earth. The size of the great spot, 26,000 by 8,000 miles, may be, for a planet 88,000 miles in di- ameter, only the tflumination of a reasonable upheaval of the highly heated mass of the inte- rior corresponding with the remains of such Masses upon our earth. The apparent retrograde motion I think is il- lusory, for I gee no tenable reasoning to sustain the theory that has been advanced that it isa floating island, or crust floating upon a liquid | surface. Nor does there appear any good reason. for regarding it as of a periodical character, or bearing anyrelation to other periodical physi- cal phenomena, as suggested by the Dearborn observer. But, on the other hand, an assertion Jn the report of the Dearborn observations, “that the apparent center of the red spot does not co- incide with the true center, except when on the central meridian,” goes far to explain the theory that the red spot, as seen by the telescope, is an area of the outer cloud stratum illuminated by an igneous mass upon the body of the plat And also th :$ diurnal rotation should be fixe by the obs d rotation of the red spot, instead of as heretofore by the rotation of the cloud spots. he surface Just crust- —_—__+¢-________ Queen Margaret's Wemory. Roman Letter to the Boston Herald. Queen Margaret, who speaks four languages Perfectly, and has none of the King’s constitu- tonal shyness, is really remarkable for the tact and grace with which she contrives to say the right thing to the right person. The Countess C.—an American Catholic lady, married to a man of high rank here—told me the other day that, after having a private audience with the Queen, she had remained quite astonished at the memory she displayed of all the character- istics of persons whom, perhaps, she only saw in the more formal reunions of the court. The Count and Countess C., it may be observed in massing, are of the liberal modern school of | Cnttioltes, who find the performance of their | religious duties quite compatible with a display of respect for the relgning soverelgn. Aftera leasant little conversation with Countess C. in English, (which the Queen speaks perfectly. Queen Margaret said: ‘‘And your husband, whal does he chiefly occupy himself with?” “Well, your, Majesty, at present nothing seems to inter- est him more than the building of the large new barracks in our quarter of the town.” “Ah!” exclaimed the Queen, “I would have predicted that, I always aay to the King, when Count C. meets us out driving, that from his mere mode of saluting, I am certain he is more vieux militaire than anything else, and that his heart 1s with the mae But the Queen displayed a still greater proof of thatkeen memory of details so valuable to roy- | alty on the recent occasion of the presentation to her of the English admiral, Sir Erasmus Om- maney, who was here tor the carnival season with his family. Shesaid: “I know your name very well. admiral, for, apart from your dis- tinguished services, I remember that you were in command of a ship at Gibraltar the first time that my brother, the Duke of Genoa, tonched there, and that ‘you showed him great kindness and attention.” Sir Erasmus htmself told me soon after the in- terview that he was quite struck with admira- tion, not only of the grace and tact with which she ‘said exactly what was lkely to be moat pleasing to him. but at the fact. of her prodigi- ous memory for details, which might well have been forgotten In the passage of time. eee Eight Men Eaten by Cannibals, From the Hartford Courant. L. 8. Strickland, a younger brother of L. C. Strickland,‘of Southington, about five years | ago, on account of very poor health, started for Australla. He went thence with a party of thirteen to the island of New Guinea, seeking gold, and untila few days ago nothing was heard from him, and It was believed that he was dead. Mr. Strickland, of Southington, has just recelved a letter dated February 8th, at Para- mnatta, a small island near Australia. It seems that after reaching the interior of the island they were captured by the savages, who are cannibals and still eat human flesh. From time to time eight of the company were roasted and eaten. For some reason not stated the remain- ing five were spared, and in some way contrived to escape, and this was the first opportunity Mr. Strickland had of sending information home. He wrote that it was impossible to put on paper the sufferings he had endured during that time or the fearful experiences which had befallen him. He expects to return home during the summer. ——__—+o0___ ‘Wednesday Waggerics. One who has seen the elegant manner and ready politeness of President Arthur, and his wonderful tact and courtesy in society, can hardly imagine his jaunty nonchalance when spiteing op his bait for luck.—Boston Trans- ery Bo A young mau who joined church when quite young says it’s terribly galling to try to look solemn during a prayer meeting and wink at a pretty girl at the same time.— Puck. There fs not much difference between a bliz- zard and a donation party. One sweeps every- thing before it, and the other tramples every- thing under it.- Of the two evils the average dominie prefers the former.—Harlem Times. His boots squeaked like dry cart wheels ashe tip-toed his way up the aisle, and sat down to deduced from spettroscopic observations, we | | tracery had been painted ‘on. the break having | been especially made to show a construction minds back to the beginning of the Azoic age of | in. zones, with our | __EDUCATIONAL. _ CONFESSION OF A SBRBRIC-A-BRAC Eveny Hore Or Ta Das. DEALER. a ge ae | AND EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR, ge nAKD Mo Clever Imitations of Cloisonne an strength qual: ty for youne Ten Jn ‘tor Ivory. panese Goods Made in gb errors oe — wich gost references. Miche dh Wane wi mingham. 2 j § Ghia noe ea FE i > ~ an " ‘From the New York Sun. FIFERRE ~ g888q 88 * 00p 00, 7 gRBRy | NO mean toca a mci “A word as to buying cheap Imitations of ‘F = t Sass, Rog i. 9 8 ay Neotned. articles which are not susceptible ot being} ¥ EERIILLSsss§ ‘tad ® God gsc! Speed gees jor ladies. G. } fairly reproduced,” sald the old dealer in bric- foveal a-brac. To purchase an imitation of cloisonne Ft f un DD, A MECCA T J ware, for example, is to make a bad error in ft i fire. af rac) taste, for its beauty depends, not upon its form 2 ot i Poe oA 7 oe orcolor, but upon its exquisite handiwork, a quality of which no imitation can give the least in this Byeterm, which te the shortest an Yara of practice, and training voices quickly | and oa FrFFFF ree Very highest culture, at my nnadcal institute, idea. Here is a plece of imitation Japanese @ Co OF F rest perthweet. PROF. Bi: WOLSwskt. at : 8 G8 QF a 2 AVID §. 1. JOHNSON, ORGANIST AND CHG cloisonne. It 18 of copper, like the genuine, 28% OR FE = LTR gg and, for cheap enamel, has a rich appearance. “ | sone $i per hour. Public voice classes fifty cents nee Now examine it beside an original piece. The | Which is pure Coffee, extracted directly from the | mon! suhde-tee imitation, you observe, becomes dull and tawdry | berry. by the addition of boiling water you can make ) 1 SrRRET NORTHWEST — looking, and the colors-do not appear fresh or | 88 many cups of delicious Coffee as are needed—freeh eae) Loses Rew term distinct: “Iti, however, in its base Imitation of | and fragrant. Each Lote maxes 38 cups of Coffee. | PRUWHOMSIF'S popile learn = r Innech pains taken Ww ail graces for Adult Private morn Classes for 1 Mw th the proman and Chilton. « for Ladies ies and Gentienen, 6-48. SS AMY LEAVITT, OF BOSTON, Teacher of Vocal and Inetrumeutal Music an@ “: tracery that the thing shows cut really false and abominable; the lines of goid or brass are daubed on with a brush. In the genuine articie the markings between the colors and all of the traceries are firm and clear, for the point in cioi- Always uniform—a great point in Coffee-making. No waste or tronble in using. Pure, apd recommended by all who try it. No grounds or sediment in bottom of cups, An invaluable aid to carly breakfasts. muh24-Ine Harmony. sonne is to tool little gutters of metal in the cop- | T¥i#! Wlconvince. For sale by grocers, _ Address 945 K street northwest, mht per, and press in the fine wires, goiden or brazen. a ERCEBLAN BUSIXESS CULLBOE a 5 i 0 ef i Building, corner 9h and D streets. y No imitation oan give any idéa of the effects to FELS & CO, penta Banas Rees nik aL ee ained in this way. 5 training sons and daughters, and 1 women for The bit of imitation cloisonne I have shown self--upport aud real itfe. | Stu gelv ref ie is of home manufacture, and is bad enough | ap4-w, s,m, 29t PHILADELPHIA. § | month in the year. Scholarship for year, from date ‘o protect the buyer; the really dangerous imi- Sean. Say ce eens, ee Special terme by mon! or quarter, or for year by" ine ites Chicas mall ‘on application. HENRY ©. SPENCER, Principal. MRS. SARA A. SPENCEK, View Principal. fl YNSTEVCTION IN sHoRT-HAND TUESty and Friday, from §to9 p.m. at Spencnrien B tatlons are made by the Japanese themselves; for it is a sad fact that the American demand for cheap art goods has demoralized the best artists In the world in this kind of work. Be- ware of cloisonne. The most deceptive thing in Laviegst NEUTRO-PILLENF, - ONLY MATA SOLVENT KROWN. Permanently dissolves euperfiuons root and a : a Be ness Colicge, dD streets, by A.’ bric-a-brac I ever saw was a so-called clotsonne | Praia ‘a.fvemiuntes, without peta. dleostoration or | EG wh," Puyuis reneived afany toe? jat'3m vase sold as damaged. The injury consisted of | tiene of perfeat re. Safe and certain. send two | je A. CH. cE: oRE ON 55 ? a aoe reel aA RS. E. A. CHAMBERS TAKES PLRASURE IN a break in the metal only half an inch long, but | stamps for gars, THE WILCOX, CHEMIC arnouncing that she is prepared to Teonve a ilme sufficient to dieciose the fine threads of the | PREPARA’ 2 a ae as Sc fed number of Papiie ti therourh Pnctish branches. tracery, *vhich had in fact been torn from their - ona po ‘al and terms for beds. As the break was susceptible of perfect e pase the door, repair, the object brought @ high price. On ex- awination It was found that apart from the threads laid bare, there was not a single cloi- sonne wire In the vase ail the rest of the w. ae 5 Prey SOFyow ARE WE FEVER GOING TO GET es through our spring and summer's work? We are all run down, tired out before it begins.” So say “s family. We answer, go to your drug- nd pay five dollars for six bottles of Ayer's Sar- iia. This is just the medicine you need, and will pay compound intcrest on the investment. (PEAT SLIGHT COLD YOU THINK SO LITTLE of may prove tho forerunner of a complaint that may be fatai. Avoid this result by taking Ayer's Cherry ral, the best of known remedies for colda, coushs, catarrhe, broncaitis, incipient consumption, and ail other throat and lung diseases. ‘aps ‘ which did not exist in fact. worthless. ‘There is one point In the purehs brac In which we Americans are ez ceived. We import large quantities of several kinds of Japanese and Chinese art goods which had previously been imported into those coun- tries from the manufactories of Birmingham, England. The fact does not speak well for our vaunted acuteness. Even the hammered bronzes of China and Japan are often but clumsy speci- mens of English stamped work. Birmingham manufacturers do not object to helping one-haif the world to deceive the other half, provided The article was ES. $5 A MONTH. English Grammar, 8; ry se of bric- ezionsly de- france 207 D cr otce, Singing, auitacens 0: s. n Bryant, 2 vols., nt, 2 vole, (40K “ie 5 Ae atenal part of the work is done in their oi Wealthy Teeurtev gt: Kale Wonder mai Sina . jes); deal Acorn, ( y) Selections from ¥cetry “As for She Meld manufacturers, they show a = Robt. Browutne’: Motioanty "(Madoc). Big boldness in the manufacturing of sham art} OCG, U UT XN NBN Bt BPP, © gGititg | Teaace, (Cranford), Dialect oon ey; Colne work which exceeds all their proverbial impu-| § vu un NNN NNN ii PPP Bassa re ck's Bad id hin Pa. The Tito, 2 roaan ot dence In turning out sheet-iron razors. Some | GGG U_U IN NNN i P 8 ealth, (Withington), 269 Choice ite collected of our young “bloods acquire In Pare a taste| OG UU HN NNN MNP Sgas8 | thotadies of Trinity Churcl “ener Atlas for old arms. A few years ago they ransacked and) New York for them, and many an old Dutch Have opened and are in full blast at iw DOOR carving Knife, under a fancy’ name, found its N ence of Tongan’ = of cutlery over NOS, 404 AND 406 SEVENTH STREET, rest Preamp Eee Ge ae ee mantelpieces. ‘The Shemelt “manu- Hlrclune’ Tbs Blocuade aiid the Coane he Soup facturers noted the demand, and we were soon With a full and complete Towards the Sunset, by Author of Heorestions of flooded with an unseemly lot of polished iron. 1 was obliged to keep some of It. terrible looking corkscrew swords, eimeters, weighing twelve pounds, flashing cutlasses, Spanish daggers, Italian stilettos, French foils and Damascus and Toledo blades in abundance. They were mere toys, harmlesa things that would hardly penetrate cloth, but they sold at high prices. “Let me show you a true blade. Here is a fine Toledo dagger, ex: quisitely engraved and Damascened. It is small and light. running down to a long, fine point; yet when I place this English penny piece on the table—so—I can drive that point down through It, and—see—the point remains unin- Jured. A blow like that wouid bend up those Damascus dogeers from Sheffieid like so many fish hooks. This fashion has now given pl to a passion for collecting bad flrearms— which never seem to. hit any one except when they go off by accident. Some of the old field ‘arms’ may still be seen in the Bower cumulations of pawn’shop bric-a-brac. “Ivory goods?” The old dealer's eyes twinkled. “I Just happend to think,” said he, “ofan order Thad three years ago for tif a mid Calli of a Christi Woman, Man‘of ‘the ‘Houses by Panes? Dey imes of Tyndale, by Matehall y WM, BALLANTYNE & SON, 425 SevEewra Sra Country Parson We had Moreau Di Turkish STOCK OF GOODs, Consisting of SILKS, in every variety; DRESS GOODS, complete; LACES, GLOVES and HOSIERY, endless; LINEN DEPARTMENT, ful; HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, alarge stock; We have just opened our ine of BICYCLE AND BOATING SHIRTS, © in White and Fauey with ‘hanjeome front, which require no lacing and unlacing, Bn! Taking thohandoomreé Mtnting, Boatayeand epeng Shirt ever shown in this market. Prices: $2.00, $2.50, $2.75, $3.00 and $3.25 ench, WOODWARD & LOTHROP, 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR, GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, LADIES’ UNDERWEAR, PARASOLS, SHAWLS, DOMESTICS, NOTIONS, &c., All bought for SHARP CaSH, m3 Ss. B. ELLERY, WE ARE HERE TO STAY, and we offer our goods dozen ivory diptychs and an assortment of | inevery department at : it acid Etruscan carvings. That was about the most FAIR PRICES, DUBREVIL BROTHERS, preposterous order Iever received. I was trri- i as | fated at Mrst, but grew amazingly cheerful as 1 | which meane that wo will not be MANUFACTEE STS Fone SSTRTS, | thought of my customer’s greenness, Some men am imagine that money will buy anything, old or eed 1112 F Sterer Nonruwrsr, Wasnneron, D.C. new, in existence or out of it. It istrue that a Six of tho Finest Dress Shirts to order. $1; some fine specimens of ivory taken from Etrus- = fix Extra Fine Shirts to order Fs can tombs are etill preserved. The British Mu- Six Eine Shirts t0 order......... ) seum has a dozen of them, and some are extant | Wehave ONE PRICE, which gives every one FAIR | — Y which were known to be in existence at the | AND HONEST DEALINGS. Tuomrsows Enea pel as to buying them as you oe SHIRT FACTORY a bootjack—— we “A diptych, you know, consists of two carved ivory covers, each from 8 to 14 inches long and proportionately wide. The Greeks used them for writing tablets, and the Romans gave them to consuls for presents; that 1s how the fashion axD MEN'S FURNISHING FMPCRIUM, £16 F Street, Opposite Patent Office, When prices BREAK, “we will be there.” ALL ALIKE WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT. m31 arose of giving portfolios to cabinet ministers. a for FS. 00 Bets aan eects, Six bert Shires They were rare oven tn theirday,and asthe teono- | New Crormnxa House. Acme, unfinished, 73 ets. ; finished, (4) cos. clasts destroyed all the ivory carvings they could unfinished, 65 = lay thelr hands on, you may Imagine how scarce they are at the present time. Even European museums count themselves tortunate when the; ossess half a one; so the six diptychs ordere: *. my customer would have made a bad hole in his fortune. “TI think it was in the spring of °76 that a greatly dilapidated fellow called on me apd pointed to my private office. He locked the door and took from under his coat a 14-Inch dlptych which he offered to sell for $1,500. Had |- he offered me the Vatican or St. Peter's for a like sum I shouldn’t have been more surprised. I knew there was something wrong, but could not say where. The marks of age. &., were perfect, and the work stood the magnifying glass wonderfully well. When at last I deter- mined to take off the frame and backing, the man went down on his knees and begged me not to expose him; he had stolen it from a Pa- vian monastery, he said. It proved to be carved on new ivory, ingeniously pieced out and falrly well cut; it had been manufactured in a garret In Pisa by a man who makes a business of it. I let the fellow go; he did not le any worse than dealers are often obliged to do, and was only like us, selling goods for something else than what they are. The rascal also had two replicas in his pocket; the three articles worth only about $50. Five years afterward I saw one of them in a well-known private library in 34th street, but made no sign. “There are many methods of making imita- tion Ivory carvings. Sometimes the material is sawed inthin sheets, steamed in softening va- pors, and pressed into moulds. It isthenstained Tor age, cut, filed, or otherwise tortured into shape, and. after being filled in with cement, is backed with an ivory veneer and offered for sale. Relief figures are made from a composl- tion of eround bone and gum, and then cast and PIANOS AND ORGANS. Ww" HEINEKAMP & SON, THE CELEBRATED PIANO MAKERS, RAVE OPENED A BANCH WARERUVOM AT 427 TENTH STREET NORTHWEST. eSQUARF and UPRIGHT PIANOS sold monthly payments and for cvab, ct lor} tor excellence of workman. ship. tone aud durability. Second-hand Pianos ae ‘Organs taken in exchange. ROBINSO ; PARKER & CO., 819, 8. E. Con. 77m axp D.Sra, ENTIRE NEW STOCK Cusvscexs J. Rexo, 483 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, Offers the foll pecia ins in PIANOS Me Ror a 2 Celera Res ee ane Stringed, or MEN AND Boys’ cLOTHING in the Matchiess NERS & POND and CHitis: NS’ PIANOS and the SHONINGER CYM= These are the ouly Organs in the complete chime of Lells, and sold on vents. H bove lust contains some of the greatest If yon want toxee the ar BELL. world contal Smonthly pays, PRICES WITHIN THE NoTh.— seston REACH OF ALL. int I have ever offered to the public, ing firet wet the pick. Fight Piano in the SPRING OVERCOATS . J. REED, mb31 433 SEVENTH STREET N. W. lished. But lack of luster and grain betrays A SPEcULTY. » H. KUHN, 607 10th street. n. w. hem to careful observers. if you buy ‘Japa- Ge Be eh MB TSS, Siner APP nese’ cabinet work, ornamented with raised SE hie BORDERE Oneetis: ie ivory carvings, handle itcarefally, for ash ‘Tuning and Repairin, Tap will often pow ae the bogus ivory. Loo! out, too, for imitation mother-of-pearl. It is a comparatively new sham in ornamental art, and lable to Aaciaging accidents upon very emall Provocation.” Gold Medal Nonvense. ‘From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. There has been a raid on wires strung on poles in Chicago, and a demand that they be placed under ground. They cannot be operated under the ground in such streets as those uf Chicago. Indeed, the cry about burying wires is ridicu- lous. ‘The conditions to make it a success do not exist. In Paris men wear bracelets. A famous Bey ‘Wears one of diamonds valued at $200,000. Assafcetida is now on the free list, there being no American cheese to compete with It. Nashville, Tenn,, ts scourged with smallpox. ‘Thirteen new cases were reported on i, and fifty patients are in the pest house. One school containing 600 pupils has been closed for two weeks. The missing balloon “Saladin,” which was lost last year with Mr. Walter Powell, M. P., has been found in the mountains of the Sierra del Piedroga, Spain. The car is still attached, and the remains of the balloon are to be forwarded to England. ROBINSON, PARKER & CO. EMADBURY mb16-3m_—_ 819.8. E. Cor. 7th and D 8ts. Catron Rev Woon. 1, 1M, 136 axp 3 Incuxs Tatox. EAE ABR ELST on, ware = * eral assortment of all kinds of sale at prices by JO8. & J. B. LIBBEY, OFFICE, 8018 WATER STREET. Georgetown, D PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR RENT. iy ‘Fifty Instroments of all the leading makes, from $2 to $10 per mouth. Reuta applied on rent pure" chase. mb27-1m FREEBORN G. SMITH, Now Resor. SPRING STYLES. GENTS’ DRESS SILK HATS, at$5, $6, $8. New Shapes, Derby's and Square Crown HATS. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, 621 Pennsyivanis sv ene, *C, Manufec‘urer, the music of four hymnals and a Bible tumbling to the floor, when he tried to get rid of his hat. Then he. blew his nose with a boom like the snort of a sea horse, and whi to his wife that he couldn't make out what the dodgasted (ale ig the congregation were staring at him so for.— igo a Hens may be a little backward on eggs; but they never fall to come to the seratel where flower-beds are concerned.—New rl yune. "The theatrical manager is known by the com- pany he keeps.— New Orleans Parte. A steamer in California keeps a sheep that is trained to go out on the gang-plank when a flock oceans or ean and show en te over le, WI they follow as Ehets feader into the boat. * An old colored woman In Savannah, Ga., who tor five years past has made a business of pick- ing up loose cotton about the streets of the city, Bas not only supported herself, but has actually saved enough moo buy and stock @ small farm, and is sald be worth over $1,000. Young Echols, who died at Rome, Ga., Sun- day an arian illness of forty-eight hours, cade okey tegeestore congestion of the attending ph; says lungs ae seen of that habit. Bissors Cunrnonme, a Totlet cures 71 and Lert ape re Faraz ana nae eee wigs $F is 790 9th atreet. corper H street northwest. MAKE ROOM FOR OTHER GOODE, WE ARE CLOSING OUT AT Low PRICES no “We notice,” says the Boston Post, ‘that sev- ant eo esteemed cont raries speak of Mr.John| 4 lotof odds nda tu the way of Portable L. Sullivan, of this ow as a reckless spend- | Brick Bet RANGES. A few Second-hand RANGERS thrift. This is Mr. Suilivan has | and LATROBES to sell cheap. Pe al O08 Ce ae Ceinonies macoe, at EDWARD CAVERLY & 00, fixtures of « liquor saloon.” moh24-Sm_ 1425 New York avenue.