Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1883, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. uaa as bi pha ~ WEDNESDAY. we 18 1888—DOUBLE SHEET. wEA The Drink of Pleasure and of Health, From Dr. stables’ New Book on Tes. Although tea is generally regarded as a pecu- Barly Chinese plant. I find strong grounds for holding it to be of Indian origin. India is now fivaling China asa tea-growing country, 207,600 acres of ten lands being now under cultivation In that country, mostly In the district of Assam, with a yearly product of about 59,000,000 pounds, representing an invested capital not far Bhort of $45,000,000. The strong arguments In favor of India being the original home of the tea plant are summed up as follows: First—We have it on the authority of some of the most eminent botantsts that there is but one species of the plant which yields the teas of commerce, although there may be 100 varieties. Second— This plant may seem to be ind:genous to both Indi and China, but whereas there is no ev!- ‘o show that it has ever been Imported nations ‘to prove that it was originally brought to China from India. And third —We find the tea plant in China a mere bush at best, while in In: it attains, in the wild state. the proportions of a tree, just as we find the lia yrandiflora of Fngland a mere dwarf, compared with the splendid lord of the that adorns the woods of northern THE TEAS OF INDIA are regarded as the finest now produced, and they have the decided advantaze of entire tree- an art in which the The tea districts of India n¢ good Inducements put in life dom from aduiteration, i e are mast for destroy the much de- ry as to its tas ness in the c eare four in the market. ary with the ne it is made into . air, hands and b Into requisition to dry and the pre: esses were surely, and © etfeet. When the leaf las been turned Into tea it is forted and sifted. then packed up into chests. The tea is hot when it is hermetically sealed inte ai nt chest Lit is not opened again till required for the retail market. thus confining all the strength and fragance, none being lost by exposure after it is ready. EFFECTS ON LTH. Allexperience goes to prove that good tea, drank judiciously and 1n moderation, Is pos tively beneficial to the health. It would serve no useful purpose to enter minutely into the | Physiological effects of tea on the system; suf- fice it to say that they depend chiefly on three | of the active principles or constituents of the (1) the volatile oil; (2) the theine, and (3) nain. The volatile oil is more abundant nd this. according to Prof. Jc fact that in Chin r old, owing to tl hich the leaves of thered, seem to pos- xtent Io; utile oll is to lative to the mi n proved by experiment, p of tissue in the body. ee a most valuable adjunct to the . if the waste of tissue bi thes make: diet less f le pinently Suitable as a beveraze | » of the nervo-sanzuineous tempera- | those Individuals whose lives seem all | nd action. who probably eat a fair pro- | Portion offoad, but who never “put on_ flesh,” &s it 1s called, fat were a better name. To this class belong ‘the busy bees of this world, the brain workers, those men of enerzy and mind uld ill afford to want. ‘The con- tear of the nervous system, in tes Some means of vital and tea is eminently suited for The tannin contained in tea is simply mildly astringent, and may, or we oucht to say does, have a slightly constipatins effect on the | wels; but it is only when the tea is allowed to draw too long atime that the tannin is ex- tracted. AFTERNOON THA. A good deal might be sald in favor of the 5 @clock or afternoon tea of modern times. It 13 @ very enjoyable refreshment, and a very timely one, with common sense to recommend it. Always provided, if [may make use of medical | ried the subject of his illicit amour. difference of opinion about this. For our we like the oldetusnioned brown earthenware one, provided it holds enough. Next comes the ellver hich some 3 Wate io eat good clean and 7; @n old teal bad In the enamel or with deposit. old clay jipe, perhaps; but a new i How jong should teadraw? From three min- utes to seven, Lapointe id the kind of tea and the character of the a Invalids and people with delicate stomachs eee everybody else for that matter) ought to most ‘careful to obtain tea of superior excel- lence and quite free from facing and adultera- tion, and ought to attend rigidly to the plan of making a cup of good tea which we have just been endeavoring to explain. The invalid should never on any account drink green or scented tea. The tea he is to drink, after hav- Ing been infused tor the proper time, say about five minutes. should be poured off the leaves into a well heated, clean teapot, and served in that, covered by the cusy if there be one about. ACCESSORIES AND FOOD. Sugarand milk orcream are merely acces- sories, and may be added in quantity according to taste, Some people like tea without either milk or sugar. Others again will tell you that milk in teais Just as good as cream. We our- selves preter cream for the reason that, owing to its oily nature, it retains the volatile oll which would otherwise escape In the steam. The sugar ought to be the best white lump, and the m, creme de la creme, fresh and pure, and ly aday old. Farinaceous food, if food ot any kind. is better with tea than meat, which latter the tannin is apt to harden in the stomach. Dry cold crisp toast, with or without butter. or buttered toast. ide. We take the liberty of appending the pt of our dear departed grandmother for king the same. The loat from which the bread fs cut should be a tinned one two days old. The sli be evenly cut, and fully half an inch thi ess of toasting should be slow]; carried out before a bright clear mint must any portion of the surface burned; the whole should be a beantiful brown on both sides, and while still hot the sii placed ona plate an laid thickly on, the surfac esh and as it melts; the ernst of the slice should at the same time be broken with the handle of the to render it toothsome. A sprinkling of |y-powdered salt should be dusted over all, and the toast is then ready for the table. Memo: to serve hot. ENGLAND, Immorality in all Classes of Society. London Correspondence Philadelphia Telegraph. There is a very generally recelyed Impression, that in England the higher you go in the social scale the less regard you find paid to morals. I think the social statistician who first put for- ward this view must have based his opinion upon the returnsfurnished by the divorce courts. The percentage of peers, baronets and army officers who figure before Judze Hannen either as respondents or co-respondents in suits for divorce, is certainly very high; but then, as £40 Is the smallest sum which will suffice to procure ‘oree even in undefended cases, poor men to think twice before they indulge in the lnx- If a man or woman well known in good ury. circles sue or bt sued for divorce, the cireum- stance becomes the talk of the town, and every aims against the immorality undermi = the higher classes in this country. er, that the lower cl; if not worse, and th marriaze tie is r is far worse than that pervading the “seu.” A told me so: story illustrative of this wa ago. A disreputable laborer, drinking ina low public louse, was iniorined that an equally disreputable friend of his, named “Bill,” had eloped with his wife. **What!” said the injured husband, “Bill bolted with my sus! Well, I'm —— ifever he gets back his wheelbarrow I borrowed from him;” and chuck- ling at the kindness of fate, which had placed such a convenient method of nce in his | hands, he relapsed into veer and “‘bacca,” quite satisfied with the aspect of affairs. Probably the great middie classes of the com- munity have more regard for the convenances of society than the strata above and below them. Some attention has lately been drawn to the vagaries of titled personages. The Marquis of Blanford eloped with Lord Aslesford’s wife, Lord - hrewsbury—quite a young mun—bolted with a married woman considerably his senior, and after her husband obtained a divorce, ma About two years ago I served on a jury in the divorce court, and some of the revelations were per- fectly astounding. I remember one case in which a certain earl applied for a divorce from his countess, who had certainly grossly miscon- ducted herself with another peer, It trans- pired, however, that the petitioner bimself was actually keeping up three “establishments.” and the Queen's proctor intervening, the case was stopped. The affair was hushed up and never got into the newspapers. phraseology. it be prettily compounded, care- | fully prepared and neatly dispensed. a0 in the room in few, if possible, | The tea equipace and well chosen, and the tea t prorurable for love or ay What the hi her he will be natural, that is | ought to be an air of retin vy. Nom should b h. Ass some le and d youth- ciara better nor worse, fore. But tea of appy and try to tly wishing tea roed What Rob it is one of the ETeatest trials seusitive man could en- dure HOW TO MAKE IDEAL TRA, Having been fortunate enough to secure a pound or two of pure. fragrant. unadulterated tea, we must see that it is kept in an air-tight Canister. If it be not so kept the tea will lose its crispness and flavor by absorbing moisture tosome extent fromthe surrounding atmos- Phere, and by yielding up ite volatile oil. The teakettle should be kept scrupulously clean, both Inside and out. We cannot expect to make good tea from water boiled In a kettle that is barked inside with lime or other deposit, and outside with soot. A dirty kettle proves the servant to be a slut, and darkly hbiots at €arelessness in the mistress. water should be soft. There ts nothing rain Water that bas been kept under gronsd in large tanks. The water shouid be filtered. ‘The fire over which a teakettle boils ought to be as free from smoke as possible, otherwise it Js not impossible that the water may partake of the flavor of peat, wood or burning coals, and the tea be spoiled) Before the water has come to the boll the tea- % should be well warmed and the tea put in. it may then stand fora short time on the hob Until the water bolls, when— ‘The tea should at once be made. We heat the teapot in order to conserve all the caloric in the boil < water. We make the tea as soon as the * comes to the boil because good tea can be made with freshly boiling water, not boilin« water that has been boiled before or has been kept boiling too long. Boiled water is flat because it Is non-aerated, that Is the “why and the wheretore.” Servants want to be drilled to this, or their heads drilled and the truth rammed {nto them. A worse fauit than even this is mak- ing tea with water that bas gone off the boil, which servants often do. Carbonate of soda should never be used to draw the tea It is best, we think (but we sit subject to con- tradiction), to pour on all the water that is ‘Wanted, for the first cup at all events, at once. and not to merely wet the tea, as it ts popularly It Isa mistake to add fresh tea to that which bas already been made by way of getting stronger. and yet we constantly hear the remark made, “Put a little more tea in the pot.” If — or eee tea is wanted, it ought to made another teapot, and a spare o! often comes tn handy. > ee A teapot ought to contain enough tea to go ll round the company once at least; the habit of half filling ali the cups, then addinz boiling water and completing the work, is objectioua- not to say stingy. rns may de used, and some of them ice on the table; but the water st , tog and the urn itself must previ ‘well dusted. What ia the best kind of teaps: look very he hott aN brought under | th The most abominable scandal, thoneh, ever notice, the following, nh, ineredible as it seem, is, 1 be- . strictly true. e in ive reside Col. A and his wile, who chter ofa baronet, and T think the ma Ina beautiful villa liev 1 ve is the most beautiful woman J ever saw. The pair live in good style, and visit allthe best fami- lies in the neighborhood. The Colonel is about forty-five, and his wife about twenty-five. It is wont that the lady has a considerable in- Cher own, and itis well known that the I's means would not be sufficient to keep style in which they live. For two or months during the height of the season iy disappears, and itis given out that t to friends in the north,or continent. Asa matter of on, one of the most souzht + and successful of the members of the demi- monde. She takes a house in Pimlico, and at he is in Lon | her splendid establishment there entraps ali the ruided young fools, with more money than brains, whom she can get hold of. Sometimes Mrs. N. (as she calls herself when in | ondon) | falls in with a richer and more infatuated prize than usual,and gves abroad with him for atime. ‘There are scores of young fools this designing woman has ruined during the past five years. It {sno uncommon thing for her to return to the Co- jonel and rural delights of Devonshire with .£3.000 as the solid results of a two or three months’ campaign in the metropolis. The Colonel is perfectly aware of the method by which the money Is obtained. and the pair live very com- fortably during nine months of the year upon the earnings of the wife for the other three. The woman leads a strange kind ot dual existence. When in London she is one of the queens ot the demi-monde: while in Devonshire, her mode ot life is most eminently respectable. She patron- izes all the local institutions, subscribes to the local charities, attends church reularly, and is the vicar’s right-hand in all district visiting, soup distributing, sewing meetings, and other Parochial work. She is now in London, and it was only last week that I saw her riding in the Row. She is certainly one of the most attrac- tive-looking women I ever saw, and sits her horse to perfection. ee A New Mexico Palace. Banta Fo letter to Cleveland Leader, “The Governor's Palace,” the “Palace of the Cwsars,” as Governor Sheldon calls it, is a low one-story building, two hundred and fifty feet long, with a modern built piazza extending the whole length of the front. It ts built of adobe brick, plastered over In front and whitewashed. The back yard, called here the “ placita,” is sur- rounded by an adobe mud wall, and the rear of the patace is of the same material, and of pure mud color. This palace was ereeted somewhere about 1585, and was the residence of innumer- able Spanish Governors down to the time of the cession of New Mexico to the United States. Previously Mexico was famous for the number of Its political revolutions, and whenever a revolution occurred a Governor would be bounced from the “Palace cf the Cwsara,” and a new one would take his place. Governor 8heidon boasts ot having 8 larger number of “Illustrious pi rs” than any of his brother Governors throughout the Union. Some of his “‘illustrious predeces- sors" have made room for their successors by being led-out into the placita and there sum- marily shot. Frequently a Spanish Governor would aval! himself of his arbitrary power and order a person to be taken into the Placita and shot. Governor Sheldon recently had a sewer trench dug tn bis placita, and a skeleton was found, either of some former Spanish Governor or a victim who had been executed by his order. In one end of the Palace the Territorial is- ture meets, and the other end is occupied by “His Excellency,” the “Viceroy” Sheldon. The palace fronts on the plaza, a small park of about two-and-a-half acres. In former years the Mexicans were wont to meet on this plaza and have their bull fights, chicken fizhts. get drank, and generally end the performance with a ight among themseives. In all these pastimes: the padres (priests) would frequently be most at me. We hardly ever see | this latter properly made, except at our own | eis to |! pierced | 1) here and there with the knife to let it penetrate | THE INVENTION OF MATCH ‘The Man Whe Claims the Invention. From the Springfield Republicsa. “Did I ever tell you what Charles Sumner once sald to me about the manufacture of matches?” queried Lucius C. Alien, the veteran armory foreman. “It was about fifty years ago now, when I was in doubt whether it would pay to go into the business, and asked Mr. Sum- ner what he thought about it. He tarned around quick as a fiash and said, ‘Mr. Allen, how many pins do you suppose are made ina year?’ I thought there must be a good many millions. ‘And how many times,’ he continued, ‘isa pin used?’ ‘Perhaps 20 on an average,’ I replied. ‘Then at least 20 times as many matches will be needed as pins," heconcluded, ‘and of course it will pay.’ Now, did even Charles Sumner ever size upanvthing neater than that?" I made matches several years, and, not only that, but I invented the: It was away back in the ‘30's when I wasa boy. I was always fooling with the ingredients, brimstone and the like, till finally I struck an Idea. Then I went to work and made a few m@gches, rather erude, of course, and showed them to a few friends, but they didn’t think it would amount to anything and I didn't eigher, at first, so I minded nothing about it till 1834, I think it was, when a friend persuaded me to apply for a patent. It was quite a trip to Washington in those days, but ina few weeks I got word that a Chicopee man had filed a similar application a short time before mine arrived. I was satisfied that I could get the patent by fighting for it, but I didn't think then that it would pay, and so I made an arrangement with the Chicopee man, by which I was to offer no op- | position to his getting the patent, but could h he privilege of manutacturing matches on | my own hook. He got the patent and I went | into the business. I had quite an establishment on Walnut street, hiring about thirty hands, mostly girls, and kept atit till 37, thetime of the great panic. The Chicopee man was a drunken peddler, and he went to Boston on aspree and gambled the patent away to men who have made their fortunes out of it. I sold matches all through this country, but there was a good {deal of opposition to their manufacture. The pers said it was a bid for incendiarism, and wny shop-keepers wouldn't sell them. The id had got as far as Worcester then, but wouldn't carry matches, and I had to hire todrive clear thro to Boston. There were some other matches in the market that would crack like @ pistol when you lit them.and when we put some In a box and set them afire it sounded like a small cannonade. But my matches were like what we have now and were the first ever made that I know of.” = << ‘The Bethrothal. Oh for one hour of such enchanted light As mide a fairer daytime In the sky, When on the willow-bank we sat that night, My old-time love and It Awhile we talked so low and tenderly, We felt the listening trees above u3 lean; And louder far the silence seemed to me That fell at last between. Her heart lay floating on its quiet thoughta, Like water-lilies on a tranquil Lik And love within, unknown, because Lay dreaming half awake. Ah. love {s the lightest sleeper ever knownt A whisper, ant he started platn to view; Old as the heavens seemed our story grown, Whiie yet the moon was new. ingought, And when she spoke, her answer seemed the while Sweeter weetness of the Lips that told, a precious word within a simtle— mond ringed with gold. Then bloomed for us the perfect cont: ‘Taen filled the cup and overran the bri; And all the stars, processional, that hour, Chanted a bridal hymn. Ah, Time, «ll after-days may fy away, Se as that thou hast bat once to giva, And Love {5 roval from hls ning day, Tuoush kingdomless he ry-flower; Sue seee A Crown Princess. Writing of the crown princess of Germany, pdding was celebrated last month, the London Ties says: In leaving England the princess royal never ceased to be an Englishwoman. Of sunny disposition, has always had a fondness for the peculiar characteristics of English life, and has shown a playful sturdiness tn asserting it. Yet she has accommodated herself to the circumstances of | her adopted country, and nas entered into her | duties as a German princess with a spirit which forbade the most susceptible of Prussians to look upon her ag an alien. Count von Moltke, who himself derived affection tor England from an English wife, well said of her: “She has shown how one can love two countries, | and be true to both—as she loves mother and husband." The wedded life of the crown princess, united to a man of gentle character and commanding abilities, has, indeed, in all respects been singularly happy. Eight children have been born to her, of whom six survive, ‘Two of them are already married and have had children in their turns. What is more. the edu- cation of her sons and daughters has been to the princess such an engrossing concern that it may be sak her children have learned the best part jofwhat they know from her. This is no mere conventional phrase. There are princesses who are said te education of their children wh to the school-room for a few ¥ morning, flurrying tutors and nd interfering sadly with lessons. The prin royal has always re- #arded lessons as a serious business; 8! hardly do otherw a first class in where no prince is suffered to be idle. Any one who has noticed the crown prince at a review of troops, may have perceived that he does not attend such parades ouly to show him- self off in uniforin. He watches the steps ot ery reginent as it passes; he knows every the evolutions favored by the different Fg ‘als are so familiar to him that he could tell with his eyes closed, by the mere noise ot col- ums marching and wheeling, what officer is in command. The same attentiveness character- izes him in the pursuit of private life. He studies as if he were about to publish a buok, or pasa.a competitive examination; when conversing with natives or strangers, with eminent men or non-. entities, he 1s more anxious to listen than to ad- vance opinions of his own; even at the opera, where he sits Ing arge central box, exposed to the’full view of the audience, he appears to be pondering over every note hv hears, as though it would be his business tu pass judzment on the performancebye and bye. Foral: this, no man could be les of @ pendant. A genial gen- tleman, with quiet, polished manners, and a fatherly smile for those who come to him in friendship, he has in his eyes that good-humored twinkle which reveals @ shrewd knowledge ot men as weil as books. The life of the princess royal in her homes at Potsdam and Berlin has been one of sim- pacer The Prussian court slike to no other in the primitive orderliness of its arrangements. Gala dinners take place at 5,ordinary dinners at 4; performances at the opera are generally over by 10, and the last dance at state balls is ended not long atter midnight. These early honrs, which suit the convenience of princes having military duties, have enabled the crown princess to sit by her children daily while they took their morning lessons,to learn what they learned, and thus to master subjects beyond the ken of most ladies. For her own amusement she paints, and paints well, listens to music, keeps herself acquainted with what goes on in England by reading English books and newspapers, and is not afraid to dip into revo- lutionary literature and try to find out what the socialists of Germany definitely want. A cour- tier once expressed his surprise at hearing that her royal highness had been reading some speeches by Hasenclaver and Bebel, the social- ist deputies. “Oh,” she said, with a bright laugh, “I suppose one may fish for pearls In any waters, but { have not found any.” And on an- other occasion she observed more seriously that she never rejected @ new taea, however repul- sively clothed, “lest she should turn away an angel unawares.” The princess’ tolerance has in truth bred in her a vigorous antipathy to in- tolerance with others, which she dispiayed in a marked way when the court pastor, Adolphus * Stocker, commenced the anti. Semitic agitation by a sermon calling at- tention to the fact that there were forty-five thousand Jews in Berlin, and exclaimed, das ist zu viel!” The ugly worde nearly pro- voked bloodshed. The crown prince was much displeased, and took an early opportunity of Teproving the pastor, while the }, Con- trary to all court precedent, invited some lead- ing members of the Jewish community to din- ner. She also endeavored to combat the anti- Semitic craze with the most effective iphg Sa that of ridicule—and thia she used to do by re- lating very merrily the of @ jolter-headed Junker, who had rushed out’ in hot haste from lerr Stocker's sermon and commenced pommel- ing the first Jew whom he met in the street. “That's for the affair with Judas, you know.” he shouted, as he rained his blows. ‘Well, but it ocourred eighteen centuries ago,” screamed the Jew. “No matter; I only heard of it just now,” cried the champion of orthodoxy. ‘The base-ball season is open and the price of rustle eve mnute: governesses, arnica ls advan Care of in the Coal Regions, Wilkesbarre Letter to the New York Sun. While no organized relief societies exist among the colliers, there ts & general system in vogue which does ite work well and promptiy. Every printing office in: this region is visited weekly by persons wanting raffie tickets. These tickets cost $1 a 100, and are headed “‘Rame for a Cook- ing Stove,” or clock, sto other aie of dontede It is for the beneftt of a widow or an inj Miner, and will be held lace di onthe “night after Pay The price of the tickets is generall The raffle is in of a committee whose names 4j on the ticket. Take the case of a woman, for instance, lately made a widow. She has been left pernileas, as miners’ widows usually are. Everybody understands this, and the 100 tickets are promptly di of among the miners, who pay for them on Day day. On that day the widow gets $50 cash. Thenight of the raffle comes, and, possibly, one-fifth of the ticket holders assemble. A fiddler, a keg of beer and a little ‘hard shtuff” form the elements ot the entertainment. The young lads join in a dance with the lasaes, the old men sup and smoke their pipes, and the old women recount the virtues of the deccased miner. About midnight the raffle begins. The names of the ticket purchasers are put into a hat and well shaken. Whoever secures the prize at once turnsit over to the beneficiary. The company breaks up happy oyer the good time they have had andthe kind deed they have done. That $50 goes a long way in keeping the shadows from the little house. It will sometimes pay’a whole year's rent, and it only requires one ortwo more raffles to keep the widow's poor larder stocked, for it must be understood that potatoes, cabbazes and meal form the staple articles of diet in these humble homes. A year is a long time for a comely and-thrifty woman to remain a widow at the mines, no matter how many children she may have. Jim is killed to-day, and possibly before the summer ends, Jack, who was Jim’s’ best friend, insists upon marrying Jim's widow. Jim's babies be- come his. “And if you ¢o below the surface you wiil find the foundation of Jack's action to be pure charity. It is a matter of record that when the terrible Avondale disaster occurred so many widows and helpless ones were left that the matter of caring for the former speedily was discussed. It was quickly settled by propositions of marriage, and within a very short time after the calamity the house- hold of every victim was protected. The same spirit exists in every mining community to-day. and is a shield aguinst much dis Attempts have been made from time to time to organize mutual benefit associations among the miners, but invariavly the schemes haye come to grief, bright-witted, vivacious in conversation, she | usually through the cupidity ot the managers. The miners’ unions that have been formed to re- lieve distressed miners, and the widows and orphans of miners, have all been wrecked In the shoals of politics. An association of the kind was organized by Charles Parrish, at the time president of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company and a large owner of the collieries. It was in the flush times of several years ago. His system involved the payment of fifty cents a month by each employe into a general fund. Every miner injured in his work drew out a stated sum tor his support during his illness, Every widow got a fixed sum, as did every orphan up toa certain age. Thousands of miners were enrolled In this organization. For only were the men tated, but the company itscir contributed something. For a long time things went on swimmingly. The fund increased a great deal more readily than demands were made upon it until the sum of $60,000 was in the treasury. This accumulation worried the men, who iinagined that something would hap- pen tothe money. Agitation fanned the fears of the doubting into a blaze of suspicion, until fin against the earnest petitions of Mr. Par , and hosts of weill-intormed minerg, the demand for a distribution of the tund atone the contributors became so obstinate that the trustees turned the money to the claim- ants. Since then‘no other effective system has been adopted. Torts have been made from time to time to induce the miners to abandon a custom that prevails among them. Whenever a man is killed in a mine while at work, every man in the colliery where the accident occurs stops work. Frequen 00 employes turn out and remain out for two da ‘There appears to be a deep superstition that prompts this peculiar exhibl- tiou of respect for the dead. Diplomatic Punctilio. From the St. James’ Gazette, Chinese punctilio fs trying to most Europeans, and many will rejoice to hear of the triumph of the German Minister, Herr yon Brandt, over the Tsung-li Yamen. A German ship was plundered by Chinese pirates about a year ago. The pro- vincial authorities refused redress. The matter was brought before the Yamen and clearly proved. The German Minister then said to Wang Ta-Jen—now in disgrace for bribery—“To save delay send a telegram. Letters take so long.” Whereupon Wang, who did not like the duty at all, said: “Impossible; not even in the darkest days of the Chon dynasty were tele- ms sent. Deliberation is necessary, and the discussion between our two nations must be ceremonious. Besides, I cannot consent to agi- tate the minds of the local officers by a sudden order. Letters shall be prepared and sent, and all will go well. Allow me to tell Your =xcellency that patience 1s a quality of a superior man.” Herr von Brandt took the lesson and bided his time. This came In the beginning of the year. A messenger arrived at the cousu- late ‘in hot haste to announce from the Yamen: “A German frigate has landed a guard on Chi- nese soil at Swatow. This is an unheard-of irregularity. Be good enough to wire instantlf to the captain, telling him to take himself, his guard and his frigate out of that, and the Yamen will settle the rest with you here.” To which the German tinister replied: “To refuse the Yamen’s request gives me indescriable anguish; but to send a telegram is impossible. The sages Puffendorf and Grottus would rise from their graves to haunt me were I to do so. the nerves of a captain in th db I cannot comp Tshall by post receive case. These shall be carefully considered, and I will then deliver solemn judement. Be patient, Ta-Jen, and all will go well. Everything shall be done ceremoniously and with deliberation, a8 your wise men advise. Be pleased to receive the assurance of my distinguished considera- tion.” Limi ‘Telephonie Action, From Chambers’ Journal. The power ot the telephone to transmit the voice to long distances ls intimately associated with Itsdelicacy. Willoughby Smith has found by experiment that a telephone will work through a “resistance” of wire corresponding to 150,000 miles of telegraph line; and hence it would seem mere child’s play to fulfil the words ofthe poet, and *‘waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.” But this was only a laboratory e: - ment; for on actual telegraph lines the leakage of electricity from the wire to the ground,damp, and other drawbacks, render the transmission o speech by wire tar less easy in practice.than was at first supposed. Nevertheless, it is on record that Mr. Edison transmitted speech over a line ‘750 miles long in America; and conversation has been carried on over miles in India; 390 miles, from Tabriz, in Persia, to Tiflle; and 300 miles in Spain, Australia and other places where the atmosphere fs dry and pure. In England we have not been able to work through such long circuits, owing to the wetness of the atmos- phe but Mr.Van Rysselberghe, the ingenious chief of the meteorological observatory at Brus- seis, has telephoned from that city to Paris, a distance of 215 miles; and this while the same wire was carrying simultaneously an ordinary Morse telegraphic messace. By a peculiar disposition of his apparatus, Mr. Van Ryssel- berghe spoke to Parig telephone without any interference from the Morse signals that were traversing the ideutical wire at the same time. The day after thé bombardment of Alexan- dria, it was announced in the London papers that the noise of the guns had been heard at Malta by telephone through 1,000 miles of sub-marine’ cable. Experienced electricians took the statement with a grain of salt, because they knew that a sub-marine cable differs from a land-telegraph wire in the greater retarding oe eee ii on electric curate travel- Ing along it. cable has the effect of running together—jumbling up—the delicate and rap- {diy succeeding vocal currents of the telephore, and either muffling the articulation or creating absolute silence. “Five hundred miles of the land-line would make littleor no aiffer- rence on the distinctness ofa telephonic message, supposing the wire to be well insulated from e earth; but 100 miles of ordinary submarine Probably be quite dum! Indeed, some experiments made by the writer, with Dr. Mnirhead’s artificial cable, show that while the voice could be faintly heard through a length equivalent to 50, or even 60, miles, when It came to 80 miles no sound at ail was audible. ‘The inductive retardation had frittered away and blotted out the delicate undulations of the vocal currents. Telephonic messages have, however, been successfully sent by cable across the Chan- nel, and from Holyhead to Dublin; but in no case has the Tenzth of cable reached 100 miles. The dream of whispering across the Atlantic under the “roaring forties” ix iikely to remain a dream for a long time to . @ur Reporter’s Vacation Notes, During his rambles this season, our Mr. M. has taken upon Rimeclf the task of satisfying our numerous readers that whatever goods are manufactured in eur goofy city of Roger Williams, are of as high « grade, andibs fine in quality ascan be prodnoced tn any spot on {the globe. Especially is this so when the skilled Phar- from the finest botanical specimens of the vegetable world the most potent care for some special disease, In proof of his assertion that Providenos, B. I., affords the best, he relates an interview with an soquaintance, given him while sojourning temporarily st her reai- dence. She says, ‘‘About s year I suffered severely from Bheumatism in my limbs, and Neuralgis in the bead, which I endured two or three months with as much patience as possible, being under the trest- on: ment of an excellent doctor, and trying many pe 8 Kinds of medicine without any marked effect. | [0S 4: FISHER & 00 a ccioneers, i THOS SMT, Beretta At lust a medical friend advised me to try Hunt's VALUABLE BUILDING LOT, Remedy. because be sitributed my severe suffer. G@ STREET, BETWEEN TWENTY-SkCOND E A PURE SALE OF TWO WAREHOURES AND IWENTS-THIRD STREETS NOBIHWEST. Wharf at "i Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, April 1 9 ee eg ee ok ey Roe Swe | a eEDEEDAY ANTESEOOR Coie at noon Sn Trout of Court Moon, on Fairfaa street. Performing their sproper functions, and Toommenoed | eiGuTEFNTH NEXT, at FOUR OSLOCK ¥ ot aisle apenas atm -Grecnanaaia [Tay fe my a ew te SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVE by henna aw ary te reine | “it Hp te em A my Limbs and Jomts he gone, and Ihave not hada] THOS. J. FISHER & CO. SN ey Set es : touch of it einos? More recently I was troubled with impurity of the blood, which showed iteelf in severe eruptions on my face. again resorted to Hunt's Rem- edy, and after taking it a short time was completely D PEN AS No. 2508 PENNSYLV AN? DOLUMBIA Hi MP BUILDING, KNOWN ‘CLORY OF JOHN RAEN! THIS EVENING. VALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO.. Auctioneers red of that aan UCTION! LAST WFEK! AUCTION! Dele ene learns ot te Garrone Court of Gn v g, XN jatrict 30 ptda, id J ‘o cured of that complaint. Hunt's Remedy has 71 a vely close tne | cause wherein Virginie EY Tesi. god others very beneficial to me in attacks of sick headache, which iene and dowetr. at | are conpinigans Vand, NWikau” Eo rine scaiwage alleviates. snd T notion te ttprovement we fie EES PA on at TWO and | Sthare ; a ants, +, at = = s00n as T tak +. ‘This Remedy has strongth- Warranted as represented. ? dersined trustece will sell at public sue = ee ene if = Y WAWALTER B WILLIAMS & CO., Ancta., Ont él the pretuiaes, to the. highs a ening elements, for it has made me feel much stronger, | gyig.gg WALEED MILLTAMS & 0O.. Anta. and has been very beneficial tomy general health. I most heartily recommend it to all sufferers like myself. Mus. L. G. TANNER, No. 136 Pearl street. yeat ty di ¥, APRIL TWENTY-SEVEN, INKS, %CK P.M, the following described estate, eituate in ett $ TO-MORROW. FOLEY, Auclioueer, z no's Sone, said original lot fronting ab: as: Will gel! commencing THURSDAY MORNING, | feet on [street and Ponneylvanta avenne, toa 30 foub APRIL TWELF CH, AT HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK, | alley, having 8 16 foot alley on the weet side and com- : GREAT PRAISE. ihe mock of Dry Goods, at 906 7ta street cousiating of | taining abst 8 82 WHT E GOODS, ° Aternr G. Maxx, of Cottage Home, Til. says: “I | SILKS DRESS GOODS, TABLE LINENS, | The have boon prostrated for three or more years with Eld- | popu T'{NEN SHEETINGS, HOSIERY, UNDER- | fe equal tees he Gk Dey disease; at times I was not able to put on my boots; my wife has often pulled them on forme. I was not so bad as that all the time, but I never knew what {t was to be without pain in my back until I commenced using Hunt's Remedy. Since I began to take Hunt's Remedy Thave been free from all paig, and take pleasure in say- Dear interest from the day of na! Payments to be secured by t With deed of trust or mortua: cash, to be pad on the day of sale or on the ratificath thereat by dhe court. A depot of $250 wil be required at time of saie. All conveyan: ing and recording at pure chaser's cost. If the tem re not complied, with within one week from any «ale t hole male, the whol ond Gefervel of the pure} MEN'S WHITE DRESS SHIRTS, GOSSAMER RUB- BER ( property wold. oF S, CASSIMERFS, AND A COMPLETE SORTMENT OF DESIRABLE DOMESTIC GooDs. Tadies will please attend this gale, as the proprietor fs Sms: to sellevery articie to the highest Lidder for cae the right to roel] the p pert § é ptioneer, \d cont of the defi tng that it is the best medicine that I ever knew for 4 ea a, | akon EDWARD ae = Li ” x 100 eet B. per end ver tineneeS de T AUCTION. GLEN M? AYRI, NINETEENTH, AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. p16-d& a Evear Horn Or Tue Daz, CORNER SECOND AND B SIRLELS NOMI a“ EAST. The Material consisting of Brick @ on the AND EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR, a ground intended for the Fagleston Tabernacie, tom SIDE RY ALY OF PROPERTY ON THE WES! ¥ NINTH STREDT, THIKD LOT SOUT About ¥ " KhE Coffee may bo had of uniform strength and quality by | Fund inter Heal pally and) 3,000 loos, ot the Gist Loe CORNER OF O STEAES ground. Stone in foundation about perch. The] By virtue of a decree of the S: Court of thouss of proceeda to be given to the widow of the late Alexander | picicl tut Commis, pased we the ok hy tan ee ANDREW FRY, ,, | Skiacosd treme setae Sete eet ~ NDRE' tees, | dermcned Tru anil to ¢ ied aaa 9 sSS8g A § 80% 7 8°583, _5. D. NEweo,} Tras poblc auction, ou TUESDAY, the 1 Wi < routs FF EE L 5sss, a&& 0 O 3 5sssq THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. aplé-4t oe PELL. A. D. 18-8, oe Five aye Pp. ¥ OR 4 8, G00 5 —— .. in front of Lot numbered nifty Sgss8 ‘* Co Sgss5 BENSINGER, Auctoneer, 63), in bered three hunired amd PS ace we Jo - Washington Horse und Carriage Bazar, seven, eituated in the City of Waskinuton, Piste ae 938, 940 and 942 Louisiaua avenue. Colan nb ‘tm moet ae Sve frame pemente, name 3 poet northw E Teehe BARD AUCTION SALE OF HORSES, BUGGIES cant. | Tenia tale prewtite ty dene" Qne-thrd yf i $ residue in two ik Hg U_UnD D BAN PRCISBAT AND SATURDAY MORNING. | fonlmentn, papebie nsx mnt twelve moni 5 Auternat nt = nt per annum from date of male. Soe Nae vane LESSOR WEA diye of {100 quired at tine ot sales If terme not complied with in ten days from date of sale trustecs reserve the right to mvs Il the property et «he Tiek and cost of detauiting ner, hyaser, SMITH, dace Loy e Droit Building, ¢ oy, As B.BLEAL Trnstece, Which fs a pure Coffee, extracted directly from the BROW DUNCANSON BRO: Ai aplo akde "virtue of a dee of April, 1830, 49 et weq.. 1 Vy the addition of boiling water you cen make ¥ cups of delicious Coffee as are needed—fresh and fragrant. Each bottle mages 35 cupsof Coffee. Always uniform—a great point in Coffeo-making, No waste or trouble in using. Pare, and recommended by all who try it. No grounds or sec tin bottom of cups, An invaluable aid to early breakfasts, ‘Trial will convince, For sale by grocera. one of thi and si he be uit bawne at public a PHe TENTH R O'CLOCK t certain piece or parcel of ground or real e tof land lyin; being county of on, in euid 2 aid city ington, cout acres of land, mor? was conveyed and described recorded ib Liber D, No. 4, __FINANCI ane i ALRY Cc. "Towrns & r¢ So. . BANKENS 2ND BROKERS AND INSURANCE, 1420 F STREET NORTHWEST, Waserserox, D. 0. . £0.10 452, & FELS & CO., r for sald cov nty, in bald Distrs AL ee taining CORRECT ang conveyed in a er Liver No, 620, | RELIABLE information mgarding our various city apt-w,s, ° PHILADELPHIA. Soto ees & shri hy securities, and are prepared at all tunes t L §.F. Brown and improved by @ three 2 eee Seen 2 ‘yelling, stables and other buildiven ADIESI Terme'of sale: Ove-fourth cash. balanes in s'x, twelve 0} 5 ichteen months, interest at the rm 5 eut, the deferred payments to be secured by a red ONLY HAIK 5Ui-VENT KNOWN. ‘of trust,’ of ash. option of the purchaser. 2 Permanently dissolves superfuous hair, root and | sv intel beeen ee the ea etee Rucaser. | fathers end met ratood, ia that. of the Mutual Koseree branch, in five minutes, without psin, discoloration or | ferme of ‘sle sare cenaghed wank we ten days the | Fund Life Arsocistion. OMice 1809 M street injury. Cleop: Secret develops the bust to propor- | Trustee reserves the right to re-sell atthe costuf the | mhiT L KNIGHT, Manager. tivne of perfect nature. tend two | defaulting pu ~ = Safe certain. THE WILCOX CHEMICAL r. = 5%- THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPOXED UNTIL ak mobos eee MM MM EEENN N OO NN NL ¥ SATURDAY, APEIL FOURTEENTH, 1683, at same No. 12 Wats. Grmeat, New Vos, Niners RN 9 ONES 5 4 mi0-sst&d3t = BENJAMIN P. SNYDER, Trustee. | Buy and eell all active stocks on throe to five per com, Mt MieeN SN ON MB bie ¥ 2] ea- THE anove, sare 1s FURTHER Post. marcin. send free their Showing SE ERLY FINANCIAL REPORT,” “ how large profits can be made on investments: i 810 to $1,000. 14-akw P2Bvate STOCK TELEGRAPH WIRES fen Interested - Dae APREC MINETEEN HL Ta meen ae place, JAMIN P, SNYDER, DR. CHEEVER'S ELECTRIC BELT, or Regenera- | _#P13-18, 19 —— tor, is made expressly for the cure of derangements of the procreative organs, Whenever any debility of the generative organs occurs, from whatever cause, the continuous stream of ELECTRICITY permeating FPHOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer. TRUSTRES' SALE OF A DESIRABLY. TWO oe BrTWeEN AND ALF STONY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, through the parta must restore them to healthy action. | A HALE BUCKY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, There is no mistake about this instrument. Years of| WEST’ NO ishT- WASHINGTON, NEW YORK AND RICTMOND, ute have tented if and thousands of cures areteatied | | py vite of deed of traxt from Anna M. Reta to, Weakness trom Indiscrotion, Incapacity, Lack of | muth, dated the first day of December, A.D. cick ° Niror, Sterility—in tact, any trouble of these organs is | {50m hundred and seventy-five, and resorded in — cured. Do not contound this with eleotrio beits adver- | District of Columtoe tier whee ibe ere ot the tsed to ure all ills frou head tofoe, ‘This efor the | hicheat snd tent biden, ty frt eH eerie. on = DOboR NE speci elroulass fier DAY, the TWEN . H. Co ee eon B83, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE NOON, “the following described real estate Premises, etuata, lying aud being in the Washington. “in the District of mown ‘and designated upoo the ground plat or plan of said city as part of lot num- Dered seven (7), in square numbered one hundred and seven (107): Beginutng for the same at the southeast corner of said lot, f: runn} line of north K stre hundred end forty: CHEEVER ELECTRIC BELT CO., 103 Washington street, Chicago. Bonds, Stocks and Investment Recnritics Bought and mh3- Fold on Commissdon, No, £39 ira STREET, (COLCORAN BUILDING) oven es, to ? end Whitely, © G rues (Oo: the north or rear line of eal tt nice east twenty (20) 4eeucy for Prince tel, Stock Brokers, BIMAULT oe Sn Tent to the ast line ves lot; iheace Seeger lpr} Ot UID. as! line to the place of ‘inning; toxether with all ang Broavt ¥ Where ail other medicines have falled, this prepara- | el: gulur th improvements, "et ooberay ae in ead deed of = to Rapid and extraordinary cure | teust mention recent or <f longstanding. “Itinused | “Tern. One-third of the pureb se money to be in the Hospitals of Paris by the celebrated Dr. Ricorn, id i caxh—of wh n two huadred paid wt the tim and is found greatly superior to all known, Sold by all Drugineis, remedies hitherto Frere einan at Soonrition boneht an’ ant on nommiee 3422-w&sly fen 4n San Frencisen, Raitinore, Puiladeytla, New York, Boston and Washington. Orders executed on the ree Yrars, respectively, With interest at the rate of six per uM, payable semi-anuual of which | New York Stock Exchange at ono-eighth of one per cent MUAt give notes, secured by a deed of trust. with covenant of tusurence aud tien on the | COMMniasion. Private and direct tlograph wires to eos sold: or all cash, at the purchaser's option. Kichmond, Beltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, through which orders are executed on the changes in those cities beok - Yeihe termed sale are not complient with within free days from the day of sale, the trustees resefve the right to resell the. property, ‘on five days’ public notice tn the Fro FRYING FIRE AND oysTERS pEventug Star,” at the rick and cost of the purchseer | 1FOluptiy. Quotations of Stocks and Bonds and ime OLIVE BUTTER tn default. "Alf conveyancing and recording a! the cost | formation raxanding the Marke rocoived through our Has no equal. More wholesome and econominal than | Of the purchaser. wires INSTADTLY uirect irom te Sew York Stools Lard, and is free from the pungent odor usual to Cook- Pxchanee, al H ANTHONY HYDE, Trostes. ing Oils, Cook Books contauing valuable recipes and 7 apl?-d&ds DAVID RITTENHOUSE, Trustee. poe instructions how to Olive Butt r, by the 1 rinct Se = of the Piladaiphia Cooking Scbooi, niailod free upon FPHoMAs DOWLING, aucnoneer. MEDICAL, &c. an 2 =———_________—_-___., e YT N 7" v Ni amar. R. KOBERTSO! THE MOST KELIABLE ANI WASHINGTON BUTCHER’ ‘3 SONS, caeanoutn 6 De? specialist in this city, with a Jantawes PHILADELPHIA, Pi. ind ho Cnty tones t oS Jan 22-w fad a or be days and Seturdays, free 3 to 9 p.in..at his EALTH LIFT.—THE SIMPLEST AND SAFES = Gyamestic system. in ten minutes, weeds CHINESE AND JAPANESE nore, Main ctbon 35 NLabeen ee ahaa For ladies from 10.8.1. to p.m. For pirtioniars cal apie = at 1821 I street northwest. m8-wA&s, 2m” FINE ART WORK = — ey - . BROT RB A! AY GIVE NO HE PUBLIC IS REQUESTED CAREFULLY 10 BE SOLD AT arugtiot who ais oan sips anaes TO NOTICE THE NEW AND ENLARGED PUBLIO AUCTION, a tod of 5 ‘Of private dienases sould. SCHEME TO BE DRAWN MONTHLY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, Sut Bre: BROTHERS and GUAT, Boe Bete ae Con APRIL EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH, | furnish medicines, guarautoe © cure Or be pay. ee Se ec COMMENCING EACH DAY at ELEVEN A. M, | years' experience. — 2 AND THREE P. M. : CONST LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. a : Li BOT LN, boo 6 ra; pectoular Stee ee MPRISIN on Ladies, ‘married SWeido hereby certify that we the arrange : : Sine. af irreularities aud Ovariit Troubles tai mente For oll the Monthly and Semi-Annual Drawings | JAPANESE. AND CHINESE GOODS, LACQUERS, five yearw’ experiedoa, mh8i-1 ars eran er tae ec ed | ovina “era ein aaa Pov oe | MU Bee PROUD AF DRS,t een oe, Jisatestlth fac-etmiles af ont TANI MAKUDZA AND KISHUI WAKES, &c.. | wits an! yey. it impetts vigor & ‘sae SCREENS, PANELS, SCROLLS AND DECORA- | system. 906 Bost. TIONS, THIS SUPERB COLLECTION WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIO* AUCTION ON THE ABOVE DATES AT MY GALLERY AND SALESROUMS, SOUTH- WEST CORNER ELEVENTH AND PENNSYL- VANIA AVENUE, es interested in decorative works should this elgioct atertions = = ~ "he collection will be on view Monday and ‘Tuesday, april jenn ‘and 17th, ail day mi ap! Cominissionera. Incorporated in 1868 for twenty-five years by the Leais- FHC lature for Panentional and Chewable poser ; THOMAS DOWLING, Auct. capital ag, 000 to which @ reserve fund of | gg-THE ABOVE SALE 1S POS’PONED i ie aed EI esol tee SA igeeerergamicton inthe randy of tetera an 2 ming poyular vote pod | WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ONERT. APLIL Bi TWENTY-FIFTH: & part of the ber 2d, apli-d&ds valet, vote ts ne was centers A De and indorsed bythe peo- "he oni ple or any State” on d TWENTY-SIXTH. same hours. THOMAS DUWLING, Auct. I never scales or postpones W258 & 00., Auctionsers, * PROFESSIONAL. iT, GRAND SINGLE Nusmen Diawines take place eee \ASY FEE! AND DAILY W: IN ron ENDID OFPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOR- ADMINISTRATOR'S BALE aos a, a enna peat “payercian, FIFTH GRAND, rapt or WH weve N Ni AY, M. 1883. jard’s reitat ee | ee eee one =o ere 100, 000 Tickets at $5 each. in fifths, in pro- 3 —— SAS List OF PRIZES. MASE, CORES OF. La. & 1 Ganital Prize of. tod PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, &o., &o., rc J Qapltal Prizace 13 oe AT AUCTION. & | Been Mit G erreet opposite Hae gene om oe Ooo. 20,000 onder of ‘Supreme Court of District of Ootambta, | 7 -ARSONG, MF DICAL 32 go. 1,000. ao 10008 pad cepacia tree for Orake roger, ‘bonnes wo PES eee eee BE oS | retin es Pecan rion | Se ene torment, “Sar 38.000 | M-. 1000 dot Se: ped a a THE TRADES. 9 Approxiinstion Prizes of $760. 96.150 |° swag , rises of $750, e200 | Handsome tov EDGERE, JOUR SALA, 3 = do, 590. 2.250 | + Wout a 101 areca a — Lycett's Bindery igi? cy jo H. DAKBY, Hin Sa? AE WAlice 422 Sth street, pear BE ~