Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1883, Page 3

CANES. How Manufactured and the ¥: Used Both for Stick and Hai ‘From the Cuicago Times. The horrible habit of Americans of putting their hands in their pockets has led to the pop- larity of canes in this country. The Japenese gentleman shows appreciation to the same feel- ing when his costume is. incomplete—witheut Bis shutting fan, which he hangs at his belt, over Bis right shoulder, or in the breast folds of his . silken gown. The French or English gentleman | for the same reason never attends a full-dress | party without his crush hat in his hand. The fashion of carrying ca among the swells and lah-de-dah York has each season ts rules which are observed with as much exquisite punctilio as those of ladies who wear a poke bonnet one Year and scoop hat the next. Most of these fashions originate in Europe. A year or twoago there were two styles—the shepherd's. crook, shaped like a fishhook,and a Zulu crook,a plain, curved handle. Tie Zulu came from Paris, the shepherd from London. These styles in canes Were introduced inthe spring, and were pre- ceded by the crutch. When our fathers were Jads the whalebone cane was the proper thing. Now they are so scarce that they are worth to the dealer from $3 to $3.50. Last year the fash- fon was to carry asilver ball caue. Then there isa style in carrying a cane, and this varies each year. One year It was to walk with s spring gait. with bent knees and arms akimbo as far forward as posible, and the cane was held between one finger andthumb,correctly balanced so as to swing gracefully. Then came the esthetic style. The cane was held in tront of the body by the first and second tingers of both hands, and was allowed to hang limp, while the elbows were still further forward, and the shoulders, if possible, more round. Then there was a fashion last year of holding the ferule down. This year it is to hold It in the middie, with the feruie to the front, just as Mr. Spot Dandridge does after his retarn from the east. That's the proper “caper.” 2 ‘The material is as varie 1s as can well nigh be eonceived of. Many are of imported woods; some from the tropies, China, and the East In- dies. The celebrated Whongee canes are trom China, where they are well known and cele- brated for the regularity of their joints, which are the points from which the leaves are given off, and the stems of a species of phylloslachys, a gigantie grass, closely allied-to the bamboo, ‘The orange and lemon are highly prized, and are imported chiefly from the West Indies, and rfect specimens command enormous prices. he orange stick Is known by its beautiful green bark, with fine white longitudinal mark- ings, and the lemon by the symmetry of its pro- Portions and both prominence and regularity of itsknots. Myrtle sticks possess also a value, since their appearance Is so peculiar that their owner would seldom fail to recognize them. ‘They are imported from Algeria. The rajah stick is an importation. It is the stem of a palm, and a species of calamus. Itis grown in neo. and takes its name from the fact that the rajah will not allow any to go out of the country unless a heavy duty !s paid. These eanes known as palm canes are distinguished by an angular and more or less flat appearance. Their color is brownish, spotted, and they are quite straicht, with neither knob nor curl. They are the petioles of leaf stalks of the date im. Perhaps the most celebrated of the relgn canes are the Malaeca, benz the stems of the calamus sceptonum, a slender climbing palm, and not growing about Malacca, as the Bame would seem to indicate, but. imported from Stak, on the opposite coast of Sumatra. Other fi f ebony, rosewood, ridge, or hairwood,and cactus, which, when the pith is cut Gut, present a most novel ap- Pearance, hollow, and full of holes. The manufacture of canes is by no means the almple process of cuttin: sin the woods, Peeling otf th k, whittling down the knots, sandpaperi: ive rough surtace, and adding a touch of varnish, a curionsly carved handle or head, and tipping the end with a ferule. In the sand flats of New Jersey whole families support themselves by gathering nanneberry sticks, which they gather in the swamps, straighten with an old vise, steam over an old kett ud, perhaps, scrape down or whittle inte size. These are packed in large bundles to New York city and sold to the eane factories. Many Imported sticks, however, ave to go through a process of straightening by mechanical means, which are a mystery tothe uninitiated. They are buried in hot sand unt! they become pliable. In front of the heap of hot sarid in which the sticks are pl isa stout board from five tosix feet long. fixed at an angle inclined to the workman, and having two or mere notches cut In the edge. When the stick has become pertectly pliable the workman s it on one of the notches, and, bending it the opposite direction to which it 1s natu- rally bent, straightens it. Thus, sticks appar- ently crooked, bent, warped and’ worthless are by this simple process straightened; but the most curious part of the work is observed in the formation of the crook or curl for the han- dies, which are not naturally supplied with a hook or knob. The workman places one end of the cane firmly in a vise, and pours a continu- ous stream of fire from a gas pipe on the part which is to be bent. When sufficient heat has been applied, the cane ls pulled slowly and grad- ‘ally round until the hook is completely formed. and then secured with a string. An additional ‘application of heat serves to bake and perma- nently fix the curl. The under part of the han- dle is frequently charred by the action of the | not wish to say anything gas, and this is rubbed down with sandpaper | pleasant to speak of o THE EVANGELISTS AT HOME. Trials | Return to America of Moedy and San- key. AT HOME FOR REST PREPARATORY TO RENEWING THE WORK IN ENGLAND—WHAT THEY BAVE DONE ABKOAD. From the New York Times. Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey, the well- known evangelists, were among the passengers who arrived onthe Guion steamship Alaska yes- terday morning, having terminated a work of 18 months in Great Britain and France, during which time Mr. Moody has preached daily and Mr, San- key sung his celebrated hymns. Both are look- ing well, and although the work in the English provinces was arduous neither shows openly the results of his overwork, and each expressed himself as being in excellent heaith. In fact, far recovered from the effects of the ocean voyage as to be able to aing at the Gospel meeting in the large hall of the Cooper Union last evening. at which there was a large |, attendance. Before singing to the audience Mr. Sankey spoke a few words concerning the work jin England and France. When they arrived in England eighteen months ago, he sald, the work was immediately begun In the north of England and Scotland, and the meetings were all well attended. In all the larger towns overflow meetings had to be held to accommodate the crowds that came to the services. It was his custom, he said, to singat the large meeting, and then pass around to the others, while Mr. Moody preached at as many as he could. Their work had been successful all through, especially in the past six months. Mr. Sankey also related one or two incidents of the work, stating that when about to visit some of the towns in which were large schools they wonld hear that the students intended to break up the meetings by making disturbances, but when the time came the meetings were never broken up. At one place a band of students with such intentions entered the hall and took back seats, and after the close of the services, when Mr. Moody asked those who wished to be on the Lord’s side to come for- ward, half of these students came forward. This was only one of many such instances that had occurred. At Oxforé and Cambridge the apathy at the meeting was quickly overcome and they were most strenuously Invited when they went away tocome back Atthe former place there was an attempt at a disturbance, as the first meeting was on Guy Fawkes’ night, and the students were ready for mischief, but the meeting was only slightly disturbed ‘and Mr. Moody was received with favor when he walked down among them. The meetings which had been held in England, Wales, Scotland and Ire- land had been crowded. and on more than one occasion Mr. Sankey said he had sung at eleven meetings on one Sabbath. When starting out they had hoped to carry on two meetings every day but Saturday, which was their day of rest, but they had found it necessary to hold three, four, five and six meetings instead ot two. What good had been accomplished, of course, could not be told, but a great number had given themselves to Christ. This he wished to say, not i8 a boastful spirit, nor to show what their work had been, but he thought those interested in the work living in the United States would like to know how God had blessed them in their labors, for to Him the glory be- longed. They had come back for rest. After few words concerning the work accomp- ned and expressing his pleasure at being back once more in the old place so dear, Mr. Sankey sang afew hymns, which were received with evident pleasure by his listeners. Mr. Moody was too tired to attend mgetings yesterday, not hay- ing sufficiently recovered from his ocean voy- age, and was most averse to saying anthing con- cerning the work of the past eighteen month turther than to corroborate Mr. Sankey’s state- ment that it had been richly blessed. Mr. Moody said he had returned to this country to take a short rest, and also to look after his home for poor children at Northfleld. At that place four houses were ready, which were to be used as homes tor poor young men who had_ the minis- try or practical gospel work in view, and where they might receive a good plain English educa- tion. He had brought with him several promis- ing young men from England, who would be educated there. These, with others, he hoped would become fitted tor active work among the special classes of people they represented. Early in September, or as goon thereafter as possible, he and Mr. Sankey would return to London, where they wished to spend an entire season in the work. They then might go again to Oxford and Cambridge, but probably their work In the provinces had been finished. It had been their plan, Mr. Moody said, to hold meetings in all the larger towns in the north and south of England, and get the Christian Inhabi- tants interested in the work, which, after they Went away, would be carried on by the churches. In Paris two weeks were spent with excellent results, the meetings being held in the Amer- ican chapel and two French churches, in which his sermons were translated by an interpreter, which Mr. Moody considered a somewhat unsat- Isfactory mode of preaching. In London next winter the preaching would be in the mission districts, and under the charge of the London committee. Mr. Moody was asked how the work this last year com- pared with that of his previous tour of Great Britain. ‘It has compared most favorably, and 2 during the last six months it has surpassed it, and the results have been large, although I do about it. It is not "8 work or how man: Until the requisite degree of smoothness is at- | times one has preached. There is a great wor A Chinese Dinner, ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette. On my right was an old merchant, sagacious and humorous, tojudge by his looks and what I could make out of his broken English. On my Jeft was a young half-caste educated in the gov- ernment school here—fluent, shallow, and con- eeited. Chairs, knives, and forks had been pro- vided for the English guests, but we soon dis- carded the chairs for the comfortable lounges on which our hosts were seated, and also took to chopsticks, with the occasional assistance of ® spoon. Those chopsticks were a per- fect godsend, and I should never have survived without their help. But I must explain. The dinner, which -consisted of some thirty courses, was all served ip teacups. Cup foil d cup, each filled with some kind of mit some In broth and some ry. but all satistying as raspberry vinegar or Liebig’s extract. Now the chopsticks allow us to taste each cup in succession, and though we were not skilled enough te corsume all we might have liked of the few good, we could toy with the many nasty ones and leave them with- out giving offeuse. The bird’s nest soup with which we bezan was negative—a sort of stringy @irowroot: but the shark’s fin and fishes’ maw stewed with ham were as rank as conger eel. — partridze, and lobster are good all world over, and the bamboo shoots and wood fungus with which they were served were no bad substitute for asparagus and mushrooms. But the stewed sea- weed and the sinews of the deer! Had it not been for the excellent dry champagne I must have succumbed. The last course was exquisite, and brought back memories of the * Arabian joney-cakes, earthnuts, and stewed isin syrup | Dinuer over, we lit cigars, ‘and strains of music were heard from the next room. Two young girls, one of them dressed as ® boy, sang alternately, accompanying them- selves on a sort of zither, played, however, not with the thumb, but a mallet, or rather a minute halbert. My young Chinaman apologized tor what he called our national caterwauling; bat though the notes were thin and shrill, qt the instrument and voice went so well jogether, and the alr was so naively plaintive, that I listened with pleasure. There was an opium pipe on thedivan, and our host, though Bot a smoker himself, offered to have a plpe pre- pared for me. The servant brought a small ee of opium which he held over a flame till dolled up to a big bubble. It was then put all hot Into the bow!, and IT gave, as instructed, a succession of short, quick pulls. Ina minute it was out, leaving a sweet sickly taste in my Mouth, but producing no effect pleasant or otherwise on my nerves. Regular smokers swal- Jow the smoke, ana no doubt that makes a dif- ference. bere to jpeg the mischief of opium- @moking, but my host invelghed avainst it as strongly as a teetotaller does ‘inst alcohol. 4s far as I can learn, it is neither better nor Worse than dram-drinking. see The London Telegr in speaking of the @anger of uncovering ae head at the grave on the occasion of a funeral, says: “Many of the @atinguished and more elderly mourners at the interment of the Duke of York died from bron- ~ @hitis within a few weeks of the royal ol [aies; the Marquis of Londonderry's funeral in West- miaster Abbey in 1822 was equaily disastrous to or delicate among those who gathered his tomb; and the funeral in Pere Eachalse of the celebrated French jurisconsult BE Robert de St. Vincent is said to have deci- mated the senior ranks of the Paris bar, one of she yletims being Brillat Sayarin, the author of | Penditure, in Physiologie du Gout.’” —————_eo Johnson C. Whittaker, the colored cadet who | a well-to-do farmer for $8, acquired 'y three years ago in connec- | of promise ot while at West Point, is now filling a that can be done everywhere. Why, even in Liverpool it is estimated that only 5 per cent of the inhabitants attend church, and Liverpool is afairsample of the English cities in that re- spect. Yet the church work is aggressive there. But there Is one thing that pleased me much in Liverpool, and that was the success of the coffee palaces. When we were there, eight years ago, they were started, and now there are’ 53 in the city, which have de- clared a dividend of 10 per cent and a consider- able amount of money provided for a sinking fund to start others. They are taking the piace ot the public houses, and are springing up all over England. As a consequence, the fund of revenue from strong drink in England is now £5,000,000 lese than formerly. Even the Royal Exchange merchants asked that a coffee palace be started near the Exchange, and now lately athird was opened there at which coffee was sold at 3d. a cup, a higher price than the com- pany wished to charge, but the Exchange men demanded it, as they wished a place where only the aristocracy might go for their coffee. At these places as good acup of coffee can be had as will be found in any hotel or restuarant. There is no reason why the same establishments would not pay in this country with the rightmen to back them.” Mr. Moody also thought that the ministers in this country should exchange pulpits often with the brethren in England, “‘say for six months at atime.” If this were done it would remove much of the prejudice felt between the two countries asexperienced by travelers who hastily | made their trips through one or the other with- out staying long enough to get really acquainted. “It Is only ashort trip across the ocean, and it would do much to stir up the people of both lands. Why, I conld have preached in Queens- town,” sald Mr. Moody, ‘on Sunday last in the morning and In New York to-day.” Mr. Mood: Light-Giving Plants. From the New York Times. The light-giving property of fangi was prob- ably first discovered by Rumphius, the eminent botanist, who, in his travels in Amboine, ob- served a light streaming from a species which he named Fungus ignens, or fire-mushroom. It presented a remarkable spectacle at night, often growing about huts, so that they seemed afire. Gardner afterward rediscovered it in Brazil. He was passing along one night when he observed a strange light high up among the branches of a Pindoba palm. Not being able to climb the tree, he obtained a native, who as- cended.and broke off a dead leaf upon which was growing a blazing agaric that eeemed almost red-hot. It was afterward named aga- ricus Gardneri. He found later in the Swan river colony a much larger variety, that gave a most singular light, as If great heaps of coals had been piled upon the trees. In Italy, especi- ally about the olive trees, an interesting red mushroom is found (agaricus olearins). M. De- lille, the Frinch naturalist, first noticed it. The light itemits is a begutiful aurelian bine that spreads silently and mysteriously, illuminating all about with its rays. According to the above naturatistand M. Fabre, when this agaric is still young it 1s phosphorescent for many successive nights, even when it is detached from the olive trees, about the roots of which it is found grow- ing. The light isso intense that it begins to shine often before darkness has fully set in, and the strange sight 1s often seen of olive trees with their roots encircled by knobs of fire that light up the trunk and surrounding surface. At sunrise the display ceases; yet M. Fabre says he has observed the light at midday, perhaps as we can see the light of the glow-worm at the same time by shading it in the hand. Near the Swan river, southern trica, the phosphorescence of a certain agaric attains & wonderful degree of splendor, the stumps of trees and fallen limbs appearing as if aflame with the mysterious light. The same has been observed in certain portions of the Himalayas. In the Jungle of Borneo the phosphorescent light of plants is often so brilliant that the roads and paths are lighted perfectly by them, so that print can be read at some distance. The Poly- Porus annosus, common tn the mines of Wales, is 80 phosphorescent that print has been read by it at a distance of sixty feet. Another ot the same genus has been seen luminous in England. A curious example of intense light was observed by Rev. M. J. Berke- ley, in which a log of timber twenty-four feet long had under its bark a white mycelium, that shone through five folds of paper, and pre- sented a marvelous appearance, the wood ap- pearing at a white heat. D.C. Beard observed a curious incident on Long Island in connection with vegetable light. He was camping out, and some old logs had been broken in the afternoon and left strewn about. On waking during the night he found that they were evidently sur- rounded by fire. All about were patches of gleaming light blazing like coals at a white heat, presenting a decidedly weird appearance, at least in such close proximity; but upon in- vestigation it was found to be nothing more nor less than phosphorescent wood, or ‘‘fox-fire,” from the old logs. These curlous lights are often seen in the woods, especially in the Adirondack region, where the underbrush 1s thick with trees that have been reduced to powder except the bark. A number of interesting experiments have been made to explain the phosphorescence in decayed wood; it has been placed in different gases and subjected to fire and water, with various re- sults. Bockman has shown that it Is luminous in nitrogen and in vacuum asin pure oxygen If the temperature ishigh thelight isextingulshed in oxygen gas, while water has no effect upon its luminous qualities. Moisture greatly intensifies the light, and it is probable that it Is essential for its manifestation. The phosphorescence of phanegoramic piants was first noticed by the daughter of the great natnralist Linnwus. She was fond of setting fire to the inflamed atmos- phere which envelopsthe essential oil glands of a fraxinella, an experiment that the learned Arago also delighted in, and one evening, while sit- ting inher garden, she observed faint sparks darting from aud playing about the flowers of a group of nasturtiums. At times the light would resemble a mimic: flash of lightning, and again the flowers would appear surrounded by asoft halo of light. These observations were made in the twilight, during the months of June and August, in the year 1762. The lady attained the ripe old age of 96, often telling ot this and the result of later discoveries. It is curious to note that yellow and orange colors are more brilliantly ‘phosphorescent than any other, and this isa peculiarity of both organic and ‘inor- ganic objects. Diamonds of topaz or yellow tints are much more phosphorescent than oy others; the spot on fireflies is inva- riably yellow, while the most brilliant of the light-giving flowers are those of the above tints. The humble yet esthetic sun- flower is otten seen bathed with a faint aurora or emitting sparks from its corolla,and the same is true of the marigolds (calendula). Watch them on some warm sultry evening when the darkness has well set in, and but little imagina- tion is required to see, in the dancing lights that come and go as if on the wind that rustles through the trees, the culprit fays of childhood’s days. The Rose d’Inde or the Tagetes of .the botanist is also a brilliant light-giver as well as the tuberose, the yellow Illy and different va- rieties of nasturtiums. of. Haggern, the Swedish naturalist, observing flashes about marigolds, at first thought it an optical illu- sion, but the phenomenon being repeated on many evenings, he finally took a man with him who was to make a sign if he saw anything unusual, which he did as the light appeared about the flowers, both parties observing it simultaneously. The lights played ‘about in flames or flashes, and were of an orange tint. Now it was intermittent at intervals of a minute, then came a succession of quick flashes. These lights were observed about sunset in July and August,when the atmosphere was dry,and never after arain. Prof. Haggern also observed the phenomenon upon the monkshood, the orange lily, and the French and African marigolds. At first it was referred to the presence of minute luminous insects, but careful search failed to show them, and the naturalist finally concluded that the cause was electric, an opinion that 1s still held by all who have observed the curious occurrence. ‘The phosphoresence of the orlental poppy has often been observed, and was first brought to the notice of scientists by M. T. Fries, the dis- tinguished botanist of Sweden. He was walk- ing alone in the botanical gardens of Upsal when he noticed curious flames playing about the flowers of Papaver orientale. S80 intense were the lights that the learned gentleman thought he must be the victim of an optical il- lusion and passed by the flowers repeatedly, standing over them an hour before Es could convince himself that he was actually observing the phosphorescence of flowers. The followin; nights he visited the spot again, and witnesse: the same phenomena, and then to convince himself he took a servant with him, to whom. he had not mentioned the occurrence. The professor strolled by the poppies as if accidentally, when the man __atart- ed back and’ caught him by the arm with a cry of alarm, entreating his master to come away. This established the fact in the mind of M. Fries, and the news was goon given spoke highly of the temperance work of R. H. Booth, from this country, who has been holding meetings throughout England, and which meet with continued success. The Murphy move- ment, he sald, was also most successful. Cost French Li a A computation has recently been made by M. Armangaud as to the expenditure of sixteen working class families in the town of Mulhouse, in “Alsace. Similar expeuses might be a little over or a little under this estimate in other dis- triets in France; but, upon the whole, the re- sults maybe accepted asa fair average. The sixteen families tabulated by M. Armangand were chosen from different classes of workmen, and = thelr enpomctares varied from 1,100 francs to 3, francs per annum; that is, \from £44 to £120 @ year. House accom- modution, a8 @ rule, swallowed up 15 per cent jof the total expenditure, clothing 16 per It fs the fashion among English people | Cent, and food 6} per cent, 8 per cent being re- served for miscellaneous purposes. In the mat- ter of food the highest expenditure Tegistered ‘was 72 per cent, and this item of expenditure ‘Was thus distributed: 83 per cent was for bread, 14 per cent for meat, 13 per cent for milk, 24 per cent forgroceries, and 16 per cent for miscel- Jancous allments. The greatest expenditure ‘upon bread in any individual case was 48 per cent. It was thus seen that the average ex- Ceprgte of these sixteen working-class fami- les of Mulhouse upon bread was a little over one-fifth of their total expenditure. This being the case in the ay and the greatest ex- penditure being about one-third of the total expenditure of the families, It will be seen that, taking these figures as fairly representative of the expenditure upon among working- class families, It 1s an exaggeration to say that the chief item in a working-class family’s ex- France, at least, is the bread bill. A widow of Auglaize lp Ba who sued 28,000. ages for breach marriage, hay been awarded by a lon with a charge of having matilated bis ears | practical and unsympathetic jury only $6. Thep think that she did most ot the rie to the public, and the garden was thronged by sight-seers, who every evening gathered around the poppies and lilies (lillum bulbiferam.) In the flowers observed by the daughter of Lin- neug, the phosphoric li; roduced’ was not continuous; it manifested itself in flickerings or sparks, which were shot out from the corolla, and resembled somewhat those given by an electric machine. Other observers agree with these statements, and remark that the plants in question are most luminous on calm, puey evenings, when the air is highly charged wit electricity, and have never been noticed to emit light when the atmosphere ts very damp. In the phenomena remarked by Fries the phos- pamesrenes of the flowers always occurred ween the hours 10:15 and 11:15 in the even- Ing. The weather was warm and sultry, and the luminous phenomenon was best observed by looking at a group of poppies without fixing the eyes upon any one flower in ‘cular. ‘These phosphorescent lights are not confined to the flowers of phanerogamic plants; they have been seen bender 3 about the leaves of nothera macrocarpa. e latex or juice of certain vegetables becomes phosphorescent when rubbed or heated. This is especially re- markable in the cipo or Euphorbia phosphorea of Brazil and Asia. The plant grows in great luxuriance in the southern jungles, and when broken up a milky juice exudes at night is brilliantly luminous. Naturalists have described the strange scene of animals pursued by the na- tives at night, dashing through the lnxurtant Vegetation in mad terror, and appearing drip- ping with streams of living fire from this vine.” In one case a tapir seemed lterally aflame, drops standing all over its hide, while entangled u its head was a mass this curious fire ber blazing and gleaming with phosphorescence. Curious experiments can be tried with the milky juice, the same might be sald of our common pokewood, which, wi rubbed upon the face or upon the wall, the marks or characters are reproduced in let- ters of living light. Some of the palms aleo are Rent uivers, that of pandanus las eapecially iceable. ._ This is undoubtedly electric, as the spark or flash always accompayies the of the epathe that envelo; gebera. sfuyl flowers of this An Unexplokea Hegion. From the San Luis (Oal.) Republic. ~ Hearing a report around town that a vaiuable Tedwood and yellow pine forest had been dis- covered by R.D. Cook,of this place, about eighty miles east of town, we dropped in upon that gentleman and received full confirmation from him of the report.’ It seems that about three weeks ago he becaine alarmed at the long dry spell, and in company with another gentle- man he started for the headwaters of the Sis- quoc in search of feed for his stock. He reports the ecenery along the rdute after he left civil- ization as exceedingly grand, rivaling anything he ever saw in his life, ana he volunteered the information that he had twice crossed the plains and been through Central America. After riding as far as they could they left their horses and footed it over the moun- tains and throuch canyons, and near the head- waters of one of the tributaries of the Sisquoc they found themselves upon the brink of a pre- cipice over which the waters ofthe creek poured with a deafening roar, falling a distance of 600 to 700 feet. He threw a rock over the brink to test the distance, and waited to hear it strike the bottom, but after waiting some time he con- cluded it had lodged on the way down, and was turning to leave, when the rumbling intonations told him it had just reached the bottom. The view from this point was grand and awe-inspiring, and if properly opened to the public would rival the ‘osemite as an attraction. Fish and game abound, and to illustrate the plentifulness of the former, he stated that his companion on several occasions took a common gunny sack and fastened it at a rifle, and would drive enough fish Into it while he was making a fire to serve them for a meal. In coming dewna canyon they discovered a redwood forest that has never before been known to exist in that locality. He describes its extent to be from 294 to three miles long, and from three-quarters to one mile wide. The trees were from 1 to 6 feet in diameter, and to use hisowa words, ‘there 1s enough timber there to fence this valley into ten-acre. loti On the onver edge of thls grove he found a tree that had been felled years and years ago by chopping around it with a tomahawk, the blade of which was not. over three inches wide. He is confident that no other white man ever stepped feet inside the grove, for, said he, it would have been tmpossi- ble to have reached it a year ago; but about that time a forest fire burned offthe thick underbrush for miles this side and made it possible for them to reach the grove on foot. He does not think that the discovery of the forest or the magnifi- cent falls wili be ot any value for years to come, because of the difficulty of building roads to them, but nevertheless he intends to start out ina ghort time and further explore that inter- esting region. s oe ‘Thurman’s Easy Time. John G. Thompson, in Cleveland Leader. “What is Thurman doing now?” I asked. “Living quietly at Columbus ?” was the reply. “He has an old drab brick house on High street, above the state house, and an office connected with it. Here he reads, studies and spends his leisure time in devouring French novels in the original. He has some little law business, chlefly cases connected with his own estate, and these he attends to.” ig he wealthy 2” “Not in the modern sense of the word He and his wife are worth, I suppose, several hundred thousand doilars. But they live quietly, and I doubt not their income is amply sufficient for all their wants.” = e*— Jefferson Davis’ Old Age. Now Orleans Letter to Nashville American. One afternoon, while over the Jake, I was out driving down one of the beautiful aisle-like country roads, where the: pines and great oaks bend over head like arches of some great cathe- dral transept, when we hail to give half the road toa modest-looking, ong horse buggy. driven by a fat, pleasant-looking lady, who was talking toa bent and querulous-looking old inan. His hair and beard were very white; his es were red, and the slight figure seemed greatly aged since I had last seen him, for this as Mr. Davis, and the motherly looking lady was Mrs. Davis. Mr. Davis looks very feeble and has aged greatly in the last few months. A feeble, wan, bent, old man. with! the gentlest manner and the kindest smile for all. ——_—-o-—_-__ Mile, Olga’s Lovers. The Paris correspondent of the London News sends an account of a case which has excited mach Interest in the soutk of France, just tried by the Carcassonne Correctional Tribunal:— Mme. de Pointies, a widow of forty-seven, with a large landed property, inhabits a chateau, with an only child, Mile. Olga, a beautiful girl only twenty-one. This lady had for steward one Poncignon, who with his wife possessed her en- tire confidence. The Poncignons concelved the lea of finding husbands for both ladies, and obtaining a handsome commission on the achieve- ment. They began with the widow, and found for her a genuine but penniless marquis, M. de Lostanges, of Toulouse. They negotiated so cleverly that Mme. de Pointies accepted him and he signed billa for 60.000f. in favor of Poncignon, payable after the marriage. Unfortunately for himself and the result of the combination the Marquis, intoxicated with success, got literally intoxl. cated at a dejeuner at the lady’s house, and so conducted himself that he was turned out, with orderanot to show his face there again. The 60,000f. biils became valueless, but, nothing daunted, the Poncignons found another noble- man, Baron Armanderie d’Arberat, for Mile. Olga, and so cajoled her mother that she strained her parental authority to the utmost to force the young lady to take him. But Olga had her own views. ‘She did not like the Baron, and ran away to Marsellles with a cooper named Signourel. Then Poncignon and the Baron, with the full authority of the mother, organized a capturing party, such as was frequent in old times in Treland: to take possession of Mile. Olga and carry her bodily away from the seductive Signourel. Five bravos were enlisted for this service, but Signourel and his faithful lady got wind of the project, and when they got to his house at Marseilles Olga was out of the way. Mme. de Pointies herself, hearing of the failure, came to Marseilles and fired a revolver at Bonafous, the landlord of Signourel and Olga. Olga has married Sig- nourel, but the marriage will probably be dis- puted for want of maternal consent. Meanwhile Baron d’Arberat and Poncignon are sentenced to a month’s imprisonment for their attempt to carry off Mile. Olga, and their two principal auxiliaries to twenty and fifteen days respec- tively. Five minor accomplices are fined 16f. each. The revolver shot fired by Mme. de Pointies, which we must suppose the court did ae consider serious, was only punished by 5f. ine. ———_——_-e._____ ‘True to Her First Love. Ex-Senator Tabor's first wife, whom he dis- carded as soon as he became a millionatre, is sald to remain faithful In her affection for him, and though she is now rich, she declares that the happlest days of her life were when she kept his grocery store at California Gulch. She prays that he may soon lose his wealth, when, she believes, his Oshkosh bride will desert him and he will be glad to return to his first and true love. No matter to what depth of degre- dation he may sink, she says she will always be willing to receive him back to her heart and home. It may be added that all last fall Mra. Tabor (No. 1) bought groceries and provisions A Saint of Nibiliem., Demetrius Lisogub, who ts described In thé new book, “Underground Russia,” by “Step- niak,” 1s the saint of nihilism. He wasa very rich man, owning a large estate, but dressing always in the shabblest clothing, wearing at the students’ meetings in the coldest winter nights only a linen jacket, a threadbare black cloth waistcoat thin, light-colored trous- ers, and adding the thinnest of overcoats and comforters and a leather cap when he faced the air. Ligogubd was tall, slender, pale, with a long, thin beard and bore the expression of the self-sacrifice which was his mode of life. He lived in greater poverty than the poorest man in his estate, devoting all his money to the rev- olutionary cause, and carrying his saving to such an extent that his friends often had to in- terfere to save him from starving. Stepniak says: “I remember that one day he showed us two articles, forming part of his dress suit, which he wore when, owing to his position. he was com- pelled to pay a visit to the governor of Cernigov, or to one of the heads of the superior police. They were a pair of gloves and an opera hat. The gloves were of avery delicate ash color, and seemed Just purchased. He, however, told us that he had already had them for three years, and smilingly explained to us the little artifices he adopted to keep them always new. The hat was a much more serious matter, for its spring had been broken a whole year, and he put off the expense of purchasing a new one from day to day, because he always found that he could employ his money better. Meanwhile, to keep up his dignity, he entered the drawing-room holding his opera hat under his arm, his eternal leather cap, which he wore summer and winter alike, being in his pocket. When he passed into the street, he advanced a few steps with his head uncovered, as though he had to smooth his disarranyed hair, until, being assured that he Was not observed, he drew the famous tap from his pocket. “This money, however, that he endeavored to save with the jealous care of a Harpagon, was his determined enemy, his eternal torment, his curse, for, with his impassioned disposition and with his heart so prone to sacrifice, he suffered immensely from being compelled to remain with his arms folded, a mere spectator of the struggle and of the martyrdom of his best friends. Sub- jected to rigorous surveillance, having been denounced for participation in the revolutionary movement by his relations, who hoped, if he were condemned, to inherit his fortune, he could do nothing, for, ‘at the first step, his property would have been taken away from him, and his rty would thereby have been deprived of such Indispensable assistance. Thus hisfortyne was, to him, like the cannon-ball attached to the leg of a galley slave—it hindered him from moving about. “His involuntary inaction was not only an an- noyance, a cruel vexation, as it could not fail to be to a man who united in himself the ardor of 8 warrior with that of a prophet—it was also a source of precious moral suffering. With the modesty of a great mind, he attributed to htm- self not the slightest merit tor what seemed to him the most natural thing in the world—the renunciation of his weaith and his lite of priva- tion. Hence arose his ape melancholy, which never left him, and showed itself in his every word, notwithstanding the sorrowfully whimsical tone he was accustomed to adopt in order to conceal it. Thus, resigned and sad, he bore his cross, which sometimes.crushed him be- neath its welght, throughout his whole life, without ever rebelling against his cruel lot. He ‘was @ most unhappy man, “On August 8, 1879, he was taken to the scaf- fold in the hangman's cart with two compan- jJons, Clubaroff.and Davidenko. Those who saw him pass say that, not only was he calm and peaceful, but that hts pleasant smile played upon his lips when he addressed cheering words to his companions. At last he could satisfy his ardent desire to sacrifice himself for his cause. It was, perhaps, the happiest moment of his un- happy life.” ———__-e-______ Wairrine a Cmitp Witn a Cat-o'Nixe Tarts. Bernard _Seltz, jr., a three-year-old child, was plaintif in the Brooklyn city court Monday in a, suit for $5.000 damages against John Powderly for assault. The complaint recited that Pow- derly, who was annoyed by a number of children who were playing in front of his house, whipped the child with a cat-o'nine-tails. Powderly was fined $20 by Justice Massey at the time. The Jury returned a verdict for £50 for the plaintiff. The cranks are not all dead, but some of their notions contain a great deal of humor. One of them, talking in the cars, proposed that all the Irish be tempted to come to America, and that then a colony of American know nothings buy Ireland and live there. The dog tax nets the United States govern mentabout $16,000,000 per annum, and the Com- missioner of Agriculture says it costs $50,000,000 per annum to feed them. The largest piece of granite claimed to have been quarried since the time of Solomon was lately exhumed at Thomaston, Me. It measured 60 feet in length and 7 fect square at the base. Its weight was estimated at 150 t. for herself, and ordered the bills sent to Mr. Tabor. And now the merchant is bringing sult against them both to deride which of them is responsible for the account. % ———_-+. __ * THE AMERICAN TRoTTER—In Science, for May 4, Mr. W. H. Pickering, carrying out @ sugges- tion made by Prof. Brewer, of ‘ale, constructs the curve of the progress of the trotting horse in America, and finds that it will cross the mile- in-two-minutés line about the year 1901. He also deduces, from ‘statistics by the same authority, the conclusion that at the date mentioned there will be not far trom 10,000 horses in this country which can trot a mile in 2:80 or better.—New York Post. ————_~-+-___ oe seoniar nae RE IN ae ie Atlanta, , Sunday ni @ large congregation assem- bled at the Second Baptist chureh. Johunie Barrow, aged eight, slip) into a corner and went to sleep, and, not being observed by the sexton, was locked ap and left tn darkness. Monday morning people were lexed by the occasional sounding of the eh bell, but it was not until noon that a decided to enter and the cause, when he found tie bey exhausted wilh oe F of sounding r the pu time his parents had’ been elsewhere tor him. A noted “dude” has died in Philadelphia. He was a baboon in the zook len, His logical gai postures and galt were exactly like the current American tmitation of the London awell’s and he showed just about enough intelliggice. to complete the likeness, d 2 TL A OO £888, TITT REE TITT H Hoo? Ssas8 TP Hue F STIT ERE RRR ,S8S88y if Eee EE Sagss CELEBRATED STOMACH BB TTTT (TTT REE RRR Pe | FoF fe fet Soe Bae & & Ee EE Sas8 = ‘There has never been an instance in which this sterl- ing invigorant and anti-febrile medicine has failed to ‘ward off the complaint, when taken duly as a protection against malaria, Hundreds of physicians have aban- doned all the officinal specifics, and now prescribe this harmless vegetable tonic for chills and fever, as well as dyspepsia and nervous affections. Hostetter’s Bitters 4a the specific you need. 2 For salo by all Druggists ana Dealers generally. myl Ls COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. FINEST AND CHEAPEST MEAT FLAVORING BIOGK POR SOUPS, MADE DISHES AND LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. Ap invaluable and’ palstabie tonic in all case debility. cay and 8 boon for mitt uatioag should fs) "British Medical Journal,” &c. © CAUTION—Genuine only with the faceimileot fiero i fe Bkgnanire in, Blue ink actos Yarious and inferior ites’ bor Gag oe : Seema Bole Agen for the United | i ae ey, David & Co., 9 Fen- Fos Bazazrast: CHOCOLAT MENIER. SOLD EVERYWHERE. PARIS AND LONDON, NewYork Depot, 64 Wall strest. : Km AND ALL i ee ad DOCUTA SANDALWOOD. ‘seine Caren Days. A nioebad dhs Soca sinner irene : Price, $1.60; half boxes, TScente. = * : All drugsists. mpS-lawist Baows. Dar Gro. ALEXANDER Brown, member ‘Exch'ge. 38 PINE STREET, NEW YORK. | Fiocks and Bonda ‘Bought and Sold on Commission. 01 @ur Citizens desire me notoriety, but are always ready to preciaim the truth, MBB. GEO. DAWLEY of 76 Knieht street, Providence, R. L, relates to our reporter her experience with the wonderful curative properties of what is destined soon, to be the standard and lending specific of the whole wide world, for Kidney and Liver diseases.etc. Mrs. D. eays: “Early last apring I was ecverely afflicted with torpid- ity of the kidneys and enlargement of the liver, and the Kidney discase came upon me to fast andeuddenly that before I was scarcely aware of the cause of my trouble I became badly bloated, and my body and limbs very much swollen, go that it was with great difficu'ty and severe pain that I was able to walk any. I became dread- fally troubled by being short-breathed, eo that even ® ‘slight exertion or a little exercise would tire me almost to exhaustion, and I wae 60 distressed when I retired nichts that I could notuleep, and was very restless. One of my limbs eapecially had a very severe nervous pain, ‘which always seemed fo be more severe at night than at ‘any other time, and would frequently ache so sharply as toarouse me fromeleep. I was very nervous and un- comfortable all the time, and was being doctored, and | taxing all kinds of medicine for this complaint and that and the other, but all to no good purpose, until at about | the time when I was tired out and somewhat dierustea | and almost discouraged with medicines and dootors, a | relative and highly-esteemed friend permmded me to try Hunt's Remedy. I began to take it a few days ago, and am happily disappointed by the fesult, for before I had used a bottle of it I began to feel relieved, and soon commenced to sleep splendid!y; the severe nervous Pains in my limb which I had to handle o tenderly do not appear any more, my headache and backache have disappeared, 1 feel well every way, and rest well at night. The swelling hae disappeared from my body and limps. Tam now able to domy housework comfortably | and easily. Hunt's Remedy has ecrtainly done wonders for me. MRS. GEO. DAWLEY.” Safe and Reliable. A. W. BROWN, M. D., of Providence, R. T., saya, “I have used Hunt's Remedy in my practice tor the past eixteen years, and cheerfully recommend it as be- ing a sefo and reliable remedy.” Hunt's remedy ts purely a veretable compound, acien- tiftcally propared by a firet-clase registered Pharmacist, and will surely cure all diseases of tho Kidneys, Biad- der, Liver and Urinary Organs.—Cor, IMPORTANT No” New Discovery Ix Menicise. . SAL MDY ~ SA | Cou oneemtenee. |H. | Booss Ar Hacr-rnice. C1s TOUMEY, ATTORNEY-aTs torney for sale and rent of real cat ment of money. RB, NO" YY PUBLI YON RENTS. secre aTTO! _mie-am La. ave., next to City P. 0. B. MILLER ATTORNEY-aT. N, Rooms 2 gba Gunton Law Baldi voile | Residence, 240 North Capitol street. mn29 | JQpw. . THomas, cr’ ft at Taw, | Eb” No. 8, front room, main entrance ting, $16 ¥ sirset noruiwest. mhi6- See A SOOPRICH, QTTORNEY-AT-LAW, e born rtrect, Chicago. Confident auded to without publicity. Advice. fre. ual busivess f th ‘a. HALL, JuBLICe of the Peace and Notary Public, 916 F rtreet northwort, Ja4-6m* Warmer Butiding. NDREW ©. BRADLEY, | A * ‘ATTORNEY-AT-Law, loved toRoome Nos. 10 and 12, Gunton Bal No. 472 Loutslans ue north weet. | | Wwe BAND W 5 WOODWARD. | cms Gunton ne. ‘Titles to Real Estate. dex to County ‘aud town nroperty. town | erty. (616-6 SHAS. 3 GTTCHTOR OF PATEN: » ib n Counsellor at Law end Expert, 8t oud Puta apd F wt te. Good work, good references, _ BOOKS, VANTA AVEN LIBRARY. Su an ivxued. mo. or $4 per yr, Mes. LUCY LW ‘Wo have selected from our shelves a lange number of Bocks, sliehtly shelfworn, which we offer st half-price and unde: i Alot of Bibles and Prayer Books at one-fourth their cont ‘Our stock of Croquet, Lawn Tennia, and Archery ts now ready. WM. BALLANTYNE & SON, 428 SEVENTH STREEY, JA" Wronsed Peck’ and bis Pa, The Toto, Wealth, (Withington); 265 Choice Neceipta coll the Ladies of Trinity Church, Colton's General A\ new edition. W. Tl. MORRISON, 475 Petmaylvania avenue, HOUSEFURNISHINGS. __ 7 Epp: R: PeFRIGERATORS, WITH SLATE STONE SHELVES, A Carp. I would respectfuliy announce to my friends and the public generally that, having leared the entire building southwest corner of Lith strect and Penueylvania aye: Bue formerly | Tho Star office), I ‘have now far wreater facilities for conducting the auction business than heretofore. ‘The buiiding has a front of 50 feet on Peunsylvania avenue by a depth cf 125 feet, thereby giving one wrand ealecroom of fifty fect front. On the sccond floor is a large room, having same frontage as. ower floor, which is snecially arraneed and planned for the sale of Works of Art end Books, and is capabl comfortably seating two hundred people; in fact, it 18 the only establishment in the city t ‘separate saiesroome for the accommodation of all classes of goods. sales can always be conducted without regard to weather. upper portion of the building contains 2 roomie which are useil for storaze purpose (er which ithas been specially arranged, and is naturally a great accommodation to the publi There ts also in the rear of the building ree court Or open space which will be used for the gale of Horecs and Carriages, the whole forming one of the most complete Auction cstablish- in the country, attention given to the sale of Real Estate. | Appraise. | Catalogued mt Speci: Liberal advances made on consignments. ments made. Libraries and Works of Art and arranged for sale. Having had an experienc» of twenty-five years in the ‘ee, and with the asgistance of M. B. Cetimer, who will attend personally to the persoual and fine art salea, and_a thorouchly competent corps of ersistants, I feel confident of xiving perfect aatistaction in any thai be intrusted in my hands. R K E00 nest, | &66G zl # Go @ £ u g E BamsonianGiantamong G L U U_ EE ailotherGlues and Ce- GGG L UU ment Absolutely Un- ‘UU le and Inac No. Preraration—Aal Ready Ainaye LIQUID! io. Prevaration—Alwa} vo: VID! Patches on Leather lubber Bee cg! ‘iry, Metale; Willis ac Bt c-a-brac, Jewelry, Metalay Billiard Cue Tipe Books, t and Cloth, Card Board in Scrap Leather Belting, Crmaments cf every kind, Book Backs, Earthenware and everything else with everlasting inseperable tenacity! Manufacturers of Gummed Eabels, Textile Fabrica. Fine Ca:riage and Pianos and Cabinet Makers, Scroll Sawyers, &cx, eupplied by gallon or barrel. per by mail, post-paid, 0c, extra, J..U. 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Before purc! call and examine Hock, and if you will give the Danforti's Fluid a telah Will be convinced of ite xuperiority to Gasoline, A. are line of COOKING STOVES, RANGES, PORT) BLE and BRICK SETT; LATROBE, SLATE MA’ ‘LS aud FURNACES constantyy on hand. W. 8. JENKS & CO. 117 7th street nortoweet. SEWING MACHINES, &e. mh29 VO WINDY ADVERTISEMENTS. NO INSOLE! agent to talk you to death, but the Finest inent of all the Leading Sewing Machines at prices Rocanvasser can approach, Henting, Repairing, ioK NEY, = ee ME BEST SEWING MACHINE IN AMER 2 i at ‘Threading, Ligit Kunuine In our 18 years experience in the Machine husi never yet have sold a machig@ which gives euch ent and wiiversil satisfaction as the beautiful EEN. SEND FOR CATALOGU: AND WASHINGTON TES- ‘TIMONIALS, New, latest Improved WHEELER AND WILSON, Rome, DOMESTIC, SINGER, and other makes, fromm up. A five year guarantee in writing “ith all Machines ell, rent and repairs "G. AUEMBACH, me Cerner 71H anp H. 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