Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1883, Page 7

—— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, i BARK | WHITE 08 BLACK CLOTHING? A Letter by Mayne Reid. Prom the Londou News. In a recent article in the Daily News the ‘writer, after stating that a certain lecturer had Geclared white to be the best culor for clothing, And adding that Dr. Richardson has recom- fmended gray on identical grounds, goes on to ay for himself, “Men will continue to wear black —the coldest color in winter and the hot- test in summer.” Now, the belief in black | ¢, and while | being the warmest color fur clothi the coolest, has, up toa late period, passed as an undisputed fact. which, if I mistake not, [ ‘Was myself the first to challenge and pronounce erroneous—one of those lurking errors that from earliest times have escaped the detection Of science. I did so in the Lire Stock Journat of date January 24, 1879; and as,in a hygienic int of view, the subject Is one of no slight Poeportace: perhaps you will allow me to repeat part of what I there and then said. The ques- ion came up in connection with some observa- tions I had made on the snow-bleaching of cer- tein birds and quadrupeds, with reference also o queries thereon by the Ranffshire naturalist, “iwards. My r ‘ks were in substance as follows: e “Why do polar hares and foxes that are slate- Dine in summer turn snow-white in winter? Nature effects the change; but with what object and for what purpose? The usual mode of ac- counting for it, when speaking of the hare, is that this defenseless creature by becoming white 3s assimilated to the coler of the snow, and 80 escapes the danger of being sighted by preda- tory animal@ But the fox also assumes a white dress precisely at the sane period of time; and, as he is one of these predatory animals, his altered hue enabies him the more easily to ap- proach this very prey! So that were that the desizn of the transformation, we should have ature making a fool of herselt, which nature ever does....1.am acquainted with the usual test of color temperature; the two pieces of’ cloth, white and black, spread upon snow. When this proverbial problem comes to be more thoroughly investigated, it will go the ‘way of the flat earth and the ‘spherical bullet. While campaigning in a tropical country, ‘under the hottest of suns, I became aware that a black coat was cooler than a white one, both being of the same weight, texture, and thiekness—in short, ceteris paribus, save the color. The fact led me to reflection, to correla- tion of other facts and clreumstances observed at the same time, as on other occasions. one, I could see that my negro servant alons: me, enveloped in a coal-biack skin, did not suf- fer from the fervid rays of the sun half so nu as I under my tripe-colured epidermis. hat could this be but a provision of nature—mer- cifal aature—made for him whose home was tobe in the torrid zone? And the longer I re- Mained within its limits the more could 1 ac- knowledge her kindness in tanning my cheeks, and so making them less sensitive to the scorch- ing of the sun. From the coat upon my back and the color of my skin thought wandered to the black bears of tropical countries—always coal-black—to the brown species of temperate climes, and on to the Arctic ice, where Ursa 3s robed in white. Then, there is night and @ay, shadow and sunlight, the dark, naked und, and the same covered with snow—all in heir temperatures in conformity with my belief as above.” Some ten months ea the sibly Inspired by what I had In tie Line Bock “Jouraal, thus made allusion to the same subject: “We have more than once asked attention for the undoubted effect of color on the radiating power of clothing....Cer- tainly light-colored substances approaching to white do not part with their heat so readily as dark. The bear of tire polar regions 1s for this Feason with white fur, while her brother of warmer climates has a dark-colored integument. It therefore seems desirable to prefer bright to somber hues, and it this choice were made the rusult would be an alr of addi- tlonal cheerfuiness in the public streets....The matter may seem of smali moment, but the life we live is made up of small considerations and little affairs.” Now, this matter may not be of such small moment, but one having serious con- Sequences in a sanitary sense, and so deserving further investigation. ‘The Danger of Steady Drinking. From the Philadelphia Record. While every one is willing to admit that the habitual drinking of spirituous liquors {s detri- mental to health, few persons can be made to believe that, except in cases of inordinate indul- gence, ale and beer are injurious. So general 4s the conviction that these beverages are harm- less, that It fs not infrequently they are drunk Anstead of water as a safeguard to health. In ‘View of the character of the water farnished to the inhabitants not only of this city, but to the Gwellers in other closely populated sections as | weil, there would seem to be some excuse for | Such a course of reasoning. This point is, how- @ver, open to discussion, and before jumping to apy conclusion as to the advantages of malt Hiquors versus water It will be wise to consider the opinions of medical men, ‘who have abundant opportunity to watch the effects of each, and are presumably qualiied to judge of their respective merits. Moreover, the man who drinks beer or gle as a sanitary imcasure can have no assurance that 1s not made with water originally even more pee than that he seeks to avoid, and | Surther defiled by drugs and herbs which are in themselves prejudicial to health. Of the inju- Hious effect of malt liquors numerous English Physicians of note have recently borne testi- ony. In a lecture lately delivered by Mr. Wm. largrave he referred to (@ opinions of a few of these professional experts. All of them by ag that the London draymen, who have unlim- Sted privilege of the brewery cellar, are the Worst patients in the Metropolitan Hospital. Though they are apparenily models of health and strength, yet if one of them receives a serious {njury it is nearly always neces- sary to amputate in order to give him the remotest chance of life. Sir Asley Cooper Qnds that even so slight an injury as a scratch on the hand trom a splinter is quite suf- Aclent to frequently cause deat to the habitual Deer drinker. Dr Gordon says that the moment deer drinkers are att witu acute diseases they are not able to bear depiction and dle. Dr. Rdwards thinks their diseases are always of @ ungerous character; that in cases of accident they can never undergo even the most trifing ©peration with the security of the temperate. Other medical men of no less note are of the opinion that malt liquors render the blood sizy ‘and unfit for circulation—hence proceed ob- struetions and inflammations of the lun; that there are tew great beer drinkers who are aot phithisical, brouht on by the glutinous and igestible nature of the ale and porter. ese liquors inflame the blood and tear to Pieces the tender vessels of the Tongs. The ex- ‘nee of these gentlemen teaches them that 3 alone are the brain and lungs affected wy even the moderate use of beer, bat the is also made to pay its share of the penalty. The nerves of the stomach are injured, causing 4; ia, ete., and its mucous lining i ed and covered with ulcerous In conclusion, they think that rega- moderate drinking is more injurious than periodical drunkenness, with intervals of absti- jBence. It ts, then, the dally tippling In which ;the wreatest danger lea. The stomach ts aud- ected to frequent stimulation and depression, ‘and the system has no time to overcome the injury to the poison which accumulates from x to day, never ceasing In its work of destrue- tion. The conclusion reached by a recently pre. aented report of the committee of the Harvelan Society im England relating to the mortality due to alcohol may be of interest in this connec- tion. as there is no reason to belleve that the death-rate from such causes in England ani Anierica differs very widely. The report say: “There ts, upon the whole, reason to think that in the metropolis the mortality among any considerable group of iutemperate persons will Giffer from that generally prevailing among adults in the following tmportant leulars, B ‘A fourfold increase in the deathsirom diseases of the liver and chylepoetic viscera, a ‘would Increase in the deaths from disease of the kidneys, a decrease of half as much again in those from heart disease,a marked increase 3 those from pneumonia and plearisy, a consid- erable increase and an earlier occurrence of those from diseases of the central nervous system, a marked decrease in those from bronchitis, asthna, emphysema and congestion of thelungs, @decrease nearly as great as In those from phthists, and a iater occurrence, or at least ter- mination, of the disease, a very im those trom old age, with an increase in those referred to atrophy, debility, ete., and the ad- dition of # considerable group referred in eral terms to alcoholism or chronic alcoho! Or resulting from accidents.” Spee: ‘The great speech or argument of District At- torvey Emory Speer, in the famous (and infam- ous) Howard case, has been tasued in Somobit form, as there was a pressing demand for its lon. No case for argument in this city bas excited such deep interest. It was Period in the history of the United courts, and its verdict was to settle the aance of fraud. corrupt practices, profes- ferors and witnesses. and exemption of from conviction. Speer won the ver- that crushed all these evils be «Reel of exact jnstice.— Sidney 1! poh News. ua FL JOLLY “PONY” MOORE, The American Minstrel Who Has Made | Fortune in England, From the Philadelphia Press. Amongst the upper-tendom of London Bo- hemianism, and in sporting and dramatic circles in that latter-day Babylon, there are few better- known figures than that of George Washington Moore, dear to his intimates, as to etery burnt- cork artist in the profession, as ‘‘ Pony” Moore. A New Yorker by birth, and an American to the backbone, Mr. Moore may fairly Iay claim to having been the first man to recognize at its fall value the principle of out-advertising all competitors in the race in the amusement field for popular patronage. Some fifteen years ago, In conjunction with Messrs. Bur- gess, Crocker and Ritter, at a time when Regro minstrelsy was at an exceedingly low ebb In England (the original Christy minstrel troupe was at the time disbanded, and Burton and other managers were roaming the provinces with inferior artistes, playing to poor business), Mr. ore boldly leased the lesser St. James’ Hall, Piccadilly, and, gathering around him the best available talent in the business, established & permanent Christy Minstrel Company in that well-known fashionable resort. Everybody said that the doors would be closed amid financial disaster within the space of a few weeks, but Moore and his partners went to work and out- advertised everybody in the theatrical, musical and variety businessin London, and before a year had passed away the St. James’ Hall, known from one end of England to the other as the Lome of refined negro minstreisy, was.without any exception,the most popular family resort in London. Later on, as the ‘Moore and Burgess minstrels who never perform out of London,” their reputation became world-wide. While the comic element as represented by the banjo, bones and tambourine performers, and the sketch artists were retained as a leading feature of the entertainments, the ballad singing was elevated by the employment of such writers as Henry 8. Leigh and Frank W. Green, and the graceful couplets of these skiliful versifiers were wedded to appropriate uiusic by some of the first musical composersof the day. Henry Rawlinson, Stanley Grey and other sweet toned tenors were not above blacking their faces and rendering such well known ballads as “The | Harbor bar,” “Sweet Hawthorn Tree.” and a score of other plaintive ballads that fairly took London by storm, and to-day Moore and Bur- gess, his sole remaining partner, can boast that they have, in addition to amassing enormous fortunes, performed a feat in management hith- erto unheard of in the annals of theatrical and musical enterprise. For nearly fifteen years the St. James’ Hall has kep% up one continuous sound winter and summer, giving an evening performance every day except Sunday, and ma— tinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The only break has been one of six weeks, while the hall pst undergoing a complete internal reconstruc- tion. Mr. Moore chatted on theatrical matters for a few minutes with a Press reporter at the Conti- nental Hotel yesterday. His present visit to America is owing to the fact that some time ago he executed a will in New York, earn his ex- tensive property in the Empire state to his wife. Mrs. Moore died last December in London, and the existing state of the United States law, as affecting wills, rendered it necessary, for the protection of his children’s interests, that he should execute a new will in this country. He 1s also on the lookout for fresh talent for St. James’ Hall, and purposes concluding summer engagements with several artists before he re- turns to England. When asked how he thought Henry Irving would succeed bere, Mr. Moore said: ‘I have not a doubt as to his scoring @ great success. I am by no means sure that the Americans will accept his rendition of Hamlet and other of Shakespeare's characters as being equal to the work of Booth, Barrett and other American actors, but every member of the company he will bring with him is an artist, and the support will consequently be so perfect that I think a pronounced success is a matter of certainty. Again, the costumes, stage setting, and the most minute details, whenever an wherever Mr. Irving plays, receives an attention that has effected a complete revolutton in atage Management. That Irving himself is a great actor is past question no doubt. Whether his Mmannerisms and methods will please the critics here experiment alone can demonstrate.” “How will London play-goers like Mary An- derson, do you think?” “She will catch on instantaneously. Now, just watch and see if Iam not right. She is fortunate In her support, too, as O’Ne!l goes over with her. Her style will capture the Eng- lsh right off. Now you see {7 it does not.” “Have American actors been doing much in London of late?” “Not much. The ‘Fun on the Bristol’ com- pany have made money, but only at second- class theaters. They were wise to play at that class of houses; in the fashionable theaters they would haye lost money.” —_—__$§_<e.—____ Mr. Catlaban Prospers. “ How is Joe Callahan getting along?” asked the El Paso Times man. “Tip top,” replied the Marshall man; “Joe's got big rich off them niggers around here. He got the thing reduced to a science. He goes for "em for all they're worth, I tell you, and he gen- erally geta all that’sin sight, too. Last week Jerry Johnson, the nigger who lives on the old Smith farm, brought in six bales of cotton which Jée had adead grip on in the shape of a orop mortgage. After figuring up the ni; 's store = and the price of the cotton, Joe says to jerry: “*Them six bales makes us just exactly even, and I've allowed you top prices on them.” “He did not tell the nigger that he had al- lowed him four-story prices on the bacon and flour he had advan him in order to make It ‘just exactly even,’ although he could have done 80 without the slightest damage to the great cause of truth. “*Well,’ says Jerry, ‘I reckon hit’s mighty lucky dat I lef’ onebaleat home. Hit might not come out ‘jess zackly even’ ef I'd fotched dat Per bale in.’ “** Hold on," said Callahan. ‘I'l! be most em- pean busted if I didn't make a mistake in hem mistake of Just fortee-eeven dol- lars, by Jupiter. Bring in that other bale to- morrow, and I'll give you a clearreceipt—I will, by Jingo.'" Blue ana Gray. ‘Oh, mother, what do they mean by blue? And what dothey mean by eae Was heard u enila mother's eyes ana’ tmoothed away from the sunny brow Its treasures of golden hair. Rte Te ir And the love we bear our darling child Grows every day.” “But what they meant?” persisted the childs “For I saw two cri) And one of t e Fought for the blue; ‘The other, he fought for the gray. “Now, he of the blue had lost a leg, And the other bad but one arm, And both seemed worn and and sad, ‘Yet their greeting was kind and warm. ‘They told of battles in aays go aA nig athe Seas Se was “And the arm on Malvern HilL “They sat on the stone by the farmyard gate ‘And talked for att howe or more, ‘Till their eyes grew bright and their hearts seemed ‘arm wi ‘With fighting thetr battles o'er. And at last with a friendly grasp, In a kindly, brotherly way, Zach calling on God to 1 the time ‘Uniting the blue and the gray.” ‘Then the mother thought of other daya— How they knelt at het side searing, prayed iow they knelt at her side an rt “Our Father which art in Heaven:*" > How one wore the gray and the other the blue; How they passed away from sight And had gone to the land where gray and blue Are merged in colors of light, And she answered her darling with ‘While her heart was sadly wrung © orn ae With the thoughts awakened in that sad hour By her prattling tongue: “The blue and the gray are the colors of Goa; Annoy ato seen in the sky at even, Has found them passports to Heaven.” Dida’t Get the Place. From the Georgia Major. Old Si was asked by one of our merchants: “81, do you know @ darkey by the name of Davis?” “ Sisero Davis wid de red eye, dat got burned in de powder ‘sploshin?” “Gin'll, but it ‘pends moughty on de bizness dat b ya gaged in at de tine Be “What business would he sult best in as a Pontwel, ter tell ye de fat-fotid, cated trufe, dare’s’ one place cou’d wuek an’ be ez er DIET EOR INVALIDS. BY JULIET CORSON. GAME AND POULTRY. While the general rule holds good that fresh food is the most wholesome, and that actual decay in animal flesh used for food is apt to pro- duce symptoms of irritant poisoning, game is otten eaten in an advanced stage of decomposi- tion without any perceptible injury tothe epicure. Microscopic examination of meat which has been exposed to amedium summer temperature, from 85° to 90° F., for three or four days, proves the development at that stage of a minute organism, termed by physiologists the death vibrio. This parasite seems to be present in other meats than pork, and, like trichinw, is not destroyed by the rocess of salting and smoking meat, or ofcuring ft in brine. There is no reason tosuppose that the flesh of game !s exempt from the presence of this natural product of decomposition. When meats containing it are impertectly cooked, their con- sumption produces gastric disturbance, #01 times fatal in its result. As game is generally broiled or roasted, the action of intense heat may destroy the septic influence of the organism. Dr. Christison suggested that habit might have todo with theimpunity with which epicurescould consume high meat, as it certainly has with those savage tribes who eat putrid fish and flesh; but he also noted the fact that the use of game only “high” enough to please a gourmand pro- duced severe intestinal disturbance with persons unaccustomed to eat it. Dr. Lethby says that while with some the slightest commencement ot decay is sufficient to cause disgust, if not abso- lute physical derangement, with others “a piquant touch of decay,” such as is present in ripe cheese and high game, is not objectionable. Certainly venison is habitually eaten at a point ot decay at which beef would be rejected, and long-hung mutton fs also favored. Several eminent medical authorities consider that cook- ing neutralizes the effect of decomposition in flesh to a jderable extent, and that the antiseptic «properties of the gastric Juice still further counteract it. But even epicures shun the decayed fish somuch enjoyed by those savages “‘advanced,” as Dr. Christison says, ‘dn the cultivation of this department of gastron- omy. I have considered this rather unpleasant sub- ject at length with the hope that when game is ordered for an invalid the caterer may be Induced to supply it as fresh as possible. Asarule the flesh of game fs less dense and tough than that of domestic animals, so that- there is not the same reason for keeping itin order to let it be- come tender by the first action ot decomposition. Game is also more diges- tible than butcher’s meat, and for that reason may be eaten fresher. Its comparative freedom from fat makes {t relatively more nutritious, while its intense flavor is tempting to the appe- tite; as the taste of the flesh and blood of game is nearly fdentical, the latter is generally care- fully preserved in cooking. Venison fs the most digestible of wild meats, and the best known, although’bear, buffalo and antelope are highly esteemed in those sections of the country where they abound. Among the small game rabbitsand squirrels are both digest- ible and_ nutritious; hares have a darker and denser flesh, are less digestible unless long hung, and more highly flavored and stimulating to the system, thus more nearly resembling butcher’s meat. As no large game is now in ‘Season, no recipes are given for cooking it. All game birds when prepared for the table are more digestible than large game, because their fat either lies close to the skin and 1s lost in cooking, or !s removed with the intestines of the larger varieties. The game birds contain less blood than the animals, and are thus more delicately flavored, but they are not for this rea- son less nutritious. The large game birds are more highly flavored than domestic fowl, and richer in flesh-forming elements, but the more compact texture of their flesh makes it necessary to keep them longer before cooking than poultry. which may becooked directly it is killed. While the flesh of both game birds and poultry is more deficient in red lood than that of animals, it abounds in phos- phates, and therefore is a valuable food for nervous invalids. The flesh of game birds ts more digestible than that of poultry, because less dense, and also becanse of the comparative absence of fat. It ts Felatively more economical, because it yields more available food In propor- tion to weight. The flesh of the breast of birds 1s the tenderest, and that of the back and legs most highly flavored. In both game and poul- try the land birds are tenderer and more digest- ible than water fowl of the largersort. unless the latter are long kept. If only the breast of wild water fowl is eaten its flayor is best when fresh. The flavor of snipe, eke and woodcock ts richer than that of quail and partridge, but both the latter are general favorites on account oftheir abundance of delicate white meat. Prairie chickens or grouse are darker in flesh. All white- fleshed game birds should be well cooked; the dark-fleshed ones may be served underdone if 80 preferred. This Is notably the preference with canvas-back ducks, which are sufficiently cooked by roasting from twenty to twenty-five minutes. The game birds in season during the summer are as follows: May—snipe, plover, Canada reed- birds, and wild squabs and pigeons. June af- fords the same varleties, with a few English pheasants. In July only wild equabsand pigeons are fresh; all other game birds on sale are re- frlzerated. In August there are Virginia r@od- birds, plover, a few snipe, woodcock in abun- dance, and blackbirds, wild equabs, plgeonsand partridges. The larger game birds are cooked whole if roasted, the feathers being removed and the birds wiped with a wet towel; they are drawn, but never washed, and are roasted without any stuffing or water in the pan. Tart oranges sliced, green salad or celery are the usual gar- nishes for game. The smaller birds are either roasted over a slice of toast without being drawn, or are split down the back and broiled, and then served on toast. All kinds of game dirds are suitable food for nervous invalids, for patients during conval- one, andin all except feverish conditions of the lem. The flesh of poultry, which abounds in nitro- genous or flesh-forming elements, and is defi- clent In fat or heat food, is considered a delicate food on account of its digestibility; its white meat Is more easily digested than the dark, but the latter is more highly flavored. While the flesh of all poultry is less stimulating than meat, it affords all the nutriment which can be assimilated by an invalid; chickens and turkeys are the best poultry for use in all cases of im- digestion; the flesh of ducks and geese is jess digestible, should not be used in weak- ened conditions of the digestive organs. Poul- try may be prepared for the use of invalids by bolling or remeey 0 care being taken to serve it free from tat. A few good recipes for cooking it rere begin ( (OKEN JELLY (a nutritious, digestible cow sical conditions. a medium-sized fowl, cut the flesh from the bones in small , and crush the bones; remove all fat, put the meat and bones into asaucepan with two quarts of cold water and two tea-spoonfuls of salt, cover the saucepan eo that no steam can eecape, and cook the chicken ours; then strain the broth through a fine bolt- Ing-cloth sieve, ora folded towel laid in a col- ‘ander, return it to the fire in a clean sauce) and boil it uncovered, until it 1s reduced abou! one-half, or until a little of it cooled on a saucer forms a jelly. Then season it palatably, and vol ft in earthern moulds wet in cold water. Servo it in small quantities, either cold like wine Jelly, or heated to form a broth, CHICKEN Wiz JELLY (a nutritious, ligestible food, slightly stisnulating, excellent in” convales- cence ‘in general weakness of the entire system). —Prepare this Jelly according to the directions given in the recipe for chicken Jelly, allowing it to boil until the jelly is found to be quite stiffon cooling 8 little of it; then add to It the strained Juice of a lemon and a gill of good sherry or Ma~ deira wine, and cool it in earthern moulds wet in cold senate Use iy ke, CHICKEN SOUFFLE (a li. i Sood, very palatable and nutritious, in any illness where animal food is the physician).— Remove all skin and bone from the white meat of cold roast chicken, and chop halfa id of it very fine; then rub it voush ane leve with tato-masher. Next enough to brown tt!delicately. Have ready a hot dieh, lay the broiled ohtoken on ft, season it lightly with salt and pepper, a table-spoon- IP Se fatea tsdteg 9 rite wat lent’s condition perm! e Use water-creas or lettuce, either will be found to make an acceptable for the dish.—Har- i hviest Mi fm thie Sullivan the my iter im From the Brooklyn Eagt. — * Mitchell Is not actitig lfke'a man. It. ts silly for him to talk of his dot having been whipped by Sullivan on Mopday ,night. There were twelve thousand witnesses to prove that he was knocked completely out of time by the Boston pugilist and that he stood no chance from the first. All sorts of excuses are offered by Mitch- elland his friends for the defeat, and it ts even } alleged that it was no defeat at all. He claims that he was not fought down, but pushed down by the weight and superior force of Sullivan;but the facts are, he was knocked clean over the ropes by right and left hand shoulder hits time and again, and often topped over back- ward so that he tell into the arms of the n apeng tors below. * He says heis hungry to get at Sul- ivan again. It he is; there is no doubt what- ever that the soaniey champion of the world will give him athance. The first duty of a brave man is to acknowledge his defeat when he is whipped. I bad always thought very highly of Mitchell, as, indeed, has Rs c y else, till after this fight. Hedoes not a up in a good light now. Sullivan again proved himself the heaviest hitter in the world. I never saw anything like some of the blows he got {n on Mitchell during the second round. One of them particularly made the spectators hold their breath. It was a left hand under hit, and caught the Englishman just below the Jaw. It lifted him at least a foot trom the floor, and he shot over backwards as though he had been thrown from a catapult, and fell like a log among the spectators below. He was caught and pushed upon the stage again, but his eyes were reeling in hishead, and he was quaking all over. He approached Sullivan pluckily again, but a left-handed blow, straight from the shoulder, caught him on the neck again, and he shot to 8 as though he had fallen from a balloon. In the middle of the third round he was hanging backward over the ropes lige 8 wet dish rag, and when @apt. Willlams jumped up to stop the fight there was a general relief. Sullivan offered his hand to Mitchell then, and the fight stopped. Mitchell now claims that Sullivan offered him his hand because he was afraid of him and wanted the fight to stop. Any one who saw the Bos- tonian erect and animated standing over the crushed and limp Englishman can understand how grotesque is Mitchell's claim. By the way, the talk about Sullivan being a giant and Mitch- ell a pigmy 1s all nonsense. Mitchell 1s five feet eight and a hf and Sullivan is five feet ten and ® half, a difference of only two Inches in helght. Sullivan is forty pounds heavier, but this was a ponitive disadvantage to him on Monday night. He could have spared twenty-five pounds of it very easily. There was a very swell crowd pres- ent at the fight. That ts, portions of the crowd were swell. .Menin faultless dress were scat- tered about fn the boxes, on all sides surrounded by bruisers, blackguards and plug uglles from the slums of New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and neighboring cities, but the utmost good Phuics: prevailed: Eyery man was intensely in- terested in the sport, and the good points were heartily appreciated by the twelve thousand people. A mistake on the part of the contést- ants or any exhibition of bad work was hissed down instantly. And twelve thousand men hissing at once make,an awfal noise. But then the applause was relatively great, and that evened matters up. fa see Sun Spots and the Scasons. From the New York Herald. Judging by the number and violence of the atmospheric disturbances reported all over the world during the recent maximum display of solar activity, the sun spot theorists seem to have made out a clearcase: According to the best astronomical authorities the relative values of observed sun spots steadily increased 3.4 In 1878 to 54.2 in 1881, and further increased last year, but are probably now at the maximum or on the decline. Mr. Garrett P. Serviss, in the last Issue of the Forges Science Monthly, re- ferring to the multiplied magnetic storms, cy- clones, tornadoes and floods of the past two years, forcibly suggests that they furnish ‘a good deal of evidence in favor of e views of those, who think a connection cat traced be- tween sun spots and the weather.” Perhaps still more striking evidence of this connection will be seen by some in the returns of sea cas- ualties for 188{-'82, made to the London Board. of Trade last month. A very serious increase In the number of vessels lost by all classes of cas- ualties in that year as compared with the ayer- age of the five previous years ts officially re- ported. How much of this increase is to be laid at the door of the weather, and how much to the rottenness of the lost ships and the carelessness of thelr owners and crews, cannot be determined, Bat, however that may be, it is worthy of note that if there is any reliance to be put on the sun-spot theory the recent maximum of spottedness is passing away and we may hope fora more quiescent state of terrestrial weather. A yery competent scientific authority announced this Spring. tothe Royal Society of Edinburgh that he finds that “the maximum heat given off by the sun is when the sun spot period is at the maximom, and the minimum heat given off is when the sun. spots are at the minimum.” Upon this showing it may be expected that the coming season, while possibly warmer than the average sum- mer, will not be phenomena!ly hot. But no trustworthy forecast of the season based on cyclical solar changes Is possible in the present state of solar science, ———_+e-____ Didnt Know It Was Poison. From the Atlanta Post-Express. A new story comes to us from Gainesville of the experience of Judge James Bell, the Smith- sonian Institution’s agent, in his mission of gathering snakes. He is engaged at present in buying poisonous snakes for medical experi- ments, but an amateur snake-catcher of the neighborhood did not know this. He wasan Alachua county granger, and he met Judge Bell upon the street with a smile, in- dicating inward pleasure and calm peace of mind. He said: “Hello, Jedge, I've got a snake for you,a yery oncommon snake that I ketched yesterday, I don’t do much snake-ketchin’, but I come acrost this here feller and 1 captured him jeat for you. eee kind of a snake is he?” the Judge in- br It's one of these yere thunder snakes, or coral snakes, some folks call them.” “And where have you got him?” “In my breeches pocket yere.” “Why, my dear air;” sald the Judge, “it is one of the most poisonous serpents that crawls; 8. But he stopped short, surprised at the effect his words were having upon the granger. “Poison!” exclatmed that person in a hushed sort of way, and his eyes grew white and his face pale as death, “poison! well, by — jingo, I—.” He began letting go his suspenders in a stealthy sort of way, but with a Tapidity that was startling. “Polson!” And he shucked his nether garments upon the sidewalk and fled‘into a store, standing be- hind the door of which, with his neck craned around the edge of It; he remarked: “Jedge, I wish you would poke them breeches into the gutter for nje, and step into Endel & Herman’s clothing store, if you will, and tell one of them clerks to come yer.” Helicy of the Stone Age. ‘Tombstone (Arizona T.) ‘Epitaph. The sandstone quarry at, Carson, Nevada, is proving a rich field for archwologists. In addl- tion to the giant human footprints, 183¢ inches WEDNESDAY. MA = Ceptain Jose L. Harpes, residing at No. 924 4th street, South Boston, Mass., formerly captain in the army, now with the Walworth Manufacturing Company, South Boston, writes, April 38, 1883: ‘While living in Cambridgeport my wife was afflicted with terrible pains inher back and sides, accompanied with great weak- ness and loss of appetite, She tried many so-called Temedies without svall, growing rapidly worse, when ‘her attention was called to Hunt's Remedy. She pur- chased « bottle from Lowell's drug store in Cambridge- Port, and after taking the first dose she becan to feol easter, ahe could slosp well, and after continuing its use ® short time the severe pains in her back and side entirely disappeared, and she isa well woman. Many of our relatives and friends have used Hunt's Remedy ‘with the most gratifying results. I have recommended it many times, and as many times heard the same story. ‘Hunt's Remody is all that isclaimed tor it and a real blessing to all afflicted with kidney or liver trouble,** MADE A MAN OF HIM. Mr. 0.0. WitaeiEn, No. 23 Austin atreot, Cambridge- ort, Mass.,makes the following remarkable statement. On April 27, 1883, he writes as follows: “I have been troubled with kidney disease for nearly twenty years. ‘Have cuffered at times with terrible pains in my back andlimbs. I used many medicines, but found nothing Teached my case until I took Hunt's Remedy. I pur- chased s bottle of A. P.Gibson,630 Tremont street, Boa- ton, and before I had used this one bottle Ifound re- lief, and continuing its use, my pains and weakness all “Uisappeared, and I feel like a now man, with new life chaser’ and vigor. Hunt's Remedy did wonders for me, and I | {nteres have no hesitancy in recommending it to all afflicted with kidney or liver diseases, as I am positive that by use they will find immediate relief. You may use this lelter in any way yon choose, so that the people may know of a sure medicine for the cure of all diseases of kidneys and liver.” my? NOtwitHeTanpina MUCH HAS BEEN SAID about the importance of @ blood-purifying medi- cine, it may be posstble that the matter has never seri- ously claimed your attention. THINK OF IT Now! If, by the useof a few bottles of Ayer’s Sarsaparillayou avold the evils cf scrofula, and transmit a healthy con- tution toyour offspring, thank us tor the suggestion. BBXZAND OR AT SEA, OUT ON THE PRATRIE,OR in the crowded city, Ayer's Cathartic Pills are the best for purgative purposes, everywhere alike conve- nient, efficacious and safe. For aluggish bowels, torpia Hver, indigestion, bad breath, fiatulenoy, and sick headache, they are a sure remedy. panse, the continuous stream of ELECTRICITY permeating through the parts must restore them to healthy action. There is po mistake about this instrument. Years of use have tested it, and thousands of cures are testified to. Weakness from Indiscretion, Incapacity, Lack of Vigor, Sterilty—in fact, any trouble of these organs is cured. Do not confound this with electric beits adver- tised to cure all ilis from head totoe, This is for the ONE specified purpose. For circulars siving full information address— CHEEVER ELECTRIC BELT CO., mb3-s&w. 108 Washington street, Chicago. NEw D ISCOVERY Tx Mi EDICINE. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Will curein 48 houre ‘al Gotaspementa of the urina: organs in cither sex without inconvenience of any kind. GRIMAULT & CO.,8, Rue Vivienne, Paris. ja22-w&aly 10 MAKE ROOM FOR OTHER GUODs, WE ARE CLOSING OUT AT LOW PRICES A lot ofodds and ends iu the way of Portable and Brick Set RANGES. A few Becond-band RANGES and LATROBES to sell cheap, EDWARD CAVERLY & GO., 1425 New York avenue, E f my Reboot a ee 2QQ, Gas Cooxmne Srovzs FOR SALB AT THE GASLIGHT OFFICE, TENTH STREET. 330 eet eae nd Sordi foo = m38-wéta, 2m° corset one Ma, ee fed haveallsisesandcolors, — my12-shw,1m LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY. CAPITAL PRIZE $160,000. ““Wede that we arrange. Roars tua hs rae thrcafaac ct the Company to use signatures: Comitesioners. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED, LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. Incorporated in 1! --five years’ ties Te Eagental ad Cuias purgeme wi capital of | $1,000, 000—to ® reserve fund over $550, 000 has an vote ite 23;"1888—-DOUBLE SHEET. FAMILY SUPPLIES. ri i i 3 i # i! fi Bs A I ay | i i Ef 5 if ‘Terms: One-fourth cash, residue in three stallments at six, twelve and cachteon monte, i jotes to be given therefor, bid. IN SHERMAN & CO., Auctionee: H, Salesman. my11-00k: ‘TO-MORROW. W 42 TEE B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctionocrs, HAIR-CLOTH SO} Al BED! WASHSTANDS, HAT |. ALNU’ S10) pe eye ey 5 z ce No. rect northiwest, ‘the above tof househ myl$-4__ WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., ancta. EEE CO. nnetee _ ypuiomas DOWLING, Aucuoneer. 0 HAIR-CLOTH PARLOR 81 eM pagtevings sod’ Gta oh sat and Cottute Faralonts nay od Cottace Focaleate ae a Bolsters, Hat Rack, Sideb i Chairs, China Ores, Kitshon ‘Requt- DAY, MAY TWEN' an Oak Extension Tal Glassware, Refs s mies, &o., AT AUCTION. MORNING, MAY N O'CLOCK, I general good Household Furniture HANCERY SALE OF VALUABI No.630 PENNSYL THWEST; DWELLING Hi THIRD STREET NORTHEAST; VED LOT ON 3 ST) 5 NERMONT AVENUE AND der apd by virtue of a decree of the Bupreme FOURTH, 1883, at street northt 3 ‘wo will eell at public auction in fr-n! ‘on the day and bi Teal estate, lying and ON THE SAME DAY. st FIVE. O'CLOCK P.M., juare numbered seven hundred al subdivision of lots Said lot fronts 50 feet 2 inches on $4. northeast. and is im with a comfortable brick Gwolling house, "No. 128 Sd. street nosinont, aaecth att vais northwest. NCANGON BROS., Aucts. SALE OF VERY YALPaBLe Boar AS No. 634 PENN- NORTHWEST. ipreme Le Ty atk i f bi fe S2"IN 00! UENCE Ee pred a BEST PEACHES, 15 Cuxre; $1.75 Doren. DONWT PUT OFF BUYING. C. WITMER, Grocer, myl5 1918 Pennayivanic avenue. 11 Cars Scan Coss GEO. A. O'HARE, Casn Grocer, mylS 1218 Tth strect, Get, Mand N northwest. T_T TEV ‘T THE PALACE MARKET. FRANK ipl corner 14th and New create, NOTICE TO HOUSEKEEPERS /EKAMP PIANOS, y IN STYLE AND NIS! RI um TONE, UNEQUALED FOR DUMABILIDE SPECIAL BARGAINS. Square and Upright Pianos, used by ‘Customers the Past seancn, Pt rai Stareat sbatyaine fox’ cash d-hand Pianos taken tn exchange at full value and balance can te paid monthly. Pr ‘HEINEKAMP'S BRANCH FACTORY WAREROOM, myl9 427 10th street northwest. Norrce OF Tausrers Satz or PIANOS AND ORGANS. At the trustee's sale on the 10th of May. ‘the assets of the late firm of Blackmar, Eb- ling & Co., agents for the Chickering Piano 4m Baltimore, I purchased some magnificent bargains an NEW AND SECOND-HAND PIANOS AND OR- » | GANS. As I was crowded for room before making PIANOS for $600; NEW ORGANS for $50, worth §90, ha. SEVEN-OOTAVE SQUARE PIANOS, used, a2 low: $65; SIX-OOTAVE for $30. These instruments made by the best known firms in the business and ere fully warranted. People of good countenance can pur- ‘chase of us on monthly payments. For further particulars call on CHAUNCEY J. REED, myl5 433 SEVENTH STREET N, W. ‘PSE STIEFY, THE KRANICH & BACH. EW ENGLAND Pianos, BARKER, [BALTIMORE and the Pht NCE known monthiy instalment pian, at ape G. L. WILD & BRO.'S MUSICAL WAREROOMS, anes 709 7th street northwest, + BRUHN, 407 10th street, 0. w. Gr: bekkar bhos "PIANOS, ioe FPP allen EbMile, BURDETE One. Tuning aud Repairing. of various makes for sale joes. Wim. Knabe & Co.'s Fiance. "Tuning and Repairing. Tidvatrest, abowe Pa. ave. P4808, ORGANS, sHEET MUSIC. EICHENBACH’S PIANO WAREROOMS. and rent at Piano EMERSON PIANO, ‘The Rest Medium-priced Piano Man WILcox in the atte. HENRY EBERBACH, Mavaring rartnee of the late rin Elis & Or nd HOUSEFURNISHINGS. Eppr Rernrozrarors, WITH SLATE STONE SHELVES, HAVE A REPUTATION OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS STANDING, AND ARE ACKNOWLEDGED EVERY WHERE THE BEST FOR FAMILY USE. SEE OUR TESTIMONIALS. M. W. BEVERIDGR, 100) PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR, SOLE AGENT FOR THE DISTRICT. ALSO, WALNUT AND ASH DINING-ROOM RE FRIGERATORS. mys EFRIGERATORS (IMPROVED MAKE). ‘STS (all sizes). +Hs and STANDS. mh? STOVE ERS GE, Se HES Foe EAR SEWING MACHINES, &c. man ES EE gah ee NG MACHINE HOUBS, aries, pee peers ai Double Store, and H Gent's Furnishings and hsia best door. HARTFORD SEWING MACHINE, tively is the lightest ‘Ith st. wharf and 22th ot.