Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1883, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. BILLIARDS Now AND THEN. 4 Old-Tine Player Drifts Into Talk About the Experts of To-Day. From the New York Sun. An old man, with untrimmed beard, and wear- Ing clothes cut in a style oflong ago, was ad in- terested spectator of the late billiard tourna- ment. He was found atter the last game in a Buall coffee house tn Third avenue. “‘I don’t see what billiards are coming to,” he sald, after being warmed into conversation. “I used to keep a hall near here, and in my day I ‘Was counted a pretty stiff player; but when they took off the fourth ball and stopped up the | | ee and cut the table down, I nearly quit, hinking the game was getting too fine for me. But now, I see, the French carrom game is about as far behind scientific billiards as the big table with pockets is from the little plain one. ‘hey have got to drawing Hnes on the table and ying what kind of shots must be made to get aS but there is no telling how soon the rofessionals will get the fancy games down to fection. Luck hax had a good deal to do ith these new games, but it Is only a question of time when it will have to give way to Science. “What do I think of Schaefer? Well, I think he’s cot more natoral billiards iu him than any One I have ever seen play. He goes around the table as if he was strung on wires, and plays like a racehorse all the time. His massé shots belong in the catalogue of wonders. Under his cue a ball will wrigyle like a snake. and then Start off down the cuslion like a squirrel ona hickory branch. But somehow I can't place any Confidence in his playing. When the balis get to running a little contra he’s likely to lose his heart, stop short, like a balky horse, and then shoot off after awhile and knock the record all to pieces. He isn't tamed yet, and doesn't know his own strength. The Frenchman's playing suits me pretty well. He makes The think of Billy Goldthwaite, who, = ago, was the coming man in the bil- tard world, and played the prettiest game I éver saw. He used to make the ivories roil nm the green cloth like water on velvet. the Frenchman picks out the handsomest éhots on the table, and he has the touch of a fvoman’s hand. He has no equal on one-cush- fon shots, any way the balls are placed, and Will tackle a draw shot like a country school- faarm will strawberry shortcake—anywhere onthe table. I looked for his weak point in the game with Schaefer, and [ think I found it. At least one-third the whole number of misses ‘Were made on simple two-cushion shots that fre nuts and raisins for amateurs. “All these experts, though, have their spe- ¢elalties as well as their weak points. Give Sex- ton a chance to go round the table, and no one knows when he'd stop making buttons;and when Dion sees a way of going twice round he’s in his floty- Daly's got alot of those patent shots hat I don’t understand, but they are big eggs jn a cushion carrom game. He plays all sorts of lsses, and he’s the only one in the lot that can hit both balls, touch the cuskion, and thencatch up with the object bull, and dolt prime. Yes, kes seen Slosson play, and he’s a good one, too. le’s got the touch and tick down where they long, and will show them all.” Comfort for the People Whe Don’t Live in Mississippi. ‘From ths Detroit Free Press. The railroad station at Mississippl City is Tocated among the pines, and the way the mos- Quitoes were biting there even in April was gnough to keep a mule moving. After a while fre got to talking about the insects, and I asked ‘B native of the country: “Are they thicker than this In the summer?” “Thicker! Why, in July there's a million to one! ‘And larger?” ‘Larger? Why, sir, one of the regular *skeeters of this section could carry twenty of these on his back and still fly high.’ I thought I'd down him at once, and so con- tinted: “Now, slr, answer me trnthfully. Do you Delieve that six of your biggest mosquitoes ¢ould kill a mule if he was tied up out here?” He looked at me {n amazement for a minute, nd then went to the door and beckoned in the ad sitting on a box and watching the horses. en the Man came {a the native said: v iam, you remember that air roan mule 0” “T reckon.” ‘ould run like a deer and kick like a saw- “And he was all alone in a ten-acre lot, Wil- Nam?” «He was.” “And two of them mud swamp 'skeeters got arter him one morning and run him down and Killed him and devoured both hams, and sucked every drop of blood in his body. William, ap! Speak up! “Stranger, if they didn’t then I hope to be ehawed to rags!” said William, and he sald it ex- actly like aman who wouldn't have allowed there ‘were two ‘skeeters If he hadn't been earnestly €onvinced of the fact. He walked out doors, and a deep silence fell upon us two, broken only after a long Interval by the native saying: “T've allus kinder suspected that them two *akeeters had assistance from a hossfly, but I can't prove it. I kinder think the hossily held him down till the murder was committed!” bea bibininbesibaiucls ‘The Domestic Bosten Husband. ‘From the Boston Common wealth. A new phase in the woman case !s thus de- Bneated—if a report in one of our daily papers ean be relied upon—alleged to have come from the Individual most dir interested: “I am a milliner, and Ihave made between 1,500 and $2,500 a year in my business for some time past. I married four years ago. My husband is kind and good-looking, but he never learned any trade, had no and could not average €500 a year. a, however, but I saw that it wouid not 4 upon him, so I After a time I think 1.as we were both away not keep house, and . Fiually, I proposed that be should keep house and I would run the busi- hess and find the money. We have now lved very happily in this way for two years. My husband rises and builds the fire. gets breakfast, and Lleave at 7:45 for my place of business. He does the washing and Sroning and the clean- Ing, and I do not know of any woman who can beat him. He is as neat as wax, and can cook equal to any one intown. It maybean Isolated case, but [think the time has now come when ‘women who have busbands to support should Make them do the work; otherwise they are ies we must do without.” ALIVE IN A GRAVE Why Shovels Felland Why Sand Flew as it Never Flew Before. From the Cleveland Leader. About nine o'clock yesterday morning the earth caved In under an old building on On- tarlo, near Howe street, burying Fred Rutch- insky, of No. 68 Noyes street, @ laborer, at least @ foot over his head. The workmen were en- gaged in putting braces under the building at the time, when, without any warning, the sand caved in. Twelve workmen were immediately set to work to dig out the unfortunate man. When six of them became exhausted, another six took their place. After working a few minutes, the men succeeded in unco' Rutchinsky’s head, and finding him still alive they were encouraged to go on. But the sand eaved in forthe second time, and there was Very little hope then that he would be brought out alive. A plucky 7 oey. eboprer who re- fused to be relieved of his shovel at a, greatly encouraged the other workmen, altho it must be said they would have exerted them- selves heroically without any encow ‘The shovels quickly flew again and once more the man’s head appeared to view. Rutchinsky was by this time nearly |. - He was very pale and moaned piteously. They had jeceeded In getting him a Bearly to the do to bs COLLARED BY AN ATHLETIC FATHER. Young Mr. Morel’s Advances Toward a Fair American Bring Him to Grief. ‘From the New York Sun. In the shadow of the Presbyterian church, on the north side of 34th street, near 8th avenue, a | fashionably dressed young man paced to and fro on Friday evening. Precisely at 8 o'clock he | came to a halt and gazed in the direction of 8th avenue. A falr-haired young girl was approach- jing. When she was In front of the church the | young man stepped forward. . “You are Miss Williams,” he said. “I do not know you,” the girl answered. A tall and athletic man came across from the opposite side of the street, collared the young | man, swung him around, and asked: “‘What do you want of Miss Williams?” | “What right have you to ask?” sald the young man. “1 am her father,” sald the athletic man. Then there was some angry talk and a crowd collected. The young man, who was like a child in the grasp of his captor, was forced toward 8th avenue. A policemancame and got him and marched him to the 37th street station. The athletic man was Mr. WilliamT. Williams, who lives at 454 West 3ist street. He sald yes- terday to a reporter of The Sun that on May 18 his daughter Laura, who is 17 years old, came to him with this letter: P. O. Box May 28. My Dear Miss Williams: 1 ‘would vorp mush like to make your acquaintance, and fer this reason I am now writing to ask you to meet me, if itis agreeable to you, to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at 8 o'clock, at the corner of 8th avenue and sth Street. My name will not be familiar to you, but Pray don’t let that stand in your way. Please write me if you can keep the Sppolntment or no. From one who would be your friend. AnrHus Moret. “T asked Laura,” Mr. Williams sald, “if she knew the young man. She sald she did not, and had never seen him, as faras she knew. Concluding that a lesson would do the writer no harm, I wrote to him this letter tn a hand resembling a woman's: Mr. Moret. Mar 28. Dear Friend: Your note came to hand safe and in due time. According to your wish, I will be on | 3th street by tho Presbyterian church, north of 8th avenue, by 8 o'clock sharp. I will have on my | drab dress and white fichu on my neck. Please excuse pencil, for I could not find pen and ink, and I am in a hurry. Your friend, Lavra WILLIAMS, “There came another letter the next day. Morel sald that he had forgotten that he had an engagement at Whitestone on Tuesday. He asked that another evening be appointed for a meeting. I took no notice of this letter. An- other arrived yesterday asking Laura to meet | him in front of the Presb yterian church on 34th | street, at 8 o'clock last night. She knew noth- ing of this letter, which Iopened. At half-past 7 o'clock last evening I told her to put on her drab dress and come out with me for a walk. Near 34th street I asked her to walk on while I stopped for a cigar, and sald I would meet her near the church. She had no idea that Morel would be there. I was on the other side of the street when he spoke to her. He told me that his intentions were honorable, but I decided to have him arrested.” Morel was locked up on Friday night, and was arraigned yesterday at Jefferson Market. Misa Williams was incourt. Morel ia a good-looking young Englishman not yet 22. He came to America about a year ago; has been boarding at 306 west Sist street since; is employed in a broker's office in Wall street, and 13 a member of the Young Men's Christian Association. Jus- | Soe aera fined him $10 for disorderly con- ny Morel speaks with a strong English accent. “This 1s indeed too bad,” he sald, “my pros- pects will be ruined, and I am sure I shall have to leave the country. I didn’t have the slightest wrong Intention in the world. I saw the youn; lady half a dozen times, and tly admit her. I thought I would like to know her. I sald so to a lady who told me her name and ad- dress, and advised me to drop heraline. ItI had got no answer the matter would have ended there.” When arrested More! had in his pocket letter- ress copies of his three communications to is3 Williams. re ‘The Life of Man, ‘From the Philadelphia Times, Man, born of woman, is of few days and no teeth. And, indeed, it would be monoy in his pocket sometimes if he had lesa of either. As for his days, he wasteth one-third of them, and as for his teeth, he has convulsions when he cuts them, and as the last one comes through, lo, the dentist is twisting the first one out, and the last end of that man’s Jaw is worst than the first, being fall of porcelain and a roof-plate built to hold blackberry seeds. Stone bruises line his pathway to manhood; his father boxes his ears at home, the big boys cuff him in the play ground, and the teacher whips him in the school room. He buyeth Northwestern at 110, when he hath sold short at 96, and his neighbor unloadeth upon him Iron Mountain at 6324, and it stralghtway breaketh down to 52}. He riseth early and sitteth up late that he may fill his barns and storehouses, and lo! his children's lawyers divide the spoli among themselves, and say “Ha, ha!” He growleth and is sore distressed because it rain- | eth, and he beateth upon his breast and sayeth, “My crop is lost!” because ft raineth not. The late rains blight his wheat and the frost biteth his peaches. If it beso that the sun shineth, even among the nineties, he sayeth, ‘Woe is me. forI perish,” and if the northwest wind sieth down in forty-two below hecrieth, “Would Iwere dead!” If he wear sackcloth and blue Jeans men say “He is a tramp,” and if he goeth forth shaven and clad in purple and fine linen all the people cry, ‘Shoot the dude!” He carryeth insurance for twenty-five years, until he hath paid thrice over for all his goods, and then he letteth his policy lapse one day, | and that same night fire destroyeth hia store. | He buildeth him a house in Jersey, and his | first born is devoured by mosquitoes; he pitch- eth his tents in New York, and tramps devour his substance. He moveth to Kansas, | and a cyclone carryeth bis house away over into Missour!, while a prairie fire and ten million acres of grasshoppers fight for his crop. He settleth himself in Kentucky, and is shot the next day by a gentleman, a colonel and a states- man, “because he ‘resembles, sah. a man, he did not , Sah.” Verily, there is no rest for the sole of foot, and if he had it to do over again he would not be born at all, for “the day of death is better than the day of one’s birth.” Rosert J. BuRDETTE. a Senator Fair Going to Europe. From the San Francisco Chronicle, May 224. The Senator from Nevads, buta resident of this city, James G. Fair, accompanied by his youngest son, Charlle Fair, and his promising boy, James G. Fair, jr., alias Johnny Quizz, and Count von Cuerrenti, quietly departed yester- day for the east and Europe by the Southern Pacific train which at 9:808.m. The de- parture was fixed Saturday, but busin matvers would not permit. persecuted Senator called on nis divorced wita and asked leave to take the youngest son with him to Germany to place him in some educa- tional institute, and consented. Mrs. Fair has transferred her interest to him in the prop- erty onthe corner of Mason and California streets, which was to be their home; also the propert; on the corner of Sansome and Pine etreets, a the 50 varas Nos. 344, 188 and 179, and the southwest corner of Grove and Gough’ streets, the consideration of 10. On the other bend! J.C. Fair has"deeded to Mrs. Theresa Fair the y upon which their residence {s, on the thweet corner of Pine and Jones streets, and the property upon which their stables are sit on the southwest corner of Taylor No. 1,024, and Pine streets, and the 50-vara lot the Senator receiving the same consideration as he was su; to have paid his wife. The Senator was asked by a friend before lea where he intended going and when he else) return. “Oh, any to get out of this town. ocres Eaew owes about rg and mine. I y be back months. Te viewed a number of brokers and heady oe he treacherous | on st. beer ape yee are hal{ and, outside of it Injury was @ contusion head, caused evidently by a shovel. ton says there is a clergyman out west | asked leagues. of the liquor c wn of Dundee, chiefly asgo American mind with marinaiade, rekon or late hour the natural exhaustion, the | but for the animated cries and contottions of on the | the youngster, no one would have carried anything why she -Dati fetter ana warmer thing to keep away amounting to | and then the baby conversation.” CURIOUS FEATURES OF ACTUAL LIFE. a Hew “Infernal Machines” are Ma: Climbing the Himalayas. ert ‘Wound Up ‘and Used. = — rede From the Saturday Review. 4. FEW oF THE MOST FaloOUS EXPLOSIVES DE- SORIBED BY AN EXPERT IN THE ART OF. MAKING THEM—DEATH IN AN EGG SHELL. A height of more than 22,000 feet has, we believe, been reached in the Himalayas by an English officer, and a height exceeding 21,000 feet was twice reached by Mr. Whymper in the Andes. Itis remarkable that at first this traveler and his guides suffered frightfully from the rarity of air. At an elevation of only 16,600 feet on the slopes of Chimborazo they felt inca- Ppabdle fora while of making the least exertion. Subsequently, however, Mr. Whymper passed a night on the summit of Cotopaxi, 19,600 feet high, without apparently suffering in any way, and when he made his second ascent of Chimbo- razo he does not seem to have felt any oppres- sion whatever. On the other summit mentioned, that of Cotopax!, he had been preceded by Herr von Thielman, 10 was not apparently in th: least affected by the rarity of the air, and of the five mountaineers who accompanied him only one complained of headache. It seems, then, clear that a strong man accus- tomed to mountain walking would after jowing time for his Langs to get acclimated, to attain without any difficulty a height of 21,000 feet, and that he would possibly be able, without any very great difficulty, to mount 1,000 feet higher. Whether any man, however strong and | prveahsys? Rogie much beyond this, whether eights of 23,000 and 24,000 teet can be reached on foot, it is impossible at present to say. Mr. Matthews, the late president of the Alpine club, who referred to this subject in a r on mountain climbing, seemed to think that even the summit of Mount Everest might not be unattainable. Mount Everest, or Gauri Sanker, towers by more than 6,000 feet over the highest point yet reached on foot, and we fear that over the final part of the walk up it atmospheric conditions would severely try the mountainee: Unfortunately, the- interesting experiment can- not be made, as Mount Everest cannot be approached. A peak more than 28,000 feet high is, how- ever, accessible; and now that Major Mitchell has shown that the difficulties and expense of Himalayan travel are not so great as they are supposed to be, some adventurous members of the Alpine club may think of attempting the ascent of this Monte Rosa of the Himalayas. For the real enthusiast such an expedition must have the greatest possible attraction. If he succeeds he will achieve lasting renown, and if he falls, and at 25,000 feet-or thereabout dies, literally from want of breath, his last moments will be cheered by the thought that he has made a highly interesting experiment, and that. he will rank legitimately among the martyrs of sctence, ‘From the Philadelphia Prom. s The word ‘infernal maohine” has been buz- zing in the popular ear for several years past, and sanguinary demagogues, communistio and nihilistic, tmve rolled the lugubrious term like & sweet morsel upon their wagging tongues, but the public has been kept in utter ignorance as to the exact nature of these explosive com- pounds, which are beginning to play such an important part in the ever$-day political history of Great Britain and the continent. The nefa- rious business has developed to an suspeeee extent, but its wth has been ailent. It was not until within thelast twelyemonth, when this country was made the principal of ‘opera- that the English detectives, able to see from afar those things which had flo ed unobserved under their very n the full importance of the movement, and published It to the world. Evenall the blatant utterances of O'Donovan Roses, mild-mannered man that he 13, pregnant with prophecies of huge and ter- tible machines of destruction, have not, Gueerly public to enough, directed the attention of the & properappreciation of the secret work of which he is the open apostle. Tn New York city to-day, and in this city in- fernal machines of every conceivable pattern are being manufactured, in many Instances within a stone's throw of the headquarters of the law. INFERNAL TYPES. The most common form of infernal machine isthat known as the “ticker.” To all intents and purposes it is an ordinary tin can, very like that in which astral oll is sold. The can, for such It is, is made of heavy galvanized iron. one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness, It is one foot high and four inches square. This ma- chine, as well as all of those now made in this country, are filled with a new powder, invented by George Holgate, of Philadelphia. It has the form ot ordinary gunpowder, is of a dark-brown color, only explodes in connec- tion with the simultaneous application of fire and power, and is estimated to 200 times as powerful as giant gunpowder. The can holds, therefore, the equivalent of 900 pounds of pow der. Upon one side and near the top of the can is attached, by means of brass screws, an ordi- nary clock-spring movement. Above this move- ment, and connected with it, isa snal round brass wheel, about an inch in diameter, having upon one portion of the circumference a slot, or notch. A spring presses upon the edgeof the wheel, which revolves, When the slot is reachea in the oircutt, the spring falls into it with a snap, which in turn releases another spring falling upon a nipple upon which isa gun cap. The nipple is of iron and extends down into the powder, and the explosion of the cap in- stantaneously seta off the compound in the bottom of the can. The machine can be set anywhere between one minute and thirty-six hours. When allis ready the operator closes the lid, fastens it with an iron locker, and de- posits it where he may desire to cause the ex- pesien It can be kicked, rolled around or ammered, but until the sci eae) into the slot and explodes the cap there {is no danger in its handling. By putting the ear close to the lid the melancholy tick-tiek of the clock can be heard, but this is not noticeable at a distance of six feet. The machine ts airtight, and water or any like fluid has no effect on the explosive compound, even were it not hermetically sealed. It can be securely packed in a barrel of lard, a barrel of petroleum, a box of tobacco, a bag of flour, or with any of those articles of export which are not likely to attract attention. The power of such @ machine depends, of course, upon the nature of the confined space in which it is placed. H AN EIGHT-DAY MACHINE. The most powerful internal machine made ts what Is known as an “eight-day machine.” Like Old Clocks, ‘From Notes and Queries, The old brass clocks went only thirty hours, and were set in motion by a weight attached to achain which passed over a sheave having spikes in the groove which caught in the links ofthe chain and required to be drawn up every day. There was acounterpoise at the other end of the chain, and sometimes a aingle welght was contrived to serve both the going and the atrik- ing parts, and there was occasionally an alarm, On the introduction of the long pendulum, clooks seem to have assumed a different character. Catgut was substituted for the chain, and bar- Tels were introduced on which the catgut was wound up, and, a greater length of line being employed, clocks were made togo for eight days instead of thirty hours,and achime of beils playing every quarter of an hour was often added; the weights and long pendulum hung down, and as there was danger of their action being interfered with, tall wood- en cases were made to protect them, on the top of which the movement was placed. This was, I believe, the origin and date of the tall, upright clock cases, which were often made of ornamental woods and enriched with fine marquetry. I have one myself in an early mar- quetry case, made by Thomas Tompion, with a beautiful set of chimes, about 1690, and it is an admirable timekeeper, though it has only the original iron wire for the pendulum rod; and similar instances are numerous. The earlier cases are made of oak and walnut, the mahog- any cases being of the following century, when that wood was introduced. The brass “button and pillar clocks” seem to have gone out of use about this time, and probably tew were made at the end of the seventeentli century; but that will appear more clearly if I receive many com- munications from the owners of dated exam- ples. With regard to the name of the brass clocks, I have“heard them called very many years ago “button and pillar clocks.” The meaning and origin of the name I cannot tell, unless it 1s derived from the plllars at the cor- ners and the hook or button on which the clock may be hung up against the wall. ————— +7. How Colds are Taken. A person in good health, with fair play, says The Lancet, easily resists cold. But when the health flags a little, and liberties are taken with the stomach, or the nervous system, a chill is easily taken, and according to the weak spot of the individual, assumes the form of a cold, pneumonia, or it may be, jaundice. Of all eauses of “cold,” probably fatigue is one of the most efficient. A jaded man coming home at night from a long day's work, a growing youth losing two hours’ sleep over evening parties two or three times s week, or a young lady heavil; “doing the season,” young children over-t and with a short allowance of sleep, are com- mon instances of the victims of “cold.” Luxury Is favorable to chill-taking; very hot rooms, soft chairs, feather beds, create a sensitiveness hat leads to catarrhs. It is not, after all, the “cold” that 1s so much to be feared as the antecedent conditions that give the attack a chance of doing harm, Some of the worst “colds” happen to those who do not leave their house or even thelr bed, and those who are Inost invulnerable are often those who are most exposed to changes of temperature, and who, by good sleep, cold bathing and regular habits preserve the tone of their nervous system and circulation. Probably many chills are contracted at night or at the fag end of the day, when tired people get the equilibrium of their circulation dis- turbed by either overheated sitting-roo: or underheated bedrooms and beds, This is spe- clally the case with elderly people. In such cases the mischief is not always done instanta- neously or in a single night. It often takes place oh A Geet extending over days or even weeks. It thus appears that “‘taking cold” is not by any means a simple’ result of a lower temperature, but depends largely on personal conditions and habits, affecti especially the nervous and muscular energy of the body. a ian Sal! Seana Eat Honey. In the last number of the American Bee Journal the editor closes an article on ‘Bees and Honey in Ancient Times” with the following regarding honey for food and health: ‘Thousands and tens of thousands of children are dying all around us, who, because their ever-developing nature demands sweetness, crave and eagerly demolish the adulterated ‘oandies’ and ‘sirups’ of modern times. If these could be fed on honey, instead, they would de- velop and grow up into healthy men and women. ‘hildren would rather eat bread and hone than bread and butter; one pound of hot will Teach as far as two pounds of butter, has, ant Besides, the tage that It is’ far more healthy’ ana mains good, minute upwards. A machine of this description recently made by Holgate, of Philadelphia, was fourteen inches high, six Inches square, and contained the equivalent of 3,000 pounds of gun- powder. It can, however, have elther a square or spherical shape. It is made of galvanized iron or stout tin. The clock movement 1s so arranged that it can be taken out and away from the machine aid connected again at a moment's notice. The operator, if he desire to divert suspicion. carries the empty can in his hand and the clock movement in his coat-tail pocket. The explosion 1s caused by detonation. A sliding bar of brass, drawn by a screw attached to the movement, when it arrives at the slot In the small brass disk, springs upon a delicate glass phial, made of a hair tube. The phial, which contains a power- ful acid, and is hermetically sealed, in breaking allows the acid to escay This causes the de- tonation and the explosion follows. The wire on top of the movement, which is held in place by a rubber hand, connects with the cap. The acid runs into a ohlorate of potash combina- tion. This machine can be sunk in water or secreted in any liquor or compound—in a box of oranges, a keg of nails, or a loaf of bread. The force of the explosion would be sufficient to tear the largest building in the world to atoms. ‘A most pecullarly and deadly machine is the “Little Exterminator.” It is two inches high and four inches square, of thin sheet brass, nickeled on the inside and outside, and has no lid, only a minute hole in one corner. The ma- chine is filled with a volatile, the fumes of which cause instantaneous death. The principle is the same as that of the ancient Chinese “stink pot” used by them so effectively in warfare with Pirates. A thin brass tube runs in through the small hole in the corner, having upon its outer end a screw cap. Upon the cap isa delicate watch movement. spring falls intoa slot and releases & minute ‘steel spring saw, which is operated by the movement, and saws off the delicate tube. This establishes direct communl- cation with the oxygen of the air, which ignites the volatile. The most sickening perfumes pour out from the box, killing every person within a radius of one hundred feet. ‘The sensation of this volatile is 'ke that caused by cayenne pep- per. ‘There is an intense burning in the mouth, ears and eyes and around the heart. Respira- tion is snatched away as if by a puff of hot air. Experiments have been made upon cats. They die in less than three seconds. ‘THE OZAR’s HAT. There is large class of infernal machines known as ‘bottle machines.” The most ordi- nary forms are enclosed in pint beer bottles, which can be conveniently carried in the coat pocket. The neck of the bottle is hermetically sealed with a rubner cork, through which runs & brass tube divided Into two parts by a thin Fetallte disk, usually made of brass. The top mpartment of the tube is shut off from the air by means of a sorew cap, through which, in turn, runsakey. Also contained in this upper com- partment is a small vial of powertul acid. By turning the key the vial ts broken, and the acid falling upon the disk ests into the powder, which is packed closely. The time of explosion depends upon the thickness of the disk. The acid, the instant it comes in contact with the powder explodesit. A largenumber of these ma- chines were made for the nihilists, to be used at the coronation of the czar. The newest inven- tion, and one which has met with much favor in 8t. Petersburg, is what is called the “hat explo- der.” Two exceedingly thin circular disks of sheet brass, hat wder an inch thick, are soldered and riveted hermetically to- gether and sewn in the top of an ordinary hat. The entire weight of the machine, although it and often produces cramp in the stomach, eruc- tations, sourness, vomiting and diarrhoea Pure honey should always be freely used in every family. piones eaten upon wheat bread is very health. “The use of honey instead of for al- most every kind of cooking is as for the palate as It ia healthy for the stomach. In preparing blackberry, raspberry, or strawberry short-cake, it 1s infinitely superior. “Tt is a common ex] contains the equivalent of elghty pounds of powder, fs only stxteen’ gunces. ‘he hat is waved of thrown ‘up in the alr. Falling, it ex- odes. The device looks for all the world like wo pancakes stutk to; . A great many hand nades are made in New York. They are hollow balls of iron, through which runs a tube, surmounted by a brass itton by saa yn A Reed P talla force of gravity upon the side on which is the heavy lead button. ‘The button is breaks a vial of acid, and the acid causes the explosion. A grenade three and one-half inchea Sede nearer ene of powder. ie y en made to contain Greek fire, which is sot off by the clockwork, burning down the ballding in which St is placed. In this there no explosion. {t is wonderfal to what extremes of ingenuity the inventors of infernal machines have Machines have been and are being v= True, it does not add so much to the growth of muscle a8 does beef-steak, but it no and vig- brous [sree ergrneeseeorae Tt gives warmt! the ‘arouses nervor dt stimulants, such as Brodtuces a healthy action, & resul sition and a bright Peds nkone) 9 cen An Important Amendment. rom the Albany Argus. = In Kingston, last Sunday, Bishop Jones, who or ago, in pattern was so constructed as shoe soles, : Walking on the soles for a certsin time causes them to explode, and woe be unto the unfortu- nate possessor. The demand for infernal ma- chines increases constantly. avil trom ‘the most juarters, “There are iiving at New ladeiptia representatives of all the unexpected revolution as sock in the world. Th rev leties in the worid. ey are not confined to theo: Europe, but Mexico and South America. & the “ticker,” it can, however, be set from one | many tain ofa mi An ey ke been bough: country, and orders are comin; indications it wo! ovement is numi appear that some sort lily contemplated in Italy. machines have ladelphia to be sent to that in every day. + Holgate was asked the other day what would be the effect of the explosive act now before the Pennsylvania legisiature. He said, ‘‘It will be. inoperative. My machines are not infernal ma- chines until made into an hat, a boot, a coat, anything in fact. way is ) impossible.” are made so. ternal mach! hovel, crush the business in this Anything can be ine—an orange, & ® pound of sugar, When Time Has Wings, and When it NO NEED TO ‘WAIT. is Shod With Lead—Hours at ‘Reolining in an easy chair on a stormy winter’snight, facing « cheerful fire, amid cosey and comfortable sur- roundings, interesting book in hand, and, perhaps, de- cious cigar in month, oneisin nohurry. Life is con- Life’s Extremes, contrated in the present. The past iss dream, and the future isa babe unborn, Itiseasy, then, to wait. But Alstress is impatient, Necessity is urgent. Trouble cannot consent to wait. Sometimes it must, however, and then time's feet seem shod with lead,and the clocks fall asleep. Above all their lesser good qualities, the salient excel- lence of BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS is that they do not keep you wafting. Placed over the seat of pain they begin their helpful work at once. All other plasters have this radical defect; they draw upon the sufferer’s faith in a doubtful to-morrow. They do ‘&@ credit business. The Capcine, because of vertain medicinal powers which it alone possesses, acts to-day. It does not ask you to endure one sleepleas night more —one additional week of disappointed hope, How im- Portant this difference is—aside ‘rom the mere question of suffering and the various !conyeniences and losses attending tt—none but the trained physician knows. Disoases have their crisis periods bayond which recovery 4s doubtful or impossible. While waiting for the slow and uncertain action of the old-fashioned cheap plaster, the patient may cross the fatal line. But whether he does or not, it remains true that, other things being equal, the quickest is the best. And the CAPCINE is ‘the quickest, clearly reward to Ayer’s Chetty In the middle of the genuine the word CAPCINE is out. Price 25 cents, Beabury & Johnson, Chemists, New York. OPINION OF THE clergymen, lawyers, public say itis the best remedy that dan affections of tho vocal orzans, throat and Jungs. Box. BLOTY ‘Diseases gro age op Jol AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DaYs. CREE TR Paee ari yas FY i ® if S56 8 i Fi THOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, Aut. ttt TO.mMORKOW. Cuas. Wexxs. W. W. Boris. w= * (00. Auctioneers, srauy, ‘Opposite City Post Office, LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE SALE OF HOUSB- HOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS. vonped ot Huai seed applying to this office. HOG, LINOOLY casey, _DUNCANSON BROw."hustaneere 25-6 ae cae UILDIN 3% ‘tn Liber CARPETS, STOVES, &0., BOTH NEW AND BEC- OND-HAND GOODS OF ALMOST EVERY DESCRIPTION AT AUCTION, IN FRONT OF AND WITHIN OUR SALESROOMS, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE SEVENTH. Commencing at Tex O’oLocm—Rain or Shine. Particular attention is called to this sale, as it is the largest collection of desirable Furniture offered by us this season, and comprises almost every article of household use. CHAS. WEEKS, Sactsmax, ‘Late with Dunoanson Bros. it E.R. HAIGHT, Trastet For Other Auctions See sth Page. Fine Storage. Percanson BROS., Auctioncers. BPECIAL SALE FINANCIAL. Teuyanp see v. 6 Govr AND p, 0 Fon is, WA CH. ay Wasi ©. GASLIGHT and ALL Gther Cig? TAGE SETH. WAKER aie Bs ae Deposits receive’ subject to check. ND: SGES, We SPECI ‘ SIANI aici oe fe pay AL attention to obtaining COR! PILLO and RELIABLE information regarding our various eecuritics, and are propared at all times to answer inqui> ries regarding same, HARRY ©. TOWERS & CO. BANKERS, BROKERS AND INSURANCE, my31 1420 F STREET NORTHWEST, Ry T 4 USS) BUG FIFTY BAGS “COFFEE. Al CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES; HORSE, PHAETON AND HAR: 2 . HE MUTUAL RESERVE FU ul THURSDAY MORNIXG, s0Ne sevens. at | 1 98,2 ts doing large pe iS eee oreo te ae stg@abore; to which the attetitioh of buyers is reep-et- | CAWGE WEES: and, f too Stearn fully calied. $5 ble competition, “are warranted cea a So a ag . o Lo celved t te own injury in this toost Importagt eas hows; but let evary one spud for SALE OF veny sbeEluo Han fp na relish ER FUR! oI oi Baprecedented business cont inuea, and even ABLE LINEN, WI Ww month by month, thanks to these selfish abd se Ba. tacks, which provoke investigation, iy to Our fry Se Bok vantage, TP EMGHT. Mog ges AY HOnM Sy As Office 1509 H street. my 1988, at TEN O'CLOCK, | shall tesserae tier a “Sue culsesion of Fersltare eis 16 Su ing Piano. aoe PB vate STOCK TELEGRAPH WIRES and actors, nN by All prooured for all bly cured with Ayer's Sat Jusr Recervezp, 8, PIMPLES AND ALL SEIN by cleansing the blood ble my81 A fall ine of NEW INGRAINS, Alarge lot of MATTING, Cheap, Another invoice of ALASKA REFRIGERATORS, the BEST and CHEAPEST in the Market. Exemie our Stock before buying: CARPETS CLEANED AT LOWEST PRICES, my26 HE Have celebrai offer at ness is ‘Trunl pri = apld Agents for Harnoses epeniaity opened to-day another very Iai ii YHarnges and SINGLETON & 80! HOEKE, 1 MARKET SPACE. Coxconp Hiagxgss. St: RO., & 18 descriptions, ted Concord very low prices, very with stany maker's name and trade tchela, &c., in great variety LU’ thosale of “Tho Conosed Harness of all ‘Coupe, Carriage and Road stock of the whic! genuine Concord Har- ‘mark. ‘at bottom LUTZ & BRO., 497 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Aajot ining National Hotel. S. Verarr. IMPORTED PURE OLIVE OIL ON DRAUGHT. Also, ITALIAN MACCARONL an bi eieost and 1339 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. yy MM MM REE NN 00. MMMM IE NN No MARE RNS 8 8 Mot kee NN DR. Ft generative organs occurs, from lg erry vk N N Bs yy = YY ¥Y¥ Joao) waza x ¥ E CHEEVER’S ELECTRIC BELT, or Regenera- made expressly for the cure of derangements of tho procreative organs. Whenever any debility of the cause, the ‘whatever continuous stream of ELECTRICITY permeating through the parts must restore theny to healthy action. There is no mistake about this instrument. Years of ‘use have tested it, and thousands of curee are testified to, Weakness from Indiscretion, Incapacity, Lack of ‘Vigor, Sterility—in fact, any trouble of these organs is cured. Do not confound this with electric belts adver- tised to cure all ills from head to toe, This is for the ONE specified purpose, For information addrese— mhS-skw Grouutr & Covs [ATIOO Lit tion le atwaye affect! : ways ve. discharzes, in the Hospitals (QUID, ofall cent es, as0d: F . HigonD, M Paris ° SUPREME COURT [ghz OF COLUMBIA SITTING OLIVE BU CHEEVER ELECTRIC BELT CO., 103 Washington street, Chicago. wiving fall h guiry, Wak & TTER 5 fioen as fodorenen ee oy E loquet and Kpxit 5 St . WASHING RE’ \CHMOND, ontztendoome: nee Table with iGTOR, ‘W YORK AND RI oh ique Hall and Other Tables. ¥ bray oy an Desk. ‘Walput Chairs. Valo: Chamber Furniture, Fine Hair ‘and Bedding. H. H. DODGE, ery Walnut P Table, Bentwood Dining Silver-plated Warg, Trays. Cutend Glassware. fie Chine Disngt tad Descort Service, Klewant Table finen, Hesent te % ‘Together with a segs = Superior Lot of Lay d Bitchen Hequiaites. ab Linen Sag hr Will be sold frst oor. be scen eatiy on THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. nwa © Sm pee AUCTION SALE OF VALUA: IN THe SOnTHEASE Bonds, ‘Stocks and Investment Seourities Bought and Sold on Commission, No. (39 167m BTREET, (CORCORAN BUILDING) 4eency for Prince aud Whitely, Stock Brokers, (4 Baoapwar. New Youu, clona of Pecurities boucht an’ e014 on itimore, NTBECLION OF THE SR Pc ASL ae Ee | reaver. cesccte aocs ct Sete cetacean’ ed | reece ey ace Set ay in one and two years Yofx per coht per annul, k Se be required when the property is ipeageneer rot layered FPPHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. of coh! SPECIALTIES. eG AND FE PROF. inne §] iy apes Five thonsand doliars to any ope we oan in tebing the past, present per and in TRUSTRES SALE OF A VERY VALU. RB }one GA Vice is in Val He DWALLING HOUSE AND ADJOINING PR ame Jn full, ‘and is the ci SES, ON THE WEST SIDE OF 0) ., Warring Do queetions 0: SIKEET, IN GEO! Fie REAR STREET'AND THE M. ‘T HOUSE. ‘any desori; i if ewedon. ISFACTION GIVEN OB NO PAX, re fh 8; gentemen, $1.7"? TANa aye rem Court of tie Distitof Coutts ntene ws {6 | Tye RGEERTSS rene Stet ; 3 Feats, duly sueause No, S006. "T. 1} Grow Spltinl ENIGNe eae gs y AND, OO etal, plaintis 3 ey ro ' Boucher et al., defeng- | San be cons dayeltah igh catanuceaatsp tect | pe sate ae ae ay Of July. un ; a in"ana’ by maid mal ‘t = Sepeeas on RON Jove aad matrin ion given or no pay. TORAGE OF FURNITURE AND MERCHANDISE. DUNCANSON BROS., corner northwest, have inrge an and Snes ny foods coveréd it oe eee he Ree Sorfmodated by thie firma. Lp. pan i nS ROTECT YOUR FURS AND WINTER CLOTE- ING AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF MOREL REFINED GUM CAMPHOR, 300, PER POUND. 1. C, BISHOP, 790 9th street, corner H street nortin Lousiana STATE LOTTERY. CAPITAL PRIZE $150,000, IMPRO" OF FOUB- m0Re. ADAM ROSS, THE LONG. Pera Drtenten, RE Mine See a Acne Sin the pret Py te feaxion tells the pont, procent and hutake hota advice and aseistance on all matters busine ALL iy cI a= canines 2a st above D street north wost. is mont yy sultation fee reduced. Ladica, 60 cents; gentlemen, Thanos cant B1 feck to te ae and thence iat Hots | MES, Boadss RENCE MAGNECIG Int thre:-story Brick House | Mina _umnees Medi ep remo PECs 3s stroot northwest, where rl will be plowss “The terms of eale are as follows, to wit: Faery Sp pet dollars to be pad down on the day of tobefortetted | DAn¥ Frituds ent customers. St: ip case Of Non-compliance with tive terme of mules ones cs : i third of the enure purchase money ta cash within tive POC Cee SSA ASA, 5 | oven Giicasin two caual luslaliments at teeteand emery | pammen, Bo oat a an eis irdsin two cqual. iustallments at twelve and e — a mouths from the day of sale, with interest from, tat date. Full conveyance to be made on payment of entire pi a €: veyance. THOS. DOWLING, Auct. HANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE UNI CPiofEti ON Tae EASE SIDE OE ¥ Al P RAODE Ist ND A = OF KHODE ISI-AND : her. Oo! PPORTUMITY Fou CAPITALISTS! ‘ACHANCE FOR A GOOD INVESTMBSTT virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court fret (ist day of Decombel iBee, Reena Roe t-1 Ear juit taity docket No. 21. wo will offer for saler Dic in front N- Bat Sune THE MGuTEENTE Gone 5) ». M., Lote four (4), six 8). of Heitmn fuare numbered two hundred the City of “Washing ° “Wei i a rr PRE nt Commissioners, UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION? OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED, LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY. | i 8 Hi i