Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1883, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON... SATURDAY. , BRIGHT FANCIES OF THE PO: Sammer. Shower. ‘Written for Tae Evesta Star. After a sultry day, the sun goes down In clouds: and what portend the clouds? O, Rata! ‘Hidest thou, smiling, deep within that frown? Drop the black mask, triumphant forth again, Resplentent! How the grass ben4s low to thee, The flowers In suppiteation drop tuelt heats! A prayer ascends from every moveiess tree, Asolemn calm o’er all the lants:ape apreafat Insect, nor bird, nor antm ul, no: But In their various ways invite thee. § The prisonet win 1s to marshal Ort thy van, Taen cme, thou only cong 1 Thy swift march sweeps the lint To rise ia Jewels when tue sua ap Written for Tue EvEstNe Stan. Two hearts met Ina shaty del, , and loved each other wells site for a few sweet hours, ed there aint Ist the flowers: Dapd was closer drawn, wokle-s imara, A uvlow fell athwart thelr way; & ween the hearts It darkly lay, they were sundered. SLirh O21» littl» step fn the chil Litke way : Sv went Woo far oa thit summ-r's diy; Hi thought the prize too quickly won, Avi tn an hour ‘t was all un.tone; Thus on Life's broad and bounilless 87a, Tavy drifted apart—poor hearts, ah! m2. T we suashine that before them lay, F.r one false step on that summer's day, Was dimmed for aye. J. F. FITZGERALD, 2c Sometime, It to dreaming of the past, ink of all your Ize has missed, You wil remember my true heart atlast. Or {t may come to pass, some dreary night, Alter that has been hard to bear, e weary, heart-sick, and forlorn, And ‘there fs none to com{ort, nor to care, ‘That you will close your tired eyes, to dream Of tener kisses falling soft, and iat, f restful touches smoothing back your hair, And sweet words spoken for your heart's de- light. ‘Oh! then you will remember, and be glad ‘That I once kept you fondly in my heart, And that your heart’s true home was really there, Although to-day we wander far apart. ae ae ay ‘The Neck in the Sea. ‘They say that yonder reck once towered Upon a wide and greasy plain, Lord of the Lind, unt! the sea Usurped his green Comatn: = now remembering the fair scene Where once he re.kned without endeavor, ‘The great rock In tise ocean stands And battles win the waves forever. How oft, O rock, must visit thee Sweet visions of the ancient calm All amorous with birds and And odorous with balm! 4h me, the terrors of the time Wien the grim, wrinkled sea advances, And winds and waves with direful eri+s. ‘Arouse thee from thy happy trances! ‘To no soft tryst they waken No sunny scene of perfect rest, But to the raging sea’s vanguard ‘Thunderins against thy breast: No singing btri: But the wild winds, Ant gladly woul! they hurl thee di And mock thee in eteraal dirges. But be ft thine to conquer them; And may Chy firmenduring form Still frown upon the hurricane, ‘Still grandly front the storm’: And while the tall ships come and And come and go the generations, May thy proud presence yet remain A wonder uno all the hattons. Sometimes. perchance, O lonely Thou mayest rezain thine ven then thy breast ir and yearn with fond emotion, ce mote ip glorious war To mee ‘The roaring cohorts of the ocean. Let me, like thee, thou noble rock, Pluck honor from the seas of tines e Providence doth place my feet “t me stand sublime: fs very sweet to lle thy shores without endeavor, Ur far to breast t Ue with my 4 —HENkY Aes BLoop, In August Century. Wasmxeros, D. ——— Untold. A face ma ach! Le woeful-white to cover aheart that’s And a face Way be full of ight over a heart that’s breaking! "Tis not the heaviest grief for which we wear the willow; ‘The teurs bring slow relief which only wet the pillow. Hard nay be burdens bore, though friends would fain unbind th Harder are crosses can find them. 7m where none save Christ For the loved who leave our se our souls are wellenigh riven But ab! for the graves we hide, have pity, tender Heaven! Soft be the words and sweet that soothe the spoken Sorrow; TrOW; Alas! for the weary fect that may not rest to- —MarGaret E SanosTer, Than uilana Georgiana Seraphina Brown; up her tiny foot and put ft lightly down, And that's the way she went about through this litte town. ‘This Juliana Georgiana Seraphina Brown, She winked a wink with both her eyes whenever I would frown: ch a glance my very heart And that’s the way'she ruled the boys through all this little town. ahs congiana Seraphina Bro any peaches in your brand-new gown; re Just the girl to kelp a chap to win himself renown; So don't you go and miss it and take some country clown! Oh, Juliana Georgiana Seraphina Brown, If I were but a jolly king 'u make you share my crown? But since you're just an active verb, and I'ma common noun, Till take the sentence as it stands and parse this ttle town! —__—-e-___ Summer Hymn, ‘The year draws near its golden-hearteq prime, Fulfilled of grandeur rounded Into grice: ‘We seem to hear sweet notes of Joyance chime From eifta bells through many @ greenwood place. ‘The sovereign summer, robed and garlanded, Looks, steeped in Verdure, up the enchanted s A crown, siin-woven, round her royal head, And loves warm languor in her dreamy éyes. ‘We quaff our fill of beauty, peace, delight: But mid the entrancing scene a’still voice saith, “If earth, heaven’s suadow, shows a face 80 bright, Whst of” God's summer past the straits of death?” —Pavi HAMILTON HaYNg, Im Season. Now the apothecary Doth deem it necessary helo the men who soda drink, drink, nk: So that he may not stir up Their wrath by giving syruj Entirely inconsistent with a wink, wink, wink. —Somercilie Journal, 1 gave him his first rejection At Newport, a year ago; At Christmas, with proper reflection, ‘Again, in New York, f said “Na ‘There’s in grammar a rule I remember— Two negatives—how does it run? So the cards have gone out for September, And my white satin gown is begun. ——_—__-e-_____ Hanlan telegraphed as follows to the New “In wooly fo our in- York Evening Tel s juiry concerning my differences wi will state that I consider him anything but Square man, for thereason that hehas done more } to tnjare professional sculling any man iy fo A man in Peabody, Mass., has just celebrated hia elghty-arat birt wife, the way that and pte few y by marrying his third | club was formed. It isa g scheme, too— General Notes on Steamship Habits, with Some Advice About Sensickness. Correspondence of the Philadelpiia Times. Livenvoor,, June 23.—There must be some- thing peculiar in the air that people breathe on a trans-Atiantie steamer that forees them to do queer things in spite of themselves. Apart from the seasickness which makes the lining of their stomach their most prominent personal fea- ture, they seem to act, speak and think differ ently and to adopt ideas which they do not take with them further than the cus- tom houses in Europe. One of the ideas whieh the traveler cherishes as nas the yes- Lon which he has taken his passaze slips from dock is that he and not the captain 1s in It Joes not take him long to decide 1 officers with whom he hi know noth!ag about seaman- hey persist in steering a course directly posite to that which he thinks is the right trusted his life ship. 0} and he denenaces them — for y go too fast or they go too slowly and he lets them know it. He is ever they want his advice, and if ere is any danzer it is always he who first di: ed itand, to use one of his favorite ex- ut the captain up to it.” n this trip I have earried two hundred pas- sxud one handred and elchty of them yme forward and told me how to run my id the commander of one of the mers that ply between Europe and the United States, to areporter. “Sometimes they tell me that Lam carrying too much sail, ind: of bursting my boilers. If the re area score of n with perfect veracity exclai id you so!’ for every conceivable mishap at ever occurred to a vessel is predicted for ws by passengers several days ahead. All cap- tains who cross the Atlantic haye the same sort ofa tim “Does it make you miserable or keep you awake at night?” asked the reporter. “Occasionally,” returned the persecuted marl- ner, heaving a sigh as his thoughts went back to martyrdom long since endured, and he re- membered that there was lots more to come. “ have literally to run away ani hide myself very often. When we take our observations at mid- day with the sextant passengers are apt to ima- gine that we are calculating the distance to the bottom of the sea and estimating how long It wiiltake fora steamer of tive thousand tons burden to get there. ‘Signaling for help,’ they often exclaim when we are scanning some dis- tent bark with a ten-horse-power telescope, and when the sea is smoother than a mill pond.” E The captain who spoke was standing on the bridge of a steamer entering the port of Liver- ol. Every few minutes he gave a half-hunted look and dodged from port to starboard and trom. ‘starboard to port to escape volleys of questions. “Do you see that buoy, captain?” sald a pas- senger with a nose that was naturally blue, but which was made bluer still by sea-sickness. As he spoke he pointed to a thing about as big as a house that had been sighted at least ten miles off. The captain affected not to hear. “I don’t believe they see it,” roared the man, in an incip- lent stage of distraction. ‘We shall run onto it. We shall get wrecked. I knew it all along.” And he darted up and down the deck, spreading terror among the women and chiidren. “That's the kind of a man I was talking about.” the old salt said, looking after him with eyes that were anything but friendly. The gentleman of the nautical profession took a few turns from right to left. gave the regula- tion hitch to his trousers and spoke some words to a sailor, who immediately seized hold of a rope and began pulling it. Then he allowed himseif to be questioned. “One of the funniest things about people on an ocean voyage,” he presently observed, “is hey rig themselves out.”’ He chuckled as he remembered it. “On the first day they have the appearance of Christians, but gradually they grow more heathenish and more piratical. First of all. they don a ferocious hat. Then they put on blouses and shirts that Indians might wear and be consistent. They affect the nautical and wear their trousers loose. There is @ man who looks more like a ‘guy’ In a comic opera than anything else I have ever seen. Look atit. Here it come.” The skipper was right. with a hue pipe in his mouth.a man who might have es He top boots; round reason or meaning at all, was a heavy leatler be which he i stuck an open pucket-knife; his ear Was a Woman's bonnet; the end of his ‘hain was fastened in his buttonhole; un- der his arm was a big telescope and a field-glass in a leather case hung round his shoulders. On land he would have been called a “crank.” At sea he was up with the it fashions, His tel- escope made him an authority on naval matters with feeble-minded persons. His leather beit proved to others that he was an old sailor and knew all about seasickness, and his entire garb made some imagine that he was one ot the of- ficers or the pilot. “+ An elderly man went on the promenade deck the other day, dumped himself down among a lot of ladies, coolly took off ashoe and a sock, and began cutting his corns,” the captain went “We put it down tothe seaair. I have known aman torush into the saloon when a concert has been going on and yell out, ‘We're breaking up fast, they're getting out the boats,’ when in reality we were steaming along on a sea without a ripple on it. The provocation for the man’s belief that our planks were parting company was that he saw some one greasing the pulleys of the davits. It is a common prac- tice for people who see a splash in the ocean to roar out, ‘Man over! d.” “Do you know acure for seasickness?” the captain’ repeated. ‘Well, yes—champagne. The main trouble is that people won't diet them- selves. I saw alady, who, from the green and blue hues of her tace might have been on her death-bed, order her dinner on deck from the deck steward. She was, as many people are, atrald to trust herself away from the friendly side of the ship. She told him to bring her roast goose and gave him a shilling to get her an extra help of onfons. Of course, when she had dined, the roast goose rebelled ‘and the onions did, too. People go in too much for pork and sausages. I will give you a few pointers, if you like The speaker took from an inside breast- pocket a little bill of fare, which he allowed the Teporter to copy. He guaranteed it as seasick proof. It read: Breakfast—Oat meal porridge, tea, dry bread and biscuits, apples, oranges. Luncheon—Any soup not of a greasy nature; if luncher can ‘stand it roast beef without gravy, plenty of dry bread and biscuits and fruit; avoid pastry. Dinner—Light soup, spring chicken, oat cakes, beef, tea, raisins and a few almonds and grapes; ice cream not injurious. General Directions—To many people at sea coffee isa good emetic. Fish should not, asa rule, be eaten. Do not let the stomach get too empty. If faint before rising, drink tea and eat a few sea-biscuits. People who follow that bill of fare won't be sick,” the captain said confidently. ‘I find that Americans suffer much more than British- ers. I don’t know how it is. I never heard of any one dying of sea-sickness, although every one thinks he will. As I said before, champagne is the only thing that has ever been successful for sickness, although it Is neither certain nor Tadical. I once h & man say that the most comfortable way is to cross the Atlantic ina drunken stupor, but I haven't much faith in that fellow, and wouldn't advise ple to fol- low his papier Some say that seasick- ness {s all imagination, but if that is so, how is it that horses and dogs and babies a few months old are martyrs to it? The canary birds in the saloon used to suffer a little at first, but thev have got hardened now. They laid their heads — side and looked very comical and miser- le. ————++-____ Why They Don’t Speak. About two weeks ago two women met in a Detroit street car, and when one complained that she was again without a cook the other replied: “Ah; Ihave a jewel of a gir! She's neat, Prompt, respectful, and I only pay her 12 shil- lings a week.” it possible!” “Yes; she’s trom the country and doesn't know that she can get more w: ‘ah same two women met in thesame car again yesterday, but alas! how" situation! They stared frigidly at each other without even a nod, and they would not sit on the same side of the car. The 12 shilling Jewel ofa girlis now receiving $2 per week in the kitchen of the woman who was without a cook. Hence the ruction, which will descend to the third generation. —————o_____ A Social Club in the West. ‘From the Denver Tribune, “What is the object of the Gout Cab?” re- There swaguered by, A CHINESE MEINISTEW’S DAUGH- TER. ‘The Barbarous Aci Heroivm of a Chinese Lady Educated in London. From the Saturday Review, Under the modern ryles of society women have almost as many outlets for their energy as men, and they certainly are not backward in taking advantage of them. They jostle men in the hunting fleid, they penetrate Amazonian forests, they hob-nob with South African sov- eigns, they cross the Rocky mountains, or live among the hairy ravages of Yezo. In other climes and under different conditions the out- ward manifestations vary, but the same motive power is there still. Of all women in the world, the ladies of China are probably kept in the closet bondage; for, while they are compelled to render to their par- ents an obedience more absolute than is prac- tised in any other country, with the acquisition of husbands they find themselves committed not only to a complete acquiescence in the wills of their lords, but also to a veritable bondage to their tathers and mothers-in-law. This last con- sideration, coupled with the inevitable doubt whether each will be the only star to shine in her new sphere, deprives matrimony of that charm which generally surrounds it in the eyes of maidens. Such a reversal of the common or- der of things could only exist in a country where the needle points to the south, and where men wear petticoats. Where otherwise would one find young ladies banded together in anti-matri- monial societies, and ready to say with Her- mila: So will we die, my lord, Ere we will yield our virgin patent up Unio their lordships, to whose unwisded yoke Our souls consent not to give sovereignty. ine fifteen Mayfair maidens throwing themselves together into the Thames rather than accept the husbands proposed for them, as so many young girls did at Canton not long ago. But, if once the objection to marriage be over- come, such young ladies show as keen a desire to fulfill every duty of the state to which they have been called as they before did to avoid un- dertaking any duty at all. A daughter of the late Chinese minister to London, Kwo Sungtaon, has recently afforded ain admirable example of what a wife should be, dare and do. According to the Pekin Gazette, at the tender age of seventeen she consented to become the wife of the brother of Tso Tsung-tang, the conqueror of Kuldja. Not long afterwards by a decree of the fates her husband fell 1ll, and when ordinary nourishing food failed to revive her prostrate lord, she with more than courage sliced a piece of flesh from her arm-and mixed it with his broth. But “her pretty action did outsell her gift,” and in spite of her heroism her husband died. This event, which might well Shave brought to aclose a record of self-devotion, only opened a new field for the exercise of saintly duty. ‘Tso had gone and could not come back to her; but there was no reason why she should not go to him. So she refused to swallow anything but gold-leaf. Here, however, some unseen power interposed, and the gold neither choked her nor wrought the mischief which the more costly powdered diamonds produce with the victims of Indian assassins. Struck with wonder at this miracle, her friends besought her to tarowaney the poison and to remain yet a little while wit them. This, attersome misgivings, she consent- ed todo; but, keeping the word of promise to their ear and breaking it to their hope, she took advantage of the first illness which overtook her to perform a happy despatch by starving herself to death. Evolution by Corsets. Many women entertain theories as to how their figures may be Improved, but few care to record their methods in a public newspaper. Tne deplorable result is that many hundreds grow up just as nature fashioned them, with waists as monstrous in size as that of the Venus de Medici. It is therefore a matter of congratu- lation that quite a number of mothers have un- bosomed themselves inthe columns of the Toron- to Mail. One mother defends the use of stays, stoutly holding thatnothing is crushed or broken.” She says: At most, some of the organs are slightly dis- placed, and the stomach is prevented distend- ing, as it does in 9 out of 10 of those who do F From the time I was seven years of until now ([ am 26) Ihave been coistantly in tizhtly laced stays, and I have not suffered a illness in my life. 1 have a good bust and shoulders, but I only wear 19-inch corsets, and do you think when my little girl is old enough I will be deterred by theories from putting her incorsets? Indeed, I will not. On I will commence, and in addition to whatever charms she may possess of feature, I am determined she shall have the charm of a good figure. Another mother, inspired with visions of a perfect form for her daughter, met with the most absurd and unexpected obstacles, her child's mind evidently having been poisoned by vicious literature. The chronicle of the parent's woes is truly touching and such as might well cause hearts of stone to melt and run: Thave had a great deal of trouble with my daughter, 15. She had read articles against corsets and refused to be laced. I punished her severely several times, but she still persisted in cutting the laces at night. I finally incased her ina tight-fitting, heavily bound pair of stays. “It is no use, mamina,” she said; “when they pain me to-night I'll have to cut the laces.” When undressed I fastened her wrists together. In the morning I released ber, but as soon as dressed I fastened her wrists ‘behind her back and so kept them all day, except at meal times and while at the piano, and so for one entire week I kept her in bondage. She has not re- moved the stays since. of the insubordinate spirit among the young. Time was when children did not presume to override authority, but to-day the essence of nihilism has sunk down to the very corset-strings of the school-girl, and unless the heroic work now being done by some of the mothers of Can- ada is continued, “stays” will be a thing of the past, and the growing of very large busts and very small waists a lost art. <r Save the Babtes. ‘When the system loses its tone, any sudden change is present danger, even to persons inthe vigor of their prime. But to children the danger is more imminent, says the Philadelphia Record. They are very sensitive to superficial changes, and must be defended by clothing, by exposure to fresh air during the day, af well as protected from draughts during ‘sleep. The common belief is that the less clothing put upon an infant the better. That isamistake. Every Infant should be clothed in light flannel next the skin during the heated term, but not swathed or tightly wrapped. The dress proper for a young child 1s of the softest and most elastic flannel, without bands or other “fitting” appli- ances. Put the baby ina bag, but do not put it In afashtonable dress during the hot weather. Particular care should be observed that young children subsisting on mother’s milk do not get too much acid with it. A mother who nurses her own child must agree to sacrifice some: thing for the good of the child. The diet of the mother determines that of the child. When the food taken 1s perfectly assimilated, the child will have thesbenefit of it. But in-very warm weather none but the simplest food can be perfectly assimilated. Simple food does not mean starvation. It does not mean privation. it means that discrimination between what ts nutritions and what is merely toothsome, which Confines the wise to articles whose assimilative periods are about the same. The mother cando much to defend her child against summer dangers, but no mother can make a perfect defense. Our on se is to suggest defenses within the reach of all. The practice ofexposing infants to atmospheric changes without ‘sufi- elent clothing is dangerous. Any child may be taken into the parks and squares in pleasant weather without danger, and with much benefit if only the body be really defended inst the varying temperature of the air. Adults are con- cious of “‘warm and cool streaks” of air in the hottest day, and infants are severely conscious of the same thing. They cannot defend them- selves against such cl , but they can be defended by prover clothing. Don’t ‘be afraid of soft flannels. They do not oppress infants, unless the dress be fitted to the ay. Discara bands and other appliances used in the dark ages, when human stupidity was blasphemously called “mysterious Providence.” Sponge the bodies with cool water—not cold—during these scorching days, and dry them with a soft Turk- ish towel. n't rab them dry, and don’t rub them at all eave with a coolhand, Let us save the babies, for the babies of 1883 will be the men and women of the 20th century. —_—_—__-.. & Slander from the West. The pleasure season-at- the eastern resorts Is plied Ward Lamon yesterday. “Why, it is simply an organization formed by a certain class | now fairly open,/<t put 8 small mud- Sere eee rene eualn ves intended | turtle, about the slge-6f:a silver dollar, in a bed ee an mselves at some | ata New J the lod in their lives. of us have been over- twas aasigacd ve Hine Poon on mice by that most fashionable gout, sight Tesumed for the the works like @ charm.” caught ‘i once nis loth rem tn " amivedies i are have a Bight Nv’ We could have no better evidence of growth | EMMA. LARSON’S TRIP, Setting Out al ‘from Wisconsin to Bide on Horseback to California. From the Cheyenne Leader. “Hello! how far ts tt to the next town?” These words greeted the ears of Mr. W. W. Davis and family-as they sat at supper yesterday evening at their residence, 16th and O'Neil streets. ' Mr. Davis looked out of the open door of his dining room upon 16th street. He saw there an unusual picture. A fine, large, sorrel mare, with a yearling colt at her side, was standing by the sidewalk.» Upon the mare’s back sat a young woman sidewise in a man’s saddle. She had on a man’s broad-brimmed hat, a close-fit- ting blue and white checked calico dress, rough lace shoes, and on one foot was a man’s stirrup. Ayellow rubber coat was tied up behind the saddle. The young woman was sunburnt, and travel stained, but sat erect and looked as ifshe was able to take care of herself. She was a girl of about 20 or 22 years of axe, having an In- | telligent face. with comely features. Her hair, which was brown. was cut somewhat short, and | banged. Her complexion was of the hue that wind and sun puts on aman or woman, and her lips were chapped from the same cause. She had bright gay eyes and a straight handsome nose. “What town do you want?” ‘The next town, whatever it “Where are you traveling to?” “To California.” “Alone?” “Yes, alone, and camping out. find good grass?” Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Ike good, hospitable people, invited the young lady to dismount and partake of apme supper. She washed her hands and face, sat down to the table, and talked about the trip she was making. “My home is at Kingston, Green Lake county Wis.,” she said, ‘where [live witn my father., Lonce spent some time visiting in southern California, but it was some years ago. I have for several years thought of starting in the spring and making the Journey on horseback, and this year I made up my mind that I would doit. Ihave been eight weeks on the road. From my home to the Misstssippl river the dis- tance is 180 miles; it is 350 across the state of Towa, as I traveled, and then 500 and more to Cheyenne. So Ihave come over a thousand miles on horseback and alone.” “Have you a good horse?” “Indeed I have. aney wanted me to give up my trip at Kearney. Why, some folks there grew real angry with me because | persisted in going on. They wanted me to sell my mare and colt and take the money to pay my passage. But I do not need money, and I'll never part with that mare, She's a good animal, has speed as a trotter, and she weighs as much to a und as when [ started with her. To-day I ave ridden twenty-eight miles, but that is more than I generally make. I travel mornings and evenings, and I stop a long while at noon. I started with a side saddlo, but it made the mare's back sore, so I traded it off fora man’s saddle. At nightI picket the mare, and lie close to the picket. She can't move, but I know it. She got away twice, though. Once I followed her a foot more than ten miles, and caught her in aherd of thirty horses.” “What bedding have you in camping out?” “Nothing but that yellow slicker and the saddle blanket. I haven't suffered from the cold, but it gets awtul lonely sometimes at night, when the coyotes are howling.” “Have you been annoyed by tramps?” “Not a great deal. Igo back from the rall- road at least two miles and avoid them. Once a tramp came upon mein a lonely place when 1 had the saddle off the mare, and began talking. I directed his attention to some emigrants off at a distance, and slipped on the saddle, buckled the fore sinch, and galloped off. But I'm not afraid.~ I neyer think of danger, and I carry no firearms.” «How do you manage about eating?” “There I have trouble. If I don’t strike a station at meal time I get nothing to eat. Why, I've gone all day, often without eating—two days sometimes. It was hard at first, but I got used to It. I don’t want to travel with emi- grants; there’s no glory in that. Ihave set out to do this trip alone. [have been the last day or two traveling at about the same rate with some emigrant to Washington Territory. Sometimes they're ahead; sometimes Iam. But I don't camp with them.” “Would you mind telling me your name?” “Emma Larson.” 2 ‘iss Emma?’ Where can I How the Doctors Killed Jones. From the Somervil'e Journal. “So Jones is dead?” said one Somerville man to another. “Yes, pocr fellow,” was the reply, “he’s on s “What did he die of?” inquired the first speaker. “Starvation,” was the answer. ‘Starvation! Good gracious, the man was worth $50,000.” “1 know that; nevertheless, he died of starva- tion. I'll tell you how it was. Jones was always fancying that there was something the matter with him; so he went to a doctor one day and had himself examined, and the doctor informed him that he had kidney disease, and that, besides taking medicine, he must diet him- self. Said the doctor: ‘You must avoid all kinds of salt meats, salt fish, potatoes, cabbage and vegetables of every kind.’ Jones followed the advice, but found himself no better. He went to another doctor, and, after being examined, was informed that he must avoid all kinds of fresh meats also. This did not do him any good, as he thought, and he went to another doctor, who highly approved of the advice which had previously been given, and further warned him against all kinds of pastry, likewise shell-fish, including oysters and clams. ‘The best thing for you is a milk diet,’ sald this doctor; so Jones lived wholly upon milk. Not feeling himself any better he went to another ductor, who cautioned him to avoid milk above all things if he wanted to get well, This reduced Jones to a diet of cold water and fresh air,and,tinding him- self np better under this regime, he went to another doctor, who advised him to beware of drinking too much water and being too much intheair. This last advice cut off the last of Jones’ articles of diet, and he died of starvation, as I have told you.” Se The Sun Cholera Mixture. From the Chicago Herald. Now that it has been ascertained that the cholera which has appeared in Egypt is the genuine Asiatic article from which the worst is to be feared should its march eastward not Be stayed by strict quarantine regulations, cholera prescriptions arein great demand by correspond- ents, who write to the editor asifhe were a personal friend and the family physician. For more than forty years what is known as “The Sun cholera medicine” has stood the test of ex- pale a6 the best remedy for looseness of the owelsever yet devised. As was once vouched for by the ‘New York Journal of Com: “no one who has this by him and takes it in time will ever have the cholera.” Even when po cholera is anticipated itis an excellent ceed for the ordinary summer complaints, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c., and we have no hesitation in commendéing it. Here itis: Take equal of tincture of cayenne, tincture of opium, tinct- ure of rhubarb, essence of peppermint, ard spirits of camphor. Mix wall. Dose, fifteen to thirty droops in a wine glass of water, according to age and violence of theattack. Repeat ever: fifteen or twenty minutes until relief is obtained. SS Bugaboos and Burglars. From the Detroit Post. A lady in this city overheard her nurse girl talking to the little child she was putting to sleep, and among other legends of the nursery in which she indulged was this: “Ifyou don’t go right to sleep this very min- ute a great big, awful black bear, with eyes like coals of fire, and sharp, white, cruel will come out from under the bed and e-a-t y-0-0-a-1-l-u-p!” The poor little thing Restled down under the clothes, and after @ long season of terror fell frightful dreams of bears eat- ‘hat night when the stolid nurse had com- pore herself In her own comfortable bed and ad put the light out, there came a sudden ‘raj ie id door, and the voice of the mistress call yadly: "Maggie! Mae for mercy’s sake get up i MARRIAGE IN CHINA. How the Bride is Delivered to the Groom and How He Makes Her His Wife, 1 From the New York Sun. : On the wedding day the guests assemble in the bridegroom's house. Then a procession is formed, consisting of friends, bands of music and sedan chairs, decorated with red, and gold, with bearers in red coats, and dressed in a sort of livery, sometimes wearingredcaps. The pro- cession starts from the house with a courier at the head. He bears a large piece of pork on a tray, to keep off malicious demons who may be lurking on the street corners and in the alleys. ‘These demons are supposed to tackle the pork, and while they are thus busied the procession passes on without being affected by thelr evil influence. All this time the bride is at her own house, arraying herselfin her best dress and richest jewels. Her hair is bound up and arranged tn due form and style by a skilled matron, After this her headdress is donned. It usually consists of some rich material sprinkled with ornaments. A large mantle is thrown over her. It completely covers her. Last of all an enormous hat, as large as an umbrella, is placed on her head. It comesdown. to her shoulders, completely hiding her face. Thus rigged, she takes her seat in the marriage chair, called kwa kiau. When concealed in this chair. she is carried to her husband by four men. When the bride is seated in the chair, her mother or some other relative locks the door and the key ts given to the best man. I sup- pose he turns it over to the bridegroom on reach- ing his hgnse. The procession returns with more care #d more style. Isaw one during a ramble in a Chinese town. As the bride was borne past us we guve her three cheers. I dare say that all her children will be either knock-Kneed or bow-legged, because of the cheers of the barbarians. Good luck to the poor bottled-up one. She had the best wish of all our party, as we followed the procession for some squares, to the great astonishment of all the Chinamen on the street. As the procession apprpached the bride- groom’s door a band statiored there struck up a tune, and fire crackers were let off by the box until the bride was carried within the gate. The go-between then got thekey from the bride- groom and opened the door of the sedan chair. As the bride allghted she was caluted by a small child at the side ofanold man. The groom was closeted within the house, and she went in to seek him. She stilll woretheenormoushat and mantle. When she found the groom he greeted her with great gravity. They both approached the ancestral table and bowed their heads three times. They next took seats at a small table bearing two goblets tied together with thread and containing wine. The go-between severed the thread, but the bride failed to quench her thirst, owing to the enormous hat and mantle. The two were now man and wife. The hus- band took the hat and mantle from tne bride, and forthe first time in hfs life had a look at her. After he had looked at her for some minutes he called in his friends and guests. They scru- tinized her and made no bones of expressing their opinions soncerning her charms. The females gave their tongue fullscope, and had no mercy upon the poor bride. She took it all without making a dtsacreeable anewer, for fear that the match would be considered an unlucky one. These crael criticisms enced, she was in- troduced to her husband’s parents, atter which she saluted her own father and mother. The wedding feast was then served, the sexes eatin; in different apartments. The males were serve by the bridegroom-and his male relatives, and the females by the bride and her mother-in-law, assisted by servants. The two sexesrarely sit down at the same table. Marriage is very common among the Chinese. You hardly ever come across a girl of sixteen or eighteen who Is not tied down to some man. Ifa woman commits adultery after marriuge she is decapitated under the law. The man how- ever is allowed to keep as many concubines as he can surport, their children being legitimate, but coming after the children of the wife. If the concubines live under the same roof, they are mere servants of the wife. Some rich mar- ried men keep concubines in separate apart- ments. Such positions are eagerly sought by damsels of ve ir parentage. a eos HOW PRESIDENTS DRESS. A Washington Tailor Relates his Ex- perience Since GrauUs Administra- tion. From the Pittsburg Dispatch, A fashionable tailor established himeelf in Washington dur'ng Grant’s term, and his expe- rience dates from that time. We have never begun to sellas many clothes here since Grant went out cfoffice.” said he the otherday. “I made all of Grant’s clothes. He was very liberal and easy to please. The public men of his time were great buyers of clothes. It was a com- mon thing tora senator or a member to buy a dozen suits a year. Grant’s Capinet people were very dressy.” “Flow was it under Hayes.” “We never did but one job for Hayes. ‘That knocked him cold. He came down one hot summer day during his first year in office and ordered us to make him a thin sack coat out of the very best gros grain silk. The material was expensive. It cost us exactly €23 to get up that coat. We had heard that he was close, and a8 we wanted to catch his trade, we put the price at #25. That paralyzed him.’ Oh, how he did kick! But he paid the bill. That was the last order we got from him. He had the rest of his clothes chopped out for him by his old tailor in Fremont. He sent his boys to us for ready- made sults, but we never made any money out ofthe White House underhim. We had some of his Cabinet on our books, but there was very little dressing under Hayes. The purchase of clothes by public men fell off fifty percent. I never again expect to see so much money spent in my shop as when Grant was President.” “ How was Garfield?” = “He was a very careless dresser. He didnot have much taste. He was rather slow pay when he was in Congress, but when he got Into the White House he began to buy a much better grade of clothes and to pay greater attention to his dress. The day he was shot he had on a very handsome suit we made ‘for him, price $60. Hayes would have died before he would have paid that money for a sult of clothes.” “Do youdo much for President Arthur?” “Not a dollar's worth. He does business with his old tailor in New York—the man who makes the suits for the members of the coaching club. He Isa very high priced man. He does not make the plainest business sults under €70. He was over here the other day to take an order for the President. He said he did not care any- thing for the Presidents trade. He was so hard tosuit. He took up twenty pairs of trousers the other day, made to the President’s measure, and spent an hour with him before he could find @ pair to suit. He says the only way he can get along with the President is to be right up and down with him. One day Arthur spoke to him very anarly about the fit of a coat, and the tailor turned his back on him. At least he said Fe, did. Then the President said: “‘Oh, come now, don't take any offense, I can't afford to guarrel with you “You see a first-class tatlor is a pretty inde- dent man; but while he is particular with the President, he is very careless with the work for the President’s servants. We used to fur- nish the White House liveries, but the job goes to the New York man now. The new livery coats of the President’s coachmen and footmen, made of cream-colored hammer cloth, cost 125 aplece, but, Ged bless youygphey are the worst fitting things I ever saw, pt the clothes the Fremont tailor used to chop out for Hayes.” to the vocation of a prose writer, says a writer inthe August Harper's. He believed that the world should have demanded nothing of him but poetry. Concerning this he used to tell a good story athis own expense. During his last lecturing trip through the western states he was the guest, ina small city of the chairman of the acicpaih leap eieeg — Hors mus citizen, who m lor Bnd earrira him home to his own smartly fara- ished house. While waiting for the eventt re- past, the well-fed chairman said, with manifest prise, that probably Mr. ‘Taylor did not remem- him. No, Mr. lor did not. “Why,” said the chairman, “you were here in this town 10 years ago this very winter, this Bad month, and ou are now. pie, senate See po! al aroul new: carpets and the glit- on the chromos, the tering white wails of his home, said: “Yes; you see Ihave been prospering since then. Yes; the worid has been a wig aeatchanh Tt has for you, too, Mr. Taylor. I watched your course ever since I ecquainted with #ou 10 years ago, and I suppose I'am one of the who have read everything you ever “What,” said Taylor, « oniFess i, everything 1 lay my hands ” said » “perhaps ‘will tell 0 ofmy new ns HOUSEFURNISHINGS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. ‘With Slate Stone Shelves. Currioman, Howard, Coburn and Stone's; returning” TUESDAY, making all river landings, WEDNESDAY, 7 a, ™., Lancaster, Btuf Point: Beal's Nomint,’ Abel's and Lecuardtown, returning THURSDAY, making all river landings. FRIDAY, 7 a m., Currioman, Rowand, € Abelia, Stone's and Leonar town; returning BATUBA DAY, making all river landings, Fare, each way, 25 conta, 29. eed) ARKOWSMITH Leaves 7th street wharf ata. m. for POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS, WALNUT AND ASH REFRIGERATORS. ‘WATER COOLERS AND FILTERS COMBINED. WHITE MOUNTAIN FREEZERS. SODA AND MINERAL TUMBLERS, . IGE PITCHERS, CREAM AND BERRY SETS, M. W. BEVERIDGE, 328 No. 1009 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. Daxronres F,; LUD, and best quality of GASOLINE, aswell az VAPOR STOVES. of, different maker and allprices, constantly on hand." ‘The most varied assortment in the city. REFRIGERATORS and WATER COOLERS at re- duced prices. ‘urrioman, Nonuni & and intermediate lan dinizs, lrdays for Currioman, Loe returuing sinas canent's Bay, sharves arming Friljays On Sate down and intermediate “RB PADGETT, At, Ww. ih AY, Mi COOKING STOVES, B. PORTABLE SLATE MAN ILLS, LAINOMES Fi NACES, a great variety. W. 8. JENS & CO. 7th strest_nortnwest. yen Lowest rane: tw cents PACH WA POINT LOOKOUT, || rRESS MONROE AND NOKFULK. ONLY BOAT STOPPING AT POINT LOOKOUT. Close connection with trains for OCEAN VIEW. PALACE STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKR, t lowest prices, Leaves 6tn_ street wharf, terminus of . WATTS, street car, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS: a2l 314 7th street, 5 doors above Penna. avenue. DAYS at 5:30 .m., and SATU ee s, = a : « FINANCIAL. nection with steamer for Boston, HE GREAT TROUBLE IN BOTH THE OLD line and ordinary Assessment Companies is the constant withdrawal, as years pass on, of the Heatrey members. By the plan edorted by the MULUAL TE ots and staterooms secured at general office, New Metropolitan Bank, 618 15th street, jel OW FARE! POPULAR STEAMERS !t ITED STATES MAILT ich tional BeevE FUN DAILY LINK!” ceases : ik SZEAMERS GEORGE LEARY AND EXCELSIOR Keep up their payments than on any other plan. Once, NORFOLK, FORTRESS MONROE, PLNEX Ibub Hetecet. TY. KNIGHT. Manacer. dy vm POINT AND POINT LOORGUTS ss — ‘0 Norfolk 1.00) Piney Point and UY AND SELL U.S. GOV'T AND D. C, BONDS: | Rous’, eo] ~ Ase, WASH. C. GASLIGHT and ALL other City mia nro Tein gh ao accommodation cannot be furnished for ‘Steamer leaves 7th-street wharf daily, except Sunday, pm. “aturdays at 6. y Night « xcursious.a apecial feature, Returm ‘cheta good on either Leary op Excelsior, Faclusive connection with the Boston and Providenog steamers. Freight received daily until 5 p.m. 1420 F STREET NORTHWEST, L. M, HUDGINS, Gen. Supt. 4M. P. WELCH, Agent, = #12. M®™ VERNON! MT. VekNONI Tepoeita receive enbject to check. e ‘We pay SPECIAL attention ‘o obtaining CORRFCT and KELIABLE information regarding our various city eccurities, and are prepared at all fimes to answer ingui- ries regarding same. HARRY C, TOWERS & C0., BANKEKS, BROKERS AND INSURANCE, my31 Parare Srock Texeonarn Wues — AMER W. W. CORCORAN eaves Tth etreet wharf daily (excent Sunday) for MB ernon at 10 o'clock a, ma. , returning reaches Washing- WASHINGTON, tom about 30pm, NEW YORK AND RICHMOND. 1. L. BLAKE, Captain, POTOMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE, ‘The steamer FUF. Cay w.c. Geogheran, leaves Stephenson's wharf, ‘sont ‘7th street, every SUNDAY, o'clock p. m., for Baltimore and River Landings. riruing, leaves Baltimore every FRIDAY af 6 o'cloai p.m, ‘1 accommodations strictly first-clan. iver freight must be prepaid, and will be received om SATURDAYS ony. STEPHENSON & BRO., Agenta, m16-6m —Tthetrect wharf and 12th st. ‘and Pa. ave. HE STEAMER MATTANO LEAVES WASHING ton on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thu at 7 H. H. DODGE, Bonds, Stocks and Investment Securities Bought and Sold on Commission, No. 689 15TH STREET, (CORCORAN BUILDING,) Amency for Prince and Whitely, Stock Brokers, 4 Bro, aes mx. Yelock a.m., for Potomac Kiver Landings. Lande a8 ——_ a Grinder's wiiarf Nundaysand Tueetays down, Welnest hart aud Chapel Point Thursdays Every class of Securities bought and sold on commis- | d¢ ondays and Wedneedaye up. ation sion in San Francis:o, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New | Creek (destination) Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, York, Boston and Washington. Orders executed on the * sohvnmin ween nd information «iv be |G. 1. SHERIFF, 328 and 1114 benorylvania avenue, New York Stock Exchange at one-eighth of one per | G. T. JONES, Agent, 71! street whart mb cent commission, Private and direct telegraph wires to Kichmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, through which orvers are executed on Stock Exchanges in those cities and reported promptly. Quotations of Stocks and Bonds and in- formation regarding the Markets received through our wires INSTANTLY direct from the New York Stock Exchange. nl MEDICAL, &c. EMALE PILLS MAILED TO ANY of $1. Box 307 City P.O. J21-im* T HAS REMEDY FOR La- cured. _ RAILROADS. YLVANIA ROUTE, H. WEST, AND SOUTH ACK. EN . MAGNIFICENT FOU EFFECT JU: IPMENT. N ‘consulted from 1 to9 o'clock p.m., with ladies oniy.__ y7-2m* D Eq SROTHERS AND GRAY GIVE NO FLEE prescriptions and send you to some Bi ES aint gho divide pronts with the doctor. sy. with Palace Care, rare of piv - jarrin and G ‘900 Batrert couthw. et, Wili Gee ni furnikumedicine, guarantee a cure or nope; | Thicts port, Lock Haven and Elmira, at 9:30 cept Sunday. the Fast, 8:00 a. m.. and 10:20’. m, On St Limited E years’ experience. 9:50'and I Jarlor Care, For Boston with 0a. in. daily, except Sunday change, 1:50 p.m. every week day. 4 a ADIES,; YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY CONSU Dn. BROTHERS, 908 B xt. «.w. Particular atten- id to all diseases peculiar to Ladies, married or All irrecalerities and Ovarian troubles treated. ive years’ experience. Je16-1m" MPORTANT TO LADIES.—LADIES MAY BE sccommodated with Board, before, during 2nd after Sckness, with Medical Treatment, ‘in a mily. “Addrees Mra. M. H. SLOANE, 116 N; freet, Baltimore. Dr. Sloane’ all throueh trains connect at y City with fats of Brooklyn Annex, aflord- ing direct transfer to Fulton wtrect, avulding double: ferriawe action New York City. For Philadelplia, §:00 a. m., 10°40. m. 9:50 and 10:20 p.m. 30:20. m. ‘Limited Exy cert Sunday. For Baltimore, 6. 1:30, 3:35, 4:2 0 an 10:40 a. mi, 4:20, 6:20, id ‘or Pope's Crock Line, 6:40 a.m. and 4:60 p.m. daily, except Sun Di, ROBERTSON, THE MONT RELIABLE AND ay established this city, on a7 ones a, wil guarantee’ cre ial Sataae af For Annapolis, 6:40 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. daily, except ihe Urinary Organs, Rervous Weakness, etc, Consulta- x ly confidential, Can be consulted Wednes- and Saturdays, from 2 to 9 p.m., at hin office, 456 st.n.w. Refers tothe ieading physicians of Balti- 5 ‘office, 30 N. Liberty st., Baltwuore, Md. REA AND FREDERICKSBURG RATE. DEALEXANDELA AND WASHINGTON 20, 11:00 and 11:30.a.m.. and 11-30 pan. Om 8200 p.m. and 11:00 a.m, Sundi D. © all who are suffering from the errors andin- diccretios of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, &e., Twill senda recipe that will cure This great red bj ui in South Ai rien, fends ‘mn, ered by a missionary math Aine! a x self-addressed envelope to the Rev. Josern T.INMaN, sorthesst Station D, New York City. 7-0. tu, th, &k,1y ylvania avenue end at . orders ean ad to destination from hotels and residences. 0}, General Passenger Agent. N ANHOOD KESTORED. ; CHAS. E. PUGH, General Manager. vd A victim of early imprudence, cauring Nervous De- bility, Premature Peete, having tied in vain every known remedy, has discovered a simple meaus ‘elf. ich He will send free to his fellow- ALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. of z rhaic Sufferers, “Address J. Hy REEVES, 49 Chatham etrvst, | i New York. jy10-tu, thks PANHOOD RESTORED BY USING & BOTTLE MA or two of Dx. BROTHERS: Invigorating Cordial, ‘il cure any case of Semin Dility and Tnpoteney. “It unpara vigor io ths whole | Schedule totake “Het ied MAY 13th, system. 900 B st. ew. Je13-Im* m from eeationn cs ork Leave Washington frou station, corner of New Jersey. avenue and C strect— For Chicayo, Cincinnati, Louisville and 8t. Louis daily at & m., 10:15 @. m., 10:10 p.m. with ‘Through Craches aiid Palece ‘Siecping Cars to’ above points, without 5 1015.8. ma. daly to Chicaea, excep Saturday. For Vittsbury, Cleveland and and 8:40 p.m. daily, 8:40 p. m. is a solid train to Fitts: re, with Sleeving Care attached. For Toledo aud Detroit via Monroeville, 10:15 a.m, daily, with sie per for Detroit. Trains for Philadelphia aud New York at 8:10, m. y exe pe Sunday 5 3p. m. and 9:40 p. an. daily, witht Gail Parfor and Siceping Carsat For Balti 30, 6 7:45. 8:10, 9 mies rat SEBS READ weap & Wile Be, BE os ¥rioe $3 per box, sent by maui under Sy feai On receipt of price cag — maitaull STEAMERS. Ams LINE-SUMMER SERVICE, Quebec to Liverpool every Saturday, making the shortest ocean voyage. Ouly five days from land to land. Accommodations unsurpassed, Cabin—$70 and $80 single; $135 and $250 Excursion. Baltimore to Liverpool every ulternate Tuesday, vis ‘Halifax and St. Johns, N. F. Intermediate Passage, $40. Prepaid Steerage, $21. LEVE & ALDEN, General Agents, 207 Broadway, New York; or, At Washington, D. C.: D. A. BROSNAN, 612 9th street. JAMES BELLEW, 711 7th street. G. W. MOSS, 225 Pennsylvania avenue. dyll-w,e,m,6m GERMAN LLOYD— No Giniitere Goce Bernese New Your, Havan, Detroit at 8.308. m. 00, 7 10.05 a. 30, 7, ari, 9400. m., 1210 aid 4:40; 0n Sunday, Gav’ ior Frederion Wor Fre 30 at. The, Claaily pt Sunday. For Haceivtwa 10: Same, dasly except Sunday, 8:48 pom. daily. tools arrive’ from the West datiy, 6:20, 7:380.1n, From New York and Piiiadeiphts, 2:55, 6:90 ams datiy. 8:10 p.m daily exoust sumdas- fuapole, 6:20a.m.. 1:90, 6-37 p.m.; Sunday, 12 pm., dati it Si 5 screen, zn points, D.m., and 6:00 am., 6:00 p.m, for Washington at 10:30 bhirg from 4:40, 6:40, steamers will sail EVERY WED- 1 50.pcm, :on kuna The steamers of this cum) vi] rT 5 ‘un> NERDAY AND SATURDAY from Bremen pier, mn, 190, 440, Of $4 street, Hoboken, Rates of ‘From Pamage: fork to, London, Southampton and Bret cabin $105; ‘eecond cabin, $50; wet, bee ys ee rahe i 8% | Fi M PIER wrod. July 25, eeSmLTT Stee pes rai = ianld WOOD AND COAL. ~',, VERNOX,B. BROWN & 00., Xow York, Coax Axo Woon. ‘We have just received « Jot of Bakers PINE: domesticus, allot wich we Oller Ut lows sake sstitepection of curaiock. "* = T*pecttally snvted te STEPHENSON & BRO., ‘7th et. wharf and 12th st, and eP. ave. Worn wile bathing. is for: ania) orth west. ‘and Men's Low Cub Shoes at e Great Reduction eee 2. W. SELBY, a8 ‘1914 and 1916 Pennayivantnevenus,