Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1883, Page 3

ap THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. =) ead OW A PRAYER was ANSWERED. @ Mother and Her Crippled Son Dic on the Same Day. from the New York Herald. Mrs. Catherine Riley and her eldest son, Jacob, died at Leonia, N. J., on last Thursday. She was eighty-two and he was fifty-three yeare Ofage. The singularity of the occurrence has been the chief topic of conversation among the inhabitants of the quaint little hamlet, who re- Spected theold lady as one of the first settlers of the place and pitied her son for his sore afflic- tien. “Riley's farm you want? Weil, just go along that path till you come to the blacksmith’s forge, where you'll see alane which will take youright up to the house.” The Herald re- Porter thanked the brisk little woman, who seemed to have charge of the depot, for her in- formation. and was moving away, when site re- marked: “Queer thing the old and young died together, ain't it? Well, I guess they're both better off, for he’s a cripple these many years, gota swelling in his legs, I believe, when he Was hunted by the Indians in California, and she must have beer pretty well tired of the World. On straight, si RY Standing in the midst is the frame house in which the dead lady spent the latter period of her lite, her garlier having been passed in an old fashioned stone house, which gossip reports to have been built by Indians. On the door a crape scarf was hanging, on the first step a terrier slept in the sun. The kitchen door being open, thereporter entered and introduced himselfto a woman who Was lying on a sofa,and whose face bore evident marks of mental and physical suffering. “Tam Mrs. Riley's daughter-in-law,” she sald, {and 1 shell be gisd to answer all your ques- tions. Her husband came from Germany over fifty years ago. and after keeping a bakery for some time in New York settled down here with his wife. His name was Rochling, but the gore around here have alwayscalled the family ley. There were eight children.four of whom are now living. The eldest son, Jacob, had been @ cripple for over twenty years. When he was about eleven years of age he over- heated himself by going to some fireworks at Hackensack and going into the river when he came back gave him a chill which brought out a white swelling in his legs. However, it passed away, and he went to Cali- fornia later on, and,‘what with washing gold and standing in a stream all day, his left leg got so bad that it had to be amputated at the hip. There is no truth in the report that he was hunted by Indians. Well, he came home, and, after awhile, his other leg dropped off at the Knee, so he was obliged to keep to his room, * and for the last couple of years even to his bed. He used to pass the time making patchwork quilts and sewing, and, now and again, he'd like to spend an hour over a book. His mother idolized him. It was always ‘Did Jake get his breakfast ? ‘How does Jake feél to-day?” ‘Take Jake a taste of that wine.’ Jake fad to be served before any one. Until she got a paralytic stroke about ten days before her death she hardly ever left his room, but would sit by his side. hour after hour, watching over him as Mother never yet watched overa baby. Her one prayer was that he and she should die on the same day. ‘I could die happy,’ sne used to say, ‘it I thought that Jake would come with me.” IN DEATH UNITED. “Often and often 1 heard her asking the Lord to grant her request. She died at eleveno’clock and he at three. Neither knew that the other was dying. Jake began to go first, though he Ungered the longest. As long as he was con- scious his one thought was of his mother. “Spare no expense,” he sald to me several times, ‘for we couldn't do without mother. Don’t let her fret about me. Tell her I’m getting on finely.’ And ali the time he was suffering fearful pain, for the mortification was working its way up to his They will be buried to-morrow at New York cemetery, near Hackensack. The funeral will be very large, as the family is known and loved all over the county, and there are several of my poor mother-in-law’s relations who hold prominent positions in New York. What amazes every one is how the Lord has answered the fond woman's prayer. Would you like to have a look at the lies?” Making her way with difficult; to an adjoining room, for she was racked wit theumatism after three weeks spent in tending the dying, she litted the lids of two coffins and Tevealed the calm, peaceful face of the loving mother and the worn, restful face of the crip- pied son. —_—_—-e-______ Dress Reform in California. From the San Francisco Call. “Now, we ain't a bit discouraged,” confi- dently remarked Mrs. Stow yesterday morning, while waiting for an audience for the Social Belence Sisterhood Reform-dress exhibition in Ixora Hall. “The women are tired out with the conclave reception or have other engage- ments, or else they would be here, for the era of short skirts is upon us, andthe movement for LETTER FROM LONDON. Personal Gossip—Miss Mary Anderson’s — at the Lyceum—Judge Kelley’s jealth, Correspondence of the Philadelphis Times. Lonvox, Sept. 22.—Miss Mary Anderson has now become one of London's celebrities She has been playing here a month, and her increas- ing popularity is the subject of general remark. Her beautiful villa at Maidavale was visited to- day by your correspondent. and its fair occu- Pant spared no pains in giving such information as was desired. She said that the results of the month were splendid in every respect. Busi- ness had doubled since her opening night, and her audiences showed an interest and sympathy which was far beyond her expectations. They were becoming familiar with her and she with them, and there now seemed to be a mutual understanding, which must improve with every representation and add to the excellence of each performance. She was really getting very fond of her English audiences, they were so cordial. As a matter of fact, she was liked better here as an artist than in New York, the Americans usually regarding her as a youngster, without much schooling in her pro- fession. This reeling does not prevail here, and Miss Anderson says that her reception has been accorded on her abstract merits as an artist, her youth and possible inexperience wielding little or no influence. Besides, she has been greatly assisted by the perfection of detail which exists at the Lyceum. Everything there works smoothly; the company are all clever, and each member is most attentive, even those playing the smallest parts showing an excellence to which she was before unsccustomed. This, however, is characteristic of Mr. Irving's thea- ter, where everything is managed in the most perfect manner. Immediately after her first ap- pearance a large number of American and Eng- Tiwartiste sent hercongratuiations by telegraph, and many of those who were near enough sent presents of flowers. Miss Minnie Palmer continues to crowd the Grand Theater nightly. The management have offered her an extended engagement, proposing to add an increase of ten per cent to her present stipend, but she has been obliged to decline, not being able to obtain releases from her other engagements. = Father Hyacinthe’s wife, accompanied by her son, sailed from Havre to-day for America. They take with them letters trom Father Hyacinthe to his many friends in the United States, and they hope to be able during thelr stay to col- lect quite a sum of money, which will be de- Mess to the support of the Gallican church in Paris. Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, who ie still in Paris, is slowly recovering his health. Hels very impatient at the stubborness of his com- plaint, and longs to get back home and re-enter the political field, trom which he seems to think he has beenabsent too long. The doctors, how- ever, say that exertion or excitement of any kind may prove injurious, and have forbidden his sailing for two or three weeks. A Russian Pole and his wife have been ar- restedin London for the forgery of Russian notes to the value of half a million dollars Lady Campbell, formerly Miss Victoria Wood- hull, has sued her husband, Lord Colin Camp- bell, for a judicial separation with allmony, alleging in her complaint that his lordship has treated her with great cruelty, and also that he has committed adultery. Lord Campbell an- swers by bringing counter charges equal, grave,and a very interestingtrial may be looke forward to, when all the particulars in the case will probably be made public. Prince Teck and his wife are wandering in- cognito on the continent, seeking to avoid the ressing demands of the prince's creditors. e princess has again applied to her aunt, Queen Victoria, for assistance, but her majesty, who Is evidently tired of these importunities, has refused. Prince Teck, it appears, has 80 disgusted the queen by his extravagance and the manner in which he has conducted himself that she has at last determined not to encourage him farther by paying his debts. Miss Van Zandt has arranged her squabbles with the manager of the Paris Opera Comique. She returned from Hamburg on Monday and on Thursday appeared in ‘‘Lakma.” Her troubles do not seem to have abated her popularity, for she received a perfect ovation and was recalled after each act. The many Americans present made themselves conspicuous by the enthusi- astic manner fn which they applauded their favorite. Lady Florence Dixie has made another attack BROTHER GARDNER ON DREAMS. A Few Hemarks at the Lime Kiln ch Meeting. From the Detroit Free Press. “De odder mornin’ ole Uncle Jerry Blossom rushed Inter my cabin wid his eyes as big as sassera," sald Brother Gardner, asa hush came o'er the hall. and Samuel Shin threw his last apple core at the bald head of Elder Toots. “I reckoned dat he had struck $7 in policy, or dat his ole woman was sick, or dat his boy, Moses, had fallen off de roof, but Iwas mistaken. De ole man had galloped ober to tell me his dream. He had dreamed of seein’ a dun-cull’d mule chase a cream-cull’d hoss aroun’ a yaller-call’d ba’n, an’ he couldn't make out whether he was to come widin one of hittin’ $500 in a lottery, or his ole woman was to break her leg. “Now, gem’len, I had a few remarks to git off some two y'ars ago on thesubjick of dreams, an” I desiah to express a few mo’. I am giben to understan’ dat some of our moas’ prominent members believe in dreams an’ shape deir course accordin’. Ize an ole man, an’ Ize had about a millyon dreams since I began bizness. Dar's sunthin’ in ’em, but not much. “To dream dat you am crossin’ a muddy stream to steal turnips signifies dat you had better go to work an’ airn some ’taters. “To dream dat you am trabblin’ "long a dusty highway an’ lookin’ fur a lost pocket- book wid $50 in it signifies dat you am much mo’ sartin’to be trowed outer de house for non-payment of rent dan you am to pick up a single nickel. “To dream dat you am ridin’ a white hoss past a red ba’n, an’ dat a gray-haired man comes out and te a blue umbrella at you, signifies dat de flour bar'l am empty, an’ oat oe had better hunt far work. “To dream dat you sot on de fence an’ saw a funeral purceshun go past, an’ dat de man who driv the hearse had a glass eye, signifies dat you owe de grocer $8,75, an’ have been dodgin’ him for the las’ three months. “To dream of seein’ awoman walkin’ ober a creek on a suspension bridge, signifies dat your ce woman can’t goto church fur de want of shoes. “Dar’ am lots of udder dreams dat mean lots of odder fings, but dese am fa'r samples of de lot. If dar am anybody in dis hall idiot ‘nuff to believe dat he kin lay on hig back onan ole straw bed an’ groan an’ grunt an’ dream six weeks inter de fucher, now am de time fur him to pick up his hat an’ bid us good by! “An’ one fing mo’: I understan’ dat ‘sartin members of dis club am in de habit of seein’ ghosts. Idoan’ specify any names, but I wish to say to the hull convenshun dat de werry fust one of you who sees a ghost or cotches sight of a spook will be cantered outer dis club so fast dat de tracks left behind you on de” sta’rs will be smokin’ hot! We will now pick up de reg’lar programmy of de evenin’ an’ rush bizneas.” +99 : WHY PEOPLE PHYSIC. Some of the Reasons Why the Human System-is With Drugs. From the British Quarterly Review. It is to be feared that to most people medi- cine 1s not an erudite science or a learned art, but is little more than the commonplace ad- ministration of physic. They cannot under- stand medicine without drugs, and its virtue and power are popularly measured by the violence of its operations, Its very name is in. ordinary parlance synonymous with Physic, Take from it its pills and potions and for them you take away its whole art and mystery. They do not believe in a theme of treatment, however deep-laid and akilful, which does not include a statutory dosage. So that, as a rule, medical men are practically compelled to give their patients a visible object of faith in some form of physic which may be at most designed to effect some very subordinate purpose. And it is remarkable how strongly, even among the educated classes, this feeling pre- vails. Cure by the administration of mixtures and boluses is so fixed and ancient a tradition that it 1s only very slowly that the world will give it up. The anxiety of the friends of the patient wants to do more than follow the. atmple directions of “nursing,” which have been so carefully inculcated and possess apparently so little remedial power. There isnothing of the un- knownabout them in which afiuttering hope of on the Irish league and has gone to the expense of having posted throughout the city of Lim- erick ten thousand anti-Parnellite placards. ee MARRYING IN JEST. “Just for Fun.” From the Philadelphia Prees. A Miss Flora Hastings, an estimable young lady of San Francisco, seventeen years of age, was induced by her male companion, a young man of eighteen, named Kelly, to go through a marriage ceremony with him just for fun. It was a pleasant October afternoon; they were reform in women’s dress is a popular one.” The speaker gave her own trousers 4 familiar hitch, and strode off to encourage a lonely visitor in ‘another part of the hall. In the morning session, which was attended by only about ten persons, Mrs. Stow wore what she calls the -‘Triple 8” sult, consiating of s cutaway coat, a pair of silk trousers, and a silk skirt falling to just below the knees. In the afternoon. when it was announced that there was to be an exhibition of reform dresses, there was a much rer attendance. Before the exhibition proper Mrs. Stow read a paper in which she asserted, that, w! as wo- men's ‘are useful members of her body, and capableof much attractive dressing, they should, and in the near future, be displayed without any of the silly prudishness which now insists upon their never being mentioned, and always hidden by clumsy bags. be encased,” said trousers, leggings, or stockings, according to time, place, and ‘occupation. The stockings and leggings may be made very beautiful in color and decoration, and should be in keeping with the sleeves of the costume. Women will very soon as fearlessly display their legs—prop- erly dressed—as they now do their arms, and it will be a satisfaction to women who pay $100 or 1,000 fora pair of stockings assome of them own do. to be able to display them as they now do their gloves—whlle worn.” The speaker then held up for inspection, ex- ining their points the while, a number of re- form costumes which had been sent there for that purpose. The Sacremento contribution to reform created asensation, and it apparently in- tended a reform in human anatomy before it would fit. Mrs. Stow pointed out that the legs of the trousers were cut full and with a swell in front below the knee “Now, my legs,” said the speaker, ‘swell behind below the knees, as I suppose every woman’s do; so, you see this is wrong.” The speaker held the peculiar gar- meat up to the astonished gaze of the re- formers and suddenty made another astonishing discover There were several male reformers mong the audience who must have made the game discovery that the Call reporter did, namely, that the speaker had unaccountably got the Sacramento garment reversed from the ition its Inventor intended it should occupy, t none of the males were bold enough to point out the confusing error. Living models, in the shape of two pretty young women, were next exhibited on the , wearing the costume invented and used by Lady Hubberton, the English dress reformer, andby New Jersey women, the latter being a model of a dress which took one of the prizes in the London Dress Reform exhibitiou. These were much alike In design, each consisting ot short cutaway coats, trousers baggy at the knees and tightening at the ankles, and skirts falling to the knees. A doll was used as a lay figure, on which several designs af a Burlington reformer were exhibited. One of the latter de- = “aoe include ee ecuneaas icycle-dress;” a bicys would ex inconvenience in ‘wearinzone of that design. Mrs. Stow announced that next year there Will be a new exhibition in the same when waiting at a railroad depot for a train, and, as they had plenty of time on their hands, no doubt the mock marriage ceremony proved a very agreeable divertisement to themselves and their friends. The young lady thought no more of the jest until epee ‘@ year tater, when, to her se, and consternation, her mock husband of the preceding autumn claimed her as his lawful wife on the strength of the ceremony which she had consented to take in “ust for fan.” She applied toa New York court fora decree setting aside the mock marriage, but, being 80 little convinced of ite binding character, she, while her suit was sti‘! pending, was married in orthodox fashion to eral Keyes, of San Francisco. The latter, learning after a while of the former mock marriage and the New York divorce proceedings, has himself ppplied fera divorce on the ground that his wife another husband living, and that in fact when he thought he was marrying Miss Hasting he was really marrying Mrs. Kelly. Young people who amuse themselves with mock marriages exhibit about as little good sense as that other class of humorists who find entertainment in piping pistols at_their friends which they do not Ehow are loaded. A marriage ceremony may be a very simple thing, but it is usually loaded and should never be trifled with. It is much easier to get married than It is to get unmarried again, even in sucha state as In- diana, and the latter ceremony is not nearly so agreeable under any Jurisdiction. We doubt not but that Mrs. Keily will get her divorce. She is entitled to one as a matter of course, and it would be hagas! to all policy and precedent of law to deny it. The marriage, if it was a valid one in other respects, was procured probably by premeditated fraud on the part of the young man; certainly it was done by mistake on the young lady’s part, and it is the special province of a court of equity to afford relief in just sach cases. How this tardy divorce will affect the second husband remains to be seen. He evi- dently feels himself agrieved by this cloud on his marriage title, and there is reason to fear that the mock marriage will spoil the real one entirely. So Miss Hastings will realize from this little October Jest two divorce suits and no hus- band at all. The frequency with y.hich the courts are called on to undo these foolish mock marriages indicate that such ceremonies area rather fa- vorite pastime among the young men and maid- ens whose vivacity has not yet been tempered by experience. It is only when one of the par- ties or some of the witnesses insist on the gen- uineness of the eager and suggest unpleas- ant doubts as to the liberty of the Petron) to marry again that the affair is brought to the at- tention of the courts. Ordinarily the matter is forgotten in time, and the parties marry there- after with a clear conscience, without any refer- ence to thelr mock marriaize. It is evident, wever, that Tun great risk in so doing. The lawfuiness of the second marri be gitimate, and property channel, all on account of the foolish mock marriage to which they attached no import- ance. Several Lond = several London and Paris designs will be ex- A party of bi Tosemite, ae ‘Yclists are to whirl through the Apreventive of typhoid fever isto boll the ainking water. ‘Vandals lave defaced th Webster, at Marshfeld, Mase nent to Daniel Mt, Jefferson Davis is the hi peak Revada, its altitude being 13.075 feat = ‘The will of the late Junius Brutus Booth has | esd ————_-o-____ The Erie Hailroad — and the B. and Aspecial to the World from Cleveland says: President Jewett, of the Erle road, has, it is stated, gained control of the Ohio and Missis- sipp!, which for several years has been in the hands of a receiver, and will make it a part of the Erie The latter road, in antici of the resuiting increase of traflic, ly. made preparatiens to lay twenty-five miles of additional side tracks on the main line been presented for probate in Salem, Maas.,and bequeathes all his property to his widow, Mrs. Agnes Marian Booth. A story comes from Panama that an ignorant laborer in plowing near Bogota turned uy mummy, covered with gold ornaments and fm gold’ mail. A crown was on the head and a akan Othe side. ‘The relics, however, were The Hon. Josish T. Walls, the negro ex-Con- the nomainatiea af Gov. Bea. F- Butler norni 5 . for the Presidency. = Pennsylvania and Ohio rail- the lessee. There is a sult Baltimore Ont great point ments by getting into St. Louis. great advantage can nestle. Thus it is necessary to educate the world into a belief in medicine apart from drugs, which finds its power of cur- ing in adaptations of the common conditions of life and appillcations of physiological facts—a medicine which takes into its hands the whole life, and orders and fashionsits every detail with scientific definiteness, Itis found in every day practise that this popular misunderstanding of the modern spirit of medicine constantly checks the little tentative advances of a more scientific treatment, and it is necessary that it should be generally understood how powerfully FRIGHTENED TO DEATH. relies The Shock Which x — From the British Medical Journal.” The serious effects of shock to the nervous system, espectaity by fright, are constantly wit- hessed, the results being most commonly syn- cope and convulsions. !Death itself is, fortu- nately, comparatively rate. Ft is reported in the newspapers to have éccurred at Brockley on March 21, in the case of @ girl, aged eighteen, who was frightened to death bya man dressed 8 @ ghost, near the Deptford cemetery. The pathology of emotional déathis of great interest, \d varies in different cases. Yn some instances a fatal issue results fromsanguineous apoplexy; in others, and much more frequently, from shock to the heart. Examples of the former are recorded by Dr. D. Hack Tuke, in his “Influ- ence ot the Mind Upon the Body,” Thus, a woman at Bradford received a fright trom a man throwing a stone against her window. He had previously threatened her. She soon after- wards complained of numbness, and rapidly be- came insensible. There was right hemiplegia. She died in seven hours; and, on post mortem examination, a “lot of blood was tound in the left lateral ventricle. The cerebral vessels ap- peared to be healthy. In the well-known ex- pope of death€rom the heart which occurred in John Hunter’s own case, we have an illustra- tion of the cardiac class. The organ was exten- sively diseased, and the left ventricle was strongly contracted. Other instances ot death from emotion, in which the stress had evidently fallen upon the heart, and not upon the brain, are recorded in the collection of cases of death from powerful emotion to which we have referred. In some cases, however, there was no evi- dence of disease of the heart or ot any organ of the body, as might, indeed, be expected, For instance, a man is reported to have died at Twickenham after witnessing the death of a neighbor. He made the remark: “I have never seen any ome dead before, and hope I never shall again.” There was a post-mortem examination made by Dr. Ward, but nothing was found to account for death; both ven- tricles of the heart contained only a little fluid blood, the organ itself being normal in size and healthy. There is no reason to doubt that, in such instances, fatal syncope may arise simply from the action of the heart being inhibited, whether by direct excita- tion of the vagus, as maintained by Brown- Sequard, or of the accelerators of the heart in the first instance, followed by exhaustion, and the unantagonized play of the former. Any way, if the heart, as in Hunter’s case, be strongly contracted on its contents, and the blood expelled, one efficient cause of syncope with fatal results is present. Probably this was the pathological explanation of this unfortunate girl's death, from the silly the various processes of the economy may be affected by the manipulation of the conditions of common life ——____se-____ THE “CATERER SYSTEM.” How New Yorkers Have Solved a Hard Problem. Half New York lives io restaurants and lives pretty well too. Gastronomes agree that in no city in the world can better cooking or a better variety be procured and at a more reasonable price, taken all around. The Gafe Royal in London and the Cate de Paris in the latter city are as high priced as Delmontico, ifnot actually moreso. A slight variation on the restaurant plan and one which is coming intomucn favor is the caterer system. To many, especially where ladies are concerned, it is inconvenient to be obliged to go out to meals in all weathers, par- ticularly where it means trudging through the snow and mist ona drizzly wintry morning. The compromise on this plan is the caterer, and it is simply astonishing the thousands who now live in this way. In and about New York there are now a thousond private caterers. They keep no restaurant and confine themselves ex- clusively to serving meals to private families who live in flats or furnished rooms. The im- pressions of those who have lived in this way differ of course widely,but that dependsentirely on the quality of the caterer. The price runs all the way from three to ten and twelve dollars per person, and the quality is in proportion. This means two meals a day for the male members of the family and a lunch as well for the female. An $8 menu usually means soup, fish and en- trees, Poasts, salad,dessert and coffee for dinner, and eggs or fish and steak, kidneys or chops for breakfast. A good caterer knows how to kee these things hot. There is one on 26tl street who hus half dozen wagons em- loyed running all the day long with meals. Each trip he can carry about one dozen dinners for two. Often the things are carried by hand in baskets, but this plan is not nearly so satis- factory, tor the food Is usually cold. There is a good deal of money evidently in the business, or it would not have increased so ppm & Curiously enough, nearly all the caterers in New York are colored people, and they are usually the best. They are. as a rule, cooks who have been in private families or in hoteli peel re set up for bigger ahd on the thes capi iat 1s necessary to buy crockery, silver, cooking and warming utensils. The main recommendation of the plan is that it is clean, untroublesome and avoids all the heart-aches caused by “help,” ++ —______ THE HERBERT-WILLIAMS MAR- BIAGE. An Interesting Relic. From the New York Queen. The announcement of the approaching mar- be | Tage of Miss Rebecca Williams to the Hon. H. A. Herbert, owner of the famous Muckross es- tate in Ireland, recalls to mind an interesting old sampler worked by one ‘‘Hannah Williams, aged 11, 1762,” to whom the Hon. George Haw- kins Williams, father of the bride-elect, is a near relative. The sampler is now In possession of a great grauddaughter, the daughter of Hon. Horatio King, residing in Washington. Ona piece of silk canvas, about one foot in breadth ‘one foot, three inches in length, yellow and ractical joke played upon her. She arrived Home after ber ‘ight in the road by the Dept- ford cemetery, at Brockley, looking very ill and excited. She is sald to have taken off her waterproof, drawn achair to the table to take supper, then fallen forward with her head on the table, and died after a short struggle. Mr. Hollis, the medical man who was called in, made a post-mortem examination, and re- Ported that all the organs were healthy, but that the state of the heart, combined with the fright, would account for death. Ss AN INDIAN TRADITION. Whence the Savage Custom of Scalp- ing Took Its Origin. ‘From the Helena Independent. Hundreds ot years ago—perhaps thousands— when the Indians were all one tribe and under one great chief, a dispute arose in the tribe as to who should become chief, the old chief having died without leaving a son to succeed him. There were two principal ASPIRANTS FOR THE CHIEFTAINCY, and each one had a strong following. The dis- pute ended in dividing the tribe, and in war. Previous to this time scalping was unknown, as there were no enemies to scalp, the land being occupied by only one people. Peace was never made between the two factions. The chief of one side had a beautiful daughter, and one of the leading warriors was a suitor for her hand. The chief, as a condition to consenting to giving his daughter to her warrior lover, re- quired him to kill the chiet of the opposin; tribe (his old-time rival for the chiettaincy), an to bring him proof of the act. The warrior ac- cepted the condition. It was many long miles to the camp of the enemy, and the snow was deep, but he immediately SET OUT UPON HIS MISSION. After lying in wait near the enemy's camp for days and undergoing great suffering from the extreme cold without having an opportunity of carrying out his plan, he finally one night boldly entered the camp, walked into the great chiet’s lodge, slew him, and, cutting off his head to take back with him as proof, started to return to his own people. The next morning the mur- der was discovered; also the murderer's tracks in the snow, and drops of blood which had fallen from the dead chieftain’s captured head. Two hundred warriors started in pursuit of the mur- derer. They almost overtook him, and he could hear them on his track. He was almost tired out, and the dead chiet’s head was growing heavy, yet he struggled on with it through the snow and cold, determined to not relinquish the proof which would win for him his bride. The pursuers pressed him so at length that he THREW AWAY EVERY WEIGHT but his trohpy. They finally gained on the weary brave so fast that it seemed that he must elther relinquish his prize or be captured, which, of course, would be death. Whipping out his rude knife (it was before the time of steel knives among the Indians,) he hurriedly stripped off the scalp from the dead man’s head and sped on. Thus lightened of his load he made his own camp in safety, the scalp was accepted as suffi- cient proof that he had fulfilled his mission, the old chief no longer withheld his consent, and the bright-eyed daughter of the forest became his own. Thus originated the custom of scalping ‘among the American Indians. ee Do Dogs Understand Our Language? Letter to Boston Journal. : An article inarecent number of the Journal on this subject was a reminder to me of quite a number of incidents in my experience with this useful and interesting animal. When quite young, being very fond of hunting, I procured a brace of fox hounds, calling one of them Buck and the other Mountain. They were both well trained for the chase, and upon a frosty day in December they had a fox on a large open mea- dow-of some fifty acres, oblong in shape, and were pressing him hard whenI came up and got @ good shot at him, but failed to bring him down. The fox, when hard pressed, will often make a circuit around a hill or meadow two or three times. and by his movements I thought he was going to doso in this instance. When thedogs came up I said to Mountain. “The fox is coming here again; héad hin off across lots.” He at oncc stopped his baying ‘and started in a ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY, Stery Told by the Express Messenger. FORTUNATE PRESENCE OF MIND—HIS PISTOL READY T) HIS HAND—QUICK FLIGHT OF THE MURDERER. A telegram from Kansas City, Sept. $0, says: Patterson, the express messenger on the Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe train, which highway- men attempted to rob, tells the following story. “You are aware that the ‘raid’ took place at Coolidge, a station about ten miles east of the Colorado state line, between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. There is an eating-house in the station, and the train stopped there as usual for twenty minutes in order to give the passengers an opportunity to get lunch. The train was No. 4, bound east, with Conductor Greeley, En- gineer John Hilton, Fireman Faddle and Bag- gageman Johnson. When the train stopped I put off some railroad mail which I had; and there being no express matter to put off, and no farther work for me to do, I laid down on my box just in front of the side door, on the side of the car next to the depot. After \ying down a few minutes I dropped off into a doze. “TI was lying on my back with my arms folded over my bosom. Both doors on the side of the car next tothe platform were open, Baggage- man Johnson being seated back of the side door, looking out on the aes My re- volver, a Colt’s 41 calibre double action, lay at my side. I had taken it out of my scabbard and laid it down thatI might be ready for any emergency that might arise. The pistol lay where I could easily lay hands upon it. * “It was about time for the train to start when I heard the words: ‘Come out of there, you d—.’ This woke me up, and I afterward learned that the remark was made by Conductor Greely to a man whom he noticed getting into the car. When I awoke I naturally glanced down the car and I saw standing within four feet ot me a man witha pistol in his hand. I was lying with my head toward the tront end of the car, and the man was standing near my feet. Idid not eaya word. In fact, I did not have time to speak before he covered me with his revolver and fired. The bullet went over my head and I could feel fire burning over my face. The man then firea out of the doorway at the conductor, Fortunately I was completely self- possessed, and when he fired I realized that a train robbery was going on. With the hope of making the robber belleve he had killed me, I unclasped my hands, which were folded on my bosom, and allowed them to fall at my side. My right hand fell on the muzzle of my revolver; and realizing that it would never do to allow the robber to see that I was about to defend myeelf. I worked my hand slowly into position, until I had hold of the pistol with my hand on the trigger. “The robber did not notice this manceuvre, be- cause It was dark in that part of the car where I lay. In the meantime theman was working his way toward Ae ee ot the car, evidently supposing he had finished me, and intended to kill the baggageman or any one else who got in his way. Aé soon as I got hold of my pistol I sprang into a sitting posture and fired at the robber. 1 jumped up then and walked toward the man, he raised his revolver as if to shoot again, but it went off prematurely, the ball striking the roof of the car. When I shot at him, part of his body was behind the stove. I alm 4 at his abdomen, and I believe my ball took effect. “About this time I saw another man, who peeved to be a ‘pal’ of the first, trying to climb in at a side door. No sooner had I fired, how- ever, than he disappeared, and the man I shot at Jumped out on the plattorm from the rear side door. That was the last I saw of the rob- bers. I calculated that they would come up to the front side door, and, selzing some freight, Ibarricaded the door so as to protect myself and the property which had been entrusted to my care. “Less than half a minute after the robbers left my car I heard some shots at engine. Three shots were fired in half as many minutes. I stood at the tront side-door of my car, revolver in band. Just then Conductor Greely came up. ‘Have they gone?’ I asked. ‘Yes, I think so,’ re- plied he, ‘bat I believe our engineerand fireman are hurt. Then Greely went forward to them, and coming back to me sald: ‘They are both killed. Engineer is shot through the heart and the fireman through the neck.’ I then jumped out on platform and saw the engineer and the fireman lying on the platform alongside of the engine. The fireman was still conscious and was taken into the hotel, where I talked with him a few minutes. The body of the dead en- gineet was put on board the train and taken to jodge City. “‘After considerable delay we got a new engi- neer and fireman at Coolidge and started on our journey, one hour and fore animes late, At Cimmaron, twenty miles distant, we met a spe- cial train from Dodge City conveying to Cool- idge a sheriff's posse to pursue the robbers.” MORE TWEEDISM IN NEW YORK. The Late Developments. From the Philadelphia Times. It is becoming evident that the overthrow of Tweed and his gang in New York hasn't put an end to stealing from the public in that city. Tweed is dead and his companions either in their graves or at the ends of the earth, but there are enough small-fry imitators of these princely thieves to keep the municipal service ofthe city In very bad odor. The developments of petty rascality in the various city depart- ments are numerous. Not long since two cases of extensive thefts were discovered in the dock department. The famous Carroll frauds have filled the papers for months. Lately it has transpired that two employes of the water de- ment had been playing the role of the un- just steward by discounting the city’s claims for water and pocketing the money they collected on the fifty per cent plan: And now,aclerk of the bureau of tax arrears turns out to have feathered his nest to an indefinite extent by collecting aclingusnt taxes on the fifty-per- cent-and-keep-all-you-get plan. The New York tax-payers are just now con- fronted with two very important questions. They want to know where this thing is going toendand what remedy there is for itin the fature. The first question is a puzzler. The revelations of municipal rascality appear as regularly as the to-be-continued story in the sensational journal. The second question is not much easier to answer. As long as human cine ever used, and is not approached in excellence by any new candidate for public favor. ‘HEN SYMPTOMS OF MALARIA APPEAR IN any form take Ayer's Ague Cure at once, to pre- vent the development of the discase, and continue until health is restored, ag it surely will be by the use of this remedy, A cure is warranted in every instance. sep27 908 Tth St. N. W. THE WELL-KNOWN BALTIMORE DRY GOODS HOUSE Is Receiving Its NEW FALL GOODS DAILY. GIVE US A CALL AT ONCE 908 7th Street Northwest. Perfectly bewildering. » Entering our store from the Seventh street entrance one sees one sido for some dis- tance eccupied entirely with all styles and sizes of Pic- ture frames, 10 cents up, followed by a beautiful assortment of Traveling Hand Satchels, Bags, Pursestand Pocketbooks in endless variety. Next we have Brackets in Ebony and Walnut, Walnut and Ebony Stands, Towel Racks, Cornice Poles, Easels, &c. Then follow Brushes of all kinds, Tollet, Combs, Toilet Mirrors, Work, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes; Puff and Japanese Boxes, Japanese Goods of all kinds, On the other side ont large assortment of Jewelry will strike you, first suppleménted by = number of articles in that line. Then our lovely assortinent of Fancy Glassware will attract your eye, consisting of Vases in innumerable styles, Toilet Seta, Oard Reoeivers, Smok- ing Seta, Statuettes, &c. Our Bisque Figures and Orna- ments occupy a prominent place, and our assortment of Albums of al} kinds is immense. Our Silver-Piated Ware and Table and Pocket Cutlery speak for them- selves and our line of Baskets socks its rival. Glancing Up we see an array of Oil Paintings, Indotints, &c., nature is what it is there will be dishonest men seeking public place tor the sole free of stealing. But an entire change in the system of appointments is certainly necessary. A mere change of party control won't help the case. The rogues are in all parties. In Philadelphia the thieves are republican and in New York they are democratic. Their political principles are of the elgstic kind, whicn enables them to attach themBelves to the winning party in the community in which they happen to reside. It }. might be worth while for New York to adopt Mayar Low’s (of Brooklyn) civil service plan and Laphee it sefecteotae a wouas ass out e rascals, but ight possibly reduce the number somewhat. Certainly it could not produce worse results than the present system cross lot course, while Buck ptessed him hard in the rear with his usual noise'and vigor. Ina few minutes it was all ever with Reynard, he running almost directly {ito the dog’s mouth, who, in good hound style, finished him at once. During the winter evenings following my neigh- bors would call in. When 1 would relate to them the feat of this ddg, Motntain would at once jump from the floor, putting his paws into my lap, looking me in the face; seeming to say, “Did I not do it in good style?” At the same time Buck would not pay the least attention to the conversation, but lay quietly on the floor. Later on in life it became my duty to assist in taking the grand list in my native town, at a time when dogs were put info the list at $3 each. I had taken the list of a nelghbor of mine, when I saw a fine-looking dog ne on the floor, and on ingulry, found he owned him. I then told him it was nly duty'to put the dog into his list at 82. He éatd he Was not able to pay the tax, and was not aware that there was such a law, and would kill the dog that night, The dog left ae night and wee ie son of a present master in a nel ing town, anc could never be ade to return to his formerhome. After this Iowned a little pet dog called Cass, who used to go with me in my with a team from town to town, until he of appointing at the behest of a political boss. Congratulating the Moon, From the New York Tribune. Our Chinese cousins last Tuesday celebrated an anniversary in which the rest of the world ought to have had ashare. Two or three thou- sand years ago, it seems,a great Mongolian philosopher fell asleep on the night of Septem- ber 25, when his soul was transported to the moon, where he saws play. Coming back, he built the first theater and collected the first company of actorsever known in the world. The Chinese, appreciating the blessing thus brought to them, celebrate the date of its com- ne oe: September, = hold a feast which is Frith the earth of plays and play-abiore, This ie the only trade or business whose advent into the world is anywhere made an apology for national faced by a row of Bird Cages of all kinds. This is only about one-half of the store. The Rear, of over one hundred feet deep, is devoted Exclusively to Toys, of which we probably keep the Largest Stock in the City. To enumerate them would bea vain attempt. ‘To mention our price is easier; they range chiefly from 1 cent up to 9 cents; very few goods higher, but Low Prices is our motto, and if that is not inducement enough for you dust for Variety's Sake step in and look over our stock. OUR NEW FALL STOCK I8 NOW ARRIVING. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY, SILVERBERG'S, ou 9 s12 1TH STREET, &0., &o. Gaaxo Orewa, OCTOBER 4, 5 AND 6, OF ARTIFICIAL PLANTS, HANGING BASKETS, VINES AND FLOWERS And all kinds of Floral House Decorations, ‘o introduce the goods in ze inciadtan we 14801 Plant gh tases eae eee has \ported a I handsome stock. ELOWENS for Corsuge and Beiaal aoe - PARISIAN FLOWER CO, ‘1110 F street northwest, 2ep29-3m Between ith and 12th, ‘Lavies’ Jerseys LESS THAN COST. Tam compelled, on account of my extensive FALL STOCK, which will exceed anything heretofore shown in Ladies and Children’s Outside Garments, to offer now all my stock of LADIES JERSEYS and JACKETS LESS THAN COST. Iwill take off TWENTY-FIVE CENTS on the DOL- LAR for every JERSEY sold, and I guarantee the Goods, Rot to be better—like other houses advertise—but as good as any offered in this country. All I ask isa visit to my Establishment, and customers will soon find out ‘what we advertise is 80 or not #0, OUR BOYS’ CLOTHING Is selling rapidly. We have still left some bargains, Suits at $290, $3.90, $4.90. Extra pante only ninety- eight cents. Boys’ Overcoats less than cost price, vu MM MM o PRA F MMMM BBB AA U MMMM ~ BB ASA U MMM, ooo: Bas “4A Yo EE ue 416 SEVENTH STREET. sep2T Granp Orenina oF BTRASBURGER’S NEW DRY GOODS AND CARPET HOUSE, No. 820 SEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN H AND I, ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 5 anp 6, CURTAIN LACE. Hosteries, Corsets, Embroideries, Laces, ko, Bed Carpets, Oilclotha, As Souvenirs we shall give Androscoggin Bleach Cot- ton at 6340, eep20-lw Bosruzss. - SWI8S STEAM LAUNDRY, PERFECTION OF LAUNDRY WORK. 1,000 DOLLARS ‘Tosny Laundry in this country that will produce COLLARS AND CUFFS eho Tank | Cvtbout itary fp he Zari equa to grr uniform COLLARS AND CUFFS, GLO88 OB DOMESTIC FINISH. TRA GODFREY, Ja, - 102 F Grazer, sep 29-6t Near Ebbitt. Er Bees | eepé-lm 429 11th Btrest Northwest. WESrScE OY SAS ee LADIES GOODS. Mrs J. P. Pauuer, 1007 F street, between 11th and 12th, IMPORTER OF LONDON ROUND HATS ARR FRENCH BONNETS. ‘Particular attention given to all onters, IMPORTED BONNETS AND ROUND RATS, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2p axp 3p, 1883, MRS. M. J. HUNT, pe 1800 F street northwest. Moor B. Vax Recm, ‘1112 13TH STREET NoRTHWReT, avis t returned from abrosd. will Ol vine RST WEEK IN OCTOBER. ber os LATEST IMPORTATIONS OF PRESS TRIMMINGS" AND NOVELTIES, - _ Tailor-made Cloth Suits » Specialty. RS. LM. Bur west, hax REC TING and FITTING. ton in fit and style. ALL OPENING OF MILLI PATTPRN HATS AND FINE INERY GOODS, —_ ‘Real Laces, Parisian i nel in le vi . eee as ‘new styles and colors, exclusively to M. WILLIAN, ‘7 Cite Trevise, Paris. 907 Pennsylvania avenue, Feathers dyed and re-curled equal to bew ones. sepll Ms EK MELLOX, Laces and from Pa D street Semrrcifi Poca ein? cater every grade. With her long experience in the art she guarantees perfect satisfaction in and style. a RESS CUTTING SCHOOL. — LADIES CAN Jearn dreesx cutting, fitting, maki ping and ee ee to auzs trimmii Dresses made o ANTON FISHER. CHEMICAL DRY CLEAN] MENT, 906 a noe BP *, wre Weala, Lacew ete are’ perfectly” clear Uy inte Sap 2 aapecialty. Process, * Event Drosse Gf E.3- De_-Smedt, official chemist ‘sf the Diatie Golumine, “Four chemicals are of the tom ehteck iG ESTABLISH. irty youre’ «1 nent: also € sarpeseed ie Pan Work orelsowhere™ Not Surpaseed in is, New or clsewhere.” Notice.— Grease spote cuarauteed to be thoroughly thoroughly removed. 9ugo Mss ANNIE K. HUMPHERY, 490 TENTH STREET NOR’ Makes CORSETS to. ree <¥ Pied nt ee ee Os ate and finent Imported Hosiery. ee 7 ret and aif Dress Reform Goods, mets and Bustles. ‘The “Hercules” Sups porting Corset, for wich Mien H- in special A anNGE be surpaseed, “ forthe. French, German and Spanish spoken. _a ATTORNEYS. GOODRICH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 1% DEAR- A. Som street, “Chicago Advice frre techie Ay reet, “Chicago. vice free Se and 3 Sve COMMONER, NoraRy BUBLIC AND 8 OOMUTTORNEY ROW RENTS 690 La, ave., next to City P.O. LER, ATTOR' T-LAW, oe lous Sand Gunton tae Buulaing, =, 412 Louisiana avenue. Renidence,’240 North Capitol treet. FH, * Seto tne Peace and Notary Public, id 916 F street northwest. jet Warner Building. HAS. J. GOOG! kn 'H, SOLICITOR OF PA‘ Counsellor at Law and Bt. Ch x eee aceon mh? and 'F strests, Good work, good references, CLOTHING COMPANY TAKES THE LEAD. Good Businees Suits for $8. Worth #14. OORNER OF SEVENTH AND G STREETS. THE LONDON and LIVERPOOL OLOTHING 00, TEEN COP ATRL cLommne oe Just think of it. You can an_ Imported Worsted, SLE Si a a RE REE ee. soe Bat Zone, Are You, contemrlating bey you to pernse our list, and then Jet an nation of our, follow. THE LONDON and LIVERPOOL CLOTHING 00, Ttisouraim to sell only honest and reliable goods. Our heavy Overcoats for 610 hit the uall squarely" Ou ia THE LONDON and LIVERPOOL CLOTHING 00. Don't fc the and Li Cho Company when in sant of « Nobby Fal Sar Gar Bulte are going rapidly. ‘The London and Liverpool Drop in and examine acer eres oo ! To Our All-Wool Cheviot Suits at $8.’ $1050 and GPLONSON UND GVERNGoE “eLStmxa 00. necessity: thet sell re- se ireae ear te atin a a oe No commonplace advertisement. We defy ame Poe ae | 0 Tae" Ne the LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING C0,'8 saint cat style and finish have won for them a wide LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING COMPANY, CORNER SEVENTH AND G. sepzt Txvesrent Sroonrrs, FIVE, TEN, FIFTEEN DOLLARS OR MORE. No matter what you want to invest in CLOTHING, it or He Busit Dresae Suit tien, Foutls or Boys oran Odd Puirof Pasta THE MISFIT STORE, CORNER TENTH AND F STREETS, tees the best for the sum. See the prices, {fer calf'and examine ws! ‘Overcoats at 84, worth $10, Fall Overcoats at $7.50, w: et Fall Overcoat at #9, worth 816. Fall Overcoats at $10, wo e18, Heavy Overcoats at 85, w 10, Heavier Overvoats at #750, worth i Siendid Overconts t €10" worth ‘The ton Pine Buits for B18. words ene Tea ed Fine Biack Cloth Suits Leak worth @40. FOR BOYS 4 ODD PANTS. dard Gomany of them aif the usual seling peso GOSSAMERS FOR MEN AND BOYS av th geri sag oc oun Ovr Morro—No trouble to show goods. Satisfaction guaranteed to every purchascr, or money cheerfully rer funded, at the MISFIT BTORE, sep20 CORNER TENTH AND F STREETS fone i Ss tat PHILADELPHIA and —eeeminamiiedans gu2d-whks,26t LU. MALTBY, Proprictor. _ ‘PPOTSCT FOUR FURS AND WINTER CLOTHING AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF MOTH. ‘0. PER POUND. _919 _to0 van stron Sener Hest nore, Ger Ts: Bur. L0TE & mRO. fous domes BLANKETS AND LAP ROBES In great variety at Bottom Prices, 507 ©. , RAPES, Proper, | wasisvsous is Yokewioy Gell stares ont