Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1883, Page 3

' | HOME ATTERS. Barprves picked up fine and mixed with cold boiled ham, also minced fine, and all well sea- Boned with a reguiar mayonnaise dressing, make @ delicious filling for sandwiches. Frrep PoTaTors.—A good way to warm over cold potatoes Is to first chop them, not too fine; heat some butter in a trying pan, put the pota- toes in a few minutes; Just betore takin; from the fire stir in some weil beaten egg: hot; garnish with parsley. “I Benieve pennyroyal in powder will de- dail insects. I should trust to an powder. Imay not beright. it was sprinkled: possi- d herself with her ton: a crow, he was found «i lar from fleas, sudde: For Cutcxes Toast take the remains of a cold roas fed chicken and chop up fine, . Season with salt, pepper and finely minced, add a ie-spoonfal piece just enor all te agh water to cover th thicken, sim her 15 ” over the meat Taw egzs, stir ether, pour it LS, § buttered toast and serve strive CURE For Water Bes take a kettletul of water, a cupful of washing-soda. Let it come to a boil; after which pour it down the water-pipes. commencing at the top of the house. Re the operation once or tree and e destroyed ninety-nine he bugs, which breed inside the he month of September. ‘The tew in the room can be reached with in- sect powde Tur Best Way to procure chestnut trees is to plant the nuts where the trees are to stand. Plant them when fresh, in the fall, three inches deep, cover the ground with board, and then with straw, and remove these in tl ‘The ground should be hoed, as with c trees will make a rapid growth. It is very re- markable that so few Ss are made to grow the foreign chestnut tree, known varlously as the French, Spanish and Italian. CELERY Mayonnatse.—The yelks of two eggs, ne water. Beat all together. To prevent the some curdling, the must be weil beaten ‘our in the oil slowly, a fe psat atime, sthring until of the consis of jeit A few drops of vinezar may be added, or a small spoonful of boiling water. Th and then thoroughly dried in a towel; cut in small pleces in a salad bowl, throw the mayon- naise over the celery, mix all togetier and Berve. CuickeN CrogvertEs.—One solid pint of finely-chopped cooked cticken; one tablespoon- ful of salt; halfa teaspoc..ful of pepper; one cup- ful of cream or chicken stock; one tablespoonful of flour; four eges: one teaspoonful of onion Juice: one tablespoonful of lemon juice: one pint of crumbs; three tablespoonfuls of butter. Put the cream or stock on to boil. Mix the flour and butter together. and stir into the boiling cream; then add the chicken and seasoning. Boil for two minutes; then add two of the eggs, weil beaten. Take from the fire immediately and set away to cool. When cold, shape and fry. Many people think a teaspoonful of chopped parsley an improvement. Stewep Steak with Oysters.—Two pounds of rump steak, one pint of oysters, one table- spoonful of lemon juice, three of butter, one of fleur, salt, pepper, one cupful of water. Wash the oysters in the water and drain into a stew- pan. Put this liquor on te heat. As soon as it comes to a boii, skim and set back. Putthe but- ter in a fryingpan. and when hot put ina st Cook ten minutes. Take up the steak. and the flour into the butter remaini he p Stir until a dark brown. Add the oyster liquor and boil one minute. Seasoa with salt and Pepper. Put back the steak, cover the pan, and simmer half an hour; then add the oysters and lemon jnice. Boil one minute. Serve on a hot | dish with points of toast for a garnish. | Tue Caterer for this month thus tells howto griddle oysters: For this purpose select the largest and finest oysters, drain the juice thor- oughly from them. Have the griddle hot and butter it weli: then lay the oysters upon it, in single layer, and when they are cooked brown turn it upon the other and brown while they are cooking a small piece of butter may be added, this combining with the juice given out by the oyster, forms a brown skin on the griddte, and_is the very quin' sence of oyster flavor. When done to a brown, remove ail, oysters and skin, with a tin slice; put them ona hot plate and pour over them plain melted butter seasoned with a little cayenne pepper. ‘One who has never eaten oysters prepared in this manner does not kno what the flavor of an oyster really is. i ry and if you have any difficulty in’ disposing of them—send for us. e+ —______ Practical Forestry. From Indoors and Outdoors, My information on the subject is not very ex- tensive, to be sure, but I know that every man, Woman or child who plants a tree in the right place is a patriot, because the action is a benefit to the country. I was taking a walk one day this summer under the grand old elms that make the streets of New Haven look like the aisles of @ great. grand cathedral, when I saw three boys curiously watehing an old gentleman who was filling a bag with elm seeds. I came up just in time to hear the old man ask the boys to finish filling the bag for him, as bending over so long Was tiresome for one of his age. They were bright-leoking, good-mannered fellows, and they soon carried the bag filled tothe mouth to the beneh where the tired old gentleman had taken aseat. As they put it by his side, one of them asked what he wanted with such worthless stuff. “I will tell you willin: " said the gentle- ‘and perhaps you wili be interested enough eme alittle more help. 1 went through the far western part of our country last year, and found so many places where there are no for it really is avery serious to send some little n seeds to all the postmasters out that way and see if they cannot get some one to plant the roadsides and anywhere else they like.” “What a good idea!” said one of the boys. “Where do you set the b: “That is easy,” was thea “T have four | bright-eyed little zranddaushters, and they have | each an intimate little friend, and all this after- noon the eight bright-eved girls have been hard at work makiny the little bags.” “Oh,” said the biggest boy, “that’s the bag party my sister Susie and cousin Kittie have gone to: I didn’t know what they meant when they taiked of i “That must be it,” said the old gentleman; “I don’t believe there is any other party of the kind. The girls are going to fill the bags and sew them up and fasten on the tags I have writ- ten addresses on. Then they will write some al cards addressed to the same offices.” “How will they know what to write?” said one of the boys. * “They will copy this,” said the gentleman, taking a card out of his pocket and putting on his spectacles to read it—“ ‘Mr. Postmaster, will BENEDICT ARNOLD'S WIFE. Headable Leaves from the Life History of an Unhappy Lady. MARRIED FIVE DAYS AFTER HIS COURT-MARTIAL— WAS SHE A TRAITOR, TOO? From the New York Trath. We catch our first views of this unhappy lady on a bright May day in 1778, when she took paft in atamous and splendid pageant in Philadel- phia. She was then a beautiful girl of eighteen —Miss Margaret Shippen—the daughter of an opulent and ancient Philadelphia family, and one of the reigning belles of that town. Her ancestors were among the first settlers of Penn- sylvania, and her great-grandfather was the first mayor of Philadelp! In the course of time the family had acquired great po: and, laying aside the Quaker garb, had become members of the Church of England. During the controversy between the thirteen colonies and the king, ich ended in the revolutionary war, Edward Shippen, her father, the head of the family, was inclined to the king's side. It was 18, 1778. For many months the British army had been quartered in Philadel- phia, commanded by Maj. Gen. William Howe. The yeneral had been superseded and was about to return to England. The officers of the army, @ wealthy class who had nothing to do, seized the occasion of his retirement to amuse them- selves by giving a grand festival in his honor, faa this was the day upon which it was to be eld. The affair began: with a grand regatta upon the Delaware river, or, rather. a long proces- sion of galleys and barges, filled with officers and ladies, which were rowed slowly down the whole length of the city, inan avenue formed by the shore crowded with spectators, and a line of men-of-war and transport ships,zayly dressed with flags and gtreamers. At 4:30 in the after noon the barges began to move, the oars keep- ing time to martial music; and when they had arrived opposite Market street they all lay upon their oars, while the bands played “God Save the King,” after which the soldiers gave three cheers. Continuing their course, the company were conveyed past the city to where a grand tournament was to take place, and it was inthis portion of thaentertainment that MargaretShip- pen shone. A spacious field, sarrounded by troops, had been prepared for the contest. Upon one side was stationed all the bands of music in the army. There were also two pavilions, with benches one above another, filled with the most distinguished ladies of tne city. On the front seat of each of these pavilions were placed seven of the most beautiful young ladies Pennsylvania could boast. They were dressed in Turkish costume—trousers, tunics and turbans—and in their turbans they wore the favors with which they intended to reward the knights who were to contend in their honor. Among those lovely maidens sat Miss Margaret Shippen. One of the knights who figured in the tournament was Capt. Andre, her familiar acquaintance. Little could either of them have thought, on that bright day, how fatally their destinies were involved. THE TRUMPET SOUNDED, The herald appeared. The challenge was deliv- ered and the contest occurred, which ended without the loss of blood, to the satisfaction of all concerned. At the conclusion of the tourna- ment the company was ushered into a magnifi- cent ball-room, décorated, we are told, by eighty-five mirrors and lighted by thirty-four branches of wax candles. The ball was opened by the fourteen belles in Turkish dress and their fourteen knights—one, Lieut. Sloper, being the knight who led Miss Shippen out to’ the dance. At 10 o'clock the windows were thrown open and a splendid display of fireworks was exhib- ited. At 12, large folding doors, which had hitherto been concealed, were suddenly thrown op which revealed a gorgeous saloon 210 feet long 40 feet wide and 22 feet high, with three alcoves on each side. This was the supper room. Upon the table there were 1,200 dishes. As the guests entered a great number of black slaves in orien- tal costumes, ranged in two lines, bowed to the ground. This vast apartment was one splendor X lights, flowers, ribbons, mirrors and sil- e of the regular toasts of the oc- casion was ‘Miss Shippen and Her Knight.” After supper the company returned to the bail Toom and kept up the dance until 4 in the morn- ing, reaching their homes at sunrise. The festival. as Major Andre remarks, was the most splendid ever given by an army to its chief. And little, indeed, had the chief done to deserve it. An old officer of the British army, who perceived the folly of paying such extrava- gant honors to a general who had won no victo- said, sadly: **What will Washington say to this?” Exactly a month from that day the British army evacuated, Philadelphia, and away they sped across Jersey, with Gen. Washington at their heels. A day or two after a body of Amer- ican troops marched in, commanded by Gen. Benedict Arnold. All was changed. The red coats had disappeared—blue coats were in the ascendant and the new Yankee general was the foremost man in the city. Arnold, a vain, weal man, ever fond of display and luxury, appropri- ated to himself one of the handsomest houses in the town, where he set up a costly establish- ment, kept a great many servants, gave spien- did dinners and maintained a handsome equip- age drawn by four horses—a scale of expenses utterly incompatible either with his fortune or his pay. No one, however, knew at the time that to maintain the costly pomp he was con- cerned in speculations unworthy of an officer and gentleman, and sometimes used the public money that passed throvgh his hands. In inviting his guests, as the patriotic portion of the people remarked with surprise, he was as likely to select tories as whigs. He seemed to court the adherents of the king, and he tre- quently had at his table the wives and daugh- ters of public enemies, who had been publicly proscribed and had found refuge with the enemy in New York. Among the families who at- tracted his regard was that of Edward ‘Shippen, and he was soon observed to pay particular court to his daughter Margaret. Arnold was then a widower, thirty-eight years of age, just twenty years older than the young lady. Ere long he formally asked her hand from her father, and her father consenting, he addressed the daughter and they were engaged. IN THE MEANTIME Arnold had become so vdious by his extrava- to give a very different account of the matter. He had known Mrs. Arnold from her infancy, and he always declared that she knew all about her husband’s treason from the beginning, and he used to relate a scene which he said he wit- nessed at the house of Mrs. Prevost, whom he afterward married, which somewhat confirms his opinion. Mrs. Arnold, it will be remembered, was sent home to her father, escorted by a party of horse- men, and remained for the night at the houseof Mrs. Prevost, where Col. Burr was. Mrs. Ar- nold, he said, burst into the room dressed in a riding habit, and was about to speak to the lady of the house, when, seeing him in the dim light of the apartment, and not recognizing him, she asked anxiously: “Am I safe? Is this gentleman a friend?” Upon discovering who he was, she told them how she had deceived Gen. Washington, Col. Hamilton, and other American officers by her frantic outeries; and she declared that she not only knew of the treason, but that it was she who had induced her husband to commit it. This was Col. Burr's story, to which the reader may attach the credit which he thinks it de- serves, Arnold himself does not say that she was ignorant of his intention to surrender the fortress. In the well-know letter which he sent back to Gen. Washington from the Vulture, he 8a} ‘rom the known humanity of your excellen- cy, I. am induced to ask your protection for Mrs. Arnold from every insnit and injury that a mis- taken vengeance of my country may expose her to. It ought to fall only on me; she isas good and as innocent as an angel, and is incapable of doing wrons.” The authorities of Pennsylvania believed, with Burr, that she was a traitor. Her papers were seized, and although nothing was found in them to criminate her, she was not permitted to remain at her father’s house, which she said she desired to do. Her father offered to give se- curity that, during the war, she would write no letters to her husband, and send to the govern- ment unopened any letters she might receive from him. His offer was refused, and they or- dered her to denart and not to return daring the war. Being then obliged to join her hus- band in New York she soon Tecovered her spirits and shone in society, to use the language of the time, as ‘“‘a star ot the first magnitude.” In England, too, whither she accompanied her husband, she attracted much attention for her beauty, and was much flattered in tory circles. ‘The British government gaye Arnold, in compensation tor his American losses, something less than £7,000, and settled upon his famtly a pension of £1,000 a year, which was to be continued as long as either the husband or the wife survived. Their family increased in England. Arnold. finding himself pinched upon an income of £1,300 per annum, went upon a trading voyage to Halifax, with what success is not known. It was aa ig by some that he was glad to leave England for a while to escape the contempt in which he was held even by those who had employed him. Mrs. Arnold lived to 1804, when she died, aged forty-three years. The infant whom she held in her arme, as déxcribed above, entered the Brit- ish army in 1798, rose to the rank of lieutenant general, and was still living as late as 1851. One ot her grandchildren is a clergyman in the Church of England, and, it is said, a very wor- thy gentleman, who has conversed with Ameri- can visitors upon his grandfather in a rational and becoming manner. Two of her sons settled in Canada, where they acquired competent es- tates and were hiving in 1820, Seah hte I ese SARAH BERNHARDI’S REAPPEAR- ANCE AT HER OWN THEATER. ‘The Great Actress in “Frou Frou.”? Paris Cor. of the Boston Courier. Sarah Bernhardt has made her reappearance at Paris, after her successful foreign and pro- vincial tours, at her own theater, the Porte Saint-Martin. Notwithstanding the lovely au- tumn weather, which is keeping a large number of Parisians at the seashore and country, the audience which welcomed Madame Bernhardt back to Paris was a brilliant one. In spite of all her eccentricities, Sarah Bernhardt is a great favorite with Parisian theater-goers. Whenever she appears, no matter what role she plays, she attractslarge audiences. Herappearance on Mon- day was made especially interesting to Parisians by reason of her first performance here of “Frou Frou.” She has played the part elsewhere, but never before at Pari frou Frou” is one of the best and most ambitious of Meilhacand Halevy's comedies. Although written in 1866, it was not played until 1869, because the authors could not find a heroine to snit them. The leading role was written for Mile. Delaporte, but she fell ill and was unable to play it; three years later Desclee, then almost unknown, was selected to play the part, which, on the first evening, made her famous. For this revival Messrs. Meilhac and Halevy have retouched their manuscript. al version, Brigard appears in the last scene only to appease his dying daughter. The authors have now extended the role; |.Brigard, having given up his foppishness, appears as an old man with white hairs and delivers the recitai which was formerly made to M. de Sartorys by the maid servant. In or- der to exonerate his daughter the old man takes upon himself the responsibility of the bad examples. But as Frou Frdi’s sister Louise remains pure the authors’ changes have not made the role any more logical than it was before. Otherwise. no changes have been made in the piece, and the dialogue here and there seems a little out of date by its reference to minor events which date from the last em- pire. Madame Bernhardt has created a very different type of “Frou Frou” from that pre- sented by Desclee. Those who had the good fortune to see Desclee revall that her conception of the character was a figure cut in the full reality of living, palpitating flesh, while Madame Bernhardt’s conception seems to bea marble statue that a great artist has animated by the breath of his genius and of his ardent soul. In the first two acts she appears as a laughing and frivolous girl, in the third act she is superb in the great scene with her sister, and in the fourth and fitth acts she is grandly emotional. The performance is another triumph for Madame Bernhardt, and the success that the revival has obtained is a good omen for the rest of the season for the theater now under her management. M. Lafontaine, enzaged especial- ly to play the role of Brigard, makes the charac- ter too heavy fora Parisian; Marais, as the hus- band, is, as always, unequal; in the first three acts he is mediocre, and in the last two as full gant and his insolent, overbearing conduct to the people that Congress was oblized to take cognizance of the fact. On the very eve of his marriage he was ordered to be tried by court- martial. Miss Shippen, however, was true to her engazement, and married him five days after. The court-martial, as every one knows, sentenced him to be reprimanded by Gen. Wash- ington, and he was reprimanded accordingly. “Our profession,” said Gen. Washington to him, “‘is the chastest of all; even the shadow of a fault tarnishes the lustre of our finest achieve- ments. The least inadvertence may rob us of the public favor, so hard to be acquired. I rep- rehend you for having forgotten that in propor- tion as you had rendered yourself formidable to your enemies you should have been guarded and temperate in your deportment toward your fel- low citizens. Exhibit anew those noble quali- ties which have ‘placed you on the list of our most valuable commanders. 1 will myself tur- nish you, as far as it may be in my power, with opportunities of regain! the esteem of our country.” This was more like a eulogium than a repri- mand, but it did not touch the heart of Arnoid, who went from the presence of his commander, you give the baz of elm seeds you receive with ints to anybody in your town who is enterpris- ing enough to plant them?’” “What makes you take all this trouble?” asks one of the boys. “Pro bono publi what that means’ “Yes, sir; for the good of the public.” “That is it. Ilove my country, and I love ‘the people who live in it. If I were a rich man, J should do great things for the public; but even if 1 am comparatively poor, I am not willing to die without doing some good work, so lam going to leave my native land a legacy of trees. Every year that I live I mean to send @ supply ie ae the west.” of the boys shouldered the bag to carry it home tor the old gentleman, and the chile moved off. while I went slowly across the park thinking that I would suggest to the boys and girls who read Iwicors and Ontde do alittle ofthis kind of forest”? that they ———-e-___ George Scoville, the lawyer who Guiteau, isnow at Denver ons vinit vonta daughter, Mrs. Hardy, who te seeking adi. vorce from her husband. American companies have spent over $30,000, 00 in raiiroads in Mexico, and completed over 1,600 miles of track. The ‘English lines aggre- gate 353 miles, and the Mexican 635, The Rey. Ernest Fitzroy, the rector of St. Jude’s, Liverpool, was suspended the other @ay for three years for drunkenness. His trial took place inthe York Court before Lord “Penzance. . my boy. Can you tell me Some Springfield physicians are speculating ‘upon the influence of the telephone upon the Cases wherein distage of the ear haa boon Sere cases wherein ‘the ear vated by using it. not to regain the esteem of his country, but to betray that country. A year passed away. He was in command at West Point, in correspondence with the enemy. ‘Whether she shared her husband’s secret during those months of preparation will, perhaps, never be known with certainty. Just fore the ex- plosion of the treason at West Point, Arnold sent for his wife and child to join him; and I have seen the letter which he wrote her on this occasion, telling her the best way of reaching him, and at what houses she should stop on the road. She had not been many days at West Point when the treason was discovered. Arnold and his wife were seated at the break- fast table with Hamilton, Lafayette and an aid. In the midst of the meal a horseman alighted at the door, and a moment later a letter was placed in Arnold’s hands, which informed him of his‘ ruin. He controlled his countenance, rose quietly from the table, and beckoned his wife to toliow him. They went up stairs to their room, where lay their infant child, and there he told her that he was @ ruined man and must fly that instant for his life. She fell senseless to the floor. Leaving her there, he rushed from the room, harried down stairs, sent some one to her assistance, and then returned to the breakfast- room. He told his guests that Gen. Washington was coming, and he must make haste to pre- Pare for his reception. He mounted the horse of the messenger who had brought the letter, and galloped away. COL. HAMILTON has left us an interesting account of Mrs. Ar- nold’s demeanor after her husband's departure. He says she remained frantic all day, and ac- cused every one who approached her of an in- tention to murder her child. She continued, he says, to rave until was utterly she exhausted. But Col. Burz,in his old age, was accustomed of passion as the role demands. SS ee THE CHINESE LANGUAGE. An Amusing Blunder by a Clergyman im Mis First Sermon in ‘That Dialect. People generally have an idea that the lan- guage is a unit, and having acquired it, like French or German, one is master of Chinese. It is a fallacy the discovery ot which is not usually made till one lands in the Celestial kingdom. Each city has its peculiar dialect, and the inhabitants of two cities can no more understand each other than an {talian can Russian, unless the cities are very near to- gether. The characters, however, are the same, and the “mandarin,” the language used at court, is understood by the highly educated everywhere, much the same as Latin with civil- ized nations. Some think {t most convenient to acquire the mandarin, and for thosethrown only in the higher walks of lite this is expedient, but for merchants, teachers and missionaries in gen- itis best to study the dialect ot the place where one intends to reside. In this way an intercourse may be established with all classes of Peonle. To pick up a tew current phrases and expressions in ordinary life is very simple, but the real mastering of the language requires years of patient toil. One peculiarity which ‘does not occur in any other language is the effect of the different tones employed. Two words may be Romanized or spelled according to our sounds in $xactly the same way, but a high nasal in one case and deep guttural in the other gives atotally different meaning. This is a difficulty that is hard to overcome. A clergyman delivering his first Chinese sermon ‘was very much annoyed at a blunder he made in the word heaven, ten, which, without the use of the nasal, denotes field. He spoke to them at length of the lives Christians should lead, and informed them as a reward for this proper conduct they would go to ten when they died. “‘Humph!” said one old man in the front seat, “we can do that any day.” This gentleman now speaks so perfectly that the natives can not distinguish him m a Chinaman in the dark. It has become second nature to another and he thinks in Chinese. They seem to experience quite as much diffi- culty in learning English, and there are few of them who attempt to go beyond a smattering of “pigeon.”—Shanghai Teller. Her George recently lost 400 pages of manusct t_on free trade, which he was about to publish in book form. Thus does a wise Providence interfere and send a gleam of sun- shine folky the black horrors of the year.— Norristown Lord Coleridge has pronounced one of the newspaper cuts ofhis features the best portrait he hagseen. It need hardly be said that the cut in question has served as the portrait of Sir John i ready Pree James and Aunt Jane Swizslebim. Constitution. . POCKET-PICHING AS AN ART. A Millionaire Pitkpocket His Ex- ploits—Training Boys in the Science of Abstracting. There may be persons who,.like the Queen of Frince, rather admire a great thief on a gibbet, but have a high disdain for such a petty of- fender asa mere pickpocket. On tbe stage, Pistol, Nym and Bardolph are amusing, and au- diences smile as these worthies steal whatever they can lay hands on. But when the play is ended the careful man buttons his coat over his watch-pocket and leaves his sympathies with the stage rogues behind him in the theater. Yet, philosophically ‘as well as practically con- sidered, there is, after all, a tinge of romance connected with the profession of picking pockets. It is only a big city that can furnish one of this craft with his datiy supply of purses and pocketbooks, jewelry and small wares. Only amid great wealth and a vast population could such a protession be carried on with suc- cess, and it surely requires great adroitness to escape detection. “Pickpockets area Class of thieves who must be especially fitted for the business,” said a headquarters detective to a Chicago News re- porter. “They go through a course of instruc- tion, as a general thing, and learn it as a child learns toread. But no instructors will accept asa pupil any one with short, stumpy fingers. It requires for pickpockets, just as it does for playing the violin, long, lean, flexible, and even sensitive fingers.” “Do you mean to say that there are regular instructors in the art of digital appropriation?” “Oh, yes; old experts who have reduced It to ascience. Some of them who are advanced in years, or otherwise incapacitated for active work on their own hook, devote all their time to in- structing thieves and putting up jobs for them. It Is a peculiar profession, and requires peculiar talents, as well a3 liar surroundings and circumstances to make it a success. The pick- pocket, out ofa large city, ceases to be a ‘great. artist,’ and in a poorer town or a village, would degenerate into a mere burglar, or even be- come honest or prosperous. The pickpocket never commits violence,as the footpad,the burg- lar or the garroter does. He performs his work unostentaticusly, unobtrusively—I might say delicately. He is a judge ot character, too. He is asort of detective in his way, knowing at a glance the kind of a man whose watch is likely to be solid and vatmable, and not belonging to the order of flash jewelry. Long experience has made him about as good a judge of the value of a thing as a jeweler or a pawnbroker. There is a daily danger in hismode oflife which, no doubt, has attractions for the adventurous. He goes forth with his liberty in his hand. He lives in the face of danger. He sees compan- ions and friends perpetually struck off the roll of gentlemen-at-large. He knows not when his own day of doom may arrive.” “Does his business pay, generally speaking?” “Hardly. That is to say, there are very few rich thieves of any description. They nearly all dfe paupers, or in prison, or in their boots; many at the Tands of their comrades. Fear and guilt are the passions that sway them. There is no such thing as honor among thieves. Some have" amassed wealth. but to how many of them has it been of use? You rethember Joe Parrish, who was arrested here in Chicago last February by Detective Elliott and taken to Syracuse, N. Y°, where he was wanted for picking a man's pockets of $500? He was one of the most adroit pickpockets in the country, and his simi- lar operations of the few months preceding his arrest would reach an aggregate of several thousand dollars. Parrish has grown rich from his multidinous robberies and owns valuable Teal estate in Chicago, New York, and many other large cities. He ts widely known among the crooks of every city in the country, by whom he was given the title of the ‘King of Pickpockets.” His career of crime has been a long one, and he is supposed to have stolen about $1,000,000. Heis not over 45 years of age, yet he has committed more robberies and escaped scot free oftener than any man in America. Then there was Dan Noble, another famous pickpocket, who recently died 'in a Lon- don prison. He was about the age of Parrish, and was quite as well known at one time on this side of the Atlantic, but he graduated into @ bank-sneak before his final arrest.” “Do professional pickpockets usually operate singly or in gangs?” “Some of them preferto go it alone, but asa general thing, they travel in organized mobs of three. It takes three men todo a neat and safe Job. except in dense crowds, where the usual precautions are not necessary, but, even then, they nearly always work in gangs. ‘In the par- lance of the craft these three individuals are known; respectively , as the ‘wire,” the ‘stall’ and the ‘cover.’ The ‘wire’ is the pickpocket himeelt; the ‘stall’ does duty by attracting the man’s or women’s attention while the opera- tor’s fingers are in the pocket; the ‘cover’ places himself in a position so that the movements of the ‘wire” cannot be observed. It is very often the case that the ‘wire’ is a boy, while the other two are men. For the mere business of relieving pockets of their contents boys are the ablest adepts. Many a street arab has been driven to the work by want and bad company atavery early age, becoming a professional long before he has attained his growth.” “Thave heard, also, that women are very smooth at the business?” ~ “So they are. They frequently travel with male pals, and always do the delicate and risky part ofthe work. You seldom hear of one being caught. Thisis not so much owing to their superior cunning as the fact that they are carefully covered and protected by their male confreres. Ihave noticed that when a female pickpocket travels alone she preys upon her sex almost exclusively. When pickpockets are working in a great crowd, as I said before, they go in gangs. The chief manipulator goes ahead. He selects a victim, ‘fans’ his pockets to see if there is anything in it, then slips his hand daintly into it and takes out the purse of money, which he passes back to one ot his com- rades. Sometimes it changes hands three or four times in as many seconds, and even if the operator is nabbed immediately after the work is done, nothing is found on his person to con- vict him of the theft.” “What do you mean by ‘fanning’ @ man’s pocket?” “That is simply the slang for feeling it in the light, cautious manner which is learned by training. A sharp thief never puts his hand into a man’s pocket at random, but goes through the ‘fanning’ process at first, and lo- cates the object he desires to ‘pinch.’ A clever boy, gaining a character for a light and success- ful hand, is well cared for by his older pals. With such a lad it is well worth their while to behave fairly and gave him a liberal share of the spoils. Theard of a case not long ago, where a boy, being detected by one of his vic- tims, was got away by two of his comrades, one of whom was arrested, tried and convicted, and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Dur- ing the circus season swarms of pickpockets follow the traveling shows about the country, plying their trade in the vast crowds ot people hat are attracted by the exhibition. In the past few years, however, the proprietors ofsome of the leading circuses have abated this nui- sance to a considerable extent by employing an efficient corps of special detectives to accom- pany the show and protect its patrons.” —————————-o.____ ‘The Greatest Iron Works in the World. From the London News, Herr Paul Dehn has written a short account of the immense iron works of Krupp in Essen. Krupp’s works were founded in 1810. In 1855 the number of his workmen rose to 693, and soon afterward he felt obliged to build dwell- ings tor them. The number of his workmen in 1852 was 10,598, and the number of houses 8,208, in which lived 16,200 souls. The houses contain from two to five rooms, the rent run- ning from about $20 to $55 year. One suc- cessful experiment was a boarding-house for 200 single men, and later for 500 men. providing dinner, with meat fonr times a week; supper, coffee and butter; the bread they must provide themeelves. A large:co-o} ive store, started by F. Krupp, has developed norton: and monopolized the retail trade of the district. The sick club has exlated since 1856, and in 1882 had 11.011 members and a fund of @313,500. Sick clubs among the workmen's families also exist. There is @ sanitary committee in the works. The works have had a fever hospital since BEFO? AND AFTAH THE AHL Editor Watterson on the Seuth and Slavery. Hon. Henry Watterson, who was invited ‘to address the Banker's convention when in ses- sion in Louisville, after some very pleasing al- lusions to bankers and banks, spoke as follows: It wag not, however, to hear of banks and bankers and banking that you did me the honor to call me before you. I am told that to-day you are considering that problem which has so disturbed the politicians of the south, and that he wish me to talk to you about the south. ‘he south? The south? It is no problem at all. I thank God that at last we can say with truth itis simply @ geographical expression. (ap. plause.) The whole story of the south may summed up in a sentence. She was rich and she lost her riches; she was poor and in bondage; she was set free and she hadto go to work; she went to work, and she is richer than ever be- tore. (Applause.) The curse of slavery was here. God pasged a rod across the land and smote the people. Then, in His goodness and mercy, He waved the wand of enchantment, and lo! like a flower. His blessing burst forth. (Applanse.) Indeed may the south say, as in the experience ofmen it is rare for any to say with perfect ain- cerity, “Sweet are the uses of adversity.” (Ap- plause.) The south never knew what independence meant until she was taught by subjection to subdue herself. We lived from hand to mouth; we had our debts and our ‘“niggers;” under the old system we paid our debts and walloped our “niggers;” but, under the new we pay our “nig- gers” and wallop our debts. (Laughter and applause). We have no longer any slaves, but we have no longer any debts, and can exclaim with the old darkey at camp meeting, who, whenever he got happy, vent about shouting. “Bless the Lord, I’m gittin’ fatter and fatter!” (Laughter.) The truth is that behind the great Tuffie the south wore to its shirt there lay con- cealed asuperb manhood. That this manhood was perverted therefis no doubt; that it wasted its energies upon trifles 1s beyond dispute; that it took a pride in cultivating whatit called ‘the vices o1 a gentleman” Iam afraid must be ad- mitted. But at heart it was sound. From that heart flowed honest Anglo-Saxon blood, and when it had to lay aside its broadcloth and put on its jearsit was equalto the emergency— (great applause)—and the women of the south took thet place by the aide of the men of the south, and with the spinning wheel and the ploughshare together they made a stand against the wolf at the door. That was fitteen years ago, and to-day there is not a reward oftered in 8 single southern state for wolf-skins. The fact is, the very wolves have got ashamed of them- selves and gone to work. (Laughter and ap- plause.) ——_-o-_____ THE HABITS OF TORNADOES, —a. The Results of Prof. William P, Trow- bridge’s Observations. From the N, Y. Times, Oct. 9th. Tornadoes furnished the subject last evening of an interesting paper by Prof. William P. Trowbridge, read before the New York Academy of Sciences, in the new building of Columbia College. Prof. Newberry presided. Prof. Trow- bridge said there was seldom a day or a week in June or July in which a tornado did not occur, with its consequent loss of life and property. The center of great frequency was in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, but tornadoes were ex- Pperienced in every state and in every Ee of the globe with more or less frequency. The roar of their approach had been compared to the com- ing of 1,000 railroad trains. Prof. Trowbridge exhibited a number of pic- tures of famous tornadoes and described their characteristics in detail. The Lee Summit tor- nado, in Missouri, on August 30, 1879, extended sixty miles, and was funnel-shaped, appearing like a great serpent with its tail curling and lashing, The funnel careened, according to one observer, like a balloon, and the roar could be heard seventeen miles. In one house, the first intimation of its approach was a violent rain storm, and the family fled to the cellar. The house was soon whipped to pieces, even the bed clothing being torn into shreds. A lumber wagon was carried 1,600 feet across a ravine and a tree was borne five miles away. The Irving tornado in Kansas, drew many houses into its vortex as it passed over the country. Tornadoes were most frequent in June and usually occurred inthe afternoon. The width of their path varied from 40 feet to two miles, the average being 1,000 feet. Out of a large number, of tornadoes observed, their com- ing was heralded by the sudden appearance of dark and portentous clouds, which rushed to a common center. In a cent Kansas had ex- perienced 62 tornadoes, New York 45, Indiana 27, Massachusetts 11, Ohio 28, and Georgia 43. Prof. Newberry remarked that observations car- ried over hundreds of years would probably give a more even distribution. The Professor had seen tornadoes of various sizes in the West, and on one occasion chickens were stripped of their feathers. —— SATURDAY SMILES, Emerson said, ‘There is always room for a man of force.” He had probably met Sullivan in a crowd.—The Judge. “Let us be thanktul,” ejaculates the Inaian- apolis ‘that Hayes or Lew Wallace, or some other of the latter-day saints, did not jolt George Washington off the popular postage stamp of the day.” “So your husband is a critic? Now tell me, does he always write Just what he thinks about a play?” “Oh, dear, no! It wouldn’t do. His paper goes into the best families, and profanity is out of the questio: Boston Transcript. Old Mrs. Pinaphor hopés that no more lives will be sacrifieed in the hunt for the north pole until some persons go out there and ascertain whether such a pole really exists.— Norristown Herald, A Philadelphia lawyer, too proud to allow his friends to suppose that he practises in the divorce courts, advertises ‘Misfit marriages a specialty.” Neighborly consideration is so rare that it is pleasant to be able to record any instance of it. Mr. Tantivvy recently announced to a friend residing on the opposite side of the street that it was his intention to move out into the country. ‘But I thought you much preferred city life?” “So Ido,” returned Mr. Tantivvy; “out I have a boy who is going to take lessons on the accordion next month.”—Brooklyn Eagle. Who says it is unhealthy to sleep in feathers? wok at the spring chicken and see how tough e Is. The course of true love is running smoother. The icecream season is over and portage re- duced one third.—Lynn Bee. “I'm glad Billy had the sense to marry a settled old maid,” said Grandma Winkam at the wedding, ‘Gals is hity-tity and widders is kinder overrulin’ and upsettin.’ Old maids is kinder thankful and willing to please.”— Christian at Work. “Aunty, vat makes the little baby cry so? Do a want its mudder?” “Yee, dear, and its fodder, ol” There is a father in Pittsburg mean enough to callhis daughter Misery, because she loves company.—Piltsburg Telegraph. A guileless girl wrote to her adorer thus: “Don’t come to see me any more just yet, John, for father has been having his boots half- soled and two rows of nails around the toes.” “Dear Louise, don’t let the men come too near to you when courting.” “Oh, no, dear ma. ‘When Charles is here we have achair between us.” Mother thinksthe answer is rather ambigu- ous. A Milwaukee belle attending a theaterin New York city recently complained in one of the scenes that the light was too dim to'see the act- ing a ly. “Won't you try this glass?” asked herescort, handing her his lorgnet. Hastily covering the suspicious-looking ol moe with her handkerchief, she placed it to her lips, took along pall, and then handed it back in i, Saying; ‘‘Why, there ain’t adrop in it!” — Chic Herald. Josie was accused by her sister of telling a but afterward eles oe, ee ell, I y way of extenuation, sup} did Ne; every les but’ God snd. ‘George Washington.” same little girl was asked ifshe said her prayers. She replied, ‘No; have to take Kennedy’s medicine, and that’s 1871, an infirmary since 1872, The former was transferred to the town of Easen in 1889 for small-pox cases. A disinfection house and a Pparatus have also been instituted on Dittmar’s lan. Baths were put up near the entrance of the works in 1874. In 1876 a life insurance fund was started, and has risen to 1,525 members, A high school, with twenty class-roome, and a rivate school, with sixteen rooms, are among err Krapp’s foundations, and since 1876 five technical echools have been in exi: , in which classes for women in household work, &c., are also held, which are now better attended ory Saree anne echools, both oo an near by, are sesporcon. firm. Work tor atabioa men an ‘invalids has ‘been instituted since 1976, such as broom mak- ‘ing for the co-operative stores, basket making, &°., In which widows and children are also em- ployed. In one week in September, 1882, the number of people—men, women and children— gonnected with and dependent on Krapp's works ‘was 65,981. enough without saying my prayers.” A schoolboy remarks that when his father un- dertakes to “show him what is what” he only finds out which is switch. “Teather disgusted a Vermont man who went ‘*o a neighbor's barn to steal a cow to find when he got theanimal home that it was his own cow, which his neighbor had stolen earlier in the it. He says the neighbor “Do you ever gamble?” she asked, as they sat together, her hand it his. He replied, “No, but if I wanted tonow would be my time.” “How 80?” oe hold a beautifal hand.” The engagement Journal. ee Seca The sr filly ein ive been one ‘@ scent.”—Rochester Ez- L™ OF LI ERS REMAINING IN THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1883. 7 ro gbtain any of those Letters the applicant must If not call led, for within one month they will be FRANK B. CONGER, Postmaster. LADIES’ LIST, Jackson Littic Mf Jcineon Lisa Miss james a sent to the Carrie Mrs Bidwell Daniel D Mrs Brown Hattie Mixa wn Hen Bell Jane Susan Mrs Brown Julia Burane Kate Miss Braxton Liza Mrs Liza Boma Eales aa aia Brow . Tce Elizabet Lawrence Ew Lawson Julia, Laws Lizzie Misa Tiburn Lucy Mrs ow oF Leport Nellie Misa Lawson Sallic Miss Mackall Hannah Mra ‘MeChestnut Harriet Mrs ‘Montague Ida Mise Clement E Mire Collier Enuma J Miss Carter Harrict Miss Ghancy Honors‘ Miss icy Honora Creak iss Cross Lillie B Mrs tt M: ton it Purtell Mary Nise Ki lexmonde Lucinds Miss c Pe Phillips Nettie Mies es Mi Mi Enl Franie Pollie Miss Farwell Sarah E Cl ex inson Cy ry Garick eoctanna Mrs dete rata _ Gecrrinne id Mrs Gibson Harriet Mrs Rappeler Jessie Mra Gray Jane E Mra Riser Mary E Mrs, 2 Mary Mie.2°. 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Brooke Jos M Lim ry Brown JnoR Liereson Jno T Bowles Sno L Lewin Rev Meyer Bowles lartin & Doyson Bowles Jno E Mitchel Henry Brooks Mr Morris Breen Patrick Maddox Baley TB Miller JW Brown Thos Mandicy Jno W Bowles Wit Byers duo k Bajolica Sepeph Morvan Mr Meday 5 A McKey Rev HS eran J MeKillam Mr TNE McGraw re ie wo Northous FE Nathans Geo W Neckervon Lib, 3e ice And Phunb Ben Mt ry Dene John” Ker Josep! Diggs Jas EB ID Duress Mr Plouske Julius Davis Sam’! @ Pople WG Douglass Wm A van Jc Donlin Win. chelson Barnett Du Base W Reic Chas Ellis Geo Ht Rubens D & Co Ey ond Jno M Regan 5 3 ae ke England WW. Richehson Mr water Lt WP Rawls Morgan Wm D Roehm WF er Chas Rilleghan Wm Fortune Chal Stewart Alonzo Farrington Do Bmith Alfred French & Smuth Mrs and Mrs Fitzgerald Gen Scanlon John meee y Waltes Gelert Ane Gale LLEC Gritin Morris Hunter Capt AJ Hallan Jas Hentz John Hall Jao G" Hamilton J Alfred Henderson Monroe Hearbot Homes Samt jones Heuthockle WE johnson Eugen Sacer Geo A Jamison Geo HE Jones Jno P Jarvis Kit Jackson Lewis Tohuson & Johnson West johnson Wes Kingman Kliab” LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN EAST CAPITOL STATION. BarURDAr, OcTOBER 13, 1883, LADIES' LIST. Allman Mrs Frank ‘Thomas Miss Ruth Christian Mrs Elien ‘Waters Miss AT Jane ‘Williams Mrs. Dowel Sallie Dugless Mrs Elen GENTLEMENS' LIST. Atkins WG Weber TT Herra Brown William Wood Wilson LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE GEORGE- TOWN, D.C., POST OFFICE, BaTuRvAy, OcToueR 13, 1883, LADIES’ LIST. Cole Lillian M ‘Smith Annie Dorsey Alice @ MONDAY, October 15th. Grand Millinery Opening and Display of Imported and Our Own Manufacture of TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS For Ladies and Children. GRAND DISPLAY OF NEW GOODS: In All Our Departmenta, LATEST STYLES OF LADIES' GARMENTS, LATEST STYLES OF CHILDREN’S GARMENTS, Ba7-All Goods sold at Popular Prices and Strictly One Price, at had oll A Few Srecur Bazcams. BROCADE SILK VELVETS, $1.50; actual value, $2. COLORED SILER, 50c. EXCELLENT BLACK SILES, 75c. FRUIT OF THE LOOM COTTON (best), 8340. BLACK FRENCH SILKS, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2. BLACK FRENCH Our excellent SILKS re- BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK (elightly soiled), anced hots Toe. to de, pore Hine oad BLACK CASHMERE SHAWLS, all pure wool, $2. ERE c ERAS are cheaper than they were last. _DRY GOops. —— Dar Goons PRICES AND QUALITIES. ‘ We offer to-day lange lot of best qualitics seat $i) Goth Suitings, at $110; Trecott Cloth Suiting.at #1 ‘Ottoanan Silks, all “Silk. at $1.75, and lower gual 8125. ‘of Suda Cloth, reduced from SSc. to in all colors, ‘Our stock of House Linens is complete, and very wo perior for the price, Handkf«. ens: Laie Bhd Chilarca— all sizoe'and prices JOHN 1. MITCHELL, 931 Penneyivania avenaa, o12 Day Goons. SPECIALTIES, Chndita Cloths, all colors, 40 inches BO cente, Chudda Cloths, all colors. 40 62% conte, French 54-inch Tricot Cloth, Great Bargains in desirable Dress Goods, wets and Plushes. 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Qne case 10-4 Blankets, at $2. 250 Pairs Blankets, at . store line suction goods, and wil be hig full line of Suitines, all prices, cheap, Good Black Silk, 75, Colored Slike, 75, #1, $1.25. 40-inch Suiting, all wool, bak 6-4 Suiting, all wool, #1, 81.25, A few pairs of Soiled Blanks SO. . left from last season, cap. Our stock never was #0 large or pric’ so low before, JOHNSON, 8 ‘T1l Market Snace, Tracor Crorms, DIAGONAL CLOTHS, BROADCLOTHS FOR TAILOR-MADE SUITS. ‘We have just opened a large stock of the woods inthe ton desimabletiadess a Full stock of new Dress Goods Just reocived, including the noveltie Silks, Velvets and Satins in great variety. Pt are omer ‘decided bargains in ieccadh Velvet, jack and Colones re stock Black Brocade Silke, Fruit designs. Silk Velvets in all the choice colors. 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