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wert “OLD STEADY.” General Steedman at Chickamauga. | Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. As we sat one night in 1875, in the ratty old editorial rooms of the Toledo Morning Democrat and Herall, ot which he was “leader” writer, | and f managing editor, I asked him for the story | of Chickamauza, where he won his stars and the soldier title of “Old Chickamauza,” of which he | was so proud. He told it as coolly as if it was dream to him: “Why, my boy, there wasn’t much to it. 1 | of the First Division of the Re- | of the Army of the Cumberland, c old or Red the Chickamauga, My or- ‘to hold the bridge at ail | vent the enemy from flanking The enemy disappeared from The sound of ecannonadinz and te the northward told me that the 5 | eral Thomas, our front. batt had ww battle absence of | h from some word y I decided the Union army part Texplained 4 them my tiders should fail | nsibility attached to the dis‘ ble military law is ‘to | all orders, and accept I knew that if my movement ndzment mistaken, nothing tial and death awaited me. y fiber in me ridze non’s sound to Th oak woods, we man in the com- ; mitry, and our only guide boom. When I rep to! Thomas he was in despair at t 3 of the key of his position, which had just been captured by G | | Hindman’s rebel corps. The place was | ted to me by the flash of gunsand a rat tle of canister oi the dry leaves ot the tree under which Thomas ani I stood. It was a p ascent, with a densely peopled crescent | that lay before us. There was a forbid- | ti and an oak forest between us and the belt of rocks that marked the edze ofa bre jateau on which the ry. ‘There, there.” the guns flashed asain. exaet position. You must take that My reply was, ‘I'll do it’ In thirty after we reached the field we were storming the rock of Chickamauga. It was an awful con- test up that slope, every foot of which was | planted with death. “We went in with seven thousand flye hun- dred men, and only four thousand reported for duty at the next muster. We went up, up, up till we reached the summit, and p selves there to stay. It was a terribly hot place, and we made the plateau a lake of blood before we drove Hindman back. I rode back and re- ported to Thomas. I was bloody from head to foot. He clasped my hand, and said, with great emoti ‘n. Steedman, you have saved my army.” I got my stars not long afterwards, and that’s about ail there was of it. t big risk I ran in, but I was right, and I knewit.” Could hero have told a simpier tale of self? But I heard Richard Realf tell thestory of Chick- amauga in 1876—Realf. the poet or: provisional vice president of John Brown's gov- ernment—ana as he pictured that fight on the rock of Chickamausa, jm personi- fied Ina grand leader followed by grand men. At one critical period in the strugzle, when an emy was jubilant 1 Thomas, as | Illinois reciment was moving under com- | mand of a his men by saying th Steedma the field and d as God reigns, you but, » this Mag.” When the sol- el stung by his words, cried out, ‘¢ eral.’ we will ficht if somebody will us,” Steedm: shouted, with that voice of his which — thri men’s souls, “My brave boys, TU command you. Til bear your flag myself, if you'll detend it. "Tention. ‘Bout | face. Forward, double quick, march.” And thor his horse was shot under him and he 1 stunned by a fall; though the flag wasshot in tatters, the staff half zone, his right hand fur- rowed by bullets, and himself the target, he carried the fl 1e sumiuit and to victory. I hi , While writing, stop time and again to rub the cramp out of that wounded Fight hand. As he rode to battle that day, he met Gen. Granger. who sald, Zeelinzly, “Sted, old boy, It’s going to be d——4 hot in there. If anything shoul en, have you any requests to make of me.” vein of sentiment was running deep in the qu eart. but the practical soldier youded in words that have since been . ( mer: ICT fallin the fizht, please see my body decently ‘buried and my name cor- ‘take all they kin git. J Cali- |b | Strfking the fish—mere! | alily, | all ready, you see Fectly spelled in the newspapers,” aiid he dellb- erately spelled it. SAMSON. The Battle Between a North Carolina Negro and an Elephant. From the Charlotte Observer. One of the cases before the mayor yesterday morning of more than ordinary interest was that of Rufus Reed, colored, who was charged with an affray with Sells little elephant, and the facts brought ont on the trial proved that the fight between the elephant and the man was a severe one, and, furthermore, that the man whipped the elephant. Reed, who is a tall, muscular colored man, had been giving the elephant a few apples, handing it all except one, which he put im his vest pocket. While his atten- tion was turned the elephant reached out his trunk, and. getting hold of Rufus’ pocket, tried to pull the apple out. tearing the vest nearly off betore the wearer's atte: tion was ‘turned to the elephant’s pran| Seizing the elephant’s trunk (“‘snoct,” Reed called it.) he tried to. wrench his vest and t apple away from it, but the elephant drew i trunk from Reed's hands and, swingine it | around, dan atime the eleph: ve Reed unoth now thoroug’ y knocked the elephant over on left thetent. As the ele- and could not appear in vor took Reed's s exaspera- 5 Ree pow- it man. and is something of a giant in | mus. He is the same who had the fight | r. in which the bear was killed, at | e mouths ago. His fight with the } nt was witnessed by a number of our | citizens. eee mid We but Know. we but know dark, uncertain travel, pier hills and meadows low— S inmost cavil untry could we surely know— Cout Who wold not goz ‘The hovering Or cate’, be With one rapt moment given tosee and hear, Ab! who would fear? Were we quite sure ‘To find the peerless friend who left us lonely, Or there, by some celestial stream as pure, ‘To gaze in eyes that here were love-lit on! ‘This weary mortal coil. were we quite sure, ‘Who would endure? Jamund Clarence Stedman. see - “French Flats” At Home. We learn, in “Glimpses of Paris,” inthe Novem ber Century, that the Parisians do not find French flats conducive to’ domestic happiness. Me says: “The Parisians themselves are getting tired of their many-storted houses. The people ofthe provinces, and especially those of French flanders and of the counties on the German and Swiss borders, say (it isa proverb with them): ‘A Paris house is hell.” Life is one long quar- Tel in most of them. Tenants must put up with @ great many annoyances, if they would not be ¢onstantly in hot water. A Frenchman once told me that a servant of the story below him complained that his footman threw dust ont of the window, and appealed to the hail-porter to stop it. The servants of the higher stories heard the complaint and resented it. All of them threw bushels of dust out of the window ‘Bpon the luckless servant of the first floor. “There is more unhappiness, less happiness, in Paris than In any other placeonearth. There “ean be no happiness where houses are built as dove-cotes and families are huddted like pig- eons. Did you ever read Dicken’s descri ofa Saemtagreg é tenanted by Irish? It isa true — of incessant warfare waged in CHASING THE SWORDFISH. Harpooning a Dangerous Monster of the Deep. “T've got a standin’ offer of €100 for the first young so’dfish I can git,” said a Cape Cod sword- fisherman to a correspondent writing from Hyannis, Cape Cod. “You'd think,” he con- tinned, “that that was a hefty sort of an offer. | when the fish is only bringin’ 8 cents a pound, but, ye see, there's never been a so’dfish seen in American waters less nor 40 pounds, and only one at that. Where do they breed? Wall. that’s he very pint. They don't breed—leastwise around these diggin’s. I've been so‘ditshing around the south of the cape goin’ on 20 years and never see one less nor 4 foot long, and I've took thousands of ‘em.” es. itsa big business, I don’t know jest how many are in it, but you kin count 40 or 50 sail right round here that makes it a pint to t iy. August and Sep- te:ber is the best months, and between the fust and 15th of September in warm seasons I've done pretty well and caught as many as 17 Ina lay, but t' vas extraordinary work. We hey and the reporter, ing from the edge of the dock, pied the invitation and jumped aboard the trim fore and aft schooner that, with its sharp drakish mast, was not incomparable to the jaunty fish it followed “There's not very muca togwery to speak of,” said the ski walking forward. ‘There, yous ce where the man stands in an iron stancheon ex- tending np trom the end of the bowsprit, with a estinss pad of wood nailed to it, so the man can n acitinst it in striking. The harpoon is called is the p nd is al kept lashed near the rest, , for an emergency. HARPOOSING SWORDFISII. “Why alily? Wall, the prongs are branched out something like a flower. There are five or six, all barbed, and the whole things ends in an iron cap that fits into a wooden handle about 10 foot long. A line is made fast to the iron that is about 200 fect long, the other end being fastened to a keg or ba When we're out to the foretop, and as Se ‘sa fish he sings out, and the harpooner takes his plgce in the , and as on asthe man at the wheel gits sight of the fish, he tries to put it over the bo: hen the man jams her with the iron; the line is kept rand, when it all runs out. the keg is ed over for the fish to tow until tired out, for another fish. chted and struck The kegs are to and the schooner keeps awa: Sometimes five or six are s before any are taken In. | generally painted white and easily followed, nd you usually don't have much of a fight " with the fish, as towing the keg a mile plays ‘em’ out. But sometimes we git a big fellow on and then there's what green hands call fun, though1 don’t see it in that light. I call ‘to mind one fish we struck off Nantucket a year or so ago, that kem near cleanin’ us all out. We got on’to him all right and followed close up, nothin’ else bein’ in sight. and me and two of the boys jumped into the dory and soon hed the keg abuard; but as soon as we touched the rope to take in slack he started off, and you'd a thought we'd run foulot awhale. ‘It was an hour before we got the fish alongside. the schooner keepin’ on and by, but we were afraid of passing the rope, think! it might pull out the iron. Well, we gradually hauled in and I stood up, holding’an oar already to hit the brute on the head, when it gave a Kind of lunge or side cut, taking the oar right between my hands and knocking me head over heels down in the bottom. In the confusion the man in the bow slacked the rope, and the next minute cranch! kem the fish, and up its so’d kem through the planking, atickin’ about a foot the boat not three foot from me. I had enough to grab it, and while I HUNG ON AND LASHED IT with the painter the boys pulled alongside the schooner and we got it aboard. He measured 14 foot—a putty big one. In fair weather they lie mostly on the surface and whether they're asieep or just sunning themseives is hard to tell. “It’s a creat sight,” he added, ‘to see ‘em in among the bony fish. They ‘go just like a cayalry man, striking up and down, right and left, Killin’ hundreds of ‘em; and I've seen ‘em kind 0” like n putty tol’- scarce and that Nantucket, the w and to the south’ard to |, 18 What we caiculate the best or ordilsh is perhaps one of the most in- teresting of our coast fishes, and the $100 of- fered for a young one would be as safe as 000, in do not breed on this side of the At lantic, and the young only beinz occasionally found out to sea in the mid-Atlantic or on the Shores of the Mediterranean, where they are followed by the fishermen of Messina. Here a |, haying a tall mast upon which the watcher sits. The young swordfish, even if found here, would hardly be recognized, so dif- Yerent are they in appearance from the ‘adults. A young histophorons, 7 inches long, resembles if anything a young stickleback more than It does a swordiish, with a head like a plesiosau- The jaws are equal in length and armed with fine teeth; the eyes are enormous for the size of the body, while from the head over the dorsal and ventral region extend two sharp spines. When about 16 inches long the dorsal fin has become higher, the spines begin to dis- appear and the upper jaw commences’to look like a sword. Se He Remembers Them. From the Hawkinsville Sun. “Uncle Ish, did the patrollers ever get after you in slavery times?” “Wat yo’ ax me dat fur?"asked the old man, with a broad grin. “Yo" knows berry well I is *quainted wid’ dem. Golly! menny an’ menny's de time Ise sitt san’ In deir eyes—yah! yah! Seed paterrollers—oh, man! Yaas, honey, Ise seed ‘em. One night I went ober in Marse En- right’s watermilyun patch, en paterrollers kim lug en one on’em put he’s han’ on mg shoulder Jes’ ez I wuz gwineter put my han’ on a great b yer? t cot me, en I c'udn't say narry wud—I woz struck wid ‘sallysi En, mun, wen I guit put me ober I didn’t want yall appetite wuz of poletige. Oh, yer! I ‘members —yes, indeed: > I went tes see a yaller gal I useter hanker roun’, en arter de wite fukes hed ter slecp, we t'ot we ud go roun’ zamin de perserves en see't ate. wuz climein’ in de winder ‘e @ paterroller's® strop cotch me Tight yer, en mun—ef—yo'—heder—seen— me! Oh, I flew! En w’en I got ter de crik I "e no time wid de fut log. I jes’ | jump fifteen fut ‘erost dat crik—en dey nebber | cotch me neider. Paterrollers I oh-o-0, mun! I know'd "em long fu’ yo? wuz bo'n. But law bress yo’ soul?” continued the old man, shaking his head, “ef 1 cud call back dem good ole times I wouldn't erudce er quarter uv -er dollar! I wuz de likeliest niggah on de plantashun, en 1 cud shoulder er vale uv cotton jes’ ez easy ez I cud turn obber my han’; en de paterroller dat cotch me hedter watch wid bofe eyes en he’s mouf open.” And as the oid man went down the street we heard him humming: “I run, Trun, I run my bes’ Irun my head in er ho’net’s nes‘ — Oh, run, niggah, run, paterroller ketch yet Run, niggah, run—run, [ say!” ee eee The Approaching Comet. From the Toronto Globe. Prof. Carpmael caught a glimpse the other night of the new comet; but, as it was only a few minutes in gn opening in the cloudy sky, time was not afforded for measurements of brightness and dimensions. Prof. Carpmael says the nucleus was not well defined, but a tail Was perceptible apparently a few minutes in length. This comet. which was discovered September 5th by Prof. Brooks in the constella- tion Draco, is still in the same constellation, but is brighter for its distance from the earth than it was at the same distance during its last ap- ane in 1812. It is still in the constellation in which it was first noticed, and is making but slow progress across the heavens, and but slowly jucreasing in brightness. Its further th trom its present position in the northwest eavens will be across Lyra and Cygnus and | Pegasus, till, about the end ot January, it dis- | appears below the horizon in the south. '1t will reach perihelion, the point in its orbit nearest the sun, on January 25, when it will be about 60,000,000 miles from the It will be visi- bleto the naked eye about the middle of De- cember, and will rapidly increase in brightness after the end of November. Although it will be brighter than at its last it will not be nearly as prominent.an object in the heavens as the great comets of last year and 1881. The comet reached perihelion September 15, 1812; and the interval between then and January 25, its next perihelion, wili be 71.5 years. tions made in 181! predicted its return in, that present no watermilyun fur a mos’) a FLORAL FANCIES, Styles in Flowers for the Coming Win- ter. From the New York Evening Post. Present Indications point to the fact that the growing interest in plants and flowers in New York has taken a ten-league stride this fall. Chrysanthemums have been gaining in popu- larity for the past five seasons, and are now fa- vorite and fashionable. Special exhibitions of these, and large prizes offered, have spurred Plantsmen to produce shows which promise to equal those held annually in London. No flower ismore deserving of cultivation. It embraces every shade of eolor but blue, and its odor is spicy and refreshing. It comes in with cold, aimost frosty petals, and seemsto lave gathered the last perfumes and all the lingering magnifi- cence of the summer garden. So easy is it of cultivation, that small plants set out in the spring will’ grow to a diameter of from two to three fect by autumn, and be laden with blos- soms at the season when nearly all other flowers are gone. It is perfectiy hards® moreover, and can be leftin the grouid many years without removing. A great advantage in the cultivation of chrys- anthemums is that they can be lifted and placed in pots or boxes for the decoration of the con- servatory or plant room from November to the holidays. In England chrysantiemums have been used for special exhibitions. with prem- jum: inning into thousands of dollars; but New York has only begun to realize the value of this plant for exhibition purposes, ROSES. Although there are hundreds of acres of glass devoted to the cultivation of roses for the New York market, with a steady annual increase of not less than twenty-five per cent, yet the prices maintained this season so far are quite equal to those of previous years. It is difficult to imagine whence comes the demand for the hundreds of tnousands of roses which are weekly thrown into New York. They are graded like all other commodities at prices to suit the different classes of purchasers. The old Safrano and Bon Silene, the latter haying been greatly Improved in color and size, and being adopted by young girls for “rosebud gatherings,” are seldom sold for more than $3 ahundred. The General Jacqueminot, which does not appear in perfection until the holidays, and then the hybrids which follow after, ali bring fancy prices, ranging from 75 cents up to $2. The most fashionable roses used at the present time are those of past years. Katherine Mermet is still favorite, because of its dclicate shell pink and the pucker of its petals. The day destroys its loveliness, however, and it is unprofitable for the florist to purchase itinquantity. Unlike the Marechal Neil, or the La France, which, if prop- erly cared for, may be used several days after cutting, the Mermet is positively worthless after being parted from the bush a few hours. Niphe- tos buds continue the bride's rose; it is rophesied, however, that colored flowers will worn by brides the coming season. LaFrance, with its bewitching color of deep pink, and its curling petals that show a silvery edge, are the most costly and attractive of the pink roses worn this month. They are somewhat too languish- ing to look fresh, for they hold their petals loosely, but in reality are a strong flower. The old Malmaison, withits blush tint and profuston of petals, has sprung into favor rapidly within a few months. Nancy Lee, one of the most frasrant of pink roses, would undoubtedly have arun were it not such a shy bloomer. Perles des jardins are the stand-by ot yellow roses,and Duke of Connaught, which when well grown is one of the most magnificent red roses, comprise the list of fancy roses already in market. So tar nothing novel in this class of roses has appeared except the Sunset, first shown at the October exhibition of the New York Horti- cultural society. Its tawny shade of oranges resembling somewhat the tints of color from which it takes its name, makes it noticeable, and a becoming rose for brunettes to wear. AS plants of it have not yet been offered for sale, the cut blossoms are sent in without foliage; the reason for this nude condition is to prevent cuttings being taken tor propagation. It is well known by plantsmen that rare stock is frequently obtained in this way. A few hun- dred plants of the much vaunted rose Henry Bennett have been purchased by a Philadelphia plantsman from the grower in London, at the enormous price of £750; and this, too, with restrictiohs that no plaut can be sold for four years. ‘The purchaser, who expected that he should be paid sufticiently by the sale of the cut roses, is in a quandary. “A high price will only be paid for roses with leaves and stems attached. The q ii v to sell the flowers the next four yi venting neighboring florists from obtaining stock, propagating it, and realizing from.it. If the European description of this rose is fulfilled in this climate, it will certainly be a magnificent crimson rose, of great: size, and valuable from its free blooming qualities. ‘Sey- eral suggestions have been offered as to circu- lating it without danger of its being illezaily propagated. Killing the germ of-the bud with acid or squeezing it until mutilated are among the means mentioned, but experts state that both these methods may fail. NEW PLANTS AND NEW USES. Among popular flowers to be introduced this season is a golden colored carnation named “Buttercup.” It is exceedingly scarce and will only be seen in the most costly places. It is somewhat early yet to speak of the novelties in decorations planned for the winter campaign by our florists. Orchids will be used to a greater extent than heretofore, from the fact that.they are in more general cultivation than formerly. They are extremely rich and fanciful when placed near mirrors, where their curious and often grotesque shapes are reflected. Last week the butterfly orchia was, at a wedding re- ception, so disposed about a chandelier that these dainty flowers, on their frail, trembling stems, seemed to dance about the lights like living insects. The new foliage plant, as- paragus plumosa, a climber, with leaves of a Tern-like texture and charming grace, will find its into decorations where choice plants are required. Ivy is used extensively this autumn for portieres and palls for caskets. The leaves, after being washed and polished, are sewed on to lace ora firmer foundation; this drapery is very elegant and effective. ature in the making up of floral pieces is the introduction of smail living plants, notably the finer kinds of ferns, crotons, beg nias, ete., instead of leay This is a sensible improvement, as it enables baskets of flowers to be kept muclr longer in afresh state. It is well known that leaves mixed through floral designs are the first to shrivel. . Window boxes and hanging baskets are occu- pying considerable time of those who appreciate their loveliness. Only a few varieties of bloom- jug plants appear in those already prepared, on account of the difficulty of keeping these thrifty in rooms where there is furnace heat and gas- light. The new lycopodium, with yellow com bined with its mossy green, makes a brave show among the plants chosen for indoor culti- vation. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. A correspondent of the American Garden gives the following instruction concerning this pretty flower, now in such high fashion: Chrysanthemums in flower, in the border, can be easily potted, and after two or three days’ rest in the shade, they will continue to flower indoors for some time. If desired for Christmas decorations, pinch off all the buds as they appear until late in November. Chrysanthe- mums are, like roves, gross teeders, and will well repay all your kind care for them. Judi- cious pruning will change a straggling speci- men into as handsome a plant as a flower lover could peas to poses I haye been carefully tending a Model of Perfection, Pompone variety, the past two months, feeding it with a tea- spoonful of soluble guano every two or three weeks (it grows in a large pot), and pinching in its stalks two or three times; and now itis a model of form, and soon it willbe a model of een in flowers. But I shall pinch off its ads until later in the season, when frost and snow will cover all my fair flowers, and I must depend upon my windows for my pleasure in gardening. After flowering I s! keep the plant in the cellar. Chrysanthemums will grow in any soil but clear sand, but they will also repay good cultl- vation with far more beautiful flowers. If their tastes are consulted, you will give them rich garden loam two parts, well-decomposed cow- manure one part, and a sprinkling of sharp sand to keep the soil friable. Liberal supplies of water are needful, but do not let it stand in the saucers. When the flower-buds appear, water once a week with weak liquid manure or goluble guano, a tablespoonfal to two quarts of warm water. This will fertilize them well. Short sticks should be used to tle up the branches, and thin out the shoots so that every stalk can have sunlight. If the roots are a little pot bound they will not be harmed this year, bat another year turn them out and divide them. Cuttings will root very quickly in half sand and half soll, and layers will also form roots easily and make nice i gege Chrysanthemums will not grow luxuriantly in gas-lighted, furnace-heated rooms, unless they are shielded from the light at night, and have plenty of fresh air in the day. ‘will thrive To's temperature of 10 Ep 60 “s by day, and 45 or 40 degrees at A WISE CHARITY. Remarks of Mri Wui. H. Armstrong. At the annual meeting of the fifth sub-division of Associated Charities, Mr, Wm. H. Armstrong, vice president of this sub-division, said: The work of the Associated Charities isto promptly relievs man suffering, but avoiding the wast- age of’duplicated and unmerited alms-giving which is as pernicious to the recipient as to the general interests of society, since it not only en- courages imposture, but increases and perpetu- ates rauperism. To aftord judicious relief to the traly needy and deserving poor, either directly or by send- ing them where there is fall provision for their Telief, is one of the highest and most desirable of auties and privileges. No encomium on charity is ever necessary. The common con- science ot mankind approves It, but our Saviour in his description of the general judgment gi it its highest characterization. He there makes the judgment and destiny of every person in the life to come depend on the question whether he has fed the hungry, clothed the naked and visited the sick and the prisoner. Asa reason for this judgment he gives us the grandest lesson concerning the poor ever given by any of the best teachers of the world. Neither Confucius, nor Zoroaster, nor Ma- homet, not even Gautama, the Buddha—the most Christ like of human teachers, ever said so grand a word as Jesus represents himself as proclaiming from the throne uf the universe, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto fie eM And his great apostle to the Gentiles tancht that “Now abideth Faith, Hope, Charity these three, but the greatest of these is Charity.” sar perctatra enh - * Uf In our secretary’s and treasurer's reports you will have only the figures of the work for the last year. The actual carrying on of the work itself amid difficulties, limited resources, and discouragements, by the very few who were suf- ficiently interested to take hoid of its manage- ment of these labors these figures can give no adequate idea. Ang right here common justice demands that Ishou!d say that the work miht, perhaps, months ago have been abandoned by some of us had it not been for the noble ex- ample sct us by the patient, hopeful, and’ untiring devotion to her _labori- ous, and often complicated and difficult duties amid many discouragements of our invaluable secretary, Mrs. Sara A. Spencer. She may not receive the full measure of appre- ciation for all she has done to keep alive and in beneficent operation the work of Associated Charities ‘in this city, as well as in this sub-division, but she will certainly have the ap- proval of herown good conscience and the Di- vine blessing; and I must add a word of grateful appreciation of our generous and worthy presi- dent, and our public spirited friends, Wm. R. Speare, Geo. Ryneal, W. S. Woodward and Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Spencer, who have relieved us from debt, and enabled us to begin the new year with a small balance in the treasury. The carrying forward of this work depends en- tirely upon whether the citizens of this rich sub- division, lying between 7th and 15th northwest and I northwest and B street south, will take earnest part with us in the work which Is their work, not ours, except as representing them. It they do this the work will be light, and each citizen will be relieved from the spectacles and appeals of mendicancy and pauperism, while the individual reward will be an approving consci- enve and: the blessing of the Divine Father of us all. ee Moncure Conway on the Chinaman. Correspondence of the Philadelphia Times. On board the Australia there is a rather ven- erable Chinaman, called John Tuck, whois nearly blind, and seems to do only light work. When, a number of years ago, one of the Pacific Mail ships was taking a cargo of gold to Hong Kong, a fire broke out, the Chinese sailors were demoralized, and this man mainly controlled them, taking the side of the officers. It was largely owing to him that the crew did not seize everything for a piratical expedition. [The ship sank, and there is some talk of trying to find the bars of gold stillin that water.] The company would not part from John Tuck after that. They all speak highly of the Chinese servants on board, and surely there could not be better servants. Our cooks are Chinamen, and I only wish there were such on some of the Atlantic steamships on which I have traveled. Every dish that comes on the table has plainly had special care bestowed on it, and our daily curry (an old traveler tells me) is equal to any that can be got in any country. There are on board about a hundred Chinese, men and women, on their way tasettle in the Sandwich islands. Ever since we ieft San Francisco, and even now, when we are in the tropics, those people prefer to cram themselves, like sardines, in their hoid beneath the deck, and play domi- noes while they melt, rather than enjoy their deck and the breezes that never fail us. The inner being of those Chinamen must be curiously constructed. The women, several of whom have babies, do not play at dominoes, nor anything else, yet, instead of enjoying the open air, they sit in their small roome beneath the lower deck. The captain showed me around the ship, and in one small room we found four women and two babies, though they are all allotted ample room. There seems to be a swarming instinct, as of bees ina hive, at work in | them. TI observed that the two Chinese babies were decidedly pretty, and there was nothing in their features that appeared characteristic of their race. could hardly have distin- guished them from bright mulatto infants. Unless while he 1s playing at dominoes, I have observed no Chinaman in a state of repose. No matter what the heat, or the time of day, these men seem to be always doing something, as if motion, rather than inertia, were their natural state. They move about as noiselessly as i cessantly, and at table appear to anticipate one’s Tequest before it is uttered. Their faces are always peaceful, and I have only observed one that has any wrinkles in it. They are said to have remarkably good health, despite their dis- regard of ventilation and their opium smoking. Their two passions are opium and gambling; but their friendlier critics say that they do not carry either to the excess prevalent among whisky-drinkers and gamblers of whiter com- plexion. It is a very great pity that somebody out here doesn’t understand Chinese who is able to get at the real heart and mind of this people. It is not creditable to the Californians that so many more Chinamen know something of English than Americans know Chinese. That language ought to be taught in American universities, as it is at Oxford. It ought not to be forgotten that there is a wreat Chinese literature, and that Voltaire thought Confucius the greatest teacher of ethics that ever existed. There is something about the brows and quiet manners of these China- men, with whom we have been traveling for a week, which ought to interest students of hnman nature. It is not enough to pigeon-hole a race ethnologically; their sentiments, their motives of life, their aims and ideals ought surely to be studied, and this not merely as embodied in their ancient literature, but as they influence the lives of their lowliest. ee ____ A Prospector’s Opinion of Alaska, From the San Francisco Bulletin, October 9th. Ed. Schieffelin, the yeteran prospector, came off as soon as the Corwin had anchored. A re- porter found him, and he cheerfully told some of the details of his trip. He says the country up there does not suit him, and, in his opinion, although there is plenty of gold there, it will never be agreat mining country, as it is too cold and inaccessible. They found the precious metal in paying quantities about 1,000 miles from the mouth of the Yukon river, in a dis- trict that is full of springs. He thinks they averaged $18 a day when they worked, but that was not long. They found the place canter 1882, and on the 12th every thing froze up soli and they skated all around the claim. The mercury in winter falls to—55°, and often lower. There are only about three months that gold can be washed, from May to August. There is not so much timber as is Generally supposed, and it is of poor quality: ‘The members of his pty, besides himeelf and his brother, all kept excellent health. plies ee What Puzzied a Georgia Lad, From the Atlanta Constitution. Acertain young man went to call on a young lady Chipley, and seeing her crose the hall in a Mother Hubbard he supposed by her appearance that he had called too early and sat down ont- side and waited patiently until his rival came oe a imiinays received. He says it’s hard, i : So He Was One of Them, Lord Odo Russell, while calling upon Prince Bismarck a short time ago, asked him how he managed to rid himself of that class of unfortu- nate visitors whom he could not well refuse to see, but whose room he found preferable to their company. “Oh,” ied the chancellor, “T have a very simple method. My wile Knows them pretty well, and, when she sees they are with me, she genera}'y contrives to come in and call me awayon some pretext or another.” He scarcely finished speaking when the Prin- cess put her head in at the door and said; “Otto, you must come and take your medicine. ‘You ought to have had it {0 minutes ago.” Ice As a Vehicle for Impuritics. non ise kitn oee hes I believe that the first instance in which the Consumption of ice was shown to have been fol- lowed by an outbreak of disease is that recorded inthe “Seventh Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts.” The occur- tence took place in one of the large hotels at Rye Beach, N.H. At the beginning of the season of 1875 about a thousand visitors were assem- bled at Rye Beach, and a considerable number were attacked with a series of symptoms which led to the suspicion that they had consumed some noxious article. The incidence of the dis- ease was entirely confined to 300 persons occu- pying one of the large hotels. The eanitary state of this hotel is sald to have been exceptionally good, and although suspicion seemed at first to attach to the water supply, yet the disease was found to haveaffected many who, “having appre- hended trouble from the use of water,” which was strongly impregnated with salts of lime and’ magnesia, “had carefully limited themselves since their arrival to other beverages.” Indeed, as the result of careful process of elimination, suspicion came at last to be directed to the ice furnished to the house. The water obtained by melting ice was discolored and charged with Suspended matter and gave offa decidedly dis- agreeable odor; the atmosphere of the ice house was offensive, and some person who had used the ice away from the hotel were found to have suffered in the same way from violent illness. The ice in question had been derived from a local pond, the water of which was found to have become foul trom long-continued stagnation; one portion of the pond, measuring about 500 feet in length and 150 feet in width, was occupied by ‘‘a homogeneous mass of pu- trescent matter.” A piece of ice, carefully cleansed from all surface impurities, was then melted, and the water thus obtained was sub- mitted to chemical analysis, the result being the detection in it of a quantity of ‘decaying or- ganic matter.” The use of the ice had also in the meantime been discontinued, and coincident with its disuse ‘there was observed an adrupt amelioration in the symptoms of nearly all who had hitherto been ill.” So, also, no fresh attacks occurred during the remainder of the season. Even among the more educated classes there prevails an impression that.even if water is con- taminated it Is purified by freezing. Many ex- periments haye, however, shown the fallacy of this view. In some of these made recently by Mr. C. P. Pengra, an American chemist. various organic matters (urea, albumen, &c.).were mixed with water, and the specimens were gradu- ally frozen. A certain amount of purification did take place—the ice containing thirty and even forty per cent less organic matter than the unfrozen liquid. But a large amount of the added pollution remained, and the investigator, though expressing surprise that the purification had been as great as it was, says that the expe- riments afford abundant proof that we ought nt to tolerate the indiscriminate collection of ice. ———_-e-______ Wednesday Waggeries, “So your husband isa contractor. particular line is he?” “In the debt line.” “In the debt line?” ‘Yes. he has contracted about $10,000 worth of debtsduring the last two years. Everybody says he is very successful in his busi- negs.”—Boston Transcript. A Galveston school teacher had a great deal of trouble making a boy understand his lesson. Finally, however, he succeeded, and drawing a long breath remarked to the boy: “If it wasn’t for me you would be the biggest donkey on the Galveston Island.” A young man having asked a girl if he might go home with her from singing class and been Tetused, said: ‘You're as full of airs as a mu- sical box.” ‘Perhaps so,” she retorted; “but if Iam I don’t go with a crank.” A Texas debating society debated the ques— tion: “When a watermelon vine runs on to an- other man’s land, who owns the melons?” The referee decided that the colored man who lived about a mile*and a halt from the two farms owned the melons.—Peck's Sun. A physician said jocosely to a policeman one evening: “I always feel safe when I see a police- man in the evening, for there is no danger about.” “Yes, safer than I feel when I have a doctor about,” was the bright retort. A crusty old fellow once asked, “What is the reason that griffins, dragons and demons are ladies’ tavorite subjects for embroidery designs?” “Ah, it is because they are continually thinking of their husbands!” was the quick retort. The Zuni Indians are said to have invented the cigarette. We begin to believe that there is indeed no good Indian but a dead Indian. Many a woman who does not know even the multiplication table can “figure” in socicty.— Yonkers Statesman. Got your stove-pipe up? How are the “jints” this fall? Does the chimney draw? Swear much during the job aloud or otherwise? Applicant for life insurance: “Does your com- pany permit one to cross the ocean?” Agent: “Oh, yes; you can cross the ocean or go up ina balloon if you want to; but you will not be al- lowed to practise on a flute near an open win- dow.”—Philadelphia Call. “So you really think the young man who oc- cupied the seat with you stole your watch?” “Yes, sir.” “Why do you think so?” “Because he sat so close and pressed up to me.” “And why did you allow it?” Because—because—I thought he was making love to me.”—From the German. “Yes,” he said, “I have taken particular care to keep the matter a secret. I have employed a detective to ferret it out.”—Boston Post. The principal order of architecture i: order tor another $10,000 for necessary changes in the original plan. Nilsson says Patti's voice holds out remarka- bly well fora woman of her age. Patti only hopes she may be able to sing da well as Nilsson when she is as old. Gerster remembers the pleasure both these singers gave her when she was @ little girl.—New Orleans Picayune. A dentist’s appearance is apt to deceive one, The more he looks down inthe mouth the better he feels.—Philadelphia Call. A Little Rock man found a cake of soap and for days carried it as a curiosity, as nobody could tell what it was.—Boston Post. “It's a weigh I have,” remarked the butcher as he let his hand rest on thescales while welgh- ing the meat,—Oil Cily Blizard. “If Iam not at home from the party to-night at 10 o'clock,” said a husband to his better and bi r half, “don’t wait forme.” “That I won't,” replied the lady significantly; “I won't wait, but Pll come for you.” The gentleman returned at ten o'clock precisely. Henry George recently lost 400 pages of manu- script on free trade, which he wasabout to pub- lish in book form. Thus does a wise Providence interfere and send a gleam of sunshine tiirough the black horrors of the year.—Norristown Herald. De bow-laig man doan stan’ so well in *sclety as udder men, but he ain't al’ers de most worth- less. Sometimes de benchlaig fice kills de coon arterall de udder dogs hab been fit off.—Arkan- saw Traveler. “Can your wife drive?” one Somerville man asked of another. “Drive what?” “Drive a horse, of course.” “Drive a horse! Why, man, she can not drive a nail.” Young Lady (who is writing a note for the housemaid)—‘Is there anything more you wish to say, Mary.”"‘No marm,except justsay: ‘Please excuse bad writin’ and spellin’.” “Come away from dat straw stack, chile,” called @ negro woman to her son. “Fust thing yer know yer'll hab de hay fever. Doan yer put none ob dat straw in yer mouf.”—Tezas Siftings. At an academy bai masque, the other night, Jolly French girl said to her partner: “You like to waltz, monsieur?” ‘I adore it.” why did you never learn?” “Let us play, we were married,” said little Edith, “‘and I will bring my dolly and say, ‘See baby, papa.’” * Yea,” replied Johnny, “and I will aay, ‘ Don’t bother me now; I want to look through the paper.’” Fifteen genuine Sioux Indians, who are see- ing Gotham, amuse the people at =: hotel by eating with their hands and dressing outland- ishly. As they wear silk hats they think they are civilized. This isa ee mistake jong other people besit Indians.—Lowell He'd been waltzing with his host’s ugly elder daughter, and was in a corner repairing dam- ages. He he was espled by his would-be papa- in-law. ‘She is the flower of m y family, sir,” said the latter. “So it ” answered the oung man. ‘Pity she-comes off so, ain’t it?” e continued, as eee another vigorous’ rub at the white spots on his coat sleeves, A man who made a large fortune by collecting and selling garbage has ss died at San Fran- cisco. The remarkable thing about this case is that he stayed in San Francisco to die insteadof coming east, buying 8 mansion on 5th avenue, Rew York, and teaching his children to turn their noses at people who are “in trade.”—. Farmer Warzle (meeting the curate’s wife, who In what 1s & bee-keeper): ‘No, mum; I’ve no-call to find fault wi’ your bee-keepin,’ but I do wish as it on my clover. I found one 0’ my €l stung his this morning.” Curate’s wife Care “And pray, Mr. rhe uae for its but in its where wi tongue From the Detroit Free Press, “How does your club stan’ on de working- man queshun?” Brother Gardner read these lines from a letter on his desk, and after looking around upon his audience, replied: “Who am de workingman? He am a ma- chinist, carpenter, painter, glazier, car-builder, molder, wood-sawyer, or whitewasher. He works for wages. De amount of wages am de- termined by de need ot his services, by de Pe of what he helps to make, by de deman ir it and by de profits hisemployer makes. A con- tractor kin no mo’ pay a carpenter #4 a day dan de eo pata kin pay 75 cents a pound fur but- ter law of supply an’ demand doan’ fix de rate of wages altogether. A man kin be wath only asartin sum at any craft. Workingmen realize dis as well as philosophers. De work- ingman has just as fa’r show as de merchant. Supply an’ demand regulate prices, an’ goods are wuth only so much to any consumer. “I has no tears to shed ober what aim termed de condishun of de laborin’ classes. De boy who sots out to larn a trade betters himself instead of sacrificin’ anythin’. De man who am alrnin’ $2 a day ouzht to lib in a $2-a-day style. It he kin airn mo’ let him spend mo’. If he can't let him be satisfied. De aiverage workin’ man libs in a comfortable cottage and has it comfortably furnished. His condishun, as dey call it, am robust health, sound sleep, plenty to eat, a good fire, children in school. an’ a pipe an’ a newspa- per arter supper. De workin’ man has no busi- ness buyin’ what he cannot afford. ‘An’ what has popped up in de last score o° y’ars to make de laborin’ man discontented? I tell ye, my frens, it am de sperit o’ false pride dat am playin’ de ole boy wid de man who has to work fur his money. He wants to appear better off dan he really is. He wants a house better dan he kin afford. He wants to furnish it better dan he kin afford. His daughter mus’ have an organ or pianner, his son w’ar fine cloze, an’ his wife walk out in garments nebber in- tended fur her. It takes mo’ dan goin’ wages to keep up dis false show. I doan believe dar am one workin’ man in fifty who am satisfied to lib widin his income. If de man was satisfed his wite wouldn't be. It has got so dat de daugh- ter of a laborin’ man am ashamed of de fack. It has got so dat_gals consider It a disgrace to do housework. It has got so dat sons of laborin’ men want to spend money fast, an’ sunthin’ has gotto drap. When de daughter of a white- washer an’ de wife of a woodsawyer mus’ hi fur-lined cloake de condishun of de laborin’ classes am sunthin’ dat no one man kin tackle. Let us purceed to purceedin’s.’ —— The newest story from the mines in New Mexico is from Socorro. where they tell of a miner whose Bible fell over a precipice while he was dozing. He descended into the canon to re- cover the book and found it lying open on apiece ofrich quartz that had been dislodged by the fall. His eye fell on the seventh chapter of St. Mat- thew. The miner read, ‘Ask, and it shall be given unto you, seek, and you shall find.” He searched, and speedily found a lode over two feet in width that assays—so the story goes— $225 aton. The story teller adds that that part of the country has since been overrun by pros- pectors with Bibles in their hands. Lord Coleridge says that every educated speaker of English uses at least three different languages. When he talks, he uses colloquial English; when he writes, he uses literary Eng- lish; and when he reads his Bible he uses an antiquated form of English, which, from its relations to modern culture. may almost be called sacred English. So, within the one lan- fuage, there are at feast three languages, blending with and overlapping each other, yet each independent of the other, having its own. forms, its own vocabulary, and its own rules of use. The conduct of the Due de Morny in connec- tion with the king of Spain’s visit to Paris oyzht not to pass unnoticed. He resolved to divert the insults of the populace from King Alfonso, and to attract at least a portion of them to him- self. With this view he personated the Spanish sovereign, and, seated in “a splendid embassy carriage.” drove along the Esplanade of the Invalides, exposed to the shouts of “Down with the Uhlan!” “Down with the Prussians!” while the king himself, on his way from the peenieh embassy to the Elysee, took a different route. The noted one-eyed horse-thief, John Frank- fort, who was one of the dozen convicts who re- cently escaped from Lancaster, Pa., jail, has been arrested at Akron, Ohio. Frankfort is well known in the western part of Mary- aa, having been concerned in horse-stealing ere. The Paris artisans are reported to be making tife as much a burden as they can to Germans in the employ of Paris firms. Miss Emily Faithfull is returning to this country this winter to lecture on “Modern Shams.” Does the rash woman expect to get through with them in one seasoi Pittsburg Dispatch. Faers Asromsn, BUT FIGURES MOVE THE UNIVERSE. An Array of Prices that tell the story at the LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO.’S STORE, ‘The cool weather of the past few days caused such a demand for heavy Suits and Overcoats that we haye laid in such astock ascan notbeseen in any store in the city. Our stock compriges all the latest novelties in for- eign and domestic fabrics, which we have placed on our counters at prices that defy competition, OVERCOATS, 5 for Overcoats worth $8. ‘$7 for Overcoats worth $10, 10 for Overcoats worth $15. $12 for Overcoats worth 816. $14 for Overcoats worth $17, 815 for Overvoats worth $19, ‘We have also a complete line of SUITS AND PANTS At prices that will astonish you. Give usa call and be convinced, WASHINGTON BRANCH OF THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO., CORNER SEVENTH ANDG STREETS. _ 023 Suver Pusren Wane ‘We would call your attention to the following espe- cially low prices. Goods are all as represented, and will compare favorably with the highest price goods in dura- bility and finish: Bottle Dinner Caster, double plate, 9c. Pete leo Or. tne ie Four Bottle Dinner Caster, with salt Sf 49, Five Bottle Dinner Caster, solid top, 81.49, Four Bottle Breakfast Caster, $1.40: ee Beautiful Pickle. Garters’ ‘pain, fancy int Colored 2 990, iu at de ? g F ae i i i 4 Te pert i e H fy ; i f E i SILVERBERG’S, ‘812 7th st. and 313 6th street n. w., = = ee Pennsylvania avenue, ‘NEW YORE AND NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD, Se: MORE Gore with and owing, eae GO ABOUT WITH TRAT AcHTNG READE ‘Try Ayer's Pilla, They will relieve the stomach, Testore the digestive organs to healthy action, the obstructions that depress nerves and brain, and thus! cure your headache permanently. T7200 WOULD HAVE APPETITE, FLESH, ‘trength and vigor, take Ayer's Sarsaparilia, which will confer them upon you in rapid succession, 018 * Ww ATCHES. TIFFANY & CO., UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK, INVITE ATTENTION TO THEIR NEW LINE OF WATCHES, W BEST YET OF KED POR THE PRICES. FOR GENTLEM SIZE, FOR THE MOVEMENTS ARE SOUND, STEM-WIND: ING ANCHORS, AND ARE CASED IN 18-KT. GOLD IN VARIETY OF STYLES. EACH WATCH IS STAMPED WITH THE NAME OF THE HOUSE, THEREBY CARKYING ITS GUARANTEE, TO PERSONS IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED STATES, KNOWN TO THE HOUSE, OR GIVING SATISBACTORY REFERENCE OR | DEPOSITING E, WATCHES AND CHAINS WILL BE SENT ON APPROBATIO’ D ON THE RETURN OF SUCH AS MAY NOT D THE MONEY DEPOSITED WILL BE LY RETURNED, CUTS SHOWING SIZPS AND STYLES OF THR WATCHES, AND PATTERNS OF CHAINS SUIT- ABLE TO BE WORN WITH THEM, SENT ON RE- QUEST, 020K 24, 2b Fixe Custom Tanna COMBINED WITH ECONOMY IN PRICE. PANTS TO ORDER FROM 85. SUITS TO ORDER FROM 6% OVERCOATS TO ORDER FROM #18. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WOOLENS. SACK, CUTAWAY OR PRINCE ALBERT FROCK SUITS. OVERCOATS. NNN 4 NNN coo t E NNN oOoL 5 NNN cook L - NNN tut tu. > THE TITT A L 00 Tr aA if L oo ad 7 AA TE §o RR aA Au tu “oo RET 617 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, ‘WASHINGTON, HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK. 022,24,26 ane FFF U RRR Si Pru § Ree ss j PouLP ete Ss F uu R RB Sss8 = C. G. GUNTHER'’S SONS, (estapuismEn 1820.) 184 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORE. SEAL SKIN (English Dye) SACQUES, At $90, $100, $125, $150. 8200, Etc. SEAL SKIN DOLMANS AND CLOAKS, ‘Trimmed Sea Otter, Natural and brown Beaver, Blagg Fox, Ete, At $185, $200, $225, $250, $300 and upwards, SIBERIAN SQUIRREL LINED CIRCULARS, At $32.50, $35, $45, 855 and $70, MINK LINED CIRCULARS, At 875, $85, $100, 125. SILK AND VELVET FUR-LINED GARMENTS, At $45, 865, $75, $85, $100, $150, 8175 and upwards, (We call especial attention to our new and original shapes and their perfect fit.) Fur Trimmings, all varicties and Muffs, Col- Jars, Echarpes and Chasubley, Seal Ginter Glo astibies, ves and special i atteonion and prompt attention, Ehown to the house. or if sitista furnished, gooas will be sent on We Have 00 PPP ERE 8 8 bee’ ke OOP 7 00 P ‘4 ERE N euarantee all my gar. respect, and prices as low e first-class in covery as any Louse in the country. FALL JERSEY COATS. D A DIAGONAL COATS, with ‘and Collars, only $5.25. Ladies Ladies’ RE SILK DOLMAN, Pleated Back, 2h RNR mE Ladies’ CLOTH DOLMAN at BO With FOE Toney * fine PLUSH JACKETS. Satin . Hails the Peper ancners *Trinod wih “hetre- chan, $35. MISSES CLOAKS AND SUITS. We ali best of GARe ‘Our prices must: hemaclves, We have only ons ‘munrked for ever to nen it Price, and cone to see We are. fering COAT fc ‘fo Years omy a, and rise 25 cents in BAUR S: 416 SEVENTH STREET. EE We Axe Orrznna 8 NEW DESIGNS IN GAS FIXTURES, ~~ And are selling single and double Swing GAS BRACKETS, 5 In Brass and Gilt, at 40 and 50 cents cach, and other . §00ds proportionately low. ‘We have s line of COOKING RANGES st various ‘Prices, from $8.50 to @150, IBON TILE FIRE-PLACES, with BRASS FRAMES, from $12.50 to 875. BRASS AKDIRONS, from @5.50 to @50 por pate, PORTABLE BUCKET GRATES, from 5 to 650, PARLOR GRATES, from 610 to $100, @AS BURNERS and GLOBES st LOW PRICKA EDWARD CAVERLY & CO, ‘Plumbing, Heating and Ventilating, 16% Now York avouca, ae ees