Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1883, Page 3

CITY AND DISTRICT. Nc rp rd 1 states Seernmente. ah . SCOUNTS, | United States 43s, 1891, coupon . THE TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNTS. | Taited States ts, 1991, coupon -.. rates 4s, 1007, Compon 7 Fiscistered cea... District of Coiumbia. anent improvement 8, 1901, catn.... 11376 provement ix 1eGL currency 17 Auditor Fichenor Expinine His New | [iite) Siac #1 n of Auditor Tichenor for keep- of Mls office with the several District government, and facilltatin; Jaccounts In the ¢ for the last twenty years, may be tie sid pian having been } 2 ners, a8 shown by thetr | Svar, we publish the Tichenor to the | ty ep r funding 3 -year funding 5 p'e., 189 car funding 68, 1892, ar fundii 1902, nse 6 day of the ¥ inet! heid from time te bers ef the board > time prin | a cou which dewoives BY trict t5 to andit the a full and duals Of Ut officer, Ing ean be pertect ze of the entire ‘The Pimlico Races, ENTS YESTERDAY. +8 di third races at Pimlico yes- sasStated In'THE Star, were won by Bob orge Kenney and Hartford, respectively. irth race, one mille, for all ages, purse $100 + | for first horse and $100 for second, was won by OE Dies | afavorite, with Rica second; tline, 1:19. ctory TE think will not selling race, one and one-eighth miles, -olds and upwards, purse $400 for the i tivat it does not, provide Pt reason: the st hd $100 for second, was won by Heel : time, 2:00 or De dispute t Sulticient sat for four-s t hors 75 percent of stakes to. the sec ‘a, Was won by Abra’ third; time, rieil shortly after the - Went Wrong at the Sixt jump, N EXTRA THREE DAYS’ MEETING. pi. | Anextra meeting of three days will begin to- tached | morrow. On the first day there will be four races, SA eg | a xarters of a mile for two-year-olds, Fly- dhe BON OF the meceiced U 1 Old Liz being among the entries; aone and ti rter mile handicap for all ages, Aelia and Col. | Sprague among the entries; a mile heat forall Sovereign, Pat, Trafalgar, Homespun and among the entries; and a seven-ctchths of a | mile selling race for all ages, in which Burch, | Greenland and ‘Tolu will start. aeiditional serve not only A Missing Bridegroom. ALL READY FOR TUE WEDDING, BUT HE FAILED TO APPEAR. Eugene Lynch, of Philadelphia, and Miss Mary Muleahey, of New Haven, Conn., were to have been married in the Church of the Sacred Heart, in the ‘These two reporss must | latter efty, yesterday morning. The church was nf thelr correctness will be the | ¥ decorated with flowers and filled with Gaaly receipts | expectant friends, but the bridal couple dtd not put ene cis} that the bride- red. He was at re and appeared but nothing wi of the wedding h $s aunt's house, where pos Fe traces went e to reporte by his coupon ele 2 daliy revurn of how. required. and the prow . and the st receipts groom had my | the house of 1h to be rest thought Adresse It is not » for it is new and ean and will be | but I trust it | rit to warrant | and hy is condact 8a my kaown, he did not discharze me by bw. De city Is Her Own Detective. From the New York Herald, 30th. Natt cellit ional fee to | A motion for alimony and counsel fee was made inthe direction of 4 wise, | yesterday In the supreme court, Brooklyn, on be- istration of af Laura Harriott, who has sued her huss it. L. Harriott, a resident of Willian divorce. ‘The parties are both plaintim first was made f her husband's alleged yntuithfwiness by jOUYOUS letter. Tnstead of nad i upon sts of the Bit wie The rt sing in mag rapidly, and ts the pride of its etttz Visit it. 13 2 ence band, Charl absolnte the adoption of thi .Tetlect: upon th aD The sations. Yesterday, 3, the case was adjourned & Of aby meus tually add to the pub ‘The forrors of Hydrophebias HEGH PRIC 2) FLOWERS. Large Sums Paid in this City to Pottsville, Ps. Sccial to New York World, 28th. FSarisis. | Mary Barry, an et arold daughter of === | Jaines Burry. a promt tien of Germantown, RIBERAL Nv) died frou MENTS sNING YOUNG —THE GooD bla, after twent fering. Was bitten by a pet dog. The wound was appa- in its character. No further atten- er by the young lady or her ident had been almost for- y in flowers? t the right r prominent florist to a Srar and he held up a stekiy bua red on # toothpick—“s worth from fifty cents nt Spas | & Viclous manner at tho “At | One time she grew calm, and made motions to her mother that she desired to put on paper what she Was unable to express orally. Paper and penell furnished her, she bled the following: ne dog has done ti all.” She then fell Dack € hansted, and was immediately seize worth a dollar anda half, and as high as three dollars a ‘alike for « banck of | carry in the | sions, when death reileved he Single Spray will sell 30 in the ——_ Rand; anda single spray will sellfor $1.50 In the | oo oa So wes wuo wisn ro vers mom wires, | APH “Who do you tnd willing to give such prices?” | W. Hende Sra, | was sert are lots of fashionable people with i Plenty of money whe wiil have fle Ts all the time, and in the winter when the ny price for them. hey it of O'Brien's circus a riot occurred there in which Chas, ae of the proprictors of the show, wonnded. Nine young men of thé ‘re finplicated were put under arrest, S tried last week. Last evening th of guilty as to Thos.C. Den- a Sinith, the rest proving alibis. jorning alter the affair and is still They just order what they the price may bi vA == EE AT CANAL PRosect.—Gen. of Chinese fame c. G. has been exploring Pales- ermine the ty and commer- ne of the proposed from the Gulf of dd down the Dead sea depression to the Gulf rar Is that the project is feasible, while the new body of water would obli spots of Bible histor nt t nt party. When he tired Uiat s 2 Woes tt on. 1 wii i ust to his wit at Dud, miss” (to a ‘sr Michael MeNu $s Wiseman in Wore ZAton ec tn $5,060 Dall. rest lor viol jw 1a ngturall- i for examination to-day 3 Hannigan is under ar- fon of the registration law in regis. ‘Other eases have been nr twenty-one years of age d last year. rticles of Incorpora- ntral railroad company, |, were tiled yest b te f 1S Un ted “SWEET VIOLETS.” i nt ls of roses,” he with wire and ts. llacs and particularly. All 4 drooping rps ‘Tre Heavy FAILURES IN THE ENGUSH CorToy TRAD ne estimated Hablilties of the large cot ton house of Morris Ranger, in Liverpool, the fail- of which announced yesterday, are A) In uence, the cotton brokers, €o., 'R. H. Townsend & Co., 1. Forman & Co., have suspended, and probably. even or cleht more Liverpool firms will be com- pelled to. It is said that New York will be affected fo the extent of $500,000. A cable dispatch says: “ Ranger's fatlure ts’ generally attributed to the Ameri stern of dealing in futures, without the ran system of protection secured by deposit of margins. itis generally hoped that the latter system will be introduced in England.” — ee good artic they discover peri erally see tuties that are gen- by experienced florists, 1 In the quility of a flower. They done np with wire and | ’ Tsionld say not! These goto tune I “Pople never see the funeral flowers they | Th " ad elation In New York yest Blue, of the 10th United States Infantry, guilty of {tempting to Dribe the scorers at, Creedmoor at he late fall meeting in order to obtain a marks- man’s badge. He was declared forever disqualliied from competing on the range of the association. ut. D. A. Stinnell, of the 9th regiment, N. G., S. as found guilty ona similar chirge, and ie penalty will be imposed. <e- CAB AMONG CANADIAN SI Another case of “scab? having appeared among a lot of sheep in Montreal for shipment the department of agrleul- ture has ordered th ter. This plan will be followed in al ft 15 necessary to take strict measures to prevent Cal trom Delng “scheduled” by En; a, = “see Peter Smull, the horse thief in the Belvidere (N, | J) Jail, begah his twenty-second day of fasting are | yesterday. rs, 45 | The deputation from the Transvaal, headed by roti | Pxssident Kruger, has arrived at Plymouth, Eng- ni RIFLEMEN CHARGED WITH BRIBING ScoRERS— ecutive committee of the National Rifle Asso- y found private Benj. — i synod of Virginia. AMLOPERSVILLE, VA.,YESTERDA synod of Virginia met in Dr. C. R. Vaughan, formerly s of Vinginta,preached the | 230 ministers were | of Richmond, Dr. | x DI the a s ul the synods in cuthern Presby- Terfun ehureh, of Te the synod 10 pr Ieentiates, 51 caus ‘The Missing Mary Churchill. HER FATHER ABANDONING THE SEARCH. Col Churchill, of St. Louis, has requested the detectives not to follow up the clue to his daughter's whereabouts supplied in the letter re- ceived from her, as he and his wife are certain that she will return home on her own accord. Col. Churchill said yesterday to aco1 lent: “I want all further search abandoned. All I want to know 4s that she ts honorably treated and employed. It Tcan only know that I will thank God and let her have her own will forever. If she needs money I ‘will send it to her; f she ts in trouble I will help per re nis practically ends the search for the miss- ing girl, with whom uow rests all question of her return home, if she is a free agent, ——— WHEN WOMEN ARE SEA SICK. They Hate to Be Dishevelled, and Make a Better Fight than Men. From the New York Star, A ruddy-taced steward sat on the rail of an ocean steamer yesterday morning and clicked his heels tozether as he smoked a brierwood pipe. He short. stocky. and cherry. “Were you ever sea sick?” asked the reporter, planting himseif before the steward. “Oh, yes. [suffered once. I got over my first attack without much trouble, however, and have not been hit since. When I first went to sea I put myself in excellent condition for the malady Thadn’t taken a bit of care of myself for two weeks. I had been eating good-by dinners for three days, and kept it up all the night before I sailed. The result was disastrous. I began to think my case over when I got over the aitack, and made up my mind that anybody could do @ good deal toward preventing seu sickness by careful dieting and a Ide medicine. I have never been bothered since, and I’ve been at sea for twelve years.” “You must see some very amusing cases of sea sickness. “They are seldom amusing to me,” sald the steward solemnly, “because they always recall my own experience. Most cases are pathetic, thongh I sinile sometimes when the braggart keels over. On eyery trip we have at least. one man who boasts of his ability to withstand sea sickness. He always saysthat the trouble is as largely mental as physical, and that a man of invincible determination can ward it off by an effort of will. The fail of this man to a condi- tion of pitiable wretenedness has its humorous features for us—not for the man.” ‘Are women more subject to sea sickness than men “Yes, but, on the other hand they stand it better. A woman struggles right up to the point of despair against the —what I might call the impropriety of the thing. She isn’t so much tortured by the pangs as she 1s worried by the prospect of becoming disheveled, hag- gard, and draggled. She fights against it to the last. and keeps up appearances as long as she can hold up her head. Then she becomes maud- lin and pathetic. She takes to her room and invariably asks three questigns. First, whether people die trequently of sea* sickness, then how many miles we are from shore, and lastly, when we will get there. She also often asks me how deep the water is, and if I think it possible for any one to go seven days without food. The doctor is always talked over. Iam asked time and again if I think he is capable and eficient, and if Ihave confidence in him. When the patient gets so ill that she loses inter- est in the doctor, she usually lies on her side and cries by the hour. Luckily the more vio- lent attacks only last a short time.” “How is it with men?” “Oh, men give im at once. They bellow like bulls and make a great rumpus until they are compelled to take to their berths. Then they grumble and swear until they are well enough to go on deck again. A great many passengers come aboard loaded with medicines and schemes for the prevention of sea sickness. I never knew a preventive yet, except the one I men- tioned when we first began to talk.” pera Rieras dill Sol The World. ‘The world 1s lke a see-saw, never balanced for a ry Is always low Just when younced the ve ow at the ladder’s top, to him all glory goes, While the fellow at the bottom fs the fellow no one knows. No good are all the “have beens,” for in country and tn town No one will care how high you've been, when once | you have come down; No onic will ask about you, for you never will be missed, . And the mill will only grind for you while you sup- ply the grist. One day you're worth a penny, next day you're worth a aed, One day you're at the ladder's top, next day you're | on the xround. i Life 1s nothing but a lottery, each day we clearly see; Such ts the way the world wags on, at least for you and ine. —Detroit Journal. —— The Sweet Story Writer. Joseph Medill, in the Chicago Tribune, “Is this the literary editor?” The horse reporter looked up and discovered a young lady standing tn the doorway. “No, Madame,” he replied. ‘the literary editor is at present engaged in the construction of an elab- orate critique of the Trotting and Pacing Rec ord. You will probably see something in next, week's paper about the idyllic love-story of Maud 8. and St. Julien. the tender romance of Jay-Bye-See, and the sad, pathetic story of Early Rose and Aldine. You can bet that when the literary editor of this paper gets his taper fin- gers on a book he reviews it. I have been told that he once turned himself loose on a volume of differential calculus that had just been issued, and remarked that, while the more trivolous portion of the reading public might hold that certain chapters of the work were somewhat uninteresting, the great moral lesson inculcated inregard to the square of the hypothenuse should be known to all, and band to the merchant, the farmer, or the young mother who, wanted some- thing handy to throw at the children when they became too fresh, this chaste volume would prove invaluable. When it comes to giving a alm and dispassionate opinion in which the lurid glare of impassioned genius is softened and mellowed by the lambent rays of experience, the Tribune's literary editor is liable to beat the record any minute. J suppose you haye an al story, written on white paper and tied with a blue ribbon, concealed somewhere about your person, and waut the literary editor to commune with it?” “Yes, sir,” replied the young lady, “I have wale a story, and matima thinks It \s very good.” “Is there anything in It about the leaves turn- ing to golden and the velvety green of the leaves now looking sere and brown? Because if there isit won't do. The season for brown-mantle-of- October-re on-the-hills-and-leaves-turning- golden storie: about at an end. We have got to carry over to next season more brown-inantle- of-October stu? than you can shake a stick at. The-dull- -slow-of-the-dying-embers racket is what we shall show the public from now until December. Got any dying embers in your story?” - “No, sir. Mine is a love story.” “That's all right. The dull red glow of dying embers works in beautifully in a love story, although as a rule young men who tall in love don't have currency enough to buy a cord of wood to make embers of.” “Bat why must [ write my story in this par- ticular style 2” asked the young lady, “Because it’s the season for it. You want to start out by saying that as Harold Nonesuch, the rich banker, sat in his magnificently fur- nished parlor and gazed thoughtfully into the dull red embers of the dying fire in the grate there came trooping up from the dim vista of an almost forgotten past memorles—sad, sad memories—that caused the unbidden tear to start. Don’t make any mistake about the tear business. Be sure to have only one tear, be- cause that’s the orthodox style in stories. Of course nobody but a one-eyed man could shed one tear at a crack unless he had plugged up one of his lachrymal ducts, but in novels it is always put that way. And you want to be cer- tain that it isan unbidden tear. A tear that had received a cordial invitation to be present and start wouldn’t do at all. Then say that the old man’s Poca gats vended back to the happy days of his childhood. Be certain to have them wander back, going across-lots and stopping once in awhile to pick sand-burrs out of their toes. If you were to say that his thoughts went back the story would be spoiled. ‘Wander’ is the correct style. Then when you get the old man back to his happy boyhood days you want to trot out Lucy.” “Trot out who?” “Lucy—Little Lucy Perkins—with her great blue eyes and golden hair—the Lp ceo of his youth that he loved so dearly and always looked upon as his tuture wife. Then lug out another unbidden tear, and finally have the old man break down in a storm of sobs.” “It's very sad, isn’t it?” said the young lady. neh meiibers. Al der from ea An expedition, consisting of eight persons and church court: Its, mut | sucht tue oficers or ine Swedis army, will ected moderator, with | country in Atle eee tn fOr the Upper Congo ‘The ‘London and River Plate Bank have decided as H. Stnlth. of Leesburg, Rev. A. R. Cocke, boro’ and Elder S. L. Flournoy, of Romney: | to pay for the securities which were deposited with them for safekee} ‘abstracted W. Va, clerks. The Spanish cabinet has gs Matic note which will end the controversy arising | In from the unfavorable reception of King Alfonso tn | ot s badly damaged, but alti Paris. Senor Martos, the leader of the dynasty le! is mentioned as Spanish aimbassader to Paris. | init as the tans hone UE were injured. “Lucy died, I suppose, and the old man’s heart is breaking.” “No.” said the horse reporter. “Lucy mar- ried another man.” “Then what makes the banker weep?” in- juired the maiden. “Sympathy for the other man.” ———__—_o.______ Boston’s four richest men are Frederick L. Ames, $15,000,000; John M. Fort $12,000,000, and Oliver Ames and William G. Weld, $6,000,000 each. «* HOLLEBEVEr Some of the Supefstitibns Connected with Hallowe'en, From the Philadelphia Ledger. The appearance in the public markets and on the corner stands of chdice arrays ot chestnuts, walnuts, hickory nuts and fine eating apples during the past two wéeks have already her- alded the approach of Hallowe'en, or as it 18 sometimes called, ‘All Halfow’s Eve.” The name does not appear to be an accurately de- Seriptive one, inasmuch as this peculiar festi- val, which occurs on the evening of the ist of October, is vested by the popular imagination with more superstitions than cluster about any other season of the year. With the younger portion of the community Wednesday night. will be simply a time when the indiscriminate ringing of door-betls. the laying of traps for unwary pedestrians, duck, ing for apples, and masquerading fn all sorts of disguises will be the privileced sports. To others, however, the festival will be remem- bered as the night of all the year when spirits walk abroad, when divination will reach its highest power, and when the gift of foretelling the future will become available to all who choose to comply with the conditions defined by tradition. The festival is thought to be a relic of Pagan practices, but nothing definite Is known about its origin or when it was first zen- erally observed, and the problem as to whether it has any connection with the great Christian Feast or All Saints. which occurs on November Ast, the day immediately ensuing, is one which has never been settled. Only a few of the ancient traditions have been brought to this country, but in England, Ireland and Scotland there is a remarkable uniformity in the fireside customs. The name ''Nutcrack Night.” wy which Hal- lowe’en Is known in the north of England, illus- trates, without further explanation, the most. popular phase of the festival as it is known to American children, The nuts are not simply cracked and eaten, but they are made the means. of divination, possessing qualities peculiar to them on this night alone of all the year. In the time of open fire-places it wasa custom (sttil re- tained, though not so conveniently,) when the young men and women desired to test their lovers’ constancy, to place three nuts upon the bars of the grate, naming them after the lovers. If a nut cracks or Jumps away, the lover is said to be unfaithful; if it blazes and burns, he loves his_ lad; ind if the two, named after the girl and her sweetheart, burn together, they will be married. Another singular observance js that known in Scotland as ‘The Three Luggies, or Dishes.” One dish ot clean water, another of foul, andthe third empty, are placed side by side, when the experimenters approach blindfolded and dip their fingers into one. If the clean water, they are to marry a maiden or a youth; if the dirty, a widow or widower; and if the empty dish is selected, a single life is to be the fate. As each person takes his turn at the “luggies” “great care is taken to see them duly changed,” 80 that the test may be @ fair one. Another quaint custom, still prevalent in the “old country,” and’ perhaps in the rural districts in New England, is that of pulling the stalks of colewort (a variety of cabbage). The young people go out hand-in-hand (blindtolded) into the garden, and each pulls the first stalk which she meets with. According asthe stalk is big or little, straight or crooked, so will the future wite or husband be; the quantity of earth adher- ing to the stalk measures the future fortune, and the taste of the pith denotes the temper of the future life partner. The stalks are then placed over the door in regular order, and the Christian names of those who happen to pass into the house are held in the same succession to be the names of those of the individuals whom the parties are tomarry. The old prac- tice of ducking for apples is too well known to require any description, but there is another custom which is possibly still observed and which is almost as certain to be the cause of abundant laughter, and fs the watery sport. A stick is suspended horizontally by a string from the ceiling, having a stick on one end and a lighted candle on the other. The stick being made to twirl rapidiy, the merrymakers in suc- cession leap up and snatch at the apple with their teeth, but it often happens that the candle comes around sooner than it was expected, and a rapid retreat is necessary to escape a scorching or a baptism of melted wax. Besides these there are similar sports innumerable, such as the counting of apple seeds, the throwing of apple parings, &c. All of the Hallowe’en rites are not so harm- less, however, and quite serious results are said to have resulted to nervous people from a too serious participation in some of the weird spells, Robert Burns, in his famous poem of Hallowe'en, describes several of these, and particularly that of eating an apple betore a mirror, with the view of discovering the inquirer's future husband, who, it is believed, will be seen peeping over her shoulder. In Burns’ poem, the following pas- sage describes “granny'g” wrath and her reply when little granddaughter proposes to try the spell: “she fuft't her pipe wi sic a lunt, In wrath she w vaprrin’, She notie’t na, an aizle brant Her braw new worset apron ‘Out through that night. “<¥e little skelple-mmer’s facel Tau you try ste sportin’ AS seek the foul fiend ony place, For him to spae your fortune; Nae doubt but ye may get a sight! Great cause he hae to fear tt; For mony @ ane has gotten a fright, And lived and died deleeret, On sie a night.” The same result is thought to be produced by the imaginary sowing of hemp-seed, or the “win- nowing of the wechts of nothing.” Another or these unhallowed rites of Hallowe'en Is to wet a shirt sleeve, hang itup to the fire to dry, and lie in bed watching it until midnight when the ap- paration of the person’s fature wife or husband will come in and turn of the sleeve. —S Se MEXICANS AT A CIRCUS. Mow Senoritas Talk With Their Eyes and Fingers. El Paso Correspondence of the St. Louis Republican, Thousands of Mexicans arrived in town yester- | day to attend Robinson's circus, and the city has worn a gala-day appearance in consequence. Excursion trains have been run from Chihuahua, and intermediate points, and there are thous- ands of dollars in circulation among the mer- chants who formed a committee and offered license inducements to the circus people to come here, and also secured excursion rates from Chihuahua, a ten hours’ ride from El Paso. Many of the Mexicans here on a visit are thorough aboriginesand haye never ridden upon arallroad or gazed upon the antics of a circus clown, or shuddered at low and lotty tumbling. The lady bareback riders In their gauzy attire and pink fleshlets won rounds of applause, and much manipulation of fingers—that eloquent dumb show of enthusiasm, delight or chagrin in which the Mexican is an adept artist. Your Mexicano lady talks more with her fin- gera and eyes than with her tongue, which many of the Americans here regard as a great relief, and there are, I know, afew St. Louis benedicts who sincerely wish that they had married a senorita, if for this one reason alone. Most of the senoras and genoritas were dressed. in dark apparel, with black shaws draped over their otherwise bare heads, and althouzh the day was warm and the gun burning fiercely, they kept the shawl drawn closely across the mouth and nostrils leaving exposed only the eyes, and such eyes! A few wore bright shawls ‘richly embroidered, and aa vari-colored as Joseph's alleged coat, while still others had pted the American costume. These latter, however, displayed Wretched taste in the matter of hats, both as to material, trimming and the utter disregard to the proprieties in the manner of wearing them. The regularly dressed senorita, with her smooth, black hair excellently well kempt, is “a thing of beauty and Joy forever,” (there is a paucity of Bibles here, and if I haye a i you now know why) and in the not too humble opinion ot your correspondent she was not born to wear acrinoline bonnet or Gainsborough hat—that Js, not to any extent. Senors and dons, dregsed mostly in drab clothes, miserably cut and worn without a previous glance in a mir- ror, sported those extraordinary contrivances folent “sombreros,” laced, embossed, em- roldered and bedecked with silver and filigree until they weighed enough to crush an ordinary mortal to earth, or, at least, telescope his dome ot thonght into his diaph: . These hats cost from #30 to $60, and are usually bullt to match the silver-finished Mexican saddle, which costs sete ate cliedy ouenpiectinathen Pein: are chiefly composed of these two and thelr clothes are so wretchedly cut that a St. Louls Ge aoe Janitor would not delgn to cna them from his tailor. .They are not “hand- me-downs,” but are lar custom-made, a ae ree e ere the shoulders from which they hang suspended. The clrous pense lot ot Mexican money into town, but it takes ont a cool $15, sum not inconsiderable in a frontier town albeit ” a similar sum at days ago. certain gentleman “ the seductive faro table Hew They Are Handled at New York. A New York Telegram man recently sauntered down the wharf of the Cunard line. The big steamer had been reported early onthe previous evening, and her mail had already been distrib- uted throughout the city, The reporter expect- ed to find the ship snugly docked and the pas- sengers disembarking at the hour of 10a. m., but such was not the case. At the end of the wharf was lying the Willlam Fletcher, that ubiquitous steamboat met at steamship arrivals, departures, regattas, excursions, fires, wrecks, &c. In the pilot-house that he has filled for nearly fourteen years sat Capt. J. G. Emmons, and him the reporter accosted: “ Where is the steamer?” “Outside the bar.” “ Why is she not in?” “ The tide was too low when she arrived there, and when it rose the fog shut her out.” * But her mail is up?” “Oh, yes; we brought it from near the light- ship and landed it here at 9 o'clock last even- ing.” « And then the captain explained that the European mail was brought to town and placed in the hands of readers while yet the steamer that brought it was far out at sea. “When a steamer ts due,” said the captain, “‘we are ordered to be at the whart of the com- any, to which the telegraph report from Fire Faiana or Sandy Hook is immediately sent. We must have steam up and the crew on board when lying for a steamer at night, as the com- petition is so great between the fast mail lines that they will brook no delay. So you see that I am virtuailya prisoner here much of my time. “We rtart immediately, no matter what the weather—ice, snow, gales, fog—we must at least make an attempt. * But we seldom fail to get the mail up ahead of the steamer if the tel- egraph gives us prompt notice of arrival. They do not ab 3 do this, however. “Our first stop is at the barge office, where we take on board an officer of customs to see that nothing but mail is taken from the ship Then we make all haste toward the ship, meet- ing her at quarantine or beyond the bar, as the case may be. It a gale is blowing we take the windward shore for smooth water. If the ice Js running we try to avoid it; if we cannot get around it we crash through it. I was once about two hours getting from the battery to the Cunard dock with a mail on board. ‘It it is fozey we proceed at half speed by compass, sounding the whistle frequently, listening for bells, horns and whistles, occasionally using the lead. I had queer experience once in the for. I towed a vessel to sea safely and left her off the lightship. “We then groped our way back to the hook, and steered fora steamer’s anchor-beil in the lower bay. It proved to be the Parthia, for which we were to wait that night. The officers thouzht we came down to look for them, and congratulated us upon our skillinafog. We put the mail on board, and found our way to the city before the fog lifted. But sometimes we go to quarantine or sea upon a false report. Occa- sionally we find the steamer aground or disabled when we reach her, and so are able to render immediate assistance. Yes. we frequently take the mail outside in a heavy sea, I never lost a bag of mail matter. “After the mail is all on board and snugly stowed away out of the wet we take an officer of the steamer on board and make all haste for the city. The mails aretaken ashore and loaded in huge trucks and rattled away to the post office. We have had as many as eight hundred bags at once. The ordinary number now is three to four hundred bags. When I first wept into the mail business in: the George Birkbek, twenty years ago, there was not so large a number. Then the steamer would anchor in the stream, fire a gun, and we would go for her. We would take the dozen bags or more to the old barge office, throw them into an express wagon, and, if no horse was ready. ran them to the post office ourselves. The Australian and New Zealand mails usually double the quantity of bags. Sometimes we take these mails out to a steamer bound for Europe. “The tide occasionally preyenta mall steamers awaiting the arrival of the overland train from San Francisco. The post office officials are anx- ious to make the connection and the fast time, so it is arranged with the captain that he w: outside the bar for the mailboat. I remember putting the mail on board the Germania off the Sandy Hook light-ship once in a northeaster that was blowing great guns and the sea rolling even with the steamship’s deck. We accom- plished It safely, with only the parting of some ropes. Captain Kennedy put the ship head to the sea and moved ahead slowly, and the mails were piled into rope cheese slings six at a time, and whipped up from the fore yardarm. Some- times the steamer will start for the city as soon as we do, but we can ‘cut across lots’ where she cannot float, and so we beat her up. Yes, these modern ‘racehorses’ can beat us or any other boat in the harbor. We must watch for every advantage to get up ahead of them, and we gen- erally succeed.” a They Answered the Conundrums. From the New York Graphic. Joseph Hatton, the well-known English jour- nalist, was entertained by the New York Press Cinb the other evening, when he told some in- teresting stories of the London stage. Mr. Irv- ing, he said, is often called before the curtain, and always ona first night. He makes points, but is not a fluent speaker, and pauses, English fashion, after each sentence, to frame the next one. On one occasion he came out, began with the usual expression of thanks, and then gaid slowly: “What can I do,” pausing before he finished with ‘to show my gratitude?” words he failed to utter that evening, when a voice from the pit broke out with: “Well, Mr. Irving, you can make these seats more comfortable. You promised to see to the pit, you know, at the close ot last season.” Irving flushed and looked embarrassed, a roar of laughter and applause went up, and when it subsided Mr. Irving sald: “Thank you, sir, for the suggestion. It shall be attended to at once. Iam very much obliged, yon know, for any suggestion from the pit or any patron. We have come to rezard each other as friends, and eo 1 am grateful for every favor.” It was neatly turned, and the house greeted It with loud applause. Mr. Hatton also related the collapse of a young actor who was also an author. The per- formance was presumed to be a comic opera, which was quite heavy as to itsmusic. The libretto was bright and lively, the work of the actor and singer himself, the motive being a se- ries of ridiculous gastronomic laws ina sort of bouffe kingdom, one of which provided death as a penalty for any one caught eating peas with a knife. The writer of the libretto pl: the part of a young prince socanzht. The mu- sic dragged, and the “rods” Grew perce tibly uneasy, and when the prince, after his condem- nation, came down to the footlights for the pur- pose of guessing a truthfulanswerto anyone of three questions propounded, the doing of which correctly would save his life, he threw out his artns, struck an attitude and ejaculated, “What shall Tdo now?” ‘Why. tell em to ring down the blooming curtain, you know!” shouted an impatient voice from the gallery. There was a roar, and it was kept up whenever the prince tried to go on, umtil at last the “blooming cur- tain” was rung down. The familiarity of English theater-goers with the actors, especially their favorites, was illus- trated by Mr. Hatton in an anecdote of Mary Anderson’s first night in London. Of course our beautiful American was nervous and over- wronght in the earlier scenes as Parthenia. At times her voice was not fully heard. At one point, where she asks what she will do next, or words to that effect, amid the strained silence and attention of the great audience, a grave, full voice was heard from the gallery to say, in @ paternally encouraging tone, “Why, Mary, ou can speak up louder.” Mary flushed up, looked bewildered, then gracefully bowed as the whole house broke into cheers and applause. She did “speak up louder” thereafter. ——_——. The Russian Stove. The Russian stove is made of fire-resisting porcelain, is always ornamental. and frequently a highly artistic, handsome article of furniture. Internally it is divided by thick fire-clay walls into several upright chambers or flues, usually six in number. Some dry firewood is lighted in a suitable fire-place, and is supplied with only sufficient alr to effect combustion, all of which enters below and passes through the flue. The products of combustion being thus undiluted with unnecessary cold air, are very highly heated, and in this state pass up com- partment No. 1. They are then defiected and pass down No. 2, up No. 3, down thro No. 4, again up No, 5, and down No. 6. At end of this long journey they have given up most of their heat to the twenty-four heat-absorbing surfaces of the fire-clay walls. Then all com- munication with the chimney is cut off, the fire is put out, having done its work. and the Inte- rior of the stove has bottled up its caloric read: for emission into the room, and, passing throug! the non-conducting walls of the stove, is radi- ated into the apartments. —— Dan Murchison was killed Sunday night, near Aubarn, Miss., by Will Skater. had a dis- pute as to the proper manner of ing hands, and Skater drewa dirk and plunged it into ‘Murchison’s heart. NMENTIONABLEsS, What the Styles Are in a Certain Clase of Ladies’ Wenr. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “That's all. These will last me thie winter. Good afternoon.” “They ought to. Good day.” Hearing the foregoing conversation between a gentleman and a pretty saleswoman at the hosiery counter of a large mercantile establish- ment in this city, his curiosity was aroused and an Enquirer reporter determined to ascertain if Some men wear stockings as well as corsets. So, sliding onto the stool just vacated, with some trepidation, the newspaper man awaited the coming of tae young lady, who, with a slight blush, softly ingerrogated: “Is there anything you wish, sir?” “Do you ever sell stockings to gentlemen?" “Oh, yes, sir. I have four other gentlemen customers,” with an insinuating smile. “You have, ch? What do they do with . sir, wear them, of course. The long, stocking is fast becoming popular among What kind do yon sell them ?” “Do you wish to make a purchase, sir?” “Weil, I don’t know.” “T have all lengths, sizes and colors. We have a beautiful stock on hand in children’s, misses’ and ladies’ styles. It is the greatest variety you ever saw. But I won't show you the fancy hosiery, for you have no use for It. “But why? If you show it to me and tell me what to buy I will probably make a purchase tor my wite. Only a day or two ago she expressed a desire for some stockings of an out size, I believe she said. Now, what is an out size?” “Why, a stocking of an.out size is one with the same foot as another, but wider in t well, in the middle. I won't walt on persist in asking such queer questions. “But I don’t understand.” “You know in shoes there are different lasts in the same size, so as to accommodate thick feet and thin feet. So in stockings. Some ladies have such small feet and such a large muscular development between the knee and ankle that they are unable to draw the stock- Such ings on unless they are of an out. size ladies have no use for supporters, ing is as hard to get on as it is to “Tsee, Isee. No, I mean I understand. us k Let look at some eights, out sizes, of the popular ind.” “Well, solids are all the go this season. Stripes and checks are very dull. Don’t say I told you that, however, as we have a lot of stripes that we want to close out. These solid browns, blacks, greens, reds, and, in fact, all these solld colors, are popular, and you can’t miss it on them. This uavy or the garnet would undoubtedly please. I can give them to you in cotton, lisle or silk at any price ranging from twenty-five cents to $15 per pair. You will notice that they are all plain. The ladies deco- rate them for themselves now. Some embroider them in vines and other fancy designs, but [ learn that the plain satin clocking is the most popular. Here are some fancy French novelties in the way of peculiar designs, but, as I told you, the solids are invariably first choice, and are worn by every one. There will be a change within a year, though. The ladies of Cincinnati will revert to the plain unbleached hose because of the dirthere,and the fact that the unbleached stocking will stand washing so much better than the others.” “Let me see some more of your stock, please. I never saw much of this kind of thing.” “Well. here is the Derby rib; the mock rib, sometimes called the Richelieu; the skeleton stocking, open-work silks, which are very pop- ular, and are sometimes drawn over whites or blacks; the gusseted feet in colors, for both ladies and children; checks, the fancy Albion, the Landie lace, Oxford rib, Balbriggan, the Victoria, Lanstry and a score of others. Is that enough? There are still several boxes here that are unopened.” “I am exceedingly obliged. Have you any digital stockings?” “Any what? “Why. these new-fangled stockings with toes to them. “No. They are sold only in New York city, and will never become popular, because they are uncomfortable. Just think of two thick- nesses of cotton between your toes! The ladies of Cincinnati are too anxious to have their teet | appear small to wear anything of that kind, which could only be worn with an exceedingly large shoe.” “But wouldn't it do away with a certain up- pleasantness about the toe: “Water will do that, sir.” “You don’t say! But, tell me, do as many men buy stockings tor their wives as wives do for their husbands?” “No, I believe not. Girls sometimes buy half- hose to embroider for their sweethearts, but I never heard of g feliow buying stockings fur his lady love.” * “This is my bundle. Thank you. Good after- noon.” ee THE SEA GULLS ARRIVE, An Old Bayman Discourses on Their Mabits—Where They Stay at Night, From the New York Sun. Gulls have made their appearance again about the rivers and waters near the city. Within a few days they have been seen in small numbers. An old boatman in the bay said yesterd: “Gulls come and go with the regularity of a calendar. We have them six months of the year. almost toaday. Their appearance or dis- appearance does not indicate either cold or warm weather. They arrive here within a week ofthe 1st of November, and they go within a week of the lst of May. No matter whether it 1s warmin the springtime or backward, whether itis cold enough to snow, or we are having a beautiful Indian summer, the gulls always de- sert us or come into the harbor at the same time. 1 suppose their migrations are regulated by the age of the fledglings, or the facility with whicl they can procure food outside the Hook, or along the coast. It {s generally noticeable thatthe departure of bluefish forthe south- erly waters occurs about the Same time that the guils come up the bays and along the Sound. ‘They are natural scavengers, and live on car- tion or whatever animal matter they can find floating on the waters. Fish is their natural tood, and on that they live almost exclusively in the warm months, when they fnd plenty of it off the coast. “The most of the gulls about here stay at night somewhere down near the Atlantic h gh- lands. They are great travelers, and go thous- ands of miles in aseason. Some of those that are seen about here in mid-winter darting about on the cakes of ice, and which people are apt to feel very sorry for, are accustomed to that kind oflife all the year around, except during the brief time when they are hatching. It is noticed by baymen that in the dead of winter the gulls are most plenty, and that there is a larger spe than those we usually see here. The latter are cailed burgomasters, and they beat off the smaller ones and generally get the best of the eatables. It will also be noticed that at that time they screech a great deal. That is be- cause the larzer ones are stealing all the food. Those big fellows go Away to the Arctic seas in summer time, and only come here when driven mMside the bar by hunger. “It is an odd sight to watch the gulls about dusk. They willbe seen to come swimming over the water close to the surface and in rapid flight when the sun is about an hour high. They gather in enormous flocks on the long, broad bay between kobbin’s reef and the Jer- sey shore. There they frolic about in great Facts Asrostsa, BUT FIGURES MOVE THF UNIVERSE . , \ An Array of Prices that tell the story at the LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING COS STORR, The cool weather of the past few days caused auch ® demand for heavy Suite and Overcoats that we have laid tm such astock ascan not beacn in any store tn the city. Our stock comprises all the latest nowelties in fore cian and domestic fabrics, which we have placed on OWF counters at prices that defy competition. OVERCOATS, 85 for Overcosts worth #8 87 for Overcoats worth $10, $10 for Overvoats worth $18, €12 for Overvoats worth $16, €14 for Overcoate worth 817, €15 for Overcoats worth 1M We have also a complete lim SUITS AND PANTS | At prices that will astonish you. Give usacall sndbe convinced. WASHINGTON BRANCH OF THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING co., CORNER SEVENTH ANDG STREETS. 0c TIT HOR FFE T Hou OE ¢ HHM RE TOK t HO cco U U 8S H H N NN N eouuSS uw INNN G @ Sg Oe amt HHH EEE See eco “uu “ss Hn NNN GGG 00 00 MM MMPPP oA NN NY OF © CO OMMMMP PAA NN NY ¥ S08, fa wae” BAERS A. coc OO MM MP A AN XN ¥ 3 OF BOSTON, MASS., Desire to gain the attention of all who tse liquors inang, way for beverages or medicines to their newly patented method of refining liquors by acitation, and the forcible injection of pure, warmed air. 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SEAL SEIN (Puelish Dye) SACQUES, At £90, $100, #125, $150. $200, Etc, SEAL SKIN DOLMANS AND CLOAKS, At $185, $200, $225, #250, $300 and upwards, SIBERIAN SQUIRREL LINED CIRCULARS, At $32.50, 835, 845, $55 and $70, MINK LINED CIECULARS, At $75, $85, $100, $125, SILK AND VELVET FUR-LINED GARMENTS, At $45, $65, $75, 885, $100, $150, $175 and upwards, especial attention to our new and original: (We call shapes aud their perfect fit.) glee, apparently having fine fun for anhour,| Fur Trimmings, all and. gyces Matte, Oot; when they start away tor their resting places | lars, and Chambles, Beal ‘Gloves and hear the’ Highlands Sips, Fur Robes und Mats, ———_—_--_____ New Cure for Malaria. From the New York Star. Orders by mafl or information desired will receive Now and then I ride uptown on the front | fPown t0 tik house eet satel tery eee, ae platform of a street car to smoke my cigar in | furnished, gooas will be sent on 022-col2W comfort, and very often hear instructive things. The other day, while engaged in this occupation, a young man, evidently a naval Our Entire Winter Stock Now on Exhibition, SIBERIAN AND MINK LINED CIRCULARS, conversation with the driver. The driver was QUILTED LINED CIRCULARS AND complaining of suffering from malaria, and the DOLMANS from 615 upwards, Ypung man, who, it turned out, was s navy sur- | SEAL BACQUES, Latest London Dye, all fresh stood, geon, sald ashe blew a whiff of smoke from his from 36 inches to 48 inches long. mout! “Malaria. eh? Why, man alive, that is cured easily enough.” “Oh, yes, I know,” sald the man of horses and brakes. “I have taken quinine until I'am drenched with it, and it has done me no good.” “Of course it hasn’t. But when you take te Roan to the nearest draggist and mart of gin. and. tak witeglasefal font aq of gin an eg times aday. That mixture has knocked malaria out of every man in the navy, and It will do the same for you.” As about every tenth man or woman has the malaria, I made a note and give it to use of riding covered fellow men? WHITE LAMB SKIN COATS for Children. FUR TRIMMING in every variety on hand ‘All goods sold as Jow as any house in America, WILLETT & ROUFF, ‘Hatters and Furriers, ocl7-3m_ 5 avenue Ca Roem: BEADQUASIENS CaMRLAGE COMPARE NT Tan CEBU ite wae A“ aan ree Witing bedi Waevan ” Qu mot examine the ‘Prtoas to ouit the the,