Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1883, Page 2

‘it ae a THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON SS SLRCD Bee eS pom NESDAY, DECEMBER 19. WET Peer pera rl FF Oe 1883—DOUBLE SHEET CITY » DIS PUTTING THE WIRES UNDER- GROUND. The Successfal Result of Experiments With District Lines. FO LEAD-ARMORED CABLE AND HOW IT IS MADE WHICH, IT IS CLAIMED, WILL Last | BEAR OF PITLATED, 0- | vis nothing that can disturb that except observed Mr. W ndard Underground ¢: ted with pride the office. of the me pattern a3 Land the White three is that and No, 4 between 4 he other ea! necting various Di ugh apparei Vi “ts southw ed withou at d Cable xily fu ready to arnuiged forced ont the nine makes th v L. m the ilre-alarm office to jas a test cable. un- y- One of the : he enble is that in its greatest objection to the use of underground wires, the interference or retarda- ed by induction, has been overcome. d currents, instead of passing from to another, ‘pass into the lead, and nto the ground. The buzzing sound in plone, caused by contact with or prox- | imity to otuer lines when the connection is by is entirely absent from the telephone ed with the underground cable. | THE STS MADE | over the cabies which are now completed have been very satisfactory. It was thought by some People to be impracticable to join the cable wires with overhead but a connection has been made between the dre-alarm office and the insane asylum, which has proved that such a eonnection y practicable. Telephone Messages between the two points named are | remarkably distinet, thouzh the messase is car- | Pied part of the distance through the under- ground hen taken up by an air-line, then taken by submarine cabl ss the . and again taken by an alr-iin cy expresses the opinion that a tele’ : are and eurie Tn rural 1 poles has not that under- ely adopted ch che dd efticien \f ‘ry storm. THE CAPITAL FIFTY YEARS AGo. ‘The Removal of the Deposits—Crockett | and Hackett, ‘opy of a letter ed to his father by the Hon. | ter, once a Representative in Con- county: Wasurneros, Dec. 15, 1853. I gress from L: z | Br. Gabriel Davi Dean Sri: As was anticipated, and as you | have. of course, been advised through the pub- | Le papers, the removal of the deposits has al- Teady ited the attention of botl branches-of From the skirmishing that has al- tken place, we have reason to expect | ‘iting in the chief encounter. Notwitn- | opposition to the President and his realy the Treasury's course toward the bank includes by far the greatest weight of , poth houses, yet [am of opinion that | majority, at least in our house, ready | dent has done right, and | that the bank must be put down. You have no ide how the new members are drilled into the ks by the Jackson and Van Buren drill ser- | vants. | ining: tant week we dad an amusing farce with Col. David Crockett. It was announced ticular request of Davy, Mr. appear on the boards In his racter of Nimrod Wildsis he Kentuckian; or, a Trip to New This brought out a house full to over- At To’clock the Colonel was escorted flowing. by the managers through the crowd to a front seat reserved for hiin, As soon as he was recog- nized by the audience they made the very house shake with hurrahs for Col. Crockett: ahead!” “I wish I may be shot.” us have Crockett’s March.” the curtain rose, and Hackett appeared In a hat co d with a wild cat skin and jong tail attached, who, after bowing to the audience, turned toward Crockett and bowed repeatedly. ‘The compliment was reciprocated by the Colonel to the no small amusement, nolse, and gratifl- cation of the spectators. The play thea went on, through the whole of which were used the phrases attributed to the Colonel: “I am a full t “I can whip my weight in wild cats,” “I am hait horse, half steamboat,” &c. Really, It was the greatest farce imaginable to see a grave Congressman, the buffoon of such an audience, d he apparently enjoying the sport very much. I have not yet got acquainted with him, but his appearance and conduct in the House are good aud altogether corzect. In hagte, 1 am, sir, yours trul, Wiiiiam Hrester. eee = Pat mod the ‘Telephone, ‘From the Brffalo Express. 4 A Boston man succegled the other day in holding a corresponde: with a wild son of Erin who made use o: elephone In the office of a frm wheré he em: All the time he kept one eye Intently fixed on the receiver, and at times became wildly excited and doubled “Go “Music! let | After some time | up his fist, "ly once when the man dis- puted with iim. ne had repated it.” said Pat, a8 he ca I wud a knocked the hull masheen down his iyiu’ throat! | orous reade | When great coz) | worst sufferers. | the matrimonial covenant. LETTER FROM THE COAL COUNTRY How One Gets to Wilkes-Barre—A Ride on the “Switch Hack”—Peentiar Fea- tures of the Coal Region—Something About “Breakers” and “Culm’—Rail- road Rivalries, Correspondence of Tue Evesixa Stan. Barre, Pa., Des. 14, 1833. rom the coal regions may not be without some intere of the double Srar, especially when Jack Frost's inr¢ th ack di sping monop: sto suit their greedy desires by the amount of the precious produce. town is by wi from B ment and hurrying on to its junction with the Delaware. It p (¢) named place and take the r a narrow ganze railroad t! tops of th sot inclined t climbs some plane starting place, ZIG-ZAG RIDE. ager, too, to teol yourself hands at the rate an iron brake To approach this route at pe of san hour, < the head! the far-famed Wyou your appr he Wilk thousand feet or more, tranceintothe ‘ally which is not alte “as anthr Ss made val found in up of slate 1p by the ‘i tie breakers, and other HOW THEY GET RID or “crn.” These y: m heaps are char. atic rks of t pal n and ns $ piles of dirt when I » but Fearn that ul of the e manufactured loc which it may be utilized, and [ ob also that the Pennsylvania railroad, which enters 2 the no} st branch road, is f it in ballasting th road f hanna, San advauta- isvivania 6 road Barre i trade. involved state that J in the reco the Reading ra nase of the Central, to pay juai dividend alone 000 cars Ww: THE MINING RAIL This lease, t nin the courts at Tren is n monument of lezal pt ix pares of printed mat i nd M the comb Kaereher, of the ne reqaires the 1 which vely by the ih has 1 pro- 000 tons’ from them, Hy under wen and the ension of the . Compe s it not r distant, time is not rations will be upon the goverament to undert he man- agement of their present exclusive control over rat against the attacks and encr xreat rivals? If so, compe worked outa great problem the anti-monopolists will tiously simplitie prob: iments of their ii will have have been expedi- H. C.D +o. JEWS MARRY CHRISTIANS? SHAL ‘The Rev. Dr. Wise, of Cincinnati, Says ‘They May, but Hfad Better Not. The Ri Dr. Wise, president of the Hebrew Cincinnati, lectured Friday evening on Intermarriages between Jews and Gentiles. He took the ground that such mar- riages are not forbi n by the Mosaic law. The prohibition prono: by Moses was not one of race or culor or any other corporeal acci- dent. It was purel; itual. The purpose of his command was to keep aloof the chosen peo- ple from the heathen, “fer they will turn away 3 fre following Me, that they may serve othe! “although they consider $s OF even some- t ants denounce '$ look upon Pro- in no better light: one another bh tha he: ep. and the Unitarians call all ns—Jewish authorities deny that unkind asse Although holding tl the law of Moses the intermarriage of Jews Christians Is uot. prohibited, Dr. V counsel stich unions. “As long,” said he, “as the orthodox Christian looks upon the Jew as a dammed and doomed soul peace and good-will, confiden enuine affection can hardly be expected to sway a dui copter in the family. The ofspring of such families are usually the Mutual respect is the first con- dition In a family, which Is not easily possible in connection with such prejudices. Again, as long as desertions, abandonments and divorces, adul tery and concubinage are ot daily oceurrence, and in the best classes of society, the Jews and Jewesses had better wait before they marry out | of the pale till the morals of society be improved in that particular respect. “It might be urged,” said Dr. Wise, “that there are tens of thousands of individuals in his country who profess no religion at all, hence they are free of those prejudices. Why should any rabbis retuse to solemnize, in behalf of Judaisin, the marriage of such irreligious parties whose parents happened to be Jewish on the one side and Christian on the other, if no existing law restrains him? If the rabbi be- lieves, as he ought to, that matrimony is a sacred institution, sanctified by the law of the Covenant, he will not make a comedian of him- selt by invoking them God’s blessing. If one does not believe in the living God of [sraeland the Sinai revelation he has no reason whatever to believe in the sanctity of the marriage compact, and hence 4s no cause to be married by a rabbi who acts by that authority only. The question of intermarriages should be decided by a synod, and in connection with that of proselytism a synod might declare and establish for the whole American Israel that any rabbi has the right, and it is his duty, to unite in lawful marriage uch persons who have declared their belief in | the living God of Israel and the Sinaic revela- tion consequently, also in the Divine sanctity of In this way the question of intermarriages can be solved accord- ing to the law of God and to the satisfaction of man.” At the conclusion of the lecture a large number of those in the audience surrounded Dr. Wise at the pulpit to express their pleasure at the conclusions reached. The subject was a delicate one for Dr. Wise to handle, for the rea- son thas one of his own daughters, inst the peel of the family, married an Irish Cath- olie. Tue VaGve Prepictioxs ventured every now and then—sometimes from Paris, sometimes from London, sometimes trom Chicago—of a coming reform in men’s evening dress, whereby the conventional claw-hammer coat and black trousers are to be replaced bya costume of more graceful form and varied color, are not wholl incredible. It {sa fact, though it may be no generally recogized, that the first step has already been taken toward this important change, inthe overflow of broadcloth and dve- skin. Instead of the glossy cloth so long im- pa upon every one from the head of the jouse to the waiter, a fine black diagonal is now the rule, and this variation having been once admitted, it is but ashort step to materials of varied texture and to blue and brown and plum- color and even brighter hues, This point reached, the closer-fitting trousers may very easily give place to breeches and stockin It is the first step that costs, and if we can throw off the bondage of broadcloth, still fuller Inde- pendence should not be beyond reach. mit sects look upon one an- | at this time tothe omniy- | Subject. | | Worth w DUELIN N TRE NAVY OF LONG AGO, An Interesting Sketch, Written for Tae Evestno 8rar. Public opinion at the present time so emphat- ically condemns dueling that the present gener- ation can scarcely !magine what a great change has taken place, particularly in the navy, within the last thirty-five or forty yeara regarding the It is true that even at the time it was iced everywhere there were some tew per- sons of influence always opposed to the custom, but they were only a small minority. It is not le now to argue the question whether or not dueling was right or wrong; the purpose le on the Switeh | ni ou splaning back by down grade to the | You are | what | s | . in| into | of | n four | 000 of fulness of which Is now un- | od that | shore at the time of the du ealitt | executive to call") it, es of transportation as a means of protection | ud the work of | blood,” (what of this article only aims at relating some of the in 1844, when on the African station, under of Commodere Perry, the flag- an, Isaae Mayo, Was visiting where two of the on fought; they nsed the old-fashioned s, carrying a bullet nearly as large 1. Owing to unavoidable dim- \d of one of the gentlemen could ve that ¢ to leave the ship, so it was agreed that on | rs to stop at this euphoniousty | aip.and lodged over the left e as hit in the side on one of the > ball brow h mall rik ut up against the backbone. and neither fell, tor at the distance— n Ox would be ob 1 to fall. The per- son shot in the head inst i upon another fire, but his pnent declared positively that nothing could induce him to ata man | blinded by blood, which was. st: ming from the wound. The one second also declared that he 1 enough ot it; and, also, i. That was the first shot had that his opponent was shot, so he read- consented to let the affair go no further at at time, reserving the privilege of another ng when both were in Azhtl at understanding t red to the one wounded aving avery nice ¢¢ niessinate, and the first thing he d when getting on board ship: Lright, but Lam not.” He had caution to FULL THE COAT OFF, not “Your ¢ taken the p nen knew the fight was to come of ere anxiously excited, for each was of acter as to cause the belief that th were In earnest, but were great ed.as It did, both being deseryediy popular. The two never met again, as one of them wa: ordered to one of the ships of the squadron, the | other retained on board the Macedonian. ht would have been re- doubt. In 1846 or “47, when was blockading the port of nan who was shot inthe while rowing guard to the tle; a violent “norther” sual, and th fea The morning after sad ed the squadron, having been lepartiment under these orders slic heard was that his oppo- Some years after that the re- e was lost, presumably drowned, as to which he belonged bas never been i e left her last port! Singular, it not? mised it excitement at Palmas u . for such doings had never been even heard ot in th: atirel, ‘iginal town, If one of the officers of the ite was on the street. near , ng him would selt in position and fire off ol! Even the ladies were king about It, and seemed not if one hated the other so, he did 1 some one to mprehend the The ship was ) people of t aisand questions and vi One of the gir ded for days iz ath the wounded fellow beautiful and accomplished person, as and was given the ball that struck one of the two who fougiit! A CAPTAIN WHO ELIE The commodore and cap ED IN CODE. were living on ; 89, of course, the ja soon as the parties returned to the ship. t | Now, Commodore Perry was bitterly opposed to the code, but Capt. Mayo strongly approved of faras his duty permitted; he gave every ment to such dot When, there- vort reached them, the commodore ayo orders never to allow either of the ship while on the sta- Mayo sa ed “young r that means,) and ordered his steward to go off to the ship with a tub of ice and several bottles of wine for the use of the wounded, and to tell them to let_him know at any tine ifhe could do anything for them! Com- modore Perry said he was. astonished at Capt. M.’s conduct, greatly encouraging dueling, but M. did not mind that, and was evidently proud of his spirited young officer. PLAYI CHESS BLINDFOLDED. | Dr. Zukertorts Exhibition of His Re- markable Skill at the Board, ‘om the Baltimore American, Last evening at the Baltimore Chess assocla- tion’s exhibition rooms, corner Baltimore and Howard streets, Dr. J. H. Zukertort commenced his great feat ot playing ten simultaneous blindfold games against players selected for the vceasion, The tables were placed in two par- F | | boards, and betweenwhiles amused hin allel rows in the center of the room, and occu- pied in the following order: No. 1, B. F. Parlett, No. 2, Julius Hail, ‘0. 3. S. 8. Pleasants, ellman; No. 0.4, WG. Dalla: 6. Dr’ A. B. Arnol .7. F. Fuechal; No. 8 John Cushing; No. 9, G. N. Hushes: No. 10, ‘A. L. Tharp. Dr. Zukertort sat at the front part of the room, with his back turned to the S turning over the leaves of a paper placed on the table beside him. Occasionally he would make as if to show that, notwithstanding ndous strain he was putting upon his he was not so completely engrossed as to be unable to attend to commonplace matters. The most surprising part of the performance was Zukertort’s quickness of perception. He would rarely, if ever, take longer than five nutes on a move, and the most ot his moves were made almost on the instant. It is im- possible for ordinary players to appreciate the enormous strain attendant upon piaying such a number of blindfold yames. It israre, indecd, that good players can follow out from memory a dozen moves in a single game; yet this would be a light task compared with the playing over ot a number of games simuitancously. The blindfold player does not, as is generally sup- posed, see a picture ofa chess-board, with the pieces set up upon it; but he has, as it were, to feel his way along by the aid of certain guiding- posts. Atthe commencement of a game tho process is extremely difficult; but gradually, as the game progresses, the positions become pho- tographed on the mind’s eye, the player dismiss- Ing each photograph with each move. Dr. Zukertort opened all his games in fine style, and in every case soon hada good position. Ata little after 2 a. m. the games were all concluded, with the result of Dr. Zukertort winning ten and drawing two—with Dr. A. B. Arnold and Mr. F. Fuechal. ———+0s—_____ Harem Horrors, From the Cleveland Leader, It would take many more pages to tell you all of that eventful night. I have seen much of Egyptian harem life aside from it. I visited a rich harem with a school teacher who has access to these homes. We passed through court after court, attended by two eunuchs, and several Nubian girls stood here and there in white, loose robes, low-necked, covered with Jewels (slaves they are—all are subject to the master); finally through a lovely garden with flowers and fountains. We entered a large salon, with gay divans, and on the lovely Turkish rugs sat seven women, some smoking, sewing, lolling, all on the floor, and as many slaves standing ready to do their bidding. They are the wives of two rich brothers. Some were young, some were old. One pretty little wife, only fourteen years old, had one child two months old. She had a chance to ey a word to the teacher some weeks ago, and told her she remembered when some men took her from her mother in Caucisia, about three years ago. She had been sold twice since. She said the old wives beat her some- times when they saw the husband show any af- fection towards her. Shes so sad; was covered with Jewels and ay attire. They can't put their heads out of doors after marriage until after the birth of a child; it is a disgrace to do so. What a life is this harem! pees ces Information for Dead Beats. From the Boston Globe. The latest Chicago trick to get a drink free is for a man to step up to abar with a quart bottle of dark green glass and ask for a quart of “the best.” After the bottle is filled he will find he has no money. If he cannot get trusted, the liquor will be poured out, but in the bottle a dry sponge has been placed which has absorbed enough to make one or two good-sized drinks, cs between parties who went to the fleld. | bullets, one would | anded, he ‘thought that | demanding another | Had | ting | | Officer sent a report of the occurrence | WASHING TON’S COLORED PEOPLE. Select Social Circles Separate from the While So¢iety of the Capital. Wash. Cor. New York Sun. There are 65,000 colored people in Washing- ton. In nocity im the United States, not even New Orleans, Is tnere a larger colored popula- tion. Many of them haye settled here since the civil war ended. ‘4A better opportanity can be nowhere fonnd fof studying the effect of free- dom and the legislation subsequent to it than | here. The colored people here enjoy ail the social and: politigal rights that law can give them, withéut protest and without annoyance. Tne public gonveshnoos are open to them, and the theatets, the'jury box, the spoils of party power, aré theirs. Many of these men are wealthy, add the aggrecate wealth of the col- ored property-owners in the District amounts to | millions 6f dollars. Hundreds own comfortable homes, and some handsome residences: their |churehes are many, including three or four | | buildings that are orhaments to the city, As a) | class they are industrious, find plenty to do, and | are, beginuing to show capacity for thrift and | saving. Knowa as society. Wealth, learning, ce, give no colored family the right or e of entering the best orthe commonest w society on terms of equality or endurance, In | his respect the colored rave lives as separate and as exclusive a life as in the days of slavery, | | make aman a negro, so now it taints him and | makes an tasurmountable barrier against social |Tecognition. The most striking illustrat | the fendency of the race to imitate the wi people Is seen In their own soclal rates, classes | and customs. First of all we find that in th large color mmunity social lines are as rig-| idly drawn as they are between themselves e white suciety of the West End. 1 A goclal clas ither acknowled ze bition of those in tie lower to be | higher circles, just as among the | whites. The upper crust, so to speak, consists of men j of wealth, learning, and high political place. | These people exchange calls, with all the cere- mony of the whites, some of them their own carriages, leaving cards with serapn- lous attention to etiquette. They dine with | each other, and are waited upon by colored | | vants with whom they will permit no other r tions than those of ably the leading family society here is that of ex-Si now the register of the Ti | light-comy He is said to be worthabout a hundred | dollars. He lives inal owns on M street. Tt is rich superb piano stands in. the ree choice collection of books ti Bruce is_a hands stion of her race in her f and whose manners are recarded summation of ease, grace and court dresses as richly and handsomely as any an in the city. In official circles Mr. Bruce is 1 ways recelyed with courtesy, and as a politic equal, but there the line’ is drawn. Mr. Bruce entertains his friends handsomely, and his wife pays and receives calls from tlose of j her select set with unvarying rezard for pre- | vaillng etiquette. Another member of this | social circle is John F. Cook, the taxes for the District. He li yle and entertains handsom Prot. J. egory, professor of Latin at the Howard Uni- | and Joba M. L on, the minister to with their families, are | riving in | housand house that he fi recognized mem- Of the best colored society, while Dr. Charles B. Purvis’ society and that of his wife are eagerly souzht. Dr. Purvis is @ very busy man, belng the sur- geon In charge of tlie Freedman’s Hospital, the professor of materia meiltea at the hosp school. al Nearly all of his scholars are white. Dr. A. T. Augusta and his wife also are received in the highest circle of colored society, wl Auvusta, asa phystelan, command: of his white brethren In the prof 'y Smith, fur many years the librarian ot House of Representatives, entertains a great 1, and hts wife calls in her own carriage. R. member of the District bar and a rd, and his wife, who fs an ac- ‘lan, are much in society. The rector of the leading iscopalian denomina- welcomed. He is regarded as ned colored man in the District, and ishighly respected by the white clergy of his denomination. Of course Fred Douglass ranks as the leading colored man of the Dis- } trict, but he goes but little into societ | lives on his fine estate on the Eastern B: | the Potomac. worth about &: While his we vility make him ea: e, lie is not popular. He isregarded as guilty of the same sins toward the colored men of which be accuses the whites, na refusal to recognize them or have per- sonal relations with them, Mr. M. M. Holland, who fs an officer in the Post Office department, is sald to be the best classical scholar in the District, and his ments bring him the highest social rec of his people. Wormley, of Wormley's hotel, isa leader of the best set on account of his wealth, reputed to be #150,000, and his relations with prominent white men. Smitn Wormley, one of his sons, is a large owner of real estate here, and another son has an excellent practice as a physician. Because of their exclusiveness, wealth, learn- ing afd prominence, this circle is not looked upon with any favor by the majority ef the col- ored people here. The usual remark, which may perhaps be attributed to envy or to disap- polnted ambition, that one hears among colored people, is that this exclusive set is not good enough for white society, and too good for that ot their own race. Fortunately, there are enouzh of them to make a sufficiently large cir- cle for the social life they desire. There is another anda much larger society here that may be designated as of the second rank. While holding no social relations with the set Just mentioned, they are equally ex clusive as regards those whom they hold beneath them in the social scale. This class is composed of government clerks and of people in comfortable circumstances. There are a good y colored men in government. employ as clerks. These form the basis of the society of the second rank. Many of them own comfortable little homes, and one ot the finest streets in the city is occupied by them. This is 16th street, between the Scott statue and the White House. It is a splendid avenue, broad, well paved, and in the heart of the most fushionable part of the city arly all of these colored residents own their houses, and refuse to sell. The property is very valu: ble, and must ultimately pass out of their pos- session, These people are very fond of social life, but they do not tnd it In entertaining, but rather in sociables, balls, picnics, and especially In their churches. They are well dressed, seem to prosper, and are happy. For the great buik of the colored population—the servants, labor- ers, and the poor—they have sympathy, but no more have social relations with them than a white family would. These latter in the main are thriftless, living from hand to mouth; happy if they do nothing, happy if they get a Job. Their social instincts are gratified by the organization and maintenance of societies of all sorts, bene- yolent, patriotic, social and economic. There are nearly one hundred of these organizations, supported almost entirely by the laboring col ored people. ge Destruction of Forests in Russia. From the Pall Mail Gazette, Nov. 29. The constantly increasing destruction of Rus- sian forests is naturally discussed with much in- terest by Russian papers. In the last hundred years the forest area of Russia has diminished from {11 per cent in Twer to 46 per cent in Riazan. The beautiful oak forests are becum- extinct. Of the celebrated chestnut woods of Vassilsoursk, which date trom the time of Peter the Great, only the borders exist at pres- ent, while all tho Interior is ravaged. The ex- tensive forests on the banks of the Volga and the Don,which once reached far Into the steppes toward the Ural mountain, are now destroyed, and so many millions of trees have been felled in the Interior of Russla that wood is becoming scarce in many provinces. The destruction {s carried on very systemat- teally, but, before long, it will of needs come to anend, it the enormous consumption of fire- wood is not energetically stopped. Consider- ing the amount of fuel for Russian railways, steamers and factories it is not sur- prising that, during the last twenty years, the aspect of the wooded country greatly changed. Wood, however, is becoming more expensive, and the importation or coal is being seriously considered by large consumers, while petroleum offers a third alternative of daily in- Henr the creasing popularity. ps ctacees Sh AA oe A Demoralized by Bad Crops, From the Albany News. A prominent Lee county, Ga, farmer who was In the city yesterday reported that nearly half of his stock of hogs had been stolen during the last few weeks. There has been very little hog stealing going on in this region of late years until quite recently. The n in the country have been badly demoralized by the failure of this year’s crop, and many of them have gone to stealing. The Lee county farmer above referred to carried a supply of arsenic home with him, and said he intended to feed enough of it to his hogs to kill anybody that eats a piece of one of them. Hi can eat arsenic with impunity, but the flesh of the hog that has been fed on the poison will produce death when eaten. But the color line is rigidly drawn tn what fs | ° x official t nd, as a drop of African blood was once held to | i | from a sure thing, he gave himsel! | me as a dead sure th’ | from the front platform about the time it reaches WAGGISH BUTCHER BOYS, How They Fixed a Fellow Who “Bet on a Certainty.” Guessing on the weight ofa hog isa weak- ness which almost any man may be pardoned for indulging. In one of our Hartford markets, says the Times ofthat city, the boys have hitched on to this little faillng, and up to date have had considerable fun in marking down guesses. They chalked down ninety-seven gnesses on one | €nthustasm, the half idolatrous worship, with porker, ranging from wicked boys made 3 to 400 pounds, and the h guesser who made a wild guess come within one or two pounds of the real weight, and got tieir satisfaction in simply witnessing the “guys” swell up and look wise over their close figuring. To make matters worse, when a man made a very close hit they would set him back ditty ponnds. within had hit ead. He strutted out with a “don’t touch me” air. In alittle while a man came in, looked about, and seeing the hoz 1, “I'm a close guesser on hog: “all sald one of the boys, “guess on that “Oh, T Bat Pl bet I he pi don’t gness for nothing. ce of a good spare rib ths a two pounds of ft se, the bu in the guesser named the precise deur man named whom the bu nail on the head.” Th thing, was on yelvet »the hog was being w vered that he was abou wit to. speak, When he rty pounds away marking ina stage whisper, am somewhere.” The nauzht b ying his discomfiture, sol: this judgment might have become hearing some one express an opinion before he came in. “No, it was no opinion at all. z shed at the frank admission as he see = HUGO AS AN OLD MAN, The Russtan Princess Who Drives Ort With the Venerable Bard. a the London Tr Victor Hugo is in excellent from ennui. His deaf witich he does not isolates him. The 'y minutes and peld after dinner. Strangers are not welcome visitors, though courteously received. It is necessary to say something to them and so to betray the single infirm! poet s What he app oy moat is seeing his friends at dinner. At the head of his blehe can taik fur himself and fer those | round him. He retiresto his bed room at nine o'clock and w: midnizht, think next mort out to dr who isa enthusi sup and down until about z about what he In the afternoon hi inthe Bols by a Ru: poetess her stie yotaries. 3 inthe w of.his most | She was brought up on | dest way, and z brougham drawn of Orlo® horses. They are, when his come, to be kept ina upart from all other and the carriage 1s to be p museum. The Princess, the lilustrious friend, they pear drives occupy the frou A Conductor's Point of View. From the Chie: Tribune, One has no idea of the many tricks that are resorted to in order to beat the company out of a paltry nickle. For instance, we will leave down town In the evening with sucha heavy load that the car is several blocks on the north side of the river before the conductor can set through the car and to the rear platform to col- When the car had started de terminus this platform had s altust linpossible to but when the conductor sings out “Fares, please,” there are only haif a dozen remaining, Another dodge is to get on the car lect the fares there. | from the South S| been so filed the bridge and the conductor has reached the rear end in collectin: hig class of beats open | he front door and step Inside, trusting to luck to be noticed by either conductor or driver. Frequently these parties will insist, on being asked, that they have paid their fares, and as a rule the conductor is in such doubt that they re- ve the benetit. “But of coursein these schemes it is the com- pany that suffers,” continued the conductor, “and pecple think it 18 no particular concern to the employe; but in the majority of eases theser- vant isjust as indignant at the tricksasthecorpor- ation giving him employment. But they don’t stop with attempts to detraud the company—the con- ductor frequently suffers at their hands. I had an instance in coming down the other night. An old gentieman—no, that’s not the word for such athing as him—who fs worth a cool $100,000, got on my car. It was fairly wellcrowded. The old man sat next to a well-known attorney. When I collected his fare he handed me a &: bill. I gave him the exact change, counting it twice, as I always do, to prevent a mistake. Then I collected another fare and was about to go back to the rear platform, when the old maa stopped me. “Here, conductor,” says he, “I am an old man and can't see very good, but I can’t make make out the right change here, and I think it’s a quarter short.” “TI gave the right change, Iam sure,” said T. “Well, count this for yourself,” bald he. ou'll find it as [ have stated.” So counted it over, aud, sure enough, the old man was apparently right. I said something about it being strange, and about that time the old fellow blustered up and wanted to know if the North Side company paid its conductors to cheat people, and intimated that he would see that the matter went to headquarters. Weil, a poor man witha family on hishandscan’t always do as he pleases, even in this land of the free, and I was about to hand him over another quar- ter when the attorney, who I afterward remem- bered had been fidgeting around uneasily all the time, sal “Don't you do anything of the kind. The old maa Is lying and he knows it. He has slipped that piece of money on the seat beneath him, and he knows it.” At first the old man was disposed to resent these plain-spoken words, but the lawyer was determined, and T became more courageous when I found I hada friend. So we Induced the old man to get up, and there, sure enough, was the missing coin. The old wretch made a vain effort to show surprise and was anxious to smooth matters over, but neither the lawyer nor myselt was disposed to disguise our contempt for him, and at the next street he alighted from the car. On several occasions since then he has THE GENERAL OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. G siderabh ble for Fifteen Cents, en. Gourko, the Hero of the Balkan | Campaign, Skobeleti*s Successor. Olga de Novigog, in London | From the New York s Gen. Gourko, it is true, is not Skobeleff. | “First-class thermomet Skobeleffs are born sometimes but once ina | called out aman, who century. It ts not given tothe rigid discipll- narian, modest, retiring, reserved, who now governs Russian Poland, to excite the intense of Broadway with a lang ters in front of him. “Hen buy a perfect: supposing he | Which Skobelet was sometimes | But, as a soldier, his record is ne than that of the dead hero of | army, and at the close of the gre: in the Balkans a great English | man expressed the opinion that laurels of the war re | Gourko. He was then compare | dan in the A elvil war, } is more like the tacitarn Grant and mod jourko never like Skob quered hearts like f resses, by ng the triumphant | | of the war— | nor is his naw in the van, le detest ed from the public he erin of the nililists to place St. Petersburg u pot @ military commander, h Gourko, w severity and ant ac tn e« i @ foreign foe marked him out for th A Russian and G | parents had Polish nee had to mal: nplre against all com: dom of our neighbors, th sorts of unforeseen and JI € j cles, compel him to be as wise, as prt | ready as they are. Every power fs cap assuming a threatenin ler La yacaul iend as your * is horrible in private life, but Is ties, and Gen. Gourko it. eek orthodox, though nections, pstern bulw As governor general of the capital G urko has been ir self and to oth believed the innocent w The trouble which he secure the release of a young student, who nisl kinder more in should not be surprised if T learned and fears his wife exactly as if time to offi tion as postmaster at tl form to deliver the creat y to the fr {the of combination fs though I do not re ich comes first, or how many times you rv ti yer at this the knob, or which dir It at rst in order to make it operate. b me mining stock in my pri eafe which I hare not This stocky it is a luxury, bi decided to keep a horse lst ‘ou may have it. instead of t . The horse may not be so pre I cost less to Keep ti You will find the ‘al delivery win ‘. Very respectfully yours, Br Nye. Send the Cake to Adanta. From the Atlanta stitution’s notice of th lore Thomas concert this extrac owed his jus in guldin, suring the te quality of every note, and guiding each instra- cions and si awlng opp struments together, all under his m How closely he held the players togethe different musical Instruments are characterized by colors, how charmingly seductive did he make the cutmination of the shedding of the yellow luster of the oboes, while flutes silvered the mounting rays of the violin, as that instru- ment’s notes continued ascending tothe highest point of brightness, and the orange, the scarlet and the purple of other instruments all united in increased splendor until 1 selections filed the opera house with the brightest beams of concordant harmony and meloly selections, whose harmony were a highly intellectual en- Joyment, addressing the understanding. and other selections whose melody touched the ta and addressed the emotions of the heart. “From two programs glistening with gems it ts impossible to refer to the different Felec- tons, or to speak of their renditions, Occa- sionally a few uncertainties may have made themselves heard in the orchestra, yet the va- rious numbers of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Ru- binstein, Schumann, LL! Wagner, Rossini, Strauss, and others, like the stoues and jewels in a lapidary’s shop, were strung together in such order as to reuder them delightful to the ear.” ————— Usefulness of the Pawnbroker. Opinion is pretty evenly divided as to whether “Uncle” is a blessing ora curse, and there isa good deal to be said on both sides. Some peo- prompt advances upon any and everything is a direct Incentive to havits of improvidence; while, on the other hand, many cases are cited where the kind offices of “Uncle” have enabled temporarily embarrassed persons to quietly tide over hard times. Then there are excep- tional occasions in the lives of most of us when the pawnbroker is in a position to save us much trouble and inconvenience. I remember once In Edinburgh walking up to the ticket office at Waverley station to take a ticketby the “Flying Scotchman” to London, and finding that some pocketbook and contents. My presence in 1 don the same night waa urgently nece to avoid delay I ran to Princes street, secured a £5 advance on my watch, and caught the train afterall. It was a happy inspiration, and I have thought more kindly of “Uncle” eversince. Upon another occasion Iwas clever enough to leave my pocketbook at home when starting for been about to get on my car, but on seeing me, would sneak away and wait for another. Bro, Gardiner’s Philosophy. From the Detroit Free Press, “It doan’ look "zactly right fur one man to have a big brick house an’ anoder man a rough bo’d shanty, but ‘long ’bout tax-time de man in de shanty kin sit on de fence an’ chuckle over de luck dat he aint rich. “It doan’ look 'zactly right to see one man go pushin’ an’ eweilin’ an’ crowdin’ everybody else off de sidewalk to let de public know dat heama king bee, but such men have to carry the anxiety of bein’ in debt to de tailor an’ of dodgin’ de grocer an’ of subscribin’. twenty-five dollars to build a church without a hope of bein’ able to pay ten cents on de dollar. “In fack, my friends, dar am heaps an’ heaps o’ things dat doan’ look ’zactly right to us at fust glance, but when ye come to figger it up an’ divide and subtract we've all got a heap to be thankful fur an’ to encourage us to git up early inde mawnin’. A mau kin brace his le; an’ lay back like a mule, an’ kick away at de hull world, an’ hate everybody an’ be in return, or he kin pick up sartin crumbs 0’ con- solashun, inter a seat in de back eand of de wagin’ an’ take aheap o’ comfort, knowin’ dat somebody is wuss off dau himself. Let us accumulate to bizness.” —_—_—_—+e.—____ ‘The Fall of the Dude. From the Brooklyn Eagle, No one can view the fall of the dude with anything but satisfaction. Of all the swells, he has been the most nauseating. The old-fash- ioned fop was a creature of gorgeous plumage. He may have been effeminate and silly, but attire was brilliant and his manner gentle. swell, who came later, was a ae fellow and a bustling, busy and happy man of fashion. But the dude was a silly, simple, neg- ative, le, shy, reserved and stupid creature. His liel was never before seen in the history of the world. ——_—+¢-____ South Carolina is the only state in the Union not having a divorce law, and a bill to regulate sina has just been defeated in the legisla- ‘ure. : In his lecture in New York on divorce Mgr. pel asserted that Protestantism was responsi- ble for the introduction of divorce into Europe, and that the granting of this privilege wasopen- ing the flood-gates to sensuality. Divorce, he destro: and thereby maintained, ea the home brought a nation int the Continent, and only discovered my blu when I felt in my ket to find the where al to pay the “cabby” who drove me from Kir Cross to Victoria Station. This tin too, “Uncle” was the means of saying me some time and trouble. Last year I was staying at Doncaster. and was rather surprised one morning by a knock at my door while dressing. In answer to my “Come in” there entered a young fellow whose acquain- tance I had made mae casually inthe hotel smoking-room, With many apologies he told me that he had lost every farthing be possessed over the “St. Leger,” and hadn't enough money totake him home. Would I lend him £5. I knew something of hls people and that he was a gentleman, so unhesitatingly handed him what he required. The poor fellow’s mortification at havingto make such arequest toa stranger was, however,so intense that afterstammering his thanks he burst into tears. ‘Look here,” said 1, “I see how it is; you hate to be beholden to a comparative stranger; why don’t you go to your ‘Uncle?’ You have jewelry enough about you to carry you round the world.” I never saw @ man so grateful in my life. He returned me my “fiver,” hada satistactory interview with his avuncular relative, who readily advanced him £20 on his Benson's re , came back with a face beaming with ind: lent delight, and in- sisted upon cracking a bottle of “Giesler’s extra se0."—_London Letter to Philadelphia Telegraph. 8 Senator Sabin and the Gow-Hoy, From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. “Then there was that fellow that dodged Sen- ator Sabin when he was last in the city,” said a who occasionally does a little detective “We had been watchit was on the train west of City, when a fellow blustered into the car, put his bull-dog pistol to the ear of aman sitting near and shouted: ‘Now, I have got you, blank you.’ The wilted without @ word, but Sabin, turning, it the assailant’s hand, took the from him, and without any remarks kicked him out of the car. He has the Veatsy Pe and his cow-boy acqualn- tance didn’ meet him.” James W. Eaton, a daughter of Hen! Mrs. F. Cady, of Albany, N.Y., was buried on Wed- nesday, from her father’s residence. She had been married just eleven weeks before, and her remains, attired in her bridal dress, occupied the same spot where she stood when the marriage ceremony was performed. ple urge that the existence of means to secure |! light-fingered gentleman had relieved me of my | ature tor th Step forward, portunity!” meters were tin cases, aud t d marked in 4 mercury aud «6 nd how tt the prot 1 at es to I know th make wi tt ed to the scale, ‘ p of bra and the fol featu of t during the suce this wonderful ai attention, being described ia In Pagland acted universal numerous letters tothe newspapers and acknowledged on ail sides to bea unique spectacle. The characterls- tic feature there, as here, was the appearance ap of an immense illu central poiut where the sui well toward the zenith and co and a half hours without the ing effect is. ‘Au Intelligent observer, had watched the English sunsets for thirty years, directed o‘ten- tion to @ remarkable distinction beré on the November afterglow and the ordingry eventng effects of the western sky. The crim*on glow which follows the disappearance of the sun ts almost Invariably the last effect of color, coming @ considerable time after the yell faded, and belng followed by the cx which precedes the u! During the closing week of November there was a reversal of this Tule. The yellow glow, ae, first over- spread the sky, graduw ng to orange and then to crimson h hue that w but after the blood-red dye can deep orange glow extendin, If the sky, and so intense in pS appeared as white light against ft. effect was reproduced, th Ti r from the | ing feature of the sui rlinson zenith; and the h marked the enon. Now the of the usual order of er ning and morw this was followed by trem the horizon to \y o ought to h the first la Fon ray. al of frungibility indicated most unus ic condith While these remarkable sights In the heavens have attracted general attention in England, there has been no disposition to exazgernte their Importance or to advance tanciful theories inexplauation of them. One or two cornespou- dents of the newspapers attempted to conny them with the eru; in Java or with changes in the spots on the sunz but the hypothesis ge erally adopted attributed them to the extreme rarefaction of the atmosphere, by which E jlishmen were enabled to see in their usually murky island sights ordinarily reserved for al- ine Climbers or the residents of Naples. If the trne explanation, the rarefaction of the atmosphere was not confined to certain localities | but was a condition which produced correspond- | ing results simultaneously in Europe, America and Asia. The blood-red sunsets illuminating | half the sky, which were admired in New York and London, in Italy and southern France, overspread the whole firmament, and in India kindled a lurid light that excited superstitious dread. There must have been eral cause for an exceptionally clear atmosphere the world over, or else some other theory must be ad- vanced to explain the phenomenon. For ex- ample, it bas been *uzuested by American scientists that the earth has been passing through a meteoric belt in space, and that the moiecules of meteoric dust becoming detached by friction with the atmosphere either become incandescent or else are revealed by the rays of the sun, The Thirsty Eacalypt From the Pacific Rural Press. Where there is surplus moisture to dispose of as, for example, a cesspool to keep dry, @ large eucalyptus will accomplish not a little, aud 8 group of them will dispose of a vast amount of house-sewerage. But if you have water which you do not wish to exhaust, as ina good well, It would be wise to put the eucalyptos very far away. Daniel Sweet, of Bay Island farm, Alameda county, recently found a curious root formation cf the eucalyptus in the bottom of his well, about sixteen feet below the surface. The trees to which the roots belonged stand fifty feet from the weil. Two shoots pierced through the brick wall of the well, and, sending off millions of fibres, formed @ dense mat that completely covered the bottom of the well. Most of the fibres are no larger than threads, and are so woven and intertwisted as to form @ mat as impenetrable and etrongas though larly woven In a loom. The mat when taken out of the well was water-soaked and covered with mud, and nearly all a man could lift, but when dry it was nearly as soft to touch as wool, and weighed only atew ounces. This is a good illustration of how the eucalyptus aby- sorts moisture, Its roots going so far ws to find water, pushing themselves throug’ta brick wall, and then developing enormously after the water isreached. Mr. Sweet thinks one of the causes of the drying up of the weils is the insatiabi thirst of these vegetable inonsters. —_——~e-__—__. stags Harrison, the “hoy” ded in June next to Joine Griffith, y of Indianapolis. Mis + of the Boston schyol of oratory. or, will be ayoung fth isa graduate SE EE — ———