Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1884, Page 2

ne vt 5 | wire ¢ CITY AND DISTRICT. PEAKE & 03010. CASAL. ¥r. ~ 1 | penate on Reducing the Tolis—Presi- < Pr. SSETT. = A TALK Wir CAPT. BASSETT. S bees y OF THE SENATE BY CONTACT OF OVER THIRTY-FOUR YEARS. NUFF BOXES—A er. For nearly aploye of that * with a St century. a us hi rze of lis duties about the | DANIEL WESSTER nn kindly . We don’t ni But Mr. Weost was seen by Mr © appoint INES. ators as “ to step up to th a id stop to. Sometim Bassett, I want you to take this snu away from here. ase of the int “Mr. Filme > eu: sted that there had be a box on each side of the chamber. » snuif boxes,” pointing to t r use, “and have k old-fashioned iron safe. sett unlocked it, and drew forth the Box that was presented to him by the Set on the completion of his fifty years’ service | under that body. It is of solid silver, lined with gold, and on the lid is an Inseription showing that it was pr to the Captain by the Sen- aul of their as a te: &, vet for him. CAMPLE. at the iy. Wel desk to get a! common habit in | y-three Venrs a Senate Employe. BIBLE SENATORIAL LIPS FOR iar figures connected en- fitty- body. Massachusetts, f the Senate chamber Capts reporter Satar- | 1 to follow his | r paxe; insisted that h side, boxes filled with Hl. the uit box Tean’t understand what is go- errup- on of Senators whocome | e,” continued Cap- | better The and the Cap- | “Come this cloak- Capt. snuff nators ‘steem and re- inquired the 1 When Mr. he used frequently to nuit box.’ In taking nd in that w 7 nuff be: It was the Bi pointing to def Billed, T. and he rarely rries a small box in h gets his pinches. a pinch out ot one fr. Ingalls takes a then Mr. Edmunds Industrial Home School. ND USED FOR A NUPSERY FOR THE DISTRICT NEEDED BY THE IN: f the Industrial in in the absence of the re wel ie, Mrs. Voorhees, Dr. Peck, C_ E. % fen. John Eaton, , Mr. six childre Tt of the presid urer as to U cial conditions r tin: year. sht there isa gl White, and F ¢ willbe wrestling ue Japanese, ebureh this evenin; Miss Mary K. Seb ocutionary at the ¢ rational church. The play of “Sehneewittchen” (“The Drop”) will be gi ncoln | pupils. is The steam pecket Exc trips to Gi t Falls and Cabin John > *very Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, from the | ss in the safe ern in frem 18% when the form of | days,” said the orn In used to | m the conuuittee on es “Bassett. it to him 1 ay got le on pl 1), you can | away the | tom resorted to In but Senator | of the body who is | uses the is vest Some- ps to the rear of the of the | smail heips TREES STITe- Home in the red parlor of | presi- | present Mrs. Blackford, Mrs. | ‘oster, Prof. Tupper, and Mr. endent’s report showed had charged, leaving e institu- 1e meeting: he in- of the que presents unusual attrac- | » friends of varieties this week. To- | e contest between | day and Saturday ches be- | Sorakichi, and Edwin ! useum closed its amusement sea- | \s During June and F conventions, &c. put during August, and It treet ¥ assisted by Prof. | hoff and the St. Ceetlia Quartette, will give | ud musical feeitals this evening Snow in German Friday evening, | N, by Miss Marie Mussaeus and her jot makes regular bridge wharf at the foot of High and Canal streets, in Georgetown, he steamer Mary Washington runs on excur- jons to Occoquan Falls every Wednesday, and 10 Marshail Uall every Saturday. A portion of the deck bas been properly waxed for dancing. The young folks of the Universalist society give an’ excursion, on the Corcoran, to-night to a. Marshall Hall. Music by Donch’s ban ‘apt. J. E. Wagner, of S221 Bridge orgetown, is completing a very fine sion steamer, whieh will run to Ci street, excur- bin John Bridge and the Great Falls. The new steamer will be reedy by the 15th instant, and can carry 200 persons. A Goon Amatet ————— Actor carried a satchel into a Baltimore groggery and displayed con- tents that seemed to be Money to the amount of 25.000, at the same time pretending to be de- ented. A companion svon intimated nd over $500 as security. this must be your own money, “tor nething 1 to the. T that the treasure ought to be taken ion “But ” said the friend, be disturbed.” | held Monday in the executive chamber at An- | the state, which controls. | could to help the duced. annual meeting of the stockholders of ‘hesapeake and Ohio canal company was Pr port. but the election of a president and direc- tors was postponed until next December by the | board of public works, who cast the vote of | rd of public works—Goy. McLane, Centroiler Tarnes Treasurer Compton—at 4. m. held a meeting in the governor's room, ° heard the Allegany county deleza- | nted at the democratic | and ask | 36 centsaton. This committee included Hon. pare | Win. Walsh, Hen: evidue, president of the Maryland coal ¢ y: Frederick Mertens, R. D. Johnson, David Lynn and J. W. Thomas. J W. Thomas opened the argument for ‘any de tion. He claimed that if al Is put upon a business basis it can, at | be made to earn expenses enough besides to pay interest bonded debt. ile argued that the canal | set 800.000 tons of coal to carry at those | which would bring in $200,000. Water and house rents have since 1860 averaged about jarges $10,000, back or up tolls 600—traking the total receipts discussed a reduction in the api and their salaries. He | t along the line of the canal merchants | up and people are starving. « to the same effect were made by | Loveridze and Walsh. In his reply ane said the board would do what it etitioners. At noon the meeting of the stockholders was | heid, and President Smith presented showing revenues for the y 2 on it t ec. $245,053.47; working expenses, $84,473. 61.50; payments on basin wharf, to interest on notes of basin wharf, tem- ry loans and coupons: of repair bonds, # revenue over all debts other than for lengthening locks, #68.562.77. The report, which is eghaustive, says In con- clusion: “When the heavy expenditures made | during the year for extracrdinary repairs and | permanent improvements are considered, the management will be pardoned in pointing with pride to the fact that the net revenue for the Year was sufficient to discharge ail these obliga- tions and leave a surplus of $68,562.77.” After some desultory talk it was decided to go into election Tor a president and board of di- rectors. The members ofthe board of works then re- tired to consult. and upon their return Governor Me ane said the state would vote for a post- nement of the election, and the roll being called the state, the United States, the city of Washington, and the private stockholders all voted to postpone. The following resolution was then adopted:— “Resolved. That the salary of the president be 000 per annum, and that of thedirectors $300, from and after the ist of July, 1884, and that the board of directors be requested to reduce the salaries of ail other officers ten per cent, and to make such reduction of officers and employes as may be possibl® consistent with an efficient administration of the canal, and that this meet+ ny stands adjourned until the first Monday of December, 1854.” The stockholders’ meeting then adjourned without further discussion. $ | STERN JUSTICE IN CINCENNATI, Severity and Promptness Following the Recent Hiots. — A press dispatch from Cincinnati, May31, says: George Oliver was convicted of murder iu the first degree to-day. A week ago to-day the Avondale “burker,” Ben Johnson, was convicted in the first dezree, and during the week Mary Savage was convicted of manslaughter. The ardson murder trial opens on Monday, and the Hofman and Palmer trials laterIn the week, to be followed by that of the wife-murderer, Hartnel. The gang of murderers who are being thus suramarily disposed of are to the number | of thirty or more, who filled the jail two months azo and caused the riot. As the indictments were all burned, there was.a necessary delay | until the May term of court before the work of n could be begun. The expedition i 1 it ts being pushed indicates a salu- tary effect of the riot. The criminal courts have been increased from. one to three, the judges are refusing all applica- tions for continuance unless for vital reasons, and a much better class of men fills the jary- box Minor offenders are disposed of with a promptness that would have been declared quite impossible three months ago, and, when, con- vieted, the judges lose no time in sentencing them, and the sentences are severer than under 1e old revirae. Oliver, who was convicted to- day, was defended by Major C. H. Blackburn, one of the ablest criminal practitioners In the state. Major Blackburn looked for an acquittal or, at the worst, a verdict of murder in the third | degree. He was judging from the practice of | juries before the uprising. When the verdict of murder In the first degree was read, he declared that he should take no more criminal cases; the people were bound that the murderers should hang, and there was no use of detending them. The same sentiment prevailed, he said, in ad- Joining counties, so a change ot venue would do ho good. He predicted that some day an inno- cent man would be hanged, aud then there would be a reaction. A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. | A Wagen Lona of Women and Child- | A dispatch from Pleasanton, Kansas, says about noon Monday areport reached there that | ¢ drowned in Suzar Creek, five A corgner’s jury was x to the scene, | ud a full set of ha Lying beside the about 16 years old ered from land ti of bodies axed about 11 an, appar- uildren, was head had been beaten in with the weapon mentioned, and her throat cut. All the bodies were too much decomposed to admit of removal. How SHE ‘kK A HUSBAND, A Young Girl Who Traveled to Mon- tana oa a Matrimonial Venture. From the Oswego, N. Y., Times, May 31. Miss Nettie Brott, of Oswego Falls, Is the heroine in a rather romantic marriage. Some time ago she read an advertisement in a news- paper soliciting correspondence with some Jady, witha view to marriage if all was “proved | agreeable.” After correspondence and the ex- change of photographs the gentleman sent for the lady to visit bim in his home in Montana. | She left here about the Ist of May for the far west. He met her for the first time about two hundred miles this side of his home at the town of Billings, in Nontana. She would not then marry him until she had visited his home and | learned more of him and his character. She found in his home his mother and two nieces, who cordially received her. Suffice tt to say that this daring orphan girl two weeks later fully determined to remain and grow up with the country. The agreement was that if shedid not like him or he her enongh to marry he was to pay her expenses back to this place. She paid her fare out tohim. The young lady was a member of the Baptist church and bore, we believe, a good reputation. The following is taken from @ Montana paper and tells the sequel to the story: “Married, May 13, 1884, In Stillwater, Mr. Al- of Stillwater, Montana, and exander Hun Miss Nettie Brott, ot Oxwego Falls, N.Y.” Gen. Sherman Indignant. Gen. Sherman does not seem to be finding all that peace and quiet enjoyment in St. Louis which he fondly anticipated when he shook the dust of Washington from his feet and took up his abode in that city. Recently it was reported that a hose was being used in front of his resi- dence, for which a special license 1s required. ‘The collector and inspector of water rates there- Upon sent him a “notice,” and was astonished to have it returned to him ‘with the tony inh. Son dignant indorsement upon the back in Gen. man’s own handwriting: No. 912 Gannisox Sr. Mo., Mi an uisutt to common AVENUE, 8. 1884. —This notice ts simply society. Your own it came, my en- Paid you his rates for a year in + 18S. The Ure premises, and J advance, to Fel for the water; or he says he does. If a man may not live in St." Louis, cal place where I will be moré ‘Welcome, und not be subject to such a nuisance. —————_~---____ Annie M. Hantman, living near London, Pa., committed suicide pg Sass taking polson. the She Love matters are said was aged 19 years. to cause. NYE, THE HUMORIST. An Attempt at Amateur Carpen' With Peculiar Results, From the Denver Opinion. In my opinion every professional man should keep a chest of carpenters’ tools in his barn or shop, and busy himself at odd hours with them im constructing the varied articles that are al- Ways needed about the house. There is a great deal of pleasure in feeling your own independ- ence of other trades, and more especially of the carpenter. Every now and them your wife will want a bracket put up in some corner or other, and with your new bright saw ee hammer you can put up one upon Which she can hang a cast-iron horse-blanket lambrequin with inflexible water {ilies sewed. in it. Aman will, if he tries, readily learn to doa great many such things, and his wife will brag about him to other ladies, and they will make invidious comparisons between their husbands, who can't do anything of that kind whatever, and you who are ‘‘so handy.” Firstly, you buy a set of amateur carpenter tools. You do not need to say that you are an amateur. The dealer will find that out when you ask him for an easy-running broad axe, or a green gage plumb line. He will sell you a set of amateur’s tools that will be made of ola sheet-iron, with basswood handles, and the saws will double up like a piece of stove-pipe. After you have nailed a board on the fence successfully, you will very naturally desire to do something better, more difficult. You will probably try to erect a parlor table or a rustic settee. 4d made avery handsome bracket last week, ard was naturaily proud of it. In fastening it together, it I hadn't inadvertently nailed it to the barn floor, I guess I could have used it very well, but in tearing it loose trom the barn, so that the two could be used separately, I ruined a bracket that was intended to serve asthe base, as it were, of a lambrequin which cost $9, aside from the time expended on it... During the month of March I built an ice chest for this summer. It was not handsome, but ft was roomy and would be very nice for the season of 1884, I thought. It worked pretty well through March and April, but, as the weather begins to warm up, that ice chest is about the warmest place around the house. There is actually a glow of heat around that ice chest that I don’t notice elsewhere. I've shown it to several personal friends. They seem to think that it is not built tight enough for an fe chest. My brother looked at it yesterday, and said that his idea of an ice chest was that it ought to be tight enough at least to hold the larger chunks ot Ice, so that they would not escape through the pores of the ice box. He says he neyer built one, but that It stood to rea- son that a refrigerator like that ought to be con- structed so that it would keep the cows out of it. You don’t want a refrigerator that the cattle | can get through the cracks of and eat up your strawberries on ice, he says. A neighbor of mine who once built a hen re- sort of laths, and now wears a thick thumb nail that looks like a Brazil nut as a memento of the pullet corral, says my ice cheet is all right enough, only that itis not suited to this cli- mate. He thinks that along Behring’s Strait, during the holidays, my ice chest would work lke @charm. And even here, he thought, if I could keep the fever out of my chest there would be legs pain. Ihave made several other little articles of vertu this spring, to the construction of which T have contribated a good deal of time and two finger nails. I have also sawed Into my leg two or three times. The ley, of course, will get well, but the pantaloons will not. Parties wish- ing to meet me in my studio during the morn- ing hour willturn into the alley between 8th and 9th streets, enter the third stable door on the left, pass around my Gothic house, and give the countersign and three kicks on the door in an ordinary voice. ————_-e.______ DR. AMMOND’S BRIDE. Romantic Meeting ef the Physician and His Fate. From the New York Journal. Dr. William Alexander Hammond's world- wide fame as aspecialist in diseases of the brain and nervous system has been gained by tong Years of ceaseless study and of successful prac- tice; his books have won for him an enviable | reputation as a precise and learned author, and his good companionship is inherited from his old Maryland lineage. It still remains to be told where the doctor won his admirable wife. The young Hammond was born in Annapolis, Md., on August 28, 1828. His father was descended from the first settlers in the colony, and his mother, nee Miss Sarah Pinckney, noted beauty, was closely related to ‘the Wyhtes, the Carroll's and the rest of the landed gentry who revived in Maryland the traditions of their English fathers. “Young Hammond early developed a taste for the profession which he has honored, and In March, 1848, he received a degree of doctor of medicine from the old University of New York. Pennsylvania hospital was then, as now, a model and conservative institution. Every young doctor sought the position of resident physician within its walls, Aside from the ex- cellent training that Its wards afforded, the hos- pital was far from being a disagreeble residence. Situated in the midst of flowery plants and green trees, it stands a prim and sedate build- ing, as a worthy monument to its Quaker found- ers. Dr. Hammond applied directly after his graduation for the post of resident within tt, and thanks to his own cleverness, which was al- ready established, and the influenco of his friends, he found no difficulty in obtaining it. One day in the spring of ‘49, when the doctor had not yet attained his majority, he was seated at the window of his room in the hospital look- ing listlessly out into Pine street. Suddenly he s attracted by the charming figure and the tiful face of a young lady who, dressed in mure garb, was slowly walking aloifg, every now and then lifting hei es toward the hos- pital. The young ph n was at once in- tensely interested. He sprang from his seat and as he did so bis eyes met those of the fair and modest unknown. Hurrying Into the street oung Hammond followed the lady at a respect- ul distance until he saw her eater a handsome house in the neighborhood. All of the youthful physician's flery southern disposition was aroused. He fell instantly in love with his still unknown charmer, but he de- termined to be presented to her. For the time his mind, usually so occupied with thoughts of his patients, was filled with lighter fancies, and he anxiously A pete one after another of his triends as to the identity of his lady-love. His ence Was soon rewarded. ‘The tady you .” said a friend one day, a Philadelphia acquaintance, “is Miss Helen Nesbit, the daugh- ter of one of your most influential citizens, Mr. Michael Nesbit.” “Pray ask her, my dear boy,” cried Dr. Ham- mond impetuously, “if you can present me to her. Gain me but the introduction and I am forever your debtor.” Dr. Hammond's earnest wish was soon grati- fied. From the moment that he entered M Nesbit’s house he pressed his suit with earn ind untiring devotion. He soon saw evidences ‘hat his attentions were being favorably re- ceived by his sweetheart, and finally he proposed toher. In July, 1849, they were married. The young physician found in his wife a trae helpmate. Shortly after their marriage he en- tered the United States army as assistant sur- geon, and for ten years served in that capacity. In 1859 his wife's ambition for her skilltul hus- band was gratified by his appointment as Pro- fessor of Anatomy In the University of Mary- jand, but she urged him at the breaking out of the rebellion to leave the professor's chair and again enter the United States service. ‘Two years later Dr. Hammond was appointed surgeon general of the United States army. With characteristic energy he at once set to work to reform the management of the military hospitals. Under his management the death- rate among wounded soldiers, which, before he assumed control, had been enormously high, fell to almost a minimum. Nor were his efforts un- seconded by his devoted wife. In the Ladies’ Sanitary Commission Mrs. Hammond was ever Clos watch to aid her husband's efforts in the field. In 1874 Dr, Hammond was chosen professor of diseases of the mind and neryous system in the medical de ent of the University of the City of New York. He has since occupied that chair, and has won | aie nificent fortune in the practice of mediciné. His wife has contributed vastly to his success. By her hand most of the doctor's more famous works have been trans- cribed from his notes. “Sleep and Its men Legal Hae: tionm “The Physles ad Prynieg of aoe ons, ' ie ics ant ology of 8 a alism,” and “Inganity in Its Relation to Crime,” have all been written with her loving ald. ‘Two children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. William A. Hammond. The son follows his father’s profession, the daughter ts married to ‘an Italian nobleman, the Marquis di Lanza. Eloping with the Mother of Ten Chil- ping a A dispatch trom Brandonville, Grant county, West Virginia, states that much excitement oc- curred there Sunday over the di that John Matlock, a wealthy citizen of that town, had eloped with Mrs. Emily Shaffer, the wife of aneighbor. Shaffer, who was absent on bust- ness, returned and discovered that his wife had not only left him the small family of ten chil- dren to look after, but had ‘+hypothecated” all the family and household effects, taking with her the proceeds. Matlock had acted similarly, and leaves his wife and two children desolate. Both are persons of middle age, zi PASTOR DALLY CONFESSES. ee. le Tells of Wronga. with an mate of His Home and Steps Down and Out Gas From the N. ¥. Sun. . The members of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Chureh, in York street, Jersey City, were start- led yesterday by ‘the announcement that the Rey. Jonathan H. ly fad suddenly resigned the pastorate. A Week aio last Thursday Mrs. Dally and the childfen quitted the parsonage on Grand street and went fo Woodbridge. Thé next day Mr. Dally’followed them. He did not conduct the services in hfs church on last Sun- day. His unexplalned absence caused much comment. : a He sent early last’ week’ for a prominent mem- ber of the church, to whom in a very painful in- terview he made.a full confession of guilt, which, in his opinion, rendered him unworthy to preach the Gospel. He said that on the 9th day of October, while he was stationed in Paterson, @ woman called at his house, and, representing that she waé sick and destitute, obtained ad- mission. She was about 30 yesrs old, intelli- gent, educated and beautiful. Soon after she had been received into the parsonage an im- proper intimacy arose between her and him, and | continued for some time. When he resolved to break off his associations with her, she became very indignant, he says, and told his wife of | their conduct. Mrs. Dally taxed him; he sald, with Infidelity. He admitted his fault, and was finally forgiven. Then they bade the women leave the house, but she threatened, he says, If she were not allowed | to remain to give publtcity to the matter. Ever since then, until a couple of weeks ago, she has lived with them. At last, unable any longer to endure her threats, Mr. Dally made the woman quit his | home and defied her to do her worst. She went before a Justice of the peace and made a com- plaint of ‘adultery against Mr. Dally. He heard of this, and he then resolved to anticipate her accusations by confessing his crime and resign- ing from the church. Mr. Dally was transferred to Jersey City in March last, and hes since his arrival there been ry popular. He isa young man. He gays he was often inclined to call on his fellow ministers and tell them of his wrong doing, but was de- terred by consideration for his wife and family. The official board of Trinity church met yester- day to arrange for a temporary supply in their pulpit. Presiding Elder Craig said that no xction would be taken in reference to Mr. Dall until next March, when the conference w meet. 133 ee ‘The National Capital. From the Boston Courier. Our national capital has always been the sub- Ject of pretty free criticisms, mostly of an adverse character, and has contributed a very little to the pride with which Americans regard thelr country and its institutions. While the large cities of the states have had their com- merclal importance, the local interest of wealth and enterprise to asalst in beautifying and building them up, Washington has depended almost exclusively upon the bounty ofthe genera government and the caprices of political fortunes and favors. In the old days before the war, when the doctrine of state rights prevailed more extensively, it was particularly neglected, little aspirations of a national pride animating Congress to do more than provide the necessary pumice buildings, which for years in an unfmished state stared out over an ill-kept and straggling village. At that time, if the national capital was to be regarded as an epitome of our cultare and ctvillzation, it did little credit to us a8 a people, either in a social or political aspect. Within twenty years a great change has been wrought in the out- ward appearance of the ‘city. Thanks to the generosity of Con; } ® revolution has marked its character and rendered it more in harmony with the dignity of the nation in its architectural effects and the adornments of its thoroughfares and public grounds. Money may have been spent injudiciously in many cases, but in the geuerat result the teelings of the citi- | zen are changed from those of humiliation at the aspect of thecity in ante-bellum days to those of satisfaction in Its present progressive state. The course of the jroveriment has inspired pri- vate owners of property, until now Washington may vie with the capitals'of the world in many for good upon the citizen’ and the stranger, aud are material as evincing the culture, taste and progress of the people. When one compares the city of to-day with that of 20 years ago, though it is not now what it should be, he feels that a great stride has been made in building up the capital as was originally intended by the ta- ther’s of the republic. When our government was founded there were many Ideas of political and commercial develop- ment that time has not only failed to realize but has changed In other directions. Among them was the idea that Washington should be a rep- resentative American capital, combining the po- litical, intellectual and social culture of the Union. But farther than those qualities at- tach to the transient circles of popaiation su rounding, and dependent upon the different ad- miuistrations, they have not existed in any very eminent degree or for any permanent length oftime. But there Js, and we trust fast grow- Ing, another Washington than that which we see on mere casual visits, at public receptions, where politics dominate society, or read of in the newspapers. Beyond the realm of political strife and partisan associations is a purer sphere of intellectual and social life, which does not intrude into the pablic gaze, but, nevertheless, is exercising a genial Influence upon the per- manent character of the city. The writers of books to sell, who represent, perhaps to the life in some respects, the abnormal political condition of soctety, know little or will tell little of the better side, which shows that all is not a crude civilization or seething mass of politics with its show, its smartness, its patriotism no deeper than pasty feeling or love of office. Washington is more likely than ever to become the residence of persons ot wealth and distinction in the land, attracted by the en- hanced beauty of the place and its situation, the cosmopolitan character of its population, the opportunities for literary and political study and observation and the associations higher than sordid politics that cluster around the seat of government of a great and intelligent peo- ple. May we not hope that in the future its name will not be a synonym for the mere head- quarters of the political party in power, but as the representative capital of all that is ‘highest and noblest in our political, intellectuai and social existence as a nation? SSS eee Reaching the North Pole in a Balloon, Fred. Burnaby in the Fortnightly Review. Much -has been said as to the possibility of reaching the north pole ina balloon, and the present writer has received numerous letters from people who declare that they can direct an aerostat. His reply to such communications is that he will be very glad to make the gentle- men in question a present of £100 if they will select two places, 20 miles apart, go in a free aerostat from one spot to the otiier, and re- turn, without anchoring the balloon or recharg- ing {t with gas, provided that they, on fail- ing to do this, will give him £5 to assist a@ charity. Any ' person who subscribes toa scheme for Teaihing the north pole in a bal- loon, with our present knowledge of acrosta- ties, cannot be practically acquainted with the matter. So far as the solutiou of the problem how to navigate the air ls concerned, we be- leve that balloons have done more harm than good. The attention of inventors has been di- verted from what is probably the only feasible way to obtain the desired pnd—namely, the con- struction of a machine which, itself heavier than the atmosphere, will be able to strike a blow on the alr in excess of Its own weight. Machinery worked by steam I much too heavy forthis pur- pose; electricity some day, perhaps, will be avail- able. An engineer who made electricity his study recently informed an assembly of gen- tlemen that in the course of the next ten years he believed it would be, possible to compress enough electricity in a substance the size ot an eggshell to drive an oie train from London bo iverseol Sclefice not arrived at this int yet; but who ¢an after the telephone, fhe phonograph and the other marvelous discoy- eries of yn, What it may do in the future? Inventors should never fo that a bird is heavier than the air, and that the bird files be- cause its strength enables it to overcome the difference between its weigkt and that of the atmosphere it displaces. To put the case ina nutshell, aerial navigation is a mere question of Ughtness and torce. ——— A A Herse’s Terrible Revenge. From the Louisville Commercial. A terrible affair happened yesterday at the Fair Grounds, where the lessees, Smith & Merrill, constantly keep many trotting horses for various parties. A trainer named William. Kimball had in hand a stallion, Sher- man’s Hambletonian, and whipped him so severely that the horse threw the man, turned on bim furiously and attempted to crash him kneeling on him. Missing the mark with hi knees, the infuriated stallion prostrate trainer with his t and when driven off by the shouts and gestures of a n boy, returned to the attack, and before Kim! Was finally released a wrist and leg were broken and the flesh was torn from his breast and shoulder. He now lies ina painful condition, and his injuries are quite serious. —— of those features tat make a lasting impression |. A WOMAN'S LIFE IN MEXICO, The Tyranny of Mexican Social Eti- tte—A Unique Courtship. Correspondence of the Detroit Tribune. L This is the first year that ladies, even Ameri- icans, could walk through the streets of Mexico alone in the daytime without being grossly in- sulted. They look her straight in the eye and say whatever they please. As to thelr own wives, they are prisoners’ always. They are never permitted to walk or ride out fora mo- ment without thelr husbands, unless the need is very imperative. One call’ from any gentle- man. ‘will compromise any married woman in | Mexico. It Is not believed to be possible that & woman can innocently appear alone upon the | street without her husband. An American lady, | who boards at the Hotel Iturbide, tells me of a Spanish-American wife there who, though as | well as imprisonment will permit, has not been out of herroom once in seven weeks. except to go to church (confessional doubtless) once on Sunday. Her meals are sent to her. To see | American ladies out shopping seems to these | tyrants and victims a degrading spectacle. I wouldn't like to be a young girl in “‘May-he- co,” as they call this land—or a young fellow | either. It is considered indecent tor them to speak to each other till they have virtually be- come engaged, or to see tach other without the Presence of third parties till they are married. To behold a Mexican youth at first courtship. | gazing lackadaisically up at a brown girl a hun- dred feet distant on an upper balcony, whom he | has never been permitted to speak to, holding | his steed immovable and gazing up, on his head | a colossal hat brave with great ropes and ara- besques of gold. on his lexs breeches of some | fine stuff, gorgeous with silver buttons or coins down the legs in double rows, holding his place with unwinking eye an hour at a time and com~ ing there day after day, week after week. rain or shine. especially rain, drenched to the skin, persistent and passionate—well, I know few more edifying spectacles. In two months, if he Is lucky, he will be able to get into the house and sit in the “front room” with the old folks. And in two months more he will marry her and lock her up. eg ee . CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KAFFIR Lite Attention to Name or Age, but Tattooing Universally Indulgea In. South African Letter in New Orleans Thnes-Democrat. A Kaffir never knows his age, and cares noth- ing about It. Some try to count their age by “‘moons;” and by this reckoning alone can any approximate guess of their age be made—that is, when the moons have been carefully counted. But there Is not one negro in a hundred thou- sand whotakesthe trouble. One must know, in the first place, how to count above ten, which the natives cagnot do at all except by making knots on astring—each knot representing ten, But the string gets lost, and with it the recollection of one’s age. They look upon names as a sort of mark which, as with us, identifies them wherever they go. Nevertheless, they change a name when it ceases to please them, and their friends and acquaintances know them only by the name they choose to give themselves. But if the stranger finds seme difficulty at first in dis- {ingalshing and recognizing the blacksby whom | he Is surronnded, there is one infallible means left him of avoiding mistakes—the tattoo marks. | Every Kaffir has his own patent trade-mark. By making slight incisions in the skin, into which the juice of a certain plant is rubbed, the epidermis swells and remains puffed out, like frelecting: parts of old-fashioned leather-hang- ings. With a little imagination and taste any- body can make his natiye servant's skin re- semble a fine specimen of Cordova leather. The women prefer designs in the shape of lit- tle stars. They put them on their foreheads, cheeks, shoulders, breasts, abdomens. I have even seen some who wore them on the tips of their noses. But the “pelele” is something far exceeding all tattoo devices. This monstrosity conalsts In plercing the upper lip and enlarging it until a round piece of wood as big as a wate! can be placed in the opening. The lip is thus kept perpendicular to the face, very straight, very menacing. The ‘‘pelele” cannot be pro- duced at one effort; and this operation, which recalls that employed by the Battak women of Sumatra for the purpose of enlarging the lobe of the ear, 1s commenced In varliest infancy. gees HIS TWO YEARS’ SEARCH, He Found his Wife and ‘Thrashed the Man who Ran Away with Her, More than two years ago, in Switzerland, the wife of Johann David Bolleun, to whom he had been married about two years, eloped with Jacob Meister, who also deserted his wife and family. This week Bolleun arrived in High- ‘market, Lewis county, N. Y., where he found his wife living with Meister. He traced her to America immediately after she eloped, and for two years has followed her through Virginia, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri, his money often being exhausted so that he had to stop his pursuit and get work in order to main- tain himself. When Bolleun met Meister he gave him asound thrashing, for which he was arrested. Upon explaining matters he was dis- charged, and Meister was taken into custody for bigamy. Bolleun’s wife has promised to return to Switzerland with him, and they will soon start on their journey Amos En: From the Chicago Herald. This has been a dreadful week for rich men’s sons. Wealth from paternal sources has been dissipated in bulks that seem romantic rather than possibly real. Amos Eno, whocounts the Fifth Avenue Hotel among his millions in estate, had to make good the money which his son had extracted from the Second National bank. In the case ot Eno, I happen to know that he was a strong disliker of the fastness of business and social methods which characterized his son. ‘The latter gave a dinner less than a week before the panic. The tather was one ofa dozen guests. Everything was elaborate and costly tothe very utmost. The vlands were those which were hard and expensive to provide rather than extraordinarily palatable. There were nine kinds of wine. The feast was not uncommon In these days of reckless expendi- ture among millionaires, but the elder Eno did | not approve. At the side of his plate, as at the rest, lay a menu card, beautifully ae by an artist's hand and fancifully inscribed witn his name. He inspectéd it gravely, and his daughter-in-law, who had by previous exper- fence been taught that he was ready to reprove such things, eyed him anxiously. “Clara,” he at length said, “thats very fine, I will keep it as a memento, to remind me when we are poor of the times when we were rich.” He put the card into his pocket, and the party quickly rebounded from the momentary de- presen to which the old man’s comments had lowered them. They did not dream of a speedy realization of Eno’s n. Prediction. ictior From the Popular Science Monthly for June. The Japanese use a porous sandstone hol- lowed In the shape of an egg, through which BURNING THE DEAD. a The Methods of Cremation Practiced — THE BABYS SECOND sUMMER, in | Some Points About the Management of Various Countries, ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette. | As much interest is being evinced just now in | the cremation question, the following account of some methods of burning the dead are apropos: A CREMATION IN STAM. Here !s am account of a cremation ceremony which took place In Siam, where only those ‘are buried who cannot pay the tees. To be cremated in Siam must be a pleasure. When the tin ele on the summit of a form and material of whi and position or the deceased. ed and the receptacle lined with plates of solid gold when the body has belonged to one of royal lineage and well-iilled coffers. e last is quite as essential as the first to a gorzeous | Oriental funeral, since for rank without money an East Indian nas ever the most pr tempt. Both requisites were in the person of the Queen me Nang-hiau. At the funeral of this aged queen there was such a display of Oriental magnificence asrarely fails to the lot of western eyes to wit- ness. The embalmed body lay in state under a golden canopy for ei the myrrh, frankinscence and aromatic oils used in its pre- Paration cost upward of £1,000, and the golden Pyte above £20,000, The hanzing:s were ot the Tichest silks and velvets, trimmed with bullion fringe and costly tace, and the wrappings o§) the body of pure white slik, embroidered with pearls and precious stones. | Incredible quanti- ties of massive Jewelry decked the shrunken corpse, and a diadem of glittering gems cast its prismatic radiance over the withered feat- ures. Tiny golden lamps, fed with perfumed oil, burned day and night around the pyre, ately pytaml h indicate the wealth y a ing Pra- | orated with rare and beautiful flowers, arranged in all the varions forms of crowns, seeptres, temples, angels, birds, lanterns, wreaths and at the boundless resources of her domain. and night musical instruments were played, dirges wailed forth, and prostrations perpetu- ally performed: while twice every day the king, attended by his whole court. maile offerings to the departed spirit, beat hisbreast, tore his hair, and declared life “utterly unendurable without the beloved one,” A CREMATION ON THE COLORADO RIVER. Here is an account of a cremation among the North American Indians, the Cocopa tribe, on the Colorado river: A short distance from the collection of thatched huts which composed the village a shallow diton had been dug in the desert, in which were laid logs of the mesquite wood, which makes, as all westera campaigners know, a very hot fire with little fame or smoke. After a short time the body was brought from the village, surrounded by the family and other inhabitants, and laid on the logs in the trench. The relatives, as is usual with Indians, had their faces disfigured with black paint, and the females, as is the custom with other savages, made very loud exclamations of fies mingled with what might be supposed to be funeral songs. Some smaller fagots were then placed on a few personal effects of the dead man added, and fireapplied. atter a time a dense mass of dark-colored smoke arose, and the burning of the body, which was much amaciated, pro- ceeded rapidly. I (says the eye-witness) began to be rather tired of the spectacle, and was about to go sway, when one of the Indiana, in a few words of Spanish, told me to rematn, as there was something yet to be seen. An old man then advanced from the assemblage with a long pointed stick in his hand. Golng near to the burning body he removed the eyes, holding them successively in the direction of the sun, with his face turned toward that luminary, re- peating at the same time some words which i understood from our guide were a prayer for the happiness of the soul of the deceased. After this more fagots were heaped on the fire, which was kept up for perhaps three or four hours longer. 1 did not remain, as there was nothing more of interest, but I learned on in- juiry that after the fire was burned out it was the custom to collect the fragments ot bone which remained and put them in a terra-cotta vase, which was kept up under the care of the family. CURIOSITIES IN BURIAL. The modes of disposing of the dead are many and curious. The Hindoos, tor instance, expose theirdead on the banks of the Ganges and the Hooghly to be carried away by alliga- tors. The Parsees expose their bodies upon high gratings to feed the birds of prey. Vertz advocates burial at sea, and pictures the “dead ship daily departing from the strand with Its lifeless burden, and reverently and prayerfully committing the bodies to the deep.” The only people, it appears, who practice sea burial are the aborigines of theChatham Islands. When @ fisherman there departs this life they put a baited rod in his hand, and, after lashing him fast in a boat, send him adrift to sea. Ac- cording to Mr. Eassie, a method of petrifaction has been broached, but has met with no success. The system pursued by the ancient Peruvians was ingenious and apparently effective. It con- sisted in piling up coffins of plaster in pyramid fashion. One, lly examined, measured over 8,500,000 of cubic feet and was one mass of mummified bodies. Of burial in the earth the most persistent practicers are the Chinese. Then there is embalmment, and an analogous process which consists of drying up the body and then interring it. A tribe in South Australia place their deceased in a sitting posture near the top of the hut. and keep up the fire until it is dry, when they proceed to bandage it, eventually hiding it away in the branches of trees. THE BRAHMIN BURIAL SERVICE. The following compilation from a burial ser- vice of the Brahmins, who are the priests of all the other castes of Hindoos that burn their dead, may prove interesting to the reader. It is ex- tracted from the “Sacred Antholog: O Earth! to thee we commend our brother; of thee he was formed, by thee he was sustained, and unto thee he now returns. O Fire! thon hadst a claim on our brother dur- ing life; he subsisted by thy influence in nature; to thee we commit his body, thou emblem of purity; may his spirit be purified on entering a new state of existence. O Air! while the breath of life continued our brother respired by thee; his last breath is now departed; to thee we yield him, © Water! thou didst contribute to the life of our brother; thou wert one of his sustaining ele- ments; his remains are now dispersed; receive thy share of him who has now taken an ever- lasting flight. The Fate of a Fast Young Mi Written in the Illinois State Prison. Ivs curious, isn’t 1t, Billy, The changes that twelve months may bring? Last year I was at Sarat ‘As happy and rich as a king— I was raking tn pools on the races, And feeing the walters with “ten,” And sipping mint Juleps by twilight; ‘And to-day I am here in the “Pen. the water percolates Into a receptacle under- neath; the Egyptians resort to a similar device; the Spaniards use a porous earthern pot. But these and other similar contrivances cannot be thoroughly cleansed; after the most thorough rinsing, some impurities will remain in the pores ofthe stone. Spongy iron and carferal are open to the same objection; they will an- swer well for ashort time, but soon become contaminated by pollution retained in their pores. Sponge, cloth, and felt, unless cleaned every day or two with hot water, willdo more harm than good, and the average servant girl will not clean them or any other filter less under the eye of her mistress. The various torms of filters that are screwed to the faucet have only to. be hastily examined to be discarded, as there is not sufficient filter- ing material in them to be of much utility, and they very soon become foul and offensive. Buck says, ‘There is no terial known which can be introduced into the small space of a tap- filter and accomplish any real purification of the rae which passes through at the ordinary rate of flow.” The various complicated closed filters, filled with any material which cannot be removed for cleansing. condemn themselves, No amount of pumping water thro them at different angles, which isat all likely tobe used, can fhe mas and ‘inthe pores ofthe ditriag’ me the mass an @ pores ma used. Parkes, in his “Manual of Freee * where the ma- aes and cannot be removed, i for any Pure block tin is the least _ objectionable of any of the tles from the water an as it es- capes from the shows in tht aie maior arene Jong is Way, a8 enongn in 00 with the purified of much might be “What led me to do 1t?” What always Leads men to destruction and crime? ‘The Prodigal Son, whom you've read of, Has altered somewhat in hig ume, He spends his substance as ‘AS the biblical fellow of old; But when it is gone he fancies ‘The husks will turn into gold. Champagne, a box at the o} High steps while fortune ta flush, The passionate kiss of women . Whose cheeks have forgotten to blush— The old, old story, Billy, Of picasures that end in tears— ‘The froth that foams ‘The dregs for an hour, Unat are tasted for years, Last night, as I sat here and pondered ‘On the end of my evil ways, a before me I thought of home, ought of my Of the schoolhouse that’ Of the brook that flowed I can e’en hear its music Again 1 thought of my mother, Of the mother who taught mé to pray, ‘Whose love was a precious treasure That 5 ‘on the hill, h the meadow— Shet Dead in a Duel. A duel tcok place last Friday in Mitchell co., N.C., between Col. Nellis Borden, of Louisvilie, Ky., and Capt. Lineback, of Mitchell county. It is thickly gild- | while every portion of the vast saloon was dec- | arches, till Flora, herself might Nave wondered | with Day | may | cold water t | by (prosopis and strombocarpus), hard and dense | Young Children in Hot Weather. From the Philedelphia Times, There are three sources from which harm te the children may be anticipgted during the com- ing three months. These are the process of tecthing, indigestion and the heat. An account | of the troubles incident to these circumstances nuld now be seasonable and possibly interest- lugto many. At all events, these matters are standard tomes of conversation among mothers, evidence that they at least know of the gravity of the troubies in question. Althoug ot exactly Indis- are youns children, yet 1% y for, until the external verature rises to about ninety degrees, little puble may be expected from the heat. ‘Trou- es due to the cause just named are best com- frequent spouging of the face, arma, is and feet wi ple cool water. Chil- dren t Will be much less liable sly by the heat and other Ts DOW to be spoken of. The lability to Indigestion mer heat approache in the treatment of this t increases as the maximum polut. ihe old rule about prevention will be espe: useful. at Js time the avoidan: ad heated foods and of unwholesome breast and other milk are very important points, The foods most suitable tor summer use can be named tn short ord Use the most nutritious and digestible sub- stances that can be commanded. Meats baked or bolied used cold. Cold cup custard, rice pud- ding, cold; good fee cream, mlik and sponge re prime articles of summer diet for ail, and especially for children who can use fuod other than milk. The eruption of the teeth goes on most vigor ously during the second year of the child's life, and makes unusual dewands on its vital powers, This circumstance accounts for the more serious outlook of all the diseases that may occur at this period of the child’s life. When a child is teething and appears In great general distress, perhaps a hot and dry skin, much relief be afforded by ullowing an abundance of and by a cool bath, followed sharp rubbings ot ali parts of the child’s But if, on the other hand, the child ould be attacked with sudden vomiting and purging, with much apparent weakness and cool skin, mi J advice should be had with ail speed. While waiting for the coming of the doctor, a drop of the best brandy in hot, sweet ened water should be given by the mouth. Hot spice plasters applied to various parts of the Pedy, notably the storuuch, would also be wse- ul. oe = The Bicycle and the Wheetcart. ‘rom the New York Times. The bicyclists have evidently prospered during the last year. The League of American Wheel- men, which met the other day, has new more than four thousand members, having nearly doubled Its membership since the last annual meeting. Of these four thousand It is estimated that not more than twenty-five hundred are confined to the house by byuisesat any one time, 80 that to-day no less than fifteen hundred Wtey- clists could blow their bugles and fall from their machines were an order to be issued for a gene- ral parade of the members of the league. The annual convention does much for the interests of bicyclists, This year the commit- tee on salves and ointinents reports in favor of the adoption of a new salve that each member of the committee has personally tested and found tobe better than anything of the kind yet compounded. Thus, bicyclists are saved from wasting their money on salves of little merit, and are enabled to provide themselves with the dest existing remedy for eprains and Ises. The committee on prophylactics a=mends the adoption of the Smith bead Test, a newly designed air-cushion to be worn on the top ofthe head, *o that the bicyclist acter performing the usual somersault over bis wheel can rest comfortably on his head until he feels set, Bares pe remount. This head-rest, if adopted by the leazue, cannot but add greatly to the comtort and interest of bicycling, besides largely decreasing the mortality hitherto insep- arable from tne sport. The report of the surgeon-general was, as is customary, submitted privately to each member of the Jeacue, and no official copy bas as yet been made public. It is, however, known that the number of pairs of cratches issued to mem- bers of the league this year was but little larger than the number issued last year, although the meinbership of the league has nearly doubled. Hence we may assume that the surgeon-en- eral’s report is, on the whole, an encouraging document, and that the bieyclists have broken — lege and arms to comparatively small ex- ent. Prosperous as bicycling 1s at present, when fitteen hundred men are daily climbing on their wheels, and every accident hospital in the country has at least one representative of the leazue, among tts inmates, this prosperity may not last. Bicycling is threatened with a rival that may banish it es completely as lawn- tennis has banished croquet. The new sport known as *‘wheel-carting” has just been intro- ducedinto this country, and “it already has scores of enthusiastic devotees. It affords at least as much exercise as bicycling, and enables its devotees to travel on every ordinary road in perfect safety. The wheel-carter does hot have to spend a small fortune onsurgeons and salves, and his machine never leaves him on his head in the middle of the road. Women can engage in this charming sport on terms of equality with | men, and there is no reason why they should be | compelled to use a special and awkward variety of wheel-cart. Altogether wheel-carting has 80 many advantages over bicycling that it can hardly fail to succeed the latter in public favor. The wheel-cart may be briefly described as an oblong box, with a wheel about eighteen inches in diameter at one end and two handles about three feet long projecting in nearly straigiit lines from the bottom of the box at the other end. The wheel-carter places himself bePween these handles with histace toward the wheel. He takes one handle in each hand, raises one end of the wheel-cart until it rests only on the wheel, and then, walking briskly forward, pushes the wheel-cart before him. The exer- tlon required to keep the wheel-eart in motion is not much greater than that of walking, aif- ficulty in maintaining speed of four miles an hour on a moderately good road, while for short distances a much greater speed can be attained. The sport is absolutely free from dan- ger. The wheel-cart never throws the wheel- carter, and incase the wheel strikes an obsta- cle over which it cannot be driven it simply comes to a etop. For those who wish to make long or short journeys the wheel-cart is Just the thing. The ox is large enough to-contain a change of clothing, @ shelter-tent and a supply of provi- sions, Indeed, its oapacity is practically limited only by the strength of the wheel-carter, and men have repeatedly been known to wheel 500 pounds of bricks on a wheel-cart. If the wneel- carter so desires, he can carry his trank on his wheel-cart, and thus travel with as much bag- gage as though he were traveling by rail. Were the bruised and wearied bicyclist who has ridden, say, from New York to New Haven on his bi cycle, to throw away that treacherous machine and come back to New York with a wheel-cart, he would be delighted with the safety and com- fort which he would obtain, and would never again under any circumstances be guilty of bicycling. The wheel-cart Is no new invention. It has been thoroughly tested, and wherever a new railway embankment is In process of coustruc- tion dozens of happy Italians may be seen exer- cising their muscles and exhilarating their spirits with wheel-carts. These men would doubtless be glad to join a National Wheel-cart League and attend annual conventions and cat nual suppers. There can be little doubt that such a league will soon be organized, and if it does not speedily take the place now held by the Wheelmen’s League, it will be because our lovers of athletic sports are willtully blind as well as lame. General Grant’s New York Hesicence, ‘From the New York World. General Grant .still occuples the four-story brown-stone house in New York, with its bay- window tront, which is the first east of 5th aye- nue, on the north side of 66th street. A broad g¢ and the average wheel-cutter finds no a aL Hat ity li Fee if F : & i i :