Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1884, Page 2

ed THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY. AUGUST 16, 1881-DOUBLE SHEET. CiTY AND DISTRICT. THE CYCLERS PARADISE. | 1 ‘The Hiders of Washington and Their heeln. BINTH AND GROWTH OF BICYCELING—INTEREST- ING FACTS ABOUT THE MACHINES AND THOSE | Who kip THEME | The rapid erowth of biexeling in Washington | Js astonishing. It was only a few years azo that a wheel skimmi our smooth asphalt fireets was regarded as a great novelty, and its Tider as too lazy to watk and too ind! to own a horse. The pioneers of cyeli uany prejudices to overcome. Business houxht it too trifling tor grown people to ngerous to foot p innumerable runaway ylies were the first | admiring the gracetul and exhil- | motion. Grown men who at first were to poke fun at the riders were soon | unequale ent been are the small boy aad the ladies. The former is ever realy to discoacert a wheelman, by plant- | Ing | f directly in the road, leaving the y ignorant which way he (the boy) jump until the last moment. Sometimes | ve, and has been known 3 nt of the w Land over him, just to see a “header.” | THE LADIES i worry the riders because they rarely see any- thing that fs coming when they are crossing a it is close upon them, and then they direction and then in another. Bi-| y that if foot passengers would con- | course withont slacking or hurrying | collision would be greatly lessened, | minds of | careless non the wheel than to the person nd that the former is always on He may sound bis warning bell. das an order to clear the pach, so that the lockout but this is net the title 5 In no city in the s so smooth and broad. s much better su! offer such faciiiti at Washington does in here as a er dons his un z Ty Gi en darting here and tending to matters whien call them from one to another, at the same t ng much le benetlts | nong old | wh the it n roads, | n the city ot | when spin in the vise, Tiders it is learn at a moder is not such ercise as walking the distance, t it is much more ben |. from the fact that the exertion, instead of confined to the lezs, is uniformly distributed throughout the whole muscular system. One set of muscles | is not ¢ the rest » io the whole work while fora THE ORIG: E The bieyele is the result of a lonz-continued effort to solve the proviem of how to move over | er distance inthe shortest time. with | ast expenditure of and with the least ineony de ‘locipede or with th over a sold, but th its com- ete form nas_ existed t ely few aren Von was the 5 aq 3 pen: ve wheels i. sting on ne e contriy atry in ISTO, but th named W velo i French H that foot only two whe velocipede in the shop a sues i rt intnediately would we ris exhibition of | and was In- | take outa! lly grew very popular abroad. | Awerica caught the fever in 1889, and the veloci- | pede was the r: vr a short time. Many of} of the F ht the mania their best to chine, but it wr toomuch exertion on the road and | near the Boundary, | y built and yisiters | for so much an of it here ey a plank roadw i to rid were allr honr. @id in ¢ arout except in a le abroad, ule in both ion of the begestion The 1 the er and friction all that In the balls | sirty-fourth real bievele grew In_ popularity in both id Fram ke its ap- vin this pited at and admired yer of Boston, rider | | ‘ON RIDER f. In ISTS he ob- itish vice consul at d the “Arie six inch whe n his swiftly moving 1 deal of no, F. | a Jes- | horses that | se were the | . January | pital Bieyele t, best Known, It now has a d fifteen riding aty honorary and non- x Hausmann is the rs of the club re- recently, re- 'y. The present 'presi- arles Flint, and the cap- He, mu the capta! the club is € dent of tain is BW. Hanna. W. F. Crossman and De- Laucey W. Gill are the sub-captains. The club is In & bizhly prosperous condition, and occu- pies @ club-house, 919 G street, which 1s well furnished and commodious. The members are looking forward to the day in the near future Whea the club will occupy a house of its own. The Washington Cycle club was organized but recently, and It now has a membership of forty- two. Mr. J. Wine is the president; E. T. Pet- ill, vice president; L. M. Kruger, captain, T. A. Newman, lieutenant. It is also in & us condition, at present occupy- nt qui on Ith street, just Ke the Capital ‘cub, ose of its own, betore SEX BUNQRED MACHINES IN WASHINGTON. One can realize the er * growth of late | and the rider cau land on his feet with safety. | who need some out-door exercise. There are | pleased with them that, putting aside all con- the upright machines, princip: and the re latter is fa Co! raining two hundred Stars. The rely an American maokine; manu- red in Smithville, N. J. The little wheel ng in front makes it easily distinguished and ives it the name among riders of ‘the crab.” ts principal advantage over other machines is in its safety, it being practically Impossible to take the dreaded “header” on it. The safety handle bar is a recent invention for preventing headers on the upright machines. When the front wheel strikes an obstruction the rider is cl ‘dand is prevented from lighting tue handle bar, which catches The safety bar, however, has a small rod running below and parallel to It | Which, upon being struck by the legs of the | Tider when pitched forward, immediately de- | tachesthe whole bar from the head of the machine TRICYCLING. The tricycle, the near relative of the bicycle, | is ke-plag pace with itinthe growth in popwar favor. It is peculiarly adapted to ladies and to | persons who desire to make rapid progress with- | out any risk of an ugly tumble, or to invalids three bundred and fifty different kinds of tri- eyeles now made. The number in use in this city is about fifty. A trieyele club has been re- ntly formed here with Mr. A. A. Adee as presi- dent. and the membership is now about twent a large portion being ladies. Ladies of Wash- ington were very slow in adopting. the tricycle as a means of enjoyment and exercise, being dissuaded from so doing by the unattractive ap- pearance of the pio eer rider of their sex, who | has for a number of years been a familiar figure upon the streets. In the shadow of the even- ing a few ladies tried the tricycles which be- longed to their husbands, and soon became so pntional ideas on the subject, they began rid- as a regular exercise. Others soon followed xample, and now there are about a dozen lady trieyclers who ride reguiarly, and greatly enjoy it. Some ride singly, accompanied by their busbands on bicyeles, and some use the popular “sociable.” Itis said to require twenty per cent more power to drive tne tricycle thaa the bieyele, and yet ladies when they have thor- oughly mastered the machine, ride with ease in every direction about Washington—7th nd 14th street hills offer no serious ob- to arun to Brightwood. THE LADY RIDERS. The first lady rider after Mrs. Lockwood was, perhaps, Mrs. B. W. Hanna, wife of the eaptain | of the Capital club; then followed Mrs. E. P. Hanna, Mrs. W. C. Scribner and Mrs. D. E. Fox. The “Sociables,” or tricycles carrying two per- $ are particularly adapted to pleasure riding, nd are becoming very popular. They can be converted easily into a single tricycle. “An Eng- lish firm has recently invented a machine with four wheels to carry four persons. It can be changed to carry three, then two, and then a single person. A NEW WONDER. A new machine, called the “Otto,” in many | respects like a tricycle, but similar to a bicyele, in having but two wheels, is, perhaps, the most wonderful yet invented from a scientifle point of view. It has two large wheels side by side. Thé rider is seated upon the axle between them, and is in a yery unstable position unless he “understands the laws of equilibrium. He balauces in the same way that a pedestrian does. If he is too far forward he presses with his for- ‘d foot to et back. The steering is very pe- culiar. Both wheels are driven by steel bands atthe same speed. When the rider desires to turn he loosens one of the bands, which frees the corresponding wheel. If he touches it with the brake. or drives the other wheel! ahead, it | will lag behind and the machine willturn. It is | even possible to inake one wheel go forward and the other to yo backward at the same time, when the machine will spin like a top within a | cireie of a yard iu diameter. ts are apt to drop the lengthy names of | r machines and adopt ier s A bicy wreck.” The tricyele goes by trike,” and a sociable is called a Affects Building Operations— futerview with Mr. Fhomzs J. | An Wisher. ous effect upon id Mr. Thomas well-known real estate man to a “It operates greatly to thy dis- he city, and, later on, the effect itinagreat reduction in the number | ected.” it operate so seriously asked “Because itis not safe to ‘aivance money on a building in the course of construction, and no one will do it. It bas always been a’ cv with men who hay enough to start ab ‘ 1, atter prosecuting it to a certain apprcach to completeness, to borrow money on it to vo ahead. This they could always do very readi heretofore, all parties being perfectly sate in their investment. Now, a piece ot property in this condition may be covered with debts of | which the owner knows nothing, and of the ex- | istence of which there is no way of learning un- til the claims are presented.” “How can that be?” Why the new lien law,” said Mr. Fisher, ‘ives to every man who furnishes either ma- terial or work on the building a leza! claim upon it, which, withont having been on record, can be collected it presented within three | months after the completion of the buildi In this way, you see, a man’s house may mortgaged to its fall value, even after he has Ht the contractor, jot see that he In turn p: erything, the workmen and material men all put in their claims under the lien law force repayment.” must be very dep enterprise?” “It ts, and later on it will be felt even more. are many buildings now in the course ruetion wi reach that stag the owners will want to borrow on them to assist in their completion, will find it very difficult to do robably have to_be allowed to ¢ know now of a gentlemen who | its to borrow money to complete a W | se, and can xet no one to iet him have if on | count of the uncertainty of this. security. There are lots of people who would be glad enough to let him have the money iflt were not | his new law, but with it in foree there is curity at all: a dishonest contractor might | vada house down with mortzages, and there wonld be no way of discovering it. ~{ won't put out money on any uncompleted building unless I know the contractor. On the frst of last May I promised a gentleman who Was commencing some new houses, that when be got them far enouch advanced I would loan him the money he wanted on them. Mean- white this bill "was passed, and when I called on to fulfill my promise, I was as good as without security. It gave me no end of trouble. | Teould not disappoint the gentleman, so the | only thing I coull do was to get the written | statement of all the workmen and material men | that they had no claimon the property. The Lill, too, operates greatly to. the disadvantage of many very good contractors and workmen who have not property enoush to secure one inst loss at their hands.” What will be done to correct th I don't Know; but I understand that some ot the umber men are going to petition Con- xTess next session to repeal the law.” A TITLE SEARCHER’S VIEW. Mr. Buchanan Beale, secretary of the Title tated to a Stax reporter tiat many complaints were made respecting the law, although its worst effects were not yet felt, as sufficient time had not elapsed since the law went Into effect. To insure a title it was neces- sary to hunt up all the parties who may have furnished labor or material on a building, or depend upon the affidavit of the owner of the property. “When we give an abstract of title” said Mr. Beale, ‘we always attach to it a synopsis of the mechanics’ lien law, so that the person for whom we make the title may have full warning. We furnish only an abstract of the record in such a case, and do not hold ourselves respon- ble for anything else. In case, however, a per- son discovered afterwards that a lien was filed against the property he might blame us, so we attach this synopsis to the abstract that he nthe fon not i not warning e form of the notice o> ay ded to ~~ ee, gn [piatradely 4 se “Under act ‘ongress of July 2, it building has been erected or repaired on said growed since the date of sald act, and any ‘contractor, sub- contractor, material man, or laborer’ shall, within three months after the edmpletion of uch bi or re; fie in the clerk's office a notice of his inten! to hold @ len upon said premises for payment for work done, or material or maehinery furnished or contracted for, in and heal or connected with such building, Such Hen will ‘be preferred to all judgments, mortgages, deeds of trust, liens and incumbrinces which atiach upon said building or the ground aforesaid sub=equant to the commencement of said building ssing upon building Th e or repairs’ yegts in when he remembers that ica @ German authorities are thereare over six hnod rent makes of | Johunn Most, who is Dow. Supposed to be tn mene machines his 1 that the} Y chy, fhe shoud venture to return to Eu- Le see by men ts | “fhe French chamber of deputies has voted the bs Lund, -dzed are | Touquia credit of $0,000,000 trans, | continued Mr. | low living food. TRUTH ABOUT SNAKES. Some of the Popular Errors Concern- ing Reptiles Corrected. A TALK WITH THE SNAKE MAN AT THE SMITH- SONIAN—PICTIONS IN WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE LONG HAD FAITH—ONLY THREE SPECIES OF POISONOUS SERPENTS IN NORTH AMERICA—THE. CURIOUS CONTENTS OF THE LABORATORY OF THE REPTILE DEPARTMENT, ETC. The figure of a huge glyptodon guards the entrance to a little crooked stairway In one cor- ner of the Smithsonian building. A Star re- porter, having passed the glyptodon in safety and déscended the stairway to the dark laby- tinths of the basement. stumbled over the re- mains of a deceased alligator, and, after groping | for some time through a passage in which were strewn various uncanny remnants of creation, | found the laboratory of the department of rep- tiles. Tnis was a chamber of horrors surpassing the wildest fancies of the victim of deliriam tremens, and exceeding the most extravagant imaginative flichts of the snake-story writer. Stuffed serpents, horned toads, iguanas and frightfal saurian monsters with’ unpronounce- able names filled nearly all the space in the apartment. The shelves were crowded with jars in which other sinuous aud ugly creatures were Immersed In alcohol. The surroundings were like those of the wizard’s den in a spec- tacular play, but, Instead of meeting the wizard, the reporter was greeted pleasantly ty Mr. E. |S. Rheem, acting in charge of the reptile de- partment, a young gentleman who disclaims any occult power. “Some of the snake stories that are printed are ridiculous to one who knows anything about snakes,” said Mr. Rheem, in reply to the reporter's statement that he had braved his way to this horrible place to learn something about snakes. ‘There ts probably no subject on which writers delight to dwell more than that of snakes, and the remarkable tales that emanate from these writers are enough to make ‘each particular hair stand on end,’ and are for the most part believed in by the general public.” CURIOUS CREATURES IN THE LABORATORY. Mr. Rheem here invited the reporter to In- spect the collection in the laboratory, and, as he passed from shelf to shelf, pointed out with much pride the rare specimens. From one jar he took the head of a large rattlesnake, pointed out the location of the poison sac, and showed how the fangs foided back against the roof of the mouth to be sprung out when the snake struck at an ol On another shelf were the ek and slender creatures, which infest some parts of the southern states. One of the artists at the Smithsonian was bitten by one of these snakes some years ago while mak- ing a drawing of it. The snake, which was ina glass jar, struck the artist’s hand as he was ad- usting the cover of the jar. By the prompt ap- plication of antidotes his life was saved, although he suffered greatly. Eyery year now at the season when the bite was given, the old wound festers and givés the artist considerable trouble. In another jar wasa glass snake, a reptile with a very emooth and hard body. “It is said of the glass snake,” remarked Mr. Rheem, “that if you strike one arp blow it will break into pieces like glass. have had them here, and have battered them with all my might, but never knew one to zo to pieces.” A horned snake of large dimensions was coiled In a great jar. This snake tormerly lived with other sna In acase in the museum. One day it was s lowed completely by a king snake only a little longer than itself. The king snake began at “the tail of the horned snake and finally gulped it ali down. The king snake did this, it is sup- posed, as a Joke upon the horned snake, but it was a sad Joke, for when the king snake threw It up again, the horned snake was dead. A thunder worm trom Florida, a snaky looking worm that comes out of the ground when it thunders, occupied a small bottle or Jar. Cop- petheads, colubers, and hundred “of other Snakes were coiled ‘In other jars. One section was given up to reptiles from foreign lands There was an Egyptian asp, ofthe same speci as that which stung Cleopatra, a bright hued poisonous sea serpent, and many other rare treasures. Ina corner of the room, In a box, were two larze and sturdy lizards from Arizona, known as the Gila monster. These id poisonous. It was by one ofthese that Dr. Shufeldt was bitten some thine of the spe y, and one of ped the tongs in his mouth, grating his st the metal in his rage. A MUCH ABUSED REPTILE. “The poor snake is a much abused reptile,” Rheem, when he had made the cireult of the room and resumed his seat, “for of all the stories written of him yery few are, scientifically, correct, and, as a consequence, he been de d the enemy of mankind, and heen hunted to death, from place to place, until he has ‘no place to rest his head.’ The study of herpetology, or the science of reptilia, is one of the most interesting branches of scien- tifie research, and if it was more generally studied by the people, in a short time the snake would be one of man’s best friends, and every home would have its pet snake. The innocu- ous snakes comprise all the common, harmless species of the ground, fresh water or tree. Being not at all harmful, and feeding on mic moles, insects, &c., many of them render im- portant service inrestraining the increase of the most destructive enemies of man.” FICTIONS ABOUT SNAKES. “The vulgar fear of these animals,” continued Mr. Rheem, as he lighted a cigarette, “is mainly the result of prejudice, which lacks foundation in facts. In reality, some of the most dreaded have no existence. The ‘Ring,’ or ‘Hoop Snake,’ which is said to take the end ot its tall in its mouth and roll over and oyer like a hoop. kill- ing everything it touches with its venomous horn at theend of its tail, and the ‘Blow Snake,’ the breath ot which is deadly, are mere fictions. All species of snakes are carnivorous. Some crush their prey in the folds of the body, others Kill the creatures on which they feed by ven retions, but the greater number swal- During the operation of swal- lowing. email pores along the jaws give out a | | saliva which renders the act more easy, and are | thus able to swallow aninalsconsiderably lat than would otherwise be possible. Frequently the snake disgorges a partly swallowed meal to chafige its position in the mouth, or to take breath; the slimy appe has given rise to the e have be fore the attempt to eat. le eyelids do not exist in the suake. The epiderm is continuous over body and head, aud forms a transparent cover for the eyeball. With the shedding of the skin, which happens at least ouce in a season, the outer envelope of the eye is carried away, ar the time of shedding the skin, the dermal covering of the eye is loosened, more opaque, and interferes, to some extent, with the ight; at such times snakes are said to be blind.” DEAF AS AN ADDER. “The hearing of a snake is dull,” resumed Mr. Kheem, after a short pause to drive away a pre- datory cat, “‘and it 1s probably by the jar, or the sense of sinell, which is yery acute, that it is aware of the approach of anything. The sense of taste Is also probably lacking. As serpents move about they are constantly feeling ahead of them with the tonzue, and the forward thrust and peculiar forked appearance of this organ has given rise to the fa it the ‘stinging’ is done. Certain authorities have adopted the idea that some snakes swal- low their young for protection in times of dan- ger. The evidence hardly appears sufficient to warrant the belief. Instances which 1 haye heard are not very well authenticated. It is generally thought that there are a great number of poisonous snakes. Such {s not the case. Of the poisonous serpents of North Amer- ica there are but three species—the crotalus, or rattlesnake; the ancistrodon, which goes by the common names ot ‘copperhead,’ ‘moccasin,’ ‘cotton mouth,’ ‘red eye,’ &., and ‘the elaps, or ‘coral snake.’ There are about thirty varieties of these species, all together. Of the three spe- cles the copperhead is probably the most dan- gerous, as it is very vicious, and never gives warning of any kind before striking. The rat- tlesnake, though the bite 1s more dangerous than that of either of the others, will give warning, unless very hungry, at the approach of anything, and will generaily try to get away from a person unless he is brought to bay. The coral snake is much smaller than the other two species, and is a native of the southern states. Its length hardly ever exceeds three feet, and the color is provably the most beautiful of all the snakes of this country. Generally the body is red, annulated with black rings margined with yellow, though the color varies in the dif- ferent varieties. The body is slender and cylin- drical; the head, In most cases, continuous with the body, has no poison pit between the eyes and nostrils, as in the rattlesnake and copper- head; the upper jaw is furnished on each side with a small Umaereapeed erect fang; the tall is continuous with the body and the scales smooth. The bite of this snake is not necessarily fatal, if the proper remedies are used in time, as, on ac- Storrs of its size, the quantity of poison is small.” NOT 80 DANGEROUS AB IS SUTPOSED. “In general, the venomous snakes of North America,” said Mr. Rheem, “are much less dan- gerous than is supposed. What is fatal to the small animals which form their food becomes much less troublesome to larger ones. The Gegree of danger to men yarles according to the size of the snake, the number of blood vessels in the part bitten, and the condition of the system at the time. The poison gland of the poisonous serpent is situated at the side of the skull, behind the esa and {s provided with an excre- tory duct wi opens through a deep groove on the outer surface,gf the fang. At the will of the nt the y may or may not be deliy- a oe Bite. teens ke and co] the fang les con in a groove Ere lining membrane ‘of the mouth, when not required for offensive or defensive purposes. When the reptile proposes to strike—for the act is not of the nature of an ordinary bite—the fangs, two in umber, in the upper jaw, are raised from their concealment and projected for- ward; the reptile ws his whole body for- ward, and the fangs penetrate the object against which they are throw. The poisonous material is Injected through fhe fang, or tooth, into the wound made by the prick or scratch of the fang, by means of the muscles which ordinarily close the jaws, and by some special muscles devel- oped, npparently, tor the direct parpose of com- pressing the pofsonziand. The fangs are made of very hard and brittle material, resembling bone, are very sharp,,and.of slender form; thus there is a great propability of their being broken. There is, cons@fuently, ample provision against accidents of this kind, in the shape of ‘reserve fangs'—two or three of these rudimentary weapons being in process of development at ail times. As soon as those in use are drawn out or broken off one of the reserve fangs Very soon grows into the vacant place. HOW A SNAKE STRIKES. “Tt Is generally understood.” the speaker went on, “that when a serpent strikes at an ob- ject it can jumpa considerable distance; such is not the case. Very angry individuals strike whether coiled or not. They do not jump; the hinder part of the body remains In position, and none of our snakes are in the habit of reaching more than half their length, and under no cir- cumstances can they reach over their length. Most of a serpent’s power is in his tail, and if that part isdamaged, or cut off, he is at the mercy ofhis enemy, as he is then, to a great ex- helpless. “After wounding it fatally the snake watches its prey very intently until the venom has pro- duced the desired effect and the victim falls, when it appears as if an estimate of the size was made with chin and tongue by passing from one end to the other of the body betore the attempt to swallow begins at its nose. This intent gazing at squirrels, birds, &c., in their dying agonies has given rise to the erroneous ideas concerning fascination. All there is in fascination or charming is to be accounted for by the fact just mentioned, together with the quiet, almost imperceptible motion of the snake and the recklessness and terror- ism ofthe prey. Venom hastens decomposi- lon, 2nd thus renders digestion more rapid, HOW TO CURE A BITE. “On receiving a bite,” said Mr. Rheem, “the first thing to be done is to suck out as mucha polson as possible, enlarging the wound with a knife for the purpose. Care must be taken that the pegson sucking the wound has no cuts or sores on the lips or mouth; otherwise, the poison would have as much effect on them as the person bitten. At once a bandage should be placed, as tight as possible, above the wound, or between the wound and heart. It is well to cauterize immediately if possible. Washing the wound with ammonia is recommended, as also drinking a diluted mixture of ten or fitteen " drops in a glass of water. Alcoholic stimulants are undoubtedly ben. eficial if not taken in excess, in which case they become sedative, and assist rather than couu- teract the poison. The rattle of the rattlesnake Is formed of horny rings or shells, of which the first is firmly attached to the end of the tail, and each of the others loosely grasps that in front of it, and is itself grasped by the next in order. It is be- lieved that one joint is added to the number eachyear. Thigis but approximately true. There are variations connected with the different ages and rates of growth, the extent of which have hot been fully determined. ‘The Joints are so easily worn out and broken that’ it is seldom se that a large snake has the complete se- ‘an snakes be trained like other creatures?” ed Tue STAR reporter. ,” said Mr. Rheem. put fle very little in “Snakes, although res as a symbol of wisdom, have igence or instinct that can be cultivated. These persons in dime museums or side shows who im to be snake charmers simply know that they can handle the snakes. They ueyer haudle poisonous snakes, but the people see them w akes about their bodies and, knowing little about snakes, think the performer possesses some wondertul power over reptiles. I Landle them in the same way and you could do it if you choose.” Mr. Rhee conducted the reporter to a ease in the National Museum, where a large black snake and a bull snake, elx feet long, were living tozether in amity. He first took the btack snake from the case and, after stroking it and letting it wind itself about his neck and limbs, went through the same performance with the bull snake. “There's a great deal in knowing to han- die the snakes,” said Mr. Rheem. “You see, T do not grasp them tightly, but let them «lip loosely through my hands. “They like to feel the warmth of the body.” The reporter was in- vited to take the same liberties with the snake, but declined and took his leave. ‘RELIGIOUS NOTES. — Rey. John Harries,a Wesleyan minister. now U. S. agent to the Shoshones and other Indians at Lemhi, Idaho, is on a visit to his family in this city. — There is a deep interest manifested at the Thursday evening meetings ot the Second Bap- tist church, and already two conversions have taken piace since Rey. E. H. Swem commenced his labors there. —Rey. William A. Bartlett, of New York Avenue Presbyterian church, is expected home from Europe, where he went for his health, thé second week in September. He writes that he is much improved. —Rev. Dennis Osborn, delegate from the South Indian conference to the general confer- ence of the M. urch, in May last, was in this city and lectured at Hamline church Tues- day. i ed here again before he for his home, which will be about two — Rey. F. A. Stier, of the M. E. Chureh South, is filling the pulpit of St. Paul's Lutheran | church, during the absence of Kev. Dr. Domer on his vacation in the west. Rey. Dr. J. G. Butler, of Memorial Lutheran church, and Rey. Mr. Homrighaus, of the Church of the Father- jand, are on their vacation at Frostburg, Md. Rey. Mr. Slaybaugh is Silins Dr. Butler's pulpit, and Rev. Mr. Myer that ot Mr. Homrighaus. — Rey. Charles E. Buck, once rector at Belts- ville, has accepted the call of the vestry of St. Peter's Episcopal chureh, Easton, Maryland. —Rey.Mr.Ould,late pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Williamsport, Md., is. now supplying the Presbyterian chureh at Oakland, Maryland. — Ground was broken yesterday tor the new Lutheran church at Hampden, Baltimore county. It will be 40 by 75 feet, of Fails Road granite, with marble trimmings. —W. H. H. Murray, (‘‘Adirondock” Murray), formerly pastor of the Park Street Congreza- tional church in Boston, is now keeping an eat- ing house in Montreal, Canada. Rey. W. C. Webb, formerly of the Baltimore conference, M. EF. church,and stationed in Alex- andria, and now pastor of Grace church, Phila- delphia, has bedn made aD. D. by lowa Wes- leyan University. — Fourteen school sisters of Notre Dame who had taken the white Veil, some two and others three years ago, took the black veil and seven years’ vows Thursday at the convent near Govanstown. The ceremony began at 8 a. m. and occupied two and a half hours. ‘The pro- fessed were trom New York, Rochester, Balt more and other places. Their ages were from 20 to 28. +—The Rey. M. O'Connor, priest of St. Pius’ church, in East Newark, N. J., has undertaken the task of crushing out the liquor dealers in that neighborhood, an@ of stopping the gale of liquor on Sunday. ' He has enlisted the men and the young women of his parish crusade, and appealed to the fathers and mothers of his charge to aid him in his work. —+ +e Distrust. Distrust that man who tells you to distrust. He open me a oe his own Leal ou And thinks the wo! larger. He wi Ge ae nature's baseness and deceit ead ‘seem Ditter to his taste. ‘t eaeparaia Nor think a potson underites thetr sweets Sabo Scan shai ae US oF a WHEELER. ——_____ee-__"4 * Philosophy on a Farm. “Auf a dramp cooms along unt vants to hire me out on my varm,” said old Sweitzercase, “I oxamin his clodings, more Ahan’ his banta- loons. Auf day vas batched in yrot, unt I some york haf, I him @ chop, but anf day vas batched benint on der sot down blace of his preeches, I told him I don’t no vork got at bres- ent, but he cana leetle vood sawn vor his preak- fast. Oh, I toid you, de man who hard vorks don’t vear oud his preeches pehint. You ckust put dot in your bipe und shmoke it.” LESSONS TAUGHT BY MONUMENTS. ‘The National Worth of "lemorials of the Dead—The Sentiments they Incul- cate—Monuments as illustrations of History. The Washington national monument is a pro- Jeet which finds its history in the annals of the American Congress and before the citizens of the Union. All monuments are a part of bis- tory. AS every monument erected toa great man, or in memory of a great event, illustrates something in history, the monument to Wash- Ington will form a conspicuous reterence on the pages of the future history of our country. The lessons imparted to posterity by the im- pressive silence of the tombs, the monumental columns and temples of the’ past, will be en- nobled and speak yet more forcibly in the com- pleted Washington monument. When Alexander, in his invasion of the Per- sian country, approached the tomb of Cyrus and found it broken open, he put the author of the sacrilege (Polymachus) to death, although he was a person of considerable distinction. The epitaph on the tomb of Cyrus was this: “O man, whoever thou art, and whensoever thoucomest, (forcomeI know thou wilt,) Iam Cyrus, the founder of the Persian empire; env} me not the little earth that covers my body. And when Alexander had read it he was much affected, and ordered the words to be in- scribed in Greek so that the Macedonians might derive from it the same‘lesson which had moved him, which was: “The ‘uncertainty and vicissi- tude of things” in this world. So was Alexander's heart softened towards the Persians by this illustration of their national character, that he was even inclined towards them, and soon thereafter took the daughter of Darius for bis wife, and encouraged his officers to sue for the hands of the Persian maidens, which was very generally done; and such was the extent of his enthusiasm that he gave an enter- tainment at Susa in honor of the nuptials of those Macedonians who had previously married in Persia, to which many thousand sat down, to each of whom he presented a golden cup, be- sides paying all his debts. He aiso subsequently chose Persians among his guards and officers, and made them AS TIS OWN PEOPLE. Such was the effect of the evidences of pa- triotic sensibility among the Persians upon Alexander. And itis ever true that those who havé attained to exalted positions in lite feel a certain pride—almost a personal one—in ob- serving with what distinction the people have consigned to the earth such as themselves, and, their vanity being flattered by the spectacle, they are moved to acts of grace and magna- nimity toward those who have thus shown their fidelity to greatness. And from this incident in the career of a conqueror the conclusion may be drawn that posterity has been frequently benefited and nations preserved from the simple circumstance that the renowned among thelr ancestors received appropriate sepulture, or memorial of their worth, which, rising in the path of the invader, caused his respect for the dead to overcome his hostility to the living. The experience, also, forces the conviction upon the judgment that it 1s wisdom in a nationto erect such monuments to the memory of its eminent dead, and to mark the leading events of its history as shall, in the era ot decay and disintegration which ultimately comes to all human organizations, repress the violence of the foe, and perhaps command his favor and friendship by silent appeals to his consciousness and manhood. Greece, in her palmiest days, when the arts had attained their highest pertec- tion, called upon the genius of her sons to breathe life into the Marble of Hymettus, Paros and Pentilicus, and her Phidias, Praxiteles and Alcamenes, reared to Theseus and Minerva, her greatest benefactors, the most splendid of her temples—monuments at once of her genius, taste and gratitude. Rome, too, has shown her grateful affection and taste in the erection of monuments to her noblest and most distin- tinguished citizens. THE COLUMN OF TRAJAN, though no longer towering in its pride, has served not only to hand down hisname to poster- ity, but to manifest the feelings which lead to its elevation, and to show the taste of the age in which it was built. “Monuments,” it is said, “however secular, have a sacredness about them,and are twice consecrated to personal worth and to national gratitude.” They are the de- velopments of the love, respect and veneration of the fiving for those who have passed away forever from the stage of life, and serve to recall the cherished memory of their virtues and their ereatne: Even in the saddest ages of the world this feeling is manifested, The ancient Prygians, Trojans, and Celts, and the more mod- ern aborigines of this country did not heap up their massive tumuli to give perpetuity alone to the memory of thelr heroes, but to show what they felt for their loss and how they esteemed their virtues and respected their character. The patriotism and veneration shown by Poland for her illustrious son and chief, Kosci- usco, in the partial discharge of her indebted- ness for his distinguished services, is ot no less moment. The monument erected to this noble Pole is a mound ot 2 eet in diameter and 300 feet in height, and is said to be THE LARGEST EVER FORMED by human hands. At this mound young and old, senators and artisans, nobles and peasants, even the magistrates of the realm, and the most delicate females, labored with their own hands. The expense was defrayed by contribu- tions, not only of the most considerable families of Poland, but also of peasants, artisans and private soldiers. Count Arthur Potocki alone gave 10.000 guilders, ‘The Pharaohs reared the pyramids as tokens ofa people's slavery and of their own uncurbed and kingly power. Yet have they endured the siege of time commanding admiration for the genius of their builders and as criterions te make the progress of the human race in the sciences and the art therein displayed. The monuments of Babylon and Nineveh, now only ruins, covered by heaps, “where very deso- lation dwells,” w s true, but the signs ot ¢ and imperial pride, now serving to the beholder how transitory are the lis foot presses the soil, and their fuscriptions reach his soul,like voices from the faraway tombs of his own dead, or from the lofty summits of the national watehtowers at home. They are at such times, wherever found and by whomsoever met, eloquent apesties of merey and ministers of peace; more persuasive than i 3, touching by their dumb w¥ter- ances, the hearts of tyrants and teaching them in the name of a common humanity. the rear guards of civilization— imposing witnesses of the fail of gov- ernments and ofthe overthrow of nations—stand- ing on the outposts of time, solemnly protesting against the advance of the destroyer. Melan- choly sentinels in the midst of anarchy and denationalism, their sacred presence rebukes the wantonnesss which ~ assails and the weakness which surrenders. In the name of the mighty memories of years, in the name of all that is holy in the past, they invoke what of good remains among men in times of turbulence, and directs its energies in the cause of justice, order and duration. So long as the arts, the urns, and the utter- ances of antiquity exert acharm over civilized men, they will protect a fallen people against the violence of such an enemy; and so long as objects, majestic and mysterious, retain their marvelous power oyer the superstition of un- tutored minds, their presence will lend an et- fective aid in the protection of a defenseless community against the cruelty of the savage. For, while to him the letters of the epitaph or inscription are but unmeaning characters, he well understands the universal laaguage of the structure itself, and regards it with awe, fear- ing the head which reared it as his master. Thus taught, he acts instinctively with a prudent es- timate ot the skill and power equal to consum- mations so wonderful. But these public LANDMARKS OF NATIONS are in another way potent in the councils of peace. They are in themselves noble examples of the arts of peace, and their lesson is the in- culcation of those arts. They discourage war and strife, by imbuing the hearts of the people with wise and liberal sentiments, which are in stilled from childhood by recitais of their glo- ries In nursery and school-room. The very ung affection with which they are regarded by the Inthe f Peo ple prompts to every effort to avert war and promote peace; for, however reluctant contend- ing armies may be to destroy the noted piles and monuments of a country which art and patriotism have reared, the apprehensions of the public cause solicitude for their safety; and, indeed, they generally suffer much from the conflict, Hence it is that old and highly culti- vated nations hesitate long and solemnly weigh the chances of the campaign before they decide upon it, fearing the destruction of venerated objects within their borders in case it goes against them. inst 5 Again, a nation gains an immediate benefit from the erection of great works of art to per- petuate the name and fame of her heroes, by the inspirations of patriotism among her le, which the very act of construction agete on: tributions toward the object awaken the gen- erous natures of the masses and refine the pop- ular sentiments ofa country. There is no truer maxim 10 morais than that acts make good hearts. And tyho does not know from personal Lag feet how a good deed reacts upon the individual doer, and prompts to a continuance of similar effort? And who, therefore, does not believe that nations are improved and elevated in the mass by united ex: oe perpetuating thelr own gl Of all the silent witnesses grandest and prou lons in the cause of | tl judges scattered over the {ho'teet of soclet 3 possibly, ~ “4 A pense cea ee ee may be Wasi monument will ever remain considered to make up rue dest. Lovin, natural hair trom the face, THE LD HUMPHREYS: Wit! the Byucde of Me Washington in Enalasd of “Eoplang’ Without and Within” etc. "Horton: Houghton Mittin & ‘Washington: Win. Ballan- The motive of this story seems to be similar to that of ‘Lady Barberina,” which has lately Deen running in The Century, although the author says the first seven chapters were printed before the appearance of that serial. The idea pervading both stories seems to be that an Eng- lish woman cannot m: an American and come to this country to live; and the thought likely to suggest itseif to the mind of the reader is whether the subject is worth the atten- tion given to ft. Mr. White is rather snobbish at times, in making out his case, and he finds a good deal of fault fora who must have some shortcomings himseif; but he tells a great many home truths, that ought to be told. The author, however, appears to have some doubts ‘on that point, since he adds to the story a close- ly-printed seventy-five page “apology” for bay- ing written it. AMONG THE CHOSEN. American Novel Series—No. 5. New York: Henry Holt & 00. This is an earnestly written story, with some tender touches, portraying an effort, made with rather disagreeable surroundings, to live what was regarded by its participants as a higher | life, by putting aside the ties, affections, and responsibilities which hold human society to- gether. The locality of the experiment ts not given, nor is that material to the purpose in view. Asmay be supposed, and as ought to be the case, whether in romance or real life, the project came to naught, and the pretty heroine of the tale is happily married. TINKLING CYMBALS. A Novel By Epoan Faw- ‘CETT, author of “A Gentleman of Leisure,” &c. Bos- ton: "J. K Osgood & Co, Washington’ Brentano Mr. Fawcett is a very clever delineator of people and character, and his choice of New York and Newport as the scene for his latest novel gives him a fine ppportaniey for the dis- play of his powers in that line. The plot is not new, nor strong, but the style is crisp apd breezy, and the manner in which the silly pre- tensions of our would-be aristocracy is shown up gives it a flavor that must be rather taking with the general reader. MISS LUDINGTON'SSISTER. A Romanceof Immor- ality. By Fp iy. By Ewan Beryasty.suthvro! “Dr. Hel hoff's Process.” ete. Bor K. Osgood & Co. him ss oneof the foremost young American novelists, of the higher class; and his latest | effort seems to fully justify the expectations that have been entertained in regard to his ability. strange fancies, but the author erred, as that consummate artist would not haye done, in not allowing the mystery to remain a mystery. THE TRIPLE E. | By Mra 8 R Gnauaa Cranx. Bos- ton: b, Lothrop & Co, In the writer of this story will be recognized the author of the “Yensie Walton” books, which fact indicates its character as religious in tone, attractive in style, and conveying a moral. The poverty and trials of the two young girls were sore, but they lived through them, pure and un- spotted, and the end, it hardly needs to be said, is as it ought to be—though why both sisters should have a lame lover must be a mystery known only to the author. THE BABY'S GRANDMOTHER. A Novel. By L. B. WALFORD, author of “Troublesome Daughters,” etc. (Leisure Hour Series: 168.) New York: Henry Holt & Co, The fact that this story was published in Blaclavood is pretty good evidence that it is worth reading. Its characters are natural and interesting, and the style throughout is clever and entertaining. THE MISTRESS OF IPICHSTEIN. By FR HENKEL. Translated from the German, by 8. E. New York: Henry Holt & Co, Wasling- ton: Brentano Brothers, No. 25 of the “Leisure Moment Series,” and a sprightly story of German life, with rather more humor and action than usually characterise the romances of that country. LETTER FROM SARATOGA. Who Are There, and What They Are Doing. Special Correspondence of Tax EvExrxe Stam Samatooa, August 14, 1834. THE CROWD INCREASING. The meeting of the Bankers’ Association here this week, in addition to the permanent attrac- tions of the place, has assembled a large crowd, and many notable persons, and the hotel pariors, Plazzas, and even the ball-rooms, recall the most | brilliant spectactes ot which they have been the scenes in the past. ENTERTAINMENTS. More and more each year Is cottage life enjoyed at Saratoga, and as the number of those who keep house here increases, the number of private entertainments grows also. None given this year have been very elaborate, but they | have all been the more agreeable on that account, Last Saturday evening again there were two much-crowded hops, one at the Grand Unio and one atthe United States hotel, That the Grand Union hotel espectally was a most unqualified success. There were not only ine numerabie very elegant toilets seen, but many dancers ~aiso, and a most distinguished com- pany. Since most of the ladies who purposed going to the hop dressed before supper, the dining room during that meal and the jange drawing room,atterwards, were resplendent with laces, satins,velyets and diamonds, worn to com- ply with the full dress reguiation, which ex- clades ail not in evening toilets from the ball room. The best place to see these toilets, how- ever, was in the parlor, as most of those wear- ing them kept their seats while tn the ball Toom and all could not sit in the front rooms. Mrs. MacArthur, of Washington, wore very fine black Brusselis lace over cherry satin. She wore diamonds that night, but sometimes wears anecklace brooch and bracelets of large ame- thysts in antique setting. Mrs. Warner Miller wore pale blue silk, embroidered in white. Mra. James Wadsworth, wife of Representative Wads- worth, wore a white China crape, trimmed with Turkish embroidery. One of the prettiest girls | present was @ young school girl, Miss Ida | Smith, of New York, who is here with General and Mrs. Thomas Crittenden, both of whom are so well known in Washington. PERSONAL MENTION. On Saturday Senator, Mrs. and Miss Miller, of | California, left here to visit Lake George, the | White Mountains and Newport. This is Miss Dora Miller's first visit tothe summer resorts | en the Atlantic coast. Hitherto she has passed | her summers in Calitornia or Europe. The tour It reminds one ofsome of Hawthorne's | 0% In progress Is taken solely for the pleasure ot the young lady, and is rather hurried, as her | tather ‘must return to California in September, where he will engage In the republican cam- paign. Mrs. and Miss Miller will accompany him to the Pacific coast. Before coming to Saratoga they spent ten deys at Long Branch, where they were entertained by Gen. and Mrs. Grant, and saw Mrs. Sartoris before she and her children sailed for Furope. Mrs. Sartoris went at the oft-repeated request of her husband's father, who 1s devoted to her. It was something of a coincidence that both | the United State Senators named Miller, with their wives, should have arrived at the same | hotel at Saratoga, within a few hours of each | other, and have left near about the same time, for, although Senator Warner Miller and his wite have often been here, Senator Miller, of California, and his wife have not been at Sara- toga since soon after their marri When the two couples left, each went in different diree- | tions. Senator and Mrs. Miller, ot New York, | hastened their departure so as to meet Senator and Mrs. Logan at their home at Herkimer. Before leaving here Senator Miller, of California, made a pilgrimage to Ballston, at whose college he was graduated. Col. Walter Evans, the commissioner of inter- nal revenue, who was here tor a week with his wite and daugnter, went last week to visit Lak George, and returned here this week. Col. and Mrs. McCauley left here on Thursday for Washington. Admiral Rhind and his wife have a cottage on The latest addition to the Blaine and Logan ; the road to the Geyser spring. literature that has reached our table is a portly and well written biography of the two republi- can candidates, by Messrs. H. J. Ramsdell and Ben: Perley Poore, respectivi gentlemen are known here as graphic and forci- Both these | Admiral and Mrs. Mullaney are here. EX-Gov. Hauillton, of Maryland, i also bere | with his wife, Among others well known in Washington who have been here this week are ex-Secretary Me- Culloch, ex-Controller Knox, Mr. John Flagg, ble writers, and, with the exceptional oppor-| formerly legislative clerk of the Senate, and Kev. tunities they had for procuring material, it would have been strange indeed if they ha failed to produce a readable and reliable bo In addition to the biographies proper there good deal of useful political information that will be of value to the reader long after the election is over. The fourth number of D. Lothrop & Co's | her toes, “Young Folks Library"isacharmingstory by Ella | wherey Farman, editor of ‘Wide-Awake,” entitled “Mrs. Hurd’s Niece: Six Months of a Girl's Dr. Newman. J. A. Dumbert and wife, A. A. Wilson and | wife, Miss M. Wilson, A. L. May, 8. M. Leach are here from Washington. MUSICAL DRESSES. Tho old nursery rhyme which described @ woman “with rings on her Angers and bells on »” adding that “she shall have music er she goes,” is now outdone by the Sar- atoga belle, who wears Motes. in her raffles, Lite.” Like all her stories, it is pure, elevat- | bugles in her dress trimmings, and an “accor- ing and worth reading. Other Publications Received. THE HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY, © Party fine and a Political Oneanigation. | By Joxa- aHax Noxcnoss, author of “Ihe Conflict of Labor Putnam's Sons, and Capital," etc. New York: GP. Washingt on: Robert Veall. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Its Political History | between half-past six and half-past nine id an uence. By J. Hanis Patron. M. A. aut cise mtory of Robert Beall. . tion of Republican Camp tional Sonn, Songs, tothe Pop- ‘ular Mek ‘8 Branard's Sons. THE, SONS OF MONTE-CRISTO; “Thi Wife of Monte-Cristo,” and end of the Continuation. to Alexander Dumas’ ‘celebrated novel. “The Count of Monte-Criste.” Philadelphia: T. B, Peterson & Froth rs, THE COUNTESS OF MONTE-CRISTO, Being the ion to Alexander Dumas’ celebrated hovel, Count of Monte-Cristo.”” Philaddplua: 2. BL aon & Brothers. TELL THE AGE OF A HORSE; witha By Prof. J. M. Heaxp. on, HOW HE RYACHED THE WHITE HOUSE: Or A Fanows Vicrory. New York: Jolin W. Lovell Gom- pany. His Hetirement Amid the Rural De- lights of His Home, Senator Edmunds seems to be out of politics, says a letter to the Philadelphia Times. In fact, almost every one does in this country. He lives here very quietly, and even his neighbors do not see much of him. The loss of his daughter seems to have weighed very heavily upon him, and he is even more secluded than usual. I find that this singular man is almost as much of an enigma to his neighbors as to strangers. In all his long public life very few men moving in the same circle have got very near to him. It is so here. He seems to have made his way from the start by the force of his intellectual gifts. He seems to be a kind of mystery to people at home, as well as in the broad sphere of national life he has filled. It would not be fair to say that he was exclusive and lacked warm friends, for his fellow-citizens are proud of him; not so much, however, because they know him well and aré wedded to genial habit8 and impulsive traits of character, but because “Edmunds is a great man,” and they speak of the fact as the only contrelling cause for their admiration. All peo- ple here know him well from that standard, but deon” skirt. This is a solemn fact. Those fashion writers who dwell upon “symphonies in color” should point out the harmony in the above. HOW TIME 18 KILLED. The crowds at leading springs every morning are now very large. I amreliabiy informed that a. m., mis PATTON, M- apnteat daily, nearly four thousand persons go to each of them. Mount McGregor attracts a majority of the visitors to Saratoga, who at least once during | their stay take a trip thither on the charmi little railroad cars, which, several times day, climb to Its summit and returns. It takes forty minutes to ascend, on account of the heavy grade, and the necessity for great care in ran- hing the trains. Seven hundred more persons went up there in July, 1884, than in the same month last year. THE REIGNING Qu 2 Every day ladies go to call on her majesty of the turt—Mand S. Mr. Vanderbilt has five other horses in the same stable, three of them being carriage horses and the others his fast team, Aldine and Early Rose. The stable is a very plain one, but scrupulously clean. The stall in which Maud 8. was standing when I called had a window opposite the gate of en- trance, and the partitions on each side, between hers and the adjoining stalls, were covered with blankets. She had on her neglige (so to speak)— | Acover of white linen goods, blocked off with blue lines and trimmed with blue. I suppose | that color was chosen, as she may be considered |@ blonde among horses having “nair of the | shade that Titian loved to paint”—sorrel. She | Was nosing around amid the straw on the floor | of her siall, just like any common horse might do, and seemed to be looking for something— perhaps her diamond earrings. Why should she not have diamonds to wear against the part of her bridle nearest her ears. It would cost no more. possibly, though the money would be ex- pended in a diffepent way than Caligula spent on his horse, Incitatus, and I suppose Mr. Van- derbilt must be richer than that old Roman em- Peror was, and surely Incitatus could not com- | pare with the great Maud S. Miss Grunpy. i = |“am, THERED “STAY THERET The Latest Bit of Nonsensical Slang Now Heard on Every Side. From the Philadelphia Preas. “Ah, there!” saida young manattired ing only a few know him as youknow yourneighbor | Pair of trowsers tight-fitting at the knoes and or your friend. Those who do speak highly ot very loose at the lower extremities, an exceed- his social turn, which just now is covered with | jngly short coat anda narrow brimmed hat, as the shadow of a great affliction. Therefore, Mr. Edmunds will not be heard from in this contest. It is even rumored here that he ts tiring of of- ficial position and may conclude to leave it. He he passed another youth similarly clad, at the corner of 8th and South streets last evening, ‘Stay there!” lacontcally observed the per- has ample meaus for the future as well asthe | Son addressed, and then both men laughed present, although he is not counted a rich man as the world goes. What a different impression one gets ofa man from those who have known of his private life than ean be gathered in the world where politics is king. The great Senator of whom I am writing lives, and seems to have always lived, a plain, simple existence, even when surrounded with the glamor of official nae an unassuming Yankee at the national capi- ——____-._______ Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Mus- taches. From Notes and Queries. Among English Judges and barristers there has always been a strong prejifdice against wearing hair on the face, and until within the last few years it would have been impossible to find a barrister with a mustache, and, I believe, no English Judge for some centuries hasadopted hirsute appendage. No doubt this custom is a survival of the days when ‘‘the | ele all shaven and shorn” was the principal \wyer. We know the coif of the sergeante-at- law was designed to hide the tonsure. As an illustration of the judicial dislike to mustaches, observations, the following tio Which heard atthe sussex assizes about or seven years since, when they were held at Brighton, may be of in- terest. ‘Lora Chief Justice ‘burn said to a witness: “Wi in having a mustache I cannot hear distinctly w! yousay. I don’t mean to say cut it off, if you think it an me from hearing you, and you must, fore, more loudly.” ' It is ‘somewhat singular the use of the wig is now confined to the and the bar, having been mengp ogg 5 therefore, the heartily. “What does that mean?” asked a Press re- porter of a policeman who was standing on the corner. “That's the latest slang, but biest if I know the removal of the | town?” what it means,” responded the officer. “I haven't heard anything else for the past two weeks and it makes me sick. The girls are worse than the men, for they havea regular string of it. Just stand here for a few minutes and you'll get on to it.” At this point a youth, who might have been brother of the other two men, Judging from the similarity of his costume, came alongand passed @ young girl attired in all the splendor of a red Jersey, x white dress and a pink bonnet with green ribbons. “Ah, there, darling™ said the boy. “Stay there, and when I want a monkey Tl call there,” responded the girl in a shrill voice, endi in a shriek of laughter. the di , that’s 'd give us orders to collar anybody we'd have every station-house in the city filed with toughs in three hours. So long,” and he moved away, gripping his club savagely. —__—_++. Mis Vacadon, From the Graphic. : Gimlet.—~-Hello, old man, I haven't seen you. in a month of Sundays.” Auger.—' m— : Gimlet. nd you are looking 80 well, toa,,, Never saw you better.” Auger. on, : Gimlet.—“Your face has # good health bed but your nose is badly burned. Doce ‘out at Auger. but my wife has,” CS ee Oe ee ae as