Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1884, Page 2

THE OLD MAN BENEVOLENT. CITY AND DISTRICT. ENGINEERING AND OTHER col. AFTER DINNER TALKERS, THE TICKET AGENTS’ TROUBLES, STARTING A “CORNER.” RELIGIOUS NOTES. LEGES, ——- pas —— : comes u ais Honors to be Paid the Hebrew Phi- ‘The Questions That Are Asked of Him How They Are Carried Ont on "Change ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH. A Tatk with Gen. Birney. lunthropist,, Sir Moves’ Moncefi The gee p of Table Diplomacy in a Ex. he ™ ze 2 m* CHURCHES HERE AND ELSEWHERE. ‘ — —The Store —Rev. Dr. Powers, of the Garfield Memorial A reporter of Tae Star hearing that Gen. Birney, the formergresient of the board of publie schools, had Just returned from a tour ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR THE CELEBRATION IN THIS CITY OF THE COMPLETION OF HIS CEN- TENNIAL BIRTH YEAR—A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE the New Edifice—A De- ne terior—Windows Prevented by the Parishoners—4 Brief Mistory of the Coarch—Phe Congre= There are few readers who do not have agea eral idea as to what a commercial corner ia, bu 1 many of them may not be quite clear ns to ite PUBLIC MEN NOTED 4s POST-PRANDIAL SPEECH- MAKERS—CHAUNCKY wf! DEPEW AND GENERAL HORACE PORTER, THe LRADING ORATORS OF THE The: Which He Has to Keep Always on ‘Top—Human Nature as Seen Through Ticket Window, ‘St.John’s and Hope lodges a: Friday evening ation Occ the ak Next | to the north among the larger institutions of} 4ND THE NOBLE ACTS WHICH HAVE MARKED ages — At the M litan M. E. chur Rey. Dr. | Yarious causes and effects and its Induence om s — tains the substance of the conversation. ae us rae “| i ™ corner any article of commerce it ts ‘The congrevation of St. Patrick’s church will pesos that rprempanal had visited only A The celebration of the completion of the cen-} rin@.as CONVERSATIONALISTS. on your railroad; don’t you know the are of wend en ceentirg SEmacy age tocar necessary to secure a sufficient amount of the occupy the handeome new structure which has | irctitutions: the Lehizh university, Columbia | fetlal birthday year of the distinguished Jew- z o sk B {t? On, it's a little town in Cass county! how | YON, the aitar. supply of that article to be able to dictate the Just day, October 26th. | cotiewe, Stevens’ institute and the Johns Hop- ish philanthropist, Sir Moses Montefiore, will be Tt can no longer be denied,” said a promi-| much will it cost me?” She was a fat iady with —Rey. 8, M. Hartsock, formerly of Hamline | price at which it will be sold. When the corner There will be no fi remony in taking | kins university. observed October 26th in all parts of the civil- nent official the other day, as he leaned vack in | a bundle, a parasol, and a little leather hand church, isholding a protracted meeting at Eutaw | in corn was started it seemed a bold thing te poss. of the ne | Q. Why did you select those colleges for | 2° world by communities regardiess of sect or | his office chairto talk with a Stan reporter, (bag. She laid the parasol and the bundle on | Qwure™ssholding, attempt, in view of the lange amount of corm wish of Father Walter to have | investigation? creed, as his many acts of benevolence were not | “that table diplomacy is @ growing factor in the | the counter, dove her hand into the bag and being received from the country and the gen- — Miss Louise L. Baker has been installed as ) art of next mo A. Hecause. there are more young men from | confined to such limits. ‘The Israclites of this | administration of public afatrs in this country. | looked hard at the ticket agent. = ‘or of the First Congregational church of | eral beliet that the »mount to fallowemas © peor that becould not come | Washinton at Lehigh than at any other col | elty have made arrangements for holdieg « pub. | “t mean,” he continued, “that the drift of con. | ,, it won't cost much, I, reckon, mum,” sala Ree rae — large, 1¢ was a bold thing’ to attempt pe f or the mecting of the plenary | at 8 Sistance. cents ies ie bee lic meeting tn the synagogue on 8th street San-| versation of men of note while seated around | that €en mo?” : — The tenth anniversary of Trinity German | hose who att oon Leon = am = id itimore on | paths peas Se Pig ind day afternoon, October 26th. Owing to the | the testive board bearsai potent intlueuce in|” "to Big tree (7), Oak tree (?). Tree (7). | Lutheran church Sunday school, in Baltimore, | {7.3 i - J will probably remain in | Hopkins the most advanced university system. poet Have HUE, BEOhe tach tenthoe os determining some Rnotty question or in shaping | Tree (#7). It's some kind of a tree fn Cass | was celebrated last Suniay. ALMOST UNLIMITED cAPrTat, r three Hin consequence the | I had not the to visit Cornell, which in’ many | and creeds to. join in this testimonial, aa Is the | @ Course to be pursued fa an important matter. began Ian seat Tyast Pines gn sons —Rey. J. L, Elderdice, ot Union M.P. cit- | which is the main consideration. As an {las - Tater | front rank. case in other cities. Ail the Jewish ‘congrega- | In this respect we arg following the example ot | He mNde Book! fut t just want to Know what | cuit, Md., died recently, and his son, Iter. H. L. | {ration of the nature of corners the present case } atid mo arate Steyee tee Sohne eT hentia have Set ice ee ne the European powers,among whom a state din- | j1) think of that after a while. What'l it cust to | Plderdice, a student of Yale college. has been | witt gerve aswell as any. The temptation te © and Co! appolated to take up his father's work, — Rev. 8. T. Graham, formerly pastor of the M P. church in Alexandria, has resigned the past ate ofthe Church of the Messiah at Newark, N. J., which he has filled for several years past. — The Third Universalist church (Rev. 0. 1 ner is looked upon as much more important cll. The value ofa colleze is few of the old collezes are rvard, for example; but the ten- em is to the preservation of the last generation. Many of get there?” “Do you mean to Cass county, Mo.,” asked the agent, with a good natured smile. “Of course.” “Itt cost—tet’s see, About — dollars.” “Will I have to change cars often? How long control the corn market could hy: have existed but for speculation, which guaranteed » éemand within a specified time. Owing to the Nigh price of corn during the s ors had sold short. with vi occasion promises to be one of great | t interest. The program arranged for that ocea- | ™*tter ee joe Aah Nisha Le sion embraces a viographical sketch of the “oid | the light of Its resuits. You know that Presi- man benevolent.” by Sir. Lewis Abraham, and | dent Arthur has paid more attention to the aun address by Rev. Mr. Stern. The choir of | White House dinners than any of his predeces- the Sth street congregation will farnish the 2H allof t of ad for patronage upon the sons of as the otier after. : rs,and he has so linproved their character and | will it take me? Do they stop for meals? Probe | acchonteitecs fh on of being able to buy tor delivery at a lower vs and yeive the ey ate ame | music, and Miss Agnes Barnes will render an| Sere that his enecesees cannot offend teatnes | wie Td better take a lunch? You'll take. care | A8chenfelter’s), Baltimore, will build shortly a| tice and a wood pry. ‘Cons quently any q they'gave the i a to | APPTopriate vocal selection. It was the Inten- | tim to demencrate Into mediocre affairs. They | of my baggage; I won't have any trouble with | RCW edifice in the northwest section of that city, | speculator or clique of speculators, who coul The ne tote ete Senet He to tee Sr Tone to | tlon to have the song written by Mrs, General | them t important to be trifled with. Ian readily | that, will I? Oh, but now tell me: If I start from Mae Ure ADOUE $8,000, one of the members hav- | secure a controlling interest in the supply could between F und G streets northwvest,isone of the | tion. The valne of acollege ies in ample re. | Haeock and dedicated to Sir Moses Montifiore | Sgerstand this table diplomacy. ‘The busy | here at ten o'clock in the morning what time | !B¥ offered to advance force these short sellers to buy any price they rendered on this occasion, but copies could not , eurees Spacey. Aut : : ; : Will T get there—or say if T start at eleven—or | _— Over $88,000 has been raised for the Baltt- | chose to dix. But for the yast ammount of aspects Lenses tinomeedly Shans ae ceusre thataueh trethoade and ousted 140-)| be procured in time. Tn addition to this meet- COUN aene Cal Ge eae ee Wouldicbe bette eiattabuignie’ Wher cine |imoreSl W. ouurenance seminary fund. Of this | lation in grain the successful operation of ® zost of tt ated at : | so literal that each Student tan Gea ke thems | i thie Adaxilernel congreration’ at thelr usual | Vern ina mune, and the way to a/man's) Beart | would it ue best t Inch ibaity $85:000 Gouion freer ene antares ox | SORNEC WORE De smack onorbalmenle aud Gaaiton Z The exter of gothic design, + framing fer bis, Work Rie ay mathe & | Frday evening service in their synagoiue on | Ding thro haturally in an agreeable frame of| “Yes, I guess so,” replied the agent very | the conference. Throuzh the distribution of | Of Accomplishment, as the holders of the article granite ai n itscon- | wea ty teen with fie seg Sth street, will hold appropriate memorial ser-| ing. Important’ matters are apt to be dis-| earnestly. the centennial medals to the children $10,000 | Would have only the consumption demand te stracti ture is| Dr. Laniberton, who was a distin. | Ce cussed socially, and the expression ofan opinion | __ “Well, T guess I will if'you think that’s best. | has been raised. depend on. se saad Gai The he taine | lawyer and is a judicious manager. In Aen en Eee from 8 strong mind” in the gulse of It’s too bad I can't remember the name or that | __pishop Nicholson, of the Reformed Eplaco- THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT naps ster yper: ere cept ae the Ente stile number of students has inereased | |. The man whose noble and usefal life has been | pleasantry, may be all__powerlul. in| place! Good morning; I'm much obliged. You pal church, has called the clergy and laity of | &™4 termination of « corner requires the utmost ceadthiof the bo 20. It has an endowment so | the admiration of humanitarians, the world | settling a knotty question. An argument made| are sure they make connections?” and she SSccaTih line paras con tenis end aciine caution and finesse on the part of its operators, her band-bag with a enap, smiled and frisked out of the office with the’ air of one who had traveled and knew all about it. “Tickets to New York, did you saz?” asked the agent of the next customer, a consumptive- looking individual. “Do you want a sleepec?” “Yes, if the sheets arn't damp,” replied the customer. “You are sure the sheets won't be damp. T took a berth on a steamboat one time the synod of New York and Philadelphia to meet in the Second R. E. church, of Philadel- | 1" Its earlier stages the fact of its existence phia, on the 28th inst. to consider the subject of | ™USt Not be suspected by the generality of founding a theological seminary. - | speculators, and especially by the short. As Assistant Bishop Randolph, of Virginia, has | quietly as possible the article tobe cornered arranged for visiting the Episcopal churclies of | must be gathered in through so many channels Prince William county as follows: St. James’, | that no one will know that it Is not purchased Brentsville, Nov. 29th, 11 a.m.: Trinity, Manas. | ®Y 8 hundred speculators in the secret. This is Oe 30th TL | done by empio number of brokers, © pay liberal salaries, Ina will be the richest college in es, Unless some other million- Packers. Its present wment is about three millions and, at the ifthe widow of Juc socially ts much more apt to be presented and received initstrue light than if crowded inamong innumerable button-holing subjects of a busy day. Good talkers haye generally seen a good deal of the world, and from their social inter- course have learned the yalue of saying the right thing at the richt time. After-dinner talking or speech-making has grown to be such an art that he who can get up when called upon and make a happy little speech is really as in- over was born in Leghorn, October 24th, 1784. The Montetiores were of Italian descent and made their first appearance in England, it is ted, not long after Marasseh-ben-Israel’s elo- quent intercession with Cromwell procured the re-admission of the Jews. From this period also, the Jews date England’s commercial pros- perity, on the round that, being then shut arbi- trarily from arts.agriculttre and all protessions, exceptio: chareh, ne ree ard. It pays liberal ets picked men. a to students, demanding to professors and | | who reuts for as 4 ° except good’ morals and | they concentrated upon ald became prosperous | fuential as he who can orate. by the hour from | ald the sheets were damp. Til find the sleeper | a. £30 pn. ferent Pine ona ens Its demands | proficients in trade. Later. when the debarred a platform or upon the floor of some lezisiative | on thetrain? Allright.” —Rev. Dr. A. H. Ames, of the Baltimore con- | to ctsprc tion of aff nd if ts: professions were thrown open. they won suc-| chamber. ‘There are two kinds of after-dinner | “How do you manaze2?” asked Tye Star | ference of the M-E. church, has been transferred | the corner is not well matured. its operators cesses in law, learning, art and statesmanship i-making. One, which is always appre-| man when he found the agent a few moments and members of the Montefiore family distin- guished themselves in science and literature, as Well as in commerce. Moses Monteflore received commercial train- ing, and was admitted to membership in the Stock Exchange. In 1812 he married Judith, daughter of L. B. Cohen, esq., and the sister of Judith united the Montefiore and Rothschild families by beeoming the wife ot Nathan Meyer Rothschild. In 1814Sir Moses was elected gabay, or treasurer, of the Portnguese synagogue, and in 1824 assisted in founding the Alliance Insur- ance office, ot which he was vlected the first president, which position he has held to the present time—a period of about sixty years. THE PERSECUTED JEWS. With the aid and sympathy of his wife Sir Moses Montefiore devoted himself to philan- thropy, the condition of the Jews in the Holy Landespecially appealing to bis large hearted to the Upper Iowa conference and stationed at Dubuque. Dr. Ames has served here as pastor at Wesley and McKendree. Rev. George tt, of the Iowa conterence, has been transferred to the Baltimore conference, and will be sent to Union Square. —Arehbishop Gibbons on Sunday last dedi- cated a Catholic church in Baltimore, of which Rev. 0. B. Corrigan is pastor. The Archbishop was assisted by VicarGeneral Edward McColgan and Father Leeson, of St. Francis Xavier's | church. The church is two stories high, with pressed brick and granite ornamental ‘trim- mings, 40x80 feet. — The Fayette street M. E. church, Baltimore, began its semi-centennial celebration Sunday. The interior of the church was beautifully deco- rated in blue and white, and the entire chancel was covered with palms and potted plants. The must boldly pay whate make the shorts vprice they must to position secure. By this time the © become THOROUGHLY FRIGHTENED, and attempt to purchase the amounts necessary to fill their contracts. But there ts none of the | article for sate, and every time they ask tor it the price goes up a notch or two. They grow frantic, and, fearful of great loss should they de- lay much longer, bid wildly for the article, which steadily increases in value, though hardly a trade istade. The small shortsare soon dis posed of. They have managed to fill their con- tracts, at @ great sacrifice, and are out of the deal. Butthe game now left for corner to y catch is more obstinate, and it 1+ only by estab- lishing fabulous values, like 80 cents a bushel tor corn, for instance, that it can compel rich and powerful speculators to sucenmb to it. ciated, but which is rather of a light character, is the relating ina happy manner an anecdote which forcibly illustrates the ideas of the speaker, or which is just suited to the occasion; the other consists in treating of the subject at hand in an easy but masterly manner, intro- ducing incidents or reminiscences which are of ular interest to those present. Humor lay a strong part init, aud are always later in the back office wiping the perspiration from his brow. “You mean the people?” “Yea!” “Get used to it.” “How can you answer all their questions ?” urged the seribe. “Easily enough. They all ask about the game thing. That is all those who don't travel much. Those who are good travelers don’t as much. Why I couid generally answer t questions before they ask them. J know just what they're going to ask. That is, the averaze ofthem. But it’s a curious thing to be in a ticket office. You have got to know everything. Every imaginable question is put to you, and you've got to know the name of every little town along the whole system of railroads, or what's the best way to get to it if it’s off the road. You have got to know just what connec- oma means all it says. The so0f16 Washinztonians are on the cata- The qualiications for admission are graduaily ri ext year the appli- ined in physics. The course in and Greek isas thorough asin any in the country, but the principal courses ch braneh of engi electrical and mechani- laboratory cost about a spaces alo: windows Bertie Who is the best after dinner talker you ever heard "asked Tue Star reporter, who wasan in- terested listener. “Well, I don't believe that Chauncey M. De- pew. of New York, has a superior or even an equal in thatline. “Then I guess Gen, Horace Porter, the vice president of the Pullman car company. who used to be In the army, comes next. The styles of the two men are So differ- ent that the, owht hardly be compared. De- | quarter of a million. Q. Is Lehigh any better as an enzineering J. Cunn nz- | School than the Troy Rensselaer Institute? .D. de Wult, | |. Twenty y 4: it was probably the But it cannot compete gely endowed institutions. It has but t embracer all the different The sanctuary, carved whi colored wind ; : A ' : vhat time it reaches : # : ¢| The corner is the natural e1 of the short neering, and it is of necessity pew has an inexhaustible fand of humor. When | tions each trata makes, and w a morning sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. W. he sho Mare F Lehizh requires five years for ite | liberality. In 1837, when Syria after being | Pevine te reply to a toast. or to some remarks | €ach place along the road. Oh! {uere's no end |, Edwards, and the evening sermon by Rev. | Seller, and has a demoralizing effect on specu- ana ¢ course alone, ad four ‘for each of | Visited by earthquakes, was ravaged by mseus which have just been made, his brilliant ey Cae you have to know to be a ticket) pr AR Naylor. lation generally. And it is more of an inconve- wre] epresenti Comell, five for its civil engi-| Sir Moses and his devoted wife at once jeft | speak almost as eloquently as his voice. He | gent. " — Rev. A.W. Light Beer ies tie cena Gia oe Baints ma Aiea hael alone: and the Stevens teaches | England and overcoming many difficulties en- | takes his audience by storm and they are ‘con, | “How can you remember it all? ntburne recently resigned | ducer, for the reason that It affecta the former M nothing but mechan'cal engineering and requires four years of close study for t Unless the s, | Troy school can get an endowment it will have » | to live on its past camped on the Mount of Olives, where the work of reliefand tender ministrations was at once begun. On his return to London he was elected sheriff of London and Middlesex, and in this “By constant practice we get a general knowl- edge, and we have maps and books of reference to help us out. But some folks want to go to places that are not on the maps or any where the pastorate of the M.E. church at Easton, Md.. and surrendered his parchment asa minis- | action of middlemen, wh: ter on the charze of attending acircus. He fs | capriciousness of such’ a mar a son of Rey. J. H. Ligitburne, formerly of the | pletely overwhelmed with a pyrotect of wit, repartee, rhetoric! and happy compari- sons, He never hesitates, and does not grad- uaily entice his hearers to the climax, but one class instant ¢ display . While the jatter, subject to the splay aware of the . are obliged to protect themselves by establishing a wide : sh Canacity was knighted by the queen on the oc- | briltiaut remark follows atiother In such quick | @lse that we know of. Then we have to send | pultimore conference, and although quite | tarzia, which leaves the producer but little time tite | at with Columt casion of her first visit to the city. In 1840 | succession, and $0 exquisitely phrased, es thers tothe Post Office to fiad out where the Ryung man, had’ made a good record at mine | ezedted, her ¢ eitto| A. The School of Mines in Coiumbia college | Friar Thomas, a Roman Catholic priest at Da-| completely captivate them, so that when he | Place Is. By ister. : ‘ : tavern ise gece re best, a8 it is the oldest. Most parents | mascus, and his servant mysterivusly disap-| concludes, everybody wishes he bat just| You mere some ie peoples r —The new Fuller Memorial Baptist church, HAND-SHAK BED. St. Mary's chapel rep- | very you! into a larce | peared. and. the assertion being made by the] commenced. Porter is but little less effective. T should say so; and they can ask more ques- in Baltimore, was dedicated Sunday. Rev. J. Henry Brittain preached the dedicatory sermon, and Rev. F. Wilson made the dedicatory prayer. In the afternoon a mass-meeting was held under the auspices of the Baltimore Baptist Church Extension society. The building cost, with its | furniture, about 18,000. — Thesemi-centenary of Melville M. E. church, uate course at | How Character is Portrayed by a Very Lerd of the Foolish Secial Cast Paris Letter to London Truth. This “thought-reading” (as the term ts in- verted, I suppose I must use it) is not a new thing. It was, you may depend upon it, the origin of our hand-shaking custom. I am ex- tremely sensitive to the state or degree of feel- ing betrayed in a hand-shake, and the manner inwhich I am Impressed greatly affects my but a post-« mining ts s but one th! enemies of the Jews that they had been killed by the Jews in order to use their blood in mix- over cakes, a bloody and barbarous per- was begnn. A meeting washeld in Lon- £2,400 of which Sir Moses Montetlore. He volun- rred to go in person and by his mediation ith the pasha of Egypt the imprisoned Jews i sand the safe retarn of all fusitive atisiied with the suc- | r Moses went to Constanti- ople where he induced tie sultan to grant. to | the Jews equal rights with other people on | ‘Turkish soil. On his return he recelved | NUMEROUS TESTIMONIALS from both Jews and Christians in Enelar the queen showed her pleasure by granting to tions in ten minutes than you could think of if you lay awake all night.” “Women, suppose; ah?” said the scribe. “Well, ‘women—some women—are | bad Hale He is tall and slender, and when he rises his ex- pression is always solemh, giving him a very Ministerial appearanee. He is very witty, but he never cracks a simile, while those about him are conyulsed at his wittitisms. His method is | C2ouzh, but there are men who tiene to work gradually up to the point, differing in | meanest people we have to deal witt acti cab this respect from Depew. two zentlemen | Who eouldanswer their own questions better are brought out oh every festival i OE SAAN GleiLisins GuMicomie ie Tiere z sorts of questions about some little out of the Bnd Chey never aT Ceara gett other ities, | vay station, which they are perfectly famisiar | 8 Elkridge, Ma., and the ffty-seventh anniver- “Who is the best talker among the army | With, and after we have answered thein the best | sary of the Sunday school were celebrated Sun- officers 2” asked Tae Stat man. he can, they wink one exe two or three times, | day. The church was dedicated September 14, Judgment of character. Frankness, shyness “Oh, I suess General Sherman is, without | 88 Much as to say. ‘now I've canght you.’ and | 1:34, by Rev. David Steele, Rev. Mr. Tilliard and | 84 penGesige wil. ric Veiudat doubt. He has a wonderful faculty for remem- | $9 00 to tell us that itatn’tso,and so, but thus.’ v. Isaac P. Cook participating. The sermon | Crdiality, weakness of will, richness of temper- beriag things, and his reminiscences always tell, ie oe Sunday was by Rev. J. H. Brown, whoenteredthe | ament, decision, antipathy, Jealousy, deceit, are }and they are brought out when particularly Street Car Evils. conference in 1829. revealed unconscicusly in shaking bands. Irish To the Editor of Tux Evexro Stan: —St. John’s Catholic church, Gordonsyille, Q A. In some in attracted me | tory and poli | with Cornell anid it yes. Whal arly Was its course In his: nics In this it is abreast vs close upon Johns Hop: drawing to itselt large numbe Cars Altars will be cess of this ve you to say about the Johns sity 2 ays In exam- ble to these present His great fault, Pat, when he meets a neighbor ata fair te Se but in'sev- i, is that he Is too rambling, and he often) 4g a citizen whose business makes him de- | Va., was dedicated Iast Sunday with imposing | whom he wants to sell a horse with a hidd ib P and in its methods of | Lim the distinction of bearing supporters to his 7 ‘i eee 3 ze si Ke : s z a horse ha hidden ers} branches of Wearnian, and Toit neenore ot familly acminies pervious oni oieuecien Sood dbaltwirlsout saying niudh\ of aty-| Snaent: upon’ the ‘atrest cars, 1 uayectaken |@aemoties Bishop Keane ail Father ODOR viee, shakes hands blusteringly, because he has amor ) universities. “The shcrtest | to peers of the realm and to knighta of the es General Sheridan excel in an after-| trouble to inquire carefully Into the circum-| ohne, the pastor, being present. A train of | aa intuition that it he were quite natural he prof this Is that 1¢ es. inchding H various orders. in 1842 Sir Moses established a dispensary in Jerasalem and sent out a physician at his pri- When in 1816 the ukases issued | aaitist. the Jews in Russia b arly distressing Sir Moses went to Petersburg, and as the result of his interes the uk: fifteen cars took about a thousand persons there from Washington and Alexandria. After the ceremonies there was a banquet and a concert. Mr. John T. Forsyth, of this city, sang several solos. : ee STHANGE SPLENDORS IN THE SKY. ‘The Glow in the Western Heavens that Appears After Suusct. radnates: C, inner speech ? stances attending the suppression by Commis- sioner West Of the insolence of the transter agent at the corner of 9thand F streets, and find but one expression among those present, and our best citizens, ladies included, who have frequent occasion to transter at that point, all concur in the opinion that Gen. West performed & public service; and as he has not seen fit to ke any explanation, 1 feel that common jus- would betray his desiza. An accomplished co- | quette drills her hand not to let out her secret hopes, fears or desires. A western American shakes hauds with heartiness, and a Wall street one with the hesitancy that reveals double- mindedness. The Scotch erasp of the hand, in common with that of the Irish peasant. "squire, lady or country girl. is very cordial. The virtue of sociability is chief ed in the Celtie hand-shake, unless wh: urtsliip is going He is too matter-of-fact. He Is When he does rise to ike a few remarks his voice 1s so low that those who are not directly by his side do not hear him. T have |heard him, ‘though, make some first-class ches from a stage at army reunions and the to it to fir Hop ins doe instruc- | vospitals bighe “Ben. Butterworth is a great card at a dinner t | party.” continued the official; “he fsa host in| @ lowed by its himself. He is full of wit, but it is of the anec- | 4 reas out Gane West eae aay ais. | Fromthe New York Sun, felt. J tunic f the dotal kind, and he is always ready with a good es sehamaenil ae an 54 s . “ Aika 5 . . people of his own sect. His Journ story which just suits the occasion, I know | turbance or reques all of the ear for The flery appearance of the western sky after | French, English, Scotch or Irish person was - his personal convenience. He fo on alighting from his car, an angry and excited group surrounding the petty m: © to whom they were forced to apply for transfers, that in- dividual having started cars nearly empty in different directions while the pa: ‘8 were waiting for tickets he was distributing in a jeisuy and aggravating manner. Gen. West quietly sugested that there was no reason for such couduet; in return was informed ina pro- fane and insolent manner that he proposed ,to run the basiness his own wa} Gen. West, fo ° 1, however, sional | was characte c jon in for the tmelical profession. | become the head center of | al instruction, and it will hardly pe neces. young American ductors to se sundown, which excited much attention and aeatsne bane deh enrages ea the rand la he Scotch hand-grasp is the roughest; the yoan ban recently asuta becnne Seemed 88 | preachman ahakes Inds with the tipe of aie . Ny ‘ S | fened and drawn to cetier finzera, which sigal- phenomenon. Last evening in particular the | fles that he walls himself round with pol skies glowed with splendid shades of red and ! ax with a fortress, to keep off intraders. crimson, and go brilliant was the display that ae my of aeons ke : = ‘i ous i wing, | band ina limp way. Thave had a wid Tortie ck shes pee rele eee ace of false prdiality, which was betr y song after the sun had disappeared a larid red | «.o14 soldiers,” who, in battering through hotels light hu ng over the western horizon, while the | and bearding-houses, have lost. all w. darkening heavens overhead reflected a faint | by harde: diplomatists, by persons th re are lots of good after-dinner talkers in Congress. Meginnis, Curtin, Brags and Reed I have heard make very happy speeches, and I have no doubt there are many others equally good. Medical Director Browne, of the navy, isan lent talker. tie is bright. quick, and by acts of generosity and was Of great beneiit: to the Jews. On his return to Enuland Queen Victoria mad? him « baronet. When the famine broke out in the Holy Land, | in 1854, Dr. Adler, chief rabbi of the Jews, and Moses realized £20,000 by public appeal, and . | the latter went to the Holy Land to superintend | never fails to charm his he: Then there is ® colleze course for under) its proper administration. He acquired land in | Col. T. F. Barr, of the War department. He can ‘ne, and erected wind mills and alms-| make a very telling speech atter dinner, and 8. always has a good story at hand, which he re- The celebrated Mortera case in 1858, enlisted | lates well. “I suppose. though, that the great- | | the active efforts of Sir Moses, and ove est conversationalists in the country are Blaine ie of the best. The general ssubject is er- nts for espe suggestiol h Hh ore kK. 5 St vit- | for pa avers and hy atusly fitta year. make an after dinner sp h, but have no my vee Sanaa aaa nessed at intervaisever sin winter, and that | jo) " lation ia DEATS OF 115 Wi doubt that both are good at it’ Conkling, they | be Proposed to take that course, and asked bI8 | thoy are due to the same SI fork peng vephcmeng ing ase which prod of a year ayo Isr name. The only response was a refusal, accom- panied by an additional volume of abuse. 1 say, whiie socially conve Ing. i 51 SI tare Os his hand His dovoted wife died in 18 I - ug is perfectly charm the astonishing red skic uni His devoted wife died in 1862, and her hus Arpaia otal ale ae a Englishman, ' i Volum dered probable by the persistence of another he meets | band perpetuated ber memory by “redoubling | 174 ch frie . Shae respectfully suguest that Gen. West would have | Dy tno bonc 7 ae ite a ance ar ton nds slowly together, as If {| his benevolence toward the tiving.” eth aH Gee oust one ces been derelict in his duty as a police otficer—for ae te with the peel red eee Ture wv them. Au enthusiast about ideas, j that followed were crowded with noble deeds | comes to his wid. No matter what or who is | ¢uch Js the legal status of the Commissioners a8 | the alo which ean be seen surrounding the sun eee pnd eyuoms kimely’ puts condiality and efforts in bebalf of humanity, In 1863] being talked about, he invariably recalls some in- tale TOBE MeAEInca Lo te such a fellow | 07 ny clear day. and witich has not fost an Lae Son, hea y When the Druses fell upon the Christians in| cident or the name of some person connected | f8kcn Drombr measures to, oring sucita fellow | its intensity during the twelve months ‘Whe Pro: nce for Drankards: never been a case Syria, Sir Moses hastened to their rescue, and | with the subject in such a way as to make a very | 10 a sense of his position at ® have elapsed since it was tirst not Pica tie nad SE sels esiek! cipline ¢ university in the sprims ot that year he visited the new | pleasing impression. I have no doubt that he | 20! y: The question has been raised ne That thereis no necessity for the conduct of f this man is proved daily by the transfer agents at the intersections of Pennsylvania and New York avenues and Pennsylvania aveuue and 7th street, who are prompt, courteous and obliging. The fact is that there is a great need of greater police supervision over street cars by the police. The drivers and conductors are, as a rule, polite, and as considerate as can be ex- pected by men overworked and badly paid, but they cannot control the conduct of the hood- jums and loafers who frequeatly make them- selyesa nuisance to legitimate patrons of the road. In the first place, they have no leval authority to entorce their orders and compel obedience with the rules. In the second place, where they are compelled to interfere in order to expel some nnbearable ruffian the generous companies they serve !mpose upon them the loss of each day they are required to give the Police Court, in addition to which they not un- thing Sultan at C atinople in halt of his race. fall of 1863 he was called to Spain by the persecution of the Jews in Morocco, and con- | MY his Journey to that country, where his xt year there were crowned with success. Some t purposes, | montis later he went to Roumania to intercede he usiver-| for the Jews there and again visited Russia. aud if our, He soon after wade a sixth journey to Pales- ve Lome for a liberal education, | tine, where he relieved the people suffering can't do better than to go to Johns | from a severe drought. In his ninetieth year That is enowzh for to-day. Sir Moses made his seventh and last journey to oe = the Holy Land, and his returo was marked by Yoated Grange, astriking demonstration of love and respect. A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT GARFI¥ When President. Garfield was on death Sir Moses telegraphed to Palestine re- questing that prayers be offered up in all the ‘ues for his recovery. has won many a friend because he remembered him, or his father, or his grandtather. Take own ease, for instanee. “About twenty years. onsiderable of Blaine for three suc- cessive days. Without having laid eyes on him since I went to a reception a short time ago at his house. The room was crowded. Suddenly the door opened and Blaine, with his beard and hair grown white, entered. He cauzht my eye and soon stretched his hand over seme one's shoulder to shake mine. Tsaid, ‘why, Mr. Blaine, you have no idea who Tam!’ ‘Or course I have,’ he replied. He then mentioned my name and its initials. A short time afterwards I was at a dinner at which he was an honored guest. The conyer- sation drifted to colonial times, and_ turning to me he said rather abruptly: ‘Aren't you the great gréat grandson of Governor——? ‘I am.’ L replied. very much amazed, for the gov- ernor’s nae was hot mine, and 1 couldn't tell sayauts whether these sun pagednts reully uuusual phenomena. On this point there be no longer any doubt. It is certain that the red glows referred to, and the curious appear- | ance around the sun in the daytime, are not or- dinary aspects of the sky. The explanation which has been most w Drunkards enjoy a remarkable immunity from ’ the consequences of injuries. One* sometimes sees adrunken man pitched violently from « horse, and when the bystanders rush to the spot, expecting to fnd him dead, they ure ax tonished to discover that be hus been little In- accepted. namely, that the appearances jured. In his “scrambles Among the High tion are due to the presence in the atmosphere | Alps,” Leslie Stephen tells the stury of a guide of fine dust thrown out by the volcanic explo- | who, while drunk, fell over » precipice so deep . sion in the East Indies a year ago last sumer, is open to many objections. One of the most | that a fall over it seemed almost certain death, serious ts furnished by the reappearance of tie | 804 yet Sustained little injury. Sterhen accord- red glows several times after they had almest | IBElY gives his readers the advice either not to or quite disappeared. But whatever the cause | !#!l over a precipice or to get thoroughly drunk of the strange sights in the heavens may be— | before doing 60. [myself once saw a nan who whether it is meteoric dust from the stardepths, | bad thrown himself. while drunk, over the Dean or volcanic dust from the bowels of the earth, | tidge, in Ednburzh. a height of about 200 or no dust at all, but the operation of forces in. | feet. on toethe rocky bed of the stream below. herent in theatmosphere itself—it is pretty clear | A sober man would probably have been instantly by this time that it threatens no peril to the | killed, but thts indiy hetiad broken pre are but five ler graduates. | } anor in th (AFTER MARIANA.) t » for Try EvEsING Star anor Uhrew Uye casement wide; on every side; n was sad ond her heart wag sore, Fouad,—A Lite Gir KG: cowie eee = A rece the life now In his hand- repose have 1 he spenks or of import . His interest In all m: to wankin glish np the eftec- sample he bas stimulated his brethren in Europe to think of and work for their core- lisionists in th sustained etlorts, Alliance Isrealite in and the AngloJewish Association here 1 the exertions made during the how he had hit upon the relationship. [learned afterwards that my bey, who bears that family name, was at his house that day. with the Blaine childrea. At dinaer he remembered my son's nawe as being similar to. that of the governor referred to, and knowing that my family was trom that state he,immediately jumped at the connection and fighred out the generation and struck tly. Suchathing as that would feel pleasant, but just imagine the ot & similar remark would make upon aman who is not accustomed to the ways of the world. At another time he called my wife by her maiden name. He recalled it from the fact that her brother went to school to him in Kea- tuecky when membered his name. “Is/Geu. Granta good talker?” asked Tus Star man. 2 “Yes, sir; he camtalk well, althongh he hasa a gieat reputationfor keeping quiet. He talks good common seng» all the the, and expresses he Was @ young man and he re- | frequently find their place filled on their return to daty. These should be remedied, the com- panies compelied to maintain decency and order in their cars or be compelled to surrender their charters to those who will. If the Commis- sloner will persevere in the course he has un- ; dertaken and teach the companies and their empioyes that peaceful and law-abiding cltizens have some rights that must be respected he will earn the gratitude of all good citizens, among others that of a Victim. Saturday Smiles. There is not a single lawyer among the 1,000 convicts in the Virginia penitentiary. Virginia lawyers seldom get found out.—Philadelphia Call, The Chicago Tribune accounts for Miss Hutch- inson, the Boston heiress, not seeing anything wrong in eluping with a married man by sug- gesting that “probably li the hurry of leaving divellers upon the earth, as has been axserted by some of the sume soothkayers who declared that the world was likely to come to an end, or the human race to be annihilated ia 1831. ‘The great dry toz of 1783, whieh produced appearances similar to those recently witm aused, It is said, various epidemic diseases among a als; but the present phenomena are cvi- dently due to causes which have no effect ujon the salubrity of the atinosphere, and so there is nothing te detract trom the pleasure which all who delight in the Splendid spectacles of nature must derive from behoiding them. eee A SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY. Enormous Winnings of a Man Who Not Long ago Was a Bootblack. Mr. John Hammond, the owner of St. Ga- tlens, estimates ‘his net winning on the turf ia England during the present racing season at ; both of his th bones, ly rece * © © The reason of this immunity is that the nerve centers, which regulate the heart and vessels, are so much paralyzed in the érunken m: at To be afiected by the shock of the fi ‘h ina sober man would have zeted on thi utly as to stop the heart, circulation, avd cause insiaut death, Agnontic Agony, ONE DY 30 KOO. Across the moor When, ines of the What sh forvsts of the Thea, With lnssocs of the byxtn we catch The isness of the Was, ve und rehabilitate the perse- AG Aud lu Che copses of the Whence cuted Jews of Russia, We bear the Thlak-hees buzz, Wee himself well. He can make a good speech oc- ss casionally, too. I ‘heard him at a reunion last spring make a speech thahcaptivated the assem- biage. John MeCullouzh and Joe Jefferson home she forgot her eyeglasses.” The Western Version.—*You never miss the candidate till the crowd gets dry."—Philadel- phia Call. the enormous sum of $750,000. His winnings on the Derby alone were $150,000, and those ot the last two or three years amounted to $400,000. uawhen ict ine Plow Han’ Song. ey »tO Loge that wait” Written for Tar Evestne STAR, are capital after-dinner taikers, and I suppose Ia sique is Hammond's proudest boast to-day 1s that Abd pause betimes 1a GROStIC rhymes Tr wd, taken out for @ . ge OD) One price Mute aun Druck out'n ae parster, lead the dramatie protession ih this respect.” reelected thn edt Scat deta (AUPE years ago he was employed in cleaning Fe a rT ety hig. - Perforated “ian-Hole Covers for Sew- nt gwine wid yer good clothes on? ‘The desk of the a leat y Gene time be- | mererex.— Pittsburg Cluomele-Telearaph. boots outside of a sporting hotei at Epsom. He ‘che kauanton wens roth ir Laties should ors ik Uwerds her de wus she run de tarster, | Come heaped up wit a with an. eats Fe | ~The Jury of the Vieinage,” on the Cornell | began his career on the turf asa stable boy, next erie Dem To the Biter of Tre Eventvo Sram, fer mighty hoppy When he ear 0 dance | Te ie a ea re gel or ig pe 089 for | Freshmen. —The Freshman Class of Cornell em- | became 6 jockey, and whee te erew too heivy to j From the Lendon 24mes When they lay down their deiis, they play, skip | The solid covers preveut the escape of the hora. Pootecmitmaw. ‘i me, ‘HC! braces twenty wouen.—Philadeiohia Press. | ride he beeamea tout He pursaed this calling | Among the Sconad Chambers” of the world, the and rv ie sewer gus into the streets, where it is dispersed by the winds. apertures. Only twenty? You don’t know these young mien, brethren!—Idvaca Journal. Rooster keep er crowtn at de fus of de dawnin, Olw marster got money sure as ver born; eta he sigaae financially a ad Pain to be an investor on his own accoun' career as ed > He bought St. aan ‘She Scheme Practically Ilustrated, Roll hoop, play “T spy,” h: » for thetr clot e “no end of fun; They force it. by a thousand . t a ——l ¥ winner has been meteoric. more spiend'd history, bothing like the same Speak of they reclly Know not what you | ghenien wads on Feet bine} ees Obersver quoll, ume he git 8p a de mornin, From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, “fection 0 dis wort pak More eae Gatien and Florence for 15.000 and won more } snare of rae temnery ad ot Under no other cone « mean, many delicate aisiaces te Suey inecea ae sea ee. happy when be hear de dinner} «What do you do when people come in and | geen cling ter de lim's ‘case it Inbs the tree, but | than ten times that amount with each animal, | sivution of the -sbl-cameral” type, except that of water-trap in our ‘Yes, two little girls, old Just the kind that ev: God biess th bore you?” a warm personal triend asked ofa merchant. “When they stay too long the office boy, who is very bright and knows just when to inter- fere, tells me that a gentleman is in the counting- in this one season captaring the Derby. the Manchester cup, the Ascot gold vase, the Czare- witch and a dozen minor events. Hammond is 8 great friend of Fred Archer, the tamous Eng- lish jockey. Archer bas just brought suit for libel against the Morning Post for te et Phy Regn Maken g rtemc hate | pset8 and stationary wash- basias does not succly keep the sewer gas out of cur honses. Stir the seditvent In a staznant pool. and the light gases rise in maay a bubble to the surfxce aud e-cape into the air. The sewer gas rises by the same law through the “case it wants de tree ter hol’ it up. It is said dat poverty shows de goodness whut am in er man. Dat may be true, but er man kain't show nigh so: much goodness wid poverty ez he ken wid er little inoney.—Arkansato Traveller. Tt was a Woman's Rigtits ed and sweet, e Wishes to meet, Little Tom Christehun wattin in de dine-room, Shoes an collar an white shut on, Ole mistis keep de demtjobn lock up in de wine- hous—the chamber of less directly popular Srigtn, of les frequent renewal by election, and of more wumbers—to a:tain, Without any sigh Of public impatience or discontent, an un- Challenged and unbroken ascend-ucy. Its with room, Nigger wiighty happy when he hear de dinner horn, meeting. The name ‘Ube Senate that We assuciate tbe naues Of wll Ube | water of the trap, unless there ts less can room waiting to see me on4important business.” | of Mrs. Bosphorus had been presented for con- | t® eminent public men, with Ube rarest except : be. —Adam | somewhere else’ ‘Is was a foarte welsh oe “Ha! Hal That's a capital way to get rid of | sideration. Siperearkss eentiage: who have let uelr'mark on the parliament 2 ‘Tall rid | the cagineera who laid our first sewers to use | DOWN in de mash whar de bull frogs hollerin’, bores who don't know— Ladies,” sald one of the Womaniest kind of history of Use usion, and the poarty, . 5 co. A. Latimer re ton of ete jena | SEL covers for the sidewaik man-holes: the | _ Cullud man wuektn al! day in de corn, just then the boy opened the door and sang | » Woman's Rights woman, “while I have no ob- pe nen be Tp age A Scouon tothe Ficcotal clutch. Pho ineeh2’s | perforated ones should be substitut:d. The | Eighten up de plow-pint ginst yer 0 to followin, | out: , Jectioneto Mrs, Bosphorus as a social compan pendence. a =| ia cor a! stom hb. The oice is between ersasin the streets and| Nigger mighty happy when ho hear de dinner “Gent in the countin’-room waitin’ to see you | ion, I do not consider her any means a wo- “Representau 2 able until this week whe: the sare cause of trpnold in our bed rooms. horn, on Important business.” man of sufficient determ! '0 join this 8o- : tice was publi: ciety. There are horrid romors afloat. i s The br’ z . = Jay bird twiss hesef cen he go to chat A candidate for member of the Wisconsin | ing her which must be expiained. ‘fhe Une must | P m yin Halitax, Nova | Dew-drops fallin on the white fokes lawn, legislature, R. F. Roberts, of Racine, annot.ces | be drawn somewhere.” rj bs pedir Se a al pos See Mule look sorry when de trace chain that his -platform is protection, hish license, “What has she done?” asked the meeting in | mixed. The ainm and sulphur are almost 1 odn y, thet was bas 4 Jar, AU) Nigger mighty happy when be bear de dinner | good drai and the suppression of tram) z lust he tri.d it, and found that he lad tasted it be tres : t He wants all yaurants a to work Treaking “She has sewed on her husband's shirt-but-| 2t 100,000,000 tons, and + Of the showman, | before, It was hash, “ -W.P. Canren, | stone aud repairing roads. tons.” —.