Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1884, Page 3

a ae f THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1884-DOUBLE SHEET. ‘THE WEALTH OF TEXAS. Vastness of the Cattle Trade in a Sin- gle County. Presidio cou the largest in the state of Texas, embraces a territory of 13,500 square miles. It vets its name trom its location, hav- Ing Mexico for its southern and western bound- In its topography it is the most interesting and ‘ts rapid settlement and and atan early day one of the wealthiest in the state. A letter tothe Altoona vis, the county seat of Presidio county. | isa thrivi own which has grown up around tue military post which is located just beneath | the clit of the Apaches, where the valley of | the Limpia spreads out to the east to a beautl- | he towo has about 1,700 | exclusive of the militery popu! $00 are Mexicans and nezToes, the It contains four la mercan- tile house: ch carry from $12,000 to 250.000 stock each. There are alse three grocery storvs and one drag store, which du a good business. All old buildings are BUILT OF ADOBE, and covered with a dirt roof, thus presenting a father duli app ce to the stranger at first | sight. In the last two years. however, some very fine and expensive buildings have been erected. Amon: these are a lai and beaut!- ful bi gto be occupied by Seiberborne & Co., merchandise, an office for the Pre- sidio live stock company, “e and commo- dicus hictel, whieh was opened three months azo by Mrs. C. Fink and dauzbters, from Kochester. This house has proven popular with the travel- i well us with a number of victims m other parts of the e here in aeatch of . and who clain to have been relieved by the excellent ciiuate nere. There has also been number of tine dwellings erected in the past two years, among which ts one owaed by Mr. S. | A. Thompson, one of Biair county's old boys, and the present county surveyor of Presidio | eounty. The town is 4.200 feet above the level of the sea. almost the same as THE ALTITUDE OF DE! Col , thus the health s who have VER, attractive place for | climate is grand, the | thermom z in July and August much above eighty degrees. Other towns in Presidio county are Murphys- ville, located on the G. H. and S. A. railway, tion of about 500, all whites; Pre- | on the Kio Grande, opposite Pre- orte. in Mexico, bas a population of about 1,000, ali Mexican i has turee large | mereantiie stor f ited on the G. H. and =. A. railway, pulation of 150, all whites, and has one store. making au of this county are increasing rapidly. In the | fall of 1 the spring of the present year, over 50.000 head of cattle were brought into this county from south and east Texas. Two chartered cattle compauies were furmed in the fallof ISsy. The Presidio live stuck company, | with a capital of £250,000, bas on its range 6,000 heud of cattle. Tis company was orgasized in ptember, 1888. The stock was ail taken by month the managers of the are delivering some as fat beeves as This delivery will continue until February, i885, us grass in Pre- | Sidip County isat its best from September to | February The ¢ z cattle company, with a capital stock of 000 head of cattle on their rauge on Toyah creek and Antelope spriug. leased from the Texas and Pacific rail- | Tead cu: y- Ti e is at present in this country about 100.000 head of cattle, worth ut =1.800,000, and 20,000 sheep, worth about | abot 8 S140,.000; 15.000 horse 5 20,060 aud mules, worth about goats, worth about £3,000; a total of $2.495,000 represented by stock in this county is, with the yearly in- come, will at an early day make this county richer in stuck thau any other county in the | state, or I mav say IN THE UNITED STATES. Stockmen inthis county do not have to sell their yearly increase to keep trom overstocking their range. or they do not have to sell their | yearlings or two-year-olds to northern men in order to make fat beeves of them, but they can keep them in this county and raise as good- conditioned cattle as cau be raised In Arizona or | Montana. j Aside from a large farmon Toyah creek.owned | and wanazed by Daniel Murphy. who by irriga- tion raises from 30,000 to 40.000 bushels of corn | yearly, and the truck patches in the county, | there fs very little being done in the way of.ag- Ficulture as yet. In the near future, however, it is bkely that a large part of the county will be put under cultivat in the last year Mr. Lawrence Haley, oue of the wealthiest sheep men in the state, tried an experiment by piant- inga small piece ot ground on his ranch in Irish potatoes. Tivis fall he hgs raised 16.000 pounds, whieh seil at four to six cents per pound. We do not buy potatoes bere by the bushel. —— & KOYAL ROMANCE. Alleged Substitution of the Children of Hvyal and Morganatic Marriages. From the London World. In a modest hotel meuble not far from the Gare St. Lazare. Paris, a lady who has doubled the cape of 40 is preparing a pamphlet which will raise a doubtful point in history. This lady is now in almost complete destitution, owing to the mysterious cessation of a pension which had been paid her by a European government. For what reason? According to the lady’s ac- count, she is the daughter of a puissant crowned head and the victim of a substitution. One of her parents was married morganati- cally betore being married royally aud lesiti- mately, and she pretends that, in accordance with a promise made to the morganatic parent, the morganatic princess was substituted for the Foral princess. nature having luckily favored this plan by bringing the two babies into the world almost simultaneously. The morzanatic princess—always according to | wy new Maria Stella’s account—has prospered j and married a mighty European prince, who will one day sit on a throne. The royal princess, ignorant of the fraud, was brought up in a! princely manner, and married to @ novieman, who on his deathbed revealed to her the secret | of her romantic birth. The lady has documents | relating to her pension, and quantities of papers | showing that. whether true or not, credence | appears to have been attached to her story by crowned heads. Why has the pension been | stopped? Who are the crowned heads inter- | ested? This Inst question will be answered by the forthcoming pamphlet. Not wishing to be | disagreeable to any crowned heads, whether Bourbons, Hohenzolierns or Guelphs, I will not mention names. Meanwhile those who like to guess riddles may obtain some clue from the age of the sol- distant princess—44 this month—and from the fact that her first busband’s name was Count Lundi. For my own part, | simply mention the | matter as a curiosity; for 1 have ceased to be deeply interested in royal and imperial claim- ants since I discovered, one day, in the little town of Triel, on the Seine, an amiable old lady who professed to be nothing fess than the right- ful heiress to the throne of England! This lady, who called her majesty a usurper, wasted a por- tion of s mysterious, but modest, pension on Tearing silk-worms and white mic eee ee Chioral a: Bromide of Potassium. From the London Lancet, Again we have to record with deep regret a sad proof that those who give or take chioral or bromide of potasstum for sleepiessnessare guilty ot a deplorable error and do a grievous wrong. The nareotics which poison sleep also depfave the bigher nerve centers, enfeeble the control- ing powers of the will and leave the mind a prey to the depressing influence of a conscious loss of self-respect and self-confidence. The cul- tured mind feels the ignominy of the intellect- ualand moral depreciation with great acute- ness, and in the end succumbs to the sense of powerlessness to recover self-control and do Fight. The deprivation wroughtis purely phys- teal, The baneful influence of the lethal drug of the nerve fissues are blighted by the stupefy- ing poison. as by alcohol in habitual drunken- ness. In short, the recourse to chloral and bro- mide Is precisely the same thing as recourse to alcohol. | He spends his time In physical exercise and | said he had no idea ot entering public life again, | and his friends in Maine understood his position | the right with the dining room and smoking | |in the Odd Fellows’ hall block. on Washington | j light up each window. In the one nearest Knee- | private office. | fore. With several beautiful preliminary mo- MR. BLAINE’S FUTURE. He Will Write More Books and Meet Mr. Cleveland, HJ. Ramadell in Philadelphia Presa, Wasutxetos, December 6.—Mr. Blaine ar- rived here last night. | hadae long talk with him to-day. To me it was interesting, but to the pubic the details would not be important. This may be said—that Mr. Blaine aever looked better In hia life. He walke with excellent strength, and all his actions are those of a vigor- ous man. He goes to bed early and rises early. study, and does not neglect his correspondence, which is very large every day. No one would think, looking at him. that he had gone through the exciting campaign lately ended with all the work on him that it entailed. T asked Mr. Blaine what he thought defeated him. He said there were a dozen little things, the change of any one of which would have produced a different result. He suid that he did not want the presidential nomination this time, and that he had seen what misery and anxiety it had brought to poor Garfield. He said there had not been a minute since his nom- ination that he did pot regret it. Being in the fight. however. he thought he ought to bear himself becomingly and do what his friends ex- pected him to do. He said he felt a reliet that the strain was over. He would now settle down to his old home life, and although he had not done any literary work for several months. he should resume it at once. His secretary. on whom he relies for verifying facts and dates in bis history, has not yet arrived. RETIRED FROM PUBLIC LIFE. Mr. Blaine would not say anything against poor old Burchard, and, although I questioned him about Conkling, he merely said that the New York lawyer was the best judze of what he should do. I do not think that Mr. Blaine is quite satisfied with the course of President Arthur in the campaign, but he makes no cow- plaints. No friend of his regrets the result of the election so little as he I asked Mr. Blaine whether he had, as re- Ported, aspirations for the Senate or the House. His answer was very frank and positive. He very well. Senators Hale and Frye are his per- sonal friends, and he would do nothing, even if he had the power, to displace either of them. Astor the House, Mr. Blaine said he did not care to go back to that body. His district had done quite enourh tor him and he was perfectly willing that others should be rewarded tor their services. BLAINE AS AN AUTHOR. Mr. Blaine likes literary work since he has got into it better than anything else, and he will write other historical works, when the great book, “Twenty Years of Congress,” is flaished I asked Mr. Blaine what his plans were for the winter. He answered that he had none; | that in a day or two he would be settled in his | new rented heuse and then cet down to work he had not, in all the excitement of the | . forgotten his book. and that he had | of material for his next volume. The trouble, he said, was to condense, as he could | not put a hundred tons of hay in a ten-ton stable. He recognized the fact that Mr. Cleveland | Was elected President and that it would be his | first duty to pay bis respects to the new Presi- dent tie monieut he arrives in Washington. | Mr. Blaine’s new quarters are delightful. The | house he has rented, owned by ex-Senator Win- dow, is on the corner of Massachusetts avenue and 16th street. It is a double house, the draw- | ing rooms on the left and thereception room on room back. Allare beautifully furnished. The | Blaine tamily will continue their customs of last | year, when, as now. they were in private life. Mrs. Blaine will have aday for receiving and will return calls. No man in public or private life receives so many invitations as Mr. blaine I understand that this winter he will accept | very few. He will give a few dinners himself, ; and I have no doubt that Mr. Arthur will be a guest at one of them. Mrs. Biaine’s cousin, winter with the Biaines as usual. ——— ee JOHN L. SULLIVAN'S SALOON, An Unpretentious Boston Groggery, with a Highly Artistic Bartender. From the New ork Sun. John L. Sullivan’s saloon in Boston is not as gorgeous as the western correspondents have described it to be. It 1s just such another saloon as Alderman Jerry Murphy's, minus the plate i glass window, only with a little more elbow toom for Mr. Sullivan to move around in. It is | street, just beyond Kneeland street. It is out of place where it is. In all the other store win- dows women's and children’s undergarments, men’s hats and valises and trunks are displayed, but Sullivan makes money there. and there he is likely to stay. Above the door, stretched along the whole front of the saloon, is the legend “John L. Sullivan's” in gold lettere a foot high. The window glass is not plate, and it is 60 old-fashioned asto have four panes to each window. The side panes are cut In two in the middle. Two gas jets of the cheap kind land street is a chair. such ag one sees in all tne fancy furniture stores, with bull horns for legs and back, and a bit of bull's hide fora seat. Persons who have seen a hundred others just like it stand aad stare at this one because it 13, in Sullivan's window. In the other window there is generally a pic- ture of Sullivan dressed up in the style of one of Boston’s most responsible citizens, with a high hat, dress kid gloves, and a handaome cane. Sometimes this gives place to a picture of one fighter or another not connected with the house. At other times there is an announce- ment of a sparring contest thrown over the picture. The east side of the saloon, divided off, and extending back about thirty feet from the door, forms the card room, wine room and a In an apartment back of this are a number of striking pictures of well-known pugilists, alternating with a score of simall mirrors sunk in the wall. The bar Is like many anordinary bar in this city, except that It is brighter and more cheerful looking than the majority. The bartender in a white suit is, perhaps, the most picturesque object in the es- tablishment. He was sandy haired, but is now turning gray; his face is smooth shaven, and his mous- tache Is clipped square. He seldom speaks. Bl a looks his question: ‘What will i The customer perhaps says: ‘‘Whisky; let’s have the best.” The bartender starts off, as if walking on glass, picks up the whisky bottle in one hand and one of those fragile glasses that are now so common In barrooms, and moves to- ward his customer as if the glass under his feet was thinner than when he waiked over it be- tions he stands the bottle on the bar, and with other yet more astonishing and artistic sweeps of the hand delivers the glass upon the bar, putting it always upside down. Old patrons of the place say he would not miss any of this ceremony even if his customer had only four minutes to get to the depot. ) porter saw many hats thus decorated. | said: “I have not Miss Dodge (Gail [Hamtiton), will spend the | sls Drinks don’t come high in Sulliyan’s, in com- parison with the Hoffman house prices, but a man can’t drink there three times without cre- ating the impression that heis a millionaire from New York. A New Yorker went there once, had a drink of whisky, and laid ten cents down on the counter. The picturesque barten- der put on a pair of pebble glasses, looked at the coin fora second, seemed not to recognize it, and indicated by looking at it that more was needed. He accepted an extra five cents and put it in the cash box. He looked at the cus- tomer as it he were a curiosity. and then put up the glasses. The New York gentleman recoy- ered his composure when outside in the open air. The crowds come to see Suilivan, but it is not often that Sullivan exhibits himself, though when he does he makes up for lost time. He stands with his lett elbow on the bar. and tosses off glass aiter glass with the millionaires. It seems to please them, and him aiso. ————_. The Steepest Railroad Grade. Much has been written about the construction of the mountain division ot the Denver and Rio Grande railroad in Colorado, and the wonderful engineering skill displayed in ascending the Cal- foruia mountains south of Tulare valley through the Tehachapi pass. But, according to the Leadville Chronicle, the little feeder of the Lead- ville division of the Rio Grande exceeds all other roads In its steep grades and short curves. When the line first went into operat.on many accidents occurred by the trains breaking away at the top and running back down the steep grades, wrecking locomotives and cars and de- stroying limbs and sometimes lives. Later, however, extremely heavy locomotives have been built and the most skillful and the bravest train hands employed, who never filnch in the supremest moment of danger. The result has been that accidents now seldom occur. tis said that the sight of one of these trains de- scending ppearance of a molten streem of fire rushing down tothe river-bed of. ———---____ the canyon. The Bell Telephone company claims to have I its contracts Teserved to itself under all with so companion the ce field, now {seg Proposes: Operations in this A $75,000 £75,000 Rochester girl has eloped with WOMEN WHO OHEW TOBACCO, The Demand for Sanff in Kentucky Drug Stores—A Disgusting Habit. From the Louisville Evening Post. “Five cents’ worth of snuff,” sald @ little woman as she bent over the counter of a drug store this morning and whispered the order in tue clerk's ear with a mysterious mien. Glancing furtively around to assure herself that there were no witnesses to the transaction, she added: “It’s for another lady. 1 never use the horrid staff.” Picking up a neatly wrapped little bundle tn white paper, she placed it to her nose to assure herself that it was the genuine article, then flung down a nickel and hurriedly left the store. “Here, Johnny,” said the clerk, turning to a boy who was standing behind the prescription ease in conversation with a reporter of this paper, ‘put up some more snuff. All those —- we made last nicht are gone already. urry! Here's another customer coming across the street. From the way she stares through the door I judge she wants snoff. Ah, this is @ rushing business!” he continued, aside to the reporter, who had let fall his under jaw in utter amezement. “Twenty packages of snuff this morning, and the day only begun. I dare say these people bave forgotten their Thanksgiving dinner, and gone to eatinz snuff for their holiday pastime in- stead. This snufl-chewing is growing to bea fearfully prevalent habit.” “Who are your chief patrons in this line?” ventured the reporter. “Why, the ladies, of course. We have no male callers for snuff at all. The men chew tobacco instead. Of course no woman buys the snuff for herself. The purchase is always made for a neighbor ora triend. I have seen women come here with the brown Juice dry in the cor- ners of their mouths and complain of the dirty stuff, which they said they were buying tor another woman. The habit, I anderstand, is very fascinating, and, when once begun, is more binding than either chewing tobacco or smok- ing. In its strenth tu enslave the will it ap- proaches the power of narcotics.” FASHIONABLE CRUELTY. Slaughter of Birds for Ladies’ Mats— What Mr. Bergh Thinks of it. From the New York Triune, Walking up Broadway one fine afternoon lately, a Tribune reporter noticed an unusually large display of plumage on ladies’ hats. He saw the wings, plumes, heads and bills of red birds, yellow birds, robins and hum- | ming-birds and almost every variety of the feathered songster known, doing duty in adorning the headwear and trim- mings of the enthusiastic devotees of fashion. In many instances the birds that looked so prettty on these jaunty hats were complete, and the stuffed songster looked as gay as in life, In the windows of a millinery store, frequented mainly by wealthy ladies of fashion, the re- With a hesitating step he went In and was met bya stout dame, who wore an elaborate dress dotted with dead fire-flies. In life these fire-tles had undergone a syueezing process, which causes the phosphorus in them to exude and has the | effect of making a brilliant costume. The storekeeper informed the reporter that fire-tiles are imported from warm countries, mainly the Indies, where they are prepared for agarket. he fad them for sale. One of the large counters was almost entirely covered with stuffed birds and various parts of birds, ready to be placed on hats and trimmings, as the fancy or taste of the wearer might sugges’ “Are you not afraid of being arrested for cruelty?” asked the reporter, “No, indeed! We import them,” replied the woman, looking the reporter out ot counte- nance. ‘They would not arrest a woman?” she asked or rather stated in the most assuring manner. The reporter called on President Bergh, who d lately that this cruel on- There isa wreater dis- tured creatures than ever I notice it in the fashionable stores in upper Broadway. in cheap 6th avenue, and down in 8th avenue. This wauton slaughter, flaying birds alive. and tearing feathers from their quiv- ering bodies, is the most barbarous crueity (nat can be practised le i The savages can do no more than that. If he does take a few feathers from a fowl, itis the pride of a warrior that prompts him, not a merciless vanity, and he is. therefore, more excusable than our more culti- vated and refined people. The feathers are plucked from these living birds. and thelr limbs are torn from them while in the avonies of death, under the impression that if the feathers are cured while the blood is warm they have a fresher and more lasting tint. “They may import a few.” continued Mr. Bergh, “but the demand for birds has become so great of late that the Jersey farmers are now trapping pigeons and raising squabs for this market, to be sacrificed to cruel fashion’s whims. The squabs are killed when «nly afew weeks old and their plumage ts fresh and bright. A stuffed equab sometimes look more “cunning” ona bat than afull-fledzed pigeon. Stuffed squirrels are also largely used. What 1s more ridiculous, and yet sugsestive of insatiable vanity than to seea couple of squirrels ona woman's hat? These squirrels are brouyht over from Jersey and the Long Isiand bogs by boys who sell them at 15 or 20 cents each. The young squirrels are generaliy selected for this bloody acritice becanse of their more desirable size. Cats were formerly used, but there was so much trouble In cutting their skins down to the pro- per size that kittens have been substituted. “It seems that nothing—not even the most defenseless and prettiest of God’s creatures— the birds of the air, can escape the merciless hands of fashion’s slaves. Fashion has such an unlimited power that our women are not only deat to mercy, but ruin their own health and sacrifice their lives in following its arbitrary decrees. A few years ago England, and even India, took steps to prevent the further slaughter of birds. But America has done prac- coy nothing. “If the wealthy ladies of rashion of this city should set the fashion by discountenancing this practice, a great deal could be accomplished. If the leaders of society would cease using orna- ments that were obtained only through cruelty, there would soon be no demand for them. The prevention of this slaughter rests with the leadera of fashion more than with this society, for the work is done so secretly that we cannot trace the doers to thelr butcher shops or get even the slightest evidence. We see only the results of their cruelty. So popular has this cruelty of plucking live animals become that live geese are picked under the impression that the feathers make a better bed than ifthey were plucked after the goose was killed.” oe ABO THE HAIR, How to Dress it and How to Care for it—Valuable Hints. From the English Hafr.dreaser, To have beautiful hair and keep it in health requires as much care as theteeth, nails or face. So many twist the hair up in some becoming fashion the year around, and wonder that it gets streaked, thin in spots, and seems harsh and dry. The hair should be loosened every night before retiring, combed free from all tangles with a bone comb (rubber combs having done much to split and break the hair—nearly all have too much electricity to use rubber); then use a stiff brush for a long time, brushing from the top to the very ends, It is well for the lady who has a maid, for it is Impossible to property brush one’s hair if ver long. Then braid and fasten the ends with so! silk braid for the night. The scaip should be kept clean and healthy; wash occasionally, and have it thoroughly sham- pooed two or three times a year as well. To wash, braid the hair loosely in several braids, take a raw egg and rub thoroughly into the scalp (it beaten first it rubs In better), then rinse in cold water with a little ammonia in- corporated in it, wring the braids in a coarse towel, sit bya fire or in the sun until dry, then comb out the braids. The braiding prevents Much snarling. Where one's hair is thin a quinine lotion will prevent its falling out and give life to the roots. The Parisian fashions for dressing children’s hair are as follows: Bisgiete are most favored for babies. Little boys have curls in the back and bangs in front. Little girls have their hair waved and falling down the back, with a colored ribbon to keep it in pare Some young girls have revived the tashion of light hair nets, with large meshes, in which the hair falis loose and as low down as the middle of the back. This style shows the hair to great advantage, and will probably meet with general approval. From 16to 17 years of age the hair ts worn high and twisted on the top of the head. With this method of arranging the hair round hats have no elastics, so as not to conceal any part of the pretty waves which the hair forms when thus raised from the of e The hat is fastened to the hair a ‘steel pin with a shell or jet head. $<. _. ‘The Happiest Man. Senator Palmer, of Michigan, who has an in- come of upward of €200,000 a year, says: ‘The happiest man is the one who has the most illu- at the intervals is as well off as the richest. The three realities are a full of clothes and a bedto Tt is an insuit to the civiliza- | ; ton which we boast. = 3 ST. JOHN'S FIGURES, What the Prohibition Candidate Was Willing to Sell Out For. Prrrssvr@, December 7.—The Times’ Wash- ington correspondent telegraphs the folowing to-night: “St. John, a prominent republican from Kansas states, is living almost ostracised in his home at Olathe, Kansas, His warmest friends of former days will pass him by without recog- nizing him. [asked the cause of this change toward the temperance apostle. My informant replied that his friends and acquaintances could not forget St. John’s part in the recent cam- paign. For a number of days rumors have been current which place the prohibition candidate for the presidency in an unfavorable light. These rumors have not been confined to repub- licans, but are passed among the democrats. To-day I asked a prominent republican, a member of the House of Kepresentatives, what knowledge he had of St. Johu’s campaign, At his own request my informaut’s name is with- held for the present, Said he: “Before the election, when I was in Utica, N. ¥., 1 wrote six letters to the national Tepublican committee, urging that St. Joho should be gotten off the track. I told the com- mittee that it was necessary that this should be done, because he would get 25.000 or 30,000 votes in New York state. I thousrht that some means would be found to get St. John to with- draw, A few days after my writing the letters Tealled at the national committee headquarters in New York city. Iheard that St. John had made a proposition to get off the track for a certain sum of money. “My informant told me to guess how much. I named a sum, but it was too high. Afterward I was told It was $10,000. “Leaving the national committee's rooms, I went to the leadquarters of the republican state comriittee. ‘There I toid what I had heard, and was informed that what I said was correct. A gentleman remarked that St. John went to a member of the national committee. and, talking as it he were buying or selling goods, very is proposition. He was told that Oh, yes,’ he replied, you must remember that the presidency of the United States is a great office.’ Nothing | was done with the allexed proposition at that time. 1 know that there was no money in the treasury of the committee.” | Now, Ido. ‘0 to be facts. ; | tleman whom I cons.der nally these charges nto me b g d reliable and one who was prominently connected with the campain. I went to another republican member of the | House, a gentleman from the west (my frst in- | formant was from the east), and asked him what information he had regarding the rumors that were being circuiated in connection with 5t. John’s candidacy for the presidency. | | Said he: ‘A few davs before St. John’s nom!- | ‘nation for the presidency he declared to hia friends in Kansas that under no cireuinstances » 6 | wouid lie aceept the nomination on the prohibi- tion ticket. Asisknown, he did accept. I have been told by a member of the national republi- | can committee that St. John made a proposition | to withdraw from the race. a democratic member 0 Conyress came to me and sad that if it had not been tor him $ John would have been off the track about three days before the election. He said he went to | | New York and found out the condition of affairs. | He tmmediately went to democratic national [committee headquarters and told those there | | that they must not let St. John withdraw under any circumstances. 1 told hin that T iad heard | | that the prohibition candidate had made a pro- | position to our committee. My demecratic | friend replied, ‘You were d—d fools tor not | taking oy | ‘The Disappenrance in 1SS1 of George Bamber Likely to be Expiained. On April 2, 1881, George Bamber, son of Dr. Bamber, of Two Brides, N. ¥., left home to go | to Albion, where he was to take a train for the } west. He was seen In the evening in a saloon. | He had been throwing dice with a number of | rough characters, with two of whom he had aj violent quarrel. When he ieft the saloon hehad | | between $50 and £100 in his possession. He did | not take the train that night, and hadhever been heard from or seen since. The saloon where young Bamber was last seen was near the canal. A Mrs. Fitch keeps a grocery in the neighbor- hood. She has in her employ a girl named Mary Dumphney. The girl has frequently told Mrs. Fitch that she had something jon her mind that she wished to tell, [but she could not be induced to tell it until Monday last. She then confided to Mrs. Fitch thaton the night voung Bamber Gisappear- | edshesurprised two men in afield on the north | side of acanal carrying something between them When they saw her they j ina sheet or blanks seized her and told her they had the body of a calf which they intended to bury there, and that if she should ever tell of it they would know ftand surely kill her. They then dug a pit and buried what chey had carried to the spot, and she ran away. Thegirl says she has been haunted with the thouht of what she wit- nessed ever since, but was afraid to reveal it, She says she could not recognize the men. It is said that this statement, if verified, will strengthen suspicions against parties who have | all along been suspected of knowing the fate of the missing man. Detectives are working up tne case. ee The Late Beste aster Ccnerat of Eng- land. From the Saturday Review It would be impossible for any man to have compassed the extraurdinary success under ex- ; tracrdinary difficulties which was achieved by Mr. Fawcett without attracting to himself the admiration and respect of his own countrymen; but it would have been by no means impossible —it Is ra@her. indeed, the rule, we fear—for a man so cruelly tried by adverse tate in his ascent of the “difficult steep” to fail in arous- ing any warmer feeling than respect and ad- miration among his fellow-men. The uses of adversity may be in one sense sweet, but they are seldom sweetening. A lifelong misfortune which only serves to brace a vigorous will may atthe same time sour even a healthy tem- perament, and the spirit which refuses to succumb to {t too often emerges trom the struggle triumphant, indeed, but sorely marred. The victorious soldier fresh from the conflict is a figure to be honored, but often not to be willingly embraced by men. It was the peculiar distinction of Mr. Fawcett that he not only won the battle, but came out of itmorally unscathed. The defeated enemy had left no wounds upon his heart, nad shorn away no grace of character. Mr. Fawcett never showed moroseness or petulance, envy of the happier fate of others, or too much pride in his conquest of his own. His entire freedom from any tendency toward these failings was justly rewarded by a measure of political suc- cess which was certainly not greater than his general deserts, aud which has often been equalled, if not surpassed, by many men of in- ferior quality to himself. Ever since his ay pointment to the post office he has grown, it is no exaggeration to say, as rapidly in parlia- mentary refutation as in publicesteem. And thus, while the country has to lament the loss of one or the most able and diligent administra- tors who have ever filled his important office, the house of commons, on its own part, loses a man who, as Lord Hartington truly said, com- manded ‘not only the respect, but even the affection,” of the whole assembly. —___---____ Artificial Stones, From Chambers’ Journal The ruby and sapphire have been closely imi- tated by Fremy and Feil, two French chemists, and the chief interest in this process Is the fact that the artificial stones possess essentially the chemical composition of the real ones. To pro- duce these equal weights of alumina and red lead are heated to a red heat in an earthenware crucible. A vitreous substance is formed,which consists of silicate of lead and crystals of white corundum. To convert this corundum into the artificial ruby it is necessary to fuse it with about two per cent of bichromate of potassium, while, to obtain the sapphire, a little oxide of cobalt and avery small quantity of bichromate of potassium must be employed. The stones so roduced possess at least very nearly the arduess of the reul siones, as they scratch beth quartz and topaz. The’ French “paste” which imitates the diamond go closely is a peculiar kind of glass, the manutacture ot which was brought to a great degree of per- fection some 50 years ago by Donald-Weiland of Paris. The finest quality of paste demands ex- treme care in the choice of materials and in the melting, ete. The basis of it, in the hands of the expert manufacturer just named, was pow- dered rock crystal or quartz. The proportions he took were—six ounces of rock crystal; nine ounces two drams of red lead; three ounces three drams ot pure carbonate of potash; three drams of boracic acid, and six grains of white arsenic. The product thus manutactured was extremely beautiful, but rather expensive, com- with the prices now charged for artificial jewels. It has never been in. bril- ing them, have all tended to reduce the price of the “diamonds” thus manuiactured ——_——_-2-____— A deaf mute, who is blind.attended religious service for deaf mutes in Baltimore and Seat mee eho tnoneee pee ml wi on the blind man’s bands. Why just to-day | y | cratic politics of Suffolk county for tl THE MINISTER'S RUNAWAY WIFE. Ambition Tempted Her and She Tempt- ed Terry. From the New York Tribune éth. The excitement over the elopement of G. Mitchell Terry and Mra. Ciara Downs, wife ot the pastor of the Northville Congregational church, has not abated. The feeling against the runaway pair is intense. Mr. Downs Is prostrated by the affair. Mrs. Terry, the de- serted wife, is also heart-broken by the treach- ery of her busband. In conversation with a re- porter she eaid: with that Clara Downs. Oh! igI could onty lay my hands oa her, 'd show her something, the hussy! Inever likrd that woman. Handsome? Ifshe were handsome, Edsel feel so bad abont it, but she Is not. If my husband returns, I shall never live another day with him. He came to me Wednesday afternoon and said he was going to the villare to attend court. and might not be back until late. He wore his best clothes. Mr. Downs lett home on Wedne: morning to attend a session of the Su County Temperance Socicty at Orient. and lis wife drove with him as far as Jamesport, where she took the afternoon train for New York. My husband took the same train at Riverhead. He had about $4,000 In his possession. [ got a letter from him this morning written at Bristol hotel, fifth avenue, New York, but postmarked Jersey City. He confessed his crime and 5: washappy. He told me I could dra he jett ia the Riverhead Savings Bank. told me where to find the deeds of the farm which is now in my name.” ositively denied having noticed any inti- between her husband and Mrs. Downs. ter and his wife boarded with them until about ayearago. Both house, and both families Mr. Downs went to consuit with his |. a Wealthy farmer and His two children, mpton 3 . Mr. Han cher ot that y t loeal pre: one a faxen-haired, bright little boy, the other a two-year-old girl, have been adopted by Mrs. Fletcher Squiers,a sister of Mr. Downs. He tendered his. resignation Immediately after he learned the facts of his wife's elopement, but the parishioners met on Thursday evening, and by te decided uot to accept it, thus rthe pastor, and their for hima in his present trouble. Captain Samuel R. 1 an old friend of Terry's, sald: “Well, [ Knew something was going to happen. I told Terry when he became @ trustee of that church there was trouble ahead. There has been trouble in this church, but who'd have thought the Deacon would rua off with the Dominie’s wife?” The feeling is general that Mrs. Downs, who Is. a handsome bionde only twenty-six years old, had complete control over Terry, and i: him to run of with her, A man who was quainted with her when she was Miss Hand said she was an ambiti: oman, and before marry- Mr. Downs was anxious to become an act- w to their movements. would not dare ain Perry eloped with his ayo, and is now gin F on the best of terms. 3 years old, and has been prominent in th thirty years. Pastor Downs Will occupy his pulp ton Sunday us thougn nothing had lap- pened. —————— A SOUTHERN LOVE STORY. Courtship, a Quarrel, Flight, Reconci prompiu Weddin Separatio Atlanta, Ga., Specis! to the The home of Miss Alice E. Coggins, a beauti- ful black-eyed, black-haired girl of fifteen, is in Pike county. Her parents are in easy cireut- stances. Near the Cogyins homestead young | Joshua T. Martin resided. He, too, is a pla: and from his boyhood up has been an ass of Miss Coggins. A strong friendship ¢ between the families, and when Mr. Martin be n paying attention to Miss Coggins con lations were showered upon them. young lady grew more beantiful each Martin grew proud of the jewel he had won. On Sunday afternoon last, when Mr. Martin was at Miss Coggins’ house, they became angry. and a few warm words were spoken by each. Finally Mr. Martin said: * Alice, I can never marry you, for we cannot be happy together.” “all right,” said the young lady, “Ihave only to thank you for releasing me from an engaze- ment which has bezua to grow tiresome.” Mr. Martin took his departure. Soon after another young gentleman drove up and asked M Cog: ginsto take a drive with him. The thinking that she might make Mr. bad, consented. Her wish was gratitied when the buguy passed Martin, who was himself driv- ing. Mr. Martin. hoping to inflict a wound like that he had received, sought a lady friend and with ber drove around to Miss Coggins’. This Was more than the young lady could bear. Early Monday morning Miss Coggins lett her home and came to Atlanta, having but one object. to wound Martin's feelings. Upon reaching At- lanta she went to a private boarding-hou: Mr. Martin by the next train came to Atlanta and searched for the lady, He called upon Chief Connotly and told his story. About noon they found thelady. The meeting between the two was quite aifecting. After a short talk between themselves, Mr. Martin turned to Chief Connolly and said: “Send for a preacher. Have him meet us at the ordinary’s office and we won't have any more troubie.” Kev. Dr. Armstrong met them at2o’clock and they were married. Mr. and Mra. Martin left for Barnesville on the afternoon train. +2 “GOOD FORM, The Keynote to English Society. Julian Hawthorne, in a late lecture finds the keynote to English society in the phrase “good form” “It is something,” he says, “which no one can teach you, which experience cannot im- part. It is a matter of fact. apparently free from effort, spontaneous in the best English society, yet so trifling a thing as an inflection of the voice, a careless gesture will transgress its subtle limits, Its presence is noted but its absence is fatal. It isan invaluable defense against enforced in- trusion. The intruder ostracises himself and never knows how it happens, It is a sort of secret language with signs and countersigns, known only to the initiated.” He had noticed in England that the earls and dukes were less well behaved than the squires and barons and baronets, and this he attributed to theirnarrower inheritance and traditions. Another character- istic of English good society he found to ve “anobtrusiveness,” The ornaments, he said, are rich, but you have to look twice tor them. The tone of conversa- tion is pitched low—no excitement, no stubborn opinions, no uncompromising asser tions. The implication is that life is rather mildly entertaining than interesting. It is proper to smile, but hazardous to laugh and un- pardonable to weep. Ail effort, all exertion, all earnestness. is deprecated. Those things are to beleft to clergymen and preachers, but there are symptoms that they too are catching the po- lite indifference. Another distinctive feature of English society was its etiquette with regard to the proper treatment of servants. The most outrageous things might be done with impuni- ty, “but as you value your good name you must not help ourself to a potato or put acoal on the fire.’ Then he con idered the darker side of English good society, its hypocrisy. “When men and women are forced to conform themselves to a social ritual which an evangel- ist would find irksome, what escape can they find except inhypocrisy? And hypocrisy has be- come so much a matter of course that It ceases to bear that name, and is a social duty, @ mark and test of social merit. When daughters are bought and sold in open market a high order ot morality cannot prevail. English civilization means English comfort. Mrs. Grundy calls morality a species of *‘bogey” by which people of the world keep childran and fools in order. The difficulty of American soci- ety, in Mr. Hawthorne’s judgment, was the ab- sence of any recognized standard of fashion or behavior. But America hada greater mission than the mere adoption of the automatic smoothness of the old order of things It was the fleld in which a new drama of progress was to be untolded. He said some scathing things of the American snob who merely aped the English manner, and found signs of vi health in the “thorse-car democracy.” He closed with a glowing picture of what he hoped would be the outcome of all the apparent confusion and incongruity of American society, and when this happy condition was reached he ventured to hope that English society would also have he @ corresponding change. oe A Scarcity in the Market. ‘From the Philadelphia Call. Customer—You have not left me any bread for two mornings. Baker's Boy—No, mum. You take Graham 1 “Of course; why don’t you leave “We haven't ss mun.” ao ree feck Peake @ queer excuse. lon’ ol ie “You sea; mum, the man what held the mort- gage on the mill f it, it don't-ran now.’ “Oh, you mean the flour mill?” “No, mum; the saw mill.” “Yes, my husband has eloped | of the minister's childreu | tation and an im- / . World, December 5th. | ee DIRECTORY OF CONGHESSMEN. Places of Residence of Senators and Rogers J. E Rowe! j. H., 116 following is a ist of Senatorsand Represent | hynny wane umnen, atives in Congress, with thelr present places of | itussdil WW. a. Mass. Wormeym in Luis city: Scales A. M., N.C. L SENATORS. Seney, G. E.. Onto. et, Seymour, E. W., Cor . cor. Vt ave and H st. Sheties, &.) 114 Vu 4 ts 1413 Mass. ave, 201 EB. Cap. st. Bowen, Thos M., Riggs House. Builer, M. C., 1 Is. 2 Ww. Call, Wilkinson. 1753 P st. now, Fi} Camas 885 VE ave. c : stand R. Lave, 5.58 w 310 19th st. nw. © | 1), Metropolitan hotel. 2 < Stewart c | Stewart, Stocksla | 2 | \% SOL HL St mw, Metropolitan hovel, TMman, G. D.. Townshend, K. 1 1. 1) | | ja P. and Mass ave, >and C St. ne, Willams, | Wilson, James’ F., 623 13th st. nw. c winch REPRESENTATIVES. Manzaneres, A., New Mexico, Welcker's. Post, M. BE, Wyo., Riggs. —— EATING BEFORE SELERPING. A Journalivt's Experi nal. Mankind ‘obitt. - Va, Wi bsi me | ™ k David M. Stone in New that night. or jus the e suppers” contain old popular works on dit. The argument these p sitions was not dir | food at a late hour in the day, bu was involved Ia a late supper, at @ period the revelers slipped from their chairs and spent the night under the table, or were carried by | waiting lackey sible to their beds. it was re denunciation riy all the in {ropolttan, blic nal. 88 which alarmed an may induc food after bowls of hot p did the busi apop engi ay hour of the day. b of heady wine or the ag revel were ho ran a brief ‘ a un Man is the only animal tha eleep quietly on an er creation resent all ¢ & violation of the in the tor when he hi nt to the brate ax them to such ure. The lionroars ound his prey. and d it le sleeps over until he 13uh street. ’2., Metropolitan, Netropolitan, ss, Riggs. Converse, G. T., Uni, Arlington. illara’s | J, MO j needs another meal. The horse will paw all . No.1 Dupont circle, | night ta the stabi d the pig will equeal in Riggs Annex, | the pen, refusing ail ep until they are Pe ted. The animals which chew the cad have eit | their own provision tor al dropping off to their n Man can train himse!t to the without a preceding tneal, tu eal just before A child's sto; filled. if no sickness distarbs » | j and when perte it, sleep follows naturally and inevitably. As , N., Me., Hamilton digestion goes on, t ns to empty MM fold tn it wi ttle she Doria two will awa Dunham, R. W., fy or other . but without ying drag it will pot ithy it may be. Not ned the art ot minstrelsy r can sing a babe to sleep on 34th st. Bst ne, narcotic may close its either food or some stup slee even lin acelestial chi }an empty stomac! | We use the of | as sweet | of a chil ited filustration, “sleeping cause this slumber ely after its stomach iesome food. This *s to adults long hours after partaking of food, and when the stomach is nearly or quite empty, is not after the type of infantile repose. There is all the difference in the world between the sleep of refreshment aud the sleep of exhanstio: To sleepwell, the blood that swells the veins in the head during our busy hours must flow back, leaving a greatly diminished volume be- hind the brow that lately throbbed with such vehemence. To dizest well, this blood is needed at the stomach and near the fountains of life. It is a fact established beyond the possibility of contradiction that sleep sids dig:stion, and that the process of cigestion is conducive to | refreshing si It needs no argument to con- vince us of this mutual relation. The crowsi- | Frederich Geddes, pei 643 East Capitol st milton house, bson, Green, W, J. Greenleaf, H. een nd. Hanback, L. Hancock, J., Te: rman, Hardy, J. N, derson, TJ. 2 ness which always follows @ well-ordered meal i¥, B., Cai, 1510 Conn. ave. is itse! : oun ~ Hepburn, W. B., lowa, 901 16th st. | peanease testimony of nature to chis interd (neues es The waste of human life by the neglect of the | Howey, BF. N. lesson is very great. The daily wear and tear Lill, W. D., of the body might be restored more fully than tt Fe Be fl 1 it usually is if this simple rule was not system- ‘a, Cor Hooiitzell, F. sional, ton house, Acally viol . Slee] r erfull; cupe- Ind. Ham at! ly Violated. leep is wonderfully recape. 10 rative, but it may be shorn of half its benetits by unfavorable conditions. Foul air in the bed- chamber leaves the sleeper almost as exhansted in the morning as, when weary with the day’s labor, he sank upon the bed. A gnawing storn- ach, empty of food, takes out of the nigttiy sleep that’ retreshing sense of comfort which properly belongs to it. it leaves the blood to throb in the heated brow, and haunts the sleep | { | 513 6th Portland. ni, Wormler’s, +) Willards, Sonnson, F. A. N.Y. with an ever-present source of disquiet. It is Tones, BL W., Wis, 601 E st. like the sleep which the mother takes while ner | sues J. H, Texas, eo sick child is under the care of watchers in an- oni ns other room. An uneasy stomach is just like ., Ohio, 1728 1. L ave. tren heart in its effect upon the nightly J., Wormicy’s, repose. i Onto, Evite. A healthy person who goes to bed on a full stomach will always wake in the morning witii a better appetite for his breakfast. If dinner is eaten in the middle of the day and a light sup- elley, W Ketcham, J. i. King, J. F., Kieiner, J.J. N.Y. 1829 K ', Arlington, Thd., 108 43; street, . | per is served at six inthe afternoon, a hearty jon, = 8, Alicnigan, SS | Kcuoheon should be providediat ten as the eon, Lamb, 3B. lad, 1315 G st. | ning, or just before the hour of retiring. The Lanham, 8.'W. T., Texas, Metropolitan. Lawrence, G. V., Pa., Metropolitan. Le Fevre, B., Ohio, Wormley’s. Long, J. D., Mass; Hamilton. Lore, C. B.y Del. 1B st. nw. Lovering, H. B., Mass, 1235 F st. rule should be to eat at the last moment before going to bed, whatever that hour may be. And this latest meal should not be of “icht” viands, as this phrase is commonly understood. The less a person eats at any time of cake or 1 ert, Ind., 210 Ni ‘Cay street, pie, or the countless flummeries that co to make y 1407 Mase are. = up a fancy tea-table the better, but none of McComas, L. E., Md., Riggs. these shouid be eaten at bedtime. Cold chicken, 3 J. W., 715 9th St, 3 cold roast beef, corned beef, or wholesome meat ieMillin, B., ‘Tenn., 519 13th. of any kind, with well-baked bread and butter, Matson, C. G., Ind., 109 C st. do - s (sauce and pickle will dono barm,) will serve ey ahi the substantial requisites for this collation, apexes’ Metropolitan, | Milk is perhaps the best of all where the pure Pan, 638 14h st article can be obtained; “Borden's condensed” Muuken, SL, Ne., 1421 K st. Mills, R.'Q., Texas, 1115 G st Mitchell, CL, Coin..8 Dupont circle, iss, Metropolitan, ill supply it in the best shape to suit our taste, and if this Is used it should be mixed with warm or hot water, instead ot cold, and eaten betore lara’s, it cools. With bread and fruit, (baked apples nL, Willard’s, will serve when berries and peaches fall,) this ¥ ey"s. makes a very wholesome eve.iug meal. All persons should be very cautious when they reform their habits in this respect. A mouthful or two each night at first is all that : ts tithe wk should be attempted, gradually increasing the Maree We pa 70 oes st. quantity until the luncheon becomes a pretty N HL, IIL, 317 C streeu substantial meal. If indigestion tollows at any ese ‘Minn., 704 14th st, time, chewing the meat of ove or two peach Oates, W. C., Aia-, Metropolitan, (for the prassic acid in them) atter eating is ae a ‘_ ter than sending fora doctor. With a clear conscience and a full stomach, any Payson, ML, 1115 G st. bow. Peel, 8 W., Atk., Mades’ hotel. eer Wan Gra Fase Petibones & Bi ‘Tenn,, 414 6th st. roa So arn oe ew