Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1885, Page 3

« _—=. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. , SATURDAY. CITY AND DISTRICT. A DEBT OWED BY THE COUNTRY. Whe National Disgrace that It is Not Paid. SIxo Stan tative of the covatry n influenced by a be- sense of what the American people has long owed itself and Its creditors, when It recol- lected the other day that, though it had held in Possession the great states of Louisiana, Arkan- tas and Missouri, : ver else might have constituted the “Louisiana purchase,” for the greater part ot a century. it had never yet paid The omission ms to have the promised consideration for it. to pay what it had agreed in the contract with Napoleon constituted a marked Instance of na- tional forgetfulness of plain duty and public honor. But the iste action of Congress in re- gard to those nck spoliation” claims, though very late Indeed, was altogether a just and proper rec fon, and must be held as wiping out the stigma for once and for all. Nevertheless, all has not been done that should be. There is yet due by the nation a debt of some three or four millions, even more sacred and obligatory than the debt due to the sufferers by the Frerich spoilations. It is more sacred and obligatory in the proportion of the whole nation to three or four states, for (I Quote no less respectable testimony than that Of the Father of His Country) it was “the price of American independence. It is more than a common debt; it is a debt of honor; it can never be con: “d a pension or gratuity, nor can- celed until fairly discharged.” Now, this debt bas never been fairly dis- charged. though it has heen unmistakenly acknowledged by a partial payment. Daniel Webster said of it: “Disguise it, cover it. evade as We will, the truth still is t' this plighted faith has never been redeemed. Never was public faith pledged more solemnly or for better cause.” Mr. Madison said that the injustice comuitted by the nation was “enormous and fiagrant, aud makes redress a great national objec Probably not one person in a million fs aware of the fact that the Army of the Revolution was (I quote the blunt but terse declaration of its own quartermaster general) “disbanded and— cheated.” Is the proud, rich, powertul American people of this or any other age willing to con- tinue year after year, age atter age, to live on under such Imputations as the foregoing, made not by foes but by its truest and best friends? The nation has erected a monument to the memory of Its greatest name; it outtops every similar structure of man, as he whom it com- memorates surpassed all other heroes and patriots. It is to be dedicated one month from to-day. What would Washington himselt say of this great work if he could behold it in the flesh? Let answer be made in the words of Another tried patriot whose every thought and ulsation was for his country. ‘The late William . Seward said in his place in the Senate, on December 15th, 1856 (see Congvessional Globe, page 229 and column 3d), when pleading for the payment of the yet remaining cebt to the heirs and representatives of the officezs of the Revo- lutionary Army “Mr. President, we have framed statues of brass and iron which present Washington to the beholder as a general @ statesman, as a magistrate, and as ac We have pierced the skies with monu’ granite in honor of hi it upon vil capital that is nent; but if | do not altogether mistake his genius, the fulfilment of his predictions and his promises maae when he was taking leave of the Zompanions of his labors and sniferings. that his country would be just and would ultimateiy redeem the pledzes it bad given them, will be more acceptable is serene and awful shade ize ents of marble and of name. We have tmposed cities, a state and a becoming the glory ot a contl- Let Congressfuilil the yet unfulfilled promises which Washington made in behalf of the nation he saved. Mr. Editor, Washing dead, are yet speakin In that solemn pri false thought and fee zton and Seward, though to the American people. nee let every mean and ng be still, so that in our day and generation we may do our best to pro- mete trut i Justice. January 21, 1885. FLIMN-FLAMMERS, An Old Species of Swindling Under a New Name—Hoew It Is Worked. “Do you see that m a Star reporter was asked as he stopped on the street to speak to au acquaintance. As the person speaking made @ specialty of knowing gentlemen connected with the criminal class the reporter expected to see a noted forger or an accomplished burglar, with the marks of a long confinement in some prison still upon him. The man indicated, how- ever, was rather large and stout, with a full beard, and, being dressed rather plainly, looked ike an honest citizen from a country town who Was up doing the sights of the city. He was accompanied by a younger man, who was dressed in a somewhat loud style, and rather strength- ened the impression that the honest eltizen was doing the town and had, in the meantime, fallen into rather fast company. Howezer, the pair went along very amicably together, and the re- porter asked why his attention was particularly called to them. “I thought, may be, you would like to see them,” was the reply hey are flim-flammers, and they are working some ‘tricks’ on this town.” “Oh; they are, are they?” said the reporter, Father ata lossto know what was meant. “I am glad you pointed them out, for if there is one thing more than another that I have wanted to see, itis s fim—what did you say they were? and, by the way, what isit any way?” “& fiim-flammer,” said the expert, with a alm superiority of manner and with a sublime sort of patience,that showed he was accustomed to meet with such ignorance frequently. “A film-fammer is a man who has large bills changed, and by confusing the mind ot the per- son making the change, gets away with more than bis share. For instance,a man of this sort goes into asaloon and orders two drinks. He must have a confederate with him, and when the two have disposed of the liquor, one throws down a ten-dollar bill. Heis given a ES of bills in exchange, a five-dollar bill per- ps and some ones. He takes up the bills in his hands, still leaning over the bar, and runs them over to see if they are right. Then his confederate, who has been watching the counting " process, says casually: “What do you want tobe carrying so much change about with you tor. I have some silver here and will pay for these drinks," and then he fishes a couple of ten cent pieces out of his | spe and hands them over to the bar-keeper. other man then throws the pile of bills that he has in bis bands down on the counter, but as. he does so he quickly and skillfully, by finger manipulation, crumples up the five dollar bill and ‘palms it,"as they eay, or slides it in the palm of his hand. it is done so neatly and with such sleight of hand deftness. that the man does Bot suspect that the pile of bills which has been before his eyes has been tampered with. So the bills are swept into the money drawer and the ten dollar olll is returned. When the cashis counted the money is missed and the proprietor can't for the lite of him tell where it has gone.” “T have tried to explain it some times to the Victims,” he continued, “but it is rather difm- eult for them to believe that they have been robbed before their eyes and kuew nothing about it. There have been several men work- ing this game in this city recently, but as a rule are crooks on their way to New Orleans stop off to get a little spending money. The inauguration crowd have not begun to arrive yet, although some have run over to get the lay Of the land and look about a little.” ‘Talk of Society Girls. ew York Correspondence of the Albanv Journal. ‘There are various views of ancestry, by the way, in that happily small circle of our society where Inactivity is deemed ennobling. 1 over- heard @ sixteen-year-old dandy say to a still younger belle: “Iam glad that my family got out of trade fifty years ago. My father was never im business, but devoted himself to science as a hobby. He made several discoveries, you know, that have got a permanent | pss in the books,” Then he looked into the girl’s face for admiring Wonder, but saw only gentle commiseration. “So your poor papa had employment?” she said; and then a weak tincture of proud disdain be- came visible as she added: “My father never, never did anything at all.” Nor was the further conversation of this dainty bud of exotic culture less interesting. She dwelt upon the artistic laws of harmony fn colors, as she deemed them obeyed or violated in the hangings of the draw- ing room. Anything inharmonious made her positively ill. The sight of {il-contrasted hues sharp | through her eyes. She really pervaded “Why, do you know,” “my horse shied so dreadtull, too bright, I suppose.” feather = spec vel on green velvet. ‘horse past that?” & REMINISCENCE OF THE BALL. How an Hibernian Driver Attended Ball, and the Scandal There are a number of odd characters in the different departments of the government, and among them is a driver of one of the official carriages. He is a giant from the Emerald Isle, with a fand of the proverbial good natare com- mensurate with his size. “Thim army and navy officers had a purty party at Marini’s last night,” he remarked to @ Star reporter the other morning. “Were you there?” asked the reporter. ‘ow, phwat the divil wud I be doin’ there wid a fut like that?” he replied, lifting a heavy brogan of immense size. “Mighty little room wud I lave fur the dancers. Yis, it’s a good fut, it is. Nines fite it, but tirteens is aisier. Tl tell you phwere I wuz oncet though. 1 wint t’ the last inagirashun ball, I did, and I wint in shtyle. ‘Twas my day on at the gomment (government) shtable, and I shoveled manoor all day, but cum night, I wint home, tuk a baht and drissed mesel in me claw- hammer sute, one I borried from the elevathor man fur th’ avenin. Thin I had a divil of a toime gittin’ these hands into thim white kids I got on Sevent shtreet. Did I go to th’ vali alone? Not much I didn’t, me darlint. J had coompny, d first-class coompny ‘twas. To till t’ throoth ‘twas at her invitashun I wint, and she stud th’ bloont av th expense. She was a liyin’ out guyrl, but she had yearnins fur th’ ball, and go she wud, and paytur all, if I consinted to go widher. “Twas jist twinty dollars. Foive fur th’ kirridge, foive tickets, folve fur supper and foive fur shpindin’ money. AvcoorseI had to git the consint av th’ auld woman, else I feared the consequinces. I fixed it all right and we wint tth I. Altho’ she was a livin out guyrl, as I said, ye couldn't a’ tould it, she looked so foine, She was drissed in white satin from her troat t’ the doore yander. When we promynaded she looked loike a ship under full sail, and whin we danced it tuk the bote of us t‘hould up the train, ‘twas so long and hivy. Ye paden't laugh. I kin dance and doant ye furgit it. Whin I was @ laddy buck in th’ auld counthry I tuk dancin Jessons fur tin years, My feet has growed hivier since thin, but I’m purty good at it yit. Whoile we was promenadin’ we runned slap agin th’ boss. He knowed me as soon as he set eyes on me, notwithstandin’ me disguise, and [ was compelled to sthop out ov respict, and inthro- dooced him to me coompny. ‘Thin it’s not yer wolfe? says he aside. ‘No,’ says 1, ‘it’s me wife’s cuzzin from New Yorick.’ A little turder and we sthumbled across th’ boss’ docthor. I cudnt fool him, as he had been tendin’ th’ auld woman hersel’ so I giv him th’ same shtory. Nevertheliss we had lots ov joy. Th’ supper, tho’ was cauld, bad luck to it, but barrin that everything was foine. Th’ proceedins thin was all shquare, but d'ye know harrum cum of it. Yis, some av th’ other livin out guyrls was jel- lus, and they told tales t’ th’ auld woman, how she giv me th’ money, and we was goin t? lope, and sich shtories. She got on th’ rampage and forbid th house to me coompny. Still I'd risk it again had I th’ chance. ————— Colonel Frederick ‘turnaby, Author of the “Ride to Khiva,” Killed in Battie. Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Burnaby, of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), who was killed on Saturday in the engagement between the English troops and the rebels in Egypt, was one of the most gallant and capable soldiers in the English army. He combined the quality ot a soldier of fortune with the chivalry of a Bay- ard and the ettainments of a Crichton, and was one of the most indefatigable workers and stu- dents of the day. He was born in 1842, his parents being of the highest social position in England. After an education at Harrow and some tuition in Germany, he obtained a com- mission in the Horse Guards or * Blues,” as they are called in contradistinction to their sister regiment. the Lite Guards. His well-knit muscular figure soon became conspicuo! even ina regiment composed entirely of big- limbed men over six feet in height, and his soldierly qualities not only brought him to the brother officers, but caused to be almost idolized by the men. attention to gymnastics, however, broke down his nealth, and he obtained leave of absence to travel, which from time to time was extended. He journeyed all over Europe and then directed his attention to South America, Central Atrica and Central Asia, traveling very often alone, away from the beaten tracks, and fearlessly traversing terri- tories hitherto aimost untrodden by any Euro- pean. On his Jcurneys he managed to pick up several languazes and his peculiar qualities taught him to adapt himself to all possible cir- cumstances. His romantic and often wonderful adventures he relates in two ot the books he subsequently published: “Travels in Central Asia” and “On Horseback Through Asia Minor.” In 1875 he started on his memorable ride to Khiva, which he described In a book which was one of the literary sensations of the day. On his return from Khiva, Colonel Burnaby became the lion of English society, but he was not the man for adulation, and in 1877 he again mounted his horse and started for a tour which pene- trated into the heart of Persia. He next accepted the position of military correspondent with Don Carlos, in Spain, and when the pretender retired from the field he passed a year or two in making balloon ascents until the Egyptian troubles broke out. In September, 1882, he applied for the position of British attache to the Turkish headquarters in Exypt. In February last he was attached to General Valentine Baker's force, and took a gallant part in the battle of Teb. When the British attacked the fort at that place, he was the first to mount the parapet, firing a doubie-barrel shot-gun into the enemy. and receiving a bad sword thrust in turn. He recovered in time to take part in the Woiseley expedition for the relief of Khartoum. —__—_—_2.__ Mormon Success in the South. From the New Orleans Times Democrat, Jan. 19, The “saints” are among the most persuasive and seductive of missionaries, and understand their audiences well. When on missionary work in the south they are men of quiet and well- ordered demeamor, affecting great piety, preach- ing temperance, defending the teachings of the Old and New Testaments, yet placing beside them the Book of Mormon as of equal authority, while of polygamy they say little. There are several special arguments they urge to the poor whites of the southern states which are par- ticulary strong with them. Then, in the moun- tain districts of South Carolina, where the saints are winning many converts, they preach the doctrine of the inequality of the negro, and de- clare that ‘God never makes a revelation to the negro, and he is not entitled to membership with the whites.” Another argument used by them with success Is that the United States government is persecuting them for their faith, and, remembering the days of reconstruction and the kuklux and other laws, the people of the South Carolina mountains are disposed to sympathize with the Mormons on account of the unfriendly course of the government. This sympathy and the apparently outward good conduct of the missionaries create @ prejudice in their favor. The elders go from house to house, wandering through the mountains, taking no money for their preaching. If lodging 1s given them free they accept it, but if a charge is made they pay it without complaint. Against such missionaries, working among a class of people almost totally uneducated and ignorant, there can be no argument used but the law. The manner in which the people of Tennessee sought to espeeees Mormonism intheir midst, by killing the elders, has had the contrary effect— has only strengthened the church—as is seen by the fact that there are now 25 elders at work in that state, a larger number than ever before. $= Saturday Smiles, Lady to hackman—‘‘How much did you say I have to pay?” “One dollar.” “What's your number?” “Fifty cents, you mean, stingy old fraud!"”—Teras Siftings. A new name has been devised for incendiar- ism. It is pyromania, and is intended to keep company with dipsomania and kleptomania, A poor man will have to pay the penalty for arson Just the same.— Philadelphia Record. The senatorial candidate dictated a telegram to a member of the legisiature, “If yon vote for me I will not forget the obligation.” “How many words is that?” “Eleven,” said the pri- vate secretary. ‘Well. you know what I mean. Boll it down te ten words.” The private secre- tary struck out the word “not."—Chicago News. A Pittsburg plumber has just been sold out by the sheriff. It is supposed that the recent rise tn the price of paper on which he made out his bills caused the catastrophe.— Oi City Derrick. The first thing to be done in au: ivate or public charity movement is to beat fe news- pers to the extent of making them advertise the scheme free. After the show is over, the beats will ask the same papers ablish free a card thanking the beats for és work in the Orleans Picayune. to ‘the cause.—New He—“It’s a polka; but we can waitz to it.” She—‘Oh, not for worlds! I hate waltzing to polka; besides I adore the polka step.” He— ‘Sorry; I-a-nevah dance the polka; but we can engl oarrnsg it Jou like, and I will talk to you.” She—“Oh, good no! Let dance tt any way Sou like. Londo Punch, = dae Gap: “Gato seiagertin he ae a lor cl tances for advice, and to Telatives oF nothing and you will always have a supply.” Theodore Tilton is living in Paris, where he described as giving good dinners ‘to good = sons, writing a voiume of poems, and mi oh ages that of Sarah LITERARY NOTES. From SicRED AND Pro- ES. GE Rawiinson, MA, See ee Mend Charles Seribners Soe Washington; Wm. Bal- Tantyne & Son. Upon the ancient history of the two countries treated of in this volume there fs no higher au- thority than Prof. Rawlinson, and he has brought to the discussion of the special subject to which his last volume is devoted, his exten- sive archeological knowledge, his’ proverbial patience and perseverance in research, his keen powers of analysis, and his faculty of clear and forcible statement. Believing that the real his- tory of all early nations is closely interwoven with the history of their religions, he has sought to ascertain and point out such light as biblical and profane authorities throw upon the subject of his inquiry, and, by comparison, to show how nearly they are in accord. The scriptural allusions to Egypt and Babylon are grouped together and dispassionately discussed; the same process Is adopted with reference to such reliable information as is to be obtained from other sources, and very striking and interesting connections are shown to exist between them,— the whole making up what is doubtless the most complete history of the two great ancient empires yet given to the world. OUT OF THE WRECK, on, Was rr 4 Victory? By AMANDA M. DOUGLAS, author of “In trust,” ete, Boston: Lee & Shepard. Washington: W. H. Mor- rison. A well told story, this, of a wife’s struggles,— of a marriage beginning in love and happiness, with the brightest of prospects,—of the grad- ual downfall of the husband, until he becomes that most loathsome of all objects, an habitual drunkard,—and one that appeals strongly to the sympathles of the reader and vividly illus- trates ideal and real life. The deseription of the wife's feelings when she determines, for the sake of her children, to break away from the degradation of her ‘life, is both thrilling and pathetic, and the narrative of the manner in which the devoted mother makes her way in the world and brings her daughter from misery and low associations to a higher and better life is inthe highest degree absorbing. The story does not perhaps come under the head of pleas- ant reading, but the purpose is good and the tone heaithy. PERIL. A Novel. By Jessre Fornerori1, author of “The First Violin.” “Probation,” ete. (Leisure Hour Series, No. 161.) New York: Heiry Holt & “Peril,” which takes Its name from Its eccen- tric heroine, is likely to’ be one of the most pope ular of theseries to which it belongs. The scenes are laid in the manufacturing districts ot Eng- land, the characters being mostly drawn from the middle classes of that country, and the por- trayal of both is well done. In addition to this merit the plot is quite out of the common, the literary style of the author is attractive, and the interest is maintained to the end. There is no moral preached, but the discerning reader will oe a to see the thread of one running between the lines. . FERISHTAH’S FANCIES. By Ronert Browsixa. Boston: Houghtod, Mittin & Co. W Vashington: Kob- all, Mr. Browning's thick-and-thin worshippers will doubtless find much to their liking in his last volume, which serves up the mystical para- bolic philosophy of the orient in obscure and Jolting verse, but the average reader will see in it little that can be either understood or hon- estly admired. The occult meaning of the “fancies” may be mastered after much study, and it may be, too, that frequent readings mizht reconcile one to the poet's style, but after th things are accomplished will come the query whether the result is worth the effort. MiTcH oS . Soucy rth vets," etc. ostor fhion, Mi: Go, Washington Rovere Ra pemecmma Although possessing all the requisites of the conventional story, with the plot consistently worked out und the actors well limned, the charm of Dr. Weir's book lies in its quality as a character study, and the admirable manner in which the author illustrates the growth and de- velopment of those elements which make or mar a career. Its theme may be said to be man’s weakness and woman's strength, and it is treated with both originality and’ power throughout. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT. By Dr. D. A. SancENt Parvard College Gymnasium. Boston: D. Loturep Ifthe value of books were determined py their size, this little yolume would not count for near as muich as it is worth. Itis really a @ handbook that might well belong with advan- tage to every family, containing, as it doe much useful information, plainly and concise set forth, calculated to aid in self-preservation, and to show how best to act In the face of such accidents and emergencies as are likely to be met ig the every-day experiences of fe. FARNELUS FOLLY. By J.T. Trownarpar. Boston: Lee & Shephard, “Washington: J. C. Parker. Mr. Trowbridge is a clever delineator of char- acter, and his style is vivacious and popular, particularly with young readers, and he gener- ally manages to hold them tothe end, but in this case the end, it must be said, is too far away. The present story would have been bet- ter if it were shorter. The International News Company of New York have become the American publishers of the old established London Art Journal, which seems, like wine, to improve with age. It does notabandon steel engravings, which were for 80 many years its specialty, but gives in addi- tion to them some of the very best examples of modern etching, of which the reprucuction of Mosler’s “Wedding Morning,” in the January number fs an excellent illustration. The Feb- Tuary number in turn has a steel engraving of Orchardson’s striking painting of Napoleon on board the Bellerophon. Both numbers, by the way, are unusually rich both in interesting illustrations and letter press. Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sonsannounce that the scope of their attractive little monthly The Book Buyer,” is to be enlarged so that it will hereafter cover every important book published in America, and a good many of those of foreign origin. While it will keep strictly in the line of descriptive notices, everything which it prints will be specially prepared for its columns, thus giving incompact and acceptable form a large amount of information which those interested in current literature will be very glad to get. In the February number of Babyhood Dr. Yale has an article on the subject of the child’s ‘First Steps,” in which the earliest de- velopment of the baby’s power of locomotion is described in a practical inanner, with sugges- tions as to theavoldance of ‘bow-legs,” “knock- knees,” ete. Marion Harland writes of “Baby Abroad in Winter,” and Edward Everett Hale discourses amusingly on the naming of the new- born child. Charlie’s Bad Guesses, From the Hartford (Conn,) Times. Twoyoung ladies were overheard talking glibly and confidentially on a suburban train. “Now, Mary,” said one, “tell me why Charlie and you quarreled.” ‘Because he’s a ninny; that’s the Teason. You know he’s been coming to see me for two years, and I could see ‘Just as plain as anybody else that he was head over heels in love with me. But he didn’t seem to have any snap to him, and I got real impatient, Just as any girl would have done. A few nights before Christmas he called to see me, and before he went away I sald: ‘Charlie, I want to make you a Christmas present, but I want to be sure it will suit_you. It is’ something real nice, warm, useful and ornamental, and will always stay with you." ‘A scarf?’ he said. ‘No, not a scarf,’ I sald, though it might embrace you. It weighs about a hundred pounds, and I’ve heard. you say you ee it a ‘Oh, I know,’ he said, ‘a bicycle!’ By this time I was nearly mad, but I made one more effort. ‘Not a bicycle,’ I said, ‘but it can walk, has a mouth, eyes, pretty hair and is very affectionate.’ ‘Now T know,’ he said, ‘and what do youthink the ninny guessed that time? A big Newfoundland dog!’ I was never so disgusted in my life, and have not seen Charlie since. He's treated me real mean, and now leap yearis gone, and I just hate him. Oh, there he 1s now at the other end of the car. Ain't he sweet? I wish he would come and talk to us.” A New Use for the frog has been discovered. A Legacy Petia) a owe ste peek Lancet says that, finding the treatment of granulating wounds by skin grafting 1s in country practice Hable to fall into disuse. through the unwilling- ness of patients to part with the little bit of skit necessary, he has lately been induced to try experiments with other substances as a sub- stitute for human grafts. As the outcome of these experiments, he finds that bits of skin trom a decapitated trog make grafts which ad- mirably ered Sve Kees forming a source of supply always at hand in the country, except during the winter months, and being easily a) plied on account of their uniformity in thick- ness, and necessitating no pain to suffering hu- manity, The skin of a single frog yields grafts for an enormuus extent of surtace, and es its vitality so lang that, if the patient at a distance, the portion of skin required can be carried by the mn in his pocket for an hour or more without injury. provided it is Pe in waterproof tissue to prevent dry- by ‘the agrecment wich England and italy have entered into, will agree te modify her Policy, if ‘will recognize the ‘Occupation of RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES 4ND ELSEWHERE. —The ‘Central Union Mission” has located at 909 Pennsylvania avenue, second floor, where gospel services will be held every night. — Rev. Edward H. Ingle, assistant rector of Ascension P. E. church, this city, has been elected rector of St. Bartholomew’s church, Bal- timore. —The Women’s Christian association will hold its public anniversary meeting to-morrow evening. The officers of the association, re- cently elected, are :—Mrs. Justice Strong, pres ident; Mrs. 8. C. Pomeroy, first vice president; Mrs. C. A. Weed, secretary, and Mrs. D. A. Free- man, treasurer. —There are at present a number of revival meetings in progress among the Methodist churenes of the city. During this week con- versions have been reported at Hamline, Grace, McKendree, and much interest has been mani- fested at Waugh, Mount Zion, Mount Vernon Place and other churches. Revival services will be commenced at Wesley and other churches on to-morrow evening. —The Rev. Anson J. Brockway has been elected rector of Trinity church, Warsaw, N. Y. — Rev. H. F. Miskimon, of Heathsville, V circuit M. P. church, is seriously ill at Harper’ Ferry. —The Rev. Dr. Cyrus S. Bates has.been os rector of St. Paul's church, Cleveland, hio. — Ona recent Sunday at Fayette street M.E. Sunday school, in Baltimore, there were thirty conversions. . — The Rey. Anson T. Colt has been chosen an assistant minister of St. Ano’s church, for deaf mutes New York. — Bishop Elliott. of the Episcopal church, has been speaking at the Baltimore churches this month in behalf of the missions. —— An extensive revival has taken place in the House of Refuge, Baltimore, and over two hun- dred of the boys have been converted. —The Episcopal Church hospital, in Phila- delphia, received over 1,500 cases last year, and treated nearly 18.000 cases in the dispensaries. — Messrs. Poole, of Woodbury, and Hunt, of Baltimore, have each given $1,000 to aid the Centenary Biblical Institute of Baltimore, which prepares young colored men tor the ministry. — The seminary to be established in Balti- more, asthe centennial offering in the Baltimore conference, will be known as the Woman's col- lege ot Baltimore. — The new art gallery of St. Mary’s (Episco- pal) school, Rey. Bennett Smedes, at Raleigh, N.C., was burned a tewweeks ago. The build- ing was of wood 80x50 feet, connected with other buildings, which were, however, saved. — The missionary enrolment plan of the Prot- estant Episcopal church providing for five dollar subscriptions to aid the missions and chari- ties to be collected by October next, is meetin, with approval. It is thought that about $1,000,000 will be raised. — Rey. J. Wynne Jones, of the Abbott Me- morial (Presbyterian) church, Baltimore, re- cently received a magnificently bound Hebrew Book of Prayer from the Hai Sinai congregation of that city, In appreciation of his charitable work among some Jewish families. — For the $200,000 fund to establish the Con- ference Seminary, of the M. E. church, Rey. J. F. Goucher, of Baltimore, has doubled his sub- scription, making it $50,000. and M. H. Shisk, of one of the Baltimore churches, has given $40,000, leaving now something over $50,000 to be raised. From the New York Times. It came out during the recent trial of a gas inspector in Philadelphia for the oftense of kick- ing a dog that gas inspectors are furnished with complete lists of houses in which dogs are kept, and that in these lists the temper and habits of eaeh dog are carefully described. ‘Dogs,” re- marked the Philadelphia detendant, “are the torment of an inspector’s life,” an admission which will be hailed with joy by every gas con- suming householder in the land. The plan of training small dogs to bite all per- sons apparently bent upon examining gas meters was originated In this city some years ago by an enterprising dog fancier. He made it his business to breed and train what he called ‘gas dogs,” and was equally successful with rough- haired terriers, bull terriers and spitz dogs. This able person either sold his ‘gas dogs” at a rice a little above the current market rate, or je rented them to householders for fifty cents a day. As gas meters are inspected monthly, it is easy for a householder to hire a gas dog only two or three days in each month, and yet to be reasonably sure that the dog will be in readiness to receive the inspector. ie dog fancier who invented the plan of supplying the public with gas dogs made a fortune within three yeara, and although he has retired from the dog field, his business is carried on in almost every large town by at least one dog fancier. Excellent results have been attained by the use of gas dogs. An amlable Christian lady re- siding in S5th street, in this city, has no less than forty-three samples of trousers collected by her gas dog in the course ot five years. ‘There are now employed, either permanently or for three days in each month, tully five thou- sand gas dogs above the region ot Bleecker street, and we shall be safe in assuming that at least four thousand five hundred gas inspectors are bitten either in the legs or the trousers every month. It need hardly be said that gas dogs are won- derfully soothing to the householder’s mind. There are householders who make it a point to remain at home all day on the day when the gas inspector Is expected, merely in order to enjoy the yell of the inspector when the gas dog's teeth meet in his calf, or to listen to the inspec- tor’s language asafresh hole is made in his trousers. Paying the gas billis a most un- pleasant but absolutely inevitable necessity, and it is, of course, a great consolation to a good man to know that his gas dog is biting the very inspector by the help of whose machinations with the meter the gas bill is concocted. Hun- dreds of our leading citizens, including clergy- men and professional philanthropists, who own or employ gas dogs have testified that they can now pay their gas bills with comparative equa- nimity, cheered by the recollections of the legs and trousers thatthe faithful gasdogs have sampled. Whether on the whole a gas dog is anything more thana pleesure and comfort to a house- holder is a question that is not yet satisfactorily settled. What is the effect of the efforts of the gas dog upon the size of the gas bill? Let us assume that—as frequently happens—the gas dog prevents the inspector from approaching the meter. Will the inspector in such case charge for more feet ot gas than he would have charged could he have seen the meter? At first glanceone would be apt to think that the in- spector would seize the opportunity to revenge himself on the owner of the gas dog by reckless- ly increasing the size of the gas bill. A little re- fiection on the part of those acquainted with gas meters will show, however, that this Is ex- tremely improbable. Such 1s the diabolical in- genuity with which the gas meter is constructed that it will register more feet of gas than the imagination of the ordinary Inspector can conceive. For example, let us suppose that the gas consumed in any given house amounts to 500 feeta month. An in- spector, hi by agas dog and prevented from inspecting the meter, may perhaps charge the householder with 3,000 feet of gas. If, how- ever, the meter is a really good specimen of its kind, it will be entirely capable of registering 16,000 feet of gas_a month—a quantity far be- yond the wildest flight of a reckless and bitten 8] rs imagination. It is thus not only possible but probable that gas bills are not in- creased by debarring inspectors trom access to gas meters. ———___+-e-_______ ‘The Decadence of Blue Eyes. At the outcome of sexual selection blue eyes are to disappear, at least from Europe. 80 pre- dicts Mr. Alphonse De Candolle in his paper on. heredity in the color of the eyes in the human species, recently published in the Archives des Sciences. In investigating the subject ofheredity it occurred to De Candole that thecolor of the iris offered the best outward visible sign. It ia conspicuous. It cannot be made by artifice. After early childhood it does not vary with age. as does the color of the ball, and the character 1s, on the whoie, distinct. For. according to , there are only two sorts—black, or rather brown, eyes and bine; say eyes being reckoned as mere varieties of the blue. From the workin; up of the statistics in part from the series of oO rations made for the purpose it appears that when both parents have eyes of the same color, 88.4 per cent. of thechildren follow their parents in this feature and of the 11.6 per cent. of children born with eyes other than the parental color, part must be attributed to avatism—that is, tolntermittent heredity. But the curious fact oe oo that nae a has males have or brown eyes, in proportion, say, of 49 to 45 or of 41 to 89. ‘Next it appears, that with different colored eyes in the two parents, 58.9 a cent. of the progeny follow the fathers in ‘ing dark-eyed, and 56.91 per cent. follow their mothers in being dark-eyed. An increase of 5 per cent. ot darleeyed in each lon of d's~ colorous unions must tell heavily in the course of aby It would seem — ly bred concolorous s wilt be scarve in the millenia, wee | 48; oats, ‘The convention debated the question at some | —<— — * eye JANUARY 24, 1885-DOUBLE SHEET. FARMERS IN COUNCIL. The 16th Annual Convention at Sandy Spring—Agricultaral Talk. ‘From the Baltimore Sun, Jan. 21. One hundred and fifty farmers met in conven- tlon yesterday at Sandy Spring, Montgomery county, Md. They were the members of three local farmers’ clubs and thelr invited friends from Montgomery and adioining counties. The convention is an annual affair which dates back sixteen years. It was formed at first mainly for social purposes, but soon developed into a body which, by its proceedings, has ever since exer- cised @ large influence on agricultural matters in the state. | The convention was called to order at 10a. | m. in the Lyceum building, which is a compar- | atively new structure, standing near the old | Friends’ brick meeting-house, which was built { in 1817. Mr. Henry C. Hallowell, president, | was in the chair, assisted py the following vice [Seg hee Messrs. Chas. Albert. Asa M. Sta- | ler, B. D. Palmer, Wm. C. Manakee and Capt. i MeDonald. Messte. Allan Farquhar and H. H. | Miller were secretaries. President Hallow spoke feelingly ot some members who had di during the past years, He referred to the perity of the 1armers in times of tinanc pression, in so far as they could always live in comfort and plenty, while thosedependent upon manufactories were in trouble. ‘The farmer may not be able to add more acres to his farm s years: he may have to use the old wagon longer than he desires, but he can alw: He concluded by hoping that the convention would inthe future, asin the past, stimulate the com- munity to improved methods and thorough | work cena. Mr, Asa M. Stabler made some remarks as a member of the committee on protection of sheep from dogs. He did not think it worth while | discussing a dog law for Montgomery county. ‘They had been trying to get one for twenty-iive years and always failed. He suggested a con- | vention of several counties. Mr. ©. Lyon Rogers, | of Baltimore county, favored a meeting of the farmers of the whole state. Mr. Sands, of the Maryland Farmer, stated that a meeting of farmers had been called to meet in Baitimore | city, February 23d. A committee of ten was i} appointed to represent the convention in the | § Proposed meeting. Mr. Albert Chandlee, from the committee on hog thistle, made a report, and in the discus- sion it was generally agreed that it was hard to kill. Mr. Hartzhorn had gotten rid of it by cut- ting the stock off near the root when the plant was in full bloom. rid of it. Mr. Samuel Hopkins and other gen- tlemen reported the same experience. Mr. | George Stabler thought the mowing machine | the greatest enemy to hog thistle and the plow the best means ot spreading it. The convention then adjourned tor lunch. This was served in a school-house back of the Lyceum by the following committee of ladies : Misses Lizzie Moore, Lizzie T. Stabler, Lucy Snowden, Mrs. Sarah T. Miller, Mrs. Sarah Hallowell and Mrs. Annie F. Gilpi The ladies were assisted by Mess! B. H. Miller, Edward C. Gilpin, J. Thomas Charles G. Porter, W. W. Moore, J. L. M sey and T. M, Hallowell. The menu comprised ull the most appetizing @ishes of the season, deiiciously cooked and seryed cold with hot coffee. e | At the afternoon session Mr. J. B. Ager, of | Prince George's county, exhibited some en which he claimed was sweeter than any ever seen, and the milk from cows fed on it did not smell of it. He had put up his ensilag year more slowly than formerly, empl about three weeks in doing it. The cony gave the ladies who served the lunch a risi vote of thanks. Mr. Wm. H. Farqu! ran of the senior club, reported on He said it was organized over forty years azo by eight farmers. For the first four existence the aggregate average of the what yield of the members was 222¢ bushels to the acre. The yield of corn was 10 bushels to the acre; other crops in proportion. The of wheat in 1854 had more than doubled, a corn had gone up to 50 bushels to the acre. The report concluded with a charming pen-picture of a model Montgomery county farm. An abstract from the proceedings of the En- terprise club was read by Mr. Asa_M. Stabler. The average wheat yield on the farms of the members of the club for 1884 was 26 4-9 bushels tothe acre; corn about 48 bushels to the acre; oats 30 bushels, and rye 163¢ bushels. The best crop of wheat raised by a member of the viub yielded 459-10 bushels tothe acre; the best | single crop of corn 60 bushels to the acre. Frank Thomas reported the Montz: The average yield was: Wheat, 24 bi Dr. ery club. hels; corn, 84, and rye, 1617 bushels to the acre. length ‘Is it advisable to introduce foreign labor?” Many gentlemen participated in the discussion, and the convention decided the question in the affirmative by a large majority. After discussing a number of other questions the convextion adjourned. ns A Chinese Review. ‘The prince's large blue tent was pitched on a slightly rising ground apart trom the others, and was constantly surrounded by gorgeous officers in bright yellow raiment, with round, flat black hate andlong feathers, who were galloping to and fro, directing grand charges of cavalry. It did seem so funny to see a whole army of ponies; for there are no horses here, unless the foreign residents chance to import any. These eight banners are all Manchus or Mongol Tar. tars, or at any rateare descended from such, Chinese troops being ranged under the green dard. These eight bann which, as I have said, are multiplied, are plain white, red, blue and yellow, and the same colors repeated. and distinguished by a white edve and white spot. These companies are supposed to detend different sides of the city, the colors having some mystic relation to the points of the compass; except that yeliow is in the middie, where it guards the imperial pal- | ace. Red guards the south, blue the north, and | white the west, while the east is nominaily given up to the green standard, which, however, being composed of Chinamen, is not admitted to the honor of guarding the torbidden city. Iam told that the banner army numbers upward of a hundred thousand men, who supply Tartar gar- risons for the principal cities of the empire. We got out of the cart and secured a good position on a small hillock,whence we had a capital view. Anumberof Tartar-soldiers who were off duty gathered round, and were quite captivated by | the loan of my opera glasses. Then they showed | us their wretched firearms, (which certainly did not look as ff any European could have superinterded the arsenal where they were manufactured,) and also their peculiar belts, | containing charges of powder only; and yet we are told that in addition to first-class frearms, which are being ceaslessly manufactured at t government arsenals at Tien-Tsin, Shangh: Canton, Foo-Choo, Nankin, and other less im. portant places, the Chinese government spares no expense in buying both ammunition and fi arms of European manufacture. I suppose they are kept in reserve for real war! A picturesque company of archers rode by on stout ponies, holding their bridle in the right hand and In the lett their bows, the arrows being cased in a leathern quiver, slung across the shoulders. As to their swords, instead of hanging from the waist, they are stuck under the saddle- flap; each man’s cap is adorned with the tails of two squirrels, which is the correct mili- decoration. Now, though we Scots are quite ready to believe that blackcocks were cre- ated for the express purpose of bequeathing their tails to adorn the caps of the London Scot- tish (the said tails having very much the jovial, independent character of the bird itselt), it really is impossible to gee the fitness of things in selecting poor little squgs as military em- biems, unless to suggest the wisdom of lie who fights and runs away! Anyhow, it now seems as it we might find a profitable market for all the thousands of squirrels’ tails which are annu- ally wasted in our north country woods. I quite forgot to take note of the fan and the pipe, which Iam told are invariable items in the accouterments of the Chinese soldiers.— Belgravia. ————— ‘The Regulation Gas Mete: From the Richmond Dispatch, The stupidest thing in town is an old gas meter in my basement. Some time ago we had all the lights turned on for many nights, and the old thing never found it out. but registered the same 0 “feet.” The gas got muddy, and I invested in coal oil lamps, and that stupid box never found it out, but gave a jump and just levied 30 per cent duty against the importation of kerosene. Now, it’s fair at this season for meters to claim “fifty cents all round,” but two or three dollars is kin to robbery. oil; it makes the meter mad. ee pe ee A Woman’s Long Walk. ‘From the Toronto Globe. A Hungarian lady, who possesses the very Uneuphonious name of Radivojevic, has lately accomplished the feat of walking from Buda- Pesth to Paris in twenty-eicht days. It looks a frighttul distance on the map, and some one has reckoned up the leagues and says she must 1 must quit on her new profession, whichshe says is much less fatiguing than her Previous one. —___-+-_____. A Boston physician advises everybody to as- certain wiat diseases have carried off his tors, with a view to Inherited tendencies fe, place manner of % It took three years to get | ii | hounds, | hounds, for they are hardier and stand the work | "['"® #4 Ars of its | ELECTRIC LIGHT AND THE EYES. Bright and Beautiful, but a Good thi for the Oculists. From the Chicago Tribune. Medical journals have recently had something to say concerning the effect of electric lights pon the eyes, and have agreed that the effect is very injurious—much more so, in fact, than People have any idea of, because many persons afflicted with defective vision or an eye trouble attribute It to cold or some other cause, when the blame really rests with the new and popular mode ot illumination. A Tribune reporter asked Dr. Samuel J. Jones, the well-known oculist, if he thought the electric lights made his business | ny better, and the reply was: “I'll not say anything about my business, but I will say that Iw ighted “How does the new 1 “In the tirst. pla zling, produ ties and short time the nter and obj tollows, therefore, ight must keep the iris agitated and ultimately cause in- flammation of the retina.” van you find any good points about electric It is a better illumina ray; it do yaen and give out noxious gases, and it does not give out any 1 n important consideration in the summer time or in a close room “How about the incandescent not ‘dinary are light?” es—keep awa “But if that m “Well, way from a job?” e the light teat, but that would be like wear- » the hands warm when the thermometer is below Dr. John “Of course the s bad for the eyes; it paralyzes t y produce blindness. [sold a r to a man whose eyesight had been nearly ruined by an el light, and ves had been shattered from the sare He said he was going to throw up his ation because he had to work under the e of electricity.” are like repe | to the eyes, but in an A nuinber of hotel ¢ pvening with doz bout them y y evil eftects in con umber of them mid it frequent es and gave tt uence, and a ained their , particularly Catching Co: Huntsville (Texas) h Hloodhounds. of The St, Louis Every gang of convi and outside of the wall or more trained hoy but more or: in the state, inside is provided with three ds, sometimes biood- common dee for which thi d much better than the blooded stock. It is simply eurprising to see | | how perfect these brutes are trained, and how | well they understand their business. The | hounds of the Huntsville penitentiary are kept outside the prison walls at what is known as rm. are the brutes arked to the read so much rintend “that you will find in uply deer or fox-hounds Jo you keep them shut up all the time 7” res, we do that to make them fierce and to keep them away from the convicts. They would make it lively forthe boys if they had their dom.” “Is there ch dificulty in properly training } bloodhound: | “We do not consider it dificult. but. onthe | contrary, Ioelieve the guards consider it sport. It will only require afew moments to show you how it is done.” 2 | A convict or “trusty” was sent down through ¢ field, with instructions to climb the fence and'make a detour through the timber of | a couple of miles, coming out in just the oppo- | site direction trom whence he started, und re- jtariing to the farm through a small stream, | which he was cc mpelled to wade. It required | Some twenty minutes for him to make the trip, | and when he was seen to «merge from the tim: | ber on the other and it was certain he | could get back | turned loose. arted over fh and other obstruction | deer. In the time the “tasty” had re- urned, and was directed to climb a tree some 300 yards distant from where we were standing. He did not require a second bidding, for the | yelp of the hounds could already be heard in the | dist nce. Soon they appeared at the edge of nber, and sprang over the fence without was not lost | When the smali stream was reached they each crossed it ata bound, and in a few momen| convict, who sat in its branch at the brutes, and smiling was simpiy a trainin Jookin: at the fact t run, and not a real down A Canadian Snow Shoe Parade. Their first view of the palace on reaching the Square Was enchanting. It was brilliantly illu- minated with tric lights, which shone | through its sides and gave it the appearance of | a large structure of ground glass. A band of music was playing inside, and thousands of people in their head-dresses were crowding about it. snow was fallin: Zz, the air was cold, but dry, j the whole scene made us think of pictures we | ¢, had seen of winter sin Moscow and Petersburg. Soon there was a cry of “Here they come,” and then at the northern end of the square the torches ot the snow-shoe clubs were seen approaching. On they came, and efter several hundred had filed by, and theirterches had surrounded three sides of the square with a line of light, at a given signal a shower of rockets ascended from the middle of the} square, Roman candles w whole line of snow-shoe was brightly tower being ere let off from the and the Ice palace ted with’ colored fires, one ayoter green, and another blue. The effect was almost magical. We were well acquainted with Fourth ot July fire-works (as what American boys are not?); but to see such effects in a snow-storm was noyel indeed. We watched the whole parade—a thousand snow-shoers in their picturesque white suits, and then returned home, and from the window watched the line pass and repass across the top of the mountain and then wind down its side, doubling back and forth In the descent four or five tines, until finally we saw it as it sank into “the meliow shade, aie ey aswurm of fire-files tangled in a silver a —George A. Buffum, in St. Nicholas. Roller Skating. From the New York Tribune. Roller skating has become a cheap and popular recreation. Rinks and assembly rooms where can be practiced have multiplied both in New York and Brooklyn. The rates of admission and charges for the use of skates have been re- duced, and the sport has been brought within the reach of classes that cannot ordinarily find enjoyment in active exercise. Habits of relaxa- tion and a taste for recreation are to be encour- eged in this workaday world; and on this ac- count it is to be regretted that the necessity ex- ists for warning the publi¢ against the evils of roller skating. ‘The first objection to this popular amusement is based upon the testimony of physicians. Rol- ler-skating has been pronounced a dangerous sport, injurious to health, by some of the most competent members of the profession. The ex- ercise has been condemned as too violent even for boys, and the effects of muscular strain and rigidity of movement are represented as espe- cially injurious to young women. These physi- cal results are apparent to the medical projes- sion in New York and Brooklyn, and the warn- ing is too emphatic to be disregared. The man who allows a daughter with a fragile frame and weak constitution to persist in roller-skating is making a serious mistake. He is suffering her to play with her health, and may live to see her pay the penalty in chronic backache and “‘in- Another drawback to unlimited roller-skat- ing will be apparent to any one visiting tue as- sembly-rooms where it is practised. young women, other, in this violent and exci the hounds were | Fro an instant. | au | pas | more they were under ‘the tree, yelping at the | arin furs and gayly colored | A slight | SCORAN SCHOOL. COLUMBIAN UNT ITY. A Class tn Assaying will be organized TU! AY. Jmnuary 27th. at 6 o'clock p.m. For information to E. T. FRISTOE, Dean, VAPITAL EVENING BU Penueylwan! The latest and best methors of ere LTWw cl MVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE 495 Pennsylvania Avenue nw, ect Civil S-rvice Libra Practical Civil Service Studies: and Thorough Civil Service Drill; TUESDAY, THUNSDAY and SATURDAY BVENINGS. Hours from 7 to9 o'clock p.m, Terms reason jazoante thweat. sours & in practical Bookkeeping. 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