Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1885, Page 3

al THE EVENING ‘STAR WASHINGTON. D.C SATURDAY” APRIL 11, 1885—DOUBLE SHEET. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. THE SPRING SEASON—NEW PLAYS AND PLAY- ERS—IRVING'S FAREWELI—LAWRENCE BAR- RETT—JOE JEFFERSON, ETC. —The friends of Mr. Walter L. Dennis gave him something of an ovation for his perform- @ace of Armand, in the act of “Camille,” which jvas presented at the Kinsley benefit at Al- baugh’s Thursday atternoon, Mr. Dennis did the part for the fi ur years without any pre re h Mile, Rhea, by whom tulated on” his su ne eurti entdown. Mr. Den- ngngement regularly with Mlle. this e tiking a lead- le in the new play, “The r of Love. 1. Mapleson's spring season of Italian opera In New York will consist of but one week. Dakolar,” the drama with whieh Mr. Steele e opened his new Lyceum theater in , was vigorously as trashy and absurd, con- rials, and of little merit by th ti dof stale m point the play in which, at the ew York, Miss Estelle Clayton made her debut as a “star” on Monday night, she created something of a sensation ing in he: Was not well founded on Oui —“Our Joan,” Miss Rose Coghlan’s new play Was something of a success at Wallack’s Tues— day ni; Miss Coghlan, as the heroine, the nod genins of an English lighthouse, a sort of Grace Darling made a, biteaud wes recalled nine times. ‘fhe play is pronounced simple, pathetic and interesting. — Lawrence Barrett's London acquaintances have sent him as a souvenir analbum ofstudies in black and white. It is a copy of Austin Dob- dd World Idylls,” and contains sketches G. H. Boughton, Alma Tadema, Sir Frederick leighton, Du Maurier and others. — In describing the ovation tendered to Miss Emma Nevada the other nfght, the San Fran- eiseo Chronicle says: “Everybody cried when Emma Nevadasang ‘Home, Sweet Home.’ Even the mezzanine boxes were in tiers.”” — Miss Nevada kissed 300 girls a day or two before leaving San Francisco. She said it made her feel very tired. —Col. Mapleson has just won a suit in San Francisco—a sort of spring suit as it were. The learned judge decided that he was not respon- sible the failure of his singers to sing, and the nt colonel smiled expansively, and ordered the opera advertised for that night to be changed forthwith. — Before his departure for England Mr. Henry Irving presented to his American business manager, Mr. James H. Palser, a handsome gold in in the shape of an ancient Grecian coin. it was made by Tiffany and the design is avery pretty Miss Elien Terry added to the giit & magnificent gold ring, in the center of which is a fine stone. — “The Culprit Fay.”a new operetta, was suc- cessfully produced at Watertown, N. Y., Wed- nesday evening. The libretto is by Judge Ged- ney, of New York, and the music by John C, Alden, jr.,of Boston, It is sald Manager Fos- ter, of the Boston Ideals, contemplates buying the new opera. — Clara Morris will begin her engagement at Daly's Theater on April 21st, in Dumas’ play of “Denise.” She will be supported by Bijou Heron, Eifie Germon, Mrs. Thos. Whiffen; Joseph Haworth, Frank Losee, and Al. Lip- man. — Not within living memory have the pros- pects of Italian opera in England been sodoubt- ful as at present. One of the legitimate homes of opera is acircus, and the lease of the other has for weeks been offered by advertisement for sale. To find a parallel for this state of things, says the London Times, one has to go back to the year 1737, when Handel, after try- ing his hand as an impresario, left Covent Gar- den a bankrupt. Carl Rosa asix weeks’ season at Drury Lane theater on Easter Mon- ay, the two prima donnas being Mme. Marie Rose and Mme. Valleria, — Lawrence Barrett began a week’s engage- ment in New Orleans on Monday night. His season will close June Ist, and he will spend the summer at his home in Cohasset, Mass. — The departure of Mr. Irving and Miss Terry on the Arizona on Tuesday is thus described: “When the bell warning visitors to go ashore sounded Mr. Irving took leave of his friends with stately courtesy, while Miss Terry said nd-bye with an air of bewitching sorrow. Ithough Miss Terry allowed @ privileged few of her male friends to kiss her, Mr, Irving did not attempt any osculatory leave-taking with his friends of either sex. Master Teddy, Miss ‘Terry's son, manifested his grief at parting from his friends by a judicious combination of dancing, smiling ard kissing.” — “The Twins,” a new comedy, in which the inimitable John A. Mackay fs to take the title roles, will follow the revival of “Pinafore” at the Standard theater, New York. — Mlle. Rhea’s season will last longer than any other leading star. She will not close until the middle of June. She is doing well under Mr. Jas. W. Morrissey’s m: ent. It is Miss Julia Wheeler, and not ‘Rosa, that Joins Rhea’s company. — Miss Marion Booth, daughter of the late Junius Brutus Booth and niece of Edwin Booth, has been specially eoeegee in the cast of “Beauty,” soon to be played at Wallack’s eater. — Robt. MeWade announces that he has now played “Rip Van Winkle” for fifteen years, ‘The patience of the American Public seems never to give out. — Madeline Lucette is to appear in “The Bridge of S & new opera shortly to be brought out in New York. — Jesse Bartlett Davis has declined an offer to sing at the Casino, New York. —Albina De Mer,M. B. Curtis’ ambitious wife, has secured an adaptation of Dumas’ re- cent success, “Denise,” in which, it is feared, she contemplates appearing. — Mme. Janisch’s continued il health has compelled her to cancel all dates. She sails for Europe May 1. She has all her dates filled for ext season, which begins October 19. — “In the Ranks,” owing to bad business, has ¢losed business for the season and returned to New York. — Dion Boucteault is said tobe at work on three plays. He may not bring them out him- self, but hopes that his children will. — For the second time this season Lizzie May Ulmer has been compelled toclose owing to bad business. ‘iona” is the name of a new play in which Miss Helene Dauvray will appear as astar at the Star theater, New York. It is said not tobe an Italian version of “Money.” The name of the author ts wisely kept secret. — Joseph Jefferson will resume bis season at Lynchburg, Va., April 20, playing one week in Virginia, thence to Brooklyn, Boston and Wil- liamsburg, May 18. During the season of 1585-86 he will play ten weeks in the fall and four in the spring, opening in Chieca$o on Octo- ber 6 and closing in Washington December 12. —-2e9——___ Animal Logte. From Mra Cashel Hoey’s Book on Cats. Every day, after breakfast, I made it a rule to throw a bit of bread into an adjoining room, as far off as I could, so as to induce my cat to run afer itas it rolled away. This custom I kept up for several months, and the cat always re- garded that piece of bread as the tit-bit of its dessert. Even after it had eaten meat it would await with attentive interest the minute when it was to start in_ pursuit of the morsel of soft bread. One day I held the coveted scrap in my hand and swung It about for a long time, while the cat eyed it with a kind of patient Fness, and then, instead of throwing itinto the next room, I threw it behind the upper portion of a jicture which was slightly inclined forward vm the wall. The surprise of the cat, who, closely following ny movements, had observed the direction in’ which I threw the bread, and its disappearance,was extreme. The uneasy look of the animal indicated {ts conscious- mess that a material object traversing space could not be annihilated. For some time the cat considered the matter, then it started off into the next room, evidently guided by the reflection that the Piece of bread having disappeared, it must have gone through the wall. But the bread had not gone through the wall, and the cat returned disap- pointed. The animal's logic was at fault. I again attracted its attention by my gestures, and sent a second piece of bread Yo join the first behind the picture. This time the cat jumped Upon adivan and went straight to the hidi Place. Having inspected the frame on bot “Ges it began to maneuver so dexterously with * paw that it shifted the lower edge of the pic- tare away from the wall, and thus got at the ‘wo pieces of bread. A German dipiomatist of the last century has Fecorded a similar observation respecting a favorite female cat, and advances it as proof of consecutive and conclusive reasoning on the Part of the animal. “I noticed,” says Baron Yon Gileichen, “that she was constantly looking at herself in the glass, retreating from her own image and running back to it again, and espe- cially seratching at the egg oi all my es were inserted In panels. This suggested me the idea of placing a toilet mirror in the Middle of the room, so that = cat might have the pleasure of examining it all round. She be- gan by making sure (oy approaching and with- rawing as usual) that she was dealing with ® glass like the others. She passed behind it Several times, more quickly each time; but, seeing that she cou'd not get at this cat, which Was always too quick for her, she placed herself a@t the edge of the mirror, and ‘ing alter- nately on one side and the other, she made quite sure that the cat which she had just seen neither was nor had been behind the mirror. ‘Then she arrived at the conclusion that the cat ‘was inside it. Bat how did she contain a cat, she withdi tedl: convinced that the matter 42 ceeene Phenomenon linpossible for her to discover, be- cause it was outside the circle of her ideas, she ever in looked in any giaas, but at once re- iz which had’ vainly excited HOME MATTERS. SOME CHOICE SALADS—HOW TO MAKE USEFUL HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES—SPECTACLE CASE— SCISSORS SHEATH—A VARIETY OF GOOD RE- CIPES. A Set or DisH RaGs canbe made of coarse white knitting cotton, either crocheted or knit on wooden needles, not too close, Trpizs made of white crash, embroidered with some simple design in red worsted—as that is the color that washes best—are very useful. Ravel the ends two or three inches and tie. AN INNOVATION in puddings is to add ap- ples or peaches to the mixture called “cottage pudding.” The fruit should be sliced, so that He'wil become soft in the short-time required to bake the pudding. Scissors SHEATH.—Cut two pleces pasteboard same shape and size, line the inside with fine flannel or merino and cover the outside with velvet or silk, join the two pieces with gold- colored silk and add a bow of ribbon with aloop to hang the sheath. CHocoLATE IciNG.—Put into a saucepan half pound of powdered loaf sugar, two ounces of grated chocolate and about a gill of water; stir on the fire until the mixture becomes a thick, smooth cream. Lay the icing evenly on the cake or pastry with a brush or broad knife, and pat it into thie oven for a minute or two set the icing. ToMATO SALAD.—Select ripe tomatoes, plunge them in boiling water for a moment to loosen the skin, peel them and put them on ice. Chop @ small onion very fine, and, when you are ready to make the dressing, slice the tomatoes, add a chopped onion, and dress with a tea” sboonfal of salt, 8 salispoonful of pepper, two tablespoonfuls of ofl and a teaspuon of vinegar. This is the most correct way of making a tomato salad, MAYoNNAISE.—Mash the yelk of ahard-boiled egg on a piece of boiled potato of the same size until it 1s smooth; add the yelk of a raw egg and a teaspoon of dry mustard. Mix well, and then slowly add the oll, stirring one way witha fork. When enough is made, this dressing will be of the consistence of yeust, and to this add vinegar to your taste, with red and white pep- per. It is well to have the oil and dish quite cold. ‘This salad is good for chickens and lob- Sters, Pras Frexcu Fasnrox.—Melt one-quarter of a pound of butter in a saucepan; then add 144 pints of young peas, pepper and salt to taste, a couple of small onions whole, a small bunch of parsley and half a head of lettuce tied up together, and a pinch of sugar. Toss on aslow fire till the peas are cooked, then re- move the parsley, lettuce and onions, and serve with a little finely minced parsley ‘mixed in the peas. A Pretry Case to hold cabinet photographs, and which is intended to lic on the table, is made of plush folded like a book; it is lined and has body given to it by having one thick- ness of wadding between the lining and the outside; the plush {s folded over at the sides and forms a sort of pocket, which holds the pictures in place; it may be ‘ornamented with embroidery, and a pretty design is a pomegran- ate and leaves; or it may have the initials of the owner in silver letters upon it. SPECTACLE CasE.—This is a conventence for those who are often annoyed by not being able to keep their glasses where they can “lay hands onthem.” Take two pieces of pasteboard six inches long, two inches at one end and three at the other, cover both sides with silk and sew the two together, leaving an opening at the top. Suspend by @ cord, which is fastened to the waist of the dress by a handsome pin. This case is large enough to contain two pairs of spectacles.— Philadelphia Press. Rarsep Corn BrEaD.—Take equal parts of sifted corn and rye meal, about one quart of each, and around tablespoonful of soda, a cof- fee cup of molasses, and a cup of good lively yeast, and apintof sifted pumpkin (or not), mix it thoroughly and very soft with warm water, and let it rise till_very light and crackl: on top, then put it in a deep, iron pan, smooth the top with a wet knife, and set it in the oven at once, which should be hot cnough to brown itover quick without scorching; keep up the heat for an hour, then with a moderately slow fire bake one hour more, and longer if the oven is only moderately warm, but must not be over- ked. PoraTos should always be cooked with their Jackets on, says the Guterer. The skin has been purposely made of a corky nature to retain the Juices and valuable principles of the vegetable, und should carefully be guarded from any in Jury by cutting or seraping. A chemical analy- sis shows that the water used to boil a pound of peeled potatoes contuined afterward seventeen grains of carbonate of potash. This is a foolish waste. Moreover, baked potatoes are preferable to boiled ones. A baked potato digests in two hours, while a peeled boiled potato takes three and a-half hours. ROLLED BEEFSTEAK.—Beat a beefsteak flat. Fry asliced onion in alittle butter. Remove the onion and fry the steak quickly in the but- ter. Spreadon a dish. Mix the onion with bread crumbs, minced herbs and a few mush- rooms, and lay this foreemeat on the steak. Roll the meat up tightly upon the dressing. Fasten with soft packthread and skewers, ani put intoa sauce-pan with acup of water. Set where it will heat slowly, keeping covered closely and simmer two hours, turning now and then. Transfer to a hot dish. Strain the gravy, add a little hot water ifneeded; thicken with browned flour; stir in some minced mush- rooms, a little catsup and a piece of butter. Re- move threads and pour gravy over. New Way To Serve Ecos on Toast— Heat a cupful of milk to scalding, mix in a large teaspoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of flour wet with cold water and rubbed smooth, and stiruntilitis as thick as custard. Aad chopped parsley, rand salt to taste. Al this ‘should be done ta a tin vessel set I” balk ing water, and over the fire. toast (not forgetting to pare the crust from each slice before it is toasted) buttered, and laid in close rows upon a hot dish. Pour'a tablespoon- ful of hot water on each piece. Beat six exis very light and stir fast into the drawn butter until they are a rich yellow sauce, almost stiff enough tostand alone. Heap upon the toast and send hot to table. OYSTER SALAD.—One good bunch of celery, 50 large oysters or 75 small ones, three table- spoonfuls of vinegar, one of oll, half a teaspoon- ful of salt, one-eighth of a teaspoonful of pepper, one tablespoonful of lemon juice. Let the oys” ters come to a boil in their own liquor. Skim well and drain. Season them with oil, salt, pepper and lemon juice. When cold put in the ice chest for at least two hours. Scrape and wash the whitest and tenderest part ot the ogicry, apd with a sharp knife cut th very thin slices.” When ready to serve, mix the yelk of a raw egg with one hard-boiled yelk of ezg which has been beaten to a paste with a teaspoonful of mustard and a few drops of vinegar. Put half of this with the oysters. Arrange them with the celery in the dish, pour the remainder of the dressing over and garnish with white celery leaves. ONION AND LETTUCE SALAD.—Twu heads of lettuce and a small Spanish onion must be taken, as well as six tablespoonfuls of olive oll, three of vinegar, half a teaspoonful of salt, and one-eighth of a teaspoonful of pepper. After mixing the salt and pepper with the oil, add the Vinegar, and stir very thoroughly. Strip off and put aside the green leaves of jettuce, and after washing the heart leaves in cold water, drop them into a pan of ice water, to make them crisp. Peel the onfon (it 1s well’ to peel it under water) and with a sharp knife cut it into shavings. Shake the lettuce fn a colander until it is free of water. Put the lettuce and onion into agalad bow! in alternate layers, sprinkling a little of the dressing upon each layer. Serve the salad as soon as possible after it is made; or, to put it in another way, do not make it so early. that it will stand a long time before being eaten. The green leaves of lettuce, which were ut away at the outset, may be boiled and ashed like spinach, and served a8 a cooked vegetable. Have ready the : Counting-out Rhymes, SPECIMENS OF THE QUAINT DOGGERELS USED BY CHILDREN IN THEIR PLAY. Mr. H. Carrington Bolton, of Trinity College, contributes to the Boston Journal of Education the following specimens of “counting-out” rhymes collected by him from children and by correspondence: One-ery, tw tek 5 Fllicy fallacy choise Sonat ever, qnavel a Stinekelum, ‘stankelum, bee is rhyme is widely used, having been re- Ported to me from Connecticut, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. It is subject to many varia- tions: * English knaver” becomes“ Irish Mary” or*Virgin Mary;” some insert the word “berry” or the word “Jolin” before “buck” in the last HS SA wit tze™™™ “one Haillco, ballico, wee, WO, wack t This, also, is subject, to countioss variatiene: {Bareélona”” becomes “tusealona,” &e. Oneform Huldy, guldy, boo, out goes you. Ana, mana, dij Dick; ‘Delia, dolia, Dominick: Hitcha, pitcha, dominitcha; ‘Hon, pou, tush.—Centrul New York, In some districts the third line is “Houteh: Bouteha, no tmaineuteha, cen others, “Hot tcha,” &c. “Tush” may also become “tus” or “tusk. ih Haley. . figs Goat, throat, cor Besides r1 of the character of fen consisting of mixture oF goetan on disconnected’ words, ti Inany rhymes confaining no uncouth words, but ing, in general, a jingle easily recognizable. One, two, three, . Nanny caught a fee he! is Sees SET EE nae :2.3.4,5,6,7, 8, moe eeeaee ee : Wit a to ena igr eet the counting stops at “four” to satiafy the i NEW FEATURES IN SCHOOL READERS Interesting Newspaper Sketches Retold for Children and Illustrated. From the New York Sun. “The compilers of school readers nowadays,” said a publisher, “have to leave the field they have hitherto gleaned, and turn to the columns of the newspapers. Pictures of curious features of actual life are relished asmuch by the youth- fulas by theadult mind, The well-worn ex- cerpts from great authors are getting a bit stale in the trade, and teachers are demanding something that will quicken the interest of the pupils, We find many sugrestions in the daily news- papers. Do you remember the burning of the Yorld building, and how the bootblack climed a telegraph pole and cut a wire, which saved the lives of some who were cauglit in the burning building? Mero is a paraphrase of the newspaper story told for a primary class, and richly illustrated. “This ‘Brave Little Kate’ is the outgrowth of a newspaper clijiping. Here Is a costly engraving ofalitile girl crawling on hands and knees along a railroad track upon a high trestle work, The fain is pouring and the sky is streaked with lightning, AS the picture indicates, the story is that ofa girl who @ year or two aso saved a train out west. Now, you would tell this story in one way in the newspapers, but it must be told in another way In a Second Reader. This is the way it runs: : “Near alarge town in the new part of our country there is a place where a railroad track crosses @ brook on a high bridge. Not far from this bridge lives the httle girl I am going to tell you about. Her name is Kate. One stormy hight not long ago, as little Kate stood looking out of the window, watching for her father to come home, she saw that a train was coming along the track. She could not see the cars— the night was too dark for that_but she could see the bright light on the front of the engme. While the little girl was looking,and just as the train had got tothe brook near by, all at once the engine light seemed to fall and go out. “Kate looked again, but no light was to be seen. Then the little girl was airald that some. thing was wrong. She got a lantern and ran down toward the railroad track. When she got there she found that the bridge was gone—that the rain had washed it away. Then Kate knew that far below in the foaming water lay the engine and the train she had seen from the window. Now Kate had often watched the trains go by, so she knew just when to look for them. “As she stood there by the broken bridge it came into her mind that another train would soon come rushing along. “The brave girl made up her mind to save this other train if she could, She started torun back to the nearest station, a mile away. To reach this station she had to cross a long, high bridge over a broad river. It is not easy to cross this bridge even in the day-time, and this was night, a dark, stormy nig all, just as Kate got to the bridge the wind blew out the light in her lantern, “But little Kate did not give up. The brave irl crept along the beam on her hands and nees till she reached the other side of the river. Then she jumped to her feet and ran on again till she came to the station. Her clothes Were torn and wet, and she could hardly speak. All she could say was, *Stop the train! Stop the train!’ Then she fell fainting to the ground, Kate was justin time. In a minute more the cars came along, and the men of the station ran out and stopped them. “Was not Kate a brave girl? “There is action in sucha story that sustains the interest far better than pieces about dogs or cats orponies. Then, too, good pictures have become necessary. ‘The best resource of the wood engraver'sart is taxed now for school books. It costs $15,000 to illustrate a recent series of readers. Some of the engravings ri those in the magazines. ‘They are made with infinite pains to contain all that the text sug- gests and to fill the imagination of the child. “It is customary to think of school-reader making as the work of young women or college students, but in point of fact it takes a man of great powers of invention to make a first-class series of readers. There is one successful author of school books, who, tomake up his series of readers, collected and carefully studied every school reader that he could find in this country and England.” An Old Washingto: nobbing wit! SOMETHING ABOUT ALE TEPHERD—THE MAN WHO MADE WASIIINGTON A MODEL OF BEAUTY, CLEANLINESS AND HEALTHFUL- NESS, From the Philadelphia Times. In the corridor of the Continental last night I metaman from Washington who for the last ten years has been hob-nobbing with emperors and their ministers of war. John W. Davis, an oldsoldier of the Maryland line on the Union side during the war, patroled his beat as a Met- ropolitan policeman in the national capital for twelve years. During that time he did a heap of thinking. The evolution of his mind brought to him a portabie field lookout, which he took to Europe, @ country of wars, and had it pat- ented. His first, venture was at Paris, in the great exposition, The French adopted itand paid im big money for it. Then he pushed on to Ber- lin, Vienna, and St. Petersburz and was success- ful'with the governments of Germany, Austria and Russia inYntroducing it. “I ‘unding,” said he,onthe main street in St. Petersburg the niglit the palace was blown up by nihilists. Down the avenue came a rushing crowd of Cos- sack cavalry, followed with foot soldiers. Two of the soldiers in passing took hold of me and hurriedly carried myself and others around me to the nearest guardhouse. As quick as an in- dignant American could do so, I tld them who 1 was, what country I came from, and my busi- ness in St. Petersburg, showing them indubit: ble proofs of my statcmeygs and an introdue- tory letter to the Russian Minister of war,which I happened to have in my pocket. It’ was a time of great excitement, but I was released in- stantly with profuse apologies for my detention, and I walked back to my hotel with an escort.” Mr. Davis is now periecting a fire-escape, and, by the way, he claims tobe the first inventor of that useful article in this ¢ When Davis was a polic eck Shepherd was carry ‘oliceman Hob- Emperors. ‘ashington gon that splendid system of improvements which has made that clty a model of beauty, cleanliness and healthi- ness, a city that in a few years will become one of the wonders of the world, notwithstanding the fact that its people are denied the right or franchise in any particular, But Lam writing of Shepherd, who was ana- tive of Washington, a close ‘friend of the stricken chieftain, now lying with the hand of death upon him,’ and a remarkable man in more respects than one. I saw him noted down in a letter irom Mexico in the North American of yesterday as a Mr. Shepard, a citi- zen of New York and a former street contractor of Washington. He was something more than that. Time, which at last sets all things even, will take care of the name and fame of Alex. K, Shepherd. Said an old and enthusiastic friend of his recently, in discussing the improvements at the national capital: “Why, the name of the city itself should be changed’ to Shepherd. Of the millions he spent there half of it is out of sight, for he sewered the city, as well as paved it, from one end to the other,'and lowered the déath rate to a figure that placed Washington at the head of, the heulthy cities in this coun- try.” VA. B, ————re+—____ Gen, Sherman’s Disappointment. HOW HE TOOK A SEIDLITZ POWDER INSTEAD OF A GLASS OF WHISKY, From the Cleveland Leader. When Gen. Sherman’sarmy was at Goldsboro, N. C., Gen. Sherman made a visit to the head- quarters of Gen. Howard. While there Gen. Sherman felt the need of a small draught of whisky to drive off the malarial effects of the climate on his system. Now, all the officers of the army know of Gen. Howard’s rigid temper- ance proclivities, and were strict in their respect for them Gen. Sherman knew there was no whisky in Gen. Howard’s quarters, and therefore did not mention his wants to Gen. Howard. Presently Dr. John Moore, the medi- cal director, came in, and after a little conver- sation, Gen. Sherman gave me the wink and said, “Doctor, have you a seidlitz powder in our quarters?” The doctor answered that he ad. Gen. Howard spoke up and said: “Gen, Sherman, ‘it is not necessary to go to the doc- tor's quarters, I have plenty of seidlitz powders here, and good ones, too; I will get you one.” If theré was anything in Gen. Howard’s quarters that Gen. Sherman did not want, it was a seidlitz powder, and therefore he said to Gen, Howard: “Never mind, General! give yourself no trouble.” Howard was then getting the powder and glasses of water ready. “I will be oing by Moore’s quarters after awhile.” Dr. Stoore was a reat Wag, and quickly took in the situation and became a party to ‘the joke on Gen. Sherman. He said to Gen. Sherman: “By the “way, General, I don’t think I have & peldilte Powder in my quarters, and you had better e the One Gen. Howard has.” By this time Gen. Howard had the powder all ready for use, and handed the glasses to Gen. Sherman, Rather than offend Howard by saying he meant whisky, he drank the foaming stuff down, muh, Yo his own disgust, to the satisfaction of oo Howard, and to the amusement of the tal Divorced Ten Years After Death. From the Cortland News. In 1874 John Summers, formerly a private in the 109th regiment, New York voluriteers, died in the Ovid Insane asylum. He was a pen- sioner at the time of his death. His mother, Mrs. L, A. Summers, a very respectable and in- dustrious lady, residing in Groton, applied for @ pension because of his services and death. After his proofs were in she was met by the obstacle that her son left a wife who was entitled to the pension. She consulted Judge A. P. Smith of this village,who brought an action in the supreme court in her name to annul the marriage on the ground that herson was insane at the time of its solemniza- tion, In this action he succeeded in obtaining adivorce. The pension department refused to recognize a divorce obtained ten years after the death of the party. Judge Smith went to Wash- ington last July, and argued the case before the department and showed the commissioner of pensions that the law was as he claimed. It was jected that there was no con- nection ween a bullet wound and the Foe pine OS consumption of which he died. Tanke ith went to Groton and Ithaca and medical testi satisfactory pel her over $1,000 back eng eerie Yio cw atie important question of law and a ‘tion of | interest, the friends of Mra. mers feel a peculiar gratification @ lady has at last secured justice i = ‘such serious and apparently insurmount 8 i i it. Worse than } SOME TURKISH PROVERBS. Sayings of the Tark that are Very Like ss Our Own. From the London Spectator. Ifthe Turk has been qualified as “unspeaka- ble,” he is very far from being inarticulate. Strange as it may seem to those who have formed their opinion of him from hearsay, it is not the less true that he is commonly a good conversationalist, and can say well and point- edly what he has got to say, with a wealth of iNustration In anecdote, quotation and proverb, The latter form commends itself especially to the sententious Turkish mind. ‘The synthetic form of the language, too, secures brevity and conciseness, and opportunities are rded for those constant assonances or rhyming vowels which are so dear to the Ori- enial. On looking over a note-book containing several hundred Turkish proverbs, taken down. in the course of reading and conversation, or borrowed from a collection made at the Ori- ental academy at Vienna, the writer has amused himself by grouping them roughly under certain heads, so as to illustrate some aspects of the national character and sur- roundings, But first it may be interesting to remark how many well-known English and other European proverbs have their exact counterpart in Turk- ish. How tar are these to be accounted for by contact with, or conquest of, Indo-European races? Or has it been a case of “les beaux es- prits se rencontrent?” For instance, we find “You shall not look a gift-horse in the mouth,” in éxactly the same words, as well as “He that is born to be hanged will never be drowned,” the Turkish version having the advantage of being expressed in two words, ‘The change of words is but slight in “Troubled waters suit the fisher,” “One flower does not_ make summer,” and “The robe does not make the dervish: while in Turkey It is not pot that says to kettl but negro to negro, that his face is black, We are disposed prefer “The nail saved the shoe, the shoe the horse, the horse the man, the man the kingdom,” to our some what lu bering “For want of a nail the shoe was lost.’ &e. “Wake not the sleeping dog,” has as a corollary “Step noton the 5s! eeping serpent;” and we are warned that there is No rose with- outa thorn, nor love without a rival.” One in Stance in. Which our proverbial wisdom Is op- posed to the Turkish is to be found in the ex- pression “to Kill two birds with one stone. Phe attempt to do this is condemned by sundry proverbs, such as “One arrow does not bring down two birds,” and “You cannot knock down nine walnuts with one stone.” Often we are reminded of Scriptural proverbs and aphorisms. “Nothing gnheard of in the World” sounds Solomonian enough, while“Out with the eye that profits me not,” “The negro does not Whiten with washing,” and “That which thou sowest, that: also shalt thou reap,” rikingly liké New Testament teaching. n and ‘again we find expressed in other words lessons of charity, considerateness, and gust t would not be unworthy of a Chris- Tian stranger's prayer is heard,” “The heart’s testimony Is stronger than @ thousand witnesses,” “Among. the blind, close your eye: n truth is right,” “Justice half religion,” “Neighbor's God's right.” ‘The heading under which, perhaps, the largest number of proverbs can be grouped is that of opportune speech and silence. If the Turk, as has been said, talks well, he also knows how to hold his tongue. He’ looks down with the greatest contempt on the idle chatterer, and does not even think that good manners require him to make small talk when he has nothin to say. In fact, when on a visit toa well-bre have nocommon subjects er exhausting those sug- is heaith, your own, that the weather, and the water (a gested by politenc of your fa most interesting topic in the east)—you ma: safely fall th ck upon that golden silence whic! proverb, like ours, rates above silver speech. Hear’ his comments on the chatterer: “There 1s no ass but brays;” “The dog barks, the caravan 1 ” “Fool is he who alone talks, and is his only listener;” “The. fool wears his heart on his tongue, ‘the wise man Keeps his tongue in his heart,” and “Many words, an unsound heart.” He warns us of the mischief of evil speaking, heals, the tongue’s neve more thin the sword,” ans less, but it. breaks bone: keenly the danger ot free speech under a cor- rupt and despotic rule; while he extols honesty and good faith, and generally condemns lying. ne latter is condoned in’ certain cases, for Some lies are better than truth,” and we ay “Lie, but with measure.” The suppressio vert is even strongly recommended, for. is not the “truth-teller banished out of nine citles?” while te who holds his tongue saves his head,” and There is no better answer than this, ‘! know not, I saw not.’ ” But to turn to something pleasanter, we will quote a few sayings still familiar in our Turk’s mouth, which have survived the corruption of the palace and official kings, and seem still to breathe the hardy and independent spirit ofthe old days, when courage and enterprise were the only passports to the highest places In a con- quering empire. Then it could be said that “The horse is to him who mounts, the sword to him who girds iton,” “The brave man’s word 1s. a coat of mail,” brave man’s head,” «The hero is known on the battlefield,” and’“Fear not to-morrow's mis- chance,” Who but a conquering race could have produced such a proverb as “Power on my head, or the raven on my and who can ‘ail to hear a true ring in int erect is taller than noble on bended or “Iam the slave of him who regards me; the king of him who disregards me.” Almsgiving is creditable, for*The hand which es i that which ‘takes;” and it offers ennporal advantages 48 well ag spiritual. In this world “No one cuts the hand that gives,” and “What thon givest that shalt thou take with thee” [to the next] But beware of ac- cepting alms or fayors if you would keep your I-respect, and “Accept the largess of thy friend as if thou wert an enemy.” Great is the power of wealth; “Even the mountains ‘ear the rich man.” It covers amul- many. ills, titude of luilin; muin’s money is white, no matter if his face be .” “The knife cuts not hand of gold.” But then the disadvantages and dangers of it ina land where empty treasuries are filled by the suppression of a few rich men and the cou tion of thelr property! ‘Truly the vacuus r has the better part where brigands m. “Not even a thousand men in urmor vip a naked man.” Our turk isa man of few wauts—pilatiWoftee, and tobacco are enough for him, and so ‘he will rest contented in the “healtl’ that is better than fortune,” sigely reflecting that “A big h has a big ache,” é who has many vineyards has many nd congratulating himself if he can Again, he feels §i y money is little, my head without stri ‘He is not likely to make a fortune in business, being destitute of the enterprise, as well as of the sharpness and hardness, necessary to success. “The bazaar knows neither father nor mother,” and our easy-going friend has a great revard for these domestic ties. Besides, his religion forbids him either to speculate or to put out money at interest, although he sometimes avoids this prohibition by the elums; expedient of a fictitious sale or “a present” taken by the lender, It is @ pity that his rulers should not have profited by his experiences of debt. “Poor without debts is better than prince.” “A thou- sand cares do not pay one debt,” and “Creditors have better memories that debtors,” are explicit enough, but, perhaps, were not supposed to =np \y per oreeumnent loans. ‘e find some sound advice on the subject of friendship, Do not expect your friend to be a paragon—“Who seeks @ faultless friend’ reste friendless.” But when you have found him, keep him—“Old friend, old bath,” you. will do better to change neither, and if he is“a true friend he is better than’ a, relation.” On the other hand, avoid the British error’ of under- rating your foe; he is always dangerous, “Water sleeps, the enemy wakes,” and “Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant,” for “A thou- sand friends are few, one foe many.” ‘The references to woman are as ungallant as they are unjust. She is to be treated as a child, and as such contemptuously pardoned for her shortcomings. “You should lecture neither child nor woman,” it would be waste of time. Her intelligence, too, 1s underrated—“her hair is long, her wits short!” It is she who as a mother “makes the house and mars it,” and she is classed with good wine as “a’sweet Poison.” But it must be admitted that in this want of gallantry the Turk is far surpassed bj the Persian, who says: “The dog is faithful, woman never.” The lover is led as @ lunatic, unfit for the society of his fellows. “If you are in love, fly to the mountains, for “Loverand king brook no companion.” He is “blind,” and distance is nothing to him; for him, “Bagdad is not far,” and the only cure for his malady are “travel and patience.” A word of advice to those about to marry: “Marry below you, but do not Your daughter above you:” ‘and “Choose y its edge, and a wife by her mother.” —o How Ladies Redden Their Lips. From the Philadelphia North American. “So far as my own experience goes,” said a physician “painting the lips is nota widespread vice in America. It isseldom resorted to, for men of the smallest observation know the methods women pursue for making their Mps red.” “What do you mean?” lips with their teeth, and bite them with more or less fierceness, This brings the blood to them: and makes themed. Still, as italso keeps them from chapping in the winter, there is no reason why it should he condemned. As for cosmetics, they have almiogt gone out of date and havé not anything like the run the; to have. ‘Women have at last learn it good health brinj id exercise hes taken the place of powder and paint.” oe —————+ee___ The Medicinal Value of Lemons. From the Medical News. The way to get the better of the bilious sys- tem with our blue pills or quinine is to take the juice of one, two or three lemons, as ap- petite craves,in as much water as makes it pleasant to drink without sugar, before té bed. In the morning, on ‘The Defense of London. Everybody who has touched on the question of the defense of England has insisted on the necessity of rendering London safe by means independent of the armies in the field. The capital isso near to many points of our coast (one vulnerable pomt is about 30 miles from London and others hardly more than 40) that @ part of anenemy’s army which might succeed in any way, whether by force or surprise, in moving inland faster than the defenders could intervene, might lay hands on it. Vain would then be any victories of ours elsewhere; the foe would have us by the throat. There- fore, many schemes have been devised for the defense of London. The problem has proved one of quite unique difficulty, owing to the vast and constantly increasing “area of the metropolis. Only a military’ ruler, absolute in power and energy, could face the task of making of it a fortress, that is, of enclosing the town with ramparts to secure it from assault, and surround- ing these with an outer circle of forts to shelter | it from bombardment. A | compromise has been more than once at- tempted by abandoning the idea ofthe ram- parts and proposing to surround the capital | With detached forts, permanently built and | armed. But besides the objection of locking up in these forts the great force necessary to man them, the value of the land would render it yain fo think of purchasing sites so. extensive. Moreover forts imply the ability to stand a siege, and London |s never victualled for that contingency, and never could be if the command of the sea were lost. What it needs is the ability to protect itself from assault und to relieve the field army from the necessity of always directly covering it; a condition which must be embarrassing, and would per- haps lead to a fatal extension of our torces. I would therefore propose the practicable and, to my mind, every way preferable course of de- signing « line of positions around London. Tuking at first the most vulnerable sides, this line might start from Claybury Hill, in Essex- on-the-Koding, to the Thames about Barking; thence south of the Thames, following either the line marked by the heights of Plumstead and Shooter's Hill, to Bromley, or, if it were judged necessary to preserve’ Wool- wich from the chances of fire, the more forward front of Erith, Bexley, Chislehurst, Bromley, and on by Beckenham, Upper Norwood, and Wimbledon to Kingston Hill, trom whence the Thames would be the front of defense to Kew; thence north of the river by Acton, Willesden, Muswell Hill, Tottenham, Woodiord, to the completion of the circuit at Claybury. "Within this circuit, ofsome 50 miles in extent, posi- tions must be chosen, each ineluding a group of roads leading upon the capital from a possible landing place.—Liewl. Gen. Sir Edward Hamley, in the Nineteenth Cent. ee Teanyson. From Macmillan's Magazine. It is now fifty-five years since the young Al- fred Tennyson made what was practically his first appearance before the public in that now rare and costly volume, “Poems, Chiefly Lyri- cal.” At the moment of its issue Keats had been dead nine years, Byron six, Shelley eight, Scott, Southey, Wordsworth, Coleridge re- mained behind, four venerable ¢hiefs of Eng- lish letters, while Rogers, Campbell, Moore, Landor, Mrs, Hemans, Leigh Hunt were among the lesser lights of the time, The advent of the young poet of “Isabel” and “Lilian” must have seemed to many contem- porary observers like the return of a saner, hap- icr Keats, gifted with a large share at once of Keats’ inborn melody and of that capacity for najestic movement which showed itself in Hyperion,” but endowed besides with a tem- perament which promised what none of those Who surrounded Keats could ever have foreseen with confidence for the t of “Endymion” —an even and unhindered poetical development. All the — condi- ons under which the new writer first showed himself were infinitely more favorable than those under which the dead thad lived and died. Keats’ culture had en a matter of slow and struggling growth; reumstances were against it from the first; whereas the cultivation of the young Tenny- son was, evidently, toa large extent, a result of inheritance and environment. In the one case the poetic gift had had to struggle through igno- ranco and vulgarity and poverty into the splendor it was just displaying when death Charming Mrs. Madison. Jesse Benton Fremont in Wide Awake. I have heard many things, too long to tell here, of Mrs. Madison’s way of recetving in the White House. While she was talking with the more distinguished people her quick eye would mark some shy young man or nervous-looking woman, not yet used tothe society in which she Was so naturally at home; after the first part of the reception she always moved about the rooms asa lady would in her own house, and in her own bright, natural way, said something to any one, especially to those Shy and nervous People, which made them glow with the pleased feeling that they were welcome and made to be part of her reception. rs. Madison's considerate happy manner outlasted time and change and many troubles, and made her house in Washington a place where st and residents “went with pleasure—a shabby house, and the tall hand- some old lady in shabby Old gowns of vely or brocade nowise altered from the fashion of her days of power. But she was Mrs, Madison. And ih the Washington of my younger day name and character outranked “appearance. No one questioned her wearing these short waisted, puff-sleeved, gored velvet gowns, with a muslin neckerchief tucked into the low wai: of the gown, anda little India scarf or love faded tones over it. A wide and stiff quillin, ofnet rose high around her throat always—and, Ifear me, a little rouge and powder were also in use to cover time's lootsteps; the bad taste of the day discouraged gray hair, and Mrs, MAdi- son's dark row of curls was always surmounted bya turban, And with all this she was hand- some, mujestic and simply dignified. And very agreeable—with a memory and kind words for every one. ‘She dined out often and was the ch ief person always; and on New Year's day her rooms were crowded, fr very one who Was any one went there across from the President's. A great niece of Mos. Madison—Adele Cutts— was fully the equal of her famous aunt in beauty and sweetness of nature, while every charm that polished training and associations can give she has gathered. She would bave graced the White House had her first husband, Senator Douglass, of Illinois, reached the prest- leney Secing her again, but a few years ago, her freshness and added charm surprised me into asking her how she had kept the clock back, nd suffered no change only increase of beauty. Because Lam happy, I suppose,” she laughed with a lovely bl ———_+e0—_____ Col. Underwood's Kisses. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. “OF course,” said the Colonel, langhing, “Ken tucky is a great state. We have the hand- somest women in the world; we make the best whisky, have the most fertile lands, raise the best horses, and have the purest air. What more could be asked? In addition to that, our people pull together, but they don't like snob- bishness. I remember one time I was stumping one of the mountain counties, I bought $25 worth of nickels and put them in my saddie- 8. Every log cabin I would come to I would ride up and ask tor a drink of wate would come a little be dipper of warm water. I then drop a nickel in the dipper. | Th would run in and I would go on. The c mother would come and have the fi man pointed out. The consequence w got the vote out of that honse. | Well, onemorm- ing I rode up to a house, and a little girl bro me out a dipper of water. I felt in m and discovered that I hadn't a coppe! girl,’ I said, ‘I generally have a nickel some- Where about me, but I haven't to-day, 8 give you what's the next best thing and that’s a kiss.’ So I got down off my horse and kissed her for my own little blue-eyed girl at home. | “Another little black-eyed girl here showed up, and I had to kiss ler for a niece of mine whom she looked like. By this time another little girl showed w whead taller than the rest, and not to be jinpartial I kissed her, when J found that four or five other girls had gathered and I saw I was in for it. So beginning with the smallest I kissed each one. The change in stat- ure Was go gradual that I didn’t notice that the last one was a full grown woman, and right handsome at that, until I had kissed her. Look- ing up I saw ti there were two or there old ladies laughin at me, and thinking I had made a bad break, Ilifted my hat to the young lady overtookit, Tennyson's gift, on the cther hand, had been born into a kinder world, and its accent betrayed its happier origin. —__e Salt River. An imaginary stream up which a defeated candidate is supposed to be sent, and whence he is not expected to come back. The origin of the expression is as follows: Salt river, geo- graphically, is a tributary of the Ohio. Its source is in Kentucky, and, being very crooked and difficult of navigation, it was in the early days a favorite stronghold for river pirates, These highwaymen were in the habit of preying upon the | commerce of the Ohio and rowing their plunder upSalt river, whence it was never recovered. Hence it camé to be suid of anything that was irrevocably lost, “It's rowed up Salt river.” By an easy transi- tion it was applied to unsuccessful candidates, “He has been rowed (or rode) up 8. R.,” oF “We'll sow him (or ride him) upS. R, hext fall.” —Magazine of American History, ———se0— Chicken. and Cane Stealing Indies. From Macmillan’s Magazine. As thieves the negroes are most expert, and burglaries are frequent, especially in the smaller houses. A hen roost it is almost im- possible topreserve from them,and if they get into one they will sweep it clean. Their mode Ge yeas on such occasions is, 1am told, as follows: Having obtained an entry, they seize each bird from sue Perel put its head under its wing, andéwhirl the unfortunate fowl round and round in the air five or six times. The re- sult of this (as I can testify) is that the bird _re- mains torpid, and apparantely lifeless, and is thus easily ‘stowed away in a bag ‘witnout danger of inconvenient cackling. Nor is it against their betters only that such attacks are directed; for they prey equally upon each other. Eves night in Barbadoes made hid- eous by the discharge of curious old fire-arms out of the windows of the shanties as a warn- ing that the inmates are on their guard. ‘he idleness of the négro is not so unnatural, considering the circumstances in which he lives in his native island. Food is extraordi- narily cheap,and a shilling will keep a man for a week. Further, alongside of every road— unfenced and unguarded— the sugar-cane, of which he is particually fond, lies open to ‘his hand; and though he is liable to prosecution for theft if detected, and all devisable means are employed to check this species of theft Coster larceny as it is called), there can be nodoubt that incalcuable damage {s done to the crop in this Ray, To, the small proprietor especially, this is a very serious evil, as he can not afford the decimation of his canes, and it also tells heav- ily on the larger land owners. The mischief prevalls throughout the West Indies, and though somewhat Sisconmred py Sammy, im- prisonment, ‘will never, I take it, beeven approx- imately stamped out. Thus, as the ordinary laborer’s wages are 1s. per day, and two days’ work, or one day's if he steal successfully, will buy him corn, meat, salt fish, and rum enough for a week's living, ft 1s- no wonder that he wi not work for six days. Ihe West Patient as Job. A DEVOUT CRIPPLE WHO DID NOT MOVE A MUSCLE FOR TWENTY-NINE YEARS. A Lewiston, Maine, dispatch says: Matthew Rankins, who died there recently was a and begged “her pardon, and explained how it Was. She didn’t seem to mind it much, but the old ladies kept laugbing, and I tried to explain it,when one of thein said: “Why, durn it, Jedze, she's Bill's wife.’ Well, I thought, Lam In for it. That knocks out my’ votes in’this neighbor- hood. Well, Iinquired in the next house who Bill_was, and was told that it was ‘Buck’ Holmes, the hardest citizen in Carter county. Next day I had to speak at the court house, and when I came up I noticed a gang of about twen- ty-five rough-looking fellows off at one side, and a big six-foot fellow way talking to them’ and esticulating with both hands, “Who's that?’ I inquired, ‘That's Buck Holmes and his gan; was the reply. The cold chills began ranning up my back, and I shifted my revolver around up where I could reach it without trouble, and then lounged up to hear what he was eaying and get the lay of the land. ‘Well, I'm blankety blanked,’ [heard him say. ‘If ther jedge don't ketch my vote. No snob thar, gentlemen. | Jest as soon Kiss a poor man's wife as a rich one’s, by .' That settled it. I got 150 more votes in .that county thun any other man on the ticket.” Bap beoadber Germa: Strongest Mi ~. There was ® wrestling match in New York last week between Prof. Wm Heeler, a well-known scientific wrestler, and Carl Abs, champion wrestler of Germany, who arrived ten days ago. Abs stands 6 feet, weighs 230 pounds, and is 33 years old. Heefler is an inch and a half shorter, weighs 190 pounds, and is 28 years old. Abs had_ the reputation of being the strongest man in Germany. He had thrown the best wrest- lers, litted 230 pounds with one hand, and carried 1,500 pounds up stairs to harness, The match was Greco-Roman, the best two in three. Inside of two minutes from the first grip Abs lifted Hoefler in the air twice in succession as thongh he was « schoolboy, In another minute Abs dropped his man on the stage and rolled on him and pressed his shoulders and_ hips to the mattress, and the fall was awarded to Abs, ‘The second bout showed the great superiority of Abs, and in five minutes he had his opponent jlat on his batk, and was awarded the second fall and match. It is said Abs is the most powerful wrestler ever seen in America. Pienty of sportsmen stood ready to back him for any amount against any comer. A challenge from for a match for $500 or $1,000 was by Sorakichi, the Japanese wrestler. —_——e0—___ Camels in a Free Race. THE MOST EXCITING OF ALL THE SPORTS IN INDIA, India Letter to the Clipper. Pony races and foot races appealed but little to the native mind, but the camel race, open to all comers, was a matter of the warmest inter- est toall, both Englishmen and natives. The mudir himself, with a large following, attended the meeting, was most enthusiastic on the sub- ject of this race, and had entered his best camel for it, his example being followed by the own- ers of all the best camels. ‘The scene at the starting point was quaint in the extreme. Camels were there of every size and hue, bellowing one and all as though in direst ; some of them bestridden by Eng- lish soldiers on their red leather saddles; some by officers who preferred the comfortable Sou- dan saddle; some by naked Bischari or Abeb- deh, sons of the desert, who not unfrequently, diedaining saddles of any kind, sat perched on the rump of the animal as on’a jackass, and ided their beasts by the nostril string elone. Here and there among the crowd were bashi accepte cripple whose case had attracted the attention of physicians and scientists in all parts of the country, He had not moved out of one chair by nightor day tor twenty-nine years. His spine was injured by an accident when six ears old and his neck, body, arms and legs became lifeless, He conld ast move a joint te them. The only movable joint in his frame wasin one thumb. He could not turn his head @hair’s breadth, “He sat in his chair by a window and by an ingenious contrivance of mirrors he was enabled to see what was going n out of doors and in the room. At, Bight his chair was tipped back s- little and in this position he slept. Any at tempt to move his limbs caused him the ereat est agony. He suffered pain nearly all the time and everybody wonders that he lived so lon; im thus horrible condition. | Many prominen physicians studied his caseand gavelt upasun- accountable. He was so remarkably patient and devout in the midet of his sufferings that he became celebrated and served as a text from which number of sermons were reached by different clergymen? who visited ‘im. He was forty-seven years old. A young sister devoted her life to taking care ofhim. — | 0n¢ with another on the far side of it, in whic! ———— se. Editor Dans Upon Jacob Thompson. | Part with From the New York Sun. - ‘With us, the recoliection of Mr. Thompson is indelibly associated with the last conversation bazouks on elim-necked, slender-legged ani- mals, whose rich accoutrements ‘showed that theirowners found war eae trade, and towntolk who. perched on their light woodeu saddles, their long robes bound closely round their waists, intended evidently to make a des- peiate struggle for victory. At last, profiting by a moment when all the competitors seemed to be in line—a result to obtain which had taken some three-quarters of an hour—the was given to go, and the camels started. Then some trotted, some gal- loped, some turned, themselves ‘round and round seeking to tie themselves in knots and re- fusing to move forward, others threw them- selves on the ground and rolled their riders off, and one or two, disen, themselves from the crowd, started off in a break-neck gal- lop tow: the hills, their riders, albeit wild sons of the d unable to do more than cling to the beasts for dear life. Every nowand then occurred a terrific collision between two eager competitors, which flung both camels and riders tothe ground. As the beasts the tarning post the confusion tionate to the excitement. Mi got around the post at all, but fell to fighti conflicts their riders, when natives, soon took ant good. will. Others sought to cheat, diminishing the distance of one hundred yards or so, but these defaulters were promptly spotted and hounded off. the course by the watchful stewards. The winner was greeted as we had with Mr. Lincoln. It was late in the | he passed the post by such cheers as complet afternoon, just before his visit to the theater where he was murdered. A dispatch had ar- rived from the provost marshal, of Portland, Main that he had received information that Js Thom) a that night, in order to take from there the steamer which was to sail for Live: “What are the orders of the depart- ment?” asked the marshal. On seoatng Sais dispatch to Mr. Stanton, tne latter said, him to be arrested—but Bo; ¥ou take it over to the President.” We found | are troubled Mr. in the inner room of his | please their business office at the White House, with his _ coat Ee Tes he ought to be thin peas About 5 o’clock ne: xt were by Adjt. Gen, Pelouze, who said, ‘awakened '| “Mx, Lincoln is dead, and Mr. Stanton directs rou to order the arrest of Jacob Thom} x The order was but Thompson was As he id us some years later, for some reason. bad concluded not to way of Portiand, but by Halifax. = 2 fst oF Ws jorfolk county, V1 Fo Fg fe a bankers, the suspended a the poor brute, and had not hi rider warily forestalled him’ he would have turned back from fright before the crowd. ——— ee A Doctor's Story. mn would arrive in Portland | From the St. Louis Republican. “The nose is simply @ piece of cartilege,” said @ surgeon yesterday, “and its shape can be changed with ease. A clever Frenchman some years ago invented a machine for that purpose, better | ahd has made a fortune by it. 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Weean guarantee satisfaction, Our stock of Boys’ Wagons and Velocipedes has been replenished by new stock. and now we cangive Fou all sizes and styles. Wagons from 50c., Veloci- pedes from $3.50. Doll carriages we carry in very large assortment of every possible style, ranging In price from 88c. to $7. We would call your attention to a lovely 8x10 BRONZE YRAME WITH CRIMSON PLUSH tn- Side and handsome fancy mat. A similar frame used tosell for $4. Weseil t now at $1.29 and $1.69, THE SILVER LILY HAIR PUN, with brilliant Rhine Stone Setting, has proved a decided sueces tn our Jewelry Department. ‘They are simply beautiful, We sell them at 59 and are very cheap. Solid Gold Earrings, brilliant Rhine Stone setting, 996. Solid Silver Thimbles, warranted, We also have just opened a beautiful assortment of Silver and Gilt Pins at 25 and 49. They deserve attention, We shall commence this week to sell our Rink Pattern Roller Skate at 0 Our 99e. Roller Skute will be Se. ‘To arrive on Tuesday: Kubber Cushion Rink Skates, M1 sizes, at $LVS. The cheapest Rink Skate ever offered. Also, large importation of Palm Lunch Baskets, frow up. M. SILVERBERG & co, 312 7th street, Near Pennsyivauia avenue. aps Souvenir 8 FOR THIS WEEK: ONLY, aT L KK W NNN S85 KK WH NNN * §£ Bx oH SRS Sa K K It N XN S558 NNONFERW WoW ppp FEE A SXNEOWwww op De ay NNNFEE WWWWw pb DEE AA NNNE ww ww uD D N NNERE W w ii ppp 926 SEVENTH STREET. 100 dozen LADIES’ HATS (all colors) in the NEW SHAPES, Fine (Milan Straw), only 48e.; regular Price, $1. 200 dozen CHILDREN’S HATS (all colors), Trimmed. 250.; regular price, 75, 500 dozen CHILDREN’S WHITE SAILORS, 10c; regular price, 35c. Also, hundreds of other HATS equally as cheap. 100 dozen 6-BUTTON KID GLOVES (Black and Golors), 50c.; regular price, $1.25. Our line of FRENCH (IMPORTED) TRIMM! HATS and BON is, without doubt, LARGEST ever shown in thiscity, and at astonisl ing LOW PRICES All we ask is that you cali and convince yourselves of this fuct. Our Departments of HOSIERY, CORSETS, RIB- BONS, VELVETS and SATINS, FLOWERS and FEATHERS, and the LATEST NOVELTIES IN LACE GOODS have all SPECIAL BARGAINS for this week. Call and inspect for yourselves, and when once here you will surely come again, at KING'S NEW IDEA, 926 SEVENTH STREET. We Resrrcrrviiy Ih THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC apt vITE TO A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS IN FOOT WEAR, Ladies’ Cur. Kid Button, box toe and worked bul- | ton holes, for $2 per pair. Ladies’ Fine Cur. Kid, glove-fitting, box toe, or com- mon sense, $2.50 per pair. Extra Fine Cur. Kid Button, box toe, or common sense, $3 per pair. We make a specialty of J. © BENNETT & BARNARD'S FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERS. His Spanish Arch-French Kid Turns area combins- tion of beauty and comfort. ‘The Paris Beaded Opera is the latest novelty in the Slipper line. We have them in five different widths. ‘We have a large and well assorted stock to select from. Our 3 Seamless, Lace or Button, for Gents’, can't be beat. In the finer grades you will find we are not be hind. WE HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS, ‘You will meet with polite attention % W. & RICH'S, ‘717 Market Space, next to Sth st. Srame Hare From AMERICA AND ENGLAND, WE ARE AGENTS FOR MESSRS. DUNLAP & ©0., OF NEW YORK, AND MESSRS. LINCOLN, BENNETT & CO., OF LONDON. THE PRODUC TIONS OF THESE CELEERATED FIRMS ARE RENOWNED THROUGHOUT THE HABITABLE GLOBE. ALL GOODS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AND WARRANTED. WILLETT & RUOFF, SOLE AGENTS, aps Ud Pennsylvauiseve Tur Arrestiox Or OUR CUSTOMERS 18 RESPECTFULLY INVITED TO OUR MERCHANT TAILORING DEPARTMENT, WITH 4 LINE OF FIRST-CLASS PIECE GOODS FOR SPRING, Embracing the Latest Novelties, and unsurpassed facilities for making up work. No Establishment ona offer superior inducements in the way of Styles, Fit, ‘Material or Prices. ‘We also invite attention to our besutiful line of Spring Neck Wear,embracingali the New Shapes and Colors. Spring Shades of Gloves for Drem, Strest or Driving. White and Colored Shirts. Plain and ‘Bordered Handkerchiet&, Underwear, @c., @c.,d0. ¥ NOAH WALKER @ 00., man” (625 Pennayivania Avense coamaa,