Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1885, Page 3

i ill aS Bb * , WASHINGTON, D.C., ‘SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1885—-DOUBLE SHEET. RELIGIOUS NOTES. CHURCHES HERE AND FLSEWHERE, — The Woman's Christian Temperance Union ‘Wil meet here on Tuesday. — Recently Gorsuch M. BE. church, Rev. E. D. Owens. pastor, has received ton members on ation: MeKendree, Dr. Edwards, six, and it. Zion, Rev. Mr. Oexerman, five. — Rev. Dr. Huntiey’s three year's pastorate ‘St the Metropolitan M. E. church wil! close next Mare! t dof that chureb Das already appointed a committe to look 10F @ successor. — The ladies of the Methodist churches of the District will hoid a reunion ar reception at Foundry chureh, next Mond w10 ng will be held and Mrs. A. —The trustees of the Fourth-street M. E. church have sold the parsonage on 7th street, near G southeast, for $2,500, and have pur- chased alot on 4th stre the church On which to erect a ne’ .. The new Parsonage will be a three story brick building ‘Costing, With the lot, about $5,000, — The Missionary Training School at Chieago & receiving hearty indorsement on ail sides. —The Gettysburg Theological seminary is in Feceipt of m the estate of the late Edward Koriz, of Baltimore, and 1s prospec- ve heir wo $50,000 trou the Stroup estate. —Mr.J. E. K. Studd, the English evangelist, 4s occupying the puipit of Mr. Moody's church Bt Chicago.” He worked several years with Mr. Moody in Eng! — At Northtield Mr. Moody has been baying hie big wagons to he used on Sundays for earry- ing to and froin church people who live at ‘@istance and could not otherwise attend. —A handsome new Methodist Episcopal ‘church has been built at Lincoln, Neb. It ix of lone, and contaigs Sunday school rooms and all the raxtern appliances, and completed will fost about $54,000, —A legacy of $500 has been left to St. Jebannes German Lutheran church, Charles- top, S.C, by the will of the late J. P. Merk- bardt, on the condition that the trustees of the etrareh will cure for his grave. — Rev. J. W. Richard has resigned the seere- taryship of the Luthern board of church exten- sion, and Rev. J.C merman, of Brooklyn, x + baving accep the p will enter upon ‘his duties the ist of October. —The late Henry Singmaster, of Strouds “burg, Pa., left an estate estimated at between $160,000 and $200,000, which after the death Of his wife goes to’ the Lutheran Theological seminaries at Philadelphia and at Getty: —A New Haven Congregational minister as- tontshed his people recently by frankly saying b toa recemé Catholic total abstinence le im that city, that he had never seen a more notabie procession of men, both in “cali- bre, conduct, countenance, and gemeral de- ‘™meanor.” — Ata farewell meeting in London, given to "& mivister abowt to sail for Australia, the Hon. George Lloyd said, Sfty-two years ago, when be diest went to Austmila, there was only one ebarch on tne whole continent,and this had bat forty members and 150 worshipers; now these are 204 churches, with 12,000 members and 60,000 worshipers. —The Rev. H. S. Williams, pastor of the ‘Manth Presbyterian chureh, St. Louis, has been ‘tying the experiment of getti the non-ehurch joes t0 heat preaching. He rented a cheater four Sabbath =< 4, and ———- ser- Views. The attendance was lane, reaching on ene evening 6,000, half of them men who sel- dom or never entera eharch. —At the recent dedication of a chapel at Martha's Vineyard, Bishop Foster, of the Methodist Episco church, preached on the theme “What shall be the character of the ser- Viees here in the years to come?” and his an- ‘ewer was “Not a camp-meeting revival service, at aM events?” This remark excited good critical comment. Mrs. Logan's ‘From the Chicago News, New House. HOME MATTERS. SOME NICE PRESERVES—NASTURTIUM PICKLES —MARMALADE—HOW TO PREPARE succo- TASH—ABOUT HOLDING INFANTS, Wrixxiep Szx.—If silk, when wrinkled, is wet with clean water id in the hot sun, the new ionic much bettor that peescise eeeas the new look muel : the water in well with the hand, FURNITURE Po1isu.—Into @ perfectly clean vessel, over a moderate fire, put two ounces of white or yellow wax. When melted add four ounces of pure turpentine, then stir until when itis ready for use. Apply with » soft woolen rag: rub vigorously. Crrko Paeseeves are mueh liked by many persons. Cut the fruit into quarters and remot the rind. Boil it until tender in asyrup made of water and the weight of the fruit in sugar, Remove the quarters to a platter and cut them carefully into inch-wide strips, Cat the strips in two and pack in jars. Boil the syrup thick and pour over them. Nasrvrrit PickLEs.—The seeds of the beautiful and aromatic nasturtlum make an excellent pickle, The Germans call them jock capers,” as they area good substitute for capers. For each pint of vinegar allow three-quarters of an ounce of salt and mixin @ large jar, Gather young seeds and the un- opened flower buds and put them into the Vin- ear. When a sufficient quantity is collected cover the Jar, protecting the contents irom the alr. A Crap Pium Popprxe.—One cup of fresh beet suet, one cup of molasses, one and a half cups of water, one cup of stone raisins, one pint of flour and a teaspoonful of salt. Flour the raisins well, and mix all the Ingredients to- gether into 4 smooth batter, Flour a strong cot- ton cloth thickly over the inside after scalding itthoroughly. ‘Tie the pudding into it tightly, although room must be lett for it to swell, and boil steadily for two hours. A pudding of’ this size would Suffice for a family of six persons, MARMALADS.—Sour applesshould be selected for apple marmalade, Peel, core and cook slowly in little water until it isa thick pulp. Measure the pulp, and return to the same kettle. Toeach pint of pulp take one pound of sugar. ‘Melt the sugar into a thick syrup; pour Into tlte apple pul}; strand cook until Uhick. ‘Take up in small bowls. Marmalade made in this way will, in a week or two, be firm enough to cut with aknite, Crabapple, quinceand peach mar- le can be made after the same formula. TomaToES make a pleasant-tasted preserve. The small egg-shaped tomatoes are preferred by ‘some, but the other kind well prepared is quite aus good. Select smooth, half-ripe tomatoes, peel them without scalding, place them in jars, and sprinkle sugar over them, using two-thirds of a pound of suzar to a pound 6f tomatoes. Let ‘them stand umtil the sugar has drawn out all the Juice, then put in a preserving Kettle and boil slowly until the tomatoes are tender and of @ dark color. Remove the tomatoes Into {ary and, unless the syrup is quite thick, boll It longer belore pouring it over them. GINGERBREAD.—Beat six ezgs separately until both yelks and whites are very light, then add to them two teacupfuls of brown sugar, one and a half teacupfuls of molasses,one and a halt teacupfuls of melted butter, one cup ofrich milk, tWo tablespoonfals of ginger, two tea- spoontuls of cinnamon, hal! a nutmeg and three ints of flour. Sift one full teaspoontul of soda into the flour before mixing the batter, which should be @ soit one. Bake in shallow pans that may be either square or round. Let the oven be heated stepdily, but guard against urning. MoLasss Pre.—One quart of molasses boiled down until very thick. When cool beat into it four eggs, a lamp of butter the sizeof an egg, with two teaspoontuls of cornstarch. For flavor- Ing grate in the rind of a lemon, and also strain in Its expressed fuiee. or, for variety, use a table- spoonful of ground giager. Line the plates with pastry made of one quart of flour, half a pound of buiter and lard mixed, a teaspoonful of salt, Make half the flour into’ asoft dougn with a ‘small piece each of the butter and lard. Roll out thin, dot the surface over with bits of the shortening. sift on top a layer of the flour. Rull “We bought our house in Washington because we got a great bargain in it and because the ‘people all around it wanted Gen. Logan tomove in there to make the neighborhood more popu- Jam,” said Mrs. Senator Logan to a Daily News reporter last might. “You see itis a very otd house—fifty or sixty years old—and was bulit by Mr. Stone, the first government map en- gtaver. It was used fora hospital during the war and folks had asort of prejudice against it aiter that and st was vacant a good deal. Of course if the neighbors were willing to make it Such an object w us, we were very giad to take advantage of it. It is one of the few good finan- ial strokes the general has made. He has been offered quite an advance on his bargain already, Dat we bave boarded in Washington for twenty FEA and that has got to be pretty monotonous, ‘ais vear everything is so high there that we could not get board for less than $175 to $225. 2 month, and I know,” she added with the con- scious pride of a good housekeeper, “that I can xan that house for a good deal less than $175 a mmonth. When asked if she did not share the supersti- Yon that when a public man buys a house in Washington bis tical fortunes began to irs. e “No; I don’t there's anything in that. “We have nearly stx years yet, ifwe live to oc- ie, and to pay for it out, of the general's Salary, and we will be able to do tatifwe Live, Six years is rather further ahead than many of us can plan. No, I think we will be as fortunate in our new home as we would be in a ———+e+_____ Moneoe. Hehneter Vignaax. Ghrom the Chicago News. And now comes M. Vignaux by cablegram ‘end anys he will contest for the billiard cham- Pionshép of the world with Messrs, Slosson and Seheefer. Now, who will come out on wp? Vigmaux's chances im the four games he will have to piay eannot be discounted. He plays witha inews unusual in one of the Latin ace. Schaefer disconcerts him more than Siowson. He understands the systematic way im which the latter goes about making. point. Je is bis own way, except that Slosson has not the French faculiy of concealing his caleuta déons with « sbrug that Vignaux has. Schaefer handles his eve with the same famil- Jarity ae a dude his cane. It obeys his impulses As it ® werea part of him, and rattles the balls about with a rapidity thai is bewildering. Theo he sfips up on an carrom, as though his ene had a ferule on its end insiead of a well- halked leather tip. ‘Phis sort ot playing makes ux'$ eyes roll and perspiration ooze. Slos- son, om the contrary, is not startled by any- Willig Schacter dow. “He knows that if luck will have it so, nothing he can do will prevent Inte rival from running out a game as fast as tbe qmarker cam count. But he watches Schacter With his pale blue eyes without nervousness, and With a mental determination to give him as few ehances at the balls as possible. And when Sehacter sits down after a brilliant miss Sloson ‘takes the white globes and plays as it he were eileulating every angle on the tible and every seintl first Ume. It is this faculty 3 ofa Bamed wizard that Slosson Schaefer with a betier ean weet Vien Sehaeter. In pis the men are @par. In temperament they are very widely | Pi ‘y » coustituted that their Very differences make them evenly matched Am a triangular biltiard contest. | se Im the Saddle. up and again roll out the dough very thin, and so proceed until all the flour and shortening have been incorporated. Pastry should never be rolled out less than four times. How To PREPARE SuccorasH.—R. B. C. writes to the Cuterer that the true way to pre- pare good succotash is to put five pounds of fat salt pork, slightly streaked with lean, in an iron with three quarts of water, let it simmer Kir nitecu or sixteen hours, adding water as that in the pot evaporates soas to keep the pork well covered, taking off the scum as it rises during the process of cooking. ‘The next morn- ing take out the pork, which will have lostone- quarter of its weight; put it in an earthen dish Where it will keep warm, | Lift the pot from the Fange and set It where the liquor will ceol. When it is cold remove the grease which has risen from he pork during the cooking. Pork thus cooked Is like marrow; “ierels no suspicion of grease about it; and it cuts like rich cheese. When ready, later tn the day, toimake the suc- cotash, add to the liquor, which is reduced to three pints, one pintof milk, ove pint and a half of Lima beans, rejecting all old atid yellow ones. Let them boil until tender, nearly half an hour, and then add one-third more the quantity of corn than the beans, cutting it from the ears and scraping the cob to obtain all its juciness. Let the whole cook ten minutes longer, -¢ of butter the size of a duck’s egg with plen! Send the n and serve in soup plates with a slice of pork in each. The pork should be on a dish by itself. HoLpIne Ix¥ants.—Some very radical views are being advanced in these days by our phy- sicians in regard to the management of infants. We cannot agree to all of these—such as, for Instance, keeping a room at a certain tempera- ture and’ then allowing little or no clothing on the tiny unfortunates who stayin it. But we wish to heartily second Dr. Page's Ideas as to the holding In arms of young children. He in- 6 that they are much better off with less ending” than it is customary to bestow upon so. “The busy woman who has a large mily of children, yet whose means do not allow her to keep ‘& servant, often man. ‘ages, In some way, to get along, keep well her- self and rear her children healtbfully, She fil tell you, If you ask her, that her baby gets recious little tending.” She holds him to feed hin and dress him, but he rides in his little wagon, lies on the bed, or, tfold enough, plays on a comfortable on the floor most of thé Ume. This, Dr. Page says, is the proper, nor- mal way of attending to’ babies. He argues ‘at this continual holding, trotting and toss- make the muscles of the child soft and flabby, because it has no chance nor encourage ment to exert its own strength; and that [ts mind is ultimately less intelligent, because, never having tried or leamned to amuse itself, its powers have not had opportunity for development.— Phila. Press. sor ‘The New Eastern Question. SEAT OF THE DISTURBANCE IN THE ORIENT From the N. Y. World. ‘The crea ion of the Principality of Bulgaria and the Province of East Roumelia by the treaty of Berlin, signed July 13, 1878, was a temporary settlement of the long-agitating eastern question, following the peace between Russia and Turkey, and the excitement and alarm throughout Eurepe, and especially in stria and England, over ‘the threatened ad- Vance of the Russian ‘lines towards Constant. ple and the shores of the Sea of Marmora, © powers re lang, "Great Hritaim, Russiar "Nostan, ‘From the Chicago Herald. | ‘The trot is fust becoming the fashionable gait | and it is preferred by all experienced riders. Single-tooters are getting out of style. Itis an Unnatural gait and in most cases denotes that the horse has a weak back. The animal has | Deen overburdened or ithas been shod badly and consequently it lifts one foot ata time in- steal of two. The walk, Jog-trot and gallop are the natural gaits of thé horse—there are but few pacers The Engiish trot so much aatlected of late is harder on the horse than the German trot, because th lifts his full stirrups and comes down forward. eight on the forequarter of the rider sitting upright, and pltvon the thighs by p) saddle. 1 ie the” jor the sade 1 the joitin = the Puritan. The well-known French Journal, Le Yacht, thas an article on the recent contest for the America’s cup. The editor of Le Yacht was one of the first to advocute the use of center- boards in France. Over and over again be ex- patiated In his columns upon the merits of the eenterbeard when applied to small pleasure Yachts. “ie explained in detail the various ad- Vantages possessed by the American boats of ‘Wis class, and he dilated apon their handiness Ja working, their great convenience in shallow Waters. and their marked weatherly qualities im beating wo windward.’ He now declares that the vietory of the Boston sloop over the English gutter has convinced him that the pertected type of acenterboard yacht,as exemplified in the | Puritan, is “the true mode! to follow,” and he halis her success as the signal of a new depart. ure among French yacht builders, who be Uhinks, have been too much disposed’ to tollow bitudly the exaggerated proportions of English racers Se Nee Tue Bet Tecerioxe Case ix Barri moes.—At the hearing in Baltimore on Sep- ember 15th last of the equity suit of the American Bell Telephone company et al, ve. the Pan Electric Telephone company et al, Judge Bona did not decline to grant an injunedion, as ‘Was publiabed, bat fixed the date for a of the motion ‘for a preliminary injunction on the 2d of November, “and that meantime an Onder issue restrainitig the defendants uatil the Said hearing and the further order of this court from extending or increasing their business by taking new suibseribers or customers, or using any telephone instruments except ‘those in actual use, or that may be necessary to replace those now in use.” THE $10,000 CHALLENGE oF THE DausT- zane. Toe owace of the yacht Daun tow, which wus beaten badly by the Genesta, hus offered to Tialy and Turkey. ‘The congress was in session One month. The treaty made Bul- garia an autonomous and tributary principal. ity under the suzerainity of the sultan, but it t have a Christian government ‘and @ youl militia. The reigning prince could be elected by the people, confirmed by the po ind “approved by \the powers. In accordance therewith Alexander, son of ‘ander of Hesse, in the German army in and in the Russian army in 1877, then years ‘old, was elected relining by thé constituent assembly April 29, and assumed the government June 28, « palace at Sophia maintained at publie expense and an annual allowance of $120,000, The boundary commission appointed by the ongress save Bulguria a territory of 24,360 square miles. By the census of 1881 the popu- lation Was 1,995,701, mostly agriculturists, and 70 per cent’ of them belonging to the Greek chareh. In August, 1581, the principality was into fourteen administrative districts. principality has paid an annual tribute to Turkey, but since its establishment it has been adinuilitered virtually as a Russian depend- as several thriving towns, short tele- lines, and a railway from Rustchuk 140 the ¢ Varna, on the Black Sea. lia, by thie Berlin treaty, was ¥ the direct political and mill- ‘of the Sultan, under conditions r istrative autonomy and to have a Christian governor general, the last of whom fas instalicd July 3, 1884, and upset Septem- ber 19, 1585. The area’ of the province is 13,500 square miles, and by the official returns of 1ss4 the population is 850,000, of which 060 ure Bulgarians and only 174,- ‘The chief occupation of the people agriculiure, ‘which is in a very backward condition. It’ exports some corn, wine and woolen yoods and ts the only country which now extensively produces attar of roses. Bat since 1870 constant agitation for the Incorporation ot Eastern Roumelia with Bul- guria has been actively kept up by mass-meet- ings and other means, both in the province and the principality, the much lighter taxes in Bul- boy furnishing the strongest motive for the past Houmellans.. The union now seeing tobe ‘about, unless t ne a the Sultan break it) we A RANCH BRSIEGED ny APAacHES.—Dis- patel received at Deny. ‘tel reported thet Cockrell’s ranch, in ‘thie Mogotlon New Mexico, was surrounded by Indians. settlers have taken refuge at the ranch, and to meet tue attack. No further are reported. Dickey's 2 the satoty o€ adi ‘tements: Mews haa y jacent se jews, st heen recelved that on Setarday last W; Be , @ rancher, was killed by s band Apaches fn Graliam county: Asisoua or Many AXDEuses AccIDESTALLY S7Ans Hun smu. — in ‘Wager $10,000 that the Dauntless can beat ‘ihe Geneata proserred, across the occas. ADE A PHILANTHROPIST IN ONE PLACE AND “PRAVED KEEPER OF BROTHELS IN ANOTHER— A SENSATION DEVELOPED BY LITIGATION ‘OVER His ESTATE. ‘The litigation which is pending over the es- tate of Major Edward 8. Sanborn, who was buried in Kingston, N.H.,on the 7th instant, will doubtless develop the greatest social sensa- tion New England has had for many 9 day. The story ef Sanborn’s double career seems al- most incredible. He died ina brothel in Bos- tonon the 4th instant, anold man who bas been known to the police for many years as the Proprietor of various houses of prostitution ‘Three days later he was buried at Kingston, N. H., with the honors due to a public spirited citizen, who was widely known in his native state as a liberal patron of the cause of educa- tion and religion, He was born of a good Ne; Hampshire famliy and "was sixty-seven ye old. Ong of his sisters, the widow of the late Dr. Bartlett, ndson of Gov. Bartlett, one of the signers Of the Declaration of Independence, Still Cccupies one of the finest residences in the town. About thirty years ago Edward seems to have deliberately determined to livea double existence, In his own town he has led an up- right life, has supported various public tm- provements, and, In turn, has been honored by his fellow townsmen, who, a few years ago, sent him to represent them in the legislature. But, although retaining his citizenship in Kingston, Mr. Sanborn has spent the greater portion of his time during these three decades in Boston. His record in that city has been that of a liber- tine and an unscrupulous money getter. share of the estate of his father, who. died about twenty-five years ago, was some $37,000. HIS DEPRAVITY AND PENURIOUSNESS, In company with various women he began keeping brothels at the West End. The places ‘Were not of the lowest sort, and hé made money juite rapidly. He increased his investments ih the nefarious business, and continued to row rich until he had’ accumulated fully $250,000., He lived a moat, miserly existence. No one enjoyed having business dealings with him, for he insisted on realizing more for his money than any one else coultl get. So parsi- monious was he in his life in this city thateven after he became feeble he would walk a mile and @ half rather than pay a hursecarfare. His last scheme in Boston was undertaken about five years ago, whe he proposed to build the most gorgeous house ef provtitutfon in the ppt Sone LR i ede erected, but before coul vot le purpose pi the owner was taken seriously il, and Le anally ‘was compelled to sell it. HIS FEMALE PARTNER. About seventeen years ago Mr. Sanborn met in this city Miss Julia A. Hilton, then @ pretty girl trom Maine, and only nineteen years old. From that time until her death, in April last the two have Hved together. The most sincere affection seemed always to exist between them, but they never married. Miss Hilton was a partner in all the business schemes of her par- amour,and during the last few Wee, she has been the mistress of the house of lll repute, 20 Lyman street, which Mr. Sanborn owned, and where he made his home and finally died. She was as shrewd a business manager as he, and accumulated a property which has just been inventoried at over $60,000, After making » few trifling bequestg she bequeathed te most of this property to Mr. Sanboro. Her will has not yet been proved, and her relatives of Welis, Me., will contest it On the ground of undue in- fluence en the part of Sanborn. Sanborn in a will made five years ago be- queathed 000 to Dartmouth college, and made hit ters and their children and a son of ex-Gov. Noyes, of Ohio, ten in all, his residu- ary legatees. Gov. Noyes, it should be said, was @ schoolmate of Sanborn in New Hamp- shire. Not long afterwards, however, he dis- tmherited his relatives because they denounced his course of Ufe in Boston. To immortalize the name of bis mistress, Julia Hilton, he erec- ted a monument in the cemetery of his own town having her namo upon one side and his own upon the other, and provided in his will that she shouid be buried by bis side. Her relatives, however, took her remains to Maine for burial, THE SANBORN ACADEMY. In 1883 Sanborn began the erection of a fine brick and granite edifice in Kingston known ae the Sanborn seminary, which he proposed to endow Uberally as 8 non-sectarian school. Miss Hilton presented the library to the institution. ‘The building was finished about a year ag and it is completely furnished and ready for cupancy, Its construction was carefully super- intended by both the donors. Miss Hilton fur- nished the library, and in the room designed forithas been placed her life-size bust, deli- cately cutin marble. It represents her a6 a woman of rare beauty. ‘The features are classi- cal, delicate and refined. In the hall between the main stairways is a niche containing a similar bust of Mr. Sanborn. He was a small man, with a narrow forehead, but lily gray hair and long white beard gave him quite a patri- archal appéarance. In his will, which was made in April, 1883, and was modified by cod- jei! in the following October and December, Sanborn makes the Tnsti tution residuary legs 4 tee. He bequeaths 85.000 to the Congrega- onal church of el pp $1,000 to Mrs, George W. Sanborn, $240 annually to Mary E. Briekett of Haverhill, and the income of $2,000 tothe poor women of Kingston “whom the selectmen may adjudge best entitled to the benefit by their industry and virtue.” The umount available for the seminary cannot be closely estimated. Sanborn has lost consider- able property sinee he was worth $250,000 in 1883, but the bequest of $80,000 from his late mistress will also be available if her will 1s not broken. ‘The ground for contesting Sanborn’s will is that he was of unsound ind when it was made in April, 1883, WHAT Ws TOWNSMEN THINK. Since the character of Mr. Sanborn and the source of bis wealth have been known by his townsmen there hes been a great deal of dis- cussion over the acceptance of his benefactions. On various occasions he had liberally aided the Congregational, Universalist and Methodist churches, and they have never hesitated in ac- cepting his gifts. Me. Sanborn, when in town, enerally attended the Congregational church, ie was practically an Infidel, but he belleved in chu “They are necessary to keep the boys and girls out of deviltry,” he would say in his blunt way. The police of Boston, in talking of Mr. San- born and Miss Hilton. Felate many queer rem!- niscences of the strange couple. Miss Hilton was known t them as Annie Bickford, and they are inclined to be quite charitable in their estimate of her. She was uot as bad, they say, a8 most women of her class. Many times she has informed the police of the whereabouts of wayward girls who have called at one or an- other of her resorts, seeking for an opportunity to begin leading @ vicious lite. She did not do this, the police believe, to curry favor, but she was'influenced by better motives. ee ‘The Hing is Dying. Fool. stand back! the king is dying; Give him whut little air remain ‘See you not how his pulse is flyin? Hear you not how he gasps aud strains ‘To catch oue other sterteruus breathy Godt how he labors! yes, this is death! Blow up the fire—hus feet are cold: “Aye, though a ye canuot bus: One brlefest moment with ail his gold: is hour has come, and he must dle. ‘Withered and wrinkied and old and gray. "The king fares out in the common way. Light the tapers; he’s almost gone: Suir, you fool! ‘tis past the hour ‘To cower and criuge and flatter and fawn— ‘The thing lying there isshorn of power. Henceforth the lips of the king are dumb: Bring up your ghastly viaticum, Absolve his sou: need enough, God wot! jamble ann sprinkle and do your shetving: Yet methinks, here and there shall be left « blot Hideously foul, despite your striving. Nor purpled quilts, uor pillows of lace, Can relieve the guilt in that grim old face, Soft! stand back! {t is his last; ‘Get hence" your priestly crafts o'er; or him the pomp of the world is past, Letthe belis be rung. let the mass 66 sald, tbe bells be rong, And the king's helt'knows that the king ts dead, —J. B. Kenyon A Ma ter and His Hounds, SOMETHING THAT PUTS ONE IN MIND OF A CRUELTY OF THE SLAVERY DAYS, From the Birmingham (Ala) Age. E. 0. Coswell, the keeper of the hounds at Slope No. 2, Pratt mines, isa man of the most peculiar temperament in Jefferson county. He had rather run after an escaped convict than eat. He is of powerful physique, and can stand agreat deal of tough work. Aw Age reporter ‘ed him to speak of some of his experiences with dogs. “I have sixteen of the finest hounds that ever yelped and struck a trail, and convict is my meat when he gets awdy. The business of catching convicts is interesting, but hard. ‘The hounds are docile ana quiet in camps, bit the moment they are called on duty they. become fired with enthusiasm, The aulmals know as well as we do when a convict has escaped by the commotion made. Ifthe convict has the Start Of us the dogs eircle for his track. When the dogs follow it until the He ts held at bay by the dogs iy sd Be BLOWING UP FLOOD ROCK. THE EXPLOSION S00N TO TAKE PLACE—HOW ‘THE WORK OF PREPARATION 1s BEING BONE. ‘ago to the shabby, rusty old government dock ‘at Astoria, Just opposite Flood Rock, where the excavations have been going on for ten years and drills have been driven into the solid rock, Preparatory to blowing the tock and reef into the alr, or breaking it in pieces, so that adredge gan deepen the channel. The biasting of Flood Rock and the reef will do away with one of the most troublesome impediments to navigation between New York and the Sound. Helt Gate has been a bugbear to navigation since the time of Hendrick Hudson. Before the mine was ex- ploded nine years ago, at Hallett’s Point, the West channel, between’ Mill Island ae iow York. was the one most used by vessels, though an entrance by that course was tortuous and winding. Since that time the channel between Flood Rock and Long Island has been the one pueeeany, used. ‘This is also winding and roken. The coming blast will make it possible to clear away the reef and Flood Rock entirely, and Jeave a straight channel for vessels out ini treSound. ie rby, superintendent of the work,was on the wharf, waiting for the steamer A. A. Hamphreys to take him off to the works ou the He js a young man, with sandy hair and beard and light blue eyes, of rather slender figure, but with a decided manner of aking While waiung for the steamer he by one of his men to look at some and explosives, which were stored in a Tough Jookng shanty on the wart ‘The man picked upa handful of coiled fuses with caps attached, for inspection, after which he threw them roughly back into the open box whence he had taken them. “Don’t goto throwing those about In that way, my man,” said the lieutenant. ‘he Humphreys had. coine up by this trme, and the lieutenant and the reporter embark: for Mill Island. Coming around to the west side of the island,where-a big scow Was moored, the tug went bumping into her, jarring a grim array of big brass cartridges which were spread upon the deck. These engines of destruction Were each about a foot and a-half long and two inches in diameter. Upon the Teporter inqdir- sly Whether a slight concussion might hot get one of ‘these off, aud, so start a trata of Wisastrous consequences, Jeut. Derby ex- Plained that the Cr ive which the cartridges contained could only be set off by a heavy chncussion. He tested one, by rigging a about four feet from it, in such a way that e coulll discharge the latecr with astring. The ball from the pistol penetrated the bi cercage but failed to explode it. This maites it compar- atively safe tor ordinary tel though great care is nevertheless exercised with it, and only @ limited quantity, about seventy pounds, handled at atime. This explosive, called rack- rock, is comparatively new to science, and has not been experimented with on a large scale. It is made by combining the chlorate of potash ofcommerce with di-nitro-benzol. Kither coin- pound is, in itself, entirely barmiess, but com- ined forms an explosive which is 11 per cent more powerful than dynamite. Furthermore, the cost of the rack-rock 18 only 23% cents per pound, while the lowest bid on dynamite for the work was 43 cents per pound. Going ashore from the Humphreys, lo! Hignboards on which were painted the’ wort “Danger! Nitrogiycerine!” met tue eye at every. Point. This is not meant for the workmen on the island, but is to warn off curious passers-by, The baid faces of the recks offer tem ting sur- faces as targets for marksmen with various Kinds of weapons, who were injudicious or fdiotic enough actually to shoot at them befoee the signboards were put up, in spite of the treacherous materials stored beveath, which there was danger of setting off, ‘The scene on the island isa busy one. All of the rack-rock which has been placed in the drills was mixed ou this island, the chlorate of potash being placed at the north end and the nitro-benzol at the southern extremity. The latter is a yellow oil, with the peculiar, Somewhat pungent odor of some of the cheap soaps, being, in fact, the saine substance which is used in the odorizing of soap. The chlorate of potash is a white powder. The mixing is doue in arude shanty about the center of the island. The chlerate is sifted seroven awire sieve,into a metal lined tank hd the oil then poured upon it in the roper proportion and stirred and mixed until it is about the consistency of the lower grades of brown sugar and about the same color, though of a somewhat brighter tinge, ‘The process is then complete and a man with a big sugar scoop takes the substance out in portions and distributes it to the men ranged round the outer wall of the shanty at acon- tinuous ben Each of these is supplied with brass shells and a pestle or ramrod. Puttin; the explosive into a shell, the man rams it ant cks It with an energy calculated to make the earer’s heart thump at each thud, when he cdusiders the deadiy character of the substance which ts thus unceremoniously handled. After the cartridges are dimost filled asmalier brass case, with ‘namite,in which is im- bedded a still smaller cartridge, containing fulminate of mereury, is dropped in, and, after being entirely filled ap with the rack-rack, the cartridge is taken to the soldering man to be sealed up, This is the most hazardous stage of the whole process. The rack-rock explodes at a temperature of 360° F., and, as the ordinary soldering iron, when ‘heated, is hotter than that, It would be impracticable to use thisexplo- sive were it not for the discovery of the process whieh isemployed on the isiand. The solder used ig an alloy called Wood’s.metal, which melts at a temperature of 160° F. This is melted by escape steam, which canaot go above 212°F, This assures the safety of the operator. labeled with the one ap- Ina smaller cabin, palling word, “dynamite,” the smaller cart ridges referred to are made, The dynamite is not made on the island, but is carried there In limited quantities as’is practicable. ‘There have been at times as much as 2,000 pounds of dynamite in store there atone time. It was kept two feet under water, out of harm's way., Having completed the Inspection of the maira- facture of the cartridge, the Humphreys took the two inspectors over to Flood rock.” There were on board besides the crew and two passen- gers, about seventy cartridges, ready to be pluced in the mine. ‘The drilling and excava- Uon were completed and the putting in of the explosives began on July 30th. ‘There are at present in the mine about 218,000 pounde of explosives. When completed {t will contain the tremendous charge of 280,000 pounds of explosives, representing about $1,000,000. ‘he Dharging of the mine is almost completed, and the explosion will take place soon after October 1, depending upon the promptness with which the contractors fill orders. When the explosives are in, every stick will be re- moved from Flood Réck, and as much of the island itself as is practicuble, though the por- tion above water forms axmall proportion of what will be acted upon by the blast. ‘The ex- plosion will nat be controlled from the shore of the river, but by an automatic device, placed, with the’ battery, over the shaft on the island. The instrument Will probably be set by Briga: dier General Newton, eblet of the corps of engl. neers, United States army, who has had charge of the work from its beginning: Col. Walter MeFarland, senior assistant, and Lieut. Derby, who bas superintended thé work for the last four years. Immediately afler the blast there will be four feet less water on the reef than there is. at present, ‘The rocit will be broken up and pulverized so much, however, that Itcan be dredged out, and there'is money on hand to begin this work iinmediately after the mine fs ——__+9y___ ‘Things Worth Knowing. From the Ladiey Home Journal A half teaspoontul of soda in half a cup of water will relleve sick headache caused by in- digestion. A feverpatient is cooled offand made com- fortable by frequent sponging with warm soda water. 3 Warm mustard water should be given to one who has accidentally swallowed poison; this will cuuse omitting after that give a cup of strong coffee; that will counteract the remaining effects. When going from a warm room out into the coldair close your mouth and breathe through your nose to prevent taking cold. A hard cold is oftimes. cured by a cup of hot lemonade taken at bedtime, as It produces per- splration, Consumptive night sweats may be arrested by sponging the body at night in salt and water. ‘Teething children may, be relleved of convul- sions by being immersed in a warm bath, and cold water applied to the head. For croup or pneumonia, bruise raw onions, lay on a cloth with powdered gum camphor sprinkled over it, and apply to chest and lungs, and cover with hot flannel, ‘This is a sure cure if taken in time. For nervous headache, when the pain is over the eyes and the temples are throbbing, apply cloths wet with cold water to the head, and hot baths to the feet. * ‘The Juice of a red onion is a perfect antidote for thé sting of bees, wasps, hornets, etc. The Sting of the honey-be, which is always left in the wound, shouid first be removed. —————o9e—____ Fashion’s Freak im Paper. From the London Queen. Mahdi paper—that scarlet abomitiation—is Very fashionable here in Paris, and four times the price it is in London. True, it has @ large gold water stamped on the top of the note elie it Gece Sed AEP, ot oe St. aud the ad other heraldic devices are chosen for the stamp, Which are hardly in keeping with the name and suit better the “Dragon” paper, figured all over with repetitions of this fabi monster in pal gold or silver, the heading being, of course, iver ar eld ompiata eee art tbat in paper. 1° P the Pompetan stationery is dear, it in this faa it. does Ih prettinese, Back TELEGRAPHING BY CIPHERS. Geed Reasons fer it Sometimes. AN ABSOLUTE WEOESSITY AMONG BANKERS, BROKERS AND BIG OPERATORS—SOME GOV- ERNMENTS PROHIBIT CIPHER DISPATCHES. ‘From the New York San. Last Tuesday the countenance of the oper stor In charge of = branch office of the Western Union company, located on Brosd- way, above Canal street, indicated amasement tMmctored with disgust as he surveyed a mes sage held at arm’s length. The message was written on one of the company’s ordinary blanks, and read: In the corner was written, “paid $1.” That was Its unfortunate feature, for it was not the alphabetic jumble of the mi that excited the operator's di but a note from the main office pinned to thé ‘disguised dispateh. The note stated that the operator had been charged $7.30 for the m and warned him to be careful in future about, accepting elpher dts. patches at a lower rate than that of s full word reach letter. “I thought ten letters constituted a word, no matter how they were placed; but I'll know better hereafter,” sorrowfully remarked the ‘operator, and then added: “The next man that comes in here with alotot sausage-meat lish will hear from me. ie rate to Salt Lake city is $1 for the first ten words, and seven centa per word in excess at number. ‘No, we do not accept ten letters for @ word no matter how they are placed,” said an offici at the company’s main office. “We have had to stop that and charge for the letters in cipher dispatches at word rates. This cipher business is troublesome to the operator and makes slow work. Besides that, mistakes are possible. We take cipher mi now at rates as stated, but we do not hold ourselves responsible for their correct transmission.” “How about ‘code’ words?” guint roies, weiner Ia amesoege that roads regular whether In a message Sp.that ttle Understood or otherwise. We only iscriminate against the cipher. “18 much telegraphing done by secret methods?” Sgt “Lots of it. Merchants do it to reduce ex- Penses, and others, from school-giris up to the ig tharket manipulators, do a great amount of secret telegraphing. ‘The use of code systems is greatly on the in- crease. Some make up their own, but the majority of businews men have systems aa cially printed for them, or make them up dut of the cipher books, which are to U8 had of all commercial stationers. Mr. E. Parke Coby, the adjutant of the vet- eran corps of the Forty-severth regiment, when asked about cipher systems took the questiouer to the fourth story of a printing establishment, where a thin, dark little man, with intensely black eyes was found cutting three dictionaries to pieces with a huge pair of shears, The dictionaries were in English, Spanish and German, and the little man cut long strips of words from them, which he on paper, aud then drew lead pencil ines from the words to written sentences. ce, js connected with a South, American steamship company, and is preparing copy for @ cipher system for his line,” explained the printer. “We will not print more than half a gozen of the books, but the cost will be over $200. Atter we strike off the required number Of copies we destroy the forms, and do not even keep asample for ourselves, You see the com- panies guard their secret ciphers as a man guards the apple of bis eye. It would never do to let rivals or Interested speculators get hold of their codes, or the company would often be forestalled in the market. We do considerable cipher work for exporters and importers, and men in the fron and foreign trade, as well as fox steamship companies, but we never allow the work, when off the press, to be seen by any one execpt its owners. Cipher systems are coming greatly into vogue with the business men of New York. ‘here isa great saving of expense in the use of the wires and less chance of misinterpretation and mfttakes than whea sending fully written dispatches, Some cas- tomers are very secretive about their systems, and others do bot appear to care anything for concealment, We get upa cipher system on an interchangeable plan by wulch not even the printer of the book cau know the meaning of the code words.” “What is the expense?” “Cipher systems, or codes, as they are ealled, when they are made to order, cost from $50 up. Some run as high as $406, and even more when very extensive. We make a novelty in book form. consisting of a system which be- comes secretive by the selection of a number. Such are sold at stores, and cun be used by any- Al ‘the office of Hatch & Foote, the bankers, @ small cipher book was exhibited to the re- porter. It contained names of stocks, with orders to buy or sell, quantities, advice, &c,, all to be represented by'a word or two. ', “There is nothing secretive about it,” sald Mr, Emmerson, “We give the books to our custom: evs, It is @ saving of money in telegraphing, and an easter and more certain way of comm nication. We have no need of a secretive sys- tem ip our general business, though the large operators use p ‘This was on inquiry found to be the case, but any attempt to get a view of the private codes was regarded as the trick of a stock sharp, Cashier Quinlan, of the Chemical bank, pointed toa pile of books on his desk and re- marked that they were the clpher systems of various corresponding banks, and that much of the business communication between banks 18 helug done by cipher. Banks generally get up asefarate system foreach bank with whic! they deal extensively. The cipher books are carefully guarded in the bank’s vault, and even then code orders are verified back and forth by other code words, systematized for the purpose, before @ transaction involving much money 1s consumimatod. 3 Seme houses having foreign connections and the steamship compantes use very elaborate und extensive ctpher systems. In such systems, over a cipher word column. it may read: “Can, ‘ou secure—bundles of hides and find room jor the satne on the next steamer? If so, tele graph us rates and particulars.” At one side of the columu of cipner words will be found a col- uma of dgures running from one up into the thousands. The figures indicate the number of bundles or quantity, and the entire expression woted above, together with the number of bun- jes referred to, may read simply “Bones,” If the me “Bones” is sent from New York city to Melbourne, Australia, by the way of the eastern route, it Will cost $3, 40 cents bein, charged per word Ly the Atlantic cables, an $2.60 per word by the Eastern or Indo lines, ritten out in full the original twenty-four words would cost $72. ‘The Atiantie cables are more liberal in their treatment of ciphers than she land companies. The cables coufine a word to ten letters gen- erally, but accept of three cipher letters, whether they make sense or otherwise, for & word. That is, rxy or zbq pass as a single word. Three flgures ‘alsa count as a word, but when figures and letters are mixed, as, for Instance, 6 org 5m, each letter and’ figure is charged for as a distinet word. ‘This is done to prevent too greata liberty being taken with cable dis- ches. Nearly all civilized nations, including China and Japan and the nations of souk America, permit messages to be sent and re- ceived in cipher. Russia and her dependencies are the exceptions, Telegrams to or from Rus- sia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Servia, Roumania, Mon- tenegro, Herzegovina and Siberian points must be in open isnguage, that the censors of the ‘Wires may read and thvestigato them at thelr sure, ‘The most expensive all-wire message sent from New York city 1s one to somevof the interior South American towns, They cost by direct cable and by the way of the Eastern $8.20 per word. Toxo by the coast lines and cables saves considerable on shis rate, but when these lines are out of order the message has to take transatlantic trip. Bat a message can be sent to distant Bosnia or Servia fer only 52 cents per word, 40 cents of which is claimed by the cable companies. To reach Japan cosis about $2.70 per word and China the same amount, Khartoum can. be reached at 95 conts, Turkey at $1 via Malta, or 54 cents via . France. to the various South American countries run from $1.40 to $3. Slam can be reached for $2.80 per word, and St, Petersburg for 58 cents. In view of the figures given it will be easily understood why the commercial world takes kindly to elpher systems, es —___ Hotels in America and England. Faom Blackwood's Magazine. The ruling idea in America is that whatever a guest can possibly want is to be ready waiting for him at all hours of the day or night. From. 6 o'clock in the morning till bedtime he can eat. Be it breakfast, lunch, dinner, or supper, there will be something on the table. In order to post his letters, or to buy a paper, or to tele- phone 10 iriend, or to send ‘a message, he hiss only to walk into the main hall. Fora 'wash,a shave, boot cleaning, huir greasing, or the reifet of his corns, he has merely toalt down on a chalr, and tHe appropriate artist will be at his aide {na shéoute. ‘They all understand their business, Whatever it may be, and no time or labor is’ wasted in explanations. The guest knows beforehand his own share of the pro- gram—what he will have to eat, where he will have to sleep, and to «cent what he will have to payin tie Dest managed hotels on gue own, aide of the Atlantic the element of at ness uncer} in! et been altogether eliminated. A Peron ‘never knows exactly vhat may happen to him; how he may be treated, or What he may be charged even ot @ house which he frequents habitually. “But the American hotel sets your mind at rest forth: with. Forso pnt dollars bak day you are free of the house and ail its privileges, which, apart from the eating and sleeping, are very consid. 2 Both Rode. ‘From the Independent, ei ‘The commercial traveler of @ | house whilein Tennessee approached a stranger as the train was about to start and said: “Are you going on this train?” “fam.” ‘Two Women of Fame. BADY LYTTON AND LADY BLESSINGTON If THE DAYS @® THRIEZ REIGN IN LONDON. J. HL Siddons in the Chicago Tribune. During my acquaintance with Lady Comber- mere I was introduced to Lady Lytton, the wife of Bulwer Lytton or Lytton Bulwer—after- wards Lord Lytton—the author. If remark- able personal beauty could alone give perma- nence to a man'sattachment, here were charms gnough to fx the eaprice of an ordinary butter. ay. iias Wheeler, an Irish girl, who had been jaeated in France, the lovely creature who dazzled Bulwer in the plonitu of his literary famo, had just the qualities which help to win a lover, but are 1 it to charm w way- Nard husband. At a very early period of thelr marriage Bulwer preeen' iences erratic humor of 8 Don Juan. Like Captain Macheath, “he sipped each flower. he roved cach hour,” and his infidelities were fire and bsim- stone toa proud woman conscious of her own Fr teractions. A separation was the result, and Bulwer al lowed her £400 year from his literary earn- ings. Togratify # sentiment of revenge, Lady B. wrote and published novels of which her husband was made, under another name, the impure hero; but the expenses of publication Were not met by the sale of the book, for, though the savory details ofa chronique Scan: su often are oe igen soe people do not readily give their sympathy $2 Injured woman who fights her own battles in public with little respect for the bienseances of society. The juence Was that th Poor lady’ got terribly into debt. When Bu wer fell into the Knebworth property, which added some thousands of pounds per annum to hig income, he was asked by a solicitor (Mr. Charles Hyde), who took s lively interest in the postition of Lady B., to augment the ali- maony. He refused at first. She revenged her- seif by going down to the place her husband represented, on the eve of the election of a new Parliament, and absolutely harangued the “free and independent” voters on the iniquities of the author of “Richelieu,” et cetera. This stung Bulwer to the quick. He felt she was a thorn that could only be blunted by acceding tothe new demand upon his plethoric purse so he made a virtue of ee an wife's debts, amounting to £2,000, and au; mented her annual income, conditionally that she lived in France. To this she assent with the proviso that sheir boy (“Owen Meredith”) should go with ber, Before the arrangement was effected I met Lady B. at the house of a mutual friend, and we e tolerably intimate, oiten. Sorteaponaing on literary topies. In one of her letters ehe the phrage: “du revient youjours # aes premieres amours.”” As “amour is a noun masculine, T asked her why it became feminine in the plu- ral. Her reply had more sentiment in it than ‘an exposition of grammatical rule, “Ob,” she said, “it was a mistake at first to make id mas- Gulthe. Mén have thot amours, but they Know nothing of love—abstract, holy, enduring ve. Apropos of literary women, let me say a Word of the “gorgeous Lady’ Blessington.” Flaving been commissioned to engage her to ‘wrfte a novel fora newspaper in which I was editorially interested, 1 called at the Gore House, Kensingtoa, with my credentials and check-book. I had some trouble ifi getting within the gates. “At length the portal was unlocked, and'l found myself in the presence of Count DOrsay. Iwas received very courteously by the fair ‘countess (ut once she stepmother-i law and putative amie of D'Orsay), and, after a brief negotiation, it was settled that she should receive £700 for a “serial” extending to six months, or twenty-four consecutive numbers of the Pictorial Times. The interview ter- minated with an invitation to lunch, after which D'Orsay amused me with a ‘lively sketch of the ordinary visitors at Gore House. ‘You see,” he said, “the position of the coun- tess is peculiar, We do not cross the circum- ference of the court circle; we form only the fringe thereof, The habitues who pay their dé votion at the shrine of sovereignty are the crabs, the lobsters and the crawfish of the world of fashion; we are content to be smaller crustacea, and 'to receive the prawns and the shrimps.” But it is a piquante for all that, and we shall be happy to see you as one of the lot.” Texpressed my acknowledgement of the honor of being deemed a shrimp, and according- ly assisted at one of the earliest soirees, Lady Blessington was certainly not suf- clenily gifted to take a very lofty position as an authoress; her productions were rather puerile, flimsy, namby-pamby and deficient of origin: ality. "But she had knowledge enough to sup- ply material tor drawing-room talk, and her Conversational powers were considerable. There Was an frresistible grace in her manner which attracted many bels-esprits of the inner as well as the outer circle of thecourt. It was at her soirees that a visitor would meet Dickens, Tal- fourd, Prince Napoleon, Walter Savage Landor, Albany Fonplanque, and men of equal mark and likelihood. Landor was one of her most ardent admirers, He wrote her epitaph in in, Fashions in Fancy Work. From the New York Graphic. From the work exhibited by the art needle- work companies, figured India silk and figured echintz and cretonnes are the popular mate- rials. ‘The figures are outlined with gold thread and often ornamented with fancy stitches, accord- ing to taste, Upon many figured original designs are drawn, regardless of the agures in te goods, and outlined with gold thread. Easel scaris made in this way of the “figured silk are much liked, and of the figured cretqnne sofa pillows, chair covers and table covers are produced easily and effectively. Sometimes the figured cretonne is almost completely covered with the silk embroidery, and when given a plush border is very rich. A very novel material is bolting cloth, like a firm white silk mull and borrowed from its original use In flour mills to act as tidies and windew shades. On the fine bolting cloth flowers and leaves are painted in coler and then outlined with ld thread, or flowers are worked in, button- jole stitched and outlined with silk in shades of rose pink, yellow and green, Tidies of the bolting cloth are delicate and at- tractive, and whan applied to the window re- semble stained glass. Boulton sheeting, @ heavy material, ts used for bed spreads, portieres end other hangings, An odd tidy of bolting cloth is decorated with 8] so Gt of the cotton plant, the leaves being out- ilned in green silk ‘and the bolis ingeniousl: pe ‘cotton bursting from the brown silk coter. Jablectoths are made of plush, India silk and nen. A cloth for the dining table is made of velours and embroidered with clusters of iden oranges and lemons in the midst ofgreen leaves along the border. Chamber tablecloths are unique when com- apse of bandanna handkerchiefs embroidered in quaint designs. ‘The new and most used designs are disks, the melon pattern and orange. and lemons, A plush table cover is brilliant with large Telow disks. Orchids on plush make proba- ly the most novel patterns, ery oiten the flowers are outlined with gold thread and the centers applied with plush ‘and *‘Shopeiag bags in shape, like small jopping bags are square in shape, like small achoot bags, and when made of brown broad- glots and Worked with applied light brown kid ures are handsome and durable. ‘he hep vine and the dragon figure are the most elegant patterns. Nottingham lace completely covered with em- broidery in different shades of silk is a rich trimming, and ticking or awning cloth with red strij embroidered with the melon pat- tern in gold thread is a novelty for a piazza chair seat, ——_—+e+____ Bitten by an Adder in Bed. From the Hartford Post, Sept. 14. ‘A few nights ago H. K. Stoughton, of South Windsor, dreamed that he was bitten by a snake, and when he arose in the morning he found one of his forefingers bearing the imprint ofacouple of teeth. It was stiff and’somewhat swollen, and caused him more or less pain, The blood escaped from the affected portion when {was pressed. ‘The following monet the finger was no better, and considerable bik $4s forced out through the injured parts. | Mr. Stoughton was unable to account for the bite. W hile in his room during the day, sitting near the window, he discovered an addermaking its way through the vines which shaded the side ofthe house. The reptile had climbed up the Jattios work, winding it way along: and durted into the chamber, There it was killed by Mr. Stoughton. Whether it had been in the room before of course cannot be known positively, but the supposition is that it had, ‘and that Mr. Stoughton was actually bitten By it while he ‘was asleep, His hand was Probably’ outside the bedelothes, and the snake may have nestled near it for warmth, The sensation trom feeling the reptile may have caused a movement of the hand while Mr. Stoughton was asleep and occasioned the bite. Adders frequently get into houses in the country, and have been found .curled up in bed. ‘The bites are DONE, though not necessarily fatal, The flat-head ‘adder is an occasion of dread found, and one is thoroughly J} to from it without gi it battle, un- Jess he has a tong club at hand with which he is sure of killing it at a blow. Independence 1s steadily forging its way to the front is the interest which is being manifested init by politicians and political organs. The other mit by the 10 wi Rie Sse areas Gen. Meckleham Writes a War Article. From the Arkansas Traveler. Gen. Meckleham decided upon writing seeries of war articles, “Why shouldn't I, Mary?” he asked of his wife, who belongs to a literary society, and who is considered an excellent critic. “I should just like to know why I onght not to give Breen orden an tion of sentences, I understand the use of vig- o1ous Rnglish. What do you say, Mary?” Tawny, by all, means. write your experience, lo not’ see why you shoul ceoeeers thing that might prove of interest, and result in profit to yourself.” “That's it, Mary; that's it. While I was at college the students used to laugh at me tor de- Yoting so much attention to rhetoric. It will come in handy now, yousee, Ishail goto work “then ing when the lamp bed been next evening when iMary, “Don’t you think it’s first-class?” “Yes, I do.” “I have never sald much about it, Mai T am a writer. Many a time while v: newspaper offices, Ihave sald to myself, ‘Ab, Well, you fellows think that you firiters, but you haven't learned lesson.” re your Jensc wT shall wad it up and send it to area joliars forint” St At age ‘{Xou are going to copy i, are you hot necessary. Ite as plain a8 “Tdian't know but you might want to make afew corrections. Let me see the manuscript a minute. Listen to this : “Gen. Beau- regard, seeing that the left wing was weaken- ing, determined to reinforce them,’ Don't you think that you should say ‘it,’ snsvead ‘of Why? Refers tothe soldiers.” ‘No, it means wing, which should be ‘It.’ ” “Ww i, go.on, go on. “aThe general at one time,’ continued the oman findiny ,thother, objéctionable | para- ph, ‘was much moved to idier drag- wing #'gun with a broken a tee. aa “What's with that? mete ai? I's @ fact, for I <n but bow did he drag agun with a broken. “Don’t you see? The. fellow's leg was broken, ut so deterisined was he that he sill stack t6 gun, “But be didn’t 4: it with his brok xf Hang it, the fellow's leg was brokea™ a Wall tit ice ee ecneas bck “Well, then. was: en, but unwill to retire from the fields be Srawied aleny tae Sing bis uu.”” “With his broken leg.” fae! statement is as plain a8 Oaylight. by strike @ woman on mi »tizike @ woman on military matters, “I understand it well enough. The man was ing his gun with his broken leg, which, I should think, would differ v file from dragging his broken gun witn his leg.” The general wheeled around in bis chair, shoved both hands in his pockets, and, in a Salm Nolce, slightly trembling on the bosom ot @stragzie, kai “When I married I thought thet my wile was @ sensible woman. I thought that she was a woman of literary taste. Head that paragraph again.” leg.’ Ab! I see!" ‘Tam glad you do, Mary.” “The soldier was dragging agun witha broken leg—the gun’s leg was broken.” “Gimme that paper!” he exclaimed. Then he folded the manuscript with mock precision and. putitin the stove.» 18 SOCIETY TO-DAY ANY MORE TEMPERATE THAN IN FORMER DAYS, From the Louisville Courier-Journal, Sept. 11. In any comparison between the present gen- eration and our grandfathers or great-grand- fathers it is usually assumed that we are ‘supe- rior to them in our temperate use of intoxi- cating liquors, Gentlemen no longer come reeling into the drawing room after a debauch at the dinner table. Five-bottle men have gone the way of the world, and the days of prolonged tations are at anend. At a dinner party wy drinking is regarded as a disgraceful nachronism, and a man who gets” drunk excludes himself from good society. All this is, yYery true, but it does not prove the assertion that we are a more sober people than our grand- fathers; it only proves that we do not. get drunk in the same way as they did. Itisquite possible to drink @ great deal of liquor, even of strong liquor, without yielding to that absolute intoxication which reveals it- self in inarticulate speech, ring move- ments or senseless stupor, A'good deal depends on whether the liquor is consumed at a sitting or in drams taken at intervals duri the day. Violent or helpless intoxication but one among many phases of drunkenness, It may be said that few men now allow themselves to be seen in this condition. Some of these are confirmed sots and are eiweys Sppling; but, as rule, when men of this class get_drunk {t is not by means of habitual drams, but as the nat- ural conclusion of a drinking ‘bout in which they have eee with a distinct expectation, if not expr ly for the sake, of this result. Phere is a “big drunk” recurring with more oF less frequency, an in tl intervals they are Perhaps as sober as Judges, This was ones the way 8 which gentlemen settled down to their cups, but the fashion deen ‘de- ‘Scending in the social scale, vounand But this is only one kind of drunkenness, and not in all respects the most dangerous and destructive kind. Its very grossness and the violent external indications which accompany it supply to some extent @ warning, if nota corrective. It is a rock on which no vessel can oye unawares, There is asi , UnMistaka- ble penalty for each caro which si reflection and encourages reform. Ifa man foes to the dogs in this tanner be goes with his eyes open, and everybody can see plainly what has happened, and can put together cause and effect and draw the necessary moral, It 1s the Strong, still current of the stream above the ~~ Shoppes! erp of which vg not boy gee until it, late to struggle against it, which is most to be dreaded. . It is possible tora mam to be very much the worse for drink,as the phrase is,both ina moral and physical sense, without showing it in his gaitor speech, arid to be all but a confirmed runkard without himself detj more than faintly aware of the peril in whic he stands. Hence the serious and alarming aspect of the kind of drunkenness that is now becoming 80 egies in society, even in quarters were it as hitherto been little suspected; drunkenness which, stopping short of absolute’ intoxication, takes the form of a perpetual and feverish crav- ing for alcoholte excitements, for nips and drams, for odd glasses of whisky straight and tipples of brandy at irregular hours. As @ mere matter of ‘hygiene, it would ably be better for a man’ to get ly drunk once or twice every few weeks than to yield himself in bondage to an evil de- sire which, when once indulged, establishes Ite dominion by preying on the stomach and de- Stroying the appetite of its wretched vi and thus compelling him to depend on stimu: lants for sustenance. It is possible for a time to make alcohol substitute for food, but, of course, it can only be for a time, and the ena is No Fass Paoxum “THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, axbD NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.” 18 WHaT THE PUBLIO WANTA BUYERS DON? WANT G00De PROMISED LOW AND THEN SOLD HIGH. VICTOR KR ADLER'S ° 927 AND 929 SEVENTH ST. N. 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THAT THE LONDON MD LIVERPOOL CLOTHING COMPasY BUY DIRECT FROM THE MILiA, AmD CaN THEREFORE MANUFACTURE CLOTHING AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICES, THUS 84 VING THE CONSUMER ALL THE INTERMEDIATE PROFITS BETWEEN THE MILL AND THE WHOLE SALE CLOTHING MERCHANT? THAT OUR NEW FALL STOCK COMPRISES THE FULLEST LINES AND THE NEWEST STYLES IN MENS, BOYW AND CHIL DREN'S CLOTHING? THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING COMPANY,§ oena CORNER 7TH AND GSTREEES No Exreavacance: TRE TAISFIT STORE. cs hae oe can find FOR BOYS, 4 to 12 Plain, Piaited and Norfolk Sales 94.50, $5.50 and 96, lower than the prices of any other store For Boys, 13 to 18 years, magnificent line of Suits ‘Sults in black, blue and brownsack, away at $10, worth fully$15, A completeline of Butts from $6.50 up. Overcoats, light and heavy weights, 96.50 and upward, A fine all-wool, silk-fuced certain, and often swift in coming. There is, of course, @ constant tendency to increase the dose, and the tippler’s condition is always be- com! more pitiable and helpless; but his de- seent: smooth and not inlor meted by the ‘shocks which pull up the more violent drunk- ard in his desperate career, and almost, compel aap spite of Seen pee on the m! and degradation w ‘accumulating for himsel! — SSS How Royalty Travels. From Mr, Yates’ World, London. The carriages which are used by the queen when traveling long distances are comfortable enough tosatisty the most exacting passenger, and the imperial train of the late Napoleon used to be considered a miracle of luxury; but the latter was not good enough for the late — Who purchased it, and it was impro' contempt when compared site feat contempt when colupared with fern ee Te Siways used by the and ‘omy empress for loi Kreensiecand tack: Shame tennen hold of which the first is a kitchen, and then come ‘one for police agents, one for the mili three for members Of the household; and too for the imperial family each grand duke ha an entirely t, which can be fitted for either night use. 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