Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1886, Page 2

CITY AND DISTRICT. MOW THE WORLD Is sHoOD, THE ROCKING SANDAL OF THE CHINAMAN SHOFS HELD ON BY THE GRIP OF THE E TOR—ESQUIMAUX AND INDIAN BOOTS AND MOCCASINS. Any one who watches the movements of a Chinese laundryman wearing the thick-soled Chinese sandals, cannot help wandering whether his locomotion is not aided consider- ably by the peculiar structure of the soles of bis Sandals, They are thickest right under the ball Of the foot and slope up abruptly to the toe and less abruptiy to the heel. He rocks forward, and the force of cravity Is enlisted to expedite his forwara motion. “That is a natural ten- dency in walking,” said a scientist at the National museum, to whom a STA reporter communicated this discovery in relation to the Chinaman’s foot covering. “Tbe foot In the Batural state has a ball upon which one rocks or rolls forward, a that you wear towards the tors, showing t! Ing to make a sort ‘THE SHOES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. Hoarded away amoug the treasures of the {National Museura are enough shoes and boots and other articies of foot-wear to stock a shoe store of respectable size. The proprietor of the store, tov, could announce witli uth that he had & greater variety o! styles than was ever Before offered to the put this col- lection is displayed in the ¢ xposed to pub- Me scfutiny, and @ large part still remains packed away in drawers, where the scientist ay have access to them for p One may imazine t aetence about slices, but tne ethnologist el flesand groups them just as the naturalist divides and subdivides the animals and plants Of the world. es of study form of shoe will be found some- ent and widely separated lands. The toe shoe or “peg” sive, a form of the patten, ts found ng the Japanese, in India, and in north Attica. “It is raised like an ordinary patten, upon little stilts. Its pecu- Narity is that it "has a little pez or post, about thick as @ lead pencil, st Where the big te issu Peg isall that keeps the patten on or atiached Ww the foot, us there are no uppers. The wearer Adjusts the patten to his ivot by placing the between his big toe and its next neighbor. He sepe nis toee puesced toxether, and. thus urries the shoe slong with him. He can take Dis shoes off by simply relaxing the grip of his Dig toe, ple-looking boots made of deerskin and lined generally with seal or deer skin with the tur turned in- ward. The soles are made of walrus bide, and there ts a peculiarity in its manufacture which gnables one to pick out the ‘The soles are cut a little tian the sole of the foot. turned yj upper. In order to do th ‘Women—tor the women make the tough wairus lide almost always teil whetier an skull belonged to a 1 Baarked Prot. Otis Mason to D “If the front teeth are worn away—not dee: but worn off—it Is a sign that the skull be toa woman. The women crimp the soles of boots with their teeth, and it wears the away.” Many of the E<quimaux boots at the useum are fancliully trim ned with pr its of fur, and were provably onee pre worn by Esquimaux bucks, wie love to display the evidences of their wives’ skill and indu try. The Esquimaux boot almost invariably bas attached to it deer skin thongs, by w be bound tightly about the ankles. And foot are rooiny, so that they ean be out with tur, 7 the Esquimaux “You ean ch itean warmth. The Esquimaux ge house boot of seal skin, whic move when he puts on his heavier outior The Esquimaux of Southern Greenland, have come under tie civilizing tuflucne the Moravian missionaries, mul Nery neat looking deer sia bow Ihave the crimped sole. Proi. Mason’ sa: he had found a Portuguese shice with this pe Mar crim) nd ulsoa shoe mude by 4 iuube ne THE INDIAN BOOTS AND MOCCASINS. Leaving the Esquimaux country and comin @outh among the Athabascaus and other tribes of North America, the erimp gradually disap- pears. The Indians who carly came into com- Maunieation with the traders bave Tee akin boots and moceasins elaborately decorated | with beads. Sometimes yst_ all the outer | Burtace is Leaded. Tue soft deerskin mc With Its noiseless tread, does not appe: Among so. thongs to bs soutiwes: turned upa In front of the 1001 Is casied the “cactus ki In the count:y where ‘ue prickly cxetus the “cactus killer” is found to be a very desira- Ble thing. As the Indian walks along the pad fm trent erashes dows ckly plants, Indians further uorta Lave bit ot dried deerskin aliuched to ihe heel of the moccasin alled the “snow ing behind, This is “aud its purpose is to coniuse the trail ett by an Indian walking on the snow. The drag scratches over the fotpriut and makes it difficult ior one to tel! Mat of aman or Indians avd their litue Lalf boots or buskins of Blackfeet make theirs of dec |, sinvied or Diacked, from which fet they derived their pame. THE LAND OF SLIPPERS. The Turks and the inhabitants of lands under Turkish domination wear siippers a great d ‘The slipper flourishes ina riety of forms under the crese rh re neurly ail fine le. A these slip- Ts, boots and skill, ight slipper is ge door boot or shoe, jas §nner boot. Some Turki soles curving trom the center and also towards tne aide imaux wea: towards sides, So the Turk ‘w Wears them can not only rock Chinaman, but can rock back wa The Mohammed. Of shoes, and seem to With long pointed toes turned or like the blade of a cimeter. A CHEAP PAIR. Among the Chinese peasants #hoes made Fudely of flag leaves or straw are used. A pair Of such shoes costs 1's cents. Another foot cov- ering found in China is a Lalf boot, with heavy soles, having formic hob-naits for walking in winter upou In south- ern China and parts of J a Tushes, woven as in ( ds orsidewise, any fantasti ¥ much shoes ried upward fashion: In Mexico a similar character, made by twistin fibers, are tound. “The ciox or found in many parts of the world. clogs are mae of wood, s! r rettily ornamented. A Kussia shoe ut the National Museum las a paicot leat With a tringe of fur at the ankle Of wood clogs, sometimes Tiehly « are Worn among the Persis lina clogs ure made of sweet guia woud, sold to the > pavians In te northw dugout” 1s In Belgium ped n ad o bave eG, & thong is used ty bind the hey buve socks made like m fork or separate compartment tor the bis to In one odd collection THe Stak reporter Cornish patten, whieh consisted me ‘wooden body ue body of an old-ius skate, which rested upon ities: Of irun. There were leath to bind the patten to the tect, A CHINESE WO AN'S sito In aease in the museum is displayed a pair Of shoes or pumps belonging toa Chinese lady of quality. The sioe is prettily coverea with y three Inches ioned bs Or supports T thougs with which loug They look hardly large enough for a good | sized dol ng the Kussian shoes are in for women, witu heels so uigh that the wearer would uave to support nearly all hee welzht on her tes. Modern sented by every pattern, fr lowher dancing pump to t Gentieman, Who was woking Uver the culice With THe Stak reporter, remarked, Ash fashion of wearing ah inside silpper is fash: Auertc <bt pai fonabie, and we will Lave tocvine te 11 if people | goon expending money upon their M Maan ought not we walk over beautifully p fend tniaid floors with heavy boots with soles, How seusibie it would be to One's heavy boots in the hall Just as he hat, A does mis and have # ligut pair of slippers on under- ‘To the Rattor of Tar L.vexING Sra: Washington fs provabiy the most quiet aud orderly city in the Union on the Sabbath. The one annoying exception fs the hideous yelling Of the Sunday papers from early light to nearly oon. On no other day of the wees are we sub- Jeet tosuch anuisance. We do not raise the ‘Question of the right or wro: ho law under wien quie. : able strangers can claim a decently quiet on Sunday? « [The steutorian note of the newsboy may Le a Uittle disquieting at times; but why is he speci- ally singled out for anathema? Heis not by any Meuns the only nuisance to be complained ot. Is he as bad, for example, ws the iniernai milk: Maa’s alarin gong, which alike distresses the Sick and disturos’ the we: on Sunday alone, but all the year roun d the de Grab cryer, the truit fleas, the vegetapie Jum, Wie nocturial piano-pounde: Worse that these, ur us bat as Why not go lor tue wuole nolsy gas % Rest and quiet are nut necded ou Suaday alone. They are ‘us eascutial to the sick, the bervous and the weary during tbe hours of night and Seep morning of every. wees Gay Sy ‘the i we are goiag to uave reiorms let us have it ali around. so tai the bolse-inakers May fare alike, aud the wsvle community be equally venetiied.—Ev. stax) ‘Then the edzes are | ‘all around and sewed tothe deer skin | crimp | | write one or two | month. | at ti Al tue out | jormatio: ard like the | shoes are repre- | miner's brogan. A | ed ; THE EVENING STAR: WA: HINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY. * eo * CHURCH NEWSPAPERS. The Editor of « Religious Journal Gives a Star Reporter Some Points. THE TALENTED PRODUCTIONS OF VOLUNTARY WRITERS, AND HOW THEY ARE UTILIZED— A SAMPLE ARTICLE GIVEN—HOW TO RUN A PAPER TO SUIT THE CONGREGATION, Many of the churches in this city have news: Papers of their own, which are published monthly or weekly. The object of thess publica- cations is to convey intelligence to the mem- bers of the congregation of what fs being done in the work of the church, and especially what is proposed to be done, In this way the atten- tion of a larger circle of hearers is gained than by means of the old time pulpit notices, and the information ts imparted in the quietness of the home circle, where the members can read the columns of their church paper without the mental distractions occasioned by the bonnets and other interesting objects in art and nature which distinguished the congregations of the modernchurches. While these papers, in point of size may be considered rather insignificant, aud their issue sometimes Infrequent, stili the cwspaper been found to be a very useful auxiliary of ehureh work. In factin the ehureb, ain the professions and trades, the need and utility of a Journal devoted to special laterests, has been Teallzed very fully in recent years, and, in consequence, the number of ‘these special newspapers his largely Increased in all parts of the country. Unlike the majority of these class newspapers, the individual church papers, as distinguished from denominational pers, have no ambition to make money. ets and managers are eatistled it they pay actual running expenses, and even if this not obtained, they are willing to pay the cit rom the iunds of the chureh, under the jou that the newspaper is as necessary expense as the soprano singer. In the paper is edited entirely by the | pastor, and it frequently aifords the opporta- uity for preaching Iittle lay sermons that could not be worked in very well in any other shape. | Thea again some active man in the church takes hold of it and runs it with the ardor that nateur can display under similar clr- nees. A TALK WITH AN EDITOR. A'STAK man happened to meet an editor of a ehureh paper not long ago, and in the course of conversation with him managed toobtain some interesting facts relative to the management [and method of conducting # Journal of this aracter. The subject was not lugged in by the STAR man, as such av effort on his part would have been entirely superfluous, The conversation just naturally tended that way, as it inevitably will when there is any one sul jeet uppermost in the mind, “You know that paper Lam running for_ the church,” he began. “Well, we are doing first- |r I made a mistake in a recent issue ie date of the murriage of one oft | Young ladies. You see, se bad not been en- gased Very long, and when [heard of it the date | was correct, but by the time the paper eame out | the date was all wrong. Of course, you can’t avoid such inaccuracies or printers’ imistakes i either. We are gviug to have a good paper next time. Isuppose that you think it is dull Just now in church mutters and there is no news, bat When «man wodersiands his bust- | ness "there is no difficulty about filling up a | paper with good crisp news articles. { hear you | newspaper men talk sometimes about it beit duil and about there being uothing to put tue newspapers, chen I read them { | tainly agree that you haven't put anythiug Lu. Of course, you understand your business, 1 a not saying, inind, that you don't. Ouly, trou | my experience, 1” don't see why” you ‘alway | haven't someting interesting to print,” THE SCIENCE OF MISSING. A Veteran Discourses on th: jubjeet— Kisses in Different Seasons, “Kissing,” said the colonel, “ie one of the greatest luxuries of life.” ‘One would think the colonel’s kissing days were pretty near over, But he would scout the idea If any one had the hardthood to suggest it. He had just kissed the prettiest of haifa dozen pretty girls, and his temark waa by way of apology. “And Imay add,” he said, “a neces- sity; @ necessity of life. A sweet necessity. It is the dessert of existenee—the pastry and plumb pudding, as it were. It is one of the blessings of the higher organism. It 1s the language of the affections—the delicate and re- fined.” The colonel was getting quite enthu- siastic on the subject, and he bid fair to kiss the whole company before he got through. He could take greater liberties On account of his age, and the young men began toenter their soleinn protest. One of them said something about “old libertine” under his breath, but then he was jealous because he was ‘very “sweet” on one of the young ladies, and forta- nately no one heard him. The STAR man was interested, and encouraged the Colonel to gu on. “A man who doesn’t believe in kt is not to be trusted,” he contin “He is of a coarse nature; he is a brute. f have traveled allover the world, and I find that where kiss- ing is most common there is the highest olvill- zution. ‘The two places where the art reaches ils bighest perfection are Paris and Washing- ton. Washington should be famous for its kiss Ing. Everybody kisses some one. That's right and proper. I believe in it, The slightly jealous young man suggested that there ought to be an age limit in these matters, and said that he had seen somewhere, on the authority of some emiuent medical g teman, that the habit of gluing lips together Was dangerous. It was—as he understood it— particularly dangerous to kiss old men. All sorts of diseases and physical weaknesses were twansmitted in this way. Then he gave a ma- Hicious glance at the colonel. “There are @ great variety of kisses,” oontin- ued the colonel, “It takes a man of experience to kiss properly,” and he curved a glance at the Jealous young ‘man that silenced nim for the Fest of the evening. The young ladies gigaied and got close to the colonel, and he continued: “Chere are two sorts of Kisses which are un- worthy of the grand institution which has no Jess a founder than Adam,'the original, They are the kisses of ‘the sickly young cigarette smoker and of the pug-doy.” Here he luoked again at the Jealous young man. “Thi imodern institutions and are alike in quality. Cold-nosed kisses are not the proper sort. I never could understand how agirl can kiss a pug-dog or a dude when there are plenty of gentlemen of experience.” At this point one of the young ladies wus seen to slap her favorite pug whose screams as he went under the plano warned the colonel that he was getting ou dangerous ground, and ay the discomflture of the Jealous young man was suificiontly evident he dropped dogs and tudes. \ere’s the smart-smack-and-le-gokiss. It's old-fashioned now, but I like it, A smart young man could write a volume about, this, fe the most harmless of all, It is an all-the- year-around, good-at-any-time-kiss, It is the kiss of the “quiiting party; it’s the country school house Kiss; it's the kiss in the rye. Here in Wasuington they are divided into summer and winter Kisses, All Washington giris know What tis means. ‘The one is the long, linger- sng Kind,that carriesyou up Into heaven and lets youdown easy. ‘They are in the summer alr like mosquitoes, They are on every steamboat, particularly on the shady alde by moonlight ‘hey are in the woods, and attack pienic parties ferociously; they go’ up the river on barge parties, and even attack young people on their WILLING TO TELL ABOUT IT. Nery doorsteps, when the shadows are thick. “Now I dou't mind.” he went ou, as he began | The winter kiss always Ungers bebind the tront | to te s pockets, “giving you sume idea | door, Jumps out suddenly like @ thief, and as Pegine totatage wart ec eeioeeea awe saddchiy’ disappears ILnever onters the parlor | Cob Ober te ehe aor | Where the lights ure bright and everybudy is ints. Perish the thought! But I thought that | assembled. ft never gets, beyond the edge of I would simply take you behind the scene | show you how a real live chureh newspaper is | | shoved offon the flood Ude of lame and succes Now yousee my card is,when there is notm | going in, to go to | with tad caure ehureb at any and sa frichd wi 1s connect irnot exactly a pillar In the io a butiress on the outside, ow I wish tat you would just rticies for the paper Hext You see I appeal toa man’s pride Fight tart, and Talwaysgoto the persons 1 ‘oniident can write a good arti¢ve if they hs uly the mouve. he¥ go, With all sails spread. AS Andrew Jacke son sid When accused of not writinghis mes- Sages, Lniay net kuow how to write a good ar- ‘dit tor being able ucle, ba: {think I deserve tw plek ou Lue religio ed the flow of his jonient im order to concentrate all ptal iaculties in finding a piece of paper cealed somewhere In a bundle of drew frum Lis pocket. “Abt ed with animation. “I oW Unis will illustrate ex- ying about my faculty of Ine Of alent. Betore I read it { want by Way of explanation that the writer Is & mau, fhe austerily of whose piety is softened. by «former worldly experien He shows, | thereiore, a certain famiuarity with devises of | 4 woriaiy cuaracter, and in the subjoined | skete, whicu ts iuteuded to be, of course, good buiored raillery, pure aud simple, sometinng OF this sort appears: A SAMPLE CONTRIBUTION. ‘THE STAR man then lstened to the following with considerable interest: “Some of the members of the church durin; | the past six months, owing to the activity o the have ‘experienced considerable +» hot omiy in obtaining their policy. but also in setting their tickets cased ppeus, they make a Comp these uccounts have been altuousu necessarily the expression of has uot been loud. ‘fo ouviate this Ne the tr ave taken action in the snd While suspicion is abroad that they were More in tueir own interests | and ior their own convenience than ior the venefit anu adVantaze of the congregation, sul | it dust be confessed that ‘arrangements: they Lave confined to the mem- bers oi the , out may be shared by polic | deep, them iS paper” as to the locality of the teket apphieation to the I to be much confidence in the combination 4—11 ud so frequently $ that itis now ” We think no aN HOW be gaiied sroni its use, and St that the more modera method of dreams and ideas derived from eurrences ve adopted. One of our jiids uhude @ iucky hit the other day by tak- ing the number of bis own and the next wo 4, 26. A word to the wise Is SCOURAGED. ‘ “Now, what do you think of that?” exclaimed | the editor proudly, as he concluded the read- is very good,” responded the lis “ m to be grammutic- | wily constructed; but don't you think that lt is Fu severe expose of the church mem- bers? | “You don’t Imagine that itis true, do you?” almost gasped the re\igious editor as be gazed HESTAR man Wil, astonishment. t seems to me like a ia stalement of facts,” Was the reply. to coine te thie no uid Investigate tue matter.” tie dis. I sipposed, of course, every Ii'itis to pave an fer not print rAK man, "erliaps you can induce another of your ced itiends to write something,” observed | due sya man eonsoungly, but ine religious, | cdiior gathered togetier is’ papers and went away, evidently very uiuen depressed in mind, — ‘Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: M. E, Page to N. Eckhardt, sub lot 36, sq. 867; 31,500. K.P. Jackson et al,, trustees, to D. B. Clarke, pt. of “White Haven;” $16,540, D. | Fergusson to D. B. Clarke, conveys aright of through part of tract called “Aliance;” J. Westertield to G.W. Myers, lot C, sq. . A. F. Fox to W. Boyle ec al, sub D inelusiv trust for” the teal “rstate Invest. nan to Lei sa 107; 36 Se Ardeese 9500; and Mary i MéKnew, sub being @ partition of e Jute Kichard H. ‘Tayl to J wit i ard, suv iui EM, 1, SUD its 77, 75, 79 and 80, 2.” J. Stephe: D. Leon: $1,080. , to iol Go, tn 8 r Mi. Hewlett to 1. Bt. 3000. B.A, Miller part “lot 28, sq.” B18; $2,000. JJ. surkocis to B. Beale, pts lot 1, sq." B95: $4200. TW. arbour to Bin Warnes, subs i 66; $40,000. 31. BL chutf, su, lot 81, sq. nsatt to M. W. Beve Mj. 259; 37,000. ‘L. Little to Hew Tots 3 3, nel, x4 wo M, iu Viock’ 5, Mt” Piewsant; rust for H. Essig. P.C, Palmer to Ro Detrick, sub, lows 33 and’ 37, sq. 945; ees The Night-Blooming Cereus. Written for Tux Evesixa Star, Dear, have you seen that flower fair, Whose beauty bursis upon the night, tke some new star, In radiance rare, ‘Yo charm tue darkness of our might? But, you have never thought, I ween, Mow many hearts are lowers, ‘The giory of thetr light unseen In sunny summer hours, ‘Yet when the dark of pain and grief, Steals surely, sadly on our day, Ah then! the light aud sweet relieg, ‘These hearts will sued upon our way! O! love, the night of sorrow ’s here, A dinge the sad winds toll: T walt thy Jove and comfort, dear, Necht-Cereus of my soul! Wasntsozux. B. KUGENE Maureiis, P of id | the shadows in the hail. It is always a parting kiss, and 1s nervous and halt trozeo. ‘The sum- immer kiss is more popular here, and many young judies confine themselves to It altogether. But, take it all tn all, I believe there ts more Kissing done in Washington than any other city in the Union. 1 suppose it’s because the nicest girls are here,” aud he smiled graciously upon bis sWeet sutroundings. This was too much for the Jealous young man. | ‘steps the colonel remarked that the man ve | who Would fully J ive thei a motive and off | smoke cigarettes 8 he Went down. front njoy this life ought never to chew tobacco. He started to explain why, but at that moment there was an exodus that curried off THE STAB man. SILK CULTURE IN WASHINGTON, A Man Who Thinks This Locality Well Adapted to Such an Industry. To the Editor of Tie EVENING STAR: Being one of afew forty years ago near Rich- mond, Va.—during tue great morus multi- caulis mania or excitement—who took a lively but practical Interest in testing ina limited manner the feasibility of producing silk; having erected an experimental cocoonery with com- plete appliances of my own invention, my ex- periments Induced the belief that silk culture in the United States, when divested of numer- ous prevailing absurd impracticable theorios, could be made practically beti#ticlut and quite protitable, 16g Bat oth bag God And now that the subject ts being revived in mauy sections of the United States, and Jearn- ing that initiatory tests ure to be tude under Special supervision of the Commissioher of Agriculture, Irespectully offer @ few sugges- Uons, averring that, 1{ the experiments ure properly commenced and carefully carried on, great success will be the result; for in my ‘opinion, which is based upon niy” personal but Umited’ experiments in this District, also during the past tnirty years, there is no" more suitable region in point of ellimate, natural ad- Vuntages of light, iriable, loamy soil and drain. age than is to be found within the District of Columbia for silk culture; ax also, tor the propa- gation and rapid growth of the several vatievies Of multicaulis, Italian, white, red and black mulberry trees; the osage orange, oak and wild cherry “trees upon which respectively feed ‘the Japan, Chinese, Italian and other species of silk worm, as also our own native wild, silk producing insect, the mammoth and beautiful cecropla and poly phemus, A notice in Tui EVENING Stak mentions that suitable machinery is to ba erectéd and etoployed in the “Agricultural Anuex,” bat It iy not definitely stated if tor purposes merely ot Filature or as @ Cocoonery, or Nursery for the feeding of the sili worm. In the matter of experiinent, based upon my own personal observation and inspection last year, of the commodious frame building con- taining the “Industrial Exhibits.” [believe und advise that said building could be most readil and admirably adapted to and beueticlally uth. Vized in part ior the purposes of a model exper- imental cocoonery or nursery, without in the least encroaching on, or interfering with the present cases or exhibits. The interior of the building could with » comparatively small money outlay, be fitted up with commodious side und end balconies, or galleries on level With the sills of the many windows, where suite able frames, having ters of hurdles, trays und receivers, ail of which could be conveniently arranged with proper light and ventilation, so as to readily and properly feed and accumino- date successfully 500,000, or more silk worins annually, aller sufficient growth ana needed supply Of foliage for food could be first secured. And for this purpose of foliage growth and hecessary supply, how conveniently, readily and profitably, cold be uttiized the thousands of surplus, useless vacant spaces of ground in all of the government parks, reservations, und. streets of the elty proper, as’ also in the exten- sive grounds of the Agricultural Department, the Soldiers’ Home, Arlington, Arscaul, Navy Yard, Reform School, Jail, ‘Almshouse and other’ localities, (uot fucluding the flats, the soil there being too wet, causing succu- lent and unhealthy follage,) where could be propagated readily, the several varieties of trees named. Furitiermore, in this connection, what u Vast amount of now dseless,unemployed tmunual force could be brought into practical use and profit, in the employment of the hun- dreds of now idle, young und old dependent persons, taken care of by the government, and What a most iustrtictive, entertaining, and lealthtul employment could be thus allerded the many of the poor unfortuuates of the In- sane Asylum and soldiers’ Home by gathering foliage, leeding and reuring the little insec, and in reeling of the silk fibre. ‘Then again aiter @ few years, with ald of an extensive model governunent plant, tor silk culture, J Venture lo ussert that an annual clear revenue of hundreds of thousauds of money could be most readily produced even within the iimits ne District of Columbia; thus enabling our own national government to foster, encourage, and extensively advance the cultivation and production of sili, throughout @ vaxt portion of Nort America, irom wii of which wondertul Leuedts would develope, and an immense home revenue accrue anuuull G. —<oe—______— Chestant Bells, Written tor TH EVENING Stam. ‘Those Chestout Hells! ‘Those Chestnut Bells! When senile joke the dudelet tells, Ring (orth with disconcerting sound ‘And all his litile feelings wound. ‘Those Chestnut Bells! Those Chestnut Bellst ‘Whose metal sound discordant wells, ‘When the old veteran doth begin, Of army pleasantrivs to chin. ‘Those Chestnut Bellst Those Chestout Bellst ‘With notes as clear as faries’ shells ‘The ancient mariner forewarns ‘When he relateth raucid yarns, ‘Those Chestnut Bells! Those Chestnut Bellst ‘Strike with the force of funeral kuella: ‘When as his own with saptent look ‘The stavesmun quotes some olden book. ‘Those Chestnut Bells! Those Chestnut Bells! Anger and tantalize, by spells, ‘The would-be wit, with venses few, ‘Who hoary pun emits as new, ‘Those Chestnut Bells: ‘Thoeg Cusstnot Belist ‘Whose claug, alone, the tdlot quelle, ‘With blatant tongue and Umber jaw, And brings the nuisance back to taw. ‘Oh Chestnut Bellat nut Bellet ‘My heart to thee swells; Except when doth obtain thy rule ‘Some ailly boy, o, fll growa fool. ‘Then strike the bell, and sound the gong ‘When wit ts cold in tale or song; And let deriston’s flercest yelle Accompany Tuoss Cumereu? Bauta ‘Wasunsetom, August 11, 1886. BRAM ‘\ THE SHOOTING SEASON. inners Getting Ready for the Ist— ‘What the Game Laws Say. ‘The gunner has already begun to look after his gan and spends some time each day polish- ing it and preparing bis ammunition so as to be ready for action by the 1st of September, which is now only about two weeks off. That day brings Joy to the hearts of hundreds of sporting men In this city, who will start out at daybreak to slay the reed birds and ortolau that have gone unmolested since the breaking up of the last gunning season, which ended January 31st. During the first ten days of the season the marshes in the Eastern branch and the river are thick with gunnérs from sunrise to sunset, and scarcely a season passes without some of them getting shot and sometimes killed. The 1st of September also begins the season for shooting snipe, plover, wild ducks, wild geese and wild brant, but the latter birds are not looked after much’uutil reed birds and ortolan are driven away by the severe cold Weather, or killed off by gunners. Woodcoc shooting Is permitted in tbe District after July Ast. Partridge shooting ts not permitted until November 1st, For violating these provisions of law a penalty of $5 for each vird is linposed on all persons who are caught shooting the birds or having them in his possession, The law also provides @ penulty of $2 for killing or having in possession any of the followiny | atany time during the year: Turkey buz Wren, sparrow, bluebird, huinining-bird, blac Jay, robin or migratory thrusit, song” bird, ti ten, mocking-bird, swallow, oriole, red or cardi nai bird, wood or’ song robbin, cat-bird, pewit, Whip-poor-will goldeneh, sxp-suicker, Ranglug bird, wood-pecker, crow, black-bird or any other insect sorous bird. Unuer the gaining act it is 4 violation of law, uniess done in tae necessary Prosecution of farming business, to rob or de- Stroy a bird’s nest, under a penalty of $2 for each nest. Section’12 of tae gaming ace pro- Vides that no person shall Kill or shoot at any wild duck, wild goose or wiid brant with any other gun than such ws are habituatly raised at an arms iength and fired trom the shouide @ penalty of $25 for such viol he use of w trap, net or snare and the killing of birds in the night are also prolibited. Deer meet or venison cannot be soid in the District from the first day of January to te 15th day of August, under a penalty of 20 cents for each Pound now sold. ‘The laws of Virginia and Maryland, which are of more importance to the District xunners than those of the District, differ cousiderably from the District laws THE MARYLAND LAWS. No person shuil shoot, catch, kill or have 10 Possession, any partridge between the 24th day of December, said day included, and te 1st day of November next ensuing, nor any wood- cock between the Ist duy of Fevruary and the 15th day of June; nor any pheasani between the Ist day of January, said day inciuaed, and the 15th day of Auguste, noi aay rabbit Let the 15th day of January wud the 16th October; nor any wiid fowl between N Ast and Marci 31st, In that pay Apeawe bay and its waters lying worth of a line irom ‘Turkey point to Spessitic island. ‘here jaws Which hold only ior the counties. In Prine George's and Anne Arundel counties itis lawiul Wo kill ortolan, sora or rail birds except between the Sth of September and the Ist of November; partridges beiween Uctover aud Deceniber 20th. In Montgomery it is lawful w Kili partridge beuween December loth and October 15th; woodcuck between January Ast and Juno 10th, and pheasant between Feb- Tuury 1st and September 1st, THE VIRGINIA LAWS, The law forbids the killing of partridges be- tween the firstday of January and the fifteenth of October in euch year; wild turkeys, between the first day of February and the fifteenth day Ot October of each year; Woodcock, between the first day of February and the first day of July of eacn year; preusduts, be ween tue first day of Februury aud the first day ot August of eaci year; deer, between the fifteenth day of Becem- ber dnd tne fittenth day of August of the 1 succeeding year. The jaw prohibits the Kili of any wild water fowl, in Fairfax and Alex driv counties, between the tirst of May and the first of Bepteinber of each year; any sora, reea bird or black birds, between the ifrat of January and first of September of each yeur; rabbits or hares, between the fifteenth of January and fit teenth of September of euch year. ‘The possession of any prouiibited bird or degr, within the prohibited period mentioned in tilts act, shall be held prima facia evidence ot its vio- lation und subject the porson in possession to its penalties, ti vc ———se0—_____ THE PRESIDENTS OF TILE UNION. Nearly All of Them Hxve Enjoyed Their Country Homes. From the Louisville Post. President Cleveland has attracted a good deal of attention and comment in the last few weeks by his sudden development of bucolic tastes, but in this he 1s only following in the footsteps of nearly every occupant ot the pres! dential chair. Almost every President that this country has had has passed a part of his career in the delights of a country home. Washington, as everybody knows, owned a large estate at Mount Vernon, where he retired after his two terms in the presidency. His death, it will be remembered, was caused from exposure incident to his duties on the planta- Uon, whidb he delighted to manage in person, John Adams, his successor, retired after his term in ‘the presidency’ had expired to @ country seat, “Quincy,” near Boston, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. — Jeiter’ son, alter bis retirement trom public ilfe, estab- lished himself at nis home, Monticello, Va., where he entertained his triends, managed his estate, and died rezretted by a large nuinber of Servaits and domestics, which he had with him tothe last. Madison, atter his term of office had expired, retired’ to Montpelier, Va., Where he became rector of the University of Virginia and enyuged in agricultural pursuits. Monroe, after the close of his public life,took up his residence at Oak Hill, Va., where be enter- tained his friends royally, so much so, In fact, that he soon found the botto;n of his purse, and was finally obtiged to give up his princely estate and take up his residence with relatives in New York, where he was still making his home at the time of his death. Jubn Quincy Adams, afier his term of office hud expired, retired to the old iamily estate “Quincy,” i'n Massachusetts, but responded. to his country’s cull again, and died at his post of duty, in Washington, Where be hud been sent as u Inember ot Congress. Jackson, as_every- body knows, retired t the “Hermitage,” Nash- ville, where he died. Van Buren after his term in office expired, retired to Kinderbook, N. Y., and there ended ‘his days. Harrison, who died during bis term in the presidency, was buried at his nome in North Bend, Ohio, and there ais remains still lic. ‘Tyler Was accustomed to country life, and delighted init, as it broaghe him recoliéctions of early days when his father was one of the largest laud owners in Virginia, Polk whose early days were spent in the country as the son of @ farmer, looked forward to 4 comfortable life of retirement, just beside Nashville, aiter his term Of service in the presidency, but Lad been onl three months away from’ here when deat called him, Taylor, who bad worked on a plantation during his early lite, bad looked for- ward with pleasure to a quiet Life on his estate at Baton Rouge, La., atter retiring irom his war service. He had scarcely begun this, how. ever, When he was culled tothe presidency, and belofe his term hud fairly began his life ended, Fillmore was the son ot a farmer, aud spent his early life among rural deiights, . Prerce ever remembered with affection the place ‘where his boyhood days were spent, and Where he taught a country school when he arrived at the early years of tnanhood, Buchanan, after bis presidential labors were ended, retired toa country place, “Wheatland,” in Pennsylvania, where he died. Lincoln, &s everybody knows, was reared amid the most primitive of country lite, and retained a great affection for the homely thingsof lite to the day of his sad death, The same may be said of his successor, Johnson, who was in this respeet not unlike his more illustrious predecessor. Grant, who was a farmer in bis eariier days, ended his days in the country, heartily wishing, no doubt, that he had followed the example of is prede” cessora, and retired to the country rather than have eitered the whirlpool of New York busit ness life. Mr. Hayes, as everybody knows, is in retirement, upon a farm 1a Onio, devoting his attention to the duties of a rural ‘lite, ant entertaining the many irlends who seek’ him out in bis comparative seclusion, President Garfield went from his counury home, av Mens tor, Ohio, to the White House, where he was stricken down by the assassin’s’ bullet, and ‘hit sorrowlng wife and family, alter a couple of yeurs in city life, have Just Uciermined t sell their eity home and return to their country residence. President Arthur, atter a year of elty lite, at the close of iis term, now seeks the country'as his only hope of regaining the health Jost in his se in the White House, And President Cleveland, following the example of Uuis long line of presidential predecessors, 1s preparing a country home for himselt, only Varying the order by beginning his country Iie during his actual term ot service, 00 A Ghastly Struggle. DESPERATE FIGHT WITH ROBBERS IN A cEME TERY VAULT. Samuel Reedy, of Louisviile, Ky., was fortu- nate enough to win considerable money on the recent election and a large amount of it was paid to him lastSunday night, On bis way home and when near the old western cemetery at 16th and Jefferson strocts, he was met by two men who told him ghouls had opened ons of “the ‘large Vaults and desecrated ft iteedy was induced to go and inspect the vault. When they reached the west end of. the cemetery Keoay saw that a vault was standing Opes aa from it came Pp, inoidy odor, He entered with his guides aud felt for some matches with frnlen tomate a lignt when he was veiod fromm nd ant imuazie of a tol seed. ear, A cool, low volce intormed ni go Bis brow. A hand was placed in his pocket to re- Meve bim of any money he might have, and this ection aroused him. *Feoling ities tol hud moved away ir ee COASTING IN AUGUST. How People Slide Down Hill in Wash- ington. THE ROLLER COASTER AND THE SENSATIONS OF RIDING—HOW ONE FERLS ON TAKING HIS FIRST SLIDE—THR YOUNG MAN AXD THE ‘YouNG WOMAR, Sliding down hill doesn’t approach it! Riding on theback of a western cyclone might give something of the sensation, only the roller coaster doesn’t hurt. The roller coaster is a new institution here. ‘THe STAR man, who is always interested in novelties, went out to try it the other day. He walked upa long incline to a platform, where a band of music was playing. He stood at the mouth of @ trough which wound its erratic course up and down hill, around @ circle, coming back upon the platform where it started from. At the mouth of the trough were three or four hand- some benches, With high brass railings. Two or three men were holaing them as if they feared they might run away, and lots of people were rashing to get seats, THE STAR man took one. There was a slow movementofthe benches, then in an instant there was a rush, and the whole world seem to be running out from under him. In about five seconds it was all gone and the Seats were sailing down through space. they caught on and began to cllmb up the other side of the world again, and in just fourteen seconds thescribe was standing just. wiere he started from. His hair was blown behind lls enrs, ils eyes were wide open, and he felt as it Some one had just got through tiekling him, and he was sorry they had stopped. He had gone six hundred feet on a “roller coaster.” THE FIRST SLIDE. The first time you ride on a “roller coaster” you wonder how it happened. When you are dropping down hill so fast that you can’t see anything and it takes your breath away you can understand how it all is and you expect to strike bottom somewhere. But when the car begins to climb up again fust as fast as it wont down it bewilders "you. A little fellow who went around with the scribe was standing on the platform all excitement, his cheeks red and fis eyes bright, Some one asked him how he liked it, Avs nicer” he sald, “But, when I got way down there I thought the bottom had dropped out.” Ivis like tobogganing or any other coasting, ly IU appears to be miuch faster, and not only, 8 you down, but takes you up and down both Several tmes, like the Waves of the vecan, and then carries you right straight up ail. THE START. There is a big platform, like a pavilion, high up, covered with a gay colored awning. To ch this is an easy incline, with seats on either side. On one side there is a little tower, prob- abiy fifteen feet above the pavilion. That's where the start is made. There is a track laid in a big trough, with high sides to it, which runs right down ‘bi on a curve, About hal? way dowa it begins to rise again, then it makes @ deep lunge, and then goes right back up to the piaviorm, making a complete circuit, the mid- dle of thé hoop down on the ground ad the two ends, one slizutiy above the other, high up in | the alr, There are four cars run on this tr y Have hard wood settces, ‘sts, and brass rails to hoid to. They are placed deeply grooved iron wheels that iit the track. Twenty people can go at a trip. ‘The only thing it fs necessary to hold on to is your h It isa merry sight to see the cousters. There are crowds at it both in the day and in the even- ing. They are mostly enildren In the day. In. the evening there are crowds of ladies and gen- tlemen, o!d and young, THE YOUNG MAN AND THE YOUNG WOMAN. The first ride is the amusing one to watch, Everybody who hasn't tried it before is more or less timid—particularly the ladies. They get on the car very cautiously “to see how it feels.” “Before they know it they are launched oifon a journey. ‘The young man loses his iat, the young lady throws her arms about Lim and holds tight, He has fourteen seconds of perfect bliss, Then they both want to try it over again. ‘The man learns how to take care of ls hat, but the young lady never so thor- oughly regains her composure as not to taro W her arms about hin, [vs lots ot fan! The ladies In particular ‘seem to like it—both married ladies and young girls. One old lady eiguty-two years old tried it. When she got buck she suid it made her feel young; she guessed she would go it again. In the evenings there are Chinese lanterns ‘hung around the track, the pavilion Js brightly lighted and large crowds of ladies and gentlemen are pres- ent, Itis quite the thing to get up coasting Parties of six or eight couples, FIVE THOUSAND A NIGHT. Mr. Moxley told THE STAR man that some evenings five thousand people rode over the track in two hours, One old lady with her son took # seaton the car. She had her lips tightly set,and welghed a full twohundred. It wus her first trip. She aid not scream, but when the rush came she made a lunge, caught the young man around the neck, with her arm close up under his chin, and crushed his hat over his eves. When he got to the other end he stvod still for a minute and gasped ont: “It took my breath away!” soe. Saturday Smiles. An advertisement reads: “Wanted, a young mun to be partly out of doors and partly be- hind the counter,” and the Cleveland Leader asks: “What will be the result when the door slams?” ‘Customer (to bartender)—My physician tells me that I must drink nothing but a little gin with plenty of milk, Have you got any fresh, pure inilk? Bartender—Sorry, sir, but we haven’t a drop, Customer (In a disappointed tone)—Is that so? Weill, gimme some giv. I must do the best I can. “Well, Iam glad that the summer is nearly over,” stid a sojourner at Lake Minnetouka, “Tod many mosquities?” queried a bystander, “Oh, I’ve got so I don’timind such littie tritles,* replied the summer resident. “Your wife with you?” “Yes, but that don’t bother me very inuch. ‘The worst trouble is that I'm tired of working for enjoyment. I want to go back to the city and rest,”"—St. Paul Glob Gimme @ mint Julep,” said a stranger in an Atlanta barroom, “aud don't make it too sweet.” ‘0 liquors sold here, sir,” replied the bar- tender. “This 1s a probibition town. If you want anything to drink you've got to buy a quart bottle of Straight whisky.” The Del Rio (Lex.) Dot is edited by a young lady. ‘She remarks; “Man proposes, but it sometimes takes a great deal of encouragement to get him to do so. ‘Whe Rey. Mr. Unity was quite liberal, but so absent-minded. ‘They were making’ up whist party, when Miss Mabel suid to him ‘Mr. Unity, won't you join us? Mr. De Beans is guing to take a ‘hund and be my partner.” Mr. Unity wakes up with a start, und breaks everybody up by remarking: “Isn" this rather sudden? Have you got a license?’ Doctor.—But, honored madaine, why did you not let me before be called? Your husbund lies indeed in highest delirium, Madame.—Yes, see you, solongas my hus- band by his ubderstanding was, would he notbing to do with a doctor have.—#rom the German. “Why, Jennie, I thought, you were coming down ou Mr. Gail's tally “ho.” “I intended to, but ound I couldn't. You see, just betore starting I found I didu’'t have a pair of embroidered silk stockings in the house,” “Ou, Well, then of course you couldn’t.” “How 18 this, son-in-law; you went to the ball last night and’ here it is ‘scarcely two months since you lost your wife?” “Lacknowledge it, belle mamma, but then, you know, I dauce so sadly.”—French Fun. “How They Dine in Berlin,” ts the title of an article recently printed in’ the Sun. We did not read the article, because we felt that we could teil the wholé story in three words: Oif their knives.—Puck, Young Miss Bostor Youn —Do you play Chopin? ‘Miss Chicago.—Chopin! Chopin! oston.—Why,, yes, Chopin, Miss Chicago.—Weil, not much. Once in a while, of course, but the girls in our set prefer tennis.—Boston Transeript. + Scerawley.—Writing any stories now? scribbier.—No; what's the use? There is much competition to admit of any profitsin the literature business, When you can get Shakespeare’s complete works for twenty-five cents what's the use of trying to compete with foreign authors?—Rambler. Druggisi—Well, my little man, what can I do for you? ‘Boy—I want 10 cents’ worth of cochineal and 5 cents’ worth of hay seed. Druggist—What do you want cocbineal and hay seed for? y—Mo mudder is malin’ some strawberry feo cream tor the chureh picnic.—New York Times. Inquisitive Son—Paps what does the word alleged” mean, which I see used 30 much? Editor—Well, ‘it means—hem—" reported,” “pretended,” “supposed to be,” and the like, “But I doh’t understand, papa, Now, what is ‘an alleged bugivess man for instance?” “An alleged business man, my son, isa man who doesn't advertise.” Philadelphia Cait. Undertaker—And what kind of trimmings will you have on the casket? Widow—None whatever; plain casket, It ‘was trimmin’s that gilled him. Undertaker—What? 3 Widow—Yes, Delirium frimmin’s, ————+2+ A KeNTucky Feup SErtixp.—A dispatch from Louisvilie, Ky., says the famous Rowan county war is at an end, Craig Tolliver, the leader of one faction, and Cook Humplirey, the leader of the other, have signed an Tent toleave the stats forevery and the state's ney to-duy agreed Monies agulast them Indetinitely. ‘Tolliver has gone to lexasand Humphrey to Missouri. Tne troops will be withdrawn trom Rowan county. Marerep Unpen Paessurm of a Was- RANT.—Miss Henrietta, Brush, woman of 20 ye residing in Wiiliamsburg, N. Y., ob- @ warrant Monday for the arrest of Jos, F Andrews, ayed 26, u bookkeeper employed at 405 South street, New York, ona of betrayal under promise of h boxed foot | — THE GODDESS ON THE DOME. ‘The Peri! Work ot the Men Who Paint Her Pedestal. THE STAR THAT APPEARS ON THE BRONZE GopdEss’ BROW—THE STORY OF A PAINTER WHO WORSHIPED THE FIGURE—IMPROV MENT? TO BE MADE ABOUT THE CAPITOL. There is said to bea superstition attached to the Goddess of Liberty that stands silently on the dome of the Captiol. Though It is not wide- spread, {t is said to be deeply rooted in some minds. Had Congress decided to gild the God- dess it would perhaps have been tound difficult to get any one wo undertake the task. It's well known that when thedome was thoroughly Painted several years ago, the painter who worked about the Goddess lost his reason, de- claring that she had life, and was possessed of the spirit of the Virgin. Ata certain hour in the moruing, very near the moment of sun- tise, there is one point in the head-dress of the statue that reflects back the light, appearing asa star. It is only for a short time that it can be seen. Every morning this ensnared painter would kneel in frontof the Capitol and worship the star-crowned Goddess as long as the star was Visible. Others are said tobave come under the influence of tuis bronzed Goddess, and have imagined that she exercised some mysterious power over them. Some Imagine, it is said, that should they look too often at'the star’ that Shines on her forehead at morn they might Suffer the fate of the poor painter. ‘Aside from auy ignorant. superstition, the man must have considerable courage who clings to the fect of the Goddess. They might anger the dame or lose their foothold and be hurled to eternity. It has been suggested to the super- stitious mind that the man who was found crushed on the root of the Capitol was trying to Woo the Goddess, who in her auger cast him gown. Why should she not be another Aphro- Atall events the Goddess, or perhaps it is the great height, is apt to turn the head of a man who climbs ‘up there. It 18a very dangerous undertaking, and tew men have the nerve to attempt it. ‘But the dome has to be painted, and there are thirty painters constantly em: ployed to climb about ailover the don and the roof of the building to renew the paint Where it is cracked and to clean away the rust. ‘Two or three of these men venture to kneel af the feet of the Goddess. Since she 1s not to be dressed in gold they will not have to venture further than ta her feet. To reuder thts under- ting less dangerous they have bound strong cabies Ught about her ankies, and they wil probably climb up with safety if she doesn’t ket angry and cast off the cords. From these ‘cables strong scaffolding is being fastoned to une white pillars Just beneath het feet, which it is the purpose to paint. The dome ‘and all below the Goddess will be gone over here and there with the brush, It tikes avout 150 men, constantly employed, to earry on the Tepairs aitd improvements to the Capitol bulld- ing and grounas. A hundred of these are now being employed on tbe new terraces. On ac- count of the long session of Congress the work- ing season Will be very shor. Lt is expected, however, to complete the marble terrace on h side as far as the beginning of the grand stulrease. ‘The work will Lien have to be post: poned on account of the session of Congress. It 1s expected that about three years will bo re- quired to completo the whole thing. The only oluer work outside of the ordinary repairs that will be doue during the recess is to rearrange the heating apparatus of the Senate, so as to extend it into the terrace, one Robbing the Treasury. From the New York Evening Post. The generosity of the goverument in the matter of pensions is illustrated by a case fe ported in a Montpelier letter to the Boston Journal Mrs, Almira H. Farrar, of Waterbury, VL, hus just recetved the large sum of $4,125 {nu cash as arrears, and the assurance of $15 a month as loux «ts she lives, as the pension due a dependent motuer. It appears that a son of Mrs, Waldo enlisied in the army in April, 1861, and was Killed at Gettysburg In July, 180: Qnd the peusion is allowed upon the grount that he was her only support. Bat tt also ap- pears that when the soldier son died Mrs, Waido's husband and three other sons were alive; that the family lived on a good farm, well Stocked with horses and eattle, and tba these other sons ure still alive and_wble to sup- port the mother. It is not surprising to nnd that “there is considerable excitement among the neigibors” of Mrs. Farrar in the little town, ot 750 people, where sue lives, at her receiving iu a lump sum’ what in that region is a fortune, Upon the ground tit one of her sons was killed in the army nearly a quarter of a century ago aud that she was dependent for support upon tuis particular one of her four sous, Such ® case ay this Las a bearing upon the President's Vetoes. When the Pension bureau Interprets the law so liberally as to grant pensions in causes like Mrs, Farrar’s, it is obvious that there is small excuse for carrying to Congress cases Which the bureau is whable to allow, and that Mr. Cleveland was abundantly justded in veto ing many of the private pensioa bills, ———+e0e____. Foolish Mary Anderson. Lucy Hooper inthe New York World, Miss Mary Anderson 1s also one of the resi- dents of the Boltons just now, and has been liv- ing there very quietly throughout the present Season. She is supposed to be resting, though her choice of London as a spot in which to seek seclusion and repose is certainly rather singu- lar, She has not been much disturbed in her retirement, [should imagine, for, from all that Tread ou the subject while I was in the British capital, I should infer that “Our Mary” was, socially, by no means popular in London, When in the helght of her success she put on airs, | am told, to a very great extent, not only refusing all proffered Invitations that did not emanate from -noble or royal personages, but usually omitting even the trifling formality of returning the calls which were paid her, espe- clally if the callers chanced to be Americans, This was not wise conduct on the part of the beautiful actress. “It is not well for any one, no Mutter how successtul or famous, to go about sowing enemies. The seed is sure to spring up soouer or later and may bear bitter fruit, as Marie Van Zandi, for iustauce, ound to her cost When the hour of trivulation arrived for her. It is no secret that her immense unpopu- larity with her fellow artists at tne Opera Com- ique had much todo with the refusal of the Parisian public to overlook the’erowning disas- ter of her career at that theater. ———+ee____ A _Woman’s Courage at Sea. From the New Orleans Picayune. Captain Wallace's niece, a young English girl, married a sea captain and went in his sailing ‘vessel with her husband, visiting many coun- tries with him. On her first trip, when she was yet a young bride, there was a mutiny, and her hustand was wounded or knocked senseless in biseabin, The saliors were about tospring down the companton-way into the cabin, when tie young woman barred the way, pistol’in hand, and promised to shoot the first inan Who moved toward her, Sbe held them thus at bay tli wrath buraed out, and the mutiny wasatan end, On the next voyage | they were sipwreexed, and this brave-hearted girl, with her young baby, was lashed to the , und remained there for several days ore they were rescued. They had nothing toeat,and the mother’s natural food tor her id was extausted. By some means a can of meat was fixed up trom the ship, aud the chiid fed on this until It was ali gone, aud the Litii one about ty starve. But the mother put her teeth ipto ber hand, between the thumb and forefinger, and bitagash into ber own flesh, from whieh the blood flowed. The child sucked this, and that night the almost dying crew and the brave satlor-wite were rescued. +e. A Midnight Battle With a Panther. From the Nashville Union. A fee days since John McAtee, a prominent mountaineer of West'Virginia, started from a neighbor's residence at nightfall tor his home, several miles off. The path he followed led through thick Woodlands. It had grown in- tensely dark, aud he wasstumbling along the path When his blood curdied at the horrit scream of a panther, apparently some distance away. He hesitated’ to retrace bis steps, when the scream Was heard again, this time’ much closer. McAtee reulized ‘that the beast was on his trail, and drawing a large sheatn-knife, the only weapon he carried, he’ boldly pushed for- ward, He had traversed perhaps two hundred yards wien the crackling of twigs in a low tree afew yurds ahead attracted hisattention. Looke ing up he saw two frightial balls of fire glaring athim. The next moment the beast spran, upon him. A bloodly battle took place, in whict tue panther was Killed and the man ba wounded, ‘The beast measured eight feet, — me a A Chance for a Private Bill. From the Norristowa Herald. a few days.ago, Aman died of “alcoholism” and his widow has been advised to apply fora, pension, on the ground that her husband “con- tracted the disease in the army.” Sbe has a much stronger case than many others who bave sectred pensions, = oo MicHaEL DAVITT To LeCTURE.—Mr, Michael Davitt, who arrived in New York Sunday, after aitending the Irish National League con- Vontion in Chicago August 18:h and 191b, will rest for a week and then go to San Francisco, As soon as be feels strong enough be will give series of lectures In all the Important cl ‘This Will take about three months, and itis the pritnary object of his coming to America, ee ee TaRREp AND FEATHERED.—A dispatch from Chillicothe, Onio, says that for a long time Jno. arried man, livi tts? il Rear Cliieotie, bas been Keeping at his house his divorced sister-in-law, named Stulty, and bas been sharing bis bed with ber. Last Fri- day morning twelve masked men from the neighbor! went to Follis’ house, entered it forcibly, and hauled Foliis out of bed and out of tue hhvuse to the road, and gave him thorough couting of tar and feathers, The raiders gave Henry Potts, who bas been bestow- jis utections u] @ woman twenty years Lie eenicn, memod: Macte Penwell, toe zanse Rear her howe st Audentied, saree miles fom ieee A went ‘and care, but ber case grew worse antl Mossy, whee Long- temporary insanity osused by fright, AUGUST 14, 1886-DOUBLE SHEET. KEELY OUTRONE. Making Something Out of Nothing—A Wonderfal story. Correspondence Ctheinnat! Commerctal-Gazette, MANSFIELD, O., August 8,—For half a cen- tury D, M. Cook has been familiar figure In Richland county and bas been marked for his singular Inventive gentas. In 1850, when @ young man, he became impressed with the wonders of electrical science and then became enamored of its study. He began to deive into the unknown of this hidden force and to thirty-six years in aiternately brilliant and ad- Verse cireumstances iaas trodden over this fleld tll there fs no nook or corner with which he is unacquainted. He commenced his studies ata time when litle was Known of electricity and by @ pursuit of knowiedge ip that direction with ‘unbounded zeai he has not only kept apace with the wizards of the day, but has 50 far gotten im advance of them that his ase Lions are almost accepted as altogether increda- jour, But no matter whether is claims seem won- derful and almost beyond — belief, thes are worthy of credence, tor he must be placed in the list of successfui In 1552 he conceived and constra device that Tevo- lutiontzed the mauitiacture of sorghum. syray The device was called an evaporator, and was used to make syrup from sorghum. ‘His prin= ciple was to run the jutce across a heated sur Jace in zig-zag rows till the juice would ran out as a pure syrup ready for ihe table, the water being evaporated in its passage, and the im- pur.ties being thrown to one side. Un this he Feceived letters patent in 1858, and in 1859 8 company began the manuiacture of the same. Thousands and thousands were disposed of, Varying in price from $25 to $33, over $4,000,000 being realized, on which the tn Vehtor gota handsome royulty. Through this hederived quite w fortune, although a portion of it he spent in improving and introducing the device. Even to this day a firm in Cincinnat! of this same ich the members of the made’ themselves rich. Cook, howeve ral years ago lost his right to a’royalty by some mneansor other, and has not been drawing anything from that source since. Suve jor this slight diversion, Mr. Cook has not experimented in auy tleld dutside of elec- tricity since thirty-#x years ago to aay consid- erable extent, but in this direction he can be sald to have spent the greater part of his lite, For a while he sought to sulve the question of cheap power, light, &c.,by producing the proper current by means of a buttery. He invented a battery of peculiar value for wiegraph purposes, which was in use for a long time at Crestline the Western Union, and until the discovery the cheap gravity ‘hattery that is now in use, But Mr. Cook long ago conciuded in bis own mind that in dynamic electricity ay future Success. Accordingly he cast aside the batte: sw secondary uffair, and set about to expe ment with dynamos of novel and peculiar con- struction, For several years past he would occasionally Meet_me and speak of ls discoveries in the electrical Held,but would say that hehad notyet Secured the result he was after. He would teil me, “When Iget my experiments completed I want to show you What wili revolutionize the World. | I propose to make a perpetual electric generator or mutor which Will propel itself by its OWN Current, the fesixtauce ot the generator proper being only avout ten per cent of the ro- lary power of the electric engine upon which the current of the generator acts.” ‘This assertion Was sufficient to shock an or- dinary person's nerves, but I accepted the statement with much ailowanee. However, 1 Decame interested and kept watching resulis. Last November Mr. Cook came to me and said: “Ihave at last met with success, Ihave found the principie that Ihave been hunting for so long. I can now start a dynamo to going and It will never stop,except by the wearing away of itsown parts, Not only will it ran itself by its own current, bui also produce power enough, according io the size of the gine, to run any mMuchine in tae world.” ‘Perpetual motion,” I suggested. More'than that,” he repiied. “It is por petual motion with’ only 10 per cent of the force used, leaving 80 per cent tor power, to be Utilized as ty desired. Not ouly that, buc more; one helix of my dynamo will produce light in proportion to its size, while the other ts mas- ing. the current that runs the engine. It will serve to heat your house, so that instead of having stoves and grates, little wires will rua through your rooms, and on your parlor table will be a highly burnished apparatus coutain- ing wires, ac., which will keep the temperature of the hose 4 wi “What will “Nothing. As J said, start it, and st will go. Heal power aud light produced by one machine tor absolutely nothing.” 1 looked at nim to seo if he was there yet, and ifso, whether he was mad, In earnest of joking. He ‘laughed at my astonishment, and said: “i m now making a model, and when far enough along I will show it to you.’ The matter was not specially discussed after that, although be would frequently bring up the question, until a day or two ayo, auc J hud my serious doubts whether he wouid ever suow the device tome. I thoucht of Keely and his motor, and felt that the results Mr. Cook pro- fessed ‘himself able wo obtain were such that he would keep secret his machine—ii ue had any —in order to mystily the pubite. My surprise may be imagined, therefore, when Mr. Cook came to me a few days ago and said: “I believe I will show you my electric engine and genera- tor. I am far enough along now toshow you how the results are accomplisiied.”” A tine was fixed, and at the appointed hour Mr. Cook called and took me vo his farm, about three miles south of Muvstield. As an excuse fora heavy crop of weeds iu u fine field, where hundreds of bushels of wheat should have been. harvested, he explained: “I bave been so busy with my researches that I have been unable to putout auy crops. 1 could get nobody tw at- tend to the farm, and therefore it is nothing but @ barren waste, I succeeded in getting » few acres of oats planted, aud that, with a small potato patch, will be all I will derive this Year from this fine tract,” ‘Here he lives, as he has lived for years, with wite and fourteen-year-old daughter and his Wiw's sister. ‘The latter fs bis euthustustic as- sistant, and bas helped him in many long years oftoll.” Distant from the house stands ap old op, wherein is hidden the secrets of his lite. No stranger ever enters here, for it is herein that are contained the resuits of thirty-six yeurs of labor. ‘This seciusive rule has been ul- Inost invariable, having been broken but half a dozen times in Over a third of aceutury. Sev- eral electricians and two or thr vibes of known integrity have been admitted, but only alter signing au iro! agreement ‘aot to re- ‘veal, patent or cause Ww be patented or improve without bis consent any of the paris shown to them. ‘The shop 1s dilapidated, as is the rest of the farm, so much is his mind taken up in the pur- sUIL Of bis studies, The rear is Used as a sheiter Jor his trusty old horse, who tax done near tbirly years of royal service, while the front part is devoted altogether to Lis lavoratory. The agreement sigied, Mr. Cook led the way to the dvor but vefure ubluciing it, grasped me by the hand and had me reuew ie promise niade in the written agreement. This done, L Was ushered into the mysterious rou, I was bewildered by the appearance of the place, Tne room was large and everywhere hung bundies of wire. Magnets of ail shapes and sizes Lung about the wails, aud were scat tered on the tloor in confused heaps. in one coruer Was a huge machine, witu large coils and magnets, which Mr. Cook told me was the first machine he attempted to make. Buc in the center of the room sai tne pride of his Lie. Tsaw atg glance that this mysterious man had not Wasted his time and fortune, He had branched out from the beaten track, and bad produced a machine that differed in all re- spects trom uynamos of present construction, except in that be also used wire and. iron. “This,” said he, “is my perpetual electric generator and engine. I will call my assistant and show you how it works.” The machine was rudely constructed, for Mr. Cook mmade it ali himself with a iew ld tools that had done too much service already. Pacts of it were made of wood and tae Whole Was not Put together in # very artistie manner, but 1 demonstrated bis discoveries, and tai'wus his ‘oniy purpose in its construction, ‘This model Neighs three, hundred pounds, whd Er. Cook. said by the band-power of one man could be Generated currents suificient to light up from tuirty to fifty sixteen candle power incandes- cent lamps. 21is assistant having arrived, who by the way ts 8 young lady of handsome ‘appearauce, the work of demonstration began. I tested’ tx current in several Ways aud iound it very pow- erful. Having made elecincity somewhat of a study I was surprised at the slunplicity of many of tue privciples, The manner in wuieh Le ex- pects to get Lue results heretofore meuioned, 1s Ueoretically correct, and there is nv wechuii- cal dtificulty which “he has uot aiready over come, Alter examining the machine carefuily In all its paris, 1 was conducted to aa adjoining room where, ob a table, sata sinalier model of 1uore evaporator, fr aceurute make. ‘It contained a much beter | arrangement of tue parts, and trom what be told me Tam compelled to believe ail that Mr, Couk had told me. Lusked him why ne bad not sought capital to develop luis theories more rapidly, when he replied that he lad not here- tolore been ready. He said: “I wanted to complete my labors, so that I could say my work is done. J desired to give to the worid a mactiine perfect in every particu- lar, hat would settle forevermore the question of cheap power, light and heat. Up to how my work Was pol iinisued. 4 aim now almost done. Within @ very short time 1 snail ve able to show to all mankind that I have a muehine that will revolutionize the world, When 1 can gxnibita running model, which I can i a iew days, then I will Ge ready to consider the many pro tI have already received.” Tir, Gook is about etxip-ats Zoats ol age. and a more polished gentleman is tiurd to find, He is uw fluent speaker, and hls sentences are always ically correct, He hus a wondertul tow of and his periect knowiedge of electricity becomes known in five minutes’ con Versation on the subject. He Is familiar with all the electrical contrivances of the day, and it is @ well known act in this viciuity that E many years jago he lighted iis own house by electricity, and long belore electric light was known to the geueral public. tal i ial i ; i : i i i th | | | | | | | Match some that DEATH IN THE ICE-ROX. The Danger of Eating Food Kept Teo Long in = Cooling Chamber—Pe- culiar Changes That Meats, Milk ag@ Eces Undergo Whea Refrigerated. From the Chicago Mall “It hasn't beenon the feo ma'am,” said Poultry dey toe hesitating customer as & Hual recommendation of the merits of a rather “promising specimen of the spring chicken variety Saturday evening, “It will keep well for Sunday @inner.” The chicken was purchased and proved ex- cellent. Bat before the: lady bought the bird, she being of an inquiring turn of 4, ven- tured to usk wherein the tactof not having been In & refrigerator was a desirable feature in the case. “Weil,” replied the dealer, with a gianoo at his own cooling chamber, “they do say as being inthe icebox hurts fresh meats and poultry: it spolls quicker.” “Why does meat ot Who has made food “Because it the in with rapid surid c meat mpoils almost Beiore it eau be sar home. And the same thing Is true of fish and Dattortn facts ail food 4 milk and fruit an Jured by contact with or contiguity to fee,” nould meats be eaten, then, fresh Killed?” “By no means. But it should be bought tres and without being cooled artificially, it possl ble, and kept for a limited tne at home ine moderately cool place until seasoned. Fish ie betier cooked as soon as caught, If not cured. “Exes, Uhough, are perhaps the most able to dangerous eb when kept, as they com- monly are, for months on tee, before being put » Chere is nO dauger of their coming over-ripe in the ordinarily offepslve ner that decelves no one, however much Victim of misplaced confidence may be dts- They are subject toa peculiar fanguid i easily detécted by the mi and recognized by experts In @ musty taste, aud Which ts very dangerous to those of delicate om ganized interiors, Phe cooling of eggs 1s one of the most proft- business, Without going into details, you can reudily understand the process. "Whea sugeare So plentiful as to become # drug in the market and not wortg handling at the price which their avandarce WBuld cause them to drop to. they AZhE Up by Proprietors of cooling-houses and packed away until che hens become less generous. Then the natural rise in price Is checked by the packers unloading. That Is the reason there are not as great variations in the Price now as tormerly. But tbe result is thatat By season in the year Cua you be absolutely cer- tain Lo get exgs that have Lot been in the cooler, Tuere is au utter indifference to the lapse of time between their production and use so ‘ong a» there 1s @ covling-ouse always handy, ani there are few cities without some enterpris- Ing fellow ready W take advantage of the sita- ation, That the is essentially chan oy Uhis process is e: C4 ue Ina Of science was enlightened as to the immediate cause of the inquiry and seemed ratitied at Itas an indication that the tacts uown by those who pry into the mysteries of nature were being recognised by common, every-day citizens, “Another instance,” he continued, “of the injurious effects of cooling tood is seen in the Wik. Aimong many honest sour milk is ep. Joved as an article of diet, under the name of jabber’ or ‘dicke intich,” as the Germans call it. ‘This, however, is rapidly losing favor, from, the fact that milk’ which bas been cooled, as At very frequently ts before being sold in ‘the city, becomes oilensive before it curdies. Mili commences to undergo change Just 8 S00n as it leaves the cow, aud the bite eolor witch acquires when kept has been nized as caused by the formation of a fungold or buo- terian growth. It is also pecullariy ve of germs or odors, and should be kept with re- Ligious care from the time ofits production until it reaches the consumer. “The recent cases of so-called toe-cream pols- oning are undoubtedly trucoable to the devel- ‘of Unis Incipient decomposition in con- With the flavoring ingredients, through the Ume during which the cream is kept trees ing or cooled, being unduly and unusually ex- tended in exceptions instances. “The change im milk Ubat ts not artificially 4 proceeds through regular stages, in none ‘of Which, UnUll the moldy period sets in, is it unhealthy. It may be diverted to alcoholic fermentation, after the removal of the butter, waca It becomes koumyss, and, if boiled, will be preserved by the carboli¢ acid gas generated. Or, if evaporated aud mixed with sugar, 16 Joris a healthy enough article of £004, as con- denved milk. “Hut milk” should not be kept over a very limited Lime on tee, and in any case the tem- perature should not be reduced below sixty degrees, if dangerous changes would be avoided.” epee To Workingmen. From the New York Democrat. We are all workingmen. That ts, all who are userul to the world and to mankind, including ourselves and families, We all desire to better our condition, Permit one who has been @ constant laborer for nearly half a century to say few words that come from a heart that 4s @ home for good intentions, ff nothing more, It you will unite, not to dey laws and to consolidate against you all, who belleve in law and order; if you will unite to vole for mem who believe in new laws, and who know what Jaws can be made that will not be unconstitu- tional, you can soon benefit the country and yourselves. The moment you untte to advance the inter ests of one body of men above wnother—the moment you begin a war upon the dawyful ‘of any citizen or corporation—that moment you draw upon yourselves the eumity of ail who believe in law, but who do not deny the right to peaceably assemble and organize and speak tor 4 redress of grievances or the right to make new tare, The vote of workingmen united to the # port of auy person or party in sympathy wil Ue great cause of mau against monopoly is suilicient to aunihil 1 bad, unjust laws, or have been eutgrown, and to make y laws that are up with the tines. Insieud of standing to curse, to throw to mutilate cars, wi ouses and business, Why not accept Imposed conditions tll you ean bring organized strength to bear to the making of new laws, taking care the while that you de iand no more than by your words and actions you can prevail upon tue body public to give, Beneticial laws wre not driven th force. Kiots aud bloody revolutions result im the killing, wounding and impoverishment of more or less of ‘the partics Aller them, reason is called in, abd good results follow rear sou and reasonable demands. ‘These strikes Ubut stop travel and business, to the iucommoding and ruination of innocent parties, embitter thousands while only scores are pleased, Arrogant assumption and demands that war agaiust the actual rights of others are not the poliic Weapons Ubat bring success. The right to quit work when the service contract us ex- pired is one that belongs to every person. The 1 bo Tob & person of Wages, oF Of property, OF o. the Iruits of 4 long-cared-lor business tbat has grown from care, attention and honest deal jug does not belong to any person, and it is the duty as well as the pleasure of tne general pub- lic to demand the punisument of each apd 'y Ole Who robs auotuer or who injures an- ouner. Second-hand School Rooks. WHAT BECOMES OF THEM AND HOW THEY FORM THE BASIS FOR A SCHOOL-BOOK EXCRANGE From the New York Mail and “What becomes of all the second-hand school books?” was asked of Daniel Van Winkle, the veteran dealer, by @ Mail and xpress reporter yesterday. ‘nav’s What people are ail the time wonder ing,” he replied. “The general public have the idea that they go where pins, needles, hairping, and such things go to; that ts, wey “disappoat somehow or otuer, and no one knows where to. Xow inay be surprived to learn At, but there t9 i ud ine! je done in secon School books aisue, xo mulch 80. that we have Low # regular schoui-book exchange. You sea, boards Of school trustees the ume anging the thet study, uniess not allo} 50, wi y is the case in sos lates, and In jormer tt when they made a change they either sod the diseatded books tor old paper or burned tuem. Bat’ now they ere more economical, Ticy hunt up the school-book exchange and Are allowed fo twade heir discarded booky tor those they want, of course paying some: Tor doing 20" Why, through agents, bookrelle school trustees and Olbers, we Kecp cack Nanges of this pature made in any important ‘Schoo! througlout the United States, 1 lave » iouk here, indexed, which gives the towns in ‘acertain publisher's geography is used, to give you an illustration. As soon as I hear Ubat 9 school is going to substitute another geography for that one T make a bargain for the iscarded Ones, and at once writing to towns where it’is still in favor, have the Jot sold before they reach here. It is the same way with dealers iu a town. When wublic schools branch off i