Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1887, Page 3

SATURDAY. Bits of Life in the Metropolis as Ob- served by Cummings and Hall. WHAT A COUNTRYMAN MAY LEARN ABOUT WATER- MELONS IN THE BIG CITY—“PLUGGED” WATER- MELONS AND MELON PRITTERS—DRIFT FROM THE UNDERCURRENT OF ‘YORK SOCIETY, Special Correspondence of Tue Evextwa Star. New Yorx, July 29. ‘More watermelons are consumed in NewYork than to any other city in the world, and the watermelon season Is now at its height. One of the largest and fest of the 200,000 watermelons that reached ‘the metropolls last week found its way Into the café of a fashionable up-town hotel. It was pre- Pared for use and placed tn the ice box, Peopie trom the country and smaller towns come toNew York in great numbers at this season of the year, and among the recent arrivals was a worthy gentleman from a Ifitle rural settlement im Southern Michigan, who came tosee his brother, & Wallstreet broker, from whom he bad been sep- | arated ever since they were boys togetheron the old farm, The two brothers dropped in at the café tn | ‘Whose ice box rested the big watermelon first | Mentioned. “Let have a watermcion,” sald the | pie rural prother readily accented. “Wil You have it plugged?” asked the broker. | “Ot cours," aaswered the rural brother. “Didnt we always plug a melon pefore we ate tt | ‘when we were boys?” ‘The broker whispered some | Order to the waiter, and directly that servitor re furned with the big melon aforementioned. When | Re cut tt it seemed very juicy and aromatic. ‘The | ers ate It greedily. ‘The rugal brother de- Glared that he had never tasted #ich a melon in Ris life. “It seemed to loosen and later to tle Bis tongue. Finally he stared at his broker ‘and saked, “George, Washer masher Wish shat mera?” z George smiled and answered, “It was plugged. “How plugged?” asked the fural brother with jus, not to say silly, leer. Georve replied: “A hole liad been cut in the end of it and a bottle of champagne and a gill of brandy in, Then it was left in the ice Until it became pertectly cold. ‘The sweet Julees Of the melon mingled with the liquor so mellowed At that you did not taste It.” OTHER WAYS OF SERVING MELONS. ‘The rural brother looked astonished and de- clared that he had never heard the Uke, He had plugged melons when a boy to find out whether or Rot they were ripe, but he had never engaged in such expensive and exhilarating plugging as the case in question. ‘The next morning, when he had Fecovered from the effects of the plugged melon and Was discussing !ts wonders with lis brother, the latver, who has become a distinguished epi: id? SAE mould surprise you, olf man, to know how many methods of serving’ watermelons the gour- mands have invented, ra plugged melon Milled with claret, my part hothing equals a sherry melon. Good pale sherry—and it 43 hard to get—should be boiled down to almost a syrup and then allowed to cool. When it has Teached the proper temperature, pour It into the melon, place the fruit in the ice-box, and when you are ready take it out and eat ft. It more nearly approaches the nectar of the gods than any combination on earth. ‘Then there fs a sort of sherbet made of watermelon juice. I know of but one place tn New York where you can get it. The meat of the meion 13 compressed, the Juice mixed with wine and the mixture placed in a freezer until fine needles of Ice begin to form in 4. ‘Then it is served, and nothing can equal it a3 a cooling decoction. ‘The rural brother was much impressed with the eptcure’s erudition on the subject of the water- melon. That evening at dinner he was still further astonished when the epicure ordered as anentrce some Watermelon fritters, and as a con- fection some candied watermelon. “I should Uhiak the melon would melt while they are cook- ing {t or putting that candy around it,” said We Turalist. A TRICK FROM FRANCE. “That 1s a trick the French have taught us,” answered George. They cover a piece of cold melon with a delicate batter, and cook it so quickly that the fruit hasn’t time to be much affected With the heat, ‘That Is the way these fritters were made. ‘Then they take a very cold piece Of melon. meat, linmerse it In bolling suxar, Temove ft instantly,’and you have the ¢ melon that you have eaten, They ratse the watermelons in the south of in Enrope—although they s Melons We get trom Georgts from Southern France will tell ¥« about preparing the fruit. In France thes not | allow Une waste of the best part of the melon, Which 13 the outside. If the watermelon rinds that are thrown away dunng a n in this | country could be gathered, instead of being | allowed to go to waste, and made into preserves, | half the people in the United who are un- | able to enjoy the luxury of preserves during the winter wonid have at a small eost all they coud eat of the most del serves Known to the | human palate. 4 little cheap sugar, some lemon | peel and a limited degree of skill in preparing the green portion of the water-melon fy all that 1s Te- | quired. You country peop sry for dell. eacles that grow all about not oniy | true with reve t Pi but with | regard to other articles. You tently | for a saiad until your lettuce 1s au the | while you have had at your command material, if properiy prep I refer to the st od, for the finest salad ks" of the dandelion member how we tised to have to puli up out of the garden the abominable weed that we called ‘pusiey.” We bave thrown away tons of it, and Yet the most delicate salad T have eaten in’ New York was made of that saine ‘pusley ‘The rural brother jooked astonished, made min- Utes of the information that his epicurean kins man had given hi aud went home to tell the Boys how little they know about watermelons, | aud the “women fulks” bow limited their knowl edge 1s of cookery. Aus J. CUMMINGS. i A SINGULAR SOCIAL STRATUM. “Devilish fine gal that,” said a man who stood tm front of Delmonico’s the other day. The tone ‘Was loud enough for the girl to hear. Shesquared | her shoulders a bit more firmly and a look of tran- quil amlability spread itself over her face as she pranced slowly around the corner aud bobbed up 26th stree “dad, she’s a corker,” continued the man, glar- ing after her rapturousiy. It struck me that they were well matched, Both Of them belonged to the circle of cheap swells. It | Thad been asked to pick out a man and a woman who typified the vast sea of thegew-caw and taw- dry swelldom of the town this pair would have ested itelf to me instantly. ‘They are the froth, and trash of the under-current of tY—a step above ambitious board- ing-hewse so ; @ long Jump below the solid and stupid, but respectabie, “tradesmen set.” It is no Wonder that 1 ers Occasionally laugh at some Of the prt of society here; itis ab sunt enouzh to 2 ‘The man at 1: mtinued to gaze after the | girl Uil she disappeared With a rusa Into a glove store. Then he drew a long breath and said ef, mY’ boy; &s-ssskasier. Do you | “dew, though; sue bywed.” happ! Throckmorton Biggs. Yes itis” ‘m’ son, Ti 8 much of “er, ¥" km daft t’ meet her; ‘ve ’eard fingers over the front of his the String of bis giass, and athe 1 mode in his’ eye, Pring and weary sort of an eye. It | looked as though it had been Watebing the teeth Of @ jig saw so many years that It had given | up all hope of ever becoming steady again. The Mustache was ¢ + a feeble fashion and | the collar very hich. The aitire of tie man was eharacteristie of Lis set. His coat was ne fashionabie shade of gray, but. ne agaterial was chu ‘Tue shirt. was brill very lange and the 3k: Jot of showy rings, ‘Th spicuous by long and > Stained seariet and polished bright Uhe polishing powder clung to the edges of the | Rails I've always held tat a man who will wear | ‘and It iooke - d white, the cuffs | by a} Rails of this sort wouid beat his mother and glory Init, The trousers ot my companion were wide, Baggy and brillant; his waistcoat of four distinct colors, and his hat und stick conventic Was about him an ever present n&inby-pambyism and he fa Decause his father Was Lorn ud. There ir of y ted he Was Eyyiish a Birmingham: ‘AS We stood there the girl came out of the shop | and moved resolutely down on us. She was pretty and weillmade, but her eyebrows were drawn painfully aloft, and the corners of her m pulled down by’a would-be biase expression, ww held her chia monstrously uigh in the alr. ‘Her shoulders were like a dri! sergeant’s, and she swung her skirts with a rythmical swish as sue came along on her toes, The gown she wore was of black aid white stripes an inch or so wide, and The same material served as a band for her natty Little sallor hat. Her sleeves were violently puffed out and her waist violently squeezed in. She | Stopped and beckoned to me When within a few aces and asked me to button her gloves As I id s0 she said sottl “Is that Mr. D. “It i." “iie’s awfully swell, 1sn’t he?” sSometuing stupendous. Suall I present him?” “1 don't mind.” 1 did it, ana the conversation began brilliant: Livingston Thompkins?” TSeeuirmed:” guated the man, = “Heard of you sooften, Mr, Livingstone Thom] Kins” said the mata. ig ifs “AW, You're Vewy oc “Saw you at Mrs. Hicks-Lord’s I think? | yous wet to drip iiss deat Mrs Lora don’ | “So very much. You've no iaea”— | I slipped away. "It' was dollars to pennies er even seen Mrw Hick | trolled up the street togeuber, and T | fs aid atnaved mysclt Tiki of appalling fit they were tele o prove. that they were hOwlin swells Mus glad Mus not “hn soir vA | either one of thet had ¢ Lord. ‘Ths A Atlanta man walked up to the clerk of the hovel at Tybee on haturcay amd w Dath-house, as t In exchange tor ted a key toa | ng Mons are called, and Wr reowived tt and a bathe {06 Ue beach showed g-rooms, About ek the Goor & dant to him, and in ABs May Wanted to bate he Pointing to tie sur, wa Style. The gentienian trom the « that he was not gving out there, and Mt they Wanted him to baie the water snlest be brousht to the bath-louse. He was Wid Liat tbat could Rot be done, and 26 be put om ius eLAhes and left disgusted Witk its the island, wach cilities, i | dustive Blatchford, of the Unite | don, of Bait | middie of this month, ory. SHERMAN AND HIS SUMMER “OUTING”—HIB FINGERS DAMAGED BY THE HEARTY GRASP OF OLD COMRADES—PEOPLE OF XOTE AT LAKE GEORGE AND ELSE WHERE—FORESHADOWINGS OF WEDDINGS THIS AUTUMN. Correspondence of Tax EVENING Stam, Fort WittiaM HENRY Horst, Lax Groxcg, N. ¥., July 28. ‘We had our share of the rain here, which has 90 generally prevailed elsewhere, but no entire day when we were kept indoors by it, nor was it heavy enough while it lasted to do anydamage. The soll ts sandy tn this section and soon dries after even a hard shower. On this account and because of the prevalence of pine trees, those who sufter from catarrhal or lung troubles find this climate especially soothing and healthful. Last Septem- ber when I came here from Saratoga with what had been a very obstinate cold in my nose, I was cured at once by the air here, without any medi- cine. Iwould aavise hay-tever sufferers to try this place, for my colds are of the same character and as bad as theirs. Although it is fifty years or more since visitors to Saratoga began extending thelr trips to Lake George it 1s really amazing how few, comparatively, of those who regularly visit aratoga, Know anything of Lake George, or are Inside of two hours. ‘Thet many, While ab Satie toga, who, when I asked them about coming to Lake George, spoke of the fatigue of the stage ride, | and seemed amazed when I told them that for over five years the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. had had a railroad running up to the very shore o¢ Lake George, Just outside the grounds of the Fort William Henry Hotel. GEN. SHERMAN AND HIS FAMILY. Gen, Sherman arrived by boat from Montreal on Friday afternoon, having. left Mr. Bateman's yacht, inwhich he had been crulsing, at Quebec. He spent afew days with his wife and thelr two un- married daughters and son in the cottage they have taken forthe summer near here. On Mon- day he was off again to make visits to friends elsewhere, among the number “Joe” Jefferson, the actor, at is country place in New Jersey at Ho- hokuS. Gen, Sherman will come again to be with his famtly in August. While here he made daily excursions by land, Saying he has had enough of ater traveling for'a while. Hes thesame lively, Testless, argumentative, but good-natured man Wé loved In Washington when he lived there. He has the forefinger of his right hand gloved, and when Lasked him what was the matter, answered that it was hurt when shaking hands with old soldiers the Burnside monument celebration in Rhode Island. He says that on another similar occasion previously the hearty grip of so many old com- Fades had so injured his forefinger that it subse- quently became so sore that he lost the nail. ‘The pretty story published during the past month as Yo portraits of Generals Sherman and Sheridan being ordered for the hall at West Point by Mr. G. W. Childs, and that the officers named were to se- lect the artists, ts, 1 seems, untrue. Gen. Sher- man says he has had at least pitty letiers in conse- quence of the publication of this rumor from ar Usts, and that one lady came from England, as she Said, to paint his portrait, but_he says there Was no ‘foundation at all for the report ttat the Portraits had been or would be ordered. Mr. “Campy” Sherman, 4s his relatives call him, Js now, his mother says, the image of What his father was at his age. ‘He {s tall, and while not anguler, is very slender, and has a plentitul suit of short red hair on his head, which is shaped pre- cisely like his father’s, He Seems to have all ‘the nervous energy too, of the general, and delights in peng abways ‘actively engaged out of doors, He has 4 birch-bark canoe, which he rows daily on the lake. “Miss Rachel, who greatly resembles her brother, rows in a light boat daily and manages her oars and craft well. Mrs. Thackara, remem- Dered tn Washington as winsome, lively, pretty Elite Shermn, who was married seven years ago in May, ts, with her four eildren, at Canonicutt Island, "opposite ‘Newport, this " summer, Mr. ‘Thackira is building a "home for bis family E near Bryn Mawr, ta the suburbs of Phila- deiphix—Kose Mawr. Gen. Sherman's eld- est hter, Mrs. Fitch, who also has tour eutidren, and has lost two, has been ving in Pittsburg ‘for about Unree years, her_husbam having removed there from St. Louis, ‘Their home 1s in the country near Pittsburg, and they are all ‘summer there.’ Gen, Sherman's eldest som, Who fs a Jesult priest, fs spending his summer vacation on an tstand ina lake in Wis- consin, Which the Jesuits of his order have for Sutumer home, GOOD TASTE, BUT NO DISPLAY. The ladies dress tastefully at Lake George, but there fs no display in Wearing apparel or jewels, Those who come here enjoy the climate and scenery and healthful exercise more than continu ous changes of ralment. Looking at a gorgeously arrayed ‘madam, at Long Brauch, who Wore at least twenty different costly gowns per Week, It occurred to ‘ime, on heariug that her husband Was @ broker, that’ the feminine termination of one following’ that avocation must be breaker; for has ot many a broker found his wite a breaker, and shut up Shop accordingly? This particular broker has falled once, I hear; but his wife still keeps her diamonds, Mr. Preston, the Haytien minister, who went from here Monday to attend to business in New York, will return this Week. His family remained here, as they expect to do until September, W hile Mr; Greger, of the Russian legation, was atthe Fort William Henry Hotel this month he had riding horses with him and_a most. retnark- able-looking Russian dog, and I hear that the droska, in Which he has astonished Washington, 1s to have a rival there in the four-tn-hand which he expects to drive over Our smooth streets. next season, le Here Mr. Greger and a New York lady rode dally together. Chevalier von ‘Tavara, the Austrian minister, arrived at Lake George on the 2ist and has since been at Ue Fort Wiliam Henry Hotel. He was here When in this country several years ago, and Was so pieased that he took the first opportunity Wo see this beautiful spot again. The Brazilian minister, Baron d’ Itajuba, will probably make a visit tothe Kort William Henry Hote Mr. Britton, of Washington, arrived at the Fort Wiliam Henry Hotel on the 23d instant, to Join i$ fatally. Mr. W. D. Howells, the well-known and favorite author, 1s “keeping ‘house with his wife about 5 miles from here, on tse western shore of Lake George. At the Paulist_ Monastery, on the east shore of Lake George, 13 Father Despon, who was a cluss- mate of Gen, Grant's at West Point, and always Kept up is friendship with him. Mr. Matthew Wilson, the venerable artist, who is known by hs works and personally to so many Washington, 18 again at bis cottage on Lake ree with his wife this summer, and rows on Take as vigorously as a young man. Their cottage is On the east shore of the lake, 1e8 than 3 miics from Unis point, which 1s the Head of the | lake. Mr. Schuyler Crosby, who winters in Washing ton, has a cottage a short distance from here, at tus end of the lake, and his son and daughter are with him. Mrs. Amory, of Boston, who Las spent the past two or three Winters in Washington, also has s cottage im this Vicinity. Mr. Crosby wears & lnost stunning and baggy white flannel suit, Bishop Morris, of Pulladelputa, preached at the Episcopal church—st. James—ut Caldwell, the Village at tls end of Lake George, last Sunday, and Had a large congregation, Coumodore’ Hartuony arrived, the first of this Week, at the United States Hotel, Saratoga, where ed States Supreme Court, and his wité; Judge Hagner, J. B. Case and wife, and the Misses Case, of Washington, are also, Jude Hagner has witu'him his niece, Miss Gor: ore, Mr. Peubroke Jones and his wife, of North Car- olina, and the baby, are at Saratoga. Mr. Jones is the daughter of Congressman Whatton Green, of rth Carolina. YERSONAL NOTES ABOUT WELI-RNOWN PEOPLE. Thave heard that Miss Camille Berghtnann, who fs to be married at her mother’s (Mrs. Laughton’s) country Torresdale, near Pluladelphia, in fe early autumn, to Mr. Pedroso, of the Spanish legation at Wasilington, 18 to become a Catholic, So as to have the ‘Same faith as her future RUS” Dand, and has been, this summer, receiving In struction, preliminary to joining’ the Roman Churen, Baron de Fava, the Italian minister, 1s not at Seubrigut, N. J., as has recently been published, but Was cited to” Europe nearly a month ago by the eritical illness of lls son, 2 civil engineer, who Was seized with pleurisy while at work ih Austria, Its mother, Who Lad intended returning here by July 1, Was also summoned to her son, and may hot cone vack Uo this country this year. Mins das Noguelras, the Portuguese’ minister's daughter, who has been devoting herself to the cult auon of her voice in Paris, as made great progress, and her singing 1s highiy pratsed, but she has hot succeeded Yet In making a satisfactory agement to sing In opera there. It is said she probably will in England. She sang at a pubiie ert tn Parts, given by her teacher not lot When she received great applause. She and ther do not expect to return at all to this atry. cone 1 co ‘Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, who, with is wife satled for Europe the iiddie of this month, Will return with her to take possession of the new building for the Mexican. legatioa by Oc- saveteant ails 18 Europe they will buy much of the furniture aud bric~t-brac for thelr Washinguon Tesidenc A son of ex-Attorney General Wayne MacVeagh 4s vo marry a daughter of Gen. Hammond, who now lives In Minnesota, and who was in the volunteer’ army In the war. F Of ex-Sen: ¥ ‘or Simon Cameron, of Penn- s¥ivanla, and sister of Senator Don, Cameron. The Young ladys moter 4s the daughter of the late Nathaniel Wolte, of Loulsvlile, Ky ,ohe Of the most active men, sa lueuiber Of the State legislature, in 1862, in keeping the State in the Union. A private letter received ere mentions that Senator McPherson's wife, son_and daughter are still on bbs farm at Belle Mead, N.J., where be and Governor and Mrs. Green spent last Sunday. Mrs. McPherson and littie Miss Edla are going to the tar by sep- sea shore in August, returning to tember Ist. “ ‘A private letter from Ohio gives some it news of ex-President and Mrs. Hayes, who are at their home at Fremont, Ohio, and, ag usual, enter- taining many Irlends. ‘In two successive days, the eight guests left them, to be succeeded by others at once® Miss Fannie anisied her school course at Part ‘the frst week In July, and returned to Fremont, and seven of ner schoolmates, from different of the country, havelately been with her at her home. ‘Misa GRUNDY. —+e0__—_— A Pleasant Expression. From the New York Sun. “Where are you going with the watermelon, | Uncle Rastus?” asked a gentleman, “Ise gwine ter bab my photergraph taken, sab.” “What do you expect to do with the melon?” seeped Se ee ees git expression om de face, sal” = CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE. Concerning the Ohican at the Head of the Nation’s Judiciary. ‘Ex-Congressman Hill, of Defiance, Ohio, talked most interestingly at Toledo the other day to a correspondent of the Cleveland Leader. The gist of the talk follows: Representative Hill has known Chief Justice Waite for twenty-five years, and he says that Waite 1s one of the trio of old men from North- ‘western Ohio who are possessed of a most remark- able intellectual and physical vitality. They are all in the full possession of their every faculty, And it 1s a strange coincidence that they started their lives as friends, and that now in thetr old age they keep up the closest of social relations. These three men are Chief Justice Waite, Civil- Service Commissioner Edgerton, and Judge Alex- ander 8. Latty, of Deflance. Latty and rion ape & couple ‘of years older than Waite, but with nis gray hatr, has a frame of iron, he tells me that he has few days of sickness, and that he can be upon his feet ali day jong without tring. These men came to Northwestern Ohio when it was little more than a wilderness, Waite was ason of the chief justice of Connecticut, He had been born at Lyme, edu- cated at Yale in the same class With Wm. M. Evarts, studied law with his father, and during the term ot Martin Van Buren had come West toOhioto prac. Uce, He soon jumpedinto a big business. He lived well but did not save much money, because, as Representative Hill says, he charged too little for his services, For writing a brief at the request of ae Defiance a Seapunneteienrgan Bat Yolving $15,000, Hill says he cl Hils briet settled the case and had i been wristen by other lawyers of equal note the charge would have been $1,000 instead of $50, Waite’s first case in Defiance County was tried shortly after his ad- mission to the bar. The court was held in the second story of a building in Defiance, which still Stands, and Waite was terribly worsted by a you man who had more voice than bi nd now lives at Deflance, an unknown and not a very prosperous old man, Waite was once a member of the Ohio State legisiature. He once declined a Position on the Obio supreme bench, and Grant sent him, in connection with his old classmate, William M. Evarts, as one of the counsel of the Geneva arbitration. He was given the appointment of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court without having asked for it, and having no idea that {t would be tendered him. Representative Hill tells me how the matter was first called to Granv’s attention, and of a little meeting at Toledo, which secured Waite the appointment. Grant was traveling over the United States, and when he came to Toledo a Teception was prepared for him. The com- wmitiee “on arrangements was “Composed | of Waite’s friends, and they were anxious that Grant should appoint Waite to hls present post. uon. They said nothing, however, and had Waite make the address of the occasion, He did this in a masterly manner, talking to Grant as be- came his office, but not overflowing with the hauseous adulation which was so common to Granv’s receptions at that time. Grant was de- lighted with the effort. He had known of Waite somewhat in connection with Evarts, He knew him to be a man of the utmost probity, and of no (aioe aspirations, He made inquiries about um, and concluded that he was the proper man to take the place left vacant by Chief Justice Chase. He Sopot Waite, and no better choice ‘was ever made for such @ position. Waite ac- cepted the position, and I understand that he ‘shows no indications of intending to retire from it 2o hen did you first meet Judge Waite?” I asked, It was when I was a green lawyer,” replied Hill “I hada casein which Judge Waite, then @ noted Toledo lawyer, was employed by the op- Poste side, Waite had'already made a great rep- utation, and I approached the case with fear and trembling. We took the testimony together in private, and after we had it all before us, before We had ‘submitted tt to the judge, Mr. Waite asked me togo over and lunch with him. During our luneh he told me that he thought we could settle that case just as well as Judge Latty, and asked me if I would be willing for lim to fix the terms Of settlement. I replied that that was rather @ strange method of procedure, and I would like to Know how he would setule it frst. He then made a plain statement of the justice of the case, and proposed a settlement in accordance With this. His idea as to how the case should be settled was exactly the same as mine, and I could not have asked for better treatment. " I don’t be- Heve that Waite ever advocated the cause of a dis honest client, and I don’t think he would have taken a case Which he thought contrary to justice. He might have made a fortune at bis iaw ‘had he charged the ordinary fees, for he had a very large practice. He was not Very rich when he was appointed Chief Justice, and I don’t imagine he 1s What would be called wealthy now. He made one large fee that I know of, and that was $40,000, which he received for his services in connection With the Atiantle and Great Western Railroad cases. He has a house in Washington and some property in Toledo, He has ason, who is a lawyer in Toledo, and his daughter, Miss’ Mary, 1s a very accomplished young lady.” From the history of the Waite family I get some very interesting facts. ‘The Waites original ly came from England, and Thomas Waite, one of Chief Justice Waite’s ‘ancestors, was one‘of the Judges who signed the death warrant of Charles 1. ‘The Waites have a coat of arms which wasgranted to the family in 1512. ‘The family settled in Massa chusetts at an early date and there intermarried with the Griswolds, and the Waites for a long Ume seem to have adopted the legal profession. Marvin Walle, who, cast his vol for George Washington ‘for President, was a county Judge. I have alreaay sald’ that there were Judges in the family in England, and Waite’s father was chief justice of ghe Con- necticut supreme court. Unilke hls son, however, Waite’s father retired when he got to be seventy, and he died at the age of elghty-two, Waites at-grandmother Was a large, handsome woman, jut so religious that she never allowed any cook: ing or sweeping in her house on Sundays, and the fatnily had to put up with cold victuals, Yale has been the college to which Waite’s ances tors in this country have uniformly gone, and it 1s a curious fact. that Chiet “Jus: Uce Waite’s wiie was his cousin, and that both himself and hls wife have’ the same maternal great-grandfather, Col. Selden. of Revolutionary tame. The house in’ which Waite was born still stands at Lyme, Conn. It is a com- fortable two-story bullding with a ridge roof, and with a pretty lawn surrounding it. His home in Washington is a wide, browu-stone bullding of three or four stories, oh I street, between 14th aud 15uM._ He lives well, aud atten Gives dinners Uo nis Iellow Judges and other noted people of Wash- ngton society. saw Chief Justice Waite a few days before I leit Washington, He has entirely recovered from his illness of a Year or so ugo, and he appears to be able to stick to the Suprewe Bench as long as Mfe sticks to his bones, He 1s already eligible to retirement, but, like other of his fellow-septu: harlans of the Supreme Court, he prefers to earn his salary to having the Government pension him at the rate of $10,000 a year. He wears his seventy Years exceedingly well. His eye 13 bright and M8 Step is frm, ahd the wrinkles in his dark, square face are few, ls beard 1s, however, begining to grow gray, and lis black’ hair is diready Unged With bright stiver, He makes an excellent Chiet Justice, ‘and the integrity of his decisions has never been questioned, ————+e+____ Iil-cempered Englishme ‘THE BRITON SAID TO BE MORE IRRITABLE THAN ALL OTHER MEN. From the London Spectator. It Mr. Francis Galton 1s right, temper fs even a larger factor in the houseiold unhappiness of English people than 1s commonly imagined. He declares that rather more than every second adult person in England 1s in some way or another bad tempered. Out of 1,981 persons of whose charac- teristics he has received what he believes to be accurate descriptions, given under a seal of se- erecy, he finds that 52 per cent are reported bad tempered and only 48 per cent good. ‘The women are a little better than the men— which we should not have expected, women suffer. ing far more tuan men, both from the querulous- ness due to ill-health and from the effects of con- tinuous anxiety—say by about 10 per cent; but even among the women 45 per cent strike thelr relatives as displaying in one way or another, bad temper. It 1s true the word 1s employed to cover an extraordinary variety of forms of di ble- ness, the epithets employed by the narrators being as follows: “Acrimonious, aggressive, arbi- trary, bickering, ee captious, choleric, contentious, crotchety, decisive, despotie, domi neering,easily offended, flery fits of anger, gloomy, Trumpy, harsh, hasty, headstrong, huffy, impatient, imperative, impetuous, insane temper, irritable, mnorose, hagging, obstinate, odd-tempered, pas sionate, peevish, peppery, proud, pugnacious, quar- Telsome, guick-iempered, scolding, short, ‘sharp, ‘sulky, sullen, surly, uncertain, vicious, vi ve. Forty-six epithets’ in all.) eee. Snake Bites, WHISKY AND APPLE JACK SAID 10 BR RELIABLE CURES, ‘The snake-bite season has arrived and two cases are reported. ‘The first is that of Jonathan W. Butz, of Reading, Pa., who was bitten on Monday by his pet rattlesnake. He 1s being treated by an | Old snake doctor, who has given him nothing but whisky in large doses and who “pow-wows” over | him. As the injured man ts young and of constitution, he expects nin to recover. "The at, | tecvea a8 been neither cut out nor cauter. | ized, Butz places entire confidence in “pow. wow- ” and says “If no he'll die oS ‘he other victim 1s Michael B. Bowker, of ke young man’s mother isa | Southampton, N. J., who was bitten by an im- mense rattlesnake "on Tuesday, He shook the shake off and started on a run, Sucking the blood | from the wound as he ran. He’ kept on for over a gaile, when he found Dr. Reeves, of M ‘cut ut the flesh about the wou: hand, ae a ple. Jacl com— plevety counteracted the effects ct the poison, An Atheist Succumbs to the Pepe. ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette. | gobtession SLEEPING WONDERS. Feats Accomplished by Some Men While in the Arms ef Morpheus. ‘From the London Telegraph. Sleep in most individuals lasts for the space of eight hours, Exceptions to this statement are numerous; whether these artse from duty or lazi- ness we shall not venture to examine. Sir K. Cod- rington, the famous naval officer, when a midship- man, could watch on deck for nineteen hours; this left only five for sleep, which in his case was most Profound—so profound that no noise was suffl- clently strong to waken him; yet if the word “Signal!” was whispered in his ear -he awoxe and ‘Was on deck instantly, a Reporters of the house of commons require (Gest exertions to keep themselves trom sleeping. few years ago a distt member of “thé gentlemen in the gallery” took down & speech while he was sleeping. His statement rests on Ris oath. Calvin tells of airiend of his reading @loud to him while asleep. The organ of vision ‘was alone active. Coleridge, the ‘dreaming phil composed “cubis. png (one of. his Rosana) while fast asleep. Next morning he was sure there had been an ac- quisition to his Mterature, but was too ore fe yore to write the stanzas A few days afterward he at~ vempted to recall the verses, but they had for the Host part fled, and the poeta as it now stands 1s fragment Every one knows that extreme fatigue induces sleep, and this in spite of surrounding relations, Which under ordinary circumstances would hinder OF hie hours of wokk factory enilaree toque ‘work tac fell asleep while Working at the machines, although well aware that they would incur severe junishinent by doing go. ‘The North American dian, at the stake of torture, has been known {0 go to sleep on the least remission of agony, and Will slumber until the fire 1s applied to awaken Jt ts on record that during the heat of the battle of the "Nile some of the “over-tatigued boys fell asleep upon the deck, and during the attack upon Rangoon, in the Burmese war, the captain of one Of the stéam frigates most actively e worn out by the excess of continued mental tension, fell asleep and remained perfectly unconscious for two hours within a yard of his largest guns, which were being worked energetically the whole period. qytitbit and time, place “and suoumstane: ispose us all to sieep. Thecelebrated pedestrian, Capt, Barclay, wnen accomplishing his ‘extraord!- nary feat of Walking 1,000 miles in a8 many suc- cessive hours, obtained at last such a mastery over himself that he fell asleep the instant he lay down. ‘The doctor's wite never hears the door-beli during the night, although the noise 1s sufficient to rouse the wearied husband: but shoulda childin the nursery cry, then the mother, oblivious to all other sounds, hears at once the {nfant’s voice, It is related that the Abbe Faria, who acquired notoriety through his power of inducing somnam- Dullsm, was accustomed merely to place his pa- tient in an arm-chalr, after telling him to shut eyes and collect himself, and pronounce in & strong volee, “‘dormez,” Which was usually suc cessful ‘there seems to be no limit to the wonders dis- played by man in sleeping. Condorcet, the mathe- mavician, solved one of his most difficult problems While asleep—a problem, too, which puzzled him during his waking hours, A professor of theology in thé University of Basle once wrote a sermon While asleep; he found it on his desk next morn- ing. ‘The preceding night he could not grapple With the subject as he desired, but the perform. ance of his sleeping hours was quite satisfactory Jenny Lind was one of the most celebrated sing- ers of her time. ‘No one could rival her powers ex- cebt a factory girl, who sang sometimes better than the famous Jenny. ‘The girl could not at- attempt any difficult plece when awake, but when sleeping she sang so correctly, 80 like the re- nowned artiste, that 1t was dificult to distinguish between their voices. Onone occasion Mile, Lind heard the girl, and even vested the accuracy of her cl is the sleep! form Much to the wonder of the famous Swedish siager, Saturday Smiles. —eoe- The Only Refuge.—Pilgrim at the timidly: “Tdon't know whether fou will erage te cone committed suicide this morning.” St, Petershakes mised Ce ad; what was the matter?” m—“You Portrait was Printed in the Sunday papers’ and—>s" “Su Peter, cordially—“Come right in; walk right upin front? orchestra chair, martyr section, Suicide? You mean murder.”—Burdette. When you go off on a summer tour don't worry if you find yourself in a State in which the fishing laws are very strict. No State ever makes fishing Jaws until the fish are all gone.—Kansas City Times, ‘@ lady's ball-dress that costs; It is tho skirt of the corsage doesn’t come high. “That is rather a shabby pair of trousers you have on for a man in n Your position.” ¢3, sir; but clothes do not make the man. What if my trousers are shabby and worn? They cover a warm heart, sir.”—8t. Louis Sunday Critic. ‘West Point Cades (to young lady)—“I am sur- pitsed to hear that Corporal Callow has been pun- shed. Dit you learn what his offense was, Miss Smith?” Lady—‘ believe, Lieut. Shoulderstrap, Young that It was conduct unbecoming either an officer or gentleman, but I have forgotten which."—N. 7. Sun, It is generally conceded that women dress to attract the admiration of men, and the Pittsbu Dispatch asks: “But why do ‘men dress?” Wel Gece pees es ‘Shae way. See tie al al er much attention ‘the; didn't dress.— Norristown Herald. if When it comes to a girl eating tce-cream and Gee preeeae w ata a cre, her patriot- m is boun avery el corset,—Tezas Panhandle, od sd Wife—John, why didn’t you wake me up last night Gn the fre on the next block?” Hus- band—*It n't amount tomuch.” Wite—“Well, the pext time wish you would jet me ienow itz you can’t slee] isa. rw hear.” —Tid- Bits, 3 sad Omaha Boy—“Pa, why can’t we have a big house and horses and carriages like Mr. Blinkers?” Omaha Pa—“'Mr. Bunkers belongs to the gas company.” “ What difference does that make, pa?” “He gets his gas for nothing."—Omaha World. An exchange asks: “Does etiquette demand a vest on a hot day?” If it does, 1t can have ours— Norristown Herald. “Eternal vigilance 1s the price of Uberty,” as the husband remarked when he pulled off his boots in the front hall, about? o'clock in the morn- ing, in order not to waken his wife when he went ‘up stairs.—Lowell Ciizen. Just prior to the summer vacation a Twenty- ninth Ward small boy was requested. to look Up ‘the word “anonymous” and use it ina sentence, He found the peantag £. be “without a name,” and thereupon handed the: tollowing to his teacher, “Mamma has given usa new baby; tis anony” mous."—Jnterior. Neighbor—“What beautiful hens you have, Mrs. Stuckup.” touts, Stuckup—"Yes, they are all imported jowls.”” Neighbor—"You don’t tell me so! I suppose they lay eggs every day?” 2 Mrs. Stuckup— (proudiy)—“Tney could do 80 if ee pew paopes ae our circumstances are such iat my hens are not required to lay eggs evel day.”"—Tezas Siftings, me pad oid corner in grain? Because vanscript, Why is Hades like a there’s a d’ll in 1t.—Boston Tr ‘Some one says the age of a political party may be told by its rings—New Orlotns Picayune. ai “What a noble thing this mew Sunday law is?” gushed out Cora; “it keeps so many men from ‘spending their w: in “But it is very inconvenient just the same,” returned Merritt; “I hear they intend to close up the ice-cream saloons hext Sunday.” “Oh, my!” ejaculated Cora; “It 18 ‘@ hateful law atter all, isn’t it?”—Judge, A young Aberdonian, bashful, but d ly in love, finding that no hotice was taken of his fro- quent Visits to the house of his sweetheart, sum- moned up sufficient courage to address the. falr one thus: “Jean, I wis here on Monday nicht.” “Aye, ye were that,” acknowledged she. “An"I wis here on Tuesday nicht.” “so ye were.” An’ T wis here, on Wednesday,” continued the ardent youth, |“ n’_ye Were here on ‘Th Dicht.* “An’I Wis here last nicht, Jean.” Meat “an {am here 41 she said, “what if ye were?” nicht: in.” “An’ what aboot it, even if ye cam’ every nicht?” “What aboot it, did ye say, sean? Div ye no begin to smell a rat?” Omaha dame—“Mercy me! I’m out of pins.” Friend—“Well, let's go out and get some.” “I will have to dress first, Oh, Gear, there isn’t ‘Roy I0s after 4 o'clock now, and the stores close . 73 el ‘now, at "Omaha Wortar ee cee —__ A Startling Prediction, ‘Two hundred years agoin China there was just Such a craze about natural gas as we have in this country to-day, says the Cincinnati Commercial, Gas wells were sunk with as much vim and vigor as the Celestials were capable of, but, owing to a gas explosion that Killed several millions of ‘and tore up and destroyed a large district of coun- try, lesving large inlind sos Puowa on to maps as Lake Foo Chang, of more wells was then and there ed by law, ie tna dreadful explosion of a large alserigt, Geatrose tng the inhabltence thereot. Lae Fes Ss Picion, Before the consummation of the. tic scheme George MacDonald and one of the Bidwells became infatuated with the two women with wnom they ved. discov this f became airaid Uae ‘his ‘ascosiates ‘weuls aivalge In thelr recklessness MacDonald and Bidwell resented a forged note which had not been“dated. Who lone discovered the ior tad, orwardoa ie t0 the firm by whom it was supposed been isgued. It was then pronounced a forgery. TO avoid arrest the gang scattered. One of the Bid- Wells escaped to Scotland, where he was arrested, ‘and his brother was apprehended in Havana, Cuba, MacDonald tried toget clear of his mistress, Dut yee ni po re ee york welling her ev from to New ng that he would meet her at the Northern hovel betore the steamer sailed, He did not attempt to meether, but took a train to Folkestone, crossed to France, and at Havre e1 assage Lo this city. Be- coming e dat'the disagpontment, aud. sus poaee: the route her lover would most likely take, Donald’s mistress.betrayed him to the English lice. A cablegram Was flashed to this city,and RigcDonaid was arrested on board. the incoming ‘Yessel in the lower bay. After fighting the case in the courts the fugitive was finally returned to England, where he was convicted andsentenced to life imprisonment, ‘The Bidwell brothers received Minspector Byrnes has. ee ed of George ins] rw Byrnes. n inform Bidwell's releee and the central office detectives have been instructed to look out for him if he re- ‘urns to old pals ana haunts, ee Chicago's New Fad. ‘From the Chicago Journal. A comparatively new class of music 1s likely to be heard a great aeal of in Chicago before any of Us are many daysolder. ‘This 18 nothing more nor less than—whistling. At the first reading, With one’s mind full of the recollections of the whistling flend of the street-car, sidewalk and of- fice, the statement may appeara little far-fetched, But uptilone has heard a really accompitshed whistler, like several young people I know, whis- Ue pretty and intricate music to an artistic piano accompaniment, and with a faultiess regard for Ume, shading, and so forth, he can have no idea of ‘the beauty of the accompaniment. The ordinary human whistle, like the ordinary human volce, {3 Tough and discordant, and grates harshly enough on the cultivated ear? but some performances I have recently had the pleasure of listening to convince me that the really talented whistler has an object and a future. A notice that I saw re- cently ina New York society paper of a young woman whose husband collapsed suddenly from Wealth to penury, and who is now helping him by earning $25 a night by whlstiing at private enter- tainments, lends color to my views. The really good whistler, once heard, becomes so popular that I fancy @ school for fnstruction in sclenutlc whistling Would tind a ready road to prosperity, es A Police Magistrate on Himself, From the New York Graphic. 2 A police Justice in the city ot New York 1s an of- ficer of serlous responsibilities, This year Police Justice Duffy, who has served thirteen years, Passed sentence in more than 16,000 cases, He says that the most difficult of the duties of a po- lice justice 1s to act according to the dictates of his conscience. By long training he thinks that he always knows when a prisoner ts lying. A guilt risoner's wisest course, he declares, is to say: “Judge, I am guilty. I throw myself on the mercy of the court.” In a case of intoxication or disorderly conduct this course 1s likely to secure his discharge if it is a first offense. “When a ‘woman weeps before me,” declares Judge Duffy, “I remember tuat I bad a mother, asister, and nie and Iam apt to let her go. When a man weeps think the worse of him. I haven't wept myself since I was sixteen years of age.’ A Lion Snaps Off a Man’s Head. From the London Standard. Not a week passes without some horrible acci- Gent ina menagerie, Yesterday, July 6, a tamer named Agop, Who was making his beasts perform before a large crowd at the fair of Bourges, was suddenly knocked down by a blow from the paw of one of the animals, Half of the unfortunate man’s skull was snapped off almost instantane- ously by the terrible brute, and his spinal column Was cracked in twain as though it had been a dry twig. This ts the most appalling of any of thie menagerie accidents which have occurred for a long time, either in Paris orin the provinces. It 1s quite probable, however, that Paris may yet be startled by a similar atrocity if amateur lion- tamers or hysterical females be allowed to enter the dens of wild beasts, The experiments on the hypnotised woman who entered tne cage at the Folles: Bergeries have already been detailed: but they were eclipsed yesterday by the periormance of a demi-mondaine, who actually entered one of the cages in M. Bidel’s menagerie at Neullly and kept a lion in momentary quietude by the mag- netic force of “two lovely black eyes.” Luckily, the daring venture of the dark-eyed damosel did not last long, and she escaped without having left her limbs in the mouth of the ex-inonarch of the forests called Sultan. Her exploit was vocifer- ously cheered by a crowd of mashers who had expressly attended to see the strange spectacle, ‘The Old Man Was Too Previous. From the Boston Post. A stald old Hubbardston farmer came to the ‘Hub yesterday to do “a leefie tradin’,” and as he meandered down Washington street ‘headed for the Fitchburg Depot,” as he said, he suddenly halted, gazed excitedly at a sign in front of a clothing-house, and then darted into the store exclaiming, “Well, Ivum, that 1s good!” atver due deliberation he selected a $10 suit of clothes, tendering in payment just $7. “That's the ing change, sir,” said he to the astonished clerk, ut I don't understand; I told you that suit would be $10,” argued te clerk. “Yes, I know, but don't your old sign out thereat the door say, ‘all we want ig seventy cents on the dollar?” and picking up nis new purchase the honest old Hubbardston tarmer hastily left. He trotted along, congratu- tat bimself on his beat tt ean was tw mutter, “ ess I’m lively ent for these "ere city folks.” “But a sudden change came “o'er the spirit of his dreams” after he had walked a short distance. A look of utter disgust overspread his face, the bundle fell from his arms, and @ mournful tone he said, “Why in blazes didn’t [look around a little before I bought them clothes?” The cause of this consternation was ‘another clothing sign that read: *Goodssold here at half price.” After studying the situation sev- eral minutes he resumed his Journey depotward, “I might have saved $5 just ag well as not if Ynean't been in such a pesky wurry.” Something About Surprises, From the Youths’ Companion. “1 don’t like surprises,” once said a little girl, “think they're narsty.” ‘To tell the truth, 80 do most of us, although we feel obliged to look po- Utely pleased when our friends pop some unex- pected Jack-In-the-box of an event upon us. A surprise must be of a very exceptionally delight- fal nature to prove inthe least welcome, Kspe- cfally 1s this true in the case of visita, “Tghould not feel at Itberty to visit. my own sis. ter without announcement of my intentions, a lady who was heartily welcome wherever she chose to go. “In tact I never saw the person upon Mowe household {should be wilting to take tne iberty unex] 7 Mer principle 1s the one. to pe followed in nine cases Out of ten, It is only fair to say that the le who violate it usually do so with the best thelr ‘soclety, chey’ fmovently: tmagten ease toe pleasure will’ be enhanced ‘Uy a sudden purst of A Conjuring Stone. ‘From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, July 19. Aqueer case came up before Justice Freeman yesterday. Jane Blanch has a husband who has ‘9 fondness for staying away from home, and Jane has been greatly worried about 1% Some time ago, while narrating her troubles to one Martha i itt i BH B 5 5 14 Hi | i HT HH i iid i H] along “JULY 30, 1887—-DOUBLE SHEET Rapoleons, @ gold five-franc piece, and a frane in sliver. ‘There was no trace of a burglary. ‘Very much bewildered by these losses, the good oman was deep in reflection over the matter, When she heard a roar of laughter from her neigh- ———__-e-___ Drowned in Each Other's Arms, ‘TWO SISTERS LOST WHILE BATHING IN A LAKE, The New York Sun says: Mary A. Kearney, aged seventeen years, and her sister, Cath- erine, aged sixteen, were drowned at Spring Val- ley Wednesday. They were daughters of James Kearney, of 81 Hudson street, this city. Were spending the summer with their parents at the house of George Peterson, and went with a Barty of girls of ‘about thelr age to bathe yesters ‘at Distillery Lake. They could not swim. Mary slipped from a small raft Into 15 feet ot Water, and her frightened sister pit in to save her. Both giris sank ther. The alarm altar Oh edinc ptt alta tat » st Under the water before workmen in & neighboring fleld could reach them. ‘The bodies were recove two hours later, still locked together in their last Seo from St Peters Avedesay Im as city, Whee S Acad a her sister was a student. — oo ___ He Did Not Preach That Day. WHILE ON HIS WAY HE WAS COMPELLED TO MARRY THE GIL HE HAD BETRAYED. The puipit of one of the Methodist churches of Harrisburg, Pa., was to have been filled Sunday by the Rev, Ulysses 8, Glick, a young evangelical Preacher of Philadelphia, He did not appear, and 20 word was received from him in explanation. ‘Tuesday it was learned that while on his way to Harrisburg he was arrested by a Berks County constable at the suit of Miss Mary A. Jacobs, the daughter of a prominent farmer of Temple Town- ship, that county, who charged Glick with being the father of her three-months’-old child. The accused man acknowledged the charge and ac- companied the officer to Reading, where he met the young woman. They went before Alderman Bramwell and were married. Glick was stationed at Temple church a year ago, and boarded at Farmer Jacobs’. While there, as the girl declared, he bvetrayed her. Glick subsequently went to Philadelphia, Since marrying the Jacobs girl he has learned that she is the mother of another child, over three years old. An unfortunate com- pueaton ia eee is the fact Indy or big Sere &: to be mai wa youn ol position tn Oley, Berks County, ‘Two Questions, From the New York Sun. “Do you not often wonder, George,” she said softly, as they stood at the gate, “‘at the infinite number of stars, where that vast, silent, eternal Procession is going and whence it came?” " replied George rather unhesitatingly, “put don't you find that to look at the sky for any length of me makes the back of your neck ache?” cee: DEATH FROM A SPIDER Bire.—At Downingtown, Pa, Wm. Hughes, who was engaged in the fruit busi oat was bitten by a sinail black spider July 22d. The insect ts supposed to have ‘secreted in some of the foreign fruits. The wound ‘Was made upon Mr. Hughes" "lp, which soon com- menced to swell. Next day the swelling had extended to the face and down his neck. Medical aid was called in, and on Tuesday of this week Unree physicians Were in attendance, but nothing Uhat Was done availed, and on Wednesday morn- ing early be died, having suffered great pain, ——o-— SUNSTROKE CURED BY BLEEDING.—During the ast Tew days TWO cases of desperate sunstroke ave been successfully treated by bleeding in the ‘Chambers Street (N. ¥.) Hospital, ‘The resuit has caused much discussion among medical men, for the reason that in few cases 1t ts now the style to bleed @ patient, comman as bleeding used to be. Thos. McNamara and Jno. McGinnis were the Patients, and both Were in the convistons which generally precede death, when Dr. Wedekind decided ‘to bleed them a3 a last resort, He took twelve ounces of blood from each man, and they Tecovered and are abie to attend to their business, It ts sald that this system will be followed in Iuture, as drawing of the blood reduces the ten- sion of the veins so that the blood that remains can find its way to the lungs and be purified. cos Ware His Wire 10 Deara.—Pickens Bryant, of Hampton County, 8. C., has been jailed ror kill” ing bis wife. On Monday he gave her a terrible lashing, taking off the skin in ‘many places. She lived only @ few honrs and died in great agony, ‘Threats of lynching haye been made, Love Lent Tuem WinGs.—A stir was occasioned at Girardstown, W. Va, by a runaway match. Mr. Will Morgah drove to the residence of Miss Lee Bowers, the daughter of the late Jno. 8. Bow. ers, Who leaped tnto his buggy, andoff they went at ‘a furious pace, pot stopping until Frederick, ‘Md., Was reached, where the twain were made one. sairbes ‘Tue YouNoxst MURDERESS.—Virginia Hudson, a negro chiid only seven years old, has been arrested at Greenville, 8, C., for a murder. She Killed a child one year old "in Butler Township on Satur- day and ‘then threw the body in a well. she struck her victim over the head with a board tll iv was dead. ‘This 1s the youngest murderess ever known in that section. Her imprisonment 13 inerely @ matter of form. ~~~ e9e—______ French WAITERS ON a Sraixg.—The French ‘Waiters at the Elveron Hotel, Long Branch, struck Just before luncheon Tuesday for an increase of Wages from $40 t0$50 a month. Rather than have trouble the proprietor agreed to their demand, but they then insisted upon the discharge of the head Walter. ‘This was refused and the strikers went back to thelr quarters, and made a tremendous noise. They were arrested, but subsequently re- leased. A new force of walters was secured, A DvRL To THE DEati.. Harris, both colored, fougut a duel on the banks Of the Yazoo River, Opposite Greenwood, Miss., om Monday, With double-barreled shotguus. They stood Only two paces apart, the muzzles of the guns almost touching, when’ the word was given tofire. Both responded almost at the same mo- Ment. £vens fell dead, his breast torn to pieces With the murderous buckshot. Harris 1s danger- ously, perhaps fatally, wounded, Four Bastus at a Binra.—A New York Herald special from Memphis, Tenn., says: Mrs. Richard Greenlaw, residing near the corner of Vance and Desoto streets, Tuesday night gave birth to, four guildren. ‘The’ mother are all doing wel ‘Must Go T0 HouLanp 70 BE Divoncen.—The Bel- ian alleged elopement, case was compromised at ton, Pa, Wednesday. Van Heyst, under ‘an order of the court, has been given custody of ‘the child, it to be takén by them to Holland, where either party may institute proceedings for divorce, ‘The proceedings at Easton are not to prejudice the rights of elther party in the courts in Hol- land. The same court to decide whether the father or mother sail have possession of the child. ‘The compromise was agreed to at a meeting yesterday between Van Doren and Van Heyst after court opened, a Lehigh Vahey passenger train ania New Jeney y ane feng coal train collided ‘yesterday at Pon Par Both engines were wrockod, and several cers engines: cars were RATE EE Tare cebemeaioas Henry Keiper, Evans and Bud of White Haven, a had both legs b and sustained internal injt but po other per- 80n Was seriously injured. The collision was due to the failure of Operator shortz to stop ‘the passenger train, Shortz, who lives in Kliza- Doth, N. J., fled after the Tae Onto RePvsiican Leacue.—The State ‘League of Obio Republicans met in Toledo yester- ,, With about 200 del representing fifty- thie clubs in attendance Delegates ‘were chosen “Yes, I know,” said the youth who waiting had been— ‘tis Jouve sald fall trun yet there's one ptat yo the childeried out: “Hurry up, minute my rou.” The agonized cry and ed up the stairs to He had barely time to take his arms when she whispered “ood- expired. woman employed as a domestic by a ly a a SS , im i= ‘ayear tuamediately after wedding returned. to’ her service, wine her usband Was sent out to Fort Union, in New Mexico, One afternoon, while sitting in the Kitchen, she heard a sapping at the window, aud on looking up saw the face of her husband there. The apparation remained for a minute without ‘speaking and then slowly faded away. The young Woman ran screaming into the presence of the family, related the strange experience to them, tainted. Later in the day she received a tele from the fort announcing that her husband died of fever the day before, le lady dreamed one night recently school friend, whose bridemaid she Wedding to a Virginia planter a bad died suddeniy and that she was the funeral The lady related the family, and refused to be convinced DOL @ premonition of death. A week ‘layed letter reached the y infortatng her friend had died at abot the same ith the occurrence of the dream. federate veteran related in Americus, Ga., ‘day, a strange coincidence that attended of Capt. Wynn, a gallant Georgian, Who: led at Gettysburg. ‘The captalu had fre- boasted that * the builet was not moulded lay him low,” but on the day of tue ife Was startled tosce the oll portrait of fall with a crash (o the floor from the which it hung in her parlor. Singularly the only damage done to the picture was in the of a small hole which was punctured h the forehead by a chair foot which tne Patni struck in its fall. Two days later news came from the field that the captaln had be killed by a rifle se which bad struck him juarely in the forebea Benn, the daughter of a laborer in p i the é i i i : 4 pee 438 i Eg>EBE ae £3 g) i i : il Ege, SePa E58, GaEe: Peaeeeeeager He He Bas E 8 fi ednesburg, England, made up her mind to emi- grate to Australia, and gained the consent of her Parents. Just before she was to gall, however, her mother dreamed that the ship which was to carry her daughter struck a rock near the Australian coast and went down with great loss of life, She succeeded in dissuading Louisa trom going, but ROU Unt! the girl's baggage had been placed on board the vessel and every preparation made for her departure, ‘The ship went down, as Mrs. Benn imagined (t would, and among the lives lost were those of several ‘girls who Were to have been Louisa’s companions. Little Barefoot. From the Boston Herald. ‘Mr. Matthew Arnold was greatly struck by this democratic government of our reading-room when he was in Boston. Hecameinhere one day and saw a little bare-footed newsboy sitting in one of ‘the Dest chairs of the reading-room, enjoying him~ self apparently for dear life, The great essayist was completely astounded. “Do you let bare- footed boys in Uhis reading-room?” he asked. “You would never see such a sight as that in Europe, I do not believe there 1s a reading-room in ‘all Europe in which that boy, dressed as he ts, would enter.” ‘Then Mr. Arnold Went over to ie boy, engaged him in conversation, and found that he ‘Was reading the “Life of Washington,” and that he was a young gentleman of decidely ant British tendencies, and, for his age, remarkably well-informed. Mr. Arnold remained talking with the youngster for some time, and, as he came back to our desk, the great Englishman sald: “I do not think I have deen so impressed with auything else that Ihave seen since arriving in this country as I am now with meeting this bare-footed boy in this reading-room. What a tribute to deinocratic in- stitutions tt 1s to say that, instead of sending that boy out to wander alone in the streets, they per- mit him to come in here and excite his youthful imagination by reading such a book as te Life of Washington! ‘The reading of that one book may ry ‘the whole course of that boy's life, and nay be the means of making iim a useful, Monon. able, worthy citizen of this great country.” Iv is, I tell You, @ sight that impresses a European not accustomed vo Your democratic ways ‘co ‘The Bumblebees and the Clover. ‘From the Detroit Tribune, July 20. An Indiana farmer, Who told his boys to burn every bumblebee’s nest they found on bis farm, and who was complaining at the failure of his cloverseed crop, was surprised when Maurice ‘Thompson, the naturalist, said: “That is why your cloverseed fails you. Bumblebees make your cloverseed.” It 1s a fact that a strong nest of bum- Dlebees in a big clover field 1s worth $20 to the owner; for these Insects are the chief agents in fertilizing the blossoms, thereby insuring & heavy crop of seed. In Australia there were nu bumble~ bees of our Kind, and they could not raise clover- seed until they imported some of our kind. ars and Civilization, ‘From the New York Sun. After a recent shower several men armed with coarse scrubbing brushes on long handles went through City Hall Park scrubbing down the trunks of all the trees. It took considerable observation to find that they were brushing off a crop of yel- low caterpiliars that the rain seemed to have ht into belng, and that were crawling up to- happy hunting grounds in the green leaves as rapidly as they might, “Caterpillars are funny things,” said a gentle man who watched the operation,” “Dut the str thing about them 1s the fact, which most people don't know, that they are an adjunct of civilization, They ‘are never found except where civilized men have made a settlement. I have gone for a hundred miles through primitive woods and never seen one; but let a man set up ‘his house and try to raise Shrubbery in bis front yard and the measly Ubings spring up in swarms.” eee. A Medium Gets a Fool's Fortune. ‘From the Jeffervon (Wis.) Banner. ‘Strange means are resorted to in order to obtain property, but a case near Waterloo beats them all, It appears that the wife of Nelson D. Brom- ley was taken sick and Emily D. Arndt, a spirit- ualist doctor, was called in, Bromley is also a spiritualist, The wife died, and after her death Emily Arndt was the medium between the dead wife and the living husband. ‘The dead wife willed that all the property of te living husband should be transferred to Emily D. Arnde, and, strange to sas, the old gentieman ald it. The transfers of mortgages on record at the register of deeds in this clty give as a considera- ton “$1 ana for valuable services rendered here- tofore.” The entire amount transferred will reach about $30,000. Te Ses. When and How Long to Bathe, From the New York Ledger. ‘A New York physician of great note said the other day that young ladies get about as much harm from over-bathing as they might get good from a moderate indulgence in this great luxury. His advice to ladies who go to the seashore 1s: Bathe not oftener than three times a week, nor longer than fifteen minutes at a time. ——— ~see. 10s the Same Way Here, ‘From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal, July 23. Apropos of going to jail, a suggestive story ts told by a local contractor who hired a man to work on the trenches the other day. “Seems to me, John,” said he, “that youare looking quite hearty. ‘Where you been?” John cast his eyes to the east and lit his pipe toward the west, and said: “I've ‘to Auburn jail, sir, and, , there isn’t ream ve hey shoulan' be he hearty. They call it a jail, do they! Well, sir, 1 should call it a mighty fine boardin'-house, with nothin’ to do but eat and drink and sit down'and rest_ your bones, It ts a favorite summer resort, and very cool in ‘These slatherin’ hot days.” John’ worked four or five days, and a common complaint of his was ‘that he was out of jail. eS A Worm that Eats Up Steel Rails, among the engineers employed on the railway at Hagen by the accidents occurring at the same Place, proving that some terrible defect must ‘constant watch at the spot where the accidents— Oneof them attended with loss of lfe—had oc- curred. as, 8 lk B i with which the next now mile Bi if i i i if li : i i il Hi i le i f i f ie pau a Elections in August. THR STATE CONTEST IN KENTUCKY —a MENDMENTS tof TEXAS ‘The election in Kentucky for State officers an@ for members of the legislature, which will choose @ United States Senator, is to be held on Monday, August 1, The State oMcers to be chosen will hold oMce for four years, For these positions there are four full and regularly nominated tickets tp the feld, the candidates for governor being: Republie Col Wm. 0. Bradley: democratic, Gen, mn Bolivar Buckner; prohibitiontst, Fontaine abor, A. H. Carden, ‘The republie s have each made an actlv® or covernor at the ISSR, was as fole canvass, st election, which Wa: Republican, 89,181; democratic, 13 The legislature son Bi tm IRA contained 23 repud and Tindependent, the senat ns and mmocrats, and t sentatives 20 republicans. 79 independent. A ‘special election ts to be held tn Texas om Thursday, August 4, when the people of the state Called upon’ to vote ‘pon six proposed amendments to their constitution, That which: has attracted the most attention, both within and without the State, and has Geen most actively canvassed, 1s The one providing for the prohibition Of the sale'of intoxicating liquors except for Medle cal, mechanical and sclentiic purposes, The othe® proposed To Increase the legive lative se Ly days; to festrict the ine vestiment of the State University fund to United States and State bonds; to provide for the ausesse ment and collection of Laxes in unorgantzed cow es; to authorize the legislature Wo require & {str¥ Of Voters in cities of 10,000 inhabitant more, and to reorganize Judiclary of the State, Mormons in Georgian, A PARTY OF KAIDERS SAID TO HAVE BREN Come VEKTRD TO MOKMONISM. A Charleston, 8. C., dispatch vo the Baltimore Sun says: The intended kukiux raid on Mormon missionaries ia Richmond County, Ga, came off On Tuesday night last with rather unexpected ree sults ‘The kuklux met at Goodwin's chapel om that night, They numbered 20 men, all armed and all Wearing black masks, Newman's house Was first visited, then Reid's, but no Mormon@ were to be found, It was’ then learned Chap, Binnion and Murphey, two of the missionark Were both iu Augusta, Dut Unat Spenser, Une cli of the party, Was quartered at George Anderson's: house, wither the party repaired. The house was quickly surrounded and Anderson was called for, je cae out on the piazza, and, upon being Questioned, said Uh: party attempted ai uit the 1d fini themselves sadly lett. N id bat Of regulators replied fo thls, mow an tach closer to the house. The Rev, Mr, Spenser, as he is called, chief of tue Mormons, then ape ared at Uhe door, and, knowing Whit was Uj Immediately comuenoeg a talk to the crowd, ath after five minutes’ couversalion every member the kuklux band was reed to the Mormon Felizion, of, a Speaser Said, Uney were impressed. With thé error of tueir way, and when told oy Bim, Uo leave, the entire band marched off under cover Of the adjoining woods. IU Is believed that nearly the whole of Richmond County will speedily be coaverted to Mormonism unless Uhe Mormon mise stonaries are driven out, seo ——____ The Mishaps on the Atlanta, MORE DAMAGE DONE IN FIRING HER MAIN AND BRO ONDARY BATTEKIES—THK SHIP NOT INSURED, A dispatch from Newport says: The new cruiser Atlanta, on Wednesday morning last, steamed outside, and under the direction of the special board fired her mata and secondary batteries, ‘The result of Unis experiment Was to disable the forward eight-inch gun, an injury naturally to be expected in consequence of tue previous to the recoll approaches by the six-inch ‘Two of the steci pet sills were fractured, and. Many Of the recotl citp hooks Were carried away. The secondary battery of rapid-fire guns was, With the exception of Lue Hotchkiss revolving canong Of Mfty-seven mulimetres, more or less dam: No injury of any kind wa done to the ship itvel and when the defects tn the gun mounts, notabl the revoll systems, are corrected,the AUanta, Wi her sister Ships, Ule officers say, Will DO @ Chedlle able addition to the Nav Struck by an Express Train, A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN AND ANOTHER LADT INSTANTLY KILLED. An appalling accideut took place on the Penns sylvania Railroad, at Ridgewood Station, two miles from Reading, Pa, Thursday, The eight o'clock am, down express, which makes a trip between Reading and Philadelpiia in one hour and fifty minutes, ran into @ covered spring wagon, containing a pleasure party, and killed four of its occupants A boy named Wunnes Macher, aged Uuirwwen, of Reading, was dri and, oWlug Lo the Wagon being covered, be dtd ni see the approaching (rain, which dashed upon the party, Who were hurled Gown a steep embanke nenty Where their bodies were picked up, ‘The kihed are: Miss Amanda Fritz, aged thirty-five, daughter of Elias Fritz, er. a wealthy fa HetUe Fritz, aged ntty-Lwo, of Ellas Fritz, Jt and her Wo children, Charles, aged Unree mont and Mervin, aged éiguteen’ months, The Wunnemacher was seriousiy injured about head, aud 1s not expected to recover, — eS Sudden Death at the Circus, From the Dover (N. H.) Times, July 23, A shoemaker named Octave Boulttette, = French Canadian by birth, but a resident of the United States since # very early age, moved here from Biddeford two years since with his wife and children, Lust evening Mr. Boulttillette proposed. that he and is wifeand pidest daughter, the elde est of seven children, shduld go to the circus, Mr, Boultuillevte sat between his wife and daughter, ‘and during the progress of the fourth act his noticed that he Was very stil, She pulled him the arm, but there was no response. ‘The Who supposed he had only fainted, had him OUL MLO he adjoining Lent, where the ‘Were on exhibition. ie was'laid on the grass, subjected Wo examination, Which disclosed that, was dead, ———__+es _____ The Real Anti-Poverty society. From the Atlsuta Constitution, ‘The man Who works every day in the week is @ leading member of the Anti-Poverty Society. Ine dustry, sobriety, and economy are the only reme—e dies for poverty. —__+e2—______ Scranton, Pa., the members of which ha ated in five Wownships in Ue northeastern part of the State, Nine persous have been arresied, ev eral of Whom are boys in their teens, who’ have been trained by the older men to enter houses With an ease that rivaled professtonal work. ‘Theo dore and Henry join Hunold and Same uel Steinback Were the leaders of the gang, Bum old has been posing for some MOnLLS past as & licentiate preacher, and in his pious character gained an s Lo people's homes, thereby wine hing Unelr confidence and mapping out bis work forrobbing their houses, When he was arrested To-day Uke officers found a complete set Of burs lar’s tools In his possession, A Woman named jacoby aud her Wwo sons are also wanted by the olfivers, but so far they have eluded arrest. Sete eral wagon loads of plunder, which includes all kinds of merchandise and dry goods and burglars Wols Of every descruption, have been secured, Farewr..—Rev. J Parker, of the Loudon City Temple, will come w America to deliver a eulogy of Uke ‘late Henry We Beecher, made a farewell address to bie oongre- gation Thursday. He said tue only that could induce him to remain in America Was ‘Ubat there Were no dissenters there, Every one in America stood according vo lis worth. Here ® dissenter Was obliged Lo apologize for himself, Dr. Parger has received scores of letwers bm God speed. Mr, Gladstone wrote bla him a safe and Lappy Visit Wo America, Rev. Mm. Parke CHARGED Wrrm PorsoxtNG Hrs Wire —Dr. & Weailiy retired army surgeon and a well-knowR member of society in ireland, has been arrested im Cork on the charge of having murdered his wife by gradual poisoning. ‘The Wife's remains were exhumed five weeks after the interment, and upon analysis, traces of polsou were found. Dr Cross married bis family governness @ forunighs after his wite's death, —se0—___ A ConNeR IN Tonacco Feanen.—There ts great excitement among New York vobacco deulers and mauulacturers over an inorease in prices for teat Uobacco from 50 to 100 per ceut during July. Om plug tobacco alone he Lortlards have advanced thelr wholesale price nine ceuts per pound during the past Uuree Weeks. Lust year the tobacco was a good average, but prices Were $0 10W growers made up their minds to Uy this year some species of farming Uhst would pay better, Accordingly the speculators bought all the Jeat ovacco they could get and are now Itfor arise, A corner is anticipated, vo ae RUINED BY 4 Vanrery ActaEss.—Wm. A. Appell German saloon keeper in New York, committed suicide in that city Wednesday by shooting uumselt in the right temple. When ils wile died two ago be Was dolug & successful business, $10,000 in bank. He Uecame infatuated with @ he spent all his money and He vold ber she must retrench, and ‘Two levers were ip his pocket addressed to niece, Who was keeping house for hin, and other to the Morton Woman. In the letter niece he asks thal Ue news Of bis from his mother, as it would Kili her. ‘Was in debt aud saw no Way Out of 1 s if i H 2 i fz his the