Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1887, Page 3

— MEN AND THINGS IN NEW YORK. The Ways of People as Observed by Cummings and Hall, HE COURT STEXOGRAPHRNS, THEIR WORK AxD QMRIR PAY—SXPERT TYPEWRITERS AND THEIR RARNINGS—THE SIAMESE PRINCES AND THEIR ‘RETINUE—GILMORE AND BARON SELLIERE. Cor ce of Tus Evexine Star. ‘Bpecial Co rresponden: eat Tae epee ‘There are more than 500 stenographers in New ‘York, and the number is yearly increasipg. Most of them find employment as private secretaries in offices at salaries ranging from $12 to $60 a week, or as reporters in the numerous referees’ courts at from 10 to 25 cents per 100 words or folio. Occa- Bionally an expert is hired at a stated salary by pome litigant who does not care to depend upon the court stenographers for copies. Jacob Sharp ployed during his long trial of nearly forty 'g two stenographers at $5 anhour. The short- band men employed in the great case followed the comparatively deliberate speakers easily until Col. Fellows made his summing-up speech for the Prosecution. Heisarapid talker, and it taxed them tothe utmost to follow him. Then came the address of Bourke Cockran in behalf of a per- Manent stay for Sharp. He ts one of the most Tapid speakers at the bar, and, when he had ‘Warmed to his work, he averaged 200 words a minute. There are probably not five shorthand men in New York who could have followed him, and twoof them were at the trial During a pause In the orator’s address Mr. Sharp's stenog- Fapher, who was nearly overcome with fatigue and the heat, created considerable merriment in court by asking Mr. Cockran plaintively how much longer be pi to pedi. "The steno- §Taphic report of this great trial has just been ‘Written out. It oe volume earns Paphet 500 folios, or 1,350,000 words. inne New York courts gets @ stated salavy of $2,500 a year, and he is allowed to charge for ex- ‘tra copies of ‘his reports. This revenue swells his income te about $5,000 a year, but he earns it. ‘The shorthand writer who reported the trial of Alderman McQuade was so prostrated with fa- Ugue at the end of the case that he has not been able to work since. WRITING OUT THE RECORD. Ina great trial the record of a day’s proceedings ‘Must be written out by the opening of courtthe Bext day. As soon as court adjourns the bese § yher hastens to his office with his notes. rouia De utterly Imposstbie to transcribe them all during ihe night, but he dictates part of them to another stenographer, who writes them down in Siorthand and thea dictates them to a rapid type- Writer. The court stenographer dictates the last ion of ls report to another typewriter, and weary monotone of the stenographer’s voice bd the sharp click of the typewriting machine is Beard until 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, when the stenographer goes ome to geta little rest to forti- bim for the next day. Men can stand thirty- ive days of this Work, as they did in the Sharp ‘trial, Dut ft wears them out in the end, Among the lawyers at the New York bar whoare the terror of the shorthand men are Ira Shafer and Jno. E. Burrtii, but even they have never equaled ‘he record of Judge Van Brunt, presiding Juage of {he supreme court. The court stenographer timed. his honor one day while he was charging a jury. He spoke only seven minutes, but it was at the Tate of two hundred and seven words a minute. In ordinary conversation the average individual ‘utters about one hundred words a minute. Some expert stenographers are slow in reading their n and such are of inttie use in reportis & court-martial, for a5 soon gs each Corel g- shortband reporter of the trial must it his notes before the witness answers, AN IMPORTANT MISTAKE. It fs not strange that occasionally a mistake on the part of a stenographer should occur. In 1869 the fate of a man convicted in New York of mur- der hung upon the accuracy of the stenographer’s feport. A question as to the correctness of the rt was raised and the shorthand writer, refer- Ying to his notes, found that he had in dictating wo the copyist, omitted the record of an exception taken by the defense to a question by the prosecu- ton. The record was the mere scratch of a pen,but 1t proved of immense consequence in the subse- quent proceedings. ‘Yhe limited amount of shorthand work on the newspapers of New York 1s usually done by out. side men hired for special occasions. Some of ‘them are veterans, but unlike the average old- Umer, they do not talk about the good old days,tor formerly $5 a column was considered a good price for their work, while now they Will not undertake an assigament for less than 25 cents per folio. THE TYPEWRITERS. Closely associated with the stenographers in (heir work is a large army of typewriters, most of them ladies They have their offices, make good incomes and live well. They have a uniform scale Of Scents per folio for one typewritten copy, 8 cents for two and 10 cents for three copies. Some Of them average 75 words a minute, or 35 folios rhour. Ina recent contest one of them wrote long words in four minutes and thirty seconds, and another in four minutes and forty-one sec- onda. They must frequently write far into the Bight to prepare copies needed the [mele sony and their work, like that of the stenographer, is Yery tedious. From three to five years’ practice 18 required to attain the proficiency of an expert, but when they have reached that point they can, Uupder favorable circumstances, make $1,500 to $2,500 a year. ‘Awos J. CUMMINGS. TL ARRIVALS BY THE STREAMERS. ‘This week’s steamers have brought in a bevy of Siamese royalties. Baron Selliere and E§G. Gil- more. For placidity of demeanor, general gentie- ness and innate nobility of soul Gilmore rather heads the i8t, Particularly as to soul. It 1s some- ‘What muggy and frayed, but it ts there. Gil- more’s return fills a long and yawping want in the Sunday press No New York paper ts complete ‘on the Lord’s Day without a story about Ed. Gil- more, and he turns up with undeviating regularity. He never seeks notoriety, but_he is one of figures of the town, and as shrewd in Wall street matters as in the theatrical world. His character 4§ admirably outlined in a story that has been Wold of him for many years. Young Glimore— then a lad of tender years—was starting out for ow York froin the quiet village of Munson, Mas. His mother took biin aside Just before his ae- Parture and said: “Edward, be very careful that those bad, wicked New’ York inen doo’t stea! everything you've got.” “pon’t be alarmed, mother,” sald the boy with the air of touching and complete abnegation Which has characterted him ever since, “I'll Worry along; but you inicht keep your eye on the S and see Wliat happens to the pockets of the nd Wicked men.” He removed a doorkeeper from his theater just before he saed, ‘The man had beeh there tnirty- one years. ‘He was a good doorkeeper,” Gilmore said in a niscent Way one night, “but he had one defect ounerWwise Huwless character—he had an 1n- Vincibie repugnance to allowing any one to go into the theater. “It wrung his heart every time a man Went in. Finaliy he kept me out. i talked with him and found that it was because I wasn’t a member of Tammany Hall. Hadn't time to join ‘Tetumany that nicht and so I promoted the door- Keeper on the spot and thus effected an entrance into my own theater.” SIAMESE PRINCES AND ENGLISH SERVANTS. ‘The Siamese princes are tremendous swells, ‘They are the most amtable little men in the world. ‘Their round eyes and chubby faces beam with continual good nature, and they have even im- arted some of their jollity to heir platoon of English valets. Englishmen are now accepted Everywhere as the best servants In the world. They are the personal attendants of French Women of high rank, Kussian royalty, Japanese, Siamese and Chines” grandees, New York Anglo Maniacs, Brazilian builion kings, and bad actors From every corner of the world they are eagerly eried for, I have been wondering for half an hour or more whether this is another iujustratton of the superiority of the English people or something quite the reverse. HE WANTED TO DICTATE. Baron Seliiere 1s indeed eccentric. Apparently he has noend of money. He had less manners on ‘one occasion. I was at the Hotel Brunswick, and had Just come down stairs with my stenographer. T chanced to think of a business letter just as the man Was going away, and i detained him a mo- ment to dictate It. We were standing in a deserted corner of the reading-room, and I was talking in a low voice, when a chair Was overturned, there wasa wild whirl, and the baron—with whom I had no personal ‘acquaintance—rushed up and asked excitedty: “What are you doing?” “Dictating.” “Nor” “Yes.” “i want to dictate.” “Well,” I said amiably, “fire ahead, T'veno ob Yection.* “But to him,” Jabbing frantically at the stenog- Tapher. As I had about finished I loaned the man to him, and he dictated an acceptance of an Invitation to dinner with the emphasis abd roar of @ crack tra- bedian. ‘Then he said: ‘Whom do I pay?” No one. Lie bowed, was profuse in his thanks, and with- drew with the wearied air of aman Who had per- formed a great mental feat In the very nick of me. The stenographer forgot to write the note VUE UBL three days had passed, but the baron Was not in the least disturbed by the delay, though the dinner had meanwhile been eaten. ‘BLAKELY Hatt. ses Mair Albums. From the New York Telegram. ‘The latest craze among the ladies is a “hair. album"—gentiemen’s hair, Young memare be- Sought for a lock of hair, and the request 1s such ®Hattering one that they are only too happy to comply when the right damsels apply. The con- tribution ts tied with a blue ribbon and goes into the “bair-album” along with the hair of a crowd of other fellows. Over it will be written the name, age, color of eyes, date of recetving the memento and general remarks as to personal appearance, c:, waich may or may not be complimentary, as the album ts never to be seen by any other than feminine eyes. Tue young ladies mes ot thelr trophies as an iidiat warrior is of e scalp be takes, 6 ‘It will be noticed that the good vice In sum- mer time consists largely of Sows” “Whatever You wantto do don’t do it, Thus, by spending fe Way to make you wish you were Sead, you tay tom wel Jouay manage to keep alle: “Have you a magnificent wardrobe?” the -mana- for an engagentont’ piper a for a engagerseurs Sree wo had Jus “Why, no; I've no wardrobe at all, Pm inthe durlesqive line, ” ont see I right. Boston Courter, A Budget made w frow Half = WAMHINGTOY /FEOPLE AND PERSONS OF XOTE WHO ARE SUM/ARING—PERSONAL POINTS. PROM 1A? GBORGB, SARATOGA, AND RIOHFIELD—CHAT ABOUT WELL-KNOWN PROFLE AND THEIR DOINGS. Correspondence of Tax EVENING Stan. Ox THE Wino, August 4, 1887, Again I write while moving from one watering- Place to another. The railroad facilities are so ex- cellent between all the most noted watering-places in the State of New York that it 1s possible to visit several of them in a week, and one may go from Lake George, througn Sardtoga, and to Richfield Springs in one day; but I can never find it in my heart to go through Saratoga without stopping. A daily newspaper I have lately seen sneers at the London paper which calied ex-Attorney Gen- eral MacVeagh a United States Senator, but the same ‘journal, published in this State, in ‘treating of Mr. Sherman’s maneuvers lust week in Ohio, called him ex-Senator Sherman, and mentioned the Secretary of the Treasury a8 Assistant Secre- tary Fairchild, and thus announced the arrival of Representative Scott at Saratoga: “The Hon. W. L. Scott, United States Senator from Erie, Pa., and a prominent ratiroad man, is sojourning at the Grand Union.” AT RICHFIELD SPRINGS. {fRichfeld Springs, as usual, has a number of Washington Visitors and of others who are very well known in Washington. Ex-Paymaster Gen- eral and Mrs. Cutter, Admiral and Mrs. Upshur, General and Mrs. Anderson, Admiraiand Mrs, Rus- sell, Admiral Pattison, Admiral, Mrs. and Miss Aimy, and Gen. Anson McCook are, or have recently ‘deen, ‘among the visitors to Richfield. Gen, Geo. ‘Sheridan has lately delivered a lecture there. No one enjoys the dancing at Kichfleld—and that is one of the few summer resorts where dancing really is enjoyed by a great many people—more than does Admiral Upshur. “At the first. german given at the spring House, over a week ago, he lanced with Miss A. C. Merwin. The favors con- sisted of rakes, . snow-shoes, toboggans and boot- Jacks, and were given out by Misa Weston, of Bos- in. Mrs, Juitan James, who used often to visit Wash- ington, was one of the ladies who presided over the Tman. Mrs. Janes is the sister of Lieut T. B. M. jason, U. S. N. Ex-Senator and Mrs. Warner Miller have been at Richfeld with their daughter, and so hasex-Sena- tor Kernan, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Keasby, of New Jersey, have made a long visit to Riehfeld, Gen, A. 5. Wainwright, of Washington, 1s men- tioned as being at Cooperstown. Col, Fred. Conkling (brother to ex-Senator Ros- coe Conkitng), with bis daughter, Miss Laura, who has been at Richileld Springs, came to Saratoga recently. FOLES AT SARATOGA. ‘Washington society people, who so pleasantly received Mr. Donald De Vere Graham, the young English tenor, last winter, will be interested to hear that he 1s at Saratoga this summer. He gave ‘a concert there last Saturday. Miss Thu ‘of Columbus, Ohio, has been with friends at the United States Hotel at Sara- ‘m. H. Frey, of Washington, J. W. Mitchell, . Mitchell ahd Rev. J. P. Newman, have all re- cently been at Saratoga. ‘Hon. L. P. Morton and his wife, who are at Sara- a, have @ number of fine horses there for use. jayor Hewitt has been at Saratoga with his daughter. Gen. and Mrs. Burbridge are at their dwelling on South Broadway. Mrs. Esther Greeley Cleveland (the sister of Horace Greeley) is at Saratoga with her daughter, Harry Kirkland, of Washington, accompanied by Be ‘mother, is enjoying Saratoga with Mrs. T. .. Porter. W. A. Mason and E. J. Kimberley, of the Patent Ofiice, have recently been at Sarat ‘The Eon. Eugeve Laurens, the torical writer of Harper's periodicals, is at Saratoga for the sea- ‘sob, accompanied by his sister. Chandler Robbins, of New York, arrived at the United States Hotel, Saratoga, a few days ago. Senator Dawes Wa’ at Saratoga last week at the Paper Makers’ Convention, and also Congressman West, of this district. The latter makes frequent: Visits, of course. Hon. Thos. McCarthy, of Syracuse, has made a visit to Saratoga, and. also Senator-clect. Hiscock and ex-Senator Thos. Platt, who, it will be remem- dered, periaps, resigned his seat in the United States Senate in 1831, Gen, 8. W. Carpenter, U.S. A.,18 @ guest at the United States Hotel. Count d’Arschot, of the Belgian legation, and his handsome Wife, and Mr. Quesada, the Argen- ‘Une minister, and’ the secretary of iis iegation, Don Severo Ygarzabal, were at Saratoga last week, and also Mra. Corral, whose husband was the min— ister to this country from Boliva, ‘The Se jan Says Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Donnell and Miss Donnell, of Washington, located at the Clarendon for the season, tind use for two horses and two carriages in their enjoyment of the Sara- toga season. ECHOES FROM LAKE GEORGE. Pay-Director Cunningham went to the Fort William Henry Hotel, at Lake George, last Satur- day and spent several days there. Among others from Washington who have been at the Fort William Henry Hotel, at Lake George, recently, are Chas. H. C1 in and wile, two chil- dren and maid, A. T. Britton, Alex. Britton, M. F. F. Swartwel, M. Britt L. Britton, B. H. Warner, ‘Mrs. E. Kimball, and Robt, Bassel. Mr. S. 8. wser Was there from Baltimore. Mr. A. T. Britton returned Monday to Washing- ton, but his wife and family remained at Lake George. ‘Mr. Eawin of New York, and his wife, the late ex-Justice Swayne’s daughter, arrived at the Fort William Henry Hotel at Lake George last Week. It was their first visit, and they were greatly delighted with the hotel and its beautiful situation, Mr. Parsons was obliged to go to New York on business, but his wife remained at Lake George until he revurned. Admiral Rhind, U.S.N. (retired), is occupying a cottage near that of Mr. Matthew Wilson, having Jotned his sisters there this week. Gen. Sherman’s family have Miss Eustis, of St. Louts, who is, however, a native of Dublin, Ire- land, as their guest at Lake George. Mrs. Edwin Parsons entertulned the Misses ‘Sherman, Miss Eustis, and Mr. “Cumpy” Sherman at supper at the Fort William Henry Hotel on Monday evening. The next afternoon Mrs. Par- ‘sons took the same party and some of her Wash- ington friends on an excursion on Lake George in air. Roessle’s steam yacht, the River Queen, visit- — all the most beautiful parts of the lake. Iss Stoat, Mrs Robeson’s niece, who has been visiting Mrs. Amory, of Boston, on Lake George, and Mr. Woodbury’ Blair, of Washington, and xr. Schuyler Crosby were among those well known in our city who have been seen on the balcony of the Fort William Henry Hotel recently enjoying the music in the evening. Mlle. de Lussan, who has been at Saratoga and Richileld Springs, arrived last week at the Fort William Henry Hotel. ‘fhe ‘Austrian minister, Mr. Tavera, after spend- ing more tham a week at the Fort Wililam Henry Hotel at Lake Ge during which time he daliy Look long rambles over the mountains and mixed ttle in society, lett tor New York and Washington fe — Cpa — cities, ‘The chapceilor jation, Baron Paumgartten, is wo Lh rit six weeks, I am told, toa Wash ington lady. Gen. Robert Lenox Banks, of Albany, who, for many years has spent all of each summer with bis family at the Fort William Henry Hotel, is again there with them this season vo remain witil autumn. Mrs. Hard, of Englewood, N. J., who last winter Yisited the wife of Lieut. Commander Hoff in Washington, ts at the Fort William Henry Hotel ‘With ber daughters, 1 regret to Lear that Mrs. Hoff, who fs now with relatives at Pottsville, Pa., will hot live in Wash- ington again for the present, as her husband hay- ing been ordered to sea, and’ their son and daugh- ter being at school elsewhere, ‘she would be glone there, ‘rhe son is at the Naval Academy, and ‘thus the family will continue to be represented in the Navy. ‘This young man’s father, grandfather, the late Admiral Hof, and great-grandfather (through the wite of the fatter) Commodore Bain- bridge, have all been gallant officers of our Navy. Mr. Buchanan Henry, who was private secretary to President Buchanan, whose nephew he is, has Spent many summers at Caldwell, Lake George, at the same end of the lake as the Fort Wiiliamn Henry Hotel, and 1s there now, with five sons, four of whom are quire young, being the children of his second wife. Mr. Henry is now a widower for the second time, Mr. Henry had one of the ‘frst private steam launches which was ever used on Lake George, where tere are now So many of ‘these. For some reason Mr. Henry gets a new one nearly every summer. He has had a new one every year now for four years, Mr. John Sevier, of Louisville, who with his wite visits Washington every winter, is with her at Mr. Gilmore’s cottage on Lake George, about five miles from Caldwell. Mr. Gilmore "writes over the signature of “Edmund Kirke,” and his cottage Uhat of Mr. Howells, the author, WHAT A NAME DID. Mrs Langtry, of Washington, who made a visit o her father, Mr. Matthew Wi the artist, at his cottage on Peerless Point, on the east shore of Lake George opposite Caldwell, ret) to Wash- lugton about & fortnight ago. ‘The fact that poe he Des with her father letters were seen yy the lous Who around a village office, OF at a hotel counter while the mail 1s Bang aSSo1 addressed to Mrs. Langtry gave rise to English actress of that name, who has latcly been seeking naturalization in on the shores of Lake ‘Mr. Wilson has been painting portraits of the Parents of Mrs. Matthew Baird, of Philadelphia, for that family. ‘The portrait he painted of the Jate ex-President Arthur was purc! by ex. Secretary, how Seuator Chandler. When sitting for it it Arthur wore a cat’s-exo costing $800. General and Mrs. Van Viet enjoying avisit at thelr cottage at Shrewsbury” Stee Be brother, Col. Van Vilet, who has recently been to i E I i will fans, Whose wit Hornsby, of W: a, avin sackeuté Harbor NV, kota, ther Wife will lam told that Mr. Henry Howard. C= z E i i d E Ah ue ae if 5a5 H i fy i i 3 i & iy : 5 ; | E i A 3 i H SEVEN SENTENCED 10 IMPRISONMENT AND THE ‘OTHERS FINED. Argument was concluded and the case given to the jury in the boodiers’ trial in Chicago yester- day, and after hours of deliberation the jury, about 9 o'clock last evening, returned a verdict of guilty in regard toeath of the detendants, The eleven defendants—some frail and nervous, others swaggering dehant—stepped to their row of black Chairs. Just. as the jurom entered. When the vere dict was handed in and the clerk announced one after another of the entire eleven guilty the de- fendants seemed rooted to their chairs, the very embodiments of despair. ‘Then began the list of Penalties. “Commissioner McClaughery, two Years.” ‘The extreme penalty of the law was three years and a fine of $1,000. Nothing less had. Deen expected by the great majority of those present. “Commissioner Ochs, tWo Years,” read he clerk, and the defendants to look up. Commissioners Leyden, Van Pelt, Wren, and Was- serman and Warden ‘Varnall ail got two years, and every one looked measurably relieved except Wren. He turned ashen and seemed utterly dazed, ‘The crowa was now prepared for any surprise, and it came speedsly in the statement, “Commis- sloners McCarthy, Oliver, Casselman, and Gells, a fine of $1,000.” A look of unmistakable exultation took possession of the countenance of Buck Mc- Carthy, the burly commisstoner who had through. out the trial and for months previous been the most conspicuously attacked of all the crowd, “I move that the jury be polled,” shouted the irre- Pressible McCarthy. It was done, and immedi- ately those defendants who had escaped with a fine were released on bail. The others were re- manded to jail. A motion for a new trial for every one was made. ‘The Girl of the Present Period, No ONE CAN TELL WHAT IT IS THAT AILS HER, ‘From Harper's Bazar, ‘The modern girl hardly knows what she wants, whether it 13 the higher education, an esthetic wardrobe, love or fame. She does not always sit at home and submit to the dictation of her elders, Dut teaches these same elders what 1s best tor them. She plays tennis and progressive eucher and firts and does Kensington work and reads Herbert ‘Spencer, and very often writes; she dabbles in music And talks theosophy, and if there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in her philosophy, one questions what they can be, Withal, she 1s as'restless as the wind. She does not love the quiet of home; she lives on excitement; she goes to Europe, t the spri the mountdins, the theaters, the receptions, 1 ske can get Were, or to the modiste; she can always fall back ‘upon clothes! as a “diversion, and, when everything else fails, she has thé nervous prostration and a trained nurse. In fact, the culef trouble with the modern’ girl, be she rich or poor, 1s that she elther does too much, keeps her nerves on the strain, and by and by goés to the other extreme, and does literally nothing but consume drugs, talk of her ills, and consult the Christian scientists, or she has nd real interests, fritters away her tne in shallow pur- Suits, becomes pessimilstie and ¢; dissatis. fled with herself and all the world, cries, and questions if iife 1s worth living, and feels especi- ably blue on holidays. ‘The remedy tor all tals 1 perhaps, an object in Ife; those who are well ant unselfishly occupied do not question it life 1s worth living; they know 1t 1s; and whether they are busy'in the shoe factory, behind a counter, at the fireside, in the kitchen or the dining-room,’so long as they are busy, and not shirking or teaching forward for something more congenial, and neg- lecting present duty, ‘their minds are at rest and untnvaded by despondency. One of the best remedies for depression of spirits 1s the effort to bestow happiness; It hus been known to prove effectual when all other methods have talied When novels and new gowns and cod-liver oll and Dovinine and bromide, when admiration and flat- tery, are no more serviceable then an abracadabra or il, Melancholy and other iis of this nature are tne direct result of a too strong: egotism, and an absorbing interest in others 18 a safe and agreeable medicine, and is usually the last thing the modern girl tries. To be sure, she goes “slumming” at tines, when it is the fashion, assumes a Iangld interest in the very poor, sews for the Indian—a remote charity touchés her more generously than the homely needs near at hand, ts more picturesque—but all this more in the Way of an experiment than through a deep and serious interest that shall “fill all the stops of Affe with tuneful breath The Prince of Wales’ Heir. From London Letter. In everything except the indispensable tawny beard that falls like a roll of dead gold silk to the extremity of a massive chest, Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, models him- self on Oulda’s heroes. Hetsas fond of knickknacks asalady. Hls private apartments are the nearest approach to the talented but vulgar authoress’s ideal of @ young guardsman’s rooms. He would not brush his hair otherwise than with an ivory- backed brush to save his life. Eau de Cologne aii Other perfumes have their piace 1n his bath, 'T write a note on paper that was not the triumph of the pertumer's art, woud in his own imagination, De unworthy of his tastes and position, He has started in life, in fact, as an exquisite of the George IV type, but luckily for himself aad tor the nation he is preserved from some of the most objectionable traits of the “First Gentleman's character by the sensitive shyness of his dispost- tion. He differs again from most exquisites In having @ praiseworthy desire to pay promptly for the luxuries in which he indulges. Indeed, he worries his attendants to worry lls tradespeople to send in their bills sharp, and frets and tumes if the astute shopkeeper—alive to the value of hav. ing the future King of England upon their book: ‘within decent iad in delivering thelr ace counts. Like his father, ( gets his clothes—and plenty of them—trom Podle. Prince Albert Vic- Lor's idea of dignified mufti 1s a frock coat and lavender or gray trousers. He seldom wears a cutaway coat, and even" When travelling hardly ever appears in a suit of dittoes. On the whole, he may be described as a very stately and solemn young man, E Pluribus Unum, ‘The legend set upon our shield ‘Brims with erand mean Hearts welded, souls t Ce sl mine way for all to take, One Hae forall wait the tage 7B Upheld by ail tor freedom’s sake. One sign set in the central sky, Kead of all men al Written in empyreau flaine By the bold Land of destiny! v legend naught tot bathet ; ae Forth frou the socal storia it Abow above the cloud of war xe We read it pensively, and knew Borpe clement of uecious gain a come tu it from wounds ani And mightily its meunfug grew. And so we keep upon our shield “The deathieen levend: All ins One, Hearts welded, souls toxetner ran At white heat on the battlefield. A juyriad songs, together thrown ‘Across old eulis of hate, are bient, Like starlight an the Arinuiuent, And round the world in triumph blown, Our starry unity of stara fives al: & nan mesterhood, Gur law of love enerossed iu biGod ‘Is sealed with burning bullet scars! ‘Mavnicy THomrsox. ——_ +. Women and their Children, From the London Saturday Keview. In society there are many young married ladies who seem to think that thelr whole duties in life consist of “going out” as much as possible, and being as well and expensively dressed as possible, nomatter what their husbands’ means may be and What bills they may run up at thelr dress- makers and milliners. They are eaten up entirely by the—craze for society, and it does not seem to enter into their brains that they have duties as wives and mothers. Quiet evenings at home with their husbands, who very Ykely have been working hard all day ‘and have tle inclination for constantly golng out at night are “such a bore” to such as these, and the idea that they owe a duty to their children, putting affection aside, and’ should be with them some Part of the day, strikes themn as ludicrous and ab- urd. There afe sowie even who openly avow that they do not care at all for their children and tat they are a necessary evil. ‘They must be brought down for five minutes by the nurses in the morn- ing, and after that they may be dismissed. from thought for rest of the day. ee A Dangerous Character. From the Dakota Bell. “Did you get that hoss-thiet you fellers went after?” was asked of aman who lives near where the Territories of Montana and Wyoming “corner” on Dakota.” “You bet we dia!” “Make him dance mostly on airt” {That's what we done “Sure he Was the right one, I reckon?” ‘Wv-e-b1, pardner, not so ll-lired survas we might, o’been. But you can bet yer hoss we ain't the crowd that goes out after a man an’ don't git ‘somebody 1” “any evidence the man you strung up?” “-No-o, nothing direct as I know ofl lowit was What they call circumstantial evidence. Ye see We were gettin’ tired lookin’ anyhow, an’ come ‘long to this teller an’ asked him if he'd seen any- thing of our man an’ he said he hadn't an’ then, Went on kinder talkin’ agin hangin’, an’ said he ‘lowed us tellers didn’t Bavé no ‘uhority to string up folka ‘Then I saya: “Boys, this cuss iint got no public spirit; ne aint willin’ nothing should be done ter tht foot. the country an’ I reckon we'd better string him up ‘himseli?” ‘So in "bout a minute we had him where he wouldn't git his teet wet. You bet aman that ‘Wont show no ’thusiasm "bout gittin’ rid 0” hoss- {hleves 18 a dangerous character fer the commun- —————-e9__ ‘To ComPromise RAILROAD Taxns.—A} from Louisville, Ky., says: An effort to com) the fight over the Taylor County rajiroad tax made in the cor between the citizens’ cominission and the bondholders’ lawyers has failed, Marshal Gross _ returns t Campbelisvilie to continue the levies. ‘The last of an amicable adjustment 18 gone, and a riot seems {mninent. ‘Two more man- cs have, Just, Deen tssued by the ional tax of 35 ‘Cente on the interest of $2,068 on the to Judge Tow! $2.05 on each $100 $2068 on cons ‘will be made present from G1 i ie 55 ia ny] $8 aERE ie rl iert pias i ese | H | i si ‘Mathias Splitiog 1s a full blooded Wyandotte In- dian, and was born in an Indian village in Canada, and shortly afterward moved to Ohio. While a boy he was apprenticed to a carpenter and miliwright, and, although his wages were only $7 per month, young Splitlog thought he was getting rich. spltt- Jog’s first venture was to build a a ae he did in com; ‘With his brother. They’ the boat uy on the ‘St. Clair River and started in the Pshing ‘Uncie Sam soon became jealous of the boys and: ted the boat on the charge of sm’ ing. Of fis subsequent career, unigue in ‘commercial , & Neosho corre- Spondent of the St. Louis ‘Writes a8 lows: “In 1842 the Wyandottes, who were the last of the Intiian tribes. tase te Ohio, bY the treaty of the Upper Sandusky ceded tothe United States their lands in that State, and received in exchange Jand in what is now Wyandotte County, Kansas. In 1843 Splitiog came West with some of his tribe and found, after his arrival at West Port Landing, now Kansas City, that he only had 50cents in hi Pocket. He induced an Indian togohis security for ‘the price of an ax. With his ax he cut cordwood for the steamboats at the rateof 25 cents per cord, and after paying forthe ax, which cost $3, he soon Saved enotgh to'buy & pony, andsbortiyatterward we find with a herd of horses, About 1850 Splitiog was married to daughter of the old man who went ty tor the price of the ax, and shortly afterward he began to build a mill, At this time he had no money to ay for labor, so he did the work himself. He se. lected the timber, cut and hauled the logs, and ome and help hie rae’ cos eeuding. eae come anc him 'raise the building. = ished the milf himeeit “with everything but, the burrs, These would cost at that time about $150, and Splitiog nad no money; still he was determined not “sto give up the idea of run- ning @ mill’ “when in this dilemma a steam- boat, which was unloading a pair of burrs at the ‘landing,’ accidentally let them fall overboard, and they sank to the bottom of the Missouri River.~ Splitiog, learning of this, contracted with the owner ‘to pay him for the burrs and take them up himself, which he eventually did after much trouble and hard work, and, having got the burrs out of the river 1¢ {ook but a short time to get ready tostart the mill. ‘The machinery was rigged for horse-power, and the day that Splitiog started he hitched in elght unbroken horses from his herd and earned 85 cents in casi, and in the evening he gave this money to his wife and told her to go to Northrup’s—Spilt- log’s present, bankers in Kansas City—and buy them something to eat, as he now had that much money that he did not 'need. “spiitiog’s mill Was a success, and in 1855 we find him one of the leading men of ms tribe. By the treaty, of the Upper Sandusky the Wyandottes Were not iwllowed to alienate their lands, Dut in the year 1855 a new treaty was made between the Wyandottes and the United States, which severed the tribal relations of the Wyan- dottes. After the adoption of this treaty Splitiog began to speculate in real estate, and, although he can nelther read nor write, he has'been one of the most successful speculators in the neighborhood of Kansas City, and 1s to-day worth over @ million dollars. About, fourteen years ago Splitiog moved to Indian Territory and located on Elk River, near the Missouri line, and about four ‘miles from Tiff City, and recently he Decame interested {na sliver mine in McDouald County, Mlissourt, With | lis | eharacteris- ie energy he began operations at onc He hired a mining expert. named B.F. Requa, from Chicago, to superintend the operations at the mines, and, becoming convinced ‘that to develop the mines and build up the town of Splitlog a railroad was necessary, he, together with his partner in the mines, Mdses’ W. Clay, commenced negotiating with the projectors of thé New Orieans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railroad Co., and soon that company was formed for the purpose of building a& railroad be- tween the terminal points named in its Lule and running by way of Neosnoand Splitiog City. This company, being too slow to meet the vig- orous ideas of Splitiog and Clay, they severed their connection with the same, and Mathias Splitlog, Moses W. Clay, George Hubbert and others orga- nizea the Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Raflroad Co., with’ a capital of $3,000, 000, for the pu of building a railroad from Kansas City to Fort Smith, pass- ing through Splitlog City and Neosho, This road 4s now graded for about 30 miles between Splitlog City and Joplin, and it 1s only a question of a few months when the cars will run southward trom Joplin to Fort Smith, and Mathias Split log. the millionaire Indian, who is probably the richest man of his race, wilt be known all over the coun- {ry as the only fndian railroad man in the United States, Mr. Splitiog has five children—four boys and one girl—aud now lives at Splitiog City, McDonald County, Mo. He 1s, like most men of his race, very taciturn in his habits, seldom speaking in’ more than monosyllables—still he is far from being disa- greeable, because he can make himself clearly Understood in a very few words, and is a good listener and quick to catch a point in the discus. ‘sion of any question; and when he determines what course to pursue he begins at once in the execution of his plans, and never ceases until he ‘has accomplished his ends, eg —__ ‘The Boy of the Period, From the Bosvon Record. Young Peter Flaherty is a picture. From the Tagged edge of his broken straw hat to the holey trousers that dangle about bis legs, upheld by one suspender only, he ts an atom of lively im- pudence, calmest self-assurance and complete knowingness, He smokes cigarettes like all his brother newsboys, and puffs defiance at the dead- letter law on the State statute books which for- bids the sale or gift of tobacco to a minor under fourteen, ie iHses at 5 a.m. and goes to bed at 10 p. m. He 1s industrious, but profane; clever at reading, ‘but addicted to bad terature.’ He has a deal of savoir faire, and takes the world very composedly. To see him absorbed in “One-Fiogered Jack, the scout of the Dakotas,” one would think he were engrossed beyond recall, “ Do you ever expect to go outin the diamond fields digging, or to make a trip Indian shoouing 2” suid tne historlan to Jack, “Diamonds? Injuns? Naw!” said he con- temptuously. “Iida buy diamonds good enough for me here for fitty cents. Dey’s just de sume sort, too, as yer My hotel clerks wears in their shirts, Jnjung? You kin hire de dirty, lazy things in a circus tor $3 a week an’ board, Wat do I want Of killin’ em! Dey ain’t wort it. Witake a ticket first, anyday. Sluggin’ ts way ad of Injun figutin’, ‘These feilers Who run away out to sea or out 1.” continued he confidentially, “are a pretty ‘sick lot. What do I want to run off ab’ make my for- tune for? Whe wants to liveon a cow ranch? What's the matter wid Boston? I'm goin’ to be a nalderman someday. A nalderman more folks and goes to more sluggin’ matches, gets more boodie, and gets drunk ofvener 'n any of your poor Jays out West,” Civil Servicein England, Robt. P. Porter in the Chicago Iuter-Ocean. A large portion of the real work of the depart- ments in Engiand is doue by what are known as “writers,” who are paid thirty shillings, or about. $7.50 per week, ‘These men are employed by the hour,and a “temporary ten-penny,” asheis called, 1s bandied about like a shuttlecock from one de- Ppartuwnent to another. No matter how much abil- ity these men have, they never rise, and some of them have been known to remain thirty years in ‘the service at this rate, Marvin, the author of “Our Public Offices,” declares that ‘merit is a term: ‘hot recognized in Une civil-service of Great Britain. Advanceinent above the line proceeds by means of sentority, incessant reorganization, or influence. The system, he says, “puts a premium on incapacity, and if it makes a mistake now and agalh in getting rid of a man of merit, 1 always sticks fast to its noodles.” The underlying vice of the Brittsh system is utter Jack of ambition, and idleness, ‘The efforts to kill Ume take various forms in the departments, In some, newspaper reading; in others, political dis- cussions, and in others Uppling. Many of the gov- ernment cierks, I am reilabiy informed, keep Rea ofall kinds in their desks, and refresh them- selves behind the lid. A man has to be a con- firmed drunkard before you can dismiss him from the Britis service, if he happens to be a clerk. ‘The work required of him being any. noth- ing, his habits do not interfere with that, and bis associates, a8 a rule, make no complaints, The heads of departments have no authority over the clerks, for they come and go, but the barnacies on forever. “No supervisory Visits are ever mate to any branch of the service, and the clerks who cannot be removed are masters of the situation, ‘NOTIONS WHICH EVEN SOME SCIENTIFIC OBSERVERS HAVE INDORSED, Awriter inthe Arkansas Traveler thinks that ignorant folk, wonder-mongers and even scientific ‘observers have disseminated many erroneous and exaggerated notions which are not readily eradi- cated, We are still told, for instance, of the Nor- Wegian maelstrom, @ frightful whirling chasm in capable of sucking down the largest ships, thought im feality Uns fea Tenth peel issimply & runof the tide th channel, 15 Tarely dangerous, and then chiety oh ‘account of the rocks on which 11 may draw vessels. sir John Herschel gave his indorsement to the statement ‘that stars may be seen in the daytime from bottom of @ well, but this has been an error by teste from a shaft nearly Mhif'a tae 4 e ‘THE SIAMESE AMAZONS, The King Surrounded by Them, ‘MIS PAVORITES THE MOST EXPERT IN THR USE OF ARMS AND Kor THE LOVELIEST. order for one hundred type-writers to one manu- facturer, a large order for safes to another, ordered four dozen carpet sweepers, a steam engine, number of other inge: ‘ton, He about composed entirely of women. This battalion con- ive us some curious informat ‘the king’s am: Sists of 400 women, chosen from among the Somest and most rébust giris in the country. receive excellent pay, and their discipline 18 ‘They are admitted t6 serve at the age of and are placed in the army Ave, From that period they n0 10 Toyal palaces and the crown and a tion, however, azons, the Toyal guard being hand. ‘They t of reserve at twenty- about loyed to guard the On entering the army the amazons make @ vow of chastity, fer which there isno exemption Unless any of them should attract the king's attention and be admitted among his ate Wives. ‘The King’s choice seldom falls on the most beauti- ful, but on the most skilled in military exercise. ‘The costume these women wear is veryTich. Tull dress 1s com) of a white woollen ‘Thetr Tobe, embroidered with gold. The cloth is extremely fine, and descends as tar as the knee: itis covered ‘a light coat of mail and arms are free and the head is, it cuirass, The ivered with a guilt casque. When wearing this dress on state occa- sions their only weapon is a lance, which handle with wonderful dexterity. ’ With their undress hey are armed with & musket, ‘The sttallon ls composed of four companies, and eacl led by a captain company of 100 women, commant of their own sex. Should the captain of the com- pany dle the company is drilied duting three days yy the king, who appoints the most competent to succeed to the command. ‘The king of Siam never undertakes any exped! 1s on without being accompanied by his female guard, nor does he ever hunt, or even ri without ap escort of the same guard, who are devotedly attached to his person. Every individual of the battalion has five negresses attached to her service, and, having thus no domestic occupation, she can. devote herself exclusively to the duties of’ her pro- fession. There is a parade ground near the city, ‘where one Company is stationed for twodays every Ise week to exerc hemselves in the use of the lance, the pistol and the rifle, The king attends once & month at his brother, who shares in somé these exercises, accompanied by ‘the sov- grelgn power, and distributes prizes to those most, deserving. When the death ef one of the ensues, the deceased receives a magnificent aries neral and the high priest pronounces a panegyric de- Glaring that the deceased by her valor has merited etern: Vivor receives the congratulations of Test in the abode of the blessed. ‘The sur- her com: Panions; but, as a measure of discipline, she 1s Senteneéd to pass two months away from he! pany in fasting Zation of this battalion 1s 80 perfect that the: army endeavors to imitate See. Gas Men Forced to Yield. From the London Truth. r com- ‘and prayer, The military organ- entire A case of very great importance to gas con- Sumers was heard at the Wandsworth Police Court on Friday last, in which Mr. Walter Rye, the antiquarian solicitor, was summoned for non-payment of gas rates by the Wandsworth Gas Company. 7d. tor U ‘Mr. Rye disputed its correctness on the that “in preceding quarter he bi charged only £7 10s. 5d., and that, if any! he had then used more gaa, ‘The rate claimed was £12 173. e quarter ending Lady Day last, and round been ‘thing, ‘This Was sworn by himself, his wife, his cook, and a friend, though he admitted that "he had sent the meter to be tested by the government in- Spector, who found it correct. pany called Mr. Deteri ‘The com. ‘the inspector, and the maker of the meter, who both swore that it Was infallible. But the former, after a 101 cross examiuation by Mr. Shearman, admitted that he had not uimself tested the meter, though it was tested in his office, and also that, circumstances, it might. decided that its registra ‘and gave Judgment for the tender of which sum by Mi and awarded the defendant, ebadl been under certain stration baa teh incorrect n 1nC01 tit lainufts for £8 (the refused), costs, Thisdecision, in the face of the government inspector's finding that the meter Was correct, is one the value of which to the public can hardly be overrated. It has too long been asserted without contra- diction by the monopolists that the record of their Beng absolute proof against the con jough, curiously enough, that reco beeu' Known to” err in’ the consumer's Now it 1s decided (unless Mr. Paget be reversed) that the record, facle evidence only, may be rebutted oy evidence, This 1s a8 it should be, and the i the consumer, never favor. v's decision ing prima oer “Rye case" is worthy to be.classed With the “Dobps case” of several years back. Mr. Rye 1s certainly tobe commended for bis refusal to be imposed ‘upon, and he deserves full credft for his courage- ous opposition to tyrannical monopolists wuo are D 100 of way. —— Life on the Moon. From the Popular Science Monthly. Permitted to have things all their own ‘There 1s reason for thinking that the moon 1s not absolutely airless, and while it has no visible bodies of water, its soll, may, after all, not be entirely arid and desicated. ‘There are observ ations: which hint at visible changes in certain spots tha could are other observations whi sug bly be caused by vegetation, ana there the display ere of electric luminosity in a rariied atmospl covering the moon, ‘To declare that no Possible form of life can exist under the conditions prevail- ing upon the lunar surtace would be suying too much, for human intelligence cannot set bounds tocreative wer. Yet, within the limits such as we now them, it1s probably safe to. of life assert ‘that the moon is adead and deserted world. In other words if @ race of beings resembling our- selves, or resembling any of our contemporaries in terrestrial Ife ever existed upon the 1100n, they mnust long since have perish see In a Tiger’s Mouth, ‘From the Times, of India. Asa young officer, doing duty with a Madras cavalry regiment, Sir Edward Bradford was a keen sportsman, One day, when tiger-shoot- ing, he “missed his mark,” and soon found himself in a tiger's clutches. It was an anxious joment, few of his friends belt @ sportsman of experience Sir well that his aroungs and, entak an around, and, thinking all was safe, work to make fts mes ‘Taking cer’s hand in his mouth 1t was of, and the arm chewed to the elbow ward athand. As knew best course was to lie quietly and ‘The tiger surveyed his prey, looked set steadily to the Young oft: steadily disposed fore Sir ward’s companions came up and released him. ‘The cool resolution of the man in. fet had been the means of savin, Proved to be a most valuable Moved or uttered even a have put an end to his exist ‘with his repast. oo Ven Der Ahe Shows Spunk, igning the tiger death what has since life, for had he would ee before going on ‘HE TALKS RIGHT OUT ABOUT PRESIDENT BYRNE, OF BROOKLYN. President Von Der Ane, of the St. Louis Browns, speaking yesterday of his trouble with President Byrne, of Brooklyn, said: “Byrne said I big man with a little the little man with trouble with him in a Park which Mitchell was uurpiring. wasa and I isis al across third and made home. ‘The Brook! Kicked, but Mitonell said he had not seen fe Ties Byrne came and sat down on our bench, and when Robby came in Byrnesaid: “That was a dirty trick of you, Robinson, to try to win & Rol answered: ‘Are you You manage your men suai tesa ae ‘men Uhe umpire aldut see the play not ours. Your men would cut a base, too, No ou get off our bench and leave us alone, Tiaeyou do! - dt Fn i that way.’ ing me?’ With ‘mine. that was his fault, Fe OW IT FEELS TO BE ETHERIZED. A Patient Describes Hew He Fell inte & Dream Unlike Sleep. ‘From the Pall Mall Gasette. ‘The doctor got out his ether apparatus and soon compounded a smell like a with a tap which communication Detween the two parts to be cut off or established at will, The mask part fade away, giv- that was nov awful oPhorrl. Mhether I spoke, but my brain was a blank, and not a thought crossed my mind. All was numb, dead and still, the silence of the grave, but with a ih afteraeht Saray tacaasens shee was not ut only the suspension ot Darkness was all around; not a arucss, ‘Uthat might be felt, but one that flied everything, cov- ered everything, and blotted out everything witn ‘ Diack, impalpable and ali-pervading Gradually and softly agit went the light came back again, with no startled wonder as to where I as for aliost before I could shape a thought I ft ely remembered my position and, Knew that the operation was over. figures in the Toom grew distinet and clear, I half rose up in bed, and then @ horrible feeling of nausea and ala rushed upon me, 1 had lain down strong and well. I woke up weak and throbbing wit pain under my Tandages, and with a sickness Such as I Had believed could only be produced in “S] tenaid, ied ‘the C icertully: “all “sp ” ci esurgeon, cl A over, first-rate!” and he turned ‘down his shirt sleeves, after tossing away the towel with which he had dried his hands My first thought was to ask the time, Not much more than a quarter of an hour over it,” was the reply; “4 say you'l goto sleep now. Good-by.” During my trance they had cut me and carved me, sewn me up and bandaged me without my ever knowing that I had been touched, but I could hardly feel grateful to the anesthetic, for the nausea it produced was so intense, My ete pa and lungs felt coated with ether and dried with smoke, and I could well imagine what the mouth of a ‘photo- pher’s boy Would be like after a prolonged de- uch on brown paper cigars soaked in coliodion. SUll, the ether hi saved me from much suffer- ing, and, what was of more importance, had pre- Yetlted the skit of the operator bel batke BY flinc! very! n done swiftly, Suihrully and with to teafot the patient wincing or moving. The knife is sure and sharp nowadays, and does not bungie, A Speculating Young Lady. DAILY MAKING OR LOSING HUNDREDS WITHOUT HER FATHER'S KNOWLEDGE. Philadelphia Press, Atlantic City Correspondence. The Traymore Hotel gossips are suffering froma midsummer excitement over the report that the most charming young lady in the hotel is a heavy speculator in stocks and grain. The tair lady is known to be the daughter of aretired millionaire Philadelphian, but as this answers the description of three or four at the same hotel, the guessing as to who the lady is bids fair to outshine the cov- €ted solution of the two-fifteen puzzle, From a ntleman who 1s acquainted with the heroine we learn that she Is about twenty-three years old, of «queenly bearing, graceful ‘and an accom- plished conversationalist, who chats with her Iriends on the hotel piazza about the hops and fashion without giving the slightest suspicion that she contemplates the ups and downs of the Stock Exchange beneath her Langtry and tmakes and loses thousands as coolly as she floats her graceful form in the silvery surf. The beauti- tal peep father is said to know nothing of his daughter's ventures, and little dreams his forty years in active ulation has had its influence on his child's disposition, She has had in her employ for three years Past @ gentleman who executes her orders and acts as her secretary and business repre- sentative. He may be seen dally going to and iro ‘from the Stock Exchange, in the transaction of her commands, apd the ‘lady her- self occasionally occupies the private office, where ‘she can gee the blackboard and give her orders in een ‘She always has a stanc deposit of at $10,000, and deciares her intention to apply for admission Lo the Stock during the coming winter. Her business calls aremade while her friends believe her to be driving or boating, and the pretty face that returns to the hotel, ap- parentiy beaming with Joy and innocence, -hever rays the keen business acumen that has made rokers lose handso;me sums and stamped her a ‘bear” of extraordinary nerve. Meanwhile the Wiseacres Compare notes and think they know Who shcis, and Atlantic is in possession of a Speculative Miss that makes the sporting young ladies of Branch, whose race-norse betting has attracted so much attention, look lke penny- ante players, Rough on the Chaplain, Gen. N. P. Banks tells a story about one of his army chaplains which never fails to “bring down” the G. A. R. campfires, The chaplainsof the regiments during the war had charge of the mails for the regiments to which they were attached. The mail for the regiment of this particular chap- lain had not come to hand for many days, The regit.ent was out of the line of communication. Every day from one-half to two-thirds of the sol- ater boys filed yp to the chaplain’s tent with such stereotyped 1 ries as these: “Any inall Yet, chaplain?” “Have you heard from the mail?” “Do you know when the malls will comer” “What do you think 1s delaying the mali?” ‘The good man was 80 pestered with inquiries that he had no time to prepare his weekly ser- mon. He was obliged to spend all his time in ex- plaining that he had no mail, that he had heard ‘nothing about the mail, and that he knew nothing about the mail, It occurred to him that he might put an end to his troubles by a sign. Pro- curing the bottom of an old hard-tack box he marked ft with charcoal and nailed it on a tree in front of his tent so that all might see this notice: Tue Chaplain does not Know when the Mast wilt rive. ‘The next anxious inquirer who came al @ reckless young wag. He gazed fora while at the notice, and, discovering the piece or charcoal which the chapiain had dropped on the ground at the completion of the sign, he seized it and added ‘these words: And He don't care a D—n, ‘The chaplain took in the sign and never put out another one, English Manners Improving, From the London Economist. . The most striking, certainly one of the most Pleasant, forms of improvement shown in the nation during the last itty years 1s the softening of ourmanners. The English race was never a Face cruel or unkindly at heart, but in manners it undoubtedly passed through an epoch of brutality, ‘This roughness, though beginning to soften, was carried on well into the present century. When the queen began her reign gentleness of Dehavior among the lower classes was certainly a rare virtue, In fifty years the ‘has been com- Blete. Noone who, saw the crowds on ‘Tuesday luring the jon or wandered the streets while the town was illuminated could have temperiingilsh, crowad have always. bez sees, ‘vempered—but by the politeness and civility of the behavior. Perhaps in no particular was Pre'change more tharwedteanin that of ‘SODEIotye oe No Ambushing Allowed, ‘From the Dakota Bell. Aman from Chicago wasin Little Muddy, Da Kota, at the confluence of the Little Muday and ‘Missouri Rivers, near the Montana Une, last Sun- day, and attended church. When prayer was offered the Chicago man knelt very devoutly, and ‘Was astonished to hear the minister shout: “Here, you fellow with the coat on, none o’ yer ’ behind the pew tryin’ to’ draw a gun agin me jes’ was A Womaa’s Double Lite. A STRANGE CasB BBCALLED BY THAT OP THE ORI Harrisburg Dispatch to the New “I read in the Sun recently,” said & resident of Crawtord Co., this State, “the account of the curious mpairment of memory reported in the case of Miss Houtaling, the Chicago young lady, and while it must be that the case is an extraordinary one, ‘there died in Crawford County a few years ago a 10 presented one far more extraonitnary and mys jous in its nature. Her name was Mary at the ot a ‘Buy was with a Rervous, quence wl lett Diind, an She remained in that for about a month, when she recov- aE Het mind was as ‘strong as ever, and she recovered her phy- Sical health and when one moro! about two months after ‘regaining her sight she ever knew enti Her Spec etee, hea lah hc es utterances were im} and strangely con- structed. Her mind was tly as sound as it had ever been, Dut she did Dot know ber parents nor any of ‘her relatives or friends, he could not name a single letter of the alpha- ‘and had forgotten the use of written lan- had always been a famous house- g ing the the weeks she bi x gone. period was an en! blank to her. All the knowledge and attain- it. All ‘Deen in mente which she bad forgotten during that period returned to her. While she had been in the state of second nature, as it might be called, various things had been taught. to her, remained in her natural condition only three Meeks whon she lapsed into the other state again, and, as before, forgot. eve! D- ing to her hatural state, “What che ‘bea fearned during ber first lapse came back to her in the sec- ond. ‘three weeks’ lucid interval was a blank er. “These lapses continued at lar intervals for a. lot twenty-tve yeara Sometimes she ‘would bein one condition for months, and then change for months into the other. Sometimes the lapses would be but for a few hours, Most of the ‘Ume she remained in the second condition, The always took place in her sleep. In pass- from her unnatural into her natural life no evidence of the change was perceptible, but in changing tothe other Way her sleep was such that nothing could awaken her until the transposition of natures had taken place. ‘The sleep was, iu fact, almost suspended animation, and frequently Tasted twenty-four hours, AS she had no consciousness when in one con- dition of ever having been in the other 1 was long before she came to realize it th the statements and affirmations of her friends, When she came to fully appreciate the situa tion in which she was pI She could foretell days before the dreaded change to the second con- dition came that it Was approaching, and at frst she always bade all her relatives ana friends a tearful farewell, fearing that she might never aken from the long, death-llke sleep, Ag the years however, and the transitions be- ‘came familar to her, thelr approacy was no longer attended by the solemn apprehensfons. “In the course of time Miss Reynolds acquired as much knowledge in her unnatural state as she had inher natural Her brother taught her to write in the former. He gave her a sentence which he had written to copy. She took the pen ‘and copied the words, but wrote with her hand, and from right to left, A singular cireum- stance connected with her was that anything could be taught to her with greater ease while she Was in her condition, and that in that condition she wrote charming Verses, a gift she did not command in her natural state. Likewise she was of @ most imaginative nature in her second condition, With a Wit extremely keen, and possessed remarkable conversational powers. In jer natural state she was quiet and toougutrul. She formed most pecullar and strong dislikes in her lapses against those who were her best ai most intimate friends in her natural life. For more than twenty Years she was a teacher in tue public schools of Crawiord County. For several years beiore her death she had lived without lapsing into her second, or unnatural, conaition, Relatives of hers live in the vicinity of Meadviie and Titusville yet, I believe.” she ‘The costumes of the bathers have just enough variety to make the effect a pretty one, but few being loud, One, called tbe Fisher's dress, is of viole cloth, an open-work texture of gray, worn over red flannel. This 1s worn by a pretty girl, ‘Who seems to enjoy attitudinizing on the beach or hunting for cockie-shells om the rocks, Another arment ig decidedly bizarre and Would Go tor a the Uack are Of striped yellow ‘and “black: are anes heed choca bi KR iy id eid cloth but y over the barber-pole poruion, ‘The trousers are black. Black Stockings and a large Yokahama straw hat with ‘trimunit i take dress among the usush outs of dark blue Back fair bather a handkerchief of turkey-red wound bandanna fashion on ber head. This, with her Uny feet stockinged in black ‘to the’ ankle and white the rest, her ‘Turkish trousers and xhort skirt, make her look, asshe runs shame-faced to the Water, like a Fanny Eissler in flannel instead of gauze, "Mrs. Wm. Sprague, the senior, aud Mra. ‘William, the junior, come trom Canonchet to bathe each morning. It is said they affect the unusual, in thal they are seen with hair uubound—envious ie tents are fuigence in Uhesr fun and froles, ads with thelr donnes, they swarm on the sand, attracting much attention to their lovely little ‘faces and quaint garments. ———~+e. She Knew His Habit. From the Dakota Bell. “Seen anything of my husband?” demanded a Sioux Falls woman one day this week of an officer in front of the post-oflice. “No, ma’am; hus he disappeared mysteriously?” “Naw! became down town the same as usual this morning, but dinner has been ready a nour and it’s all getting cold and he isn’t back yet.” “You have been to his office, I suppose?” “No, sir, Thaven’t, Pve no tme to fool away looking tor him there. at any of the livery ween any og fights around lately?” “Been any Se Hee “any ten-cent OW Or P “all gone, madam.” “Any man in & Wagon selling brass jewelry?” “Guess not.” “No” “No pools belng sold anywhere on some horse- ace, or trial going on in justice court?” “Not any.” “No man selling medicine on the street, no circus Dills just pasted Up anywuere, no Woman Walking @ Ught rope?” “Not a one,” cane unat'’s r—I can’t see John aed oS mee “There's & couple of Frenchmen with a tame cinnamon bear down on Phillips avenue, madam.” “That's it, that’s it—I didn’t think to ‘ask about tame bears} While the potatoes are getting cold a8 a stone he is down there making up a purse of seventy-five cents to see the bearclimva tel pole! Til.go right down—you watch and we if Yt up to the inside of ten minutes!” -——_—— Mock Modesty im Young Girls, ‘From the Woman's Journal, A blush ts Sacred to pure woman- hood, and it 1s a sad spectacle for thoughtful eyes tw note a young woman so far gone in the impro- prieties that she pretends to be shocked at things which simple, unaffected candor is far from think- ing on at all There are otherwise modest and toconvey by ‘conscious ‘with the earth’s atmosphere, descend in the form of fiery rain or falling stars, On the nights of the 10th, 11th, and 12th, the careful observer will {0 sce large number of them, ‘stom"tor there may ‘ie tnost, unexpected Ha | fais i i % i | fi B § : i i | : i i j li every weet in her society. Afew nights ago be ‘stayed to the usual hour, and as he passed out the Stone chrough te giomy sig and hanes cod 7 & l ee i i Hit Hy I | ot | Mer Firvt Day. 4 YOUNG BRIDE DOES SOME BETTING at SHEETS Everybody knows how horve-talk invades the ining-room and partor at home, writes a corres- Pondent of the Boston Hereid from this city. The men bring tt in from the club and take it with them to the office. But sometimes « portion of it stays behind, and is eagerly rolied over the tongue® of the giris of the family. A young bride wascall= ing With a friend, and at more ‘one house found other friends who had been to the Ratrancing were the storiee they told of backing the winners. Now our bride, Louisa, Deen to the Faces in her iii, and that she asked her husband if he would not take her, “Now, Who has been putting that into your head?” asked John, brusquely. “Why, I don’t Know, John, dear,” sai Lout “but everybody seems to go, and I Want to. I back the winners.” next scene ts at Sheepshead Bay. Three have been run, and Louisa is intensely intere not only in events, but in the scenes around ‘She has kept her eves open, and has noticed that ladies near her send money away in the hands of boys in uniform, and that the boys return with Uckets, Which the ladies put in their ‘she has pleaded with her husband to let her bet Just once on a race, Dut he has forbidden it so steruly that she dares not speak of It again. But Johm has left his seat after each race, and not revurned: Unt the next one is about to be run, In herinno» gent little head has crept the idea” that John DetUng on the races, and she longs to know Wi his fortune ‘has been. By the time the third race has been run she has grown into a fever of excites hient over @ project she feared toexecute, SUS Would take advantage of luis absence and bet for Jolin looked very dark at the and ground his teeth as innocent question Unat he had rather hoped such a horve Would win, for he knew the jockey. “He is telling a white lie,” thought bright Louisa, “and 1 will get even with him.” Butit seemed'as if John would never get up and disappear as he had before. In fact, John was wondering whether he woul ihe take a Mal plunge with what he had left. He de cided Unat he would go out to the betting pavilion ‘AU all events, and see how the odds were runnil And it is unnecessary to Say that be pit As soon as he Was jone Louisa Was thrown into ® Tage of excitement and doubt. ‘The color mounted hot to her cheeks, and her beart thumped like # typewriter, as with a supreme impulse she beck= ‘Oned to a Boy, It Was Ube last chance, “Here,” she exclaimed, producing some bills from het purse. “Take this and bet it for ime.” “Who: ed the Boy ste money and counting it, Thi $30. “Oh, dear!” whispered Loutsa, “I don't know anything about horses. You know, don't you?” “Well,” sald the boy, scratching his head, “they are givthg 2 to 1.on Ichi Ban and 6 to 1 on’ Poco moke, but I Link 10's a race for a short horse my= se ‘But can a short horse run as fast as a long one?” asked Louisa tn surprise, ‘Well,” Said the boy, “that depends, but I am ing Ovid, and youcan get 15 to 1 on'hit.” Weil well hurry along and do what you think dest, only put it somewhere aid don’t let anybody ow, ‘The boy disappeared, and presently John came Dack. She looked at Lim furlively to see If he sus. pected anything, but John’s face Was like Uhat of asphinx. The boy returned, too, and slipped a ces of paper into Louisa’s hand Without attract ng attention. She hastily thrust it ntoher put teeling woefully guilty, The race was ran, and #1 would be hard to say Which was the more excited. When it was over John said, awkwardly : “Louisa’ you Drought some money on'the track With you, didn’t your” “Yes, dear,” she replied, faintly, feeling that now the storin Was coulug. “I guess you better let me have It,” he said; “to tell the truth, 1 have got rid of mine, A friend Lold me that @ race Was coming a certain way, be wanted me to back It—and—I did so, and it’s gone Wrong, you know; such Ubings will sometimes,” and his courage revurned as he got the confession Out of his mouth, Louisa trembied. “I haven't got the money, Jobn,” she faltered; “1. Spent it.” “The devil you did!” exclaimed John, ungal- lanuy; “humph! I'd like to kuow how we are go. Ang to gethome, tosay nothing of & toeat;” and psed into stien buisa felt all the sorrow and anguish of a penl- | ter It took more nerve than It had to bet her | money to put bet hand In her bag, produce her | Ucket aud pass it to John, saying faintly: “Pere haps Uhis fs worth someting. ‘They ight give you back Use money if you Void them about 1.” Joun did not he last part of ber sentence, He was staring hard all he couid sag: Was: come to play that horse? The could say a word, he Uurned upon cal before her and exclaimed: “Have you the slightest Idea how much tuts is worth?” “NO,” she answered, repressing a sob. “1 didn't Mean Co, andl wou't doit again. 1 won't truly, and I don't want to « he Faces again.” and under did you . before Louisa, her, laid te ‘Say, is there a sick horse | “Well,” he assented, “I don’t Uiluk you'd better, for this'play was about the most. absurd that could be made, but 1 Just happens Uhat this par- Ucular Lickel is Worth $540, They hud a pretty good dinner. ‘Summer Clothing. From the New York Sun. ‘Though various changes In the fashioning ot men’s garments have been discussed of late years, they still remain about as they have been ever since the substitution of trousers for knee breeches, The attempt of tallors to drive out the dress coat in lavor of some more showy garment has proved unsuccessful, and Oscar Wilde was not able to agaln make knee breeches Tash . Ibis true that for ten or a dozen years past young men have taken to wearing the sensivie and convenient knickerbockers at thelr open-alr games, but in the town and for ordinary dress they are not adopted, despite their great advantage over trousers, 80 faF as concerns both conventence and suitability. But the prolonged heat of this summer, which, we are promised by the meteorological prophets, 18 going to last untli the middie of September, si ts a change in the clothing Of men that ming almost imperative. Even In Unis trop. ical weather men generally are going about clothed with four thicknesses—an undershirt of cotton oF Woolen, @ starched linen shirt, a Walstcoat, come monly ‘of woolen, and flually an outside coat, ‘These victins ofa fashion adapted to another Summer climate than our own also Wear a starched, coliar high Up On Lhe neck, aud a cravat of silk OF Mnen. ‘That ts the average costume of a New Yorker, though the thermometer ranges between a and one hundred degrees, and it makes of him a very pitiable being. In tropical Weather, such weather us Havana or Calcutta experiences, he 1s clothed for a temperate climate, such as that of England during an ordinary suimmer. Except That his garments are a litue thinner, they are the same that he Wears when the thermometer is thirty or forty degrees lower, Fashion refuses to allow him to adapt himself to the change in the Temperature from low vo igh, though when the Uhermometer drops in winter he’ may put on an- other outer garment. fie must encase himself 1m starched linen and must bind a starched collar about his neck With a cravat, no matter how une comfortable they may be, "and how quickly the Unen inay wilt and tacrease’his distress, While a Woman, with her neck free, may look cool, neat and happy in comparison, a 'man pre= sents a wretched appearance, and ‘the more his collar Wilts and hls siirt front loses its starch the greater his demoralization. ‘The discomfort of luis dress agitates his berves, and the state of the poor wretch isjameniable. He cannot malmtain ts Tepose Which is necessary to lis comfort in suc Weather, and as the hours pass he grows hotter and hotter, until itis quite enough ‘to start te tration to look at him, PNow, what folly itis for men to subject theme selves to all Unis discomfort. Instead of four ticks nesses of clothing tey have need of only one, and there should not be a starched garment on them, ‘The neck especially should be left free and openy and every article of clouuing they wear suould easily on them and be made of material especially Adapted to the torrid weather. A ligt and soft Woolen shirt, made as a Sort of Jacket, Somewhat after the fasion for boys, 1s ail that 1s required im place of tuls four Uuickvesses. ‘Then Une loose ‘woollen collar could be tied with a thin cravat 4m ‘sallor fashion, Some such costume as that should be adopted by New York men in summer, and if this weather continues through August, as'seems not unlikely Will be the case, the movement in favor of the fashion may ‘become very general. So far a8 looks are concerned, it would be a Vast ime provement on the present fashion, for {t would be Suitable to the conditions and graceful, as the dress now worn is not by any means. Men wear such clothing at tennis and at other games in the country, to the admiration of women, and why should they not wear them in town,’ where the Stories of # Virginia tiome, Long after Mrs. Tabb’s death Mr. Rando!ph still came to Clay-Hill, He was there one day ata table the military guest was giving a count of the Mexican churches, eae a ae By the United states ‘troops, "Why. eaptaint were you bot afraid woacitt” asked‘owe ot the bre gga part,” the captain mne'so used toeuch things that 1 eoud ‘on an altar as comirtably as else i effete dette ey Hf i if GI i ay Hele is fl id &i H ry i HF i i ie 3} ily vis HE i $y f yy