Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1887, Page 3

é THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 217, 1887—-DOUBLE SHEET. nis. eee ee ere eee ae es ee SocTA IFE AT SARATOGA, Miss Grundy"s Budget of Gossip from the Famous Resort, WASHINGTONIANS WHO HAVE BEEN TAKING THE WATEES AND FNJOYING THE GAYRTIES—THE SARA- TOGA BOARDING HOUSES—THE KING OP THE DUDES AND RIS FROCK COAT—A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. Correspondence of THe EVENING Stan. SARATOGA SPRINGS, August 25. ‘Taken all in all this has perhaps’ been a more Successful season at Saratoga than has been known for several years, for there had been prior to this week spells of damp weather to drive peopl have been enough here alt the tis place look very lively. ‘The proprietor of one of the largest hotels how- eve nat It Was not until the first two weeks of August that he did what he calied a good business this year. Since the first Sunday tn tals th there has scureeiy been a vacant room re lodgers Were wanted In any desirable house tn Saratoga. The United States Hotel was colo- nizing 13 surplus of visitors all last week. ‘There are more of the moderate priced hotels of a Kind which are patronized by an unexceptionable class of people here now than ever before, and some of them have been enlarged since last year, and as the Arlington in Wasi @ not be called smail hotels x Well kept too, the voarding hou: any of which’ last are kept on the platform of “inake all you can, and give as little as possible in return.” They’ charge for table board for instance as high as the most ex- pensive boarding houses in Washington did in war Umes, and often give but one kind of meat for breakfast er, and sait meat only for sup- er. There are {course some very good boarding jouses here, but they are the exception, not the rule, though they average better perhaps than boafding houses in the majority of summer resorts which have a good run of custom for a few weeks only. WEALTH AND FASHION IN COTTAGES. ‘The number of Wealthy families occupying thelr own cottages here has, of course, been a loss to tne hotels, whose best suites of rooms some of these who are now at housekeeping In. this village used th. On S family had a ited toa “pro- S Tollowed bY g Miss Amy arty at her mother's res- ‘Supper were also part of ng. benefit bail x Mr. Frothingham, the monies at the United States Hotel, ne of the successful events of the ase each Wi Saturday < Judge Hilt large company whom. the on, When many Ladies and gentiemen thetr appreciation of hls efforts, S tomake the v: nagree- ors, an office Which 1S, It includes beside re- S who attend, and acting neing himself to set the others . giving a turn toa partnerless Jn Saturday evening, the 20th, Mr. Proth- whad bis benefit 1n'the Dail-room of the ited States Hotel, which was well filled in honor al rows of seats around tue filled with elegantly dressed Liemen, while dancing Was kept up ly inthe body of the room. The mone Hi to im from the sale of ticke 100, Which Is sald to have been. le at ab Dall kere. velng sand ge Nigorou receipt nsable” 1s the regularly promulgated adlet with regard to hops at the Grand Union |, and, aS usual, 1s making trouble for those lo noi e: pay With tts requirements, as for t! ae here without the | ostuines they Would Wear at city be Giuuer parties im winter. The qu What constitutes fall dress for a lady in respect to the nee and ‘so it has come about ig & lat ahd shal, or any id be admitted, thos dress of the plalnes But as eription got in in tuat » gentlemen, the style and cut of ‘conventional evening dress sult being the same for men of all degrees, whether hotel w.iters ety swells, there Was never any dificulty guardian of the ball-room door te encounter tng his decision, and hts judgment was final in admitting the wearer of the weil-defined dress coat and excluding those otherwise attired. But now a new trouble has arisen, and of all persons the so-called “king of the dudes,” who has been red of all otters to be the most faultiessly and numerousiy attired man at Saratoga, has been the one non-suited, and, Dy consequence, excluded from the ball-room of the Grand Union on a nop hight. He sought to euter in the latest style of evening dress affected by H.R. H. the Prince of | Wales in England, which ts nota “swallow-tail” at all, but more of a frock coat, and suffered the fate of all Wuo are in advance of the age in which they live in locality. He was not believed When he asserted Le Was in tull dress for the eve- hing, and was iguominiously refused entrance to dancing hal, ‘The mvitations have Deen issued for the annual garden party in and Union Hotel grounds, Whien are as 5 5 as a elty park and are shaded witht m: nt old elms and ornamented with flowers, green lawns and fountains, | The invitations are gocten up in handsome style, | on tinted note paper, With @ card of adinission tO correspond inclos'd. "The hours for the clitldren are In the afternoon from 4 to 7, and for the adults from 9 to 12 p.m. TAKING THE! WATERS. August has not been a very Warm or wet month at Saratoga, but there has been much suany and yet st vol Weather for thick dresses to be able than the diaphanous the thetmouet nol MLOFRINES mounting up ¥ appreci bis absol necessary spacious jes I Ei re Lined with glass rendered impure, as it Ww ike Uso gaurd pleecs Of roc sections Of sw The? are, how: like fron. wo Which the tubes out of which the Ha- @ been inserted. They give at Was the Work of boring for Which, as ts Well Known, Was, ¥; but these pieces retubing the spring within thorn water leap au Kea of how gre this medicinal w Bret discovered were df two or three ye FOLKS PROM WASHINGTON. ck, Of the Marine Corps, bas remained drinking Uie spring waters, ictal to ats . Mac Arthur will probably leave Gays, 45 she has ber annual at ul spend some Ume at Jga Miss De Krafft, daughter of De Krafft, was visiting at Red- | © of E. Clinton Clark. through the Stutes How during au ognized lim, they h Georgia,” which ihe aising uishat. When he was he and that tune was played, be Of that old tramp.” For a wee rivals here of those Well known in Washi as Fesi- dents or visitors. Amonz them have been Mr, ¥ Wise Garnett, of Wasiington; Dr. and Mrs, Magruder, also of cur cits, and her father, Gen, nicl Wilson, MF. and ©. Lancaster and ently Miss 3 dal; Mr. C. Hoft- mann aw Libr: apttol; Commis- stone! rancis don, Col. Kobert ‘Owler and wife, C. M. Gor Ingersoll and family, Mrs.'s. Woodward, Miss De Krafft, Kepre awh , Rev. J. Chester, ex-Cong! rs. Linden Kent, ex-Sergeant-at ~ Hooker and wile, J. Ho saville and of Missourt, and his arrived at’ Saratoga rs. Will Emory’s , during the nave leased It, PERSONAL NOTES AND GOSSIP. ‘Miss Sue Dillon, who visited Senator MePher- Louse, opposite the LeXt sessiun of Congress, a3 the éon's wife in Washington last, winter, accom- panied her f on, When he came to attend the meeting of Une Bar Association here. Dr. and Mrs. Hammond, of New York, arrived at Saratoga Moud: When Mr. and Mrs. Linden Kent left Saratoga he proposed yolng to See her mother, Mrs. Mont Kemer, who has couutry place on ‘the Hudson iver. ‘SeuAtor Gibson's children are there with their late mother's mother, Mrs. Montgomery. MPs and Miss Hughes, who have lived many years i pe, Where fhe daughter became pro- Retent tn mu ad Who Were al the Arlington Hotel last spring, are now ‘at Saratoga, “and say they expect to Inve in Washington Sats: Hughes has bought the dwelling on Rhode Island avenue F ron bas been living, wy has a lease on it which will nok ear or more, Mrs. and Miss Hughes ext Winter elsewhere in Washe rehaved another residence. e Dr. and Mrs. Magruder and 1 avisit to the Fore Wiliam Henry Hotel, at Lake George, and Mr. and Mrs Lancaster, of Washingt © Henry Wise Gar- and others fromthe national capital were tere af the saine Une and Speak of greatly” ene joying their visit. Mr. Koessle basa Very warm Corner in bis heart (as well as a cool place in sume incr in bis hotel) fur Washington foiks. When they left Saratoga, Dr. and Mrs Magruder and General Burns went down the Hudson and will go to Governor's Island, Where the latter 13 stu- toned Pay Director Alex. W. Russell, U. S. N., of Paila- delpiia, and bis daughter have’ been” at Sara- toga, Col. Thomas P. Ochiltree, who has been making Lis annual visit “to Saratoga, sald last week he had only attended the races two or three umes, Which leads to the supposition that he bas not Deen in his usually good health, Representative Usborne, of Pennsylvania, ar. rived here last Week. Mrs. Cole, Mr. Horatio King’s daughter, and ber Gaugiter, Miss Lawton, left Saratoga Monday to ‘Wisit her brotuer Gen. Horatio King, in Brooklyp. tember. Lue¥ Larcom, whose poetry 1s familiar to many, has Deen here, and Mrs Barrow, etter known it Iiterature as"“Aunt Fannie,” hasjbeen spending several Weeks at Saratoga. a From friends of tue late ex-Cor an Kim- mel, who died in Baltimore last winter, and of his wife, I have heard with great regret that Mrs. Kitninel has been in so melancholy a frame of mind since the loss of her husband that fears are enter- tained by puysiclans that 1t Will seniously impair her health. Associate Justice Gray has been for the past week or more the guest ot Mr. and Mrs. George 0. Shattuck, of Beacon street, at thelr cottage in apoisett, Secretary and Mrs. Endicott have been spending afew days with friends at Nahant. Miss Endi- t bas been for two or three weeks t st of Mrs. Le Roy, at her cottage in Newport. Miss Susanne Baucrott_ has flushed her White Mountain trip, and is again with her grandfather, Hon. George Bancroft, at Rose CM cottage, hid residence in Newport. ¥ the deaths of prominent ladies and gentiemen who have been “called hence” In the last Unree years, to think Chat society at the national capital had been specially aftiicted in the loss by death of those who had Veen conspicuous Hgures in it, but it seems the same here, Frown the Grand Union I espectally miss Mrs. A, T. Stewart and her great-niece’s husband, Rev. Bioommeld Wetherell, both of whom died last Winter, and Mr. Brolasky, of Philadelphia, who. also has died since last season. He first came with his bride on their wedding Journey to Saratoga in 1852, and rarely was absent a season from that Ume. For over forty years he and his wife went to the hotel now the Grand Union, together, but last summer he was here alone, his wife havi died, so he went to the United states Hote because he could not bear to go to the same hotel where she had been with him so long. Now he, too, is dead. ‘Miss GRUNDY. HOW THE ELEVATOR WORKS. ‘The Mystery of All its Wheels and Ropes and Things Made Piain. THE CAR IS GENERALLY PUSHED UP BY WATER AND GOES DOWN BY ITSELF—WHAT THE BOY DOES WHEN HE YANKS THE ROPE. From the New York Sun. “It 1s safer to ride than to climb,” sald one of the leading builders of elevators in this city yes- terday. “We carry over 300,000 passengers on our elevators In this city every day, and you can Judge for yourself what per cent of them are killed as compared with the number hurt in falling down, stairs. AS many passengers ride on elevators in this city as on the elevated roads, and not half 50 many peop! filed Or hurt by them asby the roads. I don’t believe people appreciate how great a number of passengers use the vertical ‘or in common use In the big office buildings down town and the lofty aparcnent houses about the lower end of Central Park fs the hydranile Variety of hoisting machine; that ts, 16 | ts run by water.” It ts very simple in construction, although its operations ts impregnated with an airotinystery. Everybody who rides in elevators has had at One time or another curiosity enouzh {o find out that the four Wire ropes that pass trom the top of the ear goes over Wheels at the Lop of the elevator shaft and then down on one side of the shaft wader a Witeel that travels up and down nut then up again to some Unknown reylon above. e travelling wheel Is seen tobe fixed at the top of two rods Unat disappear into a tail tron eylinder a ifttie over a foot in diameter. As the rods push- ing Une Wheel above them rise Out of the cylinder the rope 1s slackened away, as a sailor Would say, over the whcels at the top of the elevator shaft, and the car descends. When the car fs wanted to 0 up again the rods disappear into the Loweis of the eylinder, puling down the wheel and ropes and holsting tue car, ‘The man in charge of the car effects tits change from up to dows from down to up by pulling on a rope tuat 1s lke eter~ nity In that a part of It 13 withia the grasp, but the ends In each direction lead we know not waere, In the tall cylinder tuto wuteh the rods run, and attached to them, 13 a piston whieh Mts the thside Of the cylinder as accurately as « fat woman fils a Jersey. From the top of the cylinder a pipe runs away, usually by an obscured and roundabout courst that hides It from observation, toa tank at the top of the bullding. In tie big "Potter build- ing, for Instance, the tank 1s about 60 feet above the top of the cyltader, whieh 1s itself 30 feet long. The tank holds 6,000 galions of water. ‘With the car at the Street floor the piston fs at the top of the cylinder, ‘The young man in charge pulls luis mysterious rope, which leads down to the basement, where It passes over a wheel on the end of a sail shaft. ‘The pull on the rope turns wheel and shaft, and thus opens a vaive in the upe that leads frow the tank on top of the bulld- Ing’ down to the head of the cylinder. ‘The cylinder has a 15-tneh bore, the pipe a 5-inch bore, and the water a head of 60 feet. That pressure shoves the piston down and holsts the car. At the different Moors the elevator man shuts off the water and stops the car simply by pulling the hand rope. Finaliy the piston reaches the bottom of the cylinder, the car 1s at the top flogg, the eylinder is full Of water, and the flow ot Water from the tank on the roof has been stopped. With the car at the top floor the elevator man gives his rope a long pull in the opposite direction from that 1n Which he pulled when he wanted to goup. This opens a valve in the top of the cyl- | inder connecting with a pipe that runs down and into the bottou of the cylinder. ‘The opening of this Valve allows the Water to run from the top of the cylinder through the pipe and down into the bottom of the eyinder beneath the plston. It does Unls beeause the elevator car 13 heavy enough to lift the Water in the eyilnder after the pipe connected With Che roof tank fs shut off. ‘The car Which has been forced up by the presstire of th water descends by Is own Welght, forcing th ‘Tue speed of the di Op ustomed passet: peculiar sinking seusa- tion, Wi ‘aces the bottom the Water ‘that was i the cylinder Over the piston has all run out of the top, down throuzh the pipe, and back fnto the bottom, and the piston has Fisen to the top. The car is dow ready tomake an ascent, ‘Toe elevator man azain Yanks lis rope and tuens Toot tank loose on the wp of the piston, ‘The pull on the rope opens a valve at the bottom 1 the cylinder, and ailows the water to run out as the piston comes down, ‘The pressure of the water on the top of the pis- ton fz the cylinders In the Potter bullding 1s 70 pounds to the square inch. ‘There 15 an addi. air pressure of 10 pounds that migiit be ine sed Uutit tue total pressure at the head of the on Was 100 or inure pounds, “Tals Is procured relng tise Mowing ot Of the bottom ot der when Une car ascends with pumps up ank on the roof, Which When It'Is three. quarters Cull is made wir tight. ‘The water being forced in by the pumps compresses the alr remalue ing In the tank and gives the additional pressure, The pecullar complaining sound which every one has noticed wien hydraulic elevators were running is made by the water escaping from the cylinders. People seeing the number of ropes by which the cars are suspended, usually four, and each rope more thaa strong enough to sustain the weight of the people, tuink the Gar absolutely safe.” AS a matter of fact, an accumulation of ropes 1s not a guarantee of Surety at all. In some cases those Topes are all made fast toa yoke which Is secured to the car by asingie bolt. It a Maw should be developed in the bolt or in the plates through Which It Is shoved, or in the yoke, the four rop’s would avail nothing. Against this danger the friction clutch Is the cominon safeguard. When the car {S$ cut louse trom the rope a Spring 13 te= leased, Whicn Uurows certain clutches on the car into notehes or cogs on the sides of the elevator shaft, and either hold it or let tt down easy. These clutches are of little use unless the springs are kept clear and free to act quickly. In the Potter buliding there isa ommon_en- Uhe car forees the water out Very fast, and down so rapidiy that the unace cates | gine governor placed over the top of cach shaft. As the car goes down these governors musi re- vor Af tt oes faster than a certain speed they litt the friction clutches into action and stop the car. They act thus whether the car breaks loose from the ropes or whether it descends too fast for any other reason. AS a rule engineers In charge of elevatorsare the most sober and steady of their trade, But they are only human, and to guard against ill results from tueir possible carelessness there 1s a law to keep them Vigilant. The building department has two inspectors whose sole duty it 1s tg go from building Uo buliding and insy Passeng®r eleva- tors. ‘The law requires the {inspectors to carefully examine 'y passenger elevator In the city once in three months. A reporter was told at the build- lug Inspection department that the Inspectors seidow fatled to get around. as often as the law re- quires, thouga they did sometimes perhaps over- run a Week or so. Theelevator manufacturers are required Lo give the depart:nent full particulars of all passenger elevators erected in town, and no elevator can be started before it 1s inspected by tue department, ‘he engineer in charge 1s bound by the law to inspect his machinery thoroughly every day. Some of them, it is ‘Said, comply with this law. ‘The number of "pounds which cach passenger ele- vator is allowed to carry must be placed upon a metal plate in raised letters, and the plate posted conspicuously in the elevator car. This law 1s complied with in some elevators, too. ‘The rollowing are the qualifications required of ‘the boy who runs the cai He shali have a knowledge of the different parts of the mncuiuery attached to or ‘Uecessery in Tanning such elevators aud understand the spplication thercol. He shall have at least one inonth’s experience im run- ning au elevator under the instruction of a competent person. nutj,sial! be reliable and of industrious and sober ‘He shall not be less than eighteen years of age. Besides the hydraulic kind of elevator there are ‘some in use for carryin, ngers that are rua by the direct action ot a'steain engine. The ropes by which the car is suspended pass over pulleys at the Lop of the shaft, and down toa big in the basement. Cog-wheel gearing connects the gram with the engine that furnishes ube power, ‘These have the rs of defective and fiction clutches that do not clutch, and the addi- langer of detective castings In the engine emt Ae ve been kno rop monkey wi chisels, of other odds and ends favo the and break Chem of, with disastrous results to the ma- inery. It Was a break in the u Gropped the freight elevator in Mercer serect, & few days ago, with fatal resuite? eee. She Believes in re From the Omaha World. nics Henry George—“My dear, this steak is burat toa ‘Mrs. George—“Mercy me! So tt 1s.” {And the potatoes are not half done.” “S0 I see, now.’ “And the bread 1s sour, and, in fact, there 1s not @thing fit to eat, and I'm 4s bt been doing ‘about how ‘when your millenium gets kere’ They expect to be in Washington early in Sep-| REFLECTIONS FROM NEW YORK, What is Seen In the Mirror Held up by Cummings and Hall, THE NERVOUS PEOPLE THAT INHABIT THE GREAT CITY—THE EASY-GOING OLD DUICHMEN OP NEW AMSTERDAM AND THEIR RESTLESS DESCENDANTS— OLD SEWER PIPE FOR HOUSE DECORATIONS. New Yors, August 26. New Yorkers have the reputation of being the most nervous people on earth. A stranger 1s at once pressed with this fact as he takes an ele- vated train to go to his hotel. People bustle in and out of the train like mad, and there 13 no waiting for anybody. It 1s only by this promptt- tude of action that it 1s possible to transport halt a million people a dy on the elevated railways of New York, Wall street 1s the center of New York’s ner- vousness, Watch the men who frequent tt and you will sce that they rush down the thorough. fare as if pursued by somebody. Jay Gould and even staid old Russell Sage step along with a springy gait, outwalking the messenger boys, ‘Who are avout the only deliberate persons seen on the street. On the Stock Exchange every man is constantly on the move, and it 1s this destre for perpetual action which leads members to snatch Off each other's hats and engage in all manner of horse play, such as_stuMing’ bits of paper down each other's backs, and similar movements of an undignitied nature. The typical old keeper of a hotel used to be a man of slow movements and great deltberation, Dut thefe is in New York but one of this old school, and he is Landlord Ashman, of the Sinclair House, Frank Allen, of the Astor House, Edward Vernam, of the Morton House, and Edward Stokes, of the Hoffman House, are éxamples of the restless umod- ern landlord. “Mfr. Stokes is perhaps the most ner- Vous man in New York. ‘There isa legend to the effect that ‘he 1s never known to sit still for more than five minutes ata time. Next to him in the line of nervousness 1s a buyer for Sweetzer, Pembroke & Co., the dry goods men. The sales man Who sells Him a Dill of goods must follow him. as he paces the floor or perhaps pursue him up- Stalfs Into the upper story departments of the jouse. If you mect on the street a printer or a compos- ing Toom foreman from one of the great newspa- peFs you wiil imagine that you have at last fund men Who are not in such an eager rush as the rest ot New Yorkers, but when once they have re~ turned to work évery man of them goes about lis labors with quick, energetic movements. This 1s especially true of workers on the afternoon pavers, Where Ume Is measured by theseconds, and where adelay of a minute or two in issuing’ an edition may mean the loss of the sale of thousands of coptes, Mr. Morostr gentleman of ‘fo the Hudson, an 's right-hand man, is a large ble physique. He lives up hour's Journey from his ofice on Wail street. Early every morning he rides to the Grand Centra? depot at 42d street, and then walks. ‘with a quick, nervous tread from inere to his office on Wall str a distance of over 234 miles, AMERICANIZED DUTCHMEN. ‘The old Dutchmen who were once in the majority fu New York were men of slow movements, but their decendants ate as restless as_ the New York- ers of Yankee descent, the infection seems to have spread to the Dutchmen ta the Fatherland across the sea, Jay Gould relates how he went, not long ago, to Alasterdam tonegotiatea railroad | deat. lie suppose smoke and deliberate over the matter aday or LWO. He cailed on the VE tes in interest, laid the case before them, and was surp Wuen they con- sSummated the bargain ip exactly ten minutes, The Vanderbilt be Liaw of the poetic George) are rapid walkers, and nervous in their movements, Caauncey M. Depew Tushes Into his office ise a hurricane carly in ie morning and ts coastautiy oa the move until he goes home tn the evening. Go lato any of the re- sorts w! e prominent New Yorkers take their luncheons and you will be at once inpressed wit arl the fact of tilcir nervous temperament. ‘The brothers of Robt. Rouner take thelr midday meal daily at the Astor House, ‘'ae moment wey drop Anto their seats a well-trulned walter rushes out to Uhe carving table aad orders their funcheon with the suppleimcntary remare: “It 1s for the Messrs, Bonner; hurry 1 up!” Robt. Bonner Limseit 13 a Inan of’ slow move:nent as compared with other New York editors. Silck a pinin him and he would probably turn about with the calmness pecultar Lo the old school of New Yorkers and ask what you meant. ‘Try the Gordon Bennei whe Ww offer to give you battle on the spot. Kesort to the Same artifice with Jos Pulltzer ‘and he would spring up ‘with rage, turn upon you, aud probably Knock you out ina july. He 1s the’ most nervous Of all New York journalists, and walks rapidly, with his broad shoulders thrown well back. EVEN MARK TWAIN AFFECTED. Even Mark Twain, who once had the reputation of being slow in action, has visited New York so often that he has caught the infection of nervous- ness, and he has almost abandoned lterature for the nore exciting pastime of speculation, He 1s reported to be now engaged in one of the most gigantic flnancial enterprises of his Ufe. Henry Watterson comes to New York every summer to get restand entire relief from the cares of his hewspaper. He starts out on his vacation with the instruction to his editors that he fs not to be bothered with the detalls of his office, but after he has been in New York abouta fortnight his energy gets the better of hitn and he keeps a private wire trom New York to tue Courier-Journal hot with specials for his paper. ‘Mr. Arkell, publisher of Judze, 8 ashort, firmly. built bundle of nerves, talks in’ quick, jerky sen tences, aud has the faculty of converstug with en- engetlé Mr. Gillam, his head artist, and a caller in Ube same breath.” ~ ‘The best tleld “for the study of the proverbial nervousness of New York 13 Broadway. Watcha stranger attempt to eross the thoroughfare and you Will see iin hesitate, wait a loug Une and iin uly try to cross the crowded street with his ac- cusiomed deliberate wait. A New Yorker, on the Other hand, inakes a dive into the surging proces. ston of veicles, darts almost under the feet of an sith,’ dashes in front of a down-bound car, escapes being run over by a hair's breadth, and is across Ube street in a jiffy. Observe tne drivers of trucks and sireet cars on Broadway and you iil see that they are «fected with the saine Generally Speaking it 1s Lmpossi- te tae Ude of travel on crowded Broadway street, but the truck drivers yell at drivers abead of” them, urge them to hurry on, and curse in 4 manner that’ Wouid Mil the heart of nal boatinan withenvy. ‘The street-car dz rep shrill Wiistles in their mouths aud. bl thein With a cOastant sereech of warning to drivers auead of thei to hurry up. All Uils intense nervousness seems to have af- fected the rellective literary inen of the metropo- Its, and you Will scarcely tid one who 13 not spare in bulid and restiess In movement. ‘This Was par- Ucular noticeabie at the reception some weeks ago to Walt Whitinan, at Which about the only per- Tectly composed ind restful personage was Walt Waltman himseif, Amos J, Cumaincs. a Mopenx anscRprrtes 18 ovse pecoxaridRs. ‘Theabsurulules of home decoration are appar- ently Imitiess. I called the other day on an ac- quaintance, who 1s invariably a devoted follower of the latest fad in the art of making home gro- tesque, and found ber in Wrapt adiniration of latest “acquisition. ‘The maid opened the tront door slowly and stepped sotuiy back, She Was so mysterious Uiat she imbued ine with s own emotion, and I Up-tued into the lady of the house with her round chin in her chubby hands gading in Intense absorption ata new umbrella Fack. It consisted of CWo pieces of pipe of the kind ordinarily used for drains in the pubite streets, ‘The two lengths were set up side by side aud Joined by a series of silver bands, On each drain- pipe Was a Lerra-cotta Vine, aud an tinmacuiate white lily was painted near ‘the top of the jolut- ends. ‘They were of the sume dusty and dirty hue aracterzed them When taken out of tue In fact, the dirt had nov been thoroughly Wasted fromm tue, except Where the Liles were palated. ‘This was the latest thing in umbrella, Tacks. “IU3 not my own idea,” the lady of the house sald regrettully, a8 I stared at the extraordinary mixture of sewer pipes and high art; “the Idea comes from London, of course. I saw them ina dozen houses there, and when I arrived on the Au- Tanda two Weeks ago I sent a note to Comussioner Hess, whom I know, aud he had two bits of old pipe Seat to me frou Broadway, where they are tearing up the pavement so as'to lay the wires underground. ‘Tuey are deliciously old and dis reputable speclnens, aud top anything 1 saw abroad. ‘The effect ofextreme age 13 the one to be Most sought after, and newness 13 to be ab- horred. Iain going to Newport ou Saturday. I'd goto-morrow only have to wait unuil the car- penters can make a black walnut case to hoid tho you ‘Well, rather, It will be more of a sensation than anythlug that has been shown there thus far this season. Tt ought vo carry me through the first week amid intense excitement.” ‘The craze for queer and uncouth objects for decorating houses grows more rapid coustantly. Not long ago I Was in an apartment decorated ul- most entirely by Whips of every conceivabie {ashion and size, from Knout to modern cowboy lash. ‘The effect was unusually interesting, A Philadelphia millionaire named Fales, who-dled some years ago, had devoted a great deal of his ume to collecting canes. They were from all quarters of the globe, and ranged from the spike Sticks Of the South Séa Islanders to the “cruten and toothpick” canes wiich were popular in Lon- don at tat me, Nearly all ot them were sold at auction in New York. I never heard what became of the collection until about a month ago, when I saw nearly four hundred of them around the walls of a library in a big house in’ 72d street, that the Amsterdamers would | j ‘They stood upright on the flvor held by a rack, and they formed an admirable substituve for walnscote Ung. ‘The nistory of every cane was fastened on ‘the wall above the bundle of the stick to which it referred, 1 know of a Japanese room in which several Panels of the wall are formed of Japanese tapestries Wwita portraits 0¢ Various members of the family. worked in, ‘The head of the house is distinguished, by eye-glasses and @ pair of enormous Whiskers, Ms ‘portrait is the most prominent one in the room. AU but the face is Japanese, and no one au, have any, idea of the absurd effect of a japanese mandarin ‘side-whiskers and eye. Slusses until they seo RA ‘dds the most wonderful thing I family look upon it with abj extreme in decorative art is becoming humorous. ‘BLAKELY Halt, ‘This Explains It. A JOURNEY TO MEXICO, Scenes im the Land ef the Aztec and Spaniard, A MEXICAN WATERING PLACE AND ITS BLACK-EYED BEAUTIES—REMINDERS OF CORTEZ AND MONTE- ZUMA—THE RAGGED BUT PICTURESQUE WATER CARRIER—THE CITY OF MEXICO. Correspondence of Tax EvExtxa STAR. Crry or Mexico, August 17. Returning to Santa Fe we held a consultation and decided to take a flying trip to the City of Mexico, and off we started, though with some mis- givings, as rumors were afloat of an insurrection in Chihuahua against the general government. Notwithstanding the advice to all Americans to keep out of Mexico during a revolution, we started only to meet with the utmost courtesy, though the Mexicans do not love us “Americanos lables” as much or as fraternally as the diplo- matic correspondence between the two countries would lead one to suppose, Arriving at El Paso, Texas, we left the cars tn order to enjay the nov- elty of riding in astreet car trom the United States to Mexico—in a bob-tatled car drawn by 8 cur. tailed mule, Arriving in a few minutesat El Paso del Norte, old Mexico, we felt that the Stars and Stripes no longer floated over us, and on every side met the gaze of flerce black eyes under beetling brows of swarthy Mexicans of every hue, from the Dleck to the almost white complexion, | At every corner we saw some of the ruffian soldiers of the Tepublic who are condemned to serve in the ranks of the army for all offenses against person or Property instead of in the penitentiary, where they belong. ‘The officers, however, are énlight- ened, educated men, many of the’ best families Deing represented by them, and by them we were always courteously treated, owing, I presume, to the sparkling eyes of the ladtes of ‘our party. ’ El Paso del Norte is chiefly noted for its oldcathedral, Duilt of sun-dried bricks and whitewashed. As {or the town of one-story mud houses a stay of twenty minutes was suficlent, we continued our journey without accident or in¢ident excepting in one 1n- stance. A CHEERFUL. INCIDENT. Creeping along at about 12 miles an hour, wesaw Mexican on horseback riding toward the train. ‘When near enough he threw a rock, which crashed into our car, In an instant we heard a pistol shot from the rear car, and We were Just in time to see the Mexican throw up his hands and tall. His horse galloped off minus the rider. ‘The shooting was Suid to have been done by a Mexican officer 10 the rear car, AS nothing was heard of the matter afterward, We concluded it must beso, as an Amer- ican would have been severely deait with. We ry careful to make noinquiries, I notl e Was increased, and We ilew along to Chi quarters had been prepared for us 4 resident American, as the hotels or lodging houses are abominable, and the eating houses are generally run by Calhamen, After a refreshing night's rest we Visited the town, first, of cours#, to the cathedral, one of picturesque editices in Mexico, built of cut stone Of alight color, wud having two towers and @ dome. ‘The stricture cost $900,000, and was erected enurely froma fund raised by taking the produc- ton of the stlver mines in the vicinity. ‘There ts also a inint, where the coinage of sliver dollars 1s always gollig on, It 1s Mere that Hidalgo, the great revolutionary leader, was captured, impris- Oned tn the tower of the ‘mnint, and finally be- headed. ‘The bells in the tower’of the cathedral, plerced with great cannon-ball holes, are meinen. toes of that event. Many Americans are living ere, connected in mostinstances with the mining interests, hough there are some Whose return LO the United States might occasion unpleasant re- crimination. Amid ‘the loud vivas of sundry Mexican gamins we conUnued our journey. Zacateca, Our next stopping place, the oldest miii- ing town’ot Mexico, flourisliing In 1585, ies at an elevation of 8,000 feet in an arid and mountainous region, and has a population of about 46,000. ‘The imines bear evidence of centuries of Work, and ‘since 1600 have produced more than $1,000,000,000. ‘A MEXICAN WATERING PLACE. On to Agua Calientes, the favorite watering place of the Mexican Glite. Here we first began to see the dark senoritas, whose black eyes and elastic ankles captivated us ail, ladies included. ‘The two oid bachelors of our party fell sick simuitaacously (itinay have been prearranged), aud thought their health required a prolonged Stay, to enjoy the baths of warin medicinal Water, springs of which spout up In every direction. ‘Tits place has a the column, erected to the memory of the Emperor Tturbide, and many picturesque churches. Our ume being Umited, our wardrobes meager, our old bachelors sufficiently recruited, we continued our journey, passing through Lagds with its tne old cathedral, and arriving at Salathanca, where we found many characteristic features ’of the Mexican people, In groups of various occupations, One of the principle beng that of the aguadore or water-carrier. In no two places does he seem to follow the saine inethods in distributing his stock An trade,aiways figuring prominently, in every view showing street life, in the hamlet as well as in the large cities, always ragged, barefoot, and cheerful, his greatest ambitiou to ‘be the possessor of burro to help distribute bislquid wares. We pass through (without stopping over) the clty of Gua- najuato, capital of the State of the same name, one of the great mining centers of Mexico, situ- uted at a igh altitude, bullt on» narrow gorge between mountains, the street paved with cobble- stones, and as picturesque as a Swiss villuge, that in many respects it resembles. On to Queretaro, founded in 1531, upon the site of an Aztec ctt; evidently of great antiquity. It has many edifices, Well paved streets, and a surrounding country abounding tn agricultural wealth, ‘The water Supply is brought into the city by a stone aque- duct, some of the arches of which are 90 feet high, “Four miles froin Queretaro ts the great Hercules cotton mils, casting $4,000,000, a citadel in strength and resembling One, enciosed by mas- sive high wails, loopholed for cannons and guns, ‘The mills give employment to 1,400 workinen and women, Cerro de los Campanos is a sual emt- nence In the suburbs of the city. It was here, on the spot marked by monuments, that the unfortu- nate Maxiiniltan, with lis companions, Miramon aud Mejla, were suot on the 19tH of June, 1867. ‘THE GREAT DRAINAGE CANAL. In crossing the low hills which enclose the valley of Mexico on the north, we pass alongside of the great drainage canal of Nochistongo, one of tie sreatest hydraulic operations of man. Frequent nundations of the Cliy of Mexico taught the Spaniards that the system of dykes Was Insuitl- Cleat to protect the capital, and 1 was decided that artifictal dratuae would be necessary, ‘Tue Work was commenced in 1607, and 1n 1608 a tunnel was completed through the hjlis. It was 1ound Yoo sinali, aud soon iiiled trom the eaving in of the surroundiag earth. ‘Toen was commenced the gigantic undertaking of making an open cut, or Canal. For over Uwo centuries tls work contin. ued, Dut Was never enUrely finisued, It ts now over 12 tnlles iong, and at the highest potnt nearly 200 feet in perpendicular depth. On we sped, and in the glanclug rays of a setting sun, far ahead of us, We see the ascending towers of the cathedral in the Clty of Mexico, aud in a few mo- ments the cars stop, aud atnldst a babel of tongues. We Jump into a carriage (built. probably in New York) and under the brilliant electrte light, and over well-paved streets, are driven to tue “Iuur- bide Hotel,” bulit for & monastery, massive a a fortress and as dark and dingy as a'Jail, Separat- ing, tO oUF rooms, Veritabie cells used by the Oaks who built we monastery, if our dreams Were not of cowled ghastly visitors, it was be- cause we were too Ured. ‘THE CITY OF MEXICO 13 buflt on what was formerly an island in the lake of Texcoco, and on the site of the ancient Az- tec city of Tenochtitlan, Ittsin the center of a Valley 38 niles in extent, 1n which are six lakes, all of Which are salt but one, ‘These lakes are re” ceding, So that Texcoco, which formerly occasion- ally rose so as to inundate the city, 1s now some 5 mulles away. ‘Te population of the city 1s about 200,000. AS in alll Mexican cities, the prominent architectural feature is the cathedral, imbedded in the wall of which 1s the Aztec calendar stone, ‘This cathedral 1s said to be the largest in North America, covering @ space 432x206 feet. Com- imenced {n 1573, on the site of the Aztec Teocalle and destroyed Uy Corte, 1u was completed tn 1687 AL a cost of $1,750,000. ‘From its tower, 200 feet high, magnilicent views of the city are to be had. ‘The palace 1s built on the site of that of Montezu- ma. It contains all the principal government oftices, the national museum, and the government, monte de pleta, or “pawn shop,” where the eyes of the antiquarian can feast oh swords, armor, preclous stones and relics of all kinds, ahd wher the purse of the intilionaire could be depleted. THE GUADALOUPE CATHEDRAL. Of the suburbs the most noted is that of Gua- daloupe, with its cathedral, which has a solid sil- ver railing three-feet high, from the choir to the altar, and extending ‘around the same and back again to the chotr, costing $100,000. On the altar, probubly the richest in gold and precious stones int the world, ina solld gold frame, is the miraculous painting of the blessed Virgin’ Mary, pulnted on av cominen_blankeu it 1s chatted, Ink imiragulous manner. Its history 1s too long to re- peat here. ‘This painting, travelers are told, has been exainined by eiinent American painters, by invitation of the church, who have decided that te ‘paint 1s nothing’ they have ever socn, and tuey do not believe it could have been done with any material or brush known to the art. At Popola are seen the great cypress under which Cortez 1s said to have mourned over its mishaps On that sad night of the 1st of July, 1520, and commemoration is named “La Nocetristi.” A church of the same name ts built near by. The castle of Chepultepee 1s built upon a commanding eminence of basaltic rock three miles southwest from the city, occupied before the conquest a3 a Palace by tie Aztec emperors, and since then by Other emperors. Maximilian’ was the last royal Occupant, Since then 1thas been used as the military institute. A handsome cadet escorted us Over the castle, and, pointing to, the deep scars in the parapet, cai yy cannon balls the castle by our countrymen, sintied an of our yallant American era of our gallant ative of mine had led the: ured the castle, in the family o} An August Reverie. Another summer has gone by, Tye wandered by the flowing tide Wit ‘To be. ve laughed fall many a gietiah laugh 1 ‘And yearned for p better half Te WORN BY WOMEN. ‘THINGS THAT PLEASE THE FANCY OF FASHION XOW— SLIPFERS AND HATS—OOLORS THAT WILL PREVAIL ‘THIS PALL—NEW COSTUMES FROM PARIS. BELTS oF Grur Brarp or passementerie are much ‘Worn with white wool dresses.® In FRaNce ‘stanaing collars with turneddown Points are worn only in full dress. CRcsnxp Roses and loops of tulle make the popular trimming for Leghorn flats. THE CoLoRED PraRis—rose, gray and black, the latter for mourntng—are much the fashion. BEADS ABorT the size of a pea, made of Swiss lapis lazull, are favorite necklaces for young girls. 1 RMCELETS Ang Neven Won in pairs, In fact, fs ir te the fashion to manacie only the right arm at Satton Hars are still worn on almost all possible occasions, th Re a heir Principal rivals, being the broad A Srino of gold beads around the throat 1s Worn with low iresses, a most in- Rocently tntantive effects see Gar ALL THE SLIPPERS seen at the basins lace dances this ve ne buc! Roout the size of ‘asilver har J ings Rounp Hats drive bonnets entirely from the field during warm weather. Even the light strings of the fashionable capotes are a burden. THR PRINCESs oF Walks and other English Women of fashion are wearing Leghorn bonnets trimmed with S with large flowers, poppies, artemisias, SLIrreRs oF BLack Frexcu Kip have embroidery Of Mine jet beads on the toes, while those cut higher on the. justep have the large square Moliére buckle Murany Sryzes will predominatein the jackets devoures frogs, erage Rad sepa igus four and tagged with metal, THE SMALL Learmerw Bao 1s never used in France. In its place our grandmother's soft bag, made of some oda bit of rare silken tissue or old stamped velvet, with ribbon to hang it onthe arm, ls always carried. ENAMELED Frowgr Broocues remain the favor- ite chotce for summer jewelry, and new flowers are being constantly added to the list, sucn a3 thistles, edelwetss, “asters, corn-flowers, carna- tions, eglantine, and arbutus. CneaM-waire Feit Hara, in sailor and Spanish gypsy shapes, are just now in high vogue, and romise to be very popular through the autumn season, These hats are in high fashion at many of the fashionable resorts abroad. Har Pins and the heavy-headed shell hatr-pins, ‘thrust in the hair behind a bonnet to hold it tn tts place, grow dally more expensive and ornate. Some’of these have heavy pear-shaped gold heads, in which are set Uny cas eyes. SMALL, SuonT Cunis are again worn on the back hair, sometimes with a coll or a Psyche knot, and again forming all the back of the cofffure. ‘Nets Of beads and of silver or giit cord for holding the back hair are worn by Parislennes, Gueex Leatuer fs a new caprice for bags, belts, card-cases, and porte-monnates, and for the large, soft wallets for carrying cards, money, and notes, ‘The new leather tsa light green Unt, and ts in Talsed designs like those of repousse silver. Low Suoes are very generally worn this season; they have rounded, not pointed, toes, are laced across the instep, and have mediwn high heel Dull kid uppers, with patent-leather foxing, or, ‘ab least, Ups of patent leather, are most use ALMOST ALL CoRsaGES Worn out of doors now are open in some way, over a chemisette of colored silk, a Breton vest ‘of stlk-embroldered cloth, or a plastron flat for day, and shirred and transparent for evening. But ‘lilgh, close corsages will rule ts fall, ‘Ine Newest Gaze Fans are spangled—not painted—the spangles being of red tinsel, yellow, silver, or gray, and dotting the sticks as well a3 he gauze. Light sandal-wood and the dark, fra- graut violet sticks are used for gauzes of various colors, and are very delicately carved, TRAVELING Dresses for August are almost ex- clustvely made of gray alpaca, with the vest of white pique, and with these a soft felt man’s hat of cafe au lait shade, with along vell of delicate blue wound round 'the throat. A changeable silken lo03¢ cloak completes the outit. A Sweer Litrie Paixcesse Bonner 1s made of Pink silk batiste, wrought with Persian embroide- ries in scattered designs, and trimmed with high montures of pink crepe hollyhock, mingled with tender green foliage. Another boniet of pale vio- Jet lisse 1s trimmed with milk-white roses and pale blue forget-me-nots. Ir 18 Yer Too Eancy to mention decidedly what colors will prevail the coming season, though there are not wanting certain indications by which it may safely be predicted that new terra gol- den bronze, dark oman red, any many shades of gray will ‘be leading colors, each of these more eautiful in tint than ever before, Pretry Lirrte PovcuEs are worn at the side of the belt, these made of velvet, lace, or embossed leather, with girdle to match. The new leather pouches and card cases are in novel tints of pale terra-cotta, embossed with gold or delicate sea- green fgures in silver arabesques, &. ‘These nov- €ltles are, of course, expensive, being handsomely fintshed and mounted. Vexy Many of the new costttmes now being pre- pared in Paris for the gay autuitin season are made wholly of gray, following a style established by English ladies of royalty early in the summer sea- son. Gray felt bonnets and gray hats in turban, Galnsborough, salior, Spautsa gypsy, and English Walking-hat Shapes’ Will be worn ‘en suite, and many shades of gray will appear tn thelr trim. mings instead of feathers, Velvet, and ribbon loops Of a contrasting color. MANY oF THE ELgGANT tea gowns Worn this sea- son are elaborate enough in effect and cost sufll- clent to entitle them to be worn for evening toilet, tue materials composing them being of Victoria rep Silk; faille Fraucatse, crepe de eine, slik can- Vas, the most expensive silk Datistes Wrought With Indian embroideries, silk muslins in gay Watteau designs, crepalines, und the like; with garnitures of Velvet, luce Mlounelngs, or moire, with ribbon trimmings to correspond, ONE StYLx of evening corsage 1s open to the mid- dle of the chest, with a very deep turn-down collar of velvet of a contrasting color. Inside the open- ing 4s a pleated fichu, crossed, made elther of lace or of tulle, ‘The velvet of the collar ts repeated in a deep belt and in the cuffs of the puffed sleeves, ‘Other corsages are low on the shoulder, poluved, and open froin top te bottom, upon a. plastrou ot lace or erape crossed and made to simulate an inner low corsage. ‘This isa very Old fashion re- vived. ‘Tue Lign-Wetaur basket braid hats are exceed- ingly chic and attractive. Their garnitures are correspondingly dainty and ethereal. Soft tinted crapes, tulles, and illusions are used, as well a3 fancy ribbons tn gauze and etamines. A pretty Mttle French bat in gypsy shape has ihe brim faced with terra cotta velvet. Outside is a scart Of pale-gold gauze dotted with terra cotta flowers in shaded silk. Loops of the gauze are set high in front above tWo broad willow-lke plumes or pale terra-cotta, shading to gold at the edges and Ups, ‘These are set each side of the crown just below the full airy gauze loops, —— Mer Title Deeds, Inside the cottage door she sits, giant uere the sunlit auttcat there, lauts dowu ou showy kerehiet ‘On folded hands and silvered hairs” ‘The garden pale her world shuts in, . A simple world, made sweet with thyme, ‘Where life, sott lulled by droning bees, Flows to the mii stream’s lapsing rhyme ‘Poor are her cottage walls, and bat avg nea itd aul To diatbor p et, with a us sees, Her brosd donuatuh exteudiag wide, Green slopes of hills and waving fields, With blooming hedges set betwoen, ‘Through #iltiug veils of tender mist Smile, alt revealed, a mingled scene, All uers-for lovingly she holds whzellowel packet ia heriand, use ancient, 13 .ed script ‘Her title to this spreading land. Old letters! On the trembling page Drop, unawares, uuuiecded tears ‘These are her Utie-deeds; her lana Spreads through the Tealivs of by-goue years, -Shubiow ManY FELLOWS, sor Saturday Smiles. In the mldst of a fervent exhortation to sinners a Portland revivalist, wno 13 by business an auc tioneer, exclaimed: twenty-nine I've got; thirty, shall I have "em? Bless the Lord! ‘Twenty-nine are ved; who will come next?’ Shall I have thirty? —The' Earth, De Sappy (from Bostor , tellers, I'm reading the finest 1 ever It's “Boccaccio,” by Ww. Don Cameron. Kver see it?—Life. No girl should permit any fellow to ‘‘dote” upon her, a8 the antl-dote is sure to follow.—Louisville Democrat. «Well, Mary, how do you like your new place?” “T.can'v vall yet, positively: You Know tie rst always’ politeness aay the ladies tre bad Fulegende Blatter. ds Countryman (to dentist)—I won’t nothin’ extra for gas. Jest yank her owt if it does hurt, sqbenuist—You are plucky, sir. Let me see the ‘count the tooth- \trynan—Oh, "taint me that’s ache; Ive my wite.” Shell ‘be ‘nore fas minaier New' York Sun, CRITICISING THE VOLUNTEER. An English View of the Rival Yachts. BURGESS CALLED AN AMATEUR WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO USE BRAM. From the New York Tribune. If not always pleasant, it 1s generally profitable, “to see ourselves as others see us.” The last num- ber of the London Field, the great English sport ing paper, contains an Englishman's view of the comparative merits of the Volunteer and Thistle which 1s amusing and interesting. It ts furnished by the New York correspondent of the Field. From the Englishman's point of view all of Bur- Bess’ big stoops, notwithstanding thelr success, are exceedingly faulty in design and Burgess 1s only an amateur designer. But it is satisfactory to find that the Thistle ts regarded asa first-class representative of the best points that can be com- Dined in a keel boat. This is the way the English- man regards the rival boats: “In her general appearance on the water Volun- teer is remarkably like Thistle, She has the same sheer and projecting bow and the same overhang of counter. ‘The main difference of a] is in the shape of thedeck line, and that does not show in aside view. ‘Thistle’sdeck line ts far more drawn than that of Volunteer, the lat~ tere: her entrance line three or four feet abaft the cemer of load Une, then she pretty full for twenty feet or so and comegin wit) Sa ugly turn into her narrow taffrail. In this mn of her design Volunteer isa decided failure $0 far as beauty is concerned. The designer, Mr. Bur- 1s re to have stated that the builders id not follow his iines correctly in this partot the work. Fortunately fon, the purpose of Volunteer’s mission, tue defects th her water form are not of much Consequence as. regards the actual sailing qualities of the boat, though the extreme narrow- ness of the deck abaft the rudder head must mill tate against the rapid handling of the main sheet, and it is certainly very ugly to a seaman’s eye. “There are radical differences of form, however, between the two yachts, Thistle and Volunteer, Which do not present theinselves to any ordinary view. First, Volunteer has nearly 3 feet more ex- treme beam'than the Thistle, but this is only at One point, and from the way in which Thistle’s deck line is drawn she does not. really get the ben- elit of her extreme beam to anything like the same extent that ‘Thistle gets from hers. Watson's deck Mnes are all beautifully proportioned, so as to get the greatest possible advantage from Whatever breadth of beam he has to deal with. ‘The Burgess boats, on the contrary, are all defective in this Particular, ‘Their entrance liues are carried so tar aft that they are defective in spreads for their Shrouds, thelr runs are rapid and ungraceful, and they do not attain the full benefit tn sall-carrying power which their nominal breadth of beam would entitle them to under a well-designed fore and aft eck line. For these reasons 1am Inclined to think that Watson has really got more beam sta~ bility with his 20 feet 3 inches well carried out in “histle than Burgess has got with his 23 feet 2 inches contined to one single frame or so in Vol- untee! ‘Like most amateur designers on this side of the Water Burgess ays yreat stress on a long, fine ene trance, and he has in all his designs so far sacri- ticed other desirable qualittes to the attainment of that feature. ‘The runs of all his bo: ad; 80 much SO Ulat none of them can ever attain anything like the lilghest speed which 1s attaina- ble within their water-line length. It ts perfectly true that Puritan and Mayflower are fast boats, How could they be otherwise with 8,000 feet of canvas to 125 tons of displacement? But the point I wish to make Is taat they do not any of them approach the highest speed that could be attained, bya really weildesigued boat of their dimen- sions. A flat-bottomed scow, drawing a foot and a half of water, with "8,000 yards of canvas on her would beat any of them out of sight in smooth water. Volunteer draws 10 feet of water, as against Thistle’s 14 feet or 14% feet, but then Volunteer has her center- bourd, by which she Increases her draft about 14 feet, ‘and gets an Increase of the latter at im- ersed surface of about 150 square feet. The Dourd does not really wgye as good support for car- Tying sull as the same~ number of superficial feet Would doif placed in a keel with ballast iow down, asin ‘Thistie, but on the other hand the board can be hauled up when running free, and Serves 10 lessen the mass to be driven through the water, This 1s exactly the question that 1s to be decided in the cup races this year for the first Uume, because 1018 only in ‘Thistle that you have ever sent over a boat combining the qualiues of Sail-carrying power with good sailing lines, “All the other boats were built to meet the pecu- Mar rules of a few English clubs, and, although Uiey were fast boats, they were not designed to meet boats that carried 30 or 40 per cent more canvas to the ton of displacement. So, in the coming ‘Thistle races we will really have some- thing like a real vest of the quallties of keel versus centerboard, other things being equal. I say equal Decatise, although ‘Thistie has only 20 feet inches beam, as “ugainst Volunteer’s and May- flower's 23 feet 2 inches, yet, from the superiority of her fore and aft lines, Tihistle gets really more benefit frum her beat’ than either of the other oats. ye back apave been figuring things up for some time back about Thistle and Mayrlower, and ‘the conclusion I come to is that Thistle fs from 4 to 6 minutes better than Mayflower over the New York course, Now, if Volunteer ts really a good bit better “than Mayfower, as the Boston people Say, Why then Thistle will hive hard work to beat er.” A Lesson to Lovers, THOSE WHO GO ON A HONEYMOON SHOULD LEARN TO ‘LOOK ABOUT THEM. From London Society. AS a pastime the honeymoon is just now basking 1n popular favor. All round our coasts, from John O’Groat’s to Land’s End, there 1s scarcely a seaside hotel that cannot boast of a loving couple that has lately sworn to love, honor, and trample on each other to the end of time. Eastbourne, especially, 4s replete with honeymooners, and the number of brides and bridesses—no, that’s wrong, bride- grooms and brides—who are busy getting used to each other's little ways at that pleasant Watering Place 1$so great that ordinary visitors run'grievous risks of getting mixed with ‘the hymeneal throng. ‘The other day the coffee-room of the Burlingwn furnished an example of the necessity for extreme caution on the part of unprotected bachelors at Unis Lime of year. A gentleman of this persuasion sat down at one of the tables and ordered a sub- Siantlal breakfast, which he had half disposed ot When he was conscious that a lady had seat herself opposite to him. ‘His natural modesty prevented his raising his eyes to stare at his vis-a-vis, and he proceeded with his meal, inwardly wondering why the lady didn’t call the Walter and order something for her- seit. However, It was no business of his, so when. he had reached the toothpick stage of the proceed- ings he quietly rose from his chair and was in the act of laying his napkin on the table when he was startled by the fair one attacking him with: “What have I done that you should treat me so, Harry? Am I to starve because you want to get ‘up early and go and bathe, and come home: cf Luckily for the bachelor’s mental and possibly cor- poreal security, the real Harry turned up before Ube lecture had got any further, and took the onus of any subsequent proceedings upon himself, oe Swedish Social Etiquette, From the Cornhill. All through Sweden social intercourse 1s en- cumbered with much ceremonious etiquette, par- Ucularly ampong the landed gentry. The three Scandinavian tongues employ the two personal pronouns “thou” and “you;” the first familiarly, the second when speaking to a mere acquaint- ance. But a well-bred Swedish gentleman, ad- dressing a stranger, will always, with old-fash- toned courtesy, substitute the ‘equivalent — for “Monsieur,” regardiess of harrowing repetitions, aud Where a Utle 1s demanded, even under the diMiculties of rapid speech, it is never for & moment omitted. AS such ’ politeness, how- ever, in the end Decomes both monotonous and wearisome, they have a practical way of cutting the Gordian knot. When a cusual acquaintanceship has ripened into genial sympathy or mutual respect your Swedish friend at once roposes) = a& “brotherhood.” ‘This ts a distinct social ordeal, the initiation to which demands a special rite. ‘The man who has requested the honor of becoming your brother ruvides yOu With a glass of wine filled to the frin, he Aimself holding another; linking the right arm of each; looking one an- other boldly in the eye and pronouncing the words “Skal bror!” the beakers are emptied. “Hence you are expected to use tne pronoun “thou,” and you take your stand on the of relationship. Among the remluiscences of tits visit to Verm- land is an evening when 1 acquired no less than Six new and stalwart brothers. On the subject of ancvenne po-itesse, I should mention, by the way, that there is a well-known Swedish gentleman ‘Who always gives precedence to his own son, be- cause “he has one ancestor more than his fatier.” ‘The People who Save. ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette. Which 1s the most provident class of the com- munity? Without a doubt we should say the about trades unions Which are the first year's out- Put of the labor bureau at the board of trade. In many trades woecing orn “lay by,” in the form of contributions to Uelr unions, as’ much. £3a year, That, onan income 5 yellow tomato concelves Of it asa little, round, Wwalnut-sized, and egg-shaped thing, ‘watery substance ail ménifold seeds, to be steeped in vinegar and spices, tasteless and worth- i slices: eager: the pte ed pm 3 meats and game either may be As Gat eas aofekesnat nent wk tne low, a tha nig "may be dis- Gezalerconce teed wal mare eens Gs W. W. BALL TELLS HOW THE ULTAMATCM OF THE PEOPLE WAS PLACED BEFORE THi KING. A Chicago special to the New York Tribune says: Wim. W. Hail, of Honolutu, is in town, He was one of that committee of thirteen that called on King Kalakaua and demanded that he either abdicate or sign the new constitution, “We com- mitteemen filed into the palace,” sald Mr, Hall, “and found the king at a desk inone of the rooms. He was pretty well frightened and ex- tremely conciliatory. “He asked us to be seated, Dut we declined, and delivered our message sand: ing. ‘Your majesty,” our spokesman said, ‘we have @ communication for you.’ The king took the message and began to read it, The spokesman sald: ‘Your majesty will be given twenty-four hours within wich to make an answer; and if there 1s none by that time it will be considered & ‘We then fled out, We felt no uneasiness, be- cause all the reputable people of Honolulu were with us. We formed a secret league there ip Jan- uary, and took in members until we had, at the Mme of the revolution, about 500 citizens sworn. ‘They had all joined the Honolulu Ritles, the only jocal militia, and 1 had rurnished them ail with: Springfield — ‘The king had simpty his police, Batives and about sixt palace 3 ean om by al Kalakaua’s poker-playing: and carousing true?” “Yes; the adventurers who come over from San Francisco seem to be the sort of characters Kala- kaua likes best. They beat him at poker, and get his money. The crowning extravagance, however, Was his fitting out a manof-war at an expense of ,000. ‘There are only 20,000 le in Hono- lulu, and not more than 80,000 on all the islands. 80 that boat meant #1 apres all round Engulfed in the Sand. ANOTHER PASSENGER TRAIN SIGNALED JUST IN TIME BY AN OLD WOMAN. A telegram from Denver, Col, August 25, 8ay8: An accident occurred on an east-bound Union Pa- cific express at the Sand Creek bridge, ten miles east of here, last night, resulting in the death of Engineer Masterton and the serious wounding of ‘two or three trainmen, The Union Pacific and Burlington bridges cross Sand Creek almost paral- Jel and within a few fect of each other, When the engineer of the Union Pacttle train, which leaves here about thirty minutes ahead of the Burlington train, Was Within a few feet of the bridge he saw that ihe flood in the early part of the evening had Washed the middie section away. The fireman Jumped into the stream and stuck in the sand, Whence he was taken out half an hour later un- conscious, He may die. Engineer Masterton re- versed his engine Just as 1t plunged into the water with a baggage-car, which fell on top of his body, burying iU in the sana. His engine was completely buried in the sand. Baggageman Breedlove was badly injured by falling trunks An old woman living mear by ‘heard the cries of the frightened People and rushed out with a lantern and stopped the approaching express on the Burlington route within a few feet of the bridge, probably saving other lives, as the bridge of Unls road Was also in a dangerous condition. ————— Felled with an Axe. A DOCTOR ANSWERS A MIDNIGHT CALL AND MEETS TWO MURDERERS. Asspecial from Holden, Mo, says: Center View, Johnson County, 1s a small place on the Missouri Pacific Rallroad, 8 miles east of here. Three Parues rode up to Dr. Kenyon’s residence there at 12 O'clock Wednesday night. One man held the horses while the other two knocked at the door ‘The doctor went to the door and asked, “Who 4s there?” Receiving ly_ satisfactory answer, and supposing ft @ call for professional service, he opened the door. That instant one of the men struck him with an axe, felling him sense- Jess to the floor, ‘Three more blows of the axe Were struck, and the partner of the assassin Whipped outa self-acting pistol and fired three shots into the body of the doctor, who was lying on the floor weltering in his blood.’ ‘The men then mounted thelr horses and rode of west toward Holden ata gallop. The city marshal of Holden Was made acquainted with the facts in the case, He went to Kingsville, 5. miles west. of here, and placed under arrest John and Sam Glenn. About ‘eighteen months ago Dr. Kenyon married @ cousin of the Glenn boys. "Since then the doctor und his wife have not lived er peaceably. ‘The Glenns allege that the doctor has whipped his Wife, and this ts the 8 ‘cause of the attack. Dr. Kenyon is in a critical condition. Graxv Comnrxatios: CLEARING-OUT AND CLOSING-OUT SALE OF THIS SEASON'S STOCK OF UNDERWEAR. UNDERWEAR SACRIFICED! ‘We have two substantial reasons for closing out out Present stock. Our first reason is to dispose of all odds and ends, Our second reason is that we have to make room for our Fall Underwear Stock, which will be here by Sept. 1. No restriction as to quality sold, LADIES' CAMBRIC UNDERWEAR, Sizes in Ladies’ Cambric Gowns, Drawers, and Chem ise which we intend to close out, Gown trimmed with fine Hamburg inserting, two clusters of tucks and ruffies of Hamburg around yoke, neck, and sleeves, only 8c. ; former price, $1.50. Style No. 2 is trimmed with yoke of tucks beck and front, edged with fine embroidery around neck and sleeves, only 75c.; former price, 980. Style No. 3 hase yoke of five pin tucks, best quality of cambric, regular made, only O¥c. ; former price, 890 LADIES’ CAMBRIC CHEMISE. Style No. 1 is trimmed with yoke of pin tucks, Ham. Dung inserting edge, with fine embroidery, only 50c.. former price, 75. dc! Style No. 2, solid yoke of fine embroidery, best qual- ity cambric. Among those will be found a few with skirt bottom, only 98c.; former price, 61.25. LADIES' CAMBRIC DRAWERS. ‘Made of the best quality cambric, trimmed with clusters of five tucks, deep bem, ouly 50c.; former Price, 68e. Another style is trimmed with two clusters of tucks, deep embroidered ruffles, best quality cambric, only: G9c. ; former price, 88. ‘Wo make a Specialty of BRIDAL OUTFITS. Ladies ‘Would do well to take a look at our stock of Fine Un- All our Underwear warranted to wear. Our Under ‘wear Room is apart from all other stock. es Killed = Desperado, A STRANGER SHOOTS A MAN WHOSE BACK 18 TO HIM IN THE SIGHT OF FIPIY PROPLE, Particulars were learned at Wheeling; W. Va, Wednesday of the assassination of John Cart- wright, 8 noted desperado of Wetzel County, at hig home in Mannington, W. Va, while standing a few paces from his own door, At 7 o'clock, while Cartwright was standing with his back toward a a rifle note daehoase ievied iis fia ored one sate at Cart \e ‘through his body, iauriaene ‘The stranger after firing the shot extricated the empty shell from the rifle, then walked cooly away in plain view of ty p wrho were intamidated at appearance ‘weapon, James P. Chariton was standing few yards from the mur: derer, and saw the effect of his shot, but was un- armed, and did not attempt his arrest, A posse has since been organized, and are now on the mur- derer's trail, Cartwi it Was thirty-five years of age, married, and the father of seven children. Charges of Plagiarism. ‘A PROMINENT BAPTIST PREACHER ATTACKED, A special to the Baltimore American from Rich- mond, Va., August 25, says: “There is no little ex- citement here among church people, especially of the Baptist; denomination, over the charge of plagiarism made in AUanta against Rev. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, a leading Baptist. minister there, and who two years ago was pastor of the "Bap- ‘caught Dr. Ust church here. ‘The la papers Hawthorne by bringing out the parallel columns on him, and the Richmond State Shem Just a‘visit.- When the prohibition Nght was agitating avistt, When mn was this city so mucha few years back the Sate warmly pronibition, and Dr. Hawthorne advocat and fally wound up by denouncing in some of his speeches Mr. Beirne, the editor {tue paper, from the pulpit, because) the State edl- torhad fought a duel. ‘The editor of the State re- torted ina card in which he rej Hawthorne for his intemperate and untinistertal language. He sald that he was only protected. by the profes. sion of which he was such an unworthy member, Before Dr. Hawthorne left Richmond of Plagiarism were whispered here, but up.” ——+o2_____ Capt. Jas, Barron Hope, editor of the Norfolk Landmark, bas 3 ah invitation from Gov. Lee to read’a dedicatory poem at the of the gormer-stone of the Lee monument at ond, ie Col Babcock, Of Cnleago, found that death late Col K foun resulted from a shot fired from a revolver in the hands of Miss Sarah Dodge, and recommended that Yast indy be held to await the action of the grand jury. Taz Rose For Our Elegant Spring and s = Summer fully. Decide wisely. Act promptly. Don'twait. Our Beautiful Spring and ‘Summer Goods have come, and arexoing rapidly. In these days good old-fash- cu houesty is rare, therefore you will va pleased to see how we have combinedold time honesty in quality and price, with new, fresh styles in Men's and Boy's Clothing and Furnishing Goods. Styles ‘the latest, quality excellent, prices low- est. Buyers cannot put their moneyia more liberal hands.) Younced notaccept cur statements as we back them with foods and prices. Our $12, $15,818 ‘suits, must be seen; you Cannot imagine from’ an advertisement, Can say wo Dave seen sui‘s suid at much more money that will not bear compares ‘with these, Until September 20th we will cent fer ean oo “of all ale rom 61 wrwanece out Snure stock 0 Colored Silke, Setlas Velvets, He Gaze at the wonderful bill of fare the LONDON AND | save LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO. has prepared for ite 98.00 All-Wool SERGE SUIT, ‘Gray, and Salmon color 96.00 buys » nico Gray-mixed SERGE SUIT. * $5.00 buys s good BUSINESS SUIT. 012.50 buys s Silk-Face BLACK CORKSCREW SUIT. e400 of our SILK ALPACA, PONGEE, and oduer FANOY COATS and VESTS thst wore @7-00 $1.00 buys s good pair of WORKING PANTS that ‘Will stand the knockabouts of a gymnast (CHILDEEN'S and BOYS’ SUITS st half price ‘LOxDON xD LIVERPOor, (CLOTHING COoMPanyY, ‘Corner 7th and Gate mee MOHAIR COATS AND VESTS, 62.87. 04.95, 66.75, $7.88, 68.78, 69.68, BOYs' ALL-WOOL SUITS, Ages 14 to 18 years, (04.61, 05-29, 65.85, 66.18. CHILDREN'S ‘Ages 5 to 13 yeara, (0180, 62.25, 62.70, 62.08 a ‘TON OF COAL ‘Saved on Every Purchase amounting to 290, at VICTOR E ADLE ‘Ten Per Cent Clothing House, 927 and 929 7th street northwest, ‘corner Massachusetts avenua, Strictly one price. Open Seturday until 11 pm fa) LAST WEEK OF RED LETTER SALE Tax Vaxovan, THE FIRST LINE OF OUB FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF ‘HAS ARRIVED, AND WE ARE PREPARED ‘TO SHOW NEW AND VERY HANDSOME STYLES OF GOODS FOR EITHER BUBI- NESS OR DRESS SUITS, OUB PIECE GOODS STOCK 18 PROBA- BLY LARGER THAN ANY OTHER IM WASHINGTON, AND COMPRISES ALL THB: DESIRABLE STYLES AND MAKES, AMONG DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES THE “SAW- YER,” THE “ROCK” AND :THE “HARRIS” GOODS ARE AMONG THE BEST. IN IM- PORTED THE “F. & H.,” THE“SCHNABEL.” THE “BANNOCKBURN,” THE “NELLIS- SEN” GOODS TAKE HIGH RANK. THESE ARE ONLY A SMALL PART OP THE MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTED IN OUR STOCK, BUT THEY SERVE TO SHOW THE CHARACTER OF OUR GOODS. THIS BRANCH OF OUR BUSINESS HAS GROWN TO SUCH PROPORTIONS THAT IT REQUIRES SPECIAL AND PARTICULAR ATTENTION. THIS 18 OWING TO THE FACT THAT WHILE WE GIVE 48 GOOD WORK, a8 FINE MATERIALS AND AS GOOD FITTING GARMENTS, OUR PRICES ARE “WaY BELOW" THE MERCHANT ‘TAILORS, AND WE BELIEVE BELOW ANY OTHER DEALERS WHO HANDLE THE SAME CLASS OF GOODS. NEW STYLES COMING 1K ALMOST ‘Dally, EB BARNUM & 00, 931 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUR mea Brows, | Wascorz, Wicor & Wire, REAL ESTATE AND LOAN BROKERS AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS, ‘No. 1907 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, ‘Washington, D.C. aul3 ES Weooott, W.R Wiloos ID. Wine ‘the coming week to exhibit ee ee BOXMETS AND ROUND HATR | ‘MBs MJ. HUNT, ie Fae