Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1888, Page 6

SCAPE—A PICTURESQE SCENE NEAR THIS CITY— ‘MAJOR BURKE AND “BUCK” TAYLOR. A Stax reporter invaded the muddy precincts of Gen. Beale’s stock farm yesterday for the BUFFALORS, ROCKY MOUNTAIN COACH MULES AND | great lion of BUCKING BRONCHOS VARY A MARYLAND LAND- | | Then the next day they took Purpose of getting a glimpse at the remains of | Baffalo Bill's Wild West show. The farm lies about 8 miles north of the city, and is about a mile south of the Maryland Agricultural Col- lege. The reporter, through the misdirection of some ill-informed guide, drove out by way of the Bladensburg pike, which led into a tpyi- cal country by-road, deep with mud, and across @ semi-mountainous region that made the pro- gress both slow and disagreeable. The drizzle that had threatened all the morning developed into a steady rain just before the farm was reached. At the gate the reporter encountered three horsemen whom he at first mistook for cowboys, but a nearer view showed that their trowsers were worn outside of their boots, and their heads were covered by dark hats of a moderate size. These evidences of civilization reassured the scribe, who asked if Back Taylor, ‘the king of the cowboys,” was at the house. Upon receiving a negative reply he asked who was there, and was told that Mr. Lafferty, the superintendent of the farm, was somewhere around. Thereupon he turned into the road leading up to THE GREAT OLD-FASHIONED MANSION, between a double row of apple trees that seraped the buggy top and flung down their rain drops. Mr. Lafferty was found at the door of one of the stables. He let down the bar and bade the reporter to drive in out of the rain. Upon the self-introduction of the scribe the superintendent said that Buck Taylor was expected back from town during the afternoon, but that Major John Burke, Buffalo Bill's manager, was visiting at the house, to which he led ‘the way. The major was found in the office, sitting with his hat on and wrapped in his mackintosh to keep warm. The air grew so chilly that a fire was started in the hearth and soon was blazing merrily up the chimney. . “Yes,” said the major, “we are getting com- fortably settled. Our stock is out there in the meadow for pasturage, and we have settled down for a rest. It seems strange to rest; it seems like a dream. We have been so busy for so many years, without a break, that I do not feel right when I am not at work. I sleep so soundly that Iam tired when I wake up. Buck has gone to Alexandria to see some of his old friends.” ‘ “Well, we can take a look at his room,” said Mr. Lafferty, leading the way up the broad stairway. “I want toshow you the carpet on the floor. Just think of Buck Taylor sleeping in a room with a carpet on the floor.” The door was locked, but a key was found to fit it, and the party entered. SEEN FROM BUCK’S WINDOW. The south window overlooked the meadow in which the show-cattle were roaming. A string of little horses was winding across the field, headed for the shelterof a clump of trees at the foot of a hill sloping down from the house. Away over in one corner a number of large black spots appeared. These were the buffa- loes, which are kept in the same meadow with the horses. This field is over two miles long and extends around a large part of the farm. Beyond the trees bordering the meadow the roof of the house on the Riggs farm could easily be seen; beyond was the turret of the Soldiers’ Home, and farther still, a little to the left, the Monument loomed up above the trees, barely visible through the driving rain. WATCHING THE BUFFALOES. The horses and buffaloes will be kept in the meadow until about the latter part of Novem- ber, when they will be driven up into a large shed, now being constructed behind the stables, There are fully two hundred of Buffalo Bill's horses, besides about one hundred of Gen. Beale’s and Mr. Lafferty’s on the place. The buffaloes require constant watching to prevent them from jumping the fences, and soa man stays with them all day. They have a great de- sire to jump any fence through which they can see, and if they cannot see through it they will proceed to try to butt a hole in it throug’ whioks thay eon see, snd thon they will jump it. Barbed wires are nothing to them; so that ithas been deemed prudent to furnish them with an attendant. The buffaloes and the horses, while they do not affiliate, are on easy termfs with each other, and have as yet had no trouble. A HAPPY FAMILY. It is the intention of the cow-boys to keep the horses out in the pastures long enough to re- duce them to “frames,” as. an animal not blessed with a superabundance of flesh is called. Then, toward the Spring, when things are being put in readiness for the Paris season, these frames will be built upon just enough to give them an air of existence. They will be scrupulously dieted, the luxury of grain being reserved for the fattening process. These are almost all Texas horses, mustangs, and among them are some of the famous *‘buckers.” At present they look like ordinary, peaceable, rideable nags, that would bring about #50 apiece in an open market. But they are full of good stuff, and have got the show business down fine, THE COWBOY KING'S ABODE. The rain was swirling across the window- panes as the reporter turned from the horses and buffaloes to examine the mysteries of the cowboy king’s abode. The bed was an old- four-poster that nearly touched the roof. Under one end were about half a dozen geet boots, tumbled into a confused pile. At other protruded the end of a wooden box, filled with guns and pistols. ‘Buck's armory,” Major Burke said. On the chimney-piece was @ variegated collection. ied by @ frame containing Buck's “Ally London testimonial. The “Ally Sloper” is a comic illustrated journal that ives jokes to the millions of Lon- and this testimonial, resented by the publishers, sets forth the fact (sur- rounded by colored drawings illustrating scenes in the life of Mr. Ally Sloper), that whereas Buck Taylor is the ackowledged king of the cowboys, any person calling him by any other title, or bestowing that title upon any other person, shall be treated in some horrible man- ner which poe lia mind of = a failed to w all is a hieroglyphic suj d to be ar. Sloper’s signature. By the Tae of the testimonial lie Taylor's silver spurs, and beyond them a great pile of photographs, souvenirs of his wide traveling. Among these is a portrait of “Dude” Baker, one of the crack shots of the Wild West. This name, explained the major, was given to Baker long, long ago, before the term became generally used, e~ cause he insisted on wearing black clothes and other emblems of ‘‘dudery” when not engaged in the pursuit of the cowboy profession. While the others were looking at the photo- hs the major had prospected about until unearthed, in the closet, a peculiar looking vessel covered with wicker work, which he took over to the window for examination. He soon satisfied his curiosity and returned the vessel in the closet, saying, as he shut the door and threw back his mackintosh, that he felt better. Finally the uninvited ests tread their way out of the room gently over the wonderful carpet and locked the door behind e center was occu- i EXPERIENCES IX ENGLAND, Downstairs the fire was crackling in a cheery way, and the arm-chairs were drawn up before it, while the major related some of his English experiences, his hearers two years’ stay in the “right little, tight little “Tn the first place,” he remarked, after he had taken off his mackintosh and his hat and settled his —- into a rocker, “the Englishmen have a far better idea of America than we, or rather you, This is because a greater portion of richer and more mtial ones have seen a good deal of Par we the others draw their ideas mostly these. Of course the Wild West Was a revelation to them; it nted a phase of American life with ‘whieh shay kad Geer ited. We showed there on a i i ; HH H is L yreee | i THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, did not kick the man w! they patted him on the back and told him was plucky for staying in the race at all, said that he'd be sure to do better next year. him around and — introduced as ‘Mr. Jones, you ow, the man as was sixteenth in the ‘arriers, you know.’ In this place that poor fellow would never have been heard of. THE ENGLISH WORKINGMAN. “Another funny thing,” the major went on, as he moved back from the fire a little, “is the way the laborers work. We waste a good deal of sympathy on them, but you tht to see them at work on the’ ditches and. the Toads, py iat bricks and mortar and doing all sorts of gs. They start in at 7 o'clock and work until 8. Then they stop work and go to a pub- lic house, where they get a bitter beer. $9 they begin ain and work until 1, when they stop for another hour and take another bitter _ a 2 start in on the last stretch, quit- ig at 5. A CALL TO DINNER. Just at this point a voice from the interior announced dinner, and the major’s face relaxed into a smile as he rose from the rocker and fol- lowed Mr. Lafferty into the dining-room. Here, too, England was discussed and rivalled the meal in the major’s attention. Through the windows a lot of General Beale’s horses could be seen, huddled under the apple trees near the house, with their heads turned away from the storm, anf their ears drooping in a melancholy way. Several of these animals, Mr. Lafferty explained, were capable of making a two-forty gat They are often used in teams around the ‘arm. Under the eaves of a shed three guinea hens sat in a row and two ducks stood in front of them and nodded. A few chickens stepped daintily through the mud and occasionally a cat ran across the yard with its fur soaked. The ue had all fallen from the trees, which were almost bare, and the low hanging ‘clouds gave the finishing touch to the dreary scene. But inside the air was warm and cordial, and Major Burke's running commentary kept his listeners in a good humor, THE COWBOYS’ QUARTERS. After dinner Mr. Lafferty led the way down into the basement, where the five cowboys are quartered who are to help Buck Taylor take care of the stock this winter. They—except- ing the man who was watching the buffaloes— were chatting with some of the farm hands, and the air was blue with smoke. In another room down the corridor the saddles, ropes, and halters belonging to the show are stored. "The saddles, upward of a hundred, are strung on three poles placed across the room. All of them have the flaring pommels on which the cowboy ties his lasso when he goes in quest of ame. One of these pommels is as broad as a inner plate. The Mexicans, some one said, often play monte on such a pommel when they have nothing else to do. Then Mr. Lafferty led the way into the yard, where the mud was several inches deep. Im- mediately upon his appearance a Maltese kit- ten rubbed against his legs. Then he gave a call, and half a dozen more cats appeared, fol- lowed by others in another minute. He has only twenty-eight of these animals, he says. he finest of the stock of the farm was under shelter. One of the stallions, Leopard, is well- known as one of the Arabian pair presented to Gen. Grant by the sultan of ‘key. He now belongs to Gen. Beale. Horse after horse was shown. This one had a 2:20 record, that a 2:30, that one had a colt which madea mile in 2:50; another was the mother of a famous flyer, and so on—each horse with a great lon; pedigree, that rolled out of Mr. Lafferty's throat as easily as though it were the alphabet. In one of the stalls was a little colt named Jack Shepard, which was left an orphan at the tender age of two months. He and Mr. Lafferty had a wrestling match, which resulted in the colt’s fall. He lay as peaceful and innocent as a lamb, but suddenly his hind hoof began to twitch and creep upward, and then the door was hastily shut and bolted. THE DEADWOOD COACH. The four black mules that draw the Dead- wood coach have separate stalls. Their great long necks were poked over the partitions, their wing-like ears were trained outward and their enormous eyes were winkingly fastened on their visitors as they entered. After a minute’s gazing they whisked their heads back and fell to biting each other's necks. Mr. Lafferty has a California C-spring four-in- hand coach which he is going to lend the cow- boys. They will hitch the mules to it some day and astonish the town. BUCK GETS HOME AGAIN. While the reporter was looking at the mules and the mules were looking at him, a peculiar halloo was heard outside and Mr. Lafferty went out to open the gate for the king of the Cow- boys, who bad just arrived in his buggy. He soon broke for the house, for he said that he was “‘in his dude rig” and could not stand the rain and mud. There isa deal of him, up and down there are 6 feet and 5 inches of cowboy, and all around there are about two hundred and thirty pounds of Taylor. It seems afarce to call him a cow-“boy.” His lon black hair was tied back, out of way, he looked uncomfortable in his “dude rig.” When he heard that dinner had been served he strode upstairs to his room and soon reappeared with the queer-looking vessel covered with wicker work that the major had discovered in the morning, and acan of maple syrup. “Come and do your duty, John,” he calied, and the major advanced to the onslaught like a man. - —_ Ihave stretched my hat a little,” said Taylor, as he folded himself up in a rocking-chair. “I have been down to Alexan- dria to register. Say, John, we must try to get these seven votes in on the 6th.” All of the cowboys are ardent democrats and have been ap | on a chance to vote for some days. e of them is a Mexican, but he is a democrat. Many amusing political discus- sions take place between the cowboys and the negro farm hands. They are very persuasive in their arguments. A STAMPEDE. After a while Buck, thawed by the fire and by the mysterious contents of the wicker-cov- ered vessel, told cbout the experience he had with the stock the day he landed them from the train at College Station. “They stampeded,” he said, ‘and scared the natives almost to deat We run ’em a couple of miles, with two old horses leading 'em, until we got all but the leaders corralled off into a field. Ileft the other men to round ‘em up and I lit out for the leaders. They were a good start ahead of me, and I chased ‘em over 7 miles, At last I i within reach of one and I hooked him around the neck with my rope. That threw him and the other jumped along for about a hundred yards, and then, finding that he was alone, stopped. After looking at us for a minute he came walking k, and I bye him Sore’ ait “I suppose that that was an easy way to them over from the railroad,” innocently re- marked the reporter. “Oh, yes,” was the reply, with a wink at the major, “that would have been an easy way if they hadn’t been running in the direc- tion,” and the king of the cowboys faughed a agsfootdve bugh that shook the win- we. That disheartened the scribe, and soon after- ward he gathered his accoutrements and in- quired the best way home. Buck waved adicu from the porch. “I have fet my patent-leathers on,” he said, pointing to shoes, “‘or I would come down in the mud.” Then the ber apne drove home as the clouds drifted off to the east and the sun came out. Ree aah SSE Diphtheria Carried by a Turkey. From the British M po gabe writer was called to see the i of 5, who had been Poorly for a day or two. He had enlarged on the left side, which had come on ae He was a delicate little fellow, with fai hate and anemic fa milords miladies finds ite French day a Coed ge ge an her who was standing behind her, and waion sign “Sho ted et once ut out her stamp, and then affixed it to her THE DEBRIS OF CONGRESS. The Litter That Members Hurrying Home Left Around Their Desks. It will take all the time there is to clean up things at the Capitol and get ready for the re- assembling of Congress in December. Almost before the Speaker's gavel fell at the end of the session, Congress was adjourned and its “elements” were scattered throughout the country. Congress left with its tranks un- packed and its rooms in confusion. The most careful members just scraped their papers up in a promiscuous mass in their desks and locked the lids down. Many left private letters, old bills, reports, and important papers on the tops of their desks. At the tardy close of such a long session there was not much disposition toward order. Since then employes, some at night as well as day, have been busy getting things to rights, The first thing that had to be done before there was any sweeping or cleaning was to gather up all the loose papers on the tops of the desks, and someon the floor, and put them each in the desk to which it belonged. Three jes had to clean the contents out of each and wrap them sep- arately in hea wr, and label the packages each with the Gane’ of the member. the chee tents of whose desk it contains, These pack- ages are enough to fill a large store- room, The contents of some of them would shame the traditional ‘‘small boy's pocket.” There are quill pens, old steel pens, penholders, and pencils, erasers, occa- sionally a much-worn pocket dictionary or book of synonyms, and, it is re; d, in one desk an ish grammar. Perhaps an apple core or pace of tobacco was found in the corners of adesk here ora desk there, or, stuck on the lid, a piece of gum. If an empty flask was found no mention has been made of it. But none of these things were saved in the packages, They are filled with miscellaneous papers—old letters, some not opened; bills, re , Pieces of manuscript not classified, rejected sugges- tions for eches, notes indicative of study or research, witty remarks written on bits of r, to refresh recollection on occasion; an ere may be here and there a petition the statesman forgot to present, or delicately- scented bille ux which he neglected to de- stroy. He will find them all in his package when he opens it next December. All the workmen they can put on it will find just as much as they can do to get the House ready for occupancy by December. The paints are being gone over, the carpets are taken up to be cleaned, the floors are being scrubbed and repaired where the boards have been loosened or split by the stamp- ing and irate oratory of tariff debaters, The desks are being given their annual bath. They are covered with ink, both in the cloth covers and the woodwork. On the polished oak edge of the tops of most of them is written names, figures, and all sorts of odd memoranda. All this has to be washed off, and the water- bugs, ants and spiders must be disturbed from their domain in the desks of certain members. It is unnecessary to name who have not been in their seats much during the session. The bsentee’s desk is always Nistinguishod by the spider webs inside of it! Each desk is carefully rubbed over with a soft, soapy looking some- thing that has acid in it. Then the desk is taken out in the middle of the floor by itself and doused over with water. It is given a per- fect shower-bath. Then is is wiped varnished and set out of the way. en the; are all done the carpets will be put down an on will be'put back in place, where they will wait with a shining and clean welcome for the returning statesmen. The scrubbers, cabi- net makers, carpenters, painters and lock- smiths are at work. Big warnings: “Paint,” are posted everywhere. ssa 2 eR The Safest Bet Yet Made. From the Holyoke Democrat. A young woman of this city who is in favor of the republican candidate proposed to her democratic lover a wager which made him hesitate. They were discussing the great ques- tion as they sat on the sofa together holding each other’s hands Sunday night, when the young man said: “I'll bet you a cookie that Cleveland will be elected.” “Let us bet some- thing big,” replied the girl. as she put her antl lovingly gn his shoulder. ‘Well, you name it,” theyoung man remiet. The young lady then proposed the following: “If Harri- son is elected you marry me; if Cleveland is elected then I will have to marry you.” He agreed. SS ee Miss Ethel Sprague’s Stage Aspirations. The New York Herald says: Miss Ethel Sprague, the daughter of Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, has decided to eschew the frivolities of society and climb to the dizzy pinnacle of fame by way of the dramatic stepladder. Professor Sargent, who runs the school of acting attached to the Lyceum Theater, says that he expects the yor lady and her mamma will arrive from Washington on Sunday. Miss Ethel will at once put herself in his hands to learn how to “hold the mirror up to nature” Crome, fod the most approved methods. Professor Sar- ent regards her as a promising pupil. He fara her recite something ast summer,” She a8 grace, Vivacity, a sympathetic voice, br: and ambition, Itt probable that she will study under him for Ah gd before making her debut. Meanwhile Boys os who has ideas of her own about acting, will take a hand at instructing her also. A Blind Elopement. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Acurious romance that ended in the mar- riage of a rich Lake County farmer to a blind widow older than himself has just had a sequel in the mysterious disappearance of the bride. Thomas Hannah, a hale man of thirty-nine, in August last came to San Francisco in search of a wife. He owns a large cattle ranch. At the boarding-house where he stopped he met a blind we ae of forty summers named Mrs. Liz- zie Leech. He was smitten with her ee — after a few weeks’ courtship, he marrit er. A brief honeymoon followed, and then Han- nah had to return to his ranch. He left the bride behind with the understanding that she was to follow him to his Lake County home as soon as he had prepared suitable quarters for her. Scarcely was Hannah gone when a blind man named appeared and asked to see Mrs. Hannah. He became a daily caller and remained for hours in her room, Finally, one ~~ last week, after he had called, Mrs. Han- nah went out in the evening and has not since been seen. She left word that an expressman would come for her trunks and take them to Oakland, but no one called. Even her children, who lived in the same house, have no clue to her whereabouts, but they think she has eloped with the blind man an who ppeared with her. In a Pool of Crocodiles. From a Paris Letter. An exciting scene occurred on Monday at Bone, in Algeria, at the aquarium—a sort of itinerant menageri The special feature of this aquarium consisted in a collection of no fewer than seventy crocodiles, which were fed publicly at stated hours by the manager, M. Pernolet. He always wore a of Welling- ton boots, and had a stick with which to beat off the reptiles when they became too rave- nous and attempted to snap the food out of his hands. —_ On this occasion he was sit on the back of his feeding one of the others crawled up him and bit him in the stomach. A shout was raised by the and those around the tank tried to the let's blows freon hirling nd his 's blows, wi roun as if to tear him to pieces. Unfortunat Tia » M. Pernolet and fell in the very midst of the les, which all on him with fe panic took place yg who m fled. Ror ertheless, Pernolet was Al h his are not to be in a A Troublesome Likeness. From the London E f Bi ae pe men were entirely taken aback, one j Sides, used SPIRITUALIST EXHIBITIONS. Confessions of a Man Who Has Man- aged Such Shows. HOW ANNA EVA PAY PRODUCED WRITTEN IDENTI- eling theatrical companies, at present in this city, had handed to him on the street yesterday a dodger an- nouncing the “Death to Spiritualism” enter- tainment that Dr. Richmond, the dentist, prom- ised to give in the Academy of Music. He laughed as he glanced it over, and then said: “This chap ought to hire me; I could give him lots of points on spiritualism. I've been something of spiritualist myself, in fact. I had my ‘first experience with spiritualism about eight years ago, when I was proprietor of a theater in a city on the Pacific slope, and, be- to take charge of combinations that wanted to make a tour of a number of theaters in smaller towns in the same part of the coun- try. An advance = came along one day and said he wanted to get the house for the next Sunday evening for the Miller Brothers to ive a spiritualist show. Sunday night, long efore the hour to open, there was the biggest crowd ever seen in town waiting to get in, and those fellows didn’t sell a ticket under 25 cents, and charged 50 and 75 for most of the seats. They took in over $600 at the door, of which I received the munificent sum of $75, when I might just as well have had 60 per cent. “Some time after that the advance agent of Anna Eva Fay came along and wanted to hire the house. Ididn’t hire that time; I wanted shares or nothing, and as I had the only thea- ter in town he had to accept my terms. They had a big house and afterward engaged me to manage their tour through the small téwns where I controlled the houses. I had to go with the company, ‘and in that way got my first insight into the business. I wasn't taken into any secrets of the trade at all; these mediums never give themselves away except to their confederates, but a man with half an eye could see easy enough what a humbug the whole business was, ONE OF ANNA EVA'S GREAT TRICKS then was the production of the spirit of some well-known person who had died in the place, and the verification of the identity by the pro- duction of its name and other particulars writ- ten on a slip of paper which some one in the audience had inserted through aslit in the cab- inet. It made the countrymen get right down on their knees and groan when they saw those blank slips come out, with names and dates of which the medium was thought to be abso- lutely ignorant, written on them. Sometimes they used even to recognize the handwriting. It was simple enough. Part of the business of the advance agent was to visit the grave- yard in each town where he billed the com- any. From the tombstones he copied names, tes of death and other particulars, especially of recently deceased persons, or of persons who seemed to have been of some prominence in the community. He also went through files of the recent issues of the local papers and copied ulars from death notices and obit- rat columns, The mass of memoranda thus gathered he enclosed in an envelope and left at the hotel for Anna Eva when she came. From these memoranda names and other mat- ters were copied upon slips of paper exactly like those the audience was to have; and the slips thus written on were concealed upon the me- dium’s person when she went into the cabinet. After that the substitution of the written slips for blank ones put in by the audience was a perfectly simple matter. Of course it goes without saying that the tying in the cabi- Aes was a sham. That is so with all of em. The epee to which the ropes are fas- tened seem solid enough to any Miger é ex- amination, but any one who knows the trick can pull them out withouttrouble. As to the hands, any one with a slender hand can, with practice, double it up so that it will slip out of any knot that can be tied or out of the smallest size of handcuffs, THE TRICK OF MATERIALIZING FLOWERS and making them float in the air before the cabinet was another strong card for Miss Fay. We used to buy the flowers of some florist as far away from the center of the town as possible. They had very long stems, and she simply stuck them through holes in the cabinet and waved them about. In the dim light nobody could tell that they were not floating in the air, and the poor fools in the audience used to snatch them up after the performance andcarry them away as sacred. Several bad breaks were made on that trip, but she was never reall; caught. Miss Fay is the cleverest woman I ever knew at the business, and I don’t believe she ever can be actually caught in one of her tricks. Even when things look — dark for her she manages to slip out of the trap some- how. For one thing, she isa dreadfully sweet and pretty little ngs 9 and she can put ona most appealing look when it is necessary, and few men ¢an withstand that. They drop the subject and let her goon without giving the trckaway, * * * * © © FLOATING ON THE AIR. “Miss Fay’s latest mishap, and about the only one that has ever amounted to much, was last year, at Huddersfield, England. Business was getting dull, and she had to get up some new attraction, so she advertised that she would float in mid-air from the e to the fallery, a distance of 65 feet, over the heads of e audience. This brought out a big house. When all was ready the lights were turned down and it was announced that the floatin, was to begin. A lot of fellows had smuggled a long le with a hook on the end into the hall during the day, and at given signal they struck matches and one of them sawed the Eels about in the air over the heads of the au- lience. Pretty soon the hook aes on a wire that ran from the stage to the gallery and hauled down a white silk bag inflated to look a little like a woman. Meantime two other men ae aan Cae a staircase i m the stage to the ry and not open to the public had caught Miss Fay being carried in the arms of her husband up to the lery to be able to appear there when the lights were turned on. ere was a big sen- sation, Miss Fay went back to the stage and oe that "this preliminary act with the silk bag was merely to test the faith of the au- dience, as faith was absolutely essential to her own safety in performing the feat, The au- dience laughed at her, and the papers for the next day or two were full of it. Nevertleless, the very next night, in a town not 60 miles from Huddersfie id, she had a big house. She abandoned the floating in the trick, how- ever, and has never attempted it since. There isn’t any such thing as spiritualism; it’s a hum- bug and a fraud from beginning to end.” His Intelligent Dog Johnny. 5 From the Lewiston Journal. Inever allowed Johnny, that was my dog’s name, to lie on the sofa, and he, of course, would not try to as long as I was in the room, Even when I went out I did not mistrust the old fellow, and you may imagine my surprise when returning home one afternoon I found him lying quietly on the sofa and looking de- fiantly at me. He received his punishment, and was apparently so disgusted that he did not touch a bit of Sper that night. I did not think any more of this event until a few days later when, coming home at an unusual time, I found “Johnny” sleeping in his box » “What's up with you now?” I a i 4 ame looked at the sofa, but could see i i i j #F se te i i i His Life Saved by a Present of Flowers. From the Savannah News. A beautiful girl drove out to the Sand Hills yesterday and gave Dr. Sollace Mitchell a mag- nificent bouquet of flowers for a certain one of the patients (mentioning him by name). When asked by the doctor, “Who shall say brought them?” the young lady, blushing deeply, r ’ 1888. Graphic, Senator William M. Evarte has too dignified a - regard for the law to violate the statute against " betting. Nevertheless he will get three new hats immediately after the election, unless his prophetic judgment is at fault. Mr. Evarts is an ardent republican in politics, of course, but ‘ when he comes to deal with figures, past, pres- Pg a wee ys he mae oinrneag oe emp} le met Herman Oelrichs, the youngest newest member of the democratic national fiat you bive gous into pol t ve nyadiees to see that you have gone in on the wrong side. I would rather see you a republi- Oelrichs laughing! lied, “I like to winners. Poe “Which is what you haven't done.” “I think Ihave, Anyhow, I'll bet you a new hat,” and he glanced at the Senator's ert obliquely. ed tile as though the sight of inspi the a “that Cleveland will be elected. We have got New York, Connecti- BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Light Sweet Wholesome Bread Delicious Pastry cut, and New Jersey.” “Indeed you have not,” and Evarts be- trayed uncommon earnestness. “I won't make @ bet, but how many seasons are there in a winter for silk hats? You know, for you're _RAILROADS. DA LTIMORE, AND OHIO RAILROAD. AL! April 29, 1588, BY ington from station, corner of New Jersey ‘That makes three. Now, if the democrats carry New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, your three winter hats shall not cost you any- thing. For every one of those states that your folks don't carry you will have to buy a hat for yourself.” “Agreed. AndI will serve you the same— that is, contrarily.” ‘ That is the way Evarts is backing his opin- ion. ——_—_——ee_______ “Old Hutch” as a Sly, Deep Dog. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr. Towne, of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Cleveland, vestibuled limited ex- c 9:15 pan. local stations, $10)-10 aim, Newark, and Wilmington, 7:30 a. 0B <m, 5:25, 6:45, 8:35, and 6 - and ye » 12: oo 4:30 am, 35 pn. An- 2:08, 3:50,6:30 p40. “Sun- 10 pm. knows him, and tells a story of old times when jones between Ws fon and Balti- he (Mr. Towne) was freight manager of one of eel Vive wed Pan. d intermediate points, +9. 35, 111-20 pan O00 3 te stations, 7:00 p.m’, Washingt. nday +10:1) Eo 5, a 0:10 am., 13:00, 4:35, 15:30 p. wn, 10:10 a.m.. and +5:30 p.m. “How many freight cars have you ready for use?” “Not a ees number, but—” “Well, there'll be a whacking lot wanted for corn before long. I'd advise you to make ar- rangements to have all you can ready.” Mr. Towne made ents and held all bly Soll ab as peeieiaen the cars he ‘Trains arrive from Chicago daily 7:20 a.m. and 5-15 venient. In the meantime the object of Hlutoh’s | 2od'i Bop cncimuat and St. Louis da O20am, quiet visit had become known, and all the men | p.m. + from Pittaburg daily 7:20am, 5:18 in the office put their little dibs into a quiet Popeaarere in corn. In a few days the cars were ll wanted, but it was for oats, and the corn speculation didn’t come off. Old Hutch was el Chester and Wilmington, 2:5 5 mn dalig; and f10 55 a.m, ped intermedi: ph rly and ite points north of 0 am. daily, and 12:15 an, "Sundays t 6:20, too sharp ancora i st ¢ S An Endless Railway Train. Bm. On Sundays 6:30, From the London Court Journal. im. ; 1:15, 2:00, 4:10, 5:00, 6:3 xcept Sundays. ‘Daily. §Sundays on! called for and checked at hotels and ences on orders left ‘at ticket offices, 619 and 1561 CHAS, 0. CU! Gen: Pasa ageut, One of the attractions at the Paris Exhibition will be an endless railway train, consisting of 400 platform cars. The line will be-sunk so that the platforms will be on the level with the sur- face, and the train will run slowly enough to rmit most people to step on and off while it vin motion, bat for the accommodation of IEDMONT AIR LIN! P Schedule in efiert Se 8:30 A. M— Eos =. st Tenn. Mail Daily for Warrenton, Gordonsville, Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Alexandria and Lynchburg, Romoke, Bristol, Montgomery, and ‘New Or- elderly people, ., a stop of 15 seconds eve: minute willbe made. ‘The motive power will or Waste gemne ty, and New 0 ail Daily for Sarrenton, Char. io ute, be electricity. “ Stations Ches. & Ohi ‘hbure, Rocky Mount, Danville and Stations be: Why they Lived Long. tween Lyuchburg and Danville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Clement Milton Hammond who has gathered — Montgorsry, ie 4 patente, Biraiue information of the mode of life and physical en ah ow ¥ 3 nec. characteristics of 8,500 people, men and women | jeans und Must Deg hae syoeomery to New Or- in New England over 80 years old, writovas fol. | Cobpeng sat Bese lows in the Popular Science Monthly : A very peculiar thing revealed by the can- vase is the fact that five out of six of these New England old folks have a light ——— with blue or gray eyes, and abundant brown hair. In stature the men are mostly tall and the women of medium height; in weight the men range from 100 to 160 pounds, with a of 200 and over, and the women from 100 to 120 v8, 2:30 P. M—Daily, except Sund: Strasburg and interniediste stations” "Manassas, xpress Daily for Warren’ tosville, Louiavitie, Crscieneeh K, and al! southwestern points, leepers Washington to Memphis ° ily for Lynch- uunds, with exceptional cases of 180 and over. | Pure, Danville, Kaleigh, As harlotte, Colum. Throughout life the men have been bony and | pi,.Aien., Auguste “Atuante, limman Ceaeibtie ineoee ington to New Ori - r o New Orleans. via Atlanta and Mont A Ww ington agus .. without change. TRA IO ecarey Trains on Washington and Ohio division leave Wash- m 9:00 A. M. Duily except Sunday, and 4-45 PM. ly; arrive Round Hill 11:30 A.M. and 7-20 PM Returning leave Round Hil 6-05 AM. Daily and 1:25 Pu nas 3S Fa rir Washington 8:30 trains from the South via Charlotte, Dan- ville and Lynchburg arrive in Washington 400 Rat nd 7:35 P.M.; via East Tennessee, Bristol and Lynch: bass ft 1113 AM. and 8:40 Pid: via Chesapeake Strasbure Local a 5 5 sapaepedicnediannes sleeping car reservation and information and checked at office, 1:300 Penn- muscular, the women exactly si gerys The condition of the hair, teeth, beard and skin of these old people at the time when the blanks were filled out was recorded in about 2,500 in- stances. In nearly all the hair remains thick, the teeth are very poor or entirely gone, the skin is only slightly wrinkled, and very few of the men wear any beard. In many instances the correspondents speak of the skin as being “fair, soft, smooth and moist.” The information which the blanks give on the subject of habits coincides with the opin- ion of most people, formed from observation, that longevity without regularity of habits is rare. These old people,ien and women alike, are put down as early risers and retirers, al- most without exception, and fully nineteen out of every twenty have observed this custom throughout life, except iris pe some short period in youth. Meals have been eaten reg- ularly, three each day, with dinner at noon, the exceptions being so rare as to indicate nothing. Exercise in most cases has been hard work up to 65 or 70, and after that period has consisted (when the regular occupation has J. ty L. TAYLO! eral Pass ~—— PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE THE NORTH, WEST, UTHWEST. DOUBLE TRACK. ‘SPLENDID SCENERY SE FEC AS sr & 168k TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON FROM STATION, CORNER SIXTH AND B STREETS, AS FOL: For Pittsburg and the W. ai gary and the West. Chicago Limited Express of Line, 9:50 a.m, ‘with Sleeping Cai ish been given up) of walking, gardening, or both. aud Ha burs to. St Louie: dally, sooo ee Except in cases of sickness these old people day, to Chicago, with Sleoping Car toons to Chi- are as a rule as active and as fond of constant | gifs... Western, Express, at Gao Dm ally; with ceupation of some sort to-day as most men and | conuacting duly af aristure” with Tigsosk tho tow| Geerlede cer iaseienpiin, eae Ee iple story, with so few : —~% a variations as to be positively monotonous in re- <ece _— copes lation to the food eaten by these old people. The diet has been regular New England home dishes of meat, vegetables and pastry, with breakfast early, dinner at noon, and supper ~burg BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC . Erie, Canandaigus, and Roc! aallys fae Buf- falo and Sasare. daily, except Saturday, 10-00 p. a Car Wanhinyrto For Will:amsport, Lock Haven, ana Eitaire a9 308. late. Very few are mentioned as small eaters m. daily, except Sunday, or large eaters; most are mentioned as not par- | *"7)"Jouin. S00 11D Goat See Me ticular, with good appetites through life. A St ¥ 9 G 21 a , 4:10, 10:00, and half dozen never eat meat, and two have ab- ag eS Part of Pullman, Parlor stained from water. More two-thirds have m. daily, with Diniag Ga ee 45 Pe been habitual users of tea and coffee, and of | For Boston without Change, 2:00 p.m. every day. the remainder nearly all have drunk tea. Few Brooklyn, N.Y. all through trains ‘at Jer- rookly connect. of the men, and none of the women, are given (ok, eI Pao ee Prk f the rect transfer as users of more intoxicating beverages than cider, and not a dozen out of all have ever used 80 1 5 liquors to excess. Ten of the women are men- 2 Sun: tioned as habitual smokers and a score as snuff- Care, 9-40 takers, Of the mena large majority have used ” tobacco—either chewing, smoking, or both. 50, 114 Most of the tobacco-users have been moderate, to 98 although numbers of cases are given where the :m, Oh ‘Bun: amount consumed is enormous, and continued =e, SoS constantly up to the time when the census was Pm. daily, taken. A few broke away from the habit after ea ae ine it had lasted for twenty, thirty, or fifty years, Sundays 9.004 and have now been without the narcotic for perhaps a decade or more. —— eee. Eight Page Smiles. Acopper cent may close the of a dead man, but it will take’ gold iploses 40. close the eyes of street inspectors,—New Orleans Pica- yune. Piano pla: is like the medical profession ia tose One cannot succeed in it without patients and practice.—Harper’s Bazar. It is an astonishing fact now mentioned in a ublic manner for the first time, that in the iio wslasté Geaaing leaf by leaf leaves the tree.—Chicago Times. “Mother, I can never win the medal for good behavior,” exclaimed a south side boy, just in from school; “I’ve tried and tried, but some other pupil always gets it.” “But you must POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. eep on trying,” sai mother enco - ———— ingly. “It’s no tae ” replied the boy, “I chante ra ap eries ohibage Wise te one Yeaven Teh-stroct w all; Cheent Seay, for Mt. It costs $22,000,000 torun a presidential cam- | st 10 o'clock a. m. > Teaches feohingtost i If you see Belva Lockwood a | ‘about 3:30 p. ‘ ign. romain an old bonnet next summer know the reason why.—Burlington Free FPO™ ROTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS. Bonet tects ont to the races he calls | eq STURDATS ttn MesDAAS are, m * ters.” comes back he calls thom “Aisappolnters” -Aew York Dabuse AR, 3S atte tetas It seems to be about time for England to down her West.—N. ¥. 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