Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1888, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. SPURIOUS SPICES. How Pepper and Other Ground Con- diments are Adulterated. EXAMINATIONS OF SAMPLES PURCHASED IN THIS CITY MADE AT THE AGRICULTURAL BUREAU— THE MICROSCOPE USED BY DR. TAYLOR TO DETRCT THE ADULTERANTS. Dr. Thomas Taylor, microscopist of the Agricultural Department. is engaged in making microscopic examinations of a number of samples of condiments purchased at various stores in this city. Samples of pepper, allspice and cloves are now undergoing scrutiny. In almost, if not in every sample examined, some | adulterant has been found. The condiments are purchased at stores and delivered in her- metically sealed packages bearing the names and addresses of the manufacturers. The labels are numbered and carefully put away for further reference. Both the whole berries and the ground condiments are purchased. Dr. Taylor said to a Star reporter that the in- vestigation was mainly for the purpose of find- ing ont simpler methods by which adulterating ingredients may be detected. THE ADULTERANTS USED. In making the investigations he had observed that the common adulterants, brick-dust and sand, were not used so much now as they were formerly, but he has found that stone cells of olives and other seed are largely used. Peach seed, olive seed, and cocoanut shells, he thought, were the principal adulterants. They have no taste or smell and he saw no reason why they could not be used in all condiments. To make microscopic sections of black pepper a berry is inserted in a wax tip on a common cork, and, by means of the microtone, a new invention of Dr. Taylor's, a shaving thin enough to be trans- nt is taken from the berry which is buried the wax. This is transferred to glass and hotographed for the purpose of ascertaining ite structure. It is also drawn in colors, stains being used, enabling one to detect the various substances, GROUND OLIVE SEEDS. Dr. Taylor has obtained from the olive and vine farm of 8. E. Goodridge, in California, a quantity of olive stones. The stones were ground to powder and passed through the finest sieve imaginable. By subjecting a portion of this powder to the microscope it was found to be composed of what is known to the botanists as stone cells, Under polarized light they are very brilliant and easily distinguished from the stone cells of the genuinearticle. As compared with the stone cells of black pepper they are long and narrow. As already stated, another adulterant used is ground cocoanut shell. The powder made by the shells is mach darker than that made by the olive stones, which is of a yellowish hue, The cocoanut shell powder is more suitable to ginger and spices. The structure of the different condiments having been determined it can be easily ascer- tained with the microscope whether or pot any foreign substance has been introduced in it and what the substance is. Black pepper, when good, said Dr. Taylor, will have a fair share of the black-skin eover- ing of the berry. When there is a scarcity of the black skin in the pepper and it appears streaky, the article is apt to contain some adulterant. Adulterations, he said, can easily be detected by the fingers. All that is neces- sary is to put some of the article in water and rub it between your fingers. If an adulterant has been used the stone cells can be felt. After taking your fingers from the water some of the stone cells will remain on them. THE MICROSCOPE IN COURT. When asked whether the result of the micro- scopic examination would hold good in the courts in a prosecution for selling adulterated food. the doctor said that there was not the slightest doubt but what it would. He said that microscopic tests of bogus butter had stood in the courts, but he knew of no convictions where the analysis was made by a chemist. > FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. Advices from Suakim say that the rebels at- tacked the town, burning the zareba around the water fort on the left and shelling the fort. They were repulsed by a heavy fire from the ships and forts. The loss by the great fire at Huenfeld, near Cassel,"Germany, is placed at half a million. There was a fire in the Quirinal Palace at Rome yesterday which, curiously enough, burned the pontifical arms affixed to the build ing. They will now be replaced by the Italian national arms. A great storm was raging at the time of the accident to the czars train near Borkie, Russia, on Monday. Notwithstanding this the ezar stayed on the spot and assisted in the re- moval of the dead and the injured. He did not enter the reserve train until the last of the injured had been placed in the ambulance. On* his arrival at Zosowoje the czar ordered the clergy to conduct a requiem for the victims. Afterward he invited a of the occupants of the train who bad escaped to partake of dinner. It is now asserted that there is no reason for believing the accident the result of a design on the ezar’s life. A cablegram from Port au Prince announces the capture by the Haytien man-of-war Tous- saint Louverture, off Cape Haytien, of the British schooner Alta, which left New York about the 19th instant with a heavy cargo of arms and ammunition. ‘The Alta cleared for Antwerp. Tennyson is reported to be more and more of @ recluse, and those armed with letters and cards to visit him are often disappointed. Emperor William is said to be an inveterate smoker of cigarettes, smoking even at meals between the courses. He eats but little and seldom drinks wine, but takes quantities of tea. Europe is still agitated over the question whether Mrs. Wetmore did or did not snub the Prince of Wales at Hamburg. The latest ver- dict is that she did not, because it is said, when the prince was returning from Austria through Paris he sent Mrs. Wetmore a polite message hoping he would see her in London late, ‘There are others, however, who regard this ac- tion of the prince rather as a proof that he was snubbed and wanted to inveigle Mrs. Wetmore into his mother’s dominions so that he could get even with her. Prince Eugene of Sweden, youngest son of King Oscar II, has abandoned Free Masonry, for the reason that the order in Scandinavian countries is too conservative. The prince, who is twenty-three years old, passes for an ad- vanced radical. He is said to profess a marked preference for the republican form of govern- ment. The committee appointed by the French chamber of deputies to consider the question of revision of the constitution has decided in favor of revision by a vote of 6 to 1. Sir Morell Mackenzie's book, in verse criticism, has had a sale ‘during the past — of nearly 100,000 copies in London lone. The International Peace Arbitration Society met in Paris yesterday. Many deputies from the English house of commons were present, It was resolved to organize an international congress to meet in 188, representing America, England, France, and other countries favorable to it. pite of ad- Se ae Asotuer Comer Discoverep.—A telegram from the Lick Observatory announces the dis- covery yesterday morning, by Barnard, of an- other comet, the second discovered by him in less than two months. It was in right ascen- sion 9 hours 43 minutes 22 seconds, declination south 15 degrees 19 minutes. It has a faint r il, with a slow motion northeast. It is of the eleventh magnitude, being just visible through | a four-inch telescope. ————eo+_____ Turee Huwpnep anp Firty-rour Deap.— President Neal Mitchell re; twenty-nine new cases of vellow fever at Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday—nineteen whites. Only one death, Dora m. Total cases, 4,156; deaths, 354. No new cases deaths at Gainesville, . Je, club was sold at 9 tipo tra so ga Meme bid, which was made by Major Lentz, attorney for the board of Socios Wine club was knocked down to him for $1,000. There is a chattel ‘Andre “Pranks, thirty ieeneseiee cid. of Sie ew irty-two years ol ‘west 30th street, New York, wos found dead ina closet on the third floor of his place of busi- ness, 13 South William street, with a pistol shot wound in his right ear yesterda’ morning. _ supposed to have shot himself. e business men’s conference committee of Cleveland and Thurman clubs met in New York adopted resolutions that the the sentiments of 50,000 mer- ess men in Sa, enthusi- yesterday and clubs, “ chants and bi THE HAYTIEN AFFAIR. A Former Resident of Hayti Thinks This Government Has Acted Hastily. “J think this Government has acted hastily in the Haytien Republic affair,” said a former | resident of Hayti, who keeps well posted on the affairs of that revolutionary island, to a Star reporter last night. “The vessel was caught with arms and ammunition on board, trying to | run the blockade at the rebel port of St. Marc. The Haytien government did just what any other government would have done under the circumstances—seized the vessel. I have had as late advices from Hayti as the United States | Government has, I think, and this is all there is to the affair. But the State | Department, notwithstanding that the Haytien government acted strictly within | international usage in seizing the American | vessel when she was — trying to carry arms to the rebels, ordered Minister Thompson | to protest against the seizure and demand the | release of the vessel. A United States gun- | boat was also ordered to Hayti. I think it was done, as they say of several other recent acts of the Administration, for political effect at the coming election.” “But is it probable the Haytien government will release the vessel?” Taz Star reporter | asked. “Yes, there is little doubt that Hayti will yield at once, although she knows she is in the right. The Haytiens respect and fear the United States more than they do any other power. They feel that, if it were not for the Monroe doctrine and the attitude of this Government toward European powers gaining a foothold on this continent, Hayti would long since have been Em out of existence as an independent state. French have more influence in Haytien domestic affairs than any other |@ationality, but in foreign complications Hayti jeans on the United States.” “Is ee ee that Legitime, the new presi- | dent, will be able torestore order and maintain himself in power?” the reporter asked. “I'm afraid not,” the gentleman answered. “‘Legitime is not such a man as Solomon, who held his place and kept the country in pretty | good order bya merciless exercise of power. | Legitime is too mild a man to deal with the | fierce and turbulent negroes. It would bea | godsend to Hayti if she were annexed by the | United States. Then the rich resources of the | island could be developed, and the negroes | might be civilized. Neither can be done while | Hayti is left to herself. No government can | stand there long, and the foreigners can do | business only in the most irregular and | guarded fashion, because of the fear of fresh | revolutions,” _ SAID TO B Mr. McKee Reported to be far Beyond the Equity Court. se EL It was stated among lawyers at the City Hall to-day that a letter received here said that Mr. Henry E. McKee, the attorney in the Choctaw claims case, had left Halifax and joined his family in Europe. Mr. McKee was directed by the court here to pay a sum of money in his possession amount- ing to about £160,000 into the registry of the court. He had already deposited $140,000, and was directed to pay the $160,000 pending the settlement of litigation growing out of the claims of various attorneys upon the money paid by the Government on ac- count of the Choctaw claim. Mr. Mc- Kee, however, has not yet obeyed the order of the court. Instead he put him- self out of reach of the court officers. Should he come within the District he would be taken into custody and brought before the court. pe ane Can’t Open the Safe. THE DEATH OF GEN. LI YU DOO CAUSES A CURIOUS COMPLICATION. The Chinese colony in New York has a muni- cipal government of its own, with twelve officers who keep the money ‘and the papers of their municipality in a big iron safe, and to insure absolute safety the safe is locked with twelve ponderous brass pad- locks, all in a row, instead of the intricate and beautiful combination lock of American inven- tion. Each one of the twelve members of the Chinese council or board of aldermen has a key | to one of these padlocks, and when the safe is to | be opened all the twelve members must be on hand, each man to attend to the unlocking of his own padlock. Gen. Li Yu Doo, the distinguished Mongolian who was buried with pomp last Monday, was a member of the board of aldermen, and now that he is dead the municipal affairs of little China are ail in a muddle. They can’t find his key to unlock his padlock, and, even if they could, no Chinaman would fill the place official. ly of LiYu Doo even fora moment. Noone will accept an election to his position either, for there is a Chinese superstition that the dead man would be jealous of his successor and would remove him by the illness of which he himself died. Hence no public business can be transacted now in Chinatown and even the bills of the funeral of Li Yu Doo can’t be paid. In order to get out of the trouble a special elec- tion of an entire new board of aldermen has been ordered. ee = ES eee A Valentine’s Day Romance. A PRACTICAL MAIDEN’S BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT. Miss Henrietta C. Brandt was awarded, by a jury in the City Court, in Baltimore, yesterday, 3500 damages against Frederick W. Koenig for breach of promise of marriage. The Sun says: Miss Brandt is not quite twenty years old. Koenig is a tailor, and is twenty-four years of age. Miss Brandt resides on East Monument street, and Koenig is now a resident of Wa- verly. They had been acquainted about three Years, and were to have been married last St. ‘alentine’s Day. On the 24th of January pre- ceding, according to Mr. Koenig, they ie greed on the question of the reception, whether it was to be a large one, as she insisted, or a small one, as he desired, on account of the re- cent death of his mother. He said she told him she did not care whether she married him at all if they were only to have a small recep- tion and would have to recall the in- vitations she had given. She also told him she did not care much for a tailor. Koenig then went away. On St. Valentine's Day, at the time he was to have wedded Miss Brandt, he was married to Miss Jennie Mary Kummers, who is now his wife. Mrs. Koenig was not in court. Mr. Che A Heuisler declared to the jury that Miss Brandt was not playing the role of'a love-sick damsel, She did not ask for money to heal a broken heart, but merely claimed that Koenig had broken a contract he had made with her and that the law entitled her to damages. She knew of no better way of setting herself right beforesthe community than by a verdict of a jury in court, and that was why she had come into court, Mr. J. Lee Hanan was Mr. Koenig's counsel, The Rev. Mr. Huber, who married Mr. Koenig and Miss Kummers, and who was to have married him to Miss Brandt, informed Miss Brandt of the intended marriage, and she replied it made no difference to her. eee nes Attacked by Savage Wreckers. STIRRING ADVENTURES OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW IN THE WEST INDIES. The Norwegian steamship Kong Alf arrived at Philadelphia yesterday from Jamaica, hav- ing on board Capt. Jacobsen and one sailor be- longing to the Norwegian bark Inga, which was wrecked on the Island of Cayman Septem- ber 17. Capt. Jacobsen says that soon after the vessel struck she was boarded by naked colored wreckers, who made a daring attempt to rob the vessel, and were only prevented at the point of the pistol. When the savages were ae the crew eons in the Island of Cay- man. ey were the only civilized le there, and subsisted two weeks on cocbannts and a little gin. At —_ Jacobsen got whi had the expiration of this time sion of a sloop, in Jamaica. They only of provisions, and ex- e jamaica in two days, but tn- this they were a week. ‘Their suffer- ex) and want of sufficient food h they made sail for small quantity to reach Ji In the Bil —‘What kind of a player is young, mage | ‘2 . ete “Very + ie Was here night.” ‘dnt he score any at all?” Fe “I wasn’t near enough to see how the game was * m how do you know he is a poor = Player?” “I was near enough to see that halked his cue every five sminnien” Bene Trans- Old Miser—“Will dine with me to-day hungry.”—Life. “Is ‘a failure?” Well, we should say not—at not entirely so to the a en 8 sen cig hes co bios thing fora man to love his as himself if he happens “stack on himself.”— Yonkers Statesman. bass Provision for Future Exigencies.—Yellowly — “That is a handsome umbrella you've got thera, ey—‘Yes, I rather flatter myself that " ’ present I made to my wife. Sim- ng laid up for arainy day,"- ‘Boson A D. C., THE SACKVILLE INCIDENT. MAN’S USEFULNESS TO A WOMAN. Speeches of Secretary Bayard in Balti- more and Senator Evarts in New York. Secretary of State Bayard spoke at a demo- cratic mass meeting in Baltimore last night, and in the course of his remarks made the follow- ing reference to the Sackville incident: Gentlemen, there are some birds of prey that they say will not taste food that is not tainted. ughter and applause.} There are political irds of y that fatten and rejoice over the carcass of dead and exposed slanders and false- hoods. This country has been the witness in the last weck of the interruption, for the time being only, of its relations with a foreign and a friendly power. [Applause.] It was made necessary. ‘The act was not the act of the peo- ple of the United States, or with any one in sympathy with them or with their interests. Tt was tho wretched plot of a Someta poli- tician (great appleuse end cheers. at a = iracy of despairing politicians to is credit upon a class of ‘Our adopted citizens for the purpose of creating an un; ast Eeeludics in the minds of another class of our adopted citi- zens, Upper A slander upon the one and a foul attempt to misk the other. Applause.}] It cannot be defended; no onest man can defend it. [Applause.] My friends, you cannot divorce poli moralit from personal morality. * forest applause. There are weapons of civilized warfare and there are weapons denied by civilized warfare, and the man that would coina lie to defeat political opponent would poison the well of his enemy in time of war and slaughter his wife and his chiidren, [Uproarious applause.] Now, against this I upon the honest senti- ment of every American citizen to resent the in- sult thus offered to our country by these persons. If, as the saying goes, the receiver is as bad as the theif, what have you to say of the men who, in public speeches will gloat and cheer and clap their hands over a proof of infamy committed for the sake of political supremacy? [Applause] The whole civilized world shud- lers with the excesses of the French revolu- tion. For France grew drunk with blood to vomit crime, and in those days when men’s minds were frenzied, prostitution was wor- shiped in the name of the goddess of reason. Task you, is this not the prostitution of the name of an honest People, and shall men be found in this country so base and so poor as to welcome that which brings shame upon the name of American politics. [Great applause.] Are these the men, is this the party to whom the welfare of this dear land of ours is to be handed over? [Cries of ‘‘No! No!” and cheers.] No, my friends, Whatever may be our differ- ences as to our personal admiration, whatever may be the question of our divergence upon the non-essentials, let us at least resolve that ours shall be a government of honest, self-re- specting men. [Applause.] Let us establish, and let it be our first duty to establish such a tone, such a standard of morals all over this land, that when a man goes abroad into other countries, or stays at home, he may say with just pride and gratitude, “Thank God, I am an American citizen.” [Great applause.] SENATOR EVARTS SAYS LORD SACKVILLE HAS LET ACAT OUT OF A BAG, A mass-meeting of republicans was held yes- terday on the Sub-Treasury steps in New York city, under the auspices of the Wm. H. Seward Club. Wm. M. Evarts, who presided, was the principal speaker. After saying that when Benjamin Harrison, the republican candidate ja for Prentient, took his seat in the White House he would have nothing to explain or to explain away, the speaker referred to the Sackville- West incident. He said that they all knew that President Cleveland’s retaliation message was an elecioneering dodge. The two houses of Congress thought so. Now it was disclosed, and what was the remedy? The minister of En- gland had let the cat out of the bag. [Laughter.] Mr. Evarts then referred to the extradition treaty. He had seen a statement above the names of several respectable demoeratg, which charged the republicans with being indifferent to the rights of citizens in protecting refugees. The substance of the charge was that Secre- tary Bayard had made a treaty with Great Brit- ain on the subject of extradition, and that in it there was ample protection for political prisoners; and that the republican party had insisted on modifying it, at the request of the British minister, Mr. West, so as to disparage that protection. Once and for all there was not one particle of truth in that story. The treaty had been negotiated in England between. the American minister there and Lord Rose- berry, then secretary for foreign affairs, and the treaty as there made was sent into the Sen- ate, Minister West had nothing to do with it whatever. The treaty as sent to the Senate was found to be so loose and so incomplete that the Senate in its duty to the country and to all citizens, Irish, American and German, could not tolerate it. It would be along while be- fore a minister of England or of any country would approach the committee on foreign relations or th Senate itself in regard to the ratification of treaties. But it was just to say that Mr. West, however much he might calcu- late on his wisdom or his prosperity in dealing with the executive government, never had an idea that he could succeed with the republican members of the Senate of the United States. aie dears No Annexation for Sir John. HE DECLARES CANADIANS WOULD SACRIFICE THEIR RIGHTS AS FREE MEN BY JOINING THE UNION. At a banquet given to Hon. John Henry Pope in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Tuesday night, Sir John MacDonald declared strongly against an- nexation. He said: “We have no reason to annoy any other country, and asa mere matter of self-interest it would not only be prejudicial but ruinous for us to unite ourselves with the country to the south of us.” Sir John went on, “What should we gain by a change? We might get a little more from our upper Canada barley (laughter), but on the other hand we should be taxed from Washington, and would thus forfeit our rights as free men. Are we going to = our heritage for such a mess of pot- tage?” ie Two Other Attemp' LETTERS LIKE MURCHISON’S SENT TO MINISTER ROMERO AND GEN, FISK, The New York World states that about the first of last June the Mexican minister here re- ceived from F. de P. Gonzales, an alleged citi- zen of San Diego, Tex., a letter similar to that sent to Lord Sackville, asking his opinion as to which of the two parties existing in the United States would be most favorable to Mexico. Mr. Gonzales said that he wished this information in order to advise citizens of the United States of Mexican descent how to vote at the coming clection. Minister Romero's reply showed that he knew he had no right to give the information asked, and was adroitly framed, as will be seen from the following translation: Wasuineton, June 4, 1888, oe F. de P. Gonzalez, Santiago, Dural County, 'exas. Dean Sir: I have received your letter of May 27, in which you ask me which of the two par- ties existing in this country will be most fa- vorable to Mexico, with a view to advising the citizens of your country of Mexican de- scent to vote for that party at the next elec- tion. As a foreigner, and, above all, as the representative of a nation friendly to the United States, I have no right to express any opinion with regard to the political parties existing here, especially when that opinion might be taken as a basis for exer- cising any influence on the most important act ofacitizen, the election of his magistrates. Although on former occasions, which, fortu- nately, are long past, there were in this coun- try many persons who desired the annexation of Mexico, circumstances have now entirely shenged, and it may be said at present that both parties are actuated by friendly feelings towerd our country, and that they wish to maintain fraternal relations with us, to draw them more closely and to increase their commerce with Mexico. Both parties are con- vinced that by following this policy they are | hoeetes the true interests of nited tates. Your obedient servant, M. Rowzno. He also took copies of both letters to the State Department, where they are now on file, in order that if the correspondence should be rye en the correct status of the affair would already known, _ IT WAS TRIED ON GEN, FISK. A similar attempt was made to entrap the prohibition leaders, for, under date of August Ser hibitionists in California had not better rote SS Gen. Fisk turned the letter over to Chairman Dickie, of the national prohibition tho replied that the course rr Be, ed? poltion and nd motu and, Get i make which one of the defeated the other. 3 to Pomona and learned that John L. is a pronounced republican, and that pretense of being Pephibitiouist wasrfalse: ey , A Dnuxxex May's Dovstz Canm.—aAt pomp Liberty County, are the fireside. He then fred athe fog het io the Me. She will Harrison fled, but returned, Ste es _ the crime. Harrison had been: heavily lately. > An Amusing Estimate of the Lord of Creation by a Saucy Chicago Dame. A lady whowigns herself “Mary Brown” gives in the Chicago Herald an amusing if somewhat saucy estimate of “man” from a woman's stand- point, She begins by allowing that in the economy of the universe men are necessary, and continues, “even the sourest spinster must reluctantly admit this. They do the heavy lifting of the world, keep its accounts, do mili- tary service, and hold all the offices worth hav- ing. They make all the laws, publish most of the newspapers, write a good many of the books and scientific treatises, and monopolize educational facilities and professional oppor- tunities.so far as they are able. They don't do so much of thisas they once did. Some of them make admirable husbands, paying bills without murmuring, walking the floor with the baby when it has the colic, taking the twins to the park, resolutey turning their virtuous backs on committee meetings and coming home at 9 o'clock. Husbands of this kind do not spend Sunday in a dressing- gown, tilted back in a chair, feet on the mantel, extinguished behind the blanket sheet of the morning paper, emerging only when dinner and lunch are announced, Men are strong and conveniently constructed for throwing, run- ning, standing in the street cars without detri- ment to their health. Their fashions are not complicated and evanescent, and the majority are not troubled if embroidered shirt bosoms are de rigueur for full dreas and they display only plain plaits, They do not know the cha- fing torment of tight corsets, whaleboned dresses, with a bustle attachment which makes | the tortured wearer think she were sitting | down on a wire rat trap. Men's trousers do not pct skewed around ‘sideways,’ and he has no angs for wind and rain to devastate. He can conceal a weak chin and bad teeth, when na- ture is propitious, with a highly ornamental mustache and beard. “But,” continues Miss Mary, evidently witha stress on the “but,” like DeWolf Hopper, ‘man has his troubles.. Business does not always go smoothly, and his candidate is not always elected; although he reserves the right of pro- posals he does not try marry the woman he wants, and frequently does marry the one he wishes he had never seen. His ‘pants’—the highest priced ones—‘knee out’; shis polished shoes are splashed on the crossings, and he has no comeeatitig skirts wherewith to hide the effect of ‘pigeon toes’ and ‘bow legs.’ If his youthful waist disappears in the obesity of middle age he cannot conceal with ‘drapery’ the ruin which time has wrought. Nor are there false fronts or Langtry bangs yet devised for masculine baldness.” Next a meditative mood finds relief in the pen of the Tribune's fair correspondent: ‘(Man is useful,” she allows, ‘‘as an escort, to check trunks, engage seats, pay for carriages and flowers, and intimidate mashers, but he is not faultless. In the first place, no living woman of ordinary attractions can treat a masculine friend as well as she would like. The best of the species are repositories of infinite vanity. There are, in this prosaic age, hundreds of in- teresting and intelligent women who would be invaluable as entertaining and agreeable chums, They are matter-of-fact, devoid of sentiment, but are genial, jolly and agreeable. ere is not a woman of this c! who has not a half-dozen Johns and Charlies and Toms in her wake—among her callers and correspond- ents; she must keep them at arm’s length. There are many little kindly courtesies she would extend to them if she dared. She would like to ask Tom to luncheon two or three timesa week, The poor fellow is wretched in the fried-steak atmosphere of his boarding-house. He is that most miserable of bei ,man with refined and cultivated taste and an inad- equate income, She would like to send Charlie specimens of the splendid roses and verbenas | that waste their sweetness in her secluded garden. She would be glad to divide the tick- ets to opera and play which are showered upon fae wiiti goku; Sho loves Wagner and Shake- epeare. But can she? Never! She knows per- fectly well how Tom, at the third invitation, would lift his eyebrows and murmur: ‘Again? Poor girl. It’s getting serious; or how Charlie would stroke his mustache and smile inde- scribably over her third installment of flowers; and how John, dignified and _well-bre as he is, would wrinkle his brows as he adjusted his necktie before his mir- ror and soliloquized: ‘Kate is 2 charming girl, but I must manage someway, without hurt- ing her feelings, of course, to let her know that I have no intention of marrying. The dear, egotistical deluded souls—it is not possible for them to comprehend that a woman may exist likewise who ‘has no intention of marrying and that every smile and gracious attention are only her frank and generous proffers of a friend- ship uncompromisingly platonic. In thatglori- | ous millennium when women shall conduct | bnsiness on a colossal scale—engage in politics, meet the lords of creation on their own , broad ground, the masculine sex may be able to com- prehend that there are things not dreamed of in a man’s philosophy, and aims in life which do not include him and all his worldly goods. “However,” concludes Mary, ‘men are to be excused. They have monopolized things so long that it is only natural they should over- estimate their fascinations and their real value. They are first-rate in the concrete and occa- sionally in the abstract—with all their faultsa considerable of an addition to society, and | would, probably, be missed if they were trans- lated bodily to another planet. On the whole we like them; and all women, except those who have had to sue for divorce and have lost money in their broken banks, will join in the time-honored sentiment: ‘The men—G6d bless ’em.’” ——_— cee ______ How will Englishmen Vote? VARIOUS VIEWS OF PROMINENT BRITISH-AMERICANS A special telegram to the Philadelphia Times from Pittsburg, October 31, says: James Dell, president of the British-American Association, said to-day: “The strength of our association is in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachu- seits, and is about twenty thousand, divided about evenly. Cleveland’s order will turn all | to the republicans. The Englishman can be led, but not driven, and when the 6th of No- vember comes around you will see the solid English vote for Harrison.” A. D. Scorer, secretary of the local British- American Association, said: “The Britis! ‘Americans ‘have nearly always been republi- cans, but this continual talk about England being for Cleveland and free trade has dis- ted them to such an extent that I think it will make thousands of votes for Cleveland, Ihave never voted the democratic ticket in my life, but will vote for Cleveland this year.” ‘A Boston dispatch says the Boston British | Americans consider the Sackville dismissal an unpardonable outrage. James Wemyss, of the British-American Association, makes the statement that there are one hundred thousand British-American voters in the United States, and all will vote against Mr. Cleveland. | A dispatch from Toronto says that the | Orangemen consider Lord Sackville’s dismissal | an act of the®grosscst unfriendliness to Great Britain, They say the Orange order in the states isa strong one, and they have already urged their brethren ‘to vote for Harrison on account of President Cleveland's retaliation message, and because the democratic party is too friendly to the Irish Catholics. soe — A Political Riot in 3 York. A republican procession, composed chiefly of colored men, met a democratic procession at 26th street and 6th avenue, New York, last evening, and a riot ensued, The republicans far outnumbered the democrats. The colored inhabitants of the neighborhood assisted the colored paraders. Missiles flew in all direc- tions, and hand-to-hand fights were every- where. Store windows were smashed and women ran into every available place of shelter. Several shots were fired. streets, and eepers, with drawn re- volvers, ted their property. Thomas Murphy was found stabbed e back. Anold man, named Kildea, was forced through a show-case and was loss of blood, Me! of the was knocked down and eyes and face were te cut. was either shot or stabbed, and was nd unconscious. Captain illy sent seventy-five men to clear the avenue and met with little were opposition, fifty people injured in-one way or another. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1888. “A ROMANCE OF ROYALTY. An Emperor Who Preferred the Mad- Cap Sister to his Stately Fiancee. betrothal, her father was informed that she must be educated in such a way as would fit her for her future grandeur. This was more easily said than done, for money was scarce in the ducal palace; but the whole family, from work and to have cheerfully economized for the sake of the fortunate Caroline. She had professors and teachers of the best, and she well repaid all the care that was lavished upon her, for at nineteen, clever, accomplished, and regally beautiful. she was the very ideal of what a queen should be. When the time for the marriage drew near the Emperor Joseph came on a visit to the duke in Bavaria (the family title is “in,” not “‘of”), that he might the it : fe." So mn 80 ance of his future wife. He young creature who had a trained for him with tful admiration, but he fell violently in love with her a sister, Elizabeth, who, regarded in the ul as a mere child, and one, too, for whom no destiny was in store, had been allowed to pass her days on horseback scouring the country side. Ministers and courtiers stood aghast, but argument and persuasion were alike wasted on the Emperor, who refused to see that a lack of accomplishments was a blemish in Doth th h child that she knowii th, though chi was, wing no more of the etiquette of courts than the veriest little gamin, entered Vienna in state as Empress of Austria and Queen of Hi Although this happened more years ago, she had not yet learned to sul with patience to the res i 3 it straints that hedge in the lives of sovereigns, and the Viennese, in | spite of their love for their beautiful em | nly mourn that the Emperor should have chosen one who regards a court ball as a nance and a state ceremony as a thing scarce- ly to be lived through. From the day of her marriage it seems to have been her constant endeavor to shake off the fetters of her station, and perhaps the happiest hours of her life are those in which, while following the hounds in England or hunting the chamois in her native land, she is able to ag = that she is empress- ucen. For her age, the Empress Elizabeth is the youngest looking woman in Europe. When one sees her slight, graceful form, eyes brilliant with life and vigor, and complexion that flushes and pales with every jing emotion, it seems absurd that she should be the grandmother of big boys and girls, ‘aroline, the forsaken one, seems to have met her fate with true royal equanimity. Per- haps she thought that as her sister d what she lost, it did not really matter. If one may judge by her face, her life has not been a happy one. hen she was about twenty-four she was married to the prince of Thurm and Taxis, who died some nine years later. eee Boston as a Gambling Center. Correspondence of the St. Louis Globe Democrat. No such paradise for gamblers is to be found anywhere else in the United States as exists in Boston. And this is so, notwithstanding the | existence and enforcement of astonishingly severe prohibitory laws. The finding of any gambling apparatus, whether in use or not, is sufficient = yd warrant, according to a recent | act of the Legislature, for seizing every scrap | of portable property to be found on the prem. | ses, even to the carpets and the gas fixtures, Ifa pack of cards were discovered in a gentle- man's room the police would have a right to raid the apartment, confiscate the furniture | and arrest every person present at the time, though not one of them had devil's picture-books in his life. out saying that the thing is not actually | pushed so far as this. With such play as goes on in the clubs and private houses the authori- ties do not care to interfere. They could not do so her fate indeed, without making the law 80 evidently oppressive as to cause its re- al. And here it is that the gamblers find a | loophole of escape. e gaming places which were shut up for keeps, as it was supposed, some time ago, have been opened ~~ under the guise of proprietary clubs, with regular charters ob- tained in due form from the legislature of Massachusetts, These clubs are nominally organized for literary or other eq) harm- less purposes, but in reality nothing is done in them but gambling. They are, in their | way, exceedingly exclusive. Unless known. | as more or less of a “sport,” you would stand | no chance of getting in. You might go and hammer away for hours at the massive steel | portal of the Quincy Club, on Brattle street, or of the Market Club, on Dock Square, without exciting the slightest apparent at- tention from within. It would give you little satisfaction to know that a gentleman of dis- | cretion and color,seated on guard inside, had ex- | amined you through a oualipes arrived and pronounced you ineligible because | astranger. And if you could make your way | through the first barrier you would find your- self again opposed by another door of ‘solid metal, which nothing short of dynamite could | penetrate. The windows, too—if you sought an entrance in such fashion—are built up with indestructible steel plates. In short, the tiger's den is afort. So long as the place is a chart- ered institution for alleged social purposes, the aes would not be likely to interfere with it; ut the sae do not care to take any risks, especially when they have spent $10,000 or so in oe furniture and ‘paraphernalia, ‘he Union Club, on Alden street, where Comedian Dixey’s papa deals faro nightly, No. 35 Howard street, and an establishment on Heyward place, run by Nat Goodwin's father, are all resorts fashionable among gentlemen who know how to enjoy a “‘little game.” An- other chosen rendezvous is on Hanover street; kept by Chauncey Jacobs, Boston’s swell col- ored gambler. ough a negro, his customers are white folks, and the game played there is usually pretty steep. —2ee- Mrs. Knox’s Statement. SHE HOPES THE STORY ABOUT HER DAUGHTER MAY BE EXAGGERATED. In Tue Star yesterday was given an account of the bad treatment in a Paris hotel by the Count Di Montculieri of his young bride, for- merly Miss Virginia Knox, of Pittsburg. A Pittsburg special to the Philadelphia Press says that Mrs, W. W. Knox, the mother of the count- ess, is confined to her bed with nervous pros- tration on account of the sensational story. In speaking of the subject Mrs, Knox said: “Icannot believe that Virginia would leave for Italy after such an experience. She has many friends in Paris, Her father’s sister, It goes with- | Mrs. Matthews, of Philadelphia, and her two daughters are at mt in Berlin, and she would have sent there for ing she wanted, My daughter was educated at the Convent of the sre! — in Paris, Sy she could have gone there for protection, proprie’ the Hotel Bellevue isa friend of our family, and he may have ordered the count from the hotel, but he would not have asked my daugh- ter to go. The count lived with us for four irgini poor she must have said it sion, as*we have letters F A : £ z 5s F fet li fi FE ill i SJ.” omens win 4 Sleepers | Vicksburg, and Shreveport. to Columbia revert Palm HOUSEFURNISHINGS. 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