Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1888, Page 3

j THE EVENING 8TAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY,.. NOVEMBER 1, 1888. FOR RENT—HOUS aS. FREDERICK BARBER’S DEFENSE, | The Claim Made That Agnes Watson Drowned Herself. The trial of Frederick Barber on he age | DESIRABLE Ti ¥ i of murdering Agnes Watson on July 28 last by throwing her into the canal in Georgetown was continued in the Criminal Court after Taz Star's report closed yesterday, Mary Wash- ington testified to Barber's knocking Agnes down and picking her up and throwing her overboard, Alfred Turner and Carrie Gray testified to some of the circumstances, Priscilla Lee testified that Agnes talked as if she had been drinking. Jas. Brown, a little colored boy twelve years old, said he Barber and the girl. Barber, he said, “4 d her, choked her, and then threw her overboard,” He said he heard the Bell woman tell Officer Riley to and the officer said that it was off his beat. e boy’s brother was called and corroborated his story. Annie Washington testified that Barber said to Frazier that the girl had fallen in the canal, and Frazier replied, ‘Perhaps you pushed her in.” Mr. Fe: stated that the defense would be that Aggie Watson drowned herself because she was under the belief that Barber was go- ing to marry another woman. PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY. This morning the trial was resumed. Mr. Cahill called attention to the fact that one of 930 Yth st. Dow.," 18 Linden st.,7 09 Md. ave. P WIL! n7 1907 Pa. ave. POH RENT—DWELLING i117 10TH ST. N.W Key next door. Inquire 926 Louisiana ave. nu7-lw FLOR RENT—BY A FAMILY DECLINING HOUSE- Keeping, to desirable tenant, a completely fur- ished 10-foom house, will all modern convenience in desirable partof the city, contiguous to lines portation, terms reawmable m to Py | inspect premises, call at 1428 N st: nsw 36". | the witnesses for the defendant, Hilliary T. {OR RENT-THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING, | Burrows, was a very important one, without 12 roams, beth-room, and cel odern im: ; all modes provements: well located in northwest; rent $50 per month. TYLER & RUTHERFORD, 1307 F st. nw. | ni whom they could not proceed, and he was now sick. a The court suggested that his deposition might be taken, Mr. Cahill said that he desired the testimony be taken orally. The court said that the testimony could be taken Ry consent, a el Mr. Fergusson said he cor go with a nographer to take the testimony. My. Lipscomb said that he desired to go along, as this witness was a brother of Officer 500 | Burrows, who had been detailed to arrest the defendant, and was conversant with the case. For this reason he desired to be present when the deposition was made. The Court ponents that Mr. Mullowney might go, as well as Mr. Fé , but that, as there was no auth®rity to employ a stenogra- pher, the deposition should be token in long- an Mr. Cahill then moved to discharge the jury and continue the case. The motion was denied. ° DID SHE DROWN HERSELF? Henry La Rowe, a white boy of thirteen years, testified that he heard a row in the house, and @ man and a woman came out and stopped,when the man knocked or pushed her down, and said: “You had better go back, woman.” She re- plied: “No, I won't; I'll follow you at the risk of my life.” They went toward the canal, and witness followed them. When they turne the corner he was but five or six feet behind , Gr, and bath : C,H RNIGHT, 60. 5 oes 5 1609 8 ST. N. we 4 * rooms and bath, possession given first 30 per imouth dW iP. MYERS. & 20 New Yor! OR KENT—MARSHALL BRO’ Brightwood ave.; large brick buil poms, with plenty of ground: high and Tocatioay wood water and stabling | #500 K st, bet. 9th and 10th, T2r., Sunderlaha Place nw. ‘Lr., per ion J yj Circle onth. ave Near tows COYLER & HU _2i-Im st. hw. JOR RENT SEVEN ROOM DWELLING, 215 B st. nw. ; modern improvements: house nearly new. 1419 New York ave. Store 1227 D st. n.w_.$50 Stable rear 1. o 605 a ie Sauare: 8 Raeaien ae Sensor 308 603 14th st. ie Store and RENT—BRICK HOUSE. 25 PST. N. : permonth. Apply to W. W. BURDETT: Vermont ave. YOR RENT—THAT ELEGANT AND furnished COMPLETELY Residence of the late Chief Justice 3r. 0) Rear basem« e Giw..115! st, nw... Waite, containing 16 rooms: by season or year. For J The above is onl; ion of the it to Inspect apply to JAMES A. BATE: ‘0, | them, Witness then got on a h and could books. For full list safer omtce, for bulletin issued'on | A407 Fst ws 4 see the canal. On the towpath the woman was the Istand 15th. {nd} behind them, and the man stopped at the lock FoR, BENT s19 15TH ST. N. 0S. E. WAGGAMAN. W.—SIX-ROOM and told her to go back. She replied: “No, I Ce en en: ere. Aaa 9 29! won't,” and went to the wall and sat on it. ‘The = man went up the canal about a feet, and, F boy? 0 | looking back, said to her: “You d— old fool, Ty desirable, new, three- get up from there,” and turned back. She then story and basement brick ling, © pushed herself overboard. Witness went to eye beth and orery Cree aoe eae the spot, followed by Mr. Hilleary Burrows and Ire apply to THOS. J. ER & CO., alittle colored boy. Officer Riley came and n6-6t 1324 F st. nw, 00 | asked, ‘Where is the woman?” and Barber re- FLOR RENT_CONVE: ‘TWO-STORY BRICK plied, “Overboard, I suppose.” eee ar erent: 1615 Madison st; § rooms: cel- On cross-examination witness said he had Witsoe es ee a! been taken to the attorney’s office, but was for- YOR RENT—NO. 1001 E ST. SW. CORNER 10TH bidden to talk by counsel and his father. He Varig iangrsvpmente @20 had not been to the towpath to point advance. Apply to G. YRt Lee, 1411 G st.n. w. out the localities to Officer Burrows. —Be3t _ % : Se eS ~-. | He only saw the woman knocked down once, F u3 RENT. 26 ry ADVANCE. ONE OF Foy ‘stories, eight rooms, cellar, gas, bath, and she 1; | and he went down, followed by but one colored all mod. ump. ; Dec. 1. OWNER, 2243 13th | in perfect r: fronts south; rent, 830. THOS. E: | boy. st. now. noG-3t*_ | WAGGAMAN, 917 F st. n.w. 0¢10-2m “How long did you stand there?” asked Mr. poe eT FE, BENT-HOUSE 2108 G ST.N.W. KEY AT | Lipscomb. 1504 “S” ST. N.W— drug store, corner 21st st. “I stood there,” he answered, “till he pushed A very rable three-story “brick, nine-room resi- iW. bat) her overboard,” dence, with every convenience and fine side lot. Price | _0cl9-1m 1059 31st st. 77 " €45 per month. ‘THOS. J. FISHER & CO., What do you mean by taving till he pushed nd-6t 1324 F st.nw. FINANCIAL. her overboard?” asked Mr. Lipscomb. For RENT— aie aaa ( Aig rpm = Coe! a - Wm . W. a NO. W. EY, ‘He not pi er overboard; she pushe: See ea a Fees, Am gil tmpeove- | JNO. W. CORDON. JNO, TW MACHINE, | hereclf oyertbard.” “Witenes ued, saying a THUS. ISHER & CO., : WicARTEE that he thought Barber turned to pull her _n5-6t 1324 bpm ag oon eee away from the canal. Witness did not hear OR RENT—HOUSE 3308 N ST, WEST WASi eee wee chad the splash. Witness had been to the District 27 ET; £2, Tooms; all modern improvements — pe seahy attorney’s office and made a statement, but did Cine PA DAENETLES pent; Relehborhood 4 Deposits. Exchange. Loans, Collections. not say that she stumbled over a loose stone on RERT_WEW HOU “te allroad Stocks aud Bonds, and all securities, Usted | and fell overboard, and that Barber was about {OR RENT_NEW HOUSE 907 27TH ST. N. on the Exc of New York, Philadelphia, Boston ae tecah th ‘a said #12 So perinonth. “PA. DANNEIELE, 1558 Foe | ME gpeunl edeey atest secution Distal | “Dts, ke oft ee nee eae ant 2. 3 x 22 cialty vest ies. « |» CO! 5 Car . not rand oll Local Rallrced, Gass ienasiese oo ake x = and made a rush at her. When Barber turned toward the woman and rushed toward her he got within 4 feet of the place where she went overboard. MORE TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENSE. John 8. LaRowe testified that the boy (the preceding witness) had made a statement of the occurrence the morning after. John Butler, Edward Gee, Arthur ce, De- | Francis B. Lord, and Henry Church testifiedas to the good character of the accused. ©. HOLTZMAN, REAL ES- shone Stock dealt in. “Kmerican Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold.ty18 Fe neds ond DENTISTRY. BR J. HYATT, TIST, 8ST. 1D = oor, bur'and Bae Foon 40 Gwe Serated hypnotic, which is Fe RENT—BY RB. tate and Insurance Broker, 10th and F sta. n.w. ol ne26-2m George Taylor testified that he saw Agnes )R. STARE PARSONS, DENTIST, 9TH the day of her death. She did not seem to Di E nw. "aula Gnd 'Abaigaes Fi sr apocak. | have been drinking; had never seen her drunk. ty. Pain ted in’ extracting by application to Warren testified that she was with ous Sostiicnvad:; exsiselal toot Agnes that day and with her went to “Boston,” Lm wi ere they AS whisky, Agnes drinking two i small full g] 8, not hear her say any- " at JEWELRY, &c. thing about Fred Barber or Celia Mahoney. 941 F st, 24 floor, 5 front 601 7th et, n; ‘pong jamin ; mpc a oe J ing and was feeling lively, but said she cor OFT eS dS Bonita oa Fauad Worone Gus take care of herself and felt like having some heated by steam ....,..60 470 La. sve, = ‘homme ia “mm 613 1Tunet, — Celia Mahoney said that she and Wm. Lee e ta seam, 513 8S. as had — — inn fad wife a Chee, from $30 to 81 . OPENED A FULL STOCK ently she lived so r. She denie TODA se a Be aes, ae = Orsti- | that Barber had said to Amanda Lee, “if Myrnificent store. Sun 422 9th at. n. VER PIECES IN HANDSOME CASES,DE- | come out I'll kill her.* She denied that Barber ae ging. per an. 85.600) aS SIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR WEDDING was secreted ae er house when the officers 1701 Pa. ave. gy ab. Pa. came to arrest him, BS B. O. HOLTZMAN, 10th and F sta. n. Guts. Officer Barton Fisher testified that he knew ROE RENT—728 177m ‘ST, 3-STORY PRESSED Agnes Watson, and had frequently seen her Peso rons dale aimee ee Be drinking about the saloons, Had seen her GREEN & ONNINGHAM, ——- when noisy. a ¥ Reuben Johnson, colored, failed to answer Fe Le it W., EIGHT FRANK M. LEWIS, berg gored gy plameplandle Tooms and bat cellar; in fect 8 in jail le lec es was at pair: rent $40 per month, Apply’ at 16:20'15¢h st n- JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH, poy eee Suturday morning before she was = — 0027 1215 PA. AVE. | drowned. She asked witness’ wife if she heard 1 RENT—TWO 6-ROOM HOUSES, N. W., ALL about Fred getting married, and said if he did 1750 to white tenants ‘ouige* MeLACHLEN' she would kill or drown herself. BATCHELDER, 1215 F st. nw. 1-6t Nannie Johnson, the wife of the preceding witness, corroborated him. pcan cco A Midnight Candy Store. ‘New York Letter to the Pittsburg Post. The midnight candy store is a new thing in upper Broadway. It is open for business all day long, of course, but the trade BOOKS AND STATIONERY. (ee aunnican CYCLOPEDIA IN 26 VOLS., LEATHER BINDING, Ata reduced price. 9e31_C. C. PURSELL, Bookseller, 418 9th st. n.w. HAUTAUQU. which it is opened to catch is that of the the- c = ase atrical audiences, It is situated in a re ete A ge hood of theaters, whose dispersing people dre Hugh McCulloch. apt to see its glare of electric lights and its DME E VANCE GUARD OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. ore. EMEMBER THE ALAMORE. Amelia E. Barr. At WM. BALLANTYNE & 50 gorgeous front of illuminated red glass. The standard summer joke of the village newspaper, ifficulty experienced bys e fel- the ice cream _ 815,m,w,6-3m ‘87th st__ | lows in getting their girls past saloon, is on adapted to the cold weather season in New York. A package of candy after the play is a sweet boon to women of every de- ‘The ansortents 40 cour | fhe topmost” gallery. wa sae net Ww. 4 pm: ery, an ir Dlete and comprises so Tiiany novelties that they feel | ve° 4) pot fet on GENTLEMEN GOODS |e nT See cl e exterior GENTLEMEN’S GOODS. exceeded inside, where a complement of bag" 4 pot red-haired girls are on duty from 1 o'clock at night until 1. Whatever ‘ae of opinion ma} bok =“ the mar id of nrg sggrossive laces are jeasant Ga. T. Kaz, and they form curious exhibition. Rees is no naughtiness about it. They merely sell candy, saiimeyy but demurely, and their value lies in their iveness to their own sex, TAILOR, oc9-3m 414 OTH STREET. Solas, cums, ee goer os | H. D. Bas, tes. handaoively papered, crystal Erates : IMPORTER AND TAILOR, il modern improvements, “Cheap to good it. | Has the honor to inform you that his NEW GOODS everything Possess, so that people who W c DUFFY, owner os hat. new. oe30-Tim~ | Dave Just arrived. fits all garments madein his | Pick upafork or look at pillow sham will RENT—223 E ST. NE, THREE-STORY 1111 PENNSYLVANIA avg, | 8d ‘John Brown, my property.” It’s all brick, nine rooms, water ; convenient to NST Fe Miice. Regt @18; Lnguise S28 Ast wt ne. | M17 Washington, D0. phi A . mark them make the small and put : FAMILY SUPPLIES, them on the back of the objects not the front ] The woman who wears her in diamonds Waar Is Tar Svoriz, Szoner |onebrooch 's vulgar, ‘The man who pent SOMETHING his monogram on his china does a useless thing, for menrty. Soi. ping. 30 run away ‘That has cauped everybody to sound the praises of with his dishes. Don’t assert too much at BRIDAL VEIL FLOUR? the table. Don’t be too showy and x. Don’t make your papkin-rings too emphatic Try it and see, and you will use no other. Forsale | and obtrusive. Put flowers on the , but by the following well-known grocers: oe See ee eae put JOHN H. MAGRUDER, 1417 New York ave. jaf opnae: CHAS. 1 KELLOGG, Bhaenia Temane peek you conceal half their bocniy —somely, Geir _ 27-12 GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, 1209 F st. stems. Don't entirely cover your with i RENT_FURNISHED—Oi HOTEL |W. E. ABBOTT, 1721 ave. Pictres, and when vos, have « picture don’t on 16th st.. 3-story brick, 12 rooms, all con- R. A. WALKER, 1600 7th st. . it the See ae eek foes, See eit ear one yy furnished;” @125""Inguire of BURCHARD ‘Penn. ? Try bronze or that will relate to the MM PABEER, 12187 ees SS a eee onthe wall, and not make it stand out ik RENT—HOUSE 21 F ho 3 2 ; a big of color and gilt ginger- smprorements, 81%! AO. WRIGHT, 1632 14%h ot jelt-wes_ | ike a big shiny spot WINTER RESORTS. At Fresno, Cal., the progress of a vlLLe a. | slander snit in court , trouble arose (ypoomas between Robert Seconce and ® man named SEASON SEMPER LS Hardwick over the testimony giron by the for- mer, and Hardwick shot wounded = Vie Hardwick. Both of the wounded men died 001 5-ma,ws.26t @a | Hardwick. Both of the men died, | Cumulative Testimony To-Day as to Bad Work. J The tunnel court of inquiry began work at 10:30 this morning by calling Andrew Doreey, « bricklayer, to the stand. His testimony as to the work performed on the tunnel showed that the packing was dry, without cement, as called for by the specifications, He then told about some vacant spaces over the arch in the Cham- plain avenue heading in 1886. Dorsey seemed very anxious witness, and gave his answers with a promptness that gave the courta new idea of tunnel evidence. It really seemed that the brass buttons and the glittering epaulets of the officers had but little of the be- sppeared to produce upon the witnesses, Witness said that he has done no work on the tunnel this year. When the inspectors were out of the tunnel THE PACKERS DID BAD WORK. Witness was, at one time, boss of the gang in the absence of the inspector, and did his best to getone of the packers to do good work. “But I couldn’t do not with him,” con- tinued Andrew. “He would cheat God out of Heaven if he could.” Dorsey reported bad work by the packers to Emory, the sub-con- tractor, three times, but Emory would not give him any satisfaction. In of Laycock’s assertion that sometimes two uy per courses of brick in the arch were laid with- out mortar, witness said that the statement was not true; that he would lay the upper bricks loosely and then pour his “grout” over them. ‘This was the same kind of work, he said, as that he had done on the Pension building under aoa a pie had never ee e ing to the who some- times saw it and ordered ft fixed.” This waa a fr The first and last pope were usuall: well done and the middle bay neg! WATCHING FOR THE INSPECTOR. Capt. Chester found out that the inspector was sometimes absent. He was often away while the second bay was being neglec but the men would watch for him. Two or times he discovered this going on and stopped it. ANOTHER BRICKLAYER ON THE STAND. The witness’ was then discharged. and Mor- gan Dorsey called. He is a bricklayer and had worked on the waterworks tunnel, begin- ning in 1886 in Howard University heading, then after two months went to Rock Creek east, and afterward west. In the Howard Univer- sity heading there were very few holes left in the packing, which was usually put in without mortar, This witness testimony was but corroborative of what has been repeatedly told to the court that the packing above the arch was badly done, holes being left at every opportunity. @00D WORK WHEN IZEUT. TOWNSEND WAS If THE TUNNEL, After Dorsey had testified to this effect at @ considerable length he was succeeded by Fred Kendall, bricklayer. He said that in the Champlain avenue east corer 3 fall; Sper cent of the packing was dry in the side walls, Above the arch there were spaces left in the packing, but the sides of the arch were gen- erally tilled up solidly, When Lieut, Town- send came in, which occurred about once a week, the work was well done. Two bays would be keyed up, a fegr stones thrown in, and then when the third, bay was keyed a bulkhead would be built to the roof, The spaces varied from 2 to 10 feet long. Har- per was inspector, and was not present in the tunnel during a large of each day. He never saw the spaces left, but would not have allowed it if he had. He would allow the dry packing. John Fenall was foreman of the em and would tell witness how much work to do. Fenall often keyed himself. All this spplied to the Howard University heading, after which witness went to Champlain avenue east. Lucas was inspector here, and the pack- ing was about all laid in cement all around. Only one bay was keyed up at once. In May of this year witness went to work in the same heading. In discussing the quality of the mortar used witness said it varied, and that when too much sand was used the mortar would not set. The arch work was two-ring work, At Rock Creek the arch was sometimes built with three rings, because the roof was 80 high that the packing was too heavy. Kirlin decided when the change should be made. TH PACKING DONE UNDER LUCAS in Champlain avenue heading was good, There were two gangs, one in the day and oneat night, All the day work was good, the ‘king being done up to the springing line fai the day. From Champlain avenue witness went to Rock Creek. In some places the packing over the key was bad. Namara was r and often saw the bad work being done. Asarule the middle bays were left without sufficient packing. McNamara was the only foreman and | far all the orders. Often he has calles the packers down from the keying before the packing was completed. The frequency of this depended upon who was resent. Palmer was down about or four imes a day and was aware of the bad work. He used to chat with McNamara. After Palmer had gone McNamara would call to the workmen to a everything solid. Then witness told about the work in Rock Creek west, where there was no difference in the character of the methods. Whenever there was a chance, when Kirlin was not around, vacant spaces would be left. Mc- Namara was inspector. SENTINELS TO GIVE NOTICE OF LIEUTENANT TOWNSEND'S APPROACH. Upon examination by Colonel Hodges, wit- ness said that the inspectors gave orders to the workmen, The coming of Lieutenant Town- send was always made known in advance by a colored man or by the i: tor, Witness al- bey knew when the lieutenant was coming, = he was the only officer he ever saw down ere. In replying to Col. Craighill witness said that the dry a was @ mere weight on the arch, Good packing would sup rt its own weight. Gen. Ruger asked if @ height of 2 feet over the key and6 feet over the haunches the packing would stand alone. Witness thought not and concluded that it dey on the height ie the cer ght the ie whether or not the was _ self-supporting. When there were from i to 6 foot it would be 0. At this point the south door of the court- room was suddenly opened and a dusky face appeared, “NEW YORK PAPERS!” was the cry that startled the court, The mes- senger hastily ejected the intruder before he had a chance to make asale. The court did not seem to be at all interested in the outside world. Lieut. Townsend subjected the witness toa cross-examination. the facts elicited was that, in the opinion of the witness, there were under O’Brien more holes left in the pane Den under McNamara, but that the latter’s work contained more dry packing. DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO DO HIS WORK WELL. The witness was then discharged, and Pat- rick Carlin, @ bricklayer, was sworn. Gen. Buger tried to learn if the witness considered the oath pares: him that he in the New York aqueduct, worked on f brick for about five days a ove lain In the brick work the first course was pretty it Ha FI i i He i ff i i i | EMPEROR AND KING AT LUNCH. A Reporter Who Served Them as Waiter Tells his Story. Naples Letter to the London Daily News. ‘The Neapolitans by no means found the Em/ the character of a waiter, and so got on board the Savoia during the lunch and review: “After a short stay on deck their majesties and suite came down and took their places at table. I confess that my and when I went to stand behind the emperor I felt that I was not in full locomotive faculties. In front of me was the bet it Henry ‘prince Tommaso, ar turning their backs nos and the of Naples, who sat at the emperor's si At first it seemed as if things would go badly, for my colleagues—and, let us IsBorions and bumble ofice of wang away al But I liberating lft this plebiscital tribute of un- tor 3 all the more _be- cause I did not wish to create a precedent, So that I folded my hands and returned to the back of the emperor's chair just as he was be- gag ‘¢ with the prince of Naples, while um! laughed with all his heart at the amiable cordiality of the em . This cord- is so , 80 expansive, 80 at all like a whom we are in the habit of considering to be cold, com; and rigid. And I, although I had heard the emperor say graceful things to the minister of and to the director of the museum, really not expect the effusion I now witnessed. em) loves bon mots and jokes, and is quick and happy in them. King Hum! was gay, really gay; but it was almost always the emperor who was the cause and incentive of this gayety. A terrible squeeze of the prince of Naples’ hand, a joke at the bald head, Saint- Bon; a wink of the eye—the significance of which qeeaped me—were some of the incen- tives. le Borelli conversed gravely and in 8 low voice = his neighbor Saint-Bon, and Crispi_ was silent, the emperor now whispered to the ince of Naples, now joked in German with Count Bismarck or his brother, and spread merriment among the members of this select party of six or eight [pages Only once, at the beginning, I heard im talk of art, speaking of @ picture of th ‘Lepanto,’ and at another time he spoke en- thusiastically about Mount Vesuvius. Indeed, in order to look at the plume of smoke which atthat moment rose perfectly straight, be- cause, as Prince Henry remarked, ‘Il n'y avait de vent,’ both emperor and king rose beet _— a 8 in these two in- stances, I o1 ears e emperor — of merry Pree, Once again aid. forget m: pert, absorbed in the spectacle of the emperor, he king, and the prince of Naples laughing to- gether. My —— was so profound and sincere that Prince Henry called to me twice for Chateau Lafite. But even then I did not serve him. I was far too interested in ob- serving a ta played upon Prince Victor Emmanuel cdo emperor. foe torpedo boat was ai e emperor, seeing itin a mirror in front of ¥ turned, and suddenly rose. Of course the prince wanted to rise also, but the ror held him fast by the left hand, and, a le King Humbert Pag on and laughed, e emperor, grasp’ @ prince’s arm, twisted ite 8o violently that the prince, though he laughed, could not help writhing on his seat. a this way he was teased by the — ror, who practiced on him all sorts of jokes lunch was over, to the great amusement of the king, whose face, when he really laughs, is bright with merriment. And, I repeat, who- ever like me had witnessed the cordial hilari of the most illustrious parcoeges ot this lune! would remember it forever. e the empe- ror drank a health. Lifting his glass, full of Asti Spumante, he first invited | Tom- follows-"Tom,’“Grisp” When drinking. With follows—‘Tom,’ ‘Crit 2 Crispi he emptied his glass and turned it up- side down on the table, looking round with a smile; and as this gave him an occasion to make another joke with the prince of Naples he began to tease the latter. The party then rose to for me. Quitestunned by all I had seen and heard, I stood like astatue, and suddenly found — blocked in by the emperor, the prinee Naples, Count Bismarck, and their respec- tive cl and swords, and I was so ashamed of my stupidity that I could not get free till ge! themselves left me so. - ir majesties then went on deck, and he who had so surprised me by the readiness of his wit, the frankness of his merriment and the cordiality of his manner, now moved me by the indescribable expression of his face as he stood erect. As we returned from Castellamare, es- corted by the torpedo boats and followed by the fleet, I saw emperor seized with an ever-increasing emotion, as he gazed around through the glass and slightly shook his head. He no more uttered jokes; he langhed no more. He was evidently filled with wonder at the great beauty of the gulf, and with admiration for the colossal ificence of the semi-circle of ships that followed us. At that moment I wished that all Italians could have seen the ——s, and felt as proud as I did of being an Italian and a Neapolitan.” . ———— 69 A Dangerous Practice. From the Philadelphia Record. Philadelphian—‘I see by the paper that many residents of Newark have been poisoned by drinking beer and whisky mixed with min- eral water of some sort.” Colonel Kaintuck—“Well, for my, Gat, T can’t see what people want to risk lives drinking mineral water for, anyhow.” ——_ To Help the Church. From the Lowell Citizen. Churchly—‘‘I gave Deacon Snapper $10 this morning for the Kangaroo Mission church in , that his majesty does not seem to me | hesi comfortably plished, bec: The the muscles of the legs and aA pain; and so ee 'Y | sudden and vehement, or of long-continued ‘e coffee, and this was = terrible moment | be man From the London Giobe. yal mas ptines Nai his soctins beanbag In the preface to a new book on sport by the the brain, but all the physical powers, | Baron de Voux, Alexander Dumas fils tells some mere fact of keeping up our daily lives stories of his father and grand- exactions of modern habits and de- cheap pe yletgemye In order to maintain these habits and| My inherited from eens ee cates cemeias to Gk eapetionan een Tor @ rate quite beyond our natural fifteen years of age. wers; and every- | taken me to and down we go, so many Fi A & F e é F 3 it THEE i ii F E § g LF 4 e i FE, i move a step for five francs for the journey.” pe Fa not move?” F Re ~ fixed, when it it impossible to make more legitimate return for labor i i ii ! a i race in modes fie nda hf woroar Eenditare of the present donot hinder the con- s 8 My father did not seek for show his strength, but he rapic when they were presentea. our | we made in the neighborhood of 1839, the conductor of the diligence, may be known by tow deme device, induced us all to di lim brings u piece juency of xy, is, of ns dinct and ininet bra toa; Sad of ti | Qt oH AR cana ws by meat thi rhich ai and, as the snow had melted, we had to wade through mud. The travelers disliked it the | i : 4 i e 4 H i HT] eit Feebe ifrst You may imagine the recrimination of the pedestrians, who resolved to make acomplaint at the first stoy walked beside my father, who breathed nota word. | Except for sport he had # horror of i ng. “You don't sa; jing,” said I. — but pomp pony ny we get to the came there last, and on the plateau, where the diligence had finally cP we found the conductor surrounded com- — travelers. He replied to them with e bantering air of one delighted to have played 4 clever trick, planted on his large feet, ncing his head on his broad shoulders, sticking out his great chest, and mocking the delicate-looking townsmen who were too timid to show their displeasure in more than words, My father politely put on one side with his two hands those who made a circle around the con- ductor, and said tohim: “Then you find this amusing?” “Yes,” answered the man, titter- ing. “I did find’ it funny.” He bad hardly finished the words before he received on the | chest a couple of fist-blows which sent him roll- ing into the mud, his feet in the air, amid the laughter and applause of the onlookers. He rose furious, and flew at his assailant, who landed a couple more blows which covered the nose and mouth of the unfortunate man with blood, The witnesses of this scene now inter- ready to help this ready interpreter of eir sentiments; but the driver dried himself and resumed his seat, not without axing lan- guage such as was excusable under the circum- stances. We got into our places again, and m: father was soon tranquilly sleeping, his han on a stick which he had left in the carriage, and which he had resolved to recover at all hazards, ~ oon Literary “Sweaters” in England. Andrew Lang. in Longman's Magazine. easily, because it will strain the muscles of the back injuriously and do mischief; they hesitate torun or walk greater distances than can be accomplished, because it will tire in relation to much other pi exertion; a seem to feel that as, according to Bichat, life is the totality of the functions, so all functions and all organs are to be regarded with equal care and concern; and thus they forget that to think, to plot and plan, and strive and fret and worry, tires and weakens both the brain and the heart, and puts addi- tional work on the kidneys, doing damage that is more than permanent, inasmuch as it is fatal. When it is remembered how the heart shakes at any and every emotion of consequence, how it sinks with fears, and palpitates with desires, and stands still with loss and horror and de- feat, it will be seen that lives of strong emo- tions and unceasing efforts and aspirations must have a great deal todo with the condition of the heart. It is not’ steady and persistent work that does this. That, with fit intervals of rest, does injury to no one, but, on the con- trary, is thy, and ina way strengthening. It brings no trouble of heats and colds, of beat- ings and boundings, no holding of the breath, hervous starts, no dizzy pauses of expectation. It is not work, but it is worry, that does the and strain, and shock, whether frequency, like a series of sm: repeated sosgcinge wer tay which is — ~ the it whi is my. e rain, however, would args 4 it deal of strain, even of shock, if it were not for its auxiliary, the heart. The heart has by no means vigor and elasticity and re- source of the other organ; sorrow and fear, vere ne cd - a vol — as rg If the word “sweater” is to stray from the 5 justasetesce: | Manual industries into literature, it should great successes and triumphs, act just as strenu- / ously as shocks upon that delicate , en-| mean the shabby and extortionate employer, feeble it, and prevent it from feeding the brain | not the employed. An author, however, who till it is impoverish that | calls himself a “Literary Sweater” in a ed, or from relievi tg wd brain again of its overcharged load till it be-| journal means that he is the underpaid em- comes congested, It seems strange that from loyed, not the stmgy employer. A won- this overtax of the heart insomnia and insanity, ms tale he tells, if we are to take his paralysis and apoplexy, and even mortal kidney | confessions literally; and if he is writi trouble, can be developed; but such is the | truth, and not merely romance, Grub alarming truth, while dyspepsia and hysterics | is with us still, and as wretched as in the and affairs of that sort, which, without being | timeofSavage. According to this writer he com- exactly fatal, yet are enough to make life a| menced as an author at nineteen, which, burden, are two frequently the coi juence to | haps, accounts for a good deal. At nine! be more than spoken of, For when heart | a man can hardly have read en to justify once becomes enfeebled, every other organ of | him in attempting the career of letters which, the body is in danger, although a of | when he hath once begun, will leave him scant strength some come to four-score” in spite of | oj portunity or time for i He will é rage oe teiding, enipn ace tigued and burns the blood in the brain, is a life at Once to | of the nigh ys (and after an abandoned. And there is no it} attack of “brain fever”) the child of it; for if we do not abandon such a life as that,| Grab street has written sermons and it will in a very short space of time abandon us. novels and bi shies End comic copy, and, in three of 25,000 words each! Compared with this £2 2s., while for a volume of children’s 150 pages, he received £3. In short, out of this enormous miscellaneous labor, the of competition has earned about story scarcely seems credible to literary gentlemen more fortunate and less industrious rhaps less well-endowed by nature. But whence comes the difference, and why one laborer paid so differently from other toilers in the same field? He who would solve the question must learn a sy Foe deal the literary market’ and’ the supply of and the literary market an: demand for “copy.” But if any capitalists are reall fortunes out of this ment of penmen at starvation why it is high time that a literary union was started by the oppresssd class, the unknown toilers who write novels and Sunday books and cor- respondence and bi hies and cricket and foot-ball matches.” Cannot the The condition of the wage class of that day (1800 A. D.) may be well examined; it is full of instruction for social agitators. In the great cities unskilled workmen were hired by the day, bought their own food and found their own lodgings. But in the country, on the farms, or wherever a hand was employed on some public work, they were fed and lodged by the employ- er and given afew dollars amonth. On the Pennsylvania canals the diggers ate the coars- est diet, were housed in the rudest sheds, and id €6 a month from May to November, and aed yar-miner, ewe = andchoppers riers and mo. i iggers cl who, from 1793 to 1800, on the publig bi and cut the streets and avenues of Washi city, received $70 a P soa or, if they wished, 60 for all ie work they could perform from March 1 to December 20. The hours of work were invari- ably from sunrise to sunset, W: cod New York were three it money then went, 40 cents a day; at $8 to $10 a month; elsewhere workmen were content with @6 in summer and hired pence a day. None, e month, asked more than $6. At Fredericks. burg the price of labor was from $5 to 87. In Virginia, white men employed by the year were given £16 currency; slaves, when hired, were clothed and their master paid £1a month. A = But if match girls can combine, as it seems they can, into a trades union, literary hacks should not lag behind them in assertion of their interests. The Old Lady of the Old School. From the Chicago Herald. We often hear of the gentleman of the old Homicide alley. Mrs, Churchly—“Oh, Arthur, | B3'33 Tye aterm ate of eee ey; | echool, of hisserenity of mind, his decorous how good you are; I wish Icould do something over was. therefore, 65 a year, with food, and, | habits dnd courtly manners, but we do not for the mission.” Churchly—“Wait till they | perhaps, lodging. Out of this small sump the | hear as often as we should of the lady of the start the foundation, my dear, and then you| workman must, with his wife's help, oldschool. And yet, take her all in all, she can contribute some of that angel cake of yours | his family. was a much more attractive person, as we get for the corner-stones, Reaayaswell. glimpses of her. than the other. For she was, Proud French Women. * From the New York of all, whet the name EMINENT DAUGHTERS OF FRANCE WHO BELONG TO THE LEGION OF HONOR. From the Paris place her brother, who was not strong the he gime a of ‘the ine she displayed rey great bravery, and b of ser- vemnieaictins breast Rusrescompaes was wi colonel from the The second was given to Belgian woman, of tine “ wi ‘or fore dd received at cg Eller en veal litz and at Jena, where she twice. Hil HH : & § Hi Hr, Hz “Mrbes makes yer think so, mother? |" “When Dr. Kichener or Mrs, Glass or The spete; bu ince bo went te actone Peek ct| American Housewife ordered. her to putin ar saeanenee nas piney cme gee rt pony agg eg Ln aging OY ” exclaim, as Mrs. Ji Rokesmith, nee Bella aan eS Wilfer id, “Ob, you are « st i here at to get it, I should know: He Knew. : at once the desired From the Carton. ape pe Oe Satna, “Now, Arthur,” said Angelina Belle to her | table. mysteries of the kitchen hed no brother, so as to look motherly before young | terrors for her, and she fully understood the Skeemers, ‘you must be s good boy for Christ- a ee ee aie books expresses - ed tee re get eng 6 in Sdksmen es meetin van aaa aideenk “I don’t want what you've ” growled Ar- —paat a a a pa Abney a rele eieee le fplendent party ‘As she eat at table, ————_o2+____ l. » They of old school, sur- tion, for had its abode with her. Under her and womanly hand her chil- dren were dutiful, her servants respectful, Siete betes iat ve Ses, mistress in the Kitchen she waa queenly in the parlor. There she received her with ‘an ease and grace that made the most past awkward easy and each one refiect- “What have I to do the cows?” indig-| ing, as in a glass, own charms. a nantly demanded the orator. “‘As I was saying | bashfal ‘man and many a modest on the subject of the tariff_—” have her blessed because her fine man- “But,” persisted the impatient auditor, | ners did not chill, but ratber warmed them “bein’ a in this town, mebbe you | into animation and life. Her fine teit left don’t know that all the saloons close at sun- no guest, however humble, obscure or in o corner, and none ever left her “Hal” exclaimed the orator: “Speaking of | without how much wittler they the tariff I was about to say that it should | were than supposed. Her Grose was always be ‘of respectfully. We will now | not’ more than her parse could buy, pee ioe Saa’* Elorty toc termed cop a Parsorxp ALiIve.—A jet left | fectly that it was indescribable, and the burning ignited the starch in the pon hey ee gy ee ee floor of twelve-story sugar in Chi- | she was well dressed. Serenity from her cago. A tremendous blow- | eyes and contentment smoothed feature, ing out about 40 feet the wall at the fourth ee eee Ce ber fifth floors. It opened the steam come to all, she ever endured and inthe flood of steam that Julius ‘one of tlie was| Such in ‘outline was the lady of the that was passing at the time and half adozen Hs