Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1889, Page 9

THE SPECIAL POLICEMEN. One of the Novel Features of Inaugura- tion Day. The special policemen appointed for the in- @uguration season have managed to attract a fair share of the public attention these stirring times. Most of them were men of good charac- terand neat in their personal appearance, but there were some exceptions. Of the 400 on yee uty 100 of them sucéeeded in borrowing por- tions of uniforms, which they wore without re- gardtosize. One of their number, after visit- ing several stations, managed to borrow an Overcoat, hat and a pair of trousers. He is only 5 feet 7 inches tall, and is of slender build. His borrowed clothes belong to two of the largest men on the force. When he ap- peared on duty the regulars (who patronized the specials in a lofty mauner) made fun of his uniform because of its amplitude. “Oh, it’s a uniform,” he said; “‘and that’s all = necessary. It looks better than none at BIS FINGERS ITCHED TO HANDLE A CLUB. Another walked up to the captain’s desk. He grinned for a moment and then reached for the insignia of office. He thought the club was of more importance than bo og else, and he reached for that first. Then he took the badge which he put on upside down. Another special gave him the tip and he recti- fied the mistake. MODEST BUT NEEDY. While there were many who wanted the whole world to know that they had full au- thority of the law and could arrest and incar- cerate their fellow men. there were others who —_ wanted the position because they would e a few dollars for their families. Amor this class were many who took care to concea their badges as much as possible. They carried their clubs in their sleeves, One manafter taking the oath of office notified the lieutenant that he desired to do daty on the avenue, He did not care much for policing anyhow and only wanted @he job because he could have the inside track and get a good view of the procession. He was excused. SMART ALECS. » Then there was another class of men who im- agined themselves ‘fly cops.” They wore their badges under their coats and only waited for a chance to flip open their coats to a crowd and inform them that “I am a detective.” ey would not stoop to arrest a man for beiag dr and disorderly, but would wait for the sppear- ance of a “professional crook.” Whetller they captured one or not they were always ready to of some they had “piped off” or “spotted,” and would catch the thief at some future time. If they did not catch them it was not their fault, because they were sure that the “crook” had ‘jumped the town.” Armed with clubs and badges and some with pistols the specials were sent out as additional Guardians of the peace. Each of the regular officers was charged with the duty of looking after two or three specials. The task to them was not a pleasant one, because they attracted ~s much attention as they passed along their ts. FUN FOR THE SMALL nors. The small boys had all the fun they whnted at the expense of the specials. Two of the latter were standing on 7th street anda small boy stood behind a tree box pointing at them. Persons who d wondered what the boy was doing. and did not learn until they saw on the left breast of each man a policeman’s badge. Then they saw the clubs and a general laugh was enjoyed. “MOVE ON or I'll run you in,” was the order given by one of them on the avenue to a crowd of peasons who had gathered iu front of a fakir. His order was not heeded, but he took care not to molest any one in the crowd. Further Gen the avenue one of them had an argument wit! a mer. The latter was begging the “‘S. M. P.” to let go of him, as he did uot care to be made a show of, nor did he want his clothing ruined. “I CAN'T LET Go,” explained the special, ‘because you would not then be under arrest.” Sunday night one of the specials entered the first precinct with a sober prisoner. “Drunk and disorderly,” said the cop when asked what the charge was. The Petiouer was not locked up. The special yught that he had been snubbed and left the station with the prisoner, declaring that he would go to another station with him. Before leaving, however, he gave the officers to under- stand that he had been arrested for being drunk and disorderly and that he was now get- ting his revenge. A THIRSTY SPECIAL. Complaint was made against one of the specials by a saloon-keeper who stated that a temporary member of the force had visited his saloon and made himself very obnoxious because he was refused a drin! He de- manded the immediate dismissal of the special. ‘Two special policemen attempted to arrest a drunken soldier Sunday evening in front of the Globe theater. but owing to the fact that one of the officers was intoxicated, the soldier's companions interfered, and the special, to get even, ran in another man. When the facts in the case were reported to Lieut. Amiss he dis- missed the special and released the prisoner. $< HOOSIER HEADQUARTERS, Where Indiana Men Meet and Talk Over the Situation. ‘The Indiana headquarters are at the Metro- politan Hotel and are presided over by Gen. des. R. Carnahan, Gen. Carnaban is promi- Rent in Indiana political and military matters. end is known throughout the country for his work, Militia Matters, He was adjntant-gen- eral et the national drill held in Washington, and has many friends here. The Indians folks have an especial pride in George Mack, a Wheelwright, Found Dead in # Pool of Water. the dead body of a white man, about sixty yea old, was found in a mud puddle, near North Capito} and M streets, by a colored man named Tucker Webb. Webb when he saw the body thought it was a bunch of rags and went over to investigate it. To his sur- prise he found that it was the dead body ofa man. The tiews soon spread in the neighbor- hood and many persons were attracted to the pond to see the body. Word was scat eh lice and the sixth preeinct patrol wagon wit! liceraan Oliver and others was sent for the body, which was conveyed to thelmorgue. THE DEAD MAN lay in about three inches of water, and it was first thought that he had been drowned, but when the body was lifted from the water blood ran from one of his sleeves, showing that there was' a wound somewhere about his body. When stripped at the station a wound was found on bis arm which no doubt caused his death. An artery hid. been severed in two two or three places. oficers wete then puzzled to know whether it was a cuse of suicide ormurder. Later in the morning a knife was found some distance from where the dead man was picked up. The body was subsequentl; identified as being that of Geo. Mack, a wheel- wright. who nad been living at the house of Mr. Downey. about a square from THE HOME MARKET CLUB. Representatives of the Big Political Club of the Hub. The Home Maret club of Boston did not pa- rade yesterday. The hundred members who have come to Washington, one-twelfth of the whole number, did so merely as sight-seers, The club is composed of some of Boston's best? citizens, and is one of the solid organizations of the country. It was started in 1837,.by George Draper, of Hopedale, his inspiration in this und@taking being a desire to arouse the republicans to the sense of protect- ing American industries and to expose the frauds and robberies of the New York custom- bouse. The club is a power in polities, Its motto is “American wages for American workmen, American markets fot the American ople and protection for American hothes.” Bader the banner bearing the legend Harrison was nominated and it will be exhibited in the ball room to-night. The officers are as follows: President, Timo- thy Merrick, Holyoke; vice-presidents, Hon. Oliver Ames, E. H. Baker, W. E. Barrett, Fran- cis Batchéller, Jolin W. Bennett, Hon. Fred’k L. Burden, Fred. E. Clark, Henry F. Coe, Hon. George L. Davis, Gen. William F. Draper, Hon. Bufus 8, Frost, Lewis } ‘bert, Curtis Guild, Hon, William H. Haile, Stephen Holman, J. D. W. Joy, J. §. Ludiam; Philip L. Moen, James Phillips, r., James Renfrew, jr., Hon. W. W. Rice, E. T. Slocum, Hon. Elizur Smith, Howard Stockton, George W. Weeks; board of directors, finance committee: Timothy Merrick, Arnold B. Sanford, J. KR. Leeson, John Hopewell. jr., Amasa Clark, Hon. Weston Lewis, F.W. Breed; secretary, Herbert Radcliffe; treasurer, Beverly K. Moore, The club makes its headquarters at the Normandie, The badge worn consists of the American eagle and of portraits of Harrison and Morton on ivory, upon a blue silk back- ground, and is inscribed, ‘Home Market Club Inauguration Party.” The party includes — George H. Whitcomb and wife, Worcester; B. F. Nichols, Holyoke; R. M. Reynolds, Monson; F. W. Breed and family, Lynn; A. E. Hemphill, Holyoke; James B. Field, Boston; Hon. Jos, G. Ray and daughters, Franklin; Hon. J. ©. Bennett and wife, Lynn; F. T. Maxwell, Rock- ville, Conn.; Hon. D. B, Hubbard, Grafton; W. H. Dudley, Whittinsville; Col. J. H. Abbott, Fall River; F. P. Holt and wife, Laconia, N. H.; Dr. A. 8. Wetherell, Exeter, 3 A Putnam, Uxbridge: D. W. ‘T. C. Bates, Worceeter; John Longwood; J. W. Lefavour and S. L. Adams, Pawtucket, R. L; Whitinsville; Geo, M. Gibbs, ile; Wm. A. Gile, Worcester; M. H. Collins and wife, Millis; King Upton, Boston; Hon, Edward Glines and wife, ton; Ira Parker and wife, Little- ton, N. H.; O. C. Hatch and wife, Littleton, N. H.; Miss F. A. Weller, Littleton, N. H.; Mrs. Farr, Littleton, N. H.; Col. R. F. Barrett, Con- cord; F. D. Parsons, Holyoke; Hon. F. L. Bur- den, North Attleboro; John Davies, Boston; J. H. Brown, Exeter. N. H.; J. L. Whiting, Boston; J. H. Bugbee, Providence, R. 1; Wm, Mills and wife, Boston: John Hopewell, jr.. Cambridge- rt; E. C. Rogers, Holyoke; Otis N. Pierce, New Bedford; E. T. Pierce, New Bedford; A. G. Pierce, jr.. New Bedford; J. Handy, New Bed- = ford; J. W. Wheeler, Orange; B, K. Moore, Bos- ton; A. T. Stearns, Neponset. ——.—__—_ Serious Shooting Affray. A NEGRO BADLY WOUNDED BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNOR'S GUARD OF PENNSYLVANIA, A serious shooting affray took place about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon at 133 and D streets, in the “Division,” in which “Champ” Evans was seriously wounded by Everett Hubbard. a member of the Governor's Guards of Pennsylvania, Evan is colored, about thirty years old. He lives in the rear of Virginia avenue, near 21st street, He met the soldier at the corner of 1314 street, and asked him for a match, Exactly what conversation followed is not known, but they — quarreled and the soldier drew a revolver. He pressed the barrel ¢ Evans’ left breast almost directly over the heart and fired. The all struck Evans’ breast- plate. and glanced off. A Philadel- Phian who attempted to stop the fight wasstruck in the ear by 2 brick, which, it is said, was thrown by a negro, and he fell to the ground unconscious, The two injured men were cared for by cit- izens until the arrival of the patrol wagon, when they were removed to the first precinct station. There they were attended by Drs. Gill and Sohon. After the shooting another soldier took + the weapon from Hubbatd and started away with him. He was pursued to the white lot by a colored man named John Batson, who secured the weapon and handed it over to the police, Policeman Hamilton arrested Hubbard and locked him up. He refused to say anything about the shooting. Several witnesses to the affray were also locked up, —__ Yesterday morning. between 6 and 7 o'clock, | | | age. came the young earl of Rosebery, a Scotch King William street. Halt ‘way up this lane of St. Swithin, an unpreten- some two hundred yards in with @ ten-foot roadway and narrow sidewalks, a wide archway, protected by hand- gives eatry to a noble court- yard. A well-kept drive, daily rolied and often Telaid with the bricbtest of red. gravel, sweeps in a circle round the open coutt, em racing a centerpiece’ the Jaded Londoners moving up or Sonn the lane will cttea- pause a moment to k upon. Inthe rear of the courtyard stands a sub- ‘stautial bat somewhat ‘sombre-looking building | three stories biah. It Ix bunt of a gray stone, and, untike the somewhat florid gateway of the court yard, boasts of uo architectural pretentions whatever. But a few years have passed away since Baron Meyer, the uncle ef the three present wembers of the fnalish house, reigned sn- preme in St. Swith.n's lane. He was possibly the must able fancier of all the iethsentlds, | t atid pre-ent. ‘To write of the petty princes | faved from fiiancial annihiiation by timély { loans of the European governments whose | “promises to. pay” he negotiated when vast amounts had to be raised at short notice on the security of revenue, of tue railroads be capital- } ized, oF the enterprises he fluated. wou! fila book of pottertous a years past British investors haye had complete condileuce in aay loans, bowds or enterprises floated by the Rothseniids aad as thi+ coufidence has never been abused by the great Anulo- | Dutch Anaaciers, nu child | is to-day all powerful to seeure unlimit financial backing for auy wew ventare te which it may belent. BARON MEYER. Potent as has been the name of the house in London financial circles for a century and more, the late Baron Meyer during bis reign in St. | Swithin’s lage largely extended its operations | and if possible enhanced its credit. Eusy to ap- proach ana simple in maoner, without a trace of haughtinesé or impatience in his demeanor, this daily handler of miltions afforded a striking con- trast tothe average London banker, who is to-day as in the past as difficult of access, save to those | provided with gilt-edged introductions, as tie | emperor of China or the lord lieutenant ot Ire- land, The baron was very regular ia his attend- According to a writer in AU the Year Round, most English surnames are taken from counties or towns, from professions or trades, from some Ppersonal-peculiarity, trom the father's christian name, with Son, Fitz, Mac, Ap, or 0’ prefixed or affixed; or lastly, from the crest .borne by the founder of the family in the middle We have Cornwallis, Cumberlands, Yorkes, and Somersets from counties; and Wiltons, Bar- nets, Chichesters, and Henleys from towns. Almost every profession and trade Is included jn the list cf names; the town wives us Butcher, Baker. Mason, Sadler, and Draper; the country. Farmer, Shepherd, Fisher. Hunter, Fowler; ‘and the household, Cook and Butler. To trades, too, must be assigned such names as Potts, Bugkle, and Tucker. Personal peculiarities or qualities account for almost as many; there are Lung and Short, Rich and Poor, Bigg and Little, Large and Smail; while of names taken trom colurs there is a whole chromatic scale— Black, White, Gray, Brown, Pink, Scarlett and Many mor Then, azain, men whose fathers boasted no surna‘ie, and who had no striking personality or peculiarity to mark them out from their fel- lows, Were content to be known as So-and-So’ ad thus founded the families of Richard- ngoa, Robertson and Williamson. Not did this principle obtain among the English i n feudal times, but even among the nilies; and so we have Fitzpatrick itzwiiliams, while in Scotland there are all in Wales all the Aps and in Ireland all Sometimes the neighbors did not even take the trouble to add son; they simply pluralized the name, and called the family Clements, vas ani Adams, Tn Wales this is a very favorite plan, theuzh very ofter they do not even add the plural, and the stranger to the mountains gets sadly confused between Evan Morgan and Morgan Evans, and between Will- fain ‘Thomas and Thomas Williams, and all the other cominations and permutations which can be twisted cut of half a dozen names, To medixval heraldry—though, perl in some few cases to personal peculiarities—must. be assigned such names as Wolte, Hawke, Fox, Crane, Sway and the like, the owners being callea after the cognizances emblazoned on their shields. One of the most luminons in- stances of the schoolmaster being all abroad was the derivation laid down by the English and writing master at a public school of the name Dove. The origin of the name was actu- be seen curling every evening. On the side is a window in keeping with its size. The interior shows.a stove and a protruding through the middle of the and down inside oe superintendent of gray reuger, or his son, gbes to the but, and, enter- tog it, builds a fire in the stove. As soon asthe sun is set and darkness is coming on two aged men come to the iron cemetery gate and, bei admitted by them, listen intently. With movement of the Tod there comes a sound like the tap ot metal against wood, faint and deadened by distance, on the ren men look On ne decide that the body of yor ¥ has not been disturbed. oe The test with the sounding rod is ited hourly through the night and sometimes oftener, with all the reverence such vigilance demands. ‘The arrangement is simply to put beyond pos- sibility the disturbance of the body by grave robbers, for whatever purpose. When the burial took place on Thursday, February 7, all the plans of this method of protection had been | made in detail. When the mourners and friends | had turned away from the open grave a small | ‘wooden box with a hole in the middle was low- ered and rested on the lid of the cedar box con- taining the coffin. Through this hole one end of the iron pipe was placed until it touched the lid, and its opening was thus from being stopped up by the earth. Then the grave Was filled in to the surface, leaving through the pipe a direct connection with tne casket by means of the slender metal sounding rod. Mr. Fridenberg had already ordered the con- struction of the hut directiy over the ve, where the watchmen might stay, and had a ‘stove put in it to protect them from the cold. The pipe in connection with the coffin was tuo through the middle of the floor as -described. The littie building was raised and ready for cupancy by the evening of the funeral da: sounding rod was inserted that evening and tested by the watchman in the presence of Mr. Kreuger and Officer Long of the sixteenth dis- trict. It proved thoroughiy successful, the | of s purpose. But of a person reputed “cute,” it is advisable to beware, cise one may find him- self unexpectedly idvolved in diMiculties of some “Did you ever know an instance where the sar perpen areal “Yes, sir.” “Well, when a man pushes a wheelbarrow ahead of him.” ‘ On a certain occasion, Rabelais desired to visit Paris, but was destitute of the means for so do- ing. He made up three packages and marked them “Poison for the king.” ‘Poison for the — . Fa psa for Monsieur ry % aE is landlord saw them, reported case the authorities, and he was arrcsted and taken to Paris. The contents of the packages were analyzed, tound to be brickdust and harmless. Then Vabelais explainea matters and the king was highiy ami by the ruse. In days gone oy few southern lawyers were more distinguished than Lutier Martin. He was = day past to Anrapolis ina stage Me when his only campanion—a young man wi = i admitted to the bar—addressing im, said: “Mr. Martin, you have been wonderfully suc- cessful in your profession. Are you willing to acquaint me with the secret of your success?” “If you will pay my expenses during the few that J shall remain in Annapolis.” will,” was the earnest response. “It is in thisady Deny everything and in- sist upon proof. At Annapolis, Mr. Martin enjoyed all the luxu- Ties thata fine hotel could turnish, regardiess of expense, and, when the time for his departure arrived, passed the ~bill”—ot enormous pro- ions—to the young lawyer Who was staad- ing near. The latter merely glanced at it, and then returned it to Mr. Martin. “Aren't you going to pay It?” Mr. Martin “This bill. Didn't you promise to defray my expenses while I was in Annapolis?” “My dear sir,” was the qilet reply, “I deny everything and Insist upon proof.” The eminent lawyer paid his bill, and isugh- ance at the banking house and daring business hours was accessible tu all comers, whether on business bent or seeking his gid or advice. His charity pena and he was at times ab- | selutely run by the penurious, to whom, if deserving, his purse~strings were ever open. His | one relaxation from the cares and worrinent of business was an almost lavish indulgence in the sport of horse-racing, out his Interest was con- | fined to the pure elements of the sport, the trials | of speed and endurance of the thoroughbreds; | for him the gambling arena had no charms, Baron Rothschild was an extensive and, in hisfater years, a hizher successful breeder ot | thoroughbred stock. He was stanneh in his devotion to his favorite sire, King ‘Tom, a horse he retained as lord of his equine harem for years with most disheartening results. But the reward of perseverance came at last, and the | victory of his colt Favornius in tie Derby of | 1871, and of his fil.y Hannah, named after bis only | child, the present countess of Rusevery, in the | Oaks two days later, placed the great ‘financier | in the proud position of owner and breeder of the best colt and the best filly of the season. Baton Rothschild also maintained at his own expense a magnificent pack of stag- hounds hunting in and around the Vale of Aylesbury, but the master by courtesy was No | great horseman, and rarely took part In the Pleasures of the chase. Nor did the great fin- ancier shine conspicuously in social life, although invitations to the receptions at his grand house in Piccadilly were eagerly sought atter, as ev- erybody who was anybody was sure to put in nee at a Rothschild night. lish | id the Rothschilds have always got on very well together, and one might be pretty sure of meeting two or three royal hignesses whenever the salons of the great Hebrew tinan- cler were thrown open fora ball or a dinner. Here, among the members of the Britisn peer- noble ue.ther rich nor particularly azare as to blood, for does he not trace his descent on the male side from a thoroughly plebeian Primrose? But the glamour of the young eari’s coronet, coupled with @ comely face and form, captured the affections of Hannah, the only daughter of the house, and in due course the Christian earl led the Jewish maiden to the altar and swore to guard and cherish her and her million ster- | ing of dower for life. NATHANIEL, Some ten years ago the old baron passed away full of years, leaving behind him a gigantic fortune. His three nephews, Nathaniel, Leo- pold and Alfred, sons *of Baron Lione! Roths- child, inherited the city business, while his vast riches in cash, jands, house property and seca- rities were for the most part bequeathed to his daughter. the Countess of Rosebery. The three | London Rothschilds of to-day bear little resem- blarce, either in face, torm or business habits, to either their late father or uncle. The elder Nathaniel, lately created Lord Rothschild. is a far-seeing mau of great business capacity, and | under his guidance the great house still main- tains its supremacy in the world of London finance. He is, however, a man who devotes his attention only to great enterprises, and con- sequently a vast amount of minor business of a very protitable nature that used to be executed by the Rothschilds has of late flowed into other channels. His fordship exceis as a diplomat and his re- Jations with Gladstone's government during the Egyptian affair were close and invaluable to his house. Stinple British taxpayers, who paid any attention to the part Eugland was playing in the khedive's affairs fora year or two pre- vious to the slaughtering of tie heroic Gordon at Khartoum, roundly asserted that her expen- sive Interterence in Egypt would never have been pushed so far but for the vast interests of the Rothschilds and their clients there at stake. The head of the firm does not inherit his uncle's love of sport; he neither breeds nor runs thoroughbred race horses and fs rarely seen in the hunting field, though in a perfanctory man- ner he still keeps up the famed pack of stag- hounds. His counsel in financial matters is highly esteemed by her majesty’s government, and his life, like that of his predecessor, is de- A Cane for President Harrison. Mr. E. C. Knight, of Philadelphia.on behalf of Eliza Johnston Holtbecher, presented to Gen. Harrison, on Saturday evening, a cane which was presented to Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison on inauguaration day in 1841. and was said tohave _ carried by “Old Tippecanoe” on that 'y- * Gerome on Modern Art. the ceremony of to-day With them it is an Indi! ana day—the most glo- rious in histdry. The these are provided for else~ where. Itis merely a — where Indiana can go to meet Each other and feel. at home. There are four Zor five Sonata Indi- ana people in the city. # The'rooms have been crowded day and night AHAN. Si they were opened, Gen. Carnahan and his assistants, State Senator Campbell. Dr. W. P. Johnson and Col. John A. Bridgeland, are kept busy receiving, imtroducing and moaing the visitors at home, e six rooms. reception ‘lor is just over dora mse portraits of Gen. and Mr. Gen. Carnahan expects to have the railroad Batarday, that thoy may" remain over othe . re over Soap be held at the Gerome in the Century. You ask me about my method of teaching. It is very simple, but this simplicity 1s the result of long experience. The question is to lead young people into a straightforward, true path; to provide them with a compass which will keep them from going astray; to habituate them to love nature (the true) and to regard it with an eye at once intelligent, delicate and firm, being mindful aiso of;the plastic side. Some know how to copy a thing and will produce it almost ex- actly; others put it into poetry, charm, power and make of it a work of art. The first are workmen, the second are artists. An ti Separates the mason from the architect. To- day, in this epoch of moral and intellectual dis- order, there seems to be a sovereign contempt for those who seek to elevate themselves, to move the spectator, to have some imagination; for those who are not content to remain fet- tered to the earth, dabbling in the mud of real- ism. It is to-day the fashion to which all the world , because it is only granted to a few to have a well baianced mind, and because voted to meney getting. More Jewish in his appearance than either of Ins brothers, his character and habits “also more clearly indicate his Hebraic origin. ALFRED. Altred de Rothschild is‘also very regular in his attention to business in “the lane.” He is not generally credited with any particular aptitude for piaying ‘the great game of finance, but has charge of the routine business of the firm. Almost any morning on the stroke of 11 his neat broughum may be seen pulling up at the corner of Cannon street and St. Swithin’s lane, whence its elegantly attired owner pro- ceeds on foot to his office, He is a handsome man, of medium stature and dark complexion, and his features are only slightly tudicative of his Semitic origin. In private life he is some- thing of a sybarite; his taste in works of art is highly caltivated; he isa liberal patron of some ofthe first inters of the day, and an ardent and discryninative collector of old china and bric-a-brae. LEOPOLD. Leopold de Rothschild does not resemble his brothers either in his features or mode of life. The younger brother takes but little part in the man -xion, with a mild, kindly face. A liberal — of the drama, he is rarely aosent from his box at the opera or bis stall at the theater on “first pights,” and he numbers among his friends many of the leading members of the aily ascribed to an ancestor having kept doves j in his back yard at some time or another! Reyalty and nobility have also given surnames to hums'er folk. King. prince, duke, marquis. earl, and varon are all naines that may be met with e day, while the lesser nobility and the territorial gentry have furnished such names as lord, knight, and squire. From the church, too, come pope, bishop, abbott, dean, priest. pilzriin, parson, and ch nost every grade in the hierarchy being rej ited in one form or another. There is story told of the ancient Wiltshire fami of the dukes of Lake House, which illus- rates this peculiar form of surname and also the pide of the untitled nobility in the supe- riority of an aucieut name over a modern peer- age At tie beginning of the century a brand new peer caromed against the master of Lake House in the hunting field, and, turning round, erie Do Fou know whom you're riding over, sir? I'm Lord So-and-so!” “And L ny lora,” replied the old gentleman, with quiet dignity, am Duke of Lake.” The names of great families are often inter- woven into punging mottoes. For example, Lord Vernon's motto 1s “Ver non semper viret,” which may be taken either as a boast or as a statement of fact; and ‘Forte scutum saius ducum,” the motto of Lord Fortescue, of which the same may be said. But not only is the fam- ily motto often a pun upon the name, but also the crest or coat of arms itself. These arms are called canting arms—for example, a dve between three bells for Doebeli; three primroses for Primrose; three “frases,” or strawberry flowers for Fraser; and many others. In Jesus college, Cambridge, are to be seen windows Siled with the painted cock, which was the crest of Bishop Alcock, of that college; and at New college, Ox- ford, a warden, named Chandler, filled the hall with painted wingows representing candles, with the words “Fiat lux” underneath them; but he so darkened the hall by so doing that a wit declared he should have written ‘Flanten- ebr.” There was a story current at Cambridge not long ago to the effect that the proctor one night discovered an undergraduate on Magdalen Bridge endeavoriug, as he thought. to get into bed. The outrazed don demanded the ine- br'ate’s name and college, and the latter re- 1: it 3 ott. of Magdalen.” The proctor repeated his question, and re- ceived the same answer. ‘I don't want to know what college you are not of,” he cried, angrily, ‘but what college you do belong to.” My good man,” replied the undergraduate, with intense solemuity, ‘I have no other name Bere you. Go away, I'm trying to find my Other people, not content with punning mot- toes and canting arms, have twisted their names into anagrams and metagrams. Peter le Loyer, of Angers, who lived at a time when people had more leisure for such researches than they have at present, found that there was a line of Homer out of which could be formed his name, Peter le Lover; the place he was born at, Huille; his province, Anjou, and his country, Gaul; three letters were left over, A. X. K, but they show the date, 1620, A. D., when this important dis- covery should be m: This mavelous proph- ecy of Homer's should stimulate Mr. Donnelly to unearth from Shakespeare's works the proph- tey of the discovery of Bacon’s cryptogram, which doubtless exists in them. Other persons have had anagrams made for them. among the best. word-twistings being prince regent, *G. R. in pretence,” and Princess Charlotte Augusta, of Wales; Her August race is lost. Oh! fatal news.” In addition tothe modern sources for sur- names, which have been‘ already enumerated, there are the classics. Celebrated names of an. tiquity are even now borne by everyday En- glishmen, and though, at first. the names sound as lncongruous as do the high-sounding appel- lation, Themistocles and Pericles, when ad- dres to ragged loafers in modern Greece, yet we soon get accustomed to them, and see the name of Julius Cesar appearing in the first col- umn of a daily paper without evea so much as @ smile. Some years ago there was’ a sight dis- turbance among the undergraduates in the gai- lery on a Cambridge degree day, and an over- zealous proctor rushed up the stairs to take the nawes and colleges of the noisy ones. The first man pitched upon gave in answer to the ques- tion, Homer, ot Cais. The proctor got very angry, thinking he was being laughed at, but when the next man gave Pinder, of Queen's, as bis name, the poor don completely lest his tem- perand threatened these classical undergrad- uates with all the/pains and penalties the uni- versity can inflict, and was hardly to be ap- peased by tie discovery that Homer and Pinder were so entered on the university register and on the bovks of their colleges. Such great names as Alexander, Regulus, Nero, Cysar, among the ancients, and Shakespeare, Milton, Addison, Angel, Swift, among more modern celebrities, not to mention a whole crowd ot war- riors, poets, authors, artists and heroes of fic- tion, inay'be tound-in the London directory or over shops engaged ia the humblest pursuits and taking not the slightest heed to live up to the reputation of their great namnesakes. soe | Humanity’s Averages. From the Medical Record, The average weight of male aduits is 130 pounds; of women, about 110 pounds. The average height of American recruits ia about 5 feet 9 inches, The average height of well-buiit men ts 5 feet 9 inches; ot women, 5 feet 4 inches. Gee on ap "pea ea pc pounds to we se speci ranges: = 0.950 to 1.030." The * Noart taps on the lid of the casket coming to their ears unmistakably, but sounding as though afar j off. The night watch and tests have been con- tinned ever since, and will be kept up until | there is no fear from ghouls. The keeper of the graveyard, when asked the Necessity of the sounding-rod tests, when watchmen remained at the grave through the night, explained it by saying it relieved the young man’s family from the fear that robbers might think the body desirable enough to tun- nel their way to its Mr. Fridenberg has even gone further than this. He has specially en- joined the keeper's wife to watch the grave con- stantly during the day until the extra men came. 2 graveyard is avery lonely spot at night, belng surrounded by open lots. me weeks azo. betore the burial of young Mr. Fridenberg, Officers Lewis and Long, while patroling in that locality late at night, saw a man skulking along the cemetery tence and | made for him. He fied and yave an alarm which brought two more men over the fence | from the graveyard with lanterns and spades. All three escaped. The popular impression of the incident then was that they were atter the silver handles on the casket of a gentleman | Just buried. Again, Keeper Kreuger, going out | ong morning at daybreak, tound by the side of an yndisturbed grave alantern and spade left by a robber who had become alarmed. Mr. Fridenberg, when asked last night con- cerning the watch at his son’s graye, said: “It is simply a precautionary measure that is al- ways taken by my family—nothing more. ca Fide ste Se Demoniacal Possession. Andrew D. White in the Popular Science Monthly. In England the same wartare went on. John Locke had asserted the truth, but the theologi- cal view continued to control public opinion. Most prominent among those who exercised great power against the truth was John Wesley, and the greatness and beauty of his character made his influence in this respect all the more un- fortunate. The same servitude to mere letter of Scripture which led him‘to declare that “to give up witchcraft is to give up the Bible and to take ground against the funda- mental truths of theology,” contro} him in re- gard to insanity. He insisted, on the authority of the Old Testament, that bodily diseases are sometines caused by devils, and’ upon the authority of the New Testament. that the gods of the heathen were demons; he believed that dreams, while in some cases caused by bodily conditions and passion, are shown by Scripture to be also caused by occult powers of evil. He cites a physician to prove that “most lunatics are really demoniacs.” In his great sermon on “Evil Angels” he dwells upon this point espe- Claily; resists the idea that ‘‘possession” may be epilepsy, even though ordinary symptoms of epilepsy be present; protests against “giving up to infidels such proofs of an invisible world as are to be found in diabolic sion,” and evidently believes that some who have been | made hysterical by his own preaching are “pos- sessed of Satan.” On all this, and much more to the same effect, he insisted with all the power given to him by his deep religious nature, his wonderful familiarity with the Scriptures, his natural acumen, and his eloquence. But here, too, science continued its work. The oid belief was steadily undertmined, an atmosphere favor- able to the truth became more and more de- veloped, and the act of parliament jn 1735, which banished the crime of witchcraft from the statute book, was the beginning ot the end, — eee Poison Fangs. From Murray's Magazine. 1f a drop of the oil from a foul pipe be placed in tne mouth of a snake the action is almost in- stantaneous. The muscles become set inknotted lumps and the creature becomes rigid. If much is given the snake dies, but if a small amount only is placed in the mouth the snake may be restored.- This, as Mr. Oakley has suggestea, may explain the stories of Indian snake gharm- ers being able to turn a snake into astick. This teat is performed by spitting into the snake's mouth and then placing the hand on its head until the reptile becomes stiffened. The effect at be produced by opium or some other nar- cotic introduced with the saliva. They then rab the snake between their hands, restoring it again to its usual animation. The sting of snakes is neither in the tail nor the tongue. The death- dealing organs are the great poison fangs. The fatal wound is abite and notasting. And among all the special modifications of snake structure none {s more remarkable than the development of the poison-fang. In the harmless snakes there is a longish bone on each side of the upper jaw, which may be armed with a dozen teeth or more. But in the vipers this bone is shortened to a wedge, whieh bears only one great fang, though behind it there may be two or three reserve fangs, ove of which will rapidly becomg attached to the bone should the poison tooth in use be broken. In all snakes the jawbones are but loosely attached to the brain case. But in the vipers this fang- bearing bone Is so hinged to ite neighbors that, when the creature is not ingly said to the young man: “You need no ‘her counsel from me.” Pete he i OE nas SSI Verification of a Dream. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Do dreams come true? There is one man ia St. Paul who believes they do, sometimes. He had one, one night in 1876, which came true to adot. His brother was an intimate friend of “Yellowstone” Kelly, the noted Indian scout, who was with Gen. Miles in his Indian fighting in the far west. The St. Paul man was ingBis marck for a time that year, and there his brother introduced him to Kelly. and the two became the warmest kind of friends, for there was some- thing in the make-up of each that attracted the other. The St. Paul man came home atter a few weeks and Kelly went west on another Indian expedition. On the night of the 9th of Septem- | ber, the St. Paul man had a dream of Kelly. He arose trom bed while still asleep, and threw him- self on the floor, excitedly erying out: “Kelly is jadanger. The Indians are in ambush for him ia the canyon. There is but one way of escape. He must ride straight forward, theo turn to the right, and put spurs te his horse for dear life. If he does that he will escape.” A gentieman who occupied the same room—it was in a building inJackson street— was awak- ened. He got out of bed and rushed to where his chum lay on the floor talking in his sleep, and he awakened him. “What is the matter?” he asked. “I have had a dream,” was the reply. “Yel- lowstone Kelly has been in danger from the Indians. They laid in ambush for him. I can draw a map showing the only way of escape,” and he took a piece of paper and drew a dia- gram showing where the Indians were and the only path by which escape could be made, as it had appeared in his dream. It made so vividan impression that he was anxious for days for the ; fate of his friend. the scout. A few weeks later Kelly came to St. Paul and the two friends met. «Where were you on the night of September 7?” asked the St. Paul man. had a close call on that night,” was the re- ly, “and the saddle I sat in that night has a pullet in it from aredskin’s gun. I was caught ina canyon and almost surrounded,” aud then he described the lay ot the land and how he had escaped by riding straight toward the Indians until he found a passage to the right, through which be had ridden and escaped. The situa- tion was exactly asthe St. Paul man had dreamed it was. The St. Paul man who had the dream ana who believes that dreams sometimes come true was W. W. Erwin, the criminal lawyer, “The Tall Pine Tree ot the North.” - see Mr. Vanderbilt Went on. From the Bangor Commercial. A good story is told about one of the Maine Central engineers. Last summer when the Vanderbilt car was at Bar Harbor the manager of the Maine Central sent an engine down there to take the car to Portland. The ran was made in very quick time, and at Brunswick the train stopped to take on water. While there Mr. Vanderbilt got out and said to the engineer that he didn’t want him to drive so fast. The engineer, the veteran Simpson, looked at him a quarter of a minute, and then said: “1 am running this tram under orders from Payson Tucker to be in Portiand at 1:07. It you want to stophere, all right. If you want to go to Portland get in.” He got in. —————+e+ An Original Beethoven Manuscript. From the Pall Mall Gazette. The conservatoire in Paris has just received a giftof great value. It is the original manu- script of one of Beethoven's sonatas. There are not many in existence, and Germany guards jealously whatever of them come from time to tiine into the market. This manuscript—it is the well-known sonata in F minor, op. 57—con- sists of 42 pages, well worn and badly boand, and its genuineness is beyond doubt. The writing is slight, indistinct, and abundant ia erasure and yey Freed the : a4 rather damaged, and mage is to tl interest and the value. Beethoven had been spending the month of September, 1807, with his friend, Prince Lechnowiski, and riding back to Vienna, was overtaken by a heavy storm. The raim fell in such torrents that his trank admitted it; and all its contents were wet. The night ufter his arrival he went to the house of lis friend, M. Bigot, whose wite wasa famous planiste of her day and whose salon was one of the musical centres of Vienna. There the com- poser produced the sonato, all stained and limp with rain wator, and the hostess took it im- mediately to the clavecin and played it at sight for her friends. She played it so well and Beethoven was so surprised and delighted at the achievement that her husband ion the gitt of the manuscript. From bis hands it into the possession. M. 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