Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1889, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. ODD THINGS SHINGTO! A Stranger’s Observations on Pecullar- ities of the Place and People. “What struck me first as surprising in Wash- ington,” said the stranger from afar to a STAR reporter, ‘‘was the beauty of the women. I had Often heard of Baltimore's petticoated loveli- ness, the unsurpassed ‘style’ of the New York girls, and the pulchritude of Philadelphia's daughters; but, though I have dwelt in ell these cities, I have never before seen fo much female prettiness within seven days as I have beheld at the national capital during the week I have spent here. The number of lovely young girls one sees upon the streets, in the course of a few block's stroll, is simply amazing. They all seem to be £0 youthful, too, that oue is tempted to specu- late as to what becomes of them later on: per- haps they all get married and go off on perpetual honeymoon journ and never come back any More. Most astonishing of all, to a person who like myself has been for some time past a resi- dent of Boston, is the fact that these young wo- men of Washington actually have figures. The Boston girl's figure, if such it may be called, is usually a zero in quality and a unit in quan- tity. In other words, she is the same size all the way down—flat-chested and entirely want- ing in those curves of grace which are gen- erally considered essential to the attractiveness of the female form divine. Doubtiess it is = ® matter climatic. You cannot expect to find much luxuriance either in the animal or the vegetable kingdom in a region where it is winter eight months of the year. Here you are nearer to the equator, of which imaginary line 1 shall never again speak disrespect- fully after having experienced the inconveni- ence of residing so close to the pole. GOOD MANNERS. “The second thing I have taken particular Rotice of in Washington is the gentle manners of the people,” continued the stranger. “I have been stoned twice on the principal streets of Chicago for no other offense than wearing & good suit of clothes. Had I enjoyed a better acquaintance with that great western metro- lis, I should have been aware of the fact that it is not the fashion there to be well-dressed and that anybody who isso is supposed to be putting on airs which are promptly resented with brick bats or otherwise. I have experi- enced the want of courtesy prevalent in New York city. In Boston, too, I have had opportunies for ob- serving that the men never take off their hats to the women and habitually shove the weaker sex off the sidewalk. And so you can perceive wherefore it gives me so much pleasure to see and feel the kindly and gentle ways of the natives here. I like the voices of the women, The very negroes I enjoy; they are so pic- turesque. It is the southern type of negro you have here—happy, childlike and respectful to authority—an altogether different creature from the African further north. From the little pickanmny up he is always interesting and frequently amusing. In Boston they have evolved a theory that the negro dies faster than he is born—in other words, that’ the race in this country is dying out. It seems to me that if the learned statisticians, who have formulated this doctrine. would pay a visit to Washington they would modify their conclusions. I was much aston- ished to see the way in which the shanties of | the poor blacks are mixed in with the hand- | some residences of the fashiouable quarter, but | I suppose that strikes every new-comer in’ the | same way. By the way. a real estate agent wa telling me yesterday about one cclenet family | that sold its shanty and small piece of land in the most valuable district only last week for $65,000. DOGS IN THE STREETS. “Another thing I have remarked is the as- tonishing number of dogs to be seen on the streets here. And the most curious thing sbout it is that they are nearly all curs of a utterly unmitigated. Such a thing asa well-bred dog I have scarcely seen on the streets of Washington, though an average of four barking brutes rush out upon you at every Dlock. The nearest approach to a proper sort of canine beast that one sees here is a black- and-tan. But the favorite type of dog in this city seems to be of the “yaller” mixed variety, such as would have been exterminated by the dog-catch- ere in any other town long ago. My own dog, which I brought hither with me, is a St. Ber- nard of the purest iineage, but before I had m here three days,» policeman called at my house to inguire if I had a li- cense for the animal. It happened that I had already secured one. At the same time I do not observe that a single one of the thousand whelps that how! about my neighbor- hood bears a tag, and { am sure that not one of them is subjected to police inspection. What yazzles me isto imagine why my superb St. } ew should attract such immediate atten- tion by the authorities, while the worthless gutter dogs go unnoticed in myriads. FAIR WHEELWOMEN. “Nothing here has amused me quite so much,” said the stranger from afar in conclu- | sion, “as the women on bicycles. 1 never saw or heard of such a thing before in my lite; in Philadelphia or New York a lady who’ at- tempted such a method of locomotion would be mobbed I am sur And the women I have seen on them unquestionably were ladies, too. Yet I must say that it is perfectly decorous, so far as appearances are concerned, and the OLD MEN THE DEPARTMENTS. An Official Who Wants to Run His Bureau on Business Principles. An old man wearing a light office cost was engaged in earnest conversation the other day with a prominent official in one of the depart- ments. He had the low voice and manner of one accustomed by long years of Service to department life. While one could see from his appearance that he recog- nized the superior authority which the man at the desk exercised, yet it was evident that he was trying in an humble deprecating way to carry his point. Finally the interview was terminated by the chief turning away with some impatience at the same time saying, “Well we will see about it.” The old man hesitated a moment as if he was going to say something more aad then changed his mind and shuffled out of the room. ‘The official tarned with a rather discontented expression on his face, and said to a Stam man | who bad entered the room shortly before: “That man’s case illustrates one phase of the difticulnies which I have to meet in running the business of this bureau.” “What did he want?” asked Tar Star man. REDUCTION IN WORK, BUT NOT IN SALARY. “Oh, he is one of the old clerks,” was the Teply. ‘He has been in government employ for about thirty years and is receiving the high- est sulary paid to clerks. On account of his age and increasing infirmities he is no longer able to do his work. He has been away a great deai on leave, and now he acknowl- edges, what he never did before, that he can't do the work. He came in to «sk to be transferred to some desk where the work was light. I toldhim that I thought such a change would be advisable, but I said that of course his salary would have to be reduced, I said that the other clerks who have been in the office for some time and were eficient received the salaries of the lower grades because there were no vacancies in the higher grades. It would not be fair, however, Tadded, to make them do the work of the higher ‘grade while receiving the pay of a lower grade. The old man was unwilling to ac cept the change in his salary. | He wanted the old pay. He said of course I had the authority to make the change, but he would never con- sent to it.” “Perbaps he is in straitened cireum- stances,” suggested tho listener, ‘‘and can't af- ford to have the reduction made “Nonsense,” was the reply, ‘the has been re- ceiving a good salary for years and has been careful and has accumulated enough, I under- stand, to live on for the rest of his life. But he don’t want to give up what he has got and this is not the only instance. I find in their bureau that the high salaried places are filled, as a rule, with old men who have been here a good many years. ‘The places with lower salaries are filled with active young men, and it often happens that they have to do not only their own work but that of the old clerks ‘who receive a good deal more pay. Now it seems to me that this state of affairs is NOT GOOD BUSINESS, The object of this bureau is to performa certain very important part of the government business. If it was conducted on business principles instead of on sentiment largely there wonld bea very radical change made. These old men, when they are no longer able todo the work, ought to step aside and give the younger men a chance. At least they ought to be willing to change places and accept such a salary as they can earn, They have been receiving good pay for earsand no doubt they bave earned all they ave received. The government isa prompt pavmaster, It never shuts down m duli times | or makes @ reduction in wages. Year in aud | year out it is always the same. In other em- ployments men have to take the chances, and this is an element which never enters into the calculations of a government employe, As long as he behaves he is sure of his pay twice every month.” “Tam going to try,” added the official, ‘to make a reform in this bureau and see if some of the inequalities cannot be righted. I want to try to run this bureau on busiuess principles, I know that no good business man would ap- prove of the present methods, The official added that he was new to depart- ment life, but it seemed to him that his views had the merit of being practical. As to whether he would be able tocarry them out remained to be seen. He alsosaid that when he spoke of old men he meant inefticient clerks of all ages aud both sexes. Written for Taz Evexrxe Stan. FARM AND GARDEN, Subjects of Interest to Growers of Fruit Trees and Vines. The weather has been so unfavorable for mauy fruits this summer that all of the care aud attention possible are needed to make the fruit crop fair. Old established trees have not shown as much signs of suffering as the young ones and those thatare planted on light sandy soil have succeeded far better than those situ- ated n rich, heavy loamy soil. It is usually the trees planted in sandy soil through which the water sifts easily that suffer most during our summers, but the exceptionally wet weather of this year has made the very reverse the case, THE PEACHES SHOULD BE given clean culture all through August up to tticoats of my own family have already been spired with an eager desire to ride on two wheels themselves. I observe that living is cheap here, compared with many other cities, especially in the way of marketing. —— ——— CASH PAID FOR CATS’ SKINS. How Poor Pussy Assumes the Bole of a Fur-Bearing Animal. “Cash paid for cats’ skins,” the sign read in the window of a Washington furrier, who as- tonished the newspaper man by telling him that there was always a good market for pus- sies’ pelts. “Five cents apiece,” he said, “is what we pay for common skins, 10 cents for maltese pure and 25 cents for black. Of course they must be in good condition. Some male cats are so given to back-fence warfare that their hides become considerably damaged. The fur of the sleek and well-fed domestic pussy is what we find most available for our purposes, Street cats are usually too ragged and coarse- haired to be useful.” — are the purposes of which you “The imitation of more expensive furs, chiefly. The French dye them very skillfully, end in that way transform the humble tabby after death into the regal ermine or other beast of rare and costly skin. The pure black and maltese, aud the tortoise shell are not dyed, but made to serve in the natural colors. Rugs of _ selected tortoiseshell and maltese are already becoming mite faskionable, and the best ones are far cheap. The only use made of cats’ pelts in this country is in the manufacture of car- riage robes, but vast numbers of them — from the United States to Europe, w y are made into coats, hats, rugs, dressing- gown linings and other garments, STUFFED KITTENS, Taxidermists, too, in other parts of the coun- try are advertising for kittens by the thousand for stuffing. In the process they employ, the skin is first removed, leaving only the scraped top of the skull within it. Both head and body are then built up with pipe clay and tow, a piece of wire being so adjusted that one end Comes out through the forehead and the other at the tip of the tail. To this four other wires running down the legs are fixed. The skin is they sewn up and the animal formed into any ition. The final operation is put- ting in eyes. Fastened upon a scrap ofred Sannel in this manner, a small black kitten makes a very pretty pen-wiper.” “But where do ail the skins come from?” ‘Many are brought in to the city establish- ments that advertise for them by small boys Contant spendin pocket money by the com- paratively easy method of assassinating a few unfortunate cats; but the main supply is con- tributed by professional fur collectors in dif- ferent parts of the country, who shoot them. The ravine woods of Ne’ are full of them breed wonderfully fast seemingly-adverse conditions vi Int Widow— wenger =7“I do not expect tomeet aE ‘The bald man’s motto: “There is room at the wine hair by using Halt hat weuwyee HGR September 1. The trees should be watched carefully for any signs of yellows, and all dis- eased trees taken up and destroyed this fall, Whole orchards will be lost if the diseased trees are allowed to stand and contaminate the others, There is a difference, however, be- tween yellows and yellowness. While the former is a disease the latter is merely a con- dition and may be due to soil-exhaustion, poor culture, severe winters or to borers, The soil that is rich in the proper fertilizers, how- ever, will resist any disease better than poor soil, and a liberal application of phosphoric acid and potash should be put in the soil an- nualiy. ‘There is nothing like nitrogenous manure in the form of a sulphate of ammonia or nitrate of soda to stimulate new wood growth in peach trees, TRE APPLE TREES have been greatly handicapped this season by the number of worms. The fruit bas conse- quently been injured by them. The apple tree worms have been in our orchards for many years, but in 1888 they suddenly developed enormous numbers, and this year it is vastly worse, It is evident that little can be done at this late stage to save the trees from their ravages, but measures should now be taken to prevent its multiplicatian next season. The most beneficial results have been obtained by whitewashing apple trees with caustic lime, If the moss and rough scales are rubbed off the trunks first, not so as to injure the bark, but just enough to make the outer skin moder- ately smooth, and then a good application of caustic lime made the heathfulness of bark and tree will be increased. THE PEAR TREES may be treated in the same way, for the rough, scaly bark on these fruit trees is also the shel- place of many injurious insects during crop has not suffered so @ wet weather as some of the other hardy fruits. The early pears did not fruit so abundantly as the latter ones; but on tne whole the crop is fair. Some of the stro: shoots on free stocks ing back now, but youn; 5] to fill should be allowe: ‘Dida this Stranger—“ pedestrian pass waya sor. I've been eight outer this tater bhatt ns ang pled az’ be wan tumpin’ erlong te Written for Tax Evexta Star. TOWN AIRS AND GRACES. Poor Complexiuns and How to Improve Them. THE TROUSSEAU OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE— GLOVES AND GLOVE MENDING—ADVICE ABOUT HEALTH AND COMPLEXIONS—OILY FACES AXD BROWN SPOTS—PLAIN TALK ABOUT COSMETICS. Before answering numerous correspondents We must spare time to glance at the trousseau of the princess Louise of Wales, as told in London letters, which cost only $20,000. It does seem a shame that a really lovely princess like the Louise, who deserves the name of a nice girl—not markedly brilliant, artistic or fasci- nating, but just enough of all three to be de- sirable—should not have s more brilliant por- tion, but such is the penalty of having a princely papa with extravagant tastes which must be gratified. But all women read with sympathy that she gains a young husband to whom she is devoted. She has some excellent lace, fit for a princess, fine Irish point, anda grand devant or front of a dress in reproduc- tion of fine old venetian work by the first Eng- lish lace worker, who has not failed in forty years of contributing an order to each royal m ee. GOWNS AND GLOVES. The artistic tastes of the princess are shown in her choice of the palest colors, shadowy Pink, rose and gobelin tints for her grand dresses, with some exquisite black toilets to set off her fair complexion. The going away cos- tume was the prettiest—a gown of supple white sicilienne. a cloak of white cloth with Medici collar of white ostrich feather trimming, which was carried down the fronts, tulle bonnet and Parasol trimmed to match the bonnet with white heather, the flower of good luck. Eng- lish girls are not afraid of looking bridal, for one rich girl goes away in a white cloak lined with rose color, with white neapolitan bonnet, and another wears white mohair gowns and white cloth jackets, with silver braiding. Speaking of white gowns which are seen 80 much at summer resorts, the proper glove to wear with them is the long white Belge kid, with loose wrist, no buttons and only the finest stitching on the backs, To descend from princesses and Newport and Lenox driving cos- tumes the French glove makers have done a kind thing in furnishing assorted shades, of thread for mending gloves at 25 cents a dozen skeins in all the modish colors, which is a great help in keeping gloves in perfect condition. 10 PREVENT THE FACE AND EYES FROM BECOM- ING RED. Emma J. wants to know how to keep her face and eyes from getting red and inflamed in a high wind. Wash the face thoroughly in cold water and dry it ppocken gid afew minutes before going out and wear a shady hat and veil till the eyes grow stronger. Probably they are over-used or do not have sleep enough to rest them, or the system is in an inflammatory state for which fruit and baths are the best corrective, FRECKLES. Newport Mary kindly reminds us that a French cosmetic is a sure destroyer of freckles, but alas, they return, and asks for something to render the skin incapable of rusting. A course of tonics, citrates, iron and beefsteaks, with much out door life will in time change the blood with healthy coloring, but mean- while shady hats and veils sometimes are the ouly preventive. E. E. A. is referred to the above item. Will some San francisco or Oregon friend tell her of a practitioner on the Pacific coast who removes hair by electricity? The biucness under the eye can only be removed by plenty of rest and outdoor air, It is a sign of ex- hausted vitality. For the flushing of face when warm. use aperients. like castor oil, Rochelle salts or rhubarb, and hot footbaths daily tillrelieved, COARSE AND OILY SKIN. L. C. writes she is the unfortunate possessor ofacoarse and oily skin and asks for the lotion to refine it spoken of in these letters, Now we must have a serious talk over this matter of lotions and complexions. Women expect some one to discover some marvelous cosmetic which applied to any and every sort of roughness, piiaples, oily glands and sallow coloring, will refine the skin by the use of-a bottle or two. Every imperfection of the face is more or lessa form of disease, the great dermatologists tell us who have studied. the skin year after year. Only coarse faces are caused by a functional disorder just as the saliva flows in water-brash or the eyes weep with inflammation. This oversecretion comes of a clogged state of the system. In all cases there is little or po chance of improvement until the general health is set right. Each case Will bave its peculiarities, which will require modification of treatment. THE LOTION SUITING a mild case of seborrhea, which only needs alkaline washes, will have no effect on a coarser skin, where the conditions of disease have become obstinate with years, The strong corrective lotions required in the beginning to eat away the secretion and the thickened skin will in afew weeks create inflammation anda nettling rash. The cosmetic artists who treat the complexion in the large cities go at the work in a heroic way, One, as her patients say, applies u lotion so powerful as to crack and peel off the skin in three days. Of course the new, delicate skin forms under this as it would after a burn, but the last state of that case is apt to be worse than the first and thi blistering is pretty sure to be followed by a crop of down on the cheeks, It will not do to say that you have a coarse, oily complexion and want a face wash as you might send for a Paper of pins, No person worth trusting will risk advice on such a hint of a case, The fact is set down in the books of medicine that few disorders are so ob- stinate or so difficult to overcome as faults of complexion. It raisesa grim smile to receiv letters asking for treatment that will bleach a sallow skin, muddy with the neglect of a dozen Years “by the middle of September,” or com- —— that some one has taken taraxacum for wo weeks without any perceptible effect on a liver disease that has lasted ten years under constant doctoring. The woman who wishes to get the better of a bad complexion must take time for it, or lose more than she gains. The slowness of the cure is + of the = for neglect of nature. To advise o1 ‘otion or one treatment for all complexions is safe as prescribing one medicine for all diseases, Women write that such a cosmetic beta sed done no good and such and such a lotion had no effect, when the trouble was they had been taking the rheumatic liniment for dyspepsia or the nervous sedative for jaundice, or some- thing —- wise. The almond cream might have been the proper thing for a delicate, withered complexion, but not for a pasty one. The olive tar might ‘soften a harsh skin ad- mirably but be worse than nothing for a stub- born case of seborrhea, and the lotion I find so cooling and delightful for a face which burns easily and shows the slightest irritation a once would eetly have _ effect on a greas} face under three bottles at least. Wherefore pray those who want advice as to cosmetics to send full particulars of age, complexion, state — habits, whether active or indo- FOR A RED NOSE. Marie writes: ‘‘Can one ever get rid of a red nose? Mine has troubled me for some time, and has caused the loss of all that makes life worth living—a lover.” I can’t help a shrewd suspicion that in time Marie will find that the luckiest thing e' of that lover, lovers are worth a ir loss makes women's hearts and I rejoice to tell Marie that there is no necessity for her to wear a red nose all her life. As usual, the letter leaves out every item of health which would allow safe ad- vice. But in all cases of red nose without pim- ples t ie endo to wens oes powiiée which bas no or bismuth. The talc powders or the Kitty B. sends @ letter which isa sample of what « majority have to say or rather do not say. “I have been troubled for some time with blackheads to the hich D.C.. SATURDAY. rf AvausT 24, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. brown blotches on her face. The doctors say they never can be removed and I am just twenty. They could not even tell the cause. Some say “liver,” others eakness,” and I have used so much “truck” Iam loth to try again. My friends tell me [ am very foolish to let such trifles worry me.” Trifles, indeed. Would a thousand dollars tempt any one of them to submit to such trifles as brown spots on the cheeks and nose? I feel at times that I cannot meet strangers, for one day a girl said, “Why, what are those spotson your face? I never knew they were on any one’s but a mar- ried woman's. I felt like crying all day and think of it often.” Such girls ought to be put out of the way, where trey can do no harm id their ignorant foolish speeches, These discoi- orations have nothing to do with married or unmarried conditions and are sometimes found on children under ten years old and green girls who make such speeches betray a good deal too much kaowledge in some direction and a great want of information and good feeling in others. Now, here comes something rather pleasant to read after that horrid girl: “An admirer of mine recently called for me to take a ride, and before leaving the house I peeped in the mirror and must have looked very se- rious, as the spots showed in spite of the pow- der. After we were seated he said: ‘Now you must tell me what is worrying you, for there is something, and I’ve noticed it ‘more lately.’ I aswerod candidly: ‘My face is so disfigured,’ le tried to smile, but saw I was serious and said: ‘I think those spots look worse to you than to others, and you are foolish to let them worry you when your other qualities and graces more than make up for them.’ But I am afraid he will become as tired of them as I am, for once he said: ‘I know you would be much prettier if they were gone, but you can’t help them and they don’t worry me, so you must not care.’ But I do care more than ever now, and must try again.” SOME REMEDIES. That dear little girl, I don’t wonder the young man likes her in spite of the brown spots on her face, which one feels sure must be a very sweet one. And he must be a good fellow, too, to meet so trying a matter so candidly and kindly. A woman might be willing to wear a moth patch or two for the sake of trying and gaining such a whole-hearted lover, especially as the brown spots are curable without the need of taking so much “doctor's truck.” This Michigan Rose should take vapor baths weekly or twice a week, and steam her face daily over boiling water as hot as possible not for immedi- ate bleaching but to stimulate the skin. She should live on fruit juices and green vegetables largely, trking taraxacun charcoal, pepsin and rhubarb pills. A lotion of 2 grains corrosive sublimate, 4g drachm tincture of benzine, and 1ounce of almond emulsion may be applied twice a day, by wet linen allowed to lie on the spot for fifteen minutes, More depends on personal habits than medicine in such cas Special advice is always needed. Surrter Dane. see Le HOME MATTERS. SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS TO PRACTICAL HOUSE- KEEPERS—SOME RECIPES WORTH PRESERVING— HINTS FOR THE DINING ROOM, PANTRY AND KITCHEN. Tr Taxes Torez Lance Lemoxs to make two quarts of lemonade with the most econom- ical skill, For Sanpwicn Roxzs the bread should be baked the day before, cut very thin, not but- tered, but spread with beef or ham chopped fine asif grated and mixed with salad dressing. Denictovs WAFFLES.—Half a pint of cold boiled farina, half a pint of rice flour, two tablespoonfals of wheat flour, one pint of milk, one teaspoontul of butter, two eggs, well beaten, A Loxpoy meprcat MAN says: ‘Be careful in your dealings with horse radish. It irri- tates the stomach far more than spice, and an overdose will bring on an unpleasant sensation for days.” Onprxany Pars Cax Eastty Be Easep at least by the application of hot. wet cloths or cotton batting, with dry flannel over—such pains as neuralgia, pleurisy, colic, and the like—and it is always safe. Corn Oysrers.—For corn oysters grate six ears of corn and one egg, yolk and white beaten separately, one spoonful of flour, two table- spoonfuls ‘of cream, pepper and ‘salt to taste. ‘ry in butter or lard'as you would oysters. Brortep Tomatoes.—Cut small tomatoes in halves and place upona wire gridiron, When the surfaceis slightly cooked turn them with skins toward the fire and finish cooking. Serve abe with butter, salt and pepper upon each half. Atom Water Witt Restore almost all faded colors, Brush the fadea article thoroughly to free it from dust, cover it with a lather of castile soap, rinse with clear water and then alum water and the color will usually be much brighter than before, A Goop Way To Prepare Sweet, tender beef or mutton for invalids: Slice thin, spread it on a plate, salt it to the taste, and let it stand several hours. Coffee made of rice, nicely browned, is an excellent remedy for sickness of the stomach, cholera morbus or diarrhea, A Weak Soturion or Common Tate Sart will relieve a cold in the head, snuffed up from the hollow of the hand. Catarrh is often cured by the persistent use of this simple means. It ahoall be wet aight asd morning for several months, rather warm. A handful of salt added to the water in which one is to bathe is con- sidered a good tonic. For Co.p 1x THe Heap the following is per- hapsone of the most efficacious remedies Solution of hydrochlorate of cocaine, 30 drop: glycerine, 60 drops. To which add enough very hot water to fill half a handball anatomizer. Passing through the tube will sufficientl: modify the heat and render the appli- cation of this preparation to the irritated mu- cous surfaces @ most soothing and grateful expedient. Frrep Potators.—Slice raw potatoes into cold water. Take one tablespoonfal of ren- dered suet and one of butter and put it intoa shallow saucepan, and fry in it till brown, one all sliced oni Drain the potatoes in a cullender anddry on a towel. Put them into the saucepan, st nih tes and when they are a light yellow pour in half a cup of boilin; water. Cover tightly and stir occasionally till the potatoes are done. Sprinkle on salt and pepper to taste and serve hot. HOUsEKEEPERS WILL Frxp THaT Goop Beer Dnrrerie is better than lard for some kinds of pastry and for frying purposes, though for the latter use it b sooner than lard. Clarify it by pouring boiling water on it as it is, taken from the ping. en letting it stand till cold and firm, then tal out the cake of fat and scraping off the impurities from the bottom; the rest will be clean andsweet. Bacon fat can — be wget aa place . etl mutton ‘ipping ill only answer for fr; urposes ai Ee aouka wal not use ‘ioe poslgersol that. To Remove « Forercx Bopy from the eye wrap dry white silk waste around and thor- oughly over the end of a wooden toothpick, brush with this carefully over the part of the eye where the substance is lodged and it will become entangled in the silk. Bits of steel or any sharp substance which may become em- bedded in the dete may be removed by this means, A gentleman once when riding on the cars @ window was thrown 0; and he caught a cinder that gay ating pain. He began to rub thy pen when he was directed b; other one. es onl he aids To Maxe s Lixseep Povxrioz, pour a quantity of warm water into a tin basin, stand on the back of the range, and scatter in the Inseed meal, stirring with a knife until of a consistency. In the use of Your muna be governed by the ene [mya If it is too id ther; if too wet, it is dam: comft ti be moist, wit near to let ewe els re iow en pene Rem tice isto be, with another WORK OF COUNTERFEITERS. A Visit to the Rogues’ Gallery of the Secret Service. PHOTOGRAPHS OF HUNDREDS OF INTELLIGENT RASCALS—SPECIMENS OF FINE ENGRAVING— COUNTERFEIT NOTES AND HOW | THEY ARE MADE—THE PROCESS OF COUNTE! NG COIN. “Here are the bills, these are the plates, and there are the chaps,” said the man who has been twenty-nine years inthe United States Treasury department telling visitors about counterfeiting and the people who engage in it, Above the door of room No. 35, in which he stays, are the words “Secret Service.” It is a small room, lighted from the ceiling. On its walls hang the photographs of 250 of the “chaps” before mentioned. In an adjoining room, bearing the prohibition, “Private,” on the door, there are seven or eight thousand ad- ditional “companions in guilt,” forming a verit- able “rogues’ gallery.” Only those that are found guilty of violation of law are now photo- graphed, Some of these faces are bright and intelligent; some are sullen and scowling; some are villainous and wicked; some are inso- lent and defiant; some sad and dejected. One wears a broad grin, with an eye drawn down in a smirking grimace. lere’s a feliow that didn’t want to leave us anything to remember him by,” said the in- formant to a Star representative, showing a faded pictnre begrimed with much handling. The subject's mouth was gaping and all his features distorted into an unrecognizable con- dition. He had been clutched about the throat and by the hair and held by main force. Many faces of women appear in this collection as well as those of negroes and foreigners. The faces of the assassins of Lincoln and Garfield are also shown, THE ENGRAVERS, When the government seizes a gang of coun- terfeiters everything belonging to their craft is captured, The steel plates for printing the bills, bonds and revenue stamps, the molds for molding coin, the stamping machines for making stamped coin, the paper upon which bills are printed. the metals, the weapons for defense and all the counterfeit on hand. _ It requires four plates to engrave a bill in the bureau of printing and engraving. An en- graver is required for each of the two borders and faces, hence four engravers make one bill and none of the four knows the entire design. Some of the counterfeiters now serving sen- tence are the finest engravers in the country andsome have been in government employ. After the counterfeit bills are printed from the engraved plates they are stained with coffee to give them an old appearance that they may the easier escape detection. A crisp, new counterfeit is never put into circulation. “Coffee was down, you see, when that bill was Pont said our informant, pointing out @ $10 bill that had been too deeply stained. DETECTING COUNTERFEITS. It is often only by the closest examination that a counterfeit can be detected. One bill had absolutely no defect excepting that on one foot of the Goddess of Liberty that adorned the face there were six toes, and this fault could only be detected by the use of a magni- fying glass, Another bill had the minute fault, only discoverable by the trained expert, of having one button on the coat of a soldier slightly imperfect. FINE PEN WORK. Some counterfeiters photograph bills and re- touch them with pen and ink. These are easily detected and can only be passed off on the un- observing and careless. “Here isa perfect piece of work—one of the best we have ever taken in,” said the ex- hibitor, and a very old and much-mended ai etin ipa eae “Every bill is made separate. That man has been at work on these bills for nine or ten years. We've been bunting for him for the last ‘seven or eight years. We haven't found him yet, but we'll get him, that’s sure.” A CARICATURE, Attention was called to another piece of pen work that is only shown as a curiosity, as no one was ever deceived into thinking it was genu- ine money except the poor, distraught creature who makes the bills. It isa hundred-dollar note. On its face is the picture of a very daft-looking lady intended to represent Martha Washington. She has long corkscrew curls and red eyes that start up into her temples. On the reverse face was a picture of the Capitol with a train of cars on the Baltimore and Ohio heading for the dome. An inmate of an insane asylum occupies him- self making these bills and paying his physi- cian for his services with them. RAISING BILLS, A great deal of counterfeiting is done by “raising.” Genuine bills are used for this pur- pose. By erasing the figures in a two or a five and substituting the denomination desired the work is rendered very simple, although readil detected by any close observer. Revenuw stamps of every description have been coun- terfeited, but postage stamps have never been imitated. Some very good counterfeit paper was shown, for the crime of manufacturing which the of- fender has fifteen years at hard labor, Foreign notes are frequently counterfeited in this country. Bank of England notes are easily counterfeited, as they are very simple and printed on plain white paper. COIN COUNTERFEITING, Coin is constantly counterfeited. The best counterfeit coin that has ever been made was a silver dollar, “That coin passed through the fingers of one of the finest experts in the country, in a sub- treasury of the United States, without detec- tion said” the guardian. “It lacks but ten grains of the proper weight and hasa fine ring.” The metal, antimony, unites with silver and is used in counterfeiting silver coin. The anti- mony is meited and run into molds with the correct faces. When the metal is cool enough to work it is filed down to the proper size, as antimony is the only metal that expands on cooling. When it is cool and filed to the proper size it is plated with a thin silver plat- ing as any other silver plating is done, ine gold ooin is “struck.” The metal is placed between engraved steel struck to make the faces. The by a milling machine, as the metal is all cold. It costs more to make struck coin, as a milling machine alone costs $75. The counterfeiter spends as little as possible for machinery to carry on his business with, Old coins that are valuable for their age and rarity are also coun- terfeited. ‘The 1804 silver dollar is now worth $1,200 and has been counterfeited. ALL ADVERTISING SCHEMES and bric-a-brac got up to represent money of any kind are illegal and are seized by the gov- ernment, although the people manufacturing them are entirely innocent of any intent to GOLD BRICKS are occasionally manufactured and sold to the unsophisticated. “That brick there,” said the informant, point to a handsome brick inside lass cc taken from a fellow in Pittsburg.” 000 worth arrest about five hi ‘Teese men ve hundred mena E iu Turns 1s 4 Gurat and toques abroad, alone; for example, leaves June, 1888, $2,000,000 in counterfeits. When a bank receives # counterfeit it stamps “bad” on the bill and destroys it or sends it to the secret service department. Tne bank receiving the bad money is the loser. Whenever a quantity | Leave of counterfeit money pears in a certain vicinity the detectives - to that place and await their time. The new Grant head $5 bill has been coun- terfeited, It was first noticed in ;New York. Not long after the Italians who werd making it were arrested there. The new brown-backed $10 bill has already been counterfeited, al- though it is but just coming into circulation, COUNTERFEITERS AND THEIR WORK. Sometimes very large sums of counterfeit money are seized with the counterfeiters, At one time $43,000 were taken from two men and — pepe we two soy ng married 4 ers. One of the men did the engraving an his wife the printing of the bills. The other man and his wife did the ey Counterfeiters carry on their illegal busi- ness in all sorts of out-of-the-way places; at country cross roads and in lonely places far from the habitations of men. A favorite scheme of a gang who wish tocarry on » whole- sale business is to buy an old worn-out farm, in a secluded ger | some distance back from the public road, and with a blind or lame horse or two, a rusty plow and dilapidated imple- ments, pretend to farm, Under this guise they carry on the criminal occupation that will, in the end, with almost absolate certainly, bring them to the prisoner's garb and the conviet's chains, ——_—____ FASHION’S FANCIES. WHAT WILL BE WORN DURING THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER AND AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE AUTUMN SEASON—NEW MATERIALS AXD STYLES OF MAKING THEM UP, VANDYRE AND SANDAL are new ecru shades, Tue Suapes oF Guay now worn are absolutely lovely. ALL THE New Browss have more gold than red in them, Hatr Sxawts or Warre Mustix axp Lace are worn with hats of shirred muslin to match. “Or Rovax” is the name of a new red gold color, with more red than yellow in it. Pure Ware Tor.ets, prepared for autumn, are exquisite in their artistic simplicity, Brack Vetver Cares are lined with white silk and trimmed with white silk passe- menterie, Fut Veivet Steeves are a feature of silk and wool gowns prepared for autumn trous- | *33 >; seaux. Severna New anp Prerry Saapes of lilac and violet cashmere are shown for house dresses, Srvanr Fuitxs of costly lace falling over the | at, corsage ure worn on many bodices slightly open in the neck, In New Avtumy Gowns there will be less use | made of goods in combination thanof handsome | ten, solid colors richly bordered. ManrLexcs wita Suont Tors havea yoke and | girdle of velvet or a velvet point in the back and some equivalent for it in front. Very Strikine Pxarps are imported, with s ilk surface thrown up above soft wool goods, and many of these are in Madras colors. Licut Cotoxsep but warm woolens will be worn all through the autumn until the stormy days of early winter impose darker tints. Tue Favonrtre Riszon for dress garniture is arich gros grain, irregularly striped with satin or else with a border of satin on each edge. Tue Gray anp Sttver Suapes are strikingly beautiful this season, and in very many cases these tints take the precedence of all others. Tue Dutt Surracep ooze calf is now made up in dark brown and black shoes as well as in | 4 tan and russct, and has a soft, luxurious ap- pearance. Emsrorery or Att Krvps in silk, in metal and in beads will be one of the principal orna- ments for winter toilets of all kinds, day or evening. Frower Boxxets axp Bars continue in high favor. Directoire hats of black chips are trimmed with scarfs of black tulle and sprays of pink o¢ lilve orchids, Tue In.vstoy Boxers will be worn later this season than they have been hitherto, and it is said that they will even be prepared for au- tumn use. Tue Venetian silk-warp challies designed for demi-dress during the autumn are very lovely, both in color and fabric and their hand- —_ velvet ribbon trimmings give additional charm, By Way or Preserving the general average, the bodices worn with evening dress are rather higher on the shoulders since the introduction of the falling trill sometimes worn with day dress. Teavettxa Cioaxs are made of Eiffel red, silver gray and Modore-brown Carmelite, with a monk's hood at the back. The wrap is con- fined at the waist by a knotted rope of braided silk gimp. Saat, close bonnets are made of lace edg- ing, which is shirred or plated in fans, Many of the most attractive models have peaked brims, low, fiat crowns and rather short sides. Nearly of them have strings either of lace or ribbon, For Morxino Promexape a simple little cos- tume of flannel or serge is always in place. ‘The light-weight flannels in pretty design and bright color make very becoming costumes. ‘The large dot seems to be the favorite design in these goods. Some Beavtrrct PasseEMENTERIES are being manufactured for winter silks. They generally } Jor 3 come in sets, comprising one or two revers for the skirt. a collar or yoke for the bodice, or deep cuffs for the sleeves, reaching from the | For wrist half-way up the forearm, Tue Pane Pisces which have for several sea- sons formed parts of skirts are now to be re- moved to the center of the front breadth,andare to be called scarfs. This will not hinder anybody from using old panels for this pt designs ure almost precisely similar. ‘Travetinc Dresses for autumn brides will be made variously of Indians cloth, French} sm. els’ hair (still a leading favorite abroad), ase mohai ( bordered — serge, and Ticce will be made up over skirts same color as the woolen goods. Some Piarps just imported have only two colors, such as green and suede, others all e all mofmany tones, and the Slikea plaids that form scarfs or are very guy with bars of bright red and yellow a ing brown or black grounds. Danx Purriisu Rep Suapes, such as dahlis and rosewood, are largely imported in rich silks and ribbons, and in velvets for dresses and bonnets, New names are given some of these colors, but the shades are familiar, and quite different from the light reddish ony tints. i Usep this season with Hi Hy 3 fl i Baoe for Some are ! i j RAILROADS. _ edule in effect JUNE 28, 1 ‘Washington from sta corner of New Por and Cleveland, Fe Re ae tet ere ete . Parkers rr GB, main line, caprens daily except Monday, at S: or Local Stations ¢) Ar rem re ee For t1 * YAIR Ee eat me) z utes) ® im, 12-10, 2:03, 2 {45-minute Bet fe mtnaten SE vine 3S. 5:30, 6 30, Ae0, 72h, 8:30, 0.90 cabana baa ee or Wi more, 5 11:30 p. 8:30, 7 5 oe ii a Ps 2 tern te stations, 17:00 p.m, op pine at all staGous on Mi tan Brasco reer 76.45, 510:30 ta $3:00, 14:90 or fon Samara Ua -; from Pittsburm 7:10 am. PEN a QKR AND PHILADELPHIA BIVISION,- For New York. irouton, Newark 35 64;00, 18:00, 30, "12 U0 ata "SO te Oak 3 are 20 p.m. train Yor Philadelptia, Ne 00, “Y 30, *12. ond =10:30 Pm. i ae Philadelphia, 15.30 alm. 330 p.m. ‘Traine leave. New ¥ ny wean So “Sass bo bam Mute i KaSate city 4:00 and 9:30 13:00 30 pom. supdaye 4 E Long Branch apd ‘Oven Grove 14-00, $8.00 «. junday only, tExcept m, 112 :00 noon: $9240 am. . Vi-wcept alouday fExcept Sunday. Sunday and Bagrace called {ot snd checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left at Beker offices, 618 aud 1801 Leuuayivame gvenue, aud }. ODELL, Genersi 5 att IEDMONT AIR LINE. ? Schedule in eflect June 30, 1889. % Tennessee Mail, daily for Warren- cue betwore Aloneniste and Leech ys and bristol, Knoxville, C5 5 oy Memphis’ ule For a hbure Greensboro gagh. Asheville, | Charlotte, Gotunan, a Auanta, Birminghen, Monteomery, New ‘Texas aud California. “Pullman Sleeper New to | Atlanta, parlor cars Atlanta to Mon} vs Sleepers Montgomer to New Orleans. Western Ex; . ma. press, daily for Cuivegst, Oratuce Charlottesville, Staunton, Louie: ville, Cincinnati, Pullinan \ estibule train W to Cinciunati with a Pullman sleeper for, 3 11:00 p. m.—Southern &: | Rugruste’ atinste steowery, New riage lout ew E au Vestibule Oar W Rew Orleans. via Avante and Movtgomery a2 tia eons Pct alway eens Ales in seron 0:00 am. ly encore Suday- and 9°43 po Kound ‘ua 20 am. wud 4 ow Feturatuy leave heowud Hu 6:08 ‘anily aud 182i ve Hon ain, daily r Fen eg EE EY | ‘&m. and 2-53 pam, ‘Through trains from the South vie: Den- ville sud Lynchburg arrive in Wann! bas) tna 7:15 piu; vin Laat Tenewsce: Bristol sud yee Soa ng Sy ese it ws hd at ¥ wal E 7:23 pam and 6:53 om ‘Strasburg local’ st 8° ‘Tiel car reservation and tortie Ravage, Cheol at oy 00 Fea. mopaitsha agama dec ed Jas. L. LALOR, Gen. Pass, Agent, \HE GREAT DOUBLE veack.” "L TRAINS Lea To) For Pittsvurg we iuay Vestibuled Cars at 9:50 am. daily te Cinciu with Sleeping Cars fi ur uly, except Sate to Chicago, wit 3 to Western Express, at 7:40 p.m. daily, with Sieaptiee ecting daily'at arrist for Losisville and M ox Pacitie Eoate. 10s Bm ally, for Prttabuny sod the Nest with bm jeeper to Pittsburx, Pit ) ‘aio. PALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD Kane, Cavandaigus, Kochester and Niagara Pall daily, except Sunday. 6-10a.m. For brie, Cansudaigua aid Kochester daily; for But. taloand daily, except Saturday, 10. m., with Sleeping Car Washis to Kochewter. 0 . For Willismsport, Lock Haven and Eluire at ¥:500, m. Coby, sacege pons, FOR PHILAD! ‘RIA, NEW YORK AND 720, 00, ) aud 11:40 am. 21 Ob bt 200, te PHILADELPHIA 0} ast Bt Teg Tagane B06 peat Sa daily pigyet ‘Boston, without ‘oc Govan City end Pein 11 purpose, for the | ,,§20.2 DKIA AND FREDI od WAL. AND ALL RANDHIA AND Wasi RAILWAY.