Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1889, Page 6

GUNNING FOR REED BIRDS. A Day’s Sport in the Potomac Marshes Described by One Who Has Been There. SanITS OF THE BIRD AND HOW TO BUNT THEN— THE SKIFF SHOOTER—THE WADER—A NIGHT a? “CHAXDLER'S"—A DAY IN THE SWAMPS— THE DAREEY AND HIS BIG GAME. one may who is not so endowed he fails to ex- tract the pleasure of success from a bunting excursion. Just at present the sharp, plaintive note of the reed bird nay be heard any morning in the marshes around the city, and their dainty broiled bodies are found on every first-class table. The reed bird is » curious little fellow, the plumage of the male undergoing s complete change st various seasons. In the early spring he appears ina gaudy dress and is in full Lay 3 He is — at a e summer lengthen atumn- time reed bird is the name by which he is the first a erg the birds to go in flocks. mute, wi e exception os aane chirrup, and prey upon the crops of oats, barley and other Kage Tippee imme tao were Baa br and as this o1 we marshy places, such Tocalitios are the best hunting gr the last great it was feared that i aft ii da i 2 e it E if tii} ee ils r F £& E oi E F | A i | i | i i e is 3 fl i Quite a Business Here in Washington. “You needn't be afraid that any one will stea water tax window, addressing with an amused this | air an old lady who had brought a palpable Reed birds sell now at 75 cents a dozen, and bh tm tea atthe price, but the birds are iy low at that figure if you take into consideration the time, expense and trouble they cost the hunter. But how do you go reed-bird shooting? There are several ways. If you do not care to wade, then, the day before yon intend going, secure a skiff anda man to push it. The will cost you about $1 and the man, if he isa good and experienced pusher, commands any- where from #2.50 to per day. Your gun should be selected with care and be either 10 or 12-bore. The shells (if a breech loader) should be loaded with about 3 drams of powder with an ounce and an eighth of No. 11 shot, Take along a good ply of ammuni- tion and a well-filled lunch et—you will surely need the latter, ibly the former. Among other things slip several good-sized raw tomatoes in your basket, for you will get very thirsty in the marsh and nothing quenches —- well asa — tomato. as stowing unnecessary awa: take your position inthe bow of the oxitl The pusher occupies ition in the stern and with his long pole tly pushes the boat se marsh. Gunners assume different atti! in shooting from the boat, but the Most successful way is to sit on the forward seat with the right leg pushed slightly under the seat, As soon as you sight your bird = whisper to the — to “go easy,” and when wit distance fire, being sure to keep your eye a8 near as possible on the spot the bird fell, for, when one is nmap if ip pesmi =see i po precise locality of its fall you might as wel and find a needle in a hay prdbergy att pete 4 all looks alike and soon you are yards away from your game. A good retriever will be found a great help in finding dead birds. THE GUNNER WHO WADES, Another way of hunting reed birds is to wade for them. The gunner then supplies himself with @ good pair of stout overalls, with light shoes and a li drab hat must pre) it wet, very wet at that, and would do well to take extra trousers and an extra pair of shoes rrenny Mage him. Pushing his way into the marsh be dodges behind every bush tokeep out of sight of the birds, and if patiert will be repaid. The best time to hunt reed birds ia in the morning just as the sun peeps over the hills. The birds will commence to fiy as soon as they can see, and your aim should be to get a good Position early and shoot them as they go over, ’ 4 HOTEL ON A SAND Scow. Several days ago a Star reporter accompa- Ried a well-known gunner who has been named “Baldy” on account of his bald eagle appetite on a hunting expedition through the marshes across the Long bridge. The trip extended over the whole field of and as the wanted to get an early start they shook ‘ashington's dust from their feet fore the hunt. Across the little to the left of the tracks is “Chandler's.” This is a miniature “hotel,” the rendezvous of hunters, and a nice place to cool drink. The interior of the hotel marsh be old colored man with mongrel with her to procure a license for the animal. “Your pet doesn’t happen to be of the breed that dog thieves hanker after usually. But I'll put you on your guard about one thing, and that is that if you don’t look sharp after the tag you've just paid me @2 for some other four-legged darling will soon be wearing it.” “Why, do people steal dog tags?” asked old lady, surprised. : “Some people do when they can get a chance; so be careful or you may have to pay for another tag, for we don’t replace them, and a will have to Lo home nce upon present- ing the Hoomia. If you don’t, your dog is likely to be gobbled.” s e, Cosur-de-Lion!” said the old iady to the non ipt beast—she had innocently adopted that name at the suggestion of a wag- oo friend—and the pup slunk out at her eels, up Pennsylvania avenue and down a side street, into the shop of a fancier, where his mistress had bought him a day or two before. “Yes, ma'am,” said the keeper of the shop, in response to an anxious question. “It's quite a business now, stealin’ dog tags. A new wrinkle in thievery, you might call it, Of course, such a thing as robbin’ a purp of his tag and protectin’ an unlicensed animal with the same is an old game, but this year it see! to have been made a reg’lar profession by some rogues unknown, who swipe numbered bits 0’ metal so as to sell 'em.” “Sell them! For old metal do you mean?” “No indeedy. For other dogs that haven't got any tags. There’s lots of folks in this town dishonest enough to buy a stolen tag for 50 cents rather than pay the <, 2 for one, and ask no questions. Half a dollar, I’ derstood, is the usual price for clinker’ at this time of the year, or a quarter reat om when the license magne nee erst "re easy to get, you see, Mostly the tags are fastened on with wire, and that is easy enough to untwist. About dusk in the evening is the time to gather’em. To dispose of them is not so bap! sige The thieves sell ’em gen- erally toac! of women who, so long as they buy ‘em at a bargain, don’t care where the; come from. The feller ‘generally mye that his own purp, which owned the 4 dead, or some such thing, and of course it goes, May be there’s only one thief in the business; but 80 many boo ape have come in Sag Sr the District buildin’ about tags stolen, that my opinion is it’s a gang.” “Well, what had I better do about my tag?” inquired the old lady. “The only secure way is to fasten it to the collar with a padlock, ma'am.” ‘But suppose they steal collar and all?” “In that case,” ogee the fancier, “you will have to feel thankful that they left you the ——_~o2—_____ THEY LET HIM SHOOT. How Arkansas Settled an Account With Ex-Attorney General Garland. Ex-Attorney General Garland is hunting at his hermitage at Hominy Hill. He has been chasing deer and having a good time. He wrote the other day to a friend to say that he had just killed two fine bucks, He explains, also, his apparent disregard for the game laws. The state of Arkansas owes him some $5,000 for legal services. He put in a bill for half that amount and said he would call it square if the bill was paid as presented. At the last meeting of the legislature money should have been appropriated to pay him. But unex- pectedly the bill was defeated. There was no dispute over the indebtedness, but some of the old legislators were simply opposed to paying. The reasons they gave for their opposition were various and eccentric. One old fellow, wearing a choker collar and a full suit of black, money to a man who would do such a thing. Another man gave as his reason for soeng inst the bill that the ex-Attorney Gen: money — counties said i Kyecr hl bring his con- mee to approve the vo' money to Tanted deer with hounds. These reasons and others equally as cogent were ar- gued against the bill. One of Mr. Garland’s friends then got up on the floor of the chamber and to tell them all what he thought of their conduct. Mr. Garland, he said, was a man, just re- iring from office. where he not been able to save any money, and it was an ou! tice to refuse Rd so him mo ly due him. all | older. f ae DE FERS ; f EE SF i ' il ON TOP OF THE ALLEGHANIES. A Grand Outlook From the Summit of the Backbone. THE VIEW TOWARD AND OVER DEER PARK AXD OAKLAND—A LOOK FAR INTO PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA—A MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY— A¥ HOSTELRY OF STAGE-COACH DAYS, ETC. Correspondence of Taz EVENING Sraz. Fort Penp.eton, September 5. Above Bayard, on the Maryland side of the Potomac, among the carefully-selected native trees, as nature planted them, is the beautiful seat of the Browns, A lovelier or more soli- tary abode cannot be imagined. The benefac- tions of Mr. Brown to this neighborhood, though modestly conferred, so far mark him from the mass of private citizens that he may be mentioned without impropriety as, I trust, without offense. As may be supposed, this sparsely-populated region, its people dwelling on their mountain-side farms, each with his trail out to a post office or to the old pike, does not enjoy great facilities for schools and, saves congregation of widely-scattered Dunk- ards, the places and seasons of public worshij are rare indeed. Three-fourths of a mile sou: ii y a rugged way which crosses ours, two west of the hotel, on 8 high swell, stands anew and pictersoase little chapel, designed by areal architect—a minia- ture minster—with stained-glass windows and surrounded and shaded by grand old Druid oaks, Its approaches on its solitary eminence are primitive and simple. It stands on the Brown estate and is the exclusive work of his thoughtful charity, Not this alone, A chapel, however attractive to the wondering eyes of the inhabitants, empty and silent, is not very elevating or instructive. By the exercise of constant care and diligence and much pelf Mr. Lela is enabled to secure a very constant sup- Ry to the desk of this mountain sanctuary. the children are carefully gathered in for a Sabbath school in the morning, in the care of which Mr. Brown has the efiicient aid of his daughte: A CITY CLERGYMAN AND A RURAL CONGREGATION, We found Rev. Dr. Stewart of Georgetown here, temporarily performing the duties of the desk. Avery pleasant gentleman, but I was at first rather attracted to see the natives who might assemble to hear him, but am frank to ad- mit that my later attendance was on the doctor's own account. I have seldom heard a tenderer and more attractive presentation of the divine doctrines of the wonderful Galilean, peasant born, than his givings out in these remote mountains, His next sermon was of real power. He proved to be a capital extempor- Ee It was with general regret we took leave of him. I was pleasantly impressed by the thoughtful and attentive faces of the people who gathered to the worship with their children for the earlier lessons, One custom of the young mar- ried men was really beautiful to see. Many came on foot, some on horseback, but always the husband carried the baby—as he should. Last Sunday a well-dressed young pair walked up the pike, the husband carrying the baby. They came into the grounds, the handsomely- dressed girlish wife walking about with the in- dependent air of « woman assured of her posi- tion, the man alone caring for the child as if he was accustomed to it and proud of his burden. It took me back to the primitive days of northern Ohio. All honor to these true young husbands, AN EXCURSION TO THE BACKBONE. You will find marked on the good mapsof this region a short mountain range, from the northeast to the southwest, called the Back- bone, of an average height of 3,000 feet, An excursion to this, and a picnic dinner near its westernmost stony knob, is one of the attractive recreations for a single day of Fort Pendleton. A three-seated carriage, a good driver—Miss Leanie, the bright-eyed willowy slip of the house, offifteen, who knows all about horses and mountain roads, bright and hardy, does | this part admirably—a coffee pot, a tin bucket, roasted or broiled chickens and the “fixins,” and get off lazily after breakfast, with four or five city matrons—if one is a widow it is no drawback—all robust with weeksof mountain air and mutton. We rattle off west down the stony old pike, the narrow way walled in both ides by the interminable old woods, the air bracing, the shade continuous, the eyes flash- ing, the musical tongues exclaiming—all the way the road winding and turning and hiding itself behind wooded hills. Is there an: s0 exquisite as aroad winding up or hill and suddenly getting lost—turning out of sight and setting one’s fancy to work? Then there are several old grass-grown roads, start- ing from our track, near narrow lanes, hedged in with thick forest growths, overhung with the long arms of the old trees. In the world is there anything so alluring to the feet and eye as one Gs Lrand -_ -bordered golden-rod besprayed solitary old roads, leading, knows cere e, into the DEPTHS OF THE SILENT SUNLIT Woops, Three miles and a half westerly, the last with aclimb, we reach the irregular ridge, and along thisa half mile. We are going down into a narrow valley the other side to a white house we can see almost under our feet from the margin of the beetling cliff of the north side. It is 1,800 feet down to it, seemingly not a quarter of a mile away, yet how small and re- mote it looksin even this clear atmosphere. Our horses tread meted north on the road to Oakland by the ‘Red House.” We are to pass along the northern declivity of the Backbone. 80 steep that few men could make their wa: own a directly up or downit. The top bends around a | M: within | Adot, quartercircle to the north, circlin, and down. On the inside of this, all the way a ‘wooded steep, our way is the bed of the old turnpike in good repair. A mile, maybe a mile and a quarter of this fourth of acircle, brought us to the narrow valley. Inall this’ grandly wooded region there is no nobler illustration of the American forest, of the temperate zone, than can be found standing untouched by ax or wind on this mountain side. I know of no drive or walk of this limited extent so exquisitely satie- fying as this, We continue the circle at the narrow valley’s margin, amid scattered cheat- nute and sugar maples, cross the little creek, turn to the left, are lifted up a rise and halt in front of the neat new two-story farm house, our point of quest. This is the residence of Mra. Grimes, an aged widow, a Miss Thayer Aitty-five or sixty years ago, of good New England blood and culture, With her a widowed daughter and an educated grandson or two. We had called there before, cherished friends of Gen. and Mrs. Paine, drawing sustenance from this large well-cared for but stony, rocky farm, tured and secluded, we carried them a basket full of later literature, among them the last Stars. I can- not see a hill without wanting to climb it. I soon rushed up the open field, orchard and meadow—the trees scattering, gnarled and very old; the stones numerous, obtrusive and Heavens and earth! how does aman mow over these stones; and yet the rains made the grass a good crop over all these cleared hills, The — are everywhere very nar- row. bp and up I clumb for an outlook. © Alas! as I wen! Just below the new house, under giant old pear, cherry and plum trees, stands the sound and solid body of the old—once a popular— tavern of the fg ctor days, Built, the walis were of hewn oak tree trunks. The floors and rooms remain, the old stairs, with the decaying roofs over all. The main body is about 25 feet square. This had the stanch old stone chimney on the outside. A wing on the east was added to this and the chimney in- ‘ine: that she had seen front in the — good-sized MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN VIEWS. ‘Then we turned back up the shelfy road, on the grand ei E ; HH i BS el SETE ut cae sedge? 4 iE ft ! yond Fg and *0P8 | to go to Euro} melencholy oriental ey: always linger, moved by the fading loveliness of the day, which stirred in her mother heart the memory of her lost She told me THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL MAY, and I venture to her: toh its outline. Born and developing in the sunshine and shadows, the trees and birds, the pure air of the mount- ains, she grew as the wild flowers grow, in un- conscious loveliness—slender, supple, ye strong. Poet born she must have been, asshe did all the varied ties of her ex- quisite surroundings—breathin, everything, not knowing that she loved it, nor why, but she was born to it. Loving created thing of the outer world—the cows, thei jours: the horses, the colts, the sheep and lambs—for each she had a pet name. Every- thing knew and loved her, from Smoke and Wal- lace to the young lambs. Brave and fearless as is her race, horses were favorites, seeming to know that they carried a being most precious. It was by one of these her fate came, Her horse fell with her and gave her spine a fatal injury. The heroic spirit arose and bravely un- complainingly bat through weary months of untold beantiful suffering and anguish. One day she dragged herself out and struggled alone to ail the loved places for a last look. Patiently and painfully she worked her se: Py she saw and took leave of every living thing she loved—each horse, colt, everything on the lace, the beautiful mountains, the trees, the lovely outside world, the floating clouds, the sunlight—made her way back, called her mother and told her she had said good-bye to all—all, and should now die. The tremulous voice broke at that word. She did die. The tale of ‘xpressibly tragic pathos ceased there. The shine had faded from the dark stems of the trees, the first’ flame of autumn in the soft maples was extinguished, Night was in the valleys and mysterious twilight gathering over the heights. The hill of the fort was 1 its outline, and with the dying day take final leave of Fort Pendleton. diced — +0 —____ Bax Rivce Wu Posirtvery Crose Next Suxpay.—This is your last chance of the season to visit Washington's most popular resort.— Adot, —_——__. The Umpire Not Dead. The story published north in a special from Charlotte, N.C., that Umpire Marshall of Wadesboro’, that state,who was hit on the head with a bat ata base ball game in Darlington, 8.C., last week by Congressmans Dargan’s son, died Monday is erroneous. Marshall is resting well now and his physician hopefully expects his permanent reco: sowidemaes | ADS eee A Romantic Marriage in Danville. Danville, Va., is all agog over aromantic mar- riage at the Arlington hotel last night, the con- tracting parties being Mrs. Lucy P. Lemmon, alovely and accomplished lady, and N. H. Massie, a prominent lawyer. The parties had been enguged for some time and Mrs. Lemmon is critically ill. Mr, Massie decided that they ought to be married that he might give her the protection and attention of a husband. ees A Brave Girl and a Burglar. At Mount Sterling, Ky., ysterday morning a burglar was discovered in the residence of Gen. John 8. Williams by his step-daughter, Miss Ida Williams, who snapped her revolver at the intruder three times, frightening him away, but not before he had takena fine diamond in belonging to Mrs, Madge Bidler of Mount leasant, Tenn. He had also got two valises that contained about $10,000 worth of valuables, but Miss Williams had made it too hot for him and he left them on the porch. Go ox Fripar axp Sarurpay Eventna to arshall Hall excursion. See advertisement,— pean lea <eey Shot an Ex-Convict. At Denver, Col., yesterday, Timothy Stock- ing, @ faro dealer, shot and killed Billy Mur- phy, an ex-convict, Murphy was prowling around Stocking’s premises, evidently intend- ing to kill Stocking, as he had often threatened to do. His enmity to Stocking dated from 1883, when the men were rivals for the hand of @ young lady in Chicago, where both then lived, Stocking being a detective and Murphy a plumber. e girl married Stocking. Max. phy became dissipated and was finally caught robbing a house. St was rincipal witness against him. He served a term in Joilet for the crime, and swore that he would kill both Mr. and Mrs, Stocking when he re- ained his liberty. After his release he fol- jowed the couple all over the country, renewi: his threats, to which little attention ‘was pai He had been driven from Stocking’s premises several times by the police. Florida Democratic Leaders at Odds. Senator Call of Florida has addressed an open letter to Col. W. D. Chipley, chairman of the state dethocratic executive committee, declin- ing the latter’s proposition to meet him in joint discussion before the people of Florida as con- it, loving its | 1 Mrs. Swinton and her son, Joshua Mann, were taken to the Tombs police court in New York yesterday. Robt. Ray Hamilton, Inspector Byrnes and Assistant District Attorney Jerome were in court waitipg for them. As soon as Justice Hogan took his seat on the bench Mr. Hamilton went to the bar and affirmed to the road | Complaint against the defendants. Mr. Ross, counsel for the defendants, said that his clients pleaded not guilty and demanded an examina- tion, In tRe course of anthropology in the Museum of History of Paris M. A. de Quatre- fages has boldly denied the primary postulate of Darwinism, which is the possibility of the transformation of species, According to the Darwinists the horse has been evolved from the hipparion and that from the antediluvian pa- lacotherium. Man, too, has been evolved from an unknown id ape and that from some lower form of the quadrumana, In every such case a transformation of one species into another is supposed to be the result of a series of gradual variations, Of course no instance of the transformation of species has been ob- served, M. de asserts that it is ‘The complaint was s formal charge of grand | *hall | larceny in the second degree for obtaining 500 under false pretenses. The money was ‘ash- | obtained for the alleged expenses of ‘THE BOGUS CHILDBIRTH Ix ELMIRA. Mr. Hamilton then took the witness stand. “I am complainant in these proceedings,” he “Iam alawyer. I have known Eva L. yor poor? Some I cannot tell the place where I first met her. I think it was somewhere in Boston, I did not know she was to be at the place where I first met her. In 1896 Eva mene ome that she was with child, I did not see her frequently di that time. During that year I was in Albany w! she was in New York. In May, 1888, I gave her $1,000 and I did ‘not see her again until the mi of August, when she returned, I saw her then only for a few days, after which she went to Pennsylvania and remained about month. She sent forme when she returned from Europe because she wanted money. I . Thad furnished her with money “At first I gave her $25, The largest sum I ever gave her was $1,500. That was in 1887, I gave her $1,000 before that, and previous to that I gave her $350 to buy earrings. The $1,500 was to purchase a place in New Jersey. ve her $1,000 four different times and sup- plied her with money weekly. I gave her a mortgage for $700. It was not an unusual thing for me to give her money in sums of $500. icy tog latter part of 1888 I did not see her more t! once a week. In October I gave her 2450, but sent her small sums of money from time to time. She asked me for $1,000 andI gave her nearly $350 and promised to send her the rest on December 11, She was in Elmira and I was in New York. I sent her $500. The first time I met Anna Swinton was in New Jer- sey some time in 1886 or 1887. In June last while Eva was in Europe Mrs, Swinton called at my office. My manner was brusque to her, but I intended to cut off the possibility of being blackmailed, The woman asked me for rent money, about $30, I told her she had no claim ots and wanted her to walk out of my office.” Mr. Ross—You used the word blackmail; were you ina position to be blackmailed at that time? ‘HAD LIVED WITH BEFORE MARRIAGE. Objected to, and objection sustained. The testimony was long drawn out. It revealed that Robert Ray Hamilton lived with Eva L. Mann three or four years previous to their marriage; that he had illicitintercourse with her, and that he frequently gave her money for her support forno other reason than to compensate her for the relations which existed between them. He never suspected that the child which now bears his namo was not his own; but he did suspect that Mrs. Swinton and Josh Mann were conspiring, some time in last June, to obtain some of his money. Ashort cross-examination by Attorney Je- rome did not bring out anything of much im- eo Inspector Byrnes was then called. e told the story already printed about the babies, and related what Josh told him about his trip to Elmira with Eva, where they lived together as man and wife, repeating # conversation he had with Josh the ‘tor said he told him that he was pres- entin Eva's room one day when the latter showed what was alleged to be Ray's will, which upon the latter’s death woula mak> her his heiress. Eva's NOTORIOUS RECORD. Mrs. Hamilton has also, it is said, figured in a criminal action in Wyoming county, Pa. Last fallshe and Joshua Mann, her lover, were at Lake, a summer resort 12 miles from Wilkesbarre, where, it is claimed, she wai Because of their lavish expenditure of money and aristocratic bearing they were the lights at the mountain resort and cut quite a figure. Some time during their stay there the — = — to visit her ee, Mr. jteele, who resides at Laceyville, roming county, "While at this place, it is claimed, she committed her arrest, she was given a hearing and placed under bailfor her appearance in the Wyoming county court when called upon. The Tunk- hannock (Pa.) at yesterday says that Mrs, Hamilton visited Laceyville last fall, and in a fit of revenge committed an assaut upon her brother, and is still under bail in the courts of Wyoming county. SHE WILL BE VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTED. There is no doubt about the prosecution of Mrs. Hamilton. Prosecutor Thomson, Justice Irving and all the officials at Atlantic City in- terested have determined to go about the case in the old-fashioned Jersey way, As a starter Prosecutor Thompson and Justice ing yes- terday insisted that Mrs. Rupp, the proprietor of the Noll cottage, and an innocent and un- willing witness in the case, would have to ter $300 bail for her oe before the grand ji on September 10 or be incarcerated at May's Landing jail in default of bail. At first Justice Irving held her in $600 bail, but afterward reduced 1t to $300, but in view of the fact that she had three small children and the “Hamilton baby” to look after, allowed her to remain at her cottage under the surveillance of Special Officer Wesley Chew. Yesterday, however, after consultation among themselv: a and Justice Irving determin eae Rey ars ite surprised when told upp Was qui when — bail woul be ‘beokutely required, In her lemma Mrs. Rupp appeal to her ite neighbor, Mrs. Mi “ who secured Henry OC. Lau r, a market man there, as surety. OLD WOUNDS ON THE NURSE. Nurse Donnelly’s physician has discovered the fact that she has a bullet wound on the right breast and another one on the left side close to the lower portion of the heart. It has also been developed that her husband, from whom she has been separated for a long time, is now living with a woman who was an inmate of the flat that “Grandma” Swinton rented on tained in Mr, Chipley’s acceptance of Senator | his Call's challenge to his alleged defamers. This 0 challenge was embodied in a long let- ter addressed by Senator Call to the edi the Jacksonville Times-Union July 15. —_——-oo—___— 45 Minvtes to Battrmons.—Take the B. and O.’s 45-minute flyers on your next visit to Bal- timore: 20 for round trip duri week.. Gran sl ed a) Robert Garrett’s Improvement. New York Baltimore American. A New York gentleman who has but recently returned to this city from Bar Harbor says that | 88%! he met while at that place Mr. Robert Garrett of Baltimore and he was.struck with his appar- ent recovery of health. ————+<e-___ Islands Annexed by Great Britain. first less Judge Reed, ‘sg palate y agi sepia v a prom action. absence Ree ieee le that Ju: Gorman ee Siete eke judgment required thie F eB eee iif river i fF | E i! l ull Hl + which is almost infinitely variable. class heredity and,in the other chemical com- ition may luce endless variations of form; but there is nothing in nature to suggest ped any ility of the transmutation of specific r. Examining the minerals there are found to vedic oal inet forme of the diamond or lize carbon, twenty-four of quartz, thirty-three of the carbonate of baryta, seventy- nine of the sulphate of lime. In this enumeration only conspicuous varia- tions are noticed. If lesser varieties were to be reckoned M.de Bournon bas described nearly eight bundred varieties of the carbonate of lime aione. Butin every one of the eight handred the specific substance isthe same; that is, it invariably contains exactly the same Proportion of carbonic acid andoflime. In Other words, the form of species has varied, while the species itself remains immutable. In the organic world M. de Quatrefages finds the same law of morphological variation coex- isting with the immutability of species, Acci- dental modifications he describes as varieties; varieties which have become hereditary he calls races, A thousand races of the vine are now known to exist; 500 races of wheat have been catalogued; Darwin says there are 500 races of pigeons, all derived from the common rock dove; on a recent occasion 200 races of dogs were brought together at one exhibition. But is there one single instance of veritable change of species? M. de Quatrefages energet- ically answers that there is none. “Animal and vegetable ies are the organic equiva- lents of mineralogical species. Like the latter they have their proper and peculiar nature, They are elements of the organized world, as the others are elements of the inorganic world, There is the | amg which is forgotten or denied ws aged ante ists, They will not see the re- ity of species—that specific autonomy which exists in the presence of all morphological | Jsmsice modifications.” ‘M. de Quatrefages concludes with an earnest- ness worthy of his subject: “There is a radical difference between species and hereditary varie- ties of race. Races of the same species can unite to the remotest de; in no way impaire: or, in the few instances in which they do, the offspring is sterile. There is no physiological bar between the most diverse races of the same species; there is a barrier between species which appear to be most closely allied, and if it is overpassed in a few rare instances it asserts its presence in a very few generations. In every organic species there is something which isolates it from all others and which preserves its iden- tity in spite of every variation. That some- thing survives under every modification of form. Transformation of species is as im- — im the organic as in the inorganic world.” M. de Quatrefages may well call a halt on the unscientific speculation which has so proudly plumed itself under the name of “scientific imagination.” Unless the distinction between race and species can be set aside—and the bur- den of proof rests on the Darwinists—then Dar- winism is not the probable hypothesis it has been supposed to be. On the contrary, the Darwinian notion of the transformatioa of i tific a fancy as ~ dream of the transformation He Knew a Fly Plaster. From the Chicago Herald. Sol Price, who is one of the rabid cranks in the famous “Section A” at the base ball park, has in his employ s colored man who is always suffering from some ache or pain. The other day this man approached Sol and said that he was almost dead from a severe pain in his side, and he asked his rotund employer what he should do for it. “Go over here to the drug store on the corner, buy a fly plaster,and clap it on the sore spot,” said Sol, with the wise air ofa physician “D'ye mean one ob dese plas- an assault upon him. He caused | tabs wid de holes in ‘em?” asked the colored man. “No, those are porous plasters,” said Sol. “You go and ask for a fly plaster.” Well, the colored man went away. The next day he came around and complained of feeling worse thanever, “Did you geta fly plaster?” asked Sol, “Yes, sub,” was the reply. “I know'd wot a fly plastah wuz, coz de boys ‘round hyah uses dem to cotch flies wid. I got a piece at de drug s' It sticks mighty well, but it don’ he’p de pain ‘tall. Jes’ look hyah,” and the man exhibited his aching side. It was covered with a ra pod of ordinary fly it, which he had hard work to pull off. ba hed to laugh “Just wash that off, so that the flies won't gather around here,” he said, “and I'll go over and get you the sort of a fly plaster I meant,” which he did. Now theold darkey is feeling better and is stili doing business at the same old stand. —— ee The Phonograph in Engincering. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. The question whether the practical everyday utility of the phonograph is likely to prove, after all, of much importance has been very freely discussed and the result is a decided dif- ference of opinion. There is no doubt, how- ever, that one of its latest applications, though ; records cannot it may be confined toa somewhat restricted fieid, is of great importance to the engineermg world. Itis admitted that the life of au iron or steel bridge cannot be definitely pr and yet engineers do not possess any completely satisfactory method of determining the actual condition of these structures, on the st of which so much depends. So long as no actual deformation has taken place, the iron may here or there be assuming a crystalline condition, or may be seriously oxidized underneath the coat- ing of paint, and yet the extent of the easily remain undiscovered. It is pro- posed to employ the phonograph in connection with a microphone and telephone to register the nature of the vibrations of the bridge as a whole or in sections under a rolling load and to preserve the record for comparison with sal ‘nt tests carried on atreguiar intervals. ‘The direct comparison of two Phonographic carried ont with sufficient accuracy and an optical method is therefore employed, and a beam of light is re- flected from the vibrating plate after the man- ner of the well-known Lissaieu’s figures. It would, of course, be necessary to secure a _— bts ge records en results wi cay of complete interpretation, but there seems reason to believe that by this means indications of a change in Ls) molecular structure of the material can be Dr. Potter, who tives out at the Oakland hotel, located in the south when he first began the practice of medicine. 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