Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1889, Page 8

[Copyrichted 1889. Written for the Evrwrxe Stam.) ' (CONTINUED.} Thoped that my wife would put herself on my side, and would say that we had enough of this sort of thing, but feraale cnriosity is an un- known quantity, and she unhesitatingly replied that she would like to hear the young man’s story. Isat down in despair, It was useless to endeavor to withstand this yearning for per- sonal information—one of the curses, I may say, of our present civilization. The young man gave no time for change of opinion, but immediately began. His voice was rich and rather low, and his manner exceedingly pleas- ing and gentle. “I wish to state in the first place,” said he, “that I am a reporter for the press. In the ex- ercise of my vocation I have frequently found myself in peculiar and unpleasant positions, but never before have I been in a situation so embarrassing, so humiliating as this. In the course of my studies and experiences I have found that in literature and journalism, as well as in art, one can make a true picture only of what one has seen. Imagination is all very well, often grand and beautiful, but imagina- tive authors show us their inner selves and not our outer world; there is today a demand for the real, and it is a demand which will be satis- fied with nothing but the truth. I have de- termined, as far as in me lies, to endeavor to | supply this demand, and I have devoted myself | to the stady of realism. “With this end in view I have made it a rule Bever to describe anything I have not per- sonally seen and examined. If we would thoroughly understand and appreciate our fellow beings we must know what they do and how they do it, otherwise we cannot give them credit fur their virtues nor judge them prop- erly for their faults. If I couid prevent crime I! would annihilate it and when it ceased to exist ‘I the necessity for describing it would also cease, # bor American, but [ speak the But it does exist. It is a powerful element in | the life of the human race. Being known acknowledged everywhere. it should be wu: stood, therefore it should be described. The d reality of which we are a part can never & truly comprehended until we comprehend ell its parts. ButI will not philosophize. I have devoted myself to realism and in cr-ler to be a conscientious student I study it in all its | branches. I am frequently called upon to write accounts of burgiars and burglaries. and in order to thoroughly understand these people end their method of action I determined, as nd | dler- \¥ sition contemplative, and I was a lover of rural life. “My father had leased an old castle in Cor- igthia, not far from the mouutains, and bere he kept his books and charts, and here he came for recreation and study whenever his arduous duties gave him a little breathing spell, For several months I had lived at this castle, happy when my father was with me and happy_ when 1 was alone. I expected soon to go to Vienna, where my father would introduce me to some of his influential friends, But day by day I postponed the journey, “Walking one morning a few miles from the castle I xaw at the edge of a piece of woodland afeimule figure seated beneath « tree. Ap- prowching nearer, I perceived that she was Hater and that she was sketching, I was sur- prised, for I knew that in this part of the world Young women, at least those of the upper classes, to which the costume and tastes of this | one showed her to belong, were not allowed to wander ebout the country by themselves; but although I stood still and watched the young lady for some time, no companion appeared upon the scene. “The path I had intended to take led past the piece of woodland, and I saw no reason why Ishould diverge from my proposedcourse. I accordingly proceeded, ani when I reached the young lady I bowed and raised my hat. I think that for seme time she had perceived my approach, and she looked up to me with a face that was half merry, half iiqusitive, and per- sectly charming. I cannct describe the cilect which ber expression had upon me. I had never seen her before, but her look was not | such a one as she would bestow upona stranger. Thad the most powertul desire to stop and spexk to her, but having no right to do so I should have passed on hed she uot said to me, in the best of English, ‘Good morning, sir.’ Then I stopped, you may be sure. I was 80 ac- eustomed to speak to those { met in ch or German that Lin ‘Bon jour, Mademoise! speak Freach,” she sai mt neither Janguag you the gentleman who lives in Wuirick castle? if so, we are neighbors, and I wish you would tell me why yon live there nearly ail the time alone.’ “At this I sat down by her. son," I d@ handed her before tao ‘Lam that per- my card. “But an please tell me who you are.” ‘Iam Marie Doriler. My father’s house is on the other side of this piece of woodland; you cannot see it from here; this is part of his Aud now tell me why you live in that old ruin.’ ‘It is not alto; I by ther - “OP COURSE WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR sToRy.” soon as the opportunity should offer itself, to accompany a burglarious expedition. My sole object was the acquisition of knowledge of the subject—knowledge which to me would be val- uable and, I may say, essential. I engaged this man, James Barlow, to take me with him the first time he should have on hand an affair of this kind, and thus it is that you find me here tonight in this company. As I came here for the of earnest and thorough investiga- tion I will frankly admit that I would not have interfered with his processes, but at the same time I would have made it my business to see that no material injuries should result to any members of this family.” “That was very kind of you,” I said, at which my wife looked at me somewhat reproachingly, “If he really intended it,” she remarked, “and I do not see why that was not the case, it was kind in him.” “As for me,” said Aunt Martha, very sympa- thetically, “I think that the study of realism may be carried a great deal too far. I do not think that there is the slightest necessity for people to know anything about burglars. If ple keep talking and reading about diseases will get them, and if they keep talking nad cosdiog about crimes they will find the in- ‘Aguity is catching, the same as some other ings. Besides, this realistic description gets to be very tiresome. If you really want to be a writer, young man, why don’t you try your nd on some original composition? Tlien you might write something which would be inter- esting.” oA, mardaan,” said the young man, casting his eyes on the floor, “it would be far beyond my power to write anything more wonderful than what I have known and seen. If I may tell yousome of the things which have hap- ned to me you will understand why I have ome convinced that in this world of amaz- ing realities imagination must ulways take a second place.” “Of course we want to hear your story,” said Aunt Martha; “that’s what we are staying here for. Iwas unbound,” said the young ing at me, “I could speak more freel; “No doubt of it,” said 1; “but perhaps you might run away before (fot finished your story. I wouldn't have that happen for the world.” “Don't make fun of him,” said Aunt Martha. “I was going to ask you to cnt him loose, but after what you say [think it would perhaps be Jast as weil to keep them all tied unti! the nar- Fatives are completed.” With a sigh of resignation the young man be- gan his story. “Iam American born, but my father, who was a civil engineer and of high rank in bis profession, was obliged, when [ was quite « small boy, to go to Austria, where he had ex- tensive contracts for the building of railroads. In that country I spent the greater part of my boyhood and youth. There I was educated in the best schools, my father sparing no money to have me taught everything that a gentie- man should know. My mother died when I was @ mere infant, and as my father’s vocation man, condition.’ And then I grate to give her an account of my method of life and my rea- sons for it. ‘It is interesting,’ she said. ‘but it is very odd.’ ‘I do not think it half so odd,’ I answered, ‘as that you should be here by your- self.’ “That is truly an out-of-the-way sort of thing.” she said, ‘but just now I am doing out- of-the-way things. If I do not do them now I shall uever have the opportunity aguin. In two hall be married, aud then I shall go and everything will be byt ne and No more delightful rambles by myself, rule. No more sitting quietly in the woods watch- ing the Itttle birds and hares, No more mak- ing a sketch just where I please, no matter whether the ground be damp or not.’ ‘I wonder that you are allowed to do these things now,’ I said. ‘I am notallowed,’ she answered. ‘I do them in hours when I am supposed to be painting flower pieces in an upper room.’ “But when you're married,’ I said, ‘your hus- band will be your companion in such rambles,” ‘Hardly,’ she said, shrugging her shoulders; ‘he will be forty-seven on the i3th of next month, which I believe is July, and he is w great deal more grizzled than my father, who is past fifty. He is very particular about all sorts of things, as I suppose he has to be, as he is. colonel of infantry. Nobody could ‘disap- preve of my present performances more than e would.’ I could not help ejaculating, ‘Why, then do you marry him? “She smiled my earnestness, ‘Oh, that is all arranged,’ she said, ‘and I have nothing to do with it. I have known for more than a year that I'm to marry Col. Kaldhein, but I cannot say that I have given myself much concern about it until recently. It now occurs to me that if 1 expect to amuse myself in the way I best like I must loge no time in it.’ I looked at the girl with an air of carnest interest. ‘It appears to me,’ said I, ‘that your ways of amusing your- self are very much like mine.’ “That is true,’ she said, looking up with animation, ‘they are. Is it not delightiul to be free, to go where you like, and do what you please, without any one to advise or interfere with you?’ It isdelight- fal,’ said I, and for half an hour we sat and talked about these delights and kindred sub- jects. She was much interested in our castle, and urged me to make a sketch of it so that she may know what it now looked like. She had seen it when a little girl, but never since, and had been afraid to wander very far in this direction by herself, I told her that it would be far better for her to see the castle with her own eyes, and that I could conduct her to an eminence, not half a mile away, where she could have an excellent view of if. This plan greatly pleased her. but, looking at her watch, she said that it would be too late for her to go | that morning, but if I happened to come that way the next day, and she should be there to finish her sketch, if the weather were fine, she would be delighted to have me show her the eminence. “I think,” interrupted Aunt Martha, “that she was a very imprudent young woman.” “That may be,” he replied, “but you must remember, madam, that up to this time the young lady had been Srory to the most con- ventional trammels, and that her young nature had just burst out into temporary freedom and true life, It was the pre bird's flight into the bright sammer air.” ‘Just the kind of birds,” said Aunt “that shouldn't be allowed to fly, at least un- til they are used toit. But you can go on with your story.” “Well,” said the ‘oung man, “the next day we met I took her to the piece of high ground Ihad mentioned and she sketched the castle. After that we met Sere and again, nearly every day. This sort of story tells itself. I be- came madly in love with her and I am sure sho liked me very well; at all events I was a com- panion of her own age and tastes, and such a one, she assured me, she bad never known be- fore. and probably would never know again.” “There was some excuse for her,” said Aunt Martha, “but still she bad no right to act in SS a ee 2 she was so soon to be mar ‘ “I do not think that shereasoned much upon the subject,” said the young man, “and I am sure I not. We made no plans. Every day we thought only of what we were doing or are wat notat allwhat we had done or we do, We were very happy, ‘One morning THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY. d close to her, looking over her work and making Rimmed ery and I think my counte- nance must have indicated that 1 found it very pleasant to make suggestions In that way to Such a pretty girl, Gur beads were very close together. Sometimes we looked at the paper. vometimes we looked at each other, Butin the instant I eaught sight of the colonel the sitan- tion had changed, 1 rose to my feet and Maric began to pick up the drawing materials, which were lving about her, “Col. Kaldhoin came forward almost at a run. His eves blazed through his gold spec- tactes and his close-out reddish beard seemed to be singoing with the fires of rage. [had but an instant for observation, for ho came di- rectly up to mo and with a tremendous objur- gation in German he struck me full in the face With such force that the blow stretched me upon the ground, “T WAS ALMOST STUNNED.” “I was almost stunned, but I heard a scream from Marie, a storm of angry words from Kaid- hein, and I felt sure he was about to inflict further injury, He was a much stronger m than I was, and probably was armed, W sudden instinct of self preservation I rolled down a little declivity on the edge of which I had fallen, and, staggering to my feet, plunged into a thicket and fled, £ven had I been in the full possession of my senses I knew that nuder the carcumstances I would have been of no ben- efit to Marie had I remained upon the scene. ‘The last thing I heard was a shout from Keld- hein, in which he ed that he would kill z 3 1 did not go out of my ised, my soul was de- jected. was no possible chauce that I should meet Marie. and that there was a i neet the angry An ereation at this time would be very re nd painful to the lady. no matter what it; and { considered itmy duty todo every- thing that was possible to avoid a meet! Kaldhein. Therefore, as I have said, 1 seif up within the walls of old Wulrick ve strict orders to my servant to admit no one. “Tt was at this time tl of my life occurred, Sit: gazing ont of the wi through which I ha lays before to m begun to think of as my ot a dog laid gent ing my head Icaressed the the long hair on his neck. out turn- nimal and stroked “My hound Ajax was doar companion te me in this hough Lnever took Lim in my w: 3 apt to get into mis- chief, aud when Tt head to lock ut him he was gone, b to say the hand ie dog felt as if it wing my hand toward me it dof the dog, and, moving it backward and forward, I felt the ears and nose of the animal, and then became conscious that its head was still resting upon my k “I started back, Had I been stricken with blindness’ But no; turning my head, I could plainly see everything in the room. ‘The scene from the window was as distinct us it ever had een. I sprang to my feet, and,as I stood wondering what this strange thing could mean, the dog brushed up against me and licked my hand, Then the idea sudde: hed into my mind that by some occult influence Ajax had been rendered invisible. hed down stairs, and, althongh Teould see nor hear it, I felt that the dog was following me. Rushing into the open air, [ s.w one of my men. ‘Where is Ajax? I cried. ‘A very strange thing has happened, sir,’ he said, ‘and I should have come to tell you of it, had I not been unwilling to disturb your studies, Abont two hours ago Ajar was lying here in the court yard; suddenly he sprang to his feet with asavage growl. His hair stood straight upon his back, his tail was stiff, and his lips were drawn back, showing his great teeth. I turned tosee what had enraged him, but there was absolutely nothing, sir, nothing in the world. And never did I see Ajax so angry. But this lasted only for an instant. Ajax suddenly backed, his tail dropped between his legs, his head hung down, and with a dreadful howl he turned leaping the wall of the courtyard, he disappeared. I have since been watching for his return, ‘The gate is open, and_as soon as he enters I shall chain him, for I fear the dog is mad. “I did not dare to utter the thoughts that were in my mind, but, bidding the man inform me the moment Ajax should return, I re- Serie the castle and sat down in the great hall. “The dog was beside me; his head again lay upon my knees. Witha feeling of awe, yet, strangely enough, without fear, I carefully amen my hand over the animal's head. I felt is ears, his nose, his jaws and his neck, It was not the head, the ears, the nose, the jaws, nor the neck of Ajax!” [To be continued,} ssdtae devine sca My In Full Dress and Bare Feet. From the Youth's Companion. A gentleman who is now wealthy and occu- pica a high station in life says that he was a boy of fourteen before he owned a pair of boots. Till that time he either went barefooted or wore such foot coverings—they could not be calle’ shoes—as his father could make out of untanned cowhide or the skins of wild animals, In this respect he was quite as well off as his playmates. They went barefooted from April until November and it was not at all uncom- mon to see young men and women walking the village streets barefooted, although juite smartly dressed in other respects, he father of the gentleman referred to was @ justice of the peace ina far western rural town and was often called upon to marry couples. One day there drove up to his house a young man who wore a suit of shining black, a spotless paper collar, a new and showy rlaid satin eke and new gloves, but nothin; on his feet. Jumping lightly to the grovuu he gal- lantly assisted the young womsu to descend, and then it was discovered that she too was bare- footed, although she had white gloves on her hands and wore a white and heavily flounced lawn dress and a showy hat with a strip of white veil dangling from it. Hand in hand and wholly unconscious of any- thing anomalous in their appearance they came into the house and were made man and wife. Then they departedand their bare feet left queer looking marks in the dusty path leadin, to the gate. = 4 ———+e-—____. Pretty American Women. Amorican women, says Galignani’s Messenger, if they are not always beautiful, at least know how to make themselves appear so. Nowhere have I seen so many beautifal women as in America, including even old women with white hair, The uative American girl, especially if of English or Scotch descent, is large and sien- der, generally blonde, with regular features and remarkably small hands and feet. The complexion is often pale; rarely do they have resh color ofa Viennese girl The most beautiful girl I have ever come across in my life [saw in @ New York store. She was an American of Spanish Loege | of a literally daz- zling beauty, such as I never before en- countered in life or on canvas. The happiest marriages are those of Americana, Electricity in the Czar’s Province. From the New York Sun. The Russian government has become keenly alive to the advantages of electricity, and many of the enactments by which its organizations are controlled carry the despotic flavor charac- teristic of the country. We are no sooner told that if a telegrapher in the government service aene maorey he or she must choose a teleg- rapher, than the from Bh Fotersbire « dismnos of 400 miles, is proposed. It is the intention of the Russian rnment to ad 166,000 roubles this autumn in pal the veeaole of the Black sea and the fleets with electric light. $i enerarien A Doubtful Victory. From the New York Sun. First Boy—“Oh, I got away with mother to- day. She tried to make me come in the house so she could whip me, and I wouldn’t do it,” eer ae a What did she out inthe yard a dest ‘Written for Tae Evawrro Stan. ATTRACTIVE HOMES. Dainty Things That One Can Give for Christmas Presents. ARTICLES THAT ADD comFofT AXD BEAUTY TO THE HOME—PRETTY DESIONS FOR TABLE®— NOW A STEAMER CHAIR CAN BE UTILIZED— FIREPLACE CURTAINS AND CHRISTMAS TRIFLES. A person must be apathetic indeed who does not become more or less absorbed,in this Christ- mas whirl that is going on all about one, There is so much to tempt that only a very firm grip on the purse strings will leave any- thing to supply the wants of the week after Christmas—a time that is receiving no con- sideration at present. Beautiful things, so suited to the comfort of one’s masculine friends, or the taste of one’s feminine friends —mark the contrast—are seen on every hand, and it is hard to resist any such appeal. Articles of furniture are among the most pop- ular tor holiday gifts. Writing desks are both ornamental and useful, and until a person owns one nothing will fill the particular gap that the lack of it occasions. This year tho newest touch in the embellishment of old oak desks is the sixteenth century finish, so called, 1t is comewhat mottled in appearance, streaks of almost black wood mixing in with the lighter finish of the ordinary old oak. Heavy- looking hinges, overlapping the outside of door or panel, have an oxidized finish in con- trast to the bright brass mountings used with mahogany and cherry, Carving in low relief is much used, and ashelf for books or an at- tractive little cabinet with door is often added for convenience and good looks, Fancy chairs, rocking chairs, and all kinds of chairs indced, are bought and presented on Christmas day, and for 2 moderate sum one may get much of comfort and good looks now- i The shapes in wicker were never prettier, and with the dainty coloring now put on them, or with the substantial staining of old oak or mahogs they are suited to different places and uses, The cushions and ribbons added to give them the necessary festal and holiday appearance are of all styles and colors, each one looking prettier than the last that met one’s eye. Cabine! ‘ther hanging or for the floor, are d handsome’ things for gif ng this season is to have wooden shelves supported by rods of wrought iron, which 1s used so much justnow, Often such a enbinet affords a good place to show off a pretty bit of embroidery, in the shape of a small curtain to screen’ all or a part of its shelves. PRETTY TABLES. Small tables are even more varied than chairs this season, if possible, Never have they come inwuch pretty and unique shapes, so suited toall purposes. In the natural woods ortment is larger. A reimurkably at- ¢ low tyble is in old onk, the top round, urve rt little irregular. e-cornered, the hat blunting the re curved also, in ay to remind one of that old-fashioned article—serpentine braid. Itislow, not too f ad quite an ideal table for a bed room, the oth . however, 13 is used together, though harmonious rrangements must be secured in adjusting reutiy incongruous objects, Small tables ted white are in demand for all kinds of is and to be put to all kinds of uses, They give a striking, yet refined tone to any nook or corner, and need not — necessarily be pies d ina whole a full of white furnitare, utare suitable with every wood or color of turnishing. ‘The rattan tables are, like the chairs, to be found in white and light colors and make extremely pretty gifts. In this city, where so many people have sometimes but a single room in a boarding house in which to set up their household gods, space required is an important thing to be considered in bestowing sifts upon friends thus situated. A pretty and convenient thing in such a case was lately shown at a woman's exchange. An ordinary cutting table with folding legs had been so prettily treated as to be scarcely recognizable, The legs and supports had been painted white, The top was covered with one of the love! tonnes in delicate coloring, with a of cotton in the colors of the top, nail edge with brass tacks, It could be set in acor- ust the wall when not in use and on oc- casion brought out to be an ornament to the room, while of size suflicient to be of much use. wath A shelf A STEAMER CHAIR. Still another article which can be given where room is limited isa steamer chair, which will give any amount of comfort to its pos- sessor, A chair of light wood can be selected, and a long narrow cushion reaching over back and seat and tied on with ribbons will be the comfortable decoration. Another little roll cushion for the head is generally added, this, too, made secure with ribbons. When not in use this chair can be folded to occupy no more space than the table. When evening comes, however, let the table be brought out into the room, with a shaded lamp on it, and the steamer chair stretched out beside it, and, with the latest magazine or a good book, new or old, the most luxurious library can give no more of comfort, All the world, however, does not wish to give furniture for Christmas presents, and, indeed, the attention cannot long be kept on one sub- ject with so many attractions calling in other directions, One wanders into the china shops, and so many lovely things meet the eye that it is a pleasure to look about and difficult to make a choice when it comes to buying. Certainly the Havilands have outdone themselves this season, and the decoration is fully up to the quality of porcelain, which does not always scem to be thecase. The clouded effect of old- rose coloring, with bronze and gold flowers over this ground, appeared last year as a nov- elty. Now itcomes in larger quantities and on all shaped articles, This same effect in other coloring has appeared now, and is especially handsome in the rich gray-green which is on many pieces, A celery tray is one of the pret- tiest things in this decoration, The center of the pieces of this style was a fine gold orna- ment; then the clear white porcelain shows for a space; then an inner border of fine gold on the white appears, and outside of that the wide border of clouded color reaching to the edge. Over this is the flower decoration. In the Copeland ware comes something new in the way of coloring. A white ground—not the cream color so often seen in this make— has sprays and smail clusters of flowers scat. tered over it. The flowers are in several dif- ferent colors on the same pee giving quite a gay appearance. A small service for an in- yalid’s use, or for a solitary luncheon, has a shell-shaped tray, with tiny teapot, sugar bowl and cream pitcher, as well as the dainty cup and saucer to which they minister. Belleek porcelain makes an attractive show- ing at one of our shops, with its fragile beauty of creamy white set off by touches of pink and yellow. A few cups and suucers ay witha design on them like other makes in china, but the peers surface is pretticr alone. Various = little Cela there re ateees <p La istinguishing shapes o! leek, ani of reg well suited for bestowal as Christmas 8 FIRE-PLACE CURTAINS, Toleave the shops and turn again to the domestic sphere gives an opportunity to answer @ question in regard to fireplace curtains, Advice is wanted as to material and decoration suitable for such an article, which is to be ted at Christmas. A heavy, soft fabric it will hang well in folds an juire no lining ie the foundation, Plush is hand- some, but turkoman or single-faced velour makes a beautiful hanging of this kind. In velour there is quite a choice in as some shades have a velvety, changeable. effective for embroidery, BEske pine flit dill > FEES su iE i i ii i : : Z| i it Pa )ECEMBER 14, 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES: ittern. A good combination is Panter, brownish olive next ontside. SOME CHRISTMAS TRIFLES. A few trifles will not come amiss, perhaps, to readers who possibly have little of them and lees of money to reckon on in trying to show that the blessed spirit of Christmas is in their thoughts if the means to express it is not in their pockets, A pretty little needle book was seen for sale which could be easily made by any one who crochets. Old pink knitting silk was used, crocheted over a cord in single stitches, It was begun like a mat, with a loo; which forms the center, and crocheted roun\ and round until about three inches in diameter. such circles are made and joined together at one point with a bow of narrow ribbon. Between these covers the white flannel leaves are fastened, generally three in number, the middie one a little the largest, They may be buttonholed on the edge with the colored silk or simply notched. In this soft color the little needle case is a pretty addition to one’s work basket, Another equally useful little affair is a cover for a pin book. In traveling one likes white on the one’s belongings to have an attractive appearance, and this makes a prosaic pin book quite artistic looking. An eavelope-shaped piece of any material is cut out which will cover the book, the flap overlapping. This is lined with a scrap of silk or satin and eyelets worked at the sides and bottom to tie it on with the narrowest of rib- bons. A ribbon is fastened also to tie around it, holding the flap secure when not in use. Another little gift is a jewel ease—or hair pin holder—or what not. An open oval shell is ined with plush—yellow is as pretty as any- thing. This is pasted to the shell, thus fitting closely. A puff of surah covers the edge and is tightly drawn down on the under side of the shell to hold it in place, while a bow of ribbon is added on the curve of the shell as an orna- ment and finish, a CANNOT STAND THE STARE. A Sclentific Way of Suppressing the Free-Lunch Beat. “The control and suppression of the free- Innch fiend is a science in which I am an ad- vanced professor,” said the saloon keeper near the Capitol, “It is only to be acquired by long and discouraging experience of the meaner elements of human nature. The bar room cor- morant must be studied like any other objec- tionable creature as to his ways and typical characteristics, in order that he may be gotten rid of satisfactorily. He will succumb to the proper methods of treatment just as surely as the potato bug will yield to paris green. You have simply to know how to attack him.” “You have suifered, then?” suggested Tar t reporter, “Have I? Do I not serve the most costly and elaborate free lunch in Washington? ‘Wheresoever is the carrio ou know the rest of the quotation. My laneh'is intended as a little hospitality for my friends and custom- ers; they are not supposed to come here for their meals, and very few of them abuse my offerimg. Only now ‘and then is there an ex- ception.” “A person, that is, who ents but doesn’t drink 7” GRATUIRQUS GORMANDIZING, “Not exactly. Iam not speaking of the dead- beat type of fiend, but of the fellow who drinks a glass of beer; pays five cents for it, and on the strength of that expenditure eats a hearty dinner, Such a customer will begin with a bow! of soup, follow that with a lot of corned beef, help himself to a quantity of beans and consume a dozen or fifteen little fish cakes incidentally. I wonder where be imagines that my profit comes in. A whole meal he gets and a beer thrown in for a nickel; cheap enough for him, as you might say, but decidedly ex- travagant from my point of view. If many patrons were permitted to do that sort of thing I should be seriously out of pocket.” “But how do you preventit? Do you put the man out?” “No. Ours is a much more effective plan. We give him the stare,” “And what is that, pray?” “I will explain. “My colored waiter who serves the lunch is very quick at spotting a fiend, and such a feliow, once spotted, is as good as done for, He may as well quit without unnecessary delay, for the shop will not rest until he is disposed @f. Not a word is said to him; but the colored boy, though waiting on him otherwise politely, stares steadily at him while he eats. as much as to say, ‘Are you never going to quit?” He must be a hardened case if e can stand that long; but if he does not seem to be affected by it the bar tender, too, leans over the end of the bar while the man is gobbling and directs his stare also upon the fiend. Yon will be surprised, perhaps, when I tell you that my good customers are ex- ceedingly keen at getting onto an objectionable patron of the sort, They will turn to me, as they stand in groups about the saloon, when a fiend begins on the lunch, and will say: ‘Jim, here’s another of ‘em!’ And every time that individual comes in he will be guyed unmerci- fully, though nothing whatever is said to him, until he catches on at last and stays away. As a last resort. in an extreme case, while the fiend is in the midst of operations, I myself will go to the part of the saloon where the lunch table is, take a stand near the stove and stare stead- ily at the offender, while the waiter gazes upon him likewise and the bar tender leans over the end of the bar and watches the bites. I never saw but one man who could endure that combi- nation.” “What did you do to him?” THE FIEND AT HIS WoRST, “Tl tell you. One day he walked in—he was a one-legged fellow, and we always had notice of his entrance in vance by the thump, thump of his crutch on the other side of the screen at the door—and, after taking his usual beer and paying 5 cents for it, he took a bowl of soup and asked fora secondbowl. We had known him to call for three bowls on one drink, ‘This time he was content with two before start- ing in on the corned beef, of which he took an indefinite number of slices in succession. Then he had a big help of beans, and a plate of thirty little fish balls, coming down from the kitchen at that moment, red hot, he ate twent; of them—as counted by the waiter-—in suc! haste that the bar tender thought he burned himself and I said to him: ‘Pray, don't hurry, sir.’ But he never took any notice, and, after winding up witha ‘eras or two, he was goii out when I touched him on the shoulder an: gently drew him toward the far end of the bar, where there was nobody near, “ ‘Pardon me. sir,’ I said, taking out a pen- cil and a scrap of paper, ‘I merely wished your guerre a Fes SS en “ Cert ly,’ he replied, rather unwillingly, leaning hig crutch up against the bar. . “I want you to help me figure out what a dinner like swe han have just eaten would cost in the most moderate-priced restaurant, ‘Let us see:'—and I jotted the res down as I spoke—‘two bowls of soup, cents; corned beef, 20 cents; 10 cents; twenty little etioee, eter oartres of you have ha il ry tell me what you have paid for it?’ ta i NO MONEY IN It, “ ‘It's a free lunch isn't it? And I bought my beer. “Yes, it’s a free lunch; but it isn't a gra- ituous gorge for every five-cent customer. How much do you su; I make glass Y beer 4 weren't wit ht beer; wanted the bottled sort. May be tho profit on your was 2 cents, ou are 78 cents on the transaction, But where am I? Thais whet T wanted you to assist me in fig- a it when I looked tion,” said the saloon 25 up to ask the ques- “the fiend had started to thump, tf Hr Fa p = A STUDY OF EARS. How the “Earologist” Determines Character by Its Means. Ears yary greatly in form and size, and. as the Pall Mali Gazette insists, by “the peculiar- ities of shape they assume they sometimes give anindex to the character of the indi- vidual.” Women have much better shaped ears thanmen. They are usually much smaller and lie closer to the head. Some people pos- Sess a singular muscular power over the ear and can move the upper part at will, but it is rarely met with. The ear is worth studying from an anatomical point of view. Beginning with the outer fold or ridge, called the helix, which forms the outline, the ear is composed of thin cartilage and integument. The next Prominent ridge is the antihelix, which some people have very largely developed, but in a well-formed ear projects very little beyond the helix. The little knob that projects from the foot of the antihelix is called the antiragns, and the corresponding knob on the other side the tragus. The dec} well in the center of the ear is the concha, ‘and, last of all, the fleshy part below is called the lobe or lobnie. The concha, so termed from its shell-like form, plays the most important part in reflecting the vibrations into the inner ear; in fact, all these projections and depres- sions are of importance to our hearing and play their own parts in conveying the undula- tions of sound to the drum of the ear. Owing to the immense variety of size and form in ears it is somewhat difficalt to defi- nitely classify them; but, continues the (/azatl:, they may be roughly divided into two divisions, which are easily identified—Division I, with el hanging lobe, Division LI with straight lobe, Besides the peculiarities of shape, the ear may be large or small, protruding or flat and straight or sloping. Some ears have pointed tops, while others have straight. Small and thin ears usually denote delicacy and refine- ment and abnormally large thick ears are as- socinted with a senstal and coarse nature. Ears of the first division are common, while not more than one person in fifty possesses the straight-lobed ear of the second division. This peculiarly shaped ear is often hereditary and can be traced back in some families for generations, People with musical tastes generally have large and prom- nent cars, while the thin augular ears is said to denote bad temper and cruelty, The ears of great philosophers and statesmen have been noticed to be large und sloping. As 1 Was Saying. From the Detroit Free Press. Aman led a raw-boned, humble-faced mule down Clifford street yesterday morning, turned into Griswold and finally disappeared in o blacksmith shop, “Shoes?” queried the stalwart smith, “Yes.” “Hind?” “Yes,” “As I was a-saying when you came in—* Here he picked up one of the mules legs and was sent half wayacross the shop bya twist of the animal's hip. He returned to the attack with unrutiled calmness, saying: “As I was a-saying, when you'n the mule came in—” This time he got a hind foot in the ribs and was almost knocked over his anvil. He braced up, opening his eyes a little wider and making another grab for the same foot he repeated: ‘ “As I was a-saying when the mule and you ove—" _ This time he got both feet in quick succes- sion and was driven to the wall ten feet away. “What is it you are trying to tell me?” asked the owner of the mule. “Why, I was a-saying as you turned the cor- ner that if you brought that infernal brute to this shop I'd break his back with a crow bar, and now you get him out or I'll do it!” ——-—+00_____ Bits About Bonnets. From Dress, “Tall, thin women should never wear high, narrow bonnets, but seek always shapes which tend to soften hard or angular lines, For such, low turban effects are most graceful and be- coming, and concessions to prevailing styles may be studied in arrangement of trimming, for which the velvet leaves and flowers now so fashionable are oy. desirable, Lurge faces look course under large and under very small hats, and women with such look best in bonnets which follow in shape the outline of the head. a and the Helens always look attractive in e picturesque Gainsborough, but they must tea pacer g indulging in styles which are at best appropriate only on rare oc- casions, For riding, modified forms of the most becoming styles may be adopted, but, or- dinarily, refined taste demands the small or medium-sized hat, The pretty girls who look pretty in anything, and in spite of everything make an exception toall rules; but few faces are independent of the influence a milliner's art can wield. The soft effect produced by the present fashion of trimming with ostrich bauds and tips is very becoming to youthful faces, and the jaunty wings bound together by fashion in myriads ‘are graceful coronets for not too stately queens, Bonnets made altogether of flowers are lovely for all but mature faces, and the velvet which divides favor, the present season, with felt is becoming to all years, and in rich, em- broidered designs especially suited to the youthful matron. Indeed, such variety in style and material is shown that one only needs wisdom in choice to become the possessor of a congenial “love” of either a bonnet or hat. —+e+—_____ To Pump Down Ozone. From the Boston Transcript. Sir Edwin Chadwick, known in England as “the father of sanitary science,” in a recent in- terview said: “I do so believe in fresh air. My pet project, at which a correspondent in the papers laughed some time ago, is to build great towers in our cities and pump down the ozone from above; there is a wonderful American ma- chine for pumping which actually makes 1,200 revolutions in a second. Weill, that would soon purify a neighborhood. At the base of St. Paul's there 1s no ozone, there is at the sum- mit. How often my government clerks have asked leave to take home their work, finding it impossible to do anything in the poisoned air of the great public offices, This system, about which I have consulted M. Eitfe! self, who thinks very ay 4 of the idea, would effect a revolution in the health of our great cities. On avery scale it has been tried and found to answer perfectly upon some of the great ‘liners’ at sea.” The Issue of the Day. From the Pittsburgh Dispatch. “Phyllis! Darling!” ‘There was atremor in the full, rich, manly tones. He looked up with beseeching eyes, in which the faint suspicion of a tear glistened, at the fair, perfect type of all that could be lovely in woman that stood before him, and as he looked long, earnestly, intensely, his voice broke in a trembling treble. Outside on the brick swathed pave could be heard the low, dull sog of the rain drops and the soft, plaintive gurgle of the organ grinder as he gyrated the crank for all there was in it, while the merry invitation of the man next door to anozer one ‘fore we go home” broke upon his ears with a start- distinctness that made his tired head ache. ‘llis!”” “What is it, Clarence?” said the beautiful ‘1, turning the rare and dazzling loveliness of Cocca aie bat there was no answer- ing tremor in her voice, “Have you a pain? Perhaps a porous plaster or a pill— Eu, alas, too trae, , But it will not always thi young—' oe tes callow in the maiden. the he continued: and {s'om etch successive ran on the ladder of until wealth i ! [ HY in i i ef Hf i g s thy | i His if i WHY WE ARE RIGHT-HANDED. Protecting the Most nerable Part of the Body. From the Cornhill Magazine. Primitive man being by nature a fighting ani- mal fought for the most part at first with bie Sreat canine teeth, his nails and his fists, till im Process of time he added to those carly and natural weapons the further persuasions of a club or shillelah. He also fought, as Darwin has conclusively shown, in the main for tbe Possession of the ladies of his kind against other members of his own sex and species And if you fight you soon learn to protect the most exposed and vulnerable portion of your body. Or if you don't natural selection man- ages it for you by killing you off as an amme- — consequence, ‘0 the boxer, wrestler or hand-to-h, com- batant that most vulnerabi “y donbtedly the heart, , Well de- livered on the left breast, will easily hill, or at any rate stun even astroug man. Hence, from an early period men have used the right hand to fight with, aud have employed the left hand chiefly to cover the heart and to parry a blew aimed at that specially vulnerable region. And when weapons of offense and defense supar- seded mere fists and teeth jit is the right hand that rasps the spear and sword, while the leit holds over the heart, for defense, the shicid or buckler. From this simple origin, then, the whole vast difference of right and left in civilized life takes its beginning. At first, no doubt, the superiority of the right hand was ouly felt im the manner of fighting. But that alone geve it 8 distinct pull and paved the way at last for the supremacy elsewhere. For when weapons came into use habitual employment of the rights hand to grasp the spear, sword or knife made the nerves or muscles of the right side far more obedient to the control of the will than those of the left, The dexterity thus aequired by the right— see how the word ai, dexterity” “img this fact—made it more natural for the early hunter and artificer to empioy the same hand prefer- entially in the manufacture of flint hatchets, bows and arrows, and ali the other manifold activities of savage life. It was the hand with which he grasped his weapon; it was, there. fore, the hand with which he « hip; that is exactly how our own children to this day decide the question which is which when they begin to know their right hand from ther left for practical purposes, vee MARKED BY A HOG The Queer Stamp Pat Upon the Gift of @ Wealthy Hooster. “One of the funniest thingsthat I have heard for along time happened a ‘ew woeks ago,” said a westerner to a New York Eve ning Sun re- porter. “Out in Indiana one of the “pillars of society’ is a wealthy and generous old soul with an immense fortane—th: wult of the inven- tion of an ingeniows triangular bit of iron de- signed for the noses of hogs and called « hog ringer. Now, it happened that the pretty daughter of his pastor was about to be married and (surely bride may indulge in « little Indy- like wonder as to such things) speculation was rife in the pastor's family as to whut the ‘pillar’ would send asa gift, On the morn of the wedding day there came to the house great box bearing the card of the wealthy in- ventor. “WwW. vend ggg anticipation it was opened. It contained a dinuer service of solid silver, ex quisite in design and finish, With little cries of rapture the bride took out picce and placed them side by sid little mark, where the monogram usually caught her attention, she bent over it and whst do you think? ctiy iu the most conspicuous place on each piece the dear old de with happy inspiration, had had his hog ringer eu graved,” ad a soo Ivory Furniture. From the Manchester Courier, The Maharajah of Durbhangah has become the possessor of a suite of furniture vhich +s absolutely unique, besides wes. J -s8 value ie enhanced by the associations of 3) gone days. It consists of a card table, four arm chairs, two small teapoys and a sofa—the whole made solid ivory. It is said to have been presente by Tippoo Sultan to Warren Hastings: and Sir George Birdwood is of opinion that this is probably the case, as the head and paws of « tiger (the badge of the Mysore family) figure conspicuously in the decoratious of the churs and sofa, Be thisas it may the furniture was undoubtedly the property of Warren Hastings, and remained at Daylesford till after his death, when it found its way into the collection of Lord Londesborough. When this collection was sold at Christie's the furniture was bougi.t by Messrs. Wertheimer & Co.. dealers in bri a-brac, for 1,500 pounds, andit was sub: qeuntly purchased from them by the Maraiar. jah, The card tabie is of au oval shape, cov- ered with the usual green cloth, which isedged with gold embroidery. It has six legs delicat-ly carved and gilt in an xrabesque design. side of the table is similarly decorate moulding rans round the edge, es tation of the scales of a date palm, and touched with gold. The backs and mdes of the arm chairs are beautifully carved in fret work. two in arabesque patterns and two in dexigns of conventional towers. ‘Lhe seats of the latter are richly decorated in gold aud monochrome figures, among which latter are more strange wild beasts thin ever came out of the Ark, At intervals are medal- lions, carved with quaint baman beads, The arms of all these chairs end in ferocious- looking tigers’ heads aud the legs in tigers’ paws, The quaint little teapoys are also richiy carved and gilt, but call for no particular scription, The sofa isa beautiful work of ‘The back is formed of slabs of solid ivory (with open spaces between) carved in fret-work wit alternate designs of flower and palm leaves and arabesque patterns, all of these being richly gilt. The side are carved and gilt with # beautiful tracery of conventional flowers aud birds, The arms end in tigers’ heads and the front lege in tigers’ paws, the whole being elab- oratoly carved and gilt. The sota and chairs were upholstered in blue satin, with edgings of hand-painted flowers, but the wear and tear of more than a century have reduced the once beautiful fabrics to tatters. sine ease A Case in Court 400 Years. From the American Analyst. A Russian paper notes the termination re- cently of a law suit begun in 1490, or four cen- turies ago, The litigation was over a forty- acre tract of uncultivated lund, has been handed down through numberless generations, and curiously enough, has been finally settled by peaceful arbitration. This procracted liti- gation, as well as the satisfactory manner of its termination, reminds us of the celebrated caso described by Rabelais, in which Pantagruel acted as umpire. This classic law suit had lasted many years between two French uobles. innumerable law Papers had been prepared ou both sides, and all the courts had been gone through, with the result of utterly befogging and mystifying the claims of both parties. The umpire above mentioned being appealed to agreed to decide the matter provided that all the paj and documents should first be beneol ap and the claimants then should plead their own cause personally before him. As, owing to lapse of time, they had both forgot- ten altogether what was the origin of the con- troversy, their tive arguments were made up of blind and incoherent repetitions of such of the legal jargon as they cou.d recollect from reading the documents drawn up by their 7 Pantagrnel gave his decree in equally unintelligible as the pleaders' statements, Both parties were content their cards in this manner. 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