Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1890, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C... SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1890-TWELVE PAGES. TOW TO DRESS A FLY. Home-Made Tackle For Lovers of Trout and Bass Fishing. PREPARING FOR THE SEASON —— How the Novice May Easily Learn to Tie His Own Flies—The Materials, ‘Thetr Use and Cost—Simple Rules For Preparing the Best HE TROUT SEASON is near at hand and every angler worthy of the name A coming fray. To be a successful angler one onght to be of the intricacies of that delightful art. There are many occasions when an angler’s sport de- the wary trout prefers to his own supply. Then the fly tver isin his element, Under the Written for Tae Evexrwo Sran. (Copyrixhted } is spending bis spare moments sorting ) over his tackle and preparing for the able to tie his own flies and most of the best- known fishermen have more or less knowledge pends largely upon his ability to imitate some insect bait he see= floating on the water, which shade of a neighboring tree he improvises his work bench. His wallet is brought forth from TYING THE FLIES. his pocket and ina trice the bare hook takes the form of life aud lures the victim from the pool. To tie a fly is not half so hard as the novice imagines. All that is required are patience, a little instruction and the proper materials. The latter are inexpensive, the skill is easily acquired and the exercise will pay the cost an hundred times over. These are th plements that are needed: A small band vice, a pair of spring pliers. a large darning needle, a knife and pair of scissors, These, with a wallet or small tin box to keep the materials in, consti- tute the first part of the outfit. The requisite materials vary with the ambition of the angler and the kind of flies he wants to make. The first thing that is necessary to a beginner is an assortment of hooks. For trout flies I prefer the Sproat hook, size from No. 3 to 14, de- pending on the locality. For black bass my choice is the Sproat hook, from No. 2 to 50. They should be unmonnted, so to speak, for the fly tyer must snood his own hook as well as fashion his fly. After the hooks come the gut, Wrapping silk, wax, dye stuff, tinsel, floss, dub- bing or herls, wings and hackles and some shellac. Having got together this collection snppose we set to work to tie a fly. Let us first tie a gingu hackle, one of the simplest.as well as one of the most uselul flies in the angler’s clip. ‘The fly will be used as a dropper. First, we will spread out the materials on our work bench. They are a medium-sized hook, say No. 8, some wrapping silk, floss silk, a gingu hackle, and a short piece of gut which has first How THE WINGS ARE MADR. been soaked im water. Hold the hook in the position shown in illustration No. 1, in the jaws of the pin vice. Then lay on the wrapping silk, which has first been carefully waxed, near the bend of the hook. making four or five loose turns around theshank of the hook. Lay the gut, which has been slightly indented by the teeth, ou the top of the shank, as shown in figure 2, wind it on tightly up to the point X, where a bit of silk floss, tawny in hue and six inches in length, must be fastened. Take a few turns of the wrapping silk up to the point ¥ in figure 3, following it with the floss, which increases the body of the fly that is to be. ow fasten the end of the floss at Y and ti the tip end of the hackle to the shank at th=t point with three or four turns of the wrapping sik. The ander part of the hackle shoal be uppermost, so that ite back will lie next to the hook when itis wound. Fasten the pliers to the butt of the hackle to straighten it out by their weight while the winding is in togress. Now w: the hackle sround the ook until the work bas reached the stage shown i Fig 4 With a few turns of the wrapping silk. which has not been cut since it Was first attached to the hook, the end of the hackle is secured in place. Having done this lay the wrapping silk (LL) iu the shank of the hook ae make the loo) (LM). Then take three turns with the slac! (M) over the end (i. L) toward the end of the hook and holding it in place draw in the slack (i. M) and cut it off, making an invisible knot. The fly is now neariy finished. If the fibers of the hackle point in different directions they can easily be straightened out with the darning needle, Now touch the head of the fly with a drop of shellac, which you should keep care- fully corked in a bottle by your side, and when the varnish is dry the fly is finished) When youcentiea hackle you bave acquired the rudiments of the fly-making art. GUT AND TINSEL. You may have wondered at the seeming pro- Jongation of the gut indicated by H in Fig. 2 The gut must Le cut off at X, and when an or- pamented hackle is wanted a piece of tinsel should be inserted before the dove is wrapped 00 as, indicated by H. This tinsel is wed for the tip of the tail of the fly, and is not neces- sary for the plain hackle, but it adds greatly to the beauty of the ff e hook and back again to X, where it is fastened by the ping silk, compictes the operation. To rib the body with tinsel tie it to body 4X before floss is attached. After the floss is wound on and gS formed the tinsel is wound iy as as Y, where the body ends and the begins. TO TIE A PALMER with a floss body proceed as you did with the hackle, always remembering that the material you tie im last must be wound on first, Wind with two twines of the ani ends cut off in the order mentioned. The head is made first di This will give you a fly with the hackle ex! the entire length of the body. monitor, very neatly the necessity of Jadiciously choosing hackle. He gays: “In choosing your ‘the length of spring | FAC SIMILES BASS PLIES the fibers should be in proportion to the | ze of the hook or. rather, the length of its shank, We frequently see a hackle or palmer | with a feather the fibers of which are so short as to make it look bare, like a long-legged boy in a bobtailed coat, In this case there is more hook than hackle eee to the eye of the expectant trout. and of course it is less at- tractive. Then again, we see a small hook wound with a hackle the fibers of which are too long. coming far below the bend—like a short-legged boy dressed in his ‘daddy's’ long cont, Then judge of the disappointment of the trout. And thus. with a smal! hook and a long-fibered hackle, you will fool the trout and the trout will fool you. The fibers of the hackle, while they may reach the bottom of the hook, should never extend much, if at all, below it.” Now let us make a fly with wings. This is not nearly so difficult as may at first be imagined. If the novice has mastered the art of tying « hagkle he can easily add such other embellishments to his fly as his fancy may sug- gest. Figure A shows a feather with a section large enough for the wings of a fly clipped from it, Figure Bis the section removed. Figure C is the section once folded. It1s then folded a second time and taken between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand and laid on the back of the hook with the ups pointing toward the bend. The wings are tied on the last thing after the hackle and body are in place. The learner should bear these things in mind. In winged flies the body is longer, the hackle shorter and extending only half as far down the shank as it does in the regular hackle and space shouid be left at the head for the fasten- ing of the wings. A winged fly is sometimes made without a hackle by using pig's wool or some other material for the body. Of course tails may be made of bits of feather as well as of tinsel, They are tied on as described above. DIFFERENT FLIES. All you need to know now that you have learned this much is what kind of a fly you want to tie and you can make your wish a reality. In the two plates of trout and bass flies which accompany this article you will tind all the models necded for use. No. 2. The silver doctor has yellow and red wings, silver tinsel and red silk body, golden tail and bine legs. No. 3. The academy has wild turkey wings, peacock head body and scarlet tail and brown legs. No. 4. The Governor Alvord is made with bright brown and slate-colored wings. peacock body and red tail. The legs are of brown hackle. No. 5. The white miller has white wings, white body and red tail. No. 6. The scarlet ibis has red wings, red body h gold tinsel and red tail and legs. No.7. The grizzly -king is made with gray and red wings, green body, red tail and gray legs. One word as to copying these models. When the novice is in doubt concerning how a new fir is to be tied let him obtain an artificial fly of the desired pattern and carefully take it apart, If he follows minately all the steps of his work he can easily reproduce the original, Now a suggestion as to your materials, TROUT FLIES. No. 1 is the black gnat. The wings and body are black. When legs are used they are made of black hackle. No. 2 is the abbey, one‘of the most popular trout fies in use. The wings are gray and the 4 2 FAC SIMILES TROUT FLIFS. body is red with yold tinsel. | of golden bh The tail is made ‘kle and the legs of brown hackle. No. 3. Every angler knows the coachman, | but for the benefit of the novice I will describe | it. The wings are white, body peacock herl and legs brown hackle. No. 4 is the cow dung. Use lead-colored wings, orange mohair body and gingu hackle for the lens. No. 5. The grizzly king, a famous fly, has gray mallard wings, green body. wound with gold tinsel, red tail and gray hackle legs, No. 6. Every angler's clip should contain a searlet ibis, This useful fly has red wings, a red body ribbed with gold tinsel, red tail and red hackle legs. No. 7. The Professor has gray wings, yellow body and gold tinsel, brown hackle legs and red tail. No. & The queen of the water has gray wings, orange body and brown hackle legs, wound the full length of the body. BASS FLIES, No. 1. The brandreth has gray wings, yellow mohair body with gold tinsel, scarlet tail and yellow and red hackle legs. Getsome feathers, if you do not care to visit a shop, from some chicken coop or some poul- terer. The hackle is the long, narrow feather that comes from the cock’s neck and body over the wings. One well-bred and plentifully feathered rooster will give you all the hackles you can use fora whole season. You can select others from ducks, turkeys and pea fowls, Your wings and tails you can get from the same source and you will find dubbing forthe body ev basse ro bit bebicdhade as of hair are easily up ould be cacefull; Seanted, as the necessity for their use oe come atany moment. Of course if you want to get the finest materials ready for use you must go to the tackle dealer. dying your feathers let me advise you to consult your ruggist. Get some good aniline mixture aud follow his directions. fv conclusion let me add that each fly maker has his own rule for trying flies. Some tic on the wings before ery - on the &*, others begin at the head and finish with tail, It really makes no difference at which end you begin or in what order you work, provided you page ge want That is all that any one can do, you carefully follow the instruc- tious given you will only need patience to suc- ceed as well as the best. Bexsamix Nogrmnor, failure” — jou that death nefer occurs without failure of the heart to perform its functions, “Breath failure” would have as DAGUERRE’S MONUMENT. The Memorial to be Erected in the Smithsonian Grounds. A TRIBUTE BY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAr TIERS TO THE DISCOVERER OF TRE ART—A UNiQU* DESIGN BY SCULPTOR BARTLEY—THE UNVEILING IN AUGUST, The design in clay of a monument which will be erected in this city in a few months was one of the objects that attracted most attention at the annual receptions given at the Holbein studios in New York last week. This was the model by the sculptor, Jonathan Scott Hartley, of the monument to be erected in the Smith- sonian grounds by the National association of photographers to Dagnerre, the discoverer of photography, The monument will be unveiled during the annual convention of the National association of photographers to be held in this city from August 12 to Angust 15 next. It will be placed at the right of the main entrance of the Smithsonian Institution, this site having been chosen as the Smithsonian, among Ameri- can inatitutions approached nparest in character to the National academy of France, through which Daguerre’s discovery was made known to the world, DESIGN OF THE MONUMENT. At the last annual convention the association celebrated the semi-centennial of photography. as it was in 1839 that Daguerre announced through Arago to the French academy the secret of his beautiful process.. The proposi- tion to erect the monument was carried with enthusiasm, The governing executive board, consisting of H, McMichael of Butfalo, president; O, P. Scott of Chicago, secretary; Dr. G. M. Carlisle of Providence, treasurer; Geo. H. Hastings of Boston and J, M. Appleton of Dayton, Ohio, was elected a general committee. Mr. Hartley, the sculptor, of New York, was asked amon, others to design a monument and his mode! was accepted by the committee. Local com- mittees were appointed in the larger cities to aid in raising the money requisite fur the me- morial. The Washingtor committee comprises E. J. Pullman, photographer; Thomas W. Smillie of the Smithsonian: Institution; A. A. Adee, assistant secretary of state; A. Dickinson Jewett and Dr. Griftiths of the navy. A large part of the $10,000 required has already been raised by the committee. DESCRIPTION OF THE MEMORIAL, The monument will stand about sixteen feet high and be composed of granite and bronze. The design is unique and striking. It repre- sents Fame in an attitude of reverence framing the head of Dagnerre with laurel, a wreath of which algo extends around a globe, thus typi- fying the universality of the discovery to the human race. The head of Daguerre, the medallion and the figure of Fame will be in bronze. while the globe will be of polished granite with incised geography. A rough granite bowlder will support the figures, In the bowlder will be cut in bold relief a model of the original camera invented by Daguerre. The figure of the Roman _personifying Fai is full of life and grace. The whole composi- tion is remarkable for beauty and delicacy of conception. The clay model was greatly ad- mired by all who saw it on the occasion of the receptions referred to. This will be the sec- ond memorial raised to Daguerre, the first being a bust erected at Cormeiiies, the birth- place of Daguerre, by popular subscription. oe HOME MATTERS, “~~? Everyday Hints and Household Helps to Practical House Keepers, Sver Sxoutp Be Usep instead of butter for making sauces, gravies, dc, Normse is Berrer than a glass fruit jar for keeping cooking raisins moist. Grease May be Removen from silk by apply- ing magnesia to the wrong side. For Fryrxo Eoos have plenty of fat and dip it up over them with a spoon, instead of turn- ing, also placing them in the pan from a sau- cer one ata time, A Broav-Bravep Siiver Ksire for cutting ice cream is useful, The blade tapers into a point so a8 to cut more readily and while it is very simple it is still very useful, Water Suovip Oxty Come to tHe Bortxe Porxt for making tea or coffee and not be ailowed to boil tor even five minutes, If you are « doubter try it aud couvince yourself of the difference in flavor. Ax Ovp RecomMenparion often given young house keepers is to use tea leaves in sweeping carpets, but their use on delicate colors should be avoided, as they will surely stain light car- pets. Ask Your Tixser TO Make You a Cake tin having two divisions, Then a plain cake can be made for one side, and byadding fruit or almonds you can easily have w richer cake for the other side, ‘Tue French Meruop oF ADMINISTERING Castor Or. to children is to pour the oil into a pan over a moderate fire, break an egy into it ud stir up; when it is done flavor with a little salt or sugar or currant jelly. Lamy Burvews Tuat Have Become Drm and sticky can be renovated by boiling them in strong soda water, using atin tomato can for this purpose; then scour the burners with sa- polio aud they will be ax good us new. Ixy Ovsrer Stew or anything where one wishes to use the liquor let it come to a boil 80 a8 to take off the seum. Never boil oysters, as it toughens them, simply let them come to the boiling point, Itshould simply boil around the edges. To Crean Lace Bast Your Lace Nicevy on @ piece of muslin. Rub it freely with cold starch until it forms a paste on it. Put it in the sun to dry and when thoroughly dry rub off. Your lace will then be clean and need no ironing. A Tue German Spacuter Work is a strong embroidery in the linen which, being cut out, leave a handsome, durable, open work em- broidery. This embroidery is u favorite or- nameutation this season and appears on bed spreads and pillow shams as well. Dirvine Fisn rm Scarpixo Warer will cause the scales to come off very easily, but if the fish are to be salted down they must on no ac- count be scalded. You may pour over them vinegar with the same result. Salt fish will soak fresh much quicker in sour milk than in water. Parizk Macue For Fuuuine Cracks 1 Froors can be prepared by heating to a paste cuttings of white or brown paper boiled in water and then mixing the paste with a solution of gum arabic. Make the solution hot in which you mix the paper paste and apply directly, thus making it adhere more firmly, To Leave tax Sour Kertuz Uncoverep while the soup is boiling is to sacrifice much of its most delicate flavor and aroma and to lose that liar nutritive and ‘ible ant i all thelr eum present in dishes cooked wit tightly closed in ay them. Cover the soup kettle stenma-tight end boil it gently from one side if you want good soup. Oxe or tHe Best Metnops or Cieaxmxa Hare Bavusnes isto puta full teaspoonful of househoid ammonia into basin of warm water. Dip the bristles in and rub briskly with the hand, or, better still, with another When hooray aoe leansed put in the sun to up. ‘Two brushes may be thus al once. itten for Taz EvEntno Stan. ATTRACTIVE HOMES. Many Vernal Fancies in Violet and Pale Green. NATURE'S SUGGESTIONS FOR HOUSE DECORATION— A BOUDOIR IN SPRING-LIKE TINTS—AN IDEAL SMOKING ROOM—THE USEFULNESS AND BEAUTY O¥ MATTING RUGS, LACK gowns and bunches of violets— these are what meet one’s eyes on the streets these Lenten days. Violets and spring naturally go together and while they are the only permissible flower for street-wear at any season, they are more universally used as the air_grows balmy and the pale green leaves begin to appear on trees andshrubs, This coloring of nature— green and purple—is the key to a combination to be very much affected by the fashionable world as the season goeson. When nature is taken for a model the colors never clash—vio- lets and their leaves are in perfect harmony. As the tones for a costume they are only the old revived again—nothing is absolutely new. When Laura first dawned upon Petrarch’'s vision she wore a gown of green velvet looped with bunches of violets, ON THE TABLE. ‘The same colors which are effective for cos- tuming are equally so in table decoration, A most charming springlike arrangement would be to have pale green silk muslin—an airy fabric—carelessly draped in the center of a dinner or luncheon table. On this set a cut-glass bowl filled with violets with loose ones scat- tered over the folds of the green gauzy muslin, Candles burning under violet shades would be the prettiest way of lighting such a table, THE IMPERIAL PURPLE. Violets have at different times been dis- tinguished by the special regard of twoem- Presses of France—Josephine and Engenie. josephine always had the sweet little blossoms about her, and they were a cousolation in her days of trouble. In the height of Eugenic's Popularity she received a violet ovation. So many bunches were thrown to her that, piled op they reached to the ceiling. The balcony where Engenie stood was almost buried under the mass of flowers—all violets—which came as tributes from her subjects. The great Napoleon, too, made them @ source of interest wien at St. ‘Helena, and, finally, when his coffin was carried to France it was literally covered with the little purple flowers, A BOUDOIR IN BPRINGLIKE TINTS. Green alone or in combination is always more brought forward in spring than at any other time. A boudoir in this vernal tint has draperies of mossy-looking turcoman, while a large lounge looks like a green mound with its piles of cushions. The harmony is completed by the pale green tea gown of China silk worn by the blonde mistress of this sylvan apart- ment, The fancy for green as a color even extends to bonbons, those of pistache being in demand. These, however, must not be served haphazard on any dish that first presents itself. The tray of Japanese workmanship with gold etching on what looks to be tortoise shell is what makes an artistic color effect—ephemeral indeed if the confectionery is of the quality it should be. TO BEAUTIFY A FIREPLACE. Greenery to beautify a tireplace in summer may be made with growing vines and plants without much trouble. Fill the grate opening witb large stones heaped irregularly to make quite a mound. The stones may be as orna- mental in themselves as can be procured. Back of them arrange pots or boxeszof vines, which, as they spread. will climb over the rocks,which may be partly concaled with moss, Ferns in pote may be set among the stones and by watering every day may be made to flourish in away interesting to watch. This pretty Cffect was seen in an old English manor house and could be equally well arranged im a coun- try house here. + Violet and green are even combined in those important accessories to the toilet—bandker- chiefs Onaviolet crape handkerchief is a scalloped edge of green, wile single violets with a tiny grean leaf attached are sprigged all over the 'kerchief, 4 BAY WINDOW. In a beautiful house lately built is a novel bay window effect as follows: There is only one window, placed rather high in the center. This has silk sash curtains dra wn off each side. A wide shelf goes entirely across the bay, under this window, and forms adressing table. A small swinging mirror is set on it. {n the middle of the shelf a space is left open for con- venience in sitting at the toiiet, while on each side from floor to shelf are small drawers. A scarf lies on top of the shelf and the usual ac- cumulation of kuick-knacks and ornaments are scattered over it, Ishonid have said the bay window is a rounding one, thus cutting off the augles of the shelf at the back at each end. This makes @ very picturesque ahd convenient arrangement with a good light for hair dress- ing. The English toilet tables are often placed justim front of an ordinary window, spoiling the view but insuring plenty of light to the dresser. Of course with a bay window given up thus to the dressing table there must be one or more other windows in the room in order to make it at all a pleasant one, A SMOKING ROOM. Among the articles that ebb and flow in pub- lic favor are Japanese fans as objects of deco- rative art. At onetime nothing could excel them in popularity. Nowagain they are used and with good effect, too, in various ways, A little smoking room could be fitted up so as to have them quite a picturesque feature of the apartment, Have, fur instance. « wall paper of sage green with a frieze of dark green. Over the paper freize make avother one by tacking outspread folding Japanese fans close together, the dark green setting off the lighter coloring of the fans, Matting asa dado, or rather wa coting, would look well with such a frieze. The matting would look best in the natural | tone, with a cherry molding as u top finish, The same matung on the floor with Turkey rugs over it would be cffective or the floor might have a cherry stain and matting rugs be used on that, Light wicker lounge with seut and back cushions in old red and chairs me light rattan and some cherry ned — would make suitable and ‘comfortable furniture. At the windows a band of Japanese fretwork would look pretty with sush curtains of old red silk hanging below. Of course a smoking room must be espable of being securely shut off from the rest of the | ¢h, house, but if feasible a fretwork on the inside of the doorway with Japanese bead portiere would correspond with the rest of the fittings. A pedestal lump with red silk shade and some Japanese ornaments, ash trays, &c.. would add to the good appearance and convenience of the room. Etchings framed in cherry moldin: with rather wide white mats wonld look weil hung 80 as to rest on the Wainscot molding, and as from time to time now ones are added hang them above these, grouping appropri- ately. This apes adeep dado, so that the pictures just above the waiuscot come bout on the level of the eye. In this room there is little drapery or upholstery to hold the smoke, yet it has enough of color not to look too ueutral, while the cushions on lounge aud chairs make them as comtortable as more regu- larly upholstered ones, A table for writing, books and papers should be provided, and not put in order too often, for the smoker's enjuy- ment, N MATTING RUGS. The matting rugs spoken of were first intro- duced several years ago and are pretty for many places and quite durable. They come in small patterns in red and white aud blue and white, finished with a border. They also come in quite large sizes, go that one for a_ small room would answer very well. Ina bed room they are cleanly, and, where the coloring suits, quite effective. ‘They need no shaking, but after brushing off with the broom they can be rolled up and put in a corner while the floor is cleaned. Of course they would not look well over a carpet, but on a polished floor are cool and pleasant for warm weather pepedaly: A pretty newspaper rack for sitting or smok- ing room can be made of fine matting or the tea chest covering. A long aud rather narrow piece is taken, which is bound around with ribbon. The lower end is then turned up on the right side to form a pocket and tied to the bi with ribbons at either side, leaving enough tension to holda number of papers, Lustra painting or oils thinned with nating, ima sketchy design, add to the good effect of this useful little article. —— In Sbsence. God keep you, dearest, all this lonely night; ‘The winds are still, e behind the western bill; ‘The moon down God keep pa dearest, the light. CASH PAID FOR OLD BOTTLES, Some Facts About a Very Curious and EAMING smiles irradiated the coun- tenance of the aged darkey as he was shown in corner of the cellar two large barrels full to the brim of empty claret bottles. “Ten cents a dozen fer de lot.” he said. On # venture 12 cents was demanded by a Stak reporter, whose property the bottles were, “All right, sah,” responded the man of color, after a moment's seeming dubitation. “I'll jest put "em in dese yar sacks an’ kerry ‘em off wid me. My kyart is at de front door.” With this he unloaded himself of half a dozen ancient meal bags—his own clothing looked as if it were made from the same material in patches sewn together—and proceeded to fill the biggest of the sacks from barrel No. L. When he had counted into it fourteen bottles he said: “One doz'n!" From this point he kept on up to thirty-two bottles, when he remarked: “Two doz'n!” SHREWD RECKONING. The fifth dozen was “fo doz'n,” according to his reckoning, and the eighth dozen was “six doz'n” inlike manner. Thus, when all the bags were full and the barrels empty, it was found that there were only twelve dozen altogether. However, the purchaser made it up to some extent by giving some interesting information. ““Dere aint much Zun in dis business, sah.” he said, ‘but it pays big. Dese wine bottles I take to de wine men or tode grocermen, I wheel dis load up to de door ob de shop in my hand evart, and I go in an’ say: “Mister, how much is yo’ gibbin’ a pore ole nigger fer eighteen doz’n clar't bottles ter day— twelve dozn, dat is, { mean.” “De gem'man says he's gibbin’ 18 cents a dozen, and, ef I can’t git him ter pay no mo’, de sale is made and I kerry de bottles down into de cellar. Dat makes me six cents ahead on ebery doz’n. But 18 cents am awful low fer clar't bottles. De price is all de time agoin’ up and down, and next month it will 5 cents or mebbe 35 cents a doz’n. April's de great time for shippin’ wine dat is brought heah in barls and casks and bottled. It is sent all ober the country, no’th, south an’ west, and it uses up a lot er glassware. Why, clar't bottles in Washington sometimes fetch AS MUCH AS SIXTY CENTS A DOZEN. De furrin ministers an’ folks like dem offen pay 4s much as dat when dey want ter bottle wine. But dey don't buy ‘em off us; dey go to a bot- tle house fer’em. No end ob bottles is sent away from dis yar city to Philadelphia, Balti- more, Toledo and udder places all ober. You Bee, . dat so many bottles are allus bein’ used and smashed dat no one town kin keep itself supplied, and so de bottles of de country am at le time movin’ roun’ “What is this ‘bottle house’ you speak of?” the old man was asked, ” “It's a 'stablishment where bottles are bought and sold by millions. I sell all de bottles I git at de bottle house ‘cept de clar’t bottles, I git a better price fer dem from de grocers an’ wine men. But all de rest I take to de bottle house and dispose ob fer all sorts ob prices. De bottles wot sells de bes’ am dese great big ones dat mineral water comes in from Buffalo, Sixty cents a dozn day is wuth. but I doan git berry many ob ‘em, De nex’ biggest price I git fer de patent-stopper beer bottles. Ob course dey allus b'longts de beer sellers and people hab no right ter sell ‘em, But dats none ob my business. and I grab 'em ebery time when I kin, De udder day I bought off a serv- ant gal fer 25 cents a beer box and two doz’n empty bottles dat it held. TT WAS A BIG STRIKE, I sold it fer $2, but de servant ga! dun told me yistiddy dat her missus had ter pay de beer company #6 fer it. But dat wasn’t my fault; I was offered de box an’ I tuck it, Champ: ° bottles are wath vents 4 dozo and magnesia bottles 3 cents apiece. Ornury beer bottles ob de sort corks is used fer sells fer 10 coats a dozn sometines an’ sometimes for 12 cents. fer ‘poth’caries’ bottles, I don’t handle ‘em, ase dere’s No money in it. Drug stores won't offen buy old bottles‘fer medicine, but use new ones, so der is no sale fer goods like dem, De bes’ kind ob quort whisky botties as wath 5 cents apiece.” “What is done with the bottles after you have delivered them at the bottle honse?” “Well, sah, dev has to be wasied fust. De man wot runs de bottle housy has five people Washin’ bottles fer him all de time, Dey vases de corks out dat have been punched in by droppin’ a loop ob string troo de neck, gittin’® it around de cork, and gibbin’ it nk. You couldn't git aut a cork dat way, but dey kin do it like a streak. Wine bottles kin be washed easy nuff wid cold water, kase dey has nothin’ more in ‘em tnanaleetle dust an’ dregs mebbe. But greasy bottles need hot water, aud ef any- thing is stuck in ‘em pebbles is put in and shaken ‘round, When de bottles 1s washed dey is ready ter be sold or packed in straw an’ shipped to udder cities by freight. Dat's about ali dere is to de bottle business, sah. Ob course bottles are comin’ into Washington by de thousand ebery day wid beer in ‘em an’ wine ap udder things. Its de sume way in ebery city, and de empty bottles must be a-goin’ out agin all de time, or wid sampin in ‘em, ef all de votties iu de country isu’t ter collect in one spot.” TWO DEAF MEN AT A SHOW. An Incident That Actually Occurred at a Wasbington Theater Last Weck. Jones and Gibbs went together the other night to see a celebrated conjuror prestidigi- tate ata Washington theater. You kuow how deaf Gibbs is; he can’t bear a word you say un- Jess you shout into his ear and Joues is nearly as bad. To hear them try to talk to one another you would suppose they were engaged in violent altercation, judging from the eleva- tion of their voices and their gosticnlations, But, as-was about to be remarsed, Tones had secured two orchestra chairs through the me- dium of a bill bowrd and be took his friend Gibbs along with lim, Gibbs payiug Joues only one half the box-oflice price tor his seat-—a bar- guin exhibiting Joues’ characteristic generosity in business ma: Joues had mauaged to Ret the plac as to secure ax much for the moncy as possible, They sat aeat the aisle and it was not surprising that the magician shonld have applied to Jones on irst occasion When he desired to perform through the medium of some one in the audience. He walked down from the stage iuto the oretestra by au inclined plane ar- ranged for that purpose and when he cawe to Jones said: “May Task you, sir, to give me your aid in this little matter?” Now, it happens that the conjuror does not ; Spesk Bnglisu very pertectly, and it thus befell tuat Jones, without having in any mavner caught the purport of the question addressed to him, grinned amiably and nodded an assent, Whereupon the inagician proceeded to rapidly explain what was required. not discovering that he was not understood at all, until Gibbs leaued over and said: 2. friend 18 deaf; I don't believe he hears ‘ou. “Oh!” replied the presti gitateur, the situa- tion dawning upon him; and immediately he luced the pack of cards he held in Gibbs’ ands and bade him do thus and so, But Jones, who had himselt waked up by this time to the state of «ffuirs, plucked at the magician’s sleeve and said: “It’s na use talking to him; he’s as deaf asa post,” ‘The conjuror looked astonished for a mo- ment, and then. addressing the audience, most of whom had already perceived the difficulty oe making ® pause in the program, he aske “Ladies and gentlemen, is there any one here tonight who has ears to hear with?” There were at once a number of responses to this appeal and the performance was recon- tinued. Gibbs and Jdnes say that it was'nt their fault; they went to see and not to hear— that being the great advantage of a magician's show from their point of view. iraaledbvloaice Some Things Monkeys Can’t Stand, An English medical commission recently made some experiments as to the effect of tight lacing. Female moukeys were used. Several of them died very quickly and all showed seri- ous injuries resulting from the treatment. It was rather yh on the monkeys and sumply showed that -y are “not built that way.” Put a decollette ‘dress on a monkey and send her to a “society” where she is obliged to listen to the conversation ind: such ings, and the simian would fall dead before a dude talked to her ten minutes. sa Phat alee Sufferer—“Do you pull teeth without pain?” Dentist—Well, not al wrist last time I pull . I dm led « twoth and it hurts ms A MAMMON MUSEUM. The Bank of France—How it is Con- ducted and Protected. Berry La Luberne m the Boston Transcript. The Hotel de la Vrillitre—in which the Bank of France is located—was erected at the begin- ning of the seventeenth century for one Rgy- mond Philipesux de la Vrillitre from furnished by the renowned architect Francois Mansard The building was purchased a cen- tury later by the Comte de Toulouse, when it was enlarged and took the name of Hitel Je Toulouse. This count, the bastard son of Louis XIV and Mie. de Montespan, was invested with the rights of a lawful heir by his royal father, who, not satiatied with this, must needs also make his son an admiral of France when Still in petticoats, In course of time the count's hotel, or rather palace, became the rendezvous of all the fashionable courtesans and danglers of the day. When the flood-gates of the French revolution broke loose it was found to be occu- pied by the Duke de Penthiavre and the un- fortunate Princesse de Lamballe, who shortly afterward fell a victim to the September masea- cres. Gluck, Rameau, Adrienne Lecouvreur, Pompadour, Lully, Miles, Favart and Clairon and the amiable captain of dragoons Florian were among the guests horpitably received in nightly revelry at this princely manson. Its spacious apartments were then gorgeously dec- orated, and the ceiling of the galerie dorée— now used as a mecting room by the board of directors—still displays some excellent paint- ings by Francois Perrier. When the Hotel de Toulouse became national Property it was turned to better. albeit less romantic, account, for the Sage nt print ing presses were set up under its roof until March 6, 1808, the date of the decree which gave possession of the hotel and ite belongings to the bank of France for the sum of £400,000. The bank took up its headquarters in Mansard’'s handsome structure, but only four years later, in 1812, when it abandoned its old quarters, the Hotel Massiac, at the corner of the Rue d'Abou- kir and the Rue d'Argout. Since that time the old Hotel de Toulouse has undergone various important alterations, which have considerably eularged and gradually fitted it for the mani fold requirements of its present colossal share of monetary business throughout France aud the rest of the world. On reaching the bank we were deferentially received by the governor, sub-governor and regents, Before visiting the vaults—by far the most remarkable portion of the building — we were led through the various departments and cast a rapid glance at the bank's internal arrangements, We came across a studio, where the painter in ordinary to the Bank of France transfers to an immense canvas the subject adopted for the bank-note engraving. This work, in o1! colors, is reduced by a photographie process to the right size aud handed over to the engraver. By this means the bank is able to obtain that clearness of outline 80 characteristic of its notes, Next door is the photographer's room, where the first design of the bank note is ob- tained; this design is afterward given as a model to the artist. who engraves the plate whereon are printed those beautifully crisp and pinkish, pale biue leaflets so eagerly sought after by ail. The paper. we are told, is furnished by the Papeterie du Marias. The puip is made and the manufactured article perfected in presence of a special commissioner, who counts the sheets, takes away the plates which transfer the water mark. and gives his receipt. This Paper consists of two superposed sheets, each made with a different pulp; the inside facing is of fine rag and the outer of green pulp. the produce of virgin hemp, so that considerable resistance is obtained notwithstanding the ex- treme thinness of the sheet, The printing takes place inside the bank by means of a hand- press, and the notes are glazed with a special varnish so as to prevent their reproduction by lithographic process. Prior to 1563 the notes were printed on both sides, but the vignette was the same; the two faces were made to cor- respond exactly, as if the impression had pene- trated the paper. Counterteiters alone knew the secret of this double facing; since that time the notes are printed with biue and red ink— forming a violet tinctare—and bear two dis- tinct designs, one on the ovverse and the other on the reverse of the sheet. On entering the vaults we were met by a set of doors furnished with locks that are proof id crowbar of the most skill- ful burglar, rat door is of steel and has alock titted to receive three separate keys, which are severally powerless to open it, One of the kaye a i fie hands of the governor, anoiher remains in the possession of the head cashier aud a third is committed to the censor on duty. The concourse of three persons was therefore necessary to penetrate into this most retired recess of Pigto'’s dominions, ‘The steel door was opened, and the safe in use for the current operations of daily business disclosed, This ae is a formidable piece of furniture, It is full of secret tricks and con- trivances, so that if you are not thoroughi aequainted with its mechanism you have barely to touch it to bring about a wholesale and worid-without-end ringing aud jingling of de- moniac alarm bells, quite deafeniug to the b: stander and the unearthly noise of which i transmitted to various parts of the building, especially the night porter’s lodge, the gov- ernor'’s apar:ment and the lodge of the con- cierge. Every precaution has been taken to betray the presence of a stranger in the vaults, In one of the walls of this first cellar there is another door much after the seme pattern, but of iron, through which we passed as soon as the three gentiomen were willing to let us in by means of three other separate keys, This second cellar is of semi-circular shape and is calles the serre or safe deposit room, It con- tains incalculable weaici in the shape of securi- ties, precious stones, &c., whieh are handed to the bank for safe keeping. All around were iron doors, each having a private key and se- cret contrivance. In one of these places of se- curity had been stored France's regaiia and the crown jeweis before they were sold and dis- persed: in another the Duke of Brunswick de- posited his magnificent collection of diamonds and his family papers whenever he traveled. The bank charges five cents for every tweuty dollars’ worth of money or valuables committed to its care, We shortiya‘ter came to the door of the vaults, properly speaking. This door is so neatly fixed in the wall as to be utterly invisi- ble to profane eyes. Three more keys were roduced by the three gentiemen and the pon- heroes doe swang round, disclosing a narrow und Winding siaircase, which is accessible only to persons of ordinary embonpoint. ‘This staircase, to make things a trifle more sure, is in turn divided into tour separate com- partments by means of three irou doors, euch requiring three other- new keys. and conse- quently closed to all except that three-headed monster, the official Cerberus, who guards this palace of hades. i counted forty-three steps before reaching a jast door, iron-cased like the rest, and wich opens—as above. We now enter the vaults, the sancfum sancto- rum of Pluto’s tabernacle, which, like the old Pagans, our modern Christians have so betit- tingly located in the bowels of the ewrth, Its huge galleries measure over 420 yards iu extent. On either side rise tall iron chests, furnished with lids and handles, and lined internally with lead, This leaden coating is a further pre- caution, as it affords a ready means of her- metically closing the chest in case of danger. Each chest bears an inscription relating its contents, The twinkle in Obrenovitch’s eyes here took on a venemons glitter, as 1 pointed to one of the labels, on which he read *ieces du Vingt francs, Monnaie de Paris, 1885, 2 nullions,” followed by a series of figures and letters that have reference to the book keeper's accounts upstaira, The clerk whose business it is to deposit or take away specie or ingots mounts a ladder to the top ot each chest, aud then—only think of it!—plunges bis hand in- side, where a fortune lies dormant, the posses- sion of which would craze the brain of the most exacting of worldly misers, Besides the seven doors and their twenty- one keys the bank is by other means which are had recourse to only as # last emer- gency; the vaults may be flooded in an instant, and means are provided whereby the staircase that leads to dhe vaults may be immediately blocked up with a mixture of cement, plaster and gravel, the instanteneous hardening of whioh, by a peculiar process, places the chests below in safety for at least twenty-four hours. Should water fail or should it be too late to block the staircase electric wires carefully hid- den away are in readiness to set on fire a pro- vision of pestilential ingredients, the suffocat- ing fumes of which are cone aged to deter the jiest from hardiest staircase lead- A rcorer there in aydienot eo elaborate and in wi Srrora Save Or Der Goovs AT THOR, 4. LUTTRELL’S, Balbrigwan Shirts reduced from $0e. to 3Tiga, ‘Men's Balbcicean Shirts reduced from 2Tige. to aa, Laree lot Reeular-made Children's White Hose re Auced to he. Beautiful line New Parssols sud Sun Umbrellas at very low figures—from 50c. up. Lovely Dress Goods at 12% Striped Stenres, al! colors, at 250, All-wool Henriettas at 50 50 White Spreads at $1, fully worth @1.28, ‘The Best Towels iu the market for 250. Table Damask from 25e. to 81.25 per yard. One case Bleached Cottons, sburt lengthe, at Ga, worth Se. Calticowa, Se... Ginebama, Se Gents’ Neckwear at Lbc., cold for 50. 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