Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1890, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C SENATORS’ FAMILIES. Ladies Who Grace Some of the Pleas- ant Homes of the Capital. cence RECOGNIZED SOCIAL LEADERS Sketches of the Wives of Statesmen from Various Sections and Daugh- ters of Some of Them—The Lady Whe Presides ut Senator Barbour’s Heme. sn Written for Tae Evewine Stam HERE exists in the breast of every American an instinctive feeling of "J reverence for the ancient common- 4, Wealth of Virginia, There is a halo of romance associated ith the discovery, settlement and colonization of her soil, an inspiration in the events of her early participation in the warlike struggles for pational autonomy, and a volume of patriotism and daty in her association with the foundation aud establishment of the government. Not only were the soldiers and statesmen of the Old Dominion foremost in the series of colo- nial, continental and constitational events in the history of the republic, but her women have been celebrated from the earliest days of the vice-regal coart circles of the colonial cap- ital at Williamsburg down to the present time for their loveliness, social gifts and force of character. It was one of the daughters of Vir- ginia who inwugurated and put into practice the social institutions of the executive office and household upon the establishment of the government and they have always been promi- nent in the fashionable world of the capital. Among the ladies of the senatorial circle today the commonwealth of Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson Randolph and Doliy Madison is proudly represented, MRS. DANIEL. When Miss Julia E. Murrell, in 1871, at the age of sixteen, married John Warwick Daniel she was famed as the most beautiful woman in the state of Virginia. When she entered the list of Representatives’ ladies at the beginning of the oificial season of the Forty-ninth Con- ress (1885) she was landed for her attractions by the fashionable world of the capital, and in 1887, when she made her entree into the select circle of senatorial ladies, she was admired as the youngest and most charming member of » of matrons and social leaders, Miss Murrell was born at Lynchburg. Her father, Dr. Edward H. Murrell, was an eminent | physician. widely known throughont that lo- | cality. Her mother, previously Miss Elmira | isey. belonged to one of the early famihes of German extraction who helped to coloni i develop the fairest portions of the v and mountain sections of inland Virginia. Miss Murrell received her finishing education at Baltimore. When she became the bride of John Warwick Daniel, her girlhood and school- day companion and admirer, that eloqueut and gifted Virginian was a member cf the house of delegates. In the circles of the his- toric families of Virginia's capital Mrs. Daniel Was a great favorite. She always passed the Seasons of the sessions of the legislature at Richmond and strengthened her busband’s popularity by her remarkable tact and grace and conversational gifts. Mrs. Daniel isa brunette with a face of striking beauty and an underlying expression ot mental strength. She is greatly devoted te art and is skilled in the use of the pencil and | brush. The Senator and Mrs. Daniel have two | beautiful daughters well in their teens. Julia, the eldest. is not yet im society, and Caroline | Warwick is finishing her educational years. | ‘Three younger sons, who are very bright and enterprising, make up the household circle. ‘The drawing rooms of Mrs. Daniel are among the most largely attended in Washington. Her presence upon social occasions is much sought, MISS ELLEN C. DANGERFIELD. | just entering her twenties, and the Senators from the infant state of North Dakota,was Miss Maria Bartholomew of Somer- Obio. In her childhood her parents re- pote to Indiana, where she received her edu- cation. Mr, Pierce. a native of Cattaraugus county, N.Y.. as a young man went west, locat- ing himeelf in Indiana in 1854. There in 1868 be married Miss Bartholomew. The bride was not only admired for her personal worth, but belonged to one of the fighting families of the frontier. On her father’s was a grand- daughter of Gen, Jos, Bartholomew of Indiana, a soldier of the war of 1812 and one of the heroes of the desperate battles of Tippe- eanoe under Gen. William Henry Harrison. Upon the outbreak of the late war, two years after her marriage, Mrs. Pierce was left with the care of home and family while her husband, buckling on his sword as second lieutenant, marched with his company in the ninth Indiana volunteers to the front in response to the first call of President Lincoln for troops for three months. He served through the war in the field and on the staff, while his wife for four long years kept the home bright and cheerful for her husband's return. In 1869 Mrs. Pierce came to Washington with her husband, who was appointed to one of the offices of the body of which he is nowa member. After twoyears, her husband having resigned to accept an editorial position in Chicago, Mra. Pierce re- sided there. In 1884, Mr. Pierce having been appointed governor of Dakota, Mrs. Pierce graced the frontier home life of that office. With the beginning of the Fifty-first Congress she became one of the first ladies to represent the frontier state ot North Dakota in the distin- guished list of senatorial ladies. Miss May Pierce. their daughter, a beautiful young woman, born in Indiana and educated at the Bennett Seminary, Minneapolis, is a young lady of unusual ability and social attrac- — and is greatly admired by all who meet er. THE M'MILLANS AND THEIR HOME. One of the finest homes, architecturally and socially, in Washington is that on Vermont avenue of Senator and Mrs. James McMillan of Detroit, Michigan, The Senator is a native of Onturio, Canada, and settled in Detroit in 1855. Mrs. McMillan, who was Miss Mary L. Wetmore was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Miss Wetmore received her earlier education in her native city and finished at the Utica Seminary, New York. which was the home of the families of her father and mother. Her father was a manufacturer. Young Mr. McMillan having laid out a business career for himself in 1860 married Miss Wetmore in Detroit and settled down to life in earnest. In 1863 with others he established the Michigan Car company, of which he is president. He was the cotemporary of Zachariah Chandler, and succeeded him in the management of ae pom politics im Michi- gan. He never filled any office until he en- tered the Senate at the beginning of the pres- ent Congress. Mrs, McMillan, who is a matron of pleasing presence and kindly and unaffected manners in the social representation of the northern peninsula state, succeeded the popu- lar Mrs. Palmer, who now resides near the Ee. curial as wife of the American minister. At her drawing rooms in her elegant home Mrs. MeMiilan is assisted by her daughter. who is one of the many bright young women in society at the seat of government. SENATOR BATE’S WIFE. The wife of William B, Bate, the junior Sen- ator from Tennessee, was Miss Julia Peete. She was born at the picturesque town of Hunts- ville, in northern Alabama, After her early education there she finivhed at Mrs. Lamb’s celebrated school at Philadelphia, while there being under the care of her relative, Mr. ice. In 1856 Mr. Bate and Miss Peete united their fortunes in life. Mr. Bate had served as a pri- vate in Louisiana and Tenuessee regiments throughout the Mexican war. At the time of his marriage he was attorney general for the Nashville district. He rose from private to major general in the confederate service, and in winning these laurels wag three times dan- gerously wounded. One wound was in the leg and this compelled him to use a heavy cane for assistance in walking. Mr. Bate’s election and re-election to the governorship of Ten- nessee, 1852-87, placed Mrs. Bate at the head of the social surroundings of the executive Office of that state. She was greatly admired for her brilliant qualities in polite intercourse and made her husband's administration one of The junior Virginia Senator is represented in the social world by Miss Ellen C. Danger- field, asister of the late Mrs. Barbour and daughter of the late Henry Dangerticld of Aleasandria, Va. Her mother was a daughter | of Robert Sewsll, a direct descendant of the | historic family of that name which landed at | St. Mary’s with Lord Baltimore. The Dauger- Helds were also of an ancient Catholic family of Maryland. They are also related to the celebrated family ot Brent of Richland. The prominence of Senator Barbour in the Maternal development of Virginia as railroad president and his leadership in democratic and | national politics and chairman of the state and member of the national committee has made his home a center of political movements. ‘The death of Mrs. Barbour several years ago Was a great loss to the social world. She waa quite active in the sphere of the Representa- tives’ ladies for three democratic Congresses aad during a portion of the administration of President Cleveland. Tie Senator took his seat in the Senate with the beginning of the present Congress. SENATOR DIXON'S WIFE. There have been three generations of Nathan F. Dixons in the Congress of the United States and by a pleasant coincidence the pres- | ut representative of the mame was sworn into | the Senate precisely fifty years after the first. | His grandfather, a native of Connecticut, entered the Senate as a whig in 1839 and died in Washington in January, 1842. His father, a whig in the Thirty-first Cong: (1549-61), and Thirty-eighth to Forty-first Co: Rresses (1863-71), declined further service at the end of the latter term. Mr. Dixon is one | of the handsomest members of the Senate, bearing a striking resemblance to the eminent tragedian, Edwin Forrest, in his palmy days. Mrs. Dixon. a very beautiful woman. was Miss Grace lure of Albany, daughter of Archibald Me r., one of the best citizens | of that aristocratic and picturesque munici- polity of the upper Hudson. Rev. Dr. James G. K. McClure, the celebrated Presbyterian di- vine in charge of Lake Forest purish, near (Chicago, [1L, and Mrs, Dixon's brother, mar- red Senator Dixon's sister. Mrs. Dixon was bora im Al y and completed her education at | Mrs. Porter's famous finishing school at Farm- | ington, Her mother, formeriy Miss Susan Eli: seth Rice of Worthington, Mass., was a daugh- ter of one of the bravest colonels in the Massa- ehusett« volunteer service and 4 sister of Gen. Joseph Rice, who fell in battle in the late war. | In 1873 Miss McClure became Mrs. Dixon. Her busband. thenan attorney in large practice | ‘at Westerly, in 1877 became district attorney. which office he surrendered in 1883 to enter the Jorty-eighth Congress. Mrs. Dixon during this period was a bright star in the galaxy of beau- fiful women who mace Washington life attract- | ive. For the next four years she figured in the | elegant society of the capital of Rhode Island, her husband having been elected to the state senate. With the present offigial season she Feturned to the fashionable life of the national | €apital to adorn the senatorial circle, ‘TME WIFE OF SENATOR REAGAN of Texas in her maiden days was Miss Mary | Ford Taylor. She was born near Palestine, ber | poet home. Her Barents wore natives of entucky aud removed to Texas in 1846, a year | after the annexation of that republic to the United States. Mr. Reagan entered Congress ! im 1867, but left it im the winter of 1860-61 for & seat in the secession convention of Texas and | congress of the southern confederacy. He was | invited into the Davis cabinet as postmaster | coaches (valued at thousands upon general in 1861, remaining until the colla; Of the struggle. €x-cabinet minister of the confederacy were tuarried at Palestine. In 1875 she entered the social world of Washington, her husband hay- ing been elected to the Forty-fourth Congress, After the experiences of the fashionable gay- €ties of the seasons of six congresses, in 1877 she me one of the ladies of the senatorial eircle. Mrs, Reagan has always been quite active im the southern circles of the in con- = izure an Ty agreeable manne; dwughter Mary made her debut during the sea- son of the Cleveland administration and since has been in great demand among her young friends on account of her many attractions sweetness of disposition. MRS. SENATOR PIERCE. Mrs, Gilbert Ashville Pierce, wife of one of | in a wretched wash bowl! | mersion and sprinkling. H People’s not being Iu 1566 Mist Taylor and the | ing palm and returned the most popular in the history of the com- monwealth. In 1887 Mrs. Bate entered the congressional social life of the national capital asthe wife of aSenator. In the hospitalities of her home circle she is assisted by her daughter Susie, one of the brightest young ladies in the fashionable world here. She was born in Nashville and received her girlhood education there, but finished at the young ladies’ seminary at Media, Pa. She is a superb performer on the banjo and several other in- strumeuts. She is, too, a good vocalist and an expert whistler. Her musical talents and gifts of conversation make her unusually attractive in society. An elder daughter, Mrs. Mazie wife of Thos. F. Mastine, r Grantville, Tex, D ——_.___ Engtish Bathing and Other H abits. Eugene Field in the Chicago News. “You hear the English people boasting of their fondness for bathing,” said an American resident to me an evening or two since. “Now I have lived in England for twenty-four years, | and I happento know that, until within the last fifteen years, it was almost impossible to find such athingas a bath tub in England Even at the present time a large majority o the English people do what they call ‘bathing’ Why, there is as much difference between the American bath and the English bath as there is between im- It is the American who has introduced the bath tub into England not the miserable sitz-bath which so many English folk affect, but the large, clean, whole- some tub that insures equal cleanliness to the whole surface of the body.” There is really a good excuse for the London clean. It costs money to eep clean here. in any of the public places you invade the lavatory for the purpose of cleansing your face and hands you are promptly confronted by @ person in uniform who de- mands a fee. Yes, you can’t wash your face and hands in London without being forced to give up twopence for it. A legal tax on cleanli- ness! Last week I visited an old Roman bath located = the ae he is an ancient affair, supposed to fe y ® spring in Holyw street; the water is clear and cold. x ‘How old is this bath?” I asked. ‘About eighteen hundred years old,” an- swered the guide, ‘but it was unknown until 300 years ng5 then it became a fashionable re- sort and subsequently Queen Elizabeth used to patronize it.” Strange commentary this. Here in the heart of a population boasting # passion for bathi existed for fifteen centuries a noble bath that nobody knew anything about, Another point: I have found out why the English are such famous walkers, It is because it costs them money to sit down, I found this out the other day as I sat on a bench in Hyde park. A man in @ uniform came along and de- manded twopence. ‘‘What for?” I asked. ‘For occupying a seat,” said he. “We are author- ized to ei t tu’pence from everybody who sits down.” Visitors to the roval mews (stables) are in- formed by their tickets of admission that no feeing is tolerated, the supposition being that the queen pays her hired men for the service they perform. Yet when I visited the royal mews the official flunky who acted as guide expected his shilling, and the superb factotum who is in charge of the sheds w! the royal thousands of pounds) are housed stretched forth an iteh- aaa The trouble is that visitors to England are consistently and audaciously robbed — the Americans being the fairest and fattest ‘. are two things which the a can neither forget nor BOXING IN THE WEST. |Seegastae unde ie Corbett’s Discourse on the Manly Art and Its Devotees. HOW TO STAND AND LEAD. Advantages ef a Good Left—The Bout with Kilrain—The Fighting Peried— Teaching Beginners—Science With- out Brutality, aes Written for Tux Evextvc over, (Copyrighted. ESTERN box- ers like west- ern men in other pursuits have come to the front so much of late years that I, as a representa- tive of the Golden stav¥: have been asked to write something about them. And at the out- set I may say, with all due modesty, that our young California fighting men, like our two- year-olds, are the best inthe world. The men and the horses of that section are perhaps more distinctively American than those of any other part of the country, and this fect, with the ad- ditional advantages of a climate which helps to keep them in condition all the year round, may Possibly be what gives them their superiority. Another thing that contributes to make them clever boxers is the fact that they pay, and pay liberally, to attract to their state the best pro- fessional talent of the day. They will hesitate. at no sacrifice of money to bring about a meet- ing of champions in order that they may have the advantage of observing their style and prof- iting by the experience. I may safely assert that more famous fighters of the present gener- ation have boxed for the pleasure of tho gen- tlemen athletes of California than for any other state in the Union, New York possibly ex- cepted. Tne rewards are bigger there than anywhere else, and men will always go where the largest purses are offered. The result of all this has been to stimulate the young men of California to acquire skill in the use of the gloves, Indeed, I may say that there is hardly astreet in San Francisco without its famous boxer, hardly a club or cafe where athletics is hot a leading topic at all times, hardly a club man who does not take lessons in the art of boxing. It is just as much a part of the educa- tion of a young westerner today as any branch of study in the curriculum of a high school or college, SCIENCE IN BOXING, It is the fashion among a certain class to be moan what they are pleased to call the decay of science in boxing. I hold no such opinion. On the contrary, I think there is a great deal more science in boxing nowadays than ever. Take the movement of the feet for example; the old style was to teach the novice to move about as little as possible, and a man who shifted much on his feet during a bout was called a coward ors dodger and was told to “stand up and fight.” Now, the feet work isa very important feature in good boxing and is taught everywhere. ‘Hit and get away” isa good maxim, and almost the first thing I teach & pupil is to use his feet properly, showing him his guard, how to lead with his and to get away. It is very important to have the left foot always in front, to have his right and left guard continually in easy, natural mo- tion and to have a good stride, not resting too much on either leg, but rather balancing be- tween the two and keeping the whole iy elastic. None of the limbs should be kept taut and stiff while boxing. Some men strain every muscle immediately they put up their guard; but this is a great mistake. It isa useless waste of energy when it is uncalled for, and, besides, one cannot either hit as hard or as quickly when the muscles are rigid as when they are kept in an elastic condition, with the whole body swaying lightly ana ready to stiffen instantly when the blow is given. ‘The hands need uot be clenched when one is simply play- ing for an opening; the moment you spring polo for the blow is the time to ciench 1m. THE VALUE OF THE “LEFT.” As a rule, other conditions being equal, a left-handed man will be more than a match for a right-handed man, anda good left is far better than a first-class right. Indeed, the battle ma; be said in a majority of cases to depend po) the left, But the right should be kept con- stantly in motion and both the arms ‘héld loosely. in reserve until it is needed to finish up the work that has been done by the left. In every bout I ever fought I have always depended mainly upon the left hand. It is a mistake for a man to stand either too much spread out or with his feet too close to- gether while boxing. He should endeavor to acquire an attitude that will not strain his legs and tire him out, besides weakening the force of his blows. With his feet too near each other the slightest tap from his opponent may send him over backward; with them too far apart he finds his own blows short and hig gen- eral action impeded. Celerity and fo are secured by a medium position that will come naturally after a few trials, WESTERN CRACKS. These few hints will furnish an idea of the style of boxing that prevails in California. It differs in many respects from the models of the east, but I think it is fully as effective. The best evidence of this is that our western box- ers are able to hold their own with the crack amateurs of the east without difficulty. Among the cleverest men in California are Jee Co- hinsky of the Golden Gate club, a 165-pounder, who is about the best two-handed heavy-weight boxer Iever saw. He —. has been matched against Billy Wilson, a St. Paul man, weigping 185 pounds. Besides possessing wouderfu science Cohinsky is a ir. Another splendid two-handed fighter is J. L. Lafferty, » light- weight, who has made a remarkable recerd. Jack Kitchin of Oukland is a heavy-weight, who tips the scales at 180, stripped. Like Laf- ferty, he is a wonderful amateur, and I con- sider hima good deal cleverer than many men who are Levee § around the country posing as champions and making a show of them- selves, might easily mention a hundred others belonging to the Olympic and other Cal- ifornia clubs who could divide the honors with the best men in the east if they did not capture them outright, THE KILRAIN FIGHT. Iam often asked concerning my fight with Kilrain at New Orleans and pressed to pass judgment upon the merits of my late oppo- nent. ThisI do not care to attempt. One little word of explanation, however, may not be out of place: Much has been said by ition when he it Nev not even a whis) per—about his condition and he looked in perfect form. He ping himself had been kee; in trim, bo: with his combination and being under the care of his trainer. Se cl i an nce with men like —~ Tare named shoud quality — judge almost man meets ina stand-ap encounter.” THE CHAXCE BLOW. Some time ago it was said that a notable fight which took place in California was de- cided bys chance blow. Now, I hold that there is no such thing as a chance blow. When ® man reaches out to hit you with see or left he never knows whether he is going to get there or not, and the same may be said of any blow, whether it is delivered straight or with a fc The only possibility of » chance knock-out blow being given is where a beaten wits Roan espa, ce, We en he able to stand, and, by the merest accident and without any calculation or science, gets in a blow that settles his oppo- nent beyond the call of time. When a man is fighting under the rules he should not be al- lowed to hit with his elbow. 4 MAN'S BEST FIGHTING YEARS vary according to whether he is of quick or slow growth and development. A quick grower’s heyday is from twenty-five to thirty. After that he gradually declines, A slow grower has his prime between twenty-three and thirty. But, after all, I think that a man who takes good care of himself is as capable a fighter at thirty-five as at twenty. Unfor- tunately it is true that so few do take care of themselves that not one in a thousand retains his fall physical powers until that age. To- ; bacco is, I think, a worse enemy of the athlete | than ‘drink. If a man wants to drink, a glass of ale or porter can be taken safely and even with advantage, except while under the orders ofa trainer; but tobacco, as all authorities agree, | trainer; but tobac: Nl authorities agi affects the whole nervous system and is par- ticularly bad for the wind, JAMES, J. CORBET. Itry to be as gentle as possible with all of my Pupils and to infuse confidence in their own ability. This I consider one of the most im- portant sapien ase I have knownaman who was a coWard to be transformed into a plucky, capable fellow and a capital boxer by simple tactics that gave him confidence in him- self. I would see that he winced whenever an opponent jumped for him, and that he was dis- posed to cower before blows which some men would have made lightof. Selecting a man who was not half us clever as himself, yet who had more assurance, I would match them to- gether, first taking good care to praise the fine qualities of the poor boxer to the timid pupil. “He's a good one, but you can easily do him; go in and try.” After a few blows, the nervous man would discover to his amazement that he was actuaily superior to his opponent and he would sail in with a vim that would astonish bimeelf and everybody else. A few more such experiences and his timidity vanishes, and in- stead of an arrant coward you have a self- possessed, clever boxer. MODERATE TRAINING, In beginning a course of athletics a young n should be careful not to overdo matters. T used to leave my office at about 5 o’clock, go to the club, take my boxing lesson for half an hour, then take a turn at the foils, followed by a few minutes at the dumb bells or the Indian clubs. In none of the latter would I make the exercise violent. Then I would go up to the track and run around for two miles at a slow » The whole would be accomplished in The office of the right is to remain’ Aruban kote aude malt op probably less, and for a young, healthy man, it is not at all too much. It might be varied a little according to opportunities. Under such training a man can eat three good meals per day, not restrict- ing himeelf particularly, except that rich dishes should be avoided as a rule, SPORTING CLUBS, Among the great trinity of sporting clubs the Olympic Athletic easily leads, with the New York and Southern next. All three are fine clubs and worthy of the generous support of lovers of athletics in America, It is due to them, more than to any other agency, that the athletic spirit is kept alive in this country and that the younger generation is destined to be a nation of aiceng bodies men and women, the equal of tht finest among the European races, In Califoruia many gentlemen have distin- uished themselves by their devotion to the interests of athletics and with remarkable suc- cess, for they have given the movement an im- petus that has captured the young men of the olden state. Messrs, William Vice, Edward ‘ay and Mr. Fergueson are among those I now recall as having given a grent deal of time and energy to this cause and they are now rewarded by seeing it widely successful. NO MORE BARE KNUCKLES. I would like, in closing, to make a suggestion @rawn from practical experience and observa- tion, and which will be interesting to amateurs and professionals alike: If the clubs who are interested in making most of the big matches between noted boxers nowadays would agree that hereafter thePe should be no bare knuckles used and that gloves should be insisted on at this would renove one of the feat- now make boxing objectionable to ople who associate brutality with bare ides, as @ matter of fact, a man’s su- many fists. a periority can be demonstrated just as readily with gloves as with bare knuckles. The true 1g man does not go toa match for the purpose of witnessing a show of slugging and mauling, but a scientific display, Itis unscien- tific to simply wait for an opening to knock « Man out and all such brutalities as are some- times seen at bare-knuckle fights might be elim- inated were gloves used and London prize-ring rales, permitting wrestling, tripping, falling on @ man and smilar tactics, abolished, A clean, scientitie bout between skilled boxers, with the gloves under Queensbury rules, would then be absolutely unobjectionable. The three clubs, acting in conjunction with the great body of amateurs throughout the country, can bi about these desirable coeogee if they will, james J. Consett. His Fee. ‘From the Chicago Tribune. “Dr. Pyll, you have earned my lasting grati- tude. Without your skillful, untiring and watchful care I feel that I should never have recovered. We are indebted to you, O so deeply.” Z ‘The beautiful young convalescent, pale but never more lovely, was sitting up for the first time since her illness had en @ favorable turn. She leaned back in her easy chair, com- fortably Propped with pillows, and looked with ardent nye ude at the young physician who had called to make his last professional visit. ae: of it in that way, Miss Winnie,” he re “In your happy recovery I feel more than repaid for the exercise of my highest “But it would be unprofessional to let your feelings be a sufficient remuneration,” rejoined the fair Mise Winnie, witha gayemile. ‘There must be a fee besides and I think you need not fear to make it a large one.” young physician moved forward on his “I fear if I should include in my bill one Mies Winnie, it i mean— that trembled ‘ee gingular tendency to “I hardly think it possible, doctor,” she said, sul emiling htly, “that you can ask too “Winnie Greenup!” e: ‘man, 7» ‘tale not to meof fees! What are ¥ IN TROPICAL CLIMES. Country Life in the United States of Colombia. THE WONDERFUL SALT MINES. & Horseback Ride Through a Picture eng try—How the Sait Mincs are Worked—A Typical Rural Home and its Customs, ——>__ From Tux Stan's Traveling Commissioner. Bocota, Covompra, February 25, N ORDER to give you some idea of rural life in Colombia permit me to tell you of a visit we have lately been making tothe most famous sait mines in the world, which are lo- cated just beyond the village of Zipaquira, on the other edge of the great plain of Bogota. Imagine a jolly party on horseback, followed by two mozos (men servants) and a donkey laden with hampers of luncheon, cantering gaily out of Bogota on a bright midwinter morning. The road, winding most of the way along the base of the foot hills, passes stretches of swamp that are completely black- ened by myriads of wild duck and other water fowl, showing here and there a tall, white crane, a blue heron, or pink-breasted flamingo, standing meditatively on one leg. all quite un- isturbed by our approach. Either the Colom- bians are not “mighty hunters” and so have never taught their beasts and birds the fear of man, or else the southern sun has imbued the latter with the same constitutional laziness and indifference to danger that characterizes the people; certain it is, that one need not waste a shot on most of the so-called wild game here, but may deliberately waik up and knock it over with a club, SEED TIME AND HARVEST. Then come quintas, devoted chiefly to the cultivation of orchids for the European trade; gardens where the fruits and vegetables are raised that supply the markets of Bogota, and small farms green with wheat, corn, alfalfa and clover, Nothing tells more truly of the even temperature here than the various stages of the corn fields, proving that seed time and harvest are entirely in the hands of the husbandman, One field is just being plowed amd planted, an- other by its side hasa fine crop of full-grown corn on stalks higher than a man on horseback, while a third shows the green blades hardly a foot above the ground. It is the same way with the wheat. Here are newly sprouted fields, like emerald velvet. Close by are others in full head. Some are being cut by women with short sickles and in many es the primitive THRESHING FLOOR is in operation. The latter is odd enough to deserve a paragraph, especially as itis an es- tablished institution all over South America. A level place is selected, a circular wall of adobe built around itand the earth covered vith stones. The wheat is then thrown in and span of horses driven around and around the inclosure until their trampling has shelled out the kernels, Sometimes a flock of sheep is turned in and driven rapidly to and fro until the same purpose is accomplished. Then the women come in and separate the wheat from the chaff by hand, sifting the former into little iles and afterward putting it into bags. We Reuakteauad cane ths drooping branches of a Peruvian pepper tree. Such a confused con- glomeration of dogs and donkeys, pigs and abies, all rolling in the dirt —— besides & company of muletecrs with their loaded animals, and farmers on horseback, each man with enormous spurs on his heels, a wide som- brero on his head and @ poncho entirely cove: ing the rest of his figure. The poncho ix an- other South American institution that must by no means be neglected. It is nothing but a very large, square blanket, of varying degrees of coarseness or elegance, with a short slit exactly in the middle of it, only just large enough to admit the wearer’s head. Having thrust his head through this hole, which closes tolerably close around the neck, a man on horse- back is completely covered and well protected from dust, rain or cold, 3d THE HOMES OF THE POOR. The few huts surrounding Santander are roofed with grass and reeds, with holes cut in the thatch through which the smoke may es- cape if it will. It seldom avails itself of the privilege, however, but fills the room and pours out of the door from the fire of sticks built on the floor or on a sort uf cairn or altar of adobe erected in the middle. These poor homes are like thourands of others allover South America, wherein the lowest classes, who really comprise the bulk of the popupation numerically, are born, live and die, always in abject poverty, often in hunger, but invariably in a state of al solute contentment. There are no windows in the walls, and frequently the entrance bas no other door than a bit of brush set up on occa- on, astolen board, or an old blanket slung across, Mother earth furnishes the only floor- ing, c! ‘sare unknown anda bench or two, with a stationary table of solid adobe or a few rough planks nailed together, are considered ample furnishing. A pile of straw covered with a blanket forms @ luxurious bed, but oftener there are no beds at all, the people lying down on the ground wherever they like, while the pigs, fowls, goats, donkeys or what- ever live stock the family are so fortunate us to possess besides fleas, lice, &e.. go in and out at will, as much at home inside as any of the other occupants, After a hasty luncheon from the hampers, eked out with coffee made gipsy fashion, and half an hour's rest with our backs against the big pepper tree, we were again in the saddle, ‘The way grew wilder as the distance from the capital increased. all ferns fringed the way- pia, ced aa and Gr wala\ owas ‘among huge stones, gray and mossy, pitched about in wild- est contusion, as though the uountain brownies had been playing at foot ball. At last PUENTE CoMMUN was reached, a remarkable bridge, rajsed con- derably above the surrounding country, whe: t the widening of the road, is another posada, in which all travelers tarry for a siesta while their horses are being fed and rested. This is by far the most interesting bridge I have yet seen in Colombia, It crosses a bit of low ground, which in the rainy season is a roar- ing river and at other times merely a swamp, by aspan of three piers. At intervals along the middle span are round turrets, and on the four principal pillars is a Spanish’ inscription which, translated, reads: ‘This bridge was built in the ee of Carlos IV, king of Spain, in 1792, by the English prisoners who were taken at the abortive attempt of Admiral Vernon to capture Carthagena.” After crossing this bridge an hour's steady ride brought us within sight of the distant trees and church towers of Zipaquira. Gradu- ally the eee ¢ dfrom pasture lands to cultivated fields, where potatoes, corn and wheat are growing, dotted about with mis- erable mud hovels, wherein black pigs and blacker humans dwell amicably together. We had been invited to remain during our stay in ® pleasant little quinta in the farther sub- urbs of Zipaquira with the family of one of the salt mine owaers, and before darkness fell we were warmly welcomed and safely housed in this hospitable home. THE FAMOUS SALT MINES are located in the hills directly back of the town. Nobody knows how old the mines may be nor how many millions of tons have been taken out of them. In the year 1525 the Spaniards found them old and well established, having long been worked by the tribes, sat ever since they have on govern- oe pabien hth of its total worked for the benefit of the ments, to this day government with about Fevenue. ii . SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1890-TWELVE PAGEs. — The walls were supported by solid columns of salt; salt peas gem around, above, below, nothing but salt. The super- intendent informed us that this stapendous MOUNTAIN OF SALT tust have been formed by the ocean, which in prehistoric ages washed over the where we were standing, but whether ame will agree with him I cannot say. In some places the salt was white as snow an® sparkled like diamonds, but as a rule it wasa dirty slate color, Away up in the heart of the mountain, where the air was close to oppression and the blackness and silence more terrible than be- fore, is a little chapel, hollowed out of solid salt, in which isan image of the Virgin, sur- rounded by tall crosses. Night and day. from — to year, candles are al kept burning front of this strange shire, and miners never fail to say their prayers here on entering the mine, fully believing that this alone saves them from falling into the clutches of the evil spirits of the mountain. 4 RURAL HOME. Jaratena, the quinta at which we were enter- tained, is shut in among the bills apd reached by lanes overhung with green cones of the es- meralda, bushes covered with yellow berries pine-shaped and poisonous, which the natives call Pena de Diablo (the devil's pineapple) and pretty pink flowers of the Uva de Monte. No words can convey an adequate idea of the look of smiling contentment that pervades this rural home, nor describe the pure exhila- rating air and the rich green of the herbage. The place ie noted for its fine, fat cattle and its great variety of fruits and flowers. Just below the house a stream, bordered en- calyptus trees, tumbles over its stony bed ina hundred little waterfalls; over one part of it a beautiful marble basin has been built, wherein the family may enjoy out-of-door ’ bathing. The pretty patio is surrounded by « corridor, over which the straw-thatched roof of the house projects all shaded by passion vines and the lue flowers of the lobelia, here called “azul.” ‘That you may understand something of domes- | tic life among well-to-do country people of Co- | lombia let me recount one day's experiences in ; this hospitable home, where we were given no reason to believe that the inmates had departed much from their ordinary routine. Having slept soundly under the straw roof, lulied by the sound of the rushing river, in a neat room where the little iron bedsteads were curtained with white muslin tied with pink ribbons, we were awakened at an early hour by the song of blackbirds and the twittering of a colony of cacaracheros, which make their nests under the overhanging thatch. Evidently somebody had been listening for the first sound of our voices, for the instant we were awake the hostess came in bringing the usual desaguno in the shape of tea, bread and arepa cake and to inform us that | being in the country breakfast would be served | at the extremely early hour of 9:30 instead of at noon, as in the city, AT BREAKFAST. When finally summoned to that meal the food senora went in ahead, carrying a large olla or earthen-ware jug, of soup just off the fire. It was made of hot water and beaten eggs, with plenty of butter, flavored with fennel and parsley, hard-boiled eggs put in whole. Next cold boiled mutton was served, with a bit of cold turkey and two sweet potatoes served on | each plate, Then came slices of aguacate, the oily fruit used for salads, which is sometimes called “vegetable butter.” Then cheese, arepa cake and the weakest of tea. We may remar: en passant, that the Colombians seem to ha no idea how to make tea, and drink it mostly asa medicine. The cheese is not at all like that found in the United States, but is white as paper and quite as tough and tasteless. Arepa cake is made of crushed corn and water, without salt or soda, baked on a griddle or in the ashes, and not unlike a Mexican tortilla, THE CEREMONIOUS MEAL. At 3:30 o'clock dinner was announced. This isthe ceremonious meal of the day and we marched out of the parlor into the dining room adjoining, each lady on the arm of a gentle- man, the precedence being given to the pair of highest social rank or greatest age. At each plate was a tiny bouquet tied with blue anda in in the ribbon with which to fasten it on. in the center of the table appeared a fine reast turkey, flanked by several bottles of wine, brandy, beer and chiche, the latter a native. beverage made from fermented corn and sup- posed to be very strengthening. ' The first course was soup, colored yellow by some mysterious process and extremely greasy. ‘Then the lady of the house carved the turkey, a slice of which was put on each plate, together with two potatoes, a lump of corn meal pud- ding, a bit of roast mutton and some aguacate salad. When this had been cleared away we were served with another kind of soup, called masamora, which seemed to contain a little of everything. Then camea dulce, or sweetmeat of corn meal well sugared, on the top of which appeared in white letters the name of the house, “Juratena,” Afterward cheese was served with arepa cake; then chiche in large mugs, a villainous drink that does not intoxi- cate, but stupeties; then huge dishes of uranges, bananas and granadillas, followed by glasses of water, and Jastly coffee, with cigarettes for all who desired them. About 8 p.m. a third meal was served, con- sisting of tea, coffee, chocolate, or bread and milk, as each preferred. There was also cheese, arepa cake, a kind of dulce made of guavas and some wafer cakes with honey between thers, THE SALA OR PARLOR > isalong, high apartment, showing the dean straw thatch overhead. Its brick floor isipare tially covered with straw mate and ite gide windows, with their shutters of solid wood Hike the doors of a barn, are draped with lace cur- tains, There are some wonderfully carved ebony tables, with mirrors in the bottom, brought from’ France; claw-footed chairs and sofas, upholstered with crimson brocade; chromos oun the plastered walls, bad enough to set one’s teeth on edge; a beautiful crystal chandelier (never usd) suspegded from an unpainted beam by two common iron pot-hooks linked together; a magnificent German piano and half a dozen “tipleys,” guitars and other musical instruments, In the midst of this queer conglomeration we had music and dancing, in course of which our kind host and hostess—she short, fat, black-eyed and goog-natured, he tall, thin and very dark—pertormed the “bambuca,” a na- tive dance, for our edification. Fannie B. Warp. eee Particular About His Drinks. From the New York Tribune. “Have a drink with us, old man,” young fellow who was treating three or four companions in a popular cafe the other night. “I've had a stroke ot luck today and feel gen- erous envugh even to treat the house. Ours is whisky.” “Thanks,” said the smiling proprietor, who was behind the bar. ‘I'll take gin,” and he ured himself out a thimbleful or two from a ttle that stood near him. “Gin’s a horrid drink,” said the speaker. “What makes you take it nm you have the choice of so many fine drink: “Depraved taste, I suppose,” replied the bar- keeper, with alaugh. “B'long, then.” “Say. old man,” said a red-nosed individual, stepping up, “I don’t like to drink it all aione. Won't you keep me company?” “Certainly,” said the proprietor; “what will 7 jin,” replied the man. “You'll take the same, won't you?” 0 gin for me,” said the s “Whisky is my drink,” and he poured out his own liquor from a different bottle from that which he had set before bis former customers. ‘This sort of thing went on with variations for an hour or two. The proprietor drank with every one who asked him, but never took the same liquor as his customer. “How is it,” asked a man who had been look- ing on from his seat ata table near by, “that you can consume so much liquor in the course of a da’ id yet not show the effects of at least ten horns in the last hour, and I suppose the same sort of thing goes on all day, yet your eye is clear, your skin healthy loo! and your whole appear- ance that of a man who never takes more than x Sau rat fel said the proprietor, with “Well, Pll tell you,” 4 a laugh, “seeing that you're an old friepd, if said a you promise not to give me away. 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