Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1890, Page 11

Rd A r THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES, ATTRACTIVE HOMES. —— Practical Suggestions for Industrions Women, pa GEE. ART IN THE HOME CIRCLE. Mow to Make Protty Ornaments—A Con- venient Music Rack Easily Made— mer Cozy Outfit — Commodi Shelves—Foot Stool, ie Written for Taz Evexrre Stan. Na description of a most bewitching col- lection of all sorts of things interesting to home-makers the conclusion is, ‘But four readers must visit the establishment for themselves and sce these specimens of artistic furnishings.” Inasmuch, however, as the said establishment is in London it will not be feasible for all of Tax Stan's readers to view tho tempting array, and for their benefit I will retell some of the attractions referred to. Among other things are dainty writing tables and cabinets with panels painted in the style of Angelica Kauffmann, which might serve asa suggestion to some of Washington's young artists on a rather simpler scale, porhaps. Any good cabinet maker could make a protty piece of a similar kind and insert a panel painted to suit the style of article preferred. A pine music cabinet or stand, for instance, would be very pretty finished with white or buff ename! paint, with a panel of flowers or musical instra- ments tied with ribbons. This would not be beyond the powers of many young artists who have already accomplished quite as ambitious efforts. ‘The accompanying design may, perhaps, be &n aid to any one having the fancy for carrying out this idea. In this case the panel in front is stationary, while the music is slipped on to the shelves from the sides, thus doing away with the necessity of a door to open in front, Ro back to our theme w substance is ex- inated Ser, wall dover ing, but which can be ~¢ to many other uses. is something of the sas of lincrusta, but is much less expensive. 4 Itis a wood fiber and comes in excellent de- signs, in colors of old old, terra cotta and ivory. ae lly good and effective. The name of this new substance is “lignomure.” Many artistic touches can be given with lincrusta, but it is so expensive that a good many people must exclude it from their experiments, and® cheaper article of the same nature would be quite a boon to home workers. Altogether a charming idea in the collection I mentioned is what is called A “‘cozY CORNER” OUTFIT, consisting of two little settees, a pair of china brackets, ® corner cupboard, a teacup screen and a small Eastlake table fg toca making. This makes a complete set for a delightful cor- ner effect, or any of the pieces can be used singly to advantage in other places. The tea- cup screens I have mentioned before some time ago, and I wonder they are not more used here where the tea table has become so domesti- cated. They can be made quite a picturesque accessory of a tea table, and could be as easily gotten up as Many other things which are suc- cessfully attem ted. In the illustration the onl & eonmeles ivory white, as is also the fretwork which makes the lower portion of each panel and the spindle work at the top. Between the two sections of wood is inserted a piece of brocade in pompadour style, in this instance pink being the predominating color. Any choice piece of silk or embroidery that one may have collected in one’s travels can be preserved and exhibited at the same time in this way. The shelves are quite commodious, and standing near a tea table will hold a re- serve of china, look pretty and at the same time keep off a stray draught from the tea maker, thus proving a claim to both use and beauty. For friezes it BAS RELIEF OF PLASTIC. Another new idea hails from New York and is one that will probably become quite popu- lar. It is the application of “‘plastic” to differ- ent articles, ornament- ing them by a form of bas relief by means of | this composition. It | comes in various ways | and can be used in dif- | ferent degrees of thick- | ness, Sometimes it is as stiff as modeling clay |} and can be ‘used in the } same way, and again it e is as thin as glue and is — with a syringe, by managing this most graceful arabes- ques and tendrils can be applied in a very decorative way to many arti- cles. These laatio ornamentations are gen- erally touche with bronze and gold paints end are capecially iy applicable to screens, friezes and pictute frames. In its firmer state it can be made into medallions, heads in bas relief and Other artistic forms, This effect must be quite similar to the “gesso” work of England, though the preparations used are rather different, I fancy. This plastic would make interestin, work for anyone fond of modeling in clay an oue even inexperienced at that might manage the thin preparation in simple decorations, VISITING CARDS. I lately heard of a enggestion to relieve the so-called “ugly monotony” of ladies’ visiting cards. The idea was to have a bird or flower in the corner of each card in different colors, or the same flower. perhaps, for a a The cards were to come ready decorate the choice made before the name is engraved, This is one of the dowdy notions which some people would hail as artistic. By all means let the visiting card retain its simplicity and not become a rival of advertisemont cards with the flower and bird adornment. A BOUDOIR FooT sTooL, It seems as if scarcely an article or utensil of household use has been left undisturbed and undiverted from its primitive purpose. One of the latest reconstructions is making a boudoir foot stool out of a bushel basket. In- Yert it, pad it on the top and puta valance or flounce reaching to the floor. There are the directions of the ingenious inventor. How- ever, cither I miscaleulate the height and size of a bushel basket or a foot stool of rather gigantic proportions is intended. A gift of this nature might possibly be resented by a sensitive maiden if her number in shoes runs above 3. The other day I saw an advertisement of an “upholsteress,” and I at once wished that such & profession had been taken up by some Wash- ington woman. Some time ago a friend, wish- ing to havea box lounge recovered, gavo it into the hands of Mr. Seamstress, who, with some directing, made a creditable piece of pluiting the valance, tufting the pillows, andall for about a quarter of the sum that would have been charged at an upholsterer's. USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL. A cabinet maker who would also work at the house, or rather come to the house and consult and got one’s wishes and then carry out artistic ideas in an inoffensive manner, would be # pos- itive luxury. Some such there are in town, as various pretty pieces of furniture I have seen will testify. A good gestion to be carried out in that ‘or any other) way is a bracket lik e design given, which will serve for a display f ornaments or china on top and at the same {time be « shrine for « number of photographs, In theso days. when every other of one’s friends —to say nothing of one’s aclf—is a skilled amateur in photo- raphy. collections of lovely pictures in- ergase with such rapidity that they really be- coe an embarrassment of riches. Any new device for tastefully displaying them is sure to receiye Jfome. The bracket is something not Beyond ordinary skill in workmanship, ‘and staqned or enameled would be an attractive object inymany places. From three to six pic- Soren coud be well framod in this way, accord- wall 7 pace one has at command for ae course such a shill evant Sat bun high or the effect sm: Sirs lost. A bracket like this would makes pr souvenir gift. by infusing a ht- tle sentiment itto it and choosing pictures hi »priate associations to both donor and Feteitee. Fitts ouch thoughttulnews as thie that gives a charm to even a much more simple gift, Easily Suited. From the Del Monte Wave. Waiter—‘Weil, sir, what can I order for you teday?” Guest — Py have yon got?” Waiter—* e Gees” ast right; some hash will do.” ——— | ows SRGNT GANS DREION Po ree CAR’S FREIG: It Dida’t Amount to ¥ Much, But Caused no Little Trouble. HE night was dark and drizaly and the driver of the last car bound for Georgetown on the F street line devoted occasional moments of wakefulness between cat naps to anathema- tizing the weather, while the conductor was almost too sleepy to get off at Dupont Circle and hook the switch so as to turn the vehicle into P street. “No passengers for Georgetown tonight!” said the conductor, as he jumped back on the rear platform of the empty car. “Thanks be to the saints fer beri Tomi shouted the driver piously in rep! loose the brake. ‘‘Begosh, it’s lad (j Tenet te to turn into the stables and finish me day’s work, for I'm that tired I can hardly sit on perch, not to mention the wet.” ‘The car had rumbled on two or three blocks when, Foe before it reached the P street bridge, a yell from the sidewalk obliged it to come to an unwilling halt, and a moment later a barrel was lifted aboard the front platform. “Holy Moses!” ejacn- lated the conductor, as he rang the bell to start up again. “SomeGeorge- town duffer's got on in front and now we're in fora trip to the otherend of the route. How it does rain! Oh, blanket- ty-blanketty - blanketty blank!" Whereupon the gentleman with the bell punch proceeded to exe- ente a brief wardance = the rear platform, pai tomimically expressive of his hostile feelings toward late Georgetown passengers in general and this one in particu- “H—1 and blazes!” exclaimed the driver, ad- ministering a vicious slash with his whip to the off horse. ‘‘Here’s meself dead tired and just makin’ ready fer bed, and a Georgetown chump gits aboard wid a barrel, begum, to give me an extry hour's work this pitch dark night. I don't | see nothin’ of the snoozer; I 8" he’s on the vack platform enf'yin’ himself wid » seegar. Glang!” The car passed over the bridge and had got about four blocks beyond the stables when the conductor bethought him of a nickel due. Go- sa in he slid open the front door and sai “Fare, please.” “There ain’t no one out here,” responded the driver, surprised. “There ain't!” echoed the conductor; “why what became of the Georgetown pussenger?” ie “He got on the back platform wid you, va didn't “Of course he didn’t. I heard him get on the front platform myself.” “You're 'way off. He only put his barrel on here and that’s all I sawof him. The dark’s that thick I couldn't tell what he lukked like, only that he was a small man.” “Well, then, we're dead sold, for there didn’t any pagsenger get aboard at all, and we're makin’ the circuit of Georgetown for a barrel of freight.” Tho two colleagues looked at each other blankly in the dim flickering light shed by the oil lamp overhead, while the car fled onward. “What's in the barrel?’ said the conductor, finally. “Let's bring it inside the car and see, plied the driver. “Why, bejaLers, it's ompt; To prove the fact, he gave the barr vigorous kick, and it fell at once into a ruin staves and hoops; there was nothing inside, Te- in of “Sucked in!” remarked the conductor, gloomily. “A put-up job!” assented the driver, con- tinuing the kicking process until the mass of debris had all been kicked out of the car and of the front platform. Then, without anothor word. his feelings being too deep to be expressed in utterance, he resumed his stool and reins, while the conductor took his place once more in grim silence at the rear and the car sped on. Neither of them had seen a shadowy figure &@ moment before drop silently off the rear ond of the vehicle. Under the ligat of ‘a lamp- Post near by it was seon that of a half- youth in garments pic- turesquely ragged, bare-footed and with countenance the most striking features of which were an ‘‘under- shot” jaw and a nose that had presumably been smashed out to its remarkable flatnes with a brickbat or some other hostile weapon. His expression was one of extreme cheerful- ness, however, as he ran along through the rain back toward the P-street bridge, saying to himself: “Dat’s de time I got der bulge on de fly con- ductor wot tought he cud fire de leader of de tough Rock creck ang off his car. I give it ter him on de dead dat Td git even wid him, an’ now I done it, Him an’ de driver both s'posed it was a passenger gittin’ on when I shoved de berrel aboard. Course I never tought dey wouldn’ t find out de cheat right away, but, hully gee! it tuk "em 'way out to de udder end 0’ Georgetown. Wasn't it great! Pll teach dat conductor sumpin' "fore I git troo wid him. Dat driver I've spotted is goin’ ter get it in der neck, too. Some night next week me and de rest ‘of de gang ‘ll go down to de Tracy house an’, just before his car comes, we'll lay bricks from dat brick pile fer four blocks along de track; den, while he's Pickin’ ‘em up we'll t’row tings at him, See?” ELEPHANTS ON THE RAMPAGE. A Lively Circus Afternoon in a Little Town in Utah. A Salt Lake City ‘Vispatch to the Denver Republican says: Nophi had a wild experience with McMahon's circus there recontly. The performance proceeded without incident until the trained elephants were brought on, when, for some unruliness of one of the beasts, the trainer struck him a voilent blow with a gaff. This so enraged his elephantship that he charged into the crowd on the lower tier of seata, bellowing loudly. In an instant there was the wildest panic, The other elephant in sheer fright bolted through the horse and dressing tents, causing the horses to break their fastenings in terror and stampede from the tents, while in the main tent the big elephant was stamping and bellow- ing in rage, tearing up the soil and throwing | it to the top of the canvas in a cloud of dust, It was only a moment until the people were wild and uncontroilable. Children screamed, women shrieked and = rushed madly over them both. ‘Attaches of the circus and passengers stand- ing on the platform waiting to take the north- bound train rushed to the scene, bogaed, coaxed and threatened the people in hopeless eudeavor to calm them and allay their fears, One of the canvasmen stood outside with a pike pole and id it like a bayonet, compelling women to resume their seats, Chil- dren trembled and pushed, on over and stepped over each other trying to get out under the canvas, while women climbed to the top of the seats and jumped over the canvas into the arms of men on the outside. One woman was so alarmed and beside herself that she left her four-months-old baby on one of the seats, and when it was all over she did not know what she had done with it. One of the elephants, which had caused no trouble, struck pell-mell out of the tent rushed into a private yard, where he rus! into an old cabin and, being unable around or get out, stuck his head window and lifted the roof up on his struck across the fields for a mile or fore he could be recovered, In» the people were induced to go back tent, and a crowd who were on the ptier sy had not been in af all witnessed the remainder of the performance. No serious injuries rer boldly stuck his gaff I tote slonbanty Sough ough iy stuck his into hide, beat him into submission and him to a post as quickly as fist ae 8 833 Fr, ti Tibi ——— each yellow band denotee g Dotckens 1000 a aT pace : to learn what trimmings of the smount sccompanies the THE GOOD OLD TIMES. How the National a Molded Public ABOUT WEBSTER AND CLAY. Interesting Reminicecences of an O14 Washingtonian —™r. Ciay’s Impe- riousness—How He Lost the Previ- dency—The Texas Annexation, pata ras ‘Written for Tre Eventxe Stan. T is impossible to disconnect the names of the National Intelligencer Gales and Sea- ton and the city of Washington. It was a tasteful tribute to their memory, the naming after them the large schools, built since Washington emerged from “the City of Magnificent Distances,” as it was called in sarcasm, before it developed the grandeur of those distances and displayed the beauty of the design of ita illustrious founder. They wero really the educators of the great party they so ably represented. It is impossible at this day to convey an ade- quate idea of the influence of the political press at the city of Washington under the editorship of Gales and Seaton, Blair and Rives, Thomas Ritchie and their very able corps of writers. The editorials of those days were lengthy and read like essays, but the readers of Taz Star must remember they were written for the age preceding railro: hs and when the country was divided between the two con- tending parties—whig and democrat, In those columns the great questions of the day were discussed by master minds and they furnished the country with their respective — bulum. 16 statermen. of of that day, leadors of the two | ao camps, took ett inspiration from the organs of the party, whose relations to the administration in power were neither subservient or dictatorial. 1f Mr. Gales differed with a political friend in eithor house of Congress or in official life he did not hesitate to xpress his own views, and sooner or later they were those which prevailed. On one occasion Mr. Seaton could not take the same view of a public question Mr. Webster took, and, refusing to yicld his own viows to those of the great Senator, an estrangement took place for a time until Mr. Webster be- came convinced that Mr. Seaton was right, when the ‘‘entente cordiale” was resumed and remained unbroken until Mr. Webster's death. ABOUT HENRY CLAY. Mr. Clay was a man of imperious manner, and more than once the relations between the edi- tors of his organ, as it was called, was some- what strained. Entering the office of the Na- tional Intelligencer in the early part of 1841, 1 became the medium, the representative, of Messrs. Gales and Seaton in the political inter- course between them and the leaders on the floor of Congress and in official position. Mr. Gales rarely left his edito: sanctum to wait upon the most eminent m the party. They came to the office of the Intelligencer, and in the little room, now alas pages without a record of it being preserved, the great questions of the day were argued. No important speech was made on the measures sustained by the whig ‘ty, but the Inéelligencer blazed the path to followed, and when it became necessary to conveythe views of Mr. Gales or Mr. Seaton to their friends in Congress or elsewhere I became the medium. Thus at an early age I was brought into with Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, Mangum, M1 Clayton and the other political magnates of that day. An incident exhibiting the imperious nature of Mr. Clay will never leave my memory. In 1844 Mr. had sent to the National Intelli- gencer from Raleigh, N.C., a letter taking very Strong grounds against the annexation of Texas. en dated, I think, April 14, and as Mr. Clay wasen route to Washington it was withheld from publication until he should ar- rive, for Mr. Gales was opposed to its publica- tion, fearing it would drive from him the southern support so necessary to secure his election. In a few days Mr. Clay arrived and was the guest of Mr. W. A. Bradley, I think at that time mayor of Washington. waited on him the day after his arrival, urged him to withhold this letter, for the pres- ent, anyhow, if not altogether, as he doubted the polley of writing such a leter. “His views were known to the whole country and, as Mr. Gales ar, a there was no necessity for this letter. Sir, Clay arrogantly refused to with- hold the letter, and Mr. Gales returned to the Office very angry, said he would not see him again and that “he had treated him like a school boy.” Mr. Seaton, who was of a more conciliatory nature, said he would see Mr. Clay that afternoon. He did so and returned almost as displeased with his interview as Mr. Gales had been. Mr. Clay was not disposed to be controlled in this matter. After consultation it was determined to send for Reverdy Johnson and others whose influence might move Mr. Clay, and I was sent to ask Mr. Clay's permis- sion to delay the publication for forty-eight hours, I found Mr. Clay alone and he greeted me very pleasantly, but when I made known the object of my mission his whole manner eae He shouted: ‘No, sir! No, sir! Nota Tell pemagtoens ; sone my where do nota pear in the National Migencer tomot row morning I will send it to my friends Blair and Reves. lwill not be controlled im this matter!” His vehement manner surprised and in some measure shocked me. Observing it he said very kindly, laying his hand on my shoul- der: “My son, Ihave been so annoyed at these I cannot stand any more.” I left him, returned to the office and told Mr. Gales what had been said by Mr. Clay. He was saddened, and taking the letter from his table said: “Give itto Capt. Moore; it defeats Mr. Clay; no use going into the canvass.” The letter appeared in the National Intelligencer the next day, the 2th of April, 1844. The convention met at Baltimore on the Ist of May, and Mr. Clay, despite the Raleigh let- ter, was nominated by acclamation. The next day the Ls d men's ratification convention was held, the largest ever held up to that time in the country. Five hundred delegates from here attended that convention, of which I doubt if half a dozen remain with us. Mr. Clay was invited to attend and receive the congrat- ulations of this vast convention. He refused and said he should retire to Ashland and neither speak or ‘k during the canvass. Had he kept his resolve he would have been elected. THE SECOND LETTER Doxs IT. In July, however, he was induced to write another letter, known as the Alabama letter, explanatory in some measure. It drove from him the’ anti-slavery vote. Birney was nomiuated and drew from him in New York fifteen thousand anti-slavery ios 4 votes. Polk carried the state and Mr. Clay's chances for the residency ended. Conversing with the Hon. Hamilton Fish some few months ago he said Gen. Schenck and himself were the only livin, members of that nominating convention, an now Gen. Schenck has gone! I cannot recall over a half dozen of those who were delegates from Washington to the young men’s ratifica- tion convention presided over by the Hon. Jobn M. Clayton. Mr. Webster there made one of his great a that day, and the enthusi- asm pervaded the country and Mr. Clay's elec- tion seemed assured. The Snag 4 day, after Mr. Clay’s letter in 2 OP osition to the annoxa- tion of Texas ap] in the National Intelii gencer, Mr. Van aren "8 Totter taking the same grounds appeared in the Globe, and it was sub- sequently known that these letters had been agreed upon by Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren, who entertained the same views on that sub- ject. Mr. Van Buren and his friends felt sure of his nomination, and they thus sought to re- move the Texas quostion from The nomination of Mr. Polk, ho the aspect of that question, ‘and it bee leading one in the campaign. The “wigs Prophecy of war was verified, and Congress next session was turbulent and a good deal of bitterness pre' and when war was doe- clared the whi in some instances, no! Mr. Corwin of O) fo, refased to vote money am supplies to carry on, as they called it, ‘‘an un- Mighty results of national importance grew out of the annexation of Toxas. adding her millions to the wealth of the world, ied pa fg eprom + erg Ald port came, as the statesmen of the Tie Moo position to extension a ose Ty was induced, however, before the close of the cam| |, to make a h or two in favor of the date of the whig rty. Mr. Webster fully expected the ‘and it was said been promised it in 1852, and when the convention again passed him by he felt it keenly. The night the whig retifestion phe f frontier colonel.” ing was held here a procession called on Gen. Scott at the ‘chain building,” as it was called, on H street, and after congratulation keeper had been made, with very question- taste thoy called on Mr. Webster. He re- ae said, as reported in National Intelligencer the next day: “You, my fellow citizens, with many others, have been engaged in the performance of an arduous and ‘otracted duty at Baltimore in making a se- tion of a fit in to be the candidate for the office of President of the United States. It so happens that my name was used Dbetore ‘that assembly. The convention, however, I dare say, di best, exercised its wisest ‘and sound- est discrotion, and, for my part, I have no per- sonal feeling inthe matter. Iremain the same in opinion, in principle and in position have ever been, “Gentlemen, I will tell you one thing. You may be assured there is not one amo! yes who will sleep better tonight than I shull rise tomorrow morning with the iarkand though he is a better songster than I am, yet I shall greet the pur, fips east as jocund, as grati- fied and as satisfied ashe, I tender to you ix f thanks for this call of friendly regard. 1 wi ry well. Benoath these briiliant stars and in enjoyment of this beautiful evening I _ my leave of you with hearty good wishes for your health and happiness.” REMINISCENCES OF 4. H. STEPHENS. The memory of the first time I ever saw the Hon. Alexander H. Stophens has never left me, nor did it change in all the forty years of our intercourse. In 1843 Mr. Stephens entered Mery he His reputation had preceded him, it once took his position as one of the whig leaders in Congress. One day I was seated at my desk, when I heard a feeble voice ask if Mr. Galos was in. The office boy turned to me and said, ‘Mr. Coyie, » boy wants to see Mr. Gales.” I rosc to look at him and saw a boy apparently about seven’ or eighteen years, very emall, in » dress coat and high hat, who repeated the question, and I told the office boy toshow him to Mr. Gales’ room. Soon after I was called by Mr. Gales and was intro- duced to the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, who had brought along list of subscribers to the a Intelligencer, as was usual in those a. ir, Stephens’ appearance confirms a story I heard not pes siete: In 1844 Mr. Colquitt, the father of the present Senator, a leading demo- crat, was canvassing southwest Georgia and Mr. Stephens had been sent for to meet him in debate and was expected to arrive at Newnan, Coweta county, on the day preceding a joint ae called, at which Mr. Colquitt and Mr. Stephens were to speak. The keeper of the hotel, an Irishman named Dougherty, an ardent and loading whig, who was a planter as well as hotel keeper, came in from his plantation to meet Mr. Stephens, whom he never seen, and asked his wife on reaching home if Mr. Stephens had arrived. “No,” she said, “bute sick boy, who I don’t think can live until morning, is upstairs, I have had his feet bathed and put him in a feather bed, but you had better go gt and see him, for I think | he will be dead morning.” Mr. Dougherty wont upstairs, PA that the sick boy wanted for nothing and excused himself from remaining with him by saying he expected Mr. Stephens and must meet him, when “the sick boy” ood ‘Iam Mr. Stephens.” The ardent whi shocked. This ‘‘sick boy” was to meet Col Fauitt, a man six feet four and with the voice of s Stentor. He came down stairs and said to his wife, telling her who the sick boy was: “Well, if he lives until morning Colquitt will finish him.” The next morning Mr. Stephens came down to breakfast and, as the whig landlord said, ate two broiled chickens, sundry biscuits, drank a pot of coffee and said he felt better, The whig committee waited on him and es- corted him to the platform, where Mr. Col- quitt met him and the contrast became ‘more painful. Mr. Colquitt opened ted debate in one of his eloquent and telling speeches. The whigs were dent and thi ocrats @x- ultant at the closo of Colquitt’s speech, Mr. Stephens rose and commenced in his usual juiet manner, but when concluded, the father of my informant, stanch democrat, said he not only annihilated Colquitt, but if he had kept on be would have annihilated the whole party. This feeble frame lasted sereaty- three years—vears of pain and sufferi e told a gentleman, from whom I have it, that he had no recollection of ever being free from — He labored incessantly, His profession rought him wealth, which he dispensed in charity. He was always employed defend and refused to prosecute, hen he returned to Congress after the war his labors were un- ceasing, and he died in official position, Joun F. Corte. ———-——_.9e——— TEA AND COFFEE. The English Say That Americans Don’t Know What Tea Is. They say we Americans do not know what teh is, writes Julian Ralph in Harpor’s Weekly. If they know, we certainly do not, for never have I tasted such tea as I got nearly every- where in England, such biting, strong, nerve- murdering, sleep-dispelling, drug-like tea. I had to weaken it at least one-half, and then I found it aromatic and pleasant—that is to say, as nearly pleasant as that sick-room decoc- tion ever can be to a masculine, coffee-drink- ing American. Coffce-drinking, did I say? That reminds me that coffee is murdered in England until one would think that all the delightful visions of the mind and all the a seneations of the entire human system which coffee has cre- ated would turn into mighty powers of renner ful evil and crush that clumsy nation for cruelty of its behavior toward the West Indian bean. They know no more how to make a cup — coffee in England than they do how ae ioare an Ivishman fairly. ffee soup Irish are beyond the capacity and comprehension of the] British intellect. admire i ingland. She gave me a dolightful she is the mother of our patriot she isthe apostle of old world pro- gress; but when the subject of coffee is men- tioned in the seme breath with the mention of England my feelings fly away with my judj ment and all can remark is in keeping with the thought of the American who was told the other day that if America did not do thus and so England would crash us. ‘What, again?” said the Yankee, They told me I must P to France to taste went to France and coffee properly made. nowI know better. America is the only land where coffee is treated with that circumspec- tion, delicate courtesy and hearty respect w! it i» capable of extorting from those who have souls to know ite worth. They make “black coffee” well in France, and they make that out of @ tincture of chicory called ‘coffee essence;” but there is a wide a in my opinion, between coffee and black coffee. ‘here are two kinds of good,” I ence heard s Now Jersey farmer ssy, ‘good and good for nothing.” coe. “PUNCH A HOLE FOR CHARITY.” A Little Girl’s Way of Adding to the Fresh-air Fund. From the New York Times. “Papa, will you please punch a hole for char- ity?” said a little girl the other evening at the tea table of one of Brooklyn's homes, at the e | Same time handing her father a piece of paste- board the size of an ordinary business card. The father took it, and while curiously exam- ining it the little one handed him a pin and told him to go ahead and punch a ho! if Hips a it i ti i z g i seeks LIFE AT CAMP CAMERA, Hew Bachelor Clerks Enjoy the Sum- mer Out of Doors. SELECTING THE LOCATION—THE OUTFIT NEEDED —A SAMPLE DAY IN CAMP—MaNY DIPFICUL- ‘TIES, BUT PLENTY OF PATIENCE AND GOOD NATURE, E HAVE solved th the problem. It was this: How shall several bachelor clerks, who must work in the city for a living, with only thirty days of precious vaca- tion from January to January, camp outfor six or eight weeks, sleep these hot hts, with naught between them and the Stars but canvas and pure country air, experi- ment to their hearts’ content in cooking their own meals, and yet keep right on with their regular clerk work and be at no more expense, or but very little more, than board and lodg- ing in the city would have cost? It was like s problem in the “rule of three.” Given, first, several young men who desired a change of this sort and who could probably live peaceably together; second, a camping outfit and a good locality for the camp, and, third, some willingness and ability on the part 1] of the persous concerned to shift for them- selves ip the matter of housekeeping. We have Rappily combined these three terms and ob- tained the fourth—suocess, LOCATING THE cam, We finally selected a beautiful spot, a mile from the Riverdale station on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A stream, suggesting, here and there, the ‘sylvan beauty of Rock creek, Winds through ‘a well-wooded country. The tent was pitched on high ground, under a great onk and but a few yards from » large tof woods. A few moments’ walk down « sone descent brings one to « “burn,” as the Scotch would call it, a narrow brook between banks. And a little further down stream ring of cool water. Opposite the spring is 3 farm house, whose hospitable occupants furnish the campers with milk, ogas, &o. THE CAMP OUTFIT, Asto the expense of outfit, we bought « ouble tent (‘wall” and “fly” "), size 10x14. for $23. It is spacious and convenient, Three cots stand — the walls, leaving room for setting a dining table large enough for four, or, possibly, five; also room for atwo-burner ge stove, when it is too cool or breezy to the cooking outside or under the ‘fly.’ The “fly” is a tent in itself, but without Walls, and is intended to afford an extra co’ ing over the main tont in case of a heavy ra at all other times the extra canvas serves the song g urpose of another and more open tent, in ut of the other; for this purpose we bought an —— ears ing supplies, a second-hand Sh ae | Rear: everything—cots," blankets, carpet, mosquito netting, enough cooking atentile for five or six persons, &c.— for Berend ‘he gasoline stove (a treasure by the way) con new. $4; camp chairs a dollar a piece. A af other — svelled the total cost to about As an offset to this expense, the outfit fan be used for another season, sold or rented ou! After three weeks’ trial we say, “It is a great thing; we would like to do it over again next ever, says, “I don't it wasn’t for so much cooking and washing up, and walking mile in wey to catch the train so soon after break- A DAT IN cAMP. Each day in camp is much the same as any other, and yet the novelty and pleasure is always sufficient to draw forth the occasional — “This is fun and health combined; I lad we came out.” ar ut 4 —— » Probably, one of the campers wakes, perhaps because the night air has by that ‘nse t become somewhat wintry, and a por- tion of the extra peed which he had fished out of histrunk and piled upon the cot has fallen off. He readjusts the bedding, tries his bean shooter on a mongrel who is nosing eround after the remnants of last night's din- ner, and then turns in for another nap. At 5 he wakes again, looks hastily at his watch and jumps up, half dresses (in bachelor camp style), lights the stove and puts on water for oat meal or cracked wheat, Looking at the still forms of his comrades, he says to himself: “Poor fellows! I'll let them sleep as long as ible.” A few minutes later all are up. ‘he breakfast is soon under way. One makes Up some “‘what-is-it” hash, in whi ich arethriftily combined all possible remnants from yeater- day's meals (recipe not given in the books). Anoth _ on the coffee pot. When the mush is done ite place on the stove is taken, perhaps, by the patent ‘-fly-trap” toaster (an ingenious arran; nt for toasting bread over line stov uring this time, also, some one has been utting the bedding out to air under the morn- ing sun. The odd moments, being precious, are filled in with further toilet making. One snatches five minutes for shaving. Another is posting anxiously around—‘‘where's my col- a One such occasion the camper, giving up tho search, put on a clean collar and went to city. While shopping, before office, he regeegmen to take off his hat, when out dropped the missing article. BREAKFAST. But to return to the breakfast, About 6:30 the three cooks, laden with culinary spoil, gather about the table; and if the reader thinks that meal, cooked with their own hands, is not enjoyed let him camp and try it. ‘The only drawback is the ever-present fact that at 7:10 the cooks must become tramps, and waik a mile through dust and dew to the railway sta- tion. At6:50 the dish-washer, elected to that —_ office by the ae suffrage of the whole ome a fills the di an with the water which een heating, and in a few moments every- ting is washed clean (more or less), wiped, and stowed away in the great box, whose top serves as a table upon which to prepare meals and wash up. Then the top of the dining table, made by one of the party, to just cover the openend of the stowage box, is clapped on and locked at the two sides; trunks are locked, umbrellas and market basket seized; also butter, lard, &., to put into the little re- frigerator ieee: floating in the creel across the spegr' reaching the time to black up three pairs of dusty shoes with the apparatus which is kept in a good hid- ing place near by ad matter where Upon arriving in the city the marketing is done, but such articles as meat aud butter are bought as late in the day as ible or else left in the refrigerator of a friend until 4 o'clock. THE BEST PART OF THE Day. But the cream of camping out is gathered upon the return from the city, office cares over with, One unlocks the storage box and then sits down in the delicious shade of the tent to pare potatoes. Another goes for water and to the farm house for milk, eggs, &0., while the third sots the table for the best meal of the day. On especially warm days the dinner is pre- pared and enjoyed out of doore and there ‘ua charm about it which only pickuickers or eamp- ers know. The cool air, the beautiful view across the green and quiet valley to the wooded hillside, ide, tofether with the consciousness that the office or store are over for the day, combine to make this hour the best of the twenty-four. As the ee for the meal advance the rong k deepens. ‘How shall we cook the mee ll ‘We have two ways generally—*fried” a “what is it” hash.) “Do you want rice?” “Shall we have or corn starch for des- sort?” ‘Where is the egg that I beat the cup in?” (Bic.) “Don't mel — a goodness! pile es Ter te iy is interes! to watch a mush ing one. The three novice cooks ‘spoiled the broth” that time. They gathered about the No. 1 (reading from the recipe)—The lard hot’ hot! My goodness! lard never e Ho No, 2—“Drain off! 8 drop come off of them! No, 3(breaking open one of the cakes in the colander)—*They're just with lard or sie ot sow a Oe cokes. If we eat'em we'll hardly come out of it alive!” But they taste too good to we risk our digestion on some the remainder, it is suggested that one attached to a stick would serve asa tual, self. greasing swab for the frying pan. py fail—inclading Se them—there is the “what-ie-it” Laat oan for more. Next year our nr ‘ike the “old woman who lived undera hur}, if not gone, will be there still; and many anxious hunters after seashore and jashionable 1 have a worse time than those who CAM, POINTERS F FOR R MEN. What to Wear and What Not to Wear if You Want to be Stylish. From the Clothier and Furnisher. The latest cheviot shirts are in bold, hand- some black and white stripes. The firm body of the material makes it seem much like « brand of light weight canvas. The cellar and cuffs are starched, though the rest of the shirt is left pliant’ The high-backed turnover on this new shirt imparts to it no small quota of style. The stiff collar and cuffe on this nogligee shirt are warranted by the nature of the ma- terial; the idea being no concession to the bad judgment in the affixing of a stiff white linen collar to the staple negligee shirt of flaunel ore like soft texture. One of the objectionable features of the made-up sash is that it assumes to ta Sracefully tied waistband having the jointure concealed from view. If by any chance the cont should become temporarily ei give an after view of the “Marquis” sash the truss-like comicality of the situation would be forever impressed upon the minds all beholders. The sashes—‘as are sashes”—those that are tied or joined in full view of the side, are the limit in this ultra form of summer decoration that the man that knows how to dress well will go in for, Do not woar a white lawn full dress tie with every-day apparel unless you are a professional man, as, for instance, a college professor or clergyman, and do not mind being thought pedantic. If you do, you take the chance of being thought “out” of ordinary neckwear. The new fall dress shirts of celiular silk have & luxuriousness about them truly haremic. The bosom, collar and cnffs are of fine linen, the body of the shirt being of cellular silk, a fabric that is likened to pongee but decidediy more expensive. The raincoat is an all-year-round it, My goetnent the re won't ar and ob them. As to pleasure at the resorts although the styles of spring and fall are fol- lowed by the makers now as are the finest tailor-made clothes. The cloth designs are 80 successfully worked out in the water it fabric that itis indeed difficult totell the differ- ence. There is no more refreshing thought to the well dressed man nowadays thau the con- templation that he can go about in the rain looking tidy and unsoaked. The gold scarfpins in bail sha; knots and other quiet designs will continue to prevail, while the black or white pearl will be the domi- nant jewelamong the men of swaggerdom. ‘The scarfpin iteolf te cometiones so striking as to need 1 dull metal gp tone it to an appropriate gentility. Songs of the recent novelties is the Ascot bow. a showy type of made-up butterfly, well ucted and correctly named. The bow is large enough to have been formed etehe regu- lation Ascot scarfing. : The Windsor scarfs worn with rings ofe arg: riety of materials have come in again rush, and so far as popularity is con- cerned are second to no other style of neckwoar The latest articles of a fancy season are usually the loudest, In outing goods the new- est designs shown in tennis coats, sashes = fully wide avery even shirts are in parti-colored stri two inches in width. An outin stripe combination of red an fetching garment. coat slate 6s An Encounter With an Alligator. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “To hunt a ‘gator or be hunted by one,” is quite a difference, as John Highland and Will Jones say. They were out fishing with « cast net in a boat one day week before last at the mouth of Fish creek, which flows into Tampa bay just below Rocky Point. Noting a big hole near the bank they cast the net in, thinking to capture a school of mullet, but to their surprise a big ‘gator came in, thrashing around in the liveliest manner possible. Then followed a fight that was a circus, except to th ties in their small boat. interested par- The ‘gator soon had the net in tatters, but the men getting mad at this, procured « rope, east bight around his head, and had him se- cure. This rendered the saurian turious, and he began to battle right well, He plunged at the boat and tried every way to gunwale, ‘The men had only small paddies and a to fight him with, but these they plied lively, beating him about the eyes and mouth when- ever he tried to crawl into the boat. The ‘gator would jump half his le: out of the water and then rush at th t with wide-open mouth, showing a long row of serrated teeth that were ominous of his intentions if he once gained a foothold in the skiff. The men would ush the pole into his saping mouth and beat Bien with the paddles, ani ‘over the then the brute would back off with a ioud bellow of rr and anger. Finally, by a tremendous sweep o! his tail the "gator tore off half the end of the boat and it began to sink. Jones jumped for land, and, catching a big cypress knee, managed to crawl out safely. Highland was not so fortunate. Holding one end of the rope in his hand, he sprang overboard and tried to gain the iand, but the ‘gator pulled away abruptly, and High- land was flung back in the water right in n front of the enraged and hungry monster, wo | him thus the 'gator, with a loud roar, plunge: toward him with open jaws. Jones saw his friend's peril and jumped to his rescue, seizing a big light wood stick (which was as hard as iron and sharp-pointed) in his hand ashe didso. Highland got en- tangled in the rope, and it looked as if the ‘gator hud a meal in readiness. Jones’ leap Seastadh Silanes ae “gator’s head, and he brought down the keen points of his weapon on the brute’s nose, one point going into its eye. The big ‘gator turned on him and thrashed mad!y. Highland got clear of the rope finally and ecrambled to land, where Jones hastily fol- lowed as soon as he could dodge the wounded ‘gator, The latter followed his foes out on the shore and rushed at The men ran around a tree to get a purchase on their rope and the ‘gator ran on opposite side. There they were; the rope was so held that the ‘gator couldn't quite get to them, while, on the other hand, they didn’t dare to let go in the face of the inturiated oe ype which they erg ed was eo highly and thoroughly mad ey stood ne chance with him, especially without ee I dat his e ‘gato> plunge would-be victims, so ted y yet so far, and roared in impoteat — e and anger. The men strained every nerve old him when he raged in this manner, aud could only de so by the exercise of their ut- most strength. The roap creaked and twisted under the strain; but fortunately held. For half an hour this — Toca and ‘gator and men alike were out. The men kept a long interval Jones’ boy came home, half a mile off. The lad was sen! the double quick for's rifle, and was absent seemed hours to the When he returned his father took and, aiming carefully at the ‘gator, fired. SroehatSnierope get one jet rope pach id the bi bile again an ig then lay quiet. 1 tout 2 The leny cal mune over 500 bull "gator and very fierce. that one such of this ficient to lasta —— see ____ - Femitntue, But Neat. From the St. Louis Republic. After your soup and fish you begin to talk with your neighbor. Sbe is an American married to » Frenchman, and she tells you this funny little story anent ‘a famous little beauty who had been betrothed to her tgabent before she ever met him. ee ie i f if il I 8 if s i z cs il i He i ii i i i M He if 42 it Hf it i i R f § I | i soaked with been hi other Black then, represen: ted to of off The q the calling pole COO -SIRTEEN PAGES | Secienns Sites nes Wndihi Tenn en the Question Wes Taken. The London Daily ‘News has the following. “After two weeks of hard voting by 11,307 electors the palm of popularity in fiction has awarded The readers of a weekly paper, London, have returned a lady at the top of the poll. Miss Braddon romps in with 1,808 votes, easily heading her nearest male rival, who hae 1.648 The curiosities of the election are many. Mr. Besant is not a bad third—1,560—about double the vote given for Ouida, who just beats Mr. James Payn for fourth place, while he high above ‘John Strange Winter,” ley Smart and Miss Broughton Miss Edoe Lyall wu such a competition might surely have looked for more than 327 backers, b it she ‘walks away’ from Mr. Robert Buchanan. Mr. is near the bottom of the poli, a position in which a majority over Mr. KL.’ Stevenson may afford him no little comfort. “Miss Braddon is more than ten times as much the world’s desire as the author of ‘The Master of Ballantre.’ So much for style and larity. There is a very close fight between Mie Justin McCarthy (84) and ue Thomas (83) . Burnand are cmemeae in dis- Marion Crawford comes last with 23, and Mr. George Meredith is not men- tioned at all, not ‘colored on the card.’ What does culture say? Woe fancy that culture Simply inverts the list, places Mr. Meredith at the top of the poll, in his absonce, and leaves Mise don and her companions in popular esteom to the consolations of large editions and the unthinking applause of the populace. But whether the populace or culture is right, it belongs to the future to decide. Perhaps the oddest thing of all is that the authors of ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ and of “Three Mon in & Boot’ have very small bands of supporters. Yet surely they ore popular, if anybody i» pop- ular at present. the whole affair women are extremely sae as indeed they richly deserve to Mrs. Lynn Linton, Ir. Christie Murr: comfiture. Mr. ff Artificial Diamonds Were to be Made. From the Spectator. The question is a curious one, for it involves ® good deai of human nature, Is the value of 4 precions stone wholly depondent upon its rarity and the consequent proof it affords that its owner is possessed of wealth, or, at all events, of wealth which he can afford to waste? That is anoarly universal assumption, cape- cially with those to whom wealth is in iteclf an lense, and it has this support, at least, that Many a woman who would despise pretense thinks. if she actually has the diamonds at her bankers’, she may wear their copies in paste. We venture, nevertheless, to question its en- tire correctness. enormous market © of stones, as compared with their bulk and utility, 0 doubt due to their rarity and the conse- nt gratification to vanity which thetr pos- session affords; but their whole valuc does not consist in that, The desire for them is pro- voked also by their inherent beauty, as of fow- ers gifted with an attribute of permanence,and possibly also by that instinctive taste for Shining things which has made dowd: strike all races as exquisitely beautifal— moboly ever paid for a dewdrop--and which, as many doctors know, rises in some mon and women to ® well-marked kind of insanity. Many klepto- maniacs can control themselves against their temptation so long as the coveted article does not glitter. No possible ease of manufacture can make an eternal dewdrop other than beau- tiful or tak ay the ruby's gift of setting off flosh or dim the strange flash of the opal, so utterly unlike anything else that nature bas produced. [By the way, the reference to the opal may bea mistake, for the beauty of that Jewel, being the result of nature's failure and not of her success—for she can hardly have intended those biatuses which yield the irr descence--may be wholly beyond even the ablest chemust's art.) The taste for jewels would be universal if only the People ever thought of them as poss bly procar: and if they sank heavily im rice they would be universally worn, as, im- rr <4 cheaper jewels and imitations are already. What would happen, we believe, therefore, if jewels became cheap, is that the rich would abandon them in their present form, which tends more and more to a costly sim- coy em ‘the stones being, as it were, bared of er ornament—and that whole popule tious would take them up, thus constituting a ‘ious once more a great article of commerce. m the poorest would use the stones for ornament. It is Birmingham jew- elry that would die, not the real article. ag rich, moreover, would defend themselves by art to their aid. and we should see not only a wonderful improvement in goldemithe’ work, ften devoid of even « pretense of art feeling, but a sudden and splendid revival of the art of the gem engraver, now #0 pearly dead The ruby collar of the marchiones would be almost as costly as ever, as 8 triomph of design and workmanship—even socialise could harkly make the first in Europe use his gift with a willing heart for « . eek. le diamonds would — m of the people what pearls used oe a . Italy, ornaments with wi it was Land indecorous, Coreen que bad form, ai The Soghens for Use in Fogs. From the Providence Journal. On the trip of the steamer Massachusetts from New York on Tuesday evening, tests were made by a board of naval officers of the new apparatus for climinating the danger of fogs at sea, known as theeophone. J. W. Miller of the Providence and Stonington Steamship Com- pany, at the request of the United States gev- ernment, had the Massachusetts fitted with the the apparatd®, in order that its workings might be tested coming up the sound. Briefly descr the instrument is @ polished brass refiector, 1 by 88 inches, comente on both elfen, wuihonted receivers in the form of ear trum; attached to both sides. This is mounted above the deck house, on a vertical hollow brass shaft ex- tending through the ceiling. in which are two tubes connecting with the sound receivers, ing through separate resonators and ené- with an ear piece covering each ear. The object of the apparatus is to produce sound im one ear and acoustic silence in the other. The manner in which the position of « vessel ap- proaching or being approached in « fog is de termined may be understood by the following example: If a vessel wero ing on the star. board bow the conn of her whistle would strike the right side of the reflector and be carried to the right ear with silence im the left. By turning the whee! until the sound conses im the right it will be heard in the leftear. Mid- wav between these two points of silence ie the situation of the sound, and by turning the re fiector toward this puint the sound waves enter both ears equally and the reflector ts pointed with it accuracy toward the object heard. A slight vibration of the whee! to break the sound waves will enable the Cog to foliow a ar object in any direction. eopbone also be used in avoiding fixed obstacles, poe bpeagcs Love | wae In such eases the ing in obtained by echo, the vessel sound- ing its whistle and receiving the echo back into the eophone. When the sea is clear there isuoecho, but when obstructed in any there is always a reflex wave of sound. In manner ob, as emall as a spar buoy can located, it is claimed. As the Massachusetts did not come in com- tact with any fog in her course it was to resort to artificial means for an ex When the steamer oees to -+ wi at Point « tug was end its captain instructed’ to, cruise st random ‘sfound tf HE i iF if it tect 7 i