Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1890, Page 12

tagt! 'D.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. rhich was of the two colors also, with tad bin trips wat on the saan’ wterct be | SOMETHING SCARCE. eres ees the black and yellow cushions That’s What the 0 is Said to bo This Year. was in the big for the steps, covered with the awning cloth, PROSPECTS FORETOLD HERE. —~ with ruffle of the same plaited around. Interview With Washington Oyster- IN A GREEN GROVE. Another summer effect was fitting up a shady men—They Tell Many Interesting Things About the Bivalve-Why Me 12 =: THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, ATTRACTIVE HOMES. How the Old May be Combined With the New, BEAUTY AT LITTLE Cost victim and he is se oping os WITH THE POUND MAN |fsssts soss;psrcmeat tet tin “tnak the revolver against the dog's skull, between its eyes, and one pull of the trigger sends the The Adventures of the Bold Hunters | $ogs are thus ted frente ogo se thekeneatne of Stray Animals, : Written for Tax Evexrmo Stam. HUNTING A GRIZZLY BEAR. An Incident From Real Life inthe Rocky Mountains. ’ AN EXPEDITION AFTER GAME WITH 4® OLD HUNTER—WHERE AND HOW THE BEAR AP PRARED—A SHOT THAT LAID HIM LOW—A CHEERLESS SUPPER IN THE WILDERNESS. spot in a small grove of trees in green, giving a sylvan character to the place which was very f abs A table, chairs and the inevitable jammock were provided. and then pillows and covers supplied, all of dull green. It was a favorite haunt for reading and writing, and the monotone of coloring in nature and art was soothing and restful to all who came EARLY MORNING DOG HUNTS. URING the sammer of 1885 it was my Privilege to enjoy a few weeks’ bunting and fishing in the Belt mountains of Montana, I went with an old hunter named Mackey, but generally known Conflicts With People Who Own Pets— ‘The Routin Po ‘The Sma Boy Always Around—How Dogs Are Pretty Desigue in Inexpensive Mate- Finle—Old Ideas Revived—The China Cabinet in the Dining Room—A Green Capwred and Killed, Effect in a Grove, under the influence of the ‘Will Not be Abundant. ‘hroughout the region as “Mac.” We bad aS ee GEITING NEAR THE SUN. ee neck nies sncik: ae 8 wack, —_—__— when one morning Mac concluded to go farther back into the moyntains and follow ip Logging creek to its source, in search of placer gold and quartz as well as of game, But he was chiefly anxious to shoots bear for the sake of its oil, Off we started om our caynses, and in half a day reached the creek in question. We camped there till next morning, when we started up the creek, traveling as quietly as Possible and speaking only in whispers for fear of affrighting any game that might be about, Mac was just “dying for a smoke,” but dared not indulge because the game might smell thatand run sway. As we approached the head of the creek the country changed, Copses were fewer. Grassy meadows gave place to narrow gravelly bottoms devoid of The mountains assumed a sterner and more barren aspect. They were cleft by deep. somber ravines, which I, with my then strained imagination, made literally alive with monster female grizzly bears andevery one of them with a couple of cubs, Sure enough, we were now in a good bear country. Here and the: excavations two-thirds of the way up steep slopes—bears’ dens they were. The few trees that we passed were scratched and scarred as there is a decided difference’ of opinion, | Ligh up their tranks as the beara could reach and so ‘marked are the variations of | With theirclawa, Whole bottoms thickly strewn ae with big stones revealed the fact that “b'are hed Sp Seapine that ntoléce nciotions bin thar,” for every stone had been recently tween ile oyster men and the peach growers, | ‘ed over by the shaggy fellows in search of Itis only of late years that the captains of beotles, ants and grubs. These “signs” elated oyster boats have caught on to the financial | Mac and made him eager for the fray. At least advantage which comes of # premonitory | fe Sid they did. but for my part I felt more Tumor thet the oyster ‘crop. is going to be | like “backing out.” I had never encountered failure, but now that they’ seo ‘the “value of | ® bear in his native wilds and couldn't tell what gossip they are working it for all itis worth. | Moment my scalp might be snatched off from As many of the local dealers have to depend |Pelinds brush or boulder. Thad heard of upon thes saline skippers for their informa-| Such things and know men today whose tion it is not difiut to figure out the | 2natomy is by no means handsome or complete © PERSON or corporation can boldly and without color of right play the part of squatter within the District of oA\ § Columbia nor can boys play ball on the YF commons where in the course of years a street may be graded through without being le toarrest and punishment. Yet the Dis- more than 75 per cent of them were he trict government can perform the act of | Bore “Whi) Re pumber of dogs captured is “squatter sovereignty” to the fullest concep- stil as targe as ever but very few other kinds tion of the term without fear of molestation. | of animals tre, picked up. ‘The charges made This they did many years ago when the little | for impounded live stock areas follows: Horses, frame shanty and ‘sheds were constructed | cows and dogs, $2 exch; goats, sheep and hogs, directly in the center of 23d street. near the #1 each, and fow) ‘The animals that are killed are hauled off in observatory. The enclosure for seventeen years has been used for the reception of stray ani- one of the District contractor's dead animal mals and also asa | nyree for executing the un- wagon and are sent down river to a factory a dcanines. Yt is called the pound. where all parts of their bodies are used in man- THE POUNDMASTER. ufacturing differen Samuel Einstein, the present poundmaster, FIGHTS O) ane horas laches pee peters ANumber of Precedents for the Recent A institution was started Scene in the House. and during the first year the position of pound- master was filled by dif- fereut persons, it hav- ing been difficult at that time to secure a man who could fill the office and perform the duties required. Then there were all sorts of animals to be picked up. In all sections of the city residents kept cows and horses, which were in many’ cases turned loose at night to eat the grass out of the gutters and on T seems fairly impossible to appreciate all the good things of the present day compared with the privileges even of ten or fifteen years ago. This includes many ifterent lines of thought and action, but we have only to consider it as it applies to attract- ive homes. Here certainly we have plenty to be thankful for, for no one impulse has quick- ened more than the desire, and with the facility of making every home, no matter how simple, a truly attractive spot. One can remember the difficulties that used to exist in carrying out any originality in such things even if one pos- sessed it. Such innovations were against all custom, and to break away from a ‘‘set”—or, as it also used to be called with an effort at ele- gance, a “suite” of furniture—was a daring deed, forsooth! Of course money could always buy handsome things of the prevailing fashion, but with small means a hopeless med- iocrity reigned in the ordinary home, With on awakened interest in such matters, among the majority of folk that interest is catered to now- adays to an almost unlimited extent. While the most costly and beautiful articles abound, the day of small things is not despised, and an equally large selection is offered to the pur- chaser of a few dollars’ worth of goods as to the one whose ouly limit is her fancy. PRETTY DESIGNS IN CHEAP GOODS, Neither is it trash that is offered at low prices, The designs are as good and often the same in printed muslin as in silk, and artistic effects are quite as consistent with one as the other. The seeing of possibilities is may be a gift and it does wonders some times iu manag- ing and arranging a house, as well as in other A Mound of 1,200 Feet High Built by Old Sol’s Worshipers. Ghas. J. Wimple, one of the wealthiest miners of Mexico, is a recent arrival in San Francisco, Toa representative of the Call of that city he told the following wondorfal story: “You have asked me to give an account of the interesting mountain my friend, Jesse D. Grant, and myself saw during our trip through Mexico en route to this city. Well, the moun- tain is at once one of the most gigantic exhibi- tions of man’s handiwork, and something al- most beyond credence were we not already familiar with the works of the Aztecs. Just imagine availey forty or fifty miles in aren and from its center rising a mound over 1.200 feet in height, Then you can realize the first effect created upon our minds when we came before the hill lam to describe. My foreman was with us and had partly prepared us for the surprise, but we had treated his story with in- credulous remarks and had by no means eus- ected he had but given a modest description of the mound. “We gazed to the top and allowed our eyes to follow the windings of a road down to the base, We went around the base and conjec- tured it was about one and a half miles in circumference. ‘Then we started for the summit. The roadway was build of solid rock cleat to the pinnacle and was from thirty to forty feet in width. A wall of solid rock formed a foundation and an inside wall at the same time. The outer edge of the ruad was unguarded, The stones weigh all the way up to @ ton each and are not cemented. The a floor and covered earthenware water ves- HAT is an oyster? isa question that admits of at least two answers, both of which may be correct; it’s all a mat- ter of taste and opinion, The query was put to a scientist who is supposed to know more about everything than any other man outside of the House of Representatives, Very gravely did he turn toa dictionary but little less animate than himself, and quoted: “An oyster isa mollusk of the genus ostrea, having « bivalve shell, usually found on gravel or sand, or adhering to rocks or other fixed substances in salt water which is shallow, or in the mouths of rivers. To the same question a ragged little urchin replied: “Wy a oyster’s somethin’—tain’t a fish ner a crab—that’s good to eat.” ‘Tho next question is, Will the supply of oysters be equal to the expected demand of the coming season; the season which will be opened on Monday with an oyster knife? An auswer to this is just about as satisfactory as the replies vouchsafed, by those who are sup- osed to know. to queries as to how prices will e this fall and winter. Among the experts THE EXECUTION. During the sixteen yearsof Poundmaster Einstein's administration nearly fifty thousand dogs have been captured and considerably HOW THINGS WERE DONE IN THE DAYS OF THE CODE—KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG-OUT ROWS OF HALF A CENTURY. AGO—HOW TEMPER HAS SHOWN ITSELF IN DEBATE. The recent “fisticuff” in the House of Rep- resentatives hashad many precedents. The hand-to-hand encounters, extending back nearly fifty years, were more numerous than is supposed at this day, when political and excit- ing debate is not so frequent and is generally conducted with more decorum. ‘The code was recognized in those days, and whatever may be said against “that relic of barbariem,” as it is called, it made men more ‘The coolest point on the island fecing inlet an cosam Accommodation 500 guesta, Superior table Yor circular address OTEL IMPERIAL MARYLAND AVE. ATLAN. te, City —T 9 ss ueetiy on the beach Uiee. all cUlsine Unetoclied, rureta. to @18 per week. @2 to @3 per day. Wi solic HE CRALFONTE, a’ . ASBURY PARK, ASBURY PARK N.J—THE BRIGHTO ‘ave. one and « bali . ON age ROTOR, OF Sod gee chrourbout tie faye and tepteimber aieo for Mrs HAMIL CON HUNT, Ave ea soe ay16. whe 2a" An &Y PARK—THE FENIMOKE—ONE AND obe-half blocks from ocesn , capecity ZOO guesiag Teduced rates for ber. _aula- ae THOS. NOBLE. Proprietor rant artenion SBURY PARK. N.J—THY VICTORL hotel, fromtimg ocean; evectrn water; all modern. improvements. #0 ‘ rate ‘September 1. Wide a. DES Provnister, SEASIDE-JERSEY COAST. JFRREXTON VELA, CAPE MAY Gat a a ; im fall view of the i bot and cold sea weter baths ies for season. yecial Tater to Bre J. A MYERS, Cape May, 2 a tele . _ my lee (PHBE BALTIMORE. SPRING LAKE Bi ACH. One block from occan. 4. rol au. Open during September, aul-siwilm* y from Old Point 1 careful in bandying epithets, for the responsi- bility rested on them to accord satisfaction for personai assaults. Mr. Johu B, Weller, a member from Ohio, then, January, 1844, and subsequent Senator trom California, assaulted and beat very se- verely Mr. Schriver, areporter of the House. The assault took place in the lobby and it was construed to have been committed on the floor and on an officer of the House, and Mr. Weller was arraigned and censured. In April, 1844. there was a regular fight on the floor of Congress between Johu White of Kentucky, afterward Speaker, and Mr. Rath- born of New York. Mr. White left his seat and, coming to Rathborn's, knocked him down. A general scrimmage ensued, and Mr. Moore, a member, fired a pistol, which severely wounded an officer of the House. They were arraigned before the bar of the House, but as the wounded man was com- fortably provided for, mutual apologies were accepted. In 1359 Mr. Graw of Pennsylvania and Mr, Branch of North Carolina had au alter- cation which resulted in a challenge, but mutual friends prevented a hostile meeting. Avout that time Mr. Graw and Mr. Keitt of South Carolina indulged in a pugilistic en- counter. When they were arraigned, Mr. Keitt took all the blame ‘on himself and apologized to the House aud to Mr. Graw. Ibe Hon. Robt. W. Johnson, then a member of the House, came to very close quarters with Hon. 0. B. Ficklin of Illinois, blows were exchanged and they apologized for a momentary forget- fulneas in yielding tothe impulse to punch each other before the assembled wisdom of the nation, In the early fifties the Hon. Joshua R. Gid- dings and Mr. K. W. Meade of Virginia had a personal altercation, which involved respective friends. Mr. Meade seized Mr. Giddings by the neckcloth and proceeded to twist it, when Long John Wentworth rushed in to part the belligerenta, but Mr. Edmundson of Virgini standing on a chair to reach his tall adversary, threw himself on Wentworth, carrying him to the ground, or rather the floor. As early as 1840 Mr. Inge of Alabama and Edward Stanley things, In the same way with furniture as with materials, the forms of the inexpensive are often identical with those of much higher priced goods, and while poor furniture is to be | ferent stone from that used in the walls. The avoided there is much that is cheap and at the | rocks in the walle are dressed by skilled work- me time good in shape nnd well made. Then, | men, butare not polished. We saw no in- 0, there are the much affected makeshifts in | scriptions; in fact, we had no time to spare in furnishings, whereby cot beds and dry goods | making a searching investigation. We did look boxes do yeoman service as artistic divans, and | for arrow heads or other warlike imptements when one’s ingenuity once gets into the way of | to satisfy ourselves that the mound had not devising these contrivances there is no know- | been used for defensive or offensive purposes. ing what may not be evolved. I know of sev- | Nor was there any evidence to prove that the eral schemes for decoration which are making | roadway had been built for the purpose of wit- the authors thereof finish their summer out-| nessing bull fights and other sports in the val- ings with a degree of impatient haste to have | ley. 1 could only conclude the Aztec sun wor- it over and begin this absorbing renovation. shipers expended years of labor on the hill in While everything of the kind has been lying | order that they might have an appropriate dormant here through the warm weather ideas | place to celebrate their imposing festivuls, in- have accumulated, and the readers of “Attract- | asmuch as the roadway was strewn with broken ive Homes” are sure to hear later of fulfilled | earthenware, and those scions of a bygone and Is in many branches of decorative art, notable race were known to carry at sunrise DOUSLE-PACED WINDOW SHADES. large quantities of water in earthenware j One of the good things to know at this sea- | {0 n eminence and there pour out the liquid fon is the fact thatthere are such things as = . h en we descended we brought with us a double-faced window shades. If then one | number of small sea shells which bad petrified, wishes to have the shades match the furnis and if you look at these on my table you will ing of any room, or all rooms, it is possible, | see how they have been perforated by the In- and yet avoid the harlequin effect if more than | dians. We again took a long look at the moun- one color is seen from the outside, Another tain and saw it was oblong in shape and that thing that may save trouble and annoyance, | the upward road commenced on the eastern and to which | have already referred, is the rod | side. I have traveled on both sides of the for sash curtains, which is put up without | mountains from British Columbia to Central bracket or socket by means of spring aud America and on either side of the Sierra rubber tips, aad which can easily be adjusted | Madres. where the clitf-dwellers have left such to any window, remarkable mementos of their skill and cus- BRASS AND IRON BEDSTEADS, er) sal ae aah witnessed nakpee 80 wonderful! and magnificent as the mound which It almost goes without saying that if new Ihave been telling you about, bedsteads are to be bought in any household! +The valiey is about 600 feet above the sea the choice will be either brass or iron enam- | level and is about seventy miles from the coast. eled and with brass finishings, The use of | It is situated in Sonora, between the cities of them and preference for them increase con-| Altar and Magdaiena and near the Magdalena stantly. Now they are being put into hotels | river, We called the curiosity Palisade moun- ne club houses w a private fomee tain, and it is well nai med. Vhite has been the finish on the majority o! [xs Aa Sirs fheica Soler bebihes Bpenuaterine ros st WIVES AS PICKPOCKETS. Season has not died out, and in accordance with that the beds aro being painted black to | How They Get Their Husband’s Change the commons and vacant lots. Their presence about the city in that way was deemed Snuisance and the pound was conscquently established. Large numbers of dogs were kept im those parts of the city inhabited principal ly by colored porsons, while in “‘Swampoodle” the troublesome animal was “‘the buck billy goat. Then the poundmaster had atout fifteen men connected with his office, and a wholesale raid made in one day often netted enough to pay most of their salaries for several days, as im addition to s couple of wagon loads of canines, many goats, geese, horses and cows were picked up as well. Wheu the wagons went out in those days the men were always prepared for a fight, and it was not an un- usual thing for them to bave to defend them- selves three or four times in a single day, and it isa wonder that Sam Einstein, or Doctor’ Einstein, as he is often called, is still alive to tell of his many combats. OPPOSED BY THE PEOPLE. What made the task a difficult one was the toncerted action of people who were the pos- sessors of caninesand other live stock that came within the poundmaster's jurisdiction. When the iron-caged wagon appeared in a neighbor- hood it was not an uncommon thing men, women and children to run and cry “Take in the goat” or “Look out for the dog,” adding, “The dog catchers are coming.” The result was frequently a stone battle and the wagon was compelled to turn from its course and beat a hasty retreat. While now it is much different and the men experience less trouble than during former years. they some- times encounter pugilistic dog fighters or goat owners and carry the case into court. Such difficulties, however, are of comparatively rare occurrence. THE PRESENT EQUIPMENT. Poundmaster Einstein now has but four as- sistants and three horses to draw the wagons. One vehicle is closed in the front and rear with an iron netting. making a secure enge of the ve- hicle, so that while the dogs can growl and fight in transit they cannot possibly escape. The trips “Half way up the mountain is an altar cut in solid rock; in the niche is a boulder which must weigh at least six ton: The boulder is of dif- origin of a misunderstanding which may cost | 528 through getting in the way of bears. But moe public several cents 5 quart until the —— it to sny that the hair still flourishes on error is discovered and the truth spread abroad. | **¢ top of my own head. But so general is the cry of ‘‘oysters will be WHERE THE BEAR APPEARED, scarce” that it is almost certain the advance in} Fo an hour after seeing the “sign” we rode Prices will come. Men have to make their | slowly up the crock without secing the bear. words good and this must be done, for a time ’ at least, oven if ovstérs be as plentiful as un. | 280 began to use strong language in a by no means weak whisper, while I, thinking the counted negro votes in Mississippi. ‘Now for he testimony; and ane reader | “anger nearly over, did my best to soothe the disappointed man, He smiled grimly and ets through with it he or she can make up his oc her respective mind as to how the ettuntion, | Presently asked whether Lhad beeaghts bot se tle of “soothing sirup” to use in case we felt fatigued after a boxing match with a bear. Just then we came to a place where, at the westside of the creek, a doepcanyon-like ravine, heavily timbered, opened into the narrow alley. The entrance to the ravine was dry ind Ware save of scattered boulders of lime- stone from the cliff above. The mountain on our side came down in @ narrow spur, the point of which was Opposite the big ravine across the creek. On this point, probably ten feet above the valley, we decided to pitch our tepee. We were aboutto dismount and had commenced to talked aloud when Mac looked across the creek and saw, I too the next in- stant, a big bear standing on her bind feet with her ears erect. At her side stood a half- grown cub, itself well able to kill a man, Right there everything I had read and heard about enraged female bears flashed vividly across my mind. Now that I look at it in retro- pect Iam inclined to think that I was just trifle scared then. Mac quietly made all arrange- ments; he was bound to have that bear or die, If he died and I survived I was to inter what might be left of him and take his horses and gun as a legacy, We watched the bears a few minutes to see what they would do. After looking well at us the mother dropped on all fours and slowly walked with a rolimg, undulating motion, like a big fat maggot, to the creek, which was hid- den from view by a thick growth of brush along its banks. The cub followed. Finding the spot to suit her, she poked the cub with her nose to induce it to hide in the thicket. It didn’t want to hide, 0 she boxed its ears, just A POOR CROP. Mr. J. J. Hogan handles enough of the bi- valves tohave an intimate aquaintance with the situation and he told a Stan reporter the other evening that the crop was poor one. “Oysters,” said he, ‘‘will be scarcer than I ever knew them to be before, and, of course, prices will be higher. At prices we are com- pelled to charge twenty-five cents a gallon more than we did this time last year. If the river should freeze over the figures would go skyward and would stay there for some time. hy are they scarce? The demand exceeds the supply and the demand keeps on growing while the oysters become fewer. In four or five years from nowI look for oysters to be twice as high as now. The Potomac is practi- cally without oysters; it has been cleaned out so far as everything but the young growth is concerned. Ain't that so?” The query was addressed to acouple of oyster captains who were standing near and they both hastened to Give Vigorous assent. “Unless there's some oyster planting done, Mr. Hogan went on, “the Potomac oyster is done for, and as we go further from home to get our supplies we have to pay more for them.” “How is the Norfolk supply?” asked the re- porter. “Short,” was the response, “but good in quality. ' Last winter was an open one, yet half the oyster houses in Norfolk bad to shut up be- cause they couldn't get enough of the crop to . | having had on the floor of Congress some very | a considerable extent, Black with the brass at Night. Keep them going. Last winter’ prices Sete | iia.) s essen masher might Gn, endl thee mana cording ts the time of the year, Tuhor weather | ¢xeiting debate, « challenge passed, afver the | tive meters station looking couch of repose, —— Bigher, in epite of the mild ‘weather, then I the cab again, that time to be obeyed. La and especially during “dog d: anearly | tuird fire @ reconciliation was effected. | and a yellow bed spread would be the one moet | From the Brooklyn Citizen. P ing her offspring in hiding, she came through eu more exalted this season.” ‘Mr. J. H. Hogan assented in general term: to his brother's statements, but thought it a little risky to make any stiff-backed predic- Not long after the difticulty with Mr. Inge Mr. Stanley became involved in a duel with Mr. Pickens of South Carolina, and after a fire or two a reconciliation took place, and again Mr. morning start is made, for then it is that dogs, and especially the tramp dogs. go ont in search of something to eat. Then, again, the tronble- some small boys are not out in such large num- suited to this outfit, Anything else besides black would clash in color, and I don't suppose even the women who affect. black underwear would like to drape a bed in the funereal “I never put my hand in my hudmad'’s pocket in my life,” sald a little woman who had been married only five years, “I am the brush, crossed the creek and soon stood within thirty yards of us. The horses then began to stamp and snort, 0 I took them into : : - the bottom behind a hillock, tied them to k PI - afraid that if I would do that my boy might do | tions as yet, “When the demand comes,” said | (7, ked the prek h a bers to chase away the dogs and aunoy the men | Stanley was the principal in @ duel | shade. a ; : : he, “the strength of the supply will be tested; | 'f@¢#, unpacked the prek horse and unsaddied go a8 to seriously interfere ‘with their business — Je A atts were | Lace sets come now for bed rooms that in- the same thing, and I don't think a wife ougut | f°. “the strength 0 es pow ci but up to | te others. In the excitement of the moment t is during these early morning tripe tha clude curtain and bed hangings, spreads, sash curtains and toilet covers. Lace over yellow or even over black would be admirabie ona black and gold bed. CHEAP IMITATIONS, While it isa great advantage to have pretty things cheapened 89 as to be obtainable by ordinary prices, it is another thing when a cheap imitation of something handsome is made 80 a8 to be really deceptive. For in- stance, I have heard of Venetian chairs ostensi- bly upholstered with what appeared to be leather, in beautiful floriated design, and which it did not take the most careful scrutiny to con- viet of being paper. Others of these things that are not what they seem are armor and bronze plaques of papier mache and coffered ceilings with heavy cross beams of paper again, One can hardly imagine being gatistied with these paper imitations of the most solid of substances, A CHINA CUPBOARD. An old, old fashion revived is the china cal inet in the drawing room. It is a pretty ob- ject, and containing others equally pretty, is addition to the furnishing. One of the most attractive I have seen is a corner closet of old mahogany, small and high, with irregwar shaped panes of glass in the upper part, the only one inclosed. Hooks show off the hang- ing cups, while plates and odd pieces crowd the shelves. The lower part is open, with high slender lege and a place tor a large jar or vase. In the same handsome drawing room are many things new and old most effectively combined so as to harmonize and assimilate. PRETTY PORTIERES. At the two single doorways on either side of the mantel are portieres which are particularly pleasing in style and color, and the same de- sign could be applied to other materials and shades. These are of turcoman, of dark Indian red, and the lower two-thirds are of this plain surface. The upper third is of tureoman, in very narrow up-and-down stripes of the dark red anda soft tone much lighter. Where the two sections joina large silk cord of the two shades is put on asa finish and at the top are the usual pins and hooks attaching it to the to do with her husband’s pockets what her son would be considered a criminal for doing.” This terrific example for a moment staggers the female community, but finally one incor- rigible dame who has been married nearly thirty years ventures to meet the indictment with a demurrer, says Life. Says she: “Now, I don't think it » sin to take out Gf my husband's pocket all the change he has over after treating those men tor over two hours and a half, He doesn’t know what he has spent with the men, and the next morning he doesn’t know anything about anything what- ever. I merely transfer the pile from one side to the other. Ihave got it when you may be sure he would have spent it.” Up speaks the abused wife, who has a line of grievances as long as the Declaration of Inde- pendence and with as much tautology in them. Says she: “I used to take the change out of my husband’s pocket at night when he came home with any it. But among his other heartless offenses, he has of late got into the habit of hiding his money just before he comes into the room and he never has anything in his pockets,” A dread silence follows this statement from her who would have robbed had there becn anything to rob. At last the unmarried female of the group, who has a tremendous rod in pickle fora mau—ifshe ever gets him—ob- served: “Well, I didn’t know that men could be as mean as that, I had heard of every other — of meanness they had, but that beats all.” I left our stock of bread too near the pack horse and she had eaten most of it before I made the discovery, Mac was aman of tem- per and I expected to see something as excit- ing as bear hunting when he found ont about the bread. Mac remained on the spur watching the bear, which I could no longer see from my position with the horses. At inst he fired. After sitting still a few minutes he walked down to me and told me totake my rifle and go with him. Ascending the spur again we waited afew minutes with our Win- chesters st half cock. Mac said that the bear had come within afew yards of him on all fours and then arose erect on her hind feet to survey the enemy. He then fired, aiming at her heart. She turned and with a few great bounds disappeared into the brush. He had been watching for her to reappear on the open ground across the creek. Tue bear not doing so, he concluded she was either dead or wounded. If only the latter he naturaily sup- posed that she had reached the brush near her cub, and there lay in ambush for us, IN THE THICKET, This being the likely state of affairs we con- cluded to enter the thicket and cross the creek as quickly as possible, hoping to reach open ground before the creature could surprise na. We succeeded in doing this, but could see no sign of the bear. Mac took a chew of tobacco “to steady his nerves” and began to rave in an undertone. Spending half an hour in futile search we retraced our steps. Just upon reach- ing the point whence Mac fired the cub left the brush, ran toasmall open space on the op site bank of the creek and there gave veut to the most blood-curdling roar I ever heard. The tone reverberated from gulch to gulch, gradually dying away in a faint and distont groan. The animal then urned tail and fled up the big guich, We both fired several times, but failed to kill it or stop it. Finally, after a careful search, we found two large pools of blood. Tracing ps from them, we reached the bank of the creek opposite the spot where the cub had roared, and there, stretched across the narrow stream, from bank to bank, lay the unfortunate bear, dead; the water dashed over her grizzly body, faliing below in miniature swirl and spray, then gleefully danced on its course, now into dark avenues formed by the tangled interlocking of over-arching branches and anon flowing on its open way, glistening brightly in the afternoon sun—lttle recking that it gurgled over the dead body of an erstwhile loving, though sav- age, mother. In crossing the creek the first time looking for the bear we bad passed a few that time we shall have to take the shippers’ words. They seem to be unanimous that scarcity and high prices will prevail through- out the coming season.” NOT OPTIMISTIC. ‘Mr, Weser has been supplying a large slice of the city’s population with oysters for several seasons and his impressions on the oyster out- look are not at all optimistic. “Oysters will undoubtedly be scarce,” he 'd, ‘and of course the price will go up. The scarcity will be especially noticeable as to Chesapeake bay oysters—a variety which will be half as high again as they were last season. ‘They are running out very rapidly and will soon be ‘entirely gone. It would be a good thing if we had a law like that of Maryland. which prohibits the sule of oysters of ‘smuiler size than two and a half inches. That enforced here, would assist in the growth of the young oysters and would protect us. As things now are we sometimes pay as much for shelis and mud as we do for oysters. We get most of our oysters from Philadelphia and New York; if we did not have so many sources of supply we could not do any business, especially in hard weather.” “I have been handling oysters all my life,” said a hotel proprietor, “and I therefore feel as though I know what I am talking about when I suy that this fuss about oysters being scarce is unnecessary. They are not scarce; they are plentiful and the supply this season will be fully equ:.l *- the most extravagant de- mand, Solong tocat them there witl be a ysters and they will not be more expeusive than they now are, I suppose there is a reason tor these rumors about the growing scarcity, but nobody seems to know where the statement has its founda- tion, Why, Tangier Sound is one immense oyster bed, improving every year. Where, ten years ago, there were beds of a few acres |Zeanshow you beds twenty miles in oxtent. Peopte are planting very extensively. It is true that there never was such a demand as now, and it is also true that there never wassuch asupply. ‘The first work I ever did was some oyster planting for the use of our own family, and from that time up to the present I have been handling and dealing in oysters. No man who really knows the subject can truthfully say that fers are becoming scarce. “Where do we get our best oysters? That depends on the season. The finest September oysters come from the Chuckatuck river, down in Hampton roads, and these are more numer- ous than ever. Shallow water oysters from | the roads are the best in the world at this race course, and Mr. Wise’s horse became un- manageable and he rode against Mr. Stanley, The debate that day in the House in which they both took part was very bitter, and Mr. Stanley, supposing Mr. Wise’s action was inten- tional, struck him with his whip. Mr. Wise returned the blow and for some seconds they belabored each other. A challenge ensued and while practicing with Mr. Stanley, the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, who was his second, received the injury to his eye, of which he eventually lost ‘the sight. A fragment of a bail rebounded from a tree and struck him in the eye. After the first fire a reconciliation was effected. In 1844 Gen. Clingman in debate assailed the democratic party,charging fraud in the defeat of Clay,and was challenged by Yancy. They fought at THE BOYS ARE THERE. Beltsville und after Fe cs pinot Strange to relate. however, the appearance | settlement was effected. The Breck- 4 inridge and Cutting duel, or challenge, of the poundman’s wagon om the street, no | Way “occasioned Ly words spuken enh matter how early in the morning, soon attracts the “bill to subsidize the Collins line. Mr. anumber of boys and the horses have to be | Breckinridge was coached for the duel by Mr. driven fast to escape them. Blair ef Silver Spring. | I saw him practicing In cooler weather the dogs do not appear on " while there and every ball in the tree used as a the streets so early in the morning and trips | target was in a line and all below the knee. are made later in the day. ‘The Burlingame challenge to Preston Brooks When the school year begins in the fall the | and the Potter challenge to Roger A. Pryor trips of the wagon are made after 9a.m. in | created intense excitement. In 1858 Senator order to escape the urchins, and the success | Gwin of California challenged Henry Wilson is often very marked as compared with the | and the matter was referred to Mr. Crittenden, eatehes made during the school vacation. Mr. Seward and Jefferson Davis and settled by When the wagon reaches the neighborhood | them. Henry 8. Foote drew a pistol on ef aschool building about recess time it is| Col. Benton in the Senate and some Senator an amusing spectacle to see two of the pound- | interfered, when Col. Benton, baring his man’s colored assistants trying to make a| breast, sald: “Let the assassin fire.” These catch. If the dog has good use of its legs it| are only a few of the many exhibitions of gan give the boys aud the men a long chase, | temper displayed in both houses of Congress, but unless its jumping qualiti e good and | Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun used most bitter it can scale @ fence its chances of escape are | expressions in debate. On one occasion Mr. small. Clay said, in the course of the debate, “I am The poor canine naturally yelps at the treat-| the gentleman's master.” and Mr. Calhoun ment received. and some humane persons are | in reply suid: “My master! my master! [ would often heard to remark, “Poor dog.” With both not own him as a slave.” Mir. Seaton’s inter- hands his captor grasps the animal bebind the | vention prevented @ hostile meeting. Dixon ears, and after the net is removed the poodle. H. Lewis of Alabama, an enormous man in size cur or mastiff is carried to the wagon and | and strength, stopped a fight on the floor of ven a gentle toss mto the cage, where it Joins | Congress by holding the beliigerents at arms’ the other prisoners, length and arguing with them in very foreibie terms. e a THE NOON-DAY REST. It Could be Made Sweeter and More Profitable by a Simple Method. From the Springfield Union. The business women and girls of Indian- largest number of dogs are generally captured. Palmistry. From Good Housekeeping. The most important line is, of course, the line of life—that line sweeping around the base of the thumb from the wrist. Long. clear, direct in its course and well colored, it denotes long life, good health and a good character and disposition. Pale and broad, it indicates ill- health, evil instincts and « weuk, euviou Gisposition. ‘Thick and red, it betrays violence and brutality. The ages at which events have happened may be told by he femgene aK a ore ve core e ii the line. ¢ shorter the line the shorter the Piete wehee he ee Noo hel onc aul (ible: ta trathecteler tines ines pee joint at which the line terminates in both COFEMIES C8 POSETEORE. [eee may be accurately predicted the time of Some of the old-fashioned furniture has becn | death. A break in the line is always an illness; covered with velours in this shade of red, and | ifin both hands, there is always a grave danger a large, high-backed easy chair, which used to | of death, especially if the lower branch of the be fuil of tufte and puffing, is very stylish look- ine turns in toward the thumb. Rays across polis are enjoying a unique and pleasant 4 the hand from the base of the thumb alway ot i ig | 244s above the animal and had taken her body Dewetcaled the "Noon" hat antibed | 28g" din, ta orate ase i | Gna warn, a th age at whi hay S| Seen cao, men, He eathr | Zahe aha'aytouleraamaue the sie in a central portion of the city by the Young | of tufting. Heavy cord and square-headed | °U 18 always shown by the point at which the We drew the carcass out of the water and : The best all-round oyster is the Lynn javen, but that variety doesn't mature until November. We handie New York oysters, but not so early in the season. We cannot be sure of their freshness, and an oyster will not stay fresh very long in this kind of weather.” “Is there any great demand for oysters dur- ing the summer months?” asked the reporter. “Not very heavy," replied Mr. Jo! 2. “Up north along the coast the people eat oys- ters all through summer time, but the bivalves are nothing like as good as they are di the natural season, Northern oysters are inferior rays terminate, The “‘line of head, the next great line in the hand—it extends from between the thumb and forefinger across to the third finger—should be clear aud well closed, without fork, break or ramification. Pale and broad, it indicates feebleness or lack of intellect; but if it 1s long and strong, it de- notes self-control. ‘Che third line is the line of the heart—the line sweeping from the fore- finger across the hand. If it goes right across, it indicates excessive affection, resulting in = morbid jealousy. If it is chained, the subject i skinned it, Then we cut up the meat into big reer a chunks and carried thom te some ‘dead trees near the spot we intended brass nails are the ornaments, while a slightly laited frill falls to tne floor. The high-backed ‘urkish sofa is covered in the same style, and for some T have seen no two pieces of fur- niture so striking and stylish in appearance, COMBINING OLD AND NEW, All through this modernized old house good taste has made the most of the heirlooms, and brought in new things with a care that pre- vents any clashing in the combination. Inthe upper hall is one of the smali divans, with Wome: Christian Temperance Union. ‘The institution is a sort of woman's club, and the “plant” consists of a number of rooms open each week day from 10 am. to 3p.m., where all young women who work in stor and shops are invited to spend their noon hours, oles are provided for tunches, and milk, tea, coffee and chocolate are served at 3 cents per cup. The new institution does not come under the head of “charity” in any sense, aud the de- AT THE POUN The pound is easiest reached by going out New York avenue to 23d street. The noise of barking dogs in the yard in rear of a little one- story shanty indicates the location of the pound. In the yard in the rear of the shanty | tails of its management are the fering of is an inveterate flirt. Very. very thin and bare, ‘ and under a shed is the cage in which the doge | those who are seunitive enough to realize tig mahogany frume and, no back, which used to | ‘¢ is the sign of murder. ie | tess oregon sey eee aoe ae ere kept, It is an iron arrangement large | instinct of women for the grateful seclusion | D0 im balreloth—of all substances the most in-| in the hand is that northern varieties have e copperuh taste and ghough to accommodate during the time the | which exclusive surroundings can give. She | trtistic. | a ckins cane nl can never be really popular with those who are law requires them to be kept as many dogs as | idea is certainly an admirable one und ought | rouze brown set ina little recess where it just fits, and with a single big same covering on it | place, yw with the ~ the i between, Med eae|and third fingers. If it the line of life shows that one’s fortune results from ons wrist, it is always a sign of good or ragged at the base, it indicates ill-luck in early life. The line of heaith comes from the the men can possibly capture. Forty-eight hours is the time each animal of the dog ‘Kind 18 permitted to after being impounded,’ but the death sentence does not have to be passed by the court. There are no ys in dog law. The President grants no re- to be We poe in other cities, And it would not be a bad idea if a similar nooning resort could pred cy for men who are obliged to carry POINTS ABOUT THE PIAZZA. A ‘While the furnishing of a piazza may seem a rather belated subject, a suggestion now may dinners or lunches with them. neves nor pardons nor do the courts base of the line of life. Clearly traced, it Kine write of "habese corpus, Poot Fido te Seem a cance ibe, ote 22r this | Scldom exists in'a hand; but, when it ie found, | His cattle. | The oyster is finer = under sentence of death ali the time that his © es it s.a sign of good health, gayety and success, than be now is and Master fails to procure atagfor him aud the shape and quite low and large looks very bright | There exists, of course, in every hand lines r. As I ssid before only way to prevent that sentence being and attractive, if covered with Turkey red. these rules; are people to eat oysters there serried into execution is by the payment of Put coskions be aA pef Bier ey nes will be no diminution in the supply." wicker ry lew pillows of eame Ce taRneny. ue Tt sometimes ha however, that the for hammocks’ and lounge?snd's seater eect likes me, Tommy?” ; the men in the belief is the result. A piazza decorated with atdinner.” “Btood come and pay #2 for him other than his owner, and in such « case only Sok is a reprieve granted by the poundmaster. were a good deal of an When the forty-eight hours have expired and you wasn't, and the time for the execution is at hand, the ee eee “lord high executioner” arms himself with a ‘8 waiter came ont of the coffee manager that a man ‘8 disturbance because he could not i ii Fie i Lt “Greet Sco:t! old felio hat’s the matter?” “Been riding a safety bieyole. Life at i Cheriton station; bus to cottage. Gay; $10 per Week, $39 ford week WISE, jy22m__ Cherry-stone P.O., Northampton Co, Va A. 6S MILES FROM WASB- Lower Potomac, now offers for the pecial reduced prices, trom @& to Fisting, cravbing, boating, dancing Siz per week. Sud other amusemenis. Also the uest fsb dinner ou the Potowse river for 40e 7. W. T. CRUMP, Proprietor, AGEIA HOTEL i ULD POINT COMFORT, VA. Unsurpassed in appointiacnts, table and general at tention. ‘Terma, less for the accommodauous, enter: fainmente and aiusem:nts given thatat ab) resort uf its prestige i: the United States. Music twice ® by the celebrated Fort Monroe Bend; nightly boys. Safest and most delightful surf bathing on the coast: xoud savhs, felony and driving. Frequent presence Of foreun and American ships of war, daily inspec- tious, drills, parades, cation and rifte t A broad expauee of ‘salt water, surrounds Gia Point Confort, bence there are uo laud ‘breezes, no malart fe OPT Tess ve heat, aon evening are Go- ligt nights cool aud refresbing. ‘he most charming marine Views i the world. Send for de ecriptive pampbiet. jel O-cot aus F. N. PIKE, Manager. IN THE MOUNTAINS. PEND SEPTEMBER MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK HOTEL, ARKETT Oc Ti, Mb. Terms Modera’ Mine. TSEILL MOUNTAINS, SARATOGA, LAKE GEORGR ADIRONDACKS. ser ct On and after SUNDAY, JUNE 22, express trains Niet Shore railroad will’run to from the Jersey ity Station o! Penbes vane making Slose conuection with fast traime to and © se wesht aheton CATSKILL MOUNTAIN EXPRESS.—_.ave Wasb- ington 11-20 p.m., Jereey C Arrive Hotel Ki erable Kingstop, 3-43 Grand Botel, 3:09 p.m. ; cars Philsdelphia Hotel Station, SAKALUGA AND CATSKILL MOUNTAIN EX- PRESS. —icave Wasbingion 11-20 p.1., Jersey City Station 11:20 a.m. Arrive Motel itagierabl a Auugston, 4:50 paw. ; Grand Botel, 4:25 p.m; Licia, 3-40 p.m. 4.20 pan. Arrive rareioga 5:50 fe Geo! Jersey City for Hotel Baretoga apd Caldwell SAKALUGA AND CATSKILL MOUNTAIN SPE- CIAL bs ry m. Palenvili Heed Caldvel 735 p.m. Parlor care from .d Hotel Station, 10 ps paw Mille, 8:00 pm. curs ‘trom Jersey Hotel Staton an joubtain House Station, 7:55 p.m. Arrive Saratoga 0:25 p. Guy tor Hotel Kasterskiil, ‘Washington to paratoya Wil rs Purchase tickets st Pennsylvanta rasirosd offices ané conuect in the Jersey City Station for all northern re eorts West Shore railroad. throug. Ce tAMoERT de2S-to sel General Passenger Avent, New York. BSE ME Hovse, WASHINGTON 00. Cy how open.” Rooms * s) letter or tn person to 3 P SHANBOK, Carruliion i Baltumore, M4. y2i PADD TANK, HAMPERS FEREY— The finest pleseure grounds in thecountry. Music, Demcing, Boating. Fishing. Swings. Flying Horpes, &c., alliree. Every THURSDAY from Baltimore Ob.o Station at 10 am. ‘Tickets, including AP BO! a ‘Delaware Water Gap, Pa Now open, ‘L. W. BROADEEAD. ee BATHS. BERKELEY, SPRINGS, W. Va—TRE 6T. ELMO Will remain open during September and Octuber Game more piewUful than for years past, Deer, wild Lurkeys, Partridwes, pheasants, squirrels apd Fadl iu profuision. Bicck buss fixhing unsurpassed. Spec Tates for theme mouthe Address Mrs. BW. CATLETI, Lerkeley Sprinss, W. Va. eug0-4" EDFOKD MINERAL SPRINGS, BEDFORD, PEND. Tn the Allegbany Mountaing As acurativeagent ro ments, Hotel enlanred, ed and 7 wed. tll Vetober, “piss LB DOTY, Manager. RAND HOTEL, FAUQUIER WHITE SUis pur Springs Va. uear Walreton, via Midland A A "Tiutorgition, irculars gud plas arno, Washington, D-O. Terms erate. s eld weed COUNTRY BOARD. Ste B RS FIRST-CLA == a NK OFFERS FIRST-CLASS ACCOM wuouations an abundanes of milk. creaan, (poultry, trait and fresh vewetables: $16 for month of Septew* ber. SPKING BANK, Alexandria, Va ie Wax DUES SEPTEMBER A FEW DE- sirab.c Boarders, adults preferred ; location unsur- passed ; near the station and close to Blue Kidye moun- sus; Foulus lane. good water; table iret-clase, every attention to gacsts; three ye daily terme €5 Weel ig histone Mrs. SN, AY sch. Hound Mall Var Ada THY BoAKD—SEPTEMBER_AT SHARPS: CSuie, Na. : bustorie Autetaiu Babing, hubting hode: pleasant drvven Sc "adiseee PO. Bor shade: "pleasunt drives, Suarpebume, Md. aud fee y ANTED—A LIMITED NUMBER OF BORDERS for September at this ge FY 44 ‘sud water: terms very © re. ENGLAND, Fails Church, Va euzy-St* 7ACANT ROOMS. A FEW MORE BOARDERS V cat toactommodated et “Edgewood? “daring. tember and October. 1b mile f: evan station : Class board: 85 per week. ay for circular to Mrs Wt. inGGek& afumtiton, Vouaven county. Ve. ‘8u23, 30-26" ate, references oven CoMmort KESOKT—MOUNTAINS OF MARY. Tapd ¢ ‘fall Nogrotx axp oxp rors. (On and after SATURDAY, AUG. 28. FARE, €2 ONE WAY; @3 ROUND TRIP.