Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1890, Page 14

WILES OF THE LOBBY. The Ways of Men Who Make a Busi- ness of Promoting Legislation. ROLES PLAYED BY WOMEN. Bilandishments to Which Susceptible Congressmen May Yield—Lobbying as a Fine Art—How the Talents of the “Colonel” are Employed. —__—_ ERHAPS the most re- markable thing about the recent lobby in Congress for the Louisi- ana lottery has been the discretion of its conduct. Not for years past has there been seen here @ lobby so anxious to escape publicity. What it had to do in be- half of the industry it represents has been done with such - erecy that no one has been made aware of its plan of campaign. It has been most interesting to observe within the last few weeks the contrast between their methods and those adopted by the Pennsylvania railway, which has desired to obtain certain franchises within the District of Columbia. This latter lobby, now at work, is considered the boldest that has appeared at the capital in recent times. Day after day not less thana score of the railway’s agents have patroled the corridors sbout the House and Senate, calling out members and almost openly solicitmg their votes. THE DAYS OF 8AM WARD. Of course the business of lobbying is no fonger what it was in the palmy days during and after the war, when jobs of superb propor- tions were every-day affairs. With the death of famous Sam Ward passed away that epoch. He will ever be remembered as the king of lobby- ists. Recognized as the intellectual peer of the foremost men in Congress he commanded respect, however his known profession might be considered in a manner detrimental. He | was aman of means and cultivation, a bon vi- vont and @ born entertamer; whatever he did ¥.s done as a gentleman would do it, and if he bai an object in view it was pursued in a way th.t mo one could find very good reason for criticising. Not the less did he accomplish re- sulte, WHY THE WAITING ROOM WAS CLEARED. How many people are there who know why Speaker Reed cleared out the ladies’ waiting room adjoining the House of Representatives? His advertised reason was that he needed the apartment for commit- but this 5 n de par- The real cause of the Speaker's action in the matter. it is said, was that this waiting room had become an atrocious source of sean- dal. Ithad become no- torious that the place Was used as a resort for women who desired for one purpose or another to make and maintain acquaintance with mem- bers. Furthermore, itis beyond a doubt that nearly all of these wo- men were more or less engaged in the business of lobbying, From the time that this prac- A LAW MAKER. tice of approaching legislators by ille- gitimate means was first recognized no scruples have been felt against utiliz- ing in the business the masculine weakness for the female of his species. Accordingly one finds some of the prettiest women in the United States constantly haunting the halls of Con- gress, seeking to become known to Representa- fives and Senators and exercising upon them their blandishments. These women are regu- larly hired for the purposes of lobbying, which is with them a profession. You may see them any day about the Capitol—gay, well dressed and youthful in appearance at all events; off- hand and coquettish with the door keepers, but always with the sharpest imaginable eye to the business they are there for. THE BUSINESS OF THE LOBBYIST. To realize this you must comprehend what the business of the lobbyist is. Supposing him to have real rank in his profession, he must be to all outward intents and purposes entleman. If he exercise any underhand in- uences, no one must be aware of them. No one doubts that Sam Ward employed women as agents, but those he chose for the purpose were usually ladies, He did business on a great seale; the deals he was concerned in involved millions. and a fee of $100,000 was to him noth- img extraordinary. Such a sum was much less, perhaps, than his services in a case were very frequently worth. When any concern or in- dividual wishes to get a bill through Congress, smethod commonly employed is to come to Washington and go straight to one of the men here who are professionally know as successful lobbyists. Of course, they would be insulted at being called lobbyists; they term themselves “attorueve.” Bet, the same, they know their business. Ounce retained in the service of a liberal client, such an attorney proceeds to spread his net. Asa matter of business, he bas made his acquaintance wide. He knows | rsonally very nearly every member of the jouse and Senate. Almost necessarily, he is | Dimself an ex-member of Congress— nearly all Successful lobbyists are such—and has a legal right to invade the legislative floor during the Progress of any dav’s session. This gives him ‘sn Opportunity to talk to the men he wishes to imterview such as is not granted to outsiders, SOME OF THE MEANS EMPLOYED, at quality that makes a successful lobbyist is his knowledge, instinctive and ac- qtired, of human nature. It might be said to nesses of each member of Congress that he meets; he studies them as if they were so tany chapters of an interesting book, though without appearing to do so. Certainly there is Bo man who bas not his weakness. A French- man, lingering over a dish of terrapin—all French epicures say that terrapin is the most | delightful thing that this country affords—on | ue historic occasion sai Every man has his dann-foolish. but my demn-foolish is terrapin.” If she lobbyist finds that his subject is not amen- sbdie to treatment by champagne suppers and other such stomuchic gratifications, he may ex- periment upon him with the tempting charms Of lovely woman. supposing that the possessor of a desirable vote is not susceptible to money | influence. There is many a legislator incor- ruptible by cash who cannot withstand per- suasion by th: softer sex, nor perhaps even the Seductions of dinner parties or social introduc- tions in the swim he 1s anxious to move in. All these agencies are at the command of the eccomplished lobbyist in Washington. Money is really no object to him where a bill making & difference of miliious to some great corpora- tion is concerned. It is estimated that at least @500,000 is spent in one way or another for lobbying during each Congress, ‘There are Stories of Congressmen who have been per- mitted to win a few thousand dollars over night at poker and have voted the next day in favor of measures which their hosts of the evening before chanced to be interested in. An easy and graceful way this ot accomplishing the purpose in view. Some men, too, are influ- euced by appeals to their friendship, while others are susceptible to petticoat impressions, and there have been some found, it is said, who are opeu to bribes. But the lobbyist is armed at all points. He is personally acquainted with women who make this sort of pursuit an occupation in life. and he hires them to per- form any task of the kind that may be on hand, providing them liberally with what funds they Ey, reed for incidental expenses. Likewise he knows just where to find any other agents whom he may desire to employ. ‘HUNTING IN COUPLES, It must be said for the business of these Wo that it requires no little cleverness, not to mention very essential personal attractions, Asarule they hunt in couples, Sometimes Shey are mother and daughter. the latter serv- ing asthe lure. It does uct matter if the girl tn the ease i not reali ly tne daughter of po mamma. You may say whatyou please about the stern duties of the, statommad, but the fact remains that any man ordinarily con- entated hes J to Gud little suppers in the *epariments of a charming and tive young Person, with champague ad lib. and not too alert a chapero. temptation not easy to re- sist, More often, however, two women work ee THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. solicit votes themseives, they serve merely as bait. THE “MAJORS” AND THE “JUDGES.” There is another and most interesting class of lobbyists in Washington, who may be said to hang on the taila of the profession. These are the “colonels,” “majors” and the “judges” of the hotels. They represent an extraordi- nary type now fast dying out and not to be seen anywhere to such advantage as ital. Very many of them were once of means and position, reduced by impoverishment of the south to pent Drifted to this city they have remained here stranded, spending their lives in loafing about the great hostelries of the town and occupied with nothing else than talking Politics ‘and waiting for somebody to come along and ask them to take a drink. The hotel “colonel” typically is a first-class mystery. No one knows exactly how he man- ages to live, inasmuch ashe neither toils nor spins, considering an kind of work beneati the dignity of a high- toned southern gentle- man, sah. For food, however, he does not care much, so longas he is supplied with plenty of whisky. With this essential he expects to be provided by the men be meets. His ac- quaintance is most ex- tensive; nearly all the - members of Congress MY MOST DISTINGUISHED are known to him CONSIDERATION. personally, and he takes every opportunity of introducing himself or being tacodced to strangers. No bashful- ness restrains him from politely addressing a newcomer in the hotel lobby with a graceful dignity calculated to make the stranger cot sider himself honored by the meeting. 1 most natural thing under such circumstances is for the newcomer to ask the colonel to have something at the bar. One of the colonel’s numerous acquaintances comes in and the colonel effects an introduction. That means one or two more drinks around. Another friend of the colonel’s is presently drawn into the party, which is probably further augmented later on, and all the elements are thus established for a night's jollification and endless rounds of whiskies and jule ‘The colonel is now in his element. About politics he knows it all and orates orac- ularly. Such of his talk as concerns himself usually relates to the vastness of his estates before the war and the multitudinousness of his niggers. Probably he will never think of “setting them up” so much as once during the evening, not because he has not the instinct of hospitality, but smply for the reason that he has no money. If on rare occasions he ex- tends an invitation to drink, he does not say merely, ‘What will you take?” His least elaborate form of expressing the idea is: “Allow me, sah, to renew my distinguished consideration.” Or he will say, with a grace- ful wave of his hand in the direction of the bar: “Will you cast your frail bark once more upon the tempestuous sea of alcoholism?” SUMMER AND WINTER. In summer the typical ‘‘colonel” wears a flowing linen duster, but in winter he is attired ina Prince Albert coat buttoned in tightly at the waist and unbuttoned above so as to give room for the expansion of his chest, His bear- ing is always excessively military, his hat, a broad-brimmed slouch of black felt, hia cane of rattan, and his shoes cut low in the quarter so as to display his stockings, which are white, in order that people shali know they are changed each morning. The dubious quality of his title is illustrated by the story of a rep- resentative of his type who was asked by stranger what regintent he had been col- onel of. “Permit me to inform you, sah,” was the re- ply, “that Iam noarmycolonel. In Kentucky, sah. a gentleman who has exchanged shots with another gentleman on the field of konah isa major;if he has killed his adversary he isa colonel, sab.” As to the title chosen—whether “colonel,” “major” or judge"—it is simply a matter of taste. HOW THEY HELP THE LOBBY. These very remarkable persons are nearly all of them deadbeats, it is true; and yet they con- trol a certain influence in affairs that astute lobbyists are often glad to employ. Not only do they perform certain petty work in the lobbying way, as go-betweens and otherwise, but they have it in their power to circulate rumors. Noone who has not made legislative science a study can realize how much influence rumors have in the making of affairs, Started in an hotel bar room by an irresponsible gossit monger, a rumor passes from mouth to mouth, gaining the credit of each responsible person who speaks of having heard it, until it gets to be accepted as a truth and votes and even laws are changed by it. Many atime has an hotel judge or colohel been paid money to state a falsehood in a public place and thus set it in circulation for an ultimate purpose. The thing was repeatedly done during the Speakership fight, when members were anxious to jump over to the winner's side at the earliest possible moment. Borrowing money, however, in sums from 25 cents to $5, is the colonel’s favorite method of procuring pocket money. Enormous amounts of cash, by the way, have beer spent recently for lobbying in behalf of the silver in- terest, the lead interest—to keep the duty on imported lend—and the oleomargarine industry, which does not want a law made to compel the stamping of its product with its true name. ——_——___ YALE’S FAMOUS GEOLOGIST. Prof. Dana and His Oddities—He’s Too “Cute” to be “Sold.” From the New York Herald. I met a shrewd-looking, fleet-footed little body bustling up Broadway a few days ago as if his very life depended upon his outdistancing every other pedostrian on the thoroughfare. His features were strong, handsome and venera- ble, and, as he hastily picked his way through the crowd, his long, flowing gray locks were blown this way and that, forming a sort of aureole about a remarkable brow. This curious piece of nervous energy was recognized by more than one as he went spin- ning up the street, for it was none other than Yale's famous geologist, Prof. Dana, graphi- cally dubbed “Roxy” by his youthful disciples. Prof. Dana passed his three score years and ten limit several years ago, but he still con- tinues to hustle and to explain the mystery of the rocks with the same ardor that ho displayed in his youth, Asa pedestrian he is imdetatiga- ble, and when he conducts a party of geological students across the hills and fells of New Haven, as he is in the habit of doing frequently during term time. he invariably overwearies even the sturdiest among them, The venerable professor is a hard man to circumvent, though the fun loving Yalensians have frequently inade the effort. It was on the occasion of one of these excursions thata pera pa of frisky juniors attempted a bieee trickery that only ended in their own chagrin, ‘The entire class was invited to accompany the professor to: Huntergreen lake, on an ap- pointed das, to inspect some ancient rocks that jore evidence of having been scratched by glaciers in a very early age. On the day pre- ceding the proposed excursion these wily juniors visited the lake and decorated some rocks in the neighborhood with a clever imita- tion of the real glacial scratches, Then, on the next day, they directed Prof. Dana's attention .to these new marks with no little flourish of trumpets. ‘And were those, too, made by the 2” they queried inno- cently. “They are precisely similar to the others.” But the professor was equal to the emer- gency. His glasses had bridged his nose in a moment and his eyes undertaken a close sur- vey of the cubilistic signs. “They appear more as if they had been made by Irishmen,” was his lacomic explanation, enforced by a twinkling eye. And then the band of geologist, who were waiting for a different denouem bad the laugh on their comrades. _ Prof. Daua gave a somewhat similar illustra- tion of his shrewdness one day in the recitation room. It is customary for the students to bring with them from time to time such bits of stone as they have chanced across and to sub- mit them to him for examination and explana- tion. “This isa piesh of shyenite and that a very fine speshimen of mica shist,” he would customarily explain, with an accent peculiarly bis own. “Aud what is this, professor?’ questioned an eager youth one day, ne he placed before him « small red specimen that was strikingly suggestive of a bit of brick. ‘Phe professor held it up to the light and serul ed it with the closest attention. Then his brow contracted, and he said slowly and re ponderously: ‘This, sir, is a rare piesh of im- pudence.” Wife—“Why, Thomas, you said would be home at 9 o'clock and here ivi after 3.” Thomas—‘Easy ‘nough ’splained, my dear. I rode up on (hic) "lectric car, an’ (hic) Yectricity stopped my watch.” —7ezas Siftings, It took five bushels of corn to get intoa circus in Kansas last summer, This summer you can get into the main tent, stay to the concert, go to the side show and get @ picture of the Cireas- sian beauty all for one bi Bessie—“One of the horrid papers THERE WAS NO BOY THERK. A Photographic Test of a Famous Trick of Indian Jugglery. ‘From the Chicago Tribune. Frederick 8. Ellmore is a Chicago man who has just returned from a trip around the world. He has a theory that the wonderful tricks of the East Indian jugglers were performed by the aid of hypnotism. To a Tribune reporter Mr. Ellmore said: e had done West India pretty thoroughly, and had spent some time in Calcutta. From there we went north, stopping for « short time at Rajmahal and Dinapur. From the latter city we went south to Gaya, which we reached in July last. Lessing and I had frequently talked over the Indian fakirs and their mar- velous performances, and had determined upon making a careful test of their powers, So we were constantly on the alert for some first-class juggler. “One afternoon Lessing rushed into the room where I was taking a snooze and told me there was a fakir in front about ready to begin his rformances, I was as pleased as he was. either of us had been able previous to this time +o see any of these fellows, but we arranged & little plan which we were to put into opera- tion when opportunity offered. “I bad been impressed by a theory that the explanation of all their alleged supernatural Performances would be found in hypnotism, at I did not know just how to get at it until Lessing proposed this plan to test my theory. While the fakir was going through his per- formances Lessing was to make a rapid pencil sketch of what he saw, while I at the same mo- ment would take a snap shot with my kodak. “Being prepared to put this plan in opera- tion we went out from our abode, and re found the fakir and a crowd of natives and one or two Europeans. “The fakir was a queer-looking chap. His hair was long and matted and his be: hung low on his breast. “His only decoration was a copper ring or bracelet worn about his right arm, between the wrist and the elbow. “His eyes were remarkable both for their brilliancy and their intense depth, if I may so term it. They seemed to be almost jet black, and were set unusually deep in his head. When we stepped into the little circle about him those eyes took us in from sole to crown. THE SKETCH. “He had spread upon the ground a coarse carpet of peculiar texture about four feet wide and six feet long. At his right stooda small arthen bow] and across his knees lay astrange- looking musical instrument. Having received the signal that all ready, he took the bowl in his hands turned the contents—a reddish, sand-like mix- ture—out upon the carpet. He mixed it about with his fingers, apparently toshow that it con- tained no concealed objects. < “Replacing the sand in the bowl he stood it in the center of the carpet, several feet in front of his knees, and covered it with a small shawl, first placing in the mixture several seeds of the mango fruit. Then he vives aweird air on his pipe, swayed back and forth, and as he did 80 owt took in each member of the crowd of spectators with those marvelous eyes of his. The swaying and pipe playing lasted two or three minutes. Then he suddenly stopped and d corner of the shawl. aw several green shoots two or three rm W inches high. He replaced the shawl, played a little more on his pipe and I could have sworn I saw theshawl pushed three feet into the air. Again he stopped and removed the shawl. This time there was a perfect tree two feet or more in height. with long, slender, flat leaves. ing nudged me and I took my picture, while he made a skeleton sketch. “While we were watching this creation of the queer old man it seemed to vanish before our eyes. When it was gone he removed the bowl and spread the shawl onthe ground before him. Then there was more music and more ying, more looking at the crowd, and as we atched the dirty square of cloth he bad placed on the ground we saw ontlined beneath it some moving object. As we watched he grasped the shawl by each of two corners and snatched it from the ground. “Upon the spot where it had rested buta moment before there sat the queerest dimpled Indian baby that I had seen in my travels, Lessing kept his nerve better than I did. I would have forgotten what I was doing if he had not reminded me. “I took the picture and he made his sketch. The baby remained but a moment be- fore Mr. Fakir re-covered it with the shawl, and, drawing a knife, cut and slashed at the spot where the infant sat. In another instant he threw away the shawl and there was nothing there. “We had scarce time to recover from our astonishment when the fakir drew from under his knee a ball of gray twine, Taking the loose end between his teeth, he, with aquick upward motion, tossed the ball into the air. “Instead of coming back to him it kept on going up and up unti! out of sight and there remained only the long swaying end. When we looked down after trying to see where the ball had gone we were all astonished to see stauding beside the fakir a boy about six years oid, He had not been there when the ball was tossed into the air, but he was there now, and ata word from the fakir he walked over to the twine and began climbing it, a good deal after the fashion of a monkey climbing a grape vine THE PHOTOGRAPH. “As he was starting I got his range and made ® picture of him, Lessing at the same time making asketch. The boy disappeared when he had reac point 30 or 40 feet from the ground, at least we could not see him. A mo- ment later the twine disappeared. Then the fakir arose, rolled up his carpet, took the bowl away and passed among the crowd soliciting contributions, “I had no facilities for bate 4 the kodak films, and it was these Lessing took with him 4s well asa thousand or more other negatives tobe developed. ‘The fakir pictures, with a few others, T receiv d this afternoon. After the fakir’s depart Lessing sketches and these he left in camers record the marvelous features of the performance. “For instance, Lessing’s sketch shows the grown from the bush there. ing saw plese 3 and so did I, and he has got it in his sketch, but the camera demonstrates that there was no baby. “Lessing's sket of the boy climbing the twine is evidence that he saw it, but the camera Says there was no boy and no twine. From which I am compelled to believe that m: beet: hes absolutely correct—that Mr. had simply hypnotized the entire crowd, bat eouldn’t hypnotize the camera. I'm going to write outa history of the copies made of the pictures and forward London Socie: ‘to the Ihave no doubt it ‘From the New York Sun. Customer—‘Give me 10 cents worth of pare- Goric, please.” “Druggist—‘Yes, sir.” ia it?” Druggist—“‘A quarter.” THE CONJURER’S CALLING. Some of its Interesting and Dangerous Aspects, From the London Telegraph. Who is there with the true conjurer’s instinct that has not gloried in the triumphs achieved by the archillusionist Robert Houdin over the wandering Bedouin tribes with his daring feat of catching marked balls in his mouth fired from their guns, and the profound respect he inspired with his celebrated trick of the heavy box, which he could lift with one hand, and which half a dozen of the strongest chiefs could not stir? Ere now the conjurer has been a civilizing or at all events, an awe-inspiring influence over the savage races, and travelers tell us of the profoun d reverence awakened by such a sim; device as that of taking out and replacing a single false tooth. Of a truth, the successful conjurer, with his pleasant ways, nice sense of courtesy, tucked-up sleeves and any little wand, or “baguette,” isan enviable ing. Legerdemain, however, has its dangerous and difficult side, and, though it isa maxim with proper professors of the craft, “Never be found out,” the failure of a trick has brought disgrace and disaster on the unhappy per- former who slips or stumbles in his magic manipulations. Confederates—now rarely used—have been known to play their master false and disappear with valuable watches when. they ought to have been busily engaged in in- serting them in loaves or oranges behind the scenes, Rabbits often prove treacherous allies and wriggle out of awkward places at untoward moments, and it often happens that individual members of rough audiences fail exactly to see the fun of the thing and develop a tendency to spoil the show. A huge negro some time ago w into a passion when a lost watch and a se- lect assortment of guinea pigs and white mice were extracted from various portions of his rson, and in his wrath ‘went for” the pro- fessor, who had to palm himself off with more rapidity than dignity through a back door. his same professor tells a story to the effect that when performin card trick which concludes brilliantly by firing off five selected cards from a pistol and impaling the sameon the five points ofa magico star the miserable weapon missed fire thrice consecu- tively. It wasa ‘far west” audience, and the temporary failure grated on the fine nerves of a young cowboy in the back rows, who simply ob- served: “Guess I can shoot a darned sight better nor that, mister.” and firing off his six-shooter at the magic star smashed it to pieces. Few conjurers, professional or amateur, are with- out more or less humorous anecdotes concern- ing threatened disaster, and telling how, by ingenious ‘patter’ or the neat diversion of the attention of the audience to another channel, they averted ignominious defeat; but there are cases, it seems, when no amount of ingenuity—not even the absolutely last resource of throwing one’s self on the mercy and indulgence of the andience—will protect discomfited wizard from rebuke worse than jeers of derision. Of this nature is the conjuring story which comes to us from the royal court of Madagascar, and it may serve as a judicious warning to all prestidigita- teurs who propose to practice their craft in sub-equaturial isiands governed by queens, where the laws of etiquette touching the royal person are exceptionally severe. and the tradi- tions of the ‘‘taboo” yet linger in spite of mis- sionari¢s and resident generals, rum and to- bacco and other products of European civiliza- tion, ‘To the court of her gracious majesty, Queen Ranarabona II, a lady of considerable culture, came a creole conjurer, and as he had, no doubt, in common with’ all conjurers, per- formed before ‘‘ail the crowned heads of En- rope,” the Queen of Madagascar gave him kindly audience and bade him amuse her faith- ful courtiers and her royal self. ‘Ihe first part of the performance, it is to be presumed, went off successfully. At last this creole Cagliostro waxed bold and invited her majesty to taste the contents of a glass of water which, by a touch of his wand, he had converted into a rare old Malaga of choice vintage. Here he made his first false step, for he evidently had not studied the wand history of the Hovas and knew not that they were addicted in the old days to idolatry, tetichism, witchcraft and divi- nation; that not 80 long ago they believed in the ordeal by the celebrated tangena poison, prohibited, with other barbarous rites, by the Anglo-Malagasy treaty of 1865, and, above all, that they held the person of ‘their queen as something exceptionally sacred. It was consequently explained to the dusky professor by the prime minister that 1t was not etiquette for the queen to drink in public. The profe: sor reiterated his demand with unbecoming i sistence. The queen positively declined to touch the enchanted Malaga, and then sud- denly, as the bystanders imagined, flying into a fit of passion, the ill-mannered necromancer hurled the contents of the gi into her majosty’s royal lap. ‘The Ppeeuraeks ged of his conduct soon dawned on him and he recognized too late that he had violated one of the laws of the mysteri- ous “taboo,” which is still hereditary on the island, not to speak of the amazing discourtesy of the action. The court rose at him, the queen probably screamed or fainted and we hear with small wonder that ‘the affair created tremendous excitement.” Of course, all con- jurers, small and great, are quite familiar with the ‘glass of water and rose leaves trick,” some- times performed with the substitution of a shower of bran for the blossoms, and any one with a shilling or two to spare can learn “how it is done” any respectable toy shop. Doubt- less any breach of etiquette, any unpardonable “ese majeste,” was far from the conjurer’s mind, but it was too late to explain, The mis- chief was done and not all the power of this daring ‘‘dealer in magic and spells” availed him at that fearful crisis, ‘he direful news had spread abroad like wildfire; the populace assembled in their thousands opposite the pal- ace and demanded his immediate execution—if, indeed, the government were opposed to hand. ing him over to be dealt with by lynch law. In his despair the pelniees sorcerer,who does not appear to have had even “a penny curse” about him handy, appealed, not to the ‘‘Resi- dent Djin,” as Mr.John Wellington Wells would have done, but to the resident general, fur pro- tection. That official kindly took the unwise wizard under his wing.addresaed the populace, and after a considerable period the wrath of the people subsided; they yielded to entreaty and advice and finally went home. The con- jurer wes smuggled off to his quarters, and next day, a sadder and wiser man, sought fresh woods and pastures new. No doubt the bitter lesson will last him his lifetime, teaching him that, with all the license allowed to professors of his craft, there are circumstances under which even’ conjurers cannot “play tcicks” with impunity. ————+eo—______ BADGE WEARING THE LATEST FAD How a British Tourist Was Deceived by an American Citizen. From the New York Herald. “I just meta very distinguished man on Broad- way,” said an English tourist lately lacded to me the other day. ‘He was a member of some order or other. I’mnot sure whether it was French or Italian, I think he belongs to more than one.” Ten minutes later I met this distinguished man, and his orders were neither French nor German. He was a member of a barbers’ pro- tective association, an east side athletic club and a dancing coterie. This mistake on the part of the British tour- ist calls to mind the fact that one man out of ten that are met on any of the upper thorough- fares wears badges of some sort or other. Most of the badges are small and some are rich and costly in design, andasarule they are worn on the left lapel of the coat where a boutton- niere usually appears, When the reader remembers that there are in thiscountry over five thousand secret so- cieties, some large and prosperous, but most of which are confined to the town that gave them birth, and that most of the members wear some distinctive badge, this wonderful growth in the badge wearing tad is not really 80 won- derful after all. Yesterday Imet on 6th avenue a tall man, with a military air, who would have been taken for a field marshal at least in any foreign city, T analyzed the badges that covered his waist- coat like rounds of the “Jacob's ladder” that Masonic—Blue Lodge, Chapter, Counci Commandery, Lodge of Perfection, Temple o} Mecca, Knights of Pythias. Order of For- esters, Ancient Order of American Workmen. Legion of Honor Grand Army of the Repub- lic, Ninth regiment, National Guards. ‘That was all, but as each order hadits badge, Of course few badge wearers go to this ex- treme, but enough of them have their special vanities to make the fad a marked one in this 25,000 FOR EVERY TRIP. The Cost of Running a Twin-Screw Racer Across the Atlantic. From the New York Sun ‘What does it cost to run a palatial twin-screw Taecer across the Atlantic? That is the question which the Sun, for the enlightenment of many inquiring readers, recently put to the New York agents of several big com- panies, The questioner was about to file the query away with alotof other unsolved rid- dies of the sea, when he strolled into the office of the Hamburg-American line, There he obtained the information which had been withheld at every other office. Agent E. L. Boas dissipated, as well as he was able, the mystery that had enshrouded the little prob- lem. A midsummer trip of the magni! Normannia was the theme of his calculation. The Normannia is not quite as big as the twin-screw boats of the ‘ite Star and Inman lines, but her expense account, owing to the greater length of her voyage, is just as for- midable. e cost of running her from her dock in the Teutonic town loboken to her dock in the town of Hamb no lews Teuton’ perhaps, is about the same as the cost of run- = the City of Paris from New York to Liver- poo! When the Normannia starts on an eastward voyage she carries nearly 3,000 tons of coal in her protected bunkers, Some of this is Ameri- canand some foreign soft coal, aud it costs about €8.50@ ton. The sooty stokers daily shovel into her roaring red furnaces between 250 and 300 tons. The expenditure fot coal runs just short of $1,000 a day, or nearly @8,000 for the voyage. The cost of the gallons and gallons of oil used to keep her ponderous triple-expansion engines, her dynamos, her numerous smailer aopees, her pumps, and 80 on, running smoothly, combined with the coal bill, is quite £8,500. The salaries of the big ship's company are not an unimportant factor in the expense ac- count. Among the 300 persons who look after the working of the racer and the comforts of her passengers are, besides cool-headed Capt. Hebich, 8 officers, 1 surgeon, 25 engineers and machinists, 2 pursers, 5 boatswains, 28 seamen, 114 firemen, 65 waiters and waztresses, 22 cooks, bakers and assistants, 2 carpenters,1 barber and 14 skilled musicians. The total wages of these for a trip of counting § perquisites Capt. Hebich receives the highest salary. It varies between $3,000 and $4,000 a year and depends somewhat on the earnings of the ship, of which he receives a small percentage, This is the way the skippers of all the colossal rac- ing craft are paid, and it is not likely that any ot them are going to cease racing, or to be censured for it, as long as a fast trip means money in their | ems and in the coffers of their company. Every hour the captain of the City of New York sayes means a saving in coal alone of $50. Next in importance to the captain of an ocean speeder is the chief engineer. He is not as fre- quently visible to the cabin passenge: his gold-laced superior d nobody makes much fuss over him, but he is, in the opinion of his employers, a big man indeed. He is the man who makes the great ship “git ap and git.” He submits daily reports of how things are go- ing on down below to the captain. He tellshow many tons of coal he is using, how much indi- cated horse power he obtains, and the number of revolutions the ship’s propellers make = minute, If he doesn’t get as much speed out of the clanking twin giants as the captain thinks he ought to, the captain pats him on the buck and tells him to whoop her up, like a good fellow. It is essential to the cap- tal interest that he should be friendly with the boss of the mighty machines. For his great work the chief engineer receives $160 a month and his board. which is equal to that of tho cabin passengers. The chief officer re- ceives $80 a month, whic! more than the captains of many steamships of the second class get. The food and drink consumed by passengers and crew during a recent trip of the Norman- nia cost about €16,000. This is the complete list of the things that were necessary to make life aboard the luxurious floating hote! some- thing like a dream: 2,500 bottles of red wine, 2,000 bottles of Rhine wine, 2,000 bottles of champagne, 1,200 bottles of cordials, 15,000 bottles of beer, 80 kegs of beer, 400 bottles of ale and porter, 2,500 bottles of mineral water, 87,000 gallons of drinking water, 70,000 pounds of potatoes, 16.000 pounds of beans, peas and so on, 2,500 cans of fruit, 1,500 ounds of jellies, tarts and biscuits, 45 Eamsuor vegetables, 7,000 pounds of butter, 1,200 pounds of cheese, 10,000 eggr, 8,500 pounds of sugar, 1.500 pounds of coffee, 1,000 pounds of tea, 250 pounds of chocolate, 150 gallons of mulk, 10,000 apples, 1,200 oranges, 1,000 lemons, 400 glasses of preserved fruits, 120 barrels of flour, 65 gallons of ice cream, 17,000 pounds of beef, 12,000 pounds of mutton, 1,800 pounds of ham, smoked beef and bologna, 1,000 pounds of veal, 700 pounds of bacon. 600 pounds of pork, 600 pounds of game, 500 pounds of canned meat, pounds of lamb, 30 barrels of preserved meat, 20 bar- rels of sult pork, 16. ounds of fish, 450 chickens, 180 duck:, 60 turkeys, 60 partridges, and 50 geese. From the foregoing facts and figures it may be said that one trip of the Normannia costs the famburg-American line not less than $25,000. To offset this expenditure, which does not include the cost of insurance, the Nor- mannia must carry many passengers and some freight. The number of her passengers varies, of course, according to the season. She car- ries in midsummer sometimes nearly 500 first and second cabin and about 300 steerage voyagers, The average price of a first | cabin passage is about $110, and that of a sec- ond cabin about 960. The average price of steerage accommodations $2. “The receipts from all classes of passengers on a good midsummer trip are over $50,000. Usu- ally the Normannia carries 800 tons of freight, which, at the transportation rates of about $10 a ton, amounts to $8,000. The cost of londing and unloading this freight is borne by the com- pany. Inthe dull season the big twin-screw ships do not make much, but their receipts throughout the year are large enough to war- rant the declaration that they are great suc- ce: financially and that they are the pas- senge ships of the future. The Waiter Girl. She comes, she comes upon my yearning sight, Like friendly beacon shining thro’ the night. What tho’ thy hands and feet be large—thy head And countenance alike be fiery red; My joy at seeing you is past control— Thou token of plenty to my famished soul! She comes to learn my lightest whim or wish, And murmurs— “Souporfish?” Daughter of Erin, skittish are thy ways; Perchauce my méal you'll bring some of these ays. Ob, why procrastinate? Why, why so slow? Art waiting for the ham-and-éggs to grow? At length she comes again upon the scene, And beams upon me with a smile serene, Like champagne bottle popping out its cork, She shouts out— “Beeforpork?” Oh, fair one. tho’ no drinking man am I, Jfain some mild, light beverage would try. Not only hungry'am I, but athirst; And I could drink until my hide would burst. ‘Oh, for ice water, milk or lemonade, Some cool drink bring me, oh, thou lovely maid! At last she sees my signal aud far off Shouts at me— “Teaorcoff?” Come, come, thou shy, coy maid, hear my appeal— Have I come to the end of this, my meal? Is this small ration all I am to draw? Must famine’s tooth forever at me gnaw? You think I've had enough—not so, not sol Ah, little of a boarder’s wants you know! If you'd but listen—if you only would! She answers— “Pieorpud?” —Light. He—“Does oo love ‘oo darling?” mn in Sea both been there before.” —Life, Imperial Rides in China. From the London Figaro. The emperor, empress and empress dowager of China take daily rides in the handsomely way round the Nan-hai (Southern sea) ing the new palace of the » No locomotive is used, only being em- ight days is about €2,000, not | “ a Stat ot ectanecne: Wala wellequipped depattmente of Mechanical and (3S, ‘Drewine, For reas ©. A WALDO, Lib’a. * 12 lessons, in advance. ALL, A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, LY Se ENTISS, Principal, Forest Glen, Md. ELKOSE INSTITUTE, BOARDI for Girls, Hyattivitle: Me more. ‘epplication. RI INSTRUCTION-THE GREATEST OPPOR- Altay ever offered to Parenta Chiiiren. Teac: ‘igners, Decorators or Artists to learn to Draw an Paint perfectly for almost m ue cor those who com- mepce now or Sept. &. Cali and se- the wouderful Brogrese of studenta | Portra:te to onder from @5 42 LR MORRELL, the tescher, has 12 medals and studied 15 years with the most celebrated artists in Europe. free exhibition das Bepte mber (after, "25 GUARANTEE 1O TEACH ANY ONE EL ged Portrait in 15 ptt ‘now! - J. We ; srt oy lil DRAW me: nO S$ CECILIA'S ACADEMY FOR YOUN LADIES and Children, G01 East Capitol st jonday, September 8. Music and special attention. Me VERNON SEMINARY, Wil reopen rt revive we pain &W.COR. M. AND 11TH STS., WASHINGTON, D.c. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL zB YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLA, SIXTEENTH YEAR BEGINS MONDAY, OCTOBER SIXTH. Thorough instruction in all departments in accord- ance with best modern methods, Buildings remodeled, enlarged and furnished with every appliance for health and comfort of pupils, including passenger ele- vator, steam heating and perfect sanitation. For fur- ther particulars apply, after September First, 1890, to the Principal, _auz7-3m. MRS. ELIZABETH J. SOMERS. COLUMBIA COLLEGE oF COMMERCE, ‘aVe., opposite city post office, © World, the | Trainin 5 A é E é q ® r Six Annual acholar- qusrautecd when lovue. Office open ms bein ~ept. 1 AD. CE, Prin, PREPARATORY es for College, val Academies and for business. ‘Ihe course will be extended and improved duriu ‘coming session, which will be- in September thorough courses. ship from $35 to &. competent. Write « B SCHOOL FOR GIKLS: & jecholastic year; finest location in Philadelphia sub- rb; highest references. Principal will rents between Sejteraber Ist and Sth. IOME SCHUOL, Star oftic {MERSON INSTITU 914 14th st. bet. Tand K ste, Select Classical and Mathematical Schovl for Young Men and Bo jus iw thirly-ninth year Monday, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Jobus Hop- and other Colleges and Univers ties; for eutife ‘Schools, United states Military ‘and Academies end ‘for Businesa, special depari- for boys between 8 and 12 yems of age. A full course in modern isnguaces, For partic ress _8u18-3m KAWING AND PAINTIN every branch for men, w and see the Woudertul proxress 01 iu Crayon and Oil; best and che: CHAS. B. YOUNG, Principal. ING, LL. D., President, SCHOOL, 407 EAST pitol Hall P.O. Tn success- ud hearty indorsed by ttendauce. Bookkeeping, business practice, arithmetic, rapid writing, gramuar, correspondeuce, spelling and typewriting, "Over 100 ce last year, Ke-opeus Sept. 8. Office opea eMeLIB ater Sept. 1. Annual echolasehip writing $10. Circulars, CUUKT F. WOOD. LLM, 5 4 if it 3 3 3 A 8 CADEMY OF THE HOLY CRoss, 13 A uve., umparts thoroush kpowledwe in Ei jusic and Art. Piano, violin, harp, guitar ard ano Bre Mauebt | Langusgés, wenéral vocal, drawing ‘and fancy work free. auzltr ROOKEVILLE ACADEMY, _ MONTGOMERY County, did, pares Boys for West Pomt, the jouse and the Par. aval Academy, the Counting Session begins Sept. 1 auzi-lm* J.D. WAKFIELD, A.M. Sz, sonxs cortesr, ANNAPOLIS, MD. Eight Departments aild Four Courses of Study, tory School attached. GIVEN THE PREPARATIO! NAVAL ACADEMY, #5 presnden THOMAS FELL, LL.D, Ph.D . PHARMACEUTICAL AND ‘SE MEDICAL, Dental Departments of Howard University. will open their winter session OCLUBEK 1. address For arcuiars ©. B. PURVIs, M.D, Secretary, 1115 13th et. uw, HOWAKD lassica, and Commercial eved as Boarders or Day For particulars address DENIS, Presiden>, AND FOK GiIKLS, SANDY Spring. Montyouwry county, Md., reopens Sey 10. ‘Yhorough traning ed ai. with the intu- 8 far as porsible, of woverument, The | number is Limited beultu of the Scholars S-2w HALLOWELL, A.M. (Yaie} ‘Sandy opra sta. @PENCEXIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, Ss b ane D sts, uw. . ce op Fangements from Auxust 70.” iis college embraces #ix schools, viz: School of Practical Kusiuessaud Ac counts, includivg buglish lanuaze, ese arich- metic and rajad writing; Moral aud’ Sceial Culture; School f preparatory knglish. including elementary boukkeeping: Schovi of Shorthand aud Typewr: iuerudimg punctuati at Drawin-, includim« ment work ; Sehvol for Civil ver vice Lrainimg may and Nagcht Ss course, day sessions, a, holarship fur business % le giUcn entering and balance on monthly i ents of $10 cach,or $00 if paid in tall on en teriag. Year scholambip, miekt sessions, 656, payable £5 oventernt alae in monthly instaliments of BS exc $50 if paid mm fullon entering. Quarterly Fates gi sesstone, £18 night seasons. | Write or call tor new illustrated suuouncement for 1890-1591. ‘Lelephoue cali, 10%: HENRY C.SPENCER. LLB, Principal aul6 MKS. SAKA A. SPENCER Vice Principal, rue BeERii7z sc HOOL OF LANGUAGES, 5 14th st. now. Open all Suinwer (Sumiver prices) rep or Colsewoe Specialty Pranches in 1» Puiludely Chi- or cage, Lowsviile, Faris, France, Berlin Di Gerany, Moscow, Kussia, and “Loudon, knglaod. quer Sctool in Asbury Park CCKVILLE ACADEMY, ROCKVILI D., ‘opens September minutes from Washing” jon; equips for college oF business: terms moderate. For catalogue address W. PINCKNEY MASUN, A., Principal. ‘ul6-ini* ¥ INSTITUTE, 312 GEOKGETOWN, hufth Session Leyine October 1. 1800. For apply to MISSES DORSEY, Prieta recy will also sesunie ber Calist aulo-Lm® St MA’ . 4 CHARLOTI ALL. oh Sere Baeeas Ha 18 Nituatou unsurpassed for bealub Classica), Mathematical, Cummercial Mary's eg | and furnished room, @100 for term of 10 menthe. J16tb session September 1. For further particulars adaress ROW. SLLVino1 tk, Primcipel. 3yf0-eotm™ MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE. | CONCORDVILER, UE Se, S180 ver year. One of tise best schouls to ye and » meet the duties of lite, Five courses of study. | Boys Dnder 13 youre, @150. JOSEPH SORT LIDGE Wale, AM, Prim, FX QUIEK INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG Warrenton, Va. Situat am the Peid: ‘of Virgina, on the == aS aT. Washiugton. A very a Urely full two past sessions. . Next term begin” SEPTEMBER 18, 1800. For cata.oeue address LADIES _2Y17-e0i0t “GhO. G. BUTLER, AM. Principal, y EW YORK Muti °ADEMY, cai For illustra TUTE {WILER and Sire ANNE CABELE ‘Boards oun twenty. Reopens September v4. Sadhana) ad }THEL CLASSICAL AND MILITARY ACADEM prepares for Business, University of V oy « Pout. idress Maj AG. E, SCHEEL, TEACHER OF PIANO, ORGAN a‘ © Singing at Night, particular atteution to bew: ELD as Nell ae thove furcher advanced; German of Engiteh method taught. 734) 2th st. nw. aulé-sim M‘*8Es COLLEGE. AME Bost advantages; moderate expenses. Address President EATON, sy26u 16,23&80 Marietta, Ohio, r HOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, LYNN. wood, Kockingham county, Va Mies Kieanor. © Wheat, principal. Fourth session opens Sept 20, ispu Lis school is situated immediately om the Shenandoah Vailey railroud, in ‘the most. healthful Dart of the valley of Vireinis. It is recommended to training of young chidren. The course s complete. Instrumental mask & specialty, Terme: Board, with tuition tm English, Latin, Freneb, and inst'umental music, 170 For circulars apply to the principal, or to je HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE Announcements for the pert scedemic year are now ready and will be sent on application 312-Lew1le 7 122 and 124 Frenkiin 3 Boron Bonep hn 00% for Youn Ladies will reopen Thureday, Septewiber mth y Mrs. TS “Twenty-se a & ear HP. LEFEBVRE, Principal. _ PIANOS AND ORGAN KK RSEACER Pianos ARF ALWays SELECT > xt by fropie of CULI UKE and GOOD IUDG ot, Kubu's 72 MPLE OF MUBIC, lzuy Gest. a.w, ‘Tuning snd Keguistiug.” ouz6-dm gs THT rr 8, z ss, OT i ge r Fr Syg8 FT ker =. Prize Medal Paris Exposition. 200 first premtume; indorsed by over 100 miusic schools aud colloces fot duratality” Oid Pianos taken in exc! ‘The only Uprucht that cau take the ofa Grand. wodm PFEIFFER & CONLIFF, 610 ilthet aw, Leavixe I DECKER BROS WEBER FISCHER ESTLY ESIEY OnGANG ESTEY ORG: EY ORGAN! ANS. MODERATE PRICES, Easy 1EKMs, Old instruments taken in part payment, Tuning and Kepairins. ‘delepuoue 62%. We close at 5 o'elock during July and A SANDEKS & STAYAIAN, STRUMENTS. PIANOS aa PIANOS. UNEQUALED IN TONE, TOUCH, WORKMANSHIP AND DURABILITY. » A ; Special attention of “Pur hasers” is invited to “New Arustic Styles,” Quished in designs of EsT DECOKALIVE AKI. Pinuos for rent HAND PIANOS —A large comprising almost every well-known make in country, in thorough rej air, will be closed out at very tow Secutes. sFeCTAL INDUCEMEN IS offored Laie Ww prices aud uu tera, which w on aONTHEY INSTALMENTS when desired. a6 1 LADiES’ GOODS. = ——4 LADIES OLY STYLE SEALSKIN GAKMENTS r ed and A.tered into Newest Shapes, an Jackets Caves, Ke Made ty Order. UNMINGHAM, 1308 Bth at, F***8; FKONTS!! FRONTS! Always in orger by plain combing at M. J. PRANDI 1380 Pat uw. irs Marrisonah Importer of Fine Freuch air Goods, Frirdressiug. 22-20" ‘Shampootng. 3 AND DEY OLEAN > New York ave, New Seal- The Mines euz6- 3m JMMENCH DYEING. 8COU! ING Esl Abi ibiM: N iret-class od Lvening Drewes. v B, tormerly with A. Fischer > bh. AND CAKULINE aud Maisn Yriese, ANE FipCHER'S DRY CLE. Be LISHMEN’ AND DY WOKK™, 906 GST... W, Ladies’ aud Gent's Garments of ail Kinds cleaned and without beime ripped Ladies’ Kvepinug Dresses vecialty. J hirty-five years’ experience. Prices inod> fe. Gvods called tur aud dei vered. elt “A LI-WOOL GAKMENTS, MADE UP OR RIPPED A Syed stood dyed mourns: x FISCHER, 906 G st. nw. pray ela _ PRINTERS. HE LINOTYPE COMPANY, PRINTERS AND PUBL! 1223 FIFTEENTE 8T. N.W. ‘The Misses Kerr's Home School for Young Ladies and Little Girls w:ll reopen September Addrens for particulars MENDHAM, J. aul4-3m wT. GEORGE'S HALL, FOR BOYS AND YOUNG Men, St. Georve's, near Baltimore, Md. Prot. J. C. RINEAM, A.D. principal. A sch of establisbed aw Uorough and safe Moderate terms ~3 FV Ocal Lessons. V Mis. HARRIET MILLS, to 3y31-3m 1127 los st nw. EW WINDSOK COLLEGE—WINDSOR FEMALE, eee on i College. Full course in each Gollege, with diplomas and degrees. Also Pre; Reasonable charges. Opens September 17. Address Rev. AM. JELLY, D.D. ty23-2m° Pres., New Windsor, Ma. ‘K MAR COLLEGE, WITH MUSIC AND ART onan is the Schooi for Young Women. pend for ul 3y15-2m , President, US L. KEEDY, Nez. win = r For. Tee poe ein Tepe hatte oe 2, hae et Meee eee Bai eee St tae eas —— 414 Lith #t (ster Build le, niy Pek CENT Less HAN HAND COMPOBIIION, _ Special rates to the trade. PRACIICAL K AND JOB PRINTERS Proteesivus! Printing a Specialty. TYPE SET 1) MACHINE 2u eub-lm GILL & WALLACE r 1107 & #t. nw, Presework FINE BOOK AND JOM PRINTING ONLY. 378 FINANCIAL, J 8O ¥. Conson. aX0. Ww. MACARTREE COFRSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 ¥ ST. X.W., Bankers and dealers in Government Bonds: all sec: ephone Stock deal! ‘Aiuerican Belt I eles hove Stock bought and sold 3918 ———~—_="=——=E_zzz—T—T—C:X=—aA>a==—EE ____ PROFESSIONAL