Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1890, Page 11

=~ THE ADMIR Ft AL BAUDIN. A GREAT SH WAR SHIP. The Admiral Baudin and Its Heavy Armor. FREN DESCRIPTION OF ONF OF THE LATEST PRODUCTS OF TRE FRENCS YARDS—THE ENGINES AND COAL EXDURANCE—TORPEDO NETS TO BE ADOPTED IN OUR NAVY. NCH are in the front rank of powers of the world and are rapidly encroaching on the reputations jof the English ship builders and naval architects with their large appropri- ations and intelligent advancement. In fact European battle-ship construction has come to be ® race for supremacy between those two Rations, and for every success on one side of the channel the other side makes an effort to surpass it, This alternation of improvements has produced ao most beneficial result as viewed from the Standpoint of a third party, such as the United Btater hose functions, up to a very few years @g0, seem to have been to stand idle and by watching the struggles of other navy-building countries learn wholesome lessons and lay up a fund of information for the future. France bas devoted more time, attention, study and money to the larger class of ships, the ponderous floating forts that have not yet found much favor here. This was in a competition with England. where the heavily armed and armored ship-of-the-line has always been a favorite, Indeed, the effort for a time was to see which side could produce the largest tonnage, the heaviest guns and the thickest armor on the same vessel, and it is to this strife that the —— type of the heaviest fighting craft owes its existence. THE ADMIRAL PAUDIN. The engraving above shows one of these ves- Sela. Her name is the Admiral Baudin, and she is one of the eight first-class ironclads re- Joicing inthe French designation “cuerasses @ escadre,” which now form an important sec- tion of the French navy. She was built in 1883 of iron and steel and her dimensions are as follows: Length, 928 feet 1 inch; beam, 68 feet 10 inches; draught, 26 feet 2 inches; displace- ment, 11,380 tons; horse power, 8,800; speed, 15.2 ‘knots; coal’ capacity, 800 ‘tons; cost, $5,000,000. She is armed with three 143¢-inch as a main battery, located in guns half-round, half-losenge shape farbette turrets, protected ‘by steel plates 163¢ inches thick. ‘These guns are about as heavy as can be made with economical regard for strength, efficiency andendurance, The secondary battery con- sists of twelve 53-inch rifles, six rapid-fire guns and fourteen machine guns. Most of these smaller arms, the two latter classes, are worked from the tops of the military tops, which form a powerful means of defense fainst the attacks of torpedo boats and in short-range fighting. HEAVILY ARMORED. The ship is armored very heavily. Her main belt, which runs from end to end above and below the water line, is of 21.66-inch steel amidships and decreasing to 14 inches at the bow and stern. This is backed by teak from 12 to 14 inches thick. There is also a protect- ive deck of 3.94-inch steel, covering the vital portion of the ship. This huge craft is driven through the water by two screws, propelled by two three-cylinder engines, supplied with steam from 12 bollers, with 36 furnaces, With the 800 tons of coal which she can carry she is enabled to steam 3,000 miles at her cruising speed—probably 10 knots, Her crew numbers 500 men. THE TORPEDO NET. On the side of the ship, in the engraving, may be seen a line of what looks to be decora- tions stringing along the side of the ship from stem to stern. This is the great torpedo net, a mass of strong iron rings woven into a con- tinuous mesh, that is let down into the water to the depth of the keel during an action, in order to prevent the explosion underneath the hull of a torpedo, As seen in the cut, the net is wound up on the sides of the ship when not in uae. It is jyery heavy, weighing many tons, and is the bane of the French sailor's life.’ When | being handled it frequently gets so tangled that hours are required to straighten it. None of the ships of the American navy is furnished with these nets, but it is planned to provide each of the coming battle ships with one. LEGITIME IN JAMAICA, A Place of Luxurious Refuge for Haytian Exiles. A New York man who r the West Ind ently returned from 6 said in an interview in the New York Sun: “Ex-President Legitime, who fled to Paris by way of New York on bei from power by Hyppolite, returned ™m ¥ to Jamaica, on the Windward road—the most fashionable part of the city—and became and is now the Kion of the town. He has his family there and his persunal property, including bis sidential coach,” a handsome barouche f ad in Paris while be was which was not completed in time to do official duty in Port-au-Prince. fle had it shipped to Jamaica and probably thinks | ill_ come into the which it was in- tended a little later. A great many Haytians Who were members of me's government and many of his sympathizers are aiso m King- | ston, and the frequent conferences that take Place between them would seem to be with but Purpose in view. Some of the ex-ministers are very free in expressing the opinion that before loug Legitume will be ‘recalled by the people.’ nid seem to be a very ng from the ap- y Ha prosperity of man¥ Haytians in Jamaic <-Minister of Finance Fouchard, who held for a brief term, has recently bought finest private house in treet Villa, an immense resi- beautiful gardens, with and fountains in front of it, and finest entertainments in the island, » not seem to be any needy patriots 3 the exiles, “I met Gea. Ls ugh for several y favorab time quito frequently, and reasons he is uot particu- ly disposed toward the United d Americans, he usually expressed th considerabie freedom on mo: He isa man of fine appearance: Jed negro about middie age, near t tall, broad and stout in good pro- on, and has a keen, pleasant face. He Was educated in Franco and 1s really a very In speaking with him @ short amart man. time ago l asked nis op.nion about Hyppo- overnment, and he. perhaps quite nat- ded opinion that Hy p- would be brief. He worthy advices indi- on in the country Hyppolite his methods, _espe- ¥ om account of the negotiations was alleged to be carrying on © United States for a cession of Haytian utry for a coaling station, do, if anything. atisfied th ime didnot w had a “Lalo ha with Legitime at the time the stories wer United States, and of cours bout Minister Doug and his i the ex- t may be of Yer any infor- < better receive ited States than a col- yunt of any not on r. Legitime smiled as ather ep entirely rehants es- s point, and Very wary on thi suid t justly or unjustly, Mr. Douglass was suspected of taking sides in local in ad believe such rcount of his u-Prince thi . Mr. Douglass Wien b De ‘ The he was supposed to be opposing would ally be resentiul, However that might 4 he was decidedly of opinion man as ninister would be more to Haytians than a colored us for this opinion } Y *atisfactory ones, his @onviction was very strongly expressed, and it is interesting as evidence of the turn affairs Might bave taken or might take if he were to Feturn to power. The mass of Haytians have little or no reason for m of their prejadices, see Fell From a Grass Slope. From the Pall Mall Gazette, The latest “Alpine aceident” would perhaps be more properly ealledan accident m the Alps. Mr. Arthur Macnamara and his friend Mr. Cornish were descending the Dussi Stock fm the Maderaner Thal when the former, who was running down a grass slope, slipped, and, Folling over, fell and was killed on the rocks below. It wasa most Iamentable event and uch sympathy will be felt for the mother and Sisters of lr. Macnamara, who were staying with him at the hovel. But the accident}, eccurring as it did on grass on ‘the lower slopes of the mountain, was not “al- pine. It was an accident such as might have @ccurred to the least adventurous of walkers. ‘The fact is that grass is often as bad to slip on @ ice. Eveu the Scheivigie Platte at Inter- laken has had its victims before no The Small Brother’s Suggestion. From the New York Sux “Iam so happy,” she said. “Ever since emgazement to Charles the whole world seems fee Ido not seem to be in dull, prosaic je w Jersey. but in——" Ho rented a fine house | “SPOOK BUZZER.” Solution of a Ghostly Mystery That Prevented People From Sleeping. | THE From the New York Herald. Certain sections of Flatbush have recently been infested by some uncanny thing. At least so the residents of that locality professed to believe. It always began about midnight to roam around the vacant lots, and as it pro- ceeded seemed to emit a series of unearthly sounds or cries, At first people paid little at- | tention to it, but upon the frequent recurrence of the weird noises women and children, and perhaps afew men, became uneasy. ight after night it was heard, but seldom twice at the same spot. Some persons thought it was an overgrown owl, but this theory was soon abandoned, for no night or other species of bird could utter such shrieks as these: “Wow-o0-0-0-up! Wow-o-o-0-up! o-up! Zoo! Zoo! Zip!” This was commonly repeated three times | with blood-congealing intensity; then it would die away in the distance only to be heard later in another quarter. Nobody had ever seen the mysterious object, but the noises finaliy became such a regular | nightly nuisance that half a dozen valiant men, | srmed with shot guns, started out to supprei | it. Itwas nearly 1 o'clock in the morning before the men heard the familiar sound, |'Then they scattered around the spot from | whence the horrible ‘“Woo-0-0-o-up!” ema- | nated, and began to close in upon it, Soon the mystery was solved, for the men, walking steadily onward, quickly surrounded two young men, Well-known mischief makers, They were made prisoners and confessed that they alone were responsible for all the recent midnight commotion. Each hada stout hick- ory cane with about two yards of twine tied to the ferule end; from the other extremity of the twine dangled a picce of basswood, shaved down very thin, oval-shaped and about nine inches long. That was all there was to it. The noises, the young men explained, were pro- duced by lashing the thing through the air, | fhe harder the wind blew the more unearthly | the sounds became, i Wow-o-0- ‘THE SPOOK BUZZER. The young men admitted they had had lots of fun for over two weeks, but said that they were not the inventors of the instrument, They had imported it from Dutche: this state, where the country boyscalled it a buzzer.” The captors, after satisfying them- selves by a practical application of the “buz- zer” that the young men spoke truthfully, per- mitted them to depart upon their promise to 1 no more. This will give an idea of how the “buzzer” looks. When properly made and deftly wielded it will produce a volume of sound in the open air that is almost if not quite indescribable, — Thinks He fs a Ca’ A story comes from San Francisco, eays the Baltimore Sun, about Frank Souhadra, a Bo- hemian. who formerly lived in Baltimore and is well known in this city. Souhadra has been in an insane asylum there since April and his insanity has taken a peculiar phase. He imagines he isa cat. Mr. Vincent Jerabek of | San Francisco has written to Mr. V. J. Shimek, | 982 North Broadway, confirming the rumor of Souhadra’s insanity and — some of the | man’s queer antics. Recently, while being ex- | amined by the commissioners of insanity, Sou- hadra broke out into cat cries that sounded through the building and caused the physician to request that the cat be put out of the room. At the same time the doctor turned aroun to speak to Souhadra, when that individual astonished the doctor by jumping on his back. Then he sprang over on one side with a loud cat-like yell and then suddenly ealmed down. One ‘night, before the afflicted man was taken i; man rushing wildiy about on his hands and feet and utterin; imitations of the notes so familiar on the back sheds inthe early hours officer rightly concluded that j town, handcuffed and conducted to the police | Station. Souhadra is about twenty-six years old and went to San Francieco in He lived in Baltimore about fourteen years, his home being at 900 East his mother sister. —— street with a a They have been tn since April and are ignorant of their affliction. Soi seccneing cogtion af the Bohemian Gymuastie Association. His father, who about twenty years ago, was a colonel in the Austrian Boubadre was bitten ea the fa was bitten on the Mager by « cat HAUNTING VOICES. The Secret of Ventriloquism Told by « Famous Expert. A MODERN VALENTINE VOX. ee jw Harry Kennedy Developed His Powers—The Interest! Storyoft Hiv Early Life—A Ventriloquistic Tramp— Speaking With the Lips Closed, ———. ‘Written for Tue Everme Stan. ENTRILOQUISM is the art of so mod- ulating the human voice that it seems to come from some other direction than right on That is what Harry Kennedy, the famous ventriloquist and song writer, esid to me the other day. It was not the first thing he aid, although we had met solely for the dis- cussion of ventriloquism. While we were talking he excused himself and wont to the door and immediately darted back, apparently frightened by the hoarse barking of a fero- cious dog. “Dangerous dog that,” he remarked as he shut the door. “Why don’t you have it taken away?” I sug- gested nervously, “Iwill.” Thereapon he went again to the door and calling s man told him to chain the dog up. In minute the dog's barks changed to howls and ended in the pit of thi right now,” continued Mr. “Ventriloquism is’ simply a vocal Then followed the more complete definition which introduces this article—an ar- ticle, by the way, in which Mr, Kennedy telis inhis own language a story of ventriloquism with scenes laid in many countries and ends ving the secret of his interesting art, with instructions and suggestions to those who desire to master it, “Sometimes,” went on Mr. Kennedy, ‘“‘adven- titious circumstances make this dolygee seem almost a reality and the listerers id take ‘bath that their senses had not deceived them. For instance, with a party of tourists I once visited a famous cave in Derbyshire. While we wel the mouth of the cavern a mourn- ful wail spemed to come from the darkness and was echoed a score of times to the intense horror and fright of my companions. ‘The cave was haunted.” It is hardly necessary to say that I was the uneasy ghost, but the circumstances that surrounded the trick made it startlingly realistic. HOW HE BECAME A VENTRILOQUIST. “In telling you how I became a ventriloquist you will see how difficult it is to acquire the art and some of your readers may experience and make more rapid las Bags than I did. One of the first works of fiction that I ever read was ‘Valentine Vox.” ‘Chat book made me @ ventriloquist. as it has undoubtedly started many anothor boy on the same course for at least amonth or more. I used to wake my brother up at night trying to throw my voice into the farther side of the room or out of the window. I haveno doubt that during that time I was the most disagreeable boy to. sleep with in all England. I was a large boy for us age—although I was only thirteen I looked full fifteen—and was far enongh advanced in my studies for a boy of that age. I had graduated at the public schoois and was in the lowest class at Owears College in Manchester, my native town, “In those days we had penny readings in a public hail and among tho entertainers who were engaged for the season was a professor of ventrijoquism. You can hardly imagine how fascinated I was by his performance. He chalked his hand and knuckles and bending hia fingers toward the palm he made a very good imitation of an old man’s profile. Then by opening and closing the first und second finger fone he gave a representation of the ‘talking and’ trick. Iwas delighted. 1 was mystified, Thad a thirst for knowledge, But how should Iquench it? Finally, after a sleepless night, I decided ona plan. I offered my services to the reading committee as an elocutionist, and at the next entertainment I recited ‘The Death of Marmion.’ After the reading I sidled up to the professor and begged him to give me a pri- vate exhibition of his art. After some coaxing he consented. Then 1 discovered that Valen- tine Vox was # fraud, Ventriloquism was no longer an occult art, It was simply a vocal de- lusion, I plied him with questions, which he was not disposed to answer to my satisfuction, Finally he said: ‘Now, young man, I’ve told you ali J intend to. If ‘you can learn the trick come to me in six months and tell me so.’ Six months leter I called on him and repeated his trick, not so well as he did it, but weil enough to merit his praise, A VENTRILOQUISTIO TRAMP, “Before Iwas fourteen I left home witha little money in my pocket to go to sea, I wanted to see the world and I didn’t want to see it as most persons do, I presume if I had been an American boy I would have gone out west to fight Indians. I was full of romantic ideas—ideas which have been knocked out of me so long that I ean hardly realize thut I ever had them, I started to walk to Birmingham. On my way I met a professional trainp—a courteous, educated Irish gentieman whose fondness for liquor had seut him adrift in the world, We became companions. As we wero passing a bit of voods J so modulated my voice that a man seemed to be calling to us from the copse. Ashort search failed to find him, I repeated the trick again farther on with the same success and then, emboldened by succes: Lrepeated it over too often and was detected, “When the tramp discovered the fraud his face wasastudy. ‘The beatific expression that spread over his phiz was as though it beheld a vision, He looked as Mulberry Sellers looked when he discovered a pian ‘with millions in it.’ Our fortune was made, so he said; and a few minutes later he proved it, to his satisfaction, at least. We came to a roadside inn and as it was early evening we went in, The tap room was filled and the guests were enjoying them- selves with ale and gossip, pipes and songs, It was the very nick of time. ‘The tramp intro- duced me with melting eloquence and I gave my performance, After it was over he passed around the hat and collected 4 shillings, 6 pence, which he handed to me to keep. He was my first partner, “Finally we reached Liverpool and pried around the city into public and private places, for the world was new to me then, giving here and there a performance, until one day I ship- ped as office boy on the Mediterrancan freight steamer, the Magdalla, I thought my partner's heart would break as we parted, To make a long story short, I found myself on my third voyage chiet steward of the vessel through the death of the steward. When we were wrecked at Boulmer Point, on the northenst coast of England, the executive officers were suspended by order of the company and 1 was put in charge until the cargo could be saved. We were there five weeks and during that time a fleet of fishing vessels was wrecked at Claster, a near by town, andI gave a performance {i their benefit at Boulmer. It was successful and I was invited by the relief committee of Alnswick to help their entertainment. It was ven under the patronage of several ladies and was titled as folio’ “Mr. Henry Kennedy of the steamship Magdalla, now wrecked at Boulmer Point.’ “That was my first play bill, “I followed the sea for several years more, before the mast and on the quarter deck, and during those years I saw almost all of the world worth seeing. Meanwhile, however, I kept up my ventriloquism as a pastime and many atrick I played on my mates. Once when wo were twenty-seven days going from Boston to Montreal with a freight of railroad iron I made the crew believe thore was a ghost in the hold and we had to hire other help to unload the cargo. “It was this prank that led me to adopt the stage as a profession, finally leaked out that I was the ghost and the story came to the ears of Bosco, a magician and mesmerist, He maaded me to leave the sea and travel with him. In three months’ time I could do ‘all of his illusions and then started out in busi- ness for myself. In 18741 Joined the Rosario combination with J. R. Brown, the famous mind reader, who was just beginning his ca- reer, and came to ‘ork. Since then my professional hi is well known to the theater- going public, O* TRE STAGE. Iam sble to give the reader an ides of how Mr. Kennedy uses his art to mystify his au- diences, On the stage a parlor scene is given with three life-sized dumm: jan old Irishman, an old woman ani pers gerated dude at an at ae wei © One as sent him in the center of aring around which adozen persons were stationed. each with a bell in his hand. he could not locate the ring- ing of any particular bell by his rense of hear- Formerly I carried around with me an expensive apparatus by which the dude was actually made to play the organ. Now I utilize this lack of location in the sense of hearing b: | sere an organette behind the scenes, which played at roper time in my act,” SOME WONDERS OF THE aut, The scene opens with a dialogue between Mr. Kennedy and the two gamins in the box. They make knowh their presence and their uncom- fortable positions and are promptly released. While they are seated on the ventriloquis lap, facing each other, they engage in a spirited conversation in which “Pete” objects to bein; called a “nayger” and Joe is properly rebuke for his insolence. Joo then calls him a “smoked Italian” and this ler the camera caught the scene. ‘The mouth of the puppet a opeset while Mr. Kenne: is apparently close: Soon after this the dog barks, and after re- peatedly requesting it to stop Jos calls out, “Put the tarrier out,” whereupon the Irish- man drops his paper and looking around ex- claims 's that I hear about the tarrier?” “I didn’t mean him,” exclaimed Joe, “I meant the other tarrier.” Another exhibition of vocal delusion that verges on the wonderful is this: Joe recognizes some one in the house, usually an actor or some person weil’ known to most of the au- dience, and at Mr. Kennedy's request he gi an imitation of the unfortunate victim's voice, mannerism and accent, Still another trick that illustrates further than any other how easily the cars may be de- ceived is the singing of a song by the dude, whose back is turned to the audience. The song is to an orchestral accompaniment and the voice seems to come from the puppet in the corner. The most difficult feat that Mr. Kennedy does is to recite a poem entitled “Listen to the Water Mill.” Owing to the many repetitions of the letter “M,” which is the hardest of all letters to pronounce without closing the lips, this verse is regarded as the supreme test of ventriloquism. ‘The verse is es follow: “‘Liston to the water mill all the livelong day, How tho plashing of the wheeis wears the hours away, Languid the water glides, Sowiug on and still Never coming back ayain'to that water mil And the proverb hauntsmy mind and likes spell is cast, The mili will never grind with the water that has ‘assed.” Mr. Kennedy makes the sound “M” by what might be likened toa grunt which made from the abdomen. If you think this i asily done practice it once or twice. ‘THE SECRET OF VENTRILOQUISM. “Now,” said Mr. Kennedy when the per- formance had ended, “I will give you all I can that will help any one who wants to learn how to become a ventriloquist. In the first place the old idea that the voice can be thrown to a certain point is by no means exploded. Every week or 60 some one whispers to me, ‘Throw your voice into that man’s ears and frighten bim,’ As I said before veutriloquism is simply a vocal de- lusion, “The first thing necessary to learn the trick is to become a good mimic. In learning this Iwouid advise a boy to go as far away from other people as possible, otherwise he rane great chances of making himself yery un- popular, “After ho has learned to do this he can begin with real ventriloquism, Try and sound all the letters without moving the lipa, This re: quires much practice and patience. “Here is the one secret in learning the art. It is the one thing that most boys never think of and consequently failin their tuition, Always imitate sounds as they fall upon your ears, If you hear aman hailoo in the distanco repro- duce that sound so that when it comes from your lips it is exactly like the distant sound that struck your care, “Follow these rules and if you have the nat- ural gifts you can beeome a ventriloquist, “Ihave beon in the business so many years that my throat has changed its original form, My ‘Adam’s apple’ is round instead of pointed and my vocal chords are greatly enlarged. Dr. Titus, the noted throat physician, wanted to make a photograph of the inside of my throat for scientific purposes, He says there is only one throat of that sort in the country and that I have got it.” As I was leaving the stage the chained bull- dog barked at my heels just around one of the wings. “Come back here and see him; he won't hurt you,” said the ventriloquist, “Of course he won't,” interrupted the stage hand. “Don't you know that Mr, Kennedy is the dog?” Aud it was even 80. JAMIN NoRTHROP, —s FIFTY-TWO TEETH GERMS. That ts What tho Delicate Little Jaw of a Baby Contains. From the Pittsbarg Dispatch. The development of teeth germs from in- fancy to mature life is one of the most in- teresting phases of human growth. Pass the finger along the tiny jaw of the new- comer. Not only is there nothing which Presages future teeth, bat the jaws them- selves seem too delicate and frail to become the sockets for such hard-working portions of the anatomy. Yet there are fifty-two tecth germs hidden there. Twenty of these are for the temporary teeth, with which, in due time, the child will begin to gnaw or chow his way through life; the others include the permanent set and the molars, none of which begin to make their presence known till the child is about six years old, and the “wisdom” teeth do not usually appear till about the age of eight- een. _, The little pulp germ grows and develops till it approximates the shape of the tooth it is to become; then it begins to calcity, forming the dentine part of tae crown, while the enamel) is deposited by an independent process, ‘The surface of the crown attains its full size be- fore the Process of elongation commences, Then gradually it pushes its way outward through the gum, absorbing the tissue as it ad- Vances till the pure white enamel peeps out, to the mother’s great delight, The process of ‘tecthing” is invariably one of disturbance, expecially if the outer membrane or skin of the gum proves teua- cious. In this case it should be lanced—an operation which ig humane, im that it relieves the discomiort of the child and is entirely harmless, as there is seldom any hemorrhage worth the name, and if there should be a slight flow of blood it readily yields to simple treat- ment. ‘The application of a dust of powdered alum is usually sutiicient, sa oo From the Shoe and Leather Reporter, Tho heel of a shoo sellom wears evenly across the bottom. Generally it wears off on the outer side first, causing the shoe to run down on that side, This is sometimes the fault of the shoo, but more often it resuits from the shape of the leg and the manner of walking. When the outline of the sole does not conform to the outline of the foot there will be more or less strain brought to bear upon the former in walking. The foot will constantly be trying to assume its proper posi- tion, and in the end wiil force the sole to yield, thus inclining both it and the upper toward one side or the other, Frequently the manner in which both sole and heel are worn away is the result of the wearer's modo of walking. For instance, the man who is bow-legzed naturally treads first in waiking on the outer side of the sho effect of this will be to wear off that le in advance of the other parts. With the man whose knees turned inward, which is termed knock-kn2ed, the effect will be the opposite, Aman who is below the medium height al- most always takes longer steps in proportion to his size than any one who is taller tian the average, for the reason, probably, that the shorter man lengthens his step to keep pace with one of a higher stature, and the latter di- minishes, Qn this account the heels of the shorter man’s shoes will wear off quickly at the back, those of the taller with more uni- formity.' When the legs are straightened and the toet are turned slightly outward in walk- | the sole—if proper! ped to the foot— will be aptto wear off evenly across the ball, while ppp d tel om iy Nees bes om the center of the ant e greater or neni Proportion to the length of the step on, A row of steel nails driven in that part of the heel which first feels tho effect of wear is the usual remedy for these irregularities, but in bad cases it will be found to be # benefit to trim the od of na heel oe first wears away nearly straight up and down; towing more leather on that side, will ‘wear, » its the back edge of the heels are economical as to leather, but when closely set and smoothly worn they are a source of danger to i but little less than the banana peel on the sidewalk. Instances of narrow escapes from frequently seen in which the foot, white stsik- Tag Soe Dek otis of te Reel taixapid eating, scratches On the smooth Ssezine to shew the reeull Bte, more THE ARIZONA KICKER Lots of Things Happen in Those Western Towns, From the Detroit Free Press, The last issue of the Arizona Kicker contains the following interesting items: Norttce.—If the party who threw the brick at us last Tuesday hight as we stood on the cor- ner of Apache avenue and Green street will call at our office he will hear of something to his advantage. Wecan make him realize in about five minutes that men of his talent are wasting their time in this country. He can also make his choice of 165 eligible sites in our private burying ground free of cost Come early and avoid the rush. No Boom.—For two straight years The Kicker has persistently opposed the idea of a boom to attract attention to our town. We have watched this boom business in scores of other places, and in every instance it has | reacted disastrously. Our course has aroused the ire of certain speculators, but we shall continue it, just the same. We've got 200 acres of cactus pasture which we should like to dis- pose of to same Ohio farmer who wants to bet- ter his condition and who could be worked up to part with 3,000 in cash, but we haven't the cheek. Wo own half a mile of side hill, which won't even grow rattlesnakes, but we haven't the gall to boom it for # peach orchard. A million years hence we may have six railroads here, but we can't force ourselves to whoop-la! hurrah! over the prospect. We own about fourteen billion dollars’ worth of wild cat mining stock, every mine being in the clouds, and but for our honesty we'd proceed to boom aud unload. We are at the head of a company to turn the Pacific ocean into the deserts of the west—president of an artesian well company—secretary of the Great Straw- berry Growers’ Association, &c., &c., but we were born honest and we can’t look a tender- foot in the eye and lie to him. No, gentlemen, this town is what it is and no more. Itisn't going to be a second Chicago. It has no Niagara Falls, There isn’t even good ing within thirty miles of us, We simply have the great Arizona Kicker, one hundred and forty-eight saloons, sixteen gambling houses, five stores and a population of 3,500 souls, most of which will take “the other road” when .the judgment day arrives, ‘That's all, and those who don't want to come can stay away. PERSONAL.—Mrs. Judge Embro, who has been absent at ‘Tucson for the past two weeks, returned last night, and, as usual. found the judge so drunk that he couldn't tell her from a Digger Indian, She didn’t go away for her general health, but to get over a black eye in- tlicted by the judge in one of his sober moments, Caxis ror Sympatny.—Maj. McKnight, our popuiar and efficient city clerk, met with asad accident last Sunday. While trying to enjoy a drunk, a hammock, asmoke anda snooze at the same time he set himself on fire, and was 80 badly burned that he will not be ont of his bed for two weeks. The major has many friends who will sympathize with him in bis mis- fortunes, Ix tHe Wnoxo.—‘‘Handsome Charlie,” the genial aud enterprising proprietor of “The Black Swan” saloon, has called at this office and convinced us that we were wrong in stating that he had killed seven men and was a dangerous character. His list includes oniy four men, ail laid away in self-defense, far from being dangerous, he says that je has refused to put up fly screens this summer out of general pity for the poor flies, He also has pictures of three different angels on the walls of his bed room, We cheerfully make the correction, not because the gentleman subscribed for five copies of The Kicker to be sent to his friends and gave us & $30 “ad,” which will be found elsewhere, but because we wish to do all men justice, Fam Wannrxa.—Ben Stays, the eating-house man, has mado public threats to wring our nose on the streets, The trouble dates back to ayear ago, when Ben tried to pass some cactus soup on us for mock turtle, Ben may attempt to wring our nasal organ, He may even tigure that he can succeed. We give him fair warninz, however, that he'll have to be prepared to dodge six bullets, and if he doesnt happen to be quick enough it won't make us feel yery bad. soe Spectacies in Art. From Notes and Queries, Among the figures forming part of the architectural decorations of the interior of Henry VII's chapel is one of a saint reading a book and wearing a pair of spectacles without side straps and of the form that used to be distinguished by the name of “goggles.” Such early spectacle glasses were circular in form and fixed in frames or rims of leather, connected by a waist or curved piece of the same material, Leather has a certain elasticity, enough, at least, to hold the glasses in position on tho nose. Ihave got such a pair, probably not later than the time of Charles IL ‘These leather-rimmed goggles appear to have been succeeded by glasses of the same shape with rims of tortoise shell anda stecl waist. An example of the carly part of the last century in my possession, in the original black fish-skin case, shows that there was dificulty in attach- ing the waist to the rim with the necessary Hence arose the rims with a rigid d side pieces for keeping the “specta- position. But they were heavy and in clumsy, whethér in tortoise shell or horn, and the dificulty still remained of making a relia- ble hinge in such brittle material, to have brought about the heat; and motal-rimmed spectacles of fathers, This seems gold, silver our grand- Where the Babies Smoke, "From the New York Herald. The scientists, doctors and others who con- demn the use of tobacco should visit Siam and Burmah, The writer, while in the United States navy, Visited Bangkok once and was surprised at the indiscriminate manner in which the natives indulged in the use of the weed. Hand- some, dark-skinned young women, in their many-colored garments, = were walk- ing | about the strects pulling away at’ their cigarettes. Old women, men, boys and even the children were smoking. It was a common sight to see little tots, not over four or fiv , with a string of beads around their necks and a cigarette over each ear, smoking like a full-grown man, as they trotied about as naked as on the day they were born, Questioning an English-speaking native I learned that the children are taught to chew the betel nut mixed with tobacco and to smoke as soon as they are able to walk. Not- withstanding this excessive use of the seduc- tive weed I saw no ill effects from it. On the contrary, all of the children seen smoking were sleck, fat little bodies, who seemed to enjoy their cigarettes with evident relish, << The Search for Pretty Wives. From the Ladies’ Home Journal Girls to be successful today must have some- thing more than pretty features. The men who are worth marrying are looking for something else than pretty faces, coy manners or fetching gowns. They are recognizing full well that women are progressing at a pace which will quicken rather than slacken. They realize that the woman of tomorrow will be brighter in mind than her predecessor of today. Hence they are looking for wives who will be the equal of that of her neighbor, Beauty is being considered an adjunct to com- mon sense. “I want a wife who knows some- thing, who is worth having for what she knows; not one of these social butterflies,” said one of the greatest “catches” of the last New York Season to me at the winter's close. And he ex- preasedthe sentiments of thousands of the young men of today, The scent for pretty wives r, and the lookout for bright young women has begun. And the girl who today trains her mind to knowledge will be the woman of tomorrow. --oo—____ Good for Sixty Days. From the Chicayo Evening Post. ‘Ob, time is fleeting and life is short, And love 1s full of id ensures TOMMY ATKINS. Some of the Peculiarities of the Men Who Accept the Queen’s Shilling. From the New York Star. The typical “Tommy Atkins” is the lower- class Englishman turned soldier. The princi- pal recruiting ground for bit is in the mana- facturing towns of the midland and northern counties of England. There is in such places always a pressure of unemployed populstion, which tends to force into the army & mass of youths, who take to it as toarefuge. Of course the alleged pleasures of military life and the desire of seeing the world act to some extent as an inducement. Of course the ag- ricultural laborer class supplies a certain num- ber of recruits, with now and then a broken- down man of better social position snd a sprinkling of youths of origin, who, ticularly since the purchase system was abol- ished, pluckily undertake to win their commis- sions by way of the ranks, But, as a rule, the recruit is a representative of the English peas- ant class, or rather of the peasant deteriorated by acouple of generations of life asa mill opera- tive, He is a somewhat undersized, narrow- chested, flaxen-haired iad with a fui veloped appetite for beer and tobacco, an edu- cation that rarely extends beyond rending and writing, and a deeply rooted and truly insular prejudice against any and every one who is not of his own race and language. Among his own companions his speech is Rabitually pro- fane and otherwise unrecordab! In spite of the efforts of the authorities to raise the- physical standard of the English army's recruits, there has been a marked and steady falling off both in the sizo and age of the lads who accept the queen's shilling. In fact it has been found necessary to reduce the minimum height of recruits several times since the Crimean war. The age limit remains un- changed at from eighteen to twenty-five years, | But year by year the average age of recruits | becomes lower. In fact the mass of them are little, if anything, over the minimum age limi- tation, So, too. with tho requisite chest meas- urement, now fixed at 34 inches. Sueii is Tommy Atkins in the rough, Morally and physically he is a rather unpromising sub- ject. But, on the whole, more a made of him than could be expected. In the first place, he is weil but not extravagantly fed, he is fairly lodged aud is obiiged to submit to certain regulations in regard to personal cleanliness, which, though novel to him, are decidedly for his good. ‘hen, too, he leads an open-air life, and in addition to the exercise afforded by | hia strictly military duties is encouraged in all wa; to fill in his leisure hours with various athletic sports. Every regiment has its schoolmaster, and the “‘Tommies” who so desire may supply the deficiencies of their early education. Lut unless his heart is set on becuming @ non-commissioned officer Tommy rarely avails himself of tiis privilege. Never- theless at the end of a couple of years, partica- larly if his regiment has been sent out to some of the colonies or to India, the quondam re- cruit, provided he has not deserted in the in- terval, becomes a different man, He has filled out on the rough and hearty ular hours and drill and cricket have bardened his muscies aud expanded his chest, His faculties have become eharper, he has acquired any number of tricks and ruses for the purpose of deceiving and otherwiso annoying his non- commissioned officers, He grumbles at every- thing and everybody with truly British dis- satisfaction and he bas nothing but ill words for his officers, Yet the most promising thing about him is that, despite his own asseverations tothe contrary, he possesses to a full degree the ingrained English reverence for those in a social station above him. Provided his com- pany and regimental officers answer to his defi- nition of gentleman, he would follow them anywhere, Cousequently, though he may grumble, he makes a rt and bidabie sol- dier, while the bulldog in his composition has been suiticiently aroused to make him the efti- cient man-at-arms described by bis French admirer. A Novel Life Boat. A London correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune says: In a short time there will be stationed at Harwich, for work along this coast, a life boat that will have for its motive power neither sail, nor ours, nor screw, nor paddle wheel, but will bedriven by what is called a turbine wheel, A turbine is a horizontal wator wheel, and nothing in the way of engines could be less complex than those of the life boat. They have simply to drive water through this wheel at something like a ton a second, The manipula‘ion of # valve directs the course of this tremendous stream and sends the boat forward, turns it to the right or ieft without assistance from the rudder, spins it round and round like a teetotum or stops it dead at pleas- ure. {t sounds Jules Verneish, but it is a fact, She—the Duke of Northumberland is the name, but all boats are shes—is built of the very best steel and is of immense strength. Being di- vided into no less than fifteen water-tight com- partments, she practically cannot upset, and be relied upon to live in the wildest seas, ro is another of crue! old Neptune's amure- ments—-an amusement which has lasted since the days of Noah—destroyed, and we may confi- dently look for a time when the sea’s powers of destrnction will be nil and its terrors reduced, and that wholesome fear of seasickness which keeps many a would-be traveler from roaming overcome. ae He Forgot Himself. From Puck, Parson Bluett—“Brother Richard will please take up the collection.” Deadwood Dick (the converted road agent, reaching for his hip pocket)—“Throw up yer hands, gents! Er—hold on—I mean, be liberal, brethren, for the good cause! oo Wonders of the English Language. From the New York Tribune, Aimiddle-aged man is sitting on the rear deck smoking acigar. A young man anda young woman are near the rail. It is dark and one of bis hands and one of hers are lost in the obscurity of night. The older man seems troubled, but the young people appar- ently do not notice him, Perhaps the man with the cigar is impressed with the limited vo- cabulary of some young people, but if he is he docs not say so, for he has no one with whom to talk, In truth, the conversation which does take place is a wonderful example of how much can said in English with afew words, It runs something like this: ——?? Indistinct murmur, Questions all in a man's ory esate yy roman's. “How can you ask me?” Questions in the same voice; answers in the The end of i same voice, cigar glows : “You know I do.” . (See above for voices.) A new cigar ie lighted) The match snaps loudly and there is silence for a full sixty sec- on: ds, “See the lights ‘way back there.” (Some- thing said about “not so bright”) The now cigar seems to give satisfaction for it is smoked vigorously. ? ot “Yes,” in low tones. The voice of the ques- tioned has become that of a questioner and vice versa. The smoker stirs uneasily, “2 ?——?" (Woman's voice.) fou know I do.” “How much?” 2” (coaxingly.) ‘Better” and “life” the words audible. The cigar is now in a continual giow. “??——??” (Voice again a man’s.) yet Parner tc oo It is @ strang-looking instrament of boxwood, | as the strikes water. One with brass rings around each face. The handle | the gots up and goes into the cabin i thort scarcely twelve inches, and when | quietly. 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