Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1890, Page 11

a ONE DAY IN NEW YORK A Star Man Sees Some Funny Things in the Big City. SOME STRANGE SIGHTS. —_+—_—_ Potats Calculated to Excite Remark— wir. Sokes Art Gallery Compared With Mr. Corcoran’s—The Finest Hotel in the World tresses’ Pictures, ———— " T STRUCK A WRITER for Tue Sran who made « Sy- ing visit to New York one day this week that every one on the streets there seemed as if hurrying back to find some- thing that had been dropped. Desiring to set his watch accurately by metropolitan time he asked one well-dressed passer-by what the hour was. The person addressed, instead of pausing to respond, walked straight on as if he were engaged in » pedes- trian contest. When he had got not less than @ third of a block away, having meanwhile been extricating his watch from his waistcoat pocket, be turned his bead without checking his speed for an instant and shouted back: “Eleven- thirty-six!” The performance brought to mind the story of the “Three Citrons,” in which the young prince does not give the fairy a drink quickly enough and she epecds by him and vanishes. Probably if the pedestrian had been asked to take a drink instead of for the time he would have stopped. Which reflection reminded the stranger in town that he was in the immediate vicinity of New York's famous art gallery, called the “Hoffman” and kept by one Stokes. For the sake of seeing the pictures he strolled in and paid his admission fee by taking @ glass of lemonade with two straws in it. It tasted rather strong after the Bethany punch to which he had been accustomed in Washington; what is the use of being off ona lark if you can- not be a bit wicked? Of course you know how Bethany punch is made. You mx a bow! of lemonade, leaving the lemon rinds in the bot- tom, and after itis drank you fill the bowl up with water. That is Hethany punch, highly recommended for Sunday schools. A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. The visitor noticed that Mr. Corcoran’s gal- lery compared in several respects unfavorably with Mr. Stokes’. The latter, for example, has an exceedingly handsome bar with much ex- quisite glass upon it, as well asa free lunch counter. Ne free lunch, het or cold, is ever served at Mr. Corcoran’s gallery, _ not even between 12 and 1 o'ciock. | That this is a mistake ou would be convinced if yon siiw how many art patrons are attracted in this way to Mr. Stokes’. Prob- ably 100 people patronize the latter's gallery | On the | for one that enters Mr. Corcoran’s, other hand, Mr. Stokes’ has no free days. Many persons, for one admission, pay several prices, which vary from 15 cents fora glass of beer a milk punch. Desiring to tackle the elaborate gratuitous banquet which invited che eye and the appe- tite on_a side table at Mr. S » the visitor from Washington approached with well-as- sumed nonchalance, and selecting a superb ham as the article most appropriate to sample first. said to an attendant in a white apron: ill you kindly cut me a very thin slice?” The attendant looked up in a grave, expres- sionless way, stared fora moment and shook his bead. “He takes me for a free Innch beat,” thought the newspaper man, and said aloud assure you that I have had a drink and paid for it.” ‘Again the atte stared gravely and sol- emniy shook his hea This was pvinful. but the situation was hap- pily relieved by the advent of another m @ White apron, Who said. pointing at the at ant with the carving knife, “He doesn't under- stand any Eng’ STUDYING AN ART WORK. So then the visitor from afar had some ham and some salmon and some ealad and some chicken and some lobster and somo sardines and some biuetish and some mxshed potatoes | and gravy and a few other trities, until he felt | somewhat refreshed, and, sandwich in each hand to wind up wi while he munched them at Bougereau's painting of the “Nymphs and the Satyr. but | no stovepipe either—to 50 cents for | j Rewspaper man found himself the next morn- mellow light, and the whole effect was aston- ishingly realistic, The main dining room was ® work of art in frescoing and the dinner cor- | Fespondingly elaborate. While consuming it the guest from afar felt the seat of the chair | gently agitated by the ponderous machine be- ) Reath the hotel that runs the elevators, does the laundry, heats the house, washes the dishes, freezes the ice cream and all sorts of other besides. He could not help imagining th digesting his meal for him at the same time. When he left the hotel after dining he timidly gave 10 cents to the bell boy who helped him on with his over- coat. The swell menial looked at the coin on both sides, as if wondering what it was, but was too well-bred to say anything. Fifty cents is the proper tip for such s service at the Plaza, AT NIogT. By this time night was coming on and the man from Washington strolled down town toward Madison Square and Mr. Stokes’s art gallery. He noticed a sign in big letters that said, “Body servants and midwives supplied.” but id not feel that he could afford either luxury. After be ap. half an hour fn gazing ata wonderful display of actresses’ photographs in shop window he became convinced that the marked tendency of the stage at present is to undress, The dresses could not be cut lower, if they are to have any waists at all, nor could the trunks worn with flesh-colored tights be scantier. In fact, it would appear that all of actress that it is thought necessary for decency’s sake to cover up nowadays is what may be termed the digestive department, A PLEASANT DREAM. After examining this exhibition of portraits for perhaps twenty minutes longer the visitor in disgust and sought the Hoffman ore, where he bought a theater ticket at double price. Then he went into the art gallery and took another lemonade, with seltzer in it this time just for sheer devilment. The nymphs were still there and reminded him | of the actresses in t to costume, He | bought a 5-cent package of cigarettes for 15 | cents and lighted one, noticing as he stood by that the men who purchased cigars almost in- | variably paid 50 cents for three, Anything poorer than three-for-a-half cigars are not con- sidered the swell thing in New York any more than weeds cheaper than a nickel straight are looked upon as the swell thing in Washington. BOOKS AND PEOPLE. Tae Star man strolled out toward the street—it was night by this time—smoking his cigarette. Stopping for a moment at the periodical stand to look over the books offered | for sale there he was horrified to discover that they were almost without exception nanghty ones. To make sure he looked them over | pretty thoroughly, until the man behind the | counter suggested that he did not keep acir- | culating library. Is it possible that New York | people read nothing but naughty books? It must be said for the ladies of New York that they are very cordial in their manners | and not at ali stiff or stand-offish. On his way | to the theater, a distance of a few blocks only, the visitor was most pleasantly addressed by several of them, who were very handsomely attired, Andthe play! It was immense, The ing witha recollection of it that had no very distinct points, but was a mixture indeseribable of pink legs. intoxicating music, red legs, gorgeous costumes. black legs, bright-colored scenery, &c. However, he was rather glad than otherwise to start back to Washing: ton. One day in New York goes a long wa} Life goes too fast there to be altogether com- fortable. <o+_—. Not Serious, From Harper's Bazar. . It must have been fots of fun to be a satyr. Atall events that is what occurred to the mind of the stranger from Washington as he looked at the picture. It reminded him of one he bad seen in Mr. Corcoran’s gallery called “The Famil, of a Satyr.” Satyrs do, it ap- pears, sometimes marry nymphs and settle down to asober and domestic existence. Mr. Corcoran’s art work is rather more of a family picture in every sense than Mr. Stokes’. The eatyr in the latter is evidently a bachelor eat; at a summer resort, judging from the plurality of girls gatbered about him and their markea lack of heavy winter clothing. SEW YORK SHOP WIXDows enough to make an envious person miser- able. Diamonds, gold, costly stuffs and me: chandise in every form that is so beautiful and expensive as to be out of reach wave by the millionaire are exhibited m profusion on all sides. Everywhere weaith is piled up in heaps, where in the world will you find concen- trated into so small « «pace such vast and well- nigh inealculable riches, such extreme luxury, so many palatial’ ho so miany beautiful and sleek women, so much fast liv.ng, such seattering of money and such howling dudes, Twe Sram man stoc 59th street entrance to the park and watched the gilded procession in carriages. In equally gorgeous state appeared the millionaire’s wi reclining, laxurious and haughty, in, f with stately coachman and footman on the high box in front, and the mis tress of the successful gambier, younger and more bean But these rich N women keep their beanty wonderfully. Women are ouly the fairer sex when they are kept from toil; they are not so among savages. In the metropolis those of them who have wealth do nothiug, are petted and pampered. and couse- quently retain their charms surprisingly long. IT CoMES HIGH. The visitor crossed Sth avenue and en- tered a huge palace on the opposite side of the | way, which cost $2,500,000 to erect, and is the most magnificent hotel in the world, recentiy opened. Eight dollars and a balf a day was touud to be the price for ordinary board and | Jodging; for a little parlor and two small bed | rooms attached the charge was $150 a week withou$ board. Nine modern imps—as estate advertisements say— shape of as many colored bell- boys, sat in a row within the threshold, all amazing dudes, perfectly matched as to the dove-colored suits they wore and as to complexion as well. The entire first floor a mosaic of small stones, which were made to compose near the main door the figure of a gigantic lion. This lion was the crest or totem of the establish- ment. It appeared on the furniture, the curtains, the napkins—everywhere. Just around the corner of the elevators was a real, full- cage. At any rate the stranger thought it was real until he got close up to it, ‘The bars were real enough, set into the wall and behind them was « painting of the first order representing a lion couchant. From above in frout of the picture and bebind the burs, was shed for a while at the | New York | The doctor—“The fright that you have had, madam, has troubled the functions of the heart, which has disturbed the circulation of the blood and caused your malady.” Patient—*And what is it, doctor?” Doctor—‘Five dollars, madam,” Painful Accident. From the Chicago Tribune. “M-M-M-Mrs, J-J-Jones,” began young Hoober, who stammers when embarrassed, “have yr ever b-b-b-been in p— ‘Sir!” exclaimed the indignant Mrs, Jones. H-h-b-ave you ever b-b-b-been in-in-in-in ain—in-S-S-Sain—bhave y-y-y-y-you ever b-b-b-b-been in San—i-i-i-i-n Sain— “How dare you, sir?” almost screamed the offended woman as she got up and went to the other side of the room. Mr. Hoober.” said the hostess shortly after. . “Mrs. Jones complains that you been exceedingly rude and impolite.” I was only trying to ask her, Mra, Billus,” explained the unhappy young man, “if sh-sh- sh-she had ever been in S-8-S-8-aint Louis, ges sanded | Louise Montague Becomes a Catholle. Louise Montague, who closed a three weeks’ engagement in San Francisco lass week as Prince Prettivwitz in “The Crystal Slipper,” joined the Catholic church last Saturday, just etore her departure for the east. | She | was baptized by Archbishop Riordan. Louise | got much free advertising as Forepaugh's ¥10,000 prize beauty. you soo English Versus American Boilers. The engineering bureau of the Navy Depart- ment is about to undertake an exhaustive set | of experiments upon the boilers of the torpedo | boat Cushing. This speedy boat is fitted with Thorneycroft boilers—of English design—and it is intended to ascertain their value as com- pared with American tubular aud sec- tonal boilers in the points of economy, eficiency and durability. The texts heretofore made upon the Cushing related altogether to her speed, and the department is desirous of Bee g this further information, particularly | as an American type of sectional boilers has {been selected for the coast defense vessel | Monterey, now in course of construction, | Rev. Dunbrown’s Obsequies. Frow Light, First Cannibal—“T’'ve written up our little | affair for the Cannibal Datly.” Second Cannibal—‘How does it read?” First Cannibal—The Rey. Dunbrown was the recipient of a surprise party, consisting of several of his neighbors. The party was con- ducted strictly on the American plan.” Second Cannibal—‘What’s that?” First Cannibal—“The pastor farnished the refreshment,” Is the New York “Herald” to Move? If the plans already decided upon are carried out the New York Herald will be established uptown in just a year on the block bounded by 35th and 36th streets, 6th avenue and Brosd- way. Mr. James Gordon Bennets bas leased the property for thirty years from the Manice estate. The terms are private. Mr. | Bennett does not go into actual possession | until the Ist of next May, when the lease of the | stores on the gronnd floor of the building ex- pire. ene eee Dougherty Indicted for Murder. | James Dougherty has been indicted by the grown African lion in aj grand jury of Brooklyn for murder in the first degree for the killing of Dr. Geor, F. Licyd, | at the Flatbush Insane pers “T believe itis trae.” A ples of not guilty was entered by the direction of the court, and ; Dougherty said that be had neither « lat gor any friends who could get one for Judge Moore will assign him counsel, - * CROSSING THE ANDES. The Trip From Lake Titicaca to the Sea, FAR ABOVE THE CLOUDS. —e ‘Traveling by the Highest Ra{iread in the World—Panting for Breath on High Altitudes—The Sirroche—Abeout Llamas and Guanacas, —_—. From Ta® Stan's Traveling Commissioner, Moxexpo, Pen, Sept. 10. ROM LAKE TITICACA to the sea is a railway journey of 325 miles, allin Peru, over the Andes and across a desert. Starting at an elevation of 12,500 feet the road rises by gradual ascent to the extra- ordinary altitude of 14,666 feet, the highest that wheels turned by steam have ever attained. This is at a point called Crucero Alto, about mid- way between Puno and Arequipa, and by the way some of the recent books on South Amer- ica confound Crucero Alto with the pass in Bolivia known as Alto del Crucero, The latter is more than 16,000 feet high and many miles further inland on another range of the Andes not crossed by any railroad, but by the solitary mule trail which we traversed some months ego going from La Pag to the Yungas valley. This Puno and Mollendo railway was built for the Peruvian government about fourteen years ago by Mr. Henry Moiggs, and it cost more than 45,000,000 for the $25 miles, or the enormous average of $135,000 per mile. But railroad building in the Andes is by no means what the same thing might be in the United States. This is reallya wonderful work, and ach it has few tunnels, no ri world can show so much exci massive embankments, Ther auother Pe- ravian railroad, called the Oroya, also built by Meiggs, leading from Lima up to the mines of Corro del Pasco and thence projected to the head waters of the Amazon, designed to con- nect with that grest fluvial highway and thus make transit to the Atlantic shorter and cheaper than by the old routes—which, atsome points, will be even higher than this one. This railway, in common with all others in Peru, is managed by an odd, but politic mixture of methods, notably, North American, South American, Peruvian and English, THE LOFTIEST VILLAGE IN THE WORLD. A fow miles from Crucero Alto is Vincocaya, the very loftiest village in all the world, unless it may be some of those in Central Asia, 14,360 feet above theses. It is higher than the cele- brated mines of Cerro del Pasco, higher even than famous Potosi; higher than either Quito, Ecuador or Leadville, Col.; nearly twice as high as the Alpine Hospice of Saint Bernard, and if one were to put another Mount Wash- ington on top of the present one its summit would still be almost 2,000 feet lower down than Vineocaya! This Andean village is purely a creation of the railroad, and boasts of all the adjuncts of a relay and repairing station, as well as of @ so-called American inn, El Hotel Empresa, Why “American” I do not know, as the landlord and his wife are rosy-cheeked, hardy-looking Germans, and hardy indeed one necds to be to live so near the stara. Prof. Orton of Vassar College was obliged to pass a night here, and, accustomed as he was to the mountain air from his life in Quito, wrote that he could not sleep at ail, but spent the time panting for breath. PANTING FOR BREATH. Long before we arrive at Vincocays, coming from either end of the line, nearly everybody is suffering from sirroche in greater or less degree, Lens to say, frequent passing over the same heights does not exempt one from the distressing complaint, and the strongest and healthiest seem to be more prostrated by it than the sickly, with the exception of one of our immediate party, aconsumptive young Chilian, traveling to Prolong his span ‘of life, whose sunken chest heaves painfully in the effort of respiration and whose pale face has taken on « paaetly grayish blue. Poor little F., whose eart is easily disturbed from its reguiar work, lies helpless among the rugs and furs with purple face and icy extremities. Several = sengers are relieved by a copious flow of blood from the nose, and a jolly Englishman from Arequipa, who weighs nearly 300 pounds and says be was never ill in his life except when Passing over this road, has turned the color of & boiled lobster, and gasping with suffocation holds his head with both hands, declaring that it is about to burst. RELIEF FROM SIRROCHE, The remedies commonly made use of are brandy and bromide of potassi, assisted by various smelling salts and the odor of raw onions, The satives believe so implicitly in the latter preventive that not one of them will travelin the higher altitudes without a onerous supply, which he cute and sniffs at leisure, though it be strong enough to draw tears from the eyes of a graven image. When mules and horses are prostrated with sirroche the usual curo is to stuff slices of raw onion up the creatare’s nostrils. Many people cannot make this journey at all, especially those of exceptionally “full habit,” or who have any chronio heart trouble. Ihave kaown more than one person to set out bravely for Bolivia who was obliged to give it up before the high- est pointon the rosd was reached. If fresh from an ocean voyage, or after long residence ay the level —— sea, the safer way would to tarry awhile midway, say at Arequi bon bas Pralpensoree & little eo ta. feet, in or to accustom one’sself by degrees to the oxygenless air. THE HEART OF THE ANDES. The traveler on this railway is constantly re- minded of that celebrated painting called “The Heart of the Andes,” and realizes that he has found the very spot, It is always bitterly cold ou the mountain tops, and when, at Vincocaya, we pick our way from the car to the Hotel Em_ presa for luncheon, in a driving storm of sieet and snow, we console ourselves with the knowl- edge that a few hours more will bring us down intoa region of perpetual summer time, to the ever-blooming roses and soft, warm sun- shine of old Areqnipn, the Inca “Place of Rest.” Far as the eye can reach, the soil of the higher altitudes looks like ® vast bog covered with patches of suow and short, coarse grass grow- ing in bunches, As the storm increases to & reging blizzard, whitening all the landscape in 4 few moments, the domesticated lamas and sipaces run to their corrals for protection, while guanacos, vicunas and other wild crea- tures huddle together to keep warm or skurry away to sheltered gorges known only to them- selves. Undoubtedly those ‘*four sheep of the Andes” belong to the eame family, the alpaca being a cross between the llama and the sheep, ae 6 guanacos between the vicuns and the ms, THE GUANACOS, In some part of Peru, Bolivia and Chili guanacos are as common as goats in Switzer- land, The animal's body is somewhat of the greyhound build, being very narrow in the joins but deep in the chest. It is covered with long hair, exceedingly soft and fine, pale yel- low, shading to white underneath; combined with the strength and endurance of the llama it has all the characteristics of the North American deer, being as graceful, as fleet footed, and its flesh is much like that of the autelope. Their skins, like those of the vicuna, command & high price in Europe, where t! aro in great demand for carriage robes, cl linings, &e. In their wild state the animals roam in flocks and one of the herd always stands on guard, If bay threatens he gives the alarm by stamp- ing his feet, and swift indeed must the pursuer be who can overtake them. They abound in great numbers in the less thickly settled por- tions of sonthern Chili and that part of the Ar- gentine Republic which used to be Patagonia, where they furnish the principal sport of the people. Every hunter who cau afford it keeps ® pack of dogs trained especially for this chase. STALKING THE GAME. The men “stalk” the game with greatest care and sometimes get near enough for « shot with their rifles; but it oftencr happens that the timid creatures decline so close an acquaint- ance with their natural enemy, man. Ifa gu- anaco is found grazing singly on the plain the chance of getting him 1s very smalJ; but when the herd is pursued each eter’ the center ee a, thus 0) Fetar, Ve yy the con- fusion that ensues, It is ‘omucng tw note how well the dogs this , and while crazy to pursue a flock they look with indiffer- the solitary ii 7 5 i EF 5 if Hi cH i t i z Hi fr fi E Fi : Hie but it 1s seldom sheared, the gnimal being most bl a altitudes where OX THE DOWN GRADE, Not « great way from Vincocaya the road passes between two brackish lakes, both higher up than Titicaca, named respectively Saracocha end eee They are splendid bodies of water, b! oaed a ll uinee of year by wild duck and other fowl, but wi er they are navigable or not nobody knows, nor is ita matter of much consequence in this uninhabited region, For miles we run along the banks of sriver fed from the clouds, where droves of {aden amas, driven by Indians, are as much © feature of the landscape as camels in Arabia. Though « long stretch of this “land of the sky” is exceptionally rich im water and pastur- age (for Peru, where the face of the earth is mostly covered with dry sand), the cold pre- vents anybody from living here. Away up where nothing grows, many fantastically — rocks are seen, as if the Titans of the Anc had their halls of statuary in these solitudes, SNOW-CAPPED SENTINELS. As we slowly descerid to lesser heights the Great mountain, “Misti,” which stands behind Arequipa, seems to come hospitably forth to meetus, Though only 18,650 feet high, this inactive volcano is one of the most beautiful in ali South America, being a cone of perfect regularity, crowned with snow during most of the year. while eternal summer reigns at its feet. Close by Misti, apparently, but in reality separated from it about seventy miles by the Plains of La Joys, is another snow-topped sen- tinel called Coropuna, nearly 23,000 feet high. Then there is Charchani, « little north of Misti, about 19,000 feet high; Pichupicha, to the southward, 17,800 feet, and El Ubinas, only 16,000 feet, whose latest eruption occurred late in the sixteenth century. But Misti is grandest of all, though 5,000 feet nearer to earthly things than ana, probably because the beauty of its cone is not detracted from by too near neighbors, Many wild tales are connected with this mountain, some of them an outgrowth of In- dian superstitions, The Aymaras and Quin- chuas, who come down from Puno «nd above to Arequipa, if compened by business toremain a few days in the lower altitudes, which affect them as unpleasantly as the heights do us, invariably go with their llamas away up into the wild recesses of Misti to “‘rest themselves,” as they say, snd also to Perform some unknown religious ceremonies, A FATAL EXPLORING TRIP. Not a great while ago two young Englishmen residing in Arequipa undertook to explore Misti, actuated purely by a spirit of adventure and also to discover a possible trail which might be followed to the other side and thus save the customary wide detour. The oldest wasaman of twenty-eight years, the other a lad of seventeen. Well equipped they set out gaily, with no thought of the fate that awaited them. Failing to return in course of time party at length went forth to look for them. After = weary search the bodies of the two ‘e found, the elder ins crouching attitude, with his back again rock; and the boy, who had evidently committe cide, lying at the foot of a near-by precipice. From scraps of writing in their note books it was learned they lived at least three days without food or water, having lost their way on the far side of the great mountain and traveled round and round in its trackless snows. The man died first, from cold, exposure and starvation, but youth is hard to kill, and the lad, crazed by the awful silence and the loss of his companion, paced to and fro beside the corpse another long night, and at last, in his despair, had thrown himself over the precipice, FROM AREQUIPA TO THE OCEAN. At Arequipa (pronounced Are-i-keep-aha), one of the oldest and most interesting cities in Peru—to which we shall return later on—the traveler must stop over night, having arrived sbout dark on the day he leaves Puno and tak- ing the same train next morning for Mollendo. Along the side of the track for a distance of more than eighty-five miles runs an 8-inch iron pipe for the purpose of supplying water to lollendo and the intervening stations, there being none near the coast, Coming from springs in the mountains near Arequipa, 7,000 feet above the sea and epee Se the Pacific, it is the longest aqueduct in the world and capable of discharging 480,000 gallons of water during every twenty-four hours. From Arequipa to the ocean is 107 miles, and most of the route lies across the hot and life- less desert of Is After descending the shoreward range @ Andes the train zig- zage rapidly down the barren foothills to the great desert, which it crosses with a directness in marked contrast to its tortuous course mong the heights, and finally reaches the shore, where it winds for @ long distance close to its edge before coming to the present port, ACROSS THE DESERT. In ita narrowest place the desert is about sixty miles across and before the day of the railroad the journey had to be made on donkey- back. Then it was customary to cross it in the night to svoidthe heatand glare of the sun, which must have been intolerable, judging from the accounts of travelers, One who crossed in this manner but failed to reach Arequipa before sunrise says that ‘about 5 o'clock a clear whiteness appeared in the sky, the stars paled their luster and the day bi to break, Soon a ruddy orange tint over the soil of the pamps, now become fir and compact. Ina few minutes the disk of the sun appeared above the horizon, and as we marched full in front of the godof day we found ourselves in the midst of a luminous tor- rent which so dazzled and incommoded us that to escape from the new torture we doubled ourselves up like hedge-hogs, This inconve- nient posture rendered us unjust to the claims of the rising sun, Instead of welcoming his appearance we were inclined to wish he had re- mained out of sight,and it was not until 9 o’clock that the sun, now high above the hori- fon, permitted us to raise our heads.” A WASTE OF SAND AND STONES, Of course we in the cars suffered little of this, though nearly suffocated by the dust; but Ican never forget the aspect of the country with the glare of the sun upon it—one vast waste of sands and stones, hills bare of ut cactus, measurelese stretches of sand that look like the shores of the sea from which the waves have receded—and in truth the entire section was once part of the ocean floor, from which the waves receded ages ago. All the tints of the landscape are pale in tone—sea green, silver gray, amethyst and faintestblue. There areno trees nor even bushes, except in those infre- quent spots where fertility has been produced by irrigation, and wherever the tanks that are placed ut regular intervals to supply the loco- motives with water, fed from the long aque- duct, have leaked or dripped into the ankle- deep dust, grass grows Inxuriantly, mdicating what the result might be, even in this desert, under a judicious system of irrigation. There are many Peculiee mounds of sand, white as snow, all blown into semi-circular shapes like huge crescent moous, showing the direction and force of the prevailing winds. But for most of the distance nota living thing is to be seen, except at the few stations, where be- draggled women, dusty as their ‘roundings, come on board with peaches to sell—tolerably fair looking fruit, but hard as the rocky hills and tasteless as the sands in which they grew, Fanwiz B, Wan, Written for Tux Evexixo Star. Clover Mill, 1760—1890. ‘Thy green lawns, maple skirted ‘To baser things perverted, By humanlife deserted, Still smile above the dead. Still mark the summer hours With moving shadow-towers, Still deck the months with flowers For those whose months are fled. ‘Thou shalt not know hereafter, From silent hall and rafter, The echo of their laughter, ‘The echo of their grief. ‘Nor sound of childish prattle, Nor evening low of cattle, Nor tale of peace or battle, Of doubting or belief. Prey to alt winds defacement, And dark from roof to basement, AN dark each battened casement Looks forth into the night, Save when the sun declining Gilds all thy gaunt outlining, And from each window biaing Comes forth a ghostly ught Sleep thou til! Time shall cover, Shall heap with dead leaves over, ‘The graves of lord and lover, ‘The graves of buried Mays! Nor wake tit! God shall waken ‘The dead whom he has taken, And from their garments shaken ‘The dust of earthly days. Then may thy torches burning Shine forth for their returning. ‘Then may their loveand yearning Within thy porches meet. ‘When, by His mercy shriven, Puts death beneath their feet, v. ‘MAN 18 OrTEN DECEIVED in the age of s womamt by her gray hair. snd prevent yarns —_ D.0., SATURDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. SOME DOGS OF FASHION Pampered Pets of Society and Their Ways, A WOMAN TIED TO A DOG. The Popular Pug and Hic Useleesneco— ‘What the Proper Dog te Like—Poiats About Mastiffs, Collics aud Terriers— The Sometimes Valuable Cur. —~— ‘Written for Tax Evznino Stam eae OCTOR, said » Wash- ington lady to an oculist not long ago, “I can’t see with these glasses NW any longer. What is the ‘next thing to be done?” “Geta dog,” said the ‘4 doctor, laconically. The blind man being led along the street by ® the little curiy-taled » “yaller” dog is, notwith- standing the doctor's hint, a piece of antiquity ARCH that is rarely seen now- adays, but the lady attached to one end of @ ohain and a fashionable canine at the other end is a spectacle only too familiar to our eyes, One of these processions came sailing down K street the other day. The manager was modestly tailor made and would not aa attracted unusual attention. but _ princi Personage was a pug dog of letbario habit, with &@ pedigree doubtless as long asa Chinese mandarin’s, and such an out- snd-out dude that it was a pleasure to look at him. He had ona new white ruff around his neck, perfectly clean and beautifully starched, he was harnessed in polished leather with sil- ver bells and he led his alleged mistress by a slender nickel chain. His tail must have been done up in curl papers the night before, for it twisted around like a fat little porker's, There was a look of self-satistaction, not to say inso- lence, in his pop eyes that aroused the ire of the more shabby dogs that he met and caused considerable altercation between him and them. The lady chid him gently when he quarreled and called him her ‘dear, naughty little Muf- ons Z| THE LEAST CLEVER OF ALL. Now, this species of dog has been one of the most fashionable for some years, yet it must be confessed that one of the least attractive of all fashionable dogs is the pug. He has little to recommend him except the peculiarity of his appearance and bis good nature, All dogs are more or less clever, but the pug, next to his cousin, the bulldog, is the least clever of all. There are numerous bright pugs, but they are the exceptions that prove the rule, A well- sete god should be of the same color asa mastiff, a tawny yellow like the hue of a Jersey bull, with a black muzzle. A turned- up, impudent-looking nose, a tight, round little body, a tail curled like a pretzel, and short, muscular little legs complete the picture. It cannot be denied that = is an amusing little creature, but he has not much human sym- pathy. and does not fulfill the ends for which a log should be kept. THE DOG TEA. If this particular pug had been seen on 5th avenue in New York it would have been reason- able to suppose that he wason bis way to an afternoon tea, but as the custom of dog teas has not yet penetrated to Washington it is pre- sumabie that he was merely taking an airing. The dog tea was actually introduced several years ago in New York. One dog would send out his cards, through his mistress, saying he would be “at home” on a certain afternoon, and in the corner of his invitation would be written ‘bones at five.” All the friends of his set would come, stand around and chat, be furnished with refreshments and go home to dinner before dark. The fashion has become less popuiar recently because of the rude be- havior of several wealthy spitz dogs who had crowded their way into good society and made themselves disagreeable by worrying and mak- ing fun of the black French poodles for the pe- euliar manner in which they wore their hair. COL. JACK WHARTON’S SPITZ. The spitz has himself been crowded out toa large extentand we now see few of them. The late Jack Col. Wharton of New Orleans, who was in hisday one of the best-known men in America, had a fine one called ‘“Sero”—the creole word for sirup—that the colonel said could read, 1t was during the crusade of the New York Herald against spitz dogs that Sero was ob- served to be very low in his mind and toremair in the seclusion of his kennel # greater portion ofeach day, This condition continued until his master happened to look into his kennel one day and found him gazing at acopy of the Herald and whining to himself because of the calumnies that were being heaped upon his breed. The sheet was taken from him anda copy of another paper which contained a de- fense of spitz dogs put in its place, nnd as soon ashe had time to read it he came forth and mingled with dogs aud men ever after- ward, ‘his is the story that Col. Jack Whar- ton used to tell and it must be true. A dog is generally like his master, or, as the French writer says, ‘he conforms to the nature of those who command him, and imbibes the characteristics of the household he lives with.” If he is a fashionable city dog he looks down upon the rustics, dog and human, that come in from the country. BULLS AND MASTIFFS. While the pug is simply a buildog with less exaggeration of countenance and without the latter's sullen and ferocious temper the bull- dog is, in his turn, a variety of the mastiff, with all the mastiff's good qualities perverted. The mastiff is now « most fashionable dog. While he is large for the house he is, nevertheless, of azcalm, benignant nature, and is an oruament to any hearth rug. He is, moreover, of a slug- ish nature and requires little exercise, and is temper is so serene that he will rar molest children or little dogs that tease bi He is a noble patrician, one of the old breeds of dogs. in fact, and ali his characteris- tics are genteel. Physiognomists of dogs say that his heavy countenunce is reflective of a dull mind, but it is equally true that his clear amber eyesare the signs of an honest, straight forward nature, ‘THE SCOTTISH COLLIE, which is another of the dogs high in favor at the present day, is not always so straight- forward. He is brighter, quicker, more dem- onstrative in his affections than the mastiff, but it cannot be denied that he is sometimes irritable. He isa refined variety of the old sheep dog, which is supposed tobe the Euro- [S. bred nearest allied to the wild wolf, but 18 ferocious nature has long since disappeared and he 1s now one of the most compauionable and geatle of dogs, just ax he is one of the most sagacious. Dogs, like horses, are the innocent cause of much prevarication on the part of their owners, and the most truthful of men will sometimes draw a long bow in telling anecdotes of bis dog. A gentleman tells this story of his collie, and in the ordinary af- fairs of life he is a perfectly truthful man: He bought a collie in Yorkshire, Eug- Jand, and took him with him to boston, The dog accommodated himself to his surroundings apparently, but used to be absent from the premises for an hour or so every morning, Eeing followed one day it was found that he went regularly to the wharf where the ocean steamers land, stayed there awhile and then returned toms home. About six weeks after his arrival be disappesred altogether, nor could any trace of him be discovered until some weeks later a letter arrived from his original owner in Yorkshire saying he had ap- peared one morning at bis old quarters, An Investigation showed that the dog had actually boarded the ship in which he had been brought over from England, secreted hintself there and found his way back to his old master! FASHIONABLE SETTERS, Setters still hold their own as fashionable dogs. Their appearance is so beautiful, their nature is so human, their hair is so pleasant to the touch, that they have enjoyed a popularity obab! ter than that of any other breed Leen "The objection to them as city dogs is that they require a great deal of exercise. Like the spaniel, from which they originally sprang, they are excessively excitable and mer- ourial in So but a understand i] man fectly, and their it Servtion are'wondecil, ‘The sed Srbi, the Laverack, the blue Belton, the Gordon, the liver and white—there is small choice among them, but the red Irish setter bas been the fashion the longest. If he has any fault it is that he is sometimes , but this isa trait for which his mas' is largely respon- sible. The iter, is a delightful dog. While act sp benatthslee tae setter he is quieter and equally affectionate and intelligent. He comes of the hound stock and is of entirely different origin from the setter. ‘THE BEST HOUSE DOGS of allare terriers. Yorkshire, black-and-tan, fox, bull, Irish, skye, Bcotch—you may take any of them and you will have a pet that realizes Baron Cuvier’s stying that the dog is “the completest, the most singular and the most use- ful conquest ever made by man.” ‘They will learn s thonsand tricks, they will watch the house, they will worry the cats, they will catch the rats, they will play with the children, they will always be ready to caper about when you are bappy or so lick your hand consol- ingly when you are sad There are no other dogs for which we are apt to form such a sin- cere affection, except that occasional cur dog that combines all the excellencies and none of the imperfections of the numerous breeds that have entered into his composition. ‘The most fashionable of the terriers at present isthe fox, and a noble little fellow he is, quick, merry, bright and affectionate. In olden times he used to burrow for foxes, but now he merely enjoys himself. Some of the best in America are here in Washington, is being improved each year. gacious one, has gone out of fashion al- most entirely and the pretty little Yorkshire ce, but the coming dog among the terriers is the Irish terri was hardly known in this country Oars ARO, but he is beginning to make his appearauce and is meeting with « most cordial reception, THE ccR that was alluded toa few moments ago must not be passed over. He has never been the fashion, but he nevertheless, like any other low born creature, sometimes gets into the best of society. There are curs and curs. The negro’s “coon dog.” a mongrel hound that is really afraid of a good sized ‘possum, and the country sportsman’s “bird dog,” @ cross-bred setter that points meadow iarks and walks over coveys of quail, are not of much use in the world. But the good cur, the good natured, ugly old nondescript, that wins his way to yout esteem in spite of his plebeian origin and simply through his good qualities.is not to be despised, A great lover of dogs and one who bas lived among them ail his life was heard to make the confession the other day that in all his ex- rience with dogs the noblest one he had ever oaoeee ONCE HE WAS A GREAT MAN. The Former Prime Minister of Samoa Come Back—Facts About the Islands. HAT MAN was once prime minister of a kingdom.” As be spoke the bar- tender—it was in « Broadway saloon in New York only the other day—quietly indicated to @ writer for Tur Star a rather shabbily dressed person who was taking « bite of free lunch at the moment, end added in a whis- per: “Steinberger!” “Not the man of Samoa?” “The same.” It was in fact Steinberger himself whom Sec- retary Robeson sent to Samoa with a yacht loaded with arms aud other paraphernalia of civilization afew years ago. His mission was to make friends with the natives in behalf of the United States and to teach them enlight- ened Caucasian ways. So, upon his arrival, he proceeded to instruct the natives in the art of war and to organize things politically on @ cor- rect basi Having established the king in pos- i thority which he had never thought sing up to that period, Steinberger had himself made prime minister and from thet time on ran the affairs of the monarchy. But the events which culminated iu the recently adopted tripartite agreement by the three powers interested squeezed out this man of enterprise, who fell suddenly from his lofty place and is now struggling for a living in New York. Such is the bubble greatness! During Gen. Grant's administration a treaty was negotiated with Samoa by the terms of which the harbor of Pago-Pago—the only closed harbor in the Southern Pacific—was ceded to the United States. Desirable though the bargain was. partly for the sake of the un- equaled convenience of the place as a coaling station, the Senate refused to ratify the agree- ment. One result of this refusal was the loss of several fine vessels and many gallant lives not long ago in the unprotected harbor of Apia, ‘The Samoans—1ost agreeable and kindly of savages—afford in practice an illustration of the unprofitableness of the community princi- ple. Their goods are the property of all, share and share alike, and the lazy man borrows whatever he wants from his industrious neigh- bors. For the reception of the guest trom afar an establishment called the “House of the Stranger” is provided, and there he is fed and lodged without a penuy’s charge for any length of time that he cares to stay. One virtue only do these islanders seem to lack and but one vice are they addicted to. The latter is drunkenness of a very curious sort, Every one bas read how they prepare a beverage from the ‘*kavar” root. which the prettiest young women chew, expectorating the juice into a bowl After being strained through cocoanut fiber the liquid is handed around ip cocoanut sbel!s and drank. Now, the effect of this drink is most extraordinary, for, while very intoxicating, it does not go to the head at ail, but simply paralyzes the body tem- orarily. A person under its influencs may ave his brain as clear as yours at this mo- ment and yet may be unabie to stir hand or toot or even to move the tongue in speech, Though perfectly perceiving his danger he could uot break the spell of this muscular paralysis if he saw some one sharpening « knife to stick itinto him. And yet the sensation is said to be exceedingly agreeable. At all events the Samoans are much addicted to the kavar habit, which is believed by physicians to have a tendency to prodace elephantiasis, When the latter is complicated with leprosy, the result is unpleasant, to say the least, As for the other point referred to, the missionaries, alas, aver that there is absolutely no word for female virtue in the Samoan language. Incidentaliy to adopting the Christian faith the natives of Samoa have become violent Sabbatarians. They carry things in this regard to such a point that on Sunday they would not climb a tree for a cocoanut to save a fellow-being from starving. GLOBE, One of the Designs Proposed for the Columbus Monument. Among the designs submitted for a stupen- dous monument to Columbus to be erected in consideration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America one of the most striking is that of Alberto de Palacio, a distinguished architect of Bilboa. The features of the design are shownin the accompanying cut. He would construct a little world, stand it bus sailed to discover America, The diameter of this globe is to be about 1,900 feet. At the equator on the outside runs a balcony forty-five feet wide and about three-quarters of 2 number of rooms, corridors; a grand assembly room where 100,000 people may gather; a library ot historical ie erature, and a grand group of monumen’ ie ty the center, and other 7 ge a + rol ‘tof the northern ee. A meteoro- is, of course, provided. Architect Palacio stakes his reputation on the fect feasibility of this construction, which tobe gS Its cust he estimates at about 000, Not the least interesting itt of the plan is that which provides for Baiting the outside of the globe as a map of ¢ RAILROADS. Cob esareane AND OHV RAILWax Schedule tn Effect May 18, ‘Traine Union Depot, if erm. for Newport, Nowe: Hid homme combos, Roriola dauy. Arrive at Old Point ato 10pun, folk at 640 pm. . 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