Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1890, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, B.C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1890—-SIXTEEN PAGES. Written for The Evening Star. LITTLE FOLKS IN How They Should Be Dressed for Comfort and Enjoyment. WINTER. WASHINGTON'S SLEIGNING AND SKATING SEASON TOO BRIRF FOR ANY PUT NOYS AND GIRLS— A BOT IN REEFER AND LEGGINGS—cosTUMES FOR BIG AND LITTLE GIRLS. TASHINGTON WINTERS are not what they used to be. It seems ages since there has been enough snow on the avenue to war- rant one of the old-time carnivals, when every- body who could command a horse managed to contrive something to do duty as a sleigh, even if it were only a dry-goods box, gnd when the fice wisely turned their backs as the rapidly ying cutters dashed by with waving fingling bells and visions of bright ey Tory cheeks from ont «nrrounding furs, for fast driving was the rule as long a« the snow held out. Now ‘tis different: the sky is overcast and | a fitful, spitting snow sets in late in the gloom | of the evening. As the night advances the storm increases. The flakes r By morning everything is wrapped in pallid slumber and the prospect for a day's sleighing is very encouraging. The cntter is got out and we are soon away, the diamond dust dashing in our faces as we go. At noon #ummer has set in and we are polishing our runners on the con- crete. Gone, too, are the cold, sharp winter nights, when the young man made friends with bis small brother, for the time being, in order that | he (the young man) might cceupy a place to- gether with his best girl on the former's “double Fonner. Time was when Franklin hill and numerous other street grades were alive with coasters until far on toward midnight. Skating on the frozen surface of Rip's island and Babcock lakes is a thing of the past, and only the most dsring spirits, among which the smail boy is ae See Sve ae eee il yentare on the river when there is a so-called 2. In this state of affairs when joys of winter out of doors are so short- lived to the adult, we should remember that if ‘ound, “#8 covere with ‘snow fw the morn ing and has vanished like adream by evening, the children have, in the in- terim, crowded a year of happiness into one day, 2iand their merry shouts can be heard 80 long as there is enough alusb left to make asnowball. The shady side of the street becomes to them more precious than gold. for there the snow will lie little longer than in the more exposed places. The miniature ice pond which forms in the gutter over night is discovered by them without loss of and is crowded ALWAYS READY. with the shor sliders until the oonday sun their sport. Who | that-has witnessed these childi=h winter romps | would deprive the children of their fleeting pleasure | The clear, cold. air will paint their cheeks | with nature's crimson. It is the hot, dry of our houses in winter that produces lit white faces and_troub cold. free air of heaven. tohand good warm cloth coldest weather. and when a good old-fashioned Winter's day does come you will be prepared. Our little lady, though she carnot wal’. unaided, should bave her outing every day no matter how ¢old the air is, provided the sun shines unclouded and she is not kept out too long. Let her be literally bundied up if it is very cold. Style is out of place under the ¢ireumstances. She who ie able to draw her dolly on its sled or cen roll mowbail should be per- Mitted todo so. Dress her warmly in something that will not be =poiled by any manner or amornt of rough : treatment that she can ¥ © give it. IN GORELIN BLUE. ‘The little couple shown here are in a con-} dition to fully enjoy themselves. without fear of | taking cold or of getting scolded for soiling the ‘The costumes are made of Disa rders. A very neat ground with darker | der. long rated with smoke: rate a | of gray w a, 4 Deited with « such of gray kit worsted, knotted | at theside and finished %i the pointed ends | READY YOR ANYTHING. with cut balls of blue worsted. A capuchin hood is joined in the same seam with the collar and will be found useful wher ‘The boy's cap or toque is ki the blunketing, with a worsted ing peak. His double-breasted reefer is | with s storm hood. Corduroy or | sted ones cov- | ther lexgings for the bov. w ering to the waist for the girl and overshoes | (not boots) for both. Protect their chests with | extra covering, but do not bundle the children up to their eyes like li mummies. These costumes should be arge and with plenty to let out, as- they will likely be out-| Grown before they are worn out. winter outing | T fine weather | jet clan_ plaid, hort waist and cuits and collar of black or gray astracban. ‘The back of the skirt is shirred twice | ' ni lined with black silk. The Seotch bonnet is of the dress material, decorated plete the other is r loth, short waisted, with a zouave jacket of velvet of larker shade: full bishop sleeves gathered intocufis of velvet. The skirt is . straight and box P PLAID SPFECT. Dinited into the waist. | The bonnet is close fitting. with a crown of Jin blne surah siik gathered to a center in back and finished with a velvet button. ‘The face hae a frill of ruching. Another effect of the same costume is in serpent green, with | the zouave and trimmings of black astrachan; the bonnet crown of black silk and facing of astrachan. ‘The average smali boy of eight or ten is ac- knowledged to be a study, it is » question if he went skating in the costume of Adam whether he would be affected: but many a ising bor hax been Qeetor has sown the seeds of future complaints by ure, although he rotten considered by Bis elder brothers and sisters too bad and tough ‘anything to hart: he Srcarcloes of his health and needs some one to look out for him. The .« who is a real boy ~ does not go in — fo if he is encourages complimented un —_——| hen he looks of being pecked at when he happens to be a little muswed up, be will learn to take a whole- some pride in K., } thick and fast. | the and fall. It is | y, | ministered to this feast—eysters from he gets a little older. will have its effect. Do ak a boy's spirit with a heavy long-tailed he wants to use his legs untrammeled. hick, double-breasted chinchilla reefer, with vest of same, will amply protect his body, while stout cloth or corduroy leggings and ‘thick, ight knee breeches will prove ample protection for the lower extremities. The best head cover- ing for him is a skull cap, as it is not easily de- ed by the wind or knocked off ina snow- ball fight. Costumes for the miss in her teens are so numerous that they are bewildering, and the number toselect from is legion. ‘A pretty idea for a skating costume shows along, plain newmarket, full enough to allow erfect freedom of motion. The color is dull Pompeiian red, with storm collar, eutfs and trim- ming of wool seal, a toque of same cloth as.coat, with fur trimming? combination against the snow has a charmin-ly rich and warm effect. ee LIGHTNING ON TAP. A Maine Wizard Who Has «= Cistern Full of the Staff. Special Correspondence of the World. Currevrieip, Me., Dec. 18.—Away ont on ‘Houlton road,” twenty miles from the nearest church and ten miles from any post office, “Uncle Sile” Leatherbee divides his time bewween hunting bears and picking blueberries, following the former rocation the year round and the latter in the season when blueberries are ripe. He is seventy-five years old, seventy-five inches tall, end, being “double- toothed,” he says he has seventy-five teeth in his head, one having been knocked out in a fight with brain. Years ago “Uncle Sile” was alumberman and general adventurer, and he says he cut, hauled out and set up the first tele- graph poles set between Baltimore and Wash- ington. At this time he knew Prof. Morse veell Once there was a talk of parinerahip between the two, but a man by the name of Cornell o ‘York state” advanced the cash, so “Uncle Sile” missed his chance of becoming a millionaire. After wandering all over the country, as well | as visiting several foreign ports as a sailor, he drifted down } re to Cherryticld, and, taking up a “state lot.” began farming and trappings At present he is uncouth and wild in his dress and language. Ho still retaine many curious ideqs gained from contact with the electricians wham he met half a century ago. Among these isa keen interest in the advances which have beer made of late in galvanism, electric- ity and magnetivm. Ail the boo paper. which treat these subjects come to him through the mails, and every other Saturday night he walks over to the post oflice. returning home very late and heavily laden with the literature of science. Oue of his hobbies is that of electric lighting. Last winter he constructed several powerfal storage batteries, and had them earefully put away in one end of the cellar under his little abin of ahonse. When any stray hunter or berry-picker strolled y and asked what he was doing. he r : “Wait until it geta hot next summ su will see.” Summer and whe erry plains were * ran a tall iron ans ¢ ‘tout copper wire. k cloud sailed overbe: a his roof, bright sparks down the rod en route * he would say, “and il trot you ont and g004 for.” So the E » time ame ard went. stood by with greed; ng sparks. at toward the last of November a y of New ¥ 4 Boston sportsmen e out on the p Sile’s” place when ti ped their guns and stood aw ruck ai ‘The house, which « min’ before, was in dark- © With light from ridge poie zaudy are of light leaped air from nd of the house and se wn upou the other end, while both the and the solitary door were fr: d in stich a glow as was never before seen in Cherry- ight before them. t wasthat “Unele Sile” had let his ing.” as he termed it, loose that night ior the first time, and so he told the won- dering gunners when ‘they came running u out of breath, doubtial whethe: have to put out atirs or lays ghost. He did the best he could to explain how his invention worked, and many things as plain for the strangers as the averag> college professor could do. According to his way of reckoning ugh in his storage Latter «st him from then until the middle of June, when the thander showers would enable him to la; ‘As to cost, he said the whole led a $100 bill,” and it was good enou; ot for nothing, as it uds by a rod, the way ears ago with his kite. way they left him a which the is te procured it he hunters ¥ goad ol When t after wking a le ull: s the ouly staif lever saw that would beat electricity in a tair sou theclalon | usu: A KOMA BANQUET. Description of a Dinner Party Where the Patricians Were Feasted. ‘ew York Home Journal. inium: A beautiful oblong apart- geously painted with arabesques of rlet upon adeep azure ground-work. table, covered with a white cloth. bordered with » deep edge of purple and deeper fringe o |, stood in the center, and around in three couches, nearly of the sume each the segment of a ga horseshoe. es were of the fi it rosewood in- ° shell and ivory and brass, strewed with richest tapestries and piled with cushions glowing with splendid needlework. es ¢ left elbow and ch couch being ‘Tsons, the right arm , the fo as below place on each conch was es- ¥ g be nree low the teeme Tost honorable, and the middle couch « three was that assign o guests oft k, the master of the feast, for tl cupied the central position on the left-hand sofa. wes stood round the outer circuit of ith the eup bearers, but the carver 1. if le might be so termed, oecu- pied that side of the table which was left open to their atte lance. No sooner were all placed and the due liba- ti4n made of wine, with an offering of ealt, to “te guds—a silver group of statues & the “center of the board, where we ace the plateau and’ epergne— t of music ushered in three beautiful iemaie slaves in succinct tunics, like those seen in the «cnlptnres of Diana, with half the bosom bare, daneing and singing and earry- ing in their handy garlands of roses and myrtle woven wit strips of the philyra, or inner bark the wh and s of the linden tree, which was believed to be a specitic against intoxication, Circling around the board in time to soft music they crowned each of the guests and spriukled with rich per- fumes the garment and the hair of each, and then, with more animated and eccentric ges- tures, as the and note of the flute waxed shriller pie cing, they bounded fromm the nd were succeeded by six boys full of tepid water, perfumed s, and soft embroidered naj they handed to every banqueter wands before esting. “This done, the ied away into a low, faint close and was din the hush that followed an aged bore round a mighty tlask of Chian wine, with snow water, and replenished the 18 of stained glass’ which stood beside ch guest, while another dispensed bread from a lordly basket of wrought And now the feast couanenced in earnest: as the first course, consisting of fresh eggs, boiled hard, with lettuce, radishes, endive and rockets, olives of Venatrnm, anchovies and surdines, and the choicest luxury day—hot eau- sages served upon gridirons of silver. with the rich gravy dripping thr sauce of Syrian pranes ries—was placed upon the . ‘Then, to the melody of Lydian lutes, two slaves introduced with cost! of Coan wine, white pepper, vinegar wd olives. All dainties that were known in those days Baiz, ieasants—a rarity but lately introduced since Pomper's conquests in the cast, having been brought all way from Phasis, upon the vouthern shores of the Black sea; woodcock frow the valleys of lonia and the watery plains of Troas; livers of geose forced to an winatural | size by cramming the unhappy bird with anel turbots fricaseed in cream, and penc sruffed with trailex. The wines by which pearance, ifter peculiar way, ands encouragement, w! these dainties were diluted differed but little, as the wisest critics say, from the the nineteenth century. they should | are FISHES THAT’ HAVE VOICES. Some That Sing Concerts With a Whole Or- chestra of Musical Instruments. 66 SEEMS RATHER FUNNY to speak of the voices of fishes,” said a naturalist toa writer for Tae Star, “but many of them do certainly produce vocal sounds, as you your- self may have observed. Did you ever pulla bluefish into your boat and listen to his crosk- ing complaints? “But it is not merely out of water that many fishes vocalize. They do so in their native ele- ment also, and often in concert, as if highly ap- preciating the really musical effects which they notinfrequently produce. If youhave ever been afloat in southern waters you may have heard @ big jewfish beneath the anchored vessl in the stiliness of the night go ‘boom! boom!’ monotonously. Under similar conditions the well-known ‘grunters’ will give elaborate nocturnal performances, a whole school of them together, under the stern. “When the famous Humboldt visited the South seas in 1803, about 7p. m. on February 20 an extraordinary noise startled the crew. At first it was like the beating of many drums in the distance, and then the sounds seemed to come from the ship itself, near the poop. To begin with, it was imagindd that the breakers were at hand, and then that the vessel had sprung a leak. The noises continued for about two honrs,and no one could guess how to account for them. “In the narrative of his voyage to the China seas, in 1424, Lieut. White, U.S. N., mentions a jimilar experience. At the mouth of a river in Cambodia the ship's company was alarmed by remarkable noises around the bottom of the vessel. “The sounds,’ he says, ‘were like a mixture of the bass of the organ, the ringing of bells, the guttural notes of a great frog, an: tones which the imagination might attribute to an enormous harp. The ship seemed actually to tremble with the vibration. Steadily the noises increased until they formed a chorus around the entire vessel.’” Subsequently, as the ship sailed on, they diminished and finally ceased. A native interpreter stated that they were made by a kind of fishes which clung to objects by their mouths. “Sir J. Emerson Tennent tells of a visit he made to Ceylon in 1848, when he went in a boat to hear some famous water music at Batticalva. He was rowed quietly to the spot by moonlight, where the sounds came up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord or the faint vibrations of a wine glass when rim is rubbed with a moistened finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, the sweetest treble mingled with the lowest bass.’ The natives said that the music was made by a shell fish at the bottom, which they called the ‘crying shell." “Ithas been suggested that perhaps such sweet and pleasing ounds from the water gave tise to the myths of the mermaids and sirens, the sailors of old having the usual facility of mariners in the invention of pretty and poeti- cal causes for everything. A writer in ‘Notes and Queries’ says; ‘In the early part of December I called upon a | Quaker gentleman at Darlington, for whom I waited in a room in which stood small aquar- ium containing, along with the usual assort- ment of sea anemones. star fish, &c., five fishes not larger than minnows—a species of bien- nies, I was subsequently informed. After watching their motions for afew minutes as they floated near the surface of the water, I them more nearly, 3 . they simultan- cously set tip a surick of terror loud and. pierc- ing. I think a human being could hardly have set up a much louder scream.” Caidera, in Chili, musical cadences are ently heard to issue from the sea, rising and falling fully four notes and resembling the tones of harp strings mingling with great deli cacy and sweetness. Out of 3,000 kinds of fishes in the world more than 300 are known to pro- duce sounds. The waigres are famous for their vocal powers ax well as remarkable for the size and complicated structure of their air ladders and the large hollows in their skulls. may have something to do lings and hummings they ‘The air bladder has something in | 1 produce. portant to do with the sounds fishes though just what is not certainly known. Some anthoriites think that the noises are made by expelling air froma one compartment of the bladder into another. Others believe that they rodaced by the grinding together of the tooth-Like bones in the back of the fish's mouth, the bladder serving merely to increase the volume of sound. To uaderstand this, shut up your ears tight with your two middie fingers and grind your back te You will notice that the noise seems very loud, though it comes not from the grinding, but from the vibration of the chewing or ‘uldermanie’ muscles. “Fishes are supposed to make these noises for the purpose of attracting their matey. Itis Seid that fishermen often take fish during the spawning season by imitating the sounds. Fo: merly it was believed that fishes had no ears, but xnatomists have proved that they have orgens of hearing. though not external one: Carp are often called in ponds to feed by the Tinging of a bell. Fishermen in some eastern couniries are said to at edges of their their ringing. seribed the tie the famous natura oc sion he made a school of shad dance to his fiddling.” ——_+e+_____ Typewriters and Literary Style. From The Boston Trunscript. Ayoung man who frankly confesses that he has literary ambitions writes to the Listener to ask if, in his opinion, the use of the typewriter has an injurious effect upon the writer's liter- ary style. The question can only be answered in a qualified way. The Listener, after a good deal of observation, is quite sure that the type- writer is a bad thing for the literary style; but of course he could not pretend that the literary style of every author who uses it is injuriously afiected by writing with a machine. The dice tion of certain writers might even be improved by it. ‘The li inced that as a gen- eral thing the e8 a sort of staccato, disconnee : to change or, 4 fleshless and bony style and awkward withal. What is written with the ma- chine scldorn has the ease and expressiveness that the same author's handwriting might have The special word-by-word planning with it, be it ever so slight aud even s get in the way of free ex; n, and there is a tendency in the writer to think out his sentences less thoroughly, and even to use stercoivped expressions, which fall in more conveniently with one’s practice. In spite of ali that may be said by operators about the process becoming “instinctive” after a time it could not possibly become as completely instinctive ax handwriting is unless everybody wrote from childhood with the typewriter and nothing but the typewriter. And even if every- body did. it might require generations before the operation could become as instinctive with civilized peoples as handwriting is. The Lis- tener is quite aware that many authors who have taken to writing with the machine think that their style has not been affected by it, but are they sure that their friends always agree with them? In one sense the typewriter isa blessing to editors. It makes a page that is easily read, if the machine is operated at all weil. But in another sense it is not a blessing to them, for the reason that the Listener has stated—it may produce poverty of expression where there might be something better, and it is alwayea matter of grief toan editor to have any one write not us well ashe might. It seems, more- over, that the diffuse writers, whose style in the process (be it ever #0 rapid) of punching out one's words rather than writing would seem to make more compact and expressive, are not bo ee atall by it, but, on the contrary, are made still more diffuse. ‘The ideal way of preparing ‘one's manuscripts for the press is to write them with a pen, revise them carefully, still with the n, of course, and then have them copied out in typewriter by an operator who is familiar with the handwriting. Not a few writers of some prominence do this, and they have their reward for their pains in the freedom of their intellectual productions from printer's errors. The Ii tenet realy could not wdvise a young person who is beginning aliterary career to begin it on the typewriter. ———_+oe A Bit of Natural Philosophy. From Life. 'b little bells to the ~ over FLOWERS STRUCK WITH DISEASE. ‘ANY ANXIOUS APPEALS have been re- ceived recently by the Department of Ag- riculture from growers of flowers for market in various parts of the country begging for help in fighting certain serious diseases which Just at the present time particular interest must attach to the carnstion’s trouble, inas- much as the bureau of vegetable pathology has discovered that the complaint is cansed by bac- ‘teria—the same sort of little vegetablo organ- isms, though of another species, as Prof. Koch is trying to destroy in consumption patients with the wonderful lymph. Until within » very short time—three or four years, in fact— it has been supposed that all diseases of plants were occasioned by parasitic fungi, »o that the law creating this division of the De- partment of Agriculture declared that the money appropriated for _ its support should be expended in investigating and finding remedies for “the fungous diseases of plants.” Accordingly, when the discovery was made that the scope of Mycologists—as doctors of plants are called—have only begun to look iuto this novel subject and have not yet accomplished much in elucidating it. What they will suc- ceed in doing remains to be seen. Who knows but that they ul comances a SS = own purposes, to be sprayed upon leaves an flowers with a1 foci fos DISEASE OF THE VIOLET Flower growers are suffering very serious pecuniary loss by the disease of the carnation, but the fungous trouble that has attacked the violets is much worse, threatening as it does to cause almost immediately the entire abandon- ment of the cultivation of the sweet little bios- som so dear to poets and to all mankind. Already it bas been decided that no attempt = be made next year to raise violets Ty the jot houses of the great propagating gardens near the Washington monument. President Harrison will have none of the violets which were expected to adorn the White House dur- ing the Christmas holidays because the big green house filled wit! the plante, 125 feet long, is one blight. In most cases where fungous dis- eases are concerned spraying with copper #0- lutions is found effective, but such treatment has not helped the violet at all, and so the bu- reau of vegetable pathology is trying to find some other cure. THE HOLLYMOCR’S AILMENT. The disease of the hollyhock, also ofa fungous nature, has been making itself extremely costly to the growers of flowers of late, but it is found to be amenable to treatment by spraying with the proper copper mixture, the recipe for which may be procured from Prof. Galloway, chief of the bureau. THE NUMEROUS FLORAL DISEASES. It is really a wonder, all things considered, that any flowering plant thrives at all, since each one has at least two or three fungous enemies. ‘The grape alone has quite fifty such foes of different ‘kinds and more than ecies live upon the apple. Few people are aware that we have constantly around and about us a host of almost invisible plants which play as important a part in the economy of nature as the grasses of the field and the trees of the forest. One of these groups, the lowest in the vegeta- ble kingdom, comprises the bacteria, includ- ing those species which, gaining 2 foothold in ¢ human system, create by feeding upon and destroying the tissues those discases which are known as consumption, pneumonia, typhoid fever, carbuncle, diphtheria and many others. Above the bacteria comes the group of fungi, including the toadstools, mushrooms, rusts, mildews and blights. For the most part the | fungi are so small that the highest powers of | the microscope are necessary to see them. | Many live upon dead and decaying matter, and are thus beneficial: but there is an exceedingly large class which attacks both living animals and living plants. It is only fair to say that some of these latter forms do good by attacking and destroving noxious weeds. Indeed, there ix no donb? that many of the most troublesome weeds are held in check by their agency. THY, POTATO ROT EXPLAINED. Unfortunately, the injurious fungi, which are true plants, have not the power of getting their food from the air and soil, as is the case with , the higher forms of vegetable life. Conse- quentis they become paracites, particularly of the cultivated crops. Potatoes ure very dear at present because a fongus is attacking the tuber. It gots into the potato and |grows by & innumerable litle | thrend-like in every direction | through the substance of the unlucky vegeta- ble. Asit develops in this way it transforms the potato celis into fungus cells, und the re- sult is what is called “rot.” Hence the famine in Ireland. ‘The fungus can be destroyed and the crop saved at an expense of #5 or #6 an acre; but although the American farmer can afford this Paddy cannot. A solution of copper iy the remedy to be employed. A PLANT HOSPITAL. The parasitic fungi are nothing more nor Jess than robbers, aud the investigations of the mycologists are made with a view to learning their habits in order that the best. methods for combatting them maybe found out. Prof. Gallow has a private green house attached to his own residence which is. sort of plant hos- ital. In it he propagates all sorts of vegetable iscusos artificially, inoculating healthy plants with the most abominable complaints in order | that he may study their progress through the | various stages. Although these microscopic foes have caused many millions of dollars’ worth of damage annually to the crops in this country, no attempt worth mentioning was mado to investigate them until within the ast ten rs; but the work is now ing most actively carried on by the govern- ment, @ corps of trained experts being kept constantly employed in the laboratory, while special agents in various parts of the United States devote their time during the growing season to experimenting with remedies. is a most important subject, with relation to which buman knowledge is making rapid strides. ——_—_+e2+ —_____ A BURST OF ROYAL TEMPER. What Happened Between William III of the Netherlands and Thorbecke. King William III of the Netherlands, who died a few days ago, was, in his best days, a man of frightful temper, says the New York Sun. The person who excited him above all others was the lank, phlegmatic Thorbecke, who left the desk of a Utrecht professorship to become a minister of state. ‘The king ex- pressed his contempt for Thorbecke by alway addressing him as ‘Sir Professor” In 1870. while William was drifting swiftly toward an alliance with France, in order that he might avenge the wrongs all Dutchmen foel they have sustained at German hands, the “Pro- fessor” was selected to convince the king that his people would not support him in such a course. Thorbecke entered the king’s bed chamber with his hands behind bim on the morning of the day of the decision. “Good morning, sir professor. What is the ape oS le of The “Nothing 5; ial, aire; ly the of Hi are Gadeg agua deal o} Donseuse," said Thorbecke, with diplomatic deliberate 1 Concerning my ministers?” an Scored to ‘Thorbecke, “‘concern- ing you. “Egoncerning me?" shouted the king, “and what, oh, honored professor, concerning’ me?” “Sire, I hardly wish to repeat it. I~" “Enough! I wish to hear it.” “Well, ire, the people of The Hague say you are as crazy as a loon.” Biff! Like a shot the short, heavy body of the king bounced, from, the Bed 0 the floor. leand 8] 5 cat up a at silver inkstand to throw it at Thorbecke. tis hand became entangled for a moment in the bed curtains. ‘Thorbecke strode up to him, thrust down his keen white face to the level of the king’s eyes, and said ine tone of icy in- “And if you strike me_with the the people of The Hague will be right.” dropped the inkstand in the curtain that had caught it oferete at the pro- fessor, who hastened to pile reasons on reasons why the Nethcriands remain neutral jam {11 tore into bite stamped on the declaration of war which he had all but forced on his unwilling subjects. Ethel—“‘Does this pictare do me justice?” Maud—“Tt docs something able, dear. Tt shows you mercy.” be rere ou at the opens leat night” This | *™ DOLLARS FOR THE NEW WORLD. A new silver dollar will be created by the Pan-American monetary conference, which meets here in Washington next week. It will be a dollar circulated not merely in the United States, but throughout all the eighteen re- Publics of the new world. What it will be like remains to be determined by the conference, but there is very little doubt on this point. In all probability it will resemble somewhat the United States silver dollar, with a portrait of Columbus to take the place of the Goddess of Liberty on one side, the obverse varying. THE DOLLAR WILL PROBABLY BE OF SILVER, ‘The eighteen republics in question desired to establish the coinage of this internstional dol- lar when their representatives met here 8 year ago, but the delegates appointed by this coun- son Coolidge of Maseachusetta—! t over the question as to whether the coin should be of gold or silver, so that the conference adjourned without reaching a determination in the mat- ter. All the other nations of South and Cen- tral America were in accord on the subject, and they eaid that they would wait until the United States bad made up its mind as to what it wanted. Undoubtedly the dollar will be of silver, and the general sentiment is in favor of ‘one that shall be of the value of the Mexican dollar, which is worth ninety-six cents, whereas ours is only worth seventy-eight cents. All the countries concerned in the agreement will coin the new dollar, each one in quantities propor- tionate to its population, and the circulation of the new piece will be made compulsory by law throughout the Americas. One face, bearing the likeness of Columbus, or whatever other de- sign may be chosen, will ‘be always the same— for the United States, Brazil and the Argentize Republic, Chili, Peru'and the rest—but the ob- verse will have the name and insignia of the na- tion which issucs the dollar. TO FACILITATE COMMERCE. The object of this proposed coin is to facili- tate commerce among the American ‘republics and to obtain security against the great fluctu- ations in the price of silver which have hitherto caused so much financial trouble. Asa remedy ary Windom suggest ‘reasury might issue sit in exchange for silver ving to the certificates the market vaine of th lion un the day of its deposit and redeeming it at the market pric on the day of its redemption. Taking into con- sideration the varying value of the commodity in question such an enterprise would seem to be rather of the nature of a gamble on the government's part and members of the Pan- American conference were not inclined to ap- prove of the idea. So a universal American trade dollar is to be established, and it is likely that monetary commission will be created for the purpose of issuing the coin and establishing its circulation, ‘The dollar having been det mined upon a 50-cent piece and other subsidiary tokens of value will be added. It is expected thai these coins, so distinctively American, will obtain very general recognition and cir- culation abroad also. Silver bac been called “the pocket money of the worhi,” and it is ex- pected to be of the greatest benefit to the com- merce which is beginning to develop between the United States and the southern republics that there shall be a -ingle standard of value common among 120,000,900 of people. HOME MATTERS. certificates of dep bullion deposited, | to Practical Housckeepers. Dissorvz A Smat, Prece or ALvM in the salt and water in which cucumbers are soaked. For Brrovs Coxtc, soda and ginger in hot water. It may be taken freely and as often as necessary. To Remove Tar rub thoroughly with clean lard and wash with soap and warm water. Bent Wuarzrones Can Be Restore and used again by simply soaking in water a few hours and then drying them. Brass Urexeits may be kept beautifully ht by an occasional rub with salt and vinegar. Batar THe Les Occastonatry with a little alum water, followed by a little camphor ice or al Waex Wasnixe Five Warre, Fiaxwera, add o tublospoonful of pulverized borax to a_pailfal of water. ‘This will keep them soft and white. Taxe Two Laxox Sroors, drive large nails through them in the wall, about two inches apart, and hang your broom up, brush end up. Never Ler tar Suy’s Ravs strike a mirror. It acts upon the mercury and makes the glass cloudy, which all the rubbing in the world will not remove. Sieereesyess Cause Br Too Mucn Broo in the head may be overcome by applying a cloth wet with cold water to the back of the neck. Awmonta APPLIED Two orn Tree Trzs on afresh cold sore will kill it. It will drive it away if used when the cold sore is first fel. Wasu Wurre Sink HaNpkencuters in tepid water with castile-soap suds and press when cold and nearly dry. ‘To iron them out of hot water turns them yellow. Ir Pant Has Bees Sratrercp on window panes wet the spots with water and rub thor- oughly with a new silver dollar, or they may be washed with hot, sharp vinegar. A Goop HANDFUL oF Rock Sau added to the bath is the next best thing toan “ocean dip,” and a gargle of a weak solution ‘isa good and ever ready remedy for sore throut. To Make Warerrroor Wnir:xo Isx, an ink which will not blur if the writing is exposed to rain, distolve two ounces shellac in one pint alcohol (95 per cent), filter through chalk and mix with best lampblack. To Maxe Borax Soar that is excellent, eut an ordinary bar of soap in small pieces, put it in one quart of boiling water and add one ounce of borax. Let it all melt but not boil. When cold cut in pieces and uso like common soap. This is especially useful for requires very little time. Hasry Murrrss.—Two cups flour, two eggs, one tablespoonful mixed butter and lard, two teaspoonfuls white sugar, one teaspoonful bak- ing powder, saltspoonful salt, one cup of milk. into the eggs, beaten very light, stir the melted shortening, the sugar, the milk and the flour, well mixed’ with the salt and baking powder. Stir well and bake in thoroughly greased tins. To Sznp Bortep Rice to THe Tasix in the best condition soak it for seven or eight hours in cold water to which a little salt has been added. Haven stew pan ready contain-| ing boiling water, into which put the soaked rice and boil it briskly for ten minutes. Then wur it into a colander, set it by the fire to Frain and then serve. The grains will be rate and very large. Neves Por tue Haxpies or Your Kyrves in water, ag ivory cracks and discolors if wet. Finely powdered Bristol brick is the best pol- isher for steel knives and can be rubbed on with a large cork. Have a knifeboard and kee] brick and cork together in place. When rul wash in hot suds and wipe very dry. Borax Warer 1s Exceucent ror Sponaina either silk or wool goods that are not soiled enongh to need washing. or any wool goods may be washed with a little borax in the water and the color not be injured. They should not be rubbed on the board, but try—Mr. Estee of California and Mr. T. Jeffer- | the: Seasonable Suggestions and Everyday Mints | he; separ | i 1892 and it has made me sad. I will tell it to you if you like, for melancholy is ® coach in which there is always room for one more.” “You may book me for a first-class passage,” rey 2 “must fret explain,” he premiand, “the ‘marvelous of nickel- ne chines befote their ‘Saal abolition, of which T closing pew doors, which insertion of a dime. el y constructed that buttons were no longer pri by the Sodty, and the office of usher became # noteworthy result was uniform cut in clerical salaries. “The most ingenious contrivance, however, was known as the Universal Letter Writer, and it ie upon this—a veritable deusex ma- various slots, each bearing 4 different inscription. For example, there Were some suchas these: ‘Answer tos dun, pleading sickness; ‘Do,,do., outof town;’ ‘Do., ‘0.. will be in the first of the month.’ Theedges of these slots were noticeably worn by frequent use. Others thut seemed to be equally popular were: ‘Refusal tolend $5; ‘Acceptance of in- vitation to lunch:’ ‘Do. di ‘There were, on the other hand, slots that were cov- ered with the dust of neglect. Among these I might name: ‘Inclosing amount of loan;’ “Ac- cepting pastor's invitation to prayer meeting; hanking friend for a prompt remittance.’ “Affairs of the heart were covered by many sub- divisions, of which I will particularize only the love letter (male’); ‘General ); Moking up agement, next day (rapture’); aix months (can't come roposals (thre forms se: ixteen to twenty-two, twenty- ve, thirty-five to fifty.’ The ways in astate of moldy al love letter (femal forms’); ‘Afverenga “After” ong: last of these was desuctude, and the question of its removal provoked an acrimonious debate in the board of directors of the company owning the inven- tion. It was finally retained throngh the tear- ful efforta of the president, who had a maiden sister with corkscrew curls and a vinegai nose, who insisted upon blessing his home wi r presence. “There were, of course, domestic slots, such as ‘We need coal’; ‘Isaw such a love of a bon- net’; ‘The cook ‘is drank again’, and ‘Ma bas come for a few days,’ for wifely use. And “Must work at the books tonight’; ‘Have hot biscuits for supper’, and ‘I have no change’, suitable for the head of the household. j “I may also add that all those forms of polite usage which are common in good society were here furnished, and were naturally much sought after by bartenders and servant maids.” There ventured the remark that the literary work must have been admirable to permit such & machine to prove popular. “It was admirable,” Smith gravely assented. “Whoever prepared these mipsives was a con- summate judge of human nature and of the niceties of the English language. Nothing could better exemplify this than his closing periods. Take the much-used form, ‘Ref to lend,’ for example. It invari ‘Yours sincerely.’ How natural! If thore i word that embodies acidulated negation it is tis same word ‘sincere.’ Ite derivation means ‘without wax,’ I believe, and very properly, for when it is employed regard does uot wai but is ever on the wane. Then, too, the form ‘I saw such a love of a bonnet’ was couched in far more affectionate terms than ‘We need coal.’ And all replies to duns invariably con- cluded ‘Yours very respectfully.” “When I tell you that the insertion of # dime provided at once a typewritten. copy of any of these forms, a stamped envelope and fountain pen (on a string), you may well believe that the Universal Letier Writer, like = loaf toa starving man, filled a long-felt want.” “Were there no defects in it?” I queried. “None except such as must exist when a gen- eral is applicd to a particular. Thus: ‘Love letter a day after e1 ment (male’), among other things said: ‘When I gazed straight into your matchless orbs, darling, and saw the love- light dancing in twin adoration to Venus,’ &. Now, of course, it wouldn't have done to send this to a cross-eyed duleinea. And ono had to be careful in using it to select the right slot. Imagine the quandary of a young Lusband who by mistake sent ‘Acceptance to lunch’ to his wife instead of ‘Must work on the books tonight.’ “This brings me to my romance —thelament- able ending which careleasness brough: to the wooing of the charming Sallie Mantoa by the ardent but nervous George Bliffins.” yh, I thoug! that,” said I. “And did you dream it?” inly,” he replied, rather gruffly. “You don’t think I would make it up, do your” A prompt denial smoothed the ruffed feathers of my friend Smith, and so he resumed: “George Bliftins was a good-looking young fellow of three and twenty, well f and manly, as he had often proved himself in athletic sports, He was popular with his fel- lows, and so the correlative was true that be- fore’women he was little more than « Dashfal booby. Some day I may explain to evil of tis eaeseinate ‘men, oat the favorite of their sex is the butt of the other, and vice versa, but now I will only say that its existence cannot be refuted. ge were fall of fire, his eyes were apt to water, his back was streaked with shivers, each individual hair on his head was alive with nerves, the muscles his face were prone to twitch and his full bess most intimate with his own; they were rich and she wasan only child. He and she hed hus been brought up and if any oung man had reason, upon » maid With the careless familiarity of a brother to a sister he was the young man. “And yet he didn't. He didn’t keep his seat when she was standing, nor put his feet on her only between the hands, and hung on the line to dry without ing. If trested in this | A way and pressed on the wrong side ag soon as dry enough they will look like new. Potato Porr.—Take two cupfuls of cold mashed potato and stir into two tablesponfuls of melted butter, beating to s white cream be- fore adding anything else. Then put with this two eggs whipped Nery light and a teacu; different times in the thousand different ways of cream or . alt to taste. ‘all | in which a Saat ee aoa ont well, pour into « deep dish and bake in a quick | yet be silent. Perhaps you don't { me? oven until it is nicely browned. If ‘Are not eyes eloquent with glances and lips faised it will come ous of the ‘oven light, ith smiles? not s tremulous litte hand aad nios. a vocabulary of love? Certainly ‘. in a pan of be:ling water or into the top tea kettle ana stir its contents to a turn into ® hot sauce boat, grates little nut- over it and send to at once. Wine Fill ctten be used instead of brandy, bus Vwiee aired, as nearly oo dlsided ia Saver. Keer Wanm.—Rose Terry Cooke ssys: “If you want tobe happy keep warm.” Womenare eaten up with neuralgia, aay the doctors. No ‘wonder. morning he five strip bt . theless biotic ae over their bangs, put silk or rat ; ‘cloaks and but cold the numb the poy) == red- uarrel (two | ns. ht you had forgotten all about it He glanced over his shoulder. jorrors! A bevy of school girls were approac! » Ob! if he should thur be caught in the very act! @ month, and hope and_ then’ into yy did no answer come? What could such silence mean? Surely such « popular Panacea could not have |. Come, he would &t least know whathe had sent. Heagain sought the machine; he procured s copy of “Proposal sixteen-twenty-two.’ As he did. so «young man in clerical dress brushed by him, inser a dime in the self-same slot, received the letter and stamped envelope and. ignoring the foun- tain pen on a string, hastened away. Whon d recalled the incident it seemed to him that thore clerical clothes had a familiar cut and that they hed adorned handsome young curate of St. Ann's. “That night he arduoualy studied this spect- men of his wooing, and the more he did so the better pleased he was with it. It expressed bis inexpressible thoughis: it was ardent, tender and urgent; it abounded in ximiles ever dear to maidens’ bearts. It surely must touch the chord of assent! And yet she answered not. ‘But his trialsoon ended. The sentence of ‘left’ was soon pronounced. One morning be received a letter and a package by mail. He ned the former: it was from his mother, and of course gave a ddagrem of the gossip of bis Rative town. One item caught his eve. He read it, he reread it, and he read no more. It ran a follows: 1 ~\"What do you think? Sallie Manton is enyaced. And to Who im the world but the handsome yuuuc suyeor St - apd everytody tm talkin ; my dear boy, I never could eudure ser “The handsome young curate.’ ‘It came out yesterday.’ What could it mean? How | could that stuttering geby have expressed hir- | self #0 successfully? The black letters danced before his es ‘ some evil chance had encompassed him. “For hours he sat in that stapor which a | stunning blow will cause; then his eyes lighted | upon the package. Surely h superscriytion; it was her dear handwriting. He opened it. “It contained a motle: of missives, all “ the blotted'haif page upon which be had first printed with such pride; the boyieh notes of Invitation and of birthday congratulation; the descriptions of his pleasure trips and of his life | at school, and last, but not | He unfvided it; he reac consternation. What dev These were not ery was this? | sen. sentiments | when he had | evening. And | and ia that pe- | fountain pen nized the thumb sealing. But had | he been datt to employ such a subs:itute, whose | very face was an insult? In trembhing accents | he read it aloud as follows: | ““Resrrorrp Mapam: I crave not the mere- tricious charms of youth. The bouuties of char- acter alone fascinate me. In the presence of your gracious maturity I am overpowered by a Sense of ry inferiority in years and experience. My love for vou is «i uxurious and ti I need your fostenn e, I sigh for your ma tronly erabrace. 1 will strive to grow up to Jouifor your dear sake I will be to myself father. Be mine, and thas gladden an orphan's heart by becoming at once my wife and my mother.’ “In the fary of despair George cast lous screed from him. Ashe did soa slip of per floated from it. It bore buta line, in e's handwriting: ‘When I compared ibis insult with the dear curate’s sweet senti- ments I could not hesitate. Forget meas Ido you.” “George did not return to Aberdeen. The crusade against all nickel-in-the-slot machines was just beginning. With heart and soul he gis le lind proved so potent in the lomathean ‘iety was largel: Tesponsibie for their final abolition.” é ” said I, as my friend Smith resumed ited cigar and the elevated expression of his eyes, “is this the romance which makes Peyear he gravely replied. Yen” lls inna “And ao it does tue FLUTES OF THE PYRAMIDS. Played 3,000 Years After Burial, They Show ‘That the Egyptians Had Our Scale. ‘From the London Daily News. A number of eminent musicians were invited to listen to a highly interesting lecture de- livered yesterday to the Royal Academy students by Mr. T. L. Southgate, upon ancient Egyptian musical instruments in general, and upon the double pipes recently discovered by Mr. Flinders Petrie in the tomb at Kabun in particular. From the fact that the flates shown in the frescoes were of various lengths Mr. Southgate conjectured that the Egyptians al- most from the time of Moses must have had knowledge of some sort of harmony, while as in one of the frescoes seven flute performers were simultaneously playing an eighth had what he whimsically described as ““ifty bars rest.” Still more interesting the actual flutes discovered in the lady's sar- at Kahun and indisputably dating fore the time of King David of Isrecl, Pee. formed upon (and the task of playing these ir. 3. Finn, they yesterday gave practally a r. J. Finn, ¥ gave practically the exact notes of our diatonic scale, thus proving — in every sense of the term to actual demonstra- jon-—that our scale was known to the Egyptians many centuries before the Grecks, from whom it had erroneously been supposed we borrowed it. No attempt was made to perform upon the double flute, and. indeed, if ever the TS wed together the art is now lost. pon perftrmed = very ssctout, Fanoral dite per @ very ancient irge en- titled “The Song of Sonus.” ‘The tone of these instruments, we may add, in no way resembles lutes of today. It toa certain ex- tent recalls —— of mri ty ins the amall-tooth comb E i Hi i Hi i i H i i ! recognizee that | I the ridie- a epoused ‘this holy cause, and that eloquence | iss" which erstwhile FUTURE DAYS. RAtauaree. DAKR & OO , Auctionser, . S$, GOOD WILL AND FIVE Ta, ORE Oe Gatatakn Bo" Sas tk STREET SOUTHWEST, AL AUCTION _ TST an FES Okt x aN TEN OCLOCK, * a the entire contents, lease, &. 22028 RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctionsers._ RUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED Tit ESTATE IN PRINCE GLURGE'S COUNT, Under amt virtue of the Geen of A —F Ay P Edwin D) ASGordon. bearing date of the Dts and duly reonied te La Provisions of RS to. € roa beaatera ade Uy the Wraitagrton and Pimataway toed on the porthe Sestern wide by the Uuon Fun. on the western side by the Foromae river Haprovernente conmist of & lance brick hows, lately, thamvuchl (ret and all outbaild quired ‘by the tract tf inv, consisting of hate ske- fas Be wl The caves wie conven ment et td per som be 7 ama Dated with tn Ove day from the diy ni tale the trosbos Tilteewrll a tuerint octhedefeitias perchanen teat 4 <_.. Saeae ([BOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. SALE OF ¥ 1 N. Dc SUARLR IMPROVED ; ot 20 La. ave. 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Under rvirtue of a deed of trust ry Ldber No. 141 folio. 2kbet seq.. ome of the lat nee Ords of the District of Coiunitie: and st tne request Sheer secure Cheri, the Guderaiemed tue Wiil'sell at pablic auction’ in front of the premise om Moxbat THe FIFTH CG) DAL_OP SaNCahy Sichock P.M. 5 Square six Lunda sund thirty tve tien i toe ety, Wastinvton, D. C.. said part ot the west 3 fort trom L'a depts of WO taot, rd 10 be One-third of paid in cash and eaidue in twelve’ fin) onthe, with interest at six (G) per cent pr an Diu intenet payable serul-annually. for wich pur. trust on property bold-or all tasheat the apts? tie trust ob property sold.or all cash,at the uptivas whaser. it the terms ‘arent complind with, en (10) days frou. the day cf male. the triseee te: seers ng ape tare a ako dain (urd, ‘be required wien. deponit of #200 wil CH. 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