Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1891, Page 13

. . a 4 ’ ; ; BEGGARS ETHICS. A Sturdy Mendicant's Apology for the In- dustry He Pursues. oe JILL YOU PLEASE give me a few pen- nies, sir?” It was actalwart beggar man nearly «ix feet high and with every appearance of health and sturdy strength. Tmz Sram reporter replied, “Go and earn them!” The mendicant growled: “Why don't you éarn nity for a living?” “I need food and lodging,” said the beggar, doggedly. “Why do you not work for them then?” “Tl tel you why,” quoth the petitioner, @rawing himself up and squaring his broad shoulders. “Tam too much of a man to be Willing to work for #1 a day on the streets.” “You consider begging less derogatory to the dignity of your manhood than to do honest Iabor at $1 a day?” “I do, sir.” “On what ground?” “Simply that a man may ask his fellow man for a bed ora meal, if he needs it; but there is no rxcuse for his working for nigger wages. I am @ shoemaker by trade. to choose between losing my employment in Pittsburg and becoming a scab.” “You prefer begging to being a scab?” _ “Certainly, sit. I am an American citizen and would disdain such degradation. begging it is profitable enough and would be so only that my appearance is against “You are, eh? And have you been pumping me because you intend to make a article out of what I have told y “Sueb ix article?” again [1 mari you for and information of me fi <a RAZORS AT A BARGAIN. Do Net Bay Them of Your Barber—Ton- sorial Suppites. “TU sell you dat razzer, sah, for $3,” said the barber at chair No. 6. ‘The customer with the red nose and side whiskers to mateh scratwhed his newly shaven chia refiectively. “A fan ‘and the handle’s broken. The barber.” “Til give you €4 for it—notacent more,” esponded the customer. “It's yo" property, sab,” said the barber with Be gave's few final twiste to the red- whirkered man’s mustache. The latter alacrity as ently paid his check purchase, wisile his ly toa shave. “How's that?” “Well, dat gemman ahead ob you in dis cheer ved him eaay, dat it was de Yazzer done it. He wanted to buy it, so I sold it to bim for fo’ dollars: yah, yah! Why, boss, dat razzer was so old as to be ‘most good fer nuffin: de handle wae brik an*T'd s'posed, “cause I sh: sin’ it on reg'lar customers. It dollar when it was new.” “Was the gentleman feeble minded?” BOW IT Gozs. “No, sah. You see, de way it goes am dis: A eustomer offen thinks dat de razzer a barber ‘Uses on him is extra fine because de shave goes s0 easy, and a gemman who shaves hisself and ing fora blade gemman re- Inxury to be abaved wid [allus tell him it’s sumpin aston- ishin’ and almost unpossible to bay de like ob at any price. Den, very likely, he wants ter has a tender skin Ul pay an: that won't hurt him. “So, when marks dat one ob my razzers is bay it of me, sell for tree or fo’ times what Dat's business, dat is. You see, a barber knows how to put an edge on a razzer better'n ny ordinary pusson. But I was goin’ to say dat when you go to buy a razzer in a shop it’s alls gamble. When a razzer is made de tem- BeTite ob it is done om a guess. much you pay you can't be sure of what You're gettin’. A %0-cent blade is often better dan 2 22.50 one. If you get hold ob a never lose it, "canse dere may not be such an- Other one in 10,000 razzere. An’ you must re- member dat de razzer dat suits one man’s Deard may not suit another's. A barber kin tell a good blade when he tries it on de hone, but not afore. Every gemman who shaves his- self oughter have seven day in de week—so dat none ob oh ‘Where do barbers buy their tools?” “We don’t get’emat de cutlery shops, as Joa. Tyule., Deve are reglar supply stor * @e trade, whar razzers, shes, and everything are sold to us for a little m half de retail prices. Shampoo, ‘fhe newspaper man declined and amt tos languid youth, who wanted wrapped up and soaked with towels in hot water for the purpose of reducing We Pai after anight’s revelry. Hai — a forth in search of a barbers’ supply shop and soom came across one up two Sights of stairs ~ THE BARBER'S FURNISHINGS. Among other things in the stock were many Bundreds of cups ranged in rows upon shelves, some of them with numbers and others left blank for names. It costs @ barber almost mothing to have a name put on a customer's cup, though he charges a stiff price for the | service. Uncler glass-covered counters were Great quantities of razors, strops and hones, ‘There were also dozens ‘among other things. of straps of canvas and leather. fer these traps for thongh an amatear the keen ety his purpose the best thing is a good skin. were made of, @nermous numbers of s tal fare raised and kept for their plue bristles are very long and of unusuaie: differ from. ordinary soaps Bhaving soaps merely in the quality of the must be the very “Every cent I have to spend Iam obliged to earn by my toil. What excuse have you for sponging on the commu- Vby are you not making shoes?” Because { was engaged ina strike and had y intention at all events, inasmuch as what you hare suid has interested me. ~And how much do you expect to get for the “Well, I'm dd,” ejaculated the beggar. “T call that shecr highway robbery. You sccuse me of being = spouge because I ask for afew pennies, which you refuse, and then you tura Sround and get out of me for nothing two or | three dollars, ae you say. I tell you what you | are—you're a beat, and the worst sort of a beat at that. I'm onto you, and wherever I see you tramp for the ee t matter, -y price that,” he replied. negambian artist sighed deeply. “Ah! said he, “dat’s what makes it so val- ‘able. It's an heirloom inde fambly. awful fond ob dat razzer, sah, dat my heart will be mos’ bruk at partin’ wid it. It's de bes’ humored razzer I ever had, and I've got it trained so as it just does de shavin’ by itself widout any help wuth mentionin’ from de ince was taken Feporter with lorg legs and-gig lampa, who was invested with a sortof night gown prelim- Dat's de fourth razzer T've done sold dis week,” said the tonsorial expert wita a chuckle, | as he spread the iather over the face of the new- | comer. “Some customers is precious green.” 3 proprietor was asked what f , and the reply, given with every intention of truth telling, was that the Pe Tais is a very curio ‘widely diffused popular impression, even among dealers. Asa matter of fact, hones for razors are slabs of a very fine sandstone, How the Smithsonian People Were Fooled by « Graphophone Letter. R. R. L. GARNER of Rosnoke, Va., is con- Vinced of the fact that monkeys have artic- ulate *pesch like that of human beings and differing from the latter only in development. Ha bes been experimenting of late with the grapiphone in this connection,. “record” of squeaks and gibberings by one monkey and subsequently grinding them out through « trumpet for the benefit of another monkey, in order to observe what remarks were elicited from the second monkey in response. In this way he has hoped to gradually make up a lexicon of the monkey language, which would probably not be very voluminous, inasmuch as mian vocabulary does not tain more than about forty words) The thinks that he has already secured five of them. ‘The other day Dr. Garner suffered a severe pang in consequence of a misunderstan cidental to a corres; conducting with the Smithson apropos of this monkey business. He sent a letter to Dr. Baker of the Smithsonian in the usual business form in the shape hone cylinder, beginning: 'y dear sir,” dc. su ition on t Genes and turned on after all, as uninten buman beings. one utterance. There is a common belief that the finger nails are poisonous, which idea is natural enough, says the Boston Post, considering the fact that scratches made by them are generally quite irritable and much inclined to unusual | "5,4 indammation. The rcasoning is erroneous, however, for, as faras is known, the nails themselves do not have any poisonous properties. The trouble excited by them is due to the foreign deposits under them. In other if one his ea er ne rae will be no more irritable than those produced by any like instrument that is considered in- The ‘results of the examinations made in Vienna show that it is more important that the finger nails be kept clean than any would suppose. Seventy- were found thirty kinds of micrococci, eighteen different bacilli and three kinds of sarcenae; besides, common mold spores were present in many instances. It would seem from this that the the finger nails were favorable for the minute i lees prejudicial to the poisonous eleme Furthermore, very importah their assistants. being especial ander ‘ihe nails absolutely clea the are put into disinfectant solutions. 0 tended he should tive by his ir. w does not have any anxiety iat a mahi “f DO MONKEYS TALE? DISRESPECTFUL CRITICISM. to Make About the Upon ® second visit tothe great structure upon the hill, I have concluded in- | that what I at first mistook for spittoons are in reality conventionalized bath-tubs. To this conelusion I have been led chiefty by observation of the statues in the hall of echoes. There is one marble figure there of Saas, wie etpenrs tobe mdence which he has i nian Institation Sqekiee soot eis et = Baker _ the be = upon his ophone, knowing by So ein Saat ates the electromotor with much interest, anticipating some communieation of importance regarding mon- Unfortanately he put on the cylinder wrong end foremost, the result being that Dr.Garner's letter came out backward. Dr. Baker up to this time had been a theory of the gentle named . from Connectiont, who is likewise at- the sheet lest his appearance without the essen- tial garment in so public a lace should excite remark. William King of ine ia still another spears wrapped in a sheet, thougl rh boots beneath. But th Turkish bath method in statuary is onl} fectly illustrated in the colossal figa: at the east front of the build- ing. If that statue means anythin; om Jioanoke, but ing this rendering of the communica- tion in question he supposed it was a monkey record and became at once con' h there was more in the idea than he had origin- ally «upposed. He even went so far as to say that there was an unmistakable semblance of h in the record, although was unable to understand the remarks. Dr. Garner was in town three days ago and enlightened Dr. Baker on the subject, after the latter expert in zoology and his assistants had ground off the supposed monkey tulk in the manner described some scores of timed. He explained that there was something in the idea nationally adopted by his friend, inasmuch as in the case there was an il- lustration to be found of evolution backward from the language of man to the speech of the mistakabl; safe articles. “It is appalling to think of the cuss words Washington would utter could he see that statue of himself now. One is almost tempted to believe that he would have fore- me the dignity of being father of his country ad he known, that his hibited to subsequent generations in Guise of exposure.” effigy would be ex- or flavor is ye MONKEY AND CHILD. Dr. Garner said to a Stan reporter the other day that in his opinion monkey talk was quite a highly developed speech, considering the fact tant Bt mane tanee cooks facilities for the development of language as are enjoyed ‘As he expressed it, the of monkeys is almost wholly vowel. that the human infant's. Butit must de remembered that the child has the superior advantage of education for its vocal organs from the cradle, not to mention an heredit experience of the use of those organs throt | ever so many generations. Wh ignorant person speak of “instinct” in animals you ought to know that be means heredit and transmitted experience or practice. seems wonderful, under the circumstances, ¢ more intelligent monkeys should have yas forty words, approximately speak- ing, at their command. In trying to find out what a monkey says, according to Dr. Garner, there is difficulty, to begin with, from the very fact that the conso- nant elements of its language are absent. What it has to say is expressed by squeaks and other sounds not to be comprehended off-hand. Un- doubtedly, there isa monkey word for food; but itis not to be expressed than by phrasing it in this wise: sharp-e.” That gives a notion of the word to any person who knows music; it can be conveyed otherwise, THE MONKEY'S RESPONSE. Make that sound to « monkey and it will al- ways respond in some fashion, because it knows that food of some sort is meant. The other four words which Dr. Garner bas thus far se- cured for his monkey lexicon are “4 isfaction,” “fear” and “menace.” & question, he thinks, of nt and discovering the other words of the ited vocabulary of our arboreal cousins. Itseems, as he states the fact, that in the monosyllabic vocabulary of monkeys there are no negatives. Furthermore, emphasi in no other fashion than by the repetition of Also, a single utterance slightly varied means many things, accentuation trans- forming nouns into verbs, and so on. One ob- ject of the investigation of this subject is to discover whether monkey talk represents the incipiency of human language as it exists today thing Dr. Garner thinks very cer- tain—namely, that the language of ptesent is as well developed as is itself, compared with civilized A lexicon of monkey words once obtained Dr. Garner believes that it will be establish intelligent communication with mon- keys, and as to the possibilities to be secured in this way of humanizing the anthropoid apes ‘ular only the wildest speculations can be indulged. ———. THE FINGER NAILS. Important Reason Why They Should Be —————+ee___. ‘Why Kittens Are So Sad. “Why don’t you cut off the end of that cat's tail?” asked the old woman in the ¢alico sun- bonnet, leaning over the back fence of » STAR reporter's suburban fesidence. “Cat off my pet's tail housewife, astonished. “Why should I?” “Because if you don't,” responded the old woman, dismally, “your ‘pussy will endure a great deal of un wuffering.” | why, pray?” sopDowt you know.) eaid the old woman, in nes sitively lc] “tl is te a orm in the end of its it.’ ble than warm baking the powder is pure, an as nearly 0 a6 can be, or not sufti tobe dangerous. i using soda lavishly is occasioned fear of impurity in baking ger of a baking powder is the alum used as one ment parts, and when alum is used ammonia is pretty sure to be used also. The use of alum has a tender nine out of ten persons " replied the little of its com When you hear an eat every tation “You are young yet, my dear. I, who am old and know things, tell_ you fact. Watch for yourself ‘the peculiar restless curl in the end of a kitten’s tail and you will jence of what I mean. t your cat to suffer. Therefore, chop it that such is the uliar g “But I don’t believe such nonsense!” ex- claimed the housewife. “Child!” replied the old woman with the calico sunbonnet, “you can easily find out | whether I am right or wrong. off the end of the tail of eve: ever had and each one had a worm in it. It looked somewhat like an angle worm. I make ‘a business of cutting off cat's tails, chief venting suffering, an and will hold avoi ——_. ‘The Printing of News. From the Boston Advertiser. ‘The yearning desire to choke the public Press into meek and inoffensive silence, which desire cecasionally comes to light in certain quarters, is highly commendable and ought to receive the hearty support of the public. When a newspaper so far forgets iteelf aa to grow in- t over such a trifle as the killing of an unresisting boy by a iceman that newspaper ought instantly to suppressed. When a newspaper is foolhardy enough to attempt to expose a glaring and vicious fraud that news- Tr ought instantly to go out of business. Newspapers were never intended to crystallize opinion into str: to demand protection for The task of saying should be left to some be at perfect liberty possible abuse and slur on the er side, and the world will Tas happily while his fee Jingles pleasantly in his pocket. Perhaps so. Yet to the father whose much loved son now lies in a freshly made grave; to the people who believe that right is right and wrong is wrong; to the victim of abuse, ras- cality or trickery anywhere, the press that cries for simple justice is not a useless or of “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” ited in a newspaper, brought the pen strokes of place. FESS ele hired attorney, who WASHINGTON AND FREDERICK CITY PIKE. witnesses for of which was first pr in time, in a great measure, the pé the proclamation of emancipatior posure by a daily more than once sa from absolute be of some swindle has persuasively, abusively or by the inducement of a neat| cold cash, but the newspaper, that cannot be bought nor bribed; that fights wrong fearlessly and dsuntlessly, pluckily and ob- stinately, that is an ideal There is but one thing which evil mon and defenders fear and that one thing is pub- It would indeed be pleasant for certain gentlemen who are anxious to be let alone if | of would devote themselves to print- advertisements, telegraphic dispatches and disquisitions on ‘ancient bis- However, there are and probably alwa; be newspapers that are conducted on @ different principle. t some men cannot | tu: and “Ketched who?” “Mott McGar.” “Climmin’ er tree.” Gum! yer did, Test. How's rp peart en hustlin’. that cleanliness of the nails is a tesential. It is not sufficient to use merely a knife blade, but at the toilet a nail brush and plenty of soap and water should be called into service. Surgeons long ago learned that deposi the nails were a menace, and that through them wounds were easily poisoned. treme care in the matter of personal cleanli- ness on their own part and on the Before an operation is per- formed all who touch the patient or the instru- ments which are tobe used must first clean their hands thoroughly with soap and water, carefal to have th * Cause—D' yer ever git lonesome, Teat?” , yer knows er do, Mott. t Teat.” bay on two Ox teams, “En—en—I hain’t got no “Yer knows I like yer, M “Say, will yer, Teat?” “Wot'll yer gimme? Gimme ther pony ef er Chauncey Depew's Habits. From the New York Star. Chauncey M. Depew carries $600,000 insur- ance on his life. When he talks about insurance his text is something like the old woman's dec- laration that “‘care killed the cat.” g as it was in- tor. Although Parson Dippem (excited ih T lowed Bee's Stangoing tor alge amter @00D BREAD VS. BAD BEEAD. A Stranger From Afar Has Some Remarks | Sugggstions About the Use of Soja, Cream Capitol, of Tartar and Baking Powders. , THE OTHER DAY, I saw for the | To the aitor of The Evening Star: YY first time those gilded bowls which so | Iman srdent admirer and eager reader of plentifully bespangle the north face of the Cap- | Y°Ur valuable paper, from which I glean many itol,” said actranger from afar to a Stan re- | * bit of knowledge to store up in my memory Porter, “I supposed that they were merely | for future use, but more gigantic euspidors. I really don't think that | (es Iam young housewife) is the the mistake was an unnatural one, inasmuch as | Column of “Household: panda lh apa recart og magn me gb! pry mealow eon Io en €. planes arr scan fore venture to ask if you will not ada to your which asf stock of traety Mats o00 for ths of would naturally render desirable a few such | da and cream tartar in leavening or hints embodied even in the architecture of the | cake. So much has been said of late regarding building which houses the national legislative | the adulteration of baking power by ammonia that it makes one fearfal humbly ask for the “ahaut the daloterious sabstances in tis. ‘bad_compounds sold as pure a When it comes down to solid fact, however, the old-fashioned way of using soda and cream of tartar is open to as serious allegations of danger as the modern baking powders. There is really no necessity of bus- cuits being streaked with soda. A pure éream of tartar powder will give them the same affect as cream of tartar BREAD OWES ITS DIGRSTIAILITE to its sweetness, sponginess and lightness. The lightness is given by the incorporation of car- bonic acid gas, which is either generated by fermentation within the mass, an bi by the introduction of baking and cream of tartar, with them. I thought the powe roads and canala given by the Constitution an: that an amendment asking the grant of that ted was equally imprac- dams also enters the fol- 1830: approved only one of the four bills of inte: a] riation ‘ashington cit Frederick which was already ticable and useless. lowing in June, 1 improvement late/, for the road from he returned to the Senate with Sixty years have elaj Frederick cit No road to the region of center. Into that bre come roads traversible all the itimore, Gettysburg, Antiet rt from wn a Ss Wesktnctn’ road leads to Urbana, within ‘What might not the in’ become by sixty years’ @ road, which One oft these specialists was talking in his — | reception room the other day and he made this statement: ition on the bank—‘‘Wha's de “There is nothing new in the proposition that we are all mad. That's story Soa gra ba® | she hills and is true. il i REE ne if [ street the other night as he elappea his hands | here is ‘uliar shaped together to keep warm. “You kin talk “bout | box put there for the benefit of the occupant "kohaps and chicken and tur- | of the seat behind the chair to which this is at- Hints,” which has helped pas ne peietes Saiteid BM to the “oldfashioned” soda and tartar with a desire that I “would be saved.” ful of the wrath to come from mouths oT an indiscreet ion of which manifest itself | en neotert desired information as ex- above. Very respectfully, 1512 T street northwest, Ws (Thisis a momentons question and one notcon- fined to the the perplexities of housckeeping— it is one the government itself has had occasion to wrestle with. A hue snd cry hae been raised time and again about adulterated baking pow- ders, the tricks of bake: amociation with the whites, the Apaches havo that and learned’ the de-| “an’-de way toketch 'em,” he added, with » shake of his head, ~‘an’ "taint ebery nigger dat knows how to do bof dem tings togedder. Party to correct around the camp fire for saying T intended xt the game would me and keep out of my way and I would not see anyon the morrow. I} s<ie have had an Indian fire his gun off in the night to orders. When I ques- isobeying orders he told me | ! jot at the devil and I did not doubt but he believed he had been visited by his did not ridieale him in his him he had disobeyed orders and the next time he shot at the devil I wanted to find the devil when I came to his tent or I would punish him for his bad marl my belief being that he had eaten mey beef on reti ly would not eat to make their bread “Can you tell me how to catch them,” eporter, “since you can't explainhow you “Yas, sir, kin do dat.” was the re night you there: sal be widout waitin’ too 1 am kept fresher belief. I only t aaa, Indians for- jue! se OT but were and are yet font boot, mutton, ‘deer, antelope, horse, mule, and the Tonto Apach He next bent ver and peeped wr the box to ascertain if there was not gigatch or hook or button which age = neither enteh, hook nor button’ were there, £0 He ejaculated something “em better. Wall, done ight. De nex\thing am oe i’ ‘on down hyar in like the plain indians, ode considered a delicacy ‘ll remember eatin; y w of that kind, thinking at the rabbit. The Indians were b amsed whan they found I thought I n eating rabbit. I must say I enjoy my meal and was thankful. until after I had aj bed ginia an’ get some of take you out; dey is got all de need attention. about = I was eatin; much amused wi . ; bicycle lamp—and all without og own ahd gave the short balance of the rest_—which was more than his. Indy for ig he & @ number | serio-comic remarks about the ingenuity alote and the open generosity of some weal without the least expects s out e ‘this world. “<3i4 ‘powder or soda, , &e. ‘The “best doubiless secured by yeast, but warm east bread is certainly said to be less digesti- wder bread, provi ppeased my hunger, sharp- 2 fifty-mile horseback ride. WHY THEY ARE SUSPICIOUS. “They are full of superstition and always look with suspicion on anything they don’t under- stand and will examine into the smallest details to find out what its advantages might be to They will handle things very their advantages tag don't care to take the chances that a white man will take and they look on ry man coming on an agency with suspi cion, believing that he would take advantage of them if he could. In a measure they are for every man who has been among them seen them imposed on in different ways, and this has tended to make it very hard to deal with them. If once the Indians know a white them a lie he will find it a hard job their confidence. I think most of the people who gare P “Wy, de ‘juice ob de forbidin trait,’ as de Reverting to the old way of aeons his pave mr - “Glory; man, you'se right; until they find out “ ve it would. You see, ry ‘ceptable on a cold night on @ possum hunt as de ax you strike off in de woods. to foller a creek, kase to whiten bread, and select bakers’ bread use of its whiteness, which is nota safe rule at all, for bread is not intended to be per- fectly white by nature. more largely sold in this country tn any other kind, because ammonia gites and somewhat flaky appearance, but this is un- healthy, especially if used BREAD MADE FROM BAKING POWDERS containing either alum or ammonia or both will dry’ quickly and lose its sweetness, but made from a baking powder free from either it is as good, digestible and healthy as need be, its sponginess ai some time after becoming stale. It is easy to id all baking powders containing alum, am- | monia and kindred substances, therefore many compilers of cook books recommend their use. No matter, however, how pure and acceptable ing who will use soda, tartar and instead,and do so,too, without danger of streaks in the bread or bi ‘the come from hungry mouths. THE DETECTION OF ALUM OR AMMONIA in any appreciable quantity in a baking pow- der is not difficult and can be accomplished by ‘very simple test. Take two teaspoonfuls of baking powder to two tablespoonfuls of cold water and stir well and stand aside for a mo- ment or two, and if alum is present it will surely form a residue in the bottom easily no- ticeable. The great majority of powders con- tain ammonia, and thi mixing one heaping to two tablespoonfals of water cup. Boil thoroughly afew minutes, stirring continuously to prevent burning. If ammonis is present the odor can be detected at once in the rising steam. When the powder and water come in contact an effervescence will take . Do not mistake this for boiling. } dime and let him have the use of his glasses. Finally, after insuccessf ul to get it open, he tapping with head of his umbrella, the dime into its proper ut it was not the dime that got jarred. occupant of the chair to which tached, a gentleman with straigh' ing hair and a fierce mustache, turned the young man why he did'not “send for @ number of government contractors and get estimates on having the box removed and save a oe from total weit! sally had the effect of producing a general enickering ity, in which the lady he was escorting ‘and just as the bell rang up the curtain second act he drew the other om his pocket, slipped it into screw a twist and got the glasses out farther trouble. The next morning there was found in the box a dime and a three-cent i insignificant-lookin, three-ce1 i trouble and amusement by re- = the service of a common Ammonia powders aro ‘the b \t- e bread a light anywhars near dis creek hu: i ange-looh bound fer to find em at de bottle de mini trail, dat is, ef you wan Keep on ’ walkin’ direction of de dogs. efeh out of the selection of men for agents who knew nothing of the nature of the people ing to control. th eo ae ete su; ese people are Indians is going on about an agency. Now, I will say there is nothing occurs there but what they see and compare it with what they have seen in former times. For instance, if nest agent with them, giving allowance of rations, and another man is appointed who cuts off one-third or a half it causes a dissatisfaction among them. Often the agent don’t take the trouble to explain to them why it is #0, simply because they are Indians, supposed to know nothing. Now, I say if these agents would take the trouble tion they have to show to whites lots of trouble erted and many lives saved. They are fully capable of understan and wherefores of a short issue of rations if people in charge would only explain to them i ‘Nine-tenths of { 3 ay 2 | if hyars dat soan like de’ dogs war sayin’ ‘Come lo t ole Mr. Possum up de tree.’ e I kin understand de dogs. you wants to huagle your stum; de tree, whar you see de d t out your lantin and hist ery large you kin see de poseum his’ tail to ane ob de brancl anoder drink fer ter steddy i by HS f i has been an ho them their full i ef Is was the liste it proud and provoking ised all the ci rrders may be made, there are those fe e iscuits or fear of i ER itis convenient fer yoursef, don’t be fea don’ é. Der r re’s one wants fume and’ datie, don sharp an'll play ‘The Wonderful Way in Which a New York Millionaire Feasted His Guests. ‘There are rumors of a most wonderfal, lux- uriant and exquisite feast, says the i correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, given toa chosen thirty-three by a young man who ymakes money out of beerand spends it like water—David G. Yuengling, jr. This young man is a genuine Monte Cristo, though the cave in which his wealth i cial one dug under the rocks of upper Man- hattan, in which are stored countless casks of beer. He makes a fortune every year and he spends it as Dumas spent the fortune which his imaginative Monte Cristo brought him. Yesterday was Mr. Yuengling’ birthday and he decided to give a feast in com- memoration of that event, which would have lus himself happy and would have the sect of Epicureans. The firs ing he did was to invite three millionaires, Mr! F. Betz, Ritter, and they there; then were Mr. G. M. Hard, the bank president; the acting editor of the World; the Rev. Hugh Flattery, that busy law- uggenheimer; ex-United States famous as @ journalist, now more famous as a millionaire, and a row of @ dozen lionaires, like Henry Clausen, John Straiton, A. L. Soulard and hog S Sotermayer, and, aie t ittingly represent ee ttnc erro bene aA went into dinner, ic} banquet hall built ing the whys ding the whys oni see oe “The suspicion in an Indian of a white man Sreatly due to the former actions of the whites toward him. He knows we have no love for him, and our treatment of his people tends to make him dislike us. To illustrate this: I was sitting down talking to an Indian once when an army doctor head, 2s he bad the headache. The looked. et him and asked me what was the mat- I told him ‘that he was sick. He kept silent a moment, then said the doctor wag no good if he were sick and could not cure himecif. Rather rough on the doctor, but nevertheless he was very near the truth. judge usasthey sce us, and I have mown them to put up with treatment from whites that a white man would rebel against. The white man would be said to be of ndent spirit. If the Indian rebelled he would be said to be bloodthirsty and wanting feigmes vos othe then ae jac rent on white and the man for the same offense. Is that sooner they are put under the control of the War Department and U. 8. army on the agencies as agents and aregular system of disci iving them what the rovides anc punishing white and Indian alike for wrong-doings, the soon to Indian outbreaks.’ teaspoonful of the powder stored fs an artifi- It was a charming young woman who spoke, says the Chicago Post. She was about to send out invitations toa large cotillon, but she had not yet procured her favors, though she searched the shops long and earnestly. So she applied for advice to an older womat much experience in entertaining. .” her friend replied, “I'll tell you what the favors were at a cotillon in Lon- don which I attended last season. Perhaps you may be able to get some ideas from them. They were perfectly simple; nevertheless, they were both novel and effective, and you may be sure that they were rine ey rere elo world but little red gas ball ser pretty effect in the room 10 cents apiece. too—only sixteen ur sets of favors. eight sets, for the favors for men were course, from those for the giris. ter with the doctor. A Great Need to Be Supplied. It seems that during General Jackson's ad- ministration Congress passed an act to build a turnpike road from Washington city to Fred- erick, Ma.,some forty to fifty miles, as the natural and national conclusion of the na- tional road executed between Cumberland, | Md., and Wheeling, at government, at a cost of $1,700,000. While the National road was being made the rich city of Baltimore and the more fertile parts of Maryland toward Frederick, Hagers- town and Martinsburg built a toll turnpike, drawing off nearly the whole trade of the National road and charging such excessi tolls that roads like the Northwestern Virginia ike were subsequently built. th,” in one of hi Philadel- — F. Betz, Mr. Col. John A. Cockerill, sole expense of the and cost The colillon wat that the bench er you will put a stop was served in a private | by Mr. Yuengling, and is » monument of luxurious tastes artistically di found a sight such aa, with one they _sald_was. never eee INDIA’S SACRED MONKEYS. They Are = Post, but They Must Not Be | “cived Killed—Monkey Heroism. Au English gentiman who has lived many years in India tells some queer stories about the sacred monkeys that are a great nuisance in some parts of that country. Says the New York Times: No one is allowed to molest them. They run about the streets, help themselves to whatever they please at the shops, rob orchards and gardens, and play havoc generally. To thrash them is regarded as a 9 and to shoots monkey might cause a second letters, has extracted these passages from the diary of John Quincy ms: December, 1825.—‘‘Mr. Bailey several’ resolutions whic! fered in Congress on the subject of roads canals, and amt Constitution. I told him that the discussion of his resolutions might be useful, but I must in candor say that my opinions di jualed in their ex- floral and other decorations were at arrangement dreamland or the cave of center of the table was a very eight feet long and Itwas a real aquarium. silver fish swam about. and the middle were erected The babble of te = twenty inches wid ni wide. finished off with a bow of blue at were also wooden spoons tied wi n-and-ink sketches, but you pen-en “ A gold There | at either end and in istatore f most artistic water was just loud enough to please and not of bronze, each r ad the torch tm each of them ‘Twelve figures the statue of Li! The gontleman had a garden where grew de- | ha licious fruits. The sacréd monkeys easily sealed the walls and helped themselves. ‘They were not content with simply eating, but themselves with throwing half-munched | ™arkings fruit at each other. To shoot these pest juestion and pnw — with — lodged an; rown st them, An idea i Irie i E ashville to tended by Gen. Jack- | struck the construction. pre psed since the veto of the bill fora pikeroad between Washington city and day leads from Washington to kes, of which Frederi § si E trees. these movements from monkey seized a hot the most unearthly Hi the trees. Presently every cllowed He say E I = i i £ Ht ft i i f I F i 3 Hi 5 i fi i F F f i if ul elt fr ai f 8 I iH Li £ hk § it i i [ I i i i a i FS : i i l ? i f i H | i | t fi fh é i i I i F F i i E : i ; 1 Ly ES FF ; F; i iris if Ai E | ii fl i i ; | E t i i i! | iF EE 1 Li fi Ri tf 5 i E if fs F i iit i g, 8 if Ef it i i ne ‘When and Where the Recon! Has Seen Made. ‘TEN BROECK, THE GREATEST oF THEM ALL T= SPEED—SALVATOR'S OREAT MILE AGAINST TIER LAST SEASON—FLYING CHILDERS’ PRAPORM- ANCE NOT GENERALLY CREDITED carried, one being a four and the other « three- year-old, Kacine's mise compares favorably with the monarch of Haggin's ranch. from a time standpoint, however, in which only minutes and seconds are conudered, Salvator # mile is not only the best ever ran in America, bat beats the world’s record. no other t pyblicly demowe strated he ponseased anything living or dead, having as rate of specd. countries trace to Arabian a right to amesume that the racer of to- y steed that ever The Persians day is the superior of an coursed over the Great claim no great amount of horses, they being rather noted for their en- ey ay re horse a are too new in the business to ley claim to any tapid time scored by their equine stars. Old English authorities describe Eclipse as the fast. ext horse that ever lived, but the only record of his speed, so far wn the time tost is con cerned, is one of the titles conferred upon him career, the moti», ‘olat ocior euro”—he flies swifter than the the close of bis glorious east wind. TRE FIRST MORSE To BRAT 1.43 in Americe was Alarm, whose daughters ere breeding so well, which is instanced by the per- formances of his grandsons Tremont and Tour nament, he covering the distance in 1872 in 1.428{. " The year previous to the scoring of this record Longfellow ran a mile in 1.40, but it in @ race of two miles and a quarter that flight of speed was never consi a record. The past summer Teuton, in a nine furlong dah at Washington Park, Chicago, ran the first rile in 1.393, but he, like Longfellow* is robbed of the honor of that performance in the racing snide on account of ro beings longer distance than amile. After Alarm, Grey Planet was the first to farther re- duce the record, he chipping = quarter of = second of of the mark scored by the son of imp. Eclipse. One brief season the gray horse held sway, then bo fell Searcher, afterward called Leander, cutting the record three-quarters of a second. Though acknowledged © fast horse, Searcher was aided by a flying start at the hands of an inexperienced starter, and there is therefore some doxbt as to his really accom: the fent he has been accrodited wil the fall of the same year, in 1885, Kadi, in a best race at Hartford, Conn, 4. and this remained May 24, 1877, when Ten Broeck seored his time, which menaced the stars of the turf for y 1 now ranking as the fourth great miler of this glorious eoan it isa question whether the son of Pheton equal bas yet been seen, notwithstanding the reputation of Salvator and « host of e since his day flashed Be this as it s certain, the marble slab at Nentara, hides the ashes of a horse that held the mile record for a longer period than will doubt- less fall to the lot of any other. mile in 1.43: over thirteen years. Though tars which hi turf horize srxce 1860, In American turf history up to 1860 the best 5, made by Prioress, who afterward raced with distinction in England under Mr. Ten Broeck’s colors, winning several year a horse and two years ister Wagram, bred by « son of the great Commoner, chipped a quarter of a second off this mark. Herzog next reduced the record to mile was ran in —— events. In thet Alleadorf went a i ie i th af é [ i z i etl i i il ‘i lif # ti ef HRT tad Ha it ? Of all the record breaking on both the trot ting and the ranning turf during the year which has just closed the inroads on the mile mark have been most prevalent so far as the Funning horse is concerned, «ays the Cincin- nati Enquirer, no less than three performers having this season annihilated the time hung up by Ten Broeck, which up to June 28 last had stood as the best om record for upward of thir- teen years. The California crack Racine on that date set the ball a-roiling by beating the dead Kentucky king's mark a quarter of a second, which mark Raveloe later reduced still a quarter of a second over Long Branch's straight course. This stood the best for a few weeks. Then the mighty Salvator went to beat the record, and, on that bright Angast ay, amid the plandits of thousands, he swept under the wire in the phenomenal time of 1.35};—figures which promise to re- FLYING CHILDERS’ PEAT. In Australia Frying Pan's mile in 1.37 bas Temained the best since scored by that wonder in 1884, while in England Gladinteur, Bay Middleton aud Seunterer are each said to have covered the Rowley mile, which is seventeen yards over the rezulation mile, in 1.88. ‘Tradition accredits Flying Childers as having gone the distance in the time of 1.36, but in his day watches had hardly Hoey 3 &@ perfection suflicient to accurately ime a horse going at such a rapid rate of speed. We are told by the Arabs of horace Powsomning the ~~ of the wind, but the introduction of such breeds of horses both and this country in recent them to be {far from the eqnal English nd American rivals and, ® majority of the successful families in both , Henry Clas, ifs i et a * EF rts relic hunting pursued by Alaskan excursion- ints. The captains of the excursion steamers are by the passengers for information es to the best places to procure relica, anid be. The arrival of excursionists creates as much of stir among the natives as steamer day did im