Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1891, Page 9

‘THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. MASTERS OF LIONS. Men Who Make a Business of Taming the Forest King. THE DARING OF DARLING. ‘Tragic Ending of Many Lives—What Will Be the Fate of the Parisian—Lions Not Noble, but Cowardly, Slinking and Treacherous— Experience of Hunters. Written for The Evening Stat HE INTEREST which bas been aroused re- cently by the exhibitions of lion taming by the Parisian, Edouard Darting, who was here | last week, calls to mind many interesting stories of the brave men and women who practice this Peculiar profession. Nothing. it is said, is cer- tain except death and taxes, but past expe- Tiences show that the person who attempts to train wild beasts is pretty certain to meet with some serious mishap from them sooner or later. The usual lion-taming exhibition consists in the trainer entering the cage where the ani- mals are and placing his back against one side of it. Never for an instant does he allow one of the beasts to get back of him, but, keeping his eye upon them, quickly and peremptorily he orders them about and makes them do their tricks. He does not stay among them } long, and when he leaves the cage he | backs up to the door and jumps out quick | as a flash. Usually as he shuts the | door some one of the animals makes a dart at him. The whole thing is « wonderfal demonstration of desperate couras_, and it fre- ently ends in a tragedy. Among the con- fessions of the lion kings there is none sadder than the assertion of a very distinguished one that he never entered the cage without first having deadened his sensibilities to fear by @ liberal use of strong drink. It is doubtful if the modern world has ever seen so extraordinary an exhibition as Monsieur Darling's. His lions are’ really, to all appear- | med. He walks among them as though they’ were so many cats, and the magnificent | bloodhound that follows bim seems to be as proud of his master’s pets as he is himself. “The five fine lions do the bidding of their master as though they were well-trained horses. His back is turned toward them constantly. He ve no fear, nor do they manifest any Ordinary lion tamers wrestle id beasts for a few moments and then them, but these lions are not wild. One however, must be remarked—the lions full grown, a fact that is manifested by rtness of their manes. When they are older it,is probable that they will develop a greater degree of ferocity. | ALL CATS ARE COWARDS. | Grimalkin reposing in a fluffy ball upon the | library rug, busking in the firelight, soft, gen- tle and pleasant to stroke, is merely a little lion, or more correctly, the king of beasts is at. ' Pasay, the wild eat, the d, the jaguar. the tiger, the the whole line. They are selfish, they never like <4 heart they are all arrant The proud distinction of being the cowards, home of the hardest tighter of all of them be- jongs to Americ : In the early days of the republic it used to be a figure of speech for expressing great phys- al powers to say of a man that he could whip his weight in wild ca But there are, nevertheless, few men who could whip a single wild cat, for this animal, which is no larger than a bull terrier, is a terror when it is put in & position where it must defend itself. Here is a story that is vouched for: In the early settlement of Kentucky a schoolmaster was sitting alone in his log cabin when he was surprised to see a large [wild] cat Ignorant of the prowess of ¢ shut the door and commenced ‘The battle was long and bloody. the man being nearly torn into shreds, and when discovered in the morning he was found with his hands upon the eat's throat, his knees upon its haunches; the animal was dead and stiffened by cold. The victor, in his ter- ror. had probably remained in the position de- scribed the livelong night. his muscles para lyzed. his nerves” shattered; and never, through a long life, did he entirely recover from the terrible encounter.” The leopard, on the other hand, is not so bad, and the famous Sai, owned by an Englishman in India and subsequently presented by him to the Duchess of York, used to perform hun- dred tricks and was apparently affectionate and playful. The two chief characteristics of this tame leopard that have come down tous are bis fondi vender water and the pleas- ure he used to take in looking out of the win- dow at the people in the streets. Whethe or not in his heart he wished to devour them no- body knows, for he died before his fierceness had ever demonstrated itself. He appeared more like a dog than a cat. NOT 80 NOBLE AS PAINTED. Returning to lions we find a great difference of opinion in regard to their nobility of nature. The nursery books tell of their magnanimity in a wild state, but travelers who have hunted them do not report favorably of them. As they are seen in captivity —and most people have no desire to see them in any other state—they are splendid looking fellows, but those who have seen them wild cay that only when he is at bay does a« lion look majestic. He carries bis head low down toward the ground ordinarily and his movements are stealthy and his actions are ms The great African explorer, Living- stone, had a sovereign contempt for lions, and pronounced them neither ferocious nor cour- ageous and thought their roar no better than the shriek of an ostrich, but in this latter assertion he is entirely alone, as all lion hun- ters are united in pronouncing the lion's Your as the most awe-inspiring sound on earth. Notwithstanding Livingstone’s slur upor. their ferocity and courage it is_ probable that peaceable people—ike Dr. Jolson and Pinuo®k’s bears—would not like to meet with one during an evening stroll. In captivity they are ferocious and treacherous and are pretty certain to turn upon their trainer when ‘an opportunity offers. A few years ago there wasa noted lion king in St. Petersburg whose wife always assisted in his exhibitions, going imto the cage with him and performing the familiar feat of putting her head in alion’s mouth. This man was an American and his fame in Russia was great. He has been lost sight of recently, but the last heard of him was that his wife, loving her self control for an instant and showing a momentary terror, had been killed by one of the lions. Horrible as it may be it is, nevertheless, a fact that this was the second wife that the lion king bad lost in this way. Perhaps he has already shared their fate. ‘WOMEN AS LION TAMERS. It is not unusual to find women aslion tamers, and, indeed, they have even mastered the royal Bengal tiger, which is unquestionably a more brute than the lion. There are readers of Tux Stam who recall how In the year 1852 the lion queen at Wombwell’s menagerie in England, while exhibiting before several hundreds of people the tricks of a large tiger, strack the animal with her whip because of its refractoriness, whereupon it sprang upon ber and seized her | by the throat. When assistance came and she was taken from the cage she was stone dead, although there were no marks of lacer- ation upon her person. As between the two a lion is a safer animal to train than a tiger, and there is ever story about Van Amberg, a famous lion king of former times. who being set upon by a tiger alion came to his rescue and actually threw the tiger down and held him until the man had & chance to escape. The ‘Story does not sound like trath. The lion i not altogether such a bad fellow. For one thing he is monogamous and contents himself with one wife at a time and he helps to take care of kis cabs. The wife is, however, | not to be relied upon. In fact she is an arrant fhrt and when two rivals fight about her, aa they often do, she sometimes skips with a third lion. It is said, too, that she encourages and often precipitates these fights, just as in old times some ladies were fond of causing duels among their admirers. The t Ronaleyn Gerdou Cumming, who made {iis mionos in life to go about fighting lions, elephants, bippopotomi and other as beasts, was the one who first gave the unfavor- able impression of the lion—describing him as little superior in disposition to the despicable hyena—a beast, by the way, with which he lives upon terms of tolerable intimac: and Jules Gerard, the Frenchman who #0 many When Pompey on _a single occasion 600 for the ampitheater in Rome they must have been very much more plentiful than they are now. They occupied a much wider terri- tory, too, than they do at the present day. MAN-EATING ANIMALS. Every year in British East India there are over a thousand deaths reported from man- eating tigers and the actual mortality that is never reported from this cause must be still larger. One tiger lurking in the neighborhood of « village will by his depredations so terror- ize the people that they sometimes desert their homes altogether, not returning until they hear that a lucky shot has laid the enemy low. The man-eating lion is not #0 frequent, but he ii nevertheless, too frequent for the comfort people who live in the lion country. ld lions, whose teeth have become dull and which have become lazy and averse to contests with more dangerous game, are the ones that become man eaters, lurking about tents and carrying off victims. It will be interesting to observe the course of Monsieur Darling, whose feats have been al- | lauded to at the beginning of this article. Lions live toa green old age, dve that used to be in the tower of London being known to be over | fifty years old. Will Darling’slions be gentle when their manes have grown, when they have reached middle age and their’ manes are deep tawny in color, approaching black, or when they become gray with old age? Or will they develop fierceness, and will he share the fate of so many other lion kings? MAGIC LANTERN WONDERS. Some Curions Things Developed by » Dis- covery In Optics. 66/[\HE MAGIC LANTERN was invented long before the development of photog- raphy gave ita practical value,” said an expert in sun picture making to a writer for Tax Stan. “Its discovery is credited to Athanasius Kircher, who died in 1630, though assertions have been made that Roger Bacon, four cen- turies earlier, was familiar with it. There is no doubt, however, that for a long time after ts invention the magic lantern was regarded almost purely and simply as a toy, though per- sons calling themselves wizards employed the apparatus to summon ghosts and do other tricks for the deception of the ignorant. “Even to thie day the magio lantern, remains ® most popular toy, and slides for the enter- tainment ‘of children are taantfactured by wholesale in many large cities, both here and abroad. Nearly all of them are painted on the glass, often in water colors, though transparent oil colors are best for the purpose. With such | a medium all sorts of funny pictures are pro- duced, which, thrown upon a white sheet, are calculated to’ give amusement to a youthful andience. It is easy enough to giye the funny tion by employing two slides; one, representing the background, remains station ary in the lantern, while the other is moved across. Skillfully managed the dramatis per- son@ in this sheet play may be made to act their parts most entertainingly. “However, photography has discovered a much more’ serions and important use for the magic lantern. By its aid the lecturer is able to show the most beantiful 3 mag- nified to big dimensions, for the benefit of large audiences. In the same way maps are projected gigantically upon the screen which would require great labor to enlarge with ac- curacy. HOW SLIDES ARE MADE. “Magic Iantern slides for such purposes are made by photography in this way: A glass neg- ative is obtained from an actual scene, a pho- tograph or other object, and from this nega- tive a photograph is taken on ‘This lat- ter photograph is the ic lantern slide—a ‘positive,’ like an ordina: tograph. “An interesting and familiar application of the magic lantern is made by revolving two glass dishes with concentric painted patterns in the lantern, working the two in opposite ways by a simple wheel contrivance, so that the paiterns are mingled in a beautiful kaleidos- copic fashion. “But more curious and useful is the idea of placing living organisms within double slides of glass inclosing water, so that the organisms in question are exhibited upon the screen alive actually, for the study of the knowing and the ignorant. Even the growth of crystals, in rocess, is shownfin a similar way, though ‘not [ow extraordinary is the method practiced with the aid of the magic lantern of causing figures upon the white sheet, by a simple device, to grow to be giants that threaten to devour the spectator ———_+e+__—__ COLD-BLOODED GENERALS. Great Captains Who Were Calm Under Very ‘Trying Circumstances, From the Youth's Companion. The great general should have a double na- ture. In order that he may make prompt and well-reasoned decisions, he should be calm and incapable of excitement in great and sudden emergencies. But, in order to animate his sol- diers and keep them up to a high moral pitch, he should be capable of enthusiasm and high spirits. It is needless to say that the two qual- ities are not often perfectly united, and that when they are found so joined the result is a military genius. Gen. Grant was one of the coolest men in the world, but his splendid confidence and cheer- fulness often partook of the nature of en- thusiasm and inspired his soldiers, as well as in after years his civilian fellow-citizens, ardent admiration and sympathy. It isa somewhat strange thing that France the nation of hot blood, should have produced along line of generals who showed the com- pletest sang froid on the tield of battle. Napo- Ieon sometimes assumed acertain ardor, but nothing could excite him if he did not choose to be excited. Murat, Napoleon's dashing chief of cavalry, whose’ splendid enthusiasm won many desperate charges, could be a8 cool ‘as his master upon occasion. At the taking of Moscow, while the troops sat in their saddles under a murderous fire, Murat received a dispatch to which an answer was re- quired. Though his mettlesome horse was trembling, Murat laid the reins upon the horn of the saddle, took his note book in one hand and a pencil in the other and began to write a ground close by. . airand swung wildly around. jurat simply transferred the pencil to the hand that held the note book, calmed the horse with the other hand and’ then went on writing his dis- patch as if nothing had happened. Ashout of admiration went up along the line. Murat saw that the enthusiasm aroused by his trifling act had created a favorable mo- ment for a charge. He gave the order and his men swept clear through the enemy's line. It is said that Gen. Keynier once eaved the French army in Calabria in 1806 from a com- plete rout simply by the manner in which be smoked a cigar. The English infantry fire had compelled the French to retreat. “Reynier, fearing a ponie, remained to the last ani brought up the rear. Though the English fire was murderous he had lighted a cigar and his retreating men noticed that the puts of smoke went up, as his horse moved slowly on, with absolute regularity. Putt! Await. Puff! Another wait. Puff! The enemy were pouring on, tiring vigorously as they advanced, but nothing could accelerate Keynier's smoking. His soldiers rallied under the inspiration of the queer spectacle, and got off in good order. Perhaps the most cold-blooded commander who ever lived was the French general, Saint- Cyr. He was @ great tactician, but ‘totally neglected the morale of his men. He was never seen on horseback and never showed himself before the lines. On one occasion, when he provides { OIL HOUSE TALES. Steep Mountain Side. STORIES BY RAILROAD MEN. Riding Through Tunnels, Around Sharp Curves at a Mile a Minute With a Detached Section in Pursult—An Ignored Green Sig- nal—Forty Miles in Thirty-six Minutes. [LOCATED AT THE headquarters and ter- minus of all the railroad systems of the country is what is known as the oil house. The building is generally a small, dirty, one- story frame structure with a partition running through the center, behind which the oil is kept in tanks and in fronta stove and rough wooden benches ranging around the sides are the only furnishings. ‘Time tables and numer- ous orders for the government of the em- Ployes are tacked on the walls and form the only relief to the eye of a background of dingy pine boards or painted walls grimy with smoke and grease. Itis there that the men, the toil- ers of the railroad, gather to fill lamps and to await the time for the making up of their trains. Frequently a half dozen crews collect and then the flow of anecdote and exchange of experiences are many and varied. Less is known about this class of people than of al- most any other avocation of like risks, and it is only at the time of some horrible catastrophe that they are brought to notice. IN A LOCAL OIL HOUSE. ‘The weather of the past week was of the kind to make the oil house doubly welcome, and a Star reporter drifting around in search of news dropped into this retreat of one of the local railroads. Trains were coming in from the south, shifting engines were pushing and back ing cars in on the different sidings; passenger trains passed with a roar and a rush and a con- tinuous uproar was heard. The room was crowded with men of all sizes and shapes, just in from their runs and getting ready to go out, bundled up to the eyes with wraps to keep out the cold. Over near the fire the reporter found a group that apparently would not be needed for some time and who were passing the time away telling tales of their hardships and inter- spersing now and then a humorous story that was greeted with outbursts of laughter. A pocketful of cigars of a ‘two-for” brand graciously distributed around the group quickly placed the reporter on speaking terms and a place was made for him by the fire. One of the men, a fireman, had, at the moment of the reporter's intrusion, started a story, which he politely retold so as to allow the new arrival to gather up the threads. The speaker was of that class who work for a railroad until, on the eve of promotion, they overstep the bounds of propriety, are dismissed, float from road to road and are always firemen. ‘RUN FAST, BUT STAY ON THE RAILS. “Some years back,” the speaker said, “I was employed on the division of a road that began and ended on the east and west side of the Alle- ghanies. One afternoon our engine was backed up toa train of about thirty cars filled with tea. The shipment was taken at San Francisco on a contract to be landed in New York within acertain period. An opposition line had se- cured a former shipment and it depended upon the time made which road was to receive all the subsequent consignmenta, Naturally, each di- vision superintendent, in respone to letters from headquarters, desired to do all they could to help along a quick run, and our orders were to ‘run to the end of the division regardless of all east-bound trains and at a speed commensu- rate with safety.’ Tean recall the order easily, as my engineer bad to have the orderexplained to him, and as interpreted by the train-runner Meant rnn as fast as you can, but’stay on the rails. The engineer had a great reputation for fast running and clear-headeness and his want of learning did not debar him from pulling open the throttle that evening with a curse at ie originator of the order. ONLY TEN CARS OUT OF THIRTY. “The first two hours of the run passed away without anything worthy of note occurring, except that we were making passenger train time and the old engineer's eyes sparkled with pride, As we reached the crest of the moun- tains brakes were put on, steam shut off and we drifted down hill at a fairish fast rate, the train being well in hand, the entire crew ‘manning the brakes, and a’ signal from the flagman on the caboose at the rear end told us all was well. Down and down we went, around curves, through tunnels and at a speed that increase each mile until it reached about a mile-a-min- ute rate. When we reached a point about five miles from the end of our runand while swinj ing around a big curve a shont from the engi. neer carried my attention toward the rear of the train and [ discovered the startling fact that we only had about ten cars, the remaining portion of the train being out of sight. The ront brakeman was wildly waving his lantern, but couldn't come over the cars to warn us on account of the speed at which we were going. ONLY SAFETY IN FLIGHT. “Coming down a steep mountain with about twenty loaded cars after you some where in the Tear, their exact location unknown, is a pre- dicament to be in to be appreciated. Our only safety lay in flight, and the engineer put on steam and away we went at a fearful rate. Soon we struck a straight strip of about half a mile in length, fairly “flew ovez it, and as we left it the dancing lights of the rear portion dashed into view and to our strained imagination were apparently gaining on us. Againa jerk at the throttle and another spurt and we were run- ning at arate of speed that made the cars a tached to the engine wabble like cradle. Then we swung into view of the lights at the station at the end of the division, and where we were to change engines, and the engineer started the arate to wake the dead. We could see lights dashing across the tracks in front of us, the engineer slowed down slight! and with a crash we dashed onto a side traci and were safe. Hardly a half minute elapsed before the hind end came in view. Switches were again thrown and the whole mass thrown onto another,side track. Then it became in- teresting for the men on those twenty cars. ‘They knew the cars would soon strike some- thing and they didn’t want to be there to see the strike. One after another the poor fellows made the leap and broken limbs resulted in all the cases, but no one was killed. Then the crash came. FIFTEEN CARS IN SPLINTERS. “An immense round house, with walls three feet thick, caught the cars and the concussion was so great that one-half of the building was torn out and the carth trembled. Ont of the twenty cars not one came out whole and fully fif- teen were reduced to splinters. A humorous inci- dent connected with the smash-up was the fright and panic of the guesta ina large hotel directly opporite the scene of the wreck. The hotel Uuilding trembled like passing through an earthquake and with the rour, following the crash, in their ears their awakening must have been startling, for they rushed out of the build- ing pell mell and with costumes of the shortest and most meager. “My engineer only cured his luck, as his good record of the run was lost sight’ of, and mt out again on the next run, but £ had ough and came down here where it’s gener- was simply a general of division, the impetuous Srarshat Gosisen puzzled to know what to do in an emergency, asked Saint-Cyr's advi frankly telling him that be was “nonplussed. “You, monseignear,” sid Saint-Cyr, “area marshal of the empire, and I am a general of division. I shall faithfully carry out your or- ders, but it would not be becoming for me to advise you.” Later on Saint-Cyr succeeded to the com- mand of the army, and then adopted « peculiar method of generalship. He formed his plan of battle clearly, precisely and with admirable foresight. Then his sent his orders to his subordinates, and sbut himself up in bis quarters, absolutely forbidding entrance toa single soul. ‘Then he took violin and went to studying a bard music as tranquilly af is he had been ‘midst of profound pence. The battle which won Saint-Cyr his & marshal of the empire was foi was fiddling in his tent. He foreseen everything, and the his plans completely crushed the enemy. From the Boston Globe. Japan has a rapid-transit atyle of dis which must excite the envy of Chicago. i lions that be became known as “the lion slayer,” corroborates Cumming's opinion. ly one reason why lions ate monoga- mous is that there are more males than fe- males. In New England there are more women than men, but in Asia and Africa there are more lions than lionesses. The proportion favor of the males te due to fh mortal among the cubs. It apj t, as cane of bona ign. the Teething, Hage particularly trying one among lions ‘the mortality on account is greater the females than among the males. The whole citizen of Bizen has been divorced from thirty-fifth wife, and there are indications the neighborhood where he lives that he ready to marry his thirty-sixth. i ally level running and a sandy bottom in case you have to jump.” NOT A PRACTICAL JOKE. An engineer was sitting next to the narrator of the above experience, and when he bad con- cluded his story, chimed “The telegraph operator in that tower u; there could tell you agood storyat my expense, bat Til get ahead of him and it myself. That young man was located ata tower on » toad adjoining this, at the top of a steep grade of about eight miles in length. We were on the best of terms and continually playing practical jokes on each other whenever order Hed ee - night I was goi west on oyster ex- Tie conuamean ee ar Senet nd i up and when Irecched the top off the fill above. the tower I the G color to one a we office the tower, With i a r . Hee shoved one of its sides over me, forming sty bridge and prevented the life being crashed out of me by the wreckage. I came off with only a few bad bruises, but ever since when I see a greeh signal I whistle down brakes and you can rest assured I fally understand the situation before I pall out again.” THE PATENT OFFICE FIRE. ‘The engineer had just concluded telling his experience with the green light when a grizzled haired old fellow started an animated discus- sion as to the fastest time made between Balti- more and Washington. The old gentleman is a conduetor of many years’ experience and his arguments carried weight on this account. “You can argue as you please about fast runs between Baltimore and Washington,” he said, “and I have heard the story of all of them, but Tl wager a month's pay that the time we made in bringing the Baltimore fire company and their apparatus over to the big fire in the pat- ent office some yearsago back was the best ever made on either toad I wasa fresh conductor then and had an engineer who was also young and had a record to make, | Everything was ex~ citement around the engine and cars in Balti- more as the apparatus was being placed on board, and immediately after the work was done the division superintendent sprang into the engine cab. “Every passenger and freight ahead of you are side tracked,” he said. ‘If you ever time in your life now's the time to beat it.’ FROM BALTIMORE. IX 3634 MINUTES, “The nextinstant we were off. The distance is about forty miles and a quarter, to be accurate. When we came toa stop in Washington we found we had done the distance in thirty-six minutes and a half to a hair. “It will be remembered that the Baltimore firemen did such fine work at that fire and I am firmly convinced that they were so thank- ful they alighted from that train alive that fire had no terrors for them. The entire trip was a case of hold fast toevery man on the open cara, for the swinging and jerking was somethin, awful. But the promptarrival, no doubt, sav the building and the engineer received compli- ments from all sides. That record still stands. ‘What was I doing during the run?” “Keeping company with the rest—holding on my head.” TWO QUIET MEN. Chief Drummond and Assistant Chief Brooks Of the Secret Service. BOTH HAVE BRAINS, NERVE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE DETECTION OF CRIME AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS—SKETCH OF THE FORMER'S CAa- ‘REER—HIS PECULIAR FITNESS FOR THE PLACE. ON THE THIRD FLOOR of the Treasury building, in a small room whose windows form a series of frames for three pretty views of the White House and grounds, sit two quiet men, They own the brains that direct the ma- chinery that stands between crime and the great monetary system of the government, whose skill and ingenuity search out the sources of all the forms of iniquity which man is con- stantly using in order to get money without honestly earning it. ‘These men know the hab- its and haunts of every skillful operator in crooked methods in the country, are acquainted with the names and general working places of many of the less artistic ones and have means of information that enable them to locate al- most any of the others whenever they want them. These men are veterans in the art of dealing with that class of men that obtain a livelihood by imitating the good and lawful money of the country, more briefly known as “counterfeiters,” and today they probably form the strongest combination that could possibly be mado for the protection of Uncle Sam's credit. ‘THE NEW CHIEF. ‘The elder of these two men is now the junior in authority, while the younger manis thebead of all the machinery of the system. The ounger man is a pleas- Ent-faced, rather ‘com- fortably stout individ- ual, whose chief feature in the midst of his gen- erally intelligent coun- tenance is a well-groom- ed brown mustache, the carefully curled ends of which indicate a close attention to details in his own life as well agin his conduct of his busi- ness. He is Mr. A. L. Drummond, the new chief of the secret serv- ice division of the treas- ury, whose appointment to’ "that position has A. 1. DRUMMOXD. given general satisfac- tion. to everybody except, probably, the vast army of wrongdoers, whose life he proposes to make miserable. Mr. Drummond has. wound up his private business in New York, where he has for four years conducted a successful de- tective agency, and is _now finally at the helm of the secret xervice. His advent to office has been made with little alteration in the official structure with which he is surrounded, the only change so far being the substitution of Mr. McCombe as chief clerk for Mr. Cowie, whohas held the office for a long time. A SKETCH OF HI8 CAREER. Mr. Drummond was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1845, his father being a faz .ner. ‘The young man passed through the usual routine of a farm boy, working hard during the sowing, growing and mowing time and tramping to a country school in the few months of the snow- ing season. When he was thirteen years old he went from his home down to Port Deposit, Ma., where he apprenticed himself to a harness er. When had mastered the trade he went to Baltimore and worked for a short time. ‘The arrival of the wonderful steamship, the ireat Eastern, at Annapolis, where young Drummond saw her, fired in his mind the traditionary desire to be a sailor, and he shipped on board a vessel. Five years later, having been true to his new life for that period, he became an officer on the steamer Costa Rica of the Aspinwall line. From 1965 to 1871 he was employed in various ities by the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship'Com- pany, and in the latter year he left the sea for- ever—it is to be supposed—and forafew months was employed by a insurance company. HI8 SKILL A8'A DETECTIVE. In the same year he received an appointment on the force of the Treasury secret service, where he remained with increasing skill and reputation until 1888. In 1875 Mr. Drummond was made chief of the Philadelphia district, working most successfully as such for four years, after which he was sent to take charge of the New York district, where his extraordi- nary talent in detecting crime made him fa- mous. Among his achievements was the cap- ture of the notorious Rockaway gang of forgers. Mr. Drummond's integrity has, through all of his dangerous association with treacherous and tricky men, remained as firm asa rock. ‘The efforts that have been made to swerve him from the path of duty have been suficient to make a weaker man tremble and falter, but he has always remained true to his trust. MIS PERFECT INTEGRITY. A writer in the New York Metropolis, a jour- nal that ordinarily pays little enough respect to the feelings of men, says in a recent issue: “I know this man Drummond and have known him nigh onto twenty years. Asa shrewd, in- dustrious, enterprising, vering detecti hein without an equal. "In addition to the Fossoning powers ofa man he has the instinct and ity of a bloodhound. As a planner and plodder to outwit the pirates of ‘society who live by crime, like the counterfeiter, the smuggler and the mail robber, Drummond tcp all ae eee ing officer organize men an te to xs taotconen admirably ote Eim'to direct the secret service of the Treteury De- rtment. It has been said that every man has WHAT TO DO WITH LO Congress Doubtful About Handing the Indians Over to the Army. WHO SAYS YES AND WHO NO. ‘What Senators and Representatives Have to Say on the Subject—Opinions of the Secre- tary of War and the Commissioner of In- dian Affairs. — THE INDIANS be taken away from the supervision of the Department of the Interior and placed under the care of the army? Congress seems to bein doubt about it. Butit is not true, ashas been represented, that the Secretary of War is desirous of undertaking the contract. A Stan writer spoke to ‘him yesterday on the subject, and he waid: “I think that the management of the Indians should remain where it is, Fifty years ago there were reasons enough in iavor of placing them under the control of the army, but the time has gone by for that. The question of ad- ministering their affairs is not one of war but of peace, save for a small rumpus semi-occa- sionally. They are very well cared for now, and I see no occasion for such a change as has been suggested.” PUT ONE INDIAN IN EVERY TWENTY SQUARE mites. A public man interested in the Indian ques- tion suggested what he thought was an admira- able idea for the solution of the problem. He sai “There is one Indian to every twenty square miles in the United States. My plan would be to divide the entire country up into districts of that size, and to place one Indian in. the mid- dle of each such section, with the proper allotment of land as determined by Congress. In this manner each Indian would be encysted, 80 to speak, so as to be unable to do any harm whatever, and no more trouble would be ex- erienced on his account. In short, the In- ian problem would be solved.” ‘Tax Sran man ran up from the War Depart- ment to the Capitol and talked with some of the Senators and Representatives who have charge of the administration of Indian affairs in both house: “The present ayatem of managing the In- dians is a failure,” said Senator Stewart of Ne- vada. “Take the people of Washington, put them ona reservation, feed them and trext them | like the Indians and ‘they would soon become just as bad and as difficult to manage.” POINTS IN FAVOR OF THE CHANGE. Senator Plunb’s reply wae: “The proposition has many points in ite favor. Ifit were carried into effect the civil and military control over the Indians would be brought under the same head. This would be an important gain, for the reason that the In- dian entertains an instinctive respect for power—that is, visible display of force and not something that isto be dreaded afar off. Again, control by the army would not change with the going out of an administration. That would be a great advantage. So far as the cost of the service is concerned I don't believe that it would be rendered any leas by placing the di- rection of affairs in the hands of the army. ‘There has been a great deal of talk about the dishonesty of Indian agents, but my belief is that they are a singularly honest class of men. ‘That branch of the service is remarkably clean, As a matter of fact the agents ought to be paid very much better than they are. ‘As for the present trouble, it originated in an effort by the Department of the Interior to forbid an entirely harmless religious ceremony of the Indians, lack of food operating as a con- tributory cause. Much might be done toamelio- rate the condition of the red man if only the philanthropic people, who are so loud in the expressions of their sympathy, would exert their | energies in some practical fashion in his behalf. From season to season Indians’ Rights Associa tions, the members representing the ownership of many millions of dollars’ worth of property, get together at Newport or elsewhere and talk sadly about the condition of the Indian. Inci- dentally they make a few speeches, criticise existing methods, drink a few botiles of wine, and quit. It never occurs to them to do any- thing for the individua, Indian; they are con- tent with theorizing.” OIVE THEM LANDS IN SEVERALTY. There is probably no member of the United States Senate who has had such extended op- portunities for observing the Indians in their native wilds as Sanders of Montana. It may be said that no man at present living in this country has enjoyed so dramatic a career or encountered so many perils single-handed, contending. as he was compelled to do for years, for the establishmen of law and order in the wildest western region against an environment of lawless ferocity which recognized authority in nothing save the revolver and the bowie knife. “Said he, when the question was put to i “If the Pine Ridge Indians had not been hud- dled together on a reservation with nothing to do save to concoct mischief they would not have formed the plot which has been making 0 much trouble. In my opinion, all the Indians, with the exception of some of the southwest tribes and bly the Cheyennes, should be allotted lands in. soveralty as soon "as pomsbie and should be required and assisted to settle on the same, the intervening and surrounding territory bein; given to white settlers, who would maintain the peace and exercise a civil- izing influence over their copper-colored friends. When this plan has been carried out I think that the wisest thing would be to give such modified supervision as might remain necessary into the hands of the military rather have not become five times worse than they would otherwise have been after going back to the reservations. Asa matter of fact we spend five or six millions of dollars yearly practically to preserve the tribal relations of the Indians— that is, to keep them in « condition of sav- agery.” CIVIL, NOT MILITARY, CONTROL. Representative Pickler of South Dakota, another member of the Indian affairs commit- tee, said: “I think it most undesirable that the Indians should be placed in charge of the army. What ‘we wantis that the Indian should be civilized, taught to work, and encouraged to dwell upon land duly alotied to him and in house of ula own. Under such conditions it is proper that, like the white man, he should be under civil and not under military control. The army, in the nature of things, cannot do this sort’ of thing so well. "Its business is not to administer civil affairs; its work is to keep the peace and not to study the development of a people. The red man is not likely to enjoy bayonet rule any more than does his white brother. We in our state have to live in company with the Indians, and they will be readily absorbed into the population as a whole when they are given lands in severalty and thus placed on the same footing with otber people. know the Indian agente by experience, and I can truthfully say that they are honest men. Considering what their responsibility is they get less pay than any other employes of the Foxernment; $1,800 is the highest salary pai think. The condition of the Indians is bein steadily improved. Only the other day a Lill was passed providing for the establishment of thirty school houses within the limits of the Sionx reservation. This is most desirable, in- asmuch as the children instructed will be near their parents and the latter will become inter: ested in the schools and in what schools bring. NO POLITICS IN THE ARMY. Said Representative Darwin 8. Hall of Min- nesota: “I think that the Indians ought to be placed under the care of the army. There is no poli- tics in the army. The army officer is an edu- cated man, he knows the Indians, and he is not to be removed by political changes. In my opinion outbreaks, like this recent one, would be prevented by’ direct army control. As things are, the methods of conducting things is too roundabout. ‘Trouble occurs, or is thr ened, and the agent must communicate with the Indian bureau, the bureau must report to the Secretary of ‘the Interior, and the latter must bestir himself befoi er the general of y esident is notified of the necessity for taking steps. By all means let us get the Indian out of politics. One great difi- culty in our dealings with the Indians arises from the parsimony of Congress in their re- gard. Take an instance in point: Recently we sent agents —representing — the government to formulate an agreement with the Sissetons and Wahpetons in South Dakota. What our agents proposed was ac- cepted by those tribes and they had a right to believe that the ag. *ement was as good as car- ried out. The agreement was ratified by the ise committee on Indian affairs. ‘Then what happens? Why the House refuses to appro- priate the small amount of money necessary to carry out the compact and the result is that these unfortunatefeople—the most civilized of all the Indians—are at present actually starv- ing. Is it possible that Vocause weare dealing with Indians we do not consider it necessary to Dehave 2s gentlemen? Such seems tobe the case. And yet that is rather a humiliating position for Uncle Sam to be placed in.” THE INDIAN SHOULD BE ELEVATED. It seemed rather necessary toask the commis- sioner of Indian affairs, Gen. Morgan, what he thought on the subject. i was adverse to the proposition of handing over the Indians to the War Department. he: “The idea of the American people is to ele- vate the Indian, With this end in view, he should be educated and bis children should be taught to speak English and to be self-reliant and industrious. A man trained in civil life— therefore in touch with civil institutions, the home, the church, trade and agriculture—is more likely to be fitted to be succeyaful as gov- ernor of atribe of Indians than the man who has been educated merely to the profession of arms. The lands for the Indians ought to be allotted in severalty as rapidly as possible, with the object in view that the Indian shall develop the idea of the home, of personal property. of individual responsibility, of earning his living and of standing alone’ asa man. Regarding the recent excitement, it ought to be borne in mind that out of the 250,000 Indians in the coun- try only a very few are hostil.. The Indians are making progress steadily: the only need that we shall be patient. But let me emphasize this Proposition: If we wish to perpetuate the present condition of things and to have always an Indian question on our hands, we bave only tocontinne to huddle these people upon the reservations, feed them on rations and turn them over to the army. An Unsophisticated Pup. From Life. _ EN G) < =ARWI than the civil power, partly because the army is independent of popular clar-or and political influence. AGAINST ANY TRANSFER. Among the members of the Indian affairs committee on the House side wide differences of opinion were found as to the proposition. The chairman, Judge Perkins of Kansas, ex- pressed himeelf very emphatically against the notion of placing the Indians in care of the ‘War Department. Said he: “For many years the Indians were under the control of the War Department, and experience verifies the statement thit they are better cared for by the civil authorities, as under the present system. The treatment of these people y the government has steadily improved dur- ing the Inst twenty-five years, Millions of dollars are spent annually for their education and food, lands are allotted for their use, and in every way Uncle Sam has been solicitous for their welfare. ‘The agents employed are honest men, as the records show, and any one acting Insuch s capacity who may'be found unworthy is quickly discharged. The policy of the gov- ernment hag been steadily growing in the di- rection of liberality for the Indians—particu- larly in respect to the instruction of children in industrial and other schools, the intention being that every child shall have an educa- ion.” PUT THEM UNDER THE ARMY. The next member of the House committee on Indian affairs took a view of the situation en- tirely opposite. It was Mr. Shively of Indiana, and he strongly favored the transfer of the In- dians to the care and protection of the army. “As things are now,” said he, “the Indian bureau is a tield for the distribution of patron- age, and under such conditions public. inter- eats are never so well served. I want to see the reservations broken up, the free lunch counter taken away and the fands allotted as soon as possible in severalty among the Indians. The Ted man should be given all his rights, and among them the right to earn his bread’ and butter. Under army control a better discipline would be maintained and there would be less peculation and speculation in supplies and what not. Iconceive that, in any event, the far a allotments of lands in severalty and by other proper measures the In- dian ought soon to be so far settled that necessity for control to any extent done away with. The In- it to ATTRACTIVE HOMES. Some of the Present Fashions in Woman's Handiwork, LOUIS SEIZE DESIGNS PREVAIL ‘On Linen or Art Satin or any Smooth Materisl These Ribbons and Roses Are Charming— Handsome Designs in Fan Paiastogy@omp ‘Novelties in Work Bagy ——~<ae Written for The vesting wae J ‘ASHTON IS JUST #* domincering Of ft matter of what may be called by the generic term “fancy work” ac she is in dress or fur- nishings. I am sorry there is no better ap- Pellation than fancy work to designate what I mean, for that title has by custom been made to include vo many atrocities that modern workers scorn it. A better term is one I shall borrow from a book published some years ago, entitled “Woman's Handiwork in Modern Homes.” Confining woman's work to the homes brings it within the limits of our seope as home workers und therefore applies to our efforts, Just now the tendency is to the Louis Seize designe in embroidery in accordance with the prevalence of that style of furnishing. On linen, on art satin or any smooth surfaced ma- terials these ribbons and roses are charming. They may be treated in different ways, as, for instance, the bouquets of flowers may be worked in the natural colors in silks, doing them solidly, and the ribbon bow and floating ends tying them together ostensibly may be | worked solidly in any color preferred, or may be outlined simply and the shadows and turn of ribbon indicated by the stitches of embroid- ery. Still another and favorite way is to use real ribbon of a narrow width, tie tho bow and press it down so the loops will havea effect, and then sew each edge of the ribbon with fine sewing wilk, Naturally one would not put the real mbbon decoration on anything Which could otherwise be washed. LOVELY SOFA PILLOWS. Alovely sofa pillow for a drawing room could be made of silver gray silk canvas, with bonquets of roses and fine yellow flowers, tied with gray green ribbons. Another idea which Thave thonght of and have been intending to carry out is to make a pillow of fawn satin, With a festoon from cotner to corner of gold braid or thread in several strands, Where the festoons dip the most, at the center, I should put a bunch of flowers, Withont leaves, and then havea ribbon—real, not embroidered—of either light blue or pale brown waving in and out of the design. For amall covers for tables or center pieces this style is equally pretty, working the ribbon, however, instead of applying it CORNER DECORATIONS. Acorner decoration of a large flower or group all in monotone, or the designs I have just mentioned, or tiny fowers like Dresden | china powdered over the surface, are the styles of embroidery most affected just now for small articles. Large designs are used when the surface is big enough to display them, and the table cov- ers of Sorrento cloth with large corner designs which half cover them are very good for real service. Sorrento cloth is a pretty wash ma- terial of deep cream color, and with the corners already stamped are‘ only 38 cents, making a most inexpensiv> spread. I bought one other day and shall work it in cream white linen floss, using lace stitch and maybe darning on the big flowers and leavec. As the cloth is cotton, one cannot draw threads for fringing or hemstitching, vo the best tinish for the edge is a hem with a featherstitching, and I think I shall add Russian lace, as the cover is cotton, and this creamery cotton lace, with the heavy cord outlining the pattern,corresponds in color and texture. “The whole will be easily washed, as a bed room or sitting room table cover needs to be, and this is most suitable for that p pose.’ If the appearance when it is worked is pretty enough to justify it, 1 shall add some wash gold thread, and then it may be trans- formed into something quite pretty,enough for any plac». In the shops the edges are finished with the linen fringe in colors and are worked in colors, and are not at al! as pretty as they might be, it seems to me, so Ihave chosen @ different style in which to decorate mine. FAN PAINTING. I wonder why fan painting is not more often done by amateur workers. To any one who paints in water colors it could be easy work, I should think, to ornament the plain hich come in all colors, including, “black, aud white. Gouache colors could be easily applied, I should suppose, or if one had only a slight knowledge of painting, a design could be traced onthe fan and done whoily in gold. Isawa pretty design the other day for amateur work, consisting of daffodils, the edges of the flowers forming the rim to the fan and the stems ran- ning down the spokes, while the leaves grew up thickly among them. ' After painting the de- sign on a black gauze fan, the flowers forming the edge were to be cut outand the gauze but- tonholed with silk like the flowers. NOVEL WORK BAGS. Thave lately seen two novelties in the way of work bags, one of which is made of plain China silk of any color one chooses. A circular piece of cardboard, say five inches in diameter, is covered on both sides with the silk. This is for the bottom of the bag. Three double frills of the silk 154 inches wide are then gathered very full and sewed to the bottom, above which is a full bag ten inches deep, not includ- ing the wide hem at the top, which makes the , and should be two inches deep. A casing is made by a second sewing in the hem half an inch above the first, and an open- ing each side is buttonboled around, and through these eyelets cords are run after the usual mode of drawstrings in a bag. In a deli- cate color with the fluffy frills at the bottom, this is a dainty bag. A PLUSH BAG OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS. The second bag is of plush of golden brown made in the common pillow-case shape, but in- stead of having the embroidery as a band across the bottom, as is most usual, it has s flap turning over on one side at the top and the band of embroidery set on this. In the in- stance I give the band is cream white worked in a scroll pattern with fawn brown silks in a heavy, solid style with il ! Ee By { ad [ E & i E HE ink, blue ani yellow, | Snish at the top is edged with tamel fringe. Om one of the end panels is a large fall pocket or bag. capable of holding papers and work, and ea the opposite one ix a shelf, useful for many things. ‘The screen is set #o that it makes thiwe sides of « hollow square. and to the “enuggery” thas formed ie a big ~icker chair, also upbel- stered in the cretonne. At the entrance of this Little room within a room isa tall palm, and is Makes an inviting little «pot, which might be an oasis ine desert of a too big apartment. And speaking of palms, reminded of the artificial one Leaw today, in appearance that I was quite and stopped to admire ite grace lk was especially perfect, sho Ted leaves bave been cut off apparently th the devasta which coal gas and b rooms 40 most tempted to ‘ing and thrifty p lic to that extent CAN RE CHEAPLY RovoRT. |_Ttis remarkable how cheaply one can buy small screens, In frames of old oak or cherry, | on feet that turn to any angle and with « cam | tain of silkoline, shirred top and bottom, the price is 89 cents. To stand in front of a rogie- ter or to conceal any low object these lite ate—and impose on the pub- screens e very useful. and at the same time are pretty. They are about three feet high and the width thing lesa The silkoline can eanily be replaced by Inia silk if something hice! a different Ting is desired. | | Bamboo frar in a similar etvle, bet | to me thes are not pretty. Bamboo ottomawe | and Hamlet seate—or ou that order—are alee | for sale, and the shapes are attractive, but the | bamboo finish spoils them for my taste, A lit- | Ue coffee t boo, at the low price of $3 te bamboo there is a large assortment of pretty shapes to seleet | from. The Japanese stands for parlors, in « dark finish, but made of bamboo. T think, are im several sizes, and, though rather frail | pearing, are said to be durable and sutticientiy | strong for the purpose of ho They are in square, round w | and are also very moderate in price | plants of bandsome fobiae are #0 ouschold decoration a variety 0 | holding them low square | higher Japan ands are about two | feet high, and, I sbould think, would be in de | mand. i UNPER THE BED. The Woman Whe Looks for a Borgiar Re warded at Last. From the New York World “You've heard of that burglar under the | bed,” said Mrs. Westside. “Well, I've just had | the greatest scare of my life. I've been look ing for that burglar under the bed ever since f Wasa school girl, and my grown children long ago joined in the hunt.” “And you found him at last?” it'll tell you. ‘The other day I went te Visit some friends in Washington. I stopped at | the home of a couple of old maide—the niceek people in the world, you know—who had been recently bereft of « loved relative. He had died in the house. During the evening the conver: sation naturally turned upon the character and last illness of this man. It was only a casual conversation. Nothing wae remarkable about it and the subject was quickly lost in the flood of other talk. Went up late and when we arose to retire one of the girls laughingly in- | quired whether I was afraid to weep slom * “Because,” suid rhe, ‘we have no gaan about the house now. If you're the least bit timid you can sleep here, though the best room ix | reads for 5 ~ “Dear ine! said I, I'm not » child,’ and # | "as shown up to a bandsome bed room. |“ You know, I'm not a bit afraid of @ man. T'm more afraid without one. I'm not at all | Muperstitiots—wouldn't be afraid to raise an umbrelia in my room, to walk under a ladder | or through « graveyard. I began to disrobe Without ceremony as soon as my friend bade | me good night. “Her last recalled the jconvermation about the man who died there, jbrobably sn this very room,” I hit, look: ing around—‘perhaps in this bed.’ But even if T'bad been certaik ofthat the fact woulers have disturbed my rest. So I went on with my preparations. Before I jumped into bed and turned out the gas I did just what I bad done |from girlhood—threw up the overhanging | coverlet and looked under the bed for that burgia: “Heavens! [Th sieht thet met my eyes tainty | froze my blood! I was rooted to the spot wil horror! “The long-ex irglar? No. At that moment I would have »med the most des- I would have Perate burglar who ever lived. embraced him. I saw a long, cloth-covered box, with brass drop handles on the side aml studded with brase-headed tacks along the was to frightened. so utterly astounded I couldn't scream, or I should have yelled loud enough to raise the neighborl-ooc, Fortunately, T heard a footstep at that moment and a tap ou the door. It was the other sister come to bid me good night. ood gracious! she exclaimed, white face. “What in the world! —I—oh,dear!” Assoon as I could find my tongue. ‘Why do you k—k—keep that co— cof—fin under the bed? “She burst intoa hearty laugh. quickly to the bed she pulled the thing out. was adress box. We sat down on the floor |'sughed together. I think Ieried. I don't care. It would have scared mule! Evenafter I knew what it sas couldn't sleep soundly » single night while there for dreaming it wae-® int” Charity Bequests and Donations for 1890. From the British Chariry Recon. The year under review has been remarkable for the great number of large bequests and donatic s which have been received by the various charities at home and abroad, as well as for the many gifts to found new schemes for the rettef of sickness and distress. Looking abroad, it is seen that considerable sums, both in bequests and donations, have been forthcoming from the dictates of benovo- lence. The late M. P. Ramonding left £39,700 for French charities; the late M. E.G. £35,716 for charities of Cognac; the Inte Mr. Astor, £41,073 for two New York hospitals: late M.A. M. Durand bequeathed £40,000 for the relief of invalid soldiers of Marseilles, and the Inte M. Parent de Rosou left £70,000 for the Paris poor. The gendarmes of that cit ceived £24,000 in accordance with the wi gentleman who committed snicide. & i late Herr Hlavka left £49,000 for the and the at he it £150,000 ly by Mrs. Nichols and Mr. J. Thompson. peror and the Archdukes of Austria 000 for the relief of the vere floods in that country, weather bequeathed £19, hospitals, and the late Gen £119,047 to be used for charitable In giving these particulars we ha into account either the sums: new schemes or the sums ‘These together reach « which, however, it is im He PHT £ i it t i Ertan Halil it i i i ik f fr i } g ! & e i £