Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1891, Page 12

STATES AND APPOINTMENTS. Mew the Rule Regarding Apportionment Has Been Observed. MR. ROOSEVELT GIVES SOME INTERESSING FIG- URES—STATES FROM WHICH TUERE WERE NOT ENOUGH ELIGIBLES LAST YEAR--THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE STATES ON THE List. Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt, in his ” remarks made Thursday before the House civil service committee in answer to statements of Mr. Porter, the superintendent of the census, gave some interesting figures as to the present status of the lists of eligibles and the matter of apportionment of appointments. He was speak- ing of the alleged excessive number of eligibles on the civil service lista. “Taken as a whole,” he said, “the number is not excess have a competitive examination we must ha applicants to compete, and the appointing offi- cer has to have before him at least three names from which to choose, according to the decis- ion of the Attorney General. The applicants with the highest averages usually make many eligibles on our lists as there are appoint- ments to be made; whereas, actually taking all our lists together, we only have about two and a half times as many. On many lists we never those for female clerks and copyists, there = surplusage simply because so many women enter our examination, although warned that the chance of appointment ix small. But even wile there is surplasage the to arise therefrom are wholly imaginary. Last year we had barely enough eligibles, even for men clerks and copyists, as the following lists show: Mississippi Slissourt Minnesots. | | “Itis therefore evident that last year wo did | not have enough eligibles from most of the | states and that there were not a dozen from | which we had too many. ‘The only trouble arises from the fact that some states send in very many applicants for examination and | others very few. Under the law we are re- i two examinations each year in . It would be much better if we | ¢ permitted tohold examinations only in es which at the time were bebiudhand ointments. This would result in no ny state and would bring about | correspondence of the lists of | .d the lists of appointees. We ought | mple lists to pu: before the | ficers; only iz this way can the be secured.” THE QUOTAS OF THE STATE3. ‘Thé quotas of the states are now very nearly | even, althougk it is, of course, impossible to | have them kept mathematically exact. The | following tables show the total number of ap- | ents to departmental positions under | the law, the exact share to which each state would have been entitled, and the number it has realiy had. The District of Columbia has had no appointments for two years; it obtained more than its share originally simply because | its candidates applied for places for which uo | other portions of the comntry sent in appli- | canta. Statement showing classified dep: | appointments in the | ce and their ap-} rtionment to the s territories and the | trict of Columbia during the period from | Tuly 16, 1983, to December 31, 1890, on the | Dasis of the tenth census: | 19 | ED These lists show that with four or five excep- tions the correspondence between the share each state is entitled to and the share it has actually had is very clove indeed. Most even of the little inequality that exists is accounted for by the fact that under the law preference- claiming veterans are entitled to certification from any state, whether it ix in order of certifi- cation or not. ‘It must also be remembered that the relative position of the states vary from month to month with each batch of ap- pointments. Thus eight months ago lowa had received exactly its share, while Georgia was behind. Now the reverse is true; but a year hence Lowa will probably again be even. More- over, there is inequality; each sec tare ahead and states It is iuteresting to compare the above re- multe arrived at under oar system with what under the old patronage system, as shown by the following bie. i Statement showing tho number of clerks, copyists, &e., in the employ of the following departments in each state, territory and the District of Columbia at the time the civil ser- Vice act of January 16, 1883, went into effect. (Tho figures for the other departments are not at band.) ‘THE NEW AND THE OLD. ‘The sums total of appointments in these two sets of tables are approximately equal, and therefore it is easy to see at a glance how well the quotas of the states are filled under the re- formed system as compared with what was the case under the old patronage system. With one exception every state has had 90 per cent or over of ite t share of the made under the civil service Ine, hile wanes the old system, as shown in the above tables, the best clerks. We ought, in order to secure | the best results, to have about three times as | ¥: have a surplusage of eligibles. Ona few, as | Pe | Carolina; 27, Maine; 28, | Mexico; 30, Kansas; | which is here given. to remove thres picks | | Ristama Arizona | APvameas | Sotc | Som Dakota | Delaware | ¢ ona | enresi — ‘Loutsiana: Mains Sew Jersey New Mexico tery New York North Caroi G( sesece-unscll Bal vs receeiasersile.e-..e: | cbteny wares. Bue, The following shows how the states stood on January 1, as to the eomparati ber of appointments they had received, to the chances of appointment the: them. Those standing at the of the are the ones farthest from therefore, there is the least chance for appoint- m_ the twenty-five states. comi last on the list there is [little probability that there will be -any’ applicants luring 1891, ex- cept from the special and supplementary regis- THE PRESENT STATUS OF STATES. List showing the position of states and terri- tories in their order of certification on January 1, 1891 (the eleventh census being now used as & basis): 1, Nevada; 2, California; 3, Iowa; 4 fOragin 9 tikes fo Paeee ae ae , Oregon; 9, Hlinois; 10, Wwania; 11, Ar- Kansas; 12, Minnesota: 13, Michigan; 14, New York; 15, ‘Indiana: 16; New Jersey: 11, 5 18, Utah; 19, Nebraska; 20, Kentucky; 21, Con- necticut; 23, West Virginia; 23, Florida: 24, North Dakota: 25, Manmchusetia; 26, North 31, Georgia: 82, Mississippi; 33, Tennessee; 34, Montana; ay shire; 36, Alabama; 87, Rhode Isiand; $8, Ver- 89, h Carolina; 40, Louisiana; 41, inia: 42, Oklahoma; 43, Wyoming; 44, Idaho; $5, ,Colorado turyland; 47, Delaware; 48, ndian Territory; 49, Arizona Territory; 50, Alaska Territory; 51, District of Columbia. During 1891’ there will be many clerk and copyist appointments made from the eligi: ble lists of the states standing highest on the list. Probably each of the first twenty-five or twenty-six will at some time in 1891 be in line for certifications, and many among the first twenty will have repeated calls made upon their clerk and copyist registers. Among these twenty-six states Ohio, Penn- sylvania, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, West ‘Virginia ‘and North _ Carolina have enough high class their registers to satisfy any probabl the ensuing year—though. of cot new applicants of very high standing will have a chance of appointment even from these states. There is a chance for a high grade clerk or copyist from North Dakota. yuset Kentucky, New York, Connecticut Florida ‘have plenty’ of eligibles high grade on the registers for but ‘they need more grade | eligibles on their registersfor men clerks and | copyists, most of the eligibles on these lists at present having low averages. Illinois has but one man copyist on its register and needs others very much. Minnesota, lowa, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Texasand Missouri stand in urgent ced of high grade for men clerks and copyists, the need for copyista being even greater than the need for clerks. Men from any of these states who pass the copyist examination at a high average stand good chance of appointment. The chances are still better from Utah, California, Oregon, Washington and Ar- kansas. Not one of these states has a full reg- ister of eligibles, whether of clerks or copyists, men or women.” Any candidates from them of either sex who pass at a good grade either the clerk or the copyist examination have excellent chances of appointment. The chance is best for high grade men copyists, and almost as ibles on le calls for an of women, = for men clerks. I desire to call u- ir attention to the need of more eligiblesfrom the Pacitic coast states and these be- enough women on their —— TRICKS WITH TOOTHPICKS How to Make Two Squares, Three Squares and Three Diamondr. ing almost the only states which do’ not have registers. Tricks with toothpicks? Why, certainly. Yes, and good ones, too. And, better still anybody ean do them—after learning how. | Here ix one that will puzzle old heads as well as young. Take the picks and form them into nine squares, when the will look like the ace nexed di ask your move Then riend to re- t picks and only two squares te, | Thursday. ‘Tributes to Hie Worth Paid by Leading Men. At & special meoting of the board of trade and in the country during the last thirty years, and spoke of him as “the worthy successor of Hamilton, Chase and Sherman.” ‘MR. BAYARD’s TRIBUTE. Ex-Secretary of State Bayard paid a glowing tribute to the memory of the deceased. He said: “T'was the partaker of your hospitality last night. Today I am the leader in your and sorrow. When I ‘was hongred byyour with an invitation to come to’ New York I was greatly gratified when I knew that Sec indom would be my companion, as I known him #0 well and so long. I may be per- mitted to impress « fact upon all that though jen may be oppaged. to each other politically, belonging to thottwo different. grest parties, they are yet friends. They are trying to reach the same ends, but by different means. I was ‘associated Mr. Windom for thirteen years and there grew up between us a sincere confi- dence. | We both qpublle men, the same en Ww. suspicion was ever east upon him or his methods. “Tn 1681 an occurrence of great importance to the country arose. ‘The publio credit and the shrony eserves ‘the banking system had m eon expressed. Congress had adjourned, and those in charge of banking institutions were uneasy. ‘Then this remarkable proposition was made by the creditors of the government to re- duce rate of interest on the debt due them and accept different terms for its liqui- dation. This patriot statesman and friend did me the honor to come to me asa man, | ofa different political party, to discuss the moment- ‘ous question. We discussed it, and you all know how the national credit was, established, how it was done withont cost to the government and no finer illustration of financiering can be found than that of William Windom. It was the very highest pinnacle for a man_ to reach. wWasoue of bis services, not measurable by money. He was a faithful servant to his country. All heroes are not clad in uniform, neither do they all fallin battle. They die in obscure and quiet places. Wm. Windom’s call came last night. His life had beon imperiled serving you andour land. He is worthy of our gratitude.” Mr. Bayard referred to Mr. Windom's connection with the Eads’ ship canal and closed his remarks by saying: ““We all join in grief for his loss and honor and respect for his memory.” The meeting was largely attended, many be- ing present who vaw Mr Windom die last night, The president of the board of trade will appoint & committee of fifteen to attend the funeral at Washington. ACTION OF STATE LEGISLATURES. , Resolutions of respect to the memory of Secretary Windom wrre adopted in the Illinois legislature yesterday. ‘The Maine legislature, after passing resol tions of ton the death of Secretary Win- dom, adjourned to 4 p.m. Monday. Both branches of the Minnesota legislature adjourned out of respect to the memory of Mr. Windom. Speeches were made in the house and senate eulogizing his services. THE NEWS IN LONDON. Secretary Windom's sudden death caused a sensation in London generally and deep sorrow among the members of the American colony in that city. The news of Mr. Windom's death was conveyed to the United States legation and to the United States consulate yesterday morn- ing. The flags on those buildings were imme- diately ordered to be half-masted. Mr. John C. New, the United States consul general, was an intimate friend of Mr. Windom and frequently received letters from him. Mr. Windom's last letter to Mr. New reached that gentleman In this letter Mr. Windom said that he was anxious for advices as to the financial situation in Great Britain. Mr. New supplied Mr. Windom by cable with the information de- ———_-+e+_—______ SOME OF THE FINEST. Stories Told by Policemen—Taik of Adopting Service Stripes. ‘The blue cord and tassel attached to th» clubs of some of the policemen is attracting atten- tion. It is likely that all the precincts will soon adopt this decoration. The wearing of the cord and tassel is an idea that originated in Phila- @elphia. In Philadelphia, too, the officers are given stripes for continuous service. These stripes are on the coat sleeve and each stripe indicates five years’ service. ‘The officers here are discussing the question of stripes and some action may be taken towards adopting them. In that event come of the old members of ‘the would be but a few months before would be added. PRECINCT GYMNASIUMS. ‘There are now three stations in which the officers have provided for themselves suitable rooms for exercise and amusement. They are” the first, seventh and sixth precincts. When the officers of the first precinct started the movement looking toward the establishment of & gymnasium the officers in nearly all the other recincts were enthused with the same idea, ut only in two other precincts have the plans made succeeded. In each precinct the otticers tried to outdo the others. Following the example of the first precinct men the officers in the seventh (Georgetown) precinct started a gymnasium fund. Instead of giving a bail raised funds by contributions from citizens and estab- lished gymnasium which they boast of as being a decided improvement on that in number one. Lieut. Kelly's officers were the next to fall in line. They gave a e fifth one instead of the original correetty aie eight ce lone it picks bordering on the dig outside square will be taken away and the solution will be scenzSin the second diagram ‘THE THREE SQUARES. Another little puzzler | is known as “the three squares.” First form |the picks in the man- ner shown in the accom, anying diagram, an en request your friend and leave but three squares. He will un- joubtedly ponder over the problem for » long time before he bits upon | Proper combinat It can only be done in one way, and that is to | take up the central pick in the lower row and then remove the two picks in the upper left hand corner. ‘Then the squares will appear as in the fourth diagram. ‘TRIO OF DIAMONDS. Another may but mystifying trick is styled “the trio of diamonds.” | Itis rather unfortunate in name as it gives a slight cue as to the man- ns ner in which the puzale isdone. The problem is to make four sq of | after wi ball and realized a good sum of money, and the officers are proud of their gymnasium. But after all Georgetown boasts of something that the other precincts cannot—that is, a steam yacht in which, after a hard day's work in the hot sun, they can make atrip or the water and enjoy the cool river breezes. In addition to these sports they keep on hand a complete set of tackle with appliances for catching bait. THEY WERE AFTER MIL. A story is told of three officers in the sixth Precinct who were caught in a milk dairy early one morning about two weeks ago. Two of the men were on their own beat, but the third one had left his beat to get a drink of the nourish- beverage. Although they were in the room where the milk was kept their partners assert that they were after pie and not milk. The two men who were on their own beat came along and entered with as much sangfroid as though they were going in to make an ar- rest, but the other “copper” looked around for the’ night inspector before he ventured across the street. It was between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning and nothing was to be seen of “Uncle ew gor Night Inspector Pear- son is often ut he was there. The officers wong enjoying, their milk and pie when in walked the inspector. “Hallo,” he said to “Hallo, the man off his beat, “I didn't expect to see peat you “But I'm here just the same,” thought the oicer, altho dared not way #0. Thi but their past records were 80 good that the ‘three of the finest’ were only required to appear before the major to receive a euution. e story told by the men is that the major, ing them against a repetition of the offense, told them that they were old enough to have been weaned years ago. RXAMINED FOR RETIREMENT. ‘The result of the recent examination of offi- be of the same shay | and size. Although | apy easy =e | yet many | Hind it to bee 4 ing tion. however, is all you havo to do: "Take the two toothpicks from the up- per lett hand corner and them in the same position at the upper right hand corner; then remove the two picks from the lower right hand corner and them with the two Bringing Cleveland and Hill Together. ‘The long-postponed meeting of Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill will, according to the New York Tribune, take place tonight. The meeting will be at # dinner to be given this evening by State Senator William L. Brown at the Manhattan Club, New York. The dinner is to be a private one and is to be given in the famous library of the Stewart mansion, club's home now is. Col. Brown i dinner is club and the colonel requested the there were a dozen states each of which had reevived but SX per cent or less of its proper hare, Even unter the new eystem the Butter Columbia has an excess, but under the old aster this excess war nearly tenfold greater. nder the old systera the Gulf and Pacisic slopea states were treated with especial injustice; un- mittee toessume the arrangements are it of it. elaborate. ‘Ram's Horn. The who is natisfied ribly Gappecntin ak peo Herald, relating to another of her kind all about a terrible insult put upon her by a clerk who left her fully five minutes unattended while she was p: marked the exultation a t. AndT in her Foike asahe added: ‘But I had the Hy force would start off with four stripes and it = of | last will and testament. Bride Imprisoned in an Elevator and Groom Straggiing With the Green-Kyed Monster. ‘From the Los Angeles Herald. A bridal couple, well-known young people of this city, returned a day or two ago from their honeymoon trip to Sen Francisco, where their From the Kansas City Star. At the Box Hotel in Crookston, Minn., some six years ago, my attention was more than once called to two dogs that were allowed to loiter about the hotel office. These dogs were the greatest of friends; in fact, so “chummy” as gether, the bride wishing to do some shopping. ‘They were not too happy, for an old lover of the girl had, bya mere coincidence, gone up on the same train and, by another coincidence, had stopped at the same hotel. The bride, per- haps feeling a little sorry for Bim, had fool- {ably exerted herself to be i and the re- ‘was that usband, naturally very jealous, allowed unworthy mea! rival passed and tated by the gracious salutation his wife gave. However, he endeavored to cheer up, and when yy reached = goods store, where his wife of two days “intended to ‘purchase some stuff to adorn herself with, he pulled out his pocket book and handed it fo her snd told ber ‘ahead and purchase whatever she wished. “Til finish my cigar and como right in and see what you buy," he added, and she flushed with pleasure at his gave his hand a agueeze as she took the purse and walked into e store. He smoked for a short time and then songht: his wife in the store. She was not to be found. He started togo up to the upper floor on the elevator, but was met by a boy stationed there, who explained that something had just broken. about the machinery and the car was stuck fast Up against the roof, so he walked upstairs and hunted thoroughly’ but fruitlessly. As he came down he thought he saw his former rival ahead of him, but the crowd was sogreathe could not be sure. It made him feel uneasy and he began inquiring of the clerks. At lst he found one who remem! lady who answered his wife's doscription and she had ordered them delivered at the hotel he was staying at, so there was no doubt about her {dentity. clerk knew nothing else about Another search of the establishment resulted in nothing. Perhaps she had missed him in the crowd and gone back to the hotel. He jumped intoa cab and drove there post haste, tofind that she had not returned. By thi Gog sited oved hiss making th 10g stood over e on the canine’s cranium from a hands of a small urchin who stood 7 puts stop to the Newfoundland’s ferocity. under brute started for home and when I arrived at the hotel I found the x brute at the office door, bl and ruised, await admission. I 0; the —— to the office, the dog follow- me. ° on the floor in close proximity to,the aie hate oa the eepior =f; carcass of ‘my little bested friend’s companion. He was a large brute of the mongrel specios—a cross be- tween a bulldog and a mastiff. The poor, con- quered brute, upon entering tho ‘offee pro: ceeded in the direction in which his dog friend ley stretched upon the floor, and him comment foot. ee ting ently the sleeping d ition friend some tw: sec! ‘and, gazing at 0 oF three minw ¢ Bes istely roosived a torrie whipping, Arter ived a tel lo wi 9 alittle more snifing on the rt of “the con- jogs started toward the door. to the door, opened it and the dogs ont. Both dogs started in the direction Of tho dopot platform, some 400 or_ 500 feet south of the hotel, where they espiod several dogs, among their number being the big New- foundland, the object of their vengeance. Going up to the big Newfoundland dog my lit tle conquered ‘friend curled. up his tail and commenced to growl, the big Newfoundland doing likewise,each round and round in a circuitous route while thus Parleying, the big hotel dog in tho meantime standing bard by watching proceedings. Presently the big hotel dog gave a spring and landed # good hol on the few of his big opponent. Both dogs reared in the air the Nowfoundiand coming down the under dog, and the chewing he re- ceived in the fracas t suppose he never forgot, my little conquered friend nipping the big ras- from behind at every chance presenting it self. To be candid about it the hair from the bi he talked, smiled ingly at him and at once accepted the el ment theory. Officers were sent out to find the detestable wretch suspected of having wrecked | the budding happiness of two soul The husband wandered frantically about the | streets until he found that, unwittingly, he had walked back to his hotel. He was weary and mechanically took the elevator up to his room. He opened the door and there on the sofa lay his wife, who, as he entered, exclaimed: “Ch, my dear, I've been shut up in an elevator for | selling alot of goods toa | 98° From the Baltimore American. The writer is tempted to tell a storyat the | lecture the other day to the Societe Historique expense of a lovely and gifted lady who began a few years ago a career as a society reporter. Every week her copy went to the editor beauti- fully written and faultless, considered as copy from the printer's point of view. Bat any little suggestion she wanted to make, she ran it along with the article in the following fashion: “Mr. and Mrs. Brown-Smyth gave on Monday an ele- gant blue dinner of fourteen covers. (For goodness’ sake, spell her name Smy—last week it went in Smi, and she was as mad as hopsabout it.] Mrs. Indigo Blueblood has sent out cards for ‘a ball, at which she will introduce into societ: her lovely daughter. (This is all right This Mrs. Bluebli has some sense and ‘the least mind seeing her name in print. It's the other Mrs. Bh lood we had the fuss with.) Mrs. Uptown gives a pink tea as soon as Lent is over. [Don't stick her down at the tail end of the column, whatever you do. I want to please her anyhow, because last woek she just went in as one of the ‘many others.’] If it had not been for the discriminating edi- torial blue pencil that fashion and umn would have been very delicious reading on Sunday morning—since a printer follows copy.and a parenthesis on the paragraph’s brim a pinin parenthesis is to him, and it is nothing more. —_—__+e+- ____— A BOGUS POLICEMAN. low a “Bank” Official Was Very Cleverly Swindled. From the New York Tribune. “When holiday times come around they make me think of a clever swindle that was played on the bani I was engaged in seven or eight years loesn't ii It mfght be as well to mention the fact that the speaker was an ex-manager of prominent faro bank which once existed near Broadway and 14th street. fou pencil slingers,” continued he to the reporter, “don't hear aboutall the fly move- ments or ingenious operations of crooks. Here's a story I didn’t give away at the time it happened. I was too much ashamed of my- self to ‘squeal.’ “Tt was Christmas eve and we had an awfully ‘swell’ crowd in the house—give you the names What do vou take me for? “If there's ‘honor among thieves’ there should be at least decency among gamblers; no, no names. Wel ying we had ax fine blue-chip racket as I er saw spread. It beat old-time Saratoga. Three or tour of the | our $2,000 limit and the gi money i after deal. fore 11 o'clock there came a ring for ‘The porter peeped through the signaled me to go to hi ? I whispered. ‘Policeman! he gasped, his face showing rt of a hue which « genu- hours in'that horrid store. Something broke and the car went to the roof and bumped so | hard I fell down and I couldn't get out, and | they could not get the car down, and oh! it was | dreadful. I fainted at first and it was along | time before any one knew I was init. Then came toand had to sit there hour after hour | hide of that poor martyred Newfoundland actually filled the air and a worse whipped dog never slunk from the field of battle. THE GUARD BAFFLED. He Couldn't Find the Dog, Although the Barks Were Continuous. From the New York Sun. Yesterday afternoon when the elevated trains were carrying four times as many passengers as they could accommodate the watchful guard beard a very plain and distinct “bow-wow- wow” right at bis elbow. With a “Who'e-got- that-dog” look on his face he turned to catch the offender, and the vision of a badly scared man and dog rushing rapidly down the stair- way loomed up before his excited imagination, but there was no nign of a dog, and with a dis- appointed look in his eyes he turned to shout “Chambers snakes” so loudly and realistically that he badly frightened a slightly intoxicated ger. Just as he had got on good terms with him- self again there came that bow-wow-wow right to get back to my own. lovey!” Tound arms were around his neck in a minut and a kiseing match was in progress, when it | was interrupted by a bell boy, who ushered in | abi , accompanied by the hated ex- | rival. ‘This detestable man was smiling in a most ex- asperating manne: This officer wanted to arrest me,” he said to the husband, “for eloping with your wife——” There was no necessity to finish the sentence. Tho husband swore a little to himself, gave the officer #10 gold piece and made # mumbling spology to, the young man, who was the only one of the trio who seemed to enjoy the situa- ————_+e+____ Mr. Winston and His Prerogative. ‘From the Chicago Post. “I never hear about the sacredness that hedges around an ambassador,” said a much- traveled Chicagoan in the Richeliea cafe in from ho corner next hii om jhe h the presence of @ reporter, “that I do not BT forks guven look | think of an incident to which I was an unob- at all the men inside and, seeing nothing satis factory about them, he chuckled, “Well, I swow, I thought I heard a dog.” Lickity-clip, lickity-clip, went the car wheels over the rails, and the watchful guard had al- most forgotten about the dog, when meow- meow-yow-yow-ow-ow-s-spit- a -spit-buf -buf -- see-6-see-6-vee came right up from behind a pa- per in the hands of a dapper-looking gentleman of perhaps thirty, with a cape overcoat, who was intently reading the last evening extra. ‘This time there could be no mistake, so, rush- ing up, Mr. Guard shouted: * fellor, we don’t have no dogs on inst the rules; yer must get off.” you say?” asked the cape overcoat served witness. You all remember the broad blaze of glory, that marked the path of that it diplomat, the gallant Gen. Winston, when je made his famous trip from Chicago to Per- sia. It was vin New ‘York, London, Paris and pretty much the entire continent. Do you re- member it? Of course. How absurd of me to ask. You may not know, however. that sign boards now mark that ‘path and that the tolls have been increased—but this by the way. I chanced one day about five years to be standing in a railroad station—I forget the name—just within the French border. A train from the other side came rolling in, and from one of the apart- ments stepped a most distinguished looking ntleman, his strong face adorned with a y mustache. Of fine physique he was tall, erect and all that sort of thing, and his glance, which swept the station like the rays of a policeman’s bull’s-eye, any observer Pomessing the slightest imagination would have likened to that of an eagle. Well, after sweep- ing the station pretty clean the glance fell ona pyramid of baggage at one end and thither the military-looking man walked with that grace- ful but confident tread that betrays the person- age of an old campaigner. Just as he reached the pyramid a custom house officer in uniform took hold of a trunk as if to open it. The military-looking man touched him on the shoulder and in English bade him drop the trunk. officer, who did’ not speak English, gazed at the ‘military-looking man in amazement. Then he shrugged his shoulders and made as if to carry the trunk away. But i i gman was averse, to, objections in excellent English, to which the customs officer replied with equally excellent French. From where I stood Teoul ldn’t hear that was said, but y. : {ie don’t want no dogs on here; that’s what I ‘ou heard me.’ “Yes,” replied the gentleman, as though he right;’ that’s right.” per. were a little deaf; Sante Then he returned to his pay “Well, you want to get off, see? You want to get off at the next station; you can’ have a dog = that ibaa 2 looked slight jo young gentleman an- noyed, Sue dia fot lose his temper. ~ “But I have no dog,” was all he said. “Ab, what are ye givin’ me?” shouted’ the guard sarcastically. “You know yer got a dog under that cape; come, get off.” “But I have no dog and I will not get off.” “You will not? Wal, you will just see; you're a nice fellow, you are; get, get, get.” “But I have no dog; ree for yourself.” Just as the train man leaned over to look there came from the young man’s overcoat bow- wow-wow-wow-wow, louder and louder. Every- body in the car had become interested, more especially as during the conversation the dog had given half a dozen sharp yelj seeing a half-dozen officers attracted by the Everybody expected to see a cute little dog n turned up from beneath the folds of the big | debate run up to the pair I approached. “As I gape,but they were disappointed, for investiga= | did so I heard tho military-looking man ex- tion ‘showed them no dog lay hidden there claim: ‘The guard was greatly ined at his mis-| ‘I tell you that I am the United States min- take and became madder and madder the fur- | ister to Persia! Can't you understand good ther he went, for sharp, quick and jerky first | plain English? (1 afterward learned that the came the yelps of the dog, and then the meow- | military man never would beliye that any one meow of the cat until street was reuched, | was so dull as not to understan/¥ plain English). when the cape overcoat got off. As he stepped | Iam on m: i to Persia and you have n on the platform he opened. his mouth andimi- | right to look fato my . “I'm no emug- tated the burk of a dog. ‘The guard saw it, but And what's more,’ he added, as the of- the gate was closed, the car was under motion | ficers surroun the and grabbed and he could not wreak his vengeance. several pieces, ‘I won't have youlook at it. “Say, young feller,” he shouted from the re-| Whereupon he sprang on the top of the ceding distance, “I will see Col. Hain and have | p: and, brandishing his cane in a man- him post a rule that nobody with a dog’s | ner that suggested to me brave Roderick Dhu, bark shall ride on these cars hereafter, and | played about him right vigorously and to the then'"—but the train had gone too far, and | Aisinay of the officers, who jumped’ back from, the wild gesture of impotent rage was left to|the pile and danced nimbly about as they sucked soundly thumped fingers. Cou! Ameri finish the sentence. | +00 » =| pele when tn eh bron he would © Metempasychosis, ve screamed his de! ixteen languages, From the London T ph. What would hav. the outcome had not the ficers come up at A fanatical believer in the doctrine of |fimutaay. When the oocgrrenee, entre metempsychosis—Madame Brochard of Vouv- | e: fohim he was furious, and was about ray near Tours—died recently, leavit to lead a charge on the military-looking ma: ry fo tho Avsistonce Pabligae Dane tric ct | into whose faco had come an expression sf jo money to the aque Department. | ong anticipation, when he thought fit to ad- ‘The will, naturally, was contested by the dis- | Gross him. ie ‘did #0 in English. inquiring inherited relatives of the deceased lady and | what he meant by such conduct. The military their case, which has come on before the Or-| looking man replied that he was the United leans appeal court, led to some peculiar dis- closures about the testatrix. Madame shard, who was a widow, believed firmly that her hus- band’s soul into the body of an omnibus horse and the animal in question was accordingly the object of her special venera- tion and even affection. She had also visions of | distributin, the periodical descents from heaven of one of her relatives, whom she believed to be ei in fulfilling the humble but useful funetions of o tor the celestial peer Some Things That ‘Deter Wemen From cult for great men of the ° ‘Marriage. she frequently evoked; hel ‘From the North American Review. versations with them, ‘There are three general causes which bring marriage into disfavor [with women]: thropy, higher education and self- prof josophical which are not destined tdce the light of publication. Other eccentric actions were re- lated of the testatrix, but the judges had heard quite enough to enable them ‘to make up their minds on the question of the validity of her Madame Brochard's heirs have won their case and are to enter into the n of the ie a : id that clephant-skin so: face assumes when he’s really ine African’ seared. “I muttered something that you'd better not print; if the officer's visit meant the notice of Araid, which we sometimes got in a friendly Way, or an order to close up for the night, why, up went our magnificent game. Besides, I dis- while the men were working. Ob, I’m so glad | liked to let the stylish guests present feel that | and two | they had been jeoperdized—bad future adver- | tisement for the place. So I told the porter to ive a bluff to anybody who inquired about me In the room, and I slipped outside to interview the cop in the dimly lighted vestibule. He was one Icould not remember as belonging in the neighborhood and that gave the visit a serious e. ‘What's up?” I asked, nervously. “He emiled, and with’a slight Irish accent re- plied: ‘Oh, just nothingat ull; yer needn't get | yerself ratiled in the least. The ‘captain has the risint of a Christmas check from some of the reach him until about an hourago. He's going to Boston on the midnight train to ep he sint me toask you if you will oblige him with currency for it. He's writ his name on looking check, drawn for 2250, bearing a lead- ing merchant's name as signer and Capt. —s ind “T can assure you the explanation and re- est put a more cheerful color to the affair. and drawing out five cris them to the policeman, with the check as well. modate him, that he may return the méhey at his ewn convenience, and that I prefer that he | me might compromise him.’ This was diplo- would help to strengthen my pull; make gs ‘All right,’ said he, turning to go out. ‘Let the porter bring out drink for you,” don’t want the old man to smell liquor on me; T'll have a cigar, though.” it and took the peculiar strolling gait of a cop toward the —th precinct. express package. It contained a police uni- form, helmet and all, a dark brown wig and a ‘I apologize for again intruding upon the pala- tial jungle of ‘he froyal Bengal of fel, bat, if you wil com tumer whcse card is inclosed, you maj keep the €15, deposit I left on them on the 24th it. ig storekeepers in the ward, but it didn't mas and he wants to take the cash with hi the back of it, and the wan handed me a neat: lorsement. Post no time in diving into my inside pocket “fell the captain.’ said I, I'm glad to yecom- should hold the check, as his indorsement to ‘more s See? gested. He declined with ‘thank ye, T T gave him ome out of my case; he lighted “On the —~ after Christmas I got an full dark sandy beard; also a note which read: kindly return these things to the Nothing mean about me.’” 00 FINS ON/HIS FEET. Billy Barber, a New York Fisherman, Who Has Never Worn Shoe or Sock. From the New York Herald. Billy Barber, sole owner of Barber's raft, on Wolf's pond, Sullivan county, N.¥., has a pecu- liar habit of going barefooted the year around, and it is said that he has never had on a pair of boots, shoes or socks. It is claimed that Barber was foupd on a raft up in “Old Sullivan” on a cold November day thirty-eight years ago, when he was about ten days old. Billy had not a particle of clothing on at tha‘ time, and how he came to be on the raft no one could over find out. It has been suggested that, Jonab-like, he was cast out upon the raft by a big pickerel. This looks almost plausible, for exposure has caused fin- like appendages to grow out of the sides of pedal extremities just like the fins on a erel, and between the toes he is webbed what like a duck. When he was found young Barber was taken in, cared for and reared to manhood by a poor but kind-hearted Sullivan county fisherman. He has never been away from home in his and has never seen a locomotive or steamboat or heard the tinkle of a telephone bell. He cares for nothing but fishing, and summer or winter you can find him on the pond either on Retoelihe ths peeve tubes thle yorellar lac e present winter this acter ean be seen daily standing on the. fee barefooted watching histipups, and he is har- ingafine run of luck since the new year opened. ick- some- Written for The Evening Star. * ‘Two January Days. L ‘On thiefair day, how warm, how bright, how gay ‘Smiles the great sun on his low love, the earth! In yonder sky how softly fade away ‘Toose snow-white clouds! Methinks there gently stirr'th ‘The sap in every bud, and bare, brown spray. ‘There comes a fecling forth abroad to stray; We crouch not, shivering, over stove or hearth; Light as the brooklets run our pulses play : ‘On this fair day. It seems as if the ghost of fowéry May id Chrint- | fifties. I handed | Redfern is generally considered a caterer for | Lan: | | who had | hard to realize that sorrow and death will one Tr EDUCATIONAL - ———___ Paris Dispatch to the New York Sun. 'YPEWRITING INSTITUTE, ROOM os TTa M. Germain Bapst delivered an interésting Teer pam taro Lx, So of the St. Tinion Club on panoramas. The inven- Tkw I ADIPS ART Pr mR, 1006 20TH sore Ca Loyal Woreter nagthoy o y— sal Bees ing View ST TACKS tion, he said, was due to a painter named Robt. ay ee oderate. (rcular® > close of the Inst century. In 1785 he,was im- prisoned for debt in the Scotch capital. His cell was lighted byan air hole in one of the | Salient. cute corners, which left the lower part of the room | tu and’ im such darknoss that he could not read the | Sinor ant letters sent to him. He found. however, abd Asher. wher he them against the of the wall lighted by the air hole the words became very t. The effect was most striking. It occurred to him that if a picture were in a cimilar position it would ve a wonderful effect. Accordingly, on his he made a series of experi- ments, which enabled him to improve his in- vention, and on June 19, 1787. he obtained a Patent in London, which establishes hi claim be the inventor of the panorama. The Lon- don artiste spoke groat contempt of Barker's exhibition. Panoramas had nothing todo with art. They were industrial «pecula- tions, and nothing mote. However, the *PRE_GATOLARD “SOHOOL Typic Catnectiret sve tenet eimen TALIAN METHOD), TH tan aud Spaniab languacse is DE LOZAN Conmecticut cnetiaeee * pt HOMME mfr na Poors ete Wenn anane now at 301 D st. ww. D WILFRIED MEYER, OA a. “JHE PARISIAN SCHOOL POR atom ‘DEX GARENNES. ONE To DRAW leenous.. No knows MEER among which were a view of the Engi: at Portamouth and the naval battle of June 1, 1795, the battle of Aboukir and other battles. "| J is After his success in Londc A. © STARIN'S BUSINESS 601 «n.w. Pull business course, #5 per. inont for ten ‘monte: day and evening. amon, fina ‘clans students. jaerared. dor cet trod: Pervic® exanunetions new m ot Dustreting to while Barker exhibited his London | b=: Rremng. 03 winch sc adents'atvance eit pictures in ‘Holland and the t German ei menthe, ties, E he was well received by |< the (press was not so unani- usa Hamburg paper said: “The view of the port of Hamburg, with its innumerable ships, seen from the top of the a eae ven dar, is infinitely more than oramas of Barker.” Robert Fulton ‘wold the patent. he bad ob- tained in France to M. Thuyer, and it was with ‘the proceeds that he was able to devote his | attention to the utilization of the steam engine in navigation. Thuyer hnd two rotundas con- structed on the Boulevard Montmartre in front | of the arcade which still bears the name of the Passage des Panoramas. There were exhibited pictures by Pierre Prevort and Constant Bour- | is. The Colosseam overlooking the Regent's , ‘was erected in London at immense cost and opened in 1829. The first view exhibited in it was one of London taken from the dome of St. Paul's. This was followed by a view of Rome and ae AS ‘one of — cones Accordit to M. it was Col. who made the first —y mprovement in pan- | fetrncy in oramic exhibition. “The view of the Battle of | Navarino was the first exhibited on the mew |” plan. The picture was so rkillfally combined with m: objects placed in front of it that the eye could not discover the junction. The illusion was almost perfect. In speaking of the noramas still exhibited M. Bapst referred to the view of Rio Janciro by Messrs. Merelie and verock, the bombardment of the Fort d'Iney by Philippotaux, in the Rotonde of the Champs Elysees, and the Bataille de Rezonville by Messrs. Neuville and Detaille in the Kotonde of the Ruo de Berr: The lecturer said that the latter was the best | executed and most perfect work of the kind. | The jury of the iast exhibition conferred on it | the ‘Grand Prix d’Honneur, the first ever awarded to 2 panoramic painting. In conclud- ing M. Bapst said that it would be enough to enumerate the names of t painters 10 devoted their talents to the production | of panoramas to prove that they were not to be | placed among the inferior works of art. They | Tequired for their production not only solid | and brilliant qualities, but special: knowledge and consummate skill in overcoming dificnities which were not encountered by the ordinary landscape painter. ————+ee —_____ FOR THOSE WHO MOURN, Redfern’s Latest Designs for House and Street Costumes, Inthe happy hours of every day existence, when all goes merry as a marriage bell, it is va ‘Typewriting, three New York Herald Mr. M. 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