Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1891, Page 13

UNCLE REMUS VIEWS. What He Thought of ‘the Exodus to Africa. A CONVERSATION WITH CHLOE Preacher John Henry Tells Why Negroes Should Goto Africa, and the Old Mun Tells What He Thinks of the Preacher—The Coon and the Polecat. ‘Written for the Evening Star. HE SOUTH to beaccounted for by the fact thnt the modern Feporter, sharp ax he is, has never yet learned the art of getting information from the negroes, particularly if they are disposed to hold their tongues. In truth, the African exodus, so called, is important as wellas serious. It is More extensive than the newspaper men have any idea of and has made a very deep im- * discovered this ~ while she was attending and heard a very inter- esting controversy in the bargain. The old man went into the kitchen, as was his custom joing tohis work. On this particular morning Chloe, the cook, seemed to be in wry good She saluted Uncle Remus cordial en. asked ina tone of friendly le Ain't you gwine home?” ‘Ain't I gwine whar responded Uncle hat I gwine home fer, when I des come | fum dar?” inquired the old man, looking at Chioe with a puzzled on. “Ab, Lord!” exclaimed Chioe, wiping the flour from her fat arma with ber apron, “you ain't been dar vit. You better git ready an’ How come I ain't bii I bin trollopin’ " Jar? You don’t speck uum post to pillar de joes vou? pel las’ night an’ ir! Tain't the indy of the honse. who came in just then, “Pm gine ‘row tighten up de chicken house en de sto’ room twel ‘is yer Attikin move i blowed over. Chiory dar “Mina Sally!" exciaimed Uhloe, “I'l batter quit here ef you don't make dat ole nigger man go on "bout his business. been in here quollin’ de whole blessed mornii é But before the lady could say any Uncle Remus was rapidly walking across the yard with a rake on his shoulder. Jorr Cuaxpuen Hamers a PLAYING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. How Two Little Girls Regard Domestic Mat- ters In the Executive Mansion. From the Youkers Statesman, Two little girls were playing “Come to see.” Each had a little playhouse under the apple trees in the rear of Little Nannie’s home, and they made pleasant but somewhat ceremonious visits toench other under the names of Mrs. President Harrison and Mrs. President Cleve land. Their conversation, however, was not always in harmony with the characters and positions of the ladies whose names they had assumed. ‘The dialogue ran something like this. Mrs. Harrison said: “I must get to work and make 8 pie for Benjamin's dinner. He always makes sucha fuss if I don't havea pie for dinner; and then I mustscrub out the halls. There's ight of work to be done here in the White ; Lknow,” replied Mra. Cleveland, pat- ronizingly. “There was when we lived here. Tt just kept Grover and me on the jump all the tie to Keep things looking decent. ‘Thats one Feason wo were glad to move.” “Tt does keep one busy,” said Mrs. ‘but Benjomin and I think it’s real pleasan here, and we're not going to move soon if we can help it; but well bave to keep « girl, I youTl need, one if you give such big parties as I gave,” replied Mrs. Clevelan “One has to cook up so much when it comes to inviting all of Congress to dinner. Congress men are such awful eaters that Mr. Cleveland often said it would break us up had to have them often. Dear me, I'm glad we don't live here now. “Well, there's one comfort, and that is that you ain't likely ever to have to live here again,” said Mrs. Harrison, consolingly. “Perhaps not—we sball see about that,” said Mra. Cleveland, stifily, aashe rose to go. But before she tock her departure she stated the original object of her visit, which set the two concenied iisteners off into shouts of laughter. “T came over,” she said, ‘to see if you would —_ rn? ae THE MASKED BALL. An Entertainment That Was In- dulged in by Our Ancestors, NOW RARELY ATTEMPTED. Gayeties That Used to Flourish in Alexandria in the Long Room of the City Tavern Over ® Century Ago—Washington and David Burns Used to Dance. ‘Written for The Evening Star. pur Was A SPLENDID BALL THAT was held in Richmond recently. Ladies and gentlemen gathered at the hall in old colonial costume and danced the old colonial dances to the tune of the old colonial music. Did it ever occur to Washingtonians that they live in the | these immediate neighborhood of a place that used | grand to be one of the gayest of all others in colonial lives, “Thelroubles days? A colonial ball might be given here in | lives. al : an historic old hall on historic ground, and the | Hey om trons Tom CUE, 89 enpeearine large membership of the two revolutionary so- | The cities suggests that it might be given by the | keener pleasu: descendants of historie men. ae rir’ In the olden times when men wore gold-laced | Fistor," the ‘minds amt ies coats and long silk stockings and pumps, with | sre not truthfull tilver buckles, and cues and powder; when | giva women wore taffeta and lute-string and wide puffed skirts; when men bowed low with the three-cornered het pressed against the heart, and the women dropped deep courtesies—in the old days of laziness and iteness and be lon gt mecrg gf peer ES centers of wealth and fashion in all market, it was a very busy shipping that is not the thing that interests us now. Tt night balls used to be held. ‘THE EXPIRING SEASCN. written by a Frenchman which is called “Mou Oncle Benjamin,” where the death of a certain iven a view of that they attended. ——_ ARROWS OF THE STONE AGE. Some Interesting Facts About Their Manu- facture by Primeval Men. across the river, Alexandria, was one of the | 6¢/[\.BERE ARE FEW THINGS MORE IN- teresting in this world than the instru- broad land of America. It was a very good | ment of warfare and the chase called the arrow, place, but | ittustrating as it does in ite development the ng the long room of the city {early history of mankind,” eaid Prof. Otis T. Trvern’ das, and where thoes glorious old bisth, | Mason toa ran reporter. teenth century the arrow was the most cele- brated and most widely distributed missile of ‘The expiring moments of the season in Warh- | destruction, when it began to be displaced by ington are at hand, for, alas, soon comes the | the bullet. Before it gave place to firearms I gloomy period of Lent. But the death of a gay | have no doubt it wrought more death than the season is not a lingering one. There is aatory | substitute has since produced. “The displacement of the arrow was tardy “Down to the fif- ¥. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY q, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. i) THEY RARELY REFORM Seldom Change Their Course, HOW THEY MAKE A START. One Term in Prison Generally Makes an Am- ateur Into a Professional Pickpocket or Burglar—How They Work in Gangs and Crowds—A Talk With a Detective, SOME STATES THERE ARE LAWS under which persons when first arrested are given every opportunity in the world to change their course of life. While there is no law in this city which provides for such a course the suspension of sentence frequently operates to ‘the same advantage; that is, where a person pleads guilty or is under conviction he is pa- roled, or, in other words, he is put under his own personal bonds not to repeat the offense, + | with the understanding that if he should or be guilty of any other violation of lawand thereby indicate that he does not intend to reform he will again be taken into court and sentenced on the charge of which he is under conviction, There is then no escape for him and he must 60 to prison. THE EFFECT OF A PRISON SENTENCE. When asked what effect it had on a person to tend him to prison, a detective of many years’ said to a Stan reporter: “The usua! fect is to make him a better and perhaps an xpert thief, for while in prison he has nothi to think of except new ideas in his line of busi- nessand he can concoct new schemes. Of course in some prisons the inmates have to per- form labor, and under the rules they are possi- bly not permitted to talk, but even so, when they are released they are generally able to tell what other prisoners were in with them and what were their offenses. When released from prison they come out as graduates in their profession ard return to their old habits with an idea that they are experts and cannot get caught, but, of course, they do get caught and are retnrned. Then term after term follows until they become hardened or what the law in some states terms ‘habitual criminals,’ ” ROW CRIMINALS MAKE A START, MOLLUSKS OF THE FUTURE. Some Specimens, Valuable Abroad, Which Are Worth Intredueing Over Here. “Mussels are a variety of shell fish, the great value of which for food purposes is not at all recognized on this side of the Atlantic,” said a natarelist to « Stam reporter. “This is cer- tainly very unfortunate, inasmuch as they contain, weight for weight, nearly as much of the nitrogenous matter which goes to make the muscles of the human body as is found in the egg. In London 1,000,000 quarts of mussels are consumed each year, by the poor chiefly, the market price being 1 penny a quart. The shell mounds found on various parts of the coast of England indicate that the prehistoric inhabitants of that country were even more alive than their descendants of today to the Usefulness of mussels and other shell fish de- spised by Americans as an article of diet. “Nobody in this conntry ever thinks of ea} ing peri whelks and ough in ‘England there isa great market for all three and they have an important the fish. erles industry. In London of wi apenny ® ‘consum Sina Tikewize. 2,500,000 quarts of whelks 730,000 quarts of cockles. This is in the mi alone. A single cockle fishery in Morecambe bay is valued at $100,000 yearly. The best cockles come from Stiffkey, in Nor- folk, and are known commonly as ‘real stuk to pel it ic, just y epenioe of 0 \¢ inor as man: pane fo. ie malupiige with ul bia Pidity. sand ite at i iS orga’ TRE PERIWINKLE. “The periwinkle is perhaps the best known the world over of all edible mollusks. It feeds Upon aige and is sometimes employed by oyster Growers in England to keep the beds clear of sea weeds. It is also serviceable for cleani: aquariums, Whelks are cheapest of all sea foods, retailing four quarts for s penny, whereas m cockles ard periwinkles poorer quarters of London by costermongera, and a large trade in them is done in public houses by venders, who supply their customers with the use of a small saucer and seasonings vinegar and pepper. “There are few stretches of our coast line where the cultivation of such eaible mollusks as these could not be carried on, but if such farming is to become @ successful industry, i A FAMOUS DUELIST. | Reminiscences of Alex. K. MeCtung, the Terror of Mississippi. | Thirty-five years ago, says the St. Louis | Globe- Democrat, the name of Alexander K. Me- _ Clung was known and feared all over the state | of Mississippi. He had come out of the Mexi- can war with a dangerous wound. received at the storming of Monterey, while at the head of his regiment. He had killed several men in street encounters and under the cruel code duello, and he was known asa man of daunt- less courage and imperious temper. Few men | of his day entered life with fairer prospects of | achieving an honorable aud enduring fame. In | Sofme respects be was «natural “Admirable | Crichton” among men. He was postessed of # | magnificent physique, and was a born soldier, poet, orator, but he died before his splendid gifts bad hardly begun to germinate. |The curions lover. of rom! rado-duelist’s raged at'an segaaintance ine pub | instead of sending the usual formal challenge he kicked the offending party out the front | door.” A short time after this, at another pub- | ie place, McClung saw the same pereon kick another man out the door. Very much amused and now in hnmor the duelist pleas- antly called attention to the coincidence be- wSThate allright, Col McClung “That's t, ._ McClung,” retorted poy kicker, “you and I kuow who to Tradition says he never quailed before dan- Ser or seemed to be satisfied with the courage of his antagonist, except upon one occasion. Having passed a challenge the offender chose bowie knives in a darkroom. Each was totake jis stand in an opposite corner, when, upon a | given signal, the seconds were to extinguish | the lights, lock the door and retire; then the ing | two were to meet and cut till one or both were | A killed or satisfied. Knowing McClung to be expert with pistol, sword and kuife the chal- lenged party remained perfectly still. in his |corner, while the desperado went plunging ‘around inthe dark like a madman, hacking | and slashing as if in close encounter. " Finally, after several minutes of this terrific test of the nervous itt, yet feeling conscious. th in mortal danger, it is mid his courage for the time failed him, and the hero of a dozen des- rate fights stopped short and cried out Where are you?” and demanded that the door has | only tobroach the subject of “MeCiang” to]? old residents to hear thrilling incidents of | <° the ngs. ¥ Sag ETGN a CORRE ~ py aot Srvaniae ran, Aa co PHN Toisoman teeny? Ms. = SoROoL OF Wteic sanders « borers sou Ck FXAMINATION . 80d sreara’ 1; Rforwuation exper Sty Naslential yrs ate cry study. Spenai instruction to adults whowe Wess ewie tel. Prepare’ i * a Lak! p SCHOOL. tase r : ALLARD SOO OF, giz, Comme tut ove, trae fe Pt ea ee mney tog Paha Woy abr uinuster of pablic inatru: toe bee Sha Lundreds of leans nducatore of series. (Nee © Vauiy chenana ond’ pet ‘ea. areuiare. ANITT_OF HORTON, New Euwlamd ANG AND RARWONT er atewee hs Mena: Weonetta ave. 8. MER OF PIANO. ao ine we wee Sod readegs and performers. iN ITALIAN METHOD), THE pPeHiatian asset, D-GAiL neg DE LOBANO, and Paris, "1017 Comnectiout sv, Jard School of Lanswages Aw gone (GUARANTEE TO TEACH awy On GU ee eae LAtieg ART PakLon aba ay ie = ab go in for tt on lines parallel to be opened. “He was satistiod When the lights | for ten i i | Col. McClung was white a, : “ow does a criminal usually make a start?" yy the agriculturist. When man | were restored ' jung ase vice exauinatiuns, pew snetiod "or ah eon Monday be invited all his boon com- | brought abou’ not by the facility with which | se aetective was asked. Cxtends the same care and attention to the | sheet. talk purtier dan what | lend me Mr. Harrison's pants pattern, I ve got | jolly old man ia described. Knowing he should |¢Ve® i the birthplace of firearms, and was Hosny, he did, dat to make Mr. Cleveland pair and I haven't a | JU cheering. ba mutch studente edvamoe . é shores and bed another occa madi " Shoriiand ama T tree er Af ica | co res on he’s real particular | pgnions to a feast on Sunday evening and made | the musket soutd be handled, but by the effl- | «tte makes his start," responded the detect- | may oe pene deere! Peal wg fh hen a to a little ahora ae boty owe | _sie eee fell he make | Qvviic latghier. that followed this speech so | M@‘Y with them, unti! Monday morning, when | ciency of armor against the more primitive | ive, “by robbing small stores aud candy shops. | proved in England that an acre of shore culti- | have carried around upon his shoulder, for S'givk MAMIANO Mai Mr LTR | oftensied both ladies that they left the White | MO gala bis debs to nature and wat car-| weapon, In lands distant from the onnter of | tte stealing candy or tapping the ill-juat | vated with massels as an arable farm will yield | physical strength was artother one of his pata: | > “sel method IDM. nw talk er eve | Hote at once, although Mry, Harrison bad not | by'his expremed command, wore gay boiquets | EWrpean cultnre the arrow has not yet disap- | Thick is the easiest 10 do. ort of a start “scrubbed ont the hail c x ta turprive and amusement the } | New York Herald-Mr. Mt Maina, the Proubett, bas in thetr Button holes. : siete is made >; meaking intoa store alone | man proved game. Walking up to his tower- Yoice and slid excellent white folks preachers in so with the passing | peared, and the day of its birth is hidden in the | 1 7'th, king ont again or going in with | years old or Jess. Any one going into the busi- | ing antagonist and sbaking lie fist im, his fece, a‘ John Henry a candle when be git up ~ eee away of the “season.” It dies with glass ip | remotest past. ‘The continent of America origi- : ; ' S + | kening Teleoram. New York Sienor Me, John Henry a candio when be gop SRE AISE, Sherty ling nd nein’ ow | sy test past. The continent of America origi-| some companions, ard. after accomplishing | nes would 10 well to kecp am aquarium, in |becuclaincd, pltistopinclcn wte ful of Seah hd seed seus ea Ba their work the; ® break and run, | whick he sould carry on experiments and con-| “Col. McClung, I'l! let y ‘Smetl boys in that its life for the winter of 1990-91 ia ap- roaching its end we may look back upon ite . Saag é ; sins indig- | Seasonable Suggestions and Every-Day Hints | Perccr and wonder how it compares with other | almost with the firet use af stone for his arrow | 2fovee t2 Yee career of crime, and much of it | tm this direction, and who is fond of outdoor nt of the winged messenger. rimaitive man ‘became a” mineralogist ton what afterward | duct investigutions. A person whose tastes lie | sardine if you are a whale pusitcabioxtes |) o : 1ag et age te Preach unahrouky Mise i me McClung laughingly shook bands with him | HELEN A. RAKTWE “ ‘at tan “ sould be ted by its whi ‘mit | ¢xercise, will find such water farmit | on the c PHE AKT STUDENTS: TEAGUE, 600 F ST Tain't for Practical Housekeepers. seasons that have preceded it. It has beon | heads, for he bud to conshler Sansity | heir children to ron ai large and renin ia | nial oocdpation. Most of the operations eSu- |"Am wiotote Terreheter, of Col, McClung, | Ltiamsialy ip pottins al tate Ha prolitic of toas and ‘dineing parties and there {and toughness, and it was not long, perhaps, | the streets at all hours of the da nected with the cultivation may be carried or. | which mney or not be Gospel truth, but | Bestgsnagts: ,Jnstructors, aN Boge. ssid Chloe, somewhat | Pextep Firsents axp Pecax Nuts, browned | have been a number of grand balls. More | before colorand translucency became importunt “After all,” remarked the offi in hght, fat-bottomed boats, or men with high is at least plausible as being in line with his between, Wrought up. i ane and salted like almonds, make an excellent side | than ever before have there been hundreds of | considerations throngh the associations of ideus | auestion of companio1 sea boote can attend to the beds. It is colored folks ali dish. magnificent dinner parties, and more than ever | of a mystic nature. When an arrow head was ¢ first arrest often at the mussel farmer shall have his pro-|was in the habit of visiting a lady at Mobile Ir i Sam Tuat To Darsx Swart Minx after | before has Washington vociety been a mixture ae oe ong nanry first to pecure the | ful prisorers a chance to turn their course and rays covered with water, and for this | whom he admired. One evening when calling cating onions wil purify the breath ao that n0| pleasant surroundings. There have been sov- | countless fragmenta of fekable stones over the others who retura to he police sation isa chor | gan tron whe toe catbarherean tesco | henotioed Qhat she seemed nervous and ag gilgr wil remain. , A cupful of strong coffee is| eral fancy dress balls, but, where, oh, where, is face of the country, and these were gathered | while again charged with larceuy or tomeother | inclosure will retain about « foot of water ut sounded slong ihe comiatr ead oan kad tS PENS AMEN so recommended. Pee the eee all nnd met aber vem | and utilized: but when such materials becaine | cffense akin to it. A work house sentence is | low tide. ‘The place chosen should be very fla jeame on the door, which had been hurriedly | PIANO A SPECIALTY priest at tsi ; has pacer eae Fret er 0 one bp copdarmay Medion: wag aaecried 00: ‘hte tak — aa followed by a short term in jail. Time after | sheltered, and with as narrow an opening to | closed by the lad; The knock was followed by | —“—* / ‘ME | latest favorite dikhes for the br 5 5 . time a young man appears in the prisoncr's | the sea as possible. a gruff voice demanding admission. The fair |S HOw THAND. ia bis eas 0 up some blotting paper for the bottom | Yet Alexandria many, many vearsagowns where | COvery thet freshly exhumed stone was more | dock aid as he grows older in years his educa- S ict eces- | well-known character. The story goes that he acher call hisse’f me up here en ¢ ain't know his own A ae Hart, i I a lained to the colonel that they were | Sciency'n cumerenthe Seat fee penny hes , ; easily worked than that seasoned by long oxpo- | tion in crime is’ advancing ‘wih much iore ne em both fa imminent ‘the gentiem belpad’to oltsin poutican ype able duction. “Hirer John Henry know und cover it with the gray Florida | these splendid affairs flourished. It wason those | sure, and thus the art of quarrying came into | 82°, ‘Mussels find destructive foes in sea gulls | both in imminent peril, as the gentleman on | beirsd'ts olin postions. Oy i ee couldn't « telked no puttier dan ef he'd ee eee es ey eee occasions especially that the grand belles and | existence. : Peltor mesma y turns up in the | oa crows. ‘The latter birds eelze the shell Ash ee bes seo rpeseemayey. ULWEN.” seed it 1 e¥ Beaxs or Corres serve as 8 town periodically and insisted much against her will on visiting her. “Let him in!" said McClung. : beaux forgot their dignity in the certainty of BARLY QU/RRYING. mina i manecan Ga & Gea and, flying up into the air, drop them upon the ded sriz+r if b unt on coals or paper. Bits of = a po ae de cove eevee: “In past ages rocks were extensively broken| Ho ig eithor a can or ® pick aw t, and | Tocks and eo break the shell and get ot the r Cc 2 ngured UnleReman | un nner pure "vt = OPO) BGR ie aoulr si aed be 1 [8P bY th fovone of natare aod conatlow num | he oe setenoeitawe has © goolot bed | ete Olber su birds ‘sallow the iris | "Oh, but hel caf be por indy come frum ‘way off yander | for sleeplessness is to drink hot water. It can | een in the long room in the city tavern when | in belo of mravel aueg_&e tends of trae canpieee bedi iy poet tae cece in | fatal poisoning have resulted trom the eating a) Be end my Ragan flamer g Myf ic lake it an’ buy tickets ter | be heated over the gas or over a spirit lamp. | a grand masked ball wns in progress. Might | In this Process all the soft and friable | favor of making him a better expert in his par- | Of mumels which are supposed to have been | giared at the man he looked upon aean it He say he done got de tickets | and one w sho as it will tind himself going of | not a Indy tap a gentleman upon the shoulder — | stones were reduced to powder, while the | ticular line of business. ‘In a short time after rogers f wae eee wd Fasgs The starh cn truder. stribbit um “fo long, des soon | to sleep like an infant. Ray, upon, the cheek even—with her fan, when | tough, Ginty, flakable pieces were selected and | making the star: as a criminal the young man | $6 starfish, which is po ree aertah | ssSee here, young man,” he yelled, “climb out | S' To Cvne 4 Frxox mix equal parts of strong | be, seer soul, knew not who ne waa? And Prosarved, as if by intelligent design, for the | joins s ‘gang’ or ‘mob’ if he is inclined to pick tin with Helive Ragern and. pe ayy latter | Of bere, and don’t waste any time. ammonia and water and hold your finger in it | might not a gentleman = — of | use ropa’ heaton og Lb gedtrener es pockets, for they always work together. These opens lightly to brente it i its stomach |, Col. McClung was reclining on a sofa, his Scien ets Spite" stated eh | and unalcrabig™dovotin, “eaing™™ that [piesa te rockin place wore necked | mea fousy atcpariee “Hones cots | tt the Sad of te" maa "tad aimee i ed, fering ely" abit huni "Wiiboat intare arouad the eet Le eit [she ‘Knew not from whoss’ fipe the | splinters betag broken ‘olf thems and’ inane: | encahet ea ar erreemm Home are known | contents of the ehell. Evenrate eta mesaste changing his position he simply sched thoriver Emel drys wound thefelon and Keep it there | Tog “came? There wae always ‘a ttle | wore followed Seep into the enrih’ In ariartes | “eines! The ae areaenm aS victim | Oe eee anyone you know who T am, sir?” chide | Ovstexs 4 14 Poruerre.—Save and strain the | Nisimes practiced at these balls, for two pec- | there are pits dug in, the solid rock to the| called the ‘mark.’ "The plunder is called the | §° into mussel culture on the apm xo, and the difference; you clear meen mpi capstan ppt ple, Dertay oyerucemy penceas se one ~ ee) a nty- jel oe width | ‘swag.’ oe iba udnsated ko Ime Ohare senliome een ae out vided | liquor of twenty-five oysters, setting other, were apt to identify each other by covert | of 100 feet or more, while io other | a ‘mark’ is selected the ‘stall,’ who is : : , with, ‘ wement, MeCh themselves in adeep dish. Mix over the fire | signals and then would begin such fierce love | states similar phonomena have been observed. | usually the heaviest of the crooks, gets him in | PFeciate their value as food. ‘The eame is to ee nn ae = mavens, ations till smooth two tablespoonfuls of fresh butter | making as only our ancestors wore capable of. | In the District of Columbia extensive quarries do 8 uttered a dismal groan. Tom-en-Jerry | ” exclaimed dat what he name.” imed Chloe, trrning on Bouncement eavies id of the periwinkle, cockle and whelk. But | drawled: ite AW ype ; “ ~ position, the ‘wire’ comes along and gets the | **4 Lae le “Well, Iam from Mississippi, and my name | #26 Miis. SAKA‘A. SPENCI ‘an’ nobody else ain't ablespoon! Why have they not bequeathed to ustheir arts of | were opened in the gravel-bearing bluffs and | ‘swag.’ ‘If the ‘mark’ discovers that’ he has | it i# worth while to communicate knowledge on ¥ f ]RIENDS SELECT SCHOOL, 1s) 187 Aw, Dataatty abeet a tals pict er tate ioe | iruiniet Malcacecchey maa muse ativenat |ailies caer oe et cee eae naturally suspecte the ‘stall’ on | this eubject as widely as may be, particularly at | 6 heyander Meclung. | il give you ten eec-| WEEDS SELECT SCHOO ISL LSE he e = this time, when methods for farming the water | ©D‘18 to vacate the room. eexes. ‘year ju “I have time to spare, colonel,” said the cap- | § "Sint ot gradual i thinning it with some of the oyster liquor; at resent day can pay such delicate com. | secured and worked. at the last stir in the yolk of two eggs, lift-the | plimenta or make love ‘so gracefully as could | “The extent of this in histor pan off the fire, stir in about a desert spoonful | Our ancestors who made merry in xandcia | has not until recently sso,” said Uncle Remus, rub- thoughtfully. “Dey er lots too account of the position in which he is found, 3 - as well as the Jand are being developed and | Tein 'ach | with She"batgy teceus the'irc ar <r | ghen man begining to fokforetcd in| it abe muda hr tin fort gor, of lemon juice, and pour it, as hot as possible, | over one hundred sears ago. When the masked | work has been considered beyond the powers | turned it over to another pal," who has. disap- | ime in the not distant future at which he will | 5 Col walter inhi Dheok G aeoee over the oysters. goeurred It may be depended pon there |of savages, and when the anclent pits were ob- | peared. ‘The professional pickpockets do most | derive sustenance more from fishing than from | Jackron, weltering, in his blood, with one of ee oe A tA CnEam.—Take a | ¥eF@ many vows of eternal fidelity given and | served they were usually attributed to the gold | of their work in. large crowds such as are at- | *6ticulture. existed but that be bad taken his own life. ‘The 7 — ee recei hunters of early days, and in the south are still | tracted by celebrations, or in any gathering = causes generally given are two—remorse be- Ter rather stale sponge cake which has been baked | “Tt is a pity that degenerate descendants} known as Spanish diggings. From Maine to| where there is any large number of people. cause of the men he had slain and disappoint- My ina deep fiuted mold, place it ona gines dish. | of the olf maskers; should have allowed the | Oregon anc’ from to Peru the hills and | Crowded street cars, railroad stations and ment in not receiving a foreign oficeet the | “1% Seerdine and ta make several tiny holes in it and pour over it | masked ball to become such an unusual occur- | mountains are scarred with pits and trenebes. | connty faire are alco favorite placey of these hand of the whigadministration be had worked | _ Four comm wit as muc'r of the sirup from a trimmed pine- | rence. Nothing can be jollier. ‘There can be| rue axcitwr MBTuops or quamavina | workers, to place in power so far as Mississippi was con- | STUD Hor, arnolsaient for belt aad epg, “ leas it will absorb, adding the sirup a| no formality, there can be no introductions, t well ki ‘1 io te t ‘SURGLANS TAKE MORE CHANCES. ey P Course of study thorough and complete, with: ke me say whatT does,” said | little at a time about hour, | there can be no snubbing. The fan becomes | *T 20¢ well known, and up Present ts mess mae Py ndly and confiden- | until the cake is thoroughly saturated. ‘Chop greater and greater until the hour for unmask- time no tools have been discovered save rude ‘With burglars or housebreakers,” he con- Porte he Sewers torent ot to bloom, 3 ii-blood nigger. von | 4 few slices of the pineapple, just roughly, put | ing arrives and then introductions become | stone hammers improvisedfor the purpose. | tinued, “the same rules are observed. This ‘Tome thy breath would be perfume— go ‘long wid us. ¥ itaround the base of the cake for a border | necessary, because, peradventure, you have | Picks of bone or antler and pikes of wood were | class of thieves, aa well as those who pick My light would be thine eyes. come an’ go home ter Af ver the whole some delicious thick | been having a most enjoyable time a little | probably employed. Associated with these | pockete, travel in ‘gangs,’ although ‘they take th for any. ‘Principal. Ofice hours, 31 4p-a “I dunner what you want ter run down yo" own color fer, Chloe. “Better leave dat fer de white folks.” “Whose colo ired Uncle Remus, with “Ef dat ar John Heary ain’ ‘sarank merlatter es di a aenenevemeionas ERVICE INSTITUTE AND wae collere. 10th st successfully for civil service, sus exayninatIOn® A Serenade. ‘The stars are bright in heaven, my love, ‘Lire flow'rs bloum o'er the lea; But sweets below und ligitts above Are dim, are faint, to thee! ‘erade- tuon upon the certunenls Meoweet Teens Sale of the Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago. | 9,{i0% "70" {he cortuicate a The sale of the Dayton, Fort Wayne and Sonia we a sn Dora HaRvEY Vroomax. | Chicago railway to the syndicate that controls i AND WM. D. CABELL. John Henry say dat de fuli-blood col cree Sprinkle freely with blanched almonds | while before with somebody you did not know. | pittings are ample evidences of the object of | more desperate chances. Instead of sneaking a majority of the stock cf the Cincinnati, Ham- 1e07 3 got mo) pint blank rights i» Af ica den all de | and pistachios cut in very thin strips and ean- | There is only one disagreeable thing about «| their “excavation, Great heaps or eneteling | thelr hand inte a man's pocket they Jay their | Lewistown, Mont., has been visited by fire, | slton and’ Dayton railway as been confirmed | Mt hour 10to 1 etock daly except Sum Senta he yuther folke put together. Erer John Henry | ied’ cherries cut in quarters and serve. masked ball. It is almost unbearably hot. | ridges of refuse, in cases containing hundreds of robbery in advance and when 15.800 lose, | in court. job | causing #15, : aut ‘The face is the one part of us that we hardly | of tons of the refuse of manufacture—frag- | is completed they usually secure enough to bas 4 x s = 1 ns Jeane! against the wall and | | 4% OvE lenges lara phral-| aver cover up, but on this occasion you Koop | mente, flakes: faiheree aod ole pene [easy | for ae hie eect only applics Chloe, ignoring the old man’s ap- | Clan Inan essay on ven pepe’ ‘ver | it hidden behind silk or pasteboard or wax for|and left behind when the work ended—are | to professional bucglars, because the amateurs parent contempt for the scheme, continued | stop up a fireplace in winter or summer, where | jours, and you dance and excite yourself be-| found. A study of this refuse usually indi-| go on the rule of catch-as-catch-can, and that after a litt) ¥ living being stays, night or d It would | sides. In former generations, when the wax | cates clearly the nature and extent of the work | is why they are so often caught while in the “Bi © about ag absurd to take « piece of elegantly | mask was generally worn, it used absolutely to | carried on. In all these quarries of early days | house or soon thereafter. 288 | tinted couft plaster and stop up the nose, trust- | melt from the heat of the face, and sometimes, | the leading feature of the work done seems to| ‘This sort of crime,” concluded the detective, | From Scribner's Monthly. sax | ing to the accid sntal opening and shutting of | too, a fair lady would faint. have consisted in selection of suitable | ‘always seemed to me asa disease. Those who « = el the mouth for fresh air.” * DAVID BURNS’ PRETTY DAUGHTER. pieces, which oe ae on the spot to forms [rep tao mode Red ae are Peony ind toa that] Viirs axp Owen Anticurs or Warre Lace Approximating the final objects. flakes | class of persons who have to steal for a living, Maange Oe ie cael io Guin mee SSS Steere SS enn et es tL ekki, Gan take ere Land ee aoe Soe eee es eh here | ™43 y pasting them in @ strong | had masked balls. Has anybody ever heard | fvil un, reduced to general shape and to size | not have to work. aay of them have all the loose out yander | lather of white soap and clean water. Let them | of David Burns? There are few citizens of the convenient for tion, were taken away | luxuries of life at their command, but for some Joel ast TUM ey | simmer slowly for a quarter of an hour. Then | pistrict who do not know his little cottage at| to be subsequently chipped’ Into. their feet | unknown reason they refer tosteal, and would er de white folks taki ie {hem out and squeeze them well, but avoid | the foot of 17th street. ‘There are few who do | shapes. Fire was often employed as.an aid. | rather associate with thieves than live among sme dex come de col-| rubbing chem. Rinse them in two cold waters, | not know about hie daughter, the beautiful | “The flaking of stone, specially that part of | honest people as respectable citizens. In many y here is got _ter fight "em. ing to the Inst a Grop of liquid blue. | Have | Maria Burns, the heiress of Washington. In |itrelating to the making of arrow points, is | cases it is only the result of a desire to be it) = _ T HE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 723 4th ot. nw. Best and Most Practical Instruction, THE PENALTY OF INQUISITIVENESS; OR, THE CRANE AND THE CRANIUM. MS SUSAN ANDREWS RICE, 4 rs ure. ote. Be etttiticate of NF. Conservatory. sholy way dat, kaze I hear some cle: veak gum arabic water or 1802 the Congress of the United States met for | often on of as a k but it is still | tough, and that idea is often brought about b:; SCH RRISTON "im wid my own years. ee | thin starch or rice water. Pass the articles | the first time at the federal city and ona mem-| practiced by many of cer aboriginal tribes, reading wild and exciting stories found more oar thig and, a ES The only cominent that Uncle Remus made ) throug it aud clean them by clapping. Then | ber of Congress who came never returned to | and it appears that almost any one can learn | in cheap novels than in real life.” 2 ish, ‘tnd German. terns S200. ; —e san.” Chice went on. | are hem Gant: — pin = dry on | his native haunts in New York save as a visitor. | by a little practice to do the work.” eo E er now . er groan, nt on. " a as even as pos- is man “You may well ter grounef youain't gwine ning out all the be ee ee ee How White House Utterances Travel. n . jops and fastening rin Burns, it be de- “ sith pus. When dry fay thin muslin peat Colin “frequently a8” tho Steam Life Boats, oe pele ee each ‘ York woman visiting in Washington smoothly over them, and iron on the wrong | Pusked Is’ that were. given by the|_ At the Society of Arts, Adelphi, with Prot.| A New iting gt side. teenies reciente eho cone Wear Francis Elgar in the chair, says the London | Tecently has this to say: “The day after my A Saxp Bao Wire 4 Prusm Coven is a most | to spend the season. Well may it be imagined | Daily News, Mr. J. F.Greon explained his | **rival I went with my hostess upon round of useful present to any one who drives much in | that he penetrated the sweet 's disguise | steam life boat, which goes by Jet propulsion | ‘at homes.’ It happened that at the very first wintry weather. A canvas bag contains the | 4% whispered to her all sorte of {]on the hydraulic principle. The boat Pince I met a Senator's wife, who told me in : 5 ‘ahs | Speeches. Obstinate old David Burne might sit | 7 ny ple. “The ‘was | the course of the conversation that Mrs. Harrix tay ‘oun’ yer?” | Tht hich should mot be packed too tight. | ahd rail agaiust modern times and curse hig | launched in May last. Her mean draught was | gon said so-and-so in Now York wann renee “How long is dey gwine ter stay ‘roun’ yer?” | ‘This may be warmed at any time in the oven | fortune—he was the only man on earth who | then 1 foot 113 inches, and her weight 9 tons 8 | abl cheap place to buy shoes. There was Unele Remus red, straightening himself | and then clipped into the’ cover, which is «| was made rich despite his earnest disapproval—| owt. she averaged » mean speed of over nine | nothi ing in the remark, yet being a up. ea pizeb or volves beg vith handles like a child's | Sct the dashing ‘Van Ness and Bares’ sweet [vets cc howe enters draught, but under | White House utterance it remained in ty ‘Tell de ship come.” said Chloe. school bag. This placed in the carriage or | daughter, Maria, were going miles through > A mind. I soon discovered it remained in the Al-y le Kesaris. “Twel de | sleigh wil retain the heat a long time and give | Svufand'mire to meet efch other at ‘all natural deaught, with 290 revolutions, she does | minds of other persons as well Theveiees lowed. Dey | great comfort home wid us, kaze we red folks is done comm comin’ here fum por min’ wha il er gwine. Dec ANNAPOLI8, MD. 7 tees 7 Th talaga cTAL AT TENTIO Tuer REFAkATION OF CANDIDAT NAVAL ACADEM a Eg Seer “sans LL.D. P.D. x he Sime oe, The: ced balls for Bi pont five knots. She has been brought from | that after in th y Sela eta fies. ‘There were no mask for Burns. roug' rnoon, in three separate places and b; me, en betwixt ——_ +0 | ergs hy style—at leost that is not the | full speed todead stop in thirteen seconds and | three different persons, Twas told of Mrs, Hee, i ' Who gwine Jason Was Off on Distances. impression that he hus left upon posterity. from dead stop to gathered headway in four | rison’s discovery in the shoe line. When on From the yw York Sun. seconds. Her engines are of the horizontal | tho next day a fourth woman bepon the auton Rea eee WRY HE 18 COXSIDERED CuOBs. . Bree Teed ene ahen ioe oie, | “Perhaps you gents would like to see a work Perhaps posterity is unjust to the old man’s | $71 Paci Ape poromargc in Idee a} She Laaent canes is bec taee., ben T began Day lad ter work daz—let "em work | of art” queried the farmer with the fur cap | memory, but, perhaps for alight reason orig-| the propelling’ machinery mae eobeactea ne | Soe sons informed mo wat the, Presi: and cardigan jacket. inally, bois, generally associated in our mind | Messrs. Thoruyerott & Go. of Chis dent's wife's opinion was of the price of shoes No one encouraged him by look or word, but | with ideas of ll-humorand crabbednew—a sort | Communication with the engine room {s| at thisNew York shop, tis altect me ostons he carefully unrolled a paper, spread out a| of Thomas Carlyle of the distant past. Yel, | maintained by means of & bell and speaking | Mrs. Harrow should har mew gee aborting Sr eal cal the only tangible reason for this supposition is | tube. The sailing powers of the boat have bees | more than one person if iolecs are cen fe pont ad i trea te eanibited e rather | ghat ‘he is anid to have spoken. disagreeable | well tested and sho sails well off the wind. |it et all. From the pertinaatr vite chee ne pen and ink drawing of a tombeto ted, however, I was forced to the con- “Lain't so mighty sho" workin Unele Re m post hurt deyse'f wid wo 7 H words to the founder of the federal city, Gen. | Much attention has been devoted to her steer | was repeat “Artist up at Syracuse did it for me, Wi . “I suppose, Mr. Washi ing gear, which, for additional security, is two- | clusion that even in a court of republican sim- 5 plained. ho once exclaimed, or is said to have ex-| fold. Tho boat which is named the Duke of | plicity the utterances of the throne are very I EVER BEEN to foller claimed, “I supp: Northumberland—has been stationed at Har- | highly > 4 LF “For going fo wakes i ‘ou as pure | wich since September and has been out in sev- a SE = iG Bete. t. Forty fve years experienre: ia on ' oe ve ee oy ee a be hoe rain; but ar ge ey if you se. repre vas Se effect that ‘The Ww reatest Cataract. ANBOOD USING A vor ll dey get , . 8 to the memory of Jason married the widow Custis?” ‘on every oc behaved splendidly. From Goldth ete a'r grow bush; Clark, who died, &c. It'll be the finest thing "This is all there is inst old ‘David ot iwaite's Geoxrap! Mire vidin Burns. nothing to show that he objected to attending masked balls or that he dis- | prom the Boston Courier. man? uded Chloe snap- ir do wid it?” ed Uncle Remus tri- * wa Seager com ot Barvow Get. AS Dae ried. 6 ‘Never sick a day in his life, and was killed " Di ie 7 < —% deader'n « door nail when he went.” Maybe Burns went to porties himself | A Bostonian who bas been in Iondon a good | tic ooean at Hamilton inlet, falls, : inee of chatwe Hours re aioe bees ung. But for che slight speseh | deal relates that not long since he had the | which if ovecsining worst atotn eee 7 wet-See: Beagle ae i that he could hoof has ; the | honor of dining with one of the oldest of the | re) are the in the I'he come within tom foot of doing it, tos, “Seon O18 Devil | companies in that olty, when he was shown on | nurlt, “hoy are only about 160 miles up the ne throwed him about seventy feet, abd he the loving cup, which was passed at the oon-| fiom? teens oa Bioney, en makin’ re: Aftiky ever er dee ex swarmin’ ter “A ‘makin’ ready lead when they picked him up." anne en bee tren enced all srguna | chasion of the tuner, the date i0ss. Heed from Ragland ¢6 vist thetes pete yd ter cross Atl ‘twont mo’ | “It was too bad,” sighed one of the group by | if he ever attended a masked bali in Washing- | been told earlier in the evening that the hall of | ganiso@ a little dua kya um eros town’ on back. En yit, | wey of sympathy % to accompany him inland 1 whieh bas been hed been burned to the ground miley of the fall, ere yor ts talkin’ ter mo uvut bein’ er white | "Yeu He lot the $2 by @ mighty clogp | te''was the scone of mous of hie daaing. Bice | Hee ee a oe eee burned to the ground in hee te ee nesta eee ah ceo folks nigger. R | shave. Probably stubbed his toe somehow. is a letter of his written so late as November which the com; had had been the failure of his provisions. The Labrador “I don't keer; T don't kecr! exclaimed | Poor Jason! Powerful good boy, but a little | }799° fect fone betes ter oer oe that he remarked that of course iis cup was | Inline ras” these Chice. “I know what Brer John Henry say.” _ | off on distances. wi be in- | @ reproduction of an older one. avoid them, believing that “Oh, no,” was the answer, “this is the orig- Sie it they look uy them. The Ef dat ar white in’ ar epnt Now was this preserved in the great as be was ascending the river F A L agt af sonbEF BSE LES im An English View of It. like de coon did de polecnt.” = 3 - From the London Graphic. “Go of fum bere! ‘id Chloe. *' om — coon do?” ere said: Chine. “What de | sgong those millionaires whose sccumulated “One mighty col’ day Mr. Coon was layin’ up | doliars have made the United States of America Jn bis house, which be call it de Moller Tree | so famous we are likely soon to have to include Tavern. “He wus ail quiled up in dar warm en | sir. John Ir Sullivan, who recently focscck the when he year somebody kuockin’ at de | ~~ oO" anil du Iit'us Mz. Polevat, Sir Coon sy, Wis | priae ring for the stage. Mr. Sullivan's pro- i B, H H pe H F 3 PEE H § a | 5 i . a a Fr : 3 i i ES dar? c. | uin Alr. | fessional income amounts, it seems, to the por- | six feet tall and taller, 00 grave and solemn ‘Coon say, ‘Wat you want” Mr. Polecoat say, | tentous total of £500 week. Seeing that | and austere, used to walk the stately minuct. ‘Open de do’. J wnuter come in en warm.’ Mr. | £80 a week is ordinarily accounted ‘a phenome- | That is not so hard to imagine, but when one Coon my, “What you pare?” Mr. Pol ~ | nal salary in “tho” profession, the igure is owe reflects that that serious, sad face was some- ‘I'm name Coony Coon from Coon Hollec. | ealeulatei to not caly make the mouths of | times hidden behind = mack and that those de bes’ frion’ jo’ gran’pa isevor had. | actora water, but also fo cause the cultured to | stately legs sometimes romped about the Coon crack @ do’ pn peep at ‘m, en den he | weep over the strange tastes of play-goers. For in a sountey dance the picture fs indeed a don't look like coon, you | certainly, after all the talk we hove ‘about | startling one. | soon, you dou t tuk ltke coor, | th» elevating influence of the drama, there is | friend ‘the city scross the river, Alezan- ea I koow migaty well you don't amell like | much irony‘ thie convincing Sor bese ban ee Sate edan coon. Yor ‘tcome in here!” that the —— transatlantic public . or ' exclauncd Chloe, restored to good | keener in’ eee ree ss + “Mies Sally,” said Uncle Remus, turning to | talent. 2 eS ee oe