Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1891, Page 10

10 CARNIVA The Wild Spirit That Pervades Peru Just Before Lent. L SPORTS. FROLICS OF MERRY MASKERS. ‘They Take Possession of the Streets and Bom. bard Everybody With Cascarones and Squirt Gans—Baurying the Spirit of the Season on the Eve of Ash Wednesday. From The Star's Traveling Commissioner. Angquira, Penv, 1891. JHOCLD A STRANGER, UNACQUAINTED WO with the carnival customs of Pera, chance to arrive in Arequipa during that merriest and maddest caronsl of the year ke would think the whole city iid gone crazy! The railway station is situated in the more from the hotels, ringes—he must walk that distance or ride up in the horse cars. Rither way would be bad enongh during car- nival time, but the latier presents the advan- tage of somewhat shortening his misery. As Prisoners among savages are sometimes compelied to run the gauntlet of blows rained upon them with thorns, cudgels, fircbrands or spear points, those abroad in Pera dir- eceding Ash Wednesday are pelted with egg-shells burled from all points of the compass. deluged with buckets of blood- red from tops, covered with flour colored in all the hues ¢ throw: of the rain be these indignitis are lixble hats jam: . tricks and jokes perpetrated upon them by Jeoring crowd of convivial creatures in strange attire, many of them with hoofs, horns and forked tails, who look like so many imps direct from the inferna! regions. CONVENIENT TARGETS. The horse cars, parsing at rare intervals, are ry side. and the take to their heels Tuckless passengers as pedestrians might well what pe from top to toe, an tected by an umbrella-like screen rigged up overhead: but though he whip his horses to their aunost . those i: the car are sure of rather rough treatment, for the carni- yal players have ample time to prepare their batteries and turn them full force into the ap- oaching vehicle. “ -J ing sense of this alleged iy pro- To hare a real “sport”—so like that ketween the boys and the the reader may imagine the principal streets of hie own city packed with maskers bent on merry mischief—people on the pave- ments, balconies and house tops excited to the highest pitch of reckless fun, with precedent and custom to uphold their wildest excesses, while not only the most staid and dignitied cit. izens, but mischievous small boys, children ard servants are privileged to sling water ad lib- ftum upon ansbody. There is no use getting angry. however <despitefully used, for one can- not fight a whole city full, and nothing delight: the belligerentx more than to get hold of a vie- tim who rages and wants to whip the crowd. THE FUN LASTS A WEEE. As before mentioned, carnival ends with Ash Wednesday, and though only two or three days are devoted to street battles the fan begins During the whole year ever household in the land has ben carefully hoar: ing ite egg shells, with an especial view to cas- earones for this occasion, while every senorita bas longed impatiently for its promise gaicties, and the gallant dons have mapped out their compaignes and planned their grotesque or stunning costumes. What golden opportuni fies those mad revels afford for the tabooed lover to boldly enter the home of his sweet- heart under the friendly shelter of a domino— even to clasp her in his arms in the waltz and whisper honeyed words in her ear, right before the eyes of stern pater fawilias—much as those warring households in old Verona, the Montagues and Capulets, became so fatally mixed up under similar circumstances! Dur- tng all that lover-encouraging reasun there are eemi-public balls in every casa, and the “gilded youth” (gilded age, too, for that matter), masked and in fancy dress, go around from Rouse to house, dancing awhile and taking re- freshment in each—till dawning sends them home for afew hours’ slumber. The maskers nerally perambulate in companies, headed yaleader of known respectability. who dis- closes his own identity to the muster of each md vouches for the good conduct of his followers. No doors are closed against them, but cn the contrary the more a house is thronged with various companies of | maskers, the more its inmates plume thenwelves on being social favorites. Young and old join in the dance, from the father down to the chii- | dren, and it is not uncommon to see the gray- Baired grandm swinging around the sal im the arms of some unknown young blood dis ined as a wiid Indian, a knight, a prince, or a evil. Of course, effor’s are made to discover who the eally are, and the latter dis Guise their voices by zdopting the high-pitched, squeaking tone of actors in a Chinese theater. THE ROUGH-AND-TCMPLE TIME BEGINS stNDAT. The rough-and-tumble time begins in enrnest on Sunday, when, till the eve of Ash Wednes- day, tho streets are transformed into a perfect demonium and no lady dares venture tween the hours of 10 a.m. and 5in the a terncon. The people are about evenly divided into besieged and besiegers. Those inside the houses, including all females, have prepared barrels, bath tubs and tanks of water, colored rhile the principal weapons of the are eggs, emptied of their original contents through a small hole in one end, re- i flour or powder and care- fally sealed up again with cloth or paper. These are, called ctecarones and one may buy yushels of them at the average rate of $2 per Bundred. esi - ‘The great endeavor of the men in the streets is to force an entrance into the houses, and of those inside to keep them out. Every shop is elosed, every door locked and window barred, and most of the balconies are partially pro- {ected by ennvas curtains, behind which the besieged may dodge when’ too closciy ‘The lords of creation come un foot horseback, in groups. in battelions and si to with eggs the casas of their lady friends, who return the fire with interest froma their house tops and balconies, and the gentle senorita considers herself is to go around « closely fuilowed by a servant, also on horse, carrying a big basket of eggs. A comparatively ot throw- gain entranee to the horse: rs and climb to the baleonies nt pillars or run like cats irom roof fo roof and drop down into inner court yards, or, failing in every j@ namber will retreat a few yards, ing together on a run, ll ectually kick oF’ pu fastenings. Once inside be accomplishes the ng perfes ged or the b the hose louse, head, in ti dining room or parlor, till the whole x ike =the few honses mained standing after the oa women tly, shricking, ithewselves, closely pursned by the men, and woe betide one wid is caught, be she t} ignified senora or the belle of last nigh male frionde aud wdiairers drag hs . tank or bath tub and = dippers of water pink powdec hom they carr picup into che tani, ducking bim ly anc often holding him wader water beyond puint of safety. CARKIVAL CUSTOMS DIFFER. It should be mentioaed that the carnival differ greatly in the various countries South America, and the different ities of Peru, those of Lima, the more refined mpital, being less rude than’ those of pl most places little or 0 w t terior = We were invited to participate in the the house of ‘the only United States family a i were warned to come Long before the We tucked our gowns well under donned overshoes, veils and te | of ruman life. N repeat. | vantlet of onl; is very hi; inner court and th t provided, a bath tab filled with ruby-colored water, a squirt gan for each member of party and luncheon was spread in the dining room for the consolation of thoee friends who might later be made the victims of our moist attentions TUMULTUOCS CONFUSION REIONED. Wors fail to depict the tamultuous con- fusion that reigned in Arequipa during those afternoons, growing wilder and more furious toward the close of the day. Of course busi- | ness of every kind, except that of carnival, was entirely suspended, and the streets were with yelling mobs--eggs flying like mowflakes, | water splaxhing by bueketfuls to the pave- | ments below, horn too ing. horsemen skurry- ing up and down—everybody, apparently, gone stark, staring mad. Sometimes an organized attempt was made by a body of men to take @ certain house by assault; aud presently the screams of women, mingled with Inaghter and cries of exuitation, told that the attempt had e young Englishmen, of whom there are twenty or more in Arequipa, are knowa to be the worst carnival fighters, not only on account of the energy and de- termination thet characterize the race in contrast to the more easy-going Latin, but be- cause they have plenty of money with’ which to purchase unlimited eascarones. Hereabouts, as in Mexico and other parts of Spanish America, all Anglo-Saxons are designated by the common name of Gringoes, and whenever ingoss? Los Gringoes ut increased a hundred- They came tearing down the street on ble quick, as usuat ail together ina iF, and everything fled before him. Agni again they stormed our impregnable casa— nt, in the rear, on both sides ng surprise, force and all, until, our own “amuanition” exhausted, a trusty messenger was dispatched to admit each | of the dripping gentlemen who would givo his | word of honor to leave ail carnival play outside. | THE BURIAL PROCESSIOS. | Onthe eve before Ash Wednesday carnival was ended by the formal burial of the spirit of the season. A procession of hundreds of men on horseback, with bands playing and banners flying, proceeded to the Campo or open ficlds beyond the city, carrying in the midst the | stuffed effigy of ‘a fat, jolly-faced man in the | uniform of « naval officer, sented in a miniature full-rigged ship. A great grave had been dug | and in it they placed the figure with appro- | priate ceremonies and volleys of musketry. During all the week. whilo the upper cl were thus diverting themselves, los pobres (the poor), particularly the Indians, were celebrat- ing the oceasion in their own peculiar fashion. | How many barrel icha were consumed | there is no discipie of the W. C. T. U. here to | enumerate—but certainly enough to keep all fat numerous portion of the population con- | siderably more than “half seas over.” Every | chicarea was filled with music, dancing and nds of Cholo revelry, but the Indians, who ea distinctive class by themselves, seemed to have much the best of it. Looking out at any time of day or night one could see groups of them, dressed in their fiesta best and gaily be- decked with feathers and garlands of flowers the men with reed flutes and mandolins of home manufacture, bowls of the latter | being composed of ‘hairy armadillo shells-—all singing, chattering, dancing and shoutieg. THE POOR PROPLE'S EXJOYMENT. Watching a company of these far as the eye | cam reach up and dowa the long thoroughfare, | one sees that they keep it up untiringly, never | faltering for a moment in their dancing, si | ing and music making. One dusky belle, { e- then | another, whirls into the middle of the stony | street singing shrilly, while the men spin lik | tops in a circle around b: catch much of their except the con- tantly repeated words “Hay car-nee-vai ’—ths last word accented strong on the final and hay (pronounced i-c}, meaning , | or “we have.” It is noticeable that, in spite of | their conviviality, the various tribes never mingle socially, but Aymaras, Quichuas and An- racanas retain each the dress and manners of his own people and will have nothing to do with representatives of any other tribe. Having oceasion to visit a dentist the day after carnival—perhaps the natural result of several drenchings—we found the streets ina sin- gular condition. People literally “walked on egg shells,” the pavements being thickly cov- cred with them, while the walls of the houses, doors, windows, even the stones of the streets, Were streaked and stained a hue like human gore, as though a most sanguinary conflict had | premises must be | occurred. Everybody's | scrubbed and painted, and it will bea month | before the city assumes its natu: ppearance. Fass: Waxp. q senile iatai Z THE PIRATES’ CAPITAL, | the | Terible Fate That Befell One of the Wickedest Cities In the World. | From the Boston Herald. | When the Spaniards were driven from a they left behind them @ number of slaves, who sought shelter in the mountains and defied the authorities. These bandits were exterminated soon after the English oc- jecupation, but the remnant later grew to be | powerfal and greatly troubled the colo y areknown as the Maroons, and the story of their desperate struggles for freedom, of the privileges wrung from the whites, and of their assistance in suppressing the rising of the | blacks in 1983 reads like a romance. Six hun- |dred of these troublesome marauders were transported to Nova Scotia. The descendants of the ancient Maroons are even to this day a | separate people and still enjoy the privileges granted to their ancestors. |" Piratesund their bloodthirsty deeds have far- ished so often the plot and theme for the | melodramatist and the dime novelist that one hesitates to write about them in sober earnest. | But they were no myths in Jamaica, and no ant of Jamaica's past, omit a reference to the part they played in its history, especially as the most dreadful calam- y that ever visited the island is connected ith then mn. ‘The Jamaican pi | jex_generally sought to throw over the maranling and pillaging ex- peditions the sanction of legal authority by ol | taining letters of marque, but they were, never- #, pirates, pure and «imple. One chief | after another scoured the Spanish main, eap- | turing nily . on the high seas, nnd, when the ocean did not offer enough | to satisfy his cupidity and love of adventure, |attacked cities and towns, ying waste wit fire and sword and committing horrible barbar- ies and cruelties. Nothing was sacred to these | human devils and yet they were tolerated for ears by the Jamaican authorities. ‘The rofited by their expeditions and alf of the seventeenth century witnessed rity a6 great as it was wicked and de- apital of the pirate em- he Marooners filled it with wealth By ‘y¥ maintal in their great establishments, ived like men who, with the weelth of did not know when thes might die, ad who had no fear of God or man. island ht the spoils of ind hone with Nols | I said to himagain, “Doe 2 ‘rom ali the markets All this sud more was to Port Kioyal and was spent with | ness and extravagance that is possible only With treasure bought at so slight a cost as that ‘hing seemed lacking to make it the wick- piace on earth; yet the vengeance of the Passed it by. But it was only ‘One day the eazth opened and in ite palaces and its hovel of ibe en." Thocaanale of the ts perial with their ill-gotten gains, ried dea, floating it the berbor | or heaped upon the land undera bred « horrible pestilence that eat sands of those who esea; ‘oday the waters of the the ancient city. Was ever retributive amore terrible or complete? Romantic aad exciting a8 were the livos of all these buceaneers, that of Henry Morgan, the greatest of the freebooters, was the most so. z af. FF of Jamaica, isiand. “At the sacking of 175 mule loads of treasure. wave him LTS commissio: act, but m was knighted Henry, — a back upon his former panions a @ most popular the colony. | He jowever brief, can | —_ ORIGIN OF “COLD TEA” When the Sale of Liquor Was Pro- hibited in the Capitol. HEAVY DRINKING LONG AGO. Changes That Have Taken Place in the Bib- ulous Habits of Representatives and Sen- ators—Stories of Statesmen Whp Needed In- spiration in Their Speeches. ee HE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE PRES- ent official life of Washington and that of thirty or forty years ago is more marked than the material changes were, great as they are. As my memory recalls them, the different phases of the representative life comes before me very vividly. The decided change in the social habits of those solons who make us laws and those who execute them exhibit an im- provement or rather a recognition of the great advance which has been made ir the cause of temperance and its practice. The more tem- perate tone and manner of debate may, in some manner, be attributed to curtailment of the social habits which, in the days gone by, were unrestrained. Then the sale of liquors in the Capitol was undieguised. The age of cold tea began some years later and owes its existence to the Hon. Henry Wilson, who for some years labored at ‘the law abolis the sale of all liquors and relegating the thirsty millions who visited the Capitol to the cooling beverage of milk, unless, indeed, they have the open sesame, would give them, ina tea cup, Ii tea.” AsI remember that past, whe: ing was indulged in more freely than now. there was but little exhibition of its eff the floor of either house of Congress. exceptions were rare, and are so well remem- almost everybody drank. plied with wine, brandy, & conspicuous in almost every house, and visitors were re- freshed ere their visit was ended. Many of those grave and reverent senors who the Senate chamber required the stimulant in their long and able speeches. DANIEL WEBSTER’S GIX. A former member of Congress from Con- necticut related to me a very amusing incident he witnessed on his first visit to Congress in 1850. He had a position in the lobby, just over the seat of Mr. Webster, who was to make his it h on the cumpromise question, and Before he bogan his speech « page’ speech a put upon his Suk a pitcher and tumbler, Fem Vhict be ree freshed himself several times in the course of the lengthy speech he made, and at its con- clusion Mr. T. Walker, democratic Sen- ator from Iowa or Nebraska (?), arose to reply; and as his seat was next Mr. he reached over and, pouring out a glass of water, as he supposed, drank it, and in a moment such a spluttering and gasping as followed disclosed the fact that the Mavenchusette Senator had been inspired in his great effort by Byron's source of inspiration—gin! The shouts of Inughter which followed, in which Mi joined most heartily, and the confusion and loss of breath entailed on Mr. Walker caused him to Field the floor to some one else. Mr. Silas Wright was another of those states- men who need imulant and found it be- fore beginning an important speech in the cloak room, where s supply could always be obtained in those daya I cannot recall any such unseemly exhibition as was witnessed at the close of the last Congress on the floor of the Senate. The habit was convivial, not disgust- ing, as more recent times have witnessed. the drinking was, I think, heavier than now, but it was not indulged in openly. ‘The dinners in some cases the medium of heavy drink- ing, but adebauci was rare. In early days the members aud Senators herded together in the various boarding houses with Which Washington abounded. ‘They formed “mosses” of wigs in one house and democrats in another and they but seldom mixed. for at these “messes” political action was discussed in the most unreserved manner. Col. Benton and a few others then kept house end had their families resident here, but in the majority of instances these bachelor house- holds prevailed. ONE CAUSE OF THE CHANGE. Very much of the change for the better is due, I think, to the very general habit of Sex- jors and Representatives bringing their fami- lies with them. They add thusa very charm- ing element to the social life of Wasbington. In the past the close of @ session of Congress was generally a merry one. The long hours of ‘ight session were cheered by the “rosy,” as Dick Swivelier called it, and the tedium of debate was relieved by the excellent lunches Prepared in many of the committee rooms. ‘hat this privilege was sometimes abused I do not doubt, but ths sale of wines and liquors was allowed until April 11, 1866, when the Hon. Henry Wilson offered | resolution pro- hibiting “the sale of spirituous and other “liquors in the Capitol __ build. ing and grounds.” Mr. Reverdy Johnsor inquired if it meluded liquors found iu com- mittee rooms. Mr. Wilson, who was very radi. cal, said he would like to prevent its being extending that far. It was on this occasion Senator McDougall delivered one of those hes so replete with classical ways secured. him an atten! Senate. He made a speech of some length, from which I exhume some extracts, for it is buried in that mausoleum of eloquence. the Congressional Globe. It was the talk of the time, like another speech he made on the reconstruction bills, ich attracted general attention. SENATOR M'DOUGALL'S PLEA FOR WINE. He said: I had occasion some years since to discourse with a reverend doctor of divinity from the state which has the honor to be the birthplace of the present president of this body. While I was discussing with him a lot of vile rapscallians invited me to join them at the bar. I declined out of respect to the reverend gentleman in whose presence I then was. As soon ax the occasion had passed I remarked to the reverend doctor: “Do not un- derstand that I declined to go and join those oung men at the bar because I have any ob- jection to that thing, for it is my habit to ‘drink always in the front and not behind the He looked at me with a certain degree i 1 then asked him: was the firet_ mira- oar Divine Master?” I said to him: ‘Was ‘ana in Galilee where he converted the water into wine at a marriage sented. I then asked bi had floated on the tempestuous seas for forty days and nights and as it descended upon the dry land, what was the first thin Father Noah? ‘Well,”” said I, “‘did he not plant a vin he remembered that. 1 asked him: “Do you great poet that ever illustrated humanity that did not dig. from old Homer down? ‘Do you know any great iuse it for the exalta- corn bread could get up into the superior re- Gtons—into the ethereal? No; he must Taahniety mead ta Valuatie" tor you are a scholarly man, of course—a doctor of divinity —a gradu- ate of Yale; do you remember Plato seum?” Yea, back to ‘by the nobility and aristocracy waa proud triomph to Athens to ical sun, | theme reap | Mr. Webster, | brought into the building, but saw no power | eS ee THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C. SATURDAY, it, He said: “I understand there are two shops for the sale of whisky in the Capitol now, but Rot at this end of it. I think it i bed enough to have here whether tcoosas lah ea 'comsalisen Soseas Sy optrer ie the form by the Senator from Oregon (Gir. Newmi ho had ety the outetde of « guart of whisky, Mr. Prosiden: r be content to legislate as plain, practical pub- lie business men and leave the inapiration to others.’ The bill passed with but two votes ithe — Hon. Garrett Davis and Gen. ee SENATOR NESMITR’S WIT. The mention by Mr. Wilson of the Senator from Oregon, Mr. Nemmith, will recall to many of your readers an able and faithful representa- tive in the Senate and a man of infinite humor, e distinguishing trait | time has he caused the august gressional Globe, ‘Bot negroes at the close of the war into Washing- ton was really alarming. Their suffering and the number of them precluded any in- dividual effort to aid them, and Congress passed n resolution, appropriating | #25,000 ‘or their relief, and while on ite passage Mr. v offered an amendment appropriating iin for the destitute white people of the ict and a debate on it was rather extended and amendments were offered and among them one authorizing the saploreest by the Dis- faveht mee Loreen oes es le and aj riat additional for Uitpurpose. "Ale. Kirkwood moved to amend by striking out the words “black or colored,” and said: “I do not se why a white man should not have work as well as a man.” The amendment was accepted and several other amendments were offer smith rose and enid: id the amendment by inserting after the words ‘able- bodied people’ the words ‘excluding members of Congress.’ The roars of laughter which followed tho reading of thisamendment may be imagined. SENATOR KIRKWOOD A WASHINGTONIAN. How few among the readers of Tux Stan re- member that Senator and Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood of Iowa was a Washingtonian. I re- member him as one of the kindest-hearted young men to us boys when he was clerk in is brother Wallace Kirkwood’s drug store cor- ner of 11th street, where now Tux Stak office cara ite commodious building. It wae then a ittle yellow frame one-story house and many a stick of licorice root has he given me and the other boys of that neighborhood, with whom he was very popular. I met him while in the Sen- pie and found him the same genial, kind- hearted man I knew in my boyhood. I have digressed from what I intended to write upon, the changes in the Senate and House of Representatives. The change so ob- servable to us, whose memory of the past weds us tothe long ago, is in some mensure—in- deed, in a great measure—attributed to the progress of the last decade or two. REAVY STATESMANSHI? GONE BY. The heavy style of statesmanship has gone out of existence, while the dignity which sup- | ported it and formed so conspicuous a part of it is supplanted by what more faithfally repre- sents the tendencies of the age. There is more light, there are leas somber shades in official life at Washington, where elevation is not weighted by age. The present stylu of states- manship jited in the halls of Congress, more notably in the Senate, is the outgrowth of the advance of the country in all ite material wealth and marvelous pr brought with them all t dencies of this age of progress. The sunny of life is turned to view, and unless grave ma: ters come Lefore the Senate and the House of Representatives the sessions are enlivencd by repartee and jest, not unbecoming those sa- ered precints. Those who now find seats among the rulers of the nation are at all times under the broad sunlight of publicity and feel a responsibility which those who trod the halls of Congress in the past were in some measure relieved from by the absence of those whose refining influence is so potent. If there are any of the heavy drinkers left over from that ge, when heavy drinking was the rule, they indulge in the sacred recesses of their own d do not offend the propriety of the . which, while iz may be an affectation. Allowance is to the disadvantages inder which the predecessors of our present ralers lived. The advance in all the essentials of lifo in itself would explain and excuse what might now be regarded aa fearfal infringe- ments of the social order of the present da; but com na fail in the materia! as in th personal wrought by tims and ad- | period. VEST AXD BEXTON comPanrD. Take, for instance, the present Senator from Missouri, Mr. Vest, and his predecessor, Col. Benton. Who doubts but Mr. Vest is as truly a Fepresentative of Missouri of the present as Col. Benton was of the past. Mr. Butler from South Carolina as his relative and honorable namesake, or Mr. McPherson as Mr. Dayton, and M nA Mr. Pearce, or the elo- quent Blackburn and his illastrions predecessor, Mi ‘These are the men of the present age, and as truly represent it as their prede- cesiors represented theii ‘There is really noroom nowadays for the ponderous states- manship of the past, as Bob Acres said, “D—n's have had their day,” and we who date from that period have had ours, and we must be content and cease to lament the inevitable How few of those of whom I am writing are alive today. The survivors can be counted on my fingers. Mr. Sherman, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. ‘Trumbull, Mr. Sprague, Mr. Kirkwood, Mr. Hen- lerson, Mir. Edmunds and Mr. Creswell are abont all the Senators [ oan recall of the Thirty. ninth Congress, A quarter of a century makes sad havoc with the human rage. EX-SENATOR HENDERSON'S ISDEPEXDENCE. The period was a stormy one in which they were conspicuous actors, and none more con- spicuous than ex-Senator Henderson, who is now an honored resident of our beautifal city. His independence and appreciation of the hon- ored ution he occu as United States Sen- Called. During the imponckimont ia Gre one: cal the im ment the le; lature of Missouri instructed him to eset the im, ¢ of President Andrew Jobn- son, ils reply deserves to be engraven on the Walls of the Senate chamber. He spurned the resolution of instruction and ssid he acknowl ned to instruct judge,in which ca; ‘and on the evidence, whic! carefully weighed, he voted Peschaent of the President. joux FP. —_—_— Everybody Satisfied. Come. fancement and the tndreamied of wealth of | Of ‘against the im-| Die there, the depot usher is calling their train and I won't have a chance to talk with them.” “Do you mean to imply, tioned the reporter, “that persons you End peculisritios? I formulated after a life-long is more than two ounces of whisky. used is amazing. I itis is However, if you follow the rules I shall pres ently explain to you, it may be the means of bringing you n true wife, as well a6 much ha 88, besides enabling you to dit te your business intercourse and in the selection of friends. THE LANGUAGE OF THE GarT. “We'll commence with the manner of walk- ing, for s person who walks badly needs watch- ing, Common sense would teach you that per- fone who shuffle along are of an indolent, think » physician aia baie spite of the warnings and proteste- tions of his friends in the profession he wouki ‘use it daily asa beverage, it one-third. “I wae in a drug store only a few days ago yung girl came in twice, buying each e two ounces of ginger. The st said she'd been in twelve times that day. He knew that her mother and her sisters drank it, but had red to him that he : not long ago to attend a woman who admitted riftless nature, secretive in their habits and ; tn full of underhandedness. Beware of them. A | ‘me thatuhe was in the habit of drinking quick, light tread denotesa: ~ of a secretive d ; , wl walk is just the opposite of this, and tunate possessor of this latter walk is not to be envied. The egotist is known by his walk, Which is of the lofty, imperious variety. A eaue always goes with 'a walk like this, and the miserable possessor of this distinctive walk needs care and attention, for really he's not ight. supposition I am working upon to bring out the salient points fs thet offs porson walking. Well, now we catch up to him and look him over. READING THE EYES. “Commence with his eyes, by far the most im- portant factor in judging human nature. What color are they? Ah! that’s a great deal. Andare they large or small, full or deep set, and, lastly, what is their shape? All of these must be talien into ee Now, take a per- son with afull, ting eye, commonly popeyer. Youll find such’ «person to be treacherous, vascillating and dull, always look- ing out for danger and apprehensive of ever one. Deep-sot eyes belong toa crafty tion, careful, considerate and just. And now for the different colored eyes. “We will start with gray eyes because they are the best, their owners being possessed of @ lovely, amiable disposition, with considerable intelligence. Many times they indicate under other circumstances a good deal of selfishness. Treat them well, for a bad gray eye is indeed to be avoided. In’ women it is a beautiful ad- dition. Next comes blue or light eyes. Most persons are of the opinion that blue eyes are the most desirable. Asa rule blue eyes indi- i isponi and make There & itions among thi See friends to tie to, but once pervert them to evil they are demons. Black eyes are known the world done “‘devil- ish eyes,” an 16 possesso: of a is generally regarded with distrust. Black ‘eyes are indeed a handsome feature and indicate when under the control of integrity a praise- worthy character. In evil natures they help to show the deviltry and cunning of thei Pos sessor and woe betide any one foolish enough to put themselves in their power, for they ars un- Telenting always and will not hesitate at re- venge. “Yon know, just as well as I do,” continued the professor, “‘that a bright eye is indicative of quick perception and great susceptibility of external influences, while dull eyes are exactly the opposite. Refined natures are always char- acterized by beautifal eyes with fally eyebrows. “In women they denote love of 60- ciety and dress, of music and men. But these Inte days all the girls seem fond of the men, and some of my rules regarding this are in ter- rible want of revision. 1e ginger habit the Sree ling with. “The majority of them aré women who, afew years to the neigh! saloon with her pitcher, but f could buy all the ginger she druggist's or at the store, and went further and more effect than an; thing else. Old drinkers at the bar are famil- iar with the effects of r, best society, and many an ¢: and afternoon gathering of table of some elegant hostess ind ginger tipple. It around diluted in ater and it seems harmless enough. But the habit once acquired seems almost hopeless. It is worse than the liquor habit. ‘The ginger, through which the alcohol in its of the worst kind is when taken in excess, and the absolutestate. Ite very center of the city doing an enormoui business in ginger, and the same e grocery stores. ‘There ought to be legislation against its indiscriminate sale, the same as there is against tho indiscriminate sale of other alcoholic drinks.” A. prominent whose pusiness in- cludes wholesale and retail, said the growing com. demand for ginger had been noticed mented upon in his establishme: others which he had visited. “In our store,” he said, “we have adopted the axl of — to sell ginger to any person who appears have been drinking, Dat re Raven’? 80, far yet as to refuse to fill the orders < are vent in to us from families or that are brought in by children. There it tobe some re- striction, I must admit, but what and how? Most of the Singer drinking is done down town, Tshould judge juantities ordered by druggists. We sell a good deal of it, too, and to people who would be horrified if accused of tippling. Tkocording to the Pharmacoperia the formals for the tincture of ginger is: “Ginger, twenty parts; alcohol, a sufficient quantity to make 100 parts. Moisten the ginger with five parts of Eleohol and macerate for twenty-four hours, then pack it firmly ina eylindrical pereolator and gradually pour alcohol upon it until 100 parts of tincture are obtained.” of such THE YOREHEAD AND THE Nosk. a “Leaving the eyes, we take up the forehead, At the Soda Counter. the great seat of reason. The ridge over the | From the Detroit Free ‘Press. “It's my turn,” she said at the sods counter, taking out a little purse. “No, it's mine,” said her friend, rammaging in her pocket, where eho found a small shabby eyes is called the perceptive ridge and denotes according to development the power of gra ing situations, seeing through things, 4c” The upper part of the forehead contains the bumps of reflection and the literary bumps are found the center of the forehead. As 9 matter of | POckat book: ‘what will you take?” course, a high, broad forehead is indicative of | wyybtt FoR doe intelligence tc w grost degree. pe Now for the nose, which is another import-| «7 . ” fat factor in the art of reading human nature. | erg °‘Oh, walk a dutonte’ Wouldert yee A strong character, bound to sacceed.is the one | Cet. "Ob. wait a minu Possetaed of a wide prominent nose. A pinched, | "Ne Gout ates $e ae marrow organ indicat e reverse. ou know “Hum-m-n mn what a pug nose is—one of those thet turn np. oe a Ff ie fell, the ‘stor Of such & nose, you ma: “Thet i » bound, is inquisitive and meddicsome. ina | Ben Penge air kit bene sanding othe woman you have what we call a gossip—and, oh! what a nuisance they ure. Persona with this kind of a nose take offense at the «lightest | thing and are very sensitive, but they are not revengeful. Roman noses, or the convex nose, turning down at the point, are exactly oppo- site from pug noses. They are as revengeful as an Indian, and never forgetting an injury sel~ dom forgive one. ‘THE MOUTH AND crits. “The next factor which gives the student of hu- man nature an insight into character is the lips. Full, red-cushioned. li ate navure, while the thin decision and lack | the two empty glasses in his hand, turned to draw the ginger ale. “I don't now. Ginger aie sometimes makes Z head ache. S'pose we take chocolate soda, in?” ‘AL it, dear. That will be nice.” ‘Then they chattered like young magpien “Is there a black spot on my face, Lil?” “No, Mi You look lovely, but I know I'm looking a fright.” “You sweet thing, you never looked better in your life. That one-spot veil is so becom- ; ing. indicate an. affection. | ™S.. yon manage vour spot so much better. Mine gets in my eye.” “Here's our chocolate. ree. ‘This is my treat.” a they want. Firm lips den i ote - it,” dee., &e. decison ‘of character and pronouneed opia ae a PS ‘A bev bere ge hy wr 3 a cag will teli been tquaudered 3 you somethin, e hait before Ileave you. o chin is 6 very significant feature. "A beset ‘The Hot-Water Fad. fall chin denotes strength of feeling and con- stancy, while a pointed chin indicates great i iveness, with little constancy. A talk on the hair and I'll conclude. Brunettes ite hei denote a class of persons endowed with great at one time to it. The writer endarance, while Bion haired per- recalls into the dining room of hotel sons, indicate delicac; . ater | in one of the smaller cities of the state tible ight and counting @ quite suscep iveness, passion eel reakfasting |f00d part of a first-class dinner. Then you ped ge A ramer gy aw 2 pp mem ge A Pap on leea than $3 @ head for cham- fied expression of countenance hot reg baeme| and other wines, after which you water. It was even a drink | have to pay for music, flowers, menus, extra at priced restaurants and cafes | kage of crockery, lass ware, bey and the proprietors, wi charged 25 / yg % mee, ote of = for wait- up of the elixir, elabors x-«| €8, 1¢ public at large have no idea of Coarse hair Glained why they dides. “Te Esker ranlor | oe dames aos ty hese ae cee said, it must be drank just at the boil and When you have a very singing Kettle, and wet it means a new dinner set, ep dele adak ot |snl ever} bomsbesper knoes Son easily flavoring was their way of it, A | china and you can't use it! pol Gs quarter ook cesah: | sont, Soseuet feet tho wnsctons See dc those ‘with the water, always | is how! from When people at- improved by both. tending get feeling well it is their sup) it was no uncommon thing | Privilege to np RA dowa to the youngest | speakers by ‘on the glasses with knives. ‘to the drink” So. by consequence is that scores are broken in a There are other green goods that dre danger- erase spent itself, but— | night. Then, after all of this, if you can weed ous, in addition to those which pretended Proposition fore- | out any very large profit you area better counterfeiters put up. A young man in Bangor ‘© most valued and | financier than the sverage landlord.’ doomed to wear eyeglasses all his life by hav- 4 maodiest that tog manipslated opera house tickets hot water ithe very best hue, and hi s eyes in of flannel or napkin je way the public ix hot water and hich snd) then applied around the neck 2 Powel folded several quickly wrung out of hot water or 4 Hi Hi l i r ! t | fora i 5 I i HE i io f From the crown to the nape of the neck is one-twelfth of the stature of a perfectly formed ‘man, saye the St. Louis Republic. ‘The hand from the wrist to the end of the Middle finger is one-tenth of the total height of a man of perfect proportions. A man of good proportions is as tall as the distance between the tips of his fingers when Doth arms are extended to fall length. The face from the highest poiat of the fore head, where the hair bezins, to the end of the chin is one-tenth of the whole stature of « man of perfect moid. If the face from the roots of the hair to the division determines the place the eye- brows should meet, the second the ing of the nostrils, if the man be perfect im form, ‘The of the human figure are six times ixth of the right foot. Whether | the form is slender or plump the rule holds | Good onan average. Any deviation from the Tule is a departure from the beauty of - | tion. It is claimed that the Greeks made all their statues acconting to this rale. ~~ eee THE MEANEST WoMAN. She Tried to Dilute Kerosene Oil te Make It Last Longer. Aunt Betsey Hicks, a New Englend woman who bad been left » widow after a few years of married life, ‘carried on” her Inte husband's farm with a good deal of sbility, but with such close economy that her saving dovices gre mous in the country round about, says Youth Companion. Next to her economy of provisions her econ- omy of firewood was perhaps her chief concern. At one time a sister of her late husband from “down country” came to make her a visit, and s00n became convinced that Betsey was endeav- oring to freeze her out. But perhaps this was he | not so, since the temperature was as Mrs. Hicks usually kept it. “I declare,” the visitor ventured to exclaim —— think you kept it pretty cold here tne: “That ‘ere pesky thermometer's to blame, Susan.” said Betsey. “I gues it's got choked up. Tean't get it above fifty to nave my life. ‘Then she turned over the stick of wood in | the sheet-iron stove, while her gest walled mp | and down the room with her Coe aresep the alecven of her dress. The visitor remained at Aunt Beteey's for several days, however. in spite of the choked up thermometer, spending much of her time in bed or watching a chance to smuggle stick into the stove when her hostess was out of the room. sate ne unerncen she hepesnelite go out into the woodshed and found Auat Betsey there with anold shawl wrapped around her shoul- | ders and a stick in her engaged in vio- lently stirring something in a large tin can. A strong smell of petroleum filled the air. Betsey Hicks,” eaid the visitor, a leetle mite o' water int’ the karosene. I reckon | it'd goa leetle fu'ther, "th so much comp'ny in the house se Tscem to have!” ler guest went away earl; next mornii on the stage coach. y ~~ Aunt Furby—“‘Say, Silas, how @ them there cars go ‘long without horses?” Uncle Silas—“That stuff what Edison makes | over in Jersey, makes them go. It'ss kind o° lightnin’.” ,Aunt Furby—“Can’t be Jersey lightnin’, Silas, or they wouldn't go "long so steady.” ——_—+e ‘Two Stories of Luck. From the Globe-Democrat. “It is queer what little things sometimes help five were sitting in the reading room at Hurst's Hotel, and it was an Ideho man who made the remark: “‘Senstor McConnell, who was ro- degree to the fact that he introduced th: variety of draw poker known as ‘stud’ Boise City during the time the constitution: convention was in session. McConnell is it fellow well met, and his introduction of stud poker made him many friends, who were after- ‘ward very useful to him.” “His lick is almost equal to that of the dele- SS Arizona,” said another member of ie party. “He rejoices in the name of Marcus Aurelius Smith, and he owes his yalarity to & game of base ball. Mark Simi tuckian, and when he struck Tombstone, in “81, he was regarded as a ‘tenderfoot.’ One afternoon soon after Smith's arrival in Tomb- stone there was a @ of ball, and thinking to have some fam with the tenderfoct from ‘the states the bors got Smith to umpire the game. ile there was @ general row and ‘Mark’ was called upon to decide some knotty point. He made his decision, but of course it was unsatisfactory and the row continned. It looked as if the umpire was about to be done up, and the Kentuckian was equal to the emer- gency. ‘Here. you fellows, play ball,’ shouted the umpire in « business-like way, and at the same | time emphasized his command by reaching un- der his coat tailsand prodacing a couple of ugly six-shooters. They contiued, but no further attempt was ever made to guy the ten- derfoot irom Kentucky and he at once became popular.’ An After-Dinner From the Boston Trans:ript Hicks—“I wish I could make an after-dinner speech, but it's no use. I'm not equal to it.” Wicks—“Wiy, it’s easy enough when you set about it. Imade one the other day which was quite effective, if I do say it.” Hicks—“What was it about? Speech, Wicks—“Oh, it wasn’t very long. I remem- ber every word of it: ‘I say, waiter, you've given me the wrong chec Sten desea Hotel Profits. “There is an idea prevalent,” said a promi- nent hotel man in the Cincinnati Enquirer, “that at €10 a plate we make big money out of © banquet where the best of wines are Jeerved. It's perfectly foolish. Every large jhotel is ran on such a detailed schedule account that the slightest article is ac- counted for. It costs $2.50 a person for the ‘dsee if I couldn't stir a) man along in public life.” A party of four oz | cently elected, owes his popularity ina great poker at | is a Ken- | Not long ago a daily newspaper contained a paragraph dated New London, Conn., hich told how a farmer and his wife were overpow- ered by the noxious fames of a stick of poison | tider which ad been thrown into the kiteben | stove, and bow a physician had a hard straggle to save their lives. A reporter showed it toa | well-known scientist who has made the etodr | of toxicolagy © specialty, and asked him | whether there could possibly be any trath in it. Here is what the professor said: ‘oung man, take ont your note book, ait down and listen and I will tell vou something about a subject that the public knows lees about than any other subject in the world. That story isn't true, and nothing like it ever | was true or ever will be trne. It sof exactly | the same character as the following myths b Lam to relate to you. In the ‘of Java grows the bohun tree, which owes its notoriety to Foersch, « surgeon in the employ of the Tintch Fast India Company, who, nearly o hundred years ago, told some wonderful stories about ii, He re- lated bow the emanations of this tree killed all janimals that approached it: how the birds that flew too near it fell dend: how criminals that were condemned to death were allowed to ‘tleaves from the tree, and that only two out of twenty ever returned: how it grew valley with no tree or plant within ten miles of it, all being « barren waste, ctreen with human other It was a beautifal ators and the world believed it. Scientists discovered in 181 that the npes wasn very tree, whose cflects were cumier te tvese of poison ever- m tree whi grows in West Indie islands. This tree was said te be even more deediy than the upas, and it was generally eup- posed that a drop of ita Juice fall the skin had the same effect as the ofa red-hot iron. The milky jaice of thie tree is undoubtedly highly potonous, but auch stories asthe above are highly This poison, ike our poison sumach, affects seme Persons more seriously than others. Itis said | that the smoke from burning manehineel vod produces temporary blindness. This is true in a measure, though it does not affect every one in the mame way. Berthold See- ann. the botanist, was blind for a few days after he bad gathered some of the leaves of the tree on the coast of Florida, and some of the crew were blind for nearly « week from having made a fire of the wood. Sext is the manchineel, a “Mixed with bis wane, @ ingle drop gives death, Kivi sons him howling te the shades below | “After swallowing this terrible mixture, Alex- ander goes through the latter of the fourth even the whites of his eyes, become of | purplish, livid color. He may feel perf | Well, whon suddenly acute pain will ext in, | ina few moments he dies This effect is pro- j duced by nitro benzine. ae “Then there is Massinger, who Jay, “The ‘Duke, of ‘Milan shows that ‘he joeen't know the first thing about toxi of the characters her fingers he dics. Pure aconitine ; most powerfal of all known vegetable poisons, would hardly produce that effect. ede “The most and dead! world and at ‘the mune time. the oldest, one known to mankind is prussie acid. To illus- trate its antiquity: An Egyptologist has read on an Egrtian papyrus preserved at the Louvre, “Pronounce not the name of J. A. 0. penalty of the ° can be distil tians. A knightin the reign of of high treason, swallowed poison and | at the feet of the senators. No prussic acid and that only in state would have had this effect. The id that is sold in drug stores te only stuff, containing a small peroen the geid. Pare prossic acid is made only | ical laboratories and it ir 80 powerful | @ person to inhale the fames arising from ie | one good whiff he would drop 4 li 5 i i Le these people administer to of high rank to produce imbecility. It is distilled from the seeds of the common thorn apple, which | to Practical |cupsand saucers caused by tea and careless | waehing. Dates Arr Quite ANOTHER AgTicus whea cat | have it on hand, do not attem ‘to use baking powder instesd, for the reecit tsruia, Tare Oxe Pouxp oF Correas and eight ounces of crade carbolic acid, dissolve in gal- | lon of water, sprinkle the places infested wi | insects and i will effectually drive them awa, Ir 18 4 Veny Comox Mistake to mend gloves with sewing silk. Thread of different shades, made for the purpose, and glove needles may be bought at small cost. Manufacturers never | mse will | Tras Wert, Wonrs Rewewprnrxe that if after | dust and dirt are removed from boots and aboes | they are rubbed with a soft cloth and a ver: | little vaseline before blacking they will iook | better and last longer. Tue Fouvow:xe Rectre or Icrxo will be found inexpensive end good: Three tablespoon- fals of nik. Let it come toa boil. Then st | aside. When cool add one teaspoonful of nilla or other extract | sugar until thick eu ning. For a Liamt Arrack oF Marania take 8 good | sized lemon and cut in smali pieces, rind and | pulp: add one pint of water: boil down to half | a pint, strain and cool; take or more, as the stomach will bear it, an hour be- ttiibetcd: to, quinine without a@ecting’ tee attribut nine | Derves or head as quinine does. | Ir Waex Maxixo “Comwortauias” for beds, | wool wadding is used instead of the cotton it will be found much more satisfectory. Anemsy Tay, t0 make one of these without « frame form it of squares, ® quarter of & large, turning in and basting the roe then tacking the center with some or worsted. When the desired number of squares are made join them sutch. This is a very com ing one of these quilts. Wirm Starxep Froora, sweeping is of very little i