Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1891, Page 13

| poGS AT THE SHOW. | Picturesque Points of the Recent Ca-} nine Exhibition. FINE BEASTS IN ARRAY.) Bir Redivere and His Fellow St. Rernards— ‘The Prize Mustiff Bulldogs of Great Value— Nightmare Dogs. Great Danes, Skyes, Pugs and Colltes. EEDING DOGS yw it is worth while to keep in mind that ugliness is as prof- itable ax beanty for ex- hibition purposes. Con- siler, for example, Harper” and the Sraven Twage.” who | chave affonied delight to appreciative crowds at the corner of 22d and P| streets during the pres- | mt week. Nobody thought of saying that + impossible for ‘anything to be more __ thoroughly plain than | Harper, because there | was alongside of bim | his mate, the Graven Image, who is recognized in canine circles a representing an unapproachable acme of hide This pair stands first and peerless on the list of American bulldogs, deing valued at €7.000. Harper, being s male, is worth the most, being ap-| praised at $5,000, but in Inck of pulebritude he is away behind the Graven Image, who looks | as though her nose had been stove in with a} brick, and as if she knew you did it. Her case | is in illustration of the manner in which ap- pearance may belie character. Amiability with her is a dominant trait, just as it is with most bulldog: Kd ness. HARPER, Man ix a fighting anims thin |. and there is some- x about a bow-leggedt bull dog with a prog- aw anda patch over one eye that ex- cites admiring attention at a dog show: chief center ¢ ly in the St. Bernard quar- ter. Sir Bedivere was the bright particular star | of th ‘asion. His stall was beset at all | hours with so dense a throng that it was almost impossible to get by, something of ‘his Prestige doubtless arising fre that $6.500 had recently been paid for him by his present owner. Mr. E. B. Nears. And yet there were other dogs of the same breed which | rivaled Sir Bedivere in the attention and ad-| miration of visitors. For example. there was | Plinlimmon, jr., belonging to the same owner a the known fact | FIELD SPANIEL, “THE Pi. ot Wyoming Kennels at Melrose, Mass., and Plevna and Hesper of the same kennels. Pl limmon, jr. is a son, by the| was, of Fritz Emmett’ stage dog. The | Wyoming kennels had a big banner u>, “| serting that they were the leading kennels of the country in long-haired St. Berrards, but they were beaten by the kennela of E. M. Moore, also of Melrose, with such dogs as COCRER SPANIEL. Alton, Ben Lomond, Lady Livingston, Lord Melrose and Lady Sneerwell. All the same Sir Bedivere took the first prize for long- conted St. Bernards in the open class, Plin- Ur not running in the competitign sown fellows, THE DOGS WERE BORED. From one point of view the dog show was a failure, and int of view of the dogs. They certainly were bored particularly the champion St. Bernards, which, disdaining toexhibit their points to the vulgar herd. re- wed in their inclosures, devoting most of their time to wleep. The prize-winners had the sir of animals who were tsed to victories. and, having no taste for further glories, merely endured the situation. Sir Bedivere held bis m nose between his paws, resent- ing with a shake of the head the impertinence of the occasional would-be amateur whe would | & THOROTAURKED RLACK-AND-TAN. come along and pect his teeth with a ke «air him otherwise. As if, rhard bad not even it was a bewutifui try tom iietn: e for the} The apectacie was v any ene who realized that se workd, und that there the int ever been #ich clogs in existence hitherto ware today i + to the energy of the he master Jost see the gol¢ medals! Those are the | said one young woman te another as ¢ into the show for the first time. later on that they discovered that fowed medule were brass dises with th attzehed to boxes. There wae ng that seemed to farnish a more att » to the women than the St. «nd no wonder, since there unning in the way of » young « baby St. Bernard. TRE MASTIFFS. | ¥ ‘f+ are apt to be tierce, unless they are very carefully brought up, and there were two or three in the show whieh had to be penned | tm as well as chained. Even so, two of them, both creatures of formidable appearance, armed the speetators by leaping ferociously St each other and indulging in repeated con flict, which were, nappily, rendered panto- Simic by a wire fence between. “Ilford Chan- cellor.” who wax first in the open mastiff class. came from New York with the prestige of Winning there over “Beanfort.” who has been the chatapion for years past, so that the lat- ters head was chosen to adorn the American tit Club medal. “Ilford Chancejicr” is the of the Flour City kennels at Roch | ester. 3 Itis worth mentioning that the Wyomii kenuels and the kennels of E. M. Moore, a Plensi otic Bernagd puppi is noting + Mass., stand together as the first country, and, in: elsewhere in Euro@. {has resounded | tion | like a poodle, another 1 | Kent” kennels of long-haired Si Bernards in the led, in the world. ‘There are kennels for this breed in England or were not more no suet LIT’. HAYDEN'S FRITZ. than ten dogs entered in the emooth-coated St Bernard class. Lord Hector took the first prize for males and Empress of Contoocook first prize for females The third prize was captured by a Washington dog. Fritz, the property of Lieut. Everet: Hayden, U. 8. . of the hydrographic oftice. Though less than twe years old Fritz is thirty inches tall at the shoulder and weighs 130 ponnds. He i first-rate pedigree. With Mr. Hayden's little boys he ix ux gentle aud playful as a kit- ten and is the pet of the household and neigh borhood. A freak among the St. Bernards is one beautifuily marked in black and white, long haired THE SHOW OF POODLES. The poodles at the show did not lack atten- tion from the ladies. One of them, named “Dexter,” had erimpy hair that touched the ground all around him when he stood ap, 80 that he was the very bean ideal of an animated door mat. ‘There were other excellent poodles exhib: bat they were not in it with Dexter. Freaks in dogs, if fashionable, are worth money. Among the most admired’ ani- mals were the deerhounds, which, as one might say, resembled canine nightmares. You know the’ sort of doge that take part in one’s ms after 9 particularly indiges- tible They have loug noses and out every which way like the fretfnl toothpicks upon the agitated porcupine. however. if they were not so gentle, might be considered the only two Great Danes exhibited a pair imported from and belonging to a Baltimore man ed Menner. If one were to select any two the show which one wonld least care to counter on hostile terms the selection would certainly fall upon this buge brace of beasts from the father Bow WoW, KI, Yr. TT. By night and by day the riding school for the past week with the voices of all kinds of dogs. It was interesting to take notes of the various barks and yelps, observing how like were some of the tones to human accents. Those who make it their basinessor their pleasure to study and consort with the canine genus pretend that it is all « language, to be easily understood by any one who cares to apply his atten- to the study of it. Further- the countenan of dogs, as has often been asserted, bears certain traces of the hn man type in its lineaments. This may be ad- mitted, indeed, without granting the theory voi mor HEMPSTEAD ZULU, COLL that every man looks like some kind of a dog. # Laboulay ry Tales will re- utifal yonng woman . old father to makea ong the many snitors for her d that she was willing enough e conld only tind n€ among them who did not bear a resemblance toa dog of vome sort: and, when it came to the point, she convineed her doting parent that one looked greyhound, and so the maiden was at facture a youth to paste and other sant ingredients, ‘The likeness of the the fop to the skye atime and oft the theme on thr length her own ugh the list, so mopelled to ma iking out of sug: TUE POINTERS. One of the most interesting exbibits at the dog show was one of six pointers, which, col- lectively, it was claimed were able to outrank any other lalf dozen of the same breed in the world. ‘Three of them —nam “King of Kent,” “Rip-Bap” and “Maid of belong to the Chaclottesville Field | Trial kennels. ‘They are wonderful ammals, but they were —_ eaten for ial prize of $25 by thi Hompsteat! Form kennels, LL, with “Robert le Diabi and ‘Woolten WIRR-HAIRED TON TERRIER. Itis certain thet the seventy-eight pointers shown wece the finest lot ever exhib- ited up to this time outside of New York city. Among the setters which took first prize, from J. M, Avent's keanels was one named “Roder- igo.” whie nparatively young fog, hes al 00 in his eapacity He ix from Tennessee. ALL. SORTS OF DOGR, is hardly a less attractive dog to be nces are concerned, T: and yet this variety of animal absorbs a large share of the fanciers attention. In ti of advanced canine science nowadays things run to specialities, as with all else at one man will tind it that ix to be known about another will devote himself 1 soon. No person ignorant of us a sire. There found, so far — Se, A ¥. W. MOULTON § LoUMONT arr. such matters would find any particular loveli- hem in cither “Dick Whittington”. or Mr. Frank Moulton’s “Loumont Kit,” which took Deantlee alt the same. Dogs which every one prizes for bull terriers,” but they are “THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGT ON, D.C, SATURDAY, # MARCH 21 , 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES. admired were the Newfoundiands from Mar- shal's kennels at Troy, N. Y., the finest N foundland breed in the United States, It was noticeable that these dogs did not have curly hair, which is properly considered a defect. AX DNPORTED CoLLtE. In the line of collics there was no attempt to rival the Chestnut Hill kenneis of Philadelphia, which exhibited twenty beantiful specimens of this breed, among them ‘Champion Scotilla, “Champion Roslyn Wilkes” and ‘“Trefoil! ‘These kennels take all the prizes for colliés wherever they exhibit. A champion fox terrier was *‘Domenica,” belonging to the Oriole kenvels at Youngstown, Ohio. She belongs to John A. Logan, jr., and has taken prizes right and left since ‘she arrived in this country from England « short time ago. An- other imported wonder wus a male greyhound, “Gem of the Season,” the like of which is prob ably not to be found on this side of the water. SKYE® AND PUGS. Of all the dogs at the show the skyes and Pugs seemed to endure the bore of being ex- hibited with the greatest philosophy. ‘The lat- ter appareatly found much interest in what was going on, while the former slept. Three skyos shown by the affectionate owner were pretty much all hair and remained ensconced their little baskets lined with blue, pink and yellow silk. Tt was very touching to see the care with which some of the pets were pro- vided for, their proprietors attending them at allhours. It is a part of the business of a priz dog to be exhibited, and upon the prizes st takes its value chiefly depends, such diplomas of merit answering the same purpove asa record of victory by ahorse. At the same time, dog shows have « most important usefulness in the encouragement they give, which could not very well be done without, to the development of fine canine breeds. Doubtless, a century hence there will be dogs in existence of much greater perfection, both for beauty and useful- ness, than any now known. — iS IN RUSSIA. A Pen Picture of the Girl Subjects of the Mighty Czar. ‘The daughter is a great pet in Russian fi lies, perhaps because there are generally more sons than daughters, says Mime. Romanoff in the English Magazine. Take the young mem bers of the imperial family as an example and we find twenty-two grind dukes and only seven grand duchesses, and this may be stated to be about the average proportion in most families, ‘The necessity for men in the rural districts as assistants in the agricultural labors of theit fathers has given rise to a saying: “Oue son is no son, two sons are half a son, but three are a whole son.” Notwithstanding the pride and satisfaction with which the birth of x boy is hailed, the little girl t« the darl the object of the tenderest affection and of parents and brothers. not to apeuk of other adoring felatives. Much is not expected of her in the way of assistance to the family; she is indulged as far us their means ireum- stances permit, and she takes it quietly and as her due, but it ix rarely that she does not MALDE! voluntarily and tacitly contribute her share in helping her mother. Her occu pations are much the same as those of all European girls, but parish work in Russia existeth not for her. Sue cannot have classes at Sunday schools, as religion is taught by priests or deneons. It wonld be thought quite extraordinary and improper were a young unmarried girl to visit the sick or poor in towns, but in villages it is sometimes done under the direction of mamma or granda amma, She is undoubtedly fond | of | pleasures, likes to be well dressed and — gener- y adores dancing. Music is not the Russian girl's forte, nor is solo singing. Most of the institutkas, though they thoroughly knqw the theory of music, play like a child of tweive. Of course there are exceptions, but it is seldom. you find a girl able to play a quadrille or polka offhan Girls marry very young in Russia and there are very few of these most estimable individuals called old maids. There are no colonies fo- the Russian to run away to, and statistics show that the births of boys much exceed those of girls, Long eny ents are not approved of; they idom last longer than a few months, daring hich time the fiance ix the mistress of the house. Her girl friends assemble to help to sew the dowry, the sewing afternoon generally ending m a dance atter tea, when the bride- groom dfops in with a few bachelor friends. Another wedding is thus often arranged, and fo on, little by little, till, ike the fifty-one cards in the game of “old maid,” they pair off, and one, generally of the sterner sex, is lett forlorn. —-s0e THE DRAMA AND THE They Widely Differ in Their Methods, but losely Compare in Kesults. From Lippincott's Magazine. ‘The novel and the drama differ so widely in their respective methods that it is strange their results should be 40 closely comparable as they are: for the itmpressions are really much th same which come from reading a well-written novel and from three hours in a good theater. Hence arises the question whether these two literary forms have the same possibilities, or whether the one can accomplish anything where the other fail. ‘The answer to this is doubtful, but there is one point on which assurance seems warranted; it i« the inferior adequacy of the drama to deal with vastness.to picture expanses | of time and For while the novelist, by appealing to the mind’s eye alone, can make prominent what he pleases, the dramatist is re- stricted, in addressing the bodily eye, to the resources of the carpenter and ¢ actors, too, almost monopoliz r their physical presence, their gestures, and the and of thel voices, an e is, therefore, compelled to devote himself exclusively to the mutual relations of the dramatis persone, to- gether with the thought and action arisin, therefrom. ‘Tie novelist, on the other hand, with an amplitude of detail cunningly wronghi inte his story can recreute an age and make a nation wear the baskin aswell as a man. ‘To oint to historical plays and elaim this power for ¢ drama is to forget that England, France or Rome, as the cuse niny be, appears alinost onty asa name on the play bill, and that it is Falstaty and Henry, Bexsus and ‘Arbaces who live on the stag The difference, the: | and i the NOVEL, ae | is one of perspective. is this which in a’ wide sense distinguishes Jiznbethan and the Victorian views of life. thence of art. A pictorial print of the for mer period will show you, maybe, a human fig [ure or two, wel drawn as regards | these, but indifferently as to surroundings and | beekgrownd, while nowadays a broken teacup Jor distant hilltop is rendered almost as faith- |fally as the centerpiece. ‘The fact is, man is now seen more nearly in his own place in the order of things. Darwin and Galileo hayeco bined to clog hix self-assertion and stimulate his wider interest, so that he now spreads a broadet canvas for his art, which questions the Pleiades while paying fall attention to street lamps. Ulysses is still Ulysses, but he is now seen by Tennyson in place of Homer. He is “a part of all that he hax met.” It is therefore the present aim of art to throw on life all man- ner of mide lights, such ax the stage can hardly contrive, but which the novel professes to m: age for those who can read. The round, nn- varnished tale of the early novelist has been dead for over «century and in ite place we | huve fletion that seeks to be as complete as life | itwelt. soe H Fresh Social Terror. | Prom the Boston Transcript | Itwould be weil for people who come into my sort of contact with Harvard students | nowadays to look out Tor the “observers.” It seems that recently one of the professors set [his boys the task of observing carefully what- | ever they see of any interest outside the clas« room aud making actes of it when convenient | to serve as material for these for compositions jater on. The boys thought the rather irksome at first, Lat most of them became very mucb interested in it after atime and now “observe” with alarming assiduity and particn- larity. At party the other evening a student | told group of young ladies about it, where- | apon one of the ‘girls, who bad been flirting = little with the young man behind her chaper- ‘laimed: “Good heavens! Are yo: ‘The young man tensed her by insisting that he had partienlarly make a note of every circumstance it he observed that evening and put ir slarge wumber of Harvard stadents urned into & sort of society with e@ pases « reporters, Pro- NEW YORK GOSSIP. Some of the Happenings in the Busy and Bustling Metropolis. A SUCCESSFUL MAGAZINE EDITOR RESIGNS—THE FIRE FIEND RAMPAGEOUS—RPHEMERAL NATURE OF FAME—A DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR DUDES— METROPOLITAN NOTES. Correspondence of The Evening Star. New York, March 19, 1891. ME “onerres 8. METCALF, FOR FIVE +¥E years the editor of the Forum, has just resigned that position, and for the time being certainly will take a rest. Mr. Metcalf carries with him the respect and and admiration of the Iiterary world. His five yeare’ record as editor of the Forum is a successful one. His success, however, has been earned by a prodigal expend- iture of vital energy and for over a year he has been intending to relieve himself of the great gstrain which his position entailed upon one who was naturally critical and sensitive. No outsider can imagine the constant wear and tear on the nerves which is incidental to the conduct of a leading magazine. ‘The number of very respectable, not to say eminent, people, whore confident that their ideas are just what the public are yearning to devonr is beyond reckoning. Nine-tenths of the work of the magazine editor is to reject the Inburious es says ¢ men who have picked out his magazine the cond. it ‘through which — their thoughts shall .ssue to the world. The grief and rage which this rejeetion means cannot be understood unless one hax himself filled tie We often hear of the indifference and the stony-hearted cynicism of the magaaine editor, but probably there are few men in the world outside of railroad ticket offices and a few similar humanity who are kept xo on the sireteh impoctunfty and expostalation. It is the high est praise that can be given to Mr. Metealf to say that he hax survived this five yenrs’ warfare, retaining the cordial respect of the litera world. Every man, at least every man wh worth anything, has his hobby. “Mr. Metcalf's hobby is caves. I suppose there ix no men liv: ing who knows more about caves or hus visited the more notable ones more thoronghly. Whether this knowledge on his part came trom the exigences of hix editorial position or uot I cannot say, but if there is anything whieh would suggest toa mun to take a header and diseppear a Ja the whale in “Olivette” it would ve to run a magazine. THE FIRE FIEND RAMPAGEOUS. The big tire of Tuesday night destroyed one of the finest business palaces of the city. Within afew years the tendency to splendid structures which has marked professional build- ings, hotels, theaters and the like, has made its intluence felt in the wholesale trade, partic larly in the ready-made clothing district of the city which centers around Washington Square d Broadway between Prince and 14th streets. The Cohnfeld building was one of the finest of these paluces of the new regime. The strnet ure wae called “Cohufeld’s Foily” at first, bat the wisdom of the location and of the architect- ure war vindicated by events. A number of superb structures have arisen about it und now survive the pion What the burnt-ont firms will do is difficult to say. The fire destroyed about a million dollers’ worth of goods and will interrupt trade, ax two of the largest houses find themelvex completely disorganized. it may not be generally known that the eloth- ing trade is the largest single manufacturing interest in New York city, decording to th census of 1880. One curious feature of itis that the manufacturing is done right on the premi- ses, in the very heart of the city. On the up- per floors of many of these fine buildings may be found hundreds of operatives. hard at work all the processes of mannfacturing, and at o'clock at night, when they emerge upon the streets, the town for a quarter of an hour wears th tof Full River or any othe: manufac- turing town. by SUCH 8 FAME. Thad good example yesterday of the ephe- meral nature of fame it seems to me I have heard or read some dissertations on this gen- eral subject before. but I had the matter brought home to me ina striking manner. [ had occasion to hunt. up a copy of Amelie Rives’ novel. “The Quick aud the Dead.” On this errand ‘I e] through most of the coud-ha bvok stores on Broadway uired also in some of those that keep u regular stock of books, but was unable to find copy, and, what wax more, half of the cler'.s did not seem to have ever heard of the book oF to know anything about the author. When we recoliect what a’ furore there was over this young woman's writings very few yearsago we may ‘well ask: "Iv fiterary’ fame worte the struggle?” A DAY OF 3UDGMENT FoR DUDES. After due consideration which the solemni of the situation requires the Merchant Tailors’ Society has finally decided to sell its bad debts at public auction. ‘This will flutter the dove cotes in Corioli, ‘The members of the society who want to sel! judgments make an assessment of them to the society. They are then referrea to a committee of threo for investigation, and upon approval of that committee the judg- ments to be sold are first posted for a week and uotice of the intended sale ix sent to the debtor, | if all these drastic persnasions fail the bill goes to the auction block. ‘The tirst sale is to take place ut the real estate exchange next Wednes- day. ‘This will be x black day for dudes. THE CATHEDRAL PLANS. The spring exhibition of the National Acad- emy will be made specially interesting from the fact that the four cuthedral plans are to be included in the galleries, It has been finally diceided to allow Potter & Robertson to enter, though Bishop Potter filed lis protest. The trustees expect that this public exhibition will result in much valuable criticism, though it is to be hoped that interest in the plans will not reach that fervor which they once did ona similar competition in Florence, where there were riots in the streets and bloodshed between the opposing factions. METROPOLITAN NOTES. In Brooklyn is probably the greatest city of the dead in America. ‘The annual report of the Greenwood cemetery corporation shows that the total number of interments in that famous cemetery has now reached 259,893. According to the annual report of the board of health the death rate of the cit) ven ac~ cepting the census population, is only 24.58 per thousand. President Wilso notes that this de- crease is largely due to the work of the board and of varions charitable organizations in sav- ing the infants. There has ulso been a great decrease in deaths from contagious diseases and from neglect in tenement houses. New York ix still the great tenement house city. The report shows that altogether there are 37.316 of these houses in the city, and that 1,259,758 personay ‘or more than three-fourths of ‘the entire popus ion of the city, live in them, the _averag. of iubabitants to each house being 33.75. New York state bus the curions sensation of uot only being out of debt, but of wondering what to do with its surplus. ‘To be sure, there isstilla state debt of $1,300,000, but over ygninst this the state has # surplus in its treas- ury of 33,500,000, and now gets a bon bouche of $2,000,000 or more from the United States Treasury in payment of the direct tax money due the state. “Various propositions in the line of spending the surplus are pending, the most attractive Deing the use of the money to found the state park in the Adirondacks, There seus to be no end to the appetite of The down-town Delmonicos closed je ago to make room for store, but restuarant has been opened under other s next oor, and every noon now it is crammed full on both floors, though the prices would paratyze the nerves of digestion in the ordinary min Heny R. Exxior. cuges of badgered | WONDERFUL JAPANESE SWORDS. Tales More Marvelous Than Those Related of Damascus Blades. From the New York Times. ‘The most celebrated sword maker of Japan was Masamune, who lived and worked in the fourteenth century. His weapons were marvels of forging. and many of them were of almost priceless value, As much as $1,000" was often Paid for one, and in that age and century $1.000 was a large fortune. Little is known concern- ing this famous swordsmith, but no rivals ever excelled him in his profession, and although, according to the enstom of the country, his trade was handed down in his family genera- | tion after generation, none of his descendants ever attained to skill equal to that of their great progenitor. Little, if at all, inferior to the Masamune diades were the Muramasa swords forged by Senjn-in-Muramasa at Yse early in the four- teenth century. There is and probably always willbe a difference of opinion among the au- We act liberally and honorably with afflicted persons and prove to their satisfaction that they have NOT TRIED ELECTRICITY AS A CURATIVE UNTIL THEY HAVE WORN THE thorities regarding the relative greatness of | these two celebrated swordsmiths and their | work, but it must be conceded that they stood | pretty nenrly side by side in professional at- aiuments, while certainly tliey both main- tained themselves in positions that were unup- | Proachable by any other tivals of whatsoever | period. A Muramasa sword also represented a |fortnne in its day. Men of wealth would beg- j kar themselves to obtain one, and nothing short of death wonld induce them to part with | the prized possession when once it was secured, | Marvelous stories regarding these weapons have been houded down from the far-off shadow land of romance and tradition, and uo Damuseus blades ever rejoiced in a greater reputation in their own land than did these in old Japan. | Outside of Japan there has been very little | en on this subject, but-in an agrecable ro~ nce of Japanese life, entitled “A Muramasa, Blade,” by Mr. Louis Wertheimber, published a few years ago, some remarkable traditions con. | cerning the perfection of these weapons are re- lated. According to this authority, a Muramasa sword would cit a hair floating in the air, eut through an inch thick copper bar or sever three and four blades of inierior mike nt « aingle blow without dulling its own edge or even dim ming the luster of its surface. Again, it would | cut picces of paper that were sent flo down upon the surface of a river against its keen | ge. In course of time these swords came to | | be regarded with superstitions awe, and people | | began to believe that they bad supernatural | | qnalities and were expable of endowing those | | who wieided them with nowers such as the in- | dividuals otherwise were not known ever t| PoRsess, | In supreme momen ts, when the owner of a | | Muramasa blade was battling agai fearful | odds in the cause of honor and. justice, his sword seemed to be itself possessed of life and would strike off head after head of ite op- ponents without the least volition on the part of the donghty warrior who carried it, or even, | erlinps, in epite of nll his best cfforis to con. frolit. “At such imes the swordsmen declared that they secmed to lose consciousness ax soon us their hands grasped the sword hilts, while "i on, now quite beyond all control, moved up aud down, doing’ ite bloody work with celerity and preeisids,, ce if impelled by fome unsecn agency. Again, it wax said tha @ man on the eve of a duel could look into bis Muramasa blade and there see reflected in its mirror-like surface his own face or that of his emy, as the Wraith of the one who was to tall the impending couiliet. Strange stories were whispered after dark about the mysterious composition of these | blades, by which they gained their phenomenal power, and it wax said that the smith necded | wly-shed hninan blood to mix with the wetal | in welding the steel to its highest powible per- fection. Dead bodies were found irom time to time in the streets near his house, ent and | slashed so that no blood was left in them: these, it was generully agreed, were the xmith's vie tims who supplied him with the vssential com pound for lis forge work. Human lite was | cheap then, and the samaraicould be depended upon to regard its use to temper their blades, if | so noeded, us iv the highest justitinbie, ‘The possessors of these weapons were never | sohappy as when using them, aud it was rare | indeed that vietory did not perch upon a Mura- masa blade. ‘The bravest warriors shrank | from « duel with the wielders of swords with stich mysterious und irresistible powes. In time the blades became a frightful source of | accident, Even their bearers, although while using them invincible against all cnemien, | could not always govern them. When once | drawn trom the sbeath death to some one must | result ere the sword woul { permit itself to be replaced. It seemed to be imbued with a| Frankenstein spirit,and many a royster and | | breaker of would at times find his |" himself and wounding A common story was to the effect that a Mu- Tama:a sword was once on a time pledged to a | pawnbroker, The fellow thought this a fine opportunity to parade himself us a gentleman aud accordingly on a festival day he wore the sword. Quarrcling with some idle fellows he rd to use the Weapon, but his unfami with it betrayed him and excited the de- ‘rision of the bystanders, who unmercifally | ridiculed inis bux anner. But the mer- | {riment of these individuals was short-lived. ‘The sword itself took the matter in hand, as thongh the taunts impugned ite own skill, and soon iid low allits traducers. Then it turned against the unfortunate pawubroker and killed | him. | Another story is the basis of a popular | anese drama and tells of the adventures of a samurai with a strange sword which he had | borrowed from a pawubroker. He lightly hit @ man with the blade without apparently wounding him in the least. Some time after | the man suddenly dropped dead, and. it) was found that the sword had inflicted a mortal | wound even when it had wcarcely draw: blood. | Upon exammation this was found to. be a Mu- ratnasa, which, although coming from the diss | honor of a pawnshop and carried in the hands { | of an incompetent, had thus made manifest ite power. | ,At last, in view of numerous casualties, the shogun was impelled to issue an order posi- tively forbidding the use of these swords uny | where in the kingdom. They were still eld in | private possession, however, and were loug after ied by the ronins or’ robbers, who at- tained to uniform success by their aid. Finally ! the introduction of firearms by foreigners | destroved the prestige of the sword and drove [it out of use. Its marvelous power could no | longer assert itself, the romance attached to it died out in a large measure, and the weapons became simply the revered relies of past great- ne Jap- { She Bonght the Pitcher. | From the Chicago Herald. | Inapopular down-town store a lady upon whom suspicion had been resting for some time was one day called to account for her carcless- ness. The proprietor walked up to her and re- lieved the distressed attendant by saying: “Madam, will you pay cash for the piteher you ‘have under your cloak or will you have it | charged?” ‘The woman's face changed color. She looked at the proprietor with a gathering expression of indignation. He met her look with one of wuilinching determination. Her indignation changed to one of recollection and surprise. She gave a hysterical sort of laugh and said: “How very thoughtless of me! I did not at first know what yon meant. 1 was so interested in looking’at the beautiful things that I had really forgotten that 1 had-—bad taken up the pitcher, or to ask the price of it. [don't care how much it in. may charge it.” i The proprietor looked at the price, bowed | aud walked away. "The clerk took the’ pitcher | and sent it to be wrapped up and taken to the | carriage that was in waiting for its occupant. Twill take it any way. You LITTLE MISUNDEHSTANDING AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. PULVERMACHER ELECTRIC BELT. This involves proving as well that all other beits and appliances are either COLORABLE IMITATIO: or are entirely NON-ELECTRIC, We undertake to do these things, and we cannot afford to make any inisrepresentations. is in conformity with our business policy as PIONEERS in the manufacture of electric body-wear larger manufacturers and dealers than all other concerns combined, APPLY FOR PARTICULAR: Aires PULVERMACHER GALY S7F-Preserve the above “ORDER FOR SAM this offer appeurs in the ally YOth st. Si. HILDA'S SCHOOL, WORKIN SS Jersey.--A boardine school tor healthri: Thorough inst at CST ALIN a Ninos inne. #: inonths ; day und evenins tess iVetvate | Hudents prepared ior civilserviee eke eW awethod of tilustrating Loukk byw wdents advance rapidly: | Short Tyvewriting, three months, $10. “Diplomas. aa : JPRENCH LESSONS BY MELLEL? at her risidence, a1 D I Sprone terms Terms, twenty lessons, $10. “Call ins day at town Keterences: Dr. and Mrs” W. W. Goddine, St. Fiza beth. DLC a DIANO LESSONS. EXPERIENCED AND. essial teacher: best references. tery hour; iii. half howe. Mrs. J-. 410 mbietadsat Ins" M SUSA’ D8 Voral ¢ ‘ture. Certificate of N. E. Conservatory, Boston, Mass, Cir- cularsiree.” 1006 N'st. nw felt w2 MS, ANE C, LEAVITT OF BOSTON, AM Graduate ot the New England Conservatory, PIANO AND ILAIMON Yo A27-skwte “ JE SCRE EACH. « anit stueing at suet. “Partictar attention ta} frinners aswell as those wisbies 45, Sram ahd performers, ahd Ethel E PARLOKS OF LOE D s orhoet of tanta LORS, OF ave, Wesinastag. Int atau 0 Sah et Aa s oricinal method: the only ope based 1 scientific sop bical MH PRED LECTORE IN THE ist speedy and thoro Vited. Ws orran, voice, taxen U- POR TEX DOLLARS EN DOLLARS TES DOLLARS in Spanish, French, German or Italian. The Cheapest Most practical, The only co -senie way To Really Speak, Write, Q and Understand mea PP Siolers Lancuases, © 118 Ladies and Gentlemen Attended My Classes 1 Applications mist be made on. or SATURDAY. MARCI 14. ‘Classes open March DR. RICHARD 8. ROSENTHAL, Late private tntor fo the Luperial tally, of Austria, er st Mouth, STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL PRIVATE LESSON s ‘eraden rriting to May 327, INT. Soin''at once. COURT B. WOOD, S Principal, PULVERMACHER'S ELECTRIC BELT CORES ALL NERVOUS, PAINFUL AND WEAKENING DISEASES, FERVOUS AND GENERAL DEBILITY, PHYSICAL WEAKNESS, TIRED FEELING, ALL NERVOUS COMPLAINTS, DYSPEPSIA, NEURALGIA, REEUMATISM, PEMALE AILMENTS, STOMACH, LIVER AND KIDNEY DISORDERS, &e., &e. PULVERMACHER'S ELECTRIC BELT Will Last For Years SAVING MUCH SUFFERING, WORRY, TIME AND MONEY. INTRODUCED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY IN 1843, IN THE UNITED STATES I 1878. THIRTY-ONE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS HAV! LATE IMPROVEMENTS. BEEN GRANTED, INCLUDING ALL INDORSEMENTS AND REPUTATION WORLD-WIDE. HONEST TESTIMONIALS. S@ PRIVATE LISTS OF ADDRESSES OF PORMER PATIENTS CURED FIVE TOTWELYE YEARS AGO SENT TO EARNEST 4 PPL ACANTS POR THE PURPOSE OF CORRESPONDENCE. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY TRYING NEW-FANGLED MEDICAL No. REFULLY THE VALUE OF TESTIMONIALS OF CURE OBTAINED FROM WEAK-MINDED OK NOTORIETY-CRAZED PEKSONS WHO CKAVE TO HAVE THEIL NAMES AND “PICTURES” APPEAR IN THE NEWSPAPERS. YOU RUN NO RISK WITH US. WE DO BUSINESS IN THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED WAY. IT IS TO THE INTEREST OF SICK, WEAK, OR AILING PERSONS TO WRITE Os WE CAN BE OF SERVICE TO THEM Read the following Unexampled Offer: SAMPLE OF BELT SENT FREE. We take plewsure in seniting by mail to affiicted persons, who may be tgterented electric treatnvmmt, for menue use, a PRER sample of te Puivermecher Electric Belt. This sample euablgs pationts to judge fur Sben.selves ot its cehuine clectric charscter, and to see at a lance that tt is different in every particular of com struction. smd ant feria.» vised, tromany of the so-called carative appliances which muy have been broach to their metic We are the only manufacturers of genuine and durable Electric-Curative Ap es. and we alone send FREE sanpies & CORRESPONI examination, THESE SAM AN EVERY WAY WITH OVR « ES ARE FULL SIZE (PERPRCT PAC SIMILES) AND LAIMS AND DESCRIPTIONS WE DO JUST AS WE SAY. uposed Upon to such an alarming extent by dealers in all sorts of so-called electrie, beits and other appliances that it ives us pleastire to state that our plan of sendine man peans of forestalling further Imposition npon aMicted persons by SATISFYING THEM BE- that the Puivermacher Electric Belt is the ONE ONLY BELT snitabie in every way tor nirpowes, Tue sampie of Beit is sent by return mail, secure from “*Order tor Sample” form below. It may also be had of application 01 every ailing person on neceiyt ot Peqitest by letter ORDER FOR SAMPLE. (INCLOSE THIS ORDER WITH NAME AND ADDRESS IN PULL Pulvermacher Galvanic Co., 172 Race Cini i, Ohio: Seud me by wail, without ¢ nee, « eamuple of the Pulver Electric Belt, roponed Uy you, Town anty Mate A COPY oF GENERAL PAMPHLET” WITH THE SAMPLE WE Matt TRATED JOURNAL, AND OUR 1? PAGES, CONTAUNING PCLL PARTICULARS OF THESE NOTED CURATIVE APPLIANCES, SPECIAL TESTIMONIAL PAMPHLET, TAINING HIGH-CLASS TESTIMONIAL LETTERS DATED IN, ALSO MAILED FOR ALL OF WHICH 40U ARE NOT CHARGED ANYTHIN ANC (0, prapply NOW, while yon have our addres before yo! Phe Washington Star “THE BLECTRIC oF REVIEWS A LANGE HLS © 172 Race Street, Cincinnati, Oia, Or TG) BROADWAY, New York, LADIES’ EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON, ORWOOD Terry 20D. Spatxe Ovesixe } AHINGTON, D.C. ian ‘Teoth —: ee oy ee or THE Yor tuil tutoriagirn atizere the Rina, LATEST IMPORTATIONS ME. AND MES. WMD. 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I guarantee a torvelt of RENTED AND SOLD ON INSTALLMENTR. for any cane Of Tieuimatians, Yuraiysie oF Bel F e hours #4.tm. to 12 mi. 2tod piu, TUNING AND REPAIRING. Gist vw. tree. huh. — in all ‘of study. Civil service examination < cere, mueceseiu! Prgparation (il inlorwmetion experience of D"S, GARBER AND CROWELL. ELECTROLO SANDERS & STAYMAN, re. Specht instraction toadults whose carly educa: | 1) cists, phiysitians and surgeons, 417 11th ats, - m hag been neviected. Preparation tor «pliece. West | positively ‘and perinamentiy ruse int abort Shine hi FRANK BUTLER, Manager. nat, Antapol gil exausinations, “Send tor cir- | Scieutite electrical and medical treattuenty alk nerves : cuar’ 8. W. FLYNN, AM. Ivy institwge, sa. | disorders, debility. ‘exhaustion, sp im Sa F ST. Now. corner stis andl K stn. witiui" | potence, paralysis, rheumatien, netralghe, dyspepaie, ——- GUARANTEE TO TEACH ANY ONE TO DRAW A | Shi'all tlisnases ‘of the seactanrtoery Semele dimeames, | mbe-tm 138. 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