Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1891, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON’. faa D.C, # SATI DAY, MAY 2, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. CALLE PRAT. OF LIFE IN CHILI. The Picturesque Manner in Which Valparaiso is Laid Out. A GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT. ‘They Take Their Time in Reaching the Fire and Also in Putting It Out—Ladies Must Not | ‘Wear Bonnets in Church—White-Gowned | ‘From The Star's Traveling Commissioner. VaLranaiso, Cutt, 1891. BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE YEAR 1536 that Don Juan Saareda—a Spaniard, famous for nothing else—captured this Jocality from the aborigines. He laid it out in three separate towns and named them respectively “El Puerto” (the port), “El Almendral” and “St. John of God,” but had them christened in the lump, so to speak, under the general title of ‘Val-Puraiso, ‘Vale of Paradise.” ‘That portion anciently called El Puerto is the only level part | of the city and comprises all the business quar- ter, which until recently consisted of only one long, straggling street close to the beach. The cuestas, or hills, dedicated to St. John of God, which now comprise most of the resi- dence portion, vary in height from 1,000 to 1.400 feet. Nothing can be more exhilarating than an early morning or sunset canter over those breezy heights. along the new rond that has been eut ont of solid rock, away up on the steep precipices that face the bay. One day we went on foot to the top of the tallest cnesta, where in time of peace a signal staff gives no- tice of the approach of shipping. Up and up | we climbed by. winding pathway—part wooden stairs, part stone pavement—at # sharp incline and slippery as glass, turning now to the right, now to the left, according to the zig- zag trail, clinging to the iron railing thet | partially protects the path ns it rounds the eape of some man’s garden, while a brisk breeze turned our sun shades wrong side out and threatened to serve our garments in the same | manner. TIRED OF CLIMBING. At length we were compelled to sit down on the stairs, ostensibly because so charmed with the scene below, but in reality from luck of breath to carry us another step. Just then a handsome Chilena tripped past, trailing a black velvet gown weighted with pounds of jet beads, yet looking unwearied aud fresh us @ rosebud in June. But she lives up here ard is used to | it, and that makes all the difference in the | world, youknow! A boy with a 100-foot ladder might climb from the “Puerto” straight up | into her back yard in three minutes time, while to reach the front door she must wind around the hillea mile or more. Almost any Tesident of this part of town could easily sur-| prise bis nearest neighbor by slipping off his own h and landing on the latter's roof, and if a child should happen to fall from the window of many a house he would “bring up” on the stone-paved strect, 00 feet below. But the glorious view is wo-th climbing for. There are beautiful hills, rising one above an- other, dancing cataracts and iujestic moun- taing; there is the crescent-shaped bay without a ripple upon its burnished surface, its ships msticalons a0 shected ghosts snd ite seling tides washing the gray rocks at our feet combining to produce an effect of profound Peecefulness. FAMINE 18 TOMINENT. It is difficult to believe, amid birds and but- terflies and golden sunshine, that war in its most horrible form, that of brother against brother, is deluging this fair country with blood—impossible to realize that famine i abroad in the land and that even now star tion threatens the citizens of this “Vale of Par- dice." na well as thove of Chili's copital, since no can be harvested or fresh supplies brought in from suy source so long as the at deplorable state of affairs continues. | Kiready the little food to be had commands prices far beyond the reach of the poor and Shere. ie mach suffering, especially among tho families of conserip\ ldiera And what will it be weeks later, or may be only days | hence, when the advancing horde comes march- | ing in? In spite of berculean efforts to crush | ‘the rebellion ¢ Balmaceda is rapidiy losing id, and as the insurgents gain bold- ness with each victory their natural cruelty in. creases and revolting atrocities become matters of every day. VAST ARRAY OF RED-TILED ROOFS. | Viewed from thin altitude the streets in the | level portion of the town look insignificant, | but their vast array of red-tiled roofs makes pleasing picture. The houses are mostly three storied, with thick walls plastered to represent, stone. Mr. Spangler, a recent missionary teacher from Kansas, declares that their stiff, straight-up-and-down lines are so out of har- mony with the gracious landscape that they suggest to him coll, damp and cramp colic and | | Rienic and 8 corpse at a wedding. Bat Spanish- rican architecture, though different from | Sgure. anything found at the ‘north, has its beautics and advantages. Among the lattes may be partake of the Juncheon, the highly excitable amateurs sometimes perform wonderful feats, in the line of slinging babies and mirrors out St upper windows and carefully carrying down feather pillows. [ ouce saw a piano hoisted off a balcony and fall crashing into a crowded Street below, to. the injury of a few heads and the utter demolition of the instrument, which might as well have been left to burn. A FIRE ESPRCIALLY GOTTEN UP. An acquaintance writing from Concepcion— the third city of Chili, situated some distance south of Santiago—says: “The houses here- abouts are built of heavy brick and adobe, cov- ered with curthen tiling, so that it would be al- most impossible to burn them. Within the memory of the cldestinhabitant there had never been a fire in Concepeion; but as all well-rega- lated cities in civilized lands have fire-com- panies, this ambitious town must have one also. Alter a vast amount of spread-eagle talk, in print and in public speeches, the citizens or- Ranized a company of bomberos, composed mainly of the ‘gilded youth,’ and purchased a monster fire engine, af unheard-of expense in transportation. But they found no use for either, except in showy parades, followed by nights of convivial rejoicing and the usual e- sultant ‘big heads.’ When that kind of thing became an old story, some of the good people determined to redéem their city from the ita- putation of being behind the times, at any cost. An insurance agent was encouraged to visit Concepcion, and he succeeded in issuing a num- ber of policies—for about double the value of the roperty insured. A night or two afterward The: ing blaze—not any trifling, but a genuine conflagration, in which coal-oil and other combustibles cause the flames to leap and dunce right merrily. EVERYBODY SEES THE FUN. “The citizens were in ecstacies. Everybody turned out to see the fun. Church belle rang jubilantly. The new engine was dragged through the streets in triumph, and even the bomberos managed to arrive in ‘time to be ‘in t the death.’ One by one they came saunter- ing up, some on foot, others in carriages, all having tarried to dress up for the occasion in their brand new uniforms. In short it was an eminently satisfactory performance—for every- body but the insurance company. The owners of the burned buildings came out some thou- sands of dollurs ahead, for the alleged damages had to be paid, because the msurance business Was yet in its infancy in Chili, and the com- pany knew that refusal would be a death blow to their hopes of future prosperity.” It used to be the fashion in Valparaiso to set fire to one’s own property in order to obtain the insurance on it, but the authorities were compelled to put a stop to proceedings so dan- gerous to the entire commanity in a closely built city. They did it in the summary manner peculiar to Chili—by throwing into prison any unfortunate man whose house took fire, ani sometimes his nearest neighbors were incar- cerated to keep him company, all being re- tained in durance vile until it was proved to the satisfaction of everybody just how the fire originated. If it was due to any carelessness ‘on the part of the owner or bis family woe be- ide them—as if it were not bad enough to lose roperty without being punished for it like « common criminal! MUST WEAR & MANTA IX CHURCH. Another novelty, seen nowhere but in Chili, is the wearing of white mantas and white dresses by penitentas, or women who have com- | said mitted some sin, for which they desire to atone by thus advertising the fuct. The black manta, or shawl, with which the women of Peru and Bolivia universally cover the head and shoul- ders, is also used here, though most ladies of the aristocracy have discarded it except for chureh-going, on other occasions sporting the finest French millinery. Bat if going to mass & manta you must wear, for no other style of head gear is permitted inside @ Chilian sanc- tuary. In this connection I am reminded of the Tecent experience of a Philadelphia couple, who are making a wedding journey around the World and took in South America on the way. The bride, who is one of the sweetest and dainticst little women I ever met, told me, with @ blush of mortification, how they were actu- ally turned out of a Santiago church. There was a grand mass for some religious fiesta, and being in utter ignorance of local customs the lady wore her traveling bonnet—a modest toque of black chip. She says that the mo- ment they entered the door a woman came hurriedly forward and whispered something in an angry tone—iu Spanish, of which language our friends do not understand @ word. As they passed along the aisle another woman stepped Up to stay their progress; then another and a: other, each gesticulating more vehemently than her predecessors, but whispering the seme words. Considerably astonished, but knowing no cause for dismay und feeling’ sustained by conscious rectitude, the young Philadelphians bowed serenely to those who accosted them, d having chosen a retired spot behind a pil” Jar, prepared with due reverence to enjoy the ceremonies. But a black-gowned priest sirode down from the altar, took my lady by the arm and ey ee her out, followed, of course, by the now wrathful husband, and not until they metan English-speaking acquaint- ance did they learn the cause of their ejection —all on account of that modest little toque ! 17 18 VERY BECOMING. Though the manta ia exceedingly becoming toeverybody it suits the big black eyes of these southern sisters better than the Saxon blue or sueb incongruous things a» an undertaker ata | 8T@Y- It not only heightens grace and beauty, bat bides slovenly dressing and all defects of When properly draped it makes au | old woman look young, a skeleton form appear | reasonably plump, a meal-bag-tied-in-the- mentiqned the important fact that the houses | Middle shape almost slender and renders a are hard to burn. The roofs of earthen tiles, | imbedded in dried | mut turesque, ©) iF in these moist sectio: Where their duh red surface sour "whee on coating of moxs and lichens. Should a fire originate iu the rafters or ir the boards and sheeting beneath it would go out of its own ac- cord after they were burned ai because the heavy mud covering, falling would effectu- aly smother the coullagration. THE CHILIAN FIRE DEPARTMENT. By the way, one of the institutions of .Chili most conspicuous for its oddity is the fire de- partment. All natives are compelled by law to | serve as bomberos (firemen) or in the militia, and as most of the swell young men prefer th former the companies resemble clubs or | social organizations and are cliqued nc- | to the strictest rules of caste. It is in- | tensely funny tome the bomberos out on a drill, which is made the occasion for a stunning | isplay of their smart uniforms of white linen glittering nickel-plated helmets, and fun- Bier sil Yo ve thems at a fre except for those whose rty is being destroyed. The gor- | a8 ros were never known to put out Reo @ fire, but their efforts, when they condescend to make any, are merely directed to checking its spread by deluging adjacent houses, thereby | rally accomplishing quite as much damage | It is not uncom- WY Water as is done by fire. 2 or, failing in that, to lock doors and windows and stand in frout with drawn revolvers to keep the destructive bomberos at ng ‘THEY TAKE THEIE TIME. ‘The slarm system is eo arranged, by the ring- ing of bells, that those who understand it oan es, | monly worn by servants and los pobras, handsome face perfectly irresistible. Some of the mantas of rich silk covered all over with heavy embroidery and edged with real Spanish lace cost from 150 to GWU. There are cheaper all-wool varieties that drape equally well aud have an embroidered vine runuing around the edges, which sell for between thirty and one hundred dollars, while coarser grades, com can be bought as low as &5. MANTAS OF THE PENITENTS. But the mantas of the penitentas are none of these, being strips of white wool delaine—say three yards long by a yard wide—and entirely without adornment, though worn in the same coquettish fashion as the black ones. The wearers go about the streets with downcast eyes, recognizing no one and apparently look- ing at notuing. “One sees « great mat:y of them. in the churches, especially near the coufession- als, where they wait to receive absolution from the sin they have atoned for by thus making it public, that their souls may be relieved from all sense of guilt and their bodies from this mark of peuitentee. Sometimes they perch be- fore some saint or crucitix motionless for ho like so many snow-white Dirda, or remain all day upon their knees by that posture for sixty consecutive see what punishment it is), or assume some other uncomfortable attitude and stick to it tion are found among their a as charming young — Indeed it @ sad comme: ngerous beauty” that ntary oa “the few ugly faces are fou: ‘same white mantas! gs: al who have yielded to temptation bave been unfaithful to their After the resorts, pisces are crowded. For those whore sins ate great to be washed out by thie process other convents are as s refage, where ye mothers without husbands are cared for and infants taken to s neighbori orphan lum, to be reared for the priest. hood.” ex ABOUT SANTIAGO, ia @ city of about 200,000 inhab- itante and its orphan asylum is said to contain more than 2,000 children of unknown parent- age. Asin Peru, they are received through « hole in the wall, under cover of darkness, and no questions are asked. The asylum is sur- rounded by a high brick wall, and there 1s an aperture in the rear of it, fitted up with a re- volving box or cradie. At any hour of day or night a baby may be placed therein and the box swung around, when a bell, automatically rung, summons the nun or guard inside, who carries fhe Little waif to the nursery. “Though moral- ists may condemn this easy method as an en- couragement to vice it is certainly better than infanticide—a crime fearfully common in all Feat cities of the north and wholly unknown in Chili. But one may hunt the country from end to end in vain to finda male penitente or any house of correction in which men may volun tarily atone for their misdeeds. ‘The worst of them donot assume a garb to advertise their sing, nor are they ever seen seeking absolution at confessional windows. But here, as where the wide world ovet, guilt, shame and penitence seem to be exclusive attributes of the weaker sex. ‘Faxure B. Wann. a FLORENCE’S TERRAPIN STORY. An Experienced Shellback That Easily Reo- ognized Maj. Handy. ‘From the Chicago News. “Day before yesterday,” says Mr. William J, Floronce, the comedian, “I met my friend Handy of the world’s fair. Never saw him looking so well before in all my life; have known him, too, for going on thirty years. I was mighty glad to see him and we hada nice long visit. Showed me a letter he had just got from his little girl, who is on a visit eomewhere in Texas. ‘Dear papa,’ she wrote, ‘you would like the savoir faire down here in Texas very much, but the cuisine wouldn't suit you.’ Well, we had a great laugh over that letter; the re- sult of our meeting was that I agreed to dine with Handy at the Richelieu last night. He said that Landlord Bemis wanted Ishould try his stewed terrapin. “ ‘But, bless you, my dear Moses!” - says I, ‘thero’s no such thing as. genuine terrapin in the west; you may get the canned article, but surely not the live?” “ ‘Oh, yes," answered Handy, ‘Bemis asenres me that it’s the genuine thing.’ Aud I guess it is, for I've seen it.” ‘ ‘Alive?’ says L nyway. © my terrapin?’ asked Bemis. “Now, Loneatly, 1 was disuppointed in, the vinnd. {had eaten terrapin in Baltimore, Waah- ington and Philadelphia—terrapin inevery style —and I flattered myself that if in all the world there was a terrapin connoisseur he was Win. J. Florence and none other. Bemis’ terrapin had that distinct flavor which betokens a long season of preservation. I should have said it was canned terrapin; it was sapid, savory and delectable, yet not quite the thing. course, { told Bemis that it was splendid: and indeed the fine old Madeira (846 a bottle!) made up for every deficiency. “Tam glad to hear you say it,’ said Bemis; ‘our friend Handy here has been insinuatin, that I don't keep the genuine article: whenever Iserve it he intimates that it is the canned terrapin.’ “/Ab, but thie f# surely the genuine, noth I. “ ‘Indeed it is,’ said Bemis, ‘and I can prove it, too. Here, waiter—garcon—go down into the deepest moat under the cellar wall and bring me up one of those terrapin. Donnaymoy vou terrapin, toot sweet, see voo “The wuiter—a Frenchman, rs am bustled off. Handy tried to a 5 don't mean to say that you have pape pees pin,’ said he, ‘for you'v ibited ‘em alive every time you had terrapin in the bill. What Ido say is that your cooked terrapin tastes like the canned goods.’ ‘Bemis pooh-poohed the idea, and presentl; back came the waiter carrying a big tray ani on the tray sprawicd 9 sure-enough terrapin. You can’t fool me on the genuine article. The terrapin has certain distinct markings, color- ings, shadin, i terrapin was » splendid specimen. : ‘Set it down in the middle of the table,’ mis, and the waiter did #0, ““T've got the cellar full of 'em—more'n » million, I guess,’ said Bemis. ‘Don’t feed ’em anything but minced liver and Betheads water. All tat as butter and lively as crickets. When the nights are still you can hear ‘em whistling like nightingales.’ “Iwas satisfied that I had done Bemis a serions injustice. Another taste of the stew convinced me that it was not the canned, but the genuine article. So I applied myself’ with restored confideuee to the viand. aise once andy nudged me, whispering hoarsely, “Billy, did Jou notice anything?” 7 “I looked up at him. “He was white as a ghost and he trembled. ‘Sakes alive! what ails you, Moses?’ I asked. **Do you notice anything queer—anything strang or weird?’ he asked “*‘No; vf course not. Why? “ ‘Then I must have taken too much of the Maderia,’ said he, and he called for a bottle of oreput pre tly he said: ‘There it goes again. “But presently 1: ‘There it — look at it thay terrapin—can’t you see—it's bowing at me!" “Vastly surprised, I looked up and fixed my eyes ontheterrapin. The creature had crawled to the edge of the tray and reached ite tront claws over the side thereof; its long neck was extended to its utmost capacity, ite bead-like eyes glistened with intelligence and, surely enough, it was bowing its black head solemnly. Once, twice, thrice it made obeisance—meas- uredly, gravely, reverently. “‘Marvelous? I cried. ‘It knows Handy; the creature really knows you! “Bemis was greatly confused. “Take it away =#end it back to Baltimore!” he yelled. But Handy and I interposed, Handy understood it allnow. It wasa trick terrapin, the only one Bemis had. He confessed—yes, Bemis owned up at length. The terrapin he served was canned terrapin; whenever ‘any question arose as to the genuineness of the dish Bemis would send down into th terrapin’ back this ‘same lonely, unique terrapin. It was a shrewd game, but it was discovered at last, for, however timid it was at first, the ter- rupin became inured by degrees to exhibition, and. having at last got familiar with Handy's face, it dally made - bold Cas bow to andy, not fiippantly, but gravely and rev- erently, as I penape: f “The terrapin is a ssgacious animal,” con- tinued Mr. Florence. “‘Before we finish dinner that evening this int nt creati whistled an air from ‘La Grand Duchesse;’ it had heard Billy Lyon sing it at a terrapin din- ner that Bemis gave last week. You may not believe this. Next time youeat at the Ri lieu ask Bemis to show you the terrapin, and he will. Although, unless Handy is there, too, the critter may not bow and whistle ashe would do otherwise.” THE AFTERNOON TEA. How to Make It an Agreeable Form of Entertainment. ORIGIN OF THE PRACTICE. ‘The History and Literature of Tea—How It Should Be Served—Dangers That Lark in the Path of the Tea Drinkers—Present So- cial Customs. ——_—_ ‘Written for The Evening Star. {Copyrighted ‘UNAS HAUNEY WROTE A TREATISE against tea drinking in Johnson's time, and that vast, insatiable and shameless ten drinker tock up the cudgels for tea, settling it e brain inspirer for all time, wrote Rasvelas. On the strength of it Cobbett wrote against its use by the laboring classes, and the Edinburgh Review indorsed his arguments, stating that a “prohibition absolute and uncompromising of the noxious beverage was the first step toward insuring health and strength for the poor,” and asserting that when a laborer fancied himself “refreshed with a moss of this stuff, sweetened with the coarsest brown sugar and by azure blue milk, it was only the warmth of the water which consoled him for the moment.” Cobbett claimed that the tea table cost more to support then would keep two children at nurse. ‘The Quarterly Roview, in an article written perhaps by the most famous chemist of the day, said that: ‘Tea relieves the pains of hun- ger rather by mechanical distention than b; supplying the waste of nature by adequate # tenance,” but claimed for it the power of calm, placid and benignant exhilaration, greatly stimulating the stomach when fatigued by di- gentivo exertion, and acting ax an approprinte lilutant of the chyle. More recent inquiries into the qualities of the peculiar power of. tea have tended to raise it in popular entecm, alt ‘though no one has satisfactorily explained why it has become 60 universally necessary to the human race. EVERY ONE WANTS ACUP OF TRA. An agreeable little book called “The beverages we indulge in. The herbs which we infuse"—or some such title—hed a great deal to do with the adoption of tea as a drink for young men who were training for a boat race ‘or who desired to economire their strength in ® mountain climb. But every one from the tired washerwoman to the student, the wrestler, the fine lady and the strong man demands a cup of tea. To the invalid it is the dearest solace, if it is dangerous, ‘Tannin, the astringent element in tea, is, however, bad for delicate stomachs and seems to ruin tite. Tea therefore should never be allowed to stand. Hot water poureil ga the leaves and poured off'into a cup can hardly afford the tannin time to get out. Bince tea drinkers even put the grounds in a silver ball perforated, and sling this through a cup of boiling water, thus is produced the most cate cup of tea. ‘THE CHINESE WAY. ‘The famous Chinese lyrio, which is painted on almost all the Chinese teapota of the empire, is highly poetical. “On a slow fire set a tripod, fill it with clear rain water. Boil it as long as it would be needed to turn fish white and lobsters red. Throw this upon the delicate leaves of choice tea: let it remain as long as the vapor rises in acloud. At your ease drink the pure liquid, si- | codpiilln tevorlts with sices ooetein ees nd | taste something everywhere. Hence the new Thich will chase away the five causes of trou fe. ‘The ‘tea of the cells of the dragoons,” the purest Pekoe from the leaf buds of three- Year-old plants, no one ever sees in Europe. But we have now secured many brands of tea which are sufficiently good, and the famous Indian tea brought in by the great exposition in Paris in 1899 is fast gaining an enviable reputation. It has @ perfect bouquet and fin- Vor. Green tes, beloved by our grandmothers proved to have so much theine, the element of intoxication in tea, that it forbid- den to nervous le. It is this element which makes tea save food by its action in pre: venting various wastes to the system. It is thus peculiarly acceptable to elderly persons— to the tired laboring woman. Doubtless Mrs. Gamp's famous tea-pot with which she enter- tained Betey Prig contained green tes. GREEY TEA DANGEROUS. But there is au unusually large amount of'| nitrogen in theine, and green tea possesses 60 large a proportion of it as to be positively to remain within call, though out of sight, in cage she should be needed. (BEST RULE FOR MAKING TEA. ‘The best rule for making tea is the old- fashioned one: ‘One teaspoonfnl for each per~ son and one for the pot.” The pot should first be rinsed with hot water, then the tea put in and upon it hot water enough to cover the leaves poured, which is at the moment boiling. ‘This should stand for five minutes, then fill up the pot with more boiling water and pour it immediately. Some persons prefer lemon in their tea to cream, end itis a good plan to have some thin slices cut for the purpose in & tty little dish on the tray. A bowl of cracked ce is also a pleasant addition in summer, iced tea being a moxt refreshing drink in bot weather. ther plates nor napkins ever ap- pear at this informal and cozy meal. A guest arriving at this time in the afternoon should always bo offered a cup of tea. AN AGREEABLE ENTERTAINMENT. Afternoon tea in small cities or in the country, in villages ‘and academic towns can be made mort agreeable and ideal entertain- ment for the official presentation of a daughter or for the means of sceing one’s friends. But in the busy winter season of a large city it should not be made the excuse for giving y or the dinner, lunch or ball. the geen: party ul It is not all these, it is simply “itsclf,” and it should be a refuge for those women who are tired of balls, of overdressing, dancing, visiting and shopping. It is also very dear to the young, who find that convenient tea table a Good arena for flirtations. it is a form of entertainment which allows one to dispense with etiquette and to save time. A lady or gentleman who receives an invite- tion to an afternoon tea and makes his visit, Jeaving hie card behind him, bas done his duty: he need not make another call, the acquaintance is established. Nor need » lady do more than leave her card on the day of the tea: her duties ure then over for the season, unless a dinner invitation fol- lows. This is!a great boon to an over society Toman, who cannot get around to make all her cal REFRESHMENTS SHOULD BE LIGHT. Five o'clock teas should be true to their Rame, nor should any other refreshment be offered than tea, thin bread and butter and lit- tle cakes. If other eatcbles are offered the tea becomes & reception. There isa high tea which takes the place of dinner on Sunday evenings in cities, which is» very pretty entertainment. In snail’ rural cities, in the country, they take the place of diuners. They were formerly very fashionable in Philadelphia, It was the opportunity to offer hot rolls and butter, scalloped orsters, fried chicken, delicately sliced cold ham, wafties and hot ‘cake, “pre- serves"--ulas, since the days of cauniug, who offers the delicious preservex of the past? ‘The hostess sits behind her silver urn and pours the hot tea or coffee or chocolate and presses the guest to take another waftle, It is ‘4 delightful meal and has no prototype in any country but our own. It is donbtful, however, whether the high teas will ever be popalar in America, in large cities at leust, with the custom of 7 o'clock dinners, People find them a violent change of living, which is always a challenge to indigestion. Some wit suid that he always liked ‘to eat hot mince pie Just before he went to bed, for then he always knew what hurt him.” If any one wishes to know what hurts him, he can take high tea on Sunday evening. after having dined all the wees at 7 o'clock, ani a pain in the chest will tell him that the hot wattle, the cold tongue, the peach preserve and that last eup of tea mean mischiet. CROMWELL AND ELIZABETH DRANE TEA. Oliver Cromwell is said to have been an early tea drinker; so yas Queen Elizabeth. Elaborate oid teapots are sold in London with the cipher of both. But the report lacks con- firmation. We cannot imagine Oliver drink- ing anything but verjuice nor the Lion woman as sapping up anything less strong than brown stout. Literature owes much to tea. From Cowper to Austin Dobson the poets have had their fling at it. And what could the modern English novelist do without it? It has been in politics, as all remember who have seen Boston arbor, and it goes into all the buttles and climbs Mt. Blanc and the Matterhorn. The French, who despised it, are beginning to make a “good cup of tea,” and Russia bathes init. The samovar cheers the long journ: across these dreary steppes and forms again the most luxurious ornament of the palace. On all the high roads of Europe one can get a cup of tea, excepting in Spain. There itis next to impossible. ‘The universal chocolate supersedes it. If one gets a cup of tea in Spain there is no cream to putin it. It is ruined with goat's milk. Jn inet, the poor tea drinker is hard to please anywhere. ‘There are to the critic only one or two houses of one’s acquaintance where “five o'clock tea” is perfect. M. E.W. Sizmwoop. oo dangerous. In the process of drying and roast- ing this volatile oil is engendered. The Chinese dare not use it for a year after the leaf has been prepared, and thé packer and un- er of fhe tea auifer much, from paralynis. e tasters of tea become frequently great invalids, unable to eat Therefore our favorite herb has its dangers. More consoling is the legend of the origin of the plant. A droway hermit, after long wrest ling with sleep, cut off his eyelids and cast them onthe ground. From them‘sprang a shrub, whose leaves shaped like eyelids and bordered with a fringe of lashes, possessed the power of warding off sleep. ‘This was in the third cen- tury, and the plant was tea. THE ORIGINAL FIVE O'CLOCK TEA. But what has all this to do with that pleasant vision of a steaming kettle boiling over « blaz- ing alcohol lamp, the silver tea caddy, the jded cozy to keep the teapot warm, th ket of cake, the thin bread and butter, pretty girl presiding over the cups, the del cate china, the more delicate infusion, ‘Ail these elements go to make Ed the afternoon tea. From one or two ladies who staid at home one day in the week and offered this refresh- ment to the many, who grew to find that it was avery easy method of entertaining (the orien nal 5 o'clock tea, which arose in England, from the fact that Indies and gentlemen after hunt- ing required some slight refreshment before dressing for dinner, and liked to meet for little chat), out of this simple informal enter. tainment grew the present party in the day time. It now is used as the method of intro. ducing » daughter, &c., and is the ordinary way of entertaining everybo ‘The primal idea was agooa one. People who had no money for grand spreads were enabled to. show to their more opulent neighbors that the; too, had the spirit of hospitality. The doctors discovered that tea was healthy. English break- fast tea would keop nobody awake. ‘The cup of tea and the sandwich at 5 would spoil ne. body's dinner. ‘The ladies who began these entertainments receiving modestly in plain dresses were not out of tone with their guests, who came in walking dresses, THE OHANGE WHICH CAME ABOUT. But then the “other side” was this: Ladics bad to go to nine teas of an afternoon, perhaps “teamens.” It w: to nesist at a large party winter garment of velvet and fur. noon tea lost ite primitive chai came an evening party in the daytime with tho hostess and her daughteps in full drese and hor guests in walking costume. The sipping of s0 much tea uncom- a heavy The after- ter and be- art of entertaining name and at 5 o'clock, whe the ounced h road to a yw words, passes on. In the adjoining room, usually the dining room, Rae is spread with a lod oad one end is a tea service with a kettle of water , While at the other There should be and dishes containing Happiness. From the Somerville Journal. “What is true happiness?” I asked, But no one made reply. ‘The question was so siinple that I greatly wondered why, “Is it,” I asked, “in married life?” One universal groan, Soprano, alto, tenor, bass, ‘Came through the telephone. “Is it in constant, active toll?” I queried, and 4 sigh Fierce asa mighty whirlwind, made A negative reply. “Is it in idleness and rest?” 1 asked next, but a“No” Emphatic was the answer made, ‘Although the voice was low. “What then,” I asked, “is happiness?’ But no one made reply. And yet the question seems so plain, I greatly wonder why, ——_—_+or_____ POKER IN A DUGOUT, An Interesting Game of Draw: With a Simple Dakota Hayseed. From the Kansas City Times. It was about ten years ago that I took a trip through the west with a party of Kansas City men. Several weeks were spent in Dakota in the summer of 1831. One day the four mem- bers of our party were driving w miles from Yankton when we espied a ‘dugout” off to the north of the trail. We de- cided to alight and have a chat with the settler, who wax seated on the roof of his humble abode, with his feet on the ground. To the unin- itiated this would seem strange, but these houses are four-1ifths under ground and con- tain about #5 worth of lumber, two rooms and thousand centipedes. Upon the invitation of Mr. Jones, the settler, we entered his abode, where he introduced us to his wife. Brown, one of our party, suggested right in the midst of our conversation on the crops that we play a game of seven-up. The scheme met with approval and we played. sev- eral games, Jones didn't seem to know much about the game. After a while another of our party—T'll call him Johnson—leaned over to me and said: “Jim, do you reckon this hayseed could have » dollar or two about hima?” It wasn't long before Johnson he ever played poker. lemon, 15) play mind dealin’ poker. wan playing “penny ante,” and ‘the old man won about s dollar at it.” I'didn't play, but Johnvon, who is now a United States Senator, ut up a game gene: an not pogteyek for adollar. He proposed made. | Ne Ane Free GEORGE WASHINGTON. Two Instances on Which He Dis- played a Good Deal of Temper. HIS ANGER AT COL. MARSHALL The Duel Between Mr. Pleasants and Col. Ritchie—A Remarkable Trio of Journeymen Printers That Worked in This City—Aan sub- | sequently Bocame Editors and One a Senator. Written for The Evening Star. HE RECENT DEATHS OF ADMIRAL Alfred Taylor and Mrs. Pauline Cazinove Fowle recall the memories of twoaged and dis- tinguished citizens of Alexandria, Mr. Anthony Cazanove and Mr, Taylor, both of them friends and contemporaries of Gen. Washington. Many years agoI met Mr. Cazanove on the Norfolk boat, commanded by Capt. Mitchell, | and enjoyed his most pleasant company from Alexandria to Norfolk. Mr. Cazanove lived to an advanced age, He was the friend of Lafayette, who, when in this country. was his | guest. In company with Albert Galleten he established the first flour mill in Pennsylvania. For years he was the leading shipping mer- chant in Alexandria and the owner of a line of ships which in their day had but few equals. Then Alexandria was a place of very consider- able commercial importance. Mr. Cazanove and Mr. Taylor adhered all their lives to the of ante-revolutionary dress, which h 8 distingnishing mark of « gentleman that some one said none but a genticman could it.. Lean only recall these twogentiomen, r. Hawley, my old uncle, Basil Spaiding jeasart Hill. and Judge Bibb as the wearers of the knee breeches and buckles. Th judge made them quite familiar, ax he here so long, and while Secretary of the ury the judge, with his colored compa bait the hook. was a most devoted disciple of Isaac Walton, and the Long bridge wax one ot his favorite Launts, though be sometimes ex- tended his rambles in search of the tinny tribe s far as the Four Mile ran. THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY. It brings the immortal father of his country nearer to our day when we recall his friends and companions, who died as late as the ea Aifties, and some of their sons and daughters yet remain among ns, making only one tion from Washington to this day. of Admiral Taylor, Col. Algernon Sid y formerly of the marines, attended the funeral of his brother a few days ago, and the sister of Mra Fowle survives her, the ds: Anthony Cazanove. When Gen. Wa.bington retired to Mt. Vernon the friends with whom he held familiar intercourse were Mr. George Taylor. Mr. Cazauove, Lord Fairfax, Dr. Dick and others of Alexandria, and’ Col Taylor relates an incident of Gen. Washington having lost a favorite buck from his herd of deer with which the park at Mount Vernon was stocked, traced it to @lexandria and to a butcher shop, where the tarenss was exposed for sale. With a heavy ridiug whiy he pitched into the butcher, and the story ix he nearly butchered him, xnd then ordering his servant to take the carcass of the deer back to Mount Vernon started for home. A snow storm over- took him on the road and the exposure to the storm Which he faced on the way home caused the sore throat and quinsy frou which he died. Col. Sidney Taylor tolls me his father was at Mt. Vernon when Gen. Washington died. Dr. Dick on his way to Mt. Ver- non, where he had been summoned to attend Gen. Washington, stopped at Mr.‘ who was then living about six miles from Alex- sudria, on the road to Mount Vernon, and told him of the general's illuess. Mr. Taylor had his horse saddled and followed the doctor with all speed, and reached Mount Vernon a half hour after him, and found Gen. W in an almost hopeless condition. was admitted to the room where the fi his country lay upon his deathbed. He gave Mr. Taylor his hand and said, in whispered tones, “The doctor is porsecuting me to take more medicine, but Twill not. My time has come, I am prepared to go,” and in half an hour the country was mourning the demise of him who was “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” WASHINGTON AND COL. MARSHALL. A recently published work of some author, who speaks authoritatively, dispels the idea that the father of his country was without the T ion to faults of buman nature and gives instances of jolent temper. He relates that Washiag- ton desired some congressional action, and needed a friend be could rely on to represent him on the floor of Congress, and wrote to Col. Jobn Marshall, who had served on his staff, requesting him to come to Mount Veraon. The fature chief justice obeyed the summons at once and reached Mount Vernon as speedily as it was possible,and Gen. Washington,atter dinner, told him why he had seni for him.” That he de sired he should become a candidate tor Con- ress. Col. Marshall expressed his regret that f would be almost impossible for him to do so at that time, but Washington u-ged most ardently the necessity which should induce him, at some sacrifice, to make the canvass. Mr. Marshall declined most positively to take the same view us the immortal George expreseod, when he flew into a terrible pus sion and Col. Marshall lett ey {!2 0 to his room, but not to sleep, for the dis- cussion had been’so violent the colonel deter- mined to leave Mount Vernon at the dawn of day. Waiting anxiously its coming -he de- scended the stairs, boots in hand, sv as not to disturb the household, and was met by Gen. Washington in the hall, who said, “Col. Mur- thall, it is too early, sir, for you to rise. ‘The servants are not up. You will be called, sir, in time for breakfast.” Without a word the future chief justice returned to his room and at breakfast no allasion was made to the scene of the night berore, and at its conclusion the ex- President said he would like Col. Marsal to take a ride with him, as he desired to consult him on 9 business matter. The ride was taken and Col. Marshall's visit extended through the week, with never the slightest allusion to the cause of the violent scene, and Col. Marshall retarned to Richmond and became a candidate for Congress and was elected. Some ¥ relatives of mine returned from spoke of having met, as superior of a ere, @ Madame L'Evec, who was # Mi Fowle of Alexandria. ‘There was, before the war,a large shipping house in Alexandria, Fowle & Co., and she came from that branch of student recently handed in a paper to his pro- fessor and was surprised the next day to have it returned with @ note scrawled on the the family, as understand. ‘The husband of Mrs. Fowle, just buriod in Alexandria, was a colonel in the army, and at one time was com- mandant at West Point. PARSON HAWLEY’ JULEP. Speaking of the venerable Parson Hawley, who for 80 many yeors was pastor of St. John’ Chureh, Mr. Ashton White told me an amusing ineident which occurred at that resort of Wash ingtonians where they were almost like one family, Piney Point. | A purty of gentlemen composed the late Robert 8. tterson, Walter Hellen, the younger brother of the late Mr. Jobason Hellen, nado ies to take boat Hawley was in- vited to accompany them. In a friendly tuslse Walter Hellen pushed Dr. Patterson, as he was called, overboard. The water was shallow and the doctor got on board again, and in his effort to return the compliment ‘tried in vain to i fe Ge iFETE E 3 ii i if £ 8 iy v! at tt if “a § H af here, and the memories he bas left are full of interest, for in Washington, as he told me bizn- self, he was more at home than anywhere cise. How he dishked the exile he was fated to en- Mr. Joseph C. Foertech in 1850 was gie- ing musical instructions to the four talented children of Mr. Pberbach, who, it will be re- membered, built what in those days (48-9) was gne of the most important private buildings in Washington, corner of 8th and E streets. Mr. Payne was @ frequent visitor at Mr. Eberbach’s, nd for his enjoyment Mr. Foertech arranged “Home, Sweet Home,” as a quartet for the four children. He expressed himself very much tified and told Mr. Poertech he had great | i@iculty in having an air composed for that fawed ong. and eventually he took the air, which is so familiar, from Donezetta’s opéra of “Anna Bolena.” The refrain only was com- posed by Sir Henry Bishop. Mr. Foertech was subsequently professor of music at Georgetown lege, where with Mr. Stephen R. Mallory, who will represent Florida in the next House of Represeutatives, and Dr. Murply as lay pro- | fessors were associated for some years. Mr. | Mallory graduated with distinguished honors at that venerable alma mater, and may reas ably expect to succeed his father at some future day in the Senate of the United States. ‘SIR HENRY BULWER'S WIFE. Tam informed of an error in my correction of the blunders of others when I enid I thought Sir Henry Bulwer was unmarried. A lady | forms me that Lady Bulwer presided over the legution while Sir Henry iiuister bere, and wore, On state ocgasions, tl | Most magnificent diamonds. They became | cclebrated, none like them in size bril. | liauce had been seen in Washington, but some one discovered they belonged to the other branch of the family and were in the custody of “Owen Meredith,” Lord Lytton, that was the gossip of the day. Referring to iiurke Peerage [fiud Sir Henry Bulwer married the daughter of Lord Cowley, a nice of the Duke of Wellington. I wax led to the idea of sir lenry being unmarried from the {act thot near relatives of mine met Sir Henry Bulwer at the American legution in Paris while Mr. Bigelow was minister, and subsequently dined at the | British legation and Lady Bulwer was not present on cither occasion. Sir Henry Bulwer represented Engl at almost every European court. He was envoy to Spain when Narvaez was ruler, as premier, and conveyesl, on more than one occasion, the remon- from the English governinent ageinst his mode of warfare. His known eympath: With the liberals rendered him unpopular at the court and Narvaez accused him of com- = iy in some a discovered and sent him sted on his speedily quit- Kovernment welcomed made him a knight of the Ogder of the Beth and dismissed the Spanish minister at London and lomatic relations wi apology, dictated by etiered. Lord Lytton, ceoded Lord France. When he was here teen vears of age. censfal in two vears refused to hold dip- that country, until an Lord Palmerston, was A DISTINGUISHED TRIO. Thave a letter from an old Washingtonian, Row residing in New York. giving some inter- esting matter of the days gone by when he re- sided here, Mr. R. H. Guilaher, the son of the Hon. John 8. Gallaher, who was or some years third anditor of the treasury. Mr. Gallaher says hereads Tus Stan regularly, and “finds it one of the most readable and interesting journals of the day, and remember: the earlier days of the now brilliant orb which helps to throw light Upon so wide a field of readers that they extend throughout the Union.” Mr. Gailaher telle me his grandfather owned the eligible corner of 9th and F street, where the fine granite build- ng has been erecied, and for some inconsid- erable sum sold it to Mr. Gales, and he says he Understands it is now worth €10 a foot. Mr. Gallaher is an authopity in Wall street values, but his knowledge of real estate values of Washington are sadly at fault, as Mr. Kobt. Holtzman tells me it is worth $30 a foot if on the market. Mr. Gallehor’s memories of wer was Euglisi | * 'spormavion, I ysptkation AND IMPROVEMENT. THE AYES HAVE IT. Ana ¥ they (the women) will always HAVE [T THRIB ‘AY oF kuow theresson why withe great big pert, hence the eye ss agrea® N. and the INSPTRATION of such INFORM A weli-twlanced tnind work & erot IMPROVEM thine in wemere\, oF MM bie Or her individaal condition, Without enearine wm bair splitting, or a long and tedi- on6 lsbyrinth of anrument, We will proceed to sive valuable information with a fomgronn’ of Qgurem, with gnaifty, eryte, nt and finish to beck 4 SUIIS OF CLOTHES FOR MEN (seck Coste, 86. 7.0, OR, 2, 80.50, 810 and 17S OF CLOTHES POR MEN (Prock Conte), 87, 68.75, 2.73, $20, $10.75, 611.50 amd SUITS OF CLOTHES FOR ROYS, seve 12 Sears (Coats, Vests and Long Pants), 96.50, 86.55, 87 and $7.50, PANTS SUITS, #1, ©2.50, @3, 62am 8.50, $3.75, S.NT and $4. N tos 21), €4 50, e es. 84 For your farther LNPUKALAT LON peruuit us to state that the WHITE HOUSE CLOTHING HOUSE Is not anew creation, but a long existing fact which, drow ite INSPIRATION fom the 10 PER CENT IDEA. The carryine into effect of that ides wrought 4 vast IMPROVEMENT in che condition of things t= freneral, and made justly famous VICTOR E ADLER'S 10 PER CENT CLOTAIXG BOvER, 27 AND ©) TTH ST. x.W., CORNER MASSACHUSETTS AVENOR STRICTLY ONE PRIOR OPEN SATURDAY UNTIL 11 P. Tm uM H UTCHINSoN's, (007 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. RICH MILLINERT. Im Trimmed Millinery I offer the very ates: styles and designs. In Straw Hats an iinmense assortment im colored and fancy lace braids, Lair apd Milam mixed. Also all the poke eflects, all inthe latest sty lee. The new Saslor CAPES. the political movement which resulted in the election of Gen. Taylor are very interesting. Mr. Gallaher, as “his father had been before him, was the editor of a leading whig journal in Virginia. Mr. John 8. Gallaher was one of » trio who in the long ago “worked at case” on the Register of Debates in the office of the Na- tionat Inteliigencer, Gen. Simon Cameron and Luther Severance of Maine being the other two of this very remarkable trio, These gentlemen, even at that early day, were inspired with the ambition to occupy of the editorial tripod of their own journals, an ambition which was realized on their return to their native states, for Gen. Cameron became the editor and pro- prietor of @ prominent journal in Penneyl- Vania, Mr. Severance was for years editor of leading journal in Maine, aud Mr. Gallaber tablished the Free Press at Harper's Ferry and subsequently at Charlestown, It was.a paper of influence and ability. These three journey- men printers served in both branches of their Tespective legislatures, and Gen. Cameron was elected to the Senate of the United States, Mr, Severance to the House of Representatives and Mr. Gallaher appointed to the office of third auditor of the treasury, when they next met in Washington, years after their association as journeymen of the “art preservative of arta.” Mr. Gallaher was a contributor to the columns of the National Intelligencer and be- fore coming to Washington in an _ official capacity he was identified with the Virginis pressas an able editorial writer, and sub- sequently as one of the owners of the Whig at lucbmond, with John Hampton Pleasants, Alexander Moseley. Mr. IC H. Gallaher ceded him in that editorial capaci conducting that paper, from which Mr. Pleas- nits had retired to establish the Daity Republic. ‘TE PLEASANTS-RITCHIE DUEL, While absent from Richmond at Philadelphia ‘Mr. Pleasants saw a most violent attack upon him ir. Mr. Pleas- gente ¥, requesting Ritchie to mect him next morning on the th of the canal at Manchester. No nated, and Mr. Pi rried a walking stick and « pair of duel- ing pistols, and Mr. Ritchie, who had preceded him about fifteen minutes, and who had been stationed by his seconds, Messrs. Washington Grenhow and Wm. Scott,wore a pair of double- barreled pistola im a belt around his waist, supplemented by a heavy cutlass or artillery eword. Just before reacliing the ground Mr. Pleasunts discharged his pistol and advanced toward Mr. Ritchie with only his slender cane. As he advanced Mr. Ritchie opened fife on him and before he reached the ground where Mr. Ritchie stood he bad received four wounds and had barely strength enough to break his cane over Ritchie's head and shoul- ders. ile fell and was carried to his residence, where, after several days of great suffering, he 1 died. The excitement growing out of this aad affair was intense. Mr. Ritchie came to Wash- ington, where his father was i On his chased his newspaper property. Mr. was one of the most gifted editorial writers of ‘the day, and his demise and the painful cir- cumstances which caused it exereised a power- fal induence in opposition to the duel. Sr. Gallaher gives some very teresting reminis- gencos of Gon. Tuslor's administration. His 4 filed’ the ponttion’ ot unea for many years auditor of the treasury. A TRIP BY CANAL. of that Baltimore. Very few Saye ago tn the prece St the countey srpecret's tent dagusting ibel om tat great ttaveeman, Foe recede Sie cotaey upes when Saart cate os vie i q a, ° i A most important purchase ‘Last week I purchased from o lange im Porting house the choice of thelr NOVELTY CAPES, Which I shall offer to my patronsat ONE-THIRD ‘The price usually charged, making the Price of these high<las garments ot the price of commen goods. ont T coca WIKR Gentlemen as well as ladies euffering from Spring Fever way ve greatly benefited by the use of our Coca Wine. Rovpews Rewovar Sace MAKES 4 DROP IN FURNITURE FOR TEN YEARS ‘We have carried the finest stock of Household Purmi- ‘ture to be found in this city, FOR TEN YEARS, Av our patrons know, we have sold Furniture lower than any other house in Washington. FOR TEN YEARS (Our money-saving and satisfaction-¢iving credit aye tem has enabled housekeepers to furnish their bowes: more cheaply and comfortably om credit than others have Gone for cash. BUT FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DaYs ‘We shall offer our entire stock of handsome. service ‘able and seascnable Furniture, euch as Ketrigeratora, Baby Corriages, Matting, &c., ot figures that will sur- pass i cheapness, for casher on crediter shew os for cash, ali former offers. ‘I you Gon" want furnttere new you will some Gag, ‘and this offer will never occur again, so buy ow. RUDDEX, ‘THE FURNITURE DEALER, we le Cand TLS av.