Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1891, Page 12

12 —— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE LAND OF MOORE. Observations of Washington Wheel- men While Crossing Ireland. HANDICAPPED BY CORDUROYS Pecaltarities of Omicial Uniforms—Why Po- Moemen Look Long-Legged The Meeting of the Waters—Seves Churches and the Le- gend of St. Kerm—Taras Ball. Correepon lence of The Evening Star. Brreast, Ineaxp, June 29, 1991. ( NE OF THE STRANGE CUSTOMS THE Jonnny American finds when he visite the land of 2 his at of requiring an nily is the patrons of ¢ at off deposit their mail from outside apertures pro You buy your stamp mut to mail Jour letter s outside. Across the front of the Dublin post office, for instance, is a long row of apertures, classi- fied rding to destination of mail, by appropriate placards, which etare at you as you approach and to say, “It is, sor,” in Fesponse to your mental inquiry whether for you to post * letters over here, never I" them. Whatever superiorities there be English p: m one will he comes to purchase a d it ien't sal ecard » value of one half-penny hing for the card h equivalent of 3 nparing everything 1 Th arge and varied, b | to Bray. the | ach from the iiness of the ensemble. Yes, it must be the cap. The dark biue the coat « sack, sometimes | k ia the back, has just enough red to give ita rather cheap and dry appearance, but it might look much guleting of street apks and disor 4 comparatively little of th east of In na most needing res d receiv Dublin pe been an error in the form con ad the belt | worn high the law a doubly tall and Ie “ © | CASTE AND ¢ We are inclined to be 4) clothing question he Irish have in ways shown their disapproval of orduro cling No one but the workingmen wears cor or Tather RO one else Weare it because workingmen has for this reason been a pubs in the n of the un sen «rious | the working, servant that settics the matie: THE MEPTING OF THE WATERS. Moore's rhythmic lines tell us that— “-Tuere je not tm the wise w Shee bs dingly laid our ec include this famous * the ju Avonbeg_ rivers, Ovoca. It was the meeting refe fnnetion of the Ovoca, eight miles the southward, and ao per Yention that the poet himself was at length peaied to. He informed his tn : in fuct wrote the lines at neitie: p pat | " thes tae Avonmore and Avonbeg, gested them to him. N.B | ciat | peing | goof th of the Avonmore and | which together form the tained by many that loner ‘Thats Just Lhe ail us poets and other serib- dlers. Although Moore made no cl Hes of scenery for ti cautitul rather from associat with it, so: it seems te Some writ Of the second of lower mectit scenery sbout the first or u; eudcomparing it, to its dis that of the other. Others, in duty bound, have with florid tences fed to the mind of the reader a picture of beauties, which, accor to our ideas of the picturesque, do pot exist. It is so easy to over describe. “The surroundings at ¢ are ordinar; cher plac | ima to e ot, it y who visits | extraordinary. | the water somewhat unple y, the writer meanwhile posing graceful upon the b above over the Avonbeg and n loud tones upe the sermanship displayed. G_— will never be one of the Worlis great navigators, | THE LEGEND OF ST. KEVIN. The “Seven Churches” are the only remain- y founded by St. ition, but, according to time in the seventh 1 of the few se: world, but its « ars, have lon upon which the is day, superintending the buil: churches It must time. He wore « where he rested ther | where he used to hang his leg as he idly itto and fro. Five indentations mark ‘where he was in the habit of resung his hand. Other arm and leg not accounted for. the rock they had been cut with a chisel But G——is | navurally skeptical. Such persons as he would | gends aud traditio as spite of our corduroy, all for @ shill: assured us of lifelong freedom from aches aud pains if we sat on the rock as St. K. did, swung our legs justas he did and rested our hand just where he did. Sit stone ledge in a recess place where the saint sat, has rendered ebeclutely certain the fulfillment of a wish, which we then and thers made. We would tell what it was, but thet would “bust” the charm she said. By @i8 of much px on the partof ade to meet aroun a larg. assures to us en early marriage with ax heiress. We shall immediately cense irom toil and wait to De claimed Beyond the ruins of the churches in the Glendalough (the “gion of the two takes") is what tradigon has designated as St. Kevin bed Vasitors to that region eil aspire to climb fete it, as we did. It is a narrow shelf ina cleft & precipice which desccuds to the water's edge om the northern shore of the largest of the lakes. ‘To reach it o Must, if be spproeches by land, do cousider- Abie Glimbing, where & uilsstep ¢r fail would | | morse, but he recovered and | ‘This parasite is found only in Europe. He | is ordinarily by using brooms to sweep it rs mean a drop of about twenty feet into deep water, which would be disagreeable if one were not prepared for the descent and had left his bathing suit at home in the burean drawer. ‘ this place the saint fled from the fair Kathleen. “She hiad loved him well and tor Wished tim hers, nor thought it wrong. And here she followed him, though the diffi culties of getting to it had very nearly stumped the saint. My, but he was wrath when he opened his eycs after a comfortable snooze and bebeld the bewitching maiden sitting near, pa- tiently awaiting his awakening. Alas!’ the saint was sadly lacking in gallantry, if local tradition is true. He seized her and ‘tumbled her off into the lake, where she was drowned. He was then seized with a vevere attack of re- . ved to be 120 years old. Unless Kathleen was more charm- ing than the Seven Churches belles of this age, we think him justified in fleeing. BO ’ CHURCHES. The guide posts and mile stones are generally noticeable for their absence in Ireland, and we of inquiring the way Of course"we didn't mean bray, but | & passing donkey probably thought we did, and | lifted up his tunefal voice in song. G—'s in- | ed to the donkey's satisfaction if not to our own. $ mi for Ireland’s Bray the distinction of being the “Vicar’s of rays” Bray, but this probably belongs to the English Bray. At Siille! an we held our first converse with no- Sarl somebody (he owns the town) his confidence and news gently. We didn't notice the blood, but his face was red and he ty good horse. Shillelagh, by the ws, has given its mame to the favorite Irish n cak stick. Briefly, then, a “is, of was originally, an’ oak stick from Shillelagh. rim, where a battle was fought between srees of King James If and King William earl's bin rode a pr rge quantities of . G—— always finds | er they are. We shoul but it was founded in 1726 | sn't been changed since. t to be surrounded by such old 2 the Dill was no larger than if .d been fresh and new—and clean. | lin we sought ancient Tara, repre- ascries of mounds of various sizes We remember, when we were |, how impressed we were by Thro: ad which we sang with ad ehildish enthasiasm the are of being i old ev ne all about everything that ever hap- pened in the locality. The lull upon and about whieh the eity stood commands a grand view in all directions, a truiy royal place for the royal city that it was, Ecorse 8. Stevexs. —_—eo —__—_ WAR ON THE HESSIAN FLY. Experimenting fn Illinois on a Parasite De- structive to the Pest, A Gispatch from Champaign, IIL, aa last spring Prof. Forbes, state entomologist, re- ceived from the Smithsonian Institution at | Washington a few of the larve of a parasite | supposed to be destructive to the Hessian fly. | undertook to experiment to prove whether these larve are destructive to the fly bere, and if s0, in what degree. In order to determine this a small [sor of wheat. about a vard josed in a box, arranged so that have light and air to grow. number of Hessian flies and the larve mentioned were put in the box, so sed that they could not escape and other cts get in, and thus the experiment was The larvw have hatched and are flour- ishing. They are almost microscopical and em to have been created solely to prey upon the Hessian fly. The parte is a neatly rmed, wasp-shaped little mite, supplied with a sharp sting or augur. With un 4 ne place where the fly hi the husk of the straw, and rasite lays ite There it develo 8! , boring dow gm Inside the egg esinto a grub, con- suming the egg of the tly and destroying it. This is tline of what has Leen proved | by the experiment made. The parasive was first discovered committing its depredations upon the Hessizn fly in the wheat fieids of southern Russia. ease anne Street Sweeping by Hand. To the Faitor of The Evening Star: I was glad to see a notice in Taz Stan of the experiment of the District Commissioners to | keep Pennsylvania avenue cleaner than it ort may prove a success, it will be neces- ¥ to adopt a systematic plan for the : That will be necessary both in of economy and of perfect work. arefully aud well-exceuted plan Ido not any (and all) asphalted street (or streets) can be kept in much better conditian th have hitherto been; also, if not at smaller expense, at az-expense not much in ex- cess of the e} né broom’ sweeping. Forty or more years ago the only street clean g that I saw or beard of in London, Paris and Jes was done day and night by hand sweep- (uot pushing brooms), shovels and hand Everything was reiaoved means. Droppings of horse carte that was spiled in passing all other litter was removed continuously do this work effectually and economic: aces for gangs should be determined and | ued widhin the assigned limit. broom, or a Lickory split broom (not a pushing | broom, but one to sweep with as we sweep our | floors and halls), with another man provided } a push eart and an iron or wooden shovel, | {be required to take oue side of, sw la uvenue from 17th street down ary Department to the junction of 15th street aud Pennsylvania avenue, and then returning up the avenue on the opposite This should be continuous except during meal hours. sh eart man could stop where-g ever there was found any droppings or other’ litter—the broom man would use his broom to at the hitter together and the push cart man Would shovel it into the cart. The entire Jeril of the street should be divided, giving | one cars, one shovel, one broom and two | men to’ not jess than three squares on | Pennsylvania avenue, and a larger number} of squares on most avenues aud streets, Itisimprobable that more street cleanings than would fill one hand cart would be col- lected im a dey in a section, but there should be "place of deposit near by each section, from which horse carts or wagons should, at the close of the day's work, manent place of devosit. ‘There are also other labor-saving devices by which economy can be increased—such as havipg in the “push carte” movable boxes by which they could be emptied by lifting and capsizing them into the horse or receptacle in place of shoveling from ove cart to another. Saving in this way the bire of horses where band carts are ueed ad dispensing altogether with the present mode of machine’ street sweeping (which does not Hy clean the streets), the expense of ‘ping and shoveling ought not to cost | more, if indeed ae much, than the three or four four-horse teams and drivers now employed. Tu the band broom, shovel and band carte plan a strict supervision of the men em- 1 be necessary to see that they de not alight their work: ‘They must be con- stantly on the move; al ings quick), shoveled into the hand carte oon eset dust collected by sweeping for the shovel and hand cartman. There suggestions are the re- sult of what has been observed in Great Britain and on the continent of Europe. If they do any good toward cleaner streets (that | the ullurements are too many uot to waika ATTRACTIVE HOMES. How a Cottage in the Woods May Be Made Delightful. PLEASURES OF A CAMP. A Sample Summer Home on the Bordor of = Lake—Where Health and Comfort Are the Chief Objects Sought—Fishing the Sport for the Men—How Guests Are Provided For. Written for The Evening Star. HERE 1S NOTHING LIKE THE SPICE in living as well as other things, and a zest is given by extremes in the manner of life and matter of surroundings that monot- ovy can never impart. Perhaps no one enjoys & bit of roughing it more than the people who at home have luxurious houses and more than comfort in their daily lives. They will extract Pleasure by mere force of contrast and bring more enthusiasm to « summer cottage life than one could fancy. Just nowa party has assembled for the best of good times in a cottage which might serve as ® good model for comfort and convenience com- bined in a life as free and delightful as can be imagined. proach is by way of the lake, the nearest station being at some distance from ‘the opposite end of the fittie shoot of water. Soa row of mile and a half is the first pleasure in connec- tion with one’s arrival. The view of the mount- ains is one of the charms of the place, for the eve: changing clouds and sunshine constantly ary the outlook and one can never tire of look- ing at them. A onovr oF Corragzs. The particular cottage I speak of is one of a group of five comprising the settlement, and all summer the owners and their friends come and go, enjoying a season in camp, with the S-hing, bouting and quiet life which ‘the place The situation of the different cottages makes a pretty group, ns seen from the inke, while the thick growth of trees.and shrubs really forms a seclusion about each cottage, which adds much to the attractiveness. The special little lodge I speak of is painted a dark red, like the others, and is on the same general plan. A broad piazza is in front and along one side, and although the next cottage is only a few rods distant through the woods no sign of civilization 18 at all visible from either door or window. On entering from the piazza one steps at once into the living room, which is at the same time dining room and drawing room. I put dining room first because with the appetite that the mountain air creates that function of the room is more important than the other. THE INTERIOR. The interior of the cottage is of unpainted pine, which looks fairly satiny as the fire light plays over it, especially in the roof, which runs up into # high point in the center, open to the room, while a guble is over the front door. The principal feature of the room is the corner fire- place of brick, the chimney setting out into the Toom with mantel! built out still further, and on top three receding pine shglves, giving a place for decorative objects. ‘These ornaments are quite in keeping with the n the top suelf being a scuffed hawk, flanked by a wild duck on side. On the lower suelf are twortone jars generally filled with the beautiful and” enormous ferns which grow in such protusion all about, almost to the very doors. ‘the treplace is a generous one, and when the big logs are piled up and the’ flames leap high ou a rainy night ro is a coziness about the room that makes the occupants feel that they rather be there than anywhere else in the world just then. When the fire burns too fiercely for cotafort, a large pine screen frame, heng ‘with a Mexican blanket with scarlet ground and pattern in other gay colors, is drawn up to shut off the heat. Another similar blanket serves for a table | cover, on which two large lamps are set in the evening to add their light to the fire flames. HOW GUFSTS ARE PROVIDED FOR. The painted floor is bare, the furniture of the simplest kind, but many little ingenuities | abound which do eredit to the inventors. The | round center table answers for meals when the family is small, but when guests arrive | and there are many, for [doubt itan invitation | to visit this charming place has ever been de- clined, a large square top is laid over the table and fastened on by a wooden button at euch side. By this simple contrivance the ac- comimodations can be increased sufticiently for “large familee.” Shelves are put about in convenient ways and places, serving a6 catch- alls for all te odds and ends needed for tish- ing and home life ecmbined. Books fili the skelves for @ considerable space on one side of the room, shelves across a corner give additional table ‘room, while the door to a corner cupboard is filled with a good sized mirror: and a stuffed owl looks down from above. dresser of pine, open above and closed beneath, contains the dark blue and white dishes, and is made to look attractive by the tasteful arrangement of the same. THE BED Rooms. Two bed rooms open off this big room, with sets of ash furniture, corner shelves and books giving space for the wardrobes necessary for the simple life at camp. ‘The partition between living room and two bed rooms (which are side by side) only runs up one story, where it is” tloored over, forming a deep balcony to the living room, with sloping si and in the center ‘open to the roof like the rest of the rooms. ‘This forms the upstairs or “loft,” where are primitive toilet conveniences, and two big beds, with soft mattresses, where sleep comes almost as soon as the head touches the pillow, and the dreams are pleasent ones, % protects this balcon: is the meaus of ascent and descen! y_ for the men if those quarters are assigned to them, but if the femi- nine element prevails among the guests and contingent of them is lodged above there is many alanzh at the first attempts to mount the steep inelin FISHING TRE REAL BUSINESS. Fishing is the real business of the camp, and at nearly every meal delicious trout are served. A large store room besides filled with all sorts of substantials and delicacies is taxed every day, and if living in a general way 1s primitive at the cottages the table supplies combine many luxuries with the home products of the lake and surrounding country. Inrain or shine some of the boats are gen- erally to be seen moving up and down the lake with a devoted fisherman or two in each, and only the settled darkness of night drives them in to supper and the big fixe, which is almost always. welcome atevening. Though the walking through the woods is rough, over roots and granite which continually crops out through the earth, still good deal, so many beautiful nooks invite, and the flowers, trees and shrubs are in such varied profusion. TIME FLIES QUICELY. Asa bappy little boy from Washington, who had grown brown and plump during his visit to camp, remarked, “the days seem only ab®ut one-third as long as they doin the city." So the cottagers are inclined to keep late hours around the fire in the evenings to make up for that unaccountable loss of time. A more perfect mingling of city ease—for good service leaves nothing in the way of household work to be accomplished by hostess or guest— and the freedom of life in the woods can hardly be imagined, and happy are the days that fly by ull too quickly, for they mean too soon a farewell to the lovely spot I have tried to describe cent heneray up - 8 most congenial party, which just now is enjoyin the pleasure and benefit of a visit to this ce. pitable suumer home. ——_—re- —___ ‘The Proposed Chicago-England Line. A dispatch from Kingston, Ont., says: Much interest ie manifested over a Chicago dispatch announcing the formation of a company to run vensels from Chicago to Great Britain. Marine men interviewed thought a successful busines# could not be accomplished, the canals on the St. Lawrence being a drawback as they are too | used on the ‘President's table every ¢ | had had nothing to eat; Twas hungry and ac- WHITE HOUSE CHINA. A Handsome New Set Ordered by Mrs. Harri- sou—! ufficient Closet Accommodations. \ UESTS AT THE STATE DINNERS NEXT winter will huve the pleasure of eating off the new set of china which is now being manu- factured for the use of the White House. The appropriation from which the repairs and dec- orations now in progress will be paid has also an allowance for new china, glass and table linen for state occasions. The breakage of chins and glass at the White House is very moderate, considering the inadequate means of properly storing it which the pantry affords. This very important end of the Executive Mansion is the small room at the northwest corner, adjoining the private dining room. It isnotaslargeas that provided inmany amodern mansion, for the safekeeping afone of the china and glass. It is quite latge enough to accommodate the furnishings for the .Presi- dent’s private table, bat as it has to be used not only for that, but also asa store room, a serving room, a servants’ dining room, as well as a receptacle for ali the state dinner China, it can be easily seen that every inch of the space is valuable. Until ‘the present steward took charge all the fine china not in every day use was stored in one dark closet in the ‘private dining room. Latelya row of | shelves was put upin the pantry, and it is here that the famous Haviland china is kept | behind glass doors. All the rest of the chin what remains of the old end that which is used | every meal on the President's table, is kept in | a small closet in a corner, which has a worsted | curtain tailing in front’ instead of a door. | e will be considerable maneuvering in| such limited quarters to find space to arrange | the new china, but Mrs. Harrwon has plenty | of ingenuity to devise a place for it, just as she did when she designed the new linen closet which is built in the space between the two floors near the elevator. ‘The new china will go down in future White House stories a long as a single piece remuius the Harrison china, just as the Haviland set | is known as the Hayes china and the purple | band set as the Grant china. ‘The now set_will be entirely different from ail these. Mrs. Har- rison gave a great deal of thought to the | epatation of the design, which was executed | . . ‘The coloring is blue and gold. ‘Ite piates will be bordered in a deep marine blue, which be flecked ver with tiny gilt stars. Standing out boldly from this background will be a garland formed of ears of corn, also to be in git. Mrs. Harri- son selected corn as typical of America, it being alone indiggnous to our soil. In the center of | each plate Will be the shield and eagle, which | always appears on each piece of china especially made for White House use. This design wiil | be followed in each part of the service. What would be regarded as a full compicment, that is, enough china to use at every course, will not be provided now, as it is unnecessary with the otier china available in the house. As it would be possible to dine fifty persons in the state dining room, each course of china when bought for a large sct as is now contemplated consists of six dozen pieces, and sometimes above that number, 40 as to provide against possible ac- cident in serving at a meal, to say nothing of the breakage in washing the dithes after it. In addition to the new china a full service of cut glass ware will also come from across the sea to go with it on state occasions. A variety of new patterns were submitted to the Presi- dent and Mrs, Harrison's inspection a month or two xgo, and they selected many novel and beautiful shapes. In the new collection there will be water goblets, claret, champagne and brandy glasses. Tho shield and eagle is out deeply in each one. ‘The White House linen varies with the tash- ions of the day, and Mrs. Harrison's good teste | may be depended upon for excellent select ‘The immeuse square napkins, almost young table cloths, that have been used at the siate dinners for several years have “W. H.” em- broidered in one corner in pink and white thread. The napery which Mrs. Harrison uses at her Cape May cotzage, being ber personal property, bears her own initials, very prettily worked. "In fact all the incidentuls to her tabl there, the linen, the china and silver, are marked in the same way, if marked at all, since she only uses her own belongings in Ler eum- mer home. With her taste for the decoration of china it can be easily seen that Mrs. Harrison's admi- , ration for the Haviland china is marked, aud, like everybory else, she regrets to sce that 0 | any pieces of it have been broken or chipped. This set was bought in Mrs. Hayes’ time, and | cost nearly ten times as much as the original price agreed upon. ‘The hardest service it has received bes been given to the plate courses. Every plote in it is @ work of art and worth hanging up. ‘The set bas a number of superilu- | ous pieces for uses to which silver dishes are now applied. The Grant china is w) bordered with a band of royal purple with gilt tracings and the shield and eagle are in the center of allthe pistes and saucers. There are remnants of much of the extra pieces of, this set left, such os fruit stands, rake baskets, &c., which are very artistic ob~ jects. The silver has superseded them, how- ever, and this row of beautitui dishes is now left fo ornament the top pantry shelves while serving as a reminder of by glories. The same could be said of the remains of the Lin- coin china, which is more « in coloring than any of its successors. ‘The plates are banded in_a pale straw color, flecked with gilt. In the odds aud ends in the china closets the: are many pretty dishes which make tasty lit additions to the lunch table or when a meal is sent upstairs to any member of the family who may happen to be on the sick list. In fact, the White House chin m until an accident ats it beyond repair. When repair is possi- Bie and the piece is valuable enough to warrant the expenditure it is glued and rivetted to- gether again, but ever afterward its career one of ornament, not of practical use. jome of the soup plates uf the Hayes china have their edges rivetted. It does uot spoil them for actual use either. ————— FLESH, EATERS IN BRAZIL. Interview With a Cannibal in a South American Newspaper. A little three-column newspaper arrived at New York the other day which bore the most sen- sational news which it probably ever printed. ‘The newspaper was printed on June 1 and was from the state of Chihuaha, Santa Rosalie, South Amerion. A translation of the article referred to is as follow At Salinas, in the state of Minas, Brazil, a roan named Clemente Viera has been arrcated charged with enting human flesh. The editor of the local paper, Cida de Leopoldina, visited Viera in jail and had the following interview with him: “ie it true that you nourish yourself upon n flosh?? was asked. Yes, sir,” anewered the prisoner. “For some time i and my friends Basilio, Leandro and others have eaten human flesh; we have lived on it? Yhat motive hed impelled you to such barbarous acts before God aud man?” “Because we liked it. “How did you secure the first victim?” With the “utmost frankness, Viera replied: pon going one day to Leandro’s house he invited me to ext a piece of a dead child. I cepted the invittion. ‘The following day, while returning to my house, I found a woman asleep by the roadside. The thought came to me to kill her. I did so, using a stone as my weapon. I took the body tomy home. After some days I killed Simplisio and invited Fran- cisca and Severa to help me eat him. Yhen Simplisio's flesh was consumed, having uo other resource, it occurred to me to kill his two sons for a further supply of food. With two blows the deed was doue. ‘The flesh of the two cnildren lasted usa fortnight. Atter this time had elapsed, being thrown again into the old predicament of having nothing to eat, Kawilio and myself killed Francisca and de- voured him. ° “Finally, having discovered that Bassilio had stolen a shirt from me, I killed him while he was off his guard, engeged in preparing some roots for his supper. late very little of him, for I was caught two days after I had killed him.” ‘Viera was captured in the very act of mak- inga meal ofa portion of Basilio’s remains, which he was devouring with evident relish, ‘The soldiers found part of Basilio’s body Packed away in » barrel, prepared with pepper and salt. Fmt alae agreesble taste?” was asked. ied; “it is too sweet. The parts found the most toothsome were the tongue and the brain. No doubt my stomach was turned each time I partook of human suiall to allow vesscls fit for ocean travel to . Steamers could go down, but the return Py the ‘canal would ‘be impomible, Much business could be done between the two countries and money saved in transportation Without breaking bulk. It is rumored that Capt. Miller of Detroit will be the manager of the new line. ne The asscts of the Falis City Bank of Louis ville will be $1,200,000 and liabilities a little more than half that amount, The depositors Will be paid in full and it is expeoted there will be something left for the stockholders. The 1s, jens ra ne wi id save ex- pense my object wi ve been fully accom- plished. ‘Taavetsn. bank’s money was tied up in loans and this together with the depositors’ withdrawals brought about the collapse. flesh.” | treasure house of truth, that while the little | or boy was sacrileg | the famous stranger. | interesting to see the | Besides, 4 NEW YORE LETTER. But It is Written From the Town ef Mon- mouth, Me. NEW YORK MEN GOT HERE, HOWEVER, TO RE- CUPERATE IX THE SUMMER TIME—A NOTED CLERGYMAN AS A PARMER—SOME FISH STORIES APPROPRIATE T0 THE SEASON. ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. New York, July 6, 1891. In July New York spatters over most of the United States, not to say Europe and Asia. Hence 4t is proper at this time to write a New York letter from anywhere. As it happens, however, I havea second excuse for using a New York date line, though Iam 400 miles distant from the rosr and heat of Broadway. This ex- cuse is that I write under the inspiration of = spot that has had a marvelous influence in shaping the intellectual life of New York and the nation, for Ifind myself, as a summer waif, where for eight years the impulse was given to the North American Review and to the Forum. What a true and pregnadt fable that was of Anteus, the Greek god, who, whenever thrown to earth, found in the earth, his parent, fresh strength with which to renew the struggle. We are all children of the same nature and find in contact with her a never-failing refreshment and tonic. Thisis as true of editors as of other mortals, and so it came about that for several months’ each year the hard work of conducting two great metropolitan magazines in turn was done in a plain little shed ina country pasture in the heart of Maine. It i unique spot in the world, this bare, tiny out- builing, whence issued the bert contemporary thought, a spot all the more siriking for its ab- solute lack of the picturesque, a spot that speaks “of plain living and high thinking,” as no wealth and taste of upholstery and decora- tion could do. We haven't any too many literary Meccas— scarcely enough to go around, as it were, among a people that are anxious to indulge in worthy hero worship—and hence this bare shed on Mr. Metcalf’s ancestral farm in Monmouth, Maino, deserves the reverent steps of the pil grim. Then I've another reason for the New York date line. Everybody knows that these sturdy hills are quarries of men, and an example may be found just wcross the little pond at the rear of the summer and autumn office of the North American and Forum, iu the shape of the old homestead and summer resi- dence of Rev. Dr. Day, the stalwart Methodist minister who preaches to the largest Methodist congregation in New York city, if not in the United states. Up hore Dr. Day is not the divine, but the horny-handed farmer, six feet four in height and broad and thick to match, plowing, driving his horses and attending to the “chore: genuine and not simply a play farmer. Finally, a third reason exists in the old red school house. I passed yesterday on a ramble another of those quarries of greatness. Ove of its many graduates of national eminence stands with drawn sword before New York ready to defend her if the need arose with all the force and valor of the government, for here Gen. 0. 0. Howard conned his ehool boy tasks. And so we see it’s difficult to separate New York and its suburbs, especially in the summer. A MAJESTIC SUMMER BOARDER. But there are other summer visitors of dis- tinction at Monmouth. I am toldat the village store, and we all know that this is the very brook which turns the mill ia barren of trout ordinarily, overy autumn there swims up to the dam a monstrous trout, weighing four | pounds. His arrival is soon noticed and noiscd abroad, and then the citizens go down to the ‘mill en masse to pay their respects. The thom, first, because trout don brass bands and, secondly, because Monmouth hasn't any. But’ the tributes of respect ere none the less si Ithas been years sinee any man ous enough to seek to catch Were any one.to do so now he would be ostracized the hateful hunter who shoots the town’s eagle or the woodman who doesn't spare the tree. This is the tale—as cautious old Herodotus would say, so at least Iam told. But it would be ie population of Mon- mouth lining the banks of the stream in dimiring silence while the maj tront gravely showed himself off, ng fron pool to pool with tue dignitied grace of w 10,400 ton Atluntic greybowud passing through ‘the jurrows. FISHING WITHOUT MURDER. ‘The fishing here is apt to be guite humani- tarian and considerate, even when the lines are cast in the pleasant places of pond or stream nd the fish are invited to partake. Yesterday | two fishermen I wot of went trolling for basa | in the lake, They toiled manfully up to the top of the pond, a mile and a half distant, then got out their line and toiled back. Not a bite rewarded these conscientious labors, | however. But this result was not wholly unex: pected nor unprecedented. Hauling in the line, however, one reason for the Inck of spoi for it then appeared that the fishers had ne- sing to take the bits of cork off the hooks efore they threw out the line. LEARNED AT THE POST OFFICE. ‘There is time for one more fish story before the mail goes. It is vouched for at the store as correct. It seems that a fisherman left his line and rod foran hour and when he retarned both were gone. He hunted the lake dili- gently, but they were not to. be found, and be came to the conclusion either that a whale had swallowed the whole outfit or that some boy had stolen it. Four days afterward, however, a pole was seen floating on another pond five miles off. Its twitching motion attracted at- tention and roused curiosity. A skiff put out and it was captured, when a mammoth bass was fou well ‘hooked at the business end of the tackle. The identity of the outfit with the one recontly lost in the other pond was soon established, and then tne ques- tion arose how the fish could have got into the further water. Some of the post office logicians hold that the bass flopped over the inturning monntum dragging the pole, asthe Maine bears sometimes traverse long distances dragging a trap; others incline to a Ki Haggard theory of an underground channel, and don’t take a brass band with | TOWARD THE FROZEN NORTH. A Selentific Expedition Will Leave New York Tomorrow for Labrador. The steamship Portia, which leaves New York today for St, John's, N. F., will have among its passengers Prof. Bickmore and two com- panions—Mr. Robert Harris, formerly presi- dent of the Northern Pacific road, and Mr. Beverly Robinson of Staten Island. “The prin- cipal object of my trip this year,” said the pro- fessor yesterday, “is to study up the subject of ‘Food Fishes from the Sea.’ “In previous years I traveled over the famous trout fishing grounds of British Columbia and there obtained much valuable information about ‘Food Fishes From Fresh Waters.’ This summer I shall find out all Ican about the mackerel, the cod and the halibut. The Portia, after barely touching at Halifax, will land at St. John's on the 16th of this month. We shall remain in that vicinity one week, taking » steamer on the 2ist instant for southern Labra- dor. That steamer will land us at Battle Har- bor, where we will change to a third steamer, in which we shall go up the coast as far as Nain, visiting the various stations and fishing places on the way. The trip to Nain and back to St. John’s will occupy about one month. “Upon returning to St. John’s we will almost immediately embark on a journey around the soatherly and westerly sides of the island. expect to visit the various ports of the coa: and will land upon the island of St. Pierre, which, with the neighboring island, Miquelon, constitute the only territorial possessions of France in North America. From St. Pierre we will continue along the southerly coast of New- foundland and up the western shore to the Bay of Islands, thence up the Humber river. “Our party will make its way up that river as far a8 possible, and, by means of canocs and lund conveyances, we will cross the island to Hall's bay, on the Atlantic side. Lam anxious to see and study the geological structure of the interior of Newfoundiand. I want to see the forestry also, and I am especially desirous of inspecting the grand coast of Labrador. There are four sections of the globe noted for their remarkable fiords. They are Norway, Alaska, Labrador and southern Chile. Lhave seen the great fiords of Norway and Alaska, and after tis trip Chile will be the only one of the four Places that I have not seen. coast of Labrador between nd 400 miles, going inand outof the bays. ‘This coast is under the jurisdiction of i Thave a letter of introduction to the governor of that island from Mr. Booker, the British consul general heze, and also letters to several influential residents of Newfoundland, 1 feel that we shail not want for facilities in pursuing our researches. I shall bé prepared to take photographs of the Labrador coust and like- Wise of the big icebergs. “The coast of Labrador, perhaps you will re- member, was described by nome of the earliest explorers as ‘the abomination of desolation. ‘The constant procession of icebergs along the coust keeps the temperature so low that no trees or foliage can live there. Grass of a stunted growth is found on the coast, which is bleak and uninviting. The last census taken on the Labrador coast, from the Straits of elle Ine to Cape Chudley, gave the resident popula- tion as 4.211 persons, of which only sixty were white people. When the fishing season opens in early summer, however, fishermen from Scotland, England, France and northern Spain gather there, andthe population of the coast Increases to 30,000, “Our party will be away from New York for atleast two months. shall make a study of the mackerel fishetios, the cod fisheries and the halibut fisheries, and probably I shall see some- thing of the seal tishing. The mackerel are getting thinned out in the seas. Speaking of mackerel reminds me that last year when 1 was in Gibraltar I ascertained that a fishing jirm in Gloucester, Mass., had made a coutract to | take all of the mackerel caught in the southern waters of the Straits of Gibraltar for American |consumption, ‘here is home euterprise for you. of swilt steamers which ply between | Joln’s and the coast of Labrador. One steamer goes to southern Labrador every two weeks | und another steamer gocs to the northern coast | ofLabradoy once # month during the warm eca- | sons. The region of Labrador which I expect to visit is more isolated than any part of Greenland. ‘The interior of Labrador is one of | the unexplored sections of the globe, and it is [one of ‘the most interesting sections, I ‘cunagine.” ———+0-—____ LOCKS OF BAIK UPON THE WATERS. Little Chance That They Will Bring Any Komantic Return to Three Maidens. From the Boston Horala. Mr. George R. Farrell is in a pleasant state of anticipation just at present, for he is locking forward to a visit from three young and charm- ing girls. Mr. Farrell is in charge of the boat house on West Boston bridge, at the foot of | Cambridge street, where he has béen established for a dozen or more years, A few mornings ago, while moving from his raft rubbish brought along by the tide, he saw a bottle bobbing upand down. He bad seen several pokes at it noticed what appeared to him to be something that glittered like gold. Although mindful of the fact that “all that glit- ters is not gold” he nevertheless stooped and picked the bottle from its wet bed in the Charles river, and found it to be a common pickle bottle. There were no pickler in it, huw- ever; instead there were several cards, a oe of paper, and some pretty colored bows. ‘This he could discern without very careful exami- nation. Returning to his boathouse, treasure in hand, and with not a little feeling of curios- , he removed the cork and then ihe contents. ‘The first thing he pulled out proved to bea white card with the following inscription, writ- ten itred ink. “Adelaide C. Sterling, 18 vears, 6 months 12 days; eyes light blue.” Just below the writing was a smali bow of light biue silk, attached to which was a lock of golden hair bordering on the red. Over this “sample” was a piece of isinglass rewed to the card. He pulled ont 3 pared like the first, and beai “Phillis E. pur Jstention to go up the Atlantic | a St. | many bottles there before, and this one would | not bave excited his attention had he not after | ENSIGN ORMSBY WANTS 650,000. He Sues Ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney for Damages. George C. Ormsby, formerly an ensignin the United States navy, brought suit against ex- ‘BICYCLES. ye WabT TO seb THE ac® carrtaL pani MIGHESTGRADE HOME PRODUCT. WITH CURE. ON TIMES == | Secretary of th ry Wm. C. Whitney on Jan-| ¥*prry the bee: exsorsed! line of sapeie ty tore, Bary 90 last for $50,000 damages for false im- on, List Nw Prisonment in 1888, says the New York World ERLES AND < suit ’ ICVCLES. CUSHION) D TIES, New BEST ENGLIsM IMPORTED. Gn hus we ALMRR WL Sth ot. nw. corner Mame eve. SMALUSIZED sai iiins conaw “"hdvanoe,” 24-inch Wheels, #5, ” Sa ez In May last the suit was transfered to the United States circuit courtand on Thureday Mr. Whitney, through the United Btates district attorney, as counsel, filed his answer. Mr. Whitney saye that in 1888 Ormsby was ordered from this port te repert to the comi- mandant of the Mare Island mavy yard for duty on board the Monongahela. He did not ‘Want to go and went out as far as Cincinnati, from which point he reported sick. He was ated an sxicasion of time and went to Wasb- mn, where he succeeded im getting into Rowpiial, bai Bigs hen discharged from there he was again ordered io the Mare Inland yard, but disobeyed the order and without permission went to Now Orleans ana afterward ‘to Los Angeles, where Was arrested. He was afterward tried by court-martial for disobedience of orders and neglect of duty, was found guilty and uishon- orably discharged from the service of the gov- ernmen Frame of steal tubing, strongiy® spoked wheels; ball bearings © crani both whee, Tt aavl COLUMBIA SAFETY Bicacia Hise arrived. Tt tea beanty and puts all othore te sleep. Call and see it, GEO. & ATWATPR & 00. onlty, Witney slaime that, at the time of = = fen rm arrest and trial he (Whitney) wa: = : acting as Secretary of the Navy and cannot be | LADIES’ GOODS. : held personally liable in any event Ibe case | Puap aril ac olbion foeceeey will be tried at the fall term. ————+e- —__ LYMPH NEARLY KILLED HIM. Tor reat of someon Loa CAR tm ie, ap0 dm TO KNOW 1 WILL MAKE. atior-mae suite at reitced webs; petinct ft nad Dr. Painter Talks Bitterly of Bis Expert- ence as @ Patient in Berlin. Among the passengers on the North German Lioydsteamer Lrave, which arrived on Thursday w York, was Dr. 1.8 Painter of Pitts- | burg. Dr. Painter was one of the first Americans to be treated in Berlin with Koch s tuberculin. He was for tour months in a hospital the re and received thirteen injections of the lymph verying in size from two milligrammes to ten. In speaking of his case yesterday he denounced the iympi roundl “My experte: mafraid they have killed me. They have | killed them off over there’ by hundreds, but now the lymph treatment is used in only two hospitals, and nearly all the physiciaus of repu- tation and skill have discarded it. Dr. Painter suffered from tuberculosis of the vertebrw. He wont to Berlin eapecting to study the lymph for two weeke and then to re- turn to this country with « supply of it for use in his own practice at Pittsburg. On the way over his own trouble became so serious that was induced to try the lymph cure on bumself With this scrious result. Every injection of the lymph was followe immediately by a bigh fever. Ihe fever gave place to just such a chill as people in the south | who are troubled with “chills and fever” have. | This chill was followed by a period of depres- | sion of spirite lasting fouror five days, which Dr. Painter describes by saying: 4 “It seemed as if something had" gone wrony and [ felt all the time as if something dreads were going to happen.’ This continued for four months, until finally Dr. Von Bergmann, in charge of the kings clinic, where Dr. Painter was being treated, became convinced that lymph was a failure and ceased to use it. For the last three months Dr. Painter has becn making en effort to recover from the b: cts of his four months’ life on lymph. Heis ry weak and lacks thirty-five pounds of being as heavy as when he left Pittsburg last | November. | “The only benefit Ihave derived from my experience with the tuberculin,” Dr. Painter j suid yesterday afternoon, “is a negative one. Iinténded to use it in my practice in Pitis- | burg. If I had I would have killed everybody I tried it on. They are saved anyhow. but I'm afraid it has killed me.” Dr. Painter said that Prof. Virchow, who has performed hundreds of autopsies in lymph cases, has established the fact that instead of | working as a cure the lymph will actually | transfer tuberculosis, and that an analysis of it Will disclose the presence of bacteria. ——+e-— RIGHT AND LEFT-HANDEDNESS. The iiNet T ANTON AND Che Fisuor and Maw 4 st wt 6 14T YWeRUOD Uf Lhe ladies uf Was: “| Siew of ¥ Draixe DRY CLEANING, ANTON FISCHER & SON, 906 GST. NW FLANNEL BPLING SP ) first preminms; im atid collages for extance. The oniy HEE, O10 FNth ot LINWAY, CHAS!, GABLIEA, » cane ald eeitaian ioe mae vr Fe Vissi ST ORPAMER! Lbortie Mi t ‘The Use of the Right Hand Due te Superior Developmen: of the Right Brain. From the St. Louis Repub; Physiologists and others have given much time to the discussion of right and left-handed- ness as exhibited in the human species. The opinion now generally held is that the prefer- ential use of the righ: hand is not due in indi- ¥idual cases to early training, but to a superior developmentof the left lobe of the brain, which, as is well known, is connected with the right side of the body. ‘The general use of the right hand in prefer- ence to the left may be ascribed to the educa- tion of the races through generation after gen- eration. No animal shows auy unusual inclina- tion for the special use of the right limbs. The attribute, belonging solely to the human race, | probably arose gradually from the use, by the earlier races of men, of the right arm in fight- ing, while the left ‘side arm was reserved to | cover the left side of the body, where wounds, as their experience showed them, were most dangerous. ‘Those who neglected this precaution would be most likely to be killed; and hence in the lapse of time the natural survival would mak the Luman race in general “right-handed,” with occasional reversions, of course, by “ata¥: ism" to the “left-handed” condition. The more frequent and energetic use of the right limbs would react upon the brain and brig | about the excessive development of the left lobe of that organ, such as now generally exists. | ‘The left band should be Ta es and as often as possibie, thus addi to both mind and body. inet Gho. A OWA, 1 Borren: Borrex: Bory Fancy Creamery Butter tha, (ders Crome & Biackwell's Assorted Jams 08e sa B. A POOLE, TRE CASH GKOCER, 944 Louisiana ave. nw. es MEDICAL, &e. Mise — be bi the oldest es:at th Pholae The Electioncering a Little Too Hot. ‘From the New York Tribune. “I remember,” said the colonel, laughing to himself, “when Charley Wilson was running for coroner in our county in Colorado. It was a dead sure thing for him because he was backed tase, 10 to, FORM; No OPERA. thal treatinent ome RED IN EVE n LeeMMATY ; CuO A Ive ou receipt ol Se dor por ; Jk instance the recent mysierious lake in the wild west in coroboration; «till others think the boy lied. Lt would not be modest for a stranger in these parts to decide where local doctors thus disagree. Suttice it then to say that strange facts may be learged ata village store in the quiet twilight hour or when it is too wet for haying. Henny R. Exuior. sae ee seats The “Typewriters Knife.” From the Chicago Mati. I stepped into a cutler’s shop in South Clark street the other day to purchase a penknife. “American penknives and jacknives compare favorably with those of foreign manufacture,” snid the proprietor, “but here is class of s that we haven't undertaken to compete with yet.” Ashe «poke he pointed toward a large show case filled, with stilettos, daggers, poniards and dirks. “But is there a ready market for this sort of murderous steel?” I inquired. d. “You would “Oh, yes, indeed,” he rep! be surprised if you knew how many of these weapons we sell and the class of people who buy them. We do not sell so many stilettos to Italians and_other forcigners as we do to ‘Americans. Most Italians carry stilettos, but they bring them across the water with them. oe goods ure comparatively costly from an Italian point of view. ‘The cheapest one in this case is worth 35.50. Americans buy them--business men and professional men. And the funniest thing about it is the fact that they never admit that they want the stilettos for the purposes of self-defense. They drop in here andask for a “paper cutter,” or a ‘sta: tioner's knife,’ or an ‘ink eraser,’ but they never ask for the weapon they really want, and the one they get. In fact, this is such a familiar trick that I have taken ad- vantage of it. Here, look at this knife! Ihave had that brand manufactured especially for my own trade. You will observo that the blade is four and one-half inches long; that it is as ‘as a razor on both edges; that it has a regular hilt. It is © dagger—nothiug more nothing lese, I call ta “typewriter’e knife” because it is used by a t many writ in erasing misprints: It has the Yadidonal ad- vantage that it can be carried without violation of the ordinance against concealed weapons. A Year ago ono of my customers was set upon by Scouple of fellows near 12th street, and be carved them both with one of these ter knives.’ ‘The three men werear: ‘and tho man who did the bloody work was discharged proved to the ‘satisfaction of the court tat the weapon ho used was not car- ried for offense or defense, but was merely one of the tools of his trade. Nevertheless, that little ‘eraser’ is long en be driven “How did you prepare the flesh for eating?” Hata 24 it beer) or boiled, seasoned with salt a1 it deal of kad Gaede reece your victims inspire you with fear?” ‘Somewhat; yet the sight of them did not affect us, but the fear of detection.” “and do you sleep calmly now?” “Yes, ever so tranquilly. “Do you ever feel remorse at having been guilty of such deeds?” ‘cannot remember that I ever do,” Viera lied. Sa ee ae right through « mau and isas sharp and se weapon asT havein my abop. I have cometimes wondered whether that judge would have been quite so lenient if he bad Known that I had ordered that brand of writers’ knives’ with the idea that be harmless enough Dutton, aged 18 years, 7 months; light blue eyes.” " A lock of light brown hair was caught by a bow of dark blue cil The next thing extracted from the bottle was a card of the sane size, nicely encased in isin- glass. It bore the following name: “Miss Margarete M. Moulton, 19 yea#s, 1 month, 1day, Boston Mass.” Ou the upper left hand corner of the card were the following lines cut from a bewspapcr, and attached by thread: Accompanying the three cards was a small piece of note paper, which read as follows: Romantic maidens three. This bottle was thrown, Hot Mean ler wil buch 3m Papetn the owners will comeandclim. "MM. Mt bb Dy Ac. Se It will be noticed that one of the young ladies takes the pains to prefix “ * to her name. Perhaps the others did not think it necessary, but one preferred evidently to leave no room for doubt. ‘This latter also took the trouble to add the little poem, the first line of which sng- she had some apprehensions. ‘arrell is highly pieased with his die- but the girls may not be, for Mr. Far- rell is already married and old enough to be their father. He is ready, however, to intro- duce them to several young men when they callfor their property, which he has eafely secured in his boathouse on the Charles river. R Fatt E E 8 i i : 3 always something that by the sheriff, and the sheriff always had his own way. Elections out there in those days were not very exciting until about two days before the voting. Then we had nice, enter- taining times, for every one quit work, what- ever his work might be, aud began to warm up for the election. “Well, Wilson went around witha smile on his face that would have encircled a hi He had never held office before and the’ pros- pect tickled him mightily. It was just wo days before election that the sheriff warm up and by night he was red hot. buttonholing every one he met to vote for ison and his enthusiasm was something irre- sistible. He and Wilson got into difference over the plan of elecgion that evening. Wilson wanted to iet every man vote as he saw fit, while the sheritf declared that the way to run an election was to go to the polls and watch every — - his ae aoouh, : ‘And we'll argue with’em,? yping | “88 his six-shooter with his big hand. ae “Wilson was @ peaceful man ana this plan did. not mect his approval at all. However, by 9 o'clock the sheriff was in such condition of enthusiasm that he was willing to compromise, and all seemed to be going well for our candi- date. He and the shcriff were in a back room of the saloon discussing the situation when be heard shots. We thought that they had got | Gaarerur_Comrortixa. into a fight, and we ran back there on the ‘: jump. We found Wilson under a table, while 2PPS'S COCOA lis rigut hand wasn Osiv's sit'shovioe and fa Sa in right was « Colt’s six- andin| | ween the cperaticam of dipection and watniien his left hand a bulldog revolver. Ho was danc- ing around on one leg, blazing away witb both | fy ‘tne hands, with one shooting into the ceiling and | etiecea Cova. Mir Ep lat pe with the other into the floor. | Wo waited until | Tabies wits ceicawiy Savoces, bow his and then we | Sus use of such ariel Eiay ve craduaily Oui up UBtdl etronst enous to res fever) wndecy to disease. Hundreds of wulup Gisdics are Boating aroubd ub feed) to otiack wage ver there is a weak point. We tay excape. maby = = fatal shett by yurse! ves well fortified ‘Doutisipa trae: Owed tons of bota sexes. Ren guacks R. LOBE, 2 STU ST. ‘Twenty years experier deeaied) conta latnm, putente ca wea without delay Wait MeO Four caMe wake pater A, S00DRICH. 1 Thave a positive remedy for the above disrase; by ite wee thousands of cases of the woret kind and of long standing have been cured. Indeed,so trons te my fast, { ite efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTT SES FREE, with a VALUABLE TREATISE on this disease,to any wufterer wuo will send me their Lxpress and P.O.0d- Gres. ‘T. & SLOCUM, ALG. jail: 18] Pearl ot., NT. ‘Summer Saunterers—“Is that your son, Mr. —. Poavine? And only ten years old! He hasgrown | Repvorioxs Ix Scuwzx Brvansczs.