Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1891, Page 12

12 a THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES. FOR AUTUMN WEATHER Some of the Latest Fashions for Street Costumes. CLOAKS, JACKETS, DRESSES. Plush, Velvet and Fur for Trimmings—The Modish Pelerine Clonk—Velvet Jackets— Mantles and Tailor-Made Suits—Passemen- terie Collars, Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. New Yorx, November 13, 1891. ARIS, IN SPITE OF the fact thatitis nolong- er an imperial capital, still seems to hold its proud position as the =* creator of and the arbi- ter in feminine fashions. In proof of this 1 have an interesting little in- cident to relate. Afew weeks ago there was a} most brilliant reunion ef imperial and royal | ladies at the Castle of | Fredensborg in Den-| mark. ‘There was the | Queen of Denmark, the Empress of Russia, the en of Greece, the ‘incess of Wales, the wn Princess of Den- | mark, aghter of the | Duke nd Duchess | of imperial | ime discussing | the stability 0 They talke cussed the prev: voice demanded tha makers and designe moned to the Castle of F ples of their art. Crow: does not make ber If the men were wis bent to the utmost ery for woman's PLUSH AND VELVET are much used for trimming street costumes this season, the plush being of the kind known as tachete—that is, sho cream and maize, black and maize or blue beige, but plain ‘velvet, exther piece or ribbe ch style of ga must be applic pore is no t be becoming most unbecom The velvet nay t, constitutes a very ases, own in my initial figcre. This Italian sleeve, very full and falling, with deep cuifs, is not becoming to « short, stout erm—it accentuates the lack of | FUR-TRIMMED STREET DRESS. As the season progresses fur will be the ultra for garnitaring cloth and ‘ope cloth, garnitured fur and with b front width of the | the fur and sith ornaments. The fronts of tl kets cut inte the stu ‘immed with th be a somewhat The fur may be otter or any dark front of th e buttons to the ja ‘the under side. THE PELERINS cLOAE fsone of the most modisi things of the mo- ment. These garments are much lorger than those which were worn last spring and reach half way down the skirt of the dress If you} ask me whether they are becoming or not I must answer: It all depends. me women Jook well under all mstances—in. fact, they can’t make guy selves it they try—but notsowith others. They must be on their guard continually lest some cut or make up or Gayle of trimming or color or shade mar their good looks and rob them of their grace. This pelerine is a garment that may easily destroy a ‘woman's grace of figure and the pleasing char- acteristics of her peculiar style. 0 long wrap reaching quite to the feet is in most cases Sg degey and stylish garment fr any woman, but Sot 20 this pelerine. ‘They are neither one thing nor the other. They give one the appearance sometimes of having run short of staf, and still when made Bp in thick cloths in a shade that goes well with your coloring and richly trimmed and lined with silk of some bright, warm contrast- ing shade. they are really very stylish, but it all depends upon the wearer. As the season Sdvances you'll see them made up entirely in VELVET JACKET AND CLOTH PELERINE. Strachan, which is now used merely for trim- However, in order that you may be able to judge for yourself, I set 0: Pelerines before you in the third i Snd.avery stylisl: one it is, too, consisting of ® velvet jacket. with the pelerine in malava. The jacket extends ighteen inches below the waist cloves ith hooks and eves. sides of the jacketare quite hidden by the pelerine and need not therefore be made of velvet. Tt is quito necessary first to complete t portion of the garment before pro- ing to drape the cloth. _In the draping. I should add. lies the secret of a stylish effect the softness and suppleness of the mate- fial renders it well adapted for draping p brocaded i poses. Care must be taken to sim ‘Yet yoke in draping. The cloth must be sewed to the epaulets and also at the buck, but be fi I e Hi i feather muff of the same nature as the feather plastron completes this very stylish costume. The figure on the right. in the same illustration, pictures a neat street costume in tailor-made style, of almond color or in dark LONG MANTLE AND TAILOR-MADE SUIT. green, the short paletot being doubi>-breasted and having a surah or set-in merveillenx lining of the same shade. If you should prefer to wear the jacket open you have only to button | each flap over the butions of that side, thus imparting a natty and finished sir to the gar- ment. The sleeves are close fitting in the fore- arm and havea row of small buttons on the outer seam. Oblique pockets open in the front. The buttons may Le of horn or tortoise shell. The dress bodice is finished with a white or yellow cloth yest, running toa point at the waist hne and fastening with small pearl but- tons. Anarrow ieather belt 1 wora with this neat and practical gown. which is straight and Iain in front and finished with pleats at the ack. The foundation «kirt may be made of serge or taffeta, must have a drawing «tring and be finished with a rutile at the bottom and satin rufile on the inside. ad N48 PRLERINE AND PASSEMENTERIE. Here is stili another pelerine. the Indy on the leit of the last illustration and isinteuted foru young person. It may be mado up in almond or fawn-coloved cloth and bo trizamed with pearled passementorio or em- broidered with silk twist, or, if you prefer, in raised embroidery. The yoke must lie quits flat and be covered with ‘the motive chosen, which sould Le repeated on the fron:x of the garment. ‘The back seam is concealei under a pleat of the material. The pleats shown must not be attempted except with the aid of + dress form. A style ard character are given to these It is worn by lerines by the addition _ of | sane silk lining in a bright tone. The figure on the right sets forth avery elegant promenade toilet in light blue cloth, straight plain skirt, with Louffant sleeves aruitared with passementerie from the elbows Town. The cortage onde at the waist.” With this stylish gown is worn % passementerio jacket of the form and style shown in my illus- tration. The round felt hat worn with this costume is in a russet tone and is trimmed with feathers of two shades. PASSEMENTERIES COLLAR OR CIENTUR"3. that may be worn with different costumes hav> become @ necessity to the woman of fashion. The collars are high and flaring, with two points extending out on the shoulders and two tabs in front. from which hang a shower of jet beads; and the ceintures have the same garniture, only in the case of the collars the jet shower is of even length and with the ceinture it is pointed. In fact, jet persists in taking on greater and greater popularity, the only thing te aveid is the extra large cabochons. These have a heavy look, and besides they have been run to death by thie, that and every one. A very pretty fich may be made up in bunting embroidered with jet nailheads and set off with Tuttle of crepe de chine. The bunting 1s cut yoke shape, pointed in front and rounded at e back. Stage Definitions. From the Philadelphia Music and Drama. Hero—A virtuous young man who is suck fool that he walks into traps that a day-old blind kitten would avoid. Heroine—An exemplary young woman who gets turned out of doors because she refuses to marry the villain. Villain—The average man; only he gets found out in the last act and is either killed or sent to prison for life. Super—A person who is put on the stage to Ail up: oue who dovsn't know what to do, and gets 25 cents a night for not doing it. Heroine's Mother—An old lady who is perpetually putting her foot in it and saying, *God save our poor cisild.” The Heroine’s Father—A white-whiskered party who is very, very brutal in the first act and @ broken down, forgiving man in the last act. ‘The Villain’s Chum—A tough-looking fellow, who aids the villain materially in the first three acta, but who gives the whole thing away before the ‘final curtain falls. ‘The Old Home—A piece of stock scenery al- shown in the laet act to soft music accom- t and at sight of which the hero always @ tear. Thirteen at Table From the Chi News. “I think I 4m about as free from superstition asthe average man, but you will excuse me from ever sitting down at a dinner party again when the number is thirteen,” said M. J. Keene at the Grand Pacific yesterday. “I was thinking,” resumed the speaker, re- flectively, “‘of poor Capt. Carter of the tug Parker and his sud death. I don't know as there's anything in it, but I was at a little dinner party not three ‘weeks before his death, where Capt. Carter made one of a company of thirteen. The affair was given by John -Ag- new and was at Weber's. John invited more than thirteen and it was not till after we had seated ourselves at the table that we dis- covered it. And Carter, by the way, was the first man to notice and joke about it, “Some of us will be dead sure betore the year's out,” said he, laughingly. Just then two of the belated ty came in and Carter said: ‘Oh, it’s all POLITICAL STRAWS After the Smoke of the Elections Has Cleared. STILL THE PIVOTAL STATE. ‘New York Republicans and Democrats on the Presidential Election—The Result of the Late Klection—The Campaign of '76~Tam- many’s Power—Candidates Named. Written for The Evening Star. IHE RECENT ELECTIONS SEEM NOT to be so conclusive in their results, a ascertained by the full returns, as was expected, and leave the coming presidential election Still a question to be discussedand the candi- dates a subject to be canvassed by their re- spective friends. The pivotal state, New York, ‘will be contended for with renowed vigor next fall, when the presidential election takes place The vote of the state is claimed by both parties and the falling off of the vote in the city from the vote cast for Gov. Hill at the last guberna- torial election is being used as an evidence of the distrust by the voters in general of Tam- many Hall. The all-powerful influence of that Political body in the city and state of New York may in some measure be judged by reference to its action and power in the past presidential contests. It most bit- terly opposed Gov. Tilden and sent to the St. Louis convention a strong delegation, headed by the iate John Kelly and Augustus Schell, whose speeches in the conventions and before the various delegations yere replete with evidences of his unpopalaritPand his ina- bility to carry the state of New York, then, as now, the all-important factor in the success of either party. A review of that campaign and the elements which secured the nomina- tion of Gov. Tilden exhibite the fact that Tam- many is not always able to defeat a candidate who may have the requisite popularity outside of the state of New York in -the national con- Yention. The nomination of Gov. Tilden was made unanimous, of course, and there were nowhere more earnest and active workers for the nomination than the Tammany organiza- tion. The results and the incidents of that conven- tion have passed into history. Its successful termination and the campaign which followed baveneyer been equaled in our political annals, was dne largely to the extraordinary displayed by Col. Wm. 7. Peiton. One of the incidents of this campaign is the fact that when it began at Washington, under Col. Pelton’s diroction, there was not a'single ber of Congress (except Mr. Money of M sippi) ora Senator in favor of Gov. Tilden. © opposition of Tammany Hell expended itself in the convention in speeches by the Iate John Kelly and others and by hundreds of out- side adherents who filied the hotels and streets with prophecies of defeat. The nomination War made on the second ballot, after the oppo- nents of Tilden had been allowed ample time to discuss his chances and to array all the evi- dences, as they claimed,against his popularity. Of the power of Tammany Hall in an elec- tion, state or national, there can be no doubt. It is, in fact, an organized political army, and its adversaries are at the eame disadvartage as any unorganized body would be agains? such a power. Tie TWO SECTIONS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Ispent a day or two in New York, and from all the elements of the democratic party—very di@imilar they are, and filled with antagonism against each other—I gave your readers the varied views they express. The County Democ- racy, which wes not recognized at the state convention—this last one, held at Saratoga— returned to the city determined to do ali they could against Tammany. This section of the democratte party claim to control 40,000 votes, and that they reduced the usual Tammany majority in tho recent election is openly pro- claimed. ‘They will be, their friends claim, strengthened by the falling off of the Tammany vote, and will hold a very considerable vote in the coming election, and may be clssed as an inde- pendent voto. ‘They have commenced a reor- ganization of the elements which oppose Tam- many. DIFFERENT VIEWS. Interviewing a friend who is a strong adhe- rent of Gov. Hill he claims for the governor the control of the stato and says his nomina- tion for the presidency is an assured fact. He says Mr. Cleveland will not have a single dele- gate in the state delegation to the national con- vention, but that Hiliand Tammany wil! con- trol the nomination. Per contra: I met a coa- servative democratio friend at tho Manhattan Club whose views are the very opposite. Re- membering the result at the St. Louis conven- tion in 1876 he said Mr. Cleveland wouid be nominated despite the opposition of Tammany a fact he spoke of with regret, as he is not an admirer of the ex-Pr jen:. It is very mani- fevt that the falling off ot the Tammany vote here and the phencinenal vote of Brooklyn and ings 1 county complicate the situation. ‘The "of Brooklyn are not for Gov. Hill. of Mr. Flower, increasing their vote over Hill's nearly 1,500, compares strangely with the falling off of Tammany of nearly 10,000 and must be considered as adverse to Hill and favorable to Flower. THERE 18 ANOTHER DEFECTION in the stronghold of the democratic party. The vote in Erie county was reduced 3,639 from Hill's majority in 1838, which was 5,039. That is accounted for by the unpopular course of Mr. Sheehan while in the legislature. A like analysis of the vote throughout the state ex- hibits a failing off of nearly 40,000 from the vote for Warner Miller in the same counties in 1888. A republican friend, very close to Mr. Platt, who was the controling spirit of the republican canvass, charges the defeat of Fasett directly to Warner Miller and his friends in those counties where the result was obtained. If what is charged be true, that this change is due to the hostility of Mr.’ Warner Miller's friends to the administration and Mr. Peatt, as the representative of the official power’ at Washington, and the change is but tempora and that the element which produced it return to their foalty in 1891 andthe party pre- sent a united front in the presidential canvass of next year, the pivotal state becomes again an uncertain and all-important factor in the estimates upon which to base calculations on that result. NAMES MENTIONED. The only candidates I heard mentioned while in Now York were Hill and Flower and Cleve- land by the demoérats and Blaine by the re- publicans, The republican friend from whom I obtained the views expressed above spoke of the nomination of Blaine as a foregone con- clusion and thought it would be by acclama- tion. The result in Ohio places Mr. McKinley on the ticket with Blaine with seeming cer- tainty. The result in Iowa was produced by local issues, the republican press claim, in which prohibition formed a leading feature, but in the speech of Gov. Boies and in the plat form the tariff was prominent. Be that as it may, Iowa is very far yet from being a demo- cratic state. fight for success is, there- fore, to be made in the coming national con- vention, and there the candidate forms the leading influence. Platforms are 90 constituted that they are somewhat chameleon in their con- struction on the husting. s right now; the charm is broken.” ‘No, Lam not « bit su hungry the next time there are down it the table.” —_——~eo___— Photographs From the San Francisco Chronicle. Prof. Weinek, director of Kepler's old ob- servatory at Prague, has been engaged for some years in making photographs of the moon, with the idea of securing a perfect map of the moon's surface. Whiloengaged in this work he received a negative from the Lick observatory. He saw that his own laborious work with an inferior instrument could never vie with the results obtained at Fort Hamilton, and he offered his services gri Lick astronomers, saying that the matchless moon negatives he had received would save him years of effort in his task of completing alunar i E f ® | work of the whig In 1844 I remember in Pennsylvania that the Clay tariff of 1842, so named because it was the was the battle cry of the democrats, bearing the inscrip- tion of “Polk and the of 1842” were fly- ing all over the state, while in the south, then strongly anti-protection, the tariff was ignored. ‘The influence of the democratic majority in the House of Key tatives will be felt im the ‘tes to the national conven- dates hase great deal to een and in the coming convention it will be a very important element. AGAINST A DEFEATED CANDIDATE. The opponents of Mr. Cleveland in New York are using his defeat in 1883 as one of the most potent objections to his renomination, and plead that no defeated candidate, except Gen. with the Tammany sachems, who insisted he should give some evidence of the faith he fessed, and his speeches in support of Mr. Flower and the entire ticket give credence to that If, therefore, Tammany should go to the convention for him, as my conserva- tive friend thinks not unlikely, his nomination would be against the time-honored custom of not nominating a defeated candidate. These differing views. converging as they are, all re- turn to the same central question and all seek the same solation—who can carry New York? That unsolved but gost important question is the one which is now puzzling the political brains of the empire state. In all this diversity of opinion I have been able to abstract the one fact, that as Roswell P Flower has carried New York he may be able to do it again next year; but that question, which seems to be answered, is met by the friends of other candidates with the suggestion that both Hill and Cleveland have done the same thing, and so we are all at sea again. I forgot to say I met, while in New York, a very shrewd and experienced politician, who while discussing the various candidates against whom objections were raised by their respec- tive opponents closed the discussion by asking: “What's the matter with Whitney?” So the late Secretary of the Navy, so pleasantly re- membered at Washington, comes forward as “‘a dark horse.” Your readers, Messrs. Editors, are like the visitor to the show. Ihave given them all the varied views of the? democratic and republican magnates on the most import- ant political question of the day and they have Paid their money and can take their choice. Joux F. Corue. —— TO CONVERSE WITH GORILLAS, Prof. Garner Proposes to Talk With Them in Their Native Wilds. ROF. R. L. GARNER, WHO HAS achieved a recent celebrity in connection with the study of monkey language, is in Wash- ington consulting with scientific men respect- ing an expedition to Africa which he proposes to make. For some years past he has devoted attention to the analysis of simian speech, his purpose being to produco a lexicon thereof. Once having established an understanding of & few of the simpler words used by these arbo- real cousins of mankind he believes that it will be easy enough to communicate with them in- telligently. Thus they may be educated in limited degree and may be taught to be of some service in the world. Prof. Garner's present intention is to learn something of the speech of gorilla. These great apes represent an elevated type among the anthropoids; they are ‘rapidly diminishing in numbers, and it is desired to secure a few last_words'from them, at all events, before their kind becomes extinct. Accordingly, he proposes to sail a few weeks hence for the west coasg 0° Africa, whence he will make his way into the Gaboon country, where are vast foresta which afford a home to’ the greatest number of gorillas today. He will take with him s large iron cage, constructed in sections so as to be readily transported. WHAT IIS CAGE 18 For. This cage is not intended to catch gorillas in. On tho contrary, it is meant to keep them out. Pro?. Garner proposes to occupy it himself, having set it up in the midst of the forest. It will be big enough te provide him with room to sleep and to study. The sections will be conveyed by carriers into the howling wilder- ness, where they will be put together. Neces- sarily the cage will have to be massively built, in order to defeat any efforts that may be made by aggressive gorillas to pull it apart. In that region the forests at night are kept in an uproar by the howls of gorillas. ‘There are the bachelors of the species, which are naturally disposed to postpone going to bed until morning, while the males that have families keep an unrestful guard at the feet of the trees where their wives repose among the branches in the intervals of the squalling of the youngsters fer lack of ipecae and soothing sirup. Hero Prof. Garner will establish his roost and try to catch by ear a few suggestions of the language employed by theso wild creatures in shouting to one another. He anticipates thaz the study he has already made of monkey talk will bo ahelp. After ac- quiring by guest the meaning of a few words he will make use of them by taking part in the howls himself. By day as well as by night he Will mske responses to the yells and cries of gorillas that he hears in the woods, and he thinks that in this way he will be able to attract certain individuals, especially females, about him. Presumably they will be favorably pre- possessed with so agreeable an anthropoid as the professor. He will not venture out of his cage, however. CATCH THEN WITH THE PHONOGRAPH. ‘Thus far one of the most important points in this project has not been mentioned. Prof. Garner will carry along with him eight phono- graphs and gross of blauk cylinders, The Phonographs will be placed around the int of the cage, with large tin trumpets fixed to their diaphragms and pointing outward. If any gorillas approach the barred inclosure and have any remarks to make ot a hostile or amatory nature the electric batteries control- ing the phonographs can be turned on at a sccond’s notice and the words uttered will be indelibly recorded for the future edification of civilized lecture audiences. Electric lights will illuminate the cage and its surroundings at night in order that the 4] of the crea- tures which approach may be properly identi- fied. It is hoped that this may serve incident- ally to attract the gorillas. ‘There are no monkeys in Africn. The simian order is represented there by two great fami- lies of ‘tailless apes—the Rorillas and the chim panzeees. The latter are found all the way across the continent in that latitude. For in- telligence they are celebrated. Prof. Garner proposes to try to learn something of their lan- guage also. How very desirable it would be if such an object could be obtained. Missionar; societies might be organized for the evangeli- zation of chimpanzees, and they in turn could beemployed to distribute tracts among the gorillas, which have hitherto been so conspicu- ously intractable that they arc said to be the only animals which will invariably attack man on sight. es Called Back. From the Chicago Tribune. “Lemuel Finkenbinder, it is time to get up!” Afar in tho east the gray dawn of afrosty No- vember morning had faintly impressed itsolf 0” the reluctant and unresponsiv» horizon, and the darkly frowning sky had begun to look as if it felt streaked with premonitions of a com- ing day that should reveal everything it had been trying tc hide. No sound stirred the sluggish atmosphere save the harsh, fuzzy, perfunctory whistle of a distant locomotive that either’had the asthma or found it hard work to achieve the proper pucker on account Of the cold and would not bnve whistled anys how if it hadn't been compelled to do it by the regulations of the soulless corporation it was working for. “Lemuel Finkenbinder, it is time for us to get up! I have told you so five or six times!” onded Mr. What’ is it, Fan? And with a soft snore ho relapsed into slum- r. “Lem!" eek “Get up! It's time you were building the kitchen fire.” shouted in his ear again, Bhe shook him and but he felt not the jerking and her voice sounded like the soft murmur of the wash shore of the land of dreams. wie led Again he wandered down the happy valley, hand in hand with hie heart's idolae of Old. ‘The gentle breezes sighed through the trees above their heads = the carpet be- neath their feet waved to and fro in fantastic Dillows as if stirred, by the wings of ‘passing fairies. Again he looked into the melting blue eyee in whove softanswering glances he reed of trusti: ood" = devotion, and at heart swelled fiedPwith pode + bari a pega ing agent it, Was ‘to push him out of bed int cold, cold a toh ones trechy tk cent eat ‘the open DITCHES TO CARRY WATER. Some Wonderfal Irrigating Works of Pales- tine and South America. HE WONDERFUL POOLS OF SOLOMON near Jerusalem are mentioned in « report on the canals of the world just issued by the Department of State, as the most remarkable irrigating works in their way that are known. Once upon a time they furnished water to the gardens of the wise king, which, save for the Garden of Eden, were the oldest recorded gardens. There is little doubt that the scenes depicted in the famous “Song of Solo- mon” found here their original. Josephus speaks of the place as ‘abounding in rivulets of water,” and states that Solomon was wont to visit it frequently, driving out there in the morning—the distance is only eight miles from Jerusalem—sitting on high in his chariot, clothed in white, and surrounded by mounted guards, all of gigantic stature and in the flower of manhood, arrayed in Tyrian purple ind in armor, their long hair spriakled with gold dust. Solomon himself, speaking of the work, says: “I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted in them all kinds of fruite; I made me ls of water, to water therowith the wood t bringeth forth trees.” The pools are three enormous reservoirs, partly cut in the rock and_partly built from massive marble masonry. biggest one is 582 feet long, 200 feet and 50 feet deep. having sufficient capacity to float the it man-of-war that ever ploughed the ocean. ‘The other pools are nearly as large. Each pool overflows by regulated sluices into the next be- low it, the last pool emptring its water into the valley. These venerable structures are at present in an excellent state of preservation, having been repaired by Pontius Pilate. The source of the water supply is the “Sealed Foun- tain" of Solomon, a short distance away. This fountain is always kept locked; hence the name. It afforded in former times an abundant sup- ly of water to Jerusalem,a goodly stream eles conveyed to the inclosure of the Holy Temple by the skillfully constructed stone aqueduct of Solomon, the form of which proves that the principle of the siphon was underst at that early day. . MASSIVE WORK OF THE IXCAS. Respecting canals and irrigation in South America, the State Department's report says that in that part of the world the artificial watering of the earth to increase its fruitful- ness is of so remote an origin that its history is quite unknown. Ata period probably ante- dating the birth of Christ the aborigimes there understood a scientifi: system of flooding, which consisted in spreading a shect of water over their cullivabed fields in such a manner that it could be readily thdrawn. It seems hardly possible that the natives of Peru and Bolivia and of the eastern slopes of the Andes could have acquired their skill in this art from the ions of antiquity in the old world. Hence, it is wonderful how they could’ have constructed aqueducts and reser- voirs on such an immense ecalo and in such an enduring manner that they have defied the changes of unnumbered centuries. When they were built cannot be known, but their remains prove that the people who planned and main. tained them were in many 8 highly lized. Some of the aqueducts were of great Rength. One that traversed the district of Con- desuyos measured between 450 and 500 miles. ‘They were broughs from some lake or natural reservoir in the heart of the mountaii were fed at intervals by other basins tl in their routes. Passnges were sometimes opened for their descent through the living rock, ithout the aid of iron tools. Care was taken that every occupant of the land through which the irrigating stream passed should enjoy the benefit of them. T quantity of water allotted to each was pre- scribed by law, royal overseers superinten the distribution. “Most of these works of Incas were suffered to go to decay by their Spantsh conquerors. In some spots the waters are still left to flowin their silent subterraneous channels, whose windings and sources have been alike unexplored. Others, though par- tially dilapidated and closed up with rubbish and the rank vegetation of the il, still betray their course by occasional patches’ of fertility. Such are the remains in the valley of Nasca, a fruitfal spot that lies between long tracts of desert, where the ancient water courses of the Incas, measuring four or tive feet in depth by three in width, and formed of large blocks of uncemente masonry, are conducted from an unknown distance, —_—_+e-_—___—_. A Rest at Any Price. From the Chicago Datiy Inter Ocean. A story is going the rounds on the south side which makes a well-known society young man and a millionaire’s pretty daughter the prin- cipal characters in a rather laughable comedy. The young man, who is noted for his hand- some bearing and winning voice, accompanied the young lady to her home on Friday evening, and. as all true lovers do, lingered yet a little while at the gate to have ‘a lover's tete-u-tete with his fair companion. The night was beau- tiful, no one near to intrude, and, above all, he loved! Why shonidn’t she kiss him? With maidenly modesty she refused. He implored. She still withheld from him that which would fill bis cup of happiness. The request was repeated several times, and so en- ‘ossed did the young man become in wooiny fe failed to notice the approach of a parent step. 4 old gentleman, who had been there him- self, and did not care to intrude upon the hap- iness of the young couple, quietly hind @ convenient rosebush and e thinking the young man would soon leave. In this he was mistaken. The lover tarried over the request unti! the patience of the old gentle- man was exhausted. A voice the couple well knew aroused them from their happiness in a tone of impatient anger by saying: 1 “Alice, kiss the young idiot, and let him go ome ! ———_+ee____ Otherwheres. ‘Upon the tall cliff's cloud-wrapt verge ‘The lonely shepherd stands, nd hears the thundering ocean surge ‘That sweeps the far-off stands; * And thinks in peace of raging storms re he will never be— ‘Whe * Of life in all its unknown forms In lands beyond tne sea, ‘So in our dreams some glimpse appears, ‘Though soon it fades again, How other lands or times or spheres ‘Might make us other men; How half our being lies in trance, ‘Nor Joy nor sorrow brings, ‘Unless the hand of Circumstance ‘Can touch the latent strings, ‘We know not fully what we are, Still less what we might be; But hear faint voices from the far Deep lands beyond the sea. —W. H. Lacry. —————_+ee—_—_ French Appreciation of Art, Paris Letter to Philadelphia Telegraph. I was a good deal struck by s little incident that occurred lately while I was superintending the rearrangement of some of the pictures in my drawing room. The individual who was driving nails and hanging up the painting un- der my orders was not even the employe of a picturo dealer, but was one of the porters of a cabinet maker's establishment. directed him to hang, in a certain fa tion, a Snished drawing in India tk by ‘Guvillon, which is one of my most cherished Holding it off at arm’s lo: he ted it pers ace: hy ae laid it aside and took up his hamm « work is altogether in the style of Meissonier. Such finely finished draw- of art than a good MONSTERS AT THE MUSEUM, A Glass Case Fall of Salamanders, Lisards and Strange Snakes. GLASS CASE FULL OF CURIOUS monsters has been newly set up in the National Museum. To meet such queer things alive would make one feel very unpleasant. There are two or three varieties of ‘water dogs,” as they are called in the south, although in the north they are known as “mud puppies.” They are found all over the eastern balf of the United States, and the stories which boys and fishermen tell of their ferocious qualities are simply dreadful. Undoubtedly they can bite, and it is possible that they dosometiges. They are not true reptiles, but salamanders, which belong to the batrachians and are related to | the frogs. A point that distinguishes them from lizards is that they have no scales. They feed upon fishes and aquatic worms. Some- times they grow to be as much as two feet long. Once ina while one of them is caught upen a hook, to the equal astonishment of itself and its captor On the same shelf in the glass case are even bigger “heiibenders.” They are more horri- ble in appearance than the water dogs, with huge mouths that gape very wide. Strange stories are told of their fierceness also, although they are not very well authenticated. They are most common in the Qbio river, though they are found elsewhere plentifully. Sala- manders they are likewise, and they, too, are fond of aquatic worms and fishes. A BLACK SIREN. Another sort of salamander exhibited is called the “‘siren,” and alsobelongsto the United States. It is black, about two feet anda half long and looks somewhat like an eel, only that it has a pair of fore legs. Strange to say, it has no hind legs at all, not even rudimentary ones. Itlives in the water, breathes with gills and feeds upon fishes and the larve of water in- sects. Tho siren lacks the attractiveness which its name would imply. It 1 found numerously in the neighborhood of Washing- ton and has a reputation for being venomous, which it does not deserve. Yet another specimen in the case isa “glass snake, "20 called because it is not a snake at all, but a lizard, having only rudimentary lege, which do not appear through theskin. Its body and tail seem all one. although in reality the former is very short and. the latter very long. When the animal is struck with a stick it drops its tail, which keeps wriggling so as to distract the attention of the enemy, while the creature itself glides quietly away and makes its escape. That is the curious means of defense with which nature has prc vided it. ‘There is another kind of lizard called the “stumptail,”. because its continuation is ab- ruptly cut off behind the rear legs. The con- formation is so peculiar as to make the reptile look as if it had @ head at each end. Shake charmers in India, by the way, have a manner of mutilating a harmiess kind of snake s0 as to make it appear as if it hada head at each ex- tremity. ‘With this marvel they excite the wonder of spectators. The stumptail is very hideous indeed, being rather shapeless and covered all over with unhealthy-looking tuber- cles. Yet another sample in the case is an Aus- tralian “‘moloch”—a gray lizard—covered with sharp spines. It looks as if it had a secou head behind its real head, but it hasn't reails Naturalists call it “horridus,” and no wonder. WHAT AN IGUANA LOOKS LIKE. There is also an iguana from South America. Itis black and about three feet in length. There are many varieties of this beast, some of which grow to be as long as aman. Certain of these larger kinds live in trees and are very good to eat. They feed upon insects, fruits and seeds. In the glass case also are two Gil monsters and many desert lizards of such spe- cies as are found in Death valley and in the Painted Desert of Arizons. ‘There are all sorts akes, too—yellow coach-whip snakes, which, ding to the testimony of darkies in the south, have a way of twining themselyes around aman and lashing him to death; bull snakes, spotted in black and gray, which bellow loudl: King snakes, which kill other snakes, pai ticularly rattles, and coral snakes from Florida, striped in red and yellow bands. ‘These last are really very venomous. hindler, artist of the National Museum, tten by a kpecimen one day whilo msking a painting from it, and he was made seriously ill. Of poisonous snakes one notices that nearly all have arrow-shaped heads. ‘The rattlesnake is a good example of this When bitten by a snake it is a good idea to ex- amine it, with a view to finding out in this way whether it is venomous or not. Included in the same exhibition are some big boas and other constrictors, as well fina collection of land turtles and water tortoises of all sizes, some of them with paper shells. a i LE WoMEN’s CLUBS 1N LONDON. Some of Them Are Conducted on a Scale of Considerable Magnificence. From the Chautauquan. Socially the most important is the Albemarle, in Albemarle street, Piccadilly. With a largo house of its own in the most fashionable quar- ter of London, it follows as a matter of course that it cannot be cheap. The subscription has recently been raised to ten guineas (€52.50) year. The Alexandra, in Grosvenor street just out of Bond street, is really a better example of a purely social club run by women. Its object as explained in its circular is “to mect a want felt by large number of ladies of @ place where they can have luncheon or afternoon tea, &c. meet their friends or interview servants, and to afford those who require it the advantage of @ permanent London address, where letters may always find them.” In other words it is to give women very much the same conve- niences and comforts which men have long since found in their clubs It has its draw- ing. dining and reading rooms, and also eight bed rooms for the use of mem- bers. It is open all day long, closes at tho very sober, proper hour of 1 unless members are dining, when an hour's d they can remain until 11 only into the waiting room, and that no member shall bring more than ‘two children into the short time and on con- lations of «man’s club! ial standing of the club is explained by the fact that no one is cligible for membership who has been, or would probably be, precluded from her maj- esty’s drawing rooms. Still more select in another way is the Uni- versity Club, which makes the college replace the drawing room test of the Alexandra. Graduates of any university, tered medi- cal practitioners of the united kingdom, stu- dents or lecturers who have been in residence for at least three terms at Girton or Newnham xf university who have next after matriculatior tay 4 i i WHAT 4 LOCOMOTIVE KUNS DOWN Everything From Trains to Geese, and an Engineer Tells How It All Feels, From the New York Tritunt “Yes,” said an engineer who had grown gray in the service of the company, as he stood be- side his locomotive in Jersey City the other day, “the suspense ittending a run-over acci- dent when you are on an engine smothers one. I can assure you,” be continued, wiping a blotch of oil off the side rod with a piece of | waste, “that Iam somewhat of an authority on the subject, because I have had the misfortune to run over abouteverything from a chicken to a fire engine. “You would naturally think that a collision, where your own life was in imminent danger, would cause you more anxiety than anything else, but it doosn't. Usually a collision occurs before you know where you are. You are aail- ing along over the rails, trying to keep as near your schedule time as you can, when suddenly Something shows up before you. With me it has always been the rear of a train, for I have never tried to pass an engine on the same track coming in an opposite direction. In an instant im on the air brakes, reverse the engine and wait for the crash, and the engine burik herself in the caboose or of the train you ike. Then you make the most of a bad job, and if you are not at fault for the accident jand no one is injured or killed you soon forget all about it. But it is entirely’ different when you run over a human being. You are speeding along and see aman on the track in front of you. At first you think that be will hear the train, just as thousands have heard it be- ‘on with his back toward gp and you pull th whistle string and the eng@e shricks her war: ing. He does not hear even that, so you try’to stop the train. The air brakes are put on, the engine is reversed and the great drivers begin working backward, sending fire in showers from the shining steel rails, winile eparks.of live coals high up into the sky, as the monster groansand igzies, vainly trying to stop the train behind. hile you draw nearer and nearer the victim the'suspense is absolutely beyond de- Jecription. All efforts are useless. | light jar as the poor devil is struck, and a cold sweat breaks out all over your body, and a faint feeling comes over you, until you fall |b ur seat, sick at heart, and wonder | fe of the man was and whether he and what sadness there will be when they learn the news at home. You think hat you would like to stop railroading and The bag- gage master, conductor and of the cars and take all thatis 1: from under the wheels. “Well, you know his fate now. As soon as you are signaled to go ab the throttle, the engine leaps forward eagerly, asif she were anxious to leave the dreadful place behind, and ina moment the thought of cident is driven by other work from your y mind. tof the victim track. When the pilot of the it usually knocks him down and then rolls him him, and when they do there ix great them leaving the rails. ng go down the bank you are lucky. what havoc one pig can make with a railroad. hit until ne is stone dead. fond of pork an engine. animals that wander get out of the way just in catcher as the engine rushes Cows and horses are generaily most pitiful of all animals to run down. seem to realize the dang Th you for days to come take savage delight in destroying sheep. whole flock in an i: geese once. We: so many feathers in the world. tant. us if she had received a coat of tar and feathers. Hello! There goes my bell, I must leave you,” said the “knight of the footboard” ashe sprang into the cab and started the train out of the station on its journey to the west. —— se CURIOU WAR INCIDENT. Rounds It Out, From the San Francisco Call. ing the war. Capt. Fi which has not yet been published. Capt. French, “and with another man. W adrink of water. The house Union lines and infront. Before we had an opportu: speaking a woman informed us that our was re surprised at thi signed for some one else. ordered me to throw up my hands and sur- render. thought was that some soldier was pl tical joke upon me, and I carelessly ignored stout when the man emphasized his order by pointing an ugly looking gun close up to my bead, I considered it was wise to obey The upshot of that adventure was my confine- ment in Libby prison. I don't know who my captor was, bat the occurrence was on the 16 of — Capt. French was interrupted by Col. Mosby. “You are mistaken as to date,” id the latter, “‘it was on the 17th, and, by the way, you robably do not know that you were almost a per man thatday. When I pointed the gun at you I was wriggling the trigger, but some- how it did not work smoothly and your sur- render prevented its discharge.” “Were captor?” asked Capt. French T heard afterward that he was "s men.” the man,” was Col. Mosby's grim Dangers in Cold Baths. From the Indianapolis Journal. The coldest natures take the hottest baths and are not enfeebled by them. It is blood heated by youth or the fire of full life which TH it cy e & EF i i. fore, and get off the track in time, but he goes | om the furnace shoot from the stack | You feel a man tush out , and as you tonch | Pig is a dangerous thing torun over, for he is likely to throw the locomotive off’ the | ine hits him for a few yards under it before the trucks strike | er ot | The drivers are ulmost certain to follow the trucks, and if you don't So you see Another disagreeable thing about a pig is that he never stops squealing from the time he is Engineers are not “It is next to impossible to kill a goat with Goats are the most irritating of all ng araiirond track. No taatter how fast you may be rifining or how quietly you steal down upon him he will see Fou vut of the corner of his eye and manage to me to miss the cow- him at light- hat they are in and huddle together in tho middle of the rails and await death. Their great, innocent eyes stare at you so mournfully and cadly that they haunt A locomotive seems to She throws them in every direction and will killa I struck a flock of I never thought there were I couldn't sce anything but feathers for ten minutes, and when we reached the station my engine looked Col. Mosby Listens to a Little Story and A few evenings ago Col. E. A. Denieke enter- tained at dinner Capt. French, » Philadelphia banker and an officer of the signal corps dur- Among the other guests were some members of the local corps and Col. John 8. Mosby, the well-known guerilla chieftain. ch has contributed a number of articles to the Century and other magazines relating to his escape from Libby Prison, and at the dinner table be narrated an incident “We were attached to Sherman's army,” said as we were marching toward Gettysburg I was detailed to reconnoiter ‘As we left the house man in civilian dress As I was within Union lines my first 6 ® | of parliament. THE FAMILY IN FRANCE The Increase of Divorces and the Decrease of Births Are Creating Alarm. Paris Letter to Philade!phte Telerram, A profound and painfal sensation has beem created by the publication of the official reports concerning the population of France. These carefully compiled statistics inform the world at large that the marriages and births have diminished in @ noteworthy ratio during the year 18%, and that the deaths have augmented, so that not only is the population at « stand- still, as in bygone years, but it is actually de creasing. The number of marriages celebrated in France in 18% showed a diminution of 8,603 over the number contracted in 1889. The ni ber of births has fallen in a twelvemonth from, 880,579 to $38,059, almost as low as during the wor years 1870 and 1 Th ease in the number of deaths it alarm- anting to ; that is to may, over 51,000 more than in 1889. | This exoces is Que to ravages of the influenza, which raged in France ring the first four months of last year, creat & mortality equal to that caused by the cholera ep cs of past seasons, though the Percentage of cienths in the number of cases ia, of course, very much smaller. Ar alarming feature of the recent re- | Port is the constantly increasing number of divor It was expected that they would year; that is to say, wt ations of long standing or ineure- ble ons extending over many years should have found relief in the new remedy. On the contrary, their number hax gone on in- creasing till, in 1890, they amounted to 5,4 to seven divorces for every 10,000 ried cour Added to this the constant and invincible repugnance to large families ex- isting in the Pre and middle classes (the ge of children per household ie only and it will be understood that the sources of population in France are ‘thing Tee. is the cause of this progressive dimina- eallin the number of marriages? deal of the falling off may be tributed to the difficulty an tracting @ iegitimate union, Any man oF Woman who desires to get married is com- led to produce any quantity of documents proving the consent of the parents, the place jand manner of those parents’ deaths, should any of them be no longer living, and other formalities of less interest and importance. and I believe in England, Jack can cail upon his Jill togo with him'to the j Camm @ living at something else. Meantime the presto! the twain are forthwith made train has come toa standstill. ‘The engine has 4 the complica- ceased her struggles and the only sound you ove all, the expense of contract- hear is the throbbing of the air brake as it lunion in France, are so many and pamps back and forth, making a noise like the so formidable as to deter most members reathing of some exh ad of the poorer classes from getting married at law of military service has also been to exercise a powerful influence in bring- ing about the decrease im the number of mar- by taking the young man away from his | and from the society of his equals just at | the time of tite when Le is most susceptible to the claims of lawful affection and a future Lome and compelling him to remain single till his years of military service are completed, for, ding to law, no young French soldier cam marry till that period is at an end. Will at be believed that one of the main causes that has brought about the new and |rapid decrease in the mumber of births in France has a the estabiisument of uni versal education and the law that make compulsory? Yetsuch is the undoubted fact. The child can ea>n nothing until its school years are completed. Hence French parents of ike lower order look upon every add child asatresh source of expense, and the families of the working classes and the peas antry grow smaller aud smaller year b; As to the remedies to be found for this plorable state of affairs, they are bard to ime | agine, much less to indicate. Af any one wi y proof of this curious | condition of comparative ¢ she need only mvestigate the number of off- spring to be found in the homes of any particular class. Take, for instan y | Clerges of Paris. Tuey form a large, comfort ably installed and w osed of, though sometimes they get J-paid group iu the annals under the wheels and cause a bad wreck. Bat | 0! domestic service. During all the years that they are so large that the pil them | Lhave lived in Paris I have never met with » and throws them to one 6: Sheep are concierge (or rather witha pair of them, for there must always be two in the loge, so that if one has to go out the other can attend to the important affairs of the position) that bad more than one child. Ina vast number of cases the coupiesare childless. A family of five cuuidren inany class of French society is looked upon as an excessive number. —— Buge That Eat Metal. “Insect Lifo,” in its latest number, calls at tention to two recently observed instances where insects have gnawed metal. One was the case of alead pipe, eut through bys bug that was actually found engaged at ite work on the metal. The “wood wasp"—for of that species it was—had made a hole in the pipe resem! anail hole. A similar occurrence is in the « “minie ball,” which was ito a red oak tree in Mary- land during the rebellion, and when split 0 of the log it was discovered in the track of fuli-grown grub, the animal's burrow lex R bullet. The latter ’ wect at its concave ond, boring two-thirds its length and coming out at ‘one side somewhat below the apex. ‘The larva was found in the burrow alive, only «short distance above the bullet. So it would not ap- pear that the story recently circulated of worms which were alleged to have attacked steel rails on railways in Europe is altogether incredible. | ‘The Burning Bush. From the Detroit Free Presa, “Talking about the power of imagination,” said the raconteur, “I was riding across a piece passed a farm house, | of jevel country inone of the British North but afterward returned to the place to ask fog | Ss within the group of officers was standing ity of d although derably | and although we were considerably need sis wb Gillet i, we ind we shjection in these | SUC, =e Somete ns days to eat a dinner which was obviously de- American provinces in @ stage coach of the olden days. There was a pompous M.P. pres- ent, a meek little French priest and some lndies. We were all strangers toeach other, velers. ared a horizon of woods we burst of flame. camp fire,” suggested the M. P. “tis zee bush zat burns,” bazarded the lit tle priest meekly. Jtis'a comp fire,” reaffirmed the member As we © denly “I zink zat is zee bush,” uttered the priest in’s faint voice. “‘Icen feel the flames even at this distance,” noticing my existence with affable condescen- sion, “do not you, sir? “I cannot say I do sir.” I answered civilly; “as the wind is blowing directly from us, that would be almost impossible.” ‘Impossible or not, the blaze is very per- ceptible. Iam not given to vain ings. As we approach nearer you will see for your- self, sir, thatIam right.” And he drew him- self intoa corner with much dignity. I never care to argues point and said no more, for it really made no to whether he felt the heat of the fire that distance, and I am not altogetber believer in miracles. Bo I ppt on the little priest had a sort of triumphal ‘about them. “Vat I zay? It ees ze tree zat burne, n'est ce a Yor. the fire was most ‘That which we bad taken for a in the provinces as “the cny other tore han change, tree lakes plage on. atenvés and ‘fame nown bush,” a pe-