Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1891, Page 9

_THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.C. FRIDAY, SeceMBER’ 11, 1891—TEN PAGES. overed by nh, to be constantly present in all cases of consumption. here the | dtood is impoverished or impure, there results that constitutional condition known as scrotula, which fs character- ized by the liability of certain tissues to be the seat of chronic inflam- tiens and enlargements. Virchow s “their vulnerability is excessive.” ly, exciting causes which ve only passing effect upon a healthy subject, would produce inflam- mation and disease in the serofulous. ‘These troubles may start as catarrh in the nasal passages, throat or lungs, and | as the membranes become weakened, the tubercle bacilli enter, and multi- ply, and we have, as a result, that dread disease—Consumption. Find a perfect remedy for scrofula, in all its forms—something that purifies the blood, as well as claims to. That, if it's taken fn time, will cure Cone enmption. It has been found, in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. 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WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A BEAU: TIFUL LINE OF FANCY CORNER CABINETS, LADIES’ WRITING DESKS, BOOK CASES, FANCY ROCKERS NEATLY UPHOLSIELED IX PLUSH, RATTAN KOCKERS, ROCKERS FINISHED IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY STYLE, CHINA CLOSETS, CHIFFIONIERS, CENTER TABLES AND A THOUSAND OTHER ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS. THE BEST THING ABOUT IT I8 THE PACT THAT WE WILL MAKE THE Pay- XMEN1S EASY ON ALL THESE THINGS. CoME IN AND TALK IT OVER WITH CITY AND DISTRICT. F Thon the basis of price per line per 1,000 cirenlation, the advertising rates of Tar Evex- ing Stan are only about half as high as those of other Washington papers. But cheapness is not the only merit. Its service is better than any other paper in the city can possibly give? poate ae einen eee a BAK ASSOCIATION BANQUET. A Large Number of Legal Lights Sit Down to Dinner at the Arlington. The members of the National Bar Association dined together at the Arlington last evening as the guests of the committee appointed by the Bar Association of the District to make ar- Fangements for holding the annual meeting of the association in this city. A number of in- Vited guests representing the judiciary, the cabinet aud the legal officers of the government were present, and the gathering as « whole comprised a notable array of the legal lights of the country. The decoration of the table and the menu were elaborate and all the appoint- ments were elegant. It was one of the finest dinners that have been served here for some time. Mr, Calderon Carlisle was the toastmaster of the occasion and responses to toasts were made as follows: “The President,” Senator Mander- von: “The Bench,” Mr. Justice Gray; “Con- gress,” Senator Gray of Delaware, and “The Bar," James C. Carter of New York. During the evening a letter was read from President Harrison regretting his inability to be present and saying he would be pleased to see the dele- ates at the White House. Letters of regret were also read from Chief Justice Fuller. Jus- tice Bradley, Senator Edmunds, Speaker Crisp and others. ‘i ‘Those present were Justice Brewer, Justice Gray, Calderon Carlisle, Senator Gray, G. H. Bates, Senator Gibson, Justice Harlan, Senator Hoar, Justice Bradley, Justice Lamar, C. P. Hogan, Senator Manderson, Attorney General Miller, Justice Strong. Chief Justice Bingham, A. B. Duvall, 8. H. Kauffmann, E. A. Newman, J. J. Darlington, J. H. Gordon, W. R. Morrison, J. B. Hoge, A. C. Church, R. H. Koch, J. C. B. Davis, Juage Nott, Geo. E. Hamilton, Solicitor General Taf, 8’ R Bond. Enveh Tot ten, T. A. Lambert, W. T. Smith, Jas. C. Carter, RK. Turnbull, H.C. bunts, D. Ro McKee, Nathaniel Wilson, F. F. Oidham, H. J. Bowdoin, Senator Washburn, M. A. Knapp, B. W. Perkins, W. J. Whitehouse, Sydney B Davis, Samuel 0. Pickens, W. I Webb. Samuel Maddox, R. Ross Perry, W. Sands, Judge Weldon, M. Mooros, ~ Chay Brown, T. M. Knapp, Jere M. Wilson, W. L. H. H. Powers, Dr, Jas. C. Welling, halck, Mr. Pullen, ©. C. Cole, T. 2 . G. Veazey, J. L. Torrey, McKenney, Robert White, R. K. Prentiss, Mi Dean, N. P. Bond, Senator Faulkner, T. M. Hinkle, Justice Blatehford, A. S. Worthington, Martin F. Morris, J. L. M. Curry, Linden Kent, J. G. Payne, Geo. Mason, A. G. Caruth, H. EL |. H. Outhwaite, Keginald Fendall, Wm. Reynolds, Hugh L. ‘Thompson, Senator Cock- J.M. Wright, A. G. Riddle, W. S. Bryan, J. W. Davis, G. W. Faris, Wim. A. Maury, A. Burnage and James Frake. ————__. GEORGETOWN. ODD FELLOWS’ GRAND VISITATION. Mechanics’ Lodge, No. 18, 1.0.0. F., have had their second annual visitation by the offi- cers of the Grand Lodge, who were agreeably surprised at the unusual exemplification of the work of the order. They received from the examining officers the information that they had passed the best examination of any in this jurisdiction. After the work had been gone through all repaired to a room where » boun- tiful repast had been spread. Canton Potomac was present in uniform and this added to the pleasure of the occasion. A TRIP TO FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE. A large number of Georgetown young men, accompanied by some of Washington's finest, rode to Fairfax Court House iast night to at- tend a concert at that place, in which several members of the Berry Band of this place par- ticipated. The evening was spent in literary and musical enjoyment and afforded much asure to all present, “Mrs. Jarley'’s Wax Yorks” and some pretty tableaux wound up the program. A RUNAWAY. Dr. Baker of Washington met with a loss Yesterday on 31st street by the running away of his horse. The animal was attached to buggy and stationed near the Tudor place, when he bee: frightened and rushed down the steep bili O street was almost reached, when in turning a bend a tree was collided with, the vehicle damaged and the wheelwright shop sought. Between M and N the horse was cap- THE WOODLEY HUNT CLUB. The Woodley Hunt Club held its regular semi-annual meeting Wednesday night. ‘The report of the secretary, Mr. W. D. Rudy, and that of the treasurer, Dr. Richard S. Hill, were read, and after some new laws for the better governing of the club had been adopted the meeting adjourned. Sores. December 29 has been fixed upon as the date for the next assembly dance. Miss Gertrude Harvard of Lynchburg, Va, is the guest of the Misses Blackford. Only one arrest was made in this precinct during yesterday and last night, and that was for intoxication. ge BROOKLAND AND VICINITY. Rose, the little daughter of Policeman Me- Nemire, had an unfortunate fall recently, which resulted in breaking her arm. Mr. Pearce of Washington has moved into one of Mr. G. W. Williamson's new double houses. Mrs. S. Paxton of Trenton, N. J., has arrived in Brookland and will make this her future home. Boards are on the ground for the walls on Lansing street. 9 Progressing nicely with his new house. ‘At the last meeting of the Queenstown Mite and Literary Society at the parsonage the “jmgo” party was continued and was a source of much merriment. The Misses Annie and Lucy Lynch gave @ piano duet, Mr. Paxto: sang and Mre. Means, Miss N. Middiekauf and Mrs. West gave readings. About fifty mem- bers and visitors were present, among whom were the Mises Bowen of Hyattsville and Miss McGarrity of Lewinsville, Va. The next meeting will be at the bome of Mr. John Lord, sr. ‘The Brookland Whist Club were entertained at the, home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barton. Card ing bey at mM. wu until tii ebeesenlvs voctrcm: sie tae resent were Dr. and Mrs. Brooks, Miss Brooks, Mir and Mra. Hetfield, Lieut, Craven, Mr. and Mra Woodward, Mr. aud Mrs. Marean, Mr. and Miss Jullien, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mr. and | Mra. Etoz Brooks, Mra and Miss Burr, Mr. and Mra. Carmack, Miss Dugger, Downing and Capt. and Baumer. Dr. and Mrs. Brooks will entertain the club on the 17th of December. —— Bee Keepers to Meet Here Next Time. The North American Bee Keepers’ Associa- tion, in convention yesterday at Albany, chose Washington, D.C., as the place for hold- ing the annual convention, the date to be fixed by the executive committee. Mail Off for Zeroland, ‘The mail for Santa Claus in his home in Zero- land, which was announced in last Saturday's Stang would be sent him if letters should be written by children at once, closed A LIVELY FIGHT. ‘Two Washington Men Set Upon by Roughs the Other Side of Long Bridge. There was a livély fight at the south end of the Long bridge yesterday afternoon sbout 6 o'clock. There was the usual crowd of gam- biers, thieves and onlookers about the race pool rooms, and when the crowd went to the railroad platform to wait for the 5:15 train o number of men, so it is said, were engaged in the “shell” game. Mr. William R. Abell of No. 801 9th street was in the crowd and he was roughly handled. He escaped after receiving painful bruises about the head and face and came home on the train. Upon his arrival here he called at police headquarters and lodged complaint against his alleged assailants. He told the police that he was with a friend, Mr. Albert stevenson of No. 428 "Masenchusotts avenue, and that they were witnessing the Cabell” game when they were jumped upon by George and William Northridge, William, alias “Cockey,” Crnit and others. When the train reached the sta crowd and managed to get on tho train. T' last he saw of his companion the other mer had bim on the platform pounding him. As the affair did not bappen in this jurisdiction Mr. Abell was advised to make complaint to the Alexandria authorities. — ANACUSTIA, THE PRESBYTERIAN SOCIETY. ‘The Presbyterian Society met last night at the residence corner of Maple and Nichols south drawing room was prettily lighted and beautified with fowers. Mr. Fuiton Karr pre- sided at the piano, Mr. Gorden led the singi and music and refreshments were enjoyed. The uents were Misses Gurden, Misses Simpson, Slice Carrie Golden, Mice Enima Doughty, Mr. Garden, Mr. Davidson, Mise Anderson, Mr. Simpson and others. Mra. Karr made a gener- OUs hostess. SUNDAY SCHOOL BOYS AND MAGIC. The boys of the intermediate classes of the Anacostia M. E. Sunday school, with their teachers, were entertained last evening at the residence of Sunday School Superintendent H. A. Linger by a performance of magic conducted by Mr. J. E: Powell. Stage, scenery and para- hernalia were mgged up ‘in the west parlor. ‘he magic pistol, dissolving candle, diminish- ing cards, changing vases und other ‘tricks were neatly done and elicited delighted applause from the children. Mr. Powell was assisted by Mrs. Powell and Master Walter Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Linger furnished refreshments, NOTES. Aconcert under direction of the Bethlehem Baptist Sunday school was given Tuesday night at Bethlehem Baptist Church of Hills- dale. Mrs. Amelia Rondski is visiting Mra. Sophie ‘M. Schultze. Mr. George Rowland of the engineer depart- ment of the Government Hospital for the Insane bas resigned. , Oiticer Reagan went on day duty this morn- ing: vice oflicer L. It. Anderson, on leave. ineola ‘Tribe, No. 14, Improved Order of mnues of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Karr. The | pj Red Men, gave uccessful ball last night at Odd Fellows’ Hall, Navy Yard. executive committee comprised Charles Williamson, chairman; David T. N. Shank, T. H. Brooke, William Hose, Thomas Nally, Charles Ridgeway and D. D. Davis. Barg: in footwear at Abbott's shoe store, corner Munroe and Washington streets.—Advt. ee The Color Line at the Bathing Pool. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I feel called upon to state what I know to be an absolute fact relative to the letter of D. E. Wiseman in this evening's issue of Tux Stan. That gentleman very graphically elaborates upon the relation of, or, rather, the feeling ex. ing between, the “black and white boy along the shores of “the grand historic Poto- mac." Now, I being yet but little more than a boy, and having spent my boyhood days tramp- img, wading and swimming along both shores of the river adjacent to the city, know that Mr. Wiseman is drawing to an unwarranted extent upon his imagination when he saya the black and white “go hand in hand, eat the friendly pie or smoke the friendly smoke together.” the white boy is taught in school and at home that the black boy has just exactly the same rights he has. He never disputes the other boy's right to “‘be at the river,” to eat pie or to take a smoke or swim, but he also fully appre- ciates the tact be bay a natural right to «wim by himself, smoke by himself or eat pie by hi . Now, it seems to me this reverend gen- tleman has little appreciation of his race when he suggests “Jim Crow pool” as a name for the swimming pool of the colored boys of the Di trict. ‘The black boy has the same privilege as the white. The beach is the same, as are the dressing rooms, and I am quite sure both have same privilege of bathing if they choose and the white boy is not indignant that he has to bathe alone. for which reason [ cannot see why his colored friend should be, they being on exactly the same footing with regard to privileges and restrictions und being held to be Upon an equality. Imerely wish this statemen: published as coming from a representative boy and one who thoroughly enjoys the beach and is always glad to see the black boys doing the same. Vinaisiay. Peeese > ar Italians Who Will Winter in I Two thousand Italians left Hoboken yester- day for Europe. ‘the Werra will land them at Genoa. They think they can spend the winter more cheaply in Italy than by waiting in New York until the warm weather wets in, doing occasional work. ‘They intend to return in the spring. The dock was infested with confidence men und it is said that they gota good haul from the unsuspecting emigrants. ee ree Moving for Three Days’ Holiday. The cotton exchange of New York has de- cided to close on Saturday, December 26, and on Saturday, January 2. The coffee exchange and the consolidated exchange will do likewise. ‘The decision of the stock exchang and the produce exchange ns uot yet bec announced, ut it ie certain that it will be the same. This would give a three days’ holiday at Christmas aud New ¥ —_—__+oe—__ A Tragic Drama in Three Acts. An account of how a woman unwittingly murdered her own son comes from Wieselburg. ‘The son of a peasant couple living in that vil- lage recently returned to them after an abseuce of sixteen years in America The returned villager was much changed in looks. and, think- ing to givo his parents a pleasant surprise later on did not disclose his identity, supposing that neither of them recognized him. This sup- position was correct as regards his mother, but EiStather recognized hits. although he'con- ceaied the fact. The seeming stranger's re- quest for entertainment was granted and, dur- ing # conversation which followed, he showed his entertainers the contents of a bagin which he carried 600 sovereigns. The sight violently aroused the peasant woman's covetousess, and after her supposed lodger had retired for the night and was she cut his throat in order to secure the money. When told by her husband that killed a stranger, but her own son, th she experienced was so great that she fell dead. ———<2e-—____ ‘Ten Innocent Ones to Be Saved. The necks of ten negroes, under sentence of death in Laurens county, 8. C., for the murder of Thornton C. Nance some months ago, will be saved. They were sentenced to hang on October 2 last, but their attorney appealed to the supreme court and a motion has been made to suspend the hearing in the supreme court and transfer it back to the clreuit court, ‘The yesterday The little ones who wrote to Santa Claus yes terday cannot expect a reply eee Several Slight Accidents. Richard Christmas, a boy living in Govern- ment alley, by the falling of a door upon bim yesterday afternoon had his leg broken. Luke Gallagher fell at the corner of 10th and C streets yestorday afternoon and received a bed sealp wound He was treated at the Emer- gency Hospital and sent to him home. @ restaurant o_yecterday and, teccived «bed eet, deer bottle Teceived & which was dfeesed by Dr. RD. Ross ee ‘A Stable Burned, ground for this motion the confession of another negro, Heury Suber, to the effect that he alone was the murderer. The supreme court has granted the motion und sent the case back to the circuit court for M | minutes doing banking ea LOST HER RUDDER. toua, Ore.—Salvage of $200,000 has met with s quarter of a million dollars’ mishap before completing her initial voyage. The British steamship Zambesi from Hong Kong arrived at Astoua, Ore., last night, having in | tow the disabled whaleback stenmer Charles W. | Wetmore. Capt. Edwards of the Zambesi said: “We left Victoria, B. C., for the Columbia Tiver last Sunday At 11 o'clock yesterday morning, when off the mouth of the Columbia | Fiver, we saw @ singular-looking thing and steaming down we saw it was the whaleback propeller Wetmore flying signals of distress. She was then about three or four miles off Till- amook rock, thirty miles south of the entrance to Columbia river th about to steam she hind no way of steering, the rudder having dropped off, leaving nothing but the rudder | I got a hawser out and had her in easy tow the remainder of the day and last night. ‘This morning the bawser parted, but wo got it ‘out again in the afternoon and Crossed in with little difticutts has entered a protest of the | mages before Vice Consul | Cherry. ‘The bawser bits of the Zambesi were | carried. Capt. Edwards’ salvage will be one- | third the value of the vessel and the cargo. Pincing that at £600,000, his claim on the part | of the owners, officers and crew of the Zam! will aggregate $200,000. Capt. Hastings of the Wetmore says that he | began to lose his rudder two weeks ago when off Gullapago Islands. It dropped off bit by it as the rivets fell, but he hoped to make his destination,Port Townsend. Under the circu stances he was very glad to get to Columbia river. The whaieback was out eighty-three days from Philadelphia. Capt, Hastings is ue- otiating for a steamer to tow the Wetmore to ort Townsend. ——_—__+0-—. ‘The Art of Christmas Giving. It has been nearly 2,000 years ago since the first beautiful Christmas gift came on earth, ‘and it was received with gladness and joy by shepherd and king alike. Today, in’ memory of that, I give you some little triffes, because I love’ you, but I give it so ungraciously you scarcely like to take it, writes Ruth Ashmore in the December Ladies’ Home Journal. A pretty way to senda gift is to do it up in one of the colored tissue papers, tie it with the extremely narrow ribbon that can be bought fora few pennies, the whole twelve yards, and so give your friend the pleasure of Untying the myste- Tious box, of removing the pretty ribbona and of coming to the surprise at last, the somethi for which she has longed for many s day. know a woman who has wanted a pincushion ten years, who in that time has gotten two dia- mond bracelets and innuncrable rings, but the tong-looked-for pincushion has never come. She still hopes for it and believes that this year will certainly bring it. You say, “Why not buy it?” Well, now, who ever bought « pincushion without the intention of giving it tc somebody else? Give with a loving and full heart, and never, under any circumstances, give that which you begrudge. Such a gift will bear no fruit for you, noteven the honest fruit of thanks. You You ' possess the gifts of gentleness and gra- ciousness of politeness and of goodness, aud these are gifts that call others to them. {1 peo- ple are cross and disagreeable there is very slight inclination to wish them a merry Chri mas. If they are irritable and snappish nobody cares whether they are blessed with,« Christ- mas present or not, but unto her who hath the graces that I have’ cited will certumly come a basket full of good gifts, “pressed down, shaken together and running over.” ———_+e+ What a Singer Can Eat. As to diet, the girl who wants tc be a singer should avoid sweets of all kinds. There is nothing better than food of the piainest kind, writes Marie Roze in an article on “How to Preserve the Voice,” in the December Ladies’ Home Journal. Pastry, nuts, almonds, raisins, pickles, rich sauceu are simply poison to a singer. All these are indigestible. and a singer, above all people, should partake of only that class of food that digests easily. Never eat closer than two hours before you sing. I go further: if I sing at eight o'clock I eat at four in the afternoon. As regards fluids, all are harmful if taken in immoderate quantities. Milk is good, but itis best when mixed with soda water or seltzer. Wines of any kind are injuri- ous, and I eunnot be too emphatic in warhing all ‘girls who aspire to be singers to abstain from them. Ihave known some of the most promising voices to be utterly ruined by even the smallest indulgence in wine. Freeh and ripe fruit always makes a good diet for a singer, especial grapes. The voice is regulated by the health of its possessor, and just as she takes care of that or neglects it, will she make a #uc- cess or failure. A good voice cannot come from an unhealthy constitutior. If ever two things were inseparable, they arc good health and a good voice. With the former, the latter ix pos sible; without it, vocal excellence is im- possible. ‘The Brotherless Girl. The girl without a brother 1s especially to be pitied, writes Ruth Ashmore in the December Ladies’ Home Journal, She is the girl who is never certain of getting the pleasures of life unless she is very attractive. Of course, she has no brother who she is certain will take her everywhere; she is apt to get a little bit vain, for she has no brother to tell her, as only a brother will, of ber faults and mistakes. Itis only the somewhat doubtful tact of a brother that announces “I wouldn't walk up street with you in that frock,” and the girl whose brother ‘says this to her may be certain that he is only expressing the opinion of other girls’ broth- ers. He may not do it in the most gentle way, but he does tell the truth, and if you usk him why paying a visit to another girl is more desirable than to one you know he will sit down and look at you and then he will say: “Well, you see, it is just this way: From the time you get there she is a nice girl, who gives you w plcas- ant welcome and yet doesn't gush over you. Sho is entertaining, and yet she bas a fashion of putting down nasty gossip or silly talk among whoever is there. She is @ restful sort of girl, she is not always wanting to do some- thing that tires you half to death and where the game isn’t worth the candie, and when she says good-by to you you feel certain that she is pretty glad you caine, and that she will be giadtoxee you another time, but that she doesn't look upon you as the oue and only man in the world.” That is the kind of a de- scription that the brotheriess girl can't get. Then she doesn't hear of men that a fellow would rather not have his sister go with. Probably the wisest course for her to pursue is for her to choose as her most intimate friend a girl who has a wise brother; then she can reap the benefit of his counsel. coraades ep sega re Profits for the Banker. From the Detroit Free Press. to be eclipsed. ingly on the his opi ideas, judgi tation to him Mr. Ror ite had beet condemn the £200,000. £3,000,000. would be su: stick On way, umbrellas, interesting. surface. vet apart ous time. The; old, when th pounds per tr “You ought to come up into our part of the state,” said a tall countryman over the bank counter the other day to the cashier of a Gris- wold street bank. Vhere’s that?” inquired the cashier. im the Upper Peninsula. nt have you got that’s interesting?” jot people that'll make more money in ten their way than you'll 1. make your way in ten low do they do i “Discountin’."” “We make something in that line ourselves.” “Yes, I s'pose 0; but not like them. By iny,” he went on emphatically, “I hada note for £150 the other day I wanted discounted and I took it to one of them shavers, and after he had figgered about ten minutes’ he said I owed him $1.37." ‘How did he make that out?” inquired the puzzled cashier. “That's what Isaid to him, and he told me that, according to his way of calculating the discount on a note like that, the whole thing would amount to £151.37 and he was willing to take the note if I'd pay the balance in cash. Fou aia't got any bankin’ liko that in Detroit, have you? and the cashier hastened to assure him that Detroit bankers didn't do business that way. coo _—___- Love's Notable Conquest. From the Chicago Daily Tribune. “Do you love him, Mabel?” ‘There was an. unmistakable ring of triumph in the proud father’s voice as he aildressed the question to the beautiful, queenly girl who Lb subj inion that CURION sponges or of w ‘The Whaleback Wetmore Towed Into As-| Open Criticiom by Werkingmen of the Ways Demanded. of Lord London Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph. The first whaleback to visit the Pacific ocean cep neta aoe bis American brother thought and ogen criticism of the ways of those higher in the social scale than himself. On the occasion of the marriage of Lord Dud- ley it was proposed by the town council of Kid- derminster, near which town Lord Dudley's scat is situated, to present him with a wed- ding present and address of Worcester had subscribed for several magnifi- cent pieces, of china, aright royal gift to be Presented on the home-coming of the bride and bridegroom, and Kidderminster objected 1, however. met with great nd eevoral’ warkimen spoke’ very fee: ject. Lord nut 01 Dadiey. in independence of tion. Mr. Rowe, a wea' gave when a town like Kiddermir.- ster was called to do honor to any man there should be something about him to merit it. He should be » man trying to make the com- munity better than it is, while, accordin, 1g to his Dudley on his merits, no honorable man could subscribe for © prosen- anxious to raise @ subscription, a fund for re- | lieving the distress among local artisant we. would be far more deserving of sup- ort than # “presentation toa mau whose past 5 But the righteous weaver did not utterly es 2 town council were 80 mn race courses.” proposal, moving that the d Dudley will get his wedding gi ee Some Singular Suggestions of Inventive oun; £100, given, | tion should be adjcurned for five years, when, | if Lord Dudley | proposal might be further considered and the approval of the towa of Kidderminster might crown his efforts. Another valiant workman assisted in raising the standard of revolt against the conservative prejudices of the town council and remarked that if Lord Dudley was to receive a present solely becwuse he was the son of his father and had “been lately married, they might on the same ground make presontations every hour in the day and every day in the week. Heseconded his predeccesor reference to the fund for relieving the artisans, who. he rightiy insisted, were far more in want of ® gift than the y income, he said, men were in want of food. Certainly one could not have a better illns- tration of the text: to them shall be snobbish desire to give costly wedding gifts to the newly married pair, who must have a super- while their fellow-citizens are starving; but ‘the righteous protest of the speakers was, I need scarcely say, disregarded, and Lord ft. reformed his career, the proposal with rd Dudley's hile many of “To those who bave than the somewhat Po |frrival of Miss Fiddes?” STORING OF JIM FISK. He Was the SS Gate Ratner and From the Chicago Tribune, In his baleyon days Jim Fisk was a dandy without « blemish—i mean so far as liberality goes. If ever a man-cared nothing for money ‘thet man was Jim Fisk Jay Gould was more of a man Fridsy than a factotam. No person in Gould's employ is more dependent or obse- quious than was Gould himself twenty-three years ago. Both were peddiers, you know: but Fisk made dollars where Gould made dimes. Tshall never forget bit of correspondence between Fisk end an actress, whom I won't name. Mr. Fisk telegraphed the actress as fol- lows, a nearly as I can remember: “What are your terms to play ‘Miranda’ until tbe Of course she had sized up Jim pecuniarily more than men- tallyand replied: “One thousand dollars a week, one-third of the house clear once week, $1,000 to break an engagement in St. Louis and raiirond expenses for three people from New Orleans tc New To which lied: “Madame, your terms are much You shall have all the money that comes into the box office and [ will presen: you with th house and 200 miles o: the Erie railway, besides all I bave accum lated in alife of toll and self-denial; also. all that I may make for the next five years, which, if I may judge from the past, will be no in- considerable xmount. If these terms should ‘bot meet with your approbation it may be pos- sible for me to make Gonld give up what little light of your, retulgent of “Gone Where the Woodbine Twineth.” Fetehing and lasting, don't you see? He was the first to uniform railway and steamboat men in authority and was laughed at. But at present all persons in authority, from master of steamboats down w street car conductors Messenger boys, dispiay some insignia of rank oc calling. We are indebted to Jim Fisk for this. a The Leap, Anctent aud Modern, From Notes and Queries, Thave been collecting such information with respect to the Olympic games as will enable me to institute a comparison between the athletes of ancient Greece and the brilliant “record makers" of the present day. Evidently, how- er, the only contests that are serviceable to my purpose are the long-distance racos and the long jump. Pheidippides, for example, is re- ported to have traveled acrosscountry between 130 and 140 English miles in two days, a good feat, but well within the compass of a Rowell or INVENTIONS. Genius. jitable, From the Strand Magagine. The history and growth of inventions are sub- Jects in which all are interested. ‘The stylograph pen brought in £40,000 a year, the india rubber tips to pencils £20,000; metal plates for protecting the soles and heels of boots brought in £250,000 in all; the roller skate A clergyman realized £400 a week by the in- vention of a toy; another toy, the return ball, brought in an income of £10,000; the “Dancing Jim Crow,” £15,000 a year. The inventor of & copper cap for children’s boots was able to leave his heirs £400,000; while Singer, of sew- ing machine fame, left at bis death nearly There are other and wonderful things which People have thought it worth while to patent, Strong in the hope of making a big fortune in the near future, only to find in so many cases that their inventions were impracticable and very often perfectly ridiculous. Among such may be mentioned a child's bib with a trough attache some waterproof material; a pocket which can- nut be picked; « muff and boa filled with air to save you from a watery gravé made of steel, painted or enameled wh: trousers with double legs—on the outer legs getting soiled or bespattered you tuck them up and behold clean ‘uffs and collars ite; ir. ‘his arrangement should say, only when Worn with an overcoat. Under the head of umbrellas and walking we find some marvelous inventions. an umbrella which, in some wonderful is converted into d walking stick, and so formed that a spear can be attached, when it is used as a weapon of offense and defense. I recommend it to elderly Indies in the dog days a8 a protection agains: the sun and mad dogs, e hex: invention isa rain absorber, to pre- Veut rain from running down from hats and ‘The absorber is formed either of uncovered sponges covered by 8 fabri are told that the absorber can be readily re- moved from the article, We come next to an article which the inventor has named (take lo eyes) the “rhabdoskidophorus. umbrella which can be taken and ribs being hidden within the stick; it is thus transformed into « stout walki a ggge mae Cloves and Thetr Culture. Ftom the Detrolt Free Press. Sultan Seyed Said bin Sultan in 1890 intro- duced the clove tree into Zanzibar, since which time its cultuvation has formed the chief oceu- pation of the Arab planters in that part of the world, especially those residing on the Island of Pemba, Every portion of the tree is aromatic, but it is the bud which forms the clove of commerce. | dark brown hue, free from moisture and with fall, perfect heads. The cultivation of this important article of domestic economy is very squeezed and replaced. breath and shut your This is an part; the silk stick. ‘The choicest are of a The seeds are planted in long it of Ay ee. From the Spectagor. In'California, where these birds find an inex- haustible supply of food in the land tortoises of the plains—a curious commentary on the story of the death of Aeschylus, caused by » tortoise let fall by an‘eagle—they are not only place, distances and watered until Alter this occurs the trees require li:tle at. tention, but are kept free from weeds and the carth about them is worked over from time to do not bear until five or six years ie buds are fully formed into clus- ters and assume a dull reddish hue. The har- vesting now begins, and continues at intervals for six months, as the buds do uot all mature at the sume time. very brittle they do not bear the weight of man, and the cloves on the upper branches are gathered by means of very peculiar looking four-sided ladders. Immediately upon being taken from the trees the buds are laid out in the sun, where in ashort time they assume « brownish color, when they are placed in store houses and are ready for shipment. The usual yield of @ ten-year-old plantation is twenty | trenches and kept well supplied with water for forty days, when the sprouts appear above the These are carefully watered for two years, at the end of which time they usually attain 4 heig planting takes at three feet, the of ‘Then trans- shoots being thirty feet well rooted, the limbs of the trees are —-s0e——~-_ Decorative Taste of the Eagle. common, but exceedingly tame, building their nests near roads and jouses. One nest was found in « small live oak, near a road, onl; thirty fect from the ground, built of sticke rf the poison oak and sageb: was close by. nest with n large An old nest ther eagle had decorated its ‘soap-root” by of orna- ‘ment, and the — year the taane bind built close by, ans place on some indi blown out b: close by, and sack, ured & ‘“‘soap-root” to proc side of its nest, which showed inality in taste. ' A third eagle fancy for sacks, and after ite old nest, which contained a corn sack, had been y a storm it built a’ fresh one in this The rete aT 8 Littlewood in ourday. However, the “record” accredited to Phaylios for the long jump, fifty- five feet, is simply incredible. It is trie that the Greeks were accustomed to use halteres or weights grasped in the hand in order to in- crease the jump. | They may also bave jumped slightly down hill, and possibly have had the assistance of some wort of spring board. Even then, however, the feat of Phaylios would be far beyond the power of this generation of mortal men. Howard of Bradford, usi dumb bells, which he flung bebind bim in m: pring, and “taking off” from « wedge. shaped block of wood raised four inches, cleared twenty-nine feet seven inches on Chester race course in 1854. This is by far the best of our records, Can any of your readers throw any light on the feat ascribed to Phayllos? It has been questioned, I find, in certain German authori- ties; but on what ground? Further, in other authorities an attempt is made to show that the Greek foot was only about nine inches: but this appears to be founded also on a somewhat arbi- trary assumption. What, then, must be con- eluded—that Phayllos actually performed this amazing lenp, or that the Greek records, like many of those in the athletic world of England not more than a century back, are simply lamentable trifling with common sense? Apro- por of the matter, I read an interesting iead- ing article, either in the daily Telegraph or the daily News, about twelve months ago, in which the question was noticed, the best jump of the Greeks being assumed to be twenty-two feet. I would be very glad if any of your readers coud give me the date of the article. 02 Lulu Hurst Explained in England. From the New York Sun. Everybody remembers Miss Lulu Hurst, the original Georgia wonder, who attracted crowds to Wallack’s Theater seven or eight years ago. A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette says that he and others fathomed the secret of her wonder- fal feats during her first performances, and that after she had retired from the stage he learned the facts also from the lips of Miss Hurst herself. He says she bad no remarkable | rape except well-developed muscularity, a fair amount of knack, a cool head, and intui- tive knowledge of some of the simpler laws of dynamict. She simply made the investigators do all the work. When she wanted to lift a chair on which @ heavy man was seated, she put her palms to the sides of the back and tilted it forwar The person seated in i. involuntarily d the side rangs or the seat, and to save himself from falling raised the chair himself, bis toes never leaving the ground, The whale thing wasdone so quickly that it required » quick eye not to be leceived. The thud with which the chair came to the floor when the forward pressure was re- laxed helped the illusion. When the investi- gator grasped the umbrella handle and was re- quested to hold it very firmly he unconsciously braced himself so that his center of gravity was easily disturbed and pushed hard in a direction opposite tc that in which he judged the um- brella would move. A slight pressure on the part of the Georgia wonder acted as a lure, and when this pressure ceased a strong man would involuntarily run forward in the direction in which he was pressing. All her tricks were simply the application of power in such a fash- ion as to deceive the onlooker into the belief that it was being exerted in an exactly contrary direction. The writer says that before the ai- leged mysterious power had come to be under- stood Miss Hurst had accumulated sufficient money to enable her to live comfortably for the rest of her +200 Dancing for a Footing. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. A mild way of hazing uninitiated scholars has been in vogue for along time at the Ecletric Medical College. Every new man is required to getup before the whole school and giv little jig before he will be recognized as a fit person to associate with. If he refuses at first to give the jig he not in it with the boys, who slight him on every possible occasion and make him the butt of their jokes. Some very dignified scholars found it terribly hard to go through the little ordeal, but experience taught them to succumb and there is not one of thom who has not rattled his feet in accordance with the unwritten rule of the institution. Of course this is a matter which does not come under the Jurisdiction of the faculty ———_+o—. Howfto Make Money. From the Chicago Tribune. After several days of thonght he discovered a sure way to make money, and. like other men, he was in a hurry to try it. He made haste to insert an advertisement something like the following in several country weeklies: “Sure way to kill potato bugs; send twenty two-cent postage stamps to Xf 20 + i) a en ® dray to bring his mail the post office and had 10,000 of his receipts Inside of two rinted. 000 or 7,000 business in Et and he’ was not ex) pegry Re Mg left wasa bd > ial Te 3.000 on which was printed an hut Your bug on a shingle. Then hit it with Old lady (to applicant for cook): “So you can cook well, can you?” iy: “Oh, we have only the very plainest, my husband is a dys peptic. Applicant: “Then he should do as my former master, take one wineglass full of Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract | with each meal, and be cured.” | This girl was well posted. Asa large number of dyspeptics | lack the necessary power to digest solid foods, and as stimulants merely excite and weaken the stomach, there- | fore the immense value of the genu- ine Johann Hoff's Malt Extract asa nutritious tonic cannot be over-esti- mated. It notonly acts asa tonic, but as nutrient as well, and the most stubborn case of «dyspepsia cannot withstand its wonderful power. Write to Eisner & Mendelson Co., 6 Bar- clay Street, New York, for a descrip- tive pamphlet. Look out for imita- tions. They are dangerous. All druggiste keep the genuine, which must have the signature of “Johann Hoff” on the neck of every bottle. By Oxven Or Covnr Sheriff Haussling of Newark, N. J., sold UNDER THE HAMMER the entire stock of the UNION CLOTHING COMPANY Monday, November 23, 1801. The stock was invoiced a 865.000. The sale was peremptory avd the terms CASH! 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