Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1892, Page 9

WASTF IN PRINTING. How Money is Thrown Away on Gov- emment Documents. SCATTERED BROADCAST. Unele Sgm’s Publications Thrown to the Four Wind—What the Chairmen of the Two PringingCommittees Say on theSubject—Ca- Flow: History of the Government Printiny ONGRESSMEN HAVE aright to sell the doc- uments supplied to them if they wish to,” said Gen. Manderson, Chairman of the Senate committee on printing, to # Sram writer. “There is no law to forbid it, The pubh- cations in question « to dispose of them to second-hand dealers or other persons there is nothing to prevent them from doing so. It is true that the books and other printed matter are given them for the purpose of distribution, so that there is what might be called an implied trust, which ‘they are in honor bound to fulfill; but Con- ress cannot legislate on the questio That these documents are recognized as be- ing the personal property of the Senator or Representative is conclusively shown by the fact thatany of them which remain to the credit of a Congressman are turned over, not te his successor, but to his estate. My belief is that the selling of such publications by ® member of the national legislature to second- hand ¢ealers bas been a very rare occurrence. ‘Thee was only one such case which we could obtaie definite information of during our re- cent exhaustive investigation of the general subject of alleged extravagance in the adminis- tration of the public printing. In that instance it was @ man whose term had already expired who advertised through a laborer in one of the departinents to sell his quota of certain valua- bie books. Of course it is a very common thing for Congressman toexchange such merchan- dise among themselves. i “For example, I represent an agricultural state. Ihave use for many more Agricultural Reports than are allotted to my sbare. Ac- cordingly. Igo to my friend Gen. Bingham of Philadelphia. He hasn't got a farmer in his constituency. I say to him, ‘Biagham, can you let me have a couple of hundred Agricultural Leports in exchange for the same number of soand 80, mentioning some document which be requires. He readily assents, and so the matter is arranged conveniently for us both. However, as 1 have said, the question of dis- ‘ributing these publications lies entirely be- tween the Congressman a@ his constituents.” PLENTY OF ROOM FOR REFORM. Chairman Richardson of the House commit- tee on printing thinks that there is plenty of room for reform in the distribution of pub- lic documents. Said he: “There are at pre: ent 1,000,000 volumes of undistributed doc ments in the basement of the Capitol. Many of these books. according to the statements of dealers, are worth from $15 to $25 each on ac- count of their rarity or for other reasons. The accumulation has been made chiefly from the overtlo of the library of Congress and from publications dispensed with and throw: out from the committee rooms. For man} Fears these volumes have been rotting away, rats lending not a little assistance to theit destruction. Now they are to be distributed among the Congressinen pro rata for their constituents. “There are many ways in which public docu- ments are wasted. A publication is distributed by members of the House. The same publica ti y ors. The depart- ment from which the publication eman distributes it also. In addition the document bareaa im the Department of the Interior seat ters it broadcast. Thus it has happened that ima single year 50,000 volumes have been re- tarred ‘to the document bureau by libraries which had already received copies of the same books from other sources. Of each publication tae House of Repre-entatives receives a certain number, which is divided up among the mem- bers. After each oue has received his share there is necessarily a fraction left over, whick remains in the hands of the superintendent of the folding room. During the last year these fractions amounted to 4,000 volumes. These 0 to swell the useless stock on band. A friend of mine told me that on one vccasion he hal een in the cellar of a second-hand dealer 30,000 copies of government reports, a large part of them in bags which had never been opened, containing the unbroken quotas of Congressmen. Asan example of a smail but expensive swindle 1 may mextion the case of oue man who wrote to at least a hundred Con- gressmen asking each one as « personal favor tor a copy of the recently published book on the horse, issued by the Department of Agricul- ture. It is a very costly work. He got forty copies by this ingenious plan, which has doubt- less been often tried with success. Is it sur- prising that Mr. Ames, superintendent of the document bureau, should have declared re- cently that any private business which was man- aged on sach vicious principles as those which govern the present method of distributing pub- lie documents would be doomed to almost im- mediate bankruptcy?” In the course of the recent investigation the fact was developed that there are a number of Young men at the Capitol, not emploves of the government, who make a living buying and selling public documents, purchasing from one Congressman and disposing of their wares to another. Much of their business is accom- phshed by exchanging publications. They act as co-betwe and advantage themselves while contributing to the convenience of Rep-, Feventatives and Senators, by furnishing each With what he wants, ix trade for what is useless tohim. It can hardly be said that there is anything illegitimate about this. Probably a large part of the stock of government docu- ments in the hands of dealers is obtained from the libraries of Congresemen who are leaving Washington. Sendtor Manderson has accumu lated 2,000 volumes of reports, &c., by merely keeping oue copy of each publication allotied tobim. He means to present them toa library eventually: but, as he bimseif says, in the event of his unexpected demise they would go to his heirs aud be suid presumably for the benetit of his estate. OSE GREAT SOCKCE OF WASTE. One very great source of waste in public printing is found in the reckless manner of dis- tributing government publications which has prevailed. They are scattered broadcast where they are not wanted, so that thousands upon thousands of them every year are sold to dealers in waste paper all over the country Without having been taken from their wrap- pers. Volumes of statistics, compiled at enormous expense, excite the wonder and dis- may of bucolic constituents and learned esears on “Tertiary Insects” or other equally abstruse sabjects astonish the untutored residents of city sluma The private secretary of ern Senator spoke the other day of having seen a pile of census reports five feet high in a coun- try barber shop not long ago. ‘The tonsorial | Lhd ente artist in charge wes using them for shaving | paper. [lustrations for government documents last Year cost £9,000 The expense for Three or four years ago it went up to £30,000. The law says that no pictures sbali be intro- duced in such publications for the sake of or- nament, but ouly for necessary illustrating of the text. Most costly of the illustrations made are these for the Department of Agriculture ard the bureau of ethnology. Each depart- ment draws its own pictures, but the govern- ment printing office has them reproduced by firms in Boston, New York, Baltimore and other ctties. The priati ce supplies the paper, avd the firms whieh take the contracts do the their personal property and under no circum- stances could the’ gov- ernment replevin them. If members choose and House during # session was not over 23,000. President Jefferson departed from previous custom by sending # message in writing to Congress, with accompanying documents. Sige Pee epee ed aber pre made a volume o printed, at a cost of shai Mr. Bayard of Dela- Ware thought this very extravagant and in- sisted that 150 copies were enough. It is in- teresting to note that th and docu- menta” of the first session of the Fiftieth Con- gress made a volume of 963 pages, of which were printed 35,000 copies, at a cost of 17.000. In 1819 Congress passed a joint resolution providing that a congressional printer should be elected by ballot. The place thus became « political plum and the cost of the public print- Ing immediately jumped from €17,000 to $29,000 per session, where it remained for ten years. It was subsequently ascertained that the profits of the congressional printer under this urrange- ment were about 55 per cent, being secured largely by “tricks of the trade.” In 1840 an in- vestigation disclosed the fact that the profits of the printers employed during the seven previ- shad been nearly $67,000 per annum. losure produced a sensation. In 1862 an act was passed providing for the appointment of a superintendent of public printing. who should supervise the printers elected by ballot. This made things worse than ever. Politicians without practical knowledge of printing secured the job aud farmed it out to others at a percentage of the receipts. ‘The party in power selected the man with a defin- ite understanding to the effect that he should devote specified sums out of bis profits to par- tisan purposes. In some cases six times a fair rate was paid for certain work. given out se- cretly, the plunder thus secured being distrib- uted among persons of ““inflooence.” Cornelis Wendell, who did much of the public printing for a long period, contributed $100,000 for political purposes in four years, paying besides to the elected printers of the Senate and House, whose contracts were sublet to him, £200.00. "In 18524 master printer con- to do all the post ottice printing for 93 per cent off the old price allowed, or 7 cents on the doliar. This seems hardly credible, yet it istrue. In 1867 Congress abolished the office of superintendent of public printing and cre- ated the post of congressional printer, to which place the title of public printer was attached. the public printer is appointed by the Presi- dent, with the consent of ihe Senate. At pres- ent the printing and binding of Congress alove costs about $1,100,000 yearly, the department appropriations forsimilar purposes aggregating considerably over a milion dollars more. BLIND GAME OF POKER. Best to Find Out the Limit Before You Get Into the Game. From the Troy Standard. In acity in the central part of the stato there resides a gentleman, an attorney by pro- fession, whose qualities for companionship and brilliant conversational abilities have given him an extended acquaintance among men’ whose purses are better able than his own to stand the pressure of high living. Among his intimates is counted John B. Carson, late of the Monon, and the other day he was telling a group of friends the story of a little jaunt over to Detroit which he took with Carson some time ago. “I had just landed in Chicago,” he said, “on business which was notof suflicient importance to be permitted to interfere with pleasure. Leaving my grip at the Richelieu I proceeded straight to Carson's office. ‘Well, old man,’ said Carson, ‘you're just in time. I'm about to run over to Detroit to have # handshake with John MeCullough and a few of the boys over that way. Pack your grip and come prballty jut I haven't had time to unpack it,’ I re- monstrated. much the better; and without more ado I was hiustled off, and in less than an hour was bowling along toward Detroit in Carson's Private car. “There was nothing shabby about the treat- ment we received over in the city of the straits. There was alunch given McCullough and Carson at one of the clubs, and there was to be a theater party and supper the same evening. Meanwhile, some one suggested a little game of poker, just to ‘worry along with till “theater time.’ The motion met with several seconds, and _ the game was quickly arranged.’ Now, the thing my friends complain «bout most in me is that i won't gambie, but on this occasion there didn’t appear to be any graceful way out of it. Carson had dectined, and it didn’t look right for both of us to throw cold water on a propo- sition advanced solely with a view to our com- fortand amuxement. Moreover, I happened to have ahundred or so in my pocket, and I thought that five or ten of it would be a low price for all the fun I was having, so down I sat and the banker began stacking the chips. My thougits were flowing in an easy meter though in a dream, the man next to me asking for 260 worth of claps. I came out of the dream with a jump, only to hear the man next tomesay, ‘Pil take 700 worth,’ and man, ‘Well, you fellows are be players than me; I guess I'll have to take $1,000 worth.” Imadearapid mental calculatiun of the ammount I had in my pocket—it couldn't be more than $130 at the outside. “The sweat stood out in great beads on my brow, as the novelists say, and the banker went ruthlessly on, sizing up the cheeks in piles rep- resenting 100 hard-earned dollars each. Every check that clacked down on the piles added an- other bead to the collection on my brow. My hands hung limply down by the sides of my chair, when suddenly I felt something being gently shoved into them. It was a soft, round roll, and 1 knew in « minute what it wasand that it came from Carson, who stood carelessly look- ing on from_bebi y chair. My fingers closed over the greenbacks and with easy dehberation I thrust that hand down into my trousers’ pocket and drew it out with eight dazzling one-hundred dollar bills in it. I ‘thougit they were the prettiest-looking greenbacks I had ever seen and I think so yet. “You ean give me £500 worth,” I said to ‘the banker with my usual nonchalant grace. ‘I may need this other £300 to get home. “How did I come out? Well. i play tight game and managed to come out a trifle to the good. But I always ask what the limit's going to be nowadays before I—that is, I would if Lever played.” aS ek ee Napoleon's Health When He Made War. Paris Letter in the London Telesraph. Prof. Germain See has just added some very interesting particulars to the information which I sent you yesterday respecting the cir- cumstances under which the condition of Na- poleon III was kept secret at the moment of the declaration of war with Germany in 1870. He saye that being summcuev in attendance on the emperor of June 20of that year he soon divined the true state of the case. The emi- nent savant tells us for the first time that in the course of conversation he asked his patient to give him rome idea of bis health since 1864, and that the emperor replied at once that he had hit the mark, as it was to the accident which occurred in that year at Neufchatel that he attributed his illness, He had gone to visit the tomb of his mother in company with the ss. Princess Anna Murat and Madame ‘hen the horses bolted and the carri From that day he was never same man. Prof. Germain See had ex- ssed a wish to meet in consultation the tors who had attended Napoleon III, and 11 assembled on the morning of July 1 at the house of Dr. Conneau. He startled his colleagues by giving them his candid opinion of the case, but although hitherto they ned different views, they yielded lly to his arguments. ‘Then came the ques- tion as to whether an operation should take place immedia’ Prof. Germain See sj askin- | strongly in its favor, but some of his medical of the work varies widely from year to year. | frie an ordinary patient—advo- cated delay. Still Prof. Germain See pressed his point, eventually winning over Dr. Kicord to his side, but the dread of responsibility was so great that their colleagues asked to be al- lowed to wait until the summer was over. In September they would decide what they should do. Finally the majority voted for a post- ponement of energetic measures. The professor was requested to draw up a report, and on July 3 he banded it to Dr. Connenu, being un- der the impression that it would be signed by rest. They print the illustrations and return | ali his colleagues. It was not until September them to Washington, all ready to be bound | 4 that he ascertained that they had not done wish the text. For every job that amounts to | go, and he learned this fact under very peculiar over 21,200 the printing office must advertise for bids Itisnot generally known that the govern: 10 per cent over and above actual cost. out. DEVELOPMENT OF TRE PUBLIC PRINTING. The method of printing the publications of ver, the order must be handed in before the edition for Uncle Sam has been turned circumstances. M. Jules Favre had obtained possession of the document, and he sent his sec- nt printing office wili supply any | retary—who is now prefect of Kouen—to inquire number of copies of any publication to be | iscaed by the government to any private citi- what it all meant. Prof. Germain See rms that all the particulars of this memorable con- sultation had been withbeid from the empress by Dr. Conneau, and adds that Napoleon IIL himself was not acquainted with the details until @ twelremonth after All this evi- dence seeins to establish conclusively the fact peror, the empress and ail their en- the United States government hargone through | (24'S6e—with the exception of the doctors— = Very interestin; direction of the secretary of that body. ‘The First Congress under the Constitution began with ordering each bill or document printed by special resolution. This method was found undesirable and it was decided process of evolution. In sbe days of the Continental Congress it was all done by the pablisuers of newspapers, under the job out to the lowest bidder, furnish- the paper to the contractor. Under this qgotem the cost of ihe printing for both senate hadino ides of the very serious character of the illness from which Napoleon III was suffer- ing, and justifies fatrly the inference that if they had kuown the bitter trath the declara- tion of war with Germany at lesst would have been postponed. The dread of responsibility in @ surgical case thus led to one of the great- est eatastrophes of modern times. Dr. Con- a, by the way, was not one of the medical men who voted for or against the operation, bat attended si asa witness the consulte- Moa whish took ‘et his house, .—S FAKING AS A FINE ART Tricks of the Trade Told by an Ex- pert, FUN IN THE BUSINESS. High Pitch and Low Pitch—How to Draw = Crowd—Ingentous Swindles of Fakirs—Give- Away Jewolry—Molasses and ‘Vinegar for Bheumatism—Fakirs and Small Boys. on the step ladder toa Srar reporter in an in- terval of reposo from active industry. “Iam what is properly called 8 ‘street man.’ The dif- ference isa very import- ant one, inasmuch as 8 fakir is a vender who Practices dishonest methods. I sell horest goods and employ no deception. You will observe that my stock in trade, which I carry about with me in this valise, is composed exclusively of medicines. They are more difficult to dispose of than any other wares, and you will never see them sold except from a high pitch. “What do I mean by high pitch? Why, an elevated position for spesking from, like this Step ladder. ‘This is the rostram of the oratoi Rough ng, our profession may be d vided thos ‘ho talk from the high pitch and those who employ the low pitch. The low pitch may be a little table on the sidewalk, or a barrel, on which the goods are displayed. Whereas the high-pitch man depends upon his oratory chieily for the sale Of his goods, the fellow who does the low pitch relics on the attractiveness of his stock to Great extent. “You will understand from what I have said that the high-pitch street men represent the cream of the profession. The best of us wonid doubtless have made distinguished lawyers or preachers bad suitable opportunities offered. Persous who do the low plich are commonly referred to us ‘grinders,’ because they work all the time, while we ouly labor atintervals. Fif- teen minates of oratorical effort is about as much as one cares toexpend during each hour. In this occupation a nataral gift of the gab is inost important, but of course practice does a great deal. Some of us have our remarks memorized, so that one oration of a quarter of an hour's length is repeated over and over again; bat the most effective method is to make up the jabber us one goes along. HOW TO ATTRACT A cRowD. “The first thing necessary is to attract a crowd Nothing is easier. One way of doing this is to start talking rapidiy until the people begin to gather, when more wili flock around, merely for the purpose of finding out what is exciting the attention of the others. Human beins like the loweranimals in respect to curiosity. But a better method is to perform some sleight-of-hand trick. I asaaliy m u silver half doliar by a little ty-dollar gold piece. By the time I have performed that in- teresting operation three or four times there is audience, and, while promising hem somethin nature te come, I direct their attention to my wares. “What one actually suys from the high pitch is not so important as the rapidity of utterance. The thing is to talk so fast tl ot be give achance to think. ‘This ne Lam seiling now is a liniment, pre- pared from a formula whieh I obtained from a Physician. ‘The remedies we street men sell are often excellent, because it pays better to sell a good thiug than a poor one, the cost not being any more. Usually we put them up our- selves Very few of us are in this business ail the year around. As a rule we have other occu- pations, professional, depending upon curb- sone oratory to tide us over during idle 8. fair example of the business methods of the fakir is the give-away jewelry racket. It usually works with great success. The vender sells three or four rings or breastpins for 10 centseach. After asking the buyers if they are satisfied with their purchases and receiving an affirmative assurance he gives them their money back, allowing them to retain the arti- cles bought, which he says he only wishes toadvertise. Next he disposes of a number of gold chains for 25 cents apiece. Having been informed, in respon-e to inquiry, that all the buyers are contented he again gives them back ther mouey, permitting them to retain the chains. By this time the crowd is worked up to great excitement, the novelty of buying jewelry and getting the purchase money back being extremely attractive. So the orator offers other objects of oruament for $1 each and the buying is very eager indeed. As be- fore, he asks if every one is satisfied, and those who have bought’ respond in enthusiastic chorus, expecting the return of what they have paid. ‘But the fakir merely replies, ‘Well, if you are entirely satisfied I will say good-day to you.’ And with thathe cloves his valise and departs for another locality, leaving @ disap- pointed crowd behind him. SOME OF THE DODGES EMPLOYED. “This sort of cheap jewelry is manufactured on a large scale by firms in Chicago and New York. Another dodge of the fakir is to wrap up $5 Dillin one of half a dozen packages, each of which contains a cake of soap. That is to say, he appearsto do so, but in reality he retains in Lis hand the parcel containing the money, while he sells for #1 or $2 the six cakes to some hoodwinked individual. You are familiar, of course, with the ‘shell game, played with English walnut shells and a little rubber ball. When the customer guesses the shell under which the bali is located, the operator in lifting it deftly causes the ball to disappear by whisking it out between his ring finger and little finger. Itis bata variation on the ancient sport of ‘thimble-rigging.” ‘Then there is the sympathetic religious worker, usually a negro, who goes about in the colored quarter of the city, his equipment being a loud voice andalotof hymns. The latter he has printed atthe rate of 1,000 for ¢1. He sings the hymns, which he declares were written by Sister Susan Jackson on her deathbed, or by the famous colored evangelist, the Rev. Silas Lrowa of South Ca'lina, and they go off like hot cakesat the rate of two for 5 cents. I have known a Washington darkey to make as much as $10 aday in this way, but ina moment of weakness he stole some barrels and it affected his religious reputation. He was put away for six months and the suffering sinners were left without their usual supplies of hymns, “Another colored tukir in this city used to sell rattlesnak~ oil, which came from the foot ot a mysterious mountain in South Carolina, His remarks on the subject always wound up with the statement that ‘one brig! oonlight night, when the oil was being prepared, just as the last ingredient was being put in, it’ was noticed that there were black spots on the moon.’ Upon this weird circumstance the speaker would put such significant emphasis as to convey conviction to the minds of his hearers respecting the virtues of his nostrum, and they would buy eagerly. “When I say that a mixture of molasses and vinegar is sometimes sold on the streets for rheumatism medicine I refer merely to the business practiced by fakirs who do not hesi- tate to vend common soap as an infallible pre aration for taking spots out of clothing. The bums doagreat deal to damage the profes- sion. For 25 cents they can provide them- selves at any time with @ stock in trade and be- selling it at the nearest corner. They can & for that amount of money two dozen wooden pill boxes and a supply of axle gréase. Thes fill the pill Loxes with the axle groaso and dispose of it under guise of a magic cure for corns and ingrowing nails. Iknew of such & fakir who on one occasion had only eno “The small boy is always the mortal enemy of the fakir. So longas he is being entertained with tricks he exhibits a rapt attention, but the moment that the vender starts in to praise his wares the youth becomes disorderly. Then the curbstone orator threatens him with the zh in reality he himself is exceed- ‘of the minions of the law. 8: police arrive and order the small boy sets ups ye upon the sensitive feelings the gentleman who has been haranguing the public, Even the street men who sell straight goods have reason to dread the costodians of the In my business a clever man can earn honestly trom $10 0 day uj ing that he is not there are very few towns where we are allowed to work unmolested. It is in winter that we have bad times. One night in Chicago I remember well. The thermometer was below zero, but I had to have buy food for my wife and myself and s0 I went out on the streot and sold shaviny 80 cold that the Inther froze, boxes finally at 10 cents abox and hurriedpome happy. TR's not surprising that the small boy should be a foe to the fakir. He has been used by the latter asa victim always. Without cer- the street vender fills his hair with show the quality of the lather produced by the article he sells. Or he takes tanate youth on his knee and ruins his teoth on thems preparation ich cleanses them and enamel at the same time. Another rformance is to turn the boy from white to lack or from black to white, as the case may A handkerchief is sprea: the victim and the audience is informed that tho alteration in his complexion will require five minutes. At the end of the time named the boy retains his original color, but the crowd has changed, o that it doesn't make any difference. May be afew people are left who object to the deception, but the kickers are always tho people who do not buy, and the fakirs do not mind them at all. purchase go away. “A gentleman of my acquaintance has made ‘® great deal of money by taking the kinks out of the hair of colored h case. I don't know secret of his process is, but it is undoubtedly u The only trouble is that after a while all the hair tumbles out, and then kinky as ever. scheme. One great advantage of my business is that it is always possible to make a living at it anywhere when one is stranded. possibly starve, so long as I could get hold of 25 cents to start with. W! can buy half a gross of go! which will stand a 14 to $25 on Sat- terfered with. for life. by rubbing uj over the face of His charge is effective for a time. it grows in ag: for that sum 1 ‘The test must ick one, it is true, by which Imean shonid not be permitted to linger. Such studs are really coated with gold, but the metal is in gu almost hopeless minority.” apse e ““testa’ nt from “decoys” —just as postal ployes are “tested” by letiers sent through ing marked money—but the refuse to disclose, for ob- Written for The Evening Star. The Were-W A BOHEMIAN GIPSY BALLAD. ‘The wolves loud howle: I sped through the vious reasons. MAY YET REAP A HARVEST. It is expected that a few de cutions against individuals dete money by post for tickets will frighten people out of using the matis for this purpose. How- ever, that will not prevent the lottery concern from dispatching tickets in bi fi cities and towns ali over the is them un: show to my sweetheart’s door; And I heard the heart in my bosom beat, For I knew they were nearing with footsteps fleet, As the wolves loud howled, L uttered the spell that would keep at bay ‘Those were-woif devils, for such were th flashed blue through the thi Like a witch's fires, but they needs must hark While I uttered the spell. notwithsta.di the lo yas of dei fits obtained from Makin for the United 5: r Mexico, otiturs yet for’ Great One came too near—he had led the rest— So I sheathed my knife in his shaggy breast; ‘Then they all turned tail, and with howls they fled, | But the tracks of oue with blood were red— He had come too nes Through the snowy mist I flew, half blind, the freezing wind, ug Tay my spirits cheered, a's lamp, love st: ‘Through the snowy mist. Pursued by onl ster in the tuture pect does not concern gorals, and its ouly a from being uulized to vi She welcomed me with words more sweet " ‘Than songs that the nightingales repeat sk; with ips whose touch Told that she loved me, and, ah, how much! She welcomed me. go trouble i sce! To the rose at d ‘Weesat and talked till the middle 0° night. By the Aickering lamp, and the coal’s dim light; From 2 flask strong brandy for me sie po And, while loud the old gipay mother snored, ‘We sat and talked. The door oped wide, and a man stood there, ‘With a bloody vest and with tangled hair: ’Twas lovo, her cousin; with eyeballs grim He glared at me, and I stared at him, ‘As the door oped wide. He muttered a curse, for Militza he Had long sued vainly his bride to be; He knew I loved her; his wrath was great, And, seging me there with her so late, He muttered a curse. He fell to the floor, for his limbs were weak, And no words more than the curse coul But he gnashed his teeth, and a hell-fre gleamed From his eyes, and the blood from his bosom | As he fell to the floor. At the break of day the foul were-wolf died, As he heard her promise to be my bride. An evil name in the tribe he bore, And there was none did his death deplore At the break of day. cracked teapo' distrustful of I told the tale, how a wolf my life Had sought, in whose breast Ihad plunged my And forth they all fared to the snowy moor, And found it stained with his dark-red gore, When I'd told the tale, They buried his corse where his blood was spilt, And a pointed stake, as a sign of guilt, Through his breast they drave; and thenceforth Or grass or heather over the spor Where they buried his corse. ‘The years flew by, and a wild-eyed crew Of gipsy wanderers round me grew; And often how in that night of old ‘The were-woif died to my boys I told, As the years few by. —W. L. SHormaxen. A Youngster’s Sport With a Musket. From Forest and Stream. How many of us can remember our first shot at game. I wasslightly built and ten or eleven years of age when I discovered that @ flock of woodchneks frequented the creek. rected the old fat ily flintlock musket, which family tradition said had seen service in the war of the revolution, and had been used in the war of 1812in the endeavor to repel the British when Buffalo was burned. The flint Isearched the field where I had seen flint Indian arrow heads, and found one out of which I manufactured a passable flint 1 obtained some blasting wwder from a neighbor and crushed it fine. shot I cut some pieces of lead to a suitable nd shot firmly with creek,crawling through the short brush as only a boy or @ rabbit can do, trailing the old musket, which was so heavy I could barely with the exercise of much will power bring it to my shoulder. Arriving near joint whore I believed the ducks were lo- head above the should id lle a the pee Ce n to joulder an led the re ‘he old ‘musket went off aba so did 1—head over heels, seeing stars the names of which I for the old gun. size, wadded the powds tow. Proceeded to th Taised my brush, The sede rosa T cles they would be rural parts the most important benefits would be obtained by the adoption of this system. News of approaching frosts could be promptly spread by telephone over country dusricts and fruit-growing regions, giving ings which would save valuable crops, and prices for cattle, and produce might be obtained by the farmers di- rect by inquiry from others than the buyer who the day's market axle grease left over from the ~ before to nine of the twelve pill boxes which remained in his possession. Accordingly, he sold the three empty boxes just as if they had been full ones. Que of the purchasers came back and kicked. ‘That's all right,’ said the vender. ‘The box doesn't need to have anything in it It is charged with electricity, and all you want to do is to take off the cover at night and hold it upside down over the corn, Do that for half an hour this evening, and you will be cured.’ ‘The customer went away satisfied. “It is only the hopolessly irreclaimable ele- ‘ment of the profession which will take advan- Tte Removal to Nicaragua May En- able the Lottery to Continue, a EVASIONS oF THE Law, —_ How the Post OMce Department Proposes to Keep Up the Fight—Buyers of Tickets to Be Fined and Imprisoned—My, wonamaker's Ideas for the Future of the Man service, ae RE Hs till regarded ae 2; menaceby thePosyt® Department. yoo heads grow Upon the hydra whenever they arecutoff,and the trang. fer of itsabode toNica- ragua restores in large measure its opportuni- ties for carrying on its business in the United States. That business, so far as the mails are concerned, will be conducted by sealed letters and packages, which are inviolable. The gov- ernment authorities cannot intercept matter so sent, and the management of the gambling concern will be safe from prosecution outside of Uncle Sam's territory. So it appears that the fight isabout to assume a new and more ficult phase. Thi flooded again with nd | new law for punishing the senders by criminal proceedings instituted wherever the specula- tive securities are received will, it is claimed, country will soon be fractional tickets, and the There is but one way to solve the problem. Accordingly the post office, when it finds itself unable to attack the lottery directly. proposes to assnil patrons of the swindle—the purchasers of tickets in the United States. No legal enactment forbids any one to buy a ticket, but the law will punish anybody caught using the mails for that purpose. If it is ascertained that you have mailed a dollar to the lottery ‘ompany to pay fora share in the g. are liable to $500 fine and a year’ That is the penalty for each offense. Scaled communications being sacred evidence may be difficult to get, but the department reg- ys acorps of the most skilltul de- ives in the world, and they have means of ng out such things, sv that no person who commits this peity crime can feel safe. They ave ready wiih certain methods for “testing” [ Peepie who may be nble you 's imprison. «i of this sort of they declare to sus] vinined prose- ted in sending ik by express real to agents, ed. to purchas- aiticait reap anually in atively inetined as it intends, reguiar tes, other the spec} ¥ others in addition for e likely be tar This pros- It is not ion of good ntthe mails “all the privileges it ‘That country is the hotbed lotteries of every conceivable kind. Not is there a great lottery concern in opera- ‘of Mexico, as well as numerous yWhere, but all business is ruu more or less on a lottery basis. Everything y of property, from real estate to « is sold by rafile, and even the churches rgely supported on the same speculative POSTAL SAVINGS VERSUS LOTTERY. Postmaster General Wanamaker is anxious the spare cash of the people ehali not be in lottery investments. The heme he has most at heart is to invite them {io aeposit their savings with the government, tie post offices as places of deposit. He ye: “The muking of money is partof the genius of the American, but the saving of it is {not 40 conspicuous.” ounce its willingness to receive deposit fiuiiions of individuals who now have nothing tis claimed, quickly become For proof one need onlytook at Great Biitain, where one person in every eight in- habitants bas cash to his or her eredit in the hands of the national post office, nearly one million new accounts having been opened with an aggregated sum of £105,000,000 during 1890. Other foreign nations tind the postal savings successful. People in this coun- hoard their money in stockings, nd stoves, because they are ks. Neurly all of the vast sum which is now kept thus hidden away by nervous persons woul to the government, the guarantee against loss being absolute. Every one who accumulgted a deposit of #5 would immediately acquit appetite for saving. ' adoption of the system in the United States, as is shown by the numerous letters and petitions adcressed on the subject to the department und to Congress, ‘A plan suggested is to issue at post offices cer- tificates of deposit, bearing interes@at the rate of 3g a cent a day on €109, or a little less than 2 per cent per annum, principal and interest payable to the depositor on demand at any money order oftice. not be less than $1 and any amount over $10 might draw interest, alw of the next month after the deposit was made. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury could reecive the money, keeping account of deposits from each state separately, and pat it in circulation by udé obiained in each state asa loan to the national banks of the same state, ‘exacting ® suitable rate of interest. POSTAL TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE. The Postmaster General expresses confidence that the telegraph and telephone will become important adjunets to the Post Office Depart- ment within a very few years. He says that there would be no difficulty in blending telegraphy with the present postal system, using for service the force already under pa: ‘This accomplished telegrams would be sent be- {ween any two points for a cent a word, which would bring the luxury of quick interchange of intelligence within reach of persons of mod- erate means. Special rates would be given to newspapers and the use of certain wires might be given to the press associations at a merely nominal tariff during certain hours ot the night when their lines would otherwise be com- paratively idle. “Ten-cent telegraph messages and 3-cont teiephone messages, in connection with the tal service, are near possibflitios,” says Mr. “Collgction boxes in ‘the towns could receive the messages, written on stamped cards. From these recopta- gathered at frequent inter- Let the gover umteut ai nd mall cupi- be quickly turned over an ‘There isa demand for the Sums deposited should from the beginning central office and dis- drives up to the farm house in his buggy.” ‘TUBULAR POSTS. Another fnnovation contemplated by the Post Office Department is the tubular post. Before very long it is expected that all cities towns in the United States will havo pneumatic "This method has proved moet euscesstal in London, Paris and elsewhere. Collections are made half-hourly, the metal carriers travel- ing at the rate of i ‘The cost of a tubular message “in Paris is 10 cents; in Vienna 6 cents. Plants of this de- 5 : i Hf Z [ 3 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES, the same time it ie to5. ‘A = Going soon after to a distant town she sawatafriond’s home the same thing, only withan addition of roses—soft, ited in water colors on ‘oadly and artistically done and charming im that the charge for reduced from 10 cen’ GIFTS FOR EASTER. How the Quiet of Lent May Be Ad-|°""* vantageously Employed. SOME TIMELY suGGESTIONS. ing "ut promise of indemnity in case of loss. t numbers of valuable inclosures, ted to the ordinary mails afford te! tation to weak or dishonest em tinh post oftce hat anyplace of mat ice t an, mat iz such maile and appe page tet cant a pouches and « registry foo is collected upon, de- ivery, unless the suspicion as to ite contents Proves unfounded. eee Experiments With a Chinaman. From the Milwaukee ‘Sentinel. ing dainty little Flora had just re- “finishing school” and Breat many ideas of elegance in eee A WORLD'S OKGANIZATION. How the Woman's Christian Temperanes Union Has Expanded. ie arbitrarily THR WOMEN AT THE MEAD OF THE MOVENERT— MISS WILLARD THE FOUNDER—LADT Material and Designs for Tapie Scarfs and | SOMERSET AND Sofa Cushion Covers That Can Be Made at Home Without » Great Expenditure of TEL SON, THE JAPANE® T BOSTON, IN NOVEMBER LAST, THE first annual convention of the World's Woman's Christian ees on was Leld It is the outgrowth of the W. C. T. and the inspiration of some of the leaders im Atthe convention Miss Frances E. Willard was elected president, Lady Henry Somerset vice president at large; Lady Henry Somerset, world’s honorary president; Mrw Mary Clement Leavitt, recording secretary; Anna Gordon, treasurer; ams of Montreal, Canada, corresponding —_—___ ‘Written for The Evening Star. N THESE LATTER daysof the reasonproper little thought or time is bestowed on any em- ployment for the hands, from her eastern her wise little “Mamma, why do you not have Wing attend can just as weil.” ‘Because he cannot be ta T could teach hit ry well—you mi ing for the quiet that | Lent brings to turn her attention to just such id the all-important. said wise mamma, Wing was immediately put into train- whole matter was at first explained en Miss Flora took a card hej hall table, went out pened the door j cautiously out. N. B. This is the He was instructed to open it Miss Flora, and not a stranger, ‘d opened it as far as she indi- tings by the pattern of the ‘ow far this was. Then she urd: told him how to show her This performance was 1 times; the door was Xactly ‘so far as was in- She was shown into the in the same place, and, e improvised guest, Little Indy Flora were present and voting representa mi Japan, China, India, Australia, Bus mah, Hawaii, South Africa, Italy, British Om Jombia, France, Canada and many other coum mecting was held in old Faneuil and the walls were handsomely Graped with the flags of various countries im ‘With Miss Willard aa@ Henry Somerset, who divided betweem Winter is a good time to accumulate ideas in ona ™ and rang the which may be carried out toa greatextent during the early spring days, when the Lenten season gives the occa- sion.Many people turn their attention then to their wardrobes, for it is well to be forearmed against the sadden woarying days of heat which are liable to overtake us any time alittle later on in the spring. ing children this necessity of early attentlor to clothes is pressing, but if there are no «mail folks in thefamily dnd any fancy for house- m Lent is gencraliy « time Kin that line is accomplished. bor of the whole of Lent is gifts, and when any one cated, taking jy honor of the occasion. into the draw; gone through opened each tim, dicated the first time’ drawing room exactly i after politely saluting Wing returned-with the car, was delighted with her ‘suc some naughty disrespectiul thin, fogyism and the like. Wing wa and told that in the eveni would call and he must do ¢ room. This: Whero there are and Miss Shaffn. senting a dis hold beautificatioy Worlds W.c, when somethin; Sometimes tir dispersed in Easter bas the leisure and al metabrances for friends at that time = pleasure is the result. SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER. Many things suitable and attractive tor such Purposes Are continually fertile fancy, and as th intuitively or from outside, they shall be shtonicted for suggestions to workers of this is reaching out, Miss Wile lard made one of her characteristie eddnease® and Lady Somerset another. Ng some gentlemen Kactly as he had to do it or die, and put the The fateful evening ig. Fair Flora flew to the head of the stairs and listened. Wing came carefully through the hall to the a ita little crack. “What do you want?” he said to the party ‘You got um ticket? You no come You no got um ticket,” he firmly said. There wasa smothered sound of something outside the door. Wing wartng, held it just two inches open. In acouple of seconds, which seemed an hour to the hittle listening head of the stairs, two were handed in from the outer darkness. Wing held them up a moment, then said: “You wait—I see um," and shut the door in their faces. He rushed hastily to the gas light, card from some depths of his raiment, compared the two new ones carefully with it, flew back and reopened being originated by come to me, either of London has, I hear, sent over ¥ pretty table covers, which are so he same thing, or at least similar ily got at home. scarf shaped, and ‘edged with bullion of velours, eith Tee yimetely hemmed and ‘nches or so wide. the charm of these the ‘silvery gray green being with old stiver, tawny and soon. For the scarfs a he ‘metallic coloring is put rty crouching at the its of white pasteboard chosen for ‘tr: Yellow tor the gol. Stamped border of above the fringe. better the galloon over the surface, le here in many «tyles, and braids with mot Which are procu which should “You uo got um light ticket; you no come in he said, proud of having done exactly g and of his having detected the Logus imitation counterieit passport to the presence ox the all beautiful, when to lie as- past him like a swift- that door with a sort ited these preten MISS WILLARD, THE FOUNDER. Of these leaders in this movement ft fe scarcely possible to say anything new of Mia rd. She is the founder and for the four years the president of the World's W. U. and is the president for the last twelve years of the National Woman's C. has traveled extensively over the old world an@ is a woman of more than ordinary range of She writes well, talks well, e the most enthusiastic in her chosem ing a square. Excellent effects may be taking » half- inet brai'l aud inciosi bands of it, making i tonishment she flew 01 wild-ey ed despair, with the forged “tickets” to. enter her sacred too deep for him, sgusted to his kitchen not to be Jessie now waits at the door. AU 80 irreguiarl; . = a blse or rich mal He Thought Her an Exception. ny Deixort £00 Press. . Miss Yardstique, you will not marry accomplishments. rthwestern University of Chicago and in many of the most noted female in this country. The beautiful young ribbon clerk shook her ¥ this com- | Colle and her pretty foot | suzzests many charming thin ration, besides the home deco- | tary of the We oue branch 1 have touched | petance Union .. Moody in revival 1579 was elected to the came down imperiousiy. 1877 was associated with D. was a study. There was in it rage, with them a touch of admiration f ATTRACTIVE S0FA PILLOW coven Apiece of beautiful furniture brocade in | Pre dent of the N. W. yellow and white was lately used as a crossed by two bands of braid an inch and « balf wide,with yellow ground, and a pattern in silver threads thrown u “And you refuse me absolutel aside my millions, my almost regal home, my horses, carriages and the diamouds and gold ish upon you; you a poor clerk ut $6 a week. “I do, most emphatically, Mr. Bullionaire, because I do not love you and I do love kind of a skp, but looks as hand elaborate cover of neediework, on the beautiful color and text: Mingled with pillows covered which is more used thi ably for that purpose of brocade or tapest lidly handsome being extremely durable. sofa cushion cover was m: fashion of some odds and ends of material which bad been left from several arti dail biue bolton sheeting was dation, with appliques of felt in two shades of light gray blue and a dari the tones. ‘The felt was cut in shapes, which were easil were irregular scraps left the goods, and so required little ad] Tuese were basted onto the bolton ‘sto form something like « pattern and the very heavy gold thread couched around their edges. ‘The fine Japanese gold thread was then sewed over them in quirls and curves and also pieces it was sewed directly on the background, making a running vine be- tween im effect, though the thread was ar- v eve as it was Worked, no set pattern ly & good piece t nothing, it “Bah, Miss Yardstique, he is only a flcor- walker at €1.000 a year.” “I know that, but we love each other and I must refuse your offer.” “Absolutely und irrevocably?” ‘Exactly, Mr. Bullionaire.”” The rich man’s hopes fell and there was a choking sensation in his throat, but with an ef- fort he recovered himself. “May I ask you one more question, Miss Yardstique?” he said in a changed voice. if it is not upon the previous ure of the goods, with India silk— n any one thing prob two Or more with covers with good patterns give flect toa couch, besides An oriental-looking ade in an ingenious icles. A piece of used for the foun- ‘Certuinly, air, peacock being to several odd ly sugzested, as they from large piece of “Then ask it.” “Will you accept an offer from me of $1,000 enses for twenty weeks to go i¢ leading social and commer- on exhibition in cial centers of the United States?” LADY HENRY SOMERSET. Somerset is the clicst daughter Countess Somers of Eaxtnor oastle, England. Hay br ia ro wing no brothers she Lovage for the Grip. Frem the New York “That's a bad cold you've got,” saida beney- olent-looking old gentleman to s young fellow he had met casually. ‘Worst I ever had,” answered the young between the felt being followe: of work and the cost was ali serving as a new cover to an old softly brilliant in coloring and very # means of the quantity ot it, Around the edge, on the four sides, ‘the finish was a double row of the thici thread couched down like all the rest low sewing silk. If a heavy gold braid of the quarter-inch width may be used for edging the pieces of felt, the fine gold used for the rest of the embroid- ery. Both braid and thread will want to be “ished through the goods and fastened on the k, the old-fashioned “stiletto” being right implement for making the holes in the “Try ® pinch of this,” urged the other, fish- ing in his vest pocket for alittle box. There fine powder in it, and he offered it invit- It is no *kill-or-cure’ thi evils of drink she identified heresif and at her own castle her tenants, signed th her work widened un! fluence was felt among all her East London alone number received into her country most destitute of those her in the slums of that great ci fetes to 10,000 poor people she waselected president ‘Temperance Associati came to this country vention of the W. €. T. U. has been traveling of the United States, invi tion of the poor and the means furthering all philanthropic ‘MRS. TEL BONO. the only woman le her native land, Japan. She has been tian since she was thirteen years old. been engaged in missionary work in this try and taught her language school for missionaries in Brooklyn. sire of her life is to establish « Bible school in Tokio, and she is that purpose in this country. A great petition is being praying for the protection of alcoholic and narcotics, which will be jovernments of the world the world’s organization when Lady Henry Somerset accredits Miss of Brecon, England, gold thread used dpon | temperance cause, The scope of e young man snuffed a tin: nose. ‘In five minutes he felt rel wonderful,” he said. oly it’s the sume as a fortune to you.” he old man smiled indulgently. one of the commonest of herbs,” said he. is so cheap that it can be Lought by the ton if you want that much. It cured and I believe it is the best shin “What do you ell it?” “German lovage. All the druggists have it. For a dime you can get a box of it large enough to cure a whole fut grip. It isso common that its value bas been it and you tell all your sure cure for the —— She Wanted to Give It Away. From the Detroit Free Press. George had proposed and been accépted for several weeks, but the girl's esteemed parents had not been informed of it and they were exceedingly anxious and curious to kn how matters stood. The other mora a little detectice work on the she said cautiously, Smuggings been here every “Yes, mamma, every night #0 far,” responded the dutiful “And this will be Saturday night?” “He seems to be com- Pretty often, doesn't he?" ry often to me, mamma.” “Oh!” And the old lady elevated her eye- “Did you hear your father “No, mamma,” r effect is desired, “If you've got & me of the grip, time she FF ARTICLES FOR A CHURCH FAIR. When Easter comes there is often a fair for selling various articles in aid of some church or charity, and it is well to de’ working time of Lent to making things for some such object. Those who have no skill in need not feel themselves debarred from such labor, for the fact has been authoritatively stated that “there are few things so profitable, sensible and desirable at afair as humble but useful things in the ing line—kitchen holders of ail kinds, dusters, broom covers and such things find ready purchasers 5 made by those who would feel appalled at un- dertaking a bit of artistic embroidery. ‘The cozy corner fad still holds its own among the fashions of the day, and there are many variations on them. A pretty one was fitted up with a pictured description of one in an art ras an inspiration, and enough individ- y about it to make it i H te some of the overlooked. Youtry friends. German lovage is Mrs. Tel Sono i: itt I F bz I i i nerally and may be | lt “hasn't Geor; “Yes, mamma.” brows curiously. when he came in last night?” It has been found in most cases that insom- nia is caused by disordered stomach, says em authority. Between the stomach and the brain there isa close communion, and when one is you sitting in *No, mamma.” she was foiled, “T'dlil the old Indy, feeling that re soknow why be didn €7" smiled a gentle, forgiving, trusting, happy little smile. “Because, mamma, whispered, coming over to her, “because the parlor door was shut.” Army Caste in North Europe. ‘From the Daily Telegraph. In three of the six great military European realms—Germany, Austria and Russia—civil- ians, compared with those who “wear the em- “scoat,” are atadecided disadvantage, as well as socially. It has been repeat Fea E Hh g& ! H li HH Ai if ‘TABLE COVERS. In speaking of table covers earlier in this Paper no mention was made of the ones of lace, which are considered | ? itt i i