Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1892, Page 11

AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL. Present Status of Things in That Un- fortunate Country. THE REPUBLIC SHORT LIVED. pire Not Due to the itieians. ORTUNATELY, SUCH Pay-ee-ho-toe) came in the shape of a red-hot newspaper manifesto—a startling hint in this land) of closely supervised — publications. Peixotto promptly rep y decree to the effect that the thirteen protesting who were all young men belonging to prominen families—were placed upon the + but a big pension was given to each as a sortof pacifier. Two of the ant young warridts, however, fearing the consequences of what they had done, turned their coats back again with sleight-of-hand celerity and published a retraction of their manifesto before the iseuing of the decree. As heir timely act these two were ‘etired to the “ reserved,” , with increase of pension. E RECENT TROUBLE. Admiral Eduardo Waldenkolk and Jose Barretto printed a second mani- ing to be retired on any point blank to recognize them. Maj. Ge utterly decli publics” as thi e not the ption of the pri not be depende to apply them. upon Senti- mentaliem to + bee he contrary many ti es p f the m hemisphere, exico, Central or South America, cannot th and therefore republican in- ns are not good forthem. Every one of nts in order to maintain his slip- st of necessity become a dictator— te—like Diaz of Mexico and 0 of Venezuela, or a tyrant in case of cy. like Barrios of Guatemala, Lopez of , Rosas of the Argentine and scores of ove all, must manage somehow the treasury to do it. In ail these al- ablics the civil power is subordinate to and the support of the latter gone ail is lest (as in the case of Balmaceda mild-ie presidents «pring up as thickly as the fabled crop from the dragon's teeth. As might have been expected, Chile's recent bad example has had a demoralizing effect upon all of them, und revolutions have since been more frequent than ever, instigated by other rebellious con- gressex. “And the constitutional rulers whom they have endeavored to depose have been compelled to back down like cowards and resign in favor of the refractory or resort to heroic measures, which at once Taised the hue and ery of oppression and down trodden patriots. CURSED BY HER SOLDIER The complications in Brazil, which will prob- ably result in the speedy overthrow of the repub- lic, are daily deepening. From the beginning the troubles have mostly originated with the army and navy, and their present aggravation arises from the fact that ‘Seco two important bodies, having set the whole country by the ears, are now quarreling among themselves like Kilkenn tx. Like other South American “republics,” Brazil is cursed by her soldiery. Itis well known that the revolution, which wiped ont the 300-year-old empire ina few hours, did not come from the people—the ma- | giish bankers exchange continues todeciine, the | 8° Jost (of hom knew nothing about tbat) foatabity of the prevent government being scrapulous politicians, By springing the mine caiealy oeaall military pose at the capital had things temporarily all their own way, sent Dom Pedro adrift after more than half a cen- tury of wise and generous ruling, and have since kept the country in constant turmoil. Had the abolition of the monarchy been pub- licly agitated for a month and the people in all parts of the country been allowed a voice in the matter there is no doubt that the vast majority would bave remained loyal, the emperor and his wife had not died broken hearted in exile and Brazil continued more prosperous and peaceful than she is likely to again in many decades. It will be remembered that Deodora da Fon- seca, the first president of this prematurely born republic, was virtually deposed by con- gress after the fashion set by Chile, because—so the Brazilian congress d—Fonseca_at- tempted to disable the body politic for failing to confirm his official acts. “Andas usual, the distant world, understanding little about "Bra zilian character and political complications, supposing the self-styled “patriots” to really represent the people in defense of their rights, seized eagerly upon their misrepresentattons and ery of opgression. Yet the same patriotic congress which compelled da Fonseca’s resigna- tou immediately passed resolutions conferring upon Vice President Floriana Peixotto (their tool, who had previously agreed, for alue received, to sustain’ Fonseca) unlimited powers as military dictator, which his deposed predecessor, the coustitu- tional president, never had aspired to. tained by congress, the vice president at once proceeded to oust the legally elected governors of several states, who were the choice of the people of their respective sections, not for ac- tual offense committed, but be was sus picioned that the governors aforesaid had not turned their jackets to suit the times and might not be in entire sympathy with the clique now Uppermost at the capital. METHODS THAT PREVAIL. A fair sample of the methods prevailing in this funny republic may be found in the oust- ing of the governor of Ceara, whose palace was bombarded one fine morning by way of a pre- liminary notice to quit, to the destruction of much private propert, ling of many inoffensive citizens. ce the inauguration of “liberty” street riots and bloodshed have been the order of the hour in every Brazilian end thousands have been murdered in minor | brawls which have never been reported in the | Of course the powers that tem- “be” exercise the most rigid censor- he press and all cable and telegraphic communications, so that it is impossibie to ob- tain an impartial account of things through thoxe channels. You favored denizens of a/ truer republic ean form no idea of the ezar- like methods practiced to maintain a semblance of order in this, and how under military law | one’s simplest actions are eyed with grim sus picion. During the last few months all the hotels in Rio, and probably in other cities also, have been most of the time surrounded by a cordon of soldiers placed there especially to wateh all guests, native and foreign. Nobody is permitted to pass in or out without explai in detail to an insulting lot of uniformed negroes who he ix, where he came from, where kving and what especial errand takes him out at that moment. Cc ¢ all foreigners have their passports, but even these are not much re- pected by bratal soldiers who cannot read and are too ignorant to have any conception of the dignity of Unele Samuel's ofticial seal. AMERICAN SAILORS ARRESTED. ‘The other day, when the Allianca was in port bere (one of the New York and Brazil mail } steamship line). some of the . necording to | custom, were permitted to go om shore. It happened that a riot took place in the Rua do Ouvidor that evening, in which two or three scores of citizens were killed. Our sailor boys determined to keep well out of the melee and steered so far around that central street that they got lost in the suburbs and were obliged to inquite their way back to docks of some passing soldiers. Instead of securing a eivil reply to. their eivil question the saulors were with arrested and marched off to jail as “suspicious characters,” where they were con- fined ali night in « large bare room, which was vo crowded with other prisoners that it was im- possible to lie down or even to sit in comfort, has spent | the civil war and w one of the most in- les being well and United Statex, where he ch of his time. Gen. Barretto is nt by reason of a distinguished of great wealth and nud therefore their sudden base toward the disturbed and totter- ns preduced an immense sensa- Peixotto has r perpetrated an- i suspending “official guarantees” +h means mar- z up to an as p over all Brazil, rousing demon- gainst Peixoto ally promi Today it is anno stration has occurred VICE PRESIDENT PLORIANA PEIXOTTO. in favor of the lately deposed Fonseca, and an- other of like nature is now going on in a south- ern province, while in various other sections the people are clamoring as loudly for a resto- ration of the monarchy. ENGLAND MIXED UP IX IT. In all this England is more or less mixed up; but as in every great lose there is gain to some- body, the thrifty Britons in Brazil are not losing money. Under the direction of En- given as the cause and the fact that the balance of trade is in favor of England. The two great financiers of this country are Mr. Maysink, an Englishman, and Senor Figueredo, a native Brazilian. ‘The latter gentleman organized the Banco Nacional, some two years before the fall of the empire, and obtained far his bank the Privilege of issuing legal tender notes by de- positing with the national treasury one-half the amount in gold. This gave to his house a share of the importance which kad long been mono lized by the Bank of Brazil. After the revolu- tion Mr. Maysink—a particular friend of the new minister of finance under the provisional government, as his rival, Senor Figueredo, was a chum of the prime minister of the monarchy— organized the Banco dos Estados Unidos do Brazil, and obtained for it as many favors as the old Banco Nacional had previously enjoyed, with the added advantage of being obliged to deposit only one-third the amount in gold upon his issues of notes. Last December a year ago the provisional government issued 2 decree allowing these two banks to unite the Banco de Republica, and made it the only bank of issue im the country by permitting it to take up the issues of all the other banks. But this bank soon lost the confidence of the public, and its enemies charge against it all manner of irregu- larities. Finally the minister of finance sent a communication to Congress recommending & modification of the contract between the govern ment and the banks and that the entire amount of paper money in circulation be limited to six hundred million milreis. Afterward bills were offered in the house and senate, of more and more radical character, until the Banco de Kepublica was shorn of all power to issne money and its affairs were strictly supervised by the government. DEPRECIATION OF THE CURRENCY. In 1883, when the country was peaceful, Prosperous and happy, there were only 205,203,000 milreis of paper money in circula- tion, and today there are some 600,000,000 of it afloat. On the day that the monarchy was destroyed the milreis was at par (54 cents), but now it is away down to 17 cents and sinking lower. All imports are paid for in gold coin. All debts contracted when the milreis was at or near pat are now being collected at the low rates of exchange, in many cases doubling the indebtedness. Yet Brazil is too rich in nataral resources to become quite bankrupt, however badly managed by miscalled “‘patriots.” It is | a larger country than most people imagine, con- taining 192,000 square miles —considerably more territory than the United States possesses, ex- clusive of Alaska—and every inch of it is fertile. It has about 14,000,000 people and « little more | than 6,000 miles of railway. Brazil, unlike the rest of South America, being Portuguese, its people are more anxious than some of their neighbors to cultivate social and_ commercial relations with Uncle Samuel. England, #0 largely dominant in Chile, Pera and ’ the Argentine, has alienated the Brazilians on several grounds. Besides, the United States is the best customer for coffee, the chief product of the country. ‘The one article of crude rub- ber alone, from the Amazonian districts above Para,amounts to about $2,500,000 per month,and about three-quarters of it all goes to the United States. About seven-eighths of the world’s pro- duction of India rubber is exported from Para. Yet the balance of trade with Brazil in the mat- ter of imports is about two to one, Englishmen and Germans, who have long been established here, monopélizing the lion's share. Some years ago a large number of our coun- trymen went as colonists to the southern prov= inces of Brazil, particularly to Sao Paulo, which is noted for its healthful climate and railwa and canal facilities. They were mostly confed- erates who were disappointed at the outeome of bed to live in « country where the institution of slavery was perpetuated. But after slavery was abolished in Brazil they could not get along very well with their planta tions of sugar and coffee, and most of them have not made great success of it, the climate being too hot and enervating for northerners to labor by publishing a} |Glimpses of Eastern Life—A Visit “IN FAR CATHAY.” to Bombay. ir street costume is a peculiar long white cotton gown, wide trousers of the same material untrammeled by his surroundings, is seen in Bombay in ail his wealth of height and dress. The men are, without exception, tall, finely formed and stately and possess a robustness and beauty quite at contrast with their Hindoo n OLD-TIME ACTORS. Interesting Reminiscences of the Days of Burton’s Theater. - and color and a tall bos parte ge tad PRESIDENCY-——ISLAND —CITY. | ina’ mGacity, ml they. seem, to thersugily |THE KING OF COMEDIANS. The Approach to the City—Among the Hin- doos and the Parsees—Their Habits and Dress—Kemurkable Bustle and Activity— Wonderfal Skill in Manipulating Precious Metals. Written for The Evening Star. OMBAY IS NOT alone a city, but is a presidency and govern- orship of British India, comprising nearly 200,- 000 square miles of ter- ritory, with a popula- tion of more than 25,- 000,000. This presi- dency has the forth of a long strip of territory } along the Indian ocean, 4 extending from 14 de- Brees 3 minutes to 25 degrees north latitude, and is about 10 degrees of longitude in width. To one whose experience of tropical life, with its surprises and joys of sight and sonnd, has been limited to the ordinary routes of travel, the approach to the city of Bombay from the sea ix a pleasure never to be forgotten. ‘The coast of the island on which the city is situated has for its background a regular range of mountains called the “Bhor Ghat” or western mountains, forming the boundary between the Decean table land and the coast of Concan, the water-washed lowlands of the Indian parinsula. ‘These mountains, clear cut and sharply de fined against the blue of the sky, appear cren- ellated and deeply dented, so that one is forced to believe them the ruins’ of fortresses, battle- ments and castles. ‘The distant verdure of Malabar Hill appears like an emerald spot in the scenery and its thickly placed gardens and villas give the im- pression of dense population. island of mbay has an area of something over twenty- two square miles and consists of an irregular plain some eleven miles long und nearly three miles wide, flanked by two parallel lines of low hills. ‘The neck of land lying on the southwest forms the harbor on its eastern side, and in- closes a space of some six miles in width. Ona slightly elevated strip of land between that body of water called Back bay and the harbor is situated the city of Bombay. ‘The city is latitude 18 degreos, 53 ininntes, 54 seconds north and longitude 72 degrees, 52 min- Utes east from Greenwich. APPROACHING THE CITY. One of the first sights to strike the eye as the city is approached is the beautiful Palmyra palm, extensive growths of which spread on either hand. The huge bulk of the massive fort shows itself above the part of the city called the Colaba quarter on the southeastern point of the island, while the hundreds of sea- joing craft from every port on the globe seem- ingly crowd the roomy harbor to repletion. Prominent among these latter are the two iron- clads, veritable “monitors,” which form the only ‘efficient defense of’ the city, and bein; painted of a snowy whiteness dre mark objects of interest to all new arrivals. The Portuguese were the first discoverers of this “Pearl of India,” and its present name is a cor- ruption of “Buona Bahia,” “Good Bay” of its first occupiers, harbor is the largest and best in India, ite mouth is toward the south, being bounded on the north by the mainland and on the west by Bombay Island. The island extends north and south, and the main portion of the northern end is covered by the palm forests of Mahim. The southern end is comprised of two pro- montories, curved somewhat in the shape of the claws ‘of a crab, inclosing the broad and placid “Back bay.” ‘The western of these two “claws” is the justly celebrated Malabar Hill, the residence quarter of the more important of the foreign residents of Bombay. THE LANDING QUAY * for all shore-goers and merchandise is the “Apollo-Bunder” (Indian “pallow-bunder,” fish market,) a solidly built and well-kept landing, near the head of which is an excellent hotel, and from its balcony a full view can be had of the wonderful mountain scenery and of the harbor. The esplanade of the Apollo-Bun- der isa favorite promenade and drive for the residents of the city, and here after nightfall the fine military band of the Colaba barracks fills the air with the latest music from “home” and the rest of the world. The turnouts of the wealthy foreigners | #Y compare favorably with any in cities not so “far while not far away can be seen the pleas- tures the day begins. e, a cer at that time, ho grove of fine parts of the cit SUN WORSHIPERS. tainty of meeting again in hop A dog is brought to take a last look at master to drive away the spirit of evil which is, ing around to get possession of the soul, whilea fumber of priests attend and repeat prayers for the repose of the soul of the brother gone before. Following these ceremonies the body is borne from the house followed by a and taken to the celebrated “Towers of Silence.” These towers are erected on the rocky crest of Malabar hill, from whence a magnificent view of the city, sea and bay is had, surrounded by a ims and other tropical trees filled with multitudes of the sacred vulture. ‘The towers are built of a white stone, and are about twenty-five feet high, witha small door in the side for the entrance of the body. The interior is divided into three circular, concen- tric chambers, each of which is again divided into numerous small rooms, the inner circle be- ing for the bodies of children, the middle circle for women and the outer one for men. When a corpse is brought to the tower by the Telatives it is at once placed in one of the com- partments, and the immense numbers of vul- erched in the vicinity at ouce begin their horrible feast, and in an incredibly short of time nothing but bones are left, which in turn are denuded of every particle of flesh and muscle by flocks of ravens, which fly to the feast after the vultures have d The bones fall through a grating into » pit beneath, whence they are, at the end of a few days, generally three, gathered into a mor- tuary chamber The native name for these towers is ‘“D: Many Parsees have founded beneficial and charitable institutions and several have been knighted for services rendered the English gov- ernment. r prepared for their A POLYGLOT ASSEMBLAGE. THE NATIVE HUTS immense thicket of These singular people are sun worshipers, and it is an interesting sight to see throngs of them on the shore of the bay as the sun rises, apparently from the sea, performing the simple rites of their religion, the fluttering robes show- ing their fine figures to the best advantage as gins. ‘Their religious practices are simple in the extreme, consisting mainly in strict dietary rules and personal cleanliness. ‘The rigid observance of sanitary laws pro- duces the natural resulvof perfect health among the adults, large families of active healthy chil dren and immense numbers of old men, gray- bearded, white-haired, but erect and princely in their gait and attitude, despite the naturally enervating character of the tropical climate. THE PARSEE DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD. A notice of the Parsee is not complete with- out a reference to his singular manner of dis- posing of his dead. As soon as life is extinct « funeral sermon is delivered by a priest of Zoroaster, in which the deceased is made the subject of an exhortation to his relatives and friends to live pure, holy and righteous lives, #o that they may have a strong rocession of men The population of the native portion of Bom- bay, besides the Hindoos and Parsees, is made up of the most polyglot assemblage to be found in the world, for in an hour's stroll one bears all the languages of India, not to mention the innumerable dialects into which those languages are subdivided, Chinese, Arabic, the various tongues of Africa, and it has been ‘said that in no other city on the globe are more languages heard than in Bombay. Among the most noticeable sights in some and at frequent intervals in the suburbs, are the immense banyan trees, those wonderful growths whose roots become branches and whose branches become roots. form a perfect shelter from sun, rain and tem- pest amid the snake-like ramifications of these enormous and ancient trees, and its no uncom- mon sight to see a banyan tree occupied after the manner of a many storied house by various members of a family, some aslee depths of ¢ ing the top of the tree, while other in the cool ves form- 8 are enjoy- ing a siesta on the ground, hidden by the curi- ous tangle of root branches, whose bark is about the same color as the skin of the inhabitants, VARIETIES OF PALMS AND PLANTS. part of the tropical world can Incommon with all moist-weather tropical countries the various varieties of palms are the wonder and admiration of the travelers, but nowhere else can the same variety and luxuri- ance be found as in Bombay. excessively moist, the temperature is very high and the result is delightful. In the gardens, public and private, in and around the city about every plant and tree which is climate is rown in found flourishing in all the Inxuriance of nature, and the efforts made by the government at various tion. akhma."’ understand ‘the accumulation of fortunes, in this respect resembling the Hebrews, The weulthiest residents of Bombay are Parsees. Some of the Characters That He Made Pe- culiarly His Own—Rufus Blake and His Exquisite Work—The Wallack Family and theTalent That All theMembersManifested. Written for The Evening Star. OOD ACTING I8 like old wine. It makes glad the heart, lightens care, drives away vapors. When the spirits are dull and the look ahead is uncheery, what 80 consoling at the moment and refresh- ing to recall long after as a fino play—a little bit of human life, with its laughter and weep- ing, itslove and anger and anxiety—all true to nature, or as much so as art can make it, in- deed the very acme of high art disguised? To thelad, the youth, the man, at each alternate phase of life, to the young and old alike, how grateful the charmphow welcome the picture, how pleasant the memory! Even and over more vividly come back impressions of old plays and players as their times are buried be- neath successive seasons and the furtive years steal on the stealthier. Hours at the play, mo- ments bestowed at the shrines of tragedy, com- edy, fame, opera, melodrama or on accasions of minstrelsy itself are not thrown away if kindly afterthought alone is of any worth to the mind. The stage has ite place in the econ- omy of life, as good wine has, and perhaps some of the old actors are quite as genial to t memory of the playgoer as old @ine to the heart. “Let us chat together of a few well- known play actors of the past. MEMORIES OF BURTON'S THEATER, Who can ever forget Burton, the unctious king of comedians, as he played night after night at his quaint little theater in New York? It stood in the middle @f the block, facing the City Hall Park, in Chambers street between Broadway and Center streets, and was under the {managerial ownership and direction of ‘Mr. William ¥. Burton himeelf. When Mr. Burton assumed the reins the building was called Palmo’s Opera House, but its proprietors had widely departed from their original design as rigniied by ite name and had allowed it to be- come,a place for the exhibition of “living siat- uary.” After Mr. Burton's day it again changed character and became invested with the dig- nity of a hall of justice, appropriated to the accommodation of the district and cir- cuit courts of the United States, In that dingy little play house once was gath- ered more dramatic talent than any other theater in New York had ever collected together, except the Park in its halcyon days. There, Bur- ton, Blake and Brougham (known about town as the Busy B's, so active were they in catering for the public ee Lester (Wallack), Jor- dan, Dyott, Johnston, Clarke, Holman, Plicide, Levere, Bland, Mrs, Hughes, Mrs. Itussell. M Skerrett, Miss’ Chapman, Mise Lizzie Weston, Miss Hill, that charming actress and vocalist, Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Fanny Wallack, Miss Mary Taylor and others of lesser note trod the boards before crowded and well grati- fiedaudiences. Shakespearean revivals were not infrequent in that Thespian temple, and among teem those of “The Tempest,” “Twelfth Night” and a “Midsummer Night's Dream” made a palpable hit in the theater-going world. SOME OF BURTON'S CHARACTERS. The “Serious Family” and “The Toodles,” those companion pieces of broad comedy, first saw theday (or rather night) at this establish ment and gained in favor at every successive repetition, The term “Serious Family” be- came household word to express self-right- eousness and pretended sanctity, and the worldly minded pronounced the play more ef- fective than any sermon in showing up Phar- isaiem. The Dickens nights were also genial occasions. ‘“Dombey and Son,” r Twist.” “Nicholas Nickleby,” ‘The Pickwick Club” aud “David Coppertield” were quite the rage at Christmas times, when good cheer, good will and good nature abounded on all sides and inclined the heart to charity. At these festive seasons Mr. Burton was wont to get down “Dickens” from the shelf and, arraying himself in the immortal habiliments ‘of Capt. Cuttle, Bumble the Beadle, Squeere, Micawber, reproduce the England of the novelist for the edification of American play- goers. ‘The man was unapproachable in his way! Educated for the church, au editor in Phila- irs. ing natives squatted about numerous | times to acclimate the fruits, flowers and trees | delphia with Edgar Allen’ Poe as his assistant, brilliant bonfires on the beach, listening to the| Of other parts of the world have been} comedian of the raciest type, humorous, interminable fables of the professional story | Crowned with success in every instance. | versatile, unctious, both nature and culture teller or humming the peculiar airs to which the native Indian is ever prone. e scene, under the splendors of a full moon and a cloudless sky, is one whose equal can be found in few parts of the world, and it is hard to believe that all of this beauty, elegance and refinement is in “Far Cathay.” ‘THE TWO SECTIONS, Like the majority of cities in the east, Bom- bay is divided into two important sections, the portion including the European quarter being called the “Fort,” while native city is called “Black Town,” and it is in the latter that the foreiguer, newly arrived and weary to death of the monotony of ship life, first gets that glimpse of eastern life and habits which serves as a pleasant memory the rest of his days. It is here that every variety of costume known in the east can be scen, wandering through the bazaars, smoking in the tiny doors or working in open-air shops, which remind one at every step that here, within touch, are the men who make the wonderfal creations in gold, silver and «ilk so eagerly sought after by jestern world. the THE BUSTLE AND ACTIVITY of this native city surpass belief and is in marked contrast with the placid aspect of some of the more renowned cities of the far orient. Unlike many of the cities of this part of the world, Bombay is noted for the cleanliness and absence of smells of its streets, and it is to its excellent average sanitary condition that the city is seldom visited by widespread epidemics, The display of oriental es in the native bazaars is simply bewildering, and if @ pur- chase is to be made the very richness of dis- play operates as a deterrant, and where every- thing is so beautiful and picturesque it is most impossible to decide what to get. MANIPULATING PRECIOUS METALS, I think one of the most interesting sights is the skillful manipulation of the precious metals, It seems wonderful that such beautiful bangles, rings, crowns and armlets can be madé with she in. Faxwie B. Warp. ———+0+-——___ Written for The Evening Star. ‘The Vernal Floral Trio. ‘When, on some sunny day of March, ‘The crocus springs from loosefiing mould, ‘She lifts a Hebe, blithe and arch, A cup of silver or of gold; She siniles, and looks alluring up, And, as I quaff its nectar clear, T bless the intoxteating eup— Winter's retreating steps E hear. ‘When bads in April gin to swell, I greet Apollo's hyacinth; And, though I loved the crocus well, A deeper love from me he wiun’th; He breathes an antique tale of dole; ‘The passing cloud lets fall a tear; ‘The love of song pervades my soul— Spring's hesitating steps I hear. When amorous birds in May sing loud, And myriad flowers shea fine perfumes, In orient beauty, tall and proud, ‘The gorgeous lady tulip blooms; For her I slight the royal rose; ‘The spotless lily hold less dear; ‘With more than spring’s mild fire she glows— ‘Summer's approaching steps I hear. —W. L. Suommazzn. ‘ter which Peixotto re- ‘the way, is pronounced tools’ apparently #0 crude and in shops. #0 r in space. Squatting beside a tiny brazier filled with burning charcoal they swarthy goldsmiths continually turn out mo‘ of beauty and grace such as can only be found find silver as havi THE HIXDOOS. ‘The costumes, or at times the lack of costumes, | 8°! make a never-failing source of interest in the native town, The Hindoos form the largest portion of the inhabitants and are noticeable for their somewhat diminutive stature, delicate features and dark-brown color. ‘Their chi swarm in all directions, ut ing, their brown fie E F ; it if & : | : i A Ay # i ft { i ay £ f i i i tered. b> > Hl i trop’ — y day and by night. de or seorpion keeps the visitor every step, #0 it can be easily life in this, the “treasure house of England,” is not without its drawbacks. In virtue of its neighboring hills, as, also, perhaps from its excellent location for naturalgl drainage, the city of Bombay garded as healthy for both native and foreigner, no decimating epidemics having occurred for many years. ‘The climaie of Bombay is essentially wet, for however the day may begin a heavy downpour is almost sure to occur before 2 o'clock in the afternoon, after which, should the sun appear, the steam of evaporation gives the landscape a misty softness unequaled in the whole range of Ants, big and little, white, black and brown, ferocious and peaceful, abound and are the pests of the foreign residents, the natives, parently, being unmolested by these tireless workers. Flies of every genus also mosquitoes, casional centi on the qui viv imagined tha is generally re- —EE A TAILOR’S REFLECTIONS. Rich Men and Their Trousers—Women Too Bothersome to Be Profitable. I can’t "tend to, you go where you bought anys, as well as a tailor,” ¢ says I, Indies’ tailor, and I don't want nothing to do But she made me fix that col- lar, and all for adollar—and me—I could have made $5 and no fuss attending to trousers, When a woman gets #0 then I'm for her, nothing to do with women. “Now, there’s a gent in the Alpine building; he sends me five pairs of trousers wants "em tomorrow, sure. Well, he fe with women.” right away and then never come cat keep’ I ‘em to | He From the New York Herald. “T've got no time to fool with women,” says my tailor-scourer-and-repairer. is more trouble than four men. I had a lady come here with a coat to have the collar al- ‘Just half an inch lower,’ said she, and I took off an inch, for I could see it was too high. She came back and said I didn’t take off half an inch, so I had to do it over again, and me crowded with gents’ trousers and suits that I told her, ‘Why don’t ‘Oh, " they — can't ‘Madam,’ but till then “One woman it? do I, ‘Lain’t no in trousers don’t want today and combined to qualify him for his later calling. Keenly appreciative and with astonishing power and facility for interpreting the genius of any dramatist he drew upon, his impersonations be- came the embodiment of satire, absurdity and fun, Sir Toby Belch, Bob Acres, Dogberry and Tony Lumpkin, in which parts he knew no equal, served to illustrate the scope and diver- sity of his characterizations. Capt. Cuttle stepped out of the story a thing of flesh and blood, with a hook of wrought iron attached, and brimfal of wisesaws, honesty and foggy well meaning. It was the aim of this excellent comedian to represent the creation of the author just as he designed it, and ever faithful and exact was the copy. Aminadab Sleek he made his own, no one pretending to vie with him in affording his conception of that blurting, blundering hypo- crite—a Tartuffee, Stiggins end Chadband rolled into one. The best drunken scene on the stage he gave as Mr. Timothy Teodies, where his very neckerchief was maudlin with too liberal indulgence in what Mr. Winkle on a similar occasion called “the salmon.” Con- viviality at all times was his strong point, and in parts where abject vacuity, pompons preten- sion, ignorance in the garb of profundity and imbecile obstinacy fall of the ludicrous were re- quired he was all-sufiicient and all-satisfying. Nor was Mr. Burton less successful in his ren- dition of the leading characters in popular farce, now so seldom produced. In John Jones, the most unfortunate man in the world, Jem Baggs, the wandering miustrel, and parts of that light caliber he always shook the house with laughter not his own. Every movement was the concentration of comicality, facial and bodily. Nature herzelf must have given him the palm of humor at his birth or very soon thereafter, and well did he improve the gift. Aslong as the annals of the stage are passed down to posterity will the name and fame of Mr. Burton be preserved in kindly remem- op- and it ry ance. ‘WM. BUFUS BLAKE, Of the tender, sympathetic and pathetic school none was better than William Rufus don't get | und for to have a suit back and never nevi They forget all about g0 off somewhere in a ‘them a month or two T've had fink ik f L i i HI i i : ct i if hole and and then suit iy f ; i E z 8 3! l E [ i bE a ; | 4 & m. Weller or | 4, il | is eT Lik e i E it t dat from the baited hook of those eruel / RACKRTT tN “PALSTAFT.” James Henry Hackett was probably the best ancl truest Falstaff of his time. It seems as if! Shakespeare must have had him in his mind when he created the and ly ality of the jovial fat knight of Gad’s Hill, the selfish, sottish i braggart, the lusty 2 Mrs. Page, the sys~ | of good | . Hackett represented Sir John, the sycophant and parasite of brave Prince Hal, to the very life and letter of the familiar text. Mr. Hackett was the father of the late Recorder Hackett of New York. LESTER WALL It was at the old Brondway Theater that John Lester (Lester Wallack) first appeared in New York. Perfectly symmetrical, with the face of a Byron and the figure of a Brammel, the easiest, gayest, most graceful light com this country over saw, with the questionable exception of young Montague, who was much more supple, but not nearly so strong, Lester | fairly carried the town by able. pedigree of his was endowed by nature wi for the stage. ‘he tradition qeliacstion e London footlights Liston, Munden, Kea . Booth must have been pis thoughts and words, Kemble and Macready were familiar names to him. James W. Wallack, the elder, Lester's father, was one of the most gifted and graceful uctors, both tragic and melodramatic, who has trod the British or American stage. Fanny Kemble used to say that “it would be impossible to conceive of a more romantic figure than that of Mr. Wallack in Pizarro.” In 1849 Lester Wallack, then thirty years old, | played Edmond Pantes in “The Count of Monte | isto.” When the young Corsican fisherma stepped out of hix boat to the shore on the rocky banks of the Mediterranean he was one of the finest specimens of Saxon sailor man-| hood ever seen. He was ever the easy man of | the world. As he | Poor Gentleman,” he was the dashing Englieh esquire to the life, manly, nonchalant and im- bued with the fullest spirit of light comedy. Lester Wallack was perhaps the only Youn Marlowe of his day. ‘It seems as if Goldsmith | must have had him in his eye when he wrote | “She Stoops to Conquer.” In the spirited | dash, the generous tone, the alternate baehful- | ness and boldness of that part he has ever been | without a peer, and we think to ourselves what asplendid Tom Jones he would have made in Fieiding's immortal novel. Wallack’s old the: tor in Broadway, by Broome street, was really a representative London play house. “Shakespeare | was here revived with very great cure and every Possible advantage. JAMES W. WALLACK, 8R, James W. Wallack, r., was a finished Shakes- pearian scholar, and the results of his dramatic studies were seen in everything pertaining to his personal performances. His Shylock was great, greater than Henry Irving's. Two of his | impersonations always pleased and impressed the mind—his Stranger und his Melancholy Jaques. ‘There was a picturesqueness about him that took the fancy at once; made captive the imagination, and the sentiments soon foliowed willingly in the wake of admiration. In Jaques, the melancholy mizanthropy, affected or natural, of that miserable-minded gentleman acquired an ascetic though very human reality, The elder Wallack’s complete mastery of | dramatic methods, both of the closet and the u made him most grateful to eye and ear at all times, giving to his lightest stage attitudes and attributes a significance not to be imparted by any than an extraordinary and highly culti- vated intellige: nce. er theater near 13th street was a Wallack’s lai next step and one in advance in the history of | this famous family's dramatic progress in New | York. Based upon the best American models, | it fwrnished Gotham with the improved oppor- tunity of witnessing the latest Britich nove and some of the finest foreign actors of the day. | Young Moniague made his debut here upon out | soil and won sli hearts (of the ladies in particu | lur) by his charmingly frank and feeling por- travais of melodrama. Here John L. Toole, | Charles Dickens’ personal friend) and favorite comedian, filled a profitable engagement, play- | ing those’ honest. homely, humorous fireside | characters so warming to the admirers of the | domestic drama, Here also appeared John Gil- | bert, as grand an old-shool actor us ever trod | the boards since Liston and Muuden: excellent | | Mrs. Vernon, th hed Madame Ponisi | | 7 1g players, such as Madeleine | Germon, together with fine le ach | as Holland, Stoddert, Fisher, Sothern, Polk and | a host of others worthy of the old Park Theater at its palmiest and raciest hoar, JAMES W. WALLACE, 3m, Here James W. Wallack, jr., made a deserved and decided hit in “Henry Dnnbar,” where his wonderful mobility was shown in one of the greatest stage surprises known to the footlighta. .t00, Lester Wallack brought out **Rose- that dainty, romantic drama, together Robertson's’ beanti and English novel flourished in sporadic har- veste. “The Romance of a Poor Young Man | for instance, and some of Miss Braddon’s sei | sational stories. Veteran old pl Jesse Brown” and “The transpianted from the ase further down Broadway. = W. Wallack, jr., possessed remarkably diversitied and ripely developed talents of the old-fashioned melodramatic school. He once appeared at the Old Bowery in Dumas’ “Three Guardsmen.” Lester tagnan, Gil- bert Porthos and W. and entertaining ith strong, concentrated command of feature, and horough!) oxted methods: lacks, bet fh ctors of his time aroused greater dramatic interest and such rapt a James W. Wallack, #r., : nthusiasm by hi and intel- ¥. Wallick, jr., held you his earnest simulation nd of the pla and identification with the character imper- sonated, nie Wallack and Mary Taylor— among the audi Nothing how | es kl excel the | lor in “The Alpiue Maid” pping lightly down | ti ep motntain path with her” backet of wild flowers aud wide Swies hat and merry laugh and blithe carol, Miss Wallack as Nancy Sikes was vivid, tender and passionate by turns | from love and fear of that burly brute Bill, and | worthily upheld the dramatic heritage of her name, But both are goue fromthe stage they | fitted so well, and from that other stage where | all are merely players who have their exits and their entrax ‘et other and happier changes came about. Lizzie Weston, after an ephemeral existence as Mrs. Davenport, became the wife of Charles Mathews, and ‘Agnes Robertson graced transatlantic boards in the person of Mre. Dion Boucicault. Davip Grauam ADEE. else eas Bad Air in Theaters, From the Enzineerihy Magazine. Theater going constitutes the chief amusement, perhaps, of a majority of the people in our cit- ies and larger towns. Even villages have a Ma- sonic hall or school building thet can be equipped with scenery and footlights or an “op- era house,” perhaps, on the second floor of a wooden structure in proximity to the tavern or the livery stable. Yet a series of fatal disasters | was required to make even the best theaters of this country safe. ‘The suffocation and crema- tion of nearly 200 people in the Brooklyn Thea- ter so dismayed the public thet the attendance at amusements in halls was meager until the girlish fh but that it was the act of a madman. Gen. Jackron s escape from death was providential. The pistols were loaded very heavily and after the arrest of Lawrence were fired, the cape ex- ploding and igniting the pow Pistol and sending Balle through several inches of plank. The political excitement of that portod, ASight Such as Moses Must Have Looked riven the fall with the United Sates Bank was Down Upon When He Saw the Promised | at its lrigltt,@as hardy be imagine wt this day. Mr. Jobn J. Sullivan, who i so well remembered Kama—Uhe Attaugt Sabp Se Snes Get E. ak baal agen Oy Gn beeen Jackson When He Was President. of the government directors of the bank, and the Senate rejected him os it did leo Mr, Charles Macalester, the father of the late Mrs. | Laughton, thongh be had been « director EEN. for many years. It was stated that Gen. Jack- NAVE ERIOUND SED | nal of Gs tne tes babe eonetie Pleasure of reading @0-| strempt originated. That he belicved Mr. other letter from our] Poindexter to be such a bitter enemy is evi- a Persia, Mr. | Genced by the fact stated inaletier to Dr. uk s xa Given vears afterward, where be relates his em: ruxton Beale, wh® 8¢-} trance into the church af which he died a mem> complished his Journey | ber. On across Persia, from the | George Poi Caspinn wea to the Per- ATTEMPTED ASSAULT OF RAXDOLPR. sian gulf, about gone} Ing@Mfay, 1833, when Gen. Jackson was on hie thousand miles, in thir- | ¥#y to Frederftksburg to lay the corner stone ty-five daya. His letter | °f the monument to the mother of Washington, ai he was sented in the cabin of the steambont be is dated Bushire, March hind a teble, with Mrs. Thruston, the wife of 18, 1892, avd says: The Judge Thruston, hit private sec second day from Shiraz we came in view of the | Donaldson, and Capt. Brome of th of His Horseback Ride. PERSIAN SCENERY. |tnactertt ee cen sac [st Noe Mr. ac An American Minister's ae Sere ae THE LAND OF ROMANCE. Written for The Evening Star. aerial snowpeaks of the Southern mountains, | corps. The goneral was vending and No one could have seen them with | ix favorite pipe. When the bout reac out having © strong desire te go | Alexandrian lage wumber aboard to pay theis respect to the President, among them. After crossing two intermediate | aud with them was Ramdalph, who bed been am f ranges, dengerous and difficult enougi to inclose “The Happy Valley,” we suddenly came one day about sunset to the edge of a | precipice, aficr u hard day's ride, and looked own upon a little valley surrounded by preci- pices of solid barren rock, in most places with a | sheer fall of from five hnndred to a thou- | sand feet. Across the valley, rumning to| ! the edge of the immense rock wall, there was | © ® natural turf of the brightest and freshest wh green. About the middle of the valley there | ' was a quict lake, whose clear and placid waters received the rays of the aun that had lost fierceness in the cool of the evening. Looking down to the end of the valley we got our first view of the date palms, surrounding « Uttle | if to address him when be enddenly put out his hand toward the fa President aa thong, ph pin. The Presid + behind 4 that bh : 3h on the boat that an a for thut was the xcitement was e and many i started in parwnit of Ra: caught some distance from boat, bat was Persian village, whose mosque and’ minagets iby his frie Randolph had made Tove ont from among them. From our | aginst the President and the old ge great height we could see 7 fone |= ihe bad known it was Randolph be Of sheep” peacefally grazing "ia. the | Youll have been prepared to defend himself, rner stone then laid by Gen. Jackson for the w ut to the mother of Washington was raised above the ground and to this day remains a repronch to this try, Monuments fairly spring from the gro: to crocs of the wars, bat the rest ¢ Washington remains roken stoue to mark ber onfirming the axiom that repub- i. valley. The sight had acharm for us after so | 1! many days of riding across the desolate, wintry, barren table-land. I knew it was im- pressing Fox as it did me, as could hear him a few yards ahead of me on his mule ra “On the Other Side of Jordan.” The whole scene recalled to me Audrew Wilson's charming | description of the Vale of Cashmere. It took us | ¥#th bu some hours to climb down into the valley, over | Tet an almost impassable trail, and it grew dark before we reached the little village of mm that we had seen from the trail. UNDER A GROVE OF DATE PALMA, Finally Fox discovered that we were under a grove of date palms, and it did not teke us long to find the house of an Armenian, who had ised to take usin. After such sud¢ olate wintry ing in the tropic elf was built as they build then and C NEWS OF PIUTY TEARS AGO, Iam indebted to Mr. P. Tostin fore copy of the Ba re Sua of Febraary 18, 1843, The fifty years that have passed since ry, have aundings of in Mexico tral America, and the strong warm sun pat played over the fountains and the orange trees of patio made us realize that we threatened uniess had bid good-bye to the barren 7 a plains and reached” the perpetual home | j,<7'6Ty% Passed ecine financial menwnres of re» reporte sury and a deficiency +2.000.000 imminent before the end of year. ‘The House @t Representatives refused t6 recharter the banks of the District of summer, where nature's gardens always blossom. From one window there was nothing to be seen but a waving. billovy mass of palm | ty ger leaves, and from the other acres of green flat | roofs (they cover their roofs with dirt here That growea tart of erase and edits bere | of Columbia, Retrenchment bila were under clumps of tall “palm trees, throng | Sonmdeimiion and Dr i which we could see the distant ‘mountains, | “Pl! ‘ Fae that, in places. had a pearl-colored hue from the | TO IB ~~: mists and cloads that rose and floated above | Ore. Particiys i tee the ray and finally assumed 4 ae ; S ath Carolina moved to Teduice the mile fantastic they Tose to the aerial «now | of members of Congrem and Mr. Henry A.Wee ee ane greet od rd birde | of Virgins m #8 an amenrinent that no ; wing nging and birds | memicr should be allowed more thin One far posed tion of beef and that not roasted. The House | roared with Ieaghter and Mr. Arnold of Ten- hear i = : : wate, after the uproar bud sibeided, moved to Night Malony Landed in New Yor) ee an “ pa opens dL enjoved the ‘view and the | end Mr. Wine's resolution #0 us to except the We | Members of the corporal’s guard. as the friends S| of Mr. Tyler were called: lost ai amid witch Mr. W of members ongress to 64 An extract from a letter from Mr, day until the cara Wan ready to start. were obliged to make one more terrific de- scent, principally through narrow gorges of awful depths. the passes narrow and dangerous, often on the edge of theer, precipices. The parses in rome places ore ‘so narrow that at times, when the caravans meet, one bas te wait an hour or two for the other’ to pass, scenery is grand. LIKE THE LAND OF PRowIsz. The next day we got out of the mountains about sunset and looked over upon what I think was the most beautiful country I have ever seen. It must have been such a sight nx Moses looked down upon when he ied the children of Israel ont of the wilderness to a view of the promixed land. It was a valley of immense extent, every foot of which scctued ves during the administration of Mr. Yan Baren and was for six consecutive semions chaplain to the Benate. BAPTISM BY ELDER KNAPP. Our old friend “‘Mereury,” Mr. James Laan ensoa, gives his daily detter to the trom Washington and gives an account of a gather- ing of some thousands of persone at the ““Syea- more” to witness the baptism of twenty odd persons by Elder Kuapp. The ice, he says, was four inches thick and at the conclusion of the | ceremony by Elder Knapp the Rev. Obedish B. Brown drove with a mother and her son and immersed them in baptism. He complained in hia better that the Masonic Hall exhibit evatence of decay, the hall having fallen into the hande of a creditor, who refused to improve it. ‘That aust hi: been the building corner of 10th an@ Esti Prof. Mofiitt is advertised te deliver a lecture’ on English America in whose ~Engtieh rish rocks cep could quiet evening. It look. We dropped dow: the edge of the valley an surprise met another traveler. an Englishman, A breeze sprang up and commenced to rock the palm gu sh be ver i little village on leaves around my bed. It may have 2 | tion” had been published. Ti Rifle- 7 3 y jon” haé published. tho Englishman's good cheer, but wel men of Georgetown advertie © ball st the tlept with | the sensation all night long of | Union Hotel on Washington's birthnight. Johm “The Wonder” and being rocked in them. The next day last of our journey, We rode all the evening, as the moon rose, first glimpse of the ocean. No soldier of Xeno- Broughain und his wite in “The Omnibus.” and M: lecture before the Indepe no-| more and Capt. Dees and his band gave @ plen'earmy saw it with more joy thin Fox. Tike celebrated case of Mercer, tor Ge je was always game, but not having ridden for Heberton at Fi ears he often got tired. Pierre, too, a8 he hed hit more to do than we for my part I was sorry it was over, it had been for me “hesith and happy days.” ‘The «team Ieunch of the British Mercer was David Paal Land was acquitted. berton to evenge the He killed He- mgs of hiv sister. The of Heberton was attended by an ime political Fesident liad been went to mcct me, and er th eer Was rocking in the moonlight a few yards rot see 2 4 wae rocking in the raged cli the proprieties of life by their com ed into it, dined and smoked as we steamed across the smooth waters of the bay until we found ourselves in the honse of our consul, where we reveled in every luxury after the discomforts of our trip. THE LAND OF ROMANCE. This letter, which left Bushire (pronounced Bu-shi-re) on the 18th of March, reached Wash- ing about the last of April. Persia, the land of romance and ancient history, has been bronght nearer to us by the advent of diplomacy and commerce. A gentleman from Indiana, who was appointed minister to Persia by Mr. Cleve- land, was for weeks trying to discover how he was ‘to reach Teheran, and after he had suc- ceeded in making that discovery learned it would cost nearly his whole year's salary to pay imself apd family to reach tie destination, and he declined the appointment. duct on so melancholy an occasion.” Joux FP. Coma, QUICK PHOTOGRAPHS. The Images of Flying Bullets Are Caught on From the American Reisie:. ‘The Amatevr Photographer contains some details of the experiments which Mr. G. V. Boys has been making in photographing flving bul lots by the aid of an electric spark. Theee ex periments, it will be remembered, were briefly touched upon by Capt. Abney in his presidew- tial address at the Camera Club conference, ‘The «park, it is said, is generated by the die charge of a Leyden jar. there being in the con- ductor from it two breaks, which together the electric fuid has not pressure sufficient a spark may be even much less than the one milk lionth of a second, it is far and away in excess managers widened and increased the number of | f : “fi i : ir i EE ff y q | i ut 3 F u t Fi F § ! £ if i € E f ig rat Ba HI fl f j i i li il ] f wie i lr iH i i i ‘ i j H 8 i, ’ li i i gi i : i I ? i [ i fr HH ut I it