Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1892, Page 11

INTERIOR OF AN AINO DWELLING. WAYS OF THE AINOS. Queer Barbarians Who Live to the North of Japan. HAIRY AND UNTUTORED. Facts From the Smithsonian About Them— | How They Live and Their Curious Customs | Hunting Bars With Poisoned Arrows— Their Marriage Ceremonies—The Great Bear Feast. ROBABLY THE! queerest people in the world live on an island calied Yezo, just "7 vA north of Japan. They > call themselves Ainos, and it is only within the Inst few years that anything has been known about them at all, The moat im- portant contribution to knowledge respecting them this far made is of being published in the shape of Institution at It embraces a vast deal of in- ation gathered by Mr. Komyn Hitchcock visit to Yezo, made for the studying these remarkable barba- BUT A REMNANT LEFT. ad there are a ou it, Only a survive, gs to Japan eme t present times dominated and that they northward by | t Japane-e, who came from no one | “It is certain that they, were like, but now they are formerly jer | the gentlest of sa’ | . | ir ceagreeet as | that their country was once inhabited bya race | of dwarfs, wholived-in underground dwellings— | *“earth spiders” they were calied—as well as by tribes of Luiry s.vages. Most notable of the Phrsical characteristics of the Ainos is their extreme bziriness, and some of them say that | their ancestors used to dwell in pits roofed over | for shelter during the winter. But, although | the Japanese and the Ainos have been neigh- | bors for ever ao long, living in contiguous il- | lages, the latter are as hopelessly uncivilized as | ever.” They now use Japanese knives instead | Of stone implements and metal arrowheads in | piace of flint, but it is scarcely 100 years since | they emerged from the stone age. and in other | respects they have not passed beyond it. Al- | though in the past they had to meet the Japan- | ese, who are famous archers, in many battles, they have not even learned to make respectable bows and arrows. Accordingly the race cannot be preserved much longer from extinction. VILLAGES AND CHIEFS. Each village of the Ainos has its own chief and & number of officers who assist him in preserving order and punishing wrongdoers. The chieftainship is hereditary. Their imple- ments are usuaily of wood as well as their dishes. They are small in stature, but more | AINO, URAP. Strongiy built than the J they are rather brown than’ yellow, but it is difficult to speak with confidence as to their omplexion. because they never bathe or wash The hair and beard. which are thick and bushy, are allowed to grow to fuil length and are never combed or brushed. Consequently their ap- pearance is uncouth, though most of them would be fine looking if they could be induced to pay some attention to their persona. The who when young are often comely, have bright and pleasing SS, hotwithstand- ing the fact that their mouths are tattooed with @broad band reaching to the ears. As they | grow older they quickly lose their bloom, be- coming worn and wrinkled, no doubt from ex- The t nese. In color posure and hardship ing is ex- cuted in a sort of progressive fashion. Young maidens of «ix seven ave ® iittle spot on the apper lip. This is gradually extended as Ygar* pase until a broad bend surrounds the Mouth. The arms are also tattooed in various | eee ae The tattoo marksare made by cross- tehing the skin with Japanese knives. Into | the cuts thus made the soot of burning birch | bark is rnbbed, which is collected on the bot- tom of « dish bei CLOTHES OF BARK. ‘The Ainox -reave a very d from the fibrous & over a fire. coarse cloth rk of the mountain elm. | For tha he bark is softened by soaking tu water. which it is ea-ily separated into thin wide ribbons. and these are readily split into long slender threcds. The threads are tied | rend toend and wound inte balls. From | thix material the coat, which is the principal @arment, is manufactured. A narrow belt is worn arvtind the waist. The women usually ndergarment of cotton, and oceasion- | apron + Leggings are worn by both i sandals in the summer time.” These | made of walnut bark. The winter “ei traveling im the snow shoes of fishvkin are @uployed and wide snow shoes, consisting of wooden frames with thongs of in, Ainop have no writings, mo records of their | past, no aspirations. They are i of | advancement. After a ce: of the malss cre so completely covered with hair that their bodies can hardly be seen. | ing upright in the ashes, contain deadly shaft enters its body. | etables they depend partly upon the produce of | small patches of and partly upon the natural pre | every house. Cooking is done in an iron ket | seribable stew }@esh and fowl, and the roof is thatched with reeds. There is » small opening just below the apex of the roof in front, through which the sm pes. The floor is made of boards raised somewhat above the ground and always covered withdirt. A visitor | is the receives a clean mat, which is sprend on the floor for his accommodation. The fireplace, in the middle of the interior, is a n about five feet by three, filed — Fee on — smoky fire fitfully lights loomy room. In an iron pot of Japanese make suspended above the fire food is continually cooking. Dried fish and strings of roots hang in festoons preserved for winter food. A window at the back of the dwelling admits the only light. The beamsand rafters are covered with s thiek coating of shiny black soot. At night s large, fist mussel shell, supported on a threg-forked stick stand- lighted wick and fish oil, giving a feeble rlumination. ‘Old women who have survived the affection of their relatives very commonly in tent- shaped structures made of poles covered J ese straw mats, having for the sake h dogs as companions, with which they curl up among the filthy rags. In every Aino house the northeast corner is the place where the family treasnres are stored, and these are mostly articles of Japanese manufacture, rome of them very old, having been handed down from father to son. Of these Japanese swords are most highly prized, afte: which come lae- quered cups for drinking. HOW GAME 18 HUNTED. Wild beasts, sach as bears, deer and foxes, abound in the forests of Yezo, while the sea Yields an a nee of fish. The Ainos are brave hun i they derend largely "pen the for food and winter clothing. The bears, which are of the same species as the grizzly bear of North America, are large and dangerous. At certain sem they do not hesitate to attack man, even entering his dwell- i eh of food. The ferocious brutes fearlessly aseniled with bows and arrowa. Large ani ils, like the bear, are always hunted with poisoned arrows; hence it is not necessary that the Lows should be very powerful. If the arrow only penetrates the skin it is snficient | li the creature. Wherever bears abound re made dangerous to travelers by | t bows with poisoned arrows, 80 ar- numer AINO GIRL EMBROIDERING. ranged that when a bear or other animal treads upon a cord the arrow is released and the HOW THE ARROWS ARE POISOxED, The poison is obtained from the young roots of the plant which produces the aconite of the pharmacopeia. They are gathered in summer and dried, during which process the roots which contain the active poison become softer, while the others grow harder. ‘The former, after removal of the skin, are rubbed between two stones to a pasty mass. There ig no further preparation, this material being spread directly apon the arrowheads: The poison preserves its activity for five months. In every it i prepared only bya few old men who have had experience in the art. It is sald that a bear wounded by an arrow thus ned runs at the farthest not more than 206 yards before falling dead. FISH AND VEGETABLES. The roe of the salmon is dried by the Ainos and is much prized by them for food. For veg- ‘ound carelessly cultivated ta of the soil. Lily roots dried on strings are fonnd in with @ wooden cover, over the fireplace, ry imaginable edible substanee goes into the inde- fish, vegetable tops and roots, together—to be ladled out with wooden spoons or fished out with chop- sticks, from time te time, as one of the family requires food. Fish are also spitted before the fire on sticks, which are stuck in the ashes. The Ainos know how to make the fermented drink called “sake” from rice and =, and v4 will do almost anything to get it, drinking it to excess whenever they have a chance, After the men have drunk ps are to the women, but the latter do not get much, for the Ainos consider that sake is only made for gods and men. if LH i { i THE AINO RELIGION is a very primitive nature worship. Among their gods are the god of fire and the deities of mountain, forest, see and river. Storms are pposed to be caused by the strife of the thun- der gods, who live in the clouds. The thander swords the | found stuck in the ashes of | others here and there at convenient «j | i MARRIAGE AMONG THE AINOS. The Ainos marry early, the men at about eighveen, the women at sixteen. Polygamy is pefmitted, but not much practiced, and moral- ity between the unmarried ‘fs nos very strictly | md" — enforced. Parents usually select wives and nposed of skins of animals. For | toril f 8 a CARRYING BURDENS. je fireplace and ts on the wall of the house. They are simply whittled | sticks, with long curled shavings hanging from them.’ The great Aino festival is the so-called “bear feast,” which is celebrated in September or October, its ostensible object bein, pitiate the family of the bears for the al | of their relatives. The Ainos have good reason to respect the bear, which is @ most valuable animal to them, while on the other hand it is a dangerons enemy. At the end of the winter a young bear is cnught, placed in a cage of logs and reared in the villnge. At rst at is suckled by the wife of the captor and afterward it is fed with fisb. THE BEAR FEAST. By autumn the bear has grown quite big and strong, and then its owner gives « costly feast, at which great quantities of sake are consumed. He assumes all the expense, inviting his rela- tives and friends. The guests wear their best clothes, which are frequently fine old Japanese garments. It is a comic picture to see a Worthy Aino in along silk gown, richly deco- rated with embroidery, which may have served years before in the wardrobe of a Japanese sing- ing or dancing girl. After feasting for many hours the men crush, the bear to death by lay- i its body and mounting upon it, lowing day, feasting and drinking still going on, the animal is cut up and ite liver is eaten, the ‘blood being caught in cups and greedily drunk. On the third day the feah and entrails are devoured, and finally the skull is stuck upon the ‘“‘enered hedge,” which is an embellishment attached to every dwelling. —— Written for The Evening Star. Mars. ‘When Ninus reigned in Nineven And Babylon lay ‘neath the stars And Menes ruled o'er Egypt's plain And bold Serostris waged his wars, Who were this world's own people then? Why have they gone.and left no sign? Alas, thos: hordes of mortal men ‘Were thou and J, and thine and mine! ‘Then lay the mother down to rest Close by the babe her bosom fed, And children played beside the Nile And maids were wooed and women wed; Aud shone the bright As yrian moon In silvery sllence o'er the earth, As the hot blood in myriad hearts Ran quick and light with love and mirth. Five thousand years, and thus again! Five thousand years and mortals will Look up in revery ‘That sails aloft in spl And ask, “Who throng that blood red orb?” And wonder why they make no sign; ‘While the rich life in giad young hearts Will leap aud glow like sparkling wine. Will the worlds thus forever roll, And generations come and go, Au when great Menes sat enthroned And grim Serostris scourged his toe? ‘Who'll be our earth's own people then When we, too, die and leave no sign? ‘Alas, these hordes of mortel men Are thou and 1, and thine and minet —Daviv Gramau Yarrow Farm, Laurel, Md, A\ ae. = ——o——— A Little Hard of Hearing. From the London Daily Telesraph. A great deal of merriment bas just been ex- cited in one of the Paris law courts owing to the very odd answers given by a defendant to the questions addressed to him by the Judge. The family of which he wasa momber was ‘of a.dog which had been bitten. As [Pras believed to be affected with tables orders had been given to destroy the animal, One of his kinsfolk who was examined before he was called declared that she had preferred to ‘‘lose” ths dog; #0 one mornin, ired to the hailes, got among a crowd and made the font of ad way home, leaving the poor beast to look after itself, When the on her conduct in thus turning a “which was reputed to be mad” loose on society she quietly replied: “It had only been bitten.” It the family.” The jodge bogan hy inquiring wy the family. ju n by ing why he had not killed the dog, “I beg your mon president, sheecan't come on account of her Kealth!” wus the answer which he received. “What, the dog?” asked the judge, much puz- zled. ‘Yes,and here is the doctor's certifi- cata,” Explosions of Inughter broke out in cou which increased when the defendant prod a pocket book and took therefrom a piece of paper, which was handed to the judge, who ex- elaime: hat do you want me to do with * re you “ reply." 8 sore re was a renewed exhibition of inished reply a throat.” The sughter | Judge snimadverted | om CAMPAIGN MUSIC. theses Songs That Were Sung in Gen. Har Tigon’s Grandfather's Time, LOG CABIN AND HARD CIDER. The Party Slogan of That Exciting Perioa— A Know, Neththg Senstor—Some Notable Bronte in This City Over Fifty Years Ago— ‘The Neglect of Forrest's Greve. HE ANNOUCEMENT of the death of Mr. An- thony Kennedy of Mary- land, who served aterm im the Senate of the United States from 1857 Come } VW NDE nedy was elected by the te) 05) kuow nothings, who PEST controlled the logisia- . after taking his seat in the Senate he became a democrat and during his term acted with that party. In the Senate at that time were Messrs. Crittenden and Gar- rett Davis and Sam Houston, John Bell and Andrew Johnson. John B. Henderson of Mis- sissippi and James Harlan of Iowa are, I think, dered here with much pleasure. He was very popwar and was one of the most genial geutle- ‘@ general favorite, indeed. His brother, the Hom John P. Kennedy, who was Secretary of the Navy, died some years ago. Col. Win. 'P. Wood, wito was an original know nothing, tells me at the last secret convention held by that party the determination was to strike, out tbe religious feature of the ritual and devote tho efforts of the party to the reform of the naturalization laws. While the subject was being debated a member from a New England state proposed a free-soil plank, and it was bit- terly opposed by Parson Brownlow of Tennes- see.” Tie introduction was tho entering wedge which severed the party, and that was the last general convention of the purty. The Ameri- can ticket was run in the campaign of 1856 with Mr. Fillmore as the candidate and contributed to the success of Mr. Buchanan. CAMPAIGN MUSIC. This campaign has not yet developed any musical propensities. It is rather early, but the political rhymester will soon be around, I resume, as a campaign without singing would a very dull affair. My memory of the cam- paign of 1840 is of the ‘songs, the coon skins, the log cabins, the hard cider and the joes The meetings, especially in the: rural districts, and the large meetings im the cities, attended by delegations coming for miles in large bodies, in huge wagons, and the log cabins on wheels, drawn by strings of horses, were the modes adopted for displaying the ‘enthusiasm which resulted in the election of Gen. Harrison. was shown a log cabin song book a day or two ago, and many of the songs remember. |The “hat” figured in that campaign, fifty-two years | ago, as it figures now in cartoons and One of the songs on the hat worn by Gen. Har- Tison was, as these few Bnes will show, @ par- ‘ody on a popular song: | was now Je used to aa; | The ‘best ainong’ the Gesnocrate wore Tiersicon and lay. The Locos now assume the nane—a title most untrue, And most unlike their party name, when this old hat was new.” In the old book are “Up Salt River,” “Uncle Sam and His Fiddlers” and a glee, “The Office Holder's Parting,” to the beautiful air of “A Boat, a Boat to Cross the Ferry.” The book is embellished with “The Old Hat,” “Fort Meige” and a jug of hard cider. = Here is another song to the air of “The Fine Old English Gentleman: “Tl sing you now anew whig song, made to a good Of 2 dnd trtie-bearted gentleman, all of the olden ime: * By birth ana blood, by kith and kin, a good true whig was be For his father signed the cha?ter that made our country free." ‘The book is dedicated ‘‘to those who repel with scorn the tory sneers that Mr. Harrison lives in log cabin and drinks bard cider.” hen Gen. Harrison was nominated some democratic paper said he was an old granuy, lived in a log cabin and drank hard cider. whigs took that sneer as a battle cry and jit echoed through the country. Log cabins Tose like magic, with coon skins hung on the outside, and a barrel of cider and a gourd hung by the side of it. There wasa very large log cabin on the intersection of 9th street and Mar- ket space, where meetings were held and songs sung all throngh the campaign. The campaign of 1944 was a masical one, The late Prof. John H. Hewitt was the musical di- rector and composed many songs sung by our famous glee club, We had « fail orchestia led by Mr. Eckloff. Iecan't remember the others, except Dr. McCleary, who played the violon- cello. Mr. Clay was almost idolized here, where he had spen®@o many years of his life, and was known by everybody. The enthusissm for him was unbounded and. our songs, “Rally, Whigs! Rally, Whigs!” resounded through the streétsand opened and closed our meetings. There. were a good many humorous composi- tions which hit at the events of the day. The Fv ae with us ine modised form, and when john Tyler left his whig friends and went over to the democrats the disease when it affected » whig wasknown as “the Tyler grip,” and a song, which was very popular, began: “The Tyler rip has got us all, Wald, Be Clee wilt Soto aoe tal. don't ah = Peer Jour duds end start for ‘Twas Texas killed Mr. Clay;he wrote one letter too many. The campaign of 1948 was filled with military enthusiasm, and in 1852 the nomination was received with distrust in’ the south and at the north and west coldly. Music has always accom- nied in some way the meetings, but never to e extent which marked the campaigns of 1840 and "44. ‘THOSE DRAMATIC PORTRAITS. Acorrespondent asks me if I am not mis- taken about the painter of the dramatic por- traits which embellished the boxes of the American Theater. I examined the National Intelligencer of September, 1835, and among the advertisements a very lengthy one of Mr. Alexander McKenzie, the mayor. I find the painter was Joseph Wood, jr., a very fine artist, whom I knew well. The talent of his father had been transmitted to the son, but want of industry and almost ference to the great talent he ‘had inherited was the cause of his want of success. He es miniatures on ivory beautifully, for a picture Joe wasidle. I find a description of the paintings by Mr. John Cranch, showin, that they included scenes from “Henry IV,” wi Falstaff and Prince Hal; the wedding scene from ‘Much Ado About Nothing,” ‘Othello and ona;” the storm scene in “ " “Shylock and Antonio” in the “Mer- of Venice;” the tent scene in ‘Ric! III,” the gbost scene in “Hamlet, a “The Tempest” and ‘‘Romeo and Juliet.” ‘A long description and quotations from the scene appear in the National I . The Portraits are very highly commended. That vexed question is now settled. SOME NOTABLE EVENTS. ‘While looking up the above I find riotice of dinner given to Sir Charles Vaughan, the British minister, and the invitation is “at Wm. A. Bradley, mayor; Virgil Maxcy, Com- maodore Isaac incey and Mr. Seaton. The dinner took place at the National Hotel on the searere | it HL : f | di €. sti q | : f f ‘I a , [ 8 & & i i f : the only survivors. Mr. Kennedy is remem- | Se: at while the money lusted which he obtaiped | Blank. landscape . ‘THE OLD WAVERLY BOOK STORE. As carly as this Frank Waverly book elit i ji a ; Serta i? 5 g & NEGLECT OF YORREST'S GRAVE. Tam surprised and pained to hear of the con- dition of the grave of Edwin Forrest, who was buried in the old church yard of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church on 8d street below Walnut, in Philadelphia. A few days ago some friends’ visited it and found it shamefully neglected—the marble slab discolored and crumbled with age and almost hidden beneath the leaves of last autumn, which had fallen upon it from the surrounding trees, It was difficult to decipher the inscription on the tomb, which told it was the dreary abode of the great tragedian’s mother, sisfer aud other members of the family. The last inscription on the mar- ble block was that of Forrest himself. His name, date of birth and death—nothing more; no epitaph, no inscription; nothing but he plain fect of the ‘day of his birth and death. This seems shameful, considering the large fortune Mr. Forrest left in the hands of Mis executors. Had’ Jamon Oakes of Boston lived, who was one of his true friends and an executor, he would not have al- lowed such neglect of the resting place of the greatest American actor, who left his large for- tune to found a home for the aged and infirm of that profession of which he was the head. The surviving executor, Daniel Dougherty, re- sides in Philadelphia and oughgto be aware of the alleged neglect. MR. STONE'S BUILDINGS. In the death of the venerable Mra, Wm. J. Stone Washington loses one of its oldest inhabi- tants, Iean remember Mr. and Mrs. Stone from my earliest years. They lived in one of the large houses Mr. Stone built on the corner ‘of D and 11th streets,but removed to the house next to the china store on Pennsylvania avenue between 12th and 13th streets, where they lived for many years, Mr. Stone purchased a large tract of land at the head of 14th. street and for many years resided there. When he built his residence there the Columbian College was the only building in the neighborhood, and beyond it. “across the road to the north of it. was the Washington race course. The large residences, one on the corner of F and lath streets and the one adjoining on 14th street, where Mrs. Stone died, has been the residence of the family for some years. The large houses, very large at the time they were built, on the corner of D and 1ith streets, had various tenants and experiences. My first memory of thom as a ‘was when the print- ing office of Col. Peter Force occupied one or both of them, and there he published the Na- tional Journal, the organ of Mr. John Quincey Adums, When the cholera Washington | \ they were used as a hospital, @hd I can remem- ber the loads of dead victims of that scourge that were hauled to potters’ field from there, Joux F. Core. HOW WAS BABY WARNED? The Child Said That Saw His Father Killed. From Harper's Weekly. Among the many curious instances of seem- ing second sight may be placed the following incident of that saddest tragedy of modern days—the death of Custer and his gallant fol- lowers: The love existing between Capt. Blank and his blue-eyed, golden-curled boy, little “Buster,” the pet and darling of the whole garrison, was something to be remembered. Wherever the tall, soldierly figure of the young father was to be seen, unless on duty, that of the. child was sure to be close beside, sometimes riding on his father's shoulder, sometimes to his hand, always lifting to his eyes full of passion- ate love and content, When the dre:ded day came that was to sepa- rate those fearless men from the women and children who loved them Buster could hardly be torn from his father, and my husbandtold me that long after the child's shriek of utter misery, unchildlike in its intensity, reng in his ears, For some days the command had marched jscrosa the low, purple hills, out of reach of loving eyes, Buster and pined. But he was a child, aud th» old childish gayety came back to his eyes, and his ‘ugh, which reag ons a8 happily as ever, almost jarring upon his young motber’s ear. One warm June day at Fort Lincoln Mra. Blank sat sewing in ber tiny and ti rushed in ling, hair ible return. rough the open “Mamma, flying. f ‘8 s'ooti hie ‘volver! T heard him!" P®P* pe he shout “Did you, darling?” his young mother said, stooping to kiss the little flushed, eager: face. “How very nice! I wiah he could come home and s'got it. Don't Pe ads «| on, me, “Tm sure I Suddenly door, eyes 7 pkg want Papa, dot hia? § "em all and zen he'll tome | in It Must Comn.—We shall to shoot the ‘The Reeulte of Conversations With | ,octmasser of this tows cad ve shall bare te dodge the issue in every possibte way, but it ‘Will not be dodged Two years ago. when be - ‘was appointed, we stated thet he was testotally FLATTER THEIR CONCEITS. | TarPeotie we sighed wat be wes teeny Tt wasn't three months before we had to shoot BeGood Listeners and Let Mon Talk of Them. | bit in the shoulder im the interests of our sub- eclves—Mere Beauty Will Net Held Mea, but Women Must Have Tact and Bretas to ‘Be Successful With Them, —o——— HE EVENING STAR A ing men about her is marked, sume up the whole secret in the one word flettery. She says of putting bird Li branches of a tree fn order to catcl rly bear, and conversely it wonld be far’ to sat a bear trap in ‘He will see your trap at once and he | within a day or two there | wil dectine to atep foto it and he will avoid you | Will either be a new editor of this ore! ever afterward. Nor will it avail you any! | new postmaster in caanty on Eyed ave to offer a of flattery tos nature so gross | nue. that it can only taste it when it is offered in pounds, FIND OUT HIS AMBITION. But just take the sensitive man, and, by skill- falquestioning, find out what his ambition {s, and then gently lead up to itand gethim to talk about it, Express ignorance of thes.bject, but mildly disagree witht what he sayss thea having drawn him out, finally express conviction that he is Sot San eran and he 20 with hi self that he will be thoroughly pleased with you. Above all things listen to him when he talks. This ia a kind of iattery that is very necessary to success, and remember, too, thst notwithe standing all that has becn said about women’ tongues, men are naturally great talkers, and a man is silent only because he wants some one to draw him out and to listen to him, Of course these remarks don't apply to the boobies who wear clothes and look like men, but who haven't any brains and are no better than automata. If you think it is worth while pleasing the latter class youcan do it by admiring their clothes and asking them about the tailors of the city, but you will have todo all the talking, simply se talking involves an expression of ideas and they haven't got any ideas to express. FLATTER HIS WEAKNESeES. And there is another thing that must be re- membered in making the effort toplease man, He is a selfish and conceited animal and must be managed accordingly. Not that he is any | more and conceited than the general run of women, but a woman hides her selfish- | ness and conceit, w a lord | \ of creation, doesn't mind showing For | this reason you must know in what partchlar | way his conceit manifests itself and should | trea: him accordii has a weakness for riding a bicyele or playing base ball and a positive strength for arguing law cases and transacting business comes under your notice don’t flatter him about the matters he is strong in and has succeeded in, but about those he is weak in. To recommend catering to his is perhaps to pui the matter | too positively, but you must do something to lease him with reference to those weaknesses. ‘ou see, what he is strong in he is recognized as being strong in, and heknows just how much | he is worth in it. 'For instance, you may meet a historian who is known asa great historian | and who bas a high rank in that of literature. and that historian may | havea weakness for writing poetry which no} publisher will print. If you want to thoroughly | plsese this man don’t taik about his histories him, for he knows they are good, but ask | ly. a man who} tollet you see some of his and tell him youhave heard them highly of. ‘There is no better example of the truth of this ride in what a man.does not do well than old Bcero Manel, whe wee a grest sent bare horribly bad poet, yet be persisted in writing poetry and fell completely under tho influence of Julius Cesar at one time, because Cesar ad- | walred one of his pooms—an incident. by the | way, that better illustrates Cesar’s diplomatic | talent than his veracity, for he was man of taste and he knew bad poetry when he aw it Any woman of tact can do with the ordinary man she mects what Cesar did with Cicero. BEAUTY AND BRAINS IX WoMAN, in love with her if she is beautiful, and are not of such transcendent consequence in maki her with men. No rules can be down for making men fall in love with you. A beautifal young girl who is simply vivacious snd good aatared wil nearly always be sur- rounded by men, but how many of these men are her friends? ’ Has she i Be* | ‘The poeta speak of—never mind— } = 5 ik i eH peak Hueee | Nor give u second glance of the eye. ‘That wilts us men who suffer s0, ‘Is more’n I understand or know! But alace they have, as made express, Why should the girls go aping, then, ‘The foolish ways and dress of men? ‘Wilt wear suspenderst—oh, and mett, ‘The shirt for comfort is one whilk, Is made of cotton and of stk, ‘Worn loose and open as the throat, ecribera, Four months later we felt it our duty to shout bim again to expedite the mail service. ‘Ninety days since we got the drop on him again, ‘and but for his promises of reform we should it he hl Hl & Ld ie £ is i i - 3 i . iE eH g | of the | taain walk. whole lot isa beautiful grass | plot, with trees. shrubs and flowers in profasion and a white picket fence surrounding the lot. ‘The total cost up to date bas been about @1,000, but touriste who have traveled in every countr declare that they have seen to begin with it, We belie i where in Idaho who has # private graveyard | with three graves in it, but we have told that he killed his victims with a pickax while | they were drunk. | lithograph representsa full moon shining down upon our p. g. and ing out every | detail as clearly as if seen under the noonday sun. A sort of halo is thrown upon each grave, and the trailing arbutus and blossoming violets produce a softueas of detail which goes right to the heart of the beholder. a Written for The Evening 8'ar. Warm Weather Dress for Men: Kesp Cool. AS men, we in the sweltering heat Of dog days, most aduire the neat And tasteful dress, the fowlag curl Of ber you call the “summer gir.” As summer's morning calm a2d cool, Off to the beaches, out of school, And drest in muslin, surah, lawn, Over the shoulders decent dri What prettier sigat on earth to see, For an old fellow, say, like me? Ou Saturday eves, at almost dark, I've watched her coming from the park By twos and threes, but seldom gone Single an@ sole there sauntering on, To loungers at the clud she shows Accompanied by beau or besax! ‘They whisper to her, as to trees, ‘The soft susurrus of the breere— ‘To whith she listens, maybe, hark! The band’s last strain —sut of the park Forth streaming homeward come the girls, Mixed with the “baser sort,” the churis, And let them go—we pass them by, But see that delicate creature there, Her pertect pose, her well-bred air; Her clear-cut Grecian face and bend, Blue ribvon, and red rose in hair, Now, love defend us! aye, defend Fromm her whom Cariyie calls, for éress, “White-muslin promenaderess!” She is more sweet than Suckling’s “Bride,” Whom all the swains tn country-side ‘Went mad for, when they pleased to note How, round her bordered petticoat, Her “small feet” timid, thereabout, “Like little mice went in and out.” But yonder girl, stately and tail, Whose hands and feet, indeed, are small, Has them—her feet, of course, amia Her attiris encased in dressed white kid. Seeming, perhaps, a little bold, This aristocratic maid, and cold, Is yet 's creature, you determine, From top to toe as pure as ermine! How cool she is! without excess, Perfect and fauitiess in her dress, ‘She's charming as a Muse, or Grace, And hence, you hold, of Grecian rece, * ‘Two thousand yeare ago, the girls Ot Greece dressed much like our own girls; Save and except the “virgin zone,” ‘The maiden belt was bigher shown, For then, tight lacing was unknown: But in its general designs, Dress had the same soft flowing lines; And in hot climates—anyeh like ours ‘The past few weeks—in Grecian bowers, The ladies wore that “woven wind” After a “plunger” im the pool, The object, then, was “to keep cool!” Hoy girts accomplish this great feat Of “keeping cool” in sweltering heat A cool and comfortabie éress, dough above them, with now and then a soft liquid note. An tnvimbic katy. did emitted ite raepiag nowe a! loag i::0rvals Otherwise it was portectly still. “About Jack and Carrie, you know, Sine.” The girl with green saspenders was inter. ~ "she ly rejoined. “What “rr Ths gedwie roll bows raised, hotmail oo ‘postare. iy, they've had « falling ont.” “wel wat toTBe Stel with green euspenders grew thought “Of course,” she observed, musingly, “their married. oriole took wings at that juncture, while katy decided not to emit any more Teep ing noise for the present. — —— ‘The German Trout as a Game Fish. Prom the American Ausier. During our brief visit to the Beaverkill we have been fortunate in taking two small spect mens of the German or brown trout, and is netting for our stream companion, Mr. SH, Newkirk of Monticello, N. ¥.. one that weighed nearly - pound. We found these tub defective in fighting qualities as compared with ou native trout. When landing the fine ~ by Mr. Newkirk we were both in doubt as The the of the electtic-like dashes of our own brook Y, fighting more like the alert chub of this ee with lose vivacity. We we: ore »\ at the lack of jaalitios the brown trout, because of bie laudation of them found in English works of angling fish te decidedly deficient m muscular power, Which fact is very evident, not only when hand! in the water; but when taken in band to extract F man trout was, one of half a pound will so con tort and contract his muscles in his efforts for freedom that a strong grip is necessary wo hold it. None of this power was exhibited by the “Dutchman” when taken out of the net, inte Shich he was passed quickly after being hooked, The two emailer eight-inch fish caught on our rod took the fly under the surface, like the one, and were slow in action, exbibiting no “skittishness” whatever. It is just posable ng hove Gah from | foreign fected their gume qualities, taken piace, as a condition is eaid to occur with our fontinalis ia English waters. ee Why She Takes Them All. Prom the New York World. Dolly —“Have you heard how Sadie is getting along?” Moily—“She's better. She's taking seven Gifferent patent medicines.” Dolly—“Merey on us! And are they all doing her good?” Moily—“No; only owe is.” Doi ‘hen why doesn't she leave off the —“Bhe's afraid to. She dosn't know which one it is.” Gee Presence of Mind. From the New York Herald She (scorntully)—""Why do you wish to prow Pose to me?” He (aoeing that the case is hopelese)—“Oh, I rather pitied you.” ‘The Bear and the Sommer Girl; or, Prace tee Makes Perfect.