Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1893, Page 12

—_— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY. J. a, © which all ears waited. Then Ingalls, A CHANGED SEN ATI Familiar Faces That Will Be Missed | $hstorece’ the" lentene am ‘ nnexpired term. of Senator Next Session. human steam engine whose ability = ed_out ‘by Bishop W. Perkins, a trond. | sm atta \ j soppy (experience and ability, but the | torial toga. oe DEMO o BOD) al that” Kenses | H - with h which she | of F nduces « Twenty-nine Sen Wit cf bis re-election. Another striking figure tha Hegin With Congress— Will be sincerely regretted is that of “Uncle eee se caw Philetns Sawyer of Wisconsin, whose ample er nny Sans © girth contains such a rare kindliness of spirit Measnres—Who Will Come Back and Who | that b hy oven. the année ‘ghathica oF Wilt Vor i Lopponents. Since he took his seat n ABS] Senator Sawer bas proved the earnest- anism many times. He is hful members of the Senate isl pride in the few vacancies his name at roll call. Alger- national pure food bill cham- wka, will be swept away by the swhich are pouring over the tural states of the west. of his repub! m Neb agr AbES JAMES TAULENER. tawny-haired Warren of Wroming, who was bung in efigy by an irate silver constituency raring to vote against unlimited coinage. | | He drew the short term when Wyoming war ad- | | mitted to statehood, bat bae been recognized al and active possibility in national | DAWES WILL RE MISSED. | t retirement will be that of the or who succeeded Charles | has served his state at Wash- the Thirty-fifth Congress. To | + Dawes now it is hard to realize ant of national work that be bas | . Every Indian village has heard | Dawes’ name, hile the nomenclature of | The Great Fath Washington is hardly | . ile was the recognized authority on | ot years before experts from | 1 up to the last 1 nt the head But Dawes si flsirs. His ti two bran: Tens t the time axe Dawes was one 5 figures in Congress, events of that period he hos sustamed through lowed. IN ricer. | the x ‘¥ committee | Hiwwley has stood behind such es as he deemed best calculated to administer the affaire of the military forces make them most effective fe bas prove commit vin known, tead of pence it hat would have time 'o the republicans, } ilante Senator from wi Hie + made a re- | member. be missing. Is itself trembling on the verge | tic rauks. Senator Stanford bas that the state which he suppo-ed in the hands of the republi- ing the other way as far as ntation goes. Felton, the whom Stanford placed in | George Hearst's shoes, is compelled to | t. Stanford himself is nearly | has not been robust for | ty years old | several years. If ae: | now California might add auother to the demo- ford will regard this phase of the pos it 2 Se sarki ae hE ct eg een | Lenore euticleulybritast nnd thre “cat fo \ | to the Vice President's desk to take | Bim todeposit his ex-gabernatorial 300 pounds in 4 oath o But Stanford is not the only republican Sen: tor who will find it a mournful march. Mai ferson wee the rey nu vo e of this state in the Sen. + | ate divided with a democrat or third party man. Cari of Wyoming will be apt to bi nsor for a democrat. ave to stand | ie While thie division of re cteda new | Obio | resentation in the pels exeh member to attend more strictly MATTHEW STANL vguay ad where formerly rats could take | hts, in waich- lors will, be | the time. With jority that would exist in. the ourth Congress it will render ¥ exacting. Il be democratic in its or- | almost a foregone conclusion. democrats have practically y added a ut Wyoming. nt ind re or tw ly on lo n now sttuat be gh it looks demo- ns and is almost | ublicans, may etill be | publicans by any chance win, Fra: en. Whom ocrats and populists will decide upon is ped in a In North Dakota isa contest over Senator Lyman Case: asif the next federal Senate would organize | about as follows: Democrats, 44; republicans, | | 39: populists, 5. In this case the vote of Vice | | President Stevenson would be the deciding | ballot in case the populists and republicans vote together. This roll call, however, | umption that ‘the demo- | Montana and the popnlists secure the Senator “_ | it Katwas and Nebraska. mmene a along with the ix " as will also | 4 the real} Wu, Stew- > will the ch side Stan eonapic aes pero Amoag thine w eck. the pond ered & saw oy 2 retirem nt | leaves New York in a ba position. The empire +tate, which ha mted by he first pagnitu te ai legialn- ‘chamber sinee the formation for the first tme in its i by men practically f that state. The senier Benator has served but one year, Yeat time bas hardly been prese ugh to learn bis way around the Capitol or learn the mames of the chairmen of the Senate commit- tees, 1 WENRY CABOT LopGR. When Senator Hoar prese:ts to the clerk of the Seuate the certificate of the election that creates Senator Cabot Lodge in place of Senator Ee ambition and of Hoar'’s panei Sates now. Lodge ey ‘element in Maren in Congress has made euasous 1s xamuas. iit - More radical thax any other is the change in| horn the beaten the personae! of state representa.ion from Kan- | chusetts and his a year ago was | him the like orator, whose scathing words | probable new Senators Lodge is echoed from ocean to geean in the ears of a/ One who has any great reputation, unless it tering public, was succeeded by Peffer, | should happen that Congresaman Bryan of Ne- cannot even be beard by | braska should succeed Paddock. Even he, ho' The | ever,cannot be said to have attained Lodge's Plumb, the | reputation Lodge was defeated twice before to | he succeeded in reaching Congress, but once work equaled that of two ordinary men, was) there he has found apparently little difficulty rops and cyclones, portends a failure | 20 initiation into the methods of the Senate, as | In Wisconsin John L. Mitchell, who has been | aan who will be missed {s the | thorough business | ator it can be taken | out the unex ccessor bad to be elected | thé legi-lature met, in hopes that body would nate, Governor Stan-| months of the six yi { office will, be an unpleasant prome | the senatorial chair. But Mr. Mills was ¢ Nebraska will wale up to the desk to | OM Successor Mr. Hogg will try hard to pre- }is noted, It is too early to predict what aspect ks to the wivantage of both parties | the Senate will present in the Fifty-third Con- | chair his lows from the list will be more than | balance | $12,000,000. | have to be con | on the roll. the ith | will carr; | will hard | dark hor-es that m erSenator to their able discussion arose yesterday over the selec- | the proposed title was rejected. After discuss With the‘evidence at hand it looks altogether | ™4¢Pe™ elect che Senator in Wyoming and | “Per! logical candidate. The force bill, hich bore his name, gave him fame, and of the really the only in attaining his ambition, which waa sera- He has served as a member of the committees on naval affairs and clection sident and Vice President, and will need he has already studied them. In the Fifty-third Congress Masanchusetts will therefore be represented by Lodge, whose name the force bill bore, and by Senator Hoar. In West Virginia Senator Charies J. Faulkner is experiencing some opposition. Representative W. L. Wilaon, who was the pe manent chairman of the Chicago convention, ulso a candidate for the senatorship, and ix the most Likely candidate opposed to, Mr. Faulkner. Representative in the House for one term, would like, it is enid, to go to the Senate in place of Senator Sawyer. Mr. Mitchell ia ex- tremely wealthy, a man of great culture and a man. At one time he was looked on as a. good candidate for the vice presidency, and his name was repeatedly heard in connection with a cabinet position. THE SITUATION IN DELAWARE has a bit of piquancy about it. Senator George Gray naturally isa candidate for re-election, but he is also considered a cabinet probability. Senator should be elected on Januar: and o far, if Mr. Gray knows, he has not yet given any signs whether he is to be in the cabinet or in the Senate. If Mr. Gray is not elected Sen- settied that he bas been | EUGENE MALE. tendered and has accepted a cabinet position. | Mr. Gray will not give any sign, it is expected, | until the caucus meets, as hie favorsex-Seeretary | of State Bayard as bis successor in the event of | his own unavailabi Thero is, however, | another candidate than Mr. Bayard in ihe person of Edward Martin, « shrewd and skillful poli- ne’ In toceur until ion bas been at heatever since the state leg- | tic three years ago. hax been regarded as the leading candidate up to the last fortnight. Sen- | ator Mills of Texas is obliged to conduct a} lively fight for re-election, as the opposition of | . Hogg has proved uncomfortable for | Hogg appointed Chilton Senator to fill ed term of Senator Reagan until nuary 24. ‘The fight ning on with g1 him. UEORGE wuss elect Mr. Chilton to terve the remaining eleven ‘8. Then Mr. Hogg ex- ted Mr. Chilton to consider his crown of ted to serve the eleven months instead of Mr. Chilton. Nevertheless the retiring governor nursed bis boom and while Mr. Mills will probably be his vent it and may succeed. A BODY OF MONIED MEN. Asa body of monied men the present Senate gress, but every indication is that therp will be little falling off in its wealth, Senator Sawyi is one of the wealthiest men who retires, b Congressman John L, Mitchell tills Saw art if rs s Mitchell isreputed tobe worth nearly Stockbridge’s wealth may not 1 out, but if it isn’t continued | possessions of ex-Gov. Luce,the | , Will make little show at filling farmer candid: AS TO DIPLOMACY sec scart eotcrks Way of Work and Play. STARS AND GARTERS. | More Ornamental Than Usefal—Social and Business Duties of Ministers—The Secre- taries Butterilies of Fashion—Pay of Diplo- mats—Privileges Which They Sometimes Abuse. P, AS 1S PREDICTED, the pope sends a nuncio to represent the holy see at Washington, a picturesque figure in ,gold-embroidered offi- cial robes will be added to the brilliant picture which tne assembled diplomats compose on state occasions. After all, thess foreign gen- tlemen are here largely fer ornamental pur- poses. The British minister, Sif Julian Paunce- fote, for example, resides at the legation ou the corner of Connecticut avenue and N street principally to act as@ means of communica tion between thia capital and London. There is no reason, except tradition, why Secretary of State Foster and Lord Rosebery should not transact all business between the two nations directly. Before the days of the telegraphic cables and quick mails diplomacy was a science Lie tied great ability, but now tl responsi- bility resting upon anagent of a government «broad has been reduced to almost nothing. The latter has no Iatitude for individual action, and he never does anything of importance on hie own responsibility. He simply transmits messages to and fro. No EXACTING WoRK. So far as work is concerned the position of = foreign minister plenipotentiary at Washing- ton is not at all exacting. He sends dis- Patches now and then to his home govern- ment and from time to time addresses communications to our own Secretary of State. Such communications ars called “‘notes.” Some- times they are on official business, while ocea- sionally they are requests for rmission to Jand certain wines or other dutiable merchan- dise free of duty for the diplomat’s private use. The Secretary of State refers the matter to the Secret having been accused of being in partnership with a wine merchant. The minister could not ask the Secretary of the Treasury directly fo such «courtesy. He has no right to communi- cate officially with any officer of the govern- ent except the Secretary of State. ‘That offi- cial takes him to call on the President when he first arrives, It would beagrave breach of propriety for the minister to visit the President or write direct to him on any international business, SOCIAL DUTIES. ton are largely of social nature. Naturally his most intimate relations in that way are with the Secretary of State and high officers of that department. He calls on other officials and is called on by them in accordance with certain uawritten rules which make up the code of diplomatic etiquette. He pays the first visit to ators take the initiative in calling on bim. ‘Members of the Honse are not oxaetly in his set. It they call he returns their visit, but he would hardly invite ordinary Representatives to his entertaiments. Among the exceptions to this rule are always the gentlemen who make up the House committees on foreign affsire, with which he is anxious to keep on the best of terms, for obvious reasons. However, any resi- dent of this city who calls at the legation gets a card in return. According to established’ cus- tom the British minister gives a ball each year on the night of the queen's birthday, as well as sundry diplomatic dinners. He finds it neces- sary to keep his invitation list carefully weeded, on account of intrusive persons, who call in platoons on reception days. Lady Pauncefote soon found it desirable to abandon regular re- ception days, because the house was fairly stormed by the mob. HOW THEY CLIMB THE LADDER. There are no such gay butterflies of fashion in Washington as the secretaries attached to the various legations. They have ¢o little to do that they can devote themselves almost ex- clusively to social enjoyment. At the British ministry four of them divide among themselves the routine work, the whole of which is about enough to occupy one spry typewriter. As- sisted by two clerks, they write and copy the minister's dispatches, &c. The young men who occupy stich positions are always well Dorn and usually “well bred. They are in training for higher places in the diplomatic service. A third secretary of legation here may be promoted in regular course to be second secretary at Rio, then first secretary at Quito, next charge d'affaires at Bankok, subsequently minister plenipotentiary to Hayti, and so on fledged ambassador at the court of a great Eu- ropean power. The position of ambassador for a monarchy is the most dignified attainable by any man who has to work bis way up in the He is a little king, being regarded vacant space. Almost any of the other can- add more weulth that Sanders While Senator Paddock is not | thy he has far more than Bryan | Nebraska, who is a poor man, eould bring in. | Edward Murphy, jr., will’ figure at a higher Senator Hiscock did, but while he is considered a pretty wealthy man he nong the millionaires of the | pot Lodge is worth three or | didates woul out. enc Senate. four enator Dawes possesses and | is looked upon as a very rich man. Senator Felton of California will carry ay the fi ane | of a milli Aside from this little wealth | 1 to the will be ad ate unless among the elop in Wyoming and rth Dakota great fortunes exist. Hexny Urnicnt Praxos for rent. —— °. Gneex, Pa. ave.—Adct eo The labor party of England is holding a con- gress at Bradford, with is presided over by Mr. James Kier Hardie, member of parliament for the south division of Westham, Consider- tion of a name for the party. A proposition that it be called the socialist Inbor party met with violent objection from some of the del egutes, who aeclared that the word “socialist would bave the effect of keeping many men out of the party. The arguments prevailed and ing several other names the congress decided that the party should hereafter be known as the ent labor party. —_—__+e+___. ‘That Kipling Infan' What ails the youngster, any way,” sald Pa-in- stocking-feet. ‘I think she wants to go to sleep,” its mamma said, cr n't you let it do so, then?”said Pa-in-stock- et. you'd better walk with her,” its mamma discreet. ‘ took the blessed infant, he's s#walkin’ to an’ fro, And his side remarks are lively, though he makes ‘em rather low, And he warbles “bye-o-bye-o" In a voice of utter While s-waikin’ of the baby tn the mornin’. —Indianapolis Journal. +00 Urnicur Pranos for rent. 1225 Pa. ave.—Adet A Shorter Line to the Pacific. It is stated on good authority that active con- struction will begin on the Ggeat Northern ex- tension of the Union Pacific railway from Se- attle city to Portland within the next month. From Tacoma the road will take nearly an air | by treated in all respects as if he were a king resid- ing in a foreign coantry. An insult to him means war. It isa long road, however, from a secretary- ship of legation to the pos: of ambassador. The pay of these diplomatic small fry is very small, ax is the case with ull subordinate places in the diplomatic service of foreign nations. To get along at all they must havo private incomes. As w rule, they live modestly, not residing at the house of the minister. society, partly asa matter of expediency, de- pending on the dinners of others rather than on those which they can buy for themselves. An exception to the rule above mentivned is the Chinese legation, which has a much larger staff than any other ington. ‘There are twelve secretaries, and all of them live with the minister at “Stewart Castle,” on Dupont circle, OUR SECRETARIES ABROAD. Sceretaries of legation for the United States abroad are much better paid, receiving from $1,500 to $2,240. Their places are pretty se- cure. President Harrison has not changed more than two or three of them. But with them there is no prospect of promotion and no career ahead, so that there is not much conten- tion for the situations, Quite commonly a military attache and a naval attache are at- tached to cach legation. Uncle Sam employs such agents in London, Paris and elsewhere. {tis their business to’ gather information re- specting army and navy matters for the benefit of the home government, in order that the Intter may be acquainted with everything that is latest in offensive and defensive ma- chines and methods, &c. Their dis- patches are addressed ‘directly to the bureau of military information and the bureau of naval intelligence here, which digestallsuch material, They can adopt any means they choose for etting hold of secrets, so long as they are not Getected. That was the fatal mistake which Capt. Borup made recently at Paris, Inci- dentally he discovered the truth of the adage that it is better to be virtuous than to be found out. Foveign governments pay their diplomatic representatives of higher ranks much better than Unele Sam does. Sir Julian Pauncetote gete $30,000, a superb mansion, rent free, in Washit id a liberal allowance for enter- taining. His place ranks firstamong the British ministers plenipotentiary. Our ministers to Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia te- ceive $17,500 ann Those accredited to Spain, Austria, Italy, China and Japan are paid $12,000. The others from $10,000 down to $5,000, the latter being considered enough for Persia, Sim and P How- ever, each diplomatic ition bill passed by Congrecs alters these matters somewhat. ‘THEY LIVE LIKE KINGS. line and will be fully five hours shorter in time than the Northern Pacific. pied le 0 I A Royal Gift to the Toreador. From the San Franciseo Chronicle. The queen regent of Spain saw a bull fight recently for the first time. Accompanying were the King of Portugal, Queen Amelie and if Dawes it will mark the consummation of | i: to the toreador the Infanta Isabelle of Spain. bee Bm ely Sarg wad eens Mezzantini upon the infuriated king rose from his seat and pulling out ‘The British ambassador at Paris gets $45,000 ‘year, a palace to live in and $100,000 a year for entertaining and incidentals, He is ex- pected to k the style of li Sbrond aud be even haapistle ame He obtains all the consideration \d he has a right to deal directly ‘monarch of the country in the intervention affairs. If the the United, States i tb A £ i ii i eit ee i i tf Hl i i | : i ‘ | fi e ba What Foreign Diplomats Do in the of the Treasury, and the) favor is always granted. This privi- | lege is said to have been abused more tuan once, one secretary of — legation ‘The duties of a foreign minister tn Washing- | each of the members of the cabinet, while Sen- | until, perhaps, he attains the dignityef a full- | jy asan incarnation of sovereignty and | They g9 much into , , ~ ARY M, ——— 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES are ‘and Mexico. Baron Fara has always received $5,000 a year from the Italian treasury for house rent, though he has pre- ferred to economize by occupying a single room, and it is re ‘that this matter has Tecently’got him into trouble at home. THE DIPLOMATIC TOGGERY. ‘Owing to the influence of republican simplic- | ity the diplomats stationed in Washington wear | their uniforms less and less every year. They are obliged to put them on for dinners and re- ceptions at the White House given in their honor, but at the entertainments of the Secre- tary of State they appear in ordinary evening dress. From the wsthetic point of view thie 18 to be regretted, inasmuch as their official cos- fumes fre very picturesque and beautifal. That of the British minister is particularly orgeous—of white and gold, the ch Peau. ‘being held under “the arm. The ignitary who represents Chma is clad for ceremony in rich brocaded silks of bright yellow und crimson, bis cap adorned with a huge yellow diamond. The euperb and by no means unspeakable Turk is chiefly dit- tinguished by his fez, while tho minister for Corea is attired in fowing robes of white, with a bat like keeps on all the time, It must be remembered sign of respect and not the taking of it off Americans, of course, have no diplomatic uni- form, and so at court receptions in Europe the United States minister is usually most conspicuous amid the blaze cf colored garments, orders and Jewels worn | by the representatives of other nations the same time he finds himself in an inferior 0 Berane beneath fe last"of the. ambnesadore | 2nd must give place to them in everything. So faz as European diplomacy is concerned he eM@not be suid to be in it, having no share in the intrigues which underlie all international politics in the old world, SOME ARE REAL XAvOUTY. It 1s charged that the foreigners of the lega- tions are the most dissipated people in W ington, Some of the young men, while favor- ably regarded by the American girls, are looked upon with more or less disapproval by prudent mammas. Some of thom have behaved out- rageously on occasions, cheating their cred- itors, getting into drunken rows and otherwise taking udvantage of their immunity from arrest and prosecution for debt or other causes. Ac- cording to law they areentirely exempt from the jurisdiction, either civil or criminal, of United States authorities, and if anybody ventured to sue one of them for money duc, that person would bo liable toa fine and three years’ im- prisonment as a “violator of the laws of nations and a disturber of the public repose. after the close of the civil war some of the dip- lomats stationed here at that time made them- | selves exceedingly objectionable. They thought | they could do about as they pleased, and their insotence was carried to such a point that it | was necessary to check it One of them occu- | Pied a chair wt a german which belonged to somebody else, and when the hostess asked him | to vacate it, ho replied: “I decline to do so, madam, suppose that one can engage ae if it were at the theater.” In another instance a foreign secretary made an offensive remark toa young lady and then put his foot on her dress to prevent her from | getting up and leaving him. In both these cuyes the perpetrators of the acts, described | were challenged immediately to fight several duels, and they fled from the city. It was only during the last administration that two mem | bers of « South American legation made a busi- | ness of getting a girl drunk ata party by ply- | ing ber with champagne. In consequence of this affair they were recalled by theit govern- ment. Alike fate eventually befel @ miser aud beat from a sister American republic who locked up his house to keep off creditors, aid nobody, cooked his own food and # arved is family 40 that they were obliged to apply to neighbors for sustenance. jacknowledged that the foreigners have bad | Rumerons reasons wherefore they might justly complain of the people of Washington as bar- barians, At one bail which the Chinese ter gave four years ago the mob swarmed |in’and attacked the provender #0 fiercely, | throwing the emptied plates under the table, | that Le was obliged to sprinkle red pepper profusely in the dining room in order to dis- Perse the uninvited gue Even Chinese ladies are sometii hooted at when they venture out of the legation. If ench things happened to our minister at Peking we would | say that the Chinese were only benighted sav- ages any way, which would account for it. THE MODERN AMBASSADOR, In old times ambaskadors used to be sent of special occasions by one nation to another. Their residence at foreign courts is a modern custom. Louis XT is said to have originaced the practice. On sending diplomats to,repre- sent him before other governments he gave them a lesson in his own crafty methods by saying: “If they lie to you lie still more to them.” From that period diplomacy has con- sisted largely of intrigne and trickery. The Vatican particularly has always been a nest of diplomatic intrigue, where wits have contended | with wits as diamond cuts diamond. Butit isnow justly «aid that “diplomacy has got past the stage of being intellectual. ‘There was a time when a fine intellect thought important in an | ambassador; nowadavs it is enough if he can | hold his tongue and «how his teeth. Diplomats j may linger superiuous on the stage, the con- ditions which rendered them useful having sed away, but to do away with this ancient |institation ‘would be dificult. If the | United States suggested such a thing the nations of Europe would consider it an | It would seem as much as to say |no longer devire to maints | courtesy with vou.” Incidentally, it while to mention the most curious acknowledg- | ment of a treaty which this government has ever received. It was a whale’s tooth, sent as token of friendly alliance by the King of the ji Ilands. If it had been sent back, ita re- turn would have been equivalent to a ‘declara- tion of war, If the world’s fair he will stay for a while at his mother's legation in Washington, which occu- pies the only piece of British soil ‘in the United States. It ix netually alice of Great Britain over which Uncle Sam has no control nor pro- prictorship, not even having the right of emi- nent domain so fur as it is concerned. | Albert Edward will feel perfectly at home. Concealed the Truth. ‘There is no abatement whatever in the inter- | est excited by the developments in the Panama cave in Paris that have been brought to light by the skillfal questioning of President Peci- vier of the court of appeals, before whom the accused are being tried. Yesterday was the fourth day of the trial of Charles de Lesseps, Baron Cottu and M. miane and E ffl, and, as on the preceding | days, the court room was crowded. A number of witnesses were call-d to show that at the time the rosy reports were being made by the canal company the officials had | full knowledge that the reports were untrue. ond that the difficulties that were brushed aside on paper as though they were nothing were known by Lesseps and others to be insurmount- able. a Written for The Evening Star. In Winter. © world of snow, so strange and dim, QO snow-full sky, 8o gray and low, ‘O river, frozen stark atid grim, Are ye realities or no? ‘The earth is in her winding sheet, ‘The trees like swathed specters stand, ‘The houses ou the straight white street Close-shrouded rise on either hand. ‘Still hurrying troop the phantom hosts, Soundiess as they we come and go; Are we ourselves, or are we ghosts, Amid this ghostly world of snow? ENP. —-——__-+ e+ ____ An Unpleasant Outlook. From Pnek. It is absurd to seat at a dance exaggerated fly trap, which be | | that orientale regard the wearing of the bat asa | Atl sition with respect to precedence, because | Just | But it must be | now the | ince of Wales comes over to sec the | bringing wood or worrying the dog: | ing. AN INDIAN FEAST DAY in Southern California. DANCING AND GAMBLING. ‘Way of Having a Good Time. —_—_—_e Correspondence of The Evening Star. Musa Gnaxpe, Cat., Jan. 8, 1893. EARLY EVERY CATH- olic Indian vilage or rancheria in southern ‘alifornia bas its fiesta day in honor of its patron saint. Fiesta in Spanish means feast or celebration. The | | | Father Ubach, usuaily attends those in San Diego county to collect his yearly dues for christening, forgiving sins of bis flock. performing marriage cere- monies, &c. What money the Indian can spare from gambling, horse racing, drink and other | necessaries goes to the priest, who sometimes takes away as much as £100 A fiesta at any one rancheria will draw to it all the Indians They come on horseback, in broken-down buggies with the tire wired to the fell four- horse ranch wagons, buckboards, and even | afoot. Every buck brings his family if he can, | and oftentimes a big fat squaw will come in on | diminutive cayuse, with a couple of children on the pony behind ‘her and a pappoose in her arms. These fiostas usualls five @ before the saint's day and last us | many days after; Inst in fact until the Indian | haven't another nickel. FIESTA DE 6T, LOUIS, On the 25th of Inst August occurred the Fiesta de St. Louis at the Coahuilla Rancheria, in the northern part of San Diego county, and aboat forty miles from Mesa Grande, and the | writer with two companions determined to see | the show for « day or two. With that end in view we started on horseback August 24 at COAHUILLA SQUAWS sINarNo. daybreak, not waiting for anything to eat, but carrying our grub in a rack, expecting to brenk- fust later on. The das this season of the year and climbing and de- scending precipitous mountain trails is warm and tiresome work, so an effort is ma le by those obliged to travel to cover as much ground as | possible before the sun gets high, DEAD MAN'S HOLE. After making a descent of about 1,000 feet into a dark, coo! canon, we struck the level Warner's Ranch, a lurge, well-watered valley with an area of about 50,000 acres, stocked with several thousand head of wild, | zona cattle. A lope of ten more n us to a spring,cuphoniously called “Dead Man's Hole,” where we stopved terest, stake out our horses and get something to eat, which we were in good condition to enjoy after a morning ride of ‘fifteen miles. “Dead Man's Hole” ia 80 named from tne fact that a man wasfound dead | in the spring some years ago. Foul play was suspected, but the true cause was probably an overdose of San Diego tarantula juice, eausing him to lose his balance while stooping to drink from the spring. At 2o’clock we saddled up again and soon left the well-traveled road to strike off by a side trail for our destination. After several hours’ ride over mountains, through sage brueh, che- mise and greaswood. we arrived at last in the Coabuilla valley, with old Mt. San Jacinto frowning down immediately in our front, A few more miles up the valley brought us to the Indian ranch ria and the fiesta gronnds. We gave our animals, blankets and saddles over to an Indian to care for and turaed ourselves loose on a good supper prepared by a squaw who kept a restaurant on the grounds. The rincipal feature of the grounds was the long rush house or ramada forming three sides of a square and inclosing a court of about half an acre. In this ramada rooms and stalls are par- titioned off with brush, which aro rented out t gamblers, eating houre keepers, Indians, Mexi- cans and Americans indiscriminately for sleep- ing apartments, stables, vegetable and fruit stalls, &c. Hundreds of horses were picketed outside or ran loose in the pasture with riatas trailing. and a large number of vehicles of various kinds were scattered around. AN ANIMATED SCENE. As we rode up the picture was full of interest, lif. and color. The squawe, with bands of white or red cloth around their heads, on the outside of the ramada, were preparing their evening meals over campfires with frying pan and cof he girls, with ehawls thrown gracefully over head and ‘shoulders, were bringing water in great ollus (earthen water jars) nicely bal- anced on the head or shoulder." The boys were of which nd the babies were cr Dark Mexicans, with tall-crowned, broa brimmed sombreros, dashed past on their quick there were a plent MEXICAN VAQUERO. ponies at full speed, their tapideros almost sweeping the ground and spurs jangling at every movement. The Americans were stand- ing in groups discussing county politics or the cattle outlvok, ns nearly all wero stock men. The musical language of Spain was almost universally spoken. Soon the evening meal was over and as daylight faded lampe and fires were lighted in the court, around which gathered groups of Indians and Mexicans, Presently three Mexican mus: cians mounted the dancing ylatform and began playing somo of their peculiar dance music. Onesawedaway on aviolin, another beat a snare drum and the third severely punished the bass drum. All were smoking the inevitable cigur- ette. Soon dusky couples made their appear- ance on the platform and commenced dancing. which was continued throughout the night. At one place several squaws bad squatted them~ velves in front of Antone, an old. dried-a Mesa Grande buck, who was inviting the spirit of Terpsichore after the Indian fashion, "He began by tapping one bare foot gently on the ground, emitting adeep chest grant at each tap and keeping time to the almost inaudible chant of the squaws. As the night wore on he Was joined By other Indians to the number of a dozen, and as the wiérd chant of the squaws Holiday Scenes Among the Red Men within a radius of fifty or seventy-five miles. | commence four oF | ly hot at} horned Ari- | les brought | feats could have been outdone by any fourteen- | year-old school boy in the east. The would-be string attached, which is elipped over the wrist under the blanket. The men on the other side guess which hand holds the white stick. If they guess right ther count one; wrong. the | other side counts one. When all the counters areon one «ide that side wins, but it some- | times takes hours, or maybe a whole dar, to plas a decisive game where the stakes are large. ere is much science in the game as these natives play it, They endeavor by pointing first to one hand and then to the other to make the opposite Indian betray by bis facial expres- sion which Land holds the stick. When the guesser pointe with two fingers extended full length, the opposite man must show bis band, The Observance of the Patron’s Saint Day | bu! the guessers frequently try to deceive by rg | CFOoking one finger a little. and Also of Several Others—The Indian's swe approached the side holding the littie sticks were in appar- ently agonizing contortions holding their Dlauket in their teeth, bending double as with a j severe colic, grunting, shaking and twisting | in their supreme effort not to betray the where- abouts of the white stick. Finally the blanket | is dropped and the arms toided with the | closed under them. During all thie time the players grant in regular rythm, with the wierd melancholy music furm-bed by a number of squaws squatting behind them in the shadow As each side is guessed off the sticks are passed over to the others, who then develop the colicky symptoms and grant to music their own band of squaws. The me con= tinued for the participants grunting themselves. wheezy state, whil he perspiration rolled off their faces, although the night was chilly and morning showed frost on | the ground. 3UST AS LIVELY IN THE MORNING. | We retired an hour or two after midnight to j Our luxurious couch, @ little «traw in the b tom of a wagon, with blankets over us. Eve | thing was in fall blast. and we were lulled to |sleep by the confused sounds of grunting, | falsetto singing, bass drum, stamping, horses |chewing at our vars and vigorous curses i Spanish. At daylight everything was bustie nd confusion, — Indians leading horses to water, squawe preparing breakfast as indus- triously as though they had not been forcy- ours without sleep, bors yelling, mules making that soui-rending sound that ‘makes a teamster feel at home, and two-bit Mexicans Tiding on a €50 or $75 saddle with a four-bit sore-back broncho under it. ‘Tho cruelty of these people to their animale is proverbial, and we were obliged to witness | two examples of it. A «pirit-broken sorrel, hitched to the barbed wire fence, bad a sore on | its back as red as raw beef, which the sad¢ | could searcels cover. A young Moxi | pushing kis horse at full speed when he sud- denly and violently jerked bis horse back on bis haunches. j artery in The ‘cruel Spanish bit cut horse's mouth and y. Their indifference to suffering is as great as their cruelty to A young buck gave an example of this j trait of the Indian character. He was posing asa“bad tan with a gun” by ostentatiously shifting his pistol from one pocket to another, when the weapon was discharged and the bad | man was shot through the hand. He uttered | no sound and did not wince, but calmly pock- | eted his pistol and walked off. About 10 o'clock reveral squaws got 1 one of the rooms open to the court and com- menced singing, taking at intervals peculiar jumping sidelong step. Soon after a venerable bent old Indian, who bad been brought up in one of the missions, began a Catholic respon- sive service in one of the room, aud bucks and squaws gathered around him making responses, which consisted mostly of “Gloria,” a | Maria” and “Jesus,” crossing themselves the | while. In the afternoon horse racing was the pr cipal feature. The horses w in the pin | backed, and a little Indian jockey carried off | the honors # ali comers, winning in every | race without once using quirt or spur. Th distances were short, but the races were in tensely exciting to the Indians and Mexicans, | who staked their money, weapons, animals and clothing and stripped themselves to pay with | utter stoiciem, THE BOSS DANCER. While the racing was in progress a large circle of Indians, Mexicans and whites gathered in the court, inside of which an elderly Indian known as Sylvester, one of the Coahuillas, dis- | played his skill in dancing. With the ex- ception of a breach-clout and girdle of eagie plumes and head-dress of hawks’ wings, he was ciad on t, with biack his brown bide, Id Apache brave Physically be was a fine broad, square shoulders, deep, broad chest, large thighs and legs and frame muscuiar and well built. In his on the warpath. | specimen of manhood, with | | fect in length; which he knocked together fre~ quently. At one side of the ring was the band, which consisted of an old Indian w. a battered and ancient stovepipe hat and scattering chin whiskers, which gave bim a comical resemblance to Uncle Sam, rattling « gourd filled with dried seeds, He and some other ol bucks Were attempting to sing an old war song, while Mr. Sylvester was doing the | ballet act. At certain times he would whirl | around like a top, going around the circle, the | eagle feathers spreading out horizontally by | the rapid motion. Other times he would skip |around the ring tapping his sticks, then he | would get in the center jumping up and down, then circle around on # jog trot, only to fly off | again into the dizzy whirl. When he finisbea I | followed him into his green room, which was | green in fact, and through the blinding smoke mS smoldering fire secured a rapid sketch, for which I paid him two bite and a “muchas gracias amigo.” In the afternoon, just before the races, Protestant missionary came on the grounds, | mounted « bench on the dancing floor and be- | gan an exhortation. He soon gathered a litile Knot of bunkrupt whites and Mexicans, but his iscourse did not disturb the patrone of chuck-a-luck” bard by. At the same time catholic services were being held by the old In- squaws were dancing and singing, and er group of squaws were gambling with a pack of greasy Mexican cards, using, oddly enough, Chinese for chips. ‘In o sata Mexican cabailero twanging singing a love son another a squaw was preparing dinner, and altogether the soil was pretty barren for sowing gospel seed, | THEY ALL WENT To THE cIRctS, The circus was to be the feature of the even- | ing. The teat consisted of some canvas, stack | up on poles,in acircle about eight foet hi with the blue vault of heaven for a canopy. At 9 o'clock the gate war opened and everybody that was the for anate owner of two bits we in, and those thet could not scare up that | amount squatted on the outside, where they | ould look over the canvas and sce the bigh | trapezes. The audience wat on their heels in | lieu of benches. The principal character of | the show was astumpy, bow-legged Mexican, | with alarge mouth, who got off questionable | jokes on the opposite sex. His face was painted | like Barnum’s clowns of twenty years ago, and | he was supposed to have tights on, but his legs | did not fill them out enough to justify that | name. Besides the clown, the troupe consisted of a few Mexicans and Indians, athletes, whose i le di | anoth fanny man changed bis costume several times, using a couple of men asa screen to dress and undress behind. We wearied before the pro- gram wasconcluded and went to bed. Next day we left for home, having had enough fiesta for atime. One feature am; Us as quite unusual. ‘There was very litile drunken- hess and no open selling of liquor, and there were no shooting or cutting scrapes, although nearly every man carriéd a.gun or a knife, Mex- cans usually the latter. The body of the late Senator Kenna has been Jing in state in the capitol at Chaglestown, W. a, POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. WA®HINGTON STEAMBOAT CO.. “LIMITED.” ‘Potomar Bu = Dec. 2S (suaject to change without "Steamer Wakefield on SUNDAYS and WEDNES- DAYSat? a.m. Keturnin” on TUESDAYS and PRI DANS 4 p.m “covering routes of Webeaeld ‘und Ar poate get 8 RIDLEY. x. : Manaeve. AST FREIGHT LINE Bi NEW yo! Fest Sbecrita bosTos AND WASHINGTON. have "been suade by the Norfolk and ceeeteinet Daily at 7 p.m. from the foot of 7th st. for Fortress Monroe, Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia Bosch, tarnished by | dle | the blood | | bands be held two round sticks about three | NEVER FAILED! | | Gen. Hamilton, Scholar and Soldier. Is aGrandson of the Great | Alexander Hamilton. | | ! Proud Record in the War for the Union. Now Living and Writing at Tar town, N. Y. The Author of “Cromwell” ts Strong | and Active. Maj. Gen. Alexander Hamilton, the frien’ of is tte Hndson ncotn and Graa ng im ment at Tarrytown~ Proud of his family, f reat patriot whose name his war record, for he was a fighting ar cer, and was wounded at the front, he w Popular with the gorerament at Wash’ has Deen weil said that sense of & never known to fall him Gea. Hamilton was edacated at Colambia Col lege and also studied for a while ander Cay Kingsley at West I %. At aneariy age “ left the care of his family extate tn New Yk eit At the breaking ont of thewar he was sctively | | GEN. HAMILTON AT a. empilosed in organiz the front. In May, 1861 uty at Arlington 1 forwarding tr year, af having re New York eit cruite d seve 1 brigad of volunteers by the President, at qnest, and was ordered to He was appein at Falmouth, Va., by the Pre served continually until that after tn special service until t He was one of the guard of b remains. a Tegular artillery. f the war, f to Lincwin's Since the close of the war, although he has always been interested in Grand Army affairs, and isa pat commander of Post 182, De»artment of New York, j be has devoted mach of his time to charen aud iMterary work. A volume of Dis dramas and poer ‘Was published tn 1887 aud attracted great attention in terary circles. Of these “Cromwell” te the Ano’ work, Trav ‘and Of tls tray reviewer of th natare of the sub) er, written and pimas A'Be New York Herald andu aunerin whic’ it is pr favor with all who apy! this deseri, best dra Gen. Ha lnstinc Fecom! rein of American alton is seman « a patriot of the aid ae endation of Paine’s y that makes P: the point as any a solicited letter fr Richardson Co., he saya: “Paiue's colery and bas been a biessin my family. It relieved Mrs. Macuilton, win, suffering from a severe attack of the gri from excessive nervonsness and great And our daagiter of 16, who also suffered from ¢ grip and measics, was cured by this remody 1 same mauner. “Ihave a dear friend who was kicked tn the domen by a horse and was almost helpless ceasive wervousness ensued anit the physicians as” cribed tt to the Injury. He is now, after using two bottles of %s celery compoand, able to travel In the clty and take long rides and attend to his business on the farm. “Thave, for many Fears, auffercd from wounds Teceived during the late war, there veing one over my left jung and heart, and have carried round @ musket ball for twenty years. Bet after axing Paipe's celery compound for the past year or two am vigorous 21d well and free from the great Rervousness anu hemorrhage from which I suffered as the effect of the ball over my heart. “My family would not be without Palne’s celery compound inthe house. It wullds up the system and is the best medicine that we ever used.” mpoand, the as frank ands Write arrytown to the W. ale wi n Of his life SES teens, trvods. veo ~ wl 2aee TRE CONCORD HARNESS. _ 2eT2 & pro, 97 Penn. ove, edjotning Nations! Nuts. ‘Boree Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices, Sal *