Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1893, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. AUGUST 19, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES, MY WIFE And I, writes » gentleman who formerly resided in Connect:cut, but who now resides st Honolalu, “for 2Oyears past have used Ayer’s Hair Visor. and we attribute to it the dark hatr which she snd I now have, While hundreds of our acquaintances, ten or a dozen years younger than we, areeither gray headed, white, orbeld. When asked how our hair has retained its color andfullness, we reply, “By the use of Ayer's ‘Bair Vigor—nothing else."* Antonio Alarrun of Bastrop, Texas, tells why be RECOMMENDS the use of Ayer’s Hair Vigor- ““In 1868, my affianced was nearly bald, and th» hair kept falling out every day. I induced her to use Ayor's Hair Vigor, and very s0on it not only checked any further loss of hatr, but Produced an eatively new growth, which hasrematned Yuxariant and glossy to this day. I can recommend ‘this preparation to all in need of a genuine hair restorer.” AYER’S HAIR VIGOR, Prepared by DR. J. 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ETE ‘The Star Oat of Town. ‘Tre Evexrxo Star will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canadafor such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. f GF Bat all such orders must be se- companied by the money, ot the paper eannot be sent, as no accounts are kept ‘with mail subscriptions. ———_ +e+ - ___ “EVENING CIRCULATION OF THE STAR.” SATURDAY, Aug. 12 1593. MONDAY, Aug. 14, 1593... TUESDAY, Ang. 15, 1593... WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 1898. THURSDAY, Aug. FRIDAY, Ang. 13, 1893. ‘Total. Daily average... Teolemnly swear that the above statement rep- Fesents only the number of copies of Tae Eves- 1x6 Star circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, August 18, 1593—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide archasers or subscribers, and that none of the ‘copies #0 counted were returned to or remain in Whe office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this nine- eenta day of August. A. D. 1598. W. P. VAN WICKLE, Notary Public, D. @ ———-.+- Cholera Abating in Italy. Burgeon General Wyman has received a eablegram from Assistant Surgeon Young at Naples. stating that the situation in Italy had improved. In Naples and vicinity as near as could be ascertained there were {so cases of cholera and 71 deaths during the past week. There are many scattered eases in suburban and neighboring towns. ‘Surgeon Young says that he cannot an- swer positively in regard to northern Italy, ut was sure there was cholera existing at Campasso and Sulmona, and from in- formation received should say that it pre- vailed at other central towns. -—___—_ Where Farming is Not 2 Dull Business From the Sultan City (Wash. ) Journal. ‘Ed. Sherwood killed four bears near his up the Sultan river last Saturday | ening and Sunday. On Saturday evening ir 'Sherwood's attention was attracted by @ violent commotion in his calf pasture, and upon investigation he discovered a huge bear in the act of tearing a calf to . Mr. Sherwood yelled lustily and Altempted to drive the brute away with a elub, but bruin was not to be robbed of Ris supper of fresh veal, and he advanced threateningly toward the disturber of his it. Mr. Sherwood was unarmed and Gif not stand ‘upon, the order of going, but trusted to the I erease the distance between bruin and himself in red his rifle and returned to the pas- ure, and with a few well-directed shots, the ‘bear—a very larse maic—wes quickly @ispatched. The calf was go badly torn that it had to be killed. Mr. Sherwood Swore vengence on the whole bear tribe, 4 Sunday mornins he went out, and be- re he e back he bagzed no leas than three, 2 female and her two cubs. EBuccuccetoll ightness of his heels to in-| short a time as possible. He | ; ed 2d EDITION. WILL MEET HERE. Convention of Commercial Bodies to Urge Repeal. THE COP DEFENDERS START AGAIN, | Arrival of Steamer From Naples With All Well. |RIFLEMEN AT SEA GIRT. TO MEET IN WASHINGTON. Favoring Repeal of NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—An officer of the board of trade of this city stated to a re- porter this morning that a call for meet- ing in Washington, D. C., of the business boards of the country, for the purpose of demanding the immediate and uncondi- tfonal repeal of the purchase clause of the | Sherman silver act, would probably be is- sued by the board within a few days. Five hundred commercial bodies in the country have expressed a willingness to | participate in such a convention. Ses eect BIG SLOOPS RACING. The Vigilant, Jubilee and Colonia Have Another Try for the Astor Cup. BRETON’S POINT, R. L, Aug. 19—An- , ther dubious day opened this morning | with a southeasterly breeze and fast gath- | eringclouds. Later in the forenoon the | wind hauled farther to the north and | freshened a bit. About 11 o'clock the sun came out for the first time and gave the boats a smile of couragement. The Vigilant led the cession to the starting line, with the Jubi- \iee following close at her heels | Colonia astern. a | Vighant 12/2 20 | Jubilee 12 20 | Colonia 12 2 10 Vigilant, and passed her, shutting off all her boats were heading to the east of south on the starboard tack, the Colonia leading, and to windward by about a minute. ————— WIMBLEDON CUP MATCH. Fourteen Riflemen Faced the Target at Sea Girt Today. SEA GIRT, N. J., Aug. 19—The Wimble- don cup match attracted an unusually large crowd of spectators today. | ‘The Wimbledon cup was presented in |18% by the National Rifle Association of \Great Britain to the National Rifle Asso- elation of America. Fourteen men faced the target at 9 orclock when time was called: ‘They were } Col. Clay, Capt. Laird, Capt. Bell, Private | Wetnerald, Co: ‘Young, Private Scott, | Maj. ‘Harries, Capt. Cilly, Lieut. Steward, | and Private Graham of the National Guard, District of Columbia; Col. A. R. Kuser of Gov. Wert's New Jersey; Private Finnegen of sixty-ninth New York regi- ment and L. P. Hensen of Passaic, N. J. Laird and Scott were members of the Ame fean rifle team. ‘The weather for th morning shooting was rather hazy. oS ee SES NAVAHOB ED THIRD. ‘The Satanita and Britannia Defeated the American Yacht. LONDON, Aug. 19.—The annual regatta of the Royal Dorset Yacht Club, of which | Lord Staliridge is commodore, took place today. The course covered a distance of forty miles, extending from Weymouth, where the club house is located to the Shambles lightship, the distance being cov- ered three times to make the forty miles. The sun shone brightly, and there was a fresh southwest breeze. The Satanita, Britannia, Navahoe and Calluna were the starters in the race for yachts of their class, The boats finished as follows: Satanita, first; Britannia, second; Navahoe, third, and Calluna, last. —_—>___ TRAIN WRECKERS FOILED. Chains and Pins Discovered Across e P. and E. Tracks. ERIE, Pa., Aug. 19.—A dastardly attempt to wreck the Philadelphia and Erie express, east bound, was foiled last evening by “a freight crew. The track on Five-Mile curve, in a secluded spot, was obstructed with chains and pins. The freight crew having discovered the wreckers notified Officers Higgins and Watson, who, as they closed in on the train wreckers. ‘were fired upon by the latter. Watson had his clothes plerc- ed by two bullets and lost his man, but Higgins captured the other wrecker after a desperate battle. The wrecker is a man of thirty, gave his name as Edward Moore, a shoemaker. ddition to being heavily kit with him. —— an NO CHOLERA ON BOARD. Arrival of Cachemere With Not a Case of Hinens. QUARANTINE, Aug. 19.—The report of Dr. Jenkins, health officer of the port of ew York, at 12:30 p. m. today, was as fol- ‘The good health of the Karamania’s pas- sengers continues. The final disinfection of the baggage is rapidly proceeding. The End on Monday they will be transferred t and on Mon transfe1 to Ellis Island. The steamer Cachemere, from Naples and Gibraltar with passengers, arrived this morning. There was not a single case of illness on board since the embarkation at Napies. All of the regulations were carried | out except the disinfection of the large bag- gage, which was transferred to the steamer unopened, having passed directly through | Naples in that condition. The steamer was thoroughly disinfected and sent to Ellis Island, where the passengers will be landed. ‘The ‘baggage will be retained on board until the disinfection is finished. This work is being done the supervision of my officers. WM. T. JENKINS, ‘Health Officer. ee INHUMANITY PUNISHED. Riot Over the Alleged Action of a Long Island Saloon Keeper. NEW YORK, Aug. 19:—Twenty-two fam- flies were made homeless yesterday morn- ing by the fire which destroyed seven frame dwellings in Cooper stret, near the city line of Brooklyn, and rendered uninhabit- able nine others, while seven persons were injured by jumping from windows in order to escape. Among the injured were the four children of Frank Liebler, who were taken for tem- porary shelter to the neighboring saloon of Charles F. Meyers. The saloon keeper, it is said, refused to admit them. ‘This aroused indignation, which deepened during the day until it culminated in a riot at night, in which Meyers’ saloon was de- molished, after. much of its contents had been destroyed. Shortly after midnight the rioters dis- |, Seemingly satisfied with their work. All was quiet this morning and no further demonstration is feared. Immigrants Siip in From Canada. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 19.—Half a dozen immigrants from the cholera infected dis- triets of Europe have succeeded in entering this country at Suspension Bridge. Dr. Ring of the marine hospital service, who is stationed at that point to keep out cholera | suspects, has been rushed with work, and his appeals for assistance have been un- answered. On ‘Thursday two trains arrived from Canada, and while the doctor was examin- ing one the conductor started the other. ‘There were half a dozen immigrants from | chole districts on {t and they escaped. Dr. Ring came to Buffalo yesterday and swore out a warrant for the arrest of the conductor, charging him with violating the immigration laws. pasion Fire at Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19.—Fire broke out at noon in the block west of Fayette street between Commerce and Prince streets and destroyed the stables of Richards, Rodgers and Driefus and two small colored | tenements. The loss is estimated at $3,000. —_—_——>—__ Killed in the King Ludwig Coal Mine. BERL. occurred today in the King Ludwig Coal Mine at Herne, near Bocaum, in Wes halia, seven Were seriously injured. \ S| recently im Aug, 19—A blasting exoloetr | Police Court thi Mix | Mr. Ri ‘WAITING ON CONGRESS. Little Doing in Wall Street—Increase in Bank Reserves. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—The week closed without any change in the character spec- ulation, and the market daily grows more narrow and lifeless. The large short in- terest and the borrowing rates for active stocks will be sufficient excuse for letting prices drag along et the present level until something definite is done to relieve the situation. ‘The attitude of Congress is now construed to be more favorable to the early enact- ment of some relief measure, Just when and what it will be seems of little import- ance, the main object being to have at least one step taken in the right direction, and until such a step Is taken apathy and tight money will control the course of prices and regulate the volume of business. After a succession of bad bank state- ments the probability of an increase in re- serve for this week lent strength .to today’s market and prices generally recorded slight advances from last night's closing. Manhattan has been weak for the past day or two, as a result of a bear attack founded on’ the differences between that company and the Rapid Transit commis- sioners. Considering that the company is earning about 10 1-2 per cent per annum, as shown by its report for the first six months of the present year, an attack of this kind would seem unwarranted and likely to prove | expensive to the few room traders who are} Santer opening. tik ing at 306 3-4 it ter opening is morning at advanced steadily to 108 3-4 and closed with- in an eighth of the highest. ‘The banks have gained about four and a half millions in lawful money, all in gold, but deposits have fallen off nearly: two, mi lions, owing to the reduction of $5,250,000 in loans. deficit to about $12,000,000. A summary of the statement, which should have a good effect on prices, follow: Reserve, increased, $4,499,575. Loans, _de- creased, $5,255,500. Specie, increased, 34,7: 000. “Legals, ‘decreased, ' $793,700, Deposit decreased, "$1,901,100, and circulation, ii creased, $702,200. ‘The ‘clearing house statement today shows an average amount of busluess. Exchanges, $68,823,899. Balances, $4,435,139, and the subtreasury's debit balance, #38515. Louisville and Nashville earnings ‘for the second week in August show @ decrease of | 387,470, making a total decrease since July 1 of '$223,000. ‘The Bank of England released a half mil- Yon more gold today and it is ‘ikely that the Bank of France will particivate in the movement still further. The Bank of Eng- land is daily drawing gold from the con- tent, so that its gold balance is unim- paired by the withdrawals for our xecount and is now estimated at about £25,006,000. Chicago is selling here some of the gold rted, which would indicate that affairs in the west are .radually grow- ing better. A continuation of these shipments from At 12:30 the Colonia had crawied up to/ Europe and the prospect of something being and passed the Jubilee, and, favored by ‘@/ done by ‘Congress ‘should soon bring about fluke off shore, began to beat up oa the a reaction from present low prices and re- close to windward of | le ae ana hese oe FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, following are the . the hiehest and the lowest oni the closing orice of the. Rew Fork stock market today. a9 reroried by Corson “® Macartney. 5 HiSsira Moore b Reiley: No: 80 Broadwar® Stocks Open, High Low. Close, Chieago Grain and Provision Markets. iBy private wire to Corson & Macartney.} CHICAGO, Aus. 19, 1803. Opening. eat. Lowest. fied Closing. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.—Flour dull, unchanged— receipts, 10,095 bartels; shipments, 21,984 barrel sales, 450 barrels. Wheat strong—receipts, 114,380 bushels; shipments, 403,698 bushels; stock, 1,733,. 780 bushels; No. 2 red, 608 68% 65%; September, T2YgaTS milling’ wheat. by” saipl inilling’ wheat. by" sample, celptss 4.347 bushels: shipments, 21, stock, 395,404 bushels; sales, 1.000 bushels; mixed spot, Ki August, 464046% : September,46%a 47; Oct: » 4T\gadT%; year, 45% asked; white corn by sample, 50a51; 493, 50. Oats quiet 242.256. ss Western, 33884; No. mixed, S1a32. Rye steady—receipts. 2,760 bush- stock. 398,494 bushel ». 2. 5814. Hay dul good to choice timothy, $16.50a$17. Grain freight juiet, unchanged. Cotton nominal—middling, Brovisions quiet, unchanged. Butter firm but’ quite —ereamery, fancy, 25; do. = A eee at —ftlo cargoes, fair, <granulated,” Bi.” Ce Whisky firm—1.19a1.: BALTIMORE, Ang. 19.—Vi Baltimore and Ohio southwestern, 94a96%; Nort! erm Central stock, 66%; Consolidated Gas bonds, TOT; do. stock, 50%. Intertor Department Changes. ‘The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Patent, Office—Appointments: Miss Ethel H. Black of Pennsylvania and Miss Alice F, Humphrey of Connecticut, eopyists, at Pension Office—Appointments: George A. Warren of Illinois, clerk, $1,000, by transfor from the office of the civil service commis- sion. Resignation: Aaron D. Hill, illinois, clerk, $1,000. Reinstatements: William A. Moore of Illinois and Peter P. Bergevin of Mississipvl, clerks, $1,000, ‘The following named cierks in the general land office were detailed to survey und plat townships in the Cherokee outlet lands, will leave Washington in a few da: Charles H. Fitch, in charge; Abner F. Dun- nington, special disbursing agent; Walter T. Paine, Eugene McL. Long, Wm. Morey, ff Amherst W. Barker, Morris Bien, Don .’ Lamoreax and Samuel 8. Chiles of the pension bureau. a Reduction of Non-Commissioned of- ficers. ‘The Secretary of War has directed that the army regulations be so amended as to provide that non-commissioned olticers in console Sa, 05%; may be reduced to the ranks by order of the commander of the regiment on their own application, approved by the company commanders, or by the sentence of a court martial, or on the recommendation of the general-in-chief approved by the Secretary of War; provided that sergeants shall not, ity competent to order their trial by gen- eral courts martial. If reduced to the ranks by sentence of courts martial at posts other than the headquarters of their regi- ment, the company commander wil! for ward a transcript of the order to the reg- imenta commander. The desertion of a non-commissioned officer will vacate his appointment from the date of his slesertion, —_—__—-e Bonds for Bank Note Circulation. The depostt of bonds with the United States Treasurer to secure ‘national bank circulation, during the past week was $6,- 927,100, making the total deposit on that account $198,498,800. Personal Mention. Lieut. B. H. Buckingham, the President's yacht Dolphin, 1s confined to the Naval Hospital with a kidney ail- ment. It is expected that he will be able to resume his duties next week. ‘Mrs. Gresham and Mrs. Carlisle returned to Washington this afternoon from Deer Park. .. The Shea Case Contin ‘The hearing in the case of John Shea, charged with keeping an unlicensed bar on Maryland avenue southwest, as heretofore published in The Star, was resumed in the afternoon and several Tubmaltted on part of the defense and then itted on ‘of the defense an Br, Richardson made the opening argument mmanding ‘to the jury. ‘The increase in reserve reduces the | FOR THOSE WHO KICK. Commissioner Powell Proposes to Make Provision, A Bureau of Complaints to Be Established in the District Building—Other Mat- ters of Interest Occurring Today. Captain Powell requests the citizens, through The Star, to co-operate with him in the establishment of a system that will greatly facilitate business at the District building. To a reporter of The Star to@ay the captain unfolded his plan. He pro- Poses, with the assistance of the people, to establish at the District building a bu- reau of complaints, and anyone who has a grievance is requested to visit the bureau and explain the matter to the clerk in at- tendance. To insure prompt action he Tecommends that the complaint be put in writing and handed in. If this plan is a success, and he is sanguine that it will be, the commissioners will be relieved of a@ Great amount of unnecessary annoyance. Besides, heads of departments who are now called upon relative to the most trivial Matter to the detriment of the service will | be relieved, and in the long run the Dis- trict will be the gainer. The bureau of com- laints is to be located in the first room to left as you enter the building. Each day the complaints will be forwarded to their respective places, and action taken as svon as possible. The object of this plan is to save time. Not a day goes by but the Com- missioners and engineer officers are bother- ed with complaints over which they have no control. Fach Interruption means a loss of time, and inspections :which should be con- stantly going on are rendered impossible. Trying to Help Maj. Moore. A competition between temperance and intemperance. That {s the conclusion ar- rived at by M. F. Halloran in his diagnosis of the conduct of Officer Bushrod of the po- Uce force toward his father and mother, who keeps a Small grocery store at 320 K street northw. fe says that Bushrod has been assiduously engaged in watching the premises in the endeavor to find fault, and continually goes out of his way to in- terfere in matiers that do not concern him in the least. He states further that Officer Bushrod spends much of his time in two ores on the opposite corn ‘0 The negiect of ‘his duty. Fle presenes 1s obnoxious and intolerable. The Commis- stoners are urged to transfer the officer to another beat. Lamp Ponts Instead. Glen W. Cooper suggests in connection with the erection of posts by the cable company for the purpose of notifying pas- sengers of the stopping places of the cars that in lieu thereof lamp posts or tree boxes be painted red and used. They would be no obstruction to the street every- one could see them. Notes. The property owners and residents on 6th street extended between Maple and Spruce streets have united in a petition to the Commissioners requesting that the only portion of 6th street not already paved be Included in the estimates for next year. A lengthy petition was received by the Commissioners this morning _ protesting against the granting of a liquor license to Benjamin Osborn. Hillsdale. The place, they say, is within §0 feet of the Baptist | Church and within 400 feet of two school a wert Tites to the C% = zen” writes to the Commissio: today “advising the location of the hos: pital for contagious diseases at 229 North ‘apitol street and thus abate a greater nulsance in the shape of a perpetual run- ning nolsy; greaseless printing office. | N. R. Metcalf, in a letter to the Com- | missioners today urges the tmprovement of Rhode Island avenue between New Jer- sey avenue and Florida avenue. seep RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH. A Colored Woman Suspected of Per- forming a Criminal Operat: Coroner Woodward yesterday ufternoon investigated the death of Laura Castor, 4 seventeen-year-old colored girl, who lived with her mother at No. 119 1-2 E street. A postmortem showed that death probably re- sulted from malpractice. ‘The girl remained from home Sunday, and on her return told her mother a sad story of her downfall. Sh: sald she remained at the house of a colored woman named Emma Winslow, 18 L street southwest. Last night Detective Royd went to the house of the Winsiow woman for the pur- se of arresting her, but she was not at ome. Today at noon an inquest was held and the jury returned a verdict holding that the girl's death was the result of a crim!- nal operation, and from the evidence the jury expressed the belief that the Wins- W woman Was responsible for the death. ee BITTEN BY A MAD Do@. A Boy Taken to the Pasteur Institute —Killing Dogs at Kensington. For a couple of months past there have among the dogs throughout Montgomery county, and it has been necessary to kill several of these canines who were suspect- ed of being mad. Until yesterday, however, there were no serious results reported from these cases. Yesterday there was a serious mishap of this sort, the young son of a well-known newspaper man of this city be- ing badly bitten by a dog who was thought to be suffering from rabies. The boy, who is about eleven years of age, was at Kensington, Md., spending the ‘6a | day with his mother at a summer place there when he was attacked by a stray dog that was running through the place. He was badly bitten and the services of a neigh- boring physician were at once called in. The wound was carefully dressed, but the doctor expressed the opinion that the dog was surely mad. alarmed about the accident and its possible results, and they left with him this morning for New York, where he will be placed in the Pasteur institute for a thorowgh course of treatment. This same small boy was badly bitten in the face last year by a large dog in this city, but, fortunately, there were’ no serious results from that experience. ‘The dog which did the damaxe yesterday was killed shortly afterward, but there was considerable excitement, as ‘he was known to have bitten upward of a dozen other dogs before he was put to death. All the dogs that were known to have been bittcn were killed this morning, and active meas- ures ace being taken to stamp out the trou- ble wherever it exists. —__ ‘The Sixth Battalion. Companies C and D, sixth battalion, D. Cc. N._G., will leave this afternoon for Har- per's Ferry, where they will remain in camp until September 1. ‘The battalion will be accompanied by the bugle ‘and drum corps of the Gonzaya je —_—.___ Arrested on S: George Ouden, a colored man, was ar- rested in this cliy yesterday afternoon su! pected of being implicated in the murder of | the old man Swift, near Falls Church some time ago. He was taken to the first precinet sta- tlon and held to awalt the action of the Virginia authoriti This afternoon he was {identified by of the country as a man she had seen com- ing down the road near the scene of the murder with a stick in his hand. The man expressed his willingness to go over the Potomac without a requisition from the Md Dominion, and he was handed over to the Virginia constables, who took him away with them. It is not known here what proof they may have to connect him with the crime. ee Colored Men Indignant. Special Correepondence of The Evening Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 16, i893. A mass meeting of colored people was held last night at the Second Baptist Church to express their disapproval of law- lessness and violence. Capt. Isaac F. Nor- man was elected chairman and Arthur McKenny as secretary. Speeches were made by the chairman and Messrs. James Lee, George Brice, Charles Lee, Chas. H. Tin- ner, sr., Isaac Cabaniss, Arthur McKeany, Wm. Payne and others, Resolutions were adopted reciting the fact that of late certain peaceful citizens have been assaulted upon the public high- and other unlewful acts committed by ‘less persons, expressing sorrow for such acts and pledging the meeting to aid the law officers in their efforts to ferret out the guilty parties and bring them to trial. ———-—_ Injured by a Runaway Horse. At an early hour this morning Jas, Frist, a carriage trimmer, employed at 314 Penn: sylvania avenue, was badly cut and bruised about the head by a runaway horse at the corner of 9th street and Per ylvania ave- nue. He wes taken to the Emergency Hos- pital in the patrol wagon from the first pre- cinct and his injuries dressed. — Held for the Grand Jary. A young negro named James Snowden, who lives in the vicinity of Bennings bridge, was held for the grand jury in the Police Court this morning on a charge of making @ felonious assault cn Marle Smith, ittle six-year-old child, living at been an unusual number of cases of rabies | ‘The boy's parents were naturally much | woman from that part | DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. The Party Accompanying the East Indian Raj Among the visitors to the House of Repre- sentatives today were the party accom- panying his highness, the Raja-I-Rajegan of Kapurthala state, India, -on his tour through the United States. There were in the party besides the Maharaja, Miam Aziz Bakhsh, revenue minister of Kaputhala state, and Capt. Sundar Singh. They were in charge of Col, C. ¥. Massey of the En- lish army. Seats were given them in the Mplomatic gallery, and they seemed to @ much interest in the proceedings, ply- ing the page who had been detailed to point out the celebrities of the House with in- numerable questions. The party were attired in English dress, save that the East Indiamen wore large turbans, made of a material that looked like mosquito net. One was lilac, one was yellow with a small stripe of and one was white. They remained in the gallery about ten minutes and for that time more than divided the attention of those on the floor with Mr. Catchings, who .was then speaking. TO REMOVE AN ASSIGNEE. A Sait im Regard to Mr. Bateman’s Interest in Land. F. B. Gilbert today, by Mr. A. 8. Worth- ington, filed a bill against A. E. Bateman and eighteen others for the removal of J. A. Garver as assignee of Bateman, so far as the property in the District is concerned, and to subject Bateman’s undivided fourth interest in 237 acres of land between Rock creek, Tenleytown and on Massachusetts avenue to the payment of complainant's claim—80 per cent of $2,500—and asking a sale of the property and payment from the Proceeds. en tA ALEXANDRIA, A Brewery Burned. One of the former places of resort for Alexandrians at their leisure was Henry Engelhardt’s brewery, across Hooff's run, a few rods west of the stone bridge at the head of Duke street. It was in the village of West End and under the control of au- thorities of Fairfax county. Yesterday the buildings caught fire at the rear end, the flames coming from a defective flue in the kitchen. The distance of the place from the engine house gave the fire a long start on the firemen, and, as there are no’ fire plugr. beyond the’ corporation ling, no Hetle dim- culty was experienced in getting water. The flames wrecked Mr. Engelhardt’ The building 1s owned by Mr. C. Dixon of Washington, and the loss is estimated at $2,000, Tt is understood the houses will be us Alexandria as a School City. Preparations are now being made for the new opening of the public and the private schools here. There have been schools in Alexandria since 1743; this therefore 1s the sesqui-centennial year of the Alexandria schools. Superintendent Kemper has just completed his examination of teachers, and will report the names of those who ‘huve passed to the next mecting of the city school board. The parochial and six or eight private schools will open here next month. Notes. Health Officer Purvis made a narrow es- cape yesterday on Henry street. The noon train from Washington ran into his carriage and demolished it, but Dr. Purvis leaped from the vehicle and escaped with some ses. A man named Richardson is held by the police here on charge of crime committed in uth Carolina. The requisition of the gov- ernor is expected In a few days. Hugh Kiernan of Prince George's coun- ty, Maryland, came here yesterday and car- ried to Washington Ed. Milier, charged with stealing two horses. The Mt. Vernon Fire Insurance Company, now having its office on the corner of King and Fairfax streets, will, in a few days, re- move to the iron front’ building just pre- pared for them on King street opposite the store of, Mayor Strauss. Messrs. Lead beatre & Co. will extend their drug estao- Ushment into the building vacated by the insurance company. wees Bet Another of the Barrett Gang Arrested Another arrest of a member of the Bar- rett gang of post office swindlers was an- nounced to the Post Office rtm. this morning. ‘The latest case is that of A. F. McDowell, postmaster at Walker, 8. C., who was arrested yesterday by Marshal Kirby on a warrant sworn out by’ Post Office Inspector Peer, who charges McDow- ell with Violating sections 5440 and 6480 of the Revised Statutes of the United States by using the ‘mails for fraudulent pur- wes. This is tho same charge which has en brought against Barrett. McDowell ‘was committed to jail, but subsequently gave ball in the sum of $1,500, J. N. Cudd is his surety. It 1s unofficially understood that feeling Tuns so high among the friends of the ac- cused men against the operations of the post office inspectors that the officers of the department are in danger of their ‘ives, In- spectors Peer and Baird are two of the bravest and most efficient men of the in- spector's corps, and their Iyes would be deeply mourned. It is understood that the department does not wish them to need- lessly expose themselves to the range of shotguns or other instruments of destruc- Medical Representatives of the Navy. Medical wirector A. C. Gorgas, Surgeons CA. Siegfried and H. G. Beyer, and Passed Assistant Surgeon D. M. stulteras have been detailed as representatives of the Navy Department at-the Pan-American medical ‘congress, which meets in this city next September. Naval Notes. ‘The San Francisco returned to New York today from her cruise with the Pennsylva- nia and Rochester naval reserve. Capt. Brownson, commanding the Detroit, now at Norfolk, was at the Depart- ment today in ‘connection with the future movements of that vessel. Her first cruise will probably be to Gardiner bay. She has been attached to the North’ Atlantic sqrad- ron. ‘The gold balance of the treasury, which has been above the $100,000,000 reserve limit since August 1, was today reduced to $9,- ‘This indicates that the recent heavy im- portations of gold have aot yet been ab- sorbed by the government, an operation that will undoubtedly come in a short time. Treasury officials express conidence that the balance will be above the $100,000,000 The United States and Chilean claims commission has issued the following notice: ‘The commissioners under the convention between the United States of America and the republic of Chile for the settlement of certain claims of the citizens of elther coun- try against the other, duly ratified by the respective countries and the ratifications exchanged January 2, 1898, having duly or- ganized and adopted rules, have appointed the 9th day of October, 1993, as the day of their first meeting to transact the business of the commission. The convention pro- vides that every claim shall be presented within the period of two months from such meeting. Claimants will forward their memorials and other papers to the agents of their re- spective governments, to wit: American laims against the republic of Chile to the Hon. George H. Shields, and the Chilean claims against the United States to Senor Don Jose Francisco Vergara Donoso, hoth at No. 2 Lafayette square, Washington. D.C. ARTHUR W. FERGUSSON, Secretary on the part of the Untted States, MARCIAL A. MARTINEZ de F, - Secretary on the part of Chile. ap RES Placed on the Retired Lint. Medical Inspector Delaran Bloodzood, at- tached to the New York naval laboratory, was placed on the retired Mist of the navy today, on account of age. Senator Hill's Iiness. It was reported today -that Senator David B. Hill was seriously ill In his apartments at the Normandie. Inquiry made at the | | bel EVOLUTION OF THE PIANO. How This is Shown in Exhibits at The Fair. First the Clavichord, Then the Spinet, Then the Harpsichord and From That the Instrument of Today. Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, August 15, 1898. It is probable that not many of the read- ers of The Star, as they hear the notes of the plano played on these summer nights, stop to reflect from what primitive be- ginnings the instrument started. Some of us have seen old harpsichords and looked at them in wonder to think that they have anything in common with the modern Piano, but whoever wishes to see the old- est pianos must come to the world’s fair and see the wonderful collection in the musical section of the liberal arts building. It embraces almost all the notable types and illustrates quite completely the evolu- tion of the most popular musical instru- ment of the present day. Near this col- lection are the pianos of the best modern makers. There are big concert grand pianos, “baby grands” and “uprights,” but the square piano which ‘used to be so pop- ular seems to have been given a position in the background and is not now exhibit- €d among the most modern instruments. In the historical exhibit the visitor may first consider the earliest instruments re- sembling the piano and these are known as Clavichords. They were made as carly as the middle of the fifteenth century and @s a general thing had no legs, but were simple cases intended to be played upon a table. The first one has four and one-half octaves and the sound comes from a piece of brass fastened to the back of the key. When the key is pressed this brass strikes the string and makes the sound. ‘There are more keys than there are strings and | each set of strings produces ‘hree differ- ent tones. Another clavichord vf a cen- tury later ts set upon four legs and the sets of strings produce but two different tones. A third one is in quite an elaborate case, Tococo style, in white enamel and gold, and belongs to the seventeen:h century, and one made in 1789 has black “naturals” and white “sharps.” The Spinet. ‘The evolution next in order in the piano was from the clavichord to the spinet. In old books that are still read the accounts | of an accomplished lady of fashion usually include the assertion that she played the spinet, but if any young lady of the pres- ent day were given one of these queer in- struments to perform upon she would be rather helpless. Some of them are really more pecullar-looking than the clavichords themselves. There is, for instance, a double spinet of four octaves, made by the famous lans Ruckers, the elder, of Antwerp. He ed to a family of spinet makers, who manufactured the instruments as as 1579, but this one is supposed to be of later date. To the left of the keyboard is the “little spinet,” tuned to an octave higher than the larger. It can be taken out, and the two can be played separately. The lid of this remarkable instrument, when raised, shows an elaborate old painting of the con- test before the gods of Apollo and Mar- syus. The former is playing a viol and the jatter @ pipe, and children are dancing. There is a background of hills, a castle and @ lake with a boat on it. Where the “little | spinet” fits in there are paintings of men and women and women dancing in pairs. ‘The spinet is supported by a carved stand. Of paintings upon the old instruments there are a number, and some of them are fine works of art.’ On one of the old hai chords, for instance, of date 1679, the lid is embellished by an elaporate landscape by the great Dutch artist, Van Kessel. Most of the spinets ‘are Italian, with three to four octaves. There is one string to each note, and a crow quill strikes ihe tring and causes the vibration. The in- strument, it will be remembered, was a favorite one of Queen Elizabeth, and it may easily be imagined without much impzob- ability that she listened to one of. these now on exhibition at the fair. There are not many musical instruments that were pop- ular for a longer period, for it was invented in the fourteenth century, and continued in use up to the eighteenth. One curious imen, made by Andreas Ruckers in 1620, has ‘on the lid the Latin motto “Sic transit gloria mundi.” This was the maker who supplied Handel with his favo-ite harpsichord, which is now in the outh ken- sington Museum in London. An English spinet, made by Thomas Hitchcock of Lon- don in 1750, has five octaves, and looks not unlike a slightly built grand piano of the presen: The Harpsichord. ‘The next step from the spinet is to the harpsichord, an instrument so modern that many of us have grandmothers who played upon it. At Mount Vernon there is the one Nelly Custis used, and in old furditure shops the collector is still able to pick one Up a8 a curious article of furniture. Among the finest in the collection unter >onsidera- tion is the one with five octaves built by J. A. Hass of Hamburg. It has two key- boards, with tortolse-shell “naturals” und Ivory rps,” and is unique among harp- sichords in that it has elght stops such a are used in o1 It has a long set of strings, lucing, what is known as a “sixteen-foot tone,” two shorter sets pro- ducing an “elght-foot tone.” two still shorter for a “four-foot tone” and the shortest producing a “‘two-foot tone.” One of the stops imitates, the lute, another the arp. It stands on eight and the sound- ing board is elaborately painted, as, also, is the inside of the lid. Very littie ts known about this notable old instrument, but the maker was one of the most famous of his day, and Hamburg was the home of Rein- ken, Handel, Bach and Hasse. It is not robable that there were many harpsichords Rner than this one, and it is fair to presume that it was touched by the famous musi- cians of the day. Another interesting harp- sichord is the one made by Jocobus Kirk- man of London in 1769. It nas five octaves and three registers, two of “eight-foot tone” and one imitating the lute. The his- tory of the instrument 1s interesting. It was first owned by Napoleon the First, and after his banishment to St, Helena’ was given to a French sergeant. The latter left France and came to America, carrying the harpsichord with him. He settled at Scitu- ate, Mass. one of the old fishing stations near the dreaded Minot’s ledge. In 1833 he sold the harpsichord to Simon Bates, who kept the Scituate harbor light, and his son inherited it, and it thus passed into the col- lection now shown at the fair. ‘The Piai ‘The visitor may now pass into the region of the present generation und see the Ger- man hammerclatrer or pianoforte. The tones are produced by blows of hammers against tightly stretched strings and the hammers are worked by a keyboard—that, in a sen- tence, is a description of the working of a iano. One old one shown is le by johann Christof Jeckel of Worms in i7k, it has 4 1-2 octaves, the keyboard being to the left, and is in appearance ike the old square piano except that it is half as Jarre, ‘An older one of similar pattern was made by Frederick Schneider of Meraberg tn iT, and there fs an old upright of 1780, It looks like a “secretary” and the strings run In a horizontal direction. Another strange on is a square piano in the form of # lady's sewing table. It has four yctaves and ore dal. The earliest American piano is a ge square one of 6 1-2 u2taves, made in New York about 1813. There are three pedals. It is inlaid with urass and beauti- fully carve ‘The collection includes a iumber of con- cert grand pianos, most notable among which is one that belonged to Mudame Stretcher, and on the sounding is the ‘following inscription Streicher, nee Stein, Wien, iX16.” She was the intimate friend of Beethoven and he used to visit her summer retreat at Faden. It is safe to say, therefore, that Beethoven played this particular plano. ae Eyes of Deep-Sea Fish. From Chambers’ Journal. The eyes of deep-sea fish are very var- ied; some have neither eyes nor sight; others have greatly enlarged eyeballs, so as to catch the least glimpse of light. ‘Their eyes tend either to disappear or to be hotel by a Star reporter this afternoon | Unusually efficient; but since no trace of showed that the report was exaj The Senator has been slightly in for a day or two aS and his ph; this morning told him'that he must keep quiet and not leave his room for a few days. He ts not confined to his bed. ° Senate Appointments Made. The following Senate appointments have been made: Clande Mercer of Kentucky, folder, at 31,00, vice W. J. McDonald; John J. McGrain’ of the District of Columbia, janitor, vice G. H. Draper. (shige tactic tie The Hou Centennial Committee. Speaker Crisp has not yet taken under consideration the appointment of a com- mittee to take part in the centennial cele- bration at the laying of the Capitol corner stone, but will probably take the matter up next week. It 1s presumed that Mr. Bynum of Indiana will be chairman of the committee. ——————— Fourth-Clat Postmasters. ‘The number of fourth class postmasters appointed today was seventy, of this num- ber fifty-three were to fill vacancies caused by removal, sixteen by resignation and one by death. K. Harper was appointed stmaster at Hanson, Frederick county, vice J. V. Palmer, removed. | sunlight can penetrate to any great depth, and it is probably quite Jark beyond a depth of some 20) fathoms, of what use can eyes be? Fish have been captured at a depth of | ings and sculptures ‘which are the most | nearly 3,00 fathoms, where there must be not only absolute stillness, but also total darkness, except for the fact that rome of these deep-sea creatures ure physphores- cent, and therefore luminous. ‘thi Was first ascertained in the Challe. pedition, Since then Mr. Alcock o! In- dian marine survey has found that some deep-sea crustaceans have a similar power, one large prawn quite lighting up a bucket ful of water in which it was pinced. Fish with large eyes have therefore e letter chance of finding food, (and mates), but they cannot wholly depend upon t, since some have quite abandoned ail at- tempts to see. ‘Some, again, have luminous organs on their head or body or tail, whicn gre under their control, #0 that they can actual throw light at pleasure on their prey or that these “vast profounds of the deep have be- come @ sort of almshouse or asvlum, ~vhere- unto antiquated forms have retired, snd amid the changeless environment have dwelt for ages unaitered.” xpat: | THE CYCLONE’S TRACK. Where Had Neen Life and Hope Was Only Sad Desolation. From the Detroit Free Press. About noon a party of emigrants reached the Red river, half a mile below us. We counted twenty-six white-topped wagons, Texas-bound, and there must have been on to a hundred men, women and children. The Red was over its banks and a mile wide at that point, and the party encamped on the bluffs to walt for ® fall. The horses were turned out, fires lighted and the voices of the children and the songs of the women floated up to us as the noonday meal was prepared. It was a summer's day and almost cloud- less. ‘The grass on the bluff was green and thick, and forty feet below ran the flood. There was nothing to fear—nothing to cause the slightest anxiety. The flood would subside in a day or two and make the crossing safe. In the meantime they laughed and were happy. “Look there!” On a dead tree to our right, sitting elde by side with folded wings and necks out- | stretched, are four great vultures | engers of plain and prairie. Never an hour between sunrise and sunset when you can- not see them circling in the air—never a day's travel when you will uot hear their croak! croak! croak! as they cull each other to a feast. " These birds have come on silent wing. They utter no sound. There is n | ment except of thelr necks ax they look It gives one ‘The air down into the emigrant camp. @ creepy feeling to watch them. worn-out horses waiting t) die. If there was a human bei: there the songs an |ed. Have the horrible birds ‘east alighted up there to rest ant ‘They are Jean and hungry looki vulture never tires. Our camp is much the nearest, but their attention is wholly cc- ing thing under their eyes. It is like silent, ceaseless watch over a murderer condemned to death. “See—what's that?" The emigrants have approached the river by @ long and narrow valley. We saw their wagons while they were yet miles away. Afar off on their trail, where sky and seem to meet, is a black spot, Jook’ moment like ‘a bruise on the white skin of Ss'we look it grows larger and larger and as we it_ grows fer ané a darker and darker. Te is a cloud which seems to have risen from the earth as if following an explosion. It spread out to ts would be hush- shouts wo sa ard op Sai 8 stands lie 9 great wes agntast sky, and we watch and wonder and tremble. About us everything is as quiet as the grave. Down in the camp of the em- Yrents a Group of chiliren are singing. ‘here's a land that is fairer than day And by faith we can see it afar; Our Father waits over the wa: Bye.” and men and women join with the children. I turn my eyes from the clouds to the vultures. They still occupy the limp— their horrible necks are still outstretched. Back to the cloud, which has now assumed @ strange, mena appearance. It seems to be whirling round and rouna for a few seconds. Then, with a rush of cannon ball and the resistless force of tidal wave, it comes sweeping up the val- ley and strikes the camp. W. —wild, weird, awful—a roar—a crash. For a minute it is as dark as midnight down | there. There is a breath of wind like ice. We hear a crashing and grinding on the other side of the river. ‘The darkness slowly drifts away. Where 4s the camp—the —wagons—horses—men, women and little singing children? The bluff is bare. There is not a living thing in sight—not the slightest trace of what was tree. The vultures are just taking wing to | follow the current of the stream. They have not waited in vain. We rush down to the sight of the camp and ask each other if it was all a dream. With a power of a mountain—with a clutch which would | bled stone walls the cyclone had swept everything over the bluffs into. the flood. Not a soul escaped. Not an animal left behind. Not the fragment of a brok vehicle, not the strap of a harness, not even a firebrand from the camp fires could be found. It was as if man had never rested on the spot. soe A Suit on a Contract. John Milton and the Milton Smoke Burner Company hus, by Mr. J. J. Darlington, filed a in equity against Albert F. Kingsley for the recession of a contract. They state that on October & 1892, Milton invented a smoke consuming device and Kingsley pro- the funds for patents and give his entire time to the management, introduction, & and such agreement was made with the as- ment. ‘hey state that the invention was tried on, the Baltimore and, Oblo railroad and proved a success, and charge that Kingsley subsequently reported the invention value- less and claimed that his invention was the fas tailed to carr Thin a as fal to’ carry out! agreement. They therefore ask an injunction and the recession of the contract. Hovey and Chace Wi: NARRAGANSET PIER, Aug. 19—The tennis tournament which has been in prog- ress here for several days came to an end today, when Hovey and Chace defeated the Hall brothers for the championship in dou- ee —— New Incorporation. “The People's Storage and Transfer Com- pany” has filed a certificate of incorpora- tion by W. H. Trego, Albert ‘Trego, Jone ‘T. Trego, M. J. Colbert and W. T. trustees, the capital being $10,000. ‘The same ies have also filed a certificate of the le’s Dispatch Company, for receiving and delivering freight and merchandise, with a capital of $2,000. ticralhane~<ood jupposed to Re Dying. About 1 o'clock this afternoon an elderly white-bearded man was taken ill in an office on 9th street near E street. The ambu- lance was summoned at once ont be ms removed to the Emergency where he received ‘medical attention, Noone at the hospital knew the identity of the mai who was white and apparently about sixty- five years of age. He was suffering from Urpemic Polsoning, and at a late hour this afternoon he was very low and hardly ex- pected to live. —_——. —_ ‘Will Be an Orderty Demonstration. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—The committee representing the unemployed workmen who ropose to hold a parade and meeting in Enion Square toni fat, promised that the lemons wou! anda iit was then grant a8 Launch of the Oregon. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.—The Union Iron Works have announced that the time for launching the battleship Oregon has been, fixed for the afternoon of Decem- en jorals in Fiction. From the Southern Magazine. So long and so much us we remain Anglo- Saxon American we shall abhor the French method—and the American, imitation of it. | And no one will deny that the American erotic novel is infinitely more repulsive than its Gallic original, ‘The American cham- pions of adultery in fiction have the prover- bial enthusiasm of beginners; but even if it were admitted that their present popu- larity is likely to endure, it could not pe denied that long and carefu: training is necessary to enable them even to approach the facility and the comparative decency of the French writers in handling the sub- Ject. The French novelists, Balzac, Zola, Be- lot, may have no purpose to excite passion or to make vice attractive. But is it not by pleading art. He declares that art is neither moral nor immoral, but uninoral. ‘This is all well enough in the abstract. but art is addressed to mankind, which is im- moral; which is pregnant with sierce pus: sion. It is not enough to ray that men and ‘women ought not to be affected except aesthetically by works of literary art. e | fact remains that they are powerfully af- | full of contempt for the iow and vulgar who cannot look without blushing or evil | thought upon the spleniid achievements | of nude intings ond sculptures. It is | indisputable, however, that the very paint- prized treasures and ornaments of the pic- | ture gaileries and museums are copied and | pl in barrooms and dance halls to a | tract and gratify the tw minds 2nd imugi- nations of their frequeaters. The novel goes everywhere. Its readers | are of all classes, but a great majority of | them are of the very classes that are most likely to be influenced by the evil that is found in books. Boys and girls, and persons of inferior education and taste, make this majority. To address to them such novels as are flooding the cheap press | their gaudy cov | inst riety and decency, and a men- | Sc0'to the morality and well ‘being of the country. tween writer and reader Intercourse is silent long and intimate. Outside the elect le of artistic writers and critics is the remainder of mankind, @ considerable ma- |Sority, which is incapable of reaching the int’ of purely artistic, passioniess con. {Pemplation. ‘The considerations here eur | gested be lightly by the | writers and critics, but the statements are true and the condition is one which we may not with impunity may treated move- | has brought them no taint. Tere are no} sick unto death Gown | for a | take in the width of the valley—it mounts | It is the words of the “Sweet Bye and ‘e hear a moan | there five minutes ago. I glance up at thc | which would have shaken the foundations | have ‘ifted the grandest oak clear of the | soll—with a rush which would have crum- | for a three-fifths interest to furnish | true that in almost svery instance that re- | sult follows? The novelist defends himself | fected, The artistic und aesthetic elect are | Pure A cream of tartar baking der. Highest of all in leavenine strength.—Latest United States Gover ment Food Report. Boyal Baking Powder Oo, 106 Wall x DOMESTIC CONFUSION. The Loving Spooners Have a Bit of @ ‘TIM About a Reception. From the Chicago Tribune. She had thrown herself on the coush end Was shedding great, salt tears on the nand- Somest sofa cushion she owned. In this eon- dition her dearest friend found her whea | She ran in to ask her opinion coucerning the intentions of a certain young maa. ‘Why, Laura, what is it?” presents, or has George been trying to make you understand base wall?” ‘Neither, He-he called me “Mrs. Syooner” this morning.” ‘Weil, but that is your name.” “So it is, but—well, I'N just tell you of about it, and then you will never, never be foolish enough to marry.” “Mercy. Perhaps you'd better net tell me, then.” “Oh, yes; I must tell somebody. 8 my Cook is your housemaid’s sister you’ | be sure to hear of it, anyhow.” Well, dear, tell me if it is any relief. 1 once trumped George's ace when we were playing partners at euchre, and I knew he co — 3 Hy Bs if LF |ing ‘ready horrid, to wear a dress coat.” | “You didn't think George make for ‘putting inthe waste basket?" | “But he used to H fe ge i H | my i tts i . | the wrinkies out.” “How lov the: H H tis H i i i i i iii i liz some scowling. “Tell us about your friend, the colonel,” suggested a real estate agent. who had the hairy giant on the string for » big eash | “Why,” continued the big man with the prairie voice, “Phillips saw everything that belonged to him big, and everything belong- ing to me small—" | “That's human nature—" the agent was 3 but the prairie man interrupted with: 0, “twant no human nature. “Twas spectacles! He got "em made in this I believe you people all wear ‘em, too | “What peculiar did your friend's j 3 “Just as T've said. made his erty loom up in regular Chicago world’ fashion, but juashed other people’ worse'n a Zimri Dwiggins’ band— “How could he do this?” cis and ‘sh wed’ things tcloscape fasion. axis and show: t You know. S'pose there was a horse wade citongh the evkimary iatte’ dof is gine, through ti tle en: but when you come to look at his he'd get just fipping “em over the magnifying way— ‘and you'd see a magnificent animal. It was the same way with houses, tracts of jend, wheat fields, changing money, anything. Once you looked through his’ glasses at anything you were his victim, for you felt as if you couldn't live until you'd ae Phillips wanted you to, But he met his re- ward. He tried a bluff game on Big Maf- falo Jones pf Arizona—to whom he that’ specticled Jugelery sold a, hun jackass rabbits for rros—and looks at ‘Jones’ six-gun through the little end of to put him down “What at the agent. “Big Jones’ gun went off repeatedly just as Col, Phillips was adjusting his glasses Tt was as well,perhaps, ‘continued the prai- rie ‘man, dropping his voce so low that the bellowing of © in the river and lake could again be heard, “for my friend bad acquired such a habit of trying to talk up to the magnifying side of these glasses that his long-enjoyed reputation for veracity Jes Scenes and to prevent & recurrence Jones’ expense, ren of such a tragedy I took possession of the spectacles, and— “Whatever became of them?” asked a hungry-looking man who had gone broke on a world’s fair hotel scheme. “| now wear ‘em myself,” sald the Mg, | hairy prairie man. OOO Hen and Kittens. From the Spectator. It may interest your readers who care | about this sort = subject to hear of the LF lar incident at our farm two years ego | "iva taking charge of three xittens.- Fhe mother cat must we taken them herself | an bour or two after their birth and plseed | them under the hen, which had made a mest | for herself two or three —_ of under the | manger in a weg ae the = | her progeny ing on straw 4 | after their birth, and noticed the hen on her nest. Returning an hour or two later, , the cowman show ae wd ry ucder {the hen, wondering how they got there, es | nobody ‘else had been in the shed, ond he | had not touched them. |_ ‘Till the kittens grew too big the hen wever |teft them; the cat used to go away foraging, | and come down every now and then, throw herself down alongside the hen and nurse | her young ones, sometimes lyin with ber head under and her paws neck. As the kittens got older it was droll | to see their foster mother following them about and trying to cover them with her | Wings. For some six weeks it was quite the | sight of the neigh! |. IT suppose inel- | Gents of the sort are not infrequent, though | rare to one’s personal knowledge.