Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1893, Page 6

‘ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY. AUGUST 19, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES, MY WIFE And I, writes » zentleman who formerly resided in Connect cut, but who now resides at Honolulu. “for ‘2Oyears past have used Ayer’s Hair Vigor. and we attribute to it the dark hair which she and I now have, while hundreds of our acquaintances, tem or adozea Fears younger than we, areeither gray headed, white, orbald. Whea asked how our hair has reteined its color and fullness, we reply, “By the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor—nothing eise."” Antonio Alsrrun of Bastrop, Texas, teils why he RECOMMENDS the nse of Ayar's Hair Vigor: “In 1868, my afflanced ‘was neariy bald, andthe hair kept falling out every day. Tinduced her to use Ayer's Hair Vigor, and very soon it not only checked any further loss of hair, but produced an entirely new growth. which has remained Juxurtant and glossy to this day. I cam recommend ‘this preparation to all in need of = geauine hair restorer.” AYER'S HAIR VIGOR, Prepared by DR. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mess, U. SA a) t BEOWN'S IRON BITTTERS CURES DY: pen a Fea seg json a \ strength, aids digestion, tones the uerves, creat Appetite: “The best tonic for Nursing Mothers, Weak women and 3 Pais FROW INDIGESTION, DYSP! AND too bearts eating ls relieved at once by ‘oue SP eke TS Chere: LIVER PILLS immediately After dincer. Don't forget this. LIQUID PEPTONE. | What is it? Tt is a concentrated food for use in every | esse of ickness. It contains po drags. It isnot s patent medicine nor # proprietary article. it is beef! Pure ‘beef; iaemensely concentrated. Nor ts this ail; itis) }re-digested, so that the most delicate stomsch will fetsint. As it ts already digested. it can be given to the sick with the certain Knowledye that {t will pass | atonce rio the blood and nourth the natient. Liquid | Peptone should be asad in every ease of typhoid fever; | inevery case of sarlet fever and in every case of diphtheria. Remember this. If yor are ram down or ‘weak from any cause try Liquid Peptons; it will make you s:reug. If you are mck, very sick, profoundly sick, it will bridwe you over the critical period of your disease. Ask your doctor about it, In ordering be eure and sk for Liquid Pep’one, made by eys-wesion STEVENSON & JESTER, Phila I YHE BALY 1 CUTTING TEETH BE SURE ‘and (ise that old well-tried remedy, Mrs. Win- flow’s Soothing ‘children ‘teething. It Soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all ia, cares wind colic and ts the est remedy, for jarzboee. Twenty-fve centa a bottle. my! “THROW ZutsiC 70 THE DoGs~ AND Usk 4 gostura Bitters for good ‘sad Sea ee roe Dr. Be SIBGERT. & SERS “Aske your dealer. ‘auls' Index to Advertisements. AMUSEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. ATTORNEYS. AUCTION SALEs. BUSINESS CHANCES... BicYcLes BOARD CHIKOPODIST.. COUNTRY BOARD. CHURCH NOTICES. CHICAGO HOTELS. CIETY ITEMS. cOoUNTaY DENTISTRY ...... EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS, &e. FINANCIAL. FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (OMice-).. 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Teoiemaly swear that the above statement rep- resents ouly the number of copies of THE EVEN- txa Stam circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, August 18, 159¢—that is, the num- der of copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for vaiuabie consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the ‘copies so counted were returned to or remain in We office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Casbier Evening Star Newspaper Oo. Subscribed and sworn to before me this nine- weonta day of August, A- D. 1898. W. P. VAN WICKLE, Notary Public, D. @ Cholera Abating tm Healy. Surgeon General Wyman has receive a eee ee Ni les, stat! iy ie ua! ftaty ba F in Naples and vicinity ‘cases of cholera and 71 the week. There are many scatter cases in suburban and neighboring towns. ‘Surgeon Young says that he cannot an- swer positively In regard to northern Italy, But was sure there was cholera existing St Campasso and Sulmona, and from to- formation received should say that it pre- ‘vailed at other central towns. From the Suitan City ( oa ‘E4. Sherwood killed four bears place up the Sultan river last evening ¥. ae Sante tracted ‘Mr. Sherwood’s attention = jor = he discovered © near his Saturday On Saturday evening @ violent commotion in uge Dear tm the Set ot t ‘a calf to e piecee, ‘Mr. Sherwood yelled lustily end Attempted to drive the brute away with a ut bruin was not to be robbed of ‘of fresh veal, and he advanced threateningly toward the disturber of his yeyeet, Mr. Sherwood was unarmed and did not stand uw the order of going, but {rusted to the lightness of his heels to in- crease the distance between bruin himself in as short a time as ible. He ured his rifle and returned to the pas- lure, and with a few well-directed shots, e bear—a very male—was quickly ispatched. The calf was go badly torn that it had to be killed. Mr. Shi swore vengence on the whole bear tribe, a tear worain he went out, and be- he came back he bagged no less than ‘Qhree, & female and her two cubs. 2d EDITION WILL MEET HERE. Convention of Commercial Bodies to ‘Urge Repeal. DEFENDERS START AGAIN. THE CUP Arrival of Steamer From Naples f With All Well. RIFLEMEN AT SEA G1RT. ‘TO MEET IN WASHINGTON. Representatives of Commercis! Bodies Favoring Repeal of the Sherman Law SEW YORK, Aug. 19.—An officer of the board of trade of this city stated to a re-| porter this morning that a call for a meet- ing in Washington, D. C., of the business bourds of the country, for the purpose of demanding the immediate and juncondt- tional repeal of urehase clause of the Sherman’ sliver act, would prooably 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. ——_— BIG SLOOPS RACING. The Vigilant, Jubilee and Colonta Have Another Try for the Astor Cup. BRETON'S POINT, R. L, Aug. 19—An- other dubious day opened this morning with @ 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 encouragement. Vigilant led the pro- cession to the starting e, with the Jubi- SS following close at her heels and the lonta, astern, rar HM. & Vigilant 12 2 20 Jubilee 12 2 Colonia At 12:30 the Colonia had crawled up to and passed the Jubilee, and, favored by fluke of shore, began, to best up on th Vigilant, an a wa her, shutting off all her alr, “At 12:32 tl boats were heading to the east of south on the starboard tack, the Colonia leading, and to windward by about a minute. ——>— MATCH. ‘WIMBLEDON CUP 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 187% by the National Rifle Association of Great Britain to the National Rifle Asso- elation of America. Fourteen men faced the target at 9 o'clock when time was called. They were Col. Clay, Capt. Laird, Capt. Bell, Private Wetherald, Corporal Young, Privat . Harries, Capt. Cilly, Lieut. steward, Private Graham of the National Guard, District of Columbia; Col. A. R. Kuser of Gov. Wert's staff, New Jersey; Private Finnegen of sixty-ninth New York = ment and L. P. Hensen of Passaic, N. J. Laird and Scott were members of the Amer- fean rife team. The weather for the morning shooting was rather hazy. gills om ama NAVAHOE FINISHED THIRD. ‘The Satanita and Britannia Defeated e American Yacht. LONDON, Aug. 19—The annual regatta of the Royal Dorset Yacht Club, of which Lord Stallridge ‘s 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 Satanite, 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 WRECK! S$ FOILED. Chains and Pins Discovered Across the P. 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 im on the train wreckers, ‘were fired upon by the latter. Watson had his clothes pierc- ea 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, asi er, In addition to being, heavily armed he had a burglar’s kit with him. Podisteser etree NO CHOLERA ON BOARD. Arrival of the Cachemere With Not a Case of Iiness. QUARANTINE, Aug. 19.—The report of | Dr. Jenkins, health officer of the port of | New York, at 12:20 p. m. today, was as fol- lows: The good health of the Karamantia’s pas- sengers continues. The final disinfection of the baggage is rapidly proceeding. The passengers will receive a bath tomorrow, and on Monday they will be transferred to Ellis Island. ‘The steamer Cachemere, from Naples and Gibraltar with passengers, arrived this morning. There was not a single case of fliness on board since the embarkation at Naples. All of the regulations were carried out except the disinfection of the large bag- gage, which was transferred to the steamer Unopened, Raving passed directly through Naples in that condition. The steamer was! thoroughly disinfected ‘and sent to Ellis Island, where the passengers will be landed, ‘The beggase will be retained on board until the disinfection is finished. This work is being done under the supervision of my officers. WM. T. JENKINS, Health Officer. INHUMANITY PU: HED. 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 Une 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 les Shomtiy after. mifnight the rioters dis- |, Seemingly satisfied with their work. ‘All was quiet this morning and no further demonstration is feared. Immigrants Slip in From Canada. BUFFALO, , Aug. 19. immigrants trom the cholera infected dis- tricts 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 cholera districts on it 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. —_— > Fire at Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19.—Fire brok: out at noon in the biock west of Fayet! street between Commerce and Prince streets and ed the stables of Richards, Rodgers and Driefus and two small colored tenements. The loss is estimated at $3,000. eters eae Ludwig Coal Mine. —A_bdlasting exolostm Killed im the K: P BER today in the King Ludwig Coal os Mine at near Bochum, in West- phalla, ‘Bix | were WAITING ON CONGRESS. Little Doing im 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 at 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 yolume 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 {0 1-2 per cent per annum, as shown by its report for the first six months of the nt year, an attack of this kind would seem unwarranted and likely to prove expensive to the few room traders who are ‘at the bottom of It. ‘After opening this morning at 106 3-4 it advanced steadily to 108 3-4 and closed with- in_an eighth of the highest. ‘The banks have gained about four and a half millfons in lawful money, all in gold, but deposits have fallen off nearly two mil- lions, owing to the reduction of $,20.000 in loans. The increase in reserve teduces the deficlt to about $12,000,000. A summary of the statement, which should have a good effect on prices, follows: Reserve, increased, $4,490,575. Loans, _de- creased, $,255,500. Specie, increased, $47 000. Legals, ‘decreased, ' $93,700, Deposits, decreased, "$1,901,100, and circulation, in- creased, $702,200. ‘The clearing house statement today shows an average amount of busin Exchanges, $68,828,899. Balances, $4,435. and the subtreasury’s debit balance, $38,516. Louisville and Nashville earnings ‘for the second week in August show a decrease of 22 —— ‘@ total decrease since July 1 of $823, ‘The Bank of England released » half mit- lion more gold today and it is ‘tkely that the Bank of France will, movement still further. ‘The Bank of Eng- land is daily drawing gold from the con- tinent, so that its gold balance ts untn- paired by the withdrawals for our xccount and Is now estimated at about i:5,000,000. Chicago is selling here some of the gold recently imported, which would indicate that affairs In the west are «radaally grow- ing better. A continuation of these shipments from urope and the prospect of something being ne by Congress should soon bring sbout feaction from present low prices and re- store confidence and values to their normal condition. articivate in the FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, the highest and the ih REP For stock i “ts ey 1K ‘6% Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. UBy private wire to Corson & Macartney. CHICAGO, Anu. 19, 1803. Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closine. Wheat—Sept. oH cia} rit oie Corn—Sepe Es on HO B20 8% 3. 7.82 cars; ee a Receipta in Chicaro—Wheat, 71 oats, 223; Lows, 16.000. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.—Flour dull, uncbanged— receipts, 10,008 barrels; shipments, 21,984 barrel wales, 50 barrels. “Wheat strong receipts, 115.240 bushels: , 408,698 bushels; stock, 1,738,- Got. September, acl tember, 66%n67; 2, Sunt; steamer No. milling’ wheat by’ sample, @5a66. Corn dull —re- ceipts, 4.347 bushels; shipments, 21,257 bushels; Stok, 304.44 bushels: sale, 1.000 bashels: mixed OLA4% : September, 40% a 3 ‘asked; ‘white ; No. 2 white western, 38134; 2 mixed, 31a32. Tye steady—receipts, 2,700 bush- els; stock, 398,404 bushels: No. 2. 5314." Hay dull good to choice timothy, $16.600$i7. Grain freghts iiiet, unchanged. Cotton nominal—middling, ‘7%. Provisions quiet, unchanged. Butter frm but’ quiet —ereamery, fancy, 25; do. fal to cholee, 2a24; gis, Coffee steady wear strong 104. do. imitation, 22. gs quiet, x 16%. steady—refined, ALTT 19,-Virginla Baltimore and’ Ohio southwestern, ern Central stock, 66%; Consol 107%; do. stock, 50%. erlor 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, copyists, at ‘si20. ‘Pension Office—Appointments: George A. Warren of Illinois, clerk, $1,000, by trans?=r 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 Mississippl, clerks, $1.000. ‘The following named cierks in the general land office were detailed to survey und plat townships in the Cherokee outlet lands, and will leave Washington in a few days: Charles H. Fitch, in charge; Abner F. Dun- ington. special ‘disbursing agent; Walter T. Paine, Eugene McL. Long, Wm. Morey, ff pAmberst W. Barker, Mortis Bien, ‘Don .” Lamoreax and Samuel 8. Chiles of the pension bureau. Reduction of Non-Co ficers. The Secretary of War has directed that the army regulations be so amended as to provide that non-commissioned _olticers 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 ‘or on the recommendation of the general-in-chief approved by the Secretary of War; provided that sergeants shall not, if they object thereto, be tried by regiment: al, garrison or summary courts martial except by special permission of the author- ity competent to order thelr 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 will 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 desertion. ee Bonds for Bank Note Circulation. The deposit of bonds with the United States Treasurer to secure national bank circulation, during the past week was %6,- 927,100, saaising ine total deposit on that account $196,496,800. Personal Mention, Lieut. B. H. Buckingham, commandin; the President's yacht Dolphin, is confin to the Naval Hospital with a kidney ment. It is expected that he will be able to resume his duties next week. ‘Mrs. Gresham and Mrs. Carlisle returned to —— this afternoon from Deer Par! ed Of- The ‘The hearing in the case of Jobn Shea. charged with keeping an unlicensed bar on nd avenue southwest, as heretofore ublished in The Star, was resumed in the lice Court this afternoon and several witnesses were examined. Prayers were submitted on part of the defense and then FOR THOSE WHO KICK. Commissioner Powell Proposes to Make Provision. A Bureau of Complaints to Be Established im the District Bullding—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 today the captain unfolded his plan. He pro- Poses, with the assistance of the people, to establish at the District bullding a bu- Teau of complaints, and anyone who has a srievance 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 reat amount of unnecessary annoyance. Besides, heads of departments who are now called upon relative to the most trivial matter to the detriment of the serviee will be relieved, and in the long run the Dis- trict will be the gainer. The tureau of com- Plaints ts to be located in the first room, to left as you enter the building. Each day the complaints will be forwarded to thelr respective places, ‘and action taken as soon 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. Each interruption means a loss of time, and inspections which should be con- stantly going on are rendered impossible. ‘Trying to Help Mnj. Moore. A competition between temperance and intemperance. That is the conclusion ar- rived at by M. F. Halloran in his diagnosis of the conduct of Officer Bashrod of ‘the po- Ifte force .oward his fathér and mother, who keeps a small grocery ‘store at 320 K reet northwest. He 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 matters that do not concern him in the least. He states further that Officer Bushrod spends much of his time in two §rocery stores on the opposite corners, to he neglect of his duty. His presence 1s obnoxious and intolerable. The Commid- sioners are urged to transfer the officer to another a mp Posts Instead. Glen W. Cooper suggests in connection with the erection of posts by the cable company for the purpose of notiffing pes- sengers of the stopping places of the cars that in Meu thereof amp posts or tree boxes be painted red and used. They would be no obstruction to the street and 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 tion 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 fainst the nting of a liquor license to enjamin Osborn, Hillsdale. The place, they say, is within 60 feet of the Baptist Church “and within 400 feet of two school jouse: “A Citizen” writes to the Commissioners today advising the location of the hos- pital for contagious diseases at 239 North ‘apitol street and thus abate a greater nuisance in the shape of a perpetual run- Bing nolay; greageless printing office. N. R. Metcalf in a letter to the Com- missioners today urges the improvement | of Rhode Island avenue between New Jer- sey avenue and Florld RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH. A Colored Woman Suspected of Per- forming a Cri 1 Operation. Coroner Woodward yesterday afternoon Investigated the death of Laura Castor, « | seventeen-year-old colored girl. who lived | with her mother at No, 119 1-z E street. A | postmortem showed that death probably re- | sulted from malpractice. ‘The girl remained | from home Sunday, and on her retum told her mother a sad story of her downfall, She | said she remained at the house of a colored woman named Emma Winslow, at 138 L : | street southwest, | Last night Detective Boyd went to the | house of the Winslow woman for the pur- | pose of arresting her, but she was not at e. | ‘Today at noon an inquest was held and j the jury returned @ verdict holding that the girl's death was the result of a crimi- | nal operation, and from the evidence the jury expressed the belief that the Wins- W woman was responsible for the death. —_—— BITTEN BY A MAD DOG. A Boy Taken to the Pastear Instita —Killing Dogs at Kensington. For a couple of months past there have been an unusual number of cases of rables 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 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. ‘The boy's parents were naturally much 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 thorough 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 damaye yesterday was killed shortly afterward, but there wus 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 bitten were killed this morning, and active meas- ures are being taken to stamp out the trou- ble wherever it exis ——— ‘The Sixth Battalion. Companies C and D, sixth battalion, D. c. N.G., will leave this afternoon for Har- per’s Ferry, where they will remain in camp until September 1. ‘The battalion will be accompanted by the bugle and drum corps of the Gonzaga jets. ——_—_ Arrested on Suspic: George Ouden, a colored man, was ar- rested in this city yesterday afternoon sus- pected of being implicated in the murder cf time ago. He was taken to the first precinct sta- Virginia authorities. This afternoon he was Identified by a woman from that part 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 gid 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. ————— Colored Men Indignant. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 16, i393. A mass meeting of colored people wa: 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 lawless persons, expressing sorrow for such acts and pledging the meeting to aid the law officers in ther efforts to ferret out the guilty parties and bring them to trial. csv Injured by a Runaway Horse. ‘At an early hour this morning Jas. Fri ‘a carriage trimmer, employed at 314 Pe sylvania avenue, was badly cut and bruised corner of 9th street and Pennsylvania ave- nue. He was taken to the Emergency Hos- cinct and his injuries dressed. mene Held for the Grand Jury. A yung negro named James Snowden, who ‘fives in the vicinity of Benniny bridge, was held for the grand jury in the Police Court this morning on a c! je of making Sore esa one en : ri ae Re ees a ek the old man Swift, near Falls Church some} tion and held to await the action of the| ‘about the head by a runaway horse at the | pital in the patrol wagon from the first pre- | DIST! \GUISHED VISITORS. The Party Acco: ying the East Indian Rajah. Among the visitors to the House of Repre- sentatives today were the party accom- panying his highness, the Raja-I-Rajagan 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. F. Massey of the En- giish army. Seats were given them in the iplomatic gallery, and they seemed to take much interest in the proceedings, ply- fg the page who had been detailed to point ut the celebrities of the House with in- Rumerable questions. ‘The party were attired in English dress, save that the East Indiamen wore large turbans, made of @ material thet looked Mke mosquito net. One was lilac, one was yellow with a small stripe of red 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 speakin; ——_—_-+e—_____ TO REMOVE AN ASSIGNEE. A Suit in 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, eo 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 giaim 20 per cent of $2,500-and asking. & of the property and payment from the proceeds. ee 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, @ 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 plugt. beyond the corporation line, no little diffi- culty was experienced in getting water. The flames wrecked Mr. Engelhardt’s property. ‘The building 1s owned by Mr. ixon of Washington, and the loss is estimated at $2,000. It is understood the houses will be rebuilt. 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 meeting of the city school board. The parochial and six or eight private schools will open here next Notes. Health OMcer 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 bruises. A man named Richardson 1s 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- riéd to Washington Ed. Miller, 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 tron front butlding just pre- pared for them on King street opposite the store of Muyor Strauss. Messrs. Lead- beatre & Co. will extend their drug este: lishment into the building vacated by the insurance compan: ei SE Another of the Barrett Gung Arrested | Another arrest of a member of the Bar- | rett gang of post office swindlers was an- nounced to the Post Office Department this morning. ‘The latest case is that of A. F. MeDo' stmaster at Walker, 8. 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 5480 of the Revised Statutes of the United States by using the mails for fraudulent pur- oses. This is the same charge which has nm brought against Barrett. McDowell was committed to Jail, but subsequently geve bail in the sum of $1,500. J. N. Cuda is_his surety. It is unoMcially understood that feeling runs 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 less 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- tion. Se Medical Representatives of the Navy. Medical surector A. C. Gorgas, Surgeons C. A. Siegfried and H. G. Heyer, and Passed Assistant Surgeon D. M. sJuiteras 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 crutse with the Pennsylva- nia and Rochester naval reserve Capt. Brownson, commanding the Detroit, now at Norfolk, was at the N; = 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 squad- ron. ‘The Gold Balance. The gol# balance of the treasury, which has been above the $100,000,000 reserve Izait since August 1, was today reduced to #9,- $89,071. ‘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 conildence that the balance will be above the $10,000,000 mark again next week. ~ The Chilean Claims Commission. 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 either coun- try against the other, duly ratified by the | respective countries and the ratifications exchanged January 26, 1993, having duly or- ganized and adopted rules, have appointed the 9h 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 claims 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, both at No. 2 Lafayette square, Washington. D.C. ARTHUR . FERGUSSON, Secretary on the part of the United States. MARCIAL A, MARTINEZ de F, Secretary on the part of Chile. aoevisteani ep nao te Placed on the Retired Lint. Medical Inspector Delaran Bloodzood. at- tached to the New York naval laboratory, was placed on the retired list of the navy today, on account of age. seabed Senator Hill's Hine: It was reported today that Senator David B, Hill was seriously ill in his apartments at the Normandie. Inquiry made at the hotel by a Star reporter this afternoon showed that the report was exaggerated. The Senator has been slichtly in sed for a day or two past, and his physician this morning told him that he must keep ‘and not leave his room for a few ‘He is not confined to his bed. _ Senate Appointments Made. ‘The following Senate appointments have been made: Claude Mercer of Kentucky, folder, at $1,00), vice W. J. McDonald; John J. McGrain’ of the District of Columbia, janitor, vice G. H. Draper. The House 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 ts presumed that Mr. Bynum of Indiana will be chairman of the Class 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. R. K. Harper was appointed stmaster at Hanson. Frederick county, ia., vice J. V. Palmer, removed. EVOLUTION OF THE PIANO. How This is Shown in Exhibits at The Fair. First the Clavichord, Then the Spinet, Then the Harpsichord ‘That the Instrument of Today. From Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, August 15, 1893. 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 locked at them in wonder to think that they have anything in common with the modern plano, but whoever wishes to see the old- est planos 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. ‘here are big concert grand planos, “baby grands” and “uprights,” but the square plano which used to be so pop- ular seems to have been given a position in the background and is not now exhibit- ed among the most modern instruments. In the historical exhibit the visitor may first consider the earlest instruments re- sembling the plano and these are known as clavichords. They were made as early as the middle of the fifteenth century and as a general thing had no legs, but were simpie 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 end: each set of strings produces three differ- ent tones. Another clavichord vf a oen- tury later is set upon four legs and the sets of strings produce but two different tones. A third one is in quite an elaborate care, rococo style, in white enamel and gold, and belongs to the seventeench century and one in 1789 has black “naturals” and white “sharps. The Spinet. The evolution next in order in the plano 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 belonged to a family of spinet makers, who manufactured the instruments as early 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 paintii of the con- test before the gods of Apollo and Mar- syus. The former is playing a viol and the latter a pipe, and calidren are dancing. There is a background of hills, a castle and |a lake with # boat on it. Where the “little spinet” fits in there are paintings of men |and women and women dancing in pairs. ‘The spinet 1s 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 harpsi- chords, for instance, of date 1679, the lid is embellished by an elaborate landscape by the great Dutch artist, Van Kessell. Most of the spinets ‘are Italian, with three to four octaves. There is one’ string to each note, and a crow quill strikes the string and causes the vibration. The in. strument, it will be remembered, was a fe rite one of Queen Elizabeth, and it may easily be imagine without much imp-ob- 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 specimen, made by Andreas Rucker, in has on the lid the Latin motto “Sic transit gloria mundi.” This was the maker who supplied “Handel with his favorite harpsichord, which is now in the ouca ken- | sington Museum in London, An English | spinet, made by Thomas Hitchcock of m~ don in 1750. has five octaves, and lookg not unlike a slightly built piano of the present day. 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 furniture shops the collector is still able to pick one up as a curious article of furniture. Among the finest in the collection un-ler ~onsidera- tion is the one with five octaves built by J. A. Hass of Hamburg. It has two key- poards, with tortolse-shell_ “naturals” ane ivory * ” and is unique among _ sichords in that it has elght stops such as used in organs. It has a long set of roducing ‘what is known as a -foot tone,” two shorter sets pro- ducing an “eight-foot tone.” iwo still shorter for a “four-foot tone’ and the shortest producing a “two-foot tone.” One of the stops imitates the lute, another the harp. It stands on eight legs and the sound- ing board is elaborately painted, as, also, ts the inside of the lid. Very little is known about this notable oid 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 probable that there were many harpsichords finer than this one, and it is fair to presume that it was touched by the famous musi- clans of the day. Another interesting ha! sichord 1s 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 {s interesting. I was first owned by Napoleon the First, and after his banishment to St, Helena’ was iven to a French sergeant, ‘The latter left nce 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 Piano. ‘The visitor may now pass into the region of the present generation und see the Ger- man hammerclairer 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 made by Johann Christoft Jeckel of Worms in iT, It has 4 1-2 octaves, the keyboard being to the left, and is in appearance uke the old square plano except that it s half as large. ‘An older one of similar pattern was by Frederick Schneider of Meraberg in 1°0, and there is an old upright of 178. It looks like a “secretary” and the striags run in a horizontal direction. Another strang2 one! is a square plano in the form f # lady's sewing table. It has four »ctaves and one jal. ‘The earliest American piano is a Binge’ square one of 81-2 cctavas, made in New. York about 185. ‘There are three Js, It is inlaid with brass and beautt- fully carved. ‘The collection includes a aumber of con- cert grand pianos, most notadle among which is one that belonged to Mudame Streicher, and on the sounding board is the ‘following inecription: “Nanette Streicher, nee Stein, Wien, 1x16." She was the intimate friend of Beethoven and he used to visit her summer retreat at Paden. Tt is safe to say, therefore, that Beethoven played this particular piano. eB | was from the clavichord to the spinet. In | THE CYCLONE’S TRACK. ‘Where Had Been Life 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 wait for a 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 Jaughed and were happy. On a dead tree to our right, sitting ride by side with folded wings and necks out- stretched, are four great vultures—scay 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 not hear their croak! croak! croak! as they call, each other to a feast. These birds have come on silent wing. They utter nq sound. There is no move- ment except -of their necks as they look down into the emigrant camp. It gives one @ creepy feeling to watch them. ‘The air has brought them no taint. There are no Worn-out horses waiting 12 die. if" there was a human bein; unto death down There the songs and Shouts woull. be hush- ed. Have the horrible birds feasted sr-d alighted up there to rest and sleep? No! They are lean and hyngry looking and the vulture never tires. Our camp is much the nearest, but their attention Is wholly cc- cupied "with the other. They have every living thing under their eyes. Jt is like the silent, ceaseless watch murderer condemned to death. “See—what's that?” The emigrants have hed the river by a long and narrow valley. We saw their wagons while they were yet miles away. Afer off on their trail, where sky and Seem to meet, is a black spot, look! s moment like a bruise on the white skin of a babe. At first a hand would cover it, but as we look it grows larger and larger and darker and darker. It is a cloud which seems to have risen from the earth as if following an explosion. It spread out to take in the width of the valley—it mounts up until it stands like a great wall against the sky, and we watch and wonder and tremble. About us everything is as quiet a8 the grave. Down in the camp of the em- grants a group of children are singing. “There's a land that is fairer than day ‘And by faith we can see it afar; Our Father waits over the way—" It is the words of the “Sweet Bye and Bye,” and men and women join with the children. I turn my eyes from the clouds to the vultures. They still occupy the limb— thelr horrible necks are still outstretched. Back to the cloud, which has now assumed @ strange, menacing appearance. It see 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. We hear a moan —wild, weird, awful—a roar—a crash. For @ 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 is the cump—the wagons—horses—men, women and little singing children? The sight—not the slightest trace of what was there five minutes ago. I glance up at the 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 which would have shaken the foundations of @ mountain—with a clutch which would have lifted the grandest oak clear of the soll—with a rush which would have crum- died stone walls the cyclone bad swept everything over the bluffs into the flood. Not a soul escaped. Not an snimal was left behind. Not the fragment of a broken vehicle, not the strap of a harness, not even & firebrand from the camp ' fires could be found. It was as tf man had never rested on the spot. toe. A Sait on a Contract. John Milton and the Milton Smoke Burner Company nas, by Mr. J. J. Darlington, fled @ bill in equity against Albert F. Kingsley for the recession of a contract. Th: state that on October 8, 1892, Milton invented @ smoke consuming @evice and Kingsley pro- posed for a three-fifths interest to furnish the funds for patents and give his entire time to the management, introduction, &c., and such agreement was made with the as- signment. ‘They state that the invention was tried on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and proved a success, and charge that Kingsley subsequently reported the invention value- less and claimed that his invention was the successful one, and charge that Kingsley has failed to’ carry out his *agreement. They tlerefore ask an injunction and the recession of the contract. Hovey and Chace Win. 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- —_—> — New Incorporation. “The People’s Storage and Transfer Com- y* has filed a certificate of tncorpora- tion by W. H. Trego, Albert John T. Trego, M. J. Colbert and W. 4 trustees, ‘the capital being $10,000. The same ‘ties have also filed a certificate of the eople's Dispatch Company, for receiving and delivering freight and me chandise, with @ capital of 2.000. pisndameses ae Tet Supposed to Be Dying. About 1 o'clock this afternoon an elderly white-bearded man was taken ill in an office on %h street near E street. The ambu- lance was summoned at once and he was | removed to the Emergency Hospital, where the received medical attention. No one at the hospital knew the identity of the man, who was white and apparently about sixty- five years of age. He was suffering from uraemic poisoning, and at a jate hour this afternoon he was very low and hardly ex- Pected to live. cma ceat WIll Be an Orderly Demonstration. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—The committee representing the uncnapleyed, yorkman whe Enkerenware tonugat promised "thatthe : : mit was then granted. > Launch of the Oregon. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19—The Unton Iron Works have announced that the time for launching’ the battleship Oregon has Deen fixed for the afternoon of Decem- —__+ -— Morals im Fiction. From the Southern Magazine, So long and so much as 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 infinttely more repulsive than its Gallic origin: ‘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 tn the sub- ect. ‘The French novelists, Balzac, Zola, Be- lot, may have no purpose to excite passion or to make vice attractive. But is it not true that in almost vvery Instance that re- sult follows? The novelist defends himself by. seg . He declares that art is neither moral nor immoral, but un:noral. Eyes of Deep-Sea Fish. From Chambers’ Journal The eyes of deep-sea fish are very var. fed; some have neither eyes nor sigh others have greatly enlarged eyeballs, so | aa to catch ‘the least glimpse of light. ‘Their eyes tend either to disappear or to be unusually efficient; but since no trace of sunlight can penetrate to any great depth, and it is probably quite dark beyond depth of some 200 fathoms, of what use can eyes be? Fish have been captured at a depth of nearly 3,00 fathoms, where there must be not only absolute stillness, put also total darkness, except for the fact that some of | these deep-sea creatures ure phosphorcs- |cent, and therefore luminous. ‘This fact | Was first ascertained in the Challeager ¢x- pedition. Since then Mr. Alco-k of the In- Gian 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 priced. Fish i with large eyes have therefore @ letter t chance ef finding food. (and mates). |b they cannot wholly depend upon siz’ since some have quite abandoned al tempts to see. Some, again, have luminous organs on \ | their control, so that they n actually throw light at ar on their prey or extinguish it in times of danger. Thus the lef. among others, attracts its prey by t lights. it has been well said that these “vast profounds of the deep have be- come @ sort of almshouse or asylum, -vhere- unto antiquated forms have reured, end amid the changeless environment have | dwelt for ages unaltered.” | of nude their head or body or tail, whicn ere under | means of these colored lures or phosphores- | ‘This is all well enough in the abstract. but j art is addressed to mankind, which is im- | | moral; which is pregnant with tierce pus- sion. It is not enough to ray that men and women ought not to be affected except aesthetically by works of literary art. The | fact remains that they are powerful | fected, The artistic and aesthetic elect are full of contempt for the iow and yulgar who cannot look without blushing or evil thought upon the splendid achievements intings and sculptures. It is indisputable, however, that the very paint- | ings and sculptures ‘which are the most | prized treasures and ornaments of the jsic- | ture galleries and museums are copied and | placed in barrooms and dance halls to at- tract and gratify che low minds «nd imagi- | nations of their frequcaters. | 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 ts found in books. Boys and girls, and j persons of Inferior education and taste, make tht | such novels as are flooding the cheap press |and illuminating every news stand with their gaudy covers {s a palpable outrage against riety and decency, and & men- ace to the morality and well being of the country. ‘Between writer and reader intercourse ts silent, long and intimate. Outside the elect circle of artistic writers and critics is the | remainder of mankind, a considerable ma- jority, which is incapable of reaching th point of purely artistic, less con: femplation. The considerations here sug- gested may be treated lightly by the Sriters and critics, but the statements are true, and the condition is one which we may not with impunity majority. To address to them | | bluff is bare. There is not a living thing in | Acream of tartar baking der. Highest of all in leavening strength.-—Latest Guited States Goyerm ment Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Oo,, 106 Wall *., N. ¥. DOMESTIC CONFUSION. ‘The Loving Spooners Have a Bit of @ Tif About a Reception. From the Chicage Tribune. She had thrown herself on the coach sn@ Was shedding great, salt tears on the bade | somest sofa cushion she owned. In unis eon- dition her dearest friend fouad her she ran in to ask her opinion the intentions of a certain young maa. “Why, Laura, what is it?” she ofled, “Has a burglar taken all yoar wedding presents, or has George beea trying ta make yon understand base vali?” Well, but that is your name.” “So it is, but—well, I'l just tell you about it, and then you will never, Ob 25; X mant tall comsboty. Destiny, | as my cook is your housemaia’s sister y#u's | be sure to hear of it, auynow. | “Well, dear, tell me if it is any relief I once trumped George's ace when we were playing partners at euchre, and 1 know he ell, it all began yestertay en 1 found the tvitations to the | | whi | Sunbiotz reception in George's waste fas ‘in the waste basket?” “Yes; after 1 had been won why they didn’t come. I wanted especially to go because George's married sister was. to go and wasn't him giggling the evening before ing that horrid Teddy that at was to wear a dress coat.” “You didn’t think Teddy horrid Zou were married. But what excune George make for putting an} in the waste basket?" “But he used to come and sce me not my husband. Oh, George thought they were circulars.” j | | | | his dress coat.” “What did say?” “Oh, 1 just called in pleasan: | the wrinkles out.” x Y on —~ ren; 1 weidorn love may” temper tty him. “It makes him angrier if 1 um = a eee ‘that he w: ution. my gloves and I had ‘How mean! Why he used—" €s, indeed, he used to to it if there only four. But I got even.” “How? Do tell me!” “Oh, I told him that his cars were | it 8 3 gia 8 iii i ‘The speaker was a large, hairy man @ big slouch hat and a voice evidently ter adapted to the | trade. ing to me small—" ‘No, :t | ! but the prairie man interrupted peculiar jon, but juashed other . at Dwiggins sano axis and showed things yy fashion, you come to look at his be’ the Same way with houses, tracts of ward. He tried a bluff game on Big Buf- AS eee tis it him down “twant no human nature. "Twas cles! He got ‘em made in this town, properties aid your spectacles possess?” asked a curious tener. “Just as I've said. Petcare world © ak 2 worse’n a Zim “How could he do thie? you know. S'pose there was a trade up, h'ed jet you look at your own thro: at his specks again under some pretext— just flipping “em over the magnifying w wheat fields, changing money, anything. Since you isoked toroug hi, anes at as it —4 Soulan't live until "ad traded a falo Jones of Arizona—to whom he had os ery sold a hi aaa eects duct burroe—and looked hi: sses, Ul to pul Ls ae Eee pue ans, it didn't work ‘What happened?” asked Hs “That's human nature—" the egent was spectay 1 believe you people all wear ‘em, too!” ory foom cp & regular Chicago world’ fa “Why, the blamed jenses worked om ugh the ordinary Httie, end of his but when land you'd see a magnificent animal. It Phillips wanted you to, But he met his re- Big son aix-gun through the little end the agent. bellowing ‘of tugs in the river and lake could heard, be heard, “for my triend, bed fired such a habit of trying to tak {5 the magnifying side of these glanses his long-enjoyed reputation for vera was entirely sptied. We buried him at Jones’ expense, and to prevent @ recurrense of much a tragedy 1 took possession of the spect ‘and— Sienatever became of them?” asked ungry -lookit man wi! Saw work's fair hotel schem “] now wear ‘em myself, hairy prairie man. Hen and Kittens. From the Spectator. It may interest your readers who care avout this sort of subject to hear of the ular incident at our farm two years ago Shen taking charge of three kittens. fnother cat must have taken them an hour or two after their birth and placed {nem under the hen, which had made 2 nest for herself two or three ‘off under manger in a cowshed. her progeny lying on the straw di Ses, | | | after their birth, and noticed the hen | her nest. Returning an hour or two jater, | the cowman showed me the kittens under the hen, wondering how they =, there. se | nobody ‘else had been in the shed, ond be had not touched them. ‘Till the kittens grew too big the hen Lever left them; the cat used to go away £0 gnd come down every now and herself the hen and nuree her young ones, sometimes lying with ber head under and her paws round the hen’ neck. As the kittens got older it was ar to see their foster mother following thi about and trying to cover them wit wings. For some six weeks it was quite Sight of the neighborhood. I suppose Gents of the sort are not infrequent, rare to one’s personal | |