Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1893, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D 0. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES, CONGRESS INSUMMER Pen and Pencil Sketches of Well- Known Legislaiors. WARM WEATHER COSTUMES The Two Toms, Reed and Johnson SNAP SHOTS AT MEMBERS. ee ‘Written for The Evening Star. ¥F CONGRESS were sitting in New York and the Wall street brokers could see ft as it is now they would mob the House.” These were the words of a New York merchant as he stood im the press gallery a few days ago and looked down upon the House during the sil- ver debate. There were one hundred empty chairs on the republican side of the chamber and every other democratic desk ‘was vacant. The remainder of the seats contained men who were writing, reading, loafing and chatting, picking their teeth, Playing with their keys and doing the thou- sand and one other thing which the ave?- age Congressman does when he ts not mak- ing a speech. Catchings of Mississippi! had the floor. A baker's dozen sat around and watched him, and you could not imagine from the scene that we were in the midst of one of the great financial crises of our national life nor think that Congress was — to Go much to help us out of it. The ple outside of Was! ton have little Kien how the House of Representatives Feally looks when it is in session. They think that the democrats and republicans @re at swords points. The truth is some of the strongest friendships of public life are Between men of opposite politics. ‘They fight each other in debate like Kilkenny eats, but they hobnob together in the cloak Tooms and go about the hall of the House arm in arm. As I write this David B. Hen- derson of Iowa and Isadore Rayner of Bal- timore are Long, “oe ace nga at the back of the chamber. Henderson can’t speak with- @ut denouncing the democratic party, and Rayner has never said anything good of the Fepublicans. On a lor at the side of the chamber Lafe Pence of Colorado and_By- —= [# Eigen 8 Ce stories. = ad a fight on the floor the other day, they seem good friends now. Tom Reed and Speaker Crisp are holding a confer- ence in another corner, and the smiles ‘which shine out of the baby face of the ex- czar are thrown back from the brunette countenance of the present ruler of the Im the Press Gallery. ‘The hot weather takes all the dignity out of Congress. The day used to be that Ro statesman ever appeared In anything else than a swallow-tall coat with brass buttons. The last of these “steel pen” Statesmen passed from Senate with Omar D. Conger and from the House when Luke P. Poland finished his term. With these came the era of the Prince Albert coat and the double breasted frock, and gor @ generation or so there was a mixture of Swallow-tails and biack broadcloth suits. Now every one dresses to please himself and there are seersuckers and dusters to be seen everywhere. One of the queerest Gressers is Tom Reed, and he is one of the ueerest looking characters on the floor. fe weighs over two hundred pounds and he Folls about like an elephant. His every would makea newspaper sketch, and @ comes out every Congress in a new and striking costume. “A year or so ago he wore @ white sash about his waist and a derby hat as large as a peck measure. Now he has a rakish sailor straw chappeau and he ciothes his great form in a flimsy fron gray stuf which is known here as Kentucky jeans. The cloth is loosely woven and it makes the wearer feel as thouch he were @ressed In a sieve. The air whistles through 3 almost without hindrance, and one of Reed's fellow members told me the other day that he had put on one of these suits and had thrown {t away. Said he: “It seems ®0 open that I really felt indecent. I im- Reed on the Avenue. every one could see through it and thought I was naked.” This light suit of fom Reed's gives him a very different ap- PeargEes, He Js you know, a strawberry mde. His big round face ts as rosy as that of a baby. His baid pate has the ehment whiteness at the top of a new ead and his eyebrows are white, while Ris little mustache about his ears are of a reddish silver. This fron gray sult adds to this white effect and | makes the great statesman of Maine a sym- phony in light gray. It is hard to keep glothes of this material in shape, and Mr. Reed's pantaloons bag at the knees and fit fB “finkles over his yellow shoes. Under is fat chin shines out a sky-blue necktie ‘end he keeps his linen coat buttoned up close at the neck. Physically he appears to be in splendid condition, and mentally he ‘Was never greater than he is today. He is by all odds the strongest m2n on the re- ublican side of the chamber and his tongue Bas ss much Vitrol at its roots as ever. ‘Tom Jobnson of Cleve! No one ever speaks of Reed otherwise than Bs"Lom Heed.” He ts more tke an overgrown boy than a man, and has none of the airs and snobbishness of the sive-cent statesman who thinks he is great. The democratic side ef the chamber has also a “Tom.” I refer to Tom Johnson of Cleveland, one of the shrewdest and most practical business men 4m the House and, at the same time, one of | the wildest johnson ts. believes in and the fringe of hair | Henry George and He says that his property really belongs to his fellow men as much as himself. I have not noted, however, any in- clination on his part to make a division. He ts, you know, a street railroad magnate and is probably worth somewhere in the mil- ns. He began his life as an office boy in Louts- ville and when he was hardly out of his teens got hold of a street raflroad in Indian- apolis. The road never amounced to any- thing while he managed it. He paid no at- tention to improving it, but he learned the business, made some money and then went to Cleveland. The city was already covered with a net work of roads belonging to close corporations. These objected to Johnson laying new tracks and op} him in every way. He finally got a charter for a track down Scoville avenue. This ran throi one of the best parts of the town, but he had no line by which he could reach t! heart of business and the other roads wouid not let him go over their tracks. He changed his tactics as to the character of his road from those which he had used in Indianapolis. In Cleveland he put down everything of the very best. He paved Sco- ville avenue at his own expense, spending $90,000 on it and made himself noted as a friend of the people. He got a litte line of track on the west side of the city and be- fan to carry passengers trom one wide of leveland to the other for one fare. He had to have omnibuses carry his pagers two miles in order to do this, but he stuck to it and in this way made himself more popular, as the regular roads chargel two and three fares for the same distance. In the mean- time he did everything to get his roads con- nected. He worked with the city council, but in his own way. He never gave any passes over his road. He said he di1 not use @ pass himself and no one should ride free. He was willing to pay a man or a council- man for his services, but he would not give him a pass. Well, he finally got his meas- ures through and eventually secured one of the most valuable street railway propertes of the city. In the meantime he invented a number of things connected with street rafl- ways and he gets a big royalty from these. He has a rolling mill at Johnstown, Pa, and he ts said to have an income of a hundred thousand dollars a year. He is a j-eculiarity among statesmen in that though ell of his business is largely protected by the tariT he is a free trader. He frankly says his rail- Toads ought to belong to the elty, but until Henry George principles prevail he will keep them. Tom Johnson is a queer looking man. He makes me think of Dickens’ fat bey. His round fat head {s a cannon ball of rosy flesh, thatched with wavy brown hair ard pierced at the front with two bright eyes, which look out at you over a fairly shaped nose. This head is fastened vy a short, thick neck to fat, round shoulders and his rely- poly form rolls around the house at a good pace. Tom Johnson does not look to be over thirty years old, but he is in reality forty. He 1s a good off-hand spzacer and he 1s especially happy in ten-minute orattons. He dresses in a business sult an coois his fat face during these warm days with a palm leaf fan. A Look at Bourke Cockran. One of the most marked men on the floor of the House this session is Bourke Cockran. He would be a striking character if he had no brains, and his figure would attract at- tention anywhere. The fact that he has brains and an eloquent tongue make hin the more interesting. He is one of the straightest men in Congress. His tailor could lay him on his back and measure him for his well-cut sult of clothes and he dresses like a French dandy. He looks like a Frenchman, but he is an Irishman and his voice has all the mellowness of those of the best speakers of old Erin. His French appearance may come from the fact that he was educated in France and also that he is well up in French literature. He reads French and a great many of his heroes are Frenchmen. He 1s a great admirer of Napoleon and he is not averse to French novels. His mind is well stored with his- tory and he has been practicing stump speaking from his boyhood. His greatest speeches have been made at conventions. e jumped into fame at Chicago when Cleveland was first nominated and he add- ed to his reputation by his great speech at Cockran in Debate. the last convention. Mr. Cockran ts a rich man. He lives here at Washington in Secor Robeson’s house on 16th sjreet. He paid I think $57,000 for it; He @ magnificent country seat on consisting of ‘are said to United States. if and he condition by are blue, but of a dark bro talks from the for hours with ordinary memo without notes. framed after he Is belfeve that the made otherwise tha he spur of the mo- ment. He is still a young man and was born on the last day of February just thirty-nine years ago. Bryan of Nebraska. Bourke Cockran ts a great orator. Bryan of Nebraska is a very fair speaker. He lack's Cockran's form and physique, and his square face is angular rather than full. He is a black-eyed, dark-faced man of thirty-three. His jaw is heavy, square and smooth shaven. His cheek bones are prom- inent and his forehead square. He is a pleasant talker and ts fond of dealing in well-rounded phrases, and his speeches are full of poetry. His first speech in Congress was a surprise. Sayers of Texas gave him a portion of his time, and Bryan spoke on | free wool. He had not talked thzee min- |utes before he had the attention of the House, and he held them for an hour. | Bryan’ 1s ely 2 poor man. He nin, Neb., and he comes originally from Lilinols. Catehings and Cannon. “Mississippi Catchings” and “Illinois Cannon” have created considerable atten- tion already and they will keep themselves | before the people during the rest of this Congress. Catchings of Mississippl looks | for all the world like George Daniels, the [general passenger agent of the Big Four Tailroad. He has long red chin whiskers, a square forehead. from the middle of whien a white part runs back to the crewn, and thin light hair so carefully combed that you can see the parallel lines of white scalp shining through it. He makes me think of the Maine Speaker of the House who got so angry at Hannibal Hamlin one | day. ‘This man had very few hairs and he combed them just in order to cover his baldness. One day Hamlin went up to him and in a joking way said: “Excuse Mr. Speaker. but you have one of your sed this morning.” This remark and “hair are blackness. He d he can speak has an extra- ally talks sentences are r and he doesnt speech can be me made the Speaker very angry and he be- came Hamlin’s enemy for life. Well, Catehings’ d is not exactly bald, but the ry thin and very fine. His head is very full at the top and the ears are well set down on the sides. He ts not a bad looking man and he ts a fairly good speaker. He delights in quoting Jefferson ‘son and he talks easily and weil. Joe Cannon, on the other hand, is the sreatest alr tearer in Congress. He makes a dozen gestures a minute and when he | begins to shake his finger it moves up and | down at the rate of 100 revolutions to every | seconds. He looks a trifle older than when he was in Congress a few years ago, but he has, {f anything, more energy than | ever, and he appears every day on the floor fresh for the fight. He is more at home [here than he was in Illinois. A large part | of his life has been spent in Congress and he once told me that he would be a rich man today if he had kept out of it. As it is I have been told that he is worth in the j my system of purchasing from the pawn- neighborhood of $200,000. Some of this has been made in banking. He is a strong ad- vocate of a protective tariff, is in favor of & postal telegraph and is a republican first, last and all the time. His Name is Late. ‘The latest sensation among the young- sters of the House ts Lafe Pence of Denver. He created a sensation as soon as the House opened, and he made one of the bright, shrewd speeches of the time. He had quite a contest with Isadore Rayner, in which he showed himself as regardless of the feclings of his opponent as is Tom Reed. He kept the House in a roar of laughter during his attack on Bynum, and he promises, in fact, to be a second John J. Ingalls. Pence is a typical west- Q_yn~ ~ > Joe Cannon's Gestures. erner. He locks like the cow boys of Fred- erick Remington's sketches. Tall and lean, he has a long, thin head, the most striking feature of which Is a long, thin nose. His cheeks are thin, his jaws strong, and his smoothly shaven face is full of lines of de- termination and grit. He 1s all muscle, bones and brains. Just how much brains the future will show, but he has demon- strated that he has a fair quantity and no lack of grit. His face ts rather sallow, and his arms are eng @s those of John Sher- man. He has shed his vest during these dog ‘days, and he wears a flannel shirt with a turnover collar, about which he has @ long blue scarf. This scarf is tlel in a sailor knot, and the blue ends of it stand out on each side of his chin against his short black coat. With all his rough alr he is a college-bred man, and he comes here at the age of thirty-six as a populist and a silver democrat. A Word About Isadore Rayner. Speaking of Pence brings to mind Isadore Rayner. Rayner 1s a clean-cut, dark-faced member from Baltimore. He made a repu- tation for himself during the Fiftieth and Fifty-second Congresses as an able debater, @ sound thinker and an all-around good fellow. He is of Hebrew descent, but there is no m of the Israelite in his features. I don’t know how rigid he is in his belief, but I have been told that he is rather lib- eral. He comes of a wealthy family, and he makes about $5,000 a year at his law practice in Baltimore. He is well educated, modest and very ambitious. He talks smoothly and well. He calls himself a bi- metallist, but he ts one of that sort which lean toward a gold standard. Isadore Ray- ner is about five feet eight inches in height; he weighs about 160 pounds. His face is dark and rosy, and his jet black hair, which he parts very near the middle, 1s smoothly plastered down upon his head. His forehead is high and broad, and he looks more like a club man than a Con- gressman. Silver-Dollar Bland. Silver Dollar Bland on the other hand looks like a grocer or a lay Methodist preacher who devotes himself to selling goods between Sundays. He wears a white necktie, a black a:paca sack coat and black pantaloons and vest. He ts a short stocky man well along in the fifties. He has the sallow complexion of the Missourian and much thinking has gouged the hair out of the top of his head. His hair ts not moth eaten, as has been said of Allen of Missis- sippi, but it is well thinned out at the crown and over the forehead. He has a reddish brown covering the lower half of his face and he keeps his jaws moving while not speaking in chewing to- bacco. He 1s a man of considerable abil- ity and of bull dog tenacity. His silver dollar bill in reality was invented by Sen- ator Allison and Bland was at that time in favor of free coinage. He is thoroughly posted on all silver questions and his dis- trict sends him here as the advocate of silver. He is not a great speaker. His voice ts hoarse and his manner heavy. He is a man of small means notwithstanding that he lived in the mineral regions of the | west during some of the greatest gold and silver finds. He is not a companionable man and {s rather quiet and reserved than “hall fellow well met.” A Word About McCreary. Governor McCreary has made a number of good speeches during this sesston. He is a bimetallist and he rings all the changes | upon his theory, talking in stentorian tones | and gesturing the while with a pair of | spectacles which he puts on his nose every time he has to look at his notes or read a quotation. He is a big man, weighing, I Judge, about 200 pounds and standing about five feet ten in his polished boots. @ heavy head, a dark rosy face, which he keeps ‘as smoothly shaven as was that of Daniel Webster, and he cultl- vates, it seems to me, Webster in his voice and manner. He seldom jests on the floor, though he is a good story teller in private. He is a lawyer from Richmond, Ky., and is worth about a quarter of million dollars. He lives tz Richmon within a stone's throw of where he was born. His law office there is the head- quarters of the politicians of the state, and he was spoken of for the United States Senate when Carlisle was elected. FRANK G. CARPENTER. SECOND-HAND “FAMILY SILVER. How One Can Accumulate a Good Supply. 11 the silver used in my house is the real article; not a bit of plated ware,” said a Washington householder. “I have accum- ulated it piece by piece in rather a peculiar way. In fact, the notion is entirely my own. I buy it from the pawnbrokers. From time to time I go to their shops and find out what they have in stock in that line. They know what I want and usually save for me such articles as I would Ike. In this manner I get hold of a good many very handsome things at less than half the price I should have to pay if I purchased them at first-hand. “Look at this spoon. Such spoons are not made nowadays. Observe how deep It is and how generous its size. Undoubtedly that piece of sliverware originally belonged to a well-to-do family, such as could afford to indulge in luxuries of the kind for the table a generation or more ago. May be it 4s an heirloom. But poverty has brought tt to the pawnbroker’s and so it falls into my possession. I dare say it cost $5 or % orig- inally. I paid only $2 for it, and it ts just as good as ever. This dish is of a pattern antique and beautiful, such as ts not known to the manufacturer nowadays. I got it in the same wey for very little more than its bullion value. “Now is the time to buy silverware. It has never been so chean as at present. In fact, the metal has gone so low in value that it need no longer be a luxury exclus- ively possessed by the rich. Jewelers are selling spoons of the pure ‘stuff for their wetght in silver dollars. The best method of accumulating silver that I know of is to make every anniversary or other holiday an oceasion for buying a piece of silver. By following that plan your table and side- board will soon be fully furnished. As for broker, I must admit that sentiment ts against It. Fortunately, I am not sentiment- al myself. But my wife says that she does not like to consider the fact that every piece of silverware she has represents some- body's misfortun: “My experience fs that pawnbrokers are usually very hon You can rely on their representations as to the quality of any- thing you buy from them. —__ eee Dangerous Ki! From the New York Telegram. Fate once in a while plays us a mean trick, a sort of practical Joke, as it were. Miss Aiken was married the other day. She was exquisitely dressed, bore herself superbly and looked every inch a queen. She had a slight sore throat, but discreetly sald nothing about it. Her gentlemen friends—the army of the rejected, perhaps—took the opportunity to let bygones be bygones by kissing the bride. And now it turns out that her sore throat was incipient diphtheria and every one of the rogues who touched her rosy lips is down in bed with it. Moral—Don't kiss any woman except your wife, and whe you indulge in even that luxury examine her throat first. -—s0e A Clever Disg From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. en. “Chapple was completely disguised at the ball.” “Went as a prince, I suppose?” ‘No; wore a dress sult and a mask, and every one took him for a man.” CHINA AT THE FAIR. Fascinating Displays of Rare and Delicate Porcelains. BY THE TALL CLOCK TOWER. A Landmark and Resting Spot for Tired Sightseers. WARES FROM ABROAD. ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, September 4, 1993. N THE CENTER OF the great manutfac- tures and liberal arts building rises the tall clock tower, one hun- dred and twenty feet high, besides its base of forty feet. Colum- bia avenue crosses it, running lengthwise, intersectinsthe short- er but equally broad avenue from side to side of the immensi structure. This is a landmark all over the big butld- ing, the center both geographically and in Point of interest, for at the four corners meeting here are the four important ex- hibits of this department, the German, French, English and American. In the broad aisles many chairs are placed and here at all hours are sightseers, tired.out for the time and resting their feet if not their eyes, which constantly rove from the Passing throng to the features of the place itself. If you pause on the north aisle you may sit and look at the low buff and white Pavilion which contains the Tiffany collec- tions and attracts a crowd all the time. Or you may choose to face the other way and look at the imposing wrought iron gates which open to the wonders of the royal Berlin porcelains. If you choose a seat on the south aisle looking east you have France before you and cases of finery from Paris modistes displayed to the best advantage, or if caring not for these, you can take your rest gazing the opposite way so that the attractive china of Eng- land may be spread out before you, a suc- cession of beautiful shapes of Doulton, Cauldon and Coalport catching your eyes in turn. You may face the French section again with fine furniture instead of fine clothes to amuse you. Only one more place is left open to you—the aisle leading to the west entrance—and there again are the china of Coalport and Royal Worces- ter on one side and Germany opposite, the architecture of this pavilion being sixteenth century renaissance and the sections di- vided ‘into bits of royalty, one showing forth the reception room of the tmperial palace at Berlin and another reproducing a Munich apartment of King Ludwig of Bavaria. With all this to be seen in the immediate neighborhood of the clock tower one may imagine that {t {s difficult to keep even the feet from roving and that eyes must walt for rest until sleep overtake: them at night. The English Collection: From contemplating at a distance the china collections of England look very attractive, and once refeshed by a short rest, a closer inspec- tion of them is apt to follow. Every- thing 1s well and tastefully arranged and some time will probably be spent in looking at and comparing the different productions of the most famous of three old potterles, whose names for years have been synony- mous with good and artistic work.. Fashion rules in falance as in everything else, and now English china ts in favor and has superseded to a great extent the thinner French porcelain, so long the first chotce. Certainly the fine display of English potteries at the Columbian exposition will increase rather than diminish this already discernible taste in Americans as to their table ware. Durability ts one of the first characteristics of English porcelains: we all know the proneness to chipped edges our delicate French china exhibits, and one of the recommendations of irregular edges on plates and platters has been that nicks are less noticeable on them than on perfectly even ones. Therefore the heavier weight and thicker edges of English china are wel- comed as promising a longer life of unim: paired beauty, while the shapes and decora. tions are everything that could be desired for use or ornament. To my individual taste the Coalport has perhaps the best showing at the fair, thouch {t may be in- vidious to choose between thatw display and several others grouped around it. The cold ground studded with turquoises is a famil- lar decoration of this pottery, but many rarer designs are shown here, all so well arranged as to be seen to the best advan- tage and exquisite to behold. One of the Oldest in England. ‘The Cauldon china 1s another porcelain which is becoming well known here. The pottery Is one of the oldest In England and its shapes are particularly pretty. Flaring cups and other open dishes, irregular edg: and gay decorations are some of {ts char- acteristics, and one of the favorite colors is bright green. Royal Worcester has been so popular here for some years past that the country | has been overrun with it, and the delicate cream ground and designs in pale colgring are too weil known to need :urther de- scription. It has had tts lay for the pres- ent and comparatively litue is bought now, though some time ago it was the leading porcelain in ornamental snapes and brides were deluged with it in the form of wed. ding presents. To see much of it in a bome noW proves that it is about time for heads of the family to celebrate their wooden wedding, as the craze dates ubout ilve years back. This section in the English exhibit is a large one, but the least inter asting to most china lovers—the result perhaps of urfeit. Quite similar in coloring ts much the Burslem Doulton, and re are some beautiful pieces displayed. Far su passing this is the Lambeth Doultou, wh: se Uttle pavilion is delightful, with the dark rich coloring and fine ornemenial forms of {ts falance. The centennial at Thiludel- phia first made this pottery known to the majority of Americans and it ha: grown in favor ever since, though it will probably not become as common as Royal W ‘ercester, as it does not appeal so much to the xen: eral taste. The collection is a beautiful one, though it does not represent any one pottery like most of the others. It ra with the Coalport as one of the best di: plays at the fair. Selecting Old Desians. Copeland, the modern name for Spode ware, is well known to Americans, and well liked, In both its coarser and’ fincr grades. I was talking with a member of the firm of a china house the other day, and he was showing me some interesting specimens of his importations, and telling of his way of selecting when he visits the potteries abroad. He looks at the patterns of all their china, dating back for years and years, and selecting some of the ex- cellent old designs not in their modern stock at all, he has certain things decor- ated to order. He showed cups and saucers of good size and shape and with the delicate “passion flower” design, which was in popular use long ago. ‘There is an old lady living near me,” he said, “who has cups of this pattern, which were given her when she was married in old England seventy years ago.” “King George” and “Queen Charlotte” are the names of another decoration in favor in thelr time, gorgeous with much gold, and quite lerge roses of a very deep pink; the handles of the cups are of the old “swan bill” pattern. Another cup Uttle festoons of flowers, with quaint Httle bows of ribbon holding them up, and there are several designs besides in this inter- ing little collection. roe White and Gold. Much of the English china at the fair is in white and gold,which has lost none of its recent prestige, the decoration being main- ly on the edges or as borders just within, leaving the center of the plate the shining glaze of the porcelain alone, which some people declare to be more appetizing to re- ceive food than any decoration can be. In some of the most elaborate of the gold bor- ders, on plates costing a hundred dollars or so for the dozen, there is much raised work and the edges follow the finish in shape of old silver plate, being rather thick like that. Minton in white and gold has often an ivory ground with a design in relief, uncol- ored and only a narrow gold edge ‘as fur- ther ornament. One charming set of plates in the large size—so much affected now in every course at a meal—has festoons in re- Hef, @ real colonial design with only a gold edge put on as finish, of finest scallops such as is sometimes seen on Dresden chin: co at a Luncheon. The other day I was a guest at a lun- cheon, simp as suited the summe: heat, but perfect in all its appointments. The china was gold and white exclusively, the decoration as I have described merely in border designs; one beautiful set of Minton plates, the hostess said, she bought in Eng- land years ago, and there was the same inner band of relief—a sort of basket-work in this instance, with a narrow border outside of engraved gold, and then the edge of bright gold beyond, that seems the acme of desirability at present. If color is want- ed, green ts coming to the fore as the fash- fonable tint in porcelain, rather bright green at that, a fancy for which perhaps the Cauldon potteries are responsible. One may have all the world to choose from in buying china at Chicago, and it the gay flowers of Berlin and Dresden, or the time-tested onion pattern in blue and gold still attracts the most of anything— there are fine collections to select from. If delicate texture does not affright, and one can shut out visions of the wreckage to come, there is all the best France can send us, while Copenhagen has the lovely blue and white, and pink and white, with its open work edges, and also the gay bouquets on pretty characteristic shapes, rivaling Dresden coloring. French Designs. In the French section is one fish service which is particularly noticeable for its beauty. As a general thing suggestive desizns are not pleasing, but here is one used with cretion. The platter is the usual long, nur- row shape, the ground color of a peculiar and exquisite deep blue, over Which a mer- maid and fishes are sporting, the forms in white, with misty waves encircling them, the gradations of white from the opaque figures to the transparent water giving a cameo effect and conventionalizing the nat- ural forms to the rules of perfect Gecora- tive art. ‘The border is of dull gold, put on heavily in a wavy pattern which is shell- Ike in its lines, giving an appropriate fin- ish and enriching the more delicate tones of the blue and white. The plates have a similar design, though there is slighter scope for decoration on their smatler sur- faces. There is nothing prettier in the French exhibit than this. American pot- tery cannot compete with foreign as yet, though the Rookwood of Cincinnati is something to be proud of, and Trenton kas made @ name for itself; ‘still the trend of fashion is toward English china for table use, as I said in the beginning. 05 HE WAS SCARED. ‘The Man From Archie Hnd no Confl- dence in Elevators or Clerks. From the St. Louis Republic. Charles Breece, an untutored resident of Archie, Mo., walked into Hurst's Hotel on ‘Tuesday night about 11 o'clock, and stepping up to Night Clerk Cook asked him if “this was a hotel.” Upon being assured that it was Mr. Breece gave the walls and frescoed celling a criti- cal survey, soliloquizing thus: “Yes, it looks like one, and I guess It'll do] me for tonight. How much do you charg for a bed, mister?” addressing Mr. Cook. The price was named and he was asked if he would have a room. ‘No, I guess not—I'll set out doors for a while.” was the reply, and sulting the ac- tion to the word the countryman took a seat ‘on the doorsteps, where he remained about an hour. Then he decifed to go to bed, but not until informing the clerk that he was going to Cleveland, Ohio, and wanted the morning train. “All right, sir; your train will leave at 8:40 and I will call you at 6, if you wish.” said Mr. Cook, as he assigned the rural customer to 345. “‘Reckon there's no danger of being rob- bed, is there?” said Mr. Breece, as he heel- tated about leaving the counter. ‘Not at all; just get tnto the clevator and the boy will show you your room.” The elevator boy entered the enge, and the man from the interior followed ‘with as rauch care as a blind mule uses upon enter- ing a ferry boat. The door was closed and the elevator be- gan to ascend. ‘Then came a series of blood-curdling yells from the cage. “Help! Help! Stop the blamed thing!” Breece shouted, and grasping the boy with one hand and the elevator qoor with the other in his upward flight, he held on until the brass netting was torn from its attach- ments and the boy was in danger of strang- ulation. Mr. Cook ran to the elevator ex- pecting to find a man mangled and bleeding, but instead beheld a ruined door, and as the cage was lowered two wild-eyed pecple rushed from the elevator. One was a badly scared boy, the other a completely terrified man who still clung to the wire that formed the front of the elevator door. “Danged if I'm going to be fooled into any kind of a trap,” he declared, and it took a full half hour to convince him that persons always used the elevator when going to rooms above the second floor. Ho finally went with the porter, but trem- bled in every limb. He also reiterated the demand to be called at 6 o'clock. At 3.a.m. Mr. Cook was aroused from his morning siesta by the footsteps of a man coming down stairs and recognized the man from Archie. “Why, man, it 1s not 6 o'clock," said Mr. Cook. “I know it ain't, sir, but I thought I would git up and mosey down to the deepo so's to be ready’ when she pulled out for Cleveland.” “You have five hours to wait if vou go down there now, and you might get inugged bestdes.”” “Well, I guess I'll just risk It, mtster. The cars might start a leetle earlier this mo in’,” and asking for his carpet bag the man from the interlor started for the depot. He paid for the damage done the ‘loor, but forgot to buy the elevator boy a bottle of arnica to cure his bruised shoulder, which bears the imprints of herculean fingers. WHY SHOULD CATTLE STARVE? The Mild-Eyed Cow Seems to Have a Omnivorous Appetite. From the Chicago Post. Most people are probably of the opinion that the goat and the ostrich rank highest as omnivorous animals. It is not so gener- ally known, however, that a cow takes ofien very curious things into her stomach. The United States Department of Agricul- ture has given spece in its exhibits in the government building to a collection of va- rious objects which have been token from the stomachs of cattle killed for beef at the stock yards. The most amazing of these objects Is the iron tooth of a huge hay rake, such as is drawn by two horses upon the western prairies. This iron tooth is curved and is four feet eight inches long by about a quarter of an inch thick. It was taken from the stomach of a Texas steer, which was to all external appearances in the best of health when killed. From the stomach of another Texas steer was taken an iron bolt, thirteen and a half inches long by five-eighths of an inch thick. In a rather small cow were found objects as folio’ One Masonic emblem, one dime, one cop- per cent, two watch rings, one finger ring and a number of stones. In another cow's stomach were found one silver dollar, one silver watch chain, one brass hair pin, a door knob and seven nails or pieces of nails. One of the most curious features of thts re- markable collection is a lot of twenty-three hair balls. These were all found in the stomach of a Texas cow which was butch- ered at the stock yards only a short time ago. When she was killed the animal was in good health, but small, She weighed when dressed for beef 30 pounds. These hair baMls are each a perfectly solid, hard, circular mass. The largest one is five inches in diameter, and the smallest about an inch and a half. The balls are formed by the animal licking itself. The hair comes off and adheres to the tongue. It is then swallowed, and once in the stomach is rolled up and compressed into the globular mass described. oo ______ Weight of an Eagle in Dollar Bills. From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Said Mr. C. K. Stout of the treasury of- fice as he sat before the scales with $8,000 or $10,000 in double eagles at his elbow: “How many $1 bills do you think it would take to weigh as much as one of these coins?” The reporter considered a moment and made a guess. “It takes just twenty-seven, unless the bills are trimmed close. Twenty-eight new $1 bills always weigh a little more than a double eagle. Don’t you believe it? Just wait. He disappeared in the vault for a few minutes, and presently emerged with a package of brand new $1 bills in his hand Then he counted out twenty-seven of thein, and said to the reporter: “Choose any coin you will.” ‘The reporter chose a coin, which Mr. Stout put on one of the scale pans. Then he put the twenty-seven $1 bills on the other pan. The long needle that moves on the index showed that the beam was almost level. The man of money added another bill to the twenty-seven, and the coin went EASTERN CHEROKEES. An Indian Band About Whom Little is Known. Description of an Interesting People im the Mount: 2 of Western North Carolina. ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., Sept. § 1898. One of the most interesting places in North Carolina and yet one of the least known, even by the people of the old north State, is the reservation of what is termed the “Eastern Band” of the Cherokee nation. The history of the reservation is a strange one. When the Indians in North Carolina were removed by the government to the Indian territory by far the greater part of the Cherokees left their old homes forever. But a strong band retained lands in three of the western counties, in what was then al- most a wilderness. A great tract of land Was set apart as a reservation by the state, and voluminous laws governing these Cher- okee lands were enacted. For three score years or more these “Cherokee land laws” formed a large part of the various codes, ete., and only recently have been dropped from the pages of such publications. They form curious reading, in their effort to mix American law with Indian ideas, customs and rules as to land tenure. Originally the tract of land held by the Cherokees was far larger than at present. It now compzises 73,00 acres, and some of it is the very best jand in western North Carolina. It is mainly in Swain and Jackson counties, right among the mountains, and the entire country east of the Mississipp! does not con- tain a more picturesquely beautiful region or one better suited to Indian tastes and re- quirements, with its cold, clear streams, full of fish, its mountains, well wooded and abounding in game, and its comparative remoteness from the beaten track of white people. Where the Wolf Can Be Seen. The wolf 1s yet a rover in this section and there is a county bounty for his scalp, not only in the counties above named, but in several others. The bear is more abund- ant than anywhere else save in the great swamps near the coast of the state. Deer are also abundant and the pheasant or partridge is found, though long since gone from other parts of the state. The eastern band of Cherokees are an interesting race of people. The Western North Carolina railway passes within ten miles of their reservation is Bryson City be- ing the nearest railway station. At Yellow Hill. The chief Cherokee town is known in English as Yellow Hill. - It 1s a rambling place, through which rushes a bold mountain stream, the Ocona Lufty. The Indian houses are nearly all alike in design. They are bullt of logs, well fitted, with a porch on one side. ‘They are built to stand the cold, which is great there sometimes. So high is the altitude and so encircled by mountains is the reser- vation that there is no hot weather. The Indians are mainly engaged in farming, but do not do an extensive business in this direction, though they raise plenty for food. The late chief of this “eastern band” was Nimrod J. Smith, whose Cherokee name was Tsa-la-ta-be. He was a tall, superbly formed man, and in face and figure end manner of wearing the hair was remark- ably like the well-known “Buffalo Bill.” In 188 he became chief, ang died in 1892. His successor is Stillwell unooke, who cannot speak English. Chief Smith was wel) educated and a fine talker. His son, Richard, ts now the head of the family and is well informed regarding his people. The life of his family differs but little from that of white people. They speak English all the time save when conversing with other Indians. Chief Smith was a half breed, but Sounooke ts a full blood. His wife is the same. Smith's wife 1s white. The present number of the eastern band is about 1,600, and it is certain that there ts an increase, The healthfulness of that region is remarkable and many of the Cherokees reach a great age. The oldest inhabitant is “Ble Witch.” who asserts that his age is one hundred and fifteen years. A recent visitor, who talked with this venerable Indian on a Sunday found him making moccasins out of the skin of @ groundhog. Citizenship of the Cherokees. The Cherokees vote and are on the same footing as other citizens of the state. Dur- ing the late war their chief was a strong believer in the confederate states and a fine battalion or legion was raised. This was commanded by Col. Thomas, who years later died in en insane asylum, and it did effective service, being known as the “Thomas Ley ion. ‘The chief ainvsements are the Indian ball game (really lacrosse), and the fact that generally af the state fairs and expositions they play this game has afforded practi- cally the only opportunity ninety-nine-hun- dredths of the people of the state have had of seeing these interesting folk from the mountains. When they play this game the Indians daub themselves liberally with paint of the gayest colors ahd attired only in a breech clout engage with zest in their favorite sport, which fs fully as rough 8 foot bail. Fully one-third of the eastern band are church members—Methodists and Baptists principally. There are seven Indian preach- ers. They have the Bible in Cherokee. ‘The fovgrument maintains four schools for these indians, the teachers in all these being Whites. " These schools are located at Yellow Hill, Bird Town, Big Cove and Macedonia. At Yellow Hill eighty students are allowed, each of whom receives $10 annually. This is a hich school, the three others being somewhat like the ordinary public schools in the country districts, and the pupils living at home and going to school during the day. The pupils at the Yellow Hill school board there. Andrew Spencer ts the Indian agent, and Yellow Hill is his headquarters. There also is the council house of the tribe, quite a large wooden structure. Efforts to Educate Them. Earnest efforts are being made to educate these Indians. Those educated are very intelligent, speak English well and are. fond of white people, and do them favors. Many of the Cherokees, however, do not speak English at all, and are as wild in appearance as any Indians in the far west. There 1s some intermarriage with the whites. Hunting is, as of old, the favorite pursuit. The smaller kinds of fame are not ignored. The rifle is the usual weapon, but the bow and arrow and the blow gun are used. Some are very expert with these primitive weapons. The blow guns are nine or ten feet long and are made of a kind reed, with a bore or diameter of about half an inch. Persons east of the Mississipp! river are accustomed to speak of Indians as quite far away, yet here is a large tribe living within say twenty-four hours’ travel of Washington. In few ways could a week be spent more pleasantly than In a visit to the “Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation,” in North Carolina mountains, the France. From the London Daily News. Public opinion has been called in France to scandals in connection with army re- cruiting which show how difficult it is to carry out a scheme of universal compul- sory service. As a matter of fact. tt is well known that, in order to prevent the burden of the system falling with undue weight upon certain individuals, numerous exemp- tions have to be made. “The only son of a widow, for instance, who helps to support his mother, is let off scot free; while the eldest son’of a man upward of seventy years of age is only made to serve for one year if it can be proved that the father is dependent upon him in any way. A decia- ration of the facts has to be made on oath by three witnesses before the exemption ts made. A case of fraud which ‘has just come to light was shown that there are persons who are ready for a small consideration to swear to anything that is required in this way. In the country districts the fraud must be attended with great risk, but it is the opinion of one of the Paris magistrates, who has had much experience in the mat- ter, that in the great cities it is prac impossible to detect it. en aa Dead Men for a New Bridge. From the London Daily News. At Brazcka, in Bosnia, an old supersti- tion has come to fe again which resembles the fables of Jewish ritual murders. In Bosnia the people have believed at ail times that a bridge could not be firm and lasting unless a human being was walled up in it. Thus there is a legend connected with the handsome Roman bridge at Mostar, which ays that the fine arch across the Narenta could not be finished until the architect walled up in it a bridal pair. Now that a solid bridge ts being built across the Save at Brazcka this supersti- tion is revived. It is rumored everywhere that gipsies are stealing children to sell up. Then the reporter offered to treat, for his guess had been shy just 978 $1 bills. ———__+0+_____ Phila. Oyster House. Finest in city.—Advt. them to the contractor to wall one up in each pillar. A few days ago there was a regular pursuit of some unlucky gipsies, of whom it had been said that they were raid- ing for children. ADDRESSED TO VETERANS. Comrade C. A, Louch's Words Should Be Read by Every Citizen, SOLDIERS’ HOME aT DAYTON. INDIANarouts, Sept. &—The annua! encampment of the Graud Army of the Republic that closes to- | day has been singularly interesting and instructive. But if one thing more than another has been talked of among the comrades who have met here | after long separations, it 1s the appearance of health and strengta of many of the boys who still carry tne marks of ny Sota, and who still live, none was braver than ‘Comrade Churles R. Louch, recently an inmate at the great national soldiers’ home at Dayton, Onto. “Lserved for three years,” narrates Mr. Louch, “in Co. B, 8th Regt., Minn. Vols. I participated in the two campaigns against the Stoux Indians, 1861-4; served in Tennessee during Hood's advance on Nashville in the fall of 1864; was wounded near that city Dec. 3, 1864, our regiment having been as- signed to the 284 army corps. Maj. Gen. Schofield commanding; was taken prisoner, block house No. 8, C. & M. R-R, on same date. “Ieontracted @ chronic illness from exposure juring confinement. My suffering was intense for wer twenty yeurs and interfered materially with my worldly advancement. The first real relief that 1 have experienced in all these years was from Paine’s celers componnd.” The following statement from Comrade Louch tells the story: “Not being a physician, it would be tmpossibie for me to give a correct diagnosis of my condition defore taking Paine’s celery compound. I can Judge only by my feclings of relief, increase in physical strength, !mprovement tn nervous force. healthful appearance of my skin and from other things plainly apparent, that the celery compound has been of the utmost value to me. “It has relieved me almost entirely of painful sensations, In unfavorable weather I occasionally feel a siizht twinge, 80 slight as to be barely per- ceptible, that {s all, merely a reminder. My diges- ‘Among the brave men who served from Minne. tion bas greatly improved; the painful oppression oF choking sensation experienced if I happened te turn on my left side while sleeping has disappear- ed Ithas cured or checked my rheumatism, and Tcan walk and move about without dificaity. 1 Teally .njoy my food, a condition of affars un known to me fur years, “When first admitted to the Leavenworth bramot im 1889 I had no hopes of seeing the grass grow oF the flowers bloom again, but I used five bottles of Paine’s celery compound and received more bene ft than I had ever expected. “I know that it is @ remedy for chronic rheuma- tism, lumbago, indigestion, and especially valuable tn nervous discases and in that indescribable Jump+ ing and thumping of the heart, which makes @ fellow believe his time has come. “I would say to my comrades who are suffering from diseases contracted in the line of duty, that Paine’s celery compound is the right medicine fot them; {t will relieve, perhaps cure them if not toa far gone. Itis worthy of a fair trial. “Try it in your families, Your cntidren bora since the war have inherited nervous diseases from. you, Which were contracted in the smoking battle and the exhausting marches, which, if forgotten im the lapse of years, leave their traces in the system, and are a plague to the comfort and ease of old age. Itis your plain duty to eliminate this taint from their systems. “The tremendous strain and waste of nervous force that a soldier experiences in an active cam- paiga tells against him on the approach of old age. It must be guarded against; the eymem must be fortified and streng:hened by some potent remedy. Many of us, unhappily, resort to stimalants. It is much better and wiser to take Paine’s celery come pound, winch builds up the body, tones the nerves, and purifies the blood. “If what is written here is tedious and prosy, is written for a good purpose, and from the deptha of a thankful heart, striving to find adequate ex Pression.” Says Comrade J. J. Miller, of the same home: “Paine’s celery compound is the only medicin¢ ‘that ever did me any good, and I can cheerfully Tecommend it to any one suffering from kidney o Diadder tivubie.” J. A. Crowser, Co. A.. 94 Va. Cavalry, also of the Home at Dayton, has used six bottles «f Paines celery compound and bizhly Teeommends it for im igestion and heart trouble. Pa:ne’s celery compound has made many veter ‘ans well at Dayton. Comrade Edward Schott, late first sergeant, Co. C., 324 Indiana, writes from Dayton: “Thave been suffering from chronic backache for over dive years, that is to say, since I became @ member of the Home. I tried different remedies to get rid of it, but without success. I was recom- celery compound; I tried a bottle in regular doses before meals, and I found my system was under going ® change for the be:ter. A comrade has pre ‘Vided me with a second bottle.” Paine’s celery compound never fails te giv relief to the sick. It makes people well. So 4 FIREMAN BADLY SHOCKED. Am Electric Current Passed Through _ His Body. From the Philadelphia Times. A wire leading down from @ pole to an arc lamp in front of John A. Reade’s paint store at 638 Washington avenue last night became unmanageable, and after blazing up nearly caused the death of a fireman. The blaze was seen by a son of Mr. Reade, who was seated in the parlor on the second oor. He ran to the window and found that the wall was charged with electricity. The wire leading down to the lamp was blazing. He immediately gave the alarm and Po- liceman Keegon, at Pessyunk and Wesh- ington avenues, was notified. The latter, | thinking the blaze was but temporary, de- cided to investigate before turning in an alarm. Smoke was already issuing from several cracks inside the wall and he struck an alarm. ‘One of the firemen, Gustave Lenore, of Engine Company No. 3, who has been tn'the employ of the department but three months, and who worked previously for an electrical company volunteered to go up and sever the wire. For this purpose he made his way through the second-story window and step- pod out onto the balcony. He had rubber boots on and his feet were thus insulated, but the moment he grasped an awning brace to steady himself and put out the other hand against the wall of the house, a circuit was formed and he fell over. Had {t not been for a brother fireman who caught him just as he reeled, ne would have dropped to the pavement. He was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital in a dangerous condition and was not expected to live until morning. Both hands were badly scorched. The wire was finally cut by a membor of the electrical department, but blaz<d several times afterward, much to the alarm of the residents. SHE KNEW BEST. But Fatled to Convince oy That Whisky Was Not Necessary. From the Chicago Tribune. “Before we start for our trip in the coun- try,” said Mr. Gaswell, “I'l get a couple of quart bottles of whisky.” “What on earth do you want with whisky?" demanded Mrs. Gaswell. “Merely as a remedy in case of snake bite,” Gaswell explained. “Of course I never use Mquor of any kind as a beverage, but when we are going into the backwoods, so to speak, and shall be for two weeks at a point remote from a drug store it would be the height of imprudence not to be prepared with antidotes to the terrible effects follow- ing a bite of venomous reptiles. Suppose we should collide with a rattlesnake or a It is im the Tower of Leo IV im the Vatican Gardens. Et) : H | i g | Fra Vaticane were held. Here, Gregory XVI. gave his summer audien 4" For many years the t pope chose it for his habitation at time of the year, but he has this year preferred the Tower of Leo IV., with its one room and its superb view over the Campagna. ———__+e-_____ BERLIN HAS AN ADVENTURESS. She Pretended to Be a Baroness and Got Considerable Money From People. An Interesting female swindler has turn- ed up in Berlin, says the New York World, in the person of the pretended Baroness Von Hagen, who for two years past has been the intimate friend and companion of the wealthy widow of a distinguished law- yer named Engelhardt. On the strength of forged letters from an imaginary brother-in-law she managed to squeeze out Sopperhead?” asked Mr. Gaswell, cheer- uly. “Is whisky good for snake bites?” “There is nothing better. It is regarded as a specific by the natives.” ‘Now, Mr. Gaswell, you needn't try to fool me! My studies of natural history have taught me that snakes do not bite.” “What's that?” demanded the husband in Snakes can’t bite, because their jaws are connected onlysby a cartt lage. They are not hinged anf cannot be bought togethe. with any force. The snake simply hooks the fangs situated in its up- per jaw into the object aimed at, the lower | jaw not figuring in the process at all. So you see, dear, there is really no such thing as a snake bite, and, therefore, it is ridicu- lous to take with you a snake-bite antidote. ‘Gaswell said he saw, but that he would feel safer if he had the antidote along, as it might be good for fang-hooking if ‘not for snake bite, and the probability is that it will accompany the expedition despite Mrs. Gaswell’s intimate knowledge of ophidian natural history. —_———_e-____— Those Selfish Chicagoans. From the New York Weekly. Mrs. Muggins—“How did you enjoy your visit to the world’s fair?” Mrs. Puggins—“The fair was good enough, but I don’t think they had any business to charge extry for the gondolas and side shows and things. Seems to me the price of admission was enough to cover it all, and give a free lunch besides, but it didn’t. T never saw such selfish, money-saving creat- ures as them Chicago people. The worst of the troubles.though.came at night, ‘That was awful! We were packed four room sometimes; and one night the children had to sleep on the sofas. I never felt #0 an- Royed in my Ufe.” “Were you in a “No, we was visitin’ relatives and other relatives kept comin’ = oo Phila. Oyster House, Finest in city—Advt. pesth named Farkas. Meanwhile she had rumored the tine erself up to are in cir- which she obtained her hold on the Widow Engel- probability’ there will be some, distressing pro! y there revelations, and as the Farkas woman wad introduced ‘into good society by the Engel requires the use of massive and pondurous electric cars, driven on the surface of streets in which children play and men and women walk about on their business, is murderous in its very conception. The cars exnnot be run slowly enough to avoid accident; if they are run at all, they must kill eomebody pow and then. This 1s not a condition of things to be tol- erated in a city where human life is held in regard. The manslaughtering slectrics must be got off the surface, either overhead or underground. —————— 9p The Criminal History of Tem Years. From the Chicago Tribune. 1. “In the Gloaming.” 2 “Silver Threads Among the Gold.’ 3. “My Grandfather's Clock.”