Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1893, Page 6

The Evening Star COVERS ITS FIELD MORE FULLY, GOES INTO - MORE FAMILIES, AND IS READ BY MORE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, FOUR TIMES OVER, THAN ANY OTHER PAPER. The Art of Advertising CONSISTS GETTING THE GREATEST RESULTS FOR THE LEAST MONEY. BUSINESS MEN WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED SAY THAT THE NEWSPAPERS OFFER THE BEST MEDIUM FOR REACHING THE PUBLIC, AND THAT ONE ADVERTISEMENT IN A GOOD PAPER, SUCH AS THE EVENING STAR, iS WORTH A HUNDRED ON FENCES AND BARN: IN IF YOU WOULD REACH THE HOMES oF INTELLIGENT PEOULE- READERS AND BUYERS— ADVERTISE IN THE EVENING STAR TAKING INTO ACCO! SERVICE RENDERED AND RESULTS SECURED, ITs ADVERTISING RATES ARE AMONG THE LOWEST = =a THE UNITED STATES AND VERY MUCH LOW THAN THOSE or ANY OTHER PAPER IN WASHINGTON Results Tell. IT HAS BEEN MATHEMATICALLY DEMONSTRATED BY DISINTERESTED - INVESTIGATORS THAT SIXTEEN DOLLARS INVESTED IN AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE EVENING STA WILL SECURE MORE IN THE WAY OF RESU THAN TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS INVESTED ELSEWHERE. WHY NOT, ‘THEREFORE, SAVE TWELVE DOLLARS OUT OF TWENTY-EIGHT WHEN YOU CAN? . THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, -D. ©. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1893—T w &LVE PAGYS. Corr Tuar Coven INOW Before t becomes chronic or injures the delicate . tissue of the lungs. No other wedicine cures so | Lhe Animals Sent Here From the Promptly, safely and thoroughly as AYER’S CHERRY ! TORAL. Thousands of precious lives are saved annually BY TAKING Vals remedy in the early stages of bronchitis umenia, believe that AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL saved my life. Last May I had a severe cold. The violent coughing, for which I could procure no relief, at last brought on bleeding of the lungs. I was forced totaketo my bed. The doctors were unable to do anything for me. I thought of AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL and determined totry it. I didso, and ithelped me right off. I took scven bottles of this medicine, and now consider myself cured. My cure was asurprise to all my acquaintances, who were hopeless of my recovery."-JOEN H. THOMAS, Middleton, Annapolis county, N.S. AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. PROMPT TO ACT, SURE TO CURE. and WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP FOR THE SKIN, seaip and complexion. All druggists. The re sult of 20 yeurs” experience treating the skin. A book on Dermatology with every cake. ocd-1y MANY PERSONS ARE BROKEN DOWN FROM overwork or household cares. Brown's Iron Bitters rebuilds the system, aids digestion, removes cess of bile and cures splendid women and children. for 2 THE MODERN MIRACLES OF HEALING WHICH are putably performed by Dr. Williams’ Teceive the ¢losest invest! gums, allays all and is the best re: for ‘Twenty-five cents a bottle. myl-ly It’s Worth While For you to try MILBURN'S MALARIAL CAPSULES for the cure of chills, fever, malarial or liver complaint. A cure is guaranteed by our offer to refund the money. 24 hours is the longest time re- quired for them to act. 25 CENTS A BOX, of all druggists. LENS C. MESER: 6TH & G SEE Caramel Day but one a week, and with it great crowds of candy eaters who prefer CARAMELS to any other candy. ‘They're specials for tomorrow at 10 CENTS A BOX. HEET: SHEETZ INE (YANDIES, 10th and F sts. FRE CANbi . 419 Seventh st. noS Brass Lamps With onyx bases are only $3. They're handsome, good lighters and well made and will be fine addition to the orna- ments of any parlor. SS. Suzop & Bro, 432 Oru Sr Trimming Furs —will be scen upon nearly all dresses, coats and capes this season, ‘consequently ‘Wwe have stocked up with 2 tre- mendous Ine of Trimmings in every known desirable. fur. Edgings, Pipings, Bands, &e. URRIER‘S —is the place to buy Furs— Ret at toy stores. We are ers. z Stixemetz & Soy, octT-3m__ 1237 PA. AVE.—413 13TH ST. | eee = STERLING | Silver. FULL LINE OF STERLING WARE ANTLY ON HAND. WE MENTION A co ge, ‘D SILVER WARE, G STS. CHINA, ns WINTEK OPENIN LATEST IMPORTATIONS IN; LONDON AND PARIS Hats and Bonnets, HAKRISON, IMPORTER, » 1329 F street, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, November 8 and 9% No cards GLASS Pa “Smart” Ideas Predominate throughout our matchless stock. Our shop is full—our array never more at- tractive than now. Specialties bere yon cannot find else- where. We understand the Corset business. Corsets, Watsts and original creations for every figure carefully, promptly, made. G7See the “Physical Culture” Waist, $1.50. Puystcat Conrone Corser Co. 1107 G ST. GI. C. Whelan, late of F st., mgr.).nl SESEESESTES35 ‘ThE MONUMENTAL, | PASHION LEADERS IN FINE MILLINERY AT POPULAR PRICES. | We are the originators of popular prices for ‘Trimmed Hats and Bonnets. Our rs, for- | mer patrons of exclusive milline: ave been | won by elegant and attractive styles at moderate i utifol Trimmed Hats, real value $10, at $4.8, ' » dozen Felt and Fancy Hats from 23e. up- | sae | 12y piewes of Black and Colored Silk Velvet at we. Hostexy. Haxorercute Regular Made Fast Blac * Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs, were 1 Ladies’, Gents’ e. Up. s' Underwear, 5c. and $1 a set. ‘h Gloria Umbrelias, with Dresden handles and Children’s Handke lefts IAL REDUCTION IN KID GLOVES AND CORSETS, THE CONCORD HARKESS. LUTZ & BRO., 497 Penn. ave., adjoining Nativaal fora. Trunks aid Satches at low prices, | | Rot the Best, | * Fancy Embroidered Hose, were SQe., at Forepaugh Menagerie ers anaes ALL TRANSFERRED 10 CAGES. Not Much Difficulty Experienced by the Keepers. ALL OF THEM PROVIDED FOR. The animals that arrived in town yester- day morning for the Zoo from the Fore- paugh menagerie were all safely trans- ferred to their winter quarters in the after- noon without a hitch or a scratch. The Process was not as difficult as might be supposed and under the direction of Mr. Blackburn, the superintendent of the Zoo, and Mr. Arstingstall, the head animal man of the menagerie, the creatures went into their new cages very placidly. There is a knack about handling wild beasts that requires years of acquaintance with them to acquire. Under the persuasive influences of the inviting doors of a transfer box and a slippery noose of stout rope the four- footed beasts were deposited in the cages within the carnivorium in three hours after the first of the wagons had reached the ates of the park. As stated in The Star yesterday after- noon the animals were moved from the train to the Zoo in wagons, most of the large ones being kept in the regular circus vans that are wheeled in the street pa- rades. The smaller creatures and those that were too delicate to walk the long dis- tance were conveyed in wagons, while the camels, a zebra and a llama were marched out. Tackling the Hippopotamus. The wagons reached the park at about noon, and the work of transferring was be- gun at once. The hippopotamus was tackled first, and efforts were made to induce the huge beast to walk from his wagon into the fine new tank that awaited him. His van was backed up against the outer wall of the carnivorium and then all hands were called off and the beast was left to his own ruminations, interrupted by an occasional broom thrust. A bit of bread was tossed to him now and then, and finally a run- Way of hay and beard was built that gave him easy access from the wagon to the tank. He accepted the invitation at last and entered the cage, but not until most of the other animals had been transferred. The baby rhinoceros was shifted in a big box that had to be specially prepared. The great creature—for though aft infaat the rhino is as big as the largest bullock— Was lured into the box by means of breal, and after bing securely bottled was carried into the building by as many negroes as could get their hands on the box. When mu emerged into the fine cage at the corner of the building near the main door it showed signs of exceeding joy and danced around like a child with a new toy. ‘The two kangaroos that have been part of the Zoo for some time were shifted toa cage on the main row, where they were jeined by tnree new-comers from tae cir- cus. The five were soon acquainced and hopped around in a lively manner. In the cage thus vacated was placed an enormous Kangaroo, said to be the largest in the country, which Mr. McCaddon, the man- ager of the show, said he searched for a long time. It weighs a hundred and fifty pounds and stands as high as a man when it raises its forepaws to attend to thin, outside of its cage. * Six Members of the Cat Family. One of the circus wagons held six mem- bers of the cat family, four young lions, one of them a male, and two pumas. They had been separated by means of partitions, two in a compartment, but after the transfer the lions were all put in one cage, where they are now, a splendid example of a well regulated family. They inhabit the cage next but one to that of French, the young lion belonging to the Zoo. The pumas were placed together in a cage next but one to the lions toward the door, They have had several differences of late, and especially during the trip from Philadelphia they were on very uneven terms. Their ears show signs of sundry battles, and they were not wholly restored to an amicable footing when they were shifted yesterday. The tiger, a splendid specimen, was taken from his wagon without difficulty and placed in the cage between the new lions and the pumas. He is not as large as the tiger that has been at the Zoo for several months, and is not in quite such good con- dition, but he is better tempered, and shows off to better advantage. A couple of hyenas were placed between French and his brother and sisters. A iarge hyena was kept over night in the transfer box, for there was no place quite ready for him. He is the most vicious of the lout and has to be kept separate. A couple of ant bears were housed next to the monkey Di- ana. This completed the list of animals that were placed in the main building, except about thirty-five monkeys, that were not taken from the boxes in which they travel- ed. They will be put in the cages on the east side of the L part of the carnivorium. A magnificent pelican occupies a cage next to them, and a cassowary will be put in one of the adjoining compartments. The Camels and Dromedartes. ‘The camels were corraled in a large yard near the elephant house, with access to a structure that has been fitted up for them and some of the smaller animals. The pair of dromedaries, with their calf, are together in one yard, separated by a wire fencing from the two camels. Each pair has a neat room to itself. In the othe: stalls of the shed, which was originally intended for a tool house, but which has been nicely re- arranged at little or no expense, are curious specimens of the African or Asian animal kingdom. There are three dwarf sacred cows, and a funny little calf, about three months old. Next to them is an axis deer, with spiral horns. Beyond is a sable ante- lope, with horns about four feet long. This animal is very old and was so weak yester- day that It could not stand.1t was made com- fortable in the stall, and was nicely propped ; up with wads of hay. A trim little horned horse, a ferociously ugly wart hog, a harts- beste, a water bok, a gem bok and an orty. were placed in the remaining compa: ments. | The zebra and the Mama were quartered temporarily in the stable. —_— A WOMA WAY. She Pinned Her Husband Down to a Lot of Self-Denying Promises. | From the Chicago Tribune. he said she would ride the camel. He said if she did he would go home and leave her alone on the Midway. She said if he did she would not come home. He said he | didn’t care; he didn’t want a wife who would make a show of herself by riding a camel. “Look her compromise. “What is your proposition?” he asked. | “Til not ride on the camel if you'll prom- ise me a few things.” He was not unreasonable by this time, so he agreed to listen to her. These are terms she laid down, provided she decided not to take a trip on the moth-eaten ship of the desert: s trips to the beauty show. throngh ma ‘y hall. heries building. No more gazing in at the dreadful things in " she said, “I'm willing to wonder thropo! ‘a No more ro angers who do not keep to the right. No growling because the band does not play at the time yo nt it to. No more walks through Midway after dark and los- ing me in the crowds. e looked pained when she finished, but, | like a Httle man, he agreed, provided she would promise never, never, never again to take a trip through the free lunch regions of the agricultural building gallery. She yielded the point, gazed longingly at the camel and sighed: “Very well, but I didn’t want to ride, any- id.” is said by those who claim to know to be, after all, only a woman’s way. a = Starr, who died in New York on bequeathed $125,000 to Middle- College. ches promptly cared by Brome-Seltzer—trial bottle 10 cts. AT THE ZOO. |AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN | The Wedding Bells Still Continue to Chime. A Neat Specimen of Housebreaking at ‘Tenleytown—Business on the River and Canal. At 2900 M street last night the Rev. Mr. Brown of the 20th Street Methodist Church officiated at one of the prettiest weddings ever‘held in the West End. The high con- tracting parties were Miss Bessie Pruett, daughter of Mr. John M. Pruett of George- town, and Mr. Welby Ashby of Washing- ton. The best man was Mr. Geo. Pruett, brother of the bride. The bride’s attend- ants were little Miss Florence Pruett and Miss Laura Sinclair. The bride wore a robe of white Japanese silk, passementeries and lace, and carried bridal roses. Miss Sinclair carried La France roses, and Miss Florence Pruett Marechal Neil. On the conclusion of the ceremony @ reception was held by the young couple, after which the bride donned a handsome cloth traveling dress. The 10 o'clock train for New York was taken. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Ashby will take up their resi- dence on Pennsylvania avenue near 20th street, where they will be at home to their friends. The Gingel-Waters Wedding. Today at 3 p. m. another wedding took place in the West End, Miss Nettie Gingel of Bethesda, Md., and Mr. Chas. E. Wat- ers of Georgetown being the principals. lest the saying: ‘The ceremony was performed at the Con- gress Street M. P. Church by the pastor, Rev. W. R. Graham. Mr. Robert Gingel was best man and Miss Blanche Lochte of Montrose, Md., bridesmaid. The wedding was a private one, only the immediate friends, in addition to the relatives, being present. The presents received by the young couple were rare in quality and numerous. They came mostly from Baltimore, Wash- ington and Montgomery county's various towns, Barglary at Tenleytown. It was reported at the police station yes- terday by Mr. Geo. Wise that his home on the Brookville road near Tenleytown had been entered the night before by men who were evidently skilled in housebreaking, and a breach-loading gun worth $50, two overcoats, worth $40 and various other arti- cles worth $10 taken therefrom. Other valuable things that could easily have been taken were left undisturbed. This rob- bery has set the Tenleytown people com- plaining louder than ever about the in. sufficient police protection given their sec- tion. Arrivals and Departures. Boats light and laden to clear George- town yesterday for Cumberland and inter- mediate ports on the canal were as follows: Mary, Capt. Benner, 120 tons; Judge Cox, Capt. Shaw, 117 tons; No. 104, Capt. Benner, 119 tons; Sallie, Capt. Mutisbaugh, 117 tons; Maj. Whitlock, Capt. Benner, 119 tons; J. K. Shaw, Capt. Rumple, 18 tons; 8. B. Agnew, Capt. Myers, 119 tons; Little Wal- ter, Capt. Zigler, 115 tons; R. D. Johnson, Capt. Mose, 122 tons; Geo. 8S. French, Capt. Rowell, 115 tons; F. O. Bartlett, Capt. Gu nivan, 116 tons; J. J. Alexander, Capt. Pen- ner, 121 tons. Yesterday there came to town laden to their decks with Cumberland and George's | creek coal the following canal boats: W. R. Lewis, Capt. Sanbarne; C. B. Builey Capt. Johnson; No. 111, Capt. Johnson; 14, Capt. Gwi L. W. Nicholson, Capt. Hill; Consolid: m No. 19, Capt. Reed; W H. Dunkinson, Capt. Reed; No. 133, Capt. Atwell; No. 103, Capt. Grooves. A Small Fire. Two houses in Keady's alley, between the canal and M, 33d and 34th streets, caught fire yesterday. An alarm was turned in quickly, and the engines responded with surprising quickness, but not early enough trimmed in| WASHINGTON’S CLAIMS. How They Are Summed Up by an Es- sayist Contending for a Prize. The United States Investor, published in Boston, has 8ffered a series of prizes for the best essay respecting any American city or town, and publishes the following submitted concerning Washington, D. C.: Unlike most American cities, Washing- ton’s history is weil worth the telling. From June 16, 1608, when Capt. John Smith, the founder of Virginia, pronounced its present location “a goodley countrey, where the Monocans met in annual pow- wows—legislative, executive and court ses- sions in one—down to the present, when all nations are represented at this court of the great republic, this region has been names and deeds. Its location and environ- ments are in the first rank; it is acces- | Many. places of recreation; the mountains, from the Whites to the Smokies, and the ocean resorts, from Maine to Charleston bay, are hin twenty-four hours’ ride, while many points are within an evening's | reach. Washington is exceptionally favored with river and woodland resorts, where its inhabitants may find quick access to relief from the city’s restraints; some of these, as Mount Vernon, Arlington and | Glen Echo Chautauqua, are world famous. | Not so far south as to enervate, yet far enough to escape New England for and western blizzard, its climate delightfully |surprises the visitor. Formerly, unsur- faced streets without drainage gave the city a reputation still painfully remem- | bered by those’ who know not its present | Unrivaled treet and sewage systems. Its |plan, “Versailles griddled across Phila- delphia,” is a happy combination of right ‘angles—an open book to strangers—with |diagonals for short cuts, which give rise “All roads lead to Capitol il.” Two: hundred and sixty-five miles | of streets, 80 to 120 feet wide; sixty-five | miles of avenues, 120 to 160 feet in width, | and 70,000 bordering trees, give a street |area twice that of Paris. With a greater | proportionate park area than any other \city in the world, it devotes one-fifth of its | business section to this purpose, where are triumphs of the landscape gardener’s /art, statuary and monuments, and superb | architecture, all unequaled in America. The Cleanest City. Washington {s much the cleanest city of the western world; comparison is most |harmful to its rivals. Nearly 100 miles of its streets are so smooth and clean that crossings are unneeded; no other city is |So free from the incessant din of traffic. | Nowhere else are the juvenile roller-skater and the adult cycler able to use the main highways with safety as here. Traction (is mainly by electricity and cable, the day of the slow and uncertain horse {is limited by law and nearly past; no city has better surface transit. The water supply is from the uncontaminated, limpid falls of the Po- tomac, through a $3,500,000 aqueduct, eigh- teen miles long, capable of six-fold the present needs. Until a decade ago business always be- came dormant when Congress adjourned; the influx of pernanent residents and tfie army of government employes have so grown that it 10 longer suffers thus more than its rivals. Manufacturing, has not been encouraged, lest the appearance of the continent’s most beautiful city should be marred thereby. Unsurpassed facilities for manufactures exist in the suburbs; the Potomac con- tains a vast water power, and its vicinage is especially adapted, by contour and ship- ping facilities, for such development. Be- tween cheap agricultural markets south, and factories and importers north, Wash- ington affords a delightful home for those of moderate means. Rents, taxes, and gen- jeral expenses range below the average: its markets, in structure and contents, are unsurpassed, Many luxuries are free to the favored Washingtonians; benefits which annually draw thousands of visitors from every part of the land. The art exhibits of the parks and departmen.al collections, of the Capitol and executive mansion, added to those of the Corcoran gallery, afford displays un- equaled outside of Europe. Free govern- ment libraries contain 1,200,000 volumes, a richer store than can be found in any other American city. In scientific bureaus and to prevent a damage of about $150. Mr. L. Prager is the owner of the buildings, both of which were insured. Paragraphs of Interest. Yesterday Meredith, Winship & Company loaded 1,02 tons of Cumberland coal on beard the Annie J. Pardee and she im- mediately left for the port of her consig- nees, Roussell & Hicks, New Haven, Conn. ‘The schooner Cooney is now on her way to Georgetown to carry away a big cargo of coal, and the Beulahland has been cha: tered and will soon follow. : The Washington Gaslight Company’s gas coal boat is up on the dry dock near the mouth of Rock creek receiving an over- hauling. Eliza A. Carbery has sold to Minnie A. Hunt for $4,000 two acres of the tract known as White Haven. The part sold adjoins the old fort on the New Cut road. eatsesbe erates TRAPPING AN AUDIENCE, A Temperance Lecturer Who Knew How to Secure One. Some years ago an eccentric genius, the Rey. Thomas P. Hunt, used to give tem- perance lectures, says Frank Harrison's Magazine. One night he announced that he would lecture in Easton, Pa. Now, tem- | perance was not in favor among the male portion of that burg. ‘The women, however, were all for the | “pledge,” and consequently on Hunt's first visit not a man showed himself. The benches were pretty’ well filled with wo- men, though, and Hunt commenced; but in- stead of temperance, he took them to task about the vanity of dress, &c. They wore great stuffed feather sleeves then. the sleeves—caught it, then the tight lac- ings, and so on through the whole cata- logue of female follies, but no word about temperance. The ladies went home nearly mad, told their husbands about it, and voted old Hunt a regular humbug. : He anounced that he would lecture at the same place the next night. Long before the time appointed the people began to ar- rive, and when Hunt hobbled down the aisle the building was completely filled with men, The old fellow looked about,chuckled, and said in a low voice: “Hogs, I've got you now!” ‘The audience stared. | housing. Surely They— | museums the government affords education unequaled, all branches considered, else- where on the globe; indeed, the moulding and broadening value of these to the young can scarcely be overestimated. For English- speaking scientists and literary men, Wash- ington is equaled by London alone. Its ar- chitectural pre-eminence of itself consti- tutes a strong claim on public notice. Washington Society. In social life Washington acknowledges no peer in America; New York's Knicker- bockers, Boston's Puritans, Philadelphia's Quakers, and the equally-aspiring circles elsewhere, all regard it as a social Mecca. _No other city attracts so large a leisure jclass from other states; no other affords equal advantages to those who depend on | personal achievements for a place in the | social swim. The focusing of legislative and executive elements from the whole Union; the presence of a diplomatic corps represeniimg all continents; the large con- tingent of the army and navy, and the thousands of sightseers who join in the official pageantries, all combire to meke the Washington season “sui generis” and unrivaled. Nowhere els can ethnic variety and beauty better be seen than at the free weekly White House garden concerts. Such artistic, literary, scientific and social feat- ures as here enumerated are as truly edu- cative and luxurious as are the advan- tages and delights of travel; not alone to the elders is this so, but to the youth as well. The latter are also provided with free schools, unsurpassed in liberality, scope and nowhere may ‘the young ;be so brought in touch with influences which foster good citizenship as here. To recapitulate (taking 10 for the mark of undoubted supericrity and seven for medium excellence) we may thus enumer- ate Washington's claims on the homeseek- |ing public: Historic surroundings, 10; cation, 8; environment, 9; accessibility, 9; climate, 7; plan, 10; scrface, 10; drainage, 9; water, 10; transit, 9; architecture, 10; art, 10; literature, 10; science, 10; museums, 1 busines: manufactures, 8; living e: penses, 9; social privileges, 10; education, 10; a total average in 20 essentials (over one-half of which are of first rank) of 9.3. Can ary other city show such an array of valid claims to popular favor? coe TAKING TO AMERICAN SLANG. English Writers Being Impregnated With Methods of Western Expression, “Aha, hogs, I've got you now!” he re- peated, After the crowd had got quiet a little, th lecturer said: “Friends, you wanted to know what I meant saying, ‘Hogs, I've got you now! and J'll tell you. wild, and when folks get out of meat they catch a young pig, put a strap under his body, and hitch him to a young sapling that will just swing him from the ground nicely, Of course he squeals and raises a rumpus, when all the other hogs gather around to see what is the matter, and then they shoot them at their leisure. 1 hung a pig up. I hurt it a little, and it squealed. The old hogs turned out tonight to see the fun, and I'll roast you.” And so he did, pitching into his favorite vice with evident relish and gusto. —eee-- THEY NEVER WILL, The Conductor Could Not Make Her Understand the Rules: From the Detroit Free Press. A woman stood at the corner of Baker and izth streets and waved her parasol for the car to stop. ‘The driver nodded his head. the | She waved a parasol in one hand and a shopping bag in the other. ‘he driver nodded and pointed and stopped the car on the other side of the street. | She came limping over the pavement with | snapping eyes and flushed face, and as she jut her foot on the lower step she ex- Are all you blind and deaf on this car?" | The conductor rang two bells and made no answ) when she had taken a seat ‘inside a passenger asked: | “Why didn’t you explain that she was on the wrong side of the street for the car | coming down | “My dear man, it would have been breath | thrown away,” he replied. ‘That woman ves around here and has been riding on | this line for five years. I've explained and explained, and so has every other conductor, | but what good has it done? Not one woman |in twenty will ever get it through her head that a car can't stop in the center of a | crossing and block a street, and so we must | put up with her ‘sass’ and look for our re- | Hef beyond the stars. | Filed a Bill. | B, F. Burche et al. have by | Gordon & Gordon filed a bill against Flor- ence F. Ballinger et al, for interpretation lof the will of the late America G. Fearick. Out west the hogs rug | Last night | ae | In a late English book of travels, describ- ing the tour of a husband and wife through ‘rural France, and entitled “Across France in a Caravan,” a writer for Harper's Bazar has found an extraordinary infusion of American newspaper slang and frontier phraseology. The book is apparently writ- ten by a university man, but the phrases occur singly, sprinkled everywhere through the book, and never with any quotation marks by way of apology. It would be hard to find an American book by the most ii- literate man in which such language would \be used, and yet the writer is evidently, in this case, wholly unconscious that he ts writing anything but lively and agreeable ‘narration. Among the phrases are the fol- lowin ‘Sheer cussedness,” “considerably | tickled,” ‘on the spree,” “slantindicular,” “loafing about,” “a little riling,” “Joseph has been yarning about us,” “James (a dos) went fi (a small child), and it disap- | peared show was run by an elderly gentleman,” “the mares did not see (. e, desire going on again,” “his chief sat on “the pictures were most y; the London Police News wasn’t Some of these phrases oqeur over and over again and the author, if he thinks anything about it at all, undoubtedly feels that he has enriched his vocabulary. In the interchange of slang phrases, as with breadstuffs and meat, the balance of trade with England is in our favor, if a favor it be. We export more than we im- port. The number of slang phrases which come this way is very much smaller, but there is a certain melancholy satisfaction in noting that these imported weeds are of very much coarser texture than our own. Very few of the phrases quoted above would be used by any well-bred American in speaking; almost none of them in print. Some of them are terse, some are silly, but they are not coarse or gross, like the En- glish phrases which come to us. It is re- pulsive to hear an American young lady who has spent a summer in England calling things “beastly” and “nasty” and “stink- ing” and “rot,” all these being phrases which come quite easily from the lips of her English cousins. ble te It is not even agreca- hear the latter speak of “tubbing” leaning themselves," and similar borrowed from the stable, language s made Lord Melbourne complain the London fine ladies ee American Agent at Turin. | Mr. v can commercial agent, has arrived at Turin, i ltaly, and assumed the duties of his office. redolent of the western world’s greatest | sible to great centers of trade and to/ AMONG AFRICAN CANNIBALS. Thrilling Experiences of Mr. Dorsey Mol a Recent Expedition. Mr. Dorsey Mohun, United States com- mercial agent at Boma, Congo Free State, has made a thrilling report to the State Department on the subject of the African slave trade in which he gives details of cannibalism and other acts of barbarism. What gives his report a special interest in this vicinity is that the author is a life long resident of this city. He is the only representative of this government in that part of the “dark continent.” He was sent there with a view of advancing the com- mercial interests of the United States and incidentally to investigate the slave trade. in order to gain a clear insight into the whole matter Mr. Mohun attached himself to the expedition which was sent out by the Congo government last spring under {command of M. Chaltin. This expedition, both in point of strength and from the re- sults which it accomplished, was one of the most important ever sent against the Arabs and practical: ve the slave trade in the Congo country its death biow. penetrate] the great Lomami ri |the stronghold of the sla jafter considerable heavy iighting and in the face of great mortality from smallpox | and fever, succceded in breaking up several |of the most noted bands, whose operations | had terrorized the entire locality. The expedition started from Basoko, on the Congo river, in the Brux.'les, a govern- | ment steamer, and eventually reached Stan- ley Falls. The United States officer did not join it until after M. Chaltin, who had gone on ahead, had made one short excursion |into the backlyirg country. He caught the steamer on its next trip down to Basoko and later joined Commandant Chaitin. Completely Destroyed. He found that the officer had been most successful, defeating the Arabs in an open fight and completely destroying the village of Tchari, which consisted of 1,200 houses. From that point the expedition sailed for Bena Kamba, where it was reorganized and set out for Riba Riba, 555 strong. Then began the stirring and exciting ad- ventures which laste] until the object of the expedition had been accomplished. Evi- gences of inhuman cruelty on the part of the slave traders were encountered. When the town of Ikamba was reached a@ gruesome sight greeted the expedition. The chief of that district, being an ally of the Arabs, had placed directly across the road a ghastly barricade of sixteen newly severed heads. The natives had fied, how- ever, and the town was deserted save for these grisly warnings. ¢ . Without heeding this fearful sight the ex- pedition pushed on, and on March 29 was stopped by an impassable stream. Scouts were sent out to find a ford, and soon re- turned with the n@ws that a large body of Arabs was preparing to cross the river at a point not far away. These were the first slave dealers who had been encountered and the force was immediately placed in position for an attack. Surprised the Arabs. The Arabs had not discovered the pres- ence of the expedition, and the first warn- ing they had was a shell from the field piece, which dropped into their camp. After several hours of hot fighting across the river, the Arabs withdrew, and upon cross- ing over, the blood which spattered the ground and bushes showed the victors that some deadly work had been done. Only one dead Arab was found, as it is the custom of this people, Mr. Mohun says, to remove their dead if possible. After the battle 150 men succeeded in crossing the river, and were ordered to push on to Riba Riba, as it was “esired to reach that town before the retreating forces of the defeated Arabs could give warning of the approach of the expedition. This detachment Mr. Mohun accompanied but on reaching the town they found the place deserted. The only thing they did find was another bit of Arab pleasantry in the shape of two right hands of white men nailed to the flagstaff in front of the chief's house. Mr. Mohun expresses the belief that they were those of Messrs. Michaels and Noblesse, who were murdered there the week before. It is the intention of M. Chal- tin to destroy these nests, and the detach- ment marched away in the light of the flames which ascended from the burning village and returned to the main force. Victims of Smallpox. Smallpox had made its appearance among the men, and on the next day all of the sick were sent back to Benekamba under guard. The expedition followed a few days later and reached the steamer on May 5, taking three days to make the home jour- ney, which had consumed nine days in go- ing. The scenes on the road going back, according to Mr. Mohun’s descriptions, were appalling. The dead from the sick column lined the way, and occasionally a corps would be stumbled over as it lay concealed in the high grass, and over all was the — stench from the di ies. So great was the mortality that upon reaching Benekamba it was found that 104 persons had died in less than two weeks. The battle which ended the expedition was fought at Stanley Falls. The soldiers were in two détachments under cover of fire from the cannon on the steamer. One detachment carried the factory at the point of the bayonet, and for a while there was hot work. The retreating Arabs were pur- sued to the village, which the soldiers took. The other detachment on the right bank of the river had gallantly captured another town, killing the chief and seventy-five of his men. The defeat and rout of the Arabs was complete and the slaughter from the rifles of the soldiers was fearful. After this disastrous defeat many of the Arabs’ slaves, soldiers, women and other retainers gave themselves up. In all about one hundred of these surrendered to the expedition. Revolting Sights. There being no further danger from the Arabs after such a complete rout, the ex- Pedition left Stanley Falls and went to Romie, another Arab town, which they found had been already captured by a small force under the command of Mr. Five, the inspector of the Congo state, and an officer. Here Mr. Mohun saw some sights which were revolting in the extreme, surpassing in savagery anything that he had imag - ined. The butchery of the Arabs in the fight which resulted in the capture of the village had been fearful, and the natives, who swarmed like vultures over the whole place, began cutting up and eating the bodies. Commandant Chaltin had given orders that this was not to be permitted, and any ni tive caught with human flesh in his posses- sion was to be shot on the spot. Mr. Mohun says that he saw several na- tives carrying arms and legs down to the beach preparatory to -a feast, and laconi- cally adds that a bullet soon put an end to this proceeding. The natives, he says, say they do not eat human flesh on account of a liking for it, but as the Arabs are their enemies they gain all the strength pos- sessed by them when they eat them, —_——_-22—_____ ‘The Heroic He From the Churchman. A friend has lately told me the following story: In the western part of Massachu- setts a man had a fine stock farm; that is, a farm for raising cows and horses. But a few weeks ago a fire broke out in the barn, and burned not only the building and the hay, but most of the animals also. After the fire the owner walked over the ruins. It was a sad sight to see the charred bodies of his fine Jersey cows and his high-spirited horses, to say nothing of the money lost with them. But at the end of the barn he saw a sight which touched him more than all the rest. There sat.an old black hen. He wondered that she*did not move her head to look at him as he came near her, poked her with his cane, and to his sur- prise the wing which he touched fell into ashes. Then he knew tuat she had been burned to death. But out from under her came a faint little peep, and, pushing her aside with his cane, the man found—what do you think?—ten little live yeliow chick- ens! The poor hen had sacrificed her own life to save them, ard had held her place in the fire as Casablanca held his on the burn- ing deck. That sight touched the man more than everything else, and he has to own that his eyes grew a little more moist than usual. A Usefal Weight. From Harper's Bazar. Rosalie—“Have you seen Mn Barlow lately?” May—“Yes. He calls now about twice a week, and he’s awfully convenient.” Rosalie—“Why, May Flower, how can you stand him? He's so big and clumsy, and always bragging about his weight.” May—‘Oh, yes, that’s just it. I've been collecting autumn leaves to pi and Mr. Barlow has been very kind about them. All the time he’s making his call he sits on the book for me, and the leaves are pressed just beautifully.” but he thought she must be asleep. He} A Weak Digestion strange as it may seem, is caused from a lack of that which is never exactly digested—/at. The. greatest fact in connection wi Scott's Emulsion appears at this point—it is pa’ digested fat—and the most weakened digestion is quickly strengthened by it. The only possible help in Consumption is the arrest of waste and re- newal of new, healthy tissue. Scott's Emulsion has done wondersin Con- sumption just this way. Prepared by Scott 2 Bowes, Y. Ali@raggiets, _—————_—_———_—————— PETRIFIED WOOD. = in Charge of the Exhibit Had * Trying Time With Questioners, From the Chicago Tribune. 5 It was a meek, mild-mannered youth that Stood behind the exhibit of petrified wood. There was a look of agony on his face that seemed born of fright. A visitor approach- ed the exhibit and the face of the mild- mannered man grew ashen pale. “Is this putrefied wood?” asked the visi- tor. “No, sir; that is petrified wood.” The visitor withdrew. The next came. ‘Mister, is this ossified wood?” ‘0, sir; this is petrified wood.” The ashen gray on the youth's face was grow- ing more pronounced. The listener understood the situation now, and sympathized and drew nearer. “Wife, that is peterfied wood,” explained an old farmer as he and his better half passed by. “This isn’t oxidized wood, is it?” asked a school girl next. The attendant explained his exhibit as before. is that galvanized wood?” was the next. ‘No, madam, that is petrified wood.” The attendant was growing weaker. is that perforated wood?” is The attendant failed to answer. The wo- man looked up, and seeing the youth about to faint, produced her smeiling salts and the attendant revived. But alas, thirty seconds only elapsed before a gaunt coun- turyman approached. “Do you sell any seed to raise that kind of wood?" This was a slight change, and the lad in misery moved about and found some small chips of wood in the case, which he sold to the gaunt countryman for a consideration. But the exertion only weakened him the more. “Was that wood sawed and polished be- fore it was petrified?” . “No, sir, I don’t think it was.” It was evident that the young mar couldn't last long. The listener would have helped him if he could, but the young man had to stand the strain alone. There was hopeless- ness on every feature as one more anxious | admirer came up. “Was this wood petrified especially for the fair?” But the young man had fainted. The nearest guard called an ambulance. A crowd gathered about and cast pitying glances as he was laid in the wagon. He Was taken to the hospital and the trained nurses wondered what it meant as he groaned in his delirium, jo, mo, this is petrified wood.” No one now attends the exhibit,but every- where about may be seen the legend tp } capital letters, “This is Petrified Wood.” ~ pei pO ngigeailgtns IN THE DRY GOODS STORE. A Pretty Blonde Proves That She Has | & Deal to Put Up With, | From the Chicago Journal. ‘ = A bare-headed blonde rushed out the riage entrance yesterday and looked wil about; then, dashing along for a hundred yards, she stopped and touched a woman who had a child by. the hand, upon the shoulder. t “Did you just come out of that store?’ she asked. “Yes,” the woman answered tartly. “What department were you in?” The womah started and jerked the child, who was restless. — 7 4 “I mean,” said the breathless bionde, “what ‘were you buying?” ; “Handkerchiefs,” snapped the shopper, shortly. “What's that to you?” “Why,” said the saleslady, “I think you left some of your money,” and she held up a bill. “Well, for goodness sake, why didn’t you tell me before I got out of the store?” de- manded the owner of the wealth, and she took possesion of her cash and started off without a thank you. The pretty money-finder looked at me and blurted out: “Well, did you ever?” I assured her I never had. “Why,” she continued, “it wasn't her change, you know. She was taking her pocketbook out of her bag and she drew the bill with it. I was not waiting upon her, but I happened to notice it, and flew after her as fast as I could. “I tell you we have an awful lot to put up with. You never know until you get be- hind & counter how many strange and un- reasonable people there are in the world. 1 got a breath of fresh air, any way,” said she, and smilingly went back to the shop. ——__ — -+e-+—____ ‘The Habit of Signing Petitions. From the Indianapolis News. Shortly after Gov. Morton was inaug- urated an effort was made to secure the pardon of a man in prison. The lawyer argued at some length and bore heavily on the fact that all the members of the bar wanted the man released, and had signed a petition to that effect, which had been sent to Gov. Willard too late to be acted upon. “Let me see the papers,” said Gov, Mor- ton. e Mr. Holloway secured the petition, glanced over it and broke inte a laugh. “I guess he’s got you, governor.” “How is that?” : “Here is your name signed twice to this petition.” “Hey?” He took the paper, and there, sure enough. was the name of O. P. Morton in two different places. He remembered that the petition had been passed yers in the room, including Mr. Morton, had signed without reading it. “I know that man,” exclaimed the i and cure chapped it will prevent — oy two or three cure summer complaint or dyepepaia, _ ————~or- A Praction3 Suppestiony ‘Wwe Sir Parwest (ashe workts is what you put on war veasela, Attendant. “The very sama, Ite pall} Harveyized Mrs. bdelieve if sell a