Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1894, Page 3

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Lael Tamas Alaxative. refreshing fruit lozenxe Very agreeable to CONSTIPATION, loop od appetite: nertrioand of api , wast a intestinal troubles and headache arising from them. GRILLON des Archives, Parls, by all Drugyiste. INDIEN GRILLON. e al5- m3m-Lp’ a x 38 Ru Bou Destroyers of American Homes. No one with the best interests of our American Ife at heart can look but with disfavor upon the enormous growth of | | boarding houses and apartment houses in our large cities, writes Edward W. Bok in “At Home With the Editor,” in the Ladies’ |Home Journal. To a far greater extent than many suppose are these growing fac- tors the destroyers of our American home system. Each year finds these apartment houses more generally patronized by fam- ilies. It will indeed be a pity if our Amer- ican women shall continue to eschew house- keeping during the next twenty years as they have in the past score of years. Noth- ing bodes so ill for our children. What | recollection does life in an apartment house, a hotel or a boarding house give to a child in after years? The sweetest memory to a man is the home of his boyhood, and how little sweetness can there be in the memory | of a childhood spent as a “cliff-dwelier.” | A child has a rightful claim to a home | influence, and a mother fs untrue to her | highest trust when she deprives her child | of that right. To offer the argument that | a home circle can be established in cur | modern apartment houses just as well as | in a home is simply to excuse what we | know in our hearts to be an untruth. Home life is only possible in a home. A poor | apology indeed for a home ts even the most comfortable and gorgeously appointed apart- ment. Women excuse their resort to this form of life because of the fr n from the annoyance of servants. But the ser- vant girl problem cannot be solved by shirking it. It seems to me that if some of | our American women would trouole them- | selves less about municipal and suffrage problems, which men will take care of, and devote their much-flaunted capabilities for | municipal executive ability toward the solu- he servant girl problem, which is | ‘3 and theirs only, it would be better the . |for our American life. Edward H. | treasurer of Trent, | Union, is missing. cee | | | Stevenson, secretary and J.. Typographical | ply. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. DROPPING FROM THE CLOUDS. An Artist Describes His Sensations in an Uncontrollable Balloon. Robert V. V. Sewell, in the Artists’ Ad- ventures Series in the Century for April, de- scribes his first and last balloon ascension. It was in 1886, when Mr. Sewell was a student at the Academy Julian, that he made his venture, taking advantage of a | Public ascension. When the artist and the aeronaut entered the busket, the ropes were cast off. ss We did not rise, and being informed that we must leave behind e‘ther a sand bag or my heavy winter overccat, I heroically sac- rificed the latter. Starding in the basket I tossed it to a friend, when, presto! he as well as the rest of the world sank out of | sight. At that moment I sat down. I can still recall the how! of derision and delight which greeted this commonplace act. The cries of the spectators were succeed- ed by a most profound stlerce, broken only by the fearsome creaking of the willow bas- ket, as my companion leaned from side to side. I was sooa aware of another sound, to / which my ears seemed slowly to become in pitch than any note of the musical scale. The barometer soon showed an elevation | of Falf a mile, and, Icoking over the side of the car ( was still seated on the floor), I saw the whole of Paris pass beneath me— the publie buildings, the Madeleine with its bright copparigreen rcof, the toy cathedral of Notre Dame on its Uttle island. The dis- tance was so great that all giddiness was gone, and the roar of the city was hushed. Throwing out much of our store of sand, we arcse into great cumulus clouds, The barometer indicated a height of two miles; the air had the pure but thin feeling of an Alpine mountain-top. There was no sight, no noise, save the patter of the feet of two pigeons on the summit of of the balloon. They had refused to leave us, and, after hovering like land birds about a ship, had settled on our rigging. In the utter silence of these heights the novice, awed by the sublimfty of the situa- tion, has no thought of danger. The vast, sightless, stlent void in which the bubble | hung self-poised in pressed the mind with | a sense, not of vicience, but of calm. Yet | danger there was, and that mcst imminent. | Anxiously scanning the barometer, my com- ' anion announced that we were falling. | ‘eizing a bag of tissue papers, he threw a handful from the car. Instartly they dis- | appeared, but abov2 us. We were rushing | down to the city at ar angle of about forty- | five degrees. Now the two pigeons ieft the balloon, and even this slight diminution of weight gave us a short respite. As we ap- proached the earth we struck the ground | breeze,which we saw would carry us nearly the entire length of the city. Quickly di- vesting ourselves of our coats and waist- coats, we took a rapid inventory of the pitifully small remainder of ballast, with a view to keeping the air ship afloat as long as_ possible. To a novice who has ever gone down a toboggan slile the hcrror of that rush over the spires and chimneys of the great city may be dimly shown if he can imagine his | sensations increased a thousandfold. Colli- sion with a building meant almost sure death, while the speed was so great that landing in a boulevard was an impossibil- | ity. The roar of one street as it grew less distirct was quickly followed by the roar of the next, as the excited and interested Parisians watched our flight. Several times we avoided collision cnly by throwing out | @ coat, basket or bottle, the balloon each | time taking a slight bound and clearing the okstacle. +06 AH SIN PLAYING IRISH MUSIC, A Chinese Fiddler Who Prefers Celtic Melodies to Melican Tunes. Extensive as is every.San Franciscan's knowledge of the city’s Chinatown, says the | Call, nowhere can be found a citizen who| had any recollection of hearing of a Chinese who played popular airs on a violin with any sort of touch that {s suggestive of early training and an ardent admiration for mu- | sic. But Lee Fong 1s just such a heathen prodigy, with a history that is of exceeding interest. They call him ‘Tom Flannagan,” for, strange to relate, the boy has a great | liking for Irish airs and melodies and plays | them in preference to the compositions of German or American composers. Tom came to California about eight years ago. He first listened to the playing of a violin at a theater in Oakland. He liked “Melican music,” and often stood for hours at a park or open-air concert listening to a brass band | discourse popular airs. Finally the idea struck him that it would be possible for him to learn to play the fiddle, so straightaway | he hied him to a second-hand store, where he purchased a violin for $6. “Me no like China music,” sald he, with a contemptible sneer. ‘Too much dum, dum, too muchee squeak.” With the help of a German, who jokingly undertook to give Tom preliminary instruc- tion in the production of harmonious sounds, the Chinese learned to handle the bow with considerable dexterity. His advance was rapid, and in less than two years Tom could do musical justice at any country hoedown, and inspire even a more elevated social gathering with exhilaration when he drew music out of the violin strings. “Ilish music heep lively,” sakl Tom, as he drew his finger along his violin’s bass string. “You like me play for you?” ‘By all means.” I play.” “The Wearing of the Green,” “Killarney” and an Irish jig followed. Tom's arm swung with an easy motion and his foot beat time. His eyes dilated a little and his mouth twitched, showing that he felt in his very soul the vibrations of the sweet Celtic melo- dies. ———_ +e+—_____ NO BUDDHISTS IN INDIA, Marion Crawford Corrects a Very Common Impression. Marion Crawford is a true cosmopolite, equally at home in Benares or on Bro: way, and yet his imagination seems mostly dominated by the things of the orient. In the April number of the Century he has an interesting article on “Gods of India. India has served many gods, he says, and the "monuments raised in their honor are countless. It appears to be generally be- | lieved at the present day that the religion | of India is Buddhism. How this common impression gained ground it is hard to say. | When Sir Edwin, Arnold published “The | Light of Asia” he did not think Itt neces- | sary to state that Gautama the Master had no longer any following in the country , which witnessed his birth and holy life, but Sir Edwin's book produced a religious | revival, or something very like it, among a certain class of semi-intelligent readers who are continually foraging for some new | titbit of religion with which to tickle the dull sense of their immortality into a relish for heaven. There are no Buddhists in India. There are many in Ceylon, and there is a sect of | them in Nepal, an independent territory to | the north, on the borders of Buddhistic Tibet. The religion vanished from India in the early centuries of the Christian era. The neo-Brahmans set anti-Buddhas, so to speak, in the figures of Krishna, Mahadeva and Rama—demigods and idols of the great | neo-Brahmanic religions, Vishnu worship and Siva worship, and these swept every- thing else before them until the Moham- medan conquest, and at the present day, in one shape or another, these forms of belief are adhered to by five-sixths of the population, the remainder being Mussul- | mans. The Buddhists are gone, though not! without leaving behind them a rich legacy of philosophic thought and many monu- ments of their artistic genius. ———+o+ Horses Better Cared for. From the Spectator. ‘The great establishments have set a stand- ard of good and humane treatment by which the London horse has greatly ben- fited. Better and larger stables, good food and litter, and steady work, with regular days of rest, have lengthened the life and } | | improved the physique of the London horse. A good brewer's horse, standing 17.2, was weighed by Mr. Gordon and tipped the beam at just over the ton. The driver weighed 20 stone 12 pounds! ‘The van, fully loaded, | 6 tons 15 hundredweight, to which must be added the harness, making a total with the driver of nearly § tons. Three horses draw the whole, and it was stated that, on the average, three horses | now do the work which four did twenty | years ago. The vans have improved, the | roads have improved, and the horses have improved—especially the horses, Bes coe For Those in Mourning. Visits of condolence are made a week after the funeral, says the Ladies’ Home | Journal. A card is left and no effort is made to see those who are in sorrow. A number of women have asked me if It is proper to send invitations to friends who are in mourning. Of course one would not do this until after a month had passed, but after that time it is quite proper, and cer- tainly our friends who have had sorrow come to them do not like to think that they are forgotten. It is no longer considered | in good taste to have “R.S.V.P.” in the | corner, but, instead, are the English words, “the favor of an answer is requested. This is, however, never written on a din- ner invitation, for that presupposes a re- | | her story. She said her name was Ma; | During the walk, Maggie say: , which she will be able ‘o remember after- | College forced his entire person into the | her party demands a call within two weeks, | assistance. SHE WANTED TO KNOW. A Pretty Girl Who Has Only Hearsay Evidence That She is Married. From the Albany Morning Express. She was in appearance about nineteen years old, and wore a becoming dress and a butterfly cape sacque, which set off her form to good advantage. Besides being the possessor of a form perfect enough for a sculptor’s model, she had a pretty face and luxuriant brown hair. This pretty girl occupied a seat in the police court yester- day, and as she waited her turn to borrow Judge Stephens’ ear she nervously wiggled her fingers, and an ordinary observer could tell at a passing glance that a question of momentous importance to her, at least, was weighing heavily upon her mind. When Judge Stephens had disposed cf his last | case the young woman walked shyiy up to the desk and said: “I want to know if I am really married?” “Eh—what, you want to know if you are married? Well, I wasn’t present at the ceremony, and besides, I should think you would be able to answer the question your- self,” replied the judge. “Well, I'm not, and I came here to see if I was," replied the girl. She thén told the now interested sods zie Hale, and that she lived in the South End. Several evenings ago Maggie went to a | party and met one of her young male acquaintances, They both drank more than enough wine, which rose to their heads. They became hilarious, and not late in the evening left the house and took a wajk. 's, the young | man says they called at a minister's house and. were married. Maggie says she te- members leaving the house for 4 walk, but has not the slightest recollection of culling at a minister's house or getting married. rah fa completed her narracive the woman said: “Now, judge,I want you to decide whether I am married or not; for this young man insisted as late as this morning that I must live with him. I again ask you, judge, am Ia married woman or a single girl?” Judge Stephens has run up igaiast tough questions of law and struggled with deep and difficult technicalities, but this was tco much for him. He thought a minute and then said: “That is too hard a conundrum for me to solve. You had better call on a Jury of women to render the proper verdict. Mow- ever, if the young man wants you and you like him, I don’t see any reason why the ceremony, whether one was performed or not, could not be said ver.” She left the court in better spirits, it is supposed with the intention ef seeing the young man and demandliag a ceremony ward. a KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. In the Vicious It Muy Do Society Vast Harm in the Future, If the spirit of anarchism spreads and the recipes for making safe bombs become a little more widely known, says the London Spectator, we may yet be able to set the discovery of high explosives against the dis- covery of chloroform, and to doubt whether sclyntitic research does, on the whole, more eVil or more good. In truth, it does neither, knowledge being neither more nor less than a force which produces good or evil, accord- ing to the chart. er—which is not material —of the man Way possesses it. The modern notion that knowledge has in itself some- thing divine is as false as the ancient no- tion that it has in itself something diabolic. You can rob by the aid of chloroform as well as relieve pain. There are whole branches of knowledge the diffusion of | which would almost cer :ainly produce pure evil. } Household murder, for instance, would be far more common if all men and women knew what a few physicians know about | the really dangerous poisons—were aware, for instance, that there is a drug procura- le in almost every field which simulates | the effect of one common variety of heart disease, the suspension of vitality through | anaemia. And suicide, which, whether it/ a crime or not, is certainly a great evil, | would be multiplied tenfold if every one knew how it is possible to terminate life in- | stantaneously and painlessly through means | which no law against poisons will ever touch, and which can be obtained in every street. There are no means in existence of keeping such facts, when once generally known, from the knowledge of the bad, and it is they, and not the good, who will want to use them. The world indeed may one day, and at no very distant period, have awful evidence of the truth of the theory that knowledge is only a weapon, neither bad nor good. It 1s most probable, it is nearly certain, that means of destroying life on a vast scale, either by the multiplication of existing forces—the Maxim gun carried to the highest power—or by the use of asphyxiating shells, or as half a dozen novelists have already suggested,by explosives directed from aerial machines, will be discovered and eagerly | utilized by the able men who in every coun- try are striving to “improve” material of war. No possible precaution would keep such processes secret for long, and they may fall into the hands of the Chinese, the Arabs or of the anarchists, with, as result, either the subjugation of the world or its partial de- Population. It would be an awful illustra- tion of that trony of fate which sometimes seems to preside over the destinies of men if science killed civilization; but that is by no means one of the impossible occurrences. pins Mabe A Strange Story About St. Andrew's. From the London Saturday Review. It was mentioned in our last paper that rot till 1826 was the litter of ages removed from the cathedral, when the governnient of the day had the grace to make an end of that crying scandal. Shortly after the place had been put to rights, a body of local antiquaries were minded to open a certain turret that looks out on St. An- drew’s bay. They went to it one day, ac- | cordingly, and pulled down certain stones in the wall; and when there was room to admit the body of a man, one of the party squeezed in his head and shoulders, and all of him, in fine, but his feet. Suddenly these became quite rigid; and his friends, pulling him out, found that he had fainted. While he was being attended to, a second man peered into the black hole, in like manner; and he, too, was pulled out in a very ill way. Finally, a professor of the United | 4 cavity and did not faint; but presently reap- peared, with the corpse of a woman in his arms, from which the life seemed to have gone but that hour. The turret was now | fully explored, and, sitting round in a cir- cle, were found twelve bodies decked as at a feast, and all of them untouched of decay. The professor on the instant sent off to the | lord advocate, asking what course he should | take. ‘The answer came to close it up im- mediately if he would avold prosecution, And this was done, and the matter hushed up. But within the last few years two of those present at that strange disinterment were surviving, and they told certain of the modern excavators their story, which, in-| deed, there was documentary ‘evidence to support. So, once again, and at night this time, the turret was secretly opened up. Two things were now established. The first was the truth of what the search party had alleged of their discovery so many years before; and the second was the cause of what they had seen. For there 1s a} certain soil or a cerfain atmosphere which preserves dead bodies from decay. It ex- ists at Milan, and it is now known to ex- ist nearer home. And at a certain point from St. Regulus Tower all the dead that sleep beneath its shadow are lying now as they lay on their deathbeds. The Etiquette of Visiting. Married women leave their husband's cards with their own; that Is to say, one is left for the gentleman of the hot and one for the hostess, writes Isabel A. Mallon in an article on “The Art of Dressing for Vis- iting” in the Ladies’ Home Journal. A din- but this is not required after a tea or a large reception. If a friend ts ill it is} proper to call in person and leave a card, with kind tnquiries written upon it. A very pretty English fashion is gradually finding its way here. After a severe Illness a lady may Send by mail to all the people who have called to inquire for her an engraved card, reading in this wa Mrs. James Brown presents her compliments and her thanks for recent kind inquirie: This does away with the necessity of making visits when one is still in ill-health, and yet it is a recognition of the courtesies re- ceived. It is polite, also, to leave a card of congratulation when a new baby appears in the family, but one is never expected to ask to see the mother. ++ —____ Too Reckless, From Texas Siftin Mendicant—“I came to ask for some little My wife has been sick so long| that all my means are exhausted.” Mrs. Portly Pompous—‘How can your wife be sick so much beyond her means? You should check her extravagance.” FEARED HIS WIFE THE MOST. The Juror Knew His Spouse and Therefore Disobeyed the Court. On one occasion Judge Andrew Ellison was trying an important case at Macon City and desired to rush it through in order to make way for another case eom- ing up next morning, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The court instructed the jury and court officials to return after sup- per that night, as it was intended to hold a night session. At 7 o'clock all the officers, numerous witnesses and the jury, with one exception,were promptly on hand. Of course, nothing could be done without the absent juryman. The minutes ran into hours and still, the prodigal didn’t return. At a late hour court adjourned without having ac- complished anything. Next morning sharp at 9 o’clock the twelve jurymen were in the box. asked for the truant. He was pointed out and the court ordered him to stand up. “Mr. ”” said the judge, addressing the derelict, “didn’t you understand the order of the court last night requiring the jury to be on hand after supper “Yes, your honor,” said the juryman, ex- plaining, “but you see I live quite a ways out of town and my wife gave me an order prior to the court’s order and her order was that I shouldn't stay in town over night. I considered the matter and ccncluded it was safer to risk your honor's displeasure than her’n, because,” he added, earnestly, “I know her!” The court looked solemn a moment, as if. weighing some mighty problem, then a smile started across his face, and the bar, court officers and spectators broke out in tumultuous laughter. The juryman was for- given; there were mary there who could, perhaps, appreciate his position. e090. HOUSE PLUMBING INSPECTION. keeper Should Know the tion of the Fixtures. From the Philadelphia Times. “There is nothing about a residence plumb- ing system,” says an authority, “that a child may not understand, and there is every reason why a housewife should be able to make her own periodical inspection of all the fixtures in her home.” It is a grave fault in the domestic science that so few house mothers know the difference be- tween a “vent” and a “trap,” a “soil pipe” and a “waste pipe.” The day of enlighten- ment is dawning with the improved methods of plumbing. It is possible now to become instructed. Doing away with inclosed fixtures, placing pipes outside walls, ventilation to the roof, and a better flushing system are the most valuable features of the new methods. Iron pipes instead of lead, and porcelain fix. tures with marble surroundings are likewise later sanitary features; but still, with all these, unless conscientious work has been done there is danger of escaping sewer gas. Good material may be badly put together, | joints badly set, with thin pipes or those not of uniform thickness, lable to corrode through in a short time, and other defects may exist, the result of what is called in technical parlance, ‘‘scamping.” Some Simple Tests, If doubt exists as to the general good con- dition of pipes, &c., in a dwelling, a test should be tried, and if properly done, @ very accurate condition will be registered. For old plumbing peppermint is used be- cause of its volatile property. It is poured down the soil pipe from the roof with hot water, and by stationing persons at various points, perforations or loose joints which al- low the odor to escape are quickly detected, Smoke and water tests are also used, but the one is more troublesome, and the other, by means of bad leaks, may damage walls. A simple test is found in sugar of lead on blotting paper. Held along the pipes be- neath the seat and the basin, it will be quickly blackened by sewer gas. Silver will quickly turn black if placed directly near sewer gas, though not often used as a test. Closing a closet or room tightly and leaving it for a while and then entering from the fresh air will prove whether sewer gas is present by the presence of a stale- water and offensive odor. The kitchen sink is an object for much concern, and should be periodically exam- ined as to its pipes and trap. Often con- nected directly with wash tubs, its pipes re- ceive double waste, and should have double care. Kitchen grease, wash-tub lint, and food waste are domestic bugbears, and the plumbers’ harvest. By keeping as much refuse away from pipes as possible, odors and consequences are alike lessened. eee JAPANESE WOMEN. Happy and Attractive Now, but Euro- pean Fashions Will Spoil Them. Yokohama Letter to the Boston Herald. As a rule, the young and middle-aged Japanese women are quite good-looking, subject to the peculiarities of their type. They have smooth, round faces, often with fresh color, liquid black eyes, exquisite hands and well-rounded arms. Their feet are not so attractive, being spread out by the use of clogs or pattens. This foot-gear tends to give them ungraceful gaits—a sort | of waddle—and it is considered the correct thing to toe in. Their costume, almost al- ways becoming as to material and -olor, makes them look a little dumpish. This is especially the effect of the great bow of the belt, or obi, worn on the small of the back, as much as a foot square. In most cases the faces wear amiablg contented expres- sions. They are not worn by care or thought. The women of Japan are much better treated than their sisters in other eastern nations, but they are considered distinctly inferior to the men, and are taught from their earliest childhood obedience—first to their parents, then to their husbands, and finally to their sons when they become the heads of their households. But this does not appear to weigh upon the Japanese wo- man. She is cheerful, docile and contented with her lot, happy to serve in the station appointed her, with simple tastes and good digestion, and politeness which never fail They are said to be good housekeepers, al- ways observant of their duties, but the simplicity of their housekeeping relieves them of a great measure of the care which wrinkles the brow of the New England housekeeper, for instance. Their houses, even the best of them, are the simplest structures imaginable, containing .almost nothing of what we call furniture, and their dresses require no art in their cutting and manufacture. ‘Thus the two great causes of worrlment from which our women suffer do not exist for these simple creatures. The introduc- tion of occidental dress is obviously a sreat mistake. It means a complete revolution of the Japanese household. It means the change from sitting on the clean matted floor to chairs and sofas. It means wrinkles for the smooth face of the Japanese wo- man. Besides, it means the loss of her charms and no compensation; for the Jap- anese woman in European costume is a dwarfish, dumpish little creature, as much out of her element as a duck on dry land. But what has a traveler to do with these questions? oe The Trousseau. From the Chicago Evening Post. This seems very sensible, and makes the buying of a trousseau easier for the poor young bride who feels that she simply “must” have a thorough outfit, and bas. suppose—but $500 or so to spend upon it. But to her comfort let it be remembered that even the wealthiest no longer indulge in the extensive and elaborate preparation once thought desirable. Our grandmothers may have thought it necessary to have pile upon pile of linen to lie and yellow and rot upon dark shelves, but those days are past. Half a dozen sets of underwear are suffi- cient unto the season, and of other things as well; such articles as will be required for immediate comfort and convenience are all that the sensible bride will dream of get- ting. SICK PEOPLE CURED Eminent Doctors at Your Service Free Not a Penny to Pay for the F Medical Examinatio: ent Munyon's Homeopathic Remedy Company employ | a number of eminent doctors, who have achieved distinction in diagnosing and curing diseases. 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It is true that he at one | time selected and nominated mea for police positions, but the custom has been chang- ed, and the selections, as well as appoiat- | ments, have for some months past been made by the Commissioners. ‘The superintendent, for reasons given by | him in a recent communication to the Com- | missioner who has supervision of police ad- ministration, believes in a strict adherence to the qualifications required for an ap- pointment on the force, one of which exacts | that to be eligible an applicant must “have been a resident of the District for two years next preceding his appointment.” It is only just to the Commissioners to state that no man has been removed from the force during my service thereon merely |to make a vacancy, but only for what , Seemed to them good and sufficient reaso | affecting discipline and efficiency, | add that mere partisan considera ns, on | their part, have not, so far as the superin- }tendent knows, influenced their action in | affairs pertaining to this department. Very respectfully, WM. G. MOORE, Major and Superintendent of Metropolitan | Police. | (The Star did not impute either to the Commissioners’ or to the superintendent | partisan considerations in the selection and appointment of policemen. The quoted reference to an impossibility of preserving discipline in the force was prophetic of the future condition, “if the positions on the | police force are to become political spoils,” |When “the last state of the police force will be worse than the first.” The partisan considerations influence ihe Congressmen, who, as legislators for the District, too often apply pressure to the Commissioners to secure political appointments; and it was to relieve, as far as possible, the Com- missioners from congressional pressure for appointments, which they would not make of their own judgment with the public in- terest in view, that The Star discussed this evil.) —-—-— THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY. How It is Being Entorced by the Eng- lish Government. From the Blackburn Times. The eight hours government day com- | menced in the royal arsenal, Woolwich, at |8 am. on Monday. The change has involv- | ed @ recalculation of every man’s wages at the hourly rate, as the same wages is now | paid for forty-eight hours as for fifty-four. | The war department will recoup themselves some of the loss by enforcing strict punc- twality, a minute's grace three times a day | having been allowed, and by a change in | the system of overtime. Hitherto time and | @ half has been paid for the first two hours, | and this will be reduced to time and a quar- | ter; but, beyond the two hours, time and a half. The government will also cease to | pay wages on bank holidays and when the factories are closed for stock taking, etc., and a reduction of sick pay to men who are in receipt of wages ranging from forty shillings to fifty shillings per week will be made. There will be no increase in the Piece-work rate, so that the piece hands will either be losers or have to turn out the same amount. Frying Pans. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “There is a very peculiar custom among the Sioux Indians,” said Emanuel French of Bismarck, N. D., who was at the Lindell yesterday. “The Indians take kindly to European cooking utensils and aids to com- fort, and it is quite common for an explor- ing or picnic party to trade off kettles, frying pans and the like for skins or curios- ities. A cooking utensil thus acquired be- comes practically the common property of the tribe, on the general understanding, however, that whoever borrows it shall pay for its use by leaving in it a portion of the food cooked. As the Indians seldom waste any time in washing or cleaning eating or cooking vessels, this practice has some con- | veniences from a red man’s point of view, and often a saucepan is returned with quite @ large quantity of meat or potatoes cling- ing to the bottom, and perhaps covering up scme of the remains of a preceding and entirely different preparation. It is not jlong since that an exploring party I was out with lost its kettle, which had evidently jolted out of the wagon on the bad road. After considerable hesitation one was bor- rowed from a friendly squaw, and, after | water had been boiled in it three or four | times and it had been well scoured out with |sand, it answered its purpose admirabiy. | When we were through with the kettle ws thoroughly cleaned it and returned it, and | it was not until an Indian guide explained the custom that we understood the look of supreme contempt which came over the red lady’s face when on looking into the inside of the kettle she saw that {t contained no | relic whatever of our evening feast.” —— The Parlor Organ, There's a man living on Brigham street who has no music in his soul, says the | | Detroit Free Press, and there's a man |next door to him whose soul is full of it. jas is likewise the soul of his family. This (latter man not long ago added a four-lung | parlor organ to his lares and penates, and a healthy daughter of his began to practice Several nights later a friend from street came down to see the first man, and as soon as he got inside the house he heard the parlor organ next door. “Fine-toned instrument,” he said, be- cause he had music in his soul, too. The musicless man grunted. ‘Whose make is it?” the visitor asked. “Don’t know,” was the ungracious an- | Swer. | “How many stops has it?” The ho’ he replied, “it’s been in the house about a week now, and in that time it hasn't had any that I've been able to dis- and the visiting musician disceet- ly began talking about the tariff and the income tax. FINANCIAL : LIFE TONTINE, EXNDOWME ¥ AND PAID-1 P, Policies Purchased at a fair discount. mbS1-tf EDWARD N, BURNS, 1807 F st. ow. pulled himself up for a power- lll FINANCIAL. 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