Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1895, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. 15 THE SENATE CROWNS The Hirsute Adornment of the Pates in the Upper House. VARYING STYLES OF BALDNESS Suits of Hair Noted for the Tropi- cal Luxury of Growth. SOME SCANTY CROPS aeeakiisedpease mee ACH SUCCESSIVE session of the Senate 4 sees the characteris- heads of some of the Senators grow more visibie. Whether It is from the intense mental strain neces- sarily arising from the exhaustive legis- lation of the past few sessions, er the wearing out of body and soul endeavor- ing to please their friends at home, is hard to tell. Although Senator Sherman fs a man of long service in the interests of the gevernment, yet his we trained locks betray not the faint- est suspicion of a lost hair in the crown, whilst Sena- tors Gallinger and Shoup, on the same side of the floor, and very much younger men, both in years and polities, are al- most bald, and what hair they do cwn, is s0 near the color of the scalps that it is tard to tell just where the baidness begins. og Senator Morrill, the oldsst Senator on the floor, has lost but a few of the locks that graced his head in his younger days, and the wavy, slight- ly gray suit that now adorns his ven- erable head might well be envied by a good round dozen of much younger Sena- tors. Senator Perkins has @ stray lock which stretches across from side to side of nis tophead. Were it not for this much ca- ressed lock, Mr. Perkirs weuld be quite av bald as the senior Senator from New York. Mr. Hill, who is accorded the place of the baldest man in the Senate. There are others quite as bald as Mr. Hill, but their locks have lest the pristine color of younger days, end do not show up the bare brow with such striking contrast as does that of Mr. Hill, which is black and rmovth as the ceat of a mouse, which, with his pale face, makes his baldness more striking. Senator Davis (Minn.) wears a light fluffy fringe of brown hair on the back of his head, which is bridged over the top by a small lock extending from ear to ear. This, together with the old-fashioned way Mr. Davis has of wearing his steel-bowed spec- tacles over the top of his head when not in use, makes him a peculiarly attractive fig- ure to strangers. As one observes the precisely combed locks of Senator Hale and the singular horseshoe-like bald crown merging into the middle part, they are well prepared to hear a very concise argumert when he takes the floor. It is certainly a peculiar condition, but the careful observer will almost always see a marked relationship in the physical fea- tures and mental qualifications of public men, and the voice plays a very important part in the great relationship. Senator Quay’s suit of hair is peculiarly his own. There is no mannerism or bar- barism in it. It is thick, and looks as suggestive of remaining as long with its owner as his ponderous piles of manu- scripts do of staying by the Senate. How- ever, there Is a bald spot about the size of a granddaddy dollar in the crown. Sen- ator Quay wears a very long frock coat, which is peculiar in its fit. Senator Call has a very thin suit of straying locks surrounding a good-sized full moon. These locks do not seem to bother the Senator much, as he is sel- dom seen to stroke them with any meas- ure of fondness. While the head of Senator 4, Gray is equally as bald as the distin- guished gentleman’s from Florida,he man- ifests a remarkable feeling for the rem- nant of other days, and is often seen gently smoothing the scattered locks over his capacious tophead. One cannot very well say brow, for the brows of most of the great intellects, the “high lights” one might artistically say, on the Senate floor, have long since been lost in the midst of thought. One cannot help but wender just how sen- ater Squire always gets the few bands of hair that grace the upper cranium in the exact position every day. It seems that Ww \ = ee ae fo cnet se AQ. at some time there would be a little dif- ference ‘The baldness, the spectacles and the hands of the great American lights play a most important Fart in the national Sam” (Senator Cockrell) has the t arms and ths most dramatic man- m in his long beny fingers when he gets out in the center of the floor and ints the finger of scorn at the “table,” spet where he desires to see some other Senator's pet bill laid, or as ke does when he fails to hear Senator Quay, which he declares he “never does." ' Hill is conceded to be the baldest and the palest man on the floor. He is also ecnsidered by a great many to be the best voiced Senator, but his gestures when giving one of his stir- ring speeches are unique; indeed, they never could have been learned from any system of ges- tures, but are pec larly his very own. He rolls his hands, and shoulders manner when a ge ed ball ses play a very een to use them. test num- seen with netimes: in the in his that Voorhe: a loud, ot hair. While the v« of rator Voorhees is jd and gentle, that of the senior Senator from Iinoi Mr. Cullom, is a bigh-pitched bass, with tic bald spots on tho} very few intonations. It ts a voice, if one heard it without sceing the owner, they would at once conclude that the speaker was a tall man and onc of powerful build. Mr. Cullom, with his high hat on, is thought by many to much resemble Mr. Lincoln, the martyred President. ere neeee: SLATE PENCILS AND SLATES. Millions of Them Used Yearly in Schools in This Country. From the New York Sun. Only one firm in the United States is mak- ing slate pencils from native slate. There are imported many slate pencils—that Is, pencils made of slate--from Germany, and alao some soapston2 pencils from abroad. The native soapstone pencil industry lan- guishes, according to those interested, be- cause of the recent reduction in the tariff upon imported soapstone pencils. Millions of pencils made of slate ave turned out at @ quarry in Pennsylvania. The rough slate is sawn into suitable pieces by machinery, and from each piess a special machine cuts six pencils of standard length, five and one- half inches. These pencils come cut round- ed, but not pointed. Deft boys take them by twos and threes cnd quickly point them at an enfery wheel rapialy revolved by ma- chinery. The pencils are then put up in pasteboard boxes of 100 each, and these boxes are placed in wooden cases contain- ing 10,000 pencils. The wholesale price of slate pencils is only 9; a case. Pencils that break in the making are made up into “shorts,” measuring three and one- half or four and one-half inches, and the shorter pencils ure made aiso from small fragments of slate. Pencils wrapped in the American flag printed on paper cost about $2 a case more than the ordinary standard bare pencils, and pencils wrapped in gilt pa- per come somewaat higher. It is an easy bit of ciphering to maxe out that pencils at $6.75 a case of 10,000 are worth about two- see ey of a mill, or one-fifteenth of a cent, each. Pencils imported from Germany sell in this market at about the price of the native product. The Am an labor is much bet- ter paid than the German labor, but the cost of the American pencil is not much &reater than that of the ‘#erman pencil, be- cause machinery is so much more used here than abroad. The German pencils are in large part made by hand in the homes of the German work folks, and the price paid for the work is wretchedly smail. As to slates, they are produced of all sizes and for a great number of purposes. ‘The best are for scnool use and for black- boards. Notwithstanding tae many compo- sitions invented to serve as blackboards, slate is still used for the purpose, and im- mense slabs of the finest quality are cut, smoothed and set up in school houses. They will outlast any composition, and if prop- erly cared for will always show a clear mark from the chalk crayon. Millions of slate pencils are used up yearly in schools of all kinds, and if all the school slates were taken for roofing they would roof a large city. ee AN INTERESTING HOUSE. The Building Where Washington Wrote His Famous Farewell Addre: From the Philadelphia Press. In the quiet old village of Rocky Hill, a few miles distant from Princeton, N. J. rich with story and tradition of colonial lore, Is pleasantly situated on the side of a gently sloping hill the old Berrian mansion, now famous as the last headquarters of Washington and the place where the “father of his country” penned his fare- well address to the continental army, on November 2, 1783. Possibly no house in New Jersey is werthy of more interest than this quaint old-fashioned mansion. Here Gen. Wash- ington, Mrs. Washington and his military suite passed the latter part of August, the month of September and part of October and November of 1783. TheContinental Congress at that time was in session in Princeton, and the envoys of foreign powers were quartered here. Thith- er Washington came daily to consult with the statesmen of the time, and there fre- quently a constant stream of messengers and visitors along the highway leading to the old Berrian mansion. It was no un- common sight, upon a cool morning, to see Gen. Washington and his aids galloping along the road, gay with the buff and blue of the continental uniform, followed by a retinue of colored servants. The conditions which led Gen. Washing- ton to make his headquarters at Rocky Hill may be brietly noted. Congress had re- tired in the spring from Trenton to Prince- ton, and was anxious to close the hostili- ties. The articles of peace had been agreed upon; and the Americans earnestly desired the evacuation of New York. The conti- nental line, to a large extent, had been mustered out; and the state militia awaited the formal announcement from the com- mander-in-chief. To this end the farewell address of Washington was prepared. It bears the date “Rocky Hill, near Princeton,” and local historians point out the room in which it is said the patriotic document was written. Tradition says that upon the east wall of the room Washington made notes upon the wall, which were visible until covered up by paper. The Berrian House, In spite of its great age, is in an excellent state of preservation. ‘The old Berrian mansion is at present owned by the estate of the late Martin A. Howell of New Brunswick. Through the efforts of William McFarlane, a prominent resident of Rocky Hill, the Society of the Cincinnati has interested itself in the old mansion, and it is proposed to erect a stone and tablet to properly commemorate the Berrian hcuse in history. Plans are also being completed with a view of secur- ing the co-operation of some of the patri- otie organizations to purchase the house and preserve it as long as possible. —-e-____—_ WOMAN'S IDEAL MAN. A Young Woman Says It Varies With Every Attachment. From the New York Sun. “I suppose it's a perfectly harmless amusement,” said a young woman of ob- servation, “but for the life of me I can’t see the use of all this discussion that’s go- ing or concerning man’s most attractive trait to women. Why, it not a question of any trait of general application at all; it simply depends on the woman's idea of what is most attractive in some certain man at some certain time. She may hold to tho ideal all through her girlhood that the only worshipful man is the poetic and soulful creature, and then flop completely over and throw herself at the muddy feet of the tousle-headed ‘half back’ of a col- lege foot ball team. “It's all nonsense to say that we women have got any well-sustained, well-defined ideals of manly character. We don’t fall in love with a man because he fills out our plan, but because we like the fellow; be- cause we can’t help ourselves, in fact; and then we make the astonishing discovery that his characteristics are just those that we admire. Our ideal changes with each new case of heart affection, for if it were not so, how could me manage to endure a change of sweethearts? I believe there are some girls in this world who have made a selection from the other sex by rule and rote, but they are simply freaks, and I look on them with mingled wonder and pity.” ee ABOUT RED HAIR. The Statement is Made That It ts Dis- appeuring. From the Maryland Medical Journat. Statisticians often tell us agreeable facts and again they deal out statements which | we hope are not true. A correspondent in | the London Lancet asks if red hair is dis- appearing and then add his own testimony | that red heads will soon be a memory and or a reality. Statistics, which some- th, aver that blondes are no long: times tell the tr | disappearing, and that brunettes are annu- » | ally iner ing in proportion. Red hair is supposed to denote violent temper, great quickness of intellect, a warm temperament and a particularly clear com- plexion. If red hair is disappearing, then tempers and intellects must be on the de- crease. It would hardly be right to make a statement that red hair ts disappearing un- less a special investizating committee, which Is just now the fashion, should make a full report. The disappearance of hair of any color to be deplored, but as long as white horses exist the red head should not be allowed to die out. A Loving Father. From Life. Robbins.—“I'm troubled with insomnia.” Doctor.—“I can cure you of that.” “Yes, T know but we want to keep the baby, doctor.” ORIENTAL MAGIC Deftness of the Conjurer With His Swiftly Moving Fan. THE MYSTERY OF THE HANDKERCHIEF How the Trick of the Chinese Rings is Done. CLEVER WORK NEEDED Written for The Evening Star. HE JAPANESE ARE notelt for their ma- gicians and jugglers, many of their tricks ig exceedingly dif- ficult, while others are more simple and yet effective. That they are Japanese does rot prevent an American entertain- er from including them in his programs, for the very fact of their having, in a way, a foreign flavor adds to them the spice of novelty. In one important par- ticular they differ from the domestic urtl- cle; that is, the performer keeps perfectly silent, using odd, but expressive, panto- mime in place of patter. This makes it desirable to have music throughout the performance. Here is a heginner’s trick that is taken from the Japs: Let the worker in magic display a Jap- anese paper napkin, at the same time show that there is nothing concealed in either hand and draw up both sleeves nearly to the elbow so that nothing can be passed to or from them. Then tear the napkin into a dozen or more picces, roll the pieces into a@ small ball and hold it in the tips of the fingers of the left hand. Next pick up a fan from the table with right hand, fan the ball a moment and then lay down the fan again, at the same time showing that both hands are entirely empty, with the ex- ception of the paper ball. Unro!l the ball slowly and the napkin will be restored to its original condition. Crumple the napkin up again and put it Into a glass of water, stirring it round with the handle of the fan. Lift it out with the fan, set down the glass, take the wet paper in the left hand and squeeze the water out of it, at the same time laying the fan on the table again. Then take the paper in right hand and shake the water from the left. Pass paper back to the left, pick up fan with the right and fan the left hand vigorously, when a perfect cloud of tissue paper clip- pings will be blown from that hand, and immediately both hands are shown empty. The Magle Made Plain. To accomplish this it is necessary at the start to roll a paper napkin of the same pattern as the one shown into a small ball and conceal in the wrinkle of the left coat sleeve inside the elbow. You will find that while the arm is kept bent in a natural position quite a large article can be thus hidden. Come forward with the other nap- kin in the hands; when you push up your left sleeve, after showing both hands empty, get hold of the ball and immediately pass the other napkin to that hand, to leave the left hand free 'to push up the other sleeve. Thus the ball will be con- cealed behind the napkin. Hold the ball thus while tearing the napkin and when you roll the pieces up exchange the balls, taking the whole one in the left hand, call- ing attention to it by a gesture, while the other is hidden in the right; then as you reach for the fan, which should lie near the back of the table, let the pieces fall on the shelf. The rest is plain up to the timo the nap- kin goes into the water. At that point or when you pick up the folded fan to st!r the water take it by the end opposite the hardle. Pick up with it a small bundle of tissue paper clippings, hold them con- cealed in the right hand and retain them there when you lay down the fan. Then take the squeezed paper in the right hand while you shake the water from the left, exchange them and pass back to the left the bundle of clippings instead of the squeezed paper, and when you reach for the fan again drop the latter on your shelf. Then you have only to rub the burdie of clippings between the thumb and fingers of the left hand and_ thus break the thin paper which holds them, and the wind of the far, which should be held below the left hand, will scatter them upward. Sword and Candle Trick. The sword and candle is another good drawing room trick in the Japanese style. A silk handkerchief and a sword are used, and can be examined freely, as there is no preparation about either of them. Lay the handkerchief across the blade of the sword, suddenly slash the air and the handkerchief vanishes. Then call atten- tion to a candle which is burning on your table and say you are going to cut it in two. Make a few jabs in the air and then strike the candle near the middle, cutting it in two, and the handkerchief will be seen on the blade, as in the beginning of the trick. 'Phis trick depends for its success upon a black silk thread, hut many far more elab- orate tricks are even more delicately bal- anced, so there is ro cause for werry over its slender support. Tie the thread around the left wrist, pass it up inside the sleeve, across the back and down the _ right sleeve. A few trials will determine the proper length. At the end have a small spring clip, and as you return to your table after having sword and handker- chief examined, attach the clip to the cen- ter of the handkerchief. When thus fast- ened considerable slack can be obtained by careful management of the arms, so the hardkerchief will lie on the sword blade at some distance from the hand. As the slash is made extend both arms and the hand- kerchief will fly up the sleeve. The candle is hollowed out inside to within an inch of the top, and a duplicate silk handker- chief placed inside, so that the blow of the sword which cuts the candle will carry away the handkerchief on the blade. Mystery of the Rings. One of the most popular tricks known, snd one that is, probably, more generally used both by amateurs and professionals than any other, is called the “Chinese rings.” It consists of linking together in all sorts of complete designs a number of large nickel plated rings which have been examined by the audience and pronounced solid. The sets of rings vary in number from six to twelve, but the one most used consists of elght, and contains two single rings, a “key” ring, a set of two perma- nently linked together, and a set of three similarly joined. The rings vary in size, tco, according to the taste of the perform- er, but the best size is eight inches in diameter, all of one set being, cf course, of the same size. They should be made of three-eighths-inch iron wire and nickel plated. The “key” ring has an opening in it (see Fig. 1), and in this lies the whole secret of the trick. It is impossible to ex- plain the various designs, as there are doz- -ens of them, and each magician has his own favorites, but the general working of the trick can be made clear, and the stu- dent must rely on his own ‘ingenuity and discoveries in forming the designs. In using them, come forward with the rings hanging on the left arm in the following order. The set of three nearest the elbow, then a single one, then the set of two, and finally the other single-ring. The “key’’ should be hidden ynder, the cloth which covers your table, or; under a handkerchief on the table. Take; the. first ring in the right hand and strike it-against the others, saying: oO it “I hava here a number of solid steel rings which I wish to have thoroughly ex- amined, as I intend to weave them into many complicated dasigns, and it is neces- sary that you should isfy yourself that they are perfectly solid’and as far above suspicion as Mrs. Jufius‘Ceasar.” Pass the ring to be é¢kamined and then take the set of two,.which they suppose to be two more single rings, and say: ‘The manner of warking the rings ts like this. By gently rubbing them together, thus, you see one passes: through the ether and they become solidly lirked together. Now, sir, see if you oan take thei apart as readily. bot Pass to some one in the audience as you speak. Of course the rings were already linked, but by rubbing them against each other and then allowing one to drop and hang. the illusion is perfect. Next, pass the other single ring, which leaves the set of three still on the arm. Some perform- ers do not pass any more to be examined, but it is better to pass all, in which case you pretend to link the three as you did the two before permitting your audience to examine them. After the rings have all been examined, gather them up and place them on the table in such a way that you can readily find either set you require, and at the same time get the key from its hid- ing place. Take the key in the right hand, a “single” in the left, and advance to the audience. Be sure’ to keep the opaning"in the key covered by the thumb and fingers, and also be sure that the cpering is at least half an inch wide, so the ring wiil slip through easily. As you advance, say: How It is Done. “I will now show you what an extremely easy matter it is to join the rings. You notice that the rings are now separate,” as you say this the hands come together. Under cover of the thumb slip the solid ring through the opening in the key, im- mediately draw the hands apart again about three inches and hold the rings as if not linked, but simply held side by side. “But I have only to rub them gently in this manner and you see one of them passes rght through the side of the other.” As you say this drop the solid ring, giving it a strong whirling motion as you do so. The above should be practiced over and over again, as the whole success of the trick de- pends on the cleverness of this first “pass.” ‘The next pass is the unlinking, and it is worked as follows: Hold the “solid” in the left hand and the key in the right, showing that they are really linked together, then make a half turn of the body to show s<me one else, and as you do so the hands come together and the rings are quickiy unlinked, but are held as if still linked while you say: “You see now how simple it is. I have only to rub them together like this and they separate with the utmost This time, after rubbing them against cach other for a moment, you slowly carry the solid ring downward, and then suddenly pull them apart and the solid ring seems to have passed through the bottom of the ‘ai the linking and unlinking sev- 1 times right under the noses of your observers, the nearer you get to their eyes the less they can see, and then say: “I will now take another ring.”” Go to your table, lay down the rings, take up the handkerchief and wipe your hands, Then pick up the set of two in the left hand, which they will take to be the two you have been using, the key in the right and join the three rings:in’all the fancy de- signs you can discover’ Next go to the table to get anothet ring, but really lay down the set of two and pick up set of three and the key as béfore, and continue indefinitely. For a firish work all the rings into the key, so that the seven rings will be: seen hanging in’ a bunch within the eighth. Whirl them around in all direc- ticrs, twisting and turning them in every ecnceivabie way. Finally pass them to the left hand, seizing the key by the side op- pesite the opening and shake all the rings out upon the floor, ‘thé impression being that they all separate as they fall. 5 As was said at the beginning of this ar- ticle, instrumental musi¢ will prove a de- cided help in all thege tricks, to make up for the absence cf patter. With the pro- fessional entertainer this is an easy mat- ter; if the amateur cannot arrange for such accompaniment,he will be wise not to do ail the tricks of this article in one program, for without music or -patter he will néed to be ve y skillful to produce a good effect. > NO MORE B ALO SKINS. Wolf and Raccoon for Robes and Coats—A Musk Ox Skin. From the New York Sun. “Buffalo skins?” said a clerk at a fur store in answer to an inquiry by a Sun re- porter. “They are practically out of the market. No new ones come in now and the few that we have on hand are old ones that find their way to the furrier’s. The price of a good buffalo skin is from 350 to $00. They used to be made extensively into fur coats for driving and rough winter travel- ing, but such a coat now is rarely seen ex- cept in out-of-the-way northern localities, where many old ones are still in use. Rac- coon skins have taken the place of buffalo skins in the making of overcoats, but the fur coat is not much used now anywhere except in Minnesota and the British domin- fons. There is some demand for fur linings for which mink and Persian lamb are used, and sometimes Hudson bay sable, which cost from $400 to $1,000 for a coat. As you will readily infer, the buffalo driving robe has become scarce and valuable. The gray wolfskins are more abundant. “For robes and for ladies’ furs the skin of the wolverine, of foxes of all kinds, rac- coons, the Australian opossum of a smooth mouse gray tint, and the young kangaroo, all furnish material. Almost everything in the way of fur may be used for boas and muffs, Here are some odd skins from the czars dominions used in trimmings and linings, the Russian hamster, a kind of marmot yellowish brown of cclcr, with the under part black, and the Siberian squir- rel, gray, with a white belly. These are some furs used in trimming,” and he point- ed out, in an array of samples hanging against the wall, the skins of the wolverine of a rich light brown, the stone marten, bluish brown; the Persian lamb, of a natur- al black; the astrakhans, krimmer and pin- head; the badger, a beautiful silver gray with black dashes, and the fisher, a rare fur, a little darker than sable. “This bison’s head is worth $160,” he went on. “These heads of the moose, deer and caribou are merely ornamental features of our place, for the skins scarcely come in our line of stock. But they are worth look- ing at. Notice the moose’s magnificent antlers and that peculiar protuberance above his muzzle. There in the caribou’s antlers observe the flat, shovel-like prongs that push straight out from their base in front of his forehead. These he uses as shovels to dig away the snow from the plants and mosses he feeds on. He is the American reindeer, fitt2d to get his Nving at all seasons in the far morth. Look at his muzzle, how it is preteated from the cold by fine white hair completely covering it down to the lips. It is, the only animal I know of that has this peculiarity. “We have no head of; the musk ox, but here fs the skin of one which is rare,” and the clerk held up a skin, somewhat larger than a large sheepskin, covered with long hair, deep brown in color, beneath which was a wool exceedingly thick and fine. Upon the back between the shoulders was a natural spot of lighter tint. “This skin is worth $65 for a rug,” he said. “It came ae the arctic regions—northern Asia, I think.” ——_+-¢-—_—__ The Next Rest Thing. From the Detroit Tribune: The robber presented his glittering pistol. “Have you a vacancy in your bookkeep- ing staff?” he demanded. The president of the bank shook head. “Well—(the outlaw sighed; he was pal- pably chagrined) “I'll have to be con- tented, then, with what cash you have on hand.” Stealing $17,413.18, he left the place. ————--eee. The Triumph of Science. From the Neue Zeit. A famous French doctor and professor of medicine contended that every disease was attributable to a process of inflammation. On dissecting one of his patients not a trace of inflammation could be found. He explained the circumstances to his pupils as follows: “Gentlemen, you see that our mode of treatment was thoroughiy effective; the patient is dead, but he died cured!” his i NEW PUBLICATIONS. THE PAY OF PROFESSIONAL MEN AND THE PROFESSIONS AS CAREERS. New York: ‘The Forum Publishing Company. This number of the Forum Library—a quarterly issue—is especially interesting just now, when financial matters insist more than ordinarily upon attention. The paper-covered volume is inexpensive, but it is nevertheless extremely valuable. The topics and writers are “Politics as a Ca- reer,” by ex-Senator George F. Edmunds; “The Pay of American College Professors,” by President W. R. Harper; “The Pay of Physicians and Surgeons,” by Dr. George F. 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Mr. Pope, who, for several years, was the premier’s private secretary, has given us such a portrait as would be expected fcom an affectionate and nevet critical artist. He has not, however, per- mitted his admiration to Jamage his worl which was not character-dissection; fai 1ess, though, is frequently evident. The handsome. volumes will be appreciated by students today and by the historian who makes appearance in years to come. of the French Revolution, delivered at the Lowell Institute, Boston, By H. Von Holst. Two volumes. Chicago: Callaghan & An unpretentious work, yet one that throws much Nght upon a period of France's existence that must always be most deeply interesting. The author in- sists that his educative product is not a book on the history of the French revolu- tion, but merely some lectures upon it, “composed principally with a view to illustrating and criticising some of its main features by the opinions and the career of the foremost political genius of its first phase.” What Mr. Von Holst has done is admirable. SHALL THE RICH ESCAPE? By Dr. F. S. Billings, founder late director of atho~ of the State University ‘The Arena Publishing of Nebraska. Company. Starting out with the axiom that “noth- ing ts so sensaiional as the truth,” Dr. illings proceeds to tell what he believes to be the truth itself. He does it veher mently and in the most direct way. In some respects he is a century ahead of the age; in others he is centuries behind the times. Seekers after matter out of Boston: which to develop material for controversy will find more than four hundred pages of it in this volume. : Brentano's. Selence popularized. Professor Shaler’ idea is to introduce unprofessional students of nature to certain interesting phenomena of the sewshore and of depths of the ocean. He has succeeded. Many of the thirgs he says sre not new—he has pub- lished them elsewhere—but they are all magnetized and in their present concrete ferm*will surely attract. For 1894, Two volumes. "S$ MAGAZIN : Chatles Scribner's Sons, ‘To read the successive numbers of a first- class magazine as they appear month after month is pleasant and profitable, but there is much more of pleasure and profit in a volume or two of the same periodical; in them the stories are complete und there is variety enough to provide something that will surely prove attractive. Scri ner’s has always been in the forefront; during the year just closed it advanced Steudily. HERALDRY IN AMERICA. By Eugene Zicher. With over nine hundred and fifty illustrations. Phil phia: Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. aud J. B. Lippincott Co. Fclks wko are in search of heraldic in- formation should be able to get a great deal of informaticn out of this beautiful gpecimen of bookmaking, in which the text is assisted by all necessary illustra- tion. All the rules and regulations are set forth in detail and there is some very interesting matfer as to national and siate seals. The volume is far above the average in a typographical sense. RECOLLECTIONS OF A VIRGINIAN IN THE f. JAN, INDIAN AND CLVIL) WARS. By Yabney Herndon ex-United inister to Colombia, ‘herles Scribne’s Sous, The story of a life of adventure, told in the least ornate fashion. A soldier's ca- reer, especially when it includes as many wars as General Maury participated in, cannot be uninteresting; this narrative is extremely attractive, depicting as it does such a variety of scene and such an assort- ment of exciting incidents. UNITED STATES INCOME T. FOR BUSINESS MEN. ‘erdinand A. Wy- man of the Suffolk Co. (Muss.) Bar. A very useful handbook, interesting alike to these who will have to wrestle with the operations of the law and those who will ral Maury, New Yor LAW SIMPLIGIED rot. Simple as the alphabet. THE FEDERAL INCOME T. ‘ED. By John M. Gould aud George F. authors: of “Notes ou the United States Statutes,” é&c. Bostou: Little, Brown & Co. In this handbook the odious law is ex- plained and then follow copious references to decisions which bear upon the statute. REPORT ON TYPHOID FEVER IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Submitted by the Medical So- ciety of the District of Columbia to the com- muftiee on the District of Columbia of the U- S. House of Representatives, June 14, 1894. Com: mittee: S.C. Busey, William W.’ Johusion, G. L. Magruder, C. H.-A. Kleinschmidt, G. Wythe Cook, 3. 8. ‘Adiums, D. W. Prentiss.’ Wasiling- t Printing Ontice. 'UMS_ AND ACCOUNTS, ind. Colleges. By Seymour Eaton, jor of the Department of Business, Drexel Philadelphia. Author of “Ti “One Hundred Lessons in Bus- Published by the Author. ‘Machines and to the Advancement of the Sclence of Aerodynamics. Edited by James Means. Boston: W. B. Clarke & Co. THE STORY OF BABETTE, A Little Creole Girl. By Ruth McEnery Stuart, author of “Curlotta’s = Intended, and Other ‘Tales,"" &e. — Tilustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers,” Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. THE GOLDEN “HOUSE. A Novél. By Charles Dudicy Warner, author of “A Little Jourucy in the World,” &c. Illustrated by W. T. Suedle: New York: Harper & Brothers. “ Washtngtoi Woodward & Lothrop. THE AMERICAN SCHEME OF STATE EDUCA- TION. By William M. Bryant, 3 LE.D. Instructor in Mental and Moral’ Philosophy, Si Louis Normal and High School. St. Louis:” W. S. Bell. THE BOOK OF JOB., Revised Version with the American Revisers’ preferences incorporated, ley Jackson, D.D., Maynard, Merrill s Co. yy Albert Ross, author “An Original Thou Shalt Not,’ “Young Miss Giddy New York: G. W. Dillingham. IN MARKED OVERT. 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The object of the magazine is “to convey to all who are interested in the Catholic University of America a full knowledge of what is being dene by its professors and students, and to act as a hyphen between the academic ccrps on the one hand and the world of American thought and action on the other. The principal contributors to the January issue are Cardinal Gibbons, Thomas O’Gor- man, Thomas Bonquillon, Charles P. Gran- nan, Edward A. Pace, Danie! Quinn, Editor Sbahan and J. W. Spencer. seen SOSSACKS AS RIDERS. Their Reputation is High, but the West Pointers Equal Them. Poultney Bigelow, iu Harper's Magazine. The principal exercises in which the Cos- sacks excel reminded me very much of what 1 was familiar with at West Point when the boys were free to indulge their taste for gymnastics on horseback. Our cadets, at least a large proportion of every class, are quite as clever with their horses as the average Cossack. 1 have seen them stand on the horse’s back and gallop in that position, vault in and out of the sad- dle while the horse is galloping, reach d@own and pick objects from the ground, leap hurdles with the horse, alighting from the animal just before the hurdle is touched, and vaulting into the saddie as the horse clears the obstacle. : I have aiso seen” our Wets Pointers change horses while at full gallop, or one take the other behind him. All these ex- ercises 1 have seen done not mereiy with the saddle, but without; and not merely in the riding school, but while riding out on country roads. ‘These are the exercises in which the Cos- sack chiefly excels, and it may be added in parenthesis that the horse of the average Cossack resembles in many re- spects the degenerate beast which tne gov- ernment places at the disposition of the United States Military Academy. The-Cos- sack learns these tricks as a boy, when he is alowed with his mates to ride the hors:s bareback to water, and incidentally is en- couraged to indulge in every manner of sport on the way. He is encouraged also to persevere in exercises of this kind, and to be prepared to make an exhibition of himself when as a soldier he is garrisoned in towns where such exercises smack of the circus rather than the barrack yard. The Cossack is 50 often pictured in the act of doing daring things with his horse that it has become common to think that ail Cossacks are up do this work. As a nutter of fact, it is only a small and select portion that keep up these ex- ercises, and these are embodied in a special section of the cavairy regiment designated “Dshigits.” ‘he Russian regulations of war order the encouragement of these acrobatic cavalrymen, particularly when they indulge in any exercises which may be turned to practical account in war, as, for instance, leaping over an obstacie and firing at the same time, or compelling the horse to stop suddenly and fail to the ground, so that its body may be a breast- Work behind which the trooper may shelter himself. ————-+0e— ‘OMEN IN THE FRENCH ARMY, Cantinieres Fought in Battle and Dis- played Heroism, From the Courrier des Etats Unis. In the list of decorations given by the French minister of war on January 1 there appears the name of Mme.Cordier, the cantiniere of the seventy-second regiment of infantry at Amiens. She received the military medai. Judged by her heroic ccts she is well worthy of it. She distinguished herself during the war of 1870-71, and after the capitulation of Sedan she saved several officers by hiding them in her wagon. Before that she followed her regi- ment to Africa and took part in more tnan one expedition. Mme. Cordier is one of the oldest cantinieres. Since the month of August, 18%, an ordinance from the war ministry has for- bidden the distinctive costume of the can- tinieres, and, in addition to this, the min- ister decided that they should not appear on parade with the troops, but should re- main in their wagons. Consequently we were obliged to bid farewell to the pretty tri-color uniform, the red and blue dress and white aproz, so often made famous on the field of battle, and which more than one military painter has immortalized in his pictures. In old engravings the vivandieres ere represented as old women, with energetic faces and a masculine air, and, as a mat- ter of fact, such they very often were. Mingling with the conscripts, speaking familiarly to the oid soldiers, they ac ed masculine habits. But in some regi- ments, and especially the cavalry regi- ments, the cantiniere was the pride of the regiment, and we might cite one regi- ment of dragoons, for example, in which there were seven that had the reputation of being extremely beautiful girls. Their green uniform and white apron were very becoming to them. In addition, they were excellent horsewomen, for they were obliged to ride on horseback when tho squadrons to which they were attached were called to arms. ‘The history of the vivandieres, if it were written, would contain more than one thrilling chapter and many amusing pages. On more than one occasion they distin- guished themselves by their courage. Like the soldiers themselves, they loved the number of their regiment, and their wagon was often used as an ambulance. Under fire they followed their battalion, picking up the wounded and quenching their thirst and often consoling the dying. A WHITE PANTHER. A New Curiosity From the Caucasus Captured by a Prince. From the London Daily News. Another zoological curiosity in the shape of a white panther is now attracting sight- seers to the Jardin des Plantes. Our Paris correspondent says it is a most graceful being, and may be called the fair Cau- casian of the panther tribe. It was cap- tured In the Caucasus by Prince Gargarine, who thought he would contribute to the Franco-Russian friendly understanding by sending it to Paris. The passage from the pert where it was put on board a steamer coming to Marseilles was very rough. ‘The white panther suffered greatly, not uppar- ently from seasickness, but from nervous alarm, The newcomer is the s‘ze of any other three-year-old creature of its race, but its snout is longer and narrower than one weuld expect in a feline. The eyes are giit- teringly bright, and the bushy tail makes this panther seem an overgrown Angora of the white species. The mustaches are short, the fur is thick and longer and more silky tran that of the spotted panther, but I doubt whether it will, should it live to an old age, remain white. It appears that when caught the robe was more snowy. It is now taking a cream tinge, and faint spots are beginning to appear. M. Milne- Edwards considers it an interesting rarity. Its manners are gentle. The theory avout its whiteness is that it was caused by an instinctive and unconscious attempt of an- cestors to adapt themsclves to a snowy re- gion of the Caucasus. The long fur is taken to point to habitual residence in a ccld climate. oe Not Unlikely. From the Chicago Tribune. “I see,” observed Mr. Chugwater, look- ing over his morning paper, “they’re mak- ing another effort to put a tax on bach- elers.” “Is that the single tax I” mvch about?” inquired Mrs. ¢ —— e heard so ugwater. The Ready Explanation. rom the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mrs. Asker-—“Why is Mrs. Scimper al- weys talking about the inefficiency of hired ris? = frs, Caustic—“Because she can’t afford to keep one.” TIME’S CERTAIN TEST. “Wlien a thing that is advertised greatly is good it goes and permanently. When it is bad it only goes for a while. The public finds it out.” The above bit of valuable phi- losophy is from the English publi- cation called the “Idler,” and there never was a truer saying. Time tests the merit of ali things, and stamps its approval or disapproval. Is it not Se eee the enormous popularit; that est of all cemedien aiack ri so prominently before the public for so many years—Warner’s Safe Cure—is_ based upon invaluable. merit? The thousands of men and women in all parts of the world who are kept alive by its use, and the millions who find in it a means of preserving their health and pro- longing their lives will answer un- hesitatingly, “Yes.” If you do not know the merits of this modern medicine, if ryou feel depressed, languid, have peculiar pains and other uncertain symptoms, you cannot afford to delay, but should seek the aid which this medicine can alone give you. —= THE BIG KAT NUISANCE. Some Things Being Done to Abate It and Others That Might Be Tried. From the Indianapolis Journal. The theater goers of Carthage, Mo., who are preparing a bill for their state legisla- ture, making it a misdemeanor for ladies attending the theater to wear high hats, will have the sympathy of all other thea- ter goers, but to the Pickings man it seems as if they are working on the wrong track. The only way to fight the big hat nuisance is to enlist women in the warfare. Get the leaders of fashion to promise never to wear a big hat at an entertainment, to go bare- headed or to wear the small bandeaux which are now- the most stylish things for theater wear. Get the milliners, great and sinall, to concoct dainty wreaths of flowers and small bows for evening wear, and to advertise that no other style of headgear is fashionable for evening wear. Women always want to be on the popular side, and the few women who find themselves wear- ing large hats to the theater will soon take them off if on looking around they see ether women bareheaded. Nothing is as becoming to a woman as her becomingly arranged coiffure, with the handsome pins ard combs that are now worn. Then, my fellow men, there is a way in which you may aid in encouraging your wives, daugh- {ters, sister and mothers to discard their hats. Take home a tiny, dainty evening Lonnet as a surprise. Or if you are afraid to select, give her the money and tell her it is for an evening bonnet. You may have to sacrifice a few cigars, ete., but you are aiding a noble cause. Another way in which society men may aid the work is to Wear their dress suits to the theater. No girl would wear her street dress and big hat to the theater if escorted by a man in a dress suit. Men in other cities wear dress for calling in the evening, but In- dianapolis men, who wear theirs to the theater, will find they will have a remark- able effect on the women who wear high hats. —-2e+—___—_ NO CASH FOR WOMEN. They Get, Only Smiles and Smirks From Men at Restagrants. From the New York Herald. In restaurants where women are em- ployed as waiters the average man seems to be of the opinion that smiles or smirks are tantamount to “tips,” althouch they cost the giver nothing and hay2 «0 cash value anywhere, except, perhaps, as” ele- ments to be considered in estimating dam- ages in breach of promise suits. Why a man should consider it more or less obliga- tory on him to give a gratuity to the man who waits upon him, be he white or col- ored, while his conscience relieves him of all such obligations when a woman per- forms a similar service for him, is one of those mysteries which the feminine mind is incapable of solving. I have conversed with several “waitresses” on the subject and they have always told me that they would infinitely prefer dimes to smiles, more especially as their pay is so small that the prob’em of making both ends meet is for them a particularly hard oue. It may be said in defense of masculine custom in this matter that the conduct of the recipients of these amatory demonstra- tions would justify the opinion that they prefsr them to small pecuniary emolu- ments, but the cruel fact is that the girl employed in a restaurant who doesn’t act more or less &s a flirt stands no chance of retaining her position. A complaint of a customer's familiarity instead of causing him to be rebuked would more likely result in her own dismissal. It isn’t alone for waiting that she is paid. She is expected to make herself “attractive.” ‘There are many men cf an economical turn of mind whose patronage of restau- rants where women are employed is largely due to the fact that at such places they can refrain from “tipping” without being suspected of meanness. And a dime saved is twenty cents earned. But, all the same, a woman who waits on a table in a restau- rant is just as’ much entitled to a “tip” as a map, and the fact that she doesn't get it is only another link in the chain of evi- dence which shows that the average man will always take advantage of a woman in pecuniary matters if he gets half a chance. That is to say, for doing the same thing he will always pay a woman less than he will a man. The Japanese Soldiers’ Diary. From the London Daily News. It appears that note books are quite cemmon in the Japanese army among both soldiers and coolies; they keep regu- lar diaries, and take copious notes of everything they see. “It is surprisin; writes a war correspondent to the China Mail, “what a lot they know about the great west. Several of them talk intelli- gently of Spartans and Persians, Napoleon and his march to Moscow, and even com- pare the abolition of feudalism in England and Japan. They fully understand all that is implied in the contragt between old-fash- jiored hand-to-hand warfare and modern leng-range maneuvers, and they speak seornfully of the Chinese tactics at Ping- yang, in trying cav charges against Massed bodies of riflemen without first using their machine guns, as the French at Waterloo did their field pieces, to throw the ranks into disorder. All this from the Japanese must be surprising to Europeans, because we do not know them. Their pregress ‘s greater and more real than fereigners imagine.” SpantateeeS e The New York Girl—“Lorad Dumley, did you ever hear the joke about the museum keeper who had two skulls of St. Paul; one when he was a boy and the other when he Was a man?” The Englishman. “No; what is it?”"—Life. FROM PROMINENT PEOPLE. A great many perscns to our knowledze ave velunta aounced Dr, Kennedy's Favorite Remedy: in curt of disease. 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