Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1895, Page 18

18 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. A CHINESE CITY Amid the Strange Scenes of the Thronged Streets. WOTLEY APPEARANCE OF THE BEGGARS The Joss Houses and the Curious Methods of Worship. NING-PO OYSTERS > THE Written Exclusively-for The Evening Star. B LUE POINT OY ters are very good things, but as every traveler in China knows, the Ning-po oysters are even bet- ter. That is to say if you stay out th long enough your faculty for comp son gets weakened find you grow over fond of Chinese oys- ters; you even prefer Manilla cigars to Havanas; you thing snails are better than terrapin, and you end by sccing beauty in a pair of almond eyes—perhaps even liking them more than the gazelle-like orbs that you have left behind. Perhaps it was in this spirit that I arrived in Ning-po on a man-of-war and felt inclined to take a fancy to the place as soon as we had dropped anchor close to a parapet which was fringed with jasmine bushes in full bloom. But a closer inspection of this city of 450,000 people revealed quite as much that was disgusting 2s that was attractive. ‘As wo were told that our stay there would be limited to twenty-four hours, 1 got ashore quickly, determined to see all that I could. Ning-po-foo fs the proper name of Ning-po, and It means “the city of the hospitable waves,” the latter word referring to the ripples of the placia Takia river, on the south bank of which the city fs situated, fifteen miles from where the Takia empties into the Tong-hai or Eastern sea. Ning-po is about ninety miles south of Shanghai, In latitude 29 de- Pagoda of Ning-Po. grees 51 minutes north, and when fit was opened to the outside world in 1842 it ex- pected to compete with t But it has #1 da with city for for own Into a sie Shi ies i eign trade. old place com fs one of the liv The latter has a of foreign buildings and foreign carriages and fo: nm except for a handful of English mérch and for- eign missioraries, is wholly inese. In ten minutes from leaving its wharves you : chiy in the a > of nas if i hite men shire a for a thou: Chinese that there (that famous tyvo-wheeled ve! a human trot Japan) to be seen in the p) to h stead a so: ‘ tive vehic drawn by hina and its upper half and 2 side on a level with its a3 lles projecting out be: over the seat a , with d two long ad. A cloth is d the rider sits st the frame- and his feet danghug in it be but one ri er of the elbarrow mu nd push it along with a gard for the equilibrium of hn one would think would be rath uring nerves. It certainly is on the car I quic relic elf of anxiety by making the gui engaged get up on the other side and balance the shaky streets were narrow, close, dark, <i slippery. Fetid odors ef fish and nd mingled with s eribable Ch odor that clings to everything Chinese, and which is more pungent than sandal wood and not so fragrant. Crowds poured up and down the narrow stre Sometimes the roofs of opposite houses spread within three feet of each other, and one felt in A Chinese Woman In Her Best Clothes. the street below as !f one were within doors. Black an banners, with Chi nese characters, streamed down from sec- es, being used as signs for the 2 the si ght that reached thin ple were urt and striving ng, ali Intent © for the pajama- of a dir stuffed © by me t to t of lay in the streets In scor 3 at the coats, an@ weuld ruw of the f 1 to me to } with a pi end ret nakedness describe the condition of these miserable souls. The number of human beings in every house, on every square foot of ground, was appalling; the very air seemed to m with them. I was glad to get out of the narrow, foul streets when my guide took me to an open space through which flowed, or rather, stagnated, a creek, and 1 saw that I was within a few yards of the celebrated Tien-fung-ta or Ning-po pagoda which one sees from the river on the way up to the city. This is a dingy whi 160 feet high with seven tiers of windows and fourteea ‘on of the | top, and at ould have but these had been structure app ed, and uting way up to ste it would allerie ulls a been com lition to the short r¢ of each of these Chinese God of War. Pagodas are erected in China to commemo- rate some event or man, or for religious purposes. The one at Ning-po is said to be a Mohammedan mosque, built many cen- turies ago when Islamism was introduced in China. I had heard so much of the joss houses of Ning-po (for it is a city celebrated for the number of its religious institutions of all kinds) that I bade my guide take me to one of them. A joss is an idol and a joss house is a temple. 1 had a good chance to study the natives at worship, for I visited three of these temples. The most _notice- of the crowds that I found in was that nine-tenths of them orshiping at all, but were laugh- ing and talking and paying no attention to the other tenth at their prayers. Nor did the latter seem to mind in the least the din about them, but kept on serenely with their devotions. I learned that all these temples were kept open night ard day, and that they are considered as meeting places for saunterers and idlers. In each temple that I visited there were four huge statues which represented the four kings who are seid to govern the earth and to protect the 3 of their lord, who is Buddha. bodies of these kings were painted in colors, 2nd their faces were either a : blue, er red. They usually had either a serpent or a closed umbrella in their hands, and their general appear- ance Was as hideous and grotesque as pos- sible. They are sometimes molded out of clay and sometimes carved in wood. All the temples in China have many images ters. The strange, rudely ‘3 are gods of gods of mirth, gods of fire, or of anything else, and cannot be worshiped until they have been erdued with the spirit of the god they represent. This is managed by the invocations of priests to that eifect, and after these ceremonies the piece of wood is no longer a piece of wood to a Chinaman. ‘The biegest, siercest and altogether must ndish-looking deity 1 saw that day in a god of war who had the nti, whose face and beard @ black, and whose eyes were terribie rolling. He was ten feet high, with a his crown and a big sw and his right foot was crus ing. I could readily imagine a able featur these place: were rot we and h . chiid being very much affected by him, and man ac an is a child in mental matte In each of thes: mples there Was a large statue of B ha, separated from the other gods by a screen. The countenance and the attitude of this great lord of men are always noticeable, even in the rude atues of the C! , for theif expression ity, wisdom and tranquility. It the noisy, bustling and abeve it the fold- st eyes of this all- crowd about his fee ed hands and dow! loving god. The nese method of worship was tn- teresting. A man would enter a temple, pay no attention to the crowd of idiers, go up to a god and beat a drum or a tom- tom, or sometimes ring a bell to attract ‘the god’s attertion to him. He would then Passenger Barrow. take from his pocket a lot of bogus money —that is, paper imitations of gold or silver coin—and he would burn these up, his in- tention being to propitiate the god with money, and the best way to get it to him being through the agency of fire. Tie peti- tioner would then knock his forehead on the ground and invoke the god’s help, after which he would go away, speaking to no one in the crowd. I saw one man who seemed to have difficulty in arousing the attention of an idol to his troubles, for he beat a tom-tom with deafening effect for ten mirutes without stopping. Then ke proceeded to state his feelings in a loud and beseeching voice, and after a few min- utes got up off the ground and walked away with a naive expression In his face of duty done. The cvrious feature of all the worship- ing thet I saw was the perfunctory man- ner in which it was performed, and the strange emotionless expression which would accompany ths most zealous of actions. The worshipers went through their religious fervors like machines, or as if they might laugh at themselves in their big sleeves if it were suggested to them. The duty of r did seem to be more fully rec- ognized by them than was the necessity of getting through with prayers quickly. ‘To actomplish the latter purpose I saw in one of the temples a wooden box with tnvo- cations to Buddha earved on it, and £ was told that a priest merely had to turn tt to the light in order to consider himself as having repeated the words thus® exposed. In fact, the impression derived from my visits to the Jess houses of Ning-po was that the people there had a great deal more pietism t 3 glad to hurry back ab e my at- tention to something w mockery about oysters. ith less of a hollow it-a plate of excellent L. H. > The “New Woman.” She does not “langutsh fn her bower,” ‘Or squawder all the gokten day In fashioning a gaudy flower Upor a worsted spras; Nor ts she quite c Behind F's gate e draws rela." The brave “New Woman" scorns to sigh ‘And count ha grievous thing”? ould hurry by her place, red mind; tin the race, nind. jesa lightly fall her feet they tread the busy ways; whit less fair and sweet ida of olden days, or brocade, z In thelr dainty guise, Breenas She fs no squalor dirty r and ov a through a heaps of them—« huddled against too weak to move, and t fm the sun. Kags, filth, v e violets In the shade, Lepened eyes. gment true, er joy and crows iift_ with strong yet terder hands, The burdens men lay down. —5, MATHESON in Chambers’ Journal. AIDS TO MAGICIANS Ingenious Apparatus Used to Pro- duce Surprising Effects. SUGGESTIONS FOR HOHE MANOPACTURE An Interesting Trick and How It is Performed. oe ES EXPERT SS AN SHOT Written for The Eveafn OME OF THE MA- sician’s tricks in which he employs apparatus _necessi- tate also a complete mastery of sleights, while in others the apparatus does away with the need of great skill in manip- ulation. The begin- ner should not be misled by this, how- ever, into thinking that the possession ed paraphernalia is equivalent to doing the trick gracefully. For these same tools, to call them so, are just so many cbjects to be handled and kept track of, and, with a member of the awkward squad, just so many more obstacles to a smooth performance. It is extremely de- sirable for the new hand to become ac- customed to working with apparatus, and an excellent trick for his practice is call- ed “The Dissolving Handkerchief and Cards.” It employs considerable apparatus, which plays the chief part, but it is easily made, and when well handled the trick is very effective. In doing it, first show a pack of ordinary playing cards and a pasteboard case just large enough to hold them. Af- ter having the cards and case examined, return to the table, lay them down, pull up the sleeves and show both hands emp- ty. Then place the cards in the case, put on the cover and stand it on a side table, telling the audience not to lose sight of it for an instant. Next borrow a lady's handkerchief and throw it over the back of a chair, showing the hands empty as Pick up the handkerchief and say re about to pass it into the box where rds are. same time get _pos- jon of the cards. Rub the handk chief between the hands, making it sma er and smaller till at last it vanishes ¢ tire in place of it you have tl cards. Lay them down on your table, ere: to the side table, pick up the card ca: and open it and pull out the handkerchief. Then say: Now, ladies and gentlemen, I propose to show you hew this trick is done, and In rder to make it plainer to you I will do it Kward, first putt the handkerchief back into this card ease, thus, and then puttin which case for the pack of cards into another case, ou n ste is just like it. (Pass mination, and then. put the ard place on the table in will induce them to impiy making the rub- h the hands as before, ‘ou see in this case, where a moment e had the pack of cards, we find the lady's handkerchief (take it out and throw on the table), and here in the other case we find the cards.” How It is Done. _ Take out the cards and show them, then lay them down and cross quickly to center table. There pick up the handkerchief with the right hand, at the same time a large plate with the left, and, holding the hand- kerchief over the plate, shake it slightly and a quantity of candies pours down upon the plate. Return the handkerchief, and at the same time distribute the candies among the audience. Home-made apparatus will serve nicely fer this. First make two pasteboard boxes ust the size of a pack of cards. Cove ir insides with biack paper and paste a ing card on the front and back of each box, so that they will look, at a little dis- tance, just like packs of cards. Each box must be left open at one end. Then make two cases Into which these false packs will fit rather closely and have them deep enough to conceal the whole pack. The ses must have ordinary slide-over covers 1 must be black inside. Have one of the 1cks with a white handkerchief in- le on your table concealed by some other object, and the other hanging on the back of a chair. Both the cases and an ordi- ary pack of cards should also be on the table. On returning to table after having cards and case examined, lay them both down and show hands empty, being careful that the pa is put by the side of the false pack, while at the same time the latter is pushed into view and the genuine pack Is concealed. Then pick up the false pack and put it in the case with the open end up. Put on the cover and place it on the side table. Borrow the handkerchief and throw it over the back of the chair where ihe other false pack is concealed. In picking up the handkerchief again take also the false pack and when rubbing the handkerchief between the hands stand with your side to the audience so that the false pack is covered by the hand, and with the fingers of the other hand push the handkerchief into the open end. Show the pack, lay it dcwn with the opening away from the audience, cross to the side table, remove the cover from the case and pull out the duplicate handkerchief, which the audience will take for the original, and then turn the opening of the case toward them and it will appear to be empty. The rest ‘s obvious up to the time the original handkerchief is reproduced. As you throw the handkerchief down on the table be sure that one corner falls over the back of the table so that when you finally pick it up you bring away with it a small cambric bag made as shown in figure 1. The bag has a double hook at the top, the larger hook being to attach it back of the table and for handling it, while the smaller one ts to engage the ring shown at the point of the flap. This bag is filled with candies, the flap clcsed and the ring caught over the small hook which holds the contents in place when the bag is brought up concealed by the folds of the handkerchief. When ready for the candies to fall a slight turn of the wrist will free the ring, and while the audience are look- ing to see what has happeneg secretly drop the bag on the table. A Ring Trick. No magical performance would be com- plete without at least one ring trick, but nearly all such require more or less expen- sive apparatis. But the following very effective trick is easily performed and the apparatus is simple. Begin by saying: “Ladies and gentiemen, you have all heard of the wonderful rifle shooting of Buffalo Bill, Captain Bogardus, Annie Oakley and others, and, on the other hand, I very much doubt if any of you have ever heard my name mentioned in that connection Yet I can show you feats with this little pistol that none of these marks- men ever dreamed of.” Coming forward with the pistol in your hand, you continue: “You notice that I have a piece of paper in the muzzle of the pistol, and I require a number of finger rings to use as missiles. These I must borrow from you, as I wish to prove beyond the possibility of a doubt that there is no humbug about my shoot- ing. Having obtained one ring from some one of the audience, you add: ‘‘Now, to show there is no deception, I will ask you to dro” it into the paper Here in the muzzle of the pistol. Now, will some one loan me another? Please drop it in with the first,” and so on till foutor five rings are obtain- ed. Then continue; ‘Now, to make all safe, I will fold in the corners of the paper, and ask one of the gentiemen to hold the pistol for a few minutes while I arrange a tar- get.” ? At this point return to the table and call attention to a boxiof bran and a glass gob- let. After filling the goblet several times with the bran and gmptying it into the box, finally fill it, stand it on a side table and cover it with a cong made of paper, which is shown to be empty. Then pass a plate for examination, gover it with a borrowed handkerchief and place on the table. Re- turn,to the gentleman who holds the pistol and taking it from-him, say: “Now, I will show you a feat of marks- manship that will put all my long-haired, sombreroed rivals to the blush, I will shoot all the rings into the glass, and the force of the explosion will blow all the bran out of the glass into the plate under the hand- kerchief. Just watch me and see how easy it is. One, @wo, three, fire!” Then They Appear. At the report the paper will be blown a short distance from the mouth of the pistol and will be found empty. You then return to the stage, and lifting the handkerchief the plate will be filled with bran. Throw the handkerchief across your arm and lift the cone from the glass, and it will be seen that the bran has vanished. Bring the glass forward and show the rings in it. Finally, let each person pick out his ring, and return the borrowed handkerchief. The pistol used has a_ bell-shaped tin tube attached to its barrel and fitted with a cap for its mouth. Prepare the pistol by crumpling up a piece of white paper and pushing it into the tube, then put the cup in position and into that put another piece of paper of the same size, leaving the corners projecting from the muzzle, so they can be folded down over the rings. After the rings are put in fold down the paper, ram it down with your wand, and while looking for some one to hold it, “palm oft” the cup and keep it concealed in the hand by holding the lapel of your coat. The box which contains the brafi should be about fifteen inches long, ten wide and six deep. You must also have what is called a “bran shape,” which is simply a box made of tin or pasteboard, open at the bottom and closed at the top, and made just to fit loosely in the glass, with bran’ gummed all over it, so that when it is in the glass the latter appears to be full of bran. The top should be made to project over the edge of the glass, so that when covered with the paper cone you can raise both together. The cone is made of ordinary manilla paper, and can be open at the top if you desire, or made in the shape of the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The shape should stand with the open end up in the box of bran, When you return to the staye drop the pisto! cup in the box, and while showing the bran get the rings out of the paper and drop them into the “bran shape.’ The last time, instead of filling the glass with bran, ‘slip the shape into it, and when you turn it right end up, of course, the rings will drop to the bottom of the glass. When you finally lift the cone the shape will be carried with it, leaving the rings in the glass. Hold the glass up high, and while all are looking at it drop the shape out of the cone into the box of bran, and carelessly drop the cone on the stage so that the audience can see that it is cmpty. For the production of the bran ff the4 plate use the bag shown in tigure 1, filling it with bran instead of candies and using it as explained in the last trick, except that the bran is released before the hand- kerchief is raised entirely off the plate, so as not to giveatha impression that the bran comes from, the handkerchief. —s—__ WILD? DUCKS. They Summer, in the North and Win- ter in ,thg Far South. From Lippinott’s Magitzine. The breeding places of the Chesapeake ducks are in Canada, where they are being t numbers by the cutting away of the forests which shelter the lakes and pools where théy harbor, and by the use and sale of, thelr eges. Tnousands of these eggs are annyally marketed, and by these methods, rather than by the num- bers actually shot; they have been greatly diminished. This condition of things seems to be beyond remedy, since a state cannot make a treaty #28 a foreten newer: and the general government is not likely to in- eon behait of what is pracuically a and industry, or to provide such ation as Canada might see fit to esk if a proposal were made to her to pro- tect the ducks in their native habitat. So the prospect fs that fifty years will see the extermination of the finest wild fowl in the world, and one of the most prized delicacies of the table. ‘The range of the wild duck reaches al- most from the Arctic to the Antarctic cir- cle. It lives through the summer in the far north, in Greenland, Iceland, Lapland, Siberia, and, as we have shown, in Canada, until the time when the waters in those regions become frozen, so that it can no lorger obtain its food. Then begins its flight southward, sometimes reaching as far as India and’ Egypt, and in this hemi- sphere the Isthmus of Panama. —— +400 Aphorisms. From the Chicago Open Court. ‘A word in the head is worth two In the mouth. ‘There are two ways to avoid drowning in a sea of metaphysics—to be able to swim cr so big you touch bottem; to be either very good or ‘very clever. Some people have excellent faculties and powerful imaginations, but not the knowl- edge to utilize these powers to advantage. They have a good mill, but little or no grist. 5 It is better to be dubious of the doubtful than credulous of the impossible. Tt is difficult, sometimes impossible, and not always desirable to iove your enemies. If he hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink. That is well enough. But if his enmity takes the shape of devastating the community, see to it that he is rut where he can eat and drink in safety— to the community. Bewail his fate as much as you please who struggles with adversity, and moralize over the happy though humble home and the tender welcome and the sweet kiss at nightfall to the weary toiler. I tell you more men than one would think go ‘rom the bosom of their office, where all is peace, to a cold, heartless and censorious family. If we taxed wisdom and let each one as- sess himself what a big revenue the state would have. ‘The prompt man has a right to be slow when there is no hurry. Who keeps no chickens when he sees a hawk. Nothing pleases the average human being better than to get hold of a convine- ing argument for disregarding a distaste- ful morsel of moral law. Skepticism is often the cloak in which ignorance masquerades. Tt matters little of what material the lattice is made on which the vine climbs upward. If theovine can find the sun the rose will blooms 5 He wio is just does not need to study logic of law. { Why Siie Never Married. From Tid-Bits. 7 When a man tempts fate by reminding a spinster of her!confition, his punishment is generally swift atfd sure. In a county of Ireland where the Quakers are numerous the entire bodygongone occasion gathered together for one cf their quarterly meet- ings. After the exertide§ of the morning a pub- lic luncheon was Held, at which all the Friends attende@ ‘ he conversation turned to matrimony. =; 32 “Bridget,” sali unmannerly youthful member of the Sociéty, speaking across the crowded table to a prim, elderly maiden lady, “wilt thou tell me why thou hast never married?” “Certainly, friend William,” responded the ready Bridget, in a voice audible over the room. “Tis because I am not so aisy pleased as thy wife was.” a Located at Last. isn’t worried From the Philadelphia Press, Mr. Dumbleton, who is too economical to keep any extra collar buttons on hand, and who devotes a good share of his matin mo- ments to hunting for these wayward es- sentials of male attire, startled his wife the other morning by a more than usual over- flow of emphatic language. “What's the matter now?” she exclaimed. “Matter enough!” he returned, with a series of paralytic gasps: “I've swallowed my collar button “Thank goodness!” snapped out Mrs. D., “for once in yeu* life you know where it is” . PRESIDENT’S HOUSE What It Costs to Renew the Worn Out Furniture. SOME FAMCUS TABLE SERVICES China, Cut Glass and Silver for the Dining Room. WHITE HOUSE STEWARD oe SS ERY RECENTLY A story was telegraph- ed from a New Eng- land town to the country about a mys- terious order for a silver service for the President’s house, which had been given fel to a firm of silver workers. It was to be an elaborate and costly set, the dis- patch said, but the re facts about it were not to be divulged to any one. Naturally, interest which would have been very easily measured if the facts had been made known, was much stimulated when the air of mystery was thrown around the pur- chase. So Col. John M. Wilson, the army officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, was besieged with questions about this latest purchase for the White House. When the first inquirer spoke to him, Col. Wilson was a bit puzzled; but in a minute the situation was plain to him. “Oh, yes,” he said, “we have ordered some silver. I remember it now. I ordered @ gravy: boat for the President's table a week or two ago to match one which the President now has. All? Oh, yes. That is all. Call again. Glad to give you infor- mation at any time.” And then the col- onel returned to the pleasant task of fig- uring how to clean thirty miles of pave- ment after a snow storm when the appro- priation has been exhausted. These reports come out so frequently that the colonel is never surprised, though he is sometimes puzzled to know where they started. Only a few months ago there was a report that a new silver service had been purchased or was to be purchased for the White House, -and it had its origin in the fact that Col. Wilson, out of the “‘set- tlings” of the appropriation for the year,had purchased two dozen spoons for the Presi- dent’s table. ‘All purchases for the furnishing of the White House are made from an appro- |. priation made by Congress for the main- tenance of the President’s establishment, and they are a_ matter of record. The meney is expended by Col. Wilson, as disbursing officer, subject, of course, to the approval of the President or his rep- resentative. Last year’s appropriation for this purpose was a lump sum of $25,000 “for care, repair and furnishing Execa- tive Mansion, to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the President may de- termine.” In’ addition to this sum, there was an appropriation of $3,000 for fuel, 5,000 for the care and cessary repairs to the green houses and $5,000 for lighting the mansion. Of course, very little “re- furnishing” can be done with $25,000 in the President's house. The sum is so in- adequate for any such purpose that Con- gress has made from time to time large appropriations for the refurnishing of parts of the mansion and for redecorat- ing. The actual expenses of the mansion are about $11,000 a year. Spent in Various Years. During the Arthur administration there were two special appropriations by Con- gress for refurnishing the mansion—one of $50,000 and one of $40,000. In the first administration of Mr. Clevtland the ap- propriations aggregated 000, Mrs. Har- rison had one appropriation of $16,000, one of $25,000, one of $35,000 and one of $20,000. With this money the mansion was pretty well renovated. Mrs, Cleveland has had an appropriation of $25,C00, with which she has made many improvements. But she has not been able to add to the Presi- dent's table service. The last additions to that were made by Mrs. Harrison a few ars ago, when she purchased a set of pieces of cut glass (of American make) for use in the state dining room, and twenty-four dozen plates and five dozen ecffee cups of a special design for use on the President’s table. The glass cost $1,973.50 and the china $882. The china in common use at state dinners, however, is still the famous set which was purchased by Mrs. Hayes twenty years ago. At the time Mrs. Hayes came into the Executive Mansion there was no adequate table service. The original White House china_had been ordered by the Washing- tons from England, but it had disappeared long before, and only an occasional piece in the possession of a collector remains to show what it was. After the time of Washington the tableware was purchased as it was actually needed, and no attention was paid to uniformity of design, so that when Mrs. Hayes took possession of the President’s household there was simply “a supply of dishes” for table use. Mrs. Hayes was a practical housekeeper, and she determined to have her table better equipped. So she got an appropriation from Congress, called in artists and manu- facturers, and spent three years perfect- ing what was undoubtedly the finest set of china ever sent to the United States from France. Mrs. Hayes found that Yt would be impossible to have the set made in this country, though she would have preferred American ware. . Mrs. Harrison had the same experience. She had to send to France for the plates and cups which were bought a few years ago. But Mrs. Harrison made every con- cession to the American feeling when she had the chief rooms of the White House redecorated. All of the silk with which the walls of the blue room are decorated was made in America, and, so far as pos- sible, Mrs. Harrison bought all of the other furnishings in this country. In do- ing this she carried out the spirit of the law passed by Congress for the guidance of the first President_Harrison. The ap- propriation made by Congress for the re- furnishing of the White House during that administration was to be expend2d for furniture “of American manufacture, as may be practical and expedient. Where Red Tape Comes In. There has been about $700,000 expended for the refurnishing of the White House in a hundred years, but, except as sou- venirs of the President's household, the belongings there today would not sell at auction for more than $50,000. And it is doubtful if they would command an edded price as souvenirs, for there Is an auction each year of White House furniture and fittings, which attracts as little attention as the auction of cast-off furnishings from any ates Uae ASTI The treasury bene! or $600 ever; by this auction. Rhea! ‘The money which comes from the sale of old furniture from the White House was used once in the purchase of new furniture. Now it is turned into the treas- ury. Col. Wilson cannot even exchange an old boiler for a new one by paying a bonus. He must advertise the sale of the old boiler and turn the money received for it into the treasury. Then, from the appropriation made by Congress, he must pay for the new boiler. Under a recent decision of the controller of the treasury he cannot even pay the cost of advertisin, the old boller out of the money received from the sale. The auction is actually an expense to the White House instead of a scurce of revenue, though it brings a reve- nue and is of no expense to the treasury. This is one of the little things which aggra- vate a man who runs against the red tape of official life. Col. Wilson is the disbursing officer for the White House, and he purchases all the furniture and tableware of the President. But he is not the custodian of it. Few people know that the steward of the White Heuse can spell his title with a capital 8. His office is created by statute, and he is the lawful custodian of the furniture of the White House. Steward Sinclair took an inventory of the White House belong- ings when he came into office and gave his predecessor a receipt for what he found. He also gives a receipt to Col. Wilson for each new piece of furniture or tableware delivered to him. When ho goes out of office he will have to account for all of this property; and ho has given a FOR THE HEART. EXTRACT OF THB CARDINE HEART OF THE OX. A prominent medical practiticner recently sald that during the last fifteen years be has noted no less than seventy-three cases of deaths of elderly persons resulting from running after street cars, No elderly perscn should ever run or exercise with unusual violence. Thoso doing so take their lives In their hands, since no one can tell the exact condition of walls of the bcart. When past fifty years of ago the cardiac struct- ure is Iabie to give way any hour by reason of unusual exertion. ‘The trouble 1s that the walls of the heart become friable, and subject to rup- ture with age. ‘The cartilagenous structure es- pecially appreximates ossification, and even the purely muscular cardial fiber loses much of its elasticity as old age creeps on, Cardine, the extract of the heart of the ox, re- tards this decay of the tissues of the human heart, and strengthens and makes elastic again the walls of this vital organ. It bas never failed to strengthen a weak heart, to correct irregular action and functional derangement caused by ex- cessive use of tebacco, dyspepsia, nervous pros- tration and general debility: An impoverished condition of the blood 1s cured, and dropsy, as well as Bright's discase of the kidneys, is alle- viated by this organic extract. CARDINE {s the sterilized extract of the heart of tho ox, and cne of the famous Animal Extracts Prepared under the formula of DR. WM. A. Tt contains the snbstance, both nervous and muscular, required by the HUMAN heart for its nutrition and normal action. It exerts its in- fluence within a few minutes after administra- tien, Its use strengthens the pulss and lessens its frequency in those cases in which the beart’s ac- tion 1s feekle and frequent, causes the disap- pearance of intermissions and other irregularities in the strength and force of the heart beat, and materially incresses the blcod pressure so that it acts upon the kidpeys as a diuretic, DOSE, 6 DROPS. PRICE (@ DR), NOW ONB DOLLAR, FOR SALE SY ALL DRUGGISTS. THE COLUMBIA CHEMICAL COMPANY, WASHINGTON, D. @ Bend for book. f5-cott ele in the sum of $10,000 for its safe keep- ing. The President cannot take any of the White House furniture or tableware with him into private life as a souvenir of his stay in the mansion. When the Harrison family wanted a White House souvenir Mrs. McKee brought to Washington the cradle in which Benjamin Harrison was rocked and kept it in the nursery all through her father’s administration, so that she might think of it afterward as the White House cradle. — WOMEN IN AFRICA. Degraded Among Many Tribes, but Possessed of Influence Among Others. From the Women’s Journal of Berlin. Among natural people women have to suffer on account of their want of physical strength, and is especially the case among the African tribes, where polygamy adds to the degradation of the weaker sex. But their lot is not without mitigation. lt is influenced by the same factor that raises woman to her high position among Vilized people—the love of her children. The laws of the barburous African tribes give much influeuce to the mothers in reg- ulating heritage and succession, which gives them a more imperiant position in the family and in the tribe. The mothers and sisters of an African chief are often his most Influential advisers, even the real rulers. On the whole, however, the old maxim holds good: If the intellectual state of a tribe is very low, their women are treated badly. With the lowest of the African tribes, the Bushmen, woman is nothing but a slave and a beast of burden. During the travels of a Bushman tamiiy the wife has to carry everything, and if there is a scarcity of food, the woman has to suffer first. If she becomes weak and old she 1s abandoned to the mercy of the wild beasts. Very different is the treat- ment accorded to the woman of the gen- uine negro. All things considered, their po- sition 1s the same as with us. Men and women share in the necessary work. True, if the man thinks fit to beat his wife, no one is likely to interfere. On the other hand the woman will find the laugh ou her side if she succeeds in getting the better of her spouse by a judicious use of her teeth, her nails, and—her tongue. The Zulus are a patriarchal race. The father is master of the family and owner ot its female part; therefore the position of the woman is much lower if her husband has a high rank. The wives of the chief never take part in his councils and may only move about on their knees beiore him. The principal reason for this degradation is the custom of selling women. The price varies between ten and a hundred nead of cattle for the daughters of a chief. Other women may be had for three or four cows. If the wife does not suit the husband in every particular, then he sends her home and demands another, or else part of the price paid must be returned to him. But \f she proves to be specially valuable the relative who sold her will demand some extra payment. A bad wife may also be sold as a slave. Among the Dualla tribes, on the west coast, the women have not the slightest vestige of a right. They are sold and re- sold at the pleasure of the men. They may be given away, lent and hired out. They must do all the work in the fields, and, if they fail to bear children, they may be killed. And yet they often manage to hold their own against their masters. The natural result of their position is that the women combine against their husbands in a most alarming manner. The traveler Bastian tells of a rich man in Okolloma, with whom he stayed for some time. The poor fellow was at loggerheads with his women, and had to barricade his hut at night time. Twenty infuriated women In- habited his place and refused to come to terms. A ‘The importance of the women among the Dahomeyans is well known. Their female warriors were much more dangerous to European troops than the men. The enor- mous extent to which decapitation was carried on among the Dahomeyans during Behanzin’s reign accounts for the great predominance of women in point of num- bers. A procession of the king included fifteen of his daughters, accompanied by fifty female slaves, 730 of his wives, thirty Amazons of the body guard, six companies ef Amazons of seventy each, 350 slaves, and a rear guard of another sixty Ama- zons—but only 150 male warriors. ‘The in- fluence of the women among these people has been felt by both the Germans and the French in their colonial troubles. GOING TO CARLSBAD isn’t necessary now. Carlsbad 1s coming to you. At least the health-giving part of it is You get every enrative quality that has made the piace fa- mons fer hundreds of years in the Carlsbad Sprudel Water and Salt. That is, if you gettbe zenuine. ~ Beware of the many worthless imitations das “improved” or rtifiels1” Carlsbad Balt, ‘These are cnly amixtnre of co:m:mon Glauber Salt or tz Powder, sold by ansernpulous dealers the larger profit yield. Take the LS genuine imported nst ural rezaedy ouly, which has the sigoatare of “EISNER & MENDELSON ©0., Sole Agents, York,” on ever bottle, Write for pamphict. RATLROADS. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. in effect Jan. 6, 189. stom from & + of New Limited ) p.m. express: a and Cleveland, express da = * Winchester and way stations, r Luray, Natorst kyu 0 45-min- 8:15, minites), 3:25 4:3) . x8:00, 39200, 10:00, » and 8:20 a.m., 12:15, 4:28 . 4°21 p.m. c! , Mls a b1:15, 4:30, For Hogerstown, ¢13 For Bevd and v For Galt For’ Washi 9:50 a.m. princiy Yo ROYAL BL NEW LPHIA. All _trains with Pintsch light. For Pi New York, Boston and the §:00 (10:00 2m. Dintag ), 3:00 5:00 Dining Can, @ & Car, open at 10 o'clock). ‘m. Dining Car), (42:00 Din- Dining $200 1:80 for passengers 10:00 p.tm). son all day trains. tie City, 4 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, ‘Sunday oply. om Transfer Company on orders oMds, G1) Pennsylvania avenue N.Wey nd 15th street, and at depot. 0. SCULL. Gen, Pass. Gen. Manacer. fi CHAS, RB. CAMPRELL YLVANIA RAILROAD. r of Gth and B sts. |. PENNSYLVANIA” LIMITE! - og, Dining, Swoking and Observation Cars, Harrisburg to Chicago, Cincinnati, Indian- apolis, St. Louis, Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet _ Parlor Car to Harrisbui - Pullman Buffet Parlor Parlor and Dining Cars, Har risburg 2:40 P. r to Harrisburg. Sleep- = to St. Louis, Cia- cipnati, 7:10 ¥ ing C; Dining WESTERN EXPRESS—Pull- rs to St. Louls and at! Pollman Sleep- a, Rochester and except Sunday. nira and Reuovo dats, except msport daily, 3:40 p.m. illinmsport, Rochester, Buffalo daily, except Saturday, with ‘ar Warbington to Suspension Bridge via 10:49 P.M. for Erle, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo and” > Falls daily, Sleeping Car Washington to. For Philadelphia York and the East. 4:00 1 IONAL LIMITED,” all Parlor Cars, with New York’ daily, Regular Car), 9:00, 1 Cary’ a.m. On Car from Baltimore, for Philadeiphia week for t 7:05 Wining Car, 7 00 (Dining Car) and’? 5, 3:15, 4:20, 6:40, 10: 05 “(Dining ‘Car, ch without 1 and 3:15 p.m. dail For Baltimore, 6:25, 7:05, 7:20, 7:50, 8: 10:00, (10:20, 11:00 and 11:50 @. 15,8240 (4:00 Limited), 4:2 9:00 and 11:50 a.m, and except Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 “Florida Special” for Jack- ne, 10-48 p.m. week days, mville and ‘Ts For Annapolis, 4:20 p.m. da Express for Rich 4:30 a.m., 3:30 p. ) Gaiiy. ae 1:10 45, 945. northeast corner of Pennsylvania aver dat the ©) and and B strects, where orders cau be left for the check- of bagga: ty destination from hotels and J. R. Woop, General Passenger Agent. in SOUTHERN RAILWAY (Wadumont Air Line. Schedule in viicct Janwiry 20, 1895, All trains arrt leave at Peuussivania Passenger St Local for Connects trasvury, daily, except Sunday, witu tue Norluk wi Wesiera, hb Pullman Siecper f York to >, Pullman’ m to Augusta and Dr a Vesti Icepers Cc. vir SON NM leave W: . daily, exce only, for Round H don.” Return! H. GREEN, General Manager (Faste: W, A. TUR General Passeng: Gen. Agi. Ps hn the grandest scenery In America, with mest nnd most complete solid train serv- from Washi Cincinrat! and St. Louis led, Elec- ed Train, u's finest on to Cincinnati. Indianapo- * Dining Car from Washington, Arrive Cincinnati, $:00 "a. Triana, 11:40 a.m, and Chicago, 5:30 p. St Lou's, 6:56 p.m. 11.10 P.M. DAILY.—The famons * fted."" A solid vestibnled train, with and Pullman Sicepers for Cincinnatl, Le Lanisville, Observat F. Y. Lime m, and St, nat for all points. PT SUNDAY.—For Old Point Only rail line. P Chicago, 722 pan. connects in Union 10:57 AM Comfort aud Norfolk. 2:25 P.M. DAILY.—Exprees for Gerdonsvill Churlottesstile, Warnesboro® Staunton and principal Virginia points; datiy except Sunday, for Ric mond. Pulimsn locations and tickets at company’s of- fices, 513 and 1421 Peanssivanla arenne. 1. W. FULLER, az Gendérai Passenser Agent. DENTISTRY. PRACIICE UP-T0-DATE DEN- tistry. Take, for instance, my method of extracting. It's safe for anybody—no pain—no going to sleep —no bad after eftects—gums beal rapidly, Extracting this way—50 cents. Other work on same scale. OR. GRAHAM, 807 7TH ST. DENTAL INFIROIATE ToT 1 st. nw. Open dally from 10 to 12 a.m, and 2 to 5 p.m. No charge except for materials fused. Extracting free. nas There Is A Point On the cown grade of quality and price where cheapness ceases to be economy. Our claims of superlative service and not associntion system enables us adopt f rate practitioners cannot fe for the best grade of Re on local pai 20 or gas, 5Oc.; clean up; gold crowns, $7.50; tng, 5 beat teeth, $8.00. U. S. Dental Association, COR. TTH AND D STS. N.W. ACCOUNTANTS. AND OTHERS, HAVE YOUR ‘7 ED AFTER IN MY ACOOUNTING PATRICK H, C, DRENNAN, Expert Accountant, 1¢21 F st. aw est