Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1895, Page 8

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A wagon Idaded with min- eral water jugs backed up to thé curb- stone in front of a bottling establishment last week, and the driver proceeded to un- load his wagon by tossing the jugs, one at a time, to a colored youth who stood on the opposite side of the curbstone, ready to catch all that came his way. : When things were moving nicely an old man who occuples a house next door stepped out of his own door, threw a brick ug straight as a bullet and broke one of the jugs while it was in transit from the driver to the colored boy. He darted back into his own domicile before the driver could recover himself enough to make a protest. .A fow minutes later another jug was smashed, and again the old man dis- appeared with a merry laugh. This was kept up until about a dozen juga had been smashed, when the angry proprietor stop- ped the fun by causing the old fellow’s Arrest on the charge of maliclous mischief. When Judge Harrison read the charge to him the old man laughed until the tears rolled down his cheeks, and then admitted his guilt. In making an explanation he told the astonished magistrate that he was able and willing to pay for all the damage he had done, and said: “f saw those jugs flying, and I know in my own heart that I would have thrown bricks at them when 1 was a boy sixty years ago. 1 just wanted to see how it 8 ee cs here and I couldn't kolp myself.’ ie explanation was tistactory, and After settling the old iow went away still laughing hearttty. FEDERATION OF LABOR Thirty-Two Organizations Represented at the Meeting. mess VConsid- A Large Amount of B: ered—A Proposed Labor Bureau and Library. Great earnestness distinguished the pro- ceedings of the meeting last night of the Federation of Labor, and a large amount of important business was transacted in a comparatively brief perigd. President James F. McHugh occupied the chair, Thirty-two organizations were rep- resented, On motion the name of P. Collins, a sa- loon keeper, whose name was some time ago placed on the unfair list, was removed therefrom. S = In the matter of the boycott heretofore declared ‘against Kernan'’s Theater, the whole question was referred (with a view of securing an amicable settlement of the difficulty) to a committee of one from each organization which has had a grievance against Mr. Kernan. It is believed by this means that a solution of the trouble satis- factory to all concerned will soon reached. = The committee on the proposed float to be used in the Labor day parade reported that it would be inadvisable to have a float on the occasion, and the report was con- curred in. : The Case of the Cement Workers. ‘The committee appointed to confer with Mr. H. L. Cranford, who, as stated hereto- fcre in The Star, was alleged to have re- fused to employ members of the Cement Workers’ Union of Washington, at union wages, and had brought men from Baltl- more and given.them employment at the Tate of $1.50 per day, reported that they had called on Mr. Cranford in reference to the subject, and he informed the com- mittee that the matter complained of was the work of his superintendent, and that he had had nothing to do with the hiring of the men referred to. The report was non- concurred in, and the matter was referred to the contract committee, with instruc- tions to call upon Mr. Cranford and urge him aa a matter of justice and right to give his paving work to the members of the Cement Workers’ Union of Washing- — and to pay them union wages there- ‘or. ‘The change of the route of the Labor day parade from that at first determined upon, 80 as to. have the procession march down Indiana. avenue to Ist ‘street northwest, thence to Pennsylvania avenue and around the Peace monument, as suggested at the meeting of the Labor day conference Sun- day last, was concurred in. To Establish a Labor Bureau. A communication was read from District Assembly No. 66, Knights of Labor, asking the co-operation of the Federation of Labor in establishing a labor bureau and library, and a committee of one from each union was appointed to co-operate with a com- mittee appointed for the purpose by Dis- trict Assembly No. 66, K. of L., to Sevise Ways and means and take the matter under considgration. A communication was read from Hile & Fitzgerald, horseshoers, who have been on the unfair list of the federation for some time, asking that their names be taken therefrom, they ing to employ none but union.men in future. The-matter was referred to the recording secretary, and he was instructed to inform the firm that when they shall have satisfactorily ad- justed their differences with the Horse- shoers’ Union their letter to the federation will be considered by the latter. It was announced that Mr.J. H. Trusheim of No: 124 Virginia avenue southwest has adjusted all the differences between himself and the Bakers’ Union, and his name was ordered to be taken from the unfair list. The delegates from the Cigar Makers’ Union requested that the committee of the eccentric engineers which proposes to give an excursion to Marshall Hall on Labor day for the benefit of the widows of the two cornice workers who were killed by the fall of a scaffold some time ago shall use their influence-to prevent the sale of any but union-made cigars on the steamer on that occasion. The Proposed Lahor Bureau. . The most important matter brought up at the meeting was the proposition to es- tablish a labor bureau and library in Wash- ington for the benefit of the members of labor organizations and societies in the District. Today Mr. W. H. G. Simmons, the originator of the idea, said: “The prop- osition is a matter of much tmportance. It is intended to bave a hall open all day with telephone connections for the use of mem- bers. Tne bureau is to be well advertised among the business men and contractors of the city and they will be brought into con- nection with members out of employment Rede will visit the bureau and enroll their mes. “It is thought by the establishment of an Institution of this character that many members will be enabled to secure work and save considerable of the time now lost by such men in wandering over the city in search of it,” continued Mr. Simmons. “It eften happens that men are needed on jobs, but while it is well known that there are plenty of men to fill the bill, still they carnot he found when needed. “The bureau as proposed. would be a mu- tual benefit to employers and journeymeh. Business men who often need mechanics would know exactly where they could be found, and the cost if borne proportionately by the organizations would be nothing compared to the, benefits obtained.” SS How Canny is a Scotchmant From the Westminster Review. One is not quite sure that’ the religosity of the Scotch makes them so much more virtuous than people who pay less attention to “the means of grace.” But, while it can- not readily be proved that they have more of the positive virtues thari their neighbors, there is, at least, some reason to believe that they are freer from a few of the ugly vices than their southron cousins; althoug! when the Scot is bad he is very bad. When he gives way to drink, for instance, he runs to great lengths; and the percentage of illegitimate births, too, fs high in Scotland. But it will be found that there is much less wife-beating (there being nothing, in Scot- land at all resembling the frightful practice of “clogging” known in Lancashire towns), much less cruelty to children,-much more Kindliness and fellow-feeling_ among the Scottish people than among the English; while, at the same time, the Scotch are not nearly so clannish as the Irish, the Jews or the Chinese. In his poem cn “Nothing”? Rochester has classed “Scotch civiiity” along with “irench truth” and “Hibernian learning,” as being non-existent; even Walter Scott causes Mr. Owen to speak of a typical Scot like Bailie Nicol Jarvie as “that cross-grained crab- stick of the Saltmarket;” and are we not told that the term “Scot” (as well as Gael), derived from a word for “wind,” means “the violent, stormy people?” In spite of ail thig, and much more to the same end, the Scot, take him all in all, is not fairly chargeable with being lacking in courtesy. The word “‘couthy” (the opposite or positive of “uncouth,” diminutived by the addition of the terminal “y”), signifying a combina- tion of quiet kindliness and sweetness of manner, has no English equivalent,. and thus would seem to indicate a peculiarly Scotch quality, which, it may be said, tends to wane considerably with the growth of commercialism, giving place to a brusquery eculiarly the outcome of the “rush” of Eoaicess and what Carlyle called the “mere cash nexus” between man and man. Scottish speech abounds in what may be called pet words, which would seem to testify that, whether the Scotch be stormy and sharp-tongued or not, they can, upon occasion, be as ifnsinuatingly smooth- tongued as the wily Italian himself. ———— ++ ___ Botsterous and Felonious Kissing. From tho St. Louis Republic. John Pulliam,.one of the wealthiest farm- ers near Wichita, Kan., was arrested to- day on a complaint made by G. W. Wentz, a neighbor, which charges that on July 8 defendant disturbed his peace by hugging, kissing, chucking under the chin, and mak- ing other demonstretions of affection to- ward his wife, Martha Wentz. The com- plaint is a unique document, and says that the kissing was done in a “loud, boisterous, felonious, malicious and ungee: ner, @ state against the peace and dignity o! of Kansas.” Pulliam espe nearly 800 end is quite tal ‘he Woman in pet ite, well formed and re- t markably pretty RUNNING A WESTERN BANK.. The Clients Aren’t Much on Figures, but Know Money When They See it. From the Deftoit Free Press. “ It was a new bank in a new town in Colorado. As the “institution” opened for business in the morning a crowd of 200 men gathered, and when the banker asked what was wanted the man who had been appointed spokesman replied: “It's jest this, Jim: We can’t make out that monthly statement you, got out yes- terday. “What's wrong with it?” “She says deposits amount to $7,000 and cash on hand $9,000.” “Well,that’s correct, and I can’t see where oe any fault to find,” said the presi- jen “Yes, but the boys don’t go much on figgers. Figgers kin be twisted all around, you know. Have you got them ere $9,000 handy by?” “T have.” “Waal, won't you jest stand up on a chair and wave that money in the air a few times and let the boys see the color of it? Don’t want to put you to any special trouble, you know, but the crowd kinder wants to feel sure about it.” The banker got the money from the safe and followed the suggestion and asked if they were satisfied. “That's all right,” replied the spokes- man. “We ain't much on figgers, but we know money when we see it. Them depos- its Is $7,000, and you've got $9,000 to pay ‘em. That's chuck up and no discount!” ‘Anything else?” “Jest one little trifle. It’s kinder got around town that yo. are goin’ to Mon- tana tomorrer. Before you start jest count them. $9,000 Into the safe, lock ’er up as tight as a drum, and then call in two or three of the boys to watch ‘er while you’re gone. We ain’t showin’ any lack of con- fidence, Jim, but we are givin’ you a pointer on how to run a bank in this town without gettin’ yer neck into a slipknot!” ——_—_+ e+ ____ MAN-OF-WAR’S MEN BATHING. How Greatly Jack Enjoys a Swim ‘When Opportunity Offers. From the Westminster Review. _ Nothing is more insisted upon on board a man-of-war than absolute cleanliness in everything, animate and inanimate, and as much water, soap, sand and paint are used dey in and day out as would keep an ordl- nary house as bright as a brass binuacle for a year. Did any one ever see a dirty man-of-war’s man—at least, in our service? Opportunities to indulge in a plunge over- board and a royal good time in the water are frequently furnished to the crews of warships when at anchor, and the sight of a hundred or two stalwart fellows flounder- ing and splashing about in the water, as full of pranks and tricks as 6o many school boys, is one not soon to be forgotten by one privileged to witness it. With few excep- tions, sailors of the navy, both officers and men, are expert swimmers, although there are some among them, old “‘shellbarks” principally, who, thoroughly at home on the water, would be helpless as cats in it, Jack dearly loves to swim, and will some- times resort to the most reckless expedients for a few moments® plunge in the water on a hot day, when general permission to bathe has not been given. An amusing story is told of a pretext for a swim on the part of three middies one sultry evening during a practice cruise, when, although the ship lay at anchor, the privilege of a swim had been denied them by the officer of the deck for reasons best known to him- self. Baffled in their attempts to secure a bath in the regular way, the three young- Sters resolved that one of their number should fall overboard and that the two others should spring to his rescue. The scheme was no sooner concocted than executed, and Mr. Jones promptly fell out of a convenient gun port and had hard- ly touched the water when Messrs. Brown and Robinson were alongside of him. The startling cry of “Man overboard” rang out from the quartermaster of the watch, the Ifeboat was called away, the three midshipmen were picked up and duly. ap- peared in their dripping clothes. or? tho deck before thelr commanding officer. “Very careless of you, Mr. Jones; a very gallant rescue, young gentlemen,” said the officer. Then, pointing to the deck, with its white planking outlined by the long, straight, black lines of pitched seams: “Do you see that seam? Toe it, all three of you —toe it! You must be uncomfortable in your wet clothes; let em dry.” You may be sure that the boys were not kept standing there long enough to do them any harm, but no more attempts of a similar nature were made to outwit the officers during that cruise. s = —_—_+e+_____ FLEAS ON THE STAGE. No Wonder That Modjeska’s Wore a Set and Stony Expres From the San Francisco Call. Two fair actresses, recent arrivals from the east, were conversing in a cafe on Powell street with the careless ease of their “profesh.”" tinct and audible to the éccupants of an adjoining table. ‘They were chatting about a sentimental’ scene in which both had appeared on the previous night. “And just at that moment when he press- ed my hand,” said one, “and I was sup- posed to answer with a sob, a flea—oh, such a biter!—began to torture me between the. shoulders. It was awful—simply aw- ful. I could not remember my lines. I could not make the sobs come. All I could think about was that horrid flea. I whis- pered to him, ‘Put your arm around me quick.’ And he thought I was fainting, and put his hand behind my waist and whispered, ‘What is the matter with you, and why are you making such a horrid face? Are you {ll?? What could I say? Nothing, of course, but fell back against @ chair, and, fortunately, oh, how fortu- nately, hit 1t with my shoulder blade, just where that flea was. Then I swung to and fro as if in great mental agony, and thus got in a little scratching. It was just heavenly, and did not spoil the scene a bit, When I went off the stage I had my maid £ over the place where that flea had bit- en me with a hand brush. She said there Was a spot there as Dig as a dollar.” “Modjeska told me.” said the other, “that once at the California in the’ bal- cony scéne in Juliet, when she was ex- tending both hands and saying ‘Romeo, Ronieo, where art thou, Romeo? she got a nip in the ankle that almost made her ery out. She could not stop, it would have spoiled the scene, and for the minute she had to suffer. One of the critics remark- ed in his paper next day that during the scene Mme. Modjeska’s face wore a set and stony expression. And no wonder, poor lady!” “When May Muir,who is very susceptible fleas, is attacked,” resumed the other, @ gets up and begins to dance. She can twist about and scratch anywhere while the dance ts going on, and nobody notices her. Clara Morris told me that in the dying scene in ‘Camille a flea fasten- ed on to her so viciously that if she had not reached back with her fan and dis- lodged it she could not have died with any decency. Francisco is an awful place for fleas.” “Awful, awful!” coincided her friend, as she settled with the waite: —__—__-e-____ S«me Things New for the Pneu. From an Exchange. One man has patented what he calls “the cork-soled pneumatic tire.” Half of the space now occupied with compound air is taken up with a semi-circular filling of cork, which is at once light and yield- ing, and which, the inventor claims, will prevent punctures. Another man sends in a plan of a home-made bicycle lamp that will not go out. An ordinary thin drink- ing glass is deftly relieved of its bottom. Then the exterior is painted a dead black, with the exception of a small bull’s eye. The top and bottom are filled with thin cork, in which holes are left for ventila- tion, and the light is furnished by small Wax candles, such as are used on birthday cakes and in so-called fairy lamps. The wax candle, it is claimed, will not go out through vibration as readily as an_ oil lamp. It will burn for two hours steadily, and extra candles may be carried con- veniently, As for saddles, not a day passes without the Invention of some new one, founded on anatomical or other principles. A New England firm has placed on the market a novel electric lamp, a small in- candescent affair, to be attached to the visor of the cap. A small storage battery of eight hours’ capacity is carried on the wheel or in the pocket. The ip weig! about one and @ half ounces. In its very nature it is a true searchlight, the light always belng focused in the direction that the rider is looking, and, being on the visor, the eyes are protected the glare. Their comments were dis-. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, “AUGUST Ca iF 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TELEGRAMS "0 THE STAR EIGHTEEN GE THERE. Suppressing Caban-Revojt No Holiday Task for Spain. NEW YORK, Aujust 7%.—The World's special corresponderge,from Havana says: I have learned that General Campos could muster only about 600 ‘when on arriving at Bayamo out of the 1,500 that he claimed to have had at the fight at Peralejos. The only important Cuba Waders present were Rabi and Goulet, -theMaceos being two days’ march away at'the time. ~ I learn from a reliaBle eource that Gen- eral Garcia Navarro, who went from San- tiago to Manzanillo with 1,500 men and joined Generai La Chambre,returned a few days later to Santiago minus 500 men. Most of them had died of disease—princi- Pally yellow fever and dysentery. Gen. Martinez Campos was at Cienfuegos for several days, but he has now gone to Manzanillo, it is said. While at Cienfuegos he stuck close to tHe steamship Villaverdo, being unwilling, as he said, to come ashore and be feted after his defeat. For the same reason he did not come to Havana.He look- ed worn and low-spirited. It is understood that he has cabled home advising the gov- ernment to be preparedsfor important and eee advices from here in the near future. You will perhaps not be surprised to hear that Gen. Salcedo has’ been ordered back to Spain on sick leave, But the real rea- son was his massacre of unarmed Cubans. Learning that sixteen young Cubans had Teft Santiago to join the revolution, he had them intercepted and summarily shot. It is well known that he executed Cuban prisoners. There are at least eighteen Spanish gen- erala on the island. They are: Martinez, Campos, Salcedo, Calvo. Munoz, Suarez Valdes, La Chambre, Luque, Garcia Na- varro, » Auderlus, Echague, Gasco, Gonzales - Munoz, Moreno, Leno, Suero, Serrano Altamira, Mello and Ordonez. This would seem sto indicate that they have fare, than a few negroes or brigands to HAVANA, August 7.—Lieut. Trujello, with four soldiers, has had an encounter near Lagunillas, province of Mantanzas, with the insurgent band. commanded by Simon Sanchez. The latter was killed and the troops captured a quantity of arms. NEW YORK, August 7,—Steam launches Shrewsbury and Navesink have been sold by their former owners, Roberts and Hoff- mire of Red Bank, to the Spanish goyern- ment. The boats are for use in Cuban waters. They were shipped for Havana. ———_—. THE LOUISVILLE ENCAMPMENT. Preparing for the Coming G. A. R. Reunion. MARION, Ohio, August 7.—Dr. 0. W. Weeks, surgeon general of the national sur- eons of the Grand Army of the Republic, of this city, has just completed the ar- fangements of his department for the twenty-ninth annual encampment of the G. A. R., which occurs in Louisville in Sep- tember. W. P. White, M. D., health officer of Louisville, has been appointed his medi- cal director, and a hospital on the route of the parade has been secured, in which 200 extra cots are to be Placed and ten ambu- lances are to be rpd, toaccompany the. parade. rad Dr. Weeks has appointed a number of physicians in' his meficat corps, and they are to be located at Louisville, New Albany and Jeffersonville. LOUISVILLE, Ky, -August 7.—In the plans for the entertainment of visitors dur- ing the G A. R. emcampment the many special newspaper correspondents are not overlooked. They willibe extended the hos- aes. of the city, amtl the members of the local press have arranged to provide every- thing for their comfort and convenience. The executive’ committee of the press club is making elaborate preparations for their reception and will prepare a special pro- gram of entertainment: far newspaper guests during their leisure hones while in the city. re OPPONENTS oil » LIQUOR. The Catholic Total ‘Abstinence Union in Session. NEW YORK, August 7—The twenty- fifth annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America began here this morning. Rt. Rev. James Mc- Leary of Minneapolis, president of the so- clety, called the convention to order. The business of the meeting was prefaced by a rayer delivered by: Rev. Father O'Calla- iar of New.York. The usual committees wer2 then appointed. Three hundred and fifty delegates are present. —_->—_—_ Prohibition in the Dominion. LONDON, August 7.<After hearing the re- ply of Mr. J. J. McLaren, Q. C., for the appellants, the judicial committee of the privy council today reserved judgment in the appeal regarding provincial prohibition in Canada to decide whether the power to pass prohibitory liquor legislation belongs to the federal or to the provincial authority in the dominion. ——.__ Gladstone Praised as Prudent. LONDON, August 7.—An editorial in the Times this morning praises Mr. Gladstone's prudence in his speech on the Armenian question. “He did rot say a word,” the editorial continues, “calculated to hamper Lord Salisbury’s government. His impas- sioned rhetoric did not go beyond facts. If the speech assists, as it doubtleds will, in bringing akcut the desired consummation, he will be rewarded for an effort unparal- leled even as a mere physical achievement by a man of his age.” ——.__ Entombed in a Gravel Pit. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 7.—Gott- lieb Glitman, aged sixty years, and Harry Weinberg, aged thirty-five, were instantly ‘killed today while at work in a gravel pit at 24th and Clarence streets. The men had been digging in the pit but a few minutes when the cave-in occurred, burying both beneath tons of dirt. Both men were bad- ly crushed by the immense weight. a Jefferson Levy Expresses Himself. LONDON, August 7.—The Globe this af- ternoon gives prominence to an intarview with Mr. Jefferson M. Levy of Monticello, Va., in which he is quoted as saying that the “wild silver theory-is dwindling away in America.” Mr. Levy is also reported as having expressed the belief that the United States is on the high road to great pros- perity. ————_-—_—_ A New Line to Colon. SAN FRANCISCO, August 7H. H. Hin- ten, general freight agent of the Panama Railroad Company, who has just returned from an extensive trp, to the east, saya that the company’s new steamship line be- tween New Orleans and@-Colon will soon be im operation. With the opening of traffic, he says, the company Will make a bid for business between San Francisco and the cities of the Mississippi valley. The road will remain independentiof the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Summing Up in Vea Cleef's Trial. TRENTON, N. J.,,,Atigust 7.—The sum- ming up in the trial of.Col. Van Cleef, the ex-secretary of the ‘stdte board of asses- sors, for obtaining itofiey from the state for maps under false ‘pretenses, was begun in Moyer court today;,Prosecutor Stock- ton reviewed the testimony for half an hour and asked for a-tonviction.. He was followed by Lawyer Barton for the de- fense, who asked for an hour and a half fn which to plead for his client. Gpt. Holt, for the state, will have an hour in which to close the case. ————— President Plant Not to Resign. NBW YORK, August 7.—At the office of the Plant system in this city a reporter of the Associated Press was told today that Mr. H. B. Plant was out of the city and that the rumors of his intention of resigning the presidency of the system were absolutely unfounded. Consequently the report that Vice President H. H. Haines was to take Mr. Plant's place was said to be equally untrue. Se Racing Off Newport Postponed. NEWPORT, R. IL, August 7.—The first day’s yacht races of extra week schooner aes this morning postponed on ac- count of rain. A TRUSTY ANIMAL. Very Few Horses Are Vicious and Mean by Nature. From the Boston Transcript. + are The man who, in one of the papers, has protested against the agitation against overhead checks, blinders, &c., on horses, on the ground that such guards are needed because “there never was a horse that would not play a mean trick on a man if he could,” has simply made an exhibition of his ignorance of horses. There are some of us who fancy that we know horses Pretty well, aud who have the absolute Knowledge of experience to sustain us in the opinion that not only is a tricky horse @ rare thing, but that it is in ninety-nine cases out of @ hundred the product of abuse. A thorough, practical “horse man” once tcld the writer that “a fractious horse was always made by a fractious man.” The writer himself had the advantage, all through his youth, of daily and constant association with horses. Every. day of his Mife -he rode or drove horses, almost from infancy. They were of several generations and of all sorts. There were sometimes six or eight in the paternal stable, and in all those years there was but one horse which by any stretching of terms could be called “tricky’—and there were extenuat- ing circumstances in her case. The nature of the horse, as every real and intelligent student of the horse knows, is éssentially honest, open and confiding. It is unrivaled among animals in this characterlatic, ex- cept by certain breeds of dogs. Even the honest ox Is capable of a kick, or a thrust of the horn (generally the result of ignor- ance or want of intelligence rather than design) at unexpected moments; but the horse no natural propensity to any form of treachery. The always well-treat- ed and trusted horse may be depended upon, ss Nevertheless, the horse is very apt to re- flect the characteristics of the people he lives with or bas ved with. Some of our New England people have the reputation abroad of being “tricky.” The writer has been told in the west that a Yankee's word out there® will not stand for a moment against that of a German or a Scandina- vian. Some good city men who have bought country places, and have had dealings of various sorte with the people about them, have told astonishing and incredible stories of their perfidy in ordinary business trans- actions. The marketmen all tell us that the average New England farmer will cheat apparently for the fun of cheating, when he might mafe a great deal of money by dealing honestly with agents and com- mission men. Of course, it will not do to believe all these tales. The Yankee race, the pick of all credtion, is not dishonest. But there may be-a good many dishonest men mixed up among the honest ones— enough, perhaps, to educate a good many horses in trickiness who would otherwise be perfectly trustworthy. It is a safe wager that a vast majority of cases of trickiness in horses could be traced to human Influence, if the history of the horses could only be known. Perhaps a good deal of the writer's per- sonal love for horses is traceable back to a single incideat of his early childhood. At the age of six he once mounted old Rosy (the term “old” at that time was merely ore of endearment, for the mare was not as old as the boy) to ride to a neighbor's. The ntare was fat and sleek, and so was the boy; her back was so round that her spine was a little hollow instead of a pro- Jection.- On ‘this glossy, round back was no saddle, not even a blanket; the fat lit- tle boy’s short legs simply stuck out into the air on elther side. The greater part of the journey had been achieved, and the y and mare were returning homeward, when, In going down a slope, Rosy inad- vertently began to trot, and the boy, nav- Ing no kind of anchorage, began.to slide fcrward upon the mare’s neck. Upon that he let go the bridle, hugged the’ neck, and screamed. Not knowing quite what this Performance meant, Rosy continued to trot Placidiy down the hill, and the boy con- Unued to slide. Doubtless she thought it Was some new kind of boy’s play. At last he slid clear over her head, and rolled upon the ground. The mare must have vased the fall for him by ducking her neck slow- ly, and she certainly kept her feet entirely clear of him. He simply rolled into the ditch by the side of the road, -quit® un- hurt, but boo-hooing lustily. And then comes the. pretty part of tho story. The young mare did not go on ten steps after the small boy rolled off her neck, but stopped, turned back, came down to the screaming child, nosed him affec- Honately, and, as he will swear to his dy- ing day, comforted him as best she could. She showed him that the bridle reins were hanging down within his reach. Under such an influence the boy’of six—which is an age, it is scarcely needful to say, when few Boston boys are intrusted with the mauagement of a horse—stopped weeping, gct up, took hold of the bridle and refiect- ingiy led the mare home. This occurrence happened when the writer was at @ very impressionable . Many subsequent experiences have convinced him of the essential benevolence of the horse kind; but no horse will ever occupy in his heart the place that is occupled by old Rosy, who treated him so ‘tenderly and lovingly. Visiting Cards of Royalty. From Pearson's Weekly. Paris has had the monopoly of supplying the monarchs of the world with visiting ecards ever since they became & social ne- cessity under-the second empire. The, use of the Christian name only is a prerogative which kings and emperors share with servants. The other day a roy- alist in Paris showed a correspondent a visiting card inscribed “Philippe,” under a. crqgwn. Ten thousand of that sort were ordered by the Duke of Orleans before bis father’s body was cold. The candidate for the throne intended to appeal to his supporters or those whom he would like to win over to the cause of the Illy banner by posting them his visiting card. ‘The emperors of Germany and of Austria on their visiting cards follow a German custom and print part of their title. Ac- cording to fashion’s dictum, their visiting ecards should either read “Wilhelm” and “Franz Joseph,” respectively, or “Deutscher Kaiser” and “Kaiser von jterreich.” The Prince of Wales, always most cor- rect in matters of etiquette, has two sorts of oards, one reading “‘Aibert Edward,” the other “Le Prince de Galles,” the French term being more often used in royal circles than the other. French being the universal language of royalty, all monarchs have their visiting cards for general use inscrib- ed in the Gallic tongue. Some princes use cards which give their name and title in the native languages, but In most cases that is dcne for a purpose. “The” in front of a royal or princely title denotes that the person is a sovereign or at least the head of his family. In Eng- land it is employed in addressing a peer— for instance, “The Right Honorable.” Oply one Englishman of non-royal rank makes bold use of the prefix “The” on his visit- ing card, and this reads, “The Duke of Argyll.” His son’s and his daughter-in- lew’s cards, on the other hand, read, “Mar- quis of Lorne” and “The Princess Louise.” Napoleon’s visiting card was two and a third inches long and half as broad. The ex-printer to the Tuileries still has a sam- ple, which he intends to present to the National Musgum. It retains up to this day its white and glossy coat, which was due to-a special tincture of arsenic. These arse- nic impregnated cards, it was thought at the time, caused @ good deal of illness. The visiting card of the Emperor of Aus- tria reads: “Francois Joseph I., Empereur @’Autriche, Roi de Hongrie.” This is in the very worst taste, according to English notions, which strictly prohibit the use of fe Christian name in connection with one’s title, « ——_+0+—___ A Question of Wills. From Temple Bar. The making of one’s will is hardly to be ranked among the pleasant duties of life. “My will,” says Slender; “I ne’er made my will yet, I thank heaven. I am not such a sickly creature, I give heaven praise.” So, also, Dame Quickly, when considering Fal- staff’s spiritual concerns, hopes that ‘4t isn’t time to think of making a will yet.” When David Garrick ostentatiously dfs- played to the great lexicographer his pic- tures, china, rare books and furniture at Hampton Court the sage exclaimed, “Ah, David, David! these are things that make a. death bed terrible.” A story 1s told of a dying miser, by whose bedside sat the lawyer, receiving instruc- tions for the preparation of his last will and testament. “I give and bequeath,” re- peated the attorney, aloud, as he com- menced to write the accustomed formula. “No, no,” interrupted the sick man, “I will neither give nor bequeath anything. I can- not do it.” “Well, then,” suggested the man of law, after a few moments’ consid- eration, “suppose we say lend—‘I lend until the last day.’” “Yes, that will do better,” assented the unwilling testator, BOUNTY ON EXPORTS Seoretary Morton's Reply tc Some Remarks on His Quoted Views. He Asks Where the Government Would Get the Money for Bounty if Not From the People. Secretary Morton today wrote the follow- ing reply to a commuication received from a New York periodical relative to a pro- posed expcrt bounty on agricultural pro- ducts: = I received this 7th day of August, 1895, proof sheets of an alleged discussion by the Secretary of Agriculture with some newspaper man relative to a bounty on agricultural exports. I quite agree with you that it will be-very difficult to define the meaning of the first sentence which I am alleged to have uttered relative to this subject. I did say: “If it will pay to raise and ex- port agricultural products, there is no bounty needed. And if it will not pay to raise and export agricultural products, no bounty should be given.” I observe your comments upon my al- Iusion to section 9, paragraph 5, of the Con- stitution, which says: “No tax or duty hall be laid on articles exported from any state.” . This reference seems to intensely amuse you, and you remark: “A duty or a tax would compel the producer of the export to pay a fine to the government; a bounty on exports would compel the government to pay a fee to the exporter. So the prop- osition dyes not in the least degree con- flict with any portion of the Constitution.” Be kind enough to explain to your read- ers how ths bounty is to be raised to vay the producer of agricultural products fcr his exports, except by taxation upon the people. Has the government of the United States a single dollar that is not taken from the pockets of ‘iis citizens by means of taxation? ‘Will you also explain the discrimination which you make between the government and the people when you cay: “A tax would compel the exporter—that is, the citizen—to pay a fine to the government, but a bounty compels the government to pay a fee to the Cecil ye Yours respectfully, J. STERLING MORTON. o——__—__ SUPERSTITION NOT DEAD. Its Effects Still Manifest Even Among Educated People. ‘From the London Spectator. -A French or Italian peasant will do noth- ing which is opposed to certain apopthesms registered in his mind as dogmas, and an Asiatic peasant is tound hand and foot by a whole system of beliefs in omens which cramp his energies. Mr. Zangwill declares that his fellow tribesmen are still bound in these withes. There ts not an Asiatic in the world who would dare to go dead against the warnings of his horoscope; and very few Europeans of ,the continent who will stride forward resolutely on an under- taking the beginning of which has been marked by a stumble or a failure. We all know the annoyances to which the belief In the superstition about thirteen subjects the Bnglish dinner givers, while on the continent it is difficult, and in Paris impossible, to let a house with the number thirteen on the door. Even the iron logic of French functionaries gives way before that belief, and proprietors of rows are per- mitted to register the thirteenth house as 12B. We have never ourselves met that particular superstition in England, and have been a little amazed by an assurance that it stil! lingers among the uncultivated, that it affects the rent of the “unlucky” number in the poorer quarters, and that he number increases the eagerness of ser- ‘vants to be sure of the character of em- ploygrs before they are engaged. Nothing in the world so deteriorates cour- age as superstition. European sailors will not move ff this side of their nature is once aroused, and Asiatics, even Chinese, seem to grow demented with fear. An Arab will face ony Enns except the idea of an appari- tion, and who have known the Zulus deciare that these exceptionally brave war- riors, who care nothing about death, will scream with terror - run like hares if they fancy themselves ‘bewitched.’ It is cowardice pure and simple which makes our own poor so callous to the suffering of witches, and the kind of disease which once” broke out in Massachusetts,and led to such frightfal cruelties against-all who were de- nounced by Cotton Mather and his asso- olates, was nothing but an epidemic of fear. + We hardly comprehend why this side of th® matter is so habitually unnoticed, or why a gamekeeper who would face a tiger or five poachers with a light heart ts not ashamed of himself when he retreats to his gottage because he has seen a magpie on big left. One would expect him, even if he believed his own queer theory of causation, te damn the oe and go on; but super- stition long indulged kills out within its range all ordinary manliness. We will not venture to say that a Prussian regiment would run from a spook !f it thought it saw one, for fear of being accused of be- littling the German army, but that it would wish to run and only be held in by dis- cipline we are very sure. To see genuine Christians fretting be- cause they are sitting down thirteen at dinner fs to see an absurdity which in- creases one’s Rees of the tenuity of the bold which logic has even over the dest minds. They~ would be ashamed to admit thet they thought there was some- thing independent of the will of God which haa to be taken into account, yet unless they believe that God imposed that whim- sical rule that is. what they must really mean. They had much better refuse to dine at a publio dinner where theré are fifty guests, because of that number; if we accept tle registrar general’s averages, one is almost certain to die within the year. Yet a decent alderman, who will dine hap- pily at the Fishmongers with fifty convives, will admit that his dinner was spoiled he- cause at a private entertainment he count- ed only twelve other guests. ——+ee+____ THE HEN WAS ADVANCED. She Left Her Brood, but a Gobbler Be- came Their Protector. From the St. Louls Republic, Potwin place, the aristocratic suburb of Topeka, Kan., whose beautiful streets,lovely homes and green lawns charm the visitor, has an additional attraction which Judge J. T. Clark takes special pride in exhibiting to his friends. Last spring he purchased a pair of fine bronze turkeys and placed them in the yard with the other fowls. In due time the female turkey had a nest full of eggs, while the gobbler spent his time in strutting around and making himself gener- ally conspicuous till his mate began to sit. For a few days the poor gobbler, being left alone, moped around the yard, the very pic- ture of loneliness. About that time one of the hens that had @ small brood of chickens partly reared con- cluded that they were old enough to take care of themselves and left them. This proved the disconsolate gobbler’s oppor- tunity. He made up his mind to adopt the abandoned breod, but the trouble was to get the consent of the little chicks, and he Set about the task with the most patient and untiring persistency. In the end his efforts were crowned with the most complete success, The chickens follow him as closely as if he was their real mother, and he wanders around with them all the day, making a cooing sort of a cluck, apparently happy and devoted <o their protection, and at night they go to roost With him, some on his back or under his wings. come off with her brood the gobbler still continues his care and attention to his adopted family. It would be just as easy, however, to ai count for the eccentricities of Judge Clark’ gobbler as it would to fathom the peculiari- ties of a hen belonging to Charles Owsley, a farmer who lives six miles east of Weir City. Owsley’s hen has built a complete nest in the forks of an apple tyee, ten feet from the ground. The nest is composed of twigs, straw and pieces of saps | twine. Three weeks since she commenced laying eggs and continued business regularly until the nest was robbed-by bad boys. Nothing daunted, Biddy continued to lay in her ele- vated nest, which now contains several eggs. Mr. Owsley will not disturb her, but is curious to see how she will handle her brood when she hatches out one. Owsley says this is strictly a Kansas hen, as none other would take such @ new departure. And ever since the turkey has" THE DESTROYER’S CONFESSION. He Wreaked Vengeance on His Wife's Saratoga. From the Detroit Free Press. “I was a baggageman on a passenger train on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road for five years before I came east,” sald the one-story man with the yellow goates. In my day no man on the face of this earth could beat me at trunk handling, and I got the name along the route of ‘The Destroyer.’ I expect I did Smash a few hundred trunks yearly, but ¥ wasn’t half as bad as they tried to make me out, I had a curious notion about new trunks. I never got hold of one but I didn't just ach> to smash it, while I han- dled the old ones with all a mother’s care. I think I got malicious about it, but the feeling was beyond my control.” ‘And what?” I queried. ‘Well, one day on the run up to Chicago, there came aboard a particularly hand- scme Saratoga. I was mad that day, any- how, and I no sooner got hold of that big trunk than I saw a way to work off :ny bile. As soon as the train got under way * and I had checked off my numbers, I took off my. coat and vest and went in for a row with Saratoga. I banged her and slammed her and knocked her about and jumped on her, and in the course of fifteen minutes she was the saddest wreck you ever saw. began By the by, when I got cooled off, I to wonder how I could explain the damages to the owner, and while thus engaged, it seemed as if some of the contents scat- tered about had 2 familiar look.” “Yes, I am listening.” “I gathered them up and hunted up the end of the trunk to look for the name. I found certain initials which sent cold chills up my back. I wasn’t dead sure yet, but was feeling like a fool, when a woman came into the car, saw that wreck, and uttered a wild shriek.” 3 “Yes, she was the owner, of course.” ‘Yes, of course.” ‘And how did you get out of the scrape?” “I never got out of the scrape. I’m in it x It is thrown up to me every day of my e “Then the woman was—" “My wife! Yes, she was going up to Chi- cago on a visit, and, unknown to me, had planked down $28 for the Saratoga to pack her duds in. I had tackled and wrecked our own family property, and though I have bought her silks and satins and diamonds since then, she won't let up on me. It got out among the boys and I just had to leave the road. It got into the papers and I had to leave Burlington.” ——— -.-+e+-____ THE SWEATER FOR GIRLS. A Garment That is Easily Pat on and _Fits Well. From the San Francisco Examiner. - . The return of the jersey seems imminent, and the sweater seems an evolution of the useful and elastic garment. The trouble about the sweater is its thickness, and it would seem impossible to adopt it except in rather cool weather. Men wear these*con- venient garments at all seasons, and ath- letes declare that heavy woolen is neces- sary to prevent chilling. Women as a rule are not fond of thick and warm garments. However, many of the swell sportswomen who are devoted to athletic amusements, such as yachting, cycling, rowing, golf and tennis, have adopted the English sweater with effusion: A woman with a fine form shows up extremely well in a sweater, ming clitigs to the figure without a wrin- Garnet, red, navy and ‘royal blue, black and cream are the favorite colors; they are of several different weaves, some fancy and others plain and ribbed. They are put. on over the head and fasten with small bullet buttons on the shoulder, others are laced with silken cord on one side; the most perfect-fitting ones are ribbed like the top of a man’s hose for about the depth of five inches at the waist tine; this adjusts them closely to the figure. The sieeves at = wrist are treated in the same manner. well-topped sleeve which subscribes to the fashionable craze is stylish, but rot sensi- ble. For bicycling a large sleeve is not de- sirable, as it adds weight to the costume, catches the wind and retards the cpeed of the rider. Although the sweater has its drawbacks there are many argumenie in its-favor, and for boating, cycling, fishing, etc., it is emi- nently well adapted. The sweater has an air of jaunty independence, and is natty, becoming and comfortable. The athletic girls who ate fond of wearing quasi-mascu- line garments have adopted the sweater with effusion. English women are devoted to the sweater. It is safe to predict that the wearing of the jersey will follow, than which no more delightful garment was ever invented. ———~o-—____ A Battle Between Bees. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. On the farm of William Payne, near Blue Ash, @ combat of novel description was witnessed this morning. A hive of bees owned by him swarmed last Thursday, after which they were hived in the regular Way, and appeared to be doing well. Barly this morning a swarm of bees from some neighboring hives appeared flying over the garden, and they instantly dived down m the hive of the new settlers and com- pletely covered it. In a little time they began to enter the hive, .and it became completely filled. 2 * A loud buzzing noise was heard, and the work of destruction immediately cnsued. ‘The winged combatants then left the hive, a ‘furious battle commenced in upper air hetween the two parties. They were s0 thick in the air that they appeared over- head @ @ small cloud. The fight apps | with for some time. Hundreds ¢: bees were dropping to the ground dead end wounded. The victory was wapeigs id the first settlers, who dropped on an a . cent apple tree and were afterward put back in their hive, apparently satisfied. He Didn’t Stay. From the Philadelphia Record. “Speaking of Turkish baths,” sald a traveling man the other day, “I saw the queerest one in existence last week in Atlanta, Ga. I was hot and dirty from @ long, dusty ride, and inquired of the hotel clerk if there was such a thing as a Turk- ish bath establishment.in the town. He as- sured me there was, and directed me ho’ to find it. It was a funny little place, wil one slab and one attendant. After I had taken the steam I reclined upon my back on the slab to be rubbed down. After time the attendant told me to turn ovef, I had no sooner changed my position w my eye was attracted by some lett carved upon the surface of the slab. raised myself up and saw it was an in- scription which read: “Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Jane Haw- kins. Born Sept. 17, 1800, died Aug. 8, 1874. “I told the man I didn't think there was any necessity for his finishing the job, an got out as soon as J could. I afterw: found that the slab had been originally @ tombstone, and had also served as a re- ceptacle for dead bodies in the morgue, Some time ago they built a new mor, and the proprietor of the establishment got it cheap.” ———+2+—___ Brice Family Portraits. Gath in the Chicago Times-Herald, The feature of the salons at Senator Brice’s is the large painting by Carolus Duran of Mrs. Brice and her daughters, Helen and Kate, life-size figures. The cele- brated artist gave his subjects twenty-one sittings, and the last finished the picture as It stands. He prescribed the colors and textures and dress features. The young ladies stand each side of their sitting mother, ber dark clothes and sables te- Meving their silks, the elder child in profile, the younger and mother looking toward the spectator; the background is a dark red. One young lady has a cape or jacket, dark, _ with red lining, worn loose; the other is in her light lead silk, fitting her slender, tall figure. Both ere in dress, the mother not was a trial of the artist position to place other than adolescent misses in this maturing trio. Miss Helen is noted for her repose, Miss Kate for her lively spirits. They make e pair of resem- bling sisters, though different in com- plexion. . ——— A Cycle In Cathay. From the Loulsvilie Western Recorder. “Better fifty years in Europe than a c; in Cathay,” wrote Tennyson, thinking had made a fine contrast, But now Dn H. Graves tells us that ‘O88 ty thay” is just sixty years. ————_+e+_____ fine contrast vanishes, Ifred S.Love, vice president of the ai nia Prison Society, bas wri Morton & plea for clemency ¢ of Marie Barberia,