Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1895, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES. MR. COXEY HERE Gratified at His Vote in the Recent Election. Making His Bond Bill a National Innue—May Run for President Next Year. Jacob S. Coxey of commonweal fame, and more lately candidate for Con- gress and for governor in Ohio on the popu- list ticket, is in Washington for a few days on private business. He expects to leave from here for a trip through the south, where he will continue his work for his tond bill. Speaking to a Star reporter to- day, Mr. Coxey said: “I cannot help feel- ing gratificd at the vote I received in Ohio at the last election. Over 52,000 persons cast their ballots for iae as governor, which is an indication of the spread of populism in one state. Yes, I am glad to say that the people are taking the non-interest-bearing bond bill in a serious manner, and that the idea is gaining strength daily. You remember its reception at the time the commonweal started from Massillon on its march to Washington. Well, in the last election it was the first and chief plank in the populist platform in Ohio, and 52,000 men voted in its favor. 2 “Yes, I am entirely affiliated with the populist party, and have high hopes that the bond bill will be made the thief plank in the national platform of that party next year.” “Would that mean your nomination for the presidency?” “Well, I am not quite preparedsto answer that question. My chief desire is to get the idea in the platform, and if the man goes with the idea all well and good. The old leaders of the populist party are not, I am sorry to say, entirely favorable to the bond bill, and, in my opinion, are wasting time figuring on the silver question. My investi- gations, however, lead me to the belief that tne rank and file of the party are with me. They want more money in circulation, and they don't intend to wait for the slow pro- cess of the mine. They demand that the printing presses be put to work, and the quicker the wheels begin to turn the better they will be suited. “In Oho this year the leaders in the populist convention fought strenuously against making the bond bill the chief is- sue. The subcommittee of the committee on resolutions threw {t out entirely. The whole committee. after a long fight, put it in at the end of the platform, but the convention took the matter up and placed it at the top of the platform, making it the chief issue, and placed me on it to still further emphasize their bellfef. I believe that about the same conditions will sur- round the next national convention of the populist party. In the meantime I intend to continue the work of brushing aside preju- dices and acquainting people with the theo- ry of my bill. We aré publishing a paper at Massillon, and I intend to keep on speak- ing in every state. During the last cam- paign I made 175 spedthes.” 4 —————— ADVICE TO BUFFALO'S POETS. They Really Should Not imagine That Crutches Rhymes W Manches. From the Buffalo Courier. . Something must be done about the poetry of this town. It appears to be getting worse every day. If this Is not true, most certainly it Is true thatthe writers of poor poetry are becoming frightfuily numerous in the community, and are giving it a shocking character abroad. We have a few poets of merit, but they sing rarely. They hoard their fine thoughts and their mellifiu- ous cadences and rhymes. The other sort, on the ccntrary—the sort which has no ear for rhyme, no sensibility to the movement of rhythm—is always rushing into print and driving the lovers of poetry distracted. Would that we had in Buffalo a reviewer of the savage temper of the Scotch worth- jes who early in the century took up the cudgels whenever the head of a poet dared show itself. The cause of true poetry would be advanced if some of our versifl- ers were ridiculed into silence, for as long as they are permitted to put their lines in- to print they will continue ignorantly to outrage every canon of prosody. It is almost incredible how many Buffalo poets have this autumn been making “time” rhyme with “thine,” or “nine” with “prime,” or “handsome with “mansion.” Nothing so soon betrays an absolute lack of the poetic gift as this rhyming of sylla- bles in which the vowels have the same sound and the consonants different sounds. It is done, too, by persons who sometimes give evidence of poetic “ideas. The other day a Buffalo poet wrote quite a clever bit ef verse, but spoiled it all by rhyming “crutches” with ‘‘munches” and “seem” with “ravire.” Possibly our easy-going poets think that these are small matters to censure, but it is as well for them to know that they may read all of Tennyson, all of Longfellow, all of Browning, all of Wordsworth, all of Lowell, or Aldrich, or Holmes, and neverq find these false rhymes. The employment of them shows that the verse writer has read very little good poetry, or that he has @s poor an ear for rhyme as some men have fer tune. If the young men and maid- ens of Buffalo think that they are gifted with the poetic fancy, let them learn to make good rhymes, and then see to it that their poetic feet do not wabble along in all kinds of step, like those of the fabled six- legged Geryon. ———— Marringe Licenses. The annual red-letter business of the mar- riage license clerk, characteristic of the Thanksgiving season, has begun, and will steadily increase until the office closes to- Morrow evening. Up to noon today the fol- lowing had secured certificates authorizing them to wed: Frank Warker and Parthenia_ Brooks; James Pierce and Emma Martin; Frederick Harting and Beulah V. Lyles, both of Alex- andria, Va.; Harry Schuring and Janna Timmer; William Fortune and Annie Price; Henry Gallagher and Louisa Betts; John T, Loveless and Nora Johnson; Nathan H. Roberts and Slener Zerine Hurdler; George Jackson and Katherine Holce Joseph Barrie and Maria Naylor; Henry Ferguson and Sydney Thompson; John Perroni and May Blodgett; Edward C. Brenner and Virginia M. White; John H. Fenwick and Susan I. Holmes; Moses Scott and Martha Hickman; Nelson R. Smith and Mary Elizabeth Schultz; Warren Annfield and Gracie Pendleton; James Gross and Se- ‘ way; Henry Nelson and Geneva Albert N, Wildman and Augusta Ovander W. Shepherd and Mary J. both of Albemarle county, Va.; Chas. oll and Mary A. Erlin E wson} rge R. Kelly William S$. Wingales and lames. Edgar Miller of go, Ill., and Katharine Wright hington; George T. Arncld and E ander, both of Prince George's coun- tae ty, Md.; Philip A, W. Jackson and Emma : Frank McClelland and Min- nile W. Reinhardt; James Ogle Billings- ley and Susi Watts Baker, both of Prine George's coun Va.; Felix McDon- ali and Margaret J. Hurl Moses G. Smith of Hyatt: le, Md., and -Clara V. Harvey of W: ingto} John H. Hamp- ehire of Baltimore, Md., 1 Mary Frances Costello of Monango, W. Andrew Carey and Laura Bell; John F. Bond and Nellie Smith; James W. Wel of Balti- more, Md., and Sarah E. Amich of Fred- erick county Rose Alice Riech. — Prof. Wayland'’s Lectures. Prof. Franéis Wayland of Yale University will deliver a course of lectures before the law department of Howard University the ; Philip J. Schwartz and present winter. This course has been ar- ranged through the courtesy of Senator Geo. F. Hoar of Massachusetts. ee Maxim Guns Reach the Frontier. Bpecial Cable Dispatch to the New York World. KINGSTON, Jamatca, November 25.—The Maxim guns sent forward by British Guiana on request of the imperial secre- tary of the colonies have reached the Vene- guel.n frontier, advices from Demarara re- port. Venezuela's troops on the border are sald to have been greatly excited on seeing them. Their commander protested against the guns being pointed his way. The British inspector of police replied that the guns were not loaded; that they were meant for defense, not aggression. This Ineldent increases the fear of a col- ANIMAL EXPRESSIO: . Resemblance to Dogs and Wo- man’s Likeness to Felines. From the London Daily News. A familiar example of a human and ani- mal likeness produced by, companionship in derraded tastes is the instance of the bull- dog. Mr. ill Sixes and bis hound grow to favor each other, though the dog (like the lion, as compared with the serpent in the “Morte d'Arthur”) is “the more natural beast of the twain.” The crushed nose, the slobber tips, all red and wet, the sporting patch over one eye, the tenacious aw and 4 certain indefexsible good humor, kindness and honesty make the bulldog one in type with the old British prize fighter. There are much worse types, as the spoiled, spiteful fine lady’s “King Charles” lapdog, or the pettifogging ‘toy terrier, or the slinking, nocturnal, disreputable lurcher, at the heel of the shnking nocturnal, disrep- utable oaf, its owner. If any mere human being could be as noble as a deerhound looks, or as honest as a mastiff looks, or as benevolent as a New- foundland can look, it would be the better for our race. But in expression these dogs are apt to excel all that humanity can do by way of performance. What makes them look so delightfully virtuous? Tne doctrine of evolution is probably at a loss here, for man, by the hypothesis, is a more highly developed animal than the dog, wherees the expression of the doz often indicates virtues not yet attained by man. Lord By- ron’s epitaph on Boatswain would not be cynical if the expressions worn by some dogs Were the flower of centuries of ex- emplary conduct in their ancestors. But probably there is some other explanation. hile man favors the dog, woman is clearly akin to the cat. Domestic in hab- its, fond of personal neatness, addicted to staying out all night, or nearly so, at par- ties, inclined to seratch if sat upon, inex- Plicable, ineffable, unfathomable and suy premely interesting,woman answers, among the higher vertebrates, to the cat. The Ro- mans, as soon as they had the cat (felis) called their daughters by the name of pussy (felicula). There is a funereal stone to the Manes of such a pretty puss at Alis- cans, the old Roman sepulchre near Arles. Our common language recognizes what is so obvious in the phrase for matrimonial disputes “‘a cat ‘and dog life.” “It is all cat now,” said the husband who nad been advised to make concessions for the sake of a quiet life. There is a good deal of the serpent in all cats, of the serpent which be- guiled our Mother Eve, and bequeathed {ts subtlety to her daughters. In Brittany the peasarts say that if you tread on a cat's tail a serpent will come-forth and bite you. The analogy, then between feline and femi- nine facial expression has been obvious in all stages of society. We mortals are also like frogs and marmosets, ravens and rab- bits, while Mr. Ruskin’s “self-made man” was very like a perch—a greedy, foolish fish. It is certain, however, that men's minds are not always to be judged on the evidence of features or expressions which they share with the clients of Aesop and Mr. Darwin. Physiognomy 1s fallacious, and he who looks like a lamb may be, in name, a Wolfe (of Quebec), and in nature —what the lion ought to be, but 1s not. ——+o+_____ COLLEGE SPIRIT AT CHICAGO. The University of the Windy City and Its Unique Position. Frem the Chicago Inter-Ocean. The University of Chicago occupies a unique position among American colleges for several reasons. It is not a develop- ment, but an entirely new creation. Its customs ‘and atmosphere, its methods of teaching and carrying out the hundred and one routine matters connected with a great university differ absolutely from those of any other American college. To the undergraduate, perhaps, no single point is the cause of so much wonder and criticism as the lack of organizations of any kind through which students at other colleges are accustomed to act and make themselves and their opinions felt. He en- ters the university with his head full of stories of Yale and Harvard class spirit and, if he has had as mentor one exper- ienced in college affairs, with a fixed deter- mination to join the athletic association, to become a conspicuous figure in class poll- tics, and, finally, perhaps, to be elected a member of some student board and direct the sentiment of the university through the college press. Every one of these fair hopes is destined to be dashed to the ground, for there is nc athletic association, there are no classes 3 organization is, therefore, an im ity, and all the college publications the two papers and the annual, are in the hands of private parties, and the university as a body has no more to say concerning the election ‘of editors and has no more right to express an opinion concerning the editorial policy than it has ¢o attempt tc control a great Chicago daily. Individualism re‘gns supreme. This may be a good thing in that it prevents thos boisterous outpourings of college enthu- siasm and the exciting contests connectec’ with college elections by first killing al traces of what is generally known as “col- lege spirit” and next removing the possi- bility of ever reviving it. Chicago Un‘yersity now is an educational institution; whether or not it ever becomes a university in the undergraduate sense seems to depend largely upon the contin- vance or cessation of the methods of con- ducting university affairs now in vogue. eS ‘THE DOG AND THE STUFFED BEAR. A Comedy of Errors Which Was En- joyed When Fully Explained. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Capt. Martin Hyland, the handsomest member of the Indianapolis police force, so the ladies of the North Side affirm, has, or did have, a favored dog, which was a household pet. Today the animal trudged down the street for the first time at the heels of his master, a privilege heretofore rot allcwed, and, as his dogship made him- self familiar with everything’ striking his fancy, he sudderly found himself con- fronted with a huge stuffed bear, standing In front of @ furrier’s establishment. With a yelp of alarm, the dog took to his heels. A bystander saw him running, and yelled “Mad dog!” and the cry went bowl- ing down the street ahead of the dog, until scores of people took up the shout and soat- tered for safe places, while thrice that number joined in a pursuit of Hyland, who was running to save his pet from harm, and was trying to allay the public excite- ment. The dog became frenzied with fright, and he lengthened himself in his mad filght until he looked like a weasel as he humped himself along the crowded pavement and broke for the open country at a gait which nothing could head off. Meanwhile those who didn’t see the.dog, but did see Hyland running, concluded to shout: “Stop thief!” and between a frighi- ened dog, a policeman in full uniform sprinting for dear life and an imaginary thief, there was more confusion to the square inch than is. usually seen, even in that city of eccentric and concentric circles. : -—& &e——__—— “A GIRL'S COLLEGE TRAINING. Importance of the Duties Belonging to a Wife and Mother. From Appleton's Popular Science Monthly. It is constantly impressed upon a boy dur- ing these four years that he must find out what he is good for; he must either be fit or ready to be fitted to do something which will have a definite market value. But the des- tiny of the girl who goes to college is care- fully concealed from her. During these four years, who says to her: If you marry, you will need biology, the sciences of life and reproduction; hygiene, the wisdom to attain and preserve health; sociology, the laws which govern individuals in society; chemis- try, physics, economics, all the sciences which may help to solve the problems which the housewife must meet; literature and language, the vehicles of poetry and inspira- tion? No one has the courage to suggest any of these as suitable—nay, absolutely es- sential—to the successful fulfillment of her probable vocation in life. Young women are turned blindly adrift among a mass of sub- jects, with no gulde but a perverted instinct, and with many a hindrance in the shape of tradition and ridicule. In all ages men have united in adoration of the dignity of domesticity and the sacred- ness of motherhood, yet any loving, foolish, untrained, inefficient creature has been held good enough to be a wife and mother. We do not expect a man to become a distinguish- ed engineer or a professor of Latin by study- ing a little Iterature, history, music and lan- guage; yet we expect a woman to undertake &n occupation for which, in this age at least, a certain definite kind of training 1s neces- sary, without anything more applicable than “general culture.” |THE OLMSTEAD WILL CASE Mr. Devis Concludes His Argument and Mr. Wilson Begins. Both Attorneys Spoke for Mr. Olm- stend—Case May Go to the Jury Tomorrow Afternoon. s Mr. Henry E. Davis, on behalf of Mr. John F. Olmstead, the sole beneficiary under the contested will of his wife, concluded his argument to the jury shortly before noon to- day, when Mr. Jere M. Wilson addressed the jury, also on behalf of Mr. Olmstead. Mr. Dayis characterizel the testimony offered on behalf of Mrs. Linda Hutchinson Webb, who is contesting the will of her sister, as consisting for the most part of mere servants’ gossip, particularly that re- specting the domestic life of Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead. But, on the part of Mr. Olm- stead, declared Mr. Davis, the testimony of some of the most distinguished people In the country had been offered, to the effect that the devotion of Mr. Olmstead and his wife for each other was as marked as it was loyal and kind. - The Will Not Unusual. Referring to the contention on the other side that Mrs. Olmstead had, in making her husband the sole and absolute beneficiary of her will, passed over those naturally the cbjects of her bounty, her mother, her sis- ter and niece, Mr. Davis declared that noth- ing was more natural nor more righteous than that a wife should give all she had to the husband she loved, or that a husband should give his all to the wife he loved. It was true, 2s claimed on their side, said Mr. Davis, that Mrs. Olmstead was under the Gomination of her husband, and bound to him by chains, “But, gentlemen,” exclaim- ed Mr. Davis, “his domination was love and the chains were of roses.” Mr. Davis did not deny that Mr. Olinstead lacked the features and grace of an Apollo Lelvicere, or that he was brusque, harsh, plain-spoken in his intercourse with men, but, he declared, even the witnesses of tMe other side pictured him in his home life as a loving, gentle and devoted husband. Hence, was it strange that his wife, asked Mr. Davis, should desire that he should have all she possessed or might thereafter pessess? Over Two Years Before Contest. The will in question, explained Mr. Davis, was admitted to probate in September, 1889, wiihout the slightest objection on the part of Mrs. Webb, although she had becn given full notice. It was not until Decem- ber 23, 1891, said Mr. Davis, that Mrs. Webb filed her rotice of contest. That fail- ure to sooner contest the will was a pre- sumption upon which the jury, said Mr. Davis, might base a belief that for two years tnd <hree months Mrs. Webb be- lieved that her sister knowingly did just what sbe had every right under the law of God and man to do. The truth of the whole matter was, said Mr. Davis, in conclusion, that the other side had resorted to the fiimsiest and most fragmentary bits of testimony, gleaned, for the most part, from the kitchen, to take from a devoted husband that which a de- voted, loving little wife had provided for him as she lay almost within the portals of death. Mr. Wilson on the Evidence. Mr. Wilson addressed himself to a discus- sion of the evidence introduced on the oth- er side, claiming that {t not only utterly fafled to sustain their claim of domination on the part of Mr. Olmstead over his wife, but it also wholly failed to show that Mrs. Olmstead lacked testamentary capacity, or that her will was procured through the fraud of her husband. Counsel tn the case thought today that the arguments would conclude in time to allow the jury to take the case tomorrow afternoon at the latest. —._—_ A NEW CAMERA. The Old Scheme of Patching Seg- ments Unnecessary. i From the New York Herald. Ever since the photograph was invented there seems to have been a desirc on the part of operators—professional and ama- teur—to secure as much of a view as pos- sible on one plate, and many spherical lenses have been made to accomplish this purpose. An extended view on one plate has been at the sacrifice of perspective, and the views, whether landscape or in- teriors, have been very much distorted, even within a comparatively limited tield. ‘The normal view to the eye Is safely within 40 to 45 degrees. Cameras have been made by whicn 80 and sometimes 90 degrees have been secured; but the latter always with the defects already spoken of —viz., violent distortion of perspective. One method utilized to accomplish this extended field of vision has been to take on one piate a portion of a view, and then to swing the camera around, taking another section, and repeating the operation until quite an extended view has been secured. These plates were matched later, but the photgraphs always showed the lines be- tween the various negatives, while the dis- tortion In perspective has been very pal- pable. All these obstacles have been removed by an invention, consisting practically of two cameras—one within the other. The main camera box or case 1s semi-cylindrical in form, and on the inside is a sensitive film, which is wound from one spool to another, a3 the successive pictures are taken. The small camera (which is on a pivot) is start- ed on its revolution, and exposes the film to successive portions of the view to be photographed, by directing light rays from the progressive portions of the view toward successive portions of the plate or film. The inventor starts with the idea of a lens which has a narrow horizon of long focus, and hence is entirely free from dis- tortion. The portion of the film exposed to the view at one time Is only about a quar- ter of an inch in width by the height of the camera. The camera makes a picture 8 by 40 irches, usually occupying from one to three seconds In the half revolution. This move- ment is controlled by clock work and can be made to go fast or slow, as the necessi- ties of the occasion dictate. If the entire half revolution is made in two seconds, the exposure of each part of the film is about one-eighieenth of a second. Hence it re- produces moving objects, waves, clouds, etc., with great a THE SAFEST OF RISKS. An Ingenious Point Which Did Not Occur to the Insurance Agent. From the Chicago Record. After moving a large stock of goods into a building in the wholesale district the owners learned that they could get no in- surance. The building was on the “black list” of the Insurance companies, because one of the tenants had already burned out four times under suspicious circumstances, and apparently with pecuniary profit to him- self. It was, therefore, impossible for this ten- ant to get insurance from any company, and the boycott went so far as to include any building that harbored him or his stock of goods. The business concern that had moved in- to the “blacklisted” building was much dis- turbed. The head of the firm went to an insurance agent and said: “I wish you could arrange it in some way to insure our stock.” “I'm sorry,” replied the agent; “but the companies have no confidence in that man on the floor above.” “He can’t get insurance, eh?” “Not a cent’s worth. They’re onto him all along the line.” “Well, do you think there’s any danger of a fire in that building as long as he's not insured?” “Well, I should say not. of that before.” The firm received its policy at once. —_——_+o+—_____ Always in Stock. From the Chicago ‘Tribune. Dyspeptic Customer—‘The doctor says coffee isn’t good for me,-and I must quit I never thought drinking it. Haven't you some preparation that makes a good substitute for coffee?” Groce Yes, sir. Our ‘Pure After Din- ner Javi ground, at &@ cents a pound, ady 1s an excellent—er—imitation, THIEVES’ VEHICLES. In London Cabs With False Numbers Are Used by Them. Ficm Tid-Bits. Is the report true about there being in London bogus cabs with false numbers, and so on? asked a frequent contr:butor of one of the best-known detective inspectors of Scotland Yard. It is quite true, and is done far oftener than the public ever suppose, so that fol- lowing a cab clue where clever professional thieves are concerned is often hopeless. An inconspicuous private hansom is used, and both cab and driver's number displayed are false. Often enough we receive the most positive instructions, on the faith of notes made by hotel porters and shop commisstonatres, that a certain man left in a cab of a given number. We seek out that cab, and find beyond a doubt that the cab was never out at the time m question, and we have a regular List now of numbers which we posi- tively know have been counterfeited. In one case where a swell shoplifter had driven round from one jeweler's to another, no fewer than nine distinct badges and num- bers were used in one day. Four-wheelers are regularly and constant- ly used by thieves—the same system of false numbers being one of the precaut‘ons used —for such a vehicle is a fine one for con- veying stolen goods that are not too heavy. Only recently we had informat‘on of a four- wheeler which is got up to look exactly I'ke the vehicles used by commercial travelers as they call from place to place. It drove up close behind the vehicle of a jeweler’s traveler and stopped at the same trades- man’s door, a very smart traveler alighting and entering a shop near. The driver of the bogts vehicle tried to get irito conversation with the driver of the real one, pretending that there was some thing wrong w'th the horse of the latte: The genuine driver got down and was ex- amining his horse, never doubt-ng the char- acter of the other conveyance, when, hap- pening to glance up, he saw the swell traveler entering vehicle number one, the real thing, in fact. The man made a hasty excuse, pleading that he had mistaken the cabs—but we know that he has made the same mistake many times, and successfully on_two occasions. Smart traps are generally the convey- ances used by burglars and the generality of thieves other than swell ones. It is most difficult to trace these—which generally be- long to some regular member of a gang— because the name on them is blacked out and another painted on in whitewash let- ters, or several different pickings out in paint are done at quiet stages of the jour- ney, and the markings of the horse.or pony are changed by means of white and other washes. You would be surpr:sed how often and how easily this is done, especially at night. Perambulators are amazingly useful ve- hicles to thieves, such as housebreakers, burglars, and so on, and the apparently in- nocent laundress, seen first thirlg in the morning taking a “pram” full of clothes, has often enough been to fetch some “swag” or ether, ——_ -+e+ “OLD WOMAN.” She Was No New Woman, but She Could Manage Her Husband. From the New York World. She was small and wiry and maybe forty. She did not pose as a new woman—in fac:, “he” called her the “old woman.” She did not wear bloomers. She wore a calico dress, skimpy in the skirt and ragged at the elbows and her wisp of hair was done up in a hard knot at the back of her head. There was a certain “set” to her sharp chin as she turned the corner of 3d avenue and saw him leaning against the lamp post which was ominous. He saw her com- ing. “There’s the old woman,” he said, and slipped into the side door. A minute later she waiked in at the “family entrance.’ What happened within is not histor: “Dinner cn the table,” she was saying, as she drove him before her through the side door into the cold world, “since 11 o'clock!" and her voice went up an octave. “You—good-fer-nothing loafer! You—you" —she went on shrilly, embarrassed as to epithets by the richness of his deserving. 'He"’ was large and lumber:ng and meck- eyed. He slouched hastily through the fathering crowd, but the “old woman” fol- lowell. “Lemme ‘lone!"" he protested, as she took es by the slack of his coat and headed yi" she shrieked, derisively. “I a Git" She propelled him several feet forward. He stopped and looked around hesitatingiy. “t,aln't a-goln’ home, I say, to be jawed She marched him forward. When he stopped a volley of words goaded him on Large and lumbering and meek-eyed he slouckei unwi lingly at the head of the pro- cession, with half the neighborhood in the rear. A policeman stood on the far corner grin- ning. There's the woman for you!’ he com- mented, cheerfully. “A few more like that would be worth a dozen police for keeping the corners clear.’ Sry he ee TWENTY FEET OF DIPHTHERIA, ‘The Boa Constrictor Had a Very Bad Case of It. From the Indianapolis Journal. The board of health has had a case cf diphtheria reported which is out of the or- dinary, for the patient is a snake. For several weeks there has been diphtheria in the family of Willlam Schissel, 374 South Capitol avenue. Yesterday W. E. Jones, sanitary inspector, went to the num- ber given for the purpose of fumigating the hcuse and taking down the card. “Are you all well?” asked Jones. “No; we have a new patient. The pet of the household was taken sick this morning and has a bad case of diphtheria.” Jones entered and went with Mr. Schissel to take a look at the patient. Tle inspe>- tor sprang back when a door was opened and he observed lying on the floor‘a huge snake. Mr. Schissel told htm not to be alarmed, for he has seventeen others, and they were all harmless. Mrs Jones did not know at the time that Mr. Schissel has been in the side-show business and the snake, on the floor was one of the stock in trade? The sick snake lay on his stomach, with his eyes swollen, half sput. His brea came as if with great difficulty. His he was hot, and Mr. Schissel declared he was very ill with a high fever. The owner took the snake's head in his hands and tenderly opened the mouth. The throat was red and inflamed, and the characteristic diph- therle patches were observable. Mr. is sel said the snake had been ill about tw days, and he firmly believed the’ disease ad teen contracted from the diphtheria ir his family. The reptile is being doctored. and, should other means prove useless, an- titoxin may be tried. The snake is of the gentle and amiable boa constrictor family. He is so Ill that a plump spring chicken is no temptation to him. No symptoms of the disease have been observed among the nh Sanitary Officer Jones was pretty well satisfied that the boa constrictor had diph- “theria, but the members of the family have all recovered, and it was time for the card te come down. The law makes no pro- vision tor placarding houses where snakes have diphtheria, and, under the circum- stances, Jones thought the best thing to do was to take down the card. pate Hawaii's Executive Bullding. From the Paradise of the Pucific, Honolulu. One of the most conspicuous buildings of Honolulu is the executive building, the for- mer residence of the ruler of Hawaii, now used by the present government. It is of pretty, modest architecture, built of brick and covered with cement. It stands in spacious grounds, filled with many varie- ties of palms and other tropical foliage. The interior is finished In many kinds of native woods. These woods are exquisite in color and capable of the highest degree of polish. On gala nights it becomes a per- fect fairyland, with its wide verandas and beautiful grounds hung with hundreds of brightly colored lanterns, and every avail- able spot decorated with some dainty de- vice in the ferns and fiowers that can al- ways be found in this land of perpetual sunshine. It was finished during the reign of King Kalakaua, In 1882, at a cost ot about three hundred and fifty thousand dol- lars, the expenses being borne by the tax- payers of the islands. sos The biggest Masonic fair ever held Jn the west opened In Detroit yesterday. It ts the first use made of the new Masonic Temple, which is the finest building in the world de- votel exclusively to Masonry, and will cost over $500,000. THE COMING CONVENTION Many Think It Will Not Be Controlled by the Mother Dioc-se Laws, They Argue That It Will Have All the Features of a Constitu- tional Body. Many churchmen take exception to the views expresed by Mr. Abert in an inter- view published in yesterday's Star. Mr. Abert held substantially that the convention to meet December 4 must be governed by the laws of the diocese of Maryland until it has a body of laws of its own. Those who op- pose this view of Mr. Abert contend that 80 soon as the primary convention is or- ganized and becomes a body capable of mak- ing law it has complete control of its own proceedings, and can make its own rules without regard to the canons of the mother diocese. Otherwise, it is claimed, it might be necessary to wait for weeks, or perhaps months, before the convention could hope to Perform the important duties before it. They say that the fact of the diocese be- ing a new one and being put into existence by the convention, invests the convention with all the features of a constitut‘onal body; that the assembly will have the right to exert all the functions of a constitutional gathering and will not be under the neces- sity of submitting anything to subsequent action of the parishes, inasmuch as the parishes will be represented at the meeting for the sole purpose of providing a govern- ment for the new diocese as wel! as an ex- ecutive to administer it. They say the con- vention will depart from the old constitu- tion to the extent of naming the new dio-- cese and argue that if it can be departed from in one instance it may be in others also. As soon as the convention assembles it will be proposed by those who entertain this opinion to submit the question of these changes to a committee. It is said the committee may be appointed by the presiding oflicer, or may he elected by the convention. The commitiee will deter- mine whether it is desirable to bring the question up at once, and action will be taken on that report, elthcr sustaining or rejecting it. It is expected that vigorous dtscussion wi!l precede inal action, for the advocates and opponents of the proposi- San are strongly intrenched in their opin- ous. 3 ee COACHING TECHNIQUE. Fine Points in the Art of Handling Horse: From the St. Louis Glove-Democrat. The etiquette of the driving box Is so well defined and so particular in small de- tails that to pass muster before judges who know their business requires a great Geal of knowledge and experience. Take the New York horse show for instance. You will probably find there the highest devel- opment of the driver's art, and the person who can tool coach to the satisfaction of its judges has to be up to date in his knowledge. An instance of how closely turnouts are judged occurred last year, when the competition for tandems resolved itself down to two turnouts. For a long time the judges weighed the merits of the two tandems as they passed in review, and the prize was finally awarded to Mr. Tyler, because his opponent had buckles on the cruppers and had carelessly forgot- ten to close the end-gate of his cart, which was considered bad form, as he was driving without a man. One of the qualifications for membership in the New York Coaching Club is that you must know how to “catch a whip.” The meaning of this expression and its import- ance when one is tooling a coach and four is not generally understood. ‘The whip used on a coach has a stock six or seven feet long and the thong is usually about twelve feet. This makes about five or six feet of the thong that has io be taken care ot when ‘he whip is not in use.- To do this, when the driver throws his lash out te touch his horses, in returning it, he catches the point in his whip-hand, and throwing the thong in the air, he strikes it with the stock some distance up from tne point of the lash, so that it winds itself about the stock and remains there out of the way. When he wishes to use it again, by a sim- ple movement of the wrist ne unwinds the thong and then throws out the lash where he wishes. This is all Jone with one hand. In fact, to drive properly, the right hand should be for the whip and the left for the reins. At no time should a gentleman driver have his whip out of his hand. It is extremely bad form. But to exhaust the subject of the etiq: e of driving would be an endless task, so if you will excuse me. I will take my street car, where etiquette has ceased to be a virtue; where bad ser- vice has hardened the consciences of men so that they can now retain their seats, no matter how many women may be standing, without the least uneasiness. FOODS OF ALL NATIONS. the Wide Range of Provender Used by Different Races. From Home Notes. Tastes certainly differ vastly in the mat- ter of foods with various nations, and so do appetites. An Italian, for Instance, would he content with a piece of bread and grapes for a day's food, while an Esquimau in the same time would demolish twenty pounds of flesh, and a Tartar perhaps even more. However, quality and not quantity is the matter of greater interest, and certainly here we have plenty of variety. The nose of the moose deer fs considered a great delicacy by the New Brunswicker, while the fins and tall of the shark are esteemed as specially nourishing and delicious by John Chinaman. The Celestial has also a fine taste in un- hatched ducks and chickens, sea slugs, fish maws, birds’ nests, and many other deli- cacies unknown In unenlightened Europe. In Polynesia raw sharks’ flesh ts much relished, and it ts openly sold in the market of Havana. On the Gold coast the negroes rank shark amongst such highly-esteemed delicactes as alligator and hippotamus. We ourselves revel in turtle, and yet we decline to have anything to do wh tortoise, though very large amount of the soup in Italy and is made of the land tortoise bolled down to a strong essence, Land tortoise are also much appreciated in some of the West Indian islands, end in North America the of the close tortoise are reckoned a eat delicacy. In both North and South America the flesh and the eggs of the salt water terrapin are considered a luxury. Skilifully cooked, even the hideous, sealy iguana is rendered very palatable, far its flesh resembles chicken with the flavor of turtle. If stewed or cur- ried it Is as good as rabbit or chicken, and the soup made from it is excellent.’ The eggs of reptiles are wonderfully good, and rone are Weiter than those of the iguana and the land tortoise. Crocodiles, lizards and frogs are all eaten by various people, and the first Is very often excelient food, re- sembling veal or pork, but some kinds have a fishy flavor that is exceedingly disagrec- able. Alligator tastes somewhat like suck- ing pig, and at Manilla is sold for food prices, while the Chinese greatly value the dried skin for making the gelatinous soups to which they are so partial. A Ball Costume. From Truth, He—“I intend to wear a Henry VIII cos- tume at the Patriarchs’ ball, so that you will be sure to recognize me."’ She—“Oh, dear me! I've ordered an Anne Boleyn costume. Isn't it horribly suggest- ive?”* Bos racket days our stumn MR. MINER STOOD PAT. The Reason He Did So Never Parallel- ed in Any Other Poker Game. From the N. ¥. Herald. Representative Henry Clay Miner knows a good poker hand when he sees it, but he was almost stricken with apoplexy when he skinned over the hand he dealt himself when ‘he last crossed the ocean on the steamship New York. In the ancient days, when the theatrical member of Congress was just plain “Harry Miner and when he iped to nourish and sustain struggling political organizations, he spent much tine o' nights in learning the mystery and art of the game of draw poker. Indeed, he had a theory that a man who could “sit in” at the Comanche Club and escape in the cold, gray dawn with his soul and his watch still in his possession Was something of a guud player. H's ex- perience on various transatianiic liners con- i He made no secret of s one of the best play- ers of draw that ever flourished. Mr. Miner's ill fortune on board the New York jolted his tueory very hard. “The trouble is that these cards are hoo- deoed,” exclaimed Mr. Miner, late in the afternoon of his fourth losing day. “They've all had red backs. No’ let's get a pack with green backs for luck.” The new pack was brought. Mr. Miner shufiled it a little and dealt. Everybody came in. The age man, Mr. Weir, stood pat. Mr. Miner, in a whisper, asked a friend who sat behind him to look over his hand. His friend said the cards were all right. or vant to ask you whether everything Boe: Mr. Miner exclaimed to his fellow players. ‘I've never traveled on the Amer- ican line before, but’ I must say they keep the most remarkable cards I ever saw. I've got—” “Come on! Come on! talk us out of our money. Everything goes!” chorused the other players. Mr. Miner dealt to every one but Mr. Weir and himself. The others stood one round of bets and dropped out. “I've got you beaten,” cried Mr. Miner, raising his friend a quarter. “Umph!" snorted the age man, shoving up two blue chips. They raised each other a dozen times. The western man finally ex- claimed: “I call you, though I’ve got four queens.” “Not worth a cent!” shouted Mr. Miner, laying down five tens. The others remem- bered their rash admission that everything went and feil into a trance from which they were roused only by prompt exhibitions of Scotch and potash. They examined the new pack and found that it was shy of the jack You're trying to of clubs, and that the additional ten spot had been slipped in in its place. Mr. ner won only $20 by his rare bit of good for- tune, but if he were only on good terms with the Comanche braves today they would welcome him to the wigwam as the heap big medicine man of all good poker dealers. see SIAMESE CATS. A New Species of Blue Blood and Rare Beauty. From the Chicago Chronicle. J The Prince of Orleans, during his last visit to Siam, was very graciously received by the king. In exchanging the parting courtesies the Siamese ruler, as a special token of the high regard in which he held the prince, gave him three superb speci- mens of the royal Siam cats, A man who had always seen to the wants of these aris- toeratic felines was detailed to accompany the gift to France. As soon as they ar- rived in Paris the prince gave the precious cats in charge of M. Milne-Edwards, su- perintendent of this department in Jardin des Plantes. They have been installed in very commodious quarters, and are taking kindly to their change of home. There has been an addition to the family since its ar- rival, and a very respectable sum has been offered for the kittens, which, however, are not for sale. They are really extremely handsome spec- imens of the cat tribe, being of very pure blood Their pedigree, which, unfortu- nately, is written in Siamese, ts a terrifi- cally long one. In appearance these royal cats look somewhat different from the ordi- nary plebeian ones. Their bodies are a little more elongated, aot having that ten- dency to roundness so noticeable in the or- dinary house cat. An awkward cat is an impossibility, and the rbyal kiki Is the very ideal of graceful movement. They seem to be particularly strong in bone and muscle, which gives them the appearance of a pocket edition of curiously colored tigers. The family of these cats is a striking ex- ample of what good breeding will accom- ish. All of them are exactly alike, ex- cept that the females are a little larger than the males. They are beautiful in color, being of a silvery fawn in the body, and having their masks or faces of a glossy dark chocolate shade. The tips of their tails, the ears and feet are-also this color, which gives them a decidedly aristo- cratic appearance. Their eyes are in very striking contrast to those of our domesti- cated animal, being of a dark blue color. The pupils are jet black, but susceptible to the mosi violent changes, according to the humor of the animal. Sometimes the pupil looks like a superb amethyst, and then, again, it takes the hue of a fiery carbuncle. They seem to be of a much more gentle and sociable disposition than is generally found among the cat tribe. They rarely ever use their claws or teeth against any- body, unless greatly irritated or frightened. They are thorough aristocrats in the fullest sense of the word. No matter how much the Persian and other species of their kind endeavor to obtain social recognition from the royal Siamese, they always receive a most unmistakable snub instead. If a well- dressed visitor, be it gentleman or lady, comes up to their cage they are always graciously received by these cat snobs, but should a person approach whose attire is not up to their standard they make furious efforts to scratch such a presumptuous In- dividual. The cats have not as yet become thor- oughly acclimated, and are very susceptible colds. That they are expensive pets there can be no doubt, as from 1,000 to $5,000 frances has been offered and refused for some of the kitties. —-+ e--___ The South Africans. From Chambers’ Journal. The native tribes of SouthAfrica are speed- ‘ly becoming amenable to civilization. Un- like the red Indians and aborigines of Aus- tralia, the Kaffir does not die out as the white man proceeds to occupy his country; humane laws foster the wellbeing of the native. In Natal, especially, the increase in the black population is marked and rapid. This fine country, which, fifty years ago, contained only a few thousand of miserable “refugees, hiding and fleeing from the zav- ages of those awful tyrants, Dingaan and Chaka, now contains a* black population of about half a million rejoicing under the be- nign rule of the “Queen-Empress” Victoria. It may be that at times the younger men, during a beer-drinking bout, talk some non- sensical rant about retaking the country from the white man. These are speedily silenced by the old men, who will frequently bring both native wit and oratory to bear upon the young and impetuous braggadocios, who are speedily silenced when told that t great white queen’s “impi” (army) would crush any rebellion h one-tenth the ease with which the savage Zulu nation was sub- dued. The old men will tell of most awful remi- niscences, such as, “Don’t we remember when a man dare not put his head outside bis hut door, except at the risk of being brained by a knobkerrie or impaled on an assegai?” They will then wax eloquent on the safety and security of all native tribes under British rule. The Amaswagzi tribes were and still are anxious to come under our rule, rather than that of the Boers of the Transvaal republic; but their desire comes too late, as the Boers were entitled to claim a treaty with Great Britain, giving them the right to annex Swaziland—the latter con- sidering she has already as many black children on her hands as she can find nurses and nurseries for. This leads one to remark that the Kaffirs are, after all, only children, just emerging from heathen darkness and superstition. Their docility is wonderful; their faith in a white man, especially an Englishman, is great, and the progress of Christianity is the hope of the nation, accompanied by all the civilizing Influences of steam, electricity and modern inventions. soe Her Voluntary Act. on the Chicagy Tribune. “You sign this deed of your own free will, do ycu, madame?” asked the notary pub- | te | “What do you mean by that?” demanded the large, florid-faced woman. “I mean there has been no compulsion on art of your husband, has there?” " she ejaculated, turning to look at k litte man sitting behind her. d like to see him compulse mt!" THE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE How a Stout Old Sen Fighter Defended His Wooden Ships. Old Admiral Farragut said that the best defense against an enemy's xuns is not armor plate, but a fierce and well-directed return fire that will silence the foe. He believed in protecting his ships, but he relied for success upon good guns and brave men. Battles are won with them, not with armor. Now that the season fs changing It is unnecessary to recommend more protection for your body in the shape of clothing. But no fabric ever woven will keep out the autumn colds that fasten themselves upon the system so rapidly and stick so long. Doubtless you know people who, although lightly clad, never seem to tuke cold, while others cough and shiver, despite all thelr wrapping. The people of the first class, Mke Farragut’s ships, are de- fended from within. They have nerves stout as whipeord and blood that leaps with the Irre- pressible vigor of perfect health. Maybe they weresborn so, but in uncountable In- siances this condition resulted from a thnely use of 4 wholesome stimulant at the first approach of ‘old. The most popular stimulant for medicinal aud {ynily use is Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. Ex- perience has shown how completely, by stirring the lagging elrculation, it prevents congestion, and so helps the system to get rid of a cold. It whets tife appetite, tov. This is an important thing when you romember that people with a tad cold do not care for food. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey of itself retards waste of tissue, as #x- periments have shown, but its chief value lies In ite tonic qualities. Insist on having Duffy's, FULL OF FINE POINTS. Hundreds of Needles Taken From a Pennsylvanian Maiden. From the San Francisco Examiner, From the body of Melvina Morford, aged nineteen, of Sharon, Pa., physicians have ex- tracted at different times within the past three years over 800 needles and fragments of needles. How many are still imbedded in her flesh they do not pretend to say, but operations to remove the sharp pieces of steel have been necessary at Irregular inter- vals. The Zirl strenuously denies that she fills her skin with needles. She says that she has no idea where they come from. Her parents corroborate her statements, and have even kept close watch over her move- ments to detéct. if possible, whether the physicians’ theories are correct, but they say they have learned nothing. The opere- ticns are exceedingly painful, and the girl winces and exhibits all a maiden’s timidity under the pricks of the surgeon’s forceps. The mystery has never been satisfactorily explained. This is the story the parents tell: In July, 1891, when the girl was prob- ably fifteen years of age, she was playing with a companion around the house when she stepped on a paper of needles, a number of which penetrated her fiesh. She ran to her mother, who found but one needle pro- truding from the foot. This was extracted and nothing further was thought about the matter until two months later, when the girl began to suffer severe pains in the calf of the right leg. An examination showed that two needles, somewhat rusted, were werking through the skin and they were pulled out without much trougle. The family agreed that the needles’ had worked their way from the foot upward, and did not re- pert the case to a physician. In the spring of 1892, while the mother and daughter were visiting in Ohio, the girl developed a severe pain in the right side. A physician was call- ed, and to his intense surprise he found what appeared to be a mass of needles under the skin. Seven, in fact, were taken out before the skin healed over. Since that time the girl has never been free from pain. In December, 1893, the case fell into the hends of Dr. F. L. A. Burrows, @ regular physician in the town of Sharon, and he es- timates that ne has removed from the girl's flesh over 800 needles, many of them of large size, and all rusted and corroded, showing that they had been in the girl's fiesh for a lcng time. The attending physician cannot recall the exact number of operations he has performed, but he says that they have aver- aged about one a month since he has had charge of the case. The greater number of needles have been drawn from the girl's right arm just below the elbow. The highest number of needles ever re- moved at one time was fifty-seven, and this Was in the presence of several local physi- cians and citizens. ——_-+e-+_______ TO BUILD MOUNTAINS. Ingenious Scheme of 2 Chicago En- gwineer. From the San Francisco Chronicle, Between Charles C. Christensen, a me chanical engineer of Chicago, and Mahomet the mountain problem has been settled, and all the credit belongs to the mechanical en- gncer. Mr. Christensen is ready to supply Chicago with any style of mountain desir- ed, and, if it is wished, will furnish enough to make a whole range. The Chicago mountain idea was evolved by Mr. Christensen last July, while he was spending the summer in Colorado, and he brought it home with him and made a blue print of it. Mr. Christensen being the esti- mator for some big manufacturers of min- ing machinery, a citizen of the United States and a member of the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers, is not to be classed among the wild-eyed visionaries who have been amusing the public so many years. He has perfect confidence in his mountain scheme, and is supplied with ar- guments and figures to prove that It is not only practicable, but offers the opportunity for the making of several fortunes. He contemplates a mountain provided with all the modern conveniences, such as hotels, sanitariums, pavilions, flats, stores, restauran' natatoriums and stables, from which a constant revenue would be derived. Mr. Christensen’s mountains, as they are pictured in the blue print, ate built of steel and are hollow. They are covered on the inside with steel plates, shaped and painted to imitate cave formations, and the lower part of the walls is clad with thin layers of real rock. There are clusters and lines of incandescent lamps arranged on the ceil- ing and walls to represent precious stones, and electric fountain springs and water- falls to make the caves complete. The outside of the mountains {fs covered with steel plates, forming pockets of many different shapes and sizes, cemented and filled with soil, in which are growing pine and fir trees, mountain shrubbery and wild flowers. The exteriors of these pockets, as weil as the mountain sides, are clad with layers of hollow rocks of different shapes. The general scheme of construction is similar to that employed in sky-scraping Lulidings, with the difference that Mr. Chris- tensen has planned one mountain 1,000 feet high, and surmounted it with a tower 500 feet higher. Above the caves are the mod- ern cliff dwellings, built like the Chicago high buildings and divided into suitable flats and furnished with all modern provements. The upper stories form hot s and sanitariums, and each story will have, besides “elevator connection with level ground, an exit to a burrow trail, which winds up and down the mountain. % There are twenty-four floors on the high- est mountain planned by Mr. Christensen, fifteen floors on the next highest and ten on the lowest. The low mountain contains a number of small caves, to be used for resiaurants, stores and stables, and the large one level with the base for a natator- jum. A complete water-suppiy system pro- vides for the sub-Irrigation of the pockets on the mountain sides, in which trees are planted, and furnishes natural springs, which unite in streams, flowing down into a lake at the base. Ss WHY THE QUEEN IS PROUD. She Fancies She in the Greatest Per- son in the World. Some one who has just returned from a summer abroad was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of Queen Victoria, or, rath- er, a series of glimpses, so that she was en- abled to study the royal manner and car- riage, as well as face and figure, She ob- serves anent this sight: “All that has been often said of the queen is quite true. She is fairly untidy in her appearance, with not only dowdy dress, but that dress dusty and askew. And yet there is a majesty In that undersized, homely woman that is positively startling, and it is not the luster of her name nor her position that almost awes one who sees Queen Victoria for the first time. Liter- ally she can scarcely remember what it is not to be the foremost figure in the universe, for, where another ruler might question the _ superiority of England, he would always yigld precedence to the woman, if not to the sovereign. And then she regards her coun- try as supreme, and, of course, herself as supreme in it. How could the fact that ene considered herself absolutely the greatest person on earth for over half a century fail ve one an air of consequence?”