Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1897, Page 12

2 a 1 Startling Prices on very previous Glove sale eclipsed French Kid Gloves. inaugurated tomorrow. —cvery value surpassed—in this Sale stock of the Rothschild Bros. Co. ot Chicago—the leading Glove Impor- ters and Retailers of the west—bougit by us at 50 cents on The entire dollar—and now offered you at prices never again pos- & sible to offer you! $ two lots! Several thousand pairs—divided into Ole. Hundreds and hundreds of pairs. to pick from. Glaces and Suedes— every color—every size—none will be found wanting. 4-button, 2- clasp—Foster Hook Styles. sseefeetententonte v fee 0 Seedeedondecdeegengent S4e. evening wear—also 8, 12 and 16- button-length Evening Gloves. and 3-clasp—button—Ideal Fasten- ers—all the latest Glove novelties —all the newest fall and winter shades. Values ranging up to $3. Real French Kid—for street and 2 2 = = + : Ss a as a a ss as Louvre Glove Co., 919 F St. N.W. Seeoctoctoontostotontedy Loctoctodioct _ Live Shoe p24 toda 4 Infants’ € Ratton. _25C. “IRN CLA ret vcs in wit ine Szs Se Szec Ut: Siaes 2% t Ladies’ Those $2.50 Carlisle Laced and with singh With or wi Non better world at ev The phenomenal increase of our business this fall 4 proves that the Shoe-wearing public is convinced of 4 the fact that we are SELLING Shoes at same prices that other dealers are BUYING theirs for at wholesale This business activity shall only spur us on to still greater efforts for the be nefit of our patrons. For tomorrow again we shall quote special low prices for Shoe qualities that have no superior any- where in the world for the money. Children’s Reliable Shoes. i The “Wimedaughsis” 7 < Health Shoes are = WP1.HAHN & COS 22m. 3 RELIABLE SHUE HOUSES, vi ww an ee ee a Ladies’ Good Quality Gots Overgatters:+-7-cecec-ll 5Ce Retailing. Bo: @ Girls’ Dressy, tantial Seiool $1.25 worth of we 0 6. for... $1.50 Dress Shoes. 75C. Boys’ Extension Sole Wi Waterproof Dress Shoes. K r $2 gales.. N’S Famous Over 3,000 Pairs Hand-made Shoes Reached us in one shipment last week— about a quarter of them sold this week, and no Wonder when we could name Of the very Fall sty:es at Extensien-+ azd Deuile-sole Rox Calf ana Coltskin $3.50 Suoes at.. PID OOD OOP ISOS TaOPT OPIOID SOG: Fine Box and Wax Calf Double or Cork Soles ut.....-..5 Winter Russet, Enamel $3 lz lg y le ie $! and $5 qualities 4 4 > > Men’s Boots Mest complete line in town. Hud-sewed Fo.ts. 1914 and 1916 Pa, ave., 233 Pa. ave. se. gc 2 fig a roncongeate LITTLE OLD-TIME AGUE NOW. The Chills and Fever of Other Days Almost Unheard Of. Frem the Ka At one of the Kansas City opera houses as City Star. last week was a “show,” of which the joke hereto appended was a feature: Dr. Aiken Payne—“Were you ever sick?” Noyes E. Barke: ad the ne—“What was the highest you ever shook?” Barker—“Shook my wife.” d was she “How Barker—Forty-eight.” Payne—“Forty-eight is very good a shake.” This was supposed to be a very good joke, and the audience always laughed loudly at it. But there was very little laughter from the 1 people whose memories reach “goed old days’ when there e in the ague, when to live was to sha for nobody was exempt by reason sex, position in society or color. Were three sync chills and f ms for ague, beside: ‘They were Indiana, and the greatest of There were two Those Wednesday, Fri- division, and uesday, Thursday nd Saturcay, and remitted with the other the next Monday were the other. In those days the itations to social functions read: ‘Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Laria present their complim to Mr. C. A. Fever and beg to inform him that they will not be shaking on Tuesday, and would be pleased to have his presence at their dark green tea.” ‘This would be the answe ir. C. a. Fever acknowledges the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Laria, but begs to inform them that Tuesday is his eay to shake.” Many an otherwise bappy social function was shattered, too, by the inability of the Mr. and Mrs. of the household to get their ague for the season started off on the same day. Of course, under this circumstance the whole family would be compelled to miss the entire social season or disturb with their rattling or chattering every gathering the attended. Today the dismissing sign reads: “This is my busy day.” In early Missouri times canis 's my day to shake” was the correct form. But all this is changed now. No longer fs the congregation at church changed every Sunday, and no longer are two Preachers, guaranteed not to shake on the same day, necessary. It was almost a part of the contract in those days. For the old- time chills are no more, and the ague has almost disappeared. There are a few places in the south where it is still the custom, but it very seldom crosses Mason and Dixon's line now. In some of the parts of Arkansas where typewriters and bicycle bloomers have not penetrated, there is yet some ague, but it seldom gets north of those secluded spots. At present Dr. G. O. Coffin, city physician, is treating two cases of real, old-time fever and ague, but they are the first he has seen in Kansas City in ten years, he says. Dr. D. R. Porter, who came here from Ohio thirty years ago, and has been here ever since, says he has not seen a case of old-time chills and fever in five years. Dr. Coffin says it is because of the improved sanitary conditions. Dr. Porter says it is use people drink better water. the early days, Dr. Porter said to a orter for the Star, three-fourths of his ‘ome came from ague patients. Doctors grew rich treating malarial poison. The favorite and principal prescription then Was, “Rx quinine, 20 gyains,” in as many variations as the doctor's education and medical dictionary could conjure him, dis- guished and high-sounding terms to’ sub- were the days when there | stitute for the word quinine. And when both ran short, or the patients found it out and went to prescribing for themselves, it was an easy matter for the doctor and feast Lire ic to get together behind the ‘eseription case and agree upon somethi: hew and cryptogramatic. ae ——————-e.___ The Bluecoat School. From Black and White. After prolonged discussion, it is at last definitely settled that Christ’ Hospital, better known to the laity as the Bluecoat School, is to be removed to Horsham, and the Prince of Wales has fixed Saturday, October 23, for the laying of the founda- —_— THE EVENING STAR,;FRIDAY, OCTOBER;(22;'-1897-16 PAGES. [EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO Address by Former Washingtonian Before the American Missionary Association. Dr. C. H. Patton’s Reminiscences of His Experience as Student at Howard University, At the afternoon session yesterday of the American Missionary Association at Min- neapolis Minn., the Rev. C. H. Patton, D. D., of Duluth. delivered an address relative to the higher education of the negro. Dr. Patton ia the son of former President Pat- ton of Howard University in this city, and his address was largely founded upon his cwn experience as a student in that insti- tution. He gave reminiscences of his con- tact with negroes in the university, and said: “With me, personally, it is experience rather than argument which settles the question of the necessity of higher educa- tion for the negro. When my father was elected president of Howard University in Wasbington, D. C., he took the position in his inaugural address that the white and black races should be educated together on the ground that each needed the other. The next day he took me aside and sald tkat, having taken this position, he felt he cught to stand by it In the education of his own family, and asked me if I would be willing to enter the university. I con- sented to go and on the day following took my place, the only white boy, among some 400 colored students. I was not happy in the prospect, but felt very much as I im- agine a certain young man, named Isaac, @id, on a celebrated occasion, when he saw | his father sharpening his knife on Mount Moriah. This, however, soon wore off. 1 compieted the course in the preparatory department, and, although I afterward studied at Amherst and. Yale, I would not take any year of schooling that went be- fore or came after in exchange for that experience in Howard University. “It was not that I learned more Latin and Greek there, but that I came into close fellowship with this abused and stricken Tuce; came to know their splendid capacity for culture as well as for work, and, above all, that I came to enter by sympathy into that awful, that unutterable cloud of scorn, of exclusion and persecution that envelopes the educated colored man or woman whenever they mingle with their more favored white brethren. I learned then to say, ‘Put yourself in his place if you would know how to solve the problem of the negro race.’ I wish I had time to tell you half of the evidences of rare intel- lectual brightness which I discovered in that institution, of a whole class of young men who as to the matter of their com- mencement orations made as good an ap- Pearance as selected speakers in northern Schools often do, and who in the manner of their delivery and the genuineness of their oratory surpassed anything I have heard elsewhere on similar occasions. Two Prize Winner: “One of these men went to Andover and came back with a $20 gold prize in his pocket, which he received for excellence in that institution, which gathers the flower of our eastern coileges. Another entered the General Theological Seminary of the P. E. Church, in New York, and captured the prize of a gold watch over all the stu- dents for preaching the best extemporan- gous sermon. But the recent spectacle at Harvard of a negro being the valedictorian of a class cf 250, while another of his race was elected ¢ orator by his fellow stu- has been so conspicuous that further sin that direction are not necessary. What is needed is to show that these high- ly educated negroes make good use of their powers afcer leaving school, in helping raise their less fortunate people. I have watched the whole process from the time the bombastic young colored boy, fresh from the common school and proud of his new learning, writes for information as to pursuing higher branches in the university, to his settlement among his people as a thoroughly equipped preacher or teache I have followed them up in various ci 80 as to know the quality of their work. And a most interesting process it is to watch, at every step, and never more so than in its final stage of practical work on the field. “The beginning of the process may be suggested sufficiently by the two following letters, which 1 once appropriated from my father’s mail: “The tirst reads: ‘Dear sir: Through much humbleness and sincere commenda- tion I now write to you desiderating you to please send me a catalogue of the Howard University, of which sce in my papers that you are president. Dear sir, I cannot ex- plicate to you the pleasure {t would give me to receive a catalogue of that univer- sity, as I am in great anticipation of en- tering. For that and for many other rea- sons I humbly request of you, hoping it will give you complacency and elevated pleasure to please send it directly on to one of deep anxiety of seeing you personally. I hope you will not fail to send it, as I presume to enter “proximo” ff life long exist. Most re- spectfully yours.’ “There was a young man evidently anx- fous for an education. The second letter is from a father, and reads thus: ““Fluvgnna county, Va. To the colored college of Washington city. Dear sir: You Will oblige me to Please in form me Turm of your School as I have 3 young man Wood Like to com this Fall. Please Send me a gate a Lodge I hope you Will Please Gave me all the informashin. One Want to ParPary to Preach the Gospel, the other for a Doctor, the other Law. Please Write Soon your evir truly Respectfully your elder, John T. Strar. Write to Palmyra Po office. Writ Soon.’ This letter is addressed to the ‘Perfasher or Teacher of colored Universalism, Washington, D. C.”_ I wonder how many white parents with three boys have a better ambition for them than this colored father down south. Practical Results. “One of my fellow-students became a minister, and settled in Amelia Court House, Va. After five years’ work he re- ceived from the prosecuting attorney of the county a letter, which I keep for the pur- poze of confounding all persons who do not believe in the higher education for negroes. In it he ‘states that as a direct result of this young man’s labors crime had almost disappeared in the county; that whereas formerly he had numerous cases of felony to prosecute at every term of court, and the jail was kept full of cases awaliing trial, during the past few years crime had steadily been diminishing, until it is a rare occurrenc@ to have a prisoner in jail or a case to prosecute. Similar work is being done by thousands of others in all parts of the south. Can anything speak louder for the work of our higher schools than the map which Secretary Woodbury has pre- pared, showing the hundreds of places where our graduates are teaching school. The south is dotted over thick with these centers of life and light. “Another thing which my student expe- rience impressed upon me is the anxiety of the colored youth for education, and for the best education. I shall never forget the picture of an old @ray-headed negro preacher in Washington going to school every morning with the little children, like them with spelling book and slate under his arm, and standing all their ridicule, in order that he might be able to read God’s Word to his people more correctly on the Lord’s day. Boy as I was, it made the tears come to my eyes to see him. One Sunday I took some white friends down to hear him preach. He was so much pleased to see us come in that he indulged in some special exegesis for our benefit. He said: “My brederen, I want yo’ to understan’ dat dere's a great many distinguished colored men in de Bible. In de fust pecs, dere was Moses, de servant of God. He was a col- ored man. God said to Moses: ‘“Moses, put yo’ hand in yo’ bosom,” and Moses put hia hand in his bosom. Den de Lord says: “Moses, take yo’ hand out of yo’ bosom,” and Moses he tuk his hand out of his bos- om, and, behold, it was white as snow. Dat shows Moses was a colored man befo’. And den, brederen, when we come down to de time of our Lord, dere was Niggerdemus, who came to him by night.” “He did wonderfully well for a man who vould hardly read, and I have often wun- dered how long he persevered in his educa- tional efforts. ‘ Puassied Minister Gibbons. “Another instance occurs to me of a mid- dle-aged colored minister named Gibbons, who had had a common school education, but who, feelirg the lack of the higher branches, and especially of theology, ‘particularly difficult problem in ethics, see- pdi startled the entire rapidly is the strplus stock of Men’s Suits. Union Cassimere Single or Double- breasted Suits—clothiers’ price, $6. Good, Substantial Business Suits— clothiers’ $7.50 velues—for....---+ Black Clay Worsted Suits, single $2.98 $3.05 for Black and Mixed Cheviot Suits, sacks, round and square $11.50 values—for. Regulation Heavy G. A. R. Saits $12.50 values—to go for. $5.75 Corkscrew Clay ‘Ptagonal and Fancy Mixed Worsted Sacks and Cutaways—regular peice, $16—for. . Fine Silk Mixed Worsted Suits— regular price, §17—fo Fine Clay Worsteds and Thibets— usual pric, $20—for Evening Suits of the very finest material and custom made—worth $18 to $28— $6.85 to $13.75. Men's Dress Suits, silk or satin lned—usually $25—while © 12 5Q) they last . cose hundred miles away. and double-breasted—$10.50 valnes— G4 GQ) mt $4.96 $7.30 $8.30 $9.60 a Philadelphia maker. en’s Overcoats. Serviceable Overcoats, all shades, good and warm—worth $$—for. .. $3.98 Fine Chinchilla, Melton and Kersey Dress Overcoats — worth from $12 to §$26—for . $5.35 to $6.80 Fine Silk and Satin-lined Dress Overcoats, $6.98 to $13.40 A First-class, Good, Comfortable Ulster—worth $9—for..- $3.98 ‘Thousands of Fine Ulsters and Driving Coats, all styles and $4.98 to $10.98 materials—usual price, $12 to §30—for....... free of charge—and returns your money when you want it. Only one price—no deviations. Boys’ Knee Pants, sizes 4 to 14 years, for 15c. Pair. Men’s Trousers. Won SLB0 one Pants’ 68c. Borsted Pants — worth $2.50 $1 DZ woheriot and Cassimere Pants—$ 48 Men's Fine Dress Pants—worth from $4 to $8—now $1.63 to $3.40 Youths’ Suits. and Worsted $2.48 Youths’ Cassimere Suits—worth $5—for. Youths’ Extra Fine Dress Suits, in cheviots, fine worsted 8.50 and fancy cassimeres—worth SEP $2.98 to $6.89. | to - - Clothing at Lowest Prices in America! Be “The Cheapest Clothing House in the World”—the new store at 427 Sev x re city with its wonderfully low prices. All day yesterday “opening”announcement—and every one went away convinced that it was possible—just as we enth street, which just opened its doors yesterday, has the store was filled to overflowing with buyers attracted by the said—to sell good clothing for 65 per cent less than clothiers’ prices. The methods of the “Cheapest Clothing House” are to buy the surplus stocks of the best makers—and this one which is going so Bear in njnd, this store is here to stay—has leased the building—sells only union-made clothing—and tries on and makes alterations Boys’ Knee Pants. plat of Bare! 4 to 1-year Knee Pants, good wear-resisti: fab- rice—to go for. eoewgue |. 4 sas Cordarey, oon a 4 to years, worth $1, we 39c. sell at 29c. One lot Children’s Fine Cassimere Pants, worth TSc., shall go for.... Children’s Suits. All the new and nobby patterns, single and double-breasted. a. : "$1.23 port School Sults—worth $2— Bae Nobby Dress Suits—worth 8- $1.23 now Fine Dress Suits, in fancy cassimeres and Worsteds—worth from $3.50 to $7—our price, $1.48 to $2.88. Child's: efers — We shall be glad to pay the railroad fares of out-of-towners desiring to take advantage of this sale, whether they live five, fifty or a : “Cheapest Clothing House in the World,” 427 7th St. Seated GPE EEA _LN|[S SS ing a puzzled look on Gibbons’ face, the professor said: ‘Well, Mr. Gibbons, we will not expect you to answer this question, as you have not gone over the previous branches which are necessary.’ ‘No, pro- fessor,’ he replied, ‘when I ought to have been studying those branches I was learn- ing tc say massa and missus on the planta- tion.’ Tears stood in his eyes as he spoke, and in many other eyes, too, for he had been born a slave. But as it was, he was doing an immense amount of good as a pastor of one of the largest churches in Washington. “The ambition of many of this race is simply inspiring, snd is a constant appcal to us for wisely administered help. And where it is not so, where the negro is shift- less and lazy, the appeal is only rendered the stronger, for these are the ones who need the instruction and help of the bright- er minds. Just because they are poor, wretched, indolent creatures, fit, many of them, only for the humblest manual labor, and often hardly fit for that, they need ed- ucated leaders in every walk in life to look after their iuterests and to lift them. Be- hold, the flelds are black already to. the harvest. The cry fs for trained leaders, and for this reason the work of our normal schools and universities is by far the best work this association is doing. Let us be- lieve in it heartily, !et-us defend {t vigor- ously, let us support it. generously, ,and let us pray God to send more laborers into this great black harvest ficld.” Disraeli’s Terrible Latin. From the Baltimore Sun} The Paris Gaulols, in an article on Latin pronunciation, states that at the LVerlin congress in 1878 Lord” Beacénsfleld, who understood French, ‘tut could not speak it, on one oc ‘fon suddenly rose and pro- nounced three ‘words ‘which sounded ‘Kast cassus bellie.” Bistiarck, adaitainted with the English prontnciation’ of Latin, a swered with a frown, but did not utier word, while a there was general astonisi- ment and alarm among the rest of the del- egates except Lord ‘Salisbury Russell, who nodded, their heads in silent approval. So profound was the impression made by Disraeli's mysterious pronuncia- mento that the sitting was brought to an immediate conclusion, That evening, how- ever, Count Gortschako#f, the Russian dele- gate, no longer able to contain his curios- ity, at a dinner given by Bismarck, leaned over to Beaconsficid and asked him as a personal favor to explain what the three “awfully sounding English words” that created such a sensation meant. “But that is not English,” replied Beaconsfield, not a little offended,“that is good Latin.” “What, then,” 2sked the Russian diplomat, “were these words?” Bismarck ironically inter- rupted: “Let me write them down.” He took famous giant lead pencil from his vest pocket and “Quasi casus belli” ré- lieved the worried minds of the statesmen. It is a consolation to learn from the Gaulcis that the very latest diplomatic pre- occupation of European statesmunship is to find a uniform pronunciation of Latin, and that notes have been addressed by England to the representatives of the pow- ers concerning the ever-new and much-te- bated subject. Are we going to talk of Sezar, Sizar or Kaizar? Sisero, Tzicero or Kikero? One thing is generally admitted, namely, that the usual English pronuncia- tion is abominable and the continental no longer tenable. ore aoe Teaching History From a Tree. From the London Mail. At the National History Museum in South Kensington there is a section of polished Douglas pine large enough, say, to make a round table to seat a dozen per- sons. Instead of making it an object les- sor. in botany, the museum authorities have ingeniusly chosen it as a medium for the teaching of history. The tree was cut down in 1885, and as the age of a tree can be inferred from the number of rings which its cross-section discloses, this one must have been 533 years old. In other words, it was born in 1352, and it lived through the most interesting part of English his- tory—from Edward 111 to Victoria. It is, therefore, a simple matter to mark different rings with their dates and the names of the events that were happening while they were being born. This is what has been done—from the center of the tree in two directions, right away to the bark. The markings, which are neatly executed in white paint, reveal some interesting facts. Thus, when this pine was four years old, the battle of Poictiers was fought, in 1356; when it was twenty-five Edward IIL died. It was 119 when Caxton introduced printing, and when Columbus discovered America it was 140. When Shakespeare was born 212 rings hed alteudy made their appearance; when Raleigh, settled Virginia —240, Fifty years later Sir Isaac Newton was born. When the great fire of London was raging this venerable, specimen could boast ‘114 rings, and,eighty more when the battle of Culloden was fought. . It had reached the remarkable age of 424 when American jndependence was de- clared, and the yet «more;,remarkable age of 485 when Queen:iVictesia ascended the throne. And even then it had a long time yet to live. Evidently there is something to be said for the theory that the more we vegetate the greater: are.jour chances of longevity. ih x ie i a Money fn Malta. From Black and White,“ i! English coinage, 9s Often happens else- where, is the most popular in Malta. Once, indeed, they had an English coin all to and Odo cerns I understand about twelve went to a penny, but they have vanished now and NEW PUBLICATIONS. AARON IN THE WILDWOODS. By Joel Chardler Harris. TMustrated by Olive Herford. Boston: Houghton, Mittin & Co. Washington: Win. Bal- lantyne 4 Sons. Aaron is a worthy successor to Uncle Remus as Mr. Harris’ mediuin of com- munication with the world of old and young readers who delight in nis powers of telling the tales of nature. Little Crotchet, a cripple, takes the place of the Little Boy. There are occasional references to Mr. Fox, and throughout the work, which is a sort of turn-about sequel to “The Story of Aaron, the Son of Ben-Ali,”” published some months ago, there appear pleasant re- minders of well-known tales and charac- ters. In this case the sequel tells of mat- ters happening prior to the time of the first book. Mr. Harris has herein displayed his charming talent for utilizing te the full the topics that lie closest to the young heart. FREE BANK: A NATURAL RIGHT. Jam B. Dilworth. New York: Continental Publishing Company. “Free Silver” is the inspiration of “Free Banking.” The monetary doctrines of Br. anism form the fundamental of this volume, which is a prote: inst the gen- erally prevailing financial tems of the world. “The author se “particular lesson” that the tion of money by nations or by corpo- rations such as the Bank of England, is a sregard of natural rights, a ‘fruitful -¢ of injustice, a imitation of freedom portunity and is “most potent in di ping poverty and crime.” To cure the: ill-effects he proposes a “founded on the Golden Ru tails of thi chapte ystem are worked out in ten KLONDIK! FOR GOLD SEEKERS. Ry C le, DL. York: RF. fi 10'S. This is more than Klon- dike and a description of 1 kan gold diggings, for it conts entific yet eas tions to the would-be discoverer of “pay dirt.”. The author is a member of the edi- torial staff of the Engineering and Mining Journal, and in former capacity as crown lands r in the Dominion of Canada he acquired a personal acquain- tance with the region that is now attract- ing so many thousands of gold seekers. The book, therefore, has a value above that of the many “guides” that were rush- ed from the presses during the carly days of the Klondike excitement. NEW SALA and Re and some for Dinners, Tancheons, Suppers Rorer. Phi Mrs. Rorer declares that a salad made from a succulent green vegetable and French dressing should be seen on the din- ner table in every well regulated house 365 times a year. To make this program pos- sible without monotony, Mrs. Rorer has de- vised many new recipes and has explained ome old ones, together with a few novel- at may be new to many cooks and epicures, and the result is a most welcome addition to the library that is rapidly form- ing to make cookerygone of the exact sci- ences. THE CAMPAIGN OF By Herbert H. chr & Company, tyne & Sons. The author is first lieutenant and quar- termaster of the 24 Cavalry, U. S. A., a member of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, and author as well of “Napoleon Bonaparte’s First Campaign.” He has analyzed the great campaign of Marengo in this volume, adopting the plan of first giving the facts of each phase of the campaign and then following with his comments, that inquire into motives and seek for faults. Maps are appended, the better to explain the details of the work. THE MOTHERS’ COUNCIL; OR THE KINDER- GARTEN IN THE NURSERY. By Mrs. Louise Pollock. Bostou: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. Herein are contained nine lectures, em- bracing much of the matter given to the congress of mothers held in this city a few months ago. Mrs. Pollock's life study of kindergarten theories and methods gives her an authority to speak and write on this important topic, and her works on child trainmg and teaching are regarded as safe guides for all mothers and others whose duty it is to lead the litle minds and bodies through their early efforts. go: A.C. N Wm! Batlan- HUGH WY? vet Lieut cellency General Washington. Mitchell, M.D. New York: pany. Washington: Brentano’ Dr. Mitchell’s novel, dealing with social life during the revolution, was first pub- lished jn the Century Magazine, where it attracted wide attention by its force and dramatic interest. . IN PLAIN AIR. By Elisabeth Lyman Cabot. Ns York: Hent jolt & Co. Washington: Wm. Ballantyne & Sons. A novel that deals with the life in a small New England town, where social preju- dices are borne down by an independent woman. LOUIS KUHNE'S FACIAL DIAGNOSIS. Trans- lated and published by Ang. ¥. Reinhold, M.A., ‘ew York. It is claimed that this system of diag- nesis enables the adept to foresee and fore- | essential for ph | done by the | ground. 91d Unes. - A VISIT TO A PHEASANT FARM. How They Are Artificially Reared in Great Numbers in England. From the London Sketch. October js on us again. The pheasant is on the wing, and powder and shot sre in the air. Where do the pheasants come from? Few people can tell you that. There is a vague idea that the birds are creatures of nature pure and simple. On the contrary, an enormous number of them are reared by the artificial processes of the pheasant farmer. One of the largest pheasant farms in the kingdom is that of Messrs. Dwight,Great Berkhampstead, while another is Mr. Montagu Robb’s, at Peters- field, on the Hampshire Dow: The first ant rearing is plenty of Thus, for instance, Mr. Robb's farm an area of about 400 acre sled into large paddocks, with six- foot wire netting; there is over twelve s of netting on the ec, und if the pe which s din orderly ranges over the hillsides, were placed end to end, ma line bout yen miles if confined to one spot the i : the ground and discase make ppe Hence, Ww’ or impri be const: ed to rest. 7,009" pheasants e nd Liphook in family have ound to allo each pen, thirty or for’ in nine-foot sections, 1 to cover at lez to be re t one-third of fresh an idea of the labor providence aged by remov- ily is ing the egys from the ren as they whence the s, we may suppose, count, and, instead of depositing a modes' dozen or ¢ighteen, la yy as fort cggs in the season. The } divide urally into two par demand for pheasants’ eggs ates the. part The packing is who are paid by the thou y be add- ed, there are always more applican’ for this work than there are vacancies. Eggs range in price from $25 r hundred in the earlier weeks of the si on to half that price in June, the anxiety of shooting men to have well-grown birds ready for the autumn explaining the difference to a large extent. Broadiy speaking, the birds lay from mid-April until the middle of June deal with firs from that time the supply falls off rapidly but a few eggs are found so late as mid- September. Though uch an immense number are sent aw everal thou: ed for bre: is practically re; s nursery operations rs Dwight’s are intrusted to a staff of 600 trustworthy domestic h the laying irds are kept In a huge ction of pens, each inclosure being about twenty- feet square, with barred sides nine feet high, the whole covering several acres of The birds and their cggs have to be carefully watehed and guarded, sev eral huts, locally known as “bird houses,” being placed in the field. In these the watchers take up their quarters, and sev- eral dogs are also chained in the field, some in a rather uncommon manner. On the outside of the pens a strong wire rope is stretched from one end of the field to the other. On this is a loose-fitting ring, to which the dog is fastened. Thus he is able to make his way from point to point, and woe betide the poacher, be he two- legged or four, that attempts to scale or creep the fence. The eggs, which are collected twice a day, are of a creamy brown color, and the shells are much thicker than one would €xpect, to judge from their appearance. For hatching purposes they are, in “clutch- es of nineteen,” placed beneath broody hens, who gccupy tiers of boxes in a large roomy barn. All the birds must be taken from the nest by hand once in twenty-four hours. The early morning is the time selected for this purpose, and at 5:30 a.m. every day during the month of May a | row of boys, “armed with cluckers,” may be seen carrying the reluctant hens to breakfast, lunch’ and dinner, all in. one combined meal. I say reluctant hens, be- cause your good broody hen never appears willing to leave her previous eggs, but in various ways expresses her indignation at being disturbed, now in a shrill falsetto, or with a hoarse “Cluck, ciuck, cluc! To loose all these enraged females together would never do, for when they were mixed the wisest man in the world could not tell which was which, neither could he catch them within a week. So stakes are driven in the ground; attached to these are loose- fitting loops of string, each with a slip knot at the end, by which’ the hens are secured, and within the limits of their string they can do as they like for fifteen minutes. When the young birds are hatched they vare taken to a large meadow in which long lanes have been mown either in the grass or clover. Here, at intervals of about twenty feet, are placed some 600 coops. To these the foster mothers are tethered; their experience during the hatching time has accustemed them to the stake, and they generally settle quietly down with their charges. The latter soon make themselves at home, using the long, unmown grass for shelter from the midday sun, and the coop and foster mother for the same purpose when it rains. Of course, they are atten- tively watched end cherished by the bird- men, who reside in the field, and feed their charger three of four times a day. About the end of August they are ready for sale and removal to the covert. Here they will . ‘r still, and when the leaves turning yellow and the noise of the ing gun is heard in the Jand they will to their wings and fly as high and much ski. as their wild brothers. ie The most experienced sportsman cannot tell the difference; he will always find there is plenty of room to miss them. ‘ “I want to rouse’.the churches on the causa ahaa te pote: ti the result that the audiences are de- pleted and the power of the pulpit lessen- ed. I hope to stay in Philadelphia long encugh to restate the old doctrines.-re- pentance, the atonement, regeneration, the law, love, faith, hope, assurance, justifica- tion, grace, the resurrection, etc. I have only one message for men of every ciass. The Gospel is fitted for aN people. So long 2s men sin there will be need of sermons ok chante sey All men need the new birth, e command, ‘Ye must be born again,” uriversal. ig at ‘The people like these doctrinal subjects, They are sick and tired of speculative theology in the pulpit. That is why our churches are half empty and why millions of people never enter a church door. Peo- ple are hungering and thirsting for ‘he ag Gespel, and they get pulpit essays and litical discussions. They go away empty ee disgusted, and they stay away. The 2 led churches speak for themselves, | and many of those who stay away tell me that this ts their reason for doing so. I know that pastors say that their people demend that the ministry should keep abreast of the times; but, in my opinion, the ministers ure abreast’ of the times if they preach the old doctrines faithfully. If > G1.00) ministers in our country should preach a rousing sermon occasionally on the Fourth Commandment, I think the effect on. Some of the stockholders of corporations uld be benefic A course of sermons the every year on Ten Commandmen wcu'd prevent many defalcations. The min- ters should do their duty to the com- punicy instea of discussing topies which treated far abler in zines of the day. ‘or a few cents a man may buy a paper which he gets all the news and also an imate of the great questions of the day lists. An editor knows e about the situation in n a preacher can possibly a ing a sermon on old of Alaska! What do I know about it? But I know something about the pure eld of which the Bible speaks, and I pre- fer to confine myself to that kind. Or take the great questions which threaten the peace of Europe. In order to discuss them intelligently one needs to be a diplomatist. What business has the pulpit with such problems? The man whom the crowd will follow for the next twenty years will be the man who keeps the Bible to the front.” — UNPOPULAR ROYALTY. Seencs In| Munich That Mark the Lunacy of Otto and Ludwig. From the New York Times. The royal family is not very popular, ow- ing to the cult the people have for King Ludwig, who drowned limself in the Starn- berg lake. The people even declare that he was drowned by order of the regent, who wished to secure the succession to his own son. He is elso said to be very avaricious, which is the unpardonable sin in hospitable Munich. The worship of Ludwig is Incom- prehensible when his awful extravagance, his want of moral sense, and his evident lunacy are corsidered. Through an officer high rank at court we obtained permis- sion to visit the three palaces erected by the crazy king. Such lavish and unneces- sary waste of money absolutely appalled us. The millions that those castles alone must have cost are incalculable. On the roof of the old castle in Munich he had a small lake made. and used chem- icals to make the water blue; these ran down ani destroyed the ceilings of the rooms below and caused endless expense and trouble. It is said that Wagner en- couraged him in his vagaries and led him into many extravagances, such as paying immense sums fer representations of his operas for himself alone, the opera house heated and lighted as if for an audience. There was a Wagner festival going on while we were in Munich. We had Wagner for breakfast, dinner and tea. We lived so near the opera house that we could hear almest as well as if we had been inside, and It was much cooler. We bad the same experience in Venice, where we rowed around the Opera Heuse and listened to the music under the full moon, a most delight- ful and novel way to “deadhead.” In one of the museums is a room dedicat- ed to Ludwig. They have brought there all the furniture of his room and his belong- irgs, even some of the things he wore when an infant. This is a shrine at which ail Baverians worship. The furniture and hangings are of richest blue velvet, em- broidered and fringed with solid gold. Lud- wig seems to have had a cult for himself also, as he never considered anything too expcnsive for his own pleasure. When his extravagances passed all bounds and he showed undoubted signs of craziness he was taken to Starnberg, about two hours from Munich. When we saw the lit- tle schloss we Cid not wonder that he killed himself, for a drearier little place, con- trasied with the grandeur of his other pal- aces, can hardly be imagined. The house is very small, more like a farm house, very shabby and tawGry inside, and utterly un- homelike. He must have felt that “the game was up” and that death would be preferable to a life in such a place. The grounds are very beautiful, and so is the lake, but the house is dreadful. It the papers and is awful to thirk of the despair that must have filled his soul when he found him- self practicelly a prisoner here, away from all that he cared for in Munich. It is this view of him that makes the warm-hearted Bavarians make a martyr of him. They