Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1897, Page 15

meme Your Credit is good. A $10-°9 Desk for $65 This week only. Very Handsome La- dies’ Writing Desk—in finely polished oak or mahogany finish—highly polished inside as well— French legs — drawer. This desk would be a bar- gain at $10.00. For the of this week our $6.85. price is Never has such a delightful as- ortment of Ladies’ Desks been exposed for sale before as we are showing this season. All the latest whims and daintiest de- signs—quartered oak, bird’ eye maple, solid mahogany, etc., etc. Some of them wonderfully pretty. Prices anywhere from $15.00 to $50.00. Don't forget we are always willing to open an account with you. Trading stamps with each cash purchase, Lansburgh Furniture Co., 13th & F. Remodeling? Mere ants who are remodeling their es- pments this iull should have electric t tixtmes put in. will add ce of the store than a ring Jucand-seent electric band! » We supply the cuzrent only” U.S. Electric Lighting Co., nw. "Phone 77. oclS-204 Prices are under real worth. iy Wedding Gifts. ‘Top Puft ioxes: hee $3.50 “Were $3.50 Spoons, * Our auction sale starts No r 15. Gerome Desio, 1107 F St. 1m.28 feminine na em a Painless Extracting, 50c. Neglect Your Teetl it a wish to do so. But you t really wish your teeth to de- It's only your _forxetfulnaas, al we wish to remind sou that every day of neglect) may mean added expense and more excrutiating Evans Dental Parlors, 1309 F St. N. W. oclS-244 “An ounce of prevention 3" t& be having paeu- monia by taking a little whisky. We have all the best and parest medicinal whis- kies Prices range from Te. to $1.50 per bottle. Kalor inee Je 6/4 [42 ST-PHONE 998. 100 Doz. Hair Switches, Consigned to us for the purpose of raising money for a New York Halr importer. ‘We sell you a very fine Switch for.... Exactly the same article $3.50 for elsewhere. 5 dos. Gray and White, from. Just half of their a AT THE Louvre Glove Store, sel3-tf NO. 919 F ST. OUR COAL LASTS LONGEST dirt, ete.—henee 15 40 Ibe. to the ton. If to buy the best fuel lowest let son Bros., 1206 F St. 14th and D Sts. s.W. 13th and Water Sts. S.W. | t Comfortable for One Year. | We guarantee to keep your feet comfortable for one year at very small exp-nse. Bunions and Corns treated, 25¢. each; no pain. Prof. J.J.Georges &Son,1115 Paav. FOOT SPECIALISTS. 8 to 6 p.m. Suadays, 9 Sereiea D- vs, to 12. i { | | # second-hand one’ cheaper EARLY BIKE RIDERS Bert Owen Chats About the First Bicycles in Washington. APPEARANCE OF THE SPIDER SPOKES Organization of the Capital Bicy- cle Club on the Capitol Steps. THE FAMOUS BIRTHDAY RUNS Herbert S. Owen made a flying visit to Washington tkis week. He hardly had time to attend to the business which called him from his New England home, because everywhere he went he was met by old friends, who insisted upen buttonnoling him on the street for a talk about old times. And every one of the old Washing- ton wheelmen would rather hear Bert Owen talk than go to the theater.. All the riders of the 80's regarded Bert.Owen as the king of wheelmen. He wasn’t a fancy rider by any means, and his admirers never classed him with the trick riders, but when he threw his long legs over a sixty-inch wheel the bicycle became a part of the rider. He rode a wheel as a cowboy does his broncho. He rode down the Capitol steps on an upright wheel long before it was ever attempted by any of the trick riders, and thought nothing of it. He understood the mechanism of the wheel thoroughly, and seemed to have it under absolute con- trol. Where others took nasty headers he rode with ease. To be sure, the hind wheel might be in the air half the time; but that made no difference to him. The First Real Bicycle. ‘There has been scme controversy recently as to what Washingtonian first rode the old “bone-shaker’ wheel, from which the modern bicycle was evolved. A Star re- porter, thinking perhaps Mr. Owen migat throw some light on the matter, asked him the question. Averett “You'll never find out,” he replied. “You see, the old ‘bone shakers’ came to town in a bunch, and there is no telling who was the first to ride one on the Washington streets.” “But I can tell you who first rode the = ‘spider-spoked’ wheel. It was a named Crosacup, and he made his appear- ance on the street the day beforé Thanks- giving day, 1878 I remember the date very well, although I didn’t live here at the time, but my brother Fred did. Fred saw Cross- cup on his wheel and got on his trail. He chased him up one street and down an- other, and finally caught him up on F street by the post office building. “He chased Crosscup because he wanted a chance to ride that wheel, and he got it. Crosseup loaned him the wheel and he rode several blocks on it. “Now, I'll tell you how I remember the circumstance and the date. On that same dzy—the day before Thanksgiving day, 1878 —I was riding a spider wheel in the storage loft of a sewing machine factory in Hart- ford. I wrote to Fred that evening, telling him about my ride on “the new-fangled wheel, and he wrote me the same evening telling me about the eppearance of Cross- "s wheel in Washington and his riding our letters passed each other on the ‘How did you happen to be riding a bi- ** asked The Star man. “Well, I had seen a spider wheel ex- hibited ‘at the centennial exposition and I used to dream about it. The matter final- ly took such hold of me that 1 began making ipquiries to find out if spider wheels weren't manufactured some place. 1 learned that a sewing machine factory right in my own town (Hartford) was building fifty bicycles from a model from a man named Pope in Boston. The sewing. machine people were a little uneasy about the order, for they weren't sure about get- ting their money. They didn’t know Pope, and they didn't belleve any one could ride the wheels. They had completed part of the order, however, and they had a finished wheel in the storage loft. When I located it and asked permission to ride it, of ourse they granted it. Cees on ft and rede around the loft among boxes and crates, much to the as- tonishment of the employes. To be sure, when I wanted to get off it I dismounted upon a crowd of the spectators; it was easier than falling on the floor, but I rode it just as long as I wanted to. Then I was crazy for a bicycle. I wanted to tour the country—to go where I pleased without re- gard to railrosds. But the price was too | Steep for mo—$0. I got Pope's address Boston, thinking I might get end went to Pitas 1 found Pope, and I found the. wheel, and alse found that it would cost me $90. I had only $60 when I started, and I had spent $10 of that. I asked Mr. Pope to keep the wheel for me and I would go home and get it of the money. eae he said, ‘What's the matter with i taking the wheel now and sending the money later?) Ana I did. Now, it seems strange that I should pay $90 for a second- hand wheel, when I could get a new one for $95. But I liked the Boston wheel the best—a good deal the best—and I had an idea that I knew something about bicycles. Well, I brought that wheel to Washington soon afterward and found several other young fellows here who were the proud possessors of bicycles. Organising the €. Bi. C. “In January, 187), we got together one evening on the Capitol steps and founded the Capital Bicycle Club. “The first year the club had but six wheels. At the end of the second year there were thirty-six riding members, and all had wheels. It is rather curious that out of thirty-six bicycles there were six- teen different makes, and there were only three Columbias in the lot, too. “We had a club room up here on llth street above the avenue, for which we paid $10 a month rent, and in it we had thousands of dollars’ worth of pleasure. Every tin. we got a new member the boys would go home with him and stay all night and help him take his wheel apart and ciean it and put it together again. We for you—weekly or monthly. house in nice cozy shape for Furniture and Carpets right terms! HOOD SOOSOOHDOHOD | Ne Double Strand Woven GROGAN'S GGOO OO 0OOSOHOSS 5600S 8 eg08e89S0e Please Yourself About the Payments! We shall have very little to say about them—except to see that they are arranged in a way that makes it convenient Credit Is Free. No Notes—No Interest. We will make, lay and line the Carpet free of cost—no charge for waste in matching figures. Don’t spend a dol- lar for housefurnishings until you have seen us. Solid Oak Bed Room Suites, $13 up. 6-piece Tapestry Parlor Suites, $40. Heating Stoves, all sizes and prices, All-wool Ingrain Carpet, 45c. yard. MAMMOTH CREDIT ROUSE, 817-819-821-823 Seventh St. Between H and I sta ee e380 Now is the time to put your winter. You can get all the here of US—on your own Wire Springs, $1: aes 1© O08 COOOTGODESONSeOQOODOSEOe THE EVENING star #itbay, octéperti 2s, 1807-16 PAGES. $1: BALTIMOR AND RETURN OCTOBER SUNDAY, °Seee: va B.& O Tickets good going and re- turning on all trains that date. Only 45-Minute Line. oc21-3t were always cleaning our wheels. I re- member when Frank Noyes (the one that lives in England) got the first bright wheel. It wasn’t nickeled, but only. burnished. If you put your finger on it today, there would be a rusty finger mark tomorrow. It took lots of our time helping Frank to keep that wheel bright. When the wheel came, we helped him carry it around on 9th street to get it weighed. “We wouldn’t have wheeled it for any- thing. It had nice, clean, pink rubber tires. It wasn't long, though, before the rubber, which was not treated properly, began to peel of in patches, and later Noyes’ wheel was always called the “scab.” He rode it for many years, though. It had thumb brakes, and after riding down hill Frank’s thumbs would be almost paralyzed from the hard pressure and vibration. Good Old Times. “We joved that old clmb room and spent many a happy evening there. We furnish- ed it in time after a fashion, but it was hard work. You see, none of us had any mcney to speak of, and after paying for our wheels there was mighty little left. Coal oil for lighting purposes was one of our heaviest expenses—it must haye cost as much as 60 cents a month for oil alone. We had to take turns in providing that es- sential. But we were thoroughbred en- thusiasts. “Why,I remember spending a whole morn- ing at one auction house on the other side of the avenue in order to get a table fof’ the club for 90 cents, and ‘me and the coon’ carried that table ecross the avenue and up to the club room. I wasn’t ashamed; I was proud. I don’t know where that table had been, but it had coats of cheese and various condiments on it. We scraped it beautifully and covered it with marbleized oilcloth and were happy. I remember I carried some big bundles of straw from the other side of the avenue to the club rcom to place under our second-hand carpet to make it soft and comfortable. Finally, we got a stove. 1 think I got hold of it in some way and presented it to the club. We had an un- veiling celebration when the presentation was made and a banquet of sandwiches and cider. The stove was incased in a series of boxes that made the outside cov- ering as big as a piano box, and the un- veiling ceremony consisted of knocking off one box after another until finally the stove gas reached. It wasn’t more than a foot and a half or two feet high. A little bit of a sheet iron contrivance that would get red hot in five minutes, and then would let the fire go out if we turned our backs for a moment. We were either burning up or freezing all the time. They Knew Bicycles. “And we knew all about the advantages and defects of our different wheels, tgo. 4 believe there were no people in the country that understood the mechanism of the wheel any better than the charter members of the C. Bi. C. They were always, taking their wheels apart, and knew every screw and nut and bolt. And we could ridé,' too, every member was a good rider—he had to be or he would have been killed. You don’t find any better riders these days of the safety wheel when everybody rides. Some of the early members of the C. Bi. C. are the most graceful riders on the streets ot Washington today. They learned on the big high uprights, and some of them then took up the Star, and finally they all came to the safeties. “But look where you will, you will not find any more graceful riders than Max Hans-. mann, ‘McKee Borden, Leland Howard, Doc. Schooley and C. G. Allen. And there. is John Loomis, tall and slender, who can climb a hill today as easily and gracefully as he could fifteen years ago. The hill at the head of 16th street was the test of a wheelman in those days, and a new rider always had to make the attempt and go part way up as soon as he had learned to dismount. It was very steep and.full of gullies and rocks of all sizes. Wheels were never stolen in those days. Every one who could ride owned his own’ wheel, and no one who couldn’t, no matter how dishonest he might be, wanted anything to do with a bicyele. There are a thousand riders now in Washington to one then, but we had enough fun for thousands. It is pleasant to think of those times.” Bert Owen’s Birthday Runs. Mr. Owen remained in Washington until 4 few years ago. He was the most popular wheelman that ever rode, and everybody knew him. Bert Owen’s birthday run was an annual event, much enjoyed. Invita- tions were sent out to riding friends, but were only accepted by those who were rough-and-ready riders. A few evenings before the event Owen, with a couple of trusty lieutenants, would go over the course—“‘a wheel around the Capitol.”” ‘They would encircle Washington by all the vaeant lot paths and back alleys and unused roads, beginning down by the old observatory and ending at the P street bridge. Having become famillar with the route, Owen would lead his guests, some- times forty or fifty in number, over it. It was a case of follow your leader, and there were never more than half a dozen that were able to take everything. Some of the beys with instantaneous cameras would lie in wait at the ‘devil's gully,” which led from Kalorama down to P street, and take snap shots of-all kinds of headers, as the riders came down, and, striking a bad place, would go head over heels. One man, it is remembered, took such a header that he turned a complete somersault with his wheel, so that when he struck in a sitting position the wheel gained its equilibrium and ran some distance by itself. Notwith- standing the rough riding, no one has any recollection of a serious accident. The boys were athletic, and, better than all, they knew how to fall. Bert Owen was cordially welcomed in Washington this week. —————— MAKING £2,000 EASILY. This Man Must Have Been Surprised at the Outcome of His Joke. ‘From the London Telegraph. A certain speculator had need of a large sum of money for his operations, and found himself with a very small balance in the bank. ‘He consulted a friend as to how he could get over the emergency. The friend suggested that he should draw on some- body in another city. The operator sald he knew no one that owed him, and-the friend insinuated that that would make no difference if the draft did not return too soon. ‘The operator reflected a time and then wrote out a draft on the Sultan of Turkey for £2,000 and deposited it in the bank. The draft came into the hands of the Roths- childs, who forwarded it to Constantinople, and it was duly preserited to the sultan’s chamberlain. ” asked the chamber- “Who is this man’ lain of the sultan’s treasurer. “Don't know him,” replied the treasurer. “Do we owe him anything?’ asked the chamberlain. 'o,”" replied the other. “Then do not pay it,” decided the cham- berlain. “But if I might advise,” said the crafty treasurer, “this draft comes through the Rothschilds, with whom we are negotiating @ loan. Would it be safe, under the cir- cumstances, to dishonor it?” “Pay it,” said the sultan’s chamberiain, and so the speculator was £2,000 richer baerdiad knew, to his own great astonish- ment Saas Flames Extinguished With Milk. ‘From the Baltimore Sun. E Geo. I. Platt, a: milkman,- who Hves near —— THE NORSELAND FAIR The Brilliant S#ené‘at the Exposition DJURGARDEN’S GATHERED QUAIRTNESS Characteristic ‘Costumes, Architec- sehold Customs. ture and H i SKANSEN’S DANCING FLOOR pee Correspondence of The Bvening Star, STOCKHOLM, October 9, 1897. Every person who visits this capital of the north seeks elther in public or pri- vate correspgndence to depjct its beauties. All fail to convey more than an fndistinct impression, .becaise. only those who have visited Stockhelm can appreciate the beau- ties which the correspondent. tries to de- seribe. it isslike\ trying to give for an English word’an, eqifivalent in an' unknown language.. All that can be done in the way of déscribing Stockholm is to say in brief that it consists-of seven islands whose rocky shorés ‘come down precipitously to the water’s..edge except in some places where pick and powder have made artificial streets upon the strand. The water which forms these islands 18 not stagnant, but having a considerable current over a rocky bed, the mud in solution or in suspension is forced out before the city is reached and clear water alone -separates one island from another. Ferry boats to a great ex- tent take the place of street cars, and more smoothly as well # tore quickly carry the passenger from the beginning of his journey to its end. Upon one of these islands, Djurgarden, the exposition inaugurated to celebrate in part the twenty-fifth anniversary of the reign of good King Oscar II is situated. A more beautiful site could not have been selected. Washed in part by two arms of the north- stream many beautiful water effects can be secured. The fisheries building incloses @ pond of running water, the naval exhibit can be to a great extent in its natural ele- ment, and water, can be brought into the grounds to f@rm carals and lagoons, It might be said that Chicago boasts of its water front, but at Stockholm the streams were not so wide ‘but that the beauties of the opposite shores tould not enhance the charm of the setting. The landscape artist kept this in mind and through vistas be- tween buildings the tired eyes could find rest by looking upon the green slopes be- yond. The main grounds rise gently from the water's edge to the bluffs beyond. Upon the higher portions are situated the highly suggestive timber buildings, with its ex- of ‘pictures, growing trees, photo- graphs, wood seciions. and panoramas so arranged as to show graphically and com pletely the lumber resources and lumb¢ ing methods of the Scandinavian forests. The cement exhibit is put into stairways and bridges, wrought iron into grills, and glass into windows. : et vA Beloved King. The people of Scandinavia in their de- Votiort “to their kimg vresponded nobly to ‘his call for an exposition of the arts and industries of his country, and then to show by-comparison what “his people had accom- Plishéd, he asked Russia and Denmark to participate. It wad i‘ no sense a bazaar. The ‘visitor could’ trayérse one aisle after another without being importuned to make a single purchase.; With one or two ex- ceptions in the Russian section nothing was offered for-sale exdept souvenirs made of a maferial which' was the seller's spe- cialty, such &s knives and scissors made of Eskilstdna 'stedf No fakirs were per- mitted to sell ‘cheap’ Jewelry of German make or diargnda foom Hot Springs. 1 have recently ‘pasted through six exposi- tions. and it’ was-tindetd-ia delight to be able to look attentivélyand interestedly at an’exhibit without having a man, woman or child—é¥en, al] three—hasten forward with some part.of the exhibit to offer, and when the proffered article was declined to setietich would-be selesman hurripdly try to find something that.I had. looked at. In. the great majority of exhibits there would be merely the name of :the manufac- turer and a statement as to whom applica- tion.should be made ‘for further informa- tion. Some, thinking of the great exposi- tlons''of Parts, Chicago and Brussels, have declared that of,Stoekholm to be small. It is true there are-no enormous buildin; however, the industrial hall being built en- tirely .of wood, is 350 feet high. ‘At a little less ‘than this height bridges. connect the central dome with four towers, and access to ‘these bridges is obtained by ‘elevators in twovof the towers or by a stairway in each ‘of the” other two. From! this vantage grotnd one has an uninterrupted view of the entire grounds — the: swift-flowing streams, the flitting boats and glimpse of the rival islands. One building well de- serves to be copied. It is the art building. Rectangular in form, the central portion 1s octagonal, while the rest of the space is economically subdivided into small rooms, so that one is never bewildered by a great assemblage of pictures, with no climactic werk or many. But the especial feature is the octagonal center. Over it is a lofty skylight, while the earthen floor is sodded, embellished with shrubbery and beautiful by walks, This is the space set aside for sculpture. The corridor surrounding this grass plot is also octagonal, with many window-like openings, through which one looks out upon the statuary under condi- tions which one instinctively regards as normal. I have never seen statuary so ef- fectively displayed. The growing grass, the graceful bushes zrd the gently rippling fountain, seem to give life to the marble images cf the living. It is to be hoped that at our next American exposition this idea may be incorporated. Variety in Color. Another striking feature is the color scheme, or lack of color scheme. All of the buildings are painted in colors which have been adopted by the landed gentry. It is the countyman who pays the greatest attention to the selection of those colors which harmonize with the foliage of the Northland, the bright shades of grass and flowers and the dark gray of the bold cliffs. A sort of consensus:of opinions has been reached, and these various combinations of colors accepted. Thus it is that from what- ever section of the united kingdom a vis- itor may come, he will find at least one building bearing those colors so dear to his heart. I have just said that the exposition is not large; but we must limit this remark by saying rather, nét great in number of ex- hibits. Its 4,000 exhibits only equals the number of exhibits inm-the French section at Brussels. But at Stockholm many exhibits have individuat pase and jarge col- lective exhibits ;¢gunted as but one. There has been ng attempt to swell num- bers or to::magnify: the catalogue. The king simply asked the resources and the industries of nis lap be shown, and his loving people were haypy in doing his bid- ding—doing it honestly and without pride or ostentation. ote A most attractive fedture of the entire exposition is thd’*pedsant girls, brought down from Dak lia,,the district famed for the honesty of its people; girls brought di tendants in the res- stands))i newspaper booths and for dozens of pther-occupations where strength of body) and! character are de- manded. These ; Wear the bright cos- tumes of their native districts, and, as they flit about amongu:the somewhat som! 7 ‘patches of poppies, lums in a wavy field of grass, You sit idly dreamt: haps giving your eyes a rest from a day of sight- seeing, when a Rattwik girl passes by—the ‘barred and at the driver is a metallic-red flag-shaped de- vice with the Scandinavian word which means “disengaged” painted on ft. When the cab ts hailed and engaged this flag is lowered, and as soon as the destination is announced the cabman states the charge and sets a dial. which shows the amount to be paid upon reaching the end of the ride. This dial is immediately in front of the occupant, and cannot be changed ex- cept by raising the flag, which throws the index back to zero. As this would not be to the driver’s interest, there can be no dis- pute at the end of the trip as to the amount to be paid. There is no Midway at this exposition, for the very good reason that any side show would be insignificant in comparison with the famous Skansen which occupies Practically the rest of the island. ‘Phis in- stitution, which may be called a living museum, was started several years ago by Dr. Heraelius, a man loved and honored by every one in Sweden and Norway. He be- gan by collecting articles of historic inter- est and those primitive utensils and tools that were being replaced by more modern forms. Then to give these objects their appropriate settings he brought down peas- ant houses, with their entire furnishing and the people who had been their occupants. Thus it is that he has gathered together a@ number of houses and households from all the characteristic sections, but, instead of stringing them together, as is done in the “Street in Cairo” variety, the houses are separate, so that the oddity of one does not detract from the uniqueness of the others. The occupants do not sit around like lay figures, they .form the working force in Skansen, making roads, keeping the beautiful grounds in order, looking after the very complete collection of the fauna of Sweden and Norway, from the tiniest bird to the largest bear and broad-antlered reindeer. Here, too, is seen a village of Laps, living in the quaint tent- Mike huts which they carried down from their far-away homes in the north. Norse Life Portrayed. It can well be said that in Skansen there is absolutely nothing theatrical. There is no need to do more than represent the ac- tual lHfe and surrcundings of the people who are too rapidly becoming cosmopolized. Nothing can be more interesting than to see a Rattwik household as correct as could be seen if a day’s journey were made to that far-away province. The same is true of the families of Blekinge, Lekrand, Mora, Orsa ard every typical region of the Kingdom. When it is remembered that it was the ancestors of these peoples who protected Gustaf Vasa when fleeing from the Danes, and that the Dalecarlians were the first to come to the assistance of their rightful sovereign, one can understand how Skansen, by recalling their valorous deeds, can serve as a perpetual stimulus to Patriotic principles. The Northern Museum, with its different branches, is the indoor part of Skansen, and in these the noble di- rector has gathered in their entirety col- lections which otherwise would have been Scattered and thus rendered valueless. One of his most recent acquisitions was the li- brary and work room of the great Rydberg. The room has been reproduced as to size, shape and colors, and each article placed in the very position it occupied when the author breathed his last. The king may erect a statue to this author, but how much more inspiring it is to the lovers of iis" works to see the very surroundings in which they were created. At tne centennial we saw some scenes with wax figures showing some events in Swedish life. Many of us looked with tears in our eyes at the panorama representing the death of the baby. These came from the Northern Museum, as did some others which were exhibited at Chicago. But at Skansen we see similar scenes; but Mving persons take the place of the lifeless forms referred to. Every fair day during the summer at a given hour the young folks of Skansen meet on the dancing floor, and then, to the music of the highlands, dance as they did at home, and give to the on- lcoker a sight only seen in widely separated districts, and there only at special festivals. Skansen is a little Sweden framed in by the beautiful Nordstream and overlooking the capital of the greater Sweden. Dr. Herzelius, in his desire to keep his people true to the honest principles that prevail in their northern home, prohibits the ac- ceptance of any gratuities, and in this pro- hibition he has made Skansen unique in another particular—the only place in Eu- rope where tips are declined. ee ere PRACTICAL GYMNASTICS. Exercises Which Bring Color Cheeks and Flesh on to Bones. From the Philadelphia Times. Active gymnastics comprise walking, run- ning, jumping, dancing, wrestling, swim- ming, etc. These develop the muscles and strengthen the body and give elasticity and grace to the movement. After a few months weak and delicate children become strong and sound in health and body, and heavy, indolent boys and girls become light and supple. Experience teaches us that one organ of the body should never be ex- ercised to the detriment of the others. We see a proof of this every day. Look at dancers, for instance—how pronounced their legs are, and how thin and unformed are their arms; and that, because only their legs have been duly exercised. A healthy woman’s gymnastics should have in view only the perfection of her or- ganism, by developing the beauty of her form and the grace of her movements. Walking, running and jumping are natural gymnastics. The hoop and skipping rope are excellent gymnastics for children. But to give grace there is nothing so good as dancing, and dancing cannot be taught too Soon to children. They learn how to sit, stand, move and walk gracefully, and these graceful habits once acquired nothing can destroy. Dancing, like running, much improves the shape of the legs, and keeps down fat. Wher dancing days are over, therefore, I would advise ladies to exercise dancing steps in their room after their bath, and move their bodies to and fro, and from side to side, to retain the suppleness of their figure and keep obesity from the door. I could mention some ladies who have re- tained thelr youthful figure by skipping when none could see them. No corset must be worn, kowever, during skipping or jumping. Skippirg, jumping, dancing and like exercises will be found to be far more beautifying to the figure than tight lacing. Jumping on the toes, dancing on the toes and walking on the toes will cure the de- formity called flat foot if persevered in daily. Never j~mp on the heels, a commotion of the brain might ensue. Always jump on both feet together. Sprains frequently oc- cur to those who try to jump only on one foot. The trapeze—of course, low enough to be quite safe—is excellent for developing arms and legs. It also gives strength and agility to the muscles. There are as many as eighteen different trapeze exercises, each one of which strengthens some part of the muscular system and adds to its beauty. Medical or hygienic gymnastics succes- sively exercise every organ of the body, to complete their development and keep them in health and vigor. They also remedy de- fects, deviations and deformities. In cases of general weakness every muscle is ex- ercised; in cases of partial weakness of any part of the body the muscles of the op- pesite side are exercised. Before beginning these exercises every part of clothing that impedes natural movement must be taken off. I repeat, no corset whatever must be worn.” Nothing, 1 am _ persuaded, is more strengthening and beautifying to man or woman than rational gymnastic exercises. to SPARROW KILLERS. German Starlings to Be Set Free in Pittsburg Parke. From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. The Allegheny public works officials have decided that the pest of the North Side, the English sparrow, must go. For several years the director of public works, Robert from the city parks and thoroughfares, but until the present time has been unable to fix upon a scheme that would promise suc- the sparrow. The starlings will be raised at Riverview Park, and from there turned loose into the city. It is expected that the scheme will te ready for active opera- tion by the time spring arrives. There are at present in the aviary at the park forty pairs of the starlings, and by spring one hundred additional pairs will be pur- chased. The species breed at least three ®mes annually. It is expected chat by next fall there will be fully 2,500 full- fledged sparrow killers in the city. The starling is a large bird, about nine inches in lergth, and of beautiful appear- ance. Its feathers are black, with a me- tallic and greenish tint in reflection, which gives the bird a magnificent mottled ap- pearance. There is some doubt about the ability of the city to keep the birds over the winter after they have been turned loose, as their habits make them migrate southward in cold weather. Superintend- ent Fulton, however, declared that the birds would remain during the winter if regularly fed. For their shelter a number of small bird houses will be erected in Riverview Park, and the superintendent has no fears but that they will become do- mesticated. So confident is he that the scheme will be successful that he has Eromised that by June of next year there will not be a sparrow in the park. — ROYAL MATCH-MAKING. The Remarkable Success in That Line of Queen Louise of Denmark. From the Youth's Companion. Denmark is a small country, which does not have a large part in the world’s affairs; but its court is an important one, by re: Son of its marriage alliances and the per- sonal influence of the king and queen. Whenever there ts a court ball at Coppen- hagen, one of the liveliest dancers is King Christian IX, who is still young at heart, although close to his eightieth year. His wife, Queen Louise, is his senior by Several months, and has ceased to dance in the royal quadrilles. She has been one of the most successful match-makers in Eu- rope, and still takes keen interest in this royal sport. For her oldest son, the crown prince, the queen found a suitable partner nearly thir- ty years ago in Princess Louisa, daughter of the King of Sweden and Norway. Her oldest daughter became the Princess of Wales, and her second daughter the wife of Alexander III, and mother of the present Czar of Russia. Her second son, after his election as King ot Greece, married a Russian grand duch- ess. With one grandson on the Russian throne, and another, the Duke of York, des- tined to reign in England, and with two other grandsons heirs to the crowns of Den- mark and Greece, Queen Louise may be de- scribed as the grandmother of four em- peror and kings. Two other marriages this adroit match- maker has arranged. Her third son, Prince Waldemar, married Princess Marie d’Or- leans, daughter of the Duc de Chartres, and her third daughter became the wife of the Duke of Cumberland, a great grandson of George III of England, who might have been King of England if Queen Victoria kad died in her girlhood. These were marriages which brought great fortunes in the Danish family, for the Orleans princess was an heiress and the Duke of Cumberland was also rich. Queen Louise, having married off all her children with marked success, has begun to arrange a new Series of alliances for her grandchildren. Her theory has been that the reigning house of a feeble country like Denmark can be converted into a center of influence tn Europe by discreet but ambi- tious marriages. She acted upon this prin- ciple when she advised her grandson, the Crown Prince of Greece, to marry a sister of the German emperor. The queen is not only a match-maker, but also a woman of great force of char- acter and a good mind. Her influence has been felt at the family councils throughout Europe. The late czar and the Present Emperor of Russia have attached great weight to her advice. Copenhagen has been the capital where for two gen- erations the Russian imperial family have been frequent visitors and have thrown off the cares of state. In September Queen Louise’s eightieth birthday was celebrated by a reunion of her descendants and relations in Copen- hagen. It was a large family party from many courts of Europe, and she received the congratulations of nearly all the sov- ereigns on the continent. o> __ FARMER AND MEGAPHONE. A Pilot on a Boat Stops a Horse in a Cornfield Nearby. From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. I was on the Upper Ohio this summer when the river was low, and was much amused cver the use to which a pilot put a megaphone. He bought the thing to call ashcre ony message that might have been given the boat to carry. This was to save time, for those little boats in the local trades are a great deal like the old-fash- ioned mail carriers, anything to accommo- date the people along the bank. “We were in the pilot house, and the beat was running up a chute near the West Virginia side of the river. In a cornfield was an old farmer, who was fol- lowing a plow behind an ‘old fiea-bitten gray that only needed a half invitation to stop at any time. The pilot put the mega- “Whoa,” “The farmer heard the sound, and he thought, evidently, that a neighbor was there or thereabout, for he looked around to see from whence the sound came. Then he tossed a clod at the old horse and phone to his mouth and shouted and the old gray whoaed. started him up. “ ‘Whoa,’ said the pilot, and again the old horse stopped. Then the old Rube went to river bank and looked down in the willows, but not a soul could he sce. He locked up and down and then at the steamboat, and scratched his head in sur- prise. He couldn’t afford to waste an: tme in looking for the ghost, for he went RS to the plow job. “Once more the joking pilot said ‘whoa.’ and again the horse stopped dead still. You could £ee from the boat that the old fellow Was all mixed up, for he looked up and down the river, and then at the hillside be- hind him to see if he could find the man who was working him and his old horse. He made up his mind that he would take it out of the old gray, and to fix for the occasion he went to the underbrush and cut @ stick that was ten fect long. He started the horse with a vengeance. When the pilot hollered ‘whoa’ again the old man Save the gray a lick that sounded clear to the boat. We could almost hear him say: ‘Thar, gol darn you, I'll teach you to = when you hear a spook hollerin’ at “But the pilot kept up the good work, oe hollered whoa, whoa, whoa, and again an watched the beat. “Then the ungry matter with him.’ “Then the old Rube got his voice and we your old voles Tea ais f° taunger with ice. @ rail ‘anywheres,’” a —————+o+—_____ SOME NOTABLE DUELS, Famous Men Who Resorted to the Code of Honor. and started on with his 15 | i i ke; it RR i Hu “credit te yours” i Ladies ican shop ' Tonight until quite late here with per- | fect convenience and com- fort. Just now every depart- ment is bright with the new Fall and Winter Goods. 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The Earl of Talbot and John Wilkes, fighting a duel at night in the garden of the Red Lion Inn, at Bagshot, and discussing the condition! of it beforehand in a private room over a chop, is a tableau_de moeurs. George Canning was seriously wounded when he and Castlereagh met at Putney in 1807 to exchange four shots. In the duel between Henry Grattan and Mr. Corry, a bullet shattered the latter's arm. As late as 1835 Mr. Roebuck fought a duel with Mr. Black of the Morning Chronicie, when two shots were exchanged without result. The fighting parson was then as well known as the fighting editor. The Rev. Henry Bate, editor of the Morning Post, was both. A dead shot, and, with what his contemporaries call “a profiigate tongue,” he was most successful us a duelist. He “pinked” “Fighting Fitzgerald,” a Mr. Temple, a young barrister, who was his as- sistant editor, and several others, but met his match at last in Captain Stoney Rob- inson, who gave him a severe wound, but whom he also wounded. wr LAMBS FOLLOWED THEIR LEADER, And They Made Things Li Boyle County Negro ¢ From the Dauville (Ky.) Advocate. Sim Cook is always getting himself or some other sinner into trouble. This ob- servation is caused by the sudden recol- lection of an experience of Simeon and some sheep, or rather some silly lambs. One hot day last June Cook and the lambs started to town. It was a pretty big drove of lambs. The weather was extremely hot, and as the lambs neared the city, after their journey of four or five miles, they got very warm and were inclined to stop and blow at every point on the road where trees cast a shade. Just on the edge of town the lambs were halted in front of a large double house, occupied by colored folks. The front gate was open, likewise the front door of the house. The sun was behind the building, and the deep shade thereby made was very inviting. In a few moments one of the lambs, more venturesome than the rest of the flock, started through the gate. A shout from one of the darkies in the yard frightened the animal and it made a leap for the door, This started the entire outfit, and like a flash the fifty or sixty lambs were going into that door in a stream, and so rapidly that they just made a white streak between the pike and the doorway. Inside an old colored woman was washing. She had a stove red hot and was also cooking dinner. When the lambs be- gan waltzing around in that room they stirred up hades. They began running around and around like scared turkeys. They turned over washtubs, tripped up the cook and upset the stove. Cries of fire ‘and moans of distress filled the air, and at every new sign of grief the lambs became more rattled. After a reign of terror which lasted only a few moments, but seemed an age, the lead sheep saw an open window, and out he bounced. Then followed another white streak of mutton into the front yard, over the fence and down the pike. One lamb came but with a short joint of stovepipe over its head, and others carried visible evidences of the warfare. Nothing has been said about Sim, but it ts related that during the ghost dance by the lambs Sim was jumping around like a Comanche brave with the toothache. Soon the fire in the house was put out, the steve was re- built, the washtubs resurrected and the old woman was at work again, singing “Jordan Am a Hard Road to Trabble.” —__+2+____ Rubber-Lined Warships. From Industries and Iron. In French naval circles there is again some talk of adopting a “filling” between the inner skin and the inner sheil. At present cellulese and corn pith seem to have gone out of favor, and it is now pro- posed to utilize caoutchouc or some similar elastic substance, so that even shouid the vessel or shot penetrate, the rent will close again and only a small quantity of water be admitted. Tests -have already heen made, a structure representing a small part.of the length of a vessel being fitted with the cellular double sides filled with caoutchoxe, and it was perforated within and outside at various depths above and below the water line and-allowed to float in the river; and yet it was found after a considerable ,time that only a few pints of water had leaked through the interior. ———_+0-—__ Foxes for England. From the New Bedford, Mass., Standard. Foxes have become so scarce in some parts of England that they have been im- ported from Germany in order to furnish the squirearchy and the nobility with sport; which gives Punch occasion for a picture > ima Se $22 2 Philadelphia