Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1898, Page 21

es WOES OF A CONSUL America’s Representatives Abroad Have Troubles of Their Own. FIRST RESORT IN TIME OF NEED Regarded as Fair Game by Sharp- ers as Well as the Needy. EXTRADITING CRIMINALS Written for The Evening Star. HE WOES OF AN American consul in a great foreign city are manifold.” said Gen. Patrick A. Col- lins of Boston, him- self the recent Unit- ed States consul gen- eral at London. teed = Evidently Gen. Col- ’ | \\. jlins regarded the { PEA “woes” of which he spoke as more hu- is | ons morous than pathet- ic, for he smiled as he made the otservation. The writer knew that kindly smile of old. It was the same which until a twelvemonth ago greeted the casual American wayfarer who chanced to stray into St. Helen's Place, city, and undor the big stars and stripes which hung invitingly over the offices of Uncle Sam's consulate. “Let me begin at the beginning,” con- tinued Gen. Collins, “and narrate my own personal experiences. When Mr. Cleveland sent me to London I was a simple, con- fiding Bostonian, with a vast amount of honest belief in my fellowman. As a re- sult, I had not been in London a week before I fell an easy victim to the wiles of a chevalier d'industrie. It was in this wise: A card was brought to me bearing the name (let us say) of ‘Maj. J. H. Blank, late of the Blank regiment, and member of the G. A. R.’ I felt proud at being enabled to greet in my official capacity a veteran of the war; and ‘Maj. Blank’ was ushered in. He proved to be a charming _gentleman, full of anecdote and_positive- ly effervescing with patriotism. We smok- ed a couple of cigars together, and agreed the United States was the greatest coun- try on the footstool. Then—all of a sud- den—my new friend sprang to his feet. First of the Swindlers. “Oh, by the way, general,’ said he, ‘I had almost forgotten what I came about. Fact is, not knowing London very well, I fell among thieves yesterday, and they fieeced me of all my ready cash. I have cabled for funds; but in the meantime I should really like you to lend me a little ready money. Can you? “Could I? Of course I could. I felt, indeed, that it was my bounden duty to do so, and I did. He took my check and departed. The check was cashed within an hour. but I never saw ‘Maj. Blank’ agzin. When I mentioned the fact of his visit to a friend of experience, the friend merely laughed, and told me in brutally plain language that I had been swindled. But it was not until I had investigated “Maj. Blank’s’ antecedents over here by means of letters of inquiry, that I knew the entire truth of this assertion. Since then many and many a ‘Maj. Blank’ has : but very seldom have I been the same dodge. an American gets ‘stranded’ in clime and sees no immediate ns of raising money, what is his very a foreign ™ first place of call? The American con- fulate, almost invariably. Uncle Sam's wandering prodigals think that it is their fond parent's actual duty to ship them home ficm wherever they may happen to be. I believe that there exists a popu- lar superstition that a special fund has been set aside for this very purpose, and that this fund is at the disposal of con- suls he use of deserving citizens who broke.’ I know a great many have at different times come to Helen's Place and claimed as their Tights a portion or portions of this mythi- cal fund. When informed of its non-exist- ence the majority of them have not hesl- tated to hint that I was mendactous. if I had sent heme all the persons who during my term of office applied for trans- portation I should have been the means of restoring to Uncle Sam's bosom a very respectable army of errant citizens. To satisfy all the claims for relief which pour- ed in upon me in the same time I should have needed the wealth of an Astor or a Rockefeller. I need not tell you that the really deserving applicants were few and far between. The great majority of those Who came for aid were either rogues or ependthrifts. A Millionaire's Son. “Let me give you a f2w Instances. One day @ yourg mar called, and proved to me by Means of letters and r2ferences of unques- tionable strength that he was the son of a Well-known western millionaire. He had visited Monte Carlo, and had been, as ha expressed it, cleaned out. The gambling had t done contrary to his father’s ex- Pressed commands. Consequently, he did not dare, just then, to write home; but he asked me, as one acquainted with his posi- tion und prospects, to lend him some money. Tne story was a perfectly straight on2. I asked for a day to think the matter ever. During the day I investigated my young friend, and, finding that everything he said s e, let him have what he Wanted. The sum was to be returned in a week; but many a w2ary week has gone by since then, and I have yet to leok upon those departed dollars. I suppose the young man simply forgot all about the transac- — Let us at least be charitable, and hope so. “Confidence m2n a-many have visited me h this same story; and while I will not ly state that they have never suc- i in victimizing me, I will say that I y erally managed to se: through schemes in time. Plisht of a Young Couple. “I remember an amusing and yet some- What touching case—touching In a double sense, for I will admit, in this instanea, to positi have been touched both as regards my heart and my pecket. A newly married couple from Ame! had been spending their honeymoon in Europe. Thay had spent their funds lavishly, imagining that, like their love for each other, those funds were without limit. But sightseeing in Switzerla:4 and shopping in Paris will empty a fat pocket book in short order, and when the young turtle doves fetched up in London they awoke to the stern fact that they were for the time being penni- less. Arm in arm they fluttered into my gloomy old office, the bride trying to look woebegone under a hat which had just cost quite a little fortune in the metropolis of millinery. They told their story with such unconscious drollery that, upon my. word, I cannot tell you which I felt most like doing—laughing or crying. As a result, I cabled for them to their friends on this side of th» water, and was happy in the krowledge that I had done two delightful innocents a good turn. I was repeid fully for my expense and trouble; but the bride's smile, when they visited me a few days aft>r, put a positive premium on what I had done. “I had not been very long in office when I had to make a rule never to do monetary favers for my countrymen and country Women at all. Of course, this rule, like ether rales, was broken in exceptional cases, but It was not broken often. Had I yielded tc my impulses upon all occasions, I should now be a pauper and deeply in debt to beot. Appeals of Criminals. “And now let me pass to another phase of the consul’s life—quite different from that of listening to appeals for ald, yet just as unpleasant, if not more so. I refer to the part played in the capture and ex- tradition of criminals. The correspondence on this subject passes through the consul’s office. In extradition trials it is the con- sul who appears in court on behalf of the American people. He is a sort of prosecut- ing attorney in the land of the stranger. I will say that this objectionable part of my duties was always made as light as Possible by the colrtesy of English offi- clals. It is very painful, though, when the criminal himself makes an appeal to me— calling up memories of home and drawing upon one’s stock of Americanism—in or- der that he may escape. extradition and punishment. Many such appeals have been made to me. Men have told me that I was ruining their lives. They have sworn to reform and begin life anew if I would ‘let them go’ and not press the case against them. Just_as if I had the power to ‘let them go.’ But you cannot reason with a man in this situation. His own misery blinds him to the truth. He looks upon the consul, not as an official doing his plain duty, but as a ruthless instru- ment of vengeance. The bitter reproaches and passionate pleadings of criminals against whom I was pushing extradition proceedings have, I assure you, given me many sleepless nights. Finally I began to hate the appearance of a detective in my for I knew, on seeing one, that he had come to get some wretched felon sent back to punishment. Espionage of Scotiand Yard. “When first I went to England there was a great deal pyblished about the es. Pionage kept up by Scotland Yard upon all my doings, and the fears of the British government that my Irish-American as- sociations might lead me into dynamiting and other pernictous practices. I will not say that there was not some truth in these printed statements, but the major part of them were pure sensational rubbish. John Bull, is above all else, a practical man, and the fact that a man happens to be r-ck A. Collins of Boston, U. 3. A. not scare him, when he recollects that the said Collins is also a responsible and a credited representative of a great friendly power. Right well he knows that a U. 8. consul general is not going to take a hand in blowing up Westminster palace or wrecking Paddington station while he is in office. And, knowing this, he is not go- ing to waste good detective material and valuable time in having him ‘shadowed.’ No, my life was not ‘made miserable by Scotland Yard’s Paul Pry methods,’ as some sensational London correspondents informed their American newspapers. “The pleasantest part of my life as con- sul was the social. My office brought me in touch with hundreds of charming peo- “Americans and Britishers. Your En- glishman loves particularly a good dinner, and I could not now enumerate the many happy foregatherings of this kind to which I have been bidden. The public speaking I never liked over much, but these dinners introduced me to many of the very men I had all my life been anxious to meet. A number of close and highly-prized friendships sprang out of my stay in St. Helen’s court. “Yet I do not think I should care to be consul general again. As I mentioned be- fore, an American consul in a great for- eign city has troubles of his own.” And with an expression of humorous sad- ness General Collins lit a fresh cigar and changed the subject. ————— : SHAKESPEARE AND SHORTHAND.. How the Text May Have Been Bun- sled and Guessed At. From the Chicago Times-Herald. What Shakespeare suffered at the : ae of shorthand writers formed the subjéct of much erudite discussion among the earliest of his critics. Indeed, it was a common complaint of the dramatists of the six- teenth century that the stenographers, who were regular attendants at the play houses, woefully misrepresented their productions. They were unable to take down verbatim the winged words of the authors, and filled in the gaps in their notes with phrases of their own. Those substitutions failed to Please the authors, because the scribe often made solemn passages ludicrous and not infrequently turned carefully planned mirth into sad-eyed melancholy. Many scholars hold that we are “indebted” to shorthand for the earliest known edition of Hamlet. Up to 1825 the quarto of 1604 was supposed to be the earliest text of Hamlet in existence. In that year there was found in the Duke of Devonshire’s Mbrary a single edition dated 1603. This differed materially from the quarto of 1604. Scme of the quidnunes believed that ft con- tained the crude and undigested thoughts of Shakespeare, which he afterward work- ed over and elaborated; but the majority, after careful comparison of the two edi- tions, decided that the Devonshire quarto was the evork of some piratieal stenog- rapher. Collier gave it as his opinion that “where the mechanical skill of the short- hand writer failed he filled in the blanks from memory.” Dyce said: “The quarto of 1603 exhibits a text most strangely man- gied and corrupted throughout, and was manifestly formed on the notes of some shorthand writer who had imperfectly taken it down during a representation of the play.”” Some of the scenes were transposed and others omitted; the names of characters were not the same, and there was a wide variance in certain speeches and soliloquies. Tae lines ended abruptly and little regard was paid to the rhythm. The compiler of the 1608 edition got the sense of most of the noted passages, but he played havoc with Shakespeare’s poetic language, and made many of the thoughts hazy if not obscure. Here is the way he rendered the famous soliloquy: ‘To be or not to be; ay, there's the point; To dle, to sleep: ie that all? Ay, all. ‘0; to sleep, to dream; ay, marry, there tt goes; For in that dream of death, when’ we awake, And borne before an everlasting Frem whence no passenger ever return’d, ‘The undiscovered country, at whose sight The happy smile, and the accurs’d damned, But for of this, Who'd bear the scorns flattery of the Scorn’d by the right rich, the rich curs'd of t\ poor, ‘The widow being oppress’d, the orphan ‘wrong’ The taste of hunger, or a tyrant’s reign, ks And thousand more ‘calamities besides; ‘To grunt and sweat under this weary life, When that be may his full quietus make With a bare bodkin. Who would thus endure, But for the hope of something after death? Which puzzles the brain, and doth confound the sense, Which make us rather bear those evils we have, ‘Than fly to others that we know not of. Ay that. 0, this consclence makes cowards of us Lady, in thy orisons, be all my sins remember’d. Here, of course, we have the framework of that wonderful speech. The leading ideas are there, but the lines are abrupt and halting, the expression is mechanical, and the poetry takes no aerial flight, but hugs the common earth with prosaic ten- acity. It does not require knowledge of Bright's stenography to render a verdict in this Instance. Any modern shorthand writer can detect where the pirate ‘fell down” and patched up his notes from memory; and where he left out whole lines because of his inability to decipher chur- acters that obstinately refused to be trans- lated in common-sense English. But the writer of Bright’s “characterie” had more difficulties to contend against than the phonographer of today. Bright's system was conspicuous by its lack of system. It had no alphabet. The doctor merely in- vented symbols to represent words. He prepared a table of words with characters annexed, which the student was “to get by heart." For the sun he used a small circle with a dot in the center, similar to the mark which newspaper copy readers use for @ period. The moon was a semicircle, and “heart” was a sign in the shape of that organ, which !t would take almost as Icng to draw as to write the word itself. Then he had signs for synonyms and ap- pellative words. Under the heading “‘book” he placed “almanac, commentary, dialogue, treatise, volume, pamphiet.” A distin- guishing mark was to be added to the gen- eric symbol so as to denote which of the words was meant. The writer was to omit superfluous words when he was unable to write as fast as the speaker talked. John Willis, the inventor of another shorthand system in Shakespeare’ Bright's stenography: “It understanding and memory that few of the ordinary sort of people could attain to the knowledge thereof.” —_+e+—____ It Would Deter Him. From the Nebraska State Journal. Two ladies in a Nebraska town were talk- ing recently about the characteristics of Mr. Bryan. One was a Baptist and the other a Presbyterian. The lady who was a Baptist remarked that Mr. Bryan, who isa Presbyterian, had serious thoughts of join- ing the Baptist Church. The other lady looked at her incredulously and after a while remarked: “Oh, no, he won't.’* “Why not?’ You have probably noticed that when a man’s grandfather fought in the revolution- ary war, he was an officer, THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1898-24 PAGES. ADVERTISED LETTERS. following is a lst cates in the fwashington (D.C) Post Odice, Bat t . C, s eer, Sey ame. ‘To obtain any ‘of these letters the applicant shovid call for ‘Advertised Letters.” If not called for within two (2) weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter LADIES’ LIST. Adams, Minnie Mrs Lester, Morgan Mrs Adams. Susan Mre Lewis, Catherine Mrs Allen, ‘8 Miss Lewis, Sallie B Mise Anderson, Hattic Mise os Little, Ledie Miss Andrews, It ie = Inez Miss d, Janie Butler, Butler, Butler, Mary A, Mise Calmer, Ruth Miss Campbell, Chas Mra Campbell, Emma Mrs Caperton, W B dirs Capulet, ‘Juliet Miss Carltsle.Anne Lloyd Mi: Carpenter, J B Miss Carpenter, Mamie Miss Carter, Mamie Mrs Chandler, Nanie Clarks- N ton ro Childs, Emeline Miss Giark,’ Emily Miss Clarke, ES Mrs ytor, Sarah L Miss Coakley, Anna Miss Coffin, iedith Miss or, Robt S Mrs Cont Gook, ‘Nettie Miss r. Georgiana '. Florence Richartson, Marcia Miss Rickey, 8 J Mrs Riggs, Latte Miss Riley, Eliza Miss Robertson, Martha Miss oy Hae Mise Roller, Judy. Miss Jennie Miss Roilii a Rose, Betsey J Mre Bates, “Alice Mrs” Roeey, Fannle Miss Evans, Grace Miss Rosle, Belle Miss Evans, Katherine Mise Rowland, Fabctd toun MM Fi , ire ee ee eae , ra . rs oF Salterwhite, Mary Belle Mies Scanion, Plauxtey Miss Schuyler, Georgina Miss & Schwarm, Sam'] Mrs Scott, Eliza J Mra Scott, Margrett Miss Firror, Wm Mrs Fish, ‘Sadie © Mise For Franklio, E Franklin, Ida Mrs Freemond, Alice J Mrs Fry, Minule Mise Fuller, Emily Lyon Miss n Mrs Furguson, Sarah Miss Scots, Carrie Mise Field, BW Mrs Sheldon, Ervilla, Mrs Garner, Fannie Mrs Skinner, Mary cenie = a Skipper, Jennie Miss Giobon, PW Mrs Smith, ‘Bessle D Smith, © Mrs Smith, Eamana Mrs Smith, Fannie C Miss ra Gogzing: HW Mrs Gray, GB ee Marie Min Greei, Anne 8 Mrs Mary Mise ra potaherss senate ee Mary Moore Miss Smoot, ck, Speck, Katle Mrs Spellman, B T Mrs Mis Guy, Fannie Mrs Harries, Mary Mrs Hall, Henrietta Mrs Elizabeth Miss Haynl Stuart, Mary M. Heeleboon, P Mrs Studley, S_ Miss Herris, Belle W Mrs = Sweetser, Delight Mies Hemenway, Josie Miss Sullivan,’ Stelia Henderson, Ela Mrs 8 Lizzie Miss Henry, Pat’k Mrs Hewes, Hattie Misa Hews, Liza. Mrs Heyser, Higeans Dafsy Miss HiIl Ida’ Miss Hill, Liszy Sister Thomas, ‘Nancy Mise ‘thompson, Carrie Mrs ‘Thompson, Eliza Mrs ‘Thompecn, E D Mra Thompson, Nellie P Mrs ‘Thomson, Emma L Miss ‘Tinsley, Sallie Mrs ‘Toliver, ary Mise Tolson, H_W Miss ‘Truman, ‘Tucker, John Mrs ‘Tucker, Ione A DBMfiss Turner, Hattie Miss ‘Tuttle, E ler, Mollie Misa faltine, Claire Miss Van Horn, Elsa Miss Jackson, Hattie Mins Mrs Jackson, P L Mins Yooris, Dore Jackson, Lacy Mre Wade, ‘Annie Miss Jenette, Mary A Miss Wade, Louise ee (@) Walker, © O Misa johnson, Ante * ) Washington, J Mrs Johnson, a Washington, Judie Mrs johnson, Edith Miss Washington, Rosey Miss Johnson, Ellen Miss WashinSton’ Seriil. Mise gohnece, Gis = sta) Washington, Sarah Miss Inston,’ int ; Susan Mrs Johnston, ‘A ‘sting Wateray teases Johnston, C E Mrs Johnston, Isabel Miss Johnston, T B Miss Jones, A J Mra Jones, Jones, Jones, Ki al v1 re Eee ie ete Key, ‘Chistes ars Willey, Edith C Mise Kenney, Susie Miss Williams, Annie Kent, F Miss Wiliams, J J Mrs Kern, Isabel Mrs Williams, LM Mrs Kimberly, § 4 Are Williams, May Miss King tiie Williford, Verna Miss King, ‘lison, ‘Annie Miss Kids, A A M ‘Wilson, Rachel Mrs (8) Kublmann. Nannie Miss Wood, Mi Langdon, Edith Miss Wood, Molife Mrs Larcombe, ME Miss Woodson, Jane Mrs rooster, Lawrence, Oudie att Waye, Catherine Miss X Mra Hae, Joyce Mise ung. Bete Mra Lents, Bertha J J Mrs Young, Miles H Mra |. 3 Mrs , Rosy Mrs Lippy, TS Mra GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Abbott, James & Brunes, George a Bureh, ‘Clarence M axe, T 6. orem stag ew, Butlers, . Battler, Melvin ‘isn: 3B s Campbell, James ‘Alison, Sere, inbiardy MB Garver Andly, 2 Cha E Andrae, Julios Chase, Arator, Bro Rev Chase, BG Becks Bead MM Chetan Bach, 'Fred ws Baldwin, Geo Chureh ‘Thos Baltons, W H Clark, 5B Range, Meurier Bo (Cleat, HF Barnard, Bartlett & Kappler oe EN na EES ‘Cobn, Beredik,"Carkie, gE Bennett, ‘Heury M Bennett, BA Benson, Walter (& ger, Jno LL How Bird, ee Bot er? it “| é 4 “tie mi a Chas @ - Meenn, Dotson, Boker sf Rinatve, B z Dowe, 'P E 8° Noland, BT Drayton, Chas tq Rorris, Barres, i WO ol: errisy Nick Cape AB = ‘Neal, Patrick ne Sens = Enlee, Charlie “~~ Qwney, ROE Hoa Engels, Chas B® a Evens, Edd = tton, 8 Evans, WB or oe Everett, WOR. See a eee Farnsworth, Elmer EF * Chas @ ae i > Payne, J B Fores 3 8 % a [oc be ge ters, Herbert © Forsyth, ow a. =N Foster, Jno RS ett, Herman Fowler, © L Pt re Gustav og A x0 Bpllard, Oscar » Pollock, Harry Porter, E P Posey. NA Rowell, James W Pill,’ Samuel Preity, James Chas Prentiss, © C Ira Price, Grant B Ba UY Brocton dae Gray, Otto Wille Quackenbush,’ Roy 3% Green, Jno F Raab, - Michael Greene, Lloyd 8 Bab, ‘Philip Greene, Wm Rachley, J.J Gcispy, Andrew Randall & Duna s dn Richard 8 Gum's Ss v Harris, WK & © mS lartigg, Jno p Haskell: Herman ¢ rare Hatcher, G Edmuad ate Orw. site ing, 4 Hayden” Leona Russell, dA He, : Sam. Jno W Henderson, Fred Neel, Sandale, Michael Henderson’ Schnler,’ Henry Herrel, Arthur Schubert, Josef a Hin, Arthur Schoelikoph, Jom Hitz, Wn Scothora, J’W Hon Hoebu, Fred Scott, BB Hon Holmes, James Rey Scott, P Howard, Geo Seals, BP Howard, Luke yc, Selby, Charlie S (2 | Howard, fr & Mis Sharp, Edward Howler, DL ‘Simond, Geo Hubbard, Jno Ino Hudson, W D . Hughes, Harry B Smith, AL Hughes, Jno Smith, BJ Hunt, Joseph bg Smith, ON Hunt, J th, D Irvin, Samuel 8 | — Smith, B Heal Ivis, | Bugene, Mr & Mrs Smith, George Seta jackson, 4 a Jackson, Edward Liect Smith,-Henry A James, Smith, H Clay Jefferson, James ith, James N Jobe, 7 Allison ith, Jno John, Andrew Smith, W Walton Johnson, Harote Sueden, A B (2) Johnson, Wim Ht ‘9 jones, Speake, Jones, Edward Spence, I'D Mr. & Mrs Joyce, E ‘Spencer, muel Keithley, Ed A Starr, 2 High Kelty, Joseph F Steavens, J Kenneda, L Steel, TD Kiely, James Dr (2) retson, Cushing King, Josiah G Prof Stewart, Carl ‘inney, Edward 0 Stewart, & Hendrix Stewart, Herod ubn, Emil Stewart, James Lamb, B G Stewart, J Walton rer, Ch Stewart, N B , Tom Sticker,’ Clement Lassier, Wm W Stovall, Edward Lawton, A Strasburger, LM Lee, Sani Strother, James F Judge Lee, Wm ‘8a J Sew Lefingwell, Wm Sumnel, JE Temiss, Ernest Taylor, Ino wis, T ‘Taylor, R Emory day, Thomas Eo ‘Livingston, ver m Leavitt Sir debra P H os thompson, N Webb (Thornton, O M ‘olivar, Edmon i Thomas, Jno C ‘Thom McGrew, T au re . @inderwood, L J ‘aughan, James Vick, James McKay,’ Alfred McKitrick, James McQuell, L McMullen & Day Mackenzie, Harvey’ @ Muderson, Zeake Makinoon W K Hoa Wanamaker, Joo Mark, pa om -Wanemaker, Warburton, 'J ‘Waswenly, WC ‘atson, James vats, Edward Weaver, Frank Weeall,’ Lou Col ‘Wells, i, Ben 3 Marshal, C Hon'® * Marshall, Geo oH: 11 3, Alex: Williams, Elijah Willams, F & Williams, Henry W Hen Mills, Cha: ry 8 M@ and Mrs Moore, R M Col Moore, Z J @ auras foung, Wm Zeller, Rudolph FOREIGN LIST. Chopehin, Spyron ‘Mazi, Nina ‘Levan, Feranda Antonio MISCELLANEOUS LIST. American 01 lection Union (2) Agency International Fraternal American Cor Normal Alliance American Publishing Co Mining Bureau Art Manufact National Capital = of American An- eee ‘Theatre : atomists tog Baltimore Terra CottaCo Nations Bureat! Jennings Hdw Nagarite Home Barker, Co New Idea British-Amer Fire InsCo New Madrid Co Business Woman's Club Oliver Remedy Co Callahan Clifford PubCo-Plerce Construction Co Capital Correspondence Potomac est Capital Novelty Co (2) Providence Fire Ins Co Capital at Store Seven Brothers, Musi- Sie Feel ae Dy mane som ee Columbian Information, Mgr ireau “Standard Pub Co Compton Electric Scr Washington Hotel Oo vice Washington Hotel Re- Editor Capital Home Pub Co, The Washington — International BibleRead- Washington Truss STATION A. LADIES’ LIST. Bellamy, Mrs Senie ‘Thomas, Miss Sadie GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Carter, Pasci STATION B. LADIES’ Li Dodge, Mrs T T qi ites, Harry M elly, M E QUAINT BIT OF PROVENCE. A Curious Little Town im the South of France. From the New York Times. Velaux is not one of the places that you find marked upon a map of the world with @ large black dot. But on a map of this de- partment of France, which is called Bou- ches-du-Rhone, or Mouths of the Rhone, it can be found five or six miles back from the shore of the Mediterranean, on a branch of the P.-L.-M. railway that cuts cross from Rognac to Aix. About twenty- ive miles west of illes is @ large bay with a very nar: it an arm of iterranean h the French gov- ernment is talking utilizing for navy yards and nayal. stations, and on the north shore of is Rognac. From runs inland and i-tilled valley, on the north side is a high hill crowned by a-vil id the remains of a castle, both of look old enough to Romans; and that is ‘The train runs through the valley, and on elighting we had a mile to walk uphill, over a beautifully hard and smooth -mac- are still in good repair, though evidently as cases, as t! cru! castle. And this is Prov: The old folks call it Here were the familiar fields, fields, good roade—it might @ fertile valley in America by shutting one we to the ancient town on the bilitop, for but one indefinable thing. And presently I discovered what that was there were no houses among the farms. Here from my window on the hilltop I can count you every house in this valley that runs ten miles in one direction and two or three in the other. There is the station, with a Uttle inn beside it, both modern. Then comes a great stone affair with tow- ers, that looks like an old castle, but is a winemaking concern. Then there is a small house at the turn of the road, unoccupied, and just at the foot of the hill are two or three comparatively modern dwellings, one of which is Mr. Blanc’s summer residence. But those are all; here are 100 farms in | sight and not a single farmhouse, and it is the want of them that gives the landscape its unfamiliar look. “That is a survival of ancient customs,” Mr. Blanc explains, when I ask about itt. “In old times the provinces were contin- ually at war, and a farmer who lived in a detached farmhouse would have been an easy prey to the enemy. For their own Protection and the safety of their stock they built their houses in a group, and 80 the villages were formed. They hed far- ther to go to their work, to be sure, but in case of attack they had a better chance for defense. Now that there is no such dan- ger the custom still survives, and through- out the south of France you always find mers living in the neighboring vil- The wine place with the towers we could admire only from the outside, as the olives and the breakfast were waiting. It was evidently built in such shape that It could be defended, but in more recent times a large residence has been added at one side. Across the road were large vineyards, and in the vintage season, I am told, you can go to the mill with a cask and buy the grape juice fresh from the press for five cents a quart. There need be no question about its purity, for you can stand there and see the grapes put in and catch the juice as it runs out. Later on, when the Juice has turned into wine, it sells for eight or ten cents a quart. The common retail price of this ordinary table wine in Paris or Marseilles is twelve or fifteen cents a quart. ——___+0-_____ A Hawk With a City Nest. From the Baltimore Sen. Considerable excitement was occasioned yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of Bank and Eden streets by the efforts of a hawk to get at a flock of homing pigeons belong- ing to Amendt Bros. The pigeons were roosting on a roof, and the hawk made a descent upon them. The birds got away from danger by flying high in the air in circles. After hovering about for an hour the hawk flew away. It is said that the hawk has a nest in the old malt house on Central avenue, near Gough street. EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. OKELEY SCHOOL. Young ladies and little children. 1750 Madison st., near Dupont Circle. Miss B. V. Heth, A.M. jal-aw* MES. MANN’S KINDERGARTEN AND SCHOOL. Spring session begins February 1, 1896. ee and German taught Children called for. 18 Sunderland place. ja21-1m Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Correctly taught by Miss G. B. Buckingham, at Bio, toss ein st. nw. of at residence of pupil. [m' Paris “3 French, 724 11TH ST. N.W. French conversation; no grammar; infallible method of gaining full command of all’ the Freuch verbs, as well as to think in French. Statistical proof. Classes or private lessons. ply for cir- panne Prof. F. P. COLETTE-OLLENDORFF. jt HOTELS. ‘This List Appears Rvery Saturday. HOTEL INFORMATION FREE. For booklets of American, Hotels, Pall European and Winter Resorts, also rates of apartments in ‘Hotels below, call or address (send stamp) HOTEL TARIFF BUREAU, Sp Ave., New York. 248 Rue de Rivoli, Paris, HOTEL POCKET GUIDB rREa. ‘The Stafford Hotel, B.P., $1.60 -+-The Carroliton, AP., $3 Altamont, EP., $1 up; AP. ery = +»..-Mount Vernon Hotel, E.P., »> BOSTON, Mass. --Hotel Vendome, A.P., $5 BOURNEMOUTH, Eng Royal Bath Hotel,A.P.,B6to§5 BROOKLYN, N.Y.Hotel St.George, E.P..¢1; A.P..$3 CINCINNATI, 0....Grand Hotel, BP., $1: A.P.. $8 Opens Jan. 17; A. E. Dick, Mgr. KISSIMMEE, THE KISSIMMEE. .ap Opens Jan. 8; L. B. Bullock, Mgr. OCALA, OCALA HOUSE. -* Open all year; P. F. Brown, Mgr. Opens Jan. 17; W. A. Barros, Mgr. PUNTA GORDA,Hti.Punte Gorda.ap Opens Jan. 17; F. H: Abbott,Mgr. FORT MEYERS, Ft.Meyers Htl..ap Opens Jan. 17; F. H. Abbott, Mgr. Kansas City, Mo..The Midiand,E.P.,$1up;A.P.,68up RESORTS. BLORIDA NAPLES, Italy. .Htl. Royal des Etrangere, A-P., $3 do.........(Splendid view south) Parker's Hotel NEW do. OBLEANS, La. New St.Chariestiotel,A P..$4 ep -++..-The Cosmopolitan Hotel, E.P., $1.50 up “to Bt. Lovie, ing. Cars Harrisberg to and Di isebville (via Cincinnati), and Chicago. af. WESTERN EXPRESS. Putienvn Sicep- ron. ts Saturdess. FOR PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND “True 4:00 PM. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED,” daily, re, with 1 al ining Oar from Balti- 10:00 (ising Cat) apa Tisy r E « at Wil 12:45, 6 250 P. y Dining Car), 8:00, 1:00 (Dining Car from: Wilmington! 10:00 and 5. 8:40 (4:00 Lim- 320, 10:00, 10:40 7:50 AM. and 4:86 P.M. do. @th av.&15th st.)Hotel Kensingtoa,E.P..$1-50 @o. (Chambers & W.B' way). Cosmopolitaa,B.P.,§1 ap do. .(a.e. cor. Sth av.&15 st.)Hotel Hanover,A-P. OLD POINT COMFORT, Va.Chamberlin,s.P.,§4 up RICHMOND, Va.TheJefferson,E.P.,$1.50up;A.P.,650p Southern Pines,N.C..Piney Woods Inn,A.P.,$8 to $5. SUMMERVILLE, N. 0...... PINE FOREST INN, Golf Links and Bicycling..A. P., $3.50 to $5. ST.GEORGE, Staten Island. The Castieton,A_P.,#4 8T.LOUIS,Mo.Planter’s Hotel, P.,$2up; A.P..$4 up do...Lindell Hotel, E.P., $1 up; A.P., $2.50 up SYRACUSE, N.¥...Yates Hotel, B.P.,$1.50; A.P..$4 THOMASVILLE, Ga.Piney Woods Hotel,A.P.,$4up VIRGINIA BBACH.Princess Anne Hotel,A-P.,$3 up WASHINGTON, D. C.....Arlington Hotel, A-P., $3 @o. -The Raleigh, E-P., $1.50 up do. House, Willard's & National,A-P.,$8up my16,20,23,27thenstt FOR RENT_FURNISHED ROOMS AT THE HO- tel Majestic, 14th and Yale p.w.; single and en suit fect im al tments. ‘The cuisine feature E Manager. is ja6-tt with our short methods. Teacher long experience. OOL, 943 I st. n.w. Seyeok at Voice, Piano, Elocution (3) Mt inners. allan setae SHORTHAND = tenia writer of NESS SCH! Ivy Business College, Meds OOR. STH AND K STS. N.W. y None better; $25 a year; ‘or night session, de13-3m sdorieedieticns Correct accent and copious vocabulary assured those who take up any Foreign Languag Native professors. Private or class lessons day or evening. Interested persons invited to investi- gate. Prof. Yon Mumm, Owner anc fj BERLITZ te 728—14th st. nw. aul2-6m,12 —- WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 1235 10th st. n.w.—Piano, organ, voice, violin, guitar c. See cards. Tul- ULLARD, Director. MR. WILLIAM WALDECKER, GRADUATE OF the Royal Conservatory of ' Music, sle.— ‘Thorough instruction in plano and organ apd harmony; engagements taker or musicales for solo playing and ments. Residence, 213 E st. n.w. Shorthand "> Typewriting. Experts. Refs.. reporters Hoose Reps. apd Senate. The DRILLERY, 504 11th st. iss as-tt Gurrar, MASDOUIE. AND BANJO TAUGHT = one term al at. n.w. Carefal positions. ‘Terms ‘reasonable. C. L. NEVINS: 5013-3m* PRIVATE LESSONS IN MATHEMATICS, EN- glish, Latin, German, Shorthand, Music, Elemen- tary’ or advanced. ced tutor; college graduate. P. 0. Box 513. 00-Sm* National Capito Soret 822 Connecticut ave. n.w. ane eA Intermediate and Aca- enn modlevenieg cea de7-2m* re re PHELAN, AM., Head Master. |LAWRENCE Removed AN2iNc® sqv00r oF music N. ) Mod.Terms.TRIAL LESSON. Class Lessons,! RECITALS MONTHLY. Open DAY & EVENING. FRENCH LANGUAGE COURSES; ALL GRADES $287, auick, attractive: good pronunciation. 20 or teacher. MLLE. V. BRUD HOMME. sor | Been. Private Tuition. Dest Boys prepared for = circu- ae Dr. 8. W. Murpby,A.M., ar aw. ERE shot arte Washington elgfite Schoo and School for Girls. Miss FRAN 4 Olney School, acedemie asi te courses. ‘ ee88-tt “THE STUART SCHOOL | FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG LADIES. DAY AND BOARDING. OPENS OOT. 4 1224 AND 1226 15th st. » COR. MASS. AVE, sc8bm Miss CLAUDIA STUART. oe MR. PUTNAM’S SCHOOL, 1638 19TH 8T., = ofa ‘27, 1897. Pupils of Bice sehen Se eP eee catremnition and tea for Girls, 3 1212 and 1214 14th st. n.w. mo28-Att Mr. and Mrs. B. B. MASON, ———_—_—— of ine bouse WINTER RESORTS. R. J. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. HOTEL DENNIS, ATLANTIO CITY, N.J. Directly on the ocean. All modern improvements. Complete in every detail. Rooms en suite and single. Hot and cold gea water baths tn house. Excellent train serr- ice via Penna. #.R. and Phila. and Reading R.R. from all points. Artesian well on premises. Capacity, 450. Write for new ilastrated booklet. St. Charles, Atlantic City, N.J. Open all the year. Finest hotel on the coast. Ban parlor, 300 feet long, overlooking ocean and beach esplanade. ‘Vacuum steam-heating system. Elevator to street level; hot and cold, fresb and salt water in all baths. Rooms en suite; baths attached. Private coach to and from golf . Electric lights; return call bell ete. “Cuisine unsurpassed by any hotel in the country. JAMES B. REILLY, Ja21-26¢,28 Owner and Proprietor. ARLINGTON HOTEL, SEA END MICHIGAN AVR. @) ft. from Boardwalk). | Open every day year. com ments. Elevator; steam heat; open grate fires. ‘Write for booklet. Terms, $12.50 per week; $2.50 per day. H. W. PURCHASE. ja20-6,tf Happon Hatt. ON THE BEACH, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. MODERN AND COMPLETE IN EVERY DETAIL. ALL-THE-YEAR RESORT. Remarkably mild climate, every pleasure and attribute of @ metropolitan city. A beach prom- LEEDS & LIPPINCOTT. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Fall and Winter Resort by the Sea. HOTEL BRIGHTON, Open Throughout the Year. F. W. Hemsiey & Son. n02-tu,thé&s-30t All the Year. and dally except , spd at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and We fly. res AS7-pan —_THE UNITED STATES Fase jacksourille, unit ie for ‘Asheville and Hot on, ‘conperting ai Stor Birmingh % ‘ing at Atlanta for Birmingham at ‘hburg with ©. and eS ‘Washington to New Orleans t Conducted Tour ‘Through Sleeper on this train every ad Saturday to San Francisco without ‘Local for Front Royal, Strasburg and daily, except Sunday. Dally, Sunday) NEW ORK 6:00 P (except Sunday).— AND FLORIDA LIMITED. Composed of Pullman's latest partment, Observation, brat for Augusta, iken. .M.—Daily.—W ASHINGTON AND SOUTH. WESTERN VESTIBULED LIMITED, composed of Gouchen, Tullman Sleepers Sew Yok to Nestle, . Pullman New ‘Nashville, ; . ile and Chatti New York to Tampa, via Charlotte, Columbia, vannah and Jacksonville. uniting at Danville with Pullman Sleeper from Richmond to A\ Columbia, with connection for Alken, and New York to Memphis, via Birmingham, New York to New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery. Vestibuled Day Coach Washington, to pape Rail- way ing Car Greensboro’ to Montgomery. TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND. OHIO. DIVI- ist. Excursion ‘Wednesday a1 indays only, it Sunday, for rk, a jerndon. Re- , arrive at E m, and 3:00 p.m. daily from Round Hill, 7:06 a.m. ‘daily, ex- cept Sunday, from Herndon, 8:34 a.m. daily, except Sates, teem Losin ‘tralue from, the ‘south arrive at Wash- nd O35 p.m. daily, a - 5 risonburg, 12:40 and 9:35 p.m. daily, except Sup- day, and 8:30 a.m. daily from Cbarlottesriie. ets, Sleeping : int {on furnished at offices, 705 15th st. n.w., S11 Pennayivania avenue, und at Pennsylvania raliroad stat Maer 'S GANNON, 34 Vice Prost. & Gen. Mgr. 3. M. CULP, Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK, Gen. Pass, Agent. Agt. Pass. Dept. —— AND OHIO RAILROAD. effect November 14, 1897. from station corner of New jersey ave. and C st. thwest, Vestibuled Limited 8:65 p.m. Louis and Indianapolis, Ex- Vestibuled Limited, 8:40’ p.m. Cleveland, Express daily, u m. and 8:50 p.m. For Columbas, Toledo and Detroit, 11:85 p.m. For Winchester and way stations, 18:00 a.m., 8:40 and 15:30 p.m. LS. BROWN, Gen. BALTIMORE Schedule tn Leave Wi ile, Foyt and Baltimcre, week days, 5. 6:30, x7:05. x7:10, ). 8:30, 30, x10 am, x12: a.m., 4:30, Roxar 8 For Philadelphia, New York, ai it, week |, 7205, 12; Seo oe Pera « Car at 10-0" Car), 3 tonal “taibs for’ Palladelpbia, PEAKE AND OHSO RAILWAY. CHESA! THROUGH ,THE |GRANDEST SCENERY OF a 4 ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS. STATION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect January 5, 1998. 230, Fie. DAILY —Clncinnat! and St. Louls eiai—Solia Cincinnati, sake Louis’ without change, Tarice care Cincin- Tito Fate ‘Banx_y. F. V. Limited—Solld trata and Louisville without to Virginia’ Hot Sprines, if Daily connection for and Bt. for Richmond daihe a: tt to, FSF sae a Staunton and