Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1898, Page 20

20 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1898-24 PAGES, WAS A CANNIBAL KING The Remarkable Adventures of Lou: de Rougemont. A CASTAWAY ON A LONELY SAND BAR Lived for Thirty Years as King of a Man-Eating Tribe. —- HOME TO FRANCE AT LAST ———— Written for The Evening Star. (Editor The sensation of the hour in Enu- ate. rope is M. ougemont, the “modern Robinson soe,” whe returned to France a short thine azo, mere than thi e when be dis appeared and was supp been lost. His Story, the most remsrkable of modern times. has deeply Interested as Drs. ane Mill. the eminent rs, who have re satisfied of its perfect 3 nt attracts a gieat deal has received cog.aphical nodern ly placed . for the weird he been © Defoe wreie mnt that a mere yo venture « Mand. Our y the Aus- r 1 Dutch > After about ten months the vessel a small cora! island. situated es south and grees east, ne, save that I had the ca On tris 1, or, 1 for two years, and unde At the end of that ks, who had been Australian mati raft Ar * waiting together 2 native set out y companions © year 1S66-— ge gulf, on i made wre the hing Ih r the ze; ail may 2 away by the : wre Thad which ntly s to the river was ’ Ropa, enter- Trost save I ever at nig thea by my nat our gunyah, point I set out in a om these tribes, to ascend, 1 bert river, but on account of t m affect alt i my mind. long to the ghtest aria ar me from the P: craft, beyond ar r, and jookout to follow ling of the coast. months of coast- land trending to the here, at Raffle’s bay probab! a Malay proa. The Malays th : > were hdoman fishers, re Willing to take us to Kolpang, but as tive wife had a great dislike and dis- Malays and cc not be pre- to go, I felt 1 could not desert m ker own people, and I also < had already saved my iife xreat many times. Thus the opportunity passed, An Involuntary Return. Here at Raffle’s bay we met a spoke English nd whe had served on a British man-of-war. He told us of the set- Uement of Port Darw lying to the south- he warned me to avoid Van Die- me gulf, partly on account of the alliga- tors and partly, also, on account of the wmerable creeks I should have to ascend in search of the settlement, for it must al- Ways be borne in mind that none of my in- formants gave me exact and precise infor- mation, some of them simply indicating the direction. We landed on the northern coast of Melville Island, and after we had again Feached the coast of the mainland through ative who West, an rc = eS Apsley strait we experfenced a terrible storm, which must have driven us past Port Darwin. For whole nights my native wife and I would be immersed in the sea, clinging on to the gunwale of our frail craft. At last, about eighteen months after nad left my wife's home in the Cam- bridge gulf region, we one day recognized certain islands and also the coast, and soon afterward we found ourselves, to my great surprise, at the very spot from which we had started. Of course, I had to pretend that my return was anything but involun- tary. The neat attempt I made was to the southwest, starting after some months of rest, and coasting in the dug-out as far as King sound. I landed upon and explored many of the islands dotted along that ex- tensive stretch of coast, and in some of them I found caves with rude drawings on the rocks. On what was probably Bigge’s Island I found a cairn of stones, which I readily saw must have been the handiwork of a white man. We returned to the old camp overland, crossing the King Leopold ranges, which were finely wooded, and ap- peared to be largely composed of granite. Beyond these ranges the country was a moderately elevated plateau, intersected by many very fine creeks and rivers, and cov- ered with long grass from twelve to fifteen feet in height, so high as to make traveling difficult; we even had to fire it to clear a track. There were also on this plateau a number of curious looking abrupt pin- les of bare rock rising above the general level surface. We next struck an undulat- ing country, covered with sharp broken pebbles of white quartz, with ledges of slate creeping 2 this quariz [ saw sold for the f ime I had ever looked upon it in its ate. We next struck what was probably the Orde river, which we followed down to ‘ambridge gulf, and returned along the coast to wn ho} On returning from y I fele litde inclination to make nd for three years I liv- becoming accustom- this jour another attempt. ed among the n ed to the iife ar ble. tom their I was int and sted in studying their cus- customs and languages of For this I had a motive. the M. De Rougemont. In those early ¢ ys my ol ject to make th of tribes who could render in escap overland. The desire to reach civilization returned, and about the year 187% L started with my wife, resciving this time to cro the continent to the south, as I knew in vague kind of way that there were great towns on the coast somewhere to the south, i had only the haziest idea, however, of their position. On eur way south we fir: crossed a range of granite mountains run- ning cast and west. After crossing this range we came to a low and slightly un- dulating country covered with dark, cho: < colored loam of great depth. I foun here a most extraordinary ric of veg tation and animal life, especially a kind of water rat. In the soil along the banks creeks in this fertile region I found cree with very els cut in the soft, rich loam should think, about a week crossing rich country, coming r or less sou he Ss were nd al her it was very thick- ! never traveled due south, vund it expeditious to go from trib to tr from water hole to waier hok As far as possible, I kept on my own course. bidding the tribes adieu when our ways lay in diametrically opposed direc ti Besides having my native wife with was armed with rtain_mysti » stick. and, best of all, I had the of amusing the tribes by means ¢ obatic performances, my steel weapons nd@ the berk of my dog, who could al igh a little performance on his vant ing to the tune of my stl ize these things ey life ever and over yself with even the most hostile tribe Travel «& With Native Tri When we had been three or four weeks out we travers rough country of lo mestene ranges, unding in caves, in ast with the granite ran further . in which I had found no caves. In » caves I found hones, also the skull a kangaroo, which was so large that at I took it to be that of a horse. Its Il was probably two or three times an skull of the largest kan- r It belonged probably to aN €Xt In traver: desert belts, which we crossed journ, nd indeed at all times, in the company of the various we met, consequently st and west instead ‘ard, according to the nature of the countr: Thus we y sometimes a natives on their expeditions, but al- south whenever pos- 1 desert tracic country water is obtain- ed from the roots of the Mallee tree, a spe- ci of eucalyptus; the roots, which I: urface, are dug out for a length twelve feet. They are about two diameter, and are cut in lengths two feet, and sucked or allowed to vessel or skin water bag. pure and refreshing wa- earthy flav pulsed by Whites. wer? perhaps seven came suddenly this time we blacks, who ition. The party ked by these s: retaliated in that I months upon four white were with a small were on a punitive had already be>n me white men and had and therefore they were by no dispos*d to be friendiy. Naturally, citement of the moment, 1 forgot was virtually a black man myself, and rushed upon them, but they promptly fired up us and retreated. I now know them to have been the Giles expedition of At of 1874. I should point out that I was pe naked, Jike the savages, and was anoin ame protective covering of black, greasy clay which is used by the © ward off cold and the attacks of but apart frem this, the sun had tanned my skin out of all re- nce to a European. Repulsed in way more than once, I despaired of making my real character known. or three weeks afier the encounter Iv2s 2ver Two my wife came upon the tracks of a man whom she described as a white man, and as a man no longer in his senses. She | deduced this latter fact from the eccentric cireles which the tracks followed. Follow- ing up thi tracks, we did find a white man alone and dying from thirst. He was hopelessly imbecile. He lived with me for | two years, incumbrance, and never rega. intelligence until just | before he died. He asked who I was, and where he was, and then he said his name was Gibson, and-that he had been a mem- | ber of the’ Gile ition. The place here he was lost was, I now understand, by th> Giles expedition “Gibson's ert,” and it Hes in the southeast of western Australia. Becomes a King, After Gibson's death 1 made up my mind to end my days in solitude, and the reason for this was partly that I seemed doomed to disappointment every time an oppor- tunity offered itself to return to civiliza- tien, and partly, also, on the urgent solic- itation of my wife and the tribes with whom I lived. They pointed out to me | that I had everything a man could want, and that I could be king among them. It Was, moreover, quite evident to them that my fellow white men did not want me. Thus for something like twenty years I made my home with them in the moun- tainous region near the center of the con tnent, where I ultimately became king, or. ! ruler, over a number of large tribes. From this mountain home I made frequent long journeys, and traversed at one time or another a great part of the interior of the continent. Finds a Newspaper. Once I followed on the camel track of a white party with the tribe for the purpose of picking up empty tins and for other things useful to us, and I came upon an Australian newspaper. I remember it was the Sydney Town and Country Journal, bearing date somewhere between 1874 and 1876. It was a surprise indeed. I read it ever and over, until I had learnt it by heart, and I preserved it in an opossum skin cover until it was ilterally worn to pleces. Much of the information this newspaper contained puzzled me greatly, and I nearly worrted myself into insanity over a state- ment that “the deputies of Alsace and Lorraine had refused to vote in the Ger; man parliament and had walked out. Turn it over how I might, I could not un- derstand how tne representatives of two great departments in my own country could possibly be in the German parlia- ment—knowing absolutely nothing, of ccurse, of the war of 1870. The tribe over which I reigned was com- posed of beings who were certainly low jown on the human scale, but at the same time they have elaborate laws, which gov- ern their daily life precisely as in the case of civilized people. Briefly described, they are savages, repulsive in appearance, who have not even risen to such a point of civilization as to have permanent houses, addicted to cannibalism and altogether of a very degraded type. But, nevertheless, I must say that they have many good qualities and that their code of honor would bear comparison with that of any civilized nation. Although no permanent houses were erected, the natives with whom I lived did build habitations, which they occupied dur- ing the two or three months of cold weather. These were made of sticks driven into the groupd, around which branches were interwoven like a basket. The spaces in the walls were covered with mud or with the material used in the construction of the white ant’s nest. In cold weather the huts were lined with emu and kangaroo skins, and they are much more comfortable than can probably be imagined from my de- scription. Frequently the number of these huts gathered together in one place forms a large village, though at other times the communities split up into tribes of twenty or thirty families each. Each family, on the average, consists of one man, three wo- men and five or six children, so that even a single tribe makes a very considerable gathering. Clothing and Decorations. While my natives did not, as a rule, paint the body, on great occasions, such as cor- roborees, initiation ceremagjes and other festivities, they paint and decorate them- selves elaborately, each tribe having its own design of decoration, and even a geo- metrical design for each ceremony. The pigments used in decoration are of many colors, but chiefly yellow, red, white and black. Ordinarily the only clothing known con- sists of a coating of greasy ¢ mixed with charcoal. This serves many purposes. It keeps off the cold during winter and is also a protection against the attacks of in- sects. In summer a special kind of pig- ment is used to keep off insects and this material is scented with a kind ef penneroyal. They occasionally stick on to this clay clothing the feather-down from swines, cockatoos, geese, ducks, tu! kkeys and other birds. This serves as a fur- ther protection, and when they want to im- prove upon the touches of red, they u: blood obtained from the arm of a man. Other ornaments ‘re the wing and tail feathers from all the large birds, such as the emu or native companion, these being worn in the hair usually, They also make use of feather tufts on the breast and shoulders, while the bones and teeth of ant- mals are made into jingling _necklac From this brief description, it will be ev dent that my subjects presenwed a most fantastie appearance on full-dress occa- and it must be added that they are Etiquette of Cannibalism. Cannibalism prev: great ex- tent, but is governed by many rules. Usua!- ly it is the slain vi in battle that are en by the victorious side, and as the object seems to be to acquire the valor and virtues of the person eaten, 1 endeavored t un the tribes from cannibalism by a: suring them that if they made bracclets, ankiecs and necklaces out of the dead man’s hair Urey would achieve their end equally well, When a family grows too larg the mother—being the beast of burc vaable to carry one of the children father orders it to be clubbed and eaten, however,is entirely actuated by love, ay the nat ave a horror of natural d cay. Maimed and defcrmed children are also Killed and caten. Women and people who die a natural death are nev eaten. When a man has to be eaten there is al- ways a grand corroborce. All parts are consumed, the brain, heart and kidney: being considered special delicacies. Some of the bones, such as those from the an- kle, are used as ornaments. Often they are strung together to form jingling necklace but they w re chiefly made up into war belts, ich rattle when the owner dances. Other s are used in connection with sorcery bring about the death of enemies, and these are known as the death bones, TI kulls are kept and hung in trees to com- memorate the victory, but are never car- ricd about. Any bones that are left are burnt and are never given to the dogs. Human flesh is not prepared or cooked in the usual cooking places, but a spectal fire is made for the purpose in an oven dug in the sand. ‘Thus it will be seen that human does not form part of the regular of the people. The natives are not med to confess cannibalism, nor is an dividual considered unclean after joining in a fez From this account it may ap- pear that my natives were not a pleasant reople to live among. But T found the r verse to be the case. They were always cheerful, obedient and deferential in their manner, and many times did I owe my life to the care exercised by my faithful native wife. It was possible to devise many occu- pations, which were at least sufficient to pass the time. For amusement I used to search the beds of the water courses for curious stones, In a great many of these water courses I found both coarse and fine gold, and in some instances the creeks extremeiy rich in alluvial gold. In some cases a bed of cement or concrete found at the bottom of a creek, gold sticking out at the sides, which proved that theye was a large proportion of that precious metal in the concrete. I frequent- ly picked up large nuggets, but had no use for the metal, save to make ornaments for my wife, but these she did not appear to value, and promptly gave them away to some children wherewith to amuse them Alluvial gold was found to the north of my mountain home, and reef gold to the south, the richest deposits of all occurring in the scuthwest. Gold and Precious Stones. I found great quantities of gem stones of every shape and color, which could be dis- tinguished by looking through them when wet. In some cases the prevailing color of the stones would be various shades of red, fn others blue, and in rarer cases green. ‘These I took respectively to be ruby, sap- phire and emerald. The red color predomi- nated; it Is my opinion that many of these are gems of great value. They were of varying degrees of hardness, which I used to test by scratching one against the other. Knowing I was interested in such things, the natives showed me stones which were brilliantly black. and looked like pieces of freshly-broken coal. These stones I found to be extremely hard, and would scratch every other stone except one. From what I have learned since, I have no doubt that these black stones were black diamonds. On occasion I came across a range of granite hills extending-several miles, and the adjacent creeks contained large quanti- ties of pieces of broken reefs and lodes and water-worn pebbles, also immense quanti- ties of heavy black sand, which I supposed to be tron, but which I now know to be tin. In several localities we found low ridges of fron-stone mixed with red clay, very similar to those I beheld in the vicinity of Mount Margaret when I reached civiliza- tion at these western Australian gold fields. Among these iron-stone ranges broken iron- stone and quartz were lying in immense heaps or hillocks, and in almost every piece of stone coarse gold could be seen. There are thousands of tons of this auriferous stone. Lying on the surface, in another locality, an iron-stone formation stands up above the ground to a height of about four feet; it is twenty feet wide and over three hundred in length. In all the depressions of water courses in the neighborhood both eoarse and fine gold is plentiful. The sur- face here for some distance appears to be full of gold, In another direction I found large quanti- ties of native copper lying about in pieces, All these localties,though far removed from a settlement, be reached without much difficulty by préperly equipped trans- Port parties, an I hoBe before long to have the satisfaction‘ and 'teward of leading the first prospecting expedition to exploit them. The Return to Europe. My wild life came to an end at last. An epidemic of infilienza swept over the coun- try and carried, off my wife, who had in the most literal sense been my gudrdian angel for so many wears, My surviving children were afso sivept away. Thus left alone, without the old interests that had made life tolerable, I’determined to make a last effort to reach my own peopie, and leaving my mountaid home, I set out for the southwest. (On this, however, ag in all my journeys, I’ was never able to take a direct line, but had to go hither and thither with the tribes among whom I was sojourn- ing. After a time I found a tree marked Forrest, the name ‘of the explorer -who had passed that way, and, turning south, I at length met a party of prospectors many days north of Mount Marga, the nearest camp. Taught by bitter previous experience, I knew that before I could appear among the whites I should have to get some of my natives to procure aome clothes for me by any means known to them. When at length I presented myself before the white men, I am afraid they did not at first look with fevor on their guest. I answered their questions, and when they heard I was with- out mates and had been journeying hither from the interfor for nine or ten months, they were convinced I was a person of eak intellect. A question of my cwn, ‘ear is this?” convinced them sito- gether that they were right in their confec- ture. However, in the end, | obtained he!p and work, and in 1895 I reacned Melbourne, whence by slow stages und uot without meny difficulties I got back this year to Europe. LOUIS DE ROUGEMONT. UNIVERSITY NOTES Catholic. All the courses in this school will open Tuesday, October 4, and numerous changes in the faculty are noted. The chair of Celtic languages and literature, which is the first of the kind to be established in this country, and which is endowed by a fund raised by the Ancient Order of Hiber- nians of America, will be filled by Rev. Richard Hennebry, Ph. D., who has been educating himself for the position for the past two years under the best Celtic mas- ters in Europe; prior to his appointment to this chair, Dr. Hennebry had devoted a great deal of time to Celtic language and literature, and after the past two years’ Studies is now considered one of the most finished professors of the school. In the Law School, Mr. James McDonald, a graduate of Harvard, has been employed as an instructor, and ‘will introduce Har- d's methods. “Edmund B. Briggs, D. C. L,, has also been employed as instructor in the law practice; Dr. Dunn, Ph. D., a graduate of Yale, is to be professor of Latin in the School of Letters, and the Rev. Lucian Johnston, 8. T. L., has been ap- pointed instructor in theolog: Lawrence 0. Murray, B. C. L., has been given a fellowship in law, and Joseph P. Berry, A. B., in English language and lit- erature. Rev. John E. Dunn, 8. M., one of the ccrductors of the Marist College, has gone to Paris to spend some time at the house of the Marists. George M. Bowling has been appointed associate professor of Greek in addition to his former position,.and Rey. Thomas J. Shahan, D. D., will, have charge of the course in higher philosophy. Dr. Shahan will also delivér a course of lectures on Christian philosophy, at the University of Pennsylvan: The new class! given to the law facuity an existence sep- arate and apart from the other faculties of the school, and will give them an op- ification of courses has bortunity to organize in their own way, make their ex conditions for admission and confer their own degrees. Wiliam C. Robinson, LL. D., who was dean of Yale law school and for twenty-five years the senior professor in that school, is at the head of the law faculty, Georgetown. Mr. Donlan, S. J., president of the Ath- letic Association, and Manager Richard Watkins are busy over the schedule of foot ball games, and have already arranged a Thanksgiving day game with an eleven from Columbian; it is impossible at the present time to give any definite idea of the line-up cf the team, but when it is stated that about forty men were on the field for practice, among whom were Lynch, McCarthy, Casey, Dow: Walsh, Flem* ming, O'Brien and English, all of whom are weil-known players, besides very prom- ising new material, it can be readily seen that the eleven which will play under the blue and gray will be one of which the col- lege may well be proud. The opening exercises of the school were held on the 13th instant, and the usual ceremonies took place in the chapel and in Gaston Hall. It is the intention to lay out golf links on the field back of the observatory, where plenty of roem may be had. The’ tennis courts have also been put in excellent shape and the diamond is being worked on at the present time, and will soon be in excel- lent condition. The first session of the law department under the new three-year schedule will commence Tuesday, October 4; the sub- jects for the first term, with the professors, are as follows: Personal property, Michael J, Colbert; real estate, Daniel W. Baker; pleading, R. Ross Perry; constitutional law, Judge Martin F. Morris: civil law, Tall- madge A. Lambert. The moot court this year will be under the direction of D. W. Baker, assistant district attorney, with Mr. Harry Hodges, clerk of the Court of Ap- peals of the District, as clerk. The change in the course has necessitated a change in the prizes offered heretofore for competi- tion, and a first and second cash prize is offered in each of the three classes for the best ayerage attained during the year. Two cash prizes are offered by the faculty for essays, and two sets of books by dif- ferent publishers, are also given for the best essays. ‘The enroilment at the medical department for the coming session is larger by far than ft was at the same time last year, and the outlook for a successful session is gratify- ing. National. The law department of this university still continues the two years’ course, and the enrollment for the junior class is much larger than ever before. Eugene D. Ca- rusi is secretary and treasurer of the law facutly. ‘The sessions of the school are held trom 6:80 to 7:30 each evening. The medical school, under the presidency of Dr. John T, Winter, is looking forward to a prosperous year, and several minor changes which were deemed for the best interests of the school have been made in the course, the principal of these is an in- crease of the opportunities for clinical in- struction. Dr. H. H. Barker is dean of the faculty. ‘The dental school is conducted in conjunction with the medical, and the same officers are at jts hgad. ‘Howard. The preparation of’Mincr Hall and of the variors dormitgry hulldings for the re- ception of students during the coming ses- sion is almost completed, and when the school opens e¥erytHing connected there- with will be in first-class condition. Dr. Rankin, the presidenf of the university, will continue as hergtofore at the head of the department of theology, and will be as- sisted by the Kevs.;John L, Bweli, Isaac Clark, Sterling. {N. Brown, Geo. 0. Little and Geo. 8. Dupean:as professors, and by numerous lecturers on special subjects, who are drawn from the pulpits of the city. Jas. B. Johnson is the secretary and treas- urer of the schgol- ‘The medical flepartment, of which Dr. F. J. Shadd is secretary, gives courses in medicine, pharmacy and dentistry, and a post-graduate course and nurses’ training class, under the directicn of Dr. D. H. Williams of Frecdmen’s Hospital, has been added. Durirg the past summer ‘many im- provements have been made in the quar- ters of the medical department, new lec- ture rooms having been added and an en- tirely new system of heating and lighting introduced. The law department is under the direc- tion of Benj. F. Leighton, dean. A large registration for the present session has al- ready been made. Columbian. Dr. B. L. Whitman, president of the uni- versity, has returned from his summer va- cation, and is much pieased with the pros- pects of a large school for the coming sea- son. Many improvements and additions to the courses given are constantly being made, the latest of which is the establish- ment of a school of comparative jurispru- CE TE_S“y Ee ee en ee ee eh ee eS tar ee eS Seen dence and diplomacy. The faculty of this new department follows: Charles W. Need- ham, LL.M., on interstate commerce !aw; Associate Judge John M. Harlan, L.L.D., conflict of laws; Associate Justice David Brewer, LL.D., comparative constitutional law and international law; John W. Fos- ter, LL.D., diplomacy and treaties; Lyman D. Gage, finance. Those of the students who are interested in athletics end who have already arrived are making preparations to put a strong eleven in the field Thanksgiving day against the Georgetown team, and it is hoped that Cy Cummings and some of the prominent members of last year’s team will be back. —_—.__ DUTCH WEDDING AN ORDEAL. Other Curious Customs of This Inter- esting Country. From the London Globe. A Dutch wedding is a portentous busi- ness. Smart Holland does its devotions in barnlike French Protestant churches. ‘The wedding service is mournful to a degree, and lasts two hours. The bridegroom, in full evening dress, and the bride, in ortho- dox white satin, sit upon chairs in front of the black-robed minister. He delivers an extempore address fairly bristling with Personalitizs. Meanwhile relatives sob in pews, until finally every one who can prove the remotest connection with the bride kisses her. Next follows a tremendous breakfast in French style. It is “‘d2 rigueur” for all the friends of the bride to send her in the morning a bouquet or basket of white flow- ers plentifully ribboned. With numbers of these a very gay effect is produced, though the Dutch are lamentably behind the times in table decoration and posey-making. With the advent of the “hors d’o2uvre” come speeches. The bride's brother or other dele- gate first rings a small handbell. Then, amid a silence broken by the che>rful click- ing of knives and forks, a health is pro- posed. Then comes a quaint postscript to this very ordinary ceremonial. Ladies and gentlemen must alike rise from their seats, and, solemnly filing up to the person toast- ed, touch his glass with their own. After a score of speeches the thing gets mo- notonous, but it is carried out to the bittar end. Any person omitted would feel ag- grieved. In Holland it is the family before everything. A leading barrister was re- centiy compelled to throw up an important cas2 in order to attend the birthday party of an aged father who lived three hours distant by ral. The Dutch are excellent husbands, but quite preposterously jealous. An English- man who found himself in a party consist- ing almost entirely of assorted couples, ventur:d to pay a few compliments and mild attentions to a charming young mar- ried woman. He even had the assurance to include her in a general offering of roses made to the company. The husband was furious. He canceled a previously given dinner invitation, and there were awful rumors that, though duels are now very rare, he desired to challenge the offender, who wiszly placed the sea between himself and his would-be opponent. Babies have a comfortable time enough in Holland, where the cramping swaddling- pillow is replaced by English layettes. It is, however, expensive to know too many, for evary woman who visits or is vislted by nurse and infant for the first time must give the former at least five shillings. Mourning is very long and very strict. Even the poorest leave off their gold cap pins and headpieces for mor2 than a year after the death of a parent. Se Pie Becoming Extinct. From the Chicago Chronicle. Pie is becoming extinct. In the better hotels and restaurants {it occupies a less and less conspicuous place on the bill of fare, and very often is not even mentioned in any one of its infinite varieties. In pri- vate homes, too, the pie-eating habit is dis- tinctly on the wane, and its place at des- sert is taken by puddings,. custards and ices. The lunch counter is really the only place in which pie holds its old-time position and forms the crowning bite of a hasty lunch. The millionaire and the callow office boy were always most given to the pie habit, and many of them are still faithful to the standard cuts, but the great majority have given up allegiance to the dyspeptic dainty. Yes, pie is going out of date,” an oid restaurant man said regretfuily. “Time was When six kinds of pie were not consid- ered too much for one day’s bill of fare, and now our pastry cook makes but two varieties per day. What causes ihis de- cline of pi “Well, that is a hard question swer, but I think the great oute unhealthfuln to an- y about its has had a good deal to do with it. For years the doctors and the pa- pers have been telling Americans that they were becoming a race of dyspepiics because they loved ple, not wisely, but too well. The New Englanders and New Yorkers Were wont to think no meal was complete without pie, and they used to tell of an old man, who, when he was dyin said that he felt proud to say that he had been married for fifty years, and had never sat down to a meal without pie.” Other hotel aurant keeper: better clas pie has lo: sert. Some believed that the wide range of delicate dessert dishes now known to even the most ordinary cooks was responsible for its decline, but the larger number said that so little ple was really good, and it had gained such a bad namé as a promoter of dyspepsia and stomach troubles, that it had lost its popularity because people had grown afraid to eat it. —————+ + ____ Italy in London. rom the Ludgate Magazine. Many Londoners have heard about the Italian district, which Hes in the neighbor- hood of Theobald’s road and Hatton © den; and some with inquiring minds have strolled up Leather lane and watched the Italian ice cream vendors and fortune tell- ing women with pretty love birds, er- mingled with the dirty, noisy, street hawk- ers, coramon to all London slums. It amusing to watch the old padri making purchases of meat and vegetables for the Sunday's dinner, or a young Francesco and Madalena choosing a “gold” ring with which to plight their troth. “C che alle- grezza! allegrezza! allegrezza!” (Oh, what joy!) cries the young girl as she slips the ring on her finger and gazes at it with ad- miration, surrounded by a little group of sympethizing friends. Then she blushes and cries, “Oibo! O vergogna!” (Oh, fie, for shame!) when Francesco slips his arm round her waist and gives her a hearty kiss, which the friends applaud with “Bene! Bravo, bravissimo!” It is amazing to learn how these Italians crowd together in the poky little houses of the courts and alleys. Generally a house is hired by an old padrone, who sublets it to as many of his countrymen as he can_ respectably squeeze in. The cellars are utilized as sleep- ing apartments, and in the morning as many as twenty, even thirty, men will emerge from the bowels of the earth, blink- ing and winking in the daylight after a night spent in the cellars under oxe small dwelling house. A whole family, ecnsisting of a husband and wife and cigh* or nine fanciulli of various ages, often sleep in one small garret or cellar. ————— Tact. of the From Puck. Nearpass—"I hope the minister didn’t refer to the creditors the deczased left.” Bennett—"He merely said that his loss would be felt wherever he was known. —_—_—_+o+—____ Things Are Seldom What They Seem. From Fitegende Blatter. ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following ts a st of advertised letters re- maining in the Washington (D. C.) Post Office Sat- urday, September 24, 1888. ‘To of these letters the epplicant should call for “Advertised Letters.” If not called for within two (2) weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. LADIES’ LIST. Abbott, Martha Miss Lathrop, Warry Mrs Abbott, Sadie Miss Leach, Ester N Miss Albrecht, Clara Miss Lee, Bessie Miss Alexander, Bessie Mrs Lee, Clara W Mrs Anderson, “Alice Mrs Lee, Ella © Miss. Anderson, Ella Miss Lee, Jennie Miss Anderson, Laura Miss Lee, Andres, Nettie Miss Lee, Mary Andrews, LP Mrs Lewis, Florence Mrs Anily, Jaley Mee Lewis, Mary Mrs Arrington. Elsie M Miss Lewis, Mary V Miss Ashton, Laura Mrs Lewis, Sallie Mrs Auger L Mrs Little, Fannie Miss Averill, Addie Mrs Lyons, Mary Miss Babcock. EH Mrs McBride, JH Mrs Raker, Bessie Miss McOaffey, John Mrs Ballenger. Maggie Mrs McGuire, Minnie Mrs Banks, Katie Mrs McKinnell, J Mrs Banks. Maggte Mrs McLean, Lillian Miss Banks, Mery Miss McShane, John J Mre Barr. Melina Mrs Macready, May T Mre Bayne, E F Mrs Maguire, Isabella Mise Beans, Lizzie Miss Mahoney, Cora ‘T Mrs Belt. “Annie Mies Mallory, ‘Dora Miss fenfer, Jan P Mra Merde, Maggie Miss Piamett, Nellie Miss Marshall, Mary Mre Bidwell. cmsity Maes Tan Xian b asy, “Lucy } Binghor, Carrie F Mies Mathews, Sarah Mre Bond, Rette Mies Tee gis Borren, M I Miss Merit, Jencie . Naomi Miss Bowers, HV Mra ates Rowe, Ieabelin Miss itis. Mildred Miss Miller, J B Mre Miller, Lelia Miss Millertree, Alice Mi Mingoodin, Allas Miss Moor, Mary Mrs Moore, Georgie Miss Morehead, John Lind- say, Mrs Morgan, Alice Mrs Morrison, Edward Mrs Morton, Emma Miss Motain. Malinda Mrs Mountjoy. Beulah Mrs Mullins, Margaret Mrs Murray, J B Mre Myers, Emma Mrs Myers, JC Mrs ylor, Dora Miss Rowler, Geo P. Mre Brackett, Mary Mrs Bralhetm, Sadle Miss Briscve, Rosa § Mise Broke, Janie Miss rook’, Mildred Miss Brooks, Allee Mrs oks, Annie Mi Brooks. Jennte Mes Brooks, Julia Mis Brooks, Mary Mf Brooks, Mary 1, Mise Brooks, Thomann Mre waert, mond Mra 7c!* Ed- Buckner, Julla Miss rms, Carrie M Butler. Agnes Mise N Butler. Georgie Mi Xelter, MA Mrs Butler, Hattle Mise” Nelson, Alfce Miss Butler, Laura J Mise Ison. Irante Miss land, Dollie Miss Noulan, Ruth B Mrs ary Mine Webber C Mrs r, Annie Mra r, Bertha Miss ttle Miss E Mrs Parsons, EH Mre Paten, Margaret Mre Patterson, Mary E Miss Butler, Hattie Mi Butterfield, T Mins Carter, Hester Miss Camden, Kate Miss Cambes, Annie Miss Carter, “Annie Miss Carter, Susan Mrs Carter, J Mrs ce res. Edward Mra amblin, Annie [3 Chapman’ A'Mtra “MiSs Chase. Mary Mr Patton, Lula Mise Christie, Carrie Misa Pearson, Chas Mrs Clarke, ‘Eugenie Miss Peterson, HB Miss Clark, Irean Mise Philips, Alice J Mrs Clarll, Mary J. 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Frankie Miss Rrssel a Miss De Groff, Serena R_Miss Sumps A Miss Dennison, Fiancis Miss Sand, 1G Mrs De Witt, LB Mrs Satlin, HM Mrs Dews, Nannie nneider, Mamie Miss Dishman, Mary L Mzs Scott, Cora E Mrs Julia Miss tt) Martha Mrs Susan Mrs regs. Annie Miss migias, Nora Miss ts, Mary Mis Doowall, “Lueinda Mrs Shipley, C8 Miss le, Eva Mrs Simens, Trisey Miss Catheleen Miss Annie Miss Kate Mrs Alice Miss De Vi Maggie Mixe ba as, Sar: Elizabeth Mise on, Julia Mrs h F Miss Sarah Miss Smith; Ida Mrs Farnsworth, FM: Smith, J © Mrs Fayton, Frank L Mrs Smith! Lena Miss AE Mrs ith, Sailla Miss a J it Mrs Smith, Fleteber, Wm W Mrs Foley, Xda Miss Lillie Miss Mrs. Mrs Sarah Miss James E Mrs od, Florence 7, AM Miss Josephine Miss Miss Miss a Mrs A Miss r, AT Miss Honse , Ellen Miss Hider. Sterling Mrs 1 Jeanie Mi Hit Thomas, JE Mre Hoke, Nora Mrs (eo!) Th Marta L Miss Holt nnie E Miss Thurston, Alice MW Miss Hunter, ¢ Mrs Tillory nuie Miss Howard, Florence Trac Hont. Carrie Miss Trex Hypson, Jane Mrs tT ane Miss h Mrs Miss Hiettie Miss Salle “Mrs Hell Miss Mary E Mrs Prank 1 Mrs Miss Jenkins, Henry Mrs = Jenkins. tia Miss Jehneon, Annie Miss Johuson! Belle Miss Jonson, Emilie L Jonr Ita Mis Johnson, Lizzie Miss Mittie Miss Mrs EB Mre len, Mandy Miss Wilkem, Maria Mrs Wiliams, Annie Miss Relle Mrs Gertrude Miss Emma Jennie dessie Mar; © Mrs Hanis, Tue Miss | Wiihms: Mary. Mire . Mars Miss Wilson, Kirkpatrick, Wim Mrs Wils: Molly Miss Krenbuller. FE Miss <night, Nellic P Miss Kathran Miss Nettie Miss » WM Mrs Wreeiy a. WB Mrs Young, Jobo Mrs GENTLEMEN'S 1 Ale r Alger, Hon Horatio Alger, JE Alberger, W H Allen, FW leman, WA ‘on, Geo C Gellins. Nea n, LH ‘ollins, T J . Wm A Compton, Arnheim, J Cook, Geo rnold, Edw Corvin, “Lyon B Arburry, Frank Craw: d, EM Atlee, JS David Atwater, WO ndall, JB Aveille, “Jules Baird, Win € Curtis, Chas H Baldwin, Hon EP Daggett, Geo Baldwin, Graham Danbery, A . dno Devideon, JS Ad Davidson, JC Frank H Davis, Harry inger, D M Decker, ¢ bh, CC Del til Denhaum, WB Denham, Wm B Dillon, Edward L Doleman, Wm © Deran, EB Behrens, Ferdinand Porsey, Iedvrard (2) Bell, Jvek Dobsen, Wm B Ball, VE Driver,” Robt Me >ambuy, Beniey, OB Bivants aoe Bensore, Manley V. Biges, Prank Birkla, was E . Hon Hans Board, ‘Wm A rman, Ernest se Bolzat, Herman sek | wers, Geo males “Alex Rowers: Geo Ek | Fenda, oH Fields, ‘Chas Fisher, Henry A Floyd, Pletcher Hoard, Jopbes Bowte, Chas F Bowman, F W Bowman, Geo Bowman, Dr. Wm ter, Chas ee Foster, EA Heed rere Foster, Geo Brows, Mr. snd Mrs Fowler. D L ws Foy, Mol en Geo W Frances, Jas Brown, HE Fulton, Jack Brown, SH Gwent Ot —— aan vengo, Salvatore hanan, er, Famer sarong tely, Jas A Gill, Harry B Burgces, Dr Maynacd @ Git. Harry Gilmore, B F Godtu, GT Gedwin, Capt E A Gonzeles, Andrew Gordon, Wm *Gottwolde, BF Gray, Jin Grimes, Chas Green, “Jno Green, Kobt L Gregory, WA Gwinn, Chas L Carson, HamYton C Carter. Geo Carter, M Chamberlain, A H Chambers, Robt Chase, WH Haeydin, G 8 Chubb, PA Hall, a C Clafiin, W. Hall; Boardman Clark,’ AC Hall, J A Gark, Frank M Hall; Jas E Hamlin, Jno B Nolan, Willie Maupea, JE orth, Hon 8 WD Barris, Chas J Overstreets, Hanion Harris, Jno H Orkieon, Ri Harvey, A 2 Osborne, R: Hasemcter, Jno F ‘Osborne, Jno Herbert (& Helmo, Julian a Orchard, 33 Henden, BA Imer, 'P C Heueley, Harry G ‘arker, Edward Herkell, M Parker, Elverly Herrell, Parren, AJ Hick Payne, Andrew ¥ Hinmann, W F Mr and Pearson, # cy Mrs Peyton, Moses Hogan, Ed Poilitps, NH Holland, Ino A Philps, WW Holman, Call E Pickett, HS Hopkins & Clendenon — Pollel, Benj Howard, Jno E Pone, BF Hudson, RW Ramey, Alfred Hughes, 3 F Ransdell, DD Hughes, Thos Ratchford, M Humpbrey, E J Reed, Hon H - Hunter, Mores C Rey Rider. G R Huntington, Clarke Dr Rarander. Arthur A Jackson, Richard Ress, KB Jackson, W Roza, Jeff Jolnson, Tobias Royse, Morgan Jones, Thos Sargent, Frank B Justa, Steve J Sanders, Jno 1 Kaine, Benj F Capt (2) Saunders, Wm J Kelsey, Willie Schenck, JJ Kemp, ‘TM Scherer, HF Kerman, Peter Scott, Jno King, Frank C Simpson, Ieaac M Kinser, Jno Sirviee, Jessie Kling, S Slack, WS - Konoblenberg, Geo W Swith, Jas Khowles, WIT Smith, Julien C Krugetadt, Wm Dr Spencer. 1. Kuendig, E T Stanley & Weymat Kuzler, Will Stovall, Ed Kubleman, A H Stuart, James Stuart, James A fatrobe, Rev BL Sugg, Haveld nninger, Jae Leffingwell, Wo . Bowle Le Sword, ‘Ford Swan, Ben} Geo ritze, Frank ris’ Thos ‘Taggart, Wilson Lind, Alfred B Tarry, Geo Link, JW . Frank Lloyd, Chas Taylor, Wm Long.’ Matthew Longworth, W Hall Lyre, Richard E ba Rev Raleigh Tabler, Howard Thomas, Aness ‘Thomas, Eu Thomas, J W EL MeDonald, Prof Jas ‘Thomas, KC McConnell, Thos Thomas, W 1 cKallip, Robt omas W Franct McKenney. Hon WL Thomas, Wa McLeod, 18 Thompaon, WH Madison, Wm Thorn, WT McWilliam, Capt A M Tice, CO Magragal, Capt Chas Todd, Jno Maguire, Perey Tolfora, Col W Mahe Robt Toliver Lewis Maliare, Jno Tomeet Hon HG Ma uel, Jno Tonville, WF Marks, DD f arts, | Trumbo, Lewis © Tucker, ‘Thos ca Miles.’ Hon JH y_ Tock, Leay Miller, Gelso rs s Miller, Jno Virverthg, Mt J Mills, 1 Wade, Win Minor, Jno i Mitchell, Roseoe Geo Moncure, O 8 Fred J L WL Monroe, Raymond (2) Montgomery, Hon J B Moore, Allan J Washington, P Moore. Willis P ashington, Willie Morchiser, Chas HI (2) man, JT Morgan, Chas wah rean, Collins ris, Benj W ris; Hon Wm s at, TT . Chas Hin, Harry M Wheate, TC Munn, 1 White, ‘Fred B Wiitus, Hugh White, ‘Lawrence Weldershelm, TE Wilson, JP Wilsen’ Washington gr Winters, Puinips & Co FOREIGN Lis Abramson, Louts (2) | McWilliams, Mrs Cather» Alexander, Dp apt T Srnestine ice ace sk Pi Ww . Leonardo Porro, Richun 8 Hovsepian, A Raffaele, Palemone Jakelson, Sigurd Westen,” Herbert Lewett, ‘Sno Wolf, Dr Maxtuttiian Lorencis, Joquin STATION “A.” LADLE . Della Mrs ot, Apphie Miss GENTLEME: T Lis Langtoft, Ma Coole Ki STATION LADIES’ LIST. Brooks, Annie M Mrs Suttle, Julia M Hamil, Ella Mis: TATION “D."" LADIES’ LIST. Ferguson, Alice Miss (2) Rupert, Mockabec, Auntie Miss GENTLI Miss MADE BY Curious Tool Carr: From the Dr. E. A. Down of this city, in his official capacity as a member of the » board Hartford Courant of charities, visits periodicadlly the various irsane asylums of the state, and he has had an oppertunity that few men have of studying insanity in all its aspects. In cctrse of his visitations he has gathered one of the most unique collections that was ever ther. It consists of a number of primitive tools manufactured by the in- mates of insane institutions for pury of escape or defense or attack. Many in- sane are possessed of the delusion that they are the objects of some special Persecution, and in order to protect the selves against their supposed persecutor « in erder to be prepared to attack him when they chance to meet him, they work in se cred for themselves some ver ur Mor ferts are expended nm n making tool: their e i for pure pore scape. The materials wh have at hand for this purpose } lissited, they are compelled to r they can find, nd the greatest senulty is often exercised by men that to the cs bserver would seem quite In- Dr. Down's collection of these Weapons and tovls is quite com- in its Mr teach arti in with it a ling story of es- attempted « a prewdri made from a r ch a patient at an opportune moe ment smuggled tc his room from the dine ing table. He broke off the spoon just above the bowl and under cover of the neise which prevailed times ground down the handle on his stone window sill until it assumed the form of « screwdrivel With this he removed the screws which held the slat at the side of his window and made his escape in this manner. This man was a harm patient, who was troubled with recurrent attacks of excitement and who took pleasure at such times in wit- nessing the fright which he inspired in these who thought him dangerous. The next article in the collection is an ir provi dagger and sheath, the dagger made from a nail with a piece of rag for a handle and a sheath made from a chicken bene. The weapon was found on the per- son of the maker and was taken befor he had time to complete the dagger by fil- ing down the point on the nail. Another improvised weapon is a dirk made from a long nail with the end well sharpened and a rag wrapped around tho other end to serve as a handle. This in- strument was as sharp as an ordinary knife and would be a formidable weapon in the hands of a crazy man. Perhaps the most unique article in the collection is a key made from a piece of crange peel. This apparently harmiess tool was made by a female patient and was dis- covered before she had an opportunity to test its efficiency. The prison officials found on trial that this key made from dried orange peel would unlock readily almost any old and worn lock. The doctor has also a key made from wood and one made from wood and a piece of orange peel, and others made from the handle of a blacking box, from a small staple, ete., all of which will unlock old locks with more or less ease, Screwdrivers seem to be the instrument which the in- mates consider most useful, and there are several strange varicties of this tool in the doctor's collection. They are made from rafls, button hooks, springs, from the heel of a woman's shoe and heel plates and clcthes hooks. The French Way. Frem the Cleveland Pisin Dealer. General Boum—“He has admeeted hees guilt. He makes of eet no bones. He dis- gr-r-raus zce grande armee.” Colonel Pouf—“Aha! he must die! He must suicide heemself! General Boum—“Zat ees a grande id I thought of zat ze fir-r-rst theeng. He will not heemseif suicide. What zen?” Colonel Pouf—“Have you tried all zee en- couraging eir-r-roundings? Did you put zee r-r-revo vaire in hees cell?” General _P~um—“We did.” Colonel Pouf—“And zee razot General Boum—‘Two razores.” Colonel Pouf—“And zee cold poisone?” General Boum—“Four bottailes.” Colonel Pouf—“And zee slip noose and zee stout hook.” General Boum—“Yes, and zee slip noose was carefully gr-r-reased.” Colonel Pouf—“And did you feex zee gas so he could easily blow eet out?” General Boum—“We put a sign ovaire eet saying: “Do not blow out zee gas onless you are ready to die.” Colonel Pouf—“Sacre! and he positively r-r-refuses to keel heemseif?” General Boum—“He r-r-refuses.”” Colonel Pouf—“Mon Dieu! he ees no gens ueman ~