Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 29, 1889, Page 10

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE SULTAN AND BIS WIVES, J QGossip About the Impnrlal Harem at Constantinople. MAMMA MAKES THE MATCHES, How Beauntiful Circassians Are Bought and Sold—Peculinar Daties of the Vahide Saltan—Power of the Eunuchs. This Beats Brigham Young. (Copyrighted 189 by Frank @ Carpenter.) CoNsTANTINOPLE, Sept. 10, —|Special to TugBer.] —Thero was more than a thousand women in the harem of the last sultan, and there wero probably as many in (he imperial seraglio of Abdul Hamid, The number is recruited every year by slaves from Georgia and Cireassin, and it is a curious thing that none but slave girls can bo a part of the sultan’s fomale establishment. All of the sultans of tho past have had elave mothers and it 1s con. trary to the ofistom of Turkey for the sul- tans to marry. Tho reason for this is the provention of political intrigue which might arise from an extended royal family, and Mahmoud IL, the grandfather of the pres- ent sultan who died wher Martin Van Buren was president, in order to make his throne more sate, sewed up the 174 wives of his predecessor in sacks, loaded thom with shot, and dropped them into the cool WATERS OF THE BOSPHOROUS. Al harem himself, however, that, and when I visited the treasury of the sultan the other day Isaw dozons of mirrors set in diamonds which his ladies used in doing up their back hair. Isaw several pecks of pearls which belonged to his siave favorites and those of his successors, and I looked ata little gold cradle set with jewels, in which his children were rocked. The father of the present sultan was v fond of women and he spent several fortunes in building palaces for them. He had his furniture mude in urope, and it is said that he was especially fond of blue-eyed beauties with golden hair. Abdul Azziz, who was dethroned in 1576, and who with the exception of the three mouths roign of Murad, was the pr sor of the present sultan, had 1,200 FEMALE SLAVES in his barem and he spent as high a 000 year in decorating his seraglio in_eratifying the wants of his ladies. The expenses of his harem for presents and dresses consumed §500,000 a year and during some of the years of his reign he paid as high as $500,000 for jewels. ‘The expenses of the present sultan in the same respect arc undoubtedly enormous, and though I am told he overlooks the accounts himself they can not but run high into the hundreds of thousands .of dollars. There are thousands of servants about the palaces of the sultan. Ho hundre eunuchs und these receive salaries ac- cording to their position. The chief eunuch is quite as important a man as the grand vizier. He takes part in the imperial councils and isa wan of great influence. 1 saw him on the day that the sultan took his yearly visit when he went to kiss t of Mahomet. A tall, broad-should with dull pluck but with fe pressive of intellect and wili, Ho was dressed in clothes embroidered m gold lace, and he rode a magnificent Arabian horse. The sul- tan probably bought him as a slave and the most ordinary eunuchs are A COSTLY ARTICLE They are imported by s dealers from Africa, where they are raised. They are of as diffierent erades as are other men, and the sultan has all kinds. The more important of them have separate establishmeuts of their own 1n the palace. Iach of the more favorite slaves of the harem must have her ennuchs to wait upon her. She uses them as her servants but they are guards as well. This chief eunuch has charge of all the women of the palace and it is throngh their power with the sultan that much of his influence comes. He is new to his posi- tion, and ke will probably amass a fortune before he dies. The last chef eunuch wore a uniform of scarlet and eold, and he built a mosquo to serve as his tomb. He was courted during his life time, and it 1s said that his influence was purchasable. The eunuchs, however, form but a small part of the servants of the palace. There are sowething like sand people about the sultan and the greater purt of these are cmployes. The kitchens of the last sultan had three hundred servants, and it must take a number of hands to aitend to the thousands of horses and to keep the two bundred royal riages ingood con- dition. The sultun has his_baroers, his musicians au abis boatmen, and I am told that there are 100 porters at Yildiz who do nothing clse but carry burdens. The ladics, of the barem have thoirservants and the hairdresscrs and the dressmakers must be ‘numbered by the hundreds. The less tavored among the women sometimes act as the ser - vants of the others, but muny of these ladies have thewr soparate establishments with their own ouauchs, slaves, doctors and “bog- gars, They recewe visits in their own apartments and muke visits to the other ladies of the imperisl city, which is hidden bebind the walls of the sultan's palaco grounds. The feeding of six or seven thous- aud veople every day, year in and ycar out, costs a fortune, and a good purt ol the sul: tan’s ten millions a year passcs THROUGH THE HANDS OF 1118 COOKS. The chief pact of the cooking for the palace 18 done in the grounds where the emperor lives. ‘The fooad is prepared at the great pal- ace of Dolma Bagtche, about a mile wwa; and it 18 carried on triays on the heads of the porters to the harcm on the hill. It is safo to say that a lurge part of the best of its danties arc served cold. ‘The suitau uever cats with his harem wnd 1t is not the custom for the sexes to eat to- ther in Turkey, His majesty sits down to is meais with s officers of state. He drinks his coffee out of gold cuvs and he uses a Turkish articlo which is as thick as mo- lasses and as stroug as lye. o has his min- isters of state often to dine with him, and he wives dinuers frequently to the diplomats at Constantinople. At such dinners he sits down with his foreign guesis save when their wives aro present, and he is said to be & very good DINSEU-TABLE COMPANION, There ure a number of littlo roows in the palace to which he ires with such of bis friends as he wishes 0 engage in privats conversutinn, and he Carries on conversa- tion with forecuers through interpreters, He can speak Krench, but profers to use the Turkish aud an interureter in his conversa- tion. Ho belicves in oducating, and he has a school connected with bis harcm where the littie princes are taught Frenoh aud the modern scicuces as well as the Korau. The guests of the Sultan never got a peep fnto his harem. The man who would at- tomptl to enter tho apartments reserved for the womoen would be punished with death and a coniich in Constantinople has a right 1o knook down any mauw who speaks (o a lady under bis charge. A foreigner was nearly killod not long agd for addressing a lady of high caste on the brdge which crosses from Slambout 1o Pera, und 0o one in Constantinople save the sultun hus Tight to ask o Jady to take off hor veil. o Sultan can ¥o anywhere, and ho can netrate the harem of his officers if ho will, Rt right, howover, is never cnforced, and ho has quite enough to do to keep the peace in his own family. Of late years his ladies have been by no means so sectuded as io the past, uud much of their restrictions are pomival. When the sultan made his sunual kiss the cloak of the proptiet Ma- whioch is kept in Stawboul, 1 saw ®t least a hundred of them in his pro- * cession, ‘I'hey were in closed carriag: 1 could see plmnl( through the carriage win- dows and the veils which covered their faces were of gauzo so Liin thut I could distiv guish the layers of INT ON TMEIR CHEEKS. were dressed in silks of all colors of m bow. but these silks wore made in the shape of very vl water proof cloaks and uvay were rath wrappers han Mauy of the ladies wore kid ud T noted that some of them N!lIWI over their kneos w keep thew gloves from being soiled. muv had their eyebrows painted u*u suowed out plainly over their Beside cach carriage roud a sombre ,000,- and faced negro nunuch dressed in black wnh " long whip in his hend and the carriages were drawn by magnificent horses, There were some boaatiful girls among them and T noticed half a dozen red-headed Circassians whose cheeks wore as rosy as those of an Eaglisn bar maid, and who would have passed for belles in Cleveland, New York or Chicago, At the head of the harem procession was the carriage of the mother of the sultan, who is known as the Valide Sul- tana, and who practically rales the harem. The Valide Sultana has one of the winge of the palace sot apart for hor use, She has a court almost as important as that of the sultan himself. She has her einuchs and her servaats, and she is probably the only one whom his majesty implicitly ‘trusts. Sho acts as tho wo-between between the sultan and his wive and she really chooses his wives for him. I bave been in Constanti nople during the greater part of the Moham. medan lent, or of the month known as Ram- azans During this month the Mo~ hammendans fast from sunrise to sun- sct nad they enguge in numerous prayers. At the close of it will come their Iastor Bairam, when every Turk will come out in now olothes and when the whole Mohammo- dan world will engage in rejoicing. At this timoe each year the sultan takes a new and favorite siave to wife and this slave is se- lected from a large number by the Valide Suitana, As 1 write, the young lady 8 probably in training = for her new position, and sh has been within the hand of the Valide Sultana for a numoer of months, Six months before Ramazan each year the Georgian slave mer- chuuts and others who have girls whom they wish to sell to the sultan bring their young ladies to the sultan’'s mother. She looks over them and picks out fifteen or more, These are taken into the pal: and are fed like 8o many prize horses. Shortly before Bairam she looks over thelot again and picks out the one who is to be the BRIDE OF THE SULTAN. ‘The sultan has, I believe, the right to take such of the other girls as strike his fancy, but his Bairam bride he does not see until the night after this feast. Ho finds her in his chamber when he retires to rest at night, and the story at Coustantinople is. that the new bride must crawl under the clothes from the foot of the bed in token of her sub- jection. If she happens to please the she i3 piven A separate rtment, and if she has children they are legitimate and rank with other princes and princ . If the sultan does not like lier she ranks with the other slaves of the ce and, 1t may be, nover sees his majost, again, ‘I'he favorite ladies of the sultan’s harem have by no means a bad time, They are cortainly better off than they would be in their natvie lands, and many of them esteem it o great honor to be brought to Constanti- nople and sold. Their Life in the harem 18 o do-nothing, lazy one. They spend the day in chatting, eating and sleeping. Most of the smoke cigarettes, and they o out dinin under charge of ‘their eunuchs when the can get permission. nice hittle theater in for this is often furnished by th the harom. The price of a siave is largely increased if she is a good musici some of these girls are good dan singer The price for an ordinary of the desirable age, ranging velve to sixteen, 00. If she is bes she may be worth two thons:ad and more, and if in addition te this she a'good wusician, the motuer of the ) will give from’ five to thousand s for her, Rich blonde beauties with isparent skins always bring d wetl rounded, but I girls are brought from + and sold for 4 song in Constantinople. The slave market of hus long sinc been done away with, buying and selling from atiful Dat STILL GOES ON UNDERIAND, and the terms of slavory outside of the pal aco are such that after a slave has served ars she must, if she desires, be re- the position of wife. The fo; artists who come vo Constan- tinople arc often asked by the sultan to give performances to lumself and his friends in his royal theater within the palace. At such times the tavorite Iadies of the scr: glimpse of outside life through lattic dows of their boxes, and the event is t jectof gossip in the harew for come. In connection with this theater, I was told an incident which gives somo in- sight into the kindliness of the sultan’s na- ture. On the 22a of last February, when an Italian opera troupe was playms in Con- stantinople, the American minister, Mr. Oscar Straus, gave an_entertainment to the Awcricans ot his home, iu celebration of Washington’s birthda; Av this entertninment he had cngaged this Italian opera truope, consisting of two hun- dred and fifty musicians, to perform. 1 oon of the 220 Mr. Straus vom the [talian manager s ing that the sultan biad requested the troupe to come that night to the palace, and inas- wmuct as the request of his maje: EQUIVALENT T0 A COMMAND, e could not keep his engagement with lm, Tt was too late at this time to countermand the invitation for the entertmnment and M Straus sent a messenger to the sultan e plaining the situation and asking him to al- iow the troupe to come to his house either before or after the entertainment at the pal- ace. His majesty at once sent back u me: zer, suying that he would under no ¢ ditions’ disturb the entertainment of M Strauy, and that it wounld suit him just as well to have the truope to come to the palace atter their ontertainment was over, which was done. At another time he disarranged one of his dinners at the palace to accommo- date the American mmister, aud 1 am_ told here that a close friendship has existed be- tween Mr. Straus und his majesty during the whole of the former's ministry. CArreNTER, he sub- eks to COLONEL FOWLER’'S WAR HORSE He Took Part In-;: ty Battles and is Soill Bivine. When Colonel Samuel owler, the founder of Port Jervis, and at one time chairman of the demoeratic state com- mittee of New York, went 10 the war in 1862 at the head of the Fifteenth New rsey volunteers, says the Pittsburg atch, o regiment recruited in his native county of , Sussex, some of his friends in both states united in presenting him with charger, hey selocted the six-ye: old brown pelding I less, by Rysdyk’s Hambletonian and a Harey raised by George C. Shaw, of Newton, and already famous for stylo and speed Colounel Fowler rode his youag cb at the head of the g regiment through two Lard fought paigns, and until he himsclf was con- strained to retire from the service by the malady which afterwurd caused his death. On Colonel Towler’s retirem less passed into the hands of Rev. A, A, Haines, chaplaio of the rogiment, and the sou of a former famous governor of New Jersey. Therealter the horse was loaned 1o and ridden by General Tor- betduring the seven day’s feartul strug- gle of the Wildernesse but otherwise, until the close of the war, he was mainly employed by his master in the merciful daties of carrying succor and consolation to the wounded on the bat- d, and helping the sick and wenry long murch. Restless ook part in more than thirty battles and skirmishes, including the bloody engagements of Petersburg, Freacricksburg, Winchester, the Wil erness, and Gettysburg, and carvies the scar of a wound received in the last named battle When the war ended, Chaplain Haines brought the bhorse home to his farm at Hamburg, and has since held the war-worn charger among his most cherished possessions. For five years past IRestless hus been honorably vetived from all work, aud huving the free run of pasture and stables. At thirty-three years old he is still com- ,mm\lvc-l; healthy and active, and bids air to live for some years to come. R Bright eyes, healthy complexion, and vigorous systein result from using Ango- stura Bitlors, Sole manufacturers, Dr. J. G, B. Siegert & Soms. At all drug- gists. t Re [ SAYINGS OF THE FUNNY MEN Waifs From the World of Wit and Humor, WHAT WILLIE WOULDN'T DO, Sam Johnson's Tray Full—The Pre- dicament of a Convict—Boarding House Toast—An Ancient Pie—By Bearer. No Confldence Man. Washington Capital: Everybody was wondering why Willie §Wishington bad said nothing for 8o long, and n young lady said in a bantering tone: A penny for your thoughts, hington.” “Aw, weallyi—TI—aw—wouldn't like 10 pose us a confidence man or anything like that.” And soveral people realized that maybe Willie wasn’t as badly off as he looked. Mr. Very Verdant. Drake's Magazine: Hiram—“T thought that if [ lay down in the grass you couidn’t find me.” City Cousin (who had been hunting for him)—*I did fina it hard to distin- guish you. The grass is so green.” Waiter. Lafe: “George,” remarked Mre. Jack- high to her husband, *‘who is this Sam Taylor I heard you and Major Johnson tulking about? Is hie a good waiter?” A good waiter, my dear? What do you mean?”’ “Well, I heard you tell the major that down at the club the other night Sam Johnson came in with a tray full and dropped his pile, and I thought that he must have been very carcless.” And then George gazed out of the window with a far-away look in his eyes. A Suspicions Circumstance, Lawrence American: “Am I entirely safe in here? Isn't there any chance of my being suddenly garroted from be- hind?” he asked, as he pocketed the change that the bartender threw down for him. *‘Sure. Vat’s de matter mit you, ain't it?” “Nothing,” was the re- ply; “only I thought from the amount of froth on this schooner that I_had struck a White Cap headquarters.” That Was Diffe at. ew York Evening Sun: clerks in a big counting house: “Did you hear the news, George?” “No, what is it, Billy?” ®“The cashier has skipped to Canada with $300,000 belong- ing to the boss.” “Well, well, protty rt. an't it?” *“Apd he also took v your silic umbrelln vou loft here *Confound the rascall” Between The Irrepressible Small Boy. Ixet A youngster, while hand- ling a big army musket in the stre the other day was promptly arrestec taken befor i e, *Where you buy thi >inquired his honor. SDidn’t buy “returned the young- ster, ly. “*Where did you get it,then?" “What,the gun?” *“Yes!” s been in our family ever ng gun He Rejected the Plan. Puck: Stanzer—I'd like to know how to get this poem published. I'vesent it to a dozen editors, but it's of no us You might put 1t in an_ enve- wve it on your table, and then commit suicide. All the papers would have it next da; est Charm. Terre Haute Express: She—I doso like to read Howolls. He—I would really like to know why. Sho—You don’t have to go to any trouble to look for your place. You can begin in the middle or at either end and it is all the sam A Han:ed thame, Drake’s Magazine: *‘Doe: in capital punishment? Of course. Don’t you read his paper? He always speils Democrat with a small d.”’ Blark be- Lic Couldn’t Finish His Sentence. Judge: Conviet—You have been very good to me for the last few months and I can’t sufficiently thank you. I Visitor—Well, why don’t you fir your sentence? Convict—I can’t, sir} years to serve, sh I've two more What Was the Keason? Boston Courier: Jack — Ain’t going to work tw-day, Jim? Jim— T'm not doing anything now. Jack— That so? I thought you were with Grubbs & Stubbs, Jim (with great dig- mty)—1 severed my connection with that concern. Jack—You have? What did they fire you for When You Come to Think of It. Washington Capital, Though truth to nature on the stage Is something very rar The lightest play may prove itself Appluusible aifa 03 As Warm as Toast. New York Sun: Squeers (on Mount Washington)—Whew, isn't it cold Nickleby—"Why, I feel as warm as " “Squeers—*You do? Why man mometer is down to 16 de- grees.” Nickleby—*'Well, 1 feel ns warm us toast, just the same—that is, bourding-house toust.” Sarcasm. Merchant Traveler: “Mrs. Mulli- gan,” said Mrs. Gioty, “is it well yer fulin’ the day?” “Yis, very well “An’sthrong.” “Yis, quite sthrong.” ““Then p'r'aps 1ts able y ed be to bring back the two wash-tubs yez borried last Monduy Shifting the KResponsibility, Epoch: Farmer e boots ain't worth o continental; gosh, what leath- eri” Shoemaker— Well, its your owu fault; you starved the cow.” An Old Landmark. id the nged way- railroad lunch-counter, the old place. I recognized landmurk at once.” *What lundmark?” mquired the cashier, con- siderate Forty yeurs ago when I traveled over this road,” continued the stranger in a choking voice, "I carved my initials and thedate on yonder piece of apple pie, I see you have it stiil. Excuse an old man’s tears. No Need 10 Go Away Fliegonde Blatter: **I don’t see how you ean stay so continually in the house ihis summer. I feel as if I must get away, if only tosee some new laces.” SOOIl don’t need to go for that. My wife hus & new servant every day.” Sthis s yonde Civil Wa, Munsey's Weekly: *You 3 fought all through the war, but { ean’t find your name on any of theso enlist- meut rolls,” I know it, I listed. I fought with my wife. . Which Side? Boston Transerip! Publisher—*Mr, Delver, have you gone over those statis- tics about the use of bicycles among the wasses?” Delver—"'Yes, sl And you haye analyzed them carefvlly, so AT o Lo SR SUNDAY, 'iLP']‘]*,MBFR 20, 1889~ that you can give an lnh\ll\gont oplnhm as to their offeet upon the public health?” *“Yes, sir.” “‘Well, then, vou may write it out.” We want IL as 800N as possible.” ‘¥ sir, but you haven’t told me which side I am to prove— whether they ges, honlthful or the re- verse."” It Tarned His Brain, Drake’s MogAzide: Jones—That fol- low Smith is wgvent brokkesper. Brown—He ia, indped. He borrowed a volume of Hrowaing from me two yoars ago and bad nover returned it. He Had N vor Ilv-nrll It New York Fruth: Hopwood —Knox, id 1 over toll you the_story about the judgo and his coon dog? Knox—I don’t remember. good ono? Hopwood—Yes, a mighty good stor Knox—Then you never told it to me. Was it a Prepared by a Bowery Chef. Waiter—Do you want some po- tatoes with your fish- lmll boss?’ Ship- pen Clarke (tasting nuu)—:\'n; but I wish I could get some fish with these potato-balls, A Strictly Commercial View. Epoch: Boston Girl—Is it not strage, Senor Matildo.that you have never mar- ried? Have you never proposed? Senor Matildo—No. I leave the management of all my money matters to my secre- tury. PO e T The Philosophy of Remembrance. Franklyn W, Lee. They say man forgets, while a woman will treasure The dreams given birth when love bright- ened her cyes, And still thrill her heart with a touch of the pleasure The wirl felt on seeing cloud shapes 1n her skies. But what would you say If told of the vision 1 see 1n the azure 'J'hn!lns;:s to-night from my witch-bowl of clay Town myself naught but a crusty old follow, And there sits my wife, singing some ong to sleep, While time bears mo on to thesere and the yeliow. But boyhood’s fair memorics keep And locked in my breast Are some liko old wine that the years have made mellow Of which 1 partake with a connoissicur’s zest. ever will Two loves has each his drifting, The first like the breath of an exquisite rose; The second more beautiful, bardy, uplifting— A rose-vine that circles the heart as it grows; And one is so frail That life's weary winds, in their merciless shifting, Blow on till the petals are lost in the gale. man in the course of But, though it be fragile, the first is essential, Sinco through it the manlier passion gains sway, ; Txpands 'neath the livit of remembrance po- tontial And finds newer strength in the other's dec The first 15 s00n dead; Yet had it not hived by decree providential, The passion now prized were a poor thing instead. And 8o, when T sce, in the smoke drifting ‘round me, Tho sweet, childish face of my “maid of the mist,” Who came when' the, best years of life had not found me, T'm grateful to her, since love’s pleasures exist. For had she not flown To loosen tho trammels in which childhood nound me, The love 1 feel now I might mever have known, The wife understands if §he pauses to reason The love of the boy for the girl in the past— The passion that came in youth's wonderful scason, ‘When love's rosy flame burned too flercely to last; And she will confess, With womamly trust, that she deems it not treason If one gives a thought to the old happiness, And 1, while my heart feels the old thrill I treasure, Look into the dark eyes that wmirrored my love When she whom I see in the circle of azure Seemea one of .the angels from regions above, And throw her a kiss, And thank her for sowing the seed of the pleasure 1 reap in the Eden of marital bliss, - 3 Lk TH 5 OF A REGULAR, Private Discusses the Position Taken By Colonel Renry. Fort MEADE, Dak, Sept. 20.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: 1 have read the opinion of Colonel G. V. Henry in regard to deser- tions from the army, and will prove 10 you that the colonel is mistaken and that ho con- tradicts himself by his own statement, which you published in Tite Bri In the first place he says soldier a has to do a certain amount of police work 1n order to keep the parrison clean, The doing of this work, as it is rcauired to be done, is not not always agreeable, but it is necessary, Again he says & man enlists 1o be a soldier. As soon as he comes to a garrison ho is do- tailed to drive a team, or as company cook, carpenter, mason, etc, He enlists to avoid this, and yet he has forced upon human occupation for which he didu't enist. As far as police duty is concerned, every mau of ordinary sense knows that that is o soldier’s duty. 1haven't heard any grumbling among the privates in regard to doing that xind of work, but is it reasonable to compel him to work in saw mills, log camps, getting out. rock from & quarry, to make boulevards, digging ditches, etc., and then expect him to be a good, clean sud well-drilled soldier! I have seen it, when we would have to be in the ficld for target practice at 4 a. w., then #0 homo again at about 8 o'clock and drill with & pick and shovel for eiusht £ood hours; after that stand dress parade, and then ou the following morning go on guard for twenty-four hours. \Vho wouldn't growl at such treatment? In addition to this he must torment his mind with the thought that no must_put in five years at suck a service, for which he didu’t enlist. Why don't a recruit- ing officer acquuint a person with all these facts before he ealists him? 1f he did, I be- lieve there would be none left but the oflicors 10 constitute the army. Auother groat, wrong done to & recruit is wheu he s told Wat he can save at least $50 out of his clothing allowance during his en- listment, -This can not be done, He bas to add rather this amiount out of his own pay if he intends to have the appearance of & neat- ooking soldier. A PRIVATE. A - 1f yoware suffering with w flamed L or granulated e can be quickly cavod by usin Melean’s Strelgthening cents a box. akk or in- lids, you Dr. J. BINGULARITIES, A buge vine at Hau, tria bore this year 2 which are expocted of wine. A huge rattlesnake is monopolizing the kitchen of John Carty's howe, uear Colum- bus, N. J. He is under the floor und decline 10 leave. W. H. Cross, of Maroa, IlL, issues this: “I'll challenge any man in the world to sleep with me 143 hours for cash. Ican sleep more hours in 142 thun any mau in the world. Ferry Henshaw, of Portland, Ore, has gone into the business of raising Mongolian pheasants. e has a score or Lwo that were hatched by an old vlack hen. They are all doing fiuely. A West Chester, Pa., fisherman says thut the bass in the Brandyyvine are so intetigent that when they find & baited hook 1 the watar one buss holds the liue and another one quietly nibbles off the bait. A correspoudent writes the New York sdorf in Lower Aus. 000 bunch of grapes ) yield four hectolitres SIXTEEN Wfirld h‘"[nl ot twlnn Mrs, Mrs. Rider) at Richmondville, N. Y., who celebrated the ninety-ninth suniversary of ther birth on August 20, “Both are hale, and bid fair to more than span a century.’, Hamilton Maffett, who resides north of Lawrenceville, Ga., has been almost at death’s door since camp-meeting, caused from a spider bite inflicted on the left shoul- der a year or two ago. Mr. Maffett is now in his seventy-second vear, and the family 18 fearful that should he recover he would 1080 his eyesicht. A hard maple tree in 8. G, Scott's yard at Plainwell, Mich., is an object of great ouri- osity. It Il]l|sl. now shedding its foliage. Soon new leaves will appear, and after the fall frosts it will again denude itselt of leaves. This it has done regularly for sov- oral seasons. Tho tree diffors ouly in shed- ding 1ts leaves twico a your from other ma- ples standing within a few fect of it. According to a French paper, a soa monster, such as no fisherman has ever soen bofore, has been stranded on Bancais rock, situated to the west of the Island of St. Honorat, near Cannes, The creature meas ures five and a balf meters 1 length and is five meters round the thickost part of its bod It has a beak resembling thatof a parrot, and two horns on 1ts head; its eyes are at adistance of one meter from the ex- tremity of the beak. A Kingston, N, Y., woman is tho owner of & pot cat which formed tho habit of sleeping 1n a coal scuttle. One day some ono threw a piece of paper in _the scuttlo, covering the cat from sight. The woman pickad up the scuttle to throw coal in the stove and dumped the cat on the rod coals. Tiere was an un- earthly yowl, and a flaming body went fying through the room. A pail of water extin- guished the firo and saved the feline, Thero are aileged to have been many in- atunces of colored porsons turning white, but. the caso of a Yamacraw, Ga., woman is most remarkable from tho fact that her nieco a few years ago also bocame & Caucasian o all apvearances, and that ler skin_drops oft in big flakes. 'Sho is almost entiroly help- less, hier liunbs being paralyzed. Her iliness began with her chango of color. A large cave sparkling with gold, silver and sapphires was discovered the other day in tho Lincoln mine at San Pedro, near Albuguerque, N. M., which has lonis pro- duced ore of great vn|nc The cave is about one hundred feet long by fifty_ wide, and the sides are thickly studded with the precious metals nd stones, whilo bowlders of car- bonate were found scatterea upon the floor. The company only recently refused $250,000 for this wine, which has sinco been leased 10 J, C. King. The camp is greatly excited, One of the oldest houses in America is the stone mansion on the Staats farm, about four miles below the village of Greenbush, N. Y., on the river bank. The building was erected of blue stone and brick in 1650, and at present is occupied by Lawrence and Philip Staats, and 1s in a splendid state of preservation. ' The house faces south and west and commands an extended view of the Hudson river and surrounding count Hard by the ancient dwelling, on a pleasant knoll, is the family burial ground which con- tains the remains of generation after genera- tion of the Staats family, who came to this country when New York was settled by the Hollanders, about 1614, The Staats farm and the three farms adjoining to the north were occupied when tha Van Rer patroon received his grant for t miles square each side of the river from the king of Holland, but the owners of these farms were exempt from paying him any ont. ron! A The Violer, Sisic M. Best, From the m ad blooms in the woodland set We hear a whisper wo can’t forget: Columbia, choose the violet. The subtle swoeetness haunts us yet Of that purple star with the young dews Columbia, choose the violet. With the grasses veiling it like a net "Tis the bonaiest bloom on thy bosom yet— Columbla, choose the violet. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Mary Anderson is an Langtry. Mme. Blancho Stone-Barton has accepted the position as leading soprano of the Gil- more baud concerts. Louise Thorndyk2 will return to the stage, appearing 1n *Our Fiat” at the Lyceum the: ater, New York, on October 23, Miss Helen von Doenhoff has been en- gaged to sing the leading contralto roles with the Boston Ideal Opera company. Mile. Rhea is said to be highly delighted with the role of Josephine in the new play by A. R. Haven, which was recently pro- duced by her at' Buffalo, N. Y. Miss Marie Wamright 15 presenting her superb production of *“T'welfth Night” in Pittsburg. Miss Wamright's Viola will be seen in New York at the Fifth avenue theater 1n December., Nettie Carpenter, the charmmng young vio liniste, will return to this coutry in Decen- ber to remain the rest of the season. She played in a number of concerts in London, together with Sarasate, with great success. Miss Adelaido \1.," will begin her tour in “Dite Love Sto ober 7, at the Star theater 1n Buftalo, Sho will havo tho assiat- ance of Will Cooper, Davenport Bebus, Marie Binghan, Gertrude Dawes and others, Miss Graco Hawthorne, lesseo of the Royal Princess’s theater, London, has insti- tuted suit against Manager A, M. Palmer, of tue Madison Square and Palmer's theatérs, Now York, claiming $50,000 damages for bis violation of a contract which he bad enterod into with k zarding the production of Sardow's *“Theodora” in London, Adonis Dixey is to appear as a baby in tho first part of his new picce, “The Seven Ages.” It has been given out that he will not speak at all during this portion of the play, but will uso his face in pantomimo to (h-m be infantile motions. In fact, he is ticing all the requirements of a realistic Piby carr Miss Cl inch taller than rris, who is said to bo in the best of he spirits, will begin her sca- son on September 30 at the Grand opera house, New York, and during the week there will be seen in her familiar impersona- tions of Camille, Miss Multon and Alixe, assisted by Frederick de Belloville and other competent sctors and actresses. The Edwin Booth-Modjeska company is actively rehearsing at the Broudway theater, New York, under the direction of Mr, Law- rence Barrett. September 30 Modjeska will join Mr. Booth and they will commence their joint tour in Pittsburg, and after a wee nd reach New York at the Hroadway ter October 14, for a season of eight weeks. Mr. Barrett produces ‘Gumelon’’ in Chicago October Miss Hénrietta Landor, who is now_play- ing in “A Possible Case,” with the Union Square company, has made a decided bit as Ethel Serrero in that piay. The company played at Providence and Albany, in both of which cities Miss Lander d 'a neat suc- cess by her clover and artistio rendition of the character assigned her, and the eritics in both cities w sry eulogistic over her fin- ished acting. Next week the company will v in Buffalo, play, “Josephine, Em- press of the Frenc met with great suc- cess on 1t production at Buffalo, and Mile, Rhea's charming rendition of the role Jo sophine won great praise. Buffalo is only zo0d Ay for three nights, yet Mile. Ithea pl u week to big business, th last three nights the themte ackod. Ithea has caught the wome Jo sephine. Her business was excellent in Now Haven and Hartford —— With a Great Flourish of trumpets it is aunounced by papers that an “Elexir of Life” has at last been discovered by Dr. Brown- Seqard, u French physician, and won- ders are claimed to have been achieved by its use, I that as it muy, Thos. 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