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A CUBAN CAMIYAL
Havana Given Up to Scenes of Riot
ous, Mlickinjj Gayety.
HLLLAFS LITTLE ADYEKTURE.
Repulsing a Too-Gallant Cavalier in a Fal
setto Yoice.
A SE1IT-PAG1N PICTUEESQUB JUBILEE
ICOBKISFOKWaf CX OF THE DISPATCH.
HAVANA, June
4. One can become
Intoxicated with
pleasure as well as
with wine. I did not
know this until I bad
sojourned or a brief
space in this tropical
land of eternal sum
mer and unalloyed
enjoyment Other
trise I should have
been more abstemious. As it is X am be
coming slightly hilarious. A few months
more of doing nothing but having a good
time, will make a regular "frowsy-headed,
flimsy-gowned, rocking-chair Cubana" of
me. As sure as fate this is the destiny
'which awaits me id luxuriate much longer
tinder the shade of the silver palm.
For the past month I have been fairly
-whirling round in a vortex of gayety, the
nature of -which no genuinely civilized
country could conceive, much less enjoy.
It has been the carnival season. The gay,
festive, masquerading, rollicking carnival;
-when a naturally excitable and self-indulgent
people throw aside wordly cares and
plunge headlong and utterly regardless of
THE CABNIVAli
consequence, into- a sort of Bacchanalian
Saturnalia, composed of a species of orgie,
which embraces etrery known amusement in
the whole calendar.
WHEN -ALL BEJOICE.
This celebration seems to be eminently
adapted to the spirit of the Cubans, who are
literally swayed by the wild delight of the
hour. They exhibit, themselves during the
day in all kinds of grotesque costumes, re
pairing night after night to the various
masque balls, which take place in each con
cert hall and theater of the city. Every
human being on the island rejoices during
the carnival. The po or steal enough to sat
islv their appetites, at id lay it to the tolly
of the least. The la me throw aside their
crutches and sticks, an d hobble along to the
jeering cries and derisive snouts of the mob.
Broken backs wreath their humps in flow
ers and dance through the streets like elfin
sprites. Negroes whiter their ebony laces
and fasten devil's horns' to their heads. Old
women robe themselves in children's gowns,
and children assume the garb of their moth
ers, or more generally tlie costume of some
king or queen or fairv. Little boys go
about dressed as little girls, and little girls
don their brother's knipkerbockers. All
the children are painted and powdered and
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An Orange Seller.
ynn in the general revel with as much zeal
" is their elders. It is impossible to be in
Cuba during the carnival and ( remain im
pervious to the spirit of mischief and good
cheer which reigns universal; impossible to
standby and waMi the ceaseless endofgayet
ies without joining in them, and once in the
swim just as impossible to withdraw again.
A LITTLE PEEP.
The Cubana, habitually a moclel of dis
cretion and prudishness, is alsoi tnbued with
the fever of fun and frolic lSebind her
mask she comes and goes at will. She who
.has never tasted of the bliss of doung as she
pleases, now mingles indiscriminittely with
the masses, and jostles against m-alatto and
quadroon, without being any the "worse for
it
American prudence kept me housed op
the first few days of this semi-pagan, wholly
picturesque jubilation, but woman's curios
ltv sent me forth before very long Just to see
what was going on. "One mutyt see to
know," I argued, as I always do, when I am
trying to convince myself against my judg
ment, "and experience to remember." 60
I thought I would take a little taste of
carnival, a prndent mouthful as it were;
enough to stave off hunger. Ala.1!. "When
one gets into the river, one goes floating
with the current despite all one s resolutions
to make for the shore. Thus it was with
my mouthful of carnival. It ended by be
coming a whole meal, and that worVthy an
epicure not to sav Sybarite. Thronfth the
narrow perspiring streets I paraded as did
every one who was not decrepit or (blind.
Overhead hung a fierce scorching sun, but
what did such an Americanized Cuba n as I
myself care for that Past the iron-barred
openings of the great house, I wended my
way, in company with attenuated, out-at
elbow dukes, royal princes, semi-oriental
Mexicans, ball dressed ladies, goats, don
keys, negroes, and a heterogeneous msWts of
coatless. hatless, renseless humanitjf, al
shouting at the very top of their shrill f loaces
A CABJttTAii ADTEUTCBE.
The streets being narrow and the btnild
in its encircled with (overhanuinw tinlmnl p
peopft living in opposite houses are bronJ-bt
Hfe
if
Swiff
within speaking distance of one another. A
lively interchange orbadiniure is thus trans
mitted from dwelling to dwelli.113, to say
nothing of continual showers of bouquets
and sugar plums. The course below is
thronged with two rows of moving carriages,
filled with absurdly dressed masks, clad in
every variety of costume that fancy can sug
gest, playing every imaginable prank that
the bounds of decency will permit. It is
quite the fashion to pelt one another with
beans, rice, oranges, sapodella and other
harmless missiles.
As I sallied along, feeling delightfully
Spanish and wicced,a eay harlequin sprang
from his horse and boldly accosted me. To
say I was lrightened does not begin to ex
press the terror which set my heart beating.
"This is what comes of carnivaling it," I
said severely to myself.
"I do not understand one single word you
say," I informed the young Lothario, who
The Tacon Theater.
deliberately brought his horse on the pave
ment and walked by my side, "so yon may
as well spare yourself the pains of wasting
any more breath in words." This I ob
served in the most approved Henry Irving
ish voice I conld summon from my quaking
bosom, and it certainly had the desired
effect, inasmuch as it sent my brave harle
quin galloping off down the middle of the
street. He evidently thought I was a man
disguised. And I don't blame him, I
thought so myself when I heard the bass
viol quality of my tones.
A JOYOUS EEST.
There was no use trying to retire at a
Christian-like hour, with a ball in progress
in every hall and, theater in the city. I
simply .could not do it, besides the carnival
fever is one of the kind for which there is
IS HATAXA.
no remedy. So off I set with the other
Americanized Cubans, to join the maze of
the dreamy waltz. But I soon discovered
to my cost that the orchestra did not intend
to allow any dreaming. It tooted and
twanged and thumped and pounded and
banged and ran up the scale and off the
track and over the music stand, until it
came to the bald spot on the leader's
head, where it stopped short never to go
again I hope, as did everyone else, who
were not deaf or acclimated to the native
music As for the dancing, it was either
the staid, stiff, monotonous step, forward
and back, over and over again, or a species
of Feejee-Island quickstep. But it was
great tun for all that, and it continued
without cessation until the "wee sma' hours
of the moraine."
As the carnival advanced the rioting (I
can conscientiously call it 'nothing else) in
creased. During the last few days it
.reached its highest pitch. If anyone slept,
it was because the drum of his ear had
joined the drums of the town band, and had
not gotten home yet Such a hubbub can
not be described.
TEACE AT LAST.
Finally, when all the bulls and cocks in
the city were slaughtered, to the entire sat-
lslaction ot the bloodthirsty populace; when
there was scarcely a bottle ol Cognac left,
when the entire population had shouted
itself hoarse, and eaten itself fnll; when
every child had had a spasnn and every
negro a "misery," then one and all, without
any, exception, bade farewell to meat and en
tered into the 40 days Lenten fast After a
carnival season one wants to be quiet I
have decided that I shall require at least 40
days to recuperate.
But after all the carnival is a great insti
tution, and there is no one outside a dyspep
tic who would not revel in it And yet they
tell me it is in its decline here, as it is in
Italy, and has lost much of its lormer bril
liancy and charm.
The origin of this festival came down from
the Saturnalia of Pagan Borne, and was
modified by the early Christians before the
middle ot tne second century. It is cele
brated with more parade and show in Borne
and Venice than in any othercities.though the
Parisians almost went mad with joy when
Bonaparte, on his appointment of first Con
sul, restored it It had been prohibited in the
year 1790. Lillian Spekceb.
TO CLEAN EXGEATISGS.
Two Terr Simple nnd Effective Methods of
Removing All btnln.
According to the American Art Printer
you should put the engraving on a clean
board and cover H with a thin layer of
common salt, finely pulverized; then squeeze
lemon juice upon the salt until a consider
able portion of it is dissolved. After every
part of the pictnre has been snbjected to
this treatment elevate one end of the board
so thf t it will form an angle of about 45
degrees with the horizon. From a tea
kettle or other suitable vessel pour on the
engraving boiling water nntil the salt and
lemon juice are entirely washed ofL The
engraving will then be perfectly clean and
free from stain. It must be dried on the
board or on some smooth surface gradually,
not by the fire or son.
Immerse the print for an hour or so (or
longer if necessary) in a lye made by add
ing to the strongest muriatic acid its own
weight in water, and to three parts of this
mixture adding one ol red oxide of man
ganese. India ink stains should in the first
instance be assisted out with hot water, and
pencil marks shonld be taken out with
India rubber very carefully. If the print
has been mounted the paste on the back
should be removed with warm water.
Another recipe is: Lay the engraving
down on a smooth board with a clean sheet
of paper underneath, and with a clean
sponge and water wet the picture on both
sides and then saturate it well with a soft
sponge with the following mixture: A
quarter of a pound chloride of lime, two
ounces oxalic acid, and one quart of soft
water, and apply.
A Chinese Fruit Stand.
BRAINS Iff BASEBALL
Tie Talue of Strategy and Sound
Judgment on the Diamond.
WHY STARS GET "BIS SALARIES.
The Secret of Chicago's Snpremacj in Its
Infield.
C0LLE6E-BEED MEN IS TBE PEOFESSIOS
IWBITTE2I rOB THE DISPATCH.
To the minds of a great many people the
baseball player is scarcely a respectable be
ing. He is regarded by the uninitiated as
connected with a business not at all respect
able. This opinion comes mainly from those
who are wholly unaware of the course of
preparation that is necessary to make the
successful ball-tosser, and eved those who
think they know something about the na
tional game do not dream of the strain that
a first-class pitcher has to undergo as the
consequence of a hard-earned victory. Many
people stand aghast when they hear of the
large salaries paid to first-class pitchers, and
not a few are incredulous when they hear
that a man like Timothy Kej.re, of the New
Tork club, can command a salary of $5,000
per annum; that such men as Messrs. Clark
son and Badboume, of the Boston club, can
command 4,000 each, and that the number
that can command between 3,000 and $4,000
is very large.
There are but few men, however, who can
command the largest salaries, for there are
very few pitchers that have the intelligence,
the perseverance, the skill and the endur
ance that characterize the players just
named. There are many men who wonld
have made great ball players as far sis the
physical part of baseball is concerned, but
they lack in brains they are unable to suc
cessfully carry into operation what they so
well know in theory. In order to reach the
height in their vocation, Messrs. Keefe,
Badbourne and Clarkson, and the success
ful pitchers, have been obliged to make a
careful study, not alone of the different de
liveries, but of the style of every 'batsman
that they are to face.
A PITCHEE'S STUDY.
It does not take an experienced pitcher
long to find out the weak points of the man
that he faces, and it is in this study of his
man-that his chief value to his clnb consists.
The brainy pitcher will always endeavor to
deceive the eye of the batsman and cause
him to hit the ball in a manner that will
give his field a chance to secure an out The
rules of this year place more of a premium
upon the intelligence of the pitcher than
ever. On account of the reduced number of
bad balls allowed the pitcher, that player is
unable to waste any balls, and he must
therefore cause the batsman to hit at a ball
at an early stage ot the proceedings. The
brain of the pitcher is therefore ever active,
not only during a contest, but at other
times. He is constantly thinking of some
scheme to outwit the opposing batsmen.
Such thinkers in the baseball business are
constantly practicing new deliveries and
tricks'to work npou the batsmen, so that
the latter may not know what to expect Of
the three pitchers mentioned, Clarkson is
the youngest, though he has officiated so
long in his position that he, -with the others,
can be called a veteran.
To endure the strain of pitching as long
as has been the case with these three ball
tossers and some others, they must have
been in the pink of condition at all times.
Their habits must be of the best, and they
can take no chances without considerable
risk. Despite the terrible wear and tear of
the arm and body to which these players
have been subjected, they stand to-day in
the front rank of American pitchers. Bieefe
and Badbourne have deliveries that are
very easy and not at all trying, compared
with the prodigious efforts of some pitchers.
A man like Badbourne could, if it was de
manded, go into the box and pitch game
after game. The strain is so severe, how
ever, in these days that a pitcher is seldom
called upon to pitch more than twice a week,
and most clubs carry a corps of four pitch
ers. DISABLED CLUBS.
The necessity for this is well shown in the
cases of the New York and Pittsburg clubs,
both of -which have been crippled this spring
by the disability of their pitchers. In the
case of New York Welch has had a bad
side, which has prevented him from play-
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leg, and these are two of the best pitchers in
the club. In the Pittsburg club Manager
Phillips has been obliged to send home both
Conway and Morris, On whom the club so
much depends, while Galvin, the veteran
pitcher ot the team, recently hurt his leg so
as to prevent him from playing for some
time. The effect of this has been to seri
ously cripple both of these teams.
The skill of the best pitchers is such that
even with three bad balls called on them
and not a strike, they can shoot the ball
many times in succession at the height
called for by the rules, rad can do this, too,
with changes of delivery. It is not the man
with the greatest speed and strength' that
counts most in the game of to-day. It is the
men with the greatest coolness and command
of the ball. He must be a great strategist,
and again and again he will be called upon
to pull his club out of a tight position. It J
will not do for him to get disheartened, al
though at times his support will be of the
worst possible kind, and when he receives
snch support comes his hardest trial, for it
is most difficult to pitch a winning game
when the nine are not pulling successfully
with the man at the helm, with men on
bases the intelligence of the pitcher is
worked to the utmost He must watch and
deceive the batsman and at the same time
he must keep the base runners close to their
bases so as to prevent them from reaching
home anv Quicker than can be helned in
1 case the ball is hit, or by so doing help his
hejaers to mate a douoie play, Generally
in snch cases he is subjected to a running
fire of rattling talk from the coachers, and
these noisy persons are the bane of the ex
istence of a yonng pitcher. They simply
waste their breath when the veterans are in
the box, as the position of the pitcher is
called.
CLEVER -WOBK NECESSABY.
Again, to show how numerous and oner
ous are the demands upon this one player,
and why it is that he commands so large a
salary, he must be a fine fielder in his posi
tion. It must be remembered that no player
in front of the batsman is so near to the
home plate as he, and when balls come hot
they come uncomfortably so, and there is
very little time to get out of the way. There
is considerable danger in facing balls of this
description, and many a player has been in
jured so as to be unable to play for weeks
and months by a brave attempt to make a
fine play. When he gets a batted ball in
his position and there are men on bases he
must act very quickly and lose no time.
When balls are hit to the Infield, the pitcher
must in all cases back np the basemen, and
when balls are hit to the first baseman he
must cover that base. Again, he is called
upon to race after fonl balls, these plays
being generally of the most difficult descrip
tion. It will be seen, therefore, that the de
mands upon the successful pitcher of to-day
are more than of a simple physical nature.
They call for capabilities of the highest
kino, both mental and physical. It natur
ally follows that there are very few men
who can fill these requisites. The first-class
pitchers in the country can be easily
counted. Besides those mentioned above,
there are Buffinton and Sanders of the Phil
adelphia club, Whitney and Boyle of the
Indianapolis club, and Blakely of the
Cleveland club, these being the best and
most favorably known.
In many cases pitchers owe their success
to the strength of the catchers behind the
bat In manv a case a young pitcher has
been enabled to win fame and fortune by
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done a great deal of his thinking for him.
It makes all the difference in the world
whether a pitcher has working with him a
catcher in whom he hai the most implicit
confidence or not Doubtless the improve
ment ot the Boston nine behind the bat will
account in a great measure for the improve
ment of Pitcher Clarkson's work over last
season. He no longer fears wild throws
and passed balls, for he knows that he has
to support him players that perform their
work with almost machine like accuracy.
THE CATCHEB'S DUTIES.
The catcher is another player who hai to
do a great deal of thinking, and who has to
keep his mind on several tbings at the same
time. When he is called upon to guide the
pitcher and signal for the balls to be pitched
to the batsman, his work is, ot course,
greatly increased; and it often happens that
he knows more about the peculiarities ot a
hitter than the pitcher himself. When men
are on bases, he has little time to make his
throws, and they have to be made with great
accuracy; for unmerciful. is the scorer, as
a general rule, ana tne deviation 01 a nair
is very likely to call for the scoring of an
error. It takes a great deal of head work to
catch men napping on the bases. The catcher
is supposed to signal the pitcher when to
throw to a base to catch a runner as well as
to signal to a baseman when he himself in
tends to throw the ball to a point It is no
place for a baseball player who is not very
quick witted. On the" two positions that
have been named depends the brunt of the
battle and the two players who occupy them
must work well together to obtain most satis
factory results. Generally the players map
out a campaign and have a regular code of
signals, so that the pitcher informs the
catcher what kind of a curve he intends to
deliver. Otherwise the number of widely
pitched balls wonld be very large and it
wonld be almost impossible for the catcher
to hold any delivery.
In other positions, the same rule applies
as in the case of pitchers and catchers.
Brains tell every time. The player who can
think the quickest will far outstrip every
competitor. For that reason the Chicago
infield, which has been intact for so manv
seasons, has no rival. .Messrs. Anson,
Pfeffer, Barns and Williamson are all men wbo
need no one to think: or act lor them. They
need no urging, but each ono knows just what
is required of him, so that as long as this in
field Is intact, the Chicago club will be in the
race for every championship. Their work is
the quintessence) of baseball,
PEBFECT DISCIPLINE.
They have made the game a science, and the
manner in which they support each other is
unrivaled. There is no quartet in the conn
try that does snch finished or such brainy work
on the ball field. The discipline of the whole
team, in fact, is perfeot, and yet the players
make the easiest sort of work of ball playing.
It will be remembered that this clnb sold the
releases of two of the best players in the coun
try, Kelly, its right fielder and change catcher,
and Clarkson, considered to be one of the
finest pitchers in the land, and yet beat the
clnb to whom they were sold in both of the
last two seasons. This well shows that no club
can win a championship unless its teamwork
is superior, even with the best material in the
country in its ranks. The New York clnb was
a star clnb for years before it recognized the
principle of team and hard work, and fought
the campaign ot last season on that idea and
won first honors. The same waa true in the
American Association. The Brooklyn clnb
spent over 40,000 in the endeavor to secure
players for a championship team on the Boston
basis, and thus far has got nothing. Most of
these players were secured from the St. Louis
club.
After disposing of the cream of its talent last
season, this St. Louis club, with material ac
knowledged to oe so inienor mat most 01 tne
players were released at the end of the season,
went in and won the championship without any
trouble. This year the St. Louis, with un-
bonght players, has led In the
;ho championship
lished the magni-
race, and has already accomp.
ncent and nnexpected exploit 01 defeating the
strong Cincinnati nine in seven games out of
eight. There can be bnt little doubt that the
Chicago club would be much nearer the top to
day were it not for the unfortunate accident to
Williamson that took him out of the club and
will prevent him from playing for some time.
Adrian C. Anson the captain and manager of
the Chicago clnb. and Charles Comiskey, wbo
holds a correspondinc po:
isition in the St. Louis
club, are the two great baseball generals on the
diamond to-day who can pick out a team of
youngsters and accomplish wonders with them.
It is a rare combination of qualities that will
cause men to plav such ball as the members of
their clubs will play for these two great base
ball lights, and which have made them so pop
ular everywhere in this country, even in cities
where they have never played.
IS HIGH EEPDTE.
The profession of the baseball player never
stood as high as it docs to-day. There never
was a time when the morals of a yonng man
were investigated upon his seeking an engage
ment as to-day. The drinkers are being surely
and quickly weeded from the ranks, thanks to
the severe penalties that are called for under
the rules. The business has attracted a large
number of college-bred men, and it offers them
congenial occupation with large salaries. Many
ball players pursue their studies in the winter
and play ball in the summer, thereby earning
enough to defray all the expenses of their edu
cation. Sanders, ol the Philadelphia ciub,
took a course m civil engineering last winter;
Gunninz. of the Athletics, was in attendance
at the medical school of the University of
Pennsylvania; Bingham, of Harvard, is to
graduate from Harvard this year; Knowl
ton, of the Eastern club, is a member of
the Harvard Medical School; Garfield,
of the Pittsburg Uub, is studying at Oberiin
University; Mead and Cahill, of the, New Haven
team, are graduates of Holy Cross College in
Worcester; Tyng is a Harvard graduate,
Wacenhnrst comes from Princeton, and manv
other instances could be mentioned. Nor must
the cases of Messrs. John M. Ward and James
H. O'Konrke, of the New York club, be for
gotten. The former took the course of political
science in Columbia College and with the latter
attended the lectures in the Yale Law School,
where they received their degrees of LL. B.
and were afterward admitted to practice before
the bar of Connecticut. Mr. Ward is un
doubtedly the most intelligent ball player in
the profession. Ho is a most prolific writer
for the magazine and the press, and he has
written a book on baseball, which is decidedly
the best and most comprehensive of the kind
ever issued.
It takes the brightest kind of men in the
business to succeed in base running and bat
ting. Some of the best base runners in the
business are those men whoare not particularly
fleetfooted. Take Kelly, for instance. He is
not even an average runner, bnt be watches
his points so carefully and makes the most of
every opportunity that he is regarded as one of
the best base runners in the country. A con
stant patron of the game can tell at a glance
whether a player is a brainy base runner or not
by the style of bis work when on the bases.
The successful runner must be able to take in
things at a glance, and on bis quickness and
good judgment often depends the game. It is
a common saying among the plaj ers that you
cannot make wooden-heads run bases.
A VALUABLE MAN.
So, too, in batting. Here the most valuable
man is the one wbo can sacrifice himself suc
cessfully, if need be, for his side. The bats
man who goes to the bat and thinks of doing
nothing else than letting out at a ball with all
his might and strength is of little uso. There
is a great deal more of science in batting than
most spectators suspect. There is such a thing
as a place hitting, and the man who can bat to
any quarter desired, sacrifice block and bunt,
is worth a great deal to bis club.
There are to few men that unite inthe requi
sites for any one position all the qualifications
necessary for success that the few have become
almost indispensable to their clubs and their
presence on the team is a necessity, If success
is to be hoped for. It has often been said that
no player is indispensable to a club, and as a
general rule this will go very well, bnt at the
same time the exceptions are many. Men that
cannot oe replaced are 01 course indispensable
to their clubs, and snch men are Ewm? and
Keefe, of the New Yorks; Anson. Pfeffer and
Williamson, of the Chicagos: Fogarty and
Clements and Baflinton, of the Philadelphias;
Clarkson and Nash, of the Bostons; Glasscock
and Denny, of the Indianapolis club, among
others. The great increase of the popularity
of the sport well shows bow much the public is
appreciating the fact that there is much more
than brute force In the game,.that it depends
largely upon skill and science and intelligence
and all that goes to make up the game renders
it essentially a characteristic American sport
Jake Mobse.
Some EnEllab Bolls.
Among the bulls of English parentage
recently perpetrated are these, says a writer
in the Boston Globe: "After the door
closed," writes a novelist who is widely
read just now, "a dainty foot slipped into
the room, and with her own hand ex
tinguished the lamp." "The chariot of
socialism," wrote An editorial writer "is
rolling and gnashing its teeth as it rolls."
"The Charity Association," wrote a report
er, "has distributed 20 pairs ot shoes among
the poor, which will dry np many a tear.
"I was sitting,'' writes another novelist,
"at the table enjoyjnga cup of coffee, when
a gentle voice tapped me oil the shoulder.
I looked around and saw my old friend
ajain."
HOWffEITEBS WRITE.
Bill Uye Describes the Literary Meth
ods of His Acquaintances.
THOSE WHO USB THE PEN ALONE.
American Authors Nailing the Coy and
Evanescent Thought.
THE PBETTY, POPULAR TTPEWB1TEE
rwnrnxx roa thb dispatch..!
POSSIB L Y
a brief resume
of the various
writers and au
thors of this
country and
Europe as to
the metho ds
of reducing
thoughts to
manuscript
form, may be of
interest to both
young and old,
and so I ven
ture at this time to treat the subject re
ferred to briefly, having noticed that it has
been given considerable attention, more es
pecially at the hands of the Phonographio
World. I therefore add some little personal
observation and venture, as I say, to speak
briefly of these methods and manuscripts,
with many of which I am somewhat fa
miliar. I do so also, as a sort of addenda,
as one might sav, to the series of letters en
titled: "Eminent Men I Have Saw."
Margaret J. Preston dictates and has Tor
the past six years, because her eyes have
been suffering from overtaxation. She has
not relied upon her own vision, therefore,
learing that this overtaxation would result
in the loss of sight, which would amount to
overtaxation without representation.
Will Carleton learned phonography while
in college. He still uses it in writing ont
y s
iVye' Favorite Pastime.
some of his pooms, but in making out the
bill for same, is generally more deliberate
and caretul, doing this in long hand only.
John G. Whittier writes out his matter
with a Joseph Gillott steel pen dipped in
bluing. He says he does little now aside
from answering short letters.
AN AUTHOR'S EAST TIME.
Harry Stillwell Edwards uses the type
writer in preparing his copy for the editor,
and is wildly enthusiastic over it, although
he writes a smooth, Western Union Tele
graph hand, as plain as the clear cnt features
of the hippopotamus. He has a beautiful
home in Macon, Ga., where the author pf
"Ole Miss" and "The Two Runaways" has
a good time five days out ot the week and
does enough on the other day to easily keep
the wolf off his door mat
William S. Walsh uses a fountain pen in
nailing his thoughts to- the virgin page.
He hates to have his trenchant pen run dry
while just in the act of shaking bands with
a new born thought
James Whitcomb Biley uses a steel pen
though in the original 'draft he writes with
a lead pencil on a pad. He gets up and
rides on the pencil so earnestly, fearing that
the printer will not get the run Of his re
marks, that he easily makes 15 or 20 copies
of the same MS. He also holds the pad on
his lap while writing, and so one may read
his thoughts on the poet's knee for days
afterward. Mr. Biley writes very easily in
deed, and a few weeks at the hospital after
he has written a poem easily coax back the
smile to his clean cut features. He starts in
with a brain wave and keeps on at it, never
stopping for fe?d or water nntil the com
pleted poem is mailed to the publisher,
together with a prepaid and addressed en
velope for the return of check. It is but the
work of a moment for him to think of a
thought.
Mary Hartwell Catherwood, the authoress
of the "Bomance of Dollard," uses a pen
and is very painstaking indeed. She is a
quiet modest little woman whose manners
ought to shame the disagreeable literary
person who goes through file filled with a
nameless joy because he has succeeded alone
in winning his own approval.
A SELF-MADE STENOOEAPHEB.
Julian Balph is a self-made stenographer.
That is, he has worked Ralph's great
method of shutting up his notes like a con
certina while doing rapid work, and then
he pulls out several joints of this even, if
necessary, bnt he dictates to a stenographer
when he writes up a great job like a page or
two of a New York paper, which be fre
quently does when leeling well, Mr. Balph
does not make memoranda on his cuff.
Young reporters and detectives who desire
to attract attention do this.
Mr. F. E. Spinner, during his early liter
ary career, while doing paragraph work for
the United States Treasury, at Washington,
JR. W. Oilier Rejecting Manuscripts.
used a three legged quill pm and a teacnp
full of Potomac mud. He made appropriate
gestures by gently waving a bright red
tongue through tbe astonished atmosphere.
John C. New, while Treasurer under Gen
eral Grant, wrote a good many tbings, and
his autographs, written at tbat'period in his
literary career, command a high price. He
did not use the typewriter, but is a very
symmetricaland handsome penman. His
whiskers, his penmanship, his beautiful
family and his unerring judgment as to tho
proper time when a man should be firm and
stand pat, are strong characteristics of his.
Charlet Dudley Warner never dictated
nor used a typewriter. He does his own
writing and thinks bis own thoughts as they
occur from time to time. He docs not ob
ject, however, to the use of a typewriter or
stenographer, if not taken in inordinate
quantities. He believes that in a literary
work, inspiration passes through the two
fingers and thumb. He is glad to notice
also that the antique fingernail trimmed
with edging- of moss-agate is no longer a
proof of great literary excellence.
DIFFERS FEOM'A NEWSFAPEB.
Eichard WaUoa GUdwr feeli'ywy much
I, n H1
H OIL
the same way. He presents the "puf up
job" appearance of typewritten manuscripts,
and vet he likes it because of its clearness.
Mr. Gilder is Ihe.editor of the Century mag
azine, on Seventeenth street, near, Fourth
avenue, a good and flourishing publication,
terms 4 a year. His paper is a little slow
in the matter of news, being made up about
three months ahead of its publication. The
Century has no telegraphic qr Associated
Press dispatches, and does not issue any
sporting edition. Mr. Gilder does his owh
literary work by means of a pen, and writes
a strong, running hand. He can return
rejected MSS. in such a gentle, caress
ing way, that disappointed scribblers come
to him from hundreds of miles, to thank
him for his kindness and stay to dinner
with him.
Oliver Optio wrote with a pen until 14
years ago, when he was threatened with pen
paralysis. He then had to look about for
other means of expressing himself. He saw
an advertisement (in this paper) in .1875,
calling his attention to a typewriter, and at
once availed himself of the machine. After
six months of use, he could do as well with
the typewriter as the pen, and now he does;
not nave to hunt around over tbe keyboard
for a letter. So his MSS. are cleanly and
even handsomely prepared in this way.
Amelie Elves writes with a trenchant
pen, and never dictated except to Mr.
Chanler, her husband. She uses a Spen
cerian pen and writes a beautiful copy, as
symmetrical as Edgar A. Poe's, and as last
as the pen gets so hot that it burns holes in
the paper and hisses when she sticks it into
the ink bottle, she pulls it out by means of
a pair of tongs and puts in a new one.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes with a pen,
and her MS. is quite plain in oneway. That
is, it is noipreuy. one is quite pleasant and
genial nnless one treads on the tall of her
coat. She then writes or speaks with flash
ing eye and distended nostril in clarion
tones. At such times, if she were to use the
typewriter, it would sound like a xvlophone
trying to convince a lawn mower of the error
of its way.
EOSE 'PESSE3 UP.
Bose Terry Cooke says she has written
with a'gold pen on lined paper, holding tbe
clip on her knee all through her literary
career, and she has been writing for 40 years.
She says so herself. How few of us authors
are willing to come out and state over our
own signature that we have been on the road
so long. Aside from Rose Terry Cooke I
may safely say that John G. Whittier and
I are almost alone in freely acknowledging
our ages.
Adriondack Murray dictates to a type
writer, and has for 15 years. He dictates
from 20 to 30 words per minute, when he is
feeling well and his thinker is frolicsome.
He does not require a stenographer, but
pours his soul into the front teeth of a type
writer and receives his copy, ripe for the
printer.
George H. Jessop, when hurried, has to
call in the typewriter and stenographer, bnt
thinks it does not insure such good results
as the slower but surer pen. He thinks the
pen is mightier than the sword.
Prof. Boyesen says he cannot use any
mechanical contrivance to take the place of
the pen. The noise of the typewriter an
noise him, as one might say.
Edgar Saltns says that the critics acense
him of writing by means of a lexicon, but
he claims that such is not the case. He
writes with his nerves on plain paper.
Richard Henry Stoddard says he has
been compelled to use the hand of another
in the past, because of impaired eyesight, but
prefers the pen and his own right hand
when his eyes will permit
Brander Matthews does all his writing
with a stylographic pen, but all important
work, like plays and stories, he puts in
typewritten iorm before it goes to the
printer,- and revises considerable even then,
Mark Twain at Work.
Mary J.
where she
Holmes -writes from Naples,
is associating with Vesuvius
this
season, to sav that she is still old-
fashioned enough to patronize the steel pen,
and by that means has already succeeded in
writing a trunk lull of blue covered books.
She is not proud of her penmanship, having
been compelled several times to cross the
Atlantic to make out a word for a printer
before the work could go on. "
MBS. PAKTIITGTO:? AJTD TWAIN-.
Mrs. Partington writes that she has never
seen a typewriter in her whole lire. She
has been able to make errors enough with
her pen without socking her sentences full
of $ ? and other typographical bric-or-brac.
Alter tbe breakfast dishes are washed, she
salts the cow, se's the bread so that at even
ing it may come off the nest with a group of
little rolls, and then gives a few minutes to
silent thought. Then boiling down a hand
ful of maple bark and inserting a little vin
egar into it, she prepares a fresh supply of
ink. She now brings down a pen from be
hind the clock, and wipins the Dersniration
from her mastiff brow by means of her apron
she sails in.
Mark Twain is not above using the pen.
He smokes a pipe while working. It is not
a strong pipe, but yet there is something
about, it which encourages people to let him
alone while he is smoking, doing what little
business they have on hand by means ot the
telephone. When he does not feel well he
fasts. Many other authors do that way also,
but they go without, generally, in- order
that their publishers may have pie six times
a day and sweet cakes for breakfast Mr.
Clemens, however, being himself a pub
lisher, is enabled to eat oftener than an
author who is dependent. Another advan
tage of this system is that it enables Mr.
Clemens, the publisher, to reject the man
uscript of Mart Twain, the author, if he
thinks best, without hurtinc the author's
feelings. Mr. Clemens is the Yanderbilt of
literature, and doci much good by means of
his wealth. He looks cross, bnt behind a
frowning countenance he hides a smiling
face. Possibly I ajn a little mixed in the
above quotation, as I am writing this on
board the train and some over-zealous pas
senger has taken away the "Read and Re
turn" copy of the Bible, forgetting to bring
it back. This leaves me practically help
less when I desire to quote from the Scrip
tures. I have only given a few of the authors
above, not having sufficient space in which
to even mention one-half of them. Possi
bly I may add another installment or two in
a further letter, I had intended to insert
the name of the typewriter used by the vari
ous authors, also my own preference, but the
firm to whom I wrote in regard to it, stat
ing terms and so forth, failed to write me
up to the present time, and so, unless the
letter and mclosuro rea.ch me before my
next published treatise, I shall leave my
readers to select such machines as they may
deem most suitable. I am tired of shower
ing encomiums on people who meet my gen
tle advances with kind words and election
cigars. Three months ago I heartily in
dorsed the Postoffice Department and what
has the P. O. D- done lor it? Nothing!
With a big store full of cl6"thlngin Phila
delphia, the P. O. D. stands idle and
watches me as I meander through the sum
mer, wearing the same dappled duster with
the same red suspender Greek cross on the
back that 1 wore last year; As J read the
oiner day in ine editorial columi
per, I think"
haltlll"
til H m?rf time to nan a 1 -..-?s.p,.r-
it-1 .. 1 - r. 1 vwi daBa&a xiihi m Miiimnn rmFari na
i- jimjin, 1 t turihtt. r5" TSKSK3KEBR
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CLARA BELLE'S CHAT.
She Relates Her Experience in a Kail
road Sleeping Coach.
SOME DIFFICULTY IN DRESSING.
What to Wear When Travallnj and flow to
he Philosophical.
BE SUBB TOGIYfi A TIP TO TUB POBTEB
rwarrror tob tot dispaictci
New Yobk, June 15. I really believe
that if I have a long trip to make on the
cars I would prefer to make it alone than
with a male escort If I am with a man I
will be left entirely to his tender mercies,
and he will probably take himself offto the
smoking car, leaving his overcoat and
satchel beside me, that all may see I am
"attended," and I shall have no taking
care of at all. If I am "alone," my path
will be strewn with roses, and my every
wish anticipated. The porter wijl be
watchfully attentive; the conductor will
smile upon me, and tell me each time he
comes around just how far off my station is;
the newsboy will keep me supplied with
samples in the way of literature, whether I
buy or not, and the inevitable gentleman
over the way will stand ever ready to bring
me in sandwiohes when we stop for refresh
ments, "or lend me the morning paper, or
pull down the blind, or If need be pitch
into anyone who happens to annoy me.
I don't mean to say too much for tbe gen
tleman over the way. It is necessary that I
should be young, fairly good looking, well
dressed, undoubtedly a lady, that I
should bear myself quietly and be utterly
unconscious 01 tne desire of the gentleman
over the way to serve me. All this is abso
lutely indispensable if I would get safely
and comfortably to California. I must be
gently courteous when an exchange of
travelers' courtesies takes place. I must
admit no trace of forwardness in. my man
ner, but must display a well-bred dignity,
and at the same time a lady-like confidence
in the kindly intentions and respectful in
clinations 0 the gentleman over the way.
For certain it is that the gentleman over
the way will promptly take advantage of
the smallest trace of friskiness on my part,
and develop immediately into assiduities
and impertinence.
IT MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD.
It is the wisest thing in the world for a
woman traveling alone to regard all the
men she meets as gentlemen, and to display
the presenceof that conviction in her mind
directly she is approached by them in any
way. A, cad will usually be at great pains
to avoid disturbing the illusion when he
finds himself taken for a gentleman. A
gentleman would break his neck rather
than peril your evident good opinion of
him. Men have a beautiful regard for
womankind in the abstract They may be
qnite capable of abusing the particular
woman dependent upon them, but they all
of them are just full up of courtesy"vand
kindness for the women they meet on tbe
streets, in cars and depots. Also, they are
likely to treat with every consideration the
damsels whom chance of travel throws upon
them for protection or assistance.
I wonder if any talk about a sleeper can
make it less of a horror to a man than it is.
I have no dgubt the berths are a big im
provement on sitting up all night, but that
simply implies that the only place to sleep
is at. home, and not on a car at all. It
would not be so bad were it not for the
heathenish upper and lower nuisance.
"Down Souf," verily I believe because of
the porters' insurmountable laziness, there
are no upper bertbs, and one can sleep with
some comfort, but a busy woman's travel is
more likely to take her West and North
than couth.
CHOosnro a berth.
Of course, we women are seldom obliged
to do tbe climbing. Someone is always
"delighted to change berths." but it's a
Suestion if even then we get the best of it
f you climb upstairs at least your seclusion
is likely to he undisturbed, unless you fall
out unexpectedly. Then, too, you can
always sit up and look out over the polished
rail from which the curtain hangs; also,
you have great chances for reaching
over into the next berth ancf ibstraeting
watches. I kno'v there are such chances,
for my watch has been stolen that way.
Right here let me suggest when traveling
tne advisanimy 01 always oeing on time,
especially at night In other words, sleep
with your watch under you not under
your pillow, you know, but under you.
When you repose, or try to, in the upper
berth, the light from the oil lamp glares at
you all night.
Of course, you know it is best not to dis
robe with the same airy belief in a peaceful
sleep till morning that may soothe your
sriirits in vour own boudoir. Just make nn
your mind to being obliged to complete your
arising toilet on a telegraph pole, or knee
deep in a deserted pool under the cold, cold
moon with fellow passengers lying in pieces
about you. Or better still, be prepared to
leave your downy or upper couch at short
notice, and "just as you are without
one pelisse," complete your journey on
foot, while lurid flames wrap the
car and the gentle sizzling of those
who didn't escape fills the air with
murmurs and mist
A TIGHT SQUEEZE.
I suppose a woman never is brought face
to face with the awful way she is squeezing
her patient viscera till she tries to put on
her stays while in her berth on a car. The
task even to a woman who supposes hon
estly that she does not lace at all is almost
impossible. If you are upstairs, you man
age it by kneeling. What people think of
vour ancruished and horror-struck counte
nance yon don't know. You've got to get I
BILE POISONED BLOOD,
Nearly every one is occasionally troubled
with bilious attacks, more especially in tbe
spring months, after the system has been sur
feited with hearty food during the winter. The
action of the Liver is interfered with, causing
an overflow of bile into tbe blood. The blood
carries this bile, Into every part of the system,
causing yellow skin, yellow eyes, liver spots,
etc., and often serious cases of bilious fever
originate from this bits poisoned blood. A
few doses of Burdock Blood Billon, taken on
appearance ot bilious symptoms, will remove
them and protect the system from a probable
serious attack.
Run Down in the Snrlna.
I am using Burdock Blood Bit
ters for Hick Headache and Bil
iousness. It Is tbe best medicine 1
ever took. I was so run down this
spring from overwork that my
uusoanu nrgea me 10 see a aoctor.
I was scarcely able to stand and
concluded to try B. B. Bitters first;
tbe first bottle is not yet finished,
bnt I can go about mv work with
pi easnre already. I sb all take an
other bottle.
Mns. John Donnem.y,
care of .Edward Doolet,
15 Lyman Street, Springfield,
Mass.
I tell you for the benefit of nth
ers what Burdock Blood Bitters
has done for me. I have been a
RBBI
1
BOTTLE
Will Relieve
a
Clogged Liver
and Cleanse
Bile Poisoned
Blood.
snnerer tor years irpm Uror Com
plaint aud weak stomach. At
times I was so bad that I would
apply to our family physician for
relief, which would bo but tempor
ary.Last falll had anunusuallr bad
spell. My mother bongbt a bottle
or Burdock Blood Bitters, and it
gave me great relief. It helped
me more than anvthinir I havn
ever taken. It is also excellent
for constipation. Mrs. Lizzib
Qbubb, Ickesborg. Perry Co., Pa.
LASTSPRINfe,
Last spring, my halth became very poor. I
had no appetltand my liver trouMed ae I
used several medicines, bnt obtalnta no relief
until J was finally nersoaded to tr) Manila
of! at Kankakee, and yon have to get Into
these corsets first, but you vow by every
thing inside of you.to wear them looser at
once and forever -after. If yon are in a
lower birth yon have to give it
up and slide out and stand
between the berths and the curtain. No
woman has ever jet accomplished this with
out being BSH and shoulders above tha
upDer berth. Of course yon can at least
turn your back, and pretend you don't know
how your head Is intruding. The chances
are the man will be awfully conscious of
scanty attire, and will forthwith duck under
the sheet and pray heaven that yon won't
turn your head, but then again he may bo
one of those selfpossessed, cold blooded
wretches, who is quite equal to just keeping
still, and. counting your corset lacings in a
half whisper; while you hope the root will
as soon as yon have gotten off the car, fall
in and crush him.
If yon are fortunate enough to have no
one above you, smiles and bribery may in
duce Mr. Porter in the morning to do np
your berth for you. all but the curtains that
hang in front Meanwhile, yon camp out
in the aisle. This will leave yon a little
boudoir where you can enter with your
clothes and dress in peace and not in pieces.
To be sure, if one of the berths next door is
taken,apart, andthe side partition removed,
there you me in propria person, or im 1
propria, as may happen.
TIF THE FOBTEB.
You must fee tbe porter too well for that
to happen, tboughl Also, you may arise
three or four hours ahead of everyone else,
and chance getting possession ot the ladies
toilet room long enough to dress there like a
Christian, but I won't encourage you in that
direction. When yon come ont you are
likely to lose your life at the hands of tha
first gaunt female who heads the waiting
line, and all the while you are in the door
will be pounded on, comments loud, and '
deep will trickle throngh the keyhole,
women will vow in shrill trebles that their
children are dying for a drink of water, etc,
till yon wish vou had stayed in your littla
bed, and dressed yourself while you sat tied
in a bowknot humping your head against
the roof.
There is just one way to shut ont draught
and cinders in the lower berth. Spread
your shawl and pin it across both windows,
the upper edge of the shawl turning over an
inch or so along the "roof" of your coffin
and the lower edge being tucked under tha
mattrass. This, of course, shuts out every
bit of "fresh air." too. but dear me. von
don't expect fresh air on a sleeper, do you?
The more things you can crowd into tha
young hammock that is usually slung along
the wall, and into the pockets with which
some interiors are provided, the better.
Everything else is bound to get lost "Yoa
may make out a chart of your couch if yon
like, and fill up the corners with mathemat
ical exactitude, yet when yoa arise in your
might and your mightn't in the morning
yon won't be able to find a single thing.
Your petticoat will be nnder your pillow,
jour shoes in the next berth, your front
piece half way up the aisle, and your stock
ing supporters in your neighbor's high hat.
Nobody has ever been able to explain this.
BETIBE ET FULL DKE33.
Give your ticket to the porter when yoa
retire. It is just barely possible that by so
doing you may escape being generally
gazed in upon by a burly conductor, who,
about 2 F. M., will flash a dark lantern on
you, turn you over briskly by the shoulder,
and ask if you are going to Hopskotch, and
it so where you want your baggage sent.
For this same reason, and because on gen
eral principles it is best to retire on a car
equipped for picnics and publicity, I advisa
that you don't do your hair up on papers,
or that, if you do you wear a becoming
Tarn O'Sbanter cap pulled well down. Tha
poor passengers will have enough to harrow
up their soul if in the dead of night tha
awful summons comes that usually accom
panies a collision, without having their
brains turned by a sacred-eyed, paper
skewered female flying around the atmos
phere. We should always think of others
in such matters.
On the subject of losing things, I am pre
pared to eive extraordinarv flilviVe Tir.
of course, don't lose them. If you do, wh
uuu 1. uuuier ue poner aoout it oranyono
else. You may go so far as to cast a watchJ
ful eye about If the porter with dignitr
demands an explanation, you may say in a
gentle and deprecatory tone that you seem.
to have mislaidr.your diamond earrings, or
your purse with $150 in it, but that it's of
no consequence. Don't expect anything to
result from this. Usually you may make
np your mind that if the thing is stolen
by any one, especially by the por
ter, stolen it is going to stay. If
it is just "lost." it is likely
to turd up as the berths are being made.
Your meekness in speaking of the matter
may interest the porter to hnnt, or may even,
touch bis iron bound soul, and make hint
privately unload if he has it, and leave you
to discover the missing article in some con
spicuous place where you have already
looked a dozen times. In such case, do not
fall to understand the sable Croesus. Droop
your eyelids, modestly say you knew of
course it would turn up, and give the whita.'
coated caramel a double fee.
A LITTLE DAMP.
. The beddwgis alwaysallttledamp some
times quite wet and the blankets are mora
heavy than warm. In most cases you will
be more comfortable to pin a "blanket across
the windows, and roll yourself over
and over in your shawl to sleep. Among
parting admonitions let me call your at.
tention to the advisability of observing tha
number of your berth if you leave it in tha
night If you can't see It, feel it
Its usually hung on a velvet tab
down the center of the curtain, and you can.
trace the .metal figures with your finger.
Try to carry a general idea of how far down
your place is and on which side of the car.
and simply assure yourself by the feel, be
cause von would be liable to suspicion If you
were observed feeling all along the curtains,
and you would also be liable to a sudden
and unpremeditated plunge into a strange,
berth if the car took a jump while yoa
were "feeling" a number. J
Clara Belle.
If you suffer from Headache, Nausea, DIxIb
ness, Palntncss, Alternate Costiveness and
Diarrhoea, Yellow Complexion, Weakness, Ach
ing Shoulders or any other symptom of bilious
ness or Liver Complaint, procure a bottle of.
B. B. a, which will correct the clogged condt,
tfonofthe Liver, cleanse tho blood of all ia
purlUesandtono up the entire system. It Is
an acknowledged fact by all who have used
nnSS?,,,!"-000 B1TTERS THAT ONE
52THnSSNTAD,S M0RE CURATIVE
22SRTIESTHAN GALLONS OF ANY
OTHEB MEDICINE KNOWN.
A Horrible Condition.
I was In a horrible condition from
dyspepsia and a combination of other
complaints. In the morning when I
got out of bed It seemed as if I could
not stand np on acconnt of dizziness.
Hearing Burdock Blood Bitters hleh
ly recommended, I am now using tha
first .bottle, and, although not having
used quite a full bottle, the dizziness
has entirely disappeared and I am
ranch better of my other-complaints.
I have tried many other medicines,
with no relief.
.., Mas. Mart Chaotcit,
525 E. Ransom st, Kalamazoo. Mich.
I had been tranhiA )f Tin-
complaint, Indigestion and Palpita
tion of the Heart for flm nr lr tmm
land could get nothing to do me any
Igood untifl tried Bl B. a I used 13
ooiues anu now 1 am a sound man. Z
ieei oeiter than ever did In my life.
Mydieestion became ill Hi-ht and 1
pay no more trouble with my heart.-
L feel verr eratef nl toward B. B. R.
vmieei use recommending it every-s,
where. Yours respectfully, Pjusk
HicsaiAif, New StrHtsvflle, Perr?
Co, Ohio. T
TH1SSPRINR.
I hare been taking Burdock Blood
ana using it in my family this ipria. Far
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