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How to Build and Furnish It
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Heretofore, in building cheaply, it has
been considered necessary to put np a house
in what may be termed the "gingerbread"
style, for the want of a more fitting name.
A man wishing to build a simple and low
priced home tor himself and family has of
necessity depended in a great measure upon
his carpenter or builder, as the expense of
an architect is a luxury not always afforded,
and we all know what manner of house this
has been.
There is little, if any, excuse for such a
house in these days of enlightenment in arch
itecture and decorative arts, for a man has
but to pick and choose among the host of
good things that are constantly placed be
fore him by the publishers of journals and
even daily papers, and cannot fail to find
some feature to meet his wants.
Here is a little home that may be built,
with care and economy, lor the sum of $1,500;
this, of course, will not allow for decorating
or beautifying, but will give him the shell,
as it were, lathed, plastered and finished,
ready tor the finishing touches.
The exterior is simple and solid, with an
air of homelike cheerfulness about It that is
in itself a cheerful feature. The long
sweeping roof line, the solid bow window,
and the cozy piazza, where one may sit and
enjoy the warm summer evenings, tend to
make up a cozy and attractive little home.
In exterior painting, light colors have of
late been much in use, and may he attract
ive when one can afford to renew them at
frequent intervals, but in the long run noth-
ing wears so well as dark rich lead and oil
colors.
In this case the roofs may be a dull black,
not pure color, but softened down with
Pint Story Flan.
Brandon red; the clapboards a quiet olive,
rather light and gray in tone, with trim
mings ot a darker greenish tone; the shin
gles "in the gable ends a dark quiet red.
Paint the exterior doors a deep bottle-greep.
It is well to add here that the painting is not
included In the cast oT the bouse, but is,
with the decorations and fittings, an extra.
A dado is a space above tbe baseboard of
from three to four leet in height, separated
from the space above by a light molding to
match the-wood, called a chair-rail, and its
object is to break the monotony ot an unre
lieved pattern the whole height of the
room.
The subject of wall covering is a broad
one. ahd so much is to be said and Consid
ered in the way ot harmony with regard to
other furnishings, as to make it a subject of
almost endless discussion. Perfectly plain
lints are always the safest.
Here the woodwork is cherry! rubbed
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f down to a smooth, dull surface, and, as the
hall Js small ana square, a quiet tone wouia
be best, say, a solt yellow dire for the wall
space above the dado molding, and below it
a darker paper with a warm brown back
ground, with red of a quiet tone in the pat
tern; a dark grayish brown carpet, and a
sorter tone of yellow olive in the celling,
would complete the quiet harmony of effect.
From the exterior we pass to the interior
of out home, and a word here may not be
amiss before entering.
That the entrance of a house indicates the
character of the entire building is an evi
dent fact: therefore, our hnllway should be
quiet and low toned in coloring, and the
keynote pitched rather low; no bright ef
fects are admissible, although warm toned
are in good taste, and the whole character
of the nail decorations should be a general
leading up to the rioher decorations of the
rooms beyond.
This rule holds good, be the home a sim
ple Cottage or fine, high-towered mansion.
In our little country or town homes,
where the hall may be treated as a room or
pretty vestibule, the capabilities are great
Even a commonplace home may be made
attractive by the use of growing plants and
vines; ivy, tradescantis, and Madeira vines,
in pots supported by brackets on the wall,
whose long, clasping tendrils twine and
hang all about the lintels of the inside
doorway, are always attractive, and green
and beautiful ever, excepting, perhaps, in
the severest cold.
For the floor treatment, a strip of Japa
nese matting or a bright checked Canton
matting is pretty, and has the added merit
of cheapness. A width of carpet running
through the hall and up the stairs, with the
wood on either side stained a good dark
black walnut, also looks well, and as our
hall is square in shape, the carpet should be
so also, with tbe bordering on the four sides.
Faint is more suitable for hulls and stair
ways than paper, as the latter is apt to soil
easily, and cannot be washed, yet both may
be used to advantage by using a dado of
paper.
Turning to the right we find ourselves in
a cozy little parlor, with light in plenty to
make it cheery and healthful. Here tbe
woodwork is left in its natural state to be
painted, and is either pine or whitewood,
and, as may be seen by the sketch, the door
to hall is paneled a little different from the
average run of mill doors, four small, long
panels, with a larger one at the bottom.
The other hall door, and that from the din
ing room to kitchen, are treated in the same
manner.
Our parlor woodwork may be painted a
soft, quiet brown tone, in oils, and the wall
moldings and simple mantelpiece the same;
for wall treatment, the dado may be a bas
ket pattern paper, in two shades of deep
salmon color, and the wall to the Irieze a
soft, quiet red, with pattern.over of deep
brownish yellow and gold.
Second Siory Plan.
Above this, the frieze or top border is a
delicate blue-green, solt red and gold, over a
medium tone of yellowish brown, and above
this again the ceiling color, a soft buff tone,
is brought down to the top of the door finish,
finishing with a wood molding.
The dininc room enters directlv through
lolding doors from onrparlororlivingrootn.
xne wooowort: is oak", slightly darkened an
antique shade; the walls are warm brownish
old-gold tone, and the ceiling a quiet, soft
green-blue.
The second floor has three good chambers
and a bathroom; in these, the woodwork is
good selected pine, finished with shellac,
and rubbed down to a smooth, even surface,
'imparting a rich gold hue that improves
with age.
Pretty, bright paper for these rooms may
be purchased for 6 cents a roll and fapward;
tbe ceilings tinted to match, or left white, as
desired.
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THE PITTSBORG DISPATCH.
This house Is well adapted to young
housekeepers, just starting out In life, and
not above doing their own housework, as all
the rooms are convenient and compact. Two
simple wood mantelpieces are included in
the estimate, as also a small cellar under the
kitchen and dining room only. Of course,
improvements and additions may be made
with good effect, and every dollar adds just
so much to the comfort, convenience, and
value of the bouse.
AMOBG WEST ENDEES.
Items of Netri and Neighborhood Gossip of
Local Iotennt.
The ghost has at last disappeared.
Tcxxokbow will be "poUUdana' day" at the
churches.
Tns West take public propose'to cite an en.
tertaisment in the near tntnre.
To-dat the primaries of the township will
be held. A lively time is expected.
The wara candidates are all hard at work,
What the result will be at the election on
Tuesday Is hard to say.
ASotiier week has elapsed and the anxious
postofflce applicants have not heard of any
definite action as to the lucky one.
Ok a prominent corner the following notice
la bold hand-writing on white card-board is
posted: "FoundA new silk. Inquire within."
CtXPID'S arrows flew thick and fast in the
West End yesterday, judging from the weight
of valentines under which the letter carriers
groaned.
Tbe West End Mannerchor will commence
the erection of a hall on Steuben street on of
about March t Final action will be taken at
their next meeting.
To-night the fair of the German Evangel
leal Church at West End Rink closes. There
has been some lively hustling; for the different
prizes to be awarded.
At the meeting of the Ladles Aid Boclety of
the West End M. E. Church Tuesday evening
preparations were made for the "Pink Tea,"
Washington's Birthday.
Miss Edith McEleoy, of f otnpton, N. X,
and Miss Blanche Hughes, of Erookville, Pa.,
are spending a few weeks with Miss Anne
Smith, of Western avenue.
The "Scotch Tea" given by the Eleventh
TJ. P. Church last night was well attended.
The entertainment was a marked success,
though u was a bad night. TBey netted a fair
sum as a result.
W. S. Glazier, who has been In tbe employ
of W. II. Speaker for nearly eight years, hat
accepted a position as traveling salesman for T.
C. Jenkins. A pleasant future in his new field
is wished tor by his many friends and fellow
salesmen.
The Epworth League held their first meeting
of the year on Tuesday evening. Tbe attend
ance was larce. Next Tuesday they will bold
their monthly social at the West End M. E,
Church. A good turn out of the members at
this social will once more revive their former
good meetings.
TitEBaoksville Glee Club will hold a bill
and reception for the benefit of William But
ton, at Eltringham's Hall, Banksville. Friday
evening February 2L The managers are John
Sheppard, John Davis, Thomas Chappie, Wat
kin VranoK William Brazil.TJ.enry Cbapplj,
Jr., David Reese,
A poor, honest scissor-grinder had his ma
chine badly used up near the Enterprise Hotel,
Chartlers, this week. Mr. Scissor-cnnder left
his machine on tbe curbstone while bo went to
deliver bis nicely sharpened scissors. Upon
returning, hi, machine was found in a dilapi
dated condition In the middle of the street.
The musical entertainment And Open Initia
tion of Alliqulpp Conncil 67, Jr. O. Vi A. it.,
at Enterprise Hall on Monday evening last, was
well represented by the members from Wel
come Council 134. They all returned with such
good tidings as to the grand success of soch a
meeting that they speak In favor of one by
their ow i conncil before long.
At thi residence of Miss Ida POwelson, on
Thursday evening last, progressive crokmole
reigned supremo until the hour of midnight
when the merry group went homeward bound.
Those Alio ba4e-farcwell to an enjoyible even
ing were! Misses Ida Puwelson, Maggie
Mitchell. MdggiC Mawhiney, Mamie Mawhiney,
Sadie Appleton. Nellie Wettengel, Laura
Powelson; Messrs. William Wood, William
Richards, John McGaw and John Mcftavid.
Akono tbe events of the past week was the
surprise party tendered Mrs. Blanche Bollind,
of Chartlers township, by her many f riends on
Tuesday evening. Music, singing and games
were the features of tbe evening. The snr
prisers were Miss Laura Phillips. Miss Reese,
Miss Leach, Miss Jennie White, Miss Blanche
Bolland, Miss Etta Bradley, Messrs. Frank
Andrews, Winfield Baker, Ralph Graham,
Frank Edwards, George Shook, Thomas Brad
ley, John Hamilton, Louis Vierheller, Thomas
Walters.
THE people of Chartlers township are jubi
lant over the rapid progress of the prospective
electric railroad from Mansfield to tbe city
limits. A few months ago the road was sur
veyed and plans submitted as to the best route.
This was not considered as a definite action.
It was not until a charter bad been applied for
that the publio began to realize that such a
project was on foot. Many old residents who
say that they are tired climbing hills are will,
ing to subscribe from $500 to SI.OUO as stock. If
Chartlers township can boast of a "rattling"
election, why cannot they boast of a "rattling"
electric road? By the time that this road is
completed the West End will bave a line, which,
it is hoped, will then complete the route to tbe
city. After this is accomplished the average
traveler will not consider it a wearisome half
day's trip to tbe city.
With the sweet melodies of music, the
charming sounds of tbe instrument and the
interesting and instructive reading of the elo
cutionist, a pleasant event and one not to bo
forgotten was the social at the residence of
Rev. E. R Donehoo, on Tuesday evening last,
by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Eichth Pres
byterian Church, the same evening being the
celebration of the second year of its organiza
tion. Among the many present were Rev, E.
R. Doneboo and wife, John V. Donehoo
and wife, George McMiilen and wife,
Thomas Scott and wife. Mrs. Dr. Miller,
Mrs. Dr. Bean, Mrs. Dr. Neely, Mr. William
Beal Miss Kitty Beal, Miss Hossock. of Alle
gheny; Mrs. Mertz, Mrs. ueorce Weaver, Miss
Keller, Miss Mamie McMurray. Miss Eva
Mertz. Miss Minnie Lobart, Miss Jennie Dor
rlngton. Miss Hume Bollock, Misses Clara and
Jennie Donehoo, Prof, McCuIlougb, Messrs.
James Gibson. James Kims, William MCMillen,
John Bowers, Robert Donehoo and Willie Don
ehoo. CAUGHT ON THE HILLS.
Newsy Kotea From Allentown, Knoxvllle,
Sit. Washington, Etc
W. B. Bekton expects soon to embark in
the livery and undertaking business.
MrS. W. W. MtfBRAT, of Orchard place, and
little daughter, Edna, are on the sick list.
A vebt pleasant party was held at tbe res!,
denceof Mr. Beatty, of Knox avenue, last
night.
Thomas Evans and son, Howard, ot the
Thirty-first ward, have returned home from
New York.
Miss CaekiB Yotwo and Abnef Majors
were married by Rev. Robert T. Miller last
Wednesday.
About 20 couples invaded the home of Mr.
Anderson, of Mt. Oliver, last evening, and
treated him to a surprise.
THEProsser Glee Clab, which heretofore
has been comprised of male members, expect
to add some lady members to their number.
Rumor has it that they will give a grand con
cert in tbe near future.
DANikf. McQtrAs, of Jucnnda Street,
Knoxvllle. received a telegram Wednesday
from Middlesex announcing the death of bis
father, who dropped dead on tbe street. Mr.
McQuade and his family have the sympathy of
their many friends In their sad bereavement.
A 13-teae-old son of Mr. Fitzslmmous,
Amanda avenue, Knoxvllle, met with a severe
accident in the factory of the Pittsburg Shoe
Company last Wednesday, by having his hand
caught in the splitting machine. His band
passed tbrongh the machine, which has about
a anarter ot an inch apace between the knives.
Tbe hand was horribly mangled.
QTjrra number of her friends 'called upon
Miss Mary Kellar, Ot Rochelle street, last
Wednesday night It being the return of an
other birthday, ber friends indulged In dancing
and other festivities. After wishing ber the
return of many birthdays, each young man es
corted his best girl home.
Politically speaking, things are rather
lively In Knoxvllle at present, and of candi'
dates there is no end. Last Monday night W.
J. Hunter, the present incumbent, was nomi
nated for Burgess for another term, and D. 8.
Rays was also nominated for the same office.
Both candidate are doing some lively hustling,
and both are confident of election.
PITTSBTTKG, SATURDAY,
SPAIN'S DARKER SIDE
Plainly Depicted by Wakeman, Who
Sees Its Chnlos and Chnlas,
DAGGERS BY DAY AND BY HIGHT
Among a People Who Treat Woman Only a
Their Slaving Brute.
A riOIFRE PILLED WITH SHADOWS
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Madkid, Spain, January 24. Copy
right. The romantic and almost dramatic
outcome of my being robbed by tbe wretched
and ridiculous banditti of the Hontes de
Totezos, in sight oi Bimancaa and Vallado
lid, resulted in such a shower of pleas for
forgiveness and protestations of abject serv
itude as I had nam before known from
Cuban or Spaniard, either of whom Is an
everlasting fountain of protestations and
servile abnegations at will. It also caused
the return of the trifling silver Coin that
had been taken from me, which I immedi
ately divided equally between the uncanny
band, causing adOthef shower of appeals to
heaven for safety and good fortune; it also
gave me a guide into Yalladolld in the per
son ot Eagenio, the brother of tbe poor boy
soldier I had seen murdered in Havana. To
Engenio, while On "our way to the olden
Spanish capital, X took occasion to give
some sensible advice concerning his present
mode of life, and extorted from him, under
pressure of his fancied great obligation to
me, the pledge that he would mend his
ways, till his patch of land, become again
an honest peasant of the province of Yalla
dolid, and die when his time came of some
good, old-fashioned pulmonary disease, well
shriven, like all true Spaniards.
Upon the bridge at Valladolld which
crosses the Pisaerga, a heavily-cloaked
chulo or bully, with a wink fit Eagenio,
asked my companion if he "brought a well
shorn goat to Valladolid. "No," answered
Eugenlo, "a noble friend." Then, turning
me over to bis eare, of which I was then ap
prehensive, but which I afterward! found
was a surer protection than that of the
friendship of the alcalde himself, my bandit
friend, invoking anew countless blessings
upon me, and asserting again and again his
determination to renounce his evil ways,
parted from me fis suddenly as I had four
hours previously turned to face his threat
ening blunderbuss.
FROM BAD TO HVOBSIi.
So I found myself in the ancient capital
of Spaib, transferred from the society of a
mountain cut-throat to the attention
of an infinitely Worse ruffian, the
lowest, most treacherous and most
contemptible Of all human beings,
the .swaggering brute known at
the Spanish chulo. Almoti too despicable
to deserve attention in decent quarters and
from decent minds, he is still one of so great
a Class find a being of such detestable type,
that his very wickedness and degradation
render him A necessary bnt nauseating
study. There" "are perhaps half a million
Chulos in Spain. They exist Upon the earn
ings, honest or otherwise, ot that many
chulas of Spain women, girls, from among
the lowly, whose falsi affections and passion
are wrapped up in these abandoned hUman
male dogs. ' First find foremost of all, the
chulo, as with any other embodiment or
masculine wortblessness, is dandy. My
new-found friend was type of them all.
Long, black, curling' hair, banged on hit
forehead, fell back dyer hie bead and upon
his shoulders in wavy ringlets. A huge
mustachois bad been twisted and
twirled until the ends joined the
arch of tbe eyebrows. A great sombrero
sfit Upon the back of bis bead, the rlui
edge resting upon bis shoulders behind.
A silk shirt puffed and laced, opening with
flaring collars at the neck, exposed a hairy
breatt, one of his proudest possessions. A
velvet blouse with, open and laced sleeves,
carried four rows Of crystal buttons from
neck to pointed tabs or tips in froht.
Breeches of loose and flowing velvet were
gathered at the knees by leggings laced and
fastened with glittering steel buttons, which
spread at the ankles to show gaiters with
heels at high as boasted by any Bpanlsh
belle. His slender waist Was encircled five
times by a crimson sash. In the latter, upon
the right ihip, with point forward, rested U
long, sharp, curved, unsheathed knife with
a curiously-wrought silver handle. Over
all, in which he draped himself in all man
ner of graceful attitudes, was a capa, huge
enough to have covered, and to spare, a half
dozen vastly more useful donkeys. With a
stifling cigarette at all tildes', this eiVeS the
outward" picture of the Spanish chulo.
A CBAVBH'S BBAYADO,
He is thief to a degree requiring no risk
or danger; procurador of the lowest sort;
companion of bull-fighters and criminals;
bally at all times find placet where gain
may come irom it,' and would gladly and
proudly be administered Upon by the hang
man rather than soil his delicate hands by
labor. He sleeps by day In the alcoba of his
chula's providing, is served by her with ab
ject idolatrous humility; while by night he
prowls tbe streets ready for dissipation or
assassination, or freqnents the gambling or
drinking cares of the Iowlv, Where his pres
ence is a covert invitation to contribution of
money, viands or llqttors, which, if not be
stowed with alacrity and grace, usually pre-"
cipitate contentions and disputes endiog in
blood, drawn With wondenul skill by the
chulo's knife.
As a sociological study'ihis brute's mate,
the cbula, is a superior type of animal. Bu
perto Gontalesy Valdeswasmy Companion's1
pure Castllian name. (My interest and curi
osity in hit clats became the very wine of
flattery to him. All this seemed to draw me
closer to, rather than give me release from,
these tolerated and feared pests of Spanish
society. "We dined at the aristflcratic Fonda
Franceses, covert scowls, under which I
trembled with shame, but which Eupertd
acknowledged in pride and with interest,
greeting us from landlord and guests. Then
El Americano must accent the chulo's hos
pitality among his kind. A fatality of mis
adventure seemed uj6n ine. I could be
robbed of little now, and became, that I
might see the chnlas themselves', a chulo's
guest, A short Walk from the Fonda Fran
cesca brought Us to Kd. 7 Calle Colon,
where Kuperioin flowing oratory and with
flaming eulogiuct, let me know that at this)
dolorous and sanctified spot the great Co
lumbus died. Passing this, we shortlv
turned into a dim find unlighted street, a
part of tbe old quarter ot Valladolid, and
in a moment more, entered a still darker
and more gloomy entrada that lea" to a
patio or open court of very great size, out
weird, dreary and terrible in its suggestive
ness of human bondage of body and soul
and haunting intimations of unrecorded
tragedies.
A OllUJISOME PICTURE.
I could do no more nar less than follow
my over-attentive host; but in every shadow
lurked a danger, and in every sound came a
portent of barm. The structure, several
hundred years before, had been a Chief londa
or hotel of the city. Here and there hung
dim lights in great Iron frameworks, and
from these the broken and ramshackle gal
leries, marking the different stories of tbe
interior could be dlm,ly seen; while in the
center of the court, water lazily gurgled
from a broken fountain saddening type of
the lost and wretched lives filling every al
coba and cranny from roof to cellar. Paus
ing at tbe second gallery Buperto with a
grandiloquent wave of hit band, remarked;
"Here wat once the olden anstOcraoy of
Spain. We are the later and better blood!"
I could tee that nearly everyone 6t the
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nearly an hundred alcobas was occupied.
Dim iighta shone from tbe open doors or the
paneless windows. Here and there could
be heard low and earnest converse between
chulas. or chulas and chnlos. Oaths, impre
cations or drunken shouts filled the place.
Hera the thrum of a guitar; over yonder,
the sobbing of some woman; near, the click
ofthecastinet; beyond, dancing or baccha
nalian song. We came to the third gallery
and entered a near alcoba. There was no
light. Buperto remarked upon it, and
added: "It it easy got." Then he tpurned
something in s corner with his foot. A lit
tle cry of surprise and pain, but with not a
reproving tone in it, was the response. He
then demanded a light, and tbe cbula that
had been tbnt affectionately awakened sped
from tbe room and soon returned with a
pewter lamp, lighted and burning brightly.
The mite of a thing looked at her chulo with
wonderment in ber great lustrous eyes at the
presence of the stranger, but he paid no at
tention to her Inquiry save to order her to
inform her companion In the old fonda
that Buperto" and a guest desired entertain
ment. "Love requires little splendor In Spain,"
remarked Buperto, as his eyes followed
mine around the desolate alcoba. "II tbe
stomach is full, the purse not all skin, tbe
vestidot excellent, the heart light and one's
anirt obedient, what need for more 7"
EEMISCEES 09 A PASS CEMtTSY.
Considering my surroundings I bad no in
clination toward argument, and temporized
as volubly fis my limited Spanish would
permit, making np for lack in that regard
with smiles, shrugs and antics of excellent
spirit and humor. Through the open door
I could distinguish numerous female tones
of surprise and merriment, and male voices
of petulant protest, the result of Buperto'd
chula's mission. Lights began to grow
more frequent in the old patio; the tuning of
a few musical instruments were beard; now
and then castinets clattered a staecato as in
portent of coming possibilities; my own
companion disposed of his huge capa, and
prigged himself up a bit, and in a short
time the little messenger' returned, notably
improved in her own appearance, and with
the one word "Ahara" ("now") fell in be
hind us, as we passed out upon the gallery,
like any other well-governed slave. We first
went irom alcoba to alcoba around three
of the galleries, paying onr respects to
those found within, being received with
such courtesies and with so many "gracias,"
that it swept one's fancies to the romances of
the Spanish Jsnighthood of middle ages, or
seemed at though bne had been transported
in a trice to tome Wonderful masqUC of Span-'
ish nobility in rags. In one alcoba, a Chulo
was tleeplng off the effects of fiery aguardi
ente, his tawdry finery obscured by his huge
capa whieh covered him entirely, his loyal
chula waiting at his side to minister to his
slightest drunken whim or need. In an
other, three bright-eyed chulat were at work
deftly plaiting serens or pouches' for donkey
biCKs Irom the rushes they had themselves
gathered along the upper banks of the Cauce
H ueVo river. In another, a gay chulo re
clined agaicst the wall accompanying bit
own not unmelodious song Upon the guitar,
while his chula sat near, cross-legged like &
tailor, working as for dear life at joining
huge untanned skins of pigs in which the
native wine is stored and by the wine-car
riert conveyed on donkeys or baud-trucks
from door to do6r.
Hgg HUMBLE ASS ONLY BOMB.
Everyone of these nearly a hundred
rooms was the only home tbe cbula ever
knew or knows. Whether she labors as
criada or servant at some inn, works at a
iaetory 14 hours a day, or wrings from end
lets toil within these rotten habitations a
weekly pittance, evetj peseta is wrenched
from her by her knightly chulo, tbe return
for which is tbe privilege of lddlizing her
owner, blows, kicks, and at last, the knife
fotiom her alcoba she never goes, save in
service of ber chulo, and' to the Campo Santo
with a knife-thrust at her throat or beart at
a seal of her loyalty even id death to her
vile master, who holds her life as less Worthy
a thing than that ot his pet game-cock or
dog. And Buperto was proud to make this
clear to me, in the rusty old dining room of
tbe fonda where a number of tfaete un
fortunate beings had gathered for musio and
dancing obedient to nit Whim of entertain
ment. "Seel" be said gaily, grasping his own
chula by ber luxuriant hair and whirling
her fiercely about. "See!" he ran his
fingers into her pretty mouth and pulled bef
tongue from it, as one would handle an ail
ing horse "Carlota once spoke impudently
to BUperto. ZI-1-i-i-i-p!" here he Viciously
tapped bis knife "tbe tbngue went half in
two! Is it not so, little sance-pot?"
"Si, si, Senorl" radiantly from Carlota.
"Aha, 'si, si,' senorita meal And the next
time" here the brute spun tbe girl away
from him among the dancers "the next time
it Will all go, and the beautiful head
with ill"
All this may be attractive to painters,
dramatists and poetsj The chuld rriav be a
picturesque rogue, hie poor Blave, the ohula,
a woman of fateful passion, ravishing beautv,
pathetic history and all that. But I confess
to a loathing beyond expression in the con
templation of the reality in this sort of
"romantic" life. Spain is horribly honey
combed with ic
THE SPAlJISri WOMAN Air AKlttAL.
Tbe chnlo and chula principle extends far
beyond these degraded types into highest
grades and Classes. Woman is merely an an
imal In Spain. She is the creature of man's
whim", as a cockade is worn in the hat, a ro
sette on the collarra batible on the sleeve.
It is easy to account for Spain's decay. Nd
nation can live where the home is'not all
but the sweetest shrine: where the person,
tbe rights', the possibilities, of WOman are
not a Willing and Sacred Charge upon the
honor of its men.
Traveling hither, less time will serve you
at "Valladolid than antWered for me. It is a
dreary and sodden old city in tbe Center of a
hollowed, tempest-blown plain. Bleak and
Wild are its surronndlngsj wild and bleak
are its calles and plazas. In an hour or two
you may see all it has to show. Over there
in the Plaza Mayor, Philip It., who was
horn here, held bis first great auto de fe.
Cervantes lived, when publishing Don Quix
ote, at 14 Calle del Bastro. Columbus died
at 7 Calle Colon. And the facade of San
Pablo, in tbe most marvelous platuresque
all Eufope can show, is here besides. Tilat
is all, save filth, hues and quaint Astnrian
peasants shivering about the vile bodegas,
or squatting within church porches and
about tbe deserted squares. Ton would fly
from the marrow-chilling place by rail,
cursing its fondas and porteros. I hastened
away by jacas along with a score ot merry
Maragatos, freighters from the Basque
country; reaching the splendid Sierra de
Guadarrama at nightfall of tbe second day;
and, lodging at & little ind in' the mountain
pass at the foot of the majestic peak of
Penalara, could see from its oUt-jOtt!cg
spurs the filmy orange light blending above
tbe plazas and paseot Of the fOyal city of
Madrid. Ed&ab L. Wakbman.
SHOUT SlnUHSIDlfla&
Newsy Bit of More or Less Moment Gath
ered for Birminghnmera.
Don't forget the hospital subscription list '
It Is promisedjtbat the Flttsbhrg Incline will
be in operation inside of 60 days.
THE cables for the Castle Shannon Incline
bave arrived and it is promised that everything
will be in readiness for operation by Afjril 1.
Deputy BupbejM PftEStbiN G. V.
Brown, of the Eqmtaole Aid Union, organised
Bouthslde Union No. 803 Thursday evening,
with 69 charter member Thursday was se
lected as tbe meeting night. Application for
charter will not bo made for 30 days. I'bd fnl.
lowing were elected, officers: Chancellor, W.
E. Springer: Advocate, Thomas Collins; Presi
dent, M. W. Klghtley; Vice Presideht, Mrs.
James Fidler: Auxl!iary,Mrs. W. W. Klghtley;
Secretary, William HicUardson:TreasurBr,Ffed
Fieger; Accountant, Dr. C. C. Hersroan; Chap
lain, Milton ChnrcUi Warden. A. U Snyder;
Sentinel, Mrs. Thomas Collins: Watehtri&n,
Charles C. Fieger; Conductor, James Fidler;
Assistant Conductor, HH.J1. B. i"ieger Trus
tee, Milton Cbnrcb; Representative to Grand
Union, Fred Fieeer; Examining Physicians,
Drs. Pollock and Hersmau.
MUST USE THE ROD.
Knoxville's School Board Returns to
Corporal Punishment.
DISCIPLINE GREATLY ENDAHGERED
The Talidity of Their Former Ictlon
Questioned by Some.
P01KTEES ON SCHOOL GOYEKKMEHT
The Knoxvllle School Board took action
at its last meeting which may be of interest
to those studying the question of corporal
punishment in the schools. Tbey rescinded
their order abolishing oorporal punishment
and gave tbe teachers full power to use the
whip at their own discretion. To give the
reader any insight into tbe significance of tbit
action one mutt go back about three months,
when there was a little trouble in the school
over a too frequent nse of the rod, as some
thought, and consequent complaint from
some of tbe parents.
The matter wat brought before tbe boftrd,
and, after some discussion, it was decided
that the board would thereafter look after
the discipline of the school. They then gave
the order that corporal punishment should
be totally abolished, and, should a scholar
not "toe the Ulark,'' be Was td be tent home,
and - for the lighter offenses he should be
made to stand On tbe floor, or sutler some
Other mild meant 6f punishment.
At the time such action was taken there
wat a disagreement at to the advisability of
making such & move, but it wat at lilt to
decreed, and the teachers compiled. It
worked all right for a short time, but SoOU
the parents begin to complain. Some of the
scholars didn't "care a cent' about snob,
punishment, and rather liked it, because it
was juSt
AS GOOD AS PLATIKO HOOKBTi
The parents, however, objected. TTieV
claimed that they pajd taxes for thelf chil
dren's education, and thev didn't propose to
have them cut off, or there would be trou
ble. Again, the old question of partiality
canted some parents to complain. In fact,
the new experiment worked wrongallarouud.
The children aggravated the teachers and
they bad no potter tti give some of them the
substantial punishment they deeded, ahd
could not use that power to frighten the
pnpils into subjection.
At last the principal ahd teachers all
signed a petition to the School Hoard to
rescind their action, and were joined by
many citizens, who saw that the discipline
Of tbe school was sntfering from tbe new
rules. This wat what lead the School
Board at its last meeting to again place the
sole power of government in tbe hands of the
teachers. There wat one other matter, too,
that undoubtedly had some influence with
them in their last deoision. The validity of
their action was questioned by some, bscxed
by the State law governing schools, one
clause of which states that during school
hourt tbe teacher is to execute the same
power of discipline over the children at their
paredtt woUld at home; in fact, that While
at school the teacher it
A PBOXT PARENT.
This qnettion is being talked abdut, and
at the coming' institute of the boroughs ot
Knoxvllle, Mt. Washington and Beltz
hooVef the list Of March, that, as Well at
the whole question, will probably be dis
cussed. ItmaVbe introduced- by a-paper,
taking both sides, read by some one, ahd
then be offered lor general discussion,
Again, it taajr come np for debate. The
question it a live one, and it will come be
fore the institute in some way.
When a Dispatch reporter visited the
Knoxvllle school building to learn a little
lurtber in regard to the matter, be found
Prols. J. P. Montgomery, of
the Knoxville schools; Mark An'
drews, of the St. Clair township
schools, and Arthur Bennett of the Mt,
Oliver schools, outlining the progtsmnle for
tbe Coming institute. Prof, Montgomery
said that the board took the action rescind
ing their former order, first because a peti
tion for such a move had been signed br all
the teachers, and second because the citizens
demanded it. Their request came from thi
Obvious fact tbst the discipline of tbe school
was suffering, and that something Should be
dene to place it on a better standing,
COVfiBJTEt) OlHBOUOH FlSAB.
Mr, Montgomery said that it was not
tbrougb any adherence to tbe old maxim
that "to spare the rod will ruin the child,'
but that taking away the power to nse if
took their supremacy from them, It Wat
not always necessary to use the rod, bnt the
fact that a cbild knew that snch was in the
power of the teacher, was sufficient to in
sure discipline. If children knew that the
teacher could not whip them anyway, no
matter what they did, they could be an ever
lasting source ot annoyance. Hot only that,
but it lowered their estimation of tbe teach
ers' powers, and be lott in Casie in their
eyes. Mr. Montgomery Said that the rule
of abolishing corporal punishment might
work in some places, bnt in Knoxvllle the
time was not ripe for such a move.
Tbe other two professors reiterated Mr.
Montgomery's sentiments, and, moreover,
did not think that the School Board had
any power under the State laws governing
schools to take any action. They did not
believe iu Using, the rod, but believed that
tttch power should be given them, that the
scholars may know they must behave them
selves. There are many bright scholars
wbom the teachers have to punish, jUst to
take tbe "deviltry" ont of them and get
tbem down to an understanding of. what
they are at school for. Those same scholars
often stand at the head of their clasi If
they wefe sent home, all wonld be changed
COULDiVT TKf IT ON,
A Mistake fa the Gidihlnff BnitaeatStepped
br tbe Police.
Detective P I'lflgerald yesterday taw" a
man about 6 feet 9 inches high walk into
the second-hand clothing store at 1116 Penn
avenue, with a Small chinchilla overcoat
With a velvet collar, and evidently Made for
a boy of about 15 years of age. The detec
tive followed the man, and asking blm after
he bad offered the garment for sale whose it
was, received the answer that the vender
was also the owner. a
Pitzgerald, showing his authority, then
said, "Try it on," and the gentleman who
Wished to ''put Up the garment registered
as John Nichols in Central station, while
the owner of the coat cah get the same by
applying at the office of Inspector McAleese.
i
litCEirrs For. January,
A Shown by lbs Boolti of (be Doparlaieat
of Pnnlltf Warkl.
The Department of Public Works reports
the following returns for Jihdaryi
Diamond Markets J d.S7d 71
Old City Hail 230 00
Adams Markets.. ji... i. ji... i. ..,,., 85 15
Fifth Avenue Markett.,.. ....,,. 119 6X1
BOnthside Mkrlteit !........ 1,069 60
Salisbury Hall,,..,., .,.., t...j...i.t 2S 00
Monongahela Whaff.,.,,,.,,,,.,... 1.437 2
Allegheny Wb&ft... ,,.,,,,,, ,.,,,..,., G7ll 95
Bouthslde Wharf...,,.. 2S 00
CltyScales., 14 ,,.. 277 H
Bureau of Water , 3 00
Bureau of Water Assessments 77 68
Bureau of Hishwayt..., , soS 00
Total.. J14.1S2 61
Aftfii tl4TPJ bai. discovered tome re
AHLU Dill 3 markable hallucinations
lii prominent Boston people and will describe
them In TO-MofcBOW'e so-r aqb DtSf jltCM.
A FIGHT
I AM getting ratherl
old. and live more in
the past than in the
future, but I bave
knocked about so
much, and met with
so many strange ad
ventures dnring my
live, that tbit must be
my excuse for tbe love I have of tjerf now
aud then taklbg np a pert and jotting down
tny recollections when I seem in a manner to
live my life over again.
1 wat always Of a roving disposition, and
could never rest very long in one place, ao
that 1 bave visited most parts 6f the habita
ble globe, leaving borne sometimes at a day's
notice, intending to be away for months,
and then as suddenly changing my mind
and returning home again. I bate plant
and arrangements made long beforehand,
and I generally act on Uhe spnrof the mo
ment, although tbit habit, at tbe following
story will show, has sometimes placed me in
awkward positions, yet, od the whole, I am
none the worse for my way of proceeding.
About twenty years ago I suddenly' left
London in the height of the season on one
of these unpremeditated voyages. I was
weary of the eternal round or London life,
with its' dinner parties, danees and drums,
and so determined td be off at once, not
caring much where to, so long at I bad a
cbaace.
four days afterward Ifound myself seated
U the table d'hote of the Croce de Malta
1 REPEATED MY
Hotel at Genoa. But here, tdo, I was bored,
and I began to wonder what had brought
me. I knew bo one in the place, and, hat
ing sigbt-seeidg, what wat I to do?
After dinner I lit a cigar and strolled
down to tbe port, looked at the many curi
ous and varied craft packed together'in the
basin, and watched tbe picturesque groups
of sailors from all parts of the world.
While Ionnging abont I came across a lot
of rough-looking Italian sailors dressed in
bine jerseys and jelly-bag tCarlet Caps. They
particularly attracted me, for, being a bit of
an artist, I have an eye for color, to I stood
watching them for a minute or two while
they were talking eagerly together, and I
cangbt tbe words Garibaldi and Caprera. I
taid befofe that I am given to sudden Im
pulses. One of these new Seized me. Why
not go add visit this herd In his Island borne?
True, I did not know him personally, bnt I
had always heard that he liked Englishmen,
and received them hospitably, I was one of
bis most ardent admirers, and here was an
opportunity of making his acquaintance and
of seeing his strange borne.
Half an hour before I had no rriore thought
of Garibaldi than the man in the moon, and
now I found mvself suddenly enerossed hv
the idea, as if a visit to Caprera had been
tbe dream of my life. But now was it to be
managed? I walked up and down for a min
ute or two thinking, and then determined
to speak to this group of sailors. lam a
good Italian scholar, so bad no difficulty up
on that score, although sailor patois is
rather different from the language used in
polite society.
I approached the grouo and wished them
a "Buona serra;" then addressing myself to
a tall, broad-shouldered fellow with a long
black shaggy beard, , I asked him if he
knew of any ship sailing for Caprera and
willing to take a passenger.
Italians are a very inquisitive race, and
tbe fact that I, a stranger, bad spoken to
due of them, brought all the group, who
had dispersed, elote together to bear
what I had to say. v
The man I had addressed after looking at
me and then at his companions, said: "An,
signore, it will be a difficult matter to find a
ship goi ns to Caprera, for there is but little
trade with the island, and it is rather out of
thd way for coasting vessels, I am only a
common tailor, but here Is the 'padrone'
Bartolo; he is the owner of a felucca which
trades between Genoa and Leghorn; be may
perhaps be able to tell the signore what be
asks. Eh, Bartolo, what Co you say?"
Bartolo, thus addressed, came up to me
wltb his hafids In his trofiser pockets and a
pipe in his mouth. He waa a short, wiry
looking man, with a black mustache and a
dirty, unshaven face. He bad & most evil
expression Of countenance, With a squint in
bis right eye, and when be intended to smile
he seemed rather to Jrown. Altogether he
was about as un taking-looking an Individual
as I ever met.
I repeated my qdestion td bim.
"Well," he said, "I don't ofteh go to Ca
prera, for it Isn't worth my While; but to
morrow night I airi Sailltlg for Leghorn, and
as timeS are bad, if the "signore likes to
make some arrangement with me and my
cousin, Who goes with hie, We might manage
to leave 6Uf tegular' eoufse ahd land the
signore oh the Island, butt must first con
sult With hiM, as he it part oWner of tbe
craft."
The plan seemed as if It miirht answer, so
f scut him off for his cousin to a neighboring 1
wine snop, ana tney soon returnea together.
He was a very different 16oking man irom
Bartolo, aud I rather Used bis appearance.
A tall, stout-looking sail6f with a blind
smile, but I noticed that he was entirely
Under Bartold'S thumb, and agreed With htm
in everything be said.
JisBSBssiaiw'
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1 Stood Watching TItem.
PAGES 9 TO 12.
FOR LIFE.
"Well, here it Antonio," taid the latter.
1 ? thinks that we might 'accOmodare
with the sianore: but the shin is not a fine
vebel, so perhaps the signore had better tee
her before be decides. True, It is but a short
journey of 13 or 11 hourt, to that a little
discomfort will not much matter, especially
as, tbit chance lost, it may be soma time
before another presents itself. Of course,
tbe signore understands that we are poor
men, and shall require some good induce
ment to make us lose time by going ont of
our way, but, if tbe siznore will pay ns 100
lire (4) down, and give us a small 'buona
mano' on arrival, we will tak him."
The price did not seem extravagant, but it
It always necessary to bargain with Italian! ,
or they take you for an "imbecile." who can
be easily robbed; to, bearing tbit fact in
mind. I exnreased astonishment at their ask-
I ing so much, and told tbem it was quite out
f of tbe question. At last, after a deal of
haggling, he agreed that it next day 1 neea
the look of tbe craft, I would pay them 80
lire down, and give them another 10 lire on
their landing me safely at Caprera.
It was now getting late, so we separated,
on tbe nnderttanding that I wai to meet
Bartolo at tbe same place in tbe morning
at8.
I was there at the appointed hour, and
found blm waiting for me. His cousin,ho
said, bad gone On board, and was getting;
things in order, asbey were to sail at 6 that
evening. ,
After walking a mile among a tea of
masts and sails ot all colors and shades, wa
at last got to Bartolo's ship. She wat a
small coasting felucca with a large lateen
sail, of tbe kind so'common in tbe Mediter
ranean. Antonio and the man I had first
spoken to the- night before were busy stow
ing away a miscellaneous cargo of grain,
fruit and baccalaror, dried stockfish, which.
It is to be hoped tastes better thaa it smells,
I stepped on board, and was shown my
cabin, if such it may be called. It wat in tha .
fore part of the ship, and close to the mast. I
entered it through a narrow, dark hatchway
and dowaa ladder of six or seven steps; and
whenrl got. .to be bottom I bad to bend al
most double, as it was simply a square box
abont 4 feet high and 6 feet wide. Bartolo
had certainly not lied when be made me un
derstand that I should have to rough it. . In
one corner was a wooden bunk, with a dirty
theepskin laid over it, Furniture there was:
none; there was a horrid smell of bilge;
water about the whole place, and the only
light came through the open hatchway.
Altogether a most uninviting place; but, re
flecting that it was only tor one night, and
that, the weather being fine, I should
probably pass most of the time on
deck, I settled to sail with them,
and be on board again at 5:30. I
now went on deck for a look round.
There were three separate hatchways. In
qtrfeSHoy TO Hlif.
the middle one they were stowing away tha
cargo, and the one aft was used bv the crew.
I walked back to the town and killed some
time in looking into the different shop win
dows. I was much attracted by a gnnmak
er's, who displayed a great variety of arms.
I don't know what first put it into my head,
but while gazing at these weapons, tha
thought suddenly struck me that as I knew
nothing of the men to whom I was trusting
myself; it might perhaps be as well to hava
X Item Went on Deck for d Look Mound.
somej weapon, of defense abont me. True,
that in my traveling bag I carried a life pre
server given me years ago, and which had
slept there harmlessly ever since; butatill a
revolver would be more nseiul, in case of ac
cidents; so I walked into the shop, and after
looking several of them over, ended by pur
chasing a small one, with a packet of car
tridges. I now went to the hotel to pack up my
traps. I wished only to take what would go
into my traveling bag. so turned out every
thing I thought useless. Iu doing so, I
came across the life preserver. I was about
to chuck it aside when I thought I might as
well take it, And replaced it in the bag.
My arrangements were soon complete. I
called the hotel keeper and told him I was
going away for two or three days, and pro
posed to leave the remainder of my Inggaga
I Sat on Deck.
In Bis charge. I then dmed, paid my biuf
and, bag In band, strolled down again to tha
on beard was ready fof tailing. Bar
tolo came up atoneeand atkedtae fof the
60 lira which I bad agreed to pay In ad
vance, as be said they bad to complete some
purchases before leaving.
At 0 o'olock sharp we lift the barber with
fair wind. It wa a batiiul evening; M
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