: t SECOND PART. THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. s PAGES 9 TO 12. LIKE IT ONCE WAS Ueminiscences of Old-Fashioned Fourths of July, Recalled by Yesterday's Celebration by THOUSANDS AT SCHENLEY PARK. The Day When Patriotic Addresses, the Declaration of Independence and a Jolly Time HELPED TO CELEBEiTE THE DAT. Bone Inttrcstlag Talki With Fecple WTn Were Out it Bcitnley Park Such hills and trees, such rocks and ra vines, such crowds and such patriotism as delighted one at Schenley Park yesterday are a rare combination, and the shower that shortly after 2 o'clock: dampened all alike hills, trees, rocks, ravines, crowds and patriotism was a very inopportune one. However, before its advent a glorious good time was enjoyed by the vast number of people that congregated around the grand stand, and the singing of the national airs, with the making of patriotic addresses, in spired Mr. Chris Hagee to speak to a re porter as follows: "This is as it should be. Let the eagle scream as loud as it can. I am greatly in favor of the continuation of these old-fashioned celebrations. I remember, when I was a youngster, 'before the war,' the jolly cele brations we used to have down at the ar senal and the old fair grounds, when patri otic principles were instilled into us with pink lemonade, vanilla ice cream, speeches, music, fireworks and the Stars and Stripes. "Mrs. Schenley, in the gift of this park, has done more for the city than any man who ever lived in it. The opportunity afforded the working people and the toilers to get away from the city, and for the small amount of 5 cents breathe the fresh air of the country without feeling themselves trespassers in the least, is a wonderful boon to the multitude. Now, Mr. Burleigh, you come here and cive a regular Fourth of July oration for the benefit of THE DISPATCH readers," was the way in which handsome Mr. Magee termin ated the interview. TVHE1T CREDIT 13 DESIRED. "Will you father it? was Mr. Clarence Burleigh's reply, addressed to Mr. Magee." "Yes, if it's esneciallv good," was the answer. "Well," said Mr. Burleigh," this celebration is not only a matter of pleasure, but a matter of duty, I think, and the city saonld appropriate a sufficient sum of money annually to at least furnish bands of music, fireworks, and other appropriate attractions to induce the vast bulk of the population or Allegheny countv to assemble here each year and rally 'round the flag. "If there is one thing in this country I think seriously neglected, it is the instilling oi patriotic principles into trie rising genera tion and the adults, also not only in re card to what has been accomplished by our nation, and what was done for its creation, bnt what it might be necessary to do for its Sreservifion. The Fourth of July should 2 ntil:d for that purpose. "STy first recollections of the Declaration of Independence were obtained by hearing it read at our annual Sunday School pic nics on the Southside, with which we used to celebrate the Fourth when I was a boy, and so closely were the two associated to gether, that a picnic was incomplete, in my estimation, without the reading of that important document." "Controller Morrow, this reporter wishes to speak to some aged citixens, and I think you've been here about as long as anyone I know of," said Sheriff McCandlcss, who was too busy to be interviewed, and Controller Morrow, ignoring the insinuation regarding his great age, said: "1 am simply delighted with the success ot the celebration, and agreeably disappointed, too, I might say. The toughs that I leared would flood the park are not here at all: the police say they all went away on picnics. WHO WERE THERE. "The people of the town are out sober, honest, industrious, respectable cittzens,hus bands, wives and babies, all here to enjoy the fresh air, sunshine, trees, grass and birds, and by enjoying them, renew their energy and ambition, and in some cases.like my own, their youth. It's a lovely spot in which to have the spirit of patriotism inculcated in us, in the depths of a forest in the heart of a great city somewhat para doxical, but, nevertheless, true, for from where we stand we cannot see a human habitation; simply magnificent trees, charm ing rustic nooks and grottoes, and hills that that would put a Highlander on his native heath." Leaving the grand stand, with its burden of brainy men who made the addresses, its genial committee, with red badges, its bands of music, its group of newspaper cor respondents, with their golden badges, a family picnicking nook was discovered, where baby and his numerous brothers and sisters, resembling, in ages, the steps of a stairway, were sporting around on the grass, while mamma and grandmamma were arranging the luncheon of cold biscuits, cold ham, pickles, apple pie, cookies and cakes. Papa had gone to the spring to get some of the pure cold water that gur gled up from its rotty bed, and his appear ance was the signal for the family meal, which grandpapa came up from the grand stand in time to join. "Well, well, said the aged sire, with a biscuit in one hand and a slice of ham in the other, "if this don't make me think ot bygone days, when you, Tilla," addressing the mamma, "was a youngster like Mary here, and you and your brothers would come to " HAD TO GET IK A "WORD. "I want some more biscuit," interrupted one of the little ones. "Fourth ot July with your " "Give me some ham; give me some ham," said another. "Mother and me," continued the old gentleman. "You remember, don't you, mother? Them was " "I want a piece of pie, a piece of pie," came from a third. "Great days, them was. How we used to look Jorward lor weeks beforehand, and how disappointed we was if it rained alter the " "Gimme a pickle." "Little folks' clothes trrrp nil stnrMis,? o n ironed and the basket packed and everything ready." "Give me a piece of cake; oh, a big piece, from youngster seven. "We didn't have near as nice a place to celebrate in then, nor such good music, but we I want a drink of waterl" "used to have a parade, and me all dressed up in iunny clothes on purpose for to make us laugh. It was just about as good as a cir cus," and the old man, looking 'round, caught sight of his youugest grandchild en deavonne to eat his fist lor want of some thing better, and forgot ail about his retro 8pecUveiews in trying to make the chubbv hand bold successfully a piece of banana", with wfafclr fruit the luncheon was com pleted by the older ones. -Straying on, up the hillside, with the help of an umbrella and a Btrong mind, a girlish ahriek was heard, anu at the same time a pink dress, big hat, fan and girl went tumbling down the hill until caught bv a youth who seemed new to the business, tut ready to learn in the way he gathered the conglomeration up and put it upon ita feet, where, despite the rnsh of blood to the head which the fall caused, a tear or two in the pretty pink frock and a big soiled patch, it was quite a fetching apparition. "Look out there, Miss," said someone who was probably out ot danger's way himself, but before the poor little miss had time to look out, or up, or down, her feet were again taken from under by a big, burly man, who had attempted the same incline that she had, and suffering the same defeat, in his rapid descent threw sticks and girls alike to one side. A REAL AMUSING PLACE. It was such an amusing' place, that steep hill was, and considerably more difficult of ascent for the young ladles who bad escorts than it was for those who had none. Some way it required so much assisting where there was a sturdy companion, and it took such a long time to reach the summit, with so many "oh's" and "ah's." But a group of young ladies or misses without the gay gallants, with few exceptions, trod the cliffs and rocks as easily as an eagle would scale the heights. Once on the height one conld take their choice of the refreshments served at the various stands or in imagination enjoy the old-fashioned Fourth of July dinner, as de scribed by Mrs. M. Crowe, who enjoyed them some years ago up at Sugar Flat. Those dinners consisted of potatoes, turnips, beets and cabbage, cooked in a big kettle with pork and served in tin plates, with steaming hot coffee boiled in a companion kettle. After the dinner dancing in an im promptu hall to the strains of one violin, and the calling of the figures by one of the number, made the afternoon a merry ope, while preceding the dinner the Declaration ot Independence was always read by a mem ber of the party, and three cheers and a tiger always given for the brave men who formulated the paper and tonght for it The feast that Mrs. Crowe described afterward developed into the more aristocratic barbe cue that has now become the exclusive politi cal feast. AS YOUNG AS EVER. A beaming countenance, framed with long, white hair, and crowned with a big traw hat, proved to be that of Mr. John A. Grove, who said he had been a resident of Allegheny countv lor CO years, but "he'd be blamed if he didn't feel as young as he ever did," especially when he heard the band play such lively music. He said he was awful glad to have an old-fashioned celebration again; that the sight of so many pretty girls, in such smart frocks, was good or sore eyes. He also said he wanted to shake Mayor Gourley's hand; that he and his boys helped to make him Mayor, and he wanted to meet him. He thought if it didn't rain he would join in some of the foot races, and show the yonng fellows a thing or two, but at that assertion Mrs. Grove put her foot down, as it were, on "such foolishness," and said, "Now, pa, don't make a goose of yourself, but come and let's have our din ner. This basket's getting awfully heavy" for the old gentleman, in spite of his al leged youthfulness, had neglected to carry the basket FOUGHT HIS LAST BATTLE. WILLIAM BRENNAN, THE LIGHTWEIGHT PUGILIST, RECEIVES FATAL INJURIES. An Accident In Culcaco Which Will Fat a Qnletna on the Sf anly Art for Some Time Garrard, Brennnn'a Opponenl.Togeiher With the Seconds and Referee Placed Under Arrest. """" Chicago, July 4. William Brennan, the lightweight pugilist, who was injured in a sparring match last night with Prank Garrard, died at 4 o'clock this morning. Brennan first sprang into pugilistio fame a year ago. His first ring fight, however, was with Tommy "White, a couple of months ago, and he bested White in a 76-ronnd fight He was about 21 years old. It was just 9 o'clock last night when Bren nan and Garrard jumped throngh the ropes into the ring. That there was blood be tween the fighters was made apparent by the way they glared at each other when "they shook hands. Ever since Brennan half killed Tommy White on the beach in In diana about a month ago words of an un complimentary nature have been passing between Garrard, who was White's friend, and Brennan's backers. Before they went into the ring last night both indulged in sanguinary threats that were pleasing rather than otherwise to the crowd that had assembled to see the fight When time was called for the first round, the two men sprang at each other. Their hands flew out like battering rams. Brennan in his anxiety to land a shot that would settle the fight lost his balance and went down on his back. He got up in an instant, however, and forced the fighting in a way that kept Garrard galloping all over the stage. All during this round he seemed to have his antagonist at his mercy, and there was scarcely one among the big crowd of spectators but thought that in the next round he would be able to kock out Garrard, who was already dazed and unable to defend himself from the ferocious rushes of his young opponent. When the round was ended, however, it was noticed that Brennan was not in good condition, and his seconds began dosing him witn whisky. Garrard in his corner seemed almost done for and exhibited but little in terest in the whispered counsels of his sec onds. Brennan opened the second round with a stinging right hander on Garrard's face, but that was the last blow of any force he de livered. Garrard went at him with both hands and in less than a minute had him whipped to a standstill. Brennan gamely resisted the efforts to knock him ont, but he w.is unable to escape the terrific shots that were aimed at his face every time he got within reaching distance. The remaining rounds were but a repetition of the second Garrard had everything his own way, but could not get in the final blow. At last, in the fifth roud, Breunen to save himself, threw his arms around Gar! rard's waist He fell backward, and Gar rard went down on top of his opponent, 1 mding on his breast with ail his weight Brennan's head hit the floor with feirlul force. When picked up he was limp and lifeless. He had suffered concussion of the brain. Garrard was arrested at once, and early this morning "Beddy" Gallagher, of Cleve land, who was releree, and the seconds were also placed in' custody. THE CUSHING A SUCCESS. The United Slate Torpedo Boat Prove to be a SpeedyOne. New York, July 4. The torpedo boat Cashing got into port yesterday irom Port Washington and laid ud at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Her executive officer, Air. Dougherty, says that she is not only a tre mendous success as a speeder but also as a coal economizer. She used only four tons of coal on the 400 miles run from Washing ton, and under an average pressure ot 50 pounds of steam made 12 knots an hour. Every pound of coal that went into her lur nuces' was weighed. The capacity of her bunkers is 40 tons, and this means'that she can make a voyage of about 4,000 miles without getting a new supply. She encountered a nasty southeasterly sea on her voyage here, and some of her firemen got pretty seasick. She made a mile in one minute and 57 seconds in the placid water ot the Potomac, near Mt Ver non, under a pressure of 250 pounds. The Cushing will take in stores, get a tew more men at the navy yard and will then go on to Newport All-wool French serges, 46 in. wide, re duced from ?1 to 75c a yd. Good assort ment of colors. HUOUS St Hacke. ttssu A TIGHT LITTLE ISLE. Pictures of the Bock That Figures in European Affairs. HELIGOLAND HOT A BUSY PLACE. A Good Deal of Government There hut the Officials Can Best. FINE SITE FOE ANOTHER MONTE CARLO Heligoland, a mere tpeck on the map of Europe, has of late assumed mammoth pro portions. Anything concerning the rock ribbed little isle is interesting. A cor respondent writes: It is a great thing to awake in the morning and find oneself fam ous; great for an individual, and greater still for an insignificant little snip of an island. Yesterdav this was as modest and quiet and humble a bit of land as the whole earth's snrlace holds; with never a thought that it might perchance be a target for dip lomatic lightning. To-day it is just about as pert and perky as can be, realizing that the eyes of the world are upon it And nobly it rises to the height ol the occa sion.' The world expects Heligoland to do its duty, and Heligoland proposes not to be 'ound A Bir&t-Eye View of Heligoland. wanting. It is three-quarters of a century since the place had any greater sensation than an unusual catch of fish. Now the island realizes that great international issues depend upon it, intercontinental, in fact The balance of power and the maintenance of peace in Europe and the partition and civilization of Africa are resting upon this wave-worn bit of rock "and clay. So why shouldn't Heligoland feel big'? For, of course, this Anelo-German-African treaty cannot be ratified without Heligoland's consent; at least so Heligoland believes. ENGLISH IS XAME ONLY. It is a cosmopolitan sort of place, too, as in present circumstances is quite fitting. It is an English colony in name and fact, with an English Governor. But the build ings are Danish, and the language is chiefly German. The actual nationality of the natives is, I believe, Frisian. The native human beings, I mean The native and visiting beings of other types are manifold in their affinities. Herr Goetke, who for many years filled the important office of Colonial Secretary, and devoted most of his time to painting and ornithology, told me that he had caught on this tiny island birds from North and South America, Green land, Iceland, Palestine, China, Siberia, India, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt South Africa indeed, from every part of the globe. These were chiefly stray birds, storm-driven, perhaps, and lost in the fogs ol the North Sea. As to the other fauna of this island, not much is to be said; though a little more than of the snakes ot Iceland. There are rabbits here, aod not long ago these were so numerous that the island was said to be suffering from a plague of them. At the height of the plague there were per haps ICO rabbits on the island. There is a good deal of government here, too. There is a Colonial Governor and the before-mentioned Secretary, aud two Coun cilors, who meet in solemn state in the old Danish Governor's House. There is a Treasurer, too, and a Pooh-Bah. The latter is a warrant officer o the British Navy. He is also Commander-in-Chief of the land and sea forces o the colony. Chief of Police, Chief Justice, Attorney General, Chief Constable, County Court Judge, Governor of the Gaol, Turnkey, Sheriff, Jus tice o'f the Peace and Executioner; and if there are any other little odd s2-w A Corner of thr Tight Little Jtle. jobs to be done outside ot those offices, he does them. It should be added that the total land and sea forces of the colony con sist of five coast guard men. There are some howitzers on a sand hill somewhere, which form the armament of the island. JUSTICE OUT OF A JOB. But with all his multitude of officers, Lieutenant Pooh-Bah olten finds time hang heavy on his hands. About once in tbree months there is a petty civil suit to be tried. That is all. A few years ago, lor the only time in half a century, there was a criminal case. A man was arrested for stealing a dozen pewter spoons. This event created tremendous excitement, and was talked oi for years. The criminal was convicted and was sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in prison dress. for, I think, two weeks. The dress consisted of a fine new suit of clothes, much better than he had ever worn in his life. They had to be procured from the tailor's specially for him, by the way, since there never before had been need of such a thing. The labor consisted of shoveling sand at the pier for eight hours a day. As for the im prisonment, it meant that the convict had to sleep eyerv night in the guest chamber of the Governor's house. There was no other lockup. And he took his meals at the table d'hote of the very inn from which he had stolen the spoons. Indeed, they are a particularly easy-going ana Biiupiu-aeaneu set, luese hciikuwuucio. Perhaps they are a bit stolid. But they are quiet and inoffensive. They drink deeply, but never get drunk. Contagious and in fectious diseases, idiocy and lunacy are ab solutely unknown, xney are iresniv-com-plexioned, healthy-looking, of good size and development." Longevity is the rule. Eighty and 90 are the years at which most deaths occur. The women are not beauti ful, according to English ideas of beauty. They are too well, substantial. But they are "admirable housekeepers, and as wives and mothers their character is without re proach. In few places in the world, I sup pose, are there more intermarriages, genera tion after generation, than here. Every body on the island is related pretty closelv to everybody else. Yet no evil results, either mental or physical, seem to follow. COSMOPOLITAN IN EVERYTHING. German, of course, is practically the uni versal language; flavored with a strong turn of dialect The streets of the village have English names, but those names are never spoken, save by visitors. No language but German is taught at the school. Yet there seems to be no great desire to belong to Ger many. Whenever in past years some excur sion party from Hamburg has brought out here a budding statesman in spectacles, who has tried to rouse public sentiment in favor ot restoring the Island to Germany, his efforts have been greeted with most discouraging indifference. - And leven ,S5 PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1890. now, when England proposes to hand the island over to Germany, in return for a thousand times its worth in Africa, the island is by no means sure that it wants to be handed over. If some of the Opposition statesmen, in hope of embarrassing Lord Salisbury, come out here, they may be able to find several Heligolanders who positively prefer to remain British subjects. To belong to Germany would not make the catches of fish any larger; and it might make the young men liable to consoription for military ser vice. INDUSTRIES BATHER SCARCE. Heligoland can scarcely be reckoned an important industrial colony; indeed, except ing for the two items of bread and beer, it is not self-sustaining. Fish of course is plen tiful, but is not a favorite article of food The North Cape. with the islanders. All meat must be brought from the mainland, and a week of stormy weather cuts off supplies and re duces the island to a state of siege. All supplies that are brought from the mainland have t? be carried up a steep stairway from the landing stage on men's shoulders. The shops are neither numerous nor extens've, and their chief object seems to be to derive a small trade during the summer in such fancy articles as are found in booths and sideshows of watering places, There used to be a great deal ol gambling here, and at one time the island bade fair to rival Hom burg and Monaco; but all that was stopped some time ago, exactly why uo one seem to understand. All the gambling was done by visitors, the simple and honest natives having no taste for that sort Heligoland Fishing Boat of amusement; which is odd, too, seeing that they all possess the most extraordinary natural aptitudeYor mental arithmetic. Indeed, the propounding and solution of intricate problems in mental mathematics is their favorite diversion. An enternnsiug German capitalist recently offered the Colonial Secretary a trifle of a quarter of a million dollars a year lor the privilege of running a hrst-class, aristocratic, strictly honest and virtuous gambling establishment herebnt the offer was-relused. .Perhaps.it was deemed incongruous for a "Holy Land" to be the scene of public gambling, though why on earth the island is called Holy Land nobody has ever succeeded in finding out. There are no ruined shrines or other saintly relics, and not even a legend of saintly residence or pious performance of any kind; excepting that one imaginative German professor has evolved out ot his inner consciousness a story to the effect that the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne once alighted here for a brief visit Where they alighted from, whether from sea or sky, deponent saith not, nor are there any out ward or visible traces of their sojourning here; unless, indeed, in the incorruptible morals of the ladies who now inhibit the island. . BBEAD TJP01T THE WATEES. How It Came Buck to the Hospital After Many Years. Philadelphia, Jnly 4. The annual report of the managers of the Pennsylvania Hospital relates a very interesting case showing how benefactions long past have procured unexpected returns in the present. An aged relative of the late Admiral S. W. Goden, of the United States Navy, at the period when the latter was a lad and bad just entered upon his career as a midship man, fell into the care of the institution for several years. When off of his cruises the midshipman, led by his affection and inter est for this patient, visited him at the hos pital, aud often expressed his great grati tude for the sedulous care and attention shown for the comfort and welfare of the patient This gratitude was signally manifested when he came to make hh will, after at taining high rank and distinction in the service of his country, for, by it, after pro viding for those of his kindred who he deemed had claims upon bis bounty, he made the Pennsylvania Hospital his resid uary legatee, and all the life annuities having now terminated, that institution has received in cash in three pavments $28, 954 39 and $30,000 iu four per cent, and in the month of April of the present year the further sum of $39,000 United States four per cent, making in all the magnificent gi't at present market values of overS113, 000. 'KILLED HTMSTT.T After Firing; Three Shot at Hla Wife In Quarrel Over Their Child. New York, July 4. This morning, dur ing a quarrel between John Lutz and his wife Mary at their residence, No. 22 Clin ton street, about their eight-months'-old child, Lutz shot his wife three times in the left side and once in the left elbow, inflict ing serious ii not fatal injuries. Then the infuriated man shot himself twice near the heart and died almost in stantly. Lutz was a Hungarian. 0PEBA HOUSE BUSKED. Salt Lake's Lending Place of Amusement Consumed by the Flame. Salt Lake, Utah, July 4. Fire caught in the flies of the Grand Opera House at 10 o'clock last night, and the building was en tirely consumed. At 12 o'clock thousands of people thronged the streets, and all the available men were trying to save adjoining property. Evans' gunshop took fire, and Walker Bros, mammoth drygoods house' was iu great danger. The fire was confined to the Opera House, and the loss is $50,000. THE DOMINION'S TELBFTE. Bic Money Payable by Canadians to London Money Lender. Ottawa, Out., July 4. The Dominion began a new fiscal year Tuesday, and the event was celebrated by the payment of $2,000,000 in subsidies to the provinces in the uulon, and another $2,000,000 for inter est on Dominion securities held in England. The annual tribute payable by the people of the Dominion to the London money lenders is calculated at $25,000,000, or considerably more than half the revenues Early Closing Commencing July 1, and during the summer months, odr store will close at 5 P. jr.; Saturdays, 1 P. M. ttssu Hugos & hacks. DO ALL'BUT BREATHE. Dead Creatures Almost Made to Live in the National Museum. EASE COUNTERFEITS OF HATDBE. A Feast of Choicest Dainties and a Battle snake in the Flesh. METHOD OF A SMITHSONIAN WIZARD. rCORItESPOKDXHCE OT TBI DISPATCH. 1 Washington, July 4. The wizard of the National Museum was at home yester day afternoon. He was engaged in putting the finishing touches to a beautiful woman, who lay breathing so naturally upon his work-table that one would not have guessed her animation to bemerely electrical. And yet the heavings of the bosom were simply produced by an electric contrivance, while ut interval, through the same agency, the sleeping bea'utv was observed to start slightly aB if from dreaming, the lips part ing and the limbs contracting almost im perceptibly. Inasmuch as the flesh-tints were perfect, the deception was singularly complete. But the illusion was reudered altogether aston ishing by the ftct that a pinch or two ot what seemed to be the flesh of the image made evident a soft and yielding quality counterfeiting life itself. It is the task of the Wizard to supply counterfeits of life of all sorts for Uncle Sum's great permanent show at Washington. The wonderful representations of individuals of various races shown in the museum, so life-like that one is startled at coming upon them, are his work. There is nothing he does not imitate, from a shell fish to a dia mond, for exhibition purposes, and all so accurately that it is well nigh impossible to distinguish the real irom the lalse. A FEAST THAT WASN'T ENJOYED. He had a table spread yesterday afternoon in his laboratory not only with the common place articles of ordinary diet, but also with exotic iruits and other luxuries such as are expensive to purchase at this season. For instance, there were Hamburg grapes, French artichokes, Mandarin oranges, Brus sels sprouts and plnms. An appetizing cold roast of underdone beef, with two or three slices ont of it, was accompanied by some stalks of green-topped celery in a glass oi" water and a fresh loaf of bread with a pat of yellow butter. Your correspondent, being invited to nartate of the feast, would have begun upon the bread and butter; but, upon making the attempt, he was amazed to find that they could not be eaten. What they were made of the Wizard declined to explain, but at all events they were not real. xney reminded one or the story of the proud maiden who would not accept any or dinary suitor, and was finally wooed and won by a strange prince, who took her away with a coach and six to a palace undernenth the ground. When she was hungry, copper bread was offered her; she could not eat that and the Prince had silver bread brought; lor that Bhe had no appetite, and bread of gold was generously provided. But she found herself unable to consume such metallic provender, and so, having married lor wealth s sake, she starved iu the midst of gorgcousness. UNCONSCIOUS TRIBUTE TO HIS ART.. It was the same with everything else. The fruits were counterfeit; so "were the vege tables, the water in the glass, and even the cold roast ot underdone beef. Not n thing on the table was real. Five Lynn Haven oysters on the hal -shell at the newspaper man's place looked as though they had just been opened and tempted the palate with their apparent juciness; but, when he at tempted to squeeze a quarter of a lemon over them, both lemon tJnd oysters were discov ered to be imitation. It was a regular Bar mecide repast: and the Wizard, far from apologizing for his guest's disappointment. simply lay back in bis chair, stroked his long white beard and laughed, enjoying the tribute to his art. "Let me introduce you to my assistant, Mr. Smith," he said, indicating a middle aged man seated at a table near the door, to whom the visitor had spoken on entering, though receiving no reply. The middle aged man, who was busy stuffing a bird, did not look up in response to the introduction. This seemed surprising until close inspec tion showed that Mr. Smith was only a dummy in workman's costume, with a pair of spectacles on and other equipments cal culated to make the deception as complete as possible. Positively, it appeared as if nothing were real in this weird place; the notion even suggested itself that the Wizard himself might be only a mechanical coun terfeit A WONDERFUL LABORATORY. The whole floor of the laboratory was lit tered with molds of every conceivable size and shape, a great case with a glass front was filled with bottles and jars of mysteri ous chemicals, and all around the walls were hung with imitations of all manner of still-life objects so marvellously' executed that it was hard to conceive that they were not real. In one corner was the Apache terror, Geronimo, nearly finished for the museum, crouching in wait for an unsus pecting white man. His face was admir ably done from a photograph, and his arms and legs were cast from real ones belonging to somebody else. The sleeping beauty had likewise been cast in sections from a real woman. "The composition with which I make human flesh and all substances requiring soltness to be like nature is a secret of my own," said the Wizard. "You see that in this woman's arm it has all the yielding elasticity of flesh. Here is this coiled rat tlesnake. I dely anyone to tell that it is not a real one, either by sight or feeling. A cast was first made from the original snake in the composition, and the final operation was the painting of it. I give the natural tints to whatever I produce with oil colors. The same composition that is so flexible in the snake, gives its softness to this peach and to these cherries. Here is a pineapple which no amount of examination will enable you to tell from the real one. I am sure. As lor leaves, I have discovered a way of mak ing artificial leaves out of real ones, so that they are nature themselves and will never theless last forever." THE WIZARD'S WORKSHOP. J. W. Hindley is the wizard's name, and he is certainly a wonderful old lellow. The public at large never sees the most interest ing part of the National Museum, which is found in the workshops behind the scenes, where the curiosities are made ready for ex hibition. Only next door to the wizard's laboratorv is the place where all the ani mals for the museum are stuffed and mounted. It is a queerspot, the walls hung with plaster casts of all sorts of beasts and fishes, including a small whale and several kinds of porpoises, a grampus, portions of a moose, the head ot a bear, two Ieg3 of a panther, the tail of a seal, and ever so many other such things, all of them intended to serve as models in the preparations of stuffed creatures. Not very many years ago few scientific men in the world had any definite notion as to what a whale looked like in nature. Many skeletons of the huge mammal bad been obtained, but of its appearance while alive only a very indistinct idea was had by people who had never seen one dead. But it happened on one fortunate occasion that a real whale, 28 feet long, was thrown up on the beach at Provincetown, Me. Mr. Pal mer, then, as now taxidermist for the museum, started without delay lor Province town with two assistants. Upon arriving there he procured 12 barrels of plaster of Paris and used it all up in one day making molds of the whale in sections. One assist ant was kept busy fetching prater and the other mixing plaster, while Mr. Palmer made the molds. The latter were shipped the next morning to Washington, the skele ton of the whale following. It was then only a matter of detail to produce a cast of the beast in papier macne. At present this cast is to be seen suspended overhead in the Museum, on one side the skeleton being shown and on the other the aspect of the whale as it was in lite. t PULP MADE OF MONEY. Papier mache is a more convenient sub stance to make casts of than plaster, espe cially for big fishes and such things, because it is lighter. Mr. Palmer employs in this sort ot work the pulp into which the Treas ury has all the worn-out paper money re duced by machines. A thin layer of this money pulp is first spread with a trowel over a sheet of paper that has been covered with paste preliminarily. The sheet of pa per with the pulp-layer stuck to it is then laid over the Inside of the plaster mold;with the pulp next to the mold. Other sheets similarly prepared and covered with pulp are put on in the same wav until the whole interior of the mold .section treated is cov ered. Finally, sheets of plain paper are pasted three or more thick over the coating of paper and pulp thus prepared, and, when t e whole has hardened, the section of cast has only to be separated from the mold and is found perfect. The sections put together make up the entire castof the fish, alligator or whatever the creature may be; and the re production, alter being painted by the artist of the Smithsonian, Mr. Schiniller, looks liks the living animal itselt. All fishes brought to the museum for such preservation in copy are taken first of all to Mr. Schiu dler, who makes sketches of them in colors, so that subsequently he may be able to re produce the tints and markings accurately upon the casts. WORK OP SMITHSONIAN AOENTS. Supplies of land animals for the National Museum are contributed by private indi viduals from all parts of the world. Many of them are got by exchange with other museums; others are obtained through Con suls abroad who take an interest in collect ing anything strange they see to send home tn Uncle Sam; others still are secured by Government expeditions sent out from various departments, while yet others are killed and brought home by agents ex pressly dispatched for the purpose. The Smithsonian has agents at present in Alassa getting specimens of walrus, sea elephants and sea lions, while other agents of the institution are trying to get hold of a few gorillas and other rare beasts iu the interior of Africa. There are very few gorillas left now, and, inasmuch as the small region in West Africa inhabited by these fierce monsters is being settled pretty rapidly, they are likely to become extinct very soon. The African expedition has taken six barrels ot alcohol with it, for the preservation of specimens. Small creatures are most readily kept in that manner, their preparation on the spot requiring so much time, while the bigger animals are skinned without delay. The skins are poisoned with arsenic and wrapped up with the skulls and leg-bones, after, thorough drying, for transportation to Washington, to be stuffed and mounted here. In the case of a very rare animal it is ususally desired to secure both the stuffed corpus and the skeleton. This is accom plished quite ingeniously by making casts of the skull and leg-bones in plaster, to use in the Muffins, thus leaving the skeleton intact and making two animals out of one, as it were. Such was the method followed in the preparation of Barnum's elephant "Jumbo." MOUNTING LARGE ANIMALS. In mounting the stuffed beast of size a thick plank is cut the shape of the outline of the body as it is to he, the plank is mounted on lour iron uprights, the skull is attached to the plank at one end by an iron while another iron serves for the tail, the leg bones are fastened in position, and then the manikin thus erected is wound and wound with excelsior and grocer's twine until it has pretty much the form of the beast. Next, the whole is spread over witn a mixture of clay and tow, which is readily modeled into any shape desired; the skin is fitted on, sewn and combed out, a thorough washing of soap and water is applied, with a subsequent solution of corrosive sublimate and alcohol to keep off the moths; the glass eyes, made by the wholesale in New York City are fitted in, and the animal with a few final touches, is ready tor the museum. The irons that keeps its. legs in shape are fastened tfghtly by nuts at the hoofs to the floor or platiorm on which the beast stands immovable in an attidude imitative of na ture, affording an object lesson in natural history to the observer. Many of the groups of animals in the museum are works of art iu the highest sense. Take the fight among chimpanzees forexample it is really a most gruesome thing to look upon. Bene Bache. A SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION. Lieutenant Seton-Cnrr Discovers a Short Ronte to Alaska. Victoria, B. C, July 4. The expedi tion which Lieutenant Seton-Karr took North with him to Chilcat in order to dis cover a pass across the mountain ranges in Chilcat to the Alaska river, has returned to the coast, having successlully carried ont its plans and with less delay and shorter space of time than had been anticipated. After an absence of a little over two months, LieutenantSetou-Karr is now in Vancouver, having come down on the Queen of the Pacific from Sitka. He says that the geog'aphical results of the journey exceeded his expectations. The Chilcat Indians did not interfere with his party, being assured that trade was not one of the objects contemplated. From Klok wan, the last Indian camp thirty miles up the Chilcat river, Lientenant Seton-Karr ascended, in the first instance on foot and subsequently with canoes, as far as the Kleheena or Wellesley river. Thence, partly by canoe and partly with sledges, he went as tar as the national boundary, which was marked approximately. The ascent was continued to the marble glacier, where the party was detained by weather. Four miles beyond the new pass a creek was found running into the Altzhek. The latter is reported as a large river running in from the west trom behind St. Elias, with a slow, deep current. Another branch comes in from the north. Below the forks is a canon, which canoes cannot pass, aud below the canon the river is excessively rapid. As far as the mouth of the river at Dry Bay bear, goats anil grouse are numerous. The return trip was hazardous. A miner was brought down with the expedition whose two partners were capsized' in the rapids on a rait, one being drowned. Much danger was incurred in passing the rapids, but it was effected without any mishaps. A LABEL COMBrNATItm The Soar Chief Firms In Iho Badness Will Work Toselher. ISFICIAI. TELEOHAM TO THE DISFATCIM New York, July 4. The four largest concerns in the country engaged in the manufacture of labels have made a combi nation which Js to lead to a consolidation" of their business interests. The label makers do a business of $2,000,000 a year, and three-quarters of it is in the hands of these four corporations, the Kussell & Morgan Printing Company and ti e Frey Printing Company, of Cincinnati; the Samuel Cramp Label Company, of New York, and the Hinds-Ketcham Company, of Brooklyn. For the present the four concerns will con tinue to do business in their individnal capacities, but within five or six months it is expected that tney win DC consolidated tn one great corporation. THE LION- TAME! A'STORY OF THE CIRCUS BY LADY MARGARET MA JENDIE, AUTHOR OF "ON THE SCENT," ETC. CHAPTER L The trumpets peeled shrilly through the streets of Middleton; every soul rushed to the window, every passer-by stopped in eager curiosity, little bovs sprang up the lamp posts, carts and vans cleared out of the way. A magnificent procession a circus, 'whose renown had long precede l its advent, was in the act of arriving. A golden car came first, very brilliant, drawn by a pair of cream-colered horses, decked with scarlet trappings. On the coachman's seat, which was transformed into a gorgeous throne, sat a fairy. On ber throne, high above the vulgar herd, she' looked fair eneugh, so fair that the little boys clapped their hands in ecstatic admiration. She had a small, pa thetic face, with greit big blue eyes, the carefully darlcened lines around them mak ing them shine. She had a huge mass of golden fluffy hair, blowing back and round her face in a cloudy bush. All her own. Elsie Condor had such splendid hair that it was the envy of all her companions. The fairy, with a star on her brow and long floating silver-flecked robes, bent affa bly from ber throne, and with a little fanci iul salute of both hands flung perfumed pro grammes right and le t as her triumphant car slowly passed on its way. AH those who were lucky enough to see one o! the programmes hardly glanced at them before pressing to see what was to fol low. This was the exciting announcement: 'Signor Guglielmo Condovino, the famous lion tamer, will perform to-night among six savage lions." A great barred cage on wheels was passing now; a strange wild beast odor followed its progress. On one side rolled and tumbted a clown. He was quoting nonsense, gro- tesquely pretending terror at the contents of the huge cages, when a low, sullen roar was heard and he counterfeited a swoon of fear. The crowd raised him up and he went of out of their hands turning head over heel like an india-rubber ball, followed by roars of laughter. The pxcitement increased. A shout ran down the street: "Here he isl The lion tamer! Bravo! Fine tellowl Hurrah!" Thev cheered him lustily. He was a fine- looking man, this Signor Guglielmo Condo vino, alias Will Condor, the husband of pretty Elsie, the flying fairy. Tall, power iully made, with apparently a magnificent cbeit. In his close-fitting velvet tunic he appeared the perfection ot strength and sym metry. His features also were regular and verv handsome. Two gentlemen stood together on the pave ment. At first slightly annoyed by the crowd, they also became interested. One of them was a surgeon of great eminence. Sir Maxwell Bede. He put bis hand on bis friend's arm and said: "What a powerlul man!" . "Yes, it must be the lion tamer. A well made fellow. I have heard of his feats. He goes ampng the lions as if they were so man y dogs, and lies down among them." "He may do that once too often." The lion tamer, bowing his acknowledg ment", bad turned a little aside and was coughing a little incident, but SirMaxwell Bede was curiously quick of observation he saw it and very slightly shook his head. "I should like to see the performance, Brandreth." "Nothing so easy. There is a perform ance to-morrow night at 8 I see," glancing at the programme. "You won't expect me to accompany you, 1 suppose "No, uo; I am no tyrant I won't stay long. 1 only want to see the lions." The procession moved on. The usual thing two meek, ill-tempered camels, a pa- .tient, chaotic elephant, a noisv, sarcastic hyena, shrieking its hideous, mocking laugh. The two friends walked on. Brandreth Court was but a mile from Middleton, a charming house standing in beautilul. carefuliy cultivated gardens. Colonel Braudreth's younwife was waiting for them. She was a pretty, spoiled beauty, very winning, a little tyrannical, but own ing the kindest heart in the world, bhe heard the story and was seized with a long ing to go and see the per.ormancc herself. She made ber husband send out to secure at once the best places in tbe circus. The day came. According to the place held by the lion tamer in the programme he would not be likely to appear before 9 o'clock. They dawdled over dinner, Lucy Brandreth enveloped herself in soft lurs, the snowy whiteness round her little throat made her unusually pretty. She drank her coffee standing by the fire until the moment of their start CHAPTEB IL Tbe cirens was crowded and the audience wa3 easily pleased and very enthusiastic; the place resounded with the clapping of hands. It was not a very grand circus, the velvet and gold and spangles had seen better days, the clown was not so young as he had been, but the good-natured world received his time-honored jokes with applause. Elsie Condor was always popular. She bounded in with her little circus-rider curtsey, kiss ing the tips of her fingers. One light spring on to the saddle of old Sambo, the gray horse, and away she went round the arena, up, down, flying through the hoops, uttering little shrill cries, all in exact time and with great spirit, her great bush of golden hair flying out all around her, no wonder that when she stopped, slipped down off old Sambo's back, and curtsied herself ont, they all applauded madly. And now the clown began tumbling about, filling up the time joking endlessly the moment had arrived for the event of the night In the state box, radiant in her pearls and snowy furs, Lucy Brandeth sat, the bright flush ot mingled excitement and fear on her cheek. Sir Maxwell Bede, with hla thin hatchet face and curious keen eyes, was stroking his chin thoughtfully ana waiting for the great interest of the whols performance. Did he fancy there was some unwonted delay, that the clown's jokes were beroming exhausted? At nil events, the people's feet were beginning to stamp impatiently on the floor, and the clown pretended that the lion was coming and got up a semblance of ter ror which made them all laugh. There was a tent at the back of the circus in which the riders dressed, and here, dressed in his close fitting tunic and spangles, the lion tamer sat He was coughing a low cough which seemed to rack him through and throngh. He laid his hand on his chest, he drew deep breaths, the pain of which brought thick beads ot perspiration on his brow; one nerve less hand rested on bis wife's shoulder. Elsie knelt beside him in the sawdust, her golden hair pushed back, her arms twined round him her great blue eye3 looking at him, full of the yearning anxiety of her passionate love. Tenderly she smoothed back the thick hair, damp and glued to gether, from his brow. "My darling, my darling, can you do it? Oh, heaven! mast it go on like this?" "Wait," he said, "wait, my .breath is coming back." It was coming back, the paroxysm of coughing was over. "1 am better," hs said. He leaned his head back against one of the tent supports, his breathing' became easier, his eyes were closed, he had a look ot great exbanstiou. Elsie rose to her feet and brought him a small flask containing brandy, and he swal lowed it with difficulty. Outside rose up a roar of impatience, a storm of hissing and rattling on the ground. "I must go." he said, rising to his feet She threw her arms round him, she clung to him lovingly. The curtain was pushed aside, and the clown came in. "I can't keep it going any longer, old chap. The governor has gone on to ask for silence, and the men have begun to roll up the cages. Don't take on so, dear," he said to Elsie, as a sharp shudder went through her. "Look how much better he looks now. Here. Will." he added anxiously, "I bor rowed Jenny's rouge. Give him a touch. See, Elsie, you understand these things bet ter tnan I do; touch him up. Do you re member the notice in the Bessborough Journal; it said he was whiteas a sheet, and the govenordid not like it" "Stoop down, my darling," murmured Else. "I will give you a color, so. Now don't forget. Will! Willi keep your eye on Dion, he is growing fierce." "I must go," siid Will, his death-lika pallor showing even through the rouge. "Stop!" exclaimed the clown, looking at him fixedly. "Stop! you are not fit to go. Give over to-night and I'll go and play tha fool and get the governor to get you off." "No, no, friend," said Will. "Nonsense! the cages are on. Good-bye, sweet love." He stooped and kissed her lightly. She pnt out no hands to stay him, he must not be stopped now. Tbe moment had come. He went out Elsie flung herself on her knees bv the bench; she thrust her hands into her hair in wild abandonment, twisting it round and round. "Heaven help ns, child, what is it?" said the old clown, seating himself by her. "Is it always like this?" She nodded; herwhole brain was absorbed in the gony of listening. She could hear every far-off soft footfall ol her husband's leet as be crossed into the arena. The old clown bent down and spoke in a whisper: "Elsie! has he lost his nerve?" She turned her ashen face to his and nodded again, then returned to her absorbed fearful listening. The manager of the circus had as usual paved the way for Condor's appearance. "Ladies and gentlemen, to you who have honored us by your presence here to-nighi, we appeal to ask ot your Icindness a great favor. The renowned lion tamer, Signor Guglielmo Cordovino, will now go through his unique performance in the lion's den. His power over them is such that he can go in, handle thrm like dogs, lie down with his head on the shouldero: the gigantic African monarch, Dion. Bnt I must ventuie to point out to vou that to insure the absolute safety of our famous performer, a pro 'ound silence on the part of the audience is not only desirable, but essential. Ladies and gentlemen, deeply as we valua your applause, until this performance is at an end we beg that you will manifest no sign oi feeling. In some cases, where the lions are miserable cowed brutes, this precaution may not ba necessary, but it is not so with our lions. They are the veritable desert monarchs, the mighty kings of the forest; they are power ful as in their native freedom; in their mightiness only to be constrained by the su perior will of man." With a profound bow the manager with drew, and a breathless silence reigned in tha whole vast arena. The huge cages filled the space. The au dience were faithful, with bated breath they stared and made no sign of applause. There were five lions altogether; two of them seemed asleep, two restlessly roamed from side to side, backward and forward, with a well-learnt experience of the limits of their space and the spot on which it behoeved them, to turn. One huge fellow lay close to the bars, bis great head between his paws, tha only sign of life about him being in tha gleam of his eye. Lucy Brandreth shrank closer to her hus- band. There was no one to see, so hs put his arm round her and held her band fast, lor she was trembling. Sir Maxwell Bede was leaning forward, his eyes fixed on the opepiug through which the lion tamer must come. All eyes were strained on the same spot, whenlightly, easily, moying with the grace m
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