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SECOND PART.
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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