VEBBUBi sa w ;& & ' m: THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. PITTSBURG-, SATUBDAY, AUGUST 2, 1890. 1 r SECOND PaRT. i ' T FOR BETTER WATER, A Movemsnt on the Southside to In troduco a Resolution in Coun cils for an Investigation. PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD SOOll When the Qnestio Will he Disenssed From All Standpoints With a Tie of Solrlng the Knotty Problem. TEE MOTE A TEKI COKSEETATITB OXE. Bigritfitfor Qaility aid Quantity, Etgaraltsi tf thi Water Company. A move has been started on the South side by wnich some definite action may be taken on the water question. It is proposed to hold meetings in the different -wards, or one mass meeting and the citizens join in asking Councils to appoint a councilmanic investigation committee to inquire into the, quantity and quality ol the water lurnished to the Southside. It is proposed to have a resolution to this effect presented in Coun cils at an early date. A meetins- will be held in the Twenty-' ninth ward next Tuesday night to start the ball rolling, and if no action is theu taken another meeting will be called and well ad vertised. It will not be a direct fight against the Monongahela Water Company It will be a bold stand for pure water and plenty of it, no matter whom the shoe fits or in what way the boon is obtained. Mr. Stengel, Superintendent ot the water company, ad mits that the water is not "as palatable as it might be," but sys that the Almighty is to blame for this fact and the water com pany cannot change the water in the river. COalFLAXXTS TBOM THE HILL. Just at present there is a large howl com ing from residents of the hill districts. The water company say that in as short time as possible the hill residents will be amply supplied. The company are now laying a 20-inch main from their hilltop pumping station along the hill to Duquesne Heights. A member of the water company said a short time since that they would not take up the 10-inch main on the Hill, but would ke:p it as a reserve line. A 30-inch main will be put down lrom the river pumping stntion to the upper one. It was also prom ised that a series of tankk would be bnilton Mt. Washington, and some kept filled as a reserve supply. The trouble in tearing up the mains has left the Hill without water, but the company promises that this will soon be over. That the company has promised to give relief to the hill residents is placed to their credit by the movers in the present agita tion, but the kick is that the work does not seem to progress and that no pi o vision bas been made lor a break iu the line while being built, or since complaints have first began to pour in frota the bills. Jtjt main tained that they are under contract to sup ply the hill with sufficient water at all times and it contingencies arise they must keep up the supply even if they are put to big expense. BAD DEINEXNG -WATEE. There have been numerous complaints on the lower Southside about the lack of lorce and scarcity or water, but the great kick now is against the quality ot the fluid dished out daily. It is also -claimed that the company have pumped the water direct into the mains. Thework of the committee will be to in quire into these questions and try and find home means by which the Southside can be supplied with water. The citizens do .not care whether the city or the Monongahela Water Company lufnishes the water so long as it is pcre and there is plenty of it. The committee may suggest some way ont of the difficulty to "the Water Committee and then see that it is carried out If they find that the company has not lived up to its contract with the city, then will be time for action to have the city supply water lrom its own reservoirs. Ii the committee should decide th.it the committee has lived up to their contract, then it will be their duty tc shift around for another means of giviugtheSonthiide water. Itisnot proposed that the fight of five years ago shall be re peated, but that, all knowing the condition oi Southside water and the tacts in the case, snail set about iu a conservative manner to find a remedy. THE PUBLIC TO ACT. A preliminary meeting will be called by members of the Taxpayers Association of the Twenty-ninth ward for next Tuesday night. Either at this meeting or a subse quent one a resolution will be drawn up and arrangements made to have it presented in Councils. The latter action may be taken tt a public meeting, but it is proposed to start the ball moving in some manner as mil be decided on later. It is sa.d that the Southside and West Knd Councilmen, and in fact all of the Southside citizens will stick together on the water question, as it concerns all alike. The Wist End and Southside Counciimen sometimes clash on some subjects, but it is cait! noti.in ot tne kind will occur in this iisstiuce. It is also thought that there will lie no tronblc among the city members of Councils in having the resolution passed, as the p-urcrs will be only to investigate the qucs.ion thoroughly and report to Councils, when .cti.m cau then be taken, based on the coiuai.ttee's report. In this way it is thought that Councils cn art intelligently on the Southside water question, and not tate the reports or com plaints ot ii.dividuals or the papers wholly as li'oir criterion. Tne people ot the Soutli MJc are thoroughly aroused on the question of iw ctter water supply, and they are as sured that the present initiatory to obtain tl.c ashed for boon is not merely boy-play, nut business from the word go. A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. Fred Gearing has a suggestion to offer wh.cn he thins will Jnrtush a solution to the pnzslinc question. His idea is increase the number 01 reservoirs and allow the water to settle always before being pumped into the mams. Hesaid: 'Philadelphia has t afresot watcr in reservoirs always on hand. There are 32 pairs of reservoirs. Ine water m the Schuvlkill river is oftcu more muddy than the 'Monongahela, and still they have good water in Philadel- V"- .,Vy' X "w ,10 Ulre water in the bchnylkill river than in Sawmill run, and as muddy and dirty as well still by the perfect system of allowing it to settle and then filter the water is good. What is wanted on the Southside is a regular series of large reservoirs, so that the water can have time to settle and then be siphoned lrom one to another." John Keminler tboughtthat water might be brought from the streams and springs up the Monongahela valley. Hi ,dea is to dam the small streau.s and supply the central main by mams from each of the dams. He said the city would have to tackle the question of an outside water .supply soon aud the tlmcuas ripe for tne Southside to kick with a loud voice. TEE TERMS OP THE COiTCACT. Alderman Beinhauer, who was a member cf the last Investigation Committee, is fully up ou the water question. He sas that the contract between the city and tl.eMonnnga hela Water Company has not been lived up to by the city. In proof ef this he showed one clause of the printed contract which says that the city shall supply the mains on the Southside already laid with city water. This bas not been done. AldermanBeinhaur,CouncilmenBrewster andBenz, as well as all of the members of the Twenty-ninth Ward Taxpayers Protective Association, are pledged to do all in their power to obtain a better water supply for the Southside, and will do so. The present move will differ from the last one made a few years ago, as it was directly antagonistic to the water company, and the charge was made that their contract had been broken. The proposed investigation will be more conservative and far-reaching, having for its object the betterment of the Water supply of the Southside, regardless of corporations. It will be a humane move. Interviews could be obtained-without end on the water question and complaints from prominent men and manufacturers about an inadequate supply and muddy water, but they have been repeated so often they have lost in interest. The only question now is, What is to be done in the matter? This conclusion U what led to the present move being started and a search for an answer will be the end sought by the prime movers. CIRCUS MENJN A ROW. FIERCE FIGHT BETWEEN EMPLOYES OF RIVAL SHOWS. A Bloody Encounter at the Csnclnilun of the Performance Mexicans and Cowboy Dllxed Up la the Fracas A Cleveland i, Man Bndly Cm. Stbacuse, August 1. The Tririn Bros, and Washburn & Arlington circuses both gave two performances here yesterday. The bitter rivalry between the two combinations ended in a bloody encounter at the conclu sion of the afternoon performances. Con nected with the Washburn show was a band of Mexicans and cowboys, who got into trouble with the Irwin men. The tents of the rivals were pitched only a few blocks apart The affray occurred on the grounds of the Irwins. The quarrel began over a dog and ended by half a dozen men of each show taking a Land. Clubs, tent stakes, knives, and razors were some of the weapons. A great deal of blood was spilled before the patrol wagon arrived. All of the Mexicans escaped for the time being and only four ar rests were made. ' George Baxter, of Cleveland; received six cuts with a razor and will probably die from tho effects of a wound across the abdomen. Perry Sleiter, of Chicago, a canvasman, was terribly cut about the head and James Ellison, of New York, had both hands cut. Baxter was removed to a hospital and the others are at police headquarters. There were at least a dozen engaged in the fight, and all were more or leu hurt. Each side lays the blame on the other. Irwin's men swear vengeance on the Mexi cans and cowboys beiore they leave town and trouble is feared. The Washburn men have asked for the protection of the police in loading their cars. The proprietors of each show are doing all they can to prevent any further hostilities, although they are at sword's points in their opposition to etch other in the way of business. Their routes are similar through the State. SHUTTING OUT THE QUACKS. Dr. Foster Tells What Legislation Physi cians Will Ask For Ther Want State Examining; Board and a National Law. It is probable that the next school term of the Western Pennsylvania. Medical College will be three instead of two years, as has been the rule in the past. The cause of the change in the laws governing the institu tion, thereby making the time longer for medical students before they can graduate, is the attitude of the best physicians throughout the State to keep "quacks" out of the business. A meeting of all the presidents of the different county medical societies in Penn sylvania has been called for some time next month at Cresson Springs, to take action against incompetent practitioners. It is probable that the meeting will advocate a law for the establishment of a State board of medical examiners, and every physician desiring to practice must first pass an ex amination before the board. Dr. W. S. Foster, of Wylie avenue, is a member of the State Legislative Committee, and in speaking about the matter yesterday said: "For several years there has been a dis position on the part of physicians of this State to have a law passed governing those who prescribe. medicines and drugs (or people. Several times we tried to get some legislation, but did not succeed. At the last meeting of the State Medical Society some action was taken by the creation of the Legislative Committee. At present we have very loose laws, and our idea is to piotect the public as well as ourselves. The graduates of any chartered col lege in Pennsylvania are entitled to prac tice, but a graduate ot a college outside the State must b examined by the faculty of a Pennsylvania college before he is given permission to practice. All he has to do then is to register at the Pro thonotary's office, and after doing this can sail out as a full-fledged doctor. If the law was passed it would take the matter out of the hands of the colleges. The latter hurry them through and turn them out as gradu ates, in some cases, long before they should. The difference is that a graduate ot a Penn svlvania college has the advantage on ac count of not having to be examined, while an outsider has. "A great many of the best physiciaus in the State say Congress should pass a law making it a national measnre. Each State now bas its own laws and one conflicts with another. If wc had a national law requir ing graduates to be examined, it would be the proper thing." DOWNED THE POOLSELLEBS. Judge Baker, ot Cuicaco, Mnkn an Impor tant Declilaa Acalnat Tbem. Chicago, August J. The pool room fight has come to an end. The downtown pool room keepers have come to the conclu sion that the law is certainly against them and they will close up their rooms to-night This determination was reached, it is said, ns the result of a decision by Judge Baker this morning. One of the downtown pool sellers, to make a test case, refused to pay when fined lor pool selling and was sent to jail. On an habeas corpus appeal, Judpe Biker held that he was properly fined and dismissed tho writ. In rendering his decision, Judge Eater expressed the opinion that the law under which Ed. Corrigan claims the right to cell pools at his West Side track is unconstitu tional. If this opinion should prove cor rect, it will be necessary for not only pool rooms in town, but those at the track to close. MTT.K TO BE KO BEABEB. Oa Account of tho Scarcity ol Ice and Its TJnuioally Ulnb Price. The scarcity of water, both in liquid and congealed form, will not affect the price of 1 milk in this city, as it is doingin some other cities. According to a tour made yesterday, of the leading milk supply companies, no increase in the price will be made, although some or them are experiencing considerable difficulty in procuring ice with which to keep the milk alter it is shipped to them. The farmers very lew of them depend upon ice in this section, so tbey are not in convenienced by the scarcity, and the milk they send in is equal in quality to that of any other year's supply. Tne curing) is done with cool epring water, and very little sour milk has been received by the deallre. except on the days of heavy thufder sh owers, which always has a souring ffect upon milk. THE INSECT PESTS. Various Little Creatures That De stroy the Fruit Trees, THEIR NATURE AHD QUEER HABITS Only Timely Attention Can Cheek Thtir DestrnctlTe Work. HOW TO SATE OECHAEDS FBOM EUIN From the annual report recently made to the President of the Board of Agriculture by Mr. Charles Whitehead, F. L. 8., F. G. S.,,dwellers in the country can glean "tips" about insects which, if followed, shonld lead to the gathering of more plentiful crops fiom farm, orchard and garden than is often the case. For 3Jd the report as the book sellers say, "copiously illustrated" may be obtained lrom Messrs. Eyre and Bpottis woode. It gives details of the life-history of many widely-known insect and fungous pests, with details of remedies for their ravages, and, still better, how to prevent their appearance altogether. We reproduce some of the illustrations, and a few particu lars of insects which Seek not alone the rose's glowing breast Tbe lily's dainty enp, the violet's lips, but by skirmishing in tbe kitohen-garden and in the fields induce the harassed country wight to answer Mr. Mallock's famous query very decidedly iu the negative. Onions may not be a subject in good odor, but, at tbe same time, the protection of a land 2 The plum aphis (winged and wing less females: both magnified). 8 The plum borer (magnified). crop of tbe redolent bulb is often a serious matter. The onion fly, a formidable gentle man, whose portrait is here given, last season caused infinite mischief among onions allowed to grow large for bulbing purposes. In these the larva) feed on the heart of the bulb aud render it rotten, though it bears no outward sign of ill-being. Tbe leaves become withered and discolored, and, if gently pulled, come away from the bulbs. The fly is the lourth of an inch long. It is of a gray or reddish-gray color, with whitish face and pale gray " wings. We have not space to enter 'into the subjeot with tbe admirable minuteness of the report, bnt may point out briefly that the exhibition of gas, lime, soft soap, soot and guano are recommended for dislodging the visitor and svringing with carbolic acid or paraffin Is also productive of results. THE. AFFLE BEETLE. From onions to apples. The apple bark beetle (Xyleoorus dispar), once roused, like melodramatic villains, is quite without mercy. Ten acres of young oaks in Olden burg'were nothing to it. In fact, finding all Germany too cramped an area, the tribe has recently sent advance agents over to this country with orders to report on the supply of apple, plum, peach and- other trees. A The apple hark beetle (magnified and natural size; male above, female below). young tree attacked by these beetles, which bore into the stem, rarely recovers, as they penetrate into its main stem, causing a flow of sap, and live upon its juices, or, as some hold, upon its pith. The pest must be really serious when It once gets well established, for even Mr. Whitehead fails to sav much more than that trees attacked should be re morselessly eut down and burnt. The mnstard beetle, alias Black Jack, alias Fhssdon betulte.4s also put In tbe docfc, charged with teiious pillages of mus tard crops in Lincolnshire and Cambridge shire last year. An alibi set up, seeking to confound the tnrnip flea with the mnstard beetle, is showu to be as little trustworthy as alibis often are. The turnip flea jumps Black Jack does not bnt he,toils pa tiently on, with battalions of his fellows, leaving nothing but stems and stalks ot' mustard, turnip, kohl-rabi,thousand-hejded kale, rape, and other crops. Paraffin cau be applied hopefully iu the early stages of an attack. An offensive smell or taste im parted to the leaves by means of soft soap 1 The mustard beetle (magnified and natural size). 2 Tbe apple blossom beetle (magnified and natural ize). might decrease the activity of the beetle, or rout them altogether. Alter au attack all stems should be burnt or plowed into the land. Details of many another insect plague, which, like Keal's grasshopper, seeks a rest from his devastations "at case beneath some pleasant weed," are set out in Mr. White head's report, but we have only room for the mention of a few more. There is tho applo blossom beetle, for example. Last summer this insect, which both flics and runs, was most destructive. HABITS OF THE INSECT. When the first spring weather comes these beetles emerge iu shoals from their winter retreats under the bark of apple and other trees, or under stones, ciod, and rub bish neir, where they have been hiding in beetle form. The females Jay eggs in the lower parts of the calyces of the developing blossoms. From the eggs larva; come, white, and in course of time cream colored,and feed upon the buds, lying curled up in them in the form ot a haw. After about 12 days, by which time they have completely spoiled tbe buds, they turn to chrysalids, and then tj beetles, tshich feed upon the leaves until the autumn, retiring then into winter quar ters. Applications of hot lime, quassia and other delectable snbstances are recommend ed a remedies, as well as lime-wash and par affin. Poor Anthonomus pomorum I The plum aphis, which, duly magnified, presents tbe formidable appearance here figured, was very plentiful in the last fruit season in many orchards, plantations and gardens, and not only checked the produc tion and growth of plums and damsons, uut spoilt the appearance of much ripe iruit with its filth and honey dew. It remained un usually late in the season, quite until the last plums were picked. It is found on the plum, damson, peach and apple trees, and must not be confounded with the bop aphis, The onion fly (magnified and natural size). which is seen on tbe plum and damson trees in the autumn in tbe winged and wing less female form, and in the egg form throughout tbe winter, and in the early spring in the winged state. 70 KILL THE AFHIS. To combat the pest, the trees should he washed or syringed, after the blossom has fallen and the fruit is set, with a mixture of soft soap and quassia; 8 or 9 pounds of soap and the extract of 6 or 1 pounds of quassia to 100 gallons. Paraffin may be used with the quassia, or separately. This may be put on in orchards with hop-washing ma chines. Here is the portrait of "a pretty little beetle," which under the lens becomes suffi ciently ferocious to form a fitting conclusion to our investigations the plum-borer. Canon Fowler, well-known as a coleopterist, is of opinion that these species, in common with Bynchites Bacchus and auratus, at tacks newly formed plums. It has been thought that the damage was occasioned by the caterpillars of a moth of the Carpocap sida? family, but tbe attack is earlier aud of a different character. The caterpillars of the moth are found in the ripe, or ripening, plums, while the larvx of the beetles appear soon after the plums are formed. It is hoped that more observations mar be made concerning this insect. It would seem that picking up and destroying all the Iruit that falls is a good method of prevention. Also to dig and hoe the ground round about the trees in plantations, and apply caustic sub stances. The grass near trees in orchards should be kept short and lime applied, or paraffin-saturated earth, ashes, or sawdust. Without doubt, these insects, or many nf them, though thev can fly, crawl up the fruit-trees to lay their eggs upon the plums and damsons. Pall Mall Budget. THE HARRISON COTTAGE. SON RUSSELL SAYS HIS FATHER PAID CASH FOR IT. Unwilling; to Accept Ibo Home n a Gift No eUntcmept to Slako Abont the Nary land Properly Tbe Trantacttoa Nobody's BnInr. New Tobk, August 1. Mr. Bussell Harrison was interrogated to-day concern ing the Harrison family cottage at Cape May Point. He said: "I really do not care to speak of the mat ter, for I consider that the private affairs of my family are subjects which do not con cern the public. However, in view of the conflicting statements that have appeared concerning the cottage, a few facts in refer ence to the matter may not be out of place. "When tbe gentlemen visited Washing ton with the deed of the cottage it was the first intimation that tbe President had of their intention to make such a gift. After tbey had explained their mission and their wishes in the matter, he said to them firmly, bnt courteously, that while he appreciated their kind intentions, he could not accept the cottage as a present, and those who called upon him understood then that his decision was final. He stated, however, that in view ot the fact that they had made preparations for the family to occupy the cottage, he would arrange for tbem to go there, and would determine later on whether he would rent tbe cottage or make a pur chase of it. This arrangement was satisfac tory to tbe gentlemen. "After having occupied the cottage for a time, my mother was so pleased with it that the President decided to make a purchase of it. The deed of the cottage to my mother was made withont consultation with the Presi dent, and both he and iny mother were una ware of this action until the visit to Wash ington. At the original interview with the Philadelphia gentlemen at the White House, the President concluded that if he did not make purchase of the cottage it should be deeded back and rented for the seasou. Payment has been made for the cottasre and" accepted. From the time tbe cottage matter was first bronght to the Pres ident's attention it has been considered as a business mutter." The reporter inquired of Mr. Harrison if he desired to make any statemnnt in refer ence to the purchase of property by the Har rison family, of real estate in Maryland. Mr. Harrison replied: "J have no statement to make, and none is uecessarj. The property was purchased for an investment and lies entirely in Mary land, outside of tbe District of Columbia. Lying inside of the District of Columbia, it is subject to no action by Congress or the juistrict commissioners, xne property standing in my mother's name is owned by her father, Dr. Scott, He wished it deeded to mv mother for the simple reason that he is now a very old man over 90 years of age and wished, in case of death, to have her make disposition of it rather than to have a will or an adminis trator. "These are matters of domestic detail not usually disenssed publicly, but a number of papers have printed such false statements that it is perhaps well that a few facts should be known. My mother never gave any interview for publication, and she in forms me that he has never made any of the statement about the gift of the cottage at tributed to her." HIBERNATING ANIMALS. Proofr of the Bcllrf Tbnt Tiiey So Not Itrrnlbr During Ttielr nlrep New York Ledger. Bespiration is almost wholly suspended during hibernation of animals. To- prove this, a bat was placed iu a vessel so con trived, that any absorption ot. air which might take place could be readily ascer tained. The animal was allowed to remain a whole night in the vessel, and when the contained air was examined, no alteration conld be perceived in it. On other occa sions, however, when the bat was aroused lor a little time from Its lethargy, air was consumed, and its amount was always in exact proportion to the length of time in which the animal was kept in a stato of ac tivity. Additional evidence is afforded by the fact, that the temperature of animals in this state accurately follows that of the atmos phere around them. .When theteniperature tell in the air, it was found to lall in the animal also, and. vice versa. It is well known that in the act of respiration, the air absorbed by the lungs gives out a quantity ot heat to the system, and thus raises its temperature above thst of,, the atmosphere m all ordinary circumstances. ROGHJJFOBT IN EXILE. A Dispatch Correspondent Penetrates f the Agitator's Quarters. AGE BEAUTIPY1KG HIS PHYSIQUE, Bat .Not Changing the Yiews of This Odd Aristocrat-Plebeian. HE DECLINES TO DISCDSS E0ULANG1SM rcoBBxsroxDENCE or TUB SISFi.TCn.1 London, July 20. The house known as 23 York Terrace, Beeent's Park, is well guarded. There is a Cerberus in the shape of a rather pretty blonde housemaid with blue eyes, a Teutonic accent and an oblong brooch bearing the inscription "Geneve" worked in black hair on a white ground, who scans unknown visitors who come ask ing for M. Bochefort, at times politely in forming them that "monsieur is out" when it is patent to' the meanest comprehension that monsieur is iu. Then yon are in a dilemma; if yon don't speak French this girl won't understand you; if you do, and moreover speak it well, she seems inclined to think you must be some spy from Paris; some emissary to that personal foe to Messrs. Bochefort, Boulanger & Company, named Constans. Altogether, I am convinced that I shonld never have gained access to the great rad ical journalist, now in exile in London, were it not for the fact that I am personally known to him and several years back saw not a little of him in Paris. A letter re calling these particulars had the effect ot enabling me to penetrate at length into the heart of M. Bocheiort's dwelling. BOCHEFOBT'S AST TBEASUBES. My welcome was as cordial as I could wish. I was calling on him without any desire to ask him important questions on politics and simply for a desultory chat with one of the most remarkable journalists of the day, and so Boulanger, Constans, President Carnot and the possibility of tbe present Government lasting in France, or the prospect of M. Bochefort and his co-. exiles returning to their native land were not the rubject of our conversation, as my host showed me round his house and pressed me to join him at his French 12 o'clock breakfast. What we did speak of was art and artists, English traits of character, the illnessof Madame SarnbBernbardt and other news of tbe dav. I watched closely his marked and mobile countenance ,wbile we migrated from the blue room to tbe brown and examined the picture ot which Boche fort is intensely proud and which afford him such perennial delight. These canvasses for the most part camo over the channel with, or after him, lrom that pretty little hotel in the Cite Malesherbes in Paris which be must still regret. Sinie of them, and by no means the least valuable, bave been bought by him here in London at sales or in the dusty back rooms o.' little old curios ity shops in Wardouror Hanway streets. Then there were the bric-a-brac and strange weapons to be handled and admired, the hangings of silk aud satin to be delicately caressed between finger and thumb aud held to the light lor the better appreciation of the subtle, laded shades. QBOtVINO HANDSOME WITH AGE. Ardor, and a rather noble ardor, is the keynote ol Bochefort's nature. He is not a little changed since the days when I first saw him, a tall, cadaverous, lantern-jawed man, with his hair intensely black and frizzled to almost negro tigntness. Those were tbe Lanlcrne days 22 years ago. Bochefort since theu has "filled out" greatly, and the face, with its striking tquare-hewn leatures, the firm chin, the nose of commanding shape, the slightly bulging brow expressing obstinacy, and the mouth shaded by a 'medium-sized white mustache with curled points, with the peculiar pallor of the whole, looks massive enough for marble. Boche.ort is decidedly a baudsomer man at bU than he was at 40. The hair, in becoming white, has gained au agreeable effect oi soltness. It stands erect, as before, in two frizzled tufts on either side of the parting, but it now makes one think of a Marquis of the old regime, instead of an intellectual mulatto, as it did during its dark ages' ere the Commune and New Cale donia bad passed over the owner's devoted head. Black and bright as ever, though, are the eyes; close-set eyes, a peculiarity which Bochefort bimselr, as he has said in one of his novels, cousideis to be a token of strength of will. The strength of will exists in his case, at ail events; or rather, as I should prefer to call it, the energy ot tem perament. For Bocheiort has had MANY THINGS AGAINST HIM in his eager, combative, chequered ex istence, lrom the time of his teens, when be had to scribble countless snippets of brilliant drollery and wit in little insienifi cant Paris papers iu order to eke out the most meager living, to the troublous days ot the siege and the Government ot National Dcieuse, when he suffered not a little through his country's wretched reverses, for Bocheiort is at heart a true patriot and not by any means the mere epicurean stepuc wnicn many people Pave supposed or pretended. Through the Commune, tuo, with its fierce discussions, its deceptions, anxieties and final bloodshed, distasteful to none more than to this kindly fastidious man ot the world whom circumstances led at that date in tho annals ot France to play a sectarian part. Then, the dread of a death sentence at the hands of the Ver sailles Court, which was daily sending victims to be shot down, that danger averted the doom of transportation lor life, the romantic escape at last, tbe return to'dear Paris and politics once more, and finally now in exile again. For all bisgood spirits, aud the liking he expresses lor me finer and moie cheerful leatures oi lus London life of to-day, I consider that Bochefort is not at present a very happy man. He feels this renewal ot the period of banishment, that state which the Frenchmen of all others most fears and abhors. TJiere was a ring of true pathos in his voice as he Quoted Victor Hugo's line: 'OhI n' exilcz personnel oh, 1' exit est impiei" and told me that he had never before felt the fbrce of this sentiment so keenly and profoundly as now. YOUNGSTERS IMITATING HIM. "Ah yes, Constans," I began fondly fancyins'l inicht provoke the exiled jour nalist into some characteristic ebullition of resentment against the high-handed Prime Miuister who, morally speaking, broke the Dacu ot tne Bomangist party through the sentence which the High Court passed just about a year ago. But "Ooiistanj? il n'a fait que son metier." was Bocheiort's philosophic rejoinder and then he glided off into eulogy oi his lavonte Hugo, intormlng me that he knew fully fi.OCO of Hugo's verses by heart "I am not surprised to hear it," I remarked, "seeing that in nine out or every ten of jour articles for L Intransl geant Hugo makes his appearance." "Yes, bnt you know I don't always write tbem," he said, with a smile; "mere are two or three of my young men who imitate my style so well that, ma foi, if ever I haven't time to get up my article here and have it wired I sometimes let theu do it 'or me over there. But being of course more royalist than the King thev never lail io stick in a bit or Hugo. The Inltantigeant, however, is doing us n ell as ever in spite of the Hugo quotations. The sales this year are better than ,we have had before. No, don t ask me what I think of the pres- J you know we have stipulated, tbt we were cuk uu iuiure nrosnects ot Bonlaniriim. not to talk about politics; besides what do you care at the present day aboutBoulanger and Boulangism? Tout ca, e'est de l'hit toire ancienne." SNUGLY FIXED IN LONDON. "I am beautifully situated here, you see," my host went on once again, changing his theme"I think the Beeent's Park is oue ot the finest In the world. I like the higher classes of English society very much. I can understand now what 'cet animal de Napo leon IIL' meant when he said he thought the best life in the world superior even to a monarch's, was that of an English country gentleman. Of course it is sometimes a lit tle dull forme here. I drive out a good deal, when it is fine, with my niece and with friends bnt I don't much care to see people from Paris, especially if tbey are connected with politics. His involuntary air of distaste as hp uttered these words immediately recalled to my mind the scenes in Paris some 10 or 12 years back when he returned to France after the general amnesty and his Intramigeant was started. It was incumbent on him then to attecd at least some of the political "meetings" of the kind where incendiary cobblers shout themselves hoatse with de mands for the blood of all the members of the Government at one fell blow, and agi tators iu blouses, most of them probably spies, begin bv yelling "Vive 1'Anarcb.le" or "Vive la Bevolutiou Sociale," and end by getting stamped into a jelly by courage ous citizens, who are singularly fond of fighting a hundred to one. Bochefort at these meetings was covered with acclama tions and applause from the moment he ap peared, and in response to whatsoever he might say; but it was amusing to observe how he wouldetruggle against his instinc tive feelings of disgust at hisenvironmenf, and the alacrity with which he would sidle away at tbe earliest opportunity, uttering broken exclamations, such as "Citizens, ex cuse me my journal my article time presses believe me, I am with you, hut I must tear myself away." A STEANGE 'CHABACTBB. The most singular thing of all was that he really did believe that he was "with them," and has gone on laboring under that delusion ever since. This descendant of Marquises, patrician to his finger tips and in his every fiber, imagines himself a Democrat of the deepest dye. lie is a humanitarian, nothing more; a man of highly aristocratic nature and of great nitive intelligence, though with singularly little capacity for self-analysis, who taucies that because he feels for the hardships and what may perhaps be called the wrongs of the people, he must therefore necessarily be "of the people" himself. Many persons of a naturally plebeian stamp have imagined themselves to be aristocratio by nature; it is much more rare to find an aristocrat by blood and feeling' who suppose, himself iu good faith to be a plebeian. Bnt these are things which, of course, one cannot think ot aaying to Bochefort personally, and I do not even venture to tell him how much more elegant and distinguished he some how appears to-day than he did when he was living among his Anarchical co-relig-ionaries in Paris. Bochefort, the man of leisure in London, has a perceptibly differ ent tone from Boche'brt, the extravagant politician in Paris. And so my senses of this latter fact tak ing shape, merely of a warm compliment upon his look of excellent health and spirits. I leave him and depart; obtaining, as I move away, just one evanescent glimpse of Bochefort's brunette niece in pink with white-lined parasol, returning in company with a dog of, tbe "animated door mat" species from a visit or a stroll. MacLeod. A'EACE CT THE AIB. now n Quail Encnped a Hnwliby Superior Speed on the Wins;. Boston Globe Although hawks are popularly supposed to fly faster than all other birds, tbey are, in fict, outstripped by many much inferior in size to themselves. I saw a goshawk strike a quail on the ground, and when, after a short struggle, the latter tore itself away from its enemy's talons and flew straight across a wide meadow field, there was a fair contest of swiftness. The hawk started apparently about 10 or 12 feet behind, and darted like an arrow after its victims, whose life depended on speed. I expected to see a short race, but was pleasantly disappointed when the quail began to gain slowly but surely, and at last dashed like a bullet into a haystack, where it satelv hid itself from its savage pursuer. I noted that the flight of the quail in its dire extremity was as noiseless as that of an owl. its wings making not the slightest hint of that loud Whirring so characteristic ofits ordinary flight. The race was indicative nf intense, concentrated, absolutely utmost effort. A BUEGLAB IK HER BOOM. A Frightened Woman Leaps From a Win dow and l Badly Hart. LotvelIi, August 1. Annie Gray, living in tbe Bartlett block ou William street, woke and found aa man in her room at 11:30 o'clock last uight and jumped from the window, 25 feet from tbe ground. She broke a leg and suffered concussion of the spine. She was taken to St. John's Hos pital, and to-night she is in a critical condi tion. Becoming conscious that someone was in theroom she put out her hand and felt his legs as he was crawling under tbe bed. Then she sprang from the bed and through the open window. It is stated that tbe man escaped lrom tbe premises in tbe same manner that he had rained access to the roam, from a neighbor ing shed. STOLE HEB BEAUTIFUL TRESSES, Pretty Manila Gniely the Victim of n Mji terioui Womar. Jebsey City, N. J., August 1. The young ladies of this city who pride them selves ou the possession of a luxuriant head of hair are staying indoors these times or go on the streets with tresses carelully con cealed beneath their hats. This condition of affairs was brought about by the advent ure of Miss Mamie Gately and her siUer Katie, who were out walking on Tuesday evening. Just as the two girls had passed an alley an unknown woman leaped out, and before the cirls could escape the long braid of jet black hair hanging from tbe bead of Mamie Gately was clipped off close to the scalp. The police are at work on the affair, but the woman disappeared so mysteriously that she left no clew. KEEPING UP THE PACE. Thirteen Frrruita far Hnadiome Building Wrro Issued Yesterday. Thirteen permits were issued by the In spector of Buildings yesterday, the most important being ac. follows: To William Buckeisen for u five-stnry brick store on Sixth street, to cost 58.000. B. Srrumpton, two-story brick dwelling on Amber street, Second ward, to cost j,000; Charles Bust, two-story brick dwelling at the corner of Kearkarue street nnd Virginia avenue, to cost 4,300; David B. Torreiice, twrtrgfory frame dwelling ou Bertha street, Thirty-second ward, to cost 51,700. HUBLED TO DEATH. A Ocrmantown Woman Tjiics Her Life on a Tcbiscan slide. Wilmington. Del., August 1. Mrs. Emily Scanlon, oi Germantown. Philadel phia, was instantly killed this afternoon by being thrown out of a car on the toboggan slide at Brandywlne Springs, Del. Mrs. Scanlon's child and two others were also .1. nM.n nnf Itlltthiil. .w. n .n.4 imli .. . .... .1.1. exception ot the child, who was slightly in jured. ' J TBANSLATED "It's a strange idea, inviting us to his father's house this evening. Why, the chances are even that old man Wallholm will turn us out of the house like so many children!" "You are right, Gib, the old gentleman will not tolerate visitors on anv day but Sunday." And you will find, my dear Fog?, that what I have said will turn out to be correot; we shall simply have to sit under another avalanche of young Wallholm's "poetry in prose." "Yes, Andrew is a great producer" "Why, it's a positive manii with him I He no longer contents himself 'with scrib bling, like ourselves; a few stray articles or verses out of office hours but heaps up poetry on the top of prose, romance on top of com edy. He must be going mad 1" "Oh, well, let us make the most of what is before us. After all, we may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the girls, Kate and Lizzie. Without vanity, I think they themselves would not be displeased." At this subtle hint each of the two young men was plunged in deep preoccupation, and tbey continued to mount the hill before them in silence. It was a fine evening in late autumn; tbe air was crisp with frost and across the pale moon, set in a frame of dark blue sky, small, feathery clouds scudded be.ore the wind. Tbe whole surroundings were reminiscent of the Fatherland, for in this little corner of the ereat State of Kansas Germans and Ger man customs predominate. Nature herself seems to have lent ber aid in the creation of this semblance. The little town of Hum boldt, for example, might have been bodily quakbcl. of transported rom some far-offGerman duchy. The winding hill, up which the two pedes trians wind their way, with its bordering clumps of dark fir trees, reminds one forci bly of the outskirts of the Black Forest. The two young men, to whom the reader has been introduced, bore many trials in com mon. Both had the light blonde hair and ruddy, fresh-complexioned face 6f the Teu tonic race. Though neither of them was much past his twenties, they carried them selves with the dignity of true citizens, im mersed in business and its cares, yet not quite ignorant of the less substantial paths of romance and boyish reveries. They walked with all the spring and elasticity of youth, the heels of their stout boots beating a lively tattoo upon the frozen road. Good evening, friend?," came a voice through the dusk; "thanks for your punc tuality." It was Andrew Wallholm who had been standing on watch for them in the shade of a tree outside his'fether's bouse. "Silence! and follow me like shadows," ho added gaily, but in hushed tones. Gibb and Fogg entered the house in An drew's wakp, hats in hand, aud muffling, as iar as possible, the creaking of their heavy shoes. As they passed the sitting room, the door ot which stood slightly open, they caught a glimpse of the two pretty daugh ters of the house, as tbey sat sewine by the soft light of a shaded lamp. Seated on either side of the blazing fire were stout, good natured looking Madam Wallholm, and, as a foil to her rotundity, the spare and meager form of her legal lord and master. Halt lost in the depths of a huge arm-chair, his head enveloped iaa great fur cap, the older A Gumltoll He Cried. Wallholm sat, puffing thick clouds of smoke from a large porcelain pipe, and gazing straight before him with a look of chronic susoicion. He bad tbe reputation of being a morose and surly misanthrope, a condition brought about long years ago, or so at least was whispered by the evil tongues ot'gossip, by the flirtatious of his then young and handsome wife. The two surreptitious visitors fairly quaked in their shoes at the sadden light of tbe irascible old gentleman, but fortunately, their entrance to the house had been un heeded. On tiptoe they crept up stairs, breathing sighs of relief ai they at last en tered Andrew's study, a little room built off irom the rear of the house. The light of a solitary lamp shone upon a table whose every inch was covered with manuscripts Ft PikibFS n9mpMfjwm 7&m towi FOB THE DMPAICH. and pepers scattered in disorder. No doubt now remained that his visitors were to enjoy the pleasures of one of Andrew's "literary evenings." At the farther end of the room, in semi darkness, another guest was already seated, Johann Scbelm, the business partner of the elder Wallholm. A native of Darmstadt, he h3d emigrated to America when little more than a boy; reticent in speech and re served in manner, he gave the impression of bearing the weight of rome perpetual and deep sorrow. As was the case with Madams Wallholm, tbe ill-natured gossips already mentioned, had seized upon him too, and at one time it had been openly hinted that his admiration for that lady bad crossed the bpundary of the platonic, and what was more, had been reciprocated by her. In spite of their youth, both Gibb and Fogg were fully conversint with this story, the truth or falsity of which could only be surmised. After a genera! interchange of greetings, Andrew invited 'the two new comers to be seated, and himself sat down brfore the huge pile of manuscript As ha faced his gnests, with his back to tha window beyond which ail was bathed in silvery moonlight, the rays of the lamp, tempered by its transparent green shade, threw into strongrelief the clear cut features of his intellectual face. The frank, good humored bearing with which he had greeted his two friends had disappeared; his whole attitude now was stern and uncompromis ing as of one presiding at some sad and serious conlereace. For some moments the small andlenca waited in silence and ill-concealed wonder ment, until at last Andrew commenced to speak iu a low and serious tone. "As you have doubtless cucssed, gentle men, I uni about to submit to you lor your appreciation, a few pages of mv owa writ ing. If, dnring the reading. I am over serious, or should display some slight emo tion, you iuu-t pardon me. I lave, no the brothers. doubt unconsciously, expressed the whole sadness oi my being, and I also feel that upon your verdict depends my whole futuref as a man, and a man of letters." Altar this somewhat vague preamble, Andrew unfolded and straightened out be fore him his roll of manuscript. It seemed, however, as if this were but a matter of form, nnd that he knew his text by heart, for his grey eyes were fixed upon his auditors as if to read the thoughts of each of them. "A heavy mi3t," be commenced, "had fallen over the forest, moistening the groand beneath, and causing the drops to fall from tbe dark foliage of tbe pines as if tbe very trees were weeping tears of gloom and sorrow. Each with a gun upon his shoulder, the two brothers marched along looking neither to the right nor left and speaking not a word. Tnonzli almost tbe same age, their relationship would never rave been guessed, so utterly unlike were they iu form and every feature. As they walked along in perfect silence it seemed as if tbe onewers beset by thoughts which only an heroic ef fort kept him from expressing, while on the other's laco waa plainly stamped the pre sentiment of a coming storm. Their steps soon brought them to tho large forest lake, whose calm and sleeping waters mirrored the Dale blue sky, turning to dull and tarnished silver as thev lapped against the bordering fringe of reeds. Suddenly tbe elder stopped, and ground ing his gun wheeled round upon his com panion. "Brother." he abruptly asked, his long pent-up anger flashing from his eyes, "Tell me whit your feelings are toward us the rest o:' your family?" Astonished by the strangeness of tha question the other, for a few seconds was dumb, and it was in a hesitating, half-con fused manner that he tnen answered: "I love you all, as you well know, father, mother, sisters and you yoursel The elder, in no way appeased, harshly interrupted him: "Yon love us. do you? Nav. too ara' wrone! You cannot even comprehend ehfc'1 1 ! A luvci f ; "These are hard words, brother. Speak out distinctly what you wish to say," en treated the younger one, his voice already full of tears. But the other was silent, nerving himself to give weight to the blow. "Have I committed any fault?" insisted tha lad. "Have I offended or slighted yon in any wav?" L "No!" fiercely answered the elder one, hia anger increasing to a lury. "No! but look at me face to face, and then you will soon comprehend. Am I not lite my father; bave I not his every feature? Like him, I am dark and thin and sallow; our whole looks might, I suppose, be called typically American; while as for you, with vour great blue eyes, light bair, and your baby face of pink and white " At these words both Gibb and Fogg were visibly embarrassed. Almost unconsciously each of the two young men east a furtiva glance toward tbe mantel-piece where, care lessly set in the frame nf the large mirror, were two photographs. One wasot Andrew, tbe verv image of what his father must havo been when young; the other of the younger brother Harris, whose absence from the lit tle gathering they had already wondered at. Andrew's recital had reached a very deli cate point. Johann Schelm, however, sat perfectly unmoved, his face expressing no emotion, save, perhaps, a slight look of weariness as if bored by the young author' reading. Andrew continued with increasing energy. of voice and gesture: "why distress vourselfl. about such things?" pleaded the younger! v nrnlna rihfanAri nnrl atww tmi.J& L. .f i 2i "''""! mh.u uu amutuabiuciltp I f
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