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A TRIP TO
JAPAN
Experiences of a Steamship Bide of
Over Fire Thousand Miles
en the Pacific Waters.
SIGHTS im SCENES AT HONOLULU.
line E&lakana Isn't Compelled to Bell Fea
X nutt for Kevenue,.bn.t He Hakes
Hay in the' Palace Tard.
A EUKDAT A8 DEI A8 IK HTT8BUEG.
The Hltt4c, Jipanesa Beporters tad WaMel Been
at the ExhihIUiB.
rcoRBEsroOTErcx or THI SI8F.I.TCK.1
Tokyo, July 26. The hoteli in Tokyo
sad Yokohama are not as fnll this rammer
as they hare been on some previous tourist
seasons, although it ras hoped that the great
exhibition of Japanese art and Industry,
which was opened in this city on April 1,
and is to close in one week, would attract an
unusual number of visitors. Two of the
principaljhottls enlarged their premises in
this expectation, but they might as well have
saved the expense. The truth is Japan has
hardly entered into fair competition with
Europe as a summer resort for Americans on
their annual vacation, and has remained the
sporting cround chiefly ot the regular globe
trotters who have not yet been able to turn
the tide by their unanimons opinion that
seeing Japan is the next best thing to visit
ing the planets Mars or Venus.
Erroneous notions regarding the climate
probably keep some from coming here in
the summer. 27o doubt it is warm in South
ern Japan after the rainy season bos ceased,
about the middlcof July; but there are numer
ous charming seaside and mountain resorts
v where it is always cool and where the well-to-do
classes go; and visitors who come to
Japan in summer have the advantage of
seeing all its industries and almost all the
details of domestic life, carried on in the
open air, so that they can see and learn
jnucn more than in winter, when the houses
are partly closed and the inhabitants
wrapped no in layer after layer of cotton
wadded clothing by way of compensating
for the absence of fireplaces, which winter
tourists also find a source of great discom
fort. 2TOT A GBEAT JOUEJf EX.
Doubtless, also, the trip to Japan seems a
more arduous undertaking to most Ameri
cans than it proves to be on trial. The
distance between iew lore and ban Fran
cisco can be covered in five days, and from
Ban Francisco (or Vancouver) the best
steamers of the Pacific Hail, the Oriental
and Occidental and the Canadian Pacific
Companies make Yokohama in from 12 to 15
days, or about the time it used to take the
average Atlantic steamer to go lrom New
York to Europe until a few Tears ago when
the ocean "grey hounds" were let loose.
The Vancouver steamers have an ad
vantage in regard to distance of several
hundred miles over the San Francisco
steamers; but they are smaller boats than
the latter, and, being so far north, are more
likely to encounter rough weather at all
seasons. Not that the California steamers
are exempt from such experiences. On the
contrary, the trade winds, which make San
Francisco such a delightfully cool place in
summer, and keeps the water so cool there
that few bathe in the surf even in August,
blow along the coast dnring nine months of
the year, so that passengers mnst expect a
possibility of seasickness for two or three
days after leaving California, even in
the most favorable time of the yean But
after that it is apt to be smooth sailing in
summer that is tmootb. forthe unruly and
ill-named "Pacific." I have repeatedly
crossed the Atlantic when its surface for
several days had the glassv smoothness of a
lake; bnt the City of Peking, which left
San Francisco on June 14, did not once run
over such a glassy surface, although she
went far south of the usual course in order
to touch at the Sandwich Islands, and al
though CaDtain Cavarly a most courteous
and careful commander assured us every
day of our quite unusual good luck in hav
ing such a smooth voyage; whence we may
infer that the Pacifio is rarely quite un
ruffled. KING KALAKATJA'S HAT CROP.
It is the enstom of the Pacifio Hail
Steamship Company to send a steamer
every three months 'via Honolulu. This
adds over 800 miles to the voyage, but few
of the passengers regret it, as it ensures a
smoother trip and enables them to get a
glimpse or Kalakaua's kingdom. The poor
King is having a hard time of it between
his debts and his small income, which pre
vented him from visiting the Paris Ex
position last year. A frivolous young San
Franciscon said that the King was now
keeping a peanut stand in front of the
palace, where every foreigner was obliged
to buy a dollar's worth, on penalty of hav
ing his head chopped off. But we failed to
see such a stand, although we walked all
around the palace, which is an imposing
structure, with spacious grounds and
gardens. There is a music stand on one
side, where a band of native musicians
holds forth occasionally; and a single, soli
tary soldier guards the entrance to the
palace.
The King seems to have learned to be
economical, for the grass on his grounds is
not allowed to wither and waste, bnt was
carefully mowed and made into little piles
of hay. It cannot be said that this hay was
made" while the sun shone, for it rained
every ten minutes all day long, and the air
was as moist and warm as in a hot house,
with the same mingled odors ot flowers and
leaves and moist soil. These flowers, which
aeemed to grow by preference on trees, either
as tree blossoms or on creepers, lurnisnea
the most delightful "local color" of the
place. The sombre, cool, cocoanut palm
groves were also inviting; bnt of the people
of Honolulu there was little to see, as it was
Sunday, which is strictly observed here, the
stores being all closed, 'and not a drink,
however harmless, being for sale anywhere
except at the hotel.
We saw but few of the dusky maidens,
whose large black eyes, smiling faces, plump
figures and merry gambols in the breakers
or astride on horseback used to fascinate
travelers. Bnt tbev still go about in a calico
nightgown or Hother Hnbbards, without
even a belt around tue waist, as meir oniy
garment It looks cool and not UDgracefuL
A GLOBE-TBOTTIIf G STAT.
To travel 2,000 miles to an island famed
for its Dalm prarei. flowers, suirar planta
tions, pretty Polynesian girls, luscious
melons and mangoes, and ever-acuve
volcanoes, the grandest in the world and
stay only five hours, as we did, was most
tantalizing, and made one seem worse than
a Nellie Bly or a George Francis Train.
Bnt if any one had remained behind he
would have had no other chance to reach
Japan in three months, except backwards
ria San Francisco. So we reluctantly
boarded our steamer again, and started on
the remaining 3,500 miles of our lengthened
trip. Durine the whole voyage of 6,500-'
miles we oniy saw one Dart, and not
another sign of man's existence on earth
besides our ark which contained American,
Japanese, Chinamen, sheep (for rood) cows
(Holstein stock for Japan), the bones of
Chinamen, and a cargo of flowers for Hong
Kong. Gulls followed us for a week, and
ve'saw the beautiful snow-white tropical
birds, and every day a few flying fish; and
- tbl was all in three long weeks.
In the harbor of Yokohama many foreign
ships are seen among these native vessels,
including American, French, German,
Turkish and several English men-of-war.
The 1,600 resident foreigners in Yokohama
and the 300 in Tokio therefore cannot com
plain cf inadequate protection. Should the
'aMU-Ioreign xeeiisg, waicu eccauonaiiy u
manifested in certain quarters (strange to
say, especially among the - students), ever
assume serious proportions, these men-of-war
would be able to take all foreign .resi
dents on board at short notice. Such a thing,
however, is not at all likely to happen.
Japan cannot be shut off again from the
rest of the world for two or three centuries
,as it was until Commodore Perry and Iora
Elgin reopened it, about 30 years ago.
JAPAN'S new eba.
The railroads, ot which more than a dozen
have been constructed, some by the,""!IeIJJr
ment, some by private enterprise; the 17,000.
miles of telegraph wire, conveying annually
over 3,000.000, messages in Japanese, and
about 70,000 in foreign languages; the im
portation of foreign professors and ideas at
the university; ot foreign teachers of mili
tary tactics, medical science and legal in
stitutions; the obligatory introduction in
court circles, in the police corps and the
army of toreign dress these and a thousand
other innovations have created such a pow
erful ferment that the Japanese customs will
never again be allowed to settle into their
old state, and those who wish to see any
thing of old Japan will, therefore, have to
make haste and. come before it is too
late. The gaudily-colored paper lan
terns will soon be replaced by electro
light, and the electric street car will soon
decimate the energetic, indefatigable jin
rickspa men who now draw natives and
foreigners alone the street on their kurumas,
those curious little vehicles, half way be
tween a buggy and a baby carriage, which
were introduced in Japan only 20 years ago,
and now exist in countless numbers. Their
disappearance, in the cities at least, will
'hardly be regretted, tor although they travel
almost as fast as carriages, it costs about
30 cents to go five miles on them, while in
American cities you can go five to ten miles
on street cars or elevated roads for 6 cents.
PURELY A JAPANESE SHOW.
The manager had, however, visited sev
eral recent European exhibitions, and
moddled the present one on those, so that
the general impression of the present exhi
bition is European rather than Jananese,
and it-is only when one looks closely at the
contents of the showcases and stands that
the purely Japanese coloring of the exhibits
becomes apparent. Here are room after
room of the finest lacquer goods; vases of
all sizes and the most exquisite texture and
ornamentation; teacups that the most in
fatuated lover would deem fit to touch his
sweetheart's lips; screens and fans on which
Japanese life is illustrated better than in
any book and most of these things at prices
that wonld make American bargain hunters
wild with delight.
And a pity it is that they cannot have
access to them, for owing to a partial failure
of the last rice crop, money is scarce, visiters
to the exhibition are not so numerons as on
previous occasions, and less willing to buy.
Some of the exhibitors staked all their hard
earned savings on this opportunity to dis
pose of their goods; but while the estimated
value of the exhibits is $800,000, only about
$100,000 worth have been sold, which leaves
these dealers and artists in a sad plight.
There were about 850,000 visitors dnring the
first three months, or a daily average of
about 8,840, including foreigners holding
special invitations and other dead-heads;
but as season tickets were only $2 each, and
a single admission only 7 cents (15 on Sun
days) the income for general expenses was
not excessive. The higher admission price
asked on Sunday is to give the upper classes
a better chance to see without mixing with
the crowds, for whom, Saturday is the great
day.
STJNDAT NO HOLIDAT.
Foreign influence has not yet extended
so far as to make Sunday a general holiday.
Work goes on. and shops are open as usual,
except that at Yokohama the custom house
and the foreigners' stores are closed. In
general, it must be said that this exhibition,
which is like a curio store on a vast scale,
including industrial products of all kinds,
and thus giving an insight into Japanese
ways of living, is eminently successful, and
deserved a better fate financially.
The only department which is disappoint
ing is the art gallery. In commenting on
the difficulty of getting sight of good Japan
ese pictures, which are scattered all over
the country, and generally belong to wealthy
individuals, to whom'one mnst get ceremon
ious and time-robbing letters of introduc
tion, Mr. La Farge remarked to me a few
months ago in Hew York that he felt
tempted to revisit Japan this snminer, chief
ly for the opportunity of seeing many of
these works of art brought under one roof.
He would not, however, have 'attained his
object, for there are hardly av dozen can
vases of special merit in the present collec
tion. Both the old and the new schools are
represented, bnt the screen-shaped pictures
still predominate over the modern sqnare
canvases. Birds and flowers have always
been the most successful province of Japan
ese artists, but there are also a few good
landscapes and scenes from domestic life..
In comparing these pictures with a similar
collection in America the most striking
diflerence, as regards subjects, lies in the en
tire absence of the nude in Japanese art,
THE MIKADO AT THE SHOW.
It was announced in the local paper a
few days ago that the Hikado and the Em
press wonld preside over the distribution ot
prizes awarded by the judges of the exhibi
tion. A large pavilion had been erected,
capable ot holding several thousand in
vited guests. The Mitado's throne was on
one side, and a sloping platform covered
with white matting led up to it. On both
sides ot the throne a few rows of European
chairs had been placed for the Japanese
Ministers, the foreign Embassadors and
members of the pjess. The thousands out
side of this charming circle had to stand,
as was befitting in the august presence of
the Mikado, the Embassadors and the news-
Sapcr men (the Empress had been prevented
y illness from appearing).
"I found my colleagues of the Japanese
press very affable and courteous. To see
two American journalists bow to each other
until their heads were on a level with their
lowest coat buttons would hardlv seem na
tural; here it is the usual mode o'f salutation
at every meeting. Like most of the other
Japanese, they were in fnll dress swallow
tail, white tie and high silk hat, though the
performance began at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing. This mav strike you as ludicrous, and
it is so. There is something ludicrous in
the dress coat itself, but the time ot the day
when it is worn has nothing to do with it.
WITH OEEMAS MUSIC.
The arrival of the Hikado in his fine coach
was heralded by the Boyal brass band, which
played the Japanese national hymn with
German harmonies, on German instruments
and followed it up at intervals with
European dance music, a curious preference
being shown for the polka rhythm. As the
Hikado walked up to his throne the as
sembled thonsands bowed their beads. The
cheers with which European Boyalty is re
ceived are unknown to the Japanese, but an
attempt was made to applaud the
Hikado in the foreign manner of hand-
clapping when he sat down, and after he
had read his address; bnt this did not seem
to meet with general approval, the general
feeling being apparently that solemn silence
was the most becoming way of receiving a
monarch who traces his royal ancestry back
more than 2,000 years, and who is one of the
first of their rulers that Jhe Japanese have
been permitted to gaze upon, his ancestors
having been for many generations kept in
seclusion in their paUce grounds, where 'no
one was allowed to intrude.
Tne Hikado js not a handsome man. His
forehead is low, his lower lip thick, and the
scant hair on his upper lip, chin and cheeks
does not improve his appearance. His ex
pression is solemn, almost stern, but there
is something majestic in his bearing which
is prepossessing; and he is said to be a nan
of uncommon intelligence, and that he takes
an earnest interest in the welfare oi his sub
jects was shown in his willingness to pre
side over the distribution of prizes on
this occasion. After he and several
of the officials had read their addresses the
principal recipients of the prizes came up in
couples, bowed before His Majesty and re
ceived their rolls of parchment, whereupon
they retreated a dozen steps, lobster fashion,
before etiquette allowed them to turn their
baek on the Hikado. The ceremony lasted
about an hour, after which the Emperor
dreve off in his carriage to the sounds of the
national hymn. Hjotbt J. FotCX.
THE
REEFING THE SAILS.
Snccess in Life Depends on Knowing
Jnst When to Do It.
DAIGER IN TOO MUCH CANVAS.
Wreck That Overtakes Men Who Cannot
Bear to Fall Behind.
THK C0DSTEI PAESOK'S PHILOBOPHT
lwxrrrxx roa thx bistatcb.
No more beautiful sight can be imagined
than a clipper ship-in inll sail, with a stiff
breeze on the quarter. How she leaps upon
the bosom of the restless ocean, how saucily
she plunges her figure head into the bound
ing billow, and emerging therefrom, shakes
herself like a young retriever. Merrily she
dances and prances along, now upon the
crest, and again in the trough. The helms
man keeps her well up to the wind, and, as
he spins the wheel when she veers a point,
he is proudly conscious of a power possessed
by his giant arm, a power that controls and
guides the monster ship. Obeying his will,
the helm answers right royally, and never a
sail bnt bends to the breeze and does its part
in the onward surge and plunge.
A steamship at full speed is a noble sight
to gaze upon, but a sailing vessel seems to
have more life. The romance and heroism
of old ocean still clusters around the oak
and canvas of 60 years ago. Tossing the
spray up to the yard-arms, with every stitch
of canvas bellying to the breeze, we hear the
glad cry ot the outlook forward, as he rincs
the passing hours, "eight bells, and all's
welll" Homeward bound, the seaman sings
his merry song, or down below, in swinging
hammock, dreams of green fields, ivy clad
-..... .Ttn wife nri rnmniDP children.
joyously expecting his long delayed return.
www
When Adrersltv Cornea.
But fair winds' do not hold. At sunset
the barometer begins to settle down. In the
northwest a gray cloud caps the horizon,
and, sail as gaily as she will, it grows larger
and larger every moment The watch below
hears the ominous command: "All hands
shorten sail 1" There is presently a flapping
and a cracking of loosely hanging canvas.
Trumpeted commands and sometimes coarse
oaths follow each other rapidly, and finally,
from the companionway comes the moment
ous cry: "All hands on deck; smart now,
every manl"
"Aye, age, sir," growls the sailor as he
tumbles from his bertb, seizes bis son' wester
and hurries on deck. The sea is inky black;
here and there patches or crested foam be
spot its surface like wild whits sea birds in
a fright. A few minutes and everything is
stowed, top gallant, gib and spanker.
Beefed everything; yes, double reefed;
mainsail furled, spencer and staysails set.
It comes like a herd of wild bison on the
plains. She groans before the storm,
bnt, many miles away from a lee
shore, she saiely rides the tempest
and laughs at borean blasts. None too
soon, however, were thoso expansive sheets
furled home, for had the gale struck her un
der full spread she would soon have found
ered, and another would have been added to
the many mysteries that the sea enfolds
within its capacious bosom. It is far safer
to shorten sail than boastingly brave the
tempests of life, or braeglngly langb, as did
the captain of the schooner Hesperus, when
he said:
For I can weather the roughest gale
That ever wind did blow.
Men Who Carrr Too Much.
There is more than one rugged reef of
Norman's "Woe, gentle reader. All the
wrecks are not in mid-ocean, nor yet upon
its craggy cliffs or sunken reefs. "We are
living in times when many men. .carry too
much sail. The bnsiness man looks ahead
and thinks he sees an opportunity. He is
safely sailing along the gulf stream of
ordinary prosperity. Trade winds are
steadily blowing, and league upon league
is added to the log of gradually increasing
fortune. He stands upon the poop deck of
his apparently slowly sailing craft, and
looking through the telescope of impatience,
he sees others sailing past him. He cannot
bear it. He spreads more sail.
Specnlation takes the place of sturdy,
strong endeavor. The suburban cottage
grows into a perfect palace. The horse and
buggy is transformed into a carriage and
pain The wife discards calicos and mer
inos for silks and satins. The single servant
is multiplied into three or four. The man
of all work beeins to wear a little band of
silver ribbon around his,high hat. A coat of
arms is painted on the carriage. A trip to
Europe for the family every year, a more
elevated position in society. How grandly
the ship does Gail I Pile on canvas,
here a spanker and there a jib.
But a crash comes. She reels and
trembles, this mighty leviathan of enter
prise and push. She has struck the coral
reef of speculation on the coast of Despair.
"All hands on deck!" But it is too late.
A sad faced wife returns to her home to find
a reg flag hangine outside, and a rude un
friendly voice inside trying to sell the house
and its treasured contents. Where is the
husband and father? Ask the slimy weeds
at the bottom of the river yonder. They
alone can tell the sad story. He carried too
large a spread of canvas. Better reel a lit
tle. Don't yon think so?
A Familiar Story.
A young man goes from his country home
to the city. He is his mother's joy and his
father's pride. A position of trust and re
sponsibility suits both his taste and his
ability. Hitherto his character has been
exemplary. But city life intoxicates him.
Its whirl is too rapid, and just where he was
thought to be strongest he fails. Evil com
panions induce him to enter questionable
places ot resort. He knows nothing of the
quiet detective who is shadowing his move
ments. One fine morning, when his head is
aching, he is called into the office and
politely informed that his services will be
dispensed with. He has committed no
orime; is not guilty of any misdemeanor,
but the firm' of Lucre & Co. know that he
spreads more canvas than the depth of hold
or width of beams allows, and that he must
inevitably founder.
"Better take in a reef, my boy, ere it is
too late. Did you ever try to shorten sail
in a cat-boat in a gale of wind? I have.
It's a risky business, my son. It's always
best to keep the sheet line in your hand, so
that yon can let it run when a blow comes.
Luff a little now and thea, if yon want to
make against the wind, but hold her loose,
hold her loose. A ship looks better in stays
than upside down. Better shorten saiL
Too Many Soils.
Jack of all trades and master of none de
scribes thousands of men in onr great coun
try. They dabble in everything, and really
succeed in nothing. Every community has
its man of this character. He tries every
door. Agent for this and that, handy with
saw and axe, hoe and spade, but never using
either long enough to rnb off the rust. He
is a politician, has a loose tongue which al
most proves the truth of perpetual motion,
and knocks opposing theories into smither
eens. Sometimes he preaches, that is, he
"lay" preaches. Scripture flows flippantly
from his tongue with such readiness that
some folks imagine him to be a genius.
And so he is. A genius is generally on the
. eve of tome grand achievement. . He has
just found the philosopher's stone. He rolls
it around, admires its brilliancy, but soon
.discovers that it it nonght but a useless peb
ble.
There are unique men who are apt at many
things. They can carry quite a number of
sails and keep things snug, and well in
hand, bnt the majority of men had better
ttick to one good aqnare tail than ran oat
PITTSBUBG DISPATCH,
jibs and spankers for every little puff of for
tune. Your genius does not often amount
to anything, unless, perchance, he stumbles
upon common Bense ideas before he has worn
himself out, body and mind, trying eTerT"
thing that comes' across his pathway. A
reputation for one thing well done is far bet
ter than the name of being "smart at most
anvthtn. a. . "If fa tipttfiT to
-.Jiuiujj, OttJTB SUUiC UJJG, w-
do everything. little than a little of
everytning." A Chinese junK wouia "
out of place trying to carry the broad main
sail of the racing yacht Hayflower, to say
nothing of the danger, and so a square man
trying to wriggle himself into every round
hole he comes across is ridiculous in the ex
treme. CoTerlDg Too Much Ground.
A man of sturdy character along some
specific line of usefulness may spread him
self ont so thin that he soon becomes in
visible. You can beat out a golden $5 piece
until it covers your parlor floor, and it still
remains intact so far as its actual intrinsio
worth is concerned, but there are very few
men who can afford to be pounded very
much. God has a place for every man to
fill, a certain sphere of action in which he
is intended to move. If the devil can in
duce him to taste of forbidden fruit, and
spread himselt out till he is lost to all his
opportunities for good he will certainly re
joice. Little boats should stay near shore,
Bat larger ones may venture more.
If young men would take advice from
older ones I do not mean old ones they
would succeed in life sooner. Not one man
in a hundred reaches the full fruition of
life's' possibilities under 40 years of age.
This need not be so, it the discipline one
man nndergoes could be utilized by another.
George Eliot says: "Genius, at first, is little
more than a great capacity for receiving
discipline." The trouble with very young
men is that they feel their wings too soon.
Not far from my study windows robin built
her nest. The young birds were anxious to
try their powers of flight The mother bird,
protested.
She was successful with all but one, a
great, downy silly looking fellow, all eyes
and abdomen. He would fly. He did, but
his avoirdupois was beyond his power of
suspension. The law of gravity was too
much for him, and down he went He met
with an unexpected reception from the cat,
who had watched with longing eyes for jnst
such an event Bishop Home says: "Ad
versity borrows its bitterest sting from our
impatience." I would not, however, curb
ambition. A young man without this qual
ity is oi little use in our busy lite. No, no;
not that, for with Whittier I believe it is:
Wetter to stem with heart and band
The roaring tide of life than lie
Unmindful, on the flowery straud
For God's occasions, floating by,
.Better with naked nerve to bear
The needles of this goading air,
-Than in the lap of sensuous ease forgo
The godlike power to do. the godlike aim to
know.
THB COTOTTRT PABSOJT.-
PUTOBHMG HTJEDEEEEB.
Opinions for and Asrnln.t Capital Punish
ment In Any Form.
Xew York Herald. J
Anthony Comstock, the head of the So
ciety for the Suppression of Vice, is
strongly opposed to the abolition of the
death penalty. "It would never do," he
said, "to do away with capital punishment
If imprisonment for life were to be substi
tuted for the death penalty murders would,
in my opinion, increase at a fearful rate.
Imprisonment for life would in fact be no
punishment for onr criminal classes. If we
hung quicker after conviction and withont
so much delay it would be better.
David L. Hoody, the revivalist, also
records his vote against the abolition of
capital punishment. "I believe in capital
punishment," he says, "and I do not believe
life would be safe without it. I am opposed
to any proposition to abolish it"
William F. Howe, who as a criminal law
yer has had as wide experience with crimi
nals and especially murderers, does not be
lieve in capital punishment. He says: "Out
of 600 eases which I have defended where
homicide was charged I have lost but eight
That shows how difficult it is to convict in
these cases. Capital punishment should
be abolished. There is no use for
it It Is not detersive; never has
been and never will be. I favor
imprisonment for life. There should be no
power to pardon in such cases. Let the
convicted murderer be sent to a living tomb
and kept there. That would be punish
ment indeed. There is less punishment
about hanging than most persons think.
That is another reason why there is no use
for it Imprisonment for life is a real de
terrent of murder. Hanging is not"
Belva Lockwood, the woman lawyer, is
rather undecided as to whether capital pun
ishment should be abolished or not She
does, however, believe that the day of brntal
hanging exhibitions has passed. Some way
of inflicting the punishment in a painless
but sure and quick way should be adopted.
Mrs. Lockwood thinks that electricity is the
best means at hand. '
H0ESE BAGHTO IK JAPAN.
Binnted Animate Carry Fat Owners nnd
Outsider Bet n niacb as a Cant,
The Japanese sport cannot stop a baseball
owing to the formation of his legs, but when
he includes a pony in his parentheses
he is in his element At the
race track a $10 entrance 'fee, with
25 added, is an event that draws a
crowd which would make an Amer
ican track manager's mouth water, but it
need not Host of the spectators go in for
a cent or two, and the poolshed is no
richer when they leave. The fact is, these
races in Tokio are given at a church
festival.
Few tracks in America or Europe have
the magnificent furnishings that this Kou
dan track has. Stunted horses, half the
size of El Bio Bey and Hanover, run until
they are ready to drop under the weight of
their jockeys. The item of weight is
immaterial in a Japanese race, as the proper
thing is for the owner of the horse,
no matter of what weight, to take the
mount himself. I have seen these ponies
carry 145 and 150 pounds, and sometimes
160, run around a mile track and make
fairly good time at that But time is not
taken into account The vital point in a
race over here it to beat all the other
horses.
On the race course the Chinese poniet are
looked upon with the most favor, and a race
between 12 or 15 of them is fnll of interest
and novelty. They are vicious little beasts
and have to carry the enormous weights
they do because lightweight jockeys
would not be able to manage them.
When they once get off on a fair start the
go in to win and jockeys ride for all there it
in the race. They raise a good deal of noise
and wear their colors in a fashion all their
own. and yet when there is an exciting fin
ish it is anybody's race until they actually
reach the string.
THE IHSAHE OF GHOUL
A Returning- Traveler Finds That' No
Anylnma Exist, Though Badly Needed.
Maw York Star.l
The Bev. Dr. E. P. Thwing, of Brooklyn,
is home from his extended trip through
China and Japan, after an absence from this
country of 11 months. "I spent a good
deal of time," he said, "in Canton, China.
Though I found in that city a well con
ducted hospital, yet, to my surprise, I dis
covered that there was, no insane asylum
there. Such an institution is sadly needed
in China, as the people believe that in
sanity is the result of the work of evil
spirits, andthose afflicted with it may be
chained up or put out of the way.,
"Before I left Canton an. organization,
with a Board of Directors, had been started
there to receive funds and proceed with the
erection of an asylum building, as soon as
there shall be money enough tor that pur
pose. There it a marked interest in this
Jirojeet among the foreign residents and the
nfluential Chineas of Canton. I shall lec
ture throughout the country to raise money
for the Chinese asylum project"
., SUNDAY, AUGUST '17,
A WORLDS WONDER.
Tisit to the Mammoth Caverns of
Cacahnamilpa in Mexico. 7
GORGEOUS PALACE UNDERGROUND.
Tast Depths in Which Pistol Bhota Be
come the Boar of Cannon.
ADYEHTUEE8 IK THE iZTEO LA5D8
rCOHRXSrOMDXHCX OT TBX DISrATCK.1
Cats ofacahtamtxfa, )
Mexico, August 2.'
"You must give me 30 pesosl"
"Have you taken leave of your tensest"
"Do vou think I do not know the price?"
"Goo'dby."
"I say, senor, how mnch will yon give?"
"I will give you 20 pesos."
"Now you are not reasonable; give me 35
pesos and it will be a sale."
"All right; have him ready early in the
morning."
The foregoing was the substance of a dia
logue in Spanish which took place one
morning abont two weeks ago before the low
adobe hut of an humble Mexican in the
suburbs of the capital. The object of the
dialogne stood near by, occasionally blink
ing his sleepy eyes and shaking his long
head as though he understood every word.
A pair of long ears erected now and then as
if better to catch the conversation, and two
pairs of slender, musceled legs unmistakably
proclaimed the species of the animal. It was
a mule. I had been rather doubtful of the
good qualities of the animal at first sight
but after the owner had volubly declared
him to be a hard worker and a small eater,
and had offered to sacrifice a dilapidated
saddle with him, I concluded thafprobably
my judgment on mules was not correct, and
paid over my 25 pesos. Jocko was the ani
mal's name.
OF TOE THE CATEBIT.
Just as the sun was showing itself on the
following morning above the tall peaks that
bound on the East the beautiful valley of
the City ot Mexico we started southward.
Jocko, who seemed very tractable, allowed
me to bind my grip and Innch bag on his
back and then to climb into the saddle with
out showing any signs of displeasure, and
when I hissed into his ears the Hexican
driver uses his teeth instead of his tongue in
nrging his animals forward he started
off at a lively canter that rapidly con
sumed miles, but proved distressing'
to- various portions ot my anatomy.
We had completed more than half
our journey to Cnernavaca when
the thick, black clouds overhead told that
the daily shower was at hand. Accordingly
shelter was sought in the thatched hut of a
,peon close by the road. Now, the hut of a
Hexican peon is neither the most convenient
nor the most odorless place in the world.
Instead of a bed there is a hard stone or mud
floor; instead of bedding there is a heap of
straw or sometimes rags, and tor a covering
there is an old blanket which has not been
aired in weeks, and which is peopled by
your imagination at least by myriads of
creeping things. The entire family father,
mother, and generally a whole horde of off
spring bunk together in one corner with
such accommodations as these and really
appear refreshed wheu they rise in the
morning. Sometimes when space is scarce
without a litter of pigs and a brood of
chickens will also find quarters within the
hut
A SLEEPLESS NIGHT.
Although I lay in my hammock it can be
imagined that amid such surroundings
sleep that night was neither of the most
restful nor the most profound kind, and I
was heartily glad when the morning broke
and allowed the journey to be continued.
The way led down the long mountain road
and the sun had not long shown his hot face
above the mountain tops before we were
passing through the great sugar haciendas
of this region the largest and most produc
tive in the Bepublic. Great fields of wav
ing cane flanked the road on both sides and
extended back as far as the eye could reach.
The scene was a strong reminder of those
along the Louisiana shore of the Missis
sippi river.
At midday we were riding into the beau
tiful little town of Caernavaca, with its nu
merous gardens and groves, and its many
mementoes of Cortez,the Spanish conqueror.
The town seems to have had small respect
for the dwelling places of prominent per
sonages, for the once-famous palace of the
conqueror it has converted into a court
house whether as a sarcastic reminder of
inflexible injustice which the bloody Span
iard always dealt out to the native no one
was able to inform me and the villa of the
ill-fated Emperor Maximilian it has turned
into a schoolhouse.
. A EACE OF AZTECS.
A short distance from the town along a
road that might at one time have permitted
the passage of a wagon, but which is now
so rough and overgrown with brush that
even a mule has difficulty in picking its
way, lies the littte village of Acopanclngo.
Here is one of the few places in the imme
diate range of travel where can be seen
Indians or the pnre Hexican type, who from
the various modes of lite, the various mod
ern customs and the various modern imple
ments offered them by the incoming civiliza
tion have accepted only one religion.
They speak the same' tongue as the ancient
Aztecs, they dress in similar garments, they
practice the same manners. And as one rides
slowly through their few cleanly streets',
observes their extensive and well-cultivated
farms, sees on every hand indications of
wealth obtained by industry and is charmed
by their quiet and simple life, almost un
consciously the mind wanders back to those
ancient days when the all-powerful Hon
tezuma wielded his scepter here, and the
long time ancestors of these same people
with the toil of scores of years and myriads
of hands erected those massive and pnzzling
works of architecture, remains of which the
energetio traveler finds' throughout the Be
public A CELEBRATED CATEEJT.
A ride of two days so rough that much
oi the pleasure of its object is sacrificed in
the fatigue which it entails directly south
from Cnernavaca brings the traveler to the
celebrated cavern of Cacahnamilpa, than
which Hexico presents no more wonderfnl
or interesting natural phenomenon. It hat
even been asserted by the few who have
visited it that no finer cavern is to be found
in the world. And here it might be re
marked as an indication of the non-progressive
qualities of the average Hexican,
that although the cavern possesses attrac
tions sufficient Jo draw hundreds of visitors
yearly, not a tingle conveyance of any kind,
regular or irregular, runs to it, and nowhere
in the vicinity are there to be found quar
ters that could be regarded as decent, mnch
less comfortable.
As a gnide I engaged a peon, whose face,
although mnch begrimed with dirt, showed
signs of more than ordinary intelligence,
and whose tongue, wagging with a volubil
ity almost unknown to his class, informed
me with mnch redundancy that its possessor
knew not only all of the interior of the cave
but also a small and easy entrance thereto,
unknown to everyone but himself.
THE SECRET PASSAGE.
Supplied with candles from my grip, we
set out Over a streteh of broken ground and
through a growth ot thick underbrush we
stumbled to a small rocky opening almost
hidden from sight by a dense growth of
bushes. Down this we slowly made onr
way until we reached a small chamber whose
jagged sides and roof glistened with moisture,
and whose broken floor was filled with
crevices, the depth of which I conid not
sound with a long stick I carried. Passing
to the inner side, we stooped to squeeze our
way through a narrow opening, having sue
cessfnllr nasaed which it took but a fleetine-
fiance even in the dim light which onr
candies threw to show that we were in the
grand "taloon" of the cavern.
Away above us, like the vaulted dose of
hbo van assembly tail, stretched, the
L890.
rocky roof, a thousand great stalactite
glistened in the dull light like polished
marble hanging therefrom. Far in advarice
could bo seen faintly the inner end of the
"saloon," It is only a littlelessthan shame
ful that some unromantic traveler shonld
have applied to these imposing phantasies
of nature such a vulgar name Its jagged
and rocky points displaying varied and
beautiful colorings. ,
QUICKLY CHANGING COLORS.
A" short walk over the broken floor
brought us to the center from which the
view of the myriads of stalactites pendentin
great masses everywhere above us like so
manv massive icicles was most imposing.
To the right lav a great pile of strangely
shaped, glistening white rocks. To the left
broad openings into the chambers of the
cavern showed themselves, the atmosphere
about which changed from a brilliant blue
to a brilliant green hue. and then back
again to a blue with lightning rapidity.
A shallow stream of water, as clear as crys
tal and of refreshing coolness, flawed with a
quiet murmur along one side of the cham
ber, and lost itself beneath a clump of
brownish stones, to appear again in an ad
jacent "saleon."
A whisper, if ever so faint, seemed to per
meate every crevice of the cavern, and came
back with startling distinctness. Spoken
tones took: on all the strength of a shout,
and when I once raised my voice to its
bight in an unstinted yell, the sound echoed
and re-echoed with deafening effect for sev
eral minutes. A single pistol shot -cracked
out for some time with ear-splitting inten
sity, and then slowly relapsed into a dull
boom not unlike that of a cannon. The echo
had not subsided when the cavern was
quitted a half hour later.
FIFTEEN GRAND CAVERNS.
Onr jonrney continued through other
chambers, none quite so large, but all glit
tering with stalactites and presenting the
other distinguishing features of the grand
"saloon." The guide informed me that
there were altogether 15 of these "saloons,"
bnt that only a few persons had ever ven
tured into the innermost ones. Unmindful
of his statement made when I engaged him
to the effect that he knew all of the cavern
he refused to lead me into them becanse he
"wasn't sure," and feeling that the fellow
had earned his fee of one peso we slowly re
traced our steps to the entrance.
I felt satisfied as I once more emerged into
the open air that my exertions to reach Ca
cahnamilpa had been amply repaid by a
sight of what is undoubtedly the finest
stalactite cavern in the world.
One incident of my visit here is so fnll of
novelty that I cannot refrain from relating
it On the evening of the first day on
which I inspected the cave X fonnd a place
to pitch my hammock for the night in the
little hut o'f an old Indian family. Before
turning in, however, I sat at the doorway
for some time in the fading twilight, and for
want of a better companion held a one-sided
conversation with Jacks, who lay a few feet
distant from me.
I was in the midst of an extended disser
tation on the successful results of our day's
work, and was scoring up not a few credit
marks to my own perseverance, when sud
denly out of the gloom about me sounded a
harsh voice.
A HUNT FOB A VOICE,
"Batst"
I jumped hastily to my feet and looked
around, ready to extend a' warm welcome to
the fellow traveler who had penetrated to
these wild depths. An American I felt
sure he must be, for who else would use such
a distinctively Yankee expression? Unable
to see anyone about the inmates of the hut
had long since retired I called out:
"Hello, where are you?"
Again out of the gloom came that harsh
voice
"Bats I"
I ran around the hut, peered into a clump
of bashes near by, struck a light and looked
intoN the interior of the hut and was on the
point of arousing my host when that harsh
voice sounded, this time louder than before,
"Oh, ratsl ratsl"
One glance backward at the doorway un
deceived me. There, in a rough, wooden
cage, blinking its eyes and ruffling its
feathers as if in friendish delight at my dis
comfiture, tat a parrot So great was mj
curiosity to learn how or where the bird
had picked up that derisive word that I im
mediately awakened the entire family. That
it had come into their possession a year
previous from a neighboring family now
removed was all the information I could
obtain. It will always remain a mystery to
me, I fear, how Poll removed so far from
civilization, acquired a knowledge of that
exclusively American idiom.
George T. Hargreates.
WANTED TO SELL HIS BODY.
Instance of the Desperation to Waloh a
Iiandlndv Can Drive a Man.
Philadelphia Tunas.
The occupants of the Coroner's office re
ceived a surprise yesterday morning, and
Christian Lambert, who lives at 47 Perkins
street, Gloucester, was the cause. Accom
panied by .his cousin. Mrs. Kate Harbner,
Lambert entered the office. Deputy Coroner
Dugan came forward and asked 'what he
could do for them.
"I want to sell a body,"! ga;a Lambert
"Where is the body?" asked Mr. Dngan.
"Here," answered Lambert, opening hit
coat and vest and offering himself for inspec
tion. "You don't mean to say you wish to tell
your own body?" said Mr. Dugan, stepping
back.
"Yes, that is what I mean," said Lam
bert. "I have been out of work for eight
weeks and I owe Mrs. Habner money for
board. If you will give me 75 for my
body I can pay her and yon may kill me."
This proposition so staggered the Deputy
that it was some minutes before he could
collect himself sufficiently to ask Lambert
if he had any choice in the manner of his
being killed.
"I wouldn't mind being killed by elec
tricity or cremated," was the answer.
By 'this time it was evident that the man
was fully in earnest and the Deputy Coroner
delivered an impressive leoture . on the
enormity of the deed he proposed to commit
Lambert listened in a dazed manner and
seemed very much disappointed. A collec
tion was taken up and given to Lambert and
be gave it to Mrs. Harbner, who claimed
that he was in arrears for board.
aTnrovay BATES A LD7B.
A Story Old Tecamseh In Telllnc Aleut
Comedian Jo JeffersoB,
New York Press. 1
General William T. Sherman It a good
story teller and he enjoys telling them at
much as some people enjoy listening to
them. His latest is about Joseph Jefferson,
and is as follows:
"Joe come to my room in the Fifth Avenue
Hotel about three years ago, and he chatted
at the window there one summer afternoon.
He had with him a light, thin overcoat,
which he threw over a chair. After he had
gone I found under the chair a roll of paper
tied with a piece of red tape the old red
tape I know so well. I picked it up, in
spected it, and then I said, 'this is not
mine,' and ran ont to catch Joe. I ran to
the elevator, shouting, 'Joe, Joel'
"I saw him two stairs below, butmy voice
wouldn't go down, It would only go up, so I
had to run down, and I finally overtook
htm.
' 'Joe, did you drop this roll of paper?"
"He turned to me with a look full of joy.
" Glory; Sherman, yon have saved my
lifer
'"What do yon mean; how have I saved
your life?
" 'Why," replied Jefferson, with that fa
miliar twinkle in his eye, "I am publishing
my life, and that is my first chapter." '
A Care lor Diarrhea.
Mathew Armstrong, of Crofton, Ky.,' now
in hit 70th year, tayt he hat been
troubled with diarrhea every summer at far
back at He can recollect He has in hit time
used many 'medicines, bnt none equal to
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea
Bemedy. This remedy it prompt in Its effects,
can always be depended upon and when re
duced with water it pleasant to take; Chil
dren do not object to taking it Than
NO GOOD CAN EESULT
From the Ideas of Society Inculcated
by the Four Hundred.
MERIT HAS BEEN LOST SIGHT OF.
The Good That Sight be Accomplished With
Money Ifoir Wasted
m THE HAD EITALRI FOB DISPLAT
rwnxrmr rent rax dumtch.3
The popnlati6n of New York City is nearly
2,000,000 people. Of these, as estimated,
400 constitute the "society."' This small
minority aims to he the so-called "leisure
class." Trade to tbit class is vulgar; shop
keeping'is low; labor, as in the South before
the war, is degrading. Among the "four
hundred," not only or New York, but of
other cities as well, fools flourish and
abound. Young men grow up at dudes,
and graduate at aristocratic loafers, and
maidens fair are trained to marry for a title
or for money and position.
Tennyson sings '"Tit only noble to be
good," but the "four hundred" affirm by
precept and practice that to be noble it to
trade off beauty for a name, or to buy an
English earl, a German baron, an Italian
count or an impeennious prince with the
millions gathered bv grubbing fathers. It
is happiness enough for the dudes to wear
English clothes, to sow wild oats and
achieve fame by running away with ballet
girls. The nnhappiness parents must feel
who have brought their daughters up to
marry money and their sons to pursue idle
ness when their plans go wrong and they
discover their mistake, must be bitter in
deed, unless tempered by the reflection that
by the code of society they have anyhow
done their fnll duty by their children.
JIOITET THE OPEN" SESAME.
In Europe, where the borders of so-called
society are positively defined by rank, and,
money or no money, those entitled to it are
assured of their place; there is no trouble in
maintaining social supremacy. Adnchess
is a duchess in a garret as well as in a pal
ace, bnt high position can only be held in
this country when fortified by the almighty
dollar. ' The Astors and the Vanderbllts
wonld be no more to the world than their
poor relations if they had not the prestige
of great wealth. If the original John
Jacob had not been a thrifty, industrious
peddler with some brains to speak of, and
his wife had not been an able helpmeet,
both as to doing her own work and helping
him with his, it is hardly likely that the
Astors of to-day would have been at the top
of the heap in the city of New York, or
that they would have been engaged in a
struggle for precedence as displayed upon
a visiting card.
What seems funny in this battle of the
cards is that neither of the ladies engaged
have any claim to pre-eminence or fame
upon their own account, but simply to wear
the name of the good woman of years agone,
who worked in her husband's shop, and
'never dreamed ot being a leader in society.
Bnt while the spectacle of two women
bringing all their forces of brains and in
fluence to bear upon this intangible, in
definite something for a title, makes the
world laugh; it gives plain token of the
barrenness of society that can be all torn up
over such a trifle.
AS THE WOKLS BEES IT.
Hen who push their way from poverty to
prominence and wealth as Abraham Lin
coln pushed his way from the backwoods
log cabin to the Presidency 'are en
titled to honor. General Grant pushed
out .of his failure of farming and
and the tanning into the tented field and
won the highest honors the world can give.
Garfield pushed up lrom the towpath to the
White House chair. Blaine from being
teacher of a country school has pushed his
way to be Prime Minister of the United
States, and chief apostle of the American
system. Stanley pushed his way up from
the rank and file to stand among kings, and
be honored by the foremost powers of the
world. Andrew Carnegie, from the position
of a messenger boy on Pittsburg streets, has
pushed his way to fame and wealth counted
by millions. All these, and those like
them, possessing pluck, enterprise and
power to push, who reach the heights for
which they aim, have received the applause
of their fellow-mortals.
But when has the bray of brass, the beat
of drnms, the blare of trumpets sounded the
praises of the women who, with the same
qualities of untiring energy and ambition,
have pushed their way from wash tnbs and
kitchen drudgery into the heart of "society,"
into the ranks of foreign nobility, into the
inner circle of divine distinction, where
they can sit in Queens' gardens and are
made proud by smile of royalty or Princes'
favor?
EXEBGY MISDIRECTED.
These women expend their forces, not in
the sphere of business, or in the achieve
ment of high place in church or state, as do
men, but in their own limited field of "so
ciety." Here they engage in the business
of pushing themselves up and keeping others
down. In this pursuit they know the
power of money as well as the silver kings
and the iron kings. With enough dollars
they can buy their way into the aristocracy
as easily as a silver king can get into Con
gress. These people are as good as a cirens to
those who know them, especially when they
forget their ancestors and prate about the
lower closses. When they get a coat of
arms upon their carriages, a couple of
flunkeys in livery to give them some style,
and have been to "Yoorup" a half dozen
times or so, and have a couple of maids and
16 trunks, they are quite prond of them
selves, and assume all the airs of superiority
which blue blood, and an ancestry of free
hooters, robbers and royal rapscnlllons of
Norman birth implies When high-toned
Southerners take pride in being descendants
of the first families, the ttudent of history
thinks back over the record and remembers
that the prisons of Europe were opened to
people the colonies, and that the scalawags
were gotten ridof In tbeOld World by being
sent oves to the Western wilds.
THE CLIQUES ABE STEBTWHESZ.
This assumption of superiority at consti
tuting the best society by virtue of wealth
or high birth, it tet up bv silly people in
every city and village, and watering place
and summer resort Cliques or sets are
formed by the sordid standard which so
many women with small brains and niggard
souls are perpetually struggling to main
tain. Social position can be easily reached
by costly dressing, grand houses and splen
did entertainments. Hodest merit, moderate
means, plain dressing have not a ghost of a
show in the society whose measure of man
kind is money. The moneyed aristocrats are
opposed to poor people in their pews. These
can be frozen out ot the eburch on earth by
raising the pew rents, but how it it to be
managed in heaven, onlv heaven knows.
"We don't want that Mist B in our set,"
said haughty Miu A at Chautauqua the
other day.
"Well, why not," was asked.
"Ob, well, yon know her father was a
carpenter and we must draw a line."
"Well, your grandfather was a cobbler.
Where are you going to draw the line?"
was the quick reply.
A teacher, a dressmaker, a tewing girl, or
any young woman engaged in making a
living is not supposed to need a chaperon,
bnt not so the society girl. For her to go
anywhere withont a chaperon would be
quite vulgar, as ruled by European stand
ards, and to have a flunkey tagging after
her evervwhere she goa is decidedly
"stylish." Liveriea that were to demo
cratically howled down in the early days of
the Bepublic. grow more and more common
in this day of snobbery.
, A SAD BIDS TO IT.
To the looker on, a ttndy of society ii
vastly Interesting and rather disheartening
at well. To tee women, with the power to
do to mueh good in the world, devoted in
stead to dretting. fear or fir timet; a day U
I J .'.i3aW
fi1 I ' -Mi i in I lasaWlf i iTTIaTMaffiilf "If " "Hi TaT" li . 'aL -& i , xiAstnTL
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the most extravagant style, and to decrying
the efforts of others to get upon the same
social plane with themselves is to confina
the pessimist's claim that the Eepablio is.on
the verge of a decline and fall that will
give the future Gibbon a wider subject than
the Boman Empire.
Before the tragedy of her life began with
the German war, Eugenie, the Empress of
Prance, had introduced a rage for rich1 attire
and luxurious display. She set the fashions
for the world. Her pin money of $20,000
a month was spent every cent in dresses and
jewels and laces that made the world stare.
When the war with the Prussians which
'she is'said to have inspired through ignor
ance and pious zeal was going on she it re
ported to have dresled to suit the sentiment
of the occasions, when she attended
the councils of the Ministers. But
for the defeat at Sedan sha
was not prepared. The story is told
that when the news came, after an all
night session of the Ministry, it was decided
that she shonld ride on horseback throneh
'the streets of Paris, and rouse to loyalty the
people. Her costume was to be plain blacc,
.with, the cross of the Legion of Honor
pinned upon her breast But the project
had to be abandoned because it was found
that in all her 300 or 400 dresses she had not
a plain black habit in which to appear.
Poor Eugenie! Pamous only for her devo
tion to dress, and the sorrows that have
covered her magnificence with a pall I
MOSET THAT IS "WASTED.
When thehardships of the poor are eon
sidered, it is not easy to see how men cam
reconcile their consciences to spending
1500,000 upon a summer cottage. It is tola
of Minister Beid that he was a bare-footed
boy in Ohio, but by enterprise and push ha
toiled up the steps into high place, and then
by wisely fixing his affections on a girl
worth a million, he now is enabled to put a
veranda upon his summer home at an ex
pense of $40,000.
It is the common thing in novels to decry
wealth and exalt poverty in matters of love.
This fits in with youthful ideals of life. But
the teaching of society impreses upon
the young man that it is just as easy to fall
in love with a girl who has money as with
one who has none of that desirable attach
ment to earthly bliss. The lesson of the so
ciety girl most deeply impressed is that her
game to play in life is to marry money not
earn it Of the sorrow, bitternsss oi heart
and despair of sonl behind this code the
world hears but little." bnt it can see
much in the faces of society's devotees. The
genius of a capable general, the diplomacy
of a prime minister, the tactics of a political
leader are shown by women who waste upon
the follies and trivial details of society the
great gifts. they possess, and which might be
so much more worthily employed.
"Vanity of vanties saith the preacher,
vanitv of vanities; all is vanity. What pro
fit bath a man (or woman) of all his labor
which he taketh under the sun?"
Bessie Beastbxe.
HOW TOLSTOI LIVES.
Ha Believe In a Tegetnrlnn Diet and Car
rlen Trmaerance la Extreme.
Tolstoi is a vegetarian and says that the
ideal physical lite is that of the Brahmins
of India, says a correspondent of the New
York World'. He believes in reducing one's
wants to a minimum, and in producing, so
far as possible, with one's own hands the
wherewithal both to feed and clothe tho
body. A state of society in which the con
dition of one would never be such as to ex
cite envy in another is the secret of true so
cial happiness.
When he took ma into his little koumiss
establishment to give me a drink of the bev
erage, he said with enthusiasm that with an
acre of grass land and a conple of milch
mares a man would possess ample property
for his support The mares would live off
the grass and the man could milk thea and
live ofi koumiss.
Temperance finds in the great novelist an
enthusiastic supporter He neither drinks
intoxicating beverages nor smokes, and he
includes in the term manv other indulgences
that the ordinary advocates of temperance
consider a part of their creed.
DISEASE DJ THH IEEE BATH.
Irapare Water the Caaie of Opthalmy 1st
Children Who Frequented It.
Sew Tori fresi.
The free bath at the foot of Harket street
is responsible for the illness of several chil
dren, according to the belief of Dr. Henry
Freeman, who had been called to attend
them. The doctor notified the Board of
Health and the Department of Publia
Works, and at the last place, yesterday, it
was said that the bath would be closed at
once until an examination of the water
could be made by the Health Department
The disease with which Dr. Freeman's
patients were afflicted is ophtbalmyofa
virulent nature. Each child, the physician
found, also, was at all times in the summer
an habitual attendant at the Harket street
bath. Dr. Freeman himself made an ex
amination of the water in the neighborhood
of the batb, being suspicious that the foul
water of the river was the cause of the com
mon disease. Afterhis visit to the plaee ha
was assured that his surmise was correct, he
says, and he felt that it was his duty to
bring the matter to the attention of the
Board of Health. The water is nndouht
edlr fonled by the sewers.
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