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The Citizen Soldiers of flew Tork
Compared With Their Broth
ers of Pennsylvania.
PEEESKILL'S A CAMP OP LUXURY
While Keystone Boys Must Eoot Hog or Die
K When Called Out for the Annual
I Exorcise in the San.
600D FOISTS OF THE TWO SISTEMS.
the Empire Lads Ahead In the Sicnsl Smice Branch
Eat They Don't Bough It
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MONG the citizen soldiers
in this vicinity for several
Tears past there has been a
discussion of the relative
merits of the system now in
use in the Rational Guard
of the two great States,
New Tork and Pennsylvania. The subject
of permanent encampments in Pennsyl
vania has been talked of for some time, and
the merits and demerits of the well-known
grounds at Peekskill have often been
brought up. I was fortunate enough to be
present for several days at the encampment
of the famous Sixty-ninth Kegiment, or
"Irish Tigers," at Peekskill, a short time
ago. In camp with them was a section of
the First Artillery of New York City, and
a Signal Corps which had lately been or
ganized. JThe spot where the military organizations
camp yeirly is beautifully situated on an
elevated stretch of ground overlooking the
picturesque Hudson river for many miles.
The ten company streets were as accnrately
aid out as compass would admit, and to the
Pennsylvania Guardsman arriving on the
scene, "the general appearance presented was
that of a perfect regimental cimp.
GOING IJTTO CAMP.
"When a N ew York regiment arrives on
the ground each company is assigned to a
street and two men to each tent. The tents
Site nicelv floored and each contiins two cots
with mattresses and blankets complete.
There is no bustle or worry, no policing to
bo done, no sinks to build or cookhouses to
look after. Everything is ready in advance,
Tluy Grow Fat and Laiy.
and it is merely a case of take ofl your knap
sack and wait for "grub" time.
About 100 yards to the left of the camp
proper is a large covered pavilion capable
of seating 1,000 men, and here the State
generously spends 80 cents per day to feed
each man, while the brother soldier in
Pennsylvania not only cooks his own din
ner, but is allowed but 20 cents per day for
the food supply. While the Pennsylvania
militiaman is frequently compelled to visit
the sutler quarters in order to apnease his
appetite on account of the short allowance
issued by the State, nis comrades at Peeks
kill are growing fat and lazy.
ALT, THE CONVENIENCES.
The grounds at Peekskill are lighted by
electricitv, and sentry boxes are built at
proper intervals to protect the guards in
case of rain. The companr and head
quarter streets are smooth and regular, and
it is said that before the camp opens next
year they will be made of asphalt Imme
diately in the rear of the company streets
are the parade and drill grounds, the latter
also being models of perfection in their
way.
On the left of the drill grounds are tennis
courts and reading rooms where the boys
may seek rest or light exercise alter the
fatigue of eating. In the face of this per
fect camp, with every detail for comfort
looked after in advance, one would imagine
that a great deal of time would be devoted
to drill purposes, at least more than the
Pennsylvania troops devote. But from the
printed schedule displayed in front of Ad
jutint Murphy's office, such is found not to
he the case, the only battalion movements
being drill early in the morning, and a
dress parade at night In fact, after 24 hours
in camp, one comes to the conclusion that
the New York Guardsman, if he be of a
tired disposition, has much to be thankful
for.
THE SYSTEMS COMPARED.
The comparison of the Peekskill camp
with a regimental camp in Pennsylvania
strikes the casual observer as being ex
tremely odious to the latter, but on closer
inspection and caretul thought as to just
what a tour of camp duty is designed lor,
he comes to the conclusion that Pennsyl
vania is lar in the lead. Camping in Penn
sylvania is not play; it is a business like
preparation for the protection of the nation
in time of war. In New York it is a luxu
rious outing. In Pennsylvania the soldier
tells you he knows how to put up a tent,
coot lus own food, look after the details of
quartermaster's work, and that from force
of necessity he bss become acquainted with
many little points most necessary to know
in case of an actual call to the field; while
the New Yorker says he can learn them all
in a few hours' time and that there is no rea
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son why a man should endnre hardships un
less he has to.
In our own State the argument in favor
of the permanent camps is that from the
amount of hard work required at camp the
personnel of the enlisted men is growing
lower each year. This, to a certain extent,
is true in many localities but I have it from
the lips of a well
known attache of
one of the New
York City Kegi
ments that the per
sonnel of the men
in that Statu has
decreased fully 50
per cent in the
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last ten years, this being the case even in the
famous Seventh Begiment, which used to
boast of the number of millionaires it had
in its ranks.
THE BETTER PLAIT.
There are arguments, of course, in favor
of both these methods, and the matter re
solves itselt into the question of which bene
fits the militia most, or whether or not there
is a happy medium between the two which
will somewhat lessen the labors of the Penn
sylvanians, yet continue to teach him the
details of camp life which he could never
learn at Peekskill. It is a significant fact
that nearly all the States whioh have re
centlv established camps pattern more
nearly after the Peekskill than they have
after the Pennsylvania idei.
In many respects New York State treats
its militia in a most genertus manner, as
compared with Pennsylvania. Almost all
the regiments and separate companies are
provided with armories, some of them of
the most magnificent character. Instead of
issuing property to the company command
ers and holding them responsible for the
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same, the eommindant of the regiment is
charged with tne equipment of the entire
organization, and consequently there is no
incentive for the companies to steal from
each other, a very discreditable but com
mon occurrence in the Keystone State.
COMPTTLSOKY ENCAMPMENT.
In place of rating a regiment by its show
ing in camp, as in our own State,
each organization is allowed to parade
five times a year, at convenient periods,
and on the average showing made
in these parades the organization
is allowed $8 per man. Bv this scheme the
compulsory attendance at camp is done
away with, this fact being shown by the
average strencth of the gu.ird at Peekskill
during the season just closed, running under
80 per cent against an average of 96 per cent
at the Pennsylvania camp last month.
In the matter of drill and discipline many
of the New York regiments compare favor
ably with the best in our own State, al
though tak'ng the Sixty-ninth as a fair
representation of the guard in general,
breaches of discipline and military conrtesy
are noticeable that would scarcely be toler
ated in the poorest Pennsylvania regiment,
and examples of rigid punishment for
serious offenses among the enlisted men are
comparatively unknown.
One departure the New York Gnard bas
taken which would be most commendable
for other States to follow, is the organization
of a
SIGNAL SERVICE BRANCH.
Two corps under the charge of Captain
Gallup are already at work, and excellent
results are being attained. All the appli
ances for perfect work have been purchased
by the State, including flash lights, helio
graphs, telegraph lines, etc., and come of
the best young men in the Guard seem to be
attached to this branch of the service. Since
the adoption of the Morse code of signals it
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The Pcnneylvanian Takes a Ducking.
has become less difficult to teach signalmen
and make them proficient tuan-it was be
fore, and after a few hours' experience, good
telegraphers rapidly become experts with
the heliograph.
As a whole New York Stale has a Na
tional Gnard its citizens are justly proud of,
and with the liberality bestowed upon them
almost any ends are attainable. It is to be
hoped tba't in the near luture a joint en
campment of the two great Guards of the
country can be held, when a closer compari
son may be had, and ideas for mutui.l im
provement be'brought out Psabsoit.
Gesslp of the Gnard.
Chaplain J. 1 Millioan has returned to
the city after a three weeks' trip around the
LaJtts nd Lower Canada. Mr. MUligaa la
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badly sun-burned, but says be had a most en
joyable vacation.
General J. S. Witches. United States
Paymaster, stationed in this city, lias gone
East on a two months' leave of absence.
Ax election In Company C, Eighteenth Begi
ment, for Second Lieutenant was to have been
held last Tuesday evening, but owing to an in
sufficient number of men being present tha
matter bad to be postponed.
Captaix W. N. Tisdaia. of the First
United States Infantry, is a recent arrival In
tbls city on a tour of recruiting service. Kb
takes the place of Captain Heiner, who shortly
leaves to join bis regiment in the west
THE drill hall of the Twenty-third Brooklyn
Regimental Armory Is said will be the largest in
tbe country, the prospective dimensions being
400x500 feet Tbe ball of tbe Seventh Regiment
Armory is the largest in New York city, being
200x300 feet
Captain O. C. Coon, of Company I, Mc
Keesport, and a member of tbe Mansfield
company of tbe Fourteenth Regiment, will
shortly shoot a match at 200 yards for a purse
of SoO. Both gentlemen are said to be doing ex
cellent work at that distance and good scores
may bo expected.
A meeting of the Second Brigade Examin
ing Board will be called by General Write for
tbe latter part of this month or tbe first week
in next Besides the examination of candi
dates for commissions tbere are several sub
jects of importance to be brought np before
the Colonels for discussion. ,
Br. Alexander McCansless, bf the
Fourteenth Regiment and Br. W. H. Eagle, of
the Third Brigade staff, have been appointed
tbe surgeons to accompany the rifle team to
Jit, Gretna this week. Botb centlemen are
good companions and tbe trip is one of tbe
most delightful in connection with tbe Na
tional Guard service.
Captain G. J. Bo chert, of Company E.
Eighteenth Regiment has tendered his
resignation to Colonel Smith. Captain Boch
ert has been connected with tbe National
Guard since 1876, and bas been In Company E
since 1878. Tbere are now two vacancies in
this company, the Second Lieutenancy being
vacant for several months. It is probable that
at least one of the new officers will be selected
from material outside of the company.
The time limit for commencing work on tbe
new Fifth avenne armory ot the 'Eighteenth
Regiment and Battery B has been extended
for one year, althongh it is expected by tbe
gentlemen having the matter in charge that
tbe cornerstone may possibly be laid this fall.
The original time set in the agreement with
tbe city for tbe commencement of the work
was tbe 1st of last July, but the extension was
mace necessary by delays in raising the proper
amount of funds.
A meetinq of the Board of Control of the
Eighteenth Regiment was held last nieht in
the Diamond Street Armory. Considerable
business of Importance to the regiment was
transacted, and Colonel Smith announced that
be would shortly issue an order resuming
weekly battalion drilK Tbe offi
cers are enthusiastic over the
benefit derived from the few bat I
talion drills held before eolne to
last camp, and think that consid-
erable improvement can be made
in tbe regiment by resumlngthem. It Is thought
that tbe old Exposition grounds may be se
cured for Several e venmgs,as most of the streets
in the lower part of the city are in too bad
condition for even marching purposes,
An animated discussion has been going on
for some time in a well-known military journal
on tbe possible benefits to be derived from asso
ciating the National Guards with representa
tives of the regular service dnring summer en
campments. The latest result of the discussion,
however, is a vicious attack on the Pennsyl
vania Guard by a member of the beventh Reg
iment New York, who in an extravagant dis
play of spleen tears tbe Keystone soldier to
tatters for wearing "shoddy imitation" of the
army uniform, and adopting a style of encamp
ment which "produces poor results." The
writer, however, acknowledges iith ill grace
that the Pennsylvania are beld npto tbe
Seventh regiment as models, and for that
acknowledgement tbe Keystone boys will no
doubt forgive him for the rest of the attack.
Next Wednesday evening the teams of the
Second Brigade will leave for Indiana to con
test for tbe Belamater trophy. On the Satur
day evening following they will leave for Jit.
Gretna to take part in tbe annual State matches
to be held on tbe Coleman range. These
matches will last a week, and inspire con
siderable rivalry in the organizations all over
tbe State. It is highly probable that some of
the scores made next week will excel any ever
made in this country, and the resnlt of the con
test will be watched with interest Tho team
from tne Fourteenth Regiment will probablv
consist of Captains Corbett and Thompson,
Adjutant Robb, Private Hugsinsand Inspector
of Rifle Practice Brown as Captain. The teams
from the .Eighteenth Regiment and Battery B
bave not been fully decided on, but will be
pretty much the same as last year.
WHEEE MINTJTES AEE D0LLABS.
An Electrical Time Stamp to Prevent Dis
putes In Wall Street.
New York San. J
"Wall street is interested in a novel con
trivance for registering tbe exact time of
the consummation of bargains. It is al
ways necessary and sometimes vitally im
portant to brokers to know the very minute
of the hour when a transaction is legally
completed. At times the official quotations
of some stock or other change so suddenly
and show such n great degree of variance
that large losses and big lawsuits have been
occasioned by tbe inability of the contract
ing parties to determine or agree npon the
time of the receipt or cancellation of an or
der to buy or sell. Because be could not
prove the exact minute ot the receipt et the
counter order from one of his customers, a
leading broker, three weeks ago, lost nearly
510,000 on commissions which he executed
on a day when the price of (he stock in
which he was dealing made several' sensa
tional changes.
The last device to simplify business and
save time and guard against mistakes is an
electrical time stamp. The device is not
much larger than an ordinary stamp. It
looks like a miniature ticker. The mechan
ism is connected with a standard time clock,
and at the beginning of every minute the
time indicated by the type on the stamp is
changed to agree with the clock by the
closing of the electric circuit. An order or
paper to be stamped is placed under the
figures, a button is pressed, and the exact
time is printed on the lace of the paper.
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PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
FREAKS OF CLIMATE.
Pessimists Say These Mild Winters,
Cyclones and Floods
ABE G0IN& TO WIND US ALL UP.
Optimists Keep on Smiling and Scientists
Hays Nothing to Say.
TILES 0P OLD-FASHIONED WEATHER
WIUTTXK FOB TUX DWrATCH.l
There is a great deal of anxiety just now
about our climate. I The most optimistio
people among us are more or less worried
about it They are compelled to uncomfort
able reflections and to reticient admissions
that things are not quite what might be de
sired and that future possibilities are less
cheering than we could wish. The pessi
mistic ones growl openly and aggressively,
and make the air heavy with predictions of
despair. The climate appears to be chang
ing, says those of the one class. The climate
is changing, says those of the other. There
is no room for doubt in the matter, these as
sert We know what we know, don't we?
"Well, then, let us face tbe inevitable con
clusions of logic. "We cannot deny the
premises; the conclusions are pretty sure to
sweep ns all from the face of the earth, but
we might as well make up our minds to
that, for the climate is changing. Take the
blizzard for a starting point, says these
hopeless oues. Could we have a blizzard in
this section ot the country if the climate
were not changing? "We never used to have
them. "We had good old-fashioned winters,
with plenty of snow and long "runs of
sleighing," and January thaws and all that
sort of thing, but we never had a blizzard.
We never had whole systems of railroads
blockaded by one night's snowfall; we never
had great cities made utterly helpless; we
never had telegraphic communication made
an impossibility; we never had to get news
from Boston by way of London. None of
those things ever befel under the old order
of climatic events.
The Mellow Winters.
Then study the two wiuters since the blii
zard. "Wonderfully upsetting seasons those
were; warm and wet to such an extent that
coal dealers and plumbers were driven well
nigh to bankruptcy, and tin roofers reaped
the harvests of wealth those others had ex
pected, while ice men began to wear dia
monds. "Why, last winter blue and white
violets were blooming in February In places
where the February snow always lay a foot
deep before the climate began to change.
Peach trees put out theirgreen leavesin dead
of winter, and were pink with bloom before
March had fairly begun to howl. Those
things were not quite in the old way, when
you come to consider thcml
And the summers have been just as pro
gressive as the winters, "Was there ever a
season more revolutionary than the season
we are now passing through? Cyclones used
to be as alien to this region as blizzards
were. "We are well enough acquainted with
them nowl Pennsylvania has had its sur
face twisted out of shape by them. I things
keep on as they have begun we shall have to
bring on Minnesota experts to build'cyclone
cellars tor Pennsylvania residents. And
when we have rested from the cyclone and
the tornado, thunder storms at the rate of 5
or 6 in 24 hours played havoo with us. And
between whiles we have Buffered from snch
intensity of humid heat as has brought con
tempt upon the old belief that a mild winter
brings a cool summer after it to make the
balance even between tbe ends of the year.
That the strange summer may lack no'feat
ure of strange violence, an August snow
storm has whitened parts of sober, steady
going Pennsylvania, causing all the people
to sneeze and sniffle by reason of the sudden
cold it brought
Climates Always Chance.
Snch things as these never used to hap
pen. In previons summers we could decide
tor ourselves what county we would stay in,
without fear of being carried by a cyclone
into a county we had no desire to visit In
the good old times the winter left us with
tice enough to make the next summer en
durable; and if by any chance tbere was a
lack, the summer never thought ot making
it good by deposits of snow in August. It
was only after the climate began to change
that the blossoms came in the winter time
and the frnit failed to come at all. Can
anyonedoubt theseevidences? the pessimists
ask. Of course the climate is changingl
"Well, when did our climate ever do any
thing else? Change is the very habit of its
being. Age cannot wither, custom cannot
stale its infinite variety. Exhaustless
novelty and boundless versatility are its
distinguishing characteristics. Entire ab
sence of monotony is what makes it always
interesting. Perpetual change is its one
unchanging attribute. For every day, for
almost every hour, it has the unfailing
charm of unexpectedness. Like genuine
wit, it is never without the element of sur
prie. "When you wear yonr dnstcloak
abroad, then is the time yon find need for
your umbrella. "When you are away from
home in your russet shoes, then you wish
you had brought yonr arctic overshoes.
Sometimes, when a straw hat crowns you.
you have cause to wish lor yonr earmnffi.
The time set for a picnic is likely to prove
better suited to an aquatio contest Prob
ably the memory of man cannot reach back
to a time when these Things were not so.
They Were Freaks, Too.
"We talk sadly of the old-fashioned
winters. I suppose tbere never was such a
thing. The seasons we call by that name
are only tricky delusions of our treacherous
memories. The winters we remember when
the snow lay deep on the ground from
Thanksgiving to Easter, and when we went
coasting over the topa of fences are likely to
have been freaks as unusual as the strange
winters of recent times. Years hence our
children shivering throngh four or five
months ot steady cold will rerer to last
winter as an "old-fashioned winter," and
will sigh for the good old times when violets
bloomed in February and peach trees made
early March glow with bloom.
If tbe climate is changing it is not any
sudden affair, such as the talk of the day
seems to assume. The change has been go
ing on for more years than one would care
to count into his past life. A moment's re
flection will convince the most careless
thinker of this fact
Can any of us recall a hot spell when the
temperature did not rise "higher than at any
time the oldest inhabitant could remember?
Can any of us recall a cold spell that was
not more frigid than tbe oldest inhabitant
had ever had to deal with? Has there been,
in the years we can count, a storm ot snow
or wind or hail or rain or thunder and
lightuing that was not the severest within
the memory of the oldest inhabitant? Cer
tainly not So we see that the climate has
been'changing continuously and with con
siderable violence.
Territorial Changes.
And the changes have been going on over
a wide expanse of territory. Individual ob
servation proves that Some years ago a
man visited a certain point in Southern
California. All tbe circulars and advertise
ments had assured him that the wind never
blew in that particular place. It was the
reaion of perpetual calm. That was the
reason he went there. "When he arrived a
fierce tempest nearly blew the life out of
him. Bat everybody hastened to assure
bim that this was "entirely exceptional."
The oldest inhabitant could not remember
any such wind as that. The conclusion was
inevitable. The climate was changing.
The change, I fear, bas continued.
The same man had personal knowledge of
similar climatio changes in Minnesota,
where he had been assured that the severest
cold brought 09 chill and that dampness was .
SUNDAY, 'SEPTEMBER
unknown; and where the marrow inhis bones
was curdled with such chilling dampness as
he could in nowise endure. That was ex
ceptional, loo, and proved that the climate
was changing. 'For better or for worse I
fear we must atcept the conclusion of the
pessimists.
Science savs not, but that makes little
difference. Science is neither optimist nor
pessimist It has no preferences in the mat
ter. It is simply judicial. It is simply a
mere colorless medium in which statistics
are held in solution. In some matters
science is unimpeachable; but when it as
sumes to contradict the weather it under
takes what is beyond it. The mistake it
makes is radical and elemental. Jt starts
from the wrong premises. It takes a ther
mometer and hangs it somewhere in the
upper air, away above the highest roof.
No radiated or reflected beat can get at it.
It is shaded from the direct rays of tne sun.
It is guarded by Yenetian blinds so that no
current of air can cross its bulb. Then the
figures it registers at certain times of the
day are noted down, and are published to
tne world.
Whni Science Savs.
"There," says science, "is your tempera
ture. This is official. You can see for your
selves that the day has not been hot enough
or cold enough to make anybody uncomfort
able. If any person has suffered a sunstroke,
or has frozen his ears, he has done so with
out any proper and scientific excuse."
That would be all.right if the human race
lived up there where the thermometer of sci
ence hangs; but it don't. Men and women
in their daily lives are not canopied and
shielded in that manner. They -have to take
the rays the sun shoots at them, and must
endure tbe added pangs of heat reflected
and heat radiated. They must take what
comes in the way of winds, hot or cold. In
other words, the climate which science
figures npon is not the climate we live in.
So the recollections of the oldest inhabitant
will have to be relied npon as a basis of
prophecy rather than the provisions of sci
ence. Still, science has done well within its lim
itations. If we have to make nllowance
concerning what it tells us of yesterday, we
have the delight of knowing what ought to
happen to-morrow. There is unfailing en
tertainment in that I suspect we all have
something of the gambler's instinct in us,
and are fond of a game that depends some
what on the element of uncertainty. There
fore we cover up the cabbage plants when
frost is predicted, and take it as a joke if
the frost follows some obstructing isother
mal line up into Manitoba, where it belongs.
And if a predicted hot wave keeps the prom
ise that it made and overwhelms us, we take
our winnings of discomfort, and make the
best of them.
The TJse of Fore-Knowledge.
"What we wait for now is for science to de
vise some way of preventing the dire things
it prophesies. "Without that there is little
real good in fore-knowledge. It is not com
fortable to be tola that a tempest is coming
your way, and to have no way of mitigating
its ravages Perhaps it would be as well to
let the tempest make its own announcement
Still there is comfort in the element of un
certainty I have spoken of. Tbere is one'
thing science will undoubtedly have to do,
in view of these climatic changes; and that
is to shorten up its chronology. It has al
lowed too much time to the various eras into
which the world's past is divided. I sus
pect the scientists have made the world sev
eral millions of years older than it ought to
be.
"When we consult onr own brief experi
ence, and reflect how swift and sudden have
been the changes of temperature, we are led
to question whether it was not so in tbe past.
And if so, is it not probable tbat a series of
our cold waves precipitated the glacial per
iod, and that a series of our hot waves
wound the period up, both in much less
ttme than is commonly assigned to the pro
cesses? Undoubtedly the pessimists are right, and
there is trouble ahead for all of us because
of the changes in the climate of onr region.
But it is likely to be such trouble as those
same changes have brought us in tbe past;
such trouble as we are well accustomed to
and ought to be pretty well reconciled to.
And the optimists may lilt up their heads
and smile with confident hope. For while
the climate is certain to change, it is also
certain to change back.againl
James C. Pttbot.
FASCINATED BY HEIGHT.
A Son of Cjrns W. Fisld Hns nn Experience
Tbnt Is Not Uncommon.
"Take hold of me, quick. I can't stand
it; I want to jump." George Field, the son
of Cyrus "W. Field, was standing on the
platform that runs around the tower of the
high Washington building, at the foot of
Broadway, says the New York Morning
Journal.
Mr. Field had never before been at the
top or his father's magnificent building.
It was a dizzy; height tc look from. One
glance down and Mr. Field was instantly
seized with an uncontrollable desire to leap
into space. Fasciuated as he was, he had
strength enough to call to Janitor Serveria
and then clutched at his arm with the des
peration of a drowning man.
"Another moment and I should have been
down there, John," said Mr. Field, as he
was led away from the railing. The janitor
said that a great many people were simi
larly affected the instant they looked down
from the tower.
Janitor Thomas Cleary says tbat many
persons who go up to the roof of the Equit
able bnilding hurry down again because
they are unable to remain and resist the
temptation to jump.
EOYAXTY'S D0TVEBS.
Gifts to Brides of Noble Birth Tbat Baa Into
Big Figures.
The Emperor of Austria gave to his
youngest child, the Archduchess Valerie,
who was married a few weeks ago to the
Archduke Franz Salvator, a dower of 2,000,
000 florins, about $800,000, from his privy
purse, and will give in addition 500,000
florins ($200,000) if the young bride and
bridegroom decide to live in Vienna.
Princess Victoria, of Prussia, second sis
ter of Emperor "William II., will tace to
her husband, Prince Adolphe ot Schaum-burg-LipDe,
a dowry of 40,000, about
$200,000, and an income of $15,000 irom the
Prussian Civil List and $20,000 from the
private estate of tbe imperial lainily.
The Shah of Persia gave to the Arch"
duchess Valerie as a wedding gift a brooch
representing a rose with leaves of emeralds,
the petals of ruhiei set iu gold.
WOOING HOEPHETJS.
A Cap of Hot Milk Is n Belter Help Than All
the Medicines Known.
A physician recommends a cup of hot
bouillon or not milk, sipped slowly, but
while still hot, before going to bed, as a bet
ter sleep inducer than all the opiates on tbe
pharmacopoeia as better even than a clear
conscience, which isn't very good ethics,
you know, but which may be very good
medical doctrine notwithstanding.
At any rate, his explanation therefor is a
solid one. The hot fluid taken into the
stomach brings about an increased activity
of the blood vessels of the st&mach a
slight temporary congestion, which relieves
tbe overcharged blood vessels in the brain,
and so induces a natnral and refreshing
sleep. To give .this remedy its utmost
potency, however, no food should be taken
with it, not even a tiny wafer, and the
liquid should be sipped as hot as it can be
borne.
Tbe Fnnlts nnd Follies of the Age
Are numerous, bnt of tbe latter none is more
ridiculous than tbe promiscuous and random
use of laxative pills and otber drastic cathar
tics. Tbsse wrsneb, convulse and weaken botb
tbe stomach and tbe bowels. K Hostetter's
Btomach Bitters be used instead of tbese no-re-medles,
tbe result Is accomplished witbont pain
and with treat benefit to the bowels, tbe
stomach and the liver. TJie this remedy when
constipation manifests Itself and thereby pre
vent It from becoming chronic
7. 1890.
IN 'STRATT)N PARK.
An Afternoon at the. Beautiful Home
of Lord Northbrook.
BOWS OP TREES A CENTDRI0LD.
Feasts for Children, and Out-of-Door and
Indoor Amusements.
THE MASTER A8 AN ENTERTAINER
rwBITTEN FOB TOE DISPATCH.
It was a royal day of golden summer sun
shine, last month, when Jacob, our old vil
lage postman, brought me a card of goodly
dimensions, whereon was inscribed:
Lord Northbrook :
and :
Lady E. Crelghton. :
3 to 7F.it. At Home. StrattonPark.!
The special day for the fete soon arrived
and brought with it golden weather, though
hw rlnnrin now and then rolled nn. and
1 'j r
at 4 p. M. it was as sultry as a palm tree
could desire, l, not oemg 01 tne paim or
cactus order, but only the quiet, country
vicar of a neighboring hamlet, found it far
hotter than my system required, and
although I care little for "functions" of this
kind on such an extensive scale, I yet
resolved to obey his lordship's summons
BTBATTOJT
and join in a gathering of the upper ten
thonsand.
A stroll of half a mile down the grand
old coach road from London to "Winchester
(once the Eoyal City of England), brought
me to the lodge gates of Stratton Park, a bit
of road of almost unequaled beauty, even
in the wild and wooded county of Hants.
The track itself, about 20 feet in width,
rnns between noble hedges of hazel, spindle
wood, black thorn and bramble, that left in
wild luxuriance to grow as they will, tower
np above the lower branches of tbe Scotch
firs, young beeches and larch that line both
sides of the road, and at last end with a
group of giant walnut trees that look as if
they had escaped out of a forest. The road,
as we look back toward the hilltop from
which we started, is far more like nn ave
nue in a wooded park than the Queen's
highway, and the broad fringe of green
grass on either side of the dnsty path com
pletes the picture.
LAEOEK THAN SCIIENXET PABK.
But here we are at the entrance to the
park, and a little girl readily swings back
the iron gate for ns. As for the lodge itself,
not a word can be said of it, but that it is as
ugly and insignificant as it could well be;
but, once inside the gates, this fact is soon
forgotten iu tbe quiet, sylvan beauty that
awaits us, look where we will. The park is
not above 700 acres in extent, and scarcely
two miles at its greatest length by the nar
row road that winds away toward Stratton;
but so varied witn sloping bill ana dale, so
broken up into lonely dells of cool shade
and grassy lawn, and everywhere so crowned
with noble trees as to be worthy of the pen
cil of Creswick or the pen of Buskin.
Leaving, however, tbat windiiig road, we
turn aside across the mossy turf into the
deep, dark, shade of a leafy avenue that
runs straight away for a mile to tbe great
house. Bight and left of u& is 2, thick un
derwood, of thorn and hazel, with great beds
of tall iern and wild flowers in abundance of
every hue; and overhead a noble arch of
giant beeches, toweriug np for 150 or 200
feet toward the bine ky beyond, from
which now and then a shaft of golden light
falls across the shady pathway as it fades
away and is lost in the remote distance of
the farthest arcade.
TBEES A CEN TTJET OLD.
Every hundred yards or so on either side
we come to a narrow, green road, which
leads away into the heart of the woodlands,
or some little open glade where tbe fairy
folk hold high revel in the moonlight. As
we went on our way, the gigantic beeches,
birch and Spanish chestnut cast a deeper
and darter shade, and interlace more
The Avenue of Beeches.
thickly overhead. They must have braved
storms ol a hundred winters, aud, now in
their golden summer prime, seem likely to
show no sign of age for a century to come.
"We must, however, leave them and turn
away to the left through another avenne of
equally lofty and splendid lime trees, and
following this for a t'ev hundred yards come
out into the open sunshine, and crossing a
grassy lawn gay with beds of brilliant crim
son and yellow flowers, find ourselves in
front of S'tratton Honse.
It is a huge, square block of building that
gleams white in the sun; without archi
tectural beauty of any kind, or any pretense
to it but a row of lofty columns at the main
entrance. But lor beauty of position it is
beyond compare. Behind it a sloping hill,
crowded with noble ced.irs rises gradually
up to a vast mass of forest trees still older
and grander than any we have yet seen.
Away in front stretches a goodly range of
woodland country, lawn alter lawn and
clump after clump of greeu trees as far as
the eye can reach.
HOSPITALITY OP STBATTON" HOUSE.
Alter the shadows and silence of the
woods, we have come out into the lull blaze
of light and busy life. All along one side
of the house are spread long tables covered
with huge piles of cake, bunsand bread and
butter,' jugs of milk, teapots and cup
whereat some 400 sohool children are labor
ing mightily. Away on. tbe lawn, below
the terrace, is a brail band of the Hants
Yeomanry. Matters of the merry-go-rounds,
Aunt Sallies and cricket grounds are crying
out to the assembled villagers, men ana
women, young and old, "Now is your time,
make the most of it" They come from all
the neighboring parishes, a goodly crowd of
some thousand or so but, at present, don't
seem inclined for sport, all eyes being fixed
on the terrace where the children are feasting
and men servants and women servants are
hurrying to aud fro' in attendance on the
feasters. A host of fashionables, chiefly
ladies, with here and there a country parson
or 'squire, stroll up and down, discussing
the latest news, or making up sets for the
tennis grounds already marked out among
the beds of shining flowers.
Foremost among tbe crowd is the Bt.
Hon. Francis Thomas Baring, Earl
of Northbrook. once a Lord of the Admir
alty under theG. O. M., and afterward more
famous as Governor General of India,
where be won both fame and fortune, as
well as his earldom. That is he in tbe
quiet suit of gray tweed, with a bunch of
carnation in his J button-hole; a courteous,
kindly, old man, with a cheery word of
welcome lor everybody, especially those
who don't push themselves forward into bis
way. Hard by him, a short, plain-faced
man, of ier words, is the Hon. J. Creizhton,
Colonel of the Hants Yeomanv, who bas
iust now married Lady E.nma Baring, tbe
Earl's only daughter tbat stylish, yet
pleasant, dashing woman now busy at dis
tributing a pile of rake to a crowd of hungry
children. She, too, comes forward to shake
hands'and inquire after me and mine, in a
loudish voice, but not without grace and
good will.
THE LIST OP PBIZE3."
The feasting is over at last; all the games
are now in full Mving;Jhe tent where the
flower and frnit show takes place is crowded
with a busy throng; the village folk are
anxious to see which have got prizes, and in
this matter my lord is most generous. There
are prizes for peas and potatoes, honey, gar
den flowers, wild flowers; the best loaf of
home-made bread; the neatest quilt, the best
needle work to say nothing of a special
i
Si. SgjSMC i Jli I J
1.0DOE GATE.
prize for bim whom the judges select as
owner ol the cleanest and tidiest cottage, in
side and out.
And now all the fashionables and the in
vited guests stroll up to the great house,
slowly mount the grand staircase, and along
the winding passages into the drawing
rooms and library, superb and spacious
rooms, the Trills lined with pictures of al
most priceless value, where tea, coffee, ices,
fruit, claret cup and a host of goodly eat
ables wait to reward them after the severe
toil of trying to be amused. And here,
again, the noble Earl is bnsy as ever in
welcoming his guests. He belongs to a
family of illustrious and well-bred men, and
his motto, "Noblesse oblige," is one which
he understands and practices. He gets me
into a corner and talks aboutbooks in which
he knows I am interested; to a neighboring
'Squire, whose soul is in turnips, about
Mangold "Worzel, and to a charming young
maiden of 17 about the joys of tennis. If
Gladstone were here he would fight him
over the question of home rule, and if the
Prince of Wales were present, as he some
times is, he would talk about fat cattle and
the yacht club at Cowes.
A FAMOUS FA3IILT.
In this very mansion, and in these very
rooms, once lived and reigned the noble
Dukes of Bedford; and in the library; it
may be, that Lad v Russell, wife of the un
fortunate Lord "William, beheaded in 1683,
wrote her famous letters. But from the
house of Bussell it all passed away house
and land into the hands of Sir F. Baring,
Bart, in 1703; one of the notable family of
Barings, Bankers, statesmen and nobles,
who with their consins the Honse of Ash
burton, have been and still are famous for
tbeir princely wealth, generous hospitality,
and kindly patronage of art, science, and
literature.
It was at the Grange, the country seat of
Lord Ashbnrton, not lar away from Strat
ton, tbat the wits, poets and wise meD of the
last generation, Macauley, Sydney Smith,
Sam Roger', Macintosh, Carlyle and a host
ol others, ever found ready welcome. But,
besides Stratton House and park, Lord
Northbrook is the owner of many a thriving
village, goodly farms, woodlandand meadow,
almost down to the gates of "Winchester, to
say nothing of the valley throngh which the
S. "W. Bailroad runs its main line. The
woods all ronnd ns are fnll of pheasants,
like those of the grange; bnt thongh both
noble lords remember me in golden October,
I am at a loss to say which birds are best
B. G. Johns.
THE UNLUCKY NUMBER
Amusing Street Car Incident From Lively
Western Town.
Seattle Press
It is a custom on some street railways to
give annnal passes which are numbered.
These passes are not "necessarily shown each
time a man rides on the cars of that line,
but each one bears a nnmber, and when
asked for his fare tbe holder of the pass calls
the number of his pass.
Not long ago tbe holder of pass No. 13 on
one of the Seattle lines got on a car, accom
panied by two ladies, for whom he must of
course pay fare. It happened that the con
ductor was a new man and not acquainted
with the pass system.
The conductor entered the car in quest of
fares, and tbe first person heapproached was
the holder of tne p-iss.
The gentleman handed him a dollar to
take the ladies' fares Irom, at the same time
remarking distinctly "Thirteen.
The conductor took the dollar and then
began ringing the bell 01 the register.
"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,
ding," went the bell.
"Here, here," broke in the passenger.
"What in thunder are yon trying to do?"
"Didnt vou say that vou wanted to pay
for 13?"
"No, you doable-breasted lunkhead! I
hold pass No. 13, and want to pay for two
laaiesl"
"Ob," exclaimed the conductor mildly,
"why didn't you say so beforel"
Then the bell puller gave the passenger
back hi3 change and inwardly determined
to get even on tbe first small boy that at
tempted to steal a ride.
FATXIrTU INTO A NET.
The Acrobnt Mast Learn Not 10 Strike on
Ills Face or Bis Feet.
"The first thing an acrobat learns when
he gets up on the trapeze is how to fall into
the net He quickly discovers that the
safest way to strike is upon the shoulders.
Then come the long hours of practice to
learn how to strike there.
A trained performer can, to a certain ex
tent, always control himself in the air. He
can twist about on his back or some other
position tbat is safe. The trouble with
many is that they turn too qnick.
Tbe two most dangerous positions in which
to strike tbe net are on the face and feet
foremost. The former makes a broken neck
or a broken back probable, while the latter
is likely to result in broken legs and a
broken back.
OUR SHORT STORIES.
How tbe Old Squatter Found Out
Wnat Kind of a Wife He Had.
CHURCHMEN AND MAPLE SIRUP.
A Good Evangelist's Work Undone by a
Wild Bnck in the Forest
PLEA-OP A L0YER THAT WAS IN TA15
IWBITTXX VOB TOT DISPATCH. I
WHUT SAWT'ER WIFE HE HAD.
"Yes," said the squatter In reply to
question, "hit takes trouble ter let er man
fin'ontwhutsawtuv er wife 'e has. Mer
wife wuz allers er teasin' uv me twell I got
mer laig smashed. Hit wuz like this: One
Sunday atter breakfas' I heered ther dawg
er barkin' in ther new groun'. S'l, 'I
b'lieve I'll go see whut 'at dawg's arter.'
"Wife says, s'she, 'I'll go with yer.' "Wo
went down in ther new gronn' an' foun'
ther dawg had treed er 'coon. S'she, 'Git
yonr gun an' shoot hit' S'l, 'Ther neigh
bors'll say I'm er hnntin' uv er Sunday.'
S'she, 'Take yer ax an chop ther tree
down. S'l, 'En they'll say I'm er clearin'
uv Ian.' S'she, 'What yer gonter do ?' S'l,
'Clim' ther tree, make ther varmint jump
out en' let ther dawg kill hit.'
"I clum up an' ez I got clost ter ther
'coon hit looked at me an' 'is ha'r riz up an
'e yowled an showed 'is teef. S'l, 'I
b'lieve 'is coon's gonter jump on me. "Wife
.says aggravatln' like, s' she, Air ye er
feared uv er 'coon? 'At made me mad,
Vase X wnz erfeared. feEz I got closter ther
'coon started at me. S'l, "Is 'coon's
gonter jump on me sartin.' "Wife says,
laffin' hard ez she could, s'she, 'Air ye er
feared uv ez leetle er thing ez er 'coon?'
"Iknowcd ef 'at 'coon jumped on me I'd
fall outen ther tree. Jist then mister 'cooa
come. 'Afo' I had time ter do anything bnt
yell he'd done runned over me. Ther nasty
varmint,crawled out on er lim' an' thar hs
he sot "Wile she wuz er holdin' ter er
stump laffin fit ter kill. S'l, I wisht I had
ther 'coon I'd throw hit on ye.' S'she, er
laffin', 'Thar hit i. Ketch hit an' throw
hit on me.' I clum out on tberlim' an' give
hit er stomp. Hit broke an' me an'
ther 'coon hit ther gronn'. Ther dawg 'a
wuz er waitin' an' kelched ther coon. "Wife
she schreeched an' runned ter me. Ther
wind wuz knocked outen me, but I soon
come to. Mer laig wuz smashed. Hit wui
ther fust time 'at I ever wuz laid up sence
we wuz married an' I nuver knowed afo
whut sawt er wife I had. So sweet an' good
an' kin' an' patient God bless 'er. She
hain't said 'coon onst, an' she savs she nuver
will laff at me ergin 'bout nuthin. She
thinks hit wuz 'er.lafHn' 'at made me clim'
out on ther lim' 'a't broke. Hit wuzn't, but
I hain't tol' her so."
THEY BACKED THEIB FAITH.
"Passs the syrup, please."
Tbe deacon looked np, smiled,said "much
pleasure" under his breath and passed the
cruet to the other end of the table. One
word brought on another and finally the
deacon learned that his vis-a-vis was a
Baptist preacher, and the minister in turn
learned that the deacon was a Methodist
"The beauties of religion," said the
deacon, smilingly, "are great, "
"We should never cease giving thanks
tbat we are Christians," finished the other.
Then followed an exchange of courtesy,
questions were asked and answered and the
two good men began to feel kindly toward
each other.
"The Baptist faith," said the preacher,
"offers more consolation than any other thai
I know."
"Except, of course," joined in the deacon,
"except the Methodist belief."
"No exception at all, sir."
"But you cannot doubt for an instant
that the Methodist religion is properly
founded?"
"Indeed lean. Jappeal tomvbrotber on
the right."
"And I am a Presbyterian," said tha
brother on the right.
"You are misguided, sir," said the Meth
odist. "You are either intentionally "
"Eh?" ejaculated the Presbyterian, ris
ing; ''what do yon say?"
"I meant tnat man at the other end."
The syrup cruet tnat the deacon 'had
passed down came back. It hit the Metho
dist on the shoulder, and maple syrup cov
ered his bosom in a twinkling. One deacon
lodged a waffle just inside the minister's
collar, and be.'ore a policeman could be called
in the two eood men were rolling totrethpi'
on the floor. The preacher was on top, but
the deacon had a good collar hold that was
laj promising.
A KENTUCKY SERMON SPOILED.
It was in Breathitt county, Ky. For
several months an evangelist had been
laboring with the mountaineers, trying to
turn them from their evil way3. Every
little while something would turn up and
undo the labor of months. Then the people
would seem to take an increased interest in
matters of religion, and hope would bnd
again in tbe heart of the evangelist.
One Sunday the little chapel on tha
mountain side was crowded, and tbe evan
gelist was exhorting his hearers to leave
their rifles and hunting knives at home
when tbey went to church. In the coarse
ot half an honr be grew eloqnent, and was
jnst thinking that he was going to carry his
point when a fat buck trotted past the
chapel and disappeared inthelaurel thicket
An old hound that was sleeping in the
chapel door gave a yelp and started after
the buck, and the male portion of tbe con
gregation grabbed their rifles and followed
without waiting for a motion to adjourn.
"When they were out of sight the evan
gelist said in despair: "Oh I It's no use,
it's no use."
"Yes, 'tis," said a one-legged man that
was left behind; "I'll bet you a dollar
they'll have that tnar deer inside o' two
honr."
WASTED ELOQUENCE.
"Matilda," the young man said nervously,
"what I am going to say may surprise you
Bnt my feelings are leading me on. Enoonr
aeed by your kindness, intoxicated by your
beauty and rendered desperate by the con
viction tbat tbe boars tire fleeing away and
that the future can hold nothing for me
worse than the suspense under which I now
labor, I have resolved to risk my fate on tha
cast of the die."
He loosened his collar, coughed and went
ahead.
"Other young men, Vatilda, mere butter
flies of fashion, may dance attendance upon
yon and flatter you. Listen not to them!
Listen to the voice of sincere devotionl
Other young men, talented, nay, perchance,
young men possessed of wealth in abund
ance, may seeK yonr hand. I am not tal
ented, Matilda, I am not handsome. 1 have
not those delicate little arts that win the af
fections of women. I am not rich "
"No, Mr. Dennis," said the young beauty,
with a yawn and rising to her feet "and I
regret to say, also, tbat you are not in itl"
Mr. Dennis withdrew from tbe competi
tion at once. He was clearly outclassed.
Automatic Bicycle Sleerers.
An automatic bicycle steererbas beea
patented, which gives free use of the bandg
and considerable relief to the muscles of the
rider. It can be fixed to any safety or tri
cycle in five minutes, and is only a few
ounces in weight It is as valuable to learn
erns as it is to experienced riders. The ad
vantages claimed for it is that on straight
roads it automatically steers the machine
and allows liberty 01 hands with entire
safety, thus avoiding considerable band
vibration, and that when meeting obstacles
th front wheel glances off and regains its
coarse. Great assistance is, moreover, af- ' .,
forded in climbing bills, and the invention
acts as a spring stop to the front fork, and
leaves the machine rigid when placed against '
wall,